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 THE  OLD  TESTAMENT,  ,^^  v^f.^l^^, 
 ACCORDING   TO   THE   VATICAN   TEXT, 
 
 TRANSLATED  INTO  ENGLISH 
 
 WITH  THE  PRINCIPAL  VARIOUS  READINGS  OF 
 THE  ALEXANDRINE  COPY, 
 
 A   TABLE    OF    COMPAKATIVE    CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 Sir  LANCELOT  CHARLES  LEE  BRENTON,  Bart. 
 
 IN     TWO     VOLUMES. 
 VOL.   I. 
 
 LONDON: 
 SAMUEL    BAGSTER    AND    SONS, 
 
 WARKHOUSE    FOR.    BIBLES,    NEW    TESTAMENTS,    PRAYER-BOOKS,    LEXICONS,    GRAMMARS, 
 CONCORDANCES,    AND    PSALTERS,    IN    ANCIENT    AND    MODERN    LANGUAGES; 
 
 15,  PATERNOSTER  ROW. 
 
 M.DCCC.XUV. 
 
ORDER   OF   BOOKS. 
 
 GENESIS      . 
 
 EXODUS   .... 
 
 LEVITICUS  . 
 
 NUMBERS 
 
 DEUTERONOMY 
 
 JOSHUA    .        .        .        . 
 
 JUDGES 
 
 RUTH         .        .        .        . 
 
 KINGS  I.     (1  Samuel) 
 
 KINGS  n.   (2  Samuel)      . 
 
 KINGS  m.   (1  Kings) 
 
 KINGS  IV.    (2  Kings)       . 
 
 CHRONICLES  L 
 
 CHRONICLES  II.  . 
 
 ESDRAS 
 
 NEEMIAS 
 
 ESTHER 
 
 JOB 
 
 PSALMS 
 PROVERBS 
 THE  PREACHER 
 THE  SONG 
 
 .     TENESIS 
 
 ES0A02     . 
 .     AEYITIKON  . 
 
 APIGMOI   . 
 .     AEYTEPONOMION 
 
 IH20YS  NAYH . 
 .     KPITAI  .... 
 
 poYe 
 
 .     BA2IAEIQN  A'       . 
 
 BASIAEIQN  B'    . 
 .     BA2IAEIi2N  P' 
 
 BA2IAEIQN  A'  . 
 .     HAPAAEinOMENQN  A' 
 
 nAPAAEinOMENGN  B' 
 .     E2APA2 
 
 NEEMIA2  . 
 .     E2eHP 
 
 lOB    .... 
 .     ■4'AAMOI 
 
 HAPOIMIAI 
 .     EKKAH2IA2TH2    . 
 
 A2MA 
 
 CHAPS. 
 
 PAOE. 
 
 50  . 
 
 .     1 
 
 40 
 
 58 
 
 27  . 
 
 .  104 
 
 36 
 
 .   140 
 
 34  . 
 
 .  189 
 
 24 
 
 .   231 
 
 21  . 
 
 .  258 
 
 4 
 
 .   287 
 
 31  . 
 
 .  291 
 
 24 
 
 .   328 
 
 22  . 
 
 .  360 
 
 2^ 
 
 .   399 
 
 29  . 
 
 .  435 
 
 36 
 
 .   466 
 
 10  . 
 
 .  507 
 
 13 
 
 ,   518 
 
 10  . 
 
 .  534 
 
 42 
 
 .   546 
 
 150  . 
 
 .  576 
 
 29 
 
 .   646 
 
 12  . 
 
 .  671 
 
 8 
 
 .   679 
 
ORDER    OF   BOOKS. 
 
 ESAIAS 
 JEREMIAS 
 LAMENTATIONS 
 JEZEKIEL 
 DANIEL 
 OSEE  . 
 JOEL      . 
 AMOS 
 OBDIAS 
 JONAS       . 
 MICHiEAS     . 
 NAUM 
 AMBACUM    . 
 SOPHONIAS     . 
 AGGiEUS      . 
 ZACIIARIAS     . 
 MALACHIAS 
 
 CHAPS.  FADE. 
 
 H2AIAS 66  .         .684 
 
 lEPEMIAS            ....  52  .738 
 
 ePHNOI 5  .          .795 
 
 IE2EKIHA           ....  48  .801 
 
 AANIHA 12  .         .858 
 
 G2HE 14  .875 
 
 IGHA 3  .         .884 
 
 AMQ2 9  .       887 
 
 OBAIOY 1  .         .894 
 
 IQNAS 4  .       895 
 
 MIXAIA2 7  .         .897 
 
 NAOYM 3  .       903 
 
 AMBAKOYM 3  .         .906 
 
 20$0NIA2                    ...  3  .       909 
 
 ArrAI02 2  .         .912 
 
 ZAXAPIA2            ....  14  .914 
 
 MAAAXIA2 4  .         .924 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 Some  introduction  may  be  necessary  to  a  work  like  the  present,  to  explain  its 
 nature  and  establish  its  utility.  To  translate  a  translation  when  both  the  original 
 and  a  direct  version  of  that  are  in  our  hands  appears  a  thankless  task,  and  yet  it 
 may  not  be  difficult  to  show  that  so  peculiar  is  the  case  of  the  Septuagint  as 
 to  vindicate  a  process  which  if  adopted  with  regard  to  any  other  work  would 
 be  comparatively  useless. 
 
 There '^^  is  little  doubt  that  part  of  this  Version  was  made  towards  the  com- 
 mencement of  the  reign  of  Ptolemy  Philadelphus  about  the  year  b.c.  280.  The 
 Jews  of  Alexandria  whether  by  his  command  or  of  their  own  accord  translated  a 
 portion  of  the  Scriptures  into  Greek.  The  popular  story  of  the  seventy-two  Inter- 
 preters, attributed  to  Aristseas,  may  be  dismissed  as  a  fabulous  legend;  though  we 
 have  internal  evidence  from  the  very  words  of  the  version  that  the  writers 
 belonged  to  Alexandria  or  at  least  to  Egypt. 
 
 This  portion  when  completed  was  referred  to  the  Jewish  Sanhedrim  at  Alex- 
 andria, and  revised  and  approved  by  them,  which  circumstance  was  probably  the 
 real  origin  of  the  name  Septuagint.  The  remaining  part  of  the  Translation  was 
 executed  at  different  periods,  and,  as  the  wide  diversity  of  style  would  lead  us  to 
 suppose,  by  different  hands. 
 
 We  proceed  to  notice  the  principal  advantages  to  be  derived  from  the  study  of 
 this  ancient  version,  on  which  of  course  the  utility  of  any  translation  made  from  it 
 must  depend. 
 
 The  Septuagint  either  agrees  with  the  Hebrew,  or  it  differs  from  it.  If  it 
 agrees,  the  manifest  coincidence  of  the  oldest  version  extant  will  form  an 
 interesting  evidence  of  the  purity  of  the  original  text, — of  the  fidelity  of  the 
 version,  and  also, — of  the  correctness  of  our  own  translation,  the  authorised 
 English  Bible. 
 
 On  the  other  hand,  if  the  Septuagint  does  not  agree  Avith  the  Hebrew,  many 
 considerations  naturally  occur  to  om-  minds,  involving  questions  of  greater  or  less 
 magnitude,  but  of  deep  interest  to  such  as  prize  the  integrity  and  inspiration  of 
 Scripture.  Such  are — the  purity  of  the  Hebrew  text — the  correctness  of  our 
 English  Translation — the  value,  antiquity  and  genuineness  of  the  Hebrew  points — 
 the  degree  of  sanction  given  by  the  Apostles  to  the  Septuagint  by  their  quotations 
 from  it  in  the  New  Testament,  especially  where  those  quotations  are  accompanied 
 with  variations  from  the  Hebrew— the  effects  which  such  discrepancies  should  have 
 upon  our  minds  with  regard  to  the  extent  of  inspiration. 
 
 Happily  for  the  Church  of  God,  the  grand  questions  of  the  Inspiration  of 
 Scripture,  of  the  Purity  of  the  sacred  text,  and  the  Correctness  of  the  English 
 Version  do  not  remain  to  be  settled.  Nor  if  they  did  would  the  writer  of  these 
 pages  venture  to  discuss  them.     Here  he  may  safely  assume  that  they  are  settled. 
 
 All  that  he  has  to  do  is  to  notice  the  bearing  which  a  comparison  of  the 
 Septuagint  with  the  Hebrew  has  upon  the  subjects  above  referred  to. 
 
 It  cannot  be  denied  that  there  are  cases  in  which  the  Septuagint  appears  as  a 
 Avitness  in  favour  of  the  unpointed  text.     Remove  the  points  and  the  Hebrew  is 
 
 *  See  Preface  to  Lambert  Bos's  edition  of  tlie  LXX. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 found  on  some  occasions  to  speak  the  language  of  the  New  Testament.  Perhaps 
 we  can  hardly  select  a  more  striking  instance  of  this  than  is  afforded  by  Gen.  xlvii. 
 31,  compared  with  Hebrews  xi.  21.  We  will  give  the  quotation  at  full  length  that 
 our  readers  may  understand  both  the  difficulty  and  the  solution.  In  the  English 
 version  of  Heb.  xi.  21,  Jacob  is  said  to  have  worshipped,  leaning  on  the  top  of  his 
 staflF:  (according  to  the  Roman  versions,  worshipped  the  top  of  his  staff). 
 
 The  following  is  a  literal  quotation  from  the  Septuagint  of  Genesis  Avith  which 
 the  English  version  is  at  variance : 
 
 Gr.  ■KpocTfK.vvqaev  iin  to  ciKpov  rrfs  pd^8ov  avrov. 
 Eng.  Ver.  bowed  himself  upon  the  bed's  head. 
 
 The  difference  is  occasioned  by  the  punctuation  of  the  Hebrew,  the  Septuagint 
 Translators  reading  ntDO  matte,  staff,  the  English  Translators  n;2p  mittah,  bed. 
 
 The  -writer  believes  this  instance  to  be  one  of  the  strongest,  if  not  the  very 
 strongest  that  can  be  adduced  in  favour  of  the  unpointed  Hebrew  text,  as  far  as  the 
 Septuagint  is  concerned. 
 
 Closely  connected  with  the  subject  of  the  Hebrew  points  is  that  interesting 
 question,  How  are  we  to  reconcile  the  apparent  discrepancies  between  the  Apostolic 
 quotations  in  the  New  Testament  and  the  Hebrew  original  ?  (/.  e.  in  those  cases 
 where  neither  the  change  nor  obliteration  of  the  points  would  help  us.)  For  the 
 apparent  mistranslations  are  quoted  by  the  inspired  writers.  One  or  two  instances 
 will  suffice.  The  Septuagint  rendering  of  Psalm  iv.  4,  is  'Opyl^arde  koi  p.rj  ufiapTaviTe, 
 Be  ye  angry  and  sin  not.  These  words  are  quoted  by  St.  Paul  Eph.  iv.  26.  The 
 meaning  of  the  Hebrew  (according  to  the  English  Version)  is,  Stand  in  awe 
 and  sin  not. 
 
 Again,  the  literal  rendering  of  the  Hebrew  in  Prov.  xi.  31,  is,  Behold  the 
 righteous  shall  be  recompensed  in  the  earth,  much  more  the  Avicked  and 
 the  sinner.  But  the  Septuagint  version  of  the  words  is,  'Et  6  p.ev  hUaios 
 fioKis  (Tw^tTat,  6  d(Tfj3fjs  koi  afiapraiXos  nov  (pavelrai ;  If  the  righteous  scarcely  be 
 saved,  where  shall  the  ungodly  and  the  sinner  appear  ?  This  passage  is  familiar 
 to  our  readers  as  part  of  the  first  Epistle  of  Peter,  iv.  18.  Now  allowing 
 that  the  first  instance  is  a  more  literal  rendering  of  the  original  than  the  common 
 one,  it  will  hardly  be  said  that  the  verse  in  Proverbs  is  more  than  a  paraphrase 
 of  the  Hebrew.* 
 
 The  question,  we  must  remember,  has  been  throughout,  not  are  such  citations 
 consistent  with  the  general  tenor  of  Scripture  truth  ?  but  do  they  interfere  with  or 
 destroy  the  doctrine  of  plenary  verbal  inspiration  ?  Tlie  writer  believes  they  do 
 not,  and  (to  present  the  argument  in  as  condensed  a  form  as  possible)  chiefly  for 
 this  reason,  that  what  was  uninspired  before  quotation  becomes  inspired  after ;  or 
 rather  quotation  by  the  Holy  Ghost  is  the  very  stamp  and  seal  of  inspiration 
 affixed  to  the  words  at  the  moment  He  condescends  to  use  them.  If  God  can 
 employ  human  means,  including  human  words  and  phrases  too,  not  the  pure 
 tongue  of  Paradise,  but  language  in  itself  (till  purged  by  Him)  Avitnessing  to  the 
 pollution  of  man's  sinful  lips,  may  not  tlae  Heavenly  Dove  light  upon  truth, 
 Avhich  has  been  ignorantly  perhaps,  foolishly,  perversely  uttered,  and  yet  truth, 
 and  therefore  infinitely  precious,  because  of  its  capacity  to  minister  to  the  spiritual 
 Avants  of  the  children  of  God?  If  any  think  this  language  too  strong  let  them 
 refer  to  Tit.  i.  12,  13,  Avhere  Ave  have  the  testimony  of  inspiration  itself  to  assure 
 
 *  In  accounting  for  St.  Paul's  quotation  of  what  was  not  exactly  the  Old  Testament  we  may  gain  some  assistance  hy 
 refernnK.to  (luotations  which  were  not  made  from  Scripture  at  all.  In  Acts  17. 2«,  we  find  "  As  certam  also  of  your  own 
 poets  have  said,  '  For  we  are  also  his  offspring.'  "  But  it  is  ohicctcd,  There  Paul  introduces  the  quotation  hv  an  appro- 
 priate description,  "  As  certain  of  your  own  poets  liave  said.'*  Let  us  then  take  another  instance,  1  Cor.  15. :«,  "  Kvil 
 communications  corrupt  good  manners."  This  is  (juoted  without  any  introiluction  at  all.  But  a  more  formidahle 
 ohjcction  remains  behind.  There  was  no  danger,  it  might  be  said,  of  the  rest  of  Menander's  works  being  mistaken  for 
 inspiration,  because  of  a  solitary  ijuotation  from  them,  there  in  danger  of  the  whole  of  the  Septuagint  being  considered 
 an  inspired  work,  if  St.  Paul  quotes  any  part  of  it.  But  docs  this  consequence  necessarily  follow?  Let  us  imagine  a 
 parallel  case  with  the  circumstances  slightly  varied.  Sujipose  Paul  an  inspired  writer  or  preacher  in  this  countrv  at  the 
 present  time.  Is  it  inconsistent  with  the  idea  of  plenary  verbal  insjiiration  to  conceive  that  he  could  (juote  Sternhold 
 an<l  Hopkins  with  or  without  some  such  introduction  as  the  following,  "  As  your  own  metrical  version  has  it."  The 
 writer  considers  that  this  is  (piite  possible,  and  believes  also  that  it  would  by  no  means  follow  that  the  Old  Version  of 
 the  Psalms  was  inspired,  or  even  that  the  whole  of  it  was  soun<l.  If  so,  much  more  probable  is  it  that  the  Apostle 
 would  have  quoted  the  authorised  proac  translation,  and  more  probable  atiU  that  he  would  ciuotc  the  Septuagint  among 
 the  Greeks,  which  he  did. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 us  that  God  can  take  words  of  one  nationally  and  as  it  were  constitutionally  a  liar 
 and  add  this  sanction,  This  witness  is  true. 
 
 Much  confusion  and  difficulty  may  indeed  be  avoided  if  we  bear  in  mind  that 
 it  is  throughout  a  question  not  of  oriyinality  but  of  msjnration,  save  that  whatever  is 
 good  anywhere  must  of  course  be  original  with  the  Father  of  lights,  whatever  the 
 channel  through  which  it  happens  to  flow. 
 
 In  reply  then  to  the  question,  how  far  does  the  apostolic  quotation  of  a  part  of 
 the  Septuagint  warrant  the  inspiration  of  the  whole  ?  Ave  venture  to  state  that  it  is 
 no  warrant  at  all.  What  the  Holy  Ghost  touches  it  halloAvs — beyond  this 
 the  translation,  whatever  its  excellence,  comes  into  our  hands  as  the  work  of 
 fallible  man. 
 
 As  such,  however,  it  is  highly  valuable.  It  is  not  only  a  translation  of  the  Old 
 Testament,  but  it  is  the  Old  Testament  translated  into  the  language  of  the  New. 
 Let  it  be  remembered  that  the  Gospel  was  in  its  aspect  to  the  world  a  Hellenistic 
 thing.  In  the  providential  designs  of  God  "  the  Roman  Avas  the  herald  to 
 proclaim  silence  to  the  Avorld,  the  Greek  was  the  interpreter."  And  this  was  in 
 keeping  Avith  the  extension  of  the  Gospel  to  the  Gentiles.  It  did  not  merely 
 facilitate  the  grand  scheme  of  universal  preaching,  but  Greeks,  in  the  language  of 
 Scripture,  Avere  Gentiles  and  Gentiles  Avere  Greeks.  See  John  vii.  35;  Rom.  i.  14. 
 There  is  reason  to  believe  that  the  very  knoAvledge  of  HebrcAv  now  existing 
 among  us  has  been  Avon,  in  measure  at  least,  by  the  patient  labour  of  many  Avho  at 
 one  time  or  ■  another  diligently  compared  the  original  Scriptures  Avith  the  Sep- 
 tuagint. 
 
 There  is  indeed  one  benefit  of  a  still  higher  order  to  be  derived  from  this 
 version  than  even  the  elucidation  of  the  HebrcAv  Scriptures.  This  is  the  correc- 
 tion of  the  HebrcAV  text  itself.  There  is  danger,  doubtless,  of  pressing  this 
 argument  too  far,  and  of  Aveakening  the  confidence  of  the  multitude  in  our  copies 
 of  Scripture,  but  a  very  few  instances  Avill  serve  to  establish  the  value  of  the 
 Septuagint  in  this  respect  Avithout  unduly  or  falsely  lowering  the  reputation  of  the 
 HebrcAv.'^  In  Genesis  iv.  8,  the  HebreAv  is  rendered  in  the  English  version  Cain 
 talked  with  Abel  his  brother.  But  the  analogy  of  the  HebreAv  language  requires 
 that  the  Avords  should  rather  be  translated  Cain  said  to  Abel  his  brother  (the 
 words  of  the  speaker  following).  These  AVords  the  Septuagint  supplies,  "  Let  us 
 go  into  the  field."  Again,  Deut.  xxxii.  43,  the  foUoAA^ing  words  occur  in  the  Septua- 
 gint, "  Rejoice,  ye  heavens,  Avith  him  and  let  all  the  angels  of  God  Avorship  him." 
 This  passage  does  not  occur  in  our  present  HebreAV  copies,  and  yet  they  are 
 quoted  in  the  epistle  to  the  HebrcAvs  i.  6.  Another  very  remarkable  instance  of 
 the  use  of  the  Septuagint  in  thus  correcting  the  Hebrew  is  afibrded  ^y  the  omis- 
 sion of  a  verse  in  one  of  the  acrostic  Psalms,  (cxliv.  13),  where  the  order  of  the 
 alphabet  requires  that  it  should  begin  Avith  J.  This  Averse  also  the  Septuagint 
 supplies. 
 
 This  may  be  a  suitable  place  for  a  fcAV  AVords  in  explanation  of  the  obeli 
 and  asterisks  of  Origen.  If  the  Septuagint  does  not  perfectly  accord  Avith  the 
 HebrcAv,  there  are  only  t\vo  ways  in  one  or  both  of  which  they  can  possibly  diff'er. 
 1.  By  the  HebreAv  containing  Avhat  is  omitted  in  the  Septuagint.  2.  By  the 
 Septuagint  containing  Avhat  is  omitted  in  the  HebreAV.  In  the  former  case  Origen 
 supplied  the  omission  from  some  Greek  translation  then  extant  (chiefly  that  of 
 Theodotion)  and  marked  the  inserted  Avords  Avith  an  asterisk;  m  the  latter  he 
 affixed  an  obelus  to  those  passages  of  the  Septuagint  to  Avhich  there  Avas  nothing  in 
 the  HebreAV  to  correspond.  These  tAVO  signs  contribute  poAverfuUy  to  establish 
 the  superior  claims  of  the  Vatican  copy.  For  on  the  one  hand  this  copy  contains 
 those  passages  Avhich  early  Christian  Avriters  represent  as  having  been  omitted  in 
 the  HebreAV,  but  supplied  and  obelised  by  Origen.  On  the  other  hand  of  those 
 passages  Avhich  occur  in  the  HebrcAV  but  not  in  the  Septuagint,  and  are  said  to 
 have  been  marked  Avith  an  asterisk  by  Origen,  not  one  appears  in  the  Vatican. 
 
 *  See  Introduction  to  Bos's  edition,  -tto.  1709. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 It  may  be  urged,  and  that  in  connexion  with  what  has  been  already  said, 
 that  there  are  many  reasons  for  imhlishing  the  Septuagint,  but  few  for  translating 
 it.  Let  scholars,  it  may  be  said,  make  the  most  of  it,  and  give  others  the  benefit 
 of  the  comparison,  but  the  unlearned  Avho  are  confined  to  translations  may  be 
 satisfied  with  the  translation  of  the  Hebrew.  Beyond  this  things  might  be  left  to 
 find  their  own  level.  Let  the  Greek  Septuagint  be  published  in  a  cheap  and 
 accessible  form  and  the  march  of  mind  will  soon  supply  readers. 
 
 But  the  march  of  intellect  is  not  the  march  of  literature.  If  the  reading 
 population  of  the  country  promises  to  double  itself  in  a  few  years,  the  thinh'tig 
 part  of  the  community  increases  at  a  still  more  rapid  rate.  And  their  judgment 
 of  books  must  sometimes  precede  the  reading  of  them.  To  inform  this  judgment 
 is  one  great  use  of  translations.  It  is  well  worthy  of  consideration  (strange  as  it 
 may  appear)  that  the  studies  of  the  learned  are,  and  to  a  certain  extent  must  be, 
 directed  by  the  unlearned.  These  cannot  indeed  teach  what  they  do  not  know, 
 but  they  can  decide  what  shall  be  taught,  a  material  difierence  which  has  been  too 
 frequently  overlooked.  The  sons  of  widows,  of  commercial  and  military  men,  of 
 tradesmen  and  mechanics,  whose  success  in  business  enables  them  to  aspire  to  a 
 better  education  for  their  children  than  they  have  themselves  enjoyed,  these  if  they 
 receive  a  learned  education  at  all,  have  a  learned  education  chosen  by  their 
 parents,  who  frequently  know  very  little  what  theu*  children  are  taught.  They 
 have  read  it  may  be  Pope's  Homer  and  Dryden's  VirgU,  beyond  this  their 
 acquaintance  with  the  books  their  children  are  reading  does  not  extend. 
 
 It  is  a  just  remark,  we  believe,  of  Archbishop  Whately,  that  it  would  be  well  if 
 a  translation  of  the  plays  acted  at  Westminster  school  were  put  into  the  hands  of 
 the  boys'  mothers.  If  a  translation  of  bad  books  is  useful  to  teach  parents  what 
 to  refuse,  still  more  desirable  is  a  translation  of  good  books  to  teach  them  what 
 to  choose.  Why  then,  it  may  be  asked,  is  the  Septuagint  so  little  known  and  so 
 little  valued  ?     The  answer  is  Because  it  has  not  been  translated. 
 
 On  the  subject  of  the  preference  that  should  be  given  to  sacred  studies  in  the 
 education  of  children  we  may  learn  even  from  Roman  Catholics,  one  of  whom 
 represents  the  Septuagint  as  a  most  suitable  introduction  to  the  study  of  profane 
 Greek  writers.*  Our  readers  are  familiar  with  the  history  of  a  king  of  Pontus 
 who  endeavoured  in  his  old  age  to  poison  himself,  but  the  antidotes  he  had  taken 
 in  his  youth  happily  rendered  the  attempt  ineffectual.  Too  frequently  in  the 
 education  of  children  professed  Christians  and  Protestants  reverse  this  order.  The 
 poison  is  taken  first  and  in  youth,  the  system  is  deeply  inoculated  with  it,  the 
 antidote  if  taken  at  all,  is  taken  too  late.  We  are  Avell  aware  of  the  grand  objec- 
 tion to  the  introduction  of  the  Septuagint  into  schools,  viz.  that  the  Greek  is  not 
 classical.  Not  to  provoke  the  hostility  of  the  whole  learned  world  by  venturing  a 
 word  against  Homer,  why  should  not  the  Septuagint  be  allowed  a  place  as  well 
 as  Theocritus  ?  The  study  of  selections  from  this  poet  is  considered  to  interfere 
 little  with  the  general  attainment  of  a  knowledge  of  Greek,  though  the  dialect 
 varies  far  more  from  the  attic  purity  of  Thucydides  and  Xenophon  than  does  the 
 Septuagint. 
 
 One  effect  that  might  be  anticipated  from  the  growing  attention  on  the  part  of 
 Christians  to  the  whole  Word  of  God  and  to  the  Hebrew  Scriptures  in  particular, 
 is,  that  the  credit  of  the  Septuagint  would  suffer  in  consequence.  The  writer 
 is  of  opinion  that  the  reverse  will  be  the  case.  The  effect  may  be  indeed  to 
 lower  the  extravagant  pretensions  of  those  of  its  admirers  Avho  Avould  exalt  it  to 
 the  disparagement  of  the  Hebrew,  or  claim  for  it  the  rank  of  an  inspired  composi- 
 tion; but  this  will  only  reduce  it  to  its  just  level,  that  of  an  extremely  useful 
 translation. 
 
 The  dangerous  acquirement  of  a  little  Hebrew  learning  will  be  less  likely 
 to  flatter  its  possessor,  when  it  is  shared  with  many  others,  or  improved  into 
 a  competent  acquaintance  with  the  language  and  its  difficulties.     The  Septuagint 
 
 *  Sec  preface  to  Jager's  edition  of  the  Scptuanint,  Paris,  1839. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 will  be  welcomed  not  indeed  as  the  rival,  but  the  handmaid  of  the  Hebrew 
 Scriptures,  the  pleasing  tribute  of  Gentile  literature  to  the  House  of  God;  who 
 from  the  midst  of  all  the  infidelity  and  error  that  darken  the  earth  can  elicit 
 blessings  for  his  people ;  who  could  make  the  inauspicious  land  of  Egypt  at  one 
 time  a  shelter  for  '  the  young  child'  from  the  jealousy  of  a  Jewish  king,  at  another 
 the  faithful  repository  of  the  -svi-itten  Word.  The  Jews  were  thus  providentially 
 led  to  deposit  a  pledge  for  the  truth  of  the  Gospel  which  they  could  never  recall, 
 and  in  the  heart  of  their  inspired  records  had  treasured  up  a  picture  of  the  Man 
 of  Sorrows  of  which  it  was  too  late  to  deny  the  likeness  to  Jesus  of  Nazareth. 
 
 The  translation  has  been  made  from  the  Vatican  text  (Valpy's  edition)  with 
 occasional  insertions  of  Alexandrine  readings  in  the  notes.  As  these  have  seldom 
 been  added,  except  where  they  seemed  to  elucidate  or  othermse  improve  upon  the 
 Vatican  text,  they  would  of  course  convey  far  too  favoiu-able  an  opinion  of  that  copy 
 to  any  one  who  should  form  a  judgment  of  it  from  a  review  of  those  passages  alone. 
 The  comparative  merits  of  the  two  copies  have  been  the  subject  of  much  contro- 
 versy, but  the  question  is  yet  undecided.  The  general  opinion  appears  to  be  in 
 favour  of  the  Vatican,  while  at  the  same  time  many  obscure  passages  are  rendered 
 clear,  and  many  omissions  supplied  by  the  Alexandrine  text. 
 
 Most  of  the  references  to  the  New  Testament  are  taken  from  the  list  in  Spear- 
 man's Letters  on  the  Septuagint,  (pp.  348 — 352),  a  work  containing  some  valuable 
 remarks,  but  tinctured  throughout  with  the  opinions  of  Hutchinson,  and  stating, 
 rather  than  answering,  the  question  we  have  been  considermg  relative  to  the 
 quotations  from  the  Septuagint  found  in  the  New  Testament. 
 
 In  the  notes  also,  though  very  rarely,  there  appears  the  name  of  Thomson,  the 
 American  translator.  The  •wiiter  has  himself  never  seen  that  work,  but  some 
 alterations  and  improvements  were  made  from  it  by  a  friend  (Mr.  Charles  Pridham) 
 who  had  the  opportunity  of  comparing  the  tAvo,  and  to  whom  he  is  otherwise  in- 
 debted for  the  correction  of  many  errors.  Wliile  thus  acknowledging  our  obhga- 
 tions  to  Thomson,  we  are  of  course  not  likely  to  speak  slightingly  of  his  work.  If 
 there  are  faults,  they  are  probably  those  of  a  vigorous  and  independent  mind,  better 
 fitted  to  engage  in  original  attempts  than  to  submit  to  the  drudgery  of  translation. 
 
 For  the  pm-pose  of  throwing  some  light  on  the  Chronology  of  the  Septuagint, 
 the  following  Table  has  been  copied,  with  some  variations,  from  Home's  valuable 
 Introduction  to  the  Study  of  Scripture,  Vol.  iii.  p.  527,  7th  ed. 
 
CHRONOLOGICAL   TABLE. 
 
 HALES. 
 
 USHER. 
 
 B.  C. 
 
 A.M. 
 
 B.C. 
 
 A.  M. 
 
 5411 
 
 Creation           .... 
 
 4004 
 
 5311 
 
 100 
 
 Birth  of  Cain  and  Abel 
 
 4003 
 
 1 
 
 5210 
 
 201 
 
 Murder  of  Abel 
 
 3875 
 
 129 
 
 5181 
 
 230 
 
 Birth  of  Seth        .... 
 
 3874 
 
 130 
 
 4996 
 
 415 
 
 Enos  born         .... 
 
 3769 
 
 235 
 
 4786 
 
 625 
 
 Cainan  born         .... 
 
 3679 
 
 325 
 
 4616 
 
 795 
 
 Mahalaleel  born 
 
 3609 
 
 395 
 
 4451 
 
 960 
 
 Jared  born            .... 
 
 3544 
 
 460 
 
 4289 
 
 1122 
 
 Enoch  born      .... 
 
 3382 
 
 622 
 
 4124 
 
 1287 
 
 Methuselah  born 
 
 3317 
 
 687 
 
 3937 
 
 1474 
 
 Lamech,  father  of  Noah,  born  . 
 
 3130 
 
 874 
 
 4481 
 
 930 
 
 Adam  dies            .... 
 
 3074 
 
 930 
 
 3914 
 
 1497 
 
 Enoch  is  translated 
 
 3017 
 
 987 
 
 4269 
 
 1142 
 
 Seth  dies     ..... 
 
 2962 
 
 1042 
 
 3755 
 
 1656 
 
 Noah  born        .... 
 
 2948 
 
 1056 
 
 4071 
 
 1340 
 
 Enos  dies    ..... 
 
 2864 
 
 1140 
 
 3877 
 
 1534 
 
 Cainan  dies       .... 
 
 2769 
 
 1235 
 
 3721 
 
 1690 
 
 Mahalaleel  dies    .... 
 
 2714 
 
 1290 
 
 3489 
 
 1922 
 
 Jared  dies          .... 
 
 2582 
 
 1422 
 
 3275 
 
 2136 
 
 God  denounces  the  Deluge 
 
 2468 
 
 1536 
 
 3184 
 
 2227 
 
 Lamech  dies     .... 
 
 2353 
 
 1651 
 
 3155 
 
 2256 
 
 Methuselah  dies  .... 
 
 2348 
 
 1656 
 
 3154 
 
 2257 
 
 Noah  leaves  the  Ark 
 
 2347 
 
 1657 
 
 3153 
 
 2258 
 
 Arphaxad,  son  of  Shem,  born 
 
 2346 
 
 1658 
 
 3018 
 
 2393 
 
 Salah,  son  of  Arphaxad,  born 
 
 2311 
 
 1693 
 
 2888 
 
 2523 
 
 Ebcr,  son  of  Salah,  born  . 
 
 2281 
 
 1723 
 
 2754 
 
 2657 
 
 Peleg,  son  of  Ebcr,  born 
 
 2247 
 
 1757 
 
 2614 
 
 2797 
 
 Babel  built  about  this  time 
 
 2247 
 
 1757 
 
 2554 
 
 2857 
 
 About  this  time  Nimrod  builds  Nine 
 and  founds  the  Assyrian  empire. 
 
 /eh             2233 
 
 1771 
 
 2G24 
 
 2787 
 
 Reu,  son  of  Peleg,  born 
 
 2217 
 
 1787 
 
 2492 
 
 2919 
 
 Serug,  son  of  Reu,  born    . 
 
 2185 
 
 1819 
 
 2362 
 
 3049 
 
 Nahor,  son  of  Serug,  bom    . 
 
 2155 
 
 1849 
 
 2283 
 
 3128 
 
 Terah,  father  of  Abraham,  born 
 
 2126 
 
 1878 
 
 2213 
 
 3198 
 
 Haran,  son  of  Terah,  born    . 
 
 2056 
 
 1948 
 
 2805 
 
 2606 
 
 Noah  dies         .... 
 
 1998 
 
 2006 
 
CHRONOLOGICAL  TABLE. 
 
 HALES. 
 
 USHER. 
 
 B.  C. 
 
 A.  M. 
 
 B.  C. 
 
 A.  M. 
 
 2153 
 
 3258 
 
 Abram  born         ..... 
 
 1996 
 
 2008 
 
 2143 
 
 3268 
 
 Sarah  born       ..... 
 
 1986 
 
 2018 
 
 2093 
 
 3318 
 
 Abram  called  from  Ur  to  Haran    . 
 
 1922 
 
 2082 
 
 2078 
 
 3333 
 
 Abram  comes  into  Canaan 
 
 1921 
 
 2083 
 
 2077 
 
 3334 
 
 Abram  goes  into  Egypt 
 
 1920 
 
 2084 
 
 2070 
 
 3341 
 
 — His   victory  over   five   kings, — Mel- 
 chisedec  blesses  him. 
 
 1913 
 
 2091 
 
 2067 
 
 3344 
 
 Ishmael  born 
 
 1910 
 
 2094 
 
 2054 
 
 3357 
 
 Abram's  name  changed — Circumcision 
 instituted — Isaac  promised. 
 
 1897 
 
 2107 
 
 2053 
 
 3358 
 
 Isaac  born             ..... 
 
 1896 
 
 2108 
 
 2028 
 
 3383 
 
 Abraham  commanded  to  offer  Isaac  . 
 
 1872 
 
 2132 
 
 2013 
 
 3398 
 
 Isaac  marries  Rebecca 
 
 1856 
 
 2148 
 
 1993 
 
 3418 
 
 Jacob  and  Esau  born 
 
 1836 
 
 2168 
 
 1973 
 
 3438 
 
 Death  of  Abraham       .... 
 
 1821 
 
 2183 
 
 1916 
 
 3495 
 
 Jacob's  flight  into  Mesopotamia 
 
 1760 
 
 2244 
 
 1885 
 
 352(5 
 
 Joseph  sold  into  Egypt 
 
 1728 
 
 2276 
 
 1872 
 
 3539 
 
 Promotion  of  Joseph — seven  years  of 
 plenty  begin. 
 
 1715 
 
 2289 
 
 1863 
 
 3548 
 
 Jacob  sends  his  sons  to  Egypt  to  buy  corn 
 
 1707 
 
 2297 
 
 1728 
 
 3683 
 
 Moses  born  about  this  time 
 
 1571 
 
 2433 
 
 1688 
 
 3723 
 
 Moses  flees  into  Midian 
 
 1531 
 
 2473 
 
 2337 
 
 3074 
 
 Job  lives  about  this  time  . 
 
 1520 
 
 2484 
 
 1648 
 
 3763 
 
 God  sends  Moses  to  deliver  Israel 
 
 1491 
 
 2513 
 
 1647 
 
 3764 
 
 Law  delivered  at  Mount  Sinai  . 
 
 1491 
 
 2513 
 
 1647 
 
 3764 
 
 About  this  time  Israel  turned  back  to 
 wander  forty  years. 
 
 1489 
 
 2515 
 
 1608 
 
 3803 
 
 The  Israelites  pass  Jordan    . 
 
 1451 
 
 2553 
 
 1608 
 
 3803 
 
 The  Sun  and  Moon  stand  still  . 
 
 1450 
 
 2554 
 
 1582 
 
 3829 
 
 Joshua  dies           ..... 
 
 1443 
 
 2561 
 
 1366 
 
 4045 
 
 Gideon  delivers  Israel 
 
 124^5 
 
 2759 
 
 1110 
 
 4301 
 
 Saul  made  king  of  Israel 
 
 1095 
 
 2909 
 
 1108 
 
 4303 
 
 Saul's   rash    sacrifice    and    consequent 
 rejection. 
 
 1093 
 
 2911 
 
 1100 
 
 4311 
 
 Saul  spares  Agag,  and  is  finally  rejected 
 
 1079 
 
 2925 
 
 1070 
 
 4341 
 
 Death  of  Saul            .... 
 
 1055 
 
 2949 
 
 1036 
 
 4375 
 
 Death  of  Absalom        .... 
 
 1021 
 
 2983 
 
 1020 
 
 4391 
 
 Completion  of  the  Temple 
 
 1004 
 
 3000 
 
 991 
 
 4420 
 
 Death  of  Solomon         .... 
 
 975 
 
 3029 
 
 990 
 
 4421 
 
 Jeroboam's  calves  set  up  . 
 
 974 
 
 3030 
 
 973 
 
 4438 
 
 Death  of  Rehoboam      .... 
 
 958 
 
 3046 
 
 972 
 
 4439 
 
 Abijah  conquers  Jeroboam 
 
 957 
 
 3047 
 
 970 
 
 4441 
 
 Asa  succeeds  Abijah    .... 
 
 955 
 
 3049 
 
 968 
 
 4443 
 
 Nadab  succeeds  his  father  Jeroboam 
 
 954 
 
 3050 
 
 966 
 
 4445 
 
 Baasha  succeeds  Nadab    . 
 
 953 
 
 3051 
 
 929 
 
 4482 
 
 Jehoshaphat  succeeds  Asa    . 
 
 914 
 
 3090 
 
CHRONOLOGICAL  TABLE. 
 
 HALES. 
 
 B.  C. 
 
 A.  M. 
 
 904 
 
 4507 
 
 900 
 
 4511 
 
 890 
 
 4521 
 
 895 
 
 4516 
 
 889 
 
 4522 
 
 867 
 
 4544 
 
 850 
 
 4561 
 
 848 
 
 4563 
 
 833 
 
 4578 
 
 809 
 
 4602 
 
 792 
 
 4619 
 
 770 
 
 4641 
 
 757 
 
 4654 
 
 742 
 
 4669 
 
 741 
 
 4670 
 
 740 
 
 4671 
 
 725 
 
 4686 
 
 715 
 
 4696 
 
 715 
 
 4696 
 
 709 
 
 4702 
 
 708 
 
 4703 
 
 696 
 
 4715 
 
 677 
 
 4734 
 
 671 
 
 4740 
 
 641 
 
 4770 
 
 639 
 
 4772 
 
 608 
 
 4803 
 
 602 
 
 4809 
 
 590 
 
 4821 
 
 586 
 
 4825 
 
 457 
 
 4954 
 
 453 
 
 4958 
 
 420 
 
 4991 
 
 420 
 
 4991 
 
 Death  of  Jehoshaphat 
 Ahab  killed  at  Ramoth  Gilcad 
 Jehoram  smitten  with  an  incurable  disease 
 About  this  time  Athaliah  murders  the 
 
 royal  family  all  but  Joash. 
 Joash  anointed  king  by  Jehoiada 
 Jehu  dies  about  this  time 
 Joash,  king  of  Israel,  succeeds  Jehoaaz, 
 
 about  this  time. 
 Amaziah  succeeds  Joash  king  of  Judah 
 Jeroboam  II.  succeeds  his  father 
 Amaziah  dies,  Uzziah  succeeds 
 Jeroboam  II.  dies,  Zachariah  succeeds 
 Pul  invades  Israel         .... 
 Jotham  succeeds  Uzziah    . 
 Rezin  and  Pekah  invade  Judah  about 
 
 this  time. 
 Ahaz  succeeds  Jotham 
 Ahaz    sues    for    assistance    to   Tiglath- 
 
 Pileser. 
 Hezekiah  succeeds  Ahaz  . 
 Shalmanezer  succeeded  by  Sennacherib 
 
 about  this  time. 
 Sennecherib  invades  Judea   . 
 Hezekiah' s  miraculous  cure 
 Sennacherib  slain,  Esarhaddon  succeeds 
 
 him. 
 Manasseh  succeeds  Hezekiah 
 Esarhaddon  seizes  on  Babylon 
 Manasseh  carried  captive  to  Babylon     . 
 Amon  succeeds  Manasseh 
 Amon  murdered,  Josiah  succeeds 
 Josiah  slain  in  battle 
 Nebuchadnezzar  besieges  Jerusalem 
 Ezekiel  begins  to  prophesy  in  Chaldea 
 Seventy  years'  captivity  begins 
 Ezra  sent  as  governor  of  Judea     . 
 Eliashib  succeeds  to  the  high  priesthood 
 Nehemiah's   reform    among    the    Jews 
 
 about  this  time. 
 Malachi  prophesies  abo\it  this  time 
 
 USHER. 
 
 ■R.   C. 
 
 A.  M. 
 
 889 
 
 3115 
 
 897 
 
 3107 
 
 887 
 
 3117 
 
 884 
 
 3120 
 
 878 
 
 3126 
 
 856 
 
 3148 
 
 839 
 
 3165 
 
 839 
 
 3165 
 
 825 
 
 3179 
 
 810 
 
 3194 
 
 784 
 
 3220 
 
 771 
 
 3233 
 
 758 
 
 3246 
 
 742 
 
 3262 
 
 742 
 
 3262 
 
 740 
 
 3264 
 
 727 
 
 3277 
 
 715 
 
 3289 
 
 713 
 
 3291 
 
 713 
 
 3291 
 
 706 
 
 3298 
 
 698 
 
 3306 
 
 680 
 
 3324 
 
 677 
 
 3327 
 
 643 
 
 3361 
 
 641 
 
 3363 
 
 610 
 
 3394 
 
 590 
 
 3414 
 
 587 
 
 3417 
 
 606 
 
 3398 
 
 457 
 
 3547 
 
 453 
 
 3551 
 
 428 
 
 3576 
 
 420 
 
 3584 
 
THE 
 
 SEPTUAGINT   VERSION 
 
 IN    ENGLISH. 
 
 VOL.  I. 
 
 GENESIS  — CHRONICLES    II. 
 
GENESIS. 
 
 CHAPTER  I.  Verses   1—19. 
 
 1.  IN  the  beginning  God  made  the 
 heaven  and  the  earth.  ^  But  the  earth 
 was  unsightly  and  unfurnished,  and 
 darkness  was  over  the  deep,  and  the 
 Spirit  of  God  moved  over  the  water. 
 ^  And  God  said,  Let  there  be  Kght,  and 
 there  was  Kght.  ^And  God  saw  the 
 light  that  it  was  good,  and  God  divided 
 t(?r.  and  be-  between  the  light  ^and  the 
 ^InJ^He.  darkness.  ^  And  God  called 
 braistn.  the  light  Day,  and  the  dark- 
 
 ness he  called  Night,  and  there  was 
 evening  and  there  was  morning,  the 
 first  day. 
 
 ^  And  God  said,  Let  there  be  a  firma- 
 ment in  the  midst  of  the  water,  and 
 let  it  be  a  division  between  water  and 
 water,  and  it  was  so.  ^  And  God  made 
 the  firmament  and  God  divided  be- 
 tween the  water  which  was  under  the 
 firmament  and  the  water  which  was 
 above  the  firmament.  ^And  God  called 
 the  firmament  Heaven,  and  God  saw 
 that  it  was  good,  and  there  was  even- 
 ing and  there  was  morning,  the  second 
 day. 
 
 ^  And  God  said.  Let  the  water  which 
 is  imder  the  heaven  be  collected  into 
 +  Gr.  meeting,  quc  ^placc,  and  let  the  dry 
 land  appear,  and  it  was  so.  And 
 the  water  which  was  under  the  hea- 
 t  Gr.  their  "^^^  "^3,s  Collected  into  '^its 
 meetings.  placcs,  and  the  dry  land 
 appeared.  ^^  And  God  called  the  dry 
 +  Gr.  systems,  land  Earth,  and  the  ^gather- 
 ings of  the  waters  he  called  Seas,  and 
 
 God  saw  that  it  was  good.  "  And 
 God  said.  Let  the  earth  bring  forth 
 the  herb  of  grass  ^bearing  +  G-r.  sowing:, 
 seed  according  to  its  kind  and  accord- 
 ing to  its  likeness  and  the  fruit-tree 
 bearing  fruit,  whose  seed  is  in  it,  ac- 
 cording to  its  kind  ^  on  the  uiex.  +  di 
 earth,  and  it  was  so.  ^^And  "/^""S")™ 
 the  earth  brought  forth  the  herb  of 
 grass  bearing  seed  according  to  its  kind 
 and  according  to  its  Hkeness,  and  the 
 fruit  tree  bearing  fruit  whose  seed  is  in 
 it,  according  to  its  kind  on  the  earth, 
 and  God  saw  that  it  was  good.  '^And 
 there  was  evening  and  there  was  morn- 
 ing, the  third  day. 
 
 '^And  God  said,  Let  there  be  lights 
 in  the  firmament  of  the  hea-  +  ^^  f^^  ^  ^it 
 ven  '^to  give  light  upon  the  °^  shining, 
 earth,  to  divide  between  day  and  night, 
 and  let  them  be  for  signs  and  for  sea- 
 sons and  for  days  and  for  years.  '^  And 
 let  them  be  for  light  in  the  firmament 
 of  the  heaven,  so  as  to  shine  upon  the 
 earth,  and  it  was  so.  '^  And  God  made 
 the  two  great  lights,  the  greater  light 
 for  regulating  the  day,  and  the  lesser 
 light  for  regulating  the  night,  the 
 stars  also.  ^^And  God  placed  them 
 in  the  firmament  of  the  heaven,  so  as 
 to  sliine  upon  the  earth,  ^^and  to  regu- 
 late day  and  night,  and  to  divide 
 between  the  light  and  the  darkness. 
 And  God  saw  that  it  was  good. 
 '^And  there  was  evening  and  there 
 was  morning,  the  fourth  day. 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  20. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  u.  11. 
 
 ^"And  God  said,  Let  the  waters 
 tiiY.ofUving  bring  forth  reptiles  '  having 
 souls.  life^  and  winged  creatures 
 
 flying  above  the  earth  in  the  firma- 
 ment of  heaven,  and  it  was  so.  ^^  And 
 t  Or,  probably  God  made  great  ^whales,  and 
 OT  marine  iS:  ^  every  living  reptile,  which 
 Tetice^uf  ^or  ^^'^^  watcrs  brought  forth 
 not.  according  to    their    kinds, 
 
 soin'of  ^uvLg  ^^^^  every  creature  that  flies 
 reptiles.  with  wings  according  to  its 
 
 kind,  and  God  saw  that  they  were 
 good.  ^^And  God  blessed  them,  say- 
 ing. Increase  and  multiply  and  fill  the 
 waters  in  the  seas,  and  let  the  crea- 
 tures that  fly  be  multiplied  on  the 
 earth.  ^^And  there  was  evening  and 
 there  was  morning,  the  fifth  day. 
 
 ^*  And  God  said.  Let  the  earth  bring 
 +  Gr.  soul.  forth  the  living  ^  creature 
 according  to  its  kind,  quadrupeds  and 
 reptiles  and  wild  beasts  of  the  earth 
 according  to  their  kind,  and  it  was  so. 
 ^^And  God  made  the  wild  beasts  of 
 the  earth  according  to  their  kind,  and 
 cattle  according  to  their  kind,  and  all 
 the  reptiles  of  the  earth  according  to 
 their  kind,  and  God  saw  that  they 
 were  good. 
 
 ^^  And  God  said.  Let  us  make  man 
 according  to  our  image  and  likeness, 
 and  let  them  have  dominion  over  the 
 fish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  flying 
 creatures  of  heaven,  and  over  the  cattle 
 and  all  the  earth,  and  over  all  the  rep- 
 tiles that  creep  on  the  earth.  ^^And 
 God  made  man,  according  to  the  image 
 tMat.  19. 4.  of  God  ^he  made  him,  male 
 and  female  he  made  them.  ^^And  God 
 blessed  them,  saying, Increase  and  multi- 
 ply, and  fill  the  earth  and  subdue  it,  and 
 have  dominion  over  the  fish  of  the  seas 
 and  flying  creatures  of  heaven,  and  all 
 the  cattle  and  all  the  earth,  and  all  the 
 reptiles  that  creep  on  the  earth.  ^^  And 
 God  said.  Behold  I  have  given  to  you 
 every  seed-bearing  herb  sowing  seed 
 which  is  upon  all  the  earth,  and  every 
 tree  which  has  in  itself  the  fruit  of  seed 
 that  is  sown,  to  you  it  shall  be  for  food. 
 ^°And  to  all  the  wild  beasts  of  the  earth. 
 
 and  to  all  the  flying  creatures  of  hea- 
 ven, and  to  every  reptile  creeping  on 
 the  earth,  which  has  in  itself  the 
 ^breath  of  hfe,  even  every  +Gr. soui. 
 green  plant  for  food  ;  and  it  was  so. 
 ^'  And  God  saw  all  the  things  that  he 
 had  made,  and,  behold,  they  were  very 
 good.  And  there  was  evening  and  there 
 was  morning,  the  sixth  day.  +  or,  order. 
 2.  And  the  heavens  and  see  John  1.10. 
 the  earth  were  finished  and  the  whole 
 ^Avorld  of  them. 
 
 ^  ^  And  God  finished  on  the  sixth  day 
 his  works  which  he  made,    +  Heb.  4. 4. 
 and  he  ceased  on  the  seventh  day  from 
 all  his  works  which  he  made.      ^And 
 God  blessed  the  seventh  day  ,1  or,  made  in 
 
 -  .        -,     ,  -^     the  bcKinnmg. 
 
 and   sanctified   it,    because  see  Acts  1.1. 
 in  it  he  ceased  from  all  his  works  which 
 God  ^  began  to  do. 
 
 ^  This  is  the  book  of  the  genera- 
 tion of  heaven  and  earth,  when  ^they 
 were  made,  in  the  day  in  toi-,  ittook 
 which  the  Lord  God  made  p'**"^- 
 the  heaven  and  the  earth,  ^  and  every 
 herb  of  the  field  before  it  was  on  the 
 earth,  and  all  the  grass  of  the  field  be- 
 fore it  sprang  up,  for  God  had  not  rained 
 on  the  earth,  and  there  was  not  a  man 
 to  cultivate  it.  ^  But  there  rose  a 
 fountain  out  of  the  earth,  and  watered 
 the  whole  face  of  the  earth.  ^  And  God 
 formed  the  man  of  dust  of  the  earth, 
 and  breathed  upon  his  face  +iCor.  15.45. 
 the  breath  of  life,  ^  and  the  man  became 
 a  living  soul. 
 
 ^  And  God  planted  a  garden  eastward 
 in  Edem,  and  placed  there  the  man 
 whom  he  had  formed.  ^And  God 
 made  ta  spring  up  also  out  of  the  earth 
 every  tree  beautiful  ^  to  the  +  or.  for  sight, 
 eye  aiid  good  for  food,  and  the  tree  of 
 life  in  the  midst  of  the  garden,  and  the 
 tree  of  learning  ^  the  know-  +  or,  that 
 ledge  of  good  and  evil.  ^::^^^X. 
 '"  And  a  river  proceeds  out  ^°"^-  '•  '9- 
 of  Edem  to  water  the  garden,  thence  it 
 divides  itself  into  four  heads.  "  The 
 name  of  the  one,  Phisom,  this  it  is 
 which  encircles  the  whole  land  of  Evi- 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  12. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  hi.  v.  13. 
 
 lat,  where  tlierc  is  gold.  ^^  And  the 
 gold  of  that  land  is  good,  there  also  is 
 carbuncle  and  emerald.  '^  And  the 
 name  of  the  second  river  is  Geon,  this 
 it  is  which  encircles  the  whole  land  of 
 Ethiopia.  ^'*  And  the  third  river  is 
 Tigris,  this  is  that  which  flows  forth 
 over  against  the  Assyrians.  And  the 
 fom-th  river  is  Euphi'ates.  ''^  And  the 
 Lord  God  took  the  man  whom  he  had 
 formed,  and  placed  him  in  the  garden 
 of  Delight,  to  cultivate  and  keep  it. 
 '^  And  the  Lord  God  gave  a  charge  to 
 Adam,  saying,   Of  every  tree  which  is 
 
 +  Or,  eat  for  in  the  garden  thou  ^  mayest 
 '°"''-  freely  eat,  '^but  of  the  tree 
 
 of  the  knowledge  of  good  and  evil — of 
 
 t  Gr.  die  by  '^^  J^  shall  not  eat,  but  [in 
 death.  whatsoever  day  ye  eat  of 
 
 it,  ye  shall  ^surely  die. 
 
 '^  And  the  Lord  God  said.  It  is  not 
 good  that  the  man  should  be  alone,  let 
 
 ■t  Gr.  accord.  US  make  for  him  a  help  '^suit- 
 
 ingtohim.  ^^i^  ^^   j^-^^_         ,9^j,,l    Qod 
 
 formed  yet  farther  out  of  the  earth 
 all  the  wild  beasts  of  the  field,  and  all 
 the  birds  of  the  sky,  and  he  brought 
 them  to  Adam,  to  see  what  he  would 
 call  them,  and  whatever  Adam  called 
 
 tGr.  soul.  any  living  ^creature,  that 
 was  the  name   of  it.      ^*^And  Adam 
 
 t  Gr.  caued.  ■*■  gavc  namcs  to  all  the  cattle 
 and  to  all  the  birds  of  the  sky,  and  to 
 all  the  wild  beasts  of  the  field,  but  for 
 Adam  there  was  not  found  a  help  hke 
 to  himself  ^'  And  God  brought  a 
 trance  upon  Adam,  and  he  slept,  and 
 he  took  one  of  his  ribs,  and  filled  up 
 the  flesh  instead  thereof     ^^  And  God 
 
 t  Gr.  buut.  ^formed  the  rib  which  he  took 
 from  Adam  into  a  woman,  and  brought 
 her  to  Adam.     ^^And  Adam  said.  This 
 
 +  Or,  out  of   now  is  bone  ^  of  my  bones, 
 
 Seetheforceof  i    /i      i         p  r, -^  i  , 
 
 e(cinEph.5.3o.  aucl  liesh  oi  my  flesh ;  she 
 
 tin'theHes.  sliall  bc  Called  ^  woman,  be- 
 
 the  ^mniTapf  causc  slic  was  taken  out  of 
 
 pears.    She     ^lierhusband.    ^"^  Therefore 
 
 shall  be  called      tit  i  ^  •      r    ^ 
 
 issha  because  Shall  a  man  leave  his  lather 
 outot'/^r'"  aiid  his  mother  and  shall 
 nented''^  «=e-  +  clcavc  to  his  "wifc,  and  they 
 
 mented 
 
 Mat.  19.  .5.  two 
 
 shall 
 
 3 
 
 be 
 
 one 
 
 flesh. 
 
 '^^  And  the  two  were  naked,  both  Adam 
 and  his  wife,  and  were  not  ashamed. 
 
 3.  Now  the  serpent  was  the  most 
 crafty  of  all  the  brutes  on  the  earth, 
 which  the  Lord  God  made,  and  the 
 serpent  said  to  the  woman,  Wlierefore 
 has  God  said, Eat  not  of  every  tree  of  the 
 garden  ?  ^  And  the  woman  said  to  the 
 serpent.  We  may  eat  of  the  fruit  of  the 
 trees  of  the  garden,  ^  but  of  the  fruit 
 of  the  tree  which  is  in  the  midst  of  the 
 garden,  God  said.  Ye  shall  not  eat  of  it, 
 neither  shall  ye  touch  it,  lest  ye  die. 
 ^  And  the  serpent  said  to  the  woman, 
 ^Ye  shall    not  surely  die.    +Gr  yeshaii 
 
 ,  /^     n     1  1  •       "ot  'lis  by 
 
 r  or  God  knew  that  m  death, 
 whatever  day  ye  should  cat  of  it  your 
 eyes  would  be  opened,  and  ye  would 
 be  as  gods,  knowing  good  and  evil. 
 ^  And  the  woman  saw  that  the  tree  was 
 good  for  food,  and  that  it  was  pleasant 
 to  the  eyes  to  look  upon  and  beautiful 
 to  contemplate,  and  having  taken  of  its 
 fruit  she  ate,  andshegave  to  her  husband 
 also  with  her,  and  they  ate.  ''And  the 
 eyes  of  both  were  opened  and  they  per- 
 ceived that  they  were  naked,  and  they 
 sewed  fig  leaves  together  and  made 
 themselves  aprons  to  go  round  them. 
 ^  And  they  heard  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
 God  walking  in  the  garden  in  the  after- 
 noon ;  and  both  Adam  and  his  wife 
 hid  themselves  from  thc"|face  of  the 
 Lord  God  in  the  midst  of  the  trees 
 of  the  garden.  ^And  the  Lord  God 
 called  Adam  and  said  to  him,  Adam, 
 where  art  thou  ?  ^'^  And  he  said  to 
 him,  I  heard  ^thy  voice  as    +  or,  the 
 
 .1  n      1   i  •      ii  1  sound  of  thee 
 
 thou  walkedst  m  the  garden  walking, 
 and  I  feared  because  I  ^  was    +  g^-  am. 
 naked  and  I  hid  myself      "  And  God 
 said  to  him,  Wlio  told  thee  that  thou 
 ^wast  naked,  unless  thou  hast  ^  or.  art. 
 eaten  of  the    tree  concerning    which 
 I  charged  thee  of  it  alone  not  to  eat  ? 
 '^  And  Adam  said,  the  woman  whom 
 thou  gavest  to  be  with  me — she  gave 
 me  of  the  tree  and  I  ate.      ^^  And  the 
 Lord  God  said  to  the  woman,  Wliy 
 hast  thou  done  this?      And  the  wo- 
 
Chap.  hi.  v.  14. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  14. 
 
 man    said,   The  serpent  deceived  me 
 and  I  ate. 
 
 ''*  And  the  Lord  God  said  to  tlie  ser- 
 pent, Because  thou  hast  done  this  thou 
 art  cursed  above  all  cattle  and  all  the 
 brutes  of  the  earth,  on  thy  breast 
 and  belly  thou  shalt  go  and  thou 
 shalt  eat  earth  all  the  days  of  thy 
 life.  '^  And  I  will  put  enmity  be- 
 tween thee  and  the  woman  and  be- 
 tween thy  seed  and  her  seed,  he  shall 
 t  Gr.  keep.  ^  watcli  agaiust  thy  head,  and 
 ings^'^or^ie     tliou   slialt  '^  watch    against 
 
 passage  are       }^[^     }yQQl  16  J^^^^     ^q    ^hc 
 
 irXri^ei   aiKl  •  T    T       -m  ^ 
 
 TrXTj^eis  and     Avomau  hc  said,  1  will  greatly 
 
 reipTjo-eis.   See  multiply  thy  paius  and  thy 
 
 parkhurst  in    g^oanings  ;    in   pain    thou 
 
 shalt  bring  forth  children, 
 
 +  Gr.  turning.    ^^^    ^|^y   ^  submissiou    shall 
 
 be  to  thy  husband,  and  he  shall  rule 
 over  thee.  '^  And  to  Adam  he  said. 
 Because  thou  hast  hearkened  to  the 
 voice  of  thy  wife,  and  eaten  of  the  tree 
 concerning  which  I  charged  thee  of  it 
 only  not  to  eat — of  that  thou  hast  eaten, 
 cursed  is  the  ground  in  thy  labom's,  in 
 pain  shalt  thou  eat  of  it  all  the  days  of 
 thy  hfe.  '^  Thorns  and  thistles  shall  it 
 bring  forth  unto  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
 eat  the  herb  of  the  field.  '^  In  the 
 sweat  of  thy  face  shalt  thou  eat  thy 
 bread  until  thou  return  to  the  earth  out 
 of  which  thou  wast  taken,  for  earth 
 thou  art  and  to  earth  thou  shalt  return. 
 ^°  And  Adam  called  the  name  of  his 
 +  Gr.  zoe.  -wifc  ^  Life  because  she  was 
 the  mother  of  all  living.  ^'  And  the 
 Lord  God  made  for  Adam  and  his  wife 
 garments  of  skin  and  clothed  them. 
 
 ^^  And  ^  God  said,  Behold,  Adam  is 
 +.4/6*. + the  Lord,  become  as  one  of  us,  to 
 know  good  and  evil,  and  now  lest  at 
 any  time  he  stretch  forth  his  hand, 
 and  take  of  the  tree  of  life  and  cat, 
 and  so  he  shall  live  for  ever — ^^  So 
 the  Lord  God  sent  him  forth  out  of 
 the  garden  of  Delight  to  cultivate  the 
 ground  out  of  which  he  was  taken. 
 ^*  And  he  cast  out  Adam  and  caused 
 him  to  dwell  over  against  the  garden 
 of  Delight  and  stationed  the  cherubs 
 
 and  the  liery  sword  that  turns  about  to 
 keep  the  way  of  the  tree  of  life. 
 
 4.  And  Adam  knew  Eve  his  wife, 
 and  she  conceived  and  brought  forth 
 Cain  and  said,  I  have  gained  a  man 
 through  God.  ^And  she  again  bore 
 his  brother  Abel.  And  Abel  was  a 
 keeper  of  sheep,  but  Cain  was  a  tiller 
 of  the  ground.  ^And  it  was  so 
 ^  after  some  time  that  Cain  +  Gr.  after 
 brought  of  the  fruits  of  the  '^*^^- 
 earth  a  sacrifice  to  the  Lord.  ■*  And 
 Abel  ^also  brought  of  the  tor.  heaiso. 
 firstborn  of  his  sheep  and  of  his  fat- 
 lings,  and  God  looked  upon  Abel  and 
 his  gifts,  '^but  Cain  and  his  sacrifices 
 he  regarded  not,  and  Cain  was  ex- 
 ceedingly sorrowful  and  his  counte- 
 nance fell.  ^And  the  Lord  God  said  to 
 Cain,  Wliy  art  thou  become  very  sorrow- 
 ful and  why  is  thy  coimtcnance  fallen? 
 ^  Hast  thou  not  sinned  if  thou  hast 
 brought  it  rightly,  but  not  rightly  di- 
 vided it  ?  be  still,  unto  thee  shall  be  his 
 submission, and  thou  shalt  rule  over  him. 
 
 ^  And  Cain  said  to  Abel  liis  brother, 
 Let  us  go  out  into  the  plain,  and  it 
 came  to  pass  that  when  they  were  in 
 the  plain  Cain  rose  up  against  Abel  his 
 brother  and  slew  him.  '■'And  the  Lord 
 God  said  to  Cain,  Wliere  is  Abel  thy 
 brother  ?  and  he  said,  I  know  not,  am 
 I  my  brother's  keeper  ?  *°And  the  Lord 
 said,  Wliat  hast  thou  done  ?  the  voice 
 of  thy  brother's  blood  cries  to  me  out 
 of  the  groiuid.  "  And  now  thou  art 
 cursed  from  the  earth  which  has  opened 
 her  mouth  to  receive  thy  brother's  blood 
 from  thy  hand.  ''•^  When  thou  tillest 
 the  earth ,  then  it  shall  not  continue  to 
 give  its  strength  to  thee,  thou  shalt  be 
 groaning  and  trembling  on  the  earth. 
 '^  And  Cain  said  to  the  Lord  God,  My 
 crime  is  too  great  for  me  to  be  foi'given. 
 '^  If  thou  castest  me  out  this  day  from 
 the  face  of  the  earth  *  and  I  to,  then  shau 
 shall  be  hidden  from  thy  "'^' 
 presence,  and  I  shall  be  groaning  and 
 trembling  upon  the  earth,  then  it  will 
 be  that  any  one  that  finds  me  shall  slay 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  15. 
 
 GENESIS, 
 
 Chap.  v.  v.  22. 
 
 me.  '^  And  the  Lord  God  said  to  him, 
 Not  so,  any  one  that  slays  Cain  shall 
 +6r.  pay.  seven  ^  sufFer  seven-fold  vengeance ; 
 
 penalties.  ^^^  ^i^^^  L^^.^J  Q^^  g^^  ^  ^^^^-^ 
 
 upon  Cain  that  no  one  that  found  him 
 might  slay  him.  '^  So  Cain  went  forth 
 from  the  presence  of  God  and  dwelt  in 
 the  land  of  Nod  over  against  Edem. 
 
 '^  And  Cain  knew  his  wife,  and  hav- 
 ing conceived  she  bore  Enoch  ;  and  he 
 +  Gr.  was       ^  built  a  city  ;  and  he  named 
 
 his  son,  Enoch.  '^  And  to  Enoch  was 
 born  Gaidad  ;  and  Gaidad  begot  Male- 
 leel ;  and  Maleleel  begot  Mathusala  ; 
 and  Mathusala  begot  Lamech.  ^^  And 
 Lamech  took  to  himself  two  wives ;  the 
 name  of  the  one  was  Ada,  and  the  name 
 of  the  second  Sella.  ^"  And  Ada  bore 
 Jobel ;  he  was  the  father  of  those  that 
 dwell  in  tents,  feeding  cattle.  "^'  And 
 the  name  of  his  brother  was  Jubal ; 
 he  it  was  who  invented  the  psaltery 
 t  ffr.  she  also,  and  harp.  ^^  And  Sella  Mso 
 bore  Thobel ;  he  was  a  smith,  a  manu- 
 factiu-er  both  of  brass  and  iron  ;  and 
 the  sister  of  Thobel  was  Noema.  ^^And 
 Lamech  said  to  his  wives,  Ada  and 
 Sella,  Hear  my  voice,  ye  wives  of  La- 
 mech, consider  my  words,  because  I 
 t  Gr.  wound,  liavc  slaiu  a  man  to  my  ^sor- 
 +  Gr.  hurt.  pQ w  and  a  youth  to  my  ^grief . 
 ^^  Because  vengeance  has  been  exacted 
 seven  times  on  Cain's  behalf,  on  La- 
 mech's  it  shall  he  seventy  times  seven. 
 ^^  And  Adam  knew  Eve  his  wife  and 
 she  conceived  and  bore  a  son,  and  called 
 his  name  Seth,  saying,  For  God  has 
 +  Or,  trusted,  raiscd  up  to  me  another 
 to  cau^ &c^.  seed  instead  of  Abel,  whom 
 Th^a^S  Cain  slew.  ^«And  Seth 
 ^^nvy  as  a  part  had  a  son,  and  he  called  his 
 "   "-  name   Enos,  he  '^  hoped  to 
 
 call  on  the  name  of  the  Lord  God. 
 
 5.  This  is  the  ^genealogy  of  men  in 
 t  Gr.  book  of  ^^  ^lay  wliich  God  made 
 generation.  Adam ;  in  the  image  of  God 
 he  made  him:  ^male  and  female  he 
 ^  Alex,  their,  made  them,  and  blessed 
 them;  and  he  called  ^his  name  Adam, 
 
 in  the  day  in  which  he  made  them. 
 ^And  Adam  hved  two  hundred  and 
 thirty  years,  and  begot  a  son  after  his 
 oicn  form,  and  after  his  oiu7i  image 
 and  he  called  his  name  Seth.  *  And 
 the  days  of  Adam,  which  he  lived  after 
 his  begetting  Seth  were  seven  hun- 
 dred years  ;  and  he  begot  sons  and 
 daughters.  ^  And  all  the  days  of  Adam 
 which  he  lived  were  nine  hundred  and 
 thirty  years,  and  he  died.  ^Now 
 Seth  lived  two  hundred  and  five  years, 
 and  begot  Enos.  ^And  Seth  Hved 
 after  his  begetting  Enos,  seven  hrmdred 
 and  seven  years,  and  he  begot  sons  and 
 daughters.  ^  And  all  the  days  of  Seth 
 were  nine  hundred  and  twelve  years, 
 and  he  died.  ^  And  Enos  Hved  an 
 hundred  and  ninety  years,  and  begot 
 Cainan.  '"And  Enos  lived  after  his 
 begetting  Cainan,  seven  hundi'ed  and 
 fifteen  years,  and  he  begot  sons  and 
 daughters.  ' '  And  all  the  days  of  Enos 
 were  nine  hundred  and  five  years,  and 
 he  died.  '^  And  Cainan  lived  an  hun- 
 dred and  seventy  years,  and  he  begot 
 Maleleel.  '^And  Cainan  hved  after 
 his  begetting  Maleleel,  seven  hundred 
 and  forty  years,  and  he  begot  sons  and 
 daughters.  '*  And  all  the  days  of 
 Cainan  were  nine  hundred  and  ten 
 years,  and  he  died. 
 
 '^  And  Maleleel  lived  an  hundred 
 and  sixty  and  five  years,  and  he  begot 
 Jared.  *^  And  Maleleel  hved  after  his 
 begetting  Jared,  seven  hundred  and 
 thirty  years,  and  he  begot  sons  and 
 daughters.  '^  And  all  the  days  of 
 Maleleel  were  eight  hundred  and  ninety 
 and  five  years,  and  he  died.  '^  And 
 Jared  Hved  an  hundred  and  sixty  and 
 two  years,  and  begot  Enoch,  '^and 
 Jared  Hved  after  his  begetting  Enoch, 
 eight  hundred  years,  and  he  begot  sons 
 and  daughters.  ^°  And  all  the  days  of 
 Jared  were  nine  hundred  and  sixty  and 
 two  years,  and  he  died.  ^'  And  Enoch 
 Hved  an  hundred  and  sixty  and  five 
 years,  and  begat  ]\Iathusala.  ^^And 
 Enoch  was  well-pleasing  unto  God  after 
 his  begettinai:  Mathusala,  two  hundred 
 
Chap.  v.  v.  23. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  19. 
 
 years  and  he  begot  sons  and  daughters. 
 ■^^  And  all  the  days  of  Enoch  were  three 
 hundred  and  sixty  and  five  years. 
 ^*  And  Enoch  was  well-pleasing  unto 
 God,  and  was  not  found,  because  God 
 translated  him.  ^^  And  INIathusala  lived 
 tvito.is-years.  +an  hundred  and  sixty  and 
 seven  years,  and  begot  Lamech.  ^*'And 
 ]\Iathusala  hved  after  his  begetting  La- 
 Uiiex.7S2.  mech  ^  eight  hundred  and 
 two  years,  and  begot  sons  and  daughters. 
 ^^  And  all  the  days  of  ]\Iathusala  which 
 he  lived,  were  nine  hundred  and  sixty 
 and  nine  years,  and  he  died.  ^**And 
 Lamech  Hved  an  hundred  and  eighty 
 and  eight  years,  and  begot  a  son. 
 ^^  And  he  called  his  name  Noe,  saying, 
 This  one  will  cause  us  to  cease  from 
 our  works,  and  from  the  toils  of  our 
 hands,  and  from  the  earth,  which  the 
 Lord  God  has  cvirsed.  ^^  And  Lamech 
 lived  after  his  begetting  Noe,  five  hun- 
 dred and  sixty  and  five  years,  and  begot 
 sons  and  daughters.  ^'  And  all  the 
 days  of  Lamecli  were  seven  hundred 
 and  fifty-three  years,  and  he  died. 
 ^^  And  Noe  was  five  hundred  years  old, 
 uiex.cha.ph.  and  he  begot  three  sons, 
 Sem,  ^Cham,  and  Japheth. 
 
 6.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  men 
 
 began  to  be  numerous  upon  the  earth, 
 
 and  daughters  were  born  to  them,  ^that 
 
 +i4to.  Angels  the    ^  SOUS   of  God  having 
 
 of  God.  gggj.^  ^I^g  daughters  of  men 
 
 that  they  were  beautiful,  took  to  them- 
 selves wives  of  all  whom  they  chose. 
 'And  the  Lord  God  said,  My  Spirit 
 shall  certainly  not  remain  among  these 
 men  for  ever,  because  they  are  flesh, 
 but  their  days  shall  be  an  hundred  and 
 twenty  years.  ^Now  the  giants  were 
 upon  the  earth  in  those  days,  and  after 
 that  when  the  sons  of  God  were  wont 
 to  go  in  to  the  dai;ghters  of  men,  they 
 bore  children  to  them,  those  were  tlie 
 giants  of  old,  the  men  of  renown. 
 
 ■''  And  the  Lord  God  having  seen 
 that  the  wicked  actions  of  men  were 
 multiplied  upon  the  earth,  and  that 
 every  one   in  his  heart  Avas  intently 
 
 brooding  over  evil  continually,  ""then 
 God  laid  it  to  heart  that  he  had  made 
 man  upon  the  earth,  and  he  pondered 
 it  deeply.  ^  And  God  said,  I  will 
 blot  out  man  whom  I  have  +  ^^  j  j^^^.^ 
 made  from  the  face  of  the  thoupht  or 
 
 ■,  -11        reasoned. yl/fj. 
 
 earth,  even  man  with  cattle,  eev^wer,>'.   i 
 
 and      reptiles      with      flying    became  angry. 
 
 creatures  of  the  sky,  for  1  am  ^grieved 
 tliat  I  have  made  them. 
 
 **But  Noe  found  grace  before  the  Lord 
 God.  ^  And  these  are  the  generations 
 of  Noe.  Noe  was  a  just  man  ;  being 
 perfect  in  his  generation,  Noe  was  well- 
 pleasing  to  God.  ''^And  Noe  begot  three 
 sons,  Sem ,  ^  Cham ,  Japheth.  "^aux.  chaph. 
 "  But  the  earth  was  corrupted  before 
 God,  and  the  earth  Avas  filled  with  ini- 
 quity. '^  And  the  Lord  (Jod  saw  the 
 earth,  and  it  was  corrupted;  because 
 all  flesh  had  corrupted  its  way  upon  the 
 earth.  '^  And  the  Lord  God  said  to 
 Noe,  ^A  period  of  all  men  t  Gr.  the  time 
 is  come  before  me;  because  "f  every  man. 
 the  earth  has  been  filled  with  iniqiiity 
 by  them,  and,  behold,  1  destroy  them 
 and  the  earth. 
 
 '■*  Make  therefore  for  thyself  an  ark 
 of  square  timber  ;  thou  shalt  make  the 
 ark  in  ^  compartments,  and    +  Gr.  nests, 
 tliou  shalt  pitch  it  within  and  without 
 with  pitch.       '"''  And  tliiis  shalt  thou 
 make  the  ark ;  three  Inmdred  cubits  the 
 length  of  the  ark,  and  fifty  cubits  the 
 breadth,  and  thirty  cubits  the  height 
 of  it.     '^  Thou  shalt  narrow  the  ark  in 
 making  it,  and  in  a  cubit  above  thou 
 slialt  finish  it,  and  the  door  of  the  ark 
 thou    slialt  make    ^  on  the    +  Gr.  out  of 
 side;    with  lower,  second,  "'*''''^*'- 
 and  tliird  stories  thou  shalt  make  it. 
 '  ^  And  bell  old  1  bring  a  ^flood     t  Gr.  flood, 
 of  water  upon  the  earth ,  to  ^***''- 
 destroy  all  flesh  in  whicli  is  the  breath 
 of  hfe  under  licaven,  and  whatsoever 
 things  are  upon  the  eartli  shall  che. 
 
 '*'And  1  will  establish  my  covenant 
 with  thee,  and  thou  shalt  enter  into  the 
 ark,  and  thy  sons  and  thy  wife,  and  thy 
 sons'  wives  Avith  thee.  '^  And  of  all 
 cattle  and  of  all  reptiles  and  of  all  wild 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  20. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  1. 
 
 beasts,  even  of  all  flesh,  tliou  slialt  bring 
 by  ^  pairs  of  all,  into  the  ark,  +  Gr.  two,  two. 
 tliat  thou  mayest  feed  them  with  thy- 
 self:  male  and  female  they  shall  be. 
 ^^  Of  all  winged  birds  after  their  kind, 
 and  of  all  cattle  after  their  kind,  and 
 of  all  reptiles  creeping  upon  the  earth 
 after  their  kind,  pairs  of  all  shall  come 
 in  to  thee,  male  and  female  to  be  fed 
 with  thee.  ^^And  thou  shalt  take  to 
 thyself  of  all  kinds  of  food  which 
 ye  eat,  and  thou  shalt  gather  them  to 
 thyself,  and  it  shall  be  for  thee  and  them 
 to  eat.  ^^  And  Noe  did  all  things  what- 
 ever the  Lord  God  commanded  him, 
 so  did  he. 
 
 7.  And  the  Lord  God  said  to  Noe, 
 tGr.  house.  Enter  thou  and  all  thy  ^fa- 
 mily into  the  ark,  for  thee  have  I  seen 
 righteous  before  me  in  this  generation. 
 ^  And  of  the  clean  cattle  take  in  to  thee 
 sevens,  male  and  female,  and  of  the 
 unclean  cattle  pairs  male  and  female. 
 ^And  of  clean  flying  creatures  of  the 
 sky  sevens,  male  and  female,  and  of  all 
 unclean  flying  creatures  pairs,  male  and 
 female,  to  maintain  seed  on  all  the  earth. 
 ^For  yet  seven  days  having  passed  I 
 bring  rain  upon  the  earth  forty  days 
 and  forty  nights,  and  1  will  blot  out 
 every  offspring  which  I  have  made 
 from  the  face  of  all  the  earth.  ^And 
 Noe  did  all  things  whatever  the 
 Lord  God  commanded  him.  ''And 
 Noe  was  six  hundred  years  old  when 
 the  flood  of  water  was  upon  the  earth. 
 ^And  then  went  in  Noe  and  his  sons 
 and  liis  wife,  and  liis  sons'  wives  with 
 him  into  the  ark,  because  of  the  water 
 of  the  flood.  ^And  of  clean  flying 
 creatures  and  of  imclean  flying  crea- 
 tures, and  of  clean  cattle  and  of  unclean 
 cattle,  and  of  all  things  that  creep  upon 
 the  earth,  ^pairs  went  in  to  Noe  into  the 
 ark,  male  and  female,  as  God  com- 
 manded Noe.  ^°  And  it  came  to  pass 
 after  the  seven  days  that  the  water  of 
 the  flood  came  upon  the  earth.  ''  In 
 the  six  hundredth  year  of  the  life  of 
 Noe,    in   the   second   month,   on   the 
 
 twenty-seventh  day  of  the  month,  on  this 
 day  all  the  fountains  of  the  abyss  were 
 broken  up,  and  the  ^  flood-  +or,  bars,  or 
 gates  ofheaven  were  opened.  <^*taracts. 
 '^  And  the  rain  was  upon  the  earth  forty 
 days  and  forty  nights.  '^  On  that  very 
 day  entered  Noe,  Sem,  Cham,  Japheth, 
 the  sons  of  Noe,  and  the  wife  of  Noe, 
 and  the  three  wives  of  his  sons  with 
 him  into  the  ark.  '^  And  all  the  wild 
 beasts  after  their  kind,  and  all  cattle 
 after  their  kind,  and  every  reptile 
 moving  itself  on  the  earth  after  its  land, 
 and  every  flying  bird  after  its  kind, 
 '•^  went  in  to  Noe  into  the  ark,  pairs,  male 
 and  female  of  all  flesh  in  which  is  the 
 breath  of  life.  '''  And  they  that  entered 
 went  in  male  and  female  of  all  flesh,  as 
 God  commanded  Noe,  and  the  Lord 
 God  shut  the  ark  outside  of  him. 
 
 ^^And  the  flood  was  upon  the  earth 
 forty  days  and  forty  nights,  and  the 
 water  abounded  greatly  and  bore  up 
 the  ark,  and  it  was  lifted  on  high  from 
 off  the  earth.  ^^And  the  water  prevailed 
 and  abounded  exceedingly  upon  the 
 earth,  and  the  ark  was  borne  upon  the 
 water.  ^^  And  the  water  prevailed  ex- 
 ceedingly upon  the  earth,  and  covered 
 all  the  laigh  mountains  wliich  were 
 under  heaven.  ^°Fifteen  cubits  upwards 
 was  the  water  raised,  and  it  covered  aU 
 the  high  mountains.  ^' And  there  died 
 all  flesh  that  moved  upon  the  earth,  of 
 flying  creatures  and  cattle,  and  of  wild 
 beasts,  and  every  reptile  moving  upon 
 the  earth,  and  every  man.  ^^  And  all 
 things  which  have  the  breath  of  hfe, 
 and  whatever  was  on  the  dry  land,  died. 
 ^^  And  God  blotted  out  every  offspring 
 which  was  upon  the  face  of  the  earth, 
 both  man  and  beast,  and  reptiles,  and 
 birds  of  the  sky,  and  they  were  blotted 
 out  from  the  earth,  and  Noe  was  left 
 alone,  and  those  with  him  in  the  ark. 
 ^^  And  the  water  was  raised  over  the 
 earth  an  hmidred  and  fifty  days. 
 
 8.  And  God  remembered  Noe,  and 
 all  the  wild  beasts,  and  all  the  cattle, 
 and  all  the  birds,  and  all  the  reptiles 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  2. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  7. 
 
 that  creep,  as  many  as  were  with  him 
 in  the  ark,  and  God  brought  a  wind 
 upon  the  earth,  and  the  water  stayed. 
 *And  the  fountains  of  the  deep  were 
 closed  up,  and  the  flood-gates  of  hea- 
 ven, and  the  rain  from  heaven  was 
 withheld.  ^  And  the  water  subsided, 
 and  went  off  the  earth,  and  after  an 
 himdred  and  fifty  days  the  water  was 
 diminished,  and  the  ark  rested  in  the 
 seventh  month,  on  the  twenty-seventh 
 day  of  the  month,  on  the  mountains  of 
 Ararat.  *  And  the  water  continued  to 
 decrease  until  the  tenth  month.  ^  And 
 in  the  tenth  month  on  the  first  day  of 
 the  month,  the  heads  of  the  mountains 
 were  seen.  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
 forty  days  Noe  opened  the  window  of 
 the  ark  which  he  had  made.  '^And  he 
 t  Gr. theraven.  Sent  forth  ^aravcn;^  and  it 
 1 4to.  to  see  if  ^e^t  forth  and  returned  not 
 
 the  water  had  -i      i  i    •     i 
 
 ceased.  Until  the  Water  was  di"ied 
 
 from  off  the  earth.  ^And  he  sent 
 tGr.  the  dove,  '^a  dovc  after  it  [to  see  if 
 the  water  had  ceased  from  off  the 
 earth.  ^And  the  dove  not  having 
 found  rest  for  her  feet,  returned  to  him 
 into  the  ark,  because  the  water  was  on  all 
 the  face  of  the  earth,  and  he  stretched 
 out  his  hand  and  took  her,  and  brought 
 her  to  laimself  into  the  ark.  '"  And 
 having  waited  yet  seven  other  days,  he 
 again  sent  forth  the  dove  from  the  ark. 
 ' '  And  the  dove  returned  to  him  in  the 
 evening,  and  had  a  leaf  of  oHve,  a  sprig 
 in  her  mouth ;  and  Noe  knew  that  the 
 water  had  ceased  from  off  the  earth. 
 '*  And  having  waited  yet  seven  other 
 days,  he  again  sent  forth  the  dove,  and 
 she  did  not  return  to  him  again  any 
 more.  *'And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
 six  himdred  and  first  year  of  the  life 
 of  Noe,  in  the  first  month,  on  the  first 
 day  of  the  month,  the  water  subsided 
 from  off  the  earth,  and  Noe  opened  the 
 covering  of  the  ark  which  he  had  made, 
 and  he  saw  that  the  water  had  subsided 
 from  the  face  of  the  earth.  '■*  And  in 
 the  second  month  the  earth  was  dried,  on 
 the  twenty-seventh  day  of  the  month. 
 '*  And  the  Lord  God  spoke  to  Noe, 
 
 saying,  ^^Come  out  from  the  ark,  thou 
 and  thy  wife  and  thy  sons,  and  thy 
 sons'  wives  with  thee.  ^^  And  all  the 
 wild  beasts  as  many  as  are  with  thee, 
 and  all  flesh  both  of  birds  and  beasts, 
 and  every  reptile  moving  upon  the 
 earth,  bring  forth  with  thee,  and  in- 
 crease ye  and  multiply  upon  the  earth. 
 '*^  And  Noe  came  forth,  and  his  wife  and 
 his  sons,  and  his  sons'  wives  with  him. 
 '^  And  all  the  wild  beasts  and  all  the 
 cattle  and  every  bird,  and  every  reptile 
 creeping  upon  the  earth  after  their 
 kind,  came  forth  out  of  the  ark. 
 
 ^"And  Noe  built  an  altar  to  the  Lord, 
 and  took  of  all  clean  beasts,  and  of  all 
 clean  birds,  and  offered  a  whole  burnt- 
 offering  upon  the  altar.  ^'  And  the 
 Lord  God  smelled  a  smell  of  sweetness, 
 and  the  Lord  God  having  considered, 
 said,  I  will  not  any  more  curse  the 
 earth,  because  of  the  works  of  men, 
 because  the  imagination  of  man  is  in- 
 tently bent  upon  evil  things  from  his 
 youth,  I  will  not  therefore  any  more 
 smite  all  living  flesh  as  I  have  done. 
 ^^  All  the  days  of  the  earth,  seed  and 
 harvest,  cold  and  heat,  summer  and 
 spring,  shall  not  cease  by  day  or  night. 
 
 9.  And  God  blessed  Noe  and  his 
 sons,  and  said  to  them.  Increase  and 
 multiply,  and  fill  the  earth  and  have 
 dominion  over  it.  ^And  the  dread 
 and  the  fear  of  you  shall  be  upon  all 
 the  wild  beasts  of  the  earth,  on  all  the 
 birds  of  the  sky,  and  on  all  things 
 moving  upon  the  earth,  and  upon  all 
 the  fishes  of  the  sea,  I  have  placed  them 
 under  your  ^  power.  ^And  ^Gr-  hands. 
 every  reptile  which  is  Uving  shall  be  to 
 you  for  meat,  I  have  given  all  things  to 
 you  as  the  ^  green  herbs,  t^r.  Herbs  of 
 '  But  flesh  with  blood  of  Hfe  ^^'• 
 ye  shall  not  cat.  *For  your  blood  of 
 your  fives  will  I  require  at  the  hand  of  all 
 wild  beasts,  and  I  will  require  the  life 
 of  man  at  the  hand  of  his  brother  man. 
 •"He  that  sheds  man's  blood,  instead  of 
 that  blood  shall  his  own  be  shed,  for  in 
 the  image  of  God  I  made  man.     ^  But 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  8. 
 
 GENESIS, 
 
 Chap.  x.  y.  11. 
 
 do  ye  increase  and  multiply,  and  fill 
 the  earth,  and  have  dominion  over  it. 
 
 *  A]jd  God  spoke  to  Noe,  and  to  his 
 sons  with  him,  saying,  ^And  behold  I 
 estabhsh  my  covenant  with  you,  and 
 with  your  seed  after  you,  ^°  and  with 
 
 +  Gr.  living     cvcry  ^  living  creature  with 
 ®°*^"  you,  of  birds  and  of  beasts, 
 
 and  with  all  the  wild  beasts  of  the  earth, 
 as  many  as  are  with  you,  of  all  that 
 come  out  of  the  ark.  "And  I  will 
 estabhsh  my  covenant  vrith  you,  and 
 all  flesh  shall  not  any  more  die  by  the 
 water  of  the  flood,  and  there  shall  no 
 more  be  a  flood  of  water  to  destroy  all 
 the  earth.  ^^  And  the  Lord  God  said 
 to  Noe,  This  is  the  sign  of  the  covenant 
 which  I  set  between  me  and  you,  and 
 between  every  Hving  creature  which  is 
 with  you  •  for  perpetual  generations. 
 '^I  set  my  bow  in  the  cloud,  and  it 
 shall  be  for  a  sign  of  covenant  between 
 me  and  the  earth.  '*  And  it  shall  be 
 when  I  gather  clouds  upon  the  earth, 
 that  my  bow  shall  be  seen  in  the  cloud. 
 '^  And  I  will  remember  my  covenant, 
 which  is  between  me  and  you,  and 
 between  every  living  soul  in  all  flesh, 
 and  there  shall  no  longer  be  water  for 
 a  deluge,  so  as  to  blot  out  aU  flesh. 
 '^  And  my  bow  shall  be  in  the  cloud, 
 and  I  will  look  to  remember  the  ever- 
 lasting covenant  between  me  and  the 
 earth,  and  between  ever?/  Hving  soul  in 
 all  flesh,  which  is  upon  the  earth. 
 '^And  God  said  to  Noe,   This  is  the 
 
 +  Gr.  and  be-  sign  of  the  Covenant,  which 
 I  have  made  between  me  ^and 
 all  flesh,  which  is  upon  the  earth. 
 
 '^  Now  the  sons  of  Noe  which  came 
 out  of  the  ark,  were  Sem,  Cham,  Ja- 
 pheth.  And  Cham  was  father  of  Cha- 
 naan.  '^  These  three  are  the  sons  of 
 Noe,  of  these  were  men  scattered  over 
 all  the  earth.  ^"  And  Noe  began  to  be 
 a  husbandman,  and  he  planted  a  vine- 
 yard. 2'  And  he  drank  of  the  vonc, 
 and  was  drunk,  and  was  naked  in  his 
 house.  ^^And  Cham  the  father  of 
 Chanaan  saw  the  nakedness  of  his  father, 
 and  he  went  out  and  told  his  two  brothers 
 
 without.  ^^And  Sem  and  Japheth 
 having  taken  a  garment,  put  it  on  both 
 their  backs  and  went  backwards,  and 
 covered  the  nakedness  of  their  father  ; 
 and  their  face  was  backward,  and  they 
 saw  not  the  nakedness  of  their  father. 
 ^"^  And  Noe  recovered  from  the  wine, 
 and  knew  all  that  his  yomiger  son  had 
 done  to  him.  ^'^  And  he  said.  Cursed 
 be  the  servant  Chanaan,  a  slave  shall 
 he  be  to  his  brethren.  ^^  And  he  said, 
 Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Sem,  and 
 Chanaan  shall  be  his  bond-servant. 
 ^^  May  God  make  room  for  Japheth  and 
 let  him  dwell  in  the  habitations  of 
 Sem,  and  let  Chanaan  be  his  servant. 
 ^^  And  Noe  hved  after  the  flood  three 
 hundi-ed  and  fifty  years.  ^^  And  all 
 the  days  of  Noe  were  nine  hundred 
 and  fifty  years,  and  he  died. 
 
 10.  Now  these  are  the  generations 
 of  the  sons  of  Noe,  Sem,  Cham,  Ja- 
 pheth, and  sons  were  born  to  them 
 after  the  flood. 
 
 ^The  sons  of  Japheth,  Gamer,  and 
 Magog,  and  Madoi,  and  Jovan,  and 
 EUsa,  and  Thobel,  and  Mosoch,  and 
 Thiras.  ^And  the  sons  of  Gamer, 
 Aschanaz,  and  Riphath,  and  Thorgama. 
 *And  the  sons  of  Jovan,  Ehsa,  and 
 Tharseis,  Cetians,  Rhodians.  ^  From 
 these  were  the  islands  of  the  Gentiles 
 divided  in  their  land,  each  according 
 to  his  tongue,  in  their  tribes  and  in 
 their  nations. 
 
 ^And  the  sons  of  Cham,  Chus,  and 
 Mesrain,  Phud,  and  Chanaan.  ''  And 
 the  sons  of  Chus,  Saba,  and  Evila,  and 
 Sabatha,  and  Rhegma,  and  Sabathaca, 
 And  the  sons  of  Rhegma,  Saba,  and 
 Dadam.  ^  And  Chus  begot  Nebrod, 
 he  began  to  be  a  giant  upon  the  earth. 
 ^  He  was  a  giant  hunter  before  the 
 Lord  God,  therefore  they  say ,  As  Nebrod 
 the  giant  hunter  before  the  Lord. 
 *°  And  the  beginning  of  his  kingdom 
 was  Babylon,  and  Orech,  and  Archad, 
 and  Chalanne,  in  the  land  of  Senaar. 
 "  Out  of  that  land  came  Assm-,  and 
 built  Ninevi,  and  the  city  Rhooboth, 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  12. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  13. 
 
 and  Clialacli.  '^  And  Dase  between 
 Ninevi  and  Chalach,  this  is  the  gi'eat 
 city.  ^^And  jMesrain  begot  the  Lu- 
 diim,  and  the  Nephthahm,  and  the 
 Enemetiim,  and  the  Labiim.  '*  And 
 the  Patrosoniim,  and  the  Chasm oniim 
 (whence  came  forth  Phylistiim)and  the 
 Gaphthoriim.  ^^  And  Chanaan  begot 
 Sidon  liis  first-born,  and  the  Chettite, 
 ^^  and  the  Jebusite,  and  the  Amorite, 
 and  the  Girgashite.  '^  And  the  Evite, 
 and  the  Anikite,  and  the  Asennite. 
 ^^And  the  Aradian,  and  the  Samarean, 
 and  the  Amathite,  and  after  this  the 
 tribes  of  the  Chananites  were  dispersed. 
 ^^  And  the  boundaries  of  the  Chanan- 
 ites were  from  Sidon  till  one  comes  to 
 Gerara  and  Gaza,  till  one  comes  to 
 Sodom  and  Gomorrha,  Adama  and 
 Seboin,  as  far  as  Dasa.  ^"  These  ^oere 
 the  sons  of  Cham  in  their  tribes  accord- 
 ing to  their  tongues,  in  their  countries, 
 and  in  their  nations. 
 
 ^'  And  to  Sem  himself  also  were 
 children  born,  the  father  of  all  the 
 sons  of  Heber,  the  brother  of  Japheth 
 the  elder.  ^^  Sons  of  Sem,  Elam,  and 
 Assur,  and  Arphaxad,  and  Lud,  and 
 Aram,  and  Cainan.  ^^And  sons  of 
 Aram,  Uz,  and  Ul,  and  Gater,  and 
 Mosoch.  ^*  And  Arphaxad  begot 
 Cainan,  and  Cainan  begot  Sala.  And 
 Sala  begot  Heber.  ^'^  And  to  Heber  were 
 born  two  sons,  the  name  of  the  one, 
 Phaleg,  because  in  his  days  the  earth 
 was  divided,  and  the  name  of  liis  bro- 
 ther Jektan.  ^^And  Jektan  begot 
 Elmodad,  and  Saleth,  and  Sarmoth, 
 and  Jarach,  ^^and  Odorrha,  and  Aibel, 
 and  Decla,  '^'^and  Eval,  and  Abimacl 
 and  Saba,  ^^  and  Uphir,  and  Evila,  and 
 Jobab,  all  tliese  were  the  sons  of  Jektan. 
 ^°  And  their  dweUing  was  from  INIasse, 
 till  one  comes  to  Saphcra,  a  mountain 
 of  the  east.  ^'  These  were  the  sons  of 
 Sem  in  their  tribes,  according  to  their 
 tongues,  in  their  countries,  and  in  their 
 nations.  ^^  These  arc  the  ti'ibes  of  the 
 +  or  simply  sons  of  Noc,  according  to 
 Gentiles.  their  generations,  according 
 to  their  nations,  of  them  were    *  the 
 
 islands  of  the  Gentiles  scattered  over 
 the  earth  after  the  flood. 
 
 11.  And  all  the  earth  was  one  lip, 
 and  there  was  one  language  to  all. 
 ^And  it  came  to  pass  as  they  moved 
 from  the  east,  they  found  a  plain  in  the 
 land  of  Senaar,  and  they  dwelt  there. 
 ^And  a  man  said  to  liis  neighbour, 
 Come,  let  us  make  bricks  and  bake  them 
 with  fire.  And  the  brick  was  to  them 
 for  stone,  and  their  mortar  was  bitumen. 
 ''And  they  said.  Come,  let  us  build  to 
 ourselves  a  city  and  tower,  whose  top 
 shall  be  to  heaven,  and  let  us  make  to 
 ourselves  a  name,  before  we  are  scattered 
 abroad  upon  the  face  of  all  the  earth. 
 ^And  the  Lord  came  down  to  sec  the 
 city  and  the  tower,  which  the  sons  of 
 men  built.  ^And  the  Lord  said, 
 Behold,  there  is  one  race,  and  one  lip 
 of  all,  and  they  have  begun  to  do  this, 
 and  now  nothing  shall  fail  from  them 
 of  all  that  they  may  have  undertaken 
 to  do.  ^  Come,  and  having  gone  down 
 let  us  there  confound  their  tongue,  that 
 they  may  not  understand  each  the  voice 
 of  his  neighbour.  **And  the  Lord 
 scattered  them  thence  over  the  face  of 
 all  the  earth,  and  they  left  off  building 
 the  city  and  the  tower.  ^  On  this  ac- 
 count its  name  was  called  Confusion, 
 because  there  the  Lord  confounded 
 the  languages  of  all  the  earth,  and 
 thence  the  Lord  scattered  them  upon 
 the  face  of  all  the  earth. 
 
 '°  And  these  are  the  generations  of 
 Sem,  and  Sem  was  a  hundred  years 
 old  when  he  begot  Arphaxad,  the 
 second  year  after  the  flood.  "And 
 Sem  lived,  after  he  had  begotten  Ar- 
 phaxad, five  hundred  years,  and  begot 
 sons  and  daughters,  and  died.  •^  And 
 Arphaxad  lived  a  hundred  and  thirty 
 five  years  and  begot  Cainan.  '''And 
 Arphaxad  lived  after  he  had  begotten 
 Cainan,  *  four  hundred  years  ^aibxa^q  years, 
 and  begot  sons  and  daughters,  and 
 died.  And  Cainan  lived  a  himdred 
 and  thirty  years  and  begot  Sala,  and 
 Canaan   lived   after  he  had  begotten 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  14. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  10. 
 
 Sala,  three  hundred  and  thirty  years, 
 and  begot  sons  and  daughters,  and  died. 
 ^'*  And  Sala  lived  an  hundred  and  thirty 
 years,  and  begot  Heber.  '^And  Sala 
 lived  after  he  had  begotten  Heber, 
 three  hundred  and  thirty  years,  and 
 begot  sons  and  davighters,  and  died. 
 '^  And  Heber  Hved  an  himdred  and 
 thirty-four  years,  and  begot  Phaleg. 
 '^  And  Heber  lived  after  he  had  be- 
 +.4to.37oyears.  gotten  Phaleg  Hwo  hundred 
 and  seventy  years,  and  begot  sons  and 
 daughters,  and  died.  '**And  Phaleg 
 lived  an  hundred  and  tliirty  years,  and 
 begot  Kagau.  '^  And  Phaleg  lived 
 after  he  had  begotten  Ragau,  two  hun- 
 dred and  nine  years,  and  begot  sons 
 and  daughters,  and  died.  ^"^And  Eagau 
 lived  an  hundi'ed  thirty  and  two  years, 
 and  begot  Scruch.  ^'And  Ragau  lived 
 after  he  had  begotten  Seruch,  two  hun- 
 dred and  seven  years,  and  begot  sons 
 and  daughters,  and  died.  ^^And  Se- 
 ruch hved  a  hundred  and  thirty  years, 
 and  begot  Nachor.  '^^  And  Seruch  lived 
 after  he  had  begotten  Nachor,  two 
 hundred  years,  and  begot  sons  and 
 daughters,  and  died.  ^"^  And  Nachor 
 tiito.  79  years,  lived  ^a  hundred  and  seventy 
 nine  years,  and  begot  Tharrha.  ^^And 
 Nachor  lived  after  he  had  begotten 
 Uto.i29years.  Tharrha,  ^  an  hundred  and 
 twenty-five  years,  and  begot  sons  and 
 daughters,  and  he  died.  ^^  And 
 Tharrha  hved  seventy  years,  and  begot 
 Abram,  and  Nachor,  and  Arrhan. 
 
 ^^  And  these  are  the  generations  of 
 Tharrha.  Tharrha  begot  Abram  and 
 Nachor,  and  Arrhan;  and  Arrhan  be- 
 got Lot.  ^^  And  Arrhan  died  in  the 
 presence  of  Tharrha  his  father,  in  the 
 land  in  which  he  was  born,  in  the 
 country  of  the  Chaldces.  ^^  And  Abram 
 and  Nachor  took  to  themselves  wives, 
 the  name  of  the  wife  of  Abram  was 
 [There  seems  Sara,  and  the  name  of  the 
 oftheTateof  wifc  of  Nachor,  Malcha, 
 mSgewith  daughter  of  Arrhan,  and  he 
 Sara.]  was  the  father  of  Malcha, 
 
 the  father  of  Jcscha.  ^°  And  Sara  was 
 barren    and   did    not    bear    children. 
 
 ^^  And  Tharrha  took  Abram  his  son, 
 and  Lot  the  son  of  Arrhan,  the  son  of 
 his  son,  and  Sara  his  daughter-in-law, 
 the  wife  of  Abram  his  son,  and  led  them 
 forth  out  of  the  land  of  the  Chaldces, 
 to  go  into  the  land  of  Chanaan,  and 
 they  came  as  far  as  Charrhan,  and  he 
 dwelt  there.  ^^  And  all  the  days  of 
 Tharrha  in  the  land  of  Charrhan  were 
 two  hundi'ed  and  five  years,  and 
 Tharrha  died  in  Charrhan. 
 
 12  And  the  Lord  said  to  Abram,  Go 
 forth  out  of  thy  land  and  out  of  thy 
 kindred,  and  out  of  the  house  of  thy 
 father,  and  come  into  the  land  whiclr 
 I  shall  shew  thee.  ^  And  I  will  make 
 thee  a  great  nation,  and  I  will  bless 
 thee  and  magnify  thy  name,  and  thou 
 shalt  be  blessed.  ^And  I  will  bless 
 those  that  bless  thee,  and  curse  those 
 that  curse  thee,  and  in  thee  shall  all 
 the  tribes  of  the  earth  be  blessed.  ''  And 
 Abram  went  as  the  Lord  spoke  to  him, 
 and  Lot  departed  with  him,  and  Abram 
 was  seventy-five  years  old,  when  he 
 went  out  of  Charrhan.  ^  And  Abram 
 took  Sara  his  wife,  and  Lot  the  son  of 
 his  brother,  and  all  their  possessions, 
 as  many  as  they  had  got,  and  every 
 soul  which  they  had  got  in  Charrhan, 
 and  they  went  forth  to  go  into  the  land 
 of  Chanaan.^  ^And  Abram  ^  ^i^^,_  _^_  ^^^ 
 traversed  the  land  length-  came  into  the 
 
 P  1  1  o         IslxiA    of   Cha- 
 
 wise  as  tar  as  the  place  by-  naan.  so  the 
 chem,  to  the  high  oak,  and  ^'^*' 
 the  Chananites  then  inhabited  the  land. 
 ^And  the  Lord  appeared  to  Abram, 
 and  said  to  him,  I  will  give  this  land  to 
 thy  seed.  And  Abram  built  an  altar 
 there  to  the  Lord,  who  appeared  to 
 him.  ^  And  he  departed  thence  to  the 
 moimtain  eastward  of  Boethel,  and  there 
 he  pitched  his  tent  in  Bajthel  near  the 
 sea,  and  Aggai  toward  the  east,  and 
 there  he  built  an  altar  to  the  Lord,  and 
 called  on  the  name  of  the  Lord.  ^  And 
 Abram  departed  and  went  and  en- 
 camped in  the  wilderness. 
 
 '°  And  there  was  a  famine  in  the  land, 
 and  Abram  went  down  to  Egypt  to 
 
Chap.  xii.  w.  11. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  18. 
 
 sojourn  there,  because  the  famine  pre- 
 vailed in  the  land.  ^' And  it  came  to 
 pass  when  Abram  drew  nigh  to  enter 
 into  Egypt,  Abram  said  to  Sara  his 
 wife,  I  know  that  thou  art  a  fair 
 woman.  '^It  shall  come  to  pass  then 
 that  when  the  Egyptians  shall  sec  thee, 
 they  shall  say,  This  is  his  wife,  and 
 they  shall  slay  me,  but  they  shall  save 
 thee  ahve.  ^^  Say,  therefore,  I  am  his 
 sister,  that  it  may  be  well  with  me  on 
 accoimt  of  thee,  and  my  soul  shall  Hve 
 because  of  thee.  ^^  And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  Abram  entered  into  Egypt — the 
 Egyptians  having  seen  his  wile  that  she 
 was  very  beautiful — ^^that  the  princes 
 of  Pharao  saw  her,  and  praised  her 
 to  Pharao  and  brought  her  into  the 
 house  of  Pharao.  "'And  they  treated 
 Abram  well  on  her  account,  and  he 
 had  sheep,  and  calves,  and  asses,  and 
 men  -  servants,  and  women  -  servants, 
 and  mules,  and  camels.  ^^And  God 
 aflB.icted  Pharao  with  great  and  severe 
 afflictions,  and  his  house,  because  of 
 Sara,  Abram's>  wife.  '^And  Pharao 
 having  called  Abram,  said.  What  is 
 this  thou  hast  done  unto  me,  that  thou 
 didst  not  tell  me  that  she  was  thy  wife? 
 '^Wlierefore  didst  thou  say.  She  is  my 
 sister?  and  I  took  her  for  a  wife  to  my- 
 self; and  now,  behold,  thy  wife  is  be- 
 fore thee,  take  her  and  go  quickly 
 away.  '^''And  Pharao  gave  charge  to 
 ^Aiex.  +  and  men  Concerning  Abram,  to 
 Lot  with  him.  j  q*  j^  '^  sending  him  forward, 
 and  his  wife,  and  all  that  he  liad.^ 
 
 13.  And  Abram  went  up  out  of 
 Egypt,  he  and  his  wife,  and  all  that 
 he  had,  and  Lot  with  him,  into  the 
 wilderness.  ^And  Abram  was  very 
 rich  in  cattle,  and  silver,  and  gold. 
 ^And  he  went  to  the  place  wlience 
 he  came,  into  the  wilderness  as  fir  as 
 Baithel,  as  far  as  the  place,  where 
 his  tent  was  before,  between  Ba^thel 
 t^/cj-. where  and  Aggai,  ""to  the  place  of 
 pitched  his"^  the  altar,  ^  which  he  built 
 **"*■  there  at  first,  and  Abram 
 
 there  called  on  the  name  of  tlic  Lord. 
 
 12 
 
 ^  And  Lot  who  went  out  with  Abram  had 
 sheep,  and  oxen,  and  ^tents.  ^aui.  cattic. 
 ''And  tlie  land  Avas  not  large  enough 
 for  them  to  hve  together,  because  their 
 possessions  were  great ;  and  the  land 
 was  not  large  enough  for  them  to  Hve 
 together.  '^And  there  was  a  strife  be- 
 tween the  herdmen  of  Abram's  cattle, 
 and  the  herdmen  of  Lot's  cattle,  and 
 the  Chananites  and  the  Pherezites  then 
 inhabited  the  land.  ^  And  Abram  said 
 to  Lot,  Let  there  not  be  a  strife  be- 
 tween me  and  thee,  and  between  my 
 herdmen  and  thy  herdmen,  for  we  are 
 ^brethren.  ^  Lo  !  is  not  the  t  or.  men, 
 whole  land  before  thee?  ''•■"*'^""- 
 Separate  thyself  from  me ;  if  thou  goest 
 to  the  left,  I  will  go  to  the  right,  and 
 if  thou  goest  to  the  right,  I  "will  go  to 
 the  left.  '''And  Lot  having  Hfted  up 
 his  eyes,  observed  all  the  country  round 
 about  Jordan,  that  it  was  all  watered, 
 before  God  overthrew  Sodom  and  Go- 
 morrha,  as  the  garden  of  the  Lord,  and 
 as  the  land  of  Egypt,  until  thou  come 
 to  Zogora.  ''And  Lot  chose  for  him- 
 self all  the  country  round  Jordan,  and 
 Lot  went  from  the  east,  and  they  were 
 separated  each  from  his  brother.  And 
 Abram  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Chanaan. 
 '^  And  Lot  dwelt  in  a  city  of  the  neigh- 
 bouring people,  and  pitched  his  tent  in 
 Sodom.  '^  But  the  men  of  Sodom  were 
 evil,  and  exceedingly  sinfid  before  God. 
 '''And  God  said  to  Abram  after  Lot 
 was  separated  from  him.  Look  up  with 
 thine  eyes,  and  behold  from  tire  place 
 where  thou  now  art  northward  and 
 southward,  and  eastward  and  seaward. 
 '■''For  all  the  land  which  thou  seest,  I 
 will  give  it  to  thee  and  to  thy  seed  for 
 ever.  '^  And  I  will  make  thy  seed  Hke 
 the  ^  dust  of  the  earth  ;  if  ^  Gr.  sand, 
 any  one  is  able  to  number  the  dust  of 
 tlie  earth,  then  shall  thy  seed  be  num- 
 bered. '^  Arise  and  traverse  the  land, 
 both  in  the  length  of  it  and  in  the 
 breadth ;  for  to  thee  will  I  give  it,  and 
 to  thy  seed  for  ever.     '*And   /  ^'  'i'^"'.'? 
 
 ./  .  dwelt  at  a  (bs- 
 
 Abram    having      removed  tance. 
 
 his  tent,  came  and  dwelt  by  the  oak 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  1. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  1. 
 
 of  Mambre,  whicli  was  inChebrom,  and 
 he  there  built  an  altar  to  the  Lord. 
 
 14.  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  reign 
 of  Amarphal  king  of  Sennaar,  and 
 Arioch  king  of  EUasar,  that  ChodoUo- 
 gomor  king  of  Elam,  and  Thargal  king 
 of  nations,  '^made  war  with  Balla  king 
 of  Sodom,  and  with  Barsa  king  of  Go- 
 morrha,  and  -svith  Sennaar,  king  of 
 Adama,  and  vnth.  Symobor  king  of 
 Seboim  and  the  king  of  Balac,  this  is 
 +  Gr.  agreed.  Segor.  ^ All  these  ^  met  with 
 one  consent  at  the  salt  valley ;  this  is 
 now  the  sea  of  salt.  *  Twelve  years 
 they  served  ChodoUogomor,  and  the 
 thirteenth  year  they  revolted.  '^And 
 in  the  fourteenth  year  came  ChodoUo- 
 gomor, and  the  kings  with  him,  and 
 cut  to  pieces  the  giants  in  Astaroth, 
 and  Carnain,  and  strong  nations  with 
 them,  and  the  Ommseans  in  the  city 
 Save.  ^And  the  Chorrh^eans  in  the 
 mountains  of  Seir,  to  the  turpentine 
 tree  of  Pharan,  which  is  in  the  desert. 
 ^And  having  turned  back  they  came 
 to  the  well  of  judgment;  This  is  Cades, 
 and  they  cut  in  pieces  all  the  princes 
 of  Amalek,  and  the  Amorites  dweUing 
 in  Asasonthamar.  *x\nd  the  king  of 
 Sodom  went  out,  and  the  king  of  Go- 
 morrha,  and  king  of  Adama,  and  king 
 of  Seboim,  and  king  of  Balac,  this  is 
 Segor,  and  they  set  themselves  in  array 
 against  them  for  war  in  the  salt  valley, 
 ^against  ChodoUogomor  king  of  Elam, 
 and  Thargal  king  of  nations,  and  Amar- 
 phal king  of  Sennaar,  and  Aiioch  king 
 of  Ellasar,  the  four  kings  against  the 
 five.  ^''Now  the  salt  valley  consists  of 
 slime-pits.  And  the  king  of  Sodom 
 fled  and  the  king  of  Gomorrha,  and 
 they  fell  in  there :  and  they  that  were  left 
 fled  to  the  moimtain  coimtry.  ''  And 
 they  took  all  the  cavalry  of  Sodom  and 
 Gomorrha,  and  all  their  pro^dsions,  and 
 departed.  '^And  they  took  also  Lot  the 
 son  of  Abram's  brother,  and  his  bag- 
 gage, and  departed,  for  he  dwelt  in 
 Sodom. 
 
 '^And  one  of  them  that  had  been 
 
 rescued  came  and  told  Abram  the 
 ^  Hebrew  ;  and  he  dwelt  by  +  Gr.  passer 
 the  oak  of  Mamre  the  Amo-  i«asi  ni? 
 rite  the  brother  of  Eschol,  and  the 
 brother  of  Aiman,  who  were  confede- 
 rates with  Abram.  '^And  Abram 
 having  heard  that  Lot  his  nephew  had 
 been  taken  captive,  numbered  his  own 
 home-born  servants  three  hundred  and 
 eighteen,  and  pursued  after  them  to 
 Dan.  '^And  he  came  upon  them  by 
 night,  he  and  his  servants,  and  he 
 smote  them  and  pursued  them  as  far 
 as  Choba,  which  is  on  the  left  of  Da- 
 mascus. '^And  he  recovered  all  the 
 cavalry  of  Sodom,  and  he  recovered 
 Lot  his  nephew,  and  all  his  possessions, 
 and  the  women  and  the  people.  '^And 
 the  king  of  Sodom  went  out  to  meet 
 liim ,  after  he  returned  from  the  slaughter 
 of  ChodoUogomor,  and  the  kings  with 
 liim,  to  the  valley  of  Saby,  this  was  the 
 plain  of  the  kings. 
 
 ^^And  Melchisedec  king  of  Salem 
 brought  forth  loaves  and  wine,  and  he 
 was  the  priest  of  the  most  high  God. 
 ^^  And  he  blessed  Abram,  and  said, 
 Blessed  be  Abram  of  the  most  high  God, 
 who  made  heaven  and  earth,  ^*^and 
 blessed  be  the  most  high  God  who 
 deKvered  thine  enemies  into  thy 
 ^power.  And  Abram  gave  t  Gr.  imder 
 him  the  tithe  of  aU.  ^i And  '^^'^  *°  ^^^«- 
 the  king  of  Sodom  said  to  Abram, 
 Give    me    the    men,    and    take    the 
 
 ^  horses    to   thyself       ^^  And     t  Or,  cavalry. 
 
 Abram  said  to  the  king  of  ^^*-^?li? 
 Sodom,  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand  to 
 the  Lord  the  most  high  God,  who 
 made  the  heaven  and  the  earth,  '^^that 
 I  will  not  take  from  all  thy  goods  from 
 a  string  to  a  shoe-latchet,  lest  thou 
 shouldst  say,  I  have  made  Abram  rich. 
 ^■*  Except  what  things  the  young  men 
 have  eaten,  and  the  portion  of  the  men 
 that  went  with  me,  Eschol,  Aunan, 
 Mambre,  these  shaU  take  a  portion. 
 
 15.  And  after  these  things  the  word 
 of  the  Lord  came  to  Abram  m  a  vision, 
 saying.  Fear  not,  Abram,  I  shield  thee. 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  2. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  8. 
 
 thy  reward  shall  be  very  great.  ^  And 
 Abram  said,  j\Iaster  a7id  Lord,  what 
 wilt  thou  give  me  ?  whereas  1  am  de- 
 parting without  a  child,  but  the  son  of" 
 Masek  my  home-born  female  slave,  this 
 Eliezer  of  Damascus  is  mine  heir.  ^iVnd 
 Abram  said,  /  am  grieved  since  thou 
 hast  given  me  no  seed,  but  my  home- 
 born  servant  shall  succeed  me.  ^  And 
 immediately  there  was  a  voice  of  the 
 Lord  to  liim,  saying.  This  shall  not  be 
 thine  heir, ;  but  he  that  shall  come  out 
 of  thee  shall  be  thine  heir.  ^And  he 
 brought  him  out  and  saidtohun.  Look 
 up  now  to  heaven,  and  coimt  the  stars,  if 
 thou  shalt  be  able  to  number  them  fully, 
 t  Rom.  4. 18.  and  he  said,  ^  Thus  shall  thy 
 t  Rom.  4. 3.  seed  be.  ^  ^ And  Abram  be- 
 lieved God,  and  it  was  coimted  to  him 
 for  righteousness.  '^And  he  said  to  him, 
 I  am  God  that  brouo-ht  thee  out  of  the 
 land  of  the  Chaldeans,  so  as  to  give  thee 
 this  land  to  inherit.  *^And  he  said. 
 Master  and  Lord,  how  shall  I  know  that 
 I  shall  inherit  it?  ^And  he  said  to  him, 
 take  for  me  an  heifer  in  her  third  year, 
 and  a  she-goat  in  her  tliird  year,  and  a 
 ram  in  his  third  year,  and  a  dove  and 
 a.  pigeon.  ^^  So  he  took  to  him  all  these, 
 and  divided  them  in  the  midst,  and  set 
 them  opposite  to  each  other,  but  the 
 birds  he  did  not  divide.  ^*  And  birds 
 came  down  upon  the  bodies,  even 
 upon  the  divided  parts  of  them,  and 
 +  Or,  drove  Abram  ^sat  down  by  them, 
 them'  away.     12  p^^  about  suusct  a  trancc 
 
 The  LXX. seem 
 
 to  have  read  fell  upou  Abram,  and  lo  1  a 
 3tt;  toT-iW  great  gloomy  terror  falls 
 upon  him.  '^  And  it  was  said  to  Abram 
 Thou  shalt  surely  know  that  thy  seed 
 shall  be  a  sojourner  in  a  land  not  their 
 own,  and  they  shall  enslave  them,  and 
 afflict  them,  and  humble  them  four 
 hundred  years.  ^'^  And  the  nation 
 whomsoever  they  shall  serve  I  will 
 judge,  and  after  this,  they  shall  come 
 +L«.  bagg:age.  forth  hither  Avith  much  ^pro- 
 perty. ''^But  thou  shalt  depart  to  thy 
 fathers  in  peace,  nourished  in  a  good 
 old  age.  '•'And  in  the  fourth  genera- 
 tion they  shall  return  hither,  for  the 
 
 14 
 
 sins  of  the  Amorites  arc  not  yet  filled 
 up,  even  until  now.  '^And  wlicn  the 
 sun  was  about  to  set,  there  was  a  flame, 
 and  bcliold  a  smoking  furnace  and 
 lamps  of  fire,  which  passed  between 
 these  divided  pieces.  ^**  In  that  day  the 
 Lord  made  a  covenant  with  Abram, 
 saying,  To  thy  seed  I  will  give  this 
 land,  from  the  river  of  Egypt  to  the 
 gTcat  river  Euphrates.  '^  The  Kcnites, 
 and  the  Kenezites,  and  the  Kedmo- 
 neans.  ^''And  the  Chettites,  and  the 
 Therezites  and  the  Raphaim,  '^'and 
 the  Amorites  and  the  Chananitcs  and 
 the  Evites,  and  the  Gcrgesites  and  the 
 Jebusites. 
 
 16.  And  Sara  the  wife  of  Abram 
 bore  him  no  children,  and  she  had  an 
 Egyptian  maid,  whose  name  was  Agar. 
 ^And  Sara  said  to  Abram,  Behold,  the 
 Lord  has  restrained  me  from  bearing, 
 go  therefore  in  unto  my  maid,  that  I 
 may  get  children  for  myself  through 
 her.  And  Abram  hearkened  to  the 
 voice  of  Sara.  ^So  Sara  the  wife  of 
 Abram  having  taken  Agar  the  Egyp- 
 tian her  handmaid,  after  Abram  liad 
 dwelt  ten  years  in  the  land  of  Chanaan, 
 gave  her  to  Abram  her  husband  as  a 
 wife  to  him.  ''And  he  went  in  to 
 Agar,  and  she  conceived,  and  saw  that 
 she  was  with  child,  and  her  mistress 
 was  dishonoured  before  her.  ^And 
 Sara  said  to  Abram,  I  am  injured  by 
 thee,  1  gave  my  handmaid  into  thy 
 bosom,  and  when  1  saw  that  she  was 
 with  child,  1  was  dishonoured  before 
 her.  The  Lord  judge  betAveen  me 
 and  thee.  "^  And  Abram  said  to  Sara, 
 Behold  thy  handmaid  is  in  thy  hands, 
 use  her  as  it  may  seem  good  unto  thee. 
 And  Sara  afflicted  her,  and  she  fled 
 from  her  face. 
 
 ^And  an  angel  of  the  Lord  foimd 
 her  by  the  fountain  of  water  in  the 
 wilderness,  by  tlic  fountain  in  the  way 
 to  Sur.  **And  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
 said  to  her,  Agar,  Sara's  maid,  whence 
 comest  thou,  and  whither  gocst  thou? 
 and  she  said,  1  am  fleeing  from  the 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  9. 
 
 GENESIS, 
 
 Chap.  xvii.  v.  20. 
 
 face  of  my  mistress  Sara.  ^And  the 
 angel  of  the  Lord  said  to  her,  Return 
 to  thy  mistress,  and  submit  thyself 
 under  her  hands.  '"And  the  angel  of 
 the  Lord  said  to  her,  I  will  surely 
 multiply  thy  seed,  and  it  shall  not  be 
 niunbered  for  midtitude.  "And  the 
 angel  of  the  Lord  said  to  her,  Behold, 
 thou  art  ■wdth  child,  and  shalt  bear  a 
 son,  and  shalt  call  his  namelsmael,  for 
 the  Lord  hath  hearkened  to  thy  hu- 
 mihation.  '^He  shall  be  a  wild  man, 
 his  hands  against  all,  and  the  hands  of 
 all  against  him,  and  he  shall  dwell  in 
 the  presence  of  all  his  brethren.  '^  And 
 she  called  the  name  of  the  Lord  God 
 who  spoke  to  her.  Thou  art  God  who 
 seest  me,  for  she  said,  For  I  have  openly 
 seen  liim  that  appeared  to  me.  ^"^  There- 
 fore she  called  the  well,  The  well  of 
 liim  whom  J^have  openly  seen,  behold 
 it  is  between  Cades  and  Barad.  ^^  And 
 Agar  bore  a  son  to  Abram,  and  Abram 
 called  the  name  of  Iris  son  which  Agar 
 bore  to  him,  Ismael.  '^And  Abram 
 was  eighty-six  years  old,  when  Agar 
 bore  Ismael  to  Abram. 
 
 17.  And  Abram  was  ninety -nine 
 years  old,  and  the  Lord  appeared  to 
 Abram  and  said  to  him,  I  am  thy  God, 
 be  well-pleasing  before  me,  'and  be 
 blameless.  ^And  I  will  estabUsh  my 
 covenant  between  me  and  thee,  and  I 
 will  multiply  thee  exceedingly.  ^  And 
 Abram  fell  upon  his  face,  and  God 
 spoke  to  him,  saying,  '*  And  I,  behold ! 
 my  covenant  is  with  thee,  and  thou 
 shalt  be  a  father  of  a  multitude  of 
 nations.  ^  And  thy  name  shall  no  more 
 be  called  Abram,  but  thy  name  shall  be 
 +  Rom.  4. 17.  Abraam,  ^for  I  have  made 
 thee  a  father  of  many  nations.  ^And  I 
 will  increase  thee  very  exceedingly,  and 
 I  will  make  nations  of  thee,  and  kings 
 shall  come  out  of  thee.  '^And  I  will 
 estabhsh  my  covenant  between  thee 
 and  thy  seed  after  thee,  to  their  gene- 
 rations, for  an  everlasting  covenant,  to 
 be  thy  God,  and  the  God  of  thy  seed 
 after  thee.     ^  And  I  will  jnve  to  thee 
 
 15  ^ 
 
 and  to  thy  seed  after  thee  the  land 
 wherein  thou  sojournest,  even  all  the 
 land  of  Chanaan  for  an  everlasting 
 possession,  and  1  will  be  to  them  a  God. 
 ^And  God  said  to  Abraam,  Thou  also 
 shalt  fully  keep  my  covenant,  thou  and 
 thy  seed  after  thee  for  their  generations. 
 '"And  this  I  is  the  covenant  which 
 thou  shalt  fully  keep  between  me  and 
 you,  and  between  thy  seed  after  thee 
 for  their  generations  ;  every  male  of 
 you  shall  be  circumcised.  ''And  ye 
 shall  be  circrmicised  in  the  flesh  of  your 
 foreskin,  and  it  shall  be  for  a  sign  of  a 
 covenant  between  me  and  you.  ''^  And 
 the  child  of  eight  days  old  shall  be  cir- 
 cumcised by  you,  every  male  through- 
 out your  generations,  and  the  servant 
 born  in  the  house  and  he  that  is  bought 
 with  money,  of  every  son  of  a  stranger, 
 who  is  not  of  thy  seed.  '^He  that  is 
 born  in  thy  house,  and  he  that  is  bought 
 with  money  shall  be  surely  circumcised, 
 and  my  covenant  shall  be  on  your  flesh 
 for  an  everlasting  covenant.  '^And 
 the  uncircumcised  male,  who  shall  not 
 be  circumcised  in  the  flesh  of  his  fore- 
 skin on  the  eighth  day,  that  soid  shall 
 be  utterly  destroyed  from  its  family, 
 for  he  has  broken  my  covenant.  ''^And 
 God  said  to  Abraam,  Sara  thy  wife — 
 her  name  shall  not  be  called  Sara, 
 Sarrha  shall  be  her  name.  '^And  I 
 will  bless  her,  and  give  thee  a  son  of 
 her,  and  I  wiU  bless  him,-^and  he  shall 
 become  nations,  and  kings  of  nations 
 shall  be  of  him.  '^And  Abraam  fell 
 upon  his  face,  and  laughed ;  and  spoke 
 in  his  heart,  saying.  Shall  there  be  a 
 child  to  one  who  is  a  hundred  years 
 old,  and  shall  Sarrha  who  is  ninety 
 years  old,  bear?  '^And  Abraam  said 
 to  God,  Let  this  Ismael  live  before  thee. 
 '^And  God  said  to  Abraam,  Yea,  be- 
 hold, Sarrha  thy  wife  shall  bear  thee  a 
 son,  and  thou  shalt  call  his  name  Isaac; 
 and  I  will  estabhsh  my  covenant  with 
 him,  for  an  everlasting  covenant,  to  be 
 a  God  to  him  and  to  his  seed  after  him. 
 ^"And  concerning  Ismael,  behold,  I 
 have  heard  thee,  and  behold,  I  have 
 
Chap.  xvii.  v.  21. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  u.  21. 
 
 blessed  him,  and  will  increase  him  and 
 multiply  him,  exceedingly ;  twelve 
 nations  sliall  he  beget,  and  I  will  make 
 him  a  great  nation.  ^'But  I  will  es- 
 tabhsh  my  covenant  with  Isaac,  whom 
 Sarrha  shall  bear  to  thee  at  this  time, 
 in  the  next  year.  ^^And  he  left  off 
 speaking  with  him,  and  God  went  up 
 from  Abraam. 
 
 '^^And  Abraam  took  Ismael  his  son, 
 and  all  his  home-born  servants,  and  all 
 those  bought  -with  money,  and  every 
 male  of  the  men  in  the  house  of 
 Abraam,  and  he  circumcised  their 
 foreskins  in  the  time  of  that  day,  ac- 
 cording as  God  spoke  to  him.  ^"^  And 
 Abraam  was  ninety-nine  years  old, 
 when  he  was  circumcised  in  the  flesh 
 of  liis  foreskin.  ^^  And  Ismael  his  son 
 was  thirteen  years  old  when  he  was 
 circumcised  in  the  flesh  of  his  foreskin. 
 ^^  And  at  the  period  of  that  day, 
 Abraam  was  circumcised,  and  Ismael 
 his  son,  ^'^and  all  the  men  of  his  house, 
 both  those  born  in  the  house,  and  those 
 bought  with  money  of  foreign  nations. 
 
 18.  And  God  appeared  to  liim  by 
 the  oak  of  Mambre,  as  he  sat  by 
 the  door  of  his  tent  at  noon.  ^And 
 he  Hfted  up  his  eyes  and  beheld, 
 and  lo !  three  men  stood  before  him, 
 and  having  seen  them  he  ran  to  meet 
 them  from  the  door  of  his  tent,  and 
 did  obeisance  to  the  ground.  ^And 
 he  said,  Lord,  if  indeed  I  have  found 
 grace  in  thy  sight,  pass  not  by  thy  ser- 
 vant. ''Let  water  now  be  brought, 
 and  let  them  wash  your  feet,  and  do 
 ye  refresh  yourselves  under  the  tree. 
 ^And  I  will  bring  bread,  and  ye  shall 
 eat,  and  after  this  ye  shall  depart  on 
 your  journey,  on  account  of  which  re- 
 freskment  ye  have  turned  aside  to  your 
 servant.  And  he  said,  So  do,  as  thou 
 hast  said.  ^And  Abraam  hasted  to 
 the  tent  to  Sarrha,  and  said  to  her, 
 Hasten,  and  knead  three  measures  of 
 fine  flour,  and  make  cakes.  ^And 
 Abraam  ran  to  the  kine,  and  took  a 
 young  calf,  tender  and  good,  and  gave 
 
 16 
 
 it  to  his  servant,  and  he  hasted  to  dress 
 it.  *And  he  took  butter  and  milk,  and 
 the  calf  which  he  had  dressed  ;  and  he 
 set  them  before  them,  and  they  did 
 eat,  and  he  stood  by  them  imder  the 
 tree. 
 
 ^iVnd  he  said  to  him,AVliere  is  Sarrha 
 thy  wife?  And  he  answered  and  said, 
 Behold  !  in  the  tent.  ^•'And  he  said, "  I 
 will  return  and  come  to  thee  +  Rom.  9. 9- 
 according  to  this  period  seasonably, 
 and  Sarrha  thy  wife  shall  have  a  son, 
 and  Sarrha  heard  at  the  door  of  the 
 tent,  being  behind  him.  ^  ^  And  Abraam 
 and  Sarrha  were  old,  advanced  in  days, 
 and  the  custom  of  women  ceased  with 
 Sarrha.  '^  And  Sarrha  laughed  in  her- 
 self, saying,  ^  The  thing  has     +  The  dififer- 
 
 .  i   1  J  i  ence  turns  on 
 
 not  as  yet  liappened.  to  me,  the  word  nj-p 
 even  until  now,  and  my  ^e*-  pleasure, 
 lord  is  old.  ^^And  the  Lord 
 said  to  Abraam,  Wliy  is  it  that 
 Sarrha  has  laughed  in  herself,  saying. 
 Shall  I  then  indeed  bear?  but  I  am 
 grown  old.  ^"^  Shall  anything  be  im- 
 possible with  the  Lord?  At  this  time 
 I  will  return  to  thee  seasonably,  and 
 Sarrha  shall  have  a  son.  '^  But  Sarrha 
 denied,  saying,  I  did  not  laugh,  for  she 
 was  afraid,  and  he  said  to  her.  Nay, 
 but  thou  didst  laugh. 
 
 ""And  the  men  having  risen  up  from 
 thence  looked  towards  Sodom  and 
 Gomorrha.  And  Abraam  went  with 
 them,  attending  them  on  their  journey. 
 ^^And  the  Lord  said,  Shall  I  hide  from 
 Abraam  my  servant  what  things  I 
 intend  to  do ?  '*^  But  Abraam  shall  be- 
 come a  great  and  populous  nation,  and 
 in  him  shall  all  the  nations  of  the  earth 
 be  blest.  ^'-Tor  I  know  that  he  will 
 order  his  sons,  and  his  house  after 
 him,  and  they  will  keep  the  ways  of 
 the  Lord,  to  do  justice  and  judg- 
 ment, that  the  Lord  may  bring  upon 
 Abraam  all  things  whatsoever  he  has 
 spoken  unto  him.  ^°  And  the  Lord 
 said,  the  cry  of  Sodom  and  Gomorrha 
 has  been  increased  towards  me,  and 
 their  sins  are  very  great.  ^'  I  will 
 therefore  go   down  and  see,  if  they 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  22. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  v.  12. 
 
 completely  ^correspond  with  tlic  cry 
 
 +  rjc.   avvre-      wllicll  COmCS   tO   1116,    aiicl   if 
 
 ovvrau  not,  that  I  may  know.  ^^And 
 
 K.K.havedone  the  111011  having  departed 
 altogether.  thcncc  camc  to  Sodoiii ;  And 
 Abraam  was  still  standing  before  the 
 Lord.  ^-^And  Abraam  drew  nigh  and 
 said,Wouldst  thou  destroy  the  righteous 
 with  the  wicked,  and  shall  the  righteous 
 be  as  the  wicked  ?  ^^  Should  there  be 
 fifty  righteous  in  the  city,  wilt  thou  de- 
 stroy them  ?  ^vilt  thou  not  spare  the 
 whole  place  for  the  sake  of  the  fifty  right- 
 eous, if  they  be  in  it?  ^^By  no  means 
 shalt  thou  do  as  this  thing  is  so  as  to  de- 
 stroy the  righteous  with  the  wicked,  so 
 the  righteous  shall  be  as  the  wicked :  by 
 no  means.  Thou  that  judgest  the 
 whole  earth,  shalt  thou  not  do  right? 
 ^''  And  the  Lord  said,  If  there  should 
 be  in  Sodom  fifty  righteous  in  the  city, 
 I  will  spare  the  whole  city,  and  the 
 wliolc  place  for  their  sakcs.  ^^And 
 Abraam  answered  and  said.  Now  I  have 
 begim  to  speak  to  my  Lord,  and  I  am 
 earth  and  ashes.  ^^But  if  the  fifty 
 righteous  should  be  diminished  to  forty- 
 five,  wilt  thou  destroy  the  whole  city 
 because  of  the  five  icanting?  And 
 he  said  I  will  not  destroy  it,  if  I  should 
 find  there  forty-five.  ^^And  he  con- 
 tinued to  speak  to  him  still,  and  said. 
 But  if  there  should  be  found  there 
 forty?  And  he  said,  I  will  not  destroy 
 it  for  the  forty's  sake.  ^''And  he  said 
 Will  there  be  anything  against  me, 
 Lord,  if  I  shall  speak?  but  if  there  be 
 found  there  thirty?  And  he  said,  I 
 will  not  destroy  it  for  the  thirty's  sake. 
 ^^  And  he  said.  Since  I  am  able  to  speak 
 to  the  Lord,  what  if  there  should  be 
 fomid  there  twenty?  And  he  said,  I 
 will  not  destroy  it,  if  I  should  find 
 there  twenty.  ^^And  he  said.  Will 
 there  be  anything  against  me,  Lord,  if 
 I  speak  yet  once  ?  but  if  there  should 
 be  found  there  ten?  And  he  said,  I 
 will  not  destroy  it  for  the  ten's  sake. 
 '^  And  the  Lord  departed,  when  he  left 
 off  speaking  to  Abraam,  and  Abraam 
 returned  to  his  place. 
 
 19.  And  the  two  angels  came  to 
 Sodom  at  evening.  And  Lot  sat  by 
 the  gate  of  Sodom,  and  Lot  having 
 seen  them,  rose  up  to  meet  them,  and 
 he  worshipped  with  his  face  to  the 
 ground,  and  said,  ^  Lo !  my  lords,  turn 
 aside  to  the  house  of  your  servant,  and 
 rest  from  your  journey,  and  wash  your 
 feet,  and  having  risen  early  in  the 
 morning  ye  shall  depart  on  your  jour- 
 ney. And  they  said,  Nay,  but  we  will 
 lodge  in  the  street.  ^And  he  con- 
 strained them,  and  they  turned  aside 
 to  him,  and  they  entered  into  his 
 house,  and  he  made  a  feast  for  them, 
 and  baked  unleavened  cakes  for  them, 
 and  they  did  eat.  ^But  before  they 
 went  to  sleep,  the  men  of  the  city,  the 
 Sodomites,  compassed  the  house,  both 
 young  and  old,  all  the  people  together. 
 ^And  they  called  out  Lot,  and  they 
 said  to  him,  Where  are  the  men  that 
 went  in  to  thee  this  night  ?  bring 
 them  out  to  us  that  we  may  be  with 
 them.  ''And  Lot  went  out  to  them 
 to  the  porch,  and  he  shut  the  door  after 
 him,  '^and  said  to  them,  By  no  means, 
 brethren,  do  not  act  villanovisly.  ^But 
 I  have  two  daughters,  who  have  not 
 known  a  man.  I  will  bring  them  out 
 to  you,  and  do  ye  use  them  as  it  may 
 please  you,  only  do  not  injury  to  these 
 men,  to  avoid  which  they  came  under 
 the  shelter  of  my  ''^roof.  +ii<.  beams. 
 ^And  they  said  to  him, -Stand  back 
 there,  thou  camest  into  sojourn,  Was 
 it  also  to  judge?  Now  then  we  Avould 
 harm  thee  more  than  them.  And  they 
 pressed  hard  on  the  man,  even  Lot, 
 and  they  drew  nigh  to  break  the  door. 
 '°And  the  men  stretched  forth  their 
 hands  and  drew  Lot  in  to  them  into 
 the  house,  and  shut  the  door  of  the 
 house.  ^^And  they  smote  the  men  that 
 were  at  the  door  of  the  house  with 
 blindness,  both  small  and  great,  and 
 they  were  wearied  with  seeking  the 
 door.  '^And  the  men  said  to  Lot, 
 Hast  thou  here  sons-in-law,  or  sons  or 
 daughters,  or  if  thou  hast  any  other 
 friend  in  the  city,  bring  them  out  of 
 3 
 
Chap.  xix. 
 
 13. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  v.  37. 
 
 this  place.  '^For  we  are  going  to 
 destroy  this  place  ;  for  their  cry  has 
 been  raised  up  before  the  Lord,  and 
 the  Lord  has  sent  us  to  destroy 
 iavT^v.  scii.  ^it.  '"^And  Lot  went  out, 
 "°'^"''  and  spoke  to  his  sons-in-law 
 
 who  had  married  his  daughters,  and 
 said,  Rise  up,  and  depart  out  of  this 
 place,  for  the  Lord  is  about  to  destroy 
 the  city,  but  he  seemed  to  be  speaking 
 absurdly  before  his  sons-in-law.  '^But 
 when  it  was  morning,  the  angels 
 hastened  Lot,  saying.  Arise  and  take 
 thy  wife,  and  thy  two  daughters  whom 
 thou  hast,  and  go  forth ;  lest  thou  also  be 
 destroyed  with  the  iniquities  of  the  city. 
 ^^  And  they  were  troubled,  and  the  angels 
 laid  hold  on  his  hand,  and  the  hand  of 
 his  wife,  and  the  hands  of  his  two 
 daughters,  in  that  the  Lord  spared  him. 
 ^^And  it  came  to  pass  when  they 
 brought  them  out,  that  they  said,  Save 
 thine  own  life  by  all  means ;  look  not 
 round  to  that  which  is  behind,  nor  stay 
 in  all  the  country  round  about,  escape 
 to  the  mountain,  lest  perhaps  thou  be 
 overtaken  together  with  them.  '^  And 
 Lot  said  to  them,  I  pray,  Lord,  '^  since 
 thy  servant  has  found  mercy  before 
 thee,  and  thou  hast  magnified  thy 
 righteousness,  in  what  thou  doest  to- 
 wards me  that  my  soul  may  live, — but 
 I  shall  not  be  able  to  escape  to  the 
 mountain,  lest  perhaps  the  calamity 
 overtake  me  and  I  die.  ^*'  Behold  this 
 city  is  near  for  me  to  escape  thither, 
 which  is  a  small  one,  and  there  shall  1 
 be  preserved,  is  it  not  little?  and  my 
 soul  shall  live  because  of  thee.  ^'  And 
 he  said  to  him,  behold,  I  have  had 
 +  o.  thy        respect  to  '^thee,  also  about 
 
 countenance.     ^J^jg  t\\m»,  that  I  should  not 
 
 overthrow  the  city  about  which  thou 
 hast  spoken.  ^'-^  Hasten  therefore  to 
 escape  thither,  for  1  shall  not  be  able  to 
 do  anything  until  thou  art  come  thither ; 
 therefore  he  called  the  name  of  that  city 
 Segor.  ^^The  sim  was  risen  upon  the 
 earth,  when  Lot  entered  into  Segor. 
 "^^  And  the  Lord  rained  on  Sodom  and 
 Gomorrha  brimstone  and  fire  from  the 
 
 Lord  out  of  heaven.  ^^And  he  over- 
 threw these  cities,  and  all  the  country 
 round  about,  and  all  that  dwelt  in  the 
 cities,  and  the  plants  springing  out  of 
 the  ground.  •^''Ajid  his  wife  looked 
 back,  and  she  became  a  pillar  of  salt. 
 ^^And  Abraam  rose  up  early  to  go  to 
 the  place,  where  he  had  stood  before 
 the  Lord.  ^**And  he  looked  towards 
 Sodom  and  Gomorrha,  and  towards  the 
 surrounding  country,  and  saw,  and  be- 
 hold a  flame  went  up  from  the  earth, 
 as  the  smoke  of  a  furnace.  ^^And  it 
 came  to  pass  that  when  God  destroyed 
 all  the  cities  of  the  region  roimd  about, 
 God  remembered  Abraam,  and  sent 
 Lot  out  of  the  midst  of  the  overthrow, 
 when  the  Lord  overthrew  those  cities 
 in  which  Lot  dwelt. 
 
 ^**And  Lot  went  up  out  of  Segor, 
 and  dwelt  in  the  mountain,  he  and  his 
 two  daughters  with  him,  for  he  feared 
 to  dwell  in  Segor,  and  he  dwelt  in  a 
 cave,  he  and  his  two  daughters  with 
 him.  ^'And  the  elder  said  to  the 
 younger.  Our  father  is  old,  and  there 
 is  no  one  on  the  earth  who  shall  come 
 in  to  us,  as  it  is  fit  in  all  the  earth. 
 ^^Come  and  let  us  make  our  father 
 drink  wine,  and  let  us  sleep  with  him, 
 and  let  us  raise  up  seed  from  our  father. 
 ^^  So  they  made  their  father  drink  wine 
 in  that  night,  and  the  elder  went  in 
 and  lay  with  her  lather  that  night,  and 
 he  knew  not  when  he  slept  and  when 
 he  rose  up.  ^''And  it  came  to  pass 
 on  the  morrow,  that  the  elder  said  to 
 the  younger,  Behold,  I  slept  yester- 
 night with  our  father,  let  us  make  him 
 drink  wine  in  this  night  also,  and  do 
 thou  go  in  and  sleep  with  him,  and  let 
 us  raise  up  seed  of  om*  father.  ^*So 
 they  made  their  father  drink  wine  in 
 that  night  also,  and  the  younger  went 
 in  and  slept  with  her  father,  and  he 
 knew  not  when  he  slept,  nor  when  he 
 arose.  ^^And  the  two  daughters  of 
 Lot  conceived  by  their  father.  ^^  And 
 the  elder  bore  a  son,  and  called  his 
 name  Moab,  saying,  He  is  of  my  father. 
 This  is  the  father  of  the  Moabites  to 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  38. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  8. 
 
 this  present  day.  ^^And  tlie  younger 
 also  bore  a  son,  and  called  liis  name 
 Amman,  saying,  the  son  of  my  family. 
 This  is  the  father  of  the  Ammanites  to 
 this  present  day. 
 
 20.  And  Abraam  removed  thence  to 
 the  southern  country,  and  dwelt  be- 
 tween Cades  and  Sur,  and  sojourned 
 in  Gerara.  ^And  Abraam  said  con- 
 cerning Sarrha  liis  wife,  She  is  my 
 sister,  for  he  feared  to  say,  She  is  my 
 wife,  lest  at  any  time  the  men  of  the 
 city  should  kill  liim  for  her  sake.  So 
 Abimelcch  king  of  Gerara  sent  and 
 took  Sarrha.  ^And  God  came  to  Abi- 
 melech  by  night  in  sleep,  and  said, 
 Behold,  thou  diest  for  the  woman, 
 whom  thou  hast  taken,  whereas  she  has 
 lived  with  a  husband.  ''But  Abime- 
 lech  had  not  touched  her,  and  he  said. 
 Lord,  wilt  thou  destroy  an  ignorantly 
 sinnirig  and  just  nation?  ^  Said  he 
 not  to  me,  She  is  my  sister,  and  said 
 she  not  to  me.  He  is  my  brother?  with 
 a  pure  heart  and  in  the  righteousness 
 of  my  hands  have  I  done  this.  ^  And 
 God  said  to  him  in  slee|).  Yea,  I  knew 
 that  thou  didst  this  Avith  a  pure  heart, 
 and  I  spared  thee,  so  that  thou  shovddest 
 not  sin  against  me,  therefore  I  suffered 
 thee  not  to  touch  her.  '^But  now  re- 
 tui'n  the  man  his  wife  ;  for  he  is  a 
 prophet,  and  shall  pray  for  thee,  and 
 thou  shalt  Hve,  but  if  thou  restore  her 
 not,  know  that  thou  shalt  die  and  all 
 thine.  ^And  Abimelech  rose  early  in 
 the  morning,  and  called  all  liis  servants, 
 and  he  spoke  all  these  words  in  their 
 ears,  and  all  the  men  feared  exceed- 
 ingly. ^  And  Abimelech  called  Abraam 
 and  said  to  liim,  Wliat  is  tliis  that  thou 
 hast  done  to  us?  Have  we  sinned 
 against  thee,  that  thou  hast  brought 
 upon  me  and  upon  my  kingdom  a  great 
 sin  ?  Thou  hast  done  to  me  a  deed, 
 which  no  one  ought  to  do.  ^"^ And  Abi- 
 melech said  to  Abraam,  A\'liat  hast  thou 
 seen  in  me  that  thou  hast  done  this  ? 
 '^And  Abraam  said.  Why  I  said.  Surely 
 there  is  not  the  worship  of  God  in  this 
 
 place,  and  they  will  slay  me  because  of 
 my  wife.  '^For  truly  she  is  my  sister 
 by  my  father,  but  not  by  my  mother, 
 and  she  became  my  wife.  '^And  it 
 came  to  pass  when  God  brought  me 
 forth  out  of  the  house  of  my  father, 
 that  I  said  to  her.  This  righteousness 
 thou  shalt  perform  to  me,  in  every  place 
 into  wliich  we  may  enter,  say  of  me. 
 He  is  my  brother.     ^^  And  Abimelech 
 
 took    a  thousand   ^  pieces  of  +Gr.didrachms. 
 
 silver,  and  sheep,  and  calves,  and  ser- 
 vants, and  maid-servants,  and  gave 
 them  to  Abraam,  and  he  returned  him 
 Sarrha  his  wife.  '^And  Abimelech 
 said  to  Abraam,  Behold,  my  land  is 
 before  thee,  dwell  wheresoever  it  may 
 please  thee.  '^And  to  Sarrha  he  said 
 Behold,  I  have  given  thy  brother  a 
 thousand  pieces  of  silver,  those  shall 
 be  to  thee  for  the  price  of  thy  counte- 
 nance, and  to  all  the  women  with  thee, 
 and  speak  the  truth  in  all  things.  ^^And 
 Abraam  prayed  to  God,  and  God  healed 
 Abimelech,  and  his  wife,  and  his  women 
 servants,  and  they  bore  children.  '^  Be- 
 cause the  Lord  had  fast  closed  from 
 without  every  womb  in  the  house  of 
 Abimelech,  because  of  Sarrha  Abraam's 
 wife. 
 
 2L  And  the  Lord  visited  Sarrha,  as 
 he  said,  and  the  Lord  did  to  Sarrha,  as 
 he  spoke.  '""And  she  conceived  and  bore 
 to  Abraam  a  son  in  old  age,  at  the  set 
 time  according  as  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 him.  ^  And  Abraam  called  the  name 
 of  his  son  that  was  born  to  him,  whom 
 Sarrha  bore  to  him,  Isaac.  ''And 
 Abraam  circumcised  Isaac  on  the  eighth 
 day,  as  God  commanded  liim.  ^And 
 Abraam  was  a  hundred  years  old  when 
 Isaac  his  son  was  born  to  him.  ^  And 
 Sarrha  said,  The  Lord  has  made 
 laughter  for  me,  for  whoever  shall  hear 
 shall  rejoice  with  me.  ^  And  she  said, 
 Wlio  shall  say  to  Abraam  that  Sarrha 
 suckles  a  child,  for  I  have  born  a  child 
 in  my  old  age?  ^And  the  child  grew 
 and  was  weaned,  and  Abraam  made  a 
 great  feast  the  day  that  his  son  Isaac 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  9. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  2. 
 
 was  weaned.  ^  And  Sarrha  having  seen 
 the  son  of  Agar  the  Egyptian  who  was 
 born  to  Abraam,  sporting  with  Isaac 
 
 tGai.  4. 30.  her  son,  '"then  she  said  to 
 Abraam,  ^Cast  out  this  bondwoman  and 
 her  son,  for  the  son  of  this  bondwoman 
 shall  not  inherit  with  ray  son   Isaac. 
 
 tG;-.  saying,  ^'But  the  ^word  appeared 
 or  matter.        ^^^^  ]^^^.^  before    Abraam 
 
 concerning  liis  son.  '^But  God  said 
 to  Abraam,  Let  it  not  be  hard  before 
 thee  concerning  the  child,  and  con- 
 cerning the  bondwoman;  in  all  things 
 whatsoever  Sarrha  shall  say  vmto  thee, 
 
 t  Rom.  9. 7.  hear  her  voice,  lor  ^  in  Isaac 
 shall  thy  seedbe called.  '^Andmoreover 
 I  will  make  the  son  of  this  bondwoman 
 a  great  nation,  because  he  is  thy  seed. 
 '''And  Abraam  rose  up  in  the  morning 
 and  took  loaves  and  a  skin  of  water, 
 and  gave  them  to  Agar,  and  he  put  the 
 child  on  her  shovxlder,  and  sent  her 
 away,  and  she  having  departed  wan- 
 
 +  Or,  near       dcrcd  in  the  wilderness  '"'near 
 
 Beersheba.  ^}^^  ^^^  ^f  ^^^  ^^^^        15^^^^ 
 
 the  water  failed  out  of  the  skin,  and 
 she  cast  the  child  under  a  fir  tree. 
 '^And  she  departed  and  sat  down  op- 
 posite him  at  a  distance,  as  it  were  a 
 bow-shot,  for  she  said,  Surely  I  cannot 
 see  the  death  of  my  child,  and  she  sat 
 opposite  him,  and  the  child  cried  aloud 
 and  wept.  '^  And  God  heard  the  voice 
 of  the  child  from  the  place  where  he 
 was,  and  an  angel  of  God  called  Agar 
 out  of  heaven,  and  said  to  her.  What 
 is  it,  Agar?  fear  not,  for  God  has  heard 
 the  voice  of  the  child  from  the  place 
 where  he  is.  '**Rise  up,  and  take  the 
 child,  and  hold  him  in  thine  hand, 
 for  I  will  make  him  a  great  nation. 
 '^And  God  opened  her  eyes,  and  she 
 t  Gr.  Uving.  saw  a  wcU  of  ^  Springing 
 water,  and  she  went  and  filled  the 
 skin  with  water,  and  gave  the  child 
 drink.  ^"And  God  was  with  the  child, 
 and  he  grew  and  dwelt  in  the  wilder- 
 ness, and  became  an  archer.  '•^'  And 
 he  dwelt  in  the  wilderness,  and  his 
 mother  took  him  a  wife  out  of  Pharan 
 of  Egypt. 
 
 ^^And  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time 
 that  Abimelech  spoke,  and  Ochozath 
 his  ^friend,  and  Fhichol  the  tNot  in  the 
 chief  captain  of  his  host,  to  ^f*-  ^"e"*!  <"" 
 
 .  ,  -"^  .  /<     1  •        •  T      bridegroom, 
 
 A braam ,  saying,  (jocl  is  wath  or  attendant 
 thee  in  uU  things,  whatso-  *  m^rfiase. 
 soever  thou  mayest  do.  ^^Now  there- 
 fore swear  to  me  by  God  that  thou  wilt 
 not  injure  me,  nor  my  seed,  nor  my 
 name,  but  according  to  the  righteous- 
 ness which  I  have  performed  with  thee 
 tliou  shalt  deal  with  me,  and  with  the 
 land  in  which  thou  hast  sojourned, 
 ^'and  Abraam  said,  I  will  swear.  ^'^And 
 Abraam  reproved  Abimelech  because 
 of  the  wells  of  water,  which  the  ser- 
 vants of  Abimelech  took  away.  ^^  And 
 Abimelech  said  to  him,  I  know  not 
 who  has  done  this  thing  to  thee,  neither 
 didst  thou  tell  it  me,  neither  heard  I  it 
 but  only  to-day.  '■^^  And  Abraam  took 
 sheep  and  calves,  and  gave  them  to 
 Abimelech,  and  both  made  a  covenant. 
 ^**  And  Abraam  set  seven  ewe-lambs  by 
 themselves.  ^^And  Abimelech  said  to 
 Abraam,  What  are  these  seven  ewe- 
 lambs  which  thou  hast  set  alone  ? 
 ^'^  And  Abraam  said.  Thou  shalt  receive 
 the  seven  ewc-lambs  of  me,  that  they 
 may  be  for  me  as  a  witness,  that  I  dug 
 tliis  well.  ^'  Therefore  he  named  the 
 name  of  that  place.  The  Well  of  the 
 Oath,  for  there  they  both  swore.  ^^And 
 tliey  made  a  covenant  at  the  well  of 
 the  oath.  And  there  rose  up  Abime- 
 lech, Ochozath  his  friend,  and  Fhi- 
 chol the  commander-in-cliief  of  his 
 army,  and  they  returned  to  the  land  of 
 the  Phylistines.  ^^And  Abraam  planted 
 a  field  at  the  well  of  the  oath,  and  called 
 tliere  on  tlie  name  of  the  Lord,  the 
 everlasting  God.  ^*  And  Abraam 
 sojourned  in  the  land  of  the  Phylistines 
 many  days. 
 
 22.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
 tilings  that  (Jod  tempted  Abraam,  and 
 said  to  him,  Abraam,  Abraam,  and  he 
 said,  Lo !  I  am  here.  '-^And  he  said. 
 Take  thy  son,  the  beloved  one,  whom 
 thou  hast  loved — Isaac,  and   go  into 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  3. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii. 
 
 ?'.  o. 
 
 the  high  land,  and  offer  him  there  for 
 a  whole-biirnt-offering  on  one  of  the 
 mountains  which  I  will  tell  thee  of 
 ^And  Abraam  rose  up  in  the  morning 
 and  saddled  his  ass,  and  he  took  with 
 him  two  servants,  and  Isaac  his  son, 
 and  having  spHt  wood  for  a  whole- 
 burnt-offering,  he  arose  and  departed, 
 and  came  to  the  place  of  which  God 
 spoke  unto  him,  ''on  the  third  day; 
 
 t  Lit.  looked  and  Abraam  having  ^  hfted 
 up  with.  ^p  j^-g  gygg  gg^^  ^^  place 
 
 afar  off.  ^And  Abraam  said  to  his 
 servants.  Sit  ye  here  with  the  ass,  and 
 I  and  the  lad  ^vill  proceed  thus  far, 
 and  having  worshipped  we  will  return 
 to  you.  ^  And  Abraam  took  the  wood 
 of  the  whole-burnt-offering,  and  laid  it 
 on  Isaac  his  son,  and  he  took  into  liis 
 +  y^axaipav  a  hauds  botli  the  fire  and  the 
 short  dagjer   +  knife,   and  the  two  went 
 
 used  both  for  ,  '  7   a       i    t  •  t 
 
 defence  and  together.  'And  Isaac  said 
 ce,  c.  toAbraamhis  father, Father, 
 And  he  said,  AVliat  is  it,  Son?  And 
 he  said.  Behold  the  fire  and  the  wood, 
 where  is  the  sheep  for  a  whole-burnt- 
 offering  ?  ^And  Abraam  said,  God 
 will  provide  himself  a  sheep  for  a  whole- 
 burnt-offering,  my  son.  And  both 
 having  gone  together  ^came  to  the  place 
 which  God  spoke  of  to  him,  and  there 
 Abraam  built  the  altar,  and  laid  the 
 wood  on  it,  and  having  bound  the  feet 
 of  Isaac  his  son  together,  he  laid  him 
 on  the  altar  upon  the  wood.  '°And 
 Abraam  stretched  forth  his  hand  to 
 take  the  knife  to  slay  his  son.  "And 
 an  angel  of  the  Lord  called  him  out  of 
 heaven,  and  said,  Abraam,  Abraam. 
 And  he  said,  Behold,  I  am  here.  •^And 
 he  said,  Lay  not  thine  hand  upon  the 
 child,  neither  do  anything  to  him,  for 
 now  I  know  that  thou  fearest  God,  and 
 for  my  sake  thou  hast  not  spared  thy 
 beloved  son.  '^  And  Abraam  hfted  up 
 his  eyes  andbeheld,and  lo !  a  ram  caught 
 t  He6.  in  a  by  liis  homs  in  a  ^  plant  of 
 thicket.  Sabec,  and    Abraam  went 
 
 and  took  the  ram,  and  offered  him  up 
 for  a  whole-burnt-offering  in  the  place 
 of  Isaac  his  son. 
 
 •'*And  Abraam  called  the  name  of 
 that  place.  The  Lord  hath  seen,  that 
 they  might  say  to-day.  In  the  mount 
 the  Lord  it  was  seen.  ^'^And  an  angel 
 of  the  Lord  called  Abraam  the  second 
 time  out  of  heaven,  ^"^  saying,  I  have 
 sworn  by  myself,  saith  the  Lord,  be- 
 cause thou  hast  done  this  thing,  and 
 on  my  account  hast  not  spared  thy  be- 
 loved son, '''  ^  Surely  blessing  +  Heb.  6.  u. 
 I  will  bless  thee,  and  multiplying  I  will 
 midtiply  thy  seed  as  the  stars  of  heaven, 
 and  as  the  sand  which  is  by  the  shore 
 of  the  sea,  and  thy  seed  shall  inherit 
 the  cities  of  their  enemies.  ^^And  ^in 
 thy  seed  shall  all  the  nations  +Acts  3. 25. 
 of  the  earth  be  blessed,  because  thou 
 hast  hearkened  to  my  voice.  '^And 
 Abraam  returned  to  his  servants,  and 
 they  arose  and  went  together  to  the 
 well  of  the  oath,  and  Abraam  dwelt  at 
 the  well  of  the  oath. 
 
 ^"And  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
 things,  that  it  was  reported  to  Abraam, 
 ^  saying.  Behold,  Melcha  tMen.under- 
 herself  too  has  bom  sons  ^*°°'*' 
 to  Nachor  thy  brother,  ^^  Uz  the 
 first-bom,  and  Baux  his  brother,  and 
 Camuel  the  father  of  the  Syrians,  and 
 Chazad,  and  ^^Azav  and  Phaldes,  and 
 Jeldaph,  and  Bathuel,  and  Bathuel 
 begot  Rebecca,  '"^^ these  are  eight  sons, 
 which  Melcha  bore  to  Nachor  the 
 brother  of  Abraam.  ^^And  his  concu- 
 bine whose  name  was  Rhftuma,  she  also 
 bore  Tabec,  and  Taam,  and  Tochos, 
 and  Mocha. 
 
 23.  And  the  hfe  of  Sarrha  was  an 
 hundred  and  twenty-seven  years.  ^And 
 Sarrha  died  in  the  city  of  Arboc,  which 
 is  in  the  valley,  this  is  Chebron  in  the 
 land  of  Chanaan ;  and  Abraam  came  to 
 lament  for  Sarrha  and  to  mourn.  ^And 
 Abraam  stood  up  from  before  his  dead, 
 and  Abraam  spoke  to  the  sons  of  Chet, 
 saying,  ''lam  a  sojourner  and  a  stranger 
 among  you,  give  me  therefore  posses- 
 sion of  a  burying-place  among  you, 
 and  I  will  bury  my  dead  away  from 
 me.     '^  And  the  sons  of  Chet  answered 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  6. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.  10. 
 
 to  Abraam,  saying,  Not  so,  Sir,  ''but 
 hear  us,  thou  art  in  the  midst  of  us  a 
 king  from  God,  bury  thy  dead  in  our 
 choice  sepulchres,  for  not  one  of  us  will 
 by  any  means  withhold  his  sepulchre 
 from  thee,  so  that  thou  shouldest  not 
 biu-y  thy  dead  there.  ^And  Abraam 
 rose  up  and  did  obeisance  to  the  people 
 of  the  land,  to  the  sons  of  Chet.  ^And 
 Abraam  spoke  to  them,  saying.  If  ye 
 have  it  in  your  mind  that  I  should 
 bury  my  dead  out  of  my  sight,  hearken 
 to  me,  and  speak  for  me  to  Ephron 
 the  son  of  Saar.  ^And  let  him  give 
 me  the  double  cave  which  he  has, 
 which  is  in  a  part  of  his  field,  let  him 
 give  it  me  for  the  money  it  is  worth 
 for  possession  of  a  burying-place  among 
 you.  '°  Now  Ephron  was  sitting  in  the 
 midst  of  the  children  of  Chet,  and 
 Ephron  the  Chettite  answered  Abraam 
 and  spoke  in  the  hearing  of  the  sons 
 of  Chet,  and  of  all  who  entered  the 
 t£f)-.bewithme.  city,  Saying,  ''■^Attend  to 
 me,  my  lord,  and  hear  me,  I  give  to 
 thee  the  field  and  the  cave  which  is  in 
 it;  I  have  given  it  thee  before  all  my 
 countrymen,  bury  thy  dead.  ^^And 
 Abraam  did  obeisance  before  the  peo- 
 ple of  the  land.  '^And  he  spoke  in 
 the  ears  of  Ephron  before  the  people 
 of  the  land.  Since  thou  art  on  my  side, 
 hear  me,  take  the  money  of  the  land 
 from  me,  and  I  will  bury  my  dead  there. 
 '■^But  Ephron  answered  Abraam,  say- 
 ing, ^^Nay,  my  lord,  I  have  heard  in- 
 deed, the  land  is  worth  four  hundred 
 silver  di drachms,  but  what  can  this  be 
 between  me  and  thee?  nay,  do  thou 
 bury  thy  dead.  '^  And  Abraam  heark- 
 ened to  Ephron,  and  Abraam  rendered 
 to  Ephron  the  money,  which  he  men- 
 tioned in  the  ears  of  the  sons  of  Chet, 
 four  hundred  didrachms  of  silver  ap- 
 proved with  merchants.  '^And  the 
 field  of  Ephron,  which  was  in  Double 
 Cave,  which  is  opposite  Mambre,  the 
 field  and  the  cave,  which  was  in  it, 
 and  every  tree  which  was  in  the  field, 
 and  whatever  is  in  its  borders  round 
 about,  were  made  sure  '*vmto  Abraam 
 
 for  a  possession,  before  the  sons  of  Chet, 
 and  all  that  entered  into  the  city. 
 '^  After  this  Abraam  buried  Sarrha  his 
 wife  in  the  Double  Cave  of  the  field, 
 which  is  opposite  Mambre,  this  is 
 Chebron  in  the  land  of  Chanaan.  ^°  So 
 the  field  and  the  cave  which  was  in  it 
 were  made  sure  to  Abraam  for  posses- 
 sion of  a  burying  place,  by  the  sons  of 
 Chet.  24.  And  Abraam  was  old,  ad- 
 vanced in  days,  and  the  Lord  blessed 
 Abraam  in  all  things. 
 
 ^  And  Abraam  said  to  his  servant  the 
 elder  of  his  house,  who  had  mle  over 
 all  his  possessions,  Put  thy  hand  under 
 my  thigh,  ^and  I  will  adjm'e  thee  by 
 the  Lord  the  God  of  heaven,  and  the 
 God  of  the  earth,  that  thou  take  not  a 
 wife  for  my  son  Isaac  from  the 
 daughters  of  the  Chananites,  with 
 whom  I  dwell,  in  the  midst  of  them. 
 ''But  thou  shalt  go  instead  to  my 
 country,  where  I  was  born,  and  to  my 
 tribe,  and  thou  shalt  take  from  thence 
 a  wife  for  my  son  Isaac.  ^And  the 
 servant  said  to  him.  Shall  I  carry  back 
 thy  son  to  the  land  whence  thou  camest 
 forth,  +  if  haply  the  woman  +see  the  use 
 should  not  be  wilhn";  to  re-  "f  m^j'totc  in  a 
 
 .  ,  1  •     1        TO    somewhat    si- 
 
 turn  With  me  to  this  land  :  mUar  case. 
 ^And  Abraam  said  to  him, 
 Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou  carry 
 not  my  son  back  thither.  '  The  Lord 
 the  God  of  heaven,  and  the  God  of  the 
 earth,  who  took  me  out  of  my  father's 
 house,  and  out  of  the  land  whence  I 
 sprang,  who  spoke  to  me,  and  who 
 swore  to  me,  saying,  I  will  give  this 
 land  to  thee  and  to  thy  seed,  he  shall 
 send  his  angel  before  thee,  and  thou 
 shalt  take  a  wife  to  my  son  from  thence. 
 **  And  if  the  woman  should  not  be 
 wilhng  to  come  with  thee  into  this 
 land,  thou  shalt  be  clear  from  my  oath, 
 only  carry  not  my  son  thither  again. 
 ^  And  the  servant  put  his  hand  under 
 the  thigh  of  his  master  Abraam,  and 
 swore  to  him  concerning  this  matter. 
 '"  And  the  servant  took  ten  camels  of 
 his  master's  camels,  and  he  took  of  all 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  u.  11. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.  36. 
 
 tlie  goods  of  liis  master  with  liim,  and 
 he  arose  and  went  into  Mesopotamia 
 to  the  city  of  Nachor.  ^'And  he 
 t/fe4.  caused  ^rested  his  camels  without 
 Gr.  causedTo'  the  city  by  the  well  of  water 
 sleep.  towards  evening,  when  dam- 
 
 sels go  forth  to  draw  water. 
 
 '^And  he  said,  0  Lord  God  of  my 
 master  Abraam,  prosper  my  way  before 
 me  to  day,  and  deal  mercifully  with 
 my  master  Abraam.  '^  Lo  !  1  stand  by 
 the  well  of  water,  and  the  daughters 
 of  them  that  inhabit  the  city  come  forth 
 to  draw  water.  '■*  And  it  shall  be,  the 
 virgin  to  whomsoever  I  shall  say,  In- 
 cHne  thy  water-pot,  that  I  may  drink, 
 and  she  shall  say.  Drink  thou,  and  I 
 will  give  thy  camels  drink,  until  they 
 shall  have  done  drinking — even  this 
 one  thou  hast  prepared  for  thy  servant 
 Isaac,  and  hereby  shall  I  know  that 
 thou  hast  dealt  mercifully  with  my 
 master  Abraam. 
 
 ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  before  he  had 
 done  speaking  in  his  mind,  that  behold, 
 Rebecca  the  daughter  of  Bathuel,  the 
 son  of  Melcha,  the  wife  of  Nachor,  and 
 t i.e. Nachor.  he  ^thc  brother  of  Abraam, 
 came  forth,  having  a  water-pot  on  her 
 shoulders.  ""  And  the  virgin  was  very 
 beautiful  in  appearance,  she  was  a  vir- 
 gin, a  man  had  not  known  her,  and  she 
 went  down  to  the  well,  and  filled  her 
 water-pot,  and  came  up.  '^And  the 
 servant  ran  up  to  meet  her  and  said, 
 give  me  a  little  water  to  drink  out  of 
 thy  pitcher,  '^and  she  said,  Drink,  Sir, 
 and  she  hasted,  and  let  down  the  pitcher 
 upon  her  arm,  and  gave  him  to  diink, 
 till  he  ceased  drinking.  *^And  she 
 said,  I  will  also  draw  water  for  thy 
 camels,  till  they  shall  all  have. drunk. 
 ^^And  she  hasted,  and  emptied  the 
 water-pot  into  the  trough,  and  ran  to 
 the  weR  to  draw  again,  and  drew  water 
 for  all  the  camels.  ^'And  the  man 
 took  great  notice  of  her,  and  remained 
 silent  to  know  whether  the  Lord  had 
 made  his  way  prosperous  or  not.  ^^And 
 it  came  to  pass  when  all  the  camels  ceased 
 drinking,  that  the  man  took  golden 
 
 ear-rings,  each  of  a  drachm  weight,  and 
 he  put  two  bracelets  on  her  hands, 
 their  weight  was  of  ten  pieces  of  gold. 
 ^^And  he  asked  her,  and  said,  Whose 
 daughter  art  thou?  Tell  me  if  there 
 is  room  for  us  to  lodge  with  thy  father. 
 ^''And  she  said  to  him,  I  am  the 
 daughter  of  Bathuel  the  son  of  Melcha, 
 whom  she  bore  to  Nachor.  ^^  And  she 
 said  to  him,  We  have  both  straw  and 
 much  provender,  and  a  place  for  rest- 
 ing. ^^And  the  man  being  well  pleased, 
 worshipped  the  Lord, ^Wd  said,Blessed 
 be  the  Lord  the  God  of  my  master 
 Abraam,  who  has  not  su^fiered  his 
 righteousness  to  fail,  nor  his  truth  from 
 my  master,  and  the  Lord  has  brought 
 me  prosperously  to  the  house  of  the 
 brother  of  my  lord.  '^^  And  the  damsel 
 ran  and  reported  to  the  house  of  her 
 mother  according  to  these  words. 
 ^^And  Rebecca  had  a  brother  whose 
 name  was  Laban,  and  Laban  ran  out 
 to  meet  the  man,  to  the  well.  ^"^And 
 it  came  to  pass  when  he  saw  the  ear- 
 rings and  the  bracelets  on  the  hands  of 
 his  sister,  and  when  he  heard  the  words 
 of  Rebecca  his  sister,  saying.  Thus  the 
 man  spoke  to  me,  that  he  went  to  the 
 man,  as  he  stood  by  the  camels  at  the 
 well.  ^*  And  he  said  to  him.  Come  in 
 hither,  thou  blessed  of  the  Lord,  why 
 standest  thou  without,  whereas  I  have 
 prepared  the  house  and  a  place  for  the 
 camels?  ^^And  the  man  entered  into 
 the  house,  and  vmloaded  the  camels, 
 and  gave  the  camels  straw  and  pro- 
 vender, and  water  to  wash  his  feet,  and 
 the  feet  of  the  men  that  were  with  Irim. 
 ^^And  he  set  before  them  loaves  to 
 eat,  but  he  said,  I  will  tcr.  spoken 
 not  eat,  until  I  have  Hold  "^y^o^ds. 
 my  errand.     And  he  said,  Sj)eak  on. 
 
 ^^And  he  said,  I  am  a  servant  of 
 Abraam,  ^^and  the  Lord  has  blessed  my 
 master  greatly,  and  he  is  exalted,  and 
 he  has  given  him  sheep,  and  calves, 
 and  silver,  and  gold,  servants  and  ser- 
 vant-maids, camels,  and  asses.  ^^And 
 Sarrha  my  master's  wife  bore  one  son 
 to  my  master  alter  he  had  grown  old, 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  v.  37. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap,  xxiv 
 
 61. 
 
 and  he  gave  him  whatever  he  had. 
 "'^And  my  master  cavised  me  to  swear, 
 saying,  Thou  shalt  not  take  a  wife  to 
 my  son  of  the  daughters  of  the  Cha- 
 nanites,  among  whom  I  sojourn  in  their 
 land.  ^**But  thou  shalt  go  to  the  house 
 of  my  father,  and  to  my  tribe,  and  thou 
 shalt  take  thence  a  wife  for  my  son. 
 ^^And  I  said  to  my  master.  Take  heed 
 lest  haply  the  woman  shall  not  go  with 
 me.  '''*And  he  said  to  me.  The  Lord  God 
 to  whom  I  have  been  acceptable  in  his 
 presence,  himself  shall  send  out  his 
 angel  with  thee,  and  shall  prosper  thy 
 journey,  and  thou  shalt  take  a  wife  for 
 my  son  of  my  tribe,  and  of"  the  house 
 of  my  father.  *'  Then  shalt  thou  be 
 clear  from  my  curse,  for  whensoever 
 thou  shalt  have  come  to  my  tribe,  and 
 they  shall  not  give  her  to  thee,  then 
 shalt  thou  be  clear  from  my  oath. 
 ^^And  having  come  this  day  to  the 
 well,  I  said.  Lord  God  of  my  master 
 Abraam,  if  thou  prosperest  my  journey 
 on  which  1  am  now  going,  ^^  behold,  I 
 stand  by  the  well  of  water,  and  the 
 daughters  of  the  men  of  the  city  come 
 forth  to  draw  water,  and  it  shall  be 
 that  the  damsel  to  whom  I  shall  say. 
 Give  me  a  little  water  to  drink  out  of 
 thy  pitcher,  ''^and  she  shall  say  to  me, 
 both  drink  thou,  and  J  will  draw  water 
 for  thy  camels,  this  shall  be  the  wife 
 whom  the  Lord  has  prepared  for  his 
 own  servant  Isaac  ;  and  hereby  shall 
 I  know  that  thou  hast  wrought  mercy 
 with  my  master  Abraam.  ''•^And  it 
 came  to  pass  before  1  had  done  speak- 
 ing in  my  mind,  straightway  Eebecca 
 came  forth,  having  her  pitcher  on  her 
 shoulders,  and  she  went  down  to  the 
 well,  and  drew  water,  and  1  said  to  her, 
 Give  me  to  drink.  ^^And  she  hasted 
 and  let  down  her  pitcher  on  her  arm 
 ^from  her  head,  and  said. 
 Drink  thou,  and  I  will  give 
 thy  camels  di'ink,  and  I  drank,  and  she 
 gave  the  camels  drink.  ^^  And  1  asked 
 her, and  said,\\niose  daughter  art  thou? 
 tell  me;  and  she  said,  I  am  daughter 
 of  Bathucl  the  son  of  Nachor,  whom 
 
 24 
 
 +  Gr.    from 
 herself. 
 
 Melcha  bore  to  him ;  and  I  put  on  her 
 the  ear-rings,  and  the  bracelets  on  her 
 hands.  ^"^And  being  well-pleased  I 
 worshipped  the  Lord,  and  I  blessed  the 
 Lord  the  God  of  my  master  Abraam, 
 who  has  prospered  me  in  a  true  way, 
 so  that  I  should  take  the  daughter  of 
 my  master's  brother  for  liis  son.  ''■'  If 
 then  ye  will  deal  mercifully  and  justly 
 with  my  lord,  tell  me,  and  if  not,  tell 
 me,  that  1  may  turn  to  the  right  hand 
 or  to  the  left. 
 
 ^^  And  Laban  and  Bathuel  answered 
 and  said.  This  matter  has  come  forth 
 from  the  Lord,  we  shall  not  be  able  to 
 answer  thee  bad  or  good.  ■^'  Behold, 
 Kebecca  is  before  thee,  take  her  and 
 ^go  away,  and  let  her  be  tft-.  run  away, 
 wife  to  the  son  of  thy  master,  as  the 
 Lord  has  said.  ^^Ajid  it  came  to 
 pass  when  the  servant  of  Abraam  heard 
 these  words,  he  bowed  himself  to  the 
 Lord  down  to  the  earth.  ^^And  the 
 servant  having  brought  forth  jewels  of 
 silver  and  gold  and  raiment,  gave  them 
 to  Eebecca,  and  gave  gifts  to  her  bro- 
 ther, and  to  her  mother.  ^^And  both 
 he  and  the  men  with  him  ate  and  drank 
 and  went  to  sleep.  And  he  arose  in 
 the  morning  and  said.  Send  me  away, 
 that  I  may  go  to  my  master.  '''■^And 
 her  brethren  and  her  mother  said,  Let 
 the  virgin  remain  with  us  about  ten 
 days,  and  after  that  she  shall  depart. 
 ■^•"But  he  said  to  them.  Hinder  me  not, 
 for  the  Lord  has  prospered  my  journey 
 for  me ;  send  me  away ,  that  I  may  de- 
 part to  my  master.  ''''^And  they  said, 
 Let  us  call  the  damsel,  and  enquire  at 
 her  mouth.  ■''**And  they  called  Re- 
 becca, and  said  to  her,  Wilt  thou  go 
 with  this  man  ?  and  she  said,  I  will  go. 
 '^"  So  they  sent  forth  Rebecca  their 
 sister,  and  her  goods,  and  the  servant 
 of  Abraam,  and  his  attendants.  """And 
 they  blessed  Rebecca,  and  said  to  her, 
 Thou  art  our  sister ;  become  thou 
 thousands  of  myriads  and  let  thy  seed 
 possess  the  cities  of  their  enemies. 
 '''And  Rebecca  rose  up  and  her  maidens, 
 and  they  mounted  the  camels  and  went 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  v.  62. 
 
 GENESIS, 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  25. 
 
 witli  tlie  man,  and  the  servant  having 
 taken  up  Rebecca,  departed. 
 
 ^^And  Isaac  went  throvigh  the  wil- 
 derness to  the  well  of  the  vision,  and 
 he  dwelt  in  the  land  toward  the  south. 
 ^'^And  Isaac  went  forth  into  the  plain 
 toward  evening  to  meditate,  and  hav- 
 ing lifted  up  his  eyes,  he  saw  camels 
 coming.  ''''  And  Rebecca  Mfted  up  her 
 eyes,  and  saw  Isaac,  and  she  ahghted 
 briskly  from  the  camel,  ^'^and  said  to 
 the  servant.  Who  is  that  man  that 
 walks  in  the  plain  to  meet  us?  And 
 the  servant  said.  This  is  my  master, 
 and  she  took  her  veil  and  covered  her- 
 self ^^And  the  servant  told  Isaac  all 
 +L?;.  all  the    ^ that  he  had  done.     "And 
 
 words  which.      -^  .  .        . 
 
 Hebraism.  Isaac  wciit  luto  thc  house 
 of  his  mother,  and  took  Rebecca,  and 
 she  became  his  wife,  and  he  loved  her, 
 and  Isaac  was  comforted  for  Sarrha  his 
 mother. 
 
 25.  And  Abraam  again  took  a  wife, 
 whose  name  was  Chettura.  ^And  she 
 bore  to  him  Zombran,  and  Jezan,  and 
 Madal,  and  Madiam,  and  Jesbok,  and 
 Soie.  ^And  Jezan  begot  Saba  and 
 Dedan.  And  the  sons  of  Dedan  were 
 the  Assurians  and  the  Latusians,  and 
 Laomim.  ^And  the  sons  of  Madiam 
 were  Gephar  and  Aphir,  and  Enoch, 
 and  Abeida,  and  Eldaga,  all  these  were 
 sons  of  Chettura.  ^But  Abraam  gave 
 all  his  possessions  to  Isaac  his  son. 
 ^But  to  the  sons  of  his  concubines 
 Abraam  gave  gifts,  and  he  sent  them 
 away  from  his  son  Isaac,  while  he  was 
 yet  Hving,  to  the  east  into  the  country 
 of  the  east.  ^And  these  were  the 
 years  of  the  days  of  the  Kfe  of  Abraam 
 as  many  as  he  Hved,  a  hundred  and 
 seventy-five  years.  ®  And  Abraam 
 faihng  died  in  a  good  old  age,  an  old 
 man  and  full  of  days,  and  was  added 
 to  his  people.  ^And  Isaac  and  Ismael 
 his  sons  buried  him  in  the  double  cave, 
 in  the  field  of  Ephron  the  son  of  Saar 
 the  Chettite,  Avhich  is  over  against 
 Mambre:  ^^even  the  field  and  the  cave 
 which  Abraam  bought  of  the  sons  of 
 
 Chet;  there  they  buried  Abraam  and 
 Sarrha  his  wife.  ''And  it  came  to 
 pass  after  Abraam  was  dead,  that  God 
 blessed  Isaac  his  son,  and  Isaac  dwelt 
 by  the  well  of  the  vision.  '^  And  these 
 are  the  generations  of  Ismael  the  son 
 of  Abraam,  whom  Agar  the  Egyptian 
 the  hand-maid  of  Sarrha  bore  to 
 Abraam.  '^And  these  are  the  names 
 of  the  sons  of  Ismael,  according  to  the 
 names  of  their  generations.  The  first- 
 born of  Ismael,  Nabaioth,  and  Kedar, 
 andNabdeel, andMassam,''*and  Masma, 
 and  Duma,  and  Masse,  '^and  Choddan, 
 and  Thajman,  and  Jetur,  and  Naphes 
 and  Kedma.  '^  These  are  the  sons  of 
 Ismael,  and  these  are  their  names  in 
 their  tents  and  in  their  dwellings, 
 twelve  princes  according  to  their  na- 
 tions. '^And  these  are  the  years  of 
 the  hfe  of  Ismael,  a  himdred  and  thirty- 
 seven  years,  and  he  failed  and  died,  and 
 was  added  to  his  ^fathers.  +<;»•.  family. 
 '^And  he  dwelt  from  Evilat  unto  Sur, 
 wliich  is  opposite  Egypt,  until  one 
 comes  to  the  Assyrians,  he  dwelt  in  the 
 presence  of  all  liis  brethren. 
 
 '^  And  these  are  the  generations  of 
 Isaac  the  son  of  Abraam.  ^"Abraam 
 begot  Isaac.  And  Isaac  was  forty  years 
 old  when  he  took  to  wife  Rebecca 
 daughter  of  Bathuel  the  S3rrian  out  of 
 Syrian  Mesopotamia,  sister  of  Laban 
 the  Syrian.  ^'And  Isaac  prayed  the 
 Lord  concerning  Rebecca  his  wife,  be- 
 cause she  was  barren,  and  the  Lord 
 heard  him,  and  his  wife  Rebecca  con- 
 ceived in  her  womb.  ^^  And  the  babes 
 leaped  within  her,  and  she  said.  If  it 
 will  be  so  with  me,  why  is  this  to  me  ? 
 And  she  went  to  enqiure  of  the  Lord. 
 ^^  And  the  Lord  said  to  her,  There  are 
 two  nations  in  thy  w^omb,  and  two 
 peoples  shall  be  separated  from  thy 
 belly,  and  one  people  shall  excel  the 
 other,  and  the  ^  elder  shall    +  Gr.  the 
 
 ,1  24  A      1    grreater    shall 
 
 serve  the  yoimger.        And  serve  the  less, 
 the  days  were  fulfilled  that  ^°^-  9-  ^^■ 
 she  should  be  deHvered,  and  she  had 
 twins  in  her  womb.  '-^'^  And  the  first  came 
 out  red,  hairy  all  over  like  a  skin ,  and  she 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  26. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xxvi.  v.  20. 
 
 called  his  name  Esau.  ^^And  after 
 this  came  forth  his  brothei',  and  his 
 hand  took  hold  of  the  heel  of  Esau, 
 and  she  called  his  name  Jacob.  And 
 Isaac  was  sixty  years  old  when  Rebecca 
 bore  them.  ^^And  the  lads  grew,  and 
 Esau  was  a  man  skilled  in  hunting, 
 dwelUng  in  the  covmtry,  and  Jacob  a 
 simple  man,  dwelling  in  a  house.  ^**And 
 Isaac  loved  Esau,  because  his  venison 
 was  his  food,  but  Rebecca  loved  Jacob. 
 ^^And  Jacob  cooked  pottage,  and 
 Esau  came  from  the  plain,  fainting. 
 ^"And  Esau  said  to  Jacob,  Let  me 
 taste  of  that  red  pottage,  because  I  am 
 fainting,  therefore  his  name  was  called 
 Edom.  ^^And  Jacob  said  to  Esau,  Sell 
 me  this  day  thy  birthright.  ^^And 
 Esau  said.  Behold,  I  am  going  to  die, 
 and  for  what  good  does  tliis  birthright 
 belong  to  mer  ^^And  Jacob  said  to 
 him,  Swear  to  me  this  day,  and  he 
 swore  to  Mm,  and  Esau  sold  his  birth- 
 right to  Jacob.  ^^And  Jacob  gave 
 bread  to  Esau,  and  pottage  of  lentiles, 
 and  he  ate  and  drank,  and  he  arose 
 and  departed,  so  Esau  shghted  his 
 birthright. 
 
 26.  And  there  was  a  famine  in  the 
 land,  besides  the  former  famine,  which 
 was  in  the  time  of  Abraam,  and  Isaac 
 went  to  Abimelech  the  king  of  the 
 PhyHstines  to  Gerara.  ^  And  the  Lord 
 appeared  to  him  and  said.  Go  not  down 
 to  Egypt,  but  dwell  in  the  land,  which 
 I  shall  tell  thee  of  ^And  sojourn  in 
 this  land;  and  I  will  be  with  thee,  and 
 bless  thee,  for  I  will  give  to  thee  and 
 to  thy  seed  all  this  land,  and  I  will  cs- 
 tabhsh  my  oath  which  I  swore  to  thy 
 father  Abraam.  ''  And  I  will  multiply 
 thy  seed  as  the  stars  of  heaven,  and  I 
 will  give  to  thy  seed  all  this  land,  and 
 all  the  nations  of  the  earth  shall  be 
 blest  in  thy  seed.  '^Because  Abraam 
 thy  father  hearkened  to  my  voice,  and 
 kept  my  injunctions  and  my  command- 
 ments and  my  ordinances,  and  my 
 statutes.  **  And  Isaac  dwelt  in  Gerara. 
 '  And  the  men  of  the  place  questioned 
 
 him  concerning  Rebecca  his  wife,  and 
 he  said.  She  is  my  sister,  for  he  feared 
 to  say.  She  is  my  wife,  lest  at  any  time 
 the  men  of  the  place  should  slay  hun 
 because  of  Rebecca,  because  she  was 
 ^  fair.  ^  And  he  remained  t  Gr.  fair  of 
 there  a  long  time,  and  Abi-  ''°'^^^^^<'^- 
 melech  the  king  of  Gerara  leaned  to 
 look  through  the  window,  and  saw 
 Isaac  sporting  Avith  Rebecca  liis  wife. 
 ^And  Abimelech  called  Isaac  and  said 
 to  him.  Is  she  then  thy  wife  ?  why  hast 
 thou  said,  She  is  my  sister?  And 
 Isaac  said  to  him  I  did  so,  for  I  said, 
 lest  at  any  time  I  die  on  her  account. 
 '°And  Abimelech  said  to  him,  \\^iy 
 hast  thou  done  this  to  us?  one  of  my 
 kindred  Vithin  a  little  had  ^i-d.  Had  almost, 
 lain  with  thy  w4fe,  and  thou  wouldst 
 have  brought  a  sin  of  ignorance  upon 
 us.  ^' And  Abimelech  charged  all  his 
 people,  saying,  Every  man  that  touches 
 this  man  and  his  wife  shall  be  Hable 
 to  death.  '^And  Isaac  sowed  in  that 
 land,  and  he  found  in  that  year  barley 
 an  hundred-fold,  and  the  Lord  blessed 
 him.  ^^  And  the  man  was  exalted,  and 
 advancing  he  increased,  till  he  became 
 very  great.  ^*  And  he  had  cattle  of 
 sheep,  and  cattle  of  oxen,  and  many 
 tilled  lands,  and  the  PhyHstines  envied 
 him.  ''^And  all  the  wells  which  the 
 servants  of  his  father  had  dug  in  the 
 time  of  his  father,  the  Phylistines 
 stopped  thcna,  and  filled  them  with 
 earth.  ^^  And  Abimelech  said  to  Isaac, 
 Depart  from  us,  for  thou  art  become 
 much  mightier  than  we.  '^And  Isaac 
 departed  thence,  and  rested  in  the 
 valley  of  Gerara,  and  dwelt  there. 
 
 '•^And  Isaac  dug  again  the  wells  of 
 water,  which  the  servants  of  his  lather 
 Abraam  had  dug,  and  the  PhyHstines 
 had  stopped  them,  after  the  death  of 
 his  father  Abraam,  and  he  gave  them 
 names,  according  to  the  names  by  which 
 his  father  named  them.  '^And  the 
 servants  of  Isaac  dug  in  the  valley  of 
 Gerara,  and  they  found  there  a  well  of 
 living  water.  ^"And  the  shepherds 
 of  Gerara  strove  with  the  shepherds  of 
 
Chap.  xxvi.  v.  21. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap,  xxvii.  v.  14. 
 
 Isaac,  saying  that  the  water  was  theirs, 
 and  they  called  the  name  of  the  well 
 Injury,  for  they  injured  him.  ^^  And 
 having  departed  thence  he  dug  another 
 well  and  they  strove  also  for  that,  and 
 he  named  the  name  of  it  Enmity. 
 ^^And  he  departed  thence  and  dug 
 another  well,  and  they  did  not  strive 
 about  that,  and  he  named  the  name  of 
 it  Eoom,  saying.  Because  now  the  Lord 
 has  made  room  for  us,  and  has  increased 
 us  upon  the  earth. 
 
 ^^  And  he  went  up  thence  to  the  well 
 of  the  oath.  ^*  And  the  Lord  appeared 
 to  him  in  that  night,  and  said,  I  am 
 the  God  of  Abraam  thy  father,  fear 
 not,  for  I  am  with  thee,  and  I  will 
 bless  thee,  and  multiply  thy  seed  for 
 the  sake  of  Abraam  thy  father.  ^'^And 
 he  built  there  an  altar,  and  called  on 
 the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  there  he 
 pitched  his  tent,  and  there  the  servants 
 of  Isaac  dug  a  well  in  the  valley  of 
 Gerara.  ^^And  Abimelech  came  to 
 him  from  Gerara  and  Ochozath  his 
 ^Gr.uv^,i>a.  ^iend,  and_  Phichol  Uhe 
 yw-yds.  q.  d.      commander-in-cliief  of  his 
 
 he  that  ^ves  97    a      i      t  •  i 
 
 away  in  mar-  army.  ^'  And  Isaac  said 
 "*^^'  to  them,  Wlierefore  have  ye 
 
 come  to  me  ?  whereas  ye  hated  me,  and 
 sent  me  away  from  you.  ^^  And  they 
 said,We  have  surely  seen  that  the  Lord 
 was  with  thee,  and  we  said.  Let  there 
 be  an  oath  between  us  and  thee,  and 
 we  will  make  a  covenant  with  thee, 
 ^^that  thou  shalt  do  no  wrong  by  us, 
 as  we  have  not  abhorred  thee,  and  ac- 
 cording as  we  have  treated  thee  well, 
 and  have  sent  thee  forth  peaceably; 
 and  now  thou  art  blessed  of  the  Lord. 
 ^"And  he  made  a  feast  for  them, 
 and  they  ate  and  drank.  ^'  And  they 
 arose  in  the  morning,  and  swore  each 
 to  his  neighbour,  and  Isaac  sent  them 
 forth,  and  they  departed  from  him  in 
 safety.  ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  in  that 
 day,  that  the  servants  of  Isaac  came 
 and  told  him  of  the  well  which  they 
 had  dug,  and  they  said,  We  have  not 
 found  water.  ^^  And  he  called  it 
 Oath,  therefore  he  called  the  name  of 
 
 that  city  the  Well  of  Oath,  until  this 
 day. 
 
 ^*  And  Esau  was  forty  years  old,  and 
 he  took  to  wife  Judith  the  daughter 
 of  Beoch  the  Chettite,  and  Basemath, 
 daughter  of  Helen  the  ^Aiex.  Hivite. 
 ^  Chettite.  ^''And  they  were  provoking 
 to  Isaac  and  Rebecca. 
 
 27.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  Isaac 
 was  old,  that  his  eyes  were  dimmed  so 
 that  he  could  not  see,  and  he  called 
 Esau,  his  elder  son,  and  said  to  him, 
 My  son;  and  he  said,  Behold  I  am  here. 
 ^And  he  said.  Behold,  I  am  grown  old, 
 and  know  not  the  day  of  my  death. 
 ^  Now  then  take  thy  weapons,  both  thy 
 quiver  and  thy  bow,  and  go  into  the 
 plain,  and  get  me  venison,  "^and  make 
 me  meats,  as  I  Hke  them,  and  bring 
 them  to  me  that  I  may  eat,  that  my 
 soul  may  bless  thee,  before  1  die.  ^And 
 Eebecca  heard  Isaac  speaking  to  Esau 
 his  son ;  and  Esau  went  to  the  plain  to 
 procure  venison  for  his  father.  ^And 
 Rebecca  said  to  Jacob  her  younger  son, 
 Behold  I  heard  thy  father  speaking  to 
 Esau  thy  brother,  saying,  ^  Bring  me 
 venison,  and  prepare  me  meats,  that  I 
 may  eat  and  bless  thee  before  the  Lord 
 before  I  die.  *Now  then,  my  son, 
 hearken  unto  me,  as  I  command  thee. 
 ^And  go  to  the  cattle  and  take  for  me 
 thence  two  kids,  tender  and  good,  and 
 I  will  make  them  meats  for  thy  father, 
 as  he  likes.  ^"^And  thou  shalt  bring 
 them  in  to  thy  father,  and  he  shall  eat, 
 that  thy  father  may  bless  thee  before 
 he  dies.  ^*  And  Jacob  said  to  his  mother 
 Rebecca,  Esau  my  brother  is  a  hairy 
 man,  and  I  a  smooth  man.  '^Peradven- 
 ture  my  father  may  feel  me,  and  I  shall 
 be  before  him  as  one  iU-intentioned, 
 and  I  shall  bring  upon  me  a  curse  and 
 not  a  blessing.  '^  And  his  mother  said 
 to  him.  On  me  be  thy  curse.  Son,  only 
 hearken  to  my  voice,  and  go  and  bring 
 them  me.  ^'*  So  he  went  and  took  and 
 brought  them  to  his  mother,  and  his 
 mother  made  meats,  as  his  father  liked 
 them. 
 
Chap,  xxvii.  v.  15. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 ClIAP.  XXVII.  V.  40. 
 
 '^And  Rebecca  having  taken  the  fine 
 raiment  of  her  elder  son  Esau  which 
 was  with  her  in  the  house,  put  it  on 
 Jacob  her  younger  son.  ^^And  she 
 put  on  liis  arms  the  skins  of*  the  kids 
 and  on  the  bare  parts  of  his  neck. 
 '^And  she  gave  the  meats  and  the 
 loaves  which  she  had  prepared,  into 
 the  hands  of  Jacob  her  son.  '**  And  he 
 brought  them  to  his  father,  and  said. 
 Father ;  and  he  said.  Behold  1  am  here, 
 who  art  thou,  son?  ^^  And  Jacob  said 
 to  his  father,  I,  Esau  thy  first-born 
 have  done  as  thou  toldest  me,  rise,  sit, 
 and  eat  of  my  venison,  that  thy  soul 
 may  bless  me.  '^''And  Isaac  said  to 
 his  son,  Wliat  is  this  which  thou  hast 
 quickly  found?  And  he  said,  That 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God  presented  be- 
 fore me.  ^^And  Isaac  said  to  Jacob, 
 Draw  nigh  to  me,  and  I  will  feel  thee, 
 son,  if  thou  art  my  son  Esau  or  not. 
 ^^And  Jacob  drew  nigh  to  his  father 
 Isaac,  and  he  felt  him,  and  said.  The 
 voice  is  Jacob's  voice,  but  the  hands 
 are  the  hands  of  Esau.  ^^And  he  knew 
 him  not,  for  his  hands  were  as  the 
 hands  of  his  brother  Esau,  hairy,  and 
 he  blessed  liim,  ^^and  he  said,  Art  thou 
 my  son  Esau  ?  and  he  said,  I  am. 
 ^^  And  he  said.  Bring  hither,  and  I  will 
 eat  of  thy  venison.  Son,  that  my  soul 
 may  bless  thee ;  and  he  brought  it  near 
 to  him,  and  he  ate,  and  he  brought 
 him  wine,  and  he  drank.  ^^And  Isaac 
 his  father  said  to  him.  Draw  nigh  to 
 me,  and  kiss  me,  son.  ^^  And  he  drew 
 nigh  and  kissed  him,  and  smelled  the 
 smell  of  his  garments,  and  blessed  him, 
 and  said,  Behold,  the  smell  of  my  son 
 is  as  the  smell  of  an  abundant  field, 
 which  the  Lord  has  blessed.  ^**And 
 may  God  give  thee  of  the  dew  of  hea- 
 ven, and  of  the  fatness  of  the  earth, 
 and  abundance  of  corn  and  wine. 
 ^^And  let  nations  serve  thee,  and 
 princes  bow  down  to  thee,  and  be  thou 
 lord  of  thy  brother,  and  the  sons  of  thy 
 father  shall  do  thee  reverence ;  ac- 
 cursed is  he  that  curses  thee,  and 
 Ijlesscd  is  he  that  blesses  thee. 
 
 ^'^  And  it  came  to  pass  after  Isaac  had 
 ceased  blessing  his  son  Jacob,  it  even 
 came  to  pass,  just  when  Jacob  had  gone 
 out  from  the  presence  of  Isaac  his 
 lather,  that  Esau  his  brother  came  in 
 from  his  hunting.  ^'  And  he  also  had 
 made  meats  and  brought  them  to  his 
 father,  and  he  said  to  his  father,  Let 
 my  father  arise  and  eat  of  his  son's 
 venison,  that  thy  soul  may  bless  me. 
 ^'■^And  Isaac  his  father  said  to  him, 
 Who  art  thou?  And  he  said,  I  am 
 thy  first-bom  son  Esau.  ^^And  Isaac 
 was  amazed  with  very  gi'eat  amaze- 
 ment, and  said.  Who  then  is  it  that 
 has  procured  venison  for  me  and 
 brought  it  to  me  ?  and  I  have  eaten  of 
 all  before  thou  camest,  and  I  have 
 blessed  him  and  he  shall  be  blessed. 
 ^"^And  it  came  to  pass  when  Esau 
 heard  the  words  of  his  father  Isaac,  he 
 cried  out  with  a  great  and  very  bitter 
 cry,  and  said.  Bless,  I  pray  tnee,  me 
 also.  Father.  ^^And  he  said  to  him, 
 Thy  brother  has  come  with  subtlety, 
 and  taken  thy  blessing.  ^^And  he 
 said.  Rightly  was  his  name  called 
 Jacob,  for  lo  !  this  second  time  has  he 
 supplanted  me;  he  has  both  taken  my 
 birthright,  and  now  he  has  taken  my 
 blessing,  and  Esau  said  to  his  lather, 
 Hast  thou  not  left  a  blessing  for  me, 
 Father?  ^^And  Isaac  answered  and 
 said  to  Esau,  If  I  have  made  him  thy 
 lord,  and  have  made  all  his  brethren 
 his  servants,  and  have  strengthened 
 him  with  corn  and  wine,  what  then 
 shaU  I  do  for  thee,  Son?  ^^  And  Esau 
 said  to  his  father,  Hast  thou  onltj  one 
 blessing.  Father?  Bless  I  pray  thee 
 me  also,  Father.  And^Isaac  +//,./>,._  isaac 
 being  troubled,  Esau  cried  being  troubled, 
 aloud  and  wept.  ^''And  Isaac  his  lather 
 answered  and  said  to  him,  Bjchold,  tliy 
 dwelling  shall  be  of  tlie  fatness  of  the 
 earth,  and  of  the  dew  of  heaven  from 
 above.  ^"^And  thou  shalt  hve  by  thy 
 sword  and  shalt  serve  thy  brother,  and 
 there  shall  be  a  time  when  thou  shalt 
 break  and  loosen  his  yoke  from  olF  thy 
 neck. 
 
Chap,  xxvii.  t;.  41. 
 
 GENESIS, 
 
 Chap,  xxviii.  v.  19. 
 
 '"And  Esau  was  angry  with"* Jacob 
 because  of  the  blessing,  with  which  his 
 father  blessed  liim;  and  Esau  said  in 
 his  mind,  Let  the  days  of  my  father's 
 mourning  draw  nigh,  that  I  may  slay 
 my  brother  Jacob.  ^'■^And  the  words 
 of  Esau  her  elder  son  were  reported  to 
 Rebecca,  and  she  sent  and  called  Jacob 
 her  younger  son,  and  said  to  him,  Be- 
 hold Esau  thy  brother  threatens  thee 
 to  kill  thee.  ^^Now  then  my  son,  hear 
 my  voice,  and  rise  and  depart  quickly 
 into  ]\Iesopotamia  to  Laban  my  brother 
 into  Charran.  *''  And  dwell  with  him 
 certain  days,  u.ntil  thy  brother's  anger 
 ^•^and  rage  depart  from  thee,  and  he 
 forget  what  thou  hast  done  to  him, 
 and  I  will  send  and  fetch  thee  thence, 
 lest  at  any  time  I  should  be  bereaved 
 of  you  both  in  one  day.  "^^And  Re- 
 becca said  to  Isaac,  I  am  weary  of  my 
 Hfe,  because  of  the  daughters  of  the 
 sons  of  Chet ;  if  Jacob  shall  take  a  wife 
 of  the  daughters  of  this  land,  wherefore 
 should  I  live? 
 
 28.  And  Isaac  having  called  for 
 Jacob,  blessed  him,  and  charged  liim, 
 saying,  Thou  shalt  not  take  a  wife  of 
 the  daughters  of  the  Chananites.  ^Rise 
 and  depart  qidckly  into  Mesopotamia, 
 to  the  house  of  Bathuel  the  father  of 
 thy  mother,  and  take  to  thyself  thence 
 a  wife  of  the  daughters  of  Laban  thy 
 mother's  brother.  ^  And  may  my  God 
 bless  thee,  and  increase  thee,  and  mul- 
 tiply thee,  and  thou  shalt  become  ga- 
 therings of  nations.  ^And  may  he 
 give  thee  the  blessing  of  my  father 
 Abraam,  even  to  thee  and  to  thy  seed 
 after  thee,  to  inherit  the  land  of  thy 
 sojourning,  wliich  God  gave  to  Abraam. 
 ^So  Isaac  sent  away  Jacob,  and  he 
 went  into  Mesopotamia  to  Laban  the 
 son  of  Bethuel  the  Syrian,  the  brother 
 of  Rebecca  the  mother  of  Jacob  and 
 Esau. 
 
 ^And  Esau  saw  that  Isaac  blessed 
 Jacob,  and  sent  him  away  to  Mesopo- 
 tamia of  Syria  as  he  blessed  Mm,  to 
 take  to  himself  a  wife  thence,  and  that 
 
 he  charged  him,  saying.  Thou  shalt  not 
 take  a  wife  of  the  daughters  of  the 
 Chananites.  ^And  that  Jacob  heark- 
 ened to  his  father  and  his  mother,  and 
 went  to  ]\Iesopotamia  of  Syria.  ^  And 
 Esau  also  having  seen  that  the  daughters 
 of  Chanaan  were  e^sal  before  his  father 
 Isaac,  ^  Esau  went  to  Ismael,  and  took 
 Maeleth  the  daughter  of  Ismael,  the  son 
 of  Abraam,  the  sister  of  Xabeoth,  a 
 wife  in  addition  to  his  other  wives. 
 
 ^°And  Jacob  went  forth  from  the 
 well  of  the  oath,  and  departed  into 
 C'harrhan.  ^^And  came  to  a  certain 
 place  and  slept  there,  for  the  sim  had 
 gone  down,  and  he  took  07ie  of  the 
 stones  of  the  place,  and  put  it  at  his  head, 
 and  lay  down  to  sleep  in  that  place, 
 '^and  dreamed,  and  behold  a  ladder 
 fixed  on  the  earth,  whose  top  reached 
 to  heaven,  and  the  angels  of  God 
 ascended  and  descended  on  it.  ^^  And 
 the  Lord  ^stood  upon  it  and  t(?,-.wasesta- 
 said,  I  am  the  God  of  thy  ^^^^^'^• 
 father  Abraam,  and  the  God  of  Isaac, 
 fear  not,  the  land  on  which  thou  liest, 
 to  thee  will  I  give  it,  and  to  thy  seed. 
 ^^  And  thy  seed  shall  be  as  the  sand  of 
 the  earth,  and  it  shall  spread  abroad  to 
 the  sea,  and  the  south,  and  the  north, 
 and  to  the  east,  and  in  thee  and  in  thy 
 seed  shall  all  the  tribes  of  the  earth  be 
 blessed.  ^^  And  behold  I  am  with  thee 
 to  preserve  thee  continually  in  all  the 
 way,  wherein  thou  shalt^go,  and  I  wiU 
 bring  thee  back  to  tliis  land,  for  I  will 
 not  desert  thee,  until  I  have  done  all 
 that  I  have  spoken  to  thee.  ^^And 
 Jacob  awaked  out  of  his  sleep  and  said, 
 The  Lord  is  in  this  place,  and  I  knew 
 it  not.  ^^And  he  was  afraid  and  said, 
 How  fearful  is  this  place !  tlds  is  none 
 other  than  the  house  of  God,  and  this 
 is  the  gate  of  heaven.  '^And  Jacob 
 rose  up  in  the  morning,  and  took  the 
 stone  he  ^had  laid  there  by    ^^''-  P^t 
 
 ...  -    -  .         -^     under.     See 
 
 his  head,  and  he  set  it  up  i  Tim.  3. 15. 
 as  a  pillar,  and  poured  oil  on  the  top 
 of  it.      '^And  he  called  the  name  of 
 that   place   the   House    of   God,    and 
 the    name    of   the    city    before    was 
 
Chap,  xxviii.  v.  20. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chai'.  XXIX.  V.  25. 
 
 *Ulam-luz.    ^°  And  Jacob  vowed  a  vow, 
 +//«*.  Luz  of  saying,    If  the   Lord   God 
 *^^^'  will  be  with  me,  and  guard 
 
 me  tliroughout  on  this  journey,  on 
 which  I  am  going,  and  give  me  bread 
 to  eat,  and  raiment  to  put  on,  ^'and 
 bring  me  back  in  safety  to  the  house  of 
 my  father,  then  shall  the  Lord  be  for  a 
 God  to  me.  ^^And  this  stone,  which 
 I  have  set  up  for  a  pillar,  shall  be  to  me 
 a  house  of  God,  and  of  all  whatsoever 
 thou  shalt  give  me,  I  will  tithe  a  tenth 
 for  thee. 
 
 29.  And  Jacob  ^  started  and  went  to 
 +  G..  having  ^]^Q  land  of  the  east  to  La- 
 
 lifted  up  his  n  -I        1 
 
 feet,  went,  &c.  ban  the  son  of  Bathuel  the 
 Syrian,  and  the  brother  of  Rebecca, 
 mother  of  Jacob  and  Esau.  ^And  he 
 looks,  and  behold !  a  well  in  the  plain, 
 and  there  were  there  three  flocks  of 
 sheep  resting  at  it,  for  out  of  that  well 
 they  watered  the  flocks,  but  there  was 
 a,  great  stone  at  the  mouth  of  the  well. 
 ^And  there  were  all  the  flocks  gathered, 
 and  they  used  to  roll  away  the  stone 
 from  the  mouth  of  the  well,  and  water 
 the  flocks,  and  set  the  stone  again  in  its 
 place  on  the  mouth  of  the  well.  ^  And 
 Jacob  said  to  them,  Brethren,  whence 
 are  ye  ?  and  they  said.  We  are  of 
 Charrhan.  '^And  he  said  to  them, 
 Know  ye  Laban  the  son  of  Nachor? 
 and  they  said.  We  do  know  him.  ®And 
 he  said  to  them.  Is  he  well?  And  they 
 said,  He  is  well.  And  behold  Rachel 
 his  daughter  came  with  the  sheep. 
 ^  And  Jacob  said.  It  is  yet  high  day,  it 
 is  not  yet  time  that  the  flocks  be 
 gathered  together,  having  watered  the 
 flocks,  depart  and  feed  them.  ^And 
 they  said.  We  shall  not  be  able,  until 
 all  the  shepherds  be  gathered  together, 
 and  they  shall  roll  away  the  stone  from 
 the  mouth  of  the  well,  then  we  will 
 water  the  flocks.  ^Wliile  he  was  yet 
 speaking  to  them.  Behold,  Rachel  the 
 daughter  of  Laban  came  with  her 
 father's  sheep,  for  she  fed  the  sheep  of 
 her  father.  '"^And  it  came  to  pass  when 
 Jacob    saw    Rachel    the   daughter   of 
 
 30 
 
 Laban  his  mother's  brother,  and  the 
 sheep  of  Laban  his  mother's  brother, 
 that  Jacob  came  and  rolled  away  the 
 stone  from  the  mouth  of  the  well,  and 
 watered  the  sheep  of  Laban  his  mother's 
 brother.  ''And  Jacob  kissed  Rachel, 
 and  cried  with  a  loud  voice  and  wept, 
 ''■^And  he  told  Rachel  that  he  was  the 
 near  relative  of  her  father,  and  the  son 
 of  Rebecca ;  and  she  ran  and  reported 
 to  her  father  according  to  these  words. 
 '^And  it  came  to  pass  when  Laban 
 heard  the  name  of  Jacob  his  sister's 
 son,  he  ran  to  meet  him,  and  embraced 
 and  kissed  him,  and  brought  him  into 
 his  house,  and  he  told  Laban  all  these 
 sayings.  ''*And  Laban  said  t  cr.  month 
 to  him.  Thou  art  of  my  "^ '^^y*- 
 bones  and  of  my  flesh,  and  he  was 
 with  him  a  ^  full  month. 
 
 '^And  Laban  said  to  Jacob,  Surely 
 thou  shalt  not  serve  me  for  nothing, 
 because  thou  art  my  brother;  tell  me 
 what  thy  reward  is  to  be.  '^Now 
 Laban  had  two  daughtei's,  the  name  of 
 the  elder  was  Lea,  and  the  name  of  the 
 younger,  Rachel.  '^And  the  eyes  of 
 Lea  were  weak.  But  Rachel  was 
 beautiful  in  appearance,  and  exceed- 
 ingly fair  in  countenance.  '**And 
 Jacob  loved  Rachel,  and  said,  I  will 
 serve  thee  seven  years  for  thy  younger 
 daughter  Rachel.  '^And  Laban  said 
 to  him.  It  is  better  that  I  should  give 
 her  to  thee,  than  that  I  should  give  her 
 to  another  man,  dwell  with  me.  "^"And 
 Jacob  served  for  Rachel  seven  years, 
 and  they  were  before  him  as  a  few  days, 
 by  reason  of  his  loving  her.  ^'And 
 Jacob  said  to  Laban,  Give  me  my  wife, 
 for  my  days  are  fulfilled,  that  I  may 
 go  in  to  her.  ^^And  Laban  gathered 
 together  all  the  men  of  the  place,  and 
 made  a  marriage-feast.  -^^iVnd  it  was 
 even,  and  he  took  his  daughter  Lea, 
 and  brought  her  in  to  Jacob,  and 
 Jacob  went  in  to  her.  '■^■*And  Laban 
 gave  to  his  daughter  Lea,  Zclpha  his 
 handmaid,  as  a  handmaid  for  her. 
 ^•'And  it  was  morning,  and  behold  it 
 was  Lea,  and  Jacob   said  to  Laban, 
 
Chap.  xxix.  v.  26. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xxx.  v.  20. 
 
 What  is  tliis  that  thou  hast  done  unto 
 me?  did  1  not  serve  thee  for  Rachel? 
 and  wherefore  hast  thou  deceived  me? 
 ^^And  Laban  answered,  It  is  not  done 
 thus  in  our  country,  to  give  the  younger 
 before  the  elder.  ^^  Fulfil  then  her 
 sevens,  and  1  will  give  to  thee  her  also 
 in  return  for  thy  labour,  which  thou 
 labourest  with  me,  yet  seven  other 
 years.  ^^And  Jacob  did  so,  and  ful- 
 filled her  sevens,  and  Laban  gave  him 
 his  daughter  Rachel  to  wife.  ^^And 
 Laban  gave  to  liis  daughter  his  hand- 
 maid Balla,  for  a  handmaid  to  her. 
 ^'^And  he  went  in  to  Rachel,  and  he 
 loved  Rachel  more  than  Lea,  and  he 
 served  him  seven  other  years. 
 
 ^'  And  when  the  Lord  God  saw  that 
 Lea  was  hated,  he  opened  her  womb, 
 but  Rachel  was  barren.  ^^And  Lea 
 conceived  and  bore  a  son  to  Jacob, 
 and  she  called  his  name  Ruben ;  saying. 
 Because  the  Lord  has  looked  on  my 
 humihation,  and  has  given  me  a  son, 
 now  then  my  husband  will  love  me. 
 ^^  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bore  a 
 second  son  to  Jacob,  and  she  said, 
 Because  the  Lord  has  heard  that  I  am 
 hated,  he  has  given  to  me  this  one  also, 
 and  she  called  his  name  Simeon.  ^'^  And 
 she  conceived  yet  again,  and  bore  a 
 son,  and  said.  In  the  present  time  my 
 husband  will  be  with  me,  for  I  have 
 born  him  three  sons,  therefore  she 
 called  his  name  Levi.  ^^And  having 
 conceived  yet  again  she  bore  a  son, 
 and  said.  Now  yet  again  this  time  will 
 I  give  thanks  to  the  Lord,  therefore 
 she  called  his  name  Juda,  and  ceased 
 bearing. 
 
 30.  And  Rachel  having  perceived 
 that  she  bore  Jacob  no  children, 
 was  jealous  of  her  sister,  and  said  to 
 Jacob,  Give  me  children,  and  if  not  I 
 shall  die.  ^  And  Jacob  was  angry  with 
 Rachel,  and  said  to  her.  Am  I  in 
 the  place  of  God,  who  has  deprived 
 thee  of  the  fruit  of  the  womb  ?  ^And 
 Rachel  said  to  Jacob,  Behold  my 
 handmaid  Balla,  go  in   to   her,    and 
 
 she  shall  bear  upon  my  knees,  and  1 
 also  shall  have  children  by  her.  ''And 
 she  gave  him  Balla  her  maid,  for  a 
 wife  to  him,  and  Jacob  went  in  to 
 her,  ''and  Balla  Rachel's  maid  con- 
 ceived, and  bore  Jacob  a  son.  ^And 
 Rachel  said,  God  has  given  judgment 
 for  me,  and  hearkened  to  my  voice, 
 and  has  given  me  a  son,  therefore  she 
 called  his  name  Dan.  ^And  Balla 
 Rachel's  maid  conceived  yet  again, 
 and  bore  a  second  son  to  Jacob.  *And 
 Rachel  said,  God  has  helped  me,  and  I 
 contended  with  my  sister  and  prevailed, 
 and  she  called  his  name  Nephthalim. 
 ^And  Lea  saw  that  she  ceased  from 
 bearing,  and  she  took  Zelpha  her  maid, 
 and  gave  her  to  Jacob  for  a  wife,  and 
 he  went  in  to  her.  ^"And  Zelpha 
 the  maid  of  Lea  conceived,  and  bore 
 Jacob  a  son.  "And  Lea  said,  It  is 
 happily :  and  she  called  his  name  Gad. 
 '^And  Zelpha  the  maid  of  Lea  con- 
 ceived yet  again,  and  bore  Jacob  a 
 second  son.  '^And  Lea  said,  I  am 
 blessed,  for  the  women  will  pronounce 
 me  blessed,  and  she  called  his  name 
 Aser.  '■*  And  Ruben  went  in  the  day 
 of  barley -harvest,  and  found  apples  of 
 mandrakes  in  the  field,  and  brought 
 them  to  his  mother  Lea,  and  Rachel 
 said  to  Lea  her  sister,  Give  me  of  thy 
 son's  mandrakes.  ^^And  Lea  said.  Is 
 it  not  enough  for  thee  that  thou  hast 
 taken  my  husband,  wilt  thou  also  take 
 my  son's  mandrakes?  And  Rachel 
 said.  Not  so :  let  him  lie  with  thee  to- 
 night for  thy  son's  mandrakes.  ^^And 
 Jacob  came  in  out  of  the  field  at  even, 
 and  Lea  went  forth  to  meet  him,  and 
 said,  thou  shalt  come  in  to  me  tliis 
 day,  for  I  have  hired  thee  for  my  son's 
 mandrakes;  and  he  lay  with  her  that 
 night.  '^And  God  hearkened  to  Lea, 
 and  she  conceived,  and  bore  Jacob  a 
 fifth  son.  '^And  Lea  said,  God  has 
 given  me  my  reward,  because  I  gave 
 my  maid  to  my  husband,  and  she  called 
 his  name  Issachar  wliich  is.  Reward. 
 '^And  Lea  conceived  again,  and  bore 
 Jacob  a  sixth  son.     ^"And  Lea  said, 
 
Chap.  xxx.  y.  21. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xxx.  v.  43. 
 
 God  has  given  mc  a  good  gift  in  this 
 time ;  my  husband  will  choose  me,  f or 
 I  have  born  him  six  sons:  and  she 
 called  his  name  Zabulon.  ^'  And  after 
 this  she  bore  a  daughter,  and  she  called 
 her  name  Dina.  -^And  God  remem- 
 bered Rachel,  and  God  hearkened  to 
 her,  and  he  opened  her  womb.  ^^And 
 she  conceived  and  bore  Jacob  a  son, 
 and  Itachel  said,  God  has  taken  away 
 my  reproach.  ^''And  she  called  his 
 name  Joseph,  saying,  Let  God  add 
 to  me  another  son. 
 
 ^^And  it  came  to  pass  when  Eachel 
 had  born  Joseph,  Jacob  said  to  Laban, 
 Send  me  away,  that  I  may  go  to  my 
 place  and  to  my  land.  ^^  Restore  my 
 wives  and  my  children,  for  whom  I 
 have  served  thee,  that  I  may  depart, 
 for  thou  knowest  the  service  wherewith 
 I  have  served  thee.  ^^And  Laban  said 
 to  him.  If  I  have  found  grace  in  thy 
 +  stay  thou     sight,  ^  I  would  auo^ur  well, 
 
 perhaps  un-       r>  ^  ,  i       t         11         11  J 
 
 derstood.  Heb.  lor  the  Lord  has  blessed  me 
 
 I^have^argued    ^^    ^^^^  ^^^-^^    ^^  28 ^p- 
 
 ^  Lit.  thy      point  ^me  thv  wages,  and  I 
 
 wages   to  or     J-   ,         ,  *^  <d      ' 
 
 with  me.  will  givc  them.  ^^  And  Ja- 
 cob said.  Thou  knowest  in  what  things 
 I  have  served  thee,  and  how  many 
 cattle  of  thine  are  with  me.  ^'*For  it 
 was  Httle  thou  hadst  before  my  time, 
 and  it  is  increased  to  a  multitude, 
 and  the  Lord   God  has  blessed  thee 
 
 +  So  E.  V.  hut  ^since  my  coming,  now  then 
 meriSiy.afmy  whcu  shall  I  sct  up  also  my 
 foot.  Q^^^rn  house  ?     ^'  And  Laban 
 
 said  to  him,  Wliat  shall  I  give  thee? 
 and  Jacob  said  to  him.  Thou  shalt  not 
 give  me  any  tiring ;  if  thou  Avilt  do  this 
 thing  for  me,  I  will  again  tend  thy 
 flocks  and  keep  them.  ^'"^Let  all  thy 
 sheep  pass  by  to-day,  and  separate 
 thence  every  grey  slieep  among  the 
 rams,  and  every  one  that  is  speckled 
 and  spotted  among  the  goats — tJds 
 shall  be  my  reward.     ^^  And  my  right- 
 
 t  Hearken  to  cousncss  shall  ^answcr  for 
 or  obey  me.      ^^^  ^^  ^^^  morrow,  for  it  is 
 
 my  reward  before  thee,  whatever  shall 
 not  be  spotted  and  speckled  among  the 
 goats,  and  grey  among  the  rams,  shall 
 
 be  stolen  with  me.  ^^And  Laban  said 
 to  him.  Let  it  be  according  to  thy 
 word.  ^•''And  he  separated  in  that  day 
 the  spotted  and  sjDCckled  he-goats,  and 
 all  the  spotted  and  speckled  she-goats, 
 and  all  that  was  grey  among  the  rams, 
 and  every  one  that  was  wliite  among 
 them,  and  he  gave  them  into  the 
 hand  of  his  sons.  ^^  And  he  set  a  dis- 
 tance of  a  three  days'  journey  between 
 them  ^and  Jacob.  And  +G'-.  andbe- 
 Jacob  tended  the  cattle  of  imiism. 
 Laban  that  were  left  behind.  ^^And 
 Jacob  took  to  himself  green  rods  of 
 storax  tree  and  walnut  and  plane-tree, 
 and  Jacob  peeled  in  them  white  stripes 
 and  as  '^he  drew  off  the  +  Apparently 
 green  the  white  stripe  which  thenom.absoi. 
 he  had  made  appeared  alternate  on  the 
 rods.  ^^And  he  laid  the  rods  which 
 he  had  peeled,  in  the  hollows  of  the 
 watering-troughs,  that  whensoever  the 
 cattle  should  come  to  drink,  as  they 
 should  have  come  to  drink  before 
 the  rods,  the  cattle  might  conceive  at 
 the  rods.  ^^  So  the  cattle  conceived  at  the 
 rods,  and  the  cattle  brought  forth  young 
 speckled,  and  streaked  and  spotted 
 with  ash-coloured  sjyots.  ■*"  And  Jacob 
 separated  the  lambs  and  set  before  the 
 sheep  a  speckled  ram,  and  every  varie- 
 gated one  among  the  lambs,  and  he 
 separated  flocks  for  himself  alone  and 
 did  not  mingle  them  with  the  sheep  of 
 Laban.  ''•And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
 time  wherein  the  cattle  became  preg- 
 nant, conceiving  in  the  belly,  Jacob 
 put  the  rods  before  the  cattle  in  the 
 troughs,  that  they  might  conceive  by 
 
 the     rods.^        ''"^But    he     did     +ThemraiiinK 
 ,    ,1  •        .7.        .      .     of  the  Hebrew 
 
 not  put  them  m  indiscrimi-  seems  to  be, 
 nately  whenever  the  cattle  Jl^^^Je  weak 
 happened   to    bring    forth,  from  am, came. 
 
 ,     J^i,  ,       ,     '^  '    The  LXX.   by 
 
 but  the  unmarked  ones  were  assigning:  the 
 Laban's,    and  the    marked  as^tliT  cause 
 
 ones    Jacob's.        ''^And    the    have  obscured 
 .  the   passage. 
 
 man     became     very    rich,  of  '■'<««(,'  .la- 
 
 11         11  •'         , ,  1         cob  would  not 
 
 and  he   had   many  cattle,  ,,ut  them  in 
 and    oxen,    and    servants,  '*''"■ 
 and   maid-servants,    and  camels,    and 
 asses. 
 
Chap.  xxxi.  v.  1. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xxxi.  ?;.  30. 
 
 31.  And  Jacob  heard  the  words  of 
 the  sons  of  Laban,  saying,  Jacob  has 
 taken  all  that  was  our  father's,  and  of 
 our  father's  property  has  he  gotten  all 
 this  glory.  ^And  Jacob  saw  the 
 countenance  of  Laban,  and  behold  it 
 
 +  Gr.  yester-  was  not  toward  him  as  ^  be- 
 day  before"!"  fo^-  'And  the  Lord  said 
 Hebraism.  to  Jacob,  rctum  to  the  land 
 of  thy  father,  and  to  thy  family,  and  I 
 will  be  with  thee.  ''And  Jacob  sent 
 and  called  Lea  and  Rachel  to  the  plain 
 where  the  flocks  were.  ^And  he  said  to 
 them,  I  see  the  face  of  your  father,  that 
 it  is  not  toward  me  as  before,  but  the 
 God  of  my  father  was  with  me.  ^And 
 ye  too  know  that  with  all  my  might  I 
 have  served  your  father.  ^But  your 
 father  deceived  me,  and  changed  my 
 wages  for  the  ten  lambs,  yet  God  gave 
 him  not  pmver  to  hurt  me.  ^If  he 
 should  say  thus.  The  speckled  shall  be 
 thy  reward,  then  all  the  cattle  would  bear 
 speckled,  and  if  he  should  say,  The 
 white  shall  be  thy  reward,  then  would  all 
 the  cattle  bear  white.  ^So  God  has 
 taken  away  all  the  cattle  of  your  father, 
 and  given  them  to  me.  '°  And  it  came 
 to  pass  when  the  cattle  conceived  and 
 were  with  young,  that  I  beheld  with 
 mine  eyes  in  sleep,  and  behold  the  he- 
 goats  and  the  rams  leaping  on  the  sheep 
 and  the  she-goats,  speckled  and  varie- 
 gated and  spotted  with  ash-coloured 
 spots.     "  And  the  angel  of  God  said  to 
 
 +L17.  in  sleep,  me  ^iu  a  dream,  Jacob,  and 
 I  said,  Wliat  is  it?  ^^And  he  said. 
 Look  up  with  thine  eyes,  and  behold 
 the  he-goats  and  the  rams  leaping  on 
 the  sheep  and  the  she-goats,  speckled 
 and  variegated  and  spotted  with  ash- 
 coloured  spots,  for  I  have  seen  all 
 things  that  Laban  does  to  thee.  '^  I 
 am  God  that  appeared  to  thee  in  the 
 place  of  God,  where  thou  anointedst  a 
 pillar  to  me,  and  vowedst  to  me  there 
 a  vow,  now  then  arise  and  depart  out 
 of  this  land,  depart  into  the  land  of  thy 
 nativity,  and  I  will  be  with  thee.  '''And 
 Rachel  and  Lea  answered  and  said  to 
 him,  Have  we  yet  a  part  or  inheritance 
 
 in  the  house  of  our  father?  '''Are  we 
 not  considered  strangers  by  him?  for 
 he  has  sold  us,  and  quite  devoured  our 
 money.  "'All  the  wealth  and  the 
 glory  which  God  has  taken  from  our 
 father,  it  shall  be  ours  and  our  chil- 
 dren's ;  now  then  do  whatsoever  God 
 has  said  to  thee.  '^And  Jacob  arose 
 and  took  his  wives  and  his  children 
 up  on  the  camels;  '^and  he  took  away 
 all  his  possessions  and  all  his  store, 
 which  he  had  gotten  in  Mesopotamia, 
 and  all  that  belonged  to  him,  to  depart 
 to  Isaac  his  father  in  the  land  of  Cha- 
 naan.  '^  And  Laban  went  to  shear  his 
 sheep,  and  Rachel  stole  her  father's 
 images.  ^°And  Jacob  hid  the  matter 
 from  Laban  the  Syrian  so  as  not  to  tell 
 him  that  he  ran  away.  ^'  And  he  de- 
 parted himself  and  all  that  belonged  to 
 him,  and  passed  over  the  river,  and 
 went  into  the  mountain  Galaad.  ^^  But 
 it  was  told  Laban  the  Syrian  on  the 
 third  day,  that  Jacob  was  fled.  ^^And 
 having  taken  his  brethren  with  him, 
 he  pursued  after  him  seven  days'  jour- 
 ney, and  overtook  him  on  Mount  Ga- 
 laad. ^^And  God  came  to  Laban  the 
 Syrian  in  sleep  by  night,  and  said  to 
 him,  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou 
 speak  not  at  any  time  to  Jacob  evil 
 things.  ^'^And  Laban  overtook  Jacob, 
 and  Jacob  pitched  his  tent  in  the 
 moimtain,  and  Laban  stationed  his 
 brothers  in  the  mount  Galaad.  ^^  And 
 Laban  said  to  Jacob,  what  hast  thou 
 done?  wherefore  didst  thou  rvm  away 
 secretly,  and  pillage  me,  and  lead  away 
 my  daughters  as  captives  taken  with 
 the  sword?  ^^Wliereas  if  thou  hadst 
 told  me,  I  would  have  sent  thee  away 
 with  mirth,  and  with  songs,  and  tim- 
 brels and  harp.  ^^And  I  was  not 
 counted  worthy  to  embrace  my  children 
 and  my  daughters ;  now  then  thou  hast 
 wrought  foolishly.  ^^And  now  my 
 hand  has  power  to  hurt  thee,  but  the 
 God  of  thy  father  spoke  to  me  yester- 
 day, saying.  Take  heed  to  thyself  that 
 thovi  speak  not  evil  words  to  Jacob; 
 ^"Now  then  go  on  thy  way,  for  thou 
 4 
 
Chap.  xxxi.  v.  31. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xxxi.  v.  53. 
 
 hast  earnestly  desired  to  depart  to  the 
 house  of  thy  father ;  wherefore  hast 
 thou  stolen  my  gods?  ^'And  Jacob 
 answered  and  said  to  Laban,  Because 
 I  was  afraid;  for  I  said,  Lest  at  any 
 time  thou  shouldest  take  away  thy 
 daughters  from  me,  and  all  my  posses- 
 sions. ^^  And  Jacob  said,  With  whom- 
 soever thou  shalt  find  thy  gods,  he  shall 
 not  live  in  the  presence  of  our  brethren ; 
 take  notice  of  what  I  have  of  thy  pro- 
 perty, and  take  it;  and  he  observed 
 nothing  with  him,  but  Jacob  knew  not 
 that  his  wife  Rachel  had  stolen  them. 
 '^And  Laban  went  in  and  searched  in 
 the  house  of  Lea,  and  found  them  not, 
 and  he  went  out  of  the  house  of  Lea, 
 and  searched  in  the  house  of  Jacob, 
 and  in  the  house  of  the  two  maid-ser- 
 vants, and  found  them  not,  and  he 
 went  also  into  the  house  of  Rachel. 
 ^^And  Rachel  took  the  idols,  and  cast 
 them  among  the  camels'  packs,  and  sat 
 upon  them.  ^'^  And  she  said  to  her  father. 
 Be  not  indignant,  Sir,  I  cannot  rise  up 
 before  thee,  for  it  is  with  me  according 
 to  the  manner  of  women.  Laban 
 searched  in  all  the  house,  and  found 
 not  the  images.  ^""And  Jacob  was 
 angry,  and  strove  with  Laban ;  and 
 Jacob  answered  and  said  to  Laban, 
 \\niat  is  my  injustice,  and  what  my 
 sin,  that  thou  hast  pursued  after  me, 
 ^^and  that  thou  hast  searched  all  the 
 furniture  of  my  house  ?  what  hast  thou 
 found  of  all  the  furniture  of  thine 
 house?  set  it  here  between  thy  rela- 
 tions and  my  relations,  and  let  them 
 decide  between  lis  two.  ^^  These  twenty 
 years  have  1  been  with  thee,  thy  sheep 
 and  thy  she-goats  have  not  failed  in 
 bearinfif,  I  devoured  not  the  rams  of  thv 
 cattle.  ^^That  which  was  taken  of 
 beasts  I  brought  not  to  thee;  I  made 
 good  of  myself  the  thefts  of  the  day, 
 and  the  thefts  of  tlie  night.  '*°I  was 
 parched  with  heat  by  day,  and  chilled 
 with  frost  by  night,  and  my  sleep  de- 
 parted from  my  eyes.  "^  These  twenty 
 years  have  I  been  in  thy  house;  I 
 served  thee  fourteen  years  for  thy  two 
 
 daughters,  and  six  years  among  thy 
 sheep,  and  thou  didst  falsely  rate  my 
 wages  for  ten  lambs.  ''^Unless  I  had 
 the  God  of  my  father  Abraam,  and  the 
 fear  of  Isaac,  now  thou  wouldst  have 
 sent  me  away  empty;  God  saw  my 
 hvunihation,  and  the  labom*  of  my 
 hands,  and  rebuked  thee  yesterday. 
 
 ^^And  Laban  answered  and  said  to 
 Jacob, The  daughters  are  my  daughters, 
 and  the  sons  my  sons,  and  the  cattle 
 are  my  cattle,  and  aU  things  which 
 thou  seest  are  mine,  and  the  jjroperty 
 of  my  daughters,  what  shall  I  do  to 
 them  to-day,  or  their  children  which 
 they  bore?  '*''Now  then  come,  let  me 
 make  a  covenant,  both  I  and  thou,  and 
 it  shall  be  for  a  witness  between  me 
 and  thee,  and  he  said  to  liim.  Behold, 
 there  is  no  one  ^vith  us,  behold  God  is 
 witness  between  me  and  thee.  ""'^  And 
 Jacob  having  taken  a  stone,  set  it  up 
 for  a  pillar.  ^""And  Jacob  said  to  Ins 
 brethren,  Gather  stones,  and  they 
 gathered  stones  and  made  a  heap,  and 
 ate  there  upon  the  heap,  and  Laban 
 said  to  him,  this  heap  witnesses  be- 
 tween me  and  thee  to-day.  '*^And 
 Laban  called  it  the  Heap  of  Testimony, 
 and  Jacob  called  it  the  Witness  Heap. 
 ■••^And  Laban  said  to  Jacob,  Behold 
 this  heap,  and  the  pillar,  which  1  have 
 set  betwecu  me  and  thee,  this  heap 
 witnesses,  and  this  pillar  witnesses, 
 therefore  its  name  was  called,  the  Heap 
 witnesses.  ''"And  the  vision  of  which 
 he  said — Let  God  look  to  it  between 
 me  and  thee,  because  we  ai'e  about  to 
 depart  from  each  other, — ^^  If  thou  shalt 
 humble  my  daughters,  if  thou  shouldst 
 take  wives  in  addition  to  my  daughters, 
 see,  there  is  no  one  with  us  looking  on. 
 God  is  witness  between  me  and  thee, 
 ^'  And  Laban  said  to  Jacob,  Behold, 
 this  heap,  and  this  pillar  are  a  witness. 
 '''^  For  if  I  should  not  cross  over  unto 
 thee,  neither  shouldest  thou  cross  over 
 to  me  for  mischief  beyond  this  heap 
 and  tliis  pillar,  ''^the  God  of  Abraam 
 and  the  God  of  Nachor  judge  between 
 us ;  and  Jacob  swore  by  the  Fear  of  his 
 
Chap.  xxxi.  v.  54. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxii.  v.  26. 
 
 father  Isaac.  ^'*And  lie  offered  a  sacri- 
 fice in  the  mountain,  and  called  his 
 brethren,  and  they  ate  and  drank,  and 
 slept  in  the  mountain.  '^'^And  Laban 
 having  risen  up  in  the  morning,  kissed 
 his  sons  and  his  daughters  and  blessed 
 them,  and  Laban  having  turned  back 
 departed  to  his  place. 
 
 32.  And  Jacob  departed  for  his 
 joumej,  and  having  looked  up  he  saw 
 +er.  camp,  the  ^host  of  God  encamped, 
 and  the  angels  of  God  met  him.  ^And 
 Jacob  said,  when  he  saw  them,  This  is 
 the  Camp  of  God,  arid  he  called  the 
 name  of  that  place.  Encampments. 
 
 ^And  Jacob  sent  messengers  before 
 him  to  Esau  liis  brother  to  the  land  of 
 Seir  to  the  country  of  Edom.  "^And 
 he  charged  them  saying,  Thus  shall  ye 
 say  to  my  lord  Esau,  Thus  saith  thy 
 servant  Jacob,  I  have  sojourned  with 
 Laban  and  tarried  imtil  now.  ^And 
 there  were  born  to  me  oxen,  and  asses 
 and  sheep,  and  men-servants  and 
 women-servants;  and  I  sent  to  tell  my 
 lord  Esau,  that  thy  servant  might  find 
 grace  in  thy  sight.  ^  And  the  messen- 
 gers returned  to  Jacob,  saying.  We 
 came  to  thy  brother  Esau,  and  lo !  he 
 comes  to  meet  thee,  and  four  hmidred 
 men  with  him.  ^And  Jacob  was  greatly 
 terrified,  and  was  perplexed,  and  he 
 divided  the  people  that  was  with  him, 
 and  the  cows,  and  the  camels,  and  the 
 sheep,  into  two  camps.  ^And  Jacob 
 said.  If  Esau  should  come  to  one  camp, 
 and  smite  it,  the  other  camp  shall  be 
 in  safety.  ^And  Jacob  said,  God  of 
 my  father  Abraam,  and  God  of  my 
 father  Isaac,  0  Lord,  thou  art  he  that 
 said  to  me,  Depart  quickly  to  the 
 land  of  thy  birth,  and  I  will  do  thee 
 good.  ^°Let  there  be  to  me  a  suffi- 
 ciency of  all  the  justice  and  all  the 
 truth  wliich  thou  hast  wrought  with 
 thy  servant,  for  with  this  my  staff  I 
 passed  over  tliis  Jordan,  and  now  I 
 am  become  two  camps.  ^*  Deliver  me 
 from  the  hand  of  my  brother,  from  the 
 hand  of  Esau,  for  I  am  afraid  of  him, 
 
 lest  haply  he  should  come  and  smite 
 me,  and  the  mother  upon  the  children. 
 '-But  thou  saidst,  I  will  do  thee  good, 
 and  will  make  thy  seed  as  the  sand  of 
 the  sea,  which  shall  not  be  numbered 
 for  multitude.  '^And  he  slept  there 
 that  night,  and  took  of  the  gifts  which 
 he  carried  ivith  him  and  sent  out  to 
 Esau  his  brother,  '*  two  hundred  she- 
 goats,  twenty  he-goats,  two  himdred 
 sheep,  twenty  rams,  '^  milch  camels, 
 and  their  foals,  thirty,  forty  kine,  ten 
 bulls,  twenty  asses  and  ten  colts.  '''And 
 he  gave  them  to  his  servants  each  drove 
 apart,  and  he  said  to  his  servants,  Go 
 on  before  me,  and  put  a  space  between 
 drove  and  di-ove.  '^And  he  charged 
 the  first,  saying,  If  Esau  my  brother 
 meet  thee,  and  he  ask  thee,  saying, 
 AVliose  art  thou?  and  whither  wouldst 
 thou  go,  and  whose  are  these  posses- 
 sions advancing  before  thee?  '**Thou 
 shalt  say,  thy  servant  Jacob's,  he  hath 
 sent  gifts  to  my  lord  Esau,  and  lo !  he 
 is  behind  us.  '^And  he  charged  the 
 first  and  the  second  and  the  third,  and 
 all  that  went  before  him  after  these 
 flocks,  saying,  Thus  shall  ye  speak  to 
 Esau  when  ye  find  him,  ^°and  ye 
 shall  say,  behold  thy  servant  Jacob 
 comes  after  us.  For  he  said,  I  will  pro- 
 pitiate his  countenance  vnth  the  gifts 
 going  before  his  presence,  and  after- 
 wards I  will  behold  liis  face,  for  perad- 
 venture  he  will  accept  '^m-e.  +<?>•.  my  face. 
 ^'  So  the  presents  went  on  before  him, 
 but  he  himself  lodged  that  night  in  the 
 camp.  ^^  And  having  risen  up  in  that 
 night,  he  took  his  two  wives  and  his 
 two  servant-maids,  and  his  eleven 
 children,  and  crossed  over  the  ford  of 
 Jaboch.  "^And  he  took  them,  and 
 passed  over  the  torrent,  and  brought 
 over  all  his  possessions. 
 
 ^"^And  Jacob  was  left  alone,  and  a 
 man  wrestled  vsdth  him  till  the  morn- 
 ing. '^■'  And  he  saw  that  he  prevailed 
 not  against  him,  and  he  touched  the 
 broad  part  of  his  thigh,  and  the  broad 
 part  of  Jacob's  thigh  was  benumbed  in 
 his   wresthng   with  him.      ^'^And   he 
 
Chap,  xxxii.  v.  27. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiii.  v.  20. 
 
 said  to  him,  Let  me  go,  for  the  day  has 
 dawned,  but  he  said,  I  will  not  let  thee 
 go,  except  thou  bless  me.  ^'^And  he 
 said  to  him,  ^^^"lat  is  thy  name?  and 
 he  answered,  Jacob.  ^**And  he  said 
 to  him,  Thy  name  shall  no  longer  be 
 called  Jacob,  but  Israel  shall  be  thy 
 name,  for  thou  hast  prevailed  with  God 
 and  shalt  be  mighty  with  men.  ^^And 
 Jacob  asked  and  said.  Tell  me  thy 
 name,  and  he  said,Wlierefore  dost  thou 
 ask  after  my  name  ?  and  he  blessed  him 
 there.  ^''And  Jacob  called  the  name 
 of  that  place  the  Face  of  God,  for  said 
 he,  I  have  seen  God  face  to  face,  and 
 my  Hfe  was  preserved.  ^'  And  the  sun 
 rose  upon  him,  when  he  passed  the 
 Face  of  God,  and  he  halted  upon  his 
 thigh.  ^^  Therefore  the  cliildren  of 
 Israel  will  by  no  means  eat  of  the 
 sinew  which  was  benumbed,  which  is 
 on  the  broad  part  of  the  thigh,  until 
 this  day,  because  the  angel  touched  the 
 broad  part  of  the  thigh  of  Jacob — 
 even  the  sinew  which  was  benumbed. 
 
 33.  And  Jacob  ^Ufted  up  liis  eyes, 
 +  Gr.  looked  and  bchcld,  and  lo !  Esau 
 up  with.  j^jg  brother  coming  and  four 
 
 hundred  men  with  him,  and  Jacob  di- 
 vided the  children  to  Lea  and  to  Ra- 
 chel, and  the  two  handmaidens.  ^And 
 he  put  the  two  handmaidens  and  their 
 children  with  the  first,  and  Lea  and  her 
 children  behind,  and  Rachel  and  Joseph 
 last.  ^  But  he  advanced  himself  before 
 them,  and  did  reverence  to  the  ground 
 seven  times,  until  he  drew  near  to  his 
 brother.  ^And  Esau  ran  on  to  meet 
 him,  and  embraced  him,  and  fell  on 
 his  neck,  and  kissed  him,  and  they  both 
 wept.  ^And  Esau  looked  up  and  saw 
 the  women  and  the  children,  and  said, 
 What  are  these  to  thee?  And  he  said. 
 The  children  with  which  God  has 
 mercifully  blessed  thy  servant.  ^And 
 the  maid-servants  and  their  children 
 drew  near  and  did  reverence.  ^  And 
 Lea  and  her  children  drew  near  and 
 did  reverence,  and  after  this  drew  near 
 Rachel  and  Joseph,  and  did  reverence. 
 
 ^  And  he  said,  What  are  these  things 
 to  thee,  all  these  companies  that  I  have 
 met?  And  he  said.  That  thy  servant 
 might  find  grace  in  thy  sight,  my  lord. 
 ^And  Esau  said,  I  have  much,  my 
 brother,  keep  thine  own.  ^**  And  Jacob 
 said.  If  1  have  found  grace  in  thy  sight, 
 receive  the  gifts  through  my  hands, 
 therefore  have  I  seen  thy  face,  as  if  any 
 one  should  see  the  face  of  God,  and 
 thou  shalt  be  well-pleased  with  me. 
 "Receive  my  blessings,  which  I  have 
 brought  thee,  because  God  has  had 
 mercy  on  me,  and  I  have  all  things, 
 and  he  constrained  him,  and  he  took 
 them.  '^And  he  said,  Let  us  depart 
 and  proceed  I'ight  onward.  '^And  he 
 said  to  him,  my  lord  knows,  that  the 
 children  are  very  tender,  and  the  flocks 
 and  the  herds  with  me  are  with  yoimg, 
 if  then  I  shall  drive  them  hard  one 
 day,  all  the  cattle  will  die.  '■*  Let  my 
 lord  go  on  before  liis  servant,  and  I 
 shall  have  strength  on  the  road  ac- 
 cording to  the  ease  of  the  journey 
 before  me,  and  according  to  the 
 ^strength  of  the  cliildren,  +<?»•.  foot, 
 until  I  come  to  my  lord  to  Seir.  ^*And 
 Esau  said,  I  will  leave  with  thee  some 
 of  the  people  who  are  with  me.  And 
 he  said,  Wliy  so?  it  is  enough  that  I 
 have  found  favour  before  thee,  my 
 lord.  '''And  Esau  returned  on  that 
 day  on  his  joui'ney  to  Seir.  '^And 
 Jacob  departs  to  his  tents,  and  he 
 made  for  himself  there  habitations,  and 
 for  his  cattle  he  made  booths,  there- 
 fore he  called  the  name  of  that  place 
 Booths. 
 
 '**And  Jacob  came  to  Salem,  a  city 
 of  Secima,  which  is  in  the  land  of  Cha- 
 naan,  when  he  departed  out  of  Meso- 
 potamia of  Svria,  and  ^  took    +  or,  pitched 
 
 •■•         •     i»        J.     r  x1        his  tent.  Alex. 
 
 up  a  position  in  iront  oi  the  „ap(,'ipaXe, 
 city.     '^iVnd  he  boudit  the  jo/ ^^ich  pro- 
 
 portlOn    OI    tJlC  IlCkl,  where    ^«^«  's  a  mere 
 
 he  pitched  his  tent,  of  Era-  jBo.sandV.jM- 
 morthe  father  of  Sychem,  """thought, 
 for  a  hundred  lambs.  ^"And  he  set 
 up  there  an  altar,  and  called  on  the 
 God  of  Israel. 
 
Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  1. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  27. 
 
 34.  And  Dina,  the  daughter  of  Lea, 
 whom  she  bore  to  Jacob,  went  forth  to 
 observe  the   daughters  of  the  inhabi- 
 tants.    ^  And  Sychem  the  son  of  Em- 
 +  Ales:,  the     mor  the  '*  E vite,  the  ruler  of 
 
 Chorrh^an.        ^|^g  ^^^^^  ^^^  j^^^,^  ^^^  ^^^j^ 
 
 her  and  lay  with  her,  and  humbled  her. 
 ^And  he  was  attached  to  the  soul  of 
 Dina  the  daughter  of  Jacob,  and  he 
 loved  the  damsel,  and  he  spoke 
 +  Lit.  spoke  ^  kindly  to  the  damsel.  ■*  Sy- 
 the  h^^of  °  chem  spoke  to  Emmor  his 
 the  damsel  —    father,  Saying,  Take  for  me 
 
 teral  version  of  tllis  damsel  tO  wife.  '^Aud 
 the  Hebrew.        j^^^^  j^^^^^  ^j^^^  ^^ie  SOU  of 
 
 Emmor  liad  defiled  Dina  his  daughter 
 (now  liis  sons  were  with  his  cattle  in 
 the  plain.)  And  Jacob  was  silent  until 
 they  came.  ^And  Emmor  the  father 
 of  Sychem  went  forth  to  Jacob,  to 
 speak  to  him.  ''  And  the  sons  of  Jacob 
 came  from  the  plain,  and  when  they 
 heard,  the  men  were  deeply  pained, 
 and  it  was  very  grievous  to  them,  be- 
 cause the  man  wrought  folly  in  Israel, 
 having  lain  with  the  daughter  of  Jacob, 
 +  L«.  shau  and  so  it  ^must  not  be. 
 not  be.  8  And  Emmor  spoke  to  them , 
 
 saying,  Sychem  my  son  has  chosen  in 
 his  heart  your  daughter,  give  her  there- 
 fore to  him  for  a  wife,  ^and  intermarry 
 with  us.  Give  us  your  daughters, 
 and  take  our  daughters  for  your  sons. 
 ^^And  dwell  in  the  midst  of  us,  and, 
 behold,  the  land  is  spacious  before  you, 
 dwell  in  it,  and  trade,  and  get  posses- 
 sions in  it.  '  ^  And  Sychem  said  to  her 
 father  and  to  her  brothers,  I  would  find 
 grace  before  you,  and  we  will  give 
 whatever  ye  shall  name.  ^^  Multiply 
 7/our  demand  o/"  dowry  very  much,  and 
 I  will  give  accordingly  as  ye  shall  say 
 to  me,  only  ye  shall  give  me  this  damsel 
 for  a  wife. 
 
 '^And  the  sons  of  Jacob  answered 
 to  Sychem  and  Emmor  his  father 
 craftily,  and  spoke  to  them,  because 
 they  had  defiled  Dina  their  sister. 
 ^*And  Symeon  and  Le\d  the  brothers 
 of  Dina  said  to  them.  We  shall  not  be 
 able  to  do  this  thing,  to  give  our  sister 
 
 to  a  man  who  is  uncircumcised,  for  it 
 is  a  reproach  to  us.  ''^  Only  on  these 
 terms  will  we  conform  to  you,  and 
 dwell  among  you,  if  ye  also  will  be  as 
 we  are,  in  that  every  male  of  you  be 
 circumcised.  '^And  we  will  give  our 
 daughters  to  you,  and  we  will  take  of 
 your  daughters  for  wives  to  us,  and  we 
 will  dwell  with  you,  and  we  will  be  as 
 one  race.  '^  But  if  ye  will  not  hearken 
 to  us  to  be  circiuncised,  we  will  take 
 our  daughter  and  depart.  ^^And  the 
 words  pleased  Emmor,  and  Sychem 
 the  son  of  Emmor.  '^  And  the 
 young  man  delayed  not  to  do  this 
 ^  thing,  for  he  was  much  +  <?'"•  word, 
 attached  to  Jacob's  daughter,  and  he 
 was  the  most  honourable  of  all  in  his 
 father's  house.  ^"^And  Emmor  and 
 Sychem  his  son  came  to  the  gate  of 
 their  city,  and  spoke  to  the  men  of 
 their  city,  saying,  ^^  These  men  are 
 peaceable,  let  them  dwell  with  us  upon 
 the  land,  and  let  them  trade  in  it,  and 
 behold  the  land  is  extensive  before 
 them;  we  will  take  their  daughters  to 
 us  for  wives,  and  we  will  give  them 
 our  daughters.  ^^  Only  on  these  terms 
 will  the  men  conform  to  us  to  dwell 
 with  us  so  as  to  be  one  people,  if  every 
 male  of  us  be  circumcised,  as  they  also 
 are  circmncised.  ^^And  shall  not  their 
 cattle  and  their  ^  herds,  and  +  Gr.  quadru- 
 their  possessions,  be  ours?  ^'^^^' 
 only  in  this  let  us  conform  to  them, 
 and  they  will  dwell  with  us.  ^''And 
 all  that  went  in  at  the  gate  of  their 
 city  hearkened  to  Emmor  and  Sychem 
 his  son,  and  they  were  circumcised 
 in  the  flesh  of  their  foreskin  every 
 male. 
 
 ^•^And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  third 
 day,  when  they  were  in  pain,  the  two 
 sons  of  Jacob,  Symeon  and  Levi, 
 Dina's  brethren,  took  each  man  his 
 sword,  and  came  upon  the  city  securely, 
 and  slew  every  male.  ^^And  they 
 slew  Emmor  and  Sychem  his  son  with 
 the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  took  Dina 
 out  of  the  house  of  Sychem,  and  went 
 forth.      ^'But  the  sons  of  Jacob  came 
 
Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  28. 
 
 GENESIS, 
 
 Chap.  xxxv.  o.  20. 
 
 upon  the  Svounded,  and  ravaged  the 
 +  Or,  slain,  cltj  wlicrcin  they  had  de- 
 fre^queutiy'^hc  filed  Dina  their  sister.  ^^And 
 sense  in  Lxx.  their  sheep,  and  their  oxen, 
 and  their  asses  they  took,  and  all 
 things  whatsoever  were  in  the  city, 
 and  whatsoever  were  in  the  plain. 
 '^^ And  they  took  captive  all  the  persons 
 of  them,  and  all  their  store,  and  their 
 wives,  and  plundered  both  whatever 
 things  there  were  in  the  city,  and 
 whatever  things  there  were  in  the 
 houses.  ^°  And  Jacob  said  to  Symeon 
 and  Levi,  Ye  have  made  me  hateful 
 so  that  I  should  be  evil  to  all  the  in- 
 habitants of  the  land,  both  among  the 
 Chananites  and  the  Pherezitcs,  and  1 
 am  few  in  number;  they  will  gather 
 themselves  against  me  and  cut  me  in 
 pieces,  and  I  shall  be  utterly  destroyed, 
 and  my  house.  ^'And  they  said.  Nay 
 but  shall  they  treat  our  sister  as  a 
 harlot  ? 
 
 35.  And  God  said  to  Jacob,  Arise, 
 go  up  to  the  place,  Bajthcl,  and  dwell 
 there;  and  make  there  an  altar  to  the 
 God  that  appeared  to  thee,  when  thou 
 fleddest  from  the  face  of  Esau  thy 
 brother.  ^And  Jacob  said  to  his  house, 
 and  to  all  that  were  with  him,  Remove 
 the  strange  gods  that  are  with  you 
 from  the  midst  of  you,  and  purify 
 yourselves,  and  change  your  clothes. 
 ^  And  let  us  rise  and  go  up  to  Bsethel, 
 and  let  us  there  make  an  altar  to  God 
 who  hearkened  to  me  in  the  day  of 
 calamity,  who  was  with  me,  and  pre- 
 served me  throughout  in  the  journey, 
 by  which  I  went.  ""And  they  gave  to 
 Jacob  the  strange  gods,  which  were  in 
 their  hands,  and  the  ear-rings  which 
 were  in  their  cars,  and  Jacob  hid  them 
 under  the  turpentine  tree  which  is  in 
 +  Or,  lost.  Secima,  and  Mestroyed  them 
 to  this  day.  ^  So  Israel  departed  from 
 Secima,  and  the  fear  of  God  was  upon 
 the  cities  round  about  them,  and  they 
 did  not  pursue  after  the  children  of 
 Israel.  ^And  Jacob  came  to  Luza, 
 which  is  in  the  land  of  Chanaan,  which 
 
 is  Bffithel,  he  and  all  the  people  that 
 were  with  him.  ^And  he  built  there 
 an  altar,  and  called  the  name  of  the 
 place  Biethel,  for  there  God  appeared 
 to  him,  when  he  fled  from  the  face  of 
 his  brother  Esau. 
 
 '^And  Deborrha,  Rebecca's  nurse, 
 died,  and  was  buried  below  Baethel 
 under  the  oak,  and  Jacob  called  its 
 name  The  Oak  of  Mourning.  ^And 
 God  appeared  to  Jacob  once  more  in 
 Luza,  when  he  came  out  of  Mesopo- 
 tamia of  Syria,  and  God  blessed  Mm. 
 '"And  God  said  to  him.  Thy  name 
 shall  not  be  called  Jacob,  but  Israel 
 shall  be  thy  name,  and  he  called  his 
 name  Israel.  ''And  God  said  to  him, 
 I  am  thy  God,  increase  and  multiply; 
 for  nations  and  gatherings  of  nations 
 shall  be  of  thee,  and  kings  shall  come 
 out  of  thy  loins.  '^And  the  land  wliich 
 I  gave  to  Abraam  and  Isaac,  I  have 
 given  it  to  thee,  and  it  shall  come  to 
 pass  that  I  will  give  this  land  also  to 
 thy  seed  after  thee.  '^And  God  went 
 up  from  him  from  the  place,  where  he 
 spoke  with  him.  '''And  Jacob  set  up 
 a  pillar  in  the  place  where  God  spoke 
 with  him,  even  a  pillar  of  stone,  and 
 offered  a  libation  upon  it,  and  poured 
 oil  upon  it.  ''^And  Jacob  called  the 
 name  of  the  place  in  which  God  spoke 
 with  him,  Brothel.    ^  '"[And    +  A^o^^-.-The 
 
 T         1  T  n  -r>,ii      wordsbetween 
 
 Jacob  removed  trombaetnel,  brackets  fonn 
 and  pitched  his  tent  be-  ';l^^,:^ 
 yond  the  tower  of  Gader,]  "'  the  Hcfmw. 
 and  it  came  to  pass  when  he  drew  nigh 
 to  Chabratha  to  enter  into  Ephratha, 
 Rachel  travailed,  and  in  her  ti'avail  she 
 was  in  hard  labour.  '^  And  it  came  to 
 pass  in  her  hard  labour,  that  the  mid- 
 wife said  to  her.  Be  of  good  courage,  for 
 thou  shalt  also  have  this  son.  '^And 
 it  came  to  pass  in  her  giving  up  the 
 ghost  (for  she  was  dying),  that  she  called 
 his  name.  The  son  of  my  pain,  but  his 
 father  called  his  name  Benjamin.  '^  So 
 Rachel  died  and  was  buried  in  the  way 
 of  the  course  of  Ephratha,  this  is  Beth- 
 leem.  ^"And  Jacob  set  up  a  pillar  on 
 her   tomb  ;   this  is  the  pillar  on  the 
 
Chap.  xxxv.  w.  21. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxvi.  v.  23. 
 
 tomb  of  Rachel,  until  this  day.  ^' And 
 it  came  to  pass  when  Israel  dwelt  in 
 that  land,  that  Euben  went  and  lay  with 
 Balla,  the  concubine  of  liis  fiither 
 Jacob,  and  Israel  heard,  and  the  thing 
 appeared  grievous  before  him. 
 
 ^^  And  the  sons  of  Jacob  were  twelve. 
 '^^The  sons  of  Lea,  the  first-born  of 
 Jacob,  Ruben,  Symeon,  Le\d,  Judas, 
 Issachar,  Zabidon.  ^''And  the  sons  of 
 Rachel,  Joseph  and  Benjamin.  ^^And 
 the  sons  of  Balla  the  hand-maid  of 
 Rachel,  Dan  and  Nephthahm.  ^^And 
 the  sons  of  Zelpha  the  hand-maid  of 
 Lea,  Gad  and  Aser.  These  are  the 
 sons  of  Jacob  which  were  born  to  liim 
 in  Mesopotamia  of  Syi"ia.  ^^And  Jacob 
 came  to  Isaac  his  father  to  Mambre,  to 
 a  city  of  the  plain,  this  is  Chebron  in 
 the  land  of  Chanaan,  where  Abraam 
 and  Isaac  sojourned.  ^^And  the  days 
 of  Isaac  which  he  hved  were  a  hundred 
 and  eighty  years.  ^^And  Isaac  gave 
 up  the  ghost  and  died,  and  was  laid 
 to  liis  family  old  and  full  of  days, 
 and  Esau  and  Jacob  his  sons  buried 
 liim. 
 
 36.  And  these  are  the  generations  of 
 Esau,  this  is  Edom.  ^And  Esau  took 
 to  himself  wives  of  the  daughters  of 
 the  Chananites,  Ada  the  daughter  of 
 -^lom  the  Chettite,  and  Olibema, 
 daughter  of  Ana  the  son  of  Sebegon 
 the  Evite.  ^  And  Basemath,  daughter 
 of  Ismael,  sister  of  Nabaioth.  '*And 
 Ada  bore  to  liim  EHphas,  and  Base- 
 math  bore  Raguel.  '^And  OHbema 
 bore  Jeus,  and  Jeglom,  and  Kore,  these 
 are  the  sons  of  Esau,  which  were  born 
 to  him  in  the  land  of  Chanaan.  ^And 
 Esau  took  his  wives  and  his  sons,  and 
 his  daughters,  and  all  the  persons  of 
 his  house,  and  all  his  possessions,  and 
 all  his  cattle,  and  all  that  he  had  got, 
 and  all  tilings  whatsoever  he  had  gained, 
 and  all  things  whatsoever  he  had  ac- 
 quired in  the  land  of  Chanaan,  and 
 Esau  went  forth  from  the  land  of  Cha- 
 naan, from  the  face  of  his  brother  Jacob. 
 '  For  their  substance  was  too  ^reat  for 
 
 39  ° 
 
 them  to  dwell  together,  and  the  land 
 of  their  sojourning  could  not  bear  them, 
 because  of  the  abundance  of  their  pos- 
 sessions. ^And  Esau  dwelt  in  mount 
 Seir.  Esau,  he  is  Edom.  '^And  these 
 are  the  generations  of  Esau  the  father 
 of  Edom  in  the  mount  Seir.  '"And 
 these  are  the  names  of  the  sons  of  Esau. 
 Ehphas  the  son  of  Ada  the  wife  of 
 Esau,  and  Raguel  the  son  of  Basemath 
 wife  of  Esau.  "And  the  sons  of 
 EHphas  were  Thaaman,  Omar,  Sopliar, 
 Gothom  and  Kenez.  '^And  Thamna 
 was  a  concubine  of  Ehphaz  the  son  of 
 Esau,  and  she  bore  Amalec  to  Eliphas. 
 These  are  the  sons  of  Ada  the  wife  of 
 Esau.  '^And  these  are  the  sons  of 
 Raguel,  Xachoth,  Zare,  Some,  and 
 Moze.  These  were  the  sons  of  Base- 
 math  wife  of  Esau.  '^And  these  are 
 the  sons  of  OHbema  the  daughter  of 
 Ana  the  son  of  Sebegon,  the  wife  of 
 Esau ;  and  she  bore  to  Esau,  Jeus,  and 
 Jeglom,  and  Core.  '''These  a?-e  the 
 chiefs  of  the  son  of  Esau,  even  the  sons 
 of  EHphas  the  first-born  of  Esau,  chief 
 Thgeman,  chief  Omar,  cliief  Sophar, 
 chief  Kenez,  '^chief  Kore,  chief  Gothom, 
 chief  Amalec.  These  are  the  chiefs  of 
 EHphas  in  the  land  of  Edom,  these  are 
 the  sons  of  Ada.  '^  And  these  are  the 
 sons  of  Raguel  the  son  of  Esau,  chief 
 Nachoth,  chief  Zare,  chief  Some,  chief 
 Moze.  These  are  the  chiefs  of  Raguel 
 in  the  land  of  Edom;  these  are  the 
 sons  of  Basemath  wife  of  Esau.  '^And 
 these  are  the  sons  of  OHbema  wife  of 
 Esau,  chief  Jeus,  cluef  Jeglom,  chief 
 Kore.  These  are  the  cliiefs  of  Olibema 
 daughter  of  Ana  wife  of  Esau.  '^  These 
 are  the  sons  of  Esau,  and  these  are  the 
 chiefs,  these  are  the  sons  of  Edom. 
 ^°And  these  are  the  sons  of  Seir  the 
 Chorrhite,  who  inhabited  the  land, 
 Lotan,  Sobal,  Sebegon,  Ana,  '^'and 
 Deson,  and  Asar,  and  Rison.  These 
 are  the  chiefs  of  the  Chorrhite,  the  son 
 of  Seir  in  the  land  of  Edom.  ^'^And 
 the  sons  of  Lotan  were  Chorrhi  and 
 Hseman,  and  the  sister  of  Lotan, 
 Thamna.     ^"*  And  these  are  the  sons  of 
 
Chap,  xxxvi.  v.  24. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxvii.  v.  13. 
 
 Sobal,  Golam,  and  Manachath,  and 
 Gaebel,  and  Sopliar,  and  Omar.  '^^And 
 these  are  the  sons  of  Sebegon,  Aie, 
 and  Ana,  this  is  the  Ana  who  found 
 Jaminin  the  wilderness,  when  he  tended 
 the  beasts  of  his  father  Sebegon.  '^^And 
 these  are  the  sons  of  Ana,  Deson — and 
 OHbema  ivas  daughter  of  Ana.  ^^And 
 these  are  the  sons  of  Deson,  Ainada, 
 and  Asban,  and  Ithran,  and  Charrhan. 
 '^^And  these  are  the  sons  of  Asar,  Ba- 
 laam, and  Zukam,  and  Jukam.  ^^  And 
 these  are  the  sons  of  Rison,  Hos,  and 
 Aran.  ^^And  these  are  the  chiefs  of 
 Chorri,  chief  Lotan,  chief  Sobal,  chief 
 Sebegon,  chief  Ana,  ^^  chief  Deson, 
 chief  Asar,  chief  Rison.  These  are  the 
 chiefs  of  Chorri  in  their  principalities 
 in  the  land  of  Edom. 
 
 ^'And  these  are  the  kings  which 
 reigned  in  Edom,  before  a  king  reigned 
 in  Israel.  ^^And  Balac  son  of  Beor, 
 reigned  in  Edom,  and  the  name  of  his 
 city  was  Dennaba.  ^^  And  Balac  died, 
 and  Jobab  son  of  Zara  from  Bosorrha 
 reigned  in  his  stead.  ^*And  Jobab 
 died,  and  Asom  from  the  land  of  the 
 Thaemanites  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 ^^And  Asom  died  and  Adad  son  of 
 Barad,  who  cut  off  Madiam  in  the  plain 
 of  Moab,  ruled  in  his  stead,  and  the 
 name  of  his  city  was  Getthaim.  ^^And 
 Adad  died,  and  Samada  of  Massecca 
 reigned  in  his  stead.  ^^And  Samada 
 died,  and  Saul  of  Rhooboth  by  the  river 
 reigned  in  his  stead.  ^^  And  Saul  died 
 and  Ballenon  the  son  of  Achobor 
 reigned  in  his  stead.  ^^And  Ballenon 
 the  son  of  Achobor  died,  and  Arad  the 
 son  of  Barad  reigned  in  his  stead,  and 
 the  name  of  his  city  was  Phogor,  and 
 the  name  of  his  wife  was  Metebeel, 
 daughter  of  Matraith,  son  of  Maizoob. 
 ""^  These  are  the  names  of  the  chiefs  of 
 Esau,  in  their  tribes,  according  to  their 
 place,  in  their  countries,  and  in  their 
 nations;  chief  Thamna,  chief Gola, chief 
 Jether,  ■*' chief  Olibema,  chief  Helas, 
 chief  Phinon,  ""^  chief  Kenez,  chief 
 Thaeman,  chief  Mazar,  ""^  chief  Mage- 
 diel,  chief  Zaphoin.      These  are  the 
 
 chiefs  of  Edom  in  their  dwelling-places, 
 in  the  land  of  their  possession,  this  is 
 Esau  the  father  of  Edom. 
 
 37.  And  Jacob  dwelt  in  the  land 
 where  liis  father  sojoui'ned,  in  the  land 
 of  Chanaan.  ^And  these  are  the  ge- 
 nerations of  Jacob.  And  Joseph  was 
 seventeen  years  old,  feeding  the  sheep 
 of  his  father  with  his  brethren,  being 
 young,  with  the  sons  of  Balla  and  with 
 the  sons  of  Zelpha  the  wives  of  his 
 father,  ^and  Joseph  brought  ,^or,  accord- 
 to  Israel  their  father  their  copies,  they 
 evil  reproach.  ^  And  Jacob  e'^^fejon  of 
 loved  Joseph  more  than  all  Joseph,  &c. 
 liis  sons,  because  he  was  to  hira  the  son 
 of  old  age,  and  he  made  for  him  a  coat 
 of  many  colours.  ^And  his  brethren 
 having  seen  that  his  father  loved  liim 
 more  than  all  his  sons,  hated  him,  and 
 could  not  speak  anything  peaceable  to 
 him.  '^And  Joseph  dreamed  a  dream 
 and  reported  it  to  his  brethren.  **  And 
 he  said  to  them.  Hear  this  dream  which 
 I  have  di'camed.  ^  I  thought  ye  were 
 binding  sheaves  in  the  middle  of  the 
 field,  and  my  sheaf  stood  up  and  was 
 erected,  and  your  sheaves  turned  round, 
 and  did  obeisance  to  my  sheaf.  ^  And 
 his  brethren  said  to  him,  Shalt  thou  in- 
 deed reign  over  us,  or  shalt  thou  indeed 
 be  lord  over  us?  and  they  hated  him 
 still  more  for  his  dreams  and  for  his 
 words.  ^ And  he  ^  dreamed  +  <?'••  ^^■ 
 another  dream,  and  related  it  to  his 
 father,  and  to  his  brethren,  and  said, 
 Behold  I  have  dreamed  another  dream, 
 as  it  were  the  sun  and  the  moon  and 
 the  eleven  stars  did  me  reverence. 
 •°  And  his  fiither  rebuked  him  and  said 
 to  him,  Wliat  is  this  dream  wliich  thou 
 hast  dreamed  ?  shall  indeed  both  I  and 
 thy  mother  and  thy  bretliren  come  and 
 bow  before  thee  to  the  earth  ?  ' '  And 
 his  brethren  envied  him,  but  his  father 
 observed  the  saying.  '^And  his  bre- 
 thren went  to  feed  the  sheep  of  their 
 father  to  Sychem.  '^And  Israel  said 
 to  Joseph,  Do  not  thy  brethren  feed 
 their  flock  in  Sychem?  Come,  I  will 
 
Chap,  xxxvii.  v.  14. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxviii.  v.  7. 
 
 send  thee  to  them,  and  he  said  to  him, 
 Behold  I  am  here.  '''And  Israel  said 
 to  him,  Go  and  see  if  thy  brethren  are 
 well,  and  the  sheep,  and  bring  me  word^ 
 and  he  sent  him  out  of  the  valley  of 
 Chebron,  and  he  came  to  Sychem. 
 ''And  a  man  foimd  Mm  wandering  in 
 the  field,  and  the  man  asked  him,  say- 
 ing, AVliat  seekest  thou?  '^And  he 
 said,  I  am  seeking  my  brethren,  tell 
 me  where  they  feed  their  Jiocks.  '^And 
 the  man  said  to  him.  They  have  de- 
 parted hence,  for  I  heard  them  saying. 
 Let  "us  go  to  Dothaim,  and  Joseph 
 went  after  his  brethren,  and  fovmd 
 them  in  Dothaim. 
 
 '^And  they  spied  liim  from  a  dis- 
 tance before  he  drew  nigh  unto  them, 
 and  they  wickedly  took  counsel  to  slay 
 him.  '^And  each  said  to  his  brother. 
 Behold,  that  dreamer  comes.  ^°Now 
 then  come  let  us  kill  him  and  cast  him 
 into  one  of  the  pits,  and  we  will  say, 
 an  evil  wild  beast  has  devoiu-ed  him, 
 and  we  shall  see  what  liis  dreams  will 
 be.  ^'And  Ruben  having  heard  it, 
 rescued  liim  out  of  their  hands,  and 
 tGr.  smite  him  Said,  Let  US  uot  ^kiU  liim. 
 to  the  life.  22  ^^  Ruben  said  to  them. 
 Shed  not  blood,  cast  him  into  one  of 
 these  pits  in  the  wilderness,  but  do  not 
 lay  your  hand  upon  him,  that  he  might 
 rescue  him  out  of  their  hands,  and  re- 
 store him  to  his  father.  ^^  And  it  came 
 to  pass,  when  Joseph  came  to  his  bre- 
 thren, that  they  stripped  Joseph  of  his 
 many-coloured  coat  that  was  upon 
 him.  ^^And  they  took  him  and  cast 
 him  into  the  pit,  and  the  pit  was  empty, 
 it  had  not  water.  ^^  And  they  sat 
 down  to  eat  bread,  and  having  lifted 
 up  their  eyes  they  beheld,  and  lo, 
 IsmaeHtish  travellers  came  from  Ga- 
 laad,  and  their  camels  were  heavily 
 loaded  with  spices  and  resin  and 
 tGr.  stacte.  ^  myrrh,  and  they  went  to 
 bring  them  to  Egypt. 
 
 ^^And  Judas  said  to  his  brethren. 
 What  profit  is  it  if  we  slay  our  brother 
 and  conceal  his  blood?  ^^ Come  let  us 
 sell  him  to  these  Ismaelites,  but  let  not 
 
 our  hands  be  upon  him,  because  he  is 
 our  brother  and  our  flesh,  and  his  bre- 
 thren hearkened.  "^^  And  the  men,  the 
 merchants  of  Madian  went  by,  and  they 
 drew  and  lifted  Joseph  out  of  the 
 pit,  and  sold  Joseph  to  the  Ismaehtes 
 for  twenty  pieces  of  gold,  and  they 
 brought  Joseph  down  into  Egypt. 
 ^^  And  Ruben  returned  to  the  pit,  and 
 sees  not  Joseph  in  the  pit,  and  he  rent 
 his  garments.  ^^And  he  retiu-ned  to 
 his  brethren  and  said.  The  boy  is  not, 
 and  I  wliither  am  I  yet  to  go?  ^'And 
 having  taken  the  coat  of  Joseph,  they 
 slew  a  kid  of  the  goats,  and  stained  the 
 coat  with  the  blood.  ^^  And  they  sent  the 
 coat  of  many  colours,  and  they  brought 
 it  to  their  father  and  said,  This  have 
 we  found,  know  if  it  be  thy  sons'  coat 
 or  no.  ^^And  he  recognised  it  and 
 said.  It  is  my  son's  coat,  an  evil  wild 
 beast  has  devoured  him,  a  wild  beast 
 has  carried  ofi"  Joseph.  ^^  And  Jacob 
 rent  liis  clothes,  and  put  sackcloth  on 
 liis  loins,  and  mourned  for  his  son  many 
 days.  ^^And  all  liis  sons  and  his 
 daughters  gathered  themselves  toge- 
 ther, and  came  to  comfort  him,  but  he 
 would  not  be  comforted,  saying,  I  will 
 go  down  to  my  son  mourning  to  Hades, 
 and  his  father  wept  for  him.  ^^And 
 the  Madianites  sold  Joseph  into  Egypt 
 to  Petephres  the  eunuch  of  Pharao, 
 captain  of  the  guard. 
 
 38.  And  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time 
 that  Judas  went  down  from  his  bre- 
 thren, and  came  as  far  as  to  a  certain 
 man  of  Odollam,  whose  name  was  Iras. 
 ^  And  Judas  saw  there  the  daughter  of 
 a  Chananitish  man,  whose  name  was 
 Sava,  and  he  took  her  and  went  in 
 to  her.  ^And  she  conceived  and 
 bore  a  son,  and  called  liis  name  Er. 
 *And  she  conceived  and  bore  a  son 
 again,  and  called  his  name  Aunan. 
 •^And  she  again  bore  a  son,  and  called 
 his  name  Selom,  and  she  was  in  Chasbi 
 when  she  bore  them.  ^And  Judas 
 took  a  wife  for  Er  his  first-born, 
 whose  name  was  Thamar.      ^And  Er 
 
Chap,  xxxviii.  v.  8. 
 
 GENESIS 
 
 Chap,  xxxix.  v.  1. 
 
 the  first-bom  of  Judas  was  wicked 
 before  the  Lord,  and  God  killed  him. 
 **And  Judas  said  to  Aunan,  go  in  to 
 thy  brother's  wife,  and  marry  her  as 
 her  brother-in-law,  and  raise  up  seed 
 to  thy  brother.  ^  And  Aunan  knoAving 
 that  the  seed  should  not  be  his — it  came 
 to  pass  when  he  went  in  to  his  brother's 
 wife,  that  he  spilled  it  upon  the  groimd 
 so  that  he  should  not  give  seed  to  his 
 brother's  wife.  '"And  the  thing  ap- 
 peared evil  in  the  sight  of  God  that  he 
 did  this,  and  he  slew  him  also. 
 
 ''And  Judas  said  to  Thamar  his 
 daughter-in-law,  Sit  thou  a  widow  in 
 the  house  of  thy  father-in-law,  until 
 Selom  my  son  be  grown,  for  he  said, 
 lest  he  also  die  as  his  brethren,  and 
 Thamar  departed  and  sat  in  the  house 
 of  her  father.  '^And  the  days  were 
 fulfilled,  and  Sava  the  wife  of  Judas 
 died,  and  Judas  being  comforted  went 
 to  them  that  sheared  his  sheep,  himself 
 and  Iras  their  shepherd  the  OdoUamite 
 to  Thamna.  '^And  it  was  told  Thamar 
 his  daughter-in-law,  saying,  Behold, 
 thy  father-in-law  goeth  up  to  Thamna 
 to  shear  his  sheep.  ^^And  having 
 taken  ofiT  the  garments  of  her  widow- 
 hood from  her,  she  put  on  a  vail,  and 
 ornamented  her  face,  and  sat  by  the 
 gates  of  ^nan,  which  is  in  the  way  to 
 Thamna,  for  she  saw  that  Selom  was 
 grown,  but  he  gave  her  not  to  him  for 
 a  wife.  ''^  And  Judas  having  seen  her 
 thought  her  to  be  a  harlot,  for  she 
 covered  her  face,  and  he  knew  her  not. 
 
 t  Lit.   turned    '^  And    hc  WCUt  OUt  of  ^  llis 
 
 his  way  to  her.  ^^y  to  her,  and  said  to  her. 
 Let  me  come  in  to  thee,  for  he  knew 
 not  that  she  was  his  daughter-in-law, 
 and  she  said,  Wliat  wilt  tliou  give  me 
 if  thou  shouldest  come  in  to  me  ? 
 '^vVnd  he  said,  I  will  send  thee  a  kid 
 of  the  goats  from  my  fiock,  and  she 
 said,  JVell,  if  thou  wilt  give  me  an 
 earnest  ,mitil  thou  send  it.  '**And  he 
 said,  Wliat  is  the  earnest  I  shall  give 
 thee?  and  she  said,  thy  ring,  and  thy 
 + Or, necklace,  ^bracelet,  and  the  staff  in 
 thy  hand,  and  he  gave  them  to  her, 
 
 and  went  in  to  her,  and  she  con- 
 ceived by  him.  '^And  she  arose  and 
 departed,  and  took  her  veil  from  ofi' 
 her,  and  put  on  the  garments  of  her 
 widowhood.  "*^And  Judas  sent  the 
 kid  of  the  goats  by  the  hand  of  his 
 shepherd  the  OdoUamite,  to  receive  the 
 pledge  from  the  woman,  and  he  found 
 her  not.  "-'  And  he  asked  the  men  of 
 the  place,  Wliere  is  the  harlot  who  was 
 in  vEnan  by  the  way-side?  and  they 
 said,  There  was  no  harlot  here.  ^^  And 
 he  returned  to  Judas  and  said,  I  have 
 not  foxind  her,  and  the  men  of  the  place 
 say.  There  is  no  harlot  here.  '"^^And 
 Judas  said.  Let  her  have  them,  but  let 
 us  not  be  ridiculed,  I  sent  this  kid,  but 
 thou  hast  not  found  her.  '^*' And  it  came 
 to  pass  after  three  months  that  it  was  told 
 Judas,  saying,  Thamar  thy  daughter- 
 in-law  has  grievously  played  the  har- 
 lot, and  behold  she  is  with  child  by 
 whoredom,  and  Judas  said.  Bring  her 
 out,  and  let  her  be  burnt.  '^^And  as 
 they  were  bringing  her,  she  sent  to  her 
 father-in-law,  saying,  I  am  with  child 
 by  the  man  whose  these  things  are; 
 and  she  said.  See  whose  is  tliis  ring 
 and  bracelet  and  staff.  ^""And  Judas 
 knew  them  and  said,  Thamar  is  cleared 
 rather  than  I,  forasmuch  as  1  gave  her 
 not  to  Selom  my  son,  and  he  knew  her 
 not  again.  ^^And  it  came  to  pass  when 
 she  was  in  labour,  that  she  also  had  twins 
 in  her  womb.  ^^  And  it  came  to  pass 
 as  she  was  bringing  forth,  one  thrust 
 fortli  his  hand,  and  the  midwife  having 
 taken  hold  of  it,  bound  upon  his  hand 
 a  scarlet  thread,  saying.  This  one  shall 
 come  out  first.  ^-'And  when  he  drew 
 back  his  hand,  then  immediately  came 
 forth  his  brother,  and  she  said.  Why 
 has  the  barrier  been  cut  through  be- 
 cause of  thee  ?  and  she  called  liis  name 
 Phares.  ■''"And  after  this  came  forth 
 his  brother,  on  whose  hand  was  the 
 scarlet  thread,  and  she  called  his  name 
 Zara. 
 
 39.  And  Joseph  was  brought  down 
 to  Egypt,  and  Petephres  the  eunuch  of 
 
Chap,  xxxix.  v.  2. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xl.  v.  1. 
 
 Pharao,  the  ^captain  of  the  guard,  an 
 
 +  G>:  chief     Egyptian,   bought   him   of 
 
 same .  He/^rew   tlic  hauds  of  the  Ismachtcs, 
 
 wordmpsij?-  ^i^Q    brought    him    down 
 
 nines  a   cook,      t  •  ^  o*ii         t         i 
 
 who  was  also  thither.  ''And  the  Lord 
 a\"uidJma'S  was  with  Joseph,  and  he 
 who  was  also  .^,yas  a  prospcrous  man  and 
 tioner.  he  was  in  the  house  with 
 
 his  lord  the  Egyptian.  ^And  his 
 master  knew  that  the  Lord  was  with 
 him,  and  the  Lord  prospers  in  his 
 hands  whatsoever  he  happens  to  do. 
 ''And  Joseph  foimd  grace  in  the  pre- 
 sence of  liis  lord,  and  was  well-pleasing 
 to  him,  and  he  set  him  over  Ms  house, 
 and  all  that  he  had  he  gave  into  the 
 hand  of  Joseph.  ^  And  it  came  to  pass 
 after  that  he  was  set  over  his  house, 
 and  over  all  that  he  had,  that  the  Lord 
 blessed  the  house  of  the  Egyptian  for 
 Joseph's  sake,  and  the  blessing  of  the 
 Lord  was  on  all  his  possessions  in  the 
 house,  and  in  his  field.  "And  he  com- 
 mitted all  that  he  had  into  the  hands 
 of  Joseph,  and  he  knew  not  of  anything 
 that  belonged  to  Mm,  save  the  bread 
 wMch  he  himself  ate.  And  Joseph 
 was  handsome  in  form  and  exceedingly 
 beautiful  in  countenance.  ^And  it 
 came  to  pass  after  these  tilings,  that  his 
 master's  wife  cast  her  eyes  upon  Joseph, 
 and  said,  Lie  with  me.  ^  But  he  would 
 not,  but  said  to  his  master's  wife.  If 
 because  of  me  my  master  knows  notliing 
 ill  Ms  house,  and  has  given  into  my 
 hands  all  things  that  belong  to  Mm : 
 ^and  in  this  house  there  is  notMng 
 above  me,  nor  has  anything  been  kept 
 back  from  me,  but  thou,  because  thou 
 art  his  wife — how  then  shall  I  do  this 
 "svicked  tiling  and  sin  against  God? 
 "^And  when  she  talked  with  Joseph 
 day  by  day,  and  he  hearkened  not  to 
 her  to  sleep  with  her,  so  as  to  be  with 
 ^Lit.  there    bet,  *'^it  Came  to  pass  on  a 
 
 happened  such  '    .  ,  ,       ^^    _  , 
 
 a  day,  and  &c.  Certain  day,  that  Joseph 
 went  into  the  house  to  do  Ms  business, 
 and  there  was  no  one  of  the  household 
 within.  '^  And  she  caught  hold  of  him 
 by  his  clothes,  and  said.  Lie  with  me, 
 and  having  left  his  clothes  in  her  hands. 
 
 he  fled  and  went  forth  out.  '^  And  it 
 came  to  pass,  when  she  saw  that  he  had 
 left  Ms  clothes  in  her  hands,  and  fled, 
 and  gone  forth,  '*tliat  she  called  those 
 that  were  in  the  house,  and  spoke  to 
 them,  saying.  See,  he  has  brought  in 
 to  us  a  Hebrew  servant  to  mock  us 
 — he  came  in  to  me,  saying.  Lie  with 
 me,  and  I  cried  with  a  loud  voice. 
 '^And  when  he  heard  that  I  lifted  up 
 my  voice  and  cried,  having  left  Ms 
 clothes  with  me,  he  fled  and  went  forth 
 out.  ^"So  she  leaves  the  clothes  by 
 her,  until  the  master  came  to  his  house. 
 '^And  she  spoke  to  him  according  to 
 these  words,  saying,  the  Hebrew  ser- 
 vant, whom  thou  broughtest  in  to  us, 
 came  in  to  me  to  mock  me,  and  said 
 to  me,  I  will  lie  with  thee.  '^And 
 when  he  heard  that  I  Hfted  up  my  voice 
 and  cried,  having  left  Ms  clothes  with 
 me,  he  fled  and  departed  forth.  ^^And 
 it  came  to  pass,  when  his  master  heard 
 all  the  words  of  Ms  wife  that  she  spoke 
 to  him,  saying.  Thus  did  thy  servant 
 to  me,  that  he  was  very  angry. 
 
 ^^And  Ms  master  took  Joseph,  and 
 cast  him  into  the  prison,  into  the  place 
 where  the  king's  prisoners  are  kept, 
 there  in  the  prison.  ^^  And  the  Lord 
 was  with  Joseph,  and  poured  down 
 mercy  upon  him,  and  he  gave  him 
 favour  in  the  sight  of  the  chief  keeper 
 of  the  prison.  ^^  And  the  chief  keeper 
 of  the  prison  gave  the^  prison  into 
 the  hand  of  Joseph,  and  all  the  pri- 
 soners'^ as  many  as  were  in  +Li<.menied 
 the  prison,  and  all  things  o7TuS'°" 
 whatsoever  they  do  there,  "*^"*- 
 he  did  them.  ^^  Because  of  him  the 
 cMef  keeper  of  the  prison  knew  notMng, 
 for  all  things  were  in  the  hand  of 
 Joseph,  because  the  Lord  was  with 
 Mm,  and  whatever  things  he  did,  the 
 Lord  made  them  to  prosper  in  his 
 hands. 
 
 40.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
 tMngs  that  the  cliief  cupbearer  of 
 the  Mng  of  Egypt  and  the  chief 
 baker  trespassed  against  their  lord  the 
 
Chap.  xl.  v.  2. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xli.  v.  6. 
 
 king  of  Egypt.  ^And  Pharao  was 
 wroth  with  his  two  eunuchs,  with  his 
 chief  cupbearer,  and  with  liis  chief 
 baker.  ^  And  he  put  them  in  ward, 
 into  the  prison,  into  the  place  where- 
 into  Joseph  had  been  led.  ''And  the 
 chief  keeper  of  the  prison  committed 
 them  to  Joseph,  and  he  stood  by  them, 
 and  they  were  some  days  in  the  prison. 
 
 t  Gr.  saw.  -5  And  they  both  ^had  a 
 dream  in  one  night,  and  the  vision  of 
 the  dream  of  the  chief  cupbearer  and 
 chief  baker,  who  belonged  to  the  king 
 of  Egypt,  who  were  in  the  prison,  was 
 this.  ^Joseph  went  in  to  them  in 
 the  morning,  and  saw  them,  and  they 
 had  been  troubled.  ''And  he  asked 
 the  eunuchs  of  Pharao  who  were  with 
 him  in  the  prison  with  liis  master,  say- 
 ing, Wliy  is  it  that  your  countenances 
 are  sad  to-day?  ^And  they  said  to 
 him.  We  have  seen  a  dream,  and  there 
 is  no  interpreter  of  it.  And  Joseph 
 said  to  them,  Is  not  the  intei"pretation 
 of  them  throiigh  God?  tell  them  then 
 to  me.  ^  And  the  chief  cupbearer  re- 
 lated his  dream  to  Joseph,  and  said, 
 
 t  Gr.  sleep.  In  my  ^  dream  a  vine  was 
 before  me.  '"And  in  the  vine  loere 
 three  stems,  and  it  budding  shot  forth 
 blossoms,  the  clusters  of  grapes  were 
 ripe.  "And  the  cup  of  Pharao  was  in 
 my  hand,  and  I  took  the  bunch  of 
 grapes,  and  squeezed  it  into  the  cup, 
 and  gave  the  cup  into  Pharao's  hand. 
 ^^And  Joseph  said  to  him.  This  is  the 
 interpretation  of  it.  The  three  stems 
 are  three  days.  '^Yet  three  days  and 
 Pharao  shall  remember  thy  office,  and 
 he  shall  restore  thee  to  thy  place  of 
 chief  cupbearer,  and  thou  shalt  give 
 the  cup  of  Pharao  into  his  hand,  ac- 
 cording to  thy  former  high  place,  as 
 thou  wast  wont  to  be  cupbearer.  ''*But 
 remember  me  of  thyself,  when  it  shall 
 be  well  with  thee,  and  thou  shalt  deal 
 mercifully  with  me,  and  thou  shalt 
 make  mention  of  me  to  Pharao,  and 
 thou  shalt  bring  me  forth  out  of  this 
 dungeon.  ''^For  surely  I  was  stolen 
 away  out  of  the  land  of  the  Hebrews, 
 
 and  here  I  have  done  nothing,  but  they 
 have  cast  me  into  tliis  pit.  "*  And  the 
 chief  baker  saw  that  he  interpreted 
 aright,  and  he  said  to  Joseph,  I  also 
 saw  a  dream,  and  methought  I  took  up 
 on  my  head  three  baskets  of  mealy 
 food.  ''And  in  the  upper  basket 
 there  was  the  work  of  the  baker  of 
 every  kind  wliich  Pharao  eats,  and  the 
 fowls  of  the  air  ate  them  out  of  the 
 basket  that  was  on  my  head.  '^And 
 Joseph  answered  and  said  to  him.  This 
 is  the  interpretation  of  it.  The  three 
 baskets  are  three  days.  '^Yet  three 
 days,  and  Pharao  shall  take  away  thy 
 head  from  off  thee,  and  shall  hang 
 thee  on  a  tree,  and  the  birds  of  the  sky 
 shall  eat  thy  flesh  from  off  thee.  ^°iVnd 
 it  came  to  pass  on  the  tliird  day  that  it 
 was  Pharao's  birth-day,  and  he  made  a 
 banquet  for  all  his  servants,  and  he 
 remembered  the  office  of  the  cupbearer 
 and  the  office  of  the  baker  in  the  midst 
 of  his  servants.  ^'  And  he  restored  the 
 chief  cupbearer  to  liis  office,  and  he 
 gave  the  cup  into  Pharao's  hand. 
 ^^And  he  hanged  the  chief  baker,  as 
 Joseph  interpreted  to  them.  ^^Yet 
 did  not  the  chief  cupbearer  remember 
 Joseph,  but  forgot  liim. 
 
 41.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  two 
 ^  full  years  that  Pharao  had  a  +  or.  years  of 
 dream.  He  thought  he  ^^^^' 
 stood  upon  the  hank  o/'the  river.  ^And 
 lo,  there  came  ixp  as  it  were  out  of  the 
 river  seven  cows,  fair  in  appearance, 
 and  choice  of  flesh,  and  they  fed  on 
 the  sedge.  ^  ^And  other  ^  The  h threw 
 seven  cows  came  up  after  ^cLxx'have 
 
 these    out    of   the   river,  ill-    herewnttenin 
 -  n      1      n      ^'■'''^*  charac- 
 
 favoured  and   lean-tiesned,  ters  without 
 
 and  fed  by  the  other  cows  [^rendered  ui 
 
 on  the  bank  of  the  river.  *by'„wmr!'^ 
 
 ■*  And  the  seven  ill-favoured  J"t'-  «•  n-  t'>e 
 
 T  I  ■,  -,     ■,        only  Other  pas- 
 
 and  lean  cows  devoured  the  saKo,  where  it 
 seven  well-favoured  and  «'^™''^'i'y^««'- 
 choice-fleshed  cows,  and  Pharao  awoke. 
 ■^And  he  dreamed  again.  And,  be- 
 hold, seven  ears  came  up  on  one  stalk, 
 choice  and  good.     ^And,  behold,  seven 
 
Chap.  xli. 
 
 GENESIS, 
 
 Chap.  xli.  v.  35. 
 
 ears  thin  and  blasted  with  the  wind 
 grew  up  after  them.  ''And  the  seven 
 thin  ears  and  blasted  with  the  wind 
 devoured  the  seven  choice  and  full  ears, 
 and  Pharao  awoke,  and  it  was  a  dream. 
 *  And  it  was  morning,  and  his  soul  was 
 troubled,  and  he  sent  and  called  all 
 the  intei-preters  of  Egypt,  and  all  her 
 wise  men,  and  Pharao  related  to  them 
 his   dream,  and  there  was  no  one  to 
 
 t  Or,  tell.  +  interpret  it  to  Pharao. 
 ^And  the  cliief  cupbearer  spoke  to 
 Pharao,  saying,  I  this  day  remember 
 my  fault:  '"Pharao  was  angry  with 
 his  servants  and  put  us  in  prison  in  the 
 house  of  the  captain  of  the  guard,  both 
 me  and  the  chief  baker.     ''And  we 
 
 t  Gr.  saw.  +had  a  dream  both  in  one 
 night,  I  and  he,  we  saw,  each  accord- 
 ing to  his  dream.  '^And  there  was 
 there  with  us  a  young  man,  a  Hebrew 
 servant  of  the  captain  of  the  guard, 
 and  we  related  to  him  our  dreams,  and 
 he  interpreted  them  to  us.  '^And  it 
 came  to  pass,  as  he  interpreted  them 
 to  us,  so  also  it  happened,  both  that  I 
 was  restored  to  my  office,  and  that  he 
 was  hanged.  '''And  Pharao  ha  vino- 
 sent,  called  Joseph,  and  they  brought 
 him  out  from  the  prison,  and  shaved 
 him,  and  changed  his  dress,  and  he 
 came  to  Pharao.  '^And  Pharao  said 
 to  Joseph,  I  have  seen  a  vision,  and 
 there  is  no  one  to  interpret  it,  but  I 
 
 t  Gr.  men      havc  heard  ^  say  concerning 
 
 saying.  ^^^^    ^j^^^    ^^^^    ^^^^    ^^^^ 
 
 dreams  and  interpret  them.  '^And 
 Joseph  answered  Pharao  and  said. 
 Without  God  an  answer  of  safety  shall 
 not  be  given  to  Pharao.  '^And  Pharao 
 spoke  to  Joseph  saying.  In  my  dream 
 methought  I  stood  by  the  bank  of  the 
 river,  '^and  there  came  up  as  it  were  out 
 of  the  river,  seven  cows  well-favoured 
 and  choice-fleshed,  and  they  fed  on  the 
 sedge.  '^And  behold  seven  other  cows 
 came  up  after  them  out  of  the  river, 
 evil  and  ill-favoured  and  lean-fleshed, 
 such  that  I  never  saw  worse  in  all  the 
 land  of  Egypt.  ^°And  the  seven  ill- 
 favoured  and  thin  cows  ate  up  the  seven 
 
 first  good  and  choice  cows.  ^'And 
 they  went  into  their  bellies,  and 
 ^  it  was  not  perceptible  that  +gc.  they  were, 
 they  had  gone  into  their  bellies,  and 
 their  appearance  was  ill-favoured,  as 
 also  at  the  beginning,  and  after  I  awoke 
 I  slept,  ^^and  saw  again  in  my  sleep, 
 and  as  it  were  seven  ears  came  up  on 
 one  stem,  full  and  good.  ^^  And  other 
 seven  ears  thin  and  blasted  with  the 
 wind  sprang  up  close  to  them.  ^''And 
 the  seven  thin  and  blasted  ears  de- 
 voured the  seven  fine  and  full  ears ;  so 
 I  spoke  to  the  interpreters  and  there 
 was  no  one  to  explain  it  to  me. 
 
 ^'^And  Joseph  said  to  Pharao,  the 
 dream  of  Pharao  is  one,  whatever  God 
 does,  he  has  shewn  to  Pharao.  ^""The 
 seven  good  cows  are  seven  years,  and 
 the  seven  good  ears  are  seven  years, 
 the  dream  of  Pharao  is  one.  ^^And 
 the  seven  thin  kine  that  came  up  after 
 them  are  seven  years,  and  the  seven 
 thin  and  blasted  ears  are  seven  years; 
 there  shall  be  seven  years  of  famine. 
 ^^And  as  for  the  word  which  I  have 
 told  Pharao,  whatsoever  God  intends  to 
 do,  he  has  shewn  to  Pharao :  ^^  Behold 
 for  seven  years  there  is  coming  great 
 plenty  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt.  ^°  But 
 there  shall  come  seven  years  of  famine 
 after  these,  and  they  shall  forget  the 
 plenty  that  shall  be  in  all  Eg3rpt,  and 
 the  famine  shall  consume  the  land. 
 ^'  And  the  plenty  shall  not  be  known 
 in  the  land  by  reason  of  the  famine 
 that  shall  be  after  this,  for  it  shall  be 
 very  grievous.  ^^And  concerning  the 
 repetition  of  the  dream  to  Pharao 
 twice,  it  is  because  the  saying  which  is 
 from  God  shall  be  true,  and  God  will 
 hasten  to  accomplish  it.  ^^Now  then 
 look  out  a  wise  and  prudent  man,  and 
 set  him  over  the  land  of  Egypt.  ^''And 
 let  Pharao  make  and  appoint  local 
 governors  over  the  land,  and  let  them 
 take  up  a  fifth  part  of  all  the  produce 
 of  the  land  of  Egypt  for  the  seven 
 years  of  the  plenty.  ^'^And  let  them 
 gather  all  the  food  of  these  seven  good 
 years  that  are  coming,  and  let  the  corn 
 
Chap.  xli.  v.  36. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xlii.  r.  7. 
 
 be  gathered  under  the  hand  of  Pharao, 
 let  food  be  kept  in  the  cities.  ^^And 
 the  stored  food  shall  be  for  the  land 
 against  the  seven  years  of  famine, 
 which  shall  be  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
 and  the  land  shall  not  be  utterly  de- 
 stroyed by  the  famine.  ^^And  the 
 word  was  pleasing  in  the  sight  of 
 Pharao,  and  in  the  sight  of  all  his 
 servants. 
 
 ^^  And  Pharao  said  to  all  his  servants. 
 Shall  we  find  such  a  man  as  tliis,  who 
 has  the  spirit  of  God  in  him?  ^^And 
 Pharao  said  to  Joseph,  since  God  has 
 shewed  thee  all  these  things,  there  is 
 not  a  wiser  or  more  prudent  man  than 
 thou,  '*°Thou  shalt  be  over  my  house, 
 and  all  my  people  shall  be  obedient  to 
 +  Mouth.  thy  ^  word,  only  in  the 
 throne  will  I  excel  thee.  ""  And 
 Pharao  said  to  Joseph,  Behold,  I  set 
 thee  this  day  over  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 
 ■•^And  Pharao  having  taken  liis  ring 
 off  his  hand,  put  it  on  the  hand  of 
 Joseph,  and  put  on  liim  a  robe  of  fine 
 linen,  and  put  a  necklace  of  gold  about 
 his  neck.  *^  And  he  mounted  him  on  the  j 
 second  of  his  chariots,  and  a  herald 
 made  proclamation  before  him,  and  he 
 set  him  over  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 
 ^'*And  Pharao  said  to  Joseph,  1  am 
 Pharao,  without  thee  no  one  shall  lift 
 up  his  hand  on  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 
 '•■'^  And  Pharao  called  the  name  of  Jo- 
 seph, Psonthomphanech,  and  he  gave 
 him  Asencth  the  daughter  of  Petcphres 
 priest  of  HeHopolis  to  wife.  ^*'And 
 Joseph  was  thirty  years  old  when  he 
 stood  befoi-e  Pharao  king  of  Egypt. 
 And  Joseph  went  out  from  the  presence 
 of  Pharao,  and  went  through  all  the 
 land  of  Egypt.  ''^And  the  land  pro- 
 duced in  the  seven  years  of  plenty 
 whole  handfals  of  corn.  '**'And  he 
 gathered  all  the  food  of  the  seven 
 years,  in  which  was  the  plenty  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt,  and  he  laid  up  the  food 
 in  the  cities,  the  food  of  the  fields  of  a 
 city  roimd  about  it  he  laid  up  in  it. 
 ■•^And  Joseph  gathered  very  much 
 com  as  the   sand  of  the  sea,  until  it 
 
 could  not  be  numbered,  for  there  was 
 no  number  of  it 
 
 ^^  And  to  Joseph  were  born  two  sons 
 before  the  seven  years  of  famme  came, 
 wliich  Aseneth  the  daughter  of  Pete- 
 phres,  priest  of  Heliopohs  bore  to  him. 
 ^^  And  Joseph  called  the  name  of  the 
 first-born  Manasse,  for  God,  saidhe^has 
 made  me  forget  all  my  toils  and  all 
 ^  my  llither's  house.  ^^And  Jgi^7;g.i*J^"f^ 
 he  called  the  name  of  the  my  father, 
 second  Ephraim,  for  God,  said  he,  has 
 increased  me  in  the  land  of  my  humi- 
 liation. "And  the  seven  years  of 
 plenty  passed  away,  wliich  were  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt.  ^'*  And  the  seven  years 
 of  famine  began  to  come,  as  Joseph 
 said ;  and  there  was  a  famine  in  all  the 
 land,  but  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt  there 
 was  bread.  •^''And  all  the  land  of 
 Egypt  was  hungry,  and  the  people 
 cried  to  Pharao  for  bread.  And  Pharao 
 said  to  all  the  Egyptians,  Go  to  Joseph, 
 and  do  whatsoever  he  shall  tell  you. 
 ■''•'And  the  famine  was  on  the  face  of 
 all  the  earth,  and  Joseph  opened  all 
 the  granaries,  and  sold  to  all  the 
 Egyptians.  '^^And  all  countries  came 
 to  Egypt  to  buy  of  Joseph,  for  the 
 famine  prevailed  in  all  the  earth. 
 
 42.  And  Jacob  having  seen  that 
 there  was  a  sale  of  corn  in  Egypt,  said 
 to  his  sons.  Why  are  ye  indolent? 
 ^  Behold  I  have  heard  that  there  is  corn 
 in  Egypt,  go  down  thither,  and  buy 
 for  us  a  little  food,  that  we  may  hve 
 and  not  die. 
 
 ^And  the  ten  brethren  of  Joseph 
 went  down  to  buy  corn  out  of  Egypt. 
 ■•But  Jacob  sent  not  Benjamin  the 
 brother  of  Joseph  vnth  his  brethren, 
 for  he  said,  Lest  haply  disease  befal 
 him.  ^  And  the  sons  of  Israel  came  to 
 buy  with  those  that  came,  for  the 
 famine  was  in  the  land  of  Chanaan. 
 ''And  Joseph  was  rider  of  the  land; 
 he  sold  to  all  the  people  of  the  land. 
 And  the  brethren  of  Joseph  ha^ang 
 come  did  reverence  to  him,  bowing 
 with  the  face  to  the  ground.     ^And 
 
Chap.  xlii.  r.  8. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 ('lIAl'.  XLII.  <'.  35. 
 
 when  Joseph  saw  his  brethren  he  knew 
 them  and  estranged  himself  from  them, 
 and  spoke  hard  words  to  them,  and 
 said  to  them,  Wlience  are  ye  come? 
 and  they  said,  Out  of  the  land  of  Cha- 
 naan  to  buy  food.  *  And  Joseph  knew 
 his  bretiiren,  but  they  knew  not  him. 
 ^And  Joseph  remembered  liis  dream, 
 which  lie  saw,  and  he  said  to  them. 
 Ye  are  spies,  to  observe  the  marks  of 
 the  land  are  ye  come.  ^°But  they 
 said,  Nay,  Sir,  we  thy  servants  are 
 come  to  buy  food,  '^We  are  all  sons  of 
 one  man,  we  are  peaceable,  thy  servants 
 are  not  spies.  '^  And  he  said  to  them. 
 Nay,  but  ye  are  come  to  observe  the 
 marks  of  the  land.  ^^And  they  said. 
 We  thy  servants  are  twelve  brethren 
 in  the  land  of  Chanaan,  and  behold, 
 the  yoimgest  is  with  our  father  to-day, 
 but  the  other  one  is  not.  ^*And  Jo- 
 seph said  to  them,  Tlois  is  it  that  I 
 spoke  to  you,  saying,  ye  are  spies, 
 ^^ herein  shall  ye  be  manifested;  by  the 
 health  of  Pharao  ye  shall  not  depart 
 hence,  unless  your  younger  brother 
 come  hither.  ^^  Send  one  of  you  and 
 take  your  brother,  and  go  ye  to  prison 
 till  your  words  be  clear,  whether  ye 
 speak  the  truth  or  not,  but  if  not,  by 
 the  health  of  Pharao,  verily  ye  are 
 spies.  '^And  he  put  them  in  prison 
 three  days.  '^  And  he  said  to  them  on 
 the  tliird  day.  This  do  and  ye  shall 
 live,  for  I  fear  God.  '^  If  ye  be  peace- 
 able, let  one  of  your  brethren  be  de- 
 tained in  prison,  but  go  ye,  and  carry 
 t  The  pur-      i^ack    the  ^  corn    ye    have 
 
 chase  of  your  on    i       i     i     • 
 
 gift  of  com.  purchased.  ''"And  bring 
 your  younger  brother  to  me  and  your 
 words  shall  be  believed,  but  if  not,  ye 
 shall  die.  And  they  did  so.  ^^And 
 each  said  to  liis  brother.  Yes  indeed 
 for  we  are  in  fault  concerning  our 
 brother,  when  we  disregarded  the 
 anguish  of  his  soul,  when  he  besought 
 us,  and  we  hearkened  not  unto  liim, 
 and  therefore  has  this  affliction  come 
 upon  us.  '^^  And  Ruben  answered  them , 
 saying.  Did  I  not  speak  to  you,  saying. 
 Hurt  not  the  boy,  and  ye  heard  me 
 
 not?  and  behold  liis  blood  is  required. 
 ^^  But  they  knew  not  that  Joseph 
 ^  understood  them,  for  there  i  or.  heani 
 was  an  interpreter  between  *^^'"' 
 them.  -•*  And  Joseph  turned  away 
 from  them,  and  wept,  and  again  he 
 came  to  them  and  spoke  to  tliem,  and 
 he  took  Symeon  from  them  and  bound 
 him  before  their  eyes. 
 
 ^^And  Joseph  gave  orders  to  fill 
 their  vessels  with  corn,  and  to  return 
 their  money  to  each  into  his  sack,  and 
 to  give  them  provision  for  the  way, 
 and  it  was  so  done  to  them.  ^^And 
 having  put  the  corn  on  the  asses  they 
 departed  thence.  ^^And  one  having 
 opened  his  sack  to  give  his  asses  fodder, 
 at  the  place  where  they  rested,  saw 
 also  his  bundle  of  money,  for  it  was  on 
 the  mouth  of  his  sack.  ^^  And  he  said 
 to  his  brethren,  my  money  has  been 
 restored  to  me,  and  behold  this  is  in 
 my  sack.  Aiid  their  heart  was  wonder- 
 struck,  and  they  were  troubled,  saying 
 one  to  another,  Wliat  is  tlois  that  God 
 has  done  to  us  ?  ^^  And  they  came  to 
 their  father  Jacob  into  the  land  of 
 Chanaan,  and  reported  to  him  all  that 
 had  happened  to  them,  saying,  ^^  The 
 man,  the  lord  of  the  land,  spoke  harsh 
 words  to  us,  and  put  us  in  prison  as 
 spies  of  the  land.  ^^  And  we  said  to 
 him.  We  are  men  of  peace,  we  are  not 
 spies.  ^^  We  are  twelve  brethren,  sons 
 of  our  father,  one  is  not,  and  the 
 youngest  is  with  his  father  to-day  in 
 the  land  of  Chanaan.  ^^  And  the  man 
 the  lord  of  the  land  said  to  us.  Herein 
 shall  I  know  that  ye  are  peaceable, 
 leave  one  brother  here  with  me,  and 
 having  taken  the  corn  ye  have  piuv 
 chased  for  your  family,  depart.  ^'*And 
 bring  to  me  your  younger  brother, 
 then  I  shall  know  that  ye  are  not  spies, 
 but  that  ye  are  men  of  peace,  and  I 
 will  restore  you  your  brother,  and  ye 
 shall  trade  in  the  land.  ^*And  it  came 
 to  pass  as  they  were  emptying  their 
 sacks,  there  was  each  man's  bundle  of 
 money  in  his  sack,  and  they  and  their 
 father  saw  their  bundles  of  money,  and 
 
Chap.  xlii.  v.  36. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 CHAr.  XLiii.  V.  22. 
 
 they  were  afraid.  ^""And  their  father 
 Jacob  said  to  them,  Ye  have  bereaved 
 me.  Joseph  is  not,  Symeon  is  not, 
 and  will  ye  take  Benjamin?  all  these 
 things  have  come  upon  me.  ^^  And 
 Kuben  spoke  to  liis  father,  saying,  Slay 
 my  two  sons,  if  I  bring  him  not  to 
 thee,  give  him  into  my  hand,  and  I 
 will  bring  liim  back  to  thee.  ^^  But 
 he  said,  ]\ly  son  shall  not  go  down  with 
 you,  because  his  brother  is  dead,  and 
 he  only  has  been  left,  and  suppose  it 
 shall  come  to  pass  that  he  is  afflicted 
 by  the  way  by  which  ye  go,  then  ye 
 shall  bring  down  my  old  age  with 
 sorrow  to  Hades. 
 
 43.  But  the  famine  prevailed  in  the 
 land.  ^And  it  came  to  pass  when  they 
 had  finished  eating  the  corn  which  they 
 had  brought  out  of  Egypt,  that  their 
 father  said  to  them.  Go  again,  buy 
 us  a  little  food.  ^And  Judas  spoke  to 
 him,  saying.  The  man,  the  lord  of  the 
 country,  positively  testified  to  us,  say- 
 ing, Ye  shall  not  see  my  face,  imless 
 your  younger  brother  be  with  you. 
 "*  If  then  thou  send  our  brother  with 
 us  we  will  go  down,  and  buy  thee 
 food ;  ^  but  if  thou  send  not  our  bro- 
 ther with  us,  we  will  not  go :  for  the 
 man  spoke  to  us,  saying.  Ye  shall  not 
 see  my  face,  unless  your  younger  bro- 
 ther be  with  you.  ^  And  Israel  said, 
 Why  did  ye  harm  me,  inasmuch  as  ye 
 told  the  man,  that  ye  had  a  brother? 
 ^And  they  said,  the  man  closely  ques- 
 tioned us  about  our  family  also,  saying. 
 Does  your  father  yet  hve,  and  have  ye 
 a  brother?  and  we  answered  him  ac- 
 cording to  this  question :  did  we  know 
 that  he  would  say  to  us.  Bring  your 
 brother?  ^And  Judas  said  to  his 
 father  Israel,  Send  the  boy  with  me, 
 and  we  will  arise  and  go,  that  we  may 
 live  and  not  die,  both  we  and  thou  and 
 our  store.  ^And  I  engage  for  him, 
 at  my  hand  do  thou  require  him,  if  I 
 hring  him  not  to  thee,  and  place  him 
 before  thee,  I  shall  be  guilty  toward 
 thee  for  ever.     ''^For  if  we  had  not 
 
 48 
 
 tarried,  we  should  now  have  returned 
 twice.  "And  Israel  their  father  said 
 to  them.  If  it  be  so,  do  tliis,  take  of 
 the  fruits  of  the  earth  in  your  vessels, 
 and  carry  down  to  the  man  presents  of 
 gmn  and  honey,  and  frankincense,  and 
 stacte,  and  turpentine,  and  walnuts. 
 '^And  take  double  money  in  your 
 hands,  and  the  money  that  was  re- 
 turned in  your  sacks,  carry  back  with 
 you,  lest  pcrad venture  it  is  a  mistake. 
 ^^And  take  your  brother  and  arise,  go 
 down  to  the  man.  ^'^And  my  God 
 give  you  favour  in  the  sight  of  the  man, 
 and  send  away  your  ^  other  +  Gr.  one. 
 brother,  and  Benjamin,  for  I  accord- 
 ingly as  I  have  been  bereaved,  am 
 bereaved. 
 
 '•^And  the  men  having  taken  these 
 presents  and  the  double  money,  took 
 in  their  hands  also  Benjamin,  and  they 
 rose  up  and  went  down  to  Egypt,  and 
 stood  before  Joseph.  '^And  Joseph 
 saw  them  and  his  brother  Benjamin, 
 born  of  the  same  mother,  and  he  said 
 to  the  steward  of  his  household.  Bring 
 the  men  into  the  house,  and  slay  beasts 
 and  make  ready,  for  the  men  are  to 
 eat  bread  with  me  at  noon.  '^And 
 the  man  did  as  Joseph  said,  and  he 
 brought  the  men  into  the  house  of 
 Joseph.  "^And  the  men  when  they 
 perceived  that  they  were  brought  into 
 the  house  of  Joseph,  said.  We  are 
 brought  in  because  of  the  money  that 
 was  returned  in  our  sacks  at  the  first, 
 even  in  order  to  inform  against  us  and 
 lay  it  to  our  charge,  to  take  us  for 
 servants,  and  our  asses.  '^  And  having 
 approached  the  man  who  was  over  the 
 house  of  Joseph,  they  spoke  to  him  in 
 the  porch  of  the  house,  ^°  saying.  We 
 pray  thee  Sir;  we  came  down  at  first 
 to  buy  food.  ^'  And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  we  came  to  unlade,  and  opened 
 oiu'  sacks,  there  was  also  this  money  of 
 each  in  his  sack,  we  have  now  brought 
 back  our  money  by  weight  in  our 
 hands.  ^^  And  we  have  brought  otlier 
 money  with  us  to  buy  food ;  we  know 
 not  who  put  the  money  into  our  sacks. 
 
Chap,  xliii.  v.  23. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xliv.  v.  13. 
 
 ^^And  he  said  to  them,  God  deal  mer- 
 cifully with  you,  be  not  afraid,  your 
 God  and  the  God  of  your  fathers  has 
 given  you  treasures  in  your  sacks,  and 
 *  q.  d.  I  3.m  ^  I    have   enough    of  your 
 
 satisfied    with  t  a      i      i 
 
 the  money  you  o;ood.  mouey.  And  he 
 botha^IoquT  brought  Symeon  out  to 
 uty&quantity.  them.  ^*  And  he  brought 
 water  to  wasli  their  feet,  and  gave  pro- 
 vender to  their  asses.  ^^And  they  pre- 
 pared their  gifts,  until  Joseph  came  at 
 noon,  for  they  heard  that  he  was  going 
 to  dine  there.  ^^And  Joseph  entered 
 into  the  house,  and  they  brought  him 
 the  gifts  which  they  had  in  their  hands, 
 into  the  house,  and  they  did  liim  re- 
 verence with  their  face  to  the  ground. 
 ^^And  he  asked  them.  How  are  ye? 
 and  he  said  to  them,  Is  your  father, 
 the  old  man  of  whom  ye  spoke,  well? 
 Does  he  yet  hve?  ^^And  they  said, 
 thy  servant  our  father  is  well,  he  is  yet 
 ahve.  And  he  said,  Blessed  be  that 
 man  by  God, — and  they  bowed  and 
 did  him  reverence.  ^^And  Joseph 
 +  Gr.  having  +  lifted  up  his  cvcs  and  saw 
 
 looked     up  1  •     1  1  -r>        •         •        ^ 
 
 with,  &c.  ms  brother  .Benjamm,  born 
 of  the  same  mother,  and  he  said,  Is 
 this  your  yoimger  brother  whom  ye 
 spoke  of  bringing  to  me?  and  he  said, 
 God  have  mercy  on  thee,  my  son. 
 ^'^And  Joseph  was  troubled,  for  his 
 bowels  yearned  over  his  brother,  and 
 he  sought  to  weep,  and  he  went  into 
 his  chamber  and  wept  there. 
 
 ^'  And  he  washed  liis  face  and  came 
 out  and  refrained  himself,  and  said,  Set 
 on  bread.  ^^And  they  set  on  bread 
 for  liim  alone,  and  for  them  by  them- 
 selves, and  for  the  Egyptians  feasting 
 with  him  by  themselves,  for  the  Egyp- 
 tians coidd  not  eat  bread  with  the 
 Hebrews,  for  it  is  an  abomination  to 
 the  Egyptians.  ^^  And  they  sat  before 
 him,  the  first-born  according  to  his 
 seniority,  and  the  yoimger  according 
 +  Gr.  were  to  his  youtli,  and  the  men 
 amazed.  '^looked    with    amazement 
 
 every  one  at  his  brother.  ^^  And 
 they  took  their  portions  from  him 
 to  themselves,  but  Benjamin's  portion 
 
 was  ^five  times  as  much  as  the  por- 
 tions of  the  others.  And  +gc.  was  mag-- 
 they  drank  and  were  filled  Sieportionrof 
 with  drink  with  him.  f^^XariTon 
 44.  And  Joseph  charged  of  theirs, 
 the  steward  of  his  house,  saying, 
 FiU  the  men's  sacks  with  food,  as 
 much  as  they  can  carry,  and  put  the 
 money  of  each  in  the  mouth  of  his  sack. 
 ^And  put  my  silver  cup  into  the  sack 
 of  the  youngest  and  the  price  of  his 
 corn :  and  it  was  done  according  to  the 
 word  of  Joseph,  as  he  said. 
 
 ^  The  morning  dawned,  and  the  men 
 were  sent  away,  they  and  their  asses. 
 *And  when  they  had  gone  out  of  the 
 city,  and  were  not  far  off,  then  Joseph 
 said  to  his  steward.  Arise  and  pursue 
 after  the  men,  and  thou  shalt  overtake 
 them,  and  say  to  them.  Why  have  ye 
 returned  evil  for  good?  ^Why  have 
 ye  stolen  my  silver  cup?  is  it  not  this 
 '''out  of  which  my  lord  +(?>•.  in  which, 
 drinks  ?  and  he  divines  augury  with  it ; 
 ye  have  accomplished  evil  in  that 
 which  ye  have  done.  ''And  he  found 
 them  and  spoke  to  them  according  to 
 these  words.  ^And  they  said  to  him, 
 Why  does  our  lord  speak  according  to 
 these  words?  far  be  it  from  thy  ser- 
 vants to  do  according  to  tliis  word. 
 ^  If  we  brought  back  to  thee  out  of  the 
 land  of  Chanaan  the  money  which  we 
 found  in  our  sacks,  hoiy  should  we 
 steal  silver  or  gold  out  of  the  house  of 
 thy  lord  ?  ^  With  whomsoever  of  thy 
 servants  thou  shalt  find  the  cup,  let 
 him  die,  and  moreover  we  will  be  ser- 
 vants to  our  lord.  '°And  he  said. 
 Now  then  it  shall  be  as  ye  say;  with 
 whomsoever  the  cup  shall  be  fomid, 
 he  shall  be  my  servant,  and  ye  shall 
 be  clear.  ^'And  they  hasted  and 
 took  down  every  man  Ids  sack  on  the 
 ground,  and  they  opened  every  man 
 his  sack.  '^And  he  searched,  begin- 
 ning from  the  eldest  mitil  he  came  to 
 the  youngest,  and  he  fomid  the  cup 
 in  Benjamin's  sack.  ^^And  they  rent 
 their  garments  and  laid  each  man  his 
 5 
 
Chap.  xliv.  v.  14. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xlv.  v.  6. 
 
 sack  on  his  ass,  and  returned  to  the 
 city. 
 
 "  And  Judas  and  his  brethren  came 
 in  to  Joseph,  while  he  was  yet  there, 
 and  fell  on  the  ground  before  liim. 
 '■■^And  Joseph  said  to  them,  What  is 
 this  thing  that  ye  have  done  ?  know 
 ye  not  that  a  man  such  as  I  can  surely 
 divine  ?  '^And  Judas  said.  What  shall 
 we  answer  to  our  lord,  or  what  shall 
 we  say,  or  wherein  should  we  be  jus- 
 +  but.  tified  ?    ^  whereas    God  has 
 
 discovered  the  unrighteousness  of  thy 
 servants,  behold,  we  are  slaves  to  our 
 lord,  both  we  and  he  with  whom  the 
 cup  has  been  found.  '^And  Joseph 
 said,  Far  be  it  from  me  to  do  this  thing, 
 the  man  with  whom  the  cup  has  been 
 found,  he  shall  be  my  servant,  but  do 
 ye  go  up  with  safety  to  yovir  father. 
 ^^And  Judas  drew  near  him  and  said, 
 I  pray,  Sir,  let  thy  servant  speak  a 
 word  before  thee,  and  be  not  angry 
 with  thy  servant,  for  thou  art  next  to 
 Pharao.  ^^Sir,  thou  askedst  thy  ser- 
 vants, saying,  Plave  ye  a  father  or  a 
 brother?  '•^''And  we  said  to  my  lord, 
 we  have  a  father,  an  old  man,  and  he 
 has  a  son  of  his  old  age,  a  young  one, 
 and  his  brother  is  dead,  and  he  alone 
 has  been  left  behind  to  his  mother, 
 and  his  father  loves  liim.  '^'And  thou 
 saidst  to  thy  servants.  Bring  him  down 
 to  me,  and  I  will  take  care  of  him. 
 ^^And  we  said  to  rriT/  lord,  the  child 
 will  not  be  able  to  leave  his  father,  but 
 if  he  should  leave  his  father,  he  will 
 die.  ^^But  thou  saidst  to  thy  servants, 
 except  your  yoimger  brother  come 
 down  with  you,  ye  shall  not  sec  my 
 face  again.  ^^And  it  came  to  pass, 
 when  we  went  up  to  thy  servant  our 
 father,  we  reported  to  him  the  words 
 of  our  lord.  ^'^And  our  father  said. 
 Go  again  and  buy  us  a  little  food. 
 '^^  And  Ave  said.  We  shall  not  be  able 
 to  go  down,  but  if  our  yovmger  bro- 
 ther go  down  with  us,  we  will  go  down, 
 for  we  shall  not  be  able  to  see  the  man's 
 face,  our  younger  brother  not  being 
 with  us.     ^^  And  thy  servant  our  father 
 
 said  to  us.  Ye  know  that  my  wife  bore 
 me  two  sons.  -''And  one  is  departed 
 from  me,  and  ye  said  that  he  was  de- 
 voured of  wild  beasts,  and  I  have  not 
 seen  him  until  now.  ^^  If  then  ye  take 
 this  one  also  from  my  presence,  and  an 
 affliction  happen  to  him  by  the  way, 
 then  shall  ye  bring  down  my  old  age 
 with  sorrow  to  ^  the  grave.  +  g^.  Hades. 
 ^"Now  then  if  I  should  go  in  to  thy 
 servant,  and  our  father,  and  the  boy 
 should  not  be  with  us,  (and  his  life 
 depends  on  this  lad's  life) — ^'  It  shall 
 even  come  to  pass  when  he  sees  the 
 boy  is  not  with  us,  that  he  will  die, 
 and  thy  servants  will  bring  down  the 
 old  age  of  thy  servant,  and  our  father, 
 with  sorrow  to  the  grave.^  +  Gr.  Hades. 
 ^^  For  thy  servant  has  received  the  boy 
 in  charge  from  liis  father,  saying.  If  I 
 bring  him  not  to  thee,  and  place  him 
 before  thee,  I  shall  be  guilty  towards 
 my  father  for  ever.  ^^  Now  then  I  will 
 remain  a  servant  with  thee  instead  of 
 the  lad,  a  domestic  of  my  lord,  but  let 
 the  lad  go  up  with  his  brethren.  ^''  For 
 how  shall  I  go  up  to  my  father,  the 
 lad  not  being  with  us  ?  lest  I  behold 
 the  evils  which  will  befal  my  father. 
 
 45.  And  Joseph  could  not  refrain 
 himself  when  all  were  standing  by  him, 
 but  said.  Dismiss  all  from  me,  and  no 
 one  stood  near  Joseph,  when  he  made 
 himself  known  to  his  brethren.  ^  And 
 he  uttered  his  voice  with  weeping,  and 
 all  the  l^^gyptians  heard,  and  it  was 
 reported  to  the  house  oi"  Pharao.  ^And 
 Joseph  said  to  his  brethren,  I  am  Jo- 
 seph, doth  my  father  yet  live?  And 
 his  brethren  could  not  answer  him,  for 
 they  were  troubled.  "^  And  Joseph  said 
 to  his  brethren.  Draw  nigh  to  me; 
 and  they  drew  nigh,  and  he  said,  I  am 
 yoi;r  brother  Joseph,  whom  ye  sold 
 into  Egypt.  ^  Now  then  be  not  grieved, 
 and  let  it  not  seem  hard  to  you,  that 
 ye  sold  me  hither,  for  God  sent  me  be- 
 fore you  for  Kfe.  ^  For  this  second  year 
 there  is  famine  on  the  earth,  and  there 
 are  yet  five  years  remaining,  in  which 
 
Chap.  xlv.  v.  7. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xlvi.  v.  6. 
 
 there  is  to  be  neither  plougliing,  nor 
 mowing.  ^For  God  sent  me  before 
 you  that  there  might  be  left  to  you  a 
 remnant  upon  the  earth,  even  to 
 nourish  a  ^reat  remnant  of  you.  ^  Now 
 then  ye  did  not  send  me  hither,  but 
 God,  and  he  hatli  made  me  as  a  father 
 of  Pharao,  and  lord  of  all  his  house, 
 and  rider  of  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 
 ^Hasten  therefore  and  go  up  to  my 
 father,  and  say  to  him.  These  things 
 saith  thy  son  Joseph,  God  has  made 
 me  lord  of  all  the  land  of  Egypt,  come 
 down  therefore  to  me,  and  tarry  not. 
 *°And  thou  shalt  dwell  in  the  land  of 
 Gesem  of  Arabia,  and  thou  shalt  be 
 near  me,  thou  and  thy  sons,  and  thy 
 sons'  sons,  thy  sheep  and  tliine  oxen, 
 and  whatsoever  tilings  are  thine.  ^  ^  And 
 1  will  nounsh  thee  there :  for  the  famine 
 is  yet  for  five  years;  lest  thou  be  con- 
 sumed, and  thy  sons,  and  all  thy  pos- 
 sessions. ''^Behold,  your  eyes  see,  and 
 the  eyes  of  my  brother  Benjamin,  that 
 it  is  my  mouth  that  speaks  to  you. 
 '^Report  therefore  to  my  father  all  my 
 glory  in  Egypt,  and  all  tilings  that  ye 
 have  seen,  and  make  haste  and  bring 
 down  my  father  hither.  ^*  And  he  fell 
 on  liis  brother  Benjamin's  neck,  and 
 wept  on  him,  and  Benjamin  wept  on 
 liis  neck.  '^And  he  kissed  all  his 
 brethren  and  wept  on  them;  and  after 
 these  things  his  brethren  spoke  to  him. 
 ^^And  the  report  was  carried  into 
 the  house  of  Pharao,  saying,  Joseph's 
 brethren  are  come;  and  Pharao  was 
 glad,  and  his  household.  ^^And 
 Pharao  said  to  Joseph,  Say  to  thy  bre- 
 thren, do  this,  Fill  your  waggons  and 
 depart  into  the  land  of  Chanaan.  ^^And 
 take  up  your  father  and  your  posses- 
 sions and  come  to  me,  and  I  will  give 
 you  of  all  the  goods  of  Egypt,  and  ye 
 shall  eat  the  marrow  of  the  land.  ^^And 
 do  thou  charge  them  thus,  that  they 
 should  take  for  them  waggons  out  of 
 the  land  of  Egypt  for  your  little  ones, 
 and  for  your  wives,  and  take  up  your 
 father  and  come.  ^"And  be  not  sparing 
 in  regard  to  your  property,  for  all  the 
 
 good  of  Egypt  shall  be  yours.  ^'And 
 the  children  of  Israel  did  so,  and  Jo- 
 seph gave  to  them  waggons,  according 
 to  the  words  spoken  by  king  Pharao, 
 and  he  gave  them  provision  for  the 
 journey.  ^^And  he  gave  to  them  all 
 two  sets  of  raiment  apiece,  but  to 
 Benjamin  he  gave  three  hundred  pieces 
 of  gold,  and  five  changes  of  raiment. 
 -^  And  to  his  father  he  sent  jpresents  at 
 the  same  rate,  and  ten  asses  bearing  of 
 all  the  good  things  of  Egypt,  and  ten 
 mules  bearing  bread  for  his  father  for 
 the  journey.  ^''Aiid  he  sent  away  his 
 brethren,  and  they  went,  and  he  said 
 to  them.  Be  not  angry  by  the  way. 
 ^^Aiid  they  went  up  out  of  Egypt,  and 
 came  into  the  land  of  Chanaan  to  Jacob 
 their  father.  '^^  And  they  reported  to 
 him,  saying.  Thy  son  Joseph  is  living, 
 and  he  is  ruler  over  all  the  land 
 of  Egypt,  and  Jacob  was  to.  amazed 
 'amazed,  for  he  did  not  ^^•^• 
 believe  them.  ^'''But  they  spoke  to  him 
 all  the  words  uttered  by  Joseph,  what- 
 soever he  said  to  them,  and  having 
 seen  the  chariots  wliich  Joseph  sent  to 
 take  him  up,  the  spirit  of  Jacob  their 
 father  revived.  ^^And  Israel  said.  It 
 is  a  great  thing  for  me  if  Joseph  my 
 son  is  yet  ahve,  I  will  go  and  see  him 
 before  I  die. 
 
 46.  And  Israel  departed,  he  and 
 all  that  he  had,  and  came  to  the  well 
 of  the  oath,  and  he  offered  sacrifice  to 
 the  God  of  his  father  Isaac.  ^And 
 God  spoke  to  Israel  in  a  night  vision, 
 saying,  Jacob,  Jacob,  and  he  said, 
 Wliat  is  it?  ^  And  he  says  to  him,  I 
 am  the  God  of  thy  fathers,  Fear  not  to 
 go  down  into  Egypt,  for  I  will  make 
 thee  there  a  great  nation.  ''And  I  will 
 go  down  with  thee  into  Egypt,  and  I 
 will  bring  thee  up  at  the  end,  and 
 Joseph  shall  put  his  hands  on  thine 
 eyes.  ^And  Jacob  rose  up  from  the 
 well  of  the  oath,  and  the  sons  of  Israel 
 took  up  their  fatlier  and  the  baggage, 
 and  their  wives  on  the  waggons,  which 
 Joseph  sent  to  take  him.     ''And  they 
 
Chap.  xlvi.  v.  7. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xlvi.  v.  34. 
 
 took  up  their  goods  and  all  their  pro- 
 perty, which  they  had  gotten  in  tlie 
 land  of  Chanaan,  they  came  into  the 
 land  of  Egypt,  Jacob,  and  all  his  seed 
 with  him.     ^  The  sons,  and  the  sons  of 
 his  sons  with  him,  his  daughters  and 
 the  daughters  of  his  daughters,  and  he 
 brought  all  liis  seed  into  Egypt.     ^And 
 these  are  the  names  of  the  sons  of  Israel 
 that  went  into  Egypt  with  their  father 
 Jacob, — Jacob    and    his    sons.       The 
 first-born  of  Jacob,  Kuben.     ^  And  the 
 sons  of  Ruben,   Enoch,  and  Phallus, 
 Asron,  and  Charmi.     ^'^And  the  sons 
 of  Symeon,  Jemuel,  and  Jamin,  and 
 Aod,  and  Achin,  and  Saar,  and   Saul 
 the  son  of  a  Chananitish  woman.   "And 
 the  sons  of  Levi,  Gerson,  Kath,  and 
 Merari.     '^And  the  sons  of  Judas,  Er, 
 and  Aunan,  and  Selom,  and  Phares, 
 and  Zara :  and  Er  and  Aunan  died  in 
 the  land  of  Chanaan.     ^^  And  the  sons 
 of  Phares  icere    Esron,    and    Jemuel. 
 And  the  sons  of  Issachar,  Thola,  and 
 Phua,  and  Asum,  and  Sambran.    '''And 
 the  sons  of  Zabuhm,  Sored,  and  Allon, 
 and  Achoel.     ^^  These  are  the  sons  of 
 Lea,  which  she  bore  to  Jacob  in  Meso- 
 potamia of  Syria,  and  Dina  his  daughter, 
 all  the  souls,  sons  and  davighters,  thirty- 
 three.     '^And  the  sons  of  Gad,  Saphon 
 and  Angis,  and  Sannis,  and  Thasoban, 
 and  Aedis,  and  Aroedis,  and  AreeUs. 
 '^And  the  sons  of  Aser,  Jemna,  Jessua, 
 and  Jeul,  and  Baria,  and  Sara  their 
 sister.     And  the  sons  of  Baria,  Chobor, 
 and  Melchiil.      '**  These  are  the  sons 
 of  Zelpha,  which  Laban  gave  to  his 
 daughter    Lea,    who    bore    these    to 
 Jacob,  sixteen  souls.     ''-^And  the  sons 
 of  Rachel  the  wife  of  Jacob,  Joseph 
 and    Benjamin.      '^''And    there   were 
 sons  bom  to  Joseph  in  the  land   of 
 Egypt,    Avhom   Aseneth    the    daugh- 
 ter   of    Petephres,    priest    of    Helio- 
 polis  bore  to  him,  even  Manasses  and 
 Ephraim.     And  there  were  sons  born 
 to  Manasses,  which  the  Syrian  concu- 
 bine bore  to  him,  even  Machir.     And 
 Machir  begot  Galaad.     And  the  sons 
 of  Ephraim  the  brother  of  Manasses, 
 
 62 
 
 Sutalaam,  and  Taam.  And  the  sons 
 of  Sutalaam,  Edom.  ^'And  the  sons 
 of  Benjamin,  Bala,  and  Bochor,  and 
 Asbel.  And  the  sons  of  Bala  were 
 Gera  and  Noeman,  and  Anchis  and 
 Ros  and  Mamphim.  And  Gera  begot 
 Arad.  ^^  These  are  the  sons  of  Rachel 
 which  she  bore  to  Jacob,  all  the  souls 
 eighteen.  ^^And  the  sons  of  Dan, 
 Asom.  ^^  And  the  sons  of  Nephthalim, 
 Asiel  and  Goni,  and  Issaar  and  SoUem. 
 '•^^  These  are  the  sons  of  Balla,  whom 
 Laban  gave  to  his  daughter  Rachel, 
 who  bore  these  to  Jacob,  all  the  souls, 
 seven.  ^""And  all  the  souls  that  came 
 with  Jacob  into  Egypt,  who  came  out 
 of  his  ^  loins,  besides  the  +  Gr.  tiughs. 
 wives  of  the  sons  of  Jacob,  even  all  the 
 souls  were  sixty-six.  ^^And  the  sons 
 of  Joseph  who  were  born  to  him  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt  were  nine  souls;  all  the 
 souls  of  the  house  of  Jacob  who  came 
 with  Joseph  into  Egypt  were  seventy- 
 five  souls. 
 
 ^**  And  he  sent  Judas  before  him  to 
 Joseph  to  meet  him  to  the  city  of 
 ^  Heroes,  into  the  land  of  +Hefr.  Goshen. 
 Ramesses.  ^^And  Joseph  having 
 ^  made  ready  his  chariots  +  Gt-  yoked. 
 went  up  to  meet  Israel  his  father,  at 
 the  city  of  Heroes,  and  having  ap- 
 peared to  him,  fell  on  his  neck,  and 
 wept  with  ^  abundant  weep-  +  Gr.  fat. 
 ing.  ^°And  Israel  said  to  Joseph, 
 After  this  I  will  gladly  die,  since  I  have 
 seen  thy  face,  for  thou  art  yet  living. 
 ^'And  Joseph  said  to  his  brethren,  I 
 will  go  up  and  tell  Pharao,  and  will 
 say  to  him.  My  brethren  and  my  father's 
 house  who  were  in  the  land  of  Cha- 
 naan are  come  to  me.  ^^And  the  men 
 are  shepherds,  for  they  have  been 
 feeders  oi'cattle,  and  they  have  brought 
 with  them  their  cattle  and  their  kine, 
 and  all  their  property.  ^^  If  then 
 Pharao  call  you  and  say  to  you.  What 
 is  your  occupation?  ^""Ye  shall  say, 
 We  thy  servants  are  herdsmen  from 
 our  youth  imtil  now,  both  we  and 
 our  fathers:  that  ye  may  dwell  in  the 
 land  of  Gescm  of  Arabia,  for  every 
 
Chap,  xlvii.  v.  1. 
 
 GENESIS, 
 
 Chap,  xlvii.  u.  21. 
 
 sheplierd   is   an    abomination   to   the 
 Egyptians. 
 
 47.  And  Joseph  came  and  told 
 Pharao,  saying,  my  father  and  my  bre- 
 thren, and  their  cattle  and  their  oxen, 
 and  all  their  possessions  are  come  out 
 of  the  land  of  Chanaan,  and  behold 
 they  are  in  the  land  of  Gesem.  ^  And 
 he  took  of  his  brethren  five  men,  and 
 set  them  before  Pharao.  ^And  Pharao 
 said  to  the  brethren  of  Joseph,  AVliat 
 is  yoiu'  occupation?  and  they  said  to 
 .Pharao,  Thy  servants  are  shepherds, 
 both  we  and  our  fathers.  ■*  And  they 
 said  to  Pharao,  We  are  come  to  sojourn 
 in  the  land,  for  there  is  no  pasture  for 
 the  flocks  of  thy  servants,  for  the 
 famine  has  prevailed  in  the  land  of 
 ^  ^n  ^®s"^  Chanaan,  now  then  ^we  will 
 1  Tim.  6. 8.  dwell  in  the  land  of  Gesem. 
 And  Pharao  said  to  Joseph,  Let  them 
 dwell  in  the  land  of  Gesem,  and  if  thou 
 knowest  that  there  are  among  them 
 able  men,  make  them  overseers  of  my 
 cattle.  So  Jacob  and  liis  sons  came 
 into  Egypt  to  Joseph,  and  Pharao 
 king  of  Egypt  heard  of  it.  ^And 
 Pharao  spoke  to  Joseph,  saying,  thy 
 father  and  thy  brethren  are  come  to 
 thee.  ^  Behold,  the  land  of  Egypt  is 
 before  thee,  settle  thy  father  and  thy 
 brethren  in  the  best  land.  '^And 
 Joseph  brought  in  Jacob  his  father  and 
 set  him  before  Pharao ;  and  Jacob 
 blessed  Pharao.  *And  Pharao  said  to 
 Jacob,  How  many  are  the  years  of  the 
 days  of  thy  life  ?  ^  And  Jacob  said  to 
 Pharao,  The  days  of  the  years  of  my 
 life  wherein  I  sojourn  are  a  hundred 
 and  thirty  years,  few  and  evil  have 
 been  the  days  of  the  years  of  my  Hfe, 
 they  have  not  attained  to  the  days  of 
 the  hfe  of  my  fathers,  in  which  days 
 they  sojourned.  ^"And  Jacob  blessed 
 Pharao,  and  departed  from  him.  ' '  And 
 Joseph  settled  his  father  and  his  bre- 
 thren, and  gave  them  a  possession  in 
 the  land  of  Egypt,  in  the  best  land,  in 
 the  land  of  Eamesses,  as  Pharao  com- 
 manded.    '^And  Jacob  gave  provision 
 
 to  his  father  and  his  brethren,  and  to 
 all  the  house  of  his  father,  corn  for 
 each  person. 
 
 ^^And  there  was  no  corn  in  all  the 
 land,  for  the  famine  prevailed  greatly; 
 and  the  land  of  Egypt  and  the  land  of 
 Chanaan  fainted  for  the  famine.  ^^And 
 Joseph  gathered  all  the  money  that 
 was  found  in  the  land  of  Egypt  and 
 the  land  of  Chanaan ;  in  return  for  the 
 corn  which  they  bought,  and  he  dis- 
 tributed corn  to  them,  and  Joseph 
 brought  all  the  money  into  the  house 
 of  Pharao.  '^  And  all  the  money  failed 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  out  of 
 the  land  of  Chanaan,  and  all  the 
 Egyptians  came  to  Joseph,  saying, 
 Give  us  bread,  and  why  do  we  die  in 
 thy  presence?  for  our  money  is  spent. 
 '^And  Joseph  said  to  them.  Bring 
 your  cattle,  and  1  will  give  you  bread 
 for  your  cattle,  if  your  money  is  spent. 
 ^''Ajid  they  brought  their  cattle  to 
 Joseph,  and  Joseph  gave  them  bread 
 in  return  for  their  horses,  and  for  their 
 sheep,  and  for  their  oxen,  and  for  their 
 asses,  and  Joseph  maintained  them 
 with  bread  for  all  their  cattle  in  that 
 year.  '**And  that  year  passed,  and 
 they  came  to  him  in  the  second  year, 
 and  said  to  him.  Must  we  then  be  con- 
 sumed from  before  our  lord  ?  for  if  oiu* 
 money  has  failed,  and  our  possessions, 
 and  our  cattle,  brought  to  thee  our 
 lord,  and  there  has  not  been  left  to  us 
 before  our  lord  more  than  our  own 
 bodies  and  our  land,  tve  are  indeed  des- 
 titute. ^^In  order  then  that  we  die 
 not  before  thee,  and  the  land  be  made 
 desolate,  buy  us  and  our  land  for  bread, 
 and  we  and  our  land  will  be  servants 
 to  Pharao :  give  seed  that  we  may  sow 
 and  live  and  not  die,  so  our  land  shall 
 not  be  made  desolate.  ^°  And  Joseph 
 bought  all  the  land  of  the  Egyptians 
 for  Pharao,  for  the  Egyptians  sold  their 
 land  to  Pharao,  for  the  famine  pre- 
 vailed against  them,  and  the  land  be- 
 came Pharao's.  ^' And  he  brought  the 
 people  into  bondage  to  him  for  ser- 
 vants, from  one  extremity  of  Egypt  to 
 
Chap,  xlvii.  v.  22. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap,  xlviii.  v.  14. 
 
 the  other.  ^^  Except  only  the  land  of 
 the  priests;  Joseph  bought  not  this, 
 for  Pharao  gave  a  portion  in  the  way 
 of  gift  to  the  priests,  and  they  ate  their 
 portion  which  Pharao  gave  them,  there- 
 fore they  sold  not  their  land.  ^^And 
 Joseph  said  to  all  the  Egyptians,  Be- 
 hold I  have  bought  you  and  your  land 
 this  day  for  Pharao,  take  seed  for  yovi 
 and  sow  the  land.  ^^And  there  shall 
 be  the  fruits  of  it,  and  ye  shall  give  the 
 fifth  part  to  Pharao,  and  the  four  re- 
 ynainimi  parts  shall  be  for  yourselves 
 for  seed  for  the  earth,  and  for  food  for 
 you,  and  all  that  are  in  your  houses. 
 ^^And  they  said,  Thou  hast  saved  us; 
 we  have  found  favour  before  our  lord, 
 and  we  will  be  servants  to  Pharao. 
 ^®  And  Joseph  appointed  it  to  them  for 
 an  ordinance  until  this  day,  to  reserve 
 a  fifth  part  for  Pharao  on  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  except  only  the  land  of  the 
 priests,  that  was  not  Pharao's. 
 
 ^^And  Israel  dwelt  in  Egypt  in  the 
 land  of  Gesem,  and  they  gained  an  in- 
 heritance upon  it,  and  they  increased 
 and  multiplied  very  greatly.  ^^  And 
 Jacob  survived  seventeen  years  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt,  and  Jacob's  days  of  the 
 years  of  his  Hfe  were  a  hundred  and 
 forty-seven  years.  ^^And  the  days  of 
 Israel  drew  nigh  for  him  to  die,  and 
 he  called  his  son  Joseph,  and  said  to 
 him.  If  I  have  found  favour  before 
 thee,  put  thy  hand  under  my  thigh, 
 and  thou  shalt  execute  mercy  and  truth 
 toward  me,  so  as  not  to  bury  me  in 
 Egypt.  ^°But  I  will  sleep  with  my 
 fathers,  and  thou  shalt  carry  me  up  out 
 of  Egypt,  and  bury  me  in  their  sepul- 
 chre. And  he  said,  I  will  do  accord- 
 ing to  thy  word.  ^'And  he  said, 
 Swear  to  me,  and  he  swore  to  him. 
 And  Israel  did  reverence,  leaning  on 
 the  top  of  his  staiF. 
 
 48.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
 things  that  it  was  reported  to  Joseph, 
 Behold  thy  father  is  ill ;  and  hav- 
 ing taken  his  two  sons  Manasse  and 
 Ephraim  he  came  to  elacob.      '^And 
 
 it  was  reported  to  Jacob,  saying,  Be- 
 hold thy  son  Joseph  cometh  to  thee, 
 and  Israel  having  strengthened  liimself 
 sat  upon  the  bed.  ^  And  Jacob  said  to 
 Joseph,  My  God  appeared  to  me  in 
 Luza  in  the  land  of  Chanaan,  and 
 blessed  me,  and  said  to  me,  ■*  Behold  I 
 will  increase  thee  and  multiply  thee, 
 and  will  make  of  thee  mviltitudes  of 
 nations,  and  I  will  give  this  land  to 
 thee  and  to  thy  seed  after  thee  for  an 
 everlasting  possession.  ^  Now  then  thy 
 two  sons  who  were  bom  to  thee  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt  before  I  came  to  thee 
 into  Egypt,  are  mine,  Ephraim  and 
 Manasse,  as  Ruben  and  Symeon  they 
 shall  be  mine.  ^And  the  children 
 which  thou  shalt  beget  hereafter,  shall 
 be  in  the  name  of  their  brethren,  they 
 shall  be  named  after  their  inheritances. 
 "And  as  for  me  when  I  came  out  of 
 Mesopotamia  of  Syria,  Rachel  thy 
 mother  died  in  the  land  of  Chanaan, 
 as  I  drew  nigh  to  the  horse-course  of 
 Chabratha  of  the  land  of  Chanaan,  so 
 as  to  come  to  Ephratha,  and  I  buried 
 her  in  the  road  of  the  course,  this  is 
 Bethlehem.  ^And  when  Israel  saw 
 the  sons  of  Joseph,  he  said,  Who  are 
 these  to  thee?  ^And  Joseph  said  to 
 his  father,  They  are  my  sons,  whom 
 God  gave  me  here;  and  Jacob  said, 
 Bring  me  them  that  I  may  bless  them. 
 ^^Now  the  eyes  of  Israel  were  dim 
 through  age,  and  he  could  not  see, 
 and  he  brought  them  near  to  him, 
 and  he  kissed  them  and  embraced 
 them.  "And  Israel  said  to  Joseph, 
 Behold,  I  have  not  been  deprived  of 
 seeing  thy  face,  and  lo !  God  has 
 showed  me  thy  seed  also.  '^And 
 Joseph  brought  them  out  from  between 
 his  knees,  and  they  did  reverence  to 
 him,  with  their  face  to  the  ground. 
 '^And  Joseph  took  his  two  sons,  both 
 I^phraim  in  his  right  hand,  but  o\\  the 
 left  of  Israel,  and  Manasse  on  his  left 
 hand,  but  on  the  right  of  Israel,  and 
 brought  them  near  to  him.  '''But 
 Israel  having  stretched  out  his  right 
 hand,  laid  it  on  the  head  of  Ephraim, 
 
Chap,  xlviii.  v.  15. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  xlix.  v.  20. 
 
 and  he  was  the  younger,  and  his  left 
 hand  on  the  head  of  Manasse,  guiding 
 his  hands  crosswise. 
 
 ^^And  he  blessed  them  and  said, 
 The  God  in  whose  sight  my  fathers 
 were  well  pleasing,  even  Abraam  and 
 Isaac,  the  God  who  continues  to  feed 
 me  from  my  youth  imtil  this  day :  ^^  The 
 angel  who  dehvers  me  from  all  evils, 
 bless  these  boys,  and  my  name  shall 
 be  called  upon  them,  and  the  name  of 
 my  fathers  Abraam  and  Isaac,  and  let 
 them  be  increased  to  a  great  multitude 
 .on  the  earth.  ^^And  Joseph  having 
 seen  that  his  father  put  his  right  hand 
 on  the  head  of  Ephraim — it  seemed 
 grievous  to  liim,  and  Joseph  took  hold 
 of  the  hand  of  his  father,  to  remove  it 
 from  the  head  of  Ephraim  to  the  head 
 of  Manasse.  ^^  And  Joseph  said  to  his 
 father,  Not  so,  father,  for  this  is  the 
 first-born,  lay  thy  right-hand  upon  his 
 head.  ^^  And  he  would  not,  but  said, 
 I  know  it,  son,  I  know  it;  he  also 
 shall  be  a  people,  and  he  shall  be  ex- 
 alted, but  liis  younger  brother  shall  be 
 greater  than  he,  and  his  seed  shall  be- 
 come a  multitude  of  nations.  ^"And 
 he  blessed  them  in  that  day,  saying. 
 In  you  shall  Israel  be  blessed,  saying, 
 God  make  thee  as  Ephraim  and  Ma- 
 nasse, and  he  set  Ephraim  before 
 Manasse.  ^^And  Israel  said  to  Joseph, 
 Behold,  I  die,  and  God  shall  be  with 
 you,  and  restore  you  to  the  land  of 
 your  fathers.  ^^And  I  give  to  thee 
 Sicima,  a  select  portion  above  thy  bre- 
 thren, which  I  took  out  of  the  hand  of 
 the  Amorites  with  my  sword  and  bow. 
 
 49.  And  Jacob  called  his  sons  and 
 
 said   to  them,    ^Assemble    yourselves 
 
 that  I  may  tell  you  what  shall  happen 
 
 to  you  in  the  last  days.     Gather  your- 
 
 +  Or,  thou  my  selves  together  and  hear  me, 
 
 first-bom,  &c.  r    t        ^      ^  t  ^ 
 
 worn,  and  vor.  SOUS  ot  JacoD,  hear  Israel, 
 distinguished    thou    ^  art  mv   first-bom, 
 
 in    the    LXX.    ,,  ,        -^     ,  ,      ,    ' 
 
 vid.  Heb.  1. 8.  thou  my  strength,  and  the 
 o  0€os.  £j.g|.  q£  j^y  children,  hard 
 
 to  be  endured,  hard  and  self-willed. 
 
 '*  Thou  wast  insolent  like  water,  burst 
 not  forth  with  violence,  for  thouwentest 
 up  to  the  bed  of  thy  father,  then  thou 
 defiledst  the  couch,  whereupon  thou 
 wentest  up.  ^  Symeon  and  Levi,  bre- 
 thren, accomplished  the  injustice  of 
 their  cutting  off.  ^Let  not  my  soul 
 come  into  their  coimsel,  and  let  not 
 mine  inward  parts  contend  in  their 
 conspiracy,  for  in  their  wrath  they  slew 
 men,  and  in  their  passion  they  houghed 
 a  bull.  ^  Cursed  be  their  wrath,  for  it 
 was  wilful,  and  their  anger,  for  it  wag 
 ^ cruel:  I  will  divide  them  ^More  ut. 
 
 -r        ■,  -,  1  hardened    or 
 
 m  Jacob,  and  scatter  them  aggravated. 
 in  Israel.  **Juda,  thy  brethren  have 
 praised  thee,  and  thy  hands  shall  be  on 
 the  back  of  thine  enemies,  thy  father's 
 sons  shall  do  thee  reverence.  '^^  Juda 
 is  a  lion's  whelp,  from  the  +^ -b.  The  ter- 
 
 r'  nunations   of 
 
 tender  plant,  my  son,  thou  proper  names 
 
 ,  1         •  IT    are    occasion- 
 
 art  gone  up,  having  couched    ally  varied. 
 
 thou  Hest  as  a  lion,  and  as  a  whelp; 
 who  shall  stir  him  up  ?  ^^  A  rider 
 shall  not  fail  from  Juda,  nor  a  prince 
 from  his  Uoins,  until  there  +G)-.  thighs, 
 come  the  things  stored  up  for  liim,  and 
 he  is  the  expectation  of  nations.  ^'Bind- 
 ing his  foal  to  the  vine,  and  the  foal 
 of  his  ass  to  the  branch  of  it,  he  shall 
 wash  his  robe  in  wine,  and  his  garment 
 in  the  blood  of  the  grape.  ^^His  eyes 
 shall  be  more  cheering  than  wine,  and 
 his  teeth  whiter  than  milk.  ^^Zabulon 
 shall  dwell  on  the  coast,  and  he  shall 
 be  by  a  haven  of  ships,  and  shall  ex- 
 tend to  Sidon.  •*  Issachar  has  desired 
 that  which  is  good,  resting  between 
 the  inheritances.  ^^And  having  seen 
 the  resting  place  that  it  was  good,  and 
 the  land  that  it  was  fertile,  he  subjected 
 his  shoulder  to  labour,  and  became  a 
 husbandman.  '^Dan  shall  judge  his 
 people,  as  one  tribe  too  in  Israel.  ^^And 
 let  Dan  be  a  serpent  in  the  way,  be- 
 setting the  path,  biting  the  heel  of  the 
 horse,  (and  the  rider  shall  fall  back- 
 ward,) waiting  for  the  salvation  of  the 
 Lord.  ^*  Gad,  a  plundering  troop  shall 
 plunder  him,  '^but  he  shall  plunder 
 him  pursuing  him  closely.     ^^  Aser,  his 
 
Chap.  xlix.  u.  21. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  l.  v.  14. 
 
 bread  shall  he  flit,  and  ho  shall  yield 
 dainties  to  princes.  '^' Xephthalim  is 
 a  spreading  stem,  bestowing  beauty 
 on  its  fruit.  ^^  Joseph  is  a  son  in- 
 creased, my  dearly  loved  son  is  in- 
 creased, my  youngest  son,  turn  to  me. 
 ^^ Against  whom  men  taking  e\al  coun- 
 sel reproached  liim  and  the  archers 
 pressed  hard  upon  him.  '^^  But  their 
 bow  and  arrows  were  mightily  con- 
 sumed, and  the  sinews  of  their  arms 
 were  slackened  by  the  hand  of  the 
 mighty  one  of  Jacob,  thence  is  he  that 
 strengthened  Israel  from  the  God  of 
 thy  f ither,  ^^  and  my  God  helped  thee, 
 and  he  blessed  thee  with  the  blessing 
 of  heaven  from  above,  and  the  blessing 
 of  the  earth  possessing  all  things,  be- 
 cavise  of  the  blessing  of"  the  breasts  and 
 of  the  womb,  ^''the  blessings  of  thy 
 father  and  thy  mother — it  has  prevailed 
 above  the  blessing  of  the  lasting  moun- 
 tains, and  beyond  the  blessings  of  the 
 everlasting  hills,  they  shall  be  upon 
 the  head  of  Joseph,  and  upon  the  head 
 of  the  brothers  of  whom  he  took  the 
 lead.  ^^  Benjamin,  as  a  ravening  wolf 
 shall  eat  still  in  the  morning,  and  at 
 evening  he  gives  food.  ^'*A11  these 
 are  the  twelve  sons  of  Jacob,  and  their 
 father  spoke  these  words  to  them,  and 
 he  blessed  them,  he  blessed  each  of 
 them  according  to  liis  blessing.  ^^  And 
 he  said  to  them,  I  am  added  to  my 
 people,  ye  shall  bury  me  with  my 
 fathers  in  the  cave,  which  is  in  the 
 field  of  Ephron  the  Chettitc.  ^^  In  the 
 double  cave  which  is  opposite  ]\Iambre 
 in  the  land  of  Chanaan,  the  cave  which 
 Abraam  bought  of  Ephron  the  Chet- 
 titc for  a  possession  of  a  sepulchre. 
 ^'  There  they  buried  Abraam  and 
 Sarrha  his  wife,  there  they  buried  Isaac 
 and  Rebecca,  his  wife,  there  they 
 buried  Lea.  ^^  In  the  portion  of  the 
 field,  and  of  the  cave  that  was  in  it, 
 purchased  of  the  sons  of  diet.  ^^  And 
 Jacob  ceased  giving  charges  to  his 
 sons,  and  having  lifted  up  his  feet  on 
 the  bed,  he  died,  and  was  gathered  to 
 his  people. 
 
 50.  And  Joseph  fell  upon  his  father's 
 face,  and  wept  on  liim  and  kissed  him. 
 ■^  And  Joseph  commanded  liis  servants 
 the  embalmers  to  embalm  liis  father, 
 and  the  embalmers  embalmed  Israel. 
 'And  they  fulfilled  forty  days  for  him, 
 for  so  are  the  days  of  embalming  num- 
 bered, and  Egypt  mourned  for  him 
 seventy  days.  ''And  when  the  days  of 
 mourning  were  past,  Joseph  spoke  to 
 the  princes  of  Pharao,  saying,  If  I  have 
 found  favour  in  your  sight,  speak  con- 
 cerning me  in  the  ears  of  Pharao, 
 saying,  ^My  father  adjured  me,  saying. 
 In  the  sepulclire  which  I  dug  for  my- 
 self in  the  land  of  Chanaan,  there  thou 
 shalt  bury  me ;  now  then  I  will  go  up 
 and  bury  my  father  and  return  again. 
 ^And  Pharao  said  to  Joseph,  Go  up, 
 bury  thy  father,  as  he  constrained  thee 
 to  swear.  ^  So  Joseph  went  up  to 
 bury  his  father,  and  all  the  servants  of 
 Pharao  went  up  with  him,  and  the 
 elders  of  liis  house,  and  all  the  elders 
 of  the  land  of  Egypt.  ^  And  all  the 
 household  of  Joseph,  and  his  brethren, 
 and  all  the  house  of  his  father,  and  liis 
 kindred,  and  they  left  behind  the  sheep 
 and  the  oxen  in  the  land  of  Gesem. 
 ^And  there  went  up  with  liim  also 
 chariots  and  horsemen,  and  there  was 
 a  very  great  company.  '^  And  they 
 came  to  the  threshing-floor  of  Atad, 
 which  is  beyond  Jordan,  and  they 
 bewailed  him  wath  a  great  and  very 
 sore  lamentation,  and  he  made  a  mourn- 
 ing for  his  father  seven  days.  "And 
 the  inhabitants  of  the  land  of  Chanaan 
 saw  the  mourning  at  the  floor  of  Atad 
 and  said,  This  is  a  great  mourning  to 
 the  Egy[)tians  ;  therefore  he  called  its 
 name  The  mourning  of  Egypt,  -which 
 is  beyond  Jordan.       '^Aiid  thus  his 
 
 sons    did    to    him. 
 
 So    his    sons 
 
 carried  him  up  into  the  land  of  Cha- 
 naan, and  buried  him  in  the  double 
 cave,  which  cave  Abraam  bought  for 
 possession  of  a  burying  place,  of 
 Ephrom  the  Chettite,  before  INIambre. 
 '■*  And  Joseph  returned  to  Egypt, 
 he  and  his  brethren,  and  those  that 
 
Chap.  l.  v.  15. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Chap.  l.  v.  26. 
 
 had  gone  up    witli  liim  to  bury  his 
 father. 
 
 '^And  when  the  brethren  of  Joseph 
 saw  that  their  father  was  dead,  they 
 said,  Let  us  take  heed,  lest  at  any  time 
 Joseph  remember  evil  against  us,  and 
 recompense  to  us  all  the  evils  which 
 we  have  done  against  liim.  ^^And 
 they  came  to  Joseph,  and  said,  Thy 
 father  adjured  us  before  his  death, 
 saying,  '^Thus  say  ye  to  Joseph,  For- 
 give them  their  injustice  and  their  sin, 
 forasmuch  as  they  have  done  thee  evil, 
 .  +  Gr.  accept,  and  uow  ^  pardon  the  in- 
 justice  of  the  servants  of  the  God  of 
 thy  father.  And  Joseph  wept  wliile 
 they  spoke  to  him.  '*  And  they  came 
 to  him  and  said,  We,  these  persons, 
 are  thy  servants.  ^^And  Joseph  said 
 to  them,  Fear  not,  for  I  am  God's. 
 ^^Ye  took  coimsel  against  me  for  evil, 
 but  God  took  counsel  for  me  for  good, 
 that  the  matter  might  be  as  it  is  to-day, 
 and  much  people  might  be  fed.    ^^  And 
 
 he  said  to  them.  Fear  not,  I  will  main- 
 tain you,  and  your  famiUes,  and  he 
 comforted  them  and  spoke  kindly  to 
 them.  ^^  And  Joseph  dwelt  in  Egypt, 
 he  and  his  brethren,  and  all  the  family 
 of  liis  father,  and  Joseph  Hved  a  hun- 
 dred and  ten  years.  ^^And  Joseph 
 saw  the  cliildren  of  Ephraim  to  the 
 tliird  generation,  and  the  sons  of  Ma- 
 cliir  the  son  of  Manasse  were  borne  on 
 the  ^  sides  of  Joseph.  ^*And  +  Gr-  thighs. 
 Joseph  spoke  to  his  brethren,  sajang, 
 I  die,  and  God  will  surely  visit  you, 
 and  ^dll  bring  you  out  of  this  land  to 
 the  land  concerning  which  God  swore 
 to  our  fathers,  Abraam,  Isaac,  and 
 Jacob.  ^^And  Joseph  adjvired  the 
 sons  of  Israel,  saying.  At  the  visitation 
 with  wliich  God  shall  visit  you,  then 
 ye  shall  carry  up  my  bones  hence  with 
 you.  ^^And  Joseph  died,  +0.  buried 
 aged  an  himdred  and  ten  ^^^' 
 years,  and  ^they  prepared  his  corpse, 
 and  put  Mm  in  a  coiEn  in  Egypt. 
 
EXODUS. 
 
 CHAPTER  I.— II.   Verses  1—3. 
 
 1 .  THESE  are  the  names  of  the  sons 
 of  Israel  that  came  into  Egypt  together 
 with  Jacob  their  father ;  they  came  in 
 each  with  their  whole  family.  ^  Ruben, 
 Simeon,  Levi,  Judas,  ^Issachar,  Za- 
 bulon,  Benjamin,  *  Dan  and  Nepthalim, 
 Gad  and  Aser.  ^But  Joseph  was  in 
 Egypt.  And  all  the  souls  born  of  Jacob 
 were  seventy-five.  ^And  Joseph  died, 
 and  all  his  brethren,  and  all  that  ge- 
 neration. '^  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 increased  and  multiplied,  and  became 
 numerous  and  grew  exceedingly  strong, 
 and  the  land  multiplied  them.  ^And 
 there  arose  up  another  king  over  Egypt, 
 who  knew  not  Joseph.  '•*  And  he  said 
 to  his  nation,  Behold  the  race  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  is  a  great  multitude, 
 and  is  stronger  than  we :  ^'^  Come  then, 
 let  us  deal  craftily  with  them,  lest  at 
 any  time  they  be  increased,  and  when- 
 soever war  shall  happen  to  us,  these 
 also  shall  be  added  to  our  enemies,  and 
 having  prevailed  against  us  in  war, 
 they  will  depart  out  of  the  land.  ' '  And 
 he  set  over  them  task-masters,  who 
 should  afflict  them  in  their  works,  and 
 they  built  strong  cities  for  Pharao,  both 
 Pitho,  and  Ramesses,  and  On,  wliich 
 is  HeUopoUs.  '^But  as  they  humbled 
 them,  by  so  much  they  multiplied,  and 
 grew  exceedingly  strong,  and  the 
 Egyptians  greatly  abhorred  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel.  ''And  the  Egyptians 
 tyi-annised  over  the  children  oi  Israel 
 by  force.  '■*  And  they  embittered  their 
 life  by  hard  labours,  in  the  clay  and  in 
 brick-making,  and  all  the  works  in  the 
 plains,    according   to    all   the   works, 
 
 wherein   they  caused   them   to  serve 
 with  violence. 
 
 '•^And  the  king  of  the  Egyptians 
 spoke  to  the  midwives  of  the  Hebrews, 
 the  name  of  the  one  was  Sepphora, 
 and  the  name  of  the  second  Phua. 
 '•"And  he  said,  when  ye  do  the  office 
 of  midwives  to  the  Hebrew  women, 
 and  they  are  about  to  be  delivered,  if 
 it  be  a  male,  kill  it,  but  if  a  female, 
 save  it.  '^But  the  midwives  feared 
 God,  and  did  not  as  the  king  of  Egypt 
 appointed  them,  and  they  saved  the 
 male  children  alive.  '"^And  the  king 
 of  Egypt  called  the  midwives,  and  said 
 to  them,  Wliy  is  it  that  ye  have  done 
 this  thing,  and  saved  the  male  children 
 aHve?  '^And  the  midwives  said  to 
 Pharao,  the  Hebrew  women  are  not 
 as  the  women  of  Egypt,  for  they  are 
 delivered  before  the  midwives  go  in 
 to  them.  So  they  bore  children. 
 ^°And  God  did  well  to  the  midwives, 
 and  the  people  multiphed,  and  grew 
 very  strong.  ^'And  as  the  midwives 
 feared  God,  they  established  for  them- 
 selves famihes.  ^^And  Pharao  charged 
 all  his  people,  saying,  Wliatever  male 
 shall  be  born  to  the  Hebrews,  cast 
 into  the  river,  and  every  female,  save 
 it  aHve. 
 
 2.  And  there  was  a  certain  man  of 
 the  tribe  of  Levi,  who  took  to  wife 
 one  of  the  daughters  of  Levi.  ^And 
 she  conceived  and  bore  a  male  child, 
 and  having  seen  that  he  was  fair,  they 
 hid  him  three  months.  'And  when 
 they  could  no   longer  hide  him,  his 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  4. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  hi.  v.  3. 
 
 mother  took  for  him  an  ark,  and  be- 
 +  t.  e.  apecu-  smeared  it  with  ^bitmnen, 
 ^e"embto™ve!  and  cast  the  child  into  it, 
 getabie  pitch,  ^nd  put  it  in  the  ooze  by 
 the  river.  ■*  And  his  sister  was  watch- 
 ing from  a  distance,  to  learn  what 
 would  happen  to  him.  ^And  the 
 daughter  of  Pharao  came  down  to  the 
 river  to  bathe,  and  her  maids  walked 
 by  the  river's  side,  and  having  seen  the 
 ark  in  the  ooze,  she  sent  her  maid,  and 
 took  it  up.  ^And  having  opened  it 
 she  sees  the  babe  weeping  in  the  ark, 
 and  the  daughter  of  Pharao  had  com- 
 passion on  it,  and  said.  This  is  07ie  of 
 the  Hebrews'  children.  ^  And  his 
 sister  said  to  the  daughter  of  Pharao, 
 Wilt  thou  that  I  call  to  thee  a  nurse  of 
 the  Hebrews,  and  shall  she  suckle  the 
 child  for  thee  ?  *  And  the  daughter  of 
 Pharao  said,  Go :  and  the  young  woman 
 went  and  called  the  mother  of  the 
 child.  ^And  the  daughter  of  Pharao 
 said  to  her.  Take  care  of  this  child,  and 
 suckle  it  for  me,  and  I  will  give  thee 
 the  wages,  and  the  woman  took  the 
 child,  and  suckled  it.  ^*^And  when  the 
 boy  was  grown,  she  brought  him  to  the 
 daughter  of  Pharao,  and  he  became 
 her  son,  and  she  called  his  name  Moses, 
 saying,  I  took  him  out  of  the  water. 
 
 ''And  it  came  to  pass  in  that  length 
 of  time,  that  Moses  having  grown,  went 
 out  to  his  brethren  the  sons  of  Israel, 
 and  having  noticed  their  distress,  he  sees 
 an  Egyptian  smiting  a  certain  Hebrew 
 of  his  brethren  the  children  of  Israel. 
 '^And  having  looked  round  this  way 
 and  that  way,  he  sees  no  one,  and  he 
 smote  the  Egyptian  and  hid  him  in 
 the  sand.  '^And  having  gone  out  the 
 second  day  he  sees  two  Hebrew  men 
 fighting,  and  he  says  to  the  injurer. 
 Wherefore  smitest  thou  thy  neighbour  ? 
 '■^And  he  said,  Wlao  made  thee  a  ruler 
 and  a  judge  over  us?  wilt  thou  slay  me 
 as  thou  yesterday  slewest  the  Egyptian  ? 
 Then  Moses  was  alarmed  and  said.  If 
 it  be  thus,  tliis  matter  has  become 
 known.  '^And  Pharao  heard  this 
 matter  and  sought  to  slay  Moses,  and 
 
 Moses  departed  from  the  presence  of 
 Pharao,  and  dwelt  in  the  land  of 
 Madiam,  and  having  come  into  the 
 land  of  Madiam,  he  sat  on  the  well. 
 •^And  the  priest  of  Madiam  had  seven 
 daughters,  feeding  the  flock  of  their 
 father  Jothor,  and  they  came  and  drew 
 water  until  they  filled  their  pitchers, 
 to  water  the  flock  of  their  father  Jothor. 
 '^And  the  shepherds  came  and  were 
 driving  them  away,  and  Moses  rose  up 
 and  rescued  them,  and  drew  water  for 
 them,  and  watered  their  sheep.  '^And 
 they  came  to  Raguel  their  father,  and 
 he  said  to  them,  Wliy  have  ye  come 
 so  quickly  to-day?  '^And  they  said, 
 an  Egyptian  delivered  us  from  the 
 shepherds,  and  drew  water  for  us  and 
 watered  our  sheep.  ^"^And  he  said  to 
 his  daughters,  and  where  is  he?  and 
 why  have  ye  left  the  man?  call  him 
 therefore ,  that  he  may  eat  bread.  ^ '  And 
 Moses  was  estabHshed  with  the  man, 
 and  he  gave  Sepphora  his  daughter  to 
 Moses  to  wife.  ^^And  the  woman  con- 
 ceived and  bore  a  son,  and  Moses  called 
 his  name  Gersam,  saying,  I  am  a  so- 
 journer in  a  strange  land.  ^^And  in 
 those  days  after  a  length  of  time,  the 
 king  of  Egypt  died,  and  the  children 
 of  Israel  groaned  because  of  their  tasks, 
 and  cried,  and  their  cry  because  of  their 
 tasks  went  up  to  God.  ^"^And  God 
 heard  their  groanings,  and  God  re- 
 membered his  covenant  made  with 
 Abraam  and  Isaac  and  Jacob.  ^'^And 
 God  looked  upon  the  children  of  Israel 
 and  was  made  known  to  them. 
 
 3.  And  Moses  was  feeding  the  flock 
 of  Jothor  liis  father-in-law,  the  priest 
 of  Madiam,  and  he  brought  the  sheep 
 nigh  to  the  wilderness,  and  came  to 
 the  mount  of  Choreb.  ^And  an  angel 
 of  the  Lord  appeared  to  him  in 
 ^  flaming  fire  out  of  the  +  or.  fire  of 
 bush,  and  he  sees  that  the  *'*"'^- 
 bush  burns  with  fire, — ^but  the  bush 
 was  not  consiuned.  ^  And  Moses  said, 
 I  will  go  near  and  see  this  great 
 sight,  why  the  bush  is  not  consumed. 
 
Chap.  hi. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  2. 
 
 ''  And  when  the  Lord  saw  that  he  drew 
 nigh  to  sec,  the  Lord  called  liim  out 
 of  the  bush,  saying,  Moses,  Moses,  and 
 he  said,  What  is  it?  ^And  he  said. 
 Draw  not  nigh  hither,  loose  thy  san- 
 dals from  off  thy  feet,  for  the  place 
 whereon  thou  standest  is  holy  ground. 
 tMat.  22. 32.  «And  he  said,  ^I  am  the 
 God  of  thy  father,  the  God  of  Abraam, 
 and  the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of 
 Jacob,  and  Moses  turned  away  his  face, 
 for  he  was  afraid  to  gaze  at  God.  ^And 
 the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  I  have  surely 
 seen  the  affliction  of  my  people  that  is 
 in  Egypt,  and  I  have  heard  their  cry 
 caused  by  their  task-masters,  for  I 
 know  their  affliction.  ^  And  I  have 
 come  down  to  deliver  them  out  of  the 
 hand  of  the  Egyptians,  and  to  bring 
 them  out  of  that  land,  and  to  bring 
 them  into  a  good  and  wide  land,  into 
 a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey, 
 into  the  place  of  the  Chananites,  and 
 the  Chettites,  and  Amorites,  and  Phe- 
 rezites,  and  Gergesites,  and  Evites,  and 
 Jebusites.  ^And  now  behold  the  cry 
 of  the  children  of  Israel  is  come  to  me, 
 and  I  have  seen  the  affliction  with 
 which  the  Egyptians  afflict  them. 
 '"And  now  come,  I  will  send  thee  to 
 Pharao  king  of  Egypt,  and  thou  shalt 
 bring  out  my  people  the  children  of 
 Israel  from  the  land  of  Egypt. 
 
 "And  Moses  said  to  God,  Wlio  am 
 I,  that  I  should  go  to  Pharao  king  of 
 Egypt,  and  that  I  should  bring  out 
 the  children  of  Israel  from  the  land  of 
 Egypt?  '^And  God  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  I  will  be  with  thee,  and  this 
 shall  be  the  sign  to  thee  that  I  shall 
 send  thee  forth, — when  thou  bringest 
 out  my  people  out  of  Egypjt,  then  ye 
 shall  serve  God  in  this  mountam. 
 '^And  Moses  said  to  God,  Behold  I 
 shall  go  forth  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  shall  say  to  them,  the  God  of 
 our  fathers  has  sent  me  to  you ;  and 
 they  mil  ask  me.  What  is  his  name? 
 AVhat  shall  I  say  to  them?  '^  And 
 God  spoke  to  Moses,  saying,  I  am 
 THE    BEING,   and  he   said,    Thus 
 
 shall  ye  say  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 THE  BEING  has  sent  me  to  you. 
 '^And  God  said  again  to  Moses,  Thus 
 shalt  thou  say  to  the  sons  of  Israel, 
 the  Lord  God  of  our  fathers,  the  God 
 of  Abraam,  and  God  of  Isaac,  and  God 
 of  Jacob  has  sent  me  to  you,  this  is 
 my  name  for  ever,  and  my  memorial  to 
 generations  of  generations.  '**  Go  then 
 and  gather  the  elders  of  the  children 
 of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them, 
 the  Lord  God  of  our  fathers  has  ap- 
 peared to  me,  the  God  of  Abraam,  and 
 God  of  Isaac,  and  God  of  Jacob,  say- 
 ing, I  have  surely  looked  upon  you, 
 and  upon  all  the  tilings  which  have 
 happened  to  you  in  Egypt.  '^And 
 he  said,  I  will  bring  you  up  out  of  the 
 affliction  of  the  Egyptians  to  the  land 
 of  the  Chananites  and  the  Chettites, 
 and  Amorites  and  Pherezites,  and  Ger- 
 gesites, and  Evites,  and  Jebusites,  to 
 a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey. 
 '^  And  they  shall  hearken  to  thy  voice, 
 and  thou  and  the  elders  of  Israel  shall 
 go  in  to  Pharao  king  of  Egypt,  and 
 thou  shalt  say  to  liim,  the  God  of  the 
 Hebrews  has  called  us,  we  will  go  then 
 a  journey  of  three  days  into  the  wilder- 
 ness, that  we  may  sacrifice  to  our  God. 
 '^  But  I  know  that  Pharao  king  of 
 Egypt  will  not  let  you  go,  save  with  a 
 mighty  hand,  ■^"  and  I  will  stretch  out  my 
 hand,  and  smite  the  Egyptians  with  all 
 my  wonders,  which  I  shall  work  among 
 them,  and  after  that  he  will  send  you 
 forth.  '■^'And  I  will  give  this  people 
 favour  in  the  sight  of  the  Egyptians, 
 and  whenever  ye  shall  escape,  ye  shall 
 not  depart  empty.  '^'^  But  every  woman 
 shall  ask  of  her  neighbour  and  fellow- 
 lodger,  articles  of  gold  and  silver,  and 
 apparel;  and  ye  shall  put  them  upon 
 your  sons  and  upon  your  daughters, — 
 and  spoil  ye  the  Egyptians. 
 
 4.  And  JMoscs  answered  and  said. 
 If  they  believe  me  not,  and  do  not 
 hearken  to  my  voice,  (for  they  will 
 say,  God  has  not  appeared  to  thee), 
 what  shall  I  say  to  them?     ^And  the 
 
Chap.  iv.  v. 
 
 EXODUS, 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  25. 
 
 Lord  said  to  him,  What  is  this  thing 
 that  is  in  thine  hand  ?  and  he  said, 
 a  rod.  ^And  he  said,  Cast  it  on  the 
 ground,  and  he  cast  it  on  the  ground, 
 and  it  became  a  serpent,  and  Moses 
 fled  from  it.  *And  the  Lord  said  to 
 Moses,  stretch  forth  thine  hand,  and 
 take  hold  of  its  tail,  so  he  stretched 
 forth  his  hand  and  took  hold  of  the 
 tail,  ^and  it  became  a  rod  in  his  hand, 
 — that  they  may  believe  thee,  that  the 
 God  of  thy  fathers  has  appeared  to 
 thee,  the  God  of  Abraam,  and  God  of 
 Isaac,  and  God  of  Jacob.  ^And  the 
 Lord  said  again  to  him.  Put  thine 
 hand  into  thy  bosom,  and  he  put  his 
 hand  into  his  bosom,  and  brought  his 
 hand  out  of  his  bosom,  and  his  hand 
 became  as  snow,  and  he  said  again, 
 'Put  thy  hand  into  thy  bosom,  and 
 he  put  his  hand  into  his  bosom,  and 
 brought  liis  hand  out  of  liis  bosom, 
 and  it  was  again  restored  to  the  com- 
 plexion of  liis  other  flesh.  ^And  if 
 they  will  not  beheve  thee,  nor  hearken 
 to  the  voice  of  the  first  sign,  they  will 
 believe  thee  because  of  the  voice  of  the 
 second  sign.  ^And  it  shall  come  to 
 pass  if  they  will  not  beheve  thee  for 
 these  two  signs,  and  will  not  hearken 
 to  thy  voice,  that  thou  shalt  take  of  the 
 water  of  the  river  and  pour  it  upon 
 the  dry  land,  and  the  water  which 
 thou  shalt  take  from  the  river  shall  be 
 blood  upon  the  dry  land.  "^  And 
 Moses  said  to  the  Lord,  I  pray.  Lord, 
 
 tGr.  before  I  liavc  not  bccn  Sufficient 
 neithefbkore  '  ^^  formci  timcs  neither 
 the  tiiird  day.  from  the  time  that  thou 
 hast  begun  to  speak  to  thy  servant.  I 
 am  weak  in  speech  and  slow-tongued. 
 "And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Who 
 has  given  a  mouth  to  man,  and  who 
 has  made  the  very  hard  of  hearing, 
 and  the  deaf,  the  seeing  and  the  blind? 
 have  not  I,  God?     '^And  now  go  and 
 
 t  See  1  Cor.  I  "^^U  Open  thy  mouth,  and 
 2. 16.  +  Gr.  ^y^  +  instruct  thee  in  what 
 thou  shalt  say.  '^And  Moses  said,  I 
 pray  thee.  Lord,  appoint  another  able 
 2)erson  whom  thou  shalt  send.     '^And 
 
 the  Lord  was  greatly  angered  against 
 Moses,  and  said,  lo!  Is  not  Aaron  the 
 Levite  thy  brother?  I  know  that  he 
 will  surely  speak  to  thee,  and  behold, 
 he  will  come  forth  to  meet  thee,  and 
 beholding  thee  he  will  rejoice  within 
 himself.  '^And  thou  shalt  speak  to 
 him,  and  thou  shalt  put  my  words 
 into  his  mouth,  and  I  will  open  thy 
 mouth  and  his  mouth,  and  I  will  in- 
 struct you  in  what  ye  shall  do.  '"And 
 he  shall  speak  for  thee  to  the  people, 
 and  he  shall  be  thy  mouth,  and  thou 
 shalt  be  for  him  in  things  pertaining 
 to  God.  '^And  this  rod  that  was 
 turned  into  a  serpent  thou  shalt  take 
 in  thine  hand,  wherewith  thou  shalt 
 work  miracles. 
 
 '^  And  Moses  went  and  returned  to 
 Jothor  his  father-in-law,  and  says,  I 
 will  go  and  return  to  my  brethren  in 
 Egypt,  and  will  see  if  they  are  yet 
 Hving.  And  Jothor  said  to  Moses, 
 Go  in  health;  and  in  those  days  after 
 some  time,  the  king  of  Egjrpt  died. 
 '^And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  in 
 Madiam,  Go,  depart  into  Egypt,  for  all 
 that  sought  thy  Hfe  are  dead.  ^°And 
 Moses  took  his  wife  and  his  children 
 and  mounted  them  on  the  beasts  and 
 returned  to  Egypt,  and  Moses  took  the 
 rod  which  he  had  from  God  in  his 
 hand.  ^' And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses, 
 When  thou  goest  and  returnest  to 
 Egypt,  see — all  the  miracles  I  have 
 'charged  thee  with,  thou  , Lu.pntinto 
 shalt  work  before  Pharao,  twne  hands, 
 and  I  will  harden  his  heart,  and  he 
 shall  certainly  not  send  away  the 
 people.  ^^  And  thou  shalt  say  to  Pha- 
 rao, These  things  saith  the  Lord,  Israel 
 is  my  first-born.  ^^  And  I  said  to  thee, 
 Send  away  my  people,  that  they  may 
 serve  me,  now  if  thou  wilt  not  send 
 them  away,  see  I  will  slay  thy  first- 
 born son.  ^''And  it  came  to  pass  that 
 the  angel  of  the  Lord  met  liim  by  the 
 way  in  the  inn,  and  sought  to  slay  him. 
 ^^  And  Sepphora  having  taken  a  stone 
 cut  off  the  foreskin  of  her  son,  and  fell 
 at  his  feet  and  said,  The  blood  of  the 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  26. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  v.  v.  21. 
 
 circumcision  of  my  son  is  staunched, 
 ^^and  ho  departed  from  him,  because 
 she  said,  the  blood  of  the  circumcision 
 of  my  son  is  staunched.  ^^And  the 
 Lord  said  to  Aaron,  Go  into  the  wilder- 
 ness to  meet  Moses,  and  he  went  and 
 met  liim  in  the  mount  of  God,  and 
 they  kissed  each  other.  ^^And  Moses 
 reported  to  Aaron  all  the  words  of  the 
 Lord,  which  he  sent,  and  all  the  things 
 which  he  charged  him.  ^^And  Moses 
 and  Aaron  went  and  gathered  the  elders 
 of  the  children  of  Israel.  ^^  And  Aaron 
 spoke  all  these  words,  which  God  spoke 
 to  Moses,  and  wrought  the  miracles 
 before  the  people.  ^^And  the  people 
 believed  and  rejoiced,  because  God 
 visited  the  children  of  Israel,  and  be- 
 cause he  saw  their  affliction,  and  the 
 people  bowed  and  worshipped. 
 
 5.  And  after  this  went  in  Moses  and 
 Aaron  to  Pharao,  and  they  said  to  him. 
 These  things  says  the  Lord  God  of 
 Israel,  Send  my  people  away,  that  they 
 may  keep  a  feast  to  me  in  the  wilder- 
 ness. ^And  Pharao  said.  Who  is  he 
 that  I  should  hearken  to  his  voice,  so 
 that  I  should  send  away  the  children 
 of  Israel,  I  do  not  know  the  Lord,  and 
 +  Gr.  do  not  I  ^will  uot  let  Isracl  go. 
 let,  &c.  3  And  they  say  to  him,  the 
 
 God  of  the  Hebrews  has  called  us  to 
 him,  we  will  go  therefore  a  three  days 
 journey  into  the  wilderness,  that  we 
 may  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  our  God,  lest 
 at  any  time  death  or  slaughter  happen 
 to  us.  ''And  the  king  of  Egypt  said 
 to  them,  Wliy  do  ye,  Moses  and  Aaron, 
 turn  the  people  from  their  works?  de- 
 part each  of  you  to  your  works.  ^And 
 Pharao  said,  Behold  now  the  people  is 
 very  numerous,  let  us  not  then  give 
 them  rest  from  their  work.  ^And 
 Pharao  gave  orders  to  the  task-masters 
 of  the  people  and  the  accomptants, 
 sapng,  '^Ye  shall  no  longer  give  straw 
 to  the  people  for  brick-making  as  yes- 
 terday and  the  third  day,  but  let  them 
 go  themselves,  and  collect  straw  for 
 themselves.     *And  thou  shalt  impose 
 
 on  them  daily  the  rate  of  brick-making 
 which  they  perform,  thou  shalt  not 
 abate  anything,  for  they  are  idle,  there- 
 fore have  they  cried,  saying,  Let  us 
 arise  and  do  sacrifice  to  our  God,  ^  Let 
 the  works  of  these  men  be  made  griev- 
 ous, and  let  them  care  for  these  tilings, 
 and  not  care  for  vain  words. 
 
 '°And  the  taskmasters  and  the  ac- 
 comptants hastened  them,  and  they 
 spoke  to  the  people,  saying,  thus  says 
 Pharao,  I  loill  give  you  straw  no 
 longer.  '^Go  ye,  yourselves,  get  for 
 yourselves  straw  whcncesoever  ye  can 
 find  it,  for  nothing  is  diminished  from 
 your  rate.  '^  So  the  people  were  dis- 
 persed in  all  the  land  of  Egypt,  to 
 gather  stubble  for  straw.  '^And  the 
 taskmasters  hastened  them  saying, 
 Fulfil  your  regular  daily  tasks,  even 
 as  when  straw  was  given  you.  ^*  And 
 the  accomptants  of  the  race  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  who  were  set  over 
 them  by  the  masters  of  Pharao  were 
 scourged  [^and  questioned, '\  tsuppUcdfrom 
 men  saying,  Why  have  ye  ^^^  Hebrew. 
 not  fulfilled  your  rates  of  brick-work 
 as  yesterday  and  the  third  day,  to-day 
 also?  '^ And  the  accomptants  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  went  in  and  cried 
 to  Pharao,  saying.  Why  dost  thou  act 
 thus  to  thy  servants  ?  "^  Straw  is  not 
 given  to  thy  servants,  and  they  tell  us 
 to  make  brick,  and  behold  thy  ser- 
 vants have  been  scourged,  thou  wilt 
 therefore  injure  thy  people.  '^And  he 
 said  to  them,  Ye  arc  idle,  ye  are  idlers, 
 therefore  ye  say.  Let  us  go  a7id  do 
 sacrifice  to  our  God.  '^Now  then  go 
 and  work,  for  straw  shall  not  be  given 
 to  you,  yet  ye  shall  return  the  rate  of 
 bricks.  '^And  the  accomptants  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  saw  themselves  in 
 an  evil  plight,  me7i  saying.  Ye  shall 
 not  fail  '  to  dehy er  the  daily  ,  ^^  ^^^^  ^^^ 
 rate  of  the  brick-making,  brick-making: 
 ^"  And  they  met  Moses  and  which  belongs 
 Aaron  coming  forth  to  meet  *°  "^'^'  ''''^■ 
 them,  as  they  came  forth  from  Pharao. 
 ^'And  they  said  to  them.  The  Lord 
 look  upon  you  and  judge  you,  for  ye 
 
Chap.  v.  v.  22. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  25. 
 
 have  made  our  savour  abominable  be- 
 fore Pharao,  and  before  his  servants, 
 to  put  a  sword  into  his  hands  to  slay 
 us.  '-^^  And  Moses  turned  to  the  Lord, 
 and  said,  I  pray,  Lord,  why  hast  thou 
 afflicted  this  people  ?  and  wherefore 
 hast  thou  sent  me .''  ^^  For  from  the  time 
 that  I  went  to  Pharao  to  speak  in  thy 
 name,  he  has  afflicted  this  people,  and 
 thou  hast  not  deHvered  thy  people. 
 
 6.  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses, 
 Now  thou  shalt  see  what  I  will  do  to 
 Pharao;  for  he  shall  send  them  forth 
 with  a  mighty  hand,  and  with  a  high 
 arm  shall  he  cast  them  out  of  his  land. 
 ^And  God  spoke  to  Moses  and  said  to 
 him,  I  a7n  the  Lord.  ^And  I  ap- 
 peared to  Abraam  and  Isaac  and  Ja- 
 cob, being  their  God,  but  I  did  not 
 manifest  to  them  my  name  ^Lord. 
 +  oc,  The  Lord.  "*  And  I  cstabHslied  my  co- 
 venant with  them,  to  give  them  the 
 land  of  the  Chananites,  the  land  wherein 
 theysojoiu-ned,  in  which  also  they  dwelt 
 as  strangers.  ^  And  I  hearkened  to  the 
 groaning  of  the  children  of  Israel  (the 
 affliction  with  which  the  Egyptians 
 enslave  them)  and  I  remembered  the 
 i  Lit.  jom  CO-  covenant  with  you.'^  ^Go, 
 venant.  speak  to  the  children  of  Is- 
 
 rael, saying,  I  am  the  Lord,  and  I  will 
 lead  you  forth  from  the  tyranny  of  the 
 Egyptians,  and  I  will  dehver  you  from 
 bondage,  and  I  will  ransom  you  with 
 a  high  arm,  and  great  judgment.  '^And 
 I  will  take  you  to  me  a  people  for 
 myself,  and  will  be  your  God,  and  ye 
 shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  your 
 God,  who  brought  you  out  from  the 
 tyranny  of  the  Egyptians.  *And  I 
 will  bring  you  into  the  land  concern- 
 ing which  I  stretched  out  my  hand  to 
 give  it  to  Abraam  and  Isaac  and 
 Jacob,  and  I  will  give  it  you  for  an 
 inheritance  :  I  am  the  Lord.  ^  And 
 Moses  spoke  thus  to  the  sons  of  Israel, 
 and  they  hearkened  not  to  Moses  for 
 faint-heartedness,  and  for  their  hard 
 tasks.  '''And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  "Go  in,  speak  to  Pharao  king 
 
 of  Egypt,  that  he  send  forth  the 
 children  of  Israel  out  of  his  land. 
 '^And  Moses  spoke  before  the  Lord, 
 saying.  Behold,  the  children  of  Israel 
 hearkened  not  to  me,  and  how  shall 
 Pharao  hearken  to  me?  and  I  am  not 
 eloquent.  '^And  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 Moses  and  Aaron,  and  gave  them  a 
 charge  to  Pharao  king  of  Egypt,  that 
 he  should  send  forth  the  children  of 
 Israel  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 
 
 '''And  these  are  the  heads  of  the 
 houses  of  their  families  :  the  sons  of 
 Ruben  the  first-born  of  Israel ;  Enoch 
 and  Phallus,  Asron,  and  Charmi,  this 
 is  the  kindred  of  Ruben.  '^And  the 
 sons  of  S}Tneon,  Jemuel  and  Jamin, 
 and  Aod,  and  Jachin  and  Saar,  and 
 Saul  the  son  of  a  Phoenician  woman, 
 these  are  the  famiHes  of  the  sons  of 
 Symeon.  '^And  these  are  the  names 
 of  the  sons  of  Levi  according  to  their 
 kindreds,  Gedson,  Kaath,  and  Merari; 
 and  the  years  of  the  hfe  of  Levi  were 
 a  hundred  and  thirty-seven.  '^And 
 these  are  the  sons  of  Gedson,  Lobeni 
 and  Semei,  the  houses  of  their  family. 
 And  the  sons  of  Kaath,  '^Ambram  and 
 Issaar,  Chebron,  and  Oziel  ;  and  the 
 years  of  the  Hfe  of  Kaath  were  a 
 ^hundred  and  thirty -three  t^^.i  30  years, 
 years.  '^And  the  sons  of  Merari, 
 Mooli,  and  Omusi,  these  are  the  houses 
 of  the  famiHes  of  Levi,  according  to 
 their  kindreds.  ^°And  Ambram  took 
 to  wife  Jochabed  the  daughter  of  his 
 father's  brother,  and  she  bore  to  liim 
 both  Aaron  and  Moses,  and  Mariam 
 their  sister,  and  the  years  of  the  Hfe 
 of  Ambram  were  a  ''^hun-  t^ to.  136 years, 
 dred  and  thirty- two  years.  ^'  And  the 
 sons  of  Issaar,  Kore,  and  Naphec,  and 
 Zechri.  ^^And  the  sons  of  Oziel, 
 Misael,  and  Elisaphan,  and  Segri. 
 ^^And  Aaron  took  to  himself  to  wife 
 EHsabeth  daughter  of  Aminadab  sis- 
 ter of  Naasson,  and  she  bore  to  him 
 both  Nadab  and  Abiud,  and  Eleazar 
 and  Ithamar.  ^''And  the  sons  of  Kore, 
 Asir,  and  Elkana,  and  Abiasar,  these 
 are  the  generations  of  Kore.     ^^And 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  26. 
 
 EXODUS, 
 
 Chap.  vii.  v.  19. 
 
 Eleazar  the  son  of  Aaron  took  to  him- 
 self for  a  wife  one  of  the  daughters  of 
 Phutiel,  and  she  bore  to  him  Phinecs, 
 these  are  the  heads  of  the  family  of 
 the  Levites,  according  to  their  gene- 
 rations. ^^This  is  Aaron  and  ]\Ioses, 
 whom  God  told  to  bring  out  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt  with  their  forces.  ^^  These  are 
 they  that  spoke  with  Pharao  king  of 
 Egy[Dt,  and  Aaron  himself  and  Moses 
 brought  out  the  children  of  Israel 
 from  the  land  of  Egypt.  ^**  In  the  day 
 in  which  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  in 
 the  land  of  Egypt ;  ^^  then  the  Lord 
 spoke  to  ]\Ioses,  saying,  I  am  the 
 Lord,  speak  to  Pharao  king  of  Egypt 
 whatsoever  things  I  say  to  thee.  ^" And 
 Moses  said  before  the  Lord,  Behold,  I 
 am  not  able  in  speech,  and  how  shall 
 Pharao  hearken  to  me? 
 
 7.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 sa3dng,  Behold,  I  have  made  thee  a 
 god  to  Pharao,  and  Aaron  thy  brother 
 +  Or,  spokes-  shall  be  thy  ^  prophet.  ^  And 
 usro/Thi"'^  thou  shalt  say  to  him  all 
 word  in  a  wide  tliino's  that  I  charge  thee, 
 
 sense,  see  Tit.  -O  .,         p         -,     -,\ 
 
 1. 12.  and  Aaron  thy  brother  shall 
 
 speak  to  Pharao,  that  he  should  send 
 forth  the  children  of  Israel  out  of  his 
 land.  ^And  I  will  harden  the  heart 
 of  Pharao,  and  I  will  multiply  my 
 signs  and  wonders  in  the  land  of 
 Egypt.  ''  And  Pharao  will  not  hearken 
 to  you,  and  I  will  lay  my  hand  upon 
 Egypt,  and  will  bring  out  my  people 
 the  children  of  Israel  with  my  power 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  with  great 
 vengeance.  ■''And  all  the  Egyptians 
 shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  stretch- 
 ing out  my  hand  upon  Egypt,  and  I 
 will  bring  out  the  cliildren  of  Israel 
 out  of  the  midst  of  them.  ^  And  Moses 
 and  Aaron  did  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 them,  so  did  they.  ^And  Moses  was 
 eighty  years  old,  and  Aaron  his  brother 
 was  eighty- three  years  old,  when  he 
 spoke  to  Pharao.  ^  And  the  Lord  spoke 
 to  J\Ioses  and  Aaron,  saying,  ^Now  if 
 Pharao  should  speak  to  you,  sajdng. 
 
 Give  us  a  sign  or  a  wonder,  then  shalt 
 thou  say  to  thy  brother  Aaron,  Take 
 thy  rod  and  cast  it  upon  the  ground 
 before  Pharao,  and  before  his  servants, 
 and  it  shall  become  a  serpent.  '"And 
 Moses  and  Aaron  went  in  before  Pha- 
 rao, and  before  his  servants,  and  they 
 did  so,  as  the  Lord  commanded  them, 
 and  Aaron  cast  down  his  rod  before 
 Pharao,  and  before  his  servants,  and 
 it  became  a  serpent.  ^'  But  Pharao 
 called  together  the  wise  men  of  Egypt, 
 and  the  sorcerers,  and  the  charmers 
 also  of  the  Egyptians  did  likewise  with 
 their  sorceries.  ^^  And  they  cast  down 
 each  '^his  rod,  and  they  be-  +  or.  their, 
 came  serpents,  but  the  rod  of  Aaron 
 swallowed  up  their  rods.  '^And  the 
 heart  of  Pharao  was  hardened,  and  he 
 hearkened  not  to  them,  as  the  Lord 
 charged  them. 
 
 '*And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  the 
 heart  of  Pharao  is  made  hard  so  that 
 he  should  not  let  the  people  go.  '^  Go 
 to  Pharao  early  in  the  morning,  be- 
 hold he  goes  forth  to  the  water,  and 
 thou  shalt  meet  him  on  the  bank  of 
 the  river,  and  thou  shalt  take  in  thine 
 hand  the  rod  that  was  turned  into  a 
 serpent.  "'And  thou  shalt  say  to  him, 
 the  Lord  God  of  the  Hebrews  has 
 sent  me  to  thee,  saying.  Send  my  peo- 
 ple away,  that  they  may  serve  me  in 
 the  wilderness,  and,  behold,  hitherto 
 thou  hast  not  hearkened.  '^  These 
 things  saith  the  Lord,  Hereby  shalt 
 thou  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  Be- 
 hold, I  strike  %vith  the  rod  that  is  in 
 my  hand  on  the  water  which  is  in  the 
 river,  and  it  shall  change  it  into  blood. 
 '^'And  the  fish  that  are  in  the  river 
 shall  die,  and  the  river  shall  stink 
 thereupon,  and  the  Egyptians  shall 
 not  be  able  to  drink  water  from  the 
 river.  '^  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses, 
 Say  to  thy  brother  Aaron,  Take  thy 
 rod  in  thy  hand,  and  stretch  forth  thy 
 hand  over  the  waters  of  Egypt,  and 
 over  their  rivers,  and  over  their  canals, 
 and  over  their  ponds,  and  over  all 
 their  standing  water,  and  it  shall  be- 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  20. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  19. 
 
 come  blood:  and  there  was  blood  in 
 all  tbo  land  of  Egypt,  both  in  vessels 
 of  wood  and  of  stone.  ^''And  Moses 
 and  Aaron  did  so,  as  the  Lord  com- 
 manded them ;  and  Aaron  having  lifted 
 up  his  hand  with  his  rod,  smote  the 
 water  in  the  river  before  Pharao,  and 
 before  his  servants,  and  changed  all 
 the  water  in  the  river  into  blood. 
 ^^And  the  fish  in  the  river  died,  and 
 the  river  stank  thereupon,  and  the 
 Egyptians  could  not  drink  water  from 
 the  river,  and  the  blood  was  in  all  the 
 land  of  Egypt.  ^^And  the  charmers 
 '  also  of  the  Egyptians  did  so  with  their 
 sorceries,  and  the  heart  of  Pharao  was 
 hardened,  and  he  did  not  hearken  to 
 them,  even  as  the  Lord  said.  ^^And 
 Pharao  tui-ned  and  entered  into  his 
 house,  nor  did  he  fix  his  attention 
 even  on  this  thing.  ^"*And  all  the 
 Egyptians  dug  round  about  the  river, 
 so  as  to  drink  water,  for  they  could 
 not  drink  water  from  the  river.  ^^  And 
 seven  days  were  fulfilled  after  the  Lord 
 had  smitten  the  river. 
 
 8.  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Go 
 in  to  Pharao  and  thou  shalt  say  to 
 liim.  These  things  saith  the  Lord,  send 
 forth  my  people,  that  they  may  serve 
 me.  "^  And  if  thou  wilt  not  send  them 
 forth,  behold  ^I  afflict  all  thy  borders 
 with  frogs,  and  the  river  shall  teem 
 with  frogs,  and  tJiey  shall  go  up  and 
 enter  into  thy  houses,  and  into  thy 
 bed-chambers,  and  upon  thy  beds,  and 
 upon  the  houses  of  thy  servants,  and 
 of  thy  people,  and  on  thy  dough, 
 and  on  thine  ovens.  ^And  upon  thee, 
 and  upon  thy  servants,  and  upon  thy 
 people,  shall  the  frogs  come  up.  '^  And 
 the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  say  to  Aaron 
 thy  brother,  Stretch  forth  with  tlie 
 hand  thy  rod  over  the  rivers,  and  over 
 the  canals,  and  over  the  pools,  and  bring 
 up  the  frogs.  ^And  Aaron  stretched 
 forth  his  hand  over  the  waters  of 
 Egypt,  and  brought  up  the  frogs  and 
 the  frog  was  brought  up,  and  covered 
 the  land  of  Egypt.     "^  And  the  charm- 
 
 ers of  the  Egyptians  also  did  likewise 
 with  their  sorceries,  and  brouglit  up 
 the  frogs  on  the  land  of  Egypt.  **  And 
 Pharao  called  Moses  and  Aaron  and 
 said,  Pray  for  me  to  the  Lord,  and  let 
 him  take  away  the  frogs  from  me  and 
 from  my  people,  and  I  will  send  them 
 away,  and  they  shall  sacrifice  to  the 
 Lord.  ^And  Moses  said  to  Pharao, 
 Appoint  me  a  time  when  I  shall  pray 
 for  thee,  and  for  thy  servants,  and  for 
 thy  people,  to  cause  the  frogs  to  dis- 
 appear from  thee,  and  from  thy  people, 
 and  from  your  houses,  only  in  the 
 river  shall  they  be  left  behind.  '°  And 
 he  said.  On  the  morrow,  he  said  there- 
 fore. As  thou  hast  said ;  that  thou 
 may  est  know,  that  there  is  no  other 
 God  but  the  Lord.  ''And  the  frogs 
 shall  be  removed  away  from  thee,  and 
 from  your  houses  and  from  the  villages, 
 and  from  thy  servants,  and  from  thy 
 people,  only  in  the  river  they  shall  be 
 left.  '^And  Moses  and  Aaron  went 
 forth  from  Pharao,  and  Moses  cried 
 to  the  Lord  concerning  the  restriction 
 of  the  frogs,  as  Pharao  appointed  him. 
 '^  And  the  Lord  did  as  Moses  said,  and 
 the  frogs  died  out  of  the  houses,  and 
 out  of  the  villages,  and  out  of  the  fields. 
 '"•  And  they  gathered  tliem  together  in 
 heaps,  and  the  land  stank.  '^And 
 when  Pharao  saw  that  there  was  relief, 
 his  heart  was  hardened,  and  he  did  not 
 hearken  to  them,  as  the  Lord  spoke. 
 '^And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Say  to 
 Aaron,  stretch  forth  thy  rod  with  thy 
 hand  and  smite  the  dust  of  the  earth, 
 and  there  shall  be  lice  both  upon  man, 
 and  upon  quadrupeds,  and  in  all  the 
 land  of  Egypt.  '^  So  Aaron  stretched 
 out  his  rod  with  his  hand,  and  smote 
 the  dust  of  the  earth,  and  the  lice 
 were  on  men  and  on  quadrupeds,  and 
 in  all  the  dust  of  the  earth  there  were 
 lice.  '^And  the  charmers  also  did  so 
 with  their  sorceries,  to  bring  forth  the 
 louse,  and  they  could  not.  And  the 
 lice  were  both  on  the  men  and  on  the 
 quadrupeds.  '^  So  the  charmers  said 
 to  Pharao,  this  is  the  finger  of  God. 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  20. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  10. 
 
 But  the  heart  of  Pharao  was  hardened, 
 and  he  hearkened  not  to  them,  as  the 
 Lord  said.  '^"And  the  Lord  said  to 
 Moses,  Rise  up  early  in  the  morning, 
 and  stand  before  Pharao,  and  behold 
 he  will  go  forth  to  the  water,  and  thou 
 shalt  say  to  liim,  Thvis  saith  the  Lord, 
 send  away  my  people,  that  they  may 
 serve  me  in  the  wilderness.  ^'  And  if 
 thou  wilt  not  let  my  people  go,  behold 
 I  send  upon  thee,  and  upon  thy  ser- 
 vants, and  upon  thy  people,  and  upon 
 your  houses  the  dog-fly  ;  and  the 
 houses  of  the  Egyptians  shall  be  filled 
 with  the  dog-fly,  even  throughout  the 
 land  upon  which  they  are.  ^^And  I 
 will  distinguish  marvellously  in  that 
 day  the  land  of  Gescm,  on  which  my 
 people  dwell,  in  which  the  dog-fly 
 shall  not  be:  that  thou  mayest  know 
 that  I  am  the  Lord  the  God  of  all  the 
 earth.  ^^And  I  will  put  a  diflerence 
 between  my  people  and  thy  people, 
 and  on  the  morrow  shall  this  be  on 
 the  land.  And  the  Lord  did  thus. 
 ^•^And  the  dog-fly  came  in  abundance 
 into  the  houses  of  Pharao,  and  into 
 the  houses  of  his  servants,  and  into  all 
 the  land  of  Egypt,  and  the  land  was 
 destroyed  by  the  dog-fly. 
 
 ^•''And  Pharao  called  Moses  and 
 Aaron,  saying.  Go  and  sacrifice  to  the 
 Lord  your  God  in  the  land.  ^^And 
 Moses  said,  It  cannot  be  so,  for  we 
 shall  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  our  God  the 
 abominations  of  the  Egyptians,  for  if 
 we  sacrifice  the  abominations  of  the 
 Egyptians  before  them,  we  shall  be 
 stoned.  ^^  We  Avill  go  a  journey  of 
 three  days  into  the  wilderness,  and  we 
 will  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  our  God,  as 
 the  Lord  said  to  us.  ^^'And  Pharao 
 said,  I  will  let  you  go,  and  do  ye  sacri- 
 fice to  your  God  in  the  wilderness,  but 
 do  not  go  very  far  away,  pray  then  for 
 me  to  the  Lord.  '^'-"And  Moses  said,  J 
 then  will  go  forth  from  thee  and  pray 
 to  God,  and  the  dog-fly  shall  depart 
 both  from  thy  servants,  and  from  thy 
 people  to-morrow.  Do  not  thou,  Pha- 
 rao, deceive  again,  so  as  not  to  send 
 
 66 
 
 the  people  away  to  do  sacrifice  to  the 
 Lord.  ^"And  Moses  went  out  from 
 Pharao,  and  prayed  to  God.  ^'And 
 the  Lord  did  as  Moses  said,  and  re- 
 moved the  dog-fly  from  Pharao,  and 
 from  his  servants,  and  from  his  people, 
 and  there  was  not  one  left.  ^^And 
 Pharao  hardened  his  heart,  even  on 
 this  occasion,  and  he  would  not  send 
 the  people  away. 
 
 9.  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses, 
 Go  in  to  Pharao,  and  thou  shalt  say 
 to  him,  These  things  saith  the  Lord 
 God  of  the  Hebrews ;  Send  my  people 
 away  that  they  may  serve  me.  ^If 
 however  thou  wilt  not  send  my  people 
 away,  but  yet  detainest  them :  ^behold 
 the  hand  of  the  Lord  shall  be  upon 
 thy  cattle  in  the  fields,  both  on  the 
 horses,  and  on  the  asses,  and  on  the 
 camels  and  oxen  and  sheep,  a  very 
 great  ^mortahty.  ^And  I  toc,  death, 
 will  make  a  marvellous  distinction  in 
 that  time  between  the  cattle  of  the 
 Egyptians,  and  the  cattle  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel,  '^nothing  t  Gr  prjTo^ 
 shall  die  of  all  that  is  of  the  ^'^*-  ^^ 
 children's  of  Israel.  ^And  God  fixed  a 
 Hmit,  saying,  To-morrow  the  Lord 
 will  do  this  thing  on  the  land.  ''And 
 the  Lord  did  this  thing  on  the  next 
 day,  and  all  the  cattle  of  the  Egyj^tians 
 died,  but  of  the  cattle  of  the  children 
 of  Israel  there  died  not  one.  ^And 
 when  Pharao  saw,  that  of  all  the  cattle 
 of  the  children  of  Israel  there  died  not 
 one,  the  heart  of  Pharao  was  hardened, 
 and  he  did  not  let  the  people  go.  *'And 
 the  Lord  spoke  to  IMoses  and  Aaron, 
 saying.  Take  you  handfuls  of  ashes  of 
 the  furnace,  and  let  Moses  scatter  it 
 toward  heaven  before  Pharao,  and  be- 
 fore his  servants.  ^  And  let  it  become 
 dust  over  all  the  land  of  Egy^jt,  and 
 there  shall  be  upon  men  and  upon 
 beasts  ^  sore  blains  breaking  t  Gr.  sores, 
 forth  both  on  men  and  on  'Plains, 
 beasts,  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt.  '°  So 
 he  took  of  the  ashes  of  the  furnace 
 before  Pharao,  and  Moses  scattered  it 
 
Chap.  ix.  u.  11. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  35. 
 
 toward  heaven,  and  it  became  sore 
 blains  breaking  fortli  botli  on  men  and 
 no  beasts.  ''And  the  sorcerers  could  not 
 stand  before  Moses  because  of  the  sores, 
 for  the  sores  were  on  the  sorcerers,  and 
 in  all  the  land  of  Egypt.  '^And  the 
 Lord  hardened  Pharao's  heart,  and  he 
 hearkened  not  to  them,  as  the  Lord 
 appointed.  ^^And  the  Lord  said  to 
 Moses,  Rise  up  early  in  the  morning, 
 and  stand  before  Pharao,  and  thou 
 shalt  say  to  him.  These  things  saith 
 the  Lord  God  of  the  Hebrews,  Send 
 away  my  people  that  they  may  serve 
 me.  '■*For  at  tliis  present  time  do  I 
 t  Lit.  occur-  send  forth  all  my  ^plagues 
 Fences.  {^^0  thine  heart,  and  the 
 
 heart  of  thy  servants  and  of  thy 
 people ;  that  thou  mayest  know  that 
 there  is  not  another  such  as  I  in  all 
 the  earth.  ^'^For  now  I  will  stretch 
 forth  my  hand  and  smite  thee  and  kill 
 thy  people,  and  thou  shalt  be  con- 
 sumed from  off  the  earth.  ^^And  ^for 
 tseeRom.9.17.  this  purpose  hast  thou  been 
 preserved,  that  I  might  display  in  thee 
 my  strength,  and  that  my  name  might 
 be  pubhshed  in  all  the  earth.  ^'^Dost 
 thou  then  yet  exert  thyself  to  hinder 
 my  people,  so  as  not  to  let  them  go  ? 
 '*  Behold  to-morrow  at  this  hour  I  will 
 rain  a  very  great  hail,  such  as  has 
 not  been  in  Egypt,  from  the  time  it 
 was  created  until  tliis  day.  "^Now 
 then  hasten  to  gather  thy  cattle,  and 
 all  that  thou  hast  in  the  fields,  for  all 
 the  men  and  cattle  as  many  as  shall  be 
 found  in  the  fields,  and  shall  not  enter 
 into  a  house,  (but  the  hail  shall  fall 
 upon  them,)  shall  die.  ^'^He  of  the 
 servants  of  Pharao  that  feared  the 
 word  of  the  Lord,  gathered  his  cattle 
 into  the  houses.  ^'And  he  that  did 
 not  attend  in  his  mind  to  the  word 
 of  the  Lord,  left  the  cattle  in  the 
 fields. 
 
 ^^And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses, 
 Stretch  ovit  thine  hand  to  heaven,  and 
 there  shall  be  hail  on  all  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  both  on  the  men  and  on  the 
 cattle,  and  on  all  the  herbage  on  the 
 
 land.  ^•''And  Moses  stretched  forth 
 his  hand  to  heaven,  and  the  Lord  sent 
 thunderings  and  hail,  and  tcr.  voices, 
 the  fire  ran  along  tipon  the  ground, 
 and  the  Lord  rained  hail  on  all  the 
 land  of  Egypt.  ^*So  there  was  hail 
 and  flaming  fire  mingled  with  hail, 
 and  the  hail  was  very  great,  such  as 
 was  not  in  Egypt,  from  the  time  there 
 was  a  nation  upon  it.  ^^And  the  hail 
 smote  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt  both 
 man  and  beast,  and  the  hail  smote  all 
 the  grass  in  the  field,  and  the  hail 
 broke  in  pieces  all  the  trees  in  the 
 field.  ^•'Only  in  the  land  of  Gesem 
 where  the  children  of  Israel  were,  the 
 hail  was  not.  ^^And  Pharao  sent  and 
 called  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  said  to 
 them,  I  have  sinned  this  time,  the 
 Lord  is  righteous,  and  I  and  my  people 
 are  "wacked.  ^^Pray  then  for  me  to 
 the  Lord,  and  let  him  cause  the  thun- 
 derings of  God  to  ^  cease,  t  O.  cease 
 and  the  hail  and  the  fire,  from  being:. 
 and  I  will  send  you  forth  and  ye  shall 
 remain  no  longer.  ^^And  Moses  said 
 to  him,  MHien  I  shall  have  departed 
 from  the  city,  I  will  stretch  out  my 
 hands  to  the  Lord,  and  the  thunderings 
 shall  cease,  and  the  hail,  and  the  rain 
 shall  be  no  longer,  that  thou  mayest 
 know  that  the  earth  is  the  Lord's.  ^"^  But 
 as  for  thee  and  thy  servants  I  know 
 that  ye  have  not  yet  feared  the  Lord. 
 ^^And  the  flax  and  tlie  barley  were 
 smitten,  for  the  barley  was  ^advanced, 
 and  the  flax  was  seeding,  tor,  in  the  ear. 
 ^^  But  the  wheat  and  the  rye  were  not 
 smitten  for  they  were  late.  ^^And 
 Moses  went  forth  from  Pharao  out  of 
 the  city,  and  stretched  out  liis  hands 
 to  the  Lord,  and  the  thmiders  ceased 
 and  the  hail,  and  the  rain  did  not  drop 
 on  the  earth.  ^*And  when  Pharao 
 saw  that  the  rain  and  the  hail  and  the 
 thunders  ceased,  he  continued  to  sin, 
 and  God  hardened  his  heart,  and  the 
 heart  of  his  servants.  ^'^And  the 
 heart  of  ^Pharao  was  hardened,  and  he 
 did  not  send  forth  the  children  of 
 Israel,  as  the  Lord  said  to  Moses. 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  1. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  22. 
 
 10.  And  tlie  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  Go  in  to  Pharao  for  I  have 
 hardened  his  heart  and  the  heart  of 
 his  servants,  that  these  signs  may  come 
 vipon  them,  in  order  ^that  ye  may 
 relate  in  the  ears  of  your  childi-en,  and 
 to  your  children's  children,  in  how 
 many  things  I  have  mocked  the  Egyp- 
 tians, and  my  wonders  which  I  wrought 
 among  them,  and  ye  shall  know  that  1 
 am  the  Lord.  ^  And  Moses  and  Aaron 
 went  in  before  Pharao,  and  they 
 said  to  him.  These  things  saith  the 
 Lord  God  of  the  Hebrews,  How  long 
 dost  thou  refuse  to  reverence  me  ? 
 Send  my  people  away  that  they  may 
 serve  me.  '*But  if  thou  wdt  not  send 
 my  people  away,  behold,  at  this  hour 
 to-moTTOw  I  will  bring  an  abundance 
 of  locusts  upon  all  thy  coasts.  ®  And 
 they  shall  cover  the  face  of  the  earth, 
 and  thou  slialt  not  be  able  to  see  the 
 earth,  and  they  shall  devour  all  that  is 
 left  of  the  abundance  of  the  earth, 
 which  the  hail  has  left  you,  and  shall 
 devour  every  tree  that  grows  for  you 
 on  the  land.  ^  And  thy  houses  shall 
 be  filled,  and  the  houses  of  thy  ser- 
 vants, and  all  the  houses  in  all  the 
 land  of  the  Egyptians,  things  which 
 thy  fathers  have  never  seen,  nor  their 
 forefathers,  from  the  day  that  they 
 were  upon  the  earth  vmtil  this  day. 
 And  Moses  turned  away  and  departed 
 from  Pharao.  ^And  the  servants  of 
 Pharao  say  to  him.  How  long  shall 
 this  be  a  snare  to  us?  send  away  the 
 men  that  they  may  serve  their  God; 
 wilt  thou  know  that  Egypt  is  de- 
 stroyed? ^And  they  brought  back 
 both  Moses  and  Aaron  to  Pharao,  and 
 he  said  to  them.  Go  and  serve  the  Lord 
 your  God,  but  who  are  they  that  an; 
 going  with  you?  ^And  Moses  said, 
 We  will  go  with  the  young  and  the 
 old,  with  our  sons,  and  daughters,  and 
 sheep,  and  oxen,  for  it  is  a  feast 
 of  the  Lord.  ^°And  he  said  to 
 them.  So  let  the  Lord  be  with  you: 
 as  I  will  send  you  away,  must  I 
 send  away  your  store  also  ?  see  that 
 
 ^evil  is  attached    to  you.     "Not  so, 
 but    let  the   men  go    and    + 1.  e.  moral 
 serve     God,    for    this     ye  other ''readtn^ 
 yourselves  seek;    and  they  >« jpo/ctiTat, 
 
 -'  '  J     which  whe- 
 
 CaSt    them      out     from      the    ther    genuine 
 
 presence  of  Pharao.  '^And  nearer  to  the 
 the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  ^'''^'^■ 
 Stretch  out  thine  hand  over  the 
 land  of  Egypt,  and  let  the  locust  come 
 up  on  the  land,  and  it  shall  devour 
 every  herb  of  the  land,  and  all  the 
 fruit  of  the  trees,  which  the  hail  left. 
 '^And  Moses  lifted  up  his  rod  towards 
 heaven,  and  the  Lord  brought  a  south 
 wind  upon  the  earth,  all  that  day  and 
 all  that  night:  the  morning  dawned, 
 and  the  south  wind  brought  up  the 
 locusts,  and  brought  them  up  over 
 all  the  land  of  Egypt.  ^'^And  they 
 rested  in  very  great  abundance  over  all 
 the  borders  of  Egypt.  Before  them 
 there  were  not  such  locusts,  neither 
 after  them  shall  there  be.  '^And  they 
 covered  the  face  of  the  earth,  and  the 
 land  was  wasted,  and  they  devoured 
 all  the  herbage  of  the  land,  and  all  the 
 fruit  of  the  trees,  wliich  was  left  by 
 the  hail,  there  was  no  green  thing  left 
 on  the  trees,  nor  on  all  the  herbage  of 
 the  field,  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 
 
 "'And  Pharao  hasted  to  call  Moses 
 and  Aaron,  saying,  I  have  sinned 
 before  the  Lord  your  God,  and  against 
 you,  '^  '^  pardon  therefore  my  +  qt.  accept 
 sin  yet  this  time,  and  pray  """^"w. 
 to  the  ].,ord  your  God,  and  let  him 
 take  away  from  me  this  death.  '**And 
 Moses  went  forth  from  Pharao,  and 
 prayed  to  God.  '^And  the  Lord 
 brought  in  the  opposite  direction  a 
 strong  wind  from  the  sea,  and  took  up 
 the  locusts  and  cast  them  into  the  Red 
 Sea,  and  there  was  not  one  locust  left 
 in  all  the  land  of  Egypt.  '•^"And  the 
 Lord  hardened  the  heart  of  Pliarao, 
 and  he  did  not  send  away  the  children 
 of  Israel.  ^'  And  the  Lord  said  to 
 Moses,  Stretch  out  thy  hand  to  heaven, 
 and  let  there  be  darkness  over  the  land 
 of  Egypt — darkness  that  may  be  felt. 
 ^^And  Moses  stretched  out  his  hand 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  23. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  5. 
 
 to  heaven,  and  there  was  ^darkness 
 t  darkness,  vciy  black,  evcn  a  storm 
 blackness.  '  QyQ^  ^H  the  land  of  Egypt 
 three  days.  ^^And  for  three  days  no 
 man  saw  his  brother,  and  no  man  rose 
 up  from  his  bed  for  three  days,  but  ail 
 the  children  of  Israel  had  light  in  all 
 the  places  where  they  were.  ^^And 
 Pharao  called  Moses  and  Aaron,  say- 
 ing, Go,  serve  the  Lord  your  God, 
 +  Gr.  be  left  of.  only  ^  leave  your  sheep  and 
 your  oxen,  and  let  your  store  depart 
 with  you.  ^^And  Moses  said.  Nay, 
 but  thou  shalt  give  to  us  whole  burnt- 
 ofFerings  and  sacrifices,  which  we  will 
 sacrifice  to  the  Lord  our  God.  ^''And 
 our  cattle  shall  go  with  us,  and  we  will 
 not  leave  a  hoof  behind,  for  of  them 
 we  will  take  to  serve  the  Lord  our 
 God,  but  we  know  not  in  what 
 manner  we  shall  serve  the  Lord  our 
 God,  until  we  arrive  there.  ^"But  the 
 Lord  hardened  the  heart  of  Pharao, 
 and  he  wordd  not  let  them  go.  ^**And 
 Pharao  says.  Depart  from  me,  beware 
 of  seeing  my  face  again,  for  in  what 
 day  thou  shalt  appear  before  me,  thou 
 shalt  die.  ^^And  Moses  says.  Thou 
 hast  said,  I  will  not  appear  in  thy 
 presence  again. 
 
 IL  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  I 
 will  yet  bring  one  plague  upon  Pharao 
 and  upon  Egypt,  and  after  that  he  will 
 send  you  forth  thence,  and  whenever 
 he  sends  you  forth  with  every  thing, 
 he  will  indeed  drive  you  out.  ^  Speak 
 therefore  secretly  in  the  ears  of  the 
 people,  and  let  every  one  ask  of  his 
 neighbour  jewels  of  silver  and  gold, 
 and  raiment.  ^And  the  Lord  gave 
 his  people  favour  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Egyptians,  and  they  lent  to  them ;  and 
 the  man  jMoscs  was  very  great  before 
 the  Egyptians,  and  before  Pharao,  and 
 before  his  servants.  ''And  IVIoscs  said. 
 Thus  saith  the  Lord,  About  midnight 
 I  go  forth  into  the  midst  of  Egypt. 
 •''  And  every  first-born  in  the  land  of 
 Egypt  shall  die,  from  the  first-born  of 
 Pharao  that  sits  on  the  throne,  even 
 
 to  the  first-born  of  the  woman-servant 
 that  is  by  the  mill,  and  to  the  first- 
 born of  all  cattle.  ^And  there  shall 
 be  a  great  cry  through  all  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  such  as  has  not  been,  and  such 
 shall  not  be  repeated  any  more.  ^  But 
 among  all  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
 not  a  dog  snarl  with  his  tongue,  either 
 at  man  or  beast,  that  thou  mayest 
 know  how  wide  a  distinction  the  Lord 
 will  make  between  the  Egyptians  and 
 Israel.  ^And  all  these  thy  servants 
 shall  come  down  to  me,  and  do  me 
 reverence,  saying.  Go  forth,  thou  and 
 all  the  people  over  whom  thou  pre- 
 sidest,  and  afterwards  I  will  go  forth. 
 ^And  Moses  went  forth  from  Pharao 
 with  wrath.  And  the  Lord  said  to 
 Moses,  Pharao  will  not  hearken  to  you, 
 that  I  may  greatly  multiply  my  signs 
 and  wonders  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 
 ^°And  Moses  and  Aaron  wrought  all 
 these  signs  and  wonders  in  the  land  of 
 Egypt  before  Pharao,  and  the  Lord 
 hardened  the  heart  of  Pharao,  and  he 
 did  not  hearken  to  send  forth  the 
 children  of  Israel  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt. 
 
 12.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses 
 and  Aaron  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  say- 
 ing, ^This  month  shall  be  to  you  the 
 beginning  of  months,  it  is  the  first  to 
 you  among  the  months  of  the  year. 
 ^  Speak  to  all  the  congregation  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  saying.  On  the  tenth 
 of  this  month  let  them  take  each  man 
 a  "^lamb  accordino;  to  the  . 
 nouses    oi    their    lamibes,  sheep,  geni:- 
 
 1        ^      o       ^  •      roHw.butver.  5 
 
 every  man  a  lamb  lor  his  seems  to  aUow 
 household.  "And  if  they  ^^'^^/jr,^ 
 be  few  in  a  household,  so  siwe  in  this 
 
 ,  ,  ,      passage. 
 
 that  there  are  not  enough 
 for  the  lamb,  he  shall  take  with  him- 
 self his  neighbour  that  Hves  near  to 
 him, — as  to  the  number  of  souls,  every 
 one  according  to  that  which  sirffices 
 him  shall  make  a  reckoning  for  the 
 lamb.  '^  It  shall  be  to  you  a  lamb  un- 
 blemished, a  male  of  a  year  old,  ye 
 shall  take  it  of  the  lambs  and  the  kids. 
 
Chap.  xii.  v.  6. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  28. 
 
 *^And  it  shall  be  kept  by  you  till  the 
 fourteenth  of  this  month,  and  all  the 
 multitude  of  the  congregation  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  shall  kill  it  toward 
 evening.  '^And  they  shall  take  of  the 
 blood,  and  shall  put  it  on  the  two 
 door-posts,  and  on  the  lintel,  in  the 
 houses  in  which  soever  they  shall  eat 
 them.  "^And  they  shall  eat  the  flesh 
 in  tills  night  roast  with  lire,  and  they 
 shall  eat  mileavened  bread  with  bitter 
 herbs.  ^  Ye  shall  not  eat  of  it  raw  nor 
 sodden  in  water,  but  only  roast  with 
 fire,  the  head  with  the  feet  and  the 
 appurtenances.  '"  Nothing  shall  be 
 left  of  it  till  the  morning,  and  a  bone 
 of  it  ye  shall  not  break,  but  that  which 
 is  left  of  it  till  the  morning  ye  shall 
 burn  with  fire.  ^^And  thus  shall  ye 
 eat  it,  your  loins  girded,  and  your 
 sandals  on  your  feet,  and  your  staves 
 in  your  hands,  and  ye  shall  eat  it  in 
 haste.  It  is  a  passover  to  the  Lord. 
 ^^And  I  will  go  through  the  land  of 
 Egypt  in  that  night,  and  will  smite 
 every  first-born  in  the  land  of  Egypt 
 both  man  and  beast,  and  on  all  the 
 gods  of  Egypt  will  I  execute  vengeance. 
 I  am  the  Lord.  '^And  the  blood  shall 
 be  for  a  sign  to  you  on  the  houses  in 
 which  ye  are,  and  I  will  see  the  blood, 
 and  will  protect  you,  and  there  shall 
 not  be  on  you  the  plague  of  destrac- 
 +  Or,  smite  tion,  wlicu  I  ^smitc  in  the 
 bruism.  '  '  land  of  Egypt.  '^And  tliis 
 day  shall  be  to  you  a  memorial,  and 
 ye  shall  keep  it  a  feast  to  the  Lord 
 through  all  your  generations,  ye  shall 
 keep  it  a  feast  for  a  perpetual  ordi- 
 nance. ^^  Seven  days  ye  shall  cat  im- 
 leavened  bread,  and  from  the  first  day 
 ye  shall  utterly  remove  leaven  from 
 your  houses,  whoever  shall  eat  leaven, 
 that  soul  shall  be  utterly  destroyed 
 from  Israel,  from  the  first  day  until  the 
 seventh  day.  '®  And  the  first  day  shall 
 be  called  holy,  and  the  seventh  day 
 +  Gr.  caucd  shall  bc  a  ^  holy  convocation 
 *^°^^-  to  you,  ye  shall  do  no  ser- 
 
 vile work  on  them,  only  as  many  things 
 as  will  necessarily  be  done  by  every 
 
 70 
 
 soul,  this  only  shall  be  done  by  you. 
 '^  And  ye  shall  keep  this  commandment, 
 for  on  this  day  will  1  bring  out  your 
 force  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  ye 
 shall  make  tliis  day  a  perpetual  ordi- 
 nance for  you  throughout  your  gene- 
 rations. ^''Beginning  the  fourteenth 
 day  of  the  first  month  ye  shall  eat  un- 
 leavened bread  from  evening,  till  the 
 twenty -first  day  of  the  month,  till 
 evening.  '°  Seven  days  leaven  shall 
 not  be  found  in  your  houses,  whosoever 
 shall  eat  anything  leavened,  that  soul 
 shall  be  cut  off  from  the  congregation 
 of  Israel,  both  among  the  occupiers  of 
 the  land  and  the  original  inhabitants. 
 ^"  Ye  shall  eat  nothing  leavened,  but  in 
 every  habitation  of  yours  ye  shall  eat 
 unleavened  bread. 
 
 ^'  And  IMoses  called  all  the  elders  of 
 the  children  of  Israel,  and  said  to  them. 
 Go  away  and  take  to  yourselves  a  lamb 
 according  to  your  kindreds,  and  slay 
 the  passover.  ^^And  ye  shall  take  a 
 bunch  of  hyssop,  and  having  dipped  it 
 into  some  of  the  blood  that  is  by  the 
 door,  ye  shall  touch  the  Hntel,  and 
 shall  put  it  upon  both  door-posts,  even 
 of  the  blood  wliich  is  by  the  door,  but 
 ye  shall  not  go  out  every  one  from  the 
 door  of  his  house  till  the  morning. 
 ^^And  the  Lord  shall  pass  by  to  smite 
 the  Egyptians,  and  shall  see  the  blood 
 upon  the  Untel,  and  upon  both  the 
 door-posts,  and  the  Lord  shall  pass  by 
 the  door,  and  shall  not  sviifer  the  de- 
 stroyer to  enter  into  your  houses  to 
 smite  you.  ^**  And  keep  ye  this  thing 
 as  an  ordinance  for  thyself,  and  for  thy 
 children  for  ever.  ^^And  if  ye  should 
 enter  into  the  land,  wliich  the  Lord 
 shall  give  you,  as  he  has  spoken,  keep 
 tliis  service.  ^*'And  it  shall  come  to 
 pass  if  your  sons  say  to  you,  AVliat  is 
 tliis  service?  '■^^that  ye  shall  say  to 
 them.  This  passover  is  a  sacrifice  to 
 the  Lord,  as  he  defended  the  houses  of 
 the  cliildren  of  Israel  in  Egypt,  when 
 he  smote  the  Egy|Dtians,  but  delivered 
 our  houses.  ^**iVnd  the  people  bowed 
 and  worsliipped.      And  the  children 
 
Chap.  xii.  u.  29. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  3. 
 
 of  Israel  departed  and  did  as  the  Lord 
 commanded  Moses  and  Aaron,  so  did 
 they. 
 
 ^^And  it  came  to  pass  at  midniglit 
 that  the  Lord  smote  all  the  first-born 
 in  the  land  of  Egypt,  from  the  first- 
 born of  Pharao  that  sat  on  the  throne, 
 to  the  first-born  of  the  captive-maid  in 
 the  dungeon,  and  the  first-born  of  all 
 cattle.  ^"And  Pharao  rose  up  by 
 night,  and  his  sei-vants,  and  all  the 
 Egjrptians,  and  there  was  a  great  cry 
 in  all  the  land  of  Egypt,  for  there  was 
 not  a  house  in  which  there  was  not  one 
 dead.  ^^And  Pharao  called  Moses 
 and  Aaron  by  night,  and  said  to  them. 
 Rise  and  depart  from  my  people,  both 
 ye  and  the  children  of  Israel.  Go  and 
 serve  the  Lord  your  God,  even  as  ye 
 say.  ^^And  take  with  you  your  sheep, 
 and  your  oxen,  bless  me  also  I  pray 
 you.  ^^And  the  Egyptians  constrained 
 the  people  so  that  they  cast  them  out 
 of  the  land  with  haste,  for  they  said. 
 We  all  shall  die.  ^^And  the  people 
 took  their  dough  before  their  ^meal 
 tcr.  lumps  of  was  Icavcned,  bound  up  as 
 "'®^'  it  loas  in  their   garments, 
 
 on  their  shoulders.  ^^And  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  did  as  Moses  commanded 
 them,  and  they  asked  of  the  Egyptians 
 articles  of  silver  and  gold  and  apparel. 
 ^®  And  the  Lord  gave  his  people  favour 
 in  the  sight  of  the  Egyptians,  and  they 
 lent  to  them,  and  they  spoiled  the 
 Egyptians. 
 
 ^^And  the  cliildren  of  Israel  ^de- 
 parted  from    Eamesses    to    +  or.  having 
 
 Socchoth,   to  the  full  num-    departed. 
 
 her  of  six.  hundred  thousand  footmen, 
 even  men,  besides  the  baggage.  ^'^And 
 a  great  mixed  company  went  up  with 
 them,  and  sheep  and  oxen  and  very 
 much  cattle.  ^'■'And  they  baked  the 
 dough  wliich  they  brought  out  of 
 Egjrpt,  xmleavened  cakes,  for  it  had 
 not  been  leavened,  for  the  Egyptians 
 cast  them  out,  and  they  could  not 
 remain,  neither  did  they  prepare  pro- 
 vision for  themselves  for  the  journey. 
 *"And  the  sojourning  of  the  children 
 
 71 
 
 of  Israel  ^ while  they  sojourned  in 
 the  land  of  Egypt  and  the  +  Gr.  which, 
 land  of  Chanaan,  teas  four  hundred 
 and  thirty  years.  '^'And  it  came  to 
 pass  after  the  four  hundred  and  thirty 
 years,  all  the  forces  of  the  Lord  came 
 forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  by 
 night.  +  It  is  a  watch  kept  ,  •  ^^,  ^eems 
 to  the  Lord  so  that  he  to  he  {^iven  for 
 should  bring  them  out  of  the  i'^hen  he 
 land  of  Egy|Dt;  ''"that  very  brought,' &c. 
 night  is  a  watch  kept  to  the  Lord,  so 
 that  it  should  be  to  all  the  children  of 
 Israel  to  their  generations.  '^^  And  the 
 Lord  said  to  Moses  and  Aaron,  This 
 is  the  law  of  the  passover,  no  stranger 
 shall  eat  of  it.  '^''And  every  slave  or 
 servant  bought  with  money — Mm  thou 
 shalt  circumcise,  and  then  shall  he  eat 
 of  it.  ^^  A  sojourner  or  hireling  shall 
 not  eat  of  it.  '*^  In  one  house  shall  it 
 be  eaten,  and  ye  shall  not  carry  of 
 the  flesh  out  from  the  house,  ^and  a 
 bone  of  it  ye  shall  not  t  john  ig.  36. 
 break.  ^^AU  the  congregation  of  the 
 cliildren  of  Israel  shall  keep  it.  ^^  And 
 if  any  proselyte  shall  come  to  you  to 
 keep  the  passover  to  the  Lord,  thou 
 shalt  circumcise  every  male  of  him, 
 and  then  shall  he  approach  to  sacrifice 
 it,  and  he  shall  be  even  as  the  original 
 inhabitant  of  the  land;  no  uncircum- 
 cised  person  shall  eat  of  it.  ^^  There 
 shall  be  one  law  to  the  native,  and  to 
 the  proselyte  coming"  among  you. 
 ^"And  the  children  of  Israel  did  as 
 the  Lord  commanded  Moses  and 
 Aaron  for  them,  so  they  did.  ^'  And 
 it  came  to  pass  in  that  day  that  the 
 Lord  brought  out  the  cliildren  of 
 Israel  from  the  land  of  Egypt  with 
 their  forces. 
 
 13.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^^  Sanctify  to  me  +  Luke  2. 23. 
 every  first-bom,  first  produced,  open- 
 ing every  womb  among  the  children 
 of  Israel  both  of  man  and  beast,  it  is 
 mine.  ^  And  Moses  said  to  the  people. 
 Remember  this  day,  in  which  ye  came 
 forth  out  of  the  land  (jf  Egypt,  out  of 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  4. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  4, 
 
 the  house  of  bondage,  for  with  a 
 strong  hand  the  Lord  brought  you 
 forth  thence,  and  leaven  shall  not  be 
 eaten.  *For  on  this  day  ye  go  forth 
 in  the  month  of  new  cor7i.  ^And  it 
 shall  come  to  pass  when  the  Lord  thy 
 God  shall  have  brought  thee  into  the 
 land  of  the  Chananites,  and  the  Chet- 
 tites,  and  Amorites,  and  Evites  and 
 Jebusites,  and  Gergesites,  and  Phe- 
 rezites,  which  he  swore  to  thy  fathers 
 to  give  thee,  a  land  flowing  with  milk 
 and  honey,  that  thou  shalt  perlbrm 
 this  service  in  tliis  month.  ^  Six  days 
 ye  shall  eat  unleavened  bread,  and  on 
 the  seventh  day  is  a  feast  to  the  Lord. 
 ^  Seven  days  shall  ye  cat  imleavened 
 bread,  nothing  leavened  shall  be  seen 
 with  thee,  neither  shalt  thou  have 
 leaven  in  all  thy  borders.  ^  And  thou 
 shalt  tell  thy  son  in  that  day,  saying, 
 +  Gr.  did  thus  Therefore  the  Lord  ''  dealt 
 tome.  -{.j^^g    with    me,    as    I    was 
 
 going  out  of  Egypt.  ^  And  it  shall  be 
 to  thee  a  sign  upon  thy  hand  and  a  me- 
 morial before  thine  eyes,  that  the  law  of 
 the  Lord  may  be  in  thy  mouth,  for  with 
 a  strong  hand  the  Lord  God  brought 
 thee  out  of  Egypt.  '"And  preserve 
 ye  this  law  according  to  the  times  of 
 f  Gc  from  days  the  scasous,  from  ■^year  to 
 
 to    dclVS.       £lG~  • 
 
 braism. '  year.     ' '  And  it  shall  come 
 
 to  pass  when  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
 bring  thee  into  the  land  of  the  Cha- 
 nanites, as  he  swore  to  thy  fathers, 
 and  shall  give  it  thee,  ^'^  that  thou 
 t  Or,  separate,  shalt  ^  sct  apart  cvcry  ojf- 
 spriny  opening  the  womb,  the  males 
 to  the  Lord,  every  one  that  opens  the 
 womb  out  of  the  herds  or  among  thy 
 cattle,  as  many  as  thou  shalt  have, 
 thou  shalt  sanctify  the  males  to  the 
 Lord.  '•''Every  offspring  opening  the 
 womb  of  the  ass  thou  shalt  change  for 
 a  sheep,  and  if  thou  wilt  not  change 
 it,  thou  shalt  redeem  it,  every  first- 
 born of  man  of  thy  sons  shalt  thou 
 redeem.  '■*  And  if  thy  son  should  ask 
 thee  hereafter,  saying,  Wliat  is  this? 
 then  thou  slialt  say  to  him.  With  a 
 .strong  hand  the  Lord  brought  us  out 
 
 of  Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  bondage. 
 '•^And  when  Pharao  hardened  his 
 heart  so  as  not  to  send  us  away,  he 
 slew  every  flrst-born  in  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  both  the  first-born  of  man  and 
 the  first-born  of  beast,  therefore  do  I 
 sacrifice  every  offspriiig  that  opens  the 
 womb,  the  males  to  the  Lord,  and 
 every  first-born  of  my  sons  I  will  re- 
 deem. '^And  it  shall  be  for  a  sign 
 upon  thy  hand,  and  immovable  be- 
 fore thine  eyes,  for  with  a  strong  hand 
 the  Lord  brought  thee  out  of  Egypt. 
 '^And  when  Pharao  sent  forth  the 
 people,  God  led  them  not  by  the  way 
 of  the  land  of  the  Phylistines,  because 
 it  was  near,  for  God  said.  Lest  at  any 
 time  the  people  repent  when  they  see 
 war,  and  return  to  Egypt.  "*And 
 God  led  the  people  round  by  the  way 
 to  the  wilderness,  to  the  Red  Sea :  and 
 in  the  fifth  generation  the  children  of 
 Israel  went  up  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt.  '^And  Moses  took  the  bones 
 of  Joseph  with  him,  for  he  had  so- 
 lemnly adjured  the  children  of  Israel, 
 saying,  God  will  surely  visit  you,  and 
 ye  shall  carry  up  my  bones  hence  with 
 you.  -"And  the  childi-en  of  Israel 
 departed  from  Socchoth  and  encamped 
 in  Othom  by  the  wilderness.  ^'And 
 God  led  them,  in  the  day  by  a  pillar 
 of  cloud,  to  show  them  the  way,  and 
 in  the  night  by  a  pillar  of  fire.  ^^  And 
 the  pillar  of  cloud  failed  not  by  day 
 nor  the  pillar  of  fire  by  night  before 
 all  the  people. 
 
 14.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  IMoses, 
 saying,  ^  Speak  to  the  children  of  Is- 
 rael, and  let  them  turn  and  encamp 
 before  the  village,  between  IMagdol 
 and  the  sea,  opposite  Beel-sepphon, 
 before  them  shalt  thou  encamp  by  the 
 sea.  ^And  Phai-ao  will  say  to  his 
 people.  As  for  these  clrildren  of  Israel, 
 they  arc  wandering  in  the  land,  for 
 the  wilderness  has  shut  them  in.  ''iVnd 
 I  will  haidcn  the  heart  of  Pharao, 
 and  he  shall  pursue  after  thern,  and  I 
 will  be  glorified  in  Pharao,  and  in  all 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  5. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  26. 
 
 his  host,  and  all  the  Egyptians  shall 
 know  that  I  am  the  Lord.  And  they 
 did  so.  '^And  it  was  reported  to  the 
 king  of  the  Egyptians  that  the  people 
 had  fled,  and  the  heart  of  Pharao 
 was  turned,  and  that  of  his  servants 
 against  the  people ;  and  they  said, 
 Wliat  is  this  that  we  have  done,  to  let 
 the  childi'en  of  Israel  go,  so  that  they 
 should  not  serve  us  ?  ^  So  Pharao 
 yoked  his  chariots,  and  led  off  all 
 his  people  with  himself:  ''having  also 
 taken  six  hundred  chosen  chariots,  and 
 all  the  cavalry  of  the  Egyptians,  and 
 riders  over  all.  ^And  the  Lord  hard- 
 ened the  heart  of  Pharao  king  of 
 Egypt,  and  of  liis  servants;  and  he 
 pursued  after  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  the  children  of  Israel  went  forth 
 with  a  high  hand.  ^And  the  Egyp- 
 tians pursued  after  them,  and  found 
 them  encamped  by  the  sea,  and  all  the 
 cavalry  and  the  chariots  of  Pharao,  and 
 the  horsemen,  and  his  host  were  before 
 the  village,  over  against  Beel-sepphon. 
 ^°And  Pharao  approached,  and  the 
 children  of  Israel  having  ^looked  up, 
 &c'^ith'th!S  l^eheld,  and  the  Egyptians 
 eyes.  encamped  behind  them,  and 
 
 they  were  very  greatly  terrified,  and 
 the  children  of  Israel  cried  to  the 
 Lord,  and  said  to  Moses,  '^Because 
 there  were  no  graves  in  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  hast  thou  brought  us  forth  to 
 slay  us  in  the  wilderness?  Wlaat  is 
 this  that  thou  hast  done  to  us,  hav- 
 ing brought  us  out  of  Egypt?  ^^Is 
 not  this  the  word  which  we  spoke  to 
 thee  in  Egypt,  saying,  Let  us  alone 
 that  we  may  serve  the  Egyptians?  for 
 it  is  better  for  us  to  serve  the  Egyp- 
 tians than  to  die  in  this  wilderness. 
 
 '^And  Moses  said  to  the  people,  Be 
 of  good  courage,  stand  and  see  the 
 salvation  which  is  from  the  Lord, 
 which  he  will  work  for  us  tliis  day,  for 
 as  ye  have  seen  the  Egyptians  to-day, 
 ye  shall  see  them  again  no  more  for  ever. 
 '■*  The  Lord  shall  fight  for  you,  and  ye 
 shall  hold  your  peace.  ^'^And  the 
 Lord  said  to  Moses,  "WHiy  criest  thou 
 
 to   me  ?    speak    to    the    children    of 
 Israel,  and  let  them  ^pro-    ^Gr.  harness 
 
 Ceed.       ^''And    do   thou    Hffc    horse's  agaiu. 
 
 up  Uhy  rod,    and    stretch  hl^a^'J,^,^,^ 
 forth  thy  hand  over  the  sea,  rod;  but  an- 
 
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 and  cliviae  it,  and  let  the  is -nip  pa^Sov. 
 children  of  Israel  enter  into  the  midst 
 of  the  sea  on  the  dry  land.  ^^  And  lo  ! 
 I  will  harden  the  heart  of  Pharao  and 
 of  all  the  Egyptians,  and  they  shall  go 
 in  after  them,  and  I  will  be  glorified 
 upon  Pharao,  and  on  aU  his  host,  and 
 on  his  chariots  and  his  horses.  '^And 
 all  the  Egyptians  shall  know  that  I  am 
 the  Lord,  when  I  am  glorified  upon 
 Pharao  and  upon  Ids  chariots  and  his 
 horses.  '^And  the  angel  of  God  that 
 went  before  the  camp  of  the  children 
 of  Israel  removed  and  went  behind, 
 and  the  pillar  of  the  cloud  also  re- 
 moved from  before  them  and  stood 
 behind  them.  ^^  And  it  went  between 
 the  camp  of  the  Egyptians  and  the 
 camp  of  Israel,  and  stood,  and  there 
 was  darkness  and  blackness,  and  the 
 night  passed,  and  they  came  not  near 
 to  one  another  during  the  whole  night. 
 ^'  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his  hand 
 over  the  sea,  and  the  Lord  carried 
 back  the  sea  with  a  strong  south  wind 
 all  the  night,  and  made  the  sea  dry, 
 and  the  water  was  divided.  ^^And 
 the  children  of  Israel  went  into  the 
 midst  of  the  sea  on  the  dry  land,  and 
 the  water  of  it  was  a  wail  on  the  right 
 hand  and  a  wall  on  the  left. 
 
 ^^And  the  Egyptians  pursued  them 
 and  went  in  after  them,  and  every 
 horse  of  Pharao,  and  his  chariots,  and 
 his  horsemen,  into  the  midst  of  the 
 sea.  ^*And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
 morning  watch  that  the  Lord  looked 
 forth  on  the  camp  of  the  Egyptians 
 through  the  pillar  of  fire  and  cloud, 
 and  troubled  the  camp  of  the  Egyp- 
 tians. ^'^And  bound  the  axle-trees  of 
 their  chariots,  and  caused  them  to  go 
 with  difficulty,  and  the  Egyptians  said, 
 Let  us  flee  from  the  face  of  Israel,  for 
 the  Lord  fights  for  them  against  the 
 Egyptians.     '■^''And  the  Lord  said  to 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  27. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  w.  21. 
 
 ]\Ioscs,  Stretch  forth  thine  hand  over 
 the  sea,  and  let  the  water  be  turned 
 back  to  its  place,  and  let  it  cover 
 the  Egyptians  coming  both  upon  the 
 chariots  and  the  riders.  -^And  Moses 
 stretched  forth  his  hand  over  the  sea, 
 and  the  water  returned  to  its  place  to- 
 ward day,  and  the  Egyptians  fled 
 +  Lit.  under.  ^  from  the  water  and  the 
 Lord  shook  off  the  Egyptians  in  the 
 midst  of  the  sea.  ^^And  the  water 
 returned  and  covered  the  chariots  and 
 the  riders,  and  all  the  forces  of  Pha- 
 rao,  who  entered  after  them  into  the 
 sea,  and  there  was  not  left  of  them 
 even  one.  ^^  But  the  childi-en  of  Israel 
 went  along  dry  land  in  the  midst  of 
 the  sea,  and  the  water  was  to  them  a 
 wall  on  the  right  hand,  and  a  wall  on 
 the  left.  ^°  So  the  Lord  deHvered 
 Israel  in  that  day  from  the  hand  of 
 the  Egyptians,  and  Israel  saw  the 
 Egyptians  dead  by  the  shore  of  the 
 sea.  ^'And  Israel  saw  the  mighty 
 hand,  in  the  things  which  the  Lord 
 did  to  the  Egyptians,  and  the  people 
 feared  the  Lord,  and  they  believed 
 God  and  Moses  his  servant. 
 
 15.  Then  sang  Moses  and  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  this  song  to  God,  and 
 spoke,  saying.  Let  us  sing  to  the  Lord, 
 for  he  is  very  greatly  glorified,  horse 
 and  rider  he  has  thrown  into  the  sea. 
 ^  He  was  to  me  a  helper  and  protector 
 for  salvation,  he  is  my  God,  and  I  will 
 glorify  him,  my  father's  God,  and  I 
 will  exalt  him.  ^The  Lord  bringinff 
 wars  to  nought,  the  Lord  is  his  name. 
 ^He  has  cast  the  chariots  of  Pharao 
 and  liis  host  into  the  sea,  the  chosen 
 mounted  captains,  they  were  swallowed 
 up  in  the  Red  Sea.  ^  He  covered  them 
 Avith  the  sea,  they  sank  to  the  deep 
 like  a  stone.  ^  Thy  right  hand,  0  God, 
 has  been  glorified  in  strength,  thy  right 
 hand,  0  God,  has  broken  the  enemies. 
 ^And  in  the  abimdance  of  thy  glory 
 thou  hast  broken  the  adversaries  to 
 pieces,  thou  sentest  forth  thy  -wrath,  it 
 devoured  them  as  stubble.     '^And  by 
 
 the  breath  of  thine  anger  the  water 
 parted  asunder;  the  waters  were  con- 
 gealed as  a  wall,  the  waves  were  con- 
 gealed in  the  midst  of  the  sea.  ''The 
 enemy  said,  I  will  pursue,  I  will  over- 
 take, I  will  divide  the  spoils,  I  will 
 satisfy  my  soul,  I  will  destroy  with  my 
 sword,  my  hand  shall  have  dominion. 
 '•^Thou  sentest  forth  thy  wind,  the  sea 
 covered  them,  they  sank  Mke  lead  in 
 the  mighty  water.  ^•Wlio  is  Hke  to 
 thee  among  the  gods,  0  Lord?  who  is 
 Hke  to  thee?  glorified  in  holiness, 
 marvellous  in  glories,  doing  wonders. 
 '^Thou  stretchedst  forth  thy  right 
 hand,  the  earth  swallowed  them  up. 
 '^Thou  hast  guided  in  thy  righteovis- 
 ness  this  thy  people  whom  thou  hast 
 redeemed,  by  thy  strength  thou  hast 
 called  them  into  thy  holy  resting-place. 
 ^''The  nations  heard  and  were  angry, 
 pangs  have  seized  on  the  dwellers 
 among  the  PhyHstians.  '^Then  the 
 princes  of  Edom,  and  the  chiefs  of 
 the  Moabites  hasted ;  trembling  took 
 hold  upon  them,  all  the  inhabitants  of 
 Chanaan  melted  away.  ^^Let  trem- 
 bling and  fear  fall  upon  them  ;  by  the 
 greatness  of  thine  arm,  let  them  be- 
 come as  stone ;  till  thy  people  pass 
 over,  0  Lord,  till  this  thy  people 
 pass  over,  whom  thou  hast  purchased. 
 *^  Bring  them  in  and  plant  them  in 
 the  mountain  of  their  inheritance,  in 
 thy  prepared  habitation,  which  thou, 
 0  Lord,  hast  prepared,  the  sanctuary 
 0  Lord,  which  thine  hands  have  made 
 ready.  '^ The  Lord  ^reigns  +  Gr. rcigiUng:. 
 for  ever  and  ever  and  ever.  '^  For  the 
 horse  of  Pharao  went  in  with  the  cha- 
 riots and  horsemen  into  the  sea,  and 
 the  Lord  brought  upon  them  the 
 water  of  the  sea,  but  the  cliildi-en  of 
 Israel  walked  through  dry  land  in  the 
 midst  of  the  sea. 
 
 ^'^And  Mariam  the  prophetess,  the 
 sister  of  Aaron,  having  taken  a  tim- 
 brel in  her  hand — then  there  went 
 forth  all  the  women  after  her  with 
 timbrels  and  dances.  ^^And  ]\Jariam 
 led  them  saying,    Let  us  sing  to  the 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  22. 
 
 EXODUS 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  16. 
 
 Lord,  for  he  has  been  very  greatly 
 glorified,  the  horse  and  rider  has  he 
 cast  into  the  sea.  ^^  So  Moses  brought 
 up  the  children  of  Israel  from  the  lied 
 Sea,  and  brought  them  into  the  wilder- 
 ness of  Sur,  and  they  went  three  days 
 in  the  wilderness,  and  found  no  water 
 to  drink.  ^^And  they  came  to  Merr- 
 ha  and  could  not  drink  of  Merrha, 
 for  it  was  bitter,  therefore  he  named 
 the  name  of  that  place.  Bitterness. 
 ^*And  the  people  murmured  against 
 Moses,  saying,  \Vhat  shall  we  drink? 
 ^^And  Moses  cried  to  the  Lord,  and 
 the  Lord  showed  him  a  tree,  and  he 
 cast  it  into  the  water,  and  the  water 
 was  sweetened,  there  he  established  to 
 him  ordinances  and  judgments,  and 
 there  he  proved  him,  ^^and  said,  If  thou 
 wilt  indeed  hear  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  and  do  tilings  pleasing  be- 
 fore liim,  and  wilt  hearken  to  liis  com- 
 mands, and  keep  all  liis  ordinances,  no 
 disease  wliich  I  have  brought  upon  the 
 Egyptians  will  I  bring  upon  thee,  for 
 I  am  the  Lord  thy  God  that  heals 
 thee.  ^'^  And  they  came  to  -3ilim,  and 
 there  were  there  twelve  fountains  of 
 water,  and  seventy  stems  of  palm-trees, 
 and  they  encamped  there  by  the  waters. 
 
 16.  And  they  departed  from  jElim, 
 and  all  the  congregation  of  the  cliil- 
 dren  of  Israel  came  to  the  wilderness 
 of  Sin,  which  is  between  j3ilim  and 
 Sina,  and  on  the  fifteenth  day,  in  the 
 second  month  after  their  departure 
 from  the  land  of  Egypt,  ^all  the  con- 
 gregation of  the  cliildren  of  Israel 
 murmured  against  Moses  and  Aaron. 
 ^And  the  cliildren  of  Israel  said  to 
 them,  Would  we  had  died  smitten  by 
 the  Lord  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  when 
 we  sat  by  the  flesh-pots,  and  ate  bread 
 to  satiety,  for  ye  have  brought  us  out 
 into  tliis  wilderness,  to  slay  all  this 
 congregation  with  hunger.  ^And  the 
 Lord  said  to  ]\Ioses,  Behold,  I  will 
 rain  bread  upon  you  out  of  heaven, 
 and  the  people  shall  go  forth,  and  they 
 shall  gather  their  daily  portion  for  the 
 
 day,  that  I  may  try  them  whether  they 
 wiU  walk  in  my  law  or  not.  ^And  it 
 shall  come  to  pass  on  the  sixth  day 
 that  they  shall  prepare  whatsoever 
 they  have  brought  in,  and  it  shall  be 
 double  of  what  they  shall  have  gathered 
 for  the  day,  daily:  ^and  Moses  and 
 Aaron  said  to  all  the  congregation  of 
 the  cliildi-en  of  Israel,  At  even  ye  shall 
 know  that  the  Lord  has  brought  you 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt;  ^  And  in  the 
 morning  ye  shall  see  the  glory  of  the 
 Lord,  inasmuch  as  he  hears  your  mur- 
 muring against  God,  and  who  are  we 
 that  ye  continue  to  murmur  against 
 us?  ^  And  Moses  said  This  shall  be  when. 
 the  Lord  gives  you  in  the  evening  flesh 
 to  eat,  and  bread  in  the  morning  to 
 satiety,  because  the  Lord  has  heard 
 your  murmuring,  which  ye  murmur 
 against  us,  and  what  are  we?  for  your 
 murmuring  is  not  against  us,  but 
 against  God. 
 
 ^And  Moses  said  to  Aaron,  Say  to 
 all  the  congregation  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  Come  near  before  God,  for  he 
 has  heard  your  murmuring.  '^And 
 when  Aaron  spoke  to  all  the  congre- 
 gation of  the  cliildren  of  Israel,  and 
 they  turned  toward  the  wilderness, 
 then  the  glory  of  the  Lord  appeared 
 in  a  cloud.  ^^And  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 Moses,  saying,  ^^I  have  heard  the  mur- 
 muring of  the  children  of  Israel :  speak 
 to  them,  saying.  Towards  evening  ye 
 shall  eat  flesh,  and  in  the  morning  ye 
 shall  be  satisfied  with  bread,  and  ye 
 shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  your 
 God.  ^^And  it  was  evening,  and 
 quails  came  up  and  covered  the  camp : 
 ^■^  in  the  morning  it  came  to  pass  as  the 
 dew  ceased  round  about  the  camp,  that 
 behold  on  the  face  of  the  wilderness 
 was  a  small  thing  Hke  white  coriander 
 seed,  as  frost  upon  the  earth.  ^^  And 
 when  the  children  of  Israel  saw  it,  they 
 said  one  to  another,  Wliat  is  this?  for 
 they  knew  not  what  it  was ;  and  Moses 
 said  to  them,  ""Tliis  is  the  bread  which 
 the  Lord  has  given  you  to  eat.  This 
 is  that  which  the  Lord  has  appointed : 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  17. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xvii.  v.  6. 
 
 gather  of  it  each  man  for  his  family,  a 
 t  Crr.  by  the  liomcr  for  oach  person,  '^ac- 
 ^^^'^'  cording  to   the  number  of 
 
 your  souls,  gather  each  of  you  with 
 liis  fellow-lodgers.  ^^And  the  children 
 of  Israel  did  so,  and  gathered  some 
 much  and  some  less.  '**And  having 
 1 2  Cor.  8. 15.  measured  the  homer jf?<//,^he 
 that  had  gathered  much  had  nothing 
 over,  and  he  that  had  gathered  less  had 
 no  lack,  each  gathered  ^according  to 
 i.e. just suffi-  the  need  of  those  who  be- 
 cientfor.  longed  to  him.  ^^And 
 Moses  said  to  them,  Let  no  man  leave 
 of  it  till  the  morning.  ^^  But  they  did 
 not  hearken  to  INIoses,  but  some  left 
 of  it  till  the  morning,  and  it  bred 
 worms  and  stank,  and  Moses  was  irri- 
 tated with  them.  ^' And  they  gathered 
 it  every  morning,  each  man  what  he 
 needed,  and  when  the  sun  waxed  hot 
 it  melted.  ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  on 
 the  sixth  day,  they  gathered  double 
 what  was  needed,  two  homers  for  one 
 man,  and  all  the  chiefs  of  the  syna- 
 gogue went  in  and  reported  it  to  Moses. 
 ^^And  Moses  said  to  them.  Is  not  this 
 the  word  which  the  Lord  spoke?  To- 
 morrow is  the  sabbath,  a  holy  rest  to 
 the  Lord,  bake  that  ye  mil  bake,  and 
 seethe  that  ye  will  seethe,  and  all  that 
 is  over  leave  to  be  laid  by  for  the 
 morrow?  ^^And  they  left  of  it  till  the 
 morning,  as  Moses  commanded  them, 
 and  it  stank  not,  neither  was  there  a 
 worm  in  it.  ^^And  Moses  said  Eat 
 that  to-day,  for  to-day  is  a  sabbath  to 
 the  Lord,  it  shall  not  be  found  in  the 
 plain.  ^''  Six  days  ye  shall  gather  it, 
 and  on  the  seventh  day  is  a  sabbath, 
 for  there  shall  be  none  on  that  day. 
 ^'And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh 
 day  that  some  of  the  people  went  forth 
 to  gather  and  found  none.  '^**And  the 
 Lord  said  to  Moses,  How  long  are  ye 
 unwilling  to  hearken  to  my  commands 
 and  my  law?  '•^^Sec,  for  the  Lord  has 
 given  you  this  day  as  the  sabbath, 
 tlierefore  he  has  given  you  on  the  sixth 
 day  tlie  bread  of  two  days,  ye  shall  sit 
 each  of  you  in  your  houses,  let  no  one 
 
 go  forth  from  his  place  on  the  seventh 
 day.  ^°And  the  people  kept  sabbath 
 on  the  seventh  day.  ^'  And  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  called  the  name  of  it 
 ]\lan,  and  it  was  as  white  coriander 
 seed,  and  tlie  taste  of  it  as  a  wafer  with 
 honey.  ^^And  Moses  said,  This  is  the 
 thing  which  the  Lord  hath  commanded, 
 Fill  an  homer  with  manna,  to  be  laid 
 up  for  your  generations,  that  they  may 
 see  the  bread  which  ye  ate  in  the  wil- 
 derness, when  the  Lord  led  you  forth 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt.  ^^And 
 Moses  said  to  Aaron,  Take  a  golden 
 pot,  and  cast  into  it  one  full  homer  of 
 manna,  and  thou  shalt  lay  it  up  before 
 God,  to  be  kept  for  your  generations, 
 ^''as  the  Lord  commanded  ]\Ioscs:  and 
 Aaron  laid  it  up  before  the  testimony 
 to  be  kept.  ^^And  the  children  of 
 Israel  ate  manna  forty  years,  until  they 
 came  to  the  ^land  they  ate  ^Gr.oiKovixivr). 
 the  manna,  until  they  came  to  the 
 region  of  Phoenicia.  ^'^  Now  the  homer 
 was  the  tenth  part  of  three  measures. 
 
 17.  And  all  the  congregation  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  departed  from  the 
 wilderness  of  Sin,  according  to  their 
 encampments,  by  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
 and  they  encamped  in  Kaphidin,  and 
 there  was  no  water  for  the  people  to 
 drink.  ^And  the  people  reviled  Moses, 
 saying,  Give  us  water,  that  we  may 
 drink,  and  Moses  said  to  them,  A\liy 
 do  ye  revile  me,  and  why  tempt  ye 
 the  Lord?  ^And  the  people  thirsted 
 there  for  water,  and  there  the  people 
 murmured  against  Moses,  saying.  Why 
 is  this?  hast  thou  brought  us  up  out  of 
 Egypt  to  slay  us  and  our  children  and 
 our  cattle  with  thirst?  "*  And  jMoscs 
 cried  to  the  Lord,  saying.  What  shall  1 
 do  to  this  people  ?  yet  a  little  while 
 and  they  will  stone  me.  ■''And  the 
 Lord  said  to  Moses,  Go  before  this 
 people,  and  take  to  thyself  of  the  elders 
 of  the  people,  and  the  rod  with  which 
 thou  smotcst  the  river,  take  in  thine 
 hand,  and  thou  shalt  go.  ''Behold  I 
 stand  there  before  thou  come,  on  the 
 
Chap.  xvii.  v.  7. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  14. 
 
 rock  in  Cliorcb,  and  thon  slialt  smite 
 the  rock,  and  water  shall  come  out 
 from  it,  and  the  people  shall  drink. 
 And  Moses  did  so  before  the  sons  of 
 Israel.  ^And  he  called  the  name  of 
 that  place.  Temptation,  and  Reviling, 
 because  of  the  rcviHng  of  the  children 
 of  Israel,  and  because  they  tempted 
 the  Lord,  saying,  Is  the  Lord  among 
 us  or  not? 
 
 ^  And  Amalec  came  and  fought  with 
 Israel  in  Eaphidin.  ^And  Moses  said 
 to  Joshua,  Choose  out  for  thyself 
 mighty  men,  and  go  forth  and  set  the 
 army  in  array  against  Amalec  to-mor- 
 row, and  behold  I  shall  stand  on  the  top 
 of  the  hiU,  and  the  rod  of  God  will  be  in 
 my  hand.  '"And  Joshua  did  as  Moses 
 said  to  him,  and  he  went  out  and  set 
 the  army  in  array  against  Amalec,  and 
 Moses  and  Aaron  and  Or  went  up  to 
 the  top  of  the  hill.  ' '  And  it  came  to 
 pass  when  Moses  Kfted  up  his  hands, 
 Israel  prevailed,  and  when  he  let  down 
 his  hands,  Amalec  prevailed.  '^But 
 the  hands  of  ]\Ioses  were  heavy,  and 
 they  took  a  stone  and  put  it  under 
 him,  and  he  sat  upon  it,  and  Aaron 
 and  Or  supported  liis  hands  one  on 
 this  side  and  the  other  on  that,  and 
 the  hands  of  Moses  were  supported  till 
 the  going  down  of  the  sun.  '^And 
 Joshua  routed  Amalec  and  all  his  peo- 
 ple with  the  slaughter  of  the  sword. 
 '''And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Write 
 this  for  a  memorial  in  a  book,  and 
 
 t(?r.  give.  ^  speak  this  in  the  ears  of 
 Joshua,  for  I  will  utterly  blot  out  the 
 
 +  Gr.  the  part  memorial  of  Amalec  from 
 
 under  heaven,    i  ^^^^^     heaVCU.  '^  And 
 
 Moses  built  an  altar  to  the  Lord,  and 
 called  the  name  of  it.  The  Lord  my 
 Refuge.  '*'  For  with  a  secret  hand  the 
 Lord  wages  war  upon  Amalec  to  all 
 generations. 
 
 18.  And  Jothor  the  priest  of  Ma- 
 diam,  the  father-in-law  of  Moses,  heard 
 of  all  that  the  Lord  did  to  his  peo- 
 ple Israel,  for  the  Lord  brought  Israel 
 out  of  Egypt.    '^And  Jothor  the  father- 
 
 in-law  of  Moses,  took  Sepphora  the 
 wife  of  Moses  after  she  had  been  sent 
 away,  ^and  her  two  sons,  the  name  of 
 the  one  was  Gersam,  his  father  saying, 
 I  was  a  sojourner  in  a  strange  land; — 
 ^and  the  name  of  the  second  Eliezer, 
 saying,  For  the  God  of  my  father  is 
 my  helper,  and  he  has  rescued  me  out 
 of  the  hand  of  Pharao.  ^  And  Jothor 
 the  father-in-law  of  Moses  and  his  sons 
 and  his  wife  went  forth  to  Moses  into 
 the  wilderness,  where  he  encamped  on 
 the  Mount  of  God.  ^  And  it  was  told 
 Moses,  saying,  Behold,  thy  father-in- 
 law  Jothor  is  coming  to  thee,  and  thy 
 wife  and  two  sons  with  him.  '^And 
 Moses  went  forth  to. meet  his  father-in- 
 law,  and  did  him  reverence,  and  kissed 
 him,  and  they  embraced  each  other, 
 and  he  brought  them  into  the  tent. 
 ^And  Moses  related  to  his  father-in- 
 law  all  things  that  the  Lord  did  to 
 Pharao  and  all  the  Egyptians  for 
 Israel's  sake,  and  all  the  labour  that 
 had  befallen  them  in  the  way,  and  that 
 the  Lord  had  rescued  them  out  of  the 
 hand  of  Pharao,  and  out  of  the  hand 
 of  the  Egyptians.  -'And  Jothor  was 
 amazed  at  all  the  good  things  which 
 the  Lord  did  to  them,  forasmuch  as 
 he  rescued  them  out  of  the  hand  of 
 the  Egyptians  and  out  of  the  hand  of 
 Pharao.  '°And  Jothor  said.  Blessed 
 be  the  Lord,  because  he  has  rescued 
 them  out  of  the  hand  of  \he  Egyptians 
 and  out  of  the  hand  of  Pharao.  ^ '  Now 
 know  I  that  the  Lord  is  great  above 
 all  gods,  because  of  this,^  +  The  mean- 
 wherein  they  attacked  them .  l'^  Th'e'Tord 
 '^And  Jothor  the  father-in-  showed   his 
 
 1  i?    l\r  4.      1  11       supenonty  on 
 
 law    OI     Moses    took    whole    tWs     occasion 
 
 bm-nt- offerings  and  sacri-  my*''^  attacked 
 fices  for  God,  for  Aaron  and  the  Israelites, 
 all  the  elders  of  Israel  came  to  eat 
 bread  with  the  father-in-law  of  Moses 
 before  God.  '^And  it  came  to  pass 
 after  the  morrow  that  Moses  sat  to 
 judge  the  people,  and  aU  the  people 
 stood  by  Closes  from  morning  till 
 evening.  '^  And  Jothor  hav- 1  Gr.  does, 
 ing  seen    aU  that  Moses  ^did  to  the 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  15. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  u.  11. 
 
 people,  says,  What  is  this  that  thou 
 doest  to  the  people,  Wlierefore  sittest 
 tliou  alone,  and  all  the  people  stand 
 by  thee  from  morning  till  evening? 
 '^And  ]\Ioses  says  to  liis  father-in-law, 
 Because  the  pcojDle  come  to  me  to  seek 
 judgment  from  God.  "'For  whenever 
 there  is  a  dispute  among  them,  and 
 they  come  to  me,  I  give  judgment 
 upon  each,  and  I  teach  them  the  ordi- 
 nances of  God  and  his  law.  '^And 
 the  father-in-law  of  Moses  said  to  liim. 
 Thou  dost  not  this  thing  rightly,  ^^thou 
 wilt  wear  away  with  intolerable  weari- 
 ness, both  those  and  all  this  people 
 which  is  with  thee,  this  thing  is  hard, 
 thou  wilt  not  be  able  to  endure  it  thy- 
 self alone.  ^^  Now  then  hearken  to  me, 
 and  I  will  advise  thee,  and  God  shall 
 be  with  thee,  be  thou  to  the  people  in 
 the  things  pertaining  to  God,  and  thou 
 + Gr.  words,  slialt  bring  their  ^  matters  to 
 God.  ^^  And  thou  shalt  testify  to  them 
 the  ordinances  of  God  and  his  law, 
 and  thou  shalt  show  to  them  the  ways 
 in  which  they  shall  walk,  and  the 
 works  which  they  shall  do.  ^^  And  do 
 thou  look  out  for  thyself  out  of  all  the 
 people  able  men,  fearing  God,  righte- 
 ous men,  hating  pride,  and  thou  shalt 
 t  Gr.  them,  set  ovcr  the  ^  people  captains 
 of  thousands  and  captains  of  hundreds, 
 and  captains  of  fifties  and  captains  of 
 tens.  ^^  And  they  shall  judge  the 
 people  at  aU.  times,  and  the  too  bur- 
 densome matter  they  shall  bring  to 
 thee,  but  they  shall  judge  the  smaller 
 cases,  so  they  shall  reHcve  thee  and 
 help  thee.  ^^  If  thou  wilt  do  this  tiling, 
 God  shall  strengthen  thee,  and  thou 
 shalt  be  able  to  attend,  and  all  this 
 people  shall  come  with  peace  into 
 +  Gr.  his  own.  ^  their  ovm  place.  ^*  And 
 ]\Ioses  hearkened  to  the  voice  of  his 
 father-in-law,  and  did  whatsoever  he 
 said  to  him.  ^'^And  Moses  chose 
 out  able  men  out  of  all  Israel  and 
 he  made  them  captains  of  thousands 
 and  captains  of  hundreds,  and  captains 
 +  Gr.  them,  of  fifties  and  captains  of  tens 
 over  *the  people.    ^'^  And  they  judged 
 
 the  people  at  all  times,  and  every  too 
 burdensome  matter  they  brought  to 
 INIoses,  but  every  light  matter  they 
 judged  themselves.  "And  Moses  dis- 
 missed liis  father-in-law,  and  he  re- 
 tiu-ned  to  his  own  land. 
 
 19.  And  in  the  tliird  month  of  the 
 departure  of  the  children  of  Israel  out 
 of  the  land  of  Egypt  on  the  same  day, 
 they  came  into  the  wilderness  of  Sina. 
 ^And  they  departed  from  Raphidin, 
 and  came  into  the  wilderness  of  Sina, 
 and  there  Israel  encamped  before  the 
 moimtain.  ^And  Moses  went  up  to 
 the  moimt  of  God,  and  God  called  him 
 out  of  the  moimtain,  saying.  These 
 things  shalt  thou  say  to  the  house  of 
 Jacob,  and  thou  shalt  report  them  to 
 the  children  of  Israel.  ^  Ye  have  seen 
 all  that  I  have  done  to  the  Egyptians, 
 and  I  took  you  up  as  upon  eagles' 
 wings,  and  I  brought  you  near  to 
 myself.  ^  And  now  if  ye  will  indeed 
 hear  my  voice,  and  keep  my  covenant, 
 ye  shall  be  to  me  a  peculiar  people 
 above  aU  nations,  for  the  whole  earth 
 is  mine.  ^And  ye  shall  be  to  me  a 
 royal  priesthood  and  a  holy  nation: 
 these  words  shalt  thou  speak  to  the 
 children  of  Israel.  ^And  ]\Ioses  came 
 and  called  the  elders  of  the  people, 
 and  he  set  before  them  all  these  words, 
 which  God  appointed  them.  *And  all 
 the  people  answered  with  one  accord, 
 and  said.  All  things  that  God  has  spo- 
 ken, we  wall  do  and  hearken  to:  and 
 ]\Ioses  reported  these  words  to  God. 
 ^  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Lo !  I 
 come  to  thee  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud, 
 that  the  people  may  hear  me  speaking 
 to  thee,  and  may  beheve  thee  for  ever : 
 and  Moses  reported  the  words  of  the 
 people  to  the  Lord.  '"And  the  Lord 
 said  to  Moses,  Go  down  and  solemnly 
 charge  the  people,  and  sanctify  them 
 to-day  and  to-morrow,  and  let  them 
 wash  their  garments.  ''And  let  them 
 be  ready  against  the  third  day,  for  on 
 the  third  day  the  Lord  will  descend 
 upon  Mount  Sina  before  all  the  people. 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  12. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.\2. 
 
 '^And  thou  shalt  separate  the  people 
 round  about,  saying,  Take  heed  to 
 yourselves  that  ye  go  not  up  into  the 
 mountain,  nor  touch  any  part  of  it, 
 every  one  that  touches  the  mountain 
 shall  siirely  die.  ^^A  hand  shall  not 
 touch  it,  for  every  one  that  touches 
 shall  be  stoned  with  stones  or  shot 
 through  with  a  dart,  whether  beast  or 
 whether  man,  it  shall  not  Hve :  when 
 the  voices  and  trumpets  and  cloud  de- 
 part from  off  the  mountain,  they  shall 
 come  up  on  the  mountain. 
 
 ^■*And  Moses  went  down  from  the 
 'moimtain  to  the  people  and  sanctified 
 them,  and  they  washed  their  clothes. 
 ^^  And  he  said  to  the  people.  Be  ready, 
 for  three  days  come  not  near  to  a 
 woman.  ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
 third  day,  as  the  morning  drew  nigh, 
 there  were  voices  and  hghtnings  and  a 
 dark  cloud  on  jMormt  Sina :  the  voice 
 of  the  trumpet  sounded  loud,  and  all 
 the  people  in  the  camp  trembled. 
 '^And  Moses  led  the  people  forth  out 
 of  the  camp  to  meet  God,  and  they 
 stood  by  under  the  camp.  ^^  The 
 mount  of  Sina  was  altogether  on  a 
 smoke,  because  God  had  descended 
 upon  it  in  fire,  and  the  smoke  went 
 up  as  the  smoke  of  a  furnace,  and 
 the  people  were  exceedingly  amazed. 
 '^  And  the  soimds  of  the  trumpet  were 
 waxing  very  much  louder.  ]\Ioses 
 spoke,  and  God  answered  him  with  a 
 voice.  ^°And  the  Lord  came  down 
 upon  Moiuit  Sina  on  the  top  of  the 
 mountain,  and  the  Lord  called  Moses 
 to  the  top  of  the  movmtain,  and  ]\Ioses 
 went  up.  ^'  And  God  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  Go  down  and  solemnly  charge 
 the  people,  lest  at  any  time  they  draw 
 tGr.  change,  nigh  to  God  to  gazc,  and 
 N.B.—a.na.\-  g,  luidtitudc  of  tlicm   fall. 
 
 AaTeo)   IS    used    oo    A        1      1  1  •  1 
 
 in  this  seuse  "''And  let  the  pncsts  that 
 ^  9^!^^.  remove  draw  nigh  to  the  Lord  their 
 hy  <iestro>-ing.  Qq^  sanctify  themsclvcs  lest 
 he  ^  destroy  some  of  them. 
 
 ^^And  i\Ioses  said  to  God,  The 
 people  will  not  be  able  to  approach 
 to  the  mount  of  Sina,  for  thou  hast 
 
 79 
 
 solemnly  charged  us,  saying.  Set  boimds 
 to  the  momitain  and  sanctify  it.  ^'*  And 
 the  Lord  said  to  him.  Go,  descend, 
 and  come  up  thou  and  Aaron  with 
 thee,  but  let  not  the  priests  and  the 
 people  ^  force  their  way  to     t  see  Luke 
 
 come    up    to     God,    lest    the    J^erht  Tetrs 
 
 Lord  destroy  some  of  them,  to  this  passage. 
 ^■^And  Moses  went  down  to  the  peo- 
 ple and  spoke  to  them. 
 
 20.  And  the  Lord  spoke  all  these 
 words,  saying :  ^  I  am  the  Lord  thy 
 God,  who  brought  thee  out  of  the 
 land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of 
 bondage.  '^  Thou  shalt  have  no  other 
 gods  beside  me.  ^  Thou  shalt  not 
 make  to  thyself  an  idol,  nor  Hkeness 
 of  anything,  whatever  things  are  in 
 the  heaven  above,  and  whatever  are 
 in  the  earth  beneath,  and  whatever 
 are  in  the  waters  imder  the  earth. 
 ■^  Thou  shalt  not  bow  down  to  them, 
 nor  serve  them,  for  I  am  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  a  jealous  God,  recompensing 
 the  sins  of  the  fathers  upon  the  cliil- 
 dren,  to  the  third  and  fourth  gene- 
 ration to  them  that  hate  me,  ^and 
 bestowing  mercy  on  them  that  love 
 me  to  thousands  of  them,  and  on 
 tliem  that  keep  my  commandments. 
 ^  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the 
 Lord  thy  God  in  vain,  for  the  Lord 
 thy  God  will  not  acquit  him  that 
 takes  his  name  in  vain. "  ^  Eemember 
 the  sabbath  day  to  keep  it  holy.  °  Six 
 days  thou  shalt  labour,  and  shalt  per- 
 form all  thy  work.  '°But  on  the 
 seventh  day  is  the  sabbath  of  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  on  it  thou  shalt  do  no 
 work,  thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy 
 daughter,  thy  servant  nor  thy  maid- 
 servant, tliine  ox  nor  thine  ass,  nor 
 any  cattle  of  thine,  nor  the  stranger 
 that  sojourns  with  thee.  ^'  For  in  six 
 days  the  Lord  made  the  heaven  and 
 the  earth,  and  the  sea  and  all  tilings  in 
 them,  and  rested  on  the  seventh  day, 
 tlierefore  the  Lord  blessed  the  seventh 
 day,  and  hallowed  it.  '^^Ho-  +  Matt.  is.  4. 
 nour  thy  father  and  thy  mother,  that 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  13. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  16. 
 
 it   may  be  well  witli  tliee,  and  that 
 
 thou   mayest  live  long   on   the  good 
 
 land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  gives 
 
 t  Matt.  5.  27.  ^o  thee.     '^^  Thou  shalt  not 
 
 +  Mark  10. 19.  Commit  adultery.     '^  ^  Thou 
 
 t  Matt.  5. 21.     gi^^l^    ^^^    g^p^l_  '^'TliOVi 
 
 shalt  not  kill.  ^^  Thou  shalt  not  bear 
 false  witness  against  thy  neighbour. 
 '''Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's 
 wife,  thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neigh- 
 bour's house,  nor  his  field,  nor  his  ser- 
 vant, nor  his  maid,  nor  his  ox,  nor  his 
 ass,  nor  any  of  liis  cattle,  nor  whatever 
 belongs  to  thy  neighbour. 
 
 '*^And  all  the  people  perceived  the 
 t  Or,  saw  the  +  thundcrinff ,  and  the  flashes, 
 saw  the  voice]  and  the  voicc  of  the  trum- 
 pet, and  the  moimtain  smoking,  and 
 all  the  people  feared  and  stood  afar  off : 
 '^and  said  to  Moses,  Speak  thou  to 
 us,  and  let  not  God  speak  to  us,  lest 
 we  die.  ^°And  Moses  says  to  them. 
 Be  of  good  courage,  for  God  is  come 
 to  you  to  try  you,  that  his  fear  may 
 be  among  you,  that  ye  sin  not. 
 ^'And  the  people  stood  afar  off,  and 
 Moses  went  into  the  darkness  where 
 God  was.  ^^And  the  Lord  said  to 
 Moses,  Thus  shalt  thou  say  to  the 
 house  of  Jacob,  and  thou  shalt  report 
 it  to  the  children  of  Israel,  Ye  have 
 seen  that  I  have  spoken  to  you  from 
 heaven.  ^^  Ye  shall  not  make  to  your- 
 selves gods  of  silver,  and  gods  of  gold 
 ye  shall  not  not  make  to  yourselves. 
 ^■^  Ye  shall  make  to  me  an  altar  of  earth ; 
 and  u})on  it  ye  shall  sacrifice  your 
 whole  burnt-olfcrings,  and  your  peace- 
 ofierings,  and  your  sheep  and  your 
 calves  in  every  place,  where  I  shall 
 record  my  name,  and  I  will  come  to 
 thee  and  bless  thee.  ^^And  if  thou 
 wilt  make  to  me  an  altar  of  stones,  thou 
 shalt  not  build  them  hewn  stones,  for 
 thou  hast  lifted  up  thy  tool  upon  them 
 and  they  are  defiled.  '^^Thou  shalt 
 not  go  up  to  my  altar  by  steps,  that 
 thou  mayest  not  uncover  thy  naked- 
 ness upon  it. 
 
 21.  And  these  are  the  ordinances 
 
 80 
 
 which  thou  shalt  set  before  them.  ^If 
 thou  buy  a  Hebrew  servant,  six  years 
 shall  he  serve  thee,  and  in  the  seventh 
 year  he  shall  go  forth  free  for  nothing. 
 ^If  he  should  have  come  in  alone,  he 
 shall  also  go  forth  alone,  and  if  his 
 wife  should  have  gone  in  together 
 with  him,  his  wife  also  shall  go  out. 
 "*  Moreover,  if  his  master  give  him  a 
 wife,  and  she  have  born  him  sons  or 
 daughters,  the  wife  and  the  children 
 shall  be  his  lord's;  and  he  shall  go 
 forth  alone.  ^And  if  the  servant 
 should  answer  and  say,  I  love  my 
 master  and  wife  and  children,  I  ^  will 
 not  go  away  free  :  ^  his  t  gt.  do  not 
 lord  shaU  bring  him  to  the  ^^"^^y- 
 judgment-scat  of  God,  and  then  shall 
 he  bring  him  to  the  door, — to  the 
 door-post,  and  his  master  shall  bore 
 his  ear  through  with  an  awl,  and  he 
 shall  serve  him  for  ever.  '^And  if 
 any  one  sell  liis  daughter  as  a  domestic, 
 she  shall  not  depart,  as  the  maid-ser- 
 vants depart.  ^  If  she  be  not  pleasing 
 to  her  lord,  '^  after  she  has  +Gr.  whohas. 
 betrothed  herself  to  him,  he  shall  let 
 her  go  free,  but  he  is  not  at  liberty  to 
 sell  her  to  a  foreign  nation,  because 
 he  has  trifled  with  her.  ^And  if  he 
 shoidd  have  betrothed  her  to  his  son, 
 he  shall  do  to  her  according  to  the 
 right  of  dau2:hters.  '"And  if  he  take 
 another  to  liimself,  he  shall  not  deprive 
 her  of  necessaries  and  her  apparel, 
 and  her  companionship  with  hhn. 
 ' '  And  if  he  will  not  do  these  three 
 things  to  her,  she  shall  go  out  free 
 without  money.  ''^And  if  any  man 
 smite  another  and  he  die,  let  him  be 
 certainly  put  to  death.  '^But  as  for 
 him  that  did  it  not  willingly,  but  God 
 delivered  him  into  his  hands,  I  will 
 give  thee  a  place  wliither  the  slayer 
 may  flee.  '''And  if  any  one  he  in 
 wait  for  his  neighbour  to  slay  him  by 
 craft,  and  he  go  for  refuge,  thou  shalt 
 take  him  from  my  altar  to  put  him  to 
 death.  ''^Whoever  smites  his  father 
 or  his  mother,  let  him  be  certainly  put 
 to  death.     ""He  that  reviles  his  father 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  17. 
 
 EXODU  S. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  7. 
 
 or  his  mother  shall  siu'ely  die.  '"  Wlio- 
 soever  shall  steal  one  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  prevail  over  him  and  sell 
 him,  and  he  be  found ^vith  him,  ^  let  him 
 
 t  Matt.  15. 4.  certainly  die.  ^^  And  if  two 
 men  revile  each  other  and  smite  the 
 one  the  other  with  a  stone  or  his  fist, 
 and  he  die  not,  but  be  laid  upon  his 
 bed;  '^  if  the  man  arise  and  walk 
 abroad  on  his  staff,  he  that  smote  him 
 shall  be  clear,  only  he  shall  pay  for  his 
 loss  of  time,  and  for  his  healing.  ^^  And 
 if  a  man  smite  liis  man-servant  or  his 
 maid-servant,  with  a  rod,  and  the  party 
 die  under  his  hands,  he  shall  be  surely 
 punished.  ^'But  if  the  servant  con- 
 tinue to  Hve  a  day  or  two,  let  not  the 
 master  be  punished,  for  he  is  his 
 money.  ^^  And  if  two  men  strive  and 
 smite  a  woman  with  child,  and  her 
 child  be  born  imperfectly  formed,  he 
 shall  be  forced  to  pay  a  penalty,  as  the 
 woman's  husband  may  lay  upon  him, 
 he  shall  pay  with  a  valuation.  ^^But 
 if  it  be  perfectly  formed,  he  shall  give 
 
 tMatt.  5. 38.  Hfe  for  Hfe,  ^*^eye  for  eye, 
 tooth  for  tooth,  hand  for  hand,  foot 
 for  foot,  ^''bm'ning  for  burning,  wound 
 for  wound,  stripe  for  stripe.  ^^And 
 if  one  smite  the  eye  of  his  man-servant, 
 or  the  eye  of  liis  maid-servant,  and 
 put  it  out,  he  shall  let  them  go  free  for 
 their  eye's  sake.  ^''And  if  he  should 
 smite  out  the  tooth  of  his  man-servant, 
 or  the  tooth  of  his  maid-servant,  he 
 shall  send  them  away  free  for  their 
 tooth's  sake.  ^^And  if  a  bull  gore  a 
 +Gr.heo)-shedie.  man  or  woman  and  ^they 
 die,  the  bull  shall  be  stoned  with 
 stones,  and  his  flesh  shall  not  be  eaten, 
 but  the  owner  of  the  bull  shall  be 
 clear.  ^^^But  if  the  bull  should  have 
 been  given  to  goring  in  former  time, 
 and  men  should  have  told  his  owner,, 
 and  he  have  not  removed  liim,  but  he 
 should  have  slain  a  man  or  woman, 
 the  bull  shall  be  stoned,  and  his  owner 
 shall  die  also.  ^°And  if  a  ransom 
 should  be  imposed  on  him,  he  shall 
 pay  for  the  ransom  of  his  soul  as  much 
 as  they  shall  lay  upon  him.     ^'  And  if 
 
 the  bull  gore  a  son  or  daughter,  let 
 them  do  to  him  according  to  this  ordi- 
 nance. ^'^  And  if  the  bull  gore  a  man- 
 servant or  maid-servant,  he  shall  pay 
 to  their  master  thirty  silver  didrachms, 
 and  the  bull  shall  be  stoned.  ^^And 
 if  any  one  open  a  pit  or  dig  a  cavity 
 in  stone,  and  cover  it  not,  and  an  ox 
 or  an  ass  fall  in  there,  ^'*tlie  owner  of 
 the  pit  shall  make  compensation,  he 
 shall  give  money  to  their  owner,  and 
 the  dead  shall  be  his  own.  ^^And  if 
 any  man's  bull  gore  the  bull  of  his 
 neighbour,  and  it  die,  they  shall  sell 
 the  Kving  bull  and  divide  the  money, 
 and  they  shall  divide  the  dead  bull. 
 ^''But  if  the  bull  be  known  to  have 
 been  given  to  goring  in  time  past, 
 and  they  have  testified  to  his  owner, 
 and  he  have  not  removed  Mm,  he 
 shall  repay  bull  for  bull,  but  the  dead 
 shall  be  his  own.  22.  And  if  one 
 steal  an  ^ox  or  a  sheep,  and  +  gv.  a  caif. 
 kill  it  or  sell  it,  he  shall  pay  five 
 calves  for  a  calf,  and  four  sheep  for  a 
 sheep.  ^And  if  the  thief  be  fomid  in 
 the  breach  made  by  himself  and  be 
 smitten  and  die,  there  shall  not  be 
 blood  shed  for  him.  ^But  if  the  sun 
 be  risen  upon  him,  he  is  guilty,  he 
 shall  die  instead :  and  if  ^  a  +  or.  he. 
 thief  have  nothing,  let  him  be  sold 
 in  compensation  for  what  he  has 
 stolen.  "^And  if  the  thing  stolen  be 
 left  and  be  in  his  hand  alive,  whether 
 ox  or  sheep,  he  shall  restore  them  two- 
 fold. ^And  if  any  one  should  feed 
 down  a  field  or  a  vineyard,  and  should 
 send  in  his  beast  to  feed  down  another 
 field,  he  shall  make  compensation  of 
 his  own  field  according  to  his  produce, 
 and  if  he  shall  have  fed  down  the 
 whole  field,  he  shall  pay  for  compen- 
 sation the  best  of  his  own  field  and 
 the  best  of  his  vineyard.  ''And  if  fire 
 have  gone  forth  and  caught  thorns,  and 
 should  also  set  on  fire  threshing-floors 
 or  ears  of  corn  or  a  field,  he  that  kindled 
 the  fire  shall  make  compensation. 
 
 ^  And  if  any  one  give  to  his  neigh- 
 
 7 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  8. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii.  v.  5. 
 
 bour  money  or  goods  to  keep,  and 
 they  be  stolen  out  of  tbe  man's  house, 
 if  the  thief  be  found,  he  shall  repay 
 double.  ^But  if  the  thief  be  not 
 found,  the  master  of  the  house  shall 
 come  forward  before  God,  and  shall 
 swear  that  surely  he  has  not  wa'ought 
 +  Gr.  over.  wickedly  in  '"'  regard  of  any 
 part  of  his  neighbour's  deposit,  ^accord- 
 ing to  every  injury  alleged,  both  con- 
 cerning a  calf,  and  an  ass,  and  a  sheep, 
 and  a  garment,  and  every  alleged  loss, 
 whatsoever  in  fact  it  may  be,  the 
 judgment  of  both  shall  proceed  be- 
 fore God,  and  he  that  is  convicted 
 by  God  shall  repay  to  his  neighbour 
 double.  '"And  if  any  one  give  to  his 
 neighbour  to  keep  a  calf  or  sheep  or 
 any  beast,  and  it  be  wounded  or  die 
 or  be  taken,  and  no  one  know,  ''an 
 oath  of  God  shall  be  between  both, 
 each  sioearincj  that  he  has  surely  not  at 
 all  been  guilty  in  the  matter  of  his 
 neighbour's  deposit,  and  so  his  master 
 Gr.  accept  sliall  ^liold  him  guiltless, 
 and  he  shall  not  make  com- 
 pensation. '^And  if  it  be  stolen  from 
 him,  he  shall  make  compensation  to 
 the  owner.  '^And  if  it  be  seized  of 
 beasts,  he  shall  bring  him  to  loitncss 
 the  prey,  and  he  shall  not  make  com- 
 pensation. '**  And  if  any  one  borrow 
 ought  of  his  neighbour,  and  it  be 
 wounded  or  die  or  be  carried  away, 
 and  the  owner  of  it  be  not  with  it,  he 
 shall  make  compensation.  '^But  if 
 the  owner  be  with  it,  he  shall  not 
 make  compensation,  but  if  it  be  a 
 +  Qy.  If  the  ^  hired  thing  there  shall  be 
 htrciinr  he  *  ^  Compensation  to  him  in- 
 shaii  have  the  stcad  of  liis  hire.     "'And 
 
 ruined     beast    •  n  •>         •  •       ■ 
 
 instead  of  his  II  any  ouc  (Icceive  a  virgm 
 ^""^^  that  is  not  betrothed,  and 
 
 lie  with  her,  he  shall  surely  endow 
 her  for  a  wife  to  himself.  '^And  if 
 her  father  positively  refuse,  and  will 
 not  consent  to  give  her  to  him  for  a 
 +  Gr.  money,  wife,  hc  shall  pay  ^compen- 
 sation to  her  father  according  to  the 
 amount  of  the  dowry  of  virgins. 
 ^*Ye  shall  not  save  the  lives  of  sor- 
 
 him 
 
 cerers.  '^  Every  one  that  Hes  -with  a 
 beast  ye  shall  surely  put  to  death. 
 ^°Hc  that  sacrifices  to  any  gods  but 
 to  the  Lord  alone,  shall  be  destroyed 
 by  death.  ^'And  ye  shall  not  hurt 
 a  stranger,  nor  afflict  him,  for  ye 
 were  strangers  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 
 ^"Ye  shall  hurt  no  widow  or  orphan. 
 ^^And  if  ye  should  afflict  them  by  ill- 
 treatment,  and  they  should  cry  aloud 
 to  me,  I  will  surely  hear  their  voice. 
 ^''And  I  will  be  very  angry,  and  will 
 slay  you  with  the  sword,  and  your 
 wives  shall  be  widows  and  your  chil- 
 dren orphans.  ^^  And  if  thou  shouldest 
 lend  money  to  thy  poor  brother  who 
 is  by  thee,  thou  shalt  not  be  hard  upon 
 him,  thou  shalt  not  exact  usury  of 
 him.  ^^And  if  thou  take  thy  neigh- 
 bour's garment  for  a  pledge,  thou  shalt 
 restore  it  to  him  before  sunset.  ^^  For 
 this  is  his  clothing,  this  is  the  only 
 covering  of  his  nakedness,  wherein 
 shall  he  sleep?  If  then  hc  shall  cry 
 to  me,  I  will  hearken  to  him,  for  I  am 
 merciful.  '^^  ^  Thou  shalt  +  Acts  23. 5. 
 not  revile  the  gods,  nor  speak  ill  of 
 the  ruler  of  thy  people.  ^^Thou  shalt 
 not  keep  back  the  first-fruits  of  thy 
 threshing  floor  and  press.  The  first- 
 born of  thy  sons  thou  shalt  give  to 
 me.  ^°So  shalt  thou  do  with  thy 
 calf  and  thy  sheep  and  thine  ass,  seven 
 days  shall  it  be  under  the  mother,  and 
 the  eighth  day  thou  shalt  give  it  to 
 me.  ^'  And  ye  shall  be  holy  men  to 
 me,  and  ye  shall  not  eat  flesh  taken  of 
 beasts,  ye  shall  cast  it  to  the  dog. 
 23.  Thou  shalt  not  receive  a  vain 
 report:  thou  shalt  not  agree  with  the 
 unjust  ma7i  to  become  an  unjust  wit- 
 ness. ^Thou  shalt  not  associate  with 
 the  multitude  for  evil,  thou  shalt  not 
 join  thyself  with  a  multitude  to  turn 
 aside  Avith  the  majority  so  as  to  shut 
 out  judgment.  ^And  thou  shalt  not 
 spare  a  poor  man  in  judgment.  "*  And 
 if  thou  meet  thine  enemy's  ox  or  his 
 ass  going  astray,  thou  shalt  turn  them 
 back  and  restore  them  to  him.  '^And 
 if  thou  see   thine  enemy's    ass  fallen 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  6. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii.  v.  29. 
 
 xmder  its  burden,  thou  shalt  not  pass 
 by  it,  but  slialt  help  to  raise  it  with 
 him.  ^Thou  shalt  not  wrest  the  sen- 
 tence of  the  poor  in  his  judgment. 
 'Thou  shalt  abstain  from  every  unjust 
 tiling,  thou  shalt  not  slay  the  innocent 
 and  just,  and  thou  shalt  not  justify  the 
 wicked  for  gifts.  *And  thou  shalt 
 not  receive  gifts,  for  gifts  blind  the 
 eyes  of  the  seeing,  and  corrupt  just 
 words.  ^And  ye  shall  not  afflict  a 
 stranger,  for  ye  know  the  heart  of 
 a  stranger,  for  ye  were  yourselves 
 strangers  in  the  land  of  Egypt.  ^°  Six 
 years  thou  shalt  sow  thy  land,  and 
 gather  in  the  frmts  of  it.  ^^But  in 
 the  seventh  year  thou  shalt  let  it  rest, 
 and  leave  it,  and  the  poor  of  thy  nation 
 shall  feed,  and  the  wild  beasts  of  the 
 field  shall  eat  that  which  remains,  thus 
 shalt  thou  do  to  thy  vineyard  and  to 
 tliine  oHveyard.  ^^  Six  days  shalt  thou 
 do  thy  works  and  on  the  seventh  day 
 there  shall  be  rest,  that  thine  ox  and 
 thine  ass  may  rest,  and  that  the  son  of 
 thy  maid-servant  and  the  stranger  may 
 be  refreshed.  *^  Observe  all  things 
 whatsoever  I  have  commanded  you, 
 and  ye  shall  make  no  mention  of  the 
 name  of  other  gods,  neither  shall  they 
 be  heard  out  of  your  mouth. 
 
 '■*  Keep  ye  a  feast  to  me  three  times 
 in  the  year.  ''^Take  heed  to  keep  the 
 feast  of  imleavened  bread,  seven  days 
 ye  shall  eat  unleavened  bread,  as  I 
 charged  thee  at  the  season  of  the  month 
 of  new  corn,  for  in  it  thou  camest  out 
 of  Egypt,  thou  shalt  not  appear  before 
 me  empty.  ^''And  thou  shalt  keep  the 
 feast  of  the  harv^est  of  first-fruits  of  thy 
 labours,  whatsoever  thou  shalt  have 
 sown  in  thy  field,  and  the  feast  of  com- 
 pletion at  the  end  of  the  year  in  the 
 
 t  Gr.  works,  gathering  in  of  thy  ^  fruits 
 out  of  thy  field.  ^^  Tliree  times  in  the 
 year  shall  all  thy  males  appear  before 
 the  Lord  thy  God.  '^  For  when  I 
 shall  have  cast  out  the  nations  from 
 
 +  Gr.  incense  before  thcc,  and  shall  have 
 offering.  widened  thy  borders,  thou 
 
 shalt  not  offer  the  blood  of  my  *  sacri- 
 
 fice with  leaven,  neither  must  the  fat 
 of  my  feast  abide  till  the  morning. 
 '^Thou  shalt  bring  the  first-offerings 
 of  the  first-fruits  of  thy  land  into  the 
 house  of  the  Lord  thy  God :  thou  shalt 
 not  seethe  a  lamb  in  its  mother's  milk. 
 ^^  And,  behold,  I  send  my  angel  before 
 thy  face,  that  he  may  keep  thee  in  the 
 way,  that  he  may  bring  thee  into  the 
 land  which  I  have  prepared  for  thee. 
 ^^  Take  heed  to  thyself  and  hearken  to 
 him,  and  disobey  him  not,  for  he  will 
 not  give  way  to  thee,  for  my  name  is 
 on  liim.  ^'^  If  ye  will  indeed  hear  my 
 voice,  and  if  thou  wilt  do  all  the  things 
 I  shall  charge  thee  Avith,  and  keep  my 
 covenant,  ye  shall  be  to  me  a  peculiar 
 people  above  all  nations,  for  the  whole 
 earth  is  mine ;  and  ye  shall  be  to  me  a 
 royal  priesthood,  and  a  holy  nation: 
 these  words  shall  ye  speak  to  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel,  If  ye  shall  indeed  hear 
 my  voice,  and  do  all  the  things  I  shall 
 tell  thee,  I  will  be  an  enemy  to  thine 
 enemies,  and  an  adversary  to  thine  ad- 
 versaries. ^^For  my  angel  shall  go  as 
 thy  leader,  and  shall  bring  thee  to  the 
 Amorite,  and  Chettite,  and  Fherezite, 
 and  Chananite,  and  Gergesite,  and 
 Evite,  and  Jebusite,  and  I  will  destroy 
 them.  ^"^  Thou  shalt  not  worship  their 
 gods,  nor  serve  them:  thou  shalt  not 
 do  according  to  their  works,  but  shalt 
 utterly  destroy  them,,  and  break  to 
 pieces  their  pillars.  ^'^And  thou  shalt 
 serve  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  I  will 
 bless  thy  bread  and  thy  wine  and  thy 
 water,  and  I  will  turn  away  sickness 
 from  you.  ^^  There  shall  not  be  on 
 thy  land  one  that  is  impotent  or  barren. 
 I  will  surely  fulfil  the  number  of  thy 
 days.  ^^And  I  will  send  terror  before 
 thee,  and  I  will  strike  with  amazement 
 all  the  nations  to  wliich  thou  shalt 
 come,  and  I  will  make  all  thine  ene- 
 mies to  flee.  ^^And  I  will  send  hornets 
 before  thee,  and  thou  shalt  cast  out  the 
 Amorites  and  the  Evites,  and  the  Cha- 
 nanites  and  the  Chettites  from  thee.  ^^  I 
 will  not  cast  them  out  in  one  year,  lest 
 the    land   become    desolate,    and   the 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  30. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  5. 
 
 beasts  of  tlic  field  mixltiply  against  thee. 
 ^^  By  little  tmd  Utile  1  will  cast  them  out 
 from  before  thee,  imtil  thou  shalt  be  in- 
 creased and  inherit  the  earth.  ^*  And 
 1  will  set  thy  borders  from  the  Red  Sea, 
 to  the  sea  of  the  Phyhstincs,  and  from 
 the  wilderness  to  the  great  river  Euph- 
 rates, and  I  will  give  into  your  hand 
 those  that  dwell  in  the  land,  and  will 
 cast  them  out  from  thee.  ^^  Thou  shalt 
 make  no  covenant  with  them  and  tlieir 
 gods.  ^^And  they  shall  not  dwell  in 
 thy  land,  lest  they  cause  thee  to  sin 
 against  me,  for  if  thou  shouldest  serve 
 their  gods,  these  will  be  an  offence  to 
 thee. 
 
 24.  And  to  Moses  he  said.  Go  up  to 
 the  Lord,  thou  and  Aaron  and  Nadab 
 and  Abiud,  and  seventy  of  the  elders 
 of  Israel,  and  they  shall  worship  the 
 Lord  from  a  distance.  ^And  Moses 
 alone  shall  draw  nigh  to  God,  and  they 
 shall  not  draw  nigh,  and  the  people 
 shall  not  come  up  with  them.  ^And 
 Moses  went  in  and  related  to  the  peo- 
 ple all  the  words  of  God  and  the  ordi- 
 nances, and  all  the  people  answered 
 with  one  voice,  saying.  All  the  words 
 which  the  Lord  has  spoken,  we  will 
 +  Lit.  hearken,  do  and  bc  ^ obcdicnt.  ''And 
 Moses  wrote  all  the  words  of  the  Lord, 
 and  Moses  rose  up  early  in  the  morn- 
 ing and  built  an  altar  under  the  moun- 
 tain, and  set  up  twelve  stones  for  the 
 twelve  tribes  of  Israel.  ^And  he  sent 
 forth  the  young  men  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  they  offered  whole  burnt- 
 offerings,  and  they  sacrificed  young- 
 calves  as  a  peace-offering  to  God. 
 •"And  Moses  took  half  the  blood  and 
 poured  it  into  bowls,  and  half  the 
 blood  he  poured  out  upon  the  altar. 
 ^And  he  took  the  book  of  the  covenant 
 and  read  it  in  the  ears  of  the  people, 
 and  they  said.  All  things  whatsoever 
 the  Lord  has  spoken  we  will  do  and 
 +  Hob.  9. 19.  hearken  therein.  ^  **  And 
 Moses  took  the  blood  and  sprinkled  it 
 upon  the  people  and  said.  Behold,  the 
 blood  of  the  covenant,  which  the  Lord 
 
 has  made  with  you  concerning  all  these 
 words. 
 
 '■•And  Moses  went  up,  and  Aaron, 
 and  Nadab  and  Abiud,  and  seventy  of 
 the  elders  of  Israel.  "^  And  they  saw 
 tlie  place  where  the  God  of  Israel  stood, 
 and  under  his  feet  was  as  it  were  a  work 
 of"  sapphire  slabs,  and  as  it  were  the  ap- 
 pearance of  the  firmament  of  heaven  in 
 its  purity.  ^^  And  of  the  chosen  ones  of 
 Israel  there  was  not  even  one  missing, 
 and  they  appeared  in  '^  the  t,-.  e.  where 
 place  of  God,  and  did  eat  ^°'^^^- 
 and  drink . '  "-^  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses, 
 Come  up  to  me  into  the  mountain, 
 and  be  there,  and  I  will  give  thee  the 
 tables  of  stone,  the  law  and  the  com- 
 mandments, which  I  have  Avi'itten  to 
 give  them  laws.  '^And  j\Ioses  rose  up 
 and  Joshua  his  attendant,  and  they 
 went  up  into  the  mount  of  God.  '''And 
 to  the  elders  they  said,  Rest  there  till 
 we  return  to  you,  and  behold  Aaron 
 and  Or  are  with  you,  if  any  man  have 
 a  cause  to  be  tried,  let  them  go  to 
 them.  '^And  Moses  and  Joshua  went 
 up  to  the  mountain,  and  the  cloud 
 covered  the  mountain.  '^And  the 
 glory  of  God  came  down  upon  the 
 Mount  Sina,  and  the  cloud  covered  it 
 six  days,  and  the  Lord  called  Moses 
 on  the  seventh  day  out  of  the  midst  of 
 the  cloud.  '''And  the  appearance  of 
 the  glory  of  the  Lord  was  as  burning 
 fire  on  the  top  of  the  mountain,  before 
 the  childi-en  of  Israel.  "*And  JNIoses 
 went  into  the  midst  of  the  cloud,  and 
 went  up  to  the  mountain,  and  was 
 there  in  the  mountain  forty  days  and 
 forty  nights. 
 
 25.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  take  first-fruits  of  all,  who  may  be 
 <lisposcd  in  their  heart  to  give,  and  ye 
 shall  take  my  first-fruits.  ^  And  this 
 is  the  offering  which  ye  shall  take  of 
 them,  gold  and  silver  and  brass,  ^and 
 blue,  and  purple,  and  double  scarlet, 
 and  fine  spun  linen,  and  goats'  hair, 
 ''and  rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and  blue 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  6. 
 
 EXODUS, 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  34. 
 
 skins,  and  incorruptible  wood,  ^  and  oil 
 for  the  light,  incense  for  anointing 
 oil,  and  for  the  composition  of  incense, 
 ^and  sardius  stones,  and  stones  for  the 
 ^Lit  shoulder-  carvcd  worlv  of  the  *  hreast- 
 ^'^'="-  plate,  and    the   full-length 
 
 robe.  ®  And  thou  shalt  make  me  a 
 sanctuary  and  I  will  appear  among  you. 
 ^And  thou  shalt  make  for  me  accord- 
 ing to  all  tilings  which  I  show  thee 
 m  the  mountain,  even  the  pattern  of 
 the  tabernacle,  and  the  pattern  of  all 
 its  furniture,  so  shalt  thou  make  it. 
 '"And  thou  shalt  make  the  ark  of  tes- 
 timony of  incorruptible  wood,  the 
 length  of  two  cubits  and  a  half,  and 
 the  breadth  of  a  cubit  and  a  half,  and 
 the  height  of  a  cubit  and  a  half.  ' '  And 
 thou  shalt  gild  it  with  pure  gold,  thou 
 shalt  gild  it  within  and  without,  and 
 thou  shalt  make  for  it  golden  wreaths 
 twisted  round  about.  '^And  thou  shalt 
 cast  for  it  four  ff olden  rino-s,  and  shalt 
 put  them  on  the  four  sides,  two  rings 
 on  the  one  side,  and  two  rings  on  the 
 other  side.  ''^And  thou  shalt  make 
 staves  0/" incorruptible  wood,  and  shalt 
 gild  them  with  gold.  ^*  And  thou 
 shalt  put  the  staves  into  the  rings  on 
 the  sides  of  the  ark,  to  bear  the  ark 
 with  them.  ''^  The  staves  shall  remain 
 fixed  in  the  rings  of  the  ark.  '^And 
 thou  shalt  put  into  the  ark  the  testi- 
 monies which  I  shall  give  thee.  '^And 
 thou  shalt  make  a  propitiatory,  a  lid 
 of  pure  gold,  the  length  of  two  cubits 
 and  a  half,  and  the  breadth  of  a  cubit 
 and  a  half.  '^And  thou  shalt  make 
 two  cherubs  graven  in  gold,  and  thou 
 shalt  put  them  on  both  sides  of  the 
 propitiatory.  '^They  shall  be  made, 
 one  cherub  on  this  side,  and  another 
 cherub  on  the  other  side  of  the  propi- 
 tiatory, and  thou  shalt  make  the  two 
 cherubs  on  the  two  sides.  '■^^  The  che- 
 rubs shall  stretch  forth  their  wings 
 above,  overshadowing  the  propitiatory 
 with  their  wings,  and  their  faces  shall 
 be  toward  each  other,  the  faces  of  the 
 cherubs  shall  be  toward  the  propitia- 
 tory.    '■^'And  thou  shalt  set  the  propi- 
 
 tiatory on  the  ark  above,  and  thou 
 shalt  put  into  the  ark  the  testimonies 
 which  I  shall  give  thee.  ^^  And  I  will 
 make  myself  known  to  thee  from 
 thence,  and  I  will  speak  to  thee  above 
 the  propitiatory  between  the  two  che- 
 rubs, which  are  upon  the  ark  of  testi- 
 mony, even  in  all  things  which  I  shall 
 charge  thee  concerning  the  children  of 
 Israel.  ^^And  thou  shalt  make  a  golden 
 table  of  pure  gold,  in  length  two 
 cubits,  and  in  breadth  a  cubit,  and  in 
 height  a  cubit  and  a  half  ^''And  thou 
 shalt  make  for  it  golden  wreaths  twisted 
 round  about,  and  thou  shalt  make  for 
 it  a  crown  of  an  hand-breadth  round 
 about. 
 
 ^•^And  thou  shalt  make  a  twisted 
 wreath  for  the  crown  round  about. 
 ^^And  thou  shalt  make  four  golden 
 rings,  and  thou  shalt  put  the  four  rings 
 upon  the  four  parts  of  its  feet  under 
 the  crown.  ^^And  the  rings  shall  be 
 for  bearings  for  the  staves,  that  they 
 may  bear  the  table  with  them.  ^^And 
 thou  shalt  make  the  staves  of  incor- 
 ruptible wood,  and  thou  shalt  gild 
 them  with  pure  gold,  and  the  table 
 shall  be  borne  Avith  them.  ^^And  thou 
 shalt  make  its  dishes  and  its  censers, 
 and  its  bowls,  and  its  cups,  with  which 
 thou  shalt  offer  drink-ofierings,  of  pure 
 gold  shalt  thou  make  them.  ^''And 
 thou  shalt  set  upon  ^the  table  shew- 
 bread  before  me  continually. 
 
 ^'And  thou  shalt  make  a  candle- 
 stick of  pure  gold,  thou  shalt  make 
 the  candlestick  of  graven  work,  its 
 stem  and  its  branches,  and  its  bowls 
 and  its  knops  and  its  hHes  shall  be 
 of  ^one  piece.  ^^  And  six  +  <?'••  of  it. 
 branches  proceeding  sideways,  three 
 branches  of  the  candlestick  from  one 
 side  of  it,  and  three  branches  of  the 
 candlestick  from  the  other  side.  ^^And 
 three  bowls  fashioned  like  almonds, 
 on  each  branch  a  knop  and  a  Hly,  so 
 to  the  six  branches  proceeding  from 
 the  candlestick,  ^^and  in  the  candle- 
 stick four  bowls  fashioned  like  al- 
 monds, in  each  branch  knops  and  the 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  35. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxvi.  v.  22. 
 
 flowers  ^  of  the  same.  ^^A  knop  under 
 t  Gr.  of  it.  two  branches  out  of  it,  and 
 a  knop  under  four  branches  out  of  it; 
 so  to  the  six  branches  proceeding  from 
 the  candlestick ;  and  in  the  candlestick 
 four  bowls  fashioned  Hke  almonds. 
 ^^  Let  the  knops  and  the  branches  be 
 tcr.  ofit.  of  ^  one  piece,  altogether 
 graven  of  one  piece  of  pure  gold. 
 ^^  And  thou  shalt  make  its  seven 
 lamps,  and  thou  shalt  set  on  it  the 
 lamps,  and  they  shall  shine  from  one 
 front.  ^^And  thou  shalt  make  its 
 funnel  and  its  snuiF-dishes  of  pure 
 gold.  ^^AU  these  articles  shall  be  a 
 talent  of  pure  gold.  ^^  See,  thou  shalt 
 +  Heb.  8. 5.  make  them  ^according  to 
 the  pattern  showed  thee  in  the  mount. 
 
 26.  And  thou  shalt  make  the  taber- 
 nacle, ten  curtains  of  fine  linen  spun, 
 and  blue  and  purple,  and  scarlet  spun 
 tvith  cherubs;  thou  shalt  make  them 
 with  work  of  a  weaver.  ^  The  length  of 
 one  curtain  shall  be  eight  and  twenty 
 cubits,  and  one  curtain  shall  be  the 
 breadth  of  four  cubits,  there  shall  be 
 the  same  measure  to  all  the  curtains. 
 ^  And  the  five  curtains  shall  be  joined 
 one  to  another,  and  the  other  five  cur- 
 tains shall  be  closely  connected  the 
 one  with  the  other.  ''  And  thou  shalt 
 make  for  them  loops  of  blue  on  the 
 edge  of  one  curtain,  on  one  side  for 
 the  coupling,  and  so  shalt  thou  make 
 on  the  edge  of  the  outer  curtain  for 
 the  second  coupling.  *  Fifty  loops 
 shalt  thou  make  for  one  curtain,  and 
 fifty  loops  shalt  thou  make  on  the 
 part  of  the  curtain  answering  to  the 
 coupling  of  the  second,  opposite  each 
 other  and  corresponding  to  each  other 
 +  t.e.ateach  at  cach  point.  *'^  And  thou 
 coupling:.  gi^^^it  make  fifty  golden 
 rings,  and  thou  shalt  join  the  curtains 
 to  each  other  with  the  rings,  and  it 
 shall  be  one  tabernacle.  ^And  thou 
 shalt  make  for  a  covering  of  the 
 tabernacle  skins  with  the  hair  on, 
 thou  shalt  make  them  eleven  skins. 
 "  The  length  of  one  skin  thirty  cubits. 
 
 and  the  breadth  of  one  skin  four 
 cubits,  there  shall  be  the  same  mea- 
 sure to  the  eleven  skins.  ^And  thou 
 shalt  join  the  five  skins  together, 
 and  the  six  skins  together,  and  thou 
 shalt  double  the  sixth  skin  in  front  of 
 the  tabernacle.  '°  And  thou  shalt  make 
 fifty  loops  on  the  border  of  one  skin, 
 which  is  in  the  midst  for  the  joinings, 
 and  thou  shalt  make  fifty  loops  on  the 
 edge  of  the  second  skin  that  joins  it. 
 
 ^' And  thou  shalt  make  fifty  brazen 
 rings,  and  thou  shalt  join  the  rings  by 
 the  loops,  and  thou  shalt  join  the 
 skins,  and  they  shall  be  one.  '"^And 
 thou  shalt  fix  at  the  end  that  which  is 
 over  in  the  skins  of  the  tabernacle,  the 
 half  of  the  skin  that  is  left  shalt  thou 
 fold  over,  according  to  the  overplus  of 
 the  skins  of  the  tabernacle,  thou  shalt 
 fold  it  over  behind  the  tabernacle. 
 ^^A  cubit  on  this  side,  and  a  cubit  on 
 that  side  of  that  which  remains  of  the 
 skins,  of  the  length  of  the  skins  of  the 
 tabernacle,  it  shall  be  folding  over 
 the  sides  of  the  tabernacle  on  this 
 side  and  that  side,  that  it  may  cover  it. 
 ^''And  thou  shalt  make  for  a  covering 
 of  the  tabernacle  rams'  skins  dyed  red, 
 and  blue  skins  as  coverings  above. 
 
 '•^And  thou  shalt  make  the  posts  of 
 the  tabernacle  of  incorruptible  wood. 
 '•'  Of  ten  cubits  shalt  thou  make  one 
 post,  and  the  breadth  of  one  post  of  a 
 cubit  and  a  half.  '^  Two  joints  shalt 
 thou  make  in  one  post,  answering  the 
 one  to  the  other,  so  shalt  thou  do  to 
 all  the  posts  of  the  tabernacle.  '"^And 
 thou  shalt  make  posts  to  the  taber- 
 nacle, twenty  posts  on  the  north  side. 
 ^^And  thou  shalt  make  to  the  twenty 
 posts  forty  silver  sockets,  two  sockets 
 to  one  post  on  both  its  sides,  and  two 
 sockets  to  the  other  post  on  both  its 
 sides.  ^'^And  for  the  next  side,  to- 
 ward the  south,  twenty  posts,  ^'and 
 their  forty  silver  sockets:  two  sockets 
 to  one  post  on  both  its  sides,  and  two 
 sockets  to  the  other  post  on  both  its 
 sides.  ^^  And  on  the  back  of  the  taber- 
 nacle at  the  part  which  is  toward  the 
 
Chap.  xxvi.  v.  23. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxvii.  v.  12. 
 
 west  thoii  slialt  make  six  posts.  ^^  And 
 thou  slialt  make  two  posts  on  the 
 corners  of  the  tabernacle  behmd.  ^''And 
 it  shall  be  equal  below,  they  shall 
 be  equal  toward  the  same  part  from 
 the  heads  to  one  joining,  so  slialt  thou 
 make  to  both  the  two  corners,  let 
 them  be  equal.  ^^And  there  shall  be 
 eight  posts,  and  their  sixteen  silver 
 sockets,  two  sockets  to  one  post  on 
 both  its  sides,  and  two  sockets  to  the 
 other  post.  ^^And  thou  shalt  make 
 bars  of  incorruptible  wood,  five  to 
 one  post  on  one  side  of  the  tabernacle, 
 ^^  and  five  bars  to  one  post  on  the 
 second  side  of  the  tabernacle,  and  five 
 bars  to  the  hinder  posts,  on  the  side  of 
 the  tabernacle  toward  the  sea.  ^^And 
 let  the  bar  in  the  middle  between  the 
 posts  go  through  from  the  one  side  to 
 the  other  side.  ^^And  thou  shalt  gild 
 the  posts  with  gold,  and  thou  shalt 
 make  golden  rings,  into  which  thou 
 shalt  introduce  the  bars,  and  thou 
 shalt  gild  the  bars  with  gold.  ^°And 
 thou  shalt  set  up  the  tabernacle  ac- 
 cording to  the  pattern  showed  thee  in 
 the  mount. 
 
 ^'  And  thou  shalt  make  a  vail  of 
 blue  and  purple  and  scarlet  woven, 
 and  fine  Hnen  spun,  thou  shalt  make 
 it  cherubs  m  woven  work.  ^^  And  thou 
 shalt  set  it  upon  four  posts  of  incor- 
 ruptible wood  overlaid  with  gold,  and 
 their  tops  shall  be  gold,  and  their  four 
 sockets  shall  be  of  silver.  ^^  And  thou 
 shalt  put  the  vail  on  the  posts,  and 
 thou  shalt  carry  in  thither  within  the 
 vail  the  ark  of  the  testimony,  and 
 the  vail  shall  make  a  separation  for 
 you  between  the  holy  and  the  holy  of 
 holies.  ^^And  thou  shalt  screen  with 
 the  vail  of  the  ark  of  the  testimony  in 
 the  holy  of  holies.  ^^  And  thou  shalt  set 
 the  table  outside  the  vail,  and  the  can- 
 dlestick opposite  the  table  on  the  south 
 side  of  the  tabernacle,  and  thou  shalt 
 put  the  table  on  the  north  side  of  the 
 tabernacle.  ^"^And  thou  shalt  make  a 
 screen  for  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
 blue,  and  purple,  and  apun  scarlet  and 
 
 87 
 
 fine  linen  spun,  the  work  of  the  em- 
 broiderer. ^^Aiid  thou  shalt  make  for 
 the  vail  five  posts,  and  thou  slialt 
 gild  them  Avitli  gold,  and  their  chapi- 
 ters shall  be  gold,  and  thou  shalt  cast 
 for  them  five  brazen  sockets. 
 
 27.  And  thou  shalt  make  an  altar 
 of  incorruptible  wood,  of  five  cubits 
 in  the  length,  and  five  cubits  in  the 
 breadth;  the  altar  shall  be  square,  and 
 the  height  of  it  shall  be  of  three  cubits. 
 ^And  thou  shalt  make  the  horns  on 
 the  four  corners,  the  horns  shall  be  of 
 the '"'same  piece,  and  thou  +gc.  ofit. 
 shalt  overlay  them  with  brass.  ^  And 
 thou  shalt  make  a  rim  for  the  altar, 
 and  its  covering  and  its  cups,  and  its 
 flesh-hooks,  and  its  fire-pan,  and  all  its 
 A^essels  shalt  thou  make  of  brass.  ^  And 
 thou  shalt  make  for  it  a  brazen  grate 
 with  net-work,  and  thou  shalt  make 
 for  the  grate  four  brazen  rings  under 
 the  four  sides.  °And  thou  shalt  put 
 them  below  under  the  grate  of  the 
 altar,  and  the  grate  shall  extend  to  the 
 middle  of  the  altar.  ^And  thou  shalt 
 make  for  the  altar  staves  of  incorrup- 
 tible wood,  and  thou  shalt  overlay  them 
 with  brass.  '^And  thou  shalt  put  the 
 staves  into  the  rings,  and  let  the  staves 
 be  on  the  sides  of  the  altar  to  carry  it. 
 ^Thou  shalt  make  it  hollow  with 
 boards,  according  to  what  was  showed 
 thee  in  the  mount, "  so  thou  shalt 
 make  it.  ^Aiid  thou  shalt  make 
 a  court  for  the  tabernacle,  curtains  of 
 the  court  of  fine  linen  spun  on  the 
 south  side,  the  length  of  a  hundred 
 cubits  for  one  side.  ^'^  And  their  pillars 
 twenty,  and  twenty  brazen  sockets  ^  for 
 them,  and  their  rings  and  +&•.  of. 
 their  clasps  of  silver.  '  ^  Thus  shall  there 
 be  to  the  side  toward  the  north  curtains 
 of  a  hundred  cubits  in  length,  and  their 
 pillars  twenty,  and  their  sockets  twenty 
 of  brass,  and  the  rings  and  the  clasps 
 of  the  pillars,  and  their  sockets  over- 
 laid with  silver.  ^-  And  in  the  breadth 
 of  the  tabernacle  toward  the  west  cur- 
 tains of  fifty  cubits,  their  pillars  ten 
 
Chap,  xxvii.  v.  13. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxviii.  v.  15. 
 
 and  their  sockets  ten.  ^^And  in  the 
 breadth  of  the  tabernacle  toward  the 
 south,  curtains  of  fifty  cubits;  their 
 pillars  ten,  and  their  sockets  ten. 
 ''•  And  the  height  of  the  ciirtains  shall 
 he  of  fifty  cubits  for  the  one  side  of  the 
 (/ate;  their  pillars  three,  and  their 
 sockets  three.  '^  And  for  the  second 
 side  the  height  of  the  curtains  shall  be 
 of  fifteen  cvibits;  their  pillars  three, 
 and  their  sockets  three.  "'And  avail 
 for  the  door  of  the  court,  the  height  of 
 it  of  twenty  cubits  of  blue  linen,  and 
 of  purple,  and  spun  scarlet,  and  of  fine 
 linen  spun  with  the  art  of  the  em- 
 broiderer, their  pillars  four,  and  their 
 sockets  four.  '^All  the  pillars  of  the 
 court  roiuid  about  overlaid  with  silver, 
 and  their  chapiters  silver  and  their 
 brass  sockets.  '^And  the  length  of 
 the  coui't  shall  be  a  hundred  cubits  on 
 each  side,  and  the  breadth  fifty  on 
 each  side,  and  the  height  five  cubits  of 
 fine  Hnen  spun,  and  their  sockets  of 
 brass.  '^And  all  the  furniture  and  all 
 the  instiTiments  and  the  pins  of  the 
 court  shall  be  of  brass. 
 
 ^'^And  do  thou  charge  the  children 
 of  Israel,  and  let  them  take  for  thee 
 refined  pure  ohve  oil  beaten  to  burn 
 for  hght,  that  a  lamp  may  burn  con- 
 tinually. ^'  In  the  tabernacle  of  the 
 testimony,  ■without  the  vail  that  is 
 +  Gr.  over,  ^bcforc  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
 nant, shall  Aaron  and  his  sons  burn  it 
 from,  evening  imtil  morning,  before  the 
 Lord,  it  is  a  perpetual  ordinance 
 +  Gr.  to.  ^throvighout   your  genera- 
 
 tions of  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 28.  And  do  thou  take  to  thyself 
 both  Aaron  thy  brother,  and  his  sons, 
 even  them  of  the  children  of  Israel,  so 
 that  Aaron  and  Nadab  and  Abiud 
 andEleazar,  and  Ithamar  sons  of  Aaron 
 may  minister  to  me.  ^And  thou  shalt 
 make  holy  apparel  for  Aaron  thy  bro- 
 ther for  honour  and  glory.  ^vVnd 
 speak  tliou  to  all  those  who  arc  wise 
 in  understanding,  whom  I  have  filled 
 vvith  the  spirit  of  wisdom  and  perccii- 
 
 tion,  and  they  shall  make  the  holy 
 apparel  of  Aaron  for  the  sanctuary,  in 
 which  apparel  he  shall  minister  to  me 
 as  priest.  ""And  these  are  the  gar- 
 ments which  they  shall  make,  the 
 breast-plate,  and  the  shoulder-piece, 
 and  the  full-length  robe,  and  the  tunic 
 with  a  (fiinge,  and  the  tire,  and  the 
 girdle,  and  they  shall  make  holy  gar- 
 ments for  Aaron  and  his  sons  to  min- 
 ister to  mc  as  priests.  ^  And  they  shall 
 take  the  gold,  and  the  blue,  and  the 
 purple,  and  the  scarlet,  and  the  fine 
 Hnen.  ^And  they  shall  make  the 
 shoulder-piece  of  fine  linen  spun,  the 
 woven  work  of  the  embroiderer.  ^  *  It 
 shall   have    two    shoulder-  +ie.thework, 
 
 .    .        ,  ,  ,.  "r  he,  t.  e.  Aa- 
 
 pieces  jomed  together,  fast-  rou. 
 ened  on  the  two  sides.  ^And  the 
 woven  work  of  the  shoulder-pieces 
 which  is  upon  ^  it,  shall  be  +  or,  him. 
 of  one  piece  according  to  the  work, 
 of  pure  gold  and  blue  and  purple,  and 
 spim  scarlet  and  fine  twined  hnen. 
 '■^And  thou  shalt  take  the  two  stones, 
 the  stones  of  emerald,  and  thou  shalt 
 grave  on  them  the  names  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel.  '"^Six  names  on  the 
 first  stone,  and  the  other  six  names  on 
 the  second  stone,  according  to  their 
 births.  ' '  It  shall  be  the  work  of  the 
 stone-engraver's  art ;  as  the  graving  of 
 a  seal  thou  shalt  engrave  the  two 
 stones  with  the  names  of  the  children 
 of  Israel.  '^And  thou  shalt  put  the 
 two  stones  on  the  shoidders  of  the 
 shoulder-piece,  they  are  memorial- 
 stones  for  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 Aaron  shall  bear  the  names  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  before  the  Lord  on  his  two 
 shoulders,  a  memorial  for  them.  '^  And 
 thou  shalt  make  ^circlets  of  ior.  little 
 pure  gold,  '^and  thou  shalt  '^'"^'•'• 
 make  two  fringes  of  pure  gold,  varie- 
 gated with  flowers,  wreathen  work, 
 and  thou  shalt  put  the  wreathen  fringes 
 on  the  circlets,  fastening  them  on  their 
 shoidder-pieccs  in  front.  '*And  thou 
 shalt  make  the  oracle  of  judgment  the 
 work  of  the  embroiderer,  in  keeping 
 with  the  ephod,  thou  shalt  make  it  of 
 
Chap,  xxviii. 
 
 16. 
 
 EXODUS, 
 
 Chap,  xxviii.  v.  43. 
 
 gold  and  blue  and  pnrple,  and  spun 
 scarlet,  and  tine  linen  spun.  ^''Thou 
 shalt  make  it  square,  it  shall  be  double, 
 of  a  span  tlie  length  of  it,  and  of  a 
 span  the  breadth.  ''^And  thou  shalt 
 interweave  with  it  a  texture  of  four 
 rows  of  stone,  there  shall  be  a  roAv  of 
 stones,  a  sardius,  a  topaz,  an  emerald, 
 the  first  row.  '^And  the  second  row, 
 a  carbimcle,  a  sapphire,  and  a  jasper. 
 '^And  the  third  row,  a  ligure,  an 
 agate,  an  amethyst:  ^°and  the  fourth 
 row  a  chrysolite,  and  a  beryl,  and  an 
 onyx  stone,  set  round  "vvith  gold,  bound 
 together  with  gold,  let  them  be  ac- 
 cording to  their  row.  ^^  And  let  the 
 stones  of  the  names  of  the  children  of 
 Israel  be  twelve  according  to  their 
 names,  engravings  as  of  seals,  let  them 
 be  for  the  twelve  tribes  each  according 
 to  the  name.  ^^And  thou  shalt  make 
 on  the  oracle  woven  fringes,  a  chain- 
 ^Aiex.  +  See  work  of  pure  gold.  ^^''^^^^And 
 
 Appendix.         j^^^.^^  gj^.^11  ^^^^  ^^^  ^^^^gg  q£ 
 
 the  children  of  Israel,  on  the  oracle  of 
 judgment  on  his  breast  a  memorial  be- 
 fore God  for  him  as  he  goes  into  the 
 sanctuary.  ^'*  And  thou  shalt  put  the 
 fiinges  on  the  oracle  of  judgment,  thou 
 shalt  put  the  wreaths  on  both  sides  of  the 
 oracle,  ^^and  thou  shalt  put  the  two  cir- 
 clets on  both  the  shoulders  of  the  ephod 
 in  front,  ^'"'^"'and  thou  shalt  put  the 
 +  i.  e.  in  He/>.  ^  Manifestation  and  the 
 SS^Ss  Truth  on  the  oracle  of  judg- 
 &  perfections,  mcnt,  and  it  shall  be  on  the 
 breast  of  Aaron,  when  he  goes  into  the 
 holy  place  before  the  Lord,  and  Aaron 
 shall  bear  the  judgments  of  the  childi-en 
 of  Israel  on  his  breast  before  the  Lord 
 continually.  "^^  '^^^  And  thou  shalt  make 
 the  full-length  tunic  all  of  blue. 
 28(32)^j^jj  the  opening  of  it  shall  be  in 
 the  middle  havinsr  a  fring-e  round  about 
 the  openmg,  the  work  of  the  weaver, 
 woven  together  in  the  joining  of  the 
 same  piece  that  it  might  not  be  rent. 
 29(33)^j^(j  under  the  fringe  of  the  robe 
 below  thou  shalt  make  as  it  were 
 pomegranates  of  a  flowering  pome- 
 granate tree,  of  blue,  and  purple,  and 
 
 spun  scarlet,  and  fine  linen  spmi, 
 under  the  fringe  of  the  robe  round 
 about :  golden  pomegranates  of  the 
 same  shape,  and  bells  roimd  about 
 between  these.    30(34)-^  ^g^j  -^j  ^j^^  ^^^^ 
 
 of  a  golden  pomegranate  and  flower- 
 work  on  the  fringe  of  the  robe  round 
 about.  ^''^^^And  the  sound  of  Aaron 
 shall  be  audible  when  he  ministers,  as 
 he  goes  into  the  sanctuary  before  the 
 Lord,  and  as  he  goes  out,  that  he  die 
 not.  ^'^^^'''  And  thou  shalt  make  a  plate 
 of  pure  gold,  and  thou  shalt  grave  on 
 it  as  the  graving  of  a  signet,  Holiness 
 of  the  Lord.  ^^  <^^'  And  thou  shalt  put  it 
 on  the  spun  blue  cloth,  and  it  shall  be 
 on  the  mitre,  it  shall  be  in  the  front  of 
 the  mitre.  ^*  ^^**^  And  it  shall  be  on  the 
 forehead  of  Aaron,  and  Aaron  shall 
 beiir  away  the  sins  of  their  holy  things, 
 all  that  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
 sanctify  of  every  gift  of  their  holy 
 things,  and  it  shall  be  on  the  forehead 
 of  Aaron  continually  acceptable  for 
 them  before  the  Lord.  ^^  ^^'^^  And  the 
 fringes  of  the  garments  shall  be  of  fine 
 Hnen,  and  thou  shalt  make  a  tire  of 
 fine  linen,  and  thou  shalt  make  a 
 girdle,  the  work  of  the  embroiderer. 
 36  (4o)^jj(j  £qj,  ^^q  gQj^g  of  Aaron  thou  shalt 
 
 make  tunics  and  girdles,  and  thou  shalt 
 make  for  them  tires  for  honour  and 
 glory.  ^'^  <'*'^And  thou  shalt  put  them  on 
 Aaron  thy  brother,  and  his  sons  with 
 him,  and  thou  shalt  anoint  them  and 
 ^  fill  their  hands,  and  thou  t  or,  conse- 
 shalt  sanctify  them  that  '''■atethem. 
 they  may  minister  to  me  in  the  priest's 
 office.  ^^^''^^And  thou  shalt  make  for 
 them  linen  drawers  to  cover  the 
 nakedness  of  their  flesh,  they  shall 
 reach  from  the  loins  to  the  thighs. 
 39  (43)  And  Aaron  shall  have  them,  and 
 his  sons,  whenever  they  enter  into 
 the  tabernacle  of  witness,  or  when 
 they  shall  advance  to  the  altar  of 
 the  sanctuary  to  minister,  so  they 
 shall  not  bring  sin  upon  themselves 
 lest  they  die:  it  is  a  perpetual  sta- 
 tute for  him,  and  for  his  seed  after 
 him. 
 
Chap.  xxix.  v.  1. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxix.  v.  24. 
 
 29.  And  these  are  the  things  which 
 thou  shalt  do  to  them ;  thou  shalt 
 sanctify  them,  so  that  they  shall  serve 
 me  in  the  priesthood,  and  thou  shalt 
 take  one  young-  calf  from  the  herd,  and 
 two  unblemished  rams.  ^And  un- 
 leavened loaves  kneaded  with  oil,  and 
 unleavened  cakes  anointed  with  oil, 
 thou  shalt  make  them  of  fine  flour  of 
 wheat.  ^And  thou  shalt  put  them  on 
 one  basket,  and  thou  shalt  offer  them 
 on  the  basket,  and  the  young  calf  and 
 the  two  rams.  '*And  thou  shalt  bring 
 Aaron  and  his  sons  to  the  doors  of  the 
 tabernacle  of  testimony,  and  thou  shalt 
 wash  them  with  water.  ^  And  havino- 
 taken  the  garments,  thou  shalt  put  on 
 Aaron  thy  brother  both  the  full-length 
 robe  and  the  ephod  and  the  oracle,  and 
 thou  shalt  join  for  him  the  oracle  to 
 the  ephod.  ^  And  thou  shalt  put  the 
 mitre  on  his  head,  and  thou  shalt  put 
 the  plate  even  the  Holiness,  on  the 
 mitre.  ^  And  thou  shalt  take  of  the 
 anointing  oil,  and  thou  shalt  pour  it 
 on  his  head,  and  shalt  anoint  him,  ^and 
 thou  shalt  bring  his  sons,  and  put  gar- 
 ments on  them.  ^And  thou  shalt  gird 
 them  with  the  girdles,  and  put  the  tires 
 upon  them,  and  they  shall  have  a 
 priestly  office  to  me  for  ever,  and  thou 
 +  Or,  conse-  shalt  ^  fill  thc  liauds  of 
 make  perfect  Aarou  and  the  hands  of  his 
 the  hands.  ^q^^^  1"  And  thou  slialt 
 bring  the  calf  to  the  door  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness,  and  Aaron  and  his 
 sons  shall  lay  their  hands  on  the  head 
 of  the  calf,  before  the  Lord  by  the 
 doors  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 '^  And  thou  shalt  slay  the  calf  before 
 the  Lord,  by  the  doors  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness.  '^And  thou  shalt 
 take  of  the  blood  of  the  calf,  and  put 
 it  on  thc  horns  of  the  altar  with  thy 
 finger,  but  all  the  rest  of  the  blood 
 thou  shalt  pour  out  at  the  foot  of  the 
 altar.  '^  And  thou  shalt  take  all  the 
 fat  that  is  on  the  belly,  and  the  lobe  of 
 the  Hver,  and  the  two  kidneys,  and  the 
 fat  that  is  upon  them,  and  shalt  put 
 them  upon  the  altar.     ''*  But  the  flesh 
 
 of  the  calf,  and  his  skin,  and  his  dung 
 shalt  thou  burn  with  fire  without  the 
 camp,  for  it  is  an  offering  on  account 
 of  sin.  '■''  And  thou  shalt  take  one 
 ram,  and  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  lay 
 their  hands  on  the  head  of  the  ram. 
 "*  And  thou  shalt  kill  it,  and  take  the 
 blood  and  pour  it  on  the  altar  round 
 about.  ^^  And  thou  shalt  divide  the 
 ram  by  his  several  Hmbs,  and  thou 
 shalt  wash  the  inward  parts  and  the 
 feet  with  water,  and  thou  shalt  put 
 them  on  the  divided  parts  with  the 
 head.  '^  And  thou  shalt  offer  the 
 whole  ram  on  the  altar,  a  whole  burnt- 
 offering  to  the  Lord  for  a  sweet-smell- 
 ing savour,  it  is  an  offering  of  incense 
 to  the  Lord.  '^  And  thou  shalt  take 
 the  second  ram,  and  Aaron  and  his 
 sons  shall  lay  their  hands  on  the  head 
 of  the  ram.  ^°  And  thou  shalt  kill  it 
 and  take  of  the  blood  of  it,  and  put  it 
 on  the  tip  of  Aaron's  right  ear,  and  on 
 thc  thumb  of  his  right  hand,  and  on 
 the  great  toe  of  his  right  foot,  and  on 
 the  tips  of  the  right  ears  of  his  sons, 
 and  on  the  thumbs  of  their  right  hands, 
 and  on  the  great  toes  of  their  right 
 feet.  ^'  And  thou  shalt  take  of  the 
 blood  from  the  altar,  and  of  the  anoint- 
 ing oil,  and  thou  shalt  sprinkle  it  upon 
 Aaron  and  on  his  garments,  and  on 
 his  sons  and  on  his  sons'  garments  with 
 him,  and  he  shall  be  sanctified  and  his 
 apparel,  and  his  sons  and  his  sons' 
 apparel  with  him :  but  the  blood  of  the 
 ram  thou  shalt  pour  round  about  upon 
 the  altar.  ^'^And  thou  shalt  take  from 
 the  ram  its  fat,  both  the  fat  that  covers 
 the  belly,  and  the  lobe  of  the  hver, 
 and  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that 
 is  upon  them,  and  the  right  shoulder, 
 for  this  is  a  *  consecration.  +  ^  ^n  ac- 
 ^^  And  one  cake  made  with  eompiish- 
 
 .,  -  If  1        ment.     7.  a.  a 
 
 Oil,  and  one  cake  from  the  muiiK  of  the 
 
 basket  of  unleavened  bread 
 
 set  forth  before  the  Lord,  t^^^'  foTf'' 
 
 ^•*  And  thou  shalt  put  them    separation. 
 
 all  on  the  hands  of  Aaron,  them  for  a 
 and  on  the  hands  of  his  sons,  ^^ve-oflferin^. 
 and    thou    shalt  "^  separate    thcin  as  a 
 
Chap.  xxix.  v.  25. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxx.  v.  2. 
 
 separate  offering  before  tlie  Lord. 
 ^^And  thou  shalt  take  them  from  their 
 hands,  and  shah  offer  them  up  on 
 the  ahar  of  whole  burnt-offering  for  a 
 sweet-smeUing  savour  before  the  Lord, 
 it  is  an  offering  to  the  Lord.  ^^And 
 thou  shalt  take  the  breast  from  the 
 ram  of  consecration  which  is  Aaron's, 
 and  thou  shalt  separate  it  as  a  separate 
 offering  before  the  Lord,  and  it  shall 
 be  to  thee  for  a  portion.  ^^  And  thou 
 shalt  sanctify  the  separated  breast  and 
 the  shoulder  of  removal  which  has 
 been  separated,  and  which  has  been 
 removed  from  the  ram  of  consecration, 
 of  the  portion  of  Aaron  and  of  that  of 
 his  sons.  ^^  And  it  shall  be  a  perpetual 
 statute  of  the  children  of  Israel  to  Aaron 
 and  his  sons,  for  this  is  a  separate  offer- 
 t  Or,  heave-  ing  and  it  shall  be  a  ^  special 
 offering:.  Heb.  offering  from  the  children 
 of  Israel,  from  the  peace-offerings  of 
 the  cliildren  of  Israel,  a  special  offering 
 to  the  Lord. 
 
 ^^And  the  apparel  of  the  sanctviary 
 which  is  Aaron's  shall  be  his  sons'  after 
 him,  for  them  to  be  anointed  in  them, 
 and  to  fill  their  hands.  ^°  The  priest 
 his  successor  from  among  his  sons  who 
 shall  go  into  the  tabernacle  of  witness 
 to  minister  in  the  hoHes,  shall  put  them 
 on  seven  days.  ^'And  thou  shalt  take 
 the  ram  of  consecration,  and  thou  shalt 
 boil  the  flesh  in  the  holy  place.  ^^And 
 Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  eat  the  flesh 
 of  the  ram,  and  the  loaves  in  the  basket 
 by  the  doors  of  the  tabernacle  of  wit- 
 ness. ^^  They  shall  eat  the  offerings 
 with  which  they  were  sanctified  to  fill 
 their  hands,  to  sanctify  them;  and  a 
 stranger  shall  not  eat  of  them,  for  they 
 are  holy.  ^^  And  if  aught  be  left  of 
 the  flesh  of  the  sacrifice  of  consecration 
 and  of  the  loaves  until  the  morning, 
 thou  shalt  burn  the  remainder  mtli 
 fire,  it  shall  not  be  eaten,  for  it  is  a 
 holy  thing.  ^^  And  thus  shalt  thou  do 
 for  Aaron  and  for  his  sons  according  to 
 all  things  that  I  have  commanded  thee, 
 seven  days  shalt  thou  fill  their  hands. 
 ^®  And  thou  shalt  sacrifice  the  calf  of 
 
 the  sin-offering  on  the  day  of  purifica- 
 tion, and  thou  shalt  purify  the  altar 
 when  thou  dost  ^perform  +gc. sanctify, 
 consecration  upon  it,  and  thou  shalt 
 anoint  it  so  as  to  sanctify  it.  ^^  Seven 
 days  shalt  thou  purify  the  altar  and 
 sanctify  it,  and  the  altar  shall  be  most 
 holy,  every  one  that  touches  the  altar 
 shall  be  hallowed.  ^^And  these  are 
 the  offerings  which  thou  shalt  offer 
 upon  the  altar,  two  unblemished  lambs 
 of  a  year  old  daily  on  the  altar  con- 
 tinually, a  constant  offering.  ^^  One 
 lamb  thou  shalt  offer  in  the  morning, 
 and  the  second  lamb  thou  shalt  offer  in 
 the  evening.  ^'^And  a  tenth  measure 
 of  fine  flour  mingled  with  the  fourth 
 part  of  an  hin  of  beaten  oil,  and  a 
 drink-offering  the  fourth  part  of  a  hin 
 of  wine  for  one  lamb.  ''^  And  thou 
 shalt  offer  the  second  lamb  in  the  even- 
 ing, after  the  manner  of  the  morning- 
 offering,  and  according  to  the  drink- 
 offering  ^  of  the  morning  +  Gr.  of  it. 
 lamb,  thou  shalt  offer  it  an  offering  to 
 the  Lord  for  a  sweet-smeUing  savour. 
 '^'^  A  perpetual  sacrifice  ^  throughout 
 your  generations,  at  the  +  Gr.  to. 
 door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness  before 
 the  Lord,  wherein  I  will  be  known  to 
 thee  from  thence,  so  as  to  speak  to 
 thee.  *^  And  I  mil  there  give  orders 
 to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  I  will  be 
 sanctified  in  my  glory.  *"*  And  I  will 
 sanctify  the  tabernacle  of  testimony 
 and  the  altar,  and  I  wiU  sanctify  Aaron 
 and  his  sons,  to  minister  as  priests  to 
 me.  ''^And  I  wiU  be  ^  called  +  or,  named, 
 upon  among  the  cliildren  of  Israel, 
 and  will  be  their  God.  '"'And  they 
 shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  their 
 God,  who  brought  them  forth  out  of  the 
 land  of  Egjrpt,  to  be  '^called  +  or,  named, 
 upon  by  them,  and  to  be  their  God. 
 
 30.  And  thou  shalt  make  the  altar 
 of  incense  of  incorruptible  wood.  ^And 
 thou  shalt  make  it  a  cubit  in  length, 
 and  a  cubit  in  breadth,  it  shall  be 
 square;  and  the  height  of  it  shall 
 be  of  two  cubits,  its  horns  shall  be 
 
Chap.  xxx.  v.  3. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxx.  v.  28. 
 
 ^of  the  same  piece.  ^And  thou  shalt 
 
 t  Gr.  of  it.  gild  its  grate  with  pure  gold, 
 and  its  sides  round  about,  and  its  horns, 
 and  thou  shalt  make  for  it  a  wi'cathcn 
 border  of  gold  roundabout.  ""And 
 thou  shalt  make  under  its  wreathen 
 border  two  rings  of  pure  gold,  thou 
 shalt  make  it  to  the  two  corners  on 
 the  two  sides,  and  they  shall  be  bear- 
 ings for  the  staves,  so  as  to  bear  it 
 with  them.  '^And  thou  shalt  make 
 the  staves  of  incorruptible  wood,  and 
 shalt  gild  them  with  gold.  ^  And  tliou 
 shalt  set  it  before  the  vail  that  is  over 
 the  ark  of  the  testimonies,  wherein  I 
 will  make  myself  known  to  thee  from 
 thence.  ^  And  Aaron  shall  burn  upon 
 it  fine  compound  incense  every  morn- 
 ing, whensoever  he  trims  the  lamps  he 
 shall  burn  incense  upon  it.  ^  And  when 
 Aaron  lights  the  lamps  in  the  evening, 
 he  shall  burn  incense  upon  it ;  a  con- 
 stant incense  -  offering  always  before 
 the  Lord  for  their  generations.  ^  And 
 thou  shalt  not  offer  strange  incense 
 upon  it,  7107'  an  offering  made  by  fire, 
 nor  a  sacrifice,  and  thou  shalt  not 
 pour  a  drink-offering  upon  it.  '"And 
 once   in  the  year  Aaron   shall   make 
 
 tci-.onit,  on  atonement  ^on  its  horns, 
 its  horns.  '  j^g  g]-iall  purge  it  with 
 the  blood  of  purification  for  their 
 generations,  it  is  most  holy  to  the 
 Lord. 
 
 ''And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  '^If  thou  take  account  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  in  the  surveying  of 
 them,  and  they  shall  give  every  one 
 a  ransom  for  his  soul  to  the  Lord, 
 then  thou  shalt  not  be  among  them  a 
 
 tffr.fau.  ^destruction  in  the  visiting 
 of  them.  '^And  this  is  what  they 
 shall  give  as  many  as  pass  the  survey, 
 half  a  didrachm  which  is  according 
 to  the  didrachm  of  the  sanctuary, 
 twenty  oboli  r/o  to  the  didrachm,  but 
 the  half  of  the  didrachm  is  the  offering 
 to  the  Lord.  '''  Every  one  that  passes 
 the  survey  from  twenty  years  old  and 
 upwards  shall  give  the  offering  to  the 
 
 Lord.   '•''The  rich  shall  not  ijive  more, 
 
 and  tlie  poor  shall  not  give  less  than 
 the  half  didrachm  in  giving  the  olfer- 
 ing  to  the  Lord,  to  make  atonement 
 for  your  sovds.  '^  And  thou  shalt  take 
 the  money  of  the  offering  from  the 
 children  of  Israel,  and  shalt  give  it 
 for  the  service  of  the  tabernacle  of 
 testimony:  and  it  shall  be  to  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  a  memorial  before  the 
 Lord,  to  make  atonement  for  your 
 souls.  '^  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying;  '*^  Make  a  brazen  laver,  and  a 
 brazen    base    for    it,    "^for    +Gr.  so  as  to 
 
 ,  .  ,        ,  1     ,      wash  one's 
 
 washing,  and  thou  shalt  self. 
 put  it  between  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness  and  the  altar,  and  thou  shalt 
 pour  forth  water  into  it.  '^And  Aaron 
 and  his  sons'  shall  wash  their  hands 
 and  their  feet  with  water  from  it. 
 ^'^  AVliensoever  they  shall  go  into  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness,  they  shall 
 wash  themselves  with  water,  so  they 
 shall  not  die,  whensoever  they  advance 
 to  the  altar  to  do  service  and  to  offer 
 the  Avhole  burnt- offerings  to  the  Lord. 
 -'  They  shall  wash  their  hands  and 
 feet  with  water,  whensoever  they  shall 
 go  into  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  they 
 shall  wash  themselves  with  water,  that 
 they  die  not,  and  it  shall  be  for  them 
 a  perpetual  statute,  for  him  and  his 
 '''  posterity  after  him.  ^'■^And  +<?<•.  generations, 
 the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying,  -^Do 
 thou  also  take  sweet  herbs,  the  flower 
 of  choice  myi'rh  five  himdred  shekels, 
 and  the  half  of  this  two  hundred  and 
 fifty  shekels  of  sweet-smelHng  cinna- 
 mon, and  two  hundred  and  fifty 
 shekels  of  sweet-smelling  calamus, 
 ^*  and  of  ^  cassia  five  hundred  +  or.  ins. 
 shekels  of  the  sanctuary,  and  a  liin 
 of  olive  oil.  ^''And  thou  shalt  make 
 it  a  holy  anointing  oil,  a  perfumed 
 ointment  tempered  by  the  art  of  the 
 ])erfumer,  it  shall  be  a  holy  anointing 
 oil.  ^"And  thou  shalt  anoint  with  it 
 the  tabernacle  of  witness,  and  the  ark 
 of  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  '-^^and  all 
 its  furniture,  and  the  candlestick  and 
 all  its  furniture,  and  the  altar  of  in- 
 cense, '^^and  the  altar  of  wIk^Ic  burnt- 
 
Chap.  xxx.  v.  29. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxxi.  v.  18. 
 
 offerings  and  all  its  fiu'niture,  and  the 
 table  and  all  its  furniture,  and  the 
 laver.  ^^  And  thou  shalt  sanctify  them, 
 and  they  shall  be  most  holy,  every  one 
 that  touches  them  shall  be  hallowed. 
 ^°And  thou  shalt  anoint  Aaron  and 
 his  sons,  and  sanctify  them  that  they 
 may  minister  to  me  as  priests.  ^^  And 
 thou  shalt  speak  to  the  cliildren  of 
 Israel,  saying,  Tlais  shall  be  to  you  a 
 holy  anointing  oil  throughout  your 
 generations.  ^''  On  man's  flesh  it  shall 
 not  be  poured,  and  ye  shall  not  make 
 ani/  for  yourselves  according  to  this 
 composition:  it  is  holy,  and  shall  be 
 hohness  to  you.  ^^  Wliosoever  shall 
 make  it  in  hke  manner,  and  whosoever 
 shall  give  of  it  to  a  stranger,  shall  be 
 destroyed  from  among  his  people. 
 
 ^■*  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Take 
 for  thyself  sweet  herbs,  stacte,  onycha, 
 sweet  galbanmn,  and  transparent  frank- 
 tGc.  equal  to  incensc,  there  shall  be  an 
 equal.  1^  equal    weight     of     each. 
 
 ^^And  they  shall  make  with  it  per- 
 fumed incense,  tempered  with  the  art 
 of  a  perfumer,  a  pure  holy  work. 
 ^And  of  these  thou  shalt  beat  some 
 small,  and  thou  shalt  put  it  before  the 
 testimonies  in  the  tabernacle  of  testi- 
 mony, whence  I  will  make  myself 
 known  to  thee,  it  shall  be  to  you  a 
 most  holy  incense.  ^^  Ye  shall  not 
 make  any  for  yourselves  according  to 
 this  composition,  it  shall  be  to  you  a 
 holy  thing  for  the  Lord.  ^^  WHiosoever 
 +Gr.tosnieUin  shall  make  any  in  Hke  man- 
 
 it.  Hebraism.      ^^^^      ^^^     ^^     t^^     g^^^^     -^^ 
 
 shall  perish  from  his  people. 
 
 31.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  Behold  I  have  cdled  by 
 name  Beseleel  the  son  of  Urias  the 
 son  of  Or,  of  the  tribe  of  Juda.  ^  And 
 I  have  filled  him  with  a  divine  spirit 
 of  A\Tisdom,  and  understanding,  and 
 knowledge,  ''to  invent  in  every  work, 
 and  to  frame  works,  *to  labour  in  gold, 
 and  silver,  and  brass,  and  blue,  and 
 piirple,  and  spun  scarlet,  and  works 
 in    stone,   and  for  artificers'  Avork  in 
 
 wood,  to  work  at  all  works.  *'And 
 I  have  ^  appointed  him  and  +  Gr.  given. 
 EHab  the  son  Achisamach  of  the  tribe 
 of  Dan,  and  to  every  one  understand- 
 ing in  heart  I  have  given  vmder- 
 standing,  and  they  shall  ''^make  all 
 things  as  many  as  I  have  ap-  +  o/-,  work  la 
 pointed  thee, — ^the  taber-  ""^  ^*'   9"^ 
 
 r  p       •  11         reatling  is 
 
 nacie  ol  witness,  and  the  toitJo-ovo-i. 
 ark  of  the  covenant,  and  the  pro- 
 pitiatory that  is  upon  it,  and  the 
 furniture  of  the  tabernacle,  and  the 
 altars,  '^and  the  table  and  all  its  furni- 
 ture, ^and  the  pure  candlestick  and  all 
 its  furniture,  and  the  laver  and  its 
 base.  '°  And  Aaron's  robes  of  ministry, 
 and  the  robes  of  his  sons  to  minister 
 to  me  as  priests,  ^'and  the  anointing 
 oil  and  the  compound  incense  of  the 
 sanctuary,  according  to  all  that  I  have 
 commanded  thee  shall  they  make 
 them. 
 
 '^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  '^Do  thou  also  charge  the 
 children  of  Israel,  saying,  Take  heea 
 and  keep  my  sabbaths,  for  they  are  a 
 sign  with  me  and  among  you  through- 
 out your  generations,  that  ye  may 
 know  that  I  am  the  Lord  that  sancti- 
 fies you.  '^And  ye  shall  keep  the 
 sabbaths,  because  this  is  holy  to  the 
 Lord  for  you ;  he  that  profanes  it  shall 
 surely  be  put  to  death:  every  one 
 who  shall  do  a  work  on  it,  that  soul 
 shall  be  destroyed  from  the  midst  of 
 his  people.  '^  Six  days  thou  shalt  do 
 works,  but  the  seventh  day  is  the 
 sabbath,  a  holy  rest  to  the  Lord,  every 
 one  who  shall  do  a  work  on  the 
 seventh  day  shall  be  put  to  death. 
 '^And  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
 keep  the  sabbaths,  to  observe  them 
 throughout  their  generations.  '^  It  is 
 a  perpetual  covenant  -with  me  and  the 
 children  of  Israel,  it  is  a  perpetual 
 sign  with  me,  for  in  six  days  the 
 Lord  made  the  heaven  and  the  earth, 
 and  on  the  seventh  day  he  ceased,  and 
 rested.  '®  And  he  gave  to  Moses  when 
 he  left  off  speaking  to  him  in  Mount 
 Sina  the  two  tables  of  testimony,  tables 
 
Chap,  xxxii.  v.  1. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxii.  v.  23. 
 
 of  stone  written  vpon  with  the  finger 
 of  God. 
 
 32.  ^  And  when  the  people  saw  that 
 +  Acts  7. 40.  INIoses  delayed  to  come 
 down  from  the  mountain,  the  people 
 combined  against  Aaron,  and  said  to 
 him,  Arise  and  make  us  gods  who 
 shall  go  before  us,  for  this  Moses,  the 
 man  who  brought  us  forth  out  of  the 
 land  of  Egypt, — we  do  not  know  what 
 is  become  of  him.  ^And  Aaron  says 
 to  them.  Take  off  the  golden  ear-rings 
 which  are  in  the  ears  of  your  wives 
 and  daughters,  and  bring  them  to  me. 
 ^And  all  the  people  took  off  the 
 golden  ear-rings  that  were  in  their  ears, 
 and  brought  them  to  Aaron.  ''And 
 he  received  them  at  their  hands,  and 
 formed  them  with  a  graving  tool,  and 
 he  made  them  a  molten  calf,  and  said, 
 These  are  thy  gods,  0  Israel,  which 
 have  brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land 
 of  Egypt.  ^  And  Aaron  having  seen  it 
 built  an  altar  before  it,  and  Aaron  made 
 proclamation  saying.  To-morrow  is  a 
 feast  of  the  Lord.  ^  And  having  risen 
 early  on  the  morrow  he  ^  offered  whole 
 t  Set  upon  the  bumt-offerinffs,  and  offered 
 
 altar  • 
 
 + 1  Cor.  10. 7.  a  peace-offering,  and  ^  the 
 people  sat  down  to  eat  and  drink,  and 
 rose  up  to  play. 
 
 '^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying.  Go  quickly,  descend  hence, 
 for  thy  people  whom  thou  broughtest 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  have  trans- 
 gressed, **they  have  quickly  gone  out 
 of  the  way  which  thou  commandedst ; 
 they  have  made  for  themselves  a  calf,  and 
 worshipped  it,  and  sacrificed  to  it,  and 
 said,  ^  These  are  thy  gods,  0  Israel,  wlio 
 brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt.  '°  And  now  let  me  alone,  and  I 
 will  be  very  angry  with  them  and  con- 
 sume them,  and  I  will  make  thee  a  great 
 nation.  ''And  Moses  prayed  before 
 the  Lord  God,  and  said,  AVlierefore, 
 0  Lord,  art  thou  very  angry  with  thy 
 people,  whom  thou  broughtest  out  of 
 the  land  of  Egypt  with  great  strength, 
 and  with  thy  high  arm?   '^Take  liecd 
 
 lest  at  any  time  the  Egyptians  speak, 
 saying,  With  evil  intent  he  brought 
 them  out  to  slay  them  in  the  moun- 
 tains, and  to  consume  them  from  off 
 the  earth;  cease  from  thy  wrathful 
 anger,  and  be  merciful  to  the  sin  of 
 thy  people,  '^remembering  Abraam 
 and  Isaac  and  Jacob  thy  servants,  to 
 whom  thou  hast  sworn  by  thyself,  and 
 hast  spoken  to  them,  saying,  I  will 
 greatly  multiply  your  seed  as  the  stars 
 of  heaven  for  multitude,  and  all  this 
 land  which  thou  spokest  of  to  give  to 
 them,  so  that  tliey  shall  +  6v.  propi- 
 possess  it  for  ever.  '''And  '^**^''" 
 the  Lord  was  ^prevailed  upon  to 
 preserve  his  people. 
 
 '^  And  Moses  turned  and  Avent  down 
 from  the  mountain,  and  the  two  tables 
 of  testimony  were  in  his  hands,  tables 
 of  stone  written  on  both  their  sides, 
 they  were  written  ■within  and  "without. 
 '^  And  the  tables  were  the  work  of  God, 
 and  the  writing  the  writing  of  God 
 written  on  the  tables.  ''^And  ^Joshua 
 having  heard  the  voice  of  +  or.  Jesus. 
 the  people  crying,  says  to  Moses,  There 
 is  a  noise  of  war  in  the  camp.  '^  And 
 Moses  says.  It  is  not  the  voice  of  them 
 that  ^  begin  the  battle,  nor  +Beginmigh- 
 the  voice  of  them  that  strength, 
 '''begin  the  cry  of  defeat,  +  Begin  defeat, 
 but  the  voice  of  them  that  begin  the 
 banquet  of  -wine  do  I  hear.  ''•'And 
 when  he  drew  nigh  to  the  camp,  lie 
 sees  the  calf  and  the  dances,  and  Moses 
 being  very  angry  cast  the  two  tables 
 out  of  his  hands,  and  broke  them  to 
 pieces  under  the  mountain.  ^°And 
 having  taken  the  calf  which  they  made, 
 he  consumed  it  with  fire,  and  ground 
 it  very  small,  and  ^  scattered  t  cr.  sowed  it 
 in  on  the  water , and  made  the  ZXt^M^ 
 Efchildren  of  Israel  to  drink  reading  is  ini. 
 it.  ^'  And  Moses  said  to  Aaron,  What 
 has  this  people  done  to  thee,  tliat  thou 
 hast  brought  upon  them  a  great  sin? 
 '■^'■^And  Aaron  said  to  Moses,  Be  not 
 angry,  mi/  lord,  for  thou  knowest  the 
 ^  impetuosity  of  this  people.  +  <^''-  impulse. 
 '■^^  For  they  say  to  me.  Make  us  gods, 
 
Chap,  xxxii.  v.  24. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiii.  v.  10. 
 
 which  shall  go  before  us,  for  as  for  this 
 man  Moses  who  brought  us  out  of 
 Egypt,  we  do  not  know  what  is  ^  become 
 t  Done  to  him.  of  liim.  ^^  And  I  Said  to 
 them,  Kanyone  has  golden  ornaments, 
 take  them  off;  and  they  gave  them 
 me,  and  I  cast  them  into  the  fire,  and 
 there  came  out  tliis  calf.  ^^  And  when 
 Moses  saw  that  the  people  was  scat- 
 tered,— for  Aaron  had  scattered  them 
 so  as  to  be  a  rejoicing  to  their  enemies, 
 — ^^then  stood  Moses  at  the  gate  of 
 the  camp,  and  said,  Wlio  is  on  the 
 Lord's  side  ?  let  him  come  to  me. 
 Then  all  the  sons  of  Levi  came  to  him. 
 ^^And  he  says  to  them,  thus  saith 
 the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Put  every 
 one  his  sword  on  his  thigh,  and  go 
 through  and  return  from  gate  to  gate 
 through  the  camp,  and  slay  every  one 
 his  brother,  and  every  one  his  neigh- 
 bour, and  every  one  him  that  is  near- 
 est to  him.  ^^And  the  sons  of  Levi 
 did  as  Moses  spoke  to  them,  and  there 
 fell  of  the  people  in  that  day  to  the 
 number  0/ three  thousand  men.  ^^  And 
 Moses  said  to  them,  Ye  have  filled 
 your  hands  this  day  to  the  Lord 
 each  one  on  his  son  or  on  liis  bro- 
 ther, so  that  blessino;  should  be  given 
 to  you. 
 
 ^°  And  it  came  to  pass  after  the  mor- 
 row had  beffUJi  that  Moses  said  to  the 
 people.  Ye  have  sinned  a  great  sin,  and 
 now  I  will  go  up  to  God,  that  I  may 
 make  atonement  for  your  sin.  ^'  And 
 Moses  returned  to  the  Lord  and  said, 
 I  pray,  0  Lord,  this  people  has  sinned  a 
 great  sin,  and  they  have  made  for  them- 
 selves golden  gods.  ^^  And  now  if  thou 
 +  <?r.  dost.  ■^wilt  forgive  their  sin,  for- 
 give it,  and  if  not,  blot  me  out  of  thy 
 book,  which  thou  hast  wi'itten.  ^^And 
 the  Lord  said  to  Closes,  If  any  one  has 
 sinned  against  me,  I  will  blot  them 
 out  of  my  book.  ^*  And  now  go,  de- 
 scend, and  lead  this  people  into  the 
 place  of  which  I  spoke  to  thee,  be- 
 hold my  angel  shall  go  before  thy 
 face,  and  in  the  day  when  I  shall 
 visit   I  mil    bring  upon   them   their 
 
 sin.  ^''And  the  Lord  smote  the  peo- 
 ple for  the  making  the  calf,  which 
 Aaron  made. 
 
 33.  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses, 
 Go  forward,  go  up  hence,  thou  and 
 thy  people,  whom  thou  broughtest  out 
 of  the  land  of  Egypt,  into  the  land 
 which  I  swore  to  Abraam,  and  Isaac, 
 and  Jacob,  saying,  I  will  give  it  to  your 
 seed.  ^And  I  will  send  at  the  same 
 time  my  angel  before  thy  face,  and  he 
 shall  cast  out  the  Amorite  and  the 
 Chettite,  and  the  Pherezite  and  Ger- 
 gesite,  and  Evite,  and  Jebusite,  and 
 Chananite.  ^And  I  will  bring  thee 
 into  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and 
 honey,  for  I  will  not  go  up  with  thee, 
 because  thou  art  a  stiff-necked  people, 
 lest  I  consume  thee  by  the  way.  ^  And 
 the  people  having  heard  this  ^  grievous 
 saying,  mourned  in  mourn-  +  gc  evu. 
 ing  apparel.  ^  For  the  Lord  said  to 
 the  children  of  Israel,  Ye  are  a  stiff- 
 necked  people,  take  heed  lest  I  bring- 
 on  you  another  plague,  and  destroy 
 you,  now  then  put  off  your  glorious 
 apparel,  and  i/our  ornaments,  and  I 
 will  show  thee  what  I  will  do  to  thee. 
 "  So  the  sons  of  Israel  took  off  their 
 ornaments  and  their  array  ^at  the 
 mount  of  Choreb.  ^And  ^  Gr.  from. 
 Moses  took  his  tabernacle  and  pitched 
 it  without  the  camp,  at  a  distance  from 
 the  camp,  and  it  was  called  the  Taber- 
 nacle of  Testimony,  and  it  came  to 
 pass  that  every  one  that  sought  the 
 Lord  went  forth  to  the  tabernacle 
 which  was  without  the  camp.  ^And 
 whenever  IMoses  went  into  the  taber- 
 nacle without  the  camp,  all  the  people 
 stood  every  one  watching  by  the  doors 
 of  his  tent,  and  when  Moses  departed 
 they  took  notice  imtil  he  entered  into 
 the  tabernacle.  ^  And  when  Moses 
 entered  into  the  tabernacle,  the  pillar 
 of  the  cloud  descended,  and  stood  at 
 the  door  of  the  tabernacle,  and  God 
 talked  to  Moses.  ^"And  all  the  people 
 saw  the  pillar  of  the  cloud  standing  by 
 the  door  of  the  tabernacle,  and  all  the 
 
Chap,  xxxiii.  v.  l\. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiv.  u.  11. 
 
 people  stood  and  worshipped  every 
 +  From.  one  ^  at  the  door  of  his  tent. 
 "And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  face  to 
 face,  as  if  one  should  speak  to  his 
 friend,  and  he  retired  into  the  camp, 
 but  his  servant  Joshua  the  son  of  Xaue, 
 a  young  man,  departed  not  forth  from 
 the  tabernacle. 
 
 '^  And  Moses  said  to  the  Lord,  Lo  ! 
 thou  sayest  to  me.  Lead  on  this  people, 
 but  thou  hast  not  showed  me,  whom 
 thou  wilt  send  with  me,  but  thou  hast 
 said  to  me,  I  know  thee  above  all,  and 
 thou  hast  favour  with  me.  ^^  If  then 
 I  have  foimd  favour  in  thy  sight,  reveal 
 thyself  to  me,  that  I  may  evidently 
 see  thee,  that  I  may  find  favour  in  thy 
 sight,  and  that  I  may  know  that  this 
 great  nation  is  thy  people.  ^^And  he 
 says,  I  myself  will  go  before  thee,  and 
 give  thee  rest.  ''^  And  he  says  to  him, 
 If  thou  go  not  up  with  us  thyself,  bring 
 me  not  up  hence.  "^And  how  shall  it 
 be  surely  known,  that  both  I  and  this 
 people  have  found  favour  with  thee, 
 except  only  if  thou  go  with  us?  So 
 both  I  and  thy  people  shall  be  glorified 
 beyond  all  the  nations,  as  many  as  are 
 upon  the  earth.  ^^  And.  the  Lord  said 
 to  JNIoses,  I  will  also  do  for  thee  tliis 
 thing,  which  thou  hast  spoken:  for 
 thou  hast  found  grace  befoi'e  me,  and  I 
 know  thee  above  all.  '^And  Moses 
 says.  Manifest  thyself  to  me.  '^And 
 God  said,  I  will  pass  by  before  thee 
 with  my  glory,  and  I  will  call  by  my 
 name,  the  Lord  before  thee,  and  ^  I 
 +  Rom.  9.  15.  will  have  mercy  on  whom 
 I  will  have  mercy,  and  will  have  pity 
 on  whom  I  Avill  have  pity.  ^^  And  God 
 said,  Thou  shalt  not  be  able  to  see  my 
 face,  for  no  man  shall  see  my  face,  and 
 live.  '^'  And  tlie  Lord  said.  Behold 
 there  is  a  place  by  me,  thou  shalt  stand 
 upon  the  rock.  ^^And  when  my  glory 
 shall  pass  by,  then  I  will  put  thee  into 
 a  hole  of  the  rock,  and  I  will  cover  thee 
 over  with  my  hand,  until  I  shall  have 
 passed  by.  ^^And  I  will  remove  my  liand, 
 and  then  shalt  tliou  see  my  back  })arts, 
 but  my  fiice  shall  not  appear  to  thee. 
 
 34.  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses, 
 Hew  for  thyself  two  tables  of  stone,  as 
 also  the  first  were,  and  come  up  to  me 
 to  the  movmtain,  and  I  will  write  upon 
 the  tables  the  words,  which  were  on 
 the  first  tables,  which  thovi  brokest. 
 ^And  be  ready  by  the  morning,  and 
 thou  shalt  go  up  to  the  Momit  Sina, 
 and  shalt  stand  tliere  for  me  on  the 
 top   of  the  mountain.     ^And  let  no 
 one  go  up  with  thee,  nor  be  seen  in 
 all  the  mountain,  and  let  not  the  sheep 
 and    oxen    feed  near   that  mountain. 
 ^  And  Moses  hewed  two  tables  of  stone, 
 as  also  the  first  were,  and  Moses  having 
 arisen  early,  went   up  to  the  Mount 
 Sina,  as  the  Lord  appointed  him,  and 
 Moses  took  the  two  tables  of  stone.  ^And 
 the  Lord  descended  in  a  cloud,  and 
 stood  near  him  there,  and  called  ^by 
 the    name    of    the    Lord.    +or,thename 
 •5  And  the  Lord  passed  by  h^,!^!' 
 before  Ms   fiice,    and   pro-  Another  read- 
 claimed.     the     Lord     (jrod  ^^an. 
 pitiful,    and     merciful,    longsuffering 
 and    very    compassionate,    and   true, 
 ^  and     keeping    justice     and     mercy 
 for  thousands,  taking  away  iniquity, 
 and  imrighteousness,  and  sins,  and  he 
 will  not  clear  the  guilty,  bringing  the 
 iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon  the  chil- 
 dren, and  to  the  children's  cliildren, 
 to  the    third   and   fourth  generation. 
 ''And  Moses  hasted  and  bowed  to  the 
 earth  and  worshipped;  ^and  said.  If  I 
 have  found  grace  before  thee.  Let  my 
 Lord  go  with   us,    for  the   people   is 
 stiff-necked,  and  thou  shalt  take  away 
 our   sins  and  our  iniquities,  and  we 
 will  be  thine.     '"And  the  Lord  said 
 to  Moses,    Behold  I   establish   a   co- 
 venant for  thee  in  the  presence  of  all 
 thy  people;  I  will  do  glorious  things, 
 Avhich  have  not  been  done  in  all  the 
 earth,  or  in  any  nation;  and  all  the 
 people   among  whom    thou  art   shall 
 see  the  works  of  the  Lord,  that  they 
 are   wonderful,    which    I  will  do  for 
 tlicc.       ''Do    thou    take  heed    to    all 
 tilings  Avhatsoever    I  command  thee, 
 behold,  I  cast  out  before  your  face  the 
 
Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  12. 
 
 EXODUS, 
 
 Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  35. 
 
 Amorite  and  the  Chananite  and  the 
 Pherezite,  and  the  Chettite,  and 
 Evite,  and  Gergesite  and  Jebusite, 
 '^Take  heed  to  thyself,  lest  at  any 
 time  thou  make  a  covenant  with  the 
 dwellers  on  the  land,  into  which 
 thou  art  entering,  lest  it  be  to  thee  a 
 stumbhng-block  among  you.  '^  Ye  shall 
 destroy  their  altars,  and  break  in  pieces 
 their  pillars,  and  ye  shall  cut  down 
 their  groves,  and  the  graven  images 
 of  their  gods  ye  shall  bm-n  with  fire. 
 '^Forye  shall  not  worship  strange  gods, 
 for  the  Lord  God,  a  jealous  name,  is 
 a  jealous  God.  ^^Lest  at  any  time 
 thou  make  a  covenant  with  the  dwell- 
 ers on  the  land,  and  they  go  a  whor- 
 ing after  their  gods,  and  sacrifice  to 
 their  gods,  and  they  call  thee,  and 
 thou  shouldest  eat  of  their  feasts,  '^and 
 thou  shouldest  take  of  their  daughters 
 to  thy  sons,  and  thou  shouldest  give  of 
 thy  daughters  to  their  sons,  and  thy 
 daughters  should  g-o  a  whoring  after 
 their  gods,  and  thy  sons  should  go  a 
 whoring  after  their  gods.  '^  And  thou 
 shalt  not  make  to  thyself  molten  gods. 
 ^®And  thou  shalt  keep  the  feast  of 
 unleavened  bread,  seven  days  shalt 
 thou  eat  imleavened  bread,  as  I  have 
 charged  thee  at  the  season  in  the  month 
 of  new  corn,  for  in  the  month  of  new 
 corn  thou  camest  out  from  Egypt. 
 '^  The  males  are  mine,  every  tiling  that 
 opens  the  womb,  every  first-born  of 
 +  Gr.ofacaif.  ^oxcn,  and  every  first-born 
 of  sheep.  ^''And  the  first-born  of  an  ass 
 thou  shalt  redeem  with  a  sheep,  and 
 if  thou  wilt  not  redeem  it  thou  shalt 
 pay  a  price:  every  first-born  of  thy 
 sons  shalt  thou  redeem:  thou  shalt 
 not  appear  before  me  empty.  ^^  Six 
 days  thou  shalt  work,  but  on  the 
 seventh  day  thou  shalt  rest,  there  shall 
 ■  be  rest  in  seed-time  and  harvest.  ^^And 
 +  Gr.  make,  thou  shalt  ^  kccp  to  me  the 
 feast  of  weeks,  the  beginning  of  wheat- 
 harvest ;  and  the  feast  of  ingathering  in 
 the  middle  of  the  year.  ^^  Three  times 
 in  the  year  shall  every  male  of  thine 
 appear   before  the  Lord  the  God  of 
 
 Israel.  ^''For  when  I  shall  have  cast 
 out  the  nations  before  thy  face,  and 
 shall  have  enlarged  thy  coasts,  no  one 
 shall  desire  thy  land,  whenever  thou 
 niayest  go  up  to  appear  before  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  three  times  in  the  year. 
 "^  Thou  shalt  not  ^  offer  the  +  o^r.  siay. 
 blood  of  my '  sacrifices  Vith  offering""''" 
 leaven,  neither  shall  the  sa-  +  cr.  upon, 
 crifices  of  the  feast  of  the  passover 
 ^  remain  till  the  morning.  +  Gr.  sleep. 
 ^^  The  first-fruits  of  thy  land  shalt  thou 
 put  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  thy 
 God :  thou  shalt  not  boil  a  lamb  in  his 
 mother's  milk.  ^^And  the  Lord  said 
 to  Moses,  Write  these  words  for  thy- 
 self, for  on  these  words  I  have  esta- 
 blished a  covenant  with  thee  and 
 with  Israel.  ^^And  Moses  was  there 
 before  the  Lord  forty  days,  and 
 forty  nights;  he  did  not  eat  bread, 
 and  he  did  not  drink  water;  and 
 he  wrote  upon  the  tables  these 
 words  of  the  covenant,  the  ten  say- 
 ings. 
 
 '^^  And  when  Moses  went  doAvn 
 from  the  mountain,  ''there  +Gr. and. 
 were  the  two  tables  in  the  hands  of 
 Moses, — as  then  he  went  down  from 
 the  moimtain,  Moses  knew  not  that 
 the  appearance  of  the  skin  of  his  face 
 was  glorified,  when  '^  God  +  Gr.  he. 
 spoke  to  him.  ^"  And  Aaron  and  all  the 
 elders  of  Israel  saw  Moses,  and  the  ap- 
 pearance of  the  skin  of  his  face  was  made 
 glorious,  and  they  feared  to  approach 
 him.  ^^And  Moses  called  them,  and 
 Aaron  and  all  the  rulers  of  the  syna- 
 gogue turned  towards  him,  and  Moses 
 spoke  to  them.  ^^And  afterwards  all 
 the  childi'en  of  Israel  came  to  him,  and 
 he  commanded  them  all  things,  what- 
 soever the  Lord  had  commanded  him 
 in  the  mount  of  Sina.  ^^And  when 
 he  ceased  speaking  to  them,  he  put  a 
 vail  on  liis  face.  ^^And  whenever 
 IVIoses  went  in  before  the  Lord  to  speak 
 to  him,  he  took  off  the  vail  till  he 
 went  out,  and  he  went  forth  and  spoke 
 to  aU  the  children  of  Israel  whatsoever 
 the  Lord  commanded  liim.  ^^  And  the 
 8 
 
Chap.  xxxv.  v.  1. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxxv.  v.  31. 
 
 children  of"  Israel  saw  the  face  of 
 Moses,  that  it  was  glorilied,  and  JMoses 
 put  the  vail  over  his  face,  till  he  went 
 in  to  speak  with  him. 
 
 35.  And  Moses  gathered  all  the 
 con<Treo;ation  of  the  children  of  Israel 
 together,  and  said.  These  are  the  words 
 which  the  Lord  has  spoken  for  i/ou 
 to  do  them.  '^  Six  days  shalt  thou  per- 
 form works,  but  on  the  seventh  day 
 shall  be  rest — a  holy  sabbath — a  rest 
 for  the  Lord,  every  one  that  does  work 
 on  it,  let  him  die.  ^  Ye  shall  not  burn 
 a  fire  in  any  of  your  dwellings  on  the 
 sabbath-day;  I  am  the  Lord.  ''And 
 ]\Ioses  spoke  to  all  the  congregation  of 
 the  children  of  Israel,  saying,  This  is 
 the  thing,  wliich  the  Lord  has  ap- 
 pointed you,  saying,  ^  Take  of  your- 
 selves an  offering  for  the  Lord,  every 
 one  that  enijao-es  in  his  heart  '^  shall 
 tGc.theyshau.  bring  the  first-fruits  to  the 
 Lord,  gold,  silver,  brass,  ^  blue,  purple, 
 double  scarlet  spun,  and  fine  hnen 
 spun,  ^and  goats' hair,  and  rams'  skins 
 dyed  red,  and  skins  di/ed  blue,  and  in- 
 corruptible wood,  ^and  sardine  stones, 
 '•'  and  stones  for  cnjrravino;  for  the 
 +  or,  ephod.  +  slioulder-piecc  and  fidl- 
 length  robe.  ^''And  every  man  that 
 is  wise  in  heart  among  you,  let  him 
 come  and  work  all  things  whatsoever 
 the  Lord  has  commanded.  ''The  ta- 
 bernacle, and  the  cords,  and  the  cover- 
 ings, and  the  rings,  and  the  bars,  and 
 the  posts,  and  the  ark  of  the  testimony, 
 '^and  its  staves,  and  its  propitiatory, 
 and  the  vail,  and  the  curtains  of  the 
 court,  and  its  posts,  and  the  emerald 
 stones,  and  the  incense,  and  the  anoint- 
 ing oil,  '^and  the  table  and  all  its  fur- 
 niture, '■^and  the  candlestick  for  the 
 light  and  all  its  furniture,  ''^and  the 
 altar  and  all  its  furniture.  '''And  the 
 holy  garments  of  Aaron  the  pnest,  and 
 the  garments  in  which  they  shall  do 
 service  :  and  the  garments  of  pricst- 
 hoi.  \for  the  sons  of  Aaron  and  the 
 anointing  oil,  and  the  compound  in- 
 cense. 
 
 -"And  all  the  congregation  of  the 
 childi'cn  of  Israel  went  out  from  ]\Ioses. 
 And  they  brought,  they  whose  heart 
 prompted  them,  and  they  to  whomso- 
 ever it  seemed  good  in  their  mind, 
 each  an  offering :  ^'  and  they  brought  an 
 offering  to  the  Lord  for  all  the  works 
 of  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  and  all  its 
 services,  and  for  all  the  robes  of  the 
 sanctuary.  ^^  And  the  men,  even  every 
 one  to  whom  it  seemed  good  in  his 
 heart,  brought  from  the  women,  even 
 brought  seals  and  ear-rings,  and  finger- 
 rings,  and  ^  necklaces,  and  +  <>>■,  chains, 
 bracelets,  every  article  of  gold.  ^^And 
 all  as  many  as  brought  ornaments  of 
 gold  to  the  Lord,  and  with  whomsoever 
 fine  linen  was  found ;  and  they  brought 
 skins  dt/ed  blue,  and  rams'  skins  dyed 
 red.  "^^  And  every  one  that  offered  an 
 offering  ^  brought  silver  and  t  Gr.  they 
 brass,  the  offerings  to  the  ""^""eht. 
 Lord,  and  thcT/  with  whom  was  foimd 
 incorruptible  wood,  and  they  brought 
 offerings  for  all  the  works  of  the  pre- 
 paration. ^^And  every  woman  slcilled 
 in  her  heart  to  spin  with  her  hands, 
 ^brought  spun  articles,  the  +  or.  they 
 blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet  '^'■°"*"iit. 
 and  line  Hncn.  -''  And  all  the  women 
 to  whom  it  seemed  good  in  their  heart 
 in  their  wisdom,  spun  the  goats'  hair. 
 ^^And  the  rulers  brought  the  emerald 
 stones,  and  the  stones  lor  setting  in  the 
 ephod,  and  the  oracle,  '^^  and  the 
 compounds  both  for  the  anointing 
 oil,  and  the  composition  of  the  incense. 
 •^'•'And  every  man  and  woman  whose 
 mind  inclined  them  to  come  in  and  do 
 all  the  works  as  many  as  the  Lord  ap- 
 pointed them  to  do  by  ^jMoscs — 
 tlwy  the  children  of  Israel  +  Mwvcr,  cap. 
 brouo-ht  an  olferino^  to  the  ="/  ''?■■•  'f'  '» 
 
 1         P      in  s.      T  n  c        °       •  T  ^'•'•^-  ■*  clearly 
 
 Lord.  "^^  And  Moses  said  to  I'wt  for  the  ge- 
 the  children  of  Israel,  Be-  parc'tius^pas- 
 hold,  God  has  called  by  ^'^t-cwithit. 
 name  Beselccl  the  son  of  L^rias  the 
 son  of  Or,  of  the  iribe  of  Juda,  ^'and 
 has  filled  liim  with  a  divine  spirit 
 of  wisdom  and  understanding,  and 
 knowledge   of  all    things,   to   labour 
 
Chap.  xxxv.  v.  32. 
 
 EXODUS 
 
 Chap,  xxxvi. 
 
 ^skilfully  in  all  works  of  cunning  work- 
 +  !.e.  as  a     mansliip,  ^^to  form  the  gold 
 
 master  work-  ii^-i  ii       i 
 
 man.  and  the  silver  and  the  brass, 
 
 ^^  and  to  work  in  stone,  and  to  fashion 
 the  wood,  and  to  work  in  every  work 
 of  Avisdom.  ^''And  God  gave  improve- 
 ment in  understanding  both  to  him, 
 and  to  Eliab  the  son  of  Achisamach  of 
 the  tribe  of  Dan.  ^s^^d  God  filled 
 them  with  Avisdom,  understanding  and 
 perception, to  understand  to  work  all  the 
 Avorks  of  the  sanctuary,  and  to  weave 
 the  woven  and  embroidered  work  with 
 ?:carlet  and  fine  linen,  to  do  all  work  of 
 curious  workmansliip  and  embroidery. 
 
 36.  And  Beseleel  wrought,  and 
 Eliab  and  every  one  wise  in  under- 
 standing, to  whom  was  given  wisdom 
 and  knowledge,  to  imderstand  to  do  all 
 the  works  according  to  the  holy  offices, 
 according  to  all  things  which  the  Lord 
 appointed.  ^  And  Moses  called  Bese- 
 leel and  Eliab,  and  all  that  had  wis- 
 dom, to  whom  God  gave  knowledge  in 
 iheir  heart,  and  all  who  were  freely 
 AvilHng  to  come  forward  to  the  works, 
 to  perform  them.  ^And  they  received 
 from  Moses  all  the  offerings,  which  the 
 children  of  Israel  brought  for  all  the 
 works  of  the  sanctuary  to  do  them; 
 and  they  continued  to  receive  the  gifts 
 brought,  from  those  who  brought  them 
 in  the  morning.  ^  And  there  came  all 
 the  wise  men  who  wrought  the  works 
 of  the  sanctuary,  each  according  to  lus 
 own  work,  wliich  they  wrought.  '^And 
 t  Another  ^  ouc  Said  to  Moscs,  The 
 ei^^',tfutthere  pcoplc  bring  an  abmidance 
 isocc'asionauy  foo  f/reat  in  proportion  to 
 
 confusion  of        ni  ii-i         t 
 
 number  in  ail  the  works  which  the 
 singular  being  Lord  has  appointed  them 
 ufed'1or**The  ^o  do.  ^And  Moscs  com- 
 piura).  manded,  and  proclaimed  in 
 
 the  camp,  saying.  Let  neither  man  nor 
 woman  any  longer  labour  for  the  offer- 
 ings of  the  sanctuary;  and  the  people 
 were  restrained  from  bringing  any 
 t  Gr.  works,  morc.  ^Aud  they  had  ^  ma- 
 terials sufficient  for  making  the  furni- 
 ture, and  they  left  some  besides.   ^And 
 
 every  wise  one  among  those  that 
 wrought  made  the  robes  of  the  holy 
 places,  wliich  belong  to  Aaron  the 
 priest,  as  the  Lord  commanded  JMoses. 
 And  ^  he  made  the  ephod  of  +  or,  they, 
 gold,  and  blue,  and  purple,  and  spun 
 scarlet,  and  fine  linen  twined.  And 
 the  plates  were  divided,  the  threads 
 of  gold,  so  as  to  interweave  with  the 
 blue  and  purple,  and  with  the  spun  scar- 
 let, and  the  fine  linen  twined,  they 
 made  it  a  woven  work ;  shoidder-pieces 
 joined  from  both  sides,  a  work  woven 
 by  mutual  twisting  of  the  parts  into 
 ^  one  another.  They  made  +  ch-.  itseif. 
 it  of  the  same  material  according  to 
 the  making  of  it,  of  gold,  and  blue, 
 and  purple,  and  spun  scarlet,  and  fine 
 linen  twined,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 Moses;  and  they  made  the  two  eme- 
 rald stones  clasped  together  and  set  in 
 gold,  graven  and  cut  after  the  cutting 
 of  a  seal  with  the  names  of  the  children 
 of  Israel,  and  he  put  them  on  the 
 shoulder-pieces  of  the  ephod,  as  stones 
 of  memorial  of  the  cliildren  of  Israel, 
 as  the  Lord  appointed  Moses.  And 
 they  made  the  oracle,  a  work  woven 
 with  embroidery,  according  to  the 
 work  of  the  ephod,  of  gold,  and  blue, 
 and  purple,  and  spun  scarlet,  and  fine 
 linen  twined.  They  made  the  oracle 
 square  and  double,  the  length  of  a 
 span,  and  the  breadth  qf  a  span, — 
 double.  And  there  was  interwoven 
 with  it  a  woven  work  of  four  rows  of 
 stones,  a  series  of  stones,  the  first  row, 
 a  sardius  and  topaz  and  emerald;  and 
 the  second  row,  a  carbuncle  and  sap- 
 pliire  and  jasper;  and  the  third  row,  a 
 figure  and  agate  and  amethyst;  and 
 the  fourth  row  a  chrysolite  and  beryl 
 and  onyx  set  round  about  with  gold, 
 and  fastened  with  gold.  And  the 
 stones  were  twelve  according  to  the 
 names  of  the  children  of  Israel,  graven 
 according  to  their  names  ^  like  seals, 
 each  according  to  his  own  +Gr.  for  seals, 
 name  for  the  twelve  tribes.  And  they 
 made  on  the  oracle  turned  wreaths, 
 wreathen  work,  of  pure  gold,  and  they 
 
Chap,  xxxvi. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxvii. 
 
 made  two  golden  circlets  and  two 
 golden  rings.  And  they  put  the  two 
 golden  rings,  on  both  the  upper  corners 
 of  the  oracle,  and  they  put  the  golden 
 wreaths  on  the  rings  on  both  sides  ol' 
 the  oracle,  and  the  two  wreaths  into 
 the  two  couplings.  And  they  put 
 them  on  the  two  circlets,  and  they  put 
 them  on  the  shoulders  of  the  ephod 
 opposite  each  otJter  in  front.  And 
 they  made  two  golden  rings,  and  put 
 them  on  the  two  projections  on  the 
 top  of  the  oracle,  and  on  the  top  of 
 the  hinder  part  of  the  ephod  within. 
 And  they  made  two  golden  rings,  and 
 put  them  on  both  the  shoulders  of  the 
 ephod  under  it,  in  front  by  the  coupHng 
 above  the  connexion  of  the  ephod. 
 And  he  fastened  the  oracle  by  the 
 rings  that  were  on  it  to  the  rings  of  the 
 ephod,  which  were  fastened  with  a 
 string  of  blue,  joined  together  with  the 
 woven  work  of  the  ephod,  that  the 
 oracle  should  not  be  loosed  from  the 
 ephod,  as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 
 And  they  made  the  tunic  imder  the 
 ephod,  woven  work,  all  of  blue.  And 
 the  opening  of  the  tunic  in  the  midst 
 woven  closely  together,  the  opening- 
 having  a  fringe  round  about,  that  it 
 might  not  be  rent.  And  they  made 
 on  the  border  of  the  tunic  below  pome- 
 granates as  of  a  flowering  pomegranate 
 tree,  of  blue,  and  purple,  and  spun 
 scarlet,  and  fine  linen  twined.  And 
 they  made  golden  bells,  and  put  the 
 bells  on  the  border  of  the  tunic  round 
 about  between  the  pomegranates.  A 
 golden  bell  and  a  pomegranate  on  the 
 border  of  the  tunic  round  about,  for 
 the  ministration,  as  the  Lord  com- 
 manded JVIoses.  And  they  made  vest- 
 ments of  fine  linen,  a  woven  work,  for 
 Aaron  and  his  sons,  and  the  tires  of 
 fine  linen,  and  the  mitre  of  fine  linen, 
 and  the  drawers  of  fine  linen  twined; 
 and  their  girdles  of  fine  linen,  and  blue, 
 and  purple,  and  scarlet  spun,  the  work 
 of  an  embroiderer,  according  as  the 
 Lord  commanded  IMoses.  And  they 
 made  the  golden  plate,    a   dedicated 
 
 thing  of  the  sanctuary,  of  pure  gold. 
 And  he  wrote  upon  it  graven  letters 
 as  of  a  seal,  HoHness  to  the  Lord. 
 And  they  pvit  it  on  the  border  of  blue, 
 so  that  it  should  be  on  the  mitre  above, 
 as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 
 
 37.  And  they  made  ten  curtains  for 
 the  tabernacle: /of  eight  and  twenty 
 cubits  the  length  of  one  ciu'tain,  the 
 same  measure  was  to  all,  and  the 
 breadth  of  one  curtain  was  of  four 
 cvibits.  /  And  they  made  the  vail  of 
 blue,  and  purple,  and  spun  scarlet,  and 
 fine  linen  twined,  the  woven  work 
 with  cherubs.  /And  they  put  it  on 
 four  posts  of  incorruptible  ^cood  over- 
 laid with  gold,  and  their  chapiters 
 were  gold,  and  their  four  sockets  were 
 silver.  ^And  they  made  the  vail  of  the 
 door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness  of 
 blue,  and  purple,  and  spun  scarlet,  and 
 fine  hnen  twined,  woven  work  with 
 cherubs.  And  their  posts  five  and  the  d, 
 rings,  and  they  gilded  their  chapiters 
 and  their  clasps  with  gold,  and  they 
 had  five  sockets  of  brass.  /  And  they 
 made  the  court  toward  the  south,  the 
 curtains  of  the  court  of  fine  linen 
 twined,  a  hundred  cubits  '^  every  way, 
 and  their  posts  twenty,  and  t  or,  on  each 
 their  sockets  twenty;  and  *"'^' 
 on  the  north  side  a  Inmdred  every 
 way,  and  on  the  south  side  a  hundred 
 every  way,  and  their  posts  twenty  and 
 their  sockets  twenty.  And  on  the 
 west  side  curtains  of  fifty  cubits,  their 
 posts  ten  and  their  sockets  ten.  And 
 on  the  east  side  curtains  of  lifty  cubits  of 
 fifteen  cubits  behind,  and  their  pillars 
 three,  and  their  sockets  three.  And 
 at  the  second  back  on  this  side  and  on 
 that  by  the  gate  of  the  court,  curtains 
 of  fifteen  cubits,  their  pillars  three  and 
 their  sockets  three ;  all  the  curtains  of 
 the  tabernacle  of  fine  linen  twined, 
 And  the  sockets  of  their  pillars  of 
 brass,  and  their  hooks  of  silver,  and 
 their  chapiters  overlaid  with  silver,  and 
 all  the  posts  of  the  court  overlaid  with 
 silver :  and  the  vail  of  the  gate  of  the 
 
Chap,  xxxvii. 
 
 EXODUS, 
 
 Chap,  xxxviii. 
 
 court,  the  work  of  an  embroiderer  of 
 blue,  and  purple,  and  spun  scarlet,  and 
 fine  linen  twined,  the  length  of  twenty 
 cubits,  and  the  height  and  the  breadth 
 of  five  cubits,  made  equal  to  the  cur- 
 tains of  the  court.  And  their  pillars 
 fiaur,  and  their  sockets  four  of  brass, 
 and  their  hooks  of  silver,  and  their 
 chapiters  overlaid  wth  silver.  And 
 all  the  pins  of  the  court  round  about 
 of  brass,  and  they  roere  overlaid  with 
 silver.  And  this  was  the  ^  construc- 
 +  Or,  appoint-  tion  of  the  tabemaclc  of 
 •"»^^t-  witness,   accordingly   as  it 
 
 was  appointed  to  Moses,  so  that  the 
 pubHc  ser\"ice  should  belong  to  the 
 Levites  through  Ithamar  the  son  of 
 Aaron  the  priest. 
 
 And  Beseleel  the  son  of  Urias  of  the 
 tribe  of  Juda,  did  as  the  Lord  com- 
 manded ]\Ioses.  And  Eliab  the  son 
 of  Achisamach  of  the  tribe  of  Dan 
 loas  there  who  was  cliief  artificer 
 +Gr.  to  weave,  in  tlic  wovcu  works  and 
 needle-works  and  embroideries,  ^  in 
 weaving  with  the  scarlet  and  fine  Hnen. 
 
 38.  ^^  And  Beseleel  made  the  ark, 
 and  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold  within 
 and  without,  and  he  cast  for  it  four 
 golden  rings,  two  on  the  one  side,  and 
 two  on  the  other,  mde  enough  for  the 
 staves,  so  that  men  should  bear  ^the 
 
 +  ffr.it.  ark  with   them.     And  he 
 
 made  the  propitiatory  over  the  ark  of 
 pure  gold,  and  the  two  cherubs  of 
 gold,  one  cherub  on  the  one  end  of  the 
 propitiatory,  and  another  cherub  on 
 the  other  end  of  the  propitiatory,  over- 
 shadowing the  propitiatory  with  their 
 wings.    And  he  made  the  '  set  table  of 
 
 +  i.e.  table  of  purc  gold,  and  cast  for  it 
 shewbread.       |>^^j,  rings,  two  ou  the  One 
 
 side  and  two  on  the  other  side,  broad, 
 so  that  men  should  lift  it  with  the 
 +  i.e.  the  rings,  stavcs  in  thcm^.  And  he 
 made  the  staves  of  the  ark  and  of  the 
 table,  and  gilded  them  with  gold. 
 And  he  made  the  furniture  of  the 
 table,  both  the  dishes,  and  the  censers, 
 and    the   cups,    and   the    bowls  with 
 
 which  he  ^should  offer  drink-offer- 
 ings, of  gold.  And  he  +  or.  wiu. 
 made  the  candlestick  which  o-ives  lis'ht, 
 of  gold,  the  stem  solid,  and  the  branches 
 from  both  its  sides,  and  blossoms  pro- 
 ceeding from  its  branches,  three  on 
 this  side,  and  three  on  the  other,  made 
 equal  to  each  other.  And  as  to  their 
 lamps,  which  are  on  the  ends,  '^knops 
 proceeded  from  them,  and  t  knops  uke 
 sockets  proceeding  from  ^^^'^^'^^'^^• 
 them,  that  the  lamps  might  be  upon 
 them,  and  the  seventh  socket,  on  the 
 top  of  the  candlestick,  on  the  summit 
 above,  entirely  of  solid  gold.  And 
 on  ^  the  candlestick  seven  +  <?»••  it. 
 golden  lamps,  and  its  snufTers  gold, 
 and  its  ^funnels  gold.  He  t  or,  snufr- 
 overiaid  the  posts  with  sil-  word'seems  to 
 ver,  and  cast  for  ^each  post  mean  the  ui- 
 
 1-1  •  1  Ml     1     struments 
 
 golden  rmgs,  and  gilded  with  which  oii 
 the  bars  with  gold;  and  he  toSS.'"' 
 gilded  the  posts  of  the  vail  ^  Gr.  the  post 
 \vith  gold,  and  made  the  hooks  of  gold. 
 He  made  also  the  rings  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  gold,  and  the  rings  of  the  court, 
 and  the  rings  for  drawing  out  the  vail 
 above  of  brass.  He  cast  the  silver 
 chapiters  of  the  tabernacle,  and  the 
 brazen  chapiters  of  the  door  of  the  ta- 
 bernacle, and  the  gate  of  the  court,  and 
 he  made  silver  hooks  for  the  posts,  he 
 overlaid  them  with  silver  on  the  posts. 
 He  made  the  pins  of  the  tabernacle 
 and  the  pins  of  the  court  of  brass. 
 He  made  the  brazen  altar  of  the  brazen 
 censers,  wliich  belonged  to  the  men 
 engaged  in  sedition  with  the  gathering 
 of  Core.  He  made  all  the  vessels  of  the 
 altar  and  its  '^  grate,  and  its  +  or,  firepan, 
 base,  and  its  bowls,  and  the  brazen  flesh- 
 hooks.  He  made  an  appendage  for 
 the  altar  of  network  imder  the  grate, 
 beneath  it  as  far  as  the  middle  of  it, 
 and  he  fastened  to  it  four  brazen  rings 
 on  the  four  parts  of  the  appendage  of 
 the  altar,  wide  enough  for  the  bars,  so 
 as  to  bear  the  altar  with  them.  He 
 made  the  holy  anointing  oil  and  the 
 composition  of  the  incense,  the  purc 
 work  of  the  perfumer.     He  made  the 
 
Chap,  xxxviii. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xl.  v.  4. 
 
 brazen  laver,  and  the  brazen  base  of  it 
 of  tlie  mirrors  of  the  women  that  fasted, 
 who  fasted  by  the  doors  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness,  in  the  day  in  which 
 he  set  it  up. 
 
 And  he  made  the  laver,  that  ^  at  it 
 +  G»-.  ofit.  Moses  and  Aaron  and  his 
 sons  might  wash  their  hands  and  their 
 feet,  when  they  went  into  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness,  or  whensoever  they 
 should  advance  to  the  altar  to  do  ser- 
 t  Gr.ofit.  vice,  they  washed  ^at  it,  as 
 the  Lord  commanded  Moses.  39.  All 
 the  gold  that  was  employed  for  the 
 works  according  to  all  the  fabrication 
 of  the  holy  things,  was  of  the  gold  of 
 +  Gr.  first-  the  ^  offerings,  twenty-nine 
 ^^Ifex.  -30  talents,  and  ^  seven  hundred 
 shekels.  and  twenty  shekels  accord- 
 
 ing to  the  holy  shekel.  And  the 
 offering  of  silver  from  the  men  that 
 were  numbered  of  the  congregation  a 
 hundred  talents,  and  a  thousand  seven 
 himdred  and  seventy-five  shekels,  one 
 drachm  apiece,  even  the  half  shekel, 
 according  to  the  holy  shekel.  Every 
 one  that  passed  the  survey  from  twenty 
 years  old  and  upwards  to  the  nwnher 
 of  six  hundred  thousand,  and  three 
 thousand  five  hundred  and  fifty.  And 
 the  hundred  talents  of  silver  went  to 
 the  casting  of  the  hundred  chapiters  of 
 the  tabernacle,  and  to  the  chapiters  of 
 the  vail;  a  Imndred  chapiters  to  the 
 hundred  talents,  a  talent  to  a  chapiter. 
 And  the  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
 seventy-five  shekels  he  formed  into 
 hooks  for  the  pillars,  and  he  gilt  their 
 chapiters  and  adorned  them.  And 
 the  brass  of  the  offering  loas  ^seventy 
 +  ^to.  4/0  talents,  and  ^a  thousand 
 ^^Ai^'.  2400  five  hundred  shekels,  and 
 shekels.  they  made  of  it  the  bases 
 
 of  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness, 
 and  the  bases  of  the  court  round 
 about,  and  the  bases  of  the  gate  of  the 
 court,  and  the  pins  of  the  tabernacle, 
 and  the  pins  of  the  court  round  about. 
 And  the  brazen  appendage  of  the  altar, 
 and  all  the  vessels  of  the  altar,  and  all 
 the  instruments  of  the  tabernacle  of 
 
 102 
 
 witness.  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 did  as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses,  so 
 did  they.  And  of  the  gold  that  remained 
 of  the  offering  they  made  vessels  to 
 minister  with  before  the  Lord.  And 
 the  blue  that  was  left,  and  the  purple, 
 and  the  scarlet  they  made  into  gar- 
 ments of  ministry  for  Aaron,  so  that 
 he  should  minister  with  them  in  the 
 sanctuary,  and  they  brought  the  gar- 
 ments to  Moses,  and  the  tabernacle, 
 and  its  furniture,  its  bases  and  its  bars 
 and  the  posts ;  and  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
 nant, and  its  bearers,  and  the  altar  and 
 all  its  furniture. 
 
 And  they  made  the  anointing  oil,  and 
 the  incense  of  composition,  and  the  pure 
 candlestick,  and  its  lamps,  lamps  for 
 burning,  and  oil  for  the  hght,  and  the 
 table  of  shewbread,  and  the  garments 
 of  the  sanctuary  which  belong  to 
 Aaron,  and  the  garments  of  his  sons, 
 for  the  priestly  ministry ;  and  the 
 curtains  of  the  court,  and  the  posts, 
 and  the  vail  of  the  door  of  the  taber- 
 nacle, and  the  gate  of  the  court,  and 
 all  the  vessels  of  the  tabernacle  and  all 
 its  instruments:  and  the  skins,  even 
 rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and  the  blue 
 coverings,  and  the  coverings  of  the 
 other  things,  and  the  pins,  and  all  the 
 instruments  for  the  works  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness.  ''^  Wliatsoever  things 
 the  Lord  appointed  Moses,  so  did  the 
 children  of  Israel  make  all  the  ^  furni- 
 ture.   ^^And  Moses  saw  all    +<>'•.  ^.to^C; 
 
 .  ,  Till      P0SSC'SS10I1,«C. 
 
 the  works,  and  they  had  as  in  gch.  43. 
 done  them  all  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 Moses,  so  had  they  made  them,  and 
 Moses  blessed  them. 
 
 40.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  -On  the  first  day  of  the  first 
 month,  at  the  new  moon,  thou  shalt 
 set  up  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  ^and 
 thou  shalt  place  in  it  the  ark  of  the 
 testimony,  and  shalt  cover  the  ark  with 
 the  vail,  "^and  thou  shalt  bring  in  the 
 table  and  shalt  set  forth  tsettingforth 
 ^  that  which  is  to  be  set  forth  °^"- 
 on  it;  and  thou    shalt  bring  in   the 
 
Chap.  xl.  v.  5. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 Chap.  xl.  v.  38. 
 
 candlestick  and  place  its  lamps  on  it. 
 *  And  thou  slialt  place  the  golden  altar, 
 to  burn  incense  before  the  ark,  and 
 thou  shalt  put  a  covering  of  a  vail  on 
 the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 ^  And  thou  shalt  put  the  altar  of  burnt- 
 offerings  by  the  doors  of  the  tabernacle 
 of  witness,  '^and  thou  shalt  set  uj)  the 
 tabernacle  round  about,  and  thou  shalt 
 hallow  all  that  belongs  to  it  round 
 about.  ^And  thou  shalt  take  the 
 anointing  oil,  and  shalt  anoint  the 
 tabernacle,  and  all  things  in  it,  and 
 shalt  sanctify  it,  and  all  its  furniture, 
 and  it  shall  be  holy.  '°And  thou 
 shalt  anoint  the  altar  of  burnt-oilerings, 
 and  all  its  furniture;  *^and  thou  shalt 
 hallow  the  altar,  and  the  altar  shall  be 
 most  holy.  ^^And  thou  shalt  bring 
 Aaron  and  his  sons  to  the  doors  of  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness,  and  thou  shalt 
 wash  them  with  water.  ^^And  thou 
 shalt  put  on  Aaron  the  holy  garments, 
 and  thou  shalt  anoint  him,  and  thou 
 shalt  sanctify  him,  and  he  shall  mini- 
 ster to  me  as  priest.  ^*And  thou  shalt 
 bring  up  liis  sons,  and  shalt  put  gar- 
 ments on  them.  ^'^And  thou  shalt  anoint 
 them  as  thou  didst  anoint  their  father, 
 and  they  shall  minister  to  me  as  priests; 
 and  it  shall  be  that  they  shall  have 
 +  See  I  John  an  ^  everlasting  anointing  of 
 anointS^^  priesthood,  throughout  their 
 abideth,  &c.  generations.  '^  And  Moses 
 did  all  things  whatsoever  the  Lord 
 commanded  him,  so  did  he. 
 
 '^And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  first 
 month,  in  the  second  year  after  their 
 going  forth  out  of  Egyj^t,  at  the  new 
 moon,  that  the  tabernacle  was  set  up. 
 ^'^And  Moses  set  up  the  tabernacle, 
 and  put  on  the  chapiters,  and  put  the 
 bars  into  their  places,  and  set  up  the 
 posts.  '^And  he  stretched  out  the 
 curtains  over  the  tabernacle,  and  put 
 the  vail  of  the  tabernacle  on  it  above. 
 
 as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses.  -'^  And 
 he  took  the  testimonies  and  put  them 
 into  the  ark:  and  he  put  the  staves 
 ^  by  the  sides  of  the  ark.  +  gt.  under. 
 ^'And  he  brought  the  ark  into  the 
 tabernacle,  and  put  on  it  the  covering 
 of  the  vail,  and  covered  the  ark  of 
 the  testimony,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 Moses.  ^^  And  he  put  the  table  in  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness,  on  the  north 
 side  without  the  vail  of  the  tabernacle. 
 ^^And  he  put  on  it  the  shewbread 
 before  the  Lord,  as  the  Lord  com- 
 manded Moses.  ^''And  he  put  the 
 candlestick  into  the  tabernacle  of  wit- 
 ness, on  the  side  of  the  tabernacle 
 toward  the  south.  ^'^And  he  put  on 
 it  its  lamps  before  the  Lord,  as  the 
 Lord  had  commanded  Moses.  ^""And 
 he  put  the  golden  altar  in  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness  before  the  vail,  ^^and 
 he  burnt  on  it  incense  of  composition, 
 as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses.  ^^  And 
 he  put  the  altar  of  the  burnt- offerings 
 by  the  doors  of  the  tabernacle.  ^^And 
 he  set  up  the  coiu't  roimd  about  the 
 tabernacle  and  the  altar,  and  Moses 
 accomplished  all  the  works. 
 
 ^^  And  the  cloud  covered  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness,  and  the  tabernacle 
 was  filled  with  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 
 ^■''And  Moses  was  not  able  to  enter 
 into  the  tabernacle  of  testimony,  be- 
 cause the  cloud  overshadowed  it,  and 
 the  tabernacle  was  filled  with  the 
 glory  of  the  Lord.  ^''And  when  the 
 cloud  went  up  from  the  tabernacle, 
 the  children  of  Israel  ^  pre-  +  or.  har- 
 pared  to  depart  with  their  ^^^^^ed  again, 
 bao'ffacje.  ^^And  if  the  cloud  went  not 
 up,  they  did  not  prepare  to  depart, 
 till  the  day  when  the  cloud  went  up. 
 ^^  For  a  cloud  was  on  the  +  or,  prepa- 
 tabernacle  by  day,  and  fire  '■*'^°"*' 
 was  on  it  by  night  before  all  Israel, 
 in  all  their  ^journeyings. 
 
LEVITICUS. 
 
 CHAPTER  I.— II.   Verses   1,  2. 
 
 1.  AND  the  Lord  called  Moses 
 again  and  spoke  to  him  out  of  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness,  saying,  Speak  to 
 the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt 
 say  to  them,  '^\i  any  man  of  you  shall 
 bring  gifts  to  the  Lord,  ye  shall  bring 
 your  gifts  of  the  cattle  and  of  the  oxen 
 and  of  the  sheep.  ^If  Ids  gift  be 
 a  whole-burnt-ofFering,  he  shall  bring 
 an  unblemished  male  of  the  herd  to 
 the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness, 
 he  shall  bring  it  as  acceptable  before 
 the  Lord.  ^  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand 
 on  the  head  of  the  burnt-ojBcring  as  a 
 thing  acceptable  for  him,  to  make 
 atonement  for  him.  '^And  they  shall 
 slay  the  caH'  before  the  Lord,  and  the 
 sons  of  Aaron  the  priests  shall  bring 
 the  blood,  and  they  shall  pour  the 
 blood  round  about  on  the  altar,  which 
 is  at  the  doors  of  the  tabernacle  of  wit- 
 ness. ''And  having  flayed  the  whole 
 burnt-oficring,  they  shall  divide  it  by 
 its  limbs.  ''And  the  sons  of  Aaron 
 the  piiests  shall  put  fire  on  the  altar, 
 and  shall  pile  wood  on  the  fire.  **And 
 the  sons  of  Aaron  the  priests  shall  pile 
 up  the  divided  parts,  and  the  head,  and 
 the  fat  on  the  wood  on  the  fire,  the 
 wood  which  is  on  the  altar.  ^  And  the 
 entrails  and  the  feet  they  shall  wash  in 
 water,  and  the  priests  shall  put  all  on 
 the  altar,  it  is  a  burnt-offering,  a  sacri- 
 fice, a  smell  of  sweet  savour  to  the 
 Lord.  '^And  if  his  gift  he  of  the 
 sheep  to  the  Lord,  or  of  the  lambs, 
 or  of  the  kids  for  whole-burnt- 
 ofFerings,   he   shall    bring    it    a  male 
 
 without  blemish.     "And  he  shall  lav 
 
 (01  ■^ 
 
 his  hand  on  its  liead,  and  they  shall 
 kill  it  by  the  side  of  the  altar,  toward 
 the  north  before  the  Lord,  and  the 
 sons  of  Aaron  the  priests  shall  pour  its 
 blood  on  the  altar  round  about.  '^  And 
 they  shall  divide  it  by  its  hmbs,  and 
 its  head  and  its  fat,  and  the  priests 
 shall  pile  them  up  on  the  wood  which 
 is  on  the  fire,  on  the  altar.  '^And 
 they  shall  wash  the  entrails  and  the 
 feet  with  water,  and  the  priest  shall 
 bring  all  the  parts  and  put  them  on 
 the  altar,  it  is  a  burnt-offering,  a  sacri- 
 fice, a  smell  of  sweet  savour  to  the 
 Lord.  '^And  if  he  bring  his  gift,  a 
 burnt-offering  to  the  Lord,  of  birds, 
 then  shall  he  bring  his  gift  of  doves  or 
 pigeons.  '^And  the  priest  shall  bring 
 it  to  the  altar,  and  shall  wring  off  its 
 head,  and  the  priest  shall  put  it  on  the 
 altar,  and  shall  wring  out  the  blood  at 
 the  bottom  of  the  altar.  '^And  he 
 shall  take  away  the  crop  with  the 
 feathers,  and  sliaU  cast  it  forth  by  the 
 altar  toward  the  east  to  the  place  of 
 tlic  ashes.  '^  And  he  shall  break  it  off 
 from  the  wings  and  shall  not  separate 
 it,  and  the  priest  shall  put  it  on  the 
 altar  on  the  wood  which  is  on  the  fire, 
 it  is  a  burnt-offering,  a  sacrifice,  a 
 sweet-smelling  savour  to  the  Lord. 
 
 2.  And  if  a  soul  bring  a  gift,  a  sacri- 
 fice to  the  Lord,  his  gift  shall  be  fine 
 flour,  and  he  shall  pour  oil  upon  it, 
 and  shall  put  frankincense  on  it,  it  is 
 a  sacrifice.  ^And  he  shall  bring  it  to 
 the  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron,  and 
 having  taken  from  it  a  handful  of  the 
 
CHAr.  II.  7j.  3. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  hi.  u.  11. 
 
 fine  flour  with  the  oil,  and  all  its 
 frankincense,  then  the  priest  shall  put 
 the  memorial  of  it  on  the  altar,  it  is  a 
 sacrifice,  an  odour  of  sweet  savour  to 
 the  Lord.  ^  And  the  remainder  of  the 
 sacrifice  shall  be  for  Aaron  and  his 
 sons,  a  most  holy  portion  from  the 
 sacrifices  of  the  Lord.  ''And  if  he 
 bring  as  a  gift  a  sacrifice  baked  from 
 the  oven,  a  gift  to  the  Lord  of  fine 
 flour,  he  shall  bring  unleavened  bread 
 kneaded  with  oil,  and  imleavened  cakes 
 anointed  with  oil.  ^  And  if  thy  gift  be 
 a  sacrifice  from  a  pan,  it  is  fine  flour 
 mingled  with  oil,  unleavened  offerings. 
 ••And  thou  shalt  break  them  into  frag- 
 ments and  poiur  oil  upon  them,  it  is  a 
 sacrifice  to  the  Lord.  '^And  if  thy 
 gift  be  a  sacrifice  from  the  hearth,  it 
 shaU  be  made  of  fine  flour  with  oil. 
 *  And  he  shall  ofier  the  sacrifice  which 
 he  shall  make  of  these  to  the  Lord, 
 and  shall  bring  it  to  the  priest.  ^  And 
 the  priest  shall  approach  the  altar,  and 
 shall  take  away  from  the  sacrifice,  a 
 memorial  of  it,  and  the  priest  shall 
 place  it  on  the  altar,  a  burnt-ofiering, 
 a  smell  of  sweet  savour  to  the  Lord. 
 *°And  that  which  is  left  of  the  sacri- 
 fice shall  be  for  Aaron  and  his  sons, 
 most  holy  from  the  burnt-offerings  of 
 the  Lord.  ^^  Ye  shall  not  leaven  any 
 sacrifice  which  ye  shall  bring  to  the 
 Lord,  for  as  to  any  leaven  or  any 
 honey  ye  shall  not  bring  of  it  to  offer 
 a  gift  to  the  Lord.  ^^Ye  shall  bring 
 them  in  the  way  of  fruits  to  the  Lord, 
 but  they  shall  not  be  offered  on  the 
 altar  for  a  sweet-smelling  savour  to  the 
 Lord.  ^'  And  every  gift  of  your  sacri- 
 fice shall  be  seasoned  with  salt,  omit 
 not  ^the  salt  of  the  covenant  of  the 
 Lord  from  your  sacrifices,  on  every 
 gift  of  yours  ye  shall  offer  salt  to  the 
 Lord  your  God.  ^*  And  if  thou  would- 
 est  offer  a  sacrifice  of  first-fruits  to  the 
 Lord,  it  shall  be  new  grains  ground 
 and  roasted  for  the  Lord,  so  shalt  thou 
 bring  the  sacrifice  of  the  first-fruits. 
 ^^  And  thou  shalt  pour  oil  upon  it,  and 
 shalt  put   frankincense  on  it,  it  is  a 
 
 sacrifice.  '^And  the  priest  shall  offer 
 the  memorial  of  it  taken  from  the 
 grains  with  the  oil,  and  all  its  frankin- 
 cense, it  is  a  burnt-offering  to  the  Lord. 
 
 3.  And  if  his  gift  to  the  Lord  be  a 
 peace-offering,  if  he  should  bring  it  of 
 the  oxen,  whether  it  be  male  or  whe- 
 ther it  be  female,  he  shall  bring  it 
 unblemished  before  the  Lord.  ^And 
 he  shall  lay  his  hands  on  the  head  of 
 the  gift,  and  shall  slay  it  before  the 
 Lord,  by  the  doors  of  the  tabernacle 
 of  witness.  And  the  priests  the  sons 
 of  Aaron  shall  pour  the  blood  on  the 
 altar  of  burnt-offerings  round  about. 
 ^And  they  shall  bring  of  the  peace- 
 offering  a  burnt- sacrifice  to  the  Lord, 
 the  fat  covering  the  belly,  and  all  the 
 fat  on  the  belly.  *And  the  two  kid- 
 neys and  the  fat  that  is  upon  them; 
 he  shall  take  away  that  which  is  on  the 
 thighs,  and  the  caul  above  the  liver 
 together  with  the  kidneys.  ^  And  the 
 priests  the  sons  of  Aaron  shall  offer 
 them  on  the  altar  on  the  bm-nt-offering 
 on  the  wood  which  is  on  the  fire 
 upon  the  altar,  it  is  a  burnt-offering,  a 
 smell  of  sweet  savour  to  the  Lord. 
 ^And  if  his  gift  be  of  the  sheep,  a 
 peace-offering  to  the  Lord,  male  or 
 female,  he  shaU  bring  it  unblemished. 
 ^If  he  bring  a  lamb  for  his  gift,  he 
 shall  bring  it  before  the.  Lord.  ^  And 
 he  shall  lay  liis  hands  on  the  head  of 
 his  offering,  and  shall  slay  it  by  the 
 doors  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  and 
 the  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron  shall  pour 
 out  the  blood  on  the  altar  round 
 about.  ^And  he  shaU  bring  of  the 
 peace-offering  a  burnt-sacrifice  to  the 
 Lord,  the  fat  and  the  hinder  part 
 unblemished  he  shall  take  away  with 
 the  loins,  and  having  taken  away  all 
 the  fat  that  covers  the  beUy,  and  all 
 the  fat  that  is  on  the  belly,  '°and  both 
 the  kidneys  and  the  fat  that  is  upon 
 them,  and  that  which  is  on  the  thighs, 
 and  the  caul  wliich  is  on  the  Hver  with 
 the  kidneys  "the  priest  shall  offer 
 these  on  the  altar,  it  is  a  sacrifice  of 
 
Chap.  hi.  v.  12. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  17. 
 
 sweet  savour,  a  burnt-offering  to  the 
 Lord.  ''^And  if  his  offering  be  of  the 
 goats  then  shall  he  bring  it  before  the 
 Lord.  '^And  he  shall  lay  his  hands 
 on  its  head,  and  they  shall  slay  it  before 
 the  Lord  by  the  doors  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness,  and  the  priests  the 
 sons  of  Aaron  shall  pour  out  the  blood 
 on  the  altar  round  about.  ^''And  he 
 shall  offer  of  it  a  burnt-olFering  to  the 
 Lord,  even  the  fat  that  covers  the 
 belly,  and  all  the  fat  that  is  on  the  belly. 
 '•^And  both  the  kidneys,  and  all  the 
 fat  that  is  upon  tliem,  that  which  is 
 upon  the  thighs,  and  the  caul  of  the 
 Hvcr  with  the  kidneys  shall  he  take 
 away.  ^^And  the  priest  shall  offer  it 
 upon  the  altar,  it  is  a  burnt-offering,  a 
 smell  of  sweet  savour  to  the  Lord,  all 
 the  fat  belongs  to  the  Lord.  ^''  It  is  a 
 perpetual  statute  throughout  your  ge- 
 nerations, in  all  your  habitations,  ye 
 shall  eat  no  fat  and  no  blood. 
 
 4.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  Speak  to  the  cliildrcn  of  Israel, 
 saying,  If  a  soul  shall  sin  unwillingly 
 
 +  Gr.  from,  before  the  Lord  ^in  any  of 
 the  commandments  of  the  Lord  con- 
 cerning things  which  he  ought  not  to 
 do,  and  shall  do  some  of  them.  ^  If  the 
 +  0,-,  by  reason  auointcd  pricst  sin  ^  so  as  to 
 of  the  people's  causc  tlic  pcoplc  to  sin,  then 
 smnmg.  ^^  -j^^  bring  for  his  sin, 
 
 which  he  has  sinned,  an  imblemished 
 calf  of  the  herd  to  the  Lord  for  his  sin. 
 "*  And  he  shall  bring  the  calf  to  the 
 door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness  before 
 the  Lord,  and  he  shall  put  his  hand  on 
 the  head  of  the  calf  before  the  Lord, 
 and  shall  slay  the  calf  in  the  presence 
 of  the  Lord.     ^And  the  anointed  priest 
 
 +  Gr.  whose  ^  wlio  has  bccu  consccratcd 
 hands  have  having  rcccivcd  of  the  blood 
 perfected.  He-  of  tlic  calf,  shall  then  bring 
 braism.  -^  -^^^  ^l^^  tabemaclc  of  wit- 
 
 ness. *^And  the  priest  shall  dip  his 
 finger  into  the  blood,  and  sprinkle  of 
 the  blood  seven  times  before  the  Lord, 
 over  against  the  holy  vail.  ^And  the 
 })riest  shall  put  of  the  blood  of  the  calf 
 
 on  the  horns  of  the  altar  of  tlie  com- 
 pound incense  which  is  before  the  Lord, 
 which  is  in  the  tabernacle  of  witness, 
 and  all  the  blood  of  the  calf  shall  he 
 pour  out  by  the  foot  of  the  altar  of 
 whole-burnt-offerings,  which  is  by  the 
 doors  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 **  And  all  the  fat  of  the  calf  of  the  sin- 
 offering  shall  he  take  off  from  it,  the 
 fat  that  covers  the  inwards,  and  all  the 
 fat  that  is  on  the  inwards,  ^  and  the 
 two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is  upon 
 them,  which  is  on  the  thighs,  and  the 
 caul  that  is  on  the  Hver  with  the  kid- 
 neys, ^them  shall  he  take  +<?(-.  it. 
 away,  ^"as  he  takes  it  away  from  the 
 calf  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace-offering, 
 so  shall  the  priest  offer  it  on  the  altar 
 of  burnt-offering.  *^And  they  shall 
 take  the  skin  of  the  calf,  and  all  his 
 flesh  with  the  head  and  the  extremities 
 and  the  belly  and  the  dung,  '^and  they 
 shall  carry  out  the  whole  calf  out  of 
 the  camp  into  a  clean  place,  where  they 
 pour  out  the  ashes,  and  they    *  '^'V  the  out- 
 
 ■i  .    '  J     pouniigofthe 
 
 shall  consume  it  there  on  ashes, 
 wood  with  fire,  it  shall  be  burnt  on 
 the  ^  ashes  poured  out. 
 
 '^And  if  the  whole  congregation  of 
 Israel  ^trespass  ignorantly,  ,,g''['^,oran{;'* 
 and  a  thing  should  escape  unwiiungiy. 
 the  notice  of  the  congregation,   and 
 they  shoidd  do  one  thing  forbidden  of 
 any  of  the  commands  of  the  Lord, 
 
 ^  which     ought     not     to     be     +Gr.dooneof 
 
 done,  and  sirould  transgress :  ^i'^„Ts" "rtt 
 "and  the  sin  wherein  they  Lord  which 
 
 .  .  11111  sliaU   not   be 
 
 have  sinned  should  become  done, 
 known  to  them,  then  shall  the  congre- 
 gation bring  an  unblemished  calf  of  the 
 herd  for  a  sin-offering,  and  they  shall 
 bring  it  to  the  doors  of  the  tabernacle 
 of  witness.  "'  And  the  elders  of  the 
 congregation  shall  lay  their  hands  on 
 the  head  of  the  calf  before  the  Lord, 
 and  they  shall  slay  the  calf  before  the 
 Lord.  "'And  the  anointed  priest  shall 
 bring  in  of  the  blood  of  the  calf  into 
 the  tabernacle  of  witness.  '^And  the 
 priest  shall  di])  his  finger  into  some  of 
 the  l:)lood  of  the  calf,  and  shall  sprinkle 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  18. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  v.  v.  3. 
 
 it  seven  times  before  the  Lord,  in  front 
 of  the  vail  of  the  sanctuary.  "*And 
 the  priest  shall  put  some  of  the  blood 
 on  the  horns  of  the  altar  of  the  incense 
 of  composition,  which  is  before  the 
 Lord,  which  is  in  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness ;  and  he  shall  pour  out  all  the 
 blood  at  the  bottom  of  the  altar  of 
 whole-burnt-oiferings,  which  is  by  the 
 door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 '^And  he  shall  take  away  all  the  fat 
 from  it,  and  shall  offer  it  up  on  the 
 altar.  -"And  he  shall  do  to  the  calf  as 
 he  did  to  the  calf  of  the  sin-offering,  so 
 shall  it  be  done,  and  the  priest  shall 
 make  atonement  for  them,  and  the 
 trespass  shall  be  forgiven  them.  ^^  And 
 they  shall  carry  forth  the  calf  whole 
 without  the  camp,  and  they  shall  bm-n 
 the  calf  as  they  burnt  the  former  calf, 
 it  is  the   sin-ofFeriner  of  the  cono're- 
 
 +  Gr.  do. 
 
 ^^  And  if  a  ruler  sin  and  ^  break  one 
 of  all  the  commands  of  the 
 Lord  his  God  doin(/  the  thing  which 
 ought  not  to  be  done,  unwiUingly,  and 
 shall  sin  and  trespass,  -^and  his  tres- 
 pass wherein  he  has  sinned,  be  known 
 to  him,  then  shall  he  offer  for  his  gift 
 a  kid  of  the  goats,  a  male  without 
 blemish.  ^''And  he  shall  lay  his  hand 
 on  the  head  of  the  kid,  and  they  shall 
 kill  it  in  the  place,  where  they  kill  the 
 victims  for  whole-burnt-offerings  before 
 the  Lord,  it  is  a  sin-offering.  ^^And 
 the  priest  shall  put  some  of  the  blood 
 of  the  sin-offering  with  his  finger  on 
 the  horns  of  the  altar  of  whole-burnt- 
 offering;  and  he  shall  pour  out  all  its 
 blood  by  the  bottom  of  the  altar  of 
 whole-burnt-offerings.  ^""And  he  shall 
 offer  up  all  his  fat  on  the  altar,  as  the 
 fat  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace-offering, 
 and  tlic  priest  shall  make  atonement 
 for  him  concerning  his  sin,  and  it  shall 
 be  forgiven  him.  ^^  And  if  a  soul  of 
 the  people  of  the  land  should  sin  un- 
 wiUingly, in  doing  a  thing  contrary  to 
 any  of  the  commandments  of  the  Lord, 
 which  ought  not  to  be  done,  and  shall 
 transgress,   -*  and    his    sin   should   be 
 
 known  to  him,  wherein  he  has  sinned, 
 then  shall  he  bring  a  kid  of  the  goats,  a 
 female  without  blemish  shall  he  brinti; 
 for  his  sin,  which  he  has  sinned.  ^'^And 
 he  shall  lay  his  hand  on  the  head  of  his 
 sin-offering,  and  they  shall  slay  the  kid 
 of  the  sin-offering  in  the  place  where 
 they  slay  the  victims  for  whole-burnt- 
 offerings,  ^"And  the  priest  shall  take 
 of  its  blood  with  his  finger,  and  shall 
 put  it  on  the  horns  of  the  altar  of  wholc- 
 burnt-offerings ;  and  all  its  blood  he 
 shall  pour  forth  by  the  foot  of  the  altar. 
 ^^  And  he  shall  take  away  all  the  fat, 
 as  the  fat  is  taken  away  from  the  sacri- 
 fice of  peace-offering,  and  the  priest 
 shall  offer  it  on  the  altar  for  a  smell  of 
 sweet  savour  to  the  Lord,  and  the 
 priest  shall  make  atonement  for  him, 
 and  his  sin  shall  be  forgiven  him.  ^^And 
 if  he  should  offer  a  lamb  for  his  sin- 
 offering,  he  shall  offer  it  a  female  with- 
 out blemish.  ^^And  he  shall  lay  his 
 hand  on  the  head  of  the  sin-offering, 
 and  they  shall  kill  it  in  the  place  where 
 they  kill  the  victims  for  whole-burnt- 
 offerings.  ^^  And  the  priest  shall  take 
 of  the  blood  of  the  sin-offering  with 
 his  finger,  and  shall  put  it  on  the  horns 
 of  the  altar  of  whole-burnt-offerings, 
 and  he  shall  pour  out  all  its  blood  by 
 the  bottom  of  the  altar  of  whole-burnt- 
 offering.  ^'^And  he  shall  take  away  all 
 his  fat,  as  the  fat  of  the  lamb  of  the 
 sacrifice  of  peace-offering  is  taken  away, 
 and  the  priest  shall  put  it  on  the  altar 
 for  a  whole-burnt-offering  to  the  Lord, 
 and  the  priest  shall  make  atonement 
 for  him  for  the  sin  which  he  sinned 
 and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 
 
 5.  And  if  a  soul  sin,  and  hear  the 
 voice  of  swearing,  and  he  is  a  witness 
 or  has  seen  or  been  conscious,  if  he 
 do  not  report  it,  he  shall  bear  his  ini-! 
 quity.  ^That  soul  which  shall  touch 
 any  unclean  thing,  or  carcase,  or  that 
 lohich  is  unclean  being  taken  of  beasts, 
 or  the  dead  bodies  of  QhovcnxvohXQ  reptiles 
 which  are  unclean,  or  carcases  of  un- 
 clean cattle,  ''or  should  touch  the  un- 
 
Chap.  v.  v.  4. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  2. 
 
 cleanness  of  a  man,  of  whatever  kind, 
 which  he  may  touch  and  be  defiled  by, 
 and  it  should  have  escaped  him,  but 
 afterwards  he  should  know, — then  he 
 shall  have  transgressed.  "*  That  unright- 
 eous soul,  which  determines  with  his 
 hps  to  do  evil  or  t  odo  good  according  to 
 whatsoever  a  man  may  determine  with 
 an  oath,  and  it  shall  have  escaped  his 
 notice,  and  he  shall  aftei'ioards  know 
 it,  and  so  he  should  sin  in  some  one  of 
 these  things : — ^  Then  shall  he  declare 
 his  sin  in  the  things  wherein  he  has 
 sinned  by  that  sin.  ""And  he  shall 
 brinof  for  his  transgressions  asrainst  the 
 Lord,  for  his  sin  which  he  has  sinned, 
 a  ewe  lamb  of  the  flock,  or  a  kid  of  the 
 goats,  for  a  sin-offering ;  and  the  priest 
 shall  make  an  atonement  for  him  for 
 his  sin  which  he  has  sinned,  and  his 
 sin  shall  be  forgiven  him.     'And  if 
 
 +  Gc.  his  hand  ''^  lie  camiot  afford  a  sheep, 
 cientiy*  sd-ong  he  sliall  bring  for  his  sin 
 for,  &c.  which  he  has  sinned,  two 
 
 turtle-doves  or  two  young  pigeons  to 
 the  Lord,  one  for  a  sin-offering,  and 
 the  other  for  a  burnt-offering.  ^And 
 he  shall  bring  them  to  the  priest,  and 
 the  priest  shall  bring  the  sin-offering 
 first,  and  the  priest  shall  pinch  off  the 
 head  from  the  neck,  and  shall  not 
 divide  the  body.  ^  And  he  shall 
 sprinkle  of  the  blood  of  the  sin-offering 
 on  the  side  of  the  altar,  but  the  rest  of 
 the  blood  he  shall  drop  at  the  foot  of 
 the  altar,  for  it  is  a  sin-offering.  '°And 
 he  shall  make  the  second  a  whole- 
 burnt-offering,  as  it  is  fit,  and  the  priest 
 shall  make  atonement  for  his  sin  which 
 he  has  sinned,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven 
 
 +  Gr.  his  hand  him.     ' '  And  if  ^  hc  cannot 
 
 cannot  find,  m      -\  •        o  ,       ,^       ^ 
 
 &c.  afiord  a  pair  oi  turtfe-doves, 
 
 or  two  young  pigeons,  then  shall  he 
 bring  as  his  gift  for  his  sin,  the  tenth 
 part  of  an  ephah  of  fine  flour  for  a  sin- 
 offering  ;  he  shall  not  pour  oil  upon  it, 
 nor  shall  he  put  frankincense  upon  it, 
 because  it  is  a  sin-offering,  ''^And  he 
 shall  bring  it  to  the  priest,  and  the 
 priest  having  taken  a  handful  of  it, 
 shall  lay  the  memorial  of  it    on   the 
 
 altar  of  whole-bumt-offerings  to  the 
 Lord;  it  is  a  sin-offering.  '^And  the 
 priest  shall  make  atonement  for  him 
 for  Iris  sin,  which  he  has  sinned  in 
 one  of  these  things,  and  it  shall  be 
 forgiven  him ;  and  that  which  is  left 
 shall  be  the  priest's,  as  an  ofiering  of 
 fine  flour. 
 
 ^*  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  '^The  soul  which  shall  be 
 really  unconscious,  and  shall  sin  un- 
 wilUngly  in  any  of  the  holy  things  of 
 the  Lord,  shall  even  brinof  to  the  Lord 
 for  his  transgression,  a  ram  of  the 
 flock  without  blemish,  valued  accord- 
 ing to  shekels  of  silver  according  to 
 the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary  for  his 
 transgression  wherein  he  transgressed. 
 ^^  And  he  shall  make  compensation  for 
 that  wherein  he  has  sinned  in  the 
 holy  things,  and  he  shall  add  the  fifth 
 part  to  it,  and  give  it  to  the  priest, 
 and  the  priest  shall  make  atonement 
 for  him  with  the  ram  of  transgression, 
 and  his  sin  shall  be  forgiven  him. 
 ^'And  the  soul  which  shall  sin,  and 
 do  one  thing  against  any  of  the  com- 
 mandments of  the  Lord,  which  it  is 
 not  right  to  do,  and  has  not  known 
 it,  and  shall  have  transgressed,  and 
 shall  have  contracted  guilt,  *^he  shall 
 even  bring  a  ram  Avithout  blemish 
 from  the  flock,  valued  at  a  price  of 
 silver  for  his  transgression  to  the  priest, 
 and  the  priest  shall  make  atonement 
 for  his  trespass  of  ignorance,  wherein 
 he  ignorantly  trespassed,  and  he  knew 
 it  not,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 
 '^  For  he  has  siu-ely  been  guilty  of 
 transgression  before  the  Lord. 
 
 6.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  ]\Ioses,  say- 
 ing, ^  The  soul  which  shall  have  sinned, 
 and   ^  wilfully    overlooked    +  Gr.  over- 
 the  commandments  of  the  {""{[^^  °"'^^- 
 Lord,  and  shall  have  dealt    »•  «••  very  de- 
 
 Mi      .        ,1  n-  •  o  ^  •      cidedly  which 
 
 sefy  in  the  affairs  of  fiis  in  the  end  is 
 
 neighbour  in  the  matter  of  S'llf ''hX": 
 
 a  deposit,  or  concerning  fcl-  '*'"• 
 
 lowship,  or  concerning  plunder,  or  has 
 
 in  anything  wronged  his   neighbour. 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  3. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  25. 
 
 'or  has  found  that  which  was  lost, 
 and  shall  have  Hed  concerning  it,  and 
 shall  have  sworn  unjustly  concerning 
 ant/  one  of  all  the  tilings,  whatsoever 
 a  man  may  do,  so  as  to  sin  hereby; 
 *  it  shall  come  to  pass,  whensoever  he 
 shall  have  sinned,  and  transgressed, 
 that  he  shall  restore  the  plunder  which 
 he  has  seized,  or  redress  the  injury 
 which  he  has  committed,  or  restore 
 the  deposit  which  was  entrusted  to 
 him,  ^or  the  lost  article  which  he  has 
 tGc.  thing,  found  of  any  ^  kind,  about 
 which  he  swore  imjustly,  he  shall  even 
 restore  it  in  full,  and  he  shall  add  to  it 
 a  fifth  part  besides,  he  shall  restore  it 
 to  him  whose  it  is  in  the  day  in  which 
 he  happens  to  be  convicted.  ^  And  he 
 shall  bring  to  the  Lord  for  his  trespass, 
 a  ram  of  the  flock,  without  blemish,  of 
 value  to  the  amount  of  the  thing  in 
 which  he  trespassed.  '^And  the  priest 
 shall  make  atonement  for  liira  before 
 the  Lord,  and  he  shall  be  forgiven  for 
 any  one  of  all  the  things  wliich  he  did 
 and  trespassed  in  it. 
 
 ^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying.  Charge  Aaron  and  his  sons,  say- 
 ing, ^This  is  the  law  of  whole-burnt- 
 offering,  tliis  is  the  whole-burnt-offer- 
 
 +  Gr.  on.  ing  ^  in  its  burning  on  the 
 altar  all  the  night  till  the  morning, 
 and  the  fire  of  the  altar  shall  burn  on 
 it,  it  shall  not  be  put  out.  ''^And  the 
 priest  shall  put  on  the  Knen  tunic,  and 
 he  shall  put  the  linen  drawers  on  his 
 body,  and  shall  take  away  that  which 
 has  been  thoroughly  burnt,  wliich  the 
 fire  shall  have  consumed,  even  the 
 whole-burnt- offering  from  the  altar, 
 and  he  shall  put  it  near  the  altar. 
 ^^And  he  shall  put  off  his  robe,  and 
 put  on  another  robe,  and  he  shall  take 
 forth  the  offering  that  has  been  burnt 
 without  the  camp  into  a  clean  place. 
 *^And  the  fire  on  the  altar  shall  be 
 kept  burning  on  it,  and  shall  not  be 
 
 +  Or,  suffered  ^extinguished,  and  the  priest 
 to  go  out.  shall  burn  on  it  wood  every 
 morning,  and  shall  heap  on  it  the 
 whole-burnt-offering,  and  shall  lay  on 
 
 it  the  fat  of  the  peace-offering.  '^  And 
 the  fire  shall  always  burn  on  the  altar, 
 it  shall  not  be  extinguished.  '■*  This 
 is  the  law  of  the  sacrifice,  which  the 
 sons  of  Aaron  shall  bring  near  before 
 the  Lord,  before  the  altar.  ''^And  he 
 shall  take  from  it  a  handful  of  the  fine 
 flour  of  the  sacrifice  with  its  oil,  and 
 with  all  its  frankincense,  which  are 
 upon  the  sacrifice,  and  he  shall  offer 
 up  on  the  altar  a  burnt-offering  as  a 
 sweet-smelling  savour,  a  memorial  of 
 it  to  the  Lord.  '""And  Aaron  and  his 
 sons  shall  eat  that  which  is  left  of  it,  it 
 shall  be  eaten  without  leaven  in  a 
 holy  place,  they  shall  eat  it  in  the 
 court  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness.  ^^  It 
 shall  not  be  baked  with  leaven.  I 
 have  given  it  as  a  portion  to  them  of 
 the  burnt- offerings  of  the  Lord,  it  is 
 most  holy,  as  the  offering  for  sin,  and 
 as  the  offering  for  trespass.  ^^  Every 
 male  of  the  priests  shall  eat  it,  it  is  a 
 perpetual  ordinance  throughout  your 
 generations  of  the  burnt-offerings  of 
 the  Lord,  whosoever  shall  touch  them 
 shall  be  hallowed. 
 
 '^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^°  This  is  the  gift  of  Aaron 
 and  of  liis  sons,  which  they  shall  offer 
 to  the  Lord  in  the  day  in  which  thou 
 shalt  anoint  him ;  the  tenth  of  an  ephah 
 of  fine  flour  for  a  sacrifice  continually, 
 the  half  of  it  in  the  morning,  and  the 
 half  of  it  in  the  evening.  ^'It  shall 
 be  made  with  oil  ^  in  a  fry-  +  g>:  on. 
 ing-pan,  he  shall  offer  it  kneaded  and 
 Mn  rolls,  an  offering  of  frag-  +  g,.  ^onea, 
 ments,  an  offering  of  a  sweet  pi- 
 savour  unto  the  Lord.  ^^  The  anointed 
 priest  who  is  in  his  place,  of  one  of  his 
 sons,  shall  offer  it,  it  is  a  perpetual 
 statute,  it  shall  all  be  consumed.  ^^And 
 every  sacrifice  of  a  priest  shall  be 
 thoroughly  burnt,  and  shall  not  be 
 eaten.  ^*And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^'^  Speak  to  Aaron  and  to  his 
 sons,  saying,  This  is  the  law  of  the  sin- 
 offering  ; — in  the  place  where  they  slay 
 the  whole-burnt-offering,  they  shall 
 slay  the  sin-offerings  before  the  Lord, 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  26. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  u.  11 
 
 they  arc  most  holy.  ^"^  The  priest  that 
 oiFers  it  shall  eat  it,  in  a  holy  place  it 
 shall  be  eaten,  in  the  court  of  the 
 tabernacle  of  ^vitness.  -^  Every  one 
 that  touches  the  flesh  of  it  shall  be  holy, 
 and  on  whosesoever  garment  any  of  its 
 blood  shall  have  been  sprinkled,  whoso- 
 tGr.shaiihave  cvcr  ^  shall  havc it  sprinkled, 
 
 been  sprinkled      ,     tt  ,  t      n    •        i       i      i 
 
 upon  it.  snail  be  washed  m  the  holy 
 
 place.  ^'^And  the  earthen  vessel,  in 
 whichsoever  it  shall  have  been  sodden, 
 shall  be  broken,  and  it  shall  have  been 
 sodden  in  a  brazen  vessel,  he  shall 
 scour  it  and  wash  it  with  water. 
 ^^  Every  male  among  the  priests  shall 
 eat  it,  it  is  most  holy  to  the  Lord. 
 ^•^And  no  offerings  for  sin,  of  whose 
 blood  there  shall  be  brought  any  into 
 the  tabernacle  of  witness  to  make 
 atonement  in  the  holy  place  shall  be 
 eaten,  they  shall  be  burned  with  fire. 
 31  (7.  i)j^n(3^  tliig  {g  tbe  law  of  the  ram  for 
 the  trespass-offering;  it  is  most  holy. 
 32(2)jj-i^  the  place  where  they  slay  the 
 whole-burnt-offering,  they  shall  slay 
 the  ram  of  the  trespass-offering  before 
 the  Lord,  and  he  shall  pour  out  the 
 blood  at  the  bottom  of  the  altar  round 
 about.  ^■'''^^And  he  shall  offer  all  the 
 +  Or,  hind-     fat  from  it,  and  the  ^  loins, 
 
 quarters.  ^^^^i  ,^||  ^|^^  f^j.  ^|^^^  ^^^^^.g  ^^^^ 
 
 inwards,  and  all  the  fat  that  is  upon  the 
 inwards,  ^^  ^*^and  the  two  kidneys,  and 
 the  fat  that  is  upon  them,  that  which 
 is  upon  the  thighs,  and  the  caul  upon 
 the  liver  with  the  kidney  he  shall  take 
 them  away.  ^''  '•^^  And  the  priest  shall 
 offer  them  on  the  altar  a  burnt-offering 
 to  the  Lord,  it  is  for  trespass.  ^'^  ""^Every 
 male  of  the  priest  shall  eat  them,  in 
 the  holy  place  they  shall  eat  them, 
 they  are  most  holy.  ^^'^'As  the  sin- 
 oflering,  so  also  is  the  trespass-offering. 
 There  is  one  law  of  them,  the  priest 
 who  shall  make  atonement  with  it,  his 
 it  shall  be.  ^^^^'And  the  priest  who 
 offers  a  man's  whole  -  burnt-offering 
 the  skin  of  the  whole-burnt-offcring, 
 which  he  offers,  shall  be  his.  ^'■'  ''■'^And 
 t  Gr.  made,  cvcry  Sacrifice  which  shall  be 
 *  prepared  in  the  oven,  and  every  one 
 
 which  shall  be  prepared  on  the  hearth, 
 or  on  a  frying-pan,  it  is  the  property 
 of  the  priest  that  offers  it,  it  shall  be 
 his.  ^"^^^"^And  every  sacrifice  made 
 up  with  oil,  or  not  made  up  ivith  oil 
 shall  belong  to  the  sons  of  Aaron,  an 
 equal  portion  to  each. 
 
 7.  '^"  This  is  the  law  of  the  .sacrifice  of 
 peace-offering,  which  they  shall  bring 
 to  the  Lord.  '^"-^  If  a  man  shovild  offer 
 it  for  praise,  then  shall  he  bring  the 
 sacrifice  of  praise  loaves  of  fine  flour 
 made  up  with  oil,  and  unleavened  cakes 
 anointed  with  oil,  and  fine  flour 
 kneaded  with  oil.  ^'^^^  With  leavened 
 bread  he  shall  oiler  his  gifts,  Avith  the 
 peace-offering  of  praise.  * '  '^■' And  he  shall 
 bring  one  of  all  his  gifts,  a  separate 
 offering  to  the  Lord,  it  shall  belong  to 
 the  priest  who  pours  forth  the  blood 
 of  the  peace-ofiering.  ^ ' '''^ And  the  flesh 
 of  the  sacrifice  of  the  peace-ofiering  of 
 praise  shall  be  his,  and  it  shall  be 
 eaten  in  the  day  in  which  it  is  oficred, 
 they  shall  not  leave  of  it  till  the  morn- 
 ing. ^  ^'^^  And  if  it  be  a  vow,  or  he  offer 
 his  gift  of  his  own  will,  on  whatsoever 
 day  he  shall  offer  liis  sacrifice,  it  shall 
 be  eaten,  and  on  the  morrow.  ''  ''^^  And 
 that  which  is  left  of  the  ilesh  of  the 
 sacrifice  till  the  third  day,  shall  be 
 consumed  with  fire.  ^^'^"^  And  if  he  do 
 at  all  eat  of  the  flesh  on  the  third  day, 
 it  shall  not  be  accepted  for  him  that 
 offers,  it  shall  not  be  reckoned  to  him, 
 it  is  pollution,  and  whatsoever  soul 
 shall  eat  of  it,  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 
 ^''■*'And  Avhatsoever  fiesh  shall  have 
 touched  any  miclean  tiling,  it  shall 
 not  be  eaten,  it  shall  be  consumed 
 with  fire ;  every  one  that  is  clean  shall 
 cat  the  ilcsh.  '"''^"'And  whatsoever  soul 
 shall  eat  of  the  flesh  of  the  sacrifice 
 of  the  pcacc-oiFering  which  is  the 
 Lord's,  and  his  vmcleanncss  be  upon 
 him,  that  soul  shall  perish  from 
 his  people.  '^  '"•^'^And  whatsoever  soul 
 shall  touch  any  unclean  thing,  either 
 of  the  uncleanness  of  a  man,  or  of 
 unclean  quadrupeds,  or  any  unclean 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  12. 
 
 LEVITICUS 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  11. 
 
 ^abominable  thing,  and  shall  eat  of 
 t  Gr.  abomi-  the  flcsli  of  the  Sacrifice  of 
 naHoii.  ^|-^Q  peace-offering,  wliich  is 
 
 the  Lord's,  that  soul  shall  perish  from 
 his  people. 
 
 '■■^''^■■^^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 sa3dng,  '^  '-^'  Speak  to  the  children 
 of  Israel,  saying.  Ye  shall  eat  no  fat  of 
 oxen  or  sheep  or  goats.  ^*^-'*^And  the 
 fat  of  such  animals  as  have  died  of 
 themselves  or  have  been  seized  of  beasts 
 may  be  employed  for  any  work,  but  it 
 shall  not  be  eaten  for  food.  '^  ^^^^  Every 
 one  that  eats  fat  off  the  beasts,  from 
 wliich  he  will  bring  a  burnt-offering 
 to  the  Lord — that  soul  shall  perish 
 from  his  people.  i6(26)Ye  shall  eat  no 
 blood  in  all  your  habitations,  either  of 
 beasts  or  of  birds.  '^^^''^  Every  soul 
 that  shall  eat  blood,  that  soul  shall 
 perish  from  his  people.  '**"'^^'And  the 
 Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying,  ^^  '^^^  Thou 
 shalt  also  speak  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 saying.  He  that  offers  a  sacrifice  of 
 peace-offering,  shall  bring  his  gift  to 
 the  Lord  also  from  the  sacrifice  of 
 peace-offering.  ^"'^''^His  hands  shall 
 bring  the  burnt-offerings  to  the  Lord, 
 the  fat  which  is  on  the  breast  and 
 the  lobe  of  the  liver,  he  shall  bring 
 them,  so  as  to  set  them  for  a  gift  before 
 the  Lord.  '^^'•^^^And  the  priest  shall 
 offer  the  fat  upon  the  altar,  and  the 
 breast  shall  be  Aaron's  and  his  sons, 
 22  (32)  and  ye  shall  give  the  right  shoulder 
 for  a  choice  piece  to  the  priest  of  your 
 sacrifices  of  peace-offering.  23(33)  jjg  ^^^^^ 
 offers  the  blood  of  the  peace-offering, 
 and  the  fat,  of  the  sons  of  Aaron,  his 
 +  Gr.  breast  sliall  be  the  right  shoulder 
 pfacf'o^  tKe  foraportiou.  ^"^^^^Forlhave 
 altar.  taken  the  ^wave-breast  and 
 
 t  Or,  heave     +  sliou.lder  of  Separation  from 
 
 shoulder,  the      ,,  i  m  i  V    t  ^    n 
 
 word  i<j>aCpetJLa  tlic  cliiidren  01  Israel  irom 
 nol"Ka°hu!g  the  sacrificcs  of  your  peace- 
 separateci.  2.  a  offerino;s,  and  I  have  eiven 
 
 choice  piece         .  *  i  • 
 
 offered.  3.  any  them  to  Aarou  the  priest 
 °  '^™'^'  and   his   sons,  a  perpetual 
 
 ordinance  due  from  the  children  of 
 Israel.  ^^'^^'This  is  the  anointing  of 
 Aaron,  and  the  anointing  of  his  sons 
 
 their  portion  of  the  burnt-offerings  of 
 the  Lord,  in  the  day  in  which  he  brought 
 them  forward  to  minister  as  priests  to 
 the  Lord.  ^^  ^-^^^  As  the  Lord  commanded 
 to  give  to  them  in  the  day  in  which 
 he  anointed  them  of  the  sons  of  Israel, 
 a  perpetual  statute  through  their  gene- 
 rations. ^'^^^^^This  is  the  law  of  the 
 whole-burnt-offerings,  and  of  sacrifice 
 and  of  sin-offering,  and  of  offering  for 
 transgression,  and  of  the  sacrifice  of 
 consecration,  and  of  the  sacrifice  of 
 peace-offering.  28(38)^g  ^^^  Lord  com- 
 manded Moses  in  the  Mount  Sina,  in 
 the  day  in  which  he  commanded  the 
 children  of  Israel  to  offer  their  gifts  be- 
 fore the  Lord  in  the  wilderness  of  Sina. 
 
 8.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  Take  Aaron  and  his  sons,  and 
 his  robes  and  the  anointing  oil,  and  the 
 calf  for  the  sin-offering,  and  the  two 
 rams,  and  the  basket  of  unleavened 
 bread.  ^And  assemble  the  whole  con- 
 gregation at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness.  ^And  Moses  did  as  the  Lord  ap- 
 pointed him,  and  he  assembled  the  con- 
 gregation at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
 of  witness.  ^And  Moses  said  to  the 
 congregation,  Tliis  is  the  tiling  which 
 the  Lord  has  commanded  you  to  do. 
 ^And  Moses  brought  nigh  Aaron  and 
 his  sons,  and  washed  them  with  water, 
 ^and  put  on  him  the  coat,  and  girded 
 him  with  the  girdle,  and  clothed  him 
 with  the  tunic,  and  put  on  him  the 
 ephod ;  ^  and  girded  him  with  a  girdle 
 according  to  the  make  of  the  ephod, 
 and  clasped  him  closely  with  it,  and  put 
 upon  it  the  oracle,  and  put  upon  the 
 oracle  the  ^  Manifestation  j^^^"^,  ^•'"^ 
 and  the  Truth.  ^  And  he  put  mim. 
 the  mitre  on  his  head,  and  put  upon 
 the  mitre  in  front  the  golden  plate, 
 Ulie  most  holy  thine:,  as  the    +G';-thcsanc- 
 
 T         T  1     1       n  r  tified  holy 
 
 Lord    commanded    Moses,  thing. 
 '"And  Moses  took  of  the  anointing  oil, 
 ''and  sprinkled  of  it  seven  times  on 
 the  altar;  and  anointed  the  altar,   and 
 hallowed  it,  and  all  things    ^  <^r.  in  it. 
 ^  on  it,  and  the  laver,  and  its  foot,  and 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  12. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  33. 
 
 sanctified  them;  and  anointed  the 
 tabernacle  and  all  its  furniture,  and 
 hallowed  it.  '^And  Moses  poured  of 
 the  anointing  oil  on  the  head  of  Aaron ; 
 and  he  anointed  him  and  sanctified  him. 
 ^^And  Moses  brought  the  sons  of 
 Aaron  near,  and  put  on  them  coats  and 
 girded  them  with  girdles,  and  put  on 
 them  bonnets,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 Moses.  ^'^  And  Moses  brovight  near  the 
 calf  for  the  sin-ofiering,  and  Aaron 
 and  his  sons  laid  their  hands  on  the 
 head  of  the  calf  of  the  sin-offering. 
 '^And  he  slew  it  and  Moses  took  of 
 the  blood,  and  put  it  on  the  horns  of 
 the  altar  romid  about  with  his  finger, 
 and  he  purified  the  altar,  and  poured 
 out  the  blood  at  the  bottom  of  the 
 altar,  and  sanctified  it,  to  make  atone- 
 ment vipon  it.  ^^And  Moses  took  all 
 the  fat  that  was  upon  the  inwards,  and 
 the  lobe  on  the  liver,  and  both  the 
 kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  was  upon 
 them,  and  Moses  offered  them  on  the 
 altar.  '^But  the  calf,  and  his  hide, 
 and  his  flesh,  and  his  dung  he  burnt 
 with  fire  without  the  camp,  as  the 
 Lord  commanded  Moses. 
 
 ^^And  Moses  brought  near  the  ram 
 for  a  whole-burnt-offering,  and  Aaron 
 and  his  sons  laid  their  hands  on  the 
 head  of  the  ram.  And  Moses  slew 
 the  ram ;  and  Moses  poured  the  blood 
 on  the  altar  round  about.  '^And  he 
 divided  the  ram  by  its  Hmbs,  and 
 Moses  offered  the  head,  and  the  limbs, 
 and  the  fat;  and  he  washed  the  belly 
 and  the  feet  with  water.  ^"^  And  IMoses 
 offered  up  the  whole  ram  on  the  altar ; 
 it  is  a  whole-burnt-offcring  for  a  sweet- 
 smelling  savour;  it  is  a  bui'nt-offering 
 to  the  Lord,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 Moses,  ^'  and  Moses  brought  the  second 
 ram,  the  ram  of  consecration,  and 
 Aaron  and  his  sons  laid  their  hands  on 
 the  head  of  the  ram,  and  he  slew  him; 
 ^^and  Moses  took  of  his  blood,  and  put 
 it  upon  the  tip  of  Aaron's  right  ear, 
 and  on  the  thumb  of  his  right  hand, 
 and  on  the  great  toe  of  his  right  foot. 
 ^^And  Moses  brought  near  the  sons  of 
 
 112 
 
 Aaron ;  and  Moses  put  of  the  blood  on 
 the  tips  of  their  right  ears,  and  on  the 
 thumbs  of  their  right  hands,  and  on 
 the  great  toes  of  their  right  feet,  and 
 Moses  poured  out  the  blood  on  the 
 altar  round  abovit.  ^'*  And  he  took  the 
 fat,  and  the  rump,  and  the  fat  on  the 
 belly,  and  the  lobe  of  the  liver,  and 
 the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is 
 upon  them,  and  the  right  shoulder. 
 ^■^  And  from  the  basket  of  consecration, 
 which  was  before  the  Lord,  he  also 
 took  one  imleavened  loaf,  and  one  loaf 
 made  with  oil,  and  one  cake,  and  put 
 them  upon  the  fat,  and  the  right 
 shoulder:  ^"^And  put  them  all  on 
 the  hands  of  Aaron,  and  upon  the 
 hands  of  his  sons,  and  offered  them  up 
 for  a  wave-offering  before  the  Lord. 
 ^^  And  Moses  took  them  at  their  hands, 
 and  Moses  offered  them  on  the  altar, 
 on  the  whole-burnt-offering  of  conse- 
 cration, which  is  a  smell  of  sweet 
 savour,  it  is  a  burnt-offering  to  the 
 Lord.  ^^And  Moses  took  the  breast, 
 and  separated  it  for  a  heave-offering 
 before  the  Lord,  from  the  ram  of 
 consecration;  and  it  became  Moses' 
 portion  as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 
 ^'■*  And  Moses  took  of  the  anointing  oil, 
 and  of  the  blood  that  was  on  the  altar, 
 and  sprinkled  it  on  Aaron,  and  on  his 
 garments,  and  his  sons,  and  the  gar- 
 ments of  his  sons  with  him.  ^"^And 
 he  sanctified  Aaron  and  liis  garments, 
 and  his  sons,  and  the  garments  of  his 
 sons  with  him.  ^'  And  IMoses  said  to 
 Aaron  and  to  his  sons.  Boil  the  flesh 
 in  the  tent  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness 
 in  the  holy  place,  and  there  ye  shall  eat 
 it  and  the  loaves  in  the  basket  of  con- 
 secration, as  it  has  been  appointed  me, 
 the  Lord  sa3dng,  Aaron  and  his  sons 
 shall  eat  them.  ^^And  that  which  is 
 left  of  the  flesh  and  of  the  loaves  bum 
 ye  with  fire.  ^^And  ye  shall  not  go 
 out  from  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness  for  seven  days,  until  +  cr.  complete 
 the  day  be  fulfilled,  the  day  hX  fiu"your 
 of  youi'  consecration,  for  in  ^*"''*- 
 seven  days  shall  he  ^consecrate  you. 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  34. 
 
 LE  VITJC  US. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  24. 
 
 ^*  As  he  did  in  this  day  on  which  the 
 Lord  commanded  me  to  do  so,  to 
 make  an  atonement  for  you.  ^^And 
 t  Gr.  sit.  ye  shall  ^  remain  seven  days 
 at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness, 
 day  and  night;  ye  shall  observe  the 
 ordinances  of  the  Lord,  that  ye  die 
 not,  for  so  has  the  Lord  God  com- 
 manded me.  ^^  And  Aaron  and  his 
 sons  performed  all  these  commands 
 which  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 
 
 9.  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  eighth 
 day,  that  Moses  called  Aaron  and  his 
 sons,  and  the  elders  of  Israel,  ^and  Moses 
 said  to  Aaron,  Take  to  thyself  a  young 
 calf  of  the  herd  for  a  sin-offering,  and  a 
 ram  for  a  whole-burnt-offering,  unble- 
 mished, and  offer  them  before  the  Lord. 
 ^  And  speak  to  the  elders  of  Israel,  say- 
 ing. Take  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin- 
 ofiering,  and  a  young  calf,  and  a  lamb  of 
 a  year  old  for  a  whole-burnt-offering, 
 spotless,  **  and  a  calf  and  a  ram  for  a 
 peace-offering  before  the  Lord,  and  fine 
 floiu*  mingled  mth  oil,  for  to-day  the 
 Lord  mil  appear  among  you.  '^And 
 they  took  as  Mosesrcomnianded  them 
 before  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  and  all 
 the  congi-egation  drew  nigh,  and  they 
 stood  before  the  Lord.  ^And  Moses 
 said.  This  is  the  thing  which  the  Lord 
 has  spoken;  do  it,  and  the  glory  of 
 the  Lord  shall  appear  among  you. 
 ^  And  Moses  said  to  Aaron,  Draw  nigh 
 to  the  altar,  and  offer  thy  sin-offering, 
 and  thy  whole-burnt-offering,  and  make 
 atonement  for  thyself,  and  for  thy 
 house;  and  offer  the  gifts  of  the  people, 
 and  make  atonement  for  them,  as  the 
 Lord  commanded  Moses.  *x\nd  Aaron 
 drew  nigli  to  the  altar,  and  slew  the 
 calf  of  his  sin-offering.  ^  And  the  sons 
 of  Aaron  brought  the  blood  to  him, 
 and  he  dipped  his  finger  into  the 
 blood,  and  put  it  on  the  horns  of  the 
 altar,  and  he  poured  out  the  blood  at 
 the  bottom  of  the  altar.  '°And  he 
 offered  up  on  the  altar  the  fat  and  the 
 kidneys  and  the  lobe  of  the  liver  of 
 the  sin-offering,  according  as  the  Lord 
 
 commanded  Moses.  "And  the  flesli 
 and  the  hide  he  burnt  with  fire  out- 
 side of  the  camp.  ^"^And  he  slew  the 
 whole-burnt- offering ;  and  the  sons  of 
 Aaron  brought  the  blood  to  him,  and 
 he  poured  it  on  the  altar  round  about. 
 ••*And  they  brought  the  whole-burnt- 
 offering  according  to  its  pieces,  them 
 and  the  head  he  put  upon  the  altar. 
 "And  he  washed  the  belly  and  the 
 feet  with  water,  and  he  put  them  on 
 the  whole-burnt-ofi^ering  on  the  altar. 
 '^And  he  brought  the  gift  of  the 
 people,  and  took  the  goat  of  the  sin- 
 offering  of  the  people,  and  slew  it  and 
 purified  it  as  also  the  first.  '''And 
 he  brought  the  whole-burnt-offering, 
 and  offered  it  ^in  due  form.  tGc.asisproper. 
 '^And  he  brought  the  sacrifice  and 
 filled  his  hands  with  it,  and  laid  it  on 
 the  altar  besides  the  morning  whole- 
 burnt-offering.  '^And  he  slew  the 
 calf,  and  the  ram  of  the  sacrifice  of 
 peace-offering  of  the  people,  and  the 
 sons  of  Aaron  brought  the  blood  to 
 him,  and  he  poured  it  out  on  the  altar 
 round  about.  '^  And  he  took  the  fat  of 
 the  calf,  and  the  ^hind  +ff'-.ioms. 
 quarters  of  the  ram,  and  the  fat  cover- 
 ing the  belly,  and  the  two  kidneys, 
 and  the  fat  upon  them,  and  the  caul 
 on  the  fiver.  ^"And  he  put  the  fat 
 on  the  breasts,  and  offered  the  fat  on 
 the  altar.  ^'  And  Aaron  separated  the 
 breast  and  the  right  shoulder  as  a 
 choice-offering  before  the  Lord,  as  the 
 Lord  commanded  Moses.  ^^And  Aaron 
 lifted  up  his  hands  on  the  people  and 
 blessed  them,  and  after  he  had  offered 
 the  sin-offering,  and  the  whole-burnt- 
 offerings,  and  the  peace-offerings,  he 
 cam€  down.  ^^And  Moses  and  Aaron 
 entered  into  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 And  they  came  out  and  blessed  all  the 
 people,  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
 appeared  to  all  the  people.  ^''And 
 fire  came  forth  from  the  Lord,  and 
 devoured  the  offerings  on  the  altar,  both 
 the  whole-biu-nt-offerings  and  the  fat, 
 and  all  the  people  saw,  and  were 
 amazed,  and  fell  upon  their  faces. 
 9 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  1. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  2. 
 
 mauded  them 
 not 
 
 10.  And  the  two  sons  of  Aaron,  Na- 
 dab  and  Abiud,  took  eacli  Ms  censer, 
 and  put  fire  therein,  and  threw  incense 
 thereon,  and  offered  strange  fire  before 
 
 oc^com-^  the  Lord,  whicli  the  Lord  Mid 
 not  command  them,  ^  and  fire 
 came  forth  from  the  Lord,  and  devoured 
 them,  and  they  died  before  the  Lord. 
 ^  And  Moses  said  to  Aaron,  This  is  the 
 thing  which  the  Lord  spoke,  saying,  1 
 will  be  sanctified  among  them  that 
 di-aw  nigh  to  me,  and  I  will  be  glo- 
 rified in  the  whole  congregation ;  and 
 Aaron  was  pricked  m  his  heart.  ^  And 
 Moses  called  ]\lisadae,  and  EHsaphan, 
 sons  of  Oziel,  sons  of  the  brother  of 
 Aaron's  father,  and  said  to  them.  Draw 
 near  and  take  your  brethren  from  before 
 tGc. hoUes.  the  ^sanctuary  out  of  the 
 camp.  '''And  they  came  near  and  took 
 them  in  their  coats  out  of  the  camp, 
 as  Moses  said.  *'And  Moses  said  to 
 Aaron  and  Eleazar  and  Ithamar  his 
 sons  that  were  left,  ye  shall  not  make 
 +  ga  head,  bare  your  ^  heads,  and  ye 
 shall  not  tear  your  garments,  that  ye 
 t  Gr.  shau.  die  not,  and  so  there  ^  should 
 be  wrath  on  all  the  congregation :  but 
 your  brethren,  eve?i  all  the  house  of 
 Israel,  shall  lament  for  the  burning,  with 
 which  they  were  burnt  by  tlic  Lord. 
 ^And  ye  shall  not  go  forth  from  the 
 door  of"  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  that 
 ye  die  not ;  for  the  Lord's  anointing  oil 
 is  upon  you :  and  they  did  according  to 
 the  word  of  Moses. 
 
 ^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Aaron, 
 saying,  ^Yo  shall  not  drink  wine  nor 
 strong  drink,  thou  and  thy  s(ms  with 
 thee,  whensoever  ye  enter  into  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness,  or  when  ye  ap- 
 proach the  altar,  so  shall  ye  not  die ;  it 
 is  a  perpetual  statute  for  your  genera- 
 tions, '"to  distinguish  between  sacred 
 and  profane,  and  between  clean  and 
 imclean,  "  and  to  teach  tliechiklren  of 
 Israel  all  the  statutes,  which  the  Lord 
 +  Or,  the  hand  spokc  to  them  by  ^  Moses. 
 
 of  Moses.  12  ^j^J  ]y|Qgj,g  g^iJ  ^Q  ^jj^.^jj^ 
 
 and  to  Eleazar  and  Ithamar  the  sons 
 of  Aaron    Avho   surAaved,    Take    the 
 
 sacrifice  that  is  left  of  the  burnt- 
 offerings  of  the  Lord,  and  ye  shall  eat 
 unleavened  bread  by  the  altar,  it  is 
 most  holy.  '^And  ye  shall  eat  it  in 
 tlie  holy  place,  for  this  is  a  statute  for 
 tliee  and  a  statute  for  thy  sons,  of  the 
 Inu-nt-offerings  to  the  Lord,  for  so  it 
 has  been  commanded  me.  ^''Andye 
 shall  eat  the  breast  of  separation,  and 
 the  shoulder  of  the  choice-offering  in 
 the  holy  place,  thou  and  thy  sons  and 
 thy  house  with  thee,  for  it  has  been 
 given  as  an  ordinance  for  thee  and  an 
 ordinance  for  thy  sons,  of  the  sacrifices 
 of  peace-offering  of  the  children  of 
 Israel.  '■''They  shall  bring  the  shoulder 
 of  the  choice-offering,  and  the  breast 
 of  the  separation  upon  the  burnt-offer- 
 ings of  the  fat  to  separate  for  a  separa- 
 tion before  the  Lord,  and  it  shall  be  a 
 perpetual  ordinance  for  thee  and  thy 
 sons  and  thy  daughters  with  thee,  as 
 the  Lord  commanded  ]\Ioses. 
 
 '•"And  ]\Ioscs  dihgently  sought  the 
 goat  of  the  sin-offering,  but  it  had 
 been  consumed  by  fire ;  and  Moses  was 
 angry  with  Eleazar  and  Ithamar  the 
 sons  of  Aaron  that  were  left,  saying, 
 '^  Wliy  did  ye  not  eat  the  sin-oflcring 
 in  the  holy  place?  for  because  it  is 
 most  holy  he  has  given  you  this  to  eat, 
 that  ye  might  take  away  the  sin  of  the 
 congregation,  and  make  atonement  for 
 them  before  the  Lord.  '*^For  the  blood 
 of  it  was  not  brought  into  the  holy 
 place,  ye  shall  eat  it  within,  ^before 
 the  Lord,  as  the  Lord  com-  +  The  words 
 mandcd  me.  •«  And  _Aaron_  ^^^itfXtubtM 
 spoke  to  Moses,  saying,  If  authority, 
 tliey  have  brought  nigh  to-day  their 
 sin-offerings,  and  their  whole-burnt- 
 oflerings  before  the  Lord,  and  these 
 events  have  happened  to  me,  and  i/et 
 1  should  eat  to-day  of  the  sin-offerings, 
 *  would  it  be  pleasing  to  the  +  or.  wui. 
 Lord?  '^"And  Moses  heard  if,  and  it 
 pleased  him. 
 
 IL  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses 
 and  Aaron,  saying,  ^  Speak  ye  to  the 
 sons  of  Israel,  saying.  These  are  the 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  3. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  32. 
 
 beasts  which  ye  shall  eat  of  all  beasts 
 that  are  upon  the  earth.  ^  Every  beast 
 parting  the  hoof  and  making  divisions 
 of  two  claws,  and  chewing  the  cud 
 among  beasts,  these  ye  shall  eat.  ■*  But 
 of  these  ye  shall  not  eat,  of  those  that 
 chew  the  cud,  and  of  those  that  part 
 the  hoofs,  and  divide  claws,  the  camel 
 because  it  chews  the  cud,  but  does  not 
 divide  the  hoof,  this  is  unclean  to  you. 
 *And  the  rabbit,  because  it  chews  the 
 cud,  but  does  not  divide  the  hoof,  this 
 is  unclean  to  you.  ^ And  the  hare  because 
 
 i  Heb.    and     it  doCS  ^UOt  cllCW  the    Cud, 
 Alex. -not.       ^^^     (jQgg    j^Q^     ^^^Q     ^l^g 
 
 hoof,  this  is  unclean  to  you.  ^  And  the 
 swine,  because  this  animal  divides  the 
 hoof,  and  makes  claws  of  the  hoof,  and  it 
 does  not  chew  the  cud,  is  unclean  to  you. 
 *  Ye  shall  not  eat  of  their  flesh,  and  ye 
 +  i.  e.  espe-  sliall  uot  toucli  their  ^  car- 
 as^dTed^^of"'^'^  cascs,  thcsc  are  unclean  to 
 
 themselves.         yoU.  ^Aud  tllCSC  «re  wliat  yC 
 
 shall  eat  of  all  that  are  in  the  waters, 
 all  things  that  have  fins  and  scales  in 
 the  waters,  and  in  the  seas,  and  in  the 
 brooks,  these  ye  shall  eat.  ^°And  all 
 tilings  which  have  not  fins  or  scales  in 
 the  water,  or  in  the  seas,  and  in  the 
 brooks,  of  all  which  the  waters  ^  pro- 
 +  Gr  eructant,   ducc,    and  of  cverv  soul 
 
 see  Ps.  44.  1.  m  ,.    .    '    .       ,  •/ 
 
 Lxx.aisoinKeft.  hviug  lu  the  watcr,  are  an 
 abomination,  and  they  shall  be  abomi- 
 nations to  you.  *^  Ye  shall  not  eat  of 
 their  flesh,  and  ye  shall  abhor  their 
 carcases.  ^^And  all  things  that  have 
 not^fins  or  scales  of  those  that  are  in 
 the  waters,  these  are  an  abomination 
 to  you.  ''^And  these  are  the  things 
 which  ye  shall  abhor  of  birds,  and 
 they  shall  not  be  eaten,  they  are  an 
 abomination,  the  eagle  and  the'  ossi- 
 frage,  and  the  sea-eagle.  ^''And  the 
 vulture,  and  the  kite,  and  the  Hke  to 
 it;  '^and  the  sparrow,  and  the  owl, 
 and  the  sea-mew,  and  the  like  to  it: 
 '^and  every  raven,  and  the  birds  Uke  it, 
 and  the  hawk  and  Iris  like,  ^^and  the 
 night-raven  and  the  cormorant  and 
 the  stork,  '^and  the  red-bill,  and  peh- 
 can,  and  swan,  ^^and  the  heron,  and 
 
 the  ^  lapwing,  and  the  like  to  it,  and 
 the  hoopoe  and  the  bat.  +  or,  seaiark. 
 ^^  And  all  winged  creatures  that  creep, 
 which  go  upon  four  feet,  are  abomina- 
 tions to  you.  ^'  But  these  ye  shall  eat 
 of  the  creeping  winged  animals,  which 
 go  upon  four  feet,  which  have  legs 
 above  their  feet,  to  leap  with  on  the 
 earth.  ^^And  these  of  them  ye  shall 
 eat,  the  caterpillar  and  his  Hke,  and 
 the  attacus  and  his  hke,  and  the  ^can- 
 tharus  and  his  hke,  and  t  or,  a  kind 
 the  locust  and  his  Hke.  °^^^*"'- 
 ^^  Every  creeping  thing  from  among  the 
 birds,  ^  which  has  four  feet,  +  or.  have, 
 is  an  abomination  to  you.  ^*And  by 
 these  ye  shall  be  defiled,  every  one 
 that  toviches  their  carcases  shall  be 
 unclean  till  the  evening.  ^'^  And  every 
 one  that  takes  of  their  dead  bodies 
 shall  wash  his  garments,  and  shall  be 
 unclean  till  the  evening.  ^^  And  which- 
 ever among  the  beasts  divides  the  hoof 
 and  makes  claws,  and  does  not  chew 
 the  cud,  shall  be  unclean  to  you ; 
 every  one  that  touches  their  dead  bo- 
 dies shall  be  unclean  till  evening. 
 '^^And  every  one  among  all  the  wild 
 beasts  that  moves  upon  its  fore  feet, 
 
 Avllich  goes  on    all  four,  ^  is     +  Gr.  they  are 
 
 unclean  to  you,  every  one  '"^'^•'^'"^• 
 that  touches  their  dead  bodies  shall  be 
 imclean  till  evening.     ^^And  he  that 
 takes  of  their  dead  bodieg  shall  wash 
 his  garments,  and  shall  be  unclean  till 
 evening,   these   are    unclean  to   you. 
 ^^And  these  are  unclean  to    you  of 
 reptiles  upon  the  earth,  the  ^  weasel 
 and   the   mouse    and    the    ^  '^'''  '^^^■ 
 Wizard,  ^°  the  ferret,  and  the  codue.^ 
 chameleon,  and  the  evet,  and  the  newt, 
 and  the  mole.    ^^  These  are  imclean  to 
 you  of  all  the  reptiles  which  are  on 
 the  earth ;  every  one  who  touches  their 
 carcases  shall  be  unclean  till  evening. 
 ^^  And  on  whatsoever  one  of  their  dead 
 bodies   shaU  fall  it  shall  be  unclean, 
 ^whatever  wooden   vessel,    +  cr.  from 
 or  garment,  or  skin,  or  ^  sack  T  or.'cioth, 
 it  may  be,  every  vessel  in  i- <■•  sackcloth, 
 which  work  should  be  done,  shall  be 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  33. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  8. 
 
 dipped  in  water,  and  shall  be  unclean 
 till  evening,  and  the7i  it  shall  be  clean. 
 ^^  And  every  earthen  vessel  into  which 
 one    of  these  things  shall  fall,  what- 
 soever is  inside  it,  shall   be  nnclean, 
 arid  it  shall  be  broken.    ^'^  And  all  food 
 that  is  eaten,   on  which    water   shall 
 coxae  from  such  a  vessel  shall  be  un- 
 clean,  and  every   beverage    which  is 
 drunk   in   any   such  vessel,  shall   be 
 unclean.  ^'^And  every  thing  on  which 
 there  shall  fall  of  their  dead  bodies  shall 
 be  unclean,  ovens  and  stands  for  jars 
 shall  be  broken  down,  these  are  un- 
 clean, and  they  shall  be  unclean  to  you. 
 ^^  Only  if  the  water-  be  of  fountains  of 
 water,  or  a  pool,  or  confluence  of  water, 
 it  shall  be  clean,  but  he  that  touches 
 their  carcases  shall  be  unclean.   ^^And 
 if  one  of  their  carcases  should  fall  upon 
 any  sowing  seed,  which  shall  be  sown, 
 it  shall  be  clean.     ^^But  if  water  be 
 poured  on  any  seed,  and  one  of  their 
 dead  bodies  fall  upon  it,  it  is  unclean 
 to  you.    ^^  And  if  one  of  the  cattle  die, 
 which  it  is  lawful  for  you  to  eat,  he 
 that  touches  their   carcases   shall   be 
 unclean  till  evening.     ^"And  he  that 
 eats  of  their  carcases  shall  wash   his 
 garments,  and  be  unclean  till  evening; 
 and  he  tha,t  carries  any  of  their  car- 
 cases shall   wash    his  garments,    and 
 bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be  unclean 
 till  evening.    ''^And  every  reptile  that 
 creeps  on  the  earth,  this  shall  be  an 
 abomination  to  you,  it  shall  not  be 
 eaten.    ""^  And  every  animal  that  creeps 
 on  its  belly,  and  every  one  that  goes 
 on  fouryee^  continually,  ^vhich  abounds 
 with  feet  among  all  the  reptiles  creeping 
 upon  the  earth — ye  shall  not  eat  it,  for 
 it  is  an  abomination  to  you.     '•'And 
 +  Or,  make    y^  gj^^ll  not  ^  defile   your 
 
 them     abomi-    J  n     t 
 
 liable.  souls  With  any  of  the  rep- 
 
 tiles that  creep  upon  the  earth,  and  ye 
 shall  not  be  polluted  with  them,  and 
 ye  shall  not  be  unclean  by  them. 
 "•^For  I  am  the  Lord  your  God,  and 
 ye  shall  be  sanctified,  and  ye  shall  be 
 holy,  because  1  the  Lord  your  God  am 
 holy,    and  ye   shall    not    defile   your 
 
 souls  with  any  of  the  reptiles  creeping 
 upon  the  earth.  ''^For  I  am  the  Lord 
 who  brought  you  up  out  of  the  land 
 of  Egypt  to  be  your  God,  and  ye  shall 
 be  holy,  for  I  the  Lord  am  holy. 
 '*^This  is  the  law  concerning  beasts 
 and  birds  and  every  living  creature 
 moving  in  the  water,  and  every  h^dng 
 creature  creeping  on  the  earth.  '*^  To 
 distinguish  between  the  unclean  and 
 the  clean,  and  between  those  that  bring 
 forth  ahve,  such  as  should  be  eaten, 
 and  those  that  bring  forth  alive,  such 
 as  should  not  be  eaten. 
 
 12.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,^  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  thou  shalt  say  to  them,  Wliatso- 
 ever  woman  shall  have  conceived  and 
 born  a  male  child  shall  be  unclean  seven 
 days,  she  shall  be  unclean  according  to 
 the  days  of  separation  for  her  monthly 
 courses.  ^And  on  the  eighth  day  she 
 shall  circumcise  the  flesh  of  his  fore- 
 skin. ^And  for  thirty -three  days  she 
 shall  continue  in  her  unclean  blood, 
 she  shall  touch  nothing  holy,  and  shall 
 not  enter  the  sanctuary,  until  the  days 
 of  her  purification  be  fulfilled.  "  But 
 if  she  should  have  born  a  female  child, 
 then  she  shall  be  unclean  twice  seven 
 days,  according  to  the  time  of  her 
 monthly  courses,  and  for  sixty-six  days 
 shall  she  remain  in  her  unclean  blood. 
 ''And  when  the  days  of  her  purifica- 
 tion shall  have  been  fulfilled  for  a  son 
 or  a  daughter,  she  shall  bring  a  lamb 
 of  a  year  old  without  blrmish  for  a 
 whole -burnt- of  le  ring,  and  a  young 
 pigeon  or  turtle-dove  for  a  sin-offering 
 to  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness, 
 to  the  priest.  ''And  he  shall  present 
 it  before  the  Lord,  and  the  priest  shall 
 make  atonement  for  her,  and  shall 
 purge  her  from  the  fountain  of  her 
 blood;  this  is  the  law  of  her  who  bears 
 a  male  or  a  female.  '^And  +/>/<•  iierhand 
 it  she  cannot  aiiord  a  lamb,  cicnt  for,  &c. 
 then  shall  she  take  two  turtle-doves  or 
 two  young  pigeons,  one  for  a  whole- 
 burnt  -  offering,    and    one    for   a    sin- 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  1. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  23. 
 
 offering,  and  the  priest  shall  make 
 atonement  for  her,  and  she  shall  be 
 purified. 
 
 13.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses 
 and  Aaron,  saying,  ^  If  any  man  should 
 have  in  the  skin  of  liis  llcsh  a  bright 
 clear  spot,  and  there  should  be  in  the 
 skin  of  his  flesh  a  plague  of  leprosy,  he 
 shall  be  brought  to  Aaron  the  priest, 
 or  to  one  of  his  sons  the  priests.  ^And 
 the  priest  shall  view  the  spot  in  the 
 skin  of  his  flesh,  and  if  the  hair  in  the 
 spot  be  changed  to  white,  and  the  ap- 
 
 iGr.  lower  pearanco  of  the  spot  be  '''be- 
 comparTciwith.  low  the  skiu  of  the  flesh,  it 
 Hebriiism.  'g  ^  plague  of  Icprosy,  and 
 the  priest  shall  look  upon  it  and  ^pro- 
 
 +  Gr.  ut->raiiy  uoimcc  him  uucleau.    "*  But 
 
 tieme  him.  •  £^|^g  ^^^^  |^g  ^J^^^.  ^^^ ^|^- ^^ 
 
 in  the  skin  of  his  flesh,  yet  the  appear- 
 ance of  it  be  not  deep  below  the  skin, 
 and  its  hair  have  not  changed  itself  for 
 white  hair,  but  it  is  dark,  then  the 
 priest  shall  separate  him  that  has  the 
 spot  seven  days,  '^and  the  priest  shall 
 look  on  the  spot  the  seventh  day,  and 
 behold  z/'the  spot  remains  before  Mm, 
 if  the  spot  has  not  spread  in  the  skin, 
 then  the  priest  shall  separate  him  the 
 second  time  seven  days.  ^And  the 
 priest  shall  look  upon  him  the  second 
 time  on  the  seventh  day,  and  behold 
 if  the  spot  be  dark,  and  the  spot  have 
 not  spread  in  the  skin,  then  the  priest 
 shall  pronounce  him  clean,  for  it  is  a 
 mere  mark,  and  the  man  shall  wash  liis 
 garments  and  be  clean.  '^But  if  the 
 bright  spot  should  have  changed  and 
 spread  in  the  skin,  after  the  priest  has 
 seen  him  for  the  purpose  of  purifying 
 him,  then  shall  he  appear  the  second 
 time  to  the  priest,  ^and  the  priest  shall 
 look  upon  him,  and  behold  rfxhc  mark 
 have  spread  in  the  skin,  then  the  priest 
 shall  pronounce  him  unclean,  it  is  a 
 leprosy.  ^And  if  a  man  have  a  plague 
 of  leprosy,  then  he  shall  come  to  the 
 priest;  '"and  the  priest  shall  look,  and 
 behold,  if  it  is  a  white  spot  in  the  skin, 
 and  it  has  changed  the  hair  to  white,  and 
 
 117 
 
 there  be  some  of  the  sound  part  of  the 
 quick  flesh  in  the  sore — '4t  is  a  leprosy 
 waxing  old  in  the  skin  of  the  flesh, 
 and  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him 
 imclean,  and  shall  separate  him,  be- 
 cause he  is  unclean.  '^And  if  the 
 leprosy  should  have  come  out  very 
 evidently  in  the  skin,  and  the  leprosy 
 should  cover  all  the  skin  of  the  ^  patient 
 from  the  head  to  the  feet,  t  or.  pia^ue. 
 ^  wheresoever  the  priest  +Gr.  accord- 
 shall  look;  '^  then  the  priest  wiioie°iooMiig 
 shall  look,  and  behold,  the  of  the  priest, 
 leprosy  has  covered  all  the  skin  of  the 
 flesh;  and  the  priest  shall  pronounce 
 him  clean  of  the  plague,  because  it  has 
 changed  all  to  white,  it  is  clean.  ^'^  But 
 on  whatsoever  day  the  qvxick  flesh  shall 
 appear  on  him,  he  shall  be  pronounced 
 unclean.  '■''And  the  priest  shall  look 
 upon  the  sound  flesh,  and  the  sound 
 flesh  shall  prove  him  to  be  unclean, 
 for  it  is  unclean,  it  is  a  leprosy.  '^  But 
 if  the  sound  flesh  be  restored  and 
 changed  to  white,  then  shall  he  come 
 to  the  priest;  ''^and  the  priest  shall 
 see  him,  and,  behold,  if  the  plague  is 
 turned  white,  then  the  priest  shall  pro- 
 nounce the  patient  clean,  he  is  clean. 
 '**And  if  the  flesh  should  have  become 
 an  ulcer  in  his  skin,  and  should  be 
 healed,  '^and  there  should  be  in  the 
 place  of  the  ulcer  a  white  sore,  or  one 
 looking  white  and  bright,, or  fiery,  and 
 it  shall  be  seen  by  the  priest;  ^''then 
 the  priest  shall  look,  and,  behold,  if 
 the  appearance  be  beneath  the  skin, 
 and  its  hair  has  changed  to  white,  then 
 the  priest  shall  pronounce  him  unclean, 
 because  it  is  a  leprosy,  it  has  broken 
 out  in  the  ulcer.  ^'  But  if  the  priest 
 look,  and  behold  there  is  no  white  hair 
 on  it,  and  it  be  not  below  the  skin  of 
 the  flesh,  and  it  be  dark-coloured;  then 
 the  priest  shall  separate  him  seven 
 days.  -^  But  if  it  manifestly  spread 
 over  the  skin,  then  the  priest  shall 
 pronounce  him  unclean :  it  is  a  j)lague 
 of  leprosy;  it  has  broken  out  in  the 
 ulcer.  ^^  But  if  the  bright  spot  should 
 remain  in  its  place  and  not  spread,  it 
 
Chap.  xiii.  u.  24. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  45. 
 
 is  ^  the  scar  of  the  ulcer,  and  the  priest 
 +  Or,  an  ulcer-  gliall  pronouiicc  him  clean. 
 
 ous   sore  9j    t      i     •  («     i         n      n     t 
 
 merely.  ^*  Alicl     II    the     llesh    DC     111 
 
 his  skin  m  a  state  of  fiery  inflamma- 
 tion, and  there  shovdd  be  in  his  skin 
 the  part  which  is  healed  of  the  inflam- 
 mation, bright,  clear,  and  white,  suf- 
 fused with  red  or  very  white :  '^^  then 
 the  priest  shall  look  upon  him,  and 
 behold  j/the  hair  being  wliite  is  changed 
 to  a  bright  colour,  and  its  appearance 
 is  lower  than  the  skin,  it  is  a  leprosy, 
 it  has  broken  out  in  the  inflammation, 
 and  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him  un- 
 clean, it  is  a  plague  of  leprosy.  ^''  But 
 if  the  priest  should  look,  and  behold 
 there  is  not  in  the  bright  spot  any 
 white  hair,  and  it  should  not  be  lower 
 than  the  skin,  and  it  should  be  dark, 
 then  the  priest  shall  separate  him  seven 
 days.  '^And  the  priest  shall  look  upon 
 liim  on  the  seventh  day;  and  if  the 
 spot  be  much  spread  in  the  skin,  then 
 the  priest  shall  pronounce  him  unclean, 
 it  is  a  plague  of  leprosy,  it  has  broken 
 out  in  the  ulcer.  ^^  But  if  the  bright 
 spot  remain  stationary,  and  be  not 
 spread  in  the  skin,  but  the  sore  should 
 be  dark,  it  is  a  scar  of  inflammation, 
 and  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him 
 clean,  for  it  is  the  mark  of  the  inflam- 
 mation. ^^And  if  a  man  or  a  woman 
 have  in  them  a  plague  of  leprosy  in  the 
 head  or  the  beard;  =*°then  the  priest 
 shall  look  on  the  plague,  and  behold 
 if  the  appearance  of  it  be  ^  beneath  the 
 
 h'outwTow  ^^^^  ^^^^  in  ittherc  be  thin 
 than.  yellowisli    hair,    then    the 
 
 priest  shall  pronounce  him  unclean,  it 
 is  a  scurf,  it  is  a  leprosy  of  the  head  or 
 a  leprosy  of  the  beard.  ^'  And  if  the 
 priest  should  sec  the  plague  of  the 
 +  Gr.  breach,  scurf,  ^and  bchold  the  a]> 
 epavcr^a.  ^  pearauccof  it  be  notbcncatli 
 the  skin,  and  there  is  no  yellowish 
 hair  in  it,  then  the  priest  shall  set 
 apart  him  that  has  the  plague  of  the 
 scurf  seven  days.  ^^And  the  priest 
 shall  look  at  the  plague  on  the  seventh 
 day;  and,  behold  if  the  scurf  be  not 
 spread,  and  there  be  no  yellowish  hair 
 
 118 
 
 on  it,  and  the  appearance  of  the  scm'f 
 is  not  hollow  under  the  skin:  ^^then 
 the  skin  shall  be  shaven,  bvit  the  scurf 
 shall  not  be  shaven,  and  the  priest  shall 
 set  aside  the  person  having  the  scurf 
 the  second  time  for  seven  days.  ^^And 
 the  priest  shall  see  the  scurf  on  the 
 seventh  day,  and  behold  if  the  scurf  is 
 not  spread  in  the  skin  alter  the  man's 
 being  shaved,  and  the  appearance  of 
 the  scurf  is  not  hollow  beneath  the  skin, 
 then  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him 
 clean,  and  he  shall  wash  his  garments, 
 and  be  clean.  ^'^But  if  the  scurf  be 
 indeed  spread  in  the  skin  after  he  has 
 been  puriiied,  ^''then  the  priest  shall 
 look,  and  behold,  //'the  scurf  be  spread 
 in  the  skin,  the  priest  shall  not  examine 
 concerning  the  yellow  hair,  for  he  is 
 unclean.  ^^  But  if  the  scxurf  remain 
 before  him  in  its  place,  and  a  dark  hair 
 should  have  arisen  in  it,  the  scurf  is 
 healed,  he  is  clean,  and  the  priest  shall 
 pronounce  him  clean.  ^^And  if  a  man 
 or  woman  should  have  in  the  skin  of 
 their  flesh  spots,  of  a  bright  whiteness, 
 ^'^then  the  priest  shall  look  and  behold 
 there  beinq  bright  spots  of  a  bright 
 whiteness  in  the  skin  of  their  flesh,  it 
 is  a  tetter,  it  bursts  forth  in  the  skin  of 
 his  flesh,  he  is  clean.  '''^And  if  any 
 one's  head  should  lose  the  hair,  he  is 
 o?ili/ hsild,  he  is  clean.  '''And  if  his 
 head  should  lose  the  hair  in  front,  he 
 is  forehead  bald,  he  is  clean.  ^^And 
 if  there  should  be  in  his  baldness  of 
 head,  or  his  baldness  of  forehead,  a 
 white  or  fiery  plague,  it  is  leprosy  in 
 his  baldness  of  head,  or  baldness  of 
 forehead.  ^^And  the  priest  shall  look 
 upon  him,  and  behold  if  the  appear- 
 ance of  the  plague  be  white  or  inf  himed 
 in  his  baldness  of  head  or  baldness  in 
 front,  as  the  appearance  of  leprosy  in 
 the  skin  of  his  flesh,  ''''he  is  a  leprous 
 man,  the  priest  shall  surely  pronounce 
 him  unclean,  his  plague  is  in  his  head. 
 ''^And  the  leper  in  whom  the  plague 
 is,  let  his  garments  be  ungirt,  and  his 
 head  uncovered,  and  let  him  have  a 
 covering  put  upon  his  mouth,  and  he 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  46. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  9. 
 
 shall  be  called  unclean.  ''^All  the 
 days  in  which  the  plague  shall  be  upon 
 him,  being  unclean,  he  shall  be  esteemed 
 unclean ;  he  shall  dwell  apart,  his  place 
 of  sojourn  shall  be  without  the  camp. 
 ^^And  if  a  garment  have  in  it  the 
 plague  of  leprosy,  a  garment  of  wool, 
 or  a  garment  of  flax,"*^  either  in  the  war|) 
 or  in  the  woof,  or  in  the  hnen,  or  in 
 the  woollen  threads,  or  in  a  skin,  or  in 
 any  workmanship  of  skin,  ^^  and  the 
 plague  be  greenish  or  reddish  in  the 
 skin,  or  in  the  garment,  either  in  the 
 warp,  or  in  the  woof,  or  in  any  ^  utensil 
 +  0)-,  wTought  of  skin,  it  is  a  plao-ue  of 
 
 skin,    t.  e.  ac-    ■■  -■    ■■  i     ii      i 
 
 tiveiy  or  pas-  leprosy,  and.  he  snail  snow 
 SdTth  it  to  the  priest.  ^^And  the 
 work.  priest  shall  look  upon  the 
 
 plague,  and  the  priest  shall  set  apart 
 that  which  has  the  plague  seven  days. 
 ^'  And  the  priest  shall  look  upon  the 
 plague  on  the  seventh  day,  and  if  the 
 plague  be  spread  in  the  garment,  either 
 in  the  warp  or  in  the  woof,  or  in  the 
 skin,  in  whatsoever  things  skins  may 
 be  used  in  their  workmanship,  the 
 t  Or,  abiding,  plaguc  is  a  ^  Confirmed  le- 
 prosy, it  is  unclean.  ^^He  shall  burn 
 the  garment,  either  the  warp  or  woof 
 in  woollen  garments  or  in  flaxen,  or  in 
 any  utensil  of  skin,  in  which  there  may 
 be  the  plague,  because  it  is  a  confirmed 
 leprosy,  it  shall  be  burnt  with  fire. 
 ^"^And  if  the  priest  should  see,  and  the 
 plague  be  not  spread  in  the  garments, 
 either  in  the  warp  or  in  the  woof,  or 
 in  any  utensil  of  skin,  ^^  then  the  priest 
 shall  give  directions,  and  one  shall 
 wash  that  on  which  there  may  have 
 been  the  plague,  and  the  priest  shall 
 set  it  aside  a  second  time  for  seven 
 days.  ^^And  the  priest  shall  look  upon 
 it  after  the  plague  has  been  washed 
 and  if  this  even  the  plague  has  not 
 changed  its  appearance,  and  the  plague 
 does  not  spread,  it  is  unclean,  it  shall 
 be  burnt  with  fire,  it  is  fixed  in  the 
 garment,  in  the  warp,  or  in  the  woof. 
 ^•"And  if  the  priest  should  look,  and 
 the  sjDot  be  dark  after  it  has  been 
 washed,   he  shall  tear  it  off  from  the 
 
 garment,  either  from  the  warp  or  from 
 the  woof,  or  from  the  skin.  ^^And  if 
 it  should  still  appear  in  the  garment, 
 either  in  the  warp  or  in  the  woof,  or 
 in  any  article  of  skin,  it  is  a  leprosy 
 bursting  forth,  that  wherein  is  the 
 plaguc  shall  be  burnt  with  fire.  ^^And 
 the  garment,  or  the  warp,  or  the  woof, 
 or  any  article  of  skin,  which  shall  be 
 washed,  and  the  plague  depart  from  it, 
 shall  also  be  washed  again,  and  shall 
 be  clean.  ''^This  is  the  law  of  the 
 plague  of  leprosy  of  a  woollen  or  Hnen 
 garment,  either  of  the  warp,  or  woof, 
 or  any  leathern  article,  to  pronounce  it 
 clean  or  unclean. 
 
 14.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  This  is  the  law  of  the  leper, 
 in  whatsoever  day  he  shall  have  been 
 ^cleansed,  then  shall  he  be  t  observe,  to 
 brouo;ht  to  the  priest.  ^  And  cleanse  in  this 
 
 ,         ".  in  PI      place  seems  to 
 
 the  priest  shall  come  torth  mean  simply 
 out  of  the  camp,  and  the  *°**^^^- 
 priest  shall  look,  and,  behold,  the 
 plague  of  the  leprosy  is ''  re-  +  or.  healed, 
 moved  from  the  leper.  ''And  the 
 priest  shall  give  directions,  and  they 
 shall  take  for  him  that  is  cleansed  two 
 clean  Hve  birds,  and  cedar  Avood,  and 
 spun  scarlet,  and  hyssop.  ^And  the 
 priest  shall  give  direction,  and  they 
 shall  kill  one  bird  ^  over  an  +  Gr.  into, 
 earthen  vessel  over^rimning  +  Gr.  living, 
 water.  ^And  as  for  the  living  bird  he 
 shall  take  it,  and  the  cedar  wood,  and 
 the  spun  scarlet,  and  the  hyssop,  and 
 he  shall  dip  them  and  the  living  bird 
 into  the  blood  of  the  bird  that  was 
 slain  over  running  water.  ^And  he 
 shall  sprinkle  seven  times  upon  him 
 that  was  cleansed  of  his  leprosy,  and 
 he  shall  be  clean,  and  he  shall  let  go 
 the  living  bird  into  the  field.  ^And 
 the  man  that  has  been  cleansed  shall 
 wash  his  garments,  and  shall  shave  ofi" 
 all  his  hair,  and  shall  wash  himself  in 
 water,  and  shall  be  clean;  and  after 
 that  he  shall  go  into  the  camp,  and 
 shall  remain  out  of  his  house  seven 
 days.     ^And  it  shall  come  to  pass  on 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  10. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  29. 
 
 the  seventh  day,  he  shall  shave  off  all 
 his  hair,  lus  head  and  his  beard,  and 
 his  eye-brows,  even  all  his  hair  shall 
 he  shave;  and  he  shall  wash  his  gar- 
 ments, and  wash  his  body  with  water, 
 and  shall  be  clean.  '"  And  on  the 
 eighth  day  he  shall  take  two  lambs 
 without  spot  of  a  year  old,  and  one 
 
 t  Gr.  sheep.  ''  ewe  lamb  without  spot  of 
 a  year  old,  and  three-tenths  of  fine 
 flour  for  sacrifice  kneaded  with  oil, 
 and  one  small  cup  of  oil.  ' '  And  the 
 priest  that  cleanses  shall  ^present  the 
 
 1  Gr.  station  mm^  under  purification,  and 
 
 or  make  to  ,  /»>     •  i      p  i 
 
 stand.  tliese    offerijiffs    before   tlie 
 
 Lord,  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness.  '^And  the  priest  shall  take 
 one  lamb,  and  offer  him  for  a  trespass- 
 offering,  and  the  cup  of  oil,  and  set 
 them  apart  for  a  special  offering  before 
 the  Lord.  '^And  they  shall  kill  the 
 lamb  in  the  place,  where  they  kill  the 
 wliolc- burnt -offerings,  and  the  sin- 
 offerings,  in  the  holy  places,  for  it  is  a 
 sin-offering,  as  the  trespass-offering,  it 
 belongs  to  the  priest,  it  is  most  holy. 
 ^■^  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood 
 of  the  trespass-offering,  and  the  priest 
 shall  put  it  on  the  tip  of  the  right  ear 
 of  the  person  under  cleansing,  and  on 
 the  thumb  of  his  right  hand,  and  on 
 the  great  toe  of  his  right  foot.  '^And 
 the  priest  shall  take  of  the  cup  of  oil, 
 +  Gr.  the  and  shall  pour  it  upon  ^his 
 ^T^''"right  own  left  hand.  ""'And  he 
 fi"eer.  gliall   (lip   with   the  ^finger 
 
 of  his  right  hand  into  some  of  the  oil 
 that  is  in  his  left  hand,  and  he  shall 
 sprinkle  with  his  finger  seven  times 
 before  the  Lord.  '^And  the  remaining 
 oil  that  is  in  his  hand,  the  priest  shall 
 put  on  the  tip  of  the  right  ear  of  him 
 that  is  under  cleansing,  and  on  the 
 thumb  of  his  right  hand,  and  on  the 
 great  toe  of  his  right  foot,  on  the  place 
 of  the  blood  of  the  trespass-offering. 
 '^  And  the  remaining  oil  that  is  on  the 
 hand  of  the  priest,  the  priest  shall  put 
 on  the  head  of  the  cleansed  leper,  and 
 the  priest  shall  make  atonement  for 
 him   before    the    Lord.       ''■•  And    the 
 
 120 
 
 priest  shall  sacrifice  the  sin-offering, 
 and  the  priest  shall  make  atonement 
 for  the  person  under  purification  to 
 cleanse  him  from  his  sin,  and  after- 
 wards the  priest  shall  slay  the  whole- 
 burnt-offering.  '^^  And  the  priest  shall 
 offer  the  whole-burnt-offering,  and  the 
 sacrifice  upon  the  altar  before  the  Lord, 
 and  the  priest  shall  make  atonement 
 for  him,  and  he  shall  be  cleansed. 
 ^' And  if  he  should  be  poor,  and  ^can- 
 not afford  so  much,  he  shall  +  Gr.  his  hand 
 take  one  lamb  for  his  trans-  *^^'^"°*- 
 gression  for  a  separate-offering,  so  as 
 to  make  propitiation  for  him,  and  a 
 tenth  deal  of  fine  flour  mingled  with 
 oil  for  a  sacrifice,  ^^and  one  cup  of  oil, 
 and  two  turtle-doves,  or  two  young 
 pigeons,  ^as  he  can  afford,    ^?r-^®"?u''' 
 
 ••■   o      .,     '  1     n    1        c  ashishandhas 
 
 and  the  one  sliall  be  lor  a  found, 
 sin-offering,  and  the  other  for  a  whole- 
 burn  t-oflering.  '^^And  he  shall  bring 
 them  on  the  eighth  day,  to  purify  him, 
 to  the  priest,  to  the  door  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness  before  the  Lord.  ^*And 
 the  priest  shall  take  the  lamb  of  the 
 trespass-offering,  and  the  cup  of  oil, 
 and  place  them  for  a  set-offering  before 
 the  Lord.  '"^'^And  he  shall  slay  the 
 lamb  of  the  trespass-offering,  and  the 
 priest  shall  take  of  the  blood  of  the 
 trespass-offering,  and  put  it  on  the  tip 
 of  the  right  ear  of  him  that  is  under 
 purification,  and  on  the  thumb  of  his 
 right  hand,  and  on  the  great  toe  of  his 
 right  foot.  '■^''And  the  priest  shall  pour 
 of  the  oil  on  his  own  left  hand.  ^^  And 
 the  priest  shall  sprinkle  with  the 
 ^finger  of  his  right  hand  +Gr.hi.s right 
 some  of  the  oil  that  is  in  his  ^^^"' 
 left  hand  seven  times  before  the  Lord. 
 ^**And  the  priest  shall  put  of  the  oil 
 that  is  on  his  hand  on  the  tip  of  the 
 right  ear  of  him  that  is  under  purifi- 
 cation, and  on  the  thumb  of  his  right 
 hand,  and  on  the  great  toe  of  his  right 
 foot,  on  the  ])lace  of  the  blood  of  the 
 trespass  -  offering.  ^'•'And  that  Avhich 
 is  left  of  the  oil  which  is  on  the  hand 
 of  the  priest  he  shall  put  on  the  head 
 of  hiin  that  is  purged,  and  the  priest 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  30. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  57. 
 
 shall  make  atonement  for  him  before 
 the  Lord. 
 
 •  ^^'And  he  shall  offer  one  of  the  turtle- 
 doves or  of  the  young  pigeons,  as  ^he 
 +  Gr.hishaiid  ^^^  afford  it,  ^'the  one  for 
 has  found.  a  sin-offering,  the  other  for 
 a  whole-burnt-offering  with  the  meat- 
 offering, and  the  priest  shall  make  an 
 atonement  before  the  Lord  for  him  that 
 is  under  purification.  ^^  This  is  the  law 
 for  him  in  whom  is  the  plague  of  le- 
 prosy, and  who  cannot  afford  the  offer- 
 ings for  his  purification.  ^^And  the 
 Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and  Aaron,  say- 
 ing, ^*  \Aniensoever  ye  shall  enter  into 
 the  land  of  the  Chananites,  which  I 
 give  you  for  a  possession,  and  I  shall 
 +  Gr.  give.  ^  put  the  plaguc  of  leprosy 
 in  the  houses  of  the  land  of  your  pos- 
 session ;  ^^  then  the  owner  of  the  houSe 
 shall  come  and  report  to  the  priest, 
 saying,  I  have  seen  as  it  were  a  plague 
 in  the  house.  ^^And  the  priest  shall 
 give  orders  to  remove  the  furniture  of 
 the  house,  before  the  priest  comes  in 
 to  see  the  plague,  and  thus  none  of  the 
 things  in  the  house  shall  become  un- 
 clean, and  afterwards  the  priest  shall 
 go  in  to  examine  the  house.  ^^And  he 
 shall  look  on  the  plague,  and  behold  if 
 the  plague  is  in  the  walls  of  the  house, 
 he  icill  see  greenish  or  reddish  cavities, 
 and  the  appearance  of  them  ivill  be  be- 
 neath the  surface  of  the  walls.  ^**And 
 the  priest  shall  come  out  of  the  house 
 to  the  door  of  the  house,  and  the  priest 
 shall  separate  the  house  seven  days. 
 ^'■'And  the  priest  shall  return  on  the 
 seventh  day  and  view  the  house,  and 
 behold  if  the  plague  is  spread  in  the 
 walls  of  the  house,  ^"then  the  priest 
 shall  give  orders,  and  they  shall  take 
 away  the  stones  in  which  the  plague  is, 
 and  shall  cast  them  out  of  the  city  into 
 an  unclean  place.  ^'And  they  shall 
 scrape  the  house  within  round  about, 
 and  shall  pour  out  the  dust  scraped  off' 
 outside  the  city  into  an  unclean  place. 
 '*^And  they  shall  take  other  scraped 
 stones,  and  put  them  in  the  place  of 
 
 the  former  stones,  and  they  shall  take 
 
 other  plaster  and  plaster  the  house. 
 ■^^And  if  the  plague  should  return 
 again,  and  break  out  in  the  house  after 
 they  have  taken  away  the  stones  and 
 after  the  house  is  scraped,  and  after  it 
 has  been  plastered,  ''^then  the  priest 
 shall  go  in  and  see  if  the  plague  is 
 spread  in  the  house,  it  is  a  confirmed 
 leprosy  in  the  house,  it  is  vmclean. 
 *'^  And  they  shall  take  down  the  house, 
 and  its  timbers  and  its  stones,  and  they 
 shall  carry  out  all  the  mortar  without 
 the  city  into  an  unclean  place.  '*^And 
 he  that  goes  into  the  house  at  any  time, 
 during  its  separation,  shall  be  unclean 
 until  evening.  *^And  he  that  sleeps  in 
 the  house  shall  wash  his  garments,  and 
 be  imclean  until  evening;  and  he  that 
 eats  in  the  house  shall  wash  his  gar- 
 ments, and  be  unclean  until  evening. 
 ''^And  if  the  priest  shall  arrive  and 
 enter  and  see,  and  behold  the  plague 
 be  not  at  all  spread  in  the  house  after 
 the  house  has  been  plastered,  then  the 
 priest  shall  declare  the  house  clean, 
 because  the  plague  is  healed.  '*^And 
 he  shall  take  to  purify  the  house  two 
 clean  living  birds,  and  cedar  wood, 
 and  spun  scarlet,  and  hyssop.  ^^And 
 he  shall  slay  one  bird  in  an  earthen 
 vessel  over  ^rimning  water.  +(?>•.  uving. 
 ^^  And  he  shall  take  the  cedar  wood, 
 and  the  spim  scarlet,  and  the  hyssop, 
 and  the  Hving  bird;  an(i  shall  dip  it 
 into  the  blood  of  the  bird  slain  over 
 running  water,  and  with  them  he  shall 
 sprinkle  the  house  seven  times.  ^^And 
 he  shall  purify  the  house  with  the 
 blood  of  the  bird,  and  with  the  running 
 water,  and  with  the  filing  bird,  and 
 with  the  cedar  wood,  and  with  the 
 hyssop,  and  with  the  spun  scarlet. 
 •^^And  he  shall  let  the  living  bird  go 
 out  of  the  city  into  the  field,  and  shall 
 make  atonement  for  the  house,  and  it 
 shall  be  clean.  ^■*  This  is  the  law  concern- 
 ing every  plague  of  leprosy  and  scurf, 
 ^^and  of  the  leprosy  of  a  garment,  and 
 of  a  house,  ^^and  of  a  sore,  and  of  a 
 clear  spot,  and  of  a  shining  one,  ^^and 
 of  declaring  in  what  day  it  is  unclean, 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  1. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  23. 
 
 and  in  what  clay  it  shall  be  purged, 
 this  is  the  law  of  the  leprosy. 
 
 15.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses 
 and  Aaron,  saying,  ^  Speak  to  the 
 children  of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt  say 
 to  them,  whatever  man  shall  have  an 
 issue  out  of  his  body,  his  issue  is  un- 
 clean. ^And  this  is  the  law  of  liis  un- 
 cleanness ;  whoever  has  a  gonorrho3a  out 
 of  his  body,  this  is  his  uncleanness 
 in  liim  by  reason  of  the  issue,  by 
 which  his  body  is  affected  through  the 
 issue;  all  the  days  of  the  issue, of  his 
 body,  by  which  liis  body  is  affected 
 through  the  issue,  there  is  his  unclean- 
 ness. ''Every  bed  on  which  he  that  has 
 the  issue  shall  happen  to  lie,  is  unclean, 
 t  Gr.  vessel,    and  cvcrv  ^  seat  on  which  he 
 
 or  article  of         ■,         ■,        -^  ,        .  , 
 
 furniture.  that  lias  the  issue  may  hap- 
 pen to  sit,  shall  be  unclean.  '^  And  the 
 man  who  shall  touch  his  bed,  shall 
 wash  liis  garments,  and  bathe  himself 
 in  water,  and  shall  be  unclean  till  even- 
 ing. ^  And  whosoever  sits  on  the  ^  scat 
 +  Gr.  vessel,  on  wliicli  he  that  has  the 
 issue  may  have  sat,  shall  wash  his  gar- 
 ments, and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and 
 shall  be  unclean  until  evening.  ''And  he 
 that  touches  the  skin  of  him  that  has 
 the  issue,  shall  wash  his  garments  and 
 bathe  himself  in  water,  and  shall  be 
 unclean  till  evening.  **And  if  he  that 
 has  the  issue  shoidd  spit  upon  one  that 
 is  clean,  that  pers(m  shall  wash  his  gar- 
 ments, and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and 
 be  unclean  until  evening.  ^And  every 
 ass's  saddle,  on  which  the  man  with 
 the  issue  shall  have  mounted,  shall  be 
 unclean  till  evening.  '"And  every  one 
 that  touches  whatsoever  shall  have  been 
 under  him  shall  be  unclean  until  even- 
 ing, and  he  that  takes  them  up  shall 
 wash  his  garments,  and  bathe  himself 
 in  water,  and  shall  be  unclean  until 
 evening.  "  Ajid  whomsoever  he  that 
 has  the  issue  shall  touch,  if  he  have  not 
 rinsed  his  hands  in  water,  he  shall 
 wash  his  garments,  and  bathe  his  body 
 in  water,  and  shall  be  unclean  until 
 evening.      '-And   the  earthen   vessel 
 
 122 
 
 which  he  that  has  the  issue  shall  hap- 
 pen to  touch,  shall  be  broken ;  and  a 
 wooden  vessel  shall  be  washed  with 
 water,  and  shall  be  clean.  '^And  if 
 he  that  has  the  issue  should  be  cleansed 
 of  his  issue,  then  shall  he  number  to 
 himself  seven  days  for  his  purification, 
 and  he  shall  wash  his  garments,  and 
 bathe  his  body  in  water,  and  shall  be 
 clean.  '"'And  on  the  eighth  day  he 
 shall  take  to  himself  two  turtle-doves 
 or  two  young  pigeons,  and  he  shall 
 bnng  them  before  the  Lord  to  the 
 doors  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  and 
 shall  give  them  to  the  priest.  '^And 
 the  priest  shall  offer  them  one  for  a 
 sin-offering,  and  the  other  for  a  whole- 
 burnt-offering;  and  the  priest  shall 
 make  atonement  for  him  before  the 
 Lord  for  his  issue.  '^  And  the  man 
 whose  seed  of  copulation  shall  happen 
 to  go  forth  from  him,  shall  then  wash 
 his  whole  body,  and  shall  be  unclean 
 until  evening.  ''And  every  garment, 
 and  every  skin  on  which  there  shall 
 be  the  seed  of  copulation  shall  both  be 
 washed  with  water,  and  be  unclean 
 until  evening.  '^And  a  woman,  if  a 
 man  shall  lie  with  her  with  seed  of  co- 
 pulation— they  shall  both  bathe  them- 
 selves in  water  and  shall  be  unclean 
 until  evening.  '^  And  the  woman  who- 
 soever shall  have  an  issue  of  blood, 
 when  her  issue  shall  be  in  her  body, 
 shall  be  seven  days  in  her  separation, 
 every  one  that  touches  her  shall  be 
 unclean  until  evening.  ^°And  every- 
 thing whereon  she  shall  lie  in  her 
 separation,  shall  be  unclean;  and  Avhat- 
 evcr  she  shall  sit  upon,  shall  be  unclean. 
 ^'  And  whosoever  shall  touch  her  bed 
 shall  wash  his  garments,  and  bathe  his 
 body  in  water,  and  shall  be  unclean  until 
 evening.  ^'-^And  every  one  that  toviches 
 any  vessel  on  which  she  shall  sit,  shall 
 wash  his  garments  and  bathe  himself  in 
 water,  and  shall  be  unclean  until  even- 
 ing. ^^  And  whether  it  be  while  she  is 
 on  her  bed,  or  on  aseatwliich  she  may 
 hap])en  to  sit  upon  when  he  touches  her, 
 he  shall  be  unclean  till  evening. 
 
CiiAP.  XV.  V.  24. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  13. 
 
 ^*  And  if  any  one  shall  lie  -vvith  her, 
 and  her  uncleanness  be  npon  him,  he 
 shall  be  unclean  seven  days ;  and  every 
 bed  on  which  he  shall  have  lain  shall 
 be  unclean.  '^^And  if  a  woman  have 
 an  issue  of  blood  many  days,  not  in 
 the  time  of  her  separation,  if  the  blood 
 should  also  flow  after  her  separation, 
 all  the  days  of  the  issue  of  her  unclean- 
 ness shall  be  as  the  days  of  her  separa- 
 tion, she  shall  be  unclean.  -^  And 
 every  bed  on  which  she  shall  lie  all 
 the  days  of  her  flux  shall  be  to  her  as 
 the  bed  of  her  separation,  and  every 
 seat  whereon  she  shall  sit  shall  be  im- 
 clean  according  to  the  uncleanness  of 
 her  separation.  '^^  Every  one  that 
 touches  it  shall  be  imclean,  and  he 
 shall  wash  liis  garments,  and  bathe  his 
 body  in  water,  and  shall  be  unclean 
 till  evening.  ^**But  if  she  shall  be 
 cleansed  from  her  flux,  then  she  shall 
 niunber   to   herself  seven    days,    and 
 
 t  Gr.  purged,  aftcrwards  she  shall  be  ''^ es- 
 teemed clean.  ^^And  on  the  eighth  day 
 she  shall  take  two  turtle-doves,  or  two 
 yoxmg  pigeons,  and  shall  bring  them 
 to  the  priest,  to  the  door  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness.  ^^  And  the  priest  shall 
 offer  one  for  a  sin-offering,  and  the 
 other  for  a  whole-burnt-oflering,  and 
 the  priest   shall  make  atonement  for 
 
 t  Gr.  from,  her  before  the  Lord  ^  for  her 
 unclean  flux.  ^'  And  ye  shall  cause  the 
 children  of  Israel  to  beware  of  their 
 uncleannesses,  so  they  shall  not  die  for 
 their  uncleanness,  in  polluting  my 
 tabernacle  that  is  among  them.  ^^  This 
 is  the  law  of  the  man  who  has  an  issue, 
 and  if  one  discharge  seed  of  copulation, 
 so  that  he  should  be  polluted  by  it. 
 ^^  And  this  is  the  law  for  her  that  has 
 the  issue  of  blood  in  her  separation, 
 and  as  to  the  person  who  has  an  issue 
 of  seed,  in  his  issue,  it  is  a  laio  for  the 
 male  and  the  female,  and  for  the  man 
 who  shall  have  lain  with  her  that  is  set 
 apart. 
 
 16.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  ]\Ioses 
 after  the  two  sons  of  Aaron  died  in 
 
 123 
 
 bringing  strange  fire  before  the  Lord, 
 so  they  died.  '-^And  the  Lord  said  to 
 Moses,  Speak  to  Aaron  thy  brother, 
 and  let  him  not  come  in  at  all  times 
 into  the  holy  place  within  the  vail  be- 
 fore the  propitiatory,  which  is  upon  the 
 ark  of  the  testimony,  and  he  shall  not 
 die,  for  I  will  appear  in  a  cloud  on  the 
 propitiatory.  ^Thus  shall  Aaron  enter 
 into  the  holy  place ;  with  a  calf  of  the 
 herd  for  a  sin-offering,  and  having  a 
 ram  for  a  whole-burnt-offering.  ''And 
 he  shall  put  on  the  consecrated  linen 
 tunic,  and  he  shall  have  on  liis  flesh  the 
 linen  drawers,  and  shall  gird  himself 
 with  a  linen  girdle,  and  shall  put  on 
 the  linen  cap,  they  are  holy  garments; 
 and  he  shall  bathe  all  his  body  in 
 water,  and  shall  put  them  on.  ^And 
 he  shall  take  of  the  congregation  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  two  kids  of  the  goats 
 for  a  sin-offering,  and  one  lamb  for  a 
 whole-burnt-ofFcring.  ^And  Aaron  shall 
 brinof  the  calf  for  his  own  sin-offerinof, 
 and  shall  make  atonement  for  himself 
 and  for  liis  house.  ^  And  he  shall  take 
 the  two  goats,  and  place  them  before 
 the  Lord  by  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
 of  witness.  ^  And  Aaron  shall  cast  lots 
 upon  the  two  goats,  one  lot  for  the 
 Lord,  and  the  other  for  the  scape-goat. 
 '•^And  Aaron  shall  bring  forward  the 
 goat  on  which  the  lot  for  the  Lord  fell, 
 and  shall  offer  him  for  a  sin-offering. 
 '"And  the  goat  upon  which  the  lot  of 
 the  scape-goat  come,  he  shall  present 
 alive  before  the  Lord,  to  make  atone- 
 ment upon  him,  so  as  to  send  liim 
 away  as  a  scape-goat,  "^and  tor.  forthe 
 he  shall  send  him  into  the  '^^'^^«^- 
 wilderness.  "And  Aaron  shall  bring 
 the  calf  for  his  sin,  and  he  shall  make 
 atonement  for  himself  and  for  his 
 house,  and  he  shall  kill  the  calf  for  his 
 sin-offering.  ^'^And  he  shall  take  his 
 censer  fvdl  of  coals  of  fire  off  the  altar, 
 which  is  before  the  Lord,  and  he  shall 
 fill  his  hands  with  fine  compoimd  in- 
 cense, and  shall  bring  it  within  the  vail. 
 '^And  he  shall  put  the  incense  on  the 
 fire  before  the  Lord,  and  the  smoke  of 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  14. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  32. 
 
 the  incense  shall  cover  the  mercy-seat 
 +  (?r. testinio-  ovcr   the  ^tables   of  testi- 
 '"^^"  mony,  and  he  shall  not  die. 
 
 '^  And  he  shall  take  of  the  blood  of  the 
 calf,  and  sprinkle  with  his  finger  on  the 
 mercy-scat  eastward,  before  the  mercy- 
 seat  shall  he  sprinkle  seven  times  of  the 
 blood  with  his  finger. 
 
 ^*  And  he  shall  kill  the  goat  for  the 
 sin-offering  that  is  for  the  people,  be- 
 fore the  Lord ;  and  he  shall  bring  in  of 
 its  blood  within  the  vail,  and  shall  do 
 with  its  blood,  as  he  did  with  the 
 blood  of  the  calf,  and  shall  sprinkle  its 
 blood  on  the  mercy-seat,  in  front  of 
 the  mercy-seat.  '^  And  he  shall  make 
 atonement  for  the  sanctuary  on  account 
 of  the  imcleanness  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  for  their  trespasses  in  the 
 matter  of  all  their  sins,  and  thus  shall 
 he  do  to  the  tabernacle  of  witness  esta- 
 bhshed  among  them  in  the  midst  of 
 their  imcleanness.  '^  And  there  shall  be 
 no  man  in  the  tabernacle  of  witness, 
 when  he  goes  in  to  make  atonement  in 
 the  holy  place,  until  he  shall  have 
 come  out;  and  he  shall  make  atone- 
 ment for  himself,  and  for  his  house, 
 and  for  all  the  congregation  of  the 
 children  of  Israel.  ^'^And  he  shall  come 
 forth  to  the  altar  that  is  before  the 
 Lord,  and  he  shall  make  atonement 
 upon  it,  and  he  shall  take  of  the  blood 
 of  the  calf,  and  of  the  blood  of  the 
 goat,  and  shall  put  it  on  the  horns  of 
 the  altar  round  about.  '^  And  he  shall 
 sprinkle  some  of  the  blood  upon  it 
 seven  times  ^vith  his  finger,  and  shall 
 purge  it,  and  hallow  it  from  the  un- 
 cleanness  of  the  children  of  Israel. 
 ^°And  he  shall  finish  making  atone- 
 ment for  the  sanctuary  and  for  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness,  and  for  the  altar, 
 and  he  shall  make  a  cleansing  for  the 
 priests,  and  he  shall  Ijring  the  living 
 goat;  ^'and  Aaron  shall  lay  his  hands 
 on  the  head  of  the  live  goat,  and  he 
 shall  declare  over  him  all  the  iniquities 
 of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  all  their 
 unrighteousnesses,  and  all  their  sins; 
 and  he  shall  lay  them  upon  the  head  of 
 
 the  live  goat,  and  shall  send  him  by 
 the  hand  of  a  ready  man  into  the  wil- 
 derness. ^^  And  the  goat  shall  bear  their 
 unrighteousnesses  upon  him  into  a  de- 
 sert land  ;  and  Aaron  shall  send  away 
 the  goat  into  the  wilderness.  ^^And 
 Aaron  shall  enter  into  the  tabernacle 
 of  witness,  and  shall  put  off  the  linen 
 garment,  which  he  had  put  on,  as  he 
 entered  into  the  holy  place,  and  shall 
 lay  it  by  there.  ^'^  And  he  shall  bathe 
 his  body  in  water  in  the  holy  place, 
 and  shall  put  on  his  raiment,  and  shall 
 go  out  and  offer  the  whole-burnt-offer- 
 ing for  himself  and  the  whole-biu'nt- 
 offering  for  the  people,  and  shall  make 
 atonement  for  himself  and  for  his 
 house,  and  for  the  people,  as  for  the 
 priests.  '^'^And  he  shall  offer  the  fat 
 for  the  sin-offering  on  the  altar.  ^^And 
 he  that  sends  forth  the  goat  that  has 
 been  set  apart  to  be  let  go,  shall  wash 
 his  garments,  and  bathe  his  body  in 
 water,  and  afterwards  shall  enter  into 
 the  camp.  -^  And  the  calf  for  the  sin- 
 offering,  and  the  goat  for  the  sin-offer- 
 ing, whose  blood  was  brought  in  to 
 make  atonement  in  the  holy  place,  they 
 shall  carry  forth  out  of  the  camp,  and 
 burn  them  with  fire,  even  their  skins 
 and  their  flesh  and  their  dung.  '^*'And 
 he  that  burns  them  shall  wash  his 
 garments,  and  bathe  his  body  in  water, 
 and  afterwards  he  shall  enter  into  the 
 camp. 
 
 ^'••And  this  shall  be  a  perpetual  sta- 
 tute for  you;  in  the  seventh  month, 
 on  the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  ye 
 shall  humble  your  souls,  and  shall  do 
 no  work,  the  native  and  the  stranger 
 who  *  abides  among  you.  -t  or,  attaches 
 3°  For  in  this  day  he  shall  l-i^^vv^'""; 
 
 •J      „  iv  111  LXX.  and 
 
 make  an  atonement  for  you,  n-  t.  has  fre- 
 
 1  /.  1,  "^  quciitly  a  He- 
 
 to  cleanse  you  from  allyom-  biaistic  sipiii-. 
 sins  before  the  Lord,  and  *^'=^**""- 
 ye  shall  be  purged.  ^'  This  shall  be 
 to  you  a  ^most  holy  sab-  J,^- -^^^'„'; 
 bath,  a  rest,  and  ye  shall  weckofweeks. 
 humble  your  souls;  it  is  a  perpetual 
 oi'dinance.  ^-^The  priest  whomsoever 
 they  .shall  anoint  shall  make   atone- 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  33. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  3. 
 
 ment,  and  Svhomsoever  they  shall 
 +  Gr.  whose-  conscciate  to  exercise  the 
 thershau"ac-  pricstly  officc  after  his 
 H^rto^fiii  lather;  and  he  shall  put  on 
 hands.  the   linen    robe,    the  holy 
 
 garment.  ^^  And  he  shall  make  atone- 
 ment for  the  most  holy  place,  and  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness,  and  he  shall 
 make  atonement  for  the  altar,  and  for 
 the  priests,  and  he  shall  make  atone- 
 ment for  all  the  congregation.  ^*And 
 tliis  shall  be  to  you  a  perpetual  statute 
 to  make  atonement  for  the  children  of 
 t  Gr.  from.  Israel  ^  for  all  their  sins,  it 
 shall  be  done  once  in  the  year,  as  the 
 Lord  commanded  Moses. 
 
 17.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  Speak  to  Aaron  and  to  liis 
 sons,  and  to  all  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  thou  shalt  say  to  them,  This  is  the 
 word,  wliich  the  Lord  has  commanded, 
 saying,  ^  Every  man  of  the  cliildren  of 
 Israel,  or  of  the  strangers  abiding 
 among  you,  who  shall  kill  a  calf,  or  a 
 sheep,  or  a  goat  in  the  camp,  or  who 
 shall  kill  it  out  of  the  camp,  *  and  shall 
 not  bring  it  to  the  door  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness,  so  as  to  sacrifice  it  for 
 a  whole-bm-nt-ofFering  or  peace-oiFering 
 to  the  Lord  to  be  acceptable  for  a 
 sweet-smelling  savour :  and  whosoever 
 shall  slay  it  without,  and  shall  not 
 bring  it  to  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
 of  witness,  so  as  to  offer  it  as  a  gift  to 
 the  Lord  before  the  tabernacle  of  the 
 Lord;  blood  shall  be  imputed  to  that 
 man,  he  has  shed  blood;  that  soul 
 shall  be  cut  off  from  his  people.  ^  That 
 the  children  of  Israel  may  offer  their 
 sacrifices,  all  that  they  shall  slay  in  the 
 fields,  and  bring  them  to  the  Lord 
 unto  the  doors  of  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness  to  the  priest,  and  they  shall 
 sacrifice  them  as  a  peace-offering  to 
 the  Lord.  ^And  the  priest  ^  shall 
 +  Gr.  pours,  pour  the  blood  on  the  altar 
 round  about  before  the  Lord  by  the 
 doors  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  and 
 shall  offer  the  fat  for  a  sweet-smelhng 
 savour  to  the  Lord. 
 
 '^And  they  shall  no  longer  offer 
 their  sacrifices  to  vain  f/ods  after  which 
 they  go  a  whoring ;  it  shall  be  a  perpe- 
 tual statute  to  you  for  your  genera- 
 tions. ®And  thou  shalt  say  to  them, 
 Wliatever  man  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  or  of  the  sons  of  the  proselytes 
 abiding  among  you,  shall  offer  a  whole- 
 burnt-offering  or  a  sacrifice,  ^and  shall 
 not  bring  it  to  the  door  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness  to  sacrifice  it  to  the 
 Lord,  that  man  shall  be  destroyed  from 
 among  his  people.  ^°And  wliatever 
 man  of  the  children  of  Israel,  or  of  the 
 strangers  abiding  among  you  shall  eat 
 any  blood,  I  wih  even  set  my  face 
 against  that  soul  that  eats  blood,  and 
 will  destroy  it  from  its  people.  '^  For 
 the  Hfe  of  flesh  is  its  blood,  and  I  have 
 given  it  to  you  on  the  altar  to  make 
 atonement  for  your  souls,  for  its  blood 
 shall  make  atonement  for  the  soul. 
 ''^Therefore  I  said  to  the  children  of 
 Israel,  No  soul  of  you  shall  eat  blood, 
 and  the  strano^er  that  abides  amono- 
 you  shall  not  eat  blood.  '^  And  what- 
 ever man  of  the  children  of  Israel,  or 
 of  the  strangers  abiding  among  you 
 shall  take  any  animal  in  limiting,  beast, 
 or  bird,  wliich  is  eaten,  then  shall  he 
 poiu"  out  the  blood,  and  cover  it  in  the 
 dust.  '^For  the  blood  of  all  flesh  is 
 its  Hfe,  and  I  said  to  the  children  of 
 Israel,  Ye  shall  not  eat-the  blood  of 
 any  flesh,  for  the  life  of  all  flesh  is  its 
 blood,  every  one  that  eats  it  shall  be 
 destroyed.  '^And  every  soul  which 
 eats  that  which  has  died  of  itself;  or  is 
 taken  of  beasts,  either  among  the  na- 
 tives or  among  the  strangers,  shall 
 wash  his  garments,  and  bathe  liimself 
 in  water,  and  shall  be  unclean  until 
 evening,  then  shall  he  be  clean.  ^^But 
 if  he  do  not  wash  his  garments,  and  do 
 not  bathe  his  body  in  water,  then  shall 
 he  bear  his  iniquity. 
 
 18.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  ISIoses, 
 saying,  ^  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  thou  shalt  say  to  them,  I  am  the 
 Lord  your  God.     ^Ye   shall    not   do 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  4. 
 
 LEVITICUS, 
 
 Chap.  xix.  v.  1. 
 
 according  to  the  devices  of  Egypt,  in 
 wliicli  ye  dwelt,  and  according  to  the 
 devices  of  the  land  of  Chanaan,  into 
 wliich  I  bring  you,  ye  shall  not  do, 
 and  ye  shall  not  walk  in  their  ordi- 
 nances. ^Ye  shall  observe  my  judg- 
 ments, and  shall  keep  my  ordinances, 
 and  shall  walk  in  them :  I  am  the  Lord 
 +Rom.  10. 5.  your  God.  ^  ^  So  ye  shall  keep 
 all  my  ordinances,  and  all  my  judg- 
 ments, and  do  them,  which  if  a  man 
 do,  he  shall  live  in  them:  I  am  the 
 Lord  your  God.  ^No  man  shall  draw 
 nigh  to  any  of  his  near  kindred  to  un- 
 cover their  nakedness;  I  am  the  Lord. 
 "^  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness 
 of  thy  father,  or  the  nakedness  of  thy 
 mother,  for  she  is  thy  mother,  thou 
 shalt  not  uncover  her  nakedness.  **  Thou 
 shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of 
 thy  father's  wife,  it  is  thy  father's 
 nakedness.  ^  The  nakedness  of  thy  sister 
 by  thy  father  or  by  thy  mother,  born 
 at  home  or  abroad,  their  nakedness 
 thou  shalt  not  uncover.  ^''The  naked- 
 ness of  thy  son's  daughter,  or  thy 
 daughter's  daughter,  their  nakedness 
 thou  shalt  not  uncover,  because  it  is 
 thy  nakedness.  ^^Thou  shalt  not  iin- 
 cover  the  nakedness  of  the  daughter 
 of  thy  father's  vvdfe,  she  is  thy  sister 
 by  the  same  father,  thou  shalt  not  un- 
 cover her  nakedness.  '^  Thou  shalt  not 
 uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy  father's 
 sister,  for  she  is  near  akin  to  thy  father. 
 ^^Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  naked- 
 ness of  thy  mother's  sister,  for  she  is 
 near  akin  to  thy  mother.  ^"^  Thou  shalt 
 not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
 father's  brother,  and  thou  shalt  not  go 
 in  to  Iris  wife,  for  she  is  thy  relation. 
 ^^  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  naked- 
 ness of  thy  daughter-in-law,  for  she  is 
 thy  son's  wife,  thou  shalt  not  uncover 
 her  nakedness.  "'Thou  shalt  not  un- 
 cover the  nakedness  of  thy  brother's 
 wife,  it  is  thy  brother's  nakedness. 
 *^  The  nakedness  of  a  woman  and  her 
 daughter  shalt  thou  not  uncover;  her 
 son's  daughter,  and  her  daughter's 
 daughter  shalt  thou  not  take,  to  im- 
 
 cover  their  nakedness,  for  they  are  thy 
 kinswomen,  it  is  impiety.  '^Thou  shalt 
 not  take  a  wife  in  addition  to  her 
 sister  as  a  rival  to  uncover  her  naked- 
 ness in  opposition  to  her,  wliile  she  is 
 yet  livdng. 
 
 '^And  thou  shalt  not  go  in  to  a 
 woman  under  separation  for  her  un- 
 clcanness  to  uncover  her  nakedness. 
 -^  And  thou  shalt  not  lie  with  thy 
 neighbour's  wife,  to  defile  thyself  with 
 her.  -^  And  thou  shalt  not  give  of  thy 
 seed  to  serve  ^  a  ruler,  and  +  probawy 
 thou  shalt  not  profane  my  Moioch. 
 holy  name ;  I  am  the  Lord.  ^^''- 1^^ 
 ^^And  thou  shalt  not  He  with  a  man 
 as  with  a  woman,  for  it  is  an  abomi- 
 nation. ^^  Neither  shalt  thou  lie  with 
 any  quadruped  for  copulation,  to  be 
 polluted  with  it :  neither  shall  a  woman 
 present  herself  before  any  quadruped 
 to  have  connexion  with  it ;  for  it  is  an 
 abomination.  ^''Do  not  defile  your- 
 selves "with  any  of  these  things ;  for  in 
 all  these  things  the  nations  are  defiled, 
 which  I  drive  out  before  you.  ^^And 
 the  land  is  polluted,  and  I  have  re- 
 compensed their  iniquity  to  them  be- 
 cause of  it,  and  the  land  is  aggrieved 
 with  them  that  dwell  upon  it.  "^^And 
 ye  shall  keep  all  my  statutes  and  all 
 my  ordinances,  and  ye  shall  do  none 
 of  these  abominations,  neither  the 
 native,  nor  the  stranger  that  joins 
 himself  with  you:  C^^for  all  these  abo- 
 minations the  men  of  the  land  did  who 
 were  before  you,  and  the  land  was 
 defiled,)  ^^and  lest  the  land  be  ag- 
 grieved "with  you  in  your  polluting  it, 
 as  it  was  aggrieved  with  the  nations 
 before  you.  ^^For  whosoever  shall  do 
 any  of  these  abominations,  the  souls 
 that  do  them  shall  be  destroyed  from 
 among  their  peo]>le.  ^*^And  ye  shall 
 keep  mine  oi'dinances,  that  ye  may  not 
 do  any  of  the  abominable  practices, 
 which  have  taken  place  bclore  your 
 time,  and  ye  shall  not  be  polluted  in 
 them,  for  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 
 
 19.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  2. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  v.  26. 
 
 saying,  ^  Speak  to  the  congregation  of 
 the  children  of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt 
 say  to  them,  Ye  shall  be  holy,  for  I 
 the  Lord  yonr  God  am  holy.  ^  Let 
 every  one  of  you  ^  reverence  his  father 
 +  Gr.  fear.  and  liis  motlicr,  and  ye  shall 
 keep  my  sabbaths :  I  am  the  Lord  your 
 God.  ^Ye  shall  not  follow  idols,  and 
 ye  shall  not  make  to  yourselves  molten 
 gods :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God.  ^  And 
 if  ye  mil  sacrifice  a  peace-offering  to 
 the  Lord,  ye  shall  offer  it  acceptable 
 from  yourselves.  ^  In  what  day  soever 
 ye  shall  sacrifice  it,  it  shall  be  eaten, 
 and  on  the  following  day,  and  if  any 
 of  it  should  be  left  till  the  third  day,  it 
 shall  be  thoroughly  burnt  -with  fire. 
 ^And  if  it  should  be  at  all  eaten  on  the 
 third  day,  it  is  unfit  for  sacrifice,  it 
 shall  not  be  accepted.  ^  And  he  that 
 eats  it  shall  bear  his  iniquity,  because 
 he  has  profaned  the  holy  tilings  of  the 
 Lord;  and  the  souls  that  eat  it  shall 
 be  destroyed  from  among  their  people. 
 •'  And  when  ye  reap  the  harvest  of 
 your  land,  ye  shall  not  complete  the 
 reaping  of  your  field  with  exactness, 
 and  thou  shalt  not  gather  that  which 
 falls  from  thy  reaping.  ^^  And  thou 
 shalt  not  go  over  the  gathering  of  thy 
 vineyard,  neither  shalt  thou  gather 
 +  Gr.  piyas.  thc  ^  remaining  grapes  of 
 's^;r"or  thy  vineyard:  thou  shalt 
 husks.  leave  them  for  the  poor  and 
 
 the  stranger :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 
 '^Ye  shall  not  steal,  ye  shall  not  He, 
 t  Gr.  each,  neither  shall  ^  one  bear  false 
 witness  as  an  informer  against  his 
 neighbour.  ^^And  ye  shall  not  swear 
 unjustly  by  my  name,  and  ye  shall  not 
 profane  the  holy  name  of  your  God :  I 
 am  the  Lord  your  God.  ^^  Thou  shalt 
 not  injure  thy  neighbour,  neither  do 
 thou  rob  1dm,  neither  shall  the  wages 
 of  thy  hiruHng  remain  with  thee  until 
 the  morning.  ^^  Thou  shalt  not  revile 
 the  deaf,  neither  shalt  thou  put  a 
 stumbhng-block  in  the  way  of  the 
 blind ;  and  thou  shalt  fear  the  Lord 
 thy  God:  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 
 '■''  Thou  shalt  not  act  unjustly  in  judg- 
 
 ment :  thou  shalt  not  accept  the  person 
 of  the  poor,  nor  admire  the  person  of 
 the  mighty;  with  justice  shalt  thou 
 judge  thy  neighbour.  ^^  Thou  shalt 
 not  walk  deceitfully  among  thy  people ; 
 thou  shalt  not  rise  up  against  the  blood 
 of  thy  neighbour :  I  am  the  Lord  your 
 God.  ^"^  Thou  shalt  not  hate  thy  bro- 
 ther in  tliine  heart :  thou  shalt  in  any 
 wise  rebuke  thy  neighbour,  so  thou 
 shalt  not  bear  sin  on  his  account. 
 ^*  And  thy  hand  shall  not  avenge  thee; 
 and  thou  shalt  not  be  angry  with  the 
 cliildren  of  thy  people ; '"'  and  +  Matt.  22. 39. 
 thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbour  as  thy- 
 self; I  am  the  Lord. 
 
 *^  Ye  shall  observe  my  law ;  thou 
 shalt  not  let  thy  cattle  gender  with 
 one  of  a  different  kind,  and  thou  shalt 
 not  sow  thy  vineyard  with  diverse 
 seed :  and  thou  shalt  not  put  upon 
 thyself  a  mingled  garment  woven  of 
 two  materials.  '^"And  if  any  one  lie 
 carnally  with  a  woman,  and  she  should 
 be  a  home-servant  kept  for  a  man,  and 
 she  have  not  been  ransomed,  and  her 
 freedom  has  not  been  given  to  her, 
 they  shall  be  visited  icith  punishment 
 but  they  shall  not  die,  because  she  was 
 not  set  at  Hberty.  ^'And  he  shall 
 bring  for  his  trespass  to  the  Lord  to 
 the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness  a 
 ram  for  a  trespass-offering.  ^^  And  the 
 priest  shall  make  atonement  for  him 
 with  the  ram  of  the  trespass-offering, 
 before  the  Lord,  for  the  sin  which  he 
 sinned,  and  the  sin  which  he  sinned 
 shall  be  forgiven  him.  ^^And  when- 
 ever ye  shall  enter  into  the  land,  which 
 the  Lord  your  God  gives  you  and 
 shall  plant  any  fruit-tree,  then  shall 
 ye  purge  away  its  uncleanness,  its  fruit 
 shall  be  three  years  uncleansed  to  you, 
 it  shall  not  be  eaten.  ^^And  in  the 
 fourth  year  all  its  fruit  shall  be  holy, 
 ^  a  subject  of  praise  to  the  tGr.iaudabie. 
 Lord.  ^^And  in  the  fifth  year  ye  shall 
 eat  the  fruit,  its  produce  is  an  increase 
 to  you.     I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 
 
 ^^  Eat   not  on  the  momitains,  nor 
 shall  ye  employ  auguries,  nor  di\dne 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  27. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  16. 
 
 by  inspection  of  birds.  ^'^  Ye  shall  not 
 +  Gr.  mar  the  make    a  lound  cutting  of 
 
 appearance  of.    ^^^  J^^'j.  ^f  ^^^^  l^^^^^^  ^^^ 
 
 ^  disfigure  your  beard.  ^^  And  ye 
 shall  not  make  cuttings  in  your  body 
 +  Gr.  soul.  fo^"  ^  dead  ^body,  and  ye 
 Heb.  tf?:  shall  not  inscribe  on  your- 
 q.  rf  that  ani-  gelyes  any  marks.  I  am 
 which  once      the  Lord  your  God.  ^^  Thou 
 
 breathed.  i     i,  ,  p  .1 
 
 sliait  not  proiane  thy 
 daughter  to  prostitute  her,  so  the  land 
 shall  not  go  a  whoring,  and  the  land 
 be  filled  with  iniquity.  ^"Ye  shall 
 keep  my  sabbaths,  and  reverence  my 
 sanctuaries :  I  am  the  Lord.  ^^  Ye 
 +Gc.veiitriio-  sliall  not  attend  to  ^  those 
 quists.  ^fl\\o  liavc  in  them  divining 
 
 spirits,  nor  attach  yourselves  to  en- 
 chanters, to  pollute  yourselves  with 
 them,  I  am  the  Lord  your  God.  ^^Thou 
 shalt  rise  up  before  the  hoary  head, 
 and  honour  the  face  of  the  old  man, 
 and  shalt  fear  thy  God:  I  am  the  Lord 
 your  God.  ^^And  if  there  should  come 
 to  you  a  stranger  in  your  land,  ye  shall 
 not  afflict  him.  ^'*The  stranger  that 
 comes  to  you  shall  be  among  you  as 
 the  native,  and  thou  shalt  love  him  as 
 thyself;  for  ye  were  strangers  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt:  I  am  the  Lord  your 
 God.  ^^  Ye  shall  not  act  unrighteously 
 in  judgment,  in  measures  and  weights 
 and  scales.  ^^  There  shall  be  among 
 you  just  balances  and  just  weights  and 
 a  just  liquid  measure.  I  am  the  Lord 
 your  God  who  brought  you  out  of  the 
 land  of  Egypt.  ^^And  ye  shall  keep 
 all  my  law  and  all  my  ordinances,  and 
 ye  shall  do  them :  I  am  the  Lord  your 
 God. 
 
 20.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  Thou  shalt  also  say  to  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel,  if  tlwre  shall  he  any  of 
 the  children  of  Israel,  or  of  those  who 
 have  become  proselytes  in  Israel  who 
 +  Gr.  the  shall  give  of  his  seed  to  ^Mo- 
 ruicr.  loch,  let  him  bc  surcly  put  to 
 
 death;  the  nation  upon  the  land  shall 
 stone  him  with  stones.  •"'  And  I  will 
 set  my  face  against  that  man,  and  will 
 
 cut  him  off  from  his  people,  because 
 he  has  given  of  liis  seed  to  IMoloch,  to 
 defile  my  sanctuary,  and  profane  the 
 name  of  them  that  are  consecrated  to 
 me.  "^  And  if  the  natives  of  the  land 
 should  in  anywise  overlook  that  man 
 in  giving  of  his  seed  to  Moloch,  so  as 
 not  to  put  him  to  death;  ^then  will  I 
 set  my  face  against  that  man  and  his 
 family,  and  I  will  destroy  him,  and  all 
 wlio  have  been  of  one  mind  with  him, 
 so  that  he  should  go  a  whoring  to  the 
 ^princes,  from  their  people.  +Hei. Moioch. 
 ^  And  the  soul  that  shall  follow  those 
 who  have  in  them  divining  spirits,  or 
 enchanters,  so  as  to  go  a  whoring  after 
 them,  I  will  set  my  face  against  that 
 soul,  and  will  destroy  it  from  among  its 
 people.  ^And  ye  shall  be  holy,  for  I 
 the  Lord  your  God  am  holy.  ^And 
 ye  shall  observe  my  ordinances,  and  do 
 them:  I  am  the  Lord  that  sanctifies 
 you.  ^  Every  man  who  shall  speak 
 evil  of  his  father  or  of  his  mother,  let 
 him  die  tlic  death  ;  has  he  spoken  evil 
 of  his  father  or  his  mother?  he  shall  be 
 guilty.  ^''Wlaatever  man  shall  commit 
 adultery  with  the  wife  of  a  man,  or 
 whoever  shall  commit  adultery  with  the 
 wife  of  his  neighbour,  let  them  die  the 
 death,  the  adulterer  and  the  adulteress. 
 ''And  if  any  one  should  lie  with  his 
 father's  wile,  he  has  uncovered  his 
 father's  nakedness,  let  them  both  die 
 the  death,  they  are  guilty.  '^And  if 
 any  one  should  lie  with  his  da?ughter- 
 in-law,  let  them  both  be  put  to  death, 
 for  they  have  wrought  impiety,  they 
 are  gmlty.  '^And  whoever  shall  he 
 with  a  male  as  with  a  woman,  they 
 have  both  wrought  abomination,  let 
 them  die  the  death,  they  are  guilty. 
 '''Wliosoever  shall  take  a  woman  and  her 
 mother,  it  is  iniquity,  they  shall  burn 
 laim  and  them  with  fire,  so  tliere  shall 
 not  be  iniquity  among  you.  '•''And 
 whosoever  sliall  lie  with  a  beast,  let  him 
 die  the  death,  and  ye  shall  kill  the 
 beast.  '^And  whatever  woman  shall 
 approach  any  beast,  so  as  to  have  con- 
 nexion vni\\  it,  ye  shall  kill  the  Avoman 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  17. 
 
 LE  VITIC  U  S. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  12. 
 
 and  the  beast,  let  them  die  the  death, 
 they  are  guilty.  '"Whosoever  shall  take 
 his  sister  by  his  father  or  by  his  mother, 
 and  shall  see  her  nakedness,  and  she  see 
 liis  nakedness,  it  is  a  reproach,  they 
 shall  be  destroyed  before  the  children 
 of  their  family:  he  has  uncovered  his 
 sister's  nakedness,  they  shall  bear  their 
 sin.  '^And  whatever  man  shall  lie 
 with  a  woman  that  is  set  apart  for  a 
 flux  and  shall  uncover  her  nakedness, 
 he  has  uncovered  her  fountain,  and 
 she  has  uncovered  the  flux  of  her 
 blood,  they  shall  both  be  destroyed 
 from  among  their  generation.  '^And 
 thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness  of 
 thy  father's  sister,  or  of  the  sister  of  thy 
 mother,  for  that  man  has  uncovered  the 
 nakedness  of  one  near  akin,  they  shall 
 bear  their  iniqmty.  ^°Wliosoever  shall 
 lie  with  his  near  kinswoman,  has  un- 
 covered the  nakedness  of  one  near  akin 
 to  him,  they  shall  die  childless.  ^'Wlio- 
 ever  shall  take  his  brother's  wife,  it  is 
 imcleanness ;  he  has  uncovered  his 
 brother's  nakedness,  they  shall  die 
 childless.  ^^And  keep  ye  all  my  ordi- 
 nances, and  my  judgments,  and  ye 
 shall  do  them,  and  the  land  shall  not 
 be  aggrieved  with  you,  into  which  I 
 bring  you  to  dwell  upon  it.  ^^And 
 walk  ye  not  in  the  customs  of  the 
 nations  which  I  drive  out  from  before 
 you,  for  they  have  done  all  these  things, 
 and  I  have  abhorred  them.  ^''And  I 
 said  to  you.  Ye  shall  inherit  their  land, 
 and  I  will  give  it  to  you  for  a  pos- 
 session, even  a  land  flowing  with  milk 
 and  honey ;  I  am  the  Lord  your  God, 
 who  have  separated  you  from  all  peo- 
 t  Gr.  yeshau  plc.  ^^  And  ^ye  shall  make 
 separate  them.  ^  distinction  between  the 
 clean  and  the  unclean  cattle,  and  be- 
 tween clean  and  unclean  birds;  and 
 ye  shall  not  defde  your  souls  with 
 cattle,  or  with  birds,  or  with  any  creep- 
 ing things  of  the  earth,  which  I  have 
 separated  for  you  by  reason  of  unclean- 
 ness.  ^•'And  ye  shall  be  holy  to  me, 
 because  I  the  Lord  your  God  am  holy, 
 who   separated  you  from  all  nations. 
 
 to  be  mine.  ^^And  as  for  a  man  or 
 woman  whosoever  of  them  shall  have 
 in  them  a  divining  spirit,  or  be  an  en- 
 chanter, let  them  both  die  the  death, 
 ye  shall  stone  them  with  stones,  they 
 are  guilty. 
 
 2L  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  Speak  to  the  priests  the  sons 
 of  Aaron,  and  thou  shalt  tell  them  that 
 they  shall  not  defile  themselves  in  their 
 nation  for  the  dead,  ^but  they  may 
 mourn  for  a  relative  who  is  very  near 
 to  them,  for  a  father  and  mother,  and 
 sons  and  daughters,  for  a  brother, 
 ^and  for  a  virgin  sister  that  is  near  to 
 one,  that  is  not  espoused  to  a  man,  for 
 these  one  shall  defile  himself.  ^  He 
 shall  not  defile  himself  suddenly  among 
 his  people  to  profane  himself.  ^And 
 ye  shall  not  shave  your  head  for  the 
 dead  with  a  baldness  on  the  top,  and 
 they  shall  not  ^  shave  their  t  or.  the  face 
 beard,  neither  shall  they  ""^^^  "^'^^i. 
 make  gashes  on  their  flesh.  **  They 
 shall  be  holy  to  their  God,  and  they 
 shall  not  profane  the  name  of  their 
 God,  for  they  offer  the  sacrifices  of  the 
 Lord  as  the  gifts  of  their  God,  and  they 
 shall  be  holy.  ^  They  shall  not  take  a 
 woman  who  is  a  harlot  and  profaned, 
 ^  or  a  woman  put  away  from  +  or.  and. 
 her  husband,  for  he  is  holy  to  the 
 Lord  his  God.  ^  And  thou  shalt  hallow 
 him ;  he  offers  the  gifts  "of  the  Lord 
 your  God,  he  shall  be  holy,  for  I 
 the  Lord  that  sanctify  them  am  holy. 
 ^And  if  the  daughter  of  a  Spriest 
 should  be  profaned  to  go  a  +  cr.  a  man, 
 whoring,  she  profanes  the  *p™''*- 
 name  of  her  father,  she  shall  be  burnt 
 with  fire.  '''And  the  priest  that  is  chief 
 among  his  brethren,  the  oil  ha^dng 
 been  poured  upon  the  head  of  the 
 anointed  one,  and  he  having  been  con- 
 secrated to  put  on  the  garments,  shall 
 not  take  the  mitre  oS'  liis  head,  and 
 sliall  not  rend  his  garments:  "neither 
 shall  he  go  in  to  any  dead  body, 
 neither  shall  he  defile  himself  for  his 
 father  or  his  mother.  '^And  he  shall 
 10 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  13. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  15. 
 
 not  go  fortli  out  of  the  sanctuary  and 
 he  shall  not  profane  the  sanctuary  of 
 his  God,  because  the  holy  anointing  oil 
 of  God  is  upon  him :  I  am  the  Lord. 
 '^  He  shall  take  for  a  wife  a  virgin  of 
 +  Or,  race.      his   own   ^  tribe.     ^^  But   a 
 widow,  or  one  that  is  put  away,  or  pro- 
 faned, or  a  harlot,  these  he  shallnot  take, 
 but  he  shall  take  for  a  wife  a  virgin  of 
 his  own  people.     '^And  he  shall  not 
 profane   his  seed  among  his  people  : 
 I    am  the   Lord   that  sanctifies   him. 
 '^  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying, 
 ^^  Say  to  Aaron,  a  man  of  thy  '''  tribe 
 t  Or,  race,     throughout  your generations, 
 who  shall  have  a  blemish  on  him,  shall 
 not  draw  nigh  to  offer  the  gifts  of  his 
 God.    ^^No  man  who  has  a  blemish  on 
 him  shall  draw  nigh ;  a  man  lame,  blind, 
 "vvith  his  nose  disfigured,   or  his  cars 
 cut,  '^a  man  who  has  a  broken  hand 
 or  a  broken  foot,  ^'^  or  hump-backed, 
 or  blear-eyed,  or  that  has  lost  his  eye- 
 lashes, or  a  man  who  has  a  malignant 
 ulcer,  or  tetter,  or  one  that  has  lost  a 
 testicle.     ^'A^^ioever   of  the    seed  of 
 Aaron  the  priest  has  a  blemish  on  him, 
 shall  not  draw  nigh  to  offer  sacrifices 
 to  thy  God,  because  he  has  a  blemish 
 on   him;  he  shall  not  di-aw  nigh  to 
 offer  the  gifts  of  God.    ^^  The  gifts  of 
 God  are  most  holy,  and  he  shall  eat  of 
 the  holy  things.     ^^  Only  he  shall  not 
 approach   the  vail,  and  lie  shall  not 
 draw  nigh  to  the  altar,  because  he  has 
 a  blemish:  and  he  shall  not  profane 
 the  sanctuary  of  his  God,  for  I  am  the 
 Lord  that    sanctifies    them.      ^^  And 
 Moses  spoke  to  Aaron  and  his  sons, 
 and  to  all  the  sons  of  Israel. 
 
 22.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 sajdng,  ^  Speak  to  Aaron  and  to  his 
 sons,  and  let  them  take  heed  concern- 
 ing the  lioly  things  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  so  they  shall  not  profane  my 
 holy  name  in  any  of  the  things  wliicli 
 they  consecrate  to  me:  I  am  tlie  Lord. 
 ^Say  to  them.  Every  man  throughout 
 your  generations  whoever  of  all  your 
 seed  shall  approach  to  the  holy  things, 
 
 whatsoever  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
 consecrate  to  the  Lord,  '^wliile  his  un- 
 cleanness  is  upon  him,  that    +  Gr.  and  iiis 
 
 1      ini  ,        re    (^  uncleanncss 
 
 soul    Sliail    be    cut    on    irom    be  upon  him. 
 
 me :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God.  ^  And 
 the  man  of  the  seed  of  Aaron  the  priest, 
 if  he  should  have  leprosy  or  issue  of  the 
 reins,  shall  not  eat  of  the  holy  things, 
 until  he  be  cleansed,  and  he  that 
 touches  any  uncleanncss  of  a  dead 
 body,  or  the  man  whose  seed  of  copu- 
 lation shall  have  gone  out  from  him, 
 ^  or  whosoever  shall  touch  any  unclean 
 reptile,  which  will  defile  him,  or  who 
 sliail  touch  a  man,  whereby  he  shall 
 defile  him  accordinc;  to  aU  his  unclean- 
 ncss :  ^whatsoever  soul  shall  touch  them 
 shall  be  unclean  until  evening ;  he  shall 
 not  cat  of  the  holy  things,  unless  he 
 bathe  his  body  in  water,  ^and  the  sun 
 go  down,  and  then  he  shall  be  clean; 
 and  then  shall  he  eat  of  all  the  holy 
 things,  for  they  arc  his  bread.  *He 
 shall  not  eat  that  which  dies  of  itself, 
 or  is  taken  of  beasts,  so  that  he  should 
 be  polluted  by  them:  I  am  the  Lord. 
 ^And  they  shall  keep  my  ordinances, 
 that  they  do  not  bear  iniquity  because 
 of  them,  and  die  because  of  them,  if 
 they  shall  profane  them:  I  am  the 
 Lord  God  that  sanctifies  them.  ^"And 
 no  stranger  shall  eat  the  holy  things, 
 one  that  sojourns  with  a  priest,  or  a 
 hireling,  sh.all  not  eat  the  holy  things. 
 "  But  if  a  priest  should  have  a  soul 
 purchased  for  money,  he  shall  eat  of 
 his  bread,  and  they  that  are  born  in  his 
 house,  they  also  shall  eat  of  his  bread. 
 '■■^  And  if  the  daughter  of  a  priest 
 should  marry  a  stranger,  she  shall  not 
 eat  of  the  ^offerings  of  the  +g»-. first- 
 sanctuary.  '-'And"  if  the  ^^*^- 
 daughter  of  a  priest  should  be  a 
 widow,  or  put  away,  and  have  no 
 seed,  she  shall  return  to  her  father's 
 house,  as  in  her  youth :  she  shall  eat  of 
 her  father's  bread,  but  no  stranger 
 shall  eat  of  it.  '^And  the  man  who 
 shall  ignorantly  eat  holy  things,  shall 
 add  the  fifth  part  to  it,  and  give  the 
 holy  thing  to  the  priest.    '''And  they 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  16. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii.  v.  10. 
 
 shall  not  profane  tlie  holy  things  of 
 the  children  of  Israel,  which  they  offer 
 
 t-ffr.  shall.  to  the  Lord.  '^  So  ^shovild 
 they  hiing  upon  themselves  the  ini- 
 quity of  trespass  in  their  eating  their 
 holy  things,  for  I  am  the  Lord  that 
 sanctifies  them. 
 
 ^^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^^  Speak  to  Aaron  and  his 
 sons,  and  to  all  the  congregation  of 
 Israel,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them, 
 Any  man  of  the  children  of  Israel,  or 
 of  the  strangers  that  abide  among 
 them  in  Israel,  who  shall  offer  his  gifts 
 according  to  all  their  confession  and 
 according  to  all  their  choice,  whatso- 
 ever they  may  hring  to  the  Lord  for 
 whole  -  burnt  -  offerings — ^^  your  ^  free- 
 
 +  Gr.  accept-  wlll-offcrlngs  shall  be  males 
 *^'®"  without  l^lemish  of  the  herds, 
 
 or  of  the  sheep,  or  of  the  goats.  ^''They 
 shall  not  bring  to  the  Lord  anything 
 that  has  a  blemish  in  it,  for  it  shall 
 not  be  acceptable  for  you.  ^^  And  what- 
 soever man  shall  olfer  a  peace-offering 
 to  the  Lord,  discharging  a  vow,  or  in 
 the  way  of  free-will-offering,  or  an 
 offering  in  your  feasts,  of  the  herds 
 or  of  the  sheep,  it  shall  be  without 
 blemish  for  acceptance,  there  shall  be 
 no  blemish  in  it.  ^^  One  that  is  blind, 
 or  broken,  or  has  its  tonfjue  cut  out,  or 
 is  troubled  with  warts,  or  has  a  maug- 
 nant  ulcer,  or  tetters,  they  shall  not 
 offer  these  to  the  Lord,  neither  shall 
 ye  offer  any  of  them  for  a  burnt-offering 
 on  the  altar  of  the  Lord.  ^^  And  a  calf 
 or  a  sheep  with  the  ears  cut  off,  or  that 
 has  lost  its  tail,  thou  shalt  slay  them 
 for  thyself,  l^ut  they  shall  not  be 
 accepted  for  thy  vow.  ^*  That  which 
 has  broken  testicles  or  is  crushed  or 
 gelt  or  mutilated, — thou  shalt  not 
 offer  them  to  the  Lord,  neither  shall 
 ye  sacrifice  them  upon  your  land. 
 ^^  Neither  shall  ye  ofier  the  gifts  of 
 your  God  of  all  these  things  by  the 
 hand   of    a    stranger,    because   there 
 
 +  Gr.  corrup-  is  '^ corruptiou  in  them,  a 
 tions.  blemish  in  them,  these  shall 
 
 not  be  accepted  for  you.     ^^And  the 
 
 Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying,  ^^As  for 
 a  calf,  or  a  sheep,  or  a  goat,  whenever 
 it  is  born,  then  shall  it  be  seven  days 
 under  its  mother,  and  on  the  eighth 
 day  and  after  they  shall  be  accepted 
 for  sacrifices,  a  burnt- offering  to  the 
 Lord.  ^^And  a  ^  bullock  and  +  or.  caif. 
 a  ^  ewe,  it  and  its  young,  ^  ^'■-  sheep, 
 thou  shalt  not  kill  in  one  day.  ^^xlnd 
 if  thou  shoiddest  offer  a  sacrifice,  a  vow 
 of  rejoicing  to  the  Lord,  ye  shaU  offer  it 
 so  as  to  be  accepted  for  you.  ^^  In  that 
 same  day  it  shall  be  eaten ;  ye  shall  not 
 leave  of  the  fiesh  till  the  morrow:  I  am 
 the  Lord.  ^^And  ye  shall  keep  my 
 commandments  and  do  them.  ^^And 
 ye  shall  not  profane  the  name  of  the 
 Holy  One,  and  I  will  be  sanctified  in 
 the  midst  of  the  children  of  Israel,  I 
 am  the  Lord  that  sanctifies  you,  ^^who 
 brought  you  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
 to  be  your  God :  I  am  the  Lord. 
 
 23.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  '^  Speak  to  thechildi*en  of  Israel, 
 and  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  The 
 feasts  of  the  Lord  which  ye  shall  call 
 holy  assembhes,  these  are  my  feasts. 
 ^  Six  days  shalt  thou  do  works,  but  on 
 the  seventh  day  is  the  sabbath,  a  rest, 
 a  holy  convocation  to  the  Lord :  thou 
 shalt  not  do  any  work,  it  is  a  sabbath 
 to  the  Lord  in  all  yovir  dwellings. 
 
 ^  These  are  the  feasts  to  the  Lord, 
 holy  convocations,  which  ye  shall  call 
 in  their  seasons.  ^  In  the  first  month, 
 on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  month, 
 between  the  evening  times  is  the  Lord's 
 passover.  ^  And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of 
 this  month  is  the  feast  of  unleavened 
 bread  to  the  Lord;  seven  days  shall 
 ye  eat  unleavened  bread.  '^And  the 
 first  day  shall  be  a  holy  convocation 
 to  you,  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work. 
 ^  And  ye  shall  ofier  whole-burnt-offer- 
 ings to  the  Lord  seven  days;  and  the 
 seventh  day  shall  be  ^  a  holy  +  or.ut.  called 
 convocation  to  you :  ye  shall  hoiy.seeRom. 
 do  no  servile  work.  ^  And 
 the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  sajdng, 
 ^^  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  11. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii.  v.  34. 
 
 tliou  siialt  say  to  tlieni,  AMien  ye  shall 
 enter  into  the  land  which  I  give  you, 
 and  reap  the  harvest  of  it,  then  shall 
 ye  bring  a  sheaf,  the  first-fruits  of  your 
 harvest,  to  the  priest;  '^and  he  shall 
 lift  up  the  sheaf  before  the  Lord,  to  be 
 accepted  for  you.  On  the  morrow  of 
 the  first  day  the  priest  shall  hft  it  up. 
 '^  And  ye  shall  offer  on  the  day  on 
 which  ye  bring  the  sheaf,  a  lamb 
 without  blemish  of  a  year  old  for  a 
 whole-burnt-offering  to  the  Lord.  ^■'^And 
 its  meat-offering  two  tenth  portions  of 
 fine  flour  mingled  with  oil :  it  is  a  sacri- 
 fice to  the  Lord,  a  smell  of  sweet  savour 
 to  the  Lord,  and  its  drink-offering  the 
 fourth  part  of  a  hin  of  wine.  ^'*  And  ye 
 shall  not  eat  bread,  or  the  new  parched 
 corn,  until  this  same  day,  until  ye 
 offer  the  sacrifices  to  your  God:  it  is 
 a  perpetual  statute  throughout  your 
 generations  in  all  your  dwellings. 
 
 ^•^And  ye  shall  number  to  yourselves 
 from  the  day  after  the  sabbath,  from 
 the  day  on  which  ye  shall  offer  the 
 sheaf  of  the  heave-offering,  seven  full 
 weeks,  ^^  until  the  morrow  after  the 
 last  week  ye  shall  number  fifty  days, 
 and  shall  brino;  a  new  meat-offering  to 
 the  Lord.  ^^  Ye  shall  bring  from  your 
 dwelling  loaves,  as  a  heave-offering, 
 two  loaves :  they  shall  be  of  two  tenth 
 portions  of  fine  flour,  they  shall  be 
 baked  with  leaven  of  the  first-fruits  to 
 the  Lord.  ^*And  ye  shall  bring  with 
 the  loaves  seven  unblemished  lambs  of 
 a  year  old,  and  one  calf  of  the  herd, 
 and  two  rams  without  blemish,  and 
 they  shall  be  a  wholc-burnt-offering  to 
 the  Lord:  and  their  meat-offerings 
 and  their  drink-offerings  shall  be  a 
 sacrifice,  a  smell  of  sweet  savour  to  the 
 Lord,  '^and  they  shall  sacrifice  one  kid 
 of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering,  and  two 
 lambs  of  a  year  old  for  a  peace-offering, 
 with  the  loaves  of  the  first-fruits. 
 ^^  And  the  priest  shall  place  them  with 
 the  loaves  of  the  first-fruits  an  offering 
 before  the  Lord  with  the  two  lambs, 
 they  shall  be  holy  to  the  Lord;  they 
 shall  belong  to  the  priest  that  brings 
 
 them.  ^'  And  ye  shall  call  this  day  a 
 convocation;  it  shall  be  holy  to  you; 
 ye  shall  do  no  servile  work  on  it :  it  is 
 a  perpetual  ordinance  throughout  your 
 generations  in  all  your  habitations. 
 ^^  And  when  ye  shall  reap  the  harvest 
 of  your  land,  ye  shall  not  fully  reap 
 the  remainder  of  the  harvest  of  your 
 field  when  thou  reapest,  and  thou  shalt 
 not  gather  that  which  falls  from  thy 
 reaping;  thou  shalt  leave  it  for  the 
 poor  and  the  stranger:  I  am  the  Lord 
 your  God. 
 
 2^  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^'' Speak  to  the  children  of 
 Israel,  saying.  In  the  seventh  month, 
 on  the  first  day  of  the  month,  ye  shall 
 have  a  rest,  a  memorial  of  trumpets,  it 
 shall  be  to  you  a  holy  convocation. 
 ^■'  Ye  shall  do  no  servile  work,  and  ye 
 shall  offer  a  whole-burnt-offering  to  the 
 Lord. 
 
 ^'^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^'^  Also  on  the  tenth  day  of  this 
 seventh  month  is  a  day  of  atonement ; 
 it  shall  be  ^  a  holy  convo-  t  or,  caued 
 cation  to  you :  and  ye  shall  ^°^^' 
 humble  your  souls,  and  offer  a  whole- 
 burnt-offering  to  the  Lord.  ^^  Ye  shall 
 do  no  work  on  this  self-same  day,  for 
 this  is  a  day  of  atonement  for  you,  to 
 make  atonement  for  you  before  the 
 Lord  your  God.  ^^  Every  soul  that 
 shall  not  be  humbled  in  that  day,  shall 
 be  cut  off'  from  among  its  people. 
 ^°And  every  soul  which  shall  do  work 
 on  that  day,  that  soul  shall  be  destroyed 
 from  among  its  people.  ^'  Ye  shall  do 
 no  manner  of  work:  it  is  a  perpetual 
 statute  throughout  your  generations  in 
 all  your  habitations.  ^^  It  shall  be  a 
 holy  sabbath  to  you,  and  ye  shall 
 ^  humble  your  souls,  from  +  or,  afflict, 
 the  ninth  day  of  the  month,  from 
 evening  to  evening  ye  shall  keep  your 
 sabbaths. 
 
 ^^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^'^  Speak  to  the  children  of 
 Israel,  saying.  On  the  fifteenth  day  of 
 this  seventh  month,  there  shall  be  a  feast 
 of  tabernacles  seven  days  to  the  Lord. 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  35. 
 
 LE  VITIC  US, 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.  18. 
 
 ^'And  on  the  first  day  shall  be  a  holy 
 convocation ;  ye  shall  do  no  servile 
 work.  ^"^  Seven  days  shall  ye  ofler 
 wholc-burnt-offerings  to  the  Lord,  and 
 the  eighth  day  shall  be  a  holy  convo- 
 cation to  yon ;  and  ye  shall  offer  wliole- 
 burnt-oQerings  to  the  Lord,  it  is  ^ a  time 
 +  (j.d.  holiday,  of  rclcasc,  ye  shall  do  no  ser- 
 rullness'bdu-  vilc  work.    "  Thcsc  are  the 
 
 rext rained  ni^    fgjjg^g  ^q  ^J^g  Lord,  which  VC 
 servants,  &c.         in       n  i      i  • 
 
 have  leave  to  go  sfiaf  f  caff  fiofy  convocations, 
 outi^65.ou.       ^Q   ^^^^  burnt-offerings  to 
 
 the  Lord,  whole-burnt-oflerings  and 
 their  meat-offerings,  and  their  drink- 
 otFerings,  that  for  each  day  on  its  day : 
 ^^  Besides  the  sabbaths  of  the  Lord,  and 
 besides  yoiu-  gifts,  and  besides  all  your 
 vows,  and  besides  your  free-will-offer- 
 ings, wliich  ye  shall  give  to  the  Lord. 
 ^^And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  this 
 seventh  month  when  ye  shall  have 
 completely  gathered  in  the  fruits  of 
 the  earth,  ye  shall  keep  a  feast  to  the 
 Lord  seven  days ;  on  the  first  day  there 
 shall  be  a  rest,  and  on  the  eighth  day 
 a  rest.  ^^  And  on  the  first  day  ye  shall 
 take  goodly  fruit  of  trees,  and  branches 
 of  palm  trees,  and  thick  boughs  of  trees, 
 and  -^^Hllows,  and  branches  of  osiers 
 from  the  brook,  to  rejoice  before  the 
 Lord  your  God  seven  days  in  the  year. 
 ^'  It  is  a  perpetual  statute  for  your  ge- 
 nerations: in  the  seventh  month  ye 
 shall  keep  it.  ''^  Seven  days  ye  shall 
 dwell  in  tabernacles :  every  native  in 
 Israel  shall  dwell  in  tents.  *^  That  your 
 +  Gr.  genera-  '^posterity  may  see,  that  I 
 *'°''^-  made  the  children  of  Israel 
 
 to  dwell  in  tents,  when  I  brought  them 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt:  I  am  the 
 Lord  your  God.  ^*  And  Moses  ^  re- 
 +  Gr.  spoke.  Counted  the  feasts  of  the 
 Lord  to  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 24.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^Charge  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  let  them  take  for  thee  pure  ohve 
 oil  beaten  for  the  light,  to  burn  a  lamp 
 continually,  ^outside  the  vail  in  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness:  and  Aaron  and 
 his  sons    shall  burn    it  from   eveninj? 
 
 until  morning  before  the  Lord  conti- 
 nually, a  perpetual  statute  throughout 
 your  generations.  *  Ye  shall  burn  the 
 lamps  on  the  pure  lamp-stand  before 
 the  Lord  till  the  morrow.  ^  And  ye 
 shall  take  fine  flour,  and  make  of  it 
 twelve  loaves ;  each  loaf  shall  be  of 
 two  tenth  parts.  ^And  ye  shall  put 
 them  in  two  rows,  each  row  containing 
 six  loaves,  on  the  pure  table  before  the 
 Lord.  "^  And  ye  shall  put  on  each  row 
 pure  frankincense  and  salt,  and  these 
 things  shall  be  for  loaves  for  a  memo- 
 rial, set  forth  before  the  Lord.  ^  On 
 the  sabbath-day  they  shall  be  set  forth 
 before  the  Lord  continually  before  the 
 children  of  Israel,  for  an  everlasting 
 covenant.  ^And  they  shall  be  for 
 Aaron  and  his  sons,  and  they  shall  cat 
 them  in  the  holy  place,  for  this  is  their 
 most  holy  portion  of  the  ofierings 
 made  to  the  Lord,  a  perpetu.al  statute. 
 '''And  there  went  forth  a  son  of  an 
 Israeli tish  woman,  and  he  was  son  of 
 an  Egyptian  man  among  the  sons  of 
 Israel,  and  they  fought  in  the  camp, 
 the  son  of  the  Israehtish  woman,  and  a 
 man  who  was  an  Israehte.  ''And  the  son 
 of  the  Israelitish  woman  named  THE 
 NAME  and  cursed ;  and  they  brought 
 him  to  Moses;  and  his  mother's  name 
 was  Salomith,  daughter  of  Dabri  of 
 the  tribe  of  Dan.  '^And  they  put  him 
 in  ward  to  judge  him  by  the  command 
 of  the  Lord.  '^And  the  Lord  spoke 
 to  Moses,  saying,  '''Bring  forth  him 
 that  cursed  outside  the  camp,  and  all 
 who  heard  shall  lay  their  hands  upon 
 his  head,  and  all  the  congregation  shall 
 stone  him.  ''^And  speak  to  the  sons 
 of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them, 
 Wliosoever  shall  curse  God  shall  bear 
 his  sin.  '^And  he  that  names  the 
 name  of  the  Lord,  let  him  die  the 
 death :  let  all  the  congregation  of  Israel 
 stone  him  with  stones;  whether  he  be 
 a  stranger  or  a  native,  let  Ifim  die  for 
 naming  the  name  of  the  Lord.  '^And 
 whosoever  shall  smite  '^  a  t  cr.  the  life 
 man  and  he  die,  let  him  die  °^*'»^- 
 the    death.       '^'And    whosoever   shall 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  v.  19. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  20. 
 
 smite  a  beast,  and  it  shall  die,  let  liiin 
 render  life  for  life.  ^^  And  whosoever 
 shall  inflict  a  blemish  on  his  neighbour, 
 as  he  has  done  to  liim,  so  shall  it  be 
 done  to  himself  in  return.  ^  ^"  Briuse 
 seeMatt.  5. 21 .  for  bruisc,  eye  for  eye,  tooth 
 for  tooth,  as  any  one  may  inflict  a 
 blemish  on  a  man,  so  shall  it  be  ren- 
 dered to  him.  2'Wliosoever  shall 
 smite  a  man,  and  he  shall  die,  let  liim 
 die  the  death.  ^'^  There  shall  be  one 
 judgment  for  the  stranger  and  the 
 native,  for  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 
 ^^  And  Moses  spoke  to  the  cliildren  of 
 Israel,  and  they  brought  him  that  had 
 cursed  out  of  the  camp,  and  stoned 
 him  with  stones :  and  the  cliildren  of 
 Israel  did  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 Moses. 
 
 25.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses 
 in  the  mount  SIna,  saying,  ^  Speak  to 
 the  cliildren  of  Israel,  and  thou  shalt 
 say    to    them,    Wliensoever  ye   shall 
 have  entered  into  the  land,  wliich  I 
 give  to  you,  then  the  land  shall  rest, 
 which  I  give  to  you,  for  its  sabbaths 
 to  the  Lord.     ^  Six  years  thou  shalt 
 sow  thy  field,  and  six  years  thou  shalt 
 prune  thy  vine,  and  gather  in  its  fruit. 
 ^  But  in  the  seventh  year  shall  l)e  a 
 sabbath,  it  shall  be  a  rest  to  the  land,  a 
 sabbath  to  the  Lord:   thou  shalt  not 
 sow  thy  field,  and  thou  shalt  not  prune 
 thy  vine.     ^  And  thou  shalt  not  gather 
 the  spontaneous  produce  of  thy  field, 
 and  thou  shalt   not  gather  fully  the 
 grapes  of  thy  dedication :  it  shall  be  a 
 year  of  rest  to  the  land.     ^  And  the 
 sabbaths  of  the  land  shall  be  ^  food  for 
 t(?r.  foods,     thee,  and  for  thy  man-ser- 
 vant, and  for  thy  maid-servant,  and 
 thy  hirehng,    and  the    stranger  that 
 abides  with  thee.     ^And  ibr  thy  cattle 
 and  for  the  wild  beasts  that  arc  in  thy 
 t  ij.  d.  aypov.    land  shall  every  fridt  of  ^  it 
 be  for  food. 
 
 *And  thou  shalt  reckon  to  thyself 
 seven  sabbaths  of  years,  seven  times 
 seven  years ;  and  they  shall  be  to  thee 
 seven  weeks  of  years,  nine  and  forty 
 
 years.  ^In  the  seventh  month,  on  the 
 tenth  day  of  the  month,  ye  shall  make 
 a  proclamation  with  the  sound  of  a 
 trumpet  in  all  your  land,  on  the  day  of 
 atonement  ye  shall  make  a  proclama- 
 tion with  a  trumpet  in  all  your  land. 
 ^°And  ye  shall  sanctify  the  year,  the 
 fiftieth  year,  and  ye  shall  proclaim  a 
 release  upon  the  laud  to  all  that  inhabit 
 it;  it  shall  be  given  a  year  of  release, 
 a  ^jubilee  for  you;  and  each  ^^^nTSl 
 one  shall  depart  to  his  pos-  cation, 
 session,  and  ye  shall  go  each  to  his 
 family.  *^  Tliis  is  a  jubilee  of  release, 
 the  year  shall  be  to  you  the  fiftieth 
 year:  ye  shall  not  sow,  nor  reap  the 
 produce  that  comes  of  itself  from  the 
 land,  neither  shall  ye  gather  its  dedi- 
 cated '^fruits.       ^^  For  it  is  a     t  Especially 
 
 jubilee  of  release;  it  shall  ^*^^*- 
 be  holy  to  you,  ye  shall  eat  its  fruits  off 
 the  fields.    ^^  In  the  year  of  the  release 
 even  the  jubilee  of  it,  shall  each  one 
 return  to   his  possession.      ''*And   if 
 thou  shouldest  sell  a  ^  pos-    +  ^r.  scUing:. 
 session  to  thy  neighbour,  or  if  thou 
 shouldest  buy  of  thy  neighbour,  let 
 not   a   man   oppress    his    neighbour. 
 '■^According  to  the  number  of  years 
 after  the  jubilee  shalt  tJiou  buy  of  thy 
 neighbour,  according  to  the  number  of 
 years  of  tlie  fiaiits  shall  he  sell  to  thee. 
 '*' According  as  there  may  he  a  greater 
 number  of  years  he  shall  increase  the 
 value  of  his  possession,  and  according 
 as  there  may  be  a  less  number  of  years 
 he  shall  lessen  the  value  of  his  pos- 
 session: for  according  to  the  nimiber 
 of  his  crops,  so  shall  he  sell  to  thee. 
 '^Let  not  a  man  oppress  liis  neigh- 
 bour, and  thou  shalt  fear  the  Lord  thy 
 God:  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God.   ^"^And 
 ye  shall  keep  all  my  ordinances,  and 
 all  my  judgments,  and  do  ye  observe 
 them,  and  ye  shall  keep  them,   and 
 dwell  securely  in  the  land.     ^^  And  the 
 land  shall  yield  her  increase,  and  ye 
 shall  eat  to  fulness,   and  shall  dwell 
 securely  in  it.     ^"And  if  ye   should 
 say,  What  shall  we  eat  in  this  seventh 
 year,  if  we  do  not  sow  nor  gather  in 
 
Chap.  xxv.  u.  21. 
 
 LE  VITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  46. 
 
 our  fruits?  ^'Tlien  will  I  send  my 
 blessing  upon  you  in  the  sixth  year, 
 and.  the  land  shall  produce  its  fruits 
 for  tlirec  years.  -"^^Ynd.  ye  shall  sow 
 in  the  eighth  year,  and  eat  old  fruits 
 till  the  ninth  year:  until  its  fruit  eome, 
 ye  shall  eat  old  fruits  of  the  old. 
 ^^  And  the  la  nd  shall  not  be  sold  for  a 
 permanence  ;  for  the  land  is  mine, 
 because  ye  are  strangers  and  sojourners 
 before  ,me.  ^''And  in  every  land  of 
 your  possession,  ye  shall  ^  allow  ran- 
 
 t  Or,  pay.  soms  for  the  land.  ^^  And 
 if  thy  brother  who  is  with  thee  be 
 poor,  and  shoidd  have  sold  part  of  his 
 possession,  and  hishinsmanwho  is  nigh 
 to  him  come,  then  he  shall  redeem  the 
 possession  which  his  brother  has  sold. 
 ^^And  if  one  have  no  near  kinsman, 
 and  he  prosper  with  his  hand,  and  he 
 find  sufficient  money,  even  his  ransom ; 
 ^^then  shall  he  calculate  the  years  of 
 liis  sale,   and  he  shall  give  '''what  is 
 
 +  Gr.  what  is  duc  to  the  man  to  whom  he 
 "^^■^^  sold  it,  and  he  shall  return 
 
 to  his  possession.  ^^But  if  his  hand 
 have  not  prospered  sufficiently,  so  as 
 that  he  should  restore  the  money  to 
 him,  then  he  thatbought  the  possessions 
 shall  have  them  till  the  sixth  year  of 
 the  release,  and  it  shall  go  out  in  the 
 release,  and  the  owner  shall  return  to 
 liis  possession.  ^^  And  if  any  one  should 
 sell  an  inhabited  house  in  a  walled 
 city,  then  there  shall  be  the  ransom  of 
 it,  until  the  time  is  fulfilled,  its  time  of 
 ransom  shall  be  a  full  year.  ^°And  if  it 
 be  not  ransomed  xmtil  there  be  com- 
 
 to.  ofit.  pleted  ^of  its  time  a  full 
 year,  the  house  which  is  in  the  walled 
 city  shall  be  surely  confirmed  to  him 
 that  bought  it,  throughout  his  vene- 
 rations, and  it  shall  not  go  out  in  the 
 release.  ^^  But  the  houses  in  the  vil- 
 lages which  have  not  a  Avail  round 
 about  them,  shall  be  reckoned  ^as  the 
 
 +  Gr.  to.  fields  of  the  country :  they 
 shall  always  be  redeemable,  and  they 
 shall  go  out  in  the  release.  ^^  And  the 
 cities  of  the  Legates,  the  houses  of  the 
 cities  in  their  possession,  shall  be  always 
 
 redeemable  to  the  Lcvites.  ^^And 
 if  any  one  shall  redeem  a  house  of  the 
 Levites,  then  shall  their  sale  of  the 
 houses  of  their  possession  go  out  in  the 
 release,  because  the  houses  of  the  cities 
 of  the  Levites  are  their  possession  in 
 the  midst  of  the  children  of  Israel. 
 ^^And  the  lands  set  apart  for  their 
 cities  shall  not  be  sold,  because  tliis  is 
 their  perpetual  possession.  ^^And  if 
 thy  brother  who  is  with  thee  become 
 poor,  and  he  fail  in  ^  re-  t  or.  hands, 
 som'ces  with  thee,  thou  shalt  help  him 
 as  a  stranger  and  a  sojourner,  and  thy 
 brother  shall  live  with  thee.  ^''Thou 
 shalt  not  receive  from  him  interest, 
 nor  increase :  and  thou  shalt  fear  thy 
 God :  I  a7n  the  Lord :  and  thy  brother 
 shall  live  with  thee.  ^'^Thou  shalt 
 not  lend  thy  money  to  him  at  interest, 
 and  thou  shalt  not  lend  thy  ^meat  to 
 him  to  be  returned  with  t  Gr.  meats, 
 increase.  ^^  I  am  the  Lord  your  God, 
 who  brought  you  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  to  give  you  the  land  of  Cha- 
 naan,  so  as  to  be  your  God.  ^^  And  if 
 thy  brother  by  thee  be  lowered,  and 
 be  sold  to  thee,  he  shall  not  serve  thee 
 with  the  servitude  of  a  slave.  *°He 
 shall  be  with  thee  as  a  hirehng  or  a 
 sojourner,  he  shall  work  for  thee  till 
 the  year  of  release :  ■*'  and  he  shall  go 
 out  in  the  release,  and  his  children 
 with  him,  and  he  shall  go  ;to  his  family, 
 he  shall  hasten  back  to  his  patrimony. 
 ''^  Because  these  are  my  servants,  whom 
 I  brought  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt; 
 such  an  one  shall  not  be  sold  as  a  com- 
 mon servant.  ''^Thou  shalt  not  ''op- 
 press Mm  with  labour,  and  ter.  violently 
 shalt  fear  the  Lord  thy  God.  '''^''  ^°»- 
 '*'*And  whatever  number  of  men-ser- 
 vants and  maid-servants  thou  shalt 
 have,  thou  shalt  purchase  male  and 
 female  servants  from  the  nations  that 
 are  roiind  about  thee.  ^'And  of  the 
 sons  of  the  sojourners  that  are  among 
 you,  of  these  ye  shall  buy  and  of  their 
 relations,  all  that  shall  be  in  your  lands ; 
 let  them  be  to  you  for  a  possession. 
 '*''  And  ye  shall  distribute  them  to  your 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  47. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxvi.  i7.  17. 
 
 children  after  you,  and  they  shall  be 
 to  you  permanent  possessions  for  ever : 
 but  of  your  brethren  the  children  of 
 Israel,  one  shall  not  oppress  his  brother 
 in  labours. 
 
 ^^And  if  ^a  stranger  or  sojourner 
 +  The  hand  of  ^^j^j^  thcc  wax  rich  and  thy 
 
 a  stranger,  &c.  .        ^.  ,■/, 
 
 find.  brother  m  distress  be  sold 
 
 to  the  stranger  or  the  sojourner  that  is 
 with  thee,  or  to  a  proselyte  by  extrac- 
 tion; ''^  after  he  is  sold  to  him  there 
 shall  be  redemption  for  him,  one  of  his 
 brethren  shall  redeem  him.  ^^A  bro- 
 ther of  his  father,  or  son  of  liis  father's 
 brother  shall  redeem  him,  or  let  one  of 
 his  near  kin  of  Ms  tribe  redeem  him, 
 and  if  he  should  be  rich  and  redeem 
 himself,  '^"then  shall  he  calculate  with 
 his  purchaser  from  the  year  that  he 
 sold  himself  to  him  until  the  year  of 
 release :  and  the  money  of  his  purchase 
 shall  be  as  that  of  a  hirehng,  he  shall 
 be  with  him  from  year  to  year.  ^'And 
 if  any  have  a  greater  number  of  years 
 than  enough,  according  to  these  he  shall 
 pay  liis  ransom  out  of  his  purchase- 
 money.  ^^  And  if  but  a  Httle  time  be 
 left  of  the  years  to  the  year  of  release, 
 then  shall  he  reckon  to  him  according 
 to  his  year,  and  shall  pay  his  ransom 
 *^as  a  hireling;  he  shall  be  with  him 
 from  year  to  year ;  thou  shalt  not  op- 
 press him  with  labour  before  thee. 
 ^^And  if  he  do  not  pay  his  ransom 
 accordingly,  he  shall  go  out  in  the  year 
 of  his  release,  he  and  his  children  with 
 him.  ^^  For  the  children  of  Israel  are 
 my  servants,  they  are  my  attendants, 
 whom  I  brought  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt. 
 
 26.  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God:  ye  shall 
 not  make  to  yourselves  gods  made  with 
 hands,  or  graven,  neither  shall  ye  retir 
 up  a  pillar  for  yourselves,  neither  shall 
 ye  set  up  a  stone ^br  an  object  in  yoiir 
 land  to  worship  it :  I  am  the  Lord 
 your  God.  ^Ye  shall  keep  my  sab- 
 baths, and  reverence  my  sanctuaries :  I 
 am  the  Lord.  ^  If  ye  will  walk  in  my 
 ordinances,  and  keep  my  command- 
 
 ments, and  do  them,  ''then  will  I  give 
 you  the  rain  in  its  season,  and  the  land 
 shall  produce  its  fruits,  and  the  trees 
 of  the  field  shall  yield  their  fruit. 
 ^And  your  threshing  time  shall  over- 
 take the  vintage,  and  your  vintage 
 shall  overtake  your  seed  time ;  and  ye 
 shall  eat  your  bread  to  the  full;  and 
 ye  shall  dwell  safely  upon  your  land, 
 and  war  shall  not  go  through  your 
 land.  ^  And  I  will  give  peace  in  your 
 land,  and  ye  shall  sleep,  and  none  shall 
 make  you  afraid ;  and  I  will  destroy  the 
 evil  beasts  out  of  your  land,  ^  and  ye 
 shall  pursue  your  enemies,  and  they 
 shall  fall  before  you  with  slaughter. 
 ^  And  five  of  you  shall  chase  a  hundi'ed, 
 and  a  hundred  of  you  shall  chase  tens 
 of  thousands;  and  your  enemies  shall 
 fall  before  you  by  the  sword.  '■'And  I 
 will  look  upon  you,  and  increase  you, 
 and  multiply  you,  and  establish  my 
 covenant  with  you.  "^And  ye  shall 
 eat  that  which  is  old  and  very  old,  and 
 bring  forth  the  old  ^  to  make  +  Gr.  from  the 
 way  for  the  new.  "  And  I  ^^""^  °^- 
 will  set  my  tabernacle  among  you,  and 
 my  soul  shall  not  abhor  you,  '^'^and  I 
 will  walk  among  you,  and  +2Cor.  6.  i6. 
 be  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be  my 
 people.  '^I  am  the  Lord  your  God 
 who  brought  you  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  Avhere  ye  were  slaves;  and 
 I  broke  the  band  of  your  yoke,  and 
 brought  you  forth  openly.  ''*But  if 
 ye  will  not  hearken  to  me,  nor  obey 
 these  my  ordinances,  '^but  disobey 
 them,  and  your  soul  should  loathe  my 
 judgments,  so  that  ye  should  not 
 keep  all  my  commands,  so  as  to  break 
 my  covenant,  ""then  will  I  do  thus  to 
 you:  I  will  even  bring  upon  you  per- 
 plexity and  the  ^itch,  and  +  or,  scab, 
 the  fever  that  causes  your  eyes  to  waste 
 away,  and  disease  that  consumes  your 
 life;  and  ye  shall  sow  your  seeds  in 
 vain,  and  your  enemies  shall  eat  them. 
 '^And  I  will  set  my  face  against  you, 
 and  ye  shall  fall  before  your  enemies, 
 and  they  that  hate  you  shall  pursue 
 you,  and  ye  shall  flee,  no  one  pursuing 
 
Chap.  xxvi.  v.  18. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap.  xxvi.  v.  43. 
 
 you.       '^And   if    ye   still   ^refuse  to 
 t  Gr.  -wiu  not.  liearkcii  to  me,  then  "s^all  1 
 chasten  you  yet  more  even  seven  times 
 for   your  sins.      '-'Aud   I  will  break 
 down  the  haughtiness  of  your  pride ; 
 and  I  will  make  your  heaven  iron,  and 
 your  earth  as  it  were  brass.     ^"And 
 your  strength  shall  be  in  vain:  and 
 your  land  shall  not  yield  its  seed,  and 
 the  tree  of  your  field  shall  not  yield 
 its  fruit.    ^'  And  if  after  this  ye  should 
 walk  perversely,  and  not  be  willing  to 
 obey  me,  I  will  further  bring  upon 
 you  seven  plagues  according  to  your 
 sins.     ^-  And  I  will  send  upon  you  the 
 wild  beasts  of  the  land,  and  they  shall 
 devour  you,  and  shall  consume  your 
 cattle,    and  I  will  make  you  few  in 
 number,  and  your  ways  shall  be  deso- 
 late.    ^^And  if  hereupon  ye  are  not 
 corrected,  but  walk  perversely  towards 
 me,  ^'*  I  also  will  walk  with  you  with 
 a  perverse  spirit,  and  I  also  wiU  smite 
 you  seven  times  for  your  sins.     ^^  And 
 I  will  bring  upon  you  a  sword  avenging 
 the  cause  of  7ni/  covenant,  and  ye  shall 
 flee  for  refuge  to  your  cities;  and  I 
 will  send  out  death  against  you,  and 
 ye  shall  be  delivered  into  the  hands  of 
 yoiir  enemies.     -''AVhen  I  afflict  you 
 with  famine  of  bread,  then  ten  women 
 shall  bake  your  loaves  in   one  oven, 
 and  they  shall  render  your  loaves  by 
 weight,  and  ye  shall  eat,  and  not  be 
 satisfied.     ^'^And  if  hereupon  ye  will 
 not    obey   me,   but    walk    perversely 
 towards  me,  ^^then  will  I  walk  with 
 you  with  a  froward  mind,  and  I  will 
 chasten   you   sevenfold   according   to 
 your  sins.     ^^And   ye   shall   eat  the 
 flesh  of  your  sons,   and  the  flesh  of 
 your  daughters  shall  ye  eat.     ^°And 
 I  will  render    your    pillars    desolate, 
 and  will  utterly  destroy  your  wooden 
 images  made  with  hands,  and  I  will 
 lay  your  carcases  on  the  carcases  of 
 your  idols,  and  my  soul  shall  loathe 
 you.     ^^And  I   wiU,   lay   yoxir  cities 
 waste,  and  1  will  make  your  sanctuaries 
 desolate,  and  I  will  not  smell  the  savour 
 of  your  sacrifices.     ^^And  I  will  lay 
 
 your  land  desolate,  and  your  enemies 
 who  dwell  in  it  shall  wonder  at  it. 
 ^^And  I  will  scatter  you  among  the 
 nations,  and  the  sword  shall  come  upon 
 you  and  consume  you,  and  your  land 
 shall  be  desolate,  and  yovir  cities  shall 
 be  desolate.  ^^Then  the  land  shall 
 enjoy  its  sabbaths  all  the  days  of  its 
 desolation.  ^^  And  ye  shall  be  in  the  land 
 of  your  enemies ;  then  the  land  shall 
 keep  its  sabbaths,  and  the  land  shall 
 enjoy  its  sabbaths  all  the  days  of  its 
 desolation,  it  shall  keep  sabbaths 
 which  it  kept  not  among  your  sab- 
 baths, when  ye  dwelt  in  it.  ^^  And 
 to  those  who  are  left  of  you  I  will 
 bring  bondage  into  their  heart  in  the 
 land  of  their  enemies;  and  the  sound 
 of  a  shaken  leaf  shall  chase  them,  and 
 they  shall  flee  as  fleeing  from  war,  and 
 shall  fall  when  none  pursues  them. 
 ^^  And  brother  shall  disregard  brother 
 as  in  war,  when  none  piu'sues:  and 
 ye  shall  not  be  able  to  withstand  your 
 enemies.  ^*  And  ye  shall  perish  among 
 the  Gentiles,  and  the  land  of  your  ene- 
 mies shall  devour  you.  ^^And  those 
 who  are  left  of  you  shall  perish,  because 
 of  their  sins,  and  because  of  the  sins  of 
 their  fathers :  in  the  land  of  their  ene- 
 mies shall  they  consume  away. 
 
 ^''And  they  shall  confess  their  sins, 
 and  the  sins  of  their  fathers,  that  they 
 have  transgressed  and  neglected  me, 
 and  that  they  have  walked  perversely 
 before  me,  "^'and  I  walked  with  them 
 with  a  per^^erse  mind;  and  I  will  de- 
 stroy them  in  the  land  of  their  ene- 
 mies: then  shall  their  uncirciuncised 
 heart  be  ashamed,  and  then  shall  they 
 acquiesce  in  ^the  jmnisli-  tec.  their  sins. 
 me?^ifo/theirsins.  "^Andl  ^-*'-«"'»- 
 will  remember  the  covenant  of  Jacob, 
 and  the  covenant  of  Isaac,  and  the  cove- 
 nant of  Abraam  will  I  remember. 
 '*^  And  I  will  remember  the  land,  and 
 the  land  shall  be  left  of  them;  then 
 the  land  shall  enjoy  her  sabbaths,  when 
 it  is  deserted  through  them :  and  they 
 shall  accept  the  punishment  of  their 
 iniquities,  because  they  neglected  my 
 
Chap.  xxvi.  v.  44. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxvii.  v.  24. 
 
 judgments,  and  in  tlicir  soul  loathed  my 
 ordinances.  '*'*  And  yet  not  even  thus, 
 wliile  they  were  in  the  land  of  their 
 enemies,  did  I  overlook  them,  nor  did 
 I  loathe  them  so  as  to  consume  them, 
 to  break  ray  covenant  made  with  them, 
 for  I  am  the  Lord  their  God.  ^^  And 
 I  will  remember  their  former  cove- 
 nant, when  I  brought  them  out  of  the 
 land  of  Eo-ypt,  out  of  the  house  of 
 bondage  before  the  nations,  to  be  their 
 God:  I  am  the  Lord.  ''''These  are 
 my  judgments  and  my  ordinances,  and 
 the  law  which  the  Lord  gave  between 
 himself  and  the  children  of  Israel,  in 
 the  mount  Sina,  by  the  hand  of 
 Moses. 
 
 27.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 sajdng,  ^  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  thou  shalt  say  to  them,  Wliosoever 
 shall  vow  a  vow  as  the  valuation  of 
 his  soul  for  the  Lord,  ^the  valuation 
 of  a  male  from  twenty  years  old  to 
 sixty  years  old  shall  be — his  valuation 
 shall  be  fifty  didrachms  of  silver  by 
 tGc.  holy  the  ^standard  of  the  sanc- 
 etandards.       ^^^^^_    "  And  the  valuation 
 
 of  a  female  shall  be  thirty  didrachms. 
 ^And  if  it  be  from  five  years  old  to 
 twenty  the  valuation  of  a  male  shall 
 be  twenty  didrachms,  and  of  a  female 
 ten  didrachms.  ^And  from  a  month 
 old  to  five  years  old,  the  valuation  of  a 
 male  shall  be  five  didrachms,  and  of  a 
 female,  three  didrachms  of  silver.  ''^And 
 if  from  sixty  years  old  and  upward,  if 
 it  be  a  male,  his  valuation  shall  be 
 fifteen  didrachms  of  silver,  and  if  a 
 female,  ten  didrachms.  ^And  if  the 
 man  be  too  poor  for  the  valuation,  he 
 shall  stand  before  the  priest:  and  the 
 priest  shall  value  him:  according  to 
 what  the  man  who  has  vowed  can 
 afibrd,  the  priest  shall  value  him. 
 ®  And  if  it  be  from  the  cattle  tlaat  are 
 oiFered  as  a  gift  to  the  Lord,  whoever 
 shall  offer  one  of  these  to  the  Lord,  it 
 shall  be  holy.  '*^He  shaU  not  change 
 it,  a  good  for  a  bad,  or  a  bad  for  a 
 good,  and  if  he  do  at  all  change  it,  a 
 
 beast  for  a  beast,  it  and  the  substitute 
 shall  be  holy.  '^And  if  it  be  any 
 im clean  beast,  of  which  none  are  oifered 
 as  a  gift  to  the  Lord,  he  shall  set  the 
 beast  before  the  priest.  '^And  the 
 priest  shall  make  a  valuation  between 
 the  good  and  the  bad,  and  accordingly 
 as  the  priest  shall  value  it,  so  shall  it 
 stand.  '^  And  if  the  worshrpper  will  at 
 all  redeem  it,  he  shall  add  the  fifth 
 part  to  its  value.  '"^And  whatsoever 
 man  shall  consecrate  his  house  as  holy 
 to  the  Loi'd,  the  priest  shall  make  a 
 valuation  of  it  between  the  good  and 
 the  bad,  as  the  priest  shall  value  it,  so 
 shall  it  stand.  ''^And  if  he  that  has 
 sanctified  it  should  redeem  his  house, 
 he  shall  add  to  it  the  fifth  part  of  the 
 money  of  the  valuation,  and  it  shall 
 be  his. 
 
 '^And  if  a  man  should  hallow  to 
 the  Lord  a  part  of  the  field  of  his  pos- 
 session, then  the  valuation  shall  be 
 according  to  its  seed,  fifty  didrachms 
 of  silver  for  a  homer  of  barley.  '^  And 
 if  he  should  sanctify  his  field  from  the 
 year  of  release,  it  shall  stand  according 
 to  Ms  valuation.  ^^And  if  he  should 
 sanctify  his  field  in  the  latter  time  after 
 the  release,  the  priest  shall  reckon  to 
 him  the  money  for  the  remaining  years, 
 until  the  next  year  of  release,  and  it 
 shall  be  deducted  as  an  equivalent  from 
 his  full  valuation.  '^And  if  he  that 
 sanctified  the  field  would  redeem  it, 
 he  shall  add  to  its  value  the  fifth  part 
 of  the  money,  and  it  sl\ull  be  his. 
 ^°And  if  he  do  not  redeem  the  field, 
 but  should  sell  the  field  to  another  man, 
 he  shall  not  after  redeem  it.  ^'  But  the 
 field  shall  be  holy  to  the  Lord  after 
 the  release,  as  separated  land;  the 
 priest  shall  have  possession  of  it.  ^^And 
 if  he  should  consecrate  to  the  Lord  of 
 a  field  which  lie  has  bought,  which  is 
 not  of  the  field  of  his  possession,  '■^^the 
 priest  shall  reckon  to  him  the  full  valua- 
 tion from  the  year  of  release,  and  he 
 shall  pay  the  valuation  in  that  day  as 
 holy  to  the  Lord.  ^"^  And  in  the  year 
 of  release  the  land  shall  be  restored  to 
 
Chap,  xxvii.  v.  25. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 Chap,  xxvii.  v.  34. 
 
 the  man  of  whom  the  other  bought  it, 
 "whose  the  possession  of  the  land  was. 
 ^^  And  every  vahiation  shall  be  by  holy 
 weights,  the  didi-achm  shall  be  twenty 
 oboH.  ^^And  every  first-born  wliich 
 shall  be  produced  among  thy  cattle 
 shall  be  the  Lord's,  and  no  man  shall 
 sanctify  it,  whether  calf  or  sheep  it  is 
 the  Lord's.  "^ But  if  he  should  '^redeem 
 +(?r.  exchange,  an  unclean  beast,  according 
 to  its  valuation,  then  he  shall  add  the 
 fifth  part  to  it,  and  it  shall  be  liis,  and 
 if  he  redeem  it  not,  it  shall  be  sold 
 according  to  its  valuation. 
 
 ^^And  every  dedicated  thing  which 
 a  man  shall  dedicate  to  the  Lord  of  all 
 that  he  has,  whether  man  or  beast,  or 
 of  the  field  of  liis  possession,  he  shall 
 not  sell  it,  nor  redeem  it:  every  de- 
 voted thing  shall  be  most  holy  to  the 
 
 Lord.  ^^And  whatever  shall  be  dedi- 
 cated of  men,  shall  not  be  ransomed, 
 but  shall  be  surely  put  to  death. 
 ^°  Every  tithe  of  the  land,  both  of  the 
 seed  of  the  land,  and  of  the  fruit  of 
 trees,  is  the  Lord's,  holy  to  the  Lord. 
 ^^  And  if  a  man  should  at  all  redeem 
 his  tithe,  he  shall  add  the  fiftli  part  to 
 it,  and  it  shall  be  his.  ^^And  every 
 tithe  of  oxen,  and  of  sheep,  and  what- 
 soever may  come  in  numbering  under 
 the  rod,  the  tenth  shaR  be  holy  to  the 
 Lord.  ^^  Thou  shalt  not  change  a 
 good  for  a  bad,  or  a  bad  for  a  good; 
 and  if  thou  shouldest  at  all  change 
 it,  its  equivalent  also  shall  be  holy,  it 
 shall  not  be  redeemed.  ^^  These  are 
 the  commandments  which  the  Lord 
 commanded  Moses  for  the  sons  of  Israel 
 in  mount  Sina. 
 
NUMBERS. 
 
 CHAPTER  I.   Verses  1—26. 
 
 1.  AND  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses 
 in  the  wilderness  of  Sina,  in  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness,  on  the  first  day  of  the 
 second  month,  in  the  second  year  of 
 their  departure  from  the  land  of  Egypt, 
 saying,  ^  Take  the  sum  of  all  the  con- 
 fifresfation  of  Israel  accordinsj  to  their 
 kindreds,  according  to  the  houses  of 
 their  fathers'  famiHes,  according  to  their 
 number  by  their  names,  according  to 
 their  heads :  every  male  ^  from  twenty 
 years  old  and  upwards,  every  one  that 
 +  Gr.  force,  gocs  forth  in  the  ^  forces  of 
 Israel,  take  account  of  them  with  their 
 strength,  thou  and  Aaron  take  account 
 of  them.  ^  And  with  you  there  shall 
 be  each  one  of  the  rulers  according  to 
 the  tribe  of  each,  they  shall  be  accord- 
 ing to  the  houses  of  their  famihes. 
 
 ^And  these  are  the  names  of  the 
 men  who  shall  be  present  with  you  ; 
 of  the  tribe  of  Ruben,  Elisur  the  son 
 of  Sediur.  ^OfSymeon,  Salamiel  the 
 son  of  Surisadai.  ^  Of  Juda,  Naasson 
 the  son  of  Aminadab.  ^  Of  Issachar, 
 Nathanael  the  son  of  Sogar.  '•*  Of 
 Zabulon,  Eliab  the  son  of  Ch»lon.  '"^Of 
 the  sons  of  Joseph,  of  Ephraim,  EH- 
 sama  the  son  of  Emiud :  of  Manasscs, 
 Gamaliel  the  son  of  Phadasur.  • '  Of 
 Benjamin,  Abidan  the  son  of  Gadconi. 
 '^  Of  Dan,  Achiezer  the  son  of  Ami- 
 sadai.  '^Of  Ascr,  Phagaiel  the  son  of 
 Echran.  '^  Of  Gad,  h^hsaph  the  son 
 of  Raguel.  ''^Of  Nephthali,  Achire 
 son  of  jiEnan.  '^  These  were  famous 
 men  of  the  congregation,  heads  of  the 
 tribes  according  to  their  famihes,  they 
 are  heads  of  thousands  in  Israel. 
 
 '^  And  Moses  and  Aaron  took  these 
 men  who  Avere  called  by  name.  '^And 
 they  assembled  all  the  congregation  on 
 the  first  day  of  the  month  in  the 
 second  year,  and  they  ^  registered  them 
 after  their  lineage,  after  t  .jioi-es  cUce- 
 their  families,  after  the  ^^^^^  5- 
 nmnber  of  their  names,  from  ^'^^k  atque^ 
 twenty  years  old  and  up-  quod  videtur 
 wards,  every  male  accord-  rij/tT,'".  l*bo'»! 
 ing  to  their  ■•■  number,  '"as  tcr.  header 
 the  Lord  commanded  Mo-  p°"" 
 ses,  so  they  were  numbered  in  the 
 wilderness  of  Sina.  ^^  And  the  sons 
 of  Ruben  the  first-born  of  Israel  ac- 
 cording to  their  kindreds,  according  to 
 their  divisions,  according  to  the  houses 
 of  their  famihes,  according  to  the 
 number  of  their  names,  according  to 
 tlicir  heads,  were — all  males  from 
 twenty  years  old  and  upward,  every 
 one  that  went  out  with  the  host — 
 '^'  the  numbering  of  them  of  the  tribe 
 of  Ruben,  was  forty-six  thousand  and 
 four  hundred.  "■^'■^For  the  children  of 
 Symeon  according  to  their  kindreds, 
 according  to  their  divisions,  according 
 to  the  houses  of  their  famihes,  accord- 
 ing to  the  number  of  their  names,  ac- 
 cording to  their  polls,  all  males  from 
 twenty  years  old  and  upward,  every 
 one  that  goes  out  with  the  host,  ^^  the 
 numbering  of  them  of  the  tribe  of 
 Symeon,  was  fifty-nine  thou-  K„te.—uoi,t 
 sand  and   three    hundred.^  copies  insert 
 
 .1^  ^.)<M  11  1  r.    T     -1       i-c.  U4,  :j.5  after 
 
 24  (Jb;  JH  Qj,  ^]^g    gQjjg   q£   Juda    '••  a7.    SiinUar 
 
 T         J.     xi      •     1  •      1       1        disorder  is  fre- 
 
 accordmg  to  tlieir  kmdreds,  (luent  espe- 
 according  to  their  divisions,  ""^^  "'  ''"'■ 
 according  to  the  houses  of  their  fami- 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  27. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  i.  v.  44 
 
 lies,  according  to  the  number  of  tlieir 
 names,   according   to   their  polls,    all 
 males  from  twenty  years  old  and  up- 
 ward, every  one  that  goes  forth  with 
 the  host,  ^"^'"^'Hhe  numbering  of  them  of 
 the   tribe   of  Juda,   was  seventy-four 
 thousand  and  sixhimdred.  '^^  ^^^^  For  the 
 sons   of   Issachar    according   to  their 
 kindreds,  according  to  their  divisions, 
 according  to  the  houses  of  their  fami- 
 lies, according  to  the  number  of  their 
 names,    according  to    their   polls,   all 
 males  from  twenty  years  old  and  up- 
 ward, every  one  that  goes  forth  with 
 the  host,  ^^^^^Hhe  numbering  of  them  of 
 the  tribe  of   Issachar,   was   fifty-four 
 thousand  and  four  hundred.     ^^  ^^°^  For 
 the  sons  of  Zabulon  according  to  their 
 kindreds,  according  to  their  divisions, 
 accordino-  to  the  houses  of  their  fami- 
 Hes,  according  to  the  number  of  their 
 names,   according   to    their   polls,   all 
 males  from  twenty  years  old  and  up- 
 ward,  every  one  that  goes  out  with 
 the  host,  ^^'^•Hhe  numbering  of  them  of 
 the   tribe  of  Zabulon,  was  fifty-seven 
 +  Alex.  500.    thousand  and  ^  four  hmidred. 
 (30)32  Yox  the  sons  of  Joseph,  the  sons  of 
 Ephraim,  according  to  their  kindreds, 
 accordino"  to  their  divisions,  accordino^ 
 to  the  houses  of  their  families,  accord- 
 ing to  the  nmnber  of  their  names,  ac- 
 cording to  their  polls,  all  males  from 
 twenty  years  old  and  upward,  everyone 
 that   goes  out  with  the  host,  ^^  ^^"^  the 
 nimibering  of  them  of  the    tribe    of 
 Ephraim,  was  forty  thousand  and  five 
 himdred.  •''"^'^*'  For  the  sons  of  Mauasse, 
 according  to  their  kindreds,  according 
 to    their  diAasions,    according    to   the 
 houses  of  their  famiHes,  according  to 
 the  number  of  their  names,  according 
 to  their  polls,  all  males  from  twenty 
 years  old  and  upward,  every  one  that 
 goes  out  with  the  host,  ^^  ^^•^'  the  number- 
 ing of  them  of  the  tribe  of  Manasse,  was 
 thirty-two  thousand  and  two  hundred. 
 34(36)  Pop  the  sons  of  Benjamin,  accord- 
 ing to  their  kindreds,  according  to  their 
 divisions,  according  to  the  houses  of 
 their  families,  according  to  the  number 
 
 of  their  names,  according  to  their  polls, 
 every  male  from  twenty  years  old  and 
 upward,  every  one  that  goes  forth  with 
 the  host,  ^^  ^^^'  the  numbering  of  them  of 
 the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  was  thirty- five 
 thousand  and  four  himdred.     ^^  '-^'  For 
 the  sons  of  Gad  according  to  their  kin- 
 dreds,  according     to    their   di\dsions, 
 according  to  the  houses  of  their  fami- 
 Hes, according  to  the  number  of  their 
 names,  according    to   their   polls,    all 
 males  from  twenty  years  old  and  up- 
 ward, every  one  that  goes  forth  with 
 the  host,  ^' ^'■^^'the  numbering  of  them  of 
 the  tribe  of  Gad,  was   forty  and  five 
 thousand  and  six  hundred  and  fifty. 
 ^^For  the  sons  of  Dan,  according  to 
 their  kindreds,  according  to  their  divi- 
 sions, according  to  the  houses  of  their 
 families,  according  to  the  number  of 
 their  names,  according  to  their  polls, 
 all  males  from  twenty  years  old  and 
 upward,  every  one  that  goes  forth  with 
 the  host,  ^^the  numbering  of  them  of 
 the  tribe  of  Dan,  was  sixty  and  two 
 thousand  and  seven  himdred.     '^^  For 
 the  sons   of  Aser  according   to   their 
 kindreds,  according  to  their  divisions, 
 according  to  the  houses  of  their  fami- 
 Kes,  according  to  the  number  of  their 
 names,  according  to  their  polls,  every 
 male  from  twenty  years  old  and  up- 
 ward, every  one  that  goes  forth  \vith 
 the  host,  ^^  the  nmnberin^  of  them  of 
 the  tribe  of  Aser,  was  forty  and  one 
 thousand  and  five  hundred.    '*^  For  the 
 sons  of  NephthaH   according  to  their 
 kindreds,  according  to  their  divisions, 
 according  to  the  houses  of  their  fami- 
 Ues,  according  to  the  number  of  their 
 names,  according  to  their  polls,  every 
 male  from  twenty  years  old  and  up- 
 ward, every  one  who  goes  forth  with 
 the  host,  *^the  numbering  of  them  of 
 the  tribe  of  Nephthali,  was  fifty-three 
 thousand  and  four  hundred.    **  This  is 
 the  numbering  which  Moses  and  Aaron 
 and  the  rulers  of  Israel,  being  twelve 
 men,  conducted:  there  was  a  man  for 
 each  tribe,  they  were  according  to  the 
 tribe  of  the  houses  of  their   family. 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  45. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  v.  18. 
 
 '^^  And  the  whole  numbering  of  tlic 
 cliildren  of  Israel  with  their  host  from 
 twenty  years  old  and  upward,  every 
 one  that  goes  out  to  set  liimself  in 
 battle  array  in  Israel,  came  to  '*^six 
 hundred  thousand  and  three  thousand 
 and  five  himdred  and  iifty.  ''^  But  the 
 Levites  of  the  tribe  of  their  family 
 were  not  counted  among  the  children 
 of  Israel.  ''**And  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 Moses,  saying,  ^^See,  thou  shalt  not 
 muster  the  tribe  of  Levi,  and  thou 
 shalt  not  take  tlieir  numl^ers,  in  the 
 midst  of  the  children  of  Israel.  ■''"And 
 do  thou  set  tlie  Levites  over  tlie  taber- 
 nacle of  witness,  and  over  all  its  fur- 
 niture, and  over  all  things  that  are  in 
 it;  and  they  shall  do  service  in  it,  and 
 they  shaU.  encamp  round  about  the 
 tabernacle.  ^'  And  in  removing  the 
 tabernacle,  the  Levites  shall  take  it 
 down,  and  in  pitcliing  the  tabernacle 
 they  shall  set  it  up :  and  let  the  stranger 
 that  advances  to  touch  it  die.  ^^And 
 the  children  of  Israel  shall  encamp, 
 every  man  in  his  own  order,  and  every 
 ♦  Or,  headship,  m^u  accordiu^g  to  his  'com- 
 «.  e.  according  pany,with  tlicir  host.  '""^  But 
 tiouofhiscap-  let     the    Lcvitcs     encamp 
 
 taiuorprmce.    ^^^^^  ^^^^^   ^^^  tabemaclc 
 
 of  witness  fronting  it,  and  so  there 
 shall  be  no  sin  among  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  the  Levites  themselves  shall 
 keep  the  guard  of  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness.  *■*  And  the  chilrken  of  Israel 
 did  according  to  all  that  the  Lord 
 commanded  Moses  and  Aaron,  so  did 
 they. 
 
 2.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses 
 and  Aaron,  saying,  '^Let  the  children 
 of  Israel  encamp  fronting  each  other, 
 every  man  keeping  his  own  rank,  ac- 
 cording to  their  standards,  according 
 to  the  houses  of  their  families;  the 
 children  of  Israel  shall  encamp  round 
 about  the  tabernacle  of  witness.  ^  And 
 they  that  encamp  first  toward  the  cast 
 shall  be  the  order  of  the  camp  of  Juda 
 with  their  host,  and  the  prince  of  the 
 sons  of  Juda,  Naasson  the  son  of  Ami- 
 
 nadab.  ''His  forces  that  were  num- 
 bered, were  seventy-four  thousand  and 
 six  hundred.  ^  And  they  that  encamp 
 next  shall  be  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar, 
 and  the  prince  of  the  sons  of  Issachar 
 shall  be  Nathanael  the  son  of  Sogar. 
 ^His  forces  that  were  nxunbered,  were 
 fifty-foiir  thousand  and  four  hundred. 
 ■^And  they  that  encamp  next  shall  be 
 of  the  tribe  of  Zabulon,  and  the  prince 
 of  the  sons  of  Zabulon,  shall  be  Eliab 
 the  son  of  Chailon.  **His  forces  that 
 were  numbered,  were  fifty-seven  thou- 
 sand and  four  hundi'ed.  ^  All  that  were 
 numbered  of  the  camp  of  Juda  were  a 
 hundred  and  eighty  thousand  and  six 
 thousand  and  four  hundred,  they  shall 
 move  first  with  their  forces.  "^  This 
 is  the  order  of  the  camp  of  Ruben, 
 their  forces  shall  be  toward  the  south, 
 and  the  prince  of  the  cihildren  of 
 Ruben  shall  be  Elisur  the  son  of  Sedi- 
 ur.  ^'His  forces  that  were  numbered, 
 were  forty-six  thousand  and  five  hun- 
 dred. '"■^And  they  that  encamp  next 
 to  him  shall  be  of  the  tribe  of  Symeon 
 and  the  prince  of  the  sons  of  Symeon 
 shall  be  Salamicl  the  son  of  Surisadai. 
 '^His  forces  that  were  numbered,  were 
 fifty-nine  thousand  and  three  liundrcd. 
 '''  And  tlicy  that  encamp  next  to  them 
 shall  l)e  the  tribe  of  Gad,  and  the 
 prince  of  the  sons  of  Gad,  EHsaph  the 
 son  of  Raguel.  ''^  His  forces  tliat  were 
 numbered,  were  forty-five  thousand 
 and  six  hundred  and  fifty.  ^"^  All  who 
 were  numbered  of  the  camp  of  Ruben, 
 were  a  hundred  and  fifty-one  thousand 
 and  four  hundred  and  fifty :  they  with 
 tlieir  forces  shall  proceed  in  the  second 
 place.  '^And  then  the  tabernacle  of  Avit- 
 ness  shall  be  set  i'orward,  and  the  camp 
 of  the  Levites  shall  be  between  the 
 camps;  as  they  shall  encamp,  so  also 
 shall  they  commence  their  march,  each 
 one  next  in  order  to  his  fellow  accord- 
 ing to  their  companies.  '^The  station 
 of  the  camp  of  Eplu-aim  shall  be  '^west- 
 ward with  their  forces,  and  +  or.  by  the 
 the  head  of  the  cliildren  of  ^^*" 
 l']phraim  shall  be  Elisama  the  son  of 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  19. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  hi.  v.  13. 
 
 Emiud.  ^^His  forces  that  were  num- 
 bered, are  forty  thousand  and  five 
 limidred.  ^''And  they  that  encamp 
 next  shall  be  of  the  tribe  of  Manasse, 
 and  t]ic  prince  of  the  sons  of  Manasse 
 GamaHel  the  son  of  Phadassur.  ^'  His 
 forces  that  were  numbered,  were  thirty- 
 two  thousand  and  two  hundred.  ^^  And 
 they  that  encamp  next  shall  be  of  the 
 tribe  of  Benjamin,  and  the  prince  of 
 the  sons  of  Benjamin  Abidan  the  son 
 of  Gadeoni.  ^^  His  forces  that  were 
 numbered,  were  tliirty-five  thousand 
 and  four  hundred.  ^^All  that  were 
 numbered  of  the  camp  of  Ephraim, 
 were  one  hundred  and  eiglit  thousand 
 and  one  himdred,  they  with  their 
 forces  shall  set  out  tliird.  ^^The  oi'der 
 of  the  camp  of  Dan  shall  be  northward 
 with  their  forces,  and  the  prince  of 
 the  sons  of  Dan  shall  be  Achiezer  the 
 son  of  Amisadai.  ^^  His  forces  that  were 
 numbered,  were  sixty-tvv^o  thousand 
 and  seven  hundred.  ^^And  they  that 
 encamp  next  to  him  shall  be  the  tribe 
 of  Aser,  and  the  prince  of  the  sons  of 
 Aser  Phagiel  tlie  son  of  Echran.  ^*  His 
 forces  that  were  numbered,  were  forty- 
 one  thousand  and  five  hmidred.  ^^  And 
 they  that  encamp)  next  shall  be  of  the 
 the  tribe  of  NephthaH,  and  the  prince 
 of  the  cliildren  of  Nephthali  Achire 
 son  of  iEnan.  ^^  His  forces  that  were 
 numbered  were  fifty-three  thousand 
 and  four  himdred.  ^^All  that  were 
 numbered  of  tlie  camp  of  Dan,  were  a 
 hundred  and  fifty-seven  thousand  and 
 six  hundred,  they  shall  set  out  last 
 according  to  their  order. 
 
 ^"^  This  is  the  umnbering  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  according  to  the  houses 
 of  their  families,  all  the  numbering  of 
 the  camps  with  their  forces,  loas  six 
 hundred  and  three  thousand,  five  hun- 
 dred and  fifty.  ^^  But  the  Levites  were 
 not  numbered  with  them,  as  the  Lord 
 commanded  Moses.  ^^And  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  did  all  things  that  the 
 Lord  commanded  Moses;  thus  they 
 encamped  in  their  order,  and  thus  they 
 began  their  march  in  succession  each 
 
 according  to  their  divisions,  according 
 to  the  houses  of  their  families. 
 
 3.  And  these  are  the  generations  of 
 Aaron  and  Moses,  in  the  day  in  which 
 the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  in  Mount 
 Sina.  ^And  these  are  the  names  of 
 the  sons  of  Aaron;  Nadab  the  first- 
 born, and  Abiud,  ^Eleazar  and  Itha- 
 mar.  ^  These  are  the  names  of  the 
 sons  of  Aaron,  the  anointed  priests 
 whom  they  ''  consecrated  to  +  g,-.  accom- 
 the  priesthood.  ■*  And  Na-  ^^ndfto  mhii 
 dab  and  Abiud  died  before  ster:  accord- 
 the  Lord,  when  they  offered  iJ-Lwiom^/t 
 strange  fire  before  the  Lord,  '^'^  *'^'^"'  '^^""i^- 
 in  the  wilderness  of  Sina,  and  they  had 
 no  cliildren :  and  Eleazar  and  Ithamar 
 ministered  in  the  priests'  office  with 
 Aaron  their  father.  "'And  the  Lord 
 spoke  to  Moses,  saying,  ^  Take  the  tribe 
 of  Levi,  and  thou  shalt  set  them  before 
 Aaron  the  priest,  and  they  shall  minister 
 to  him,  ^and  shall  keep  his  charges, 
 and  the  charges  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  before  the  tabernacle  of  witness, 
 to  do  the  works  of  the  tabernacle. 
 *And  they  shall  keep  all  the  furniture 
 of  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  and  the 
 charges  of  the  children  of  Israel  as  to 
 all  the  works  of  the  tabernacle.  ^  And 
 thou  shalt  give  the  Levites  to  Aaron, 
 and  to  liis  sons  the  priests;  they  are 
 given  for  a  gift  to  me  of  the  children  of 
 Israel.  ^^  And  thou  shalt  appoint  Aaron 
 and  his  sons  over  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness;  and  they  shall  keep  their 
 charge  of  priesthood,  and  all  things 
 belonging  to  the  altar,  and  within  the 
 vail ;  and  the  stranger  that  touches 
 them  shall  die.  ^'And  the  Lord  spoke 
 to  Moses,  saying,  ^^  Behold  I  have 
 taken  the  Levites  from  the  midst  of 
 the  children  of  Israel  instead  of  every 
 male  that  opens  the  womb  from  among 
 the  children  of  Israel:  they  shall  be 
 their  ransom,  and  the  Levites  shall  be 
 mine.  ^^For  every  first-born  is  mine; 
 in  the  day  in  which  I  smote  every  first- 
 born in  the  land  of  Egypt,  I  sanctified 
 to  myself  every   first-born  in  Israel: 
 
Chap.  hi.  v.  14. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  hi.  v.  41. 
 
 both  of  man  and  beast,  they  shall  be 
 mine:  I  am  the  Lord.  '^And  the 
 Lord  spoke  to  Moses  in  the  wilderness 
 of  Sina,  saying,  '^Take  the  number  of 
 the  sons  of  i^evi,  according  to  the 
 houses  of  their  famihes,  according  to 
 their  divisions ;  number  ye  them  every 
 male  from  a  month  old  and  upwards. 
 ^^And  Moses  and  Aaron  numbered 
 +  Gr.  voice,  them  by  the  ^  word  of  the 
 Lord,  as  the  Lord  commanded  them. 
 ^''And  these  were  the  sons  of  Levi  by 
 their  names;  Gedson,  Kaath,  and  Me- 
 rari.  ^^And  these  are  the  names  of 
 the  sons  of  Gedson  according  to  their 
 famihes;  Lobeni  and  Semei.  '^And 
 the  sons  of  Kaath  according  to  their 
 families;  Amram  and  Issaar,  Chebron 
 and  Oziel,  ^'^and  the  sons  of  Merari 
 according  to  their  famihes,  Mooh  and 
 Musi;  these  are  the  families  of  the 
 Levites  according  to  the  houses  of  their 
 families.  ^'To  Gedson  belongs  the 
 family  of  Lobeni,  and  the  family  of 
 Semei :  these  are  the  famihes  of  Ged- 
 son. ^^  The  numbering  of  them  accord- 
 ing to  the  number  of  every  male  from 
 a  month  old  and  upwards,  their  niim- 
 bering  was  seven  thousand  and  five 
 hundred.  ^^And  the  sons  of  Gedson 
 shall  encamp  westward  behind  the 
 tabernacle.  '^''And  the  ruler  of  the 
 household  of  the  family  of  Gedson  was 
 Elisaph  the  son  of  Dael.  '^^  And  the 
 charge  of  the  sons  of  Gedson  in  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness  was  the  tent  and 
 the  vail,  and  the  covering  of  the  door 
 of  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  ^^and  the 
 curtains  of  the  court,  and  the  vail  of 
 the  door  of  the  court,  which  is  by  the 
 tabernacle,  and  the  remainder  of  all 
 its  works.  ^^To  Kaath  belonged  one 
 division,  that  of  Amram,  and  another 
 division,  that  of  Issaar,  and  another 
 division,  that  of  Chebron,  and  an- 
 other division,  that  of  Oziel:  these 
 are  the  divisions  of  Kaath,  accorchng 
 to  number.  '"^^  Every  male  from  a 
 montli  old  and  upward,  eight  thovisand 
 and  six  hundred,  keeping  the  charges 
 of  the  holy  things.     ^*  The  families  of 
 
 the  sons  of  Kaath,  shall  encamp  beside 
 tlie  tabernacle  toward  the  south.  ^"And 
 the  chief"  of  the  house  of  the  families  of 
 the  divisions  of  Kaath,  was  Elisaphan 
 tlie  son  of  Oziel.  ^^  And  their  charge 
 was  the  ark,  and  the  table,  and  the 
 candlestick,  and  the  altars,  and  all  the 
 vessels  of  the  sanctuary  wherewith  they 
 do  holy  service,  and  the  vail,  and  all 
 their  works.  ^^  And  the  chief  over  the 
 cliief  of  the  Levites,  wasEleazar  the  son 
 of  Aaron  the  priest,  appointed  to  keep 
 the  charges  of  the  holy  things.  ^"*  To  Me- 
 rari belonged  the  family  of  Mooli,  and 
 the  family  of  Musi :  these  are  the  fami- 
 hes of  Merari.  ^^  The  mustering  of  them 
 according  to  number,  every  male  from 
 a  month  old  and  upwards  was  six 
 thousand  and  fifty.  ^^  And  the  head  of 
 the  house  of  the  families  of  the  division 
 of  Merari,  was  Suriel  the  son  of  Abi- 
 chail:  they  shall  encamp  by  the  side 
 of  the  tabernacle  northwards.  '^^  The 
 oversight  of  the  charge  of  the  sons  of 
 Merari  included  the  chapiters  of  the 
 tabernacle,  and  its  bars,  and  its  pillars, 
 and  its  sockets,  and  all  their  furniture, 
 and  their  works,  ^'^and  the  pillars  of 
 the  court  round  about,  and  their  bases 
 and  their  pins,  and  their  cords. 
 
 ^^  They  that  encamp  before  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness  on  the  east  shall  be 
 Moses  and  Aaron  and  his  sons,  keeping 
 the  charges  of  the  sanctuary  according 
 to  the  charges  of  the  children  of  Israel ; 
 and  the  stranger  that  touches  them, 
 shall  die.  ^^  All  the  numbering  of  the 
 Levites,  whom  J\Ioses  and  Aaron  num- 
 bered by  the  word  of  the  Lord  accord- 
 ing to  their  famihes  every  male  from 
 a  month  old  and  upwaras,  were  two 
 and  twenty  thousand. 
 
 ^^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying.  Count  every  first-born  male 
 of  the  children  of  Israel  from  a  month 
 old  and  upwards,  and  take  the  nnm- 
 ber  by  name.  **' And  thou  shalt  take 
 the  Levites  for  me,  I  am  the  Lord, 
 instead  of  all  the  first-born  of  the  sons 
 of  Israel,  and  the  cattle  of  the  Levites 
 instead  of  all  tlie  first-born  amon";  the 
 
Chap.  hi.  v.  42. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  15. 
 
 cattle  of  the  cliildren  of  Israel.  ^^  And 
 Moses  counted,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 him,  every  first-born  among  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel.  ^^  And  all  the  male  first- 
 born in  number  by  name  from  a  month 
 old  and  upwards  were  according  to 
 their  numbering  twenty-two  thousand 
 and  two  hundred  and  seventy-three. 
 **  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  say- 
 ing, *^  Take  the  Levites  instead  of  all 
 the  first-born  of  the  sons  of  Israel,  and 
 the  cattle  of  the  Levites  instead  of  their 
 cattle,  and  the  Levites  shall  be  mine; 
 I  am  the  Lord.  '*''And  for  the  ransoms 
 of  the  two  hunch'ed  and  seventy-three 
 which  exceed  the  Levites  in  number 
 of  the  first-born  of  the  sons  of  Israel ; 
 ^^  thou  shalt  even  take  five  shekels 
 a  head,  thou  shalt  take  them  according 
 to  the  holy  didrachm,  twenty  oboH  -to 
 the  shekel.  '^^  And  thou  shalt  give  the 
 money  to  Aaron  and  to  his  sons,  the 
 ransom  of  those  who  exceed  in  nmn- 
 ber  among  them.  *^  And  Moses  took 
 the  silver,  the  ransom  of  those  that 
 exceeded  in  number  the  ^redemption 
 +  i.  e.  the  of  the  Lcvitcs.  ^^  He  took 
 deeme^dby"  the  silvcr  from  the  first- 
 the  Levites.  born  of  the  sons  of  Israel,  a 
 thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty-five 
 shekels,  according  to  the  holy  shekel. 
 ^'  And  Moses  gave  the  ransom  of  them 
 that  were  over  to  Aaron  and  his  sons, 
 t  Gr.  voice,  by  the  ^word  of  the  Lord, 
 as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 
 
 4.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and 
 Aaron,  saying,  ^  Take  the  sum  of  the 
 children  of  Kaath  from  the  midst  of 
 the  sons  of  Levi,  after  their  families, 
 according  to  the  houses  of  their  fathers' 
 households.  ^  From  twenty-five  years 
 old  and  upward  until  fifty  years,  every 
 one  that  goes  in  to  minister,  to  do  all 
 the  works  in  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 ■*  And  these  are  the  works  of  the  sons 
 of  Kaath  in  the  tabernacle  of  witness ;  it 
 is  most  holy.  '^And  Aaron  and  liis 
 sons  shall  go  in,  when  the  camp  is 
 about  to  move,  and  shall  take  down  the 
 shadowing  vail,  and  shall  cover  with 
 
 145 
 
 it  the  ark  of  the  testimony.  "And  they 
 shall  put  on  it  a  cover,  even  a  blue 
 skin,  and  put  on  it  above  a  garment 
 all  of  blue,  and  shall  put  the  staves 
 through  the  rings.  ^  And  they  shall  put 
 on  the  table  set  forth  for  shew-bread  a 
 cloth  all  of  purple,  and  the  dishes,  and 
 the  censers,  and  the  cups,  and  the 
 vessels  with  which  one  offers  drink- 
 ofierings,  and  the  continual  loaves 
 shall  be  upon  it.  ^And  they  shall 
 put  upon  it  a  scarlet  cloth,  and  they 
 shall  cover  it  with  a  blue  covering  of 
 skin,  and  they  shall  put  the  staves  into 
 it.  ^  And  they  shall  take  a  blue  cover- 
 ing, and  cover  the  candlestick  that 
 gives  Hght,  and  its  lamps,  and  its 
 snufiers,  and  its  funnels,  and  all  the 
 vessels  of  oil  with  which  they  minister. 
 '^And  they  shall  put  it,  and  all  its 
 vessels,  into  a  blue  skin  cover,  and  they 
 shall  put  it  on  bearers.  ''And  they 
 shall  put  a  blue  cloth  for  a  cover  on  the 
 golden  altar,  and  shall  cover  it  with  a 
 blue  skin  cover,  and  put  in  its  staves. 
 
 '^And  they  shall  take  all  the  instru- 
 ments of  service,  with  which  they 
 minister  in  the  sanctuary:  and  shall 
 place  them  in  a  cloth  of  blue,  and  shall 
 cover  them  with  blue  skin  covering, 
 and  put  them  upon  staves.  '^And  he 
 shall  put  the  covering  on  the  altar,  and 
 they  shall  cover  it  with  a  cloth  all  of 
 purple.  •''And  they  shall  put  upon 
 it  all  the  vessels  with  "which  they 
 minister  upon  it,  and  the  fire-pans, 
 and  the  flesh-hooks,  and  the  cups,  and 
 the  cover,  and  all  the  vessels  of  the 
 altar;  and  they  shall  put  on  it  a  blue 
 cover  of  skins,  and  shall  put  in  its 
 staves;  and  they  shall  take  a  pm-ple 
 cloth,  and  cover  the  laver  and  its 
 foot,  and  they  shall  put  it  into  a  blue 
 cover  of  skin,  and  put  it  on  bars.  '^And 
 Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  finish  covering 
 the  holy  things,  and  all  the  holy  vessels, 
 when  the  camp  begins  to  move:  and 
 afterwards  the  sons  of  Kaath  shall  go  in 
 to  take  up  the  furniture  but  shall  not 
 touch  the  holy  things,  lest  they  die : 
 these  shall  the  sons  of  Kaath  bear 
 11 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  16. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  39. 
 
 in  the  tabernacle  of  mtness.  ^^  Eleazar 
 the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest  is  over- 
 seer— ^the  oil  of  the  hght,  and  the 
 incense  of  composition,  and  the  daily 
 meat-ofFerino;  and  the  anointing  oil, 
 are  his  charge,  even  the  oversight  of 
 the  whole  tabernacle,  and  all  things 
 that  are  in  it  in  the  holy  place,  in  all 
 the  works.  '^  And  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 Moses  and  Aaron,  saying,  ^*  Ye  shall 
 not  destroy  the  family  of  Kaath  from 
 the  tribe  out  of  the  midst  of  the  Le- 
 vites.  '^This  do  ye  to  them,  and  they 
 shall  Hve  and  not  die,  when  they  ap- 
 proach the  holy  of  holies:  Let  Aaron 
 and  his  sons  advance,  and  they  shall 
 place  them  each  in  his  post  for  bear- 
 ing. ^^  And  so  they  shall  by  no  means 
 go  in  to  look  suddenly  upon  the  holy 
 things,  and  die. 
 
 ^'  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^^  Take  the  sum  of  the  children 
 of  Gedson,  and  these  according  to  the 
 houses  of  their  Hneage,  according  to 
 their  families.  ^^Take  the  number  of 
 them  from  five  and  twenty  years  old 
 and  upwards  until  the  age  of  fifty, 
 every  one  that  goes  in  to  minister,  to 
 do  his  business  in  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness.  ^'^  This  is  the  [public  service 
 of  the  family  of  Gedson,  to  minister 
 +  Gr.  it,  t.  e.  ^^<^  to  bear.  ^•'^And  Hhey 
 the  family.  ^\yjj^\  j^ear  the  skins  of  the 
 tabernacle,  and  the  tabernacle  of  wit- 
 ness, and  its  vail,  and  the  blue  cover 
 that  was  on  it  above,  and  the  cover  of 
 the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 ^^And  all  the  curtains  of  the  court 
 which  were  upon  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness,  and  the  appendages,  and  all 
 the  vessels  of  service  that  they  minister 
 with  they  shall  attend  to.  ^^  According 
 to  the  direction  of  Aaron  and  his  sons 
 shall  be  the  ministry  of  the  sons  of 
 Gedson,  in  all  their  ministries,  and  in 
 all  their  works,  and  thou  shalt  take 
 account  of  them  by  name  in  all  things 
 borne  by  them.  ^^  This  is  the  service 
 of  the  sons  of  Gedson  in  the  taberna- 
 cle of  witness,  and  their  charge  by  the 
 hand  of  Ithamar  the  son  of  Aaron  the 
 
 priest.  ^^The  sons  of  INIerari  accord- 
 ing to  their  famihes,  according  to  the 
 houses  of  their  lineage,  take  ye  the 
 number  of  them.  ^°  Take  the  number 
 of  them  from  five  and  twenty  years 
 old  and  upwards  until  fifty  years  old, 
 every  one  that  goes  in  to  perform  the 
 services  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 ^'And  these  are  the  charges  of  the 
 things  borne  by  them  according  to  all 
 their  works  in  the  tabernacle  of  wit- 
 ness: they  shall  bear  the  chapiters 
 of  the  tabernacle,  and  the  bars,  and 
 its  pillars,  and  iis  sockets,  and  the  vail, 
 and  tliere  shall  be  their  sockets,  and 
 their  pillars,  and  the  curtain  of  the 
 door  of  the  tabernacle.  ^''And  they 
 shall  bear  the  pillars  of  the  court 
 round  about,  and  there  shall  be  their 
 sockets,  and  thef/  shall  bear  the  pillars 
 of  the  vail  of  the  door  of  the  court, 
 and  their  sockets  and  their  pins,  and 
 their  cords,  and  all  their  furniture, 
 and  all  their  instruments  of  service: 
 take  ye  their  number  by  name,  and  all 
 the  articles  of  the  charge  of  the  things 
 borne  by  them.  ^^  This  is  the  minis- 
 tration of  the  family  of  the  sons  of 
 Merari  in  all  their  works  in  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness  by  the  hand  of  Itha- 
 mar the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest. . 
 ^■^  And  Moses  and  Aaron  and  the 
 rulers  of  Israel  took  the  number  of 
 the  sons  of  Kaath  accordinof  to  their 
 famihes,  according  to  the  houses  of 
 their  hneage.  ^^  From  five  and  twenty 
 years  old  and  upwards  to  the  age  of 
 fifty  years,  every  one  that  goes  in  to 
 minister  and  do  service  in  the  taber- 
 nacle of  Avitness.  ^^  And  the  number- 
 ing of  them  according  to  their  famihes 
 was  two  thousand,  ^  seven  +  aux.  350. 
 hundred  and  fifty.  ^^  This  is  the  num- 
 bering of  the  fixmily  of  Kaath,  every 
 one  that  ministers  in  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness,  as  Moses  and  Aaron  num- 
 bered them  by  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
 by  the  hand  of  Moses.  ^'*And  the 
 sons  of  Gedson  were  numbered  accord- 
 ing to  their  families,  according  to  the 
 houses  of  their  lineage,   ^^from    five 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  40. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  v.  v.  14. 
 
 and  twenty  years  old  and  upward  till 
 fifty  years  old,  every  one  that  goes  in 
 to  minister  and  to  do  the  services 
 in  the  tabernacle  of  witness.  ''''And 
 the  numbering  of  them  according  to 
 their  families,  according  to  the  houses 
 of  their  lineage,  2cas  two  thousand  six 
 himdrcd  and  tliirty.  '*^  This  is  the 
 nmnbering  of  the  family  of  the  sons  of 
 Gedson,  every  one  who  ministers  in 
 the  tabernacle  of  witness,  whom  Moses 
 and  Aaron  numbered  by  the  word  of 
 the  Lord,  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 
 ^^And  also  the  family  of  the  sons  of 
 ]\Ierari  were  numbered  according  to 
 their  divisions,  according  to  the  house 
 of  their  fathers.  ^^  From  five  and 
 twenty  years  old  and  upward  till  fifty 
 years  old,  every  one  that  goes  in  to 
 minister  in  the  services  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness.  *^  And  the  number- 
 ing of  them  according  to  their  families, 
 according  to  the  houses  of  their  Hneage, 
 7cas  three  thousand  and  two  hundi'ed. 
 *^  This  is  the  nimibering  of  the  family 
 of  the  sons  of  Merari,  whom  Moses 
 and  Aaron  numbered  by  the  ^word  of 
 
 +  Gr.  voice,  the  Lord,  by  the  hand  of 
 Moses.  '*^A11  that  were  numbered, 
 whom  Moses  and  Aaron  and  the  riders 
 of  Israel  numbered,  namely^  the  Le- 
 vites,  according  to  their  families  and 
 according  to  the  houses  of  their  lineage, 
 ■•^  from  five  and  twenty  years  old  and 
 upward  till  fifty  years  old,   every  one 
 
 1  Gr.  work,  that  gocs  in  to  the  ^  service 
 of  the  works,  and  the  charge  of  the 
 things  that  are  carried  in  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness.  '**And  they  that 
 were  nmubered  were  eight  thousand 
 
 t  Alex.  450.  +  five  hundred  and  eighty. 
 *^  He  reviewed  them  by  the  word  of 
 the  Lord  by  the  hand  of  Moses,  ap- 
 pointing each  man  severally  over  their 
 respective  work,  and  over  their  bur- 
 dens ;  and  they  were  numbered,  as  the 
 Lord  commanded  Moses. 
 
 5.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  Charge  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  let  them    send   forth  out  of  the 
 
 camp  every  leper,  and  every  one  who 
 has  an  issue  of  the  reins,  and  every 
 one  who  is  unclean  from  a  ^  dead  body. 
 ^  Wliether  male  or  female,  +  gt-  soui. 
 send  them  forth  out  of  the  camp,  and 
 they  shall  not  defile  their  camps  in 
 which  I  dwell  among  them.  ^And 
 the  children  of  Israel  did  so,  and 
 sent  them  out  of  the  camp;  as  the 
 Lord  said  to  Moses,  so  did  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel.  ^  And  the  Lord  spoke 
 to  Moses,  sa3dng,  ^  Speak  to  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel,  saying,  Every  man  or 
 woman  who  shall  commit  any  sin  that 
 is  common  to  man,  or  if  that  soul  shall 
 in  anywise  have  neglected  the  com- 
 mandment and  transgressed;  "^ that 
 person  shall  confess  the  sin  which  he 
 has  committed,  and  shall  make  satis- 
 fiiction  for  his  trespass :  he  shall  pay 
 the  principal,  and  shall  add  to  it  the 
 fifth  part,  and  shall  make  restoration 
 to  him  against  whom  he  has  trespassed. 
 ^  But  if  a  man  have  no  near  kinsman, 
 so  as  to  make  satisfaction  for  his  tres- 
 pass to  liim,  the  trespass-offering  paid 
 to  the  Lord  shall  be  for  the  priest, 
 besides  the  ram  of  atonement,  by 
 which  he  shall  make  atonement  with 
 it  for  liim.  ^  And  every  first-fruits  in 
 all  the  sanctified  things  among  the 
 childi'en  of  Israel,  whatsoever  they  shall 
 offer  to  the  Lord,  shall  be  for  the 
 priest  himself.  ^^  And  the  hallowed 
 things  of  every  man  shall  be  his,  and 
 whatever  man  shall  give  any  thing  to 
 the  priest,  the  gift  shall  be  liis. 
 
 '^  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  '^  Speak  to  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them, 
 Wliosesoever  wife  shall  transgress 
 against  him,  and  slight  and  despise 
 Mm,  '^  and  supposing  any  one  shall 
 lie  with  her  carnally,  and  the  thing 
 shall  be  hid  from  the  eyes  of  her  hus- 
 band, and  she  shoidd  conceal  it  and  be 
 herself  defiled,  and  there  be  no  witness 
 with  her,  and  she  should  not  be  taken : 
 '''  and  there  should  come  upon  him  a 
 spirit  of  jealousy,  and  he  should  be 
 jealous  of  his  wife,  and  she  be  defiled, 
 
ClIAP.  V.  V.  15. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 ClIAP.  VI.  V.  4. 
 
 or  tliere  should  come  upon  liim  a 
 spirit  of  jealousy,  and  lie  should  be 
 jealous  of  his  wife,  and  she  should  not 
 be  defiled,  'Hhen  shall  the  man  bring 
 liis  vnfe  to  the  priest,  and  sliall  bring 
 his  gift  for  her,  the  tenth  part  of  an 
 ephah  of  barley-meal,  he  shall  not  pour 
 oil  upon  it,  neither  shall  he  put  frank- 
 incense upon  it,  for  it  is  a  sacrifice  of 
 jealousy,  a  sacrifice  of  memorial,  recall- 
 ing sin  to  remembrance.  '^And  the 
 priest  shall  bring  her,  and  cause  her 
 to  stand  before  the  Lord.  ^^And  the 
 priest  shall  take  pure  running  water  in 
 an  earthen  vessel,  and  he  shall  take  of 
 the  dust  that  is  on  the  floor  of  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness,  and  the  priest 
 having  taken  it  shall  cast  it  into  the 
 water.  ^^And  the  priest  shall  cause 
 the  woman  to  stand  before  the  Lord, 
 and  shall  uncover  the  head  of  the 
 woman,  and  shall  put  into  her  hands 
 the  sacrifice  of  memorial,  the  sacrifice 
 of  jealousy:  and  in  the  hand  of  the 
 priest  shall  be  the  water  of  this  con- 
 viction that  brings  the  curse.  '^And 
 the  priest  shall  adjure  her,  and  shall 
 say  to  the  woman.  If  no  one  has  lain 
 with  thee,  and  if  thou  hast  not  trans- 
 gressed so  as  to  be  polluted,  being 
 under  the  power  of  thy  husband,  be 
 free  from  this  water  of  the  conviction 
 that  causes  the  curse.  ^^  But  if  being 
 a  married  woman  thou  hast  trans- 
 gressed, or  been  polluted,  and  any  one 
 has  lain  ^vith  thee,  beside  thy  hus- 
 band: ^'  then  the  priest  shall  adjure 
 the  woman  by  the  oaths  of  tliis  curse, 
 and  the  priest  shall  say  to  the  woman, 
 The  Lord  bring  thee  into  a  curse  and 
 under  an  oath  in  the  midst  of  thy 
 people,  in  that  the  Lord  should  cause 
 thy  tliigh  to  rot  and  thy  belly  to  swell. 
 ^"^  And  tills  water  bringing  the  curse 
 shall  enter  into  thy  womb  to  cause  thy 
 belly  to  swell,  and  thy  thigh  to  rot: 
 and  the  woman  shall  say,  So  be  it.  So 
 be  it.  ^^And  the  priest  shall  write 
 these  curses  in  a  book,  and  shall  blot 
 +  Gr.  in.  them  out  ^  with  the  water  of 
 the  conviction  that  brings  the  curse. 
 
 148 
 
 ^■^And  he  shall  cause  the  woman  to 
 drink  the  water  of  the  conviction  that 
 brings  the  curse :  and  the  water  of  the 
 conviction  that  brings  the  curse  shall 
 enter  into  her.  ^^  And  the  priest  sliall 
 take  from  the  hand  of  the  woman  the 
 sacrifice  of  jealousy,  and  shall  present 
 the  sacrifice  before  the  Lord,  and  shall 
 bring  it  to  the  altar.  ^"^  And  the  priest 
 shall  take  a  handful  of  the  sacrifice  as 
 a  memorial  of  it,  and  shall  offer  it 
 up  upon  the  altar,  and  afterwards  he 
 shall  cause  the  woman  to  drink  the 
 water.  '■^^And  it  shall  come  to  pass  if 
 she  be  defiled  and  have  altogether 
 escaped  the  notice  of  her  husband, 
 then  the  water  of  the  conviction  tliat 
 brings  the  curse  shall  enter  into  her, 
 and  she  shall  swell  in  her  beUy,  and 
 her  thigh  ^shall  rot,  and  the  woman 
 shall  be  for  a  curse  in  the  midst  of  her 
 people.  ^*  And  if  the  woman  have  not 
 been  polluted,  and  be  clean,  then  shall 
 she  be  guiltless  and  shall  ''^  conceive 
 seed.  ^^  This  is  the  law  of  t  Gr.  give  out 
 jealousy,  wherein  a  married  ^®^^' 
 woman  should  happen  to  transgTess, 
 and  be  defiled ;  ^°  or  in  the  case  of  a 
 man  on  whomsoever  the  spirit  of  jea- 
 lousy should  come,  and  he  should  be 
 jealous  of  his  Avife,  and  he  should 
 place  his  wife  before  the  Lord,  and 
 the  priest  shall  execute  towards  her 
 all  this  law.  ^'  Then  tlie  man  shall  be 
 clear  from  sin,  and  that  woman  shall 
 bear  her  sin. 
 
 6.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  '^  Speak  to  the  childi-en  of 
 Israel,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them, 
 A^^latsoever  man  or  woman  shall  spe- 
 cially vow  a  vow  to  separate  himself 
 with  purity  to  the  Lord,  ^he  shall 
 purely  abstain  from  wine  and  strong 
 drink;  and  he  shall  drink  no  vinegar 
 of  wine  or  vinegar  of  strong  drink; 
 and  whatever  is  made  of  the  grape  he 
 sliall  not  drink;  neither  shall  he  eat 
 fresh  grapes  or  raisins,  ''all  the  days  of 
 his  vow,  he  sliall  eat  no  one  of  all  the 
 things  that  come  from  the  vine,  wine 
 
Chap.  vi. 
 
 V.  o. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  v.  1. 
 
 from    the  grape-stones  to  the  ^husk, 
 +  Gr.  grape-  ^  all  tlic  dajs  of  Hs  scpara- 
 
 stones.  ^-Qj^. ^      j,^2Qj,      gi^^ji      ^^^ 
 
 come  upon  his  head,  until  the  days  be 
 fulfilled  wliich  he  vowed  to  the  Lord, 
 he  shall  be  holy,  cherishing  the  ^  long 
 +  Gr.  a  head  hair  of  the  head,  "^all  the 
 
 of   hair    even      ,  .,  ,  '  _ 
 
 hair,  &c.  days  01  his  VOW  to  the  Lord : 
 
 he  shall  not  come  nigh  to  any  dead 
 body;  ^to  his  father  or  his  mother,  or 
 to  his  brother  or  his  sister,  he  shall  not 
 defile  himself  for  them,  when  they 
 have  died,  because  the  vow  of  God  is 
 upon  him  on  his  head.  ^All  the  days 
 of  his  vow  he  shall  be  holy  to  the  Lord. 
 ^  And  if  any  one  should  die  suddenly 
 by  him,  immediately  the  head  of  his 
 vow  shall  be  defiled :  and  he  shall  shave 
 his  head  in  whatever  day  he  shall  be 
 purified:  on  the  seventh  day  he  shall 
 be  shaved.  "'And  on  the  eighth  day 
 he  shall  bring  two  tiu'tle-doves,  or  two 
 young  pigeons  to  the  priest,  to  the 
 doors  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 "And  the  priest  shall  offer  one  for  a 
 sin-offering,  and  the  other  for  a  whole- 
 bumt-offering ;  and  the  priest  shall 
 make  atonement  for  liim  in  the  things 
 wherein  he  sinned  respecting  the  dead 
 body,  and  he  sliall  sanctify  his  head  in 
 that  day,  '^in  which  he  was  consecrated 
 to  the  Lord,  all  the  days  of  liis  vow; 
 and  he  shall  bring  a  lamb  of  a  year  old 
 for  a  trespass-offering;  and  the  former 
 days  shall  not  be  reckoned,  because  the 
 head  of  his  vow  was  polluted.  '^And 
 this  is  the  law  of  him  that  has  vowed : 
 in  whatever  day  he  shall  have  fidfilled 
 the  days  of  liis  vow,  he  shall  himself 
 bring  his  gift  to  the  doors  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness.  '^And  he  shall  bring 
 his  gift  to  the  Lord  one  he-lamb  of  a 
 year  old  without  blemish  for  a  whole- 
 biu-nt-offering,  and  one  ewe-lamb  of  a 
 year  old  without  blemish  for  a  sin- 
 offering,  and  one  ram  without  blemish 
 for  a  peace-ofiering.  ^^Aud  a  basket 
 of  imleavened  bread  of  fine  flour,  even 
 loaves  kneaded  with  oil,  and  unleavened 
 cakes  anointed  with  oil,  and  their  meat- 
 and     their 
 
 149 
 
 offering. 
 
 drink-offering. 
 
 '^And  the  priest  shall  bring  them  be- 
 fore the  Lord,  and  shall  offer  his  sin- 
 offering,  and  his  wholc-burnt-offering. 
 '^And  he  shall  ofier  the  ram  as  a  sacri- 
 fice of  peace-offering  to  the  Lord  with 
 the  basket  of  unleavened  bread:  and 
 the  priest  shall  offer  its  meat-offering 
 and  its  drink-offering.  '^And  he  that 
 has  vowed  shall  shave  the  head  of  his 
 consecration  by  the  doors  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness,  and  shall  put  the  hairs 
 on  the  fire  which  is  under  the  sacrifice 
 of  peace-offering.  ^^  And  the  priest 
 shall  take  the  sodden  shoulder  of  the 
 ram,  and  one  rmleavened  loaf  from  the 
 basket,  and  one  imleavencd  cake,  and 
 shall  put  them  on  the  hands  of  the 
 votary  after  he  has  shaved  ofi'  his 
 ^  holv  hair.  ^^And  the  priest    ^  ^'■-  '"s  vow, 
 
 1     if'  ,  ^         f,     compare   Acts 
 
 sliaif  present  tliem  as  an  of-  is.  is. 
 fering  before  the  Lord,  it  shall  be  the 
 holy  portion  for  the  priest  beside  the 
 breast  of  the  heave-offering,  and  beside 
 the  shoulder  of  the  wave-offering :  and 
 afterwards  the  votary  shall  drink  wine. 
 ^'  This  is  the  law  of  the  votary  who 
 shall  have  vowed  to  the  Lord  his  gift 
 to  the  Lord,  concerning  his  vow,  be- 
 sides what  he  may  be  able  to  afford 
 according  to  the  value  of  his  vow, 
 which  he  may  have  vowed  according 
 to  the  law  of  separation. 
 
 ^^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^^  Speak  to  Aaron  and  to  his 
 sons,  saying.  Thus  ye  shall  bless  the 
 children  of  Israel,  saying  to  them, 
 '^''  The  Lord  bless  thee  and  keep  thee, 
 -^  The  Lord  make  his  face  to  shine  upon 
 thee,  and  have  mercy  upon  thee.  ^^The 
 Lord  Hft  up  liis  countenance  u.pon  thee, 
 and  give  thee  peace.  ^'^And  they  shall 
 put  my  name  upon  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  I  the  Lord  wiU  bless  them. 
 
 7.  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  day 
 in  which  Moses  finished  ^the  setting- 
 up  of  the  tabernacle,  that  tcr.  soasto 
 he  anointed  it,  and  conse-  *®*  "^" 
 crated  it,  and  all  its  furniture,  and  the 
 altar  and  all  its  furniture,  he  even 
 anointed  them,  and  consecrated  them. 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  2. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  v.  35. 
 
 ^And  the  princes  of  Israel  brought  ^/z/ifs, 
 twelve  princes  of  their  fathers'  houses, 
 these  were  the  heads  of  tribes,  ^  these 
 are  they  that  presided  over  the  num- 
 bering. ^And  they  brought  their  gift 
 before  the  Lord,  six  covered  waggons, 
 and  twelve  oxen :  a  waggon  from  two 
 princes,  and  a  calf  from  each:  and  they 
 brought  them  before  the  tabernacle. 
 ^Ancl  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying, 
 ^  Take  of  them,  and  they  shall  be  for 
 the  works  of  the  services  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness:  and  thou  shalt  give 
 them  to  the  Levites,  to  each  one  ac- 
 cording to  his  ministration.  ^  And 
 Moses  took  the  waggons  and  the  oxen, 
 and  gave  them  to  the  Levites.  '^And 
 he  gave  two  waggons  and  four  oxen 
 to  the  sons  of  Gedson,  according  to 
 their  ministrations.  ^  And  four  wag- 
 gons and  eight  oxen  he  gave  to  the 
 sons  of  Merari  according  to  their  minis- 
 trations, by  Ithamar  the  son  of  Aaron 
 the  priest.  ^  But  to  the  sons  of  Kaath 
 he  gave  them  not,  because  they  have 
 the  ministrations  of  the  sacred  things, 
 they  shall  bear  them  on  their  shoulders. 
 ''^'And  the  rulers  brought  gifts  for  the 
 dedication  of  the  altar,  in  the  day  in 
 which  he  anointed  it,  and  the  rulers 
 brought  their  gifts  before  the  altar. 
 "And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  One  cliief 
 each  day;  tliey  shall  offer  their  gifts  a 
 chief  each  day  for  the  dedication  of  the 
 altar.  '^  And  he  that  oilered  his  gift  on 
 the  first  day,  wasNaasson  son  of  Amina- 
 dab,  prince  of  the  tribe  of  Juda.  '^And 
 he  brought  his  gift,  one  silver  charger 
 of  a  hundred  and  thirty  shekels  was 
 its  weight,  one  silver  bowl,  of  seventy 
 shekels  according  to  the  holy  shekel ; 
 both  full  of  fine  flour  kneaded  ynXXx  oil 
 for   a  meat-ollcring.     ^'*  One  ^  golden 
 
 +  one  censer  ccUSCr  of  ten  shckcls  full  of 
 of  ten   golden    .  i  /.     r.    i 
 
 weights.  Or.  inccnsc.  Unc  call  oi  the 
 herd,  one  ram,  one  he-lamb  of  a  year 
 old  for  a  whole-bumt-ofFering :  ""and 
 one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering. 
 '^And  for  a  sacrifice  of  jDeace-ofTering, 
 two  heifers,  five  rams,  five  he-goats, 
 five  ewe-lambs  of  a  year  old :  this  was 
 
 the  gift  of  Naasson  the  son  of  Amina- 
 dab.  '**  On  the  second  day  Nathanael 
 son  of  Sogar  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of 
 Issachar  brought  his  offering.  '^And 
 he  brought  his  gift,  one  silver  charger, 
 its  weight  a  hundred  and  thirty  she- 
 kels, one  silver  bowl  of  seventy  she- 
 kels according  to  the  holy  shekel ;  both 
 full  of  fine  flour  kneaded  with  oil  for  a 
 meat-offering.  ^^  One  censer  of  ten 
 golden  shekels,  full  of  incense.  '^^  One 
 calf  of  the  herd,  one  ram,  one  he-lamb 
 of  a  year  old  for  a  whole-bm-nt-offering, 
 ^"^  and  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin- 
 offering.  '•^^  And  for  a  sacrifice,  a  peace- 
 offiiring,  two  heifers,  five  rams,  five  he- 
 goats,  five  ewe-lambs  of  a  year  old: 
 this  was  the  gift  of  Nathanael  the  son 
 of  Sogar.  ^''On  the  third  day  the 
 prince  of  the  sons  of  Zabulon,  Eliab 
 the  son  of  Choelon.  '^^  He  brought  his 
 gift,  one  silver  charger,  its  weight  a 
 hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  silver 
 bowl  of  seventy  shekels  according  to 
 the  holy  shekel ;  both  full  of  fine  flour 
 kneaded  with  oil  for  a  meat-offering. 
 ^•^  One  golden  censer  of  ten  shekels,  full 
 of  incense.  ^^One  calf  of  the  herd, 
 one  ram,  one  he-lamb  of  a  year  old  for 
 a  whole-burnt-offcring,  ^**and  one  kid 
 of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering.  ^^  And 
 for  a  sacrifice  of  peace-offering,  two 
 heifers,  five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five 
 ewe-lambs  of  a  year  old,  this  was  the 
 gift  of  Eliab  the  son  of  Cha>lon.  ^"  On 
 the  fourth  day  Elisur  the  son  of  Se- 
 diur,  the  prince  of  the  children  of 
 Ruben.  ^^  He  brought  liis  gift,  one 
 silver  charger,  its  weight  a  hundred 
 and  thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of 
 seventy  shekels  according  to  the  holy 
 shekel ;  both  full  of  fine  flour  kneaded 
 with  oil  for  a  meat-offering.  ^^Onc 
 golden  censer  of  ten  shekels  fuU  of 
 incense.  ^-^One  calf  of  the  herd,  one 
 ram,  one  he-lamb  of  a  year  old  for  a 
 whole-burnt-offcring,  ^""and  one  kid  of 
 the  goats  for  a  sin-offering.  ^'^  And  for 
 a  sacrifice  of  peace-oflcring,  two  heifers, 
 five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  ewe-lambs 
 of  a  year  old,  this  was  the  gift  of  Eli- 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  36. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  v.  72. 
 
 sur  tliG  son  of  Sediur.  ^^  On  the  fiftli 
 day  tlie  prince  of  the  children  of  Sy- 
 meon,  Salamiel  the  son  of  Surisadai. 
 ^^He  brought  his  gift,  one  silver  charger, 
 its  weight  one  hundred  and  tliirty  she- 
 kels, one  silver  bowl  of  seventy  shekels 
 according  to  the  holy  shekel  both  full 
 of  fine  llour  kneaded  with  oil  for  a 
 meat-offering.  ^^  One  golden  censer  of 
 ten  shekels,  full  of  incense.  ^^  One  calf 
 of  the  herd,  one  ram,  one  he-lamb  of 
 a  year  old  for  a  whole-burnt-offering. 
 ^"And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin- 
 offering.  *'  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace- 
 ofiering,  two  heifers,  five  rams,  five  he- 
 goats,  five  ewe-lambs  of  a  year  old: 
 this  was  the  o-ift  of  Salamiel  son  of  Su- 
 nsadai.  ^^  On  the  sixth  day  the  prince 
 of  the  sons  of  Gad,  Ehsaph,  son  of 
 Raguel.  ^^  He  brought  his  gift  one 
 silver  charo-er,  its  weio-ht  a  hundred 
 and  tliirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of 
 seventy  shekels  according  to  the  holy 
 shekel ;  both  full  of  fine  flour  kneaded 
 with  oil  for  a  meat-offering.  ^'^  One 
 golden  censer  of  ten  shekels,  full  of 
 incense.  '*^  One  calf  of  the  herd,  one 
 ram,  one  he-lamb  of  a  year  old  for  a 
 whole-biu'nt-offering,  ^""and  one  kid  of 
 the  goats  for  a  sin-offering.  ^^  And  for 
 a  sacrifice  of  peace-offering  two  heifers, 
 five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  ewe-lambs 
 of  a  year  old,  this  was  the  gift  of  Eh- 
 saph the  son  of  Raguel.  ^^On  the 
 seventh  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  of 
 Ephraim,  Ehsama  the  son  of  Emiud. 
 '^^  He  brought  liis  gift  one  silver  charger, 
 its  weight  was  a  hundred  and  thirty 
 shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
 shekels  according  to  the  holy  shekel; 
 both  full  of  fine  flour  kneaded  with  oil 
 for  a  meat-offerino;.  ^°One  ffolden 
 censer  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense. 
 ^'One  calf  of  the  herd,  one  ram,  one 
 he-lamb  of  a  year  old  for  a  whole- 
 bm-nt-offering,  '^^and  one  kid  of  the 
 goats  for  a  sin-offering.  '"And  for  a 
 sacrifice  of  peace-offering,  two  heifers, 
 five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  ewe-lambs 
 of  a  year  old :  this  was  the  gift  of  Eli- 
 sama  the   son  of  Emiud.     ^'^On  the 
 
 eighth  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  of 
 Manasse,  Gamaliel  the  son  of  Phadas- 
 sur.  ^^  He  brought  his  gift  one  silver 
 charger,  its  weight  one  hundred  and 
 thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl,  of 
 seventy  shekels  according  to  the  holy 
 shekel ;  both  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
 with  oil  for  a  meat-offering.  ^''One 
 golden  censer  of  ten  shekels,  full  of 
 incense.  ^^  One  calf  of  the  herd,  one 
 ram,  one  he-lamb  of  a  year  old  for  a 
 whole-burnt-offering.  ^'^And  one  kid 
 of  the  ofoats  for  a  sin-offering.  ^^  And 
 for  a  sacrifice  of  peace-offermg  two 
 heifers,  five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five 
 ewe-lambs  of  a  year  old :  this  was  the 
 gift  of  Gamahel  the  son  of  Phadassur. 
 ^^  On  the  ninth  day  the  prince  of  the 
 sons  of  Benjamin,  Abidan  the  son  of 
 Gadeoni.  ^^  He  brought  his  gift  one 
 silver  charter,  its  wei^-ht  was  a  hun- 
 dred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl 
 of  seventy  shekels  according  to  the 
 holy  shekel;  both  full  of  fine  flour 
 mingled  with  oil  for  a  meat-offering. 
 •"^  One  golden  censer  of  ten  shekels,  full 
 of  incense.  ^^One  calf  of  the  herd, 
 one  ram,  one  he-lamb  of  a  year  old  for 
 a  whole-burnt-offering.  ^**And  one 
 kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering. 
 ^^And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace-offering, 
 two  heifers,  five  rams,  five  he-goats, 
 five  ewe-lambs  of  a  year  old,  this  was 
 the  gift  of  Abidan  son  of  Gadeoni. 
 ^^  On  the  tenth  day  the  "prince  of  the 
 sons  of  Dan,  Achiezer  the  son  of  Ami- 
 sadai.  ^^ He  bi'oicghthis  gift  one  silver 
 charger,  its  weight  was  a  hundred  and 
 thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
 shekels  according  to  the  holy  shekel; 
 both  full  of  fine  flour  kneaded  with  oil 
 for  a  meat-offeiing.  ""^  One  golden  cen- 
 ser of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense. 
 ^^One  calf  of  the  herd,  one  ram,  one 
 he-lamb  of  a  year  old  for  a  whole- 
 burnt-offering.  ''^  And  one  kid  of  the 
 goats  for  a  sin-offering.  '^^  And  for  a 
 sacrifice  of  peace-offering  two  heifers, 
 five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  ewe-lambs 
 of  a  year  old.  This  was  the  gift  of 
 Achiezer  son  of  Amisadai.     ''-On  the 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  73. 
 
 NUMBERS, 
 
 Chap.  viii.  y.  11. 
 
 eleventh  day  the  prince  of  the  sons  of 
 Aser,  Phageel  the  son  of  Echran.  ''^  He 
 brought  his   gift  one   silver   charger, 
 its  weight  was  a  hundred  and  thirty 
 shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy  she- 
 kels according  to  the  holy  shekel ;  both 
 full  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
 meat-offering.     ^^  One  golden  censer  of 
 ten  shekels,  full  of  incense.    ^^  One  calf 
 of  the  herd,  one  ram,  one  he-lamb  of 
 a  year  old  for  a  whole-burnt-ofiering ; 
 ^•"and  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin- 
 offering.    ^^  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace- 
 offering,    two  heifers,  five  rams,  five 
 he-goats,  five  ewe-lambs  of  a  year  old : 
 this  was  the  gift  of  Phageel  the  son  of 
 Echran.     ^**0n  the   twelfth    day   the 
 prince  of  the  sons  of  Nephthali,  Acliire 
 the  son  of  ^nan.     ^'^  He  brought  his 
 git"t  one  silver  charger,  its  weight  was 
 a  hundred  and  thirty  shekels;  one  silver 
 bowl  of  seventy  shekels  according  to 
 the  holy  shekel ;  both  full  of  fine  flour 
 mingled  with  oil  for  a  meat-offering. 
 **°  One  golden  censer  of  ten  shekels,  full 
 of  incense.  **'  One  calf  of  the  herd,  one 
 ram,  one  he-lamb  of  a  year  old  for  a 
 whole-bumt-ofiering.     '^^And  one  kid 
 of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering.     ^^  And 
 for  a  sacrifice  of  peace-offering,  two 
 heifers,  five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five 
 ewe-lambs    of  a  year   old :    this  teas 
 the  gift  of  Achire  the   son  of  JEnan. 
 *^  This  was  the  dedication  of  the  altar 
 in   the  day  in   wliich  Moses   anoint- 
 ed it,  by  the  princes  of  the  sons  of 
 Israel,   twelve  silver  chargers,  twelve 
 silver   bowls,    twelve   golden  censers. 
 tfiPr.  one.        ^''^Each  chargcr  of  a  hun- 
 dred and  thirty  shekels,  and  each  bowl 
 of  seventy  shekels :  all  the  silver  of  the 
 vessels  was  two  thousand  four  hundred 
 shekels,  the  shekels  according  to  the 
 holy  shekel.     *'^  Twelve  golden  censers 
 full  of  incense :  all  the  gold  of  the  she- 
 kels, a  hundred    and  twenty  shekels, 
 t  Gr. cows.     **^A11  the  ^cattle  for  whole- 
 bumt-offerings,  twelve  calves,  twelve 
 rams,  twelve  he-lambs  of  a  year  old, 
 and    their    meat-offerings,   and    their 
 drink-offerincfs:  and  twelve  kids  of  the 
 
 goats  for  sin-offering.  ^^AU  the  cattle 
 for  a  sacrifice  of  peace-offering,  twenty- 
 four  heifers,  sixty  rams,  sixty  he-goats 
 of  a  year  old,  sixty  ewe-lambs  of  a  year 
 old  without  blemish:  this  is  the  dedi- 
 cation of  the  altar,  after  +  or.  fiued  ins 
 that  Moses  ^consecrated  ''*"'*^- 
 Aaron,  and  after  he  anointed  him. 
 
 •*'•*  When  Moses  went  into  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness  to  speak  to  ^  God,  then 
 he  heard  the  voice  of  the  +  or.  wm. 
 i^ord  speaking  to  him  from  off  the 
 mercy-seat,  wliich  is  upon  the  ark  of 
 the  testimony,  between  the  two  che- 
 rubs, and  he  spoke  to  him. 
 
 8.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  Speak  to  Aaron,  and  thou 
 shalt  say  to  him,  AVlienever  thou  shalt 
 set  the  lamps  in  order,  the  seven  lamps 
 shall  give  Hght  opposite  the  candle- 
 stick. ^And  Aaron  did  so:  on  one 
 side  opposite  the  candlestick  he  lit  its 
 lamps,  as  the  Lord  appointed  Moses. 
 "And  this  is  the  ^construe-  ^ent', ?r^^"*' 
 tion  of  the  candlestick:  it  rangement. 
 is  solid,  golden — its  stem,  and  its 
 Hlies — it  is  all  solid,  according  to  the 
 pattern  which  the  Lord  showed  Moses, 
 so  he  made  the  candlestick. 
 
 '^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  ]\Ioses, 
 saying,  ''Take  the  Lcvitcs  out  of  the 
 midst  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 thou  shalt  purify  them.  'And  thus 
 shalt  thou  perform  their  purification : 
 thou  shalt  sprinkle  them  with  water 
 of  purification,  and  a  razor  shall 
 come  upon  the  whole  of  their  body, 
 and  they  shall  wash  their  garments, 
 and  shall  be  clean.  **And  they  shall 
 take  one  calf  of  the  herd,  and  its  meat- 
 ollcring,  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil: 
 and  thou  shalt  take  a  calf  of  a  year 
 old  of  the  herd  for  a  sin-offering. 
 ■'And  thou  shalt  bring  the  Lcvitcs 
 before  the  tal)ernacle  of  witness;  and 
 thou  slialt  assemble  all  the  congrega- 
 tion of  the  sons  of  Israel.  '"And  thou 
 shalt  bring  the  Levites  before  the  Lord ; 
 and  the  sons  of  Israel  shall  lay  their 
 hands  upon  the  Levites.   ' '  And  Aaron 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  12. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  10. 
 
 shall  separate  tlic  Lcvitcs  for  a  gift 
 before  tlie  Lord  from  tlic  children  of 
 Israel:  and  they  shall  be  prepared  ^to 
 +  Gr.  so  as  to  perform  the  works  of  the 
 i>erforra.  Lord.     '^And  the  Levites 
 
 shall  lay  their  hands  on  the  heads  of 
 the  calves :  and  thon  shalt  offer  one  for 
 a  sin-offering,  and  the  other  for  a  whole- 
 burnt-offering  to  the  Lord,  to  make 
 atonement  for  them.  '^  And  thou  shalt 
 set  the  Levites  before  the  Lord,  and 
 before  Aaron,  and  before  his  sons,  and 
 thou  shalt  afive  them  as  a  aift  before 
 the  Lord.  ^""And  thou  shalt  separate 
 the  Levites  from  the  midst  of  the  sons 
 of  Israel,  and  they  shall  be  mine.  ^^And 
 afterwards  the  Levites  shall  go  in  to 
 perform  the  works  of  the  tabernacle  of 
 witness:  and  thou  shalt  purify  them, 
 and  present  them  before  the  Lord. 
 '••For  these  are  given  to  me  for  a  pre- 
 sent out  of  the  midst  of  the  children  of 
 Israel:  I  have  taken  them  to  myself 
 instead  of  all  the  first-born  of  the  sons 
 of  Israel  that  open  every  womb.  '^For 
 every  first-born  among  the  children  of 
 Israel  is  mine,  wliether  of  man  or 
 beast:  in  the  day  in  which  I  smote 
 every  first-born  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
 I  sanctified  them  to  myself. 
 
 '^And  I  took  the  Levites  in  the 
 place  of  every  first-born  among  the 
 cliildren  of  Israel.  '^And  I  gave  the 
 Levites  presented  as  a  gift  to  Aaron 
 and  his  sons  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  to  do  the  service  of 
 the  children  of  Israel  in  the  tabernacle 
 of  witness,  and  to  make  atonement  for 
 the  children  of  Israel  :  thus  tliere  shall 
 be  none  among  the  sons  of  Israel  to 
 draw  nigh  to  the  holy  things.  ^"^  And 
 ]\Ioscs  and  Aaron  and  all  the  congre- 
 gation of  the  children  of  Israel  did  to 
 the  Levites  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 Moses  concerning  the  Levites,  so  the 
 sons  of  Israel  did  to  them.  ^'  So  the 
 Levites  purified  themselves  and  washed 
 their  garments;  and  Aaron  presented 
 them  as  a  gift  before  the  Lord,  and 
 Aaron  made  atonement  for  them  to 
 
 ]uu-ify  them.     -^And    afterwards   the 
 1.".:) 
 
 Levites  went  in  to  minister  in  their 
 service  in  the  tabernacle  of  witness 
 before  Aaron,  and  before  his  sons;  as 
 the  Lord  appointed  Moses  concerning 
 the  Levites,  so  they  did  to  them. 
 
 '^^  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^^  This  is  the  ordinance  lor  the 
 Levites;  From  five  and  twenty  years 
 old  and  upward,  they  shall  go  in  to 
 ^  minister  in  the  tabernacle  t  or.  do  the 
 of  witness.      ^s  j^^^^   f^.^^^  work. 
 
 fifty  years  old  the  Levite  shall  cease 
 from  the  ministry,  and  shall  not  work 
 any  longer.  '^^  And  his  brother  shall 
 serve  in  the  tabernacle  of  witness  to 
 keep  charges,  but  he  shall  not  do 
 works :  so  shalt  thou  do  to  the  Levites 
 in  their  charges. 
 
 9.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  in 
 the  wilderness  of  Sina  in  the  second 
 year  after  they  had  gone  forth  from 
 the  land  of  Egypt,  in  the  first  month, 
 saying,  '-^  Speak,  and  let  the  children  of 
 Israel  keep  the  passover  in  its  season. 
 ^  On  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  first 
 month  at  even,  thou  shalt  keep  it  in 
 its  season,  thou  shalt  keep  it  according 
 to  its  law,  and  according  to  its  ordi- 
 nance. ■*  And  Moses  ordered  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  to  sacrifice  the  passover, 
 ^  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  tlie  first 
 month  in  the  wilderness  of  Sina,  as  the 
 Lord  appointed  Moses,  so  the  children 
 of  Israel  did.  ''And  there  came  men 
 who  were  unclean  by  reason  of  a  dead 
 body,  and  they  were  not  able  to  keep 
 the  passover  on  that  day  :  and  they 
 came  before  Moses  and  Aaron  on  that 
 day.  ^  And  those  men  said  to  ^  JNIoses, 
 AVe  are  unclean  by  reason  of  +  or.  him. 
 the  dead  body  of  a  man:  shall  wc 
 therefore  fail  to  offer  the  gift  to  the 
 Lord  in  its  season  in  the  midst  of  the 
 chiklren  of  Israel  ?  *  And  Moses  said 
 to  them.  Stand  there,  and  I  will  hear 
 what  charge  the  Lord  will  give  con- 
 cerning you.  ^And  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 Moses,  saying,  '"  Speak  to  the  childi'cn 
 of  Israel,  saying,  Wliatever  man  shall 
 be  unclean  by  reason  of  a  dead  body, 
 
Chap.  ix.  u.  11. 
 
 NUMBEKS. 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  10. 
 
 or  on  a  journey  far  off,  among  you,  or 
 among  your  posterity;  he  shall  then 
 keep  the  passover  to  the  Lord,  "in  the 
 second  month,  on  the  lourteenth  day; 
 in  the  evening  they  shall  olFer  it,  with 
 unleavened  bread  and  bitter  herbs  shall 
 they  eat  it.  ^^  They  shall  not  leave  of 
 it  imtil  the  morrow,  and  they  shall  not 
 break  a  bone  of  it ;  they  shall  sacrifice 
 it  according  to  the  ordinance  of  the 
 passover.  '-^And  whatsoever  man  shall 
 be  clean,  and  is  not  far  off  on  a  journey, 
 and  shall  fail  to  keep  the  passover,  that 
 soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  his  people, 
 because  he  has  not  offered  the  gift  to 
 the  Lord  in  its  season:  that  man  shall 
 bear  his  iniqiuty.  '*  And  if  there 
 should  come  to  you  a  stranger  in  your 
 land,  and  should  keep  the  passover  to 
 the  Lord,  he  shall  keep  it  according  to 
 the  law  of  the  passover  and  according 
 to  its  ordinance  :  there  shall  be  one 
 law  for  you,  and  for  the  stranger,  and 
 for  tlic  native  of  the  land. 
 
 '"''And  in  the  day  in  wliich  the  taber- 
 nacle was  pitched  the  cloud  covered 
 i  Gr.  house,  the  tabcrnaclc,  the  ^  place 
 of  the  testimony;  and  in  the  evening 
 there  was  upon  the  tabernacle  as  the 
 appearance  of  fire  till  the  morning. 
 '^  So  it  was  continually :  the  cloud 
 covered  it  by  day,  and  tlie  appearance 
 of  fire  by  night.  '^Ajid  when  the 
 cloud  went  up  from  the  tabernacle, 
 then  after  that  the  children  of  Israel 
 departed;  and  in  whatever  place  the 
 cloud  rested,  there  the  children  of 
 Israel  encamped.  '**  The  children  of 
 Israel  shall  encamp  by  the  command  of 
 the  Lord,  and  by  the  command  of  the 
 Lord  they  shall  remove:  all  the  days 
 in  which  the  cloud  overshadows  tlie 
 tabernacle,  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
 encamp.  ''•'i\jid  whenever  the  cloud 
 shall  be  drawn  over  tlie  tabernacle  for 
 many  days,  then  the  children  of  Israel 
 shall  keep  the  charge  of  God,  and  they 
 shall  not  remove.  '^"And  it  shall  be 
 +  Gr.  days  by  whenever  the  cloud  over- 
 number,  shadows  the  tabcniaclc  '  a 
 number  of  days,  they  shall  encamp  by 
 
 the  word  of  the  Lord,  and  shall  re- 
 move by  the  command  of  the  Lord. 
 '-'  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  whenever 
 the  cloud  shall  remain  from  the  even- 
 ing till  tlie  morninw,  and  in  the  morn- 
 ingthe  cloud  shall  go  up,  then  shall  they 
 remove  by  day  or  by  night.    ^-  A\'hen 
 
 the  cloud   continues   ^a  full    tOr,  more  than 
 
 month  overshadowing  the  a  month,  d'd' 
 tabernacle,  the  childi'en  of  - 
 Israel  shall  encamp,  and  shall  not  de- 
 part. ^^  For  they  shall  depart  by  the 
 command  of  the  Lord : — they  kept  the 
 charge  of  the  Lord  by  the  command 
 of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 
 
 10.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  Make  to  thyself  two  silver 
 trumpets :  thou  shalt  make  them  of 
 beaten  work ;  and  they  shall  be  to  thee 
 for  the  purpose  of  calhng  the  assembly, 
 and  of  removing  the  ^  camps.    ^  '■  f  •  ^^^  suc- 
 
 ^And  thou  shalt  SOimd  with    campments. 
 
 them,  and  all  the  congregation  shall  be 
 gathered  to  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
 of  witness.  ■*  And  if  they  shall  sound 
 mth  one,  all  the  nilers  even  the  princes 
 of  Israel  shall  come  to  thee.  ^  And  ye 
 shall  somid  an  alarm,  and  the  camps 
 pitched  eastward  shall  begin  to  move. 
 ^And  ye  shall  sound  a  second  alarm, 
 and  the  camps  pitched  southward  shall 
 move ;  and  ye  shall  sound  a  third 
 alann,  and  the  camps  pitched  westward 
 shall  move  forward :  and  ye  shall  sound 
 a  fourth  alarm,  and  they  that  encamp 
 toward  the  north  shall  move  forward: 
 they  shall  sound  an  alarm  at  their  de- 
 parture. ^  And  whenever  ye  shall 
 gather  the  assembly,  ye  shall  sound, 
 but  not  an  alarm.  ^And  the  priests 
 the  sons  of  Aaron  sliall  sound  with  the 
 trumpets :  and  it  shall  be  a  perpetual 
 ordinance  for  you  througliout  your  ge- 
 nerations. ^  And  if  ye  shall  go  forth 
 to  war  in  your  land  against  your  ene- 
 mies that  oppose  you,  then  shall  ye 
 sound  -with  the  trumpets,  and  ye  shall 
 be  had  in  remembrance  before  the 
 Lord;  and  ye  shall  be  saved  from  your 
 enemies.     '"And  in  the  days  of  your 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  11. 
 
 NUMBER  S. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  3. 
 
 gladness,  and  in  your  feasts,  and  in 
 your  new  moons,  ye  shall  sound  with 
 th«  trumpets  at  your  whole-burnt- 
 ofFerings,  and  at  the  sacrifices  of  your 
 peacc-ofFerings  :  and  there  shall  be  a 
 memorial  for  you  before  your  God :  I 
 am  the  Lord  your  God. 
 
 "And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  second 
 year,  in  the  second  month,  on  the 
 twentieth  day  of  the  month,  the  cloud 
 went  up  from  the  tabernacle  of  wit- 
 ness. '^And  the  children  of  Israel  set 
 forward  with  their  baggage  in  the 
 Avilderness  of  Sina ;  and  the  cloud 
 rested  in  the  wilderness  of  Pharan. 
 '^  And  the  first  rank  departed  by  the 
 word  of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of 
 Moses.  '■*And  they  first  set  in  motion 
 the  order  of  the  camp  of  the  children 
 of  Juda  with  their  host ;  and  over  their 
 host  was  Naasson,  son  of  Aminadab. 
 '•'And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of 
 the  sons  of  Issachar,  tvas  Nathanacl 
 son  of  Sogar.  *^And  over  the  host  of 
 the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Zabulon,  tvas 
 Eliab  the  son  of  Chselon.  ^^And  they 
 shall  take  down  the  tabernacle,  and 
 the  sons  of  Gedson  shall  set  forward, 
 and  tlie  sons  of  Merari,  who  bear  the 
 tabernacle.  '*  And  the  order  of  the 
 camp  of  Ruben  set  forward  with  their 
 host;  and  over  their  host  was  Elisur 
 the  son  of  Sediur.  ^^  And  over  the 
 host  of  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Symeon, 
 was  Salamiel  son  of  Surisadai.  ^°And 
 over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Gad,  was  Elisaph  the  son  of 
 Raguel.  ^'  And  the  sons  of  Kaath 
 shall  set  forward  bearing  the  holy 
 lo^tls^'lfd-  tilings,  and  the  others  '  shall 
 the  Merarites.  set  up  the  tabernacle  until 
 mm-^.  '  they  arrive.  ^^  And  the 
 order  of  the  camp  of  Ephraim  shall  set 
 forward  with  their  forces  ;  and  over 
 their  forces  zvas  Elisama  the  son  of 
 Semiud.  ^' And  over  the  forces  of  the 
 tribe  of  the  sons  of  Manasse,  was  Ga- 
 maHel  the  son  of  Phadassur.  ^^And 
 over  the  forces  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Benjamin,  teas  Abidan  the  son 
 of  Gadeoni.     '^^  And  the  order  of  the 
 
 camp  of  the  sons  of  Dan  shall  set  for- 
 ward the  last  of  all  the  camps,  with 
 their  forces :  and  over  their  forces  was 
 Achiezer  the  son  of  Amisadai.  ^''And 
 over  the  forces  of  the  tribe  of  the  sons 
 of  Aser,  was  Phageel  the  son  of  Ech- 
 ran.  ^^And  over  the  forces  of  the  tribe 
 of  the  sons  of  Nephthali,  was  Achire 
 the  son  of  ^nan.  ^^  These  are  the 
 armies  of  the  children  of  Israel;  and 
 they  set  forward  with  their  forces. 
 
 ^^And  Moses  said  to  Obad  the  son 
 of  Raguel  the  Madianite,  the  father- 
 in-law  of  Moses,  We  are  going  forward 
 to  the  place  concerning  which  the  Lord 
 said,  This  will  I  give  to  you:  Come 
 with  us,  and  we  will  do  thee  good,  for 
 the  Lord  has  spokeu  good  concerning 
 Israel.  ^°  And  he  said  to  him,  I  will 
 not  go,  but  /  will  go  to  my  land  and 
 to  my  kindred.  ^^  And  he  said,  Leave 
 us  not,  because  thou  hast  been  with  us 
 in  the  wilderness,  and  thou  shalt  be  an 
 elder  among  us.  ^^And  it  shall  come 
 to  pass  if  thou  wilt  go  with  us,  it  shall 
 even  come  to  pass  that  in  whatsoever 
 things  the  Lord  shall  do  us  good,  we 
 will  also  do  thee  good. 
 
 ^^And  they  departed  from  the  mount 
 of  the  Lord  a  three  days'  journey;  and 
 the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord 
 went  before  them  a  three  days' journey 
 to  provide  rest  for  them.  ^^  ^^^^  And  it 
 came  to  pass  when  the  ark  set  forward, 
 that  Moses  said,  Arise,"  0  Lord,  and 
 let  thine  enemies  be  scattered,  let  all 
 that  hate  thee  flee.  ^•^'^'^^And  in  the 
 resting  he  said.  Turn  again,  0  Lord, 
 the  thousands  anc?tens  of  thousands  in 
 Israel.  ^^^^'^'And  the  cloud  oversha- 
 dowed the  mby  day,  when  they  de- 
 parted from  the  camp. 
 
 1 1 .  And  the  people  murmured  sin- 
 fully before  the  Lord;  and  the  Lord 
 heard  them  and  was  very  angry;  and 
 fire  was  kindled  among  them  from  the 
 Lord,  and  devoured  a  part  of  the 
 camp.  ^  And  the  people  cried  to  Moses : 
 and  Moses  prayed  to  the  Lord,  and  the 
 fire  was  quenched.  ^  And  the  name  of  that 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  4. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  26. 
 
 +  Gr.  lusted 
 a  lust. 
 
 place  was  called  ^  Burning ;  for  a  fire 
 *  Heb.  Tabe-  waskiudledamong  themfrom 
 ■■*''•  the  Lord.   "^  And  "the  mixed 
 
 multitude  among  them  *  lusted  exceed- 
 ingly ;  and  they  and  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  sat  down  and 
 wept  and  said,  Wlio  shall  give  us  flesh 
 to  eat?  *We  remember  the  fish 
 which  we  ate  in  Egypt  freely,  and  tlie 
 cucumbers,  and  the  ^melons,  and  the 
 +  Or,  pump-  leeks,  and  the  garhc,  and 
 ^'^'  the  onions.     *'  But  now  our 
 
 soul  is  dried  up;  our  eyes  turn  to 
 nothing  but  to  the  manna.  ^  And  the 
 manna  is  as  coriander  seed,  and  tlie 
 appearance  of  it  the  appearance  of 
 hoar-frost.  ^  And  the  people  went 
 through  the  field,  and  gathered,  and 
 ground  it  in  the  mill,  or  pounded  it  in 
 a  mortar,  and  baked  it  in  a  pan,  and 
 made  cakes  of  it :  and  the  sweetness  of 
 it  was  as  the  taste  o/"  wafer  made  with 
 oil.  ^And  when  the  dew  came  upon 
 the  camp  by  night  the  manna  came 
 down  upon  it:  '"and  Moses  heard 
 them  weeping  by  their  families,  every 
 one  in  his  door:  and  the  Lord  was 
 very  angry;  and  the  thing  was  evil  in 
 the  sight  of  IMoses.  "And  JMoses  said 
 to  the  Lord,  Wliy  hast  thou  afflicted  i 
 thy  servant,  and  why  have  I  not  found 
 grace  in  thy  sight,  that  thou  shouldest 
 lay  the  weight  of  this  people  upon  me  ? 
 '^  Have  I  conceived  all  this  people,  or 
 have  I  borne  them?  that  thou  sayest 
 to  me.  Take  them  into  thy  bosom,  as 
 a  nurse  would  take  her  suckhng,  into 
 the  land  which  thou  sworest  to  their 
 lathers?  "'Whence  can  1  have  flesh 
 to  give  to  all  this  people?  for  they 
 weep  to  me,  saying,  Give  us  flesh, 
 that  wc  may  eat.  '■*  1  shall  not  be  able 
 to  bear  this  people  alone,  for  this 
 thing  is  too  heavy  for  me.  '^And  if 
 thoudoest  thus  to  me,  sl;iymc  utterly, 
 il'  I  have  foimd  favour  Avith  thee,  that 
 I  may  not  see  my  affliction.  '^  And 
 the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Gather  me 
 seventy  men  from  the  elders  of  Israel, 
 whom  thou  thyself  knowest,  that  they 
 are  the  elders  of  the  people,  and  their 
 
 scribes :  and  thou  shalt  bring  them  to 
 tlie  tabernacle  of  witness,  and  they  shall 
 stand  there  with  thee.     '^  And  I  will 
 go  down,  and  speak   therewith  thee; 
 and   I  will  take  of  the  spirit  that   is 
 upon  thee,  and  will  put  it  upon  them ; 
 and  they  shall  bear  together  with  thee 
 the  ^burden  of  the  people,    +  or, impetus, 
 and  thou  shalt  not  bear  them  alone. 
 '^And  to  the   people  thou  shalt  say, 
 Purify  yourselves  for  the  morrow,  and 
 ye  shall  eat  flesh ;  for  ye  wept  before 
 the  Lord,  saying,  Wlio  shall  give  us 
 flesh  to  eat  ?  for  it  ^  was  well    +  cr.  is. 
 with  us  in  Egypt :  and  the  Lord  shall 
 allow  you  to  eat  flesh,  and  ye  shall  eat 
 flesh.     ^'^  Ye  shall  not  eat  one  day,  nor 
 tAvo,  nor  five  days,  nor  ten  days,  nor 
 twenty  days ;  ^"  ye  shall  eat  for  a  ^  full 
 month,  until  thejlesh  come    +Gr. a  month 
 out  at  your  nostrils;    and  °^^^y^- 
 it  shall  be  ^nausea  to  you,    +li7.  cholera, 
 because  ye  disobeyed  the  Lord,  who 
 is  among  you,  and  wept  before  him, 
 saying.  What  had  we  to  do  to  come 
 out  of  Egypt?  '^'  And  Moses  said,  The 
 people   among   whom    I  am  are   six 
 hundred  thousand  footmen;  and  thou 
 saidst,  I  will  give  them  flesh  to  eat,  and 
 they  shall  eat  a  whole  month.    ^^  Shall 
 sheep  and  oxen  be  .slain  for  them,  and 
 shall  it  suffice  them?  or  shall  all  the 
 fish  of  the  sea  be  gathered  together 
 for  them,  and  shall  it  suffice  tliem? 
 ^^And  the  Lord  said  to  IMoses,  Shall 
 not  the  hand   of  the    Lord  be  fully 
 sufficient?  now  shalt  thou  know  whe- 
 ther my  word  shall  ^  come    t  or.  wiu 
 to  pass  to  thee  or  not.  '^''And  "^ertake  thee. 
 Moses  went  out,  and  spoke  the  words 
 of  the  Lord  to  the   people;    and  he 
 gathered  seventy  men  of  the  elders  of 
 the    people,  and   he  set   them  round 
 about  the  tabernacle.  '■^'"'And  the  Lord 
 came  down  in  a  cloud,  and  spoke  to 
 him,   and  took  of  the  spirit  that  was 
 upon  him,  and  put  it  upon  the  seventy 
 men   that  were  elders :  and  when  the 
 spirit    rested    upon    them,    they  pro- 
 phesied and  ceased.    "•^^And  there  were 
 two  men  left  in  the  camp,  the  name 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  27. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xiii. 
 
 of  tlie  one  was  Elclad,  and  the  name  of 
 the  other  jNIodad ;  and  the  spirit  rested 
 upon  them,  and  these  were  of  the 
 niunber  of  them  that  were  enrolled, 
 but  they  did  not  come  to  the  taber- 
 nacle; and  they  prophesied  in  the 
 camp.  ^^  And  a  yoimg  man  ran  and 
 told  Moses,  and  spoke,  saying,  Eldad 
 and  ]\Iodad  prophesy  in  the  camp. 
 ^^  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Naue,  who 
 attended  on  Moses,  the  chosen  one, 
 said,  1712/  Lord  Moses,  forbid  them. 
 ^^And  Moses  said  to  him.  Art  thou 
 jealous  on  my  account?  and  would 
 that  all  the  Lord's  people  were  pro- 
 phets; whenever  the  Lord  shall  put 
 liis  spirit  upon  them.  ^''And  Moses 
 departed  into  the  camp,  liimself  and 
 the  elders  of  Israel. 
 
 ^'  And  there  went  forth  a  wind  from 
 the  Lord,  and  brought  quails  over 
 from  the  sea,  and  it  brought  them 
 do^\Ti  upon  the  camp  a  day's  journey 
 on  this  side,  and  a, day's  journey  on 
 that  side,  round  about  the  camp,  as  it 
 were  two  cubits  from  the  earth.  ^^And 
 the  people  rose  up  all  the  day,  and  all 
 the  night,  and  all  the  next  day,  and 
 gathered    quails;    he    that    gathered 
 
 tCi-.  uttie.      '^  least,  gathered  ten  ^mea- 
 
 tGr. cors.  sures;  and  they  ^refreshed 
 ed  refresh-^***  thcmselvcs  rouud  about  the 
 merits  to  camp.    ^^  Tlic  flesli  was  vct 
 
 He/j.  spread     bctwccn  their  teeth,  before 
 
 !,i?'ir'!il',L-.«  it  failed,  when  the  Lord  was 
 
 wroth  with  the  people,  and 
 
 the  Lord  smote  the  people  with  a  very 
 
 great  plague.     ^"^And  the  name  of  that 
 
 +  Heb.  place  was  called  the  ^Graves 
 
 KuToth-hat-         •11  IT  11 
 
 taavah.  ncd  the  people  that  lusted. 
 
 ^^  The  people  departed  from  the  Graves 
 t  Gr.  were  in.  of  Lust  to  Ascroth ;  and  the 
 people  *  halted  at  Ascroth. 
 
 12.  And  Mariam  and  Aaron  spoke 
 against  Moses,  because  of  the  Ethiopian 
 woman  whom  j\Ioses  took,  for  he  had 
 taken  an  Ethiopian  woman.  "^  And 
 they  said,  Has  the  Lord  spoken  to  Mo- 
 ses only  ?  has  he  not  also  spoken  to  us  ? 
 
 and  the  Lord  heard  it.    ^And  the  man 
 j\loses  was  very  meek  beyond  all  the 
 men  that  were  upon  the  earth.    ''And 
 the  Lord  said   immediately  to  IVIoses 
 and  Aaron   and  ]\Iariam,  Come  forth 
 ■"^all  three  of  you  to  the  taber-+o-thethree. 
 nacle  of  witness.  '^And  the  three  came 
 forth  to  the  tabernacle  of  witness ;  and 
 the  Lord  descended  in   a  pillar  of  a 
 cloud,  and  stood  at   the  door  of  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness;  and  Aaron  and 
 Mariam  were  called;   and  both  came 
 forth.     ^And  he  said  to  them,  Hear 
 my  words, :  if  there  shoidd  be  of  you 
 a  prophet  to  the  Lord,  I  will  be  made 
 known  to  him  in  a  vision,  and  m  sleep 
 ■will    I    speak   to  him.     ^  My  servant 
 IVIoses  is  not  so,  he  is  faithful  in  all 
 my  house.  *  I  will  speak  to  liim  mouth 
 to  mouth  apparently,  and  not  in  dark 
 speeches,  and  he  has  seen  the  glory  of 
 the    Lord  ;     and   why   were   ye    not 
 afraid   to    speak    against  my   servant 
 Moses  ?   ^  And  the  great  anger  of  the 
 Lord  was  upon  them,  and  he  departed. 
 ^"And  the  cloud   departed   from  the 
 tabernacle;    and   behold  Mariam  was 
 leprous,   ivhite  as    snow,    and    Aaron 
 looked  upon  Mariam,  and,  behold,  she 
 was   leprous.     ''And   Aaron   said  to 
 Moses,  I  beseech  thee,  my  lord,  do  not 
 lay  sin  upon  us,  for  we  were  ignorant 
 wherein  we  sinned.     '^  Let  it  not  be 
 as  it  were  Hke    death,  as  an  abortion 
 coming  out  of  his  mother's  Vomb,  when 
 the  disease  devoiu's  the  half"  of  the  flesh. 
 '^And  Moses  cried  to  the  Lord,  say- 
 ing, 0  God,  I  beseech  thee,  heal  her. 
 '''And    the  Lord    said    to    Moses,  If 
 her  father  had  only  spit  in  her  face, 
 ^  would  she  not  be  ashamed    +  or.  wiu. 
 seven  days?  let  her  be  set  apart  seven 
 days  without  the  camp,  and  afterwards 
 she  shall  come  in.   '^And  Mariam  was 
 separated   without    the    camp    seven 
 days;  and  the  people  moved  not  for- 
 ward till  Mariam  was  cleansed. 
 
 13.  And  afterwards  the  people  set 
 forward  from  Aseroth,  and  encamped 
 in  the  wilderness  of  Pharan.  ^And  the 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  3. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  33. 
 
 Lord  spoke  to  iVIoses,  sa3ring,  ^  Send 
 for  thee  men,  and  let  them  spy  the 
 land  of  the  Chananites,  which  1  give 
 to  the  sons  of  Israel  for  a  possession; 
 one  man  for  a  tribe,  thou  shalt  send 
 them  away  according  to  their  famihes, 
 every  one  of  them  a  prince.  ^  And 
 Moses  sent  them  out  of  the  wilderness 
 of  Pharan  by  the  word  of  the  Lord; 
 all  these  ive7-e  the  princes  of  the  sons 
 of  Israel.  ^  And  these  are  their  names : 
 of  the  tribe  of  Euben,  Samuel  the  son 
 Zachur.  ^  Of  the  tribe  of  Symeon, 
 Saphat,  the  son  of  Suri.  ^  Of  the  tribe 
 of  Judah,  Chaleb,  the  son  of  Jephonne. 
 *  Of  the  tribe  of  Issachar,  Ilaal  the  son 
 of  Joseph.  ^Of  the  tribe  of  Epliruim, 
 Ause,  tlie  son  oi"  Naue.  '"  Of  the  tribe 
 of  Benjamin,  Phalti  the  son  of  liaphu. 
 "  Of  the  tribe  of  Zabulon,  Gudiel  the 
 son  of  Sudi.  '^  Of  the  tribe  of  Joseph 
 of  the  sons  of  Manasse,  Gaddi  the  son 
 of  Susi.  '^  Of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  Amiel 
 the  son  of  GamaH.  '"*  Of  the  tribe  of 
 Aser,  Sathur  the  son  of  Michael.  ^^  Of 
 the  tribe  of  NephthaH,  Nabi  the  son  of 
 Sabi.  •«  Of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  Gudiel 
 the  son  of  Macchi.  '^  These  are  the 
 names  of  the  men  whom  INIoscs  sent  to 
 spy  out  the  land:  and  Moses  called 
 Ause  the  son  of  Naue,  Joshua.  '**And 
 Moses  sent  them  to  spy  out  the  land  of 
 Chanaan,  and  said  to  them,  Go  up  by 
 this  wilderness,  and  ye  shall  go  up  to 
 the  mountain,  ^^  And  ye  shall  see  the 
 land,  what  it  is,  and  the  people  that 
 dwells  on  it,  whether  it  is  strong  or 
 weak,  or  whether  they  are  few  or 
 many.  '^"And  what  the  land  is  on 
 which  they  dwell,  ivhether  it  is  good 
 or  bad ;  and  what  the  cities  are  wherein 
 these  dwell,  whether  they  dwell  in 
 walled  cities  or  un  walled.  '^'  And  what 
 the  land  is  whether  rich  or  *poor: 
 +  Gr.  q.  d.       whether  thcr(>  are  trees  in 
 
 neglected.  -^   ^^^   ^^.   .^,^J  ^^  j,]^^|^   p^.j.. 
 
 severe  and  take  of  the  Iruits  of  tlie 
 land :  and  the  days  were  the  days  of 
 spring,  the  forerunners  of  the  grape. 
 
 ^'^  And  they  Avent  up  and  surveyed 
 the  land  from  the  wilderness  of  Sin 
 
 unto  Rhoob,  as  men  go  in  to  -^math. 
 -^  And  they  went  up  by  the  wilderness, 
 and  departed  as  far  as  Chebron,  and 
 there  was  Achiman,  and  Sessi,  and 
 Thelami,  the  progeny  of  Enach.  Xow 
 Chebron  was  built  seven  years  before 
 Tanin  of  Egypt.  ^*  And  they  came  to 
 the  valley  of  the  cluster  and  surveyed 
 it :  and  they  cut  down  thence  a  bough 
 and  one  cluster  of  grapes  iipon  it,  and 
 bore  it  on  staves,  and  they  took  of  the 
 pomegranates  and  the  figs.  -''  And  they 
 called  that  place,  The  valley  of  the 
 cluster,  because  of  the  cluster  which 
 the  children  of  Israel  cut  down  from 
 thence.  ^''And  they  returned  from 
 thence,  having  surveyed  the  land,  after 
 forty  days.  '"  And  they  proceeded  and 
 came  to  ]\Ioses  and  Aaron  and  all  the 
 congi-egation  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
 to  the  wilderness  of  Pharan  Kades :  and 
 they  brought  word  to  them  and  to  all 
 the  congregation,  and  they  showed  the 
 frmt  of  the  land:  ^**and  they  reported 
 to  him,  and  said.  We  came  into  the 
 land  into  which  thou  sentest  us,  a  land 
 flowing  with  milk  and  honey;  and 
 this  is  the  fruit  of  it.  ^^Only  the 
 nation  that  dwells  upon  it  is  bold,  and 
 they  have  very  great  and  strong  walled 
 towns,  and  we  saw  there  the  children 
 of  Enach.  ^'^  And  Amalcc  dwells  in  the 
 land  toward  the  south ;  and  the  Chet- 
 tite  and  the  Evite,  and  the  Jebusite, 
 and  the  Amorite  dwells  in  the  hill 
 country :  and  the  Chananite  dwells  by 
 the  sea,  and  by  the  river  rlordan.  ^'And 
 Chaleb  stayed  the  people  from  speak- 
 ing ^  before  ]\loses,  and  said  +  or,  to. 
 to  him.  Nay,  but  we  Avill  go  up  by  all 
 means,  and  will  inherit  it,  for  we  shall 
 surely  prevail  against  them.  ^^But  the 
 men  that  went  up  together  with  him 
 said,  We  ^  will  not  go  up,  +  Or.  do  not. 
 for  we  shall  not  by  any  means  be  able 
 to  go  up  against  the  nation,  for  it  is 
 much  stronger  than  we.  •''•^And  they 
 brought  a  horror  of  that  land  which 
 they  surveyed  upon  the  children  of 
 Israel,  saying.  The  land  which  we 
 passed  by  to  survey  it,  is  a  land  that 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  34. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  25. 
 
 eats  lip  its  inliabitants,  and  all  tlie ' 
 people  whom  we  saw  in  it  are  men  of 
 extraordinary  stature.  ^''And  there 
 we  saAV  the  giants,  and  we  were  before 
 them  as  locusts,  yea  even  so  were  we 
 before  them. 
 
 14.  And  all  the  congregation  lifted 
 up  their  voice  and  cried;  and  the 
 people  wept  all  that  night.  ^And  all 
 the  children  of  Israel  murmured  against 
 Moses  and  Aaron ;  and  all  the  congre- 
 gation said  to  them,  ^  Would  we  had 
 died  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  or  in  this 
 wilderness,  would  we  had  died:  and 
 why  does  the  Lord  bring  us  into  this 
 land  to  fall  in  war  ?  our  wives  and  our 
 cliildren  shall  be  for  a  prey :  now  then 
 it  is  better  to  return  into  Egypt.  ^  And 
 they  said  one  to  another.  Let  us  make 
 a  ruler,  and  return  into  Egypt.  ^And 
 Moses  and  Aaron  fell  upon  their  flice 
 before  all  the  cono-regation  of  the  chil- 
 dren  of  Israel. 
 
 ^But  Joshua  the  son  of  Naue,  and 
 Chaleb  the  son  of  Jephonne  of  the 
 number  of  them  that  spied  out  the  land 
 rent  their  garments,  ^and  spoke  to  all 
 the  cono'resfation  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  saying.  The  land  which  we  sur- 
 veyed is  indeed  extremely  good.  ^  If 
 the  Lord  choose  us,  he  will  bring  us 
 into  this  land,  and  give  it  us;  a  land 
 which  flows  with  milk  and  honey. 
 ^  Only  depart  not  from  the  Lord,  and 
 fear  ye  not  the  people  of  the  land,  for 
 they  are  meat  for  us :  for  the  season  of 
 jprosperity  is  departed  from  them,  but 
 the  Lord  is  among  us;  fear  them  not. 
 ^"And  all  the  congregation  bade  stone 
 them  with  stones :  and  the  glory  of  the 
 Lord  appeared  in  the  cloud  on  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness  to  all  the  children 
 of  Israel.  ^^And  the  Lord  said  to 
 Moses,  How  long  does  tliis  people  pro- 
 voke me?  and  how  long  do  they  '^re- 
 +  Gr.  not  be-  fusc  to  bcHeve  me  for  all 
 
 Ueveme.  ^|^g     g-^^g     ^|^-^|^     j     j^^^^ 
 
 wrought  among  them?  '^I  will  smite 
 them  with  death,  and  destroy  them, 
 and  I  will  make  of  thee  and  of  thy 
 
 father's  house  a  great  nation,  and  much 
 greater  than  this.     ^^And  Moses  said 
 to  the  Lord,  So  Egypt  shall  hear,  for 
 thou  hast  brought  up  this  people  from 
 them  by  thy  might.     '*  Moreover  all 
 the  dwellers  upon  this  land  have  lieard 
 that  thou  art  Lord  in  the  midst  of  this 
 people,  who,  0  Lord,  art  seen  hy  themX^ 
 iace  to  face,  and  thy  cloud  rests  upon 
 them,  and  thou  goest  before  them  by 
 day  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud,  and  by  night 
 in  a  pillar  of  fire.     ^^  And  if  Xhou  shalt 
 destroy  this  nation  as  one  man :  then 
 all  the  nations  that  have   heard  thy 
 name   shall  speak,  saying,    ^^  Because 
 the  Lord  could  not  bring  this  people 
 into  the  land  which  he  swore  to  them, 
 he  has  overthrown  them  in  the  wilder- 
 ness.     ^^And   now,   0   Lord,  let  thy 
 strength  be  exalted,  as  thou  spokest, 
 saying,  ^^The   Lord  is  long-suffering 
 and  merciful,  and  true,  removing  trans- 
 gressions and  iniquities  and  sins,  and 
 he  will  by  no  means  clear  the  guilty, 
 visiting  the  sins  of  the  fathers  upon 
 the  children  to  the  tliird  and  fourth 
 generation.  ^^  Forgive  this  people  their 
 sin  according  to  thy  great  mercy,  as 
 thou  wast  favourable   to   them    from 
 Egypt  until  now.     ^''And  the   Lord 
 said  to  Moses,  I  am  gracious  to  them 
 according  to  thy  word.     ^^But  as  I 
 live  and   my  name  is  living,   so  the 
 glory  of  the  Lord  shall  fill  all  the  earth. 
 "^  For  all  the  men  who  see  my  glory, 
 and  the    signs  which    I   wrought   in 
 Egypt,  and  in  the  wilderness,  and  have 
 tempted  me  this  tenth  time,  and  have 
 not  hearkened  to  my  voice,  ^^  surely 
 they  shall  not  see  the  land,  whicli  I 
 swore  to  their  fathers;  but  their  chil- 
 dren which  are  Avith  me  here,  as  many 
 as  know  not  good  or  evil,  every  inex- 
 perienced youth,  to  them  will  I  give 
 the  land,  but  none  who  have  provoked 
 me  shall  sec  it.  '^^  But  my  servant  Cha- 
 leb, because  there  was  another  spirit  in 
 him,  and  he  followed  me,  I  will  bring 
 him  into  the  land  into  which  he  entered, 
 and  his    seed  shall  inherit  it.     ^'^But 
 Amalec  and  the  Chananite  dwell  in 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  26. 
 
 NUMBERS, 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  6. 
 
 the  valley :  to-morrow  turn  and  depart 
 for  the  wilderness  by  the  way  of  the 
 Red  Sea.  -"^And  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 Moses  and  Aaron,  saying,  '^~  How  long 
 shall  I  endure  this  wicked  congrega- 
 tion? I  have  heard  their  murmurings 
 against  me,  even  the  murmuring  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  which  they  have 
 murmured  concerning  you.  '^^  Say  to 
 them.  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord:  surely 
 as  ye  spoke  into  my  ears,  so  will  I  do 
 to  you.  ^^Your  carcases  shall  fall  in 
 this  wilderness;  and  all  those  of  you 
 that  were  reviewed,  and  those  of  you 
 that  were  numbered  from  twenty  years 
 old  and  upward,  all  that  murmured 
 against  me.  ^"  Ye  shall  not  enter  into 
 tlie  land  for  which  I  stretched  out  my 
 hand  to  establish  you  upon  it;  except 
 only  Chaleb  the  son  of  Jephonne,  and 
 Joshua  thes  on  of  Naue.  ^'  And  your 
 little  ones,  who  ye  said  should  be  a 
 prey,  them  will  I  bring  into  the  land ; 
 and  they  shall  inherit  the  land,  ^  which 
 ^^u*^^".™      ye  rejected.     ^^And  your 
 
 which  ye tiim-     -^  •>  ^     ^^      n  ^^     •  ^   • 
 
 etiaway.  carcascs   shail   tail  m   this 
 
 wilderness.  ^^And  your  sons  shall  be 
 fed  in  the  wilderness  forty  years,  and 
 they  shall  bear  your  fornication,  until 
 your  carcases  be  consmned  in  the  wil- 
 derness. ^''According  to  the  number 
 of  the  days  during  which  ye  spied  the 
 land,  forty  days,  a  day  for  a  year,  ye 
 shall  bear  your  sins  forty  years,  and  ye 
 shall  know  my  fierce  anger.  '^^  I  the  Lord 
 have  spoken.  Surely  will  I  do  thus  to 
 this  evil  congregation  *that  has  risen  up 
 +  .See  hti^.  together  against  me :  in  this 
 2  Cor. 'ii. '28.  wilderness  they  sliall  be 
 utterly  consumed,  and  there  they  shall 
 die.  ^®  And  the  men  whom  Moses  sent 
 to  spy  out  the  land,  and  who  came  and 
 murmured  against  it  to  the  assembly 
 so  as  to  bring  out  evil  words  concern- 
 ing the  land, — ^^  the  men  that  spoke 
 evil  reports  against  the  land  even  died 
 of  the  plague  before  the  Lord.  ^^And 
 Joshua  the  son  of  Naue  and  Clialeb  tlie 
 son  of  Jephonne  still  lived  of  tliose  men 
 that  went  to  spy  out  the  land.  ^'-^And 
 JMoses  spoke  these   words   to  all  the 
 
 160  ' 
 
 children    of  Israel :    and   the   people 
 mourned  exceedingly. 
 
 '*°  And  tliey  rose  early  in  the  morning 
 and  went  up  to  the  top  of  the  momitain, 
 saying.  Behold  we  ^  that  are  +Gr.  these  men. 
 here  will  go  up  to  the  place  of  wliich 
 the  Lord  has  spoken,  because  we  have 
 sinned.  "*'  And  Moses  said,  Wliy  do  ye 
 transgress  the  word  of  the  Lord?  ye 
 shall  not  prosper.  ■*''^Go  not  up,  for  the 
 Lord  is  not  with  you,  so  shall  ye  fall 
 before  the  face  of  your  enemies.  ^^  For 
 Amalec  and  the  Chananite  are  there 
 before  you,  and  ye  shall  fall  by  the 
 sword,  because  ye  have  disobeyed  the 
 Lord  and  turned  aside,  and  the  Lord 
 will  not  be  among  you.  '*''  And  having 
 forced  their  passage,  they  went  up  to 
 the  top  of  the  mountain;  but  the  ark 
 of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  and  IMoses 
 stirred  not  out  of  the  camp.  ^''And 
 Amalec  and  the  Chananite  that  dwelt  in 
 that  mountain  came  down,  and  routed 
 them,  and  destroyed  them  unto  Her- 
 man: and  they  retui'ncd  to  the  camp. 
 
 15.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  Speak  to  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them, 
 Wlien  ye  arc  come  into  the  land  of 
 your  habitation,  which  1  give  to  you, 
 ^  and  thou  wilt  offer  wliole-burnt- 
 offerings  to  the  Lord,  a  whole-burnt- 
 olTering  or  a  meat-olicring  to  ^perform 
 a  vow,  or  a  free-will  oncring,+  or.  magnify, 
 or  to  offer  in  your  feasts  a  sacrifice  of 
 sweet  savour  to  the  Lord  whether  of 
 the  herd  or  the  flock :  ^  then  he  that 
 offers  his  gift  to  the  Lord  shall  bring  a 
 meat-offenng  of  fine  flour,  a  tenth  part 
 of  an  ephali  mingled  with  oil,  even 
 with  the  fourth  part  of  a  liin.  ^And 
 for  a  drink-oflering  ye  shall  offer  the 
 fourth  part  of  a  liin  on  tlie  whole- 
 buriit-offering,  or  on  the  meat-offering : 
 for  every  lamb  thou  shalt  offer  so  much, 
 as  a  sacrifice,  a  smell  of  sweet  savour 
 to  the  Lord.  •'And  for  a  ram,  when 
 ye  oiler  it  as  a  wholc-burnt-oflering  or 
 as  a  sacrifice,  thou  shalt  prepare  as 
 a  meat-offerinii;  two  tenths  of  fine  flour 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  7. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  33. 
 
 mingled  with  oil,  tlie  third  part  of  a 
 hin.    '^  And  ye  shall  offer  for  a  smell  of 
 sweet  savour  to  the  Lord  wine  for  a 
 drink-offering,  the  third  part  of  a  hin. 
 *And  if  ye  sacrifice  a  bullock  from  the 
 herd  for  a  whole-burnt-offering  or  for 
 a  sacrifice,  to  perform  a  vow  or  a  peace- 
 ojQTering  to  the   Lord,  ^then  he  shall 
 offer   upon   the   calf  a  meat-offering, 
 three  tenth  deals  of  fine  flour  mingled 
 with  oil,  even  the  half  of  a  hin.   '"And 
 Avine  for  a  drink-offering  the  half  of  a 
 liin,  a  sacrifice  for  a  smell   of  sweet 
 savour  to  the  Lord.     ' '  Thus  shalt  thou 
 do  to  one  calf  or  to  one  ram,  or  to  one 
 lamb  of  the  sheep  or  kid  of  the  goats. 
 '^According  to  the  number  of  what  ye 
 shall  offer,  so  sliall  ye  do  to  each  one, 
 according  to  their  number.     '^  Every 
 native  of  the  country  shall  do  thus  to 
 offer  such  things  as  sacrifices  for  a  smell 
 of  sweet  savour  to  the  Lord.     ''And 
 if  there  should  be  a  stranger  among  you 
 in  your  land,  or  one  who   should  be 
 born  to  you  among  your  generations, 
 and  he  will  offer  a  sacrifice,  a  smell  of 
 sweet  savour  to  the  Lord — as  ye  do,  so 
 the    ichole  congregation  shall  offer  to 
 the  Lord.   '-^  There  shall  be  one  law  for 
 you   and    for    the    strangers   abiding 
 among  you,  a  perpetual  law  for  your 
 generations:   as  ye  are^    so   shall  the 
 stranger  be  before  the  Lord.     "^  There 
 shall  be  one  law  and  one  ordinance  for 
 you,  and  for  the  stranger  that  abides 
 among  you.     '^  And  the  Lord  spoke 
 to  Moses,  saying,  '**  Speak  to  the  sons  of 
 Israel,  and  thou   shalt  say  to   them, 
 AATien  ye  are  entering  into  the  land, 
 into  Avhich  1  bring  you,  '^then  it  shall 
 come   to   pass  when   ye  shall   eat    of 
 the  bread  of  the  land,  ye  shall  separate 
 a  wave-offering,  a  special  offering  to 
 the  Lord,  the  first-fruits  of  your  dough. 
 '■^^  Xe  shall  offer  your  bread  a  heave- 
 offering  :  as  a  heave-offering  from  the 
 threshing-floor,   so    shall   ye    separate 
 it, '""  even  the  first-fruits  of  your  dough, 
 and  ye  shall  give  the  Lord  a  heave- 
 offering  throughout  your  generations. 
 ^^But  whensoever  ye  shall  transgress. 
 
 and  not  perform  all  these  commands, 
 which  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses;  '^^as 
 the  Lord  appointed  you  by  the  hand 
 of  Moses,    from   the    day  which  the 
 Lord     appointed     you    and    forward 
 throughout   your   generations,  ^''then 
 it  shall  come  to  pass  if  a  trespass  be 
 committed   unwillingly,  unknown   to 
 the  congregation,    then   shall   all  the 
 cono-reffation   offer  a  calf  of  the  herd 
 without  blemish    for   a    whole-burnt- 
 offering  of  sweet  savour  to  the  Lord, 
 and  its  meat-offering    and  its    drink- 
 offering  according   to   the   ordinance, 
 and   one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin- 
 offering.     ^''And  the  priest  shall  make 
 atonement  for  all  the  congregation  of 
 the  children  of  Israel,  and  the  trespass 
 shall  be  forgiven  them,  because  it  is 
 involuntary:   and  they  have  brought 
 their  gift,  a  burnt-offering  to  the  Lord 
 for  their  trespass  before  the  Lord,  even 
 for  their  involuntary  sins.     ^""And  it 
 shall  be  forgiven  as   respects   all  tlie 
 congregation  of  the  cliildren  of  Israel, 
 and  the  stranger  that  is  abiding  among 
 you,  because  it  is  involimtary  to  all  the 
 people.     ^^And  if  one  soul  sin  unwil- 
 lingly, he  shall  bring  one  she-goat  of  a 
 year  old  for  a  sin-offering.    ^^  And  the 
 priest  shall  make   atonement  for  the 
 soul  that  committed  the  trespass  unwil- 
 lingly,  and   that   sinned   unwillingly 
 before  the  Lord,  to  make  atonement 
 for  him.     ^^  There  shall  be  one  law  for 
 the  native  among  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  for  the  stranger  that  abides  among 
 them,  whosoever  shall  commit  a  tres- 
 pass   unwilHngly.       ^°And   whatever 
 soul  either  of  the   natives  or  of  the 
 strangers  shall  do    any  thing  with  a 
 presumptuous  hand,   he  will  provoke 
 God;  that  soul  sliall  be  cut  off  from 
 his  people.    ^'  For  he  has  set  at  nought 
 the  word  of  the  Lord  and  broken  his 
 commands :  that  soul  shall  be  utterly 
 destroyed,  his  sin  is  upon  him. 
 
 ^^And  the  cliildxen  of  Israel  were 
 in  the  wilderness,  and  they  found  a 
 man  gathering  sticks  on  the  sabbath- 
 
 lav  • 
 
 And 
 
 they    who 
 12 
 
 found   him 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  34. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  17. 
 
 gathering  sticks  on  the  sabbath-day 
 brought  him  to  Moses  and  Aaron,  and 
 to  all  the  congregation  of  the  children 
 of  Israel.  ^''And  they  placed  him  in 
 custody,  for  they  did  not  determine 
 what  they  should  do  to  him.  ^''And 
 the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying.  Let 
 the  man  be  by  all  means  put  to  death : 
 do  ye  all  the  congregation,  stone  liim 
 with  stones.  ^''  And  all  the  congrega- 
 tion brought  him  forth  out  of  the 
 camp ;  and  all  the  congregation  stoned 
 him  with  stones  outside  the  camp,  as 
 the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 
 
 ^^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^**  Speak  to  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  thou  shalt  tell  them;  and 
 let  them  make  for  themselves  fringes 
 upon  the  borders  of  their  garments 
 throughout  their  generations:  and  ye 
 shall  put  upon  the  fringes  of  the  bor- 
 ders a  lace  of  blue.  ^^  And  it  shall  be 
 on  your  fringes,  and  ye  shall  look  on 
 them,  and  ye  shall  remember  all  the 
 commands  of  the  Lord,  and  do  them: 
 and  ye  shall  not  turn  back  after  your 
 imaginations,  and  after  the  sight  of 
 your  eyes  in  the  things  after  which  ye 
 go  a  whoring.  ''"That  ye  may  remem- 
 ber and  perform  all  my  commands,  and 
 ye  shall  be  holy  unto  your  God.  ^'  I 
 am  the  Lord  your  God  that  brought 
 you  out  of  the  land  of  l^^gypt,  to  be 
 your  God :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 
 
 16.  And  Core  the  son  of  Isaar  the 
 son  of  Kaath  the  son  of  Levi,  and 
 Dathan  and  Abiron,  sons  of  Eliab  and 
 Aun  the  son  of  Phaleth  the  son  of 
 Ruben  spoke;  '■^and  rose  up  before 
 Moses,  and  two  himcL:cd  and  fifty  men 
 of  the  sons  of  Israel,  chiefs  of  the 
 assembly,  chosen  councillors,  and  men 
 of  renown.  ^They  rose  up  against 
 Moses  and  Aaron,  and  said.  Let  it  be 
 enough  for  you  that  all  the  congrcga- 
 tien  are  holy  and  the  Lord  is  among 
 them;  and  why  do  ye  set  up  your- 
 selves against  the  congregation  of  the 
 Lord?  "*  And  when  Moses  lieard  it, 
 he  fell  on  his  face.     *  And  he  spoke  to 
 
 Core  and  all  his  assembly  saying,  God 
 has  visited  and  known  those  that  are 
 his  and  who  are  holy,  and  has  brought 
 them  to  himself;   and  whom  he  has 
 chosen  for  himself,  he  has  brought  to 
 himself     ^  This  do  ye :  take  to  your- 
 selves censers,  Core  and  all  liis\  Com- 
 pany :  ^  and  put  fire  on  them,  and  put 
 incense  on  them  before  the  Lord  to- 
 morrow :  and  it  shall  come  to  pass  that 
 the  man  whom  the  Lord  has  chosen, 
 he  shall  be  holy :  let  it  be  enough  for 
 you,   ye  sons  of  Levi.     ^And  Moses 
 said  to  Core,  Hearken  to  me,  ve  sons 
 of  Levi.     ^  Is  it  a  Httle  thing  for  you, 
 that  the  God  of  Israel  has  separated 
 you  from  the  congregation  of  Israel, 
 and  brought  you  near  to  himself  to 
 minister  in  the  ser\'ices  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  the  Lord,  and  to  stand  before 
 the  tabernacle  to  minister  for,  them  ? 
 '"And  he  has  bi'ought  thee  near  and 
 all  thy  brethren  the  sons  of  Levi  with 
 thee,  and  do  ye  seek  to  be  priests  also? 
 ' '  Thus  it  is  with  thee  and  all  thy  con- 
 srreffation  which  is  gathered  tocrcther 
 against  God:  and  who  is  Aaron,  that 
 ye  murmur  against  him  ?  '^And  Moses 
 sent  to  call  Dathan  and  Abiron  sons  of 
 Eliab :  and  they  said,  We    +  or.  do  not. 
 ^  will  not  go  up.  '^  Is  it  a  Httle  thing  that 
 
 thou  hast  brought  us  up  *tO  ^  some  read  out  of. 
 
 a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey,  to 
 kill  us  in  the  wilderness,  and  that  thou 
 altogether  rulest  over  us?  '''Thou  art 
 a  prince,  and  hast  thou  brought  us  into 
 a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey, 
 and  hast  thou  given  us  an  inheritance 
 of  land  and  vineyards?  wouldst  thou 
 have  Vut  out  the  eyes  of  +Gr.  cutout, 
 tliose  men :  we  will  not  go  go  up. 
 up.  '*And  Moses  was  exceedingly  in- 
 dignant, and  said  to  the  Lord,  Do 
 thou  take  no  heed  to  their  sacrifice: 
 I  have  not  taken  away  ^  the  +  Tcn  for  licn 
 desire  of  any  one  of  them,  neither  have 
 I  luu-t  any  one  of  them.  '^  And  Moses 
 said  to  Core,  Sanctify  thy  company, 
 and  be  ready  before  the  Lord,  thou 
 and  Aaron  and  they,  to-morrow.  '^And 
 take  each  man  his  censer,  and  ye  shall 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  18. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  43. 
 
 put  incense  upon  them,  and  shall  bring 
 each  one  his  censer  before  the  Lord, 
 two  hundred  and  fifty  censers,  and  thou 
 and  Aaron  shall  bring  each  his  censer. 
 '^And  each  man  took  his  censer,  and 
 they  put  on  them  fire,  and  laid  incense 
 on  them;  and  Moses  and  Aaron  stood 
 by  the  doors  of  the  tabernacle  of  wit- 
 ness. ^^And  Core  raised  up  against 
 them  all  his  company  by  the  door  of 
 the  tabernacle  of  witness;  and  the 
 glory  of  the  Lord  appeared  to  all  the 
 congregation.  ^"And  the  Lord  spoke 
 to  Moses  and  Aaron,  saying,  ^'Sepa- 
 rate yom'selves  from  the  midst  of  this 
 congregation,  and  I  will  consume  them 
 at  once.  "^"^And  they  fell  on  their 
 faces,  and  said,  0  God,  the  God  of 
 spirits  and  of  all  flesh,  if  one  man  has 
 sinned,  shall  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  be 
 upon  the  whole  congregation?  ^^And 
 the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying, 
 ^*  Speak  to  the  congregation,  saying. 
 Depart  from  the  company  of  Core 
 round  about.  ^^And  Moses  rose  up 
 and  went  to  Dathan  and  Abiron,  and 
 all  the  elders  of  Israel  went  with  him. 
 '^^And  he  spoke  to  the  congregation, 
 saying,  Separate  yourselves  from  the 
 tents  of  these  stubborn  men,  and  touch 
 nothing  that  belongs  to  them,  lest  ye 
 be  consumed  with  them  in  all  their 
 sin.  ^^And  they  stood  aloof  from  the 
 tent  of  Core  round  about ;  and  Dathan 
 and  Abiron  went  forth  and  stood  by 
 the  doors  of  their  tents,  and  their  wives 
 and  their  cliildren  and  their  store. 
 
 ^^And  Moses  said.  Hereby  shall  ye 
 know  that  the  Lord  has  sent  me  to 
 perform  all  these  works,  that  /  have 
 not  done  them  of  myself  ^^  If  these 
 men  shall  die  according  to  the  death  of 
 all  men,  if  also  their  visitation  shall  be 
 according  to  the  visitation  of  all  men, 
 then  the  Lord  has  not  sent  me.  ^^  But 
 if  the  Lord  shall  show  by  a  ^  wonder, 
 Som/'co'ptT-  and  the  earth  shall  open 
 read  xa<^MaTi,  her    mouth    and    swallow 
 
 here    it  is  •■  i      i      •     i 
 
 ^diTtiaTo.  them  up,  and  their  houses, 
 and  their  tents,  and  all  that  belongs  to 
 them,  and   they  shall  go  do-svn  alive 
 
 163 
 
 into  Hades,  then  ye  shall  know  that 
 these  men  have  provoked  the  Lord. 
 
 ^'  And  when  he  ceased  speaking  all 
 these  words,  the  ground  clave  asunder 
 beneath  them.  '^And  the  ground 
 opened,  and  swallowed  them  up,  and 
 their  houses,  and  all  the  men  that  were 
 with  Core,  and  their  cattle.  ^^  And 
 they  went  do-wn  and  all  that  they  had, 
 alive  into  Hades,  and  the  groimd 
 covered  them,  and  they  perished  from 
 the  midst  of  the  congregation.  ^''And 
 all  Israel  round  about  them  fled  from 
 the  sound  of  them,  for  they  ^  said. 
 Lest  the  earth  swallow  us  +<?/-.  saying. 
 up  also.  ^^  And  fire  went  forth  from 
 the  Lord,  and  devoured  the  two  hun- 
 dred and  fifty  men  that  ofl^ered  incense. 
 ^^And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  ^^and 
 to  Eleazar  the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest. 
 Take  up  the  brazen  censers  out  of  the 
 midst  of  the  men  that  have  been  burnt 
 and  scatter  the  strange  fire  yonder, 
 for  they  have  sanctified  the  censers  ^^  of 
 these  sinners  against  their  own  souls, 
 and  do  thou  make  them  beaten  plates 
 a  covering  to  the  altar,  because  they 
 were  brought  before  the  Lord  and 
 hallowed:  and  they  became  a  sign  to 
 the  children  of  Israel.  ^^  And  Eleazar 
 the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest  took  the 
 brazen  censers,  which  the  men  who  had 
 been  burnt  brought  near,  and  they  put 
 them  as  a  covering  on  the  altar :  '^^  a 
 memorial  to  the  cliildrerb  of  Israel  that 
 no  stranger  might  draw  nigh,  who  is 
 not  of  the  seed  of  Aaron,  to  offer  in- 
 cense before  the  Lord;  so  he  shall  not 
 be  as  Core  and  as  they  that  conspired 
 with  him,  as  the  Lord  spoke  to  him 
 by  the  hand  of  Moses.  ^'  And  the 
 children  of  Israel  murmured  the  next 
 day  against  Moses  and  Aaron,  saying. 
 Ye  have  killed  the  people  of  the  Lord. 
 ''^And  it  came  to  pass  when  the  con- 
 gregation combined  against  Moses  and 
 Aaron,  that  they  ran  impetuously  to 
 the  tabernacle  of  witness;  and  the  cloud 
 covered  it,  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
 appeared.  ''^  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went 
 in  in  front  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  44. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  6. 
 
 ''•'And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and 
 Aaron,  saying,  ''•'*  Depart  out  of  the 
 midst  of  this  congi-egation,  and  I  will 
 consume  them  at  once :  and  they  fell 
 upon  their  faces.  '"'And  Moses  said  to 
 Aaron,  Take  a  censer,  and  put  on  it 
 fire  from  the  altar,  and  put  incense  on 
 it,  and  carry  it  away  quickly  into  the 
 camp,  and  make  atonement  for  them ; 
 for  wrath  is  gone  forth  from  the  pre- 
 sence of  the  Lord,  it  has  begun  to 
 destroy  the  people.     ''^And  Aaron  took 
 
 tGr.  spoke  as  Moscs  ^  Commanded  him, 
 to  him.  ^^^  j,jj^  among  the  congre- 
 
 gation, for  already  the  plague  had  be- 
 gun among  the  people;  and  he  put  on 
 incense,  and  made  an  atonement  for 
 the  people.  ^^  And  he  stood  between 
 the  dead  and  the  living,  and  the  plague 
 ceased.  ''^And  they  that  died  in  the 
 plague  were  fourteen  thousand  and 
 seven  hundred,  besides  those  that  died 
 on  account  of  Core.  ''"'''  And  Aaron  re- 
 tm-ned  to  Moses  to  the  door  of  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness,  and  the  plague  ceased. 
 
 17.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 +Gr.  a  rod.  and  take  ^rods  of  them,  ac- 
 cording to  the  houses  of  their  families, 
 a  rod  from  all  their  princes,  according 
 to  the  houses  of  their  families,  twelve 
 rods,  and  write  the  name  of  each  on 
 his  rod.  ^  And  write  the  name  of 
 Aaron  on  the  rod  of  Levi ;  for  it  is  one 
 rod  for  each,  they  shall  give  them  ac- 
 cording to  the  tribe  of  the  house  of 
 their  families.  *  And  thou  shalt  put 
 them  in  the  tabernacle  of  witn(!ss, 
 before  the  testimony,  where  I  will  be 
 made  known  unto  thee.  •'"'And  it  shall 
 be,  the  man  whom  I  shall  choose,  his  rod 
 shall  blossom  ;  and  I  will  remove  from 
 me  the  murmuring  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  which  they  murmur  against  you. 
 
 ^And  JNIoses  spoke  to  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  all  their  chiefs  gave  him  a 
 rod  each,  for  one  chief  a  rod,  according 
 to  the  house  of  their  families,  twelve 
 rods;  and  the  rod  of  Aaron  was  in  the 
 midst  of  the  rods.     ''And  Moses  laid 
 
 164 
 
 up  the  rods  before  the  Lord  in  the 
 ta])crnacle  of  witness.  *  And  it  came 
 to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  ]\Ioses  and 
 iVaron  went  into  the  tabernacle  of  wit- 
 ness, and,  behold,  the  rod  of  Aaron 
 for  the  house  of  Levi  blossomed,  and 
 put  forth  a  bud,  and  bloomed  blossoms 
 and  produced  almonds.  ^And  Moses 
 brought  I'orth  all  the  rods  from  before 
 the  Lord  to  all  the  sons  of  Israel;  and 
 they  looked,  and  each  one  took  his  rod. 
 '"And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Lay 
 up  the  rod  of  Aaron  before  the  testi- 
 monies to  be  kept  as  a  sign  for  the 
 children  of  the  disobedient ;  and  let 
 their  murmuring  cease  from  me,  and 
 they  shall  not  die.  "And  JNloses  and 
 Aaron  did  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 Moses,  so  did  they.  '^And  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  spoke  to  IMoses,  saying, 
 Behold  we  are  cut  off,  we  are  destroyed, 
 we  are  consumed.  '^  Every  one  that 
 touches  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord, 
 dies :  shall  we  die  utterly  ? 
 
 18.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Aaron, 
 saying,  Thou  and  thy  sons  and  thy 
 father's  house  shall  bear  the  sins  of  the 
 holy  things,  and  thou  and  thy  sons 
 shall  bear  the  iniquity  of  your  priest- 
 hood. ■'  And  take  to  thyself  thy  bre- 
 thren the  tribe  of  Levi,  the  ihmily  of  thy 
 father,  and  let  them  be  joined  to  thee, 
 and  let  them  minister  to  thee:  and 
 thou  and  thy  sons  with  thee  shall 
 minister  before  the  tabernacle  of  wit- 
 ness. ^And  they  shall  keep  thy  charges, 
 and  the  charges  of  the  tabernacle ;  only 
 they  shall  not  approach  the  holy  vessels 
 and  the  altar,  so  both  they  and  you 
 shall  not  die.  ''And  they  shall  be 
 joined  to  thee,  and  shall  keep  the 
 charges  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  in 
 all  the  services  of  the  tabernacle;  and 
 a  stranger  shall  not  approach  to  thee. 
 ■''  And  ye  shall  keep  the  charges  of 
 the  holy  things,  and  the  charges  of 
 the  altar,  and  so  there  shall  not  be 
 anger  ^  among  the  children  of  i  in. 
 Israeli.  ''And  1  have  taken  your  bre- 
 thren  the  Levites  out  of  the  midst  of 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  7. 
 
 NUMBEKS. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  24. 
 
 the  children  of  Israel,  a  present  given 
 to  the  Lord,  to  minister  in  the  services 
 of  the  tabernacle  of  witness.  ^And 
 thou  and  thy  sons  after  thee  shall  keep 
 up  your  priestly  ministration,  accord- 
 ing to  the  whole  manner  of  the  altar, 
 and  that  which  is  within  the  vail ;  and 
 ye  shall  minister  in  the  services  as  the 
 office  of  your  priesthood  ;  and  the 
 stranger  that  comes  near  shall  die. 
 
 **And  the  Lord  said  to  Aaron,  And 
 behold  I  have  given  you  the  charge  of 
 the  first-fruits  of  all  tilings  consecrated 
 to  me  by  the  children  of  Israel ;  and  I 
 have  given  them  to  thee  as  an  honour, 
 and  to  thy  sons  after  thee  for  a  perpe- 
 tual ordinance.  ^And  let  this  be  to 
 you  from  all  the  holy  things  that  are 
 consecrated  to  me,  eveji  the  burnt-ofFcr- 
 ings,  from  all  their  gifts,  and  from  all 
 their  sacrifices,  and  from  every  trespass- 
 ofFerino-  of  theirs,  and  from  all  their 
 sin-offerings,  whatever  things  they  give 
 to  me  of  all  their  holy  things,  they 
 shall  be  thine  and  thy  sons'.  ^"  Li  the 
 most  holy  place  shall  ye  eat  them ; 
 every  male  shall  eat  them  ;  thou  and 
 thy  sons;  they  shall  be  holy  to  thee. 
 ' '  And  this  shall  be  to  you  of  the  first- 
 fruits  of  their  gifts,  of  all  the  ^  wave- 
 +  eTT\8e^dTo,v,    offerings  of  the  children  of 
 
 wave -offerings,  t  i      ^      ii         i  t      • 
 
 Heb.  n2i:ri  Israel :  to  thee  fiave  i  given 
 such  appears    them  and  to  thy  sons  and 
 
 its  trcriGriil  *^ 
 
 meaning.  thy  daughters    with  thee, 
 
 a  perpetual  ordinance ;  every  clean 
 person  in  thy  house  shall  eat  them. 
 '■^  Every  first  -  offering  of  oil,  and 
 every  first -offering  of  wine,  their 
 first-fruits  of  corn,  whatsoever  they 
 may  give  to  the  Lord,  to  thee  have  I 
 given  them.  '^  All  the  first-fruits  that 
 are  in  their  land,  whatsoever  they  shall 
 offer  to  the  Lord,  shall  be  thine :  every 
 clean  person  in  thy  house  shall  eat 
 them.  ^'^  Every  devoted  thing  among 
 the  children  of  Israel  shall  be  thine. 
 '■^  And  every  thing  that  opens  the 
 womb  of  all  flesh,  whatsoever  they 
 bring  to  the  Lord,  whether  man  or 
 beast,  shall  be  thine  :  only  the  first- 
 born of  men  shall  be  surely  redeemed. 
 
 and  thou  shalt  redeem  the  first-born  of 
 unclean  cattle.  "^Aiid  the  redemption 
 of  them  shall  be  from  a  month  old; 
 their  valuation  shall  be  of  five  shekels 
 — it  is  twenty  oboK  according  to  the 
 holy  shekels.  '^  But  thou  shalt  not 
 redeem  the  first-born  ^  of  *  '•  «■  among, 
 cafves  and  the  nrst-born  of  used  eise- 
 sheep  and  the  first-born  of  for"homed^' 
 ffoats;  they  are  holy:  and  cattle  om 
 
 o  \  J  1      •     1  1        1    enough    to 
 
 tllOU  Siiait  pour  tlieir  blood   breed. 
 
 upon  the  altar,  and  thou  shalt  offer  the 
 fat  as  a  burnt-offering  for  a  smell  of 
 sweet  savour  to  the  Lord.  '**And  the 
 flesh  shall  be  thine,  as  also  the  breast 
 of  the  wave-offering  and  as  the  right 
 shoulder,  it  shall  be  thine.  ^^  Every 
 special  offering  of  the  holy  things, 
 whatsoever  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
 specially  offer  to  the  Lord,  I  have 
 given  to  thee  and  to  thy  sons  and  to 
 thy  daughters  with  thee,  a  perpetual 
 ordinance :  it  is  a  covenant  t  g>-.  of  per- 
 '  of  salt  for  ever  before  the  P^tuaisait. 
 Lord,  for  thee  and  thy  seed  after  thee. 
 ^*^  And  the  Lord  said  to  Aaron,  Thou 
 shalt  have  no  inheritance  in  their  land, 
 neither  shalt  thou  have  any  portion 
 among  them,  for  I  am  thy  portion  and 
 thine  inheritance  in  the  midst  of  the 
 children  of  Israel.  ^^And  behold  I 
 have  given  to  the  sons  of  Levi  every 
 tithe  in  Israel  for  an  inheritance  for 
 their  services,  whereinsoever  they  per- 
 form ministry  in  the  tabernacle  of  wit- 
 ness. ^'■^  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 shall  no  more  draw  nigh  to  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness  to  incur  fatal  guilt. 
 '■^^And  the  Levite  himself  shall  perform 
 the  service  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness ; 
 and  they  shall  bear  their  iniqiuties,  it 
 is  a  perpetual  statute  throughout  their 
 generations  ;  and  in  the  midst  of  the 
 childi-en  of  Israel  they  shall  not  receive 
 an  inheritance.  '^'^  Because  I  have  given 
 as  a  distinct  portion  to  the  Levites  for 
 an  inheritance  the  tithes  of  the  children 
 of  Israel,  whatsoever  they  shall  offer  to 
 the  Lord  ;  therefore  I  said  to  them, 
 In  the  midst  of  the  children  of  Israel 
 they  shall  have  no  inheritance. 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  25. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  XIX.  v.  17. 
 
 ^*  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  ]\Ioses, 
 saying,  '-*'  Thou  shalt  also  speak  to  the 
 Levites,  and  shalt  say  to  them,  If 
 ye  take  the  tithe  from  the  children  of 
 Israel,  which  I  have  given  you  from 
 them  for  an  inheritance,  then  shall  ye 
 separate  from  it  a  heave-oiJering  to  the 
 Lord,  a  tenth  of  the  tenth.  ^^  And 
 your  heave-ollerings  shall  be  reckoned 
 to  you  as  corn  from  the  floor,  and  an 
 offering  from  the  wine-press.  "^^  So 
 shall  ye  also  separate  them  from  all  the 
 offerings  of  the  Lord  out  of  all  yom- 
 tithes,  whatsoever  ye  shall  receive  from 
 the  children  of  Israel;  and  ye  shall 
 give  of  them  an  ofiering  to  the  Lord 
 to  Aaron  the  priest.  '^^  Of  all  your 
 gifts  ye  shall  offer  an  offering  to  the 
 Lord,  and  of  every  first-fruit  the  con- 
 secrated part  from  it.  ^°  And  thou 
 shalt  say  to  them.  When  ye  shall  offer 
 the  first-fruits  from  it,  then  shall  it  be 
 reckoned  to  the  Levites  as  produce 
 from  the  threshing-floor,  and  as  produce 
 from  the  wine-press.  ^'And  ye  shall 
 eat  it  in  any  place,  ye  and  your  fami- 
 lies, for  this  is  your  reward  for  youi' 
 services  in  the  tabernacle  of  ^vitness. 
 ^^  And  ye  shall  not  bear  sin  by  reason 
 +  Or,  because  of  it,  ^  for  yc  shall  have 
 perhaps  'orTaV  offcrcd  an  offering  of  first- 
 oth'etCtake  f^^its  from  it,  and  yc  shall 
 for  orav.  not  profauc  the  holy  thini>;s 
 
 of  the  children  of  Israel,  that  ye  die  not. 
 
 19.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses 
 and  Aaron,  saying,  ^  This  is  the  con- 
 stitution of  the  law,  as  the  Lord  has 
 commanded,  saying.  Speak  to  the  sons 
 of  Israel,  and  let  them  take  for  thee  a 
 red  heifer  mthout  spot,  Avhich  has  no 
 spot  on  her,  and  on  which  no  yoke  has 
 been  put.  "^  And  thou  shalt  give  her 
 to  Eleazar  the  priest;  and  they  shall 
 bring  her  out  of^the  camp  into  a  clean 
 place,  and  shall  kill  her  before  his  face. 
 ■*  And  Kleazar  shall  take  of  her  blood, 
 and  sprinkle  of  her  blood  seven  times 
 in  iVont  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 ^  And  they  shall  burn  her  to  ashes 
 before  liim ;  and  Ikm-  skin  and  her  flesh 
 
 and  her  blood,  with  her  dvmg,  shall  be 
 consumed.  *'And  the  priest  shall  take 
 cedar  wood  and  hyssop  and  scarlet 
 wool,  and  they  shall  cast  them  into 
 the  midst  of  the  burning  of  the  heifer. 
 ^And  the  priest  shall  wash  his  garments, 
 and  bathe  liis  body  in  water,  and  after- 
 wards he  shall  go  into  the  camp,  and 
 the  priest  shall  be  unclean  till  evening. 
 *'And  he  that  burns  her  shall  wash  his 
 garments,  and  bathe  his  body,  and 
 shall  be  unclean  till  evening.  ^And  a 
 clean  man  shall  gather  iip  the  ashes  of 
 the  heifer,  and  lay  them  up  in  a  clean 
 place  outside  the  camp :  and  they  shall 
 be  for  the  congregation  of  the  children 
 of  Israel  to  keep:  it  is  the  water  of 
 sprinkling,  a  purification.  '"And  he 
 that  gathers  up  the  ashes  of  the  heifer 
 shall  wash  his  garments,  and  shall  be 
 unclean  until  evening :  and  it  shall  be 
 a  perpetual  statute  for  the  children  of 
 Israel  and  for  the  strangers  joined  to 
 them. 
 
 ' '  He  that  touches  the  dead  body  of 
 any  man,  shall  be  unclean  seven  days. 
 '^  He  shall  be  purified  on  the  third 
 day  and  the  seventh  day,  and  shall  be 
 clean ;  but  if  he  be  not  purged  on  the 
 third  day  and  the  seventh  day,  he  shall 
 not  be  clean.  '^  Every  one  that  touches 
 the  carcase  of  the  person  of  a  man,  if 
 he  should  have  died,  and  the  other  not 
 have  been  purified,  has  defiled  the 
 tabernacle  of^  the  Lord :  that  soul  shall 
 be  cut  off  from  Israel,  because  the  water 
 of  sprinkling  has  not  been  sprinkled 
 upon  liim ;  he  is  unclean ;  his  imclean- 
 ness  is  yet  upon  him.  ''*And  this  is 
 the  law;  if  a  man  die  in  a  house,  every 
 one  that  goes  into  the  house,  and  all 
 things  in  the  house,  shall  be  imclean 
 seven  days.  ''^  And  every  open  vessel 
 which  has  not  a  covering  bound  upon 
 it,  shall  be  unclean.  '^And  every  one 
 who  shall  touch  a  man  slain  by  violence, 
 or  a  corpse,  or  human  bone,  or  sej^ul- 
 chre,  shall  l)e  unclean  seven  days. 
 '^And  they  shull  take  for  the  unclean  of 
 the  burnt  ashes  of  purification,  and  they 
 shall  pour  upon  them   running  water 
 
Chap.  xix.  u.  18. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  11. 
 
 into  a  vessel.  *^  And  a  clean  man 
 shall  take  hyssop,  and  dip  it  into  the 
 water,  and  sprinkle  it  upon  the  house, 
 and  the  furniture,  and  all  the  souls 
 that  are  therein,  and  upon  him  that 
 touched  the  human  bone,  or  the  slain 
 man,  or  the  corpse,  or  the  tomb.  '^And 
 the  clean  man  shall  sprinkle  the  tvater 
 on  the  unclean  on  the  third  day  and 
 on  the  seventh  day,  and  on  the  seventh 
 day  he  shall  purify  himself,  and  the 
 other  shall  wash  his  garments,  and  bathe 
 himself  in  water,  and  shall  be  imclean 
 until  evening.  ^^And  whatever  man 
 shall  be  defiled  and  shall  not  purify 
 himself,  that  soul  shall  be  cut  oli"  from 
 the  midst  of  the  congregation,  because 
 he  has  defiled  the  holy  things  of  the 
 Lord,  because  the  water  of  sprinkHng 
 has  not  been  sprinkled  upon  him ; .  he 
 is  unclean.  ^'And  it  shall  be  to  you  a 
 perpetual  statute ;  and  he  that  sprinkles 
 the  water  of  sprinkling  shall  wash  his 
 garments ;  and  he  that  touches  the 
 water  of  sprinkling  shall  be  unclean 
 until  evening.  '^'^And  whatsoever  the 
 unclean  man  shall  touch  shall  be  un- 
 clean, and  the  soul  that  touches  it 
 shall  be  unclean  till  evening. 
 
 20.  And  the  children  of  Israel,  even 
 the  whole  congregation,  came  into  the 
 wilderness  of  Sin,  in  the  first  month, 
 and  the  people  abode  in  Kades;  and 
 IVIariam  died  there,  and  was  bmied 
 there.  ^And  there  was  no  water  for 
 the  congregation:  and  they  gathered 
 themselves  together  against  Moses  and 
 Aaron.  ^  And  the  people  reviled  Mo- 
 ses, saying.  Would  we  had  died  in  the 
 destruction  of  our  brethren  before 
 the  Lord !  "*  And  wherefore  have  ye 
 brought  up  the  congregation,  of  the 
 Lord  into  this  wilderness,  to  kill  us 
 and  our  cattle?  ^And  wherefore  is 
 this?  Ye  have  brought  us  up  out  of 
 Egypt,  that  we  should  come  into  this 
 evil  place;  a  place  where  there  is  no 
 sowing,  neither  figs,  nor  vines,  nor 
 pomegranates,  neither  is  there  water 
 to  drink.  ^And  ]\Ioses  and  Aaron  went 
 
 from  before  the  assembly  to  the  door 
 of  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  and  they 
 fell  upon  their  faces ;  and  the  glory  of 
 the  Lord  appeared  to  them.  ''And  the 
 Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying,  ^  Take 
 thy  rod,  and  call  the  assembly,  thou 
 and  Aaron  thy  brother,  and  speak  ye 
 to  the  rock  before  them,  and  it  shall 
 give  forth  its  waters,  and  ye  shall 
 bring  forth  for  them  water  out  of  the 
 rock,  and  give  drink  to  the  congrega- 
 tion and  their  cattle.  ^And  Moses 
 took  his  rod  which  was  before  the 
 Lord,  as  the  Lord  commanded.  ^°And 
 Moses  and  Aaron  assembled  the  con- 
 gregation before  the  rock,  and  said  to 
 them.  Hear  me,  ye  disobedient  ones, 
 must  we  bring  you  water  out  of  this 
 rock?  ^^And  Moses  lifted  up  his  hand 
 and  struck  the  rock  with  his  rod  twice ; 
 and  much  water  came  forth,  and  the 
 congregation  drank,  and  their  cattle. 
 '^And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses  and 
 Aaron,  Because  ye  have  not  believed 
 me  to  sanctify  me  before  the  children 
 of  Israel,  therefore  ye  shall  not  bring 
 this  congregation  into  the  land  which 
 I  have  given  them.  ^^  This  is  the 
 water  of  Strife,  because  the  childi-en 
 of  Israel  spoke  insolently  before  the 
 Lord,  and  he  was  sanctified  in  them. 
 
 '''And  Moses  sent  messengers  from 
 Kades  to  the  king  of  Edom,  saying, 
 Thus  says  thy  brother  Israel;  Thou 
 knowest  all  the  distress  that  has  ^  come 
 upon  us.  '^And  how  our  tcr.  found, 
 fathers  went  down  into  Egypt,  and 
 we  sojourned  in  Egypt  many  days, 
 and  the  Egyptians  afflicted  us  and  our 
 fathers.  ''^And  we  cried  to  the  Lord, 
 and  the  Lord  heard  our  voice,  and 
 sent  an  angel  and  brought  us  out  of 
 Egypt :  and  now  we  are  in  the  city  of 
 Kades,  at  the  extremity  of  thy  coasts. 
 '^We  will  pass  through  thy  land:  we 
 will  not  go  through  the  fields,  nor 
 through  the  vineyards,  nor  will  we 
 drink  water  out  of  thy  cistern,  we 
 will  go  by  the  king's  highway:  we 
 will  not  turn  aside  to  the  right  hand 
 or  to  the  left,  until  we  have  passed  thy 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  18. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  13. 
 
 borders.  '**And  Edom  said  to  him, 
 Thou  shalt  not  pass  through  me,  and 
 it"  other\vise,  I  will  go  forth  to  meet 
 thee  in  war.  '^vVnd  the  children  of 
 Israel  say  to  him,  We  will  pass  by 
 the  mountain ;  and  if  1  and  my  cattle 
 drink  of  thy  water  1  will  pay  thee :  but 
 it  is  no  matter  of  importance,  wc  will 
 go  by  the  moimtain.  '^"And  he  said, 
 Thou  shalt  not  pass  through  me :  and 
 Edom  went  forth  to  meet- him  with  a 
 great  host,  and  a  mighty  hand.  -'  So 
 Edom  refused  to  allow  Israel  to  pass 
 through  his  borders,  and  Israel  turned 
 away  irom  liim.  '^^  And  they  departed 
 from  Kades;  and  the  children  ol"  Israel, 
 even  the  whole  congregation,  came  to 
 Mount  Or. 
 
 ^^  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  and 
 Aaron  in  IMount  Or,  on  the  borders  of 
 the  land  of  Edom,  saying,  ^'^  Let  Aaron 
 be  added  to  his  people,  for  ye  shall 
 certainly  not  go  into  the  land  which  1 
 have  given  the  children  of  Israel, 
 because  ye  provoked  me  at  the  water 
 of  Strife.  ^■'' Take  Aaron,  and  Eleazar 
 his  son,  and  bring  them  up  to  the 
 Mount  Or  before  all  the  congregation ; 
 "■^•'and  take  Aaron's  apparel  from  olF 
 him,  and  put  it  on  Eleazar  his  son: 
 and  let  Aaron  die  there  and  be  added 
 to  his  people.  '"  And  Moses  did  as  the 
 Lord  commanded  him,  and  took  him 
 up  to  ]\Iount  Or,  before  all  the  con- 
 gregation. '■^'^  And  he  took  Aaron's 
 garments  off  him,  and  put  them  on 
 Eleazar  liis  son,  and  Aaron  died  on 
 the  top  of  the  mountain;  and  Moses 
 and  Eleazar  came  down  from  the 
 mountain.  ^^And  all  the  congregation 
 saw  that  Aaron  was  dead,  and  they 
 wept  for  Aaron  thirty  days,  even  all 
 the  house  of  Israel. 
 
 21.  And  Arad  the  Chananitish  king 
 
 who    dwelt   by  the   wilderness  heard 
 
 that  Israel  came  by  the  way  of  Atharin, 
 
 and  he  made  war  on  Israel,  and  car- 
 
 *  Gr.  a  cap-     ricd  olf  *  somc  of  them  cap- 
 tivity of  them,  ^j^gg    2  ,Y„^|  i,j.jj^.i  ^,^^^.^^1  ., 
 
 vow  to  the   Lord,  and   said,    [f  thou 
 
 16R 
 
 wilt  deliver  this  people  into  my  power, 
 I  will  devote  it  and  its  cities  to  thee. 
 ^  And  the  Lord  hearkened  to  the  voice 
 of  Israel,  and  delivered  the  Chananite 
 into  his  power;  and  Israel  devoted 
 hiin  and  liis  cities,  and  they  called 
 the  name  of  that  place  ^  Ana-  t  or.  devoted 
 thenxa.  "And  having  de-  ***"'^- 
 parted  from  Mount  Or  by  the  way 
 leadiiKj  to  the  lied  Sea,  they  compassed 
 the  land  of  Edom,  and  the  people  lost 
 courage  by  the  way.  ■''And  the  people 
 spoke  against  God  and  against  Moses, 
 saying,  AVliy  is  this?  Hast  thou 
 brought  us  out  of  Egypt  to  slay  us 
 in  the  wilderness?  for  there  is  not 
 bread  nor  water;  and  our  soul  loathes 
 this  light  bread.  ^And  the  Lord  sent 
 among  the  people  deadly  serpents, 
 and  they  bit  the  people,  and  much 
 people  of  the  children  of  Israel  died. 
 ^And  the  people  came  to  Moses  and 
 said,  We  have  sinned,  for  we  have 
 spoken  against  the  Lord,  and  against 
 thee;  pray,  therefore  to  the  Lord,  and 
 let  him  take  away  the  serpent  from  us. 
 ^And  Moses  prayed  to  the  Lord  for  the 
 people,  and  the  Lord  said  to  ]\Ioses, 
 IVIakc  thee  a  serpent,  and  put  it  on  a 
 signal-.f^a^,  and  it  shall  come  to  pass 
 that  whenever  a  serpent  shall  bite  a 
 man,  every  one  so  bitten  that  looks 
 upon  it  shall  live.  ''  And  Moses  made 
 a  serpent  of  brass,  and  put  it  upon  a 
 signal-.v^j^;  and  it  came  to  pass  that 
 Avhenever  a  serpent  bit  a  man,  and  he 
 looked  on  the  brazen  serpent,  he 
 lived. 
 
 '"vXnd  the  children  of  Israel  de- 
 parted, and  encamped  in  Oboth.  '  'And 
 having  departed  from  Oboth,  they  en- 
 camped in  Achalgai,  on  the  fiirther 
 side  in  the  Avilderness,  which  is  oppo- 
 site ]\Ioab,  toward  the  east.  ''^  And 
 thence  they  departed,  and  encamped 
 in  the  valley  of  Zared.  ''And  they 
 departed  thence  and  encamped  on  the 
 other  side  of  Arnon  in  the  wilderness, 
 tlic.  coimtri/  which  extends  from  the 
 coasts  of  the  Amorites,  for  Arnon  is 
 the  borders  of  Moab,  between  Moab 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  14. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  5. 
 
 and  the  ^Amorites.  '■*  Therefore  it  is 
 +  G)-.  Amorite.  said  ill  a  book,  A  war  oi  the 
 Lord  has  set  on  fire  Zoob,  and  the 
 brooks  of  Arnon.  '•'^And  he  has  ap- 
 pointed brooks  to  cause  Er  to  dwell 
 there  and  it  lies  near  to  the  coasts  of 
 JMoab.  "^iVnd  thence  thei/  came  to  the 
 well;  this  is  the  well  of  which  the 
 Lord  said  to  Moses,  Gather  the  people, 
 and  1  will  give  them  water  to  drink. 
 '^  Then  Israel  sang  this  song  at  the 
 tGr.  of  the  well.  Begin  to  sin^  "^  of  the 
 well  for  it.        ^g^j .  1 8,.|^g  princes  digged  it, 
 
 the  kings  of  the  nations  in  their  king- 
 dom, in  their  lordship  sank  it  in  the 
 rock;  and  thei/  toent  from  the  well  to 
 Mantliaiiain,  ^'•'and  from  Manthanain 
 to  Naaliel,  and  from  Naaliel  to  Bamoth, 
 and  from  Bamoth  to  ^Janen,  which 
 t  Or,  Jane  is  ill  the  plain  of  Moab  as 
 £  if  uncer^'  ^eeii  froiii  the  top  of  'the 
 tain.  quarried    rock   that    looks 
 
 toward  the  Avilderness. 
 
 ^•^And  Moses  sent  ambassadors  to 
 Seon  king  of  the  Amorites,  with  peace- 
 able words,  saying,  '^'We  will  pass 
 through  thy  land,  we  will  go  by  the 
 road;  we  Avill  not  turn  aside  to  the 
 field  or  to  the  vineyard.  ^^  We  will  not 
 drink  water  out  of  thy  well;  we  will 
 go  by  the  king's  highway,  until  we 
 have  past  thy  boundaries.  '^^  Aiid  Seon 
 did  not  allow  Israel  to  pass  through 
 his  borders,  and  Seon  gathered  all  his 
 people,  and  went  out  to  set  the  battle 
 in  array  against  Israel  into  the  wilder- 
 ness ;  and  he  came  to  Jassa,  and  set  the 
 battle  in  array  against  Israel.  '^^  And 
 Israel  smote  him  with  the  slaughter  of 
 the  sword  and  they  became  possessors 
 of  his  land,  from  Arnon  to  Jabok, 
 as  far  as  the  children  of  Amman,  lor 
 Jazer  is  the  borders  of  the  children  of 
 Amman.  ^'^And  Israel  took  all  their 
 cities,  and  Israel  dwelt  in  all  the  cities 
 of  the  Amorites,  in  Esebon,  and  in  all 
 cities  belonging  to  it.  ^''For  Esebon 
 is  the  city  of  Seon  king  of  the  Amo- 
 rites ;  and  he  before  fought  against  the 
 king  of  Moab,  and  they  took  all  his 
 land,  from  Aroer  to  Arnon.    ^^  There- 
 
 fore say  they  who  deal  in  dark  speeches, 
 Come  to  Esebon,  that  the  city  of  Seon 
 may  be  built  and  prepared.  ^^For  a 
 fire  has  gone  forth  from  Esebon,  a 
 llame  from  the  city  of  Seon,  and  has 
 consumed  as  far  as  Moab,  and  devoured 
 the  pillars  of  Arnon.  ^-'Woe  to  thee, 
 Moab,  thou  art  lost,  thou  people  of 
 Chamos :  their  sons  are  sold  for  preser- 
 vation, and  their  daughters  are  cap- 
 tives to  Seon  king  of  the  Amorites. 
 ^'^And  their  seed  shall  perish  from 
 Esebon  unto  Da^bon ;  and  their  women 
 have  yet  farther  kindled  a  fire  against 
 Moab.  ^^  And  Israel  dwelt  in  all 
 the  cities  of  the  Amorites.  ^'^And 
 ]\Ioses  sent  to  spy  out  Jazer ;  and  they 
 took  it,  and  its  villages,  and  cast  out 
 the  Amorite  that  dwelt  there.  ^^And 
 having  returned,  they  went  up  the 
 road  that  leads  to  Basan ;  and  Og  the 
 king  of  Basan  Avent  forth  to  meet  them, 
 and  all  his  people  to  war  to  Edrain. 
 ^''And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Fear 
 him  not,  for  I  have  delivered  him  and 
 all  his  people,  and  all  his  land,  into 
 thy  hands,  and  thou  shalt  do  to  him  as 
 thou  didst  to  Seon  king  of  the  Amo- 
 rites, who  dwelt  in  Esebon.  ^^  And  he 
 smote  him  and  his  sons,  and  all  his 
 people,  until  he  left  none  of  his  to  be 
 taken  ahve,  and  they  inherited  his 
 land. 
 
 22.  And  the  children  ^f  Israel  de- 
 parted, and  encamped  on  the  west  of 
 Moab  by  Jordan  toward  Jericho.  '-^And 
 when  Balac  son  of  Zepphor  saw  all 
 that  Israel  did  to  the  Amorite,  ^  then 
 Moab  feared  the  people  exceedingly 
 because  they  were  many;  and  Moab 
 was  grieved  ^  before  the  face  +  q.  a.  because 
 of  the  children  of  Israel.  °'-  ^'^*™-"'- 
 *And  Moab  said  to  the  elders  of  Ma- 
 diam.  Now  shall  this  assembly  lick 
 up  all  that  are  round  about  us,  as  a  calf 
 would  lick  up  the  green  kerbs  of  the 
 field : — and  Balac,  son  of  Zepphor  was 
 king  of  Moab  at  that  time.  '''  And  he 
 sent  ambassadors  to  Balaam  the  son  of 
 Beor  to  Phathura  which  is  on  a  river 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  6. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  30. 
 
 of  the  land  of  the  sons  of  his  people, 
 to  call  him,  saying.  Behold  a  people  is 
 come  out  of  Egypt,  and  behold  it  has 
 covered  the  face  of  the  earth,  and  it 
 has  encamped  close  to  me.  ''And  now 
 come,  curse  me  this  people,  for  it  is 
 stronger  than  we,  if  we  may  be  able  to 
 smite  some  of  them,  and  I  will  cast 
 them  out  of  the  land,  for  1  know  that 
 whomsoever  thou  dost  bless,  they  are 
 blessed,  and  whomsoever  thou  dost 
 curse,  they  are  cursed.  "^  And  the  elders 
 of  JNIoab  went,  and  the  elders  of  Ma- 
 diam,  and  their  divining  instruments 
 were  in  their  hands ;  and  they  came  to 
 Balaam,  and  spoke  to  him  the  words 
 of  Balac.  **  And  he  said  to  them.  Tarry 
 here  the  night,  and  1  will  answer  you 
 the  things  which  the  Lord  shall  say  to 
 me :  and  the  princes  of  Moab  staid  with 
 Balaam.  ^  And  God  came  to  Balaam, 
 and  said  to  him,  Wlio  are  these  men 
 with  thee?  '"  And  Balaam  said  to  God, 
 Balac  son  of  Zepphor,  king  of  Moab, 
 sent  them  to  me,  saying,  "Behold  a 
 people  has  come  forth  out  of  Egypt, 
 and  has  covered  the  face  of  the  land, 
 and  it  has  encamped  near  to  me,  and 
 now  come,  curse  it  for  me,  if  indeed  I 
 shall  be  able  to  smite  it,  and  cast  it 
 out  of  the  land.  '^And  God  said 
 to  Balaam,  Thou  shalt  not  go  with 
 them,  neither  shalt  thou  curse  the 
 people;  for  they  are  blessed.  '^And 
 Balaam  rose  up  in  the  morning,  and 
 said  to  the  prmccs  of  Balac,  Depart 
 quickly  to  your  lord;  God  does  not 
 permit  me  to  go  with  you.  '''And  the 
 princes  of  ]\Ioab  rose,  and  came  to 
 Balac,  and  said,  Balaam  will  not  come 
 with  us. 
 
 ''^And  Balac  yet  again  sent  more 
 princes  and  more  lionoural)le  than  they. 
 ""And  they  came  to  I'alaaui  and  they 
 say  to  him.  Thus  says  Balac  the  son  ol' 
 Zepphor:  1  beseech  thee,  delay  not  to 
 come  to  me.  '^  For  1  will  greatly 
 honour  thee,  and  will  do  for  thee 
 whatsoever  thou  shalt  say;  come  then, 
 curse  me  this  people.  "^  And  Balaam 
 answered  and  said  to  the  princes  of 
 
 Balac,  If  Balac  would  give  me  his 
 hovise  full  of  silver  and  gold,  1  shaU 
 not  be  able  to  go  beyond  the  word  of 
 the  Lord  God,  to  make  it  little  or 
 great  in  my  mind.  '^And  now  do 
 ye  also  tarry  here  this  night,  and  I 
 shall  know  what  the  Lord  will  yet  say 
 to  me.  ^°And  God  came  to  Balaam 
 by  night  and  said  to  him,  If  these 
 men  are  come  to  call  thee,  rise  and 
 I'ollow  them ;  nevertheless  the  word 
 which  I  shall  speak  to  thee,  it  shalt 
 thou  do.  ^'And  Balaam  rose  up  in 
 the  morning,  and  saddled  his  ass,  and 
 went  with  the  princes  of  Moab.  ^^And 
 God  was  very  angry  because  he  went; 
 and  the  angel  of  the  Lord  ,Ti,i,^„,a 
 rose  up  to  ^  withstand  him :  commonly 
 
 T        -1      -1  ,11*      sijrnifies  to  rc- 
 
 now  he  had  mounted  Jais  sist  by  false 
 ass,  and  his  two  servants  accusation, 
 were  with  him.  ^^And  when  the  ass 
 saw  the  angel  of  God  standing  oppo- 
 site in  the  way,  and  his  sword  drawn 
 in  his  hand,  then  the  ass  turned 
 aside  out  of  the  way,  and  went  into 
 the  field;  and  Balaam  smote  the  ass 
 with  his  staii'  to  direct  her  in  the  way. 
 ^'*  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  stood  in 
 the  avenues  of  the  vines,  a  fence  being 
 on  this  side  and  a  fence  on  that.  '■^•'^And 
 Avhen  the  ass  saw  the  angel  of  God,  she 
 thrust  herself  against  the  wall,  and 
 crushed  J5alaam's  foot  against  the  wall, 
 and  he  smote  her  again.  '■^''And  the 
 angel  of  the  Lord  went  farther,  and 
 came  and  stood  in  a  narrow  place 
 Avhere  it  was  impossible  to  turn  to  the 
 riglit  or  the  left.  '^^  And  when  the  ass 
 saw  the  angel  of  God,  she  ^lay  down 
 under  Balaam;  and  Balaam  +G>-.satdovra. 
 was  angry,  and  struck  the  ass  with  his 
 stair.  '^'^  And  God  opened  the  mouth 
 of"  the  ass,  and  she  says  to  Balaam, 
 What  have  1  done  to  thee,  that  thou 
 hast  smitten  me  this  third  time?  ^'And 
 Balaam  said  to  the  ass.  Because  thou 
 hast  mocked  me,  and  if  I  had  had  a 
 sword  in  my  hand,  I  would  now  have 
 killed  thee.  ^"And  the  ass  says  to  Ba- 
 laam, Am  not  I  thine  ass  on  wliicli  tbou 
 hast  ridden  since  thy  youth  till  this 
 
Chap.  xxii.  ij.  31. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii.  v.  13. 
 
 day?  did  I  ever  do  thus  to  thee,  utterly 
 disregarding  thee?  and  he  said,  No. 
 ^'  And  God  opened  the  eyes  of  Balaam, 
 and  he  sees  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
 withstanding  him  in  the  way,  and  his 
 sword  drawn  in  his  hand,  and  he 
 stooped  down  and  worshipped  on  his 
 face.  ^^  And  the  angel  of  God  said  to 
 him,  ^Yhj  hast  thou  smitten  thine  ass 
 this  tliird  time?  and,  behold,  I  came 
 out  to  withstand  thee,  for  thy  way  was 
 not  seemly  before  me;  and  when  the 
 ass  saw  me,  she  tui'ned  away  from  me 
 this  tliird  time.  ^^And  if  she  had  not 
 turned  out  of  the  way,  surely  now,  I 
 should  have  slain  thee,  and  sliovdd 
 have  saved, her  aHve.  ^^And  Balaam 
 said  to  the  angel  of  the  Lord,  I  have 
 sinned,  for  I  did  not  know  that  thou 
 wert  standing  opposite  in  the  way  to 
 meet  me;  and  now  if  it  shall  not  be 
 pleasing  to  thoe  for  me  to  go  on  I  will 
 return.  ^^And  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
 said  to  Balaam,  Go  with  the  men: 
 nevertheless  the  word  wliich  I  shall 
 speak  to  thee,  that  thou  shalt  take 
 heed  to  speak:  and  Balaam  went  with 
 the  princes  of  Balac. 
 
 ^^And  when  Balac  heard  that  Ba- 
 laam was  come,  he  went  out  to  meet 
 him,  to  a  city  of  Moab,  which  is  on 
 the  borders  of  Arnon,  which  is  on  the 
 extreme  part  of  the  borders.  ^^And 
 Balac  said  to  Balaam,  Did  I  not  send 
 to  thee  to  call  thee  ?  why  hast  thou 
 not  come  to  me  ?  shall  I  not  indeed  be 
 able  to  honour  thee?  ^**And  Balaam 
 said  to  Balac,  behold,  I  am  now  come 
 to  thee,  shall  I  be  able  to  say  any- 
 thing ?  the  word  which  God  shall  put 
 into  my  mouth,  that  I  shall  speak. 
 ^^And  Balaam  went  with  Balac,  and 
 +  Or,  cities  of  they  Came  to  ^  the  cities  of 
 viuages.  Heb.  ^^^^^^^    ""And  Bakc  offered 
 
 sheep  and  calves,  and  sent  to  Ba- 
 laam and  to  his  princes  who  were 
 with  him.  ^^And  it  was  morning; 
 and  Balac  took  Balaam,  and  brought 
 him  up  to  the  pillar  of  Baal,  and 
 showed  him  thence  a  part  of  the 
 people. 
 
 171 
 
 23.  And  Balaam  said  to  Balac, 
 Biuld  me  here  seven  altars,  and  prepare 
 me  here  seven  calves,  and  seven  rams. 
 ^  And  Balac  did  as  Balaam  told  him ; 
 and  he  offered  up  a  calf  and  a  ram  on 
 every  altar.  ^And  Balaam  said  to 
 Balac,  Stand  by  thy  sacrifice,  and  I 
 will  go  and  see  if  God  will ''  appear  to 
 me  and  meet  me,  and  the  tome'iifmeet^ 
 word  which  he  shall  show  '^^s- 
 me,  I  will  report  to  thee:  and  Balac 
 stood  by  his  sacrifice.  ^  And  Balaam 
 went  to  inquire  of  God;  and  he  went 
 straight  forward ;  and  God  appeared  to 
 Balaam;  and  Balaam  said  to  him,  I 
 have  prepared  the  seven  altars,  and 
 have  offered  a  calf  and  a  ram  on  every 
 altar.  ^And  God  put  a  word  into  the 
 mouth  of  Balaam,  and  said.  Thou  shalt 
 return  to  Balac,  and  thus  shalt  thou 
 speak.  "^And  he  returned  to  him,  and 
 moreover  he  stood  over  his  ,' whole- 
 burnt-offerings,  and  all  the  princes  of 
 Moab  with  hitn;  and  the  Spirit  of 
 God  came  upon  him.  ^And  he  took 
 up  his  parable,  and  said,  Balac  king  of 
 Moab  sent  for  me  out  of  Mesopotamia 
 out  of  the  mountains  of  the  east,  saying 
 Come,  curse  me  Jacob,  and  come  call  for 
 a  curse  for  me  upon  Israel.  ^  How  can 
 I  curse  whom  the  Lord  curses  not,  or 
 how  can  I  devote  whom  God  devotes 
 not  ?  ^  For  from  the  top  of  the  moun- 
 tains I  shall  see  him,  and  from  the 
 hills  I  shall  observe  him:" behold,  the 
 people  shall  dwell  alone,  and  shall  not 
 be  reckoned  among  the  nations.  ^"Wlio 
 has  exactly  calculated  the  seed  of  Jacob, 
 and  who  shall  nmnber  the  famiHes  of 
 Israel?  let  my  soid  die  with  the  souls 
 of  the  righteous,  and  let  my  seed  be  as 
 their  seed.  "And  Balac  said  to  Ba- 
 laam, What  hast  thou  done  to  me?  I 
 called  thee  to  curse  my  enemies,  and 
 behold  thou  hast  greatly  blessed  them. 
 '^And  Balaam  said  to  Balac,  Wliat- 
 soever  the  Lord  shall  put  into  my 
 mouth,  shall  I  not  take  heed  to  speak 
 this?  ^^And  Balac  said  to  him.  Come 
 yet  with  me  to  another  t  cr.  wm  or  it. 
 place  where   thou   shalt  not  see  Hhe 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  14. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.  12. 
 
 people,  but  only  thou  shalt  see  a  part 
 of  them,  and  shalt  not  see  them  all, 
 and  curse  me  them  from  thence. 
 
 '"•And  he  took  him  to  a  high  place 
 of  the  field  to  the  top  of  the  quarried 
 rock,  and  he  built  there  seven  altars, 
 and  offered  a  calf  and  a  ram  on  every 
 altar.  ''^And  Balaam  said  to  Balac, 
 Stand  by  thy  sacrifice,  and  I  will  go 
 to  inquire  of  God.  "'And  God  met 
 Balaam,  and  put  a  word  into  his  mouth, 
 and  said,  Return  to  Balac,  and  thus 
 shalt  thou  speak.  '^And  he  returned 
 to  him,  and  he  also  was  standing  by 
 his  whole-burnt-sacrifice,  and  all  the 
 princes  of  INloab  with  him,  and  Balac 
 said  to  him,  What  has  the  Lord  spoken? 
 '^  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said. 
 Rise  up,  Balac,  and  hear,  hearken  as  a 
 witness  thou  son  of  Sepphor.  ^^  God  is 
 +  Various        j^q^  ^^  iwiin  to  ^  wavcr,  nor 
 
 readmits  m  the  ' 
 
 Greek.  as  the  son  of  man    to  be 
 
 threatened;  shall  he  say  and  not  per- 
 form? shall  he  speak  and  not  keep  to 
 his  loordi  ""  Behold  1  have  received 
 commandment  to  bless  :  I  will  bless, 
 and  not  turn  back.  ^'  There  shall  not 
 be  trouble  in  Jacob,  neither  shall  sor- 
 row be  seen  in  Israel:  the  Lord  his 
 God  is  with  him,  the  glories  of  rulers 
 are  in  him.  ^'^  It  was  God  who  brought 
 him  out  of  Egypt;  he  has  as  it  were 
 the  glory  of  a  unicorn.  --'For  there  is 
 '' ^r^^yf-^'c^-  no    divination    ^in    Jacob, 
 
 quent    Ilehni-  +  •       r  1 
 
 ism,  against,     nor  enchantment    m  Israel; 
 
 in  season  it  shall  be;  told  to  tiacob  and 
 
 +  ^>r  what     Israel  Svhat  God  shall  pei-- 
 
 shall  God  per-  .;i  o    i      i  i    i  i 
 
 form?  lorni.     ■'^lieliokl  tlie  people 
 
 shall  rise  up  as  a  hon's  whelp,  and 
 shall  exalt  himself  as  a  lion;  he  shall 
 not  lie  down  till  he  have  eaten  the  prey, 
 and  he  shall  drink  the  blood  of  the 
 slain. 
 
 ^■'' And  Balac  said  to  Balaam,  Neither 
 t  Gr.  him.  ciu'sc  ^  the  peoj)lc  at  all  for 
 me,  nor  bless  them  at  all.  '"'And  Vn\- 
 laam  answered  and  said  to  Balac,  Spoke 
 I  not  to  thee,  saying,  Whatsoever 
 thing  God  shall  speak  to  me,  that  will 
 I  do.  ^^And  Balac  said  to  Balaam, 
 Come  and  1  will  remove  thee  to  an- 
 
 172 
 
 other  place,  if  it  shall  please  God,  and 
 curse  me  them  from  thence.  ^**  And 
 Balac  took  Balaam  to  the  top  of  Pho- 
 gor,  which  extends  to  the  Avilderness. 
 -'■'And  Balaam  said  to  Balac,  Build  me 
 here  seven  altars,  and  prepare  me  here 
 seven  calves,  and  seven  rams.  ^"And 
 Balac  did  as  Balaam  told  him,  and 
 offered  a  calf  and  a  ram  on  every  altar. 
 
 24.  And  when  Balaam  saw  that  it 
 pleased  God  to  bless  Israel,  he  did  not 
 iio  according;  to  his  custom  to  meet  the 
 omens,  but  turned  his  face  toward  the 
 wilderness.  ^And  Balaam  hfted  up 
 his  eyes,  and  sees  Israel  encamped  by 
 their  tribes;  and  the  Spirit  of  God 
 came  upon  him.  ^And  he  took  up  his 
 parable  and  said,  Balaam  son  of  Beor 
 says,  the  man  who  sees  truly  says,  ''  lie 
 says  who  hears  the  oracle  of  the  Mighty 
 One,  who  saw  a  vision  of  God  in  sleejj ; 
 his  eyes  were  opened.  ■''How  goodly 
 are  thy  habitations,  Jacob,  and  thy 
 tents,  Israel!  ^As  shady  groves,  and 
 as  gardens  by  a  river,  and  as  tents 
 which  God  pitched,  and  as  cedars  by 
 the  waters.  '^  There  shall  come  a  man 
 out  of  his  seed,  and  he  shall  rule  over 
 many  nations;  and  the  kingdom  of 
 Gog  shall  be  exalted,  and  his  kingdom 
 shall  be  increased.  **  God  led  him  out 
 of  Egypt,  he  has  as  it  were  the  glory 
 of  a  unicorn;  he  shall  consume  th(^ 
 nations  of  his  enemies,  and  he  shall 
 '^  drain  their  marrow,  and  i  fj^.  suck  the 
 \\\i\\  his  darts  he  shall  shoot  narrow  of 
 
 ....  II  1 1     1  tiieir  fat  bunes. 
 
 thi-ough  tlie  enemy.  He  lay 
 down,  he  rested  as  a  lion,  and  as  a 
 young  lion;  who  shall  stir  him  up? 
 they  that  bless  thee  are  blessed,  and 
 they  that  ciu'se  thee  are  cursed.  '"And 
 Balac  was  angry  with  Balaam,  and 
 clapped  his  hands  together,  and  Balac 
 said  to  Balaam,  I  called  thee  to  curse 
 my  enemy,  and  l)ohol(l  tliou  hast  de- 
 cidedly blessed  him  tliis  tliird  time. 
 "Now  therefore  ffee  to  thy  place: 
 I  said,  1  will  honour  thee,  but  now 
 the  Lord  has  deprived  thee  of  glory. 
 '^And  Balaam  said  to  Balac,  Did  I  not 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  v.  13. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  18. 
 
 speak  to  tliy  messengers  also  wliom 
 thou  sentest  to  me,  saying,  '"'If  Balac 
 should  give  me  his  house  full  of  silver 
 and  gold,  I  shall  not  be  able  to^trans- 
 t  Or,  go  beyond,  gress  thc  Avord  of  the  Lord 
 to  make  it  good  or  bad  by  myself; 
 "whatsoever  things  God  shall  say  them 
 will  I  speak.  ^^And  now,  behold  I 
 return  to  my  place ;  come,  I  will  advise 
 thee  of  what  this  people  shall  do  to  thy 
 people  in  the  last  days. 
 
 '•''And  he  took  up  his  parable  and 
 .said,  Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  says,  the 
 man  who  sees  truly  says,  '"hearing  the 
 
 tGc. knowing  oraclcs  of  God,  ^receiving 
 knowledge,  kj^^o^iedge  from  the  Mos't 
 High,  and  having  seen  a  vision  of  God 
 in  sleep;  his  eyes  were  *  opened.     '^I 
 
 +  0/-,unveUed.  will  point  to  him,  but  not 
 now;  I  bless  him,  but  he  draws  not 
 near:  a  star  shall  rise  out  of  Jacob,  a 
 man  shall  spring  out  of  Israel;  and 
 shall  crush  the  princes  of  Moab,  and 
 shall  spoil  all  the  sons  of  Seth.  "*  And 
 Edom  shall  be  an  inheritance,  and 
 Esau  his  ^emy  shall  be  an  inheritance 
 of  Israel,  and  Israel  wrought  vaHantly. 
 '^  And  one  sliail  arise  out  of  Jacob,  and 
 destroy  out  of  the  city  him  that  escapes. 
 ^"  And  having  seen  Amalec,  he  took  up 
 his  parable  and  said,  Amalec  is  the  first 
 of  the  nations,  yet  his  seed  shall  perish. 
 -'  And  having  seen  the  Kenite,  he  took 
 up  his  parable  and  said.  Thy  dwelling- 
 place  is  strong,  yet  though  thou  should- 
 est  put  thy  nest  in  a  rock,  ^-  and 
 though  Beor  should  have  a  ^skilfully 
 
 +  Gr.  nest  of  coutrived  hiding-place,  the 
 cunning.  Assyi'ians  shall  carry  thee 
 
 aAvay  captive.  ^^  And  he  looked  upon 
 Og,  and  took  up  his  parable  and  said, 
 Oh,    Oh,   who   shall  live,  when   God 
 
 ♦  G)-.  put.  shall  ^  do  these  things.? 
 ^"•And  one  shall  come  forth  from  the 
 liands  of  the  Citians,  and  shall  afflict 
 Or,  men  of  Assur,  and  shall  afflict  the 
 ^  Hebrews,  and  they  shall 
 perish  together.  ^'^And  Balaam  rose 
 ^Gr.nph'seavTov  up  aud  departed  and  re- 
 r/.  rf.  Chez  lui.  turned  to  his  place,  and 
 Balac  went  to  his  ^  own  home. 
 
 17.3 
 
 Heber. 
 
 25.  And  Israel  sojourned  in  Sattin, 
 and  the  people  ^  profaned  ^  ^^^  i^j,  ^^ 
 itself  by  going  a-whoring  begin  and'^  to 
 after  the  dauo'hters  of  Moab.  p"^"^^' 
 ^  And  they  called  them  to  the  sacrifices 
 of  their  idols;  and  the  people  ate  of 
 their  sacrifices,  and  worshipped  their 
 idols.  ^And  Israel  consecrated  them- 
 selves to  Beel-phegor:  and  the  Lord 
 was  very  angry  with  Israel.  *  And 
 the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Take  all  the 
 princes  of  the  people,  and  ^make  them 
 examples  of  Judgment  for  to'^h'ame^^le^ 
 the  Lord  in  the  face  of  the  Heb.  6. 6. 
 sun,  and  the  anger  of  the  Lord  shall 
 be  turned  away  from  Israel.  '^And 
 Moses  said  to  the  tribes  of  Israel,  Slay 
 ye  every  one  his  friend  that  is  conse- 
 crated to  Beel-phegor.  ''And,  behold, 
 a  man  of  the  children  of  Israel  came 
 and  brought  his  brother  to  a  Madian- 
 itish  Avoman  before  Moses,  and  before 
 all  the  congregation  of  the  children  of 
 Israel;  and  they  were  weeping  at  the 
 door  of  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 ^And  Phinees  the  son  of  Eleazar,  the 
 son  of  Aaron  the  priest,  saw  it,  and 
 rose  out  of  the  midst  of  the  congrega- 
 tion, and  took  a  ^javelin  +&>-. dagger. 
 in  his  hand,  ^  and  went  in  after  the 
 Israehtish  man  into  the  ^  chamber,  and 
 pierced  them  both  through,  \Gr.  furnace 
 both  the  Israelitish  man,  renders'  b?^. 
 and  the  woman  through  '»">■■  Heh.nz^ 
 her  womb ;  and  the  plague  was  stayed 
 from  the  children,  of  Israel.  ^  And  those 
 that  died  in  the  plague  were  four  and 
 twenty  thousand. 
 
 '°  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  "  Phinees  the  son  of  Eleazar 
 the  sou  of  Aaron  the  priest  has  caused 
 my  wrath  to  cease  from  the  children 
 of  Israel,  when  I  was  exceedingly 
 iealous  ^  among  them,  and    ^  ^.'''  7^}^  "'' 
 
 ^'  o  1         1  •!      against  them. 
 
 1  did  not  consume  the  chil-  Hebmism. 
 dren  of  Israel  in  my  jealousy.  '^Thus 
 do  thou  say  to  him,  Behold,  I  give  him  a 
 covenant  of  peace:  '^and  he  and  his 
 seed  after  him  shall  have  a  perpetual 
 covenant  of  priesthood,  because  he  was 
 zealous  for  his  God  and  made  atone- 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  14. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxvi.  v.  16. 
 
 ment  for  the  children  of  Israel.  '■*  Now 
 the  name  of  the  smitten,  Israelitish 
 man  who  was  smitten  with  the 
 Madianitish  woman,  ioas  Zambri  son 
 of  Salmon,  prince  of  a  house  of  the 
 tribe  of  Symeon.  ^^  And  the  name  of 
 the  Madianitish  woman  who  was 
 smitten,  was  Chasbi,  daughter  of  Sur, 
 a  prince  of  the  nation  of  Ommoth,  it 
 is  a  cliief  house  among  the  people  of 
 Madiam.  '^And  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 Moses,  saying,  Speak  to  the  children 
 of  Israel,  saying,  '^  Plague  the  Madian- 
 ites  as  enemies,  and  smite  them,  ^^for 
 they  arc  enemies  to  you  by  the  treachery 
 wherein  they  ensnare  you  through 
 Phogor,  and  through  Chasbi  their 
 sister,  daughter  of  a  prince  of  JNIadiam, 
 who  was  smitten  in  the  day  of  the 
 plague  because  of  Phogor. 
 
 26.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  the 
 plague  that  the  Lord  spoke  to  IMoscs 
 and  Eleazar  the  priest,  saying,  ^  Take 
 the  sum  of  all  the  congregation  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  from  twenty  years 
 old  and  upward,  according  to  the 
 t  Gr.  of  their  houses   ^  of   tlicir   Hncagc, 
 
 fathers'  fami-    ^^^^^^  ^^^^  ^j^^^  ^^^^  forth  ^to 
 
 +  Gr   to  set  jj^ttlc  in  Isracl.    ^And  Mo- 
 
 himself   lu  ^    ^^^  ^ 
 
 array.  scs  and  Llcazar  the  priest 
 
 spoke  in  Araboth  of  Moab  at  the  Jor- 
 dan by  Jericho,  saying,  "*  This  is  the 
 numbering  from  twenty  years  old  and 
 upward,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 Moses.  And  the  sons  of  Israel  that 
 came  out  of  Egypt  are  as  follows: 
 ^ Ruben  was  the  lirst-born  of  Israel: 
 and  the  sons  of  Ruben,  Enoch,  and 
 the  family  of  Enoch :  to  Phallu  belongs 
 the  family  of  the  Phalluites.  '^  To 
 Asron,  the  family  of  Asroni :  to  Charmi, 
 the  family  of  ( 'harmi.  ^  These  are  the 
 families  of  Ruben :  and  their  number- 
 ing was  forty- three  thousand  and  seven 
 hundred  and  thirty.  **  And  the  sons 
 of  I^hallu  were  Eliab, — '•*  and  the  sons 
 of  l^Hab,  Namuel  and  Dathan,  and 
 Abiron:  these  are  renowned  men  of 
 the  congregation;  these  are  they  that 
 rose  up  against  ]\Ioses  and  Aaron  in 
 
 174 
 
 the  gathering  of  Core,  in  the  rebellion 
 against  the  Lord.  '"And  the  earth 
 opened  her  mouth,  and  swallowed  up 
 them  and  Core,  when  their  assembly 
 perished,  when  the  fire  devoured  the 
 two  hundred  and  fifty,  and  they  were 
 ^  made  a  sign.  *'  But  the  +0r, for  a  sign, 
 sons  of  Core  died  not.  '^And  the  sons 
 of  Symeon : — the  family  of  the  sons  of 
 Symeon :  to  Namvicl,  belonged  the  family 
 of  the  Namuchtes ;  to  Jamin  the  family 
 of  the  Jaminites ;  to  Jachin  the  family 
 of  the  Jacliinites.  '■*  To  Zara  the 
 family  of  the  Zaraites ;  to  Saul  the 
 family  of  the  Saulites.  '^  These  are 
 the  famihes  of  Symeon  according  to 
 their  numbering,  two  and  twenty  thou- 
 sand and  two  hundred.  '^And  the 
 sons  of  Juda,  Er  and  Aunan;  and  Er 
 and  Aunan  died  in  the  land  of  Chanaan. 
 ^^  And  these  were  the  sons  of  Juda, 
 according  to  their  families:  to  Selom 
 belonged  the  family  of  the  Selonites; 
 to  Phares,  the  family  of  the  Pharesites; 
 to  Zara,  the  family  of  the  Zaraites. 
 ^*And  the  sons  of  Phares  were,  to  Asron, 
 the  family  of  the  Asronites ;  to  Jamun, 
 the  family  of  the  Jamunites.  ^^  These 
 are  the  families  of  Juda  according  to 
 their  numbering,  seventy-six  thousand 
 and  five  hundred-.  '^^And  the  sons  of 
 Issachar  according  to  their  famihes :  to 
 Thola,  the  fiimily  of  the  Tholaites;  to 
 Phua,  the  family  of  the  Phuaites.  "^^  To 
 Jasub,  the  family  of  the  Jasubites;  to 
 Samram,  the  family  of  the  Samramites. 
 ^•^  These  are  the  famihes  of  Issachar 
 according  to  their  numbering,  sixty- 
 four  thousand  and  four  hundred.  ^®  The 
 sons  of  Zabulon  according  to  their 
 families:  to  Sared,  the  family  of  the 
 Sarcdites;  to  AUon,  the  family  of  the 
 Allonitcs ;  to  Allel,  the  family  of  the 
 AUelites.  ^^  These  are  the  families  of 
 Zabulon  according  to  their  ninnbering, 
 sixty  thou-sand  and  five  hundred.  '*  The 
 sons  of  Gad  according  to  their  fami- 
 lies: to  Saphon,  the  family  of  the 
 Saphonites;  to  Angi,the  family  of  the 
 Angites ;  to  Suni,  the  family  of  the 
 Sunites ;    '^  to   Azeni,    the   family   of 
 
Chap.  xxvi.  u.  17 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxvi.  v.  58. 
 
 the  Azenites;  to  Addi,  the  family  of 
 the  Addites:  ^^to  Aroadi,  the  family 
 of  the  Aroadites;  to  Ariel,  the  family 
 of  the  AricHtes.  '**  These  are  the  fami- 
 lies of  the  children  of  Gad  according 
 to  their  numbeiing,  forty-four  thou- 
 sand and  five  himdred.  *^  The  sons  of 
 Aser  according  to  their  famihes ;  to 
 Jamin,  the  family  of  the  Jaminites; 
 to  Jesu,  the  family  of  the  Jesusites ; 
 to  Baria,  the  family  of  the  Bariaites. 
 '*■'  To  Chober  the  family  of  the  Chober- 
 ites ;  to  IMelcliiel,  the  family  of  the 
 MelcliieHtes.  '*^  And  the  name  of  the 
 daughter  of  Aser,  Sara.  ^^  These  are 
 the  famihes  of  Aser  according  to  their 
 nmnbering,  forty-three  thousand  and 
 
 t  Alex.  600.  ^  four  hundred.  ^*  The  sons 
 of  Joseph  according  to  their  famihes, 
 Manas&e  and  Ephraim.  ^^The  sons  of 
 Manasse.  To  j\lacliir  the  family  5f  the 
 Machiritcs ;  and  ]\Iachir  begot  Galaad : 
 to  Galaad,  the  family  of  the  Galaadites. 
 ^^And  these  are  the  sons  of  Galaad ;  to 
 Acliiezer,  the  family  of  the  Acliiezer- 
 ites ;  to  Cheleg,  the  family  of  the  Che- 
 legites.  ^'  To  Esriel,  the  family  of  the 
 Esriehtes ;  to  Sychem,  the  family  of 
 the  Sychemites.  ^^  To  Symacr,  the 
 family  of  the  Symaerites ;  and  to  Opher, 
 the  family  of  the  Opherites.  ^^And  to 
 Salpaad  the  son  of  Opher  there  were 
 no  sons,  but  daughters :  and  these  were 
 the  names  of  the  daughters  of  Salpaad ; 
 ]\Iala,  and  Xua,  and  Egla,  and  Melcha, 
 and  Thersa.  ^^  These  are  the  famihes 
 of  Manasse  according  to  their  nimiber- 
 
 *Aiex.  62.500.  ing,  ^  fifty-two  thousand  and 
 seven  himdred.  ^-^And  these  are  the 
 children  of  Ephraim;  to  Suthala,  the 
 family  of  the  Suthalanites ;  to  Tanach, 
 the  family  of  the  Tanacliites.  ^^  These 
 are  the  sons  of  Suthala ;  to  Eden,  the 
 family  of  the  Edenites.  ^^  These  are 
 the  famihes  of  Ephraim  according  to 
 their  numbering,  thirty-two  thousand 
 and  five  hundred:  these  are  the  fami- 
 hes of  the  cliildi-en  of  Joseph  accord- 
 ing to  their  famihes.  ^^  The  sons  of 
 Benjamin  according  to  their  famihes; 
 to  Bale,  the  family  of  the  Bahtes;  to 
 
 Asyber,  the  family  of  the  Asyberites; 
 to  Jacliiran,  the  family  of  the  Jachi- 
 ranites.  ^^  To  Sophan,  the  family  of 
 the  Sophanites.  ^"And  the  sons  of 
 Bale  were  Adar  and  Xoeman ;  to  Adar, 
 the  family  of  the  Adarites;  and  to 
 Xoeman,  the  family  of  the  Xoeman - 
 ites.  '*'  These  are  the  sons  of  Benja- 
 min by  their  families  according  to 
 their  numbering,  tliirty-five  thousand 
 and  five  hundi'ed.  ^^And  the  sons  of 
 Dan  according  to  their  famihes ;  to 
 Same,  the  family  of  the  Sameites;  these 
 are  the  famihes  of  Dan  reckoned  by 
 their  famihes.  '^^AU  the  famihes  of 
 Samei  according  to  their  numbering, 
 sixty-fovu'  thousand  and  ^  four  ^  Aiex.  600. 
 himdred.  "**  The  sons  of  Xephthali 
 according  to  their  famihes;  to  Asiel, 
 the  family  of  the  Asiehtes ;  to  Gauni, 
 the  family  of  the  Gauni tes.  ^^  To 
 Jeser  the  family  of  the  Jeserites  ;  to 
 SeUem,  the  family  of  the  Sellemites. 
 ^°  These  are  the  famihes  of  Xephthali, 
 according  to  their  numbering,  forty 
 thousand  and  three  himdred.  ^'  This 
 is  the  numbering  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  six  hundred  and  one  thousand 
 and  seven  himdred  and  tliirty. 
 
 ^^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  jMoses, 
 saying,  ^^  To  these  the  land  shall  be 
 di\'ided,  so  that  they  should  inlierit 
 according  to  the  nimiber  of  the  names. 
 ^^  To  the  gi'eater  number  thou  shalt 
 give  the  greater  inheritance,  and  to  the 
 less  number  thou  shalt  give  the  less 
 inheritance :  to  each  one,  as  they  have 
 been  numbered,  shall  their  inheritance 
 be  given.  ^^  The  land  shaU  be  di-vided 
 to  the  names  by  lot,  they  shaU  inherit 
 according  to  the  tribes  of  their  fami- 
 hes. ^^  Thou  shalt  di\'ide  their  inhe- 
 ritance by  lot  between  the  many  and 
 the  few.  ^^And  the  sons  of  Le\d  ac- 
 cording to  their  famihes;  to  Gedson, 
 the  family  of  the  Gedsonites;  to  Kaath, 
 the  family  of  the  Kaathites;  to  Merari, 
 the  family  of  the  Merarites.  ^^  These 
 are  the  famihes  of  the  sons  of  Levi; 
 the  family  of  the  Lobenites ;  the  family 
 of  the  Chebronites ;  the  family  of  the 
 
Chap.  xxvi.  v.  59. 
 
 XUMBEKS, 
 
 Chap,  xxvii.  v.  19. 
 
 Coreitcs ;  and  the  family  of  the  jVlusitos ; 
 and  Kaath  be2:ot  Amram.  "'^  And  the 
 name  of  his  wife  Avas  Jochabed, 
 daughter  of  Levi,  who  bore  the.«e  to 
 Levi  in  Egypt,  and  she  bore  to  Amram, 
 Aaron  and  ]\Ioses,  and  Mariam  their 
 sister.  ^''And  to  Aaron  were  born 
 both  Nadab  and  Abiud,  and  Eleazar, 
 and  Ithamar.  ^'  And  Nadab  and 
 Abiud  died  when  they  offered  strange 
 fire  before  the  Lord  in  the  Avilderness 
 of  Sina.  ^^  And  there  were  accord- 
 ing to  their  numbering,  twenty-three 
 thousand,  every  male  from  a  month 
 old  and  upward:  for  they  were  not 
 numbered  among  the  children  of  Israel, 
 because  they  have  no  inheritance  in 
 the  midst  of"  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 ''^And  this  is  the  numbering  of 
 Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest,  who 
 numbered  the  children  of  Israel  in 
 Araboth  of  Moab,  at  Jordan  by  Jericho. 
 ^''And  among  these  there  was  not  a 
 man  numbered  by  Moses  and  Aaron, 
 whom,  even  the  children  of  Israel,  they 
 numbered  in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai. 
 ^^For  the  Lord  said  to  them.  They 
 shall  surely  die  in  the  wilderness:  and 
 there  was  not  left  even  one  of  them, 
 except  Chaleb  the  son  of  Jephonne, 
 and  Joshua  the  son  of  Naue. 
 
 27.  And  the  daughters  of  Salpaad 
 the  son  of  Opher,  the  son  of  Galaad, 
 the  son  of  Machir,  of  the  tribe  of  Ma- 
 nasse,  of  the  sons  of  Joseph,  came  near, 
 and  these  were  their  names,  Maala, 
 and  Nua,  and  Egla,  and  Melcha,  and 
 Thersa;  ^and  they  stood  before  Moses, 
 and  before  Eleazar  the  priest,  and 
 before  the  princes,  and  before  all  the 
 congregation  at  the  door  of  the  taber- 
 nacle  of  ^vitness,  saying,  •'  Our  father 
 died  in  the  wilderness,  and  he  was  not 
 in  the  midst  of  the  congregation  that 
 rebelled  against  the  Lord  in  the  gather- 
 ing of  Core,  for  he  died  for  his  own  sin, 
 and  he  had  no  sons:  let  not  the  name 
 of  our  father  be  blotted  out  of  the 
 midst  of  his  people,  because  he  has  no 
 son  :    give    us   an  inheritance   in  the 
 
 midst  of  our  father's  brethren.  ""And 
 Mofcs  brought  their  case  before  the 
 Lord.  ■'  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  *'  The  daughters  of  Salpaad 
 have  spoken  rightly :  thou  shalt  surely 
 give  them  a  possession  of  inheritance 
 in  the  midst  of  their  father's  brethren, 
 and  thou  shalt  assign  their  father's  in- 
 heritance to  them.  ^And  thou  shalt 
 speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  saying, 
 **If  a  man  die,  and  have  no  son,  ye  shall 
 assign  his  inheritance  to  liis  daughter. 
 ^  And  if  he  have  no  daughter,  ye  shall 
 give  his  inheritance  to  his  brother. 
 '"And  if  he  have  no  brethren,  ye  shall 
 give  his  inheritance  to  his  father's 
 brother.  "And  if  there  be  no  brethren 
 of  his  father,  ye  shall  give  the  inherit- 
 ance to  his  nearest  relation  of  his  tribe, 
 to  inherit  his  possessitms ;  and  this  shall 
 be  to  the  children  of  Israel  an  ordi- 
 nance of  judgment,  as  the  Lord  com- 
 manded Moses. 
 
 '^And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Go 
 up  to  the  mountain  that  is  in  the  coun- 
 try beyond  Jordan,  this  Moimt  Nabau, 
 and  behold  the  land  Chanaan,  which 
 I  give  to  the  sons  of  Israel  for  a  pos- 
 session. '^And  thou  shalt  see  it,  and 
 thou  also  shalt  be  addcid  to  thy  people, 
 as  Aaron  thy  brother  was  added  to 
 them  in  Mount  Or.  ^^  Because  ye  trans- 
 gressed my  commandment  in  the  wil- 
 clerncss  of  Sin,  when  the  congregation 
 resisted  a?ul  refused  to  sanctify  me,  ye 
 sanctified  me  not  at  the  water  before 
 them :  this  is  the  water  of  Strife  in 
 Kades  in  the  wilderness  of  Sin.  '^And 
 Moses  said  to  the  Lord,  "^  Let  the  Lord 
 God  of  spirits  and  of  all  flesh  look  out 
 for  a  man  over  this  congregation,  '^who 
 shall  go  out  before  them,  tnid  who  shall 
 come  in  before  them,  and  who  shall 
 lead  them  out,  and  who  shall  bring 
 them  in,  so  the  congregation  of  the 
 Lord  shall  not  be  as  sheep  without  a 
 shepherd.  "*And  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 Moses,  saying.  Take  to  thyself  Joshua 
 the  son  of  Kaue,  a  man  who  has  the 
 spirit  in  him,  and  thou  shalt  lav  thy 
 hands  upon  him.   '-'And  thou  shalt  set 
 
Chap,  xxvii.  v.  20. 
 
 NUMBEKS. 
 
 Chap,  xxviii.  v.  23. 
 
 him  before  Elcazar  the  priest,  and 
 thou  shalt  give  him  a  charge  before 
 all  the  cono;reffation,  and  thou  shalt 
 give  a  charge  concerning  him  before 
 them.  ■^'^And  thou  shalt  put  of  thy 
 glory  upon  him,  that  the  cliildren  of 
 Israel  may  hearken  to  him.  ^' And  he 
 shall  stand  before  Eleazar  the  priest, 
 and  they  shall  ask  of  him  before  the 
 Lord  the  judgment  of  the  Urim:  they 
 shall  go  forth  at  his  word,  and  at  his 
 Avord  they  shall  come  in,  he  and  the 
 cliildren  of  Israel  with  one  accord,  and 
 all  the  congregation.  ^^  And  Moses  did 
 as  the  Lord  commanded  him;  and  he 
 took  Joshua,  and  set  liim  before  Elea- 
 zar the  priest,  and  before  all  the  con- 
 gregation. ^^And  he  laid  his  hands 
 on  him,  and  appointed  him  as  the  Lord 
 ordered  Moses. 
 
 28.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^Charge  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  thou  shalt  speak  to  them,  saying. 
 Ye  shall  observe  to  offer  to  me  in  my 
 feasts  my  gifts,  my  presents,  my  burnt- 
 offerings  for  a  sweet-smelling  savour. 
 ^  And  thou  shalt  say  to  them.  These 
 are  the  burnt-offerings,  all  that  ye  shall 
 bring  to  the  Lord,  two  lambs  of  a  year 
 old  without  blemish  daily,  for  a  whole- 
 burnt-offering  perpetually.  **  Thou  shalt 
 offer  one  lamb  in  the  morning,  and 
 thou  shalt  offer  the  second  lamb  to- 
 wards evening.  ^  And  thou  shalt  offer 
 the  tenth  part  of  an  ephah  of  fine  flour 
 for  a  meat-offering,  mingled  with  oil, 
 with  the  fourth  part  of  a  hin.  *'  It 
 is  a  perpetual  whole-burnt-offering,  a 
 sacrifice  offered  in  the  mount  of  Sina 
 for  a  sweet-smelling  savour  to  the 
 Lord.  '^And  its  drink-offering  the 
 fourth  part  of  a  hin  to  each  lamb;  in 
 the  holy  place  shalt  thou  pour  strong 
 drink  as  a  drink-offering  to  the  Lord. 
 ^And  the  second  lamb  thou  shalt  offer 
 toward  evening;  thou  shalt  offer  it 
 according  to  its  meat-offering  and  ac- 
 cording to  its  drink-offering  for  a  smell 
 of  sweet  savour  to  the  Lord.  ^And 
 on  the  sabbath  day  ye  shall  offer  two 
 
 1  77 
 
 lambs  of  a  year  old  without  blemish, 
 and  two  tenth  deals  of  fine  flour  min- 
 gled with  oil  for  a  meat-offering,  and 
 a  drink-offering.  "^  It  is  a  whole-burnt- 
 offering  of  the  sabbaths  on  the  sabbath 
 days,  besides  the  continued  whole- 
 burnt-offering,  and  its  drink-offering. 
 
 '•  And  at  the  new  moons  ye  shall 
 brinff  a  whole-burnt- offering  to  the 
 Lord,  two  calves  of  the  herd,  and  one 
 ram,  seven  lambs  of  a  year  old  without 
 blemish.  '"Three  tenth  deals  of  fine 
 flour  mingled  with  oil  for  one  calf, 
 and  two  tenth  deals  of  fine  flour  min- 
 gled with  oil  for  one  ram.  '^A  tenth 
 deal  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for 
 each  lamb,  as  a  meat-offering,  a  sweet- 
 smelling  savour,  a  ^  burnt-  tJj™^j,e^^f"^ 
 offering  to  the  Lord.  '*  Their  meaning  of 
 drink-offering  shall  be  the  lxx!"'*" 
 half  of  a  hin  for  one  calf;  and  the  third 
 of  a  hin  for  one  ram ;  and  the  fourth 
 part  of  a  hin  of  wine  for  one  lamb :  this 
 is  the  wdiole-burnt-offering  monthly 
 throughout  the  months  of  the  year. 
 '^  And  he  shall  offer  one  kid  of  the 
 goats  for  a  sin-offering  to  the  Lord,  it 
 shall  be  offered  ^  beside  the  +  ^pon,  t  e. 
 continual  whole-burnt-offer-  besides,  over 
 
 -,    .         1   •    1        cf    •  ^^'^  above. 
 
 mg,  and  its  dnnk-oiiering. 
 '''And  in  the  first  month,  on  the  four- 
 teenth day  of  the  month,  is  the  passover 
 to  the  Lord.  '^  And  on  the  fifteenth 
 day  of  this  month  is  a  feast;  seven 
 days  ye  shall  eat  unleavened  bread. 
 '^And  the  first  day  shall  be  to  you  a 
 holy  convocation;  ye  shall  do  no  ser- 
 vile work.  '^  And  ye  shall  bring  whole- 
 burnt-offerings,  a  sacrifice  to  the  Lord, 
 two  calves  of  the  herd,  one  ram,  seven 
 lambs  of  a  year  old;  they  shall  be  to 
 you  without  blemish.  ^"And  their  meat- 
 offering shall  be  fine  flour  mingled  with 
 oil ;  three  tenth  deals  for  one  calf,  and 
 two  tenth  deals  for  one  ram.  -'  Thou 
 shalt  offer  a  tenth  for  each  lamb,  for 
 the  seven  lambs.  ^^  And  thou  shalt  offer 
 one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering, 
 to  make  atonement  for  you.  ^^  Beside 
 the  perpetual  whole-burnt-offering  in 
 the  morning,  which  is  a  whole-burnt- 
 13 
 
Chap,  xxviii.  v.  24. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxix. 
 
 19. 
 
 saciificc  for  a  continuance,  ^^  These 
 shall  yc  thus  offer  daily  for  ^  seven  days, 
 +  Alex.  2  days,  a  gift,  a  Sacrifice  for  a  sweet- 
 smelling  savour  to  the  Lord,  beside 
 the  continual  whole-burnt-offering, 
 thou  shalt  offer  its  drink-ofiering.  -■''And 
 the  seventh  day  shall  be  to  you  a  holy 
 convocation;  ye  shall  do  no  sei^vilework 
 in  it.  ^^And  on  the  day  of  the  new 
 com,  Avhen  ye  shall  ofier  a  new  sacri- 
 fice at  the  festival  oi'  weeks  to  the  Lord, 
 there  shall  be  to  you  a  holy  convoca- 
 tion; ye  shall  do  no  servile  work, 
 ^^and  ye  shall  bring  whole-bumt- 
 offerings  for  a  sweet-smelling  savour 
 to  the  Lord,  two  calves  of  the  herd, 
 one  ram,  seven  lambs  without  blemish. 
 ^**  Their  meat-olFering  shall  he  fine  flour 
 mingled  with  oil;  there  shall  be  three 
 tenth  deals  for  one  calf,  and  two  tenth 
 deals  for  one  ram.  ^^  A  tenth  for  each 
 lamb  separately,  for  the  seven  lambs; 
 and  a  kid  of  the  goats,  ^"^for  a  sin-offer- 
 ing, to  make  atonement  for  you ;  beside 
 the  perpetual  whole-burnt-offering :  and 
 ^'  ye  shall  offer  to  me  their  meat-offering. 
 They  shall  be  to  you  unblemished,  and 
 ye  shall  offer  their  drink-offerings. 
 
 29.  And  in  the  seventh  month,  on 
 the  first  day  of  the  month,  there  shall 
 be  to  you  a  holy  convocation :  ye  shall 
 do  no  servile  work :  it  shall  be  to  you 
 a  day  of  blowing  the  trumpets.  ^  And 
 ye  shall  offer  whole-burnt-offerings  for 
 a  SAveet  savour  to  the  Lord,  one  calf  of 
 the  herd,  one  ram,  seven  lambs  of  a 
 year  old  without  blemish.  ^  Their 
 meat-offering  shall  be  fine  flour  mingled 
 with  oil ;  three  tenth  deals  for  one  calf, 
 and  two  tenth  deals  for  one  ram :  "*  a 
 tenth  deal  for  each  several  lamb,  for 
 the  seven  lambs.  ^  And  one  kid  of 
 the  goats  for  a  sin-offering,  to  make 
 atonement  for  you.  "  Beside  the  Avhole- 
 burnt-off brings  for  the  ncAV  moon,  and 
 their  meat-offerings,  and  their  drink- 
 offerings,  and  their  perpetual  whole- 
 burn  t-offerinj;  ;  and  their  meat-of ferin<xs 
 and  their  drink-offerings  according  to 
 their  ordinance  for  a   swcet-smellin'ir 
 
 178  ^ 
 
 savour  to  the  Lord.  ^And  on  the 
 tenth  of  this  month  there  shall  be  to 
 you  a  holy  convocation;  and  ye  shall 
 afflict  your  soids,  and  ye  shall  do  no 
 work.  ^  And  ye  shall  bring  near  whole- 
 burnt-ofierings  for  a  sweet-smelHng 
 savour  to  the  Lord ;  bunit-sacrifices  to 
 the  Lord,  one  calf  of  the  herd,  one 
 ram,  seven  lambs  of  a  year  old;  they 
 shall  be  to  you  withoiit  blemish. 
 '■'  Their  meat-offering  shall  be  fine  flour 
 minified  with  oil ;  three  tenth  deals  for 
 one  calf,  and  two  tenth  deals  for  one 
 ram.  ^°A  tenth  deal  for  each  several 
 lamb,  for  the  seven  lambs.  ''And  one 
 kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering,  to 
 make  atonement  for  you;  beside  the 
 sin-offerino-  for  atonement,  and  the 
 contmual  whole -burnt -offering,  its 
 meat-offering,  and  its  drink-offering 
 according  to  its  ordinance  for  a  smell 
 of  sweet  savour,  a  burnt-sacrifice  to  the 
 Lord.  '^And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of 
 this  seventh  month  ye  shall  have  a  holy 
 convocation;  ye  shall  do  no  servile 
 work;  and  ye  shall  keep  it  a  feast  to 
 the  Lord  seven  days.  '^And  ye  shall 
 bring  near  whole-burnt-offerings,  a 
 sacrifice  for  a  smell  of  sweet  savour  to 
 the  Lord,  on  the  first  day  thirteen 
 calves  of  the  herd,  two  rams,  fourteen 
 lambs  of  a  year  old;  they  shall  be 
 without  blemish.  '''Their  meat-offer- 
 ings shall  be  fine  flour  mingled  with 
 oil;  there  shall  be  three  tenth  deals 
 for  one  calf,  for  the  thirteen  calves; 
 and  two  tenth  deals  for  one  ram,  for 
 the  two  rams.  ''^  A  tenth  deal  for  every 
 lamb,  for  the  fourteen  lambs.  '^And 
 one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering ; 
 beside  the  continual  whole-burnt -offer- 
 ing ;  there  shall  be  their  meat-offerings 
 and  their  di'ink-offerings.  '^And  on 
 the  second  day  twelve  calves,  two 
 rams,  fourteen  lambs  of  a  year  old 
 without  blemish.  "*  Their  meat-offering 
 and  their  drink-offering  shall  be  for 
 the  calves  and  the  rams  and  the  lambs 
 according  to  their  number,  according 
 to  their  ordinance.  ''•'And  one  kid  of 
 the  goats  for  a  sin-offering ;  beside  the 
 
Chap.  xxix.  v.  20. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxx.  v.  6. 
 
 perpetual  wliolc-biirnt-ofFering ;  their 
 meat-ofreringsandtlieir-drink-odenngs. 
 '■^^  On  the  third  day  eleven  calves,  two 
 rams,  fourteen  lambs  of  a  year  old 
 without  blemish.  ^^  Their  meat-offer- 
 ing and  their  drink-offering  shall  be  to 
 the  calves  and  to  the  rams  and  to  the 
 lambs  according  to  their  number,  ac- 
 cording to  their  ordinance.  ^^  And  one 
 kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering ;  be- 
 side the  continual  whole-burnt-offering ; 
 there  shall  be  their  meat-offerings  and 
 their  drink-offerings.  ^^  On  the  fourth 
 day  ten  calves,  two  rams,  fourteen 
 lambs  of  a  year  old  without  spot. 
 ^■' There  shall  be  their  meat-offerings 
 and  their  drink-offerings  to  the  calves 
 and  the  rams  and  the  lambs  accord- 
 ing to  their  nmnber,  according  to  their 
 ordinance.  -^  And  one  kid  of  the 
 goats  for  a  sin-offering ;  beside  the  con- 
 tinual whole-burnt-offering  there  shall 
 be  their  meat-offerings  and  their  drink- 
 offerings.  ^^On  the  fifth  day  nine 
 calves,  two  rams,  fourteen  lambs  of  a 
 year  old  without  spot.  ^^  Their  meat- 
 offerings and  their  drink-offerings  shall 
 be  to  the  calves  and  the  rams  and  the 
 lambs  according  to  their  nmnber,  ac- 
 cording to  their  ordinance.  ^^  And  one 
 kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering ;  be- 
 side the  perpetual  whole-burnt-oficring ; 
 there  shall  be  their  meat-offerings  and 
 their  drink-offerings.  ^^  On  the  sixth 
 day  eight  calves,  two  rams,  fourteen 
 lambs  of  a  year  old  without  blemish. 
 ^•^  There  shall  be  their  meat-offerings 
 and  their  drink-offerings  to  the  calves 
 and  rams  and  lambs  according  to  their 
 number,  according  to  their  ordinance. 
 ^*  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin- 
 offering;  beside  the  perpetual  whole- 
 burnt-offering ;  there  shall  be  their 
 meat-offerings  and  their  drink-offerinffs. 
 ^^  On  the  seventh  day  seven  calves,  two 
 rams,  fourteen  lambs  of  a  year  old 
 without  blemish.  ^^  Their  meat-offer- 
 ings and  their  drink-offerings  shall  be 
 to  the  calves  and  the  rams  and  the 
 lambs  according  to  their  number,  ac- 
 cording to  their  ordinance.    ^'^  And  one 
 
 179 
 
 kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering;  be- 
 side the  continual  whole-burnt-oficring ; 
 there  shall  be  their  meat-offerings  and 
 their  diink-offerings.  ^''And  on  the 
 eighth  day  there  shall  be  to  you  ^a 
 release :  ye  shall  do  no  ser-    .  . 
 
 .,  •/       .         .  oc   A       1         ^'■'  solemn 
 
 Vlie     work     m     it.         '^"And    assembly.   See 
 
 ye  shall  offer  whole-burnt- 
 offerings  as  sacrifices  to  the  Lord, 
 one  calf,  one  ram,  seven  lambs  of 
 a  year  old  without  spot.  ^^  There 
 shall  be  their  meat-offerings  and  their 
 drink-olferings  for  the  calf  and  the 
 ram  and  the  lambs  according  to 
 their  number,  according  to  their  ordi- 
 nance. ^^And  one  kid  of  the  goats 
 for  a  sin-offering ;  beside  the  continual 
 whole-burnt-offering  ;  there  shall  be 
 their  meat-offerings  and  their  drink- 
 offerings.  ^^  These  sacrifices  shall  ye 
 offer  to  the  Lord  in  your  feasts,  besides 
 your  vows,  and  ye  shall  offer  your 
 free-will-offerings  and  your  whole- 
 burnt-offerings,  and  your  meat-offer- 
 ings and  your  drink-offerings,  and  your 
 peace-offerings. 
 
 30.  And  Moses  spoke  to  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  according  to  all  that  the 
 Lord  commanded  Moses.  ^And  ]\Io- 
 ses  spoke  to  the  heads  of  the  tribes  of 
 the  children  of  Israel,  saying,  This  is 
 the  thing  which  the  Lord  has  com- 
 manded. ^  AVhatsoever  man  shall  vow 
 a  vow  to  the  Lord,  or  swear  an 
 oath,  or  bind  himself  with  an  obliga- 
 tion upon  his  sold,  he  shall  not  ^  break 
 his  word ;  all  that  shall  come  +  Gr.  profane, 
 out  of  his  mouth  he  shall  do.  "*  And  if 
 a  woman  shall  vow  a  vow  to  the  Lord, 
 or  bind  herself  with  an  obligation  in 
 her  youth  in  her  father's  house,  and 
 her  father  should  hear  her  vows  and 
 her  obligations,  wherewith  she  has 
 bound  her  soul,  and  her  father  should 
 hold  his  peace  at  her,  then  all  her  vows 
 shall  stand,  ''and  all  the  obligations 
 with  which  she  has  bound  her  soul, 
 shall  remain  to  her.  ''But  if  her  father 
 straitly  forbid  her  in  the  day  in  which 
 he  shall  hear  all   her  vows  and  her 
 
Chap.  xxx.  v.  7. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxxi.  v.  12. 
 
 obligations,  Avliicli  j<lio  has  contracted 
 upon  her  soul,  they  shall  not  stand; 
 and  the  Lord  shall  liold  lier  guiltless, 
 because  her  father  i'orbadc  her.  'But 
 if  she  should  be  indeed  married,  and 
 her  vows  be  upon  her  according  to  the 
 t  It  would      utterance   of  her  lips,  ^in 
 
 seem  that  the  ,         r      .7  7  i-       .• 
 
 relative  oi)s  rcspcct  oi  t/ie  ohligauouf! 
 oWo"fun°  which  she  has  contracted 
 derstood.  upon  licr  soul;  ^and  her 
 husband  should  hear,  and  hold  his 
 peace  at  her  in  the  day  in  which  he 
 should  hear,  then  thus  shall  all  her 
 vows  be  binding,  and  her  obHgations, 
 which  she  has  contracted  upon  her 
 soul  shall  stand.  '■'  l^ut  if  her  husband 
 +  0)-,  in  any  wise,  sliould  ^  straitly  forbid  her 
 in  the  day  in  which  he  should  hear  her, 
 none  of  her  vows  or  obligations  which 
 she  has  contracted  upon  her  soul  shall 
 stand,  because  her  husband  has  dis- 
 allowed lier,  and  the  Lord  shall  hold 
 
 her   o'uiltk 
 
 'And  the  vow    of 
 
 widow  and  of  her  that  is  put  away, 
 +  Gr.  vow.  whatsoever  she  shall  ^  bind 
 upon  her  soul,  shall  stand  to  her. 
 ''  And  if  her  vow  he  made  in  the  house 
 of  her  husband,  or  the  obligation  upon 
 her  soul  with  an  oath,  ''^and  her  hvis- 
 band  should  hear,  and  hold  his  peace 
 at  her,  and  not  disallow  her,  then  all 
 her  vows  shall  stand,  and  all  the  obli- 
 gations which  she  contracted  against 
 her  soul,  shall  stand  against  her.  '^But 
 +  Or,  forbid;    if  licr  luisband  should  ut- 
 
 W.  take  away.    ^^^.|^  ^^^^^^^  ^j^^,  ^^^^^  -^  ^|^^, 
 
 day  in  which  he  vshall  hear  it,  none  of 
 the  things  which  shall  proceed  out  of 
 her  lips  in  her  vows,  and  in  the  obli- 
 gations contracted  upon  her  sold  shall 
 stand  to  her;  her  husband  lias  can- 
 celled them,  and  the  Lord  shall  liold 
 her  guiltless.  '"*  Every  vow,  and  every 
 binding  oath  to  afflict  her  soul,  her 
 husband  shall  confirm  it  to  her,  or  her 
 husband  shall  cancel  it.  •''But  if  he 
 be  wholly  silent  at  her  from  day  to 
 day,  then  shall  he  bind  u])on  her  all 
 her  vows;  and  he  sliall  conlh'm  to  her 
 the  obligations  ivhich  .she  has  hound, 
 upon  lierself,  because  he  held  his  peace 
 
 180 
 
 at  her  in  the  day  in  which  he  heard 
 her.  "^  And  ii"  her  husband  should  ^  in 
 anywise  cancel  them  after  +  o<-, utterly, 
 the  day  in  which  he  heard  tJiem^  then 
 he  shall  bear  his  iniquity.  '^  These  are 
 the  ordinances  which  the  Lord  com- 
 manded Moses,  between  a  man  and  his 
 wife,  and  between  a  father  and  daiighter 
 in  her  youth  in  the  house  of  her  iiither. 
 
 31.  And  tlie  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^Avenge  the  ^wrongs  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  on  the  +  q,.^  yg^. 
 Madianites,  and  ^  afterwards  geance. 
 thou  shalt  be  added  to  thy  ^  ^'^  ^^*- 
 people.  ^And  Moses  spoke  to  the 
 people,  saying.  Arm  ''^some  +gc  men. 
 of  yovi,  and  set  yourselves  in  array 
 before  the  Lord  against  ]\Iadian,  to  in- 
 flict vengeance  on  Madian  from  the 
 Lord.  ^  Send  a  thousand  of  each  tribe 
 from  all  the  tribes  of  the  children  of 
 Israel  to  set  themselves  in  array.  '^And 
 they  numbered  of  the  thousands  of 
 Israel  a  thousand  of  each  tribe,  twelve 
 tliousands;  these  were  armed  for  war. 
 ^  And  ]\Ioses  sent  them  away  a  thou- 
 sand of  every  tribe  with  their  forces, 
 and  Phinees  the  son  of  Elcazar  the  son 
 of  Aaron  tire  priest ;  and  the  holy  in- 
 struments, and  the  signal  trumpets 
 loer-e  in  their  hands.  ^  And  they  set 
 themselves  in  array  against  Madian,  as 
 the  Lord  commanded  Moses ;  and  they 
 slew  every  male.  ^  And  they  slew  the 
 kinsjs  of  Madian  together  with  their 
 slain  sid>jects ;  even  Evi  and  Rokon, 
 and  Sur,  and  Ur,  and  Roboc,  five  kings 
 of  Madian  ;  and  they  slew  with  the 
 sword  Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  with 
 their  other  slain.  ^And  they  made  a 
 prey  of  the  women  of  Madian,  and 
 their  store,  and  their  cattle,  and  all 
 their  possessions :  and  they  spoiled  their 
 forces.  '"And  they  burnt  with  fire 
 all  their  cities  in  the  places  of  their 
 habitation,  and  they  burnt  their  vil- 
 lages with  fire.  "  And  they  took  all 
 their  ])lunder,  and  all  their  sjDoils,  both 
 man  and  beast.  '^Aiid  tliey  brought 
 to  ]\Ioses  and  to  Elcazar  the  priest,  and 
 
Chap.  xxxi.  v.  13. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxxi.  v.  42. 
 
 to  all  the  cliildren  of  Israel,  the  cap- 
 tives, and  the  spoils,  and  the  plunder, 
 to  the  camp  to  Araboth  Moab,  which 
 is  at  Jordan  by  Jericho.  '^And  Moses 
 and  Eleazar  the  priest  and  all  tlie  rulers 
 of  the  synagogue  went  forth  out  of  the 
 camp  to  meet  them.  '"^  And  Moses 
 was  angry  with  the  captains  of  the 
 host,  the  heads  of  thousands  and  the 
 heads  of  hundreds  who  came  from  the 
 battle-array.  '^  And  Moses  said  to 
 them,  Why  have  ye  saved  every  female 
 alive  ?  ^^  For  they  were  the  occasion 
 to  the  cliildren  of  Israel  by  the  word 
 of  Balaam  of  their  revolting  and  de- 
 spising the  word  of  the  Lord,  because 
 of  Phogor ;  and  there  was  a  plague  in 
 the  congregation  of  the  Lord.  ^^  Noav 
 then  slay  every  male  in  all  the  spoil, 
 slay  every  woman,  who  has  known  the 
 lying  with  man.  ^^And  as  for  all  the 
 captivity  of  women,  who  have  not 
 known  the  lying  with  man,  save  ye 
 them  alive.  ^^  And  ye  shall  encamp 
 outside  the  great  camp  seven  days; 
 every    one    who    has    slain    and   who 
 
 +  (.  e.  of  a  touches  a  ^  dead  body,  ^  shall 
 ^+tr,  S'  pu-  ^e  purified  on  the  third  day, 
 rify  himself,  and  you  and  your  captivity 
 shall  jyurify  yourselves  on  the  seventh 
 day.  ^''And  ye  shall  purify  eveiy  gar- 
 ment and  every  leathern  utensil,  and 
 
 -  Gr.  every  ^all  furniture  of  goat  skin, 
 ^^^^'  and   every  wooden  vessel. 
 
 ^^  And  Eleazar  the  priest  said  to  the 
 men  of  the  host  that  came  from  the 
 battle-array.  This  is  the  ordinance  of 
 the  law  which  the  Lord  has  com- 
 manded j\Ioses.  ^-  Beside  the  gold, 
 and  the  silver,  and  the  brass,  and  the 
 iron,  and  lead,  and  tin,  ^^  every  thing 
 that  shall  pass  through  the  fire  shall 
 so  be  clean,  nevertheless  it  shall  be 
 purified  with  the  water  of  sanctifica- 
 tion :  and  whatsoever  will  not  pass 
 through  the  fire  shall  pass  through 
 water.  ^'*  And  on  the  seventh  day  ye 
 shall  wash  your  garments,  and  be 
 clean  ;  and  afterwards  ye  shall  come 
 into  the  camp. 
 
 ^'^  And  the  Lord  spoke    to    IMoses, 
 
 saying,  ^^  Take  the  sum  of  the  spoils 
 of  the  captivity  both  of  man  and  beast, 
 thou  and  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  the 
 heads  of  the  families  of  the  congrega- 
 tion. ^^And  ye  shall  divide  the  spoils 
 between  the  warriors  that  Avent  out  to 
 battle,  and  the  whole  congregation. 
 '^^  And  ye  shall  take  a  tribute  for  the 
 Lord  from  the  warriors  that  went  out 
 to  battle,  one  soul  out  of  five  hundred, 
 from  the  men,  and  from  the  cattle, 
 even  from  the  oxen,  and  from  the 
 sheep,  and  from  the  asses;  and  ye  shall 
 take  from  their  half.  ^^And  thou  shalt 
 give  them  to  Eleazar  the  priest  as  the 
 first-fruits  of  the  Lord.  ^"And  from 
 the  half  belonsino;  to  the  children  of 
 Israel  thou  shalt  take  one  ^  m  fifty 
 from  the  men,  and  from  the  t  c,-.  from 
 oxen,  and  from  the  sheep,  °''°^" 
 and  from  the  asses  and  from  all  the 
 cattle ;  and  thou  shalt  give  them  to  the 
 Levites  that  keep  the  charges  in  the 
 tabernacle  of  the  Lord.  ^^  And  Moses 
 and  Eleazar  the  priest  did  as  the  Lord 
 commanded  Moses.  ^^And  that  which 
 remained  of  the  spoil  which  the  war- 
 riors took,  was — of  the  sheep,  six  hun- 
 dred and  seventy-five  thousand:  ^^and 
 oxen,  seventy-two  thousand  :  ^^  and 
 asses,  sixty-one  thousand.  ^'^And  per- 
 sons of  women  who  had  not  known 
 lying  with  man,  all  the  souls,  thirty- 
 two  thousand.  ^^And  t]ie  half,  even 
 the  portion  of  them  that  went  out  to 
 war,  from  the  number  of  the  sheep, 
 was  three  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
 thousand  and  five  himdred.  ^^  And 
 the  tribute  to  the  Lord  from  the  sheep 
 was  six  hundred  and  seventy-five. 
 ^®  And  the  oxen,  six  and  thirty  thou- 
 sand, and  the  tribute  to  the  Lord, 
 seventy-two.  ^^And  asses,  thirty  thou- 
 sand and  five  hundred,  and  the  tribute 
 to  the  Lord,  sixty-one :  ^^  and  the  per- 
 sons, sixteen  thousand,  and  the  tribute 
 of  them  to  the  Lord,  thirty-two  souls. 
 *^  And  Moses  gave  the  tribute  to  the 
 Lord,  the  heave-ofiering  of  God,  to 
 Eleazar  the  priest,  as  the  Lord  com- 
 manded IMoscs.     ^'^  From  the  half  be- 
 
Chap.  xxxi.  v.  43. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxii.  v.  15. 
 
 longing  to  tlic  children  of  Israel,  wliom 
 JNIoses  separated  from  tlie  men  of  war. 
 *^And  the  half  taken  from  the  sheep, 
 belonging  to  the  congregation,  was 
 three  hundred  and  thirty-seven  thou- 
 sand and  five  hundred.  ■*•*  And  the 
 oxen,  thirty-six  thousand.  '*^  Asses, 
 thirty  thousand  and  five  hundred. 
 ^^And  persons,  sixteen  thousand.  ''^And 
 Moses  took  of  the  half  helono-inj;  to 
 the  cliildren  of  Israel  the  '*  fiftieth  part, 
 +  Gr.  the  one  of  men  and  of  cattle,  and 
 
 out  of  the  fifty.    1^^,  g.^^.^.  ^l^gj^  ^^j  ^1^^  LcviteS 
 
 Avho  keep  the  charges  of  the  tabernacle 
 of  the  Lord,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
 Moses. 
 
 ■^'^And  all  those  Avho  were  appointed 
 to  be  officers  of  thousands  of  the  host, 
 captains  of  thousands  and  captains  of 
 hundreds,  approached  Moses,  and  said 
 to  Moses,  ''^Thy  servants  have  taken 
 the  Sinn  of  the  men  of  war  with  us, 
 +  Gi:  SiaTre-^ci-  aud  Hot  ouc  '''  is  missiug. 
 ^rthe  \a:t  ■""'  And  we  have  brought 
 may  he  hy  ah-  our  mft  to  the  Lord,  even/ 
 
 SCllCG      to      111-  '  c/ 
 
 teirupt  the      man  wlio  lias  found  an  ar- 
 
 perfect'^order,    ticlc    of    gold,    wllCther     an 
 
 q.  d.  (liHsonuit.  armlet,  or  a  chain,  or  a  ring, 
 or  a  bracelet,  or  a  clasp  for  hair,  to 
 make  atonement  for  us  before  the  Lord. 
 '^'  And  Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest 
 took  the  gold  from  them,  even  every 
 Avrought  article.  '''■^And  all  the  AATOught 
 gold,  even  the  oficring  that  they  oifered 
 to  the  Lord,  was  sixteen  thousand  and 
 seven  hundred  and  fifty  shekels  from 
 the  captains  of  thousands  and  the  cap- 
 tains of  hundreds.  ^^  For  the  men  of 
 war  took  plunder  every  one  for  him- 
 self. '^'*  And  Moses  and  Eleazar  the 
 priest  took  the  gold  from  the  captains 
 of  thousands  and  captains  of  hundreds, 
 +  Gr.  them,  and  brought  ^the  vessels  into 
 the  tabeniacle  of  witness,  a  memorial  of 
 the  children  of  Israel  before  the  Lord. 
 
 32.  And  the  children  of  Ruben  and 
 
 +  Gr.  cattle,  a  the  children  of  Gad  had  a 
 
 Sy'a'mui.  ^multitude  of  cattle,   very 
 
 titnde.  grcat ;  and  they  saw  the  land 
 
 of  Jazer,  and  the  land  of  Galaad;  and 
 
 182 
 
 the  place  was  a  place  for  cattle :  '^  and 
 the  children  of  Ruben  and  the  chil- 
 dren of  Gad  came,  and  spoke  to  Moses, 
 and  to  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  to  the 
 princes  of  the  congregation,  saying, 
 ^Ataroth,  and  Diebon,  and  Jazer,  and 
 Namra,  and  Esebon,  and  Eleale,  and 
 Scbama,  and  Noban,  and  Ba^an,  ''the 
 land  which  the  Lord  has  dehvered  up 
 before  the  children  of  Israel,  is  pasture 
 land,  and  thy  servants  have  cattle. 
 ■''And  they  said,  If  we  have  found 
 grace  in  thy  sight,  let  this  land  be 
 given  to  thy  servants  for  a  possession, 
 and  do  not  cause  us  to  pass  over  Jordan. 
 "  And  j\Ioses  said  to  the  sons  of  Gad 
 and  the  sons  of  Ruben,  Shall  your  bre- 
 thren go  to  war,  and  shall  ye  sit  here  ? 
 ^  And  why  do  ye  pervert  the  minds  of 
 the  children  of  Israel,  that  they  should 
 not  cross  over  into  the  land,  which  the 
 Lord  gives  them  ?  **  L)id  not  your 
 fathers  thus,  when  I  sent  them  from 
 Kades  Barne  to  spy  out  the  land  ? 
 ■*  And  they  went  up  to  the  valley  of  the 
 cluster,  and  spied  the  land,  and  turned 
 aside  the  heart  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
 that  they  should  not  go  into  the  land, 
 which  the  Lord  gave  them.  '"And  the 
 Lord  was  very  angry  in  that  day,  and 
 swore,  saying,  "  Surely  these  men  who 
 came  up  out  of  Egypt  irom  twenty 
 years  old  and  upward,  who  know  good 
 and  evil,  shall  not  sec  the  land  which 
 I  swore  to  (jive  to  Abraam  and  Isaac 
 and  Jacob,  for  they  have  not  closely 
 followed  after  me:  *^save  Caleb  the 
 son  of  Jephonne,  who  was  set  apart, 
 and  Joshua  the  son  of  Naue,  for  they 
 closely  iullowed  after  the  Lord.  '^And 
 the  Lord  was  very  angry  Avith  Israel; 
 and  for  forty  years  he  caused  them  to 
 wander  in  the  wilderness,  until  all  the 
 generation  Avhich  did  evil  ^in  the  sight 
 of  the  Lord  was  extinct.  +or,  hcforc. 
 "lieliold,  ye  are  risen  up  in  the  room 
 of  your  fathers,  a  '  combi-  +  q,.^  „^  ^^.^ 
 nation  of  sinful  men,  to  in-  race, ///.  a  iie- 
 
 /.       I  ^        (•  strHctioii,  hut 
 
 crease  yet  lartJier  the  iierce  some  read 
 wrath  of  the  Lord  against  '^'^"'^'^'^-• 
 Israel.     "'For  ye  will  turn  away  from 
 
Chap,  xxxii.  v.  16. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxii.  v.  42. 
 
 him  to  desert  liim  yet  once  more  in 
 the  wilderness,  and  ye  will  sin  against 
 this  whole  congregation.  "'And  they 
 came  to  him,  and  said,  we  will  build 
 here  folds  for  our  cattle,  and  cities  for 
 our  possessions.  ^^And  we  will  arm 
 ourselves  and  go  as  an  advanced  guard 
 before  the  children  of  Israel,  luitil  we 
 shall  have  brought  them  into  their 
 place ;  and  our  possessions  shall  remain 
 in  walled  cities  because  of  the  inhabit- 
 ants of  the  land.  ^**  We  will  not  return 
 to  our  houses  till  the  children  of  Israel 
 shall  have  been  distributed,  each  to  his 
 own  inheritance.  ^''And  we  will  not 
 any  longer  inherit  with  them  from  the 
 other  side  of  Jordan  and  onwards, 
 because  we  have  our  full  inheritance 
 on  the  side  beyond  Jordan  eastward. 
 '^^  And  ]\Ioses  said  to  them.  If  ye  Avill 
 t  Gr.  this  do  according  to  ^  these  words, 
 word.  if  ye  will  arm  yourselves  be- 
 
 fore the  Lord  for  battle,  -'and  every 
 one  of  you  will  pass  over  Jordan  fully 
 armed  before  the  Lord,  until  his  enemy 
 be  destroyed  from  before  his  face, 
 '^"^  and  the  land  shall  be  subdued  before 
 the  Lord,  then  afterwards  ye  shall  re- 
 turn, and  be  guiltless  before  the  Lord, 
 and  as  regards  Israel;  and  this  land 
 shall  be  to  you  for  a  possession  before 
 the  Lord.  ^"^But  if  ye  will  not  do  so, 
 ye  will  sin  against  the  Lord;  and  ye 
 shall  know  your  sin,  when  afflictions 
 shall  come  upon  you.  ^'^And  ye  shall 
 build  for  yourselves  cities  for  your 
 store,  and  folds  for  your  cattle ;  and  ye 
 shall  do  that  which  proceeds  out  of 
 your  mouth. 
 
 ^■'  And  the  sons  of  Ruben  and  the 
 sons  of  Gad  spoke  to  Moses,  saying, 
 Thy  servants  will  do  as  our  lord  com- 
 mands. ^^Our  store,  and  our  wives, 
 and  all  our  cattle  shall  be  in  the  cities 
 of  Galaad.  ^^  But  thy  "servants  will 
 go  over  all  armed  and  set  in  order 
 before  the  Lord  to  battle,  as  our  lord 
 says.  ^^  And  Moses  appointed  to  them 
 forjudges  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  Joshua 
 the  son  of  Xaue,  and  the  chiefs  of  the 
 famihcs  of  the  tribes  of  Israel.    '■^•'  And 
 
 Moses  said  to  them,  If  the  sons  of 
 Ruben  and  the  sons  of  Gad  will  pass 
 over  Jordan  with  you,  every  one 
 armed  for  war  before  the  Lord,  and 
 ye  shall  subdue  the  land  before  you, 
 then  ye  shall  give  to  theni  the  land  of 
 Galaad  for  a  possession.  ^'^  But  if  they 
 will  not  pass  over  armed  with  you  to 
 war  before  the  Lord,  then  shall  ye 
 cause  to  pass  over  their  possessions 
 and  their  wives  and  their  cattle  before 
 you  into  the  land  of  Chanaan,  and 
 they  shall  inherit  with  you  in  the  land 
 of  Chanaan.  ^' And  the  sons  of  Ruben 
 and  the  sons  of  Gad  answered,  saying, 
 Whatsoever  '  the  Lord  says    ,  ^^.^  „^^  ,„^j^ 
 
 to  his  servants,  that  will  we    or,  our  master, 
 
 do.      ^"■^  We   will   go    over " 
 
 armed  before  the  Lord  into  the  land 
 of  Chanaan,  and  ye  shall  give  us  our 
 inheritance  beyond  Jordan.  +Gr.  the. 
 ^^And  Moses  gave  to  them,  even  to 
 the  sons  of  Gael  and  the  sons  of  Ruben, 
 and  to  the  half  tribe  of  Manasse  of  the 
 sons  of  Joseph,  the  kingdom  of  Seon 
 king  of  the  Amorites,  and  the  king- 
 dom of  Og  king  of  Basan,  the  land 
 and  ^its  cities  with  its  coasts,  +  cr.  the  cities, 
 the  cities  of  the  land  round  about. 
 ^*  And  the  sons  of  Gad  built  Dosbon, 
 and  Ataroth,  and  Aroer,  ^^and  Sophar, 
 and  Jazer,  and  they  set  them  up,  ^""and 
 Namram,  and  Ba^tharan,  strong  cities, 
 and  folds  for  sheep.  ^^  And  the  sons  of 
 Ruben  built  Esebon,  and"  Eleale,  and 
 Kariatham,  ^^  and  Bcel-meon,  sur- 
 rounded with  rualls,  and  Sebama;  and 
 they  called  the  names  of  the  cities 
 which  they  built,  after  their  own 
 names.  ^^And  a  son  of  Machir  the 
 son  of  Manasse  went  to  Galaad,  and 
 took  it,  and  destroyed  the  Amorite 
 who  dwelt  in  it.  ''"And  Moses  gave 
 Galaad  to  Alachir  the  son  of  Ma- 
 nasse, and  he  dwelt  there.  ^'And 
 Jair  the  son  of  Manasse  went  and  took 
 their  ^  villages,  and  called  +  Or,  fouis. 
 them  the  villages  of  Jair.  ''^And 
 Nabau  went  and  took  Kaath  and  her 
 villages,  and  called  them  Naboth  after 
 his  name. 
 
Chap,  xxxiii.  v.  1. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiii.  v.  39. 
 
 33.  And  these  are  the  stages  of 
 the  childi-en  of  Israel,  as  they  went 
 out  from  the  land  of  Egypt  witli 
 their  host  by  the  hand  of  JMoses  and 
 Aaron.  ^And  ]\Ioses  wi'ote  their  re- 
 movals and  their  stages,  by  the  word 
 of  the  Lord :  and  these  are  the  stages 
 of  their  journeying.  ^  They  departed 
 from  liamcsses  in  the  first  month,  on 
 the  fifteenth  day  of  the  first  month, 
 on  the  day  after  the  passover  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  went  forth  with  a  high 
 hand  before  all  the  Egyptians.  ''And 
 the  Egyptians  buried  those  that  died 
 of  them,  even  all  that  the  Lord  smote, 
 every  first-born  in  the  land  of  Egypt ; 
 also  the  Lord  executed  vengeance  on 
 their  gods.  ^And  the  children  of 
 Israel  departed  from  Ramesses,  and 
 encamped  in  Socchoth:  •'and  they  de- 
 parted from  Socchoth  and  encamped 
 in  Buthan,  which  is  a  part  of  the  wil- 
 derness. ^And  they  departed  from 
 Buthan  and  encamped  at  the  mouth  of 
 Iroth,  which  is  opposite  Beel-sepphon, 
 and  encamped  opposite  Magdol.  '*And 
 they  departed  from  before  Irotli,  and 
 crossed  the  middle  of  the  sea  into  the 
 wilderness;  and  they  went  a  journey 
 of  three  days  through  the  wilderness, 
 +  HpA.Marah.  ''^^^  cncampcd  in  ^Pikriai. 
 «<.  Bitter.        'JJl^■^-^^\  they   departed   from 
 
 nesses.  dm     •  i  -r-<T 
 
 1  ikriai,  and  came  to  yEhm ; 
 and  in  TElim  were  twelve  fountains  of 
 water,  and  seventy  palm-trees,  and 
 they  encamped  there  by  the  water. 
 '"And  they  departed  from  vElim,  and 
 encamped  by  the  Red  Sea.  "And 
 they  departed  from  the  Red  Sea,  and 
 encamped  in  the"wilderness  of  Sin. 
 
 '^And  they  departed  from  the  wil- 
 derness of  Sin,  and  encamped  in  Ra- 
 j)haca.  ''And  they  departed  from 
 Raphaca,  and  encam])ed  in  yElus. 
 '*And  they  departed  from  iElus,  and 
 encamped  in  Raphidin ;  and  there  was 
 no  water  there  for  tlie  people  to  drink. 
 '■''And  they  departed  I'rom  Raphidin, 
 and  encamped  in  the  Avilderncss  of 
 Sina.  '"And  they  departed  IVom  the 
 wilderness  of  Sina,  and  encamped  at 
 
 the  ^Graves  of  Lust.  '^And  they  de- 
 parted from  the  Graves  of  +He«.Kibroth- 
 Lust,  and  encamped  in  Ase-  '**"^'''^- 
 roth.  "^  xVnd  they  departed  from  Ase- 
 roth,  and  encamped  in  Rathama. 
 '^And  they  departed  from  Rathama, 
 and  encamped  in  Renmion  Phares. 
 -"And  they  departed  from  Remmon 
 Phares,  and  encamped  in  Lebona. 
 ■^'And  they  departed  from  Lebona, 
 and  encamped  in  Ressan.  ^•^  And  they 
 departed  from  Ressan,  and  encamped 
 in  Makellath.  ^'And  they  departed 
 from  ]\Iakellath  and  encamped  in  Sa- 
 phar.  -^  And  they  departed  i'rom  Sa- 
 phar,  and  encamped  in  Charadath. 
 '■^''And  they  departed  from  Charadath, 
 and  encamped  in  Makeloth.  '^''And  they 
 departed  from  Makeloth,  and  encamped 
 in  Kataath.  ■^' And  they  departed  from 
 Kataath,  and  encamped  in  Tarath. 
 ^**And  they  departed  I'rom  Tarath,  and 
 encamped  in  Mathecca.  '"^"And  they 
 departed  from  Mathecca,  and  encamped 
 in  Selmona.  '"And  they  departed 
 from  Selmona,  and  encamped  in  Ma- 
 suruth.  "And  they  departed  from 
 Masuruth,  and  encamped  in  Banana. 
 '^  And  they  departed  from  Banasa, 
 and  encamped  in  the  mountain  Gad- 
 gad.  ''And  they  departed  from  the 
 mountain  Gadgad,  and  encamped  in 
 Etebatha.  '•*  And  they  departed  from 
 Etcbatha,  and  encamped  in  Ebrona. 
 '•''And  they  departed  from  Ebrona, 
 and  encamped  in  (Jcsion  Gaber.  '"And 
 they  departed  from  Gesion  Gaber,  and 
 encamped  in  the  wilderness  of  Sin; 
 and  they  departed  from  the  wilderness 
 of  Sin,  and  encamp(>d  in  the  wilderness 
 of  Pharan,  this  is  Kades.  '^  And  they 
 departed  from  Kades,  and  encamped 
 in  Mount  Or  near  the  land  of  Edom. 
 
 "*  And  Aaron  the  priest  went  up  by 
 the  command  of  the  Lord,  and  died 
 there  in  the  fortieth  year  of  the  depar- 
 ture of  tlie  children  of  Israel  from  the 
 land  of  Egypt,  in  the  fifth  month,  on 
 the  first  (.lay  of  the  month.  '-'And 
 Aaron  was  a  hundred  and  twciity-three 
 years  old,  when  he  died  in  Mount  Or. 
 
Chap,  xxxiii.  o.  40. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  12. 
 
 *"And  Arad  the  Cliananltislx  king  (he 
 too  dweh  ill  the  land  of  Chanaan) 
 having  heard  when  the  chiklren  ot" 
 Israel  were  entering  the  land — ''^then 
 they  departed  from  Mount  Or,  and 
 encamped  in  Selmona.  ^^And  they 
 departed  from  Selmona,  and  encamped 
 in  Phino.  ''''And  they  departed  from 
 Pliino,  and  encamped  in  Oboth.  '*'*And 
 they  departed  from  Oboth,  and  en- 
 camped in  Gai,  on  the  other  side  Jor- 
 dan on  the  borders  of  Moab.  ^^And 
 they  departed  from  Gai,  and  encamped 
 in  Daibon  Gad.  '•''And  they  departed 
 from  Divbon  Gad,  and  encamped  in 
 Gehnon  Deblathaim.  ''"And  they  de- 
 parted from  Gelmon  Deblathaim,  and 
 encamped  on  the  mountains  of  Aba- 
 rim,  over  against  Nabau.  ''^  And  they 
 departed  from  the  mountains  of  Aba- 
 rim,  and  encamped  on  the  west  of 
 Moab,  at  Jordan  by  Jericho.  ''^And 
 they  encamped  by  Jordan  between 
 jEsimoth,  as  far  as  Belsa  to  the  west  of 
 Moab. 
 
 ^''And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses  at 
 the  west  of  Moab  by  Jordan  at  Jericho, 
 saying,  •^'  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  thou  shalt  say  to  them.  Ye  are  to 
 pass  over  Jordan  into  the  land  of  Cha- 
 naan. ^^And  ye  shall  destroy  all  that 
 dwell  in  the  land  before  your  face,  and 
 ye  shall  aboHsh  their  high  places,  and 
 all  their  molten  images  ye  shall  destroy, 
 and  ye  shall  demolish  all  their  pillars. 
 ■^^  And  ye  shall  destroy  all  the  inhabit- 
 ants of  the  land,  and  ye  shall  dwell  in 
 it,  for  I  have  given  their  land  to  you 
 for  an  inheritance.  '^''And  ye  shall 
 inherit  their  land  according  to  your 
 tribes;  to  the  greater  number  ye  shall 
 give  the  larger  possession,  and  to  the 
 smaller  ye  shall  give  the  less  possession ; 
 +  Gr.  his.  to  whatsoever  joar^  *  a  man's 
 name  shall  go  forth  bi/  lot,  there  shall 
 be  his  j)roj)erty:  ye  shall  inherit  ac- 
 cording to  the  tribes  of  your  families. 
 ^■^  But  if  ye  will  not  destroy  the  dwellers 
 in  the  land  from  before  you,  then  it 
 shall  come  to  pass  that  whomsoever  of 
 them  ye  shall  leave  shall  be  thorns  in 
 
 your  eyes,  and  darts  in  your  sides,  and 
 they  shall  be  enemies  to  you  on  the 
 land  on  which  ye  shall  dwell,  •''^and 
 it  shall  come  to  pass  that  as  I  had  de- 
 termined to  do  to  them,  so  I  will  do 
 to  you. 
 
 34.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  ^Charge  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  thou  shalt  say  to  them,  Ye  are 
 entering  into  the  land  of  Chanaan,  it 
 shall  be  to  you  for  an  inheritance,  the 
 land  of  Chanaan  with  its  boundaries. 
 ^  And  your  southern  side  shall  be  from 
 the  wilderness  of  Sin  to  the  border  of 
 Edom,  and  your  border  southward 
 shall  ■'^  extend,  on  the  side  TGr.be. 
 of  the  salt  sea  eastward.  ^And  your 
 border  shall  go  round  you  from  the 
 south  to  the  ascent  of  Acrabin,  and 
 shall  proceed  by  Ennac,  and  the  going 
 forth  of  it  shall  be  southwards  to  Kades 
 Barne,  and  it  shall  go  forth  to  the  vil- 
 lage of  Arad,  and  shall  proceed  by 
 Asemona.  ^And  the  border  shall  com- 
 pass from  Asemona  to  the  river  of 
 Egypt,  and  the  sea  shall  be  the  ter- 
 mination. ^And  ye  shall  have  your 
 border  on  the  west  ^,  the  +  or.  sea. 
 great  sea  shall  be  the  boundary,  this 
 shall  be  to  you  the  border  on  the  west  ^. 
 ^And  this  shall  be  your  northern  bor- 
 der; from  the  great  sea  ye  shall  mea- 
 sure to  yourselves,  by  the  side  of  ^the 
 mountain.  ^And  ye  shall  jGr.To'opo<;ro 
 measure  to  yourselves  the  ^ou^tab,,  the 
 mountain  from  Mount  Hor  mountain   By 
 
 ,  .         .  -_  this  repetition 
 
 at  the  entering  in  to  Emath,  is  perhaps 
 
 d.i  ,  •        ••  p  •  j_    meant  Mount 
 
 the  termination  oi  it  Hor,  the  word 
 
 shall  be  the  coasts  of  Saradac.  f^^^^^^'^i^biy 
 ^  And  the  border  shall  go  out  derived, 
 to  Dephrona,  and  its  termination  shall 
 be  at  Arsenain;  this  shall  be  your  border 
 from  the  north.  ''^And  ye  shall  mea- 
 sure to  yourselves  the  eastern  border 
 from  Arsenain  to  Sepphamar.  ' '  And 
 the  border  shall  go  dowm  from  Sep- 
 phamar to  Bela  eastward  to  the  foun- 
 tains, and  the  border  shall  go  down 
 from  Bela  behind  the  sea  Chenereth 
 eastward.     '-And  the  border  shall  go 
 
Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  13. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap.  xxxv.  v.  12. 
 
 down  to  Jordan  and  the  termination 
 shall  be  the  salt  sea ;  this  shall  be  your 
 land  and  its  borders  round  about. 
 
 '■^And  ]\loses  charged  the  cliildi-en 
 of  Israel,  saying,  This  is  the  land  which 
 ye  shall  inherit  by  lot,  even  as  the  Lord 
 commanded  us  to  give  it  to  the  nine 
 tribes  and  the  half-tribe  of  Manassc. 
 '''For  the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Ku- 
 ben,  and  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
 Gad  have  received  their  inheritance 
 +  Gr.  the       accordiuo:  to  their  ^  families ; 
 
 houses  of  their  °i     i  p       ^^  r>   t\  r 
 
 famuies.  and  the  halt  tribe  ol  JMa- 
 
 nasse  have  received  their  inheritances. 
 '^  Two  tribes  and  half"  a  tribe  have  re- 
 ceived their  inheritance  beyond  Jordan 
 by  Jericho  from  the  south  eastwards. 
 ''' And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses,  saying, 
 '^  These  are  the  names  of  the  men  who 
 ^t^J!'r■^l'^^      sliall   ^divide   the    land  to 
 
 inherit  the  .    ,       . 
 
 land  for  you.  you  lor  an  inheritance ; 
 Eleazar  the  priest  and  Joshua  the  son  of 
 Naue.  ^'^And  ye  shall  take  one  ruler 
 of  each  tribe  to  divide  the  land  to  you 
 by  lot.  ^'-^  And  these  are  the  names  of 
 the  men ;  of  the  tribe  of  Juda,  Chaleb 
 the  son  of  Jephonne.  ^'^Of  the  tribe 
 of  Symeon,  Salamiel  the  son  of  Se- 
 miud.  '■^'  Of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin, 
 Eldad  the  son  of  Chaslon.  ^^Uf  the 
 tribe  of  Dan  the  prince  was  Bacchir 
 the  son  of  Egli.  '^'^  Of  the  sons  of  Jo- 
 seph of  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Manasse, 
 the  prince  was  Aniel  the  son  of  Suphi. 
 ^■^  Of  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Ephraim, 
 the  prince  was  Kamuel  the  son  of  Sa- 
 bathan.  ^•''Of  the  tribe  of  Zabulon, 
 the  prince  was  Elisaphan  the  son  of 
 Pharnac.  ^''  01"  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of 
 Issachar,  the  prince  was  Fhaltiel  the 
 son  of  Oza.  '"^^Of  the  tribe  of  the 
 children  of  Aser,  the  prince  was  Achior 
 the  son  of  Sclenii.  "■^''Of  the  tribe  of 
 Nephthali,  tlie  prince  was  Phadael  the 
 son  of  Jamiud.  '^^  These  did  the  Lord 
 command  to  distribute  the  inheritances 
 to  the  children  of  Israel  in  the  land  of 
 Chanaan. 
 
 35.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  jMoses 
 to  the  west  of  MduIj  by  Jordan  near 
 
 Jericho,  saying,  ^Give  orders  to  the 
 children  of  Israel,  and  they  shall  give 
 to  the  Levitcs  cities  to  dwell  in  from 
 the  ^  lot  of  their  possession,     +  Gr.  lots, 
 and  they  shall  give  to  the  Levitcs  the 
 suburbs    of    the    cities   round   about 
 them  ^.  ^  And  the  cities  shall    t ,.  e.  the  Le- 
 be  for  them  to  dwell  in,  and  ^'^^^" 
 their  ^  enclosures  shall  be  lor    t  or,  districts 
 their  cattle    and    all    their  m^kSfoff. 
 beasts.     ■*And  the  suburbs  ^'^'g'^^^far'"" 
 of  the  cities  which  ye  shall  offerings  of 
 give  to  the  Levites,  shall  be  landsl'xhis  lat- 
 from  the  wall  of  the  city  Kabi^the 
 
 and  outwards  two  thousand    rlfrht  one  here 
 
 ,  .  ,       ,  r    I       1     if  we  would 
 
 cubits  round   about.      'Antl   judge  from  tlie 
 
 thou  shalt  measure  outside  onhTwordln 
 the    city  on   the  east  side  lxx  ratiier 
 
 J  -\        -I  •  1  than  trom  its 
 
 two  thousand  cubits,  and  on  original 
 the  south  side  two  thou-  "'^^'""^• 
 sand  cubits,  and  on  the  west  side  two 
 thousand  cubits,  and  on  the  north 
 side  two  thousand  cubits  :  and  your 
 city  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  this,  and 
 the  suburbs  of  the  cities  as  described. 
 •"And  yc  shall  give  the  cities  to  the 
 Levites,  the  six  cities  of  refuge  Avhich 
 ye  shall  give  for  the  slayer  to  lice 
 thither,  and,  in  addition  to  these,  forty- 
 two  cities.  ^  Yc  shall  give  to  the  Le- 
 vites in  all  forty-eight  cities,  them  and 
 their  suburbs.  "And  as  for  the  cities 
 which  ye  shall  give  out  of  the  pos- 
 session of  the  children  of  Israel,  from 
 those  that  have  much  ye  shall  (jive 
 much,  and  from  those  that  have  less  ye 
 shall  give  less,  they  shall  give  of  their 
 cities  to  the  Levites  each  one  accord- 
 ing to  his  inheritance  which  they  shall 
 inherit. 
 
 ^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Moses, 
 saying,  '"Speak  to  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them.  Ye 
 are  to  cross  over  Jordan  into  the  land 
 ol" Chanaan.  • '  And  ye  shall  a})point  to 
 yourselves  cities  :  they  shall  be  to  you 
 cities  of  refuge  for  the  slayer  +  gv.  smitten 
 to  flee  to,  every  one  who  %g^:  Him  that 
 has  ^killed    another   unin-  as  kinsman  re- 
 
 ,,        ,.,  .       ,    ,         .   .         ])rcsents  the 
 
 tcntionally.     And  the  cities  i)iood. 
 shall  be  to  you  places  of  refuge  from  ^  the 
 
Chap.  xxxv.  v.  13. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxvi.  v.  1. 
 
 avenger  of  blood,  and  the  slayer  shall 
 not  die  until  he  stands  before  the  con- 
 gregation for  judgment.  ^^And  the 
 cities  which  ye  shall  assign,  even  the  six 
 cities,  shall  be  places  of  refuge  for  you. 
 '■^Ye  shall  assign  three  cities  on  the 
 other  side  of  Jordan,  and  ye  shall  assign 
 three  cities  in  the  land  of  Chanaan. 
 ^^  It  shall  be  a  place  of  refuge  for  the 
 children  of  Israel,  and  for  the  stranger, 
 and  for  him  that  sojourns  among  you; 
 these  cities  shall  be  for  a  place  of 
 refuge,  for  every  one  to  flee  thither 
 who  has  killed  a  man  unintentionally. 
 '"And  if  he  should  smite  him  with  an 
 iron  instrument,  and  the  man  shordd 
 die,  he  is  a  miu'derer;  let  the  mur- 
 derer by  all  means  be  put  to  death. 
 ^^And  if  he  should  smite  liim  with  a 
 stone  throum  from  his  hand,  whereby 
 a  man  will  die,  and  he  tims' die,  he 
 is  a  murderer;  let  the  murderer  by  all 
 means  be  put  to  death.  '^And  if  he 
 should  smite  liim  with  an  instrument 
 of  wood  from  his  hand,  whereby  he 
 
 +  Gc.  shall,  ■'^may  die,  and  he  thus  die, 
 he  is  a  murderer :  let  the  murderer  by 
 all  means  be  put  to  death.  '^The 
 avenger  of  blood  himself  he  shall  slay 
 the  miu'derer :  whensoever  he  shall 
 meet  him  he  shall  slay  him.  ^°And  if 
 he  should  thrust  him  through  enmity, 
 or  cast  any  thing  upon  him  from  an 
 ambuscade,  and  the  man  should  die, 
 '■^'or  if  he  have  smitten  him  with  his 
 hand  throuo-h  anger,  and  the  man 
 should  die,  let  the  man  that  smote  him 
 be  put  to  death  by  all  means,  he  is  a 
 murderer :  let  the  murderer  by  all 
 means  be  pu.t  to  death :  the  avenger  of 
 blood  shall  slay  the  murderer  when  he 
 meets  him.  '■^-But  if  he  should  thrust 
 him  suddenly,  not  through  enmity,  or 
 
 tar.anyves-  cast ''^  any  tiling  upon  him, 
 sei  or  weapon,  j^otfrom  an  aiubuscade,  ^^  or 
 smite  him  with  any  stone,  whereby  a 
 man  will  die,  unawares,  and  it  should 
 fall  upon  him,  and  he  should  die,  but 
 he  was  not  his  enemy,  nor  sought  to 
 hurt  him;  ^''then  the  assembly  shall 
 judge   between  the   smiter    and    the 
 
 avenger  of  blood,  according  to  these 
 judgments.  '■^''And  the  congregation 
 shall  rescue  the  slayer  from  the  avenger 
 of  blood,  and  the  congregation  shall 
 restore  him  to  his  city  of  refuge,  whither 
 he  fled  for  refuge,  and  he  shall  dwell 
 there  till  the  death  of  the  high-priest, 
 whom  they  anointed  with  the  holy  oil. 
 ^*'  But  if  the  slayer  should  in  any  wise 
 go  out  beyond  the  bounds  of  the  city 
 whither  he  fled  for  refuge,  ^^and  the 
 avenger  of  blood  should  And  him  with- 
 out the  bounds  of  the  city  of  his  refuge, 
 and  the  avenger  of  blood  should  kill 
 the  slayer,  he  is  not  guilty.  "^^  For  ^  he 
 ought  to  have  remained  in  t  or.  let  him 
 the  city  of  refuge  till  the  ''™^"'- 
 high-priest  died  ;  and  after  the  death 
 of  the  high-priest  the  slayer  shall  re- 
 turn to  the  land  of  his  possession. 
 
 ^^And  these  things  shall  be  to  you 
 for  an  ordinance  of  judgment  through- 
 out your  generations  in  all  your  dwell- 
 ings. ^'^VVlioever  '^  kills  a  te,..  smites  a 
 man,  thou  shalt  slay  the  ^%,.  ,  ^^_ 
 murderer  ^  on  the  testimony  nesses. 
 of  witnesses ;  and  one  witness  shall  not 
 testify  against  a  soul  that  he  should 
 die.  ^'  And  ye  shall  not  accept  ran- 
 soms for  Hfe  from  a  murderer  who  is 
 worthy  of  death,  for  he  shall  be  surely 
 put  to  death.  ^'^  Ye  shall  not  accept  a 
 ransom  to  excuse  his  fleeing  to  the  city 
 of  refuge,  so  that  he  should  again  dwell 
 in  the  land,  until  the  "death  of  the 
 high-priest.  ^^  So  shall  ye  not  pollute 
 with  murder  the  land  in  which  ye 
 dwell ;  for  this  blood  pollutes  the  land, 
 and  the  land  shall  not  be  purged  from 
 the  blood  shed  upon  it,  but  by  the 
 blood  of  him  that  shed  it.  ^■*And  ye 
 shall  not  defile  the  land  whereon  ye 
 dwell,  on  which  I  dwell  in  the  midst 
 of  you:  for  I  am  the  Lord  dwelling 
 in  the  midst  of  the  cliildren  of  Israel. 
 
 36.  And  the  heads  of  the  tribe  of 
 the  sons  of  Galaad  the  son  of  ]\Iachir 
 the  son  of  Manasse,  of  the  tribe  of  the 
 sons  of  Joseph,  drew  near,  and  spoke 
 before  Moses,  and  before  Eleazar  the 
 
Chap,  xxxvi.  v.  2. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Chap,  xxxvi.  r.  13. 
 
 priest,  and  before  the  heads  of  the 
 houses  of  the  families  of  the  children 
 of  Israel :  '^  and  they  said,  The  Lord 
 commanded  our  lord  to  render  the 
 land  of  inheritance  by  lot  to  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel :  and  the  Lord  appointed 
 our  lord  to  give  the  inheritance  of 
 Salpaad  our  brother  to  his  daughters. 
 ^And  they  will  become  wives  in  one  of 
 the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel ;  so 
 their  inheritance  shall  be  taken  away 
 from  the  possession  of  our  fathers,  and 
 shall  be  added  to  the  inheritance  of 
 the  tribe  into  which  the  women  shall 
 marry,  and  shall  be  taken  away  from 
 the  portion  of  our  inheritance.  ^  And 
 if  there  shall  be  a  release  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel,  then  shall  their  inherit- 
 ance be  added  to  the  inheritance  of  the 
 tribe  into  which  the  women  marry, 
 and  their  inheritance  shall  be  taken 
 away  from  the  inheritance  of  our 
 family's  tribe. 
 
 ^And  Moses  charged  the  children  of 
 Israel   by  the  commandment    of  the 
 
 +  Gr.  say.  Lord,  Saying,  Thus  ^  says  the 
 tribe  of  the  children  of  Joseph.  ^  This 
 is  the  thing  which  the  Lord  has  ap- 
 pointed the  daughters  of  Salpaad,  say- 
 
 +  Gr.  be.  ing,  Lct  them  ^  marry  where 
 they  please,  only  let  them  marry  men 
 
 of  their  father's  tribe.  ^  So  shall  not 
 the  inheritance  of  the  children  of  Israel 
 go  about  from  tribe  to  tribe,  for  the 
 children  of  Israel  shall  ^  steadfastly  con- 
 tinue each  in  the  inherit-  +  Gr.  be  ce- 
 ance  of  his  family's  tribe.  NTMatt.^s^ 
 **  And  whatever  daughter  is  ^-  Acts.  5. 36. 
 heiress  to  a  property  of  the  tribes  of 
 the  children  of  Israel,  such  women 
 shall  be  married  each  to  one  of  her 
 lather's  tribe,  that  the  sons  of  Israel 
 may  each  inherit  the  property  of  his 
 father's  tribe.  ^And  the  inheritance 
 shall  not  go  about  from  one  tribe  to 
 another,  but  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
 steadfastly  continue  each  in  his  own 
 inheritance.  '"  As  the  Lord  com- 
 manded Moses,  so  did  they  to  the 
 daughters  of  Salpaad.  "So  Thersa, 
 and  Egla,  and  INIelcha,  and  Xua,  and 
 Malaa,  the  daughters  of  Salpaad,  mar- 
 ried their  cousins;  ^^they  were  married 
 to  men  of  the  tribe  of  ^lanasse  of  the 
 sons  of  Joseph ;  and  their  inheritance 
 was  attached  to  the  tribe  of  their 
 father's  family.  '^  These  are  the 
 commandments,  and  the  ordinances, 
 and  the  judgments,  which  the  Lord 
 commanded  by  the  hand  of  Moses, 
 at  the  west  of  Moab,  at  Jordan  by 
 Jericho. 
 
DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 CHAPTER  I.   Verses  1—19. 
 
 1.  THESE  are  tlie  words  wlilcli 
 ]\Ioses  spoke  to  all  Israel  on  tliis  side 
 Jordan  in  the  desert  towards  the  west 
 near  the  Red  Sea,  between  Pharaii 
 Tophol,  and  Lobon,  and  Aulon,  and 
 the  gold  works.  ^  It  is  a  journey  of 
 eleven  days  from  Choreb  to  IVIount 
 Seir  as  far  as  Kades  Barne.  ^  And  it 
 came  to  pass  in  the  fortieth  year,  in 
 the  eleventh  month,  on  the  first  day 
 of  the  month,  Moses  spoke  to  all  the 
 children  of  Israel,  according  to  aU 
 tilings  wliich  the  Lord  commanded 
 him  for  them.  ^  After  he  had  smitten 
 Seon  king  of  the  Amoritcs  who  dwelt 
 in  Esebon,  and  Og  the  king  of  Basan 
 who  dwelt  in  Astaroth  and  in  Edrain ; 
 ^  beyond  Jordan  in  the  land  of  j\Ioab, 
 Moses  began  to  declare  this  law,  say- 
 ing, ^  The  Lord  your  God  spoke  to  us 
 in  Choreb,  saying,  Let  it  suffice  you 
 +  (;r.todweu.  ■*■  to  liavc  dwclt  so  long  in 
 tills  mountain.  "^  Turn  ye  and  depart 
 and  enter  into  the  mountain  of  the 
 Amoritcs,  and  go  to  all  that  dwell  near 
 about  Araba,  to  the  mountain  and  the 
 plain  and  to  the  south,  and  the  land 
 of  the  Chananites  near  the  sea,  and 
 Antilibanus,  as  far  as  the  great  river, 
 the  river  Euphrates.  ^  Behold  God 
 has  delivered  the  land  before  you;  go 
 in  and  inherit  the  land,  which  I  swore 
 to  your  fathers,  Abraam,  and  Isaac, 
 and  Jacob,  to  give  it  to  them  and  to 
 their  seed  after  them.  ^And  I  spoke 
 to  you  at  that  time,  sajdng,  I  shall  not 
 be  able  by  myself  to  bear  you.  ^'^  The 
 Lord  your  God  has  multiplied  you, 
 and  behold  ye  are  to-day  as  the  stars 
 
 of  heaven  for  midtitude.  ' '  The  Lord 
 God  of  your  fathers  ^  add  to  +  oc,  increase 
 you  a  thousand-fold  more  ^'°"' 
 than  you  are,  and  bless  you  as  he  has 
 spoken  to  you.  ^'^  How  shall  I  alone  be 
 able  to  bear  your  labour,  and  your  bur- 
 den, and  your  gainsayings?  ^^^  Take  to 
 yourselves  wise  and  miderstand-  +Gr.  give, 
 ingand  prudent  men  for  your  tribes,  and 
 I  will  set  your  leaders  over  you.  '''And 
 ye  answered  me  and  said,  The  tiling 
 which  thou  hast  told  us  is  good  to  do. 
 '•'  So  I  took  of  you  wise  and  under- 
 standing and  prudent  men,  and  I  set 
 them  to  rule  over  you  as  rulers  of 
 thousands,  and  rulers  of  hundreds,  and 
 rulers  of  fifties,  and  rulers  of  tens,  and 
 ^officers  to  your  judges.  ^^l^^^^Z'e 
 '^And  I  charo-ed  your  iudffes  ''<•  instructors 
 
 ,     ,1      ,     i-  •  TT  in  reading  and 
 
 at  that  time,  saying.  Hear  writuig. 
 causes    between   your   brethren,    and 
 judge  rightly  between  a  man  and  his 
 brother,  and  the  stranger  that  is  with 
 niim.       '7  Thou   shalt   not  gJ^Ser!"' 
 have  respect  to  ^  persons  in    +  Gr.  a  face, 
 judgment,  thou  shalt  judge  ^  small  and 
 ffreat  equally,  thou  shalt  not  ."*  ^'■-  accord- 
 shrink  irom  beiore  the  per-  and  great, 
 son   of  a    man,  for  the  judgment   is 
 God's,  and  whatsoever  mat-   ,\,'^^  ^'■«<^^' 
 ter  shall  ^  be  too  hard  for  taken  here 
 
 1     n  1     •         •,    ,  from  the  Heb. 
 
 you,  ye  shall  bring  it  to  me,  -a  which  faus 
 and  I  will  hear  it.     '^And  inwiththeex- 
 
 T     1  J  ^  *1     i    pression    too 
 
 1  charged  upon  you  at  that  hard, 
 time  all  the  commands  which  ye  shall 
 perlbrm. 
 
 '^And  we  departed  from  Choreb  and 
 went  through  all  that  great  mlderness 
 and  terrible,  which  ye  saw,  by  the  way 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  20. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  i.  v.  45. 
 
 of  the  mountain  of  the  Amorite,  as  the 
 Lord  our  God  charged  us,  and  we 
 came  as  far  as  Kades  Barne.  ^"And  I 
 said  to  you,  Ye  have  come  as  far  as 
 the  mountain  of  the  Amorite,  wliich 
 the  Lord  our  God  gives  to  you,  ^'  be- 
 hold, the  Lord  your  God  has  delivered 
 to  us  the  land  before  you :  go  up  and 
 inherit  it  as  the  Lord  God  of  your 
 fathers  said  to  you;  fear  not,  neither 
 be  afraid.  ^^  And  ye  all  came  to  me, 
 and  said.  Let  vis  send  men  before  us, 
 and  let  them  go  up  to  the  land  for  us, 
 and  let  them  bring  back  to  us  a  report 
 of  the  way  by  w'hich  we  shall  go  up, 
 and  of  the  cities  into  which  we  shall 
 enter.  -^And  the  saying  pleased  me; 
 and  I  took  of  you  twelve  men,  one 
 man  of  a  tiTibe.  ^*  And  they  turned 
 and  went  up  to  the  mountain,  and  they 
 came  as  far  as  the  valley  of  the  cluster, 
 and  surveyed  it.  ^'^  And  they  took  in 
 their  hands  of  the  fruit  of  the  land, 
 and  brought  it  to  you,  and  said.  The 
 land  is  good  which  the  Lord  our  God 
 gives  us.  ^^Yet  ye  would  not  go  up, 
 but  rebelled  against  the  words  of  the 
 Lord  our  God.  ^^And  ye  murmured 
 in  your  tents,  and  said,  Because  the 
 Lord  hated  us,  he  has  brought  us  out 
 of  the  land  of  Egypt  to  deliver  us  into 
 the  hands  of  the  Amorites,  to  destroy 
 us.  ^^  \\niither  do  we  go  up  ?  and 
 your  brethren  drew  away  your  heart, 
 saying,  It  is  a  great  nation  and  popu- 
 lous, and  mightier  than  we,  and  there 
 are  cities  great  and  walled  up  to  hea- 
 ven, moreover  we  saw  there  the  sons 
 of  the  giants.  ^''And  I  said  to  you, 
 Fear  not,  neither  be  ye  afraid  of  them; 
 ^^  The  Lord  your  God  who  goes  before 
 your  face,  he  shall  light  against  them 
 together  with  you  ellectually,  accord- 
 ing to  all  that  he  wrought  I'or  you  in 
 the  land  of  Egypt;  ^'  and  in  this  wil- 
 derness which  ye  saw,  by  the  way  of  the 
 +  see  Acts  1.3.  mountain  of  the  Amontc  ; 
 thesis  of  'l^ow  the  Lord  thy  God  will 
 EuBiish  Bible  |)Qar  thee  as  a  nurshng,  as  if 
 
 on   erpoiroipo-  ^  .  -.  "^        ,   . 
 
 pr,<T(v.  any  man   should  niu'se  his 
 
 child,  through  all  the  way  which  ye 
 
 have  gone  until  ye  came  to  this  place. 
 •''-  And  in  this  matter  ye  believed  not 
 the  Lord  our  God,  ^^  who  goes  before 
 you  in  the  way  to  choose  you  a  place, 
 guiding  you  in  fire  by  night,  showing 
 you  the  way  by  which  ye  go,  and  a 
 cloud  by  day. 
 
 ^^And  the  Lord  heard  the  voice  of 
 your  words,  and  being  greatly  pro- 
 voked he  swore,  saying,  '^''^  Not  one  of 
 these  men  shall  see  this  ^or.  if  one. 
 good  land,  which  I  swore  to  their 
 fathers,  ^^  except  Chaleb  the  son  of 
 Jephonne,  he  shall  see  it,  and  to  him 
 I  will  give  the  land  on  which  he  went 
 up,  and  to  his  sons,  because  he  '^at- 
 tended to  the  things  of  the    +  O'-./oUowcd 
 
 T         T        -17  K       ^     T       P        ^  closely  after 
 
 Lord.  ■*' And  the  Lord  was  the  Lord, 
 angry  with  me  for  your  sake,  saying, 
 Neither  shalt  thou  by  any  means  enter 
 therein.  •^'*  Joshua  the  son  of  Naue  who 
 stands  by  thee,  he  shall  enter  in  there; 
 do  thou  strengthen  him,  for  he  shall 
 cause  Israel  to  inherit  it.  ^'^  And  every 
 young  cliild  who  this  day  knows  not 
 good  or  evil, — they  shall  enter  therein, 
 and  to  them  I  will  gi-v^e  it,  and  they 
 shall  inherit  it.  ''°And  ye  turned  and 
 marched  into  the  wilderness,  in  the 
 way  by  the  Red  Sea.  ^'And  ye 
 answered  and  said.  We  have  sinned 
 before  the  Lord  our  God:  we  "will  go 
 up  and  fight  according  to  all  that  the 
 Lord  our  God  has  commanded  us :  and 
 having  taken  every  one  his  weapons  of 
 war,  and  being  gathered  together  ye 
 ^  went  up  to  the  mountain.  *Gr.  go  up. 
 ''^And  the  Lord  said  to  me.  Tell  them, 
 ^'e  shall  not  go  up,  neither  shall  ye 
 fight,  for  I  am  not  with  you,  thus  shall 
 ye  not  be  destroyed  before  yoiu'  ene- 
 mies. ''^And  1  spoke  to  you,  and  ye 
 did  not  hearken  to  me;  and  ye  trans- 
 gressed the  conimandinent  of  the  Lord ; 
 and  ye  forced  your  way  and  went  up 
 into  the  mountain.  '*'*And  the  Amo- 
 rite who  dwelt  in  that  mountain  came 
 out  to  m(?et  you,  and  ])ursued  you  as 
 bees  do,  and  Avounded  you  from  Seir 
 to  Henna.  ''•'And  ye  sat  down  and 
 Avept  before  the   Lord  our  God,  and 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  46. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  v.  24. 
 
 the  Lord  hearkened  not  to  your  voice, 
 neither  did  lie  take  l\eed  to  you.  '*'^And 
 ye  dwelt  in  Kades  many  days,  as  many 
 days  as  ye  dwelt  there. 
 
 2.  And  we  turned  and  departed  into 
 the  wilderness,  by  the  way  of  the  Red 
 Sea,  as  the  Lord  spoke  to  me,  and  we 
 compassed  ]\Iount  Seir  many  days. 
 ^And  the  Lord  said  to  me,  ^  ^  Ye  have 
 +  Or,  Let  it    compasscd  this  mount  lono- 
 
 suffice  you  to  J-    ,  ,i  />  j. 
 
 compass.  cuough ;  tum  tneretore  to- 
 ward the  north.  *  And  charge  the 
 people,  saying,  Ye  are  going  through 
 the  borders  oi"  your  brethren  the  chil- 
 dren of  Esau,  who  dwell  in  Seir,  and 
 they  shall  fear  you,  and  dread  you 
 greatly.  ^Do  not  engage  in  war 
 against  them,  for  I  will  not  give  you 
 of  their  land  even  enough  to  set  your 
 toot  upon,  for  I  have  given  -Mount 
 Seir  to  the  children  of  Esau  as  an  in- 
 heritance. "^  Buy  food  of  them  for 
 money  and  eat,  and  ye  shall  receive 
 water  of  them  by  measure  for  money, 
 and  drink.  "^  For  the  Lord  our  God 
 has  blessed  thee  in  every  work  of  thy 
 hands.  Consider  how  thou  wcntest 
 tlirou":h  that  great  and  terrible  wilder- 
 ness:  behold  the  Lord  thy  God  has 
 been  with  thee  ibrty  years ;  thou  didst 
 not  lack  any  thing.  *And  we  passed 
 by  our  brethren  the  children  of  Esau, 
 who  dwelt  in  Seir,  by  the  way  of 
 Araba  from  ^lon  and  from  Gcsion 
 Gaber;  and  we  tvuned  and  passed  by 
 the  way  of  the  desert  of  Moab.  ^  And 
 the  Lord  said  to  me.  Do  not  ye  quar- 
 rel with  the  Moabites,  and  do  not 
 engage  in  war  with  them;  for  I  will 
 not  give  you  of  their  land  for  an  in- 
 heritance, for  I  have  given  Aroer  to 
 the  children  of  Lot  to  inherit.  ^^ For- 
 merly the  Ommin  dwelt  in  it,  a  great 
 and  numerous  nation  and  powerful, 
 like  the  Enakim.  "  These  also  shall 
 t//e6.  giants,  bc  accountcd '^  Raphaiu  like 
 the  Enakim  ;  and  the  IMoabitcs  call 
 them  Ommin.  ''^  And  the  Chorrhite 
 dwelt  in  Seir  before,  and  the  sons  of 
 Esau  destroyed  them,  and  utterly  con- 
 
 sumed them  from   beibre  them;    and 
 they  dwelt  in  their  place,  as  Israel  did 
 to  the  land  of  his  inheritance,  which 
 the  Lord  gave  to  them.     '^  Now  then, 
 arise  ye,  said  I,  and  depart,  and  cross 
 the  valley  of  Zaret.     '■*  And  the  days 
 in   which  we    travelled   from    Kades 
 Barne  till    we  crossed   the  valley  of 
 Zaret,    ivere   thirty  and    eight   years, 
 until  the  whole  generation  of  the  men 
 of  war  failed,  dying  out  of  the  camp, 
 as  the  Lord  God  swore  to  them.  '^And 
 the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  upon  them 
 to  destroy  them  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
 camp,  until  they  were  consumed.  ^**And 
 it  came  to  pass  when  all  the  men  of 
 war    dying  out    of  the   midst  of  the 
 people   had   fallen,    '"^  that  the    Lord 
 spoke  to   me,    saying,    ^^  Thou    shalt 
 pass  over  this  day  the  borders  of  Moab 
 ^  to  Aroer;  ^^and  ye   shall    t  or,  even 
 draw  nigh  to  the  children  ^°^'^- 
 of   Amman  :    do    not    quarrel    with 
 them,  nor  wage  war  with  them;  for 
 I  will  not   give  thee  of  the  land  of 
 the  children  of  Amman  for  an  inherit- 
 ance, because  I  have  given  it  to  the 
 children    of  Lot    for  an  inheritance. 
 ■^"  It  shall  be  accounted  a  land  of  Ra- 
 phain,    for  the   Raphain  dwelt  there 
 before,  and  the  Ammanites  call  them 
 Zochommin.      ^^A   great  nation    and 
 populous,  and  mightier  than  you,  as 
 also  the   Enakim:    yet  the  Lord  de- 
 stroyed them  from  befoTe  them,  and 
 they  inherited    their  land,   and   they 
 dwelt  there  instead  of  them  luitil  this 
 day.    ^^As  they  did  to  the  children  of 
 Esau  that  dwell  in  Seir,  even  as  they 
 destroyed  the  Chorrhite  from  before 
 them,  and  inherited  ''^their    +  or.  them, 
 country,  and  dwelt  therein  instead  of 
 them  until  this  day.  ^^  And  the  Evitcs 
 who  dwell  in  Asedoth  unto  Gaza,  and 
 the   Cappadocians  who    came    out  of 
 Cappadocia,  destroyed  them,  and  dwelt 
 in  their  room.     ^"^  Now  then  arise  and 
 depart,    and  pass   over   the  valley  of 
 Arnon :  behold  I  have  delivered  into 
 thy  hands   Seen  the  king   of  Esebon 
 the  Amoritc,  and  his  land :  begin  to 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  25. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  hi.  v.  12. 
 
 inherit  it:  engage  in  war  with  him  tliis 
 day.  ^^  Begin  to  put  thy  terror  and  thy 
 fear  on  the  lace  of  all  the  nations  under 
 heaven,  who  shall  be  troubled  when 
 f  ^h  ^°'^^^"  tl^cy  l^ave  heard  thy  name, 
 Hebraism.  and  sliall  bc  in  anguish 
 ^before  thee. 
 
 ^^  And  I  sent  ambassadors  from  the 
 wilderness  of  Kedamoth  to  Seon  king 
 of  Esebon  with  peaceable  words,  saying, 
 ^^I  -vvill  pass  through  thy  land:  I  will 
 go  by  the  road,  I  will  not  turn  aside 
 to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left.  ^*  Thou 
 shalt  give  me  food  for  money,  and  I 
 ■will  eat ;  and  thou  shalt  give  me  water 
 for  money,  and  I  will  drink ;  I  will  only 
 go  through  on  my  feet.  ^^As  the  sons 
 of  Esau  did  to  me,  who  dwelt  in  Seir, 
 and  the  Moabites  who  dwelt  in  Aroer, 
 until  I  shall  have  passed  Jordan  into 
 the  land  which  the  Lord  our  God  gives 
 us.  ^'^  And  Seon  kin^  of  Esebon  would 
 not  that  we  should  pass  by  him,  because 
 the  Lord  our  God  hardened  liis  spirit, 
 and  made  his  heart  stubborn,  that  he 
 might  be  dehvered  into  thy  hands,  as 
 on  this  day.  ^^  And  the  Lord  said  to 
 me.  Behold  I  have  begun  to  deliver 
 before  thee  Seon  the  king  of  Esebon 
 the  Amorite,  and  his  land,  and  do  thou 
 begin  to  inherit  his  land.  ^^And  Seon 
 the  king  of  Esebon  came  forth  to  meet 
 us,  he  and  all  his  people  to  war  at 
 Jassa.  ^^And  the  Lord  our  God  de- 
 livered him  before  our  face,  and  we 
 smote  him,  and  his  sons,  and  all  his 
 people.  ^■*And  we  took  possession  of 
 all  Iris  cities  at  that  time,  and  we  utterly 
 destroyed  every  city  in  succession,  and 
 their  wives,  and  their  children ;  we  left 
 no  living  prey.  ^^  Only  we  took  the 
 cattle  captive,  and  took  the  spoil  of 
 the  cities.  ^^  From  Aroer,  which  is 
 by  the  brink  of  the  brook  of  Arnon, 
 and  the  city  which  is  in  the  valley, 
 and  as  far  as  the  moimt  of  Galaad: 
 there  was  not  a  city  which  escaped  us : 
 the  Lord  our  God  delivered  all  of  them 
 into  our  hands.  ^^  ^^nly  we  did  not 
 draw  near  to  the  children  of  Amman, 
 even  all  the   parts  bordering  on  the 
 
 192 
 
 brook  Jaboc,  and  the  cities  in  the 
 mountain  country,  as  the  Lord  our 
 God  charged  us. 
 
 3.  And  we  turned  and  went  by  the 
 way  leading  to  Basan:  and  Og  the 
 king  of  Basan  came  out  to  meet  us,  he 
 and  all  his  people  to  battle  at  Edraim. 
 '^And  the  Lord  said  to  me.  Fear  him 
 not,  ibr  1  have  dehvered  him,  and  all 
 his  people,  and  all  his  land,  into  thy 
 hands;  and  thou  shalt  do  to  him  as 
 thou  didst  to  Seon  king  of  the  Amo- 
 rites  who  dwelt  in  Esebon.  ^And  the 
 Lord  our  God  delivered  him  into  our 
 hands,  even  Og  the  king  of  Basan,  and 
 all  his  people ;  and  we  smote  liim  until 
 we  left  none  of  his  seed.  '*And  we 
 mastered  all  his  cities  at  that  time; 
 there  was  not  a  city  which  we  took  not 
 from  them ;  sixty  cities,  all  the  coimtry 
 round  about  Argob,  belonging  to  king 
 Og  in  Basan.  ^  All  strong  cities,  lofty 
 w^alls,  gates  and  bars;  besides  the  very 
 many  cities  of  the  Pherezites.  ^We 
 utterly  destroyed  them  as  we  dealt  with 
 Seon  the  king  of  Esebon,  so  we  utterly 
 destroyed  every  city  in  order,  and  the 
 women  and  the  children,  ^  and  all  the 
 cattle;  and  we  took  for  a  prey  to  our- 
 selves the  spoil  of  the  cities.  ^  And  we 
 took  at  that  time  the  land  out  of  the 
 hands  of  the  two  kings  of  the  Amo- 
 rites,  who  were  beyond  Jordan,  ex- 
 tendhu/  from  the  brook  of  Arnon  even 
 imto  Aermon.  ^  The  Phcrnicians  call 
 Aermon  Sanior,  but  the  Amorite  has 
 called  it  Sanir.  ^"All  the  cities  of 
 Alisor,  and  all  Galaad,  and  all  Basan 
 as  far  as  Elcha  and  Edraim,  cities  of 
 the  kingdom  of  Og  in  Basan.  "  For 
 only  Og  the  king  of  Basan  Avas  left  of 
 the  Ra])hain:  behold  his  bed  was  a 
 bed  of  iron,  behold  it  is  in  the  ^  chief 
 city  of  the  children  of  Am-  t  or,  acro- 
 mon,  the  length  of  it  is  nine  Sei-'orextJe-' 
 cubits,  and  the  breadth  of  mityofthe 
 
 n  -I  ■  T  land  or  the 
 
 it  tour  cubits,  according  to  ciiiuirenof 
 the  cubit  of  a  man.    ''-^And  ^"""°"-_ 
 we    inherited  that  land  at  that  time 
 from  Aroer,  which  is  by  the  border  of 
 
Chap.  hi.  v.  13. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  6. 
 
 the  torrent  Anion,  and  half  the  mount 
 of  Galaad;  and  I  gave  his  cities  to 
 Ruben  and  to  Gad.  '^  And  the  rest  of 
 Galaad,  and  all  Basan  the  kingdom  of 
 Og  I  gave  to  the  half-tribe  of  ]\Ianasse, 
 and  all  the  country  round  about  Argob, 
 all  that  Basan;  it  shall  be  accounted 
 the  land  of  Raphain.  '"*  And  Jair  the 
 son  of  ]\Ianasse  took  all  the  country 
 round  about  Argob  as  far  as  the 
 borders  of  Gargasi  and  Machathi :  he 
 called  them  by  his  name  Basan  Tha- 
 voth  Jair  until  this  day.  '''And  to 
 I\Iachir  I  gave  Galaad.  '''And  to  Ruben 
 and  to  Gad  I  gave  the  land  under 
 Galaad  as  far  as  the  brook  of  Arnon, 
 the  border  between  the  brook  and  as 
 far  as  Jabok;  the  brook  is  the  border 
 to  the  children  of  Amman.  '^  And 
 Araba  and  Jordan  are  the  boundary 
 of  ]\Iachanareth,  even  unto  the  ^ea  of 
 Araba,  the  salt  sea  under  Asedoth 
 Phasga  eastward.  '^And  I  charged 
 you  at  that  time,  saying,  The  Lord 
 your  God  has  given  you  this  land  by 
 lot;  arm  yourselves,  every  one  that  is 
 powerful  and  go  before  your  brethren 
 the  children  of  Israel.  '^  Only  your 
 wives  and  your  children  and  your 
 cattle,  (I  know  that  ye  have  much 
 cattle),  let  them  dwell  in  your  cities 
 which  I  have  given  you;  ^'^ until  the 
 Lord  your  God  give  your  brethren 
 rest,  as  also  he  has  given  to  you,  and 
 they  also  shall  inherit  the  land,  which 
 the  Lord  our  God  gives  them  on  the 
 other  side  of  Jordan;  then  ye  shall 
 return,  each  one  to  his  inheritance 
 which  I  have  given  you. 
 
 ^'  And  I  commanded  Joshua  at  that 
 time,  sayuag,  Your  eyes  have  seen  all 
 things,  which  the  Lord  our  God  did 
 to  these  two  kings;  so  shall  the  Lord 
 our  God  do  to  all  the  kingdoms 
 against  which  thou  Grossest  over 
 thither.  -^  Ye  shall  not  be  afraid  of 
 them,  because  the  Lord  our  God  him- 
 self shall  fight  for  you.  ^^And  I 
 besought  the  Lord  at  that  time,  say- 
 ing, ^^  Lord  God,  thou  hast  begun  to 
 show  to  thy  servant  thy  strength,  and 
 
 thy  power,  and  thy  mighty  hand,  and 
 thy  high  arm :  for  what  God  is  there  in 
 heaven  or  on  the  earth,  who  will  do  as 
 thou  hast  done,  and  according  to  thy 
 might  ?  ^^  I  will  therefore  go  over  and 
 see  this  good  land  that  is  beyond  Jor- 
 dan, this  good  mountain  and  Antili- 
 banus.  -''And  the  Lord  because  of 
 you  did  not  regard  me,  and  hearkened 
 not  to  me :  and  the  Lord  said  to  me. 
 Let  it  suffice  thee,  speak  not  of  this 
 matter  to  me  any  more.  ^^  Go  up  to  the 
 top  of  the  ^  quarried  rock,  +  i-  e.  pisgah. 
 and  look  with  thine  eyes  westward, 
 and  northward,  and  southward,  and 
 eastward,  and  behold  zYwith  thine  eyes, 
 for  thou  shalt  not  go  over  this  Jordan. 
 ^^  And  charge  Joshua,  and  strengthen 
 him,  and  encourage  him,  for  he  shall 
 go  before  the  face  of  this  people,  and 
 he  shall  give  them  the  inheritance  of 
 all  the  land  which  thou  hast  seen. 
 ^^  And  we  abode  in  the  valley  near  the 
 house  of  Phogor. 
 
 4.  And  now,  Israel,  hear  the  ordi- 
 nances and  judgments,  all  that  I  teach 
 you  this  day  to  do,  that  ye  may  live, 
 and  be  multipKed,  and  that  ye  may 
 go  in  and  inherit  the  land,  which  the 
 Lord  God  of  your  fathers  gives  you. 
 ^  Ye  shall  not  add  to  the  word  which 
 I  command  you,  and  ye  shall  not  take 
 from  it:  keep  the  commandments  of 
 the  Lord  oiu-  God,  all  that  I  command 
 you  this  day.  ^  Your  eyes  have  seen  all 
 that  the  Lord  our  God  did  in  the  case  of 
 Beel-phegor,  for  every  man  that  went 
 after  Beel-phegor,  the  Lord  your  God 
 has  utterly  destroyed  him  from  among 
 you.  ^  But  ye  that  kept  close  to  the 
 Lord  your  God  are  all  alive  to-day. 
 ^  Behold,  I  have  shown  you  ordi- 
 nances and  judgments  as  the  Lord 
 commanded  me,  that  ye  should  do  so 
 in  the  land  into  which  ye  go  to  inherit 
 it.  '^  And  ye  shall  keep  and  do  them: 
 for  this  is  your  wisdom  and  imder- 
 standing  before  all  nations,  as  many 
 as  shall  hear  all  these  ordinances;  and 
 they  shall  say,  Behold  this  great  nation 
 14 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  7. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  28. 
 
 is  a  wise  and  understanding  people.. 
 ^  For  what  manner  of  nation  is  so 
 great,  wliich  has  God  so  near  to  them 
 as  the  Lord  our  God  is  in  all  things  in 
 whatsoever  we  may  call  upon  him? 
 ^And  what  manner  of  nation  is  so 
 great,  which  has  righteous  ordinances 
 and  iudo-ments  according  to  all  this 
 law,  which  I  set  before  you  this  day .'' 
 ^  Take  heed  to  tliyself,  and  keep  thy 
 +  Gr.  soul.  ^  heart  diligently :  forget  not 
 any  of  the  things,  which  tliine  eyes 
 have  seen,  and  let  them  not  depart 
 from  thine  heart  all  the  days  of  thy  life ; 
 and  thou  shall  teach  thy  sons  and  thy 
 
 +  Gr.Remem-    SOlls'      SOnS.         ^^''  Evcn      the 
 
 benng.  tliiiufs  that  happened  in  the 
 
 day  in  which  ye  stood  before  the  Loi"d 
 our  God  in  Choreb  in  the  day  of  the 
 assembly;  for  the  Lord  said  to  me, 
 Gather  the  people  to  me,  and  let  them 
 hear  my  words,  that  they  may  learn  to 
 fear  me  all  the  days  which  they  live 
 upon  the  earth,  and  they  shall  teach 
 their  sons.  "  And  ye  drew  nigh  and 
 stood  under  the  mountain;  and  the 
 mountain  burned  with  fire  up  to  hea- 
 ven, there  was  darkness,  blackness, 
 and  tempest.  ''  And  the  Lord  spoke 
 to  you  out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire  a 
 voice  of  words,  which  ye  heard;  and 
 ye  saw  no  Ukeness,  only  ye  heard  a 
 voice.  ''And  he  announced  to  you 
 his  covenant,  Avhich  he  commanded 
 +  <7»-.  words  you  to  kccp,  cvcn  the  ten 
 or  saymgs.  +  commandmeiits : — and  he 
 wrote  them  on  two  tables  of  stone. 
 
 '*  And  the  Lord  commanded  me  at 
 that  time,  to  teach  you  ordinances  and 
 judgments,  that  you  should  do  them 
 on  the  land,  into  which  ye  go  to  inhe- 
 rit it.  '*  And  take  good  heed  to  your 
 hearts,  for  ye  saw  no  similitude  in  the 
 day  in  which  the  Lord  spoke  to  you  in 
 Choreb  in  the  mountain  out  of  the 
 midst  of  the  fire.  '*"'  Lest  ye  transgress, 
 and  make  to  yourselves  a  carved  image, 
 any  kind  of  figure,  the  likeness  of  male 
 or  female,  '^the  likeness  of  any  beast  of 
 those  that  are  on  the  earth,  the  likeness 
 of  any  winged  bird  which  flies  under 
 
 heaven,  "'tlie  likeness  of  any  reptile 
 which  creeps  on  the  earth,  the  likeness 
 of  any  fish  of  those  which  are  in  the 
 waters  under  the  earth:  '"and  lest 
 having  looked  up  to  the  sky,  and 
 havinsf  seen  the  sun  and  the  moon  and 
 the  stars,  and  all  the  ^hea-  t  cr.  orderof 
 venly  bodies,  thou  should-  '^"^''*^°- 
 est  go  astray  and  worship  them,  and 
 serve  them,  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
 has  distributed  to  all  the  nations  under 
 heaven.  -" But Godtookyou, andledyou 
 forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the 
 iron  furnace,  out  of  Egypt,  to  be  to  him 
 a  people  of"  inheritance,  as  at  this  day. 
 ^'  And  the  Lord  God  was  angry  with 
 me  for  the  things  said  by  you,  and 
 swore  that  I  should  not  go  over  this 
 Jordan,  and  that  I  should  not  enter 
 into  the  land,  which  the  Lord  thy 
 God  giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance. 
 ^-  For  ^  I  am  to  die  in  this  +  or.  die. 
 land,  and  shall  not  pass  over  this  Jor- 
 dan :  but  ye  are  to  pass  over,  and  shall 
 inherit  this  good  land.  -'Take  heed 
 to  yourselves,  lest  ye  forget  the  cove- 
 nant of  the  Lord  our  God,  which  he 
 made  with  you,  and  ye  transgress,  and 
 make  to  yourselves  a  graven  image  of 
 any  of  the  tilings  concerning  whicli  the 
 Lord  thy  God  commanded  thee.  '^^  ^For 
 the  Lord  thy  God  is  a  con-  +  Heb.  12. 29. 
 suming  fire,  a  jealous  God.  ^^And 
 when  thou  shalt  have  begotten  sons, 
 and  shalt  have  sons'  sons,  and  ye  shall 
 have  dwelt  a  long  time  on  the  land, 
 and  shall  have  transgressed,  and  made 
 a  graven  image  of  any  thing  and  shall 
 have  done  wickedly  before  the  Lord 
 your  (Jod  to  provoke  him,  -''I  call 
 heaven  and  eartli  this  day  to  witness 
 against  you,  that  ye  shall  surely  perish 
 from  off  the  land,  into  Avhich  ye  go 
 across  Jordan  to  inherit  it  there;  ye 
 shall  not  prolong  your  days  upon  it, 
 but  shall  be  utterly  cut  off.  ^^And  the 
 Lord  shall  scatter  you  among  all  na- 
 tions, and  ye  shall  be  left  few  in  num- 
 ber among  all  the  nations,  among  which 
 the  Lord  shall  bring  you.  '-^^And  ye 
 shall  there  serve  other  gods,  the  works 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  29. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 CnAr.  V.  V.  1. 
 
 of  the  hands  of  men,  wood  and  stones, 
 +  Gr.  shall  not  which  caiinot  ^see,  nor  can 
 see,  &c.  ^i^gy    hear,    nor    eat,    nor 
 
 smell.  ^^And  there  ye  shall  seek  the 
 Lord  yonr  God,  and  ye  shall  find  him 
 whenever  ye  shall  seek  him  with  all 
 +  Or.  thy.  *  your  heart,  and  with  all  your 
 f  Gr.  thy.       soul    in    ^your     affliction. 
 
 ^°And    ^all    these    things 
 shall  come  upon  thee  in  the 
 
 +  Gr.  aU  these 
 ■words  shall 
 find  thee. 
 
 Hebraism.  last  days,  and  thou  shalt 
 turn  to  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  shalt 
 hearken  to  his  voice.  ^^  Because  the 
 Lord  thy  God  is  a  God  of  pity  :  he 
 will  not  forsake  thee,  nor  destroy  thee ; 
 he  will  not  forget  the  covenant  of  thy 
 fathers,  which  the  Lord  sAvorc  to  them. 
 ^'^  Ask  of  the  former  days  which  were 
 before  thee  from  the  day  when  God 
 created  man  upon  the  earth,  and  begin- 
 ning at  the  07ie  end  of  heaven'  to  the 
 other  end  of  heaven,  if  there  has  hap- 
 pened any  thing  like  to  this  great 
 event,  if  such  a  thing  has  been  heard. 
 ^^  If  a  nation  have  heard  the  voice  of 
 the  living  God  speaking  out  of  the 
 midst  of  the  fire,  as  thou  hast  heard 
 and  hast  Hved.  ^^  If  God  has  assayed 
 to  go  and  take  to  himself  a  nation  out 
 of  the  midst  of  another  nation  with 
 trial,  and  with  signs,  and  with  wonders, 
 and  with  war,  and  with  a  mighty  hand, 
 and  with  a  high  arm,  and  with  great 
 sights,  according  to  all  the  things  which 
 the  Lord  our  God  did  in  Egypt  ^  in  thy 
 
 +  Gr.  before  sigllt.  ^^  So  thattllOU  sllOuld- 
 thee  seehig.^       ^^^  j,^^^  ^^^^  ^|^^  ^^^^  ^j^^ 
 
 God  he  is  God,  and  there  is  none  beside 
 him.  ^^His  voice  was  made  audible 
 from  heaven  to  instruct  thee,  and  he 
 showed  thee  upon  the  earth  his  great 
 fire,  and  thou  heardest  his  words  out 
 of  the  midst  of  the  fire.  ^^  Because  he 
 loved  thy  fathers,  he  also  chose  you 
 their  seed  after  them,  and  he  brought 
 thee  himself  with  his  great  strength  out 
 of  Egypt,  ^^to  destroy  nations  ^  great 
 and  stronger  than  thou  be-  +  or,  greater. 
 fore  thy  face,  to  bring  thee  in,  to  give 
 thee  their  land  to  inherit,  as  thou  hast 
 it  this  dav. 
 
 ^^  And  thou  shalt  know  this  day,  and 
 shalt  consider  in  thine  heart,  that  the 
 Lord  thy  God  he  is  God  in  heaven 
 above,  and  on  the  earth  beneath,  and 
 there  is  none  else  but  he.  ^^  And  keep 
 ye  his  commandments,  and  his  ordi- 
 nances, all  that  I  command  you  this 
 day,  that  it  may  be  well  with  thee, 
 and  with  thy  sons  after  thee,  that  ye 
 may  be  long-lived  upon  the  earth, 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee 
 for  ever.  *^Then  Moses  separated 
 three  cities  beyond  Jordan  on  the  east, 
 ^^that  the  slayer  might  flee  thither, 
 who  should  have  slain  his  neighbour 
 unintentionally,  and  should  not  have 
 hated  him  ^  in  times  past,  t  ar.  before 
 and  he  shafl  flee  to  one  of  [^f  ?{i'iY  dTy^ 
 these  cities  and  live.  ^^  Bo-  Hebraism. 
 sor  in  the  wilderness,  in  the  plain 
 country  of  Ruben,  and  Ramoth  in 
 Galaath  belonging  to  ^  Gad  t  or,  the 
 and  Gaiflon  in  Basan  be-  ^^'*'"*"- 
 longing  to  Manasse.  ^^  This  is  the  law 
 which  Moses  set  before  the  children  of 
 Israel.  ''^  These  are  the  testimonies, 
 and  the  ordinances,  and  the  judgments, 
 which  Moses  spoke  to  the  sons  of  Israel, 
 when  they  came  out  of  the  land  of 
 E  o'ypt :  '*^  ^  on  the  other  side  M.e.  the  east 
 of  Jordan,  in  the  valley  near  ^''^®- 
 the  house  of  Phogor,  in  the  land  of  Seon 
 king  of  the  Amorites,  who  dwelt  inEse- 
 bon,  whom  Moses  and  the  sons  of  Israel 
 smote  when  they  came  otrt  of  the  land 
 of  Egypt.  '*^And  they  inherited  his 
 landj'^and  the  land  of  Og  king  of 
 Basan,  two  kings  of  the  Amorites,  who 
 were  beyond  Jordan  eastward.  *^  From 
 Aroer,  which  is  on  the  border  of  the 
 brook  Arnon,  even  to  the  TJSt^: 
 mount  of  Seon,  which  is  ^^^J°^^p^**- 
 Aermon.  "^All  Araba  be-  gah. 
 yond  Jordan  eastward  imder  Asedoth 
 ^hewn  in  the  rock. 
 
 5.  And  Moses  called  all  Israel,  and 
 said  to  them,  Hear,  Israel,  the  ordi- 
 nances and  judgments,  all  that  I  speak 
 in  your  ears  this  day,  and  ye  shall 
 learn  them,  and  observe  to  do  them. 
 
Chap.  v.  v.  2. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  v.  v.  28. 
 
 ^  The  Lord  your  God  made  a  covenant 
 with  you  in  Choreb.  ^  The  Lord  did 
 not  make  this  covenant  with  your 
 lathers  but  with  you,  ye  are  all  here 
 alive  this  day.  ^The  Lord  spoke  to 
 you  face  to  face  in  the  mountain  out  of 
 the  midst  of  the  fire.  ■''And  [  stood 
 between  the  Lord  and  you  at  that  time 
 to  report  to  you  the  words  of  the  Lord, 
 (becavise  ye  were  afraid  before  the  fire, 
 and  ye  went  not  up  to  the  mountain,) 
 saying,  ''1  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  who 
 brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
 out  of  the  house  of  bondage.  ^  Thou 
 shalt  have  no  other  gods  before  my 
 face.  ^  Thou  shalt  not  make  to  thyself 
 an  image,  nor  likeness  of  any  thing, 
 whatever  things  are  in  the  heaven 
 above,  and  whatever  are  in  the  earth 
 beneath,  and  whatever  are  in  the 
 waters  under  the  earth.  '-^  Thou  shalt 
 not  bow  down  to  them,  nor  shalt  thou 
 serve  them;  for  I  am  the  Lord  thy 
 God,  a  jealous  God,  visiting  the  sins 
 of  the  fathers  upon  the  children  to  the 
 third  and  fourth  generation  to  them 
 that  hate  me,  '"and  doing  mercifidly 
 +  Gr.  to  them  to  ^  thousauds  of  them  that 
 ^tTlhTam^nnt  lovc  mc,  and  that  keep  my 
 0/ thousands,  commandments.  "  Thou 
 shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord 
 thy  God  in  vain,  for  the  Lord  thy 
 God  will  certainly  not  acquit  him  that 
 takes  his  name  in  vain.  '^Keep  the 
 sabbath  day  to  sanctify  it  as  tlie  Lord 
 thy  God  commanded  thee.  '■'  Six  days 
 thou  shalt  work,  and  thou  shalt  do  all 
 thy  works.  '"^  But  on  the  seventh  day 
 is  the  sabbath  of  the  Lord  thy  God ; 
 thou  shalt  do  in  it  no  work,  thou,  and 
 thy  son,  and  thy  daughter,  thy  man- 
 servant, and  thy  maid-servant,  thine 
 ox,  and  thine  ass,  and  all  thy  cattle, 
 and  the  stranger  that  sojourns  in  the 
 midst  of  thee;  that  thy  man-servant 
 may  rest,  and  thy  maid,  and  thine  ox, 
 as  well  as  thou.  '^And  thou  shalt  re- 
 member that  thou  wast  a  slave  in  the 
 land  of  lilgypt,  and  the  Lord  tliy  God 
 brought  thee  out  thence  Avith  a  mighty 
 hand,  and  a  high  arm:  therefore  the 
 
 I'.Ki 
 
 Lord  appointed  thee  to  keep  the  sab- 
 bath day  and  to  sanctify  it.  *''*  Honour 
 thy  father  and  thy  mother,  +  Matt.  is.  4. 
 as  the  Lord  thy  God  com-  ^p^-"^-  '• 
 manded  thee,  that  it  may  be  well  with 
 thee,  and  that  thou  mayest  live  long 
 upon  the  land,  which  the  Lord  thy 
 God  gives  thee.  '''Thou  shalt  not 
 commit  murder.  ''^Thou  shalt  not 
 commit  adultery.  '^  Thou  shalt  not 
 steal.  ^"^  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  wit- 
 ness against  thy  neighbour.  ^'  Tliou 
 shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  wife, 
 thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's 
 house,  nor  his  field,  nor  his  man-ser- 
 vant, nor  his  maid,  nor  his  ox,  nor  his 
 ass,  nor  any  beast  of  his,  nor  any  thing 
 that  is  thy  neighbour's. 
 
 ^^  These  words  the  Lord  spoke  to  all 
 the  assembly  of  you  in  the  mountain 
 out  of  the  midst  of  the  lire — tlwrc. 
 7vas  darkness,  blackness,  storm,  a  loud 
 voice — and  he  added  no  more,  and  he 
 wrote  them  on  two  tables  of  stone,  and 
 he  gave  them  to  me.  '-^^And  it  came 
 to  pass  when  ye  heard  the  voice  out  of 
 the  midst  of  the  lire,  for  the  mountain 
 burned  with  fire,  that  ye  came  to  mc, 
 even  all  the  heads  of  your  tribes,  and 
 your  elders:  ^*and  ye  said,  Behold, 
 the  Lord  om-  God  has  shown  us  his 
 glory,  and  we  have  heard  his  voice  out 
 of  the  midst  of  the  fire :  ^  this  day  we 
 have  seen  that  God  shall  t  or,  by  this 
 speak  to  man,  and  he  shall  ^^^' 
 Hvc.  ^''And  now  let  us  not  die,  for 
 this  great  fire  will  consume  us,  if  avg 
 shall  hear  the  voice  of  the  Lord  our 
 God  any  more,  and  we  shall  die. 
 ^•'For  what  flesh  is  there  which  has 
 heard  the  voice  of  the  living  God, 
 speaking  out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire,  as 
 we  hace  heard,  and  shall  live?  ^^Do 
 thou  draw  near,  and  hear  all  that  the 
 Lord  om-  God  shall  say,  and  thou  shalt 
 speak  to  us  all  things  whatsoever  the 
 Lord  our  God  shall  speak  to  thee,  and 
 we  will  hear,  and  do.  '-^^  And  the  Lord 
 heard  the  voice  of  your  words  as  ye 
 spoke  to  mc ;  and  the  Lord  said  to  me,  I 
 have  heard  the  voice  of  the  words  of 
 
Chap.  v.  v.  29. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY 
 
 CnAP.  VI.  V.  20. 
 
 tliis  people,  even  all  things  tliat  tlicy 
 have  said  to  thee.  Thei/  have  well 
 +  Gr.whowiu  suid  all  that  they  have 
 &*ubrsoI^  spoken.  ^^^0  that  there 
 heart,  &c.  were  sucli  a  heart  in  them, 
 that  they  should  fear  me  and  keep  my 
 commands  always,  that  it  might  be 
 well  with  them  and  with  their  sons  for 
 ever.  ^^Go,  say  to  them.  Return  ye 
 to  your  houses.  ^^  But  stand  thou  here 
 with  me,  and  I  wiU  tell  thee  all  the 
 commands,  and  the  ordinances,  and 
 the  judgments,  which  thou  shalt  teach 
 them,  and  let  them  do  so  in  the  land 
 which  I  give  them  for  an  inheritance. 
 ^^And  ye  shall  take  heed  to  do  as  the 
 Lord  thy  God  commanded  thee;  ye 
 shall  not  turn  aside  to  the  right  hand 
 or  to  the  left,  ^^  according  to  all  the 
 way  which  the  Lord  thy  God  com- 
 manded thee  to  Avalk  in  it,  that  he  may 
 give  thee  rest ;  and  that  it  may  be  well 
 with  thee,  and  ye  may  prolong  your 
 days  on  the  land  which  ye  shall  inherit. 
 
 6.  And  these  are  the  commands, 
 and  the  ordinances,  and  the  judgments, 
 as  many  as  the  Lord  our  God  gave 
 commandment  to  teach  you  to  do  so  in 
 the  land  on  which  ye  enter  to  inherit 
 it.  ^  That  ye  may  fear  the  Lord  your 
 God,  keep  ye  all  his  ordinances,  and 
 his  commandments,  which  I  command 
 thee  to-day,  thou,  and  tliy  sons,  and 
 thy  sons'  sons,  all  the  days  of  thy  life, 
 that  ye  may  live  many  days. 
 
 ^Here,  therefore,  0  Israel,  and  ob- 
 serve to  do  them,  that  it  maybe  well 
 with  thee,  and  that  ye  may  be  greatly 
 multiphed  as  the  Lord  God  of  thy 
 lathers  said  that  he  woidd  give  thee  a 
 laud  flowing  with  milk  and  honey: 
 and  these  are  the  ordinances,  and  the 
 j  udgmcnts,  which  the  Lord  commanded 
 the  children  of  Israel  in  the  wilderness, 
 when  they  had  gone  forth  from  the  land 
 t  Matt.  22. 3-.  of  Egypt.  ^ '  Hear,  0_ Israel, 
 Luke  10. 27.  the  Lord  our  God  is  one 
 Lord.  ''And  thou  shalt  love  the  Lord 
 thy  God  with  all  thy  mind,  and  with 
 all  thy  soul,  and  all  thy  strength.   "And 
 
 these  words,  all  that  I  command  thee 
 this  day,  shall  be  in  thy  heart  and  in 
 thy  sold.  ^And  thou  shalt  teach  them 
 to  thy  children,  and  thou  shalt  speak 
 of  them  sitting  in  the  house,  and  walk- 
 ing by  the  way,  and  lying  down,  and 
 rising  up.  ^  And  thou  shalt  fasten 
 them  for  a  sign  upon  thy  hand,  and  it 
 shall  be  immoveable  before  thine  eyes. 
 ^  And  ye  shall  write  them  on  the  lin- 
 tels of  your  hovises  and  of  your  gates. 
 
 ^''And  it  shall  come  to  pass  when  the 
 Lord  thy  God  shall  have  brought  thee 
 into  the  land  which  he  swore  to  thy 
 fathers,  to  Abraam,  and  to  Isaac,  and 
 to  Jacob,  to  give  thee  great  and  beau- 
 tiful cities  which  thou  didst  not  build, 
 ^Uiouses  fuU  of  all  good  things  which 
 thou  didst  not  fill,  ^  wells  t  or,  pits  or 
 dug  in  the  rock  which  thou  p°°^^' 
 didst  not  dig,  vineyards  and  oHveyards 
 which  thou  didst  not  plant,  then  having 
 eaten  and  been  filled,  ^^  beware  lest 
 thou  forget  the  Lord  thy  God  that 
 brought  thee  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  bondage. 
 ^^  ^  Thou  shalt  fear  the  Lord  +  Matt.  4.  lo. 
 thy  God,  and  him  only  shalt  thou  serve, 
 and  thou  shalt  cleave  to  him,  and  by  his 
 name  thou  shalt.  swear.  ^'^  Go  ye  not 
 after  other  gods  of  the  gods  of  the  na- 
 tions round  about  you;  '^for  the  Lord 
 thy  God  in  the  midst  of  thee  is  a  jea- 
 lous God,  lest  the  Lord  thy  God  be 
 very  angry  with  thee,  and  destroy 
 thee  from  ofi"  the  face  of  the  earth. 
 ^^  ^  Thou  shalt  not  tempt  the  +  Matt.  4.  7. 
 Lord  thy  God,  as  ye  tempted  him  in 
 the  temptation.  ^^  Thou  shalt  by  all 
 means  keep  the  commands  of  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  the  testimonies,  and  the  ordi- 
 nances, which  he  commanded  thee. 
 ^*  And  thou  shalt  do  that  which  is 
 pleasing  and  good  before  the  Lord  thy 
 God,  that  it  may  be  well  with  thee, 
 and  that  thou  mayest  go  in  and  inherit 
 the  good  land,  which  the  Lord  swore 
 to  your  fathers,  '^to  chase  all  thine 
 enemies  from  before  thy  face,  as  the 
 Lord  said.  -''  7\.nd  it  shall  come  to 
 pass    when    thy    son    shall   ask    thee 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  21. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  v.  15. 
 
 ^at  a  future  time,  saying,  What  are 
 +  Gr  to-morrow,  the  testimonies,  and  tlic 
 ordinances,  and  the  judgments,  which 
 the  Lord  our  God  has  commanded  us? 
 ^'  Then  shalt  thovi  say  to  thy  son,  We 
 were  slaves  to  Pharao  in  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  and  the  Lord  brought  us  forth 
 tlience  Avith  a  mighty  hand,  and  with 
 a  hi<i;h  arm.  '^^And  the  Lord  ^  wrought 
 +  Gr.  gave,  signs  and  great  and  ^griev- 
 +  Gr.  evil.  ^^^  woudcrs  in  Egyj)t,  on 
 Pharao  and  on  liis  house  before  us. 
 ^^And  he  brought  us  out  thence  to 
 give  us  this  land,  which  he  swore  to 
 give  to  our  fathers.  ^'*  And  the  Lord 
 charged  us  to  observe  all  these  ordi- 
 nances ;  to  fear  the  Lord  our  God,  that 
 it  may  be  well  with  us  for  ever,  that 
 we  may  live,  as  even  to-day.  ^^  And 
 there  shall  be  mercy  to  us,  if  we  take 
 heed  to  keep  all  these  commands  before 
 the  Lord  our  God,  as  he  has  com- 
 manded us. 
 
 7.  And  when  the  Lord  thy  God 
 shall  bring  thee  into  the  land,  into 
 wliich  thou  gocst  to  possess  it,  and 
 shall  remove  great  nations  from  before 
 thee,  the  Chcttite,  and  Gergesite,  and 
 Amorite,  and  Chananite,  and  Phere- 
 zite,  and  Evite,  and  Jebusite,  seven 
 nations  more  numerous  and  stronger 
 than  you,  ^  and  the  Lord  thy  God 
 shall  deliver  them  into  thy  hands,  then 
 thou  shalt  smite  them :  thou  shall  ut- 
 terly destroy  them  :  thou  shalt  not 
 make  a  covenant  with  them,  neither 
 shall  ye  pity  them :  ^  neither  shall  ye 
 contract  marriages  with  them:  thou 
 ehalt  not  give  thy  daughter  to  his  son, 
 and  thou  shalt  not  take  his  daughter 
 to  thy  son.  "*  Eor  he  will  draw  away 
 thy  son  from  me,  and  he  will  serve 
 other  gods ;  and  the  Lord  will  be  very 
 angry  with  you,  and  will  soon  utterly 
 destroy  thee.  ^  But  thus  shall  ye  do 
 to  them ;  ye  shall  destroy  their  altars, 
 and  shall  break  down  their  pillars,  and 
 shall  cut  down  their  groves,  and  shall 
 burn  with  fire  the  graven  images  of 
 their  gods.      ^  Eor   thou  art  a  holy 
 
 198 
 
 people  to  the  Lord  thy  God:  and  the 
 Lord  thy  God  chose  thee  to  be  to  him 
 a  peculiar  people  beyond  all  nations 
 that  are  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 
 ^  It  was  not  because  ye  are  more  nu- 
 merous than  all  other  nations  that  the 
 Lord  preferred  you,  and  the  Lord  made 
 choice  of  you ;  for  ye  are  fewer  in  num- 
 ber than  all  other  nations.  ^  But  be- 
 cause the  Lord  loved  you,  and  as  keep- 
 ing the  oath  which  he  swore  to  your 
 fathers,  the  Lord  brought  you  out  with 
 a  strong  hand,  and  the  Lord  redeemed 
 thee  from  the  house  of  bondage,  out 
 of  the  hand  of  l^harao  king  of  Egypt. 
 ^  Thou  shalt  know  therefore,  that  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  he  is  God,  a  faithful 
 God,  who  keeps  covenant  and  mercy 
 for  them  that  love  him,  and  for  those 
 that  keep  his  commandments  to  a  thou- 
 sand generations.  ^^'And  who  recom- 
 penses them  that  hate  him  to  their 
 face,  to  destroy  them  utterly ;  and  will 
 not  be  slack  with  them  that  hate  him : 
 he  will  recompense  them  to  their  face. 
 '*  Thou  shalt  keep  therefore  the  com- 
 mands, and  the  ordinances,  and  these 
 judgments,  which  I  command  thee  this 
 day  to  do.  ^^And  it  shall  come  to 
 pass  when  ye  shall  have  heard  these 
 ordinances,  and  shall  have  kept  and 
 done  them,  that  the  Lord  thy  God 
 shall  keep  for  thee  the  covenant  and 
 tlie  mercy,  which  he  swore  to  your 
 fathers.  '^And  he  will  love  thee,  and 
 bless  thee,  and  multiply  thee;  and  he 
 Avill  bless  the  offspring  of  thy  ^  body, 
 and  the  fruit  of  thy  land,  +  Gr.  beUy. 
 thy  corn,  and  thy  wine,  and  thine  oil, 
 the  herds  of  tliine  oxen,  and  the  flocks 
 of  thy  sheep,  on  the  land  which  the 
 Lord  swore  to  thy  fathers  to  give  to 
 thee.  '■'  Thou  shalt  be  blessed  beyond 
 all  nations;  there  shall  not  be  among 
 you  an  impotent  or  barren  one,  ^  or 
 among  thy  cattle.  ''^And  the  +  Gr.  and. 
 Lord  thy  (jod  shall  remove  from  thee 
 all  sickness,  and  none  of  the  evil  dis- 
 eases of  l\i;ypt,  Avhich  thou  hast  seen, 
 and  all  that  thou  hast  known,  will  he 
 lay  uj)on  thee,  but  he  will  lay  them 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  16. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  11. 
 
 upon  all  that  hate  thee.  "*  And  thou 
 shalt  eat  all  the  spoils  of  the  nations 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God  gives  thee; 
 thine  eye  shall  not  spare  them,  and 
 thou  shalt  not  serve  their  gods  ;  for 
 this  is  an  offence  to  thee. 
 
 '"  But  if  thou  shouldest  say  in  thine 
 heart,  this  nation  is  ^  greater  than  I, 
 +  Gr.  more,  how  sliall  I  be  able  to  de- 
 stroy them  utterly  ?  '^  thou  shalt  not 
 fear  them ;  thou  shalt  surely  remember 
 all  that  the  Lord  thy  God  did  to  Pharao 
 and  to  all  the  Egyptians :  '^  the  great 
 temptations  which  thine  eyes  have 
 seen,  those  signs  and  great  wonders, 
 the  strong  hand,  and  the  high  arm; 
 how  the  Lord  thy  God  brought  thee 
 forth :  so  the  Lord  thy  God  will  do  to 
 all  the  nations,  whom  thou  fearest  in 
 their  presence.  '^^  And  the  Lord  thy 
 God  shall  send  against  them  the  hor- 
 nets, until  they  that  are  left  and  they 
 that  are  hidden  from  thee  be  utterly 
 destroyed.  ^^  Thou  shalt  not  be 
 wounded  before  them,  because  the 
 Lord  thy  God  in  the  midst  of  thee  is 
 a  great  and  powerfid  God.  ^^  And 
 the  Lord  thy  God  shall  consume  these 
 nations  before  thee  by  little  and  Httle : 
 thou  shalt  not  be  able  to  consume 
 them  speedily,  lest  the  land  become 
 desert,  and  the  ^vild  beasts  of  the  field 
 be  multipHed  against  thee.  ^^And 
 the  Lord  thy  God  shall  dehver  them 
 into  thy  hands,  and  thou  shalt  destroy 
 them  -wath  a  great  destruction,  until 
 ye  shall  have  utterly  destroyed  them. 
 "'^^And  he  shall  deliver  their  kings  into 
 your  hands,  and  ye  shall  destroy  their 
 name  from  that  place  ;  none  shall 
 stand  up  in  opposition  before  thee, 
 until  thou  shalt  have  utterly  destroyed 
 them.  '^•'^Ye  shall  burn  with  fire  the 
 graven  images  of  their  gods :  thou 
 shalt  not  covet  their  silver,  neither 
 shalt  thou  take  .to  thyself  gold  from 
 them,  lest  thou  shouldest  ofiend  there- 
 by, because  it  is  an  abomination  to  the 
 Lord  thy  God.  ^'^  And  thou  shalt  not 
 t  Gr.  Shalt,  bring  an  abomination  into 
 thine  house,  so  ^shouldest  thou  be  an 
 
 accursed  thing  hke  it;  thou  shalt  ut- 
 terly hate  it,  and  altogether  abominate 
 it,  because  it  is  an  accursed  thing. 
 
 8.  Ye  shall  observe  to  do  all  the 
 commands  which  I  charge  you  to-day, 
 that  ye  may  live  and  be  midtiplied, 
 and  enter  in  and  inherit  the  land, 
 which  the  Lord  your  God  swore  to  give 
 to  your  fathers.  ^And  thou  shalt  re- 
 member all  the  way  which  the  Lord 
 thy  God  led  thee  in  the  wilderness, 
 that  he  might  afilict  thee,  and  try  thee, 
 and  that  the  things  in  thine  heart 
 might  be  made  manifest,  whether  thou 
 woiddest  keep  his  commandments  or  no. 
 ^  And  he  afllicted  thee  and  straitened 
 thee  with  hunger,  and  fed  thee  with 
 manna,  which  thy  fathers  knew  not; 
 that  he  mio;ht  teach  thee  that  ^man  shall 
 not  live  by  bread  alone,  but  ^  Matt.  4. 4. 
 by  every  word  that  proceeds  out  of  the 
 mouth  of  God  shall  man  live.  ''  Thy 
 garments  grew  not  old  from  off  thee, 
 thy  shoes  were  not  worn  from  off  thee, 
 thy  feet  were  not  yainfullij  hardened 
 lo !  these  forty  years.  ^And  thou  shalt 
 know  in  thine  heart,  that  as  if  any  man 
 should  chasten  his  son,  so  the  Lord  thy 
 God  will  chasten  thee.  ^And  thou 
 shalt  keep  the  commands  of  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  to  walk  in  his  ways,  and  to 
 fear  him.  ''  For  the  Lord  thy  God 
 will  bring  thee  into  a  good  and  exten- 
 sive land,  where  there  £ti'e  torrents  of 
 waters,    and   fountains  ''  of   +  ^'•>  issuing 
 
 '  .         .  ^      from  deep 
 
 deep  places  issuing  through  places, 
 the  plains  and  through  the  mountains. 
 ^A  land  of  wheat  and  barley,  icherein 
 are  vines,  figs,  pomegranates;  a  land 
 of  olive  oil  and  honey;  ^a  land  on 
 which  thou  shalt  not  eat  thy  bread  with 
 poverty,  and  thou  shalt  not  want  any 
 thing  upon  it;  a  land  whose  stones  are 
 iron,  and  out  of  its  mountains  thou 
 shalt  dig  brass.  ^''And  thou  shalt  eat 
 and  be  tilled,  and  shalt  bless  the  Lord 
 thy  God  on  the  good  land,  which  he 
 has  given  thee.  "  Take  heed  to  thy- 
 self that  thou  forget  not  the  Lord  thy 
 God,  so  as  not  to  keep  his  commands, 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  12. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  12. 
 
 and  his  judgments,  and  ordinances, 
 which  I  command  thee  this  day. 
 '^  Lest  when  thovi  hast  eaten  and  art 
 full,  and  hast  built  goodly  houses,  and 
 dwelt  in  them;  '^and  thy  oxen  and 
 thy  sheep  are  multipHed  to  thee,  and 
 thy  silver  and  thy  gold  are  midtipUed 
 to  thee,  and  all  thy  possessions  are  mul- 
 tiphed  to  thee,  '"*  thou  shouldest  be 
 exalted  in  heart,  and  forget  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  who  brought  thee  out  of  the 
 land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of 
 bondage:  'nvho  brought  thee  through 
 that  great  and  terrible  wilderness, 
 where  is  the  biting  serpent,  and  scor- 
 pion, and  di'oiight,  where  there  was  no 
 water,  who  brought  thee  a  foimtain  of 
 water  out  of  the  flinty  rock  :  ^^  who 
 fed  thee  with  manna  in  the  wilderness, 
 which  thou  kncwest  not,  and  thy 
 fathers  knew  not,  that  he  might  afflict 
 thee,  and  thoroughly  try  thee,  and  do 
 thee  good  in  thy  latter  days.  '''  Lest 
 thou  shouldest  say  in  thine  heart.  My 
 strength,  and  the  power  of  mine  hand 
 have  wrought  for  me  tliis  great  wealth. 
 ***  But  thou  shalt  remember  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  that  he  gives  thee  strength 
 to  get  wealth,  even  that  he  may  esta- 
 bUsh  his  covenant,  which  the  Lord 
 swore  to  thy  fathers,  as  at  this  day. 
 ^'-•And  it  shall  come  to  pass  if  thou  do 
 at  all  forget  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
 shouldest  go  after  other  gods,  and 
 serve  them,  and  worship  them,  I  call 
 heaven  and  earth  to  witness  against 
 you  this  day,  that  ye  shall  surely 
 perish.  ^"^As  also  the  other  nations 
 which  the  Lord  God  destroys  before 
 your  face,  so  shall  yc  perish,  because 
 ye  hearkened  not  to  the  voice  of  the 
 Lord  your  God. 
 
 9.  Hear,  0  Israel:  Thou  gocst  this 
 day  across  Jordan  to  inherit  nations 
 greater  and  stronger  than  yourselves, 
 cities  great  and  walled  up  to  heaven ; 
 ^  a  people  great  and  many  and  tall,  the 
 sons  of  Enac,  whom  thou  knowest, 
 and  concerning  whom  thou  hast  heard 
 say,  Vfho  can  stand  before  the  children 
 
 of  Enac?  ^And  thou  shalt  know  to- 
 day, that  the  Lord  thy  God  he  shall 
 go  before  thy  face ;  he  is  a  consuming 
 lire  ;  he  shall  destroy  them,  and  he 
 shall  turn  them  back  before  thee,  and 
 shall  destroy  them  quickly,  as  the 
 Lord  said  to  thee.  ^  Speak  not  in 
 thine  heart,  when  the  Lord  thy  God 
 has  destroyed  these  nations  before  thy 
 face,  saying.  For  my  righteousness  the 
 Lord  brought  me  in  to  inherit  this 
 good  land.  ^  Not  for  thy  righteous- 
 ness, nor  for  the  holiness  of  thy  heart 
 dost  thou  go  in  to  inherit  their  land, 
 but  because  of  the  wickedness  of  these 
 nations  the  Lord  will  destroy  them 
 from  before  thee,  and  that  he  may 
 establish  the  covenant,  which  the  Lord 
 swore  to  our  fathers,  to  Abraam,  and 
 to  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob.  ^  And  thou 
 shalt  know  to-day,  that  it  is  not  for 
 thy  righteousnesses  the  Lord  thy  God 
 gives  thee  this  good  land  to  inherit, 
 for  thou  art  a  stifl'-nccked  peoj)le. 
 ^  Eemember,  forget  not,  how  much 
 thou  provokedst  the  Lord  thy  God  in 
 the  wilderness  :  from  the  day  that  yc 
 came  forth  out  of  Egypt,  even  till  yc 
 came  into  this  place,  ye  continued  to 
 be  disobedient  toward  the  Lord. 
 
 *  Also  in  Choreb  ye  provoked  the 
 Lord,  and  the  Lord  was  angry  with 
 you  to  destroy  you;  ^when  I  went  up 
 into  the  mountain  to  receive  the  tables 
 of  stone,  the  tables  of  the  covenant, 
 which  the  Lord  made  with  you,  and  I 
 was  in  the  mountain  forty  days  and 
 forty  nights,  I  ate  no  bread  and  drank 
 no  water.  '"And  the  Lord  gave  me 
 the  two  tables  of  stone  written  with 
 the  finger  of  God,  and  on  them  there 
 liad  been  written  all  the  words  which 
 the  Lord  spoke  to  you  in  the  mountain 
 in  the  day  of  the  assembly.  "And  it 
 came  to  pass  after  forty  days  and  forty 
 nights,  the  Lord  gave  me  the  two 
 tables  of  stone,  the  tables  of  the  cove- 
 nant. '-  And  the  Lord  said  to  me. 
 Arise,  go  down  quickly  from  hence, 
 for  thy  people  whom  thou  broughtest 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  have  trans- 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  13. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  4. 
 
 gressccl;  they  have  gone  aside  quickly 
 out  of  the  way  which  I  commanded 
 them,  and  have  made  themselves  a 
 molten  image. 
 
 ^^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  me,  saying, 
 I  have  spoken  to  thee  once  and  again, 
 saying,  I  have  seen  this  people,  and, 
 behold,  it  is  a  stiff-necked  people. 
 ''And  now  suffer  me  utterly  to  destroy 
 them,  and  I  will  blot  out  their  name 
 from  under  heaven,  and  will  make  of 
 thee  a  nation  great  and  strong,  and 
 more  numerous  than  this.  '^And  I 
 turned  and  went  down  from  the  moun- 
 tain ;  and  the  mountain  burnt  with 
 fire  imto  heaven;  and  the  two  tables 
 tGr.  on.  of  the  testimonies  were  ^in  my 
 two  hands.  '""And  when  I  saw  that 
 ye  had  sinned  against  the  Lord  your 
 God,  and  had  made  to  yourselves  a 
 molten  image,  and  had  gone  astray 
 out  of  the  way,  which  the  Lord  com- 
 +  Gr.  to  do.  manded  you  to  ^  keep ;  "^  then 
 I  took  hold  of  the  two  tables,  and  cast 
 them  out  of  my  two  hands,  and  broke 
 them  before  you.  "^  And  I  made  my 
 petition  before  the  Lord  as  also  at  the 
 first  forty  days  and  forty  nights :  I  ate 
 no  bread  and  drank  no  water,  on  ac- 
 count of  all  your  sins  which  ye  sinned 
 in  doing  evil  before  the  Lord  God  to 
 tGr.  am.  provokc  liim.  '"And  I  ''was 
 greatly  terrified  because  of  the  wrath 
 and  anger,  because  the  Lord  was  pro- 
 voked with  you  utterly  to  destroy  you ; 
 yet  the  Lord  hearkened  to  me  at  this 
 time  also.  ^''And  he  was  angry  with 
 Aaron  to  destroy  him  utterly,  and  I 
 prayed  for  Aaron  also  at  that  time. 
 '^^  And  your  sin  which  ye  had  made, 
 even  the  calf,  I  took,  and  burnt  it  with 
 fire,  and  pounded  it  and  ground  it 
 down  till  it  became  fine,  and  it  became 
 like  dust,  and  I  cast  the  dust  into  the 
 brook  that  descended  from  the  moun- 
 tHi?i.Taberah,  tain.  .  ^^  Also  in  tlic  ''^bum- 
 Kivro^h  Hat-  ^^g)  ^^^  ^^  the  ^  temptation, 
 taavah.  ^ud  at  the  ^gravcs  of  lust, 
 
 ye  provoked  the  Lord.  ^^And  when 
 the  Lord  sent  you  forth  from  Kades 
 Barne,  saying,  Go  up  and  inherit  the 
 
 land  which  I  give  to  you,  then  ye 
 disobeyed  the  word  of  the  Lord  your 
 God,  and  believed  him  not,  and  heark- 
 ened not  to  his  voice.  ^'^  Ye  were  dis- 
 obedient ■'■  in  the  things  re-  +  or,  toward 
 lating  to  the  Lord  from  the  ^^^  ^°''^- 
 day  in  wliich  he  became  known  to  you. 
 -^And  I  prayed  before  the  Lord  forty 
 days  and  forty  nights,  the  number 
 that  I  prayed  before,  for  the  Lord  said 
 that  he  would  utterly  destroy  you. 
 ^'^  And  I  prayed  to  God,  and  said,  0 
 Lord,  king  of  Gods,  destroy  not  thy 
 people  and  thine  ^  inherit-  t  Gr.  portion 
 ance,  whom  thou  didst  re-  "''  ^^'^' 
 deem,  whom  thou  broughtest  out  of  the 
 land  of  Egypt  with  thy  great  power, 
 and  with  thy  strong  hand,  and  with 
 thy  high  arm.  ^^  Remember  Abraam, 
 and  Isaac,  and  Jacob  thy  servants,  to 
 whom  thou  sworest  by  thyself:  look 
 not  upon  the  hardness  of  heart  of  this 
 people,  and  their  impieties,  and  their 
 sins.  ^^  Lest  the  inhabitants  of  the  land 
 whence  thou  broughtest  us  out  speak, 
 sajdng,  Because  the  Lord  covdd  not 
 bring  them  into  the  land  of  which  he 
 spoke  to  them,  and  because  he  hated 
 them,  has  he  brought  them  forth  to 
 slay  them  in  the  wilderness.  ^"  And 
 these  «re  thy  people  and  thy  portion, 
 whom  thou  broughtest  out  of  the  land 
 of  Egypt  with  thy  great  strength,  and 
 with  thy  mighty  hand,  and  with  thy 
 high  arm. 
 
 10.  At  that  time  the  Lord  said  to 
 me.  Hew  for  thyself  two  stone  tables 
 as  the  first,  and  come  up  to  me  into 
 the  mountain,  and  thou  shalt  make  for 
 thyself  an  ark  of  wood.  ^And  thou 
 shalt  write  upon  the  tables  the  words 
 which  were  on  the  first  tables  which 
 thou  brokest,  and  thou  shalt  put  them 
 into  the  ark.  ^So  I  made  an  ark  of 
 boards  of  incorruptible  wood,  and  I 
 hewed  tables  of  stone  like  the  first, 
 and  I  went  up  to  the  mountain,  and 
 the  two  tables  were  in  my  hand.  ^And 
 he  wrote  upon  the  tables  according  to 
 the    first  wntin<i-  the  ten    command- 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  5. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  7. 
 
 ments,  which  the  Lord  spoke  to  you 
 in  the  mountain  out  of  the  midst  of 
 the  fire,  and  the  Lord  gave  them  to 
 me.  "''And  I  turned  and  came  down 
 from  the  mountain  and  I  put  the  tahk's 
 into  the  ark  which  I  had  made;  and 
 there  they  were,  as  the  Lord  com- 
 manded me.  ^  And  the  children  of 
 Israel  departed  from  Beeroth  of  the 
 sons  of  Jakim  to  Misadai :  there  Aaron 
 died,  and  there  he  was  buried,  and 
 Eleazar  his  son  was  priest  in  his  stead. 
 ^  Thence  they  departed  to  Gadgad; 
 and  from  Gadgad  to  Etebatha,  a  land 
 ■lolierein  are  torrents  of  water.  ^At 
 that  time  the  Lord  separated  the  tribe 
 of  Levi,  to  bear  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
 nant of  the  Lord,  to  stand  near  be- 
 fore the  Lord,  to  minister  and  bless 
 in  his  name  unto  this  day.  '-^  There- 
 fore the  Levites  have  no  part  nor  in- 
 heritance among  their  brethren  ;  the 
 Lord  himself  is  their  inheritance,  as 
 he  said  to  them.     ^"  And  I  ''  remained 
 
 +  Gr.  stood,  in  the  mount  forty  days  and 
 forty  nights;  and  the  Lord  heard  me 
 at  that  time  also,  and  the  Lord  would 
 not  destroy  you.  ^'  And  the  Lord  said 
 to  me.  Go,  set  out  before  this  people, 
 and  let  them  go  in  and  inherit  the  land, 
 which  I  swore  to  their  fathers  to  give 
 to  them.  '"And  now,  Israel,  what  does 
 the  Lord  thy  God  require  of  thee,  but 
 to  fear  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  to  walk 
 in  all  his  ways,  and  to  love  him,  and 
 to  serve  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all 
 thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul;  '^to 
 keep  the  commandments  of  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  and  his  ordinances,  all  that 
 I  charge  thee  to-day,  that  it  may  be 
 
 t  1  Cor.  10.  well  with  thee?  '*  ^  Behold, 
 26, 28.  ^1^^^  heaven  and  the  heaven 
 
 of  heavens  belong  to  tlie  Lord  thy  God, 
 the  earth  and  all  tilings  tliat  are  in  it. 
 '•''  Only  the  Lord  chose  your  fathers  to 
 love  them,  and  he  chose  out  their  seed 
 after  them,  even  you,  beyond  all  na- 
 tions, as  at  this  day.     ''^  ^  Therefore  ye 
 
 +  Gr.  and.  shall  circumcisc  the  hardness 
 of  your  heart,  and  ye  shall  not  harden 
 your  neck.    '^  For  the  Lord  your  God, 
 
 he  is  God  of  gods,  and  Lord  of  lords, 
 the  great,  and  strong,  and  terrible  God 
 who  does  not  ^iccept  per-    +g^.  wonder 
 
 sons,     nor    will    he    by    any    at  or  admire  a 
 
 means  accept  a  bribe :  '^  ex- 
 ecuting judgment  for  the  stranger  and 
 orphan  and  widow,  and  he  loves  the 
 stranger  to  give  him  food  and  raiment. 
 ''■•And  ye  shall  love  the  stranger;  Ibr 
 ye  were  strangers  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 
 -"  Tliou  shalt  fear  the  Lord  thy  God, 
 and  serve  him,  and  shalt  cleave  to  him, 
 and  shalt  swear  by  liis  name.  ^'  He  is 
 thy  boast,  and  he  is  thy  God,  who  has 
 "svi'ought  in  the  midst  of  thee  these 
 great  and  glorious  things,  which  thine 
 eyes  have  seen.  -^  With  seventy  souls 
 your  fathers  went  down  into  J^^gypt; 
 but  the  Lord  thy  God  has  made  thee 
 as  the  stars  of  heaven  in  multitude. 
 
 11.  Therefore  thou  shalt  love  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  and  shalt  observe  his 
 appointments,  and  his  ordinances,  and 
 his  commandments,  and  his  judgments, 
 ahvays.  ^And  ye  shall  know  this  day, 
 for  1  speak  not  to  your  childi'en,  who 
 know  not  and  have  not  seen  the  dis- 
 cipline of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  his 
 wonderful  works,  and  his  strong  hand, 
 and  his  higli  arm,  ^  and  his  miracles, 
 and  his  wonders,  which  he  wrought  in 
 the  midst  of  Egypt  on  Pharao  king  of 
 Egypt,  and  all  his  land;  'and  what  he 
 did  to  the  host  of  the  Egyptians,  and 
 to  their  chariots,  and  their  cavalry,  and 
 their  host;  how  he  made  the  water  of 
 the  Eed  Sea  to  ovcrwliclm  the  face  of 
 them  as  they  pursued  alter  you,  and 
 the  Lord  destroyed  them  luitil  this 
 day;  '^and  all  the  things  "which  he  did 
 to  you  in  the  wilderness  until  ye  came 
 into  this  place ;  *"  and  all  things  that  he 
 did  to  Dathan  and  Abiron  the  sons 
 of  EHab  the  son  of  Kuben,  Avliom 
 the  earth  opening  her  mouth  swal- 
 lowed up,  and  their  houses,  and  their 
 tents,  and  all  their  substance  that  was 
 with  them,  in  the  midst  of  all  Israel: 
 ^for  your  eyes  have  seen  all  the  mighty 
 works  of  the  Lord,  which  he  wrought 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  8. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  u.  31. 
 
 among  you  to-day.  ^And  ye  shall 
 keep  all  his  comraandments,  as  many 
 as  1  command  thee  to-day,  that  ye 
 may  live,  and  be  mvdtiplied,  and  that 
 ye  may  go  in  and  inherit  the  land, 
 into  which  ye  go  across  Jordan  to  in- 
 herit it.  ^  That  ye  may  live  long 
 upon  the  land,  which  the  Lord  swore 
 to  your  fathers  to  give  to  them,  and  to 
 their  seed  after  them,  a  land  flowing 
 with  milk  and  honey.  '"For  the  land 
 into  which  thou  goest  to  inherit  it,  is 
 not  as  the  land  of  Egypt,  whence  ye 
 came  out,  whensoever  they  sow  the 
 seed,  and  water  it  with  their  feet,  as  a 
 garden  of  herbs :  ' '  but  the  land  into 
 which  thou  goest  to  inherit  it,  is  a 
 land  of  mountains  and  plains,  it  shall 
 drink  water  of  the  rain  of  heaven. 
 '^A  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
 surveys  continually,  the  eyes  of  the 
 Lord  thy  God  are  upon  it  from  the 
 beginning  of  the  year  to  the  end  of 
 the  year.  ''^Now  if  ye  will  indeed 
 hearken  to  all  the  commands  which  I 
 charge  thee  this  day,  to  love  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  and  to  serve  him  with  all 
 thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul, 
 ^^  then  he  shall  give  to  thy  land  the 
 early  and  latter  rain  in  its  season,  and 
 thou  shalt  bring  in  thy  corn,  and  thy 
 wine,  and  thine  oil.  '^And  he  shall 
 give  food  in  thy  fields  to  thy  cattle; 
 and  when  thou  hast  eaten  and  art  full 
 ^^take  heed  to  thyself  that  thy  heart 
 tmade  broad,  be  uot  ''^pufted  Up,  and  ye 
 transgress,  and  serve  other  gods,  and 
 worship  them:  '^and  the  Lord  be 
 angry  with  you,  and  restrain  the  hea- 
 ven and  there  shall  not  be  rain,  and 
 the  earth  shall  not  yield  its  fruit,  and 
 ye  shall  perish  quickly  from  off  the 
 good  land,  wliich  the  Lord  has  given 
 you.  '^  And  ye  shall  store  these  words 
 in  your  heart  and  in  your  soul,  and  ye 
 shall  bind  them  as  a  sign  on  your 
 hand  and  it  shall  be  fixed  before  your 
 eyes.  '^And  ye  shall  teach  them  to 
 your  children,  so  as  to  speak  about 
 them  when  thou  sittest  in  the  house, 
 and  when  thou  walkest  by  the  way, 
 
 •203 
 
 and  when  thou  slecpest,  and  when  thou 
 risest  vip.  ^°  And  ye  shall  write  them 
 on  the  ^  lintels  of  your  houses,  +  o,-,  turesii- 
 and  on  your  gates;  ^' that  °'''^" 
 your  days  may  be  long,  and  the  days 
 of  your  children,  upon  the  land  which 
 the  Lord  swore  to  your  fathers  to  give 
 to  them,  as  the  days  of  heaven  upon 
 tlie  earth.  -'^  And  it  shall  come  to  pass 
 that  if  ye  will  indeed  hearken  to 
 all  these  commands,  which  I  charge 
 thee  to  observe  this  day,  to  love  the 
 Lord  our  God,  and  to  walk  in  all 
 his  ways,  and  to  cleave  close  to  him; 
 ^^then  the  Lord  shall  cast  out  all  these 
 nations  before  you,  and  ye  shall  in- 
 herit great  nations  and  stronger  than 
 yourselves.  ^"^  Every  place  whereon 
 the  sole  of  your  foot  shall  tread  shall 
 be  yours;  from  the  wilderness  and 
 Antilibanus,  and  from  the  great  river, 
 the  river  Euphrates,  even  as  far  as  the 
 west  sea  shall  be  your  coasts.  ^'^  No 
 one  shall  stand  before  you,  and  the 
 Lord  your  God  will  put  the  fear  of 
 you  and  the  dread  of  you  on  the  face 
 of  all  the  land,  on  wliich  ye  shall  tread, 
 as  he  told  you. 
 
 ^''Behold  I  set  before  you  this  day 
 the  blessing  and  the  curse ;  -^  the  bless- 
 ing, if  ye  hearken  to  the  commands  of 
 the  Lord  your  God,  all  that  I  com- 
 mand you  this  day ;  ^^  and  the  curse 
 if  ye  do  not  hearken  to  the  commands 
 of  the  Lord  our  God, "as  many  as  I 
 command  you  this  day,  and  ye  wander 
 from  the  way  which  I  have  com- 
 manded you,  having  gone  to  serve 
 other  gods,  which  ye  know  not.  ^^  And 
 it  shall  come  to  pass  Avhen  the  Lord 
 thy  God  shall  have  brought  thee  into 
 the  land  into  which  thou  goest  over 
 to  inherit  it,  then  thou  shalt  put  bless- 
 ing on  Mount  Garizin,  and  the  curse 
 upon  Mount  Gaibal.  ^^  Lo  !  are  not  these 
 beyond  Jordan,  behind,  westward  in 
 the  land  of  Chanaan,  which  lies  west- 
 Avard  near  Golgol,  by  the  liigli  oak  ? 
 ^'  For  ye  are  passing  over  Jordan,  to 
 go  in  and  inherit  the  land,  which  the 
 Lord   our  God   gives  you  to  inherit 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  32, 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  20. 
 
 always,  and  ye  shall  dwell  in  it.  ^-^And 
 ye  shall  take  heed  to  do  all  his  ordi- 
 nances, and  these  judgments,  as  many 
 as  I  set  before  you  to-day, 
 
 12.  And  these  «?'e  the  ordinances 
 and  the  judgments,  which  ye  shall 
 observe  to  do  in  the  land,  which  the 
 Lord  God  of  your  fathers  gives  you 
 for  an  inheritance,  all  the  days  whicli 
 ye  Uve  upon  the  land.  ^  Ye  shall 
 utterly  destroy  all  the  places  in  which 
 they  served  their  gods,  whose  lujid  ye 
 inherit,  on  the  high  mountains  and  on 
 the  hills,  and  under  the  thick  tree. 
 ^  And  ye  shall  destroy  their  altars, 
 and  break  in  pieces  their  pillars,  and 
 ye  shall  cut  down  their  groves,  and 
 ye  shall  burn  with  fire  the  graven 
 images  of  their  gods,  and  ye  shall 
 abolish  their  name  out  of  that  place. 
 ■*  Ye  shall  not  do  so  to  the  Lord  your 
 God.  ^  But  in  the  place  which  the 
 Lord  thy  God  shall  clioose  in  one  of 
 your  cities  to  name  his  name  there, 
 and  to  be  called  upon,  ye  shall  even 
 seek  him  out  and  go  thither.  ^  And 
 ye  shall  carry  thither  your  whole- 
 burnt-otlerings,  and  your  sacrifices, 
 and  your  first-fruits,  and  your  Vowed- 
 +  Gr.  vows,  offerings,  and  your  freewill- 
 ollcrings  and  your  offerings  of  thanks- 
 giving, the  first-born  of  your  herds, 
 and  of  your  flocks.  ''  And  ye  shall  eat 
 tliere  before  the  Lord  your  God,  and 
 ye  shall  rejoice  in  all  the  things  on 
 which  ye  shall  lay  your  hand,  ye  and 
 your  houses,  as  the  Lord  your  God 
 has  blessed  you.  ^  Ye  shall  not  do 
 altogether  as  we  do  here  to-day,  every 
 man  that  which  is  pleasing  in  his  own 
 sight.  ^For  hitherto  ye  have  not 
 arrived  at  the  rest  and  the  inheritance, 
 which  the  Lord  our  God  gives  you. 
 "^And  ye  shall  go  over  Jordan,  and 
 shall  dwell  in  the  land,  which  the 
 Lord  our  God  takes  as  an  inheritance 
 for  you,  and  he  shall  give  you  rest 
 from  all  your  enemies  roimd  about, 
 and  ye  shall  dwell  safely.  ''And  there 
 shall  be  a  place  which  the  Lord  thy 
 
 God  shall  choose  for  his  name  to  be 
 called  there,  thither  shall  ye  bring  all 
 things  that  I  order  you  to-day;  your 
 whole-burnt-offerings,  and  your  sacri- 
 fices, and  your  tithes,  and  the   first- 
 fruits  of  your  hands,  and  every  choice 
 gift  of  yoiurs,  whatsoever  ye  shall  vow 
 to    the    Lord  your  God.     '^  And  ye 
 shall    rejoice    before    the  Lord   your 
 God,    ye  and   your    sons,    and  your 
 daughters,  and  your  men-servants  and 
 your  maid-servants,  and  the  Levite  that 
 is  at  your  gates;  because  he  has  no 
 portion     or     inheritance     with     you. 
 '"^  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou  offer 
 not  thy  whole-burnt-offerings  in  any 
 place  wliicli  thou  shalt  see;  ''^save  in 
 the  place    which   the  Lord  thy   God 
 shall  choose,  in  one  of  thy  tribes,  there 
 shall  ye  offer  your  whole-burnt-offer- 
 ings, and  tliere  shalt  thou  do  all  things 
 whatsoever   1   charge    thee    this  day. 
 '^  But  thou  shalt  kill  according  to  all 
 thy  desire,  and  shalt  cat  llesh  accord- 
 ing to  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  thy 
 God,  which  he  has  given  thee  in  every 
 city;  the  unclean  that  is  "svithin  thee 
 and  the  clean  shall  eat   it  on  equal 
 terms,  as  the  doe  or  the  stag.     '*^  Only 
 ye  shall  not  eat  the   blood;  ye  shall 
 pour  it  out  on  the  ground  as  water. 
 '^  Thou  shalt  not  be  able  to  cat  in  thy 
 cities  the  tithe  of  thy  com,  and  of  thy 
 wine,  and  of  thine  oil,   the  first-born 
 of  thine  herd  and  of  thy  ffock,  and  all 
 ii/our  vows    as  many  as  ye  shall  have 
 vowed,  and  your  thank-offerings,  and 
 the  first-fruits  of  thine  hands.     '**  But 
 before  the   Lord  thy  God  thou  shalt 
 cat  it,  in  the  place  which  the  Lord 
 thy  God    shall    choose    for    himself, 
 thou,  and  thy  son,   and  thy  daughter, 
 thy  man-servant,  and  thy  maid-servant, 
 and  the   stranger  that  is  witliin    thy 
 gates;  and  thou  shalt  rejoice  before  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  on  whatsoever  thou  shalt 
 lay  thine  liand. 
 
 '^  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou 
 do  not  desert  the  Levite  all  the  time 
 that  thou  livest  u])on  the  earth.  -^And 
 if  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  enlarge  thy 
 
Chap.  xii.  w.  21. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v. 
 
 borders,  as  lie  said  to  thcc,  and  thou 
 shalt  say,  I  will  eat  flesh,  if  thy  soul 
 should  desire  to  eat  flesh,  thou  shalt 
 +  Gr.  in  au.    eat  flesli  ^  accordiug  to  all  the 
 desire  of  thy  sovil.    -'  And  if  the  place 
 be  far  from  thee,  which  the  Lord  thy 
 God  shall  choose  for  himself,  that  his 
 name  be  called  upon  it,  then  thou  shalt 
 kill  of  thy  herd  and  of  thy  flock  which 
 God  shall  have  given  thee,  even  as  I 
 commanded  thee,  and  thou  shalt  eat 
 in  thy  cities  according  to  the  desire  of 
 thy  soul.  '^^  As  the  doe  and  the  stag  are 
 eaten,  so  shalt  thou  eat  it ;  the  unclean 
 in  thee  and  the  clean  shall  eat  it  in  like 
 manner.     '^^  Take    diligent   heed  that 
 thou  eat  no  blood,  for  blood  is  the  life 
 of  it;  the  life  shall  not  be  eaten  wath 
 the  flesh.     ^^Ye  shall  not  eat  it;  ye 
 shall   pour  it  out  on  the  ground   as 
 water.     -■''Thou  shalt  not  eat -it,  that 
 it  may  be  well  with  thee  and  with  thy 
 sons  after  thee,  if  thou  shalt  do  that 
 which  is  good  and  pleasing  before  the 
 Lord  thy  God.    ^*^  But  thou  shalt  take 
 thy  holy  things,  if  thou  hast  any,  and 
 thy  vowed-oflerings,  and  come  to  the 
 place  which  the   Lord  thy  God  shall 
 choose  to  have  his  name  named  upon 
 it.      ^^  And   thou    shalt   sacrifice    thy 
 whole-burnt-oiFerings,  thou  shalt  ofler 
 the  flesh  upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord  thy 
 God,  but  the  blood  of  thy  sacrifices 
 thou  shalt  pour  out  at  the  foot  of  the 
 altar  of  the  Lord  tliy  God,  but  the  flesh 
 thou  shalt  eat.   ^^  Beware  and  hearken, 
 and  thou  shalt  do  all  the  commands 
 which   I  charge  thee,  that  it  may  be 
 well  with  thee  and  with  thy  sons  for 
 ever,  if  thou  shalt  do  that  which   is 
 pleasing  and  good  before  the  Lord  thy 
 God. 
 
 29  And  if  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
 utterly  destroy  the  nations,  to  v/hom 
 thou  goest  in  thither  to  inherit  their 
 land,  from  before  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
 inherit  it,  and  dwell  in  their  land ; 
 ^^  take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou  seek 
 not  to  follow  them  after  they  are 
 destroyed  before  thee,  saying,  How 
 do   these   nations   act    towards   their 
 
 gods?     I  will   do   likewise.     ^'  Thou 
 shalt  not  do  so  to  thy  God;  for  they 
 ^  have    sacrificed    ^  to   their    t  or,  have 
 gods    the  abominations    of  tomedtosacri- 
 the  Lord  which  he  hates,  fice.^  ^  ^^ 
 for  they  burn  their  sons  and  among. ' 
 their  daughters  in  fire  to  their  gods. 
 ^2  Every  word  that  I  command  you 
 this  day,  it  shalt  thou  observe  to  do, 
 thou  shalt  not  add  to  it,  nor  diminish 
 from  it. 
 
 13.  And  if  there  arise  within  thee 
 a  prophet,  or  one  who  dreams  a  dream, 
 and  he  wives  thee  a  sign  or  a  wonder, 
 '^  and  the  sign  or  the  wonder  come  to 
 pass  which  he  spoke  to  thee,  saying. 
 Let  us  go  and  serve  other  gods,  which 
 ye  know  not;  ^ye  shall  not  hearken  to 
 the  words  of  that  prophet,  or  the 
 dreamer  of  that  dream,  because  the 
 Lord  thy  God  tries  you  to  know,  whe- 
 ther ye  love  your  God  with  all  your 
 heart  and  with  all  your  soul.  ■*  Ye 
 shall  follow  the  Lord  your  God,  and 
 fear  him,  and  ye  shall  hear  his  voice, 
 and  attach  yourselves  to  him.  ^And 
 that  prophet  or  that  dreamer  of  a 
 dream,  shall  die ;  for  he  has  spoken  to 
 make  thee  err  from  the  Lord  thy  God 
 who  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  who  redeemed  thee  from  bond- 
 age, to  thrust  thee  out  of  the  way 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God  commanded 
 thee  to  walk  in :  so  shalt  thou  abolish 
 the  evil  from  among  you. 
 
 *^  And  if  thy  brother  by  thy  father 
 or  mother,  or  thy  son,  or  daughter,  or 
 thy  wife  in  thy  bosom,  or  friend  who 
 is  equal  to  thine  own  soul,  entreat  thee 
 secretly,  saying.  Let  us  go  and  serve 
 other  gods,  which  neither  thou  nor 
 thy  fathers  have  known,  ^of  the  gods 
 of  the  nations  that  are  round  about 
 you,  who  are  near  thee  or  at  a  distance 
 from  thee,  from  one  end  of  the  earth 
 to  the  other ;  ^  thou  shalt  not  consent 
 to  him,  neither  shalt  thou  hearken  to 
 him;  and  thine  eye  shall  not  spare 
 him,  thou  shalt  feel  no  regret  for  him, 
 neither  shalt  thou  at  all  protect  him : 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  9. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  23. 
 
 ^  thou  shalt  surely  report  concerning 
 liim,  and  thy  hands  shall  bo  upon  liim 
 among  the  first  to  slay  him,  and  the 
 hands  of  all  the  people  at  the  last. 
 '"And  they  shall  stone  him  with  stones, 
 and  he  shall  die,  becavise  he  sought  to 
 draw  thee  away  from  the  Lord  thy 
 God  who  brought  thee  out  of  the  land 
 of  Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  bondage. 
 ' '  And  all  Israel  shall  hear,  and  fear, 
 and  shall  not  aijain  do  according  to 
 this  evil  thing  among  you.  '"  And  if 
 in  one  of  thy  cities  which  the  Lord 
 God  gives  thee  to  dwell  therein,  thou 
 shalt  hear  men  saying,  '^  Evil  men 
 have  gone  out  from  you,  and  have 
 caused  all  the  inhabitants  of  their  land 
 to  fall  away,  saying,  Let  us  go  and  wor- 
 ship other  gods,  whom  ye  knew  not, 
 '^  then  thou  shalt  inquire  and  ask,  and 
 search  dihgently,  and  behold,  if  the 
 thing  is  clearly  true,  and  this  abomina- 
 tion has  taken  place  among  you,  '^thou 
 shalt  utterly  destroy  all  the  dwellers 
 in  that  land  with  the  edge  of  the 
 sword,  ye  shall  solemnly  curse  it,  and 
 all  things  in  it.  '^  And  all  its  spoils 
 thou  shalt  gather  into  its  pubhc  ways, 
 and  thou  shalt  burn  the  city  with  fire, 
 and  all  its  spoils  publicly  before  the 
 Lord  thy  God ;  and  it  shall  be  uninha- 
 bited for  ever,  it  shall  not  be  built 
 ao-ain.  '^And  there  shall  nothing  of 
 the  cursed  thing  cleave  to  thy  hand, 
 that  the  Lord  may  turn  from  his  fierce 
 t  Heb.  ^ve.  anger,  and  '^sliow  thee  mercy, 
 and  pity  thee,  and  multiply  thee,  as 
 he  swore  to  thy  fathers;  '**  if  thou  wilt 
 hear  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
 to  keep  his  commandments,  all  that  1 
 charge  thee  this  day,  to  do  that  which  is 
 good  and  pleasing  before  the  Lord  thy 
 God. 
 
 14.  Ye  are  the'childrcn  of  the  Lord 
 your  God:  ye  shall  not  make  any 
 baldness  between  your  eyes  for  the 
 dead.  ^  For  thou  art  a  holy  people  to 
 the  Lord  thy  God,  and  the  Lord  thy 
 God  has  chosen  thee  to  be  a  peculiar 
 people  to  himself  of  all  the  nations  on 
 
 the  face  of  the  earth.  ^Yc  shall  not 
 eat  any  abominable  thing.  "*  These  are 
 the  beasts  which  ye  shall  eat;  the  calf 
 of  the  herd,  and  lamb  of  the  sheep, 
 and  kid  of  the  goats;  '^the  stag,  and 
 doe,  and  pygarg,  and  ^  wild  +  Or,  buffalo, 
 goat,  and  cameleopard.  ^  Every  beast 
 that  divides  the  hoofs,  and  makes  claws 
 of  two  divisions,  and  that  chews  the 
 cud  among  beasts,  these  ye  shall  eat. 
 '^And  these  ye  shall  not  eat  of  them 
 that  chew  the  cud,  and  of  those  that 
 divide  the  hoofs,  and  make  distinct 
 claws;  the  camel,  and  the  hare,  and 
 the  rabbit ;  because  they  chew  the  cud, 
 and  do  not  divide  the  hoof,  these  are 
 unclean  to  you.  ^And  as  for  the 
 swine,  because  he  divides  the  hoof, 
 and  makes  claws  of  the  hoof,  yet  he 
 chews  not  the  cud,  he  is  unclean  to 
 you;  ye  shall  not  eat  of  their  flesh,  ye 
 shall  not  touch  their  dead  bodies.  ^  And 
 these  ye  shall  eat  of  all  that  are  in  the 
 water,  ye  shall  eat  all  that  have  fins  and 
 scales.  "'And  all  that  have  not  fins 
 and  scales  ye  shall  not  eat;  they  arc 
 unclean  to  you.  ''Ye  shall  eat  every 
 clean  bird.  '^And  these  of  ^them  ye 
 shall  not  eat  ;  the  eagle,  +  «•  e.  birds, 
 and  the  ossifrage,  and  the  sea-eagle, 
 '^and  the  vulture,  and  the  kite  and  the 
 like  to  it,  '■'^and  the  s23aiTOw,  and  the 
 owl,  and  the  sea-mew,  ""and  the  heron, 
 and  the  swan,  and  the  stork,  '^ and  the 
 cormorant,  and  the  hawk,  and  its  like, 
 and  the  hoopoe,  and  the  raven,  '**and 
 the  pelican,  and  the  ^  diver  +0r,  heron, 
 and  the  like  to  it,  and  the  ^  red-bill  and 
 the  bat.  ''•'All  winged  ani-  t oc, flamingo, 
 mals  that  creep  are  unclean  to  you ;  ye 
 shall  not  eat  of  them.  '-^^  Ye  shall  cat 
 every  clean  bird.  ^'  Ye  shall  eat  no- 
 thing that  dies  of  itself;  it  shall  be 
 given  to  the  sojourner  in  thy  cities  and 
 he  shall  eat  it,  or  thou  shalt  sell  it  to  a 
 stranger,  because  thou  art  a  holy  people 
 to  the  Lord  thy  God:  thovi  shalt  not 
 boil  a  lamb  in  his  mother's  milk. 
 
 ^^  Thou  shalt  tithe  a  tenth  of  all  the 
 produce  of  thy  seed,  the  fruit  of  thy 
 field  year  by  year.     '^^  And  thou  shalt 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  24. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  13. 
 
 eat  it  in  the  place  wliich  the  Lord  thy 
 (rod  shall  choose  to  have  his  name 
 called  there;  ye  shall  bring  the  tithe  of 
 thy  corn,  and  of  thy  wine,  and  of  thine 
 oil,  the  first-born  of  thy  herd  and  of 
 thy  flock,  that  thou  mayest  learn  to 
 I'ear  the  Lord  thy  God  always.  ^''And 
 iGr.  from  ^^  *^^^  journcy  be  too  far^ 
 He/),  —■o         for  thee,  and  thou  art  not 
 
 which  has  a         ,  ,  ,     .  ■,  , 
 
 comparative  able  to  bring  them  because 
 sense.  ^^^^  place  is  far  from  thee 
 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose 
 to  have  his  name  called  there,  because 
 the  Lord  thy  God  will  bless  thee ; 
 -■''tlien  thou  shalt  sell  them  for  money, 
 and  thou  shalt  take  the  money  in  thy 
 hands,  and  thou  shalt  go  to  the  place 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose. 
 ^^And  thou  shalt  give  the  money  for 
 whatsoever  thy  soul  shall  desire,  for 
 oxen  or  for  sheep,  or  for  wine,  -or  tho?i 
 shalt  lay  it  out  on  strong  drink,  or  on 
 whatsoever  thy  soul  may  desire,  and 
 thou  shalt  eat  there  before  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  and  thou  shalt  rejoice  and 
 thy  house,  ^^and  the  Levite  that  is  in 
 thy  cities,  because  he  has  not  a  portion 
 or  inheritance  with  thee.  '^^  After 
 three  years  thou  shalt  bring  out  all  the 
 tithes  of  thy  fruits,  in  that  year  thou 
 shalt  lay  it  up  in  thy  cities.  ^^  And 
 the  Levite  shall  come,  becau.«e  he  has 
 no  part  or  lot  with  thee,  and  the 
 stranger,  and  the  orphan,  and  the 
 widow  which  is  in  thy  cities,  and  they 
 shall  eat  and  be  filled,  that  the  Lord 
 thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all  the 
 works  which  thou  shalt  do. 
 
 15.  Every  seven  years  thou  shalt 
 make  a  release.  ^  And  this  is  the  ordi- 
 nance of  the  release :  thou  shalt  remit 
 every  private  debt,  which  thy  neigh- 
 bour owes  thee,  and  thou  shalt  not  ask 
 payment  of  it  from  thy  brother,  for  it 
 has  been  called  a  release  to  the  Lord 
 thy  God.  ^Of  a  stranger  thou  shalt 
 ask  again  whatsoever  he  has  of  thine, 
 but  to  thy  brother  thou  shalt  remit  his 
 debt  to  thee.  ^  For  thus  there  shall  not 
 be  a  poor  person  in  the  midst  of  thee, 
 
 207 
 
 for  the  Lord  thy  God  will  sru'ely  bless 
 thee  in  the  land  which  the  I^ord  thy 
 God  gives  thee  by  inheritance  that 
 thou  shouldest  inherit  it.  ■''  And  if  ye 
 shall  indeed  hearken  to  the  voice  of 
 the  Lord  your  God,  to  keep  and  do 
 all  these  commandments,  as  many  as  I 
 charge  thee  this  day,  ""(for  the  Lord 
 thy  God  has  blessed  thee  in  the  way  of 
 wliich  he  spoke  to  thee,)  then  thou  shalt 
 lend  to  many  nations,  but  thou  shalt 
 not  borrow,  and  thou  shalt  rule  over 
 many  nations,  but  they  shall  not  rule 
 over  thee.  '''And  if  there  shall  be 
 in  the  midst  of  thee  a  poor  man  of  thy 
 brethren  in  one  of  thy  cities  in  the 
 land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  gives 
 thee,  thou  shalt  not  harden  thine  heart, 
 neither  shalt  thou  by  any  means  close 
 up  thine  hand  from  thy  brother  who  is 
 in  want.  *  Thou  shalt  surely  open  thine 
 hands  to  him,  and  shalt  lend  to  him  as 
 much  as  he  wants  according  to  his 
 need.  ^  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  there 
 be  not  a  secret  thing  in  thine  heart, 
 an  iniquity,  sa3nng.  The  seventh  year, 
 the  year  of  release,  draws  nigh,  and 
 thine  eye  shall  be  evil  to  thy  brother 
 that  is  in  want,  and  thou  shalt  not  give 
 to  him,  and  he  shall  cry  against  thee 
 to  the  Lord,  and  there  shall  be  great 
 sin  in  thee.  ^°  Thou  shalt  surely  give 
 to  him,  and  thou  shalt  lend  him  as 
 much  as  he  Avants,  according  as  he  is 
 in  need;  and  thou  shalt  not  grudge  in 
 thine  heart  as  thou  givest  to  him,  be- 
 cause on  this  account  the  Lord  thy 
 God  will  bless  thee  in  all  thy  works, 
 and  in  all  things  on  which  thou  shalt 
 lay  thine  hand.  ^'For  the  poor  shall 
 not  fail  off  thy  land,  therefore  I  charge 
 thee  to  do  this  thing,  saying,  thou  shalt 
 surely  open  thine  hands  to  thy  poor 
 brother,  and  to  him  that  is  distressed 
 upon  thy  land. 
 
 '^And  if  thy  brother  or  sister,  a 
 Hebrew  man  or  a  Hebrew  woman,  be 
 sold  to  thee,  he  shall  serve  thee  six 
 years,  and  in  the  seventh  year  thou 
 shalt  send  him  out  free  from  thee. 
 '■^And  when  thou  shalt  send  him  out 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  14. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  12. 
 
 free  from  thee,  thou  shalt  not  send  him 
 out  empty.  '^Thon  shalt  give  liim 
 provision  for  the  way  from  thy  flock, 
 and  from  thy  corn,  and  from  thy  -wine; 
 as  the  Lord  thy  God  has  blessed  thee, 
 thou  shalt  give  to  liim.  ''^And  thou 
 shalt  remember  that  thou  wast  a  ser- 
 vant in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  the 
 Lord  thy  God  redeemed  thee  from 
 thence;  therefore  I  charge  thee  to  do 
 this  thing.  '''And  if  he  should  say  to 
 thee,  I  will  not  go  out  from  thee 
 because  he  continues  to  love  thee  and 
 thy  house,  because  he  is  well  with 
 thee  ;  '^  then  thou  shalt  take  an 
 awl,  and  bore  his  ear  through  to  the 
 door,  and  he  shall  be  thy  servant  for 
 ever,  and  in  like  manner  shalt  thou  do 
 to  thy  maid-servant.  '**It  shall  not 
 seem  hard  to  thee  when  they  are  sent 
 out  free  from  thee,  because  tki/  servant 
 has  served  thee  six  years  according  to 
 the  annual  hire  of  a  hirehng;  so  the 
 Lord  thy  God  shall  bless  thee  in  all 
 things  whatsoever  thou  may  est  do. 
 '^  Every  first-bom  that  shall  be  born 
 among  thy  kine  and  thy  sheep,  thou 
 shalt  sanctify  the  males  to  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  thou  shalt  not  work  with 
 thy  first-born  calf,  and  thou  shalt  not 
 shear  the  first-born  of  thy  sheep. 
 ^^  Thou  shalt  cat  it  before  the  Lord 
 year  by  year  in  the  place  which  the 
 Lord  thy  God  shall  choose,  thou  and 
 thy  house.  ^'  And  if  there  be  in  it  a 
 blemish,  if  it  be  lame  or  bhnd,  an  evil 
 blemish,  thou  shalt  not  sacrifice  it  to 
 the  Lord  thy  God.  ^^Thou  shalt  eat 
 it  in  thy  cities;  the  unclean  in  thee 
 and  the  clean  shall  eat  it  in  like  man- 
 ner, as  the  doe  or  the  stag.  '^^  Only  ye 
 shall  not  eat  the  blood  ;  thou  shalt 
 pour  it  out  on  the  earth  as  water. 
 
 16.  Observe  the  month  of  new  corn 
 and  thou  shalt  sacrifice  the  passover  to 
 the  Lord  thy  God,  because  in  the 
 month  of  new  com  thou  earnest  out  of 
 Egypt  by  night.  ^  And  thou  shalt 
 sacrifice  the  passover  to  the  Lord  thy 
 God,   sheep  and   oxen   in  the   place 
 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose 
 to  have  his  name  called  upon  it.  ^  Thou 
 shalt  not  eat  leaven  Avith  it ;  seven  days 
 shalt  thou  cat  unleavened  ir^acif  with 
 it,  bread  of  affliction,  because  ye  came 
 forth  out  of  Egypt  in  haste,  that  ye 
 may  remember  the  day  of  your  coming 
 forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  all  the 
 days  of  your  life.  ^  Leaven  shall  not 
 be  seen  with  thee  in  all  thy  borders 
 for  seven  days,  and  there  shall  not  be 
 left  of  the  flesh  which  thou  shalt  sacri- 
 fice at  even  on  the  first  day  until  the 
 morning.  ^  Thou  shalt  not  have  power 
 to  sacrifice  the  passover  in  any  of  the 
 cities,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  gives 
 thee.  *"  But  in  the  place  which  the 
 Lord  thy  God  shall  choose,  to  have  his 
 name  caUed  there,  thou  shalt  saci-ificc 
 the  passover  at  even  at  the  setting  of 
 the  sun,  at  the  time  when  thou  camest 
 out  of  Egypt.  ^  And  thou  shalt  boil 
 and  roast  and  eat  it  in  the  place,  whicli 
 the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose;  and 
 thou  shalt  return  in  the  morning,  and 
 go  to  thy  ^  house.  ^  Six  days  +  or.  houses, 
 shalt  thou  eat  imleavened  gg^Num^ar 
 bread,  and  on  the  seventh  35.  2  chron. 
 day  is  ^  a  holiday,  a  feast  to  ''_'  ,  „  „ 
 
 IT         1      1        '^A     T  1  +Gr.shaU,&c. 
 
 the    Lord  thy   God :    thou    +  f.^  f^^.  ^^ 
 shalt  not  do  in  it  any  work,  ^y  a  soui. 
 save  what  ^  must  be  done  ^  by  any  one. 
 
 ^  Seven  Aveeks  shalt  thou  number  to 
 thyself;  when  thou  hast  begun  to  put 
 the  sickle  to  the  com,  thou  shalt  begin 
 to  number  seven  weeks.  '"And  thou 
 shalt  keep  the  feast  of  weeks  to  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  accordingly  as  thy 
 hand  has  power  in  as  many  things  as 
 the  Lord  thy  God  shall  give  thee. 
 "And  thou  shalt  rejoice  before  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  thou  and  thy  son,  and 
 thy  daughter,  thy  man-servant  and  thy 
 maid-servant,  and  the  Levite,  and  tlic 
 stranger,  and  the  orphan,  and  the  widow 
 which  dwells  among you,  in  Avhatsoever 
 place  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose, 
 that  his  name  should  be  called  there. 
 '^  And  thou  shalt  remember  tliat  thou 
 wast  a  servant  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
 and  thou  shalt  observe  and  do  these 
 
Chap.  xvi.  y.  13. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 CiiAr.  XVII.  17.  11. 
 
 commands.  ^^  Thou  shalt  keep  for 
 thyself  the  feast  of  tabernacles  seven 
 days,  when  thou  gatherest  in  thy  -pro- 
 duce from  thy  corn-floor  and  thy 
 wine-press.  '*  And  thou  shalt  rejoice 
 in  thy  feast,  thou,  and  thy  son,  and 
 thy  daughter,  thy  man-servant,  and 
 thy  maid-servant,  and  the  Levite, 
 and  the  stranger,  and  the  orphan,  and 
 the  widow  that  is  in  thy  cities.  '^  Seven 
 days  shalt  thou  keep  a  feast  to  the  Lord 
 thy  God  in  the  place  wliich  the  Lord 
 thy  God  shall  choose  for  himself,  ^  and 
 rlaltifpV  if  tl^e  Lord  thy  God  shall 
 haps  avTOf,  as  blcss  thcc  in  all  thy  fruits, 
 
 before,  or  -,    .  i        r-   ti 
 
 avTq,  himself,  and  m  every  work  oi  thy 
 hands,  then  thou  shalt  rejoice. 
 
 ^^  Three  times  in  the  year  shall  all 
 thy  males  appear  before  the  Lord  thy 
 God  in  the  place  which  the  Lord  shall 
 choose  in  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread, 
 and  in  the  feast  of  weeks,  and  in  the 
 feast  of  tabernacles :  thou  shalt  not 
 appear  before  the  Lord  thy  God  empty. 
 
 +  Qr.  your.  ^'^  Each  ouc  according  to  ^his 
 abiHty,  according  to  the  blessing  of  the 
 Lord  thy  God  which  he  has  given  thee. 
 ^^  Thou  shalt  make  for  thyself  judges 
 and  officers  in  thy  cities,  which  the 
 Lord  thy  God  gives  thee  in  thy  tribes, 
 and  they  shall  judge  the  people  with 
 righteous  judgment;  '^they  shall  not 
 wrest  judgment,  nor  favour  persons, 
 nor  receive  a  gift :  for  gifts  blind  the 
 eyes  of  the  wise,  and  pervert  the  words 
 of  the  righteous.  ^*^Thou  shalt  justly 
 pursue  justice,  that  ye  may  live,  and 
 go  in  and  inherit  the  land  which  the 
 Lord  thy  God  gives  thee. 
 
 ^^  Thou  shalt  not  plant  for  thyself  a 
 
 t  Gr.  make,  grove ;  thou  slialt  ^  not  plant 
 for  thyself  any  tree  near  the  altar  of 
 thy  God.  ^'^  Thou  shalt  not  set  up  for 
 thyself  a  pillar,  which  the  Lord  thy 
 God  hates. 
 
 17.  Thou  shalt  not  sacrifice  to  the 
 Lord  thy  God  a  calf  or  a  sheep,  in 
 which  there  is  a  blemish,  or  any  evil 
 thing;  for  it  is  an  abomination  to  the 
 Lord  thy  God. 
 
 ^  And  if  there  should  be  found  in 
 any  one  of  thy  cities,  which  the  Lord 
 thy  God  gives  thee,  a  man  or  a  woman 
 who  shall  do  that  which  is  evil  before 
 the  Lord  thy  God,  so  as  to  transgress 
 his  covenant,  ^and  they  should  go 
 and  serve  other  gods,  and  worship 
 them,  the  sun,  or  the  moon,  or  any  of 
 the  host  of  heaven,  which  he  com- 
 manded thee  not  to  do,  ^  and  it  be  told 
 thee,  and  thou  shalt  have  inquired 
 diligently,  and  behold  the  thing  really 
 took  place,  tliis  abomination  has  been 
 done  in  Israel;  ^then  shalt  thou  bring 
 out  that  man,  or  that  woman,  and  ye 
 shall  stone  them  with  stones,  and  they 
 shall  die.  ^ '^He  shall  die  on  +  Johns.  17. 
 the  testimony  of  two  or  three  witnesses; 
 a  man  who  ^  is  put  to  death  +  gt.  dies 
 shall  not  be  put  to  death  for  '^^  "°'  '''^• 
 one  witness.  '^And  the  hand  of  the 
 witnesses  shall  be  upon  him  among  the 
 first  to  put  him  to  death,  and  the  hand 
 of  the  people  at  the  last ;  so  shalt  thou 
 remove  the  evil  one  from  among  your- 
 selves. 
 
 ^And  if  a  matter  shall  be  too  hard 
 for  thee  in  judgment,  "^be-    +G!)-.bioodbe- 
 
 Ti        T         111        1  1    tween  blood, 
 
 tween  blood  and  blood,  and  &c. 
 between  cause  and  cause,  and  between 
 stroke  and  stroke,  and  between  contra- 
 diction and  contradiction,  matters  of 
 judgment  in  your  cities;  ^then  thou 
 shalt  arise  and  go  up  to  the  place 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God^ shall  choose, 
 and  thou  shalt  come  to  the  priests  the 
 Levites,  and  to  the  judge  who  shall  be 
 in  those  days,  and  they  shall  search 
 out  the  viatter  and  report  the  judg- 
 ment to  thee.  ^°And  thou  shalt  act 
 according  to  the  thing  wliich  they 
 shall  report  to  thee  out  of  the  place 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose, 
 and  thou  shalt  observe  to  do  all  what- 
 soever shall  have  been  by  law  ap- 
 pointed to  thee.  ^'  Thou  shalt  do 
 according  to  the  law  and  to  the  judg- 
 ment which  they  shall  declare  to 
 thee:  thou  shalt  not  swerve  to  the 
 right  hand  or  to  the  left  from  any 
 sentence  which  they  shall  report  to 
 15 
 
Chap.  xvii.  v.  12. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 CiiAP.  XVIII.  V.  14. 
 
 tliee.  ^"^  And  "the  man  whosoever  shall 
 act  in  haughtiness,  so  as  not  to  hearken 
 to  the  priest  who  stands  to  minister  in 
 the  name  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  or  the 
 judge  who  shall  preside  in  those  days, 
 that  man  shall  die,  and  thou  shalt 
 remove  the  evil  one  out  of  Israel. 
 ''And  all  the  people  shall  hear  and 
 fear,  and  shall  no  more  commit  im- 
 piety. 
 
 '''And  when  thou  shalt  enter  into 
 the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  gives 
 thee,  and  shalt  inherit  it  and  dwell  in 
 it,  and  shalt  say,  I  will  set  a  ruler  over 
 me,  as  also  the  other  nations  round 
 about  me;  '^thou  shalt  surely  set  over 
 thee  the  ruler  whom  the  Lord  God 
 shall  choose:  of  thy  brethren  thou 
 shalt  set  over  thee  a  ruler;  thou  shalt 
 not  have  power  to  set  over  thee  a 
 stranger,  because  he  is  not  thy  brother. 
 '^  For  he  shall  not  multiply  to  himself 
 horses,  and  by  no  means  shall  he  turn 
 the  people  back  to  Egypt,  lest  he 
 shoidd  multi])ly  to  himself  horses ;  for 
 the  Lord  said,  Ye  shall  not  any  more 
 turn  back  by  that  way.  '^  And  he  shall 
 not  multiply  to  himself  wives,  lest  his 
 
 t  Gr.  change,  heart  ^  tum  away ;  and  he 
 shall  not  greatly  multiply  to  himself 
 silver  and  gold.  '**  And  when  he  shall 
 be  established  in  his  government,  then 
 shall  he  -write  for  himself  this  repetition 
 of  the  law  into  a  book  by  the  hands  of 
 the  priests  the  Levites ;  '^  and  it  shall 
 be  with  him,  and  he  shall  read  in  it 
 all  the  days  of  his  life,  that  he  may 
 learn  to  fear  the  T^ord  thy  God,  and  to 
 keep  all  these  commandments,  and  to 
 observe  these   ordinances:    '^°  that  his 
 
 +  Gr.  from  heart  be  not  lifted  up  ^  above 
 Heb.  —n.  -j^jg  ]3rethren,  that  he  depart 
 not  from  the  commandments  on  the 
 right  hand  or  on  the  left,  that  he 
 and  his  sons  may  reign  long  in  his 
 dominion  among  the  children  of 
 Israel. 
 
 18.  The  priests,  the  Levites,  even 
 the  whole  tribe  of  Levi,  shall  have  no 
 part  nor  inheritance  with  Israel;  the 
 
 2  10 
 
 burnt-offerings  of  the  Lord  are  their 
 inheritance,  they  shall  eat  them.  ^  And 
 they  shall  have  no  inheritance  among 
 their  brethren;  the  Lord  himself /^  his 
 portion,  as  he  said  to  him.  ^  And  this 
 is  the  due  of  the  priests  in  the  things 
 coming  from  the  people  from  those 
 who  offer  sacrifices,  whether  it  be  a 
 calf  or  a  sheep;  and  thou  shalt  give 
 the  shoulder  to  the  priest,  and  the 
 cheeks,  and  the  great  intestine.  "•  And 
 the  first-fruits  of  thy  corn,  and  of  thy 
 wine,  and  of  thine  oil ;  and  thou  shalt 
 give  to  him  the  first-fruits  of  the  fleeces 
 of  thy  sheep.  ^  Because  the  Lord 
 has  chosen  him  out  of  all  thy  tribes, 
 to  stand  before  the  Lord  thy  God,  to 
 minister  and  bless  in  his  name,  himself 
 and  his  sons  among  the  children  of 
 Israel.  ''And  if  a  Levite  come  from 
 one  of  the  cities  of  all  the  cliildren  of 
 Israel,  where  he  himself  dwells,  accord- 
 ingly as  his  mind  desires,  to  the  place 
 which  he  ^  shall  have  chosen,  ^  (■  e.  God. 
 ^  he  shall  minister  to  the  name  of  the 
 Lord  his  God,  as  all  his  brethren  the 
 Levites,  who  stand  there  present  before 
 the  Lord  thy  God.  ^  He  shall  eat  an 
 allotted  portion  besides  the  sale  of  his 
 hereditary  property.  ^And  when  thou 
 shalt  have  entered  into  the  land  wliich 
 the  Lord  thy  God  gives  thee,  thou  shalt 
 not  learn  to  do  according  to  the  abomi- 
 nations of  those  nations.  '°  There  shall 
 not  be  found  in  thee  one  who  purges  his 
 son  or  his  daughter  with  fire,  one  who 
 ^uses  divination,  who  deals  +  ffc  divines, 
 with  omens,  and  augury,  "  a  sorcerer 
 employing  incantation,  one  who  has 
 In  him  a  divining  spirit,  an  observer 
 of  signs,  questioning  the  dead.  '^  For 
 every  one  that  does  these  things  is  an 
 abomination  to  the  Lord  thy  God ;  for 
 because  of  these  abominations  the 
 Lord  will  destroy  them  from  before 
 thy  face.  '^  Thou  shalt  bo  perfect 
 before  the  Lord  thy  God.  '''  For  all 
 these  nations  whose  land  thou  shalt 
 inherit,  they  will  listen  to  omens  and 
 divinations  ;  but  the  Lord  thy  God  has 
 not  permitted  thee  so  to  do. 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  15. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  v.  14. 
 
 '^^The  Lord  thy  God  shall  raise  up 
 +  Acts  3. 22.  to  thee  a  prophet  of  thy 
 brethren,  like  me;  him  shall  ye  hear; 
 '^according  to  all  things  which  thou 
 didst  desire  of  the  Lord  thy  God  in 
 Choreb  in  the  day  of  the  assembly, 
 saying.  We  will  not  again  hear  the 
 voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  we 
 will  not  any  more  see  this  great  fire, 
 and  so  we  shall  not  die.  '^And  the 
 Lord  said  to  me,  They  have  spoken 
 rightly  all  that  they  have  said  to  thee. 
 '^I  will  raise  up  to  them  a  prophet  of 
 their  brethren,  like  thee;  and  I  will 
 put  my  words  in  his  mouth,  and  he 
 shall  speak  to  them  as  I  shall  command 
 t  Acts  3. 23.  hun.  ^^^And  whatever 
 man  shall  not  hearken  to  whatsoever 
 words  that  prophet  shall  speak  in  my 
 name,  I  will  take  vengeance  on  him. 
 ^"  But  the  prophet  whosoever  shall  im- 
 piously speak  in  my  name  a  word 
 which  I  have  not  commanded  him  to 
 speak,  and  whosoever  shall  speak  in  the 
 name  of  other  gods,  that  prophet  shall 
 die.  ^'  But  if  thou  shalt  say  in  thine 
 heart.  How  shall  we  know  the  word 
 wliich  the  Lord  has  not  spoken? 
 ^^  Whatsoever  words  that  prophet  shall 
 speak  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and 
 they  shall  not  come  true,  and  not  come 
 to  pass,  this  is  the  thing  which  the 
 Lord  has  not  spoken ;  that  prophet  has 
 spoken  wickedly,  ye  shall  not  spare 
 him. 
 
 19.  And  when  the  Lord  thy  God 
 shall  have  destroyed  the  nations,  which 
 God  gives  thee,  even  the  land,  and  ye 
 shall  inherit  them,  and  dwell  in  their 
 cities,  and  in  their  houses,  ^thou  shalt 
 separate  for  thyself  three  cities  in  the 
 midst  of  thy  land,  which  the  Lord  thy 
 God  gives  thee.  ^Take  a  survey  of 
 thy  way,  and  thou  shalt  divide  the 
 coasts  of  thy  land,  which  the  Lord  thy 
 God  apportions  to  thee,  into  three  parts, 
 and  there  shall  be  there  a  refuge  for 
 every  manslayer. 
 
 ■*  And  this  shall  be  the  ordinance  of 
 the  manslayer,  who  shall  flee  thither. 
 
 and  shall  live,  whosoever  shall  have 
 smitten  his  neighbour  ignorantly, 
 whereas  he  hated  him  not  ^in  times 
 past.  ^  And  whosoever  shall    ^  <f ''•  ^^^°^^ 
 
 ^  .  -       ,  .  •    1  1  yesterday  and 
 
 enter  with  his  neighbour  the  third  day. 
 into  the  thicket,  to  gather  wood,  if 
 the  hand  of  him  that  cuts  wood  with 
 the  axe  should  be  violently  shaken,  and 
 the  axe  head  falling  oif  from  the  handle 
 should  light  on  his  neighbour,  and  he 
 should  die,  he  shall  flee  to  one  of  these 
 cities,  and  live.  ^Lest  the  avenger  of 
 blood  pursue  after  the  slayer,  because 
 his  heart  is  hot,  and  overtake  him,  if 
 the  way  be  too  long,  and  ^slay  him, 
 though  there  is  to  this  man  te,-.  smite  Ms 
 no  sentence  of  death,  be-  ^^• 
 cause  he  hated  him  not  in  ^  time  past. 
 ^Therefore  I  charge  thee,    +gc  before 
 
 _,,  -     ,    O  '    yesterday  and 
 
 saying,  1  hou  shalt  separate  the  third  day. 
 for  thyself  three  cities.  ^And  if  the 
 Lord  shall  enlarge  thy  borders,  as  he 
 swore  to  thy  fathers,  and  the  Lord 
 shall  give  to  thee  all  the  land  which 
 he  said  he  would  give  to  thy  fathers; 
 ^  if  thou  shalt  hearken  to  do  all 
 these  commands,  which  I  charge  thee 
 this  day,  to  love  the  Lord  thy  God, 
 to  walk  in  all  his  ways  continually; 
 thou  shalt  add  for  thyself  yet  three 
 cities  to  these  three.  ^^  So  innocent 
 blood  shall  not  be  spilt  in  the  land, 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God  gives  thee  to 
 inherit,  and  there  shall  not  be  in  thee 
 one  guilty  of  blood. 
 
 '^But  if  there  should  be  in  thee  a 
 man  hating  his  neighbour,  and  he 
 should  lay  wait  for  him,  and  rise  up 
 against  him,  and  smite  him,  that  he 
 die,  and  he  should  flee  to  one  of  these 
 cities  '^then  shall  the  elders  of  his 
 city  send,  and  take  him  thence,  and 
 they  shall  dehver  him  into  the  hands 
 of  the  avengers  of  blood,  and  he  shall 
 die.  ^^  Thine  eye  shall  not  spare  him, 
 so  shalt  thou  purge  innocent  blood 
 from  Israel,  and  it  shall  be  well  with 
 thee. 
 
 '''Thou  shalt  not  move  the  land- 
 marks of  thy  neighbour,  wliich  thy 
 fathers  set  in  the  inheritance,  in  "which 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  15. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  u.  17. 
 
 thou  liast  obtained  a  share  in  the  land, 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God  gives  thee  to 
 
 +  Gr.  remain,  inherit.  ^'^  One  witness  shall 
 not  ^  stand  to  testify  against  a  man  for 
 any  iniquity,  or  for  any  fault,  or  for 
 any  sin  wliich  he  may  commit:  ^by 
 
 +  2  Cor.  13. 1.  the  mouth  of  two  witnesses, 
 or  by  the  mouth  of  three  witnesses, 
 shall  every  word  be  established.  ^""And 
 if  an  unjust  witness  rise  up  against  a 
 man,  alleging  iniqmty  against  him; 
 '^  then  shall  the  two  men  between  whom 
 the  controversy  is,  stand  before  the 
 Lord,  and  before  the  priests,  and  before 
 the  judges,  who  may  be  in  those  days. 
 '^And  the  judges  shall  make  diligent 
 inquiry,  and,  behold,  if  an  unjust  wit- 
 ness has  borne  unjust  testimony;  and 
 has  stood  up  against  his  brother;  ^^then 
 shall  ye  do  to  him  as  he  wickedly  de- 
 vised to  do  against  liis  brother,  and 
 thou  shalt  remove  the  evil  from  your- 
 selves. ^^And  the  rest  shall  hear  and 
 fear,  and  do  no  more  according  to 
 this  evil  thing  in  the  midst  of  you. 
 ^'  Thine  eye  shall  not  spare  him  :  thou 
 shalt  exact  life  for  hfe,  eye  for  eye, 
 tooth  for  tooth,  hand  for  hand,  foot  for 
 foot. 
 
 20.  And  if  thou  shouldest  go  forth 
 to  war  against  thine  enemies,  and 
 shouldest  see  horse,  and  rider ^,  and  a 
 tt.e.  charioteer,  people  morc  niuncrous  than 
 thyself,  thou  shalt  not  be  afraid  of 
 them,  for  the  Lord  thy  God  is  with 
 thee,  who  brought  thee  up  out  of  the 
 land  of  Egypt.  ^  And  it  shall  come  to 
 pass  whenever  thou  shalt  di-aw  nigh 
 to  battle,  that  the  priest  shall  draw 
 nigh  and  speak  to  the  people,  and  shall 
 say  to  them,  ^Hear,  0  Israel;  ye  are 
 going  this  day  to  battle  against  your 
 enemies :  let  not  your  heart  faint,  fear 
 not,  neither  be  confounded,  neither 
 turn  aside  from  their  face.  ""For  it  is 
 the  Lord  your  God  who  advances  with 
 you,  to  fight  with  you  against  yoiu- 
 enemies,  and  to  save  you.  ^And  the 
 scribes  shall  speak  to  the  people,  saying. 
 What  man  is  he  that  has  built  a  new 
 
 house,  and  has  not  dedicated  it?  let 
 him  go  and  return  to  his  house,  lest  he 
 die  in  the  war,  and  another  man  dedi- 
 cate it.  ^And  what  man  is  he  that 
 has  planted  a  vineyard,  and  not  been 
 made  merry  with  it?  let  liim  go  and 
 return  to  his  house,  lest  he  die  in  the 
 battle,  and  another  man  be  made  merry 
 with  it.  '^And  what  man  is  he  that 
 has  betrothed  a  wife,  and  has  not  taken 
 her  ?  let  him  go  and  return  to  his 
 house,  lest  he  die  in  the  battle,  and 
 another  man  take  her.  *And  the 
 scribes  shall  speak  further  to  the  peo- 
 ple, and  say.  What  man  is  he  that  fears 
 and  is  cowardly  in  his  heart?  Let  him 
 go  and  return  to  his  house,  lest  he 
 make  the  heart  of  his  brother  fail,  as 
 his  own.  ^And  it  shall  come  to  pass 
 when  the  scribes  shall  have  ceased 
 sj)eaking  to  the  people,  that  they  shall 
 appoint  generals  of  the  army  to  be 
 leaders  of  the  people. 
 
 ^°And  if  thou  shalt  draw  nigh  to  a 
 city  to  overcome  them  by  war,  then 
 call  them  out  peaceably.  ' '  If  then 
 they  should  answer  peaceably  to  thee, 
 and  open  to  thee,  it  shall  be  that  all 
 the  people  found  in  it  shall  be  tributary 
 and  subject  to  thee.  ^"^  But  if  they  will 
 not  hearken  to  thee,  but  wage  war 
 against  thee,  thou  shalt  invest  it;  ^^ un- 
 til the  Lord  thy  God  shall  dehver  it 
 into  thy  hands,  and  thou  shalt  smite 
 every  male  of  it  with  the  edge  of  the 
 sword:  '"* except  the  women  and  the 
 stuff:  and  all  the  cattle,  and  whatsoever 
 shall  be  in  the  city,  and  all  the  plunder 
 thou  shalt  take  as  spoil  for  thyself, 
 and  shalt  eat  all  the  plunder  of  thine 
 enemies  whom  the  Lord  thy  God  gives 
 thee.  ''^Thus  shalt  thou  do  to  all  the 
 cities  that  are  very  far  off  from  thee, 
 not  being  of  the  cities  of  these  nations 
 which  the  Lord  thy  God  gives  thee  to 
 inherit  their  land.  "^  Of  these  ye  shall 
 not  take  any  thing  alive.  '^But  ye 
 shall  surely  curse  them,  the  Chettite, 
 and  the  Amorite,  and  the  Chananite, 
 and  the  Pherezite,  and  the  Evite,  and 
 the  Jebusite,  and  the    Gergesite  ;  as 
 
Chap.  xx.  v,  18. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  18; 
 
 the  Lord  tliy  God  commanded  thee  : 
 '^that  they  may  not  teach  you  to  do 
 all  their  abomiuatious,  which  they  did 
 to  their  gods,  and  so  ye  should  sin 
 before  the  Lord  your  God.     ^^And  if 
 
 ^  +  Gr.  one  city.    tllOU    sllOuldcst     bcsiegC    ^a 
 
 city  many  days  to  prevail  against  it 
 by  war  to  take  it,  thou  shalt  not  de- 
 stroy its  trees,  by  applying  an  iron  tool 
 to  them,  but  thou  shalt  eat  of  it,  and 
 shalt  not  cut  it  dowTi :  Is  the  tree  that 
 is  in  the  field  a  man,  to  enter  ^  before 
 t  Gr.  against  thcc  iuto  ^  the  work  of  tlic 
 tG^thetrench.  sicgc?  ^0  But  the  trcc  which 
 
 See  Mat.  3.  10.    thoU      kuOWCSt     tO    bc     UOt 
 
 fruit-bearing,  this  thou  shalt  destroy 
 and  cut  down,  and  thou  shalt  construct 
 a  mound  against  the  city,  which  makes 
 war  against  thee,  until  it  be  delivered  up. 
 
 21.  And  if  one  be  found  slai-n  with 
 the  sword  in  the  land,  which  the  Lord 
 thy  God  gives  thee  to  inherit,  having 
 fallen  in  the  field,  and  they  do  not 
 know  who  has  smitten  him;  "thine 
 ciders  and  thy  judges  shall  come  forth, 
 and  shall  measure  the  distances  of  the 
 cities  round  about  the  slain  man:  ^and 
 it  shall  be  that  the  city  which  is  near- 
 est to  the  slain  man  the  elders  of  that 
 city  shall  take  a  heifer  of  the  herd, 
 wliich  has  not  laboured,  and  which 
 
 to.  drawn,  has  not  ^bornc  a  yoke. 
 '*  And  the  elders  of  that  city  shall  bring 
 down  the  heifer  into  a  rough  valley, 
 wliich  has  not  been  tilled  and  is  not 
 sown,  and  they  shall  ^slay  the  heifer 
 
 +  (?»-.  Cut  the  in  the  valley.      ^And  the 
 
 smews,  se.  of         .  ■.       •'  -^        .  in 
 
 the  neck.        priests    the    Levites    shall 
 +or,'his  name,  comc,  bccausc  the  Lord  God 
 ^*G7'''^their  ^^^  clioscn  them  to  stand  by 
 mouth.  liim,   and  to   bless  ^in  liis 
 
 name,  and  ^  by  their  word  shall  every 
 controversy  and  every  stroke  be  decided. 
 ^And  all  the  elders  of  that  city  who 
 draw  nigh  to  the  slain  man  shall  wash 
 their  hands  over  the  head  of  the  heifer 
 which  was  slain  in  the  valley ;  ^and  they 
 shall  answer  and  say,  Our  hands  have 
 not  shed  this  blood,  and  our  eyes  have 
 not  seen  it.  ^  Be  merciful  to  thy  people 
 
 Israel,  whom  thou  hast  redeemed,  O 
 Lord,  that  innocent  blood  ^  may  not  be. 
 charged  on  thy  people  Is-  ^  ?'■•  may  not 
 rael :  and  the  blood  shall  be  pie. 
 atoned  for  to  them.  ^And  thou  shalt 
 take  away  innocent  blood  from  among 
 you,  if  thou  shouldest  do  that  which  is 
 good  and  pleasing  before  the  Lord  thy 
 God. 
 
 '"And  if  when  thou  goest  out  to 
 war  against  thine  enemies,  the  Lord 
 thy  God  should  deliver  them  into  thine 
 hands,  and  thou  shouldest  take  their 
 spoil,  ''and  shouldest  see  among  the 
 spoil  a  woman  beautiful  in  covmte- 
 nance,  and  shouldest  ^desire  ^^'■-  ^^^^^ 
 her,  and  take  her  to  thyself  ivev^t-r^ef,.;' 
 for  a  wife,  '^  and  shouldest  bring  her 
 within  thine  house:  then  shalt  thou 
 shave  her  head,  and  pare  her  nails; 
 '^  and  shalt  take  away  her  garments  of 
 captivity  from  off  her,  and  she  shall 
 abide  in  thine  house,  and  shall  bewail 
 her  father  and  mother  the  days  of  a 
 month :  and  afterwards  thou  shalt  go 
 in  to  her  and  dwell  with  her,  and 
 she  shall  be  thy  wife.  '*And  it  shall 
 be  if  thou  do  not  delight  in  her,  thou 
 shalt  send  her  out  free,  and  she  shall 
 not  by  any  means  be  sold  for  money, 
 thou  shalt  not  treat  her  contemptu- 
 ously, because  thou  hast  humbled  her. 
 '^  And  if  a  man  have  two  wives,  the 
 one  loved  and  ^  the  other  t  cr.  one  of 
 hated,  and  both  the  loved  "'^'"• 
 and  the  hated  should  have  born  him 
 childre?i,  and  the  son  of  the  hated 
 shoidd  be  first-born;  '''then  it  shall  be 
 that  whensoever  he  shall  divide  by  in- 
 heritance his  goods  to  his  sons,  he 
 shall  not  be  able  to  give  the  right  of 
 the  first-born  to  the  son  of  the  loved 
 one,  having  overlooked  the  son  of  the 
 hated,  which  is  the  first-born.  '^  But 
 he  shall  acknowledge  the  first-born  of 
 the  hated  one  to  give  to  him  double  of 
 all  things  which  shall  be  found  by  him, 
 because  he  is  ^  the  first  of  +  (^.-  the  be- 
 his  children,  and  to  him  be-  chief, 
 longs  the  birthright.  '^  And  if  any 
 man  has  a  disobedient  and  contentious 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  19. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  y.  18. 
 
 son,  who  hearkens  not  to  the  voice  of 
 his  fiither  and  the  voice  of  his  mother, 
 and  they  should  correct  him,  and  he 
 should  not  hearken  to  them :  ^'■*  then 
 shall  his  father  and  liis  mother  take 
 hold  of  him,  and  bring  him  forth  to 
 the  elders  of  his  city,  and  to  the  gate 
 of  the  place :  ^'^  and  they  shall  say  to 
 the  men  of  their  city,  This  our  son  is 
 disobedient  and  contentious,  he  heark- 
 ens not  to  our  voice,  he  is  a  reveller 
 and  a  drunkard.  ^^  And  the  men  of 
 his  city  shall  stone  hira  with  stones, 
 and  he  shall  die ;  and  thou  shalt  re- 
 move the  evil  one  from  yourselves,  and 
 the  rest  shall  hear  and  fear. 
 
 '^'^x'Vnd  if  there  be  sin  in  any  one,  and 
 the  judgment  of  death  be  upon  him, 
 and  he  be  put  to  death,  and  ye  hang 
 him  on  a  tree:  ^^his  body  shall  not 
 remain  all  night  upon  the  tree,  but  ye 
 shall  by  all  means  bury  it  in  that  day, 
 •f  Gal.  3.  13.  for  ^  every  one  that  is  hanged 
 on  a  tree  is  cursed  of  God,  and  ye 
 shall  by  no  means  defile  the  land  which 
 the  Lord  thy  God  gives  thee  for  an  in- 
 heritance. 
 
 22.  When  thou  seest  the  calf  of 
 thy  brother  or  his  sheep  wander- 
 ing in  the  way,  thou  shalt  not  over- 
 look them  ;  thou  shalt  by  all  means 
 turn  them  back  to  thy  brother,  and 
 thou  shalt  restore  them  to  him.  ^And 
 if  thy  brother  do  not  come  nigh  thee, 
 and  thou  dost  not  know  him,  thou  shalt 
 bring  it  into  thy  house  within,  and  it 
 shall  be  with  thee  until  thy  brother  shall 
 seek  them,  and  thou  slialt  restore  them 
 to  him.  ^  Thus  shalt  thou  do  to  his  ass, 
 and  thus  shalt  thou  do  to  his  garment, 
 and  thus  shalt  thou  do  to  every  thing 
 that  thy  brother  has  lost :  whatsoever 
 shall  have  been  lost  by  him,  and  thoii 
 shalt  have  found,  thou  shalt  not  have 
 power  to  overlook.  ■*  Thou  shalt  not  see 
 the  ass  of  thy  brother  or  his  calf  fallen  in 
 the  way :  thou  shalt  not  overlook  them, 
 thou  shalt  surely  help  him  to  raise 
 them  up. 
 
 ^  The  apparel  of  a  man  shall  not  be 
 
 314 
 
 on  a  woman,  neither  shall  a  man  put 
 on  a  woman's  dress,  for  every  one  that 
 docs  these  things  is  an  abomination  to 
 the  Lord  thy  God.  •'And  if  thou 
 shouldest  come  upon  a  brood  of  birds 
 before  thy  ftice  in  the  way  or  upon  any 
 tree,  or  iipon  the  earth,  young  or  eggs, 
 and  the  mother  be  brooding  on  the 
 young  or  the  eggs,  thou  shalt  not  take 
 the  dam  with  the  young  ones.  ^  Thou 
 shalt  by  all  means  let  the  mother  go, 
 but  thou  shalt  take  the  young  to  thy- 
 self, that  it  may  be  Avell  ^vith  thee, 
 and  that  thou  mayest  live  long. 
 
 ^  If  thou  shouldest  build  a  new  house, 
 then  shalt  thou  make  a  parapet  to  thy 
 house,  so  thou  shalt  not  bring  blood- 
 guiltiness  upon  thy  house,  if  one  should 
 in  any  wise  fall  from  it.  '•'  Thou  shalt 
 not  sow  thy  vineyard  with  diverse 
 seed,  lest  the  fruit  be  devoted,  and 
 whatsoever  seed  thou  mayest  sow,  Avith 
 the  fruit  of  thy  vineyard.  '"  Thou 
 shalt  not  plough  with  an  ox  and  an 
 ass  to2;ether.  "  Thou  shalt  not  wear 
 a  ^mineled  varment,  wool-    ^.^.l-  f^^eor 
 
 o  .o  '  adulterated  or 
 
 len    and     Imen     together,  drossy. 
 '^  Thou  shalt  make  fringes  on  the  four 
 borders  of  thy  garments,  with  which 
 soever  thou  mayest  be  clothed. 
 
 '^And  if  any  one  should  take  a  -wife, 
 and  dwell  with  her,  and  hate  her, '"'  and 
 attach  to  her  reproachfid  words,  and 
 bring  against  her  an  evil  name,  and 
 say,  1  took  this  woman,  and  Avhen  I 
 came  to  her  1  found  not  her  tokens  of 
 virginity  :  ^^  then  the  father  and  the 
 mother  of  the  damsel  shall  take  and 
 bring  out  the  damsel's  tokens  of  vir- 
 ginity to  the  elders  of  the  city  to  the 
 gate.  "^  And  the  father  of  the  damsel 
 shall  say  to  the  ciders,  I  gave  thi?  my 
 daughter  to  this  man  for  a  wife;  '^and 
 now  he  has  hated  her,  and  attaches 
 reproachful  words  to  her,  saying,  I 
 have  not  found  tokens  of  virginity 
 with  thy  daughter;  and  these  are  the 
 tokens  of  my  daughter's  virginity,  and 
 they  shall  unfold  the  garment  before 
 the  ciders  of  the  city.  "*And  the  elders 
 of  that  city  shall  take  that  man,  and 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  19. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii.  v.  14. 
 
 shall  chastise  him,  '^and  shall  fine  him 
 a  hundred  shekels,  and  shall  give  them 
 to  the  father  of  the  damsel,  because  he 
 has  brought  forth  an  evil  name  against 
 a  virgin  of  Israel;  and  she  shall  be  his 
 wife,  he  sliall  never  be  able  to  put  her 
 away.  ^^  But  if  this  report  be  true, 
 and  the  tokens  of  virginity  be  not 
 foimd  for  the  maid;  ^*  then  shall  they 
 bring  out  the  damsel  to  the  doors  of 
 her  lather's  house,  and  shall  stone  her 
 with  stones,  and  she  shall  die,  because 
 she  has  wrought  folly  among  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel,  to  defile  the  house  of 
 her  father  by  whoring :  so  thou  shalt 
 remove  the  evil  one  from  among  you. 
 ^^  And  if  a  man  be  found  lying  with  a 
 woman  married  to  a  man,  ye  shall  kill 
 them  both,  the  man  that  lay  with  the 
 woman,  and  the  woman:  so  shalt  thou 
 remove  the  Avicked  one  out  of  Israel. 
 ^'And  if  there  be  a  young  damsel  es- 
 poused to  a  man,  and  a  man  shoidd 
 have  found  her  in  the  city  and  have 
 lain  with  her;  ^''ye  shall  bring  them 
 both  out  to  the  gate  of  their  city,  and 
 they  shall  be  stoned  with  stones,  and 
 they  shall  die ;  the  damsel,  because  she 
 cried  not  in  the  city;  and  the  man, 
 because  he  humbled  his  neighbour's 
 spouse,  so  shalt  thou  remove  the  evil 
 one  from  yourselves.  ^'^  But  if  a  man 
 find  in  the  field  a  damsel  that  is  be- 
 trothed, and  he  should  force  her  and 
 lie  with  her,  ye  shall  slay  the  man  that 
 lay  with  her  only.  '■^''And  the  damsel 
 has  not  committed  a  sin  worthy  of  death ; 
 as  if  a  man  shoidd  lise  up  against  his 
 +  Gr.  his  life,  neighbour,  and  slay  ^him, 
 so  is  this  tiling;  ^^ because  he  found 
 her  in  the  field;  the  betrothed  damsel 
 cried,  and  there  was  none  to  help  her. 
 ^^And  if  any  one  should  find  a  young 
 virgin  who  has  not  been  betrothed, 
 and  should  force  her  and  lie  with  her, 
 and  be  found,  ^^  the  man  who  lay  with 
 her  shall  give  to  the  father  of  the  dam- 
 sel fifty  silver  didrachms,  and  she  shall 
 be  his  wife,  because  he  has  humbled 
 her;  he  shall  never  be  able  to  put  her 
 away.      ^"A  man  shall  not  take  his 
 
 215^ 
 
 father's  wife,  and  shall  not  uncover  his 
 father's  skirt. 
 
 23.  He  that  is  fractured  or  muti- 
 lated in  his  private  parts  shall  not  enter 
 into  the  assembly  of  the  Lord.  ^  One 
 born  of  a  harlot  shall  not  enter  into  the 
 assembly  of  the  Lord. 
 
 ^  The  Ammanite  and  Moabite  shall 
 not  enter  into  the  assembly  of  the 
 Lord,  even  until  the  tenth  generation 
 he  shall  not  enter  into  the  assembly  of 
 the  Lord,  even  for  ever.  "*  Because 
 they  met  you  not  with  bread  and 
 water  by  the  way,  when  ye  went  out 
 of  Egypt :  and  because  they  hired 
 against  thee  Balaam  the  son  of  Beor 
 of  Mesopotamia  to  curse  thee.  ^  But 
 the  Lord  thy  God  would  not  hearken 
 to  Balaam  ;  and  the  Lord  thy  God 
 changed  the  curses  into  blessings,  be- 
 cause the  Lord  thy  God  loved  thee. 
 ^  Thou  shalt  not  speak  peaceably  or 
 profitably  to  them  all  thy  days  for  ever. 
 ^  Thou  shalt  not  abhor  an  Edomite, 
 because  he  is  thy  brother;  thou  shalt 
 not  abhor  an  Egyptian,  because  thou 
 wast  a  stranger  in  his  land.  ^  If  sons 
 be  born  to  them,  in  the  third  genera- 
 tion they  shall  enter  into  the  assembly 
 of  the  Lord.  ^  And  if  thou  shouldest 
 go  forth  to  engage  with  thine  enemies, 
 then  thou  shalt  keep  thee  from  every 
 wicked  tiling.  ^°  If  there  should  be  in 
 thee  a  man  who  is  not  clean  by  reason 
 of  his  issue  by  night,  then  he  shall  go 
 forth  out  of  the  camp,  and  he  shall  not 
 enter  into  the  camp.  ^^And  it  shall 
 come  to  pass  toward  evening  he  shall 
 wash  liis  body  with  water,  and  when 
 the  sun  has  gone  down,  he  shall  go 
 into  the  camp.  '^And  thou  shalt  have 
 a  place  outside  of  the  camp,  and  thou 
 shalt  go  out  thither,  '^  and  thou  shalt 
 have  a  trowel  on  thy  girdle,  and  it 
 shall  come  to  pass  when  thou  wouldest 
 reheve  thyself  abroad,  that  thou  shalt 
 dig  with  it,  and  shall  bring  back  the 
 earth  and  cover  thy  nuisance.  '''  Be- 
 cause the  Lord  thy  God  walks  in  thy 
 camp  to  deliver  thee,  and  to  give  up 
 thine  enemy  before  thy  face;  and  thy 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  15. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.  13. 
 
 camp  shall  be  holy,  and  there  shall  not 
 
 appear  in  thee  a  disgraceful  thing,  and 
 
 tt.f.  would  if  so  he  ^  shall  turn  away  from 
 
 thou  wert  dis-      ,  i  r,  rrii  i     i       *'         ^ 
 
 obedient.  thce.  i  liou  slialt  not  de- 
 liver a  servant  to  his  master,  who 
 coming  from  his  master  attaches  him- 
 self to  thee.  •^  He  shall  dwell  with 
 thee,  he  shall  dwell  among  you  where 
 he  shall  please;  thou  shalt  not  afflict 
 him.  '^  Tlicre  shall  not  be  a  harlot  of 
 the  daughters  of  Israel,  and  there  shall 
 not  be  a  fornicator  of  the  sons  of  Israel, 
 there  shall  not  be  an  ^  idolatress  of  the 
 +  Or,  sodomi-  daughters    of    Israel,    and 
 
 tess  or  harlot.    ^J^^^^  gj^^lj  ^^^  ^^  ^^  t  J^J^i. 
 
 t  Or,  sodomite,  ^ted  pcrson  of  the  sons  of 
 Israel.  '^  Thou  shalt  not  bring  the 
 hire  of  a  harlot,  nor  the  price  of  a  dog 
 into  the  house  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
 for  any  vow ;  because  even  both  are  an 
 abomination  to  the  Lord  thy  God. 
 
 '^Thou  shalt  not  lend  to  thy  bro- 
 ther on  usury  of  silver,  or  usury  of 
 meat,  or  usury  of  any  thing  which  thou 
 mayest  lend  out.  ^°  Thou  mayest  lend 
 on  usury  to  a  stranger,  but  to  thy  bro- 
 ther thou  shalt  not  lend  on  usury,  that 
 the  Lord  thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all 
 thy  works  upon  the  land,  into  which 
 thou  art  entering  to  inherit  it.  ^^  And 
 if  thou  wilt  vow  a  vow  to  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  thou  shalt  not  delay  to  pay 
 it,  for  the  Lord  thy  God  will  surely 
 require  it  of  thee,  and  otherivise  it  shall 
 be  sin  in  thee.  ^^  But  if  thou  shouldest 
 be  unwilling  to  vow,  it  is  not  sin  in 
 thee.  ^^Thou  shalt  observe  the  words 
 that  proceed  from  between  thy  lips, 
 and  as  thou  hast  vowed  a  gift  to  the 
 Lord  God,  so  shalt  thou  do  that  which 
 thou  hast  spoken  with  thy  mouth. 
 
 24.  '  ^^'''And  if  thou  shouldest  go  into 
 the  corn  field  of  thy  neighbour,  then 
 thou  mayest  gather  tlic  ears  with  thy 
 hands ;  but  thou  shalt  not  put  the  sickle 
 to  thy  neighbour's  corn.  ^'^'"And  if  tliou 
 shouldest  go  into  the  vineyard  of  thy 
 neighbour,  thou  shalt  eat  grapes  suffi- 
 cient to  satisfy  thy  desire;  but  thou 
 mayest  not  put  them  into  a  vessel. 
 ■'And  if  any  one  should  take  a  wife, 
 
 and  should  dwell  with  her,  then  it  shall 
 come  to  pass  if  she  should  not  have 
 found  favour  before  him,  because  he 
 has  found  some  unbecoming  thing  in 
 her,  that  shall  he  write  for  her  ^a  bill 
 of  divorcement,  and  give  it  +  More  lu. 
 into  her  hands,  and  he  shall  ^°°^' 
 send  her  away  out  of  his  house.  ^  And 
 if  she  should  go  away  and  be  married 
 to  another  man ;  ■''  and  the  last  husband 
 should  hate  her,  and  write  for  her  a 
 bill  of  divorcement ;  and  should  give  it 
 into  her  hands,  and  send  her  away  out 
 of  his  house,  and  the  last  husband 
 should  die,  who  took  her  to  himself 
 for  a  wife;  ''the  former  husband  who 
 sent  her  away  shall  not  be  able  to 
 return  and  take  her  to  himself  for  a 
 wife,  after  she  has  been  defiled,  because 
 it  is  an  abomination  before  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  and  ye  shall  not  defile  the 
 land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  gives 
 thee  to  inherit.  '^  And  if  any  one  should 
 have  recently  taken  a  wife,  he  shall 
 not  go  out  to  war,  neither  shall  any 
 thing  be  laid  upon  him,  he  shall  be 
 ^free  in  his  house,  for  one  t  ut.  giiiit- 
 year  he  shall  cheer  his  wife  ^^^^' 
 whom  he  has  taken.  ^Thou  shalt  not 
 take  for  a  pledge  the  under  millstone, 
 nor  the  upper  millstone,  for  ^  he  who 
 does  so  takes  life  for  a  +Gr.  this  man. 
 pledge.  ^And  if  a  man  should  be 
 caught  stealing  ^  one  of  his  ^  Gr.  a  soui. 
 brethren  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 having  overcome  him  he  should  sell 
 him,  that  thief  shall  die;  so  shalt  thou 
 remove  that  evil  one  from  yourselves. 
 '^  Take  heed  to  thyself  in  regard  o/the 
 plague  of  leprosy :  thou  shalt  take  great 
 lieed  to  do  according  to  all  the  law, 
 which  the  priests  the  Levites  shall 
 report  to  you;  take  heed  to  do,  as  I 
 have  charged  you.  ' '  Remember  all  that 
 the  Lord  thy  God  did  to  JMariam  in  the 
 way,  wlicn  ye  were  going  out  of  Egypt. 
 '^If  thy  neighbour  owe  thee  a  debt, 
 any  debt  whatsoever,  thou  shalt  not  go 
 into  his  house  to  take  his  pledge. 
 '^Thou  shalt  stand  without,  and  the 
 man  who  is  in  thy  debt  shall  bring  the 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  v.  14. 
 
 DEUTEKONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  11. 
 
 pledge  out  to  thee.  '^  And  if  the  man 
 be  poor,  thou  shalt  not  sleep  with  his 
 pledge.  ''^  Thou  shalt  sui'cly  restore  his 
 pledge  at  sunset,  and  he  shall  sleep  in 
 his  garment,  and  he  shall  bless  thee, 
 +  i.  e.  mercy  and  it  shall  be  ^  mercy  to 
 shownbythee.  ^|^gg  h^^oj^e  the  Lord  thy 
 
 God.  ^*'Thou  shalt  not  unjustly  with- 
 hold the  wages  of  the  poor  and  needy 
 of  thy  brethren,  or  of  the  strangers  who 
 are  in  thy  cities.  '"Thou  shalt  pay 
 him  his  wages  the  same  day,  the  sun 
 shall  not  go  down  upon  it,  because 
 he  is  poor  and  he  trusts  in  it,  and  he 
 shall  cry  against  thee  to  the  Lord,  and 
 it  shall  be  sin  in  thee.  '^The  fathers 
 shall  not  be  put  to  death  for  the  chil- 
 dren, and  the  sons  shall  not  be  put  to 
 death  for  the  fathers;  every  one  shall 
 t  die  in  his  ^  be  put  to  death  for  his  own 
 own  sin.  gjj^_  '9Thou  shalt  not  wrest 
 
 the  judgment  of  the  stranger  and  the 
 fatherless,  and  widow;  thou  shalt  not 
 take  the  widow's  garment  for  a  pledge. 
 ^"And  thou  shalt  remember  that  thou 
 wast  a  bondman  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
 and  the  Lord  thy  God  redeemed  thee 
 from  thence;  therefore  I  charge  thee 
 to  do  this  thing.  -'  And  when  thou 
 shalt  have  reaped  corn  in  thy  field,  and 
 shalt  have  forgotten  a  sheaf  in  thy  field, 
 thou  shalt  not  return  to  take  it ;  it  shall 
 be  for  the  stranger,  and  the  orphan, 
 and  the  widow,  that  the  Lord  thy  God 
 may  bless  thee  in  all  the  works  of  thy 
 hands.  ^^  And  if  thou  shouldest  gather 
 thine  oHves,  thou  shalt  not  return  to 
 collect  the  remainder;  it  shall  be  for 
 the  stranger,  and  the  fatherless,  and 
 the  widow,  and  thou  shalt  remember 
 that  thou  wast  a  bondman  in  the  land 
 of  Egypt;  therefore  I  command  thee 
 to  do  this  thing.  ^^And  whensoever 
 thou  shalt  gather  the  grapes  of  thy 
 vineyard,  thou  shalt  not  glean  what 
 thou  hast  left;  it  shall  be  for  the 
 stranger,  and  the  orphan,  and  the 
 widow  :  ^'*  and  thou  shalt  remember 
 that  thou  wast  a  bondman  in  the  land 
 of  Egypt;  therefore  I  command  thee 
 to  do  this  tiling. 
 
 25.  And  if  there  should  be  a  dispute 
 between  men,  and  they  should  come 
 forward  to  judgment,  and  the  judges 
 judge,  and  justify  the  righteous,  and 
 condemn  the  wicked:  '^then  it  shall 
 come  to  pass,  if  the  unrighteous  should 
 be  worthy  of  stripes,  thou  shalt  lay 
 him  down  before  the  judges  and  they 
 shall  scourge  him  before  them  accord- 
 ing to  his  iniquity.  ^And  they  shall 
 scourge  him  with  forty  stripes  in  niun- 
 ber,  they  shall  not  inflict  more ;  for  if 
 thou  shouldest  scourge  him  witli  more 
 stripes  beyond  these  stripes,  thy  bro- 
 ther will  be  disgraced  before  + 1  cor.  9. 9- 
 thee.  ^^Thou  shalt  not  muzzle  the 
 ox  that  treads  out  the  corn. 
 
 ^^And  if  brethren  should  live  toge- 
 ther, and  one  of  them  should  +  Matt.  22. 24. 
 die,  and  should  not  have  seed,  the  wife 
 of  the  deceased  shall  not  marry  out 
 of  the  family  to  a  man  not  related:  her 
 husband's  brother  shall  go  in  to  her, 
 and  shall  take  her  to  himself  for  a  wife, 
 and  shall  dwell  with  her.  ^And  it 
 shall  come  to  pass  that  the  cliild  wliich 
 she  shall  bear,  shall  be  ^  named  by 
 the  name  of  the  deceased,  +  Gr.  consti- 
 and  his  name  shall  not  be  ^^^'^' 
 blotted  out  of  Israel.  '^  And  if  the  man 
 should  not  be  wilhng  to  take  his  bro- 
 ther's wife,  then  shall  the  woman  go 
 up  to  the  gate  to  the  elders,  and  she 
 shall  say.  My  husband's  brother  will 
 not  raise  up  the  name  of  4iis  brother  in 
 Israel,'  my  husband's  brother  '^has  re- 
 fused. ^And  the  elders  of  tcc  hasnot 
 his  city  shall  call  him,  and  ^^-^-^'^■ 
 speak  to  him  ;  and  if  he  stand  and 
 say,  I  will  not  take  her  :  ^  then  his 
 brother's  wife  shall  come  forward  be- 
 fore the  elders,  and  shall  loose  one  shoe 
 from  ofi"  his  foot,  and  shall  spit  in  his 
 face,  and  shall  answer  and  say.  Thus 
 shall  they  do  to  the  man  who  will  not 
 build  his  brother's  house  in  Israel. 
 ''^And  his  name  shall  be  called  in 
 Israel,  The  house  of  him  that  has  had 
 his  shoe  loosed. 
 
 '^  And  if  men  should  strive  together, 
 a  man  with  his  brother,  and  the  wife 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  12. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xxvi.  v.  14. 
 
 of  one  of  them  sliould  advance  to  res- 
 cue her  husband  out  of  the  hand  of 
 him  tliat  smites  him,  and  slie  should 
 stretch  forth  lier  liand,  and  take  hold 
 ol"  his  private  parts;  *^thou  shalt  cut 
 off  her  hand;  thine  eye  shall  not  spare 
 her.  '^  Thou  shalt  not  have  in  thy 
 bag  divers  weights,  a  great  ^  and  a 
 +  Gr.  or.  small.  '■*  Tliou  shalt  not  have 
 in  thine  house  divers  measures,  a  great 
 +  Gr.  or.  ^  and  a  small.  ^^  Thou  shalt 
 have  a  true  and  just  weight,  and  a 
 true  and  just  measure,  that  thou 
 mayest  live  long  upon  the  land,  which 
 the  Lord  thy  God  gives  thee  for  an 
 inheritance.  '^  For  every  one  that 
 does  this  is  an  abomination  to  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  even  every  one  that 
 does  injustice.  '^  Remember  what 
 things  Amalec  did  to  thee  by  the  way, 
 when  thou  wentest  forth  out  of  the 
 land  of  Egypt:  '**  how  he  withstood 
 thee  in  the  way,  and  harassed  thy  rear, 
 even  those  that  were  weary  behind 
 thee,  and  thou  didst  hunger  and  wast 
 weary  ;  and  he  did  not  fear  God. 
 '^  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  when- 
 ever the  Lord  thy  God  shall  have 
 given  thee  rest  from  all  thine  enemies 
 round  about  thee,  in  the  land  which 
 the  Lord  thy  God  gives  thee  to  inherit, 
 thou  shalt  blot  out  the  name  of 
 Amalec  from  under  heaven,  and  shalt 
 not  forget  to  do  it. 
 
 26.  And  it  shall  be  when  thou  shalt 
 have  entered  into  the  land,  which  the 
 Lord  thy  God  gives  thee  to  inherit  it, 
 and  thou  shalt  have  inherited  it,  and 
 thou  shalt  have  dwelt  upon  it,  ^that 
 thou  shalt  take  of  the  lirst  of  the  fruits 
 of  thy  land,  which  the  Lord  thy  (Jod 
 gives  thee,  and  thou  shalt  put  them 
 into  a  basket,  and  thoii  shalt  go  to  the 
 place  which  the  I^ord  thy  God  shall 
 choose  to  have  his  name  called  there. 
 ^And  thou  shalt  come  to  the  priest 
 who  shall  be  in  those  days,  and  thou 
 shalt  say  to  him,  1  testily  this  day  to 
 the  Lord  my  God,  that  I  am  come 
 into  the  land  which  the  Lord  swore  to 
 
 218 
 
 our  fathers  to  give  to  us.  ''And  the 
 priest  shall  take  the  basket  out  of 
 thine  hands,  and  shall  set  it  before  the 
 altar  of  the  Lord  thy  God:  ''and  he 
 shall  answer  and  say  before  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  My  father  abandoned  Syria, 
 and  went  down  into  Egypt,  and  so- 
 journed there  Avitli  a  small  number, 
 and  became  there  a  mighty  nation 
 and  a  great  multitude.  ''And  the  Egyp- 
 tians afflicted  us,  and  humbled  us,  and 
 imposed  hard  tasks  on  us :  ^  and  we 
 cried  to  the  Lord  our  God,  and  the 
 Lord  heard  our  voice,  and  saw  our 
 luuniliation,  and  our  labour,  and  our 
 afllictlon.  **  And  the  Lord  brought  us 
 out  of"  Egypt  himself  with  his  great 
 strength,  and  his  mighty  hand,  and 
 his  high  arm,  and  with  great  visions, 
 and  with  signs,  and  with  wonders. 
 '■•And  he  brought  us  into  this  place, 
 and  gave  us  this  land,  a  land  flowing 
 with  milk  and  honey.  '"And  now, 
 behold,  1  have  brought  the  first  of  the 
 fruits  of  the  land,  which  thou  gavest 
 me,  0  Lord,  a  land  flowing  with  milk 
 and  honey:  and  thou  shalt  leave  it 
 before  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  thou 
 shalt  worship  before  the  Lord  thy  God; 
 "  and  thou  shalt  rejoice  in  all  the  good 
 things,  Avhich  the  Lord  thy  God  ha8 
 given  thee,  thoii  and  thy  family,  and 
 the  Levite,  and  the  stranger  that  is 
 within  thee.  '^And  when  thou  shalt 
 have  completed  all  the  tithings  of  thy 
 fndts  in  the  third  year,  thou  shalt 
 give  the  second  tenth  to  the  Levite, 
 and  stranger,  and  fatherless,  and 
 Avidow,  and  they  shall  eat  it  in  thy 
 cities,  and  be  merry.  '^  And  thou  shalt 
 say  before  the  Lord  thy  God,  1  have 
 fully  collected  the  holy  things  out  of 
 my  house,  and  1  have  given  them  to 
 the  Levite,  and  the  stranger,  and  the 
 orphan,  and  the  widow,  according  to 
 all  the  commands  which  thou  didst 
 command  me:  I  did  not  transgress 
 thy  command,  and  I  did  not  forget  it. 
 '■*  And  in  my  distress  I  did  not  eat  of 
 them,  1  have  not  gathered  of  ^  oc,  person, 
 them  lor  an  luiclean  ^  purpose,  1  have 
 
Chap.  xxvi.  v.  15. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap,  xxvii.  v.  22. 
 
 not  given  of  them  to  the  dead ;  I  have 
 hearkened  to  the  voice  of  the  Lord  our 
 God,  I  have  done  as  thou  hast  com- 
 manded me.  *'Look  down  from  thy 
 holy  house,  from  heaven,  and  bless 
 thy  people  Israel,  and  the  land  which 
 thou  hast  given  them,  as  thou  didst 
 swear  to  our  fathers,  to  give  to  us  a 
 land  flowing  Avith  milk  and  honey. 
 
 "^  On  this  day  the  Lord  thy  God 
 charged  thee  to  keep  all  the  ordinances 
 and  judgments;  and  ye  shall  observe 
 and  do  them,  with  all  your  heart,  and 
 with  all  your  soul.  '^  Thou  hast  chosen 
 God  this  day  to  be  thy  God,  and  to 
 walk  in  all  his  ways,  and  to  observe 
 liis  ordinances  and  judgments,  and  to 
 hearken  to  his  voice.  ^**  And  the  Lord 
 has  chosen  thee  tliis  day  that  thou 
 shouldest  be  to  Mm  a  peculiar  people, 
 as  he  said,  to  keep  his  commands; 
 *^  and  that  thou  shouldest  be  above  all 
 nations,  as  he  has  made  thee  renowned, 
 and  a  boast,  and  glorious,  that  thou 
 shouldest  be  a  holy  people  to  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  as  he  has  spoken. 
 
 27.  And  Moses 
 Israel  commanded 
 
 and  the  elders  of 
 saying.  Keep  all 
 these  commands,  all  that  I  command 
 you  this  day;  ^and  it  shall  come  to 
 pass  in  the  day  when  ye  shall  cross 
 over  Jordan  into  the  land  which  the 
 Lord  thy  God  gives  thee,  that  thou 
 shalt  set  up  for  thyself  great  stones, 
 and  shalt  plaster  them  with  plaster. 
 ^And  thou  shalt  write  on  these  stones 
 all  the  words  of  this  law,  as  soon  as 
 ye  have  crossed  Jordan,  when  ye  are 
 entered  into  the  land,  which  the  Lord 
 God  of  thy  fathers  gives  thee,  a  land 
 flowing  with  milk  and  honey,  accord- 
 ing as  the  Lord  God  of  thy  fethers  said 
 to  thee.  *  And  it  shall  be  as  soon  as  ye 
 are  gone  over  Jordan,  ye  shall  set  up 
 these  stones,  wliich  I  command  thee 
 tliis  day,  on  Mount  Ga^bal,  and  thou 
 shalt  plaster  them  with  plaster.  ^And 
 thou  shalt  build  there  an  altar  to  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  an  altar  of  stones ;  thou 
 shalt  not  lift  up  iron  upon  it.     "  Of 
 
 upon 
 
 whole  stones  shalt  thou  build  an  altar 
 to  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  thou  shalt 
 offer  upon  it  whole-burnt-oiierings  to 
 the  Lord  thy  God.  '^And  thou  shalt 
 there  offer  a  peace-offering;  and  thou 
 shalt  eat  and  be  filled,  and  rejoice 
 before  the  Lord  thy  God.  ^  And  thou 
 shalt  write  upon  the  stones  all  this  law 
 very  plainly.  ^And  Moses  and  the 
 priests  the  Levites  spoke  to  all  Israel, 
 saying.  Be  silent  and  hear,  0  Israel; 
 this  day  thou  art  become  a  people  to 
 the  Lord  thy  God.  >°And  thou  shalt 
 hearken  to  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy 
 God,  and  shalt  do  all  his  commands, 
 and  his  ordinances,  as  many  as  I  com- 
 mand thee  this  day. 
 
 ^ '  And  Moses  charged  the  people  on 
 that  day  saying,  ^^  These  shall  stand  to 
 bless  the  people  on  Mount  Garizin 
 having  gone  over  Jordan;  Symeon, 
 Levi,  Judas,  Issachar,  Joseph,  and 
 Benjamin.  '^And  these  shall  stand 
 for  cursing  on  Mount  Gsebal,  Euben, 
 Gad,  and  Aser,  Zabulon,  Dan,  and 
 Nephthali.  '*And  the  Levites  shall 
 answer  and  say  to  all  Israel  with  a 
 loud  voice,  ^^  Cursed  is  the  man  who- 
 soever 'shall  make  a  graven  or  molten 
 image,  an  abomination  to  the  Lord, 
 the  work  of  the  hands  of  craftsmen, 
 and  shall  put  it  in  a  secret  place  :  and 
 all  the  people  shall  answer  and  say.  So 
 be  it.  '^Cursed  is  the  man  that  dis- 
 honours his  father  or  his  mother :  and  all 
 the  people  shall  say.  So  be  it.  '''Cursed 
 is  he  that  removes  his  neighbour's 
 landmarks :  and  all  the  people  shall  say. 
 So  be  it.  '**  Cursed  is  he  that  makes 
 the  blind  to  wander  in  the  way:  and 
 all  the  people  shall  say.  So  be  it. 
 ^^  Cursed  is  every  one  that  shall  pervert 
 the  judgment  of  the  stranger,  and 
 orphan,  and  widow:  and  all  the  people 
 shall  say.  So  be  it.  ^°  Cursed  is  he  that 
 lies  with  his  father's  -wife,  because  ho 
 has  uncovered  his  father's  skirt:  and 
 all  the  people  shall  say.  So  be  it. 
 ''^'  Cursed  is  he  that  hes  with  any  beast : 
 and  all  the  people  shall  say.  So  be  it. 
 '^■^  Cursed  is  he  that  lies  with  his  sister 
 
Chap,  xxvii.  v.  23. 
 
 DEUTEKONOMY. 
 
 Chap,  xxviii.  v.  21. 
 
 by  liis  father  or  his  mother :  and  all 
 the  people  shall  say,  So  be  it.  "^  Cursed 
 is  he  that  lies  with  liis  daughter-in-UxAV : 
 and  all  the  people  shall  say,  So  be  it. 
 Cursed  is  he  that  Hes  with  liis  wife's 
 sister :  and  all  the  people  shall  say.  So  be 
 it.  ^^  Cursed  is  he  that  smites  his  neij^h- 
 bour  secretly :  and  all  the  people  shall 
 say,  So  be  it.  '^^  Cursed  is  he  whoso- 
 ever shall  liave  taken  a  bribe  to  ^  slay 
 t  Gr.  to  smite  an  inuocent  man :   and  all 
 
 the  life  of  in-     .1  1        i     n  o      i 
 
 nocent  blood,  the  pooplo  sliali  Say,  DO  be 
 t  Gal.  3. 10.  it.  '^^  ^  Cursed  is  every  man 
 that  continues  not  in  all  the  words  of 
 this  law  to  do  them :  and  all  the  people 
 shall  say.  So  be  it. 
 
 28.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if 
 thou  wilt  indeed  hear  the  voice  of  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  to  observe  and  do  all 
 these  commands,  which  I  charge  thee 
 this  day,  that  the  Lord  tliy  God  shall 
 set  thee  on  high  above  all  the  nations 
 of  the  earth:  ^and  all  these  blessings 
 shall  come  upon  thee,  and  shall  find 
 thee,  if  thou  wilt  indeed  hear  the  voice 
 of  the  Lord  thy  God.  ^  Blessed  shalt 
 thou  be  in  the  city,  and  blessed  shalt 
 thou  be  in  the  field.    ^  Blessed  shall  be 
 
 t  Gr.  beUy.  the  offspring  of  thy  ^body, 
 and  the  fruits  of  thy  land,  and  the 
 herds  of  thy  oxen,  and  the  flocks  of 
 thy  sheep.  ^  Blessed  shall  be  thy 
 barns,  and  thy  stores.  ^  Blessed 
 shalt  thou  be  in  thy  coming  in,  and 
 blessed  shalt  thou  be  in  thy  going 
 out,  '^The  Lord  deliver  thine  ene- 
 mies that  withstand  thee  utterly  bro- 
 ken before  thy  face :  they  shall  come 
 but  against  thee  one  way,  and  they 
 shall  flee  seven  ways  from  before  thee. 
 ^  The  Lord  send  upon  thee  his  blessing 
 in  thy  barns,  and  on  all  on  which  thou 
 shalt  put  thine  hand,  in  the  land  which 
 the  Lord  thy  God  gives  thee.  '-*  The 
 Lord  raise  thee  up  for  himself  a  hol^ 
 people,  as  he  swore  to  thy  fathers;  if 
 thou  wilt  hear  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
 
 +  Or,  see  that  thy  God,  and  walk  in  all  his 
 the  name,  &c.  y^r^y^^   •»  And  all  the  uatious 
 
 of  the  earth  shall   see  ^  thee,  that  the 
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 name  of  the  Lord  is  called  upon  thee, 
 and  they  shall  stand  in  awe  of  thee. 
 "  And  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  mul- 
 tiply thee  for  good  in  the  offspring  of 
 thy  ^body,  and  in  the  offspring  +  Gr.  beUy. 
 of  thy  cattle,  and  in  the  fruits  of  thy 
 land,  on  thy  land  which  the  Lord  swore 
 to  thy  fathers  to  give  to  thee.  ^'■^  IMay 
 the  Lord  open  to  thee  his  good  trea- 
 sure, the  heaven,  to  give  rain  to  tliy 
 land  in  season:  may  he  bless  all  the 
 works  of  thy  hands :  so  shalt  thou  lend 
 to  many  nations,  but  thou  shalt  not 
 borrow,  and  thou  shalt  rule  over  many 
 nations,  but  they  shall  not  ride  over 
 thee.  '^  The  Lord  thy  God  make  thee 
 the  head  and  not  the  tail,  and  thou 
 shalt  then  be  above  and  thou  shalt  not 
 be  below,  if  thou  wilt  hearken  to  the 
 voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  in  all  things 
 that  I  charge  thee  this  day  to  observe. 
 '"*  Thou  shalt  not  turn  aside  from  any 
 of  the  commandments,  which  1  charge 
 thee  this  day,  to  the  right  hand  or  to 
 the  left,  to  go  after  other  gods  to  serve 
 them. 
 
 '^  But  it  shall  come  to  pass  if  thou 
 wilt  not  hearken  to  the  voice  of  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  to  observe  all  his  com- 
 mandments, as  many  as  I  charge  thee 
 this  day,  then  all  these  curses  shall 
 come  on  thee,  and  overtake  thee. 
 ^^  Cursed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  city,  and 
 cursed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  field. 
 '^  Cursed  shall  be  thy  barns  and  thy 
 stores.  "*  Cursed  shall  be  the  offspring 
 of  thy  body,  and  the  fruits  of  thy  land, 
 the  herds  of  thine  oxen,  and  the  flocks 
 of  thy  sheep.  '"  Cursed  shalt  thou  be 
 in  thy  coming  in,  and  cursed  shalt 
 thou  be  in  thy  going  out.  '^^  The 
 Lord  send  upon  thee  Avant,  and  famine, 
 and  consumption  on  all  things  on 
 which  thou  shalt  put  thy  hand,  until 
 lie  shall  have  utterly  destroyed  thee, 
 and  until  he  shall  have  consumed  thee 
 quickly  because  of  thine  evil  devices, 
 because  thou  hast  forsaken  me.  ^'  ^  The 
 Lord  cause  the  pestilence  tor.  maythe 
 to  clcq^ve  to  thee,  until  he  ^°''**- 
 shall  have  consumed  thee  off  the  land 
 
Chap,  xxviii.  v.  22. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap,  xxviii.  v.  47. 
 
 into  which  thou  goest  to  inherit  it. 
 ^^The  Lord  smite  thee  with  distress, 
 and  fever,  and  cold,  and  inflammation, 
 and  blighting,  and  paleness,  and  they 
 shall  pursue  thee  until  they  have  de- 
 stroyed thee.  '^^  And  thou  shalt  have 
 over  thine  head  a  sky  of  brass,  and  the 
 earth  under  thee  shall  be  iron.  ^"^  The 
 Lord  thy  God  make  the  rain  of  thy 
 land  dust;  and  dust  shall  come  down 
 from  heaven,  until  it  shall  have  de- 
 stroyed thee,  and  until  it  shall  have 
 qidckly  consumed  thee.  ^^  The  Lord 
 give  thee  up  for  slaughter  before  thine 
 enemies :  thou  shalt  go  out  against 
 them  one  way,  and  flee  from  their  face 
 seven  ways :  and  thou  shalt  be  a  dis- 
 persion in  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
 earth.  '^^  And  your  dead  men  shall  be 
 food  to  the  birds  of  the  sky,  and  to  the 
 beasts  of  the  earth,  and  there  shall  be 
 none  to  scare  them  away.  ^^  The 
 Lord  smite  thee  with  the  botch  of 
 Egypt  in  the  seat,  and  with  a  mahg- 
 nant  scab,  and  itch,  so  that  thou  canst 
 not  be  healed.  ^*  The  Lord  smite 
 thee  with  insanity,  and  bhndness,  and 
 astonishment  of  mind.  ^^  And  thou 
 shalt  grope  at  mid-day,  as  a  blind  man 
 would  grope  in  the  darkness,  and  thou 
 shalt  not  prosjoer  in  thy  ways  ;  and 
 then  thou  shalt  be  unjustly  treated, 
 and  plundered  continually,  and  there 
 shall  be  no  helper.  ^°  Thou  shalt  take 
 a  wife,  and  another  man  shall  have  her; 
 thou  shalt  build  a  house,  and  thou 
 shalt  not  dwell  in  it ;  thou  shalt  plant 
 a  vineyard,  and  shalt  not  gather  the 
 grapes  of  it.  ^^  Thy  calf  shall  be  slain 
 before  thee,  and  thou  shalt  not  eat  of 
 it;  thine  ass  shall  be  violently  taken 
 away  from  thee,  and  shall  not  be  re- 
 stored to  thee :  thy  sheep  shall  be  given 
 to  thine  enemies,  and  thou  shalt  have 
 no  helper.  ^^  Thy  sons  and  thy 
 daughters  shall  be  given  to  another 
 nation,  and  thine  eyes  wasting  away 
 shall  look  for  them,  thine  hand  shall 
 have  no  strength.  ^^  A  nation  which 
 thou  knowest  not  shall  eat  the  produce 
 of  thy  land ,  and  all  thy  labours ;  and 
 
 thou  shalt  be  injured  and  crushed 
 always.  ^^  And  thou  shalt  be  distracted, 
 because  of  the  sights  of  thine  eyes 
 which  thou  shalt  see.  ^^  The  Lord 
 smite  thee  with  an  evil  sore,  on  the 
 knees  and  the  legs,  so  that  thou  shalt 
 not  be  able  to  be  healed  from  the  sole 
 of  thy  foot  to  the  crown  of  thy  head. 
 ^^  The  Lord  carry  away  thee  and  thy 
 princes,  whom  thou  shalt  set  over  thee, 
 to  a  nation  which  neither  thou  nor  thy 
 fathers  know ;  and  thou  shalt  there 
 serve  other  gods,  wood  and  stone. 
 ^^And  thou  shalt  be  there  for  a  wonder, 
 and  a  parable,  and  a  tale,  among  all 
 the  nations,  to  which  the  Lord  thy 
 God  shall  carry  thee  away.  ^^  Thou 
 shalt  carry  forth  much  seed  into  the 
 field,  and  thou  shalt  bring  in  little, 
 because  the  locust  shall  devour  it. 
 ^^  Thou  shalt  j^lant  a  vineyard,  and 
 dress  it,  and  shalt  not  drink  the  wine, 
 neither  shalt  thou  deHght  thyself  with 
 it,  because  the  worm  shall  devour  ^  it. 
 ■^"^  Thovi  shalt  have  ohve  +Gr. them, i.e. 
 trees  in  all  thy  borders,  and  t^e  frmts  of  it. 
 thou  shalt  not  anoint  thee  with  oil, 
 because  thine  oHve  shall  utterly  ^  cast 
 its  fruit.  ^^  Thou  shalt  beget  +  ut.  flow,  or 
 sons  and  daughters,  and  f^f'o^i- 
 they  shall  not  be  thine^  for  they  shall 
 depart  into  captivity.  ^^  All  thy  trees 
 and  the  fruits  of  thy  land  shall  the 
 bhght  consume.  '*^  The  stranger  that 
 is  within  thee  shall  get  up  very  high, 
 and  thou  shalt  come  down  very  low. 
 "*■*  He  shall  lend  to  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
 not  lend  to  him ;  he  shall  be  the  head, 
 and  thou  shalt  be  the  tail. 
 
 ''^And  all  these  curses  shall  come 
 upon  thee,  and  shall  pursue  thee,  and 
 shall  overtake  thee,  until  he  shall  have 
 consumed  thee,  and  until  he  shall  have 
 destroyed  thee ;  because  thou  didst  not 
 hearken  to  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy 
 God,  to  keep  his  commands,  and  liis 
 ordinances  which  he  has  commanded 
 thee.  '*^And  these  things  shall  be  signs 
 in  thee,  and  wonders  among  thy  seed 
 for  ever ;  ''^  because  thou  didst  not  serve 
 the  Lord  thy  God  with  gladness  and  a 
 
Chap,  xxviii.  v.  48. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY.        Chap,  xxviii.  v.  67. 
 
 good  heart,  because  of  the  abundance 
 of  all  things.  '*'*And  thou  shalt  serve 
 thine  enemies,  which  the  Lord  will 
 send  forth  against  thee,  in  hunger,  and 
 in  thirst,  and  in  nakedness,  and  in  the 
 want  of  all  things ;  and  thou  shalt  wear 
 upon  thy  neck  a  yoke  of  iron  until  he 
 shall  have  destroyed  thee.  ^^  The  Lord 
 shall  bring  upon  thee  a  nation  from 
 the  extremity  of  the  earth,  like  the 
 swift  flying  of  an  eagle,  a  nation  whose 
 t  Gr.  hear,  voicc  thoii  shalt  uot  ^  under- 
 stand; '^"a  nation  bold  in  countenance, 
 
 tGr. wonder  at.    wllicll  shall  nOt  ^'CSpCCt  the 
 
 person  of  the  aged  and  shall  not  j^ity 
 the  young.  ^^  And  it  shall  eat  up  the 
 yoimg  of  thy  cattle,  and  the  fruits  of 
 thy  land,  so  as  not  to  leave  to  thee 
 corn,  wine,  oil,  the  herds  of  thine  oxen, 
 and  the  flocks  of  thy  sheep,  until  it 
 shall  have  destroyed  thee ;  ^^  and  have 
 utterly  crushed  thee  in  thy  cities,  until 
 the  high  and  strong  walls  be  destroyed, 
 in  which  thou  trustest,  in  all  thy  land; 
 and  it  shall  afilict  thee  in  thy  cities, 
 which  he  has  given  to  thee.  ^^  And 
 thou  shalt  eat  the  fruit  of  thy  ^  body, 
 t  Gr.  beuy.  the  flcsli  of  thy  SOUS  and  of 
 thy  daughters,  all  that  he  has  given 
 thee,  in  thy  straitness  and  thy  afiiic- 
 tion,  with  which  thine  enemy  shall 
 afilict  thee. 
 
 ^*  He  that  is  tender  and  very  deh- 
 cate  within  thee  shall  look  with  an 
 evil  eye  upon  his  brother,  and  the  wife 
 in  his  bosom,  and  the  children  that  are 
 left,  which  may  have  been  left  to  him ; 
 ^■^  so  as  not  to  give  to  one  of  them  of 
 the  flesh  of  his  children,  whom  he 
 shall  eat,  because  of  his  having  nothing 
 left  liim  in  thy  straitness,  and  in  thy 
 afiliction,  with  which  thine  enemies 
 shall  afilict  thee  in  all  thy  cities. 
 
 ■^^And  she  that  is  tender  and  delicate 
 among  you,  whose  foot  has  not  assayed 
 to  go  upon  the  earth  for  delicacy  and 
 tenderness,  shall  look  with  an  evil  eye 
 on  her  husband  in  her  bosom,  and 
 +  Lit.  after-  ^cr  son  and  her  daughter, 
 +  Gr'.  thighs.  ^^  and  her  ^  offspring  that 
 comes  out  between  her  ^  feet,  and  the 
 
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 child  which  she  shall  bear ;  for  she 
 shall  eat  them  because  of  the  want  of 
 all  things,  secretly  in  thy  straitness, 
 and  in  thy  affliction,  with  which  thine 
 enemy  shall  afilict  thee  in  thy  cities. 
 ^**  If  thou  wilt  not  hearken  to  do  all 
 the  Avords  of  this  law,  which  have  been 
 written  in  this  book,  to  fear  this  glo- 
 rious and  wonderful  name,  the  Lord 
 thy  God ;  ■^''  then  the  Lord  shall  mag- 
 nify thy  plagues,  and  the  plagues  of 
 thy  seed,  great  and  wonderful  plagues, 
 and  evil  and  abiding  diseases.  *^°And 
 he  shall  bring  upon  thee  all  the  evil 
 pain  of  Egypt,  ^  of  which  tLt'fS^st 
 thou  wast  afraid,  and  thev  before  their 
 shall  cleave  to  thee.  ""^And  ,\m!' 
 the  Lord  shall  bring  upon  thee  every 
 sickness,  and  every  plague  that  is  not 
 written,  and  every  one  that  is  wi'itten 
 in  the  book  of  this  law,  until  he  shall 
 have  destroyed  thee.  ^^And  ye  shall 
 be  left  few  in  number,  whereas  yo 
 were  as  the  stars  of  the  sky  in  multi- 
 tude, because  thou  didst  not  hearken 
 to  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 
 
 ^^And  it  shall  come  to  pass  that  as 
 the  Lord  rejoiced  over  you  to  do  you 
 good,  and  to  multiply  you,  so  the 
 Lord  will  rejoice  over  you  to  destroy 
 you ;  and  ye  shall  be  quickly  removed 
 from  the  land,  into  which  ye  go  to  in- 
 herit it.  *^^And  the  Lord  thy  God 
 shall  scatter  thee  among  all  nations, 
 from  one  end  of  the  earth  to  the  other, 
 and  thou  shalt  there  serve  other  gods, 
 wood  and  stone,  which  thou  hast  not 
 known,  nor  thy  fathers.  *"''  ]\L:)rcover 
 among  those  nations  he  Avill  not  give 
 thee  qiiiet,  neither  by  any  means  shall  the 
 sole  of  thy  foot  have  rest ;  and  the  Lord 
 shall  give  thee  there  another  and  a  mis- 
 giving heart,  and  failing  eyes,  and  a 
 wasting  soul.  •'"And  thy  life  shall  be 
 in  sus])ense  before  thine  eyes;  and  thou 
 shalt  be  afraid  by  day  and  by  night,  and 
 thou  shalt  have  no  assurance  of  thy 
 life.  ^"^  In  the  morning  thou  shalt  say, 
 Would  it  were  evening!  and  in  the 
 evening  thou  shalt  say.  Would  it  were 
 morning!  for  the  fear  of  thine  heart 
 
Chap,  xxviii.  v.  68. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY 
 
 Chap.  xxix.  v.  23. 
 
 with  which  thou  shalt  fear,  and  for  the 
 sights  of  thine  eyes  which  thou  shah 
 see.  '"''And  the  Lord  shall  bring  thee 
 back  to  Egypt  in  ships,  by  the  way  of 
 which  I  said.  Thou  shalt  not  see  it 
 again;  and  ye  shall  be  sold  there  to 
 your  enemies  for  bondmen  and  bond- 
 women, and  none  shall  buy  you. 
 
 29.  These  are  the  words  of  the 
 covenant,  which  the  Lord  commanded 
 Moses  to  make  with  the  children  of 
 Israel  in  the  land  of  Moab,  besides  the 
 covenant  which  he  made  with  them 
 in  Choreb.  ^  And  Moses  called  all  the 
 sons  of  Israel  and  said  to  them.  Ye 
 have  seen  all  things  that  the  Lord  did 
 in  the  land  of  Egypt  before  you  to 
 Pharao  and  his  servants,  and  all  his 
 land ;  ^  the  great  temptations  which 
 thine  eyes  have  seen,  the  signs.,  and 
 those  great  wonders.  ^Yet  the  Lord 
 God  has  not  given  you  a  heart  to 
 know,  and  eyes  to  see,  and  ears  to  hear, 
 until  this  day.  ^  And  he  led  you  forty 
 years  in  the  wilderness ;  your  garments 
 did  not  grow  old,  and  your  sandals 
 were  not  worn  away  off  your  feet. 
 ^Ye  did  not  eat  bread,  ye  did  not 
 drink  wine  or  strong  drink,  that  ye 
 might  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  your 
 God.  ^And  ye  came  as  far  as  this 
 place ;  and  there  came  forth  Seon  king 
 of  Esebon,  and  Og  king  of  Basan,  to 
 meet  us  in  war.  *  And  we  smote  them 
 and  took  their  land,  and  I  gave  it  for 
 an  inheritance  to  Euben  and  Gad,  and 
 to  the  half  tribe  of  Manasse.  ^  And  ye 
 shall  take  heed  to  do  all  the  words  of 
 this  covenant,  that  ye  may  understand 
 all  things  that  ye  shall  do.  ^^  Ye  all 
 stand  to-day  before  the  Lord  your  God, 
 the  heads  of  your  tribes,  and  your 
 elders,  and  your  judges,  and  your 
 officers,  every  man  of  Israel,  •'your 
 wives,  and  your  children,  and  the 
 stranger  who  is  in  the  midst  of  your 
 camp,  from  your  hewer  of  wood  even 
 to  your  drawer  of  water,  that  '^thou 
 shouldest  enter  into  the  covenant  of 
 the  Lord  thy  God  and  into  his  oaths, 
 
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 as  many  as  the  Lord  thy  God  appoints 
 thee  this  day.  '^  That  he  may  appoint 
 thee  to  himself  for  a  people,  and  he 
 shall  be  thy  God,  as  he  said  to  thee,  and 
 as  he  swore  to  thy  fathers,  Abraam, 
 and  Isaac,  and  Jacob.  '''And  I  do  not 
 appoint  to  you  alone  this  covenant  and 
 this  oath;  '^but  to  those  also  who  are 
 here  with  you  to-day  before  the  Lord 
 your  God,  and  to  those  who  are  not 
 here  with  you  to-day.  "^  For  ye  know 
 how  we  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
 how  we  came  through  the  midst  of  the 
 nations  through  whom  ye  came.  '^And 
 ye  beheld  their  abominations,  and  their 
 idols,  wood  and  stone,  silver  and  gold, 
 which  are  among  them.  '^Lest  there 
 be  among  you  man,  or  woman,  or  fa- 
 mily, or  tribe,  whose  heart  has  turned 
 aside  from  the  Lord  your  God,  having 
 gone  to  serve  the  gods  of  these  nations ; 
 lest  there  be  in  you  a  root  springing 
 up  with  gall  and  bitterness.  '^And  it 
 shall  be  if  one  shall  hear  the  words  of 
 this  curse,  and  shall  flatter  liimself  in 
 his  heart,  saying,  ^  Let  good  +/.;<. Mayhoiy 
 
 T  J.  p        T         "n    things  happen 
 
 happen  to  me,  lor  1  will  tome,  seethe 
 walk  in  the  error  of  my  is^ah^frs'" 
 heart,  lest  the  sinner  destroy  Acts  13. 34. 
 the  guiltless  with  him.  ^°  God  shall  by 
 no  means  be  wilhng  to  pardon  him, 
 but  then  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  and  his 
 jealousy  shall  flame  out  against  that 
 man,  and  all  the  curses  of  this  cove- 
 nant shall  attach  themselyes  to  him, 
 which  are  written  in  this  book,  and 
 the  Lord  shall  blot  out  his  name  from 
 under  heaven.  ^'And  the  Lord  shall 
 separate  that  man  for  evil  of  all  the 
 children  of  Israel,  according  to  all  the 
 curses  of  the  covenant  that  are  written 
 in  the  book  of  this  law.  ^^  And  another 
 generation  shall  say — even  your  sons 
 who  shall  rise  up  after  you,  and  the 
 stranger  who  shall  come  from  a  land 
 afar  off,  and  shall  see  the  plagues  of  that 
 land  and  their  diseases,  which  the  Lord 
 has  sent  upon  it,  ^^  brimstone  and  burn- 
 ing salt, the  whole  land  shall  notbesowrt, 
 neither  shaU  any  green  thing  spring, 
 nor  rise  upon  it,   as  Sodom  and  Go- 
 
CiiAP.  XXIX.  V.  24. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xxx.  v.  17. 
 
 morrha  were  overthrown,  Adama  and 
 Seboim,  which  the  Lord  overthrew  in 
 his  wrath  and  anger : — ^*  and  all  the 
 nations  shall  say,  Wliy  has  the  Lord 
 done  thus  to  this  land:  Wliat  is  this 
 great  fierceness  of  anger  ?  ^^And  men 
 shall  say.  Because  they  forsook  the 
 covenant  of  the  Lord  God  of  their 
 fathers,  the  things  which  he  appointed 
 to  their  fathers,  when  he  brought  them 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt:  ^^and  they 
 went  and  served  other  gods,  which 
 they  knew  not,  neither  did  he  assign 
 them  to  them.  ^^And  the  Lord  was 
 exceedingly  angry  with  that  land  to 
 bring  upon  it  according  to  all  the  curses 
 which  are  written  in  tlie  book  of  this 
 law.  ^^And  the  Lord  removed  them 
 from  their  land  in  anger,  and  wrath, 
 and  very  great  indignation,  and  cast 
 them  out  into  another  land  as  at  pre- 
 sent. ^^The  secret  things  belong  to 
 the  Lord  our  God,  but  the  things  that 
 are  revealed  belong  to  us  and  to  our 
 children  for  ever,  that  we  may  do  all 
 the  words  of  this  law. 
 
 30.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  when 
 
 all  these  things  shall  have  come  upon 
 
 thee,  the  blessing  and  the  curse,  which 
 
 I  have  set  before  thy  face,  and  thou 
 
 1  Gr.  receive  glialt    ^  Call    them   to   mind 
 
 them  into  n  i 
 
 thine  heart.  among  all  tlic  uatious, 
 wherein  the  Lord  shall  have  scattered 
 thee, ^  and  shalt  return  to  the  Lord  thy 
 God,  and  shalt  hearken  to  his  voice, 
 according  to  all  things  which  I  charge 
 thee  this  day,  with  all  thy  heart,  and 
 with  all  thy  soul ;  ^  then  the  Lord  shall 
 heal  thine  iniquities,  and  shall  pity 
 thee,  and  shall  again  gather  thee  out 
 from  all  the  nations,  among  which  the 
 Lord  has  scattered  thee.  "*  If  thy  dis- 
 persion be  from  one  end  of  the  heaven 
 to  the  other,  thence  will  the  Lord  tliy 
 God  gather  thee,  and  thence  will  the 
 Lord  thy  God  take  thee.  ''And  the 
 Lord  thy  God  shall  bring  thee  in  from 
 thence  into  the  land  which  thy  fathers 
 have  inherited,  and  tliou  shalt  inhei'it 
 it;  and  he  will  do  thee  good,  and  mul- 
 
 tiply thee  above  thy  fathers.  ""And 
 the  Lord  shall  purge  thy  heart,  and 
 the  heart  of  thy  seed,  to  love  the 
 Lord  tliy  God  with  all  thy  heart,  and 
 ^^^th  all  thy  soul,  that  thou  mayest 
 Hve.  ^And  the  Lord  thy  God  -wall 
 put  these  curses  upon  thine  enemies, 
 and  upon  those  that  hate  thee,  who 
 have  persecuted  thee.  ^  And  thou  shalt 
 return  and  hearken  to  the  voice  of  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  and  shall  keep  his  com- 
 mands, all  that  I  charge  thee  this  day. 
 ^And  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  bless 
 thee  in  every  work  of  thine  hands,  in 
 the  offspring  of  thy  ^  body,  +  Gr.  beUy. 
 and  in  the  offspring  of  thy  cattle,  and 
 in  the  fruits  of  thy  land,  because  the 
 Lord  thy  God  will  again  rejoice  over 
 thee  for  good,  as  he  rejoiced  over  thy 
 fathers:  ^"if  thou  wilt  hearken  to  the 
 voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  keep  his 
 commandments,  and  his  ordinances, 
 and  his  judgments  written  in  the  book 
 of  this  law,  if  thou  turn  to  the  Lord 
 thy  God  with  all  thine  heart,  and  with 
 all  thy  soul.  ^^^For  this  com-  +  ggg  r,,^ 
 mand  which  I  give  thee  io-6, 7,  s. 
 this  day  is  not  grievous,  neither  is  it 
 far  from  thee.  '^It  is  not  in  heaven 
 above,  as  if  there  were  one  saying, 
 Wlio  shall  go  up  for  us  into  heaven, 
 and  shall  take  it  for  us,  and  we  will 
 hear  and  do  it?  '^Neither  is  it  beyond 
 the  sea,  saying,  Wlio  will  go  over  for 
 us  to  the  other  side  of  the  sea,  and  take 
 it  for  us,  and  make  it  audible  to  us, 
 and  we  will  do  it?  '^The  word  is  very 
 near  thee,  in  thy  mouth,  and  in  thine 
 heart,  and  in  thine  hands  to  do  it. 
 ^^  Behold,  I  have  set  before  thee  this 
 day  life  and  death,  good  and  evil. 
 ^•"If  thou  wilt  hearken  to  the  com- 
 mands of  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  I 
 command  thee  this  day,  to  love  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  to  walk  in  all  his  ways, 
 and  to  keep  his  ordinances,  and  his 
 judgments,  then  ye  shall  live,  and  shall 
 be  many  in  number,  and  the  Lord  thy 
 God  shall  bless  thee  in  all  the  land 
 into  which  thou  goest  to  inherit  it. 
 '^But  if  thy  heart  change,  and  thou 
 
Chap.  xxx.  v.  18. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap.  xxxi.  v.  17. 
 
 wilt  not  hearken,  and  thou  shalt  go 
 astray  and  worship  other  gods,  and 
 serve  them,  '^  I  declare  to  you  this  day, 
 that  ye  shall  utterly  perish,  and  ye  shall 
 by  no  means  live  long  upon  the  land, 
 into  which  ye  go  over  Jordan  to  inhe- 
 rit it.  '^  I  call  both  heaven  and  earth 
 to  witness  tliis  day  against  you,  I  have 
 set  before  you  hfe  and  death,  the  bless- 
 ing and  the  ciu'se :  choose  thou  Hfe,  that 
 thou  and  thy  seed  may  live;  ^'^to  love 
 the  Lord  thy  God,  to.  hearken  to  his 
 voice,  and  cleave  to  him;  for  this  is 
 thy  life,  and  the  length  of  thy  days, 
 that  thou  shouldest  dwell  upon  the 
 land,  which  the  Lord  swore  to  thy 
 fathers,  Abraam,  and  Isaac,  and  Jacob, 
 to  give  to  them. 
 
 31.  And  Moses  finished  speaking  all 
 these  words  to  all  the  children  of  Israel; 
 ^  and  said  to  them,  I  am  this  day  a 
 hundred  and  twenty  years  old ;  I  shall 
 not  be  able  any  longer  to  come  in  or 
 go  out;  and  the  Lord  said  to  me.  Thou 
 shalt  not  go  over  this  Jordan.  ^  The 
 Lord  thy  God  who  goes  before  thee, 
 he  shall  destroy  these  nations  before 
 thee,  and  thou  shalt  inherit  them :  and 
 it  shall  be  Joshua  that  goes  before  thy 
 face,  as  the  Lord  has  spoken.  '*  And 
 the  Lord  thy  God  shall  do  to  them  as 
 he  did  to  Seon  and  Og  the  two  kings 
 of  the  Amorites,  who  were  beyond 
 Jordan,  and  to  their  land,  as  he  de- 
 stroyed them.     ^And   the   Lord  has 
 
 +  i.  e.  the  na-  delivered  ^  them  to  you ;  and 
 "°"^-  ye  shall  do  to  them,  as  I 
 
 charged  you.  ^  Be  courageous  and 
 strong,  fear  not,  neither  be  cowardly, 
 neither  be  afraid  before  them ;  for  it  is 
 the  Lord  your  God  that  advances  with 
 
 tHeb.  13. 5.  you  in  the  midst  of  you, 
 ^  neither  will  he  by  any  means  forsake 
 thee,  nor  desert  thee.  ^And  Moses 
 called  Joshua,  and  said  to  him 
 before  all  Israel,  Be  courageous  and 
 strong,  for  thou  shalt  go  in  before  this 
 people  into  the  land  which  the  Lord 
 swore  to  your  fathers  to  give  to  them, 
 and  thou  shalt  give  it  to  them  for  an 
 
 inheritance.  ^  And  the  Lord  that  goes 
 with  thee  shall  not  forsake  thee  nor 
 abandon  thee;  fear  not,  neither  be 
 afraid.  ''And  Moses  wrote  the  words 
 of  this  law  in  a  book,  and  gave  it  to 
 the  priests  the  sons  of  Levi  who  bear 
 the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 
 and  to  the  elders  of  the  sons  of  Israel. 
 '''And  Moses  charged  them  in  that 
 day,  saying.  After  seven  years,  in  the 
 time  of  the  year  of  release,  in  the  feast 
 of  Tabernacles,  ''when  all  Israel  come 
 together  to  appear  before  the  Lord 
 your  God,  in  the  place  which  the 
 Lord  shall  choose,  ye  shall  read  this 
 law  before  all  Israel  in  their  ears,  '^hav- 
 ing assembled  the  people,  the  men, 
 and  the  women,  and  the  cliildren,  and 
 the  stranger  that  is  in  your  cities,  that 
 they  may  hear,  and  that  they  may 
 learn  to  fear  the  Lord  your  God ;  and 
 they  shall  hearken  to  do  all  the  words 
 of  this  law.  '^And  their  sons  who 
 have  not  known  shall  hear,  and  shall 
 learn  to  fear  the  Lord  thy  God  all  the 
 days  that  they  live  upon  the  land,  into 
 which  ye  go  over  Jordan  to  inherit  it. 
 '■*  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses,  Behold, 
 the  days  of  thy  death  are  at  hand ;  call 
 Joshua,  and  stand  ye  by  the  doors  of 
 the  tabernacle  of  testimony,  and  I  will 
 give  liim  a  charge.  And  Moses  and 
 Joshua  went  to  the  tabernacle  of  testi- 
 mony, and  stood  by  the  doors  of  the 
 tabernacle  of  testimony.  "'^And  the 
 Lord  descended  in  a  cloud,  and  stood 
 by  the  doors  of  the  tabernacle  of 
 testimony ;  and  the  pillar  of  the  cloud 
 stood  by  the  doors  of  the  tabernacle 
 of  testimony.  '^  And  the  Lord  said  to 
 Moses,  Behold,  thou  shalt  sleep  with 
 thy  fathers,  and  this  people  vshall  arise 
 and  go  a  whoring  after  the  strange 
 gods  of  the  land,  into  which  they  are 
 entering,  and  they  shall  forsake  me, 
 and  break  my  covenant,  which  I  made 
 with  them.  '^And  I  will  be  very 
 angry  with  them  in  that  day,  and  I 
 will  leave  them  and  turn  my  face  away 
 from  them,  and  they  shall  be  devoured; 
 and  many  evils  and  afflictions  shall 
 16 
 
Chap.  xxxi.  v.  18. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap,  xxxii.  v.  9. 
 
 come  upon  them ;  and  they  shall  say  in 
 that  day,  Because  the  Lord  my  God 
 is  not  with  me,  these  e\als  have  come 
 upon  me.  '^And  I  will  surely  turn 
 away  my  face  from  them  in  that  day, 
 because  of  all  their  evil  doings  which 
 they  have  done,  because  they  turned 
 aside  after  strano'c  gods.  *'■'  And  now 
 write  the  Avords  of  this  song,  and  teach 
 it  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  ye 
 shall  put  it  into  their  mouth,  that  tliis 
 song  may  witness  for  me  among  the 
 children  of  Israel  to  their  face.  '"  For 
 I  will  bring  them  into  the  good  land, 
 which  I  swore  to  their  fathers,  to  give 
 to  them  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and 
 honey :  and  they  shall  eat  and  be  filled 
 and  satisfy  themselves ;  then  will  they 
 turn  aside  after  other  gods,  and  serve 
 them,  and  they  will  provoke  me,  and 
 break  my  covenant.  ^'  And  this  song 
 shall  stand  up  to  witness  against  them ; 
 for  they  shall  not  forget  it  out  of  their 
 mouth,  or  out  of  the  mouth  of  their 
 seed;  for  I  know  their  Avickedness, 
 what  they  are  doing  here  this  day, 
 before  1  have  brought  them  into  the 
 good  land,  which  I  swore  to  their 
 fathers.  ^^  And  Moses  wrote  this  song 
 in  that  day,  and  taught  it  to  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel.  ^^And  he  charged 
 Joshua,  and  said.  Be  courageous  and 
 strong,  for  thou  shalt  bring  the  sons  of 
 Israel  into  the  land,  which  the  Lord 
 swore  to  them,  and  he  shall  be  with 
 thee. 
 
 "■*And  when  Moses  finished  writing 
 all  the  Avords  of  this  law  in  a  book, 
 even  to  the  end,  '■^■''then  he  charged  the 
 Levites  Avho  bear  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
 nant of  the  Lord,  saying,  ^^  Take  the 
 book  of  this  laAV,  and  ye  shall  put  it  in 
 the  side  of  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
 the  Lord  your  God;  and  it  shall  be 
 +  Gr.  withui  thee,  tlicrc  ^  amoug  you  for  a 
 testimony.  ^^  For  I  knoAv  thy  provoca- 
 tion, and  thy  stiff  neck;  for  yet  duiing 
 my  Hfe  Avith  you  at  this  day,  ye  have 
 been  provoking  in  your  conduct  toward 
 God :  hoAV  shall  ye  not  also  be  so  after 
 my  death  ?     ^®  Gather  together  to  me 
 
 the   heads  of  your  tribes,   and  your 
 elders,    and   your  judges,    and   your 
 officers,  that  I  may  speak  in  their  ears 
 all  these  words ;  and  I  call  both  heaven 
 and  earth    to    witness    against   them. 
 -'*  For  I  knoAV  that  after  my  death  ye 
 Avill  utterly  transgress,  and  turn  aside 
 out    of  the  Avay  Avhich   I  have  com- 
 manded  you,   and    evils    shall   come 
 upon  you  '^  in  the  latter  days,    +  ^  ^^^  ^^la 
 because  ye  Avill  do  CAal  be-  end  of  the 
 fore  the  Lord,  to  jjrovoke    *^^' 
 him  to   anger  by   the  Avorks  of  your 
 hands. 
 
 32.  And  Moses  spoke  all  the  words 
 of  this  song  even  to  the  end,  in  the 
 ears  of  the  Avhole  assembly.  Attend, 
 0  heaven,  and  I  will  speak,  and  let 
 the  earth  hear  the  Avords  out  of  my 
 mouth.  ^  Let  my  speech  be  looked  for 
 as  the  rain,  and  my  Avords  come  doAAOi 
 as  dew,  as  the  shower  upon  the  herbage, 
 and  as  snow  upon  the  grass.  ^  For  1 
 have  called  on  the  name  of  the  Lord : 
 assign  ye  greatness  to  our  God.  "'As 
 for  God,  his  works  are  true,  and  all 
 his  Avays  are  ^judgment:  +  Gr.  judgmeuts. 
 God  is  faithful,  and  there  is  no  unright- 
 eousness in  him  ;  just  and  holy  is  the 
 Lord.  •''  They  haAx^  sinned,  wot  plea  sin  (j 
 him,  spotted  children,  a froAvard  and  per- 
 A^erse  generation.  ''  Do  ye  thus  recom- 
 pense the  Lord  ?  is  the  people  thus  fool- 
 ish and  unAvise?  did  not  he  himself  thy 
 father  purchase  thee,  and  make  thee, 
 and  form  thee?  ^  Remem-  +R)-.inag:cs 
 ber  the  days  of  old,  consider  'f  TWsVaria- 
 the  years  lor  ^  past  ages :  ask  t'o"  may  be 
 thy  father,  and  he  shall  relate  If  we  suppose 
 to  thee,tliine  elders,  and  they  t™hatV"" 
 shall  tell  thee.  **  AMien  the '^"ers  of 
 Most  High  divided  the  na-  ''^Llf  J  ^?? 
 
 ,  ci      ,  .     ,        to  l)c  left  out 
 
 tions,  Avhen  he  separated  tlie  by  lxx.   But 
 sons   of  Adam,  he  set  the  jewsl'notthe 
 boiuuls  of  the  nations  ac-  J'Ji^edthc' 
 ct)rding  to  the  number  of  i>assag-c.  The 
 Uhe  angels  of  God.    °And  inteiutifbi^"'^'^ 
 his  people  Jacob    became  i^o^TsJao!^!"'. 
 the   portion  of  the    Lord,  Heb.2.5. 
 Israel  Avas  the  line  of  his  inheritance. 
 
Chap,  xxxii.  v.  10. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY 
 
 Chap,  xxxii.  v.  37. 
 
 '•^  He  maintained  him  in  the  wilder- 
 ness, in  burning  tliirst  and  a  dry  land, 
 he  led  liim  about  and  instructed  him, 
 and  kept  him  as  the  apple  of  an  eye. 
 "As  an  eagle  would  watch  over  his 
 brood,  and  yearns  over  his  young, 
 receives  thein  having  spread  his  wings, 
 and  takes  them  up  on  his  back: 
 *^the  Lord  alone  led  them,  there  was 
 no  strange  god  with  them.  '^  He 
 brought  them  up  on  the  strength  of 
 the  land ;  he  fed  them  with  the  fruits 
 of  the  fields;  they  sucked  honey  out 
 of  the  rock,  and  oil  out  of  the  sohd 
 rock.  '^  Butter  of  cows,  and  milk  of 
 sheep,  with  the  fat  of  lambs  and  rams, 
 of  calves  and  kids,  with  fat  of  kid- 
 neys of  wheat,  and  he  drank  wine, 
 the  blood  of  the  grtipe.  "'  So  Jacob 
 ate  and  was  filled,  and  the  beloved  one 
 kicked ;  he  grew  fat,  he  became  thick 
 and  broad:  then  he  forsook  the  God 
 that  made  him,  and  departed  from  God 
 his  Saviour.  "^  Tliey  provoked  me  to 
 anffcr  with  strange  wods:  with  their 
 abommations  they  bitterly  angered  me. 
 '^  They  sacrificed  to  devils,  and  not  to 
 God,  to  gods  whom  they  knew  not: 
 new  and  ivesiiffods  came  in,  whom  their 
 fathers  knew  not.  '^  Thou  hast  for- 
 saken God  that  begot  thee,  and  for- 
 gotten  God  who  feeds  thee. 
 
 ^^And  the  Lord  saw,  and  was  jea- 
 lous; and  was  provoked  by  the  anger 
 caused  hy  his  sons  and  daughters, 
 '^^  and  said,  I  will  turn  away  my  face 
 from  them,  and  will  show  wliat  shall 
 happen  to  them  in  the  last  days ;  for  it 
 is  a  perverse  generation,  sons  in  whom 
 t  Rom.  10.19.  is  no  faith.  "^^  They  have 
 provoked  me  to  jealousy  with  that 
 which  is  not  God,  they  have  exaspe- 
 rated me  with  their  idols;  and  I  will 
 provoke  them  to  jealousy  with  them 
 that  are  no  nation,  I  will  anger  them 
 with  a  nation  void  of  understanding. 
 ^^  For  a  fire  has  been  kindled  out  of 
 my  wrath,  it  shall  burn  to  hell  below; 
 it  shall  devour  the  land,  and  the  fruits 
 of  it;  it  shall  set  on  fire  the  founda- 
 tions of  the  mountains.  ^^  I  will  gather 
 
 evils  upon  them  and  will  ^  fight  with 
 my  weapons  against  them,  t  gt.  cause 
 '''They  shall  he  consumed  ^J't^X^ 
 with  hunger  and  the  de-  against  them, 
 vouring  of  birds,  and  there  shall  be 
 irremediable  ^  destruction  :  ^,.^^^01:7"^^"' 
 I  will  send  forth  against  away, 
 them  the  teeth  of  wild  beasts,  with  the 
 rage  o^ serpents  creeping  on  the  ground. 
 -^Without,  the  sword  shall  bereave 
 them  of  children,  and  terror  shall  issue 
 out  of  the  secret  chambers ;  the  young 
 man  shall  perish  with  the  virgin,  the 
 suckHng  with  him  who  has  grown  old. 
 ^^  I  said,  I  will  scatter  them,  and  I  will 
 cause  their  memorial  to  cease  from 
 among  men.  ^^Were  it  not  for  the 
 wrath  of  the  enemy,  lest  they  should 
 five  long,  lest  their  enemies  should 
 combine  against  them :  lest  they  should 
 say,  Our  own  high  arm,  and  not  the 
 Lord,  has  done  all  these  things.  ^^  It 
 is  a  nation  that  has  lost  counsel,  neither 
 is  there  understanding  in  them.  ''^  They 
 had  not  sense  to  imderstand :  let  them 
 reserve  these  things  against  the  time 
 
 to    come.        ^'^  How  ^  shovdd     +  Gr.  shaU. 
 
 one  pursue  a  thousand,  and  two  rout 
 tens  of  thousands,  if  God  had  not  sold 
 them,  and  the  Lord  delivered  them  up? 
 ^'  For  their  gods  are  not  as  our  God, 
 but  our  enemies  are  void  of  under- 
 standing. ^^  For  their  cvine  is  of  the 
 vine  of  Sodom,  and  their  vine-branch 
 of  Gomorrha :  their  grape  is  a  grape  of 
 gall,  their  cluster  is  one  of  bitterness. 
 ^'*  Their  wine  is  the  rage  of  serpents, 
 and  the  incurable  rage  of  asps.  ^'^  Lo ! 
 are  not  these  things  stored  up  by  me, 
 and  sealed  among  my  treasures?  ^^  In 
 the  day  of  vengeance  ^  I  will  +  R"m.  12. 19. 
 recompense,  whensoever  their  loot 
 shall  be  tripped  up;  for  the  day  of 
 their  destruction  is  near  to  them,  and 
 the  judgments  at  hand  arc  close  upon 
 you.  ^^  For  the  Lord  shall  judge  his 
 people,  and  shall  be  comforted  over 
 his  servants;  for  he  saw  that  they  were 
 ^  utterly  weakened,  and  +  Gr.  paralysed, 
 failed  in  the  hostile  invasion,  and 
 were  become  feeble :  ^^  and  the  Lord 
 
Chap,  xxxii.  v.  38. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiii.  v.  10. 
 
 said,  Where  are  their  gods  on  whom 
 they  trusted?  ^^The  fat  of  whose 
 sacrifices  ye  ate,  and  ye  drank  the 
 wine  of  their  drink-oilcrings?  let  them 
 arise  and  help  you,  and  be  your  pro- 
 tectors. ^'•'  Behold,  behold,  that  1  am 
 he,  and  there  is  no  god  beside  me :  I 
 kill  and  I  will  make  to  live:  1  will 
 smite,  and  I  will  heal;  and  there  is 
 none  who  shall  deliver  out  of  my 
 hands.  ^"  For  I  will  Hft  up  my  hand 
 to  heaven,  and  swear  by  my  right 
 hand,  and  I  will  say,  I  live  for  ever. 
 ■"  For  I  will  sharpen  my  sword  like 
 hghtning,  and  my  hand  shall  take 
 hold  of  judgment,  and  I  will  render 
 judgment  to  my  enemies,  and  will  re- 
 compense them  that  hate  me.  ''^  1 
 will  make  my  weapons  drunk  with 
 blood,  and  my  sword  shall  devour 
 flesh,  it  shall  (/hit  itself  vrith.  the  blood 
 of  the  wounded  and  from  the  captivity 
 t  A/p.r.  idvSiv  of  the  ^  heads  of  their  ene- 
 Gentues.  mics  that  rule  over  them. 
 
 ''^  Rejoice,  ye  heavens,  with  him,  and 
 let  all  the  angels  of  God  worship  him ; 
 +  Rom.  15. 10.  ■''rejoice  ye  Gentiles,  with 
 his  people,  and  let  all  the  sons  of  God 
 strengthen  themselves  in  him,  for  he 
 will  avenge  the  blood  of  his  sons,  and 
 he  will  render  vengeance,  and  recom- 
 pense justice  to  his  enemies,  and  will 
 reward  them  that  hate  him ;  and  the 
 Lord  shall  piu'ge  the  land  of  his  people. 
 '•''And  Moses  wrote  this  song  in  that 
 day,  and  taught  it  to  the  children  of 
 Israel;  and  Moses  went  in  and  spoke 
 all  the  words  of"  this  law  in  the  ears  of 
 the  people,  he  and  Joshua  the  son  of 
 Naue.  ^•''And  Moses  finished  speaking 
 to  all  Israel.  ^"And  he  said  to  them, 
 Take  heed  with  your  heart  to  all  these 
 words,  which  I  testify  to  you  this  day, 
 which  ye  shall  command  your  sons,  to 
 observe  and  do  all  the  words  of  tliis 
 law.  ''^  For  this  is  no  vain  word  to 
 you;  for  it  is  your  Hfe,  and  because  of 
 this  word  ye  shall  live  long  upon  the 
 land,  into  Avhich  ye  go  over  Jordan  to 
 inherit  it.  '^^And  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 Moses  in  this  day,  saying,  ''^Go  up  to 
 
 the  mount  Abarim,  this  mountain 
 Nabau  which  is  in  the  land  of  Moab 
 over  against  Jericho,  and  behold  the 
 land  of  Chanaan,  which  I  give  to  the 
 sons  of  Israel:  '"'^and  die  in  the  mount 
 whither  thou  goest  up,  and  be  added 
 to  thy  people,  as  Aaron  thy  brother 
 died  in  IVIount  Or,  and  was  added  to 
 his  people.  ^'  Because  ye  disobeyed 
 my  word  among  the  children  of  Israel, 
 at  the  waters  of  strife  of  Kades  in  the 
 wilderness  of  Sin,  because  ye  sanctified 
 me  not  among  the  sons  of  Israel. 
 ^'^  Thou  shalt  see  the  land  before  thee, 
 but  thou  shalt  not  enter  into  it. 
 
 33.  And  this  is  the  blessing  with 
 which  Moses  the  man  of  God  blessed 
 the  children  of  Israel  before  his  death. 
 '^And  he  said.  The  Lord  is  come  from 
 Sina,  and  has  appeared  from  Seir  to  us, 
 and  has  hasted  out  of  the  mount  of 
 Pharan,  with  the  ten  thousands  of 
 ^  Kades ;  on  his  right  hand  t  ueb.  "firp 
 were  his  angels  with  him.  saints. 
 ^And  he  spared  his  people,  and  all  his 
 sanctified  ones  are  under  thy  hands; 
 and  they  are  under  thee;  and  he  re- 
 ceived of  his  words  ^  the  law  which 
 Moses  charged  lis,  an  inheritance  to 
 the  assemblies  of  Jacob.  ''And  he 
 shall  be  prince  with  the  beloved  one, 
 when  the  princes  of  the  people  are 
 gathered  together  with  the  tribes  of 
 Israel.  ^  Let  Ruben  live,  and  not  die, 
 and  let  him  be  many  in  nunJjer.  ^And 
 t\\\s'\iithehlessi>uj  o[  ,]\\(\'^i•,  Hear,  Lord, 
 the  voice  of  Juda,  and  do  thou  visit 
 his  people :  his  hands  shall  contend  for 
 him,  and  thou  shalt  be  a  help  from  his 
 enemies.  ^And  to  Levi  he  said.  Give 
 to  Levi  his  mnnifestations,  and  his 
 truth  to  the  holy  man,  wlaom  they 
 tempted  in  the  temptation;  thev  re- 
 viled him  at  the  water  of  strife.  ^Who 
 says  to  his  father  and  mother,  I  have 
 not  seen  thee,  and  he  knew  not  his 
 brethren,  and  he  refused  to  know  his 
 sons:  he  kept  thine  oracles,  and  ob- 
 served thy  covenant.  '"  They  shall 
 declare  thine  ordinances  to  Jacob,  and 
 
Chap,  xxxiii.  w.  11. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  7. 
 
 thy  law  to  Israel:  they  shall  place  in- 
 cense in  the  time  of  thy  wrath  conti- 
 nually upon  thine  altar.  "  Bless, 
 Lord,  his  strength,  and  accept  the 
 works  of  liis  hands ;  break  the  loins  of 
 his  enemies  that  have  risen  up  against 
 him,  and  let  not  them  that  hate  him 
 rise  up.  ^'^And  to  Benjamin  he  said, 
 The  beloved  of  the  Lord  shall  dwell 
 in  confidence,  and  God  overshadows 
 liim  always,  and  he  rested  between  his 
 shoulders.  ^^And  to  Joseph  he  said. 
 His  land  is  of  the  blessing  of  the  Lord, 
 of  the  seasons  of  sky  and  dew,  and  of 
 the  deeps  of  wells  below.  ^*And  of 
 the  fruits  of  the  changes  of  the  sun  in 
 season,  and  of  the  pi'oduce  of  the 
 months,  '■"*  from  the  top  of  the  ancient 
 mountains,  and  from  the  top  of  the 
 everlasting  hills,  '^^  and  of  the  I'ulness  of 
 the  land  in  season :  and  let  the  things 
 pleasing  to  liim  that  dwelt  in  the  bush 
 come  on  the  head  of  Joseph,  and  on 
 the  crown  of  him  who  teas  glorified 
 above  his  bretliren.  '^  His  beauty  is 
 as  the  firsthng  of  his  bvdl,  his  horns  are 
 the  horns  of  a  unicorn ;  with  them  he 
 shall  thrust  the  nations  at  once,  even 
 from  the  end  of  the  earth:  these  are 
 the  ten  thousands  of  Ephraim,  and 
 these  are  the  thousands  of  Manasse. 
 ^*  And  to  Zabulon  he  said,  Rejoice, 
 Zabulon,  in  thy  going  out,  and  Issachar 
 in  his  tents.  '^  They  shall  utterly 
 destroy  the  nations,  and  ye  shall  call 
 'there,  and  there  offer  the  sacrifice  of 
 righteousness;  for  the  wealth  of  the 
 sea  shall  suckle  thee,  and  so  shall  the 
 marts  of  them  that  dwell  by  the  sea- 
 coast.  -"And  to  Gad  he  said.  Blessed 
 be  he  that  enlarges  Gad :  as  a  Hon  he 
 rested,  having  broken  the  arm  and  the 
 ruler.  ^^  And  he  saw  his  first-fruits, 
 that  there  the  land  of  the  princes 
 gathered  with  the  chiefs  of  the  people 
 was  divided;  the  Lord  wrought  right- 
 eousness, and  his  judgment  with  Israel. 
 ^^And  to  Dan  he  said,  Dan  is  a  lion's 
 whelp,  and  shall  leap  out  of  Basan. 
 '^'^  And  to  Nephthali  he  said,  Neph- 
 thali  has  the  fulness  of  good  things; 
 
 2  2  9 
 
 and  let  him  be  filled  with  blessing  from 
 the  Lord:  he  shall  inherit  the  west 
 and  the  south.  ^^And  to  Aser  he  said, 
 Aser  is  blessed  with  children;  and  he 
 shall  be  acceptable  to  his  brethren :  he 
 shall  dip  his  foot  in  oil.  ^'^  His  sandal 
 shall  be  iron  and  brass,  as  tliy  days,  so 
 shall  be  thy  strength.  "^^  There  is  not 
 an?/  such  as  the  God  of  the  beloved, 
 he  who  rides  upon  the  heaven  is  thy 
 helper,  and  the  magnificent  one  of  the 
 firmament.  -''And  the  rule  of  God 
 shall  protect  thee,  and  that  under  the 
 strength  of  the  everlasting  arms;  and 
 he  shall  cast  forth  the  enemy  from 
 before  thy  face,  saying,  Perish.  ^**And 
 Israel  shall  dwell  in  confidence  alone 
 on  the  land  of  Jacob,  with  corn  and 
 wine ;  and  the  sky  shall  be  misty  with 
 dew  upon  thee.  ^'•*  Blessed  art  thou, 
 0  Israel ;  who  is  Hke  to  thee,  0  peo- 
 ple saved  by  the  Lord?  thy  helper 
 shall  hold  his  shield  over  thee,  and  his 
 sword  is  thy  boast,  and  thine  enemies 
 shall  speak  falsely  to  thee,  and  thou 
 shalt  tread  upon  their  neck. 
 
 34.  And  Moses  went  up  from  Ara- 
 both  Moab  to  the  mount  of  Nabau,  to 
 the  top  of  Phasga,  which  is  before  Je- 
 richo; and  the  Lord  showed  him  all 
 the  mount  of  Galaad  to  Dan,  and  all 
 the  land  of  Nephthali,  land  all  the  land 
 of  Ephraim  and  Manasse,  and  all  the 
 land  of  Juda  to  the  farthest  sea  ;  ^and 
 the  wilderness,  and  the  country  round 
 about  Jericho,  the  city  of  palm-trees  to 
 Segor.  *  And  the  Lord  said  to  Moses, 
 This  is  the  land  of  which  I  swore  to 
 Abraam,  and  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  saying. 
 To  your  seed  will  I  give  it :  and  I  have 
 showed  it  to  thine  eyes,  but  thou  shalt 
 not  go  in  tliither.  ^  So  Moses  the  ser- 
 vant of  the  Lord  died  in  the  land  of 
 Moab  by  the  word  of  the  Lord.  ''And 
 they  buried  him  in  Gai  near  the  house 
 of  Phogor;  and  no  one  has  seen  his 
 sepulchre  to  this  day.  ^And  Moses 
 was  a  hundred  and  twenty  years  old  at 
 his  death;  his  eyes  were  not  dimmed, 
 nor  were  his  natural  powers  destroyed. 
 
Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  8. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  12. 
 
 •*  And  the  cliildren  of  Israel  wept  for 
 Moses  in  Arabotli  of  IMoab  at  Jordan 
 near  Jericho  thirty  days ;  and  the  days 
 of  the  sad  mourning  for  JMoses  were 
 completed.  ^And  Josh  via  the  son  of 
 Naue  was  filled  with  the  spirit  of  know- 
 ledge, for  Moses  had  laid  his  hands 
 upon  him;  and  the  children  of  Israel 
 liearkened  to  him ;  and  they  did  as  the 
 
 Lord  commanded  Moses.  ^°  And  there 
 rose  up  no  more  a  prophet  in  Israel 
 hke  Moses,  whom  the  Lord  knew  face 
 to  face,  "in  all  the  signs  and  wonders, 
 which  the  Lord  sent  him  to  work  in 
 Egypt  on  Pharao,  and  his  servants, 
 and  all  his  land;  ''^the  great  wonders, 
 and  the  mighty  hand  which  ]\Ioses  dis- 
 played before  all  Israel. 
 
 THE    END   OF    THE   FIVE    BOOKS   OF    MOSES. 
 
JOSHUA. 
 
 CHAPTER   I.   Verses   1—17. 
 
 1.  AND  it  came  to  pass  after  the 
 death  of  Moses,  that  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 t  Alex.  x«-    Joshua  the  son  of  Naue,  *  the 
 
 -rovpyw;    Vat.  . 
 
 vnovpyu:  minister  oi  Moses,  saying, 
 ^  JMoses  my  servant  is  dead ;  now  then 
 arise,  go  over  Jordan,  thou  and  ah 
 this  people,  into  the  land,  which  1  give 
 them.  ^  Every  spot  on  which  ye  shall 
 tread  I  will  give  it  you,  as  I  said  to 
 Moses.  "*  The  wilderness  and  AntiU- 
 banus,  as  far  as  the  great  river,  the 
 liver   Euphrates,    and   as   far   as   the 
 
 t  o,-,  last,  or  ^  extremity  of  the  sea ;  your 
 farthest  se'a.  coasts  shall  be  from  the  set- 
 ting of  the  sun.  ^  Xot  a  man  shall  stand 
 against  you  all  the  days  of  thy  life ;  and 
 as  I  was  with  Moses,  so  will  1  also  be 
 
 +  Heb.  13. 5.  with  thee,  and  ^  I  will  not  fail 
 thee,  or  neglect  thee.  ""Be  strong  and 
 quit  thyself  like  a  man,  for  thou  shalt 
 divide  the  land  to  this  people,  which 
 
 +  Gr.  to  your  I  sWOrC  tO  ffivC  tO  ^  VOUr 
 fathers,;togive    p,  713^  iTl 
 
 them.  lathers.     '  J3e  strong,  there- 
 
 fore, and  quit  thyself  Hke  a  man,  to 
 observe  and  do  as  Moses  my  servant 
 commanded  thee;  and  thou  shalt  not 
 
 t  Gr.  from  tuni  '  thcrefrom  to  the  right 
 com^ian'ds.'^    hand  or  to  the  left,  that  thou 
 
 ^  (^''■°^'-rh  i  mayest  ^be  wise  in  whatso- 
 „.Ll  J!I=w^  ever  thou  mayest  do.    *'And 
 
 more  probably  /.*' i  •      i  in 
 
 'prosper.'  the  DOOK  ot  this  law  shall 
 not  depart  out  of  thy  mouth,  and  tlioii 
 shalt  meditate  in  it  day  and  night,  that 
 thou  mayest  know  how  to  do  all  the 
 things  that  arc  written  in  it;  then 
 shalt  thou  prosper,  and  make  thy  ways 
 +  Heb.  same     prospcrous,  and  then  '*  shalt 
 
 as  above,  ..  7-    ^j^q,^  ^q  ^.^^^       9  Lo  !  I  havC 
 
 commanded  thee;  be  strong  and  cou- 
 
 231 
 
 rageous,  be  not  cowardly  nor  fearful, 
 for  the  Lord  thy  God  is  with  thee  in 
 all  places  whither  thou  goest.  ^°And 
 Joshua  commanded  the  scribes  of  the 
 people,  saying,  '^  Go  into  the  midst  of 
 the  camp  of  the  people,  and  command 
 the  people,  saying.  Prepare  provisions, 
 for  yet  three  days  and  ye  ^  shall  go  over 
 this  Jordan,  entering  in  to  t  Gr.  do  go 
 take  possession  of  the  land,  o'^'^r. 
 which  the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers 
 gives  to  you. 
 
 '^And  to  Ruben,  and  to  Gad,  and 
 to  the  half  tribe  of  Manasse,  Joshua 
 said,  '^Remember  the  word  which 
 Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord  com- 
 manded you,  saying,  The  Lord  your 
 God  has  caused  you  to  rest,  and  has 
 given  you  this  land.  '"*Let  your  wives 
 and  your  children  and  your  cattle 
 dwell  in  the  land,  which  he  has  given 
 you ;  and  ye  shall  go  over  +  or,  in  good 
 Veil  armed  before  your  ^"[J^l'/rjf^?!'^- 
 brethren,  everyone  of  you  enceto aii that 
 
 .        '  ''  ^  1     11    a  soldier  re- 
 
 who  IS  strong ;  and  ye  shall  quires,   see 
 
 el,  ,!•        -1  ir,        ,•!    the  use  of  the 
 
 ght  on  their  side;  ''until  word  ev^w^s. 
 the  Lord  your  God  shall  ^'"•"'^•lib.  i. 
 have  given  your  brethren  rest,  as  also 
 to  you,  and  they  also  shall  have  inhe- 
 rited the  land,  which  the  Lord  your 
 God  gives  them ;  then  ye  shall  depart 
 each  one  to  his  inheritance,  which 
 j\Ioses  gave  you  beyond  Jordan  east- 
 ward. ""And  they  answered  Joshua 
 and  said.  We  will  do  all  things  which 
 thou  commaiidest  us,  and  we  will  go 
 to  every  place  Avhither  thou  shalt  send 
 us.  '^  Whereinsoever  we  hearkened 
 to  Moses  we   will   hearken  to  thee ; 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  18. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  v.  23. 
 
 only  let  the  Lord  oiu-  God  be  with 
 thee,  as  he  was  with  Moses.  '^  And 
 whosoever  shall  disobey  thee,  and  who- 
 soever shall  not  hearken  to  thy  words 
 as  thou  shalt  command  him,  let  him 
 die ;  but  be  thou  strong  and  cou- 
 rageous. 
 
 2.  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Naue 
 sent  out  of  Sattin  two  young  men  to 
 spy  the  land,  saying,  Go  up  and  view 
 the  land  and  Jericho  :  and  the  two 
 young  men  went  and  entered  into 
 Jericho ;  and  they  entered  into  the 
 house  of  a  harlot,  whose  name  was 
 Eaab,  and  lodged  there.  ^And  it 
 was  reported  to  the  king  of  Jericho, 
 saying.  Men  of  the  sons  of  Israel  have 
 come  in  hither  to  spy  the  land.  ^And 
 the  king  of  Jericho  sent  and  spoke  to 
 Raab,  saying.  Bring  out  the  men  that 
 entered  into  thine  house  this  night; 
 for  they  are  come  to  spy  out  the  land. 
 ■'And  the  woman  took  the  two  men 
 and  hid  them ;  and  she  spoke  to  ^  the 
 
 +  Gr.  them,  messcngcrs,  sa3dng,  The  men 
 came  into  me,  ^but  when  the  gate  was 
 
 tGr. dark.  sliut  in  the  ^evening,  the 
 men  went  out;  I  know  not  wliithcr 
 they  are  gone :  follow  after  them,  if  yc 
 
 tGr. shau.  ^ may  Overtake  them.  ^But 
 she  had  brought  them  up  upon  the 
 house,  and  hid  them  in  the  flax- 
 stalks — that  were  spread  by  her  on  the 
 house.  ^And  the  men  followed  after 
 them  in  the  way  to  Jordan  to  the 
 fords;  and  the  gate  was  shut.  "And 
 it  came  to  pass  when  the  men  who 
 pursued  after  them  were  gone  forth, 
 and  before  the  spies  had  lain  down  to 
 sleep,  that  she  came  up  to  them  on  the 
 top  of  the  house  ;  ^and  she  said  to 
 them,  I  know  that  the  Lord  has  given 
 you  the  land;  for  the  fear  of  you  has 
 fallen  upon  us.  ^"For  wc  have  heard 
 that  the  Lord  God  dried  up  the  Red 
 Sea  before  you,  when  ye  came  out  of 
 the  land  of  Egypt,  and  all  that  he  did 
 to  the  two  kings  of  the  Amorites,  who 
 were  beyond  Jordan,  to  Seon  and  Og, 
 whom  ye  utterly  destroyed.     "  And 
 
 when  we  heard  it  we  were  amazed  in 
 our  heart,  and  there  was  no  longer  any 
 spirit  in  any  of  us  because  of  you,  for 
 the  Lord  your  God  is  God  in  heaven 
 above,  and  on  the  earth  beneath.  '^And 
 now  swear  to  me  by  the  Lord  God; 
 since  I  deal  mercifully  with  you,  so  do 
 ye  also  deal  mercifully  with  the  house 
 of  my  father:  '^and  save  ahve  the 
 house  of  my  father,  my  mother,  and 
 my  brethren,  and  all  my  house,  and  all 
 that  they  have,  and  ye  shall  rescue  my 
 soul  from  death.  '''And  the  men  said 
 to  her.  Our  hfe  for  yours  even  to  death : 
 and  she  said.  When  the  Lord  shall 
 have  delivered  the  city  to  you,  ye  shall 
 deal  mercifully  and  truly  with  me. 
 '^  And  she  let  them  down  by  the  win- 
 dow; '''and  she  said  to  them.  Depart 
 into  the  hill-coimtry,  lest  the  pursuers 
 meet  you,  and  ye  shall  be  hidden  there 
 three  days  until  your  pursuers  return 
 from  after  you,  and  afterwards  ye  shall 
 depart  on  your  way.  '^And  the  men 
 said  to  her.  We  are  clear  of  tliis  thy 
 oath.  '"Behold,  we  ^ shall  +  Cf.  do  enter, 
 enter  into  a  part  of  the  city,  and  thou 
 shalt  set  ^a  sign,  thou  shalt  +  Gr.  the sigm. 
 bind  this  scarlet  cord  in  the  window, 
 by  which  thou  hast  let  us  down,  and 
 thou  shalt  bring  in  to  thyself,  into  thy 
 house,  thy  father,  and  thy  mother,  and 
 thy  brethren,  and  all  the  family  of  thy 
 fatlier.  ''■'And  it  shall  come  to  pass 
 that  whosoever  shall  go  outside  the 
 door  of  thy  house,  his  guilt  shall  be 
 upon  him,  and  we  shall  be  quit  of  this 
 thine  oath ;  and  we  will  be  respon- 
 sible for  all  that  shall  be  found  with 
 thee  in  thy  house.  ^°But  if  any  one 
 sliould  injure  us,  or  betray  these  our 
 matters,  we  shall  be  quit  of  this  thine 
 oath.  ^' And  she  said  to  tliem.  Let  it 
 be  according  to  your  word:  and  she 
 sent  them  out  and  they  departed. 
 ^^And  they  came  to  the  hill-country, 
 and  remained  there  three  days;  and 
 the  pursuers  searched  all  the  roads,  and 
 found  them  not. 
 
 '■^^  And  tlie  two  young  men  returned, 
 and  came  down  out  of  the  mountain; 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  24. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  4. 
 
 and  they  went  over  to  Joshua  the  son  of 
 Naue,  and  told  him  all  things  that  had 
 happened  to  them.  ^*  And  they  said  to 
 Joshua,  The  Lord  has  delivered  all  the 
 land  into  our  power,  and  all  the  inhabit- 
 ants of  that  land  tremble  because  of  us. 
 
 3.  And  Joshua  rose  up  early  in  the 
 morning,  and  departed  from  Sattin, 
 and  they  came  as  far  as  Jordan,  and 
 lodged  there  before  they  crossed  over. 
 '^And  it  came  to  pass  after  three  days, 
 that  the  scribes  went  through  the  camp ; 
 ^  and  tliey  charged  the  people,  sajdng, 
 When  ye  shall  see  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
 nant of  the  Lord  our  God,  and  our 
 priests  and  the  Levites  bearing  it,  ye 
 shall  depart  from  your  places,  and  ye 
 shall  go  after  it.  ''  But  let  there  be  a 
 distance  between  you  and  it;  ye  shall 
 stand  as  much  as  two  thousand  cubits 
 from  it.  Do  not  draw  nigh  to  it,  that 
 ye  may  know  the  way  which  ye  are  to 
 go;  for  ye  have  not  gone  the  way 
 +  Gr.  from  ^  before.  ^  And  Joshua  said 
 thl*thirYdT^  to  the  people,  Sanctify  your- 
 A  frequent       sclvcs  agaiust  to-morrow,  for 
 
 Hebraism.  ,  j.1        T         1        *n     1 
 
 to-morrow  the  Lord  will  do 
 wonders  among  you.  ^And  Joshua 
 said  to  the  priests,  Take  up  the  ark  of 
 the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  and  go  be- 
 fore the  people:  and  the  priests  took 
 up  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 
 and  went  before  the  people.  ^And 
 the  Lord  said  to  Joshua,  This  day  do 
 I  begin  to  exalt  thee  before  all  the 
 children  of  Israel,  that  they  may  know 
 that  as  I  was  with  Moses,  so  will  I  also 
 be  with  thee.  ^And  now  charge  the 
 priests  that  bear  the  ark  of  tlic  cove- 
 nant, saying,  As  soon  as  ye  shall  enter 
 on  a  part  of  the  water  of  Jordan, 
 then  ye  shall  stand  in  Jordan. 
 
 ^  And  Joshua  said  to  the  children  of 
 tGr.  bring  ^^^^^^^  ^  Comc  hither,  and 
 hither,  .sc.  hearken  to  the  word  of  the 
 yourse  ves.  J^q^^  Qur  God.  '°  Hereby  ye 
 shall  know  that  the  living  God  is  among 
 you,  and  will  utterly  destroy  from 
 before  our  face  the  Chananite,  and  the 
 Chettite  and  Pherezite,  and  the  Evite, 
 
 and  the  Amorite,  and  the  Gergesite, 
 and  the  Jebusite.  "  Behold  the  ark 
 of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  of  all  the 
 earth  passes  over  Jordan.  '^  Choose 
 for  yom'selves  twelve  men  of  the  sons 
 of  Israel,  one  of  each  tribe.  ^^  And  it 
 shall  come  to  pass,  when  the  feet  of 
 the  priests  that  bear  the  ark  of  the 
 covenant  of  the  Lord  of  the  whole 
 earth  rest  in  the  water  of  Jordan,  the 
 water  of  Jordan  belotv  shall  fail,  and 
 the  water  coming  down  from  above 
 shall  stop.  '''And  the  people  removed 
 from  their  tents  to  cross  over  Jordan, 
 and  the  priests  bore  the  ark  of  the 
 covenant  of  the  Lord  before  the  peo- 
 ple. '''And  when  the  priests  that  bore 
 the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord 
 entered  upon  Jordan,  and  the  feet  of 
 the  priests  that  bore  the  ark  of  the 
 covenant  of  the  Lord  were  dipped  in 
 part  of  the  water  of  Jordan ;  (now 
 Jordan  overflowed  ^all  its  +gj-.  its  whole 
 banks  'about  the  time  of  ^^f  °' '='^^- 
 wheat  harvest.)  ""  Then  the  +  g^  ^s  on 
 waters  that  came  down  from  ^^^  ^^y^- 
 above  stopped;  there  stood  one  sohd 
 heap  very  far  off,  as  far  as  'the  region 
 of  Kariathiaiim,  and  'the  tcr. apart, 
 lower  part   came  down  to    +<?'••  that 
 
 ,  n     A       ^  1  1      which  came 
 
 the  sea  of  Araba,  the  salt  down. 
 sea,  till  it  completely  failed;  and  the 
 people  stood  opposite  J(^riclio.  '''And  the 
 priests  that  bore  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
 nant of  the  Lord  stood  on  dry  land  in 
 the  midst  of  Jordan ;  and  all  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  went  through  on  dry 
 land,  until  all  the  people  had  com- 
 pletely gone  over  Jordan. 
 
 4.  And  when  the  people  had  com- 
 pletely passed  over  Jordan,  the  Lord 
 spoke  to  Joshua,   saying,  ^Take  men 
 from  the  people,  one  of  each  tribe,  'and 
 charge  them;  and  ye  shall  takeout  of  the 
 midst  of  Jordan  twelve  '  fit    ^  ^^  ^^^ 
 stones,  and  having  carried  Heb.  jon 
 them  across   together  with  fp-Jijea™  the 
 yourselves,    place   them  in  feet  of  the 
 
 •^  '     ^  I  1     11    pnests. 
 
 your  camp,  where  ye  shall 
 
 encamp  for  the  night.     *  And  Joshua 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  5. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  v.  v.  2. 
 
 having  called  twelve  men  '  of  distinc- 
 
 +  (?>•  of  the     ^^^^^  among  the  children  of 
 
 ciistingiiished,    Israel,    one    of  each  tribe, 
 
 or,  illustrious,    s      •  i    ,       ,i  at  i 
 
 ''said  to  them,  Advance  be- 
 fore me  in  the  presence  of  the  Lord 
 into  the  midst  of  Jordan,  and  each 
 having  taken  np  a  stone  from  thence, 
 let  him  cany  it  on  his  shoulders  accord- 
 ing to  the  number  of  the  twelve  tribes 
 oi'  Israel :  *"  that  these  may  be  to  you 
 continually  for  an  appointed  sign,  that 
 
 +  G,:  to-mor-  whcn  thy  son  asks  thee  '^  in 
 '"^^'  future,    saying,    What  are 
 
 these  stones  to  us  ?  ^  then  thou  mayest  ex- 
 plain to  thy  son,  saying,  The  river  Jor- 
 
 1  Gr.  failed,  daii  ^was  dried  up  from  before 
 the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  of 
 the  whole  earth,  when  it  passed  it :  and 
 these  stones  shall  be  for  a  memorial 
 for  you  for  the  children  of  Israel  for 
 ever.  ^  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
 so,  as  the  Lord  commanded  Joshua; 
 and  they  took  up  twelve  stones  out  of 
 the  midst  of  Jordan,  (as  the  Lord  com- 
 manded Joshua,  when  the  children  of 
 Israel  had  completely  passed  over,)  and 
 carried  these  stones  with  them  into  the 
 camp,  and  laid  them  down  there. 
 '•'And  Joshua  set  also  other  twelve 
 stones  in  Jordan  itself,  in  the  place 
 that  was  under  the  feet  of  the  priests 
 that  bore  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
 tlie  Lord;  and  there  they  are  to  this 
 day.  '"And  the  priests  that  bore  the 
 ark  of  the  covenant  stood  in  Jordan, 
 until  Joshua  had  finished  all  that  the 
 L(jrd  commanded  him  to  report  to  the 
 people;  and  the  people  hasted  and 
 passed  over.  ''And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  all  the  people  had  passed  over, 
 that  the  ark  of  tlie  covenant  of  the 
 Lord  passed  over,  and  the  stones  before 
 them.  '^  And  the  sons  of  Ruben,  and 
 the  sons  of  Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of 
 I  Or,  equipped.  Manassc  passcd  over  '^  armed 
 before  the  children  of  Israel,  as  Moses 
 commanded  them.     '^  Forty  thousand 
 
 +  See  Nnte,     ^  amicd  for  battle  went  over 
 
 chap.  1.14.        l3gfo^.e    tl^c  Loj.J    to  ^rr^Y^    to 
 
 the  city  of  Jericho.  '^  In  that  day  the 
 Lord  magnified  Joshua  before  all  the 
 
 234 
 
 people  of  Israel,  and  they  feared  him, 
 as  the^  did  Moses,  as  long  as  he  lived. 
 '^And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Joshua,  say- 
 ing, "*  Charge  the  priests  that  bear  the 
 ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  testimony 
 of  the  Lord,  to  go  up  out  of  Jordan. 
 '^And  Joshua  charged  the  priests, 
 saying,  Go  up  out  of  Jordan,  "*and  it 
 came  to  pass  when  the  priests  who 
 bore  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
 Lord  were  gone  up  out  of  Jordan, 
 and  set  their  feet  upon  the  land,  that 
 the  water  of  Jordan  returned  impe- 
 tuously to  its  place,  and  went  as  before 
 over  all  its  banks. 
 
 ''■•And  the  people  went  up  out  of 
 Jordan  on  the  tenth  day  of  the  first 
 month ;  and  the  children  of  Israel 
 encamped  in  Galgala  in  the  region 
 eastward  from  Jericho.  ^"Andfloshua 
 set  these  twelve  stones  which  he  took 
 out  of  Jordan,  in  Galgala,  '^'  saying. 
 When  your  sons  ask  you,  saying, 
 What  are  these  stones  ?  ^^  Tell  your 
 sons,  that  Israel  went  over  this  Jordan 
 on  dry  land,  ^^when  the  Lord  our  God 
 had  dried  up  the  water  of  Jordan  from 
 before  them,  until  they  had  passed 
 over;  as  the  Lord  our  God  did  to  the 
 Red  Sea,  which  the  Lord  our  God 
 dried  up  from  before  us,  until  we 
 passed  over.  -■*  That  all  the  nations  of 
 the  earth  might  know,  that  the  power 
 of  the  Lord  is  mighty,  and  that  ye 
 might  worship  the  Lord  our  God  in 
 every  work. 
 
 5.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  the 
 kings  of  the  Amorites  who  were  be- 
 yond Jordan  heard,  and  the  kings  of 
 Rhfpnicia  by  the  sea,  that  the   Lord 
 God  had  dried   up  the   river  Jordan 
 from  beibre  tlie  children  ol"  Israel  when 
 they   passed   over,    that   their   hearts 
 failed,  and  they  were  ^terror-stricken, 
 and  there  was  no  sense  in    +  ^^  ^^^^ 
 them  ^because  of  the  chil-  or  thoughts 
 dren  of  Israel.    ^ And  about    t  ov.  from  the 
 this  time  the  Lord  said  to  '■'^""^-  '^?° 
 rToshua,  []\lake   thee    stone  knives  of 
 sharp  stone,  and  sit  down  and  circum- 
 
Chap.  v.  v.  3. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  12. 
 
 cise  the  children  of  Israel  the  second 
 time.  ^  And  Joshua  made  sharp 
 knives  of  stone,  and  circumcised  the 
 children  of  Israel  at  the  place  called 
 the  "  Hill  of  Foreskins."  ''And  this  is 
 the  way  in  which  Joshua  purified  the 
 children  of  Israel;  as  many  as  were 
 born  in  the  way,  and  as  many  as  were 
 uncircumcised  of  them  that  came  out 
 of  Egypt,  ^all  these  Joshua  circum- 
 cised ;  for  for  forty  and  two  years 
 Israel  wandered  in  the  wilderness  of 
 Mabdaris — ''Wherefore  most  of  the 
 fighting  men  that  came  out  of  the  land 
 of  Egypt,  were  uncircumcised,  who 
 disobeyed  the  commands  of  God,  con- 
 cerning whom  also  he  determined  that 
 they  should  not  see  the  land,  which  the 
 Lord  swore  to  give  to  their  fathers 
 even  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and 
 honey.  ^  And  in  their  place  he  raised 
 up  their  sons,  whom  Joshua  circum- 
 cised, because  they  were  uncircumcised, 
 having  been  born  by  the  way.  *^And 
 when  they  had  been  circumcised  they 
 
 +  Gr.  sitting 
 
 re 
 
 stcd 
 
 'continuing  there  in 
 
 a  frequent  jF/e-     _  •n        i 
 
 braism.  tlic    Camp    till    tlicy    were 
 
 healed.  ■'  And  the  Lord  said  to  Joshua 
 the  son  of  Naue,  On  this  day  have  I 
 removed  the  I'cproach  of  Egypt  from 
 you:  and  he  called  the  name  of  that 
 place  Galgala. 
 
 '"And  the  children  of  Israel  kept 
 the  passover  on  the  fourteenth  day  of 
 the  month  at  evening,  to  the  westward 
 of  Jciicho  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
 Jordan  in  the  plain.  ''And  they  ate 
 of  the  grain  of  the  earth  unleavened 
 and  new  corn.  ''^  In  this  day  the  manna 
 failed,  after  they  had  eaten  of  the  corn 
 of  the  land,  and  the  children  of  Israel 
 no  longer  had  manna;  and  they  took 
 the  fruits  of  the  land  of  the  Phoeni- 
 cians in  that  year.  '^And  it  came  to 
 pass  when  Joshua  was  in  Jericho,  that 
 t  Gr.  looked  ^  hc  lifted  up  with  liis  eyes 
 up  with.  g^j^j  g^^   ^   ^^^^^   standing 
 
 before  him,  and  there  teas  a  di-awn 
 sword  in  his  hand;  and  Joshua  drew 
 near  and  said  to  him.  Art  thou  for  us 
 or  on  the  side  of  our  enemies?    '''And 
 
 2  3-5 
 
 he  said  to  him,  I  am  now  come,  the 
 chief  captain  of  the  host  of  the  Lord. 
 '^  And  Joshua  fell  on  his  face  upon  the 
 earth,  and  said  to  him.  Lord,  what 
 commandest  thou  thy  servant  ?  ""  And 
 the  captain  of  the  Lord's  host  said  to 
 Joshua,  Loose  thy  shoe  off  thy  feet,  for 
 the  place  whereon  thou  now  standest  is 
 holy. 
 
 6.  Now  Jericho  was  closely  shut  up 
 and  besieged,  and  none  went  out  of  it, 
 and  none  came  in.  ^And  the  Lord 
 said  to  Joshua,  Behold,  I  dehver  Jeri- 
 cho into  thy  power,  and  its  king  in  it, 
 'and  its  mighty  men.  =^And  +&.. mighty 
 do  thou  set  the  men  of  war  >«  strength. 
 round  about  it.  ^  And  it  shall  be  that 
 when  ye  shall  sound  with  the  trumpet, 
 ^  all  the  people  shall  shout  t  cr.  let  aii 
 together.  ^And  when  they  "to'^^P/ti'iei^- 
 have  shouted  the  walls  of  own  accord, 
 the  city  shall  fall  ^  of  themselves,  and  all 
 the  people  shall  enter,  each  one  rush- 
 ing direct  into  the  city. 
 
 ''  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Naue  went 
 in  to  the  priests,  and  spoke  to  them, 
 saying,  Charge  the  people  to  go  round, 
 and  encompass  the  city ;  and  let  your 
 men  of  war  pass  on  armed  before  the 
 Lord.  ^And  let  seven  priests  having 
 seven  ^  sacred  trumpets  pro-  +  Gr.  (t6.\. 
 ceed  thus  before  the  Lord,  '"^^"^  ''^'"^^' 
 and  let  them  sound  loudly ; 
 and  let  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
 nant of  the  Lord  follow. 
 ''And  let  the  men  of  war  pro- 
 ceed before,  and  the  priests  piace. 
 bringing  up  the  rear  behind  the  ark  of 
 the  covenant  of  the  Lord/;roct'erf  sound- 
 ing the  trumpets.  "'And Joshua  com- 
 manded the  people,  saying.  Cry  not 
 out,  nor  let  any  one  hear  your  voice, 
 until  he  himself  declare  to  you  the  ^  time 
 to  cry  out,  and  then  ye  shall  +  Gr.  day. 
 cry  out.  ' '  And  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
 of  God  having  gone  round  imme- 
 diately returned  into  the  camp,  and 
 lodGjed  there.  '^And  on  the  second 
 day  Joshua  rose  up  in  the  mornmg, 
 and  the  priests  took  up  the  ark  of  the 
 
 Heb.  niipittj 
 cbivn     See 
 Parkhiirst  on 
 blV-  Eng.Vei: 
 'ranis'  horns' 
 only  in  this 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  13. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  v.  6. 
 
 covenant  of  the  Lord.  '^  And  the  seven 
 priests  bearing  the  seven  trumpets  went 
 on  before  the  Lord ;  and  afterwards  the 
 men  of  war  went  on,  and  the  remainder 
 of  the  mukitude  went  after  the  ark  of 
 the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
 priests  sounded  with  the  trimipets. 
 '^And  all  the  rest  of  the  multitude 
 compassed  the  city  six  times  from 
 witliin  a  short  distance,  and  went  back 
 again  into  the  camp ;  this  they  did  six 
 days.  ^'^  And  on  the  seventh  day  they 
 rose  up  early,  and  compassed  the  city 
 on  that  day  seven  times.  ^^And  it 
 came  to  pass  at  the  seventh  circuit  the 
 priests  blew  the  trumpets ;  and  Joshua 
 said  to  the  children  of  Israel,  Shout, 
 for  the  Lord  has  given  you  the  city. 
 '''And  the  city  shall  be  Me  voted,  it 
 
 +  Or,  an  ac-  ^^^  ^  things  that  are  in  it, 
 cursed  thing:,  to  the  Lord  of  Hosts :  only 
 do  ye  save  Raab  the  harlot,  and  all 
 things  in  her  house.  '**  But  keep  your- 
 selves strictly  from  the  accursed  thing, 
 lest  ye  set  your  mind  upon  and  take 
 of  the  accursed  thing,  and  ye  make  the 
 camp  of  the  children  of  Israel  an 
 accursed  thing,  and  destroy  us.  '^  And 
 all  the  silver,  or  gold,  or  brass,  or  iron, 
 shall  be  holy  to  the  Lord ;  it  shall  be 
 carried  into  the  treasury  of  the  Lord, 
 ■■^•^and  the  priests  sounded  with  the 
 trumpets;  and  when  the  people  heard 
 the  trumpets,  all  the  people  shouted  at 
 once  with  a  loud  and  strong  shout; 
 and  all  the  wall  fell  round  about,  and 
 all  the  people  went  up  into  the  city: 
 ''''  and  Joshua  devoted  it  to  destruc- 
 tion, and  all  things  that  were  in  the 
 city,  man  and  woman,  young  man  and 
 old,  and  calf  and  ass,  with  the  ^  edge  of 
 
 +  Gr.  mouth,  thc  sword.  '^"^  And  Joshua 
 said  to  the  two  young  men  Avho  had 
 acted  as  spies.  Go  into  the  house  of  the 
 woman,  and  bring  her  out  thence,  and 
 all  that  she  has.  ^^  And  the  two  young 
 men  who  had  spied  out  the  city  entered 
 into  the  house  of  the  woman,  and 
 brought  out  liaab  the  harlot,  and  her 
 fatlier,  and  her  mother,  and  her  bre- 
 thren,  and  her  kindred,  and  all  tliat 
 
 she  had;  and  they  set  her  without  the 
 camp  of  Israel.  '^'*And  thc  city  was 
 burnt  with  fire  "svith  all  tilings  that 
 were  in  it ;  only  of  the  silver,  and 
 gold,  and  brass,  and  iron,  they  gave 
 to  be  brought  into  the  treasury  of  the 
 Lord.  '^'^  And  Joshua  saved  alive 
 Raab  the  harlot,  and  all  the  house  of 
 her  father,  and  caused  her  to  dwell 
 in  Israel  until  this  day,  because  she 
 hid  the  spies  which  Joshua  sent  to 
 spy  out  Jericho.  ^^And  Joshua  adjured 
 them  on  that  day  before  the  Lord, 
 saying.  Cursed  he  the  man  who  shall 
 build  that  city:  he  shall  lay  the  foun- 
 dation of  it  in  his  first-born,  and  he 
 shall  set  up  the  gates  of  it  in  his  young- 
 est son :  and  so  did  Hozan  of  Bajthel ; 
 he  laid  the  foundation  in  Abiron  his 
 first-born,  and  set  up  the  gates  of  it  in 
 his  youngest  ^surviving  son.  +  Gr.  saved. 
 ^^  And  the  Lord  was  with  Joshua,  and 
 his  name  was  in  all  the  land. 
 
 7.  But  thc  children  of  Israel  com- 
 mitted a  great  trespass,  and  purloined 
 part  of  the  accursed  thing ;  and  Acliar 
 the  son  of  Charmi,  the  son  of  Zambri, 
 the  son  of  Zara,  of  the  tribe  of  Juda, 
 took  of  the  accursed  thing  ;  and  the 
 Lord  was  very  angry  with  the  cliildren 
 of  Israel.  ^And  Joshua  sent  men  to 
 Gai,  which  is  by  Baathel,  saying.  Spy 
 out  Gai:  and  the  men  went  up  and 
 spied  Gai.  ^And  tliey  returned  to 
 fJoshua,  and  said  to  him.  Let  not  all 
 the  people  go  up,  but  let  about  two  or 
 three  thousand  men  go  iip  and  take 
 the  city  by  siege :  carry  not  up  thither 
 the  whole  people,  for  the  enemy  arc 
 few.  '  vVnd  there  went  up  about  three 
 thousand  men,  and  they  fied  from 
 before  tlie  men  of  Gai.  ■''And  the  men 
 of  Gai  slew  of  tliem  to  thc  number  of 
 tliirty-six  men,  and  they  pursued  them 
 from  thc  gate,  and  destroyed  them 
 from  the  steep  hill ;  and  the  heart  of 
 the  people  was  alarmed  and  became  as 
 water.'  /'  And  Joshua  tore  liis  garments ; 
 and  Josluui  fl'll  on  the  earth  on  his 
 face   before   the   Lord  until  evening, 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  7. 
 
 JOSHUA, 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  1. 
 
 he  and  the  ciders  of  Israel;  and  tliey 
 cast  dust  on  their  heads.  ^  And  Joshua 
 said,  I  pray,  Lord,  wherefore  has  thy 
 servant  brought  this  people  over  Jor- 
 dan to  deliver  them  to  the  Amorite  to 
 t  Gr.  and  if  destroy  us  ?  ^  would  we  had 
 we  had.  remained  and   settled  our- 
 
 selves beyond  Jordan.  *And  what 
 shall  I  say  since  Israel  has  turned  his 
 back  before  his  enemy?  ^And  when 
 the  Chananite  and  all  the  inhabitants 
 of  the  land  hear  it,  they  shall  compass 
 us  round  and  destroy  us  from  off  the 
 land;  and  what  wilt  thou  do  for  thy 
 great  name?  '''And  the  Lord  said  to 
 Joshua,  Eise  up,  why  hast  thou  fallen 
 upon  thy  face?  ''The  people  has 
 sinned  and  transerressed  the  covenant 
 which  I  made  with  them,  tliey  have 
 stolen  from  the  cursed  thing  and  put 
 it  into  their  store.  '^And  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  will  not  be  able  to  stand 
 before  their  enemies;  they  will  turn 
 +  Gr.  neck,  their  '^  back  before  their  ene- 
 Thecorre-  mics,  tor  thcy  havc  become 
 spending: Hei.  ^n  accurscd  thing:  I  will 
 the'back^ofthe  ^<^^  any  longer  be  with  you, 
 neck.  unless  yc  remove  the  cursed 
 
 thing  from  among  you.  '^Kise,  sanc- 
 tify the  people,  and  tell  them  to  sanc- 
 tify themselves  for  the  morrow:  thus 
 says  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  The 
 accursed  thing  is  among  you ;  ye  shall 
 not  be  able  to  stand  before  your  ene- 
 mies, until  ye  shall  have  removed  the 
 cursed  thing  from  among  you.  '''And 
 ye  shall  all  be  gathered  together  by 
 your  tribes  in  the  morning,  and  it  shall 
 come  to  pass  that  the  tribe  which 
 the  Lord  shall  show,  ye  shall  bring  by 
 families;  and  the  family  which  the 
 Lord  shall  show,  ye  shall  bring  by 
 households,  and  the  household  which 
 the  Lord  shall  show  ye  shall  bring 
 man  by  man.  ''^  And  the  man  who  shall 
 be  pointed  out,  shall  be  burnt  with 
 fire,  and  all  that  he  has ;  because  he  has 
 transgressed  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 
 and  has  wrought  wickedness  in  Israel. 
 '^  And  Joshua  rose  up  early,  and 
 brought  the  people  by  their  tribes ;  and 
 
 the  tribe  of  Juda  was  pointed  o\it.  ''^And 
 it  was  brought  by  their  families,  and 
 the  family  of  the  Zaraites  was  pointed 
 out.  '**And  it  was  brought  man  by 
 man,  and  Achar  the  son  of  Zambri  the 
 son  of  Zara  was  pointed  out.  "'And 
 f Joshua  said  to  Achar,  Give  glory  this 
 day  to  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  and 
 make  confession,  and  tell  me  what 
 thou  hast  done,  and  hide  it  not  from 
 me.  ^•'And  Achar  answered  Joshua, 
 and  said.  Indeed  I  have  sinned  against 
 the  Lord  God  of  Israel:  thus  and  thus 
 have  I  done :  "^'  I  saw  in  the  spoil  an 
 embroidered  mantle,  and  two  himdred 
 didrachms  of  silver,  and  one  golden 
 wedge  of  fifty  didrachms,  and  I  ^desired 
 them  and  took  them ;  and, 
 behold,  they  are  hid,  in  my 
 tent,  and  the  silver  is  hid 
 under  them.  ^^And  Joshua 
 sent  messengers,  and  they 
 ran  to  the  tent  into  the  camp;  and 
 these  things  were  hidden  in  his  tent, 
 and  the  silver  under  them.  ^^And 
 they  brought  them  out  of  the  tent  and 
 brought  them  to  Joshua  and  the  elders 
 of  Israel,  and  they  laid  them  before 
 the  Lord.  ^'*  And  Joshua  took  Achar 
 the  son  of  Zara,  and  brought  him  to 
 the  valley  of  Achor,  and  his  sons,  and 
 his  daughters,  and  his  calves,  and  his 
 asses,  and  all  his  sheep,  and  his  tent, 
 and  all  his  property,  and  all  the  people 
 were  with  him,  and  he  brought  them 
 
 to  think — so 
 as  to  repent, 
 see  Gen.  6.  6. 
 so  as  to  desire, 
 as  here  and 
 chap.  6.  18. 
 
 to  ^  Emec    Achor. 
 
 *And 
 
 Joshua  said  to  Achar,  Why  vaiiey  of  trbu- 
 hast  thou  destroyed  us  ?  the  ^^^' 
 Lord  destroy  thee  ^as  at  this  to-day .^^  ^^^° 
 day.     And  all  Israel  stoned  him  with 
 stones.    ^^And  they  set  up  over  him  a 
 great   heap   of  stones;   and  the  Lord 
 ceased  from  his  fierce  an-    +  &>.  it. 
 ger:    therefore    he    called   ^the  place 
 Emccachor  until  this  day. 
 
 8.  And  the  Lord  said  to  Joshua, 
 Fear  not,  nor  be  timorous :  take  with 
 thee  all  the  men  of  war,  and  arise  go  up 
 to  Gai ;  behold,  I  have  given  into  thy 
 hands  the  king  of  Gai,  and  his  land. 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  2. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  29. 
 
 ^And  thoii  shalt  do  to  Gai,  as  tliou 
 didst  to  Jericho  and  its  king;  and 
 thou  shalt  take  to  thyself  the  spoil  of 
 its  cattle;  set  now  for  thyself  an  am- 
 bush for  the  city  behind.  ^And  Joshua 
 and  all  the  men  of  war  rose  to  go  up  to 
 Gai ;  and  Joshua  chose  out  thirty  thou- 
 sand mighty  men,  and  he  sent  them 
 away  by  night.  ''And  he  charged 
 them,  saying,  Do  ye  lie  in  ambush 
 behind  the  city :  do  not  go  far  from  the 
 city,  and  ye  shall  all  be  ready.  ^And 
 I  and  all  with  me  will  draw  near  to 
 the  city:  and  it  shall  come  to  pass 
 when  the  inhabitants  of  Gai  shall  come 
 forth  to  meet  us,  as  before,  that  we 
 will  flee  from  before  them.  ^And 
 when  they  shall  come  out  after  us,  we 
 will  draw  them  away  from  the  city; 
 and  they  will  say,  These  men  flee  from 
 before  us,  as  also  before.  ^  And  ye 
 shall  rise  up  out  of  the  ambuscade, 
 and  go  into  the  city.  ^Ye  shall  do 
 according  to  this  word,  lo !  I  have 
 commanded  you.  ^And  Joshua  sent 
 them,  and  they  went  to  lie  in  ambush; 
 and  they  lay  between  Bsethel  and  Gai, 
 westward  of  Gai.  ''^  And  Joshua  rose 
 lip  early  in  the  morning,  and  ^num- 
 +  Gr.  reviewed,  bcrcd  the  people ;  and  he 
 went  up,  he  and  the  elders  before  the 
 people  to  Gai.  ''And  all  the  men  of 
 war  went  up  with  him,  and  they  went 
 forward  and  came  over  against  the 
 city  eastward.  ^^And  the  ambuscade 
 was  on  the  west  side  of  the  city.  '■'And 
 it  came  to  pass  when  the  king  of  Gai 
 saw  it,  he  hasted  and  went  out  to  meet 
 them  direct  to  the  battle,  he  and  all 
 the  people  that  ivere  with  him;  and 
 he  knew  not  that  there  was  an  ambus- 
 cade formed  against  him  behind  the 
 city.  ''^And  Joshua  and  Israel  saw, 
 and  retreated  from  bcibre  them.  '''And 
 they  pursued  after  the  children  of  Is- 
 rael, and  they  themselves  went  to  a  dis- 
 tance from  the  city.  '"^  There  was  no 
 one  left  in  Gai  wlio  did  not  pursue 
 after  Israel;  and  they  left  the  city 
 +  G)-.  opened,  ^opcu,  and  pursucd  after 
 Israel.  '^  And  the  Lord  said  to  Joshua, 
 
 stretch  forth  thy  hand  with  the  spear 
 that  is  in  thy  hand  toward  the  city, 
 for  I  have  delivered  it  into  thy  hands ; 
 and  ^  the  liers  in  wait  shall  +  or.  let  the, 
 rise  up  quickly  out  of  their  qi^Vkfy."^' 
 place.  '"And  Joshua  stretched  out  his 
 hand  and  his  spear  toward  the  city, 
 and  the  ambuscade  rose  up  quickly 
 out  of  their  place ;  and  they  came  forth 
 when  he  stretched  out  his  hand;  and 
 they  entered  into  the  city,  and  took 
 it;  and  they  hasted  and  '^ burnt  the 
 city  with  fire.  '^^  And  when  t  or,  set  it 
 the  inhabitants  of  Gai  looked  °'^  ^'^■ 
 round  behind  them,  then  they  saw  the 
 smoke  going  up  out  of  the  city  to 
 heaven,  and  they  were  no  longer  able  to 
 flee  this  way  or  that  way.  ^' And  Joshua 
 and  all  Israel  saw  that  the  ambuscade 
 had  taken  the  city,  and  that  the  smoke 
 of  the  city  went  up  to  the  sky;  and 
 they  turned  and  smote  the  men  of  Gai. 
 ^^And  these  came  forth  out  of  the 
 city  to  meet  them;  and  they  were  in 
 the  midst  of  the  army,  some  beiiic/  on 
 this  side,  and  some  on  that;  and  they 
 smote  them  until  there  was  not  left  of 
 them  one  who  survived  and  escaped. 
 ^^And  they  took  the  king  of  Gai 
 alive,  and  brought  him  to  fJoshua. 
 ^^  And  when  the  children  of  Israel  had 
 ^finished  slaying  all  that  +&•. ceased, 
 were  in  Gai,  and  in  the  fields,  and  in 
 the  mountain  on  the  descent,  from 
 whence  they  pursucd  them  eveyi  to  the 
 end,  then  Joshua  returned  to  Gai,  and 
 smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 
 '■^•''And  they  that  fell  in  that  day,  men 
 and  women,  were  twelve  thousand, 
 they  slew  all  the  inhabitants  of  Gai. 
 '^^  Besides  the  spoils  that  wore  in  the 
 city,  all  things  which  the  children  of 
 Israel  took  as  spoil  for  themselves  ac- 
 cording to  the  commands  of  the  Lord, 
 as  the  Lord  commanded  Joshua.  ''^'^And 
 Joshua  ^  burnt  the  city  with  +o>-,  set  it  on 
 fire:  he  made  it  an  unin-  ^^' 
 habited  heap  for  ever,  evcm  to  this  day. 
 '■^"xlnd  he  hanged  the  king  +  r,v.  double 
 of  Gai  on  a  ^  galloAvs ;  and  he  ^^^'^' 
 remained  on  the  tree  till  eveninii':  and 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  1. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  14. 
 
 when  the  sun  went  down,  fJoshua 
 gave  cliat'ge,  and  tliey  took  down  his 
 or  Send!  ^^*  body  fi'om  the  tree,  and 
 Note.—¥oT       cast  it  into  ^a  pit,  and  they 
 
 tip.  30-35.   See         .  1  •  1  p    , 
 
 Chap.  9. 2.  set  over  mm  a  neap  ol  stones 
 until  this  day. 
 
 9.  And  when  the  kings  of  the  Amo- 
 rites  on  the  other  side  of"  Jordan,  who 
 were  in  the  mountain  country,  and  in 
 the  plain,  and  in  all  the  coast  of  the 
 Great  Sea,  and  those  who  were  near 
 Antilibanus,  and  the  Chettites,  and 
 the  Chananites,  and  the  Pherezites, 
 and  the  Evites,  and  the  Amorites,  and 
 the  Gergesites,  and  the  Jebusites  heard 
 of  it,  ^  they  came  all  together  at  the 
 same  time  to  make  war  against  Joshua 
 and  Israel. 
 
 ^^  Then  Joshua  built  an  altar  to  the 
 Lord  God  of  Israel  in  Mount  Gtebal, 
 ^^  as  Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord 
 commanded  the  children  of  Israel,  as 
 it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses,  an 
 altar  of  unhewn  stones,  on  which  iron 
 +Gr.  wasnot  ''^  had  not  been  Hfted  up, 
 ^^^  "P-  and  he  offered  there  whole- 
 burnt-offerings  to  the  Lord,  and  a 
 peace-offering.  ^^And  Joshua  wrote 
 +  Or,  a  Deute-  upon  the  stoncs  a  ^  copy  of 
 
 rouomy.  ^^^     |^^^     ^,^^     ^j^^    j^^    ^f 
 
 Moses,  before  the  sons  of  Israel.  ^^And 
 all  Israel,  and  their  elders,  and  their 
 judges,  and  their  scribes,  passed  on 
 one  side  and  on  the  other  before  the 
 ark;  and  the  priests  and  the  Le\ates 
 took  up  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  tlie 
 Lord;  and  the  stranger  and  the  native 
 were  there,  who  were  half  of  them  near 
 Mount  Garizin,  and  half  near  IMount 
 Gaebal,  as  ]\Ioses  the  servant  of  the 
 Lord  commanded  at  first,  to  bless  the 
 people.  ^■^And  afterwards  Joshua  read 
 accordingly  all  the  words  of  this  laAv, 
 the  blessings  and  the  curses,  according 
 to  all  things  written  in  the  law  of 
 Moses.  ^^  There  was  not  a  word  of  all 
 that  Moses  charged  Joshua,  which 
 Joshua  read  not  in  the  ears  of  all  the 
 assembly  of  the  children  of  Israel,  the 
 men,  and  the  women,   and  the  chil- 
 
 dren, and   the   strangers   that  joined 
 themselves  to  Israel. 
 
 ^And  the  inhabitants  of  Gabaon 
 heard  of  all  that  the  Lord  did  to 
 Jericho  and  Gai.  "*  And  they  also 
 wrought  craftily,  and  they  went  and 
 made  provision  and  prepared  them- 
 selves; and  having  taken  old  sacks  on 
 their  shoulders,  and  old  and  rent  and 
 patched  bottles  of  wine,  ^  and  the  upper 
 part  of  their  shoes  and  their  sandals 
 old  and  clouted  on  their  feet,  and  their 
 garments  old  upon  them — and  the 
 bread  of  their  provision  was  dry  and 
 mouldy  and  ^corrupt.  ""And    ^  ^''-  eaten, 
 
 1  "^  T      1  •  sc.  of  worms  or 
 
 tney  came  to  Joslma  into  maggots,  &c. 
 the  camp  of  Israel  to  Galgala,  and  said 
 to  Joshua  and  Israel,  We  are  come 
 from  a  far  land:  now  then  make  a 
 covenant  with  us  ^And  the  children 
 of  Israel  said  to  the  Chorrhaean,  Per- 
 adventure  thou  dwellest  amongst  us; 
 and  how  should  I  make  a  covenant 
 with  thee?  ^And  they  said  to  Joshua, 
 We  are  thy  servants :  and  Joshua  said 
 to  them,  Whence  are  ye,  and  whence 
 have  ye  come?  ^And  they  said,  Thy 
 servants  are  come  from  a  very  far 
 coimtry  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy 
 God ;  for  we  have  heard  his  name, 
 and  all  that  he  did  in  Egypt,  ^"  and 
 all  that  he  did  to  the  kings  of  the 
 Amorites,  who  were  beyond  Jordan, 
 to  Seon  king  of  the  Amorites,  and  Og 
 king  of  Basan,  who  dwelt  in  Astaroth 
 and  in  Edrain.  '^And  our  elders  and 
 all  that  inhabit  our  land  when  they 
 heard  spoke  to  us,  saying.  Take  to 
 yourselves  provision  for  the  way,  and 
 go  to  meet  them,  and  ye  shall  say  to 
 them.  We  are  thy  servants,  and  now 
 make  a  covenant  with  us.  '^  These 
 are  the  loaves  which  we  took  hot  for 
 our  journey  on  the  day  on  which  we 
 came  out  to  come  to  you;  and  now 
 they  are  dried  and  become  mouldy. 
 '^  And  these  are  the  skins  of  wine 
 which  we  filled  when  new,  and  they 
 are  rent;  and  our  garments  and  our 
 shoes  are  worn  out  because  of  the  very 
 long  journey.       '^And  the  chiefs  took 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  15. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  8- 
 
 of  their  provision,  and  asked  not  coun- 
 sel of  the  Lord.  ^^And  Joshua  made 
 peace  Avith  them,  and  they  made  a 
 covenant  with  them  to  preserve  them ; 
 and  the  princes  of  the  congregation 
 swore  to  them. 
 
 '^And  it  came  to  pass  ^  three  days 
 +  Gr.  after    after  thov  had  made  a  cove- 
 
 tnrGc  QEtvs 
 
 after,  &c.  nant  with  them,  tlicy  heard 
 that  they  were  near  neighbours,  and 
 
 +  Gr.  dweu.  that  thcy^dwclt  among  them. 
 '^And  the  children  of  Israel  departed 
 and  came  to  their  cities ;  and  their 
 cities  were  Gabaon,  and  Kephira,  and 
 Berot,  and  the  cities  of  Jarin.  ^^And 
 the  children  of  Israel  fought  not  with 
 them,  because  all  the  princes  swore  to 
 them  by  the  Lord  God  of  Israel;  and 
 all  the  congregation  murmured  at  the 
 princes.  '^And  the  princes  said  to  all 
 the  conffreffation :  We  have  sworn  to 
 them  by  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  and 
 now  we  shall  not  be  able  to  touch 
 them.  ^'^  This  we  will  do,  take  them 
 ahve,  and  we  will  preserve  them;  so 
 there  shall  not  be  wiutli  against  us  by 
 reason  of  the  oath  which  we  swore  to 
 them.  ^^  They  shall  live,  and  shall  be 
 hewers  of  wood  and  drawers  of  water 
 to  all  the  congregation,  as  the  princes 
 said  to  them.  ^'^  And  Joshua  called 
 them  together  and  said  to  them.  Why 
 have  ye  deceived  me,  saying,  We  live 
 very  far  from  you ;  whereas  ye  arc 
 fellow-countrymen  of  those  who  dwell 
 among  us?  ^^ And  now  ye  are  cursed: 
 there  shall  not  fail  of  you  a  slave,  or  a 
 hewer  of  wood,  or  a  drawer  of  water 
 to  me  and  my  God.  '^^  And  they 
 answered  Joshua,  saying,  It  was  re- 
 ported to  us  what  the  Lord  thy  God 
 charged  his  servant  Moses,  to  give  you 
 this  land,  and  to  destroy  us  and  all 
 that  dwelt  on  it  from  before  you,  and 
 we   feared  very  much    for  our   lives 
 
 t  Gr.  from  be-  ^  bccausc  of  you,  and  therc- 
 
 fore  you.  j-^^^,^  ^^  ^^  ^^^Jg  ^|^- ^^^   ^5J^^^ 
 
 now,  behold,  we  are  in  your  power, 
 do  to  us  as  it  is  pleasing  to  you,  and  as 
 it  seems  good  to  you.  ^''And  they  did 
 so  to  them ;  and  Joshua  rescued  them 
 
 in  that  day  out  of  the  hands  of  the 
 children  of"  Israel,  and  they  did  not 
 slay  them.  ^'^And  Joshua  made  them 
 in  that  day  hewers  of  wood  and  drawers 
 of  water  to  the  whole  congregation, 
 and  for  the  altar  of  God :  therefore  the 
 inhabitants  of  Gabaon  became  hewers 
 of  wood  and  drawers  of  water  for  the 
 altar  of  God  until  tliis  day,  even  for 
 the  place  which  the  Lord  should 
 choose. 
 
 10.  And  when  Adonibezck  king  of 
 Jerusalem  heard  that  Joshua  had  taken 
 Gai,  and  had  destroyed  it,  as  he  did  to 
 Jericho  and  its  king,  even  so  they  did 
 to  Gai  and  its  king,  and  that  the  in- 
 habitants of  Gabaon  had  gone  over  to 
 Joshua  and  Israel ;  -  then  they  were 
 greatly  terrified  by  them,  for  the  king 
 knew  that  Gabaon  was  a  great  city,  as 
 one  of  the  ^  chief  cities,  and    ''Or,  original 
 
 ,.     .  .  ' .  cities,  tj.  a. 
 
 all  its  men  icere  mighty,  mother-cities. 
 ^  So  Adonibezck  king  of  Jerusalem 
 sent  to  Elam  king  of  Hebron,  and  to 
 Pliidon  king  of  Jerimuth,  and  to 
 Jephtha  king  of  Lachis,  and  to  Dabin 
 king  of  Odollam,  saying,  ■*  Come  up 
 hither  to  me,  and  help  me,  and  let  us 
 take  Gabaon,  for  ^  the  Ga-  +  or.  tiiey. 
 baonites  have  gone  over  to  Joshua  and 
 the  children  of  Israel.  ^And  the  five 
 kings  of  the  Jebusites  went  up,  the 
 king  of  Jerusalem,  and  the  king  of 
 Chebron,  and  the  king  of  Jerimuth, 
 and  the  king  of  Lachis,  and  the  king 
 of  Odollam,  they  and  all  their  people; 
 and  encamped  around  Gabaon,  and 
 besieged  it.  ''  And  the  inhabitants  of 
 Gabaon  sent  to  Joshua  into  the  camp 
 to  Galgala,  saying,  Slack  not  thy  hands 
 from  thy  servants:  come  up  quickly 
 to  us,  and  help  us,  and  rescue  us;  lor 
 all  the  kings  of  the  Amorites  who 
 dwell  in  the  hill  country  are  gatliered 
 toifcther  ajxainst  us.  ^  And  Joshua 
 went  up  from  Galgala,  he  and  all  the 
 people  of  war  with  him,  every  one 
 mighty  in  strength.  **And  the  Lord 
 said  to  Joshua,  Fear  them  not,  for  I 
 have  delivered  them  into  thy  hands; 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  9. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  80. 
 
 there  shall  not  one  of  them  be  left 
 before  you.  ^And  when  Joshua  came 
 suddenly  upon  them,  he  had  advanced 
 all  the  night  out  of  Galgala.  '°And 
 the  Lord  struck  them  with  terror 
 before  the  children  of  Israel;  and  the 
 Lord  destroyed  them  with  a  great 
 slaughter  at  Gabaon ;  and  they  pur- 
 sued them  by  the  way  of  the  going 
 up  of  Oronin,  and  they  smote  them 
 to  Azeca  and  to  Makeda.  ^'  And 
 when  they  fled  from  the  face  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  at  the  descent  of 
 Oronin,  then  the  Lord  cast  upon  them 
 hailstones  from  heaven  to  Azeca; 
 and  they  were  more  that  died  by  the 
 hailstones,  than  those  whom  the  sons 
 of  Israel  slew  with  the  sword  in  the 
 battle. 
 
 '^  Then  Joshua  spoke  to  the  Lord, 
 
 in  the  day  in  which  the  Lord  delivered 
 
 the  Amorite  into  the  power  of  Israel, 
 
 when  he  destroyed  them  in  Gabaon, 
 
 and  they  were  destroyed  from  before 
 
 the  children  of  Israel :  and  Joshua  said, 
 
 Let  the  sun  stand  over  against  Gabaon, 
 
 and  the  moon  over  against  the  valley 
 
 of  jElon.      '^iVnd   the  sun  and  the 
 
 moon  stood  still,  until  God  executed 
 
 vengeance  on  their  enemies;  and  the 
 
 sun  stood  still  in  the  midst  of  heaven ; 
 
 it  did  not  proceed  to  set  tiU  the  end 
 
 +  s.  e.  addition-  of  '^one  day.    ^**And  there 
 
 f  Site''."'''  was  not  such  a  day  either 
 
 tween.  bcforc  or  after,  so  that  God 
 
 should  hearken  to  a  man,  because  the 
 
 Lord   fought    on   the    side  of  Israel. 
 
 ^^And  these  five  kings  fled,  and  hid 
 
 themselves  in  a  cave  that  is  in  Makeda. 
 
 •■^And  it  was  told  Joshua,  saying.  The 
 
 five  kings  have   been   found   hid   in 
 
 the  cave  that  is  in  Makeda.     ^^And 
 
 Joshua  said,  RoU  stones  to  the  mouth 
 
 of  the  cave,  and  set  men  to  watch  over 
 
 them.     ^^  But  do  not   ye  stand,    but 
 
 pursue  after  your  enemies,  and  ^attack 
 
 t  Gr.  fasten    tlic  rear  of  them,   and  do 
 
 upon  or  seize.  ^^^  g^g^.  ^^^^^^  ^^  ^^^^^  ^^^^ 
 
 their  cities;  for  the  Lord  our  God 
 has  delivered  them  into  our  hands. 
 ^"And  it  came  to  pass  when  Joshua 
 
 and  all  Israel  ceased  destroying  them 
 utterly  with  a  very  great  slavighter, 
 that  they  that  escaped  took  refuge  in 
 the  strong  cities.  ^'  And  all  the  people 
 returned  ^  safe  to  Joshua  to  +  »>••  sound, 
 Makeda ;  and  no  one  of  the  healthy, 
 children  of  Israel  murmured  with  his 
 tongue.  ^^And  Joshua  said,  Open  the 
 cave,  and  bring  out  these  five  kings 
 out  of  the  cave.  ^^  And  they  brought 
 out  the  five  kings  out  of  the  cave,  the 
 king  of  Jerusalem,  and  the  king  of 
 Chebron,  and  the  king  of  Jerimuth, 
 and  the  king  of  Lachis,  and  the  king 
 of  Odollam.  ''^'' And,when  they  brought 
 them  out  to  Joshua,  then  Joshua  called 
 together  all  Israel,  and  the  chiefs  ^of  the 
 army  that  went  with  him,  +Gr.  ofthe 
 saying  to  them.  Come  for-  ^^' 
 ward  and  set  your  feet  on  their  necks; 
 and  they  came  and  set  their  feet  on 
 their  necks.  ^^And  Joshua  said  to 
 them.  Do  not  fear  them,  neither  be 
 cowardly;  be  courageous  and  strong, 
 for  thus  the  Lord  will  do  to  aU  your 
 enemies,  against  whom  ye  fight. 
 ^^And  Joshua  slew  them,  and  hanged 
 them  on  five  trees ;  and  they  hung  upon 
 the  trees  imtil  the  evening.  ^' And  it 
 came  to  pass  toward  the  setting  of  the 
 sun,  Joshua  commanded,  and  they 
 took  them  down  from  the  trees,  and 
 cast  them  into  the  c^ve  into  which 
 they  had  fled  for  refuge,  and  rolled 
 stones  to  the  cave,  which  remain  till 
 this  day. 
 
 '''^And  they  took  Makeda  on  ..that 
 day,  and  slew  ^the  inhabit-  +  <?'••  it. 
 ants  with  the  ^edge  of  the  +  Gr.  mouth, 
 sword,  and  they  vitterly  destroyed 
 every  living  thing  that  was  in  it;  and 
 there  was  none  left  in  it  that  was  pre- 
 served and  had  escaped  ;  and  they  did 
 to  the  king  of  Makeda,  as  they  did  to 
 the  king  of  Jericho.  ^^  And  Joshua 
 and  all  Israel  with  liim  departed  out 
 of  Makeda  to  Lebna,  and  besieged 
 Lebna.  ^°And  the  Lord  defivered  it 
 into  the  hands  of  Israel :  and  they  took 
 it,  and  its  king,  and  slew  the  inhabit- 
 ants with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and 
 17 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  31. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  11. 
 
 every  thing  breathing  in  it ;  and  there 
 
 was  not  left  in  it  any  that  survived  and 
 escaped;  and  they  did  to  its  king,  as 
 they  did  to  the  king  of  Jericho.  ^' And 
 Joshua  and  all  Israel  with  him  de- 
 parted from  Lebna  to  Lacliis,  and  he 
 encamped  about  it,  and  besieged  it. 
 ^'^  And  the  Lord  delivered  Lachis  into 
 the  hands  of  Israel ;  and  they  ^  took  it 
 
 +  i.  e.  Israel,  on  the  sccond  day,  and  they 
 put  the  inhabitants  to  death  with  the 
 edge  of  the  sword,  and  utterly  de- 
 stroyed it,  as  they  had  done  to  Lebna. 
 ^^  Then  Elam  the  king  of  Gazer  went 
 up  to  help  Lachis;  and  Joshua  smote 
 him  and  his  people  with  the  edge  of 
 the  sword,  vmtil  there  was  not  left  to 
 liim  one  that  was  preserved  and 
 escaped.  ^'*And  Joshua  and  all  Israel 
 with  him  departed  from  Lachis  to 
 Odollam,  and  he  besieged  it  and  ^took 
 
 +  Or,  vigor-     it.      35  ^^^  tlic    Lord   dc- 
 
 ously attacked    -i.  ,..  ,        ,  ,        „ 
 
 it.  livered  it  into  the  hand  ot 
 
 Israel ;  and  he  took  it  on  that  day,  and 
 slew  the  inhabitants  with  the  edge  of 
 the  sword,  and  slew  every  thing  breath- 
 ing in  it,  as  they  did  to  Lachis.  ^''And 
 Joshua  and  all  Israel  with  him  departed 
 to  Chebron,  and  encamped  about  it. 
 ^^And  he  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the 
 sword,  and  all  the  living  creatures  that 
 were  in  it ;  there  was  no  one  preserved : 
 they  destroyed  it  and  all  things  in  it, 
 as  they  did  to  Odollam.  ^^  And  Joshua 
 and  all  Israel  returned  to  Dabir;  and 
 tlicy  encamped  about  it;  ^'-^and  they 
 took  it,  and  its  king,  and  its  villages : 
 and  he  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the 
 sword,  and  they  destroyed  it,  and 
 every  thing  breathing  in  it ;  and  they 
 did  not  leave  in  it  any  one  that  Avas 
 preserved :  as  they  did  to  Chebron  and 
 her  king,  so  they  did  to  Dabir  and  her 
 king. 
 
 ^'^And  Joshua  smote  all  the  land  of 
 t  Heb.  south,  the  hill  country,  and  ^Nageb 
 and  the  plain  country,  and  Ascdoth, 
 and  her  kings,  they  did  not  leave  of 
 them  one  that  was  saved:  and  they 
 utterly  destroyed  every  thing  that  had 
 the  breath  of  life,  as  the  Lord  God  of 
 
 Israel  commanded.  "*'  From  Kades 
 Barne  to  Gaza,  all  Gosom,  as  far  as 
 Gabaon.  '''■^And  Joshua  smote  once  for 
 all  all  their  kings,  and  their  land,  be- 
 cause the  Lord  God  of  Israel  fought 
 on  the  side  of  Israel. 
 
 11.  And  Avhen  Jabis  the  king  of 
 Asor  heard,  he  sent  to  Jobab  king  of 
 Maron,  and  to  the  king  of  Symoon, 
 and  to  the  king  of  Aziph,  -and  to  the 
 kings  who  were  by  the  great  Sidon,  to 
 the  hill  country  and  to  Araba  opposite 
 Keneroth,  and  to  the  plain,  and  to 
 Phcnaeddor,  ^and  to  the  Chananites 
 on  the  coast  eastward,  and  to  the 
 Amorites  on  the  coast,  and  the  Chet- 
 tites,  and  the  Fherezites,  and  the 
 Jebusites  in  the  mountain,  and  the 
 Evites,and  those  dwelling imderi^/o?m^ 
 Aermon  in  the  land  ]\Iassyma.  "*  And 
 they  and  their  kings  with  them  went 
 forth,  as  the  sand  of  the  sea  in  mul- 
 titude, and  horses,  and  very  many 
 chariots.  ^  And  all  the  kings  assembled 
 in  person,  and  came  to  the  same  place, 
 and  encamped  at  the  waters  of  Maron 
 to  war  with  Israel.  ^And  the  Lord 
 said  to  Joshua;  Be  not  afraid  of  them, 
 for  to-morrow  at  this  time  I  will  put 
 them  to  flight  before  Israel :  thou  shalt 
 hough  their  horses,  and  burn  their 
 chariots  with  fire.  ^And  Joshua  and 
 all  the  men  of  war  came  upon  them 
 ^  at  the  water  of  Maron  suddenly ;  +Gj-.  to. 
 and  they  attacked  them  in  the  hill 
 country.  ''And  the  Lord  delivered 
 them  into  the  power  of  Israel;  and 
 they  smote  them  and  pursued  them  to 
 great  Sidon,  and  to  ]\Iaseron,  and  to 
 the  plains  of  Massoch  eastward;  and 
 they  destroyed  them  till  there  Avas  not 
 one  of  them  left  that  survived.  ^And 
 fToshua  did  to  them,  as  the  Lord  com- 
 manded him :  he  houghed  their  horses, 
 and  burned  their  chariots  with  fire. 
 ^''And  Joshua  returned  at  that  time, 
 and  took  Asor  and  her  king;  now 
 Asor  in  former  time  was  the  chief  of 
 these  kingdoms.  ' '  And  they  slew  with 
 the  sword  all  that  breathed  in  it,  and 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  12. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  10. 
 
 utterly  destroyed  tliem  all,  and  there 
 was  no  living  thing  left  in  it ;  and  they 
 burnt  Asor  Avith  fire.  '^And  Joshua 
 took  all  the  cities  of  the  kingdoms, 
 and  their  kings,  and  slew  them  with 
 the  edge  of  the  sword;  and  utterly 
 slew  them,  as  Moses  the  servant  of  the 
 Lord  commanded.  '^  But  all  the  walled 
 cities  Israel  burnt  not ;  but  Israel  burnt 
 Asor  only.  ^''And  the  children  of 
 Israel  took  all  its  spoils  to  themselves ; 
 and  they  slew  all  the  men  with  the  edge 
 of  the  sword,  until  he  destroyed  them ; 
 they  left  not  one  of  them  breathing. 
 ^^  As  the  Lord  commanded,  his  servant 
 Moses,  even  so  Moses  commanded  Jo- 
 shua, and  so  Joshua  did,  he  trans- 
 gressed no  precept  of  all  that  Moses 
 commanded  him.  ^^And  Josliua  took 
 all  the  liill  comitry,  and  all  the  land  of 
 Nageb,  and  all  the  land  of  Gosom, 
 and  the  plain  country,  and  that  to- 
 ward the  west,  and  the  mountain  of 
 Israel  and  the  low  country  by  the 
 mountain;  ^^from  the  mountain  of 
 Chelcha,  and  that  which  goes  up  to 
 Seir,  and  as  far  as  Balagad,  and  the 
 plains  of  Libanus,  under  Mount  Aer- 
 mon;  and  he  took  all  their  kings,  and 
 destroyed,  and  slew  them.  '*^And  for 
 many  days  Joshua  waged  war  with 
 these  kings.  '^And  there  was  no  city 
 wliich  Israel  took  not;  they  took  all 
 in  war.  ^°  For  it  was  of  the  Lord  to 
 +  Gr.  strengthen.  +  harden  their  hearts  to  go 
 forth  to  war  against  Israel,  that  they 
 might  be  utterly  destroyed,  that  mercy 
 should  not  be  granted  to  them,  but 
 that  they  should  be  utterly  destroyed, 
 as  the  Lord  said  to  Moses.  ^^And 
 Joshua  came  at  that  time,  and  utterly 
 destroyed  the  Enakim  out  of  the  hill 
 country,  from  Chebron  and  from  Da- 
 bir,  and  from  Anaboth,  and  from  all 
 tHei.snic^  in  the  ^  race  of  Israel,  and  from 
 probably'  in  all  the  mountain  of  Juda 
 confounded  with  their  cities;  and  Jo- 
 with    -iT^        ^u^  utterly  destroyed  them . 
 
 a  mountain,       Qorr'i  ^  to 
 
 not  a  genera-  ^  ^^^^6  was  not  any  One  leit 
 tion.  of  the  Enakim  by  the  chil- 
 
 dren of  Israel,  only  there  was  left  of 
 
 243 
 
 them  in  Gaza,  and  in  Gath,  and  in 
 Aseldo.  ^^And  Joshua  took  all  the  land, 
 as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses;  and 
 Joshua  gave  them  for  an  inheritance 
 to  Israel  by  division  according  to  their 
 tribes ;  and  the  land  ceased  from  war. 
 
 12.  And  these  are  the  kings  of  the 
 land,  whom  the  children  of  Israel  slew, 
 and  inherited  their  land  beyond  Jor- 
 dan from  the  east,  from  the  valley  of 
 Arnon  to  the  mount  of  Aermon,  and 
 all  the  land  of  Araba  on  the  east. 
 ^  Seon  king  of  the  Amorites,  who  dwelt 
 in  Esebon,  ruling  from  Arnon,  which 
 is  in  the  valley,  ^  on  the  side    ^  Another 
 
 P     ,  n     "^  n     1     If      p  readmg:  is  tin 
 
 01  the  vaiiey,  and  hall  ot  -roo  xe'^ous  on 
 
 r*    1       ^         £  T   I,  J.1        ^^6  slope  or 
 
 Galaacl  as  lar  as  Jaboc,  the  edge, 
 borders  of  the  children  of  Ammon. 
 ^And  Araba  as  far  as  the  sea  of  Che- 
 nereth  eastward,  and  as  far  as  the  sea 
 of  Araba ;  the  salt  sea  eastward  by  the 
 way  to  Asimoth,  from  Thieman  under 
 Asedoth  Phasga.  ^And  Og  king  of 
 Basan,  who  dwelt  in  Astaroth  and  in 
 Edrain,  was  left  of  the  giants  ^ruling 
 from  Mount  Aermon  and  from  Secchai, 
 and  over  all  the  land  of  Basan  to  the 
 borders  of  Gergesi,  and  Machi,  and  the 
 half  of  Galaad  of  the  borders  of  Seon 
 king  of  Esebon.  ^  Moses  the  servant 
 of  the  Lord  and  the  children  of  Israel 
 smote  them ;  and  Mosee  gave  them  by 
 way  of  inheritance  to  Ruben,  and  Gad, 
 and  to  the  half  tribe  of  Manasse.  ''And 
 these  are  the  kings  of  the  Amorites, 
 whom  Joshua  and  the  cliildren  of 
 Israel  slew  beyond  Jordan  by  the  sea 
 of  Balagad  in  the  plain  of  Libanus, 
 and  as  far  as  the  mountain  of  Chelcha, 
 as  men  go  up  to  Seir :  and  Joshua  gave 
 it  to  the  tribes  of  Israel  to  inherit 
 according  to  their  portion ;  ^  in  the 
 mountain,  and  in  the  plain,  and  in 
 Araba,  and  in  Asedoth,  and  in  the 
 wilderness,  and  Nageb;  the  Chettite, 
 and  the  Amorite,  and  the  Chananite, 
 and  the  Pherezite,  and  the  Evite,  and 
 the  Jebusite.  ^The  king  of  Jericho, 
 and  the  king  of  Gai,  which  is  near 
 Baethel;  '"the  king  of  Jerusalem,  the 
 
Chap.  xii.  y.  11. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  21. 
 
 king  of  Chebron,  ''the  king  of  Jeri- 
 muth,  the  king  of  Lachis;  ''-^tlie  king 
 of  yElam,  the  king  of  Gazer;  *^the 
 king  of  Dahir,  tlie  king  of  Gader ; 
 '■"the  king  of  Hermath,  the  king  of 
 Acler;  '^the  king  of  Lebna,  the  king 
 of  OdoUam,  the  king  of  Elath,  the 
 king  of  Taphut,  the  king  of  Opher,  the 
 king  of  Ophec  of  Aroc,  the  king  of 
 Ast)in,  the  king  of  Symoon,  the  king 
 of  JMambroth,  the  king  ol"  Aziph,  the 
 king  of  Kades,  the  king  of  Zachac,  the 
 king  of  Maredoth,  the  king  of  Jecom 
 of  Chermel,  '^^  the  king  of  ^  Odollam 
 f  Hfh.  Dor.     helonqinq    to    Phennealdor, 
 
 111  the  coast  of    ^n  i   •  r-    ri    •         o    r\    ^• 
 
 Dor.  the    king  ot  Gei   oi    Gah- 
 
 lee:  ^Hhe  king  of  Thersa:  all  these 
 toere  twenty-nine  kings. 
 
 13.  And  Joshua  loas  old  and  very 
 Or.  (lays.  He-  advanced   in   ^  years  ;    and 
 hmism.  ^]j(3  Lord    Said  to   Joshua, 
 
 Thou  art  advanced  in  years,  and  there 
 is  much  land  left  to  inherit.  '^  And  this 
 is  the  land  that  is  left :  the  borders  of  the 
 Phylistines,  the  Gesirite  and  the  Cha- 
 ,\^''- "'""-     nanite,  ^from  the  ^wilder- 
 
 naniteu  comi-  n      p  t-i  c 
 
 try.  ness  beiore  hgypt,  as  lar  as 
 
 the  borders  of  Accaron  on  tlie  left  of  the 
 Chananites  the  land  is  reckoned  to  the 
 five  principalities  of  the  Phyhstines,  to 
 the  inliabitant  of  Gaza,  and  of  Azotus, 
 and  of  Ascalon,  and  of  Geth,  and  of 
 Accaron,  and  to  the  Evitcs ;  *  from 
 Tha.^man  even  to  all  the  land  of  Cha- 
 naan  before  Gaza,  and  the  Sidonians  as 
 lixr  as  Aphec,  as  far  as  the  borders  of 
 the  Amorites.  ^And  all  the  land  of 
 Galiath  of  the  Phylistines,  and  all 
 Libanus  eastward  from  Galgal,  under 
 the  mountain  Aermon  as  far  as  the 
 entering  in  of  Ematli.  *' Every  one 
 that  inhabits  the  hill  country  from  Li- 
 banus as  far  as  ]\Iascrcth  Mempho- 
 maim; — all  the  Sidonians,]  will  destroy 
 them  from  before  Israel;  but  do  thou 
 give  them  by  inheritance  to  Israel,  as 
 I  charged  thee.  ^And  now  divide  this 
 land  by  lot  to  the  nine  tribes,  and  to 
 the  half  tribe  of  Manasse.  "^From  Jor- 
 dan to  the  great  sea  westward  thou 
 
 2  4  4 
 
 shalt  give  it  them :  the  great  sea  shall 
 be  the  boiuidary.  But  to  the  two  tribes 
 and  to  the  half  ^tribe  of  Manasse,  "^to 
 Kuben  and  to  Gad  Moses  gave  an  inhe- 
 ritance beyond  Jordan :  Moses  the  ser- 
 vant of  the  Lord  gave  it  to  ^  them  east- 
 ward, ^  from  Aroer,  which  +  Cr.  him. 
 is  on  the  bank  of  the  brook  of  Arnon, 
 and  the  city  in  the  midst  of  the  valley, 
 and  all  Misor  from  Maidaban.  '"  AH 
 the  cities  of  Seon  king  of  the  Amorites, 
 who  reigned  from  Esebon  to  the  coasts 
 of  the  children  of  Ammon;  '*  and  the 
 region  of  Galaad,  and  the  borders  of 
 the  Gesirites  and  the  Machatites,  the 
 whole  mount  of  Aermon,  and  all 
 the  land  of  Basan  to  Acha.  '^  All  the 
 kingdom  of  Og  in  the  region  of  Basan, 
 who  reigned  in  Astaroth  and  in  Edrain : 
 he  was  left  of  the  giants;  and  IMoses 
 smote  him,  and  destroyed  him.  ^^  But 
 the  children  of  Israel  destroyed  not 
 the  Gesirite  and  the  Machatite  and 
 the  Chananite;  and  the  king  of  the 
 Gesiri  and  the  Machatite  dwelt  among 
 the  children  of  Israel  until  this  day. 
 '■*  Only  no  inheritance  was  given  to 
 the  tribe  of  Levi:  the  Lord  God  of 
 Israel,  he  is  their  inheritance,  as 
 the  Lord  said  to  them;  and  this 
 is  the  division  which  Moses  made  to 
 the  children  of  Israel  in  Araboth 
 Moab,  on  the  other  side  of  Jordan,  by 
 Jericho. 
 
 '•''And  Moses  gave  the  land  to  the 
 tribe  of  Ruben  according  to  tlieir  llimi- 
 lies.  '^And  their  borders  were  from 
 Aroer,  which  is  opposite  the  brook  of 
 Arnon,  and  theirs  is  the  city  that  is  in  the 
 valley  of  Arnon;  and  all  Misor,  '^to 
 Esebon,  and  all  the  cities  in  Misor  and 
 Da-bon,  and  Ba^mon-Baal,  and  the 
 house  of  ]\Ieelboth;  '^and  Basan,  and 
 Bakedmoth,  and  Mirphaad,  '"and  Ka- 
 riathaim,  and  Sebama,  and  Serada, 
 and  Sion  in  Mount  Enab;  ^*'and  Ba^th- 
 phogor,  and  Asedoth  Phasga,  and 
 Baitthasinoth,  ^'and  all  the  cities  of 
 Misor,  and  all  the  kingdom  of  Seon 
 king  of  the  Amorites,  whom  ]\Io?cs 
 smote,   even  him  and  the  princes  of 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  22 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 CiiAr.  XIV.  V.  12. 
 
 Madian,  and    Evi,    and    Eobok,    and 
 
 1  Gr.  apxci/ra   Sill",  and  TJi',    and   Robe  ^ 
 
 I'.Tt^^""'*^^  i:)nnce  of  the  spoils  of  Sion, 
 
 passage,  any      i  .    ,     .  X      ^        „  ^.       ' 
 
 way  ungrani-    and  the  inhabitants  oi  oion. 
 
 matical  and        <,■>  \      i     t>    i  .i  (■ 
 
 most  probably  And  iialaam  the  son  oi 
 corrupt.  g.^,Q^.  ^i^g  prophet  they  slew 
 
 in  the  battle.  ^^And  the  borders  of 
 Ruben  were — even  Jordan  was  the 
 boundary;  this  is  the  inheritance  of 
 the  children  of  Ruben  according  to 
 their  famihes,  these  ivere  their  cities 
 and  their  villao'es.  ^*  And  Moses  wave 
 inheritance  to  the  sons  of  Gad  accord- 
 ing to  their  famihes.  ^^And  their 
 borders  were  Jazer,  all  the  cities  of 
 Galaad,  and  half  the  land  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Ammon  unto  Araba,  which  is 
 before  Arad.  -^And  from  Esebonunto 
 Araboth  by  Massepha,  and  Botanim, 
 and  Maan  to  the  borders  of  Daibon,  ^^and 
 Enadom,  and  Othargai,  and  Basntha- 
 nabra,  and  Soccotha,  and  Saphan,  and 
 the  rest  of  the  kino-dom  of  Seon  kinsi; 
 of  Esebon:  and  Jordan  shall  be  the 
 boundary  as  far  as  part  of  the  sea  of 
 Chenereth  beyond  Jordan  eastward. 
 ^^This  is  the  inheritance  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Gad  according  to  their  families 
 and  according  to  their  cities :  according 
 to  their  famihes  they  will  turn  their 
 +  Gi:  necks.  *  backs  bcforc  their  enemies, 
 
 See  note  on        ■■  ,      .       .   .  .  ' 
 
 chap.  7. 12.  because  their  cities  and  their 
 villages  were  according  to  their  fami- 
 lies. 
 
 ^^And  Moses  gave  to  half  the  tribe 
 of  Manasse  according  to  their  famihes. 
 ^^And  their  borders  were  from  Maan, 
 and  all  the  kingdom  of  Basan,  and  all 
 the  kingdom  of  Og  king  of  Basan,  and 
 all  the  villages  of  Jair,  which  are  in  the 
 region  of  Basan  sixty  cities :  ^^  and  the 
 half  of  Galaad,  and  in  Astaroth,  and  in 
 Edrain,  royal  cities  of  Og  in  the  land 
 of  Basan,  Moses  gave  to  the  sons  of 
 Machir  the  sons  of  Manasse,  according 
 to  their  famihes.  ^^  These  are  they 
 whom  IMoses  caused  to  inherit  beyond 
 Jordan  in  Araboth  Moab,  beyond  Jor- 
 dan by  Jericho  eastward. 
 
 14.  And  these  are  they  of  the  chil- 
 
 dren of  Israel  that  received  their  inhe- 
 ritance in  the  land  of  Chanaan,to  whom 
 Eleazar  the  priest,  and  Joshua  the  son 
 of  Naue,  and  the  heads  of  the  famihes 
 of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel 
 gave  inheritance.  ^  They  inherited  ac- 
 cording to  their  lots,  as  the  Lord  com- 
 manded by  the  hand  of  Joshua  to  the 
 nine  tribes  and  the  half  tribe,  on  the 
 other  side  of  Jordan.  ^But  to  the 
 Levites  he  gave  no  inheritance  among 
 them.  *For  the  sons  of  Joseph  were 
 two  tribes,  Manasse  and  Ephraim ;  and 
 there  was  none  inheritance  in  the  land 
 given  to  the  Levites  only  cities  to  dwell 
 in,  and  their  suburbs  separated  for  the 
 cattle,  and  their  cattle.  '^As  the  Lord 
 commanded  Moses,  so  did  the  children 
 of  Israel;  and  they  divided  the  land. 
 •'And  the  children  of  Juda  came  to 
 Joshua  in  Galgal,  and  Chalcb  the  son 
 of  Jephone  the  Kenezite  said  to  him, 
 Thou  knowest  the  word  that  the  Lord 
 spoke  to  Moses  the  man  of  God  con- 
 cerning me  and  thee  in  Kades  Barne. 
 ^  For  I  was  forty  years  old  when  Moses 
 the  servant  of  God  sent  me  out  of 
 Kades  Barne  to  spy  out  the  land;  and 
 I  returned  hiin  an  answer  according  to 
 his  mind.  ^  My  brethren  that  went  up 
 with  me  turned  away  the  heart  of  the 
 people,  but  I  ^apphed  my-  i^/,;' -^1 
 self  to  follow  the  Lord  my  idjom  with  in- 
 God.  ^And  Moses  swore  wiuchLxx. 
 on  that  day,  saying,  The  ^^J',. 
 land  on  which  thou  art  ffone  ftiUyfouowed 
 
 1     ,,    -  ,         .    ,o    .        the  Lord  my 
 
 up,  it  shall  be  thy  inherit-  God. 
 ance  and  thy  children's  for  ever, 
 because  thou  hast  applied  thyself  to 
 follow  the  Lord  our  God.  ^^  And 
 now  the  Lord  has  kept  me  alive  as  he 
 said:  this  is  the  forty-fifth  year  since 
 the  Lord  spoke  that  word  to  Moses; 
 and  Israel  journeyed  in  the  wilderness; 
 and  now,  behold  !  I  am  this  day  eighty- 
 five  years  old.  ^'lam  still  strong  this 
 day,  as  when  the  Lord  sent  me:  just 
 so  strong  am  I  now  to  go  out  and  to 
 come  in  for  war.  '^  And  now  I  ask  of 
 thee  this  mountain,  as  the  Lord  said 
 in  that  clay,    for   thou   heardest  this 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  13. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  18. 
 
 word  on  that  day;  and  now  the  Ena- 
 khn  are  there,  cities  great  and  strong : 
 if  then  the  Lord  should  be  with  me,  I 
 will  utterly  destroy  them,  as  the  Lord 
 said  to  me. 
 
 ^^  And  Joshua  blessed  him,  and  gave 
 Chebron  to  Chaleb  the  son  of  Jephone 
 the  son  of  Kenez  for  an  inheritance. 
 '■*  Therefore  Chebron  became  the  inhe- 
 ritance of  Chaleb  the  son  of  Jephone 
 the  Kenezite  until  this  day,  because  he 
 followed  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
 God  of  Israel.  '^  And  the  name  of  Che- 
 +  See  note  bron  bcforc  was  the  city 
 chap.  10.2.  Argob,  it  is  the  ^metro- 
 polis of  the  Enakim:  and  the  land 
 rested  from  war. 
 
 15.  And  the  borders  of  the  tribe  of 
 Juda  according  to  their  famiHes  were 
 from  the  borders  of  Idumea  from  the 
 wilderness  of  Sin,  as  far  as  Kades 
 southwards.  '''And  their  borders  were 
 from  the  south  as  far  as  a  part  of  the 
 +  Gr.  neck.  Salt  sea  from  the  ^  high 
 Heb.  tongue,  country  tliat  extends  south- 
 ward. ^  And  they  proceed  before  the 
 ascent  of  Acrabin,  and  go  out  round 
 Sena,  and  go  up  from  the  south  to 
 Kades  Barne;  and  go  out  to  Asoron, 
 and  proceed  vip  to  Sarada,  and  go  out 
 by  tlie  way  that  is  west  of  Kades. 
 *  And  they  go  out  to  Selmona,  and 
 issue  at  the  valley  of  EgyjDt;  and  the 
 termination  of  its  boundaries  shall  be 
 at  the  sea :  these  are  their  bomrdaries 
 southwards.  ^  And  their  boundaries 
 eastward  are  all  the  salt  sea  as  far  as 
 Jordan;  and  their  borders  from  the 
 north,  and  from  the  border  of  the  sea, 
 and  from  part  of  Jordan — ^  the  borders 
 go  up  to  Baithaglaam,  and  they  go 
 along  from  the  north  to  Ba^tharaba, 
 and  the  borders  go  on  up  to  the  stone 
 of  Baion  the  son  of  Euben.  ''And  the 
 + So  the  Greek,  bordcrs  contiuuc  on  to  ^  the 
 have'bec,Ta°  fourth  part  of  the  valley  of 
 
 wrong  reading    Achor,     and     gO     dowU     tO 
 of  the   word  '  ^ 
 
 rnii  as  if  part  Galgal,  which  is  before  the 
 "^^'^"'  approach      of     Adammin, 
 
 wliich  is  southward  in  the  valley,  and 
 
 246 
 
 terminate  at  the  water  of  the  foun- 
 tain of  the  sun ;  and  tlieir  going 
 forth  shall  be  the  fountain  of  Rogcl. 
 ^  And  the  borders  go  up  to  the  valley 
 of  Ennom  behind  Jebus  southward; 
 tliis  is  Jerusalem :  and  the  borders  ter- 
 minate at  the  top  of  the  moimtain, 
 which  is  before  the  valley  of  Ennom 
 toward  the  sea,  which  is  by  the  side  of 
 the  land  of  Raphain  northwards.  ^And 
 the  border  (/om(/  forth  from  the  top  of 
 the  moimtain  terminates  at  the  foim- 
 tain  of  the  water  of  Naphtho,  and  ter- 
 minates at  ]\Iomit  Ephron ;  and  the 
 border  will  lead  to  Baal;  this  is  the 
 city  of  Jarim.  '^  And  the  border  -will 
 go  round  from  Baal  to  the  sea,  and  will 
 go  on  to  the  mount  of  Assar  behind 
 the  city  of  Jarin  northwards;  this  is 
 Chaslon :  and  it  will  come  down  to  the 
 city  of  the  Sun,  and  will  go  on  to  the 
 south.  '^  And  the  border  terminates 
 behind  Accaron  northwards,  and  the 
 borders  will  terminate  at  Socchoth, 
 and  the  borders  will  go  on  to  the 
 south,  and  will  terminate  at  Lebna, 
 and  the  issue  of  the  borders  will  be  at 
 the  sea;  and  their  borders  shall  be  to- 
 ward the  sea,  the  great  sea  shall  be  the 
 boundary.  '^  These  m-e  the  borders  of 
 the  children  of  Juda  round  about  ac- 
 cording to  their  families.  '^  And  to 
 Chaleb  the  son  of  Jephone  he  gave  a 
 portion  in  the  midst  of  the  children  of 
 Juda  by  the  command  of  God;  and 
 Joshua  gave  him  the  city  of  Arboc 
 the  metropolis  of  Enac;  this  is  Che- 
 bron. '^  And  Chaleb  the  son  of  Jephone 
 destroyed  thence  the  three  sons  of 
 Enac,  Susi,  and  Tholami,  and  Achima. 
 •^  And  Chaleb  went  up  thence  to  the 
 inhabitants  of  Dabir;  and  +  hp*.  Kirjath- 
 the  name  of  Dabir  before  ^''^''''^ 
 was  the  ^  city  of  Letters. 
 
 ^•"And  Chaleb  said,  WTiosoever  shall 
 take  and  destroy  the  city  of  Letters, 
 and  master  it,  to  him  will  I  give  my 
 daughter  Ascha  to  wife.  '^And  Go- 
 th oniel  the  son  of  Chenez  the  brother 
 of  Chaleb  took  it ;  and  he  gave  him 
 Ascha  his  daughter  to  wife.     '^And  it 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  19. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  4. 
 
 came  to  jDass  as  she  went  out  that  she 
 counselled  him,  saying,  I  will  ask  of 
 mj  father  a  field;  and  she  cried  from 
 off  her  ass;  and  Chaleb  said  to  her, 
 +  What  hast  ^  ^^^lat  is  it  ?  ^^  And  she 
 of°wharhast  said  to  him,  Give  me  a  bless- 
 thou  need  ?  i^g^  for  thou  hast  set  me  in 
 the  land  of  Nageb ;  give  me  Botthanis : 
 and  he  gave  her  Gonasthla  the  upper, 
 and  Gona3thla  the  lower. 
 
 "^^  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe 
 of  the  children  of  Juda.  ^^  And  their 
 cities  were  cities  beloncjins:  to  the  tribe 
 of  the  children  of  Juda  on  tire  borders 
 of  Edom  by  the  wilderness,  and  Basse- 
 leel,  and  Ara  and  Asor,  ^^  and  Icam, 
 and  Eegma,  and  Aniel,  ^^and  Kades, 
 and  Asorionain,  and  Msenam,  ^^  and 
 Balmajnan,  and  their  villages,  ^^  and 
 the  cities  of  Aseron,  this  is  Asor, 
 ^^and  Sen,  and  Salmaa,  and  Molada, 
 ^^and  Seri,  and  Ba^phalath,  ^^  and  Cho- 
 laseola,  and  Beersabee;  and  their  vil- 
 lages, and  their  hamlets,  ^^Bala  and 
 Bacoc,  and  Asom,  ^^  and  Elboudad, 
 and  Bsethel,  and  Herma,  ^^  and  Sekelac, 
 and  Macharim,  and  Sethennac,  ^^and 
 Labos,and  Sale,  and  Eromoth;  twenty- 
 nine  cities,  and  their  villages.  ^^  In 
 the  plain  country  Astaol,  and  Eaa,  and 
 Assa,  ^*  and  Ramen,  and  Tano,  and 
 Iluthoth,  and  Maiani,  ^^  and  Jermuth, 
 and  Odollam,and  Membra,  and  Saocho, 
 and  Jazeca.  ^^  And  Sacarim  and 
 Gadera,  and  its  villages :  fourteen  cities, 
 and  their  villages :  ^^  Senna,  and  Ada- 
 san,  and  Magadalgad,  ^^and  Dalad, 
 and  Masplia,  and  Jachareel,  ^^  and 
 Basedoth,  and  Ideadalea ;  ■*"  and  Chabra, 
 and  Maches,  and  Maachos,  ^^  and  Ged- 
 dor,  and  Bagadiel,  ^^  and  Noman,  and 
 Machedan :  sixteen  cities,  and  their 
 villages ;  ^'^  Lebna,  and  Ithac,  and 
 Anoch,  *^  and  Jana,  and  Nasib,  ^^  and 
 Keilam,  and  Akiezi,  and  Kezib,  and 
 Bathesar,  and  -3^1om:  ten  cities,  and 
 their  villages ;  ^'^  Accaron  and  her 
 villages,  and  their  hamlets :  *^  from 
 Accaron,  Gemna,  and  all  the  cities  that 
 are  near  Asedoth;  and  their  villages. 
 ^^Asiedoth,  and  her  villages,  and  her 
 
 hamlets ;  Gaza,  and  its  villages  and 
 its  hamlets  as  far  as  the  river  of  Egypt, 
 and  the  great  sea  is  the  boundary. 
 ''^And  in  the  hill  country  Samir,  and 
 Jether,  and  Socha,  ^'-^  and  Renna  and 
 the  city  of  Letters,  this  is  Dabir;  '""and 
 Anon,  and  Es,  and  Man,  and  JEsam, 
 ^'  and  Gosom,  and  Chalu,  and  Channa, 
 and  Gelom:  eleven  cities,  and  their 
 villages;  ^^^rem,  and  Remna,  and 
 Soma,  ^^  and  Jemain,  and  Baithachu, 
 and  Phakua,  ^*  and  Euma,  and  the 
 city  Arboc,  this  is  Chebron,  and  So- 
 raith:  nine  cities,  and  their  villages: 
 ■^^Maor,  and  Chermel,  and  Ozib,  and 
 Itan,  ^^  and  Jariel,  and  Aricam,  and 
 Zacanaim,  '^^and  Gabaa,  and  Tham- 
 natha;  nine  cities,  and  their  villages; 
 ■^^  -5lilua,  and  Bethsur,  and  Geddon, 
 ''^  and  Magaroth,  and  Beethanam,  and 
 Thecum;  six  cities,  and  their  villages; 
 ^^  Theco,  and  Ephratha,  this  is  Bseth- 
 leem,  and  Phagor,  and  jEtan,  and 
 Kulon,  and  Tatam,  and  Thobes,  and 
 Carem,  and  Galem,  and  Thether,  and 
 Manocho:  eleven  cities,  and  their  vil- 
 lages, Cariathbaal,  this  is  the  city  of 
 Jarim,  and  Sotheba:  two  cities,  and 
 their  villages:  ""^  and  Baddargeis,  and 
 Tharabaam,  and  ^non  ;  ^^  and  JEo- 
 chioza,  and  Naphlazon,  and  the  cities 
 of  Sadon,  and  Ankades;  seven  cities, 
 and  their  villages. 
 
 ^^And  the'^Jebusite  dwelt  in  Jeru- 
 salem, and  the  children  of  Juda  could 
 not  destroy  them;  and  the  Jebusites 
 dwelt  in  Jerusalem  to  this  day. 
 
 16.  And  the  borders  of  the  children 
 of  Joseph  were  from  Jordan  by  Jericho 
 eastward;  and  they  will  go  up  from 
 Jericho  to  the  hill  country,  to  the  wil- 
 derness, to  Bcethel  Luza.  ^And  they 
 will  go  out  to  Baethel,  and  will  proceed 
 to  the  borders  of  Achatarothi.  ^  And 
 they  will  go  across  to  the  sea  to  the 
 borders  of  Aptahm,  as  far  as  the  bor- 
 ders of  Ba3thoron  the  lower,  and  ^  the 
 ffoino;  forth  of  them  shall  be  to  the 
 sea.  ''And  the  sons  of  Joseph,  Ephraim 
 and  Manasse,  took  their  inheritance. 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  5. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xvii. 
 
 13. 
 
 ^  And  the  borders  of  tlic  cliildren  of 
 Ephraim  were  according  to  their  fami- 
 lies, and  the  borders  of  their  inherit- 
 ance were  eastward  to  Ataroth  and 
 Eroc  as  far  as  Brethoron  the  upper, 
 and  Gazara.  ^And  the  borders  will 
 proceed  to  the  sea  to  Icasmon  north  of 
 Therma;  they  will  go  round  eastward 
 to  Thenasa,  and  Selles,  and  will  pass 
 on  eastward  to  Janocha,  ^and  to  Ma- 
 cho, and  Ataroth,  and  these  are  their 
 villages;  and  they  will  come  to  Jericho, 
 and  will  issue  at  Jordan.  ^And  the 
 borders  will  proceed  from  ^Tapho  to 
 t  ur,  Taphos,  the  sca  to  Chclkana  ;  and 
 or,Ta'phon,&c'.  their  termination  will  be  at 
 the  sea;  this  is  the  inheritance  of  the 
 tribe  of  Ephraim  according  to  their 
 famihes.  ^  And  the  cities  separated  to 
 the  sons  of  Ephraim  were  in  the  midst 
 of  the  inheritance  of  the  sons  of  Ma- 
 nasse,  all  the  cities  and  their  vil- 
 lages. "^  And  Ephraim  did  not  destroy 
 the  Chananite  who  dwelt  in  Gazer; 
 and  the  Chananite  dwelt  in  Ephraim 
 until  this  day,  until  Pharao  the  king 
 of  Egypt  went  up  and  took  it,  and 
 burnt  it  with  fire;  and  the  Chananites, 
 and  Pherezites,  and  the  dwellers  in 
 Gaza  they  destroyed,  and  Pharao  gave 
 them  for  a  dowry  to  his  daughter. 
 
 17.  And  the  borders  of  the  tribe  of 
 the  children  of  Manasse,  (for  he  was  the 
 first-born  ^  of  Joseph,)  assigned  to  Ma- 
 +  ar.  to.  chir  the  first-born  of  Ma- 
 nasse the  father  of  Galaad,  for  he  was 
 a  warrior,  were  in  the  land  of  Galaad 
 and  of  Basan.  ^And  there  was  land 
 assigned  to  the  other  sons  of  Manasse 
 according  to  their  famiUes;  to  the  sons 
 of  rlezi,  and  to  the  sons  of  Kelez,  and 
 to  the  sons  of  Jeziel,  and  to  the  sons  of 
 Sychem,  and  to  the  sons  of  Symarim, 
 and  to  the  son  of  Opher :  these  are  the 
 males  according  to  their  families.  ^  And 
 Salpaad  the  sons  of  Opher  had  no  sons 
 but  daughters :  and  these  are  the  names 
 of  the  daughters  of  Salpaad  ;  Maala, 
 and  Nua,  and  Egla,  and  Melcha,  and 
 Thersa.     ■*  And  they  stood  before  Elea- 
 
 zar  the  priest,  and  before  Joshua,  and 
 before  the  rulers,  saying,  God  gave  a 
 charge  by  the  hand  of  Moses,  to  give 
 us  an  inheritance  in  the  midst  of  our 
 brethren :  so  there  was  given  to  them 
 by  the  command  of  the  Lord  an  inhe- 
 ritance among  the  brethren  of  their 
 father.  ^And  their  lot  fell  to  them 
 from  Anassa,  and  to  the  plain  of  Labec 
 of  the  land  of  Galaad,  which  is  beyond 
 Jordan.  ^For  the  daughters  of  the 
 sons  of  Manasse  inherited  a  portion  in 
 the  midst  of  their  brethren,  and  the 
 land  of  Galaad  was  assigned  to  the 
 remainder  of  the  sons  of  INIanasse. 
 ''And  the  borders  of  the  sons  of  Ma- 
 nasse were  Delanath,  which  is  before 
 the  sons  of  Anath,  and  it  proceeds  to 
 the  borders  even  to  Jamin  and  Jassib 
 to  the  fountain  of  Thaphthoth.  **lt 
 shall  belong  to  Manasse,  and  Thapheth 
 on  the  borders  of  Manasse  shall  belong 
 to  the  sons  of  Ephraim.  '•'And  the 
 borders  shall  go  down  to  the  valley  of 
 Carana  southwards  by  the  valley  of 
 Jariel,  (there  is  a  turpentine  ^tree  belong- 
 ing to  Ephraim  between  that  +  Much  con- 
 and   the  city  of  Manasse:)  .ll!w!" 
 
 J  J    Vtm  these, co-n- 
 
 and  the  borders  oi  Manasse  founded  with 
 are  northwards  to  the  brook ;  ^^  «"*•  *"'• 
 and  the  sea  shall  be  its  ter-  "his  is  one  of 
 mination.        ^«  Southwards  ^^-,^„7Sou. 
 the  land  belongs  to  Ephraim,  we translation, 
 and  northwards  to  Manasse ;  p^rtiyTepre- 
 and  the  sea  shall  be  their  seutodinthc 
 coast ;  and  northwards  they  eo?  and 'partly 
 shall   border   upon    ^Aseb,  ^T^^^tiL 
 and    eastwards    upon  Issa-  p'*)^- 
 char.  "  And  Manasses  shall   +  ^''■•'■- Aser. 
 have  in  the  portion  of  Issachar  and  Aser 
 Ba>thsan  and  their  villages,  and  the  inha- 
 bitants of  Dor,  and  its  villages,  and  the 
 inhabitants  of  Mageddo,  and  its  villages, 
 and  the  third  part  of  Mapheta,  and  its 
 villages.     '^And  the  sons  of  Manasse 
 were  not  able  to  destroy  these  cities  ; 
 and  the  Chananite  began  to  dwell  in  ^that 
 land.  '^And  it  came  to  pass  that  +  Gr.  this, 
 when  the  children  of  Israel  were  strong, 
 tliey  made  the  Chananites  subject,  but 
 they  did  not  utterly  destroy  them. 
 
Chap.  xvii.  v.  14. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  17. 
 
 ^*  And  the  sons  of  Joseph  answered 
 Joshua,  saying,  wherefore  hast  thou 
 caused  us  to  inherit  one  inheritance, 
 and  one  Hne?  whereas  I  am  a  great 
 people,  and  God  has  blessed  me.  '^And 
 Joshua  said  to  them,  If  thou  be  a  great 
 people,  go  up  to  the  forest,  and  clear 
 the  land  for  thyself,  if  Mount  Ephraim 
 be  too  little  for  thee.  '**  And  they  said. 
 The  mount  of  Ephraim  does  not  please 
 us,  and  the  Chananite  dwelling  in  it  in 
 Bajthsan,  and  in  its  villages,  and  in  the 
 valley  of  Jezrael,  has  choice  cavalry 
 and  iron.  ^^And  Joshua  said  to  the 
 sons  of  Joseph,  If  thou  art  a  great 
 people,  and  hast  great  strength,  thou 
 shalt  not  have  07ili/  one  inheritance. 
 '^For  thou  shalt  have  the  wood,  for 
 there  is  a  wood,  and  thou  shalt  clear 
 it,  and  the  land  shall  be  thine;  even 
 when  thou  shalt  have  utterly  destroyed 
 the  Chananite,  for  he  has  chosen 
 cavalry ;  yet  thou  art  stronger  than  he. 
 
 18.  And  all  the  congregation  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  were  assembled  at 
 Selo,  and  there  they  pitched  the  taber- 
 nacle of  witness ;  and  the  land  was 
 subdued  by  them.  ^And  the  sons  of 
 Israel  remained,  even  those  who  had 
 not  received  their  inheritance,  seven 
 tribes.  ^And  Joshua  said  to  the  sons 
 of  Israel,  How  long  will  ye  be  slack  to 
 inlierit  the  land,  wliich  the  Lord  our 
 +  Gr.  give.  God  lias  givcu  you  ?  ^Appoint 
 of  yourselves  three  men  of  each  tribe, 
 and  let  them  rise  up  and  go  through 
 the  land,  and  let  them  describe  it  before 
 me,  as  it  will  be  proper  to  divide  it. 
 
 +  Gr.  went  ^  And  they  ^  came  to  him : 
 through.  and  he  cUvided  to  them 
 seven  portions,  saying,  Judas  shall 
 stand  to  them  a  border  southwards, 
 and  the  sons  of  Joseph  shall  stand  to 
 them  northwards.  ^And  do  ye  divide 
 the  land  into  seven  parts,  and  bring 
 the  description  hither  to  me,  and  I  will 
 
 t  Gr.  bring  ^give  you  a  lot  before  the 
 o"*:-  Lord  our  God.     ^  For  the 
 
 sons  of  Levi  have  no  part  among  you ; 
 for  the  priesthood  of  the  Lord  is  his 
 
 portion;  and  Gad,  and  Euben,  and  the 
 half  tribe  of  Manasse,  have  received 
 their  inheritance  beyond  Jordan  east- 
 ward, which  Moses  the  servant  of  the 
 Lord  gave  to  them.     ^And  the  men 
 rose  up  and  went ;  and  Joshua  charged 
 the  men  who  went  to  ^  ex-    +  q^^  ^^^ 
 plore  the  land,  saying.  Go  through, 
 and  explore  the  land,  and  come  to  me, 
 and  I  will  bring  you  forth  a  lot  here  be- 
 fore the  Lord  in  Selo.  ^  And  they  went, 
 and  explored  the  land :  and  they  viewed 
 it,  and  described  it  according  to  the  ci- 
 ties, seven  parts  in  a  book  and  brought 
 the  book  to  Joshua.     ^°And  Joshua  cast 
 the  lot  for  them  in  Selo  before  the  Lord. 
 '^  And  the  lot  of  the  tribe  of  Benja- 
 min came  forth  first  according  to  their 
 families:  and  the  borders  of  their  lot 
 came  forth  between   the   children  of 
 Juda   and   the    children    of    Joseph. 
 ^'^And  their  borders  were  northward: 
 the  borders  shall  go  up  from  Jordan 
 behind  Jericho  northward,  and  shall  go 
 up  to  the  mountain  westward,  and  the 
 issue  of  it  shall  be  Bcethon  ofMabdara. 
 ^^And  the  borders  will  go  forth  thence 
 to  Luz,  behind  Luz,  from  the  south  of 
 it ;  this  is   Bsethel :    and  the  borders 
 shall  go  down  to  Maatarob  Orech,  to 
 the  hill  country,  which  is  southward  of 
 Basthoron  the  lower.     '^And  the  bor- 
 ders shall  pass  through  and  proceed  to 
 the  part  that  looks  towards  the  sea,  on 
 the  south,  from  the  mountain  in  front 
 of  Baithoron  southwards,  and  its  termi- 
 nation shall  be  at  Kariath-Baal,  this  is 
 Kariath-Jarin,  a  city  of  the  children  of 
 Juda ;  this  is  the  part  toward  the  west. 
 '•'And  the  south  side  on  the  part  of 
 Kariath-Baal ;  and  the  borders  shall  go 
 across  to  Gasin,  to  the  fountain  of  the 
 water  of  Naphtho.     '^  And  the  borders 
 shall  extend  down  on  one  side,  this  is  in 
 front  of  the  forest  of  Sonnam,  which  is 
 on  the  side  of  Emec  Raphain  north- 
 wards, and  it  shall  come  down  to  Gaj- 
 enna  behind    Jebusai  southwards :    it 
 shall  come  down  to  the   fountain  of 
 Rogcl.      ^^And    the  borders    shall  go 
 across  to  the  foimtain  of  Bscthsamys: 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  18. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  v.  26. 
 
 '^and  shall  proceed  to  Galiloth,  wliich 
 is  in  front  by  the  going  up  of  iEthamin ; 
 and  they  shall  come  down  to  the  stone  of 
 Bseon  of  the  sons  of  Ruben ;  and  shall 
 pass  over  behind  Baatharaba  northwards 
 and  shall  go  down  to  the  borders  behind 
 the  sea  northwards.  ^'^  And  the  termina- 
 tion of  the  borders  shall  be  at  the  creek 
 of  the  salt  sea  northwards  to  the  side  of 
 Jordan  southwards  :  these  are  their 
 southern  borders.  ^°  And  Jordan  shall 
 be  their  boundary  on  the  east:  tliis  is 
 the  inheritance  of  the  children  of  Ben- 
 jamin, these  are  their  borders  roiind 
 about  according  to  their  famiHes.  ^' And 
 the  cities  of  the  children  of  Benjamin 
 according  to  their  families  loere  Jeri- 
 cho, and  Bethegjeo,  and  Amecasis, 
 ^^and  Bffithabara,  and  Sara,  and  Be- 
 sana,  ^^and  Aiein,  and  Phara,  and 
 Ephratha,  ^''and  Carapha,  and  Kephira, 
 and  ]\Ioni,  and  Gabaa  ;  twelve  cities 
 and  their  villages  ^'^  Gabaon,  and  Rama, 
 and  Beerotha ;  ^*'and  Massema,  and 
 Miron,  and  Amoke;  ^^and  Phira,  and 
 Caplian,  and  Nacan,  and  Selecan,  and 
 Thareela,  ^^and  Jebus  (this  is  Jeru- 
 salem); and  Gabaoth,  Jarim,  thirteen 
 cities,  and  their  villages;  this  is  the 
 inheritance  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin 
 according  to  their  families. 
 
 19.  And  the  second  lot  came  out  for 
 the  children  of  Symeon ;  and  their  in- 
 heritance was  in  the  midst  of  the  lots 
 of  the  children  of  Juda.  ^And  their 
 lot  was  Beersabee,  and  Samaa  and 
 Kaladam,  ^and  Arsola,  and  Bola,  and 
 Jason,  '*and  Ertlmla,  and  Bula,  and 
 Plerma,  ^and  Sikclak,  and  Bsethma- 
 chereb,  and  Sarsusin,  *'and  Batharoth, 
 and  their  fields,  thirteen  cities,  and 
 their  villages.  ^  Ercmmon,  and  Thal- 
 cha,  and  Jether,  and  Asan ;  four  cities 
 and  their  villages.  ^  Round  about  their 
 cities  as  far  as  Balec  as  men  go  to  Bameth 
 southwards:  this  is  the  inheritance  of 
 the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Symeon  ac- 
 cording to  their  families.  '^  The  inherit- 
 ance of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
 Symeon  was  a  part  of  the  lot  of  Juda, 
 
 for  the  portion  of  the  children  of  Juda 
 was  greater  than  theirs;  and  the  chil- 
 dren of  Symeon  inherited  in  the  midst 
 of  their  lot. 
 
 '"And  the  third  lot  came  out  to 
 Zabidon  according  to  their  families: 
 the  bounds  of  their  inheritance  shall 
 be — Esedekgola  shall  be  their  border, 
 'Hhe  sea  and  Magelda,  and  it  shall 
 reach  to  Bajtharaba  ^  in  the  +  or,  at  or  to- 
 vallcy,  which  is  opposite  ^^'^^• 
 Jekman.  '-^And  the  border  returned 
 from  Sedduc  in  a  contrary  direction 
 eastward  from  Ba3thsamys,  to  the 
 borders  of  Chaselothaith,  and  shall 
 pass  on  to  Dabiroth,  and  shall  proceed 
 upwards  to  Phangai.  '^And  thence 
 it  shall  come  round  in  the  opposite 
 direction  eastward  to  Gebere  to  the 
 city  of  Catasem,  and  shall  go  on  to 
 Remmonaa  Matharaoza.  '''And  the 
 borders  shall  come  round  northwards 
 to  Amoth,  and  their  going  out  shall 
 be  at  Ga^phael,  '■''and  Catanath,  and 
 Nabaal,  and  Symeon,  and  Hiericlio, 
 and  Baithman.  "^  This  is  the  inheritance 
 of  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of  Zabulon  ac- 
 cording to  their  famiHes,  tliese  cities 
 and  their  villages. 
 
 '^And  the  fourth  lot  came  out  to 
 Issachar.  '**And  their  borders  were 
 Jazel,  andChasaloth,and  Sunam,  '^and 
 Agin,  and  Siona,  and  Reeroth,  ^"and 
 Anachereth,  and  Dabiron,  and  Kison, 
 and  Rebes,  '^'and  Remmas,  and  Jeon, 
 and  Tomman,  and  vEmarec  and  Ber- 
 saphes.  ^^And  the  boundaries  shall 
 border  upon  Gaithbor,  and  upon  Salim 
 westward,  and  Baithsamys ;  and  the 
 extremity  of  his  bounds  shall  be  Jor- 
 dan. '^^  This  is  the  inlicritance  of  the 
 tx'ibe  of  the  children  of  issachar  accord- 
 ing to  their  liimilies,  the  cities  and 
 their  villages. 
 
 ^'*  And  the  fifth  lot  came  out  to  Aser 
 according  to  their  families.  ^^And 
 their  borders  w^ere  Exelcketh,  and 
 Alcph,  and  Ba^thok,  and  Keaph,  -''and 
 Ehmelech,  and  Amiel,  and  ]\laasa,  and 
 the  lot  will  border  on  Carmel  west- 
 ward,   and    on    Sion,  and    Labanath. 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  27. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  4. 
 
 ^^And  it  will  return  ^westward  from 
 +  Gr. from  the  Boctliegenetli,  and  will  join 
 nsmgo  le  '/^Q\y^QTQ^  and  Ekgai,  and 
 Phtliceel  northwards,  and  the  borders 
 will  come  to  Saphtliscbaithme,  and 
 Inael,  and  will  go  on  to  Cho- 
 bamasomel,  ^'^and  Elbon  and  Kaab, 
 and  Emcmaon,  and  Canthan  to  great 
 Sidon.  ^^  And  the  borders  shall  turn 
 back  to  Kama,  and  to  the  fountain  of 
 Masphassat,  and  the  Tyrians  ;  and  the 
 borders  shall  return  to  Jasiph,  and 
 their  going  forth  shall  be  the  sea,  and 
 Apoleb,  and  Echozob,  ^^andArchob, 
 and  Aphec,  and  Raau.  ^^  Tliis  is  the 
 inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the  sons  of 
 Aser  according  to  their  famiHes,  the 
 cities  and  their  villages. 
 
 ^^And  the  sixth  lot  came  out  to 
 Nephthali.  ^^And  their  borders  were 
 Moolam,  and  ]\Iola,  and  Besemiin,  and 
 Ai'me,  and  Naboc,  and  Jephthamai, 
 as  far  as  Dodam ;  and  their  goings  out 
 were  Jordan.  ^^And  the  coasts  will 
 retiu'n  westward  by  Athabor,  and  will 
 go  out  thence  to  Jacana,  and  will 
 border  on  Zabulon  southward,  and 
 Aser  will  join  it  westward,  and  Jor- 
 dan eastAvard.  ^^  And  the  walled  cities 
 of  the  Tyrians,  Tyre,  and  Omathada- 
 keth,  and  Kenereth,  •^**and  Armaith, 
 and  Arael,  and  Asor,  ^^and  Kades,  and 
 Assari,  and  the  well  of  Asor;  ^^and 
 Keroe,  and  ]\Iegalaarim,  and  Baett- 
 hame,  and  Thessamys.  ^^This  is  the 
 inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
 of  Nephthah. 
 
 ''"And  the  seventh  lot  came  out  to 
 Dan.  ^^And  their  borders  were  Sarath, 
 and  Asa,  and  the  cities  of  Sammaus, 
 ^^  and  Salamin,  and  Ammon,  and 
 Silatha,  ''^and  Elon,  and  Thamnatha, 
 and  Accaron;  *'*and  Alcatha,  and  Be- 
 gethon,  and .  Gebeelan,  ''^and  Azor, 
 and  Banaibacat,  and  Gethremmon. 
 *^And  westward  of  Hieracon  the 
 border  was  near  to  Joppa.  ''^This  is 
 the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Dan,  according  to  their  fami- 
 lies, these  are  their  cities  and  their 
 villages  :  and  the  children  of  Dan  did 
 
 not  drive  out  the  Amorite  who  afflicted 
 them  in  the  mountain;  and  the  Amo- 
 rite would  not  suffer  them  to  come 
 down  into  the  valley,  but  they  forcibly 
 took  from  them  the  border  of  their 
 portion. 
 
 ^^And  the  sons  of  Dan  went  and 
 fought  against  Lachis,  and  took  it, 
 and  smote  it  with  the  ^  edge  ^  Gj-.  mouth, 
 of  the  sword;  and  they  dwelt  in  it, 
 and  called  the  name  of  it  Lasendan : 
 and  the  Amorite  continued  to  dwell 
 in  Edom  and  in  Salamin;  and  the 
 hand  of  Ephraim  prevailed  against 
 them,  and  they  became  tributaries 
 to  them.  ^^  And  they  proceeded  to 
 take  possession  of  the  land  according 
 to  their  borders,  and  the  cliildren  of 
 Israel  gave  an  inheritance  to  Joshua 
 the  son  of  Naue  among  them,  ^"by 
 the  command  of  God,  and  they  gave 
 him  the  city  which  he  asked  for,  Tham- 
 nasarach,  which  is  in  the  mount  of 
 Ephraim;  and  he  built  the  city,  and 
 dwelt  in  it.  ^^  These  are  the  divisions 
 which  Eleazar  the  priest  divided  by 
 lot,  and  Joshua  the  son  of  Naue,  and 
 the  heads  of  famiHes  among  ,  ^^^  ^^^^^^ 
 the  tribes  of  Israel,  accord-  dmcung  the 
 ing  to  the  lots,  in  Selo  be-  lxx.  seem  to 
 fore  the  Lord  by  the  doors  !jg"of  pbrr 
 of  the  tabernacle  of  testi- 
 mony, and  they  ^  went  to  take  pos- 
 session of  the  land. 
 
 20.  And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Joshua, 
 saying,  ^  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 saying,  ^Assign  the  cities  tG>-. give. 
 ^  of  refuge,  of  which  I  spoke  +  gc  refugees, 
 to  you  by  Moses.  ^  Even  a  refuge 
 to  the  slayer  who  has  smit-  +  gc.  ufe  or 
 ten  ■^a  man  unintentionally;  ^°"^' 
 and  the  cities  shall  be  to  you  a  refuge, 
 and  the  slayer  shall  not  be  put  to  death 
 by  the  avenger  of  blood,  until  he  have 
 stood  before  the  congregation  for  judg- 
 ment. "^And  ^Joshua  separated  ^Gt.  he. 
 Kades  in  GaHlee  in  the  Mount  ^  Neph- 
 thali, and  Syclicm  in  the  IMount  +  Or,  of  n. 
 Ephraim,  and  the  city  of  Arboc,  this 
 is  Chebron,  in  the  mountain  of  Juda. 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  5. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  25. 
 
 ^And  beyond  Jordan  lie  ^appointed 
 +  Gr.  gave.  Bosor  in  tlie  wilderness  in 
 the  plain  out  of  the  tribe  of  Ruben, 
 and  Aremoth  in  Galaad  out  of  the 
 tribe  of  Gad,  and  Gaulon  in  the  coun- 
 try of  Basan  out  of  the  tribe  of  Mn- 
 nasse.  ^  These  were  the  cities  selected 
 for  the  sons  of  Israel,  and  for  the 
 +  Gr.  or  at-      stran^fer    ^  abidincf    amons; 
 
 tachcd  to  ^  o  o 
 
 tiiem.  them,  that  every  one  who 
 
 smites  a  soul  unintentionally  should 
 flee  thither,  that  he  should  not  die  by 
 the  hand  of  the  avenjrer  of  blood,  until 
 he  should  stand  before  the  congrega- 
 tion for  judgment. 
 
 21.  And  the  heads  of  the  families 
 of  the  sons  of  Levi  drew  near  to 
 Eleazar  the  priest,  and  to  Joshua  the 
 son  of  Naue,  and  to  the  heads  of  fami- 
 lies of  the  tribes  of  Israel.  -And  they 
 spoke  to  them  in  Selo  in  the  land  of 
 Chanaan,  saying.  The  Lord  gave  com- 
 
 t  Gr.  the  mandment  by  ^  Moses  to 
 hand  of  Moses,  giye  US  citics  to  dwcll  in, 
 and  the  country  round  about  for  our 
 cattle.  ^  So  the  children  of  Israel  gave 
 to  the  Levites  in  their  inheritance  by 
 the  command  of  the  Lord  the  cities 
 and  the  country  round.  ''And  the 
 lot  came  out  for  the  children  of  Kaath ; 
 and  the  sons  of  Aaron,  the  priests  the 
 Levites,     had    by    lot   thirteen    cities 
 
 +  Gr.  from.  ^  out  of  the  tribe  of  Juda, 
 and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Symeon,  and 
 out  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin.  ''And 
 to  the  sons  of  Kaath  that  were  left 
 were  f/iven  by  lot  ten  cities,  out  of  the 
 tribe  of  Ephraim,  and  out  of  the  tribe 
 of  Dan,  and  out  of  the  half  tribe  of 
 Manasse.  ^And  the  sons  of  Gedson 
 had  thirteen  cities,  out  of  the  tribe  of 
 Issachar,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Aser, 
 and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Nephthali,  and 
 out  of  the   half  tribe  of  Manasse  in 
 
 +  oc,  the  land  ^  Basau.    ^And  the  sons  of 
 
 of  Basan  rn         -»  t  •  1  •  ^         i1      • 
 
 Baa-ay.  JNlerari   accorcimg  to    tlieir 
 
 families  had  by  lot  twelve  citics,  out 
 of  the  ti-ibe  of  Ruben,  and  out  of  the 
 tribe  of  Gad,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of 
 Zabulon.    *And  the  children  of  Israel 
 
 gave  to  the  Levites  the  cities  and  their 
 suburbs,  as  the  Lord  commanded  Mo- 
 ses, by  lot. 
 
 ^And  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
 Juda,  and  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
 Symeon,  and  part  of  the  tribe  of  the 
 children  of  Benjamin  gave  these  cities, 
 and  they  were  assigned  '•'to  the  sons 
 of  Aaron  of  the  family  of  Kaath  of  the 
 sons  of  Levi,  for  the  lot  ''^fell  +  or.was. 
 to  these.  ' '  And  ^  they  gave  -t  Gr.  he. 
 to  them  Cariatharboc  the  ^metropolis 
 of  the  sons  of  Enac ;  this  is    +  or,  parent 
 
 /-ii     1  •        ^T  ,    •       city.    See  note 
 
 Lnebron  m  the  mountain  chap.  lo.  2. 
 country  of  Juda,  and  the  suburbs 
 round  it.  '^  But  the  lands  of  the  city, 
 and  its  villages  Joshua  gave  to  the 
 sons  of  Chaleb  the  son  of  Jcphonne 
 for  a  possession. 
 
 '^  And  to  the  sons  of  Aaron  he  gave 
 the  city  of  refuge  for  the  slayer,  Che- 
 bron,  and  the  ^suburbs  be-    +  ra icfxopto-. 
 lono'injT  to  it;  and  Lemna  M"«atiifferent 
 
 00  '  .  word  troni  that 
 
 and  the  suburbs  belonging  translated 
 to  it;  '''and  iElom  and  its  ?. rf.Ai^giiS*^' 
 suburbs;  and  Tenia  and  its  ^''''■"'' 
 suburbs;  '^and  Gclla  and  its  suburbs; 
 and  Dabir  and  its  suburbs;  "'and  Asa 
 and  its  suburbs ;  and  Taiiy  and  its  sub- 
 urbs ;  and  Btethsamys  and  its  suburbs : 
 nine  cities  from  these  two  tribes.  '^And 
 from  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  Gabaou 
 and  its  suburbs;  and  Gatheth  and  its 
 suburbs;  '** and  Anathoth  and  its  sub- 
 urbs; and  Gamala  and  its  suburbs;  four 
 cities.  '^All  the  cities  of  the  sons  of 
 Aaron  the  priest,  thirteen. 
 
 ^"And  to  the  families,  even  the  sons 
 of  Kaath  the  Levites,  that  were  left  of 
 the  sons  of  Kaath,  there  was  (jiven 
 ^ their  priests'  city,  '"^'out  of  +sothe(:rV(rA:. 
 
 .1         .    •!  r-  T'    1        •  T     HfA.  the  cities 
 
 the  tribe  of  Lpliraim;  and  oftiieiriot. 
 they  gave  them  the  slayer's  city  of 
 refuge,  Sychem,  and  its  suburbs,  and 
 Gazara  and  its  appendages,  and  its 
 suburbs;  ^'-'and  Bajthoron  and  its  sub- 
 urbs: four  cities:  -■^and  of  the  tribe  of 
 Dan,  Ilelkothaim  audits  suburbs;  and 
 Gethedan  and  its  suburbs:  '■^'*and  vElon 
 and  its  suburbs;  and Getheremmon and 
 its  suburbs:  four  citics.     ''^''And  out  of 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  26 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  5. 
 
 the  half  tribe  of  JVIanasse,  Tanach  and 
 its  suburbs;  and  Jebatha  and  its  sub- 
 tu'bs ;  two  cities.  "^  In  all  tvere  given 
 ten  cities,  and  the  subiu'bs  of  each  be- 
 longing to  them,  to  the  families  of  the 
 sons  of  Kaath  that  remained. 
 
 ^^And  Joshua  gave  to  the  sons  of 
 Gedson  the   Levites  out  of  the  other 
 half  tribe  of  Manasse  cities  set  apart 
 for  the  slayers,  Gaulon  in  the  country 
 of  Basan,  and  its  sviburbs;  and  Bosora 
 and  its  suburbs;    two   cities.     ^^And 
 out  of  the  tribe   of    Issachar,    Kison 
 and  its  suburbs;  and    Debba  and  its 
 suburbs;  ^^and  Eemmath  and  its  sub- 
 urbs; and  the  well  of  Letters,  and  its 
 suburbs;  four  cities.    ^°  And  out  of  the 
 tribe  of  Aser,  Basella  and  its  suburbs ; 
 and  Dabbon  and  its    suburbs;    ^'and 
 Chelcat  and  its  subiu'bs ;  and  Eaab  and 
 its  suburbs;  four  cities.    ^^And  of  the 
 tribe  of  Nephthali,  the  city  set  apart 
 for  the  slayer,  Kades  in  Galilee,  and 
 its    suburbs;    and  Nemmath,    and  its 
 suburbs;  and   Themmon  and  its  sub- 
 urbs ;   three  cities.     ^^  All  the  cities  of 
 Gedson  according  to  their  famihes  ivere 
 thirteen  cities.    ^^  And  to  the  family 
 of  the  sons  of  i\Ierari  the  Levites  that 
 remained,  he  gave  out  of  the  tribe  of 
 Zabulon,  Maan  and  its  suburbs  ;  and 
 Kades   and    its  suburbs,  ^^and    Sella 
 and  its  suburbs :  three  cities.     ^^  And 
 beyond  Jordan  over  against  Jericho, 
 out  of  the  tribe  of  Ruben,  the  city  of 
 refuge  for  the  slayer,  Bosor  in  the  wil- 
 derness; Miso    and  its  suburbs  ;    and 
 Jazer   and  its   subm'bs;  and  Decmon 
 and  its  suburbs ;  and  Mapha  and  its 
 suburbs ;  four   cities.     ^^  And    out    of 
 the  tribe  of    Gad  the  city  of  refuge 
 for  the  slayer,  both  Ramoth  in  Galaad, 
 and  its  suburbs;  Kamin  and  its  sub- 
 urbs ;  and  Esbon  and  its  suburbs  ;  and 
 Jazer  and  its  suburbs  :  the  cities  were 
 four  in  all.  ^^  All  these  cities  were  given 
 to  the  sons  of  Merari  accordinsr  to  the 
 +  (.  e.  the  por-  famiHcs  of  them  that  were 
 or  as^sSe'/'     ^^ft  out  of  the  tribe  of  Levi ; 
 them.  and  ^   their  limits  were  the 
 
 twelve  cities.    '^^All  the  cities    of  the 
 
 Levites  in  the  midst  of  the  possession 
 of  the  children  of  Israel,  were  forty- 
 eight  cities,  '*°and  their  suburbs  round 
 about  these  cities :  a  city  and  the  sub- 
 urbs round  about  the  city  to  all  these 
 cities :  and  Joshua  ceased  dividing  the 
 land  by  their  borders:  and  the  sons 
 of  Israel  gave  a  portion  to  Joshua 
 because  of  the  commandment  of  the 
 Lord:  they  gave  him  the  city  which 
 he  asked :  they  gave  him  Thamnasachar 
 in  Mount  Ephraim;  and  Joshua  built 
 the  city,  and  dwelt  in  it :  and  Joshua 
 took  the  knives  of  stone,  wherewith  he 
 circumcised  the  children  of  Israel  that 
 were  born  in  the  desert  by  the  way 
 and  put  them  in  Thamnasachar.  ^^  So 
 the  Lord  gave  to  Israel  all  the  land 
 which  he  swore  to  give  to  their  fathers : 
 and  they  inherited  it,  and  dwelt  in  it. 
 ^'■^And  the  Lord  gave  them  rest  round 
 about,  as  he  swore  to  their  fathers :  not 
 one  of  all  their  enemies  maintained 
 his  ground  against  them;  the  Lord 
 dehvered  all  their  enemies  into  their 
 hands.  ^^  There  failed  not  one  of  the 
 good  things  which  the  Lord  spoke  to 
 the  cliildren  of  Israel;  all  came  to 
 pass. 
 
 22.  Then  Joshua  called  together 
 the  sons  of  Ruben,  and  the  sons  of 
 Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of  Manasse, 
 ^  and  said  to  them,  Ye  have  heard  all 
 that  Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord 
 commanded  you,  and  ye  have  heark- 
 ened to  my  voice  in  all  that  he  com- 
 manded you.  ^  Ye  have  not  deserted 
 your  brethren  these  many  days:  until 
 this  day  ye  have  kept  the  command- 
 ment of  the  Lord  your  God.  ^And 
 now  the  Lord  our  God  has  given  our 
 brethren  rest,  as  he  told  them:  now 
 then  return  and  depart  to  your  homes, 
 and  to  the  land  of  your  possession, 
 which  Moses  gave  you  on  the  other 
 side  Jordan.  ^  But  take  great  heed  to 
 do  the  commands  and  the  law,  which 
 Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord  com- 
 manded you  to  do;  to  love  the  Lord 
 our  God,  to  walk  in  all  his  ways,  to 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  6. 
 
 .JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  24. 
 
 keep  his  commands,  and  to  cleave  to 
 him,  and  serve  him  with  all  your  mind, 
 and  with  all  your  soul.  "And  Joshua 
 blessed  them,  and  dismissed  them;  and 
 they  went  to  their  homes. 
 
 ^  And  to  one  half  the  tribe  of  Ma- 
 nasse  Moses  gave  a  portion  in  the  land 
 of  Basan,  and  to  the  other  half  Joshua 
 gave  a  portion  with  liis  brethren  on 
 the  other  side  of  Jordan  westward: 
 and  when  Joshua  sent  them  away  to 
 their  homes,  then  he  blessed  them. 
 ^And  they  departed  with  much  wealth 
 to  their  houses,  and  they  divided  the 
 spoil  of  their  enemies  with  their  bre- 
 thren, very  much  cattle,  and  silver, 
 and  gold,  and  iron,  and  much  raiment. 
 ^  So  the  sons  of  Ruben,  and  the  sons 
 of  Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of  Manasse, 
 departed  from  the  children  of  Israel  in 
 Selo  in  the  land  of  Chanaan,  to  go 
 away  into  Galaad,  into  the  land  of 
 their  possession,  which  they  inherited 
 by  the  command  of  the  Lord,  by  the 
 hand  of  Moses. 
 
 ^^  And  they  came  to  Galaad  of  Jor- 
 dan, which  is  in  the  land  of  Chanaan : 
 and  the  children  of  Ruben,  and  the 
 children  of  Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of 
 Manasse  built  there  an  altar  by  Jor- 
 dan, a  great  altar  to  look  at.  ^'  And 
 the  children  of  Israel  heard  say,  Be- 
 hold, the  sons  of  Ruben,  and  the  sons 
 of  Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of  ]\Ianasse 
 have  biiilt  an  altar  at  the  borders  of 
 the  land  of  Chanaan  at  Galaad  of  Jor- 
 dan, on  the  opposite  side  to  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel.  '^And  all  the  cliildren 
 of  Israel  gathered  together  to  Selo,  so 
 as  to  go  up  and  fight  against  them. 
 '^And  the  children  of  Israel  sent  to  the 
 sons  of  Ruben,  and  the  sons  of  Gad, 
 and  to  the  sons  of  the  half  tribe  of 
 Manasse  into  the  land  of  Galaad,  both 
 Phinees  the  son  of  Eleazar  the  son  of 
 Aaron  the  priest,  '''and  ten  of  the  chiefs 
 with  him ;  there  was  one  chief  of  every 
 household  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel; 
 (the  heads  of  families  are  the  captains 
 of  thousands  in  Israel.)  '^And  they 
 came  to  the  sons  of  Ruben,  and  to  the 
 
 sons  of  Gad,  and  to  the  *  half  tribe  of 
 IManasse  into  the  land  of  ^  9''-  f>a>yes, 
 Galaad ;  and  they  spoke  to  cuos  vivos. 
 them,  saying,  '*'Thus  says  the  whole 
 congregation  of  the  Lord,  What  is  tliis 
 transgression  that  ye  have  transgressed 
 before  the  God  of  Israel,  to  turn  away 
 to-day  from  the  Lord  in  that  ye  have 
 built  for  yourselves  an  altar,  so  that  ye 
 should  be  apostates  from  the  Lord? 
 '^  Is  the  sin  of  Phogor  too  little  for 
 you,  whereas  we  have  not  been  cleansed 
 from  it  until  this  day,  though  there 
 was  a  plague  among  the  congregation 
 of  the  Lord?  '^  And  ye  have  this  day 
 revolted  from  the  Lord,  and  it  shall 
 come  to  pass  if  ye  revolt  this  day  from 
 the  Lord,  that  to-morrow  there  shall 
 be  wrath  upon  all  Israel.  '^And  now 
 if  the  land  of  your  possession  be  too 
 httle,  cross  over  to  the  land  of  the  pos- 
 session of  the  Lord,  where  the  taber- 
 nacle of  the  Lord  dwells,  and  receive 
 ye  an  inheritance  among  us;  and  do 
 not  become  apostates  from  God,  neither 
 do  ye  apostatize  from  the  Lord,  because 
 of  your  having  built  an  altar  apart 
 from  the  altar  of  the  Lord  our  God. 
 ^^  Lo  !  did  not  Achar  the  son  of  Zara 
 commit  a  trespass  taking  of  the  ac- 
 cursed thing,  and  there  Avas  wrath  on 
 the  whole  congregation  of  Israel?  and 
 he  himself  died  alone  in  his  own  sin? 
 ^'And  the  sons  of  Ruben,  and  the  sons 
 of  Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of  IManasse 
 answered,  and  spoke  to  the  captains  of 
 the  thousands  of  Israel,  saying,  '^^  God 
 even  God  is  the  Lord,  and  God  even 
 God  himself  knows,  and  Israel,  he 
 shall  know;  if  we  have  transgressed 
 before  the  Lord  by  apostasy,  let  him 
 not  deliver  us  this  day.  ^^And  if  we 
 have  built  to  ourselves  an  altar,  so  as 
 to  apostatize  from  the  Lord  our  God, 
 so  as  to  oficr  upon  it  a  sacrifice  of 
 whole-burnt-oficrings,  so  as  to  offer 
 upon  it  a  sacrifice  of  peace-offering, — 
 the  Lord  shall  require  it.  ^^  But  we 
 have  done  this  for  the  sake  of  precau- 
 tion concerning  this  thing,  +  Gr.  to-morrow, 
 saying,    Lest    ^  hereafter    your    sons 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  25. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii. 
 
 should  say  to  our  sons,  Wliat  have  ye 
 to  do  with  the  Lord  God  of  Israel? 
 ^^Wliereas  the  Lord  has  set  boundaries 
 between  us  and  you,  even  Jordan,  and 
 t  <?)•.  cf .  ye  have  no  portion  ^  in  the 
 Lord:  so  your  sons  shall  alienate  our 
 sons,  that  they  should  not  worship  the 
 ^Gr.  spoke.  Lord.  ^'' And  we  ^  gave  orders 
 to  do  thus,  to  build  this  altar,  not  for 
 burnt-offerings,  nor  for  meat-offerings ; 
 ^^  but  that  this  may  be  a  witness  be- 
 tween you  and  us,  and  between  our 
 posterity  after  us,  that  we  may  do  ser- 
 vice to  the  Lord  before  him,  with  our 
 burnt-offerings,  and  our  meat-offerings 
 and  our  peace-offerings:  so  your  sons 
 shall  not  say  to  our  sons,  ^  hereafter, 
 t  Gr.  to-mor-  Yc  havc  uo  portiou  ^  in  the 
 +  Gr.  of.  Lord.  ^^  And  we.  said.  If 
 ever  it  should  come  to  pass  that  they 
 should  speak  so  to  us,  or  to  our  pos- 
 terity hereafter,  then  shall  they  say. 
 Behold  the  Hkeness  of  the  altar  of  the 
 Lord,  which  our  fathers  made,  not  for 
 the  sake  of  burnt-oSerings,  nor  for  the 
 sake  of  meat-offerings,  but  it  is  a  wit- 
 ness between  you  and  us,  and  between 
 our  sons.  ^^  Far  be  it  from  us  there- 
 fore that  we  should  turn  away  from 
 the  Lord  this  day  so  as  to  apostatize 
 from  the  Lord,  so  as  that  we  should 
 build  an  altar  for  burnt-offerings,  and 
 for  peace-offerings,  besides  the  altar  of 
 the  Lord  which  is  before  his  taber- 
 nacle. 
 
 ^•^And   Phinees  the  priest  and  all 
 the  chiefs  of  the  congreffation  of  Israel 
 
 op 
 
 +  Gr.  having  who  wcrc  witli  him  ^  heard 
 **^^'*-  the  words  which  the  cliil- 
 
 dren  of  Ruben,  and  the  children  of 
 Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of  JVIanasse 
 spoke,  and  it  pleased  them,  ^'and  Phi- 
 nees the  priest  said  to  the  sons  of 
 Euben,  and  to  the  sons  of  Gad,  and  to 
 the  half  of  the  tribe  of  Manasse,  To- 
 day we  know  that  the  Lord  is  with  us, 
 because  ye  have  not  trespassed  griev- 
 ously against  the  Lord,  and  because 
 ye  have  delivered  the  children  of  Israel 
 out  of  the  hand  of  the  Lord.  ^^  So 
 Phinees  the  priest  and  the  princes  de- 
 
 255 
 
 parted  from  the  children  of  Ruben, 
 and  from  the  children  of  Gad,  and 
 from  the  half  tribe  of  Manasse  out  of 
 Galaad  into  the  landof  Chanaan  to  the 
 children  of  Israel;  and  reported  the 
 words  to  them.  ^^And  it  pleased  the 
 cliildren  of  Israel;  and  they  spoke  to 
 the  children  of  Israel,  and  blessed  the 
 God  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  told 
 them  to  go  up  no  more  to  war  against 
 ^  the  others  to  destroy  the  +  Gr.  them, 
 land  of  the  children  of  Ruben,  and  the 
 children  of  Gad,  and  the  half  tribe  of 
 Manasse :  so  they  dwelt  upon  it.  ^^ And 
 Joshua  gave  a  name  to  the  altar  of  the 
 children  of  Ruben,  and  the  children  of 
 Gad,  and  of  the  half  tribe  of  JVIanasse, 
 and  said,  It  is  a  testimony  in  the  midst 
 of  them,  that  the  Lord  is  their  God. 
 
 23.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  many 
 days  after  the  Lord  had  given  Israel 
 rest  from  all  his  enemies  round  about, 
 that  Joshua  was  old  and  advanced  in 
 ^  years.  ^  And  Joshua  called  +  Gr.  days, 
 together  all  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 their  elders,  and  their  chiefs,  and  their 
 judges,  and  their  officers,  and  said  to 
 them,  I  am  old  and  advanced  in  years. 
 ^And  ye  have  seen  all  that  the  Lord 
 our  God  has  done  to  all  these  nations 
 before  [us;  for  it  is  the  Lord  our  God 
 who  has  fought  for  you.  ^  See  that  I 
 have  ■^  given  to  you  these  tGv.  cast  upon 
 nations  that  are  left  to  you  '^°^' 
 by  lots  to  your  tribes,  all  the  nations 
 beginning  at  Jordan,  and  some  I  have 
 destroyed,  and  ^  the  boun-  t  Gr.  he  shau 
 daries  shall  be  at  the  great  ''°'^'*- 
 sea  westward.  ^And  the  Lord  our  God, 
 he  shall  destroy  them  before  us,  until 
 they  utterly  perish ;  and  he  shall  send 
 against  them  the  wild  beasts,  until  he 
 shall  have  utterly  destroyed  them  and 
 their  kings  from  before  you,  and  ye 
 shall  inherit  their  land,  as  the  Lord 
 our  God  said  to  you.  ^  Do  ye  there- 
 fore strive  diligently  to  observe  and 
 do  all  things  written  in  the  book  of  the 
 law  of  Moses,  that  ye  turn  not  to  the 
 right  hand  or  to  the  left ;  ^  that  ye  go 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  8. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.  12. 
 
 not  in  among  tliese  nations  that  are 
 left;  and  tlie  names  of  their  gods  shall 
 not  be  named  among  you,  neither  shall 
 ye  serve  them,  neither  shall  ye  bow 
 down  to  them.  ^  But  ye  shall  cleave 
 to  the  Lord  our  God,  as  ye  have  done 
 until  this  day.  ^And  the  Lord  shall 
 destroy  them  before  you,  even  great 
 and  strong  nations;  and  no  one  has 
 stood  before  us  until  this  day.  ^'^  One 
 of  you  has  chased  a  thousand,  for  the 
 Lord  our  God,  he  fought  for  you,  as 
 he  said  to  you.  ^^And  take  ye  great 
 heed  to  love  the  Lord  our  God.  ^^For 
 if  ye  shall  turn  aside  and  attach  your- 
 selves to  these  nations  that  are  left 
 with  you,  and  make  marriages  with 
 them,  and  become  mingled  with  them 
 and  they  with  you,  ^^  know  that  the 
 Lord  will  no  more  destroy  these  nations 
 from  before  you;  and  they  will  be  to 
 you  snares  and  stumbling-blocks,  and 
 nails  in  your  heels,  and  darts  in  your 
 eyes,  until  ye  be  destroyed  from  off 
 this  good  land,  which  the  Lord  your 
 God  has  given  you.  '^  But  I  hasten 
 to  go  the  way  of  death,  as  all  that  are 
 upon  the  earth  also  do:  and  know  ye 
 in  your  heart  and  in  your  soul,  that  not 
 one  word  has  fallen  to  the  ground  oia[\ 
 the  words  which  the  Lord  our  God 
 has  spoken  respecting  all  that  concerns 
 us,  there  has  not  one  of  them  ^  failed. 
 +  see  note  on  '•'^And  it  shall  comc  to  pass, 
 1  Kings,  30. 19.  that  as  ail  the  good  things 
 are  come  upon  us  which  the  Lord 
 spoke  concerning  you,  so  the  Lord 
 God  will  bring  upon  you  all  the  evil 
 things,  until  he  shall  have  destroyed 
 you  from  off  this  good  land,  which  the 
 Lord  has  given  you,  ""  when  ye  trans- 
 gress the  covenant  of  the  Lord  our 
 God,  which  he  has  charged  us,  and  go 
 and  serve  other  gods,  and  bow  down 
 to  them. 
 
 24.  And  Joshua  gathered  all  the 
 tribes  of  Israel  to  Selo,  and  convoked 
 their  elders,  and  their  ollicers,  and  their 
 judges,  and  set  them  before  God.  -And 
 Joshua  said  to  all  the  people.  Thus  says 
 
 the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Your  fathers  at 
 iSrst  sojourned  beyond  the  river,  Thara 
 the  father  of  Abraam  and  the  father  of 
 Nachor;  and  they  served  other  gods. 
 ^  And  I  took  your  father  Abraam  from 
 the  other  side  of  the  river,  and  I 
 guided  him  ^  through  all  the  ^  <^^-  in- 
 land, and  I  multiplied  his  seed;  ^and  I 
 gave  to  him  Isaac,  and  to  Isaac  Jacob 
 and  Esau:  and  I  gave  to  Esau  ISIount 
 Seir  for  him  to  inherit :  and  Jacob  and 
 liis  sons  went  down  to  Egypt,  and 
 became  there  a  great  and  populous  and 
 mighty  nation  ;  and  the  Egyptians 
 afflicted  them.  '^And  I  smote  Egypt 
 with  the  wonders  that  I  wrought  among 
 them.  **  And  afterwards  G^oc/ brought 
 out  our  fathers  from  Egypt,  and  ye 
 entered  into  the  Bed  Sea ;  and  the 
 Egyptians  pursued  after  our  fathers 
 with  chariots  and  horses  into  the  lied 
 Sea.  ^  And  we  cried  aloud  to  the  Lord ; 
 and  he  ^  put  a  cloud  and  +  cr.  gave, 
 darkness  between  us  and  the  Egyptians, 
 and  he  brought  the  sea  upon  them,  and 
 covered  them  ;  and  your  eyes  have 
 seen  all  that  the  Lord  did  in  the  land 
 of  Egypt ;  and  ye  were  in  the  wilder- 
 ness many  days.  ^  And  he  brought  \is 
 into  the  land  of  the  Amorites  that  dwelt 
 beyond  Jordan,  and  the  Lord  delivered 
 them  into  our  hands ;  and  ye  inherited 
 their  land,  and  utterly  destroyed  them 
 from  before  you.  '-"And  Balac,  king 
 of  ]\Ioab,  son  of  Sepphor,  rose  up,  and 
 ^made  war  against  Israel  tccsethim- 
 and  sent  and  called  Balaam  ^eif  in  array, 
 to  curse  us.  '"But  the  Lord  thy  God 
 wovdd  not  destroy  thee ;  and  he  greatly 
 blessed  us,  and  rescued  us  out  of  their 
 hands,  and  dehvered  them  to  us.  "And 
 ye  crossed  over  Jordan,  and  came  to 
 Jericho ;  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jericho 
 fought  against  us,  the  Amorite,  and 
 the  Chananite,  and  the  Pherezite,  and 
 the  Evite,  and  the  Jebusitc,  and  the 
 Chettite,  and  the  Gergesite,  and  the 
 Lord  dehvered  them  into  our  hands. 
 '^And  he  sent  forth  the  hornet  before 
 you ;  and  he  drove  them  out  from  before 
 you,  even  twelve  kings  of  the  Amo- 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  v.  13. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.  33. 
 
 rites,  not  with  thy  sword,  nor  with  thy 
 bow.  '^And  he  gave  you  a  land  on 
 which  ye  did  not  labour,  and  cities 
 +  Or,  shall  which  ye  did  not  build,  and 
 ^^*-  ye  were    settled    in  them, 
 
 and  ye  ^  eat  o/" vineyards  and  oliveyards 
 which  ye  did  not  plant. 
 
 '^  And  now  fear  the  Lord,  and  serve 
 him  in  righteousness  and  justice,  and 
 remove  the  strange  gods,  which  our 
 fathers  served  beyond  the  river,  and  in 
 Egy^Dt;  and  serve  the  Lord.  ''^But  if 
 it  seem  not  good  to  you  to  serve  the 
 Lord,  choose  to  yourselves  this  day 
 whom  ye  will  serve,  whether  the  gods 
 of  your  fathers  that  were  on  the  other 
 side  of  the  river,  or  the  gods  of  the 
 Amorites,  among  whom  ye  dwell  upon 
 their  land:  but  I  and  my  house  will 
 serve  the  Lord,  for  he  is  holy.  ^"^And 
 the  people  answered  and  said.  Far  be 
 it  from  us  to  forsake  the  Lord,  so  as  to 
 serve  other  gods.  ^^  The  Lord  our  God, 
 he  is  God,  he  brought  up  us  and  our 
 fathers  from  Egypt,  and  kept  us  in 
 all  the  way  wherein  we  walked,  and 
 among  all  the  nations  ^through  whom 
 +  Gr.  whom    wc  passcd.  '^  And  the  Lord 
 
 thro'^uoTthem  ^^^^  '^^^  ^^^^  Amorite,  and 
 Hebraism.  See  all  the  nations  that  inhabited 
 
 Mark  1 .7.  Luke    ^i         i        t     n  in 
 
 3.  16.  1  Pet.  tlie  land  irom  beiore  us: 
 ^'  ^^'  yea,  we  will  serve  the  Lord, 
 
 for  he  is  our  God.  '^  And  Joshua  said 
 to  the  people.  Indeed  ye  will  not  be 
 able  to  serve  the  Lord,  for  God  is  holy ; 
 and  he  being  jealous  will  not  forgive 
 your  sins  and  your  transgressions. 
 ^°  Whensoever  ye  shall  forsake  the  Lord 
 and  serve  other  gods,  then  he  shall 
 come  upon  you  and  afflict  you,  and 
 n'the'con^*^  cousume  you,  '^bccause  he 
 trary.  has  done  you  good.    ^'And 
 
 the  people  said  to  Joshua,  Nay,  but 
 we  will  serve  the  Lord.  ^^  And  Joshua 
 said  to  the'  people.  Ye  are  witnesses 
 against  yourselves,  that  ye  have  chosen 
 the  Lord  to  serve  him.  ^^And  now 
 take  away  the  strange  gods  that  are 
 among  you,  and  set  your  heart  right 
 toward  the  Lord  God  of  Israel.  ^'*And 
 the  people   said  to  Joshua,   We  will 
 
 serve  the  Lord,  and  we  will  hearken 
 to  his  voice.  ^^So  Joshua  made  a 
 covenant  with  the  people  on  that  day, 
 and  gave  them  a  law  and  an  ordinance 
 in  Selo  before  the  tabernacle  of  the  God 
 of  Israel.  "^And  he  wrote  these  words 
 in  the  book  of  the  laws  of  God:  and 
 Joshua  took  a  great  stone,  and  set  it 
 up  under  the  ^oak  before  +  or.  reVi^- 
 the   Lord.     ^^And  Joshua  pt^SrS 
 
 said  to  the    people,  Behold,    tine  tree,  here 
 ,  .  1     li    1  frequently  an- 
 
 tnis  stone  snali  be  among  swering' to  the 
 you  for  a  witness,  for  it  has  oak.' To  chap! 
 heard  all  the  Avords  that  have  ^'''  ^■ 
 been  spoken  to  it  by  the  Lord ;  for  he 
 has  spoken  to  you  this  day;  and  this 
 stone  shall  be  among  you  for  a  witness 
 in  the  last  days,  whenever  ye  shall  deal 
 lalsely  with  the  Lord  my  God.  ^^And 
 Joshua  dismissed  the  people,  and  they 
 went  every  man  to  his  place.  ^^'^^L'ind 
 Israel  served  the  Lord  all  the  days  of 
 Joshua,  and  all  the  days  of  tcr.  drew  out 
 the  elders  that '  lived  as  long  y^^^^™^  "^i^l 
 as  Joshua,  and  all  that  knew  *'■«"•'«• 
 all  the  works  of  the  Lord  which  he 
 wrought  for  Israel. 
 
 30  (29)  js^j^^  i^  came  to  pass  after  these 
 things  that  Joshua  the  son  of  Naue  the 
 servant  of  the  Lord  died,  at  the  age  of 
 a  hundred  and  ten  years.  ^'  '^''^And  they 
 bviried  him  by  the  borders  of  his  inhe- 
 ritance in  Thamnasarach  in  the  mount 
 of  Ephraim,  northward  of  the  mount 
 of  Galaad:  there  they  put  with  him 
 into  the  tomb  in  which  they  buried 
 him,  the  knives  of  stone  with  which 
 he  circumcised  the  children  of  Israel  in 
 Galgala,  when  he  brought  them  out  of 
 Egy]3t,  as  the  Lord  appointed  them; 
 and  there  they  are  to  this  day.  ^^And 
 the  cliildren  of  Israel  brought  up  the 
 bones  of  Joseph  out  of  Egypt,  and 
 buried  them  in  Sicima,  in  the  portion 
 of  the  land  which  Jacob  bought  of  the 
 Amorites  who  dwelt  in  Sicima  for  a 
 hundred  ewe-lambs ;  and  he  gave  it  to 
 Joseph  for  a  portion.  ^^And  it  came 
 to  pass  afterwards  that  Eleazar  the 
 high-priest  the  son  of  Aaron  died,  and 
 was  buried  in  Gabaar  of  Phinees  his 
 
 18 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  v.  33.  JOSHUA— JUDGES 
 
 son,  wliich  he  gave  liim  in  Mount 
 Epliraim.  In  that  day  the  children  of 
 Israel  took  the  ark  of  God,  and  carried 
 it  about  among  them ;  and  Phinecs 
 exercised  the  priest's  office  in  the  room 
 of  Eleazar  his  father  till  he  died,  and 
 he  was  buried  in  his  own  place  Gabaar : 
 but    the    children  of   Israel  departed 
 
 Chap.  i.  v.  15. 
 
 every  one  to  their  place,  and  to  their 
 own  city:  and  the  children  of  Israel 
 worshipped  Astarte,  and  Astai'oth,  and 
 the  gods  of  the  nations  round  about 
 them ;  and  the  Lord  dehvered  them 
 into  the  hands  of  Eglom  king  of 
 Moab,  and  he  ruled  over  them  eighteen 
 years. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 CHAPTER  I.   Verses   1—15. 
 
 1.  AND  it  came  to  pass  after  the 
 death  of  Joshua,  that  the  children  of 
 Israel  inquired  of  the  Lord,  saying, 
 Wlio  sliall  go  up  for  us  first  against  the 
 Chananites,  to  fight  against  them  ? 
 ^  And  the  Lord  said,  Judas  shall  go  up : 
 behold  I  have  dehvered  the  land  into 
 his  hand.  ^And  Judas  said  to  his 
 brother  Symeon,  Come  up  with  me 
 into  my  lot,  and  let  us  array  ourselves 
 against  the  Chananites,  and  I  also  will 
 go  with  thee  into  thy  lot :  and  Symeon 
 went  with  him.  "*  And  Judas  went  up ; 
 and  the  Lord  delivered  the  Chananite 
 and  the  Pherezite  into  their  hands,  and 
 they  smote  them  in  Bezek  to  the  num- 
 ber of  ten  thousand  men.  ^And  they 
 overtook  Adonibezek  in  Bezek,  and 
 fought  against  him;  and  they  smote 
 the  Chananite  and  the  Pherezite.  ''And 
 Adonibezek  fled,  and  they  pursued 
 after  him,  and  took  liim,  and  cut  off 
 his  thumbs  and  his  gi'cat  toes.  ''And 
 Adonibezek  said.  Seventy  kings,  having 
 their  thumbs  and  their  great  toes  cut 
 off,  gathered  their  food  imder  my  table : 
 as  I  therefore  have  done,  so  God  lias 
 recompensed  me:  and  they  ^brought 
 1  Gr.  bring,  him  to  Jerusalem,  and  he 
 died  there.  ^And  the  children  of  Judas 
 fought  against  Jerusalem,  and  took  it, 
 and  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the 
 sword,  and  they  burnt  the  city  with 
 
 fire.  ^And  afterwards  the  children  of 
 Judas  went  down  to  fight  with  the 
 Chananite  dwelling  in  the  hill  country, 
 and  the  south,  and  the  plain  country. 
 ^^  And  Judas  went  to  the  Chananite  who 
 dwelt  in  Chebron;  and  Chebron  came 
 out  against  him ;  and  the  name  of  Che- 
 bron before  was  Kariatharboksepher : 
 and  they  smote  Sessi,  and  Achiman, 
 and  Tholmi,  children  of  Enac.  ^^And 
 they  went  up  thence  to  the  inhabitants 
 of  Dabir ;  but  the  name  of  Dabir  was 
 before  Karlathsepher,  the  city  of  Letters. 
 '^And  Chaleb  said.  Whosoever  shall 
 smite  the  city  of  Letters,  and  shall  first 
 take  it,  I  will  give  to  him  Ascha  my 
 daughter  to  wife.  '^  And  Gothoniel 
 the  younger  son  of  Kenez  the  brother 
 of  Chaleb  took  it ;  and  Chaleb  gave 
 him  his  daughter  Ascha  to  wife.  ''And 
 it  came  to  pass  as  she  went  in,  that 
 Gothoniel  urged  her  to  ask  a  field  of 
 her  father  ;  and  she  murmured  and 
 cried  from  off  her  ass.  Thou  hast  sent 
 me  forth  into  a  south  land:  and  Cha- 
 leb said  to  her,  ^  Wliat  is  t  or,  what 
 thy  request?  ^'^  And  Ascha  aiisthee? 
 said  to  him.  Give  me,  I  pray  thee,  a 
 blessinor,  for  thou  hast  sent  ^Gr.XvTpwriv, 
 
 „     o'    .  Ill      It  IS  probable 
 
 me  forth  into  a  south  land,  that  the  lxx. 
 and  thou  shaft  give  me  the  read  rtw:  for 
 ransom  ^  of  water :  and  Cha-  "^^  sprivgs. 
 leb  gave  her  according  to  her  heart  the 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  16. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  i.  v.  36. 
 
 ransom  of  the  upper  springs  and  the 
 ransom  of  the  low  springs. 
 
 '^And  the  children  of  Jothor  the 
 Kenitc  the  father-in-law  of  Moses  went 
 up  from  the  city  of  palm-trees  with  the 
 children  of  Judas,  to  the  wilderness 
 that  is  in  the  south  of  Juda,  which  is 
 at  the  descent  of  Arad,  and  they  dwelt 
 with  the  people. 
 
 ^^And  Judas  went  with  Symeon 
 his  brother,  and  smote  the  Chananite 
 that  inhabited  Sepheth,  and  they  utterly 
 destroyed  them;  and  they  called  the 
 name  of  the  city  Anathema.  ^^But 
 Judas  did  not  inherit  Gaza  nor  her 
 coasts,  nor  Ascalon  nor  her  coasts, 
 nor  Accaron  nor  her  coasts,  nor-  Azo- 
 tus  nor  the  lands  around  it.  '^And 
 the  Lord  was  with  Judas,  and  he  in- 
 herited the  mountain,  for  they  were 
 not  able  to  destroy  the  inhabitants  of 
 +  Heb.  they  the  vallcy,  for  ^  Eechab  pre- 
 had  chariots  of  vented  them.     2°  And  they 
 
 iron.  Sie<TT€i.  J 
 
 Wo  seems.  gavc  Ohebron  to  Chaleb, 
 how,  it  is  diffil  ^^  Moses  Said,  and  thence 
 cult  to  say.       he  inherited  the  three  cities 
 
 Perhaps  It  was       „      ,  ,  .,  , 
 
 read^JTo  q.d.  ot  the  children  01  hnac. 
 impediebane.  2 1  g^^  ^j^^  children  of  Benj  a- 
 +  Gr.  inherit,  niiu  did  not  ^talcc  the  inhe- 
 ritance of  the  Jebusite  who  dwelt  in 
 Jerusalem  ;  and  the  Jebusite  dwelt 
 with  the  children  of  Benjamin  in  Je- 
 rusalem until  this  day. 
 
 ^^  And  the  sons  of  Joseph,  they  also 
 went  up  to  Bsethel ;  and  the  Lord  with 
 them:  ^^and  they  encanaped  and  sur- 
 veyed Bajthel:  and  the  name  of  the 
 city  before  was  Luza. 
 
 ^*  And  the  spies  looked,  and  behold 
 a  man  went  out  of  the  city,  and  they 
 took  Mm;  and  they  said  to  him.  Show 
 lis  the  way  into  the  city,  and  we  will 
 deal  mercifully  with  thee.  ^'^  And  he 
 showed  them  the  way  into  the  city; 
 and  they  smote  the  city  with  the  edge 
 of  the  sword ;  but  they  let  go  the  man 
 and  his  family.  ^'^  And  the  man  went 
 into  the  land  of  Chettin,  and  built 
 there  a  city,  and  called  the  name  of  it 
 Luza;  this  is  its  name  until  this  day. 
 ^^And  Manasse  did  not  drive  out  the 
 
 inhabitants  of  Baethsan,  which  is  a  city 
 of  Scythians,  nor  her  '^  towns,  nor  her 
 suburbs,  nor  Thanac,  nor  +  Gr.  daughters, 
 her  towns,  nor  the  inhabitants  of  Dor, 
 nor  her  towns,  nor  the  inhabitant  of 
 Balac,  nor  her  suburbs,  nor  her  towns, 
 nor  the  inhabitants  of  ]\Iagedo,  nor  her 
 subm-bs,  nor  her  towns,  nor  the  inha- 
 bitants of  Jeblaam,  nor  her  suburbs, 
 nor  her  towns ;  and  the  Chananite 
 began  to  dwell  in  this  land.  ^"^  And  it 
 came  to  pass  when  Israel  was  strong 
 that  he  made  the  Chananite  tributary, 
 but  did  not  utterly  drive  them  out. 
 ^^And  Ephraim  did  not  drive  out  the 
 Chananite  that  dwelt  in  Gazer,  and 
 the  Chananite  dwelt  in  the  midst  of 
 him  in  Gazer,  and  became  tributary. 
 ^'^And  Zabulon  did  not  drive  out  the 
 inhabitants  of  Kedron,  nor  the  inhabit- 
 ants of  Doniana:  and  the  Chananite 
 dwelt  in  the  midst  of  them,  and  became 
 tributary  to  them  ^.  ^'And  tcr.  him.sc. 
 Aser  did  not  drive  out  the  zabui. 
 inhabitants  of  Accho,  and  that  people 
 became  tributary  to  him,  nor  the  inha- 
 bitants of  Dor,  nor  the  inhabitants  of 
 Sidon,  nor  the  inhabitants  of  Dalaph, 
 nor  Aschazi,  nor  Chebda,  nor  Nai,  nor 
 Ereo.  ^^  And  Aser  dwelt  in  the  midst 
 of  the  Chananite  who  inhabited  the 
 land,  for  he  could  not  drive  him  out. 
 ■^^  And  NephthaH  did  not  drive  out  the 
 inhabitants  of  Baethsamys,  nor  the 
 inhabitants  of  Bsethanach;  and  Neph- 
 thali  dwelt  in  the  midst  of  the  Chana- 
 nite who  inhabited  the  land :  but  the 
 inhabitants  of  Bethsamys  and  of  Ba^th- 
 eneth  became  tributary  to  them.  ^'*And 
 the  Amorite  drove  out  the  children  of 
 Dan  into  the  mountain,  for  they  did 
 not  suffer  them  to  come  down  into  the 
 valley.  ^^And  the  Amorite  began  to 
 dwell  in  the  huomrtain  of  ,!£•  JXs: 
 shells,  in  which  are  bears,  or  something 
 and  loxes,  m  Myrsmon,  He«.  cnnin 
 and  in  Thalabin  ;  and  the  t^^^  ^Hm-em"" 
 hand  of  the  house  of  Joseph  ^,J^^fJ,"j^^; 
 was  heavy  upon  the  Amo-  {Cest  a.dire)  la 
 
 Til  a.    •!_  montagne  de 
 
 nte  and  he   became  tribu-  pargiie. 
 tary  to  them.     ^^And  the  border  of 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  1. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chaf.  II.  u.  21. 
 
 the  Aiiiorite  was  from  the  going  up  of 
 Acrabin,  from  the  rock  and  upwards. 
 
 2.  And  an  angel  of  the  Lord  went 
 up  from  Galgal  to  the  ^ place  o/'weep- 
 +  Gr.  KXavfl/iw-  ing,  and  to  Ba^tliel,  and  to 
 va  Heb.  D'?3  ^[^q  liousc  of  Israel,  and 
 said  to  them,  Thus  says  the  Lord,  I 
 brought  you  up  out  of  Egypt,  and 
 I  brought  you  into  the  land  which  I 
 swore  to  your  fathers  ;  and  I  said, 
 1  will  never  break  my  covenant  that  I 
 have  made  with  you.  ^And  ye  shall 
 make  no  covenant  with  them  that  dwell 
 in  this  land,  neither  shall  ye  worship 
 their  gods:  but  ye  shall  destroy  their 
 graven  images,  ye  sliall  pull  down  their 
 altars:  but  ye  hearkened  not  to  my 
 voice,  for  ye  did  these  things.  ^  And 
 1  said,  I  will  not  drive  them  out  from 
 before  you,  but  they  shall  be  for  a 
 +G)-.distresses.  '^  distrcss  to  you,  and  their 
 gods  shall  be  to  you  for  an  offence. 
 *  And  it  came  to  pass  when  the  angel 
 of  the  Lord  spoke  these  words  to  all 
 the  children  of  Israel,  that  the  people 
 lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept.  ^  And 
 they  named  the  name  of  that  place 
 Weepings;  and  they  sacrificed  there 
 to  the  Lord. 
 
 ^Aud  Joshua  dismissed  the  people, 
 and  they  went  every  man  to  his  inhe- 
 ritance, to  inherit  the  land.  "^  And  the 
 people  served  the  Lord  all  the  days  of 
 tGc^eriwith  Joshua,  and  all  the  days  of 
 
 ace.  would  he      ,  ,  ,  ,  •,.        -,     •' 
 
 more  accord-  thc  clclers  that  livcd  many 
 h"ut\°he^Vense  ^'<^ys  with  Joshua,  as  many 
 of  the  Gr.  is    j^g  kncw  all  thc  great  work 
 
 'witli.'  Comp.        n      1         T         -I  1  1  • 
 
 Josh.  21. 31.  ot  the  Lord,  what  tmngs 
 he  had  wrought  in  Israel. 
 
 ®  And  Joshua  thc  son  of  Naue,  the 
 servant  of  the  Lord,  died,  ^a  hundred 
 +  Son  of  a  and  ten  years  old.  ^  And 
 t'e'Jr^'^ears!""^  they  buricd  him  in  the  bor- 
 Hebmism.  dcr  of  liis  inheritance,  in 
 Thamnathares,  in  Mount  Ephraim,  on 
 tlie  north  of  the  mountain  of  Gaas. 
 '"And  all  that  generation  were  laid 
 to  their  fathers:  and  another  gene- 
 ration rose  up  after  them,  who  kncAv 
 not  the  Lord,  nor  yet  the  work  which 
 
 2(i0 
 
 he  wrought  in  Israel.  "  And  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  wrought  evil  before  the 
 Lord,  and  served  Baalim.  ^^  And  they 
 forsook  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers, 
 who  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  and  walked  after  other  gods, 
 of  the  ffods  of  the  nations  round  about 
 them,  and  they  worshipped  them,  and 
 provoked  thc  Lord.  '^And  they  for- 
 sook him,  and  served  Baal  and  the 
 Astartes.  '^And  the  Lord  was  very 
 angry  with  Israel;  and  he  gave  them 
 into  the  hands  of  the  spoilers  and  they 
 spoiled  them ;  and  he  sold  them  into 
 the  hands  of  their  enemies  round  about, 
 and  they  could  not  any  longer  resist 
 their  enemies,  ^'^  among  whomsoever 
 they  went;  and  the  hand  of  the  Lord 
 was  against  them  for  evil,  as  the  Lord 
 spoke,  and  as  the  Lord  swore  to  them, 
 and  he  greatly  afflicted  them.  ^^And 
 the  Lord  raised  up  judges,  and  the 
 Lord  saved  them  out  of  the  hands  of 
 them  that  spoiled  them :  and  yet  they 
 hearkened  not  to  the  judges,  ^^for  they 
 went  a  whoring  after  other  gods,  and 
 worshipped  them  ;  and  they  turned 
 quickly  out  of  the  way  in  which  their 
 fathers  walked  to  hearken  to  the  words 
 of  the  Lord;  they  did  not  so.  "^And 
 ^because   the   Lord    raised  ^^T^'^'^^T 
 
 .  1       T        1  ^  read- 
 
 them  up  judges,  so  the  Lord  ing. 
 was  with  the  judge,  and  saved  them 
 out  of  thc  hand  of  their  enemies  all  the 
 days  of  the  judge,  for  the  Lord  ^  was 
 moved  at  their  groaning  by    ,  ,,„p«x^e, 
 reason  of  them  that  besieo;cd  rfpmM;  twa 
 
 word  seems 
 
 them  and  afflicted  them.  Kcncraiiyto 
 '» And  it  came  to  pass  when  ''^'"' '"'  °™ 
 the  judge  died,  that  they  went  back, 
 and  again  corrupted  themselves  worse 
 than  their  fathers  to  go  after  other  gods 
 to  serve  them  and  to  worship  them: 
 tliey  abandoned  not  their  devices  nor 
 their  stubborn  ways.  ^°And  the  Lord 
 was  very  angry  with  Israel,  and  said, 
 Forasmuch  as  tliis  nation  has  forsaken 
 my  covenant  which  I  commanded  their 
 fathers,  and  has  not  hearkened  to  my 
 voice,  '■^'  therefore  I  will  not  any  more 
 cast  out  a  man    of   the   nations  from 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  22. 
 
 J  UDGES. 
 
 Chap.  hi.  v.  21. 
 
 before  their  face,  which  Joshua  the  son 
 of  Naue  left  in  the  land.  And  the 
 Lord  left  them,  ^^to  prove  Israel  with 
 them,  whether  they  would  keep  the 
 way  of  the    Lord,  to  walk   in  it,   as 
 
 ilfrteeH.b.  *^^^i^'  lathers  kept  it,  or  no. 
 future  with      23  g^  ^^le  Lord  ^  wiU  leave 
 
 vau  conver-        , ,  .  ,     , 
 
 sive.  these  nations,  so  as  not  to 
 
 cast  them  out  suddenly;  and  he  deh- 
 vered  them  not  into  the  hand  of 
 Joshua. 
 
 3.  And  these  are  the  nations  which 
 the  Lord  left  to  prove  Israel  with 
 them,  all  that  had  not  known  the  wars 
 of  Chanaan.  ^  Only  for  the  sake  of  thege- 
 t  It  appears  neratious  of  Israel,  to  teach 
 IngTo  theTon-  them  War,  only  the  ^  men  be- 
 struction  of     fore  them  knew  them  not. 
 
 the  language       o  rp-i         r-  ill"  j?  j.1 
 
 'tfie  men  before        1  hC    IlVC    lordshipS   ot  the 
 
 foes'not''leem  Phylistiucs,  and  every  Cha- 
 the  sense  of     nauitc,   and  the    Sidonian, 
 
 thepassage  '  .  .  ' 
 
 here;  the  and  the  Ji,vite  wlio  dwelt  m 
 ^^•^aueaTt^''  Libanus  from  the  mount  of 
 whrknewMt  Acmion  uuto  Labocmath. 
 these  thmgs  4  ^j^d  t/iis  was  done  in  order 
 reading  per-  to  provc  Israel  by  them,  to 
 haps  ov  not  oi.   j^^^^^  whether  they  would 
 
 obey  the  commands  of  the  Lord,  which 
 he  charged  their  fathers  by  the  hand 
 of  Moses.  ^  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 dwxlt  in  the  midst  of  the  Chananite, 
 and  the  Chettite,  and  the  Amorite, 
 and  the  Pherezite,  and  the  Evite,  and 
 the  Jebusite.  ''And  they  took  their 
 daughters  for  wives  to  themselves,  and 
 they  gave  their  daughters  to  their  sons, 
 and  served  their  gods.  ''  And  the 
 children  of  Israel  did  evil  in  the  sight 
 of  tlie  Lord,  and  forgot  the  Lord  their 
 God,  and  served  Baalim  and  the 
 groves.  *And  the  Lord  was  very 
 angry  with  Israel,  and  sold  them  into 
 the  hand  of  Chusarsathaim  king  of 
 Syria  of  the  rivers;  and  the  children 
 of  Israel  served  Chusarsathaim  eight 
 years.  ^And  the  children  of  Israel 
 cried  to  the  Lord;  and  the  Lord  raised 
 up  a  saviour  to  Israel,  and  he  saved 
 them,  Gothoniel  the  son  of  Kenez  the 
 brother  of  Chaleb  younger  than  hiin- 
 
 2G1 
 
 self  '°And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came 
 upon  him,  and  he  judged  Israel;  and 
 he  went  out  to  war  against  Chusarsa- 
 thaim: and  the  Lord  dehvered  into 
 his  hand  Chusarsathaim  king  of  Syria 
 of  the  rivers,  and  his  hand  prevailed 
 against  Chusarsathaim.  '^And  the  land 
 was  quiet  forty  years :  and  Gothoniel 
 the  son  of  Kenez  died. 
 
 ''^And  the  children  of  Israel  con- 
 tinued to  do  evil  before  the  Lord ;  and 
 the  Lord  strengthened  Eglom  king  of 
 Moab  against  Israel,  because  they  had 
 done  evil  before  the  Lord.  ^^And  he 
 gathered  to  liiniself  all  the  children  of 
 Amnion  and  Amalek,  and  went  and 
 smote  Israel,  and  ^took  pos-  tcj-.mherited. 
 session  of  the  city  of  Palm-trees.  '^And 
 the  children  of  Israel  served  Eglom 
 the  king  of  Moab  eighteen  years. 
 ^^And  the  children  of  Israel  cried  to 
 the  Lord;  and  he  raised  up  to  them 
 a  saviour,  Aod  the  son  of  Gera  a 
 ^son  of  Jemeni,  a  ^  man  who  +.'•  «■  Benja- 
 used  both  hands  alike :  and  t  or,  able  to 
 the  children  of  Israel  sent  handasweiias 
 gifts  by  his  hand  to  Eglom  ^^.^^^^^  *-'^- 
 king  of  Moab.  ^^  And  Aod  right  haiids. 
 made  himself  a  dagger  of  two  edges, 
 of  a  span  long,  and  he  girded  it  under 
 his  cloak  upon  his  right  thigh.  '^  And 
 he  went,  and  brought  the  presents  to 
 Eglom  king  of  Moab, -and  Eglom  was 
 a  very  handsome  man.  '^And  it  came 
 to  pass  when  Aod  had  made  an  end  of 
 offering  his  gifts,  that  he  dismissed 
 those  that  brought  the  gifts.  ^^And 
 he  himself  returned  from  the  quarries 
 that  are  by  Galgal;  and  Aod  said,  I 
 have  a  secret  errand  to  thee,  0  king  ! 
 and  Eglom  said  to  him.  Be  silent;  and 
 he  sent  away  from  his  presence  all 
 who  waited  upon  him.  ^°And  Aod 
 went  in  to  him ;  and  he  sat  in  liis  own 
 upper  summer  chamber  quite  alone; 
 and  Aod  said,  I  have  a  message  from 
 God  to  thee,  0  king :  and  Eglom  rose 
 up  from  his  throne  near  him.  ^^  And 
 it  came  to  pass  as  he  arose,  that  Aod 
 stretched  forth  his  left  hand,  and  took 
 the  dagger  off"  his  right   thigh,    and 
 
Chap.  hi.  v.  22. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  \\. 
 
 plunged  it  into  liis  belly ;  ^^  and  drove 
 in  also  the  haft  after  the  blade,  and 
 the  fat  closed  in  upon  the  blade,  for 
 he  drew  not  out  the  da^'^er  from  his 
 belly. 
 
 ^^And  Aod  went  out  to  the  porch, 
 and  passed  out  l)y  the  appointed  ^warffs, 
 and  shut  the  doors  of  the  chamber  upon 
 him,  and  locked  them.  ^'*And  he  went 
 +  Gr.  his.  out:  and  ^  Eglom's  servants 
 came,  and  saw,  and  behold !  the  doors 
 of  the  upper  chamber  were  locked; 
 and  they  said.  Does  he  not  uncover  his 
 feet  in  his  summer-chamber?  ^'^And 
 they  waited  till  they  were  ashamed, 
 t  Gr.\s.  and,  behold,  there  ^was  no  one 
 that  opened  the  doors  of  the  upper 
 chamber;  and  they  took  the  key,  and 
 opened  them  ;  and,  behold,  their  lord 
 was  fallen  down  dead  upon  the  earth. 
 ^^  And  Aod  escaped  while  they  were  in 
 a  tumult,  and  no  one  paid  attention  to 
 him;  and  he  passed  the  quarries,  and 
 escaped  to  Setirotha.  ^^And  it  came 
 to  pass  when  Aod  came  into  the  land 
 of  Israel,  that  he  blew  the  horn  in 
 IVIount  Ephraim,  and  the  children  of 
 Israel  came  doAvn  with  him  from  the 
 mountain,  and  he  icas  before  them. 
 ^^And  he  said  to  them.  Come  down 
 after  me,  for  the  Lord  God  has  deli- 
 vered our  enemies,  even  Moab,  into 
 our  hand:  and  they  went  down  after 
 him,  and  seized  on  the  fords  of  Jordan 
 before  i\Ioab,  and  he  did  not  suffer  a 
 man  to  pass  over.  ^^And  they  smote 
 ]\Ioab  on  that  day  about  ten  thousand 
 men,  every  lusty  person  and  every 
 mighty  man,  and  not  a  man  escaped. 
 
 G/-.  put  to  ^"^  So  Moab  was  ^humbled 
 shame.  '^^  ^^loX  day  Under  the  hand 
 
 of  Israel,  and  the  land  had  rest  eighty 
 years;  and  Aod  judged  them  till  he 
 died. 
 
 ^'  And  after  him  rose  up  Samegar  the 
 son  of  Dinach,  and  smote  the  Phylis- 
 tines  to  the  number  of  six  hundred  men 
 with  a  ploughshare  such  as  is  drmon  by 
 oxen;  and  he  too  delivered  Israel. 
 
 4.  And  the  children  of  Israel  con- 
 
 26  2 
 
 tinned  to  do  evil  against  the  Lord ;  and 
 Aod  was  dead.  ^And  the  Lord  sold 
 the  children  of  Israel  into  the  hand  of 
 Jabin  king  of  Chanaan,  who  ruled  in 
 Asor;  and  the  chief  of  his  hosts  was 
 Sisara,  and  he  dwelt  in  Arisoth  of  the 
 Gentiles.  ^  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 cried  to  the  Lord,  because  he  had 
 nine  hundred  chariots  of  iron ;  and  he 
 miglatily  oppressed  Israel  twenty  years. 
 ^And  Debbora,  a  prophetess,  the  wife 
 of  Lapidoth, — she  judged  Israel  at  that 
 time. 
 
 ^  And  she  sat  under  the  palm-tree  of 
 Debbora  between  Rama  and  Ba^thel  in 
 IMount  Ephraim;  and  the  children  of 
 Israel  went  up  to  her  for  judgment. 
 
 ^And  Debbora  sent  and  called  Barak 
 the  son  of  Abineem  out  of  Kades 
 Nephthali,  and  she  said  to  him.  Has 
 not  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  commanded 
 thee?  and  thou  shalt  depart  to  IMount 
 Thabor,  and  shall  take  with  thyself 
 ten  thousand  men  of  the  sons  of  Neph- 
 thah  and  of  the  sons  of  Zabulon. 
 
 ^And  I  will  bring  to  thee  to  the 
 torrent  of  Kison  ^Sisara  t^„iredund- 
 the  captain  of  the  host  of  ^"^  \»  ^^e 
 
 i:  1      1  •  T       •  Grfi-k,  but  ac- 
 
 Jabm,  and  his  chariots,  counted  for  by 
 and  his  multitude,  and  I  '^  '^  •  *  t 
 Avill  deliver  them  into  thine  hands. 
 ®  And  Barak  said  to  her,  If  thou  wilt 
 go  with  me,  I  will  go,  and  if  thou  wilt 
 not  go,  I  will  not  go,  for  I  know  not 
 the  day  on  which  the  Lord  prospers 
 his  messenger  with  me.  ^And  she 
 said,  I  Avill  surely  go  with  thee;  but 
 know  that  thy  honour  shall  not  attend 
 on  the  expedition  on  which  thou  goest, 
 for  the  Lord  sliall  sell  Sisara  into  the 
 liands  of  a  woman :  and  Debbora  arose, 
 and  went  with  Barak  out  of  Kades. 
 '"And  Barak  called  Zcbulon  and  Ncph- 
 thah  out  of  Kades,  and  there  ., 
 
 went  up  at  his  feet  ten  thou-    ^      '    '  " 
 sandmen,  and  Debbora  went  ^,7,;;j  ■  (other- 
 
 Up  witll  him.   ''AndChaber  wise  rendered) 
 
 the   Jvenite    had    removed  ' '"  o""  "/  ^«''- 
 
 ^/T    •  />  .1  o  7iaim.'    The 
 
 om  L  aina,  irom  the  sons  oi  ,  ^^     ^  .,  , 
 
 T   1     1       1      V    1         •      ^  £■  LXX  read  «I?M 
 
 Jobab  the  lather-m-iaw  ot 
 
 ]\Ioses,  and  pitched  his  tent  by  the  ^  oak 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  12. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  \.v.  U. 
 
 of  the  covetous  ones,  which  is  near 
 Kedes.  '"^  Aiul  it  was  told  Sisara  that 
 Barak  the  son  of  Abincem  was  gone 
 up   to  Mount  Thabor.  '^And    Sisara 
 
 +  Gr.  caUed.  '^summoned  all  his  chariots, 
 nine  hundred  chariots  of  iron  and  all 
 the  people  w4th  liim,  from  Arisoth  of 
 the  Gentiles  to  the  brook  of  Kison. 
 
 ^*  And  Debbora  said  to  Barak,  Rise 
 up,  for  this  is  the  day  on  which  the 
 Lord  has  delivered  Sisara  into  thy 
 hand,  for  the  Lord  shall  go  forth  be- 
 fore thee :  and  Barak  went  down  from 
 Mount  Thabor,  and  ten  thousand  men 
 after  him.  '^And  the  Lord  discom- 
 fited Sisara,  and  all  his  chariots,  and 
 all  his  army,  with  the  edge  of  the 
 sword  before  Barak;  and  Sisara  de- 
 scended from  off  liis  chariot,  and  fled 
 on  his  feet.      '^And  Barak  ^pursued 
 
 +  Gr.  pursuing,  after  the  chariots  and  after 
 the  army,  into  Arisoth  of  the  Gentiles ; 
 and  the  whole  army  of  Sisara  fell  by 
 the  edge  of  the  sword,  there  was  not 
 one  left.  ^^And  Sisara  fled  on  his  feet 
 to  the  tent  of  Jael  the  wife  of  Chaber 
 the  Kenite  his  friend;  for  there  was 
 peace  between  Jabin  king  of  Asor  and 
 the  house  of  Chaber  the  Kenite.  ^'^And 
 Jael  went  out  to  meet  Sisara,  and  said 
 to  him,  Tm'n  aside,  my  lord,  turn 
 aside  to  me,  fear  not:  and  he  turned 
 aside  to  her  into  the  tent;  and  she 
 covered  him  with  a  mantle. 
 
 '^And  Sisara  said  to  her.  Give  me, 
 I  pray  thee,  a  little  water  to  drink, 
 for  I  am  thirsty:  and  she  opened  a 
 bottle  of  milk,  and  gave  him  to  drink, 
 and  covered  him.  '^^  And  Sisara  said 
 to  her.  Stand  now  by  the  door  of  the 
 tent,  and  it  shall  come  to  pass  if  any 
 man  come  to  thee,  and  ask  of  thee, 
 and  say.  Is  there  any  man  here?  then 
 thou  shalt  say.  There  is  not.  ^^And 
 Jael,  the  wife  of  Chaber  took  a  ^  pin 
 
 +  Gr.  the  pin.  of  the  tcut,  and  took  a  ham- 
 mer in  her  hand,  and  went  secretly  to 
 him,  and  fastened  the  pin  in  his  tem- 
 
 t  Gr.  he  was    plc,  and  it  went  through  to 
 
 darkened.  ^j^^    g^^.^|^^    ^^^    j^^    fainted 
 
 away,  and  ^  darkness  fell  upon  him  and 
 
 he  died.  '^^And,  behold,  Barak  was 
 pm'suing  Sisara;  and  Jael  went  out  to 
 meet  him,  and  he  said  to  him.  Come, 
 and  I  will  show  thee  the  man  whom 
 thou  seekest :  and  he  went  in  to  her ; 
 and,  behold,  Sisara  was  fallen  dead, 
 and  the  pin  ivas  in  liis  temple.  ^^  So 
 God  routed  Jabin  king  of  Chanaan  in 
 that  day  before  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 ^^And  the  hand  of  the  children  of" 
 Israel  prevailed  more  and  more  against 
 Jabin  king   of  Chanaan,    until    they 
 utterly  destroyed  Jabin  king  of  Cha- 
 naan. 
 
 5.  And  Debbora  and  Barak  son  of 
 Abineem  sang  in  that  day,  saying,  ^A 
 revelation  was  made  in  Israel  when  the 
 people  were  made  willing:  Praise  ye 
 the  Lord.  ^  Hear  ye,  kings,  and 
 hearken,  rulers;  I  will  sing,  it  is  I 
 ivho  will  sing  to  the  Lord,  it  is  I,  I  will 
 sing  a  psalm  to  the  Lord  the  God  of 
 Israel.  *  0  Lord,  in  thy  going  forth 
 on  Seir,  when  thou  wentest  forth  out 
 of  the  land  of  Edom,  the  earth  quaked 
 and  the  heaven  di-opped  dews,  and  the 
 clouds  dropped  water.  ^  The  moim- 
 tains  were  shaken  before  the  face  of 
 the  Lord  Eloi,  this  Sina  before  the 
 face  of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel.  ^  In 
 the  days  of  Samegar  son  of  Anath,  in 
 the  days  of  Jael,  they  deserted  the 
 ways,  and  went  in  by-ways,  they  went 
 in  crooked  paths.  ^  The  mighty  men 
 in  Israel  failed,  they  failed  until  Deb- 
 bora arose,  until  she  arose  a  mother  in 
 Israel.  ^  They  chose  new  gods ;  then 
 the  cities  of  rulers  fought ;  ^  there  was 
 not  a  shield  or  spear  seen  +  Gr.  a  there 
 among  forty  thousand  in  ^houidbeseen. 
 Israel.  ^  My  heart  inclines  to  the 
 orders  given  in  Israel ;  ye  that  are  will- 
 ing among  the  people,  bless  the  Lord. 
 ^^  Ye  that  moimt  a  she-ass  at  noon-day, 
 ye  that  sit  on  the  judgment-seat,  and 
 walk  by  the  roads  of  them  that  sit  in 
 judgment  by  the  way;  declare  "ye 
 that  are  delivered  from  the  t  Gr.  noisy 
 noise  of  ^disturbers  among  °*^^®' 
 the  drawers  of  water ;  there  shall  they 
 
Chap.  v.  v.  12. 
 
 JUDGES, 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  3. 
 
 relate  righteous  acts :  0  Lord,  in- 
 crease righteous  acts  in  Israel:  then 
 the  people  of  the  Lord  went  down 
 to  the  cities.  '^  Awake,  awake.  Deb- 
 bora;  awake,  awake,  utter  a  song: 
 arise,  Barak,  and  lead  thy  captivity 
 captive,  son  of  Abineem.  '^  Then 
 went  down  the  remnant  to  the  strong, 
 the  peo23le  of  the  Lord  went  down  I'or 
 him  among  the  mighty  ones  from  me. 
 '^  Ephraim  rooted  them  out  in  Ama- 
 lek,  behind  thee  was  Benjamin  among 
 thy  people :  the  inhabitants  of  Machir 
 came  down  with  me  searching  out  the 
 enemy,  and  from  Zabulon  came  they 
 +  Rather  draw  that  ^  draw  with  the  scribe's 
 
 or  handle  the  p  1  i.t     a      1 
 
 scribe's  pen,     peu    ot     rccord.  And 
 
 fv^rTT^.  P^ii^ces  in  Issachar  were 
 braism.  witli  Dcbbora  and   Barak, 
 
 thus  she  sent  Barak  on  his  feet  in  the 
 valleys  into  the  portions  of  Kuben; 
 +  Gr.  reaching,  great  pcuigs  ^  reached  to  the 
 heart.  '^  Why  did  they  sit  between 
 the  sheep-folds  to  hear  the  bleating  of 
 flocks  for  the  divisions  of  Kuben  ?  there 
 were  great  searchings  of  heart.  '^  Ga- 
 laad  is  on  the  other  side  of  Jordan 
 where  he  pitched  his  tents;  and  why 
 does  Dan  remain  in  ships?  Aser  sat 
 down  on  the  sea-coasts,  and  he  will 
 e'g?essf&c!'°'^  t^^^ernacle    at    his  ^  ports. 
 
 fL,7.  reproach-    ^^  The    pCOplc  Zabulon  ^CX- 
 
 ed.  Hvb.  r|Tn  posed  thcir  soul  unto  death, 
 defylng^seeins  and  Ncphtliali  Came  to  the 
 rense"  orthis  ^^igjl  placGs  of  their  land, 
 word.  19  Kings   set  themselves  in 
 
 array,  then  the  kings  ofChanaan  fought 
 in  Thanaach  at  the  water  of  Mageddo ; 
 they  took  no  gift  of  money.  ^°  The 
 stars  from  heaven  set  themselves  in 
 array,  they  set  themselves  tojif/ht  with 
 Sisara  out  of  their  paths.  ^'  Tlie 
 brook  of  Kison  swept  tliem  away,  the 
 ancient  brook,  the  brook  Kison:  my 
 mighty  soul  will  trample  him  down. 
 ^^  When  the  hoofs  of  the  horse  were 
 entangled,  his  mighty  ones  earnestly 
 hasted  ^^to  curse  Meroz:  Curse  ye  it, 
 said  the  angel  of  the  Lord;  cursed  is 
 every  one  that  dwells  in  it,  because 
 they    came     not     to     the     help     of 
 
 the    Lord,    to    his   help   among    the 
 mighty. 
 
 '^''Blessed  among  women  be  Jael 
 wife  of  Chabcr  the  Kenite ;  let  her  be 
 blest  above  women  in  tents.  ^^  He 
 asked  for  water,  she  gave  him  milk  in 
 a  dish ;  she  brovight  butter  of  princes. 
 '^'°  She  stretched  forth  her  left  hand  to 
 the  ^  nail,  and  her  right  hand    '  ^l'  p-»  °^ 
 
 '  b  the  tent. 
 
 to  the  workman's  hammer,  +  ^,y  ^^^_ 
 and  she  ^  smote  Sisara  with  mercd. 
 it,  she  nailed  through  his  head  and 
 smote  him;  she  nailed  through  his 
 temples.  ^^  He  rolled  down  between 
 her  feet;  he  fell  and  lay  between  her 
 feet;  he  bowed  and  fell,  where  he 
 bowed,  there  he  fell  ^  dead.  J  '/•  <^-  hav'n& 
 
 OS  rpi  ^1  p      o  •  departed  this 
 
 ^^  Ihe  mother  oi  Sisara  Ufe. 
 looked  down  through  the  window  out 
 of  the  loophole,  sayiiig,  A^liy  was  his 
 chariot  ashamed,  why  did  the  ^wheels 
 of  his  chariots  tarry?  ^^Her  tor,  feet  of 
 wise  ladies  answered  her,  fect^oTtocha- 
 and  she  returned  answers  to  "ot^- 
 herself,  sayinc/,  ^°Will  they  not  find 
 him  dividing  the  spoil?  he  will  surely 
 ^  be  gracious  to  every  man :  ^ ,-.  e.  be  ^ra- 
 there  are  spoils  of  dyed  gar-  cious  and  kind 
 
 P     ^  c*-  •'      •!  f,  ni  allowniprtlie 
 
 ments  lor  Sisara,  spoils  ol  claim  of  each 
 
 „,  •  1        1  ill    individual  to  a 
 
 various  dyed  garments,  clyccl  share  of  the 
 embroidered  garments,  they  ^',"'.JjYt-\  ^m'a 
 are  the  spoils  for  his  neck,  damsel  ortwo 
 3' Thus  let  all  thine  enemies  •*^'"^'''- 
 perish,  0  Lord:  and  they  that  love 
 him  shall  be  as  tlie  2;oino;  forth  of  the 
 sun  m  his  strength.  ^^And  the  land 
 had  rest  forty  years. 
 
 6.  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
 evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
 Lord  gave  them  into  the  hand  of  Ma- 
 diam  seven  years.     ^  And  the  hand  of 
 ]\ladiam  prevailed  against  Israel:  and 
 the  children  of  Israel  made  for  them- 
 selves because  of  Madiam  the  caves  in 
 the  mountains,  and  the  dens,  and  the 
 ^  holes  in  the  rocks.     ^And    +  o,..  some 
 it  came  to   pass  when  the  read  Kp^^aji 
 children    ot    Israel   sowed,  9.  rf. /o'«  pen- 
 that  Madiam  and  Amalek 
 went  up,  and  the  children  of  the  east 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  4. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  25. 
 
 went  up  together  with  them.  *  And 
 they  encamped  against  them,  and  de- 
 stroyed their  fruits  until  they  came  to 
 Gaza ;  and  they  left  not  the  support  of 
 life  in  the  land  of  Israel,  not  even  ox 
 or  ass  among  the  herds.  ^  For  they 
 and  their  stock  came  up,  and  their 
 tents  were  with  them,  as  the  locust  in 
 multitude,  and  there  was  no  number 
 to  them  and  their  camels;  and  they 
 came  to  the  land  of  Israel,  and  laid  it 
 waste.  ^And  Israel  was  greatly  im- 
 t  Gr.  before  poverislicd  ^  bccause  of  Ma- 
 e  ace  o  .       jj^^^-j^      7  ^j^^l  the  children 
 
 t  Gr.  from  be-  . 
 
 fore  the  face  of.  ol  Israel  cried  to  the  Lord 
 *  because  of  Madiam. 
 
 ^  And  the  Lord  sent  ^  a  prophet  to 
 tcr. amana  the  children  of  Israel;  and 
 
 prophet.  j^g  g^-^  ^Q  ^l^gj^^  ^j^^^g  g^^yg 
 
 the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  I  am  he  that 
 brought  you  up  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  and  I  brought  you  up  out  of 
 the  house  of  yoiu*  bondage.  ^  And  I 
 delivered  you  out  of  the  hand  of  Egypt, 
 and  out  of  the  hand  of  all  that  afflicted 
 you,  and  I  cast  them  out  before  you; 
 and  I  gave  you  their  land.  '"And  I 
 said  to  you,  I  am  the  Lord  your  God, 
 ye  shall  not  fear  the  gods  of  the  Amor- 
 ites,  in  whose  land  ye  dwell;  but  ye 
 hearkened  not  to  my  voice.  ''And  an 
 angel  of  the  Lord  came,  and  sat  down 
 under  the  fir  tree,  which  was  in  Eph- 
 ratha  in  the  land  of  Joas  father  of 
 Esdri ;  and  Gedeon  his  son  was  thresh- 
 ing wheat  in  a  wine-press  in  order  to 
 escape  from  the  face  of  Madiam.  ''^And 
 the  angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  to  him 
 and  said  to  him.  The  Lord  is  with 
 thee,  thou  mighty  in  strength.  '^And 
 Gedeon  said  to  him,  Be  gracious,  ^  with 
 tHei.  '3  a     me,  my  Lord:    but  if  the 
 
 t^rSl'en.Te":    ^Ord   is  with  US,  why  havC 
 
 ff  .'t^?;''^.''^'  these  evils  found  us?  and 
 
 the  Lax.   cc     .     .  n    1  •  •        ^ 
 
 €/aoi.  where  are  all  his  miracles, 
 
 which  our  fathers  have  related  to  us, 
 
 saying,  Did  not  the  Lord  bring  us  up 
 
 out  of  Egypt?  and  now  he  has  cast  us 
 
 out,  and  given  us  into  the  hand  of 
 
 Madiam.    '''And  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
 
 turned  to  him,  and  said.  Go  in  this  thy 
 2  G  r, 
 
 strength,  and  thou  shalt  save  Israel  out 
 of  the  hand  of  Madiam:  behold,  I  have 
 sent  thee.  '''  And  Gedeon  said  to 
 him.  Be  gracious  with  me,  my  Lord, 
 whereby  shall  I  save  Israel?  behold, 
 my  thousand  is  Aveakened  in  Manasse, 
 and  I  am  the  least  in  my  father's  house. 
 ""  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  to 
 him,  The  Lord  shall  be  with  thee,  and 
 thou  shalt  smite  Madiam  as  one  man. 
 '^And  Gedeon  said  to  him,  If  now  I 
 have  found  mercy  in  thine  eyes,  and 
 thou  wilt  do  this  day  for  me  all  that 
 thou  hast  spoken  of  with  me,  '^  Depart 
 not  hence  until  I  come  to  thee,  and  I 
 will  bring  forth  an  offering  and  offer  it 
 before  thee:  and  he  said,  1  will  remain 
 until  thou  return. 
 
 '^And  Gedeon  went  in,  and  pre- 
 pared a  kid  of  the  goats,  and  an  ephah 
 of  fine  flour  unleavened,  and  he  put 
 the  iiesh  in  the  basket,  and  poured  the 
 broth  into  the  pot,  and  brought  them 
 forth  to  him  under  the  turpentine  tree, 
 and  +drew  nio-h.  ^"And  the  ''sai.  to  pre- 
 
 1        c   r\     P        •  1  1  •  s^"*  them  to 
 
 angel  of  God  said  to  nim,  him. 
 Take  the  flesh  and  the  unleavened 
 cakes,  and  put  them  on  that  rock,  and 
 pour  out  the  broth  close  by:  and  he 
 did  so.  ^'  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
 stretched  out  the  end  of  the  rod  that  was 
 in  his  hand,  and  touched  the  flesh  and 
 the  unleavened  bread ;  ^nd  fire  came  up 
 out  of  the  rock,  and  consumed  the  flesh 
 and  the  unleavened  bread,  and  the  angel 
 of  the  Lord  vanished  from  his  sight. 
 ^^And  Gedeon  saw  that  he  was  an 
 angel  of  the  Lord;  and  Gedeon  said, 
 Ah,  ah.  Lord  my  God,  for  I  have  seen 
 the  angel  of  the  Lord  face  to  face. 
 ^^And  the  Lord  said  to  him.  Peace  be 
 to  thee,  fear  not,  thou  shalt  not  die. 
 ^*And  Gedeon  built  there  an  altar  to 
 the  Lord,  and  called  it  The  peace  of 
 the  Lord,  until  this  day,  as  it  is  still 
 in  Ephratha  of  the  father  of  Esdri. 
 ^"^  And  it  came  to  pass  in  that  night, 
 that  the  Lord  said  to  him.  Take  the 
 young  buUock  which  thy  father  has, 
 even  the  second  bullock  of  seven  years 
 old,  and  thou  shalt  destroy  the  altar  of 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  26. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 CiTAP.  VII.  V.  5. 
 
 Baal  which  thy  father  has,  and  the 
 grove  wliich  is  by  it  tliou  sliah  destroy. 
 ^^And  thou  shah  build  an  altar  to  the 
 Lord  thy  God  on  the  top  of  this  Maozi 
 +  Or,  the  or-  in  ^  thc  Ordering  it,  and  thou 
 
 dered place.     gj^,^|^  ^^^^  ^^10  second  bullock, 
 
 and  shalt  offer  up  whole-burnt-offerings 
 with  the  wood  of  the  grove,  which 
 thou  shalt  destroy.  ^^And  Gedeon 
 took  ten  men  of  liis  servants,  and  did 
 as  the  Lord  spoke  to  him :  and  it  came 
 to  pass,  as  he  feared  the  house  of  his 
 +  Or,  because  father  and  the  men  of  the 
 
 ofthedomgit.    p-^^^  t^f  i^g   gl^^^j^^l  ^Q   -^  l^y 
 
 day  that  he  did  it  by  night. 
 
 ^^'And  the  men  of  the  city  rose  up 
 early  in  the  morning;  and  behold,  the 
 altar  of  Baal  had  been  demohshed,  and 
 the  grove  by  it  had  been  destroyed, 
 and  they  saw  the  second  bullock, 
 wliich  Gedeon  offered  on  the  altar  that 
 had  been  built.  ^^  And  a  man  said 
 to  his  neighbour,  Wlio  has  done  this 
 thing?  and  they  inquired  and  searched, 
 and  learnt  that  Gedeon  the  son  of  Joas 
 had  done  this  thing.  ^°And  the  men 
 of  the  city  said  to  Joas,  Bring  out  thy 
 son,  and  let  him  die,  because  he  has 
 destroyed  the  altar  of  Baal,  and  be- 
 cause he  has  destroyed  the  grove  that 
 is  by  it.  ^^  And  Gedeon  the  son  of 
 Joas  said  to  all  the  men  who  rose  up 
 against  him.  Do  ye  now  plead  for  Baal, 
 or  will  ye  save  him;  whoever  will 
 plead  for  him,  let  him  be  slain  this 
 morning :  if  he  be  a  god  let  him  plead 
 for  himself,  because  07ie  has  thrown 
 doAvn  his  altar.  ^^And  he  called  it  in 
 that  day  Jerobaal,  saying,  let  Baal 
 plead  thereby,  because  his  altar  has 
 been  thrown  down.  '^^And  all  Ma- 
 diam,  and  Amalek,  and  the  sons  of 
 the  east  gathered  themselves  together, 
 and  encamped  in  the  valley  of  Jezracl. 
 ^■•And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came 
 upon  Gedeon,  and  he  blew  with  the 
 horn,  and  Abiczer  came  to  help  after 
 him.  ^''And  Gedeon  sent  messengers 
 tGr.in.  into  all  Manasse,  and  '^into  Aser, 
 and  ^into  Zabulon,  and  ^into  Xcph- 
 thaH;  and  he  went  up  to  meet  them. 
 
 ^^  And  Gedeon  said  to  God,  If  thou 
 wilt  save  Israel  by  my  hand,  as  thou 
 hast  said,  ^''  behold  I  put  the  fleece  of 
 wool  in  the  threshing  floor :  if  there  be 
 dew  on  the  fleece  only,  and  drought 
 on  all  the  ground,  I  shall  know  that 
 thou  wilt  save  Israel  by  my  hand,  as 
 thou  hast  said.  ^^  And  it  was  so :  and 
 he  rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and 
 wrung  the  fleece,  and  dew  dropped 
 from  the  fleece,  a  bowl  full  of  water. 
 ^^And  Gedeon  said  to  God,  Let  not  I 
 pray  thee  thine  anger  be  kindled  with 
 me,  and  I  will  speak  yet  once ;  I  will 
 even  yet  make  one  trial  more  with  the 
 fleece :  let  now  the  drought  be  upon 
 the  fleece  only,  and  let  there  be  dew 
 on  all  the  ground.  ^*^And  God  did  so 
 in  that  night;  and  there  was  drought 
 on  the  fleece  only,  and  on  all  the 
 ground  there  was  dew. 
 
 7.  And  Jerobaal  rose  early,  the 
 same  is  Gedeon,  and  all  the  people 
 with  liim,  and  encamped  at  the  foim- 
 tain  of  Arad ;  and  the  camp  of  Madiam 
 was  to  the  north  of  him,  reacliing  from 
 Gabaathamorai,  in  the  valley. 
 
 ^And  the  Lord  said  to  Gedeon,  The 
 people  with  thee  are  many,  so  that  I 
 may  not  deliver  ]\Iadiam  into  their  hand, 
 lest  at  any  time  Israel  boast  against 
 me,  saying,  My  hand  has  saved  me. 
 ^And  now  speak  in  the  ears  of  the 
 people  saying.  Who  is  afraid  and 
 fearful?  let  him  turn  and  depart  from 
 Mount  Galaad:  and  there  retvn-ncd  of 
 the  people  twenty-two  thousand,  and 
 ten  thousand  were  left.  *And  the 
 Lord  said  to  Gedeon,  The  people  is 
 yet  numerous;  bring  them  down  to 
 the  water,  and  I  will  purge  them  there 
 for  thee :  and  it  shall  come  to  pass  that 
 of  whomsoever  I  shall  say  to  thee, 
 This  one  shall  go  with  thee,  even  he 
 shall  go  with  thee;  and  of  whomsoever 
 I  sliall  say  to  thee,  This  one  shall  not 
 go  with  thee,  even  he  shall  not  go 
 with  thee.  '^And  he  brought  the 
 people  down  to  the  water;  and  the 
 Lord  said  to  Gedeon,  Whosoever  shall 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  6. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  v.  24. 
 
 lap  of  the  water  witli  liis  tongue  as  if 
 a  dog  should  lap,  thou  shalt  set  him 
 apart,  and  also  whosoever  shall  bow 
 down  upon  his  knees  to  di'ink.  ''  And 
 the  number  of  those  that  lapped  with 
 their  hand  apjylied  to  their  mouth  was 
 three  hundred  men ;  and  all  the  rest  of 
 the  people  bowed  upon  their  knees  to 
 drink  water.  '^And  the  Lord  said  to 
 Gedeon,  I  will  save  you  by  the  three 
 hundred  men  that  lapped,  and  I  will 
 give  Madiam  into  thy  hand,  and  all 
 the  rest  of  the  people  shall  go  every 
 one  to  his  place.  **And  they  took  the 
 provision  of  the  people  in  their  hand, 
 and  their  horns;  and  he  sent  away 
 every  man  of  Israel  each  to  his  tent, 
 t  Or,  encouraged,  and  he  ^  Strengthened  the 
 three  himdred ;  and  the  army  of  Ma- 
 diam were  beneath  him  in  the  valley. 
 ^And  it  came  to  pass  in  that  night 
 that  the  Lord  said  to  liim.  Arise,  go 
 down  into  the  camp,  for  I  have  de- 
 livered it  into  thy  hand.  ^°And  if 
 thou  art  afraid  to  go  down,  go  down 
 thou  and  thy  servant  Phara  into  the 
 camp.  ^^And  thou  shalt  hear  what 
 they  shall  say,  and  afterwards  thy 
 hands  shall  be  strong,  and  thou  shalt 
 go  down  into  the  camp :  and  he  went 
 down  and  Phara  his  servant  to  the 
 +  So  the  Greek.  ^  extremity  of  the  companies 
 
 He6.  endofthe       /■  £/>.  ^  '   ^  •      j.1 
 
 armed  men  or    of    hlty,  whlCU  WCre    m  the 
 
 lives.  camp.    '^And  Madiam  and 
 
 Amalec  and  all  the  children  of  the 
 east  loere  scattered  in  the  valley,  as  the 
 locust  for  multitude,  and  there  was 
 no  number  to  their  camels,  but  they 
 were  as  the  sand  on  the  seashore  for 
 multitude. 
 
 ^^And  Gedeon  came,  and  behold  a 
 man  was  relating  to  his  neighbovir  a 
 dream,  and  he  said.  Behold,  I  have 
 dreamed  a  dream,  and  behold,  a  cake 
 of  barley  bread  rolhng  into  the  camp 
 of  J\ladiam,  and  it  came  as  far  as  a 
 tent,  and  smote  it,  and  it  fell,  and  it 
 turned  it  up,  and  the  tent  fell.  ^''And 
 his  neighbour  answered  and  said.  This 
 is  nothing  else  than  the  sword  of 
 Gedeon,  son  of  Joas,  a  man  of  Israel : 
 
 God  has  delivered  Madiam  and  all  the 
 host  into  his  hand.  ^^  And  it  came  to 
 pass  when  Gedeon  heard  the  account 
 of  the  dream  and  the  interpretation  of 
 it,  that  he  worshipped  the  Lord,  and 
 returned  to  the  camp  of  Israel,  and 
 said.  Rise,  for  the  Lord  has  dehvered 
 the  camp  of  Madiam  into  our  hand. 
 ^^And  he  divided  the  three  hundred 
 men  into  three  companies,  and  put  horns 
 in  the  ^  hands  of  all  and  empty  +  cc  hand, 
 pitchers,  and  torches  in  the  pitchers. 
 ^^  And  he  said  to  them,  ye  shall  look 
 ^at  me,  and  so  shall  ye  do;  +gc. from, 
 and  behold,  I  will  go  into  ackoufpro! 
 the  ^  beo-innino;  of  the  host,  ceeding  from 
 and  It  snail  come  to  pass  t  or,  comer. 
 that  as  I  do,  so  shall  ye  do.  seeActsio.ii. 
 ^"^And  I  will  sound  with  the  horn,  and 
 all  ye  with  me  shall  sound  with  the  horn 
 round  about  the  whole  camp,  and  ye 
 shall  say.  For  the  Lord  and  Gedeon. 
 '^And  Gedeon  and  the  hundred  men 
 that  were  with  him  came  to  the  extre- 
 mity of  the  army  in  the  beginning  of 
 the  middle  watch ;  and  they  completely 
 roused  the  guards,  and  sounded  with 
 the  horns,  and  they  ^  broke  +  Cc.shook  off. 
 the  pitchers  that  were  in  their  hands, 
 ^'^and  the  three  comjoanies  sounded 
 with  the  horns,  and  broke  the  pitchers, 
 and  held  the  torches  in  their  left  hands, 
 and  in  their  right  hands  their  horns  to 
 sound  with,  and  they  cried  out,  A 
 sword  for  the  Lord  and  for  Gedeon. 
 ^^Andeuer?/ man  stood  in  his  place  roimd 
 about  the  host;  and  all  the  host  ran, 
 and  sounded  an  alarm,  and  fled.  ^^And 
 they  sounded  with  the  three  hundred 
 horns  ;  and  the  Lord  set  every  man's 
 sword  in  all  the  host  against  his  neigh- 
 bour. ^^And  the  host  fled  as  far  as 
 Bethseed  Tagaragatha  Abel-meida  to 
 Tabath  ;  and  the  men  of  Israel  from 
 Nephthali,  and  from  Aser,  and  from 
 all  Manasse,  came  to  help,  and  followed 
 after  Madiam.  ^"^  And  Gedeon  sent 
 messengers  '"'into  all  Mount  ter.m. 
 Ephraim,  saying.  Come  down  to  meet 
 Madiam,  and  take  to  yourselves  the 
 water  as  far  as  Baethera  and  Jordan : 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  25. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  21. 
 
 and  every  man  of  Ephraim  cried  out 
 and  they  took  the  water  before  hand 
 unto  Bcethera  and  Jordan.  '•^^  And  they 
 took  the  princes  of  Madiam,  even  Oreb 
 and  Zeb;  and  they  slew  Oreb  in  Sur 
 Oreb,  and  they  slew  Zeb  in  Jakeph- 
 zeph;  and  they  pursued  Madiam, 
 +  Gr.  head,  and  brought  the  ^  heads  of 
 Oreband  Zeb  to  Gedeon  from  beyond 
 Jordan. 
 
 8.  And  the  men  of  Ephraim  said 
 to  Gedeon,  MHiat  is  this  that  thou  hast 
 done  to  us,  in  that  thou  didst  not  call 
 us  when  thou  wentest  to  fight  with 
 Madiam?  and  they  chode  with  him 
 sharply.  ^And  he  said  to  them,  What 
 have  I  now  done  in  comparison  of  you? 
 is  not  the  gleaning  of  Ephraim  better 
 than  the  vintage  of  Abiezer?  ^  The 
 Lord  has  delivered  into  your  hand  the 
 princes  of  Madiam,  Oreb  and  Zeb ;  and 
 what  could  I  do  in  comparison  of  you? 
 then  was  their  spirit  calmed  toward 
 him,  when  he  spoke  this  word.  "^And 
 Gedeon  came  to  Jordan,  and  went 
 over,  himself  and  the  three  hundred 
 with  him,  hungry,  yet  pursuing.  '^And 
 he  said  to  the  men  of  Socchoth,  Give 
 I  pray  you  bread  to  feed  this  people 
 that  follow  me,  because  they  are  faint, 
 and  behold,  I  am  following  after  Zebee 
 and  Salmana,  kings  of  Madiam.  ^And 
 the  princes  of  Socchoth  said,  ^Are  the 
 
 +  Gr.  is  the  .^ands  of  Zcbcc  and  Salmana 
 hand.  HOW  in  thy  hand,  that  we 
 
 should  give  bread  to  thy  host?  ^And 
 Gedeon  said,  Therefore  when  the  Lord 
 gives  Zebee  and  Salmana  into  my 
 t  Gr.  thresh,  hand,  then  will  1  ^  tear  your 
 flesh  with  the  thorns  of  the  wilderness, 
 
 t  D'jpia  and  with  ^  Barkenim.  ^And 
 ^^^^bS  or  he  went  up  thence  to  Pha- 
 thorns.  nucl,    and  spoke   to    them 
 
 likewise :  and  the  men  of  Phanucl  an- 
 swered him  as  the  men  of  Socchoth 
 had  answered  him.  ^And  Gedeon  said 
 to  the  men  of  Phanuel,  Wlaen  I  return 
 t  Or.  dig  down,  in  pcacc,  I  wiU  ^  break  down 
 this  tower. 
 
 '"And  Zebee  and   Salmana  were  in 
 
 Karkar,  and  their  host  tt'a^  with  them, 
 about  fifteen  thousand,  all  that  were 
 left  of  all  the  host  of  the  aliens;  and 
 they  that  fell  were  a  himdred  and 
 twenty  thousand  men  that  drew  the 
 sword.  ^'And  Gedeon  went  up  by  the 
 way  of  them  that  dwelt  in  tents,  east- 
 ward of  Nabai  and  Jegebal;  and  he 
 smote  the  host,  and  the  host  was  secure. 
 '■^And  Zebee  and  Salmana  fled;  and 
 he  pursued  after  them,  and  took  the 
 two  kings  of  Madiam,  Zebee  and  Sal- 
 mana, and  discomfited  all  the  army. 
 '^  And  Gedeon  the  son  of  Joas  re- 
 turned   from     the    ^battle,     +  G*-.   array, 
 
 Traparafcius. 
 
 down  from  the  battle  of  +  so  the  Gr 
 Ares.  '^  And  he  took  pri-  ^^^^^^ 
 soner  a  vounff  lad  of  the  of  the  sun. 
 
 ^  o         1     7i  1  TheLXX.seem 
 
 men  of  Soccliotri,  and  ques-  to  have  read, 
 tioned  him ;  and  he  wrote  ~W'?P  f*"" 
 to  him  the  names  of  the  ^^P^ 
 princes  of  Socchoth  and  of  their  elders, 
 seventy-seven  men.  '^And  Gedeon 
 came  to  the  princes  of  Socchoth,  and 
 said.  Behold  Zebee  and  Salmana  about 
 whom  ye  reproached  me,  saying,  ^  Are 
 the  hands  of  Zebee  and  Sal-  t  or.  is  the 
 mana  now  in  thy  hand,  that  ^^'^' 
 we  should  give  bread  to  thy  men  that 
 are  faint?  ""  And  he  took  the  elders 
 of  the  city  with  the  thorns  of  the  wil- 
 derness and  the  Barkenim,  and  with 
 them  he  tore  the  men  of  the  city. 
 '^And  he  overthrew  the  tower  of  Pha- 
 nuel, and  slew  the  men  of  the  city. 
 '^  And  he  said  to  Zebee  and  Salmana, 
 Where  are  the  men  whom  ye  slew  in 
 Thabor?  and  they  said.  As  thou,  so 
 wej-e  they,  according  to  the  likeness  of 
 the  son  of  a  king.  •'•'And  Gedeon  said. 
 They  were  my  brethren  and  the  sons 
 of  my  mother:  as  the  Lord  lives,  if 
 ye  had  preserved  them  alive,  I  would 
 not  have  slain  you.  '■^"And  he  said  to 
 Jetlier  his  first-born,  Eise  and  slay 
 them ;  but  the  lad  drew  not  his  sword, 
 for  he  was  afraid,  for  he  was  yet  very 
 yoimg.  ^'  And  Zebee  and  Salmana 
 said.  Rise  thou  and  fall  upon  us,  for 
 thy  power  is  as  that  of  a  man  :  and 
 Gedeon    arose,   and    slew    Zebee   and 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  22. 
 
 J  UDGES. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  8. 
 
 Salmana ;    and   he   took   the    ^  round 
 + 1.  e.  round  ornaments    that    were    on 
 
 like  the  moon,    ,  t  ->  o  ,^      •  ^ 
 
 perhaps  circu-  the  nccKS  01  tlieir  cameis. 
 for;n°of acre^s!      .''  ^nd  the  men  of  Israel 
 <=eiit.  said  to  Gedeon,  Rvile,  my 
 
 lord,  over  us,  both  thou,  and  thy 
 son,  and  thy  son's  son;  for  thou  hast 
 saved  us  out  of  the  hand  of  Ma- 
 diam.  ^^And  Gedeon  said  to  them, 
 I  will  not  rule,  and  my  son  shall  not 
 rule  among  you,  the  Lord  shall  rule 
 over  you.  -''And  Gedeon  said  to  them, 
 I  will  make  a  request  of  you,  and  do 
 ye  give  me  every  man  an  earring  out 
 of  his  spoils :  for  they  had  golden  ear- 
 rings, for  they  were  Ismaehtes.  ^^And 
 +  Gr.  giving    they  Said,  ^  We   will    cer- 
 
 vvewiUgive.       ^^-^^^    g-^^    ^1^^^.^ .     ^^^   J^^ 
 
 opened  his  garment,  and  each  man 
 cast  therein  an  earring  of  his  spoils. 
 ^^  And  the  weight  of  the  golden  ear- 
 rings which  he  asked,  was  a  thousand 
 and  seven  hundred  pieces  of  gold, 
 besides  the  crescents,  and  the  chains, 
 and  the  garments,  and  the  purple 
 cloths  that  were  on  the  kings  of  Ma- 
 diam,  and  besides  the  chains  that  were 
 on  the  necks  of  their  camels.  ^^  And 
 Gedeon  made  an  ephod  of  it,  and  set 
 it  in  his  city  in  Ephratha;  and  all 
 Israel  went  thither  a  whoring  after  it, 
 and  it  became  a  stumbling-block  to 
 Gedeon  and  his  house.  ^^And  Madiam 
 was  straitened  before  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  they  did  not  Hft  up  tlieir 
 head  any  more;  and  the  land  had  rest 
 forty  years  in  the  days  of  Gedeon. 
 ^^  And  Jerobaal  the  son  of  Joas  went 
 and  sat  in  his  house.  ^"  And  Gedeon 
 had  seventy  sons  begotten  of  his  body, 
 for  he  had  many  wives.  ^^  And  his 
 concubine  was  in  Sychem,  and  she 
 also  bore  him  a  son,  and  gave 
 him  the  name  Abimelech.  ^^  And 
 Gedeon  son  of  Joas  died  in  his  city, 
 and  was  buried  in  the  sepulchre  of  Joas 
 his  ftither  in  Ephratha  of  Abi-Esdri. 
 
 ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  when  Gedeon 
 was  dead  that  the  children  of  Israel 
 turned,  and  went  a  whoring  after 
 Baalim,    and    made  for   themselves   a 
 
 covenant  with  Baal  that  he  should  be 
 their  god.  ^^  And  the  children  of 
 Israel  remembered  not  the  Lord  their 
 God  who  had  delivered  them  out  of 
 the  hand  of  all  that  afSictcd  them 
 round  about.  ^^And  they  did  not  deal 
 mercifully  with  the  house  of  Jerobaal, 
 (the  same  is  Gedeon)  accord-  +  or.  with, 
 ing  to  all  the  good  which  he  did  ^  to 
 Israel. 
 
 9.  And  Abimelech  son  of  Jerobaal 
 went  to  Sychem  to  his  mother's  bre- 
 thren; and  he  spoke  to  them  and  to 
 all  the  kindred  of  the  house  of  his 
 mother's  father,  saying,  ^  Speak  I  pray 
 you  in  the  ears  of  all  the  men  of  Sy- 
 chem, saying,  Wliichz'^  better  for  you, 
 that  seventy  men,  even  all  the  sons  of 
 Jerobaal  should  reign  over  you,  or 
 that  one  man  should  reign  over  you? 
 and  remember  that  I  am  your  bone 
 and  your  flesh.  ^  And  his  mother's 
 brethren  spoke  concerning  him  in  the 
 ears  of  all  the  men  of  Sychem  all  these 
 words;  and  their  heart  turned  after 
 Abimelech,  for  they  said,  He  is  our 
 brother.  ^And  they  gave  him  seventy 
 pieces  of  silver  out  of  the  house  of 
 Baalberith;  and  Abimelech  hired  for 
 himself  vain  and  cowardly  men,  and 
 they  went  after  him.  ^And  he  went 
 to  the  house  of  his  father 
 to  Ephratha  and  slew  his  This'^is  arlo- 
 brethren  the  sons  of  Jero-  of^djuwe"'^^ 
 baal,  seventy  men  upon  one  translation, 
 stone ;  but  Joatham  th e  ^ven'for  ^f f 
 youno-est  son    of  Jerobaal  fn^  eiper^j 
 
 1    fv    !>       1       1  -1  1  •  ir    l^avmg    refer- 
 
 was  ielt,  lor  he  hid  himseli.  ence  to  the 
 •^Andallthe  menof  Sicima,  JZ^'^Hill 
 and  all  the  house  of  Beth-  rightly  omits* 
 maalo  were  gathered  toge-  ^"''"''• 
 tlier,  and  they  went,  and  made  Abi- 
 melech king  by  the  oak  ^  of  Sedition, 
 which  was  at  Sicima. 
 
 ^  And  it  was  reported  to  Joatham, 
 and  he  went  and  stood  on  the  top  of 
 Mount  Garizin,  and  Hfted  up  his  voice, 
 and  wept,  and  said  to  them.  Hear  me, 
 ye  men  of  Sicima,  and  +  Gr.  M-ent going. 
 God  shall  hear  you.    ^The  trees ''' went 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  9. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  33. 
 
 forth  on  a  time  to  anoint  a  king  over 
 them ;  and  they  said  to  the  olive, 
 Reign  over  us.  ^  But  the  oHve  said  to 
 them,  Shall  I  leave  my  fatness,  with 
 wliich  men  shall  glorify  God,  and  go 
 t  Gr.  moved,  to  be  ^  promoted  over  the 
 trees?  '°And  the  trees  said  to  the  fig- 
 tree.  Come,  reig-n  over  us.  ^'But  the 
 fig-tree  said  to  them,  Shall  I  leave  my 
 sweetness  and  my  good  fnuts ;  and  go 
 to  be  promoted  over  the  trees?  ^'^And 
 the  trees  said  to  the  vine,  Come,  reign 
 over  us.  ^^  And  the  vine  said  to  them. 
 Shall  I  leave  my  wine  that  cheers  God 
 and  men,  and  go  to  be  promoted  over 
 the  trees?  ^*  Then  all  the  trees  said  to 
 the  bramble.  Come  thou  and  reign  over 
 us.  '^And  the  bramble  said  to  the  trees. 
 If  ye  in  truth  anoint  me  to  reign  over 
 you,  Come,  stand  under  my  shadow, 
 and  if  not,  let  tire  come  out  from  me 
 and  devour  the  cedars  of  Libanus. 
 '^  And  now,  if  ye  have  done  it  in  truth 
 and  integrity,  and  have  made  Abime- 
 lech  king,  and  if  ye  have  wrought  well 
 with  Jerobaal,  and  with  his  house,  and 
 if  ye  have  done  to  him  according  to 
 the  reward  of  his  hand,  ^''as  my  father 
 fought  for  you,  and  put  his  life  in  jeo- 
 pardy, and  dehvered  you  out  of  tlie 
 hand  of  Madiam;  '^and  ye  are  risen  up 
 this  day  against  the  house  of  my  father, 
 and  have  slain  his  sons,  being  seventy 
 men,  upon  one  stone,  and  have  made 
 Abimelech  the  son  of  his  bondwoman 
 king  over  the  men  of  Sicima,  because 
 he  is  your  brother:  ^'■' if  then  ye  have 
 done  truly  and  faithfully  with  Jero- 
 baal, and  with  his  house  this  day, 
 rejoice  ye  in  Abimelech,  and  let  him  also 
 rejoice  over  you:  ^"but  if  not,  let  fire 
 come  out  from  Abimelech,  and  devour 
 the  men  of  Sicima,  and  the  house  of 
 Beth-maalo;  and  let  fire  come  out  from 
 the  men  of  Sicima  and  from  the  house  of 
 Beth-maalo,  and  devour  Abimelech. 
 ^^  And  Joatham  fled,  and  ran  away,  and 
 went  as  far  as  Ba^er,  and  dwelt  there  out 
 of  the  way  of  his  brother  Abimelech. 
 
 ^^And  Abimelech  reigned  over  Israel 
 three  years.     '^^And  God  sent  an  evil 
 
 spirit  between  Abimelech  and  the  men 
 of  Sicima ;  and  the  men  of  Sicima 
 Mealt  treacherously  with  +  or,  .lespised. 
 ^  the   house  of  Abimelech :  house'.— a  He- 
 
 y4  ,       -1     •  ,  1         •     •  1  braism  proba- 
 
 ^*  to  bring  the  injury  done  biy. 
 to  the  seventy  sons  of  Jerobaal,  and  to 
 lay  their  blood  upon  their  brother 
 Abimelech,  who  slew  them,  and  upon 
 the  men  of  Sicima,  because  they 
 strengthened  his  hands  to  slay  his  bre- 
 thren. ^^And  the  men  of  Sicima  set 
 Hers  in  wait  against  him  on  the  top  of 
 the  mountains,  and  robbed  every  one 
 who  passed  by  them  on  the  way;  and 
 it  was  reported  to  the  king  Abimelech. 
 ^•^  And  Gaal  son  of  Jobel  came,  and  his 
 brethren,  and  passed  by  Sicima,  and 
 the  men  of  Sicima  trusted  in  him. 
 ^^And  they  went  out  into  the  field, 
 and  o-athered  their  '^  grapes,    !i^''™\'^*-, 
 
 -.f  1+1^  ^''^  made  el- 
 
 and  trod  them,  and     made  iiiUm,  Hebrew 
 
 d.i  1  1   ,     word.    Alex. 
 
 tliey  brought  ^opov;. 
 
 the  grapes  into  the  house  of  their  god, 
 and  ate  and  drank,  and  cursed  Abime- 
 lech. ^"^And  Gaal  the  son  of  Jobel 
 said.  Who  is  Abimelech,  and  who  is 
 the  son  of  Sychem,  that  we  should 
 serve  him?  Is  he  not  the  son  of"  Jero- 
 baal, and  is  not  Zebul  his  steward,  his 
 servant  with  the  son  of  Emmor  the 
 father  of  Sychem  ?  and  why  should  we 
 serve  him?  ^^And  would  that  this 
 people  were  under  my  hand  +  ^^  ^^^  i 
 ^  then  would  I  remove  Abi-  '^'i'- 
 melcch,  and  I  would  say  to  him,  Mul- 
 tiply thy  host,  and  come  out.  ^°And 
 Zebul  the  ruler  of  the  city  heard  the 
 words  of  Gaal  the  son  of  Jobel,  and  he 
 was  very  angiy.  ^'  And  he  sent  mes- 
 sengers to  Abimelech  secretly,  saying, 
 Bcliold  Gaal  the  son  of  Jobel  and  his 
 brethren  arc  come  to  Sychem,  and 
 behold  they  have  besieged  the  city 
 against  thee.  "^'^And  now  rise  up  by 
 night,  thou  and  the  people  with  thee, 
 and  lay  wait  in  the  field.  ^^And  it 
 shall  come  to  pass  in  the  morning  at 
 sunrislnfif,  thou  shalt  rise  up    J. G'-.  stretch 
 
 o'  1      thine  army 
 
 earfy  and    draw  toward  the  out- 
 city ;   and  behold,  he  and  coming,  *c. 
 the  people  with  him  Svill  come  forth 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  34. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  56. 
 
 against  thee,  and  tliou  slialt  do  to  liim 
 +  Gr  whatso-  '^accordinsr   to  thy  power. 
 
 ever  thy  haud     .,<    .       i       .  V  .        i      /  i       n 
 
 shaUfind.  "'^  And  Abimeiecli  and  ail 
 the  people  with  him  rose  up  by  night, 
 and  formed  an  ambuscade  against  Sy- 
 chemin  four  companies.  ^^And  Gaal  the 
 son  of  Jobel  went  forth,  and  stood  by 
 the  door  of  the  gate  of  the  city:  and 
 Abimelech  and  the  people  with  him  rose 
 up  from  the  ambuscade.  ^^And  Gaal 
 the  son  of  Jobel  saw  the  people,  and 
 said  to  Zebul,  Behold  a  people  comes 
 down  from  the  top  of  the  mountains: 
 and  Zebul  said  to  him.  Thou  seest  tlie 
 shadow  of  the  mountains  as  men. 
 ^^And  Gaal  continued  to  speak  and 
 said,  Behold  a  people  comes  down 
 t  Or,  by  the    +  westward   from    the   part 
 
 sea,  it  would       -•         -i      •  .■>  •  n  ii         p 
 
 seem  the  Lxx.  Dordermg  on  the.  middle  ot 
 SoubTeTeuder.  t^c  land,  and  another  com- 
 ing to  dvp,  the  pany  comes  by  Hhe  way  of 
 Xao-aal— se"'  Hclon  Maoiieiiim.  ^^And 
 cond,a,roToO  Zebul  said  to  him,  And 
 +  So  Vat. ;  but  wlicre  IS  thy  mouth  as  thou 
 ^to.  trans-       spokcst,  wlio  is  Abimelcch 
 
 latuig  the  r  '  i  •      r, 
 
 words "  the      that  wc  shouid  scrvc  him  : 
 
 ^f'ihe  se'ers7'       Is  UOt  tllis  tllC  pCOplc  wllOm 
 
 pijN  again  tliou  dcspiscdst?  Go  fortli 
 read  as  p\,«  now,  and  Set  the  battle  in 
 seechap.  4. 1 1.  ^^.^^..^^^  against  him.  ^^  And 
 Gaal  went  forth  before  the  men  of  Sy- 
 chem,  and  set  the  battle  in  array  against 
 Abimelech.  ^°  And  Abimelech  pursued 
 him,  and  he  fled  from  before  him ;  and 
 many  fell  down  slain  as  far  as  the  door 
 of  the  gate. 
 
 *'  And  Abimelech  entered  into  Are- 
 ma,  and  Zebul  cast  out  Gaal  and  his 
 brethren,  so  that  they  should  not  dwell 
 in  Sychem.  ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  on 
 the  second  day  that  the  people  went 
 out  into  the  field,  and  one  brought 
 word  to  Abimelech.  "^^And  he  took 
 the  people,  and  divided  them  into  three 
 companies,  and  formed  an  ambush  in 
 the  field ;  and  he  looked,  and,  behold, 
 the  people  went  forth  out  of  the  city, 
 and  he  rose  up  against  them,  and  smote 
 them.  ''■*  And  Abimelech  and  the  cliiefs 
 of  companies  that  were  with  him 
 rushed  forward,  and  stood  by  the  door 
 
 of  the  gate  of  the  city;  and  the  two 
 other  companies  rushed  forward  upon 
 all  that  were  in  the  field,  and  smote 
 them.  "^'^And  Abimelech  fought  against 
 the  city  all  that  day,  and  took  the  city, 
 and  slew  the  people  that  were  in  it, 
 and  destroyed  the  city,  and  sowed  it 
 with  salt.  ^''And  all  the  men  of  the 
 tower  of  Sychem  heard,  and  came  to 
 the  ^  ffatherincr  of  Ba^thel-  ,^  ^'•-  <^''^- 
 
 ,       .  ,o      A7  A      1     •  Aeuo-i!/,  some 
 
 berith.  *'And  it  was  re-  read  ix^pwua. 
 ported  to  Abimelech,  that  all  the  men 
 of  the  tower  of  Sychem  were  gathered 
 together.  *^And  Abimelech  went  up 
 to  the  mount  of  Selmon,  and  all  the 
 people  that  were  with  him  ;  and  Abi- 
 melech took  ^an  axe  in  his  +  gc  axes, 
 hand,  and  cut  down  a  branch  of  a  tree, 
 and  took  it,  and  laid  it  on  his  should- 
 ers ;  and  said  to  the  people  that  were 
 with  liim,  W'liat  ye  see  me  doing,  do 
 quickly  as  I.  '''•'And  they  cut  down 
 likewise  even  every  man  a  branch,  and 
 went  after  Abimelech,  and  laid  them 
 against  the  place  of  gathering,  and 
 burnt  the  place  of  gathering  over  them 
 with  fire;  and  they  died,  even  all  the 
 men  of  the  tower  of  Sicima,  about  a 
 thousand  men  and  women.  ^°  And 
 Abimelech  went  out  of  Baethel-berith, 
 and  encamped  ^against, Thebes,  +  Gr.m. 
 and  took  it.  "'''  And  there  was  a  strong- 
 tower  in  the  midst  of  the  city;  and 
 thither  all  the  men  and  the  women  of 
 the  city  fled,  and  shut  the  door  with- 
 out them,  and  went  up  on  the  roof  of 
 the  tower.  ^^And  Abimelech  drew 
 near  to  the  tower,  and  they  besieged 
 it;  and  Abimelech  drew  near  to  the 
 door  of  the  tower  to  burn  it  with  fire. 
 ^'  And  a  woman  cast  a  piece  of  a  mill- 
 stone upon  the  head  of  Abimelech,  and 
 broke  his  skull.  ^^And  he  cried  out 
 quickly  to  the  young  man  his  armour- 
 bearer,  and  said  to  liim.  Draw  thy 
 sword,  and  slay  me,  lest  at  any  time 
 they  should  say,  A  woman  slew  him : 
 and  his  young  man  thrust  him  through 
 and  he  died.  ^^  And  the  men  of  Israel 
 saw  that  Abimelech  was  dead ;  and 
 they  went   each    to  his  place.     '^"^So 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  .57. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  7. 
 
 God  requited  the  Avickedness  of  Abi- 
 melech,  which  he  wrought  against  his 
 father,  in  slaying  his  seventy  brethren. 
 *^  And  all  the  wickedness  of  the  men  of 
 Sychem  God  requited  upon  their  head ; 
 and  the  curse  of  Joatham  the  son  of 
 Jerobaal  came  upon  them. 
 
 10.  And  after  Abimclech  Thola  the 
 son  of  Phua  rose  up  to  save  Israel, 
 heme/  the  son  of  Abimelech's  father's 
 brother,  a  man  of  Issachar;  and  he 
 dwelt  in  Samir  in  JMovuit  Ephraim. 
 ^And  he  judged  Israel  twenty-three 
 years,  and  died,  and  was  buried  in  Samir. 
 ^And  after  him  arose  Jair  of  Galaad, 
 and  he  judged  Israel  twenty-two  years. 
 ■*  And  he  had  thirty-two  sons  riding  on 
 thirty-two  colts,  and  they  had  thirty- 
 two  cities ;  aud  they  called  them  Jair's 
 Towns  until  this  day  in  the  land  of 
 Galaad.  ^  And  Jair  died  and  was  bu- 
 ried in  Ehamnon.  ^  And  the  children 
 of  Israel  did  evil  again  in  the  sight  of 
 the  Lord,  and  served  Baalim,  and  As- 
 taroth,  and  the  gods  of  Aram,  and  the 
 gods  of  Sidon,  and  tlie  gods  of  Moab, 
 and  the  gods  of  the  children  of  Am- 
 mon,  and  the  gods  of  the  Phyhstines ; 
 and  they  forsook  the  Lord,  and  did 
 not  serve  him.  ~  And  the  Lord  was  very 
 angry  with  Israel,  and  sold  them  into 
 the  hand  of  the  Phylistines,  and  into 
 the  hand  of  the  children  of  Ammon. 
 ®And  they  afflicted  and  bruised  the 
 children  of  Israel  at  that  time  eighteen 
 years,  all  the  children  of  Israel  beyond 
 Jordan  in  the  land  of  the  Amorite  in 
 Galaad.  ^  And  the  children  of  Ammon 
 went  over  Jordan  to  fight  with  Juda, 
 and  Benjamin,  and  witli  Ephraim ;  and 
 the  childi'en  of  Israel  were  greatly 
 afflicted.  '°  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 cried  to  the  Lord,  saying,  Wc  have 
 sinned  against  thee,  because  we  have 
 forsaken  God,  and  served  Baalim. 
 "And  the  Lord  said  to  the  children  oi' 
 Israel,  Did  I  not  save  yon  from  Egypt 
 and  from  the  Amorite,  and  I'rom  the 
 children  of  Ammon,  and  from  the  Pliy- 
 listines,  ^'•^and  from  the  Sidonians,  and 
 
 Amalec,  and  JMadiam,  who  afflicted 
 you?  and  ye  cried  to  me,  and  I  saved 
 you  out  of  their  hand?  '^  Yet  ye  for- 
 sook me  and  served  other  gods ;  there- 
 fore I  will  not  save  yoii  any  more. 
 ^■^  Go,  and  cry  to  the  gods  whom  ye 
 have  chosen  to  yourselves,  and  let  them 
 save  you  in  the  time  of  your  affliction. 
 ^''And  the  cliildren  of  Israel  said  to 
 the  Lord,  We  have  sinned:  do  thou 
 to  us  according  to  all  that  is  good  in 
 tliine  eyes;  only  deliver  us  tliis  day. 
 "'And  they  put  away  the  strange  gods 
 from  the  midst  of  them,  and  served  the 
 Lord  only,  and  his  soul  was  pained  for 
 the  trouble  of  Israel. 
 
 ^^  And  the  children  of  Ammon  went 
 up,  and  encamped  in  Galaad;  and  the 
 children  of  Israel  were  gathered  toge- 
 ther and  encamped  on  the    ^or.  near  the 
 ''^hill.      '^  And   the   people  watch-tower, 
 the  princes  of  Galaad  said  name  of  a 
 every  man    to   his   neigh-  *o^^"- 
 hour,  Wlio  is  he  that  shall   begin  to 
 fiffht  against  the  children  of  Ammon  ? 
 he  shall  even  be  head  over  all  that 
 dwell  in  Galaad. 
 
 11.  And  Jephthae  the  Galaadite 
 was  a  +  mighty  man,  and  he  +  cr.  exalted 
 was  the  son  of  a  harlot,  in  strength, 
 who  bore  Jephthae  to  Galaad.  ^And 
 the  wife  of  Galaad  bore  him  sons ;  and 
 the  sons  of  his  wife  grcAV  up,  and  they 
 cast  out  Jephthae,  and  said  to  him, Thou 
 shalt  not  inherit  in  the  house  of  our 
 father,  for  thou  art  the  son  of  ^  a  con- 
 cubine. ^And  Jephthae  fled  ^^^-  T>va.iKh'i 
 from  the  face  of  his  bre-  umica! 
 thren,  and  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Tob; 
 and  vain  men  gathered  to  Jephthae, 
 and  went  out  with  him.  ""And  it  came 
 to  pass  when  the  children  of  Ammon 
 prepared  to  fight  with  Israel,  ^  that  the 
 elders  of  Galaad  went  to  fetch  Jephthae 
 from  the  land  of  Tob.  ""And  they 
 said  to  Jephthae,  Come,  and  be  our 
 head,  and  we  will  light  with  the  sons  of 
 Ammon.  ^And  Jephthae  said  to  the 
 elders  of  Galaad,  Did  ye  not  hate  me, 
 and  cast  me  out  of  my  father's  house, 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  8. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  29. 
 
 and  banish  me  from  you?  and  where- 
 fore are  ye  come  to  me  now  when  ye 
 want  me?  ^  And  the  elders  of  Galaad 
 said  to  Jephthae,  therefore  have  we 
 tGr.andthou  ^^'^  turned  to  thee,  Hhat 
 Shalt.  thou  shouldest  go  with  us, 
 
 and  fight  against  the  sons  of  Ammon, 
 and  be  our  head  over  all  the  inhabitants 
 of  Galaad.  '^  And  Jephthae  said  to  the 
 elders  of  Galaad,  If  ye  turn  me  back  to 
 fight  with  the  children  of  Ammon,  and 
 the  Lord  should  dehver  them  before  me, 
 then  will  I  be  your  head.  ^°And  the 
 elders  of  Galaad  said  to  Jephthae,  the 
 Lord  be  witness  between  us,  if  we  shall 
 not  do  according  to  thy  word.  ^ '  And 
 Jephthae  went  with  the  elders  of  Galaad, 
 and  the  people  made  him  head  and 
 ruler  over  them :  and  Jephthae  spoke  all 
 his  words  before  the  Lord  in  Massepha. 
 ^^And  Jephthae  sent  messengers  to 
 the  king  of  the  children  of  Ammon, 
 saying,  What  have  I  to  do  with  thee, 
 that  thou  hast  come  against  me  to  fight 
 in  my  land?  ^^And  the  king  of  the 
 children  of  Ammon  said  to  the  mes- 
 sengers of  Jephthae,  Because  Israel  took 
 my  land  when  he  went  up  out  of 
 Egypt,  from  Arnon  imto  Jabok,  and 
 unto  Jordan:  now  then  return  them 
 peaceably,  and  I  wiU  depart.  '*  And 
 Jephthae  again  sent  messengers  to  the 
 king  of  the  children  of  Ammon.  ^^And 
 said  to  him.  Thus  says  Jephthae,  Israel 
 took  not  the  land  of  Moab,  nor  the 
 land  of  the  children  of  Ammon.  '^  For 
 in  their  going  up  out  of  Egypt  Israel 
 went  in  the  wilderness  as  far  as  the  sea 
 of  Siph,  and  came  unto  Kades.  ^^And 
 Israel  sent  messengers  to  the  king  of 
 Edom,  saying,  I  will  pass,  if  it  please 
 t  G)-.  heard  thec,  by  thy  land :  and  the 
 "ot-  king   of  Edom   ^  complied 
 
 not :  and  Israel  also  sent  to  the  king 
 of  Moab,  and  he  did  not  consent;  and 
 Israel  sojourned  in  Kades.  ^^  And  they 
 journeyed  in  the  wilderness,  and  com- 
 passed the  land  of  Edom  and  the  land 
 of  Moab  •  and  they  came  by  the  east 
 of  the  land  of  Moab,  and  encamped  in 
 the  country  beyond  Arnon,  and  came 
 
 not  within  the  borders  of  Moab,  for 
 Arnon  is  the  border  of  Moab.  '^  And 
 Israel  sent  messengers  to  Seon  king  of 
 the  Amorite,  king  of  Esebon,  and 
 Israel  said  to  him.  Let  us  pass,  we 
 pray  thee,  by  thy  land  to  our  place. 
 ^'^  And  Seon  did  not  trust  Israel  to  pass 
 by  his  coast ;  and  Seon  gathered  all  his 
 people,  and  they  encamped  at  Jasa; 
 and  he  set  the  battle  in  array  against 
 Israel.  -'And  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
 dehvered  Seon  and  all  his  people  into 
 the  hand  of  Israel,  and  they  smote 
 him ;  and  Israel  inherited  all  the  land 
 of  the  Amorite  who  dwelt  in  that  land, 
 '^-from  Arnon  and  unto  Jabok,  and 
 from  the  wilderness  to  Jordan.  "•^^And 
 now  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  has  re- 
 moved the  Amorite  from  before  his 
 people  Israel,  and  shalt  thou  inherit 
 ^his  land?  ^''Wilt  thou  tGr.him. 
 not  inherit  those  possessions  which 
 Chamos  thy  god  shall  cause  thee  to 
 inherit  ;  and  shall  not  we  inherit 
 the  land  of  all  those  whom  the  Lord 
 our  God  has  removed  from  before 
 Von?  2^ And  now  art  thou  jso  the  text; 
 any  better  than  iiaiak  son  is  undoubtedly 
 
 p  o  1  1  •  r  TV  r      1   o    the  true  read- 
 
 oi  isepphor,  king  oi  Moab :  mg. 
 Did  he  indeed  fight  with    Israel,  or 
 indeed  make  war  with  him,   ^^when 
 Israel  dwelt  in  Esebon  and  in  its  coasts, 
 and  in  the  land  of  Aroerand  in  its  coasts, 
 and  in  all  the  cities  by  Jordan,  three 
 hundred  years?   and  wherefore  didst 
 thou  not  ^recover  them  in  t  or, redeem, 
 that  time  ?     ^^  And  now  ^  I    +  The  verb 
 have    not    sinned    against  redund™nr'^ 
 thee,  but  thou  wrongest  me  ^'^■'  t?*;  pr°- 
 
 '  .  .O  noun  €-y<o,  m 
 
 m  preparing  war  against  me:  these  m- 
 
 S        T         T      ii  T     1  Stances.     Bos. 
 
 may  the  Lord    the    Judge 
 
 judge  this  day  between  the  children  of 
 
 Israel  and  the  children  of  Ammon. 
 
 ^^But  the  king  of  the  children  of 
 Ammon  hearkened  not  to  the  words  of 
 Jephthae,  which  he  sent  to  him.  ^''And 
 the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon 
 Jephthae,  and  he  passed  over  Galaad, 
 and  Manasse,  and  passed  by  the  watch- 
 tower  of  Galaad  to  the  other  side  of 
 the  children  of  Ammon. 
 19 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  30. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  9. 
 
 ^°  And  Jephthae  vowed  a  vow  to  the 
 Lord,  and  said,  If  thou  wilt  indeed 
 deliver  the  children  of  Ainmon  into 
 my  hand:  ^Hhen  it  shall  come  to  pass 
 that  whosoever  shall  first  come  out  of 
 the  door  of  my  house  to  meet  me  when 
 I  return  in  peace  from  the  children  of 
 Ammon,  he  shall  be  the  Lord's;  I  will 
 offer  him  up  for  a  whole-burnt-oifering. 
 ^^And  Jephthae  advanced  to  meet  the 
 sons  of  Ammon  to  fight  against  them ; 
 and  the  Lord  delivered  them  into  his 
 hand.  ^^And  he  smote  them  from 
 Aroer  till  one  comes  to  Arnon,  in 
 number  twenty  cities,  and  as  far  as 
 Ebelcharmim,  with  a  very  great  de- 
 struction, and  the  children  of  Am- 
 mon were  straitened  before  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel.  ^^  And  Jephthae  came 
 to  Massepha  to  his  house;  and  behold 
 his  daughter  came  forth  to  meet  him 
 with  timbrels  and  dances ;  and  she  was 
 his  only  child,  he  had  not  another  son 
 or  daughter.  ^^And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  he  saw  her,  that  he  rent  his  gar- 
 ments, and  said,  Ah,  ah,  my  daughter, 
 thou  hast  indeed  troubled  me,  and  thou 
 wast  the  cause  of  my  trouble,  and  I 
 have  opened  my  mouth  against  thee  to 
 the  Lord,  and  I  shall  not  be  able  to 
 return  from  it.  ^^And  she  said  to  him. 
 Father,  hast  thou  opened  thy  mouth  to 
 the  Lord?  Do  to  me  accordingly  as 
 the  ivord  went  out  of  thy  mouth,  in  that 
 the  Lord  has  wrouo-ht  vengeance  for 
 thee  on  thine  enemies  of  the  children 
 of  Ammon.  ^^And  she  said  to  her 
 father,  Let  my  father  now  do  this 
 thing:  let  me  alone  for  two  months, 
 t  Or.  go  and  ^^^  ^  ^ill  ^go  up  and  down 
 descend.  qu    the   mountains,  and   I 
 
 will  bewail  my  virginity,  I  and  my 
 companions.  ^^And  he  said.  Go:  and 
 he  sent  her  away  for  two  months; 
 and  she  went,  and  her  companions, 
 and  she  bewailed  her  virginity  on  the 
 mountains.  ^^And  it  came  to  pass  at 
 the  end  of  the  two  months  that  she 
 returned  to  her  father;  and  he  per- 
 formed upon  her  his  vow  which  he 
 vowed;  and  she  knew  no  man:  ''"and 
 
 it  was  an  ordinance  in  Israel^   That 
 the  daughters  of  Israel  went  from  year 
 to    year^    to    bewail    the    tpenodof 
 daughter  of  Jephthae  the  days,  ..e.  year. 
 Galaadite  for  four  days  in   a   year. 
 
 12.  And  the  men  of  Ephraim 
 ^  assembled  themselves,  and  t ,-.  e.  by  cau- 
 passed  on  to  the  north,  and  "*^' 
 said  to  Jephthae,  Wherefore  didst 
 thou  go  over  to  fight  with  the  children 
 of  Ammon,  and  didst  not  call  us  to  go 
 with  thee?  We  will  burn  thy  house 
 over  thee  with  fire.  '^And  Jephthae 
 said  to  them,  ^I  and  my  +  Gr.  i  was  a 
 people  and  the  children  of  rior.' 
 Ammon  were  very  much  engaged  in 
 war;  and  I  called  for  you,  and  ye  did 
 not  save  me  out  of  their  hand.  ^And 
 I  saw  that  thou  ^wert  no    t^''-*^-. 
 
 .  t  Gr.  saviour 
 
 helper,  and  1  put  my  lite  or  deUverer. 
 in  my  hand,  and  passed  on  to  the  sons 
 of  Ammon;  and  the  Lord  deHvcred 
 them  into  my  hand:  and  wherefore 
 are  ye  come  up  against  me  this  day  to 
 fight  with  me?  '*And  Jephthae  ga- 
 thered all  the  men  of  Galaad,  and 
 fought  with  Ephraim ;  and  the  men  of 
 Galaad  smote  Ephraim,  because  they 
 that  were  escaped  of  Ephraim  said.  Ye 
 are  of  Galaad  in  the  midst  of  Ephraim 
 and  in  the  midst  of  Manasse.  ^And 
 Galaad  took  the  fords  of  Jordan  before 
 Ephraim  ;  and  they  that  escaped  of 
 Ephraim  said  to  them.  Let  +  hpA.  rhy^ 
 us  go  over :  and  the  men  of  '  siiibboicth,' 
 
 p  •  T        A  1  i.HA'/i.sA.carof 
 
 Galaad  said,  Art  thou  an  com.  iftrans- 
 
 T-i    1        .^  • ,     n  11  '1      lation  in  such 
 
 Lphrathite  .f*  and  he  said,  a  case  be  used 
 No.  •^Then  they  said  to  ^^'f '.^i;?  ^"^- 
 him,    Say    now  ^  Stachys  ;  wcUbeputas 
 
 ■.  .  •'  the   Greek. 
 
 and  he  did  not  rightly  pro-  Aie.r.  reads 
 nounce  it  so :  and  they  took  ^onmuice  Vac 
 him,  and  slew  him  at  the  «'«'''i«""-<'- 
 fords  of  Jordan ;  and  there  fell  at  that 
 time  of  Ephraim  two  and  forty  thou- 
 sand. 
 
 '^And  Jephthae  judged  Israel  six 
 years ;  and  Jephthae  the  Galaadite  died, 
 and  was  buried  in  his  city  Galaad. 
 *And  after  him  Abaissan  of  Bethleem 
 judged  Israel.     ^And  he  had  thirty 
 
Chap.  xii.  v.  10. 
 
 JUDGES, 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  18. 
 
 sons,  and  thirty  daughters,  whom  he 
 sent  forth;  and  he  brought  in  thirty 
 daughters  for  his  sons  from  without; 
 and  he  judged  Israel  seven  years. 
 ^^  And  Abaissan  died,  and  was  btiried 
 in  Bethleem.  "And  after  him  ^lom 
 of  Zabulon  judged  Israel  ten  years. 
 ^^And  -^lom  of  Zabulon  died,  and  was 
 buried  in  -^lom  in  the  land  of  Zabu- 
 lon. '^  And  after  Mm  Abdon  the  son 
 of  Ellel,  the  Pharathonite,  judged 
 Israel.  ^^  And  he  had  forty  sons,  and 
 tliirty  grandsons,  that  rode  upon 
 seventy  colts:  and  he  judged  Israel 
 eight  years.  '^  And  Abdon  the 
 son  of  Ellel,  the  Pharathonite,  died, 
 and  was  buried  in  Pharathon  in  the 
 land  of  Ephraim  in  the  mount  of 
 Amalec. 
 
 13.  And  the  cliildren  of  Israel  yet 
 again  committed  iniquity  before  the 
 Lord;  and  the  Lord  deKvered  them 
 into  the  hand  of  the  Phylistines  forty 
 years.  ^And  there  was  a  man  of  Saraa, 
 of  the  family  of  the  kindred  of  Dan, 
 and  his  name  was  Manoe,  and  his  wife 
 was  barren,  and  bore  not.  ^And  an 
 angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  to  the 
 woinan,  and  said  to  her.  Behold,  thou 
 art  barren  and  hast  not  borne;  yet 
 thou  shalt  conceive  a  son.  ^And  now 
 be  very  cautious,  and  drink  no  wine 
 nor  strong  drink,  and  eat  no  unclean 
 thing ;  ^  for  behold,  thou  art  with 
 t  Gr.  iron,      child,  and  shalt  bring  forth 
 
 Na|fp,^ut''^'  ^  ^°^'  and  there  shall  come 
 ^to.  nearer  to  no  ^razor  upou  liis  head,  for 
 Matt.  2.  vdt.    the   child  shall  be  a  ^Na- 
 
 womb ;  and  he  shall  begin  to  save 
 Israel  from  the  hand  of  the  Phy- 
 listines. 
 
 ^And  the  woman  went  in,  and  spoke 
 to  her  husband,  saying,  A  man  of  God 
 came  to  me,  and  his  appearance  was  as 
 of  an  angel  of  God,  very  dreadful,  and 
 I  did  not  ask  him  whence  he  ^  was, 
 +  <h:  is.  and  he  did  not  tell  me  his  name. 
 '  And  he  said  to  me,  Behold,  thou  art 
 with  child,  and  shalt  bring  forth  a  son ; 
 
 and  now  drink  no  wine  nor  strong 
 drink,  and  eat  no  unclean  thing;  for 
 the  child  shall  be  holy  to  God  from  the 
 womb  until  the  day  of  his  death. 
 ®And  Manoe  prayed  to  the  Lord  and 
 said,  ^  I  pray  thee,  0  Lord  + '?  Gr.  iv 
 my  Lord,  concerning  the  ^ercifuitonS 
 man  of  God  whom  thou  <=1i*p-  6- 13,  is. 
 sentest;  let  him  now  come  to  us  once 
 more,  and  teach  us  what  we  shall  do 
 to  the  cliild  about  to  be  born. 
 
 ^And  the  Lord  heard  the  voice  of 
 Manoe,  and  the  angel  of  God  came  yet 
 again  to  the  woman;  and  she  sat  in 
 the  field,  and  Manoe  her  husband  was 
 not  with  her.  ^"And  the  woman 
 hasted,  and  ran,  and  brought  word  to 
 her  husband,  and  said  to  him,  Behold 
 the  man  who  came  the  other  day  to 
 me  has  appeared  to  me. 
 
 '^And  Manoe  arose  and  followed  his 
 wife,  and  came  to  the  man,  and  said 
 to  him,  Art  thou  the  man  that  spoke 
 to  the  woman?  and  the  angel  said,  I 
 am.  ^^And  Manoe  said.  Now  shall 
 thy  word  come  to  pass :  what  shall  be 
 the  ^  ordering  of  the  child,  +  Heb.  mxm 
 and  our  dealings  with  him?  ^-  «p'o-«- 
 ^^  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  to 
 Manoe,  Of  all  things  concerning  which 
 I  spoke  to  the  woman,  she  shall  be- 
 ware. ^^  She  shall  eat  of  nothing  that 
 comes  of  the  vine  ^yielding  +  ch-.  of  wine, 
 wine,  and  let  her  not  drink  wine  or 
 strong  liquor,  and  let  her  not  eat  any- 
 thing unclean :  all  things  that  I  have 
 charged  her  she  shall  observe.  ''^And 
 Manoe  said  to  the  angel  of  the  Lord, 
 Let  us  detain  thee  here,  and  prepare 
 before  thee  a  kid  of  the  goats.  ^^And 
 the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  to  Manoe, 
 If  thou  shouldest  detain  me,  I  will  not 
 eat  of  thy  bread ;  and  if  thou  wouldest 
 offer  a  whole-burnt-offering,  to  the 
 Lord  thou  shalt  offer  it :  for  Manoe 
 knew  not  that  he  loas  an  angel  of  the 
 Lord.  '^  And  Manoe  said  to  the  angel 
 of  the  Lord,  Wliat  is  thy  name  that 
 ?vhen  thy  word  shall  come  to  pass,  we 
 may  glorify  thee?  '^And  the  angel  of 
 the  Lord  said  to  him,  Why  dost  thou 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  19. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  13. 
 
 tliiis  ask  after  my  name ;  whereas  it  is 
 ^     Mvonderful?    '^And  Manoe 
 
 +  See  Is.  9.6.  ,         i  •  n       r>    i  ^ 
 
 Hebri-w  ^n—  tooK  a  Kid  oi  the  goats  and 
 here  nSb  '"  its  meat-oifering,  and  of- 
 fered it  on  tlie  rock  to 
 the  Lord,  and  the  angel  wrought 
 t  According     '^  a  distinct  work,  and  Ma- 
 
 womler^i*'  *  ^'^^  ^^^^  l^^S  wifc  Were  look- 
 work.    The      in£r  on.     '^^  And  it  came  to 
 
 LXX.  seem  to         o  in 
 
 have  con-.       pass  whcn  the  name  went 
 
 founded  H'TQ  n  ,1  Ij.         x  1 
 
 with  nb-  or  ^P  ^bove  the  altar  toward 
 n''D  and  thns  heaven,  that  the  angel  of 
 rendered  it  the  Lord  wont  up  in  the 
 o-af,Xit^ ^te'  flame;  and  Manoe  and  his 
 Zt  ;ti:";  wife  were  looking,  and  they 
 KvpCif.  fgii  upon  their  face  to  the 
 
 earth.  ^'  And  the  angel  appeared  no 
 more  to  Manoe  and  to  his  wife :  then 
 Manoe  knew  that  this  was  an  angel  of 
 the  Lord.  ^'•^  And  Manoii  said  to  his 
 wife.  We  shall  surely  die,  because  we 
 have  seen  God.  ^^  But  his  wife  said 
 to  him.  If  the  Lord  were  pleased  to 
 slay  u^s,  he  would  not  have  received  of 
 our  hand  a  whole-burnt-oiFering  and  a 
 meat-oifering,  and  he  wovdd  not  have 
 shown  us  all  these  things,  neither 
 would  he  have  caused  us  to  hear  all 
 
 .+  Gr.  as  the  thcsc  tilings  ^as  at  this  time, 
 time  is.  ^^An^  the  woman  brought 
 
 forth  a  son,  and  she  called  his  name 
 Sampson ;  and  the  child  grcsw,  and  the 
 Lord  blessed  him.     ^'^And  the  Spirit 
 
 tGc.  between  of  the  Lord  bcgau  to  go 
 Estiiaoi.  Q^^^  ^N\t\\  him  in  the  camp 
 
 of  Dan,  and  between  Saraa  and  ^  Es- 
 thaol. 
 
 14.  And  Sampson  went  down  to 
 Thamnatha,  and  saw  a  woman  in 
 Thamnatha  of  the  daughters  of  the 
 +  Observe  '''Philistincs.  ^Aiid  he  went 
 here  and  else-  up  and  told  liis  father  and 
 Tered^phius-'''  ^^^^  mother,  and  said,  I  have 
 tines.  seen  a  woman  in  Thamna- 
 
 tha of  the  daughters  of  the  Phylistiiios; 
 and  now  take  her  to  me  for  a  wife. 
 ^And  his  father  and  his  mother  said  to 
 him,  Are  there  no  daughters  of  thy 
 brethren,  and  is  there  not  a  woman  of 
 all  my  people,  that  thou  gocst  to  take 
 
 a  Avife  of  the  uncircuracised    Philis- 
 tines ? 
 
 And    Sampson    said   to  liis  father, 
 Take  her  for  me,  for  she  is  right  in 
 my   eyes.     "^And  his   father  and  his 
 mother  knew  not  that  it  ^was    to. is. 
 of  the    Lord,    that  he    sought   to  be 
 revenged    on   the   PhiHstincs:  and  at 
 that  time  the  PhiHstines  lorded  it  over 
 Israel.   ^And  Sampson  and  his  father 
 and  his  mother  went  down  to  Tham- 
 natha, and  he  came  to  the  vineyard 
 of  Thamnatha  ;  and  behold   a  young 
 lion  roared.'  in  meeting  him.   ,  o,.^ ^^^^^^^ 
 •"And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  ^im. 
 'came  powerfully  upon  him,  .,]^^''-  leaped 
 and  he  crushed  him  as  he  Heb.  nbsn 
 '  would  have  crushed  a  kid  ^  g^.  .^^^ 
 of  the  goats,  and  there  was  "ush. 
 nothing  in  his  hands :  and  he  told  not 
 his  father  and  his    mother  what   he 
 had  done.  ^And  they  went  ,+ or,  the  thing 
 down    and    spoke  to    the  ^**"&i»*- 
 woman,  'and  she  was  pleasing  in  the 
 eyes  of  Sampson. 
 
 **Aiid  after  'some  time  he  returned 
 to  take  her,  and  he  turned  +  or.  days, 
 aside  to  see  the  carcase  of  the  Hon,  and 
 behold,  a  swarm  of  bees,  and  honey 
 was  in  the  mouth  of  the  lion.  ''And 
 he  took  it  into  his  hands,  and  went  on 
 eating,  and  he  went  to  his  father  and 
 his  mother,  and  gave  to  them,  and 
 they  did  cat;  but  he  told  them  not 
 that  he  took  the  honey  out  of  the 
 mouth  of  the  lion.  "^And  his  father 
 we  ntdown  to  the  woman,  and  Sampson 
 made  there  a 'banquet  for  ,- p.i„theori- 
 seven  days,  for  so  the  young  Kiuai  sense  of 
 
 1    ,        T         1 1  A       1    '^I'e  word,  a 
 
 men  are  used  to  do.  "And  drinking 
 it  came  to  pass  when  they  ^''"■'^'  ''°"''- 
 saw  him,  that  they  took  thirty  guests, 
 and  they  were  with  him.  ''^And  Samp- 
 son said  to  them,  I  propound  you  a 
 riddle,  if  ye  will  indeed  tell  it  me,  and 
 discover  it  within  the  seven  days  of 
 tlie  feast,  1  will  give  you  thirty  sheets 
 and  thirty  changes  of  raiment.  '^And 
 if  ye  cannot  tell  it  me,  ye    +<?'••  change- 
 
 .''-,.  ^J       able  or  chang:- 
 
 shall  give  me  thirty  napkins  ing  robes. 
 and  thirty  'changes  of  apparel:  and 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  14. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  y.  13. 
 
 they  said  to  him,  Propound  thy  riddle, 
 and  we  will  hear  it.  ^^And  he  said  to 
 them.  Meat  came  forth  of  the  eater,  and 
 sweetness  out  of  the  strong :  and  they 
 could  not  tell  the  riddle  for  three  days. 
 '^And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  fourth 
 day,  that  they  said  to  the  wife  of  Samp- 
 son, Deceive  now  thy  husband,  and  let 
 him  tell  thee  the  riddle,  lest  we  burn 
 thee  and  thy  father's  house  with  fire : 
 did  ye  invite  us  to  do  us  violence? 
 '^And  Sampson's  wife  wept  before 
 him,  and  said,  Thou  dost  but  hate  me, 
 and  lovest  me  not,  for  the  riddle  which 
 thou  hast  propounded  to  the  children 
 of  my  people,  thou  hast  not  told  me : 
 and  Sampson  said  to  her.  If  I  have  not 
 told  it  to  my  father  and  my  mother, 
 shall  I  tell  it  to  thee?  ^'^  And  she  wept 
 before  him  the  seven  days,  during 
 which  their  banquet  lasted;  and  it 
 came  to  pass  on  the  seventh  day,  that 
 he  told  her,  because  she  troubled  him, 
 and  she  told  it  to  the  children  of  her 
 people.  ^^And  the  men  of  the  city 
 said  to  him  on  the  seventh  day,  before 
 sunrise,  ^^Hrat  is  sweeter  than  honey? 
 and  what  is  stronger  than  a  lion?  and 
 Sampson  said  to  them,  If  ye  had  not 
 ploughed  with  my  heifer,  ye  would 
 not  have  known  my  riddle.  ^'^  And 
 the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon  him 
 powerfully,  and  he  went  down  to  As- 
 t  G)-.  them,  calou,  and  destroyed  of  ^  the 
 inhabitants  thirty  men,  and  took  their 
 garments,  and  gave  the  changes  of 
 raiment  to  them  that  told  the  riddle ; 
 and  Sampson  was  very  angry,  and 
 went  up  to  the  house  of  his  father. 
 ^°And  the  wife  of  Sampson  was  given 
 to  one  of  his  friends,  with  whom  he 
 was  on  terms  of  friendship. 
 
 15.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  a 
 time,  in  the  days  of  wheat  harvest, 
 that  Sampson  visited  his  wife  with  a 
 kid,  and  said,  I  will  go  in  to  my  wife 
 even  into  the  chamber :  but  her  fathei 
 did  not  suffer  him  to  go  in.  -And 
 her'  father  spoke,  saying,  I  said  that 
 thou  didst  surely  hate  her,  and  I  gave 
 
 her  to  one  of  thy  friends :  is  not  her 
 younger  sister  better  than  she  ?  let  her 
 be  to  thee  instead  of  her. 
 
 ^And  Sampson  said  to  them.  Even 
 for  once  am  I  guiltless  with  regard  to 
 the  Philistines,  in  that  I  do  mischief 
 among  them.  '^And  Sampson  went  and 
 caught  three  hundred  foxes,  and  took 
 torches,  and  turned  tail  to  tail,  and 
 put  a  torch  between  two  tails,  and 
 fastened  it.  ^And  he  set  fire  to  the 
 torches,  and  sent  the  foxes  into  the 
 corn  of  the  Philistines ;  and  every  thing 
 was  burnt  from  the  threshing  floor  to 
 the  standing  corn,  and  even  to  the  vine- 
 yard and  ^  oKves.  ^  And  the  +  Gr.  oUve. 
 Philistines  said,  Wlio  has  done  these 
 things?  and  they  said  Sampson  the 
 son-in-law  of  the  Thamnite,  because 
 he  has  taken  his  wife,  and  given  her 
 to  one  of  his  friends :  and  the  Philis- 
 tines went  up,  and  burnt  her  and  her 
 father's  house  with  fire.  '^And  Samp- 
 son said  to  them.  Though  ye  may  have 
 dealt  thus  with  her,  verily  I  will  be 
 avenged  of  you,  and  afterwards  I  will 
 cease.  ^And  he  smote  them  leg  on 
 thigh  with  a  great  overthrow ;  and 
 went  down  and  dwelt  in  a  cave  of 
 the  rock  Etam.  ^And  the  Philistines 
 went  up,  and  encamped  in  Juda,  and 
 spread  themselves  abroad  in  Lechi. 
 ^°And  the  ^men  of  Juda  said,  +  Gr.  man. 
 Why  are  ye  come  up  against  us?  and 
 the  Philistines  said,  We  are  come  up 
 to  bind  Sampson,  and  to  do  to  him  as 
 he  has  done  to  us.  ^^And  the  three 
 thousand  men  of  Juda  went  down  to 
 the  hole  of  the  rock  Etam,  and  they 
 said  to  Sampson,  Knowest  thou  not 
 that  the  Philistines  rule  over  us?  and 
 what  is  this  that  that  thou  hast  done 
 to  us?  and  Sampson  said  to  them.  As 
 they  did  to  me,  so  have  I  done  to 
 them.  ^^  And  they  said  to  him.  We  are 
 come  down  to  bind  thee  to  deliver 
 thee  into  the  hand  of  the  PhiHstines: 
 and  Sampson  said  to  them.  Swear  to 
 me  that  ye  will  not  fall  upon  me  your- 
 selves. '^  And  they  spoke  to  him  say- 
 ing Nay,  but  we  will  only  bind  thee 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  14. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  12. 
 
 fast,  and  deliver  thee  into  their  hand, 
 and  will  by  no  means  slay  thee :  and 
 they  bound  him  with  two  new  ropes, 
 and  brought  liim  from  that  rock. 
 +  Gr.  o-iayovoj  ^"^ And  they  came  to  ^  Lechi ; 
 lit.  the  Jaw.     ^^^  ^i^g  PhiHstines  shouted, 
 
 and  ran  to  meet  him :  and  the  Spirit 
 of  the  Lord  came  mightily  upon  him, 
 and  the  ropes  that  were  upon  his  arms 
 became  as  tow  which  is  burnt  with 
 fire;  and  his  bonds  were  consumed 
 from  off  his  hands.  ^^And  he  found 
 the  jaw-bone  of  an  ass  that  had  been 
 cast  away,  and  he  put  forth  his 
 hand  and  took  it,  and  smote  with  it  a 
 thousand  men.  ^^And  Sampson  said, 
 With  the  jaw-bone  of  an  ass  I  have 
 utterly  destroyed  them,  for  with  the 
 jaw-bone  of  an  ass  I  have  smitten  a 
 thousand  men.  ^'^  And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  he  ceased  speaking,  that  he  cast 
 the  jaw-bone  out  of  his  hand;  and  he 
 tThis,  though  called  that  place  the  ^  Lifting 
 
 unusual,  IS  n    ^       •         i  is  a      i    i  ^ 
 
 possibly  the  01  the  jaw-bouc.  "'And  he 
 Sw^^here.  "was  Very  thirsty,  and  wept 
 before  the  Lord,  and  said.  Thou  hast 
 been  well  pleased  to  grant  this  great 
 deliverance  by  the  hand  of  thy  servant, 
 and  now  shall  I  die  for  thirst,  and  fall 
 into  the  hand  of  the  uncircumcised? 
 '^And  God  broke  open  a  hollow  place 
 in  the  jaw,  and  there  came  thence 
 water,  and  he  drank;  and  his  spirit 
 returned  and  he  revived :  therefore  the 
 +  Gr.it.  name  of  ^thc  fountain  was  called 
 '  The  well  of  the  invoker,'  which  is  in 
 Lechi,  until  this  day.  ^°And  he 
 judged  Israel  in  the  days  of  the  Phi- 
 listines twenty  years. 
 
 16.  And  Sampson  went  to  Gaza, 
 and  saw  there  a  harlot,  and  went  in 
 to  her.  ^And  it  was  reported  to 
 the  Gazites,  saying,  Sampson  is  come 
 hither:  and  they  compassed  him  and 
 laid  wait  for  him  all  mght  in  the  gate 
 of  the  city,  and  they  were  quiet  all 
 the  night,  saying.  Let  us  wait  till  the 
 dawn  appear,  and  we  will  slay  him. 
 ^  And  Sampson  slept  till  midnight,  and 
 rose  up  at  midnight,  and  took  hold  of 
 
 278 
 
 the  doors  of  the  gate  of  the  city  with 
 the  two  posts,  and  Hfted  them  up  with 
 the  bar,  and  laid  them  on  his  shoulders, 
 and  he  went  up  to  the  top  of  the  moun- 
 tain that  is  before  Chebron,  and  laid 
 them  there. 
 
 *And  it  came  to  pass  after  this  that 
 he  loved  a  woman  in  ^Also-  J  ^ to-  the 
 
 brook  of  So- 
 
 rech,    and    her   name   was  rech. 
 DaHda.  ^And  the  princes  of  the  Phi- 
 Hstines came  up  to  her,  and  said  to 
 her.  Beguile  him,  and  see  wherein  his 
 great  strength  is,  and  wherewith  we 
 shall  prevail  against  him,  and  bind  him 
 to  humble  him ;  and  we  will  give  thee 
 ^each  eleven  hmidrcd  pieces  +  Gr-  a  man. 
 of  silver.    ^  And  Dahda  said  thTEngifsh" 
 to    Sampson,    Tell   me,     I  ^'^-^^t  h".' 
 pray  thee,  wherein   is  thy  brew  tS^n 
 great  strength,  and  where-  «•«/',  a  man? 
 with  thou  shalt  be  bound  that   thou 
 mayest  be  humbled.     '^And  Sampson 
 said  to  her.  If  they  bind  me  with  seven 
 moist  cords  that  have  not  been  ^spoiled, 
 then  shall  I  be  weak  and    ^Gr.  Sie<i>eap- 
 be  as  one  of  ordinary  men.  '^''""^• 
 «And   the   princes   of  the  fV'"" 
 
 r~,T  -T     •  T  1  1  dried  or 
 
 Philistines  brought  to  her  ruined, 
 seven  moist  cords  that  had  not  been 
 spoiled,  and  she  bound  him  with  them. 
 ^And  the  ^liers  in  wait  tcv.  ambush, 
 remained  with  her  in  the  ""«'"'"'■• 
 chamber ;  and  she  said  to  him.  The 
 PhiHstines  are  upon  thee,  Sampson, 
 and  he  broke  the  cords  as  if  any  one 
 should  break  a  thread  of  tow  +  Gr.  smeit. 
 when  it  has  "^touched  the  fire,  and  his 
 strength  was  not  known. 
 
 ''^And  DaHda  said  to  Sampson,  Be- 
 hold, thou  hast  cheated  me,  and  told 
 me  Hes;  now  then  tell  me  wherewith 
 thou  shalt  be  bound.  "  And  he  said  to 
 her.  If  they  should  bind  me  fast  with 
 new  ropes  with  which  work  has  not 
 been  done,  then  sliaU  I  be  weak,  and 
 shall  be  as  another  man.  '^  And  Dalida 
 took  new  ropes,  and  bound  him  with 
 them,  and  the  Hers  in  wait  came  out 
 of  the  chamber,  and  she  said.  The  Phi- 
 listines ore  upon  thee,  Sampson:  and 
 he  broke   them    ofi"  his   arms    Hke   a 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  13. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  u.  31. 
 
 thread.  ^^And  Dalida  said  to  Sampson, 
 Behold,  thou  hast  deceived  me,  and 
 told  me  lies;  tell  me,  I  entreat  thee, 
 wherewith  thou  majest  be  bound :  and 
 he  said  to  her.  If  tliou  shouldest  weave 
 the  seven  locks  of  my  head  with  the 
 web,  and  shouldest  fasten  them  with 
 the  pin  into  the  wall,  then  shall  I  be 
 weak  as  another  man.  '^  And  it  came 
 to  pass  when  he  was  asleep,  that  DaHda 
 took  the  seven  locks  of  his  head,  and 
 wove  them  with  the  web,  and  fastened 
 them  with  the  pin  into  the  wall,  and 
 she  said.  The  Philistines  are  upon 
 thee,  Sampson :  and  he  awoke  out  of  his 
 sleep,  and  carried  away  the  pin  of  tlie 
 web  out  of  the  wall.  ^^  And  Dalida  said 
 to  Sampson,  How  say  est  thou,  I  love 
 thee,  when  thy  heart  is  not  -with  me  ? 
 this  third  time  thou  hast  deceived  me, 
 and  hast  not  told  me  wherein  is  thy 
 great  strength.  ^^And  it  came  to  pass 
 as  she  pressed  liim  sore  with  her  words 
 continually,  and  straitened  liim,  that 
 his  spirit  failed  almost  to  death. 
 '^  Then  he  told  her  all  his  heart,  and 
 said  to  her,  A  razor  has  not  come  upon 
 my  head,  because  I  have  been  a  holy 
 one  of  God  from  my  mother's  womb ; 
 if  then  I  should  be  shaven,  my  strength 
 will  depart  from  me,  and  I  shall  be 
 weak,  and  I  shall  be  as  all  other  men. 
 '®  And  Dahda  saw  that  he  told  her 
 all  his  heart,  and  she  sent  and  called 
 the  princes  of  the  Philistines,  saying, 
 Come  up  yet  this  once  for  he  has  told 
 me  all  liis  heart.  And  the  chiefs  of 
 the  PhiHstines  went  up  to  her,  and 
 brought  the  money  in  their  hands. 
 ^^And  Dalida  made  Sampson  sleep  upon 
 her  knees ;  and  she  called  a  man,  and  he 
 shaved  the  seven  locks  of  his  head,  and 
 +  This  word  she  began  to  ^humble  him, 
 seemsgene-  ^ud  his  Strength  departed 
 rauytohave  from  him.  ^°And  Dahda 
 tion  of '  to  af-  Said,  The  Phihstines  are 
 p^'.aTiLf^"  iipon  thee,  Sampson:  and 
 verse.  \^q  awoke  out  of  his  sleep 
 
 and  said,  I  will  go  out  as  at  former 
 times,  and  shake  myself:  and  he  knew 
 not  that  the  Lord  was  departed  from 
 
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 him.  ^'  And  the  Philistines  took  him, 
 and  ^put  out  his  eyes,  and  +<?>-.  cut  out. 
 brought  liim  down  to  Gaza,  and  bound 
 him  with  fetters  of  brass;  and  he 
 ground  in  the  prison-house,  ior.  as  he 
 22And  thehair of  hisheadbe-  ^^ '''^^■^'^• 
 gan  to  grow  '^as  before  he  was  shaven. 
 ^^And  the  chiefs  of  the  PliiHstines 
 met  to  offer  a  great  sacrifice  to  their 
 god,  Dagon,  and  to  make  merry,  and 
 they  said,  God  has  given  into  our 
 hand  our  enemy  Sampson.  ^'*  And  the 
 people  saw  him,  and  sang  praises  to 
 their  god,  for  our  god  said  they,  has 
 delivered  into  our  hand  our  enemy, 
 who  wasted  our  land,  and  who  multi- 
 plied our  slain.  ^^And  when  their 
 heart  was  merry,  then  they  said.  Call 
 Sampson  out  of  the  prison-house,  and 
 let  him  play  before  us :  and  they  called 
 Sampson  out  of  the  prison-house  and 
 he  played  before  them,  and  they  smote 
 him  with  the  palms  of  their  hands,  and 
 set  him  between  the  pillars.  ^^And 
 Sampson  said  to  the  young  man  that 
 held  his  hand.  Suffer  me  to  feel  the  pil- 
 lars on  which  the  house  rests,  and  I  will 
 stay  myself  upon  them.  ^^And  the 
 house  was  full  of  men  and  women, 
 and  there  were  all  the  chiefs  of  the 
 Philistines,  and  on  the  roof  were  about 
 three  thousand  men  and  women  look- 
 ing at  the  sports  of  Sampson.  '-^^And 
 Sampson  wept  before  the  Lord,  and 
 said,  0  Lord,  my  Lord,  remember  me, 
 I  pray  thee,  and  strengthen  me,  O 
 God,  yet  this  once,  and  I  will  requite 
 one  recompense  to  the  Philistines  for 
 my  two  eyes.  ^^And  Sampson  took 
 hold  of  the  two  pillars  of  the  house  on 
 which  the  house  stood,  and  leaned  on 
 them,  and  laid  hold  of  one  with  his 
 right  hand,  and  the  other  with  liis  left. 
 ^°And  Sampson  said.  Let  my  hfe 
 perish  with  the  Philistines  :  and  he 
 ^ bowed   himself  mightily;    +Gr.bore; 
 
 T        T         T  en  some    read 
 
 and    the    house  teii   upon  IkXiwv 
 princes,  and  upon  all  the  people  that 
 were  in  it,  and  the  dead  whom  Samp- 
 son slew  in  his  death  were  more  than 
 those  whom  he  slew  in  his  hfe.  ^'  And 
 
Chap.  xvii.  v.  1. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  7. 
 
 his  brethren  and  his  father's  house 
 went  down,  and  they  took  him;  and 
 they  went  up  and  buried  him  between 
 +  Gr.  between.  Saraa  and  ^  Esthaol  in  the 
 sepulchre  of  liis  father  Manoe :  and  he 
 judged  Israel  twenty  years. 
 
 17.  And  there  was  a  man  of  Mount 
 Ephraim  and  his  name  was  Michaias. 
 ^  And  he  said  to  his  mother,  The  eleven 
 hundred  pieces  of  silver  which  thou 
 tookest  to  thyself,  and  about  which 
 thou  cursedst  me,  and  spakest  in  my 
 ears,  Behold,  the  silver  is  with  me;  I 
 took  it,  and  his  mother  said.  Blessed 
 be  my  son  of  the  Lord.  ^And  he 
 restored  the  eleven  hundred  pieces  of" 
 silver  to  his  mother;  and  his  mother 
 said,  I  had  wholly  consecrated  the 
 money  to  the  Lord  out  of  my  hand 
 for  my  son,  to  make  a  graven  and  a 
 molten  image,  and  now  I  will  restore 
 it  to  thee.  ''But  he  returned  the  silver 
 to  his  mother,  and  his  mother  took 
 two  hundred  pieces  of  silver,  and  gave 
 +  Gv.it.  ■'^them  to  a  silversmith,  and 
 he  made  it  a  graven  and  a  molten 
 image;  and  it  was  in  the  house  of 
 ]\Iichaias.  ^And  the  house  of  Michaias 
 was  to  him  the  house  of  God,  and  he 
 made  an  ephod  and  theraphin,  and 
 he  consecrated  one  of  his  sons,  and  he 
 became  to  him  a  priest.  *^And  in 
 those  days  there  was  no  king  in  Israel ; 
 every  man  did  that  which  was  right  in 
 his  own  eyes. 
 
 ^And  there  was  a  yoimg  man  in 
 Bethleem  of  the  tribe  of  Juda,  and  he 
 was  a  Levite,  and  he  was  sojourning 
 there.  ^And  the  man  departed  from 
 IJethleem  the  city  of  Juda  to  sojourn 
 in  whatever  place  he  might  find;  and 
 he  came  as  far  as  Mount  Ephraim,  and 
 to  tlie  house  of  Michaias  to  accomplish 
 his  journey.  ^AndMlchaias  said  to  him, 
 Whence  comest  thou?  and  he  said  to 
 him,  I  am  a  Levite  of  Bethleem  Juda, 
 and  I  go  to  sojourn  in  any  place  I  may 
 find.  ^''And  Michaias  said  to  him, 
 Dwell  "vvith  me,  and  be  to  me  a  father 
 and  a  priest,  and   I  will  give  thee  ten 
 
 pieces    of  silver  by  the  ^ycar,  and  a 
 change  of  raiment,  and  thy    +  Heb.  Dtp' 
 Hving.     ' '  And  the  Levite  s«7.  (year  If) 
 went  and   began  to  dwell  '^"^*" 
 with  the  man ;  and  the  young  man  was 
 to    liim   as  one   of  his  sons.     ''^And 
 Michaias  consecrated  the  Levite,  and 
 he  became  to  him  a  priest,  and  he  was 
 in  the  house  of  Michaias.     ^^And  Mi- 
 chaias said,  Now  1  know  that  the  Lord 
 will  do  me  good,  because  a  Levite  has 
 become  my  priest. 
 
 18.  In  those  days  there  was  no  king 
 in  Israel;  and  in  those  days  the  tribe 
 of  Dan  souii'ht  for  itself  an  inheritance 
 to  inhabit,  because  no  inheritance  had 
 fallen  to  it  until  that  day  in  the  midst 
 of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel. 
 ^And  the  sons  of  Dan  sent  from  their 
 families  five  men  of  valour,  from  Saraa 
 and  from  Esthaol,  to  spy  out  the  land 
 and  to  ^  search  it ;  and  they  t  or,  survey 
 said  to  them.  Go  and  search  "'^''^"leit- 
 out  the  land,  and  they  came  as  far  as 
 the  mount  of  Ephraim  to  the  house  of 
 Michaias  and  they  lodged  there,  ^  in 
 the  house  of  Michaias,  and  they  recog- 
 nised the  voice  of  the  young  man  the 
 Levite,  and  turned  in  thither;  and  said 
 to  him,  Who  brought  thee  in  hither? 
 and  what  doest  thou  in  this  place  ?  and 
 what  hast  thou  here  ?  ■*  And  he  said 
 to  them.  Thus  and  thus  did  ]\Iichaias 
 to  me,  and  he  hired  me,  and  I  be- 
 came his  priest.  •''And  they  said  to 
 him,  Inqviire  now  of  God,  and  we 
 shall  know  whether  our  way  will  pros- 
 per, on  which  we  are  going.  ^  And  the 
 priest  said  to  them.  Go  in  peace,  your 
 way  in  which  ye  go,  is  before  the  Lord. 
 
 ^  And  the  f^ve  men  went    +Herei)roba- 
 on,  and  came  to  Laisa,  and  aiui  Unu^uiv, 
 thpy  saw  the  people  in  the  '^.^^^^b. 
 midst  of   it    dwelhng    se-  d'?3p  ami 
 curely,    at    ease   as   is  the  ^j'^^'^i'^"^  ^nd 
 manner  of  the   Sidonians,  under  is? 
 and  there  is  no  one  ^per-  "Vo/.  "reading'' 
 vc-rtinc;  or  shaming  a  matter  of  this  passage 
 
 .     t!,  c-.  seem  very  cor- 
 
 m  the  land,  no  heir  extort-  rupt. 
 
 ing  treasures,  and  they  arc  far  from  the 
 
Chap.  xvin.  u. 
 
 JUDGES, 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  30. 
 
 Sidonians,  and  they  have  no  intercourse 
 with  any  one.  ^  And  the  five  men  came 
 to  their  brethren  to  Saraa  and  Esthaol, 
 and  said  to  their  brethren,  AVliy  sit  ye 
 here  idle  ?  ^And  they  said,  Arise,  and 
 let  us  go  up  against  them,  for  we  have 
 seen  the  land,  and,  behold,  it  is  very 
 good,  yet  ye  are  still:  delay  not  to  go, 
 and  to  enter  in  to  possess  the  land. 
 '°And  whensoever  ye  shall  go,  ye  shall 
 come  in  upon  a  people  secure,  and  the 
 land  is  extensive,  for  God  has  given  it 
 into  your  hand ;  a  place  where  there  is 
 +  Gr. otthe      no  want  of  anything  ^that 
 
 tliuigs  111  the        ,  ,         ct'      ^  iiAi 
 
 land  or  earth,  tlic  earth  anords.  "And 
 there  departed  thence  of  the  famihes 
 of  Dan,  from  Saraa  and  from  Esthaol, 
 six  hundred  men,  girded  with  weapons 
 of  war.  ^'-^And  they  went  up,  and  en- 
 camped in  Kariathiarim  in  Juda  ; 
 therefore  it  was  called  in  that  place  the 
 camp  of  Dan,  imtil  this  day:  behold, 
 it  is  behind  Kariathiarim. 
 
 "^And  they  went  on  thence  to  the 
 mount  of  Ephraim,  and  came  to  the 
 house  of  Michaias.  ''*And  the  five  men 
 who  went  to  spy  out  the  land  of  Laisa 
 answered,  and  said  to  their  brethren, 
 Ye  know  that  there  is  in  this  place  an 
 ephod,  and  theraphin,  and  a  graven 
 and  a  molten  image ;  and  now  consider 
 what  ye  shall  do.  '^And  they  turned 
 aside  there,  and  went  into  the  house  of 
 the  young  man,  the  Levite,  even  into 
 the  house  of  Michaia,  and  asked  him 
 +  €«  iiprivriv    ^  how  he  was.     ""And  the 
 
 as  to  or  con-         .      ,  t       -■  p   ■, 
 
 ceriiing  peace,  SIX  huncu'ed  men  01  the  sons 
 Vv^.txpf.™.  of  Dan  who  were  girded 
 cis  iKK\-t)aUv     with  their  weapons  of  war 
 
 see  also  note  ,_-' 
 
 onich.18.10.  gate.  "And  the  five  men 
 who  went  to  spy  out  the  laud  went  up, 
 and  entered  into  the  house  of  Michaia, 
 ^lAt.  standing,  and  the  pricst  ^  stood.  ^^And 
 they  took  the  graven  image,  and  the 
 ephod,  and  the  theraphin,  and  the 
 molten  image :  and  the  priest  said  to 
 them.  What  are  ye  doing?  *^And  they 
 said  to  him.  Be  silent,  lay  thine  hand 
 upon  thy  mouth,  and  come  with  us, 
 and  be  to  us  a  father  and  a  priest :  is  it 
 
 better  for  thee  to  be  the  priest  of  the 
 house  of  one  man,  or  to  be  the  priest 
 of  a  tribe  and  ^  house  for  a  +Heretheword 
 family  of  Israel?  "°And  superfluous, 
 the  heart  of  the  priest  was  glad,  and 
 he  took  the  ephod,  and  the  theraphin, 
 and  the  graven  image,  and  the  molten 
 image,  and  went  in  the  midst  of  the 
 people. 
 
 ^^  So  they  turned  and  departed,  and 
 put  their  children  and  their  property 
 and  their  baggage  before  them.  ^'^  They 
 went  some  distance  from  the  house  of 
 Michaias,  and,  behold,  Michaias  and 
 the  men  in  the  houses  near  Michaias' 
 house,  cried  out,  and  overtook  the 
 children  of  Dan.  ^^  And  the  children 
 of  Dan  turned  their  face,  and  said  to 
 Michaias,  What  is  the  matter  with 
 thee  that  thou  hast  cried  out  ?  ^*  And 
 Michaias  said.  Because  ye  have  taken 
 my  graven  image  which  I  made,  and 
 my  priest,  and  are  gone  ;  and  what 
 have  I  remaining?  and  what  is  this 
 that  ye  say  to  me.  Why  criest  thou  ? 
 ^^And  the  children  of  Dan  said  to  him. 
 Now  let  not  thy  voice  be  heard  with 
 us,  lest  angry  men  run  upon  thee,  and 
 Uake  away  thy  life,  and  the    +  lu.  3.aa,  it 
 
 ,.  r"    1        1  or    A       T    seems  here  the 
 
 fives  oi  thy  house.  "  And  lxx.  have 
 the  cliildren  of  Dan  went  nncD^"  w^h 
 their  way ;  and  Michaias  ^^Wl 
 saw  that  they  were  stronger  than  him- 
 self; and  he  returned  to  his  house. 
 ^^  And  the  children  of  Dan  took  what 
 ]\lichaias  had  made,  and  the  priest  that 
 he  had,  and  they  came  to  Laisa,  to  a 
 people  quiet  and  secure ;  and  they 
 smote  them  with  the  edge  of  the 
 sword,  and  burnt  the  city  with  fire. 
 ^^  And  there  was  no  deHverer,  because 
 the  city  is  far  from  the  Sidonians,  and 
 they  have  no  intercourse  with  men, 
 and  it  is  in  the  valley  of  the  house  of 
 Eaab,  and  they  built  their  city  and 
 dwelt  in  it.  ^^  And  they  called  +  He*,  uiam- 
 the  name  of  the  city  Dan,  '^'J^^i:;^^, 
 after  the  name  of  their  father  Gen.  28. 19. 
 
 1  ,  111    where  Ulam- 
 
 who  was  born  to  Israel,  and  luz  is  used  in 
 the  name  of  the  city  was  'h^^^^^eway. 
 '^Ulamais  before.     ^°And  the  children 
 
Chap,  xviii.  ^J.  31. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  v.  18. 
 
 of  Dan  set  up  the  graven  image  for 
 themselves,  and  Jonathan  son  of  Ger- 
 son  son  of  Manasse,  he  and  his  sons 
 were  priests  to  the  tribe  of  Dan  till 
 the  time  of  the  carrying  away  of  the 
 t  Gr.  land.  +  nation.  ^' And  they  set  up  for 
 themselves  the  graven  image  which 
 Michaias  made,  all  the  days  that  the 
 house  of  God  was  in  Selom;  and  it 
 was  so  in  those  days  that  there  was 
 no  king  in  Israel. 
 
 19.  And  there  was  ^  a  Levite  so- 
 +  G»-.  aman.a  journing  in  the  ^  sides  of 
 t  G   thi  1  ■     ^iou^iit    Ephraim,    and    he 
 
 t  Gr.  woman    tOok    tO    llimsclf   a   ^  COUCU- 
 
 a  concubine,  bine  from  Bethlccm  Juda. 
 ^  And  his  concubine  departed  from 
 him,  and  went  away  from  him  to  the 
 house  of  her  father  to  Bethleem  Juda, 
 and  she  was  there  four  months.  ^And 
 her  husband  rose  up,  and  went  after 
 f  Gr.  to  speak  ^^r  ^  to  spcak  kindly  to  her, 
 to  her  heart,  to  rccovcr  her  to  liimsclf; 
 +  Gr.  his  young  and  ^  he  had  his  young  man 
 
 maixwas.&c.     ^-^i^    j^-^^^     ^^^    ^    p^-^,    ^f 
 
 asses;  and  she  brought  him  into  the 
 house  of  her  father ;  and  the  father  of 
 the  damsel  saw  him,  and  was  well 
 pleased  to  meet  him.  ^And  his  father- 
 in-law,  the  father  of  the  damsel,  con- 
 strained liim,  and  he  staid  with  him 
 for  three  days,  and  they  ate  and  drank, 
 and  lodged  there.  ^  And  it  came  to 
 pass  on  the  fourth  day  that  they  rose 
 early,  and  he  stood  ;ip  to  depart,  and 
 the  father  of  the  damsel  said  to  his 
 son-in-law,  Strengthen  thy  heart  with 
 a  morsel  of  bread,  and  afterwards  ye 
 shall  go.  **  So  they  two  sat  down 
 together  and  ate  and  drank :  and  the 
 father  of  the  damsel  said  to  her  hus- 
 band, Tarry  noAV  the  night,  and  ^Ict 
 +  See  1  Tim.  thy  heart  be  merry.  ^And 
 ^'  ^-  the    man    rose    up    to    de- 
 
 part ;  but  his  father-in-law  con- 
 strained him,  and  he  staid  and  lodged 
 there.  *And  he  rose  early  in  the 
 morning  on  the  fifth  day  to  depart; 
 and  the  father  of  the  damsel  said. 
 Strengthen    now    thine     heart,    and 
 
 282 
 
 ^  quit  thyself  as  a  soldier  till  the  day 
 decline,  and  the  two  ate.  +possibiy,pre- 
 ^  And  the   man  rose  up  to  pa^e  to  march 
 
 -,  ,  T     1  •  by  the  time  the 
 
 depart,  he  and  his  concu-  day  declines, 
 bme,   and  his  young  man,  probably ^c"on: 
 but    his    father-in-law  the  fji^^^'ed  with 
 father  of  the  damsel  said  to  '"'^ 
 him.  Behold  now,  the  day  has  dechned 
 toward  evening,  lodge  here,  and  let  thy 
 heart  rejoice,  and  ye  shall  rise  early 
 to-morrow  for  your  journey,  and  thou 
 shalt  go  to  thy  habitation.     ^^  But  the 
 man  would  not  lodge  there,  but  he 
 arose  and  departed,  and  came  to  the 
 part  opposite  Jebus,  (this  is  Jerusalem,) 
 and  ^  there  was  with  him  a    *  or,  went, 
 pair  of  asses  saddled,  and  his  concu- 
 bine was  with  him. 
 
 '  ^  And  they  came  as  far  as  Jebus : 
 and  the  day  had  far  advanced,  and  the 
 young  man  said  to  his  master,  Come, 
 I  pray  thee,  and  let  us  turn  aside  to 
 this  city  of  the  Jebusites,  and  let  us 
 lodge  in  it.  '^And  his  master  said  to 
 him,  We  will  not  turn  aside  to  a 
 strange  city,  where  there  is  not  one  of 
 the  childi-en  of  Israel,  but  we  will  pass 
 on  as  far  as  Gabaa.  '"*  And  he  said  to 
 his  young  man.  Come,  and  let  us  draw 
 nigh  to  one  of  the  places,  and  we  will 
 lodge  in  Gabaa  or  in  Rama.  '^  And 
 they  passed  by  and  went  on,  and  the 
 sun  went  down  upon  them  near  to 
 Gabaa,  Avhich  is  in  Benjamin.  '''And 
 they  turned  aside  thence  to  go  in  to 
 lodge  in  Gabaa ;  and  they  went  in, 
 and  sat  down  in  the  street  of  the  city, 
 and  there  was  no  one  who  conducted 
 them  into  a  house  to  lodge.  ^^  And 
 behold  an  old  man  came  out  of  the 
 field  from  his  work  in  the  evening, 
 and  the  man  was  of  Mount  Ephraim, 
 and  he  sojourned  in  Gabaa,  and  the 
 men  of  the  place  tcere  sons  of"  Benja- 
 min. '^And  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
 saw  a  traveller  in  the  street  of  the  city; 
 and  the  old  man  said  to  him,  Whither 
 goest  thou,  and  whence  comest  thou? 
 '**And  he  said  to  him.  We  are  passing 
 by  from  Betlileem  Juda  to  the  sides  of 
 Mount   Ephraim:   I  am  from  thence, 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  19. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  10. 
 
 and  I  went  as  far  as  Bethleem  Juda, 
 and  I  am  going  home,  and  there  is  no 
 man  to  take  me  into  his  house.  '^  Yet 
 is  there  straw  and  food  for  our  asses, 
 and  bread  and  wine  for  me  and  my 
 handmaid  and  the  young  man  with  thy 
 servants ;  there  is  no  want  of  anything. 
 ^°And  the  old  man  said,  Peace  be  to 
 thee ;  only  be  every  want  of  tliine  upon 
 me,  only  do  thou  by  no  means  lodge 
 in  the  street.  ^^And  he  brought  him 
 into  his  house,  and  m.ade  room  for  his 
 asses,  and  they  washed  their  feet,  and  ate 
 and  drank.  ^^  And  they  ivere  comforting 
 
 t  Gr.  heart,  their  ^hearts,  when,  behold, 
 the  men  of  the  city,  sons  of  trans- 
 gressors, compassed  the  house,  knock- 
 ing at  the  door :  and  they  spoke  to  the 
 old  man  the  owner  of  the  house,  say- 
 ing. Bring  out  the  man  who  came  into 
 thy  house,  that  we  may  know  him. 
 ^^  And  the  master  of  the  house  came 
 out  to  them,  and  said.  Nay,  brethren, 
 do  not  ye  wrong,  I  pray  you,  after  this 
 man  has  come  into  my  house,  do  not 
 ye  this  folly.      '^^  Behold  my  daughter 
 
 +  (?r.  his.  a  virgin,  and  ^  the  man's  con- 
 cubine: I  will  bring  them  out,  and 
 humble  ye  them,  and  do  to  them  that 
 wHch  is  good  in  your  eyes,  but  to  this 
 
 tG;-.  the  word  man  do  uot  Hhis  folly .  ^^But 
 fou?!''if°6'!^'  the  men  would  not  consent 
 ism.  iQ  hearken  to  liim;  so  the 
 
 man  laid  hold  of  his  concubine,  and 
 brought  her  out  to  them;  and  they 
 knew  her,  and  abused  her  all  night 
 till  the  morning,  and  let  her  go  when 
 the  morning  dawned. 
 
 ^^And  the  woman  came  toward 
 morning,  and  fell  down  at  the  door  of 
 the  house  where  her  husband  was, 
 until  it  was  light.  ^^  And  her  husband 
 rose  up  in  the  morning,  and  opened 
 the  doors  of  the  house,  and  went  forth 
 to  go  on  his  journey :  and,  behold,  the 
 woman  his  concubine  had  fallen  down 
 by  the  doors  of  the  house,  and  her  hands 
 were  on  the  threshold.  ^^  And  he  said  to 
 her,  Kise,  and  let  us  go ;  and  she  answer- 
 ed not,  for  she  was  dead :  and  he  took 
 her  upon  his  ass,  and  went  to  his  place. 
 
 ^^And  he  took  his  sword,  and  laid 
 hold  of  his  concubine,  and  divided  her 
 into  twelve  parts,  and  sent  them  to 
 every  coast  of  Israel.  ^"  And  it  was  so, 
 that  every  one  who  saw  it  said,  Such  a 
 day  as  this  has  not  happened  nor  has 
 been  seen  from  the  day  of  the  going 
 up  of  the  children  of  Israel  out  of  the 
 land  of  Egypt  until  this  day :  take  ye 
 counsel  concerning  it,  and  speak. 
 
 20.  And  all  the  children  of  Israel 
 went  out,  and  all  the  congregation 
 was  gathered  as  one  man,  from  Dan 
 even  unto  Bersabee,  and  in  the  land  of 
 Galaad,  to  the  Lord  at  Massepha. 
 ^  And  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  stood  be- 
 fore the  Lord  in  the  assembly  of  the 
 people  of  God,  four  hundred  thousand 
 footmen  that  drew  sword.  ^And  the 
 children  of  Benjamin  heard  that  the 
 children  of  Israel  were  gone  up  to 
 Massepha:  and  the  children  of  Israel 
 came  and  said.  Tell  us,  where  did  this 
 wickedness  take  place  ?  "^  And  the 
 Levite,  the  husband  of  the  woman  that 
 was  slain,  answered  and  said,  I  and  my 
 concubine  went  to  Gabaa  of  Benjamin 
 to  lodge.  ^And  the  men  of  Gabaa 
 rose  up  against  me,  and  compassed  the 
 house  by  night  against  me,  they 
 wished  to  slay  me,  and  they  have 
 humbled  my  concubine,  and  she  is 
 dead.  ^  And  I  laid  hold  of  my  concu- 
 bine, and  divided  her  in  pieces,  and 
 sent  the  parts  into  every  coast  of  the 
 inheritance  of  the  children  of  Israel; 
 for  they  have  wrought  ^  lewdness  and 
 abomination  in  Israel.  ^  Be-  +  or.  fe>a, 
 hold,  all  ye  are  clrildren  of  ^«*''^"'  ^?^ 
 
 Til  •  1  1    derived  either 
 
 Israel  ;    and   consider  and  from  that  or 
 take   counsel   here   among  iZn,Ztpro- 
 yourselves.     ^And  all  the  bawy  the  first 
 
 •^  ,  supposition  IS 
 
 people  rose  up  as  one  man,  the  right  one. 
 saying.  No  one  of  us  shall  +or,  thereupon, 
 return  to  his  tent,  and  no  one  of  us  shall 
 return  to  his  house.  ^  And  now  tliis  is 
 the  thing  which  shall  be  done  in  Ga- 
 baa; we  will  go  up  against  it  by  lot. 
 ^**  Moreover  we  will  take  ten  men  for  a 
 hundred  for  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  and 
 
Chap,  xx 
 
 11. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  31. 
 
 a  hundred  for  a  thousand,  and  a  thou- 
 sand for  ten  thousand,  to  take  provi- 
 sion, to  cause  them  to  come  to  Gabaa 
 of  Benjamin,  to  do  to  it  according 
 t  (j^  it  to     all    the    abomination, 
 
 sc.  Gabaa.  wliicli  '^they  wrouglit  in 
 Israel.  "And  all  the  men  of  Israel 
 were  gathered  to  the  city  as  one  man. 
 ^^And  the  tribes  of  Israel  sent  men 
 through  the  whole  tribe  of  Benjamin, 
 savin<r,  Wliat  is  this  wickedness  that 
 has  been  wrought  among  you  i  '•*  JN  ow 
 then  give  up  the  men  the  ^sons  of 
 +  He*,  sons  trausgrcssors  that  are  in 
 of  BeUai.  Gabaa ,  and  we  will  put  them 
 to  death,  and  purge  out  wickedness 
 from  Israel :  but  the  children  of  Ben- 
 jamin consented  not  to  hearken  to  the 
 voice  of  their  brethren  the  children  of 
 Israel.  '^And  the  children  of  Benja- 
 min were  gathered  from  their  cities  to 
 Gabaa,  to  go  forth  to  fight  with  the 
 children  of  Israel.  ^^  And  the  children 
 of  Benjamin  from  their  cities  were 
 numbered  in  that  day,  twenty-three 
 t  Or,  every     tliousaud,  ^  cvery  man  di-aw- 
 
 manthatdrew    -^^     ^    ^^^^^^     h^^^dieS     the 
 
 inhabitants  of  Gabaa,  who  were  num- 
 bered seven  hundred  chosen  men  of  all 
 +seechap.3.i5.  the  pcoplc,  ^ablc  to  use 
 both  hands  aUke ;  ^^  all  these  could  sling 
 with  stones  at  a  hair,  and  not  miss. 
 +  Trapiirafis,  '^Aud  tlic  mcu  of  Isracl, 
 miwh  ii7the  exclusive  of  Bcnj  amin ,  were 
 sense  of  the      numbcrcd     four     hundred 
 
 Engli.sn  word  ^ 
 
 'Une.'  tiiousand    men    that  drew 
 
 sword ;  all  these  iverc  men  of  ^  war. 
 
 ^*And  they  arose  and  went  up  to 
 Ba^thcl,  and  inquired  of  God:  and  the 
 children  of  Isracl  said,  AVlro  shall  go 
 up  for  us  first  to  fight  ^vith  the  chil- 
 dren of  Benjamin?  And  the  Lord  said, 
 Juda  shall  go  up  first  as  leader.  '^And 
 the  children  of  Israel  rose  up  in  tlie 
 morning,  and  encamped  against  Ga- 
 baa. 
 
 2°  And  they  went  out,  all  the  men  of 
 Israel,  to  fight  with  Benjamin,  and 
 engaged  with  them  at  Gabaa.  ^'  And 
 the  sons  of  Benjamin  went  forth  from 
 Gabaa,  and  they  destroyed  in  Israel  on 
 
 that  day  two  and  twenty  thousand  men 
 down  to  the  ground. 
 
 '■^^And  the  men  of  Israel  ^strength- 
 ened themselves,  and  again  +  q^^  ^g^ 
 engaged  in  battle  in  the  strong, 
 place  Avhcre  they  had  engaged  on  the 
 first  day.  ^^  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 went  up,  and  wept  before  the  Lord  till 
 evening,  and  inquired  of  the  Lord, 
 saying,  Shall  we  again  draw  nigh  to 
 battle  with  our  brethren  the  children 
 of  Benjamin?  and  the  Lord  said,  Go 
 up  against  them.  ^''And  the  children 
 of  Israel  advanced  against  the  children 
 of  Benjamin  on  the  second  day.  ^^And 
 the  children  of  Benjamin  went  forth 
 to  meet  them  from  Gabaa  on  the 
 second  day,  and  destroyed  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  yet  further  eighteen 
 thousand  men  down  to  the  ground: 
 all  these  drew  sword. 
 
 '^•^  And  the  children  of  Israel  and  all 
 the  people  went  up,  and  came  to 
 Bajthel ;  and  they  wept,  and  sat  there 
 before  the  Lord;  and  they  fasted  on 
 that  day  imtil  evening,  and  offered 
 whole-burnt-offerings  and  ^  perfect  sa- 
 crifices, before  the  Lord,  +  or,  unwe- 
 2^  for  the  ark  of  the  Lord  f^^^fot^c 
 God  was  there  in  those  ^/;i,f  ^t,^; 
 days,  ^**  and  Phinces  the  son  variation  may 
 
 /.  1711  .-I  £•  \  be  accounted 
 
 of  Lleazar  the  son  ot  Aaron  for  by  the  dif- 
 stood  before  it  in  those  days ;  '"^"^  '"'="''"- 
 and  the  children  of  Isracl  -er^ofc^P;? 
 inquired  of  the  Lord,  saying.  Shall  we 
 yet  again  go  forth  to  figlit  witli  our 
 brethren  the  sons  of  Benjamin?  and  the 
 Lord  said.  Go  up,  to-morrow  I  will 
 give  them  into  your  hands.  ^'■'And 
 tlie  cliildren  of  Israel  set  an  ambush 
 against  Gabaa  round  about  it. 
 
 '^^  And  tlie  children  of  Israel  went  up 
 against  the  children  of  Benjamin  on 
 the  third  day,  and  arrayed  themselves 
 against  Gabaa  as  before.  ^'And  the 
 children  of  Benjamin  went  out  to  meet 
 the  people,  and   ^  were  all    +  gv,  were 
 
 T         ^  ,       f   .1  -i  1    emptied  out  of 
 
 drawn  out  oi  the  city,  and  the  city. 
 bcffan   to    smite    and    slay  .+  «'••  which 
 the  people  as  beiore  m  the  up. 
 roads,  *  whereof  one  goes  up  to  Baithcl, 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  32. 
 
 JUDGES, 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  3. 
 
 and  one  to  Gabaa  in  the  field,  about 
 thirty  men  of  Israeh  ^"^  And  the  chil- 
 dren of  Benjamin  said,  They  fall  before 
 us  as  at  the  first:  but  the  children  of 
 Israel  said.  Let  us  flee,  and  draw  them 
 out  from  the  city  into  the  roads,  and 
 they  did  so. 
 
 ^^And  all  the  men  rose  up  out  of 
 
 their    places,    and   engaged    in    Baal 
 
 t  Heb.  plain     Thamar ;  and  the  Hers  in 
 
 of  the  south,     -^ait  of  Israel  advanced  from 
 
 their  place  from  ^Maraagabe. 
 
 ^"^And  there  came  over  against 
 Gabaa  ten  thoiisand  chosen  men  out  of 
 all  Israel;  and  the  fight  teas  severe; 
 .„   ,        .      and  they  knew  not  that  evil 
 
 tfJc.  Is  coming  J      . 
 
 upon  or  auti-  ^  was  comiug  upou  them, 
 cipatuig  t  lem.  gg  ^^^  ^|^^  Lord  smotc  Ben- 
 jamin before  the  children  of  Israel; 
 and  the  children  of  Israel  destroyed  of 
 Benjamin  in  that  day  a  hundred  and 
 twenty-five  thousand  men:  all  these 
 drew  sword.  ^^And  the  cliildren  of 
 Benjamin  saw  that  they  were  smitten; 
 and  the  men  of  Israel  gave  place  to 
 Benjamin,  because  they  trusted  in  the 
 ambuscade  which  they  had  prepared 
 against  Gabaa. 
 
 ^^And  when  they  retreated,  then 
 the  Hers  in  wait  rose  up,    and  they 
 
 i  ffr.  extend-  ^Hiovcd  ou  toward  Gabaa, 
 ed  themselves,  and  the  wliolc  ambush  came 
 forth,  and  they  smote  the  city  with  the 
 edge  of  the  sword. 
 
 ^^And  the  children  of  Israel  had  a 
 signal  of  battle  with  the  Hers  in  wait, 
 that  they  should  send  up  a  ^signal  of 
 
 f  Or,  a.  con-  smoke  from  the  city.  ^^And 
 certed  sigmai,    the  children  of  Israel  saw 
 
 1  oc,  slain  that  the  liers  ui  wait  had 
 Sani^siay  ^eizcd^  Gabaa  and  they 
 and  cause  to  stood  in  line  of  battle ;  and 
 ,j.aT'ia.i,'^ene-  Benjamin  began  to  smite 
 ones.*'^"        down  ^  woundcd  ones  among 
 
 +  Gr.  as  the  the  men  of  Israel  about 
 fixstbattiewas.  ^Y^i^tj  men;  for  they  said, 
 
 Surely  they  fall  again  before  us,  as  *  in 
 the  first  battle. 
 
 '^''And  the  signal  went  up  increas- 
 ingly over  the  city  as  a  piUar  of  smoke ; 
 and  Benjamin  looked  behind  him,  and 
 
 behold  the  destruction  of  the  city  wont 
 up  to  heaven. 
 
 ''^And  the  men  of  Israel  turned 
 back,  and  the  men  of  Benjamin  hasted, 
 because  they  saw  that  evil  had  come 
 upon  them.  '^^And  they  turned  ^to 
 the  way  of  the  wilderness  +  g^  ^^^^ 
 from  before  the  children  of  eyes,  or  faces. 
 Israel,  and  fled;  but  the  battle  over- 
 took them,  and  they  from  the  cities 
 destroyed  them  in  the  midst  of 
 them. 
 
 ■^^  And  they  cut  down  Benjamin,  and 
 pursued  liim  from  Nua  closely  till  they 
 came  opposite  Gabaa  on  the  east. 
 *■*  And  there  fell  of  Benjamin  eighteen 
 thousand  men :  all  these  ivere  men  of 
 might. 
 
 ■^^And  the  rest  turned,  and  fled  to 
 the  wilderness  to  the  rock  of  Eemmon ; 
 and  the  children  of  Israel  *  picked  ofl" 
 of  them  five  thousand  men ;  '[  ^''-  ^^^  "^ 
 and  the  children  of  Israel  or.  grieaned, 
 went  down  after  them  as  far  sti-aws.'^'^ 
 as  Gedan,  and  they  smote  of  them  two 
 thousand  men.  ''''And  all  that  fell  of 
 Benjamin  were  twenty-five  thousand 
 men  that  drew  sword  in  that  day :  all 
 these  were  men  of  might.  ^^And  the 
 rest  turned,  and  fled  to  the  wilder- 
 ness to  the  rock  of  Remmon,  eve7i 
 six  hundred  men,  and  they  so- 
 journed four  months  in  the  rock  of 
 Remmon. 
 
 "^^And  the  children  of  Israel  re- 
 turned to  the  children  of  Benjamin, 
 and  smote  them  with  the  edge  of  the 
 sword  from  the  city  of  Meltha,  even 
 to  the  cattle,  and  every  thing  that  was 
 found  in  all  the  cities :  and  they  burnt 
 with  fire  the  cities  they  found. 
 
 21.  Now  the  children  of  Israel  swore 
 in  Massephath,  saying,  No  man  of  us 
 shall  give  his  daughter  to  Benjamin 
 for  a  wife.  ^And  the  people  came  to 
 Bajthel,  and  sat  there  until  evening  be- 
 fore God :  and  they  lifted  up  their  voice 
 and  wept  with  a  great  weeping;  ^and 
 said,  Wlierefore,  0  Lord  God  of  Is- 
 rael, has  this  come  to  pass,  that  to-day 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  4. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  23. 
 
 one  tribe  should  be  ^counted  as  miss- 
 t  Gr.  «rj<r«-  {j^f.  fj-on^  Israel?     ^  And  it 
 
 TpBH  it  seems  Came  to  pass  on  tne  morrow 
 that  the  wTong  that    the    pcoplo   roso  up 
 
 meaning' of  t!ie  i  t     i      •V      .1 
 
 word  was  taken  early,  and  bmit  there  an 
 bytheLxx.      ^-[^.^^  ^^^  offered  up  wliole- 
 
 T  See  chap.        -,  ,       ry     •  n   + 
 
 20. 26.  burnt-otiermgs  and  ^peace- 
 
 offerings. 
 
 •^  And  the  children  of  Israel  said,Wlio 
 of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  went  not 
 up  in  the  congregation  to  the  Lord? 
 for  there  was  a  great  oath  concerning 
 those  who  went  not  up  to  the  Lord  to 
 Massephath,  saying.  He  shall  surely  be 
 put  to  death. 
 
 ^And  the  children  of  Israel  ^re- 
 t  Or,  com-      lented     toward    Benjamin 
 
 forted  them-        ,  i     •    1        ,  i  j       •  i    7  t^ 
 
 selves,  or  were  tlicir  brother,  and  said, '  lo- 
 'xX- But  tlay  one  tribe  is  cut  off  from 
 the  variation     Israel.     ^  Wliat  sliall  WO  do 
 
 IS  to  be  ac-        n  •  n         ^  i 
 
 counted  for  in  lor  wivcs  lor  the  rcst  that 
 meank^gsof  remain?  whereas  we  have 
 the  word  DTO  g^om  by  the  Lord,  not  to 
 
 '  they  repent-         •         n  n  ^  1   , 
 
 ed.'  give  them  oi  our  daughters 
 
 for  wives.  ^  And  they  said,  Wliat  one 
 man  is  there  of  the  tribes  of  Israel, 
 who  went  not  up  to  the  Lord  to  Mas- 
 sephath? and,  behold,  no  man  came 
 to  the  camp  from  Jabis  Galaad  to  the 
 assembly.  ^  And  the  people  were  num- 
 bered, and  there  was  not  there  a  man 
 from  the  inhabitants  of  Jabis  Galaad. 
 
 •°And  the  congregation  sent  thither 
 twelve  thousand  men  of  the  ^  strongest, 
 +  Gr.  sons  of  and  they  charged  them, 
 strength.  saying,  Go  ye  and  smite  the 
 inhabitants  of  Jabis  Galaad  with  the 
 fG>-.  mouth.  ^  edge  of  the  sword.  ''And 
 this  shall  ye  do  :  every  male  and  every 
 woman  that  has  known  the  lying  with 
 man  ye  shall  devote  to  destruction,  but 
 the  virgins  ye  shall  save  aUve  :  and 
 they  did  so. 
 
 '^And  they  found  ^  among  the  in- 
 +  Gr.  from,  or  habitants  of  Jabis  Galaad 
 of,  orout  of.  four  hundred  young  virgins, 
 who  had  not  known  man  by  lying  with 
 him,  and  they  brought  them  to  Selom 
 in  the  land  of  Chanaan. 
 
 •'And  all  the  congregation  sent  and 
 spoke  to  the  children  of  Benjamin  in 
 
 the  rock  Kemmon,  and  invited  them  to 
 make  peace.  '■*  And  Benjamin  re- 
 turned to  the  children  of  Israel  at  that 
 time,  and  the  children  of  Israel  gave 
 them  thejwomen  whom  they  '^j  ^''}\u. 
 Aarf  saved  ahve  of  the  daugh-  thus, 
 ters  of  Jabis  Galaad;  and  ^they  were 
 content. 
 
 '^  And  the  people  ^relented  for  Ben- 
 jamin,   because    the    Lord    tseever.  6. 
 had  made  a  breach  in   the  tribes  of 
 Israel. 
 
 '•^  And  the  elders  of  the  congregation 
 said,  Wliat  shall  we  do  for  wives  for 
 them  that  remain  ?  for  the  women 
 have  been  destroyed  out  of  Benjamin. 
 ^^And  they  said,  There  must  be  an 
 inheritance  of  them  that  are  escaped 
 of  Benjamin ;  and  so  a  tribe  shall  not 
 be  destroyed  out  of  Israel.  '*For  we 
 shall  not  be  able  to  give  them  wives  of 
 our  daughters,  because  we  swore  among 
 the  cliildren  of  Israel,  saying.  Cursed 
 is  he  that  gives  a  wife  to  Benjamin. 
 
 '^And  they  said,  Lo !  now  there  is 
 a  feast  of  the  Lord  +  from  l^^l^r  w^^ 
 
 .  todays.    He- 
 
 year  to  year  m  beiom,  which  braistn. 
 is  on  the  north  of  Baithel,  eastward  on 
 the  way  that  goes  up  from  Ba^thel  to 
 Sychem,  and  from  the  south  of  Lebona. 
 ^°And  they  charged  the  children  of 
 Benjamin,  saying.  Go  and  He  in  wait 
 in  the  vineyards;  ^^and  ye  shall  see; 
 and  lo !  if  there  come  out  the  daugh- 
 ters of  the  inhabitants  of  Selom  to 
 dance  in  dances,  then  shall  ye  go  out 
 of  the  vineyards  and  seize  for  your- 
 selves every  man  a  wife  of  the  daugh- 
 ters of  Selom,  and  go  ye  into  the  land 
 of  Benjamin.  ^^  And  it  shall  come  to 
 pass,  when  their  fathers  or  their  bre- 
 thren come  to  dispute  with  t  The  vat. 
 us,  that  we  ^vill  say  to  them,  TxtS^evi- 
 Grant  them  freely  to  us,  for  i^"""?  '"'r^''^' 
 
 .  y  '  tliercforc  the 
 
 we  have  not  taken   every  Aiei.  Kara  tov 
 man  his  wife  in  the  battle:  heen°sui»ti- 
 bccause  ye  did  not  give  to  '^*^'*" 
 them  ^according  to  the  occasion,  ye 
 transgressed. 
 
 ^^And  the  children  of  Benjamin  did 
 so;  and  they  took  wives  according  to 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  24. 
 
 JUDGES.— KUTH. 
 
 Chap.  i.  v.  16. 
 
 their  number  from  their  dancers  whom 
 they  seized:  and  they  went  and  re- 
 turned to  their  inheritance,  and  biult 
 the  cities,  and  dwelt  in  them.  ^'*And 
 +  Gr. walked,  the  children  of  Israel^ went 
 thence   at   that   time    every   man   to 
 
 his  tribe  and  his  kindred;  and  they 
 went  thence  every  man  to  his  inhe- 
 ritance. ^^And  in  those  days  there 
 was  no  king  in  Israel ;  every  man 
 did  that  which  was  right  in  his  own 
 sight. 
 
 RUTH. 
 
 CHAPTER  I.  Verses  1—16. 
 
 1.  AND  it  came  to  pass  when  the 
 judges  ruled,  that  there  was  a  famine 
 in  the  land:  and  a  man  went  from 
 Bethleem  Juda  to  sojourn  in  the  land 
 of  Moab,  he,  and  his  wife,  and  his  two 
 sons.  ^  And  the  man's  name  was  Eli- 
 melech,  and  his  wife's  name  Noemin, 
 +  Gr.  name,  and  the  ^namcs  of  his  two 
 sons  Maalon  and  Chelaion,  Ephrathites 
 of  Bethleem  of  Juda:  and  they  came 
 tGr.  were,  to  the  land  of  Moab  and 
 *  remained  there. 
 
 ^And  Elimelech  the  husband  of 
 Noemin  died;  and  she  was  left,  and 
 her  two  sons.  ''And  they  took  to 
 themselves  wives,  women  of  ]\Ioab; 
 the  name  of  the  one  was  Orpha,  and  the 
 name  of  the  second  Ruth;  and  they 
 dwelt  there  about  ten  years.  ^And 
 both  Maalon  and  Chelaion  died  also; 
 and  the  woman  was  left  of  her  hus- 
 band and  her  two  sons. 
 
 ^And  she  rose  up  and  her  two 
 daughters-in-law,  and  they  returned 
 out  of  the  country  of  IVIoab,  for  she 
 heard  in  the  country  of  Moab  that  the 
 Lord  had  visited  his  people  to  give 
 them  bread. 
 
 ^And  she  went  forth  out  of  the  place 
 where  she  was,  and  her  two  daughters- 
 in-law  with  her ;  and  they  went  by  the 
 way  to  return  to  the  land  of  Juda. 
 
 *  And  Noemin  said  to  her  daughters- 
 m-law,  Go,  now,  return  each  to  the 
 house  of  her  mother:  the  Lord  deal 
 
 mercifidly  with  you,  as  ye  have  dealt 
 with  the  dead,  and  with  me.  ^  The 
 Lord  grant  you  that  ye  may  find  rest 
 each  of  you  in  the  house  of  her  hus- 
 band :  and  she  kissed  them ;  and  they 
 lifted  up  their  voice,  and  +(?j-.weretum. 
 wept. '°  And  they  said  to  her,  ^  We  will 
 retvirn  with  thee  to  thy  people. 
 
 '^And  Noemin  said.  Return  now, 
 my  daughters ;  and  why  do  ye  go  with 
 me  ?  have  I  yet  sons  in  my  womb  to 
 be  yoiu'  husbands?  ^^  Tvirn  now,  my 
 daughters,  for  I  am  too  old  to  be  mar- 
 ried, for  I  said,  Suppose  I  were  married, 
 and  should  bear  sons;  ^^^  would  ye  wait 
 for  them  till  they  should  be  +  Gr.  wui. 
 grown  ?  or  would  ye  refrajn  from  being 
 married  for  their  sakes  ?  Not  +  g>--  it  is 
 
 -I         -I  ,  o       -t  T  made  bitter  to 
 
 SO,  my  daughters,  lor  ^i  am  me. 
 grieved  for  you,  that  the  hand  of  the 
 Lord  has  gone  forth  against  me. 
 
 •''And  they  Hfted  up  their  voice, 
 and  wept  again ;  and  Orpha  kissed  her 
 mother-in-law  and  returned  to  her  peo- 
 ple ;  but  Ruth  followed  her. 
 
 ^■^ And  Noemin  said  to  Ruth,  Behold, 
 thy  ^sister-in-law    has   re-    +8'.e.wifeofa 
 
 ,  T    ,      T  1  -t   .       husband's  bro- 
 
 turned  to  her  people  and  to  ther.thereisno 
 her  gods;  turn  now  thou  fSya^"' 
 also  after  thy  sister-in-law.  sweringthis. 
 ""And  Ruth  said.  Entreat  me  not  to 
 leave  thee,  or  to  return  from  following 
 thee ;  for  whithersoever  thou  goest,  1 
 will  go,  and  wheresoever  thou  lodgest, 
 I  will  lodge ;  thy  people  shall  be  my 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  17. 
 
 RUTH. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  v.  14. 
 
 people,  and  thy  God  my  God.  '^And 
 wherever  thou  diest,  1  will  die,  and 
 there  will  1  be  buried :  the  Lord  do  so 
 to  me,  and  more  also,  if  I  leave  thee,  for 
 death  only  shall  divide  between  me  and 
 thee  .     '**  And  Noemin  seeinsf  that  she 
 
 +  Gr.  is. 
 
 was  determined  to  go  with 
 
 her,  ceased  to  speak  to  her  any  more. 
 
 ^'^  And  they  went  both  of  them  until 
 they  came  to  Bethleem :  and  it  came  to 
 pass,  when  they  arrived  at  Bethleem, 
 that  all  the  city  rang  with  them,  and 
 they  said.  Is  this  Noemin?  ^*'And  she 
 said  to  them.  Nay,  do  not  call  me 
 Noemin;  call  me  '  Bitter,'  for  the 
 Mighty  One  has  dealt  very  bitterly 
 with  me.  '^^  I  went  out  full,  and  the 
 Lord  has  brought  me  back  empty :  and 
 why  call  ye  me  Noemin,  whereas  the 
 Lord  has  humbled  me,  and  the  Mighty 
 One  has  afflicted  me  ? 
 
 ^^So  Noemin  and   Euth   the  Moa- 
 tGr.  return-    j^itess,  her  dauo;hter-in-law, 
 
 ed,  returmng      +      ,  j    p         °,i  , 
 
 from.  returned  trom  the  country 
 
 of  Moab ;  and  they  came  to  Bethleem 
 in  the  beginning  of  barley  harvest. 
 
 2.  And  Noemin  had  a  friend  an 
 acquaintance  of  her  husband,  and  the 
 man  loas  a  mighty  man  of  the  kindred 
 of  Elimelech,  and  his  name  was  Booz. 
 '■'  And  Ruth  the  Moabitess  said  to  Noe- 
 min, Let  me  go  now  to  the  field,  and 
 I  will  glean  among  the  ears  behind 
 tffr.  in  whose-  the  man  ^with  whomsoever 
 rsiralifin^fa-  I  sliall  find  favour :  and  she 
 vour.  g^i(j  ^Q  \xQx^  Go,  daughter. 
 
 ^  And  she  went ;  and  came  and  gleaned 
 in  the  field  behind  the  reapers;  and 
 she  happened  by  chance  to  come  on  a 
 portion  of  the  land  of  Booz,  of  the 
 kindred  of  Elimelech. 
 
 ^  And  behold  Booz  came  from  Beth- 
 leem, and  said  to  the  reapers.  The  Lord 
 be  with  you:  and  they  said  to  him.  The 
 Lord  bless  thee.  ^And  Booz  said  to 
 his  servant  who  was  set  over  the 
 reapers,  Whose  is  this  damsel?  ^And 
 his  servant  who  was  set  over  the 
 reapers  answered  and  said.  It  is  the 
 Moabitish  damsel  who  returned  with 
 
 Noemin  out  of  the  land  of  Moab. 
 ^And  she  said,  I  pray  you,  let  me 
 glean  and  gather  among  the  '^sheaves 
 after  the  reapers:  and  she  +  c?»-. handfuis. 
 came  and  stood  from  morning  till 
 evening,  and  rested  not  even  a  little  in 
 the  field. 
 
 *^And  Booz  said  to  Ruth,  Hast  thou 
 not  heard,  my  daughter?  go  not  to 
 glean  in  another  field;  and  depart  not 
 thou  hence,  join  thyself  here  with  my 
 damsels.  ®Let  thine  eyes  be  on  the 
 field  where  my  men  shall  reap,  and 
 thou  shalt  go  after  them  :  behold,  1 
 have  charged  the  young  men  not  to 
 touch  thee :  and  when  thou  shalt  thirst, 
 then  thou  shalt  go  to  the  vessels,  and 
 drink  of  that  wliicli  the  young  men 
 shall  have  drawn.  ^°And  she  fell 
 upon  her  face,  and  did  reverence  to 
 the  ground,  and  said  to  him.  How  is 
 it  that  I  have  found  grace  in  thine 
 eyes,  that  thou  shouldest  take  notice 
 of  me,  whereas  I  am  a  stranger? 
 
 "And  Booz  answered  and  said  to 
 her,  It  has  fully  been  told  me  how  thou 
 hast  dealt  with  thy  mother-in-law  after 
 the  death  of  thy  husband  ;  and  how 
 thou  didst  leave  thy  father  and  thy 
 mother,  and  the  land  of  thy  birth, 
 and  earnest  to  a  people  whom  thou 
 Icnewest  not  ^before.   '^The  ^+ cr  ycster- 
 
 -^         -  -  ,        nay  ami  the 
 
 Lord  recompense  thy  work :  third  day ;  a 
 may  a  full  reward  be  given  hrahT^  ^*" 
 thee  of  the  Lord    God  of  Israel,    to 
 whom  thou  hast  come  to  trust  under 
 his  wings.     '^And  she    said.   Let  me 
 find  grace   in  thy  sight,  )ny  lord,  be- 
 cause thou  hast   comforted   me,    and 
 because    thou  hast  spoken    t  or.  to  the 
 +  kindly  to  thy  handmaid,  ^^'^°^- 
 and  behold,  I  shall  be  as  one  of  thy 
 servants. 
 
 ''And  Booz  said  to  her.  Now  if.  is 
 time  to  eat,  come  hither,  and  thou  shalt 
 eat  of  the  bread,  and  thou  shalt  dip 
 thy  morsel  in  the  vinegar:  ualy^o^^^^a. 
 and  Ruth  sat  by  the  side  neb.  cai^ 
 of  the  reapers,  and  Booz  ^^^^  rcn.ioreci 
 ^handed  her  meal,  and  she  *'''  "^5? 
 ate,    and    was    satisfied,    and   left. 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  15. 
 
 RUTH 
 
 Chap.  hi.  v.  14. 
 
 '^And   she  rose   up  to  glean;  and 
 Booz  charged  his  young  men,  saying, 
 
 Let  her  even  glean  among  the  sheaves, 
 
 +  Gr.  shame  and  ^  reproach  her  not.  '''And 
 
 her  not.        ^^  ^^  ^^  ^  means  carry  it 
 
 for  her,  and  ye  shall  surely  let  fall  for 
 her  some  of  that  which  is  heaped  up, 
 and  let  her  eat,  and  glean,  and  rebuke 
 her  not.  '^So  she  gleaned  in  the 
 field  till  evening,  and  beat  out  that  she 
 had  gleaned,  and  it  was  about  an 
 ephah  of  barley.  '^And  she  took  it 
 up,  and  went  into  the  city:  and  her 
 mother-in-law  saw  what  she  had 
 gleaned,  and  Euth  brought  forth  and 
 gave  to  her  the  food  which  she  had 
 left  from  what  she  had  been  satisfied 
 with.  '^And  her  mother-in-law  said 
 to  her,  Where  hast  thou  gleaned  to- 
 day, and  where  hast  thou  wrought? 
 Blessed  be  he  that  took  notice  of  thee : 
 and  Ruth  told  her  mother-in-law  where 
 she  had  wrought,  and  said.  The  name 
 of  the  man  with  whom  I  wrought  to- 
 day is  Booz.  ^"^And  Noemin  said  to 
 her  daughter-in-law.  Blessed  is  he  of 
 the  Lord,  because  he  has  not  failed  in 
 his  mercy  with  the  living  and  with  the 
 dead:  and  Noemin  said  to  her,  The 
 man  is  near  akin  to  us,  he  is  one  of 
 our  relations.  '^^  And  Ruth  said  to  her 
 mother-in-law,  Yea,  he  said  also  to  me. 
 Keep  close  to  my  damsels,  until  the  men 
 shall  have  finished  all  my  reaping. 
 
 ^^And  Noemin  said  to  Ruth  her 
 daughter-in-law,  It  is  well,  daughter, 
 that  thou  wentest  out  with  his  damsels, 
 thus  they  shall  not  meet  thee  in  an- 
 other field.  ^^And  Ruth  joined  herself 
 to  the  damsels  of  Booz  to  glean  until 
 they  had  finished  the  barley-harvest 
 and  the  wheat-harvest. 
 
 3.  And  she  lodged  with  her  mother- 
 in-law  :  and  Noemin  her  mother-in-law 
 said  to  her.  My  daughter,  shall  I  not 
 seek  rest  for  thee,  that  it  may  be  well 
 with  thee?  ^  And  now  is  not  Booz  our 
 ^  ^'"vj,"'^"'  kinsman,  with  whose  dam- 
 
 barley-floor.        sels  thoU  Wast  ?   bchold  ^  hc 
 
 winnows  barley  this  night  in  the  floor. 
 
 28  9 
 
 ^  But  do  thou  wash,  and  anoint  thy- 
 self, and  put  thy  raiment  upon  thee, 
 and  go  up  to  the  threshing-floor :  do 
 not  discover  thyself  to  the  man  until 
 he  has  done  eating  and  drinking.  ''And 
 it  shall  come  to  pass  when  he  Hes 
 down,  that  thou  shalt  mark  the  place 
 where  he  lies  down,  and  shalt  come 
 and  Hft  up  the  covering  of  his  feet,  and 
 shall  He  down,  and  he  shall  tell  tliee 
 what  thou  shalt  do.  ^And  Ruth  said  to 
 her,  All  that  thou  shalt  say,  I  will  do. 
 
 •'And  she  went  down  to  the  thresh- 
 ing-floor, and  did  according  to  all  that 
 her  mother-in-law  enjoined  her.  ^And 
 Booz  ate  and  drank,  and  his  heart  was 
 glad,  and  he  came  to  lie  down  by  the 
 side  of  the  heap  of  corn ;  and  she  came 
 secretly,  and  Hfted  up  the  covering  of 
 his  feet.  ^And  it  came  to  pass  at  mid- 
 night that  the  man  w^as  amazed,  and 
 troubled,  and  behold,  a  woman  lay  at 
 Ills  feet.  ^And  he  said, Who  art  thou  ? 
 and  she  said,  I  am  thine  handmaid 
 Ruth;  spread  therefore  thy  skirt  over 
 thine  handmaid,  for  thou  art  a  near 
 relation.  '°And  Booz  said.  Blessed  be 
 thou  of  the  Lord  God,  m7/  daughter, 
 for  thou  hast  made  thy  latter  kindness 
 greater  than  the  former,  in  that  thou 
 foUowest  not  after  young  men,  whether 
 ariT/  be  poor  or  rich.  "And  now  fear 
 not,  my  daughter,  whatever  thou  shalt 
 say  I  will  do  to  thee;  for  all  the  tribe 
 of  my  people  knows  that  thou  art  ^  a 
 virtuous  woman.  '^  And  t  ut.  a  wo- 
 now  I  am  truly  akin  to  SrTnJh  or 
 thee;  nevertheless  there  is  power, 
 a  kinsman  nearer  than  L  '^  Lodge 
 here  for  the  night,  and  it  shall  be  in 
 the  morning  if  he  will  do  the  part  of 
 a  kinsman  to  thee,  well — let  him  do 
 it :  but  if  he  will  not  do  the  part  of  a 
 kinsman  to  thee,  I  will  do  the  kins- 
 man's part  to  thee,  as  the  Lord  fives; 
 fie  down  till  the  morning.  '^And  she 
 lay  at  his  feet  until  the  morning ;  and 
 she  rose  vip  before  a  man  could  know 
 his  neighbour;  and  Booz  said.  Let  it 
 not  be  known  that  a  woman  came  into 
 the  floor. 
 
 20 
 
Chap.  hi.  v.  15 
 
 RUTH. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  16. 
 
 '•^And  lie  said  to  lier,  Bring  the 
 apron  that  is  upon  thee :  and  she  held 
 it,  and  he  measured  six  measures  of 
 barley,  and  put  them  upon  her,  and 
 she  went  into  the  city.  ^^  And  Ruth 
 went  in  to  her  mother-in-law,  and 
 she  said  to  her.  My  daughter  !  and 
 Ruth  told  her  all  that  the  man  had 
 done  to  her.  ^^And  she  said  to  her, 
 He  ffave  me  these  six  measures  of  bar- 
 ley,  for  he  said  to  me.  Go  not  empty 
 to  thy  mother-in-law.  '^And  she  said, 
 Sit  still,  mi/  daughter,  until  thou,  shalt 
 know  how  the  matter  will  fall  out ;  for 
 the  man  will  not  rest  vuitil  the  matter 
 be  accomplished  this  day. 
 
 4.  And  Booz  went  up  to  the  gate, 
 and  sat  there ;  and  behold  the  relative 
 passed  by,  of  whom  Booz  spoke :  and 
 Booz  said  to  him.  Turn  aside,  sit  down 
 +  Lit.  secret  here,  ^  Such  a  one :  and  he 
 one.  iTO^i  turned  aside  and  sat  down. 
 such  an  one.  2  j^^^  g^Q^  took  ten  men  of 
 the  elders  of  the  city,  and  said,  Sit 
 ye  here:  and  they  sat  down.  ^And 
 Booz  said  to  the  relative,  The  matter  is 
 concerning  the  portion  of  the  field 
 +  Gr.  is.  which  ^  was  our  brother  Elime- 
 lech's  which  was  given  to  Noemin, 
 now  returning  out  of  the  land  of  Moab, 
 
 +  Gr.  open  or  4  ^^^^  J  g^^J  J  ^jjj  t  infonvi 
 uncover  thine       ,  •  t->  •      ^      r 
 
 ear.  thee,  saymg,  iiuy  it  beiore 
 
 those  that  sit,  and  before  the  elders 
 of  my  people :  if  thou  wilt  redeem  it, 
 redeem  it,  but  if  thou  wilt  not  redeem 
 +  eyw  el/at,      it,  tcll  mc,  aud  I  shall  know ; 
 
 scem^s''aT''one    ^^l"    tllCrC    is  UO    OUC    bcsidc 
 
 time  to  signify  i\^qq  ^q  ^q  the  officc  ofakius- 
 
 '  I  am  here,  at  i  r  r-         i  i 
 
 another  to  re-  man ,  and  1  am  at  tcr  thee :  and 
 ?^^'"wuh°em-  hc  Said,  ^  I  iiiysclf  will  re- 
 
 phasis  at  an-  ^^^-^^  ^^  5  ^j^^J  J^qq^  said, 
 other  to  imply  r-     i        i         • 
 
 Divinity,  as  in  tlic  day  oi  thy  buying 
 
 mir^Lord^'    ^  the   field    of  the   hand    of 
 
 B<«rthfpre.  Noemin   and  of  Ruth  the 
 
 face  to  his  edi-  Moabitcss  the  wife  of  the 
 
 tionthe2a.use  ...  , 
 
 of  eyii  eiM'  deccascd,  thou  must  also 
 rcdmuiant'is^  buy  her,  SO  as  to  raise  up 
 peculiar  to       ^j-^g  ^amc  of  the  dead  upon 
 
 Judges,  Ruth,    ....        .  k  a       i    .i 
 
 and  Kings.  his  inheritance.  °  And  the 
 kinsman  said,   I  shall  not  be  able  to 
 
 redeem  it  for  myself,  lest  I  mar  my 
 own  inheritance  :  do  thou  redeem  my 
 right  for  thyself,  for  I  shall  not  be 
 able  to  redeem  it. 
 
 ''  And  this  ^vas  in  former  time  the 
 ordinance  in  Israel  for  redemption,  and 
 for  a  bargain,  to  confirm  every  word: 
 a  man  loosed  his  shoe,  and  gave  it  to 
 his  neighbour  that  redeemed  his  right ; 
 and  this  was  a  testimony  in  Israel. 
 **  And  the  kinsman  said  to  Booz,  Buy 
 my  right  for  thyself:  and  he  took  oiF 
 his  shoe  and  gave  it  to  him. 
 
 ^And  Booz  said  to  the  elders  and  to 
 all  the  people,  Ye  are  this  day  wit- 
 nesses, that  I  have  bought  all  that  was 
 Elimelech's,  and  all  that  ^  be-  +  <?r.  belong, 
 longed  to  Chelaion  and  Maalon,  of  the 
 hand  of  Noemin.  ^^  Moreover  I  have 
 bought  for  myself  for  a  wife  Ruth  the 
 Moabitess,  the  wife  of  Maalon,  to  raise 
 up  the  name  of  the  dead  upon  his  in- 
 heritance, so  the  name  of  the  dead 
 shall  not  be  destroyed  from  among  his 
 brethren,  and  from  the  tribe  of  his  peo- 
 ple :  Ye  are  this  day  ^vitnesses. 
 
 ^^  And  all  the  people  who  were  in 
 the  gate  said.  We  are  witnesses :  and  the 
 elders  said.  The  Lord  ^  make  +  Gr.  give, 
 thy  wife  who  goes  into  thy  house,  as 
 Rachel  and  as  Lia,  who  both  together 
 built  the  house  of  Israel,  and  wrought 
 mightily  in  Ephratha,  and  there  shall 
 be  a  name  to  thee  in  Bethleem.  ''^And 
 let  thy  house  be  as  the  house  of  Phares, 
 whom  Thamar  bore  to  fluda,  of  the 
 seed  which  the  Lord  shall  give  thee  of 
 this  handmaid. 
 
 '^  And  Booz  took  Ruth,  and  she 
 became  his  wife,  and  he  went  in  to 
 her;  and  the  Lord  gave  her  concep- 
 tion, and  she  bore  a  son.  ^^  And  the 
 women  said  to  Noemin,  Blessed  he  the 
 Lord,  who  has  not  suffered  a  redeemer 
 to  fail  thee  this  day,  even  to  make  thy 
 name  famous  in  Israel.  '''And  he  shall 
 be  to  thee  a  restorer  of  thy  soul,  and 
 one  to  cherish  thy  old  age;  for  thy 
 daughter-in-law  which  has  loved  thee, 
 who  is  better  to  thee  than  seven  sons, 
 has  born  him.     "*  And  Noemin  took 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  17. 
 
 KUTH— KINGS  I. 
 
 Chap.  i.  v.  14. 
 
 the  child  and  laid  it  in  her  bosom,  and 
 became  a  nurse  to  it. 
 
 *^And  the  neighbours  gave  it  a  name 
 saying,''A  son  has  been  borne  to  Noe- 
 min;  and  they  called  his  name  Obed; 
 this  is  the  fatlier  of  Jessae  the  father  of 
 David.     '^  And  these  are  the  genera- 
 
 tions of  Phares :  Phares  begot  Esrom : 
 '^  Esrom  begot  Aram ;  and  Aram  begot 
 Aminadab.  ^''And  Aminadab  begot 
 Naasson;  and  Naasson  begot  Sahnon. 
 ^^And  Salmon  begot  Booz;  and  Booz 
 begot  Obed.  ^^And  Obed  begot  Jessae ; 
 and  Jessae  begot  David. 
 
 KINGS    I. 
 
 [+  Gr.  Reigns.] 
 (commonly   called   the    first    book   of   SAMUEL.) 
 
 CHAPTEPt  I.   Verses  1—14. 
 
 1.  THERE  was  a  man  of  Arma- 
 thaim  Sipha,  of  Mount  Ephraim,  and 
 his  name  was  Helkana,  a  son  of  Jere- 
 meel  the  son  of  EHas  the  son  of  Thoke, 
 in  Nasib  Ephraim.  ^And  he  had  two 
 wives ;  the  name  of  the  one  was  Anna, 
 and  the  name  of  the  second  Phennana. 
 And  Phennana  had  cliildren,  but  Anna 
 had  no  child.  ^And  the  man  went  up 
 +  Gr.  from  ^  from  year  to  year  from 
 days  to  days,    j^'g  ^-^^^  f^.^^^  Armathaim, 
 
 to  worship  and  sacrifice  to  the  Lord 
 God  of  Sabaoth  at  Selom:  and  there 
 were  Heh  and  his  two  sons  Ophni  and 
 Phinees,  the  priests  of  the  Lord. 
 
 "*  And  the  day  came,  and  Helkana 
 sacrificed,  and  gave  portions  to  liis 
 wife  Phennana  and  her  children.  ^And 
 t  ,j,iav,  q.  d.  to  Anna  he  gave  a  ^  prime 
 poruon  No.  1.  portion,  bccauso  she  had  no 
 child,  only  Helkana  loved  Anna  more 
 than  the  other,  but  the  Lord  had  closed 
 her  womb. 
 
 ^  For  the  Lord  gave  her  no  child  in 
 her  affliction,  and  according  to  the 
 despondency  of  her  affliction ;  and  she 
 was  dispirited  on  this  account,  that  the 
 Lord  shut  up  her  womb  so  as  not  to 
 give  her  a  child.  ''  So  she  did  year  by 
 year,  in  going  up  to  the  house  of  the 
 Lord :  and  she  was  dispirited,  and 
 wept,  and  did  not  eat. 
 
 ^  And  Helkana  her  husband  said  to 
 her,  Anna:  and  she  said  to  him.  Here 
 am  I,  my  lord:  and  he  said  to  her. 
 What  ails  thee  that  thou  weepest?  and 
 why  dost  thou  not  eat?  and  why  does 
 thy  heart  smite  thee?  am  I  not  better 
 to  thee  than  ten  children?  ^And 
 Anna  rose  up  after  they  had  eaten  in 
 Selom,  and  stood  before  the  Lord: 
 and  Heli  the  priest  was  on  +  Gr.  unteis. 
 a  seat  by  the  ^  threshold  of  the  temple 
 of  the  Lord. 
 
 ^°  And  she  was  very  much  grieved 
 in  spirit,  and  prayed  to  the  Lord,  and 
 wept  abundantly.  ^^  And  she  vowed  a 
 vow  to  the  Lord,  saying,  0  Lord  God 
 of  Sabaoth,  if  thou  wilt  indeed  look 
 upon  the  humiHation  of  thine  hand- 
 maid, and  remember  me,  and  give  to 
 thine  handmaid  a  ^  man-  jj^^*"-  ^^^'^  °^ 
 child,  then  will  I  indeed  t  Gr.  before, 
 dedicate  him  ^  to  thee  till  the  day 
 of  his  death;  and  he  shall  drink  no 
 wine  nor  strong  drink,  and  no  ^  razor 
 shall  come  upon  his  head.  +Gr.  iron. 
 '^And  it  came  to  pass,  while  she  was 
 long  praying  before  the  Lord,  that 
 Hell  the  priest  marked  her  mouth. 
 '^  And  she  was  speaking  in  her  heart, 
 and  her  lips  moved,  but  her  voice  was 
 not  heard :  and  Heli  accounted  her  a 
 drunken  woman.     ^*  And  the  servant 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS   1. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  v.  8. 
 
 of  Heli  said  to  lier,  How  long  wilt 
 thou  be  drunken  ?  take  away  tliy  wine 
 from  thee,  and  go  out  from  the  pre- 
 sence of  the  Lord.  '^  And  Anna 
 answered  and  said,  Nay,  ray  lord,  I 
 +  Gr.  a  hard  am  a  ^  sorrowful  woman, 
 ii^^oi^^A^e^.  and  I  have  not  drunk  wine 
 Aid^''lr''"^'  or  strong  drink,  and  I  pour 
 cump.ji>         o^t    jj^y    so^l    before    the 
 
 Heb!'mrnip,  L*^^^-  /"^  ^  Count  not  _  thy 
 hard  of  spirit.'  handmaid  for  a  pestilent 
 +(?r.grivenot.  womau,  for  by  reason  of  the 
 abundance  of  my  importunity  I  have 
 continued  my /^rayer  until  now.  ^^And 
 Heli  answered  and  said  to  her,  Go  in 
 peace :  the  God  of  Israel  give  thee  all 
 thy  petition,  which  thou  hast  asked  of 
 him.  '^And  she  said,  Thine  handmaid 
 has  found  favour  in  thine  eyes:  and 
 the  woman  went  her  way,  and  entered 
 into  her  lodging,  and  ate  and  drank 
 with  her  husband,  and  her  countenance 
 was  no  more  sad. 
 
 ^^And  they  rise  early  in  the  morn- 
 ing, and  worship  the  Lord,  and  they 
 go  their  way :  and  Helkana  went  into 
 his  house  at  Armathaim,  and  knew 
 his  wife  Anna;  and  the  Lord  remem- 
 bered her,  and  she  conceived.  ^''And 
 +  Gr.  ill  the  it  camc  to  pass  ^  when  the 
 pSiy^tThe  time  was  come,  that  she 
 end  of  a  year,  brought  forth  a  son,  and 
 called  his  name  Samuel,  and  said. 
 Because  I  asked  him  of  the  Lord  God 
 of  Sabaoth.  ^^And  the  man  Helkana 
 and  all  his  house  went  up  to  offer  in 
 Selom  the  yearly  sacrifice,  and  his 
 vows,  and  all  the  tithes  of  his  land. 
 ^^But  Anna  did  not  go  up  with  him, 
 for  she  said  to  her  husband,  Twill  not 
 go  up  until  the  child  goes  up,  when  I 
 have  weaned  him,  and  he  shall  be  pre- 
 sented before  the  Lord,  and  he  shall 
 abide  there  continually.  '-^^And  Hel- 
 kana her  husband  said  to  her.  Do  that 
 which  is  good  in  thine  eyes,  abide  still 
 until  thou  shalt  have  weaned  him ;  but 
 may  the  Lord  establish  that  which 
 comes  out  of  thy  mouth  :  and  the 
 woman  tarried,  and  suckled  her  son 
 until  she  had  weaned  him.     ^' And  she 
 
 went  up  with  him   to  Selom  with   a 
 calf  ^  of  three  years  old,  and    t  or,  in  its 
 loaves,  and  an  cphah  of  fine  ^^'^  ''''''■ 
 flour,  and  a  bottle  of  wine:   and  she 
 entered  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  in 
 Selom,    and    the    child    with    them. 
 '^^  And  they  brought  him  before  the 
 Lord;  and  his  father  slew  his  offering 
 which  he  offered  from  year  to  year  to 
 the   Lord  :  and  he  brought  near  the 
 child,  and  slew  the  calf;    and  Anna 
 the  mother  of  the  cliild  brought  hina 
 toHcH.     26 And  she  said,  U  IsteforJ'"'' 
 pray  thee,  my  lord,  as  thy  frequently, 
 soul  liveth,  I  am  the  woman  that  stood 
 in  thy  presence  with  thee  while  pvay- 
 ing  to  the  Lord.     ^'^  For  this  child  I 
 prayed;  and  the  Lord  has  given  me 
 my  request  that  I  asked  of  him.    ^^And 
 
 1  lend  him  to  the  Lord  all  his  days 
 that  he  lives,  a  loan  to  the  Lord:  and 
 she  said, 
 
 2.  My  heart  is  established  in  the 
 Lord,  my  horn  is  exalted  in  my  God; 
 my  mouth  is  enlarged  over  my  ene- 
 mies, I  have  rejoiced  in  thy  salvation. 
 
 2  For  there  is  none  holy  as  the  Lord, 
 and  there  is  none  righteous  as  our  God : 
 there  is  none  holy  beside  thee.  ^  Boast 
 not,  and  utter  not  high  things;  let  not 
 high-sounding  words  come  out  of  your 
 mouth,  for  the  Lord  is  a  God  of  know- 
 ledge, and  God  prepares  his  own  de- 
 signs. ■*  The  bow  of  the  mighty  has 
 waxed  feeble  and  the  weak  have 
 girded  themselves  with  strength.  ''They 
 that  were  full  of  bread  are  brought 
 low;  and  the  hungry  have  forsaken 
 the  land ;  for  the  barren  has  bora 
 seven,  and  she  that  abounded  in  chil- 
 dren has  waxed  feeble.  •"  The  Lord 
 kills  and  makes  alive ;  he  brings  down 
 to  the  grave,  and  brings  up.  '  The 
 Lord  makes  poor,  and  makes  rich, 
 he  brings  low,  and  lifts  up.  *  He 
 lifts  up  the  poor  from  the  earth,  and 
 raises  the  needy  from  the  dunghill, 
 to  seat  him  with  the  princes  of  the 
 people,  and  he  ^causes  +G)-.  causing, 
 them  to  inherit  the  throne  of  glory^. 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  9. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  v.  28. 
 
 ^^He  grants  hi?  petition  to  him  that 
 +G^.  prranting  pi'ajs;  and  he  blesses  the 
 or  giving.  years  of  the  righteous, 
 for  by  strength  can  not  man  really 
 prevaih  "^  The  Lord  will  weaken 
 his  adversary  ;  the  Lord  is  holy. 
 Let  not  the  wise  man  boast  m 
 his  wisdom,  nor  let  the  mighty  man 
 boast  in  his  strength,  and  let  not  the 
 rich  man  boast  in  his  wealth;  but  let 
 him  that  boasts  boast  in  this,  to  imder- 
 stand  and  know  the  Lord,  ^  and  to  ex- 
 thar?he'L^d  pcute  judgment  and  justice 
 executes,' &c.    in  the  midst  of  the   earth. 
 
 Comp.   Jer.  9-    rpi        t        J    1 
 
 24.  ill  Lxx.  1  he  Lord  has  gone  up  to 
 the  heavens,  and  has  thundered:  he 
 will  judge  the  extremities  of  the  earth, 
 and  he  gives  strength  to  our  kings,  and 
 will  exalt  the  horn  of  his  Christ.  And 
 she  left  liim  there  before  the  Lord, 
 ' '  and  departed  to  Armathaim :  and 
 the  child  ministered  in  the  presence  of 
 the  Lord  before  Heli  the  priest.  ^'^And 
 the  sons  of  HeU  the  priest  were  evil 
 
 t  gt.  sons.  ^  characters,  not  knowing 
 s«7.vtoiXoiftoi  the  Lord.  ^-^ And  the  priest's 
 Heb.  ^i:3-'?.2  claim  from  every  one  of  the 
 sons  of  eia.  ^q^^^q  ^}-^g^^  Sacrificed  ivas 
 this,  the  servant  of  the  priest  came 
 when  the  flesh  was  in  seething,  and  a 
 flesh-hook  of  three  teeth  was  in  his 
 hand.  ^"^  And  he  struck  it  into  the 
 great  cauldron,  or  into  the  brazen 
 vessel,  or  into  the  pot,  and  whatever 
 came  vip  with  the  flesh-hook,  the  priest 
 took  for  himself:  so  they  did  to  all 
 Israel  that  came  to  sacrifice  to  the 
 Lord  in  Selom.  ^^  And  before  the  fat 
 was  burnt  for  a  sweet  savour,  the  ser- 
 vant of  the  priest  would  ^  come,  and 
 
 t  i.  e.  used  to  Say  to  the  man  that  sacri- 
 •=°"^-  ficed.  Give  flesh  to  roast  for 
 
 the  priest,  and  I  will  by  no  means  take 
 of  thee  sodden  flesh  out  of  the  caul- 
 dron. '*'And  if  the  man  that  sacrificed 
 said.  First  let  the  fat  be  burned,  as  it 
 is  fit,  and  take  for  thyself  of  all  things 
 which  thy  soul  desires :  then  he  would 
 say,  Nay,  for  thou  shalt  give  it  me 
 now,  and  if  not,  I  will  take  it  by 
 force.     "  So  the  sin  of  the  young  men 
 
 was  very  great  before  the  Lord,  for 
 they  set  at  nought  the  ofiering  of  the 
 Lord.  '^And  Samuel  ministered  before 
 the  Lord,  a  child  girt  with  a  linen 
 ephod.  '^  And  his  mother  made  him 
 a  little  doublet,  and  brovight  it  to  him 
 from  ''^  year  to  year,  in  her    +  ^'(-  <iays  to 
 
 •^       .  "^  .  ,      days.  Hebra- 
 
 gomg  up  m  company  with  ism. 
 her  husband  to  offer  the  yearly  sacri- 
 fice. ^'^And  HeH  blessed  Helkana  and 
 his  wife,  saying,  The  Lord  recompense 
 to  thee  seed  of  this  woman,  in  return 
 for  the  loan  which  thou  hast  lent  to 
 the  Lord:  and  the  man  returned  to 
 his  place.  ^^  And  the  Lord  visited 
 Anna,  and  she  bore  yet  three  sons,  and 
 two  daughters:  and  the  child  Samuel 
 grew  before  the  Lord. 
 
 ^^  And  HeK  was  very  old,  and  he 
 heard  what  his  sons  did  to  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel.  ^^And  he  said  to  them, 
 Wliy  do  ye  according  to  this  thing, 
 which  I  hear  from  the  mouth  of  all  the 
 people  of  the  Lord?  ^^  Nay  my  sons, 
 for  the  report  which  I  hear  is  not 
 good;  do  not   so,  for  ^  the    + '^'■.  the  re- 
 
 °  1  •    1     T  1  ports  which  I 
 
 reports  which  i  hear  are  not  hear  of  the 
 good,  so  that  the  people  do  sei^1ng"&c. 
 not  serve  God.     ^^  If  a  man  comp.  \.  ch.^ 
 
 ,  -  ,  n        •  •  1.5.  4.   etTre  tou 
 
 should  at  ail  sm  against  7roi^<rai. 
 another,  then  shall  they  pray  for  him 
 to  the  Lord ;  but  if  a  man  sin  against 
 the  Lord,  who  shall  eiitreat  for  him? 
 but  they  hearkened  not  to  the  voice  of 
 their  father,  because  the  Lord  would 
 by  all  means  destroy  them.  "^^  And 
 the  child  Samuel  advanced  tGc.wasg:ood. 
 and  ^  was  in  favour  with  God  and  with 
 men. 
 
 ^^  And  a  man  of  God  came  to  Heli, 
 and  said.  Thus  says  the  Lord,  I  plainly 
 revealed  myself  to  the  house  of  thy 
 father,  when  they  were  servants  in 
 Egypt  to  the  house  of  Pharao. 
 
 ^**And  I  chose  the  house  of  thy 
 father  out  of  all  the  ^  tribes  +  cr.  trKjjTTTpojv 
 of  Israel  to  minister  to  me  '•  *•  — '?2\p 
 in  the  priest's  office,  to  go  up  to  my 
 altar,  and  to  burn  incense,  and  to  wear 
 an  ephod.  And  I  gave  to  the  house 
 of  thy  father  all  the  offerings  by  fire  of 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  29. 
 
 KINGS  I. 
 
 Chap.  hi.  v.  16. 
 
 the  children  of  Israel  for  food.  ^^And 
 wherefore  hast  thou  looked  upon  my 
 incense-offering  and  my  meat-ofier- 
 ing  with  a  shameless  eye,  and  hast 
 honoured  thy  sons  above  me,  so  that 
 they  should  bless  themselves  with  the 
 first-fruits  of  every  sacrifice  of  Israel 
 before  me  ?  ^^  Therefore  thus  says  the 
 Lord  God  of  Israel,  I  said,  Thy  house 
 and  the  house  of  thy  father  shall  pass 
 before  me  for  ever:  but  now  the  Lord 
 says,  That  be  far  from  me,  for  I  will 
 only  honour  them  that  honour  me, 
 and  he  that  sets  me  at  nought  shall  be 
 despised.  ^'  Behold  the  days  come 
 when  I  will  destroy  thy  seed  and  the 
 seed  of  thy  father's  house.  ^^And 
 thou  shalt  not  have  an  old  man  in 
 my  house  for  ever.  ^^And  if  I  do 
 not  destroy  a  man  of  thine  from  my 
 altar,  it  shall  be  that  his  eyes  may 
 fail  and  his  soul  may  perish ;  and  every 
 one  that  remains  in  thy  house  shall 
 fall  by  the  sword  of  men.  ^^And  this 
 which  shall  come  upon  thy  two  sons 
 Ophni  and  Phinees  shall  be  a  sign  to 
 thee,  in  one  day  they  shall  both  die. 
 ^^  And  I  will  raise  up  to  myself  a  faith- 
 ful priest,  who  shall  do  all  that  is  in 
 my  heart  and  in  my  soul;  and  I  will 
 build  him  a  sure  house,  and  he  shall 
 walk  before  my  Christ  for  ever.  ^^  And 
 it  shall  come  to  pass  that  he  that  sur- 
 vives in  thy  house,  shall  come  to  do 
 t  Alex.  +  'and  obcsiancc  bcforc  liim  for  a 
 
 ^  Gr.  cast.       ing,  ^  Put  mc  into  one  of 
 thy  priests'  offices  to  eat  bread. 
 
 3.  And  the  child  Samuel  ministered 
 to  the  Lord  before  Heli  the  priest :  and 
 the  word  of  the  Lord  was  precious  in 
 those  days,  there  was  no  ^distinct 
 +  Lit.  distin-   vision.  ^And  it  came  to  pass 
 
 guislmig.  ^^    ^j^^^  ^-j^^   ^^^^    jjgji  ^^g 
 
 sleeping  in  his  place  and  his  eyes 
 began  to  fail  and  could  not  see.  ^And 
 the  lamp  of  God  was  burning  before  it 
 was  trimmed,  and  Samuel  slept  in  the 
 temple,  where  was  the  ark  of  God. 
 ■*  And  the  Lord  called,  Samuel,  Samuel, 
 
 and  he  said.  Behold,  here  am  I.  ^And 
 he  ran  to  Heli,  and  said.  Here  am  I, 
 for  thou  didst  call  me:  and  he  said, 
 I  did  not  call  thee,  return,  go  to  sleep; 
 and  he   retvirned  and  went  to  sleep. 
 *'And  the  Lord  ^called  again,  +  or.  added 
 Samuel,    Samuel :    and    he  ^^  '^^^^^' 
 went  to  Heli  the  second  time,  and  said, 
 Behold  here  am  I,  for  thou  didst  call 
 me:    and  he  said,  I  called  thee  not, 
 return,  go  to  sleep.    ^  ^  And    +  The  con- 
 it  teas  before  Samuel  knew  l^^^  s"ame^as 
 the   Lord,   and   before  the  'V'"'n^,n  .. 
 
 '  -^  where  mt3    •" 
 
 word  of  the  Lord  was  re-  is  ut.  rendered 
 vealed  to  him.  » And  the  ^^"eUhere"^** 
 Lord  ^called  Samuel  again  seemsanom, 
 
 f,  ,  ,  .     ,     .  W  ■.        absolute. 
 
 for  tfie  third  tune :  and  lie    +  ^^  ^^^^^ 
 arose  and  went  to  Heli,  and  to  caii. 
 said.  Behold  I  am  here,  for  thou  didst  call 
 me:  and  Heli  perceived  that  the  Lord 
 had  called  the  child.     ''And  he   said, 
 Keturn,  child,  go  to  sleep ;  and  it  shall 
 come  to  pass  if  he  shall  call  thee,  that 
 thou  shalt  say,  Speak,  for  thy  sei"vant 
 hears :  and  Samuel  went  and  lay  down 
 in  his  place.     '''And  the  Lord  came, 
 and  stood,  and  called  him  as    t  Gr.  once 
 ^before:   and   Samuel   said,  ^''°°'=^- 
 Speak,   for  thy  servant  hears. 
 
 ''And  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel, 
 Behold  I  execute  my  words  in  Israel, 
 whoever  hears  them,  both  his  ears  shall 
 tingle.  '^  In  that  day  I  will  raise  up 
 against  HeK  all  things  that  I  have  said 
 against  his  house,  I  will  begin,  and  I 
 will  make  an  end.  '^  And  I  have  told 
 him  that  I  will  be  avenged  on  his 
 house  perpetually  for  the  iniquities  of 
 his  sons,  because  his  sons  spoke  e\al 
 against  God,  and  he  did  not  admonish 
 them.  ''*And  it  shall  not  go  on  so,  I 
 have  sworn  to  the  house  of  Eli,  the 
 iniquity  of  the  house  of  Eli  shall  not 
 be  atoned  for  with  incense  or  sacrifices 
 for  ever.  ''^And  Samuel  ^  slept  till 
 morning,  and  rose  early  in  +  cr.  sleeps 
 the  morning,  and  opened  o""  "^s  down, 
 the  doors  of  the  house  of  the  Lord ;  and 
 Samuel  feared  to  tell  Heli  the  vision. 
 "^And  Heli  said  to  Samuel,  Samuel, 
 my  son,  and  he  said  Behold  here  am  I. 
 
Chap.  hi.  v.  17. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  16. 
 
 '^  And  he  said,  What  was  the  word  that 
 was  spoken  to  thee?  1  pray  thee  hide 
 it  not  from  mc  :  may  God  do  these 
 +Gr.' add  these  things,  to  thee  and  ^more 
 tiuiigs.'  ^Yso^  if  thou  hide  from  me 
 
 any  thing  of  all  the  words  that  were 
 spoken  to  thee  in  thine  ears.  ^^And 
 Samuel  reported  all  the  words,  and  hid 
 them  not  from  him.  And  Heli  said, 
 It  is  the  Lord,  he  shall  do  that  which 
 is  good  in  his  sight.  ^^And  Samuel 
 grew,  and  the  Lord  was  with  him,  and 
 there  did  not  fall  one  of  his  words  to 
 the  ground.  -°And  all  Israel  knew 
 from  Dan  even  unto  Beersabee,  that 
 Samuel  was  faithful  as  a  prophet  to  the 
 Lord.  "^^And  the  Lord  manifested 
 liimself  again  in  Selom,  for  the  Lord 
 revealed  himself  to  Samuel;  and  Sa- 
 muel was  accredited  to  all  Israel  as  a 
 prophet  to  the  Lord  from  one  end  of 
 the  land  to  the  other:  and  Heli  was 
 very  old,  and  liis  sons  kept  advancing 
 in  wickedness,  and  their  way  was  evil 
 before  the  Lord. 
 
 4.  And  it  came  to  pass  in  those 
 days   that    the    Philistines   ^gathered 
 
 +  Gr.  gather,  thcmselvcs  toofcther  ao-ainst 
 Israel  to  war;  and  Israel  went  out  to 
 meet  them  and  encamped  at  Aben- 
 ezer,  and  the  PhiHstines  encamped  in 
 Aphec.  ^And  the  PhiHstines  pre- 
 pare to  fight  with  Israel,  and  the  ^battle 
 
 tGcthewar.  was  tumcd  against  them, 
 and  the  men  of  Israel  fell  before  the 
 Philistines,  and  there  was  smitten  in 
 the  battle  in  the  field  four  thousand 
 men.  ^And  the  people  came  to  the 
 camp,  and  the  elders  of  Israel  said, 
 Wliy  has  the  Lord  caused  us  to  fall 
 this  day  before  the  Philistines?  let  us 
 take  the  ark  of  our  God  out  of  Selom, 
 and  let  it  proceed  from  the  midst  of 
 us,  and  it  shall  save  us  from  the  hand 
 of  our  enemies. 
 
 *  And  the  people  sent  to  Selom,  and 
 they  take  thence  the  ark*  of  the  Lord 
 who  dwells  between  the  Cherubs: 
 and  both  the  sons  of  Heli,  Ophni  and 
 Phinees,  tvere  with  the  ark.     ^  And  it 
 
 came  to  pass  when  the  ark  of  the  Lord 
 entered  into  the  camp,  that  all  Israel 
 cried  out  with  a  loud  voice,  and  the 
 earth  resounded.  ^  And  the  PhiHstines 
 heard  the  cry,  and  the  Philistines  said, 
 Wliat  is  this  great  cry  in  the  camp  of 
 the  Hebrews :  and  they  understood 
 that  the  ark  of  the  Lord  was  come  into 
 the  camp.  ^  And  the  Philistines  feared, 
 and  said,  These  are  the  Gods  that  are 
 come  to  them  into  the  camp.  "^Woe 
 to  us,  0  Lord,  deliver  us  to-day,  for 
 such  a  thing  has  not  happened  afore- 
 time: woe  to  us,  who  shall  deliver 
 us  out  of  the  hand  of  these  mighty 
 Gods?  these  aj'e  the  Gods  that  smote 
 Egypt  with  every  plague,  and  m  the 
 wilderness.  ^  Strengthen  yourselves  and 
 behave  yourselves  Hke  men,  0  ye  Plii- 
 listines,  that  ye  may  not  serve  the 
 Hebrews  as  they  have  served  iis,  but 
 be  ye  men  and  fight  with  them.  '"And 
 they  fought  with  them;  and  ^the 
 men  of  Israel  fall,  and  they  +  or.  the  man. 
 fled  every  man  to  his  tent;  and  there 
 was  a  very  great  slaughter ;  and  there 
 fell  of  Israel  thirty  thousand  ^fighting- 
 men.  ''And  the  ark  of  God  +  or.  ranks, 
 was  taken,  and  both  the  sons  of  HeH, 
 Ophni  and  Phinees  died. 
 
 '^  And  there  ran  a  man  of  Benjamin 
 out  of  the  battle,  and  he  came  to  Selom 
 on  that  day :  and  his  clothes  loere  rent, 
 and  earth  ?f«s  upon  his  liead.  '^And 
 he  came,  and  behold,  Heli  was  upon 
 the  seat  by  the  gate  looking  along 
 the  way,  for  his  heart  was  greatly 
 alarmed  for  the  ark  of  God:  and  the 
 man  entered  into  the  city  to  bring 
 tidings ;  and  the  city  cried  out.  ''*  And 
 HeH  heard  the  sound  of  the  cry,  and 
 said,  Wliat  is  the  voice  of  this  cry  ? 
 and  the  man  hasted  and  went  in,  and 
 reported  to  Heli.  ''^Now  HeViioas  ^ninety 
 years  old,  and  his  eyes  ^were  \  ^r.  a  son  of 
 fixed,  and  he  saw  not. '^And  °|"^  ^^^'^^' 
 HeH  said  to  them  that  stood  neb. '  npj? 
 round  about  him,  What  is  rose  or  stood, 
 the  voice  of  this  sound?  And  the 
 man  hasted  and  advanced  to  Heli,  and 
 said  to  him,  I  am  he  that  is  come  out 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  17. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  v.  v.  12. 
 
 of  the  camp,  and  I  have  fled  from  the 
 battle  to-day :  and  Heli  said,  What  is 
 the  event,  my  son?  '^  And  the  yoimg 
 man  answered  and  said.  The  men  of 
 Israel  fled  from  the  face  of  the  Phi- 
 listines, and  there  was  a  great  slaughter 
 among  the  people,  and  both  thy  sons 
 are  dead,  and  the  ark  of  God  is  taken. 
 '^And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  men- 
 tioned the  ark  of  God,  that  he  fell 
 from  the  seat  backwards  near  the  gate, 
 and  liis  back  was  broken,  and  he  died, 
 for  he  was  an  old  man  and  heavy :  and 
 he  judged  Israel  twenty  years. 
 
 '^And  his  daughter-in-law  the  wife 
 of  Phinees  was  with  child,  about  to 
 bring  forth,  and  she  heard  the  tidings, 
 that  the  ark  of  God  was  taken,  and 
 that  her  father-in-law  and  her  husband 
 were  dead ;  and  she  wept  and  was 
 dcHvered,  for  her  pains  came  upon  her. 
 ^^  And  in  her  time  she  was  at  the  point 
 of  death ;  and  the  women  that  stood  by 
 her,  said  to  her.  Fear  not,  for  thou  hast 
 born  a  son  :  but  she  answered  not, 
 and  her  heart  did  not  regard  it.  ^^And 
 she  called  the  cliild  Uaebarchaboth,  be- 
 cause of  the  ark  of  God,  and  because 
 of  her  father-in-law,  and  because  of  her 
 husband.  ^"^And  they  said,  The  glory 
 of  Israel  is  departed,  forasmuch  as  the 
 ark  of  the  Lord  is  taken. 
 
 5.  And  the  Philistines  took  the  ark 
 and  brought  it  from  Abenezcr  to  Azo- 
 tus.  ^And  the  Philistines  took  the 
 ark  of  the  Lord  and  brought  it  into 
 the  house  of  Dagon,  and  set  it  by 
 Dagon.  ^And  the  people  of  Azotus 
 rose  early,  and  entered  into  the  house 
 of  Dagon ;  and  looked,  and  behold, 
 Dagon  had  fallen  on  his  face  before  the 
 ark  of  the  Lord:  and  they  Hfted  up 
 Dagon,  and  set  him  in  his  place.  And 
 the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  heavy  upon 
 the  Azotians,  and  he  plagued  them, 
 and  he  smote  them  in  their  secret 
 parts,  Azotus  and  her  coasts.  ^  And 
 it  came  to  pass  when  they  rose  early 
 in  the  morning,  behold,  Dagon  had 
 fallen  on  his  face  before  the  ark  of  the 
 
 covenant  of  the  Lord ;  and  the  head  of 
 Dagon  and  both  the  palms  of  his  hands 
 were  cut  off  each  before  the  threshold, 
 and  both  the  wrists  of  his  hands  had 
 fallen  on  the  floor  of  the  porch;  only 
 the  stump  of  Dagon  was  left.  ^  There- 
 fore the  priests  of  Dagon,  and  every 
 one  that  enters  into  the  house  of  Da- 
 gon, do  not  tread  upon  the  threshold 
 of  the  house  of  Dagon  in  Azotus  until 
 tliis  day,  for  they  step  over.  ^And 
 the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  heavy  upon 
 Azotus,  and  he  brought  evil  upon 
 them,  and  it  burst  out  upon  them  into 
 the  ships,  and  mice  sprang  up  in  the 
 midst  of  their  country,  and  there  was 
 a  ^  great  and  indiscriminate  +  cr.  confii- 
 mortahtyinthecity.  'And  """lofdeati.. 
 the  men  of  Azotus  saw  that  it  was  so, 
 and  they  said,  The  ark  of  the  God  of 
 Israel  shall  not  abide  with  us,  for  his 
 hand  is  ^  heavy  upon  us  and  +  gt.  hard, 
 upon  Dagon  our  god.  *And  they  send 
 and  gather  the  lords  of  the  PhiHs- 
 tines  to  them,  and  say,  What  sliall 
 we  do  to  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel  ? 
 and  the  Gittites  say.  Let  the  ark  of  God 
 come  over  to  us ;  and  the  ark  of  the 
 God  of  Israel  came  to  Geth. 
 
 ^And  it  came  to  pass  after  it  went 
 about  to  Geth,  that  the  hand  of  the 
 Lord  comes  upon  the  city,  a  very 
 great  confusion ;  and  he  smote  the  men 
 of  the  city  small  and  great,  and  smote 
 them  in  their  secret  parts:  and  the 
 Gittites  made  to  themselves  images  of 
 emerods.  '^'Aud  they  send  away  the 
 ark  of  God  to  Ascalon;  and  it  came  to 
 pass  when  the  ark  of  God  went  into 
 Ascalon,  that  the  men  of  Ascalon  cried 
 out,  saying.  Why  have  ye  brought 
 back  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel  to  us, 
 to  kill  us  and  our  people?  "And  they 
 send  and  gather  the  lords  of  the  Phi- 
 listines, and  they  said.  Send  away  the 
 ark  of  the  God  of  Israel,  and  let  it 
 lodge  in  its  place,  and  let  it  not  slay 
 us  and  our  people.  '^  For  there  was  a 
 very  great  confusion  in  all  the  city, 
 wlien  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel 
 entered  there ;  and  those  who  lived  and 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  1. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  18. 
 
 ^  died  not  were  smitten  with  emerods  ; 
 t  Gr.  dead,  and  the  cry  of  the  city  went 
 up  to  heaven. 
 
 6.  And  the  ark  was  seven  months 
 in  the  country  of  the  Phihstines,  and 
 their  land  brought  forth  swarms  of 
 mice.  ^  And  the  Phihstines  call  their 
 priests,  and  their  prophets,  and  their 
 enchanters,  saying,  What  shall  we  do 
 to  the  ark  of  the  Lord?  Teach  us  where- 
 with we  shall  send  it  away  to  its  place. 
 ^And  they  said.  If  ye  send  away  the 
 ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  God 
 of  Israel,  do  not  on  any  account  send 
 it  away  empty,  but  by  all  means  render 
 to  it  an  offering  for  the  plague,  and 
 then  shall  ye  be  healed,  and  an  atone- 
 ment shall  be  made  for  you,  should  not 
 his  hand  be  thus  stayed  from  off  you? 
 '*And  they  say.  What  is  the  offering 
 for  the  plague  which  we  shall  return  to 
 it?  and  they  said,  ^According  to  the 
 number  of  the  lords  of  the  Phihs- 
 +  Lit.  podices.  tiucs,  fivc  goldcu  ^  cmcrods, 
 fiveVwer**  for  the  plague  was  on 
 mice.'  Jon,   and    on  your   rulers, 
 
 and  on  the  people;  and  golden  mice, 
 the  Hkeness  of  the  mice  that  destroys 
 your  land :  and  ye  shall  give  glory  to 
 the  Lord,  that  he  may  Hghten  his  hand 
 from  off  you,  and  from  off  your  gods 
 and  from  off  your  land.  ^  And  why 
 +  (?r.  make  do  ye  ^harden  your  hearts, 
 **^*^"  as  Eigypt  and  Pharao  hard- 
 
 ened their  hearts?  was  it  not  so  when 
 +  Gr.  them,  he  mockcd  them  that  they 
 let  ^  the  people  go,  and  they  departed  ? 
 "^  And  now  take  wood  and  make  a 
 new  waggon,  and  take  two  cows,  that 
 have  calved  for  tlie  first  time,  without 
 
 t  Gr.  SeVaTt  thcir  calvcs  ;  and  do  ye 
 thrrenderiiig,  yokc  the  COWS  to  the  wag- 
 f4,word'm  gon,  and  lead  away  the 
 the  ark.'  mw  calves  from  behind  them 
 Another  case  home.  ^Aud  yc  sliall  take 
 uke'Moichom  the  ark  and  put  it  on  the 
 inlhe^fi*''"  waggon;  and  ye  shall  re- 
 ipyoi  is  sub-     store  to  it  the  golden  articles 
 
 stituted  for  „  ,  o         ™     .  . 
 
 /sepo-ex^av.        lor  thc  trespass-oiienng  m 
 n   "^ coffer  by  the  side  of  it:   and  ye 
 
 297 
 
 shall  let  it  go,  and  send  it  away, 
 and  ye  shall  depart.  ^And  ye  shall 
 see,  if  it  shall  go  the  way  of  its  coasts 
 along  by  Ba^thsamys,  he  has  brought 
 upon  us  this  great  affliction;  and  if 
 not,  then  shall  we  know  that  it  is  not 
 his  hand  that  has  touched  us,  but  this 
 is  a  chance  which  has  happened  to  us. 
 '^And  the  Phihstines  did  so;  and 
 they  took  two  cows  that  had  calved 
 for  the  first  time,  and  yoked  them  to 
 the  waggon,  and  shut  up  their  calves 
 at  home.  ^'And  they  set  the  ark  of 
 the  Lord,  and  the  coffer,  and  the 
 golden  mice,  on  the  waggon.  ^^And 
 the  cows  went  straight  on  the  way  to 
 the  way  of  Bsethsamys,  they  went 
 along  one  track;  and  laboured,  and 
 turned  not  aside  to  the  right  hand  or 
 to  the  left,  and  the  lords  of  the  Phi- 
 hstines went  after  it  as  far  as  the  coasts 
 of  Bsethsamys.  '^And  the  men  of 
 Basthsamys  were  reaping  the  wheat 
 harvest  in  the  valley  ;  and  they  Hfted 
 up  their  eyes,  and  saw  the  ark  of  the 
 Lord,  and  rejoiced  to  meet  it.  *■*  And 
 the  waggon  entered  into  the  field  of 
 Osee,  which  was  in  Basthsamys,  and 
 they  set  there  by  it  a  great  stone;  and 
 they  spht  the  wood  of  the  waggon, 
 and  offered  up  the  cows  for  a  whole- 
 burnt-ofiering  to  the  Lord.  '^And  the 
 Levites  brought  up  the  ark  of  the 
 Lord,  and  the  coffer  with  it,  and  the 
 golden  articles  upon  it,  and  placed 
 them  on  the  great  stone,  and  the  men 
 of  Bsethsamys  ofiered  whole-burnt- 
 offerings  and  meat-offerings  on  that 
 day  to  the  Lord.  ^^  And  the  five  lords 
 of  the  Philistines  saw,  and  returned 
 to  Ascalon  in  that  day.  '^And  these 
 are  the  golden  emerods  which  the 
 lords  of  the  Philistines  gave  as  a 
 trespass-offering  to  the  Lord;  for  Azo- 
 tus  one,  for  Gaza  one,  for  Ascalon  one, 
 for  Geth  one,  for  Accaron  one.  ^^  And 
 the  golden  mice  according  to  the 
 number  of  all  the  cities  of  the  Phihs- 
 tines, belonging  to  the  five  lords, 
 from  the  fenced  city  to  the  vil- 
 lage of  the  Pherezite,  and  to  the  great 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  19. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  v.  17. 
 
 stone,  on  which  they  placed  the  ark 
 of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  that  was 
 in  the  field  of  Osee  the  Baethsamysite. 
 '^And  the  sons  of  Jechonias  were  not 
 pleased  with  the  men  of  Bsethsamys, 
 because  they  saw  the  ark  of  the  Lord ; 
 and  the  Lord  smote  among  them 
 seventy  men,  and  fifty  thousand  men : 
 and  the  people  mourned,  because  the 
 Lord  had  inflicted  on  the  people  a 
 very  great  plague.  '^^  And  the  men  of 
 Baithsamys  said,  Wlio  shall  be  able  to 
 pass  before  this  holy  Lord  God?  and 
 to  whom  shall  the  ark  of  the  Lord  go 
 up  from  us? 
 
 '■^'  And  they  send  messengers  to  the 
 inhabitants  of  Cariathiarim,  saying, 
 The  PhiHstines  have  brought  back  the 
 ark  of  the  Lord,  go  down  and  take  it 
 home  to  yourselves. 
 
 7.  And  the  men  of  Cariathiarim 
 come,  and  bring  up  the  ark  of  the 
 covenant  of  the  Lord :  and  they  bring 
 it  into  the  house  of  Aminadab  in  the 
 hill;  and  they  sanctified  Eleazar  his 
 son  to  keep  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
 the  Lord.  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  from 
 the  time  that  the  ark  was  in  Cariathia- 
 rim, the  days  were  multiplied,  and  the 
 time  was  twenty  years;  and  all  the 
 house  of  Israel  looked  after  the  Lord. 
 ^  And  Samuel  spoke  to  all  the  house  of 
 Israel,  saying.  If  ye  do  with  all  your 
 heart  return  to  the  Lord,  take  away 
 the  strange  gods  from  the  midst  of 
 you,  and  the  groves,  and  prepare  your 
 hearts  to  serve  the  Lord,  and  serve  him 
 only;  and  he  shall  deliver  you  from 
 the  hand  of  the  Philistines.  ^  And  the 
 children  of  Israel  took  away  Baalim 
 and  the  groves  of  Astaroth,  and  served 
 the  Lord  only. 
 
 ^And  Samuel  said,  Gather  all  Israel 
 to  Massephath,  and  I  will  pray  for  you 
 to  the  Lord.  '^And  they  were  gathered 
 togetlier  to  Massephath,  and  they  drew 
 water,  and  poured  it  out  upon  the  earth 
 before  the  Lord.  And  they  fasted  on  that 
 day,  and  said.  We  have  sinned  before 
 the   Lord.    And    Samuel  jvidged  the 
 
 children  of  Israel  in  Massephath.  ^And 
 the  PhiHstines  heard  that  all  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  were  gathered  together 
 to  Massephath:  and  the  lords  of  the 
 Philistines  went  up  against  Israel  : 
 and  the  sons  of  Israel  heard,  and  they 
 feared  before  the  PhiHstines.  ''And 
 the  sons  of  Israel  said  to  Samuel,  Cease 
 not  to  cry  to  the  Lord  thy  God  for 
 us,  and  he  shall  save  us  out  of  the 
 hand  of  the  PhiHstines.  ^  And  Samuel 
 took  a  sucking  lamb,  and  oilcrcd  it 
 up  as  a  whole-burnt-ofiering  with  all 
 the  people  to  the  Lord:  and  Samuel 
 cried  to  the  Lord  for  Israel,  and  the 
 Lord  heard  him.  '"And  Samuel  was 
 offering  the  whole-burnt-ofiering;  and 
 the  Philistines  drew  near  to  war 
 against  Israel:  and  the  Lord  thun- 
 dered with  a  mighty  sound  in  that 
 day,  upon  the  Philistines,  and  they 
 were  confounded  and  overthrown  be- 
 fore Israel.  "And  the  men  of  Israel 
 went  forth  out  of  Massephath,  and 
 pursued  the  PhiHstines,  and  smote 
 them  to  the  parts  under  Boethchor. 
 '^And  Samuel  took  a  stone,  and  set  it 
 up  between  Massephath  and  the  old 
 city ;  and  he  called  the  name  of  it 
 Abenezcr,  stone  of  the  helper;  and  he 
 said,  Hitherto  has  the  Lord  helped  us. 
 ^^  So  the  Lord  humbled  the  Philis- 
 tines, and  they  did  not  any  more  come 
 into  the  border  of  Israel;  and  the  hand 
 of  the  Lord  was  against  the  Philistines 
 all  the  days  of  Samuel.  ^''And  the 
 cities  which  the  PhiHstines  took  from 
 the  children  of  Israel  were  restored; 
 and  they  restored  them  to  Israel  ^  from 
 Ascalon  into  Azob :  and  +^1/^,.  from 
 they  took  the  coast  of  Israel  Accaron  to 
 
 •/  TCI        m  •       Cjeth.  So  the 
 
 out  oi  tlie  hand  oi  the  1  hi-  Heb. 
 Hstines;  and  there  was  peace  between 
 Israel  and  the  Amorite. 
 
 '''And  Samuel  judged  Israel  all  the 
 days  of  his  life.  '"And  he  went  year 
 by  year,  and  went  roimd  Basthel,  and 
 Galgala,  and  Massephath ;  and  he 
 judged  Israel  in  all  these  consecrated 
 places.  '^And  his  return  was  to  Ar- 
 mathaim,  because  there  was  his  house, 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  1. 
 
 KINGS  I. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  4, 
 
 and  there  he  judged  Israel,  and  built 
 there  an  altar  to  the  Lord. 
 
 8.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  Samuel 
 was  old,  that  he  made  his  sons  judges 
 over  Israel.  ^  And  these  are  the  names 
 of  his  sons,  Joel  the  first-born,  and  the 
 name  of  the  second  Abia,  judges  in 
 Bersabee.  ^And  his  sons  did  not  walk 
 in  his  way,  and  they  turned  aside  after 
 gain,  and  took  gifts,  and  perverted 
 judgments. 
 
 "*  And  the  men  of  Israel  gather  them- 
 selves together,  and  come  to  Arma- 
 thaim  to  Samuel.  ^And  they  said  to 
 him.  Behold,  thou  art  grown  old,  and 
 thy  sons  walk  not  in  thy  way;  now 
 then  set  over  us  a  king  to  judge  us,  as 
 also  the  other  nations  have.  ^  Aiid  the 
 thing  was  evil  in  the  eyes  of  Samuel, 
 when  they  said.  Give  us  a  king  to 
 judge  us:  and  Samuel  prayed  to  the 
 Lord.  '^  And  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel, 
 Hear  the  voice  of  the  people,  in  what- 
 ever they  shall  say  to  thee;  for  they 
 have  not  rejected  thee,  but  they  have 
 rejected  me  from  reigning  over  them. 
 **  According  to  all  their  doings  which 
 they  have  done  to  me,  from  the  day 
 that  I  brought  them  out  of  Egypt  until 
 this  day,  even  as  they  have  deserted 
 me,  and  served  other  gods,  so  they  do 
 also  to  thee.  ^And  now  hearken  to 
 their  voice;  only  thou  shalt  solemnly 
 testify  to  them,  and  thou  shalt  ^  describe 
 <?)•.  report,  to  them  the  manner  of  the 
 king  who  shall  reign  over  them. 
 
 '''And  Samuel  spoke  every  word  of 
 the  Lord  to  the  people  who  asked  of 
 him  a  king.  ''And he  said.  This  shall 
 be  the  manner  of  the  king  that  shall 
 rule  over  you :  he  shall  take  your  sons, 
 and  put  them  in  his  chariots,  and 
 among  his  horsemen,  and  shall  cause 
 them  to  run  before  his  chariots,  '^and 
 his  manner  shall  he  to  make  them  to 
 himself  captains  of  hundreds  and  cap- 
 tains of  thousands ;  and  to  reap  his 
 harvest,  and  gather  his  vintage,  and 
 prepare  liis  instruments  of  war,  and 
 the  implements  of  his  chariots.    '^And 
 
 he  will  take  your  daughters  to  be  per- 
 fumers and  cooks,  and  bakers.  '''And 
 he  will  take  your  fields,  and  your  vine- 
 yards, and  your  good  oliveyards,  and 
 give  them  to  his  servants.  '^And  he 
 will  take  the  tithe  of  your  seeds  and 
 your  vineyards,  and  give  it  to  his 
 eunuchs,  and  to  liis  servants.  '^And 
 he  wiU  take  your  servants,  and  your 
 handmaids,  and  your  good  herds  and 
 your  asses,  and  will  take  the  tenth  of 
 them  for  his  works.  '^And  he  will 
 tithe  your  flocks ;  and  ye  shall  be  his 
 servants.  '^And  ye  shall  cry  out  in 
 that  day  because  of  your  king  whom 
 ye  have  chosen  to  yourselves,  and  the 
 Lord  shall  not  hear  you  in  those  days, 
 because  ye  have  chosen  to  yourselves  a 
 king. 
 
 ''■'  But  the  people  would  not  hearken 
 to  Samuel;  and  they  said  to  him.  Nay, 
 but  there  shall  be  a  king  over  us. 
 ^^  And  we  also  will  be  like  all  the  na- 
 tions ;  and  our  king  shall  jvidge  us,  and 
 shall  go  out  before  us,  and  fight  our 
 ^battles.  ^'And  Samuel  +0.  war. 
 heard  all  the  words  of  the  people,  and 
 spoke  them  in  the  ears  of  the  Lord. 
 ^'^And  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel, 
 Hearken  to  their  voice  and  appoint  them 
 a  king.  And  Samuel  said  to  the  men  of 
 Israel,  Let  each  man  depart  to  his  city. 
 
 9.  And  there  was  a  man  of  the  sons 
 of  Benjamin,  and  his  name  was  Kis, 
 the  son  of  Abiel,  the  son  of  Jared,  the 
 son  of  Bacliir,  the  son  of  Aphec,  the 
 son  of  a  Benjamite,  a  man  of  might. 
 ^  And  this  man  had  a  son,  and  his  name 
 was  Saul,  of  great  stature,  a  goodly 
 man,  and  there  was  not  +  Gr.  land, 
 among  the  sons  of  Israel  a    !*^''1':°'" 
 
 9  1  •    1      above  his 
 
 goodlier    than     he,     high  shoulders, 
 above  all  the  ^  people  '^  from  his  should- 
 ers and  upward. 
 
 ^And  the  asses  of  Kis  the  father 
 of  Saul  were  lost;  and  Kis  said  to 
 Saul  his  son.  Take  with  thee  one  of 
 the  yoimg  men,  and  arise  ye,  and  go 
 and  seek  the  asses. 
 
 'And   they   went   through    Mount 
 
CiiAP.  IX.  V.  5. 
 
 KINGS  I. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  24. 
 
 Ephraim,  and  they  went  through  the 
 land  of  Selcha,  and  found  them  not: 
 and  they  passed  through  the  land  of 
 Segalira,  and  tliey  were  not  there :  and 
 they  passed  through  tlie  land  of  Jamin, 
 and  found  them  not.    ^  And  when  they 
 came  to   Siph,  then   Saul  said  to  his 
 yoimg  man  that  was  with  liim,  Come 
 and  let  us  return,  lest  my  father  leave 
 the  asses,  and  take  care  for  us.     ^And 
 tlie  young  man  said  to  him.  Behold 
 now  there  is  a  man  of  God  in  this  city, 
 and  the  man  is  of  high  repute ;  all  that 
 he  shall  speak  will  surely  come  to  pass : 
 now  then  let  us  go,  that  he  may  tell  us 
 our  way  on  which    we  have  set  out. 
 ^  And  Saul  said  to  his  yoimg  man  that 
 was  with  him,  Lo  then  we  will  go; 
 but  what  shall  we  bring  the  man  of 
 God?  for  the  loaves  are  spent  out  of 
 our  vessels,  and  we  have  notliing  more 
 with  us  that  belongs  to  us  to  bring  to 
 the  man  of  God.     **And   the  young 
 man  answered  Saul  again,  and  said, 
 Behold,  there  is  found  in  my  hand  a 
 fourth  part  of  a  shekel  of  silver,  and 
 thou  shalt  give  it  to  the  man  of  God, 
 and  he  shall  tell  us  our  way.     ^  Now 
 beforetime  in  Israel  every  one  in  going 
 to  inquire  of  God  said.  Come  and  let 
 us  go  to  the  seer,  for  the  people  before- 
 time  called  the  prophet,  the  seer.  '°And 
 Saul  said  to  his  servant,  Well   said, 
 come  and  let  us  go :  and  they  went  to 
 the  city  where  the  man  of  God  was. 
 ' '  As  they  went  up  the  ascent  to  the 
 city,  they  find  damsels  come  out  to 
 draw  water,  and  they  say  to  them,  Is 
 the   seer   here?      '^And   the   vii'gins 
 answered  them,  and  they  say  to  them. 
 He  is :  behold  he  is  before  you :  now 
 he  is  coming  to  the  city,  because  of 
 the  day,  for  to-day  there  is  a  sacrifice 
 for  the  people  in  Bama.     '^  As  soon  as 
 ye  shall  enter  into  the  city,  so  shall 
 ye   find  him  in    the   city,  before  he 
 goes  up  to  Bama  to  eat ;  for  the  people 
 will  not  eat  until  he  comes  in,  for  he 
 blesses   the    sacrifice,   and    afterwards 
 the  guests  eat  :   now  then  go  up,   for 
 yc   shall    find    him    because    of    the 
 
 ^holiday.     '^And  they  go  up   to  the 
 city;  and  as  they  were  en-    +Gr. day. 
 tering  into  the  midst  of  the  city,  be- 
 hold, Samuel  came  out  to  meet  them, 
 to  go  up  to  Bama. 
 
 '•'And  the  Lord  imcovered  the  ear 
 of  Samuel  ^  one  day  before  Jg,^y'e"'®  ^*^ 
 Saul  came  to  him,  saying,  day  No.  i. 
 ""  At  this  time  to-morrow  I  will  send  to 
 thee  a  man  out  of  the  land  of  Benja- 
 min, and  thou  shalt  anoint  him  to  be 
 ruler  over  my  people  Israel,  and  he 
 shall  save  my  people  out  of  the  hand 
 of  the  Philistines,  for  I  have  looked 
 upon  the  humiliation  of  my  people, 
 for  their  cry  is  come  unto  me.  '^And 
 Samuel  looked  upon  Saul,  and  the 
 Lord  answered  him.  Behold  the  man 
 of  whom  I  spoke  to  thee,  Tliis  one 
 shall  rule  over  my  people. 
 
 '^And  Saul  ^drew  near  to   Samuel 
 into  the  midst  of  the  city,    +  ut.  brought 
 and    said.    Tell    me    now  "^^f; 
 ^  which  is  the  house  of  the  kiui'i  ? 
 seer?     ''•'And  Samuel  answered  Saul, 
 and  said,  I  am  he:  go  up  before  me 
 to  Bama,  and  cat  with  me  to-day,  and 
 I  will  send  thee  away  in  the  morning, 
 and  I  will  tell  thee  all  that  is  in  thine 
 heart.     ^'^And  concerning  thine  asses 
 tliat  have  been  lost  now  these  three 
 days,  care  not  for  them,  for  they  are 
 found:  and  to  whom  does  the  excel- 
 lency of  Israel  belong?  does  it  not  to 
 thee  and  to  thy  father's  house?  ^' And 
 Saul  answered  and  said,  Am  not  I  the 
 son  of  a  Benjamite,  the  least  tribe  of 
 the  people  of  Israel?  and  of  the  least 
 family  of  the  whole  tribe  of  Benja- 
 min? and  why  hast  thou  spoken  to 
 me  according  to  this  word?     ^^And 
 Samuel  took  Saul  and  his  servant,  and 
 brought  them  to  the  inn,  and  set  them 
 there  a  place  among  the  chief  of  those 
 that  were  called,  about  seventy  men. 
 ^^And  Samuel  said  to  the  cook.  Give 
 me  the  portion  which  I  gave   thee, 
 which  I  told  thee  to  set  by  thee.  ^*  Now 
 the  cook  had  boiled  the  s]u:)ulder,  and 
 he  set  it  before  Saul,  and  Samuel  said 
 to  Saul,  Behold  that  which  is  lei't,  set 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  25. 
 
 KINGS    I. 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  15. 
 
 It  before  tlicc,  and  eat,  for  it  is  set  tliee 
 for  a  testimony  in  preference  to  the 
 +  Gr.  pinch,  otlicrs;  ^take  of  it:  and  Savil 
 ate  witli  Samuel  on  that  day.  ^^And 
 he  went  down  from  Bama  into  the  city ; 
 and  they  prepared  a  lodging  for  Saul 
 on  the  roof,  and  he  lay  down. 
 
 ^^And  it  came  to  pass  when  the 
 tGr.  wentup.  moming ''^dawncd,  that  Sa- 
 muel called  Saul  on  the  roof,  saying, 
 Rise  up,  and  I  will  dismiss  thee.  And 
 Saul  arose,  and  he  and  Samuel  went 
 out.  ^^  As  they  went  down  to  a 
 part  of  the  city,  Samuel  said  to  Saul, 
 Speak  to  the  young  man,  and  let  him 
 pass  on  before  us,  and  do  thou  stand 
 as  to-day,  and  hearken  to  the  word  of 
 God. 
 
 10.  And  Samuel  took  a  vial  of  oil, 
 and  poured  it  on  his  head,  and  kissed 
 him,  and  said  to  him.  Has  not  the 
 Lord  anointed  thee  for  a  ruler  over  his 
 people,  over  Israel?  and  thou  shalt  rule 
 among  the  people  of  the  Lord,  and 
 thou  shalt  save  them  o\it  of  the  hand 
 of  their  enemies :  and  this  shall  be  the 
 sign  to  thee  that  the  Lord  has  anointed 
 thee  for  a  ruler  over  his  inheritance. 
 ^  As  soon  as  thou  shalt  have  departed 
 this  day  from  me,  thou  shalt  find  two 
 t  Gr.  burial  men  by  the  ^  burial-place 
 places.  q£  j^rj^chel  on  the  mount  of 
 
 Benjamin,  exulting  greatly;  and  they 
 shall  say  to  thee.  The  asses  are  found 
 which  ye  went  to  seek;  and,  behold, 
 thy  father  has  given  up  the  matter  of 
 the  asses,  and  he  is  anxious  for  you, 
 saying,  Wliat  shall  I  do  for  my  son? 
 ^And  thou  shalt  depart  thence,  and 
 shalt  go  beyond  that  as  far  as  the  oak  of 
 Thabor,  and  thou  shalt  find  there  three 
 men  going  up  to  God  to  Bsethel,  one 
 bearing  three  kids,  and  another  bear- 
 ing three  vessels  of  bread,  and  another 
 bearing  a  bottle  of  wine.  ^  And  they 
 shall  ask  thee  ^how  thou 
 doest,  and  shall  give  thee 
 two  presents  of  bread,  and  thou  shalt 
 receive  them  of  their  hand.  ^And 
 afterwards  thou  shalt  go  to  the  hill  of 
 
 301 
 
 t  Gr.  TO.  €is 
 eipyivi)V. 
 
 God,  where  is  the  ^  encampment  of  the 
 Fliilistines ;  ^  there  is  Nasib    t  araaTrj^ta 
 the  PhiHstine :  and  it  shall  Gen!'^7.*4,*'23. 
 come  to  pass  when  ye  shall  ^^p*?:?- '"*•. 
 
 Jr  .  J         ,  possibly  fanii- 
 
 have  entered  into  the  city,  ly  or  offspring 
 that  thou  shalt  meet  a  band  contemplated 
 of  prophets  coming  down  ^yt^eLxx. 
 from  the  Bama,  and  before  transiatton 
 them  will  be  lutes,  and  a  ^^^"• 
 drum,  and  a  pipe,  and  a  harp,  and  tliey 
 ^  shall  prophesy.     ^  And  the    +  a,-,  prophe- 
 Spirit    of  the    Lord    shall  T'^^- , 
 
 J-  +  Gc.  leap 
 
 come  upon  thee,  and  thou  upon  thee, 
 shalt  prophesy  with  them,  and  shalt  be 
 turned  into  another  man.  '^And  it 
 shall  come  to  pass  when  these  signs 
 shall  come  upon  thee, — theii  do  thou 
 whatsoever  thy  hand  shall  find,  because 
 God  is  with  thee.  ^And  thou  shalt 
 go  do-svn  in  front  of  Galgal,  and 
 behold,  I  come  down  to  thee  to  offer  a 
 whole-burnt-offering  and  peace-offer- 
 ings :  seven  days  shalt  thou  wait  until 
 I  shall  come  to  thee,  and  I  will  make 
 known  to  thee  what  thou  shalt  do. 
 
 ^And   it    came    to   pass   when   he 
 ^  turned  his  back  to  depart  J  ^'"'^^^^ 
 
 1       /-(     T     +  ^  turned  with 
 
 irom  oamuel,  (jrocl  gave  his  shoulder. 
 him  another  heart ;  and  all  to  him.  ""^"^ 
 these  signs  came  to  pass  in  that  day. 
 '"  And  he  comes  thence  to  the  hill,  and 
 behold  a  band  of  prophets  opposite  to 
 him ;  and  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon 
 him,  and  he  prophesied  in  the  midst 
 of  them.  '^And  all  that  had  known 
 him  before  came,  and  saw,  and,  behold, 
 he  loas  in  the  midst  of  the  prophets : 
 and  the  people  said  every  one  to  his 
 neighbour.  What  is  this  that  has  hap- 
 pened to  the  son  of  Kis?  is  Saul  also 
 among  the  prophets?  ^^And  one  of 
 them  answered  and  said.  And  who 
 is  his  father?  and  therefore  it  became 
 a  proverb.  Is  Saul  also  among  the  pro- 
 phets ?  '^  And  he  ceased  prophesying, 
 and  comes  to  the  hill.  ^^  And  his  kins- 
 man said  to  him  and  to  his  servant, 
 Wliither  went  ye?  and  they  said.  To 
 seek  the  asses,  and  we  saw  that  they 
 were  lost,  and  we  went  in  to  Samuel. 
 '■^  And  his  kinsman  said  to  Saul,  Tell 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  16. 
 
 KINGS  I. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  10. 
 
 me,  I  pray  thee,  Wliat  did  Samuel  say 
 to  thee?  '^  And  Saul  said  to  his  kins- 
 man. He  verily  told  me  that  the  asses 
 were  found :  but  the  matter  of  the 
 kingdom  he  told  him  not.  ^^And 
 Samuel  summoned  all  the  people  be- 
 fore the  Lord  to  Massephath.  ^^  And 
 he  said  to  the  children  of  Israel,  Thus 
 has  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  spoken, 
 saying,  I  brought  up  the  children  of 
 Israel  out  of  Egypt,  and  I  rescued  you 
 out  of  the  hand  of  Pharao  king  of 
 Egypt,  and  out  of  all  the  kingdoms 
 that  afflicted  you.  ^^And  ye  have 
 tliis  day  rejected  God,  who  is  him- 
 self your  Deliverer  out  of  all  your  evils 
 and  afflictions :  and  ye  said,  Nay,  but 
 thou  shalt  set  a  king  over  us :  and  now 
 stand  before  the  Lord  according  to 
 your  tribes,  and  according  to  your 
 famihes.  ^"^And  Samuel  brought  nigh 
 all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  and  the  tribe  of 
 Benjamin  is  taken  by  lot.  ^^And  he 
 brings  near  the  tribe  of  Benjamin  by 
 families,  and  the  family  of  Mattari  is 
 taken  by  lot :  and  they  bring  near  the 
 family  of  Mattari,  man  by  man,  and 
 Saul  the  son  of  Kis  is  taken ;  and  he 
 sought  him,  but  he  was  not  found. 
 ^^And  Samuel  asked  yet  again  of  the 
 t<?,-.  Does?  Lord,  ^Will  the  man  come 
 hither?  and  the  Lord  said.  Behold  he 
 is  hid  among  the  stuff.  ^^And  he  ran 
 and  took  him  thence,  and  he  set  him 
 in  the  midst  of  the  people ;  and  he  was 
 higher  than  all  the  people  by  his 
 shoulders  and  upwards.  ^''  And  Samuel 
 said  to  all  the  people.  Have  ye  seen 
 whom  the  Lord  has  chosen  to  himself, 
 that  there  is  none  like  to  him  among 
 you  all?  And  all  the  people  took 
 notice,  and  said,  Let  the  king  live ! 
 ^^And  Samuel  told  to  the  people  the 
 manner  of  the  king,  and  wrote  it  in  a 
 book,  and  set  it  before  the  Lord :  and 
 Samuel  sent  away  all  the  people,  and 
 each  went  to  his  place.  ^''And  Saul 
 departed  to  his  house  to  Gabaa;  and 
 there  went  with  Saul  mighty  men 
 whose  hearts  God  had  touched.  ^^  But 
 evil  men  said,  Who  is  this  man  that 
 
 302 
 
 shall  save  us?  and  they  despised  liim, 
 and  brought  him  no  gifts. 
 
 11.  And  it  came  to  pass  about  a 
 month  after  this,  that  Naas  the  Amma- 
 nite  went  up,  and  encamped  against 
 Jabis  Galaad :  and  all  the  men  of  Jabis 
 said  to  Naas  the  Ammanite,  Make  a 
 covenant  with  us,  and  we  will  serve 
 thee.  ^And  Naas  the  Ammanite  said 
 to  them.  On  these  terms  will  I  make  a 
 covenant  with  you,  that  I  should  ^put 
 out  all  your  right  eyes,  and  +  Lit.  dig  out. 
 I  will  lay  a  reproach  upon  Israel. 
 "''And  the  men  of  Jabis  say  to  him, 
 Allow  us  seven  days,  and  we  will  send 
 messengers  into  all  the  coasts  of  Israel : 
 if  there  should  be  no  one  to  deHver  us, 
 we  will  come  out  to  you. 
 
 ^And  the  messengers  came  to  Gabaa 
 to  Saul,  and  they  speak  the  words  into 
 the  ears  of  the  people;  and  all  the 
 people  lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept. 
 ^  And,  behold,  Saul  came  after  the 
 early  morning  out  of  the  field:  and 
 Saul  said,  Wliy  does  the  people  weep? 
 and  they  tell  him  the  words  of  the  men 
 of  Jabis.  ""And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
 ^came  upon  Saul  when  he  +seechap.  lo.e. 
 heard  these  words,  and  his  anger  was 
 greatly  kindled  against  them.  ^  And 
 he  took  two  cows,  and  cut  them  in 
 pieces,  and  sent  them  into  aU  the  coasts 
 of  Israel  by  the  hand  of  messengers, 
 sa3ang,  Wlioso  comes  not  forth  after 
 Saul  and  after  Samuel,  so  shall  they  do 
 to  his  oxen :  and  a  transport  from  the 
 Lord  came  upon  the  people  of  Israel 
 and  they  ^  came  out  to  +l«.  cried  out. 
 battle  as  one  man.  *And  he  reviews 
 them  at  Bezcc  in  Bama,  every  man  of 
 Israel  six  lumdrcd  thousand,  and  the 
 men  of  Juda  seventy  thousand.  ''And 
 he  said  to  the  messengers  that  came. 
 Thus  shall  ye  say  to  the  men  of  Jabis, 
 To-morrow  ye  shall  have  deUverance 
 when  the  sun  is  hot :  and  the  messen- 
 gers came  to  the  city,  and  told  the  men 
 of  Jabis,  and  they  rejoiced.  '"And 
 the  men  of  Jabis  said  to  Naas  the 
 Ammanite,  To-morrow  we  will  come 
 
Chap.  xi.  r.  11. 
 
 KINGS   1. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  14. 
 
 forth  to  you,  and  ye  shall  do  to  us 
 what  seems  good  in  your  .sight. 
 
 ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  ^  on  the  mor- 
 
 1  Gr.  after  the  I'ow,  that  Said  ^  divided  the 
 morrow.  people  iuto    three    compa- 
 
 *"■  ^"*'  nies,  and  they  go  into  the 
 midst  of  the  camp  in  the  morning 
 watch,  and  they  smote  the  children  of 
 Ammon  until  the  day  was  hot ;  and  it 
 came  to  pass  that  those  who  were  left 
 were  scattered,  and  there  were  not  left 
 among  them  two  to,Q:ether.  ^^And  the 
 people  said  to  Samuel,  Wlio  has  said 
 that  Saul  shall  not  reign  over  us  ?  Give 
 up  the  men,  and  we  will  put  them  to 
 death.  '^And  Saul  said.  No  man  shall 
 die  this  day,  for  to-day  the  Lord  has 
 wrought  deliverance  in  Israel.  ^^And 
 Samuel  spoke  to  the  people,  saying, 
 Let  us  go  to  Galgala,  and  there  ^  renew 
 
 +  Of, celebrate  the  kingdom.  ^^And  all 
 me'nt'of^''"!^.  the  pcoplc  wcut  to  Galgala, 
 iastaiiremus.  and  Samucl  anointed  Saul 
 there  to  be  king  before  the  Lord  in 
 Galgala,  and  there  he  offered  meat- 
 oiferings  and  peace-offerings  before  the 
 Lord:  and  Samxiel  and  all  Israel  re- 
 joiced exceedingly. 
 
 12.  And  Sanuiel  said  to  all  Israel, 
 Behold,  I  have  hearkened  to  your 
 voice  in  all  things  that  ye  have  said 
 to  me,  and  I  have  set  a  king  over  you. 
 ^And  now  behold  the  king  goes  before 
 you ;  and  I  am  grown  old  and  ''  shall 
 +  (caeijVoMat.    rcst ;  and,  behold,  my  sons 
 
 The  mistake  j     i 
 
 here  is  obvi-  are  among  you:  and,  be- 
 ous,  the  Lxx.  \^q\A     J   havc   ffone   about 
 
 read  'Pilti''  for   i     /.  r.       '^  ,-, 
 
 f-       beiore  you  irom  my  youth 
 ''•?^  to     tliis    day.       3gei^oi,^^ 
 
 here  am  I,  answer  against  me  before 
 the  Lord  and  before  his  anointed: 
 whose  calf  have  I  taken  ?  or  whose 
 ass  have  I  taken?  or  whom  of  you 
 have  I  oppressed  ?  or  whom  have  I  been 
 violent  with  ?  or  from  whose  hand 
 have  I  taken  *a  bribe,  even  to  a  san- 
 tGr.propitia-  dal?  bear  witness  against 
 tion.  j^g^  j^j^jj  J  ^j^  make  resti- 
 
 tution to  you.  *  And  they  said  to 
 Samuel,  Thou  hast  not  injured  us,  and 
 
 thou  hast  not  oppressed  us;  and  thou 
 hast  not  afflicted  us,  and  thou  hast  not 
 taken  anything  from  any  one's  hand. 
 '^And  Samuel  said  to  the  people,  The 
 Lord  is  witness  among  you,  and  his 
 anointed  is  witness  this  day,  that  ye 
 have  not  fovmd  anything  in  my  hand : 
 and  they  said.  He  is  witness.  ^  And 
 Samuel  spoke  to  the  people,  saying, 
 The  Lord  who  appointed  Moses  and 
 Aaron  is  witness,  who  brought  our 
 fathers  up  out  of  Egypt.  ^  And  now 
 stand  still,  and  I  will  judge  you  before 
 the  Lord,  and  I  will  relate  to  you  all 
 the  righteousness  of  the  Lord,  the 
 things  which  he  has  wrought  among 
 you  and  your  fathers.  *When  Jacob 
 and  his  sons  went  into  Egypt,  and 
 Egypt  humbled  them,  then  our  fathers 
 cried  to  the  Lord,  and  the  Lord  sent 
 Moses  and  Aaron,  and  they  broixght 
 our  fathers  out  of  Egypt,  and  he  made 
 them  to  dwell  in  this  place.  ^And 
 they  forgot  the  Lord  their  God,  and 
 he  sold  them  into  the  hands  of  Sisara 
 captain  of  .the  host  of  Jabis  king  of 
 Asor,  and  into  the  hands  of  the  Phi- 
 listines, and  into  the  hands  of  the 
 king  of  Moab;  and  he  fought  with 
 them.  '^And  they  cried  to  the  Lord, 
 and  said,  We  have  sinned,  for  we  have 
 forsaken  the  Lord,  and  have  served 
 Baalim  and  the  groves:  jand  now  de- 
 Hver  us  out  of  the  hand  of  our  ene- 
 mies, and  we  will  serve  thee.  '^  And 
 he  sent  Jerobaal,  and  Barak,  and  Jeph- 
 thae,  and  Samuel,  and  rescued  us  out 
 of  the  hand  of  our  enemies  round 
 about,  and  ye  dwelt  in  security.  '^And 
 ye  saw  that  Naas  king  of  the  children 
 of  Ammon  came  against  you,  and  ye 
 said,  Nay,  none  but  a  king  shall  reign 
 over  us ;  whereas  the  Lord  our  God  is 
 our  king. 
 
 '^  And  now  behold  the  king  whom 
 ye  have  chosen^:  and  be-  t^/cr.+'whom 
 hold  the  Lord  has  set  a  rearer'the"""'' 
 king  over  you.  ^*  If  ye  ■^''*- 
 should  fear  the  Lord,  and  serve  liim, 
 and  hearken  to  his  voice,  and  not  re- 
 sist the   moutli  of  the  Lord,  and  ye 
 
Chap.  xii.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  u.  11. 
 
 and  your  king  that  reigns  over  you 
 should  follow  the  Lord,  well.     ^■'>  But 
 if  ye  should  not  hearken  to  the  voice 
 of  the  Lord,  and  ye  should  resist  tlie 
 mouth  of  the  Lord,  then  shall  the  hand 
 of  the  Lord  be  upon  you  and  upon 
 your  king.      '^  And  now  stand   still, 
 and   see  this  great  thing,  wliich  the 
 Lord  will  do  before  your  eyes.     '^  Is 
 it  not  wheat-harvest  to-day?      I  will 
 call  upon  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  send 
 thunder  and  rain;  and  know  ye  and 
 see,    that   your    wickedness    is    great 
 which  ye   have   wrought   before   the 
 Lord,   having   asked  for  yourselves  a 
 king.     '**  And  Samuel  called  upon  the 
 Lord ;  and  the  Lord  sent  tlmnders  and 
 rain  in   that  day:  and  all  the  people 
 feared  greatly  the  Lord  and  Samuel. 
 '^  And  aU  the  people  said  to  Samuel, 
 Pray  for  thy  servants  to  the  Lord  thy 
 God,  and  let  us  not  die;  for  we  have 
 added  to  all  our  sins  this  iniquity,  in 
 asking  for  us  a  king,     ^o^^d  Samuel 
 said  to  the  people,  Fear  not,  ye  have 
 indeed  wrought  all  this  iniquity :  only 
 turn  not  from  following  the  Lord,  and 
 serve  the  Lord    with  aU  your   heart. 
 ^'  And  turn  not  aside   after  the  gods 
 that  are  nothing,  who  will  do  nothing, 
 and  will  not  deliver  7/ou,  because  they 
 are  nothing.     22  Yq^  the  Lord  will  not 
 cast  oil'  his  people  for  his  great  name's 
 sake,  because  the  Lord  graciously  took 
 you  to  himself  for  a  people.     ^^  And 
 far  be  it  from  me  to  sin  against  the 
 Lord  in  ceasing  to  pray  for  you;  but 
 I  will  serve  the  Lord,  and  show  you 
 the  good  and  the  right  way.      ^^  Only 
 +  Gr.  added,    fear  the  Lord,  and  serve  him 
 manifestly  a    ^  truth  and  With  all  your 
 fuslon'^boT'^""'  licart,  for  ye  see  what  great 
 tweeiithe  dif-  tliino^s  lic  has  wrousfht  with 
 
 ferent  mean-  9'-,  ti     ^   •/• 
 
 intfs  of  F]pN  you.  '^'  i)Ut  II  ye  continue 
 ''"''  ^-  '  to  do  evil,  then  shall  ye  and 
 your  king  be  ^  consumed. 
 
 13.  And  Saul  chooses  for  himself 
 three  thousand  men  of  the  men  of 
 Israel:  and  there  were  with  Saul  two 
 thousand  who  were  in  Machmas,  and 
 
 in  Mount  Bsethel,  and  a  thousand  were 
 with  Jonathan  in  Gabaa  of  Benjamin: 
 and  he  sent  the  rest  of  the  people  every 
 man   to    his    tent.       ^  And  Jonathan 
 smote  Nasib  the  Pliilistine  that  dwelt 
 in  the  hill;  and  the  Philistines  hear 
 of  it,   and  Saul   sounds  the  trumpet 
 through    all   the   land,  saying,  ^  The 
 servants  have  despised  us.    t  cr.  TjeeniKo- 
 "*  And  all  Israel  heard  say,  "■"'  °'<-  ^°^^°'- 
 Saul  has  smitten  Nasib  the  ^:^:^'^X^_ 
 Phihstlne;  now  Israel  had  biy' mistaken 
 been  put  to  shame  before  ^°'^  °'i^ 
 the   PhiHstincs  ;   and  the  children  of 
 Israel  went  up  after  Saul  in  Galgala. 
 ■^And  the  Philistines  gather  together 
 to  war  with  Israel;  and  then  come  up 
 against  Israel  thirty  thousand  chariots, 
 and  six  thousand  horsemen,  and  people 
 as  the  sand  by  the  seashore  for  multi- 
 tude: and  they  come  up,  and  encamp 
 in  Machmas,  opposite  Bajthoron  south- 
 wards. 
 
 ^  And  the  men  of  Israel  saw  that 
 they  were  in  a  strait  so  that  they 
 could  not  draw  ^nigh,  and  +  i.e.  to  battle, 
 the  people  hid  themselves  in  caves, 
 and  sheepfolds,  and  rocks,  and  ditches, 
 and  pits.  '^  And  they  that  went  over 
 went  over  Jordan  to  the  land  of  (J ad 
 and  Galaad :  and  Saul  was  yet  in  Gal- 
 gala, and  all  the  people  ^  followed  after 
 him  in  amazement.  **  And  +  qj._  ^^s 
 he  continued  seven  days  for  amazed, 
 the  appointed  testimony,  ^or.settime. 
 as  oamuel  toid  him,  and 
 Samuel  came  not  to  Galgala,  and  his 
 people  were  dispersed  from  him.  '•'And 
 Saul  said,  Bring  hither  victims  that  I 
 may  offer  whole-burnt-oflcrings  and 
 peace-offerings :  and  he  offered  the 
 whole-burnt-offoring.  '°  And  it  came 
 to  "pass  when  he  liad  finished  offering 
 the  whole-burnt-offering,  that  Samuel 
 arrived,  and  Saul  went  out  to  meet 
 him  and  to  bless  him.  "And  Samuel 
 said.  What  hast  thou  done?  and  Saul 
 said.  Because  I  saw  how  the  people 
 were  scattered  from  me,  and  thou  wast 
 not  present  as  thou  purposedst  accord- 
 ing to  the  set  time  of  the  days,  and 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  12. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  8. 
 
 the  Philistines  were  gathered  to  Mach- 
 mas.  ^^  Then  I  said,  Now  will  the 
 Philistines  come  down  to  me  to  Gal- 
 gala,  and  I  have  not  sought  the  face  of 
 the  Lord :  so  I  forced  myself  and  of- 
 fered the  whole-burnt-ofFering.  ^^And 
 Samuel  said  to  Saul,  Thou  hast  done 
 foohshly;  for  thou  hast  not  kept  my 
 command,  which  the  Lord  commanded 
 thee,  as  now  the  Lord  would  have  con- 
 firmed thy  kingdom  over  Israel  for 
 ever.  '^  But  now  thy  kingdom  shall 
 not  stand  to  thee,  and  the  Lord  shall 
 seek  for  himself  a  man  after  his  own 
 heart;  and  the  Lord  shall  appoint  him 
 to  be  a  ruler  over  his  peojile,  because 
 thou  hast  not  kept  all  that  the  Lord 
 commanded  thee. 
 
 ^•-  And  Samuel  arose,  and  departed 
 from  Galgala,  and  the  remnant  of  the 
 people  went  after  Saul  to  meet  him 
 after  the  men  of  war,  when  they  had 
 come  out  of  Galgala  to  Gabaa  of  Ben- 
 jamin. And  Saul  numbered  the  peo- 
 ple that  were  found  with  him,  about 
 six  hundred  men.  ^^And  Saul  and 
 Jonathan  his  son,  and  the  people  that 
 were  found  with  them  halted  in  Gabaa 
 of  Benjamin,  and  they  wept,  and  the 
 PhiHstines  had  encamped  in  Machrnas. 
 ^^  And  men  came  forth  to  destroy  out 
 of  the  land  of  the  PhiHstines  in  three 
 companies;  one  company  turning  by 
 the  way  of  Gophera  toward  the  land  of 
 Sogal.  ^^And  another  company  turn- 
 ing the  way  of  Bajthoron,  and  another 
 company  tm'ning  by  the  way  of  Gabae 
 that  turns  aside  to  Gai  of  Sabim. 
 ^^  And  there  was  not  found  a  smith  in 
 all  the  land  of  Israel,  for  the  Philis- 
 tines said,  Lest  the  Hebrews  make 
 themselves  sword  or  spear.  ^^And  all 
 Israel  went  down  to  the  land  of  the 
 Pliilislines  to  forge  every  one  his 
 reaping-hook  and  his  tool,  and  every 
 one  his  axe  and  his  sickle.  ^'  And  it 
 +  Such  is  the  was  near  the  time  of  vint- 
 meaiiing  of     qctq  ;    and  their  tools  were 
 
 060US,   accord-      c  7      ^    ,i  i     i     1       r- 
 
 ing  to  the  old  Valued  fit  three  shekels  for 
 interpreters.     ^  t  ploughshare,  and  there 
 
 was  the  same  rate  for  the  axe  and  the 
 
 sickle.  '^'^  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
 days  of  the  war  of  Machrnas,  that  there 
 was  not  a  sword  or  spear  found  in  the 
 hand  of  all  the  people,  that  were  with 
 Said  and  Jonathan ;  but  with  Saul  and 
 Jonathan  his  son  was  there  found. 
 ^^  And  there  went  out  some  from  the 
 camp  of  the  PhiKstines  to  the  place 
 beyond  Machmas. 
 
 14.  And  when  a  certain  day  arrived, 
 Jonathan  the  son  of  Saul  said  to 
 the  yomig  man  that  bore  his  armour, 
 Come,  and  let  us  go  over  to  Messab  of 
 the  Philistines  that  is  on  thct  other 
 side  yonder,  bvit  he  told  not  his  father. 
 ^  And  Saul  sat  on  the  top  of  the  hill 
 under  the  pomegranate  tree  that  is  in 
 Magdon,  and  there  were  with  him 
 about  six  hundred  men.  ^  And  Achia 
 son  of  Achitob,  the  brother  of  Jocha- 
 l:)cd  the  son  of  Phinees,  the  son  of 
 Heli,  was  the  priest  of  God  in  Selom 
 wearing  an  ephod  :  and  the  people 
 knew  not  that  Jonathan  was  gone. 
 '*And  in  the  midst  of  the  passage  where- 
 by Jonathan  sought  to  pass  over  to  the 
 encampment  of  the  Philistines,  there 
 was  both  a  ^  sharj)  rock  on  +  Gr.  tooth  of 
 this  side,  and  a  sharp  rock  *™^'^- 
 on  the  other  side:  the  name  of  the  one 
 was  Bases,  and  the  name  of  the  other 
 Senna.  ^  The  one  way  was  north- 
 wards to  one  coming  to  Machmas,  and 
 the  other  way  was  southwards  to  one 
 coming  to  Gabae.  ^And  Jonathan 
 said  to  the  young  man  that  bore  his 
 armour,  Come,  let  us  go  over  to 
 ^  Messab  belonging  to  these  t  Heb.  asp 
 uncircumcised,  if  perad-  'garrison.' 
 venture  the  Lord  may  do  some- 
 thing for  us,  for  the  Lord  is  not 
 ^  straitened  to  save  by  many  Inhere  is  not 
 or  by  few.  ''And  his  armour-  comp.thcHt-A. 
 bearer  said  to  liim.  Do  all  ^'f '^^  f '  ^', 
 that  thine  heart  ^incHnes  ?.  rf.VcadsoS 
 towards  :  behold,  I  am  ^°:;-2\  „ 
 with  thee,  my  heart  is  as  over. ' 
 thy  heart.     ^And  Jonathan  ^^^^^^  Z^r^^^ 
 
 said.     Behold,    we    ^  will  go    suddenly,  &c. 
 
 over  to   the  men,   and  ^  come  down 
 21 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  9. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  28. 
 
 suddenly  upon  them.  ^  If  they  should 
 say  thus  to  us,  Stand  aloof  there  until 
 we  shall  send  you  word ;  then  we  will 
 stand  still  by  ourselves,  and  will  not 
 go  up  against  them.  ^'^  But  if  they 
 shoidd  say  thus  to  us.  Come  up  to  us; 
 then  will  we  go  up,  for  the  Lord  has 
 delivered  them  into  our  hands;  this 
 shall  be  a  sign  to  us.  ^'And  they  both 
 went  in  to  Messab  of  the  Philistines; 
 +  ar.  say.  and  the  Philistines  '^  said. 
 Behold,  the  Hebrews  come  forth  out 
 of  their  caves,  where  they  had  hidden 
 themselves.  '^And  the  men  of  Messab 
 answered  Jonathan  and  his  armour- 
 +  ar.  say.  bearer,  and  ^  said,  Come  up 
 to  us,  and  we  will  shew  you  a  thing : 
 and  Jonathan  said  to  liis  armour- 
 bearer.  Come  up  after  me,  for  the 
 Lord  has  delivered  them  into  the  hands 
 of  Israel.  ^'^  And  Jonathan  went  up 
 on  his  hands  and  feet,  and  his  armour- 
 +  Perhaps  xB^  bearer  with  him ;  ^  and  they 
 read  for  ^.'  Iq^-^^^  q^  the  face  of  Jona- 
 than, and  he  smote  them,  and  his 
 +  q.  d.  did  lay  armour-bcarer  did  ''  smite 
 6 "v.  "^  '"^ '  theyn  after  him.  '"* And  the 
 t  Gr.  stroke,  first  ^  slaughter  which  Jona- 
 than and  his  armour-bearer  effected 
 was  twenty  men,  with  darts  and  ^  shngs, 
 t  Q^_  instru-  ^^'^  pebbles  of  the  field. 
 ™ents  for  cast-  ^^Aud  there  was  dismay  in 
 casters  of'  the  camp,  and  in  the  field, 
 ^  """^^^  and  all  the  people  in  Mes- 
 
 sab, and  the  spoilers  were  amazed,  and 
 they  would  not  act,  and  the  land  was 
 terror-struck,  and  there  was  dismay 
 from  the  Lord.  ^^  And  the  watchmen 
 of  Saul  beheld  in  Gabaa  of  Benjamin, 
 and  behold  the  army  was  thrown  into 
 confusion  on  every  side.  ^''And  Saul 
 said  to  the  people  with  him,  Number 
 yourselves  now,  and  see  who  has  gone 
 out  from  you :  and  they  numbered 
 themselves,  and  behold,  Jonathan  and 
 his  armour-bearer  were  not  found. 
 '^And  Saul  said  to  Achia,  Bring  the 
 ephod :  for  he  wore  the  ephod  in  that 
 day  before  Israel.      '^  And  it  came  to 
 
 t  Gr.  is  speaking.      paSS      whilc      Saul    ^  WaS 
 
 speaking  to  the  priest,  that  the  sound 
 
 in  the  camp  of  the  Philistines  con- 
 tinued to  increase  greatly;  and  Saul 
 said  to  the  priest.  Withhold  thy  hands. 
 ^°And  Saul  went  up  and  all  the  people 
 that  were  with  him,  and  they  come 
 to  the  battle :  and,  behold,  every  man's 
 sword  was  against  his  neighbour,  a 
 very  great  confusion.  ^^  And  the  ser- 
 vants who  had  been  ^  before  ^^''•I^**"''^'' 
 
 .  ,         ,         m  •!•     •  1         and  the  third 
 
 With  the  i  liihstmes,  who  day. 
 had  gone  up  to  the  army,  turned 
 themselves  also  to  be  with  the  ^  Israelites 
 who  were  with  Sa\il  and  Jo-  +  Gr.  Israel, 
 nathan.  ^'^  And  all  the  Israelites  who 
 were  hidden  in  Movmt  Ephraim  heard 
 also  that  the  Philistines  fled;  and  they 
 also  gather  themselves  after  them  to 
 battle:  and  the  Lord  saved  Israel  in 
 that  day;  and  the  war  passed  through 
 Bamoth ;  and  all  the  people  with  Saul 
 were  about  ten  thousand  t  or,  the  war 
 men.  ^a+And  the  battle  ex-  ^=^  dispersed, 
 tended  itself  to  every  city  in  the 
 Mount  Ephraim, 
 
 ^^And  Saul  committed  a  great  tres- 
 pass of  ignorance  in  that  day,  and  he 
 lays  a  curse  on  the  people,  saying. 
 Cursed  is  the  man  who  shall  eat  bread 
 before  the  evening;  so  I  will  avenge 
 myself  on  my  enemy :  and  none  of  the 
 people  tasted  bread,^  though     ^  '^^  tme 
 
 li  ',..°       readiup:  seems 
 
 ail    the    land   was   dining,  to  i)e  ovk 
 '■^■^  And    Jaal   was   a   wood  I'I'nhm  quotes 
 ^abounding  in    swarms  of  ^^f^/p'^j^fg""* 
 bees   on   the    face   of    the  •'»*•' 
 ground.    ^"^And  the  people  ^^^  ^l  * 
 went  into  the  place  of  the    +  j/^j.  the 
 bees, and,  behold, they ^con-  honey  ran 
 tinned  speaking;   and,  be-  ''^'?1  ^J^  *''^ 
 hold,  there  was  none  that    ^  [^■,7°^  a 
 
 '  probably  read 
 
 put  his  hand  to  his  mouth,  by  the  lxx. 
 for  the  people  feared  the  for  15^ 
 oath  of  the  Lord.  ^^And  Jonathan 
 had  not  heard  when  his  father  adjured 
 the  people;  and  he  reached  forth  the 
 end  of  the  staff  that  was  in  his  hand, 
 and  dipped  it  into  the  honeycomb,  and 
 returned  his  hand  to  his  mouth,  and 
 his  eyes  recovered  their  sight.  '^^And 
 one  of  the  people  answered  and  said, 
 Thy  father  solemnly  adjured  the  people, 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  29. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  47. 
 
 saying,  Cursed  is  the  man  who  shall 
 eat  bread  to-day.  And  the  people 
 were  very  faint,  ^^and  Jonathan  knew 
 it,  and  said,  ]\Iy  father  has  ^  destroyed 
 +  E medio sus-  the  land:  see  how  my  eyes 
 t^t-     i?»      have   received    sight    now 
 
 probably  read    ^^^^^   J  J^^^g    ^^^^^^    ^    lij.^le 
 
 of  this  honey.  ^°  Surely  if 
 the  people  had  this  day  eaten  freely  of 
 the  spoils  of  their  enemies  which  they 
 foxmd,  the  slaughter  among  the  Phi- 
 listines would  have  been  greater.  ^^  And 
 on  that  day  he  smote  some  of  the  Phi- 
 listines in  Machmas;  and  the  people 
 were  very  weary.  ^^  And  the  people 
 turned  to  the  spoil;  and  the  people 
 took  flocks,  and  herds,  and  calves,  and 
 slew  them  on  the  ground,  and  the 
 people  ate  with  the  blood.  ^^.And  it 
 was  reported  to  Saul,  sajring.  The  people 
 have  sinned  against  the  Lord,  eating 
 with  the  blood :  and  Saul  said,  Out  of 
 Getthaim  roll  a  great  stone  to  me 
 hither.  ^"^  And  Saul  said,  Disperse 
 yourselves  among  the  people,  and  tell 
 them  to  bring  hither  every  one  his 
 calf,  and  every  one  his  sheep :  and  let 
 them  slay  it  on  this  stone  and  sin  not 
 against  the  Lord  in  eating  with  the 
 blood:  and  the  people  brought  each 
 one  that  which  was  in  his  hand,  and 
 they  slew  them  there.  ^^  And  Saul 
 built  an  altar  there  to  the  Lord:  this 
 was  the  first  altar  that  Saul  built  to 
 the  Lord.  ^''And  Saul  said,  Let  us  go 
 down  after  the  PhiUstines  this  night, 
 and  let  us  plunder  among  them  till  the 
 day  break,  and  let  us  not  leave  a  man 
 among  them.  And  they  said.  Do  all 
 that  is  good  in  thy  sight:  and  the 
 priest  said.  Let  us  draw  nigh  hither 
 to  God. 
 
 ^^And  Saul  inquired  of  God,  If  I  go 
 do-svn  after  the  Philistines,  wilt  thou 
 deliver  them  into  the  hands  of  Israel  ? 
 and  he  answered  him  not  in  that  day. 
 ^^And  Saul  said.  Bring  hither  all  the 
 ■''cliiefs  of  Israel,  and  know  and  see  by 
 +  Gr.  comers,  whom  tliis  siu  lias  been 
 seezech.10.4.  committed  this  day.  ^^  For 
 as  the  Lord  lives  who  has  saved  Israel, 
 
 ^if  answer  should  be  against  my  son 
 Jonathan,  he  shall  surely  +  Gr.  or  he 
 die.  And  there  was  no  one  orgwtsen!""" 
 that  answered  out  of  all  the  tence. 
 people.  ''"And  he  said  to  all  the  men 
 of  Israel,  Ye  shall  be  ^  under  tor.  eU  Sov- 
 subjection,and_I  and  Jona-  j^ertto'the'de-" 
 than  my  son  will  be  rmder  "sion  of » lot. 
 
 ,  .        s'  ,     -,  ,       or  become 
 
 subiection:  and  the  people  slaves,  if 
 said  to  Saul,  Do  that  which  LTeVoba^' 
 is  good  in  thy  sight.  '*' And  ^y-  ^^^^g''^^^^'' 
 
 Saul    said,    0   Lord    God    of  to  remember 
 T  1  1         1        i     ,1  ,     that  the  LXX. 
 
 Israel,  why  hast  thou  not  might  easily 
 answered  thy  servant  this  niistaue  -orb 
 day?  is  the  iniquity  in  me, 
 or  in  Jonathan  my  son?   Lord  God  of 
 Israel,  give  clear  manifestations  ^  and  if 
 the  lot  should  declare  this,    t  j^gj_  x:-"o-^ 
 ffive,    I  pray  thee,  to  thy  scu.  <  that  i 
 
 °         1      T  1        •  T  •'or  Jonathan 
 
 people  Israel,  give,  1  pray,  aregmity.then 
 hoHness.  And  Jonathan  and  ihVpeop^^be^ 
 Saul  are  taken,  and  the  peo-  considered 
 pie  escaped.'^^And  Saul  said,  such,  in  gene- 
 Cast  lots  between  me  and  my  seemsTo  he 
 son  Jonathan:  whomsoever  the  meaning, 
 
 butthepas- 
 
 the  Lord  shall  cause  to  be  sage  is  ob- 
 taken  by  lot,  let  him  die :  ^'^'^^' 
 and  the  people  said  to  Saul,  This  thing 
 is  not  to  be  clone:  and  Saul  prevailed 
 against  the  people,  and  they  cast  lots 
 between  liim  and  Jonathan  his  son, 
 and  Jonathan  is  taken  by  lot.  ''^And 
 Saul  said  to  Jonathan,  Tell  me  what 
 thou  hast  done:  and  Jonathan  told 
 him,  and  said,  I  did  indeed  taste  a 
 Httle  honey,  with  the  end  of  my  staff 
 that  was  in  my  hand,  and,  lo !  I  ^am 
 to  die.  ^^  And  Saul  said  to  +  Gr.  die. 
 him,  God  do  so  to  me,  and  more  also, 
 thou  shalt  surely  die  to-day.  ^^And  the 
 people  said  to  Saul,  Shall  he  that  has 
 wrought  this  great  salvation  in  Israel 
 be  put  to  death  this  day?  As  the 
 Lord  Hves,  there  shall  not  fall  to  the 
 ground  one  of  the  hairs  of  his  head; 
 for  the  people  of  God  have  wrought 
 successfully  this  day.  And  the  people 
 prayed  for  Jonathan  in  that  day,  and 
 he  died  not.  ^''And  Saul  went  up  from 
 following  the  PhiUstines :  and  the  Phi- 
 listines departed  to  their  place.  '*^  And 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  48. 
 
 KINGS  I. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  15. 
 
 Saul  received  the  kingdom  by  lot,  he 
 inherits  the  office  ofriilhu)  over  Israel : 
 and  he  fouifht  aujainst  all  his  enemies 
 round  about,  against  Moab,  and  against 
 the  children  of  Amnion,  and  against 
 tlie  cliildren  of  I^dom,  and  against 
 Ba;tha!or,  and  against  the  king  of  Suba, 
 and  a2:ainst  the  Philistines:  whither- 
 soever  lie  turned,  he  was  victorious. 
 ■"^And  he  wrought  valiantly,  and  smote 
 Amalcc,  and  rescued  Israel  out  of  the 
 hand  of  them  that  trampled  on  him. 
 ^^  And  the  sons  of  Saul  were  Jonathan, 
 and  Jessiu,  and  JNIelchisa  :  and  these 
 loere  the  names  of  his  two  daughters, 
 the  name  of  the  first-born  INIerob, 
 and  the  name  of  the  second  ]\Ielcliol. 
 •^^  And  the  name  of  his  wife  was  Achi- 
 noom,  the  daughter  of  Achimaa:  and 
 the  name  of  his  captain  of  the  host 
 was  Abcnner,  the  son  of  Ncr,  son  of  a 
 kinsman  of  Saul.  ^^  And  Kis  lous  the 
 father  of  Saul,  and  Ner,  the  father 
 of  Abenner  ivas  son  of  Jamin,  son  of 
 Abiel.  ^^And  the  war  was  vehement 
 against  the  Philistines  all  the  days  of 
 Saul;  and  when  Saul  saw  any  mighty 
 man,  and  any  valiant  man,  then  he 
 took  them  to  himself.  15.  And  Sa- 
 muel said  to  Saul,  The  Lord  sent  me 
 to  anoint  thee  king  over  Israel:  and 
 now  hear  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  ^Thus 
 said  tlie  Lord  of  hosts,  Now  will  I 
 take  veno;eance  for  what  Amalec  did 
 to  Israel,  when  he  met  liiiii  in  the  way 
 as  he  came  up  out  of  Egypt.  ^Aiid 
 now  go,  and  tliou  shalt  smite  Amalec 
 and  Ilicrim  and  all  that  belongs  to 
 him,  and  thou  slialt  not  save  anything 
 of  him  alive,  but  tliou  shalt  utterly 
 destroy  him;  and  thou  shalt  devote 
 him  and  all  his  to  destruction,  and  thou 
 shalt  spare  nothing  belonging  to  him ; 
 and  thou  shalt  slay  both  man  and 
 woman,  and  infant  and  suckling,  and 
 calf  and  sheep,  and  camel  and  ass. 
 ^And  Saul  summoned  the  people,  and 
 
 +  Gr.  num.  ^c  ^  numbered  them  in  Gal- 
 bers.  gala,  ^four  hundred  thou- 
 
 +  cc.  of  ranks.  grmJ  regular  troops,  and 
 Juda  thirty  thousand  regular  troops. 
 
 •''And  Saul  came  to  the  cities  of  Ama- 
 lec, and  laid  wait  in  the  Valley.  ''And 
 Saul  said  to  the  IGiiite,  Go,    Gr.  brook, 
 and  depart  out  of  the  midst  of  ^the 
 Amalekitcs,  lest  I  put  thee    t  Gr.  the 
 with  them,  for  thou  dealedst  Amaiekite. 
 mercifully  with  the  children  of  Israel 
 when  they  went  up  out  of  Egypt.    So 
 the  Ivinite  departed  from  the  midst  of 
 Amalec.      '^And  Saul   smote  Amalec 
 from  Evilat  unto  Sur  fronting  Egy|)t. 
 ^  And  he  took  A<?afT  the  king  of  Ama- 
 lec  alive,  and  he  slew  all  the  people 
 and  ^Hicrim  with  the  edge    t  By  a  strange 
 of  the  sword.     »And  Saul  S'^as'lllc'' 
 and   all  the   people    saved  I^i'iieriJ'f  "<■ 
 Agag  auve,   and  the    best  destroyed.* 
 of  the    flocks,  and  of  the    +Gr.good. 
 herds,  and  of  the  fruits,  of  the  vine- 
 yards, and  of  all  the  good  things ;  and 
 they   would     not     destroy    +  <?»•.  work, 
 them :  but  every  worthless  and  refuse 
 ^  thing  they  destroyed. 
 
 '"And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
 to  Samuel,  saying,  '^I  have  ^repented 
 that  I  have  made  Saul  to  be    +  Gr.  *  been 
 king,    for    he    has  turned  ^^^^i^ 
 
 back     from     foUowina;     me,    been  remlcred 
 -,  ,  -.  o  '    the  same  way 
 
 and  has  not  kept  my  word,  before.   Hfb. 
 And  Samuel  was  gi'ieved,    ''■■-■ 
 and  cried  to  the  Lord  all  niglit.  '-And 
 Samuel  rose  early  and  went  to  meet 
 Israel  in  the  morning,  and  it  was  told 
 ^  Saul,  saying,  ^  Samuel  has    +  Heh.  and 
 come  to  Carmel,  and  he  lias  ''.''"J^.f  7;'- 
 ^raised  up  help  for  himself:  Aiex  satu. 
 and  he  turned  his  chariot,    ^?''-",':f<^''«'^ 
 
 ./-111        X"P<i-  litrrnlly 
 
 and  came  down  to  Oalgala  set  up  a  hand, 
 to  Saul,   and,   behold,   he  «'*•  ^:  ^'VP 
 
 ,v     •  11         nieaiiinfc  pro- 
 
 was    oltering  up  a   wliole-  bai.iy,  -esta- 
 burnt-olfering  to  the  Lord,  wished apiace- 
 the  chief  of  the  spoils  which  he  brought 
 out  of  Amalec.      '^And  Samuel  came 
 to  Saul:  and  Saul  said  to  him,  Blessed 
 art  thou  ^of  the  Lord:    I    +(?;..  to  the 
 have   ^performed   all   that  ^"^d. 
 the  Lord  said.     '''  And  Sa-    +.<?'••  esto- 
 muel    said,   What   then    is 
 the  '  bleating  of  this  flock  in    '  '''■  ^°''="- 
 my  cars,   and  the  sound  of  the  oxen 
 which  I  hear?      '^And   Saul  said,   I 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  16. 
 
 KINGS   I, 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  2. 
 
 have  brought  them  out  of  Am  alec, 
 that  which  the  people  preserved,  even 
 the  best  of  the  sheep,  and  of  the  cattle, 
 that  it  might  be  sacrificed  to  the  Lord 
 thy  God,  and  the  rest  have  I  utterly 
 destroyed.  ^''And  Samuel  said  to  Saul, 
 Stay  and  I  will  tell  thee  what  the  Lord 
 has  said  to  me  this  night :  and  he  said 
 to  him.  Say  on.  '^And  Samuel  said 
 to  Saul,  Art  thou  not  little  in 
 his  eyes  though  a  leader  of  ^one  of 
 t  Gr.  staff  of  tlic  tribcs  of  Israel?  and  yet 
 atribe.   Here,  ^\^q  i^^^,^  auoiuted  thec  to 
 
 as  IS  frequent- 
 
 ly  the  case  ill    bc  kmo;  ovcr  Isracl  .f^      And 
 
 the  LXX  a  ^ 
 
 double  render-    tllC    Lord     SCUt     theC    OU    a 
 
 ing  has  been     ^^^-^^^j    "by  the  wav,  and 
 
 given  to  TQMJ     "^    •  n   ,    '',1,  n  1      L      1 
 
 .-.  e.  both  staff  said  to  thee.  Go,  and  utterly 
 and  tribe.  destroy :  thou  shalt  slay  the 
 sinners  against  me,  even  the  Amale- 
 kites ;  and  thou  shalt  war  against  them 
 until  thou  have  consumed  them.  ''^And 
 why  didst  not  thou  hearken  to  the  voice 
 of  the  Lord,  but  didst  haste  to  fasten 
 upon  the  spoils,  and  didst  that  which 
 was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord?  ^°And 
 Saul  said  to  Samuel,  Because  I  listened 
 to  the  voice  of  the  people :  yet  I  went 
 the  way  by  which  the  Lord  sent  me,  and 
 I  brought  Agag  the  king  of  Amalec, 
 and  I  destroyed  Amalec.  ^^  But  the 
 people  took  of  the  spoils  the  best  flocks 
 and  herds  out  of  that  which  was  de- 
 stroyed, to  sacrifice  before  the  Lord 
 our  God  in  Galgal.  ^^And  Samuel 
 said.  Does  the  Lord  take  pleasure  in 
 whole-bmiit-offerings  and  sacrifices,  as 
 in  hearing  the  words  of  the  Lord? 
 behold,  obedience  is  better  than  a 
 good  sacrifice,  and  hearkening  than 
 the  fat  of  rams.  ^^For  sin  is  as  divi- 
 nation; idols  bring  on  pain  and  grief. 
 Because  thou  hast  rejected  the  word 
 of  the  Lord,  the  Lord  also  shall  reject 
 thee  from  being  king  over  Israel. 
 ^''And  Saul  said  to  Samuel,  I  have 
 sinned,  in  that  I  have  transgressed  the 
 word  of  the  Lord  and  thy  direction; 
 for  I  feared  the  people,  and  I  heark- 
 ened to  their  voice.  ^^And  now  re- 
 move, I  pray  thee,  my  sin,  and  turn 
 back  with  me,  and  I  will  worship  the 
 
 Lord  thy  God.  ^''And  Samviel  said 
 to  Saul,  1  will  not  turn  back  with  thee, 
 for  thou  hast  rejected  the  word  of  the 
 Lord,  and  the  Lord  will  reject  thee 
 from  being  king  over  Israel.  ^^And 
 Samuel  turned  his  face  to  depart,  and 
 Saul  cauu'ht  hold  of  the  skirt  of  his 
 ^  garment,  and  tore  it.  ^'^And  /  ^'■-  S'TrXot- 
 
 rP  1  •  1  1  •  rpi       °°s>  doublet,  or 
 
 Samuel   said  to    mm,    i  he  mantle. 
 Lord  has  rent  thy  kingdom  from  Israel 
 out  of  thy  hand  this  day,    and   will 
 give  it  to  thy  neighbour  who  is  better 
 than  thou.     ^^And  ^Israel    ^widevana- 
 
 ,     ,,     ,  ,.    .  ,     ,  tion,  from  the 
 
 snail  be  divided  to  two:  Hebrew. 
 and  God  will  not  turn  nor  repent,  for 
 he  is  not  as  a  man  to  repent.  ^°And 
 Saul  said,  I  have  sinned,  yet  honour 
 me,  I  pray  thee,  before  the  elders  of 
 Israel,  and  before  my  people,  and  turn 
 back  with  me,  and  I  will  worship  the 
 Lord  thy  God.  ^'  So  Samuel  turned 
 back  after  Saul,  and  he  worshipped  the 
 Lord. 
 
 ^^  And  Samuel  said.  Bring  me  Agag 
 the  king  of  Amalec:  and  Agag  came 
 to  him  trembling ;  and  Agag  said,  ^  Is 
 death  thus  bitter?  ^^And  tifthepmic- 
 Samuel  said  to  Agag,  As  ^tS.it^'^ 
 thy    sword    has    bereaved  might  mean, 
 
 ■'  r"  ,1     •        1  M  1  '11  it  be  thus, 
 
 women  oi  their  cmidren,  so  bitter  is 
 shall  thy  mother  be  made  '^'^^"i'' 
 childless  among  women:  and  Samuel 
 slew  Agao;  before  the  Lord  in  Galc-al. 
 ^"*  And  Samuel  departed  to  Armathaim, 
 and  Said  went  up  to  his  house  at 
 Gabaa.  ^^And  Samuel  did  not  see 
 Saul  again  tiU  the  day  of  his  death, 
 for  Samuel  mourned  after  Saul,  and 
 the  Lord  repented  that  he  had  made 
 Saul  king  over  Israel. 
 
 16.  And  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel, 
 How  long  dost  thou  mourn  for  Saul, 
 whereas  I  have  rejected  him  from 
 reigning  over  Israel?  Fill  thy  horn  with 
 oil,  and  come,  I  will  send  thee  to 
 Jessai  to  Bethlecm,  for  I  have  seen 
 among  his  sons  a  king  for  me.  ^And 
 Samuel  said.  How  can  I  go?  whereas 
 Saul  Avill  hear  of  it,  and  slay  me :  and 
 the  Lord  said,  Take  a  heifer  in  thine 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  3. 
 
 KINGS  I. 
 
 Chap.  xvii. 
 
 hand,  and  thou  shalt  say,  I  am  come 
 to  sacrifice  to  the  Lord.  ^  And  thou 
 shalt  call  Jessaj  to  the  sacrifice,  and  1 
 will  make  known  to  thee  what  thou 
 shalt  do ;  and  thou  shalt  anoint  him 
 whom  I  shall  mention  to  thee.  "^  And 
 Samuel  did  all  that  the  Lord  told 
 him;  and  he  came  to  Bethleem:  and 
 the  elders  of  the  city  were  amazed  at 
 meeting  him,  and    said,  ^Dost   thou 
 
 +  G)-.  is'thy  come  peaceably,  thou  Seer? 
 peaoe!^'°       '^Aud  he  Said,  ^Peaceably: 
 
 +  Gr.  peace.  I  am  come  to  sacrifice  to 
 the  Lord.  Sanctify  yourselves,  and 
 rejoice  with  me  this  day:  and  he  sanc- 
 tified Jessse  and  his  sons,  and  he  called 
 them  to  the  sacrifice.  ''  And  it  came  to 
 pass  when  they  came  in,  that  he  saw 
 Eliab,  and  said,  Surely  the  Lord's 
 anointed  is  before  him.  ^  But  the  Lord 
 said  to  Samuel,  Look  not  on  his  ^  ap- 
 
 +  Or,  face,  pearancc,  nor  on  his  stature, 
 for  I  have  rejected  him;  for  God  ^sees 
 
 +  Gr.  wiu  not  not  as  a  man  looks ;  for  man 
 looks  at  the  outward  appear- 
 ance, but  God  looks  at  the  heart.  ^  And 
 Jessas  called  Aminadab,  and  he  passed 
 before  Samuel :  and  he  said,  Neither 
 has  God  chosen  this  one.  ^And  Jessa3 
 caused  Sama  to  pass  by:  and  he  said, 
 
 t  Gr.  in  this   Neither  has  God  chosen  ^tliis 
 
 ono.HeOrais,n.  ^^^     !«  And  JcSSO?  CaUScd  his 
 
 seven  sons  to  pass  before  Samuel :  and 
 Samuel  said.  The  Lord  has  not  chosen 
 these.     "And  Samuel  said  to  Jessai, 
 
 t  Gr.  are  thy  ^  Hast  tllOU  UO  morC  SOUS  ? 
 sons  come  to        *      i  t  •  i    t'i 
 
 an  end.  Aucl  J  cssai  Said,  1  Jicrc  IS  yct 
 
 +  Or,  the        ^a  little  one,  behold  he  tends 
 
 youngest.  ^^^^  ^^^^^^     ^^^j  ^^^^^^^j  ^^-^^ 
 
 to  Jcssaj,  Send  and  fetch  him,  for  we 
 
 may  not  sit  down  till  he  comes.   '^And 
 
 he  sent  and  fetched  him :  and  he  was 
 
 t  Gr.  with      ruddy  ^and  of  beautiful  coun- 
 
 eautyofeyes.  ^qj^^^^qq^  q^^kI  WcVJ  gOodly  tO 
 
 iilSiit^Cfthe  behold.  And  the  Lord  said 
 ^o'"''-  to  Samuel,  Arise,  and  anoint 
 
 David,  for  he  is  good.    '^  And  Samuel 
 took  the  horn  of  oil,  and  anointed  him 
 t  Gr.  leaped  in  tlic  midst  of  his  brethren : 
 "P°"-  and  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
 
 *  came   upon    David    from    that   day 
 
 forward:  and   Samuel  arose,  and  de- 
 parted to  Armathaim. 
 
 '^And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  departed 
 from  Saul,  and  an  evil  spirit  from  the 
 Lord ^  tormented  him.  ^'^ And   ^  ?/■•  ^}}°}'"^ 
 
 r^      I,  .  -,  ,  .  or  throttled 
 
 Sauls  servants  said  to  him,  wm. 
 Behold  now  an  evil  spirit  from  the 
 Lord  torments  thee.  "'Let  now  thy 
 servants  speak  before  thee,  and  let  them 
 seek  for  our  lord  a  man  skilled  to  play 
 on  the  harp;  and  it  shall  come  to  pass 
 when  an  evil  spirit  comes  upon  thee 
 and  he  shall  play  on  liis  harp,  that 
 thou  shalt  be  well,  and  he  shall  refresh 
 thee.  ^^And  Saul  said  to  his  servants, 
 Look  now  out  for  me  a  ^skilful  player, 
 and  brine;  him  to  me.  '**And  \  (^r-  ™^" . 
 
 /.  1  .°  ^  J   playuig  skU- 
 
 one  01  his  servants  answered  fuiiy. 
 and  said.  Behold  1  have  seen  a  son  of 
 Jessa3  the  Bcthleemite,  and  ^  he  under- 
 stands playing  on  the  harp,    t  cr.  him  un- 
 and  the  man  is  prudent,  and  '*e'"standing. 
 a  warrior,  and  wise  in  speech,  and  the 
 man  is  handsome,  and  the  Lord  is  with 
 him.     '^And  Saul  sent  messengers  to 
 Jessae,    saying,    Send   to   me  thy  son 
 David  who  is  with  thy  flock.     ^'^And 
 Jessge    took   a   ^  homer    of   +Gr.  gomor. 
 bread,  and  a  bottle  of  wine,  and  one 
 kid  of  the  goats,  and  sent  them  by  the 
 hand  of  his  son  David  to  Saul. 
 
 ^^And  David  went  in  to  Saul,  and 
 stood  before  him;  and  he  loved  him 
 greatly;  and  he  became  his  armour- 
 bearer.  ^^And  Saul  sent  to  Jessaj,  say- 
 ing. Let  David,  I  pray  thee,  stand  before 
 me,  for  he  has  fomid  grace  in  my  eyes. 
 ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  when  the  evil 
 spirit  was  upon  Saul,  that  David  took 
 his  harp,  and  played  with  his  hand: 
 and  Saul  was  refreshed,  and  it  ivas 
 well  Avith  him,  and  the  evil  spirit  de- 
 parted from  liim. 
 
 17.  And  the  Philistines  gather  their 
 armies  to  battle,  and  gather  themselves 
 to  Socchoth  of  Judffia,  and  encamp 
 between  Socchoth  and  Azeca  ^  Epher- 
 men.  ^And  Saul  and  the  iAiex.ApUcs- 
 men  of  Israel  gather  toge-  ^ommin. 
 ther,  and  they  encamp  in  the  valley, 
 
Chap.  xvii.  v.  3. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xvii.  v.  4G. 
 
 and  set  the  battle  in  array  against  the 
 Phihstines.  ^  And  the  Fliilistines  stand 
 on  the  mountain  on  one  side,  and 
 Israel  stands  on  the  mountain  on  the 
 other  side,  and  the  valley  was  between 
 them.  ^  And  there  went  iorth  a  mighty 
 man  out  ol"  the  army  ol'  the  PhiHstmes, 
 Gohath  by  name,  out  of  Geth,  his 
 height  was  four  cubits  and  a  span. 
 ^And  he  had  a  helmet  upon  his  head, 
 and  he  wore  a  breastplate  of  chain 
 armour;  and  the  weight  of  his  breast- 
 plate was  five  thousand  shekels  of  brass 
 and  iron.  ^  And  he  had  greaves  of  brass 
 upon  liis  legs,  and  a  brazen  target  be- 
 tween his  shoulders.  ^And  the  staff 
 of  liis  spear  was  like  a  weavers'  beam, 
 
 +  Gr.  the  spear,  and  the  ^  spear's  head 
 was  formed  of  six  hundred  shekels  of 
 iron;  and  his  armour-bearer  went  be- 
 fore him.  '^And  he  stood  and  cried  to 
 the  army  of  Israel,  and  said  to  them, 
 Why  are  ye  come  forth  to  set  your- 
 selves in  battle  array  against  us?  Am 
 not  I  a  Phihstine,  and  ye  ''^  Hebrews  of 
 +  Or,  servants  Saul?  clioosc  for  yoursclves 
 •»Ta5?  read  as  a  man,  and  let  him  come 
 for  >-Q2?  down  to  me.  ^And  if  he 
 shall  be  able  to  fight  against  me,  and 
 shall  smite  me,  then  will  we  be  your 
 servants:  but  if  1  should  prevail  and 
 smite  him,  ye  shall  be  our  servants, 
 and  serve  us.  '"And  the  Philistine 
 said.  Behold,  I  have  defied  the  armies 
 of  Israel  this  very  day :  give  me  a  man, 
 and  we  will  both  of  us  fight  in  single 
 combat.  "And  Saul  and  all  Israel 
 heard  these  words   of  the  Phihstine, 
 
 ^se&Apj>endix\  and  they  were  dismayed, 
 and  greatly  terrified.^ 
 
 3^ And  David  said  to  Saul,  Let  not, 
 I  pray  thee,  the  heart  of  my  lord  be 
 
 Gr. upon  him.  dcjected  ^  witliin  him:  thy 
 servant  will  go,  and  fight  with  this 
 Phihstine.  '^^And  Saul  said  to  David, 
 Thou  wilt  not  in  anywise  be  able  to 
 go  against  this  Phihstine  to  fight  with 
 him,  for  thou  art  a  mere  youth,  and 
 he  a  man  of  war  from  his  youth.  ^''And 
 David  said  to  Saul,  Thy  servant  was 
 tending  the  flock  for  his  father;  and 
 
 when  a  lion  came  and  a  she-bear,  and 
 took  a  sheep  out  of  the  flock,  ^Hhen  I 
 went  forth  after  Mm,  and  smote  him, 
 and  drew  the  spoil  out  of  his  mouth: 
 and  ^  as  he  rose  up  against  +  g,-.  a. 
 me,  then  I  caught  hold  of  his  throat, 
 and  smote  him,  and  slew  him.  ^''Thy 
 servant  smote  both  the  hon  and  the 
 bear,  and  the  uncircumcised  Phihstine 
 shall  be  as  one  of  them:  shall  I  not  go 
 and  smite  him,  and  remove  this  day  a 
 reproach  from  Israel?  for  who  is  this 
 uncircumcised  one,  who  has  defied  the 
 army  of  the  living  God?  "^^  The  Lord 
 who  dehvered  me  out  of  the  paw  of 
 the  lion  and  out  of  the  ^paw  of  the 
 bear,  he  will  dehver  me  out  of  the 
 hand  of  this  uncircumcised  Philis- 
 tine. And  Savil  said  to  David,  Go, 
 and  the  Lord  shall  be  with  thee. 
 ^^  And  Saul  clothed  David  with  a 
 mihtary  coat,  and  put  his  brazen  hel- 
 met on  liis  head.  ^'-^  And  he  girt  David 
 with  his  sword  over  his  coat ;  and 
 ^  he  made  trial  walking  ivith  +  Gr.  laboured. 
 them  once  and  again:  and  David  said 
 to  Said,  I  shall  not  be  able  to  go  with 
 these,  for  I  have  not  proved  them :  so 
 they  remove  them  from  liim.  ^"And 
 he  took  his  stafl'  in  his  hand,  and  he 
 chose  for  himself  five  smooth  stones 
 out  of  the  brook,  and  put  them  in  the 
 shepherd's  scrip  which  ^he  had  for  his 
 store,  and  his  sling  was  in  his  ^^^eAppcndix. 
 hand ;  and  he  approached  the  Phihstine.^ 
 ^^And  Gohath  saw  David,  and 
 despised  lum;  for  he  was  a  lad,  and 
 ruddy,  ^  with  a  fair  coim-  t  cr.  with 
 tenance.  ^^And  the  Phihs-  '^^^^^'^''^y^^- 
 tine  said  to  David,  Am  I  as  a  dog, 
 that  thou  comest  against  me  with  a 
 stafl  and  stones  ? '  [and  David  J^  '^^l^l^ 
 said,  Nay,  but  worse  than  a  omitted  in 
 
 ,        '-,        "'»       1      1        1 11  •  1  •     •  Alex,  and  He- 
 
 dog.J  And  the  Phihstine  breuu. 
 cursed  David  by  his  gods.  ^"^  And  the 
 Phihstine  said  to  David,  Come  to  me, 
 and  I  will  give  thy  flesh  to  the  birds 
 of  the  air,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the 
 earth.  ^'^And  David  said  to  the  Phi- 
 listine, Thou  comest  to  me  with  sword, 
 and  with  spear,  and  with  shield ;  but  I 
 
Chap.  xvii.  v.  46. 
 
 KINGS    I. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  27. 
 
 come  to  thee  in  the  name  of  the  Lord 
 
 God  of  hosts  of  the  army  of  Israel, 
 
 which  thou  hast  defied  '*'^this  day.  And 
 
 +  Gr.  shut      the  Lord  shall  ^  deliver  thee 
 
 thee  up.  ^i^-g  ^^y  -j^^^  ^^y  J-^j^j^J^  ^j^^ 
 
 I  will  slay  thee,  and  take  away  thy 
 head  from  off  thee,  and  will  give  thy 
 limbs  and  the  limbs  of  the  army  of 
 the  Philistines  this  day  to  the  birds  of 
 the  sky,  and  to  the  wild  beasts  of  the 
 earth ;  and  all  the  earth  shall  know  that 
 there  is  a  God  in  Israel.  '*^And  all 
 tliis  assembly  shall  know  that  the  Lord 
 dehvers  not  by  sword  or  spear,  for 
 the  battle  is  the  Lord's  and  the  Lord 
 will  deliver  you  into  our  hands.  ''^And 
 the  Philistine  arose  and  went  to  meet 
 David.  '^^  And  David  stretched  out  his 
 hand  to  his  scrip,  and  took  thence  a 
 stone,  and  slang  it,  and  smote  the  Phi- 
 listine on  his  forehead,  and  the  stone 
 penetrated  through  the  helmet  into 
 his  forehead,  and  he  fell  upon  his  face 
 *  See  Appendix,  to  the  ground.^  '^'AndDavid 
 ran,  and  stood  upon  him,  and  took  his 
 sword,  and  slew  him,  and  cut  off  his 
 head :  and  the  Pliilistines  saw  that  their 
 champion  was  dead,  and  they  fled. 
 
 •^^And  the  men  of  Israel  and  Juda 
 
 +  Gr.  arise,      '^aroso,    and    shouted    and 
 
 pursued  them  as  far  as  the  entrance  to 
 
 ^  Alex.  Gai.     +  Gcth,   and  as  far   as   the 
 
 gate  of  Ascalon:  and  the   slain  men 
 
 of  the    Philistines  fell  in  the  way  of 
 
 +  Perhaps  in      the  ^gatCS,     botll     tO     Gctll, 
 
 famc^'cnrf'  ^^^  *o  Accaron.  ^^^nd 
 shaaraim?  tlic  mcn  of  Isracl  returned 
 tcr.decuning  +from    pursuiuff   after   the 
 
 from  after.  t-)1  -t   ,•  11  *  t 
 
 +  Gr.  tram-  ^  luustmes,  and  they  ^  de- 
 pied  on.  stroyed  their  camp.  '^^ And 
 
 David  took  the  head  of  the  PhiHstine, 
 and  brought  it  to  Jerusalem ;  but  he 
 put  his  armour  in  his  tent. 
 
 [iVo<t'.— The  last  four  verses  of  chap.  1 7.  and  first  five 
 of  chap.  18.  omitted  in  the  Vat.  are  supplied  by  the 
 Alex.}     See  Appendix. 
 
 18.  ^And  there  came  out  women  in 
 dances  to  meet  David  out  of  all  the 
 cities  of  Israel,  with  timbrels,  and  witli 
 rejoicing,  and  with  cymbals.  ^  And  the 
 women   began    the   strain,  and    said, 
 
 Saul  has  smitten  ^his  thousands,  and 
 David  his    ten    thousands.  +Gr.  mhis. 
 '^  And  it  seemed  evil  in  the  ^^^"'^^ 
 eyes  of  Saul  concerning  this  matter, 
 and  he  said,  To  David  they  have  given 
 ten  thousands,  and  to  me  they  have 
 given  thousands.^  '^And  Saul  "i  see  Appendix. 
 was  alarmed  on  account  of  David.  ^^And 
 he  removed  him  from  him,  and  made 
 liim  a  captain  of  a  thousand  for  him- 
 self; and  he  went  out  and  came  in 
 before  the  people.     ^^And  David  was 
 prudent  in  all  his  ways,  and  the  Lord 
 Avas  with  him.     '^And  Saul  saw  that 
 he  was  very  wise,  and  he  was  afraid  of 
 him.     ^^  And  all  Israel  and  Juda  loved 
 David,  because  he  came  in  and  went 
 out     before    the    people^.    ^seeAppen- 
 ^^And  Melchol  the  daugh-  ^^-  _ 
 ter  of  Saul  loved  David;  and  it  was 
 told  Saul,  and  the  thing  was  ^  pleasing 
 in  his   eyes.     ^'  And   Saul    +  Gr.  right, 
 said,  I  will  give  her  to  him,  and  she 
 shall   be  a   stumbling-block   to   him. 
 Now  the  hand  of  the  PliiUstines  was 
 against  Saul.     ^^  And  Saul  charged  liis 
 serA^ants,  saying,  Speak  ye  privately  to 
 David,  saying.  Behold,  the  king  ^de- 
 Hghts  in  thee,  and  all  his    ^Gr.eiUi. 
 servants  love  thee,  and  do    ^  ^r-  ''ccomc 
 
 ,  ,  .  ^  ^   •        1       son-ni-law  to 
 
 thou  become  the  kmg  s  the  king. 
 son-in-laAv.  ^^And  the  servants  of 
 Saul  spoke  these  words  in  the  ears  of 
 David;  and  David  said,  is  it  a  light 
 thing  in  your  eyes  to  become  son-in- 
 law  to  the  king?  whereas  I  am  an 
 huml)le  man,  and  not  honourable  ? 
 - '  And  tlie  servants  of  Saul  reported  to 
 him  according  to  these  words,  which 
 David  spoke.  ^'^And  Saul  said,  Thus 
 shall  ye  speak  to  David,  The  king 
 wants  no  gift  but  a  hundred  foreskins 
 of  the  PliiUstines  to  avenge  himself  on 
 the  king's  enemies.  Now  Saul  thought 
 to  cast  him  into  the  hands  of  the  Phi- 
 listines. ^""And  the  servants  of  Saul 
 report  these  Avords  to  Da-    +Gr.themat- 
 
 •1  J    +7^      'J  n    ter  was  right 
 
 Via,  and  ^  David  was   well  mDavid-s 
 pleased  to  become  the  son-  comelon-'in- 
 in-la\v  to  the  king.    ^^  And  la*'-  *''=• 
 David    arose,    and    Avent,   he  and  his 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  28. 
 
 KINGS  I. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  u.  21. 
 
 men,  and  smote  among  the  Philistines 
 a  hundred  men :  and  he  brought 
 their  foreskins  and  he  becomes  the 
 king's  son-in-law,  and  Saul  gives 
 him  JMelchol  liis  daughter  to  wife. 
 ^**And  Said  saw  that  the  Lord  tvas 
 vnth  David,  and  that  all  Israel  loved 
 hun.  ^^And  he  was  yet  more  afraid  of 
 David. 
 
 19.  And  Saul  spoke  to  Jonathan 
 Ills  son,  and  to  all  liis  servants  to  slay 
 David.      ^And  Jonathan,  Saul's   son 
 
 t  Gr.  chose,  ^  loved  David  much :  and 
 q.  d.  ditexit.  jonatlian  told  David,  say- 
 ing, Saul  seeks  to  kill  thee :  take  heed  to 
 thyself  therefore  to-morrow  morning, 
 and  hide  thyseK',  and  dwell  in  secret. 
 ^And  I  will  go  forth,  and  stand  near  my 
 father  in  the  field  where  thou  shalt  be, 
 and  I  will  speak  concerning  thee  to 
 my  father,  and  I  will  see  what  his 
 answer  may  be,  and  I  will  tell  thee. 
 "*  And  Jonathan  spoke  favourably  con- 
 cerning David  to  Said  liis  father,  and 
 said  to  liim.  Let  not  the  king  sin 
 against  thy  servant  David,  for  he  has 
 not  sinned  against  thee,  and  his  deeds 
 are  very  good.  ^And  he  put  his  life 
 in  his  hand,  and  smote  the  PhiKstine, 
 and  the  Lord  wrought  a  great  deli- 
 verance; and  all  Israel  saw,  and  re- 
 joiced: why  then  dost  thou  sin  against 
 innocent  blood,  to  slay  David  without 
 a  cause  ?  ^  And  Saul  hearkened  to  the 
 voice'of  Jonathan;  and  Saul  swore,  say- 
 
 +  Gr.  ifhe  ing.  As  the  LordKvcs,  ^he 
 "^^-  shall  not  die.     ^  And  Jona- 
 
 than called  David,  and  told  him  all  these 
 Avords;  and  Jonathan  brought  David 
 in  to  Saul,  and  he  was  before  him  as 
 in  former  times. 
 
 *And  ^  there  was  again  war  against 
 
 +  Lit.  war  Saul ;  and  David  did  va- 
 addedto  be.     li^ntly,  and  fought  against 
 
 ter.ofGod.  the  Phihstines,  and  smote 
 ing^i/S"t.  t^em  with  a  very  great 
 ting,  perhaps  slaughter ,  and  they  fled  from 
 I^weadfor  before  him.  ^  And  an  evil 
 ^^  spirit  ^  from  God  was  upon 
 
 Saul,  and  he  was  *  resting  in  his  house, 
 
 and  a  spear  teas  in  his  hand,  and 
 David  was  playing  on  the  harp  with 
 liis  hands.  ^"And  Saul  sought  to 
 ^  smite     David    with     the    +  Gr.  to  strike 
 
 T  -TN       •  ^        • ,  1    T  the  spear  into 
 
 spear ;  and  David,  witlicire w  David. 
 suddenly  from  the  presence  of  Saul; 
 and  he  drove  the  spear  into  the  wall; 
 and  David  retreated  and  escaped. 
 ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  in  that  night, 
 that  Saul  sent  messengers  to  the  house 
 of  David  to  watch  him,  in  order  to 
 slay  him  in  the  morning ;  +  Gr.  his  wife 
 and  JMelchol  ^David's  wife  i^a°.  K^vmL 
 told    him,    saying",    Unless  <#>'<!• -He*,  tera- 
 
 ^  ,       !•  p      1  •        •    1  phim,  proba- 
 
 tnou  save  thy  me  this  night,  biy  such 
 to-morrow   thou    shalt    be  werfput  on 
 
 slain.    ''^  So  Melchol  lets  Da-    monuments. 
 
 vid  down  by  the  window,  haSdluy 
 and  he  departed,  and  fled,  been  read  here 
 and  escaped.     ^^And  Mel-  T'23aciiuit,  or 
 chol  took  ^images,  and  laid  somethmgof 
 
 &      '  the  kind,  per- 
 
 them  on  the  bed,  and  she  haps  a  piuow. 
 put  the  ^Hver  of  a  goat  by  his  head, 
 and  covered  them  with  clothes. 
 
 '■*And  Saul  sent  messengers  to  take 
 Da\T.d;  and  they  say  that  he  is  sick. 
 ^^  And  he  sends  to  David,  saying.  Bring 
 him  to  me  on  the  bed,  that  I  may  slay 
 him.  ^""And  the  messengers  come, 
 and  behold  the  images  were  on  the 
 bed,  and  the  goat's  liver  at  his  head. 
 ^^And  Saul  said  to  ]\Ielchol,  Wliy  hast 
 thou  thus  deceived  me,-  and  suffered 
 my  enemy  to  depart,  and  he  has 
 escaped?  and  Melchol  said  to  Saul, 
 He  said.  Let  me  go,  and  if  not,  I  will 
 slay  thee.  ^^  So  Da\dd  fled,  and  escaped, 
 and  comes  to  Samuel  to  Armathaim, 
 and  tells  liim  all  that  Saul  had  done 
 to  him :  and  Samuel  and  David  went, 
 and  dwelt  in  Navatli  in  Eama.  ^^  And 
 it  was  told  Saul,  saying.  Behold, 
 David  is  in  Navath  in  Kama.  -^  And 
 Saul  sent  messengers  to  take  David, 
 and  they  saw  the  assembly  of  the  pro- 
 phets, and  Samuel  stood  as  appointed 
 over  them ;  and  the  Spirit  of  God  came 
 upon  the  messengers  of  Saul,  and  they 
 prophesy.  ^^And  it  was  told  Saul, 
 and  he  sent  other  messengers,  and  they 
 also  prophesied:  and  Saul  sent  again 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  22. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  17. 
 
 a  third  set  of  messengers,  and  tliey 
 also  prophesied.  ^^  And  Saul  was  very 
 angry,  and  went  himself  also  to  Ar- 
 mathaim,  and  he  comes  as  far  as  the 
 well  of  the  threshing-floor  that  is  in 
 Sephi ;  and  he  asked  and  said,  Where 
 are  Samuel  and  David?  and  they  said. 
 Behold,  in  ISTavath  in  Eama.  ''^^  And 
 he  went  thence  to  Navath  in  Rama: 
 and  there  came  the  Spirit  of  God  upon 
 him  also,  and  he  went  on  prophesying 
 till  he  came  to  Navath  in  Rama. 
 ^*  And  he  took  off  his  clothes,  and  pro- 
 phesied before  them;  and  lay  down 
 naked  all  that  day  and  all  that  night: 
 therefore  they  said.  Is  Saul  also  among 
 the  prophets? 
 
 20.  And  David  fled  from  Navath  in 
 Rama,  and  comes  into  the  presence  of 
 Jonathan ;  and  he  said.  What  have  I 
 done,  and  what  is  my  fault,  and  where- 
 in have  I  sinned  before  thy  father, 
 that  he  seeks  my  life  ?  ^  And  Jonathan 
 said  to  him.  Far  be  it  from  thee;  thou 
 shalt  not  die,  behold,  my  father  will 
 not  do  any  thing  great  or  small  ^  with- 
 +  Gr.  and  wiu  q^-j^  discovennGf  it  to  me ; 
 
 not  uncover  i         n  i  r"     i 
 
 my  ear.  and  wliy  should  my  father 
 
 hide  this  matter  from  me?  tins  thing 
 is  not  so.  ^And  David  answered  Jo- 
 nathan, and  said,  Thy  father  knows 
 surely  that  I  have  found  grace  in  thy 
 sight,  and  he  said.  Let  not  Jonathan 
 know  this,  lest  he  refuse  his  consent: 
 but  as  the  Lord  lives  and  thy  soul 
 Lxx'^read  ^''^  livcs,  as  I  Said,  ''the  space  is 
 rem  as  if  it  filled  up  between  me  and 
 were  nicq  death.  **  And  Jonathan  said 
 diffusumes't.  to  David,  What  does  thy 
 soul  desire,  and  what  shall  I  do  for 
 thee?  ^And  David  said  to  Jonathan, 
 Behold  to-morrow  is  the  new  moon, 
 and  I  shall  not  on  any  account  sit  down 
 to  eat,  but  thou  shalt  let  mc  go,  and  1 
 will  hide  in  the  plain  till  the  evening. 
 *"  And  if  thy  father  do  in  anywise 
 t  More/i<.      +inqture  for  me,  then  shalt 
 
 notice  me,  as  1  tn      •  i 
 
 to  whether       tliou  sav,  David  earnestly- 
 present  or  111  c         i  i 
 absent.           asKcd  leave  of  me  to  run  to 
 
 Bethleem  his  city,  for  there  is  there  a 
 
 314 
 
 ^yearly  sacrifice  for  all  the  family. 
 Uf  he  shall  say  thus,Well,—  +  g,.  ^^^rifice 
 then^ixViis  safe  for  thy  ser-  of  days.  He- 
 
 .,,         in  Oraism. 
 
 vant;  but  if  lie  slialf  answer 
 harshly  to  thee,  know  that  thy  servant, 
 evil  is  determined   by   him.      **And 
 thou  shalt  deal   mercifully   with  thy 
 servant;   for  thou    hast    brought  thy 
 servant  into  a  covenant  of  the  Lord 
 with  thyself;  and  if  there  is  iniquity  in 
 thy  servant,  slay  me  thyself,  but  why 
 dost  thou  thus  bring  me  to  thy  father  ? 
 ^And  Jonathan  said.  That  be  far  from 
 thee :  for  if  I  surely  know  that  evil  is 
 determined  by  my  father  to  come  upon 
 thee,  althouirli  it  should  not  be  against 
 thy  cities,   1    will    tell   thee.     '"And 
 David  said  to  Jonathan,  Who  can  tell 
 me  if  thy  father  should  answer  roughly? 
 ''And  Jonathan  said  to  David,  Go, 
 and  abide  in  the  field.     '^And  they 
 Avent  out  both  into   the  field.     And 
 Jonathan  said  to  David,  The  Lord  God 
 of  Israel  knows  that  I  will  sound  my 
 father  as  I  have  an  opportunity,  ^  three 
 several  times,  and,  behold,    +Gr.Tp.<r<riis. 
 if  good  should   be   deter-  Heb.  rTiffibcn 
 mined    concerning    David,  thetwrdday. 
 and  1  do  not  send  to  thee  to  the  field, 
 '•^God  do   so  to   Jonathan  and  more 
 also :  ^  as  I  shall  also  report    +  observe  the 
 the  evil  to  thee,  and  make  "hfs  sense"* 
 it  known  to  thee,  and  I  will  elsewhere, 
 let    thee    go,  and  thou    shalt   depart 
 in  peace,  and  the  Lord  shall  be  with 
 thee,  as  he  was  with  my  father.    ''And 
 if  indeed  ^  I  continue  to  live,    +  ^j,.  j    j 
 then  shalt  thou  deal  merci-  '^eing  aUve. 
 fully  with  me;  and  if  I  indeed  die, 
 ''Hhou  shalt  not  withdraw  thy  mercy 
 from  my  house  for  ever :  and  ^  if  thou 
 doest  not,  when  the  Lord    +  t,,^  ^^^^ 
 cuts  off"  the  enemies  of  Da-  inf?  "f  the 
 
 .  -1  1      (•  .1         c  c  ^<'^'-  is  here 
 
 vid  eacli  from  the  face  of  greatly  ob- 
 the  earth,  should  it  happen  the'r«^m!d'" 
 that  the  name  of  Jonathan  ^''^•^-  ^^s. 
 be  discovered  by  the  house  of  David, 
 then  let  the  Lord  seek  out  the  enemies 
 of  David.  '^And  Jonathan  swore  yet 
 again  to  David,  because  he  loved  the 
 soul  of  him  that  loved  him. 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  18. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  40. 
 
 +  Gr.  act 
 thrice. 
 
 ^®  And  Jonathan  said,  To-morrow  is 
 the  new  moon,  and  thou  wilt  be  in- 
 quired for,  because  thy  seat  will  be 
 observed  as  vacant.  '^  And  thou  shalt 
 ^stay  three  days,  and  watch 
 an  opportunity,  and  shalt 
 come  to  thy  place  where  thou  mayest 
 hide  thyself  in  the  day  of  thy  business, 
 and  thou  shalt  wait  by  that  '^ergab. 
 t  Tiiis  seems  ^°And  I  will  shoot  ^  three 
 
 a  corruption  of    +  •      •  xi  j. 
 
 the  Heb.ezei.  arrows,  amimg  them  at  a 
 +  G)-.  with.  mark\  ^^And  behold,  I 
 +  Gr.  <7xt^ai9.  ^(jiii  sej-i^  ^  \r^^^  saying.  Go 
 
 Heb.  '2nn  g^^  j^g  ^l^g  ^^^,Q^_        22  Jf   J 
 
 of  the'^eire"'  should  cxprcssly  Say  to  the 
 word  nrsD'j  lad.  The  arrow  is  here  and 
 on  this  side  of  thee,  take  it ;  the?i  come, 
 for  it  is  well  with  thee,  and  there  is  no 
 vesison  for  fear,  as  the  Lord  lives,  b?it 
 if  I  should  say  thus  to  the  young  man, 
 The  arrow  is  on  that  side  of  thee,  and 
 beyond;  go,  for  the  Lord  hath  sent 
 thee  away.  ^^And  as  for  the  word 
 which  thou  and  I  have  spoken,  behold, 
 the  Lord  is  witness  between  me  and 
 thee  for  ever.  '^'^  So  David  hides  him- 
 self in  the  field,  and  the  neio  month ^ 
 +  Or,  moon,  arrivcs,  and  the  king  comes 
 to  the  table  to  eat.  ^'^  And  he  sat  upon 
 his  seat  as  in  former  times  ^,  even  on  his 
 seat  by  the  wall,  and  he 
 went  before  Jonathan,  and 
 Abenner  sat  on  one  side  of  Saul,  and 
 t  Gr.  was  re-  the  placc  of  David  ^  was 
 ItiOTarisbf^'  empty.  ^^And  Saul  said 
 doubil^Lnse  nothing  ou  that  day,  for  he 
 oi  the  Hebrew  gaid,  ^  it  sccms  to  liavc  fal- 
 "^■^  len  out  that  he  is  not  clean, 
 
 d'e,Sy  anlc^:  J>ecause  he  has  not  purified 
 dent,  &c.  himself.  ^^  And  it  came  to 
 pass  on  the  morrow,  on  the  second 
 day  of  the  month,  that  the  place  of 
 David  was  empty;  and  Saul  said  to 
 Jonathan  his  son,  Wliy  has  not  the  son 
 of  Jessai  attended  both  yesterday  and 
 to-day  at  the  table?  ^^And  Jona- 
 than answered  Saul,  and  said  to  liim, 
 David  asked  leave  of  me  to  go  as 
 far  as  Bethleem  his  city;  ^^and  he 
 said.  Let  me  go,  I  pray  thee,  for 
 we   have    a    family   sacrifice   in    the 
 
 +  Gr.  once 
 and  once. 
 
 city,  and  my  brethren  have  ^  sent 
 for  me ;  and  now,  if  I  have  i  Gr.  given  a 
 found  grace  in  thine  eyes,  I  ^^^s^^°'^  ^''^■ 
 will  even  go  over  and  see  my  brethren : 
 therefore  he  is  not  present  at  the  table 
 of  the  king.  ^"And  Saul  was  exceed- 
 ingly angry  with  Jonathan,  and  said 
 to  Mm,  Thou  son  of  ^  traitorous  dam- 
 sels!   for  do    I  not  know  /^'•'•esert- 
 
 ,.  ingmanuhta- 
 
 that  thou  art  an  accomplice  ry  sense, 
 with  the  son  of  Jess»  to  thy  shame, 
 and    to    the    shame  of  thy  mother's 
 nakedness.    ^^  For  ^  so  long    +  gv.  aii  the 
 as   the  son  of  Jessae^  fives  ^^'^''''^'■ 
 upon  the  earth,  thy  kingdom  shall  not 
 be   estabHshed:    now  then   send   and 
 take  the  young  man,  for  he  of  Sath.^l/e" 
 ^  shall    surely    die.    ^^  And  braism. 
 Jonathan  answered  Saul,  Why  ^is  he 
 to  die  ?  what  has  he  done  ?    +  Gr.  does  he 
 33  And    Saul   lifted  up   his  '""• 
 spear  against  Jonathan  to  slay  him :  so 
 Jonathan    knew    that    this    evil    was 
 determined   on  by  his  father  to  slay 
 David.     34^ji(3^  Jonathan   sprang  up 
 from  the  table  in  great  anger,  and  did 
 not  eat  bread  on  the  second  day  of  the 
 month,   for   he    grieved   bitterly   for 
 David,  because  his  father  determined 
 on  mischief  against  him. 
 
 3^  And  morning  came,  and  Jonathan 
 went  out  to  the  field,  as  he  appointed 
 to  do  for  a  signal  to  David,  and  a  Httle 
 boy  was  with  him.  36^jj(j  j-^g  ^q^^  ^q 
 the  boy.  Run,  find  me  the  arrows  which 
 I  shoot:  and  the  boy  ran,  and  Jona- 
 than shot  an  arrow,  and  sent  it  beyond 
 him.  37^jj^(]^  ii^Q  ]jQy  came  to  the  place 
 where  the  arrow  was  ^  which    +  <?'••  *»  wWch 
 
 -r  ,  ,  ,      -p  pfece  Jonathan 
 
 Jonathan  shot;  and  Jona-  shot, 
 than  cried  out  after  the  lad,  and  said, 
 The  arrow  is  on  that  side  of  thee  and 
 beyond  thee,  ^s^j^j  Jonathan  cried 
 out  after  his  boy,  saying,  ]\Iake  all 
 speed,  and  stay  not.  And  Jonathan's 
 boy  gathered  up  the  arrows,  and 
 brought  the  arrows  to  his  master, 
 39  And  the  boy  knew  no-  .^Sth^td 
 thing,  ^only  Jonathan  and  David. 
 David  k?ieiv.  '"'And  Jonathan  gave 
 his  weapons  to  his  boy,  and  said  to  his 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  41. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  15. 
 
 boy,  Go,  enter  into  the  city.  ''^And 
 wlien  tlic  lad  went  in,  tlicn  David 
 arose  from  tlic  ^  argab,  and  fell  upon 
 liis  face,  and  did  obeisance  ^to  him 
 !  See  V.  19.  tlirec  times,  and  tbey  kissed 
 ^r,p:i  the         j^   ^^^         ^^^  ^     .    f^^ 
 
 LXX.  seem  to  ,  i  +  />  ^ 
 
 have  con-        cacii   otlicr,      101   a   ffrcat 
 
 founded  the  i  -i  42  A      1        T  i1 
 
 phiraitermi-  whiie.  ^''And  Jonatlian 
 th^mascl^le  ^^id  to  David,  Go  in  pcacc, 
 suffix.  and  as  we  have  both  sworn 
 
 %a"^OTm  ^^  ^^^  name  of  the  Lord, 
 piisiimeut.  Saying,  The  Lord  shall  be 
 witness  between  me  and  thee,  and  be- 
 tween my  seed  and  thy  seed  for  ever 
 — even  so  let  it  he.  And  David  arose 
 and  departed,  and  Jonathan  went  into 
 the  city. 
 
 21.  And  David  comes  to  Nomba  to 
 Abimelech  the  priest:  and  Abimelech 
 was  amazed  at  meeting  liim,  and  said 
 to  him,  Wliy  art  thou  alone,  and 
 nobody  with  thee  ?  ^  And  David  said 
 to  the  piiest,  The  king  gave  me  a  com- 
 mand to  day,  and  said  to  me,  Let  no 
 one  know  the  matter  on  which  I  send 
 thee,  and  concerning  which  I  have 
 tv,^'*^'-^ ^l'^'^"    charffcd  thee:   and  I  have 
 
 other  instance  o 
 
 of  double  charged  my  servants  to  he  m 
 
 amWffuous  the  placc  that  is  called,^  The 
 
 words   Dipn  faithfulness   of  God,   phcl- 
 
 probably  laui  ^macmoni.  ^And  now 
 
 both  the  idea      •  p  r\  l        j.1       l  i 
 
 of  place  and  II  there  are  imder  thy  hand 
 ^ui't'h^s'both  ^ivG  loaves,^  give  into  my 
 are  inserted,     hand  wliat  is  ready,    "*  And 
 
 For  I'lilinu/ii  ■.  .  n    T\       •  i 
 
 Ruth -1. 1,    the  priest  answered  David, 
 
 and  said.  There  are  no  com- 
 
 coiTuption  of    jjion  loaves  under  my  hand, 
 
 the  1  Jitter  *' 
 
 part  of  for  I  have  none  but  holy 
 
 •«5'?p  Dipn  -  h^  loaves :  if  the  young  men 
 >2tfr^  '  ad  have  been  kept  at  least  from 
 damhniniT'    womcn,  tlicii  tlicy  shall  eat 
 
 t  Such  seems    f/^^  K^^nd      David      an- 
 
 on the  whole  to  .  1         •  1 
 
 have  been  the    swcrcd  the  pi'icst,  and  Said 
 
 idcaiii  the  mind  •,  .  -y^^    '■  ■,  ■. 
 
 oftheLxx.thc  to  liim,  ica,  wc  havc  been 
 t^m^them^"  kept  from  women  for  three 
 and  the  com-     davs :  wlicn  I  camc  forth 
 
 mon' version         n         .^  •  n      ii 
 
 chiefly  on  the  lor  the  joumcy  ail  the 
 word    ■jr\        yovmg  men  were  purified; 
 
 E.  K.  manner,      i      .      S  .1  •  Ti.* 
 
 LXX.  65bs.  wut  Uhis  cxpecutiou  is 
 imclcan,  wherefore  it  shall  be  sanctified 
 
 see 
 +  I'helltmi 
 maemoni,  a 
 
 this  day  because  of  my  weapons.  **  So 
 Abimelech  the  priest  gave  him  the 
 shewbread,  for  there  were  no  loaves 
 there,  but  only  the  presence  loaves 
 wliich  had  been  removed  from  the 
 presence  of  the  Lord,  in  order  that 
 hot  bread  should  be  set  on,  on  the 
 day  on  which  he  took  them. 
 
 '  And  there  was  there  on  that  day 
 one  of  Saul's  servants  ^  detained  before 
 the  Lord,  and  his  name  loas    +  The  word 
 Doec  the  Syiian,   tending  IZZ^^u' 
 the  mules  of  Saul.     ^  And  ^^^  •^J^^pe- 
 David  said  to  Abimelech,  i^sj 
 See  if  there  is  here  under  thy  hand 
 spear  or  sword,  for  I  have  not  ^brought 
 in  my  hand  my  sword  or    +  Gr.  taken, 
 my  weapons,  for  the  word  of  the  king 
 was   urgent.     '•'And   the   priest   said, 
 Behold  the  sword  of  Goliath  the  Plii- 
 Hstine,    whom   thou    smotest   in    the 
 valley  of  Ela;  and  it  is  wrapt  in  a 
 ^  cloth :  if  thou  wilt  take  it,    ^  ^^^^  ^ 
 take  it  for  thyself,  for  there  ^ehmd  the 
 
 .  ''  '     .      .  ephod  or 
 
 is  no  other  except  it  here,  shouider-piecc 
 And  David  said.  Behold,  ~^" 
 there  is  none  like  it;  give  it  me. 
 '°  And  he  gave  it  him ;  and  David 
 arose,  and  lied  in  that  day  from  the 
 presence  of  Saul:  and  David  came  to 
 Anchus   kino;    of   Gcth.      "And   the 
 
 •  -I    • 
 
 servants  of  Anchus  said  to  him.  Is  not 
 this  David  the  king  of  the  land?  Did 
 not  the  dancing  women  begin  the 
 song  to  him,  saying,  Saul  has  smitten 
 his  thousands,  and  David  his  ten 
 thousan<ls?  ''■^  And  David  ^laid  up  the 
 words  in  his  heart,  and  was  +  or.  put. 
 greatly  afraid  of  Anchus  king  of  Geth. 
 '^And  he  changed  his  appearance  be- 
 fore him,  and  feigned  himself  a  false 
 character  in  that  day,  and  drummed 
 upon  the  doors  of  the  city,  and  used 
 extravagant  gestures  with  his  hands, 
 and  fell  againt  the  doors  of  the  gate, 
 and  his  spittle  ran  down  upon  his 
 beard.  ^'And  Anchus  said  to  liis 
 servants,  Lo !  ye  see  the  man  is  ^mad: 
 why  have  ye  brought  him  tiken  w^ti?*" 
 in  to  me?  '"'Am  1  in  want  fits. 
 of  madmen,  that  ye  have  brought  him 
 
Chap.  xxit.  v.  1. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xxu.  v.  19. 
 
 of  the 
 
 Heb 
 
 LXX.   take 
 
 in  to  me  to  play  the  madman?    lie 
 shall  not  come  into  the  hou.se. 
 
 22.  And  David  departed  thence, 
 and  escaped ;  and  he  comes  to  the  cave 
 of  Odollam,  and  his  brethren  hear, 
 and  the  house  of  his  father,  and  they 
 go  down  to  him  there.  ^And  there 
 gathered  to  him  every  one  that  was  in 
 distress,  and  every  one  that  was  in 
 debt,  and  every  one  that  was  troubled 
 in  mind ;  and  he  was  a  leader  over  them, 
 and  there  were  with  him  about  four 
 hundred  men.  ^And  David  departed 
 thence  to  Massephath  of  Moab,  and 
 said  to  the  king  of  Moab,  Let,  I  pray 
 thee,  my  father  and  my  mother  be  with 
 thee,  until  I  know  what  God  will  do 
 to  me.  ^And  he  persuaded  Uhe  king 
 t  Gr.  the  face  of  Moab,  and  they  dwelt 
 
 ^Dro'uhe  ^^'^  \\\m.  continually,  while 
 David  was  in  the  hold, 
 o^the'wo'rf  '  And  Gad  the  prophet  said 
 cnj  -the  En-  to  David,  Dwell  not  in  the 
 tors.asifD^      liold :   go,  and  thou  shalt 
 
 .v-cre  the  affix.    ^^^^^     ^j^^    ^^^^^     ^f     J^^l^ 
 
 So  David  went,  and  came  and  dwelt 
 in  the  city  of  Saric.  ''And  Saul  heard 
 that  David  was  discovered,  and  his 
 men  with  him :  now  Said  dwelt  in  the 
 hill  below  the  field  that  is  in  Rama, 
 and  his  spear  was  in  his  hand,  and  all 
 his  servants  stood  near  him.  ^And 
 Saul  said  to  his  servants  that  stood  by 
 him.  Hear  now,  ye  sons  of  Benjamin, 
 will  the  son  of  Jessse  indeed  give  all 
 of  you  fields  and  vineyards,  and  will 
 he  make  you  all  captains  of  hvmdreds 
 and  captains  of  thousands?  ^tliat  ye 
 are  all  conspiring  against  me,  and  there 
 is  no  one  that  informs  me,  whereas 
 my  son  has  made  a  covenant  with  the 
 son  of  Jessai,  and  there  is  no  one  of 
 tGr. labours,  you  that  ^is  soriy  for  me, 
 or  informs  ihe  that  my  son  has  stirred 
 up  my  servant  against  me  for  an 
 enemy,  as  it  is  this  day  ?  ^  And 
 Doec  the  Syrian  who  was  over  the 
 t  Gr.  answers,  mulcs  of  Saul  ^  answcrcd 
 and  said,  I  saw  the  son  of  Jessas  as 
 he  came  to  Nomba  to  Abimelech  son 
 
 317 
 
 of  Achitob  the  priest.  '"And  the 
 priest  inquired  of  God  for  him, 
 and  gave  him  provisions,  and  gave 
 him  the  sword  of  Goliath  the  PhiUs- 
 tine. 
 
 "And  the  kino;  sent  to  call  Abimc- 
 lech  son  of  Achitob  and  all  his  lather's 
 sons,  the  priests  that  were  in  Nomba; 
 and  they  all  came  to  the  king.  ^^And 
 Saul  said.  Hear  now,  thou  son  of  Achi- 
 tob. And  he  said,  Lo !  I  am  here, 
 speak,  my  lord.  '^  And  Saul  said  to 
 him,  Wliy  have  thou  and  the  son  of 
 Jessa3  conspired  against  me,  that  thou 
 shouldest  give  him  bread  and  a  sword, 
 and  shouldest  inquire  of  God  for,  him, 
 to  raise  him  up  against  me  as  an  enemy, 
 as  he  is  this  day?  '"^And  he  answered 
 the  king,  and  said.  And  who  is  there 
 among  all  thy  servants  faithful  as 
 David,  and  he  is  a  son-in-law  of  the 
 king,  and  he  is  ^executor  t  such  seems 
 of  all  thy  commands,  and  to  be  the  best 
 
 .     ,  1  1      •       11  n    sense  we  can 
 
 IS  honourable  m  thy  house :  &ssign  to  the 
 I'^'Have  I  begun  to-day  to  Sspas"°" 
 inquire    of  God  for   liim?  f^^?-   ?"* 
 
 i  ,  ,        their  nustake 
 
 by  no  means:  let  not  the  is  evident, 
 king  bring  a  charge  against  '^^'"^  ^^^'^  "t*^ 
 his  servant,  and  against  the 
 whole  of  my  father's  house;  for  thy 
 servant  knew  not  in  all  these  matters 
 anything  great  or  small.  '''And  king 
 Saul  said.  Thou  shalt  surely  die,  Abi- 
 melech, thou,  and  all  thy  father's 
 house.  '^  And  the  king  said  to  the 
 footmen  that  attended  on  him.  Draw 
 nigh  and  slay  the  priests  of  the  Lord, 
 because  their  hand  is  with  David,  and 
 because  they  knew  that  he  ^  fled,  and 
 they  did  not  inform  me.  +  <?'••  flees. 
 But  the  servants  of  the  king  would 
 not  lift  their  hands  to  fall  upon  the 
 priests  of  the  Lord.  '^  And  the  king 
 said  to  Doec,  Turn  thou,  and  fall  upon 
 the  priests  :  and  Doec  the  Syrian 
 turned,  and  slew  the  priests  of  the 
 Lord  in  that  day,  three  hundi-ed  and 
 five  men,  all  wearing  ^  an  ^Aiex. aiinen 
 ephod.  19  And  he  smote  ^^^°''- 
 Nomba  the  city  of  the  priests  with  the 
 edge   of  the   sword,    both   man   and 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  20. 
 
 KINGS    I. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii.  v.  21. 
 
 woman,  infant  and  suckling,  and  calf, 
 and  ox,  and  slieep. 
 
 ^''And  one  son  of  Achimelecli  son  of 
 Achitob  escapes,  and  his  name  was 
 Abiathar,  and  he  fled  after  David. 
 ^'  And  Abiathar  told  David  that  Savd 
 had  slain  all  the  priests  of  the  Lord. 
 ^^  And  David  said  to  Abiathar,  I  knew 
 it  in  that  day,  that  Docc  the  Syrian 
 would  surely  tell  Saul:  I  am  guilty  of 
 +  Gr.  souls  or  the  *  death  of  the  house  of 
 "^"'-  thy  father.      ^3  D^^n  ^^^i^ 
 
 me;  fear  not,  for  wherever  I  shall  seek 
 a  place  of  safety  for  my  Hfe,  I  will 
 also  seek  a  place  for  thy  life,  for  thou 
 art  safely  guarded  while  with  me. 
 
 23.  And  it  was  told  David,  sa3ring. 
 Behold,  the  Pliilistines  war  in  Keila, 
 and  they  rob,  they  trample  on  the 
 threshing-floors.  ^And  David  in- 
 quired of  the  Lord,  saying.  Shall  I  go 
 and  smite  these  PhiHstines?  And  the 
 Lord  said.  Go,  and  thou  shalt  smite 
 these  Pliihstines,  and  shalt  save  Keila. 
 ^  And  the  men  of  David  said  to  him. 
 Behold,  we  are  afraid  here  in  Judea ; 
 and  how  shall  it  be  if  we  go  to  Keila  ? 
 shall  we  go  after  the  spoils  of  the  Phi- 
 listines? *  And  David  inquired  yet 
 again  of  the  Lord;  and  the  Lord  an- 
 swered him,  and  said  to  him,  Arise 
 and  go  down  to  Keila,  for  I  will  de- 
 liver the  PhiHstines  into  thy  hands. 
 *  So  David  and  liis  men  with  him  went 
 to  Keila,  and  fought  with  the  Philis- 
 tines; and  they  fled  from  before  liim, 
 and  he  carried  off  their  cattle,  and 
 smote  them  with  a  great  slaughter, 
 and  David  rescued  the  inhabitants  of 
 Keila.  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  when 
 Abiathar  the  son  of  Achimelcch  fled 
 to  David,  that  he  went  down  with 
 David  to  Keila,  having  an  ephod  in 
 his  hand.  '^And  it  was  told  Saul  that 
 David  was  come  to  Keila:  and  Saul 
 said,  God  has  sold  him  into  my  hands, 
 for  he  is  shut  up,  having  entered  into 
 a  city  that  has  gates  and  bars.  ^  And 
 Saul  charged  all  the  people  to  go 
 down  to  war  to  Keila,  to  besiege  David 
 
 and  his  men.     ^And  David  knew  that 
 Saul  ^  spoke  openly  of  mis-    ^  ^"^  i^  not 
 
 •  •  Silent  coil- 
 
 cliief  against  him  :  and  cemiiig:. 
 David  said  to  Abiathar  the  priest, 
 Bring  the  ephod  of  the  Lord.  '"  And 
 David  said,  Lord  God  of  Israel,  thy 
 servant  has  indeed  heard,  that  Saul 
 seeks  to  come  against  Keila  to  destroy 
 the  city  on  my  account.  ^'  Will  the 
 place  be  shut  up  ?  ^  and  now  +  «'•  e.  besieged. 
 wiU  Saul  come  down,  as  thy  servant 
 has  heard?    Lord   God   of  J  verse  12  is 
 
 here  suppUed 
 
 Israel,  tell  thy  servant,  by/ito. 
 And  the  Lord  said,  It  will  be  shut  up. 
 ^^And  David  arose,  and  the  men 
 with  him,  in  number  about  four  hun- 
 dred, and  they  went  forth  from  Keila, 
 and  went  whithersoever  they  could  go : 
 and  it  was  told  Saul  that  David  had 
 escaped  from  Keila,  and  he  forbore  to 
 come.  ^'*And  he  dwelt  in  IMaserem  in 
 the  wilderness,  in  the  narrow  passes 
 and  dwelt  in  the  wilderness  in  Mount 
 Ziph,  in  the  dry  country.  And  Saul 
 sought  liim  continually,  but  the  Lord 
 delivered  him  not  into  liis  hands. 
 '^And  Da\dd  perceived  that  Saul  went 
 forth  to  seek  David;  and  David  was 
 in  tlie  dry  mountain  in  the  ^  New  Ziph. 
 "'And  Jonathan  son  of  Saul  +  ^^^^  gasuy 
 rose,  and  went  to  Da"sad  to  accounted  for 
 Cocne,  and  strencjthened  his  ^■''"i"  ^'^^'^  "^- 
 
 1  -I     •        1        Ti         17A      1    Stead  of  izJin 
 
 hands  m  the  Lord.  "And 
 he  said  to  him,  Fear  not,  for  the  hand 
 of  Saul  my  father  shall  not  find  thee; 
 and  thou  shalt  be  king  over  Israel,  and 
 1  shall  be  second  to  thee;  and  Saul 
 my  lather  knows  it.  ^^  So  they  both 
 made  a  covenant  before  tlie  Lord ; 
 and  David  dwelt  in  Ca^ne,  and  Jona- 
 tlian  went  to  liis  home.  '^  And  the 
 Ziphitcs  came  up  out  of  the  dry 
 country  to  Saul  to  the  hill,  saying, 
 Behold,  is  not  David  hidden  with  us 
 in  JMessara,  in  the  narrows  in  Casne  in 
 tlic  hill  of  Echela,  which  is  on  the 
 right  of  Jessffimon?  ^'^  And  now  ac- 
 cording to  all  the  king's  desire  to 
 come  do^\Ti,  let  liim  come  down  to 
 us;  they  have  shut  him  up  into  the 
 hands  of  the  king.     ^'  And  Saul  said 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  22. 
 
 KINGS  I. 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.\6 
 
 to  them,  Blessed  he  ye  of  tlie  Lord, 
 for  ye  have  been  grieved  on  my  ac- 
 count. ^^  Go,  I  pray  you,  and  make 
 preparations  yet,  and  notice  his  place 
 where  his  foot  shall  be,  quickly,  in 
 that  place  which  ye  spoke  of,  lest  by 
 any  means  he  should  deal  craftily. 
 ^^  Take  notice,  then,  and  learn,  and  I 
 will  go  with  you ;  and  it  shall  come  to 
 pass  that  if  he  is  in  the  land,  I  will 
 search  him  out  among  all  the  thou- 
 sands of  Juda.  ^^  And  the  Ziphites 
 arose,  and  went  before  Saul :  and 
 David  and  his  men  toere  in  the  wilder- 
 ness of  Maon,  westward,  to  the  right 
 of  Jessa^mon.  ^^  And  Saul  and  his 
 men  went  to  seek  him :  and  they 
 brought  word  to  David,  and  he  went 
 down  to  the  rock  that  was  in  the  wil- 
 derness of  Maon :  and  Saul  heard,  and 
 followed  after  David  to  the  wilderness 
 of  Maon.  ^"^  And  Saul  and  his  men 
 go  on  one  side  of  the  mountain,  and 
 David  and  his  men  are  on  the  other 
 side  of  the  mountain  :  and  David 
 was  hiding  himself  to  escape  from 
 Savd :  and  Saul  and  his  men  en- 
 camped against  David  and  his  men, 
 in  order  to  take  them.  ^^  And  there 
 came  a  messenger  to  Saul,  saying, 
 Haste  thee,  and  come  liither,  for  the 
 Phihstines  have  invaded  the  land. 
 ^^  So  Saul  returned  from  following 
 after  David,  and  went  to  meet  the 
 PliiHstines:  therefore  that  place  was 
 called  The  divided  Rock. 
 
 24.  And  David  rose  up  from  thence, 
 and  dwelt  in  the  narrow  passes  of  En- 
 gaddi.  2  And  it  came  to  pass  when 
 Saul  returned  from  pursuing  after  the 
 Phihstines,  that  it  was  reported  to  him 
 sa3dng,  David  is  in  the  wilderness  of 
 Engaddi.  ^And  he  took  with  liim 
 three  thousand  men,  chosen  out  of  all 
 Israel,  and  went  to  seek  David  and  his 
 men  in  front  of  Saddteem.  ^  And  he 
 came  to  the  flocks  of  sheep  that  were  by 
 the  way,  and  there  was  a  cave  there; 
 and  Saul  went  in  to  make  preparation, 
 and  David  and  his  men  were  sitting 
 
 319 
 
 t  Gr.  took 
 away. 
 
 in  the  inner  part  of  the  cave.  ^  And 
 the  men  of  David  said  to  him,  Behold, 
 this  is  the  day  of  which  the  Lord  spoke 
 to  thee,  that  he  would  deliver  thine 
 enemy  into  thy  hands ;  and  thou  shalt 
 do  to  him  as  it  is  good  in  thy  sight. 
 So  David  arose  and  '^cut 
 oif  the  skirt  of  Saul's  gar- 
 ment secretly.  ^  And  it  came  to  pass 
 after  tliis  that  David's  heart  smote  him, 
 because  he  had  cut  off  the  skirt  of  his 
 garment.  ''And  David  said  to  liis  men, 
 The  Lord  forbid  it  me,  that  I  should 
 do  tliis  thing  to  my  lord  the  anointed 
 of  the  Lord,  to  hft  my  hand  against 
 him;  for  he  is  the  anointed  of  the 
 Lord.  ^  So  David  persuaded  his  men 
 by  his  words,  and  chd  not  suifer  them 
 to  arise  and  slay  Said:  and  Saul  arose 
 and  went  liis  way.  ^  And  David  rose 
 up  and  xcent  after  him  out  of  the  cave : 
 and  David  cried  after  Saul,  saying,  ]\Iy 
 lord,  0  king !  and  Saul  looked  behind 
 him,  and  David  ^  bowed  +  cfr.  stooped, 
 with  his  face  to  the  ground,  and  did 
 obeisance  to  him.  ^^  And  David  said 
 to  Saul,  Why  dost  thou  hearken  to 
 the  words  of  the  people,  sajong.  Be- 
 hold, David  seeks  thy  hfe?  "  Behold 
 thine  eyes  have  seen  this  day  how  that 
 the  Lord  has  dehvered  thee  this  day 
 into  my  hands  in  the  cave,  and  I  would 
 not  slay  thee,  but  spared  thee,  and 
 said,  I  will  not  Hft  up  my  hand  against 
 my  lord,  for  he  is  the  Lord's  anointed. 
 '^  And  behold  the  skirt  of  thy  mantle 
 is  in  my  hand,  I  cut  off  the  skirt,  and 
 did  not  slay  thee :  know  then  and  see 
 to-day,  there  is  no  evil  in  my  hand, 
 nor  impiety,  nor  rebeUion ;  and  I  have 
 not  sinned  against  thee,  yet  +  Gr.  binders, 
 thou  ^  layest  snares  for  my  ^oo  onemrght 
 soul  to  take  it.   ^^  The  Lord  ^^p'^'^*  rather. 
 
 €KOLKrj(Tat.       fXOL 
 
 iudo-e  between  me  and  thee,  or  ^e,  and  both 
 
 -P  ^        T         T    +  •  i      ii  these  readings 
 
 and  the  Lord  ^reqiute  thee  are  found, 
 on  thyself:  but  my  hand  +  or,  against, 
 shall  not  be  upon  thee.  ^''As  ^  <^''-  '*  ^aid. 
 the  old  proverb  ^says,  TransgTcssion 
 will  proceed  from  the  wicked  ones: 
 but  my  hand  shall  not  be  upon  thee. 
 '^And  now  after  whom  dost  thou  come 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  v.  16. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  14. 
 
 forth,  0  king  of  Israel?  after  whom 
 dost  thou  pursue?  after  a  dead  dog, 
 and  after  a  flea?  '*'  The  Lord  be  judge 
 and  umpire  between  me  and  thee,  the 
 Lord  look  upon  and  judge  my  cause, 
 and  rescue  me  out  of  thy  hand. 
 
 ^^And  it  came  to  pass  when  David 
 had  finislied  speaking  these  words  to 
 Saul,  that  Saul  said.  Is  this  thy  voice, 
 son  David?  and  Saul  hfted  up  liis 
 voice,  and  wept.  '^And  Said  said  to 
 David,  Thou  ar^  more  righteous  than  I, 
 for  thou  hast  recompensed  me  good, 
 but  I  have  recompensed  thee  evil. 
 '^And  thou  hast  told  me  to-day  what 
 good  thou  hast  done  me,  how  the  Lord 
 shut  me  up  into  thy  hands  to-day,  and 
 thou  didst  not  slay  me.  ^'^And  if  any 
 one  should  find  his  enemy  in  distress, 
 and  should  send  him  forth  in  a  good 
 way,  then  the  Lord  will  reward  him 
 good,  as  thou  hast  done  this  day. 
 ^'  And  now,  behold,  I  know  that  thou 
 shalt  surely  reign,  and  the  kingdom  of 
 Israel  shall  be  cstabHshed  in  thy  hand. 
 ^^  Now  then  swear  to  me  by  the  Lord, 
 that  thou  wilt  not  destroy  my  seed 
 after  me,  that  thou  wilt  not  blot  out 
 my  name  from  the  house  of  my  father. 
 ^^  So  David  swore  to  Saul :  and  Saul 
 +  Gr.  narrow  departed  to  his  place,  and 
 Messera.  David  and  Iris  men  went 
 up  to  ^  the  strong-hold  of  Messera. 
 
 25.  And  Samuel  died,  and  all  Israel 
 tcr. assemble  ^assembled,  and  bewailed 
 and  bewail.  \i{i^  and  they  bury  him  in 
 Alex.  kama.  his  housc  in  ^  Amiathaim : 
 fAiex.  Paran.  ^nd  David  arosc,  and  went 
 down  to  the  wilderness  of  ^  JMaon. 
 
 ^And  there  was  a  man  in  ]\Iaon,  and 
 his  flocks  were  in  Carmcl,  and  he  ivas 
 a  very  great  man;  and  he  had  ^  three 
 +  Gr.  «<•  3000  thousand  sheep,  and  a  thou- 
 
 flocks,  but  the  1  '        i  i       i 
 
 expression  is    sand  shc-goats :  and  he  hap- 
 
 probably  cllip-  i     ^        i  i  •  i  • 
 
 ticai,  as  we  pcucd  to  DC  shearing  his 
 So^trooJ?''  ilock  in  Carmel.  » And  the 
 meaning  men,  mau's  namc  was  Nabal,  and 
 
 formed,  &c.        ,  .  .  „  ,  at' 
 
 into  troops,  his  wiic  s  uamc  Avas  Abi- 
 gaia :  and  his  wife  was  of  good  under- 
 standing and  very  beautiful  in  person : 
 
 but  the  man  was  harsh  and  evil  in  his 
 doings,  and  the  man  7vas  churhsh. 
 *  And  David  heard  in  the  Avilderness, 
 that  Nabal  the  CarmeKte  sliears  his 
 sheep.  ^And  David  sent  ten  young 
 men,  and  he  said  to  the  young  men, 
 Go  up  to  Carmel,  and  go  to  Nabal, 
 and  ask  liim  in  my  name  ^  how  he  is. 
 •'And  thus  shall  ye  say.  May  ^,^[;^°^'^_''"'- 
 thou  and  thy  house  season-  t  or.  in  health, 
 ably  prosper,  and  all  thine  be  ^in 
 prosperity. 
 
 ^And  now,  behold,  I  have  heard 
 that  thy  shepherds  who  were  with  us 
 in  the  wilderness  are  shearing  ^  thy 
 sheep,  and  we  hindered  +Gr.  for  thee, 
 them  not,  neither  did  we  demand  any 
 thing  from  them  all  the  time  they  were 
 in  Carmel.  ^  Ask  thy  servants,  and 
 they  will  tell  thee.  Let  then  thy  ser- 
 vants find  grace  in  thine  eyes,  for  we 
 are  come  on  a  good  day;  give,  we 
 pray  thee,  whatsoever  thy  hand  may 
 find,  to  thy  son  David.  ^  So  the  ser- 
 vants come  and  speak  these  words  to 
 Nabal,  according  to  all  these  words  in 
 the  name  of  David.  '"And  Nabal 
 sprang  up,  and  answered  the  servants 
 of  David,  and  said, Who  is  David?  and 
 who  is  the  son  of  Jessai?  now-a-days 
 there  is  abundance  of  servants  who  de- 
 part everyone  from  his  master.  ''And 
 shall  I  take  my  bread,  and  my  wine, 
 and  my  ^beasts  that  I  have  +  or.  slaying, 
 slain  for  ^  my  shearers,  and  ^^  p*-.  them 
 
 .---,.         -4  '  p  that  shear  my 
 
 shall  1  give  them  to  men  oi  sheep, 
 whom  I  know  not  whence  they  are? 
 '^  So   the  servants   of   David    turned 
 ^  back,  and   returned,  and    t  or.  to  their 
 came  and  reported  to  David  ^*^' 
 according    to    these    words.      '^  And 
 David  said  to  his  men.  Gird  on  every 
 man  his  sword.'^    And  they  ^'<^f ■  ami  h,:/>. 
 went  up  after  David,  about  girded  on 
 four  himdred  men:  and  two  tZZCZi^"" 
 hundred    abode   with    the  oavi'iaiso 
 
 ,-n      \A  A       ^  n    ^  girded  on   his 
 
 stuu.    '*And  one  oi  the  ser-  sword.' 
 vants  reported  to  Abigaia  the  wife  of 
 Nabal,   saying.   Behold,    David    sent 
 messengers  out  of   the  wilderness  to 
 salute  our  lord;   but  he  turned  away 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS   1. 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  35. 
 
 from  them.  '''And  the  men  were  very 
 good  to  us,  they  did  not  hinder  us, 
 neither  did  they  demand  from  us  any 
 thing  all  the  days  that  we  were  with 
 them.  ^^  And  when  we  were  in  the 
 field,  they  were  as  a  wall  roimd  about 
 us,  both  by  night  and  by  day,  all  the 
 days  that  we  were  with  them  feeding 
 the  flock.  '^And  now  do  thou  con- 
 sider, and  see  what  thou  wilt  do;  for 
 miscliief  is  determined  against  our  lord 
 and  against  liis  house;  and  he  is  a 
 vile  character,  and  one  cannot  speak 
 to  him. 
 
 ^^And  Abigaia  hasted,  and  took  two 
 hundred  loaves,  and  two  vessels  of 
 wine,  and  five  sheep  ready  di-essed, 
 and  five  ephahs  of  fine  flour,  and  one 
 homer  of  dried  grapes,  and  two  hun- 
 dred cakes  of  figs,  and  put  them  upon 
 asses.  ^^And  she  said  to  her  servants, 
 Go  on  before  me,  and  behold  I  come 
 after  you:  but  she  told  not  her  hus- 
 band. ^°And  it  came  to  pass  when  she 
 had  mounted  her  ass  and  was  going 
 down  by  the  covert  of  the  mountain, 
 behold !  David  and  his  men  came  down 
 to  meet  her,  and  she  met  them.  ^'And 
 David  said,  Perhaps  I  have  kept  all 
 his  possessions  in  the  wilderness  that 
 he  should  wrong  me,  and  we  did  not 
 order  the  taking  any  thing  of  all  his 
 goods;  yet  he  has  rewarded  me  evil 
 for  good.  ^^  So  God  do  to  David  and 
 more  also,  if  I  leave  one  male  of  all 
 that  belong  to  Nabal  until  the  morn- 
 ing. ^^  And  Abigaia  saw  David,  and 
 she  hasted,  and  alighted  from  her  ass, 
 and  she  fell  before  David  on  her  face, 
 and  did  obeisance  to  him,  bowing  to  the 
 i  Hebrew  and  m-ound  ^^^even  to  liis  feet, 
 
 4to.  +  'and      '^    -,        . -,     r\  i       i 
 
 shefeu.'  and  said,  Un  me,  my  lord, 
 
 be  my  wrong:  let,  I  pray  thee,  thy 
 servant  speak  in  tliine  ears,  and  hear 
 thou  the  words  of  thy  servant.  ^^  Let 
 not  my  lord,.  I  pray  thee,  take  to  heart 
 ^Hebrew  and  this  pestilent  man,^  for  ac- 
 Nabal.'  cordiiig  to  his  name ,  so  is  he ; 
 
 Nabal  is  Ms  name,  and  folly  is  with  liim : 
 but  I  thy  handmaid  saw  not  the  ser- 
 vants of  my  lord  whom  thou  didst  send. 
 
 ^^And  now,  my  lord,  as  the  Lord 
 fives,  and  thy  soul  fives,  as  the  Lord 
 has  kept  thee  from  coming  against  in- 
 nocent blood,  and  ^  from  ex-  j!  ^j"-  saying 
 
 '  ,.         -  thy  hand  for 
 
 ecutmg  vengeance  lor  thy-  thyself, 
 self,  now  therefore  let  thine  enemies, 
 and  those  that  seek  evil  against  my 
 lord,  become  as  Nabal.  ^^  And  now 
 accept  this  ^  token  of  good-  +0.  blessing;. 
 wiU,  which  thy  servant  has  brought  to 
 my  lord,  and  thou  shalt  give  it  to  the 
 servants  that  wait  on  my  lord.  ^^  Ke- 
 move,  I  pray  thee,  the  trespass  of  thy 
 servant,  for  the  Lord  will  surely  make 
 for  my  lord  a  sure  house,  for  the  Lord 
 fights  the  battles  of  my  lord,  and  there 
 shall  no  evil  be  ever  found  in  thee, 
 ^^  And  if  a  man  shall  rise  up  perse- 
 cuting thee  and  seeking  thy  fife,  yet 
 shall  the  fife  of  my  lord  be  bound  up 
 in  the  bundle  of  fife  with  the  Lord 
 God,  and  thou  shalt  wlfirl  the  fife 
 of  tlune  enemies  as  in  the  midst  of  a 
 sling.  ^^  And  it  shall  be  when  the 
 Lord  shaU  have  wrought  for  my  lord 
 all  the  good  things  he  has  spoken  con- 
 cerning thee,  and  shall  appoint  thee  to 
 be  ruler  over  Israel ;  ^^  then  this  shall 
 not  be  an  abomination  and  oflence  to 
 my  lord,  to  have  shed  innocent  blood 
 without  cause,  and  for  my  lord  to  have 
 avenged  himself:  and  so  may  the  Lord 
 do  good  to  my  lord,  and  thou  shalt  re- 
 member thine  handmaid  to  do  her 
 good. 
 
 ^^  And  David  said  to  Abigaia, 
 Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  who 
 sent  thee  this  very  day  to  meet  me: 
 ^^and  blessed  be  thy  conduct,  and 
 blessed  be  thou,  who  hast  hindered  me 
 this  very  day  from  coming  to  shed 
 blood,  and  from  avenging  myself. 
 ^^  But  surely  as  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
 fives,  who  hindered  me  this  day  from 
 doing  thee  harm,  if  thou  hadst  not 
 hasted  and  come  to  meet  me,  then  I 
 said,  there  shall  surely  not  be  left  to 
 Nabal  till  the  morning  one  male 
 ^^And  David  took  of  her  hand  all  that 
 she  brought  to  him,  and  said  to  her, 
 Go  in  peace  to  thy  house :  see,  I  have 
 22 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  36. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xxvi.  v.  12. 
 
 hearkened  to  thy  voice,  and  accepted  thy 
 iG>:  face,  ^petition.  ^'^  And  Abigaia  came 
 to  Nabal :  and,  behold,  he  had  a  banquet 
 in  his  house,  as  the  banquet  of  a  king, 
 and  the  heart  of  Nabal  was  merry 
 +  (?r.  upon  him.  ^withiu  him,  and  he  was 
 very  drunken:  and  she  tokl  him  no- 
 thing great  or  small  till  the  morning 
 light.  ^^And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
 morning,  when  Nabal  recovered  from 
 liis  wine,  his  wife  told  him  these  words ; 
 and  his  heart  died  within  him,  and  he 
 became  as  a  stone. 
 
 ^*And  it  ^came  to  pass  after  about 
 tGr.and  there  ten  days,  that  the  Lord 
 te^da^s!  &c.  smote  Nabal,  and  he  died. 
 +  He/),  and  ^^  And  David  heard  *  it  and 
 ^that's  said,  Blessed  be  the  Lord, 
 wa.sdead.'  "wI^q  lias  jiidgcd  the  causc 
 of  my  reproach  at  the  hand  of  Nabal, 
 and  has  delivered    his  servant  ^  from 
 
 han^dof'^ked  ^^^^  P^^^^  ^^  ^vil,  and  the 
 men.  Lord  has  returned  the  mis- 
 
 chief of  Nabal  upon  his  own  head. 
 And  David  sent  and  spoke  concerning 
 Abigaia,  to  take  her  to  himself  for  a 
 wife.  ^"^  So  the  servants  of  DaA'id  came 
 to  Abigaia  to  Carmel,  and  spoke  to  lier, 
 saying,  David  has  sent  us  to  thee,  to 
 take  thee  to  himself  for  a  wife.  '*^And 
 she  arose,  and  did  reverence  with  her 
 face  to  the  earth,  and  said,  Bcliold ! 
 thy  servant  is  for  an  handmaid  to  wash 
 the  feet  of  thy  servants.  "^^And  Abi- 
 gaia arose,  and  mounted  her  ass,  and 
 five  damsels  followed  her,  and  she 
 went  after  the  servants  of  David,  and 
 became  liis  wife.  ^^  And  David  took 
 t  Hgb.  and  Achinaam  out  of  Jezrael, 
 smd^Lau^^  and  they  were  both  his 
 wives.  '•''And  Saul  gave 
 Alex,  (iauim     Mclchol  liis  daughter,  Da- 
 
 son  of  ^Amis  who  was  of  ^  Eomma. 
 
 26.  And  the  Ziphites  come  out  of 
 the  dry  coimtry  to  Saul  to  the  hill, 
 saying.  Behold,  David  hides  liimself 
 with  lis  in  the  hill  Echela,  opposite 
 Jessemon.  "^  And  Saul  arose,  and  went 
 down  to  the  wilderness  of  Ziph,  and 
 
 with  him  went  tliree  thousand  men 
 chosen  out  of  Israel,  to  seek  David  in 
 the  wilderness  of  Ziph.  ^And  Saul 
 encamped  in  the  hill  of  Echela  in  front 
 of  Jessemon,  by  the  way,  and  David 
 dwelt  in  the  wilderness:  and  David 
 saw  that  Saul  *came  after  +  Gr.  comes, 
 him  into  the  wilderness.  "^And  David 
 sent  spies,  and  ascertained  that  Saul 
 was  come  prepared  out  of  Keila.  "''And 
 David  arose  secretly,  and  goes  into 
 the  place  Avhere  Saul  was  sleeping, 
 and  there  was  Abenuer  the  son  of  Ner, 
 the  captain  of  his  host:  and  Saul  was 
 sleeping  in  a  chariot,  and  the  people 
 had  encamped  round  about  him.  ''And 
 David  answered  and  spoke  to  Abime- 
 lech  the  Chettite,  and  to  Abessa  the 
 son  of  Saruia  the  brother  of  Joab,  say- 
 ino:,  Who  will  ""o  in  with  me  to  Saul 
 into  the  camp?  And  Abessa  said,  J 
 will  go  in  with  thee.  "^  So  David  and 
 Abessa  go  in  among  the  people  by 
 night:  and  behold!  Saul  was  fast 
 asleep  in  the  chariot,  and  his  spear 
 was  stuck  in  the  ground  near  his  head, 
 and  Abenner  and  his  people  slept  round 
 about  him.  ^  And  Abessa  said  to 
 David,  The  Lord  has  this  day  shut  up 
 thine  enemy  into  thine  hands,  and  now 
 I  will  smite  him  to  the  earth  with  the 
 spear  to  the  ground  once_/br  all,  and  I 
 will  not  ^  sniite  him  again.  ,]  «:•  ,'io"''ie 
 
 o  the  stroke  to 
 
 And  David  said  to  Al)essa,  him. 
 Do  not  lay  him  low,  for  who  shall 
 lift  up  his  hand  against  the  anointed 
 of  the  Lord,  and  be  guiltless?  '°  And 
 David  said.  As  the  Lord  lives,  if  the 
 Lord  smite  him  not,  or  his  day  come 
 and  he  die,  or  he  go  down  to  battle 
 and  be  ^  added  to  his  fathers,  do  not  so. 
 "  the  Lord  forbid  it  me  that  I  should 
 Hft  up  my  hand  against  the  anointed 
 of  the  Lord:  and  now  take,  I  pray 
 thee,  tlie  spear  from  his  bolster,  and 
 the  pitclier  of  water,  and  let  us  return 
 ^home.  '"-'So  David  took  f Kae' Uvtov^. 
 the  spear,  and  the  pitcher  '?-''-^"'^^"°'^- 
 of  Avater  from  his  bolster,  and  they 
 went  home :  and  there  was  no  one  that 
 saw,  and  no  one  that  knew,  and  there 
 
Chap.  xxvi.  v.  13. 
 
 KINGS   I 
 
 Chap,  xxvii.  v.  7. 
 
 was  no  one  that  awoke,  all  being 
 asleep,  for  a  stupor  from  the  Lord  had 
 fallen  upon  them. 
 
 ^^  So  David  went  over  to  the  other 
 side,  and  stood  on  the  top  of  a  hill  afar 
 off,  and  there  was  a  good  distance  be- 
 tween them.  ^*  And  David  called  to 
 the  people,  and  spoke  to  Abenner, 
 saying, Wilt  thou  not  answer,  Abenner? 
 and  Abenner  answered  and  said,  Who 
 
 ^Heb.  + 'to  art  thou  that  callest?^  ^^And 
 %^"<me  to  David  said  to  Abenner,  Art 
 the  king.'  j^ot  thou  a  man  ?  and  who 
 is  Hkc  thee  in  Israel  ?  Wliy  then  dost 
 thou  not  guard  thy  lord  the  king?  for 
 one  out  of  the  people  went  in  to  de- 
 stroy thy  lord  the  king.  ^^  And  this 
 thing  is  not  good  which  thou  hast 
 done.  As  the  Lord  lives,  ye  are  ^  worthy 
 
 +  Gr.  sons  of  of  death,  ye  who  guard  your 
 slaughter.        j^^^  ^|^^  "^^^^  ^^^  anointed 
 
 of  the  Lord:  and  now  behold,  I  pray 
 you,  the  spear  of  the  king,  and  the 
 cruse  of  water :  where  are  the  articles 
 that  should  be  at  his  head?  ^^And 
 Saul  recognised  tlie  voice  of  David, 
 and  said.  Is  tliis  thy  voice,  son  David? 
 and  David  said,  I  am  thy  servant,  m^ 
 lord,  0  king.  ^^And  he  said,  Why 
 does  my  lord  thus  pursue  after  his 
 servant?  for  in  what  have  I  sinned? 
 and  what  unrighteousness  has  been 
 found  in  me?  '^And  now  let  my  lord 
 the  kinof  hear  the  word  of  his  servant. 
 If  God  stirs  thee  up  against  me,  let 
 thine  offering  be  acceptable :  but  if  the 
 sons  of  men,  they  are  cursed  before  the 
 Lord,  for  they  have  cast  me  out  this 
 day  so  that  I  should  not  be  established 
 in  the  inheritance  of  the  Lord,  saying. 
 Go,  serve  other  gods.  ^''And  now  let 
 not  my  blood  fall  to  the  ground  before 
 t  Gr.  the  face  ^  the  Lord,  for  the  king  of 
 
 ofthe  Lord.    ^  jg^.^^^     ^^^^    ^^^^^    ^^^^^    ^^ 
 
 seek  thy  life,  as  the  night  hawk  ^  pur- 
 t  Thorns.  sues  its  preT/  in  the  moun- 
 tains. -'And  Saul  said,  I  have  sinned: 
 turn,  son  David,  for  I  will  not  hurt 
 thee,  because  my  life  was  precious  in 
 thine  eyes,  and  to-day  I  have  been 
 foolish  and   have  erred    exceedingly. 
 
 '^^  And  David  answered  and  said,  Be- 
 hold, the  spear  of  the  king :  let  one  of 
 the  servants  come  over  and  take  it. 
 ^^And  the  Lord  shall  recompense  each 
 according  to  his  ^  righteous-  +  Gr.  piurai. 
 ness  and  his  truth,  since  the  Lord 
 dehvered  thee  this  day  into  my  hands, 
 and  I  would  not  Hft  my  hand  against 
 the  Lord's  anointed.  ^'^  And,  tGr.magnified. 
 behold,  as  thy  Hfe  has  been  ^  precious 
 this  very  day  in  my  eyes,  so  let  my 
 life  be  ^  precious  before  the  Lord,  and 
 may  he  protect  me,  and  '"'  deliver  me 
 out  of  all  affliction.  ^''And  t  or.  shaii  de- 
 Saul  said  to  David,  Blessed  ^^"• 
 be  thou,  mi/  son,  and  thou  shalt  surely 
 do  valiantly,  and  svirely  prevail.  And 
 David  went  on  his  way,  and  Saul  re- 
 turned to  his  place. 
 
 27.  And  David  said  in  his  heart. 
 Now  shall  I  be  one  day  ^delivered 
 for  death  into  the  hands  +  n^*^  ambiguous, 
 of  Saul;  and  there  is  no  good  tiring 
 for  me  unless  I  should  escape  into 
 the  land  of  the  Philistines,  and 
 Saul  should  cease  '*  from  t  Gr.  ut.  from 
 seeking  me  through  every  f/e^rg™^ 
 coast  of  Israel :  so  I  shall  +  Gr.  into, 
 escape  out  of  his  hand.  ^So  David 
 arose,  and  the  six  hundred  men  that 
 were  with  him,  and  he  went  to  Anchus, 
 son  of  Ammach,  king  of  Geth.  ^And 
 David  dwelt  with  Anchu-s,  he  and  his 
 men,  each  with  his  family  ;  and  David 
 and  both  his  wives,  Achinaam  the 
 Jezraelitess,  and  Abigaia  the  wife  of 
 Nabal  the  CarmeHte.  '*And  it  was 
 told  Saul  that  David  had  fled  to  Geth ; 
 and  he  no  longer  sought  after  him. 
 •'  And  David  said  to  Anchus,  If  now 
 thy  servant  has  found  grace  in  thine 
 eyes,  let  them  give  me,  I  pray  thee,  a 
 place  in  one  ofthe  cities  in  the  country, 
 and  I  will  dwell  there  :  for  why  does 
 thy  servant  dwell  with  thee  in  a  ^royal 
 city?  ""And  he  gave  him  tcc. city 
 Sckelac  in  that  day:  there-  '"^^edover. 
 fore  Sekelac  came  into  possession  of 
 the  king  of  Judea  to  this  day. 
 ^  And  the  number  of  the   days    that 
 
Chap,  xxvii.  v.  8. 
 
 KINGS   I, 
 
 Chap,  xxviii.  v.  15. 
 
 David  dwelt  in  the  country  of  the 
 Philistines  was  four  months. 
 
 •*  And  David  and  his  men  went  up, 
 
 and  made  an  attack  on  all  the  Gesirites 
 
 and  on  the  Amalekites:  ^and  behold, 
 
 t  Possibly,        +l,p     Innd     was     inhahitcd 
 
 country  which  (^evcn  the  land  from  Ge- 
 
 begiiis  from        i  \  i       .  i  i 
 
 the  waUcd  lampsur)  by  those  who  come 
 lamps'ii"^  was  ^^on\  the  fortified  cities  even 
 inhabited  by  a  to  the  land  of  Eo-ypt.  ^ And 
 ing  even  as      lie  smote  the  land,  and  saved 
 
 far  as  the  laud  • ,  i 
 
 ofEgrypt.'  neitlier  man  nor  woman 
 +  There  is  lit-  alivc ;  and  they  took  flocks, 
 
 tie  doubt  that  i     i         i  ^  i 
 
 a.voTe\a,J.^^;ovp  Qx\<l  licrds,  aud  asscs,  and 
 IS  a  corruption  g^j^gj^g  ^^^  raiment ;  and 
 of  D^-iro—        ,  '  ,        ,       ' 
 
 ^,-;^  J  ,1  they  returned  and  came  to 
 rnio  of  old-         J  in  A     1     A      1 
 
 toshur.  Anchus.       '"And   Anchus 
 
 said  to  David,  On  whom  have  ye  made 
 an  attack  to-day?  And  David  said  to 
 Anchus,  On  the  south  of  Judea,  and 
 on  the  south  of  Jesmega,  and  on  the 
 south  of  the  Kenezite.  ^ '  And  I  have 
 not  saved  man  or  woman  alive  to  bring 
 them  to  Geth,  saying.  Lest  they  carry 
 a  report  to  Geth  against  us,  saying. 
 These  things  Da\dd  does.  And  this 
 was  his  manner  all  the  days  that  David 
 dwelt  in  the  country  of  the  Philistines. 
 ^^  So  David  had  the  full  confidence  of 
 +  Gr.  saying.  Anchus,  ^  wlio  Said,  Hc  is  tho- 
 lit^aiiTr^  roughly  ^  disgraced  among  his 
 ashamed.  people  in  Isracl,  and  he  shall 
 be  my  servant  for  ever. 
 
 28.  And  it  came  to  pass  in  those 
 days  that  the  Philistines  gathered  them- 
 selves together  with  their  armies  to  go 
 out  to  fight  with  Israel;  and  Anchus 
 shSt ■  knCw  ^'^^^^  ^°  David, '  Know  surely, 
 surely.  that  thou  shalt  go  forth  to 
 
 battle  with  me,  thou,  and  thy  men. 
 ^And  David  said  to  Anchus,  Thus 
 now  thou  shalt  know  what  thy  ser- 
 vant will  do.  And  Anchus  said  to 
 David,  So  will  I  make  thee  captain  of 
 my  body-guard  continually.  ^And 
 Samuel  died,  and  all  Israel  lamented 
 for  him,  and  they  bury  him  in  his  city, 
 in  Armathaim.  And  Saul  had  removed 
 those  who  had  in  them  divining  spirits, 
 and  the  wizards  out  of  the  land.  "^  And 
 
 the  Philistines  assemble  themselves, 
 and  come  and  encamp  in  Sonam:  and 
 Saul  gathers  all  the  men  of  Israel,  and 
 they  encamp  in  Gelbue.  ®And  Saul 
 saw  the  camp  of  the  Philistines,  and 
 he  was  alarmed,  and  his  heart  was 
 greatly  dismayed.  ^  And  Saul  inquired 
 of  the  Lord;  and  the  Lord  answered 
 him  not  by  dreams,  nor  by  manifes- 
 tations, nor  by  prophets. 
 
 ^  Then  Saul  said  to  liis  servants.  Seek 
 for  me  a  woman  who  has  in  her  a  divin- 
 ing spirit,  and  I  will  go  to  her,  and 
 inquire  of  her:  and  his  servants  said 
 to  liim.  Behold  there  is  a  woman  who 
 has  in  her  a  divining  spirit  at  Aendor. 
 *And  Saul  diso-uised  himself,  and 
 put  on  other  raiment,  and  he  goes, 
 and  two  men  with  him,  and  they  come 
 to  the  woman  by  night ;  and  he  said  to 
 her,  Divine  to  me,  I  pray  thee,  by  the 
 divining  spirit  within  thee,  and  bring 
 u.p  to  me  him  Avhom  I  shall  name  to 
 thee.  ^And  the  Avoman  said  to  him, 
 Behold  now,  thou  knowest  what  Saul 
 has  done,  how  he  has  cut  off  ^  those 
 who  had  in  them  divining  t  or,  ventn- 
 spirits,  and  the  wizards  from  ^''i"'*'^*- 
 the  land,  and  why  dost  thou  spread  a 
 snare  for  my  Hie  to  destroy  it?  ^°And 
 Saul  swore  to  her,  and  said.  As  the 
 Lord  lives,  ^  no  injury  shall  +  Gr.  a  injury, 
 come  upon  thee  on  this  account.  "And 
 the  woman  said,  Wliom  shall  I  bring 
 up  to  thee  ?  and  he  said,  Bring  up  to  me 
 Samuel.  '^And  the  woman  saw  Samuel, 
 and  cried  out  with  a  loud  voice :  and 
 the  woman  said  to  Saul,  A^Tiy  hast 
 thou  deceived  me?  for  thou  art  Saul. 
 '^And  the  king  said  to  her.  Fear  not; 
 tell  me  whom  thou  hast  seen.  And 
 the  woman  said  to  liim,  I  saw  gods 
 ascending  out  of  the  earth.  •'*And  he 
 said  to  her,  ^Vliat  didst  thou  perceive  ? 
 and  she  said  to  him,  An  ^upright 
 man  ascending  out  of  the  ^  Gr.  iipe.of 
 earth,  and  he  was  clothed  ^j^wouuiac- 
 with  a  mantle.  And  Saul  comit  for  this, 
 knew  that  this  was  Samuel,  and  he 
 stooped  with  his  face  to  the  earth,  and 
 did  obeisance  to  him.     ^^  And  Samuel 
 
Chap,  xxviii.  v.  16. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 Chap.  xxix.  v.  8. 
 
 t  Gr.  has 
 hearkened 
 
 said,  WTiy  hast  tliou  troubled  me,  that 
 I  should  come  up  ?  And  Saul  said,  I  am 
 greatly  distressed,  and  the  Philistines 
 war  against  me,  and  God  has  departed 
 from  me,  and  no  longer  ^hearkens  to 
 me  either  by  the  hand  of 
 prophets  or  by  dreams :  and 
 now  I  have  called  thee  to  tell  me  what 
 I  shall  do.  '^And  Samuel  said.  Why 
 askest  thou  me,  whereas  the  Lord  has 
 departed  from  thee,  and  taken  jjart 
 with  thy  neighbour?  '^And  the  Lord 
 has  done  to  thee,  as  the  Lord  spoke 
 t  Gr.  my  hand,  by  ^  me ;  and  the  Lord  will 
 rend  thy  kingdom  out  of  thy  hand, 
 and  will  give  it  to  thy  neighbour  David, 
 '^because  thou  didst  not  hearken  to 
 the  voice  of  the  Lord,  and  didst  not 
 execute  his  fierce  anger  upon  Ama- 
 lec,  therefore  the  Lord  has  done 
 this  thing  to  thee  this  day.  ^^  And 
 the  Lord  shall  dehver  Israel  with  thee 
 into  the  hands  of  the  Pliihstines,  and 
 to-morrow  thou  and  thy  sons  with  thee 
 shall  fall,  and  the  Lord  shall  deliver 
 the  army  of  Israel  into  the  hands  of 
 the  Philistines. 
 
 ^^ And  Saul  '^instantly  fell  at  his  full 
 +  Gr.  hasted  length  upon  the  earth,  and 
 and  feu  stand-  ^^^  greatly  afraid  because 
 
 of  the  words  of  Samuel ;  and 
 
 mg  or  at 
 full  leng-th, 
 which  is  al-  . 
 
 most  the  lit.  there  was  no  longer  any 
 the  Hedr^ew.      Strength  in  him,  for  he  ^  had 
 
 +  Gr.  ate.  eaten  no  bread  all  that  day, 
 and  all  that  night.  ^^  And  the  woman 
 went  in  to  Saul,  and  saw  that  he  was 
 «<  hastwr^*^^  greatly  disquieted,  and  said 
 </.rf. trepidant,  to  him,  Bcliold  now  thine 
 handmaid  has  hearkened  to  thy  voice, 
 and  I  have  put  my  life  in  my  hand, 
 
 t;.e.  obeyed,  and  havc  ^  heard  the  words 
 which  thou  hast  spoken  to  me.  -^And 
 now  hearken,  I  pray  thee,  to  the  voice 
 of  thine  handmaid,  and  I  will  set  be- 
 fore thee  a  morsel  of  bread,  and  eat, 
 and  thou  slialt  be  strengthened,  for 
 thou  wilt  be  going  on  thy  way.  ^^But 
 he  would  not  eat;  so  his  servants  and 
 the  woman  constrained  him,  and  he 
 hearkened  to  their  voice,  and  rose  up 
 from  the  earth,  and  sat  upon  a  bench. 
 
 ^^And  the  woman  had  a  fat  heifer  in 
 the  house ;  and  she  hasted  and  sIcav  it ; 
 and  she  took  meal  and  kneaded  it,  and 
 baked  unleavened  cakes.  "^^And  she 
 brought  the  meat  before  Saul,  and 
 before  his  servants;  and  they  ate,  and 
 rose  up,  and  departed  that  night. 
 
 2  9 .  And  the  PhiHstines  gather  all  their 
 armies  to  Aphec,  and  Israel  encamped 
 in  Aendor,  which  is  in  Jezracl.  ^  And 
 the  lords  of  the  Philistines  went  on 
 ^by  hundreds  and  thousands,  +  Gr.  to  or  at. 
 and  David  and  his  men  went  on  in  the 
 rear  with  Anchus.  ^And  the  lords  of 
 the  PhiHstines  said.  Who  are  these 
 that  pass  by?  And  Anchus  said  to 
 the  captains  of  the  Philistines,  Is  not 
 this  David  the  servant  of  Saul  king  of 
 Israel  ?  he  has  been  with  us  ^some 
 time,  even  this  second  year,  +  Gr.  days, 
 and  I  have  not  found  any  fault  in  him 
 from  the  day  that  he  attached  himself 
 to  me  even  until  this  day.  *And  the 
 captains  of  the  Philistines  were  dis- 
 pleased at  him,  and  they  say  to  him. 
 Send  the  man  away,  and  let  him  return 
 to  his  place,  where  thou  didst  set  him, 
 and  let  him  not  come  with  us  to  the 
 war,  and  let  him  not  be  a  '^traitor  in 
 the  camp:  and  wherewith    +9'-. apiower 
 
 .■■,  ,       ,J-  •11  1  ■       agamst  the 
 
 Will  lie   be  reconciled  to  his    camp  or  army. 
 
 master?  will  it  not  be  with  the  heads 
 of  those  men?  ^ Is  not  this  David 
 whom  they  ^celebrated  in  /^r- began 
 
 ,  J  .  oil  celebrate, 
 
 dances,  saying,  Saul  has  &c.,  or  gave 
 smitten  his  thousands,  and  denc'e.^^^ 
 David  his  ten  thousands?  ^And  An- 
 chus called  David,  and  said  to  him, 
 As  the  Lord  lives,  thou  art  right  and 
 approved  in  my  eyes,  and  so  is  thy 
 going  out  and  thy  coming  in  with  me 
 in  the  army,  and  I  have  not  found  any 
 e\al  to  charge  against  thee  from  the 
 day  that  thou  earnest  to  me  until  this 
 day:  but  thou  art  not  approved  in  the 
 eyes  of  the  lords.  ^  Now  then  return 
 and  go  in  peace,  thus  thou  shalt  not 
 do  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  lords  of  the 
 Philistines. 
 
 *  And  David  said  to  Anchus,  AVliat 
 
Chap.  xxix.  v.  9. 
 
 KINGS   I 
 
 Chap.  xxx.  u.  17. 
 
 have   I  done  to  tliec  ?  and  what  hast 
 
 thou  found  in  thy  servant  from  the 
 
 ^first  day  that  I  was  before  thee  even 
 
 t<;,-.  warring,  ^u^til  this  day,  that  I  should 
 
 or  having  +         i 
 
 warred.  not  come    and  war  against 
 
 the  enemies  of  the  lord  my  king? 
 
 ^And  Anchus  answered  David,  I 
 +  He*  and      kuow  that  thou  tti't  ffood  in 
 
 Alex.  +  '  an  t        P     -,         r> 
 
 angel  of  God.'  my  eycs,  but  the  loi'ds  ol 
 the  Philistines  say,  He  shall  not  come 
 with  us  to  the  war.  ^°  Now  then  rise 
 up  early  in  the  morning,  thou  and  the 
 servants  of  thy  lord  that  are  come  with 
 thee,  and  go  to  the  place  where  I  ap- 
 pointed you,  and  entertain  no  evil 
 thought  in  thy  heart,  for  thou  a?-t  good 
 in  my  sight :  and  rise  early  for  your 
 J; ^'•- ai"!  let  journey  ^  when  it  is  light, 
 upon  you.  and  depart. '  '■  feo  David  arose 
 early,  he  and  his  men,  to  depart  and 
 guard  the  land  of  the  Philistines :  and 
 the  Philistines  went  up  to  Jezrael  to 
 battle. 
 
 30.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  David 
 and  his  men  had  entered  Sekelac  on 
 the  third  day  that  Amalec  had  made 
 an  incursion  upon  the  south,  and  upon 
 Sekelac,  and  smitten  Sekelac,  and 
 burnt  it  with  fire.  ^And  as  to  the 
 women  and  all  things  that  were  in  it, 
 great  and  small,  they  slew  neither  man 
 nor  woman,  but  carried  them  captives, 
 and  went  on  tlicir  way. 
 
 ^  And  David  and  his  men  came  into 
 the  city,  and,  behold,  it  was  burnt  with 
 fire;  and  their  wives,  and  their  sons, 
 and  their  daughters,  were  carried  cap- 
 tive. ''And  David  and  his  men  lifted 
 up  their  voice,  and  wept  till  there  was 
 no  longer  any  power  within  them  to 
 weep.  ^  And  botli  the  wives  of  David 
 were  carried  captive,  Achinaam  the 
 Jezraelitess,  and  Abigaia  the  wife  of 
 Nabal  the  Carmehte.  ''And  David  was 
 greatly  distressed,  because  the  people 
 spoke  of  stoning  him,  because  the  soul 
 of  all  the  people  was  grieved,  each  for 
 his  sons  and  his  daughters :  but  David 
 strengthened  himself  in  the  Lord  liis 
 God.     '^And  David   said   to  Abiatluir 
 
 the  priest  the  son  of  Achimelech,  Bnng 
 near  the  '  ephod.  « And  Da-  '/,^_'\^'ta 
 vid  inquired  of  the  Lord,  Abiathar 
 
 J^    ,,     ,,    ,  ,.  brought  the 
 
 saying,  ^hali  1  pursue  alter  ephod  to  Da- 
 this  Uroop?  shall  I  over-  'i'^;'     ,,  . 
 
 11.-)  11  •  -I  ^  Gr.yeSSovp 
 
 take  them.'^  and  he  said  to  borrowed 
 
 hT->  I'       xi  1     Ij.    from  the   He- 
 
 lm, Pursue,  lor  thou  shalt  brew. 
 
 surely  overtake  them,  and  thou  shalt 
 
 surely  rescue  the  captives.     ^  So  David 
 
 went,  he  and   the  six    hundred    men 
 
 with  liim,  and  they  come  as  far  as  the 
 
 brook  Bosor,  and  the  superfluous  ones 
 
 stopped.    ^^  And  he  pursued  them  with 
 
 four  hundred  men ;  and  there  remained 
 
 behind  two  hundred  men,  who  tarried 
 
 on  the  other  side  of  the  brook  Bosor. 
 
 "And  they  find  an  Egyptian  in  the 
 
 field,  and  they  take  him,  and  bring 
 
 him  to  David,  and  they  ^  gave  him  bread 
 
 and  he  ate,  and  they  caused  him  to  drink 
 
 water.  '-  And  they  ^  gave  him  a  +  or.  give. 
 
 piece  of  a  cake  of  figs,  and  he  ate,  and 
 
 his  spirit  was  ^  restored  in    ^^f;.^*^"' """ 
 
 .  r-        1        1       1  estabhslied  m 
 
 him,  lor  he  Jiad  not  eaten  Mm. 
 bread,  and  had  not  drunk  water  three 
 days  and  three  nights.  '^And  David  said 
 to  him,  Wliose  art  thou  ?  and  whence  art 
 thou  ?  and  the  young  man  the  Egy])tian 
 said,  I  am  the  servant  of  the  Amale- 
 kite,  and  my  master  left  me,  because  I 
 was  taken  ill  three  days  ago.  •''And 
 we  made  an  incursion  on  the  south  of 
 the  Chelcthitc,  and  on  the  parts  of 
 Judca,  and  on  the  south  of  Chelub, 
 and  wc  burnt  Sekelac  with  fire.  •''And 
 David  said  to  him,  Wilt  thou  bring 
 me  down  to  this  troop?  and  he  said, 
 Swxar  now  to  me  by  God,  that  thou 
 wilt  not  kill  me,  and  that  thou  wilt  not 
 deliver  me  into  the  hands  of  my  mas- 
 ter, and  I  will  bring  thee  down  upon 
 this  troop.  "*  So  he  brought  him  down 
 thither,  and  behold  they  nmx'  scattered 
 abroad  upon  the  surface  of  the  whole 
 land,  eating  and  drinking,  and  feasting 
 by  reason  of  all  the  great  spoils  which 
 they  had  taken  out  of  the  land  of  the 
 Philistines,  and  out  of  the  land  of  Juda. 
 '^And  David  came  upon  them,  and 
 smote  them  from  the  morning  till  the 
 evening,  and  on   the   next   day,  and 
 
Chap.  xxx.  v.  18. 
 
 KINGS   I. 
 
 CnAr.  XXXI.  v.  8. 
 
 not  one  of  them  escaped,  except  four 
 iiundrcd  young  men,  who  were 
 mounted  on  camels,  and  fled.  ^^And 
 David  recovered  all  that  the  Amale- 
 kites  had  taken,  and  he  rescued  both 
 his  \Aa ves.  ^^  And  ^  nothing  was  want- 
 tseeStai^xove'w  ing  to  them  of  great  or 
 Num. In".  49.  small,  either  of  the  spoils, 
 3  Kings  8. 57.  or  the  sons  and  daughters, 
 or  anything  that  they  had  taken  of 
 theirs;  and  David  recovered  all.  ^^And 
 he  took  all  the  flocks,  and  the  herds, 
 and  led  them  away  before  the  spoils : 
 and  it  was  said  of  these  spoils,  These 
 are  the  spoils  of  David.  ^'  And  David 
 comes  to  the  two  hundred  men  who 
 were  left  behind  that  they  should  not 
 follow  after  David,  and  he  had  caused 
 +  Gr.  in.  tlicm  to  remain  ^  by  the  brook 
 of  Bosor ;  and  they  came  forth  ,to  meet 
 David,  and  to  meet  his  people  with 
 him :  and  David  drew  near  to  the  peo- 
 ple, and  they  asked  him  how  he  did. 
 
 ^^Then  every  ill-disposed  and  bad 
 man  of  the  soldiers  who  had  gone  with 
 David,  answered  and  said.  Because 
 they  did  not  pursue  together  with  us, 
 we  will  not  give  them  of  the  spoils 
 which  we  have  recovered,  only  let  eacli 
 one  lead  away  with  liim  his  wife  and 
 his  cliildrcn,  and  let  them  return. 
 ^^  And  David  said.  Ye  shall  not  do  so, 
 after  the  Lord  has  delivered  the  enemy 
 to  us,  and  guarded  us,  and  tlie  Lord 
 has  delivered  into  our  hands  the  troop 
 that  came  against  us.  ^"^  And  who  will 
 hearken  to  these  your  words?  for  they 
 +(?r.aninfe-  are  not  '^  inferior  to  us  ;  for 
 northing.  according  to  the  portion  of 
 him  that  went  down  to  the  battle,  so 
 shall  be  the  portion  of  him  that  abides 
 with  the  baggage  ;  they  shall  share 
 alike.  ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  from  that 
 day  forward,  that  it  became  an  ordi- 
 nance and  a  custom  in  Israel  until  this 
 day.     ^^And  David  came  to  Sekelac, 
 
 Hei'lmri/^r'  ^"^^  ^^^'^^  ^^  ^^^®  spoils  to  the 
 'Loiabiessing  cldcrs  of  Juda,  and  to  his 
 
 from  you,' &c.    /-.  •        -i  •  j.tt- 
 
 ^  /,  ,  iriends,  saying,  ^jtlere  are 
 Alex. '  Bethel.'  somc  01  the  spoils  oi  the  ene- 
 mies of  the  Lord ;  -^  to  those  in  ^  BiethsLir, 
 
 327 
 
 and  to  those  in  Rama  of  the  south, 
 and  to  those  in  Gethor.  ^^And  to 
 those  in  Aroer,  and  to  those  in  Am- 
 madi,  and  to  those  in  Saphi,  and  to 
 those  in  Esthic,  ^^and  to  those  in  Getli, 
 and  to  those  in  Kimath,  and  to  those 
 in  Saphec,  and  to  those  in  Themath, 
 and  to  those  in  Carmel,  and  to  those 
 in  the  cities  of  Jeremeel,  and  to  those 
 in  the  cities  of  the  Kenezite;  ^^and  to 
 those  in  Jerimuth,  and  to  those  in 
 Becrsabee,  and  to  those  in  Nombe, 
 ^^  and  to  those  in  Chebron,  and  to  all 
 the  places  which  David  and  his  men 
 had  passed  through. 
 
 31.  And  the  Philistines  fought  with 
 Israel :  and  the  men  of  Israel  fled  from 
 before  the  Philistines,  and  they  fall 
 down  wounded  in  the  mountain  of 
 Gelbue.  ^And  the  Philistines  press 
 closely  on  Saul  and  his  sons,  and  the 
 Philistines  smite  Jonathan,  and  Ami- 
 nadab,  and  Melchisa  son  of  Saul.  ^And 
 the  battle  prevails  against  Saul,  and 
 the  shooters  with  arrows,  even  the 
 archers  find  him,  and  he  was  wounded 
 ^  under  the  ribs.  ^  And  Saul  +  ut.  in  the 
 said  to  his  armour-bearer,  hypochondria. 
 Draw  thy  sword  and  pierce  me  through 
 with  it,  lest  these  uncircumcised  come 
 and  pierce  me  through,  and  mock  me. 
 But  his  armour-bearer  would  not,  for 
 he  feared  greatly:  so  Saul  took  his 
 sword  and  fell  upon  it.  ^And  his 
 armour-bearer  saw  that  Saul  was  dead , 
 and  he  fell  also  himself  upon  his  sword, 
 and  died  with  him.  ''So  Saul  died, 
 and  his  three  sons,  and  his  armour- 
 bearer,  in  that  day  together.  ^And 
 the  men  of  Israel  who  were  on  the 
 other  side  of  the  valley,  and  those 
 beyond  Jordan,  saw  that  the  men  of 
 Israel  fled,  and  that  Saul  and  his  sons 
 were  dead;  and  they  leave  their  cities 
 and  flee  :  and  the  Philistines  come  and 
 dwell  in  them.  ^And  it  came  to  pass 
 on  the  morrow  that  the  Philistines 
 come  to  strip  the  dead,  and  they  find 
 Said  and  liis  three  sons  fallen  on  the 
 mountains  of  Gelbue. 
 
Chap.  xxxi.  v.  9. 
 
 KINGS  I. 
 
 ^And  they  ^turned  him,  and  stripped 
 
 +  f>.<i7ro<rrpe.  ^t^  \-^:^^  armour,  and  sent  it 
 
 reads,  dTroKe-    mto  the  land  of  the  PhiUs- 
 
 <^aXi6)vcrtc.  •  -•  •  111 
 
 So  in  Heb.  tmes,  Sending  round  glad 
 tidings  to  their  idols  and  to  the  people. 
 '^And  they  set  up  liis  armour  at  the 
 temple  of  Astarte,  and  they  fastened 
 his  body  on  the  wall  of  Bsethsam. 
 ' '  And  the  inhabitants  of  Jabis  Galaad 
 
 KINGS  II.  Chap.  i.  v.  14. 
 
 hear  what  the  Philistines  did  to  Saul. 
 '^  And  they  rose  up,  even  every  man  of 
 might,  and  marched  all  night,  and 
 took  the  body  of  Saul  and  the  body 
 of  Jonathan  his  son  from  the  wall  of 
 Basthsam;  and  they  bring  them  to 
 Jabis,  and  burn  them  there.  ^^And  they 
 take  their  bones,  and  bury  them  in  the 
 field  that  is  in  Jabis,  and  fast  seven  days. 
 
 KINGS    11. 
 
 [+  Or.  Reigns.] 
 (commonly    called   the    second    book    of    SAMUEL.) 
 
 CHAPTER  I.  Verses  1—14. 
 
 1 .  AND  it  came  to  pass  after  Saul 
 was  dead,  that  David  returned  from 
 smiting  Amalec,  and  David  abode  two 
 days  in  Sekelac.  ^And  it  came  to 
 pass  on  the  third  day,  that,  behold,  a 
 man  came  from  the  camp,  from  the 
 people  of  Saul,  and  his  garments  were 
 rent,  and  earth  was  upon  his  head: 
 and  it  came  to  pass  when  he  went  in  to 
 David,  that  he  fell  upon  the  earth,  and 
 did  obeisance  to  him.  ^And  David 
 said  to  him,  Wlience  comest  thou?  and 
 he  said  to  him,  I  have  escaped  out  of 
 the  camp  of  Israel.  ''And  David  said 
 to  him,  AVliat  is  the  matter?  Tell  me. 
 And  he  said.  The  people  fled  out  of  the 
 tGr.war.  ^battle,  and  many  of  the 
 people  have  fallen  and  are  dead,  and 
 Saul  and  Jonathan  his  son  are  dead. 
 *And  David  said  to  the  young  man 
 who  brought  him  the  tidings.  Plow 
 knowest  thou  that  Saul  and  Jonathan 
 his  son  are  dead?  ^And  the  young 
 man  that  brought  the  tidings,  said  to 
 him,  I  happened  accidentally  to  be 
 upon  Mount  Gelbue,  and,  behold,  Saul 
 was  leaning  upon  his  spear,  and,  be- 
 hold, the  chariots  and  captains  of 
 horse  pressed  hard  upon  him.  ^  And  he 
 
 looked  behind  him,  and  saw  me,  and 
 called  me;  and  I  said.  Behold  here  am 
 I.  ®  And  he  said  to  me.  Who  art  thou? 
 and  I  said,  I  am  an  Amalekite.  ^  And 
 he  said  to  me.  Stand,  I  pray  thee,  over 
 me,  and  slay  me,  for  a  dreadful  darkness 
 has  come  vipon  me,  for  all  my  life  is 
 in  me.  ^^  So  I  stood  over  him  and  slew 
 him,  because  I  knew  he  ^ would  not 
 hve  after  he  was  fallen ;  and  +  or.  -wiu. 
 I  took  the  crown  that  was  upon  his 
 head,  and  the  bracelet  tliat  was  upon 
 his  arm,  and  I  have  brought  them 
 hither  to  my  lord.  ''And  David  laid 
 hold  of  his  garments,  and  rent  tliem ; 
 and  all  the  men  who  were  with  him 
 rent  their  garments.  '^And  they 
 lamented,  and  wept,  and  fasted  till 
 evening,  for  Saul  and  for  Jonathan  his 
 son,  and  for  the  people  of  Juda,  and 
 for  the  liouse  of  Israel,  because  they 
 were  smitten  with  the  sword.  '^  And 
 David  said  to  the  young  man  who 
 brought  the  tidings  to  him,  Whence 
 art  thou?  and  he  said,  I  am  the  son  of 
 an  Amalekite  sojourner. 
 
 '■'And  David  said  to  him,  How  was 
 it  thou  wast  not  afraid  to  lift  thy  hand 
 to  destroy  the  anointed  of  the  Lord  ? 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  v.  10. 
 
 ^^And  David  called  one  of  liis  young 
 men,  and  said,  Go  and  fall  upon 
 him :  and  he  smote  him,  and  he  died. 
 '•^And  David  said  to  him,  Thy  blood 
 be    upon   thine    own    head;    for   thy 
 
 +  Gr.  answered,  moutlilias^  testified  against 
 thee,  saying,  I  have  slain  the  anointed 
 of  the  Lord. 
 
 '^And  David  lamented  with  this 
 lamentation  over  Saul  and  over  Jo- 
 nathan   his    son.      '^And    he    '^gave 
 
 +  Gr.  told.  orders  to  teach  it  the  sons 
 of  Juda:  behold,  it  is  written  in  the 
 
 +  Gr.  straight,  book  of  ^  Right.  '^  Set  up  a 
 ^metimel^^*'  P^^^^^'  ^  Isracl,  for  ^thc  slain 
 upright,  as  of  that  died  upon  thy  high 
 Heb.  jasher.     placcs :  liow  are  the  mighty 
 
 '(^'■■7^^^-    fallen!     ^oxdl    it  not    in 
 
 <roi'.  IneLXX.    /^      ■>  in-  in 
 
 take'isrj  for  (jretli,  and  tell  it  not  as  glad 
 HfpiStf'ilr  tidings  in  the  streets  of  As- 
 the£.  r.  from  calon,  Icst  the  daughters  of 
 +  Two  words  '^^^  Philistines  rejoice,  lest 
 here  are         the  daufflitcrs  of  the  uncir- 
 
 USGQ  clS  is  ^ 
 
 often  the  case   cumciscd   triumph.       ^^Ye 
 
 In  the  LXX.  ,    •  i»    /<    n  i    j. 
 
 toexpressone,  mouutams  01  (jreibuc,  let 
 olfn"^'^'"'™''  not  dew  nor  rain  descend 
 
 ana  rpav/j-a- 
 
 Tiw./ to  express  upon  you,  nor  fields  of  first- 
 iv"?  fruits  be  upon  7/ou,  for  there 
 
 the  shield  of  the  mighty  ones  has  been 
 giievously  assailed;  the  shield  of  Saul 
 was  not  anointed  with  oil.  ^^  From 
 the  blood  of  the  slain,  and  from  the 
 fat  of  the  mighty,  the  bow  of  Jonathan 
 returned  not  empty ;  and  the  sword  of 
 Said  turned  not  back  empty.  ^^  Saul 
 and  Jonathan,  the  beloved  and  the 
 beautiful  were  not  divided  ;  comely 
 ivere  they  in  their  hfe,  and  in  their 
 death  they  were  not  divided :  they 
 were  swifter  than  eagles,  and  they  were 
 stronger  than  lions.  ^''Daughters  of 
 Israel,  weep  for  Saul,  who  clothed  you 
 with  scarlet  together  with  your  adorn- 
 ing, who  added  golden  ornaments  to 
 your  apparel.  ^''How  are  the  mighty 
 fallen  in  the  midst  of  the  battle !  0 
 Jonathan,  even  the  slain  ones  upon 
 thy  liigh  places !  ^^  I  am  grieved  for 
 thee,  my  brother  Jonathan,  thou  wast 
 very  lovely  to  me,  thy  love  to  me  was 
 wonderful  beyond  the  love  of  women. 
 
 329 
 
 ^^How  are  the  mighty  fallen,  and  the 
 weapons  of  war  perished  ! 
 
 2.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this 
 that  David  inquired  of  the  Lord, 
 saying,  Shall  1  go  up  against  one 
 of  the  cities  of  Juda?  and  the  Lord 
 said  to  him.  Go  up.  And  David  said, 
 Wliither  shall  I  go  up?  and  he  said. 
 To  Chebron.  ^And  David  went  up 
 thither  to  Chebron,  he  and  both  his 
 wives,  Achinaam  the  JezraeHtess,  and 
 Abigaia  the  wife  of  Nabal  the  Car- 
 melite, ^and  the  men  that  were  with 
 him,  every  one  and  his  family;  and 
 they  dwelt  in  the  cities  of  Chebron. 
 ■*And  the  men  of  Judea  come,  and 
 anoint  David  there  to  reign  over  the 
 house  of  Juda :  and  they  reported  to 
 David,  saying.  The  men  of  Jabis  of  the 
 coimtry  of  Galaad  have  buried  Saul. 
 ^And  David  sent  messengers  to  the 
 rulers  of  Jabis  of  the  country  of  Ga- 
 laad, and  David  said  to  them.  Blessed 
 be  ye  of  the  Lord,  because  ye  have 
 wrought  this  mercy  toward  your  lord, 
 even  toward  Saul  the  anointed  of  the 
 Lord,  and  ye  have  buried  him  and 
 Jonathan  his  son.  *^And  now  may  the 
 Lord  deal  in  mercy  and  truth  towards 
 you :  and  I  also  will  requite  towards 
 you  this  good  deed,  because  ye  have 
 done  this.  '^And  now  let  your  hands 
 be  made  strong,  and  ^  be  soiS'^llra*?" 
 ^valiant,  for  your  master  ism. 
 Saul  is  dead,  and  moreover  the  house 
 of  Juda  have  anointed  me  to  be  king 
 over  them. 
 
 ^But  Abenner,  the  son  of  Ner,  the 
 commander-in-chief  of  Saul's  army, 
 took  Jebosthe  the  son  of  Saul,  and 
 brought  him  up  from  the  camp  to 
 Manaem,  ^and 'made  him  J.^^fJJe^*^''^ 
 king;  over  the  land  of  Ga-  e^amXeva-ey, 
 
 1       P  ,  rr-ii        •    •  1    common  in 
 
 laad,  and  over  Ihasiri,  and  lxx. 
 over  Jezrael,  and  over  Ephraim,  and 
 OA^er  Benjamin,  and  over  all  Israel. 
 ^"Jebosthe,  Saul's  son  was  forty  years 
 old,  when  he  reigned  over  Israel,  and 
 he  reigned  two  years,  but  not  over  the 
 house  of  Juda,  who  followed  David. 
 
Chap.  ii.  ^;.  11. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap,  ii,  v.  31. 
 
 ' '  And  the  days  which  David  reigned 
 in  Chebron  over  the  house  of  Juda 
 "were  seven  years  and  six  months. 
 '^And  Abenncr  the  son  of  Ner  went 
 forth,  and  the  servants  of  Jcbosthe  the 
 son  of  Saul,  from  Manaem  to  Gabaon. 
 '^And  Joab  the  son  of  Saruia,  and  the 
 sers^ants  of  David,  went  fortli  from 
 Chebron,  and  met  them  at  the  fountain 
 of  Gabaon,  at  the  same  place:  and 
 these  sat  down  by  the  fountain  on  this 
 side,  and  those  by  the  fountain  on  that 
 side.  ^"^And  Abcnner  said  to  Joab, 
 Let  now  the  young  men  arise,  and 
 play  before  us.  And  Joab  said.  Let 
 them  arise.  ^^And  there  arose  and 
 passed  over  by  number  twelve  of  the 
 children  of  Benjamin,  belonging  to 
 Jebosthc  the  son  of  Saul,  and  twelve 
 of  the  servants  of  David.  ^^  And  they 
 seized  every  one  the  head  of  his  neigh- 
 bour with  his  hand,  and  his  sword 
 was  tlirust  into  the  side  of  his  neigh- 
 bour, and  they  fall  down  together: 
 and  the  name  of  that  place  was  called 
 The  portion  of  the  treacherous  ones, 
 which  is  in  Gabaon.  '^  And  the  battle 
 was  very  severe  on  that  day ;  and 
 Abcnner  and  the  men  of  Israel  were 
 worsted  before  the  servants  of  David. 
 ^**And  there  were  there  the  three  sons 
 of  Saruia,  Joab,  and  Abessa,  and 
 Asael :  and  Asael  was  swift  in  his  feet 
 as  a  roe  in  the  field. 
 
 ^^  And  Asael  followed  after  Abenner, 
 and  turned  not  to  go  to  the  right  hand 
 or  to  the  left  from  following  Abenner. 
 ^"And  Abcnner  looked  behind  him, 
 and  said.  Art  thou  Asael  himself? 
 and  he  said,  lam.  ^'And  Abenner 
 said  to  him,  Turn  thou  to  the  right 
 hand  or  to  the  left,  and  lay  hold  for 
 thyself  on  one  of  the  yoimg  men,  and 
 +  Gr.  TToO  eoTi  take  to  thyself  his  armour : 
 rfr^ooSt"  ^^^  Asael  would  not  turn 
 ^wr't''^'"'*"t'  ^^^^  from  following  him. 
 youriMo.  ^^And  Abenner  said  yet 
 Eel"^""'  again  to  Asael,  Stand  aloof 
 r^il^exf  from  me,  lest  I  smite  thee  to 
 pressioii.  the  groimd  ?  and  how  shoidd 
 1  lift  up  my  face  to  Joab?  '-^And  Svhat 
 
 does  this  mean?  Return  to  Joab  thy 
 brother :  but  he  would  not  stand  aloof; 
 and    Abenner  smites    him  with    the 
 hinder  end  of  the  spear  on  the  loins, 
 and  the  spear  went  out  behind  him, 
 and  he  falls  there  and  dies  ^on  the 
 spot :  and  it  came  to  pass    t  Gr.  vTro/ca™ 
 that  everyone  that  came  to  Version  ofTh^ 
 the  place  where  Asael  fell  Hebrew  yr\m 
 and  died,  stood  still.  -■*And  ?•  <i-  sWie 
 Joab  and  Abessa  pursued 
 after  Abenner,  and  the  sun  went  down : 
 and  they  went  as  far  as  the  hill  of 
 Amman,  which  is  in  the  front  of  Gai, 
 by  the  ^  desert  way  of  Ga-    +  see  Acts 
 baon.     25  And  the  children  ^■^^■ 
 of  Benjamin  who  followed    Abenner 
 gather  themselves  together,  and  they 
 formed  themselves  into  one  body,  and 
 stood  on   the  top  of  a  hill.     ^''And 
 Abenner  called  Joab,  and  said.  Shall 
 the   sword  ^  devour  pcrpe-    +  Ambifrwity 
 tually ?    Knowcst  thou  not  "^^^l^^iX 
 that   it    will   be   bitter   at  i-rKos  seems 
 last  ?     How  long  then  wilt  me^TcoL-  " 
 thou  refuse  to  tell  the  people  ^ei^etuftyTm 
 to  turn  from  following  our  *^'»e  lxx. 
 brethren?     ^^And  Joab  said.  As  the 
 Lord  Hves,  if  thou  hadst  not  spoken, 
 even  from  the  morning  the  people  had 
 gone  up  every  one  from  following  his 
 brother.       '''^And    Joab    sounded    the 
 trumpet,  and  all  the  people  departed, 
 and  did  not  pursue  after  Israel,  and 
 did  not  fight  any  longer. 
 
 -'•*And  Abenner  and  his  men  de- 
 parted at  evening,  and  went  all  that 
 night,  and  crossed  over  Jordan  and 
 went  along  the  whole  adjacent  country, 
 and  they  come  to  the  camp.  +  The  Hebrew 
 ■'"And  Joab  returned  fi-om  TQi^eingam- 
 following  Abenner,  and  he  Lxx""eenf  to 
 assembled  all  the  people,  i^^ronjword''' 
 and  there  ^  were  missino;  of    .  „    , 
 
 ,  1         f     TA       •  1         •  Such  seems 
 
 the  people  oi  David,  nine-  to  have  been 
 teen  men,  and  Asael.  ^' And  of  tiirnallLfa- 
 the  servants  of  David  smote  T""  ""■''" '""" 
 of  tlie children  of  Lenjamm,  .„;„,.  ^j^,; 
 of  the  men  of  Abenncr,  inn'fromhim.' 
 three  hundred  and  sixty  mcn'^  belong- 
 ing to  him. 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  32. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  hi.  v.  22. 
 
 ^^  And  they  take  up  Asael,  and  bury 
 him  in  the  tomb  of  his  father  in 
 Bethleem.  And  Joab  and  the  men 
 with  him  went  all  the  night,  and  the 
 morning  rose  upon  them  in  Chebron. 
 
 3.  And  there  was  war  for  a  long 
 time  between  the  house  of  Saul  and 
 the  house  of  David ;  and  the  house  of 
 David  grew  continually  stronger ;  but 
 the  house  of  Saul  grew  continually 
 weaker.  '''And  sons  were  born  to 
 David  in  Chebron:  and  his  first-born 
 was  Amnon  the  son  of  Achinoom  the 
 Jezraehtess.  ^  And  his  second  son  ivas 
 Daluia,  the  son  of  Abigaia  the  Carme- 
 litess;  and  the  third,  Abessalom  the 
 son  of  ]\Iaacha  the  dausrhter  of  Tholmi 
 the  kino-  of  Gessir.  '^And  the  fourth 
 teas  Ornia,  the  son  of  Aggith,.  and  the 
 fifth  was  Saphatia,  the  son  of  Abital. 
 ^  And  the  sixth  loas  Jetheraam,  the  son 
 of  ^gal  the  wife  of  David.  These 
 were  born  to  David  in  Chebron.  *'And 
 it  came  to  pass  wlrile  there  was  war 
 between  the  house  of  Saul  and  the 
 house  of  David,  that  Abenner  was 
 governing  the  house  of  Saul.  ^And 
 Saul  had  a  concubine,  Respha,  the 
 daughter  of  Jol ;  and  Jebosthe  tlie  son 
 of  Saul  said  to  Abenner,  ^Hiy  hast 
 thou  gone  in  to  my  father's  concubine  ? 
 '^And  Abenner  was  very  angry  with 
 Jebosthe  for  this  saying ;  and  Abenner 
 said  to  him.  Am  1  a  dog's  head?  I 
 have  this  day  wrought  kindness  with 
 the  house  of  Said  thy  father,  and  with 
 his  brethren  and  friends,  and  have  not 
 gone  over  to  the  house  of  David,  and 
 dost  thou  tliis  day  seek  a  charge  against 
 me  concerning  injury  to  a  woman? 
 ^  God  do  thus  and  more  also  to  Aben- 
 .„   .„  ^      ner,  ^if  as  the  Lord  swore 
 
 T  oTt '  that  us,  Ip^       .  .  -, 
 
 forasmuch  as,'    tO     DaVld,     SO     do    1   UOt    tO 
 
 ne^iyeq^va!  him  this  day;  ^Ho  take 
 ft'^d^Go'd^""*''  ^way  the  kingdom  from 
 avenge  or        the  house  of  Saul,  and  to 
 
 spare  on  these        •  ,-,        ,-,  n  t-\ 
 
 terms  as— or  raise  up  the  thronc  ol  Da- 
 that,  &c.         ^-jj   Q^gj,   Israel  and    over 
 
 Juda  from  Dan  to  Bersabee.  "And 
 Jebosthe  could  not  any  longer  answer 
 
 331 
 
 Abenner  a  word,  because  he  feared 
 him .  '"^  And  Abenner  sent  messengers 
 to  David  to  Thalam  where  he  was, 
 immediately,  saying,  Make  thy  cove- 
 nant with  me,  and,  behold,  my  hand 
 is  with  thee  to  bring  back  to  thee  all 
 the  house  of  Israel.  '^And  David  said. 
 With  a  good-will  will  I  make  with 
 thee  a  covenant:  only  I  demand  one 
 condition  of  thee,  saying,  Thoa  shalt 
 not  see  my  face,  unless  thou  bring 
 Melchol  the  daughter  of  Saul,  when 
 thou  comest  to  see  my  face.  ^''And 
 David  sent  messengers  to  Jebosthe  the 
 son  of  Saul,  saying,  Restore  me  my 
 wife  Melchol,  whom  I  took  for  a  hun- 
 dred foreskins  of  the  Philistines.  ^^And 
 Jebosthe  sent,  and  took  her  from  her 
 husband  even  from  Phaltiel  the  son  of 
 Selle.  ^•'And  her  husband  went  with 
 her  weeping  behind  her  as  far  as  Bara- 
 kim.  And  Abenner  said  to  him ;  Go, 
 return :  and  he  returned. 
 
 ^^And  Abenner  spoke  to  the  elders 
 of  Israel,  saying.  In  former  days  ye 
 sought  David  to  reign  over  you.  ^^And 
 now  perform  it;  for  the  Lord  has 
 spoken  concerning  David,  saying.  By 
 the  hand  of  my  servant  David  I  will 
 save  Israel  out  of  the  hand  of  all  their 
 enemies.  ^^And  Abenner  spoke  in 
 the  ears  of  Benjamin:  and  Abenner 
 went  to  speak  in  the  ears  of  David  at 
 Chebron,  all  that  seemed  good  in 
 the  eyes  of  Israel  and  in  the  eyes 
 of  the  house  of  Benjamin.  ^''And 
 Abenner  came  to  David  to  Chebron, 
 and  with  him  twenty  men :  and  David 
 made  for  Abenner  and  his  men  with 
 him  a  banquet  of  wine.  ^^  And  Aben- 
 ner said  to  David,  I  will  arise  now, 
 and  go,  and  all  Israel  gather  to  my 
 lord  the  king,  and  I  will  make  with 
 him  a  covenant,  and  thou  shalt  reign 
 over  all  whom  thy  soul  desires.  And 
 David  sent  away  Abenner,  and  he  de- 
 parted in  peace.  ^^And,  behold,  the 
 servants  of  David  and  Joab  arrived 
 from  their  expedition,  and  they  brought 
 much  spoil  with  them:  and  Abenner 
 was  not  with  David  in  Chebron,  be- 
 
Chap.  hi.  v.  23. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  4. 
 
 cause  he  had  sent  liim  away,  and  he 
 had  departed  in  peace.  ^^And  Joab 
 and  all  his  army  came,  and  it  was  re- 
 ported to  Joab,  saying,  Abenncr,  the 
 son  of  Ner  is  come  to  David,  and  Da- 
 vid has  let  liim  go,  and  he  has  de- 
 parted in  peace.  '^*  And  Joab  went  in 
 to  the  king,  and  said,  What  is  this  that 
 thou  hast  done  ?  behold,  Abenner  came 
 to  thee;  and  why  hast  thou  let  him 
 go,  and  he  has  departed  in  peace? 
 ^■^  Ivnowest  thou  not  the  miscliief  of 
 Abenner  the  son  of  Ner,  that  he  came 
 to  deceive  thee,  and  to  know  thy  going- 
 out  and  thy  coming  in,  and  to  know 
 all  things  that  thou  doest?  ^"And 
 Joab  returned  from  David,  and  sent 
 messengers  to  Abenner  after  him;  and 
 they  bring  liim  back  from  the  well  of 
 Seiram :  but  David  knew  it  not. 
 ^^And  he  brought  back  Abenner  to 
 Chebron,  and  Joab  caused  him  to  turn 
 aside  from  the  gate  to  speak  to  him, 
 laying  wait  for  him:  and  he  smote 
 liim  there  in  the  loins,  and  he  died  for 
 the  blood  of  Asael  the  brother  of  Joab. 
 "^^And  David  heard  of  it  afterwards, 
 and  said,  I  and  my  kingdom  are  guilt- 
 less before  the  Lord  even  for  ever  of 
 the  blood  of  Abenner  the  son  of  Ner. 
 
 («c.  bloods)  o    r      1  i  ii      i 
 
 meet.  oi  JoaD,  and  upon  ail  the 
 
 house  of  his  father ;  and  let  there  not 
 be  wanting  of  the  house  of  Joab  one 
 that  has  an  issue,  or  a  leper,  or  that 
 leans  on  a  staff,  or  that  falls  by  the 
 sword,  or  that  wants  bread.  ^"  For 
 Joab  and  Abessa  his  brother  laid  wait 
 continually  for  Abenner,  because  he 
 slew  Asael  their  brother  at  Gabaon  in 
 the  battle.  ^'And  David  said  to  Joab 
 and  to  all  the  people  with  him,  llend 
 your  garments,  and  gird  yourselves 
 Avith  sackcloth,  and  lament  before 
 Abenner.  And  king  David  followed 
 the  bier.  ^^And  they  bury  Abenncr 
 in  Chebron :  and  the  king  lifted  up  his 
 voice,  and  Avept  at  his  tomb,  and  all 
 the  people  wept  for  Abenner. 
 
 '*^  And  the  king  mourned  over  Aben- 
 ner, and  said,  Shall  Abenner  die  ac- 
 
 332 
 
 cording  to  the  death  of  Nabal  ?  ^*  Thy 
 hands  were  not  bound,  and  thy  feet 
 wi'j'e  not  jmt  in  fetters:  ^ one  brought 
 thee  not  near  as  Nabal ;  thou  +  ^^^^^  j„. 
 didst  fall  before  children  of  stead  oif  Puhai 
 iniquity.  ^'^And  all  the  ^^^ 
 people   assembled  to  weep  i>e  taken  ac- 
 
 {•i*  Aini  tivclyasif 
 
 lor  iiim.     And.  all  the  peo-  Hipiui  with 
 
 T  ,  T\       '  1  J.       the  affix  i — the 
 
 pie  came  to  cause  David  to  nesfativeou 
 eat  bread  while  it  was  yet  the'preceS 
 day :  and  David  swore,  say- 
 ing, God  do  so  to  me,  and  more  also, 
 if  1  eat  bread  or  any  thing  else  before 
 the  sun  goes  down.  ^*'And  all  the 
 people  took  notice,  and  all  things  that 
 the  king  did  before  the  people  were 
 pleasing  in  their  sight.  ^^  So  all  the 
 people  and  all  Israel  perceived  in  that 
 day,  that  it  was  not  of  the  king  to  slay 
 Abenner  the  son  of  Ner. 
 
 ^*  And  the  king  said  to  his  servants, 
 Know  ye  not  that  a  great  prince  is  this 
 day  fallen  in  Israel?  ^^  And  that  I  am 
 this  day  a  7ne?'e  kinsman  of  his,  and 
 as  it  were''  a  subject;  but  +Gr. appoint- 
 thesementhe  sons  of  Sa-  edbyakmg. 
 ruia  are  too  hard  for  me:  the  Lord 
 reward  the  evil-doer  according  to  his 
 wickedness. 
 
 4.  And  Jebosthe  the  son  of  Saul 
 heard  that  Abenncr  the  son  of  Ner  had 
 died  in  Chebron;  and  his  hands  were 
 paralysed,  and  all  the  men  of  Israel 
 grew  faint.  ^And  Jebosthe  the  son  of 
 Saul  had  two  men  that  Averc  captains 
 of  bands:  the  name  of  the  one  tras 
 Baana,  and  the  name  of  the  other  lie- 
 chab,  sons  of  liemmon  the  Berothite  of 
 the  children  of  Benjamin;  for  Beroth 
 Avas  reckoned  to  the  children  of  Ben- 
 jamin. ^  And  the  Berothitcs  ran  aAvay 
 to  Gethaim,  and  Avere  sojourners  there 
 until  this  day.  ^  And  Jonathan  Saul's 
 son  had  a  son  lame  of  his  feet,  live 
 years  old,  and  he  was  in  the  loay  Avhen 
 the  news  of  Saul  and  Jonathan  his  son 
 came  from  Jezrael,  and  his  nurse  took 
 him  up,  and  lied ;  and  it  came  to  pass 
 as  he  hasted  and  retreated,  that  he  fell, 
 and  was  lamed.     And  his  name  ivas 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  5. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  v.  v.  14. 
 
 Memphibostlie.  ^And  Recliab  and 
 Baana  the  sons  of  Remmon  the  Bero- 
 thite  went,  and  they  came  in  the  heat 
 of  the  day  into  the  house  of  Jebosthe, 
 and  he  was  sleeping  on  a  bed  at  noon. 
 
 *  And,  behold,  the  porter  of  the  house 
 "winnowed  wheat,  and  he  slumbered 
 and  slept:  and  the  brothers  Rechab 
 and  Baana  ^  went  privily  into  the 
 house:  and  Jebosthe  was  sleeping  on 
 his  bed  in  his  chamber  :  and  they 
 smite  him,  and  slay  him,  and  take  off 
 his  head  :  and  they  took  his  head, 
 and  went  all  the  night  by  the  west- 
 ern road. 
 
 ^  And  they  brought  the  head  of  Je- 
 bosthe to  David  to  Chebron,  and  they 
 said  to  the  king.  Behold  the  head  of 
 Jebosthe  the  son  of  Saul  thy  enemy, 
 who  sought  thy  Kfe ;  and  the  Lord  has 
 +  Gr.  given.  ^  execu.ted  for  my  lord  the  king 
 vengeance  on  his  enemies,  as  it  is  this 
 day;  even  on  Saul  thy  enemy,  and  on 
 his  seed.  ^And  David  answered  Re- 
 chab and  Baana  his  brother,  the  sons  of 
 Remmon  the  Berothite,  and  said  to 
 them,  As  the  Lord  lives,  who  has  re- 
 deemed my  soul  out  of  all  affliction; 
 '"he  that  reported  to  me  that  Saul 
 was  dead,  even  he  was  as  one  bringing 
 glad  tidings  before  me:  but  I  seized 
 him  and  slew  him  in  Sekelac,  to  whom 
 I  ought,  as  he  thought,  to  have  given 
 a  reward  for  his  tidings.  ^^And  now 
 evil  men  have  slain  a  rio-hteous  man 
 m  his  house  on  his  bed:  now  then 
 I  will  require  his  blood  of  your  hand, 
 and  I  will  destroy  you  from  off  the 
 earth.  ^"^And  David  commanded  his 
 young  men,  and  they  slay  them,  and 
 cut  ofi"  their  hands  and  their  feet ;  and 
 they  hung  them  up  at  the  fountain  in 
 Chebron :  and  they  bm-ied  the  head  of 
 tiebosthe  in  the  tomb  of  Abenner  the 
 son  of  Ner. 
 
 5.  And  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  come 
 
 to  David  to  Chebron,  and  they  said  to 
 
 tGr.  yester-    \x\xn    Beliold   we    are   thy 
 
 day  and  the       ,  '  ,     ,         _      ,  oat 
 
 third  day.         Doue  and  thy  nesh.     ''And 
 
 *  heretofore  Saul  being  king  over  us, 
 
 thou  wast  he  that  didst  lead  out  and 
 bring  in  Israel:  and  the  Lord  said  to 
 thee.  Thou  shalt  feed  my  people  Israel, 
 and  thou  shalt  be  for  a  leader  to  my 
 people  Israel.  ^  And  all  the  elders  of 
 Israel  come  to  the  king  to  Chebron; 
 and  king  David  made  a  covenant  with 
 them  in  Chebron  before  the  Lord ;  and 
 they  anoint  David  king  over  all  Israel. 
 ^  David  was  ^  thirty  years  t  Gr.  a  son  of 
 old  when  he  began  to  reign,  *^"^  ^^^®- 
 and  he  reigned  forty  years.  ^  Seven 
 years  and  six  months  he  reigned  in 
 Chebron  over  Juda,  and  thirty-three 
 years  he  reigned  over  all  Israel  and 
 Juda  in  Jerusalem.  ^And  David  and 
 his  men  departed  to  Jerusalem,  to  the 
 Jebusite  that  inhabited  the  land :  and 
 it  was  said  to  David,  Thou  shalt  not 
 come  in  hither :  for  the  blind  and  the 
 lame  withstood  him,  saying,  David 
 shall  not  come  in  hither.  ^And  David 
 took  first  the  hold  of  Sion :  this  is  the 
 city  of  David.  ^  And  David  said  on 
 that  day,  Every  one  that  smites  the 
 Jebusite,  let  him  attack  with  the 
 dagger  both  the  lame  and  the  blind, 
 and  those  that  hate  the  soul  of  David. 
 Therefore  they  say.  The  lame  and  the 
 blind  shall  not  enter  into  the  house 
 of  the  Lord.  ^And  DaAad  dwelt  in 
 the  hold,  and  it  was  called  the  city  of 
 David,  and  he  biult  the  city  itself 
 round  about  ^from  the  ci-  t  q.d.  down- 
 tadel,  and  he  built  his  own  ^"''^^• 
 house.  ^°  And  David  advanced  and 
 became  great,  and  the  Lord  Almighty 
 teas  with  him.  ^'And  Chiram  king  of 
 Tyre  sent  messengers  to  David,  and 
 cedar  wood,  and  carpenters,  and  stone- 
 masons: and  they  built  a  house  for 
 David.  ^- And  David  knew  that  the 
 Lord  had  prepared  him  to  be  king  over 
 Israel,  and  that  his  kingdom  was  ex- 
 alted for  the  sake  of  his  people  Israel. 
 '^  And  David  took  again  wives  and 
 concubines  out  of  Jerusalem,  after  he 
 came  from  Chebron:  and  David  had 
 still  more  sons  and  daughters  born  to 
 him.  ^'*And  these  are  the  names  of 
 those  that  were  born  to  him  in  Jeru- 
 
Chap.  v.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  12. 
 
 salem;  Sammus,  and  Sobab,  and  Na- 
 tlian,  and  Solomon.  '^And  Ebear,  and 
 I'^lisue,  and  Napliec,  and  Jephies. 
 '•^  And  Elisama,  and  Elidae,  and  Eli- 
 *  Heb.  and  pbalatli/  Saniae,  Jcssibath, 
 ^ter.  omi  the  JS^atlian,  Galamaan,  Jebaar, 
 names  m  tius   i  lieesus,  iiiiplialat,  JNao'ccl, 
 
 Napbcc,  Janatlian,  Leasa- 
 mys,  Baalimath,  Elipliaath.  '^  And 
 the  Philistines  board  that  David  was 
 anointed  king  over  Israel;  and  all  tlie 
 Philistines  went  up  to  seek  David ;  and 
 David  heard  of  it,  and  went  down  to 
 
 the  stronjT  hold.    ^^And  the 
 
 Tt!^  Titans.     TiT  •!•     •  ^ 
 
 Hebrew,  Re-  1  mustines  cauie,  and  as- 
 ^  ^™'  sembled   in    the  valley   of 
 
 the  ^  giants. 
 
 ^^And  David  inquired  of  the  Lord, 
 sajing,  Shall  I  go  up  against  the  Phi- 
 listines? and  wilt  thou  deliver  them 
 into  my  hands?  and  the  Lord  said  to 
 David,  Go  up,  for  I  will  surely  dehver 
 the  PhiHstines  into  thine  hands.  ^"^And 
 +  Heh.  Baal-  David  Came  from  ^  Upper 
 perazim.  Breaches,   and    smote    the 
 
 Philistines  there :  and  David  said.  The 
 Lord  has  destroyed  the  hostile  Philis- 
 tines before  me,  as  water  is  dispersed : 
 therefore  the  name  of  that  place  was 
 called  ^  Over  Breaches.  ^'  And  they 
 ^ThusinEng-  Icavc  there  their  gods,  and 
 lish  or  other    David   and   his  men  with 
 
 languages,  ,  .  ,       .  o'l  k       -\     ^ 
 
 umiei-skiddiiw,  him  took  tlicm.  ^"And  the 
 riuustines  came  up  yet 
 again,  and  assembled  in  the  valley  of 
 Giants.  ^^And  David  inquired  of  the 
 Lord;  and  the  Lord  said.  Thou  shalt 
 not  go  up  to  meet  them:  turn  from 
 them,  and  thou  shalt  meet  them  near 
 \Gr.  K\av0-  ^^g  placc  of  ^  wecpinii;. 
 Heb.  D'NDji  ^*  And  it  snail  come  to  pass 
 Sken"for '  ^^^^n  thou  hcarcst  the  sound 
 D03  of  a  clashing  together  from 
 
 the  grove  of  weeping,  then  thou  shalt 
 go  down  to  them,  for  then  the  Lord 
 shall  go  forth  before  thee  to  make 
 havoc  in  the  battle  "with  the  Philistines. 
 ^■^  And  David  did  as  the  Lord  com- 
 manded him,  and  smote  the  Philistines 
 from  Gabaon  as  far  as  the  land  of 
 Gazera. 
 
 6.  And  David  again  gathered  all  the 
 young  men  of  Israel,  about  seventy 
 thousand.  ^And  David  arose,  and 
 went,  he  and  all  the  people  that  were 
 with  liim,  and  some  of  the  rulers  of 
 Juda,  on  an  expedition  to  a  distant 
 place,  to  bring  back  thence  the  ark  of 
 God,  on  which  the  name  of  the  Lord 
 of  Hosts  who  dwells  between  the  che- 
 rubs upon  it  is  called.  ^And  they 
 jDut  the  ark  of  the  Lord  on  a  new 
 waggon,  and  took  it  out  of  the  house 
 of  Aminadab  who  lived  on  the  hill: 
 and  Oza  and  his  brethren  the  sons  of 
 Aminadab  drove  the  waggon^  with 
 the  ark.  ''And  his  brethren  +  ^i<--i-  more 
 went  before  the  ark.  ^And  the  Heh.  m- 
 David  and  the  children  of  bro4ht'it' out 
 Israel  were  playino;  before  of  the  house  of 
 
 .  i.      J       o  Abuiailab  in 
 
 the  Lord  on  ?«e//-tuned  m-  the  iiiu.' 
 struments  mightily,  and  with  songs, 
 and  with  harps,  and  with  lutes,  and 
 with  drmns,  and  with  cymbals,  and 
 with  pipes.  "^  And  they  come  as  far  as 
 the  threshing  floor  of  Nachor  :  and 
 Oza  reached  forth  his  hand  to  the  ark 
 of  God  to  keep  it  steady,  and  took 
 hold  of  it ;  for  ^  the  ox  shook  +  or.  the  caif. 
 it  out  of  its  place.  '^And  the  Lord  was 
 very  angry  with  Oza;  and  God  smote 
 him  there  :  ^  and  he  died  lf^J'\  f5?f^ 
 there  by  the  ark  of  the  Lord  his  rashness.- 
 before  God.  **And  David  was  dispirited 
 because  the  Lord  made  a  breach  upon 
 Oza;  and  that  place  was  called  the 
 breach  of  Oza  until  this  day.  ^And 
 David  feared  the  Lord  in  that  day, 
 saying,  How  shall  the  ark  of  the  Lord 
 come  in  to  me?  ^°And  David  would 
 not  bring  in  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
 the  Lord  to  himself  into  the  city  of 
 David :  and  Da\dd  turned  it  aside  into 
 the  house  of  Abeddara  the  Gethite. 
 ''  And  the  ark  of  the  Lord  lodged  in 
 the  house  of  Abeddara  the  Gethite 
 three  months,  and  the  Lord  blessed  all 
 the  house  of  Abeddara,  and  all  his  pos- 
 sessions. '"■^And  it  was  reported  to 
 king  David,  saying.  The  Lord  has 
 blessed  the  house  of  Abeddara,  and  all 
 that  he  has,  because  of  the  ark  of  the 
 
CiiAP.  VI.  V.  13- 
 
 KINGS  n. 
 
 ClIAP.  VII.  V.  11. 
 
 Lord.  And  David  went,  und  brouglit 
 up  the  ark  of  the  Lord  from  the  house 
 of  Abeddara  to  the  city  of  David  with 
 gladness.  '^And  there  were  with  him 
 bearing  the  ark  seven  bands,  and  for  a 
 sacrifice  a  calf  and  lambs.  ^'*And 
 David  sounded  with  well-tuned  instru- 
 ments before  the  Lord,  and  David  was 
 clothed  with  a  fine  long  robe.  ^''And 
 David  and  all  the  house  of  Israel  brought 
 up  the  ark  of  the  Lord  with  shouting, 
 and  with  the  sound  of  a  trumpet. 
 '^  And  it  came  to  pass  as  the  ark  ar- 
 rived at  the  city  of  David,  that  Melchol 
 the  daughter  of  Saul  looked  throizgh 
 the  window,  and  saw  king  David 
 dancing  and  playing  before  the  Lord; 
 and  she  despised  him  in  her  heart. 
 ^^And  they  bring  the  ark  of  the  Lord, 
 and  set  it  in  its  place  in  the  midst  of 
 the  tabernacle  which  David  'pitched 
 for  it :  and  David  oflered  Avhole-burnt- 
 ofierings  before  the  Lord,  cmd  peace- 
 oiFerings.  ^*^And  Davi<l  made  an  end 
 of  offering  the  whole-burnt-offerings 
 and  peace-offerings,  and  blessed  the 
 people  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  of 
 Hosts.  '^And  he  distributed  to  all  the 
 .      .      .       people,  even  to  all  the  host 
 
 tg.d.  apiece   ^n   K     ^    ^      n  ^^ 
 
 smau  enough    ot    Isracl   irom   Dan   unto 
 
 for  one  roast-    t)  n  i      ,i  i 
 
 in(?,butproba-  bcersabee,  botli  men  and 
 formecilron/^  womcu,  to  cvcry  ouc  a  Cake 
 the  Hebrew      of  bread,  and  ^  a  joint  of 
 
 1BC«    read  as   ^^^^^  ^^^^    ^   ^^^^^  f^.^^^  ^|^g 
 
 ■'3^'^.  frying-pan :  and  all  the  peo- 
 
 ple departed  every  one  to  his  home. 
 "^^  And  David  returned  to  bless  his 
 house. 
 
 And  Melchol  the  daughter  of  Saul 
 came  out  to  meet  David  and  saluted 
 him,  and  said,  How  was  the  king  of 
 Isracl  glorified  to-day,  who  was  to-day 
 imcovered  in  the  eyes  of  the  handmaids 
 of  his  servants,  as  one  of  the  dancers 
 wantonly  uncovers  himself!  ^'And 
 David  said  to  Melchol,  I  will  dance 
 before  the  Lord.  Blessed  be  the  Lord 
 who  chose  me  before  thy  father,  and 
 before  all  his  house,  to  make  me  head 
 over  his  people,  even  over  Israel :  there- 
 fore I  "vvill  play,  and  dance  before  the 
 
 Lord.  -^Andl  will  again  uncover  myself 
 thus,  and  I  will  be  vile  in  thine  eyes, 
 and  with  the  maid-servants  +  jn^^  ^^jts 
 by  whom  thou  saidst  that  I  "»e  nep:ative, 
 
 •J        ,  1       1      •        1  ''"'-  *^^  differs 
 
 was     not   had    m  honour,  from  the 
 
 ^^  And  Melchol  the  daughter 
 
 of  Saul  had  no  child  till  the  day  of  her 
 
 death. 
 
 7.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  the 
 king  sat  in  his  house,  and  the  Lord 
 had  given  him  an  inheritance  on  every 
 side  free  from  all  his  enemies  round 
 ahout  him ;  ^  that  the  king  said  to 
 Nathan  the  prophet.  Behold  now,  I 
 live  in  a  house  of  cedar,  and  the  ark 
 of  the  Lord  dwells  in  the  midst  of  a 
 tent.  ^  And  Nathan  said  to  the  king, 
 Go  and  do  all  that  is  in  thine  heart, 
 for  the  Lord  is  with  thee.  *  And  it 
 came  to  pass  in  that  night,  that  the 
 word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Nathan, 
 saying,  '^Go,  and  say  to  my  servant 
 David,  Thus  says  the  Lord,  Thou  shalt 
 not  build  me  a  hoixse  for  me  to  dwell 
 in.  •"  For  I  have  not  dwelt  in  a  house 
 from  the  day  that  I  brought  up  the 
 children  of  Israel  out  of  Egypt  to 
 this  day,  but  I  have  been  walking  in  a 
 lodge  and  in  a  tent,  '^wheresoever  I 
 went  with  all  Israel.  Have  I  ever 
 spoken  to  any  of  the  tribes  of  Israel, 
 which  I  commanded  to  tend  my  people 
 Israel,  saying,  ^Vliy  have  ye  not  built 
 me  a  house  of  cedar  ?  ^ And  now  thus 
 shalt  thou  say  to  my  servant  David, 
 Thus  says  the  Lord  Ahnighty,  I  took 
 thee  from  the  sheep-cote,  that  thou 
 shouldest  be  a  prince  over  my  people, 
 over  Israel.  ^  And  I  was  with  thee 
 wheresoever  thou  wentcst,  and  I  de- 
 stroyed all  thine  enemies  before  thee, 
 and  I  made  thee  renowned  according 
 to  the  renown  of  the  great  ones  on  the 
 earth.  ^^  And  I  will  appoint  a  place 
 for  my  people  Israel,  and  wiR  plant 
 ^  them,  and  they  shall  dwell  by  +  Gr.  it. 
 themselves,  and  shall  be  no  more  dis- 
 tressed; and  the  son  of  iniquity  shall 
 no  more  afflict  them,  as  he  has  done 
 from  the  beginning,  "  from  the  days 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  12. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  4. 
 
 when  I  appointed  judges  over  my 
 people  Israel :  and  I  will  give  thee 
 rest  from  all  thine  enemies,  and  the 
 Lord  will  tell  thee  that  thou  shalt 
 build  a  house  to  him.  ^^  And  it  shall 
 come  to  pass  when  thy  days  sliall  have 
 been  fulfilled,  and  thou  shalt  sleep 
 with  thy  fathers,  that  I  will  raise  up  thy 
 seed  after  thee,  even  thine  own  issue, 
 and  I  will  establish  his  kingdom.  '^  He 
 shall  build  for  me  a  house  to  my  name, 
 and  I  will  set  up  his  throne  even  for  ever. 
 '■*  I  will  be  to  him  a  father,  and  he  shall 
 +  TheLxx.     be  to  me  a  son.  And  ^  when 
 
 have  added  to     i         i  ,        , 
 
 the  sense  of      he   happens   to  transgress, 
 inw  ftis  ini-     then  will  I  chasten  him  with 
 
 quity,  that  of  -in  i        •   t      i 
 
 the  verb  nn;<  ^"C  roci  of  men,  and  witii  tlie 
 to  come.  ''"'  stripes  of  the  sons  of  men. 
 '*  But  my  mercy  I  will  not  take  from 
 him,  as  I  took  it  from  those  whom  I  re- 
 moved from  my  presence.  '^  And  his 
 house  shall  be  made  sure,  and  his  king- 
 dom for  ever  before  me,  and  his  throne 
 shall  be  set  up  for  ever.  ''^  According 
 to  all  these  words,  and  according  to  all 
 this  vision,  so  Nathan  spoke  to  David. 
 ^**  And  king  David  came  in,  and  sat 
 before  the  Lord,  and  said,  Wlio  am  I, 
 O  Lord,  my  Lord,  and  what  is  my 
 house,  that  thou  hast  loved  me  ^hither- 
 tor.somuch  to?  ^^  Wliereas  I  was  very 
 *«*"^-  little  before  thee,  0  Lord, 
 
 my  Lord,  yet  thou  spokest  concerning 
 the  house  of  thy  servant  for  a  long 
 time  to  come.  And  is  this  the  law  of 
 man,  0  Lord,  my  Lord?  ^"  And  what 
 shall  David  yet  say  to  thee?  and  now 
 thou  knowest  thy  servant,  0  Lord,  my 
 Lord.  ^'  And  thou  hast  wrought  for 
 thy  servant's  sake,  and  according  to 
 thy  heart  thou  hast  Avrought  all  tliis 
 greatness,  to  make  it  known  to  thy 
 servant,  '^'^  that  he  may  magnify  thee, 
 0  my  Lord;  for  there  is  no  one  ^like 
 +  Gr.  as  thou,  thcc,  and  there  is  no  God  but 
 thou  among  all  of  whom  we  have  heard 
 with  our  ears.  ^^And  what  pco])lc, 
 what  other  nation  in  the  earth  is  as 
 thy  people  Israel?  whereas  God  was 
 his  guide,  to  redeem  for  himself  a  peo- 
 ple to  make  thee  a  name,  to  do  mightily 
 
 and  nobly,  so  that  thou  shouldest  cast 
 out  nations  and  their  tabernacles  from 
 the  presence  of  thy  people,  whom  thou 
 didst  redeem  for  thyself  out  of 
 Egypt?  ^^And  thou  hast  prepared  for 
 thyself  thy  people  Israel  to  be  a  people 
 for  ever,  and  thou.  Lord,  art  become 
 their  God.  ^''And  now,  0  my  Lord, 
 the  Almighty  Lord  God  of  Israel,  con- 
 firm the  word  for  ever  which  thou 
 hast  spoken  concerning  thy  servant 
 and  his  house:  and  now  as  thou  hast 
 said,  ^^  Let  thy  name  be  magnified  for 
 ever.  ^  ^^  Ahnighty  Lord  +  Ueb.  and 
 God  of  Israel,  thou  hast  un-  ^^\^  '"^^ 
 covered  the  ear  of  thy  ser-  the  vvords 'and 
 
 .-     J      .         let  the  house 
 Vant,    saying,     I    will    build    of  thy  servant 
 
 thee  a  house :  therefore  thy  tabiished'^be-^ 
 servant  has  found  in  his  f°''^*^««-' 
 heart  to  pray  this  prayer  to  thee. 
 ^^  And  now,  0  Lord,  my  Lord,  thou 
 art  God;  and  thy  words  will  be  true, 
 and  thou  hast  spoken  these  good  things 
 concerning  thy  servant.  ^^  And  now 
 begin  and  bless  the  house  of  thy  ser- 
 vant, that  it  may  continue  for  ever 
 before  thee,  for  thou,  O  Lord,  my 
 Lord,  hast  spoken,  and  the  house  of 
 thy  servant  shall  be  blessed  with  thy 
 blessing  so  as  to  continue  for  ever. 
 
 8.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this, 
 that  David  smote  the  Philistines,  and 
 put  them  to  flight,  and  David  took 
 the  "^  tribute  from  out  of  the  +  or,  the  se- 
 hand  of  the  PhiUstines.  possiwy'tri-' 
 2 And  David  smote  Moab,  ""ifXtlihe^- 
 and    measured    them    out  •"V'V^''-  ■^''• 
 
 .  ,        T  ,         .  +  1    •  1    hndle  of  Am- 
 
 with    hues,    having   ^  laid  maii. 
 them  down  on  the  ground :  them"to*sie^ep. 
 and  there  were  two  lines  for  slaying, 
 and  two  hnes  he  kept  ahve :  and  Moab 
 became   servants    and    tributaries    to 
 David.    ^And  David  smote  +Hc4.toreco- 
 Adraazar  the  son  of  Raab  ''^^\^^ 'p*"^^- 
 king  of  Suba,  as  he  went  to  2,- J^" 
 *  extend    his  power  to  the  taken  for 
 river     Euphrates.       ''  And  i'*ir6 
 David  took  ^a  thousand  of   +  ^to.  seven, 
 his  chariots,  and  seven  thousand  horse- 
 men, and  twenty  thousand  footmen: 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  5. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  10. 
 
 and  David  houghed  all  his  ^  chariot 
 tGc.  chariots,  horscs,  and  he  reserved  to 
 himself  a  hundred  chariots.  ^  And 
 Syria  of  Damascus  comes  to  help  Ad- 
 raazar  king  of  Suba,  and  David  smote 
 twenty-two  thousand  men  belonging 
 to  the  Syrian.  ^  And  David  placed  a 
 garrison  in  Syria  near  Damascus,  and 
 the  Syrians  became  servants  and  tri- 
 butaries to  David :  and  the  Lord  pre- 
 served David  whithersoever  he  went. 
 ^And  David  took  the  golden  bracelets 
 which  were  on  the  servants  of  Adraa- 
 zar  king  of  Suba,  and  brought  them  to 
 Jerusalem.  And  Susakim  king  of 
 Egypt  took  them,  when  he  went  up  to 
 Jerusalem  in  the  days  of  Ehoboam  son 
 of  Solomon.  ^And  kinff  David  took 
 from  Metebac,  and  from  the  choice 
 cities  of  Adraazar,  very  much  brass: 
 with  that  Solomon  made  the  brazen 
 sea,  and  the  pillars,  and  the  lavers,  and 
 all  the  furniture.  ^And  Thou  the  king 
 of  Hemath  heard  that  David  had 
 smitten  all  the  host  of  Adraazar.  ^'^  And 
 ThoLl  sent  Jedduram  his  son  to  king 
 +  Gr.  ra.  npog  David,  to  ask  ^  him  of  his 
 eiprjvriv.  wclfarc,  aud  to  congratulate 
 
 him  on  his  fighting  against  Adraazar 
 and  smiting  him,  for  he  was  an  enemy 
 to  Adraazar:  and  in  his  hands  were 
 vessels  of  silver,  and  vessels  of  gold, 
 and  vessels  of  brass.  ^^And  these  king 
 David  consecrated  to  the  Lord,  with 
 the  silver  and  with  the  gold  which  he 
 consecrated  out  of  all  the  cities  which 
 he  conquered.  ^^  Out  of  Idumaea,  and 
 out  of  Moab,  and  from  the  children  of 
 Ammon,  and  from  the  Philistines,  and 
 from  Amalec,  and  from  the  spoils  of 
 Adraazar  son  of  Raab  king  of  Suba. 
 '^  And  David  made  himself  a  name : 
 and  when  he  returned  he  smote  Idu- 
 msea  in  Gebelem  to  the  number  of 
 eighteen  thousand.  ^"^And  he  set  gar- 
 risons in  Iduma;a,  even  in  all  Idumtea : 
 and  all  the  Iduma^ans  were  servants  to 
 the  king.  And  the  Lord  preserved 
 David  wherever  he  went.  '^And  Da- 
 vid reigned  over  all  Israel :  and  David 
 wrought  judgment  and  justice   over 
 
 837 
 
 all  his  people.  '^And  Joab  the  son 
 of  Saruia  ivas  over  the  host;  and  Jo- 
 saphat  the  son  of  Achilud  was  keeper 
 of  the  records.  ^^  And  Sadoc  the  son 
 of  Achitob,  and  Achimelech  son  of 
 Abiathar,  we7'e  priests;  and  Sasa  was 
 the  scribe,  and  Bananas  son  of  Jodae 
 ivas  councillor,  and  Chelethite  and 
 Phelethite  and  the  sons  of  David  were 
 princes  of  the  court. 
 
 9.  And  David  said,  Is  there  yet  any 
 one  left  in  the  house  of  Saul,  that  I 
 may  deal  kindly  with  him  for  Jona- 
 than's sake  ?  ^And  there  was  a  servant 
 of  the  house  of  Said,  and  his  name  was 
 Siba :  and  they  call  him  to  David ;  and 
 the  king  said  to  him,  Art  thou  Siba? 
 and  he  said,  I  am  thy  servant.  ^And 
 the  king  said,  Is  there  yet  a  man  left 
 of  the  house  of  Saul,  that  I  may  act 
 towards  him  with  the  mercy  of  God  ? 
 and  Siba  said  to  the  king.  There  is  yet 
 a  son  of  Jonathan,  lame  of  his  feet. 
 ^  And  the  king  said,  Wliere  is  he  ? 
 and  Siba  said  to  the  king.  Behold,  he  is 
 in  the  house  of  Machir  the  son  of 
 Amiel  of  Lodabar.  ^And  king  David 
 sent,  and  took  him  out  of  the  house  of 
 Machir  the  son  of  Amiel  of  Lodabar. 
 ^  And  Memphibosthe  the  son  of  Jona- 
 than the  son  of  Saul  comes  to  king 
 David,  and  he  fell  upon  his  face  and 
 did  obeisance  to  him :  and  David  said 
 to  him,  Memphibosthe:  and  he  said, 
 Behold  thy  servant.  '^And  David  said 
 to  him,  Fear  not,  for  I  will  surely  deal 
 mercifidly  with  thee  for  the  sake  of 
 Jonathan  thy  father,  and  I  will  restore 
 to  thee  all  the  land  of  Saul  the  father 
 of  thy  father ;  and  thou  shalt  eat  bread 
 at  my  table  continually.  **And  Mem- 
 phibosthe did  obeisance,  and  said.  Who 
 am  I  thy  servant,  that  thou  hast  looked 
 upon  a  dead  dog  Hke  me?  ^And  the 
 king  called  Siba  the  servant  of  Saul, 
 and  said  to  him.  All  that  ^belonged  to 
 Saul  and  to  all  his  house  t  cr.  belongs, 
 have  I  given  to  the  son  of  thy  lord. 
 ^"And  thou,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy  ser- 
 vants shall  till  the  land  for  him;  and 
 
Chap.  ix.  u.  11. 
 
 KINGS  II, 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  18. 
 
 thou  shalt  bring  in  bread  to  the  son  of 
 thy  lord,  and  he  shall  cat  bread:  and 
 Memphibosthe  the  son  of  thy  lord  shall 
 eat  bread  continually  at  my  table. 
 Now  Siba  had  fifteen  sons  and  twenty 
 servants.  '^  And  Siba  said  to  the 
 king,  According  to  all  that  my  lord 
 the  king  has  commanded  his  servant, 
 so  will  thy  servant  do.  And  Memphi- 
 bosthe did  eat  at  the  table  of  David,  as 
 t  Gr.  him  the  one  of  tlic  sons  of  ^  the  king, 
 king.  i2^nd  Mempliibosthe  had 
 
 a  little  son,  and  his  name  ivas  Micha : 
 and  all  the  household  of  Siba  were  ser- 
 vants to  Memphibosthe.  '^And  Mem- 
 phibosthe dwelt  in  Jerusalem,  for  he 
 continually  ate  at  the  table  of  the  king; 
 and  he  was  lame  in  both  his  feet. 
 
 10.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this 
 that  the  king  of  the  children  of  Ammon 
 died,  and  Annon  his  son  reigned  in 
 his  stead.  ^And  David  said,  I  will 
 show  mercy  to  Annon  the  son  of  Naas, 
 as  his  father  dealt  mercifully  with  me. 
 And  David  sent  to  comfort  him  con- 
 cerning his  father  by  the  hand  of  his 
 servants;  and  the  servants  of  David 
 came  into  the  land  of  the  childi'en  of 
 Ammon.  ^  And  the  princes  of  the 
 childi-en  of  Ammon  said  to  Annon 
 their  lord,  Is  it  to  honour  thy  father 
 before  thee  that  David  has  sent  com- 
 forters to  thee?  Has  not  David  rather 
 sent  liis  servants  to  thee  that  they 
 should  search  the  city,  and  spy  it  out 
 and  examine  it?  ''  And  Annon  took 
 the  servants  of  David,  and  shaved  their 
 beards,  and  cut  off  their  garments  in 
 the  midst  as  far  as  their  havmches,  and 
 sent  them  away. 
 
 ^And  they  brought  David  word 
 concerning  the  men;  and  he  sent  to 
 meet  them,  for  the  men  were  greatly 
 dishonoured,  and  the  king  said,  liemain 
 in  Jericho  till  your  beards  have  grown, 
 and  then  ye  shall  return.  ^And  the 
 children  of  Ammon  saw  that  the  peo- 
 ple of  David  were  ashamed;  and  the 
 children  of  Ammon  sent,  and  hired 
 the  Syrians    of  Bjethraam,  and    the 
 
 Syrians  of  Suba,  and  Roob,  twenty 
 thousand  footmen,  and  the  king  of 
 Amalec  with  a  thousand  men,  and 
 Istob  with  twelve  thousand  men.  ^And 
 David  heard,  and  sent  Joab  and  all 
 his  host,  even  the  mighty  men.  ^And 
 the  children  of  Ammon  went  forth, 
 and  set  the  battle  m  array  by  the  door 
 of  the  gate :  these  of  Syria,  Suba,  and 
 Roob,  and  Istob,  and  Amalec,  being 
 by  themselves  in  the  field.  ^And  Joab 
 saw  that  the  front  of  the  battle  was 
 against  him  from  that  which  was 
 opposed  in  front  and  from  beliind,  and 
 he  chose  out  some  of  all  the  yoimg  men 
 of  Israel,  and  they  set  themselves  in 
 array  against  Syria.  '''And  the  rest  of 
 the  people  he  gave  into  the  hand  of 
 Abessa  liis  brother,  and  they  set  the 
 battle  in  array  opposite  to  the  children 
 of  Ammon.  ''And  he  said.  If  Syria 
 be  too  strong  for  me,  then  shall  ye 
 help  me :  and  if  the  children  of  Ammon 
 be  too  strong  for  thee,  then  will  we  be 
 ready  to  help  thee.  '^  Be  thou  courage- 
 ous, and  let  us  be  strong  for  our  people, 
 and  for  the  sake  of  the  cities  of  our 
 God,  and  the  Lord  shall  do  that  which 
 is  good  in  his  eyes.  '^And  Joab  and 
 his  people  with  him  advanced  to  battle 
 against  Syria,  and  they  fled  from  before 
 him.  '^And  the  children  of  Ammon 
 saw  that  the  Syrians  were  fled,  and 
 they  fled  from  before  Abessa,  and 
 entered  into  the  city:  and  Joab  re- 
 turned from  the  childi'cn  of  Ammon, 
 and  came  to  Jerusalem.  '^And  the 
 Syrians  saw  that  they  were  worsted 
 before  Israel,  and  they  gathered  them- 
 selves together.  "'And  Adi'aazar  sent 
 and  gathered  the  Syrians  +  Heb.  and 
 from  the  other  side  of  the  ;J^e°""'  '^° 
 river  ^  Chalamak,  and  they  +  or.  before 
 came  to  -^lam ;  and  Sobac  ^^^'^' 
 the  captain  of  the  host  of  Adraazar  was 
 ^  at  their  head. 
 
 '^And  it  was  reported  to  David,  and 
 he  gathered  all  Israel,  and  went  over 
 Jordan,  and  came  to  ^lam:  and  the 
 Syrians  set  the  battle  in  array  against 
 David,  and  fought  with  him.     '*  And 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  19. 
 
 KINGS    II. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  21. 
 
 S3rria  fled  from  before  Israel,  and  David 
 destroyed  of  Syi-ia  seven  hundred 
 chariots,  and  forty  thousand  horsemen, 
 and  he  smote  Sobac  the  captain  of  his 
 host,  and  he  died  there.  ^^^And  all  the 
 kings  the  servants  of  Adraazar  saw  that 
 they  were  put  to  the  worse  before 
 Israel,  and  they  went  over  to  Israel, 
 and  served  them :  and  Syria  was  afraid 
 +  Gr.  save.  to  ^  help  the  cliildren  of 
 Ammon  any  more. 
 
 11.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  the 
 time  of  the  year  for  kings  going  out  to 
 battle  had  come  round,  that  David 
 sent  Joab,  and  his  servants  with  him, 
 and  all  Israel;  and  they  destroyed  the 
 children  of  Ammon,  and  besieged 
 Rabbath :  but  David  remained  at  Jeru- 
 salem. ^  And  it  came  to  pass-  toward 
 evening,  that  David  arose  off  his  couch, 
 t  si^aa  in  the  ^^^  Walked  on  the  ^  roof  of 
 Sr^^'to  *^^®  king's  house,  and  saw 
 mean  a  roof,     from  off  the  roof  a  woman 
 
 not  a  house.       i     ,  i  •  t      ,  i 
 
 bathing,  and  the  woman 
 was  very  beautiful  to  look  upon.  ^And 
 David  sent  and  inquired  about  the 
 woman :  and  07ie  said.  Is  not  this  Beer- 
 sabee  the  daughter  of  EHab  the  wife  of 
 Urias  the  Chettite  ? 
 
 ^And  David  sent  messengers,  and 
 took  her,  and  went  in  to  her,  and  he 
 lay  with  her:  and  she  was  ^purified 
 ter.sanctified.  from  her  uncleanness,  and 
 returned  to  her  house.  ^And  the 
 woman  conceived  ;  and  she  sent  and 
 told  David,  and  said,  I  am  with  child. 
 ^  And  David  sent  to  Joab,  sa3dng,  Send 
 me  Urias  the  Chettite,  and  Joab  sent 
 Urias  to  David. 
 
 _  ^And  Urias  arrived  and  went  in  to 
 him,  and  David  asked  him  how  Joab 
 was,  and  how  the  people  were,  and 
 how  the  war  went  on.  *And  David 
 said  to  Urias,  Go  to  thy  house,  and 
 wash  thy  fefet :  and  Urias  departed  from 
 the  house  of  the  king,  and  a  portion 
 of  meat  from  the  king  followed  him. 
 ^And  Urias  slept  at  the  door  of  the 
 king  with  ^he  servants  of  his  lord,  and 
 went  not  down  to  his  house.     '"And 
 
 they  brought  David  word,  saying, 
 Urias  has  not  gone  down  to  his  house. 
 And  David  said  to  Urias,  Art  thou  not 
 come  from  a  journey  ?  why  hast  thou 
 not  gone  down  to  thy  house?  ^^And 
 Urias  said  to  David,  The  ark,  and 
 Israel,  and  Juda  dwell  in  tents;  and 
 my  lord  Joab,  and  the  servants  of  my 
 lord,  ■''are  encamped  in  the  +ij^.  encamp, 
 open  fields;  and  shall  I  go  into  my 
 house  to  eat  and  drink,  and  He  with 
 my  wife?  how  should  I  do  this?  as 
 thy  soul  Hves,  ^  I  will  not  do  t  Gr.  if  i  do 
 this  thing,  '^^nd  David  ^^^^^s- 
 said  to  Urias,  Remain  here  to-day  also, 
 and  to-morrow  I  "will  let  thee  go.  So 
 Urias  remained  in  Jerusalem  that  day 
 and  the  day  following.  '^And  David 
 called  him,  and  he  ate  before  him  and 
 drank,  and  he  made  him  drunk:  and 
 he  went  out  in  the  evening  to  He  upon 
 his  bed  with  the  servants  of  his  lord, 
 and  went  not  down  to  his  house. '^ And 
 the  morning  came,  and  David  wrote  a 
 letter  to  Joab,  and  sent  it  by  the  hand 
 of  Urias.  ^^  And  he  wrote  in  the  letter, 
 saying,  Station  Urias  in  front  of  the 
 severe  jmrt  of  the  fight,  and  retreat  from 
 behind  him,  so  shall  he  be  wounded 
 and  die.  '''And  it  came  to  pass  while 
 Joab  was  watching  against  .the  city, 
 that  he  set  Urias  in  a  place  where  he 
 knew  that  vaHant  men  were.  '^And 
 the  men  of  the  city  went  out,  and 
 fought  with  Joab  :  and  some  of  the 
 people  of  the  servants  of  David  fell, 
 and  Urias  the  Chettite  died  also. 
 
 '^  And  Joab  sent,  and  reported  to 
 David  all  the  events  of  the  war,  ^so 
 as  to  tell  them  to  the  kino^.   ^^''''■^^'1^ 
 
 O      He/>.  make  the 
 '■^And  he  charged  the  mes-    verse  end  here. 
 
 senger,  saying,  When  thou  hast  finished 
 reporting  all  the  events  of  the  war 
 to  the  king,  "^^  then  it  shall  come  to 
 pass  if  the  anger  of  the  king  shall  arise, 
 and  he  shall  say  to  thee.  Why  did  ye 
 draw  nigh  to  the  city  to  fight  ?  knew 
 ye  not  that  they  would  shoot  from  off 
 the  wall?  ^'Who  smote  Abimelech  the 
 son  of  Jerobaal  son  of  Ner  ?  did  not  a 
 woman  cast  a  piece  of  a  millstone  npon 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  22. 
 
 KINGS  II. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  14. 
 
 him  from  above  the  wall,  and  he  died 
 in  Thamasi?  W'liy  did  ye  draw  near 
 to  the  wall?  then  thou  shalt  say,  Thy 
 servant  Urias  the  Chettite  is  also  dead. 
 ^^  And  the  messenger  of  Joab  went  to 
 the  king  to  Jerusalem,  and  he  came 
 and  reported  to  David  all  that  Joab 
 told  him,  all  the  affairs  of  the  war. 
 And  David  was  very  angry  with  Joab, 
 and  said  to  the  messenger.  Why  did 
 ye  draw  nigh  to  the  wall  to  light? 
 knew  ye  not  that  ye  would  be  wounded 
 from  off  the  wall  ?  Who  smote  Abi- 
 melech  the  son  of  Jerobaal?  did  not  a 
 woman  cast  upon  him  a  piece  of  mill- 
 stone from  the  wall,  and  he  died  in 
 Thamasi  ?  Why  did  ye  draw  near  to 
 the  wall?  ^^And  the  messenger  said 
 to  David,  The  men  prevailed  against 
 us,  and  they  came  out  against  us  into 
 the  field,  and  we  came  upon  them  even 
 to  the  door  of  the  gate.  ^^And  the 
 archers  shot  at  thy  servants  from  off 
 the  wall,  and  some  of  the  king's  ser- 
 vants died,  and  thy  servant  Urias 
 the  Chettite  is  dead  also.  ^'^  And  David 
 said  to  the  messenger.  Thus  shalt  thou 
 say  to  Joab,  Let  not  the  matter  be 
 grievous  in  thine  eyes,  for  the  sword 
 devours  one  way  at  one  time  and  ano- 
 ther way  at  another:  strengthen  thine 
 array  against  the  city,  and  destroy  it, 
 tTherecanbe  and  strengthen  ^ him. ''^^ And 
 that^avToc',  the  the  wifc  of  Urias  heard  that 
 if  coi^ecf'in-  Urias  her  husband  was  dead, 
 stead  of  aOrTjv.  and  she  mourned  for  her 
 husband.  ^^  And  the  time  of  mourning 
 expii'ed,  and  David  sent  and  took  her 
 into  liis  house,  and  she  became  his  vni'e, 
 and  bore  him  a  son:  but  the  tiling 
 which  David  did  was  evil  in  the  eyes 
 of  the  Lord. 
 
 12.  And  the  Lord  sent  Nathan  the 
 prophet  to  David:  and  he  went  in  to 
 him,  and  said  to  him.  There  were  two 
 men  in  one  city,  one  rich  and  the  other 
 poor.  ^  And  the  rich  man  had  very 
 many  flocks  and  herds.  ^  But  the  poor 
 had  only  one  little  ewe  lamb,  which 
 he  had  purchased,  and  preserved,  and 
 
 reared;  and  it  grew  up  with  himself 
 and  his  children  in  common;  it  ate  of 
 his  bread  and  drank  of  his  cup,  and 
 slept  in  his  bosom,  and  was  to  him  as 
 a  daughter.  *  And  a  traveller  came  to 
 the  rich  man,  and  he  spared  to  take  of 
 his  flocks  and  of  his  herds,  to  dress  for 
 the  traveller  that  came  to  him ;  and  he 
 took  the  poor  man's  lamb,  and  dressed 
 it  for  the  man  that  came  to  him.  ^And 
 David  was  greatly  moved  with  anger 
 against  the  man;  and  David  said  to 
 Nathan,  As  the  Lord  Hves,  to.  is  a  son 
 the  man  that  did  this  thing  o"«*th. 
 ^  shall  surely  die.  ^And  he  shall  re- 
 store the  lamb  seven-fold,  because  he 
 has  not  spared.  ^  And  Nathan  said  to 
 David,  Thou  art  the  man  that  has  done 
 this.  Thus  says  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
 I  anointed  thee  to  be  king  over  Israel, 
 and  I  rescued  thee  out  of  the  hand 
 of  Saul;  ^and  I  gave  thee  the  house 
 of  thy  lord,  and  the  wives  of  thy  lord 
 into  thy  bosom,  and  I  gave  to  thee  the 
 house  of  Israel  and  Juda,  and  if  that 
 ^had  been  little,  I  would  t  cr.  is  littie, 
 have  given  thee  yet  more,  ''"^ei^e.&c. 
 ^  Why  hast  thou  set  at  nought  the  word 
 of  the  Lord,  to  do  that  which  is  evil 
 in  his  eyes?  thou  hast  slain  Urias  the 
 Chettite  with  the  sword,  and  thou  hast 
 taken  his  wife  to  be  thy  wife,  and  thou 
 hast  slain  him  with  the  sword  of  the 
 children  of  Amnion.  "^Now  therefore  the 
 sword  shall  not  depart  from  thy  house 
 for  ever,  because  thou  hast  set  me  at 
 nought,  and  thou  hast  taken  the  wife 
 of  Urias  the  Chettite,  to  be  thy  wife. 
 "Thus  says  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will 
 raise  up  against  thee  evil  out  of  thy 
 house,  and  I  mil  take  thy  wives  before 
 thine  eyes,  and  will  give  them  to  tliy 
 neighbour,  and  he  shall  he  with  thy 
 wives  in  the  sight  of  this  sun.  '^  For 
 thou  didst  it  secretly,  but  I  will  do 
 this  thing  in  the  sight  of  all  Israel,  and 
 before  this  sun. 
 
 '^  And  David  said  to  Nathan,  I  have 
 sinned  against  the  Lord.  And  Nathan 
 Siiid  to  L)a^^d,  And  the  Lord  has  put 
 away  tliy  sin ;  thou  shalt  not  die. ''  Only 
 
Chap.  xh.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS   11. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  4. 
 
 because  thou  hast  given  great  occasion 
 of  provocation  to  the  enemies  of  the 
 Lord  bj  this  thing,  thy  son  also  Uhat 
 +  Gr.  bom.  is  bom  to  thcc  shall  surely  die. 
 ^^And  Nathan  departed  to  his  house. 
 And  the  Lord  smote  the  child,  which 
 the  wife  of  Urias  the  Chettite  bore  to 
 David,  and  it  was  ill.  '*^And  David 
 inquired  of  God  concerning  the  child, 
 and  David  fasted,  and  went  in  and  lay 
 all  night  upon  the  ground.  ^^And  the 
 elders  of  his  house  arose  and  went  to 
 him  to  raise  him  up  from  the  ground, 
 but  he  would  not  rise,  nor  did  he  eat 
 bread  with  them.  ^^  And  it  came  to  pass 
 on  the  seventh  day  that  the  child  died : 
 and  the  servants  of  David  were  afraid 
 to  tell  him  that  the  cliild  was  dead,  for 
 they  said,  Behold,  while  the  child  was 
 yet  alive  we  spoke  to  him,  and  he 
 hearkened  not  to  our  voice  ;  and  how 
 should  we  tell  liim  that  the  child  is 
 to. wiu.  dead? — so  ^ would  he  do 
 himself  harm.  '^And  David  under- 
 stood that  his  servants  were  whispering, 
 and  David  perceived  that  the  child  was 
 dead:  and  David  said  to  his  servants. 
 Is  the  child  dead?  and  they  said,  He  is 
 dead.  ^^  Then  David  rose  up  from  the 
 earth,  and  washed,  and  anointed  him- 
 self, and  changed  his  raiment,  and 
 went  into  the  house  of  God,  and  wor- 
 shipped him;  and  went  into  his  own 
 house,  and  called  for  bread  to  eat, 
 and  they  set  bread  before  him  and  he 
 ate.  ^^  And  his  servants  said  to  him. 
 What  is  this  thing  thou  hast  done  con- 
 cerning the  child?  while  it  was  yet 
 living  thou  didst  fast,  and  weep,  and 
 watch ;  and  when  the  child  was  dead 
 thou  didst  rise  up,  and  didst  eat  bread, 
 and  drink.  ^^And  David  said,  Wliile 
 the  child  yet  hved  I  fasted  and  wept, 
 for  I  said,  Wlio  knows  if  the  Lord  will 
 pity  me,  and  the  child  live  ?  ^^  But 
 moK  Jit^^  •  ^°""^  ^^  ^s  dead,  ^  why  should 
 'wherefore  is   I  fast  til  US?  Shall  I  be  able 
 
 this  that  I  ,       1     •  I'll  •      r,    T 
 
 fast?'  to  bring  him  back  again.-'  1 
 
 shall  go  to  him,  but  he  shall  not  return 
 to  me. 
 
 ^''And  Da\dd  comforted  Beersabee 
 
 his  wife,  and  he  went  in  to  her,  and 
 lay  mtli  her;  and  she  conceived  and 
 bore  a  son,  and  he  called  his  name 
 Solomon,  and  the  Lord  loved  him. 
 ^^  And  he  sent  by  the  hand  of  Nathan 
 the  prophet,  and  called  his  name  Jed- 
 dedi,  for  the  Lord's  sake.  ^'^And  Joab 
 fought  against  Rabbath  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Ammon,  and  took  the  royal 
 city.  ^''And  Joab  sent  messengers  to 
 David,  and  said,  I  have  fought  against 
 Rabbath,  and  taken  the  city  of  waters. 
 ^^And  now  gather  the  rest  of  the 
 people,  and  encamp  against  the  city, 
 and  take  it  beforehand,  lest  I  take  the 
 city  first,  and  my  name  be  called  upon 
 it.  ^^And  David  gathered  all  the  peo- 
 ple, and  went  to  Rabbath,  and  fought 
 against  it,  and  took  it.  ^^And  on^t^Mof  *^^ 
 he  took  the  crown  of  ^  Mol-  chom. 
 chom  their  king  from  off  his  iaHei>. 
 head,  and  the  weight  of  it  was  a  talent 
 of  gold,  with  precious  stones,  and  it 
 was  upon  the  head  of  David ;  and  he 
 carried  forth  very  much  spoil  of  the 
 city.  ^^And  he  brought  forth  the 
 people  that  were  in  it,  and  put  them 
 ^  under  the  saw,  and  under  +  or.  in. 
 iron  harrows,  and  axes  of  iron,  and 
 made  them  pass  through  the  brick- 
 kiln: and  thus  he  did  to  all  the  cities 
 of  the  children  of  Ammon.  And 
 David  and  all  the  people  returned  to 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 13.  And  it  happened  after  this  that 
 Abessalom  the  son  of  David  had  a  very 
 beautiful  sister,  and  her  name  was 
 Themar ;  and  Amnon  the  son  of  David 
 loved  her.  ^  And  Amnon  was  distressed 
 even  to  sickness,  because  of  Themar 
 sister;  for  she  was  a  virgin,  and  it 
 seemed  very  difficult  for  Amnon  to  do 
 anything  to  her.  ^And  Amnon  had 
 a  friend,  and  his  name  ivas  Jonadab, 
 the  son  of  Samaa  the  brother  of  David : 
 and  Jonadab  rvas  a  very  cunning  man. 
 *And  he  said  to  him,  What  ails  thee 
 that  thou  art  thus  weak,  0  son  of  the 
 king,  morning  by  morning?  +  Gr.  dost. 
 ^  wilt  thou  not  tell  me  ?  and  Amnon  said, 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  5. 
 
 KINGS   II, 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  25. 
 
 I  love  Themar  the  sister  of  my  brother 
 Abessalom.  ^And  Jonadab  said  to 
 him,  Lie  upon  thy  bed,  and  make  thy- 
 self sick,  and  thy  father  shall  come  in 
 to  see  thee;  and  thou  shalt  say  to  him. 
 Let,  I  pray  thee,  Themar  my  sister 
 come,  and  feed  me  with  morsels,  and 
 let  her  prepare  food  before  my  eyes, 
 that  I  may  see  and  eat  at  her  hands. 
 ^  So  Amnon  lay  down,  and  made  him- 
 self sick;  and  the  king  came  in  to  see 
 him:  and  Amnon  said  to  the  king. 
 Let,  I  pray  thee,  my  sister  Themar 
 come  to  me,  and  make  a  couple  of 
 cakes  in  my  sight,  and  I  will  eat  them 
 at  her  hand.  ^And  David  sent  to 
 Themar  to  the  house,  saying.  Go  now 
 to  thy  brother's  house,  and  dress  him 
 food.  ^  And  Themar  went  to  the  house 
 of  her  brother  Amnon,  and  he  was 
 lying  down:  and  she  took  the  dough 
 and  kneaded  it,  and  made  cakes  in  his 
 sight,  and  baked  the  cakes.  ^And 
 she  took  the  frying-pan  and  poured 
 them  out  before  him,  but  he  would 
 not  eat.     And  Amnon  said,  Send  out 
 
 +  Gr.  above,  evcry  man  from  ^  about  me. 
 And  they  removed  every  man  from 
 about  him.  '"And  Amnon  said  to 
 Themar,  Bring  in  the  food  into  the 
 closet,  and  I  will  eat  of  thy  hand.  And 
 Themar  took  the  cakes  which  she  had 
 made,  and  brought  them  to  her  brother 
 Amnon  into  the  chamber.  "And  she 
 brought  them  to  him  to  ate,  and  he 
 caught  hold  of  her,  and  said  to  her. 
 Come,  lie  with  me,  my  sister.  '^And 
 she  said  to  him.  Nay,  my  brother,  do 
 
 +  Gr.  wiu  not.  ^ot  humblc  mc,  for  it  *  ought 
 
 g.  d.  non  est  t  •       t  i 
 
 faciendum.  not  to  bc  SO  done  in  Israel; 
 do  not  this  folly.  '^And  I,  whither 
 shall  I  remove  my  reproach  ?  and  thou 
 shalt  be  as  one  of  the  fools  in  Israel. 
 And  now,  speak,  I  pray  thee,  to  the 
 king,  for  surely  he  will  not  keep  me 
 from  thee.  '^  But  Amnon  woidd  not 
 hearken  to  her  voice ;  and  he  prevailed 
 against  her,  and  humbled  her,  and  lay 
 with  her. 
 
 ^^  Then  Amnon  hated  her  with  very 
 great  hatred,  for  the  hatred  with  which 
 
 he  hated  her  was  greater  than  the  love 
 with  which  he  had  loved  her,  for  the 
 last  wickedness  was  greater  than  the 
 first:  and  Amnon  said  to  her,  Rise, 
 and  begone.  '^And  Themar  spoke  to 
 him  concerning  this  great  mischief, 
 greater  said  she  than  the  other  that 
 thou  didst  me,  to  send  me  away :  but 
 Amnon  would  not  hearken  to  her 
 voice.  '^And  he  called  liis  servant 
 who  had  charge  of  the  house,  and  said 
 to  him,  Put  now  this  woman  out  from 
 me,  and  shut  the  door  after  her.  '^And 
 she  had  on  her  a  variegated  robe,  Tor 
 so  were  the  king's  daughters  that  were 
 virgins  attired  in  their  apparel:  and 
 his  servant  led  her  forth,  and  shut  the 
 door  after  her.  '^And  Themar  took 
 ashes,  and  put  them  on  her  head ;  and 
 she  rent  the  variegated  garment  that 
 was  upon  her :  and  she  laid  her  hands 
 on  her  head,  and  went  crying  con- 
 tinually. ^"And  Abessalom  her  bro- 
 ther said  to  her,  Has  thy  brother 
 Amnon  been  with  thee?  now  then,  my 
 sister,  be  silent,  for  he  is  thy  brother : 
 be  not  careful  to  mention  this  matter. 
 So  Themar  dwelt  as  a  widow  in  the 
 house  of  her  brother  Abessalom. 
 
 ^'  And  king  David  heard  of  all  this 
 affair,  and  was  very  angry;  but  he 
 did  not  grieve  the  spirit  of  his  son 
 Amnon,  because  he  loved  him,  for  he 
 was  his  first-born.  ^^And  Abessalom 
 spoke  not  to  Amnon,  good  or  bad, 
 because  Abessalom  hated  Amnon,  on 
 account  of  his  humbhng  his  sister 
 Themar.  ^'  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the 
 end  of  ^two  whole  years,  t^.  rf.atwo- 
 that  they  were  shearing  y^^of^J^y^- 
 sheejj  for  Abessalom  in  Belasor  near 
 Ephraim:  and  Abessalom  invited  all 
 the  king's  sons.  ^^  And  Abessalom  came 
 to  the  king,  and  said.  Behold,  ^  thy 
 servant  has  a   sheep-shear-   +Gr.  they  are 
 
 ,  .11-  1    shearnig  for 
 
 ing;  let  now  the  king  and  thy  servant, 
 his  servants  go  with  thy  servant. 
 ^•''And  the  king  said  to  Abessalom, 
 Nay,  my  son,  let  us  not  all  go,  and  let 
 us  not  be  burdensome  to  thee.  And 
 he  pressed  him ;  but  he  would  not  go. 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  26. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  7. 
 
 but  blessed  Mm.  ^^And  Abessalom 
 said  to  liim,  And  if  not,  let,  I  pray 
 thee,  my  brother  Amnon  go  with  us. 
 And  the  king  said  to  him,  Wliy  should 
 he  go  with  thee?  ^^And  Abessalom 
 pressed  him,  and  he  sent  with  him 
 Amnon  and  all  the  king's  sons:  and 
 Abessalom  made  a  banquet  like  the 
 banquet  of  the  king. 
 
 ^^And  Abessalom  charged  his  ser- 
 vants, saying,  Mark  when  the  heart  of 
 Amnon  shall  be  merry  with  wine,  and 
 I  shall  say  to  you.  Smite  Amnon,  and 
 slay  him :  fear  not ;  for  is  it  not  I  that 
 command  you?  Be  courageous,  ^and 
 t/re6.andGr.  be  valiaut.  ^^And  the  ser- 
 aM  become  ^^^^^^  ^f  Abcssalom  did  to 
 strength.  Amuou  as  Abcssalom  com- 
 manded them :  and  all  the  sons  of  the 
 king  rose  up,  and  they  mounted  every 
 man  his  mule,  and  fled.  ^"^  And  it  came 
 to  pass,  when  they  were  in  the  way, 
 that  a  report  came  to  David,  to  say, 
 Abessalom  has  slain  all  the  king's 
 sons,  and  there  is  not  one  of  them  left. 
 ^'  Then  the  king  arose,  and  rent  his 
 garments,  and  lay  upon  the  ground; 
 and  all  his  servants  that  were  standing 
 round  him  rent  their  garments.  ^^And 
 Jonadab  the  son  of  Samaa  brother  of 
 David,  answered  and  said.  Let  not  my 
 lord  the  king  say  that  he  has  slain  all 
 the  yoimg  men  the  sons  of  the  king, 
 for  Amnon  only  of  them  all  is  dead, 
 for  he  was  appointed  to  death  by  the 
 mouth  of  Abessalom  from  the  day  that 
 he  humbled  his  sister  Themar.  ^^And 
 now  let  not  my  lord  the  king  take  the 
 matter  to  heart,  saying.  All  the  king's 
 sons  are  dead :  for  Amnon  only  of  them 
 all  is  dead.  ^^ And  Abessalom  escaped : 
 and  the  young  man  the  watchman 
 lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  looked;  and, 
 behold,  much  people  went  in  the  way 
 behind  liim  from  the  side  of  the  moun- 
 tain in  the  descent :  and  the  watchman 
 came  and  told  the  king,  and  said,  I 
 have  seen  men  by  the  way  of  Oronen, 
 by  the  side  of  the  mountain.  ^'^And 
 Jonadab  said  to  the  king.  Behold,  the 
 king's  sons  are  present:  according  to 
 
 the  word  of  thy  servant,  so  has  it  hap- 
 pened. ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  when  he 
 had  finished  speaking,  that,  behold, 
 the  kmg's  sons  came,  and  lifted  up 
 their  voices  and  wept :  and  the  king  also 
 and  all  his  servants  wept  with  a  very 
 great  weeping.  ^^  But  Abessalom  fled, 
 and  went  to  Tholmi  son  of  Emiud  king 
 of  Gedsur  to  the  land  of  Chamaachad : 
 and  king  David  mourned  for  his  son 
 continually. 
 
 ^^So  Abessalom  fled,  and  departed 
 to  Gedsur,  and  was  there  three  years. 
 ^^  And  king  David  ceased  to  go  out 
 after  Abessalom,  for  he  was  com- 
 forted concerning  Amnon,  touching 
 his  death. 
 
 14.  And  Joab  the  son  of  Saruia 
 knew  that  the  heart  of  the  king  was 
 toward  Abessalom.  ^And  Joab  sent 
 to  Thecoe,  and  took  thence  a  cunning 
 woman,  and  said  to  her.  Mourn,  I  pray 
 thee,  and  put  on  mourning  apparel, 
 and  anoint  thee  not  with  oil,  and  thou 
 shalt  be  as  a  woman  mourning  for  one 
 that  is  dead  thus  for  many  days.  ^And 
 thou  shalt  go  to  the  king,  and  speak 
 to  him  according  to  this  word.  And 
 Joab  put  the  words  in  her  mouth.  *  So 
 the  woman  of  Thecoe  went  in  to  the 
 king  and  fell  upon  her  face  to  the 
 earth,  and  did  him  obeisance,  and  said, 
 ■^Help,  0  king,  help.  ^  And  +  or,  save, 
 the  lang  said  to  her.  What  is  the  matter 
 with  thee? 
 
 And  she  said,  I  am  indeed  a  widow 
 woman,  and  my  husband  is  dead.  ^And 
 moreover  thy  handmaid  had  two  sons, 
 and  they  fought  ^  together  in  +  ch-.  both, 
 the  field,  and  there  was  no  one  to  part 
 them ;  and  the  one  smote  the  other  his 
 brother,  and  slew  him.  ''And  behold 
 the  whole  family  rose  up  against  thine 
 handmaid,  and  they  said.  Give  up  the 
 one  that  smote  his  brother,  and  we 
 will  put  him  to  death  for  the  hfe  of 
 his  brother,  whom  he  slew,  and  we 
 will  take  away  even  your  heir :  so  they 
 will  quench  my  coal  that  is  +  Cr.  place, 
 left,  so  as  not  to  ^  leave  my  husband 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  8. 
 
 KINGS   11. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  27. 
 
 remnant  or  name  on  the  face  of  the 
 earth.  *And  the  king  said  to  the 
 +  Gr.  in  health,  woman,  Go  ^in  peace  to  thy 
 house,  and  I  will  give  commandment 
 concerning  thee.  ^And  the  woman  of 
 Thecoe  said  to  the  king,  On  mc, 
 my  Lord,  0  king,  and  on  my  father's 
 house  be  the  iniquity,  and  the  king 
 and  his  throne  be  guiltless.  '°  And  the 
 king  said,  AVlio  was  it  that  spoke  to 
 thee?  thou  shalt  even  bring  him  to 
 me,  and  07ie  shall  not  touch  ^him  any 
 +  q.  d.  thy  son.  morc.  ' '  And  she  said.  Let 
 now  the  king  remember  concerning  his 
 Lord  God  in  that  the  avenger  of  blood 
 is  multiplied  to  destroy,  and  let  them 
 not  take  away  my  son.  And  he  said. 
 As  the  Lord  Hves,  not  a  hair  of  thy 
 son  shall  fall  to  the  ground.  '^And 
 the  woman  said.  Let  now  tliy  servant 
 speak  a  word  to  my  lord  the  king. 
 And  he  said.  Say  on.  ^^And  the  woman 
 said,  AVlry  hast  thou  devised  this  thing 
 against  the  people  of  God  ?  or  is  this 
 word  out  of  the  king's  mouth  as  a 
 transgi'ession,  so  that  the  king  should 
 not  bring  back  his  banished?  ^"^  For 
 we  shall  surely  die,  and  be  as  water 
 poured  upon  the  earth,  which  shall 
 not  be  gathered  up,  and  God  shall  take 
 the  life,  even  as  he  devises  to  thrust 
 forth  from  him  his  outcast.  '^And 
 now  whereas  I  came  to  speak  this 
 word  to  my  lord  the  king,  the  reason  is 
 \ ^'^Herr'  ^^^^^  ^^^^  people  ^  will  see  me, 
 \2«T  me  ter-  ^"^^  ^'^J  handmaid  will  say, 
 
 ruerunt,  pro-      Lct   OUC   UOW  SpCak    tO    my 
 
 er^r  '^;^N^^^  ^°^^  *^^^  ^V'^g'  ^^.  Peradven- 
 me  videbunt'.  turc  the  king  will  perform 
 the  request  of  his  handmaid;  "'for 
 the  king  will  hear.  Jx^t  him  rescue 
 his  handmaid  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
 man  that  seeks  to  cast  out  me  and 
 +  eJs  flvorias      my  SOU   from  the  inherit- 
 
 Ll  °^«^^s      ance  of  God.     ^^And   the 
 ces.  r\nm7  •  i      tp  i 
 
 forresC\a      womau   Said,    It   now   the 
 
 ttkenfor  "^''  ^01'^  of  my  lord  the  king 
 
 Tin:o)fora     bc  ^  gracious, — well:  for  as 
 
 sacrifice.  an  angel  of  God,  so  is  my 
 
 lord  the  king,  to  hear  good  and  evil :  and 
 
 the  Lord  thy  God  shall  be  with  thee. 
 
 •®  And  the  king  answered,  and  said 
 to  the  woman,  Hide  not  from  me,  I 
 pray  thee,  the  matter  which  I  ask  thee. 
 And  the  woman  said.  Let  my  lord  the 
 king  by  all  means  speak.  '^And  the 
 king  said.  Is  not  the  hand  of  Joab  in 
 all  this  matter  with  thee  ?  and  the 
 woman  said  to  the  king.  As  thy  soul 
 Hves,  my  lord,  0  king,  Hhere  is  no 
 turning  to  the  right  hand  te?-.  if  there 
 or  to  the  left  from  all  that  '^'  *''=• 
 my  lord  the  king  has  spoken;  for 
 thy  servant  Joab  himself  charged  me, 
 and  he  put  all  these  words  in  the 
 mouth  of  thine  handmaid.  ^"  In  order 
 that  this  form  of  speech  might  come 
 about  it  was  that  thy  servant  Joab 
 has  framed  this  matter:  and  my 
 lord  is  wise  as  is  the  wisdom  of  an 
 angel  of  God,  to  know  all  things  that 
 are  in  the  earth. 
 
 -^And  the  king  said  to  Joab,  Be- 
 hold now  I  have  done  to  thee  accord- 
 ing to  this  thy  word:  go,  bring  back 
 the  young  man  Abessalom.  ^'^And 
 Joab  fell  on  his  face  to  the  gi'ound, 
 and  did  obeisance,  and  blessed  the 
 king:  and  Joab  said.  To-day  thy  ser- 
 vant knows  that  I  have  found  grace  in 
 thy  sight,  my  lord,  0  king,  for  my 
 lord  the  king  has  performed  the  request 
 of  his  servant.  '^^  And  Joab  arose,  and 
 went  to  Gedsur,  and  brought  Abessa- 
 lom to  Jerusalem.  '■^''And  the  king 
 said.  Let  him  return  to  his  house,  and 
 not  see  my  face.  And  Abessalom  re- 
 turned to  his  house,  and  saw  not  the 
 king's  face.  ^'^And  there  was  not  a 
 man  in  Israel  so  ^very  +Gr.  praised, 
 comely  as  Abessalom :  from  the  sole  of 
 his  foot  even  to  the  crown  of  his  head 
 there  was  no  blemish  in  him.  ^"^  And 
 when  he  polled  his  head,  (and  it  was 
 at  the  beginning  of  '^  every  tc^.  from 
 year  that  he  polled  it,  be-  ^'?L';Sayf . 
 cause  it  grew  heavy  upon  Hebraism 
 him,)  even  when  he  polled  it,  he 
 weighed  the  hair  of  his  head  two  lum- 
 dred  shekels  according  to  the  royal 
 shekel.  ^^And  there  were  born  to 
 Abessalom  three  sons  and  one  daugh- 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  28. 
 
 KINGS   IL 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  14. 
 
 ter,  and  her  name  was  Themar:  she 
 was  a  very  beautiful  woman,  and  she 
 becomes  the  wife  of  Rhoboam  son  of 
 Solomon,  and  she  bears  to  him  Abia. 
 ^*And  Abessalom  remained  in  Jerusa- 
 +  Gr.  years  of  Icm  two  ^full  jears,  and  he 
 ^^'^^'  saw    not   the    king's   face. 
 
 "^^  And  Abessalom  sent  to  Joab  to  bring 
 him  in  to  the  king,  and  he  would  not 
 come  to  him :  and  he  sent  to  him  the 
 second  time,  and  he  would  not  come. 
 ^°And  Abessalom  said  to  his  servants, 
 Behold  Joab's  portion  in  the  field  is 
 next  to  mine,  and  lie  has  in  it  barley, 
 go  and  set  it  on  fire.  And  the  ser- 
 vants of  Abessalom  set  the  field  on 
 fire :  and  the  servants  of  Joab  come  to 
 him  with  their  clothes  rent,  and  they 
 said  toliim,  The  servants  of  Abessalom 
 have  set  the  field  on  fire.  ^'  And  Joab 
 arose,  and  came  to  Abessalom  into  the 
 house,  and  said  to  him,  Wliy  have  thy 
 servants  set  my  field  on  fire  ?  ^^  And 
 Abessalom  said  to  Joab,  Behold,  I  sent 
 to  thee,  saying.  Come  hither,  and  I 
 will  send  thee  to  the  king,  saying, 
 Wliy  did  I  come  out  of  Gedsur?  it 
 would  have  been  better  for  me  to  have 
 remained  there:  and  now,  behold,  I 
 have  not  seen  the  face  of  the  king; 
 but  if  there  is  iniquity  in  me,  then  put 
 me  to  death.  ^^  And  Joab  went  in  to 
 the  king,  and  brought  him  word :  and 
 he  called  Abessalom,  and  he  went  in 
 to  the  king,  and  did  liim  obeisance, 
 and  fell  upon  his  face  to  the  ground, 
 even  in  the  presence  of  the  king :  and 
 the  king  kissed  Abessalom. 
 
 15.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this 
 +  Gr.  made,  that  Abessalom  ^  prepared 
 for  himself  chariots  and  horses,  and 
 fifty  men  to  nin  before  him.  '''And 
 Abessalom  rose  early,  and  stood  by 
 the  side  of  the  way  of  the  gate: 
 and  it  came  to  pass  that  every  man 
 who  had  a  cause,  came  to  the  king  for 
 judgment,  and  Abessalom  cried  to 
 him,  and  said  to  him,  Of  what  city  art 
 thou?  And  he  said.  Thy  servant  is 
 of  one  of  the  tribes  of  Israel.     ^And 
 
 Abessalom  said  to  him.  See  thy  affairs 
 are  right  and  ^  clear,  yet  t  or.  evKoXoi, 
 thou  hast  no  one  appointed  de^Itoodft."^!" 
 of  the  king  to  hear  thee,  clear. 
 '*And  Abessalom  said,  0  that  one 
 would  make  me  a  judge  in  the  land, 
 then  every  man  who  had  a  dispute  or 
 a  cause  would  come  to  me,  and  1  would 
 judge  him!  ^And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  a  man  came  near  to  do  him 
 obeisance,  that  he  stretched  out  his 
 hand,  and  took  hold  of  him,  and  kissed 
 him.  ^And  Abessalom  did  after  this 
 manner  to  all  Israel  that  came  to  the 
 king  for  judgment ;  and  Abessalom 
 gained  the  hearts  of  the  men  of  Israel. 
 ^  And  it  came  to  pass  ^  after  +  Gr.  from  the 
 forty  years,  that  Abessalom  «"'i°f.&'=- 
 said  to  his  father,  I  will  go  now,  and 
 pay  my  vows,  which  I  vowed  to  the 
 Lord  in  Chebron.  ^For  thy  servant 
 vowed  a  vow  when  I  dwelt  at  Gedsur 
 in  Syria,  saying.  If  the  Lord  should 
 indeed  restore  me  to  Jerusalem,  then 
 will  I  serve  the  Lord.  ^  And  the  king 
 said  to  liim.  Go  in  peace.  And  he 
 arose  and  went  to  Chebron.  "'And 
 Abessalom  sent  spies  throughout  all  the 
 tribes  of  Israel,  saying.  When  ye  hear 
 the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  then  shall 
 ye  say,  Abessalom  is  become  Idng  in 
 Chebron.  ^^  And  there  went  with  Abes- 
 salom two  hundred  chosen  men  from 
 Jerusalem ;  and  they  went  in  their  sim- 
 plicity, and  knew  not  anything.  '^  And 
 Abessalom  sent  to  Achito-  +  so  the  Aiex. 
 
 1     1      ii  T'l  "j.  J.1       which  reads 
 
 phei    the     ihecomte,    the  ^^rpei^fj,ai,nQt 
 counsellor    of  David,  from  ^ts''23.T2.^^^ 
 his  city,  fromGola,  where  he   t  or,  •  the 
 was  sacrificing:  and  there  Ab°ssaiOT*i* 
 
 was    a    Strono;    ^conspiracy;  wereincreas- 
 ,,        ,         ",         ,i  -^       mgly  nume- 
 
 and  the    people  that  went  rous. 
 with    Abessalom   were  numerous. 
 
 '^And  there  came  a  messenger  to 
 David,  saying.  The  heart  of  the  men 
 of  Israel  is  gone  after  Abessalom. 
 '''And  David  said  to  all  his  servants 
 who  were  with  Mm  in  Jerusalem, 
 Rise,  and  let  us  flee,  for  we  have  no 
 refuge  from  Abessalom:  make  haste 
 and  go,  lest  he  overtake  us  speedily, 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  34. 
 
 and  bring  evil  upon  us,  and  smite  the 
 city  with  the  edge  of  the  sword.  ^^And 
 the  king's  servants  said  to  the  king, 
 In  all  things  which  our  lord  the  king 
 chooses,  behold  we  are  thy  servants. 
 '•"And  the  king  and  all  his  house  went 
 out  on  foot  :  and  the  king  left  ten 
 women  of  his  concubines  to  keep  the 
 house.  '^  And  the  king  and  all  lais  ser- 
 vants went  out  on  foot ;  and  abode  in  a 
 distant  house.  ^**  And  all  his  servants 
 t  Gr.  hand,  passcdou  byhis^  side,  and  every 
 Chelethite,  and  every  Pelethite,  and 
 they  stood  by  the  olive  tree  in  the 
 wilderness :  and  all  the  people  marched 
 near  him,  and  all  his  court,  and  all  the 
 men  of  might,  and  all  the  men  of  war, 
 six  hundred :  and  they  were  present  at 
 his  side:  and  every  Chelethite,  and 
 every  Pelethite,  and  all  the  six  hun- 
 dred Gittites  that  came  on  foot  out  of 
 +  0)-,  they  that.  Gcth,  and  ^tlicy  went  on  be- 
 fore the  king.  '^  And  the  king  said  to 
 Ethi  the  Gittite,  Wliy  dost  thou  also  go 
 with  us?  Return,  and  dwell  with  the 
 king,  for  thou  art  a  stranger,  and  thou 
 hast  come  forth  as  a  sojourner  out  of  thy 
 +  Gc.  if.  place.  ^°^Whereas  thou  camest 
 yesterday,  shall  I  to-day  cause  thee  to 
 travel  with  us,  and  shalt  thou  tJius 
 change  thy  place  ?  thou  didst  come 
 forth  yesterday,  and  to-day  shall  I  set 
 thee  in  motion  to  go  along  with  us? 
 I  indeed  will  go  whithersoever  I  may 
 go:  return  then,  and  cause  thy  bre- 
 thren to  return  with  thee,  and  may 
 the  Lord  deal  mercifully  and  truly 
 with  thee.  ^^  And  Ethi  answered  the 
 king  and  said.  As  the  Lord  lives  and 
 as  my  lord  the  king  hves,  in  the  place 
 wheresoever  my  lord  shall  be,  Avhethcr 
 it  be  for  death  or  life,  there  shall  thy 
 servant  be.  ^^And  the  king  said  to 
 Ethi,  Come  and  pass  over  with  me. 
 So  Ethi  the  Gittite  and  the  king  passed 
 over,  and  all  his  servants,  and  all  the 
 multitude  with  him. 
 
 ^^  And  all  the  ^  country  wept  with  a 
 
 t  Gr.  land,      loud   voicc.     And  all   the 
 
 t  Gr-  in.         people  passed  by  ^  over  the 
 
 brook  of  Kedron ;  and  the  king  crossed 
 
 the  brook  Kedron:  and  all  the  people 
 and  the  king  passed  on  toward  the 
 way  of  the  wilderness.  ^'^  And  behold 
 also  Sadok,  and  all  the  Levites  were 
 mth  him,  bearing  the  ark  of  the 
 covenant  of  the  Lord  from  Boethar: 
 and  they  set  down  the  ark  of  God; 
 and  Abiathar  went  up,  until  all  the 
 people  had  passed  out  of  the  city. 
 '■'^And  the  king  said  to  Sadoc,  Carry 
 back  the  ark  of  God  into  the  city :  if 
 I  should  find  favour  in  the  eyes  of  the 
 Lord,  then  will  he  bring  me  back,  and 
 he  will  show  me  it  and  its  beauty. 
 ^^And  if  he  should  say  thus,  I  have  no 
 pleasiu-e  in  thee:  behold,  here  I  am, 
 let  him  do  to  me  according  to  that 
 which  is  good  in  his  eyes. 
 
 ^^And  the  king  said  to  Sadoc  the 
 priest.  Behold,  thou  ^  shalt  +  Gr.  dost, 
 return  to  the  city  in  peace,  and  Achi- 
 maas  thy  son,  and  Jonathan  the  son  of 
 Abiathar,  your  two  sons  with  you. 
 ^^  Behold,  I  continue  in  arms  in  Ara- 
 both  of  the  desert,  imtil  there  come 
 tidings  from  you  to  report  to  me. 
 ^^  So  Sadoc  and  Abiathar  brought  back 
 the  ark  of  the  Lord  to  Jerusalem,  and 
 it  continued  there.  ^°And  David  went 
 up  by  the  ascent  of  the  mount  of 
 Olives,  and  wept  as  he  went,  and  had 
 his  head  covered,  and  went  bare- 
 footed: and  all  the  people  that  were 
 with  him  covered  every  man  his  head ; 
 and  they  went  up,  and  wept  as  they 
 went.  ^'  And  it  was  reported  to  Da- 
 vid, saying,  Achitophel  also  is  among 
 the  conspirators  with  Abessalom.  And 
 David  said,  0  Lord  my  God,  discon- 
 cert, I  pray  thee,  the  counsel  of  Achi- 
 tophel. ^'■^And  David  came  as  far  as 
 Kos,  where  he  worshipped  God:  and 
 behold,  Chusi  the  chief  friend  of  Da- 
 vid came  out  to  meet  him,  having 
 rent  his  garment,  and  earth  was  upon 
 his  head.  ^^And  David  said  to  hira, 
 If  thou  shouldest  go  over  with  me, 
 then  Avilt  thou  be  a  burden  to  me. 
 ^^  But  if  thou  shalt  return  to  the  city, 
 and  shalt  say  to  Abessalom,  Thy  bre- 
 thren are  passed  over,  and  the  king  thy 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  35. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  Xvi.  u.  18. 
 
 father  is  passed  over  after  me ;  and 
 now  I  am  tliy  servant,  0  king,  suffer 
 me  to  live:  at  one  time  even  of  late  I 
 was  the  servant  of  thy  father,  and  now 
 I  am  thy  humble  servant — so  shalt 
 thou  disconcert  for  me  the  counsel  of 
 Achitophel.  ^^And,  behold,  there  are 
 there  with  thee  Sadoc  and  Abiathar 
 the  priests ;  and  it  shall  be  that  every 
 word  that  thou  shalt  hear  of  the  house 
 of  the  king,  thou  shalt  report  it  to 
 Sadoc  and  Abiathar  the  priests.  ^^  Be- 
 hold there  are  there  with  them  their 
 two  sons  Achimaas  the  son  of  Sadoc, 
 and  Jonathan  the  son  of  Abiathar; 
 and  by  them  ye  shall  report  to  me 
 every  word  which  ye  shall  hear.  ^^  So 
 Chusi  the  friend  of  David  went  into 
 the  city,  and  Abessalom  was  lately 
 gone  into  Jerusalem. 
 
 16.  And  David  passed  on  a  little 
 way  from  Ros ;  and,  behold,  Siba  the 
 servant  of  Memphibosthe  came  to  meet 
 him ;  and  he  had  a  couple  of  asses 
 laden,  and  upon  them  two  hundred 
 loaves,  and  a  hundred  bunches  of  rai- 
 sins, and  a  hundred  cakes  of  dates, 
 and  a  bottle  of  wine.  ^And  the  king 
 said  to  Siba,  Wliat  meanest  thou  by 
 these  ?  and  Siba  said,  The  asses  are  for 
 the  household  of  the  king  to  sit  upon, 
 and  the  loaves  and  the  dates  are  for  the 
 young  men  to  eat,  and  the  wine  is  for 
 them  that  are  faint  in  the  wilderness  to 
 drink.  ^And  the  king  said,  And 
 where  is  the  son  of  thy  master?  and 
 Siba  said  to  the  king,  Behold,  he  re- 
 mains in  Jerusalem;  for  he  said.  To- 
 day shall  the  house  of  Israel  restore  to 
 me  the  kingdom  of  my  father.  ^  And 
 the  king  said  to  Siba,  Behold  all  Mem- 
 phibosthe's  property  is  thine.  And 
 Siba  did  obeisance  and  said,  My  lord, 
 0  king,  let  me  find  grace  in  thine  eyes. 
 ^And  king  David  came  to  Baurim; 
 and,  behold,  there  came  out  from 
 thence  a  man  of  the  family  of  the 
 house  of  Saul,  and  his  name  icas 
 Semei  the  son  of  Gera.  He  came 
 forth  and  cursed  as  he  went,  ^and  cast 
 
 stones  at  David,  and  at  all  the  servants 
 of  king  David :  and  all  the  people  and 
 aU  the  mighty  men  were  on  the  right 
 and  left  hand  of  the  king.  '^  And  thus 
 Semei  said  when  he  cursed  him,  Go 
 out,  go  out,  thou  bloody  man,  and 
 man  of  sin.  ^  The  Lord  has  returned 
 upon  thee  all  the  blood  of  the  house 
 of  Saul,  whereas  thou  hast  reigned  in 
 his  stead;  and  the  Lord  has  given  the 
 kingdom  into  the  hand  of  Abessalom 
 thy  son:  and,  behold,  thou  art  taken 
 in  thy  mischief,  because  thou  art  a 
 bloody  man.  ^  And  Abessa  the  son  of 
 Saruia  said  to  the  king,  Wliy  does  this 
 dead  dog  cui'se  my  lord  the  king? 
 Let  me  go  over  now  and  take  off  his 
 head.  ^°And  the  king  said.  What 
 have  I  to  do  with  you,  ye  sons  of 
 Saruia?  even  let  liim  alone,  and  so  let 
 him  curse,  for  the  Lord  has  told  him  to 
 curse  David :  and  who  shall  say,  Wliy 
 hast  thou  done  thus  ?  ' '  And  David 
 said  to  Abessa  and  to  all  his  servants, 
 Behold !  my  son  who  came  forth  out 
 of  my  bowels  seeks  my  Hfe ;  still  more 
 now  may  the  son  of  Benjamin :  let  him 
 curse,  because  the  Lord  has  told  him. 
 ^^If  by  any  means  the  Lord  may  look 
 on  my  affliction,  thus  shall  he  return 
 me  good  for  his  cursing  this  day. 
 
 ^^And  David  and  all  the  men  with 
 him  went  on  the  way  :  and  Semei 
 went  by  the  side  of  the  hiU  next  to 
 him,  cursing,  as  he  went,  and  casting 
 stones  ^at  him,  and  sprink-  tGv.obUqueiy. 
 Hng  him  with  dirt.  '"^And  *'''■ 
 the  king,  and  all  the  people  with  him, 
 came  away  and  refreshed  themselves 
 there.  ^^And  Abessalom  and  all  the 
 men  of  Israel  went  into  Jerusalem, 
 and  AcMtophel  with  him.  '^And  it 
 came  to  pass  when  Chusi  the  chief 
 friend  of  David  came  to  Abessalom, 
 that  Chusi  said  to  Abessalom,  Let  the 
 king  Hve.  ^^And  Abessalom  said  to 
 Chusi,  Is  this  thy  kindness  to  thy 
 friend?  Why  wentest  thou  not  forth 
 with  thy  friend?  '^And  Chusi  said  to 
 Abessalom,  Nay,  but  following  whom 
 I  the    Lord,    and  this   people,   and   all 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  19. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  xvii.  v.  16. 
 
 Israel  have  clioscn, — his  will  1  be,  and 
 with  him  will  I  dwell.  '''And  again, 
 Whom  shall  I  serve?  Should  I  not 
 in  the  presence  of  his  son?  as  I  served 
 in  the  presence  of  thy  father,  so  will  I 
 be  in  thy  presence.  -"And  Abessalom 
 said  to  Achitophel,  Deliberate  among 
 yourselves  concerning  what  we  shoidd 
 do.  ^'And  Acliitophel  said  to  Abes- 
 salom, Go  in  to  thy  father's  concubines, 
 whom  he  left  to  keep  his  house ;  and 
 all  Israel  shall  hear  that  thou  hast  dis- 
 honoured thy  father ;  and  the  hands  of 
 all  that  are  with  thee  shall  be  strengtli- 
 ened.  ^^And  they  pitched  a  tent  for 
 Abessalom  on  the  roof,  and  Abessalom 
 went  in  to  his  father's  concubines  in 
 the  sight  of  all  Israel.  ^^And  the 
 counsel  of  Achitophel  which  he  coun- 
 selled in  former  days,  was  as  if  one 
 should  inquire  of  the  word  of  the 
 Lord:  so  ivas  all  the  counsel  of  Achi- 
 tophel both  to  David  and  also  to  Abes- 
 salom. 
 
 17.  And  Achitophel  said  to  Abes- 
 salom, Let  me  now  choose  out  for 
 myself  twelve  thousand  men,  and  I 
 will  arise  and  follow  after  David  this 
 night :  ^  and  I  will  come  upon  him 
 when  he  is  weary  and  weak-handed, 
 and  I  will  strike  him  with  terror,  and 
 all  the  people  with  him  shall  flee,  and 
 I  will  smite  the  king  only  of  all. 
 ^And  I  will  bring  back  all  the  people 
 to  thee,  as  a  bride  wiU  return  to  her 
 husband:  only  thou  seekest  the  life  of 
 one  man,  and  all  the  people  shall  liave 
 peace.  ^  And  the  saying  teas  right  in 
 the  eyes  of  Abessalom,  and  in  the  eyes 
 of  all  the  elders  of  Israel.  ^And 
 Abessalom  said,  Call  now  also  Chusi 
 the  Arachite,  and  let  us  hear  what  is 
 in  his  mouth,  even  in  his  also.  '^And 
 Chusi  went  in  to  Abessalom,  and 
 Abessalom  spoke  to  him,  saying.  After 
 this  manner  spoke  Achitophel:  shall 
 we  do  according  to  his  word?  but  if 
 not  do  thou  speak.  ^And  Chusi  said 
 to  Abessalom,  This  counsel  which 
 Achitophel  has  counselled  this  one  time 
 
 is  not  good.  **And  Chusi  said.  Thou 
 knowest  thy  father  and  his  men,  that 
 they  are  very  mighty,  and  bitter  in 
 their  spirit,  as  a  bereaved    ^  Heb.  and 
 
 1  •  ^    ,1       /•iitr       T  Alex,  omit  the 
 
 bear  m  the  lield^,  |_ana  as  words  m 
 a  wild  boar  in  the  plain] :  '"■a<^'"-'ts. 
 and  thy  father  is  a  man  of  war,  and 
 will  not  give  the  people  rest.  ^For, 
 behold,  he  is  now  hidden  in  one  of 
 the  hills  or  in  some  other  place :  and  it 
 shall  come  to  pass  when  he  falls  upon 
 them  at  the  beginning,  that  some  one 
 will  certainly  hear,  and  say.  There 
 has  been  a  slaughter  among  the  people 
 that  follow  after  Abessalom.  '"Then 
 even  he  that  is  ^  strong,  +  Gr.  a  son  of 
 whose  heart  is  as  the  heart  ^t^^^s^'^- 
 of  a  lion, — it  shall  utterly  melt :  for  all 
 Israel  knows  that  thy  father  is  mighty, 
 and  they  that  are  with  him  are  mighty 
 men.  "For  thus  I  have  surely  given 
 counsel,  that  all  Israel  be  generally 
 gathered  to  thee  from  Dan  even  to 
 Beersheba,  as  the  sand  that  is  upon 
 the  sea-shore  for  multitude:  and  that 
 thy  presence^ go  in  the  midst  +  or.  going, 
 of  them.  '-And  we  will  come  upon 
 him  in  one  of  the  places  where  we  shall 
 find  liim,  and  we  will  encamp  against 
 him,  as  the  dew  falls  upon  the  earth; 
 and  we  will  not  leave  of  him  and  of 
 his  men  so  much  as  one.  '^  And  if  he 
 shall  have  taken  refuge  with  his  army 
 in  a  city,  then  shall  all  Israel  take 
 ropes  to  that  city,  and  we  will  draw  it 
 even  into  the  river,  that  there  may  not 
 be  left  there  even  a  stone.  '■*  And 
 Abessalom,  and  all  the  men  of  Israel 
 said.  The  counsel  of  Chusi  the  Ara- 
 chite is  better  than  the  counsel  of 
 Achitophel.  For  the  Lord  ordained 
 to  disconcert  the  good  counsel  of  Achi- 
 to{)hel,  that  the  Lord  might  bring  all 
 evil  upon  Abessalom. 
 
 '•'And  Chusi  the  Arachite  said  to 
 Sadoc  and  Abiathar  the  priests,  Thus 
 and  thus  Achitophel  counselled  Abessa- 
 lom and  the  elders  of  Israel;  and  thus 
 and  thus  have  I  counselled.  "'And  now 
 send  quickly  and  report  to  David, 
 saying,  Lodge  not  this  night  in  Ara- 
 
Chap.  xvii.  u.  17. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  6. 
 
 both  of  the  wilderness:  even  go  and 
 make  haste,  lest  one  swallow  up  ^  the 
 +  ,  kino;,  and  all  the  people 
 probably  a  cor-  with  liim .  "A  nd  Jonathan 
 KaraTTcVw—  and  Achlmaas  stood  by  the 
 Alex.  KaranCr,.    ^g||  ^f  j^Qge]^  and  a  inaid- 
 
 servant  went  and  reported  to  them, 
 and  they  go  and  tell  king  David,  for 
 they  might  not  be  seen  to  enter  into 
 the  city.  ^^But  a  young  man  saw 
 them  and  told  Abessalom:  and  the 
 two  went  quickly,  and  entered  into 
 the  house  of  a  man  in  Baurim ;  and  he 
 had  a  well  in  his  court,  and  they  went 
 down  into  it.  ^^  And  a  woman  took  a 
 covering,  and  spread  it  over  the  mouth 
 u  1i2^  j^m  °^  *^^®  y^e^,  and  ^  spread  out 
 8-2.  ground    corn    upon   it   to 
 
 dry,  and  the  thing  was  not  known. 
 ^^  Ajid  the  servants  of  Abessalom  came 
 to  the  woman  into  the  house  and  said, 
 Where  are  Achimaas  and  Jonathan? 
 and  the  woman  said  to  them,  ^  They 
 t  Or,  lately  are  gouc  a  little  way  be- 
 Tor'^Z'  youd  Uhe  water.  And  they 
 smau  streams,  sought  and  found  them  not, 
 and  returned  to  Jerusalem.  ^'  And  it 
 came  to  pass  after  they  were  gone, 
 that  they  came  up  out  of  the  pit,  and 
 went  on  their  way,  and  reported  to 
 king  David,  and  said  to  David,  Arise 
 ye  and  go  quickly  over  the  water,  for 
 thus  and  thus  has  Achitophel  coun- 
 selled concerning  you. 
 
 ^■^And  David  rose  up  and  all  the 
 people  with  him,  and  they  passed  over 
 Jordan  till  the  morning  light,  there 
 was  not  one  missing  who  did  not  pass 
 over  Jordan.  ^^And  Achitophel  saw 
 that  his  counsel  was  not  followed,  and 
 he  saddled  his  ass,  and  rose  and  de- 
 parted to  his  house  into  his  city;  and 
 he  gave  orders  to  his  household,  and 
 (?.e°A- with*^  ^hanged  himself,  and  died. 
 Matt.  27. 5.  and  was  buried  in  the  sepul- 
 chre of  his  father.  ^'*  And  David  passed 
 over  to  Manaim :  and  Abessalom  crossed 
 over  Jordan,  he  and  all  the  men  of 
 Israel  with  him.  ^^And  Abessalom  ap- 
 pointed Amessai  in  the  room  of  Joab 
 over  the  host.     And  Amessai  was  the 
 
 son  of  a  man  ^  whose  name  was  Je- 
 ther  of  Jezrael :  he  went  in  t  cr.  and  ws 
 to  Abigaia  the  daughter  of  "^e.^'^- 
 Naas,  the  sister  of  Sauria  the  mother  of 
 Joab.  ^''And  all  Israel  and  Abessalom 
 encamped  in  the  land  of  Galaad.  ^^And 
 it  came  to  pass  when  David  came  to 
 Manaim,  that  Uesbi  the  son  of  Naas  of 
 Rabbath  of  the  sons  of  Ammon,  and 
 Machir  son  of  Amiel  of  Lodabar,  and 
 Berzelli  the  Galaadite  of  Rogellim, 
 ^^ brought  ten  embroidered  beds,  (with 
 double  coverings,)  and  ten  cauldrons, 
 and  earthenware,  and  wheat,  and 
 barley,  and  flour,  and  meal,  and  beans, 
 and  pulse,  ^^and  honey,  and  butter, 
 and  sheep,  and  cheeses  of  kine:  and 
 they  brought  them  to  David  and  to  his 
 people  with  him  to  cat;  for  one  said. 
 The  people  is  faint  and  hungry  and 
 thirsty  in  the  wilderness. 
 
 18.  And  David  numbered  the  people 
 with  him,  and  set  over  them  captains 
 of  thousands  and  captains  of  hundreds. 
 ^  And  David  sent  away  the  people,  the 
 third  part  ^  under  the  hand  of  +  or.  by. 
 Joab,  and  the  third  part  under  the 
 hand  of  Abessa  the  son  of  Saruia,  the 
 brother  of  Joab,  and  the  third  part 
 under  the  hand  of  Ethi  the  Gittite. 
 And  David  said  to  the  people,  I  also 
 will  surely  go  out  with  you.  ^And 
 they  said.  Thou  shalt  ijot  go  out:  for 
 if  we  should  indeed  flee,  they  will  not 
 care  for  us;  and  if  half  of  us  should 
 die,  they  will  not  mind  us ;  for  thou  art 
 ^  as  ten  thousand  of  us :  and   t  or.  as  we, 
 
 now  it  is  well  that  thou  shalt  ten  thousand. 
 
 be  to  us  an  aid  to  help  us  in  the  city. 
 "^And  the  king  said  to  them,  Wliat- 
 soever  shall  seem  good  in  your  eyes 
 I  will  do.  And  the  king  +  Gr.  hand, 
 stood  by  the  ^sidc  of  the  gate,  and  all 
 the  people  went  out  by  hundreds  and 
 by  thousands.  ^And  the  king  com- 
 manded Joab  and  Abessa  and  Ethi, 
 saying.  Spare  for  my  sake  the  young 
 man  Abessalom.  And  all  the  people 
 heard  the  king  charging  all  the  com- 
 manders concerning  Abessalom.  ^And 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  7. 
 
 KINGS   II, 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  27. 
 
 all  the  people  went  out  into  the  wood 
 against  Israel ;  and  the  battle  was  in  the 
 wood  of  Ephraira.  ^And  the  people 
 of  Israel  fell  down  there  before  the 
 servants  of  David,  and  there  was  a 
 great  slaughter  in  that  day,  even 
 twenty  thousand  men.  ^  And  the  battle 
 there  was  scattered  over  the  face  of  all 
 the  land :  and  the  wood  consumed  more 
 of  the  people  than  the  sword  consumed 
 among  the  people  in  that  day.  ^And 
 Abessalom  went  to  meet  the  servants 
 of  David :  and  Abessalom  was  mounted 
 on  his  mule,  and  the  mule  came  under 
 t  Or, '  the'  the  thick  boughs  of  ^a  great 
 mtwsTbook'"'^  oak;  and  his  head  was  en- 
 especiaiiy  the    tangled    in    the    oak,  and 
 
 article  is  used     .       o  ' 
 
 very  indefi-  he  was  suspcudcd  between 
 ^^^'  heaven  and  earth ;  and  the 
 
 mule  passed  on  from  under  him.  ^"And 
 a  man  saw  it,  and  reported  to  Joab, 
 and  said.  Behold,  I  saw  Abessalom 
 hanging  in  an  oak.  ^^And  Joab  said 
 to  the  man  who  reported  it  to  him. 
 And,  behold,  thou  didst  see  him :  why 
 didst  thou  not  smite  him  there  to  the 
 ground?  and  I  would  have  given  thee 
 ten  pieces  of  silver,  and  a  girdle.  '^And 
 the  man  said  to  Joab,  Were  I  even  to 
 t  Weigh  upon  ^rcccive  a  thousand  shekels 
 
 my  hands.  ^f  g-^^^^.^    j  ^^^|j    ^^^^    ^ih 
 
 my  hand  against  the  king's  son ;  for  in 
 our  cars  the  king  charged  thee  and 
 Abessa  and  Ethi,  saying.  Take  care  of 
 the  young  man  Abessalom  for  me,  '^  so 
 as  to  do  no  harm  to  his  life :  and  nothing 
 of  the  matter  will  be  concealed  from 
 the  king,  and  thou  wilt  set  thyself 
 against  mc.  '^And  Joab  said,  1  will 
 +  Or,  under-  '^  begin  tliis ;  I  will  not  thus 
 take.  remain  with  thee.  And  Joab 
 
 took  three  darts  in  his  hand,  and  tlu-ust 
 them  into  the  heart  of  Abessalom, 
 while  he  was  yet  alive  in  the  heart  of 
 the  oak.  '"''And  ten  young  men  that 
 bore  Joab's  armour  compassed  Abessa- 
 lom, and  smote  him  and  slew  him. 
 
 '"And  Joab  blew  the  trumpet,  and 
 the  people  returned  from  pursuing 
 Israel,  for  Joab  spared  the  people. 
 '■^  And  he  took   Abessalom,  and  cast 
 
 him  into  a  great  cavern  in  the  wood, 
 into  a  deep  pit,  and  set  up  over  him  a 
 very  great  heap  of  stones:  and  all 
 Israel  lied  every  man  to  his  tent.  '**Now 
 Abessalom  wliile  yet  aHve  had  taken 
 and  set  up  for  himself  the  pillar  ^  near 
 which  he  was  taken,  and  ^ga  in,  or  by. 
 set  it  up  so  as  to  have  the  pillar  in  the 
 king's  dale ;  for  he  said  he  had  no  son 
 to  keep  liis  name  in  remembrance :  '^and 
 he  called  the  pillar,  Abessa-  +  Heb.  and 
 lom's  niand,  until  this  day.  4nd  he'c^ied 
 *^And  Achimaas  the  son  of  "^^  puiar  after 
 
 0  -1  -IT  his  own  name.' 
 
 bacloc    said,    Let    me   run    ih*-*.  idiom 
 now  and  carry  glad  tidings  fofpia^e.' 
 to  the  king,  for  the  Lord  has  delivered 
 him    from  the    hand    of  his  enemies. 
 ^^  And  Joab  said  to  him.  Thou  shalt 
 
 not  be  a  messenger  of  glad  tidinjrs  this 
 
 1  111 
 
 day ;  thou  shalt  bear  them  another  day ; 
 
 but  on  this  day  thou  shalt  bear  no 
 tidings,  because  the  king's  son  is  dead. 
 ^'  And  Joab  said  to  Chusi,  Go,  report 
 to  the  king  all  that  thou  hast  seen. 
 And  Chusi  did  obeisance  to  Joab,  and 
 went  out.  '^"^And  Achimaas  the  son  of 
 Sadoc  said  again  to  Joab,  Nay,  let 
 me  also  run  after  Chusi.  And  Joab 
 said,  Wlay  Svouldest  thou  +Gr.dost. 
 thus  run,  my  son?  attend,  thou  hast 
 no  tidings  for  profit  if  thou  go.  ^^  And 
 he  said,  ^  Why  should  I  not  tr?)-.  for  what 
 run?  and  Joab  said  to  him,  ifJ«"°'^drun. 
 Run.  And  Acliimaas  ran  along  the 
 way  of  Kechar,  and  outran  Chusi. 
 
 ^^And  David  was  sitting  between 
 the  two  gates :  and  the  watchman  went 
 up  on  the  top  of  the  gate  of  the  wall, 
 and  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  looked,  and, 
 behold  !  there  was  a  man  running  alone 
 before  him.  -''And  the  watchman  cried 
 out,  and  reported  to  the  king.  And 
 the  king  said.  If  he  be  alone,  there  are 
 ^good  tidings  in  his  mouth,  t  or,  simply. 
 And  the  man  came  and  '"''"'^s.' 
 drew  near.  ^'^  And  the  watchman  saw 
 another  man  running :  and  the  watch- 
 man cried  at  the  gate,  and  said.  And 
 look  there  is  another  man  running  alone. 
 And  the  king  said,  He  also  brings  glad 
 tidings.     ^^And  the  watchman  said,  I 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  28. 
 
 KINGS   IL 
 
 Chap.  xix.  u.  13. 
 
 see  the  running  of  the  first  as  the 
 running  of  Achimaas  the  son  of  Sadoc. 
 And  the  king  said,  He  is  a  good  man, 
 and  will  come  to  report  glad  tidings. 
 ^^And  Achimaas  cried  out  and  said  to 
 the  king,  Peace.  And  he  did  obeisance 
 to  the  king  with  his  face  to  the  ground, 
 and  said,  Blessed  be  the  Lord  thy  God, 
 who  has  deHvered  up  the  men  that 
 lifted  up  their  hands  against  my  lord 
 the  king.  ^^  And  the  king  said.  Is  the 
 young  man  Abessalom  safe  ?  and  Achi- 
 maas said,  I  saw  a  great  multitude  at 
 the  time  of  Joab's  sending  the  king's 
 servant  and  thy  servant,  and  I  knew 
 not  what  was  there.  ^"And  the  king 
 said,  Turn  aside,  stand  still  here.  And 
 he  turned  aside,  and  stood.  ^^And, 
 behold  Chusi  came  up,  and  said  to  the 
 king,  Let  my  lord  the  king  hear  glad 
 tidings,  for  the  Lord  has  avenged 
 thee  this  day  upon  all  them  that  rose 
 up  against  thee.  ^^And  the  king  said 
 to  Chusi,  Is  it  well  with  the  young 
 man  Abessalom?  and  Chusi  said.  Let 
 the  enemies  of  my  lord  the  king,  and 
 all  whosoever  have  risen  up  against 
 him  for  evil,  be  as  that  young  man. 
 ^^  And  the  king  was  troubled,  and  went 
 to  the  chamber  over  the  gate,  and 
 wept :  and  thus  he  said  as  he  went.  My 
 son  Abessalom,  my  son,  my  son  Abes- 
 salom ;  would  God  I  had  died  for 
 thee,  even  I  had  died  for  thee,  Abes- 
 salom, my  son,  my  son ! 
 
 19.  And  they  brought  Joab  word, 
 saying.  Behold,  the  king  weeps  and 
 mourns  for  Abessalom.  ^And  the 
 victory  was  turned  that  day  into 
 mourning  to  all  the  people,  for  the 
 people  heard  say  that  day.  The  king 
 grieves  after  his  son.  ^And  the  people 
 stole  away  that  day  to  go  into  the  city, 
 as  people  steal  away  when  they  are 
 ashamed  as  they  flee  in  the  battle. 
 ^  And  the  king  hid  his  face :  and  the 
 king  cried  with  a  loud  voice.  My  son 
 Abessalom !  Abessalom  my  son.  ^  And 
 Joab  went  in  to  the  king,  into  the 
 house,  and  said.  Thou  hast  this  day 
 
 shamed  the  faces  of  all  thy  servants 
 that  have  delivered  thee  this  day,  and 
 have  saved  the  lives  of  thy  sons  and  of 
 thy  daughters,  and  the  Hvcs  of  thy 
 wives,  and  of  thy  concubines,  ''for- 
 asmuch as  thou  lovest  them  that  hate 
 thee,  and  hatest  them  that  love  thee; 
 and  thou  hast  this  day  declared,  that 
 thy  princes  and  thy  servants  are 
 nothing  in  thy  sight:  for  I  know  this 
 day,  that  if  Abessalom  were  aHve, 
 and  all  of  us  dead  to-day,  then  it 
 would  have  been  right  in  thy  sight. 
 ^And  now  arise,  and  go  forth,  and 
 speak  comfortably  to  comfort  thy  ser- 
 vants ;  for  I  have  sworn  by  the  Lord, 
 that  unless  thou  wilt  go  forth  to-day, 
 there  shall  not  a  man  remain  with  thee 
 this  night :  and  know  for  thyself,  this 
 thing  will  indeed  be  evil  to  thee  be- 
 yond all  the  evil  that  has  come  upon 
 thee  from  thy  youth  until  now.  ^  Then 
 the  king  arose,  and  sat  in  the  gate: 
 and  all  the  people  reported,  saying. 
 Behold,  the  king  sits  in  the  gate.  And 
 all  the  people  went  in  before  the  king 
 to  the  gate ;  for  Israel  had  fled  every 
 man  to  his  ^  tent.  ^  And  all  +  o-  tents, 
 the  people  disputed  among  all  the 
 tribes  of  Israel,  saying,  King  David 
 delivered  us  from  all  our  enemies,  and 
 he  rescued  us  from  the  hand  of  the 
 Philistines:  and  now  he  has  fled  from 
 the  land,  and  from  hisjkingdom,  and 
 from  Abessalom.  ''^And  Abessalom, 
 whom  we  anointed  over  us,  is  dead  in 
 battle :  and  now  why  are  ye  silent  about 
 bringing  back  the  king  ?  and  the  word 
 of  all  Israel  came  to. the  king.  "And 
 king  David  sent  to  Sadoc  and  Abia- 
 than  the  priests,  saying.  Speak  to  the 
 elders  of  Israel,  saying,  Wlay  are  ye 
 the  last  to  bring  back  the  king  to  his 
 house?  whereas  the  word  of  all  Israel 
 is  come  to  the  king  to  his  house.  ^^  Ye 
 are  my  brethren,  ye  are  my  bones  and 
 my  flesh :  why  are  ye  the  last  to  bring 
 back  the  king  to  his  house  ?  ^^  And 
 ye  shall  say  to  Amessai,  Art  thou  not 
 my  bone  and  my  flesh?  and  now  God 
 do  so  to  me,  and  more  also,  if  thou 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  14. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  v.  35. 
 
 slialt  not  be  commander-in-cliief  of  tlie 
 host  before  me  continually  in  tlie  room 
 of  Joab.  ^^And  he  bowed  the  heart  of 
 all  the  men  of  Juda  as  that  of  one  man ; 
 and  they  sent  to  the  king,  saying,  Re- 
 turn thou,  and  all  thy  servants.  '•''And 
 the  king  returned,  and  came  as  far  as 
 Jordan.  And  the  men  of  Juda  came 
 to  Galgala  on  their  way  to  meet  the 
 king,  to  cause  the  king  to  pass  over 
 Jordan. 
 
 '^  And  Seraei  the  son  of  Gera,  the 
 Benjamitc,  of  Baurim,  hasted  and  went 
 +  Gr.  men.  dowu  witli  the  ^  mcu  of 
 Juda  to  meet  kins:  David.  '^  And 
 a  thousand  men  of  Benjamin  tverevfiih. 
 him,  and  Siba  the  servant  of  the  house 
 of  Saul,  and  his  fifteen  sons  with  him, 
 and  his  twenty  servants  with  him :  and 
 they  went  directly  down  to  Jordan 
 before  the  king.  ''^And  they  performed 
 the  service  of  bringing  the  king  over ; 
 and  there  went  over  a  ferry-boat  to  re- 
 move the  household  of  the  king,  and 
 to  do  that  which  was  right  in  his  eyes. 
 And  Semei  the  son  of  Gera  fell  on  his 
 face  before  the  Idng,  as  he  went  over 
 Jordan ;  '*'  and  said  to  the  king.  Let  not 
 my  lord  now  impute  iniquity,  and  re- 
 member not  all  the  iniquity  of  thy 
 servant  in  the  day  in  which  my  lord 
 went  out  from  Jerusalem,  so  that  the 
 king  should  mind  it.  ^^  For  thy  servant 
 knows  that  I  have  sinned :  and,  behold, 
 I  am  come  to-day  before  all  Israel  and 
 the  house  of  Joseph,  to  go  down  and 
 meet  my  lord  the  king.  ^'And  Abessai 
 the  son  of  Saruia  answered  and  said. 
 Shall  not  Semei  therefore  be  put  to 
 death,  because  he  cursed  the  J^ord's 
 anointed?  ^^  And  David  said,  What 
 have  I  to  do  with  you,  ye  sons  of 
 Saruia,  that  ye  as  it  were  he  in  wait 
 against  me  this  day?  to-day  no  man 
 in  Israel  shall  be  put  to  death,  for  I 
 know  not  if  I  this  day  reign  over 
 Israel.  ^^And  the  king  said  to  Semei, 
 Thou  shalt  not  die :  and  tbe  king 
 swore  to  him.  ^'*  And  Memphibosthe 
 the  son  of  Saul's  son  went  down  to 
 meet  the  king,   and  had  not  dressed 
 
 his  feet,  nor  pared  his  nails,  nor  shaved 
 himself,  neither  had  he  washed  his 
 garments  from  the  day  that  the  king 
 departed,  until  the  day  when  he  ar- 
 rived in  peace.  ^^And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  he  went  into  Jerusalem  to  meet 
 the  king,  that  the  king  said  to  him, 
 Wliy  didst  thou  not  go  with  me,  Mem- 
 phibosthe? ^''And  Memphibosthe  said 
 to  him.  My  lord,  0  king,  my  servant 
 deceived  me,  for  thy  servant  said  to 
 him.  Saddle  me  the  ass,  and  I  will  ride 
 upon  it,  and  go  with  the  king;  for  thy 
 servant  is  lame.  ^^  And  he  has  dealt 
 deceitfully  with  thy  servant  to  my  lord 
 the  king :  but  my  lord  the  king  is  as 
 an  angel  of  God,  and  do  thou  that 
 which  is  good  in  thine  eyes.  ^^  For 
 all  the  house  of  my  father  were  but  as 
 dead  men  before  my  lord  the  king; 
 yet  thou  hast  set  thy  servant  among 
 them  that  eat  at  thy  table :  and  what 
 right  have  I  any  longer  even  to  cry  to 
 the  king?  ^'-"And  the  king  said  to  him, 
 Why   speakcst   thou  ^  any  2  C''- speakest 
 
 ■I         ''        '-  n     ■,  o       T    thou  tliy  words 
 
 longer  or  thy  matters.'^  1  any  longer, 
 have  said.  Thou  and  Siba  shall  divide 
 the  land.  ^"And  Memphibosthe  said 
 to  the  king.  Yea,  let  him  take  all,  since 
 my  lord  the  king  has  come  in  peace  to 
 his  house. 
 
 ^'  And  Berzclli  the  Galaadite  came 
 down  from  Itogellim,  and  crossed  over 
 Jordan  with  the  king,  that  he  might 
 conduct  the  king  over  Jordan.  "^'■^And 
 Bcrzelli  was  a  very  old  man,  ^  eighty 
 years  old  ;  and  he  had  +  Gr.  a  son  of 
 maintained  the  king  when  eighty  years, 
 he  dwelt  in  Manaim ;  for  he  was  a  very 
 great  man.  ^^  And  the  king  said  to 
 Bcrzelli,  Thou  shalt  go  over  with  me, 
 and  1  will  nourish  thine  old  age  with 
 me  in  Jerusalem.  ^'*And  BerzeUi  said 
 to  the  king.  How  many  are  the  days 
 of  the  years  of  my  life,  that  I  should 
 go  up  with  the  king  to  Jerusalem  ?  '^^  I 
 am  this  day  eighty  years  old:  can  I 
 then  distinguish  between  good  and 
 e^dl  ?  Can  thy  servant  taste  any  longer 
 what  I  eat  or  drink  ?  can  I  any  longer 
 hear  the  voice  of  singing  men  or  sing- 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  36. 
 
 KINGS   II 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  9. 
 
 ing  women?  and  wherefore  shall  thy 
 servant  any  longer  be  a  burden  to  my 
 lord  the  king?     ^*^  Thy  servant  will  go 
 
 tGv.asitwere  ^  a  little  Way  over  Jordan 
 **^^'  with   the  king:    and  why 
 
 does  the  king  return  me  this  recom- 
 pense ?  ^^  Let,  I  pray  thee,  thy  servant 
 remain,  and  I  will  die  in  my  city,  by 
 the  tomb  of  my  father  and  of  my 
 mother.  And,  behold,  thy  servant 
 Chamaam  shall  go  over  with  my  lord 
 the  king;  and  do  thou  to  him  as  it 
 seems  good  in  thine  eyes.  ^-  And  the 
 king  said.  Let  Chamaam  go  over  with 
 me,  and  I  will  do  to  him  what  is  good 
 in  my  sight,  and  whatsoever  thou  shalt 
 choose  at  my  hand,  I  will  do  for  thee. 
 ^''And  all  the  people  went  over  Jordan, 
 and  the  king  went  over ;  and  the  king 
 kissed  Berzelli,  and  blessed  him;  and 
 he  returned  to  his  place.  '''^And  the 
 king  went  over  to  Galgala,  and  Cha- 
 maam went  over  with  him:  and  all 
 the  men  of  Juda  went  over  with  the 
 king,  and  also  half  the  people  of 
 Israel. 
 
 ■•^And  behold  ^  all  the  men  of  Israel 
 
 +  Gr.  every  camo  to  the  king,  and  said 
 "^^'  to  the  king,  Why  have  our 
 
 brethren  the  men  of  Juda  stolen  thee 
 away,  and  caused  the  king  and  all  his 
 house  to  pass  over  Jordan,  and  all  the 
 men  of  David  with  him?     "^"^  And  all 
 
 +  Gr.  man.  the  ^  men  of  Juda  answered 
 the  ^  men  of  Israel,  and  said.  Because 
 the  king  is  near  of  kin  to  us :  and  why 
 were  you  thus  angry  concerning  this 
 matter?  have  we  indeed  eaten  of  the 
 king's  food?  or  has  he  given  us  a  gift, 
 or  has  he  sent  us  a  portion?  '*^And 
 the  men  of  Israel  answered  the  men  of 
 Juda,  and  said,  We  have  ten  ^  parts  in 
 
 iGr.BudHeb.  the  king,  and  we  are  older 
 hands.  ^j^^^  ^.^^^  ^^  have  also  an 
 
 interest  in  David  above  you :  and  why 
 have  ye  thus  insulted  us,  and  why  was 
 not  our  advice  taken  before  that  of 
 Juda,  to  bring  back  our  king?  And 
 the  speech  of  the  men  of  Juda  was 
 sharper  than  the  speech  of  the  men  of 
 Israel. 
 
 20.  And  there  was  a  *  transgressor 
 so  ^called  there ,  and  his  name  +  or,  notori- 
 was  Sabee,  a  Bcnjamite,  the  ^"pi^o'.T 
 
 son     of    Bochori:      and      he    transgrressingr 
 
 blew  the  trumpet,  and  said,  i,j.r,^2  ^,^ 
 We    have    no    portion   in  ^„ ' , 
 Davicl,  neither  nave  we  ani/  ikvos. 
 inheritance   in   the  son   of  ^«*-  **li-^. 
 Jcssai:   to  thy  tents,   0  Israel,  every 
 one.     ^And  all  the  men  of  Israel  went 
 up  from  following  David  after  Sabee 
 the  son  of  Bochori:  but  the  men  of 
 Juda    adhered    to    their   king,   from 
 Jordan    even    to    Jerusalem.      ^And 
 David  went  into  his  house  at  Jerusalem : 
 and  the  king  took  the  ten  women  his 
 concubines,  whom  he  had  left  to  keep 
 the  house,  and  he  put  them  in  a  place 
 of  custody,  and  maintained  them,  and 
 went  not  in  to  them;  and  they  were 
 kept  living  as  widows,  till  the  day  of 
 their  death. 
 
 ^And  the  king  said  to  Amessai,  Call 
 to  me  the  men  of  Juda  for  three  days, 
 and  do  thou  be  present  here.  ^  And 
 Amessai  went  to  call  Juda:  and  de- 
 layed beyond  the  time  which  David 
 appointed  him.  ^And  David  said  to 
 Amessai,  Now  shall  Sabee  the  son  of 
 Bochori  do  us  more  harm  than  Abes- 
 salom:  now  then  take  thou  with  thee 
 the  servants  of  thy  lord,  and  follow 
 after  him,  lest  he  find  for  himself  strong 
 cities,  so  will  he  '^  blind  our  +i.e.  escape  us. 
 eyes.  '^And  there  went  out  after  him 
 Amessai  and  the  men  of  Joab,  and  the 
 Cherethites,  and  the  Pheletliites,  and 
 all  the  mighty  men:  and  they  went 
 out  from  Jerusalem  to  pursue  after 
 Sabee  the  son  of  Bochori.  ^And  they 
 were  by  the  great  stone  that  is  in  Ga- 
 baon  :  and  Amessai  went  in  before 
 them:  and  Joab  ^had  upon    !  ^'■•,  ^^^  ^ 
 
 .      .       -T  girded  about 
 
 him  a  miutary  cloak  over  with. 
 
 his  apparel,  and  over  it  he  was  girded 
 
 with  a  dagger  fastened  upon  his  loins 
 
 in  its  scabbard 
 
 out,  it  even  came  out  and  fell 
 
 ^  And  Joab  said  to    Amessai,  Art 
 thou  in  health,  yni/  brother?  and  the 
 right  hand  of  Joab  took  hold  of  thes 
 24 
 
 and  the  dagger  came 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  10. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  3. 
 
 beard  of  Amessai  to  kiss  him.  '"And 
 Ainessai  observed  not  the  dasjercr  that 
 was  m  the  hand  of  Joab:  and  Joab 
 smote  him  with  it  on  the  loins,  and  his 
 
 +  Gr.  beuy.  ^  bowels  Were  shed  out  upon 
 the  ground,  and  he  did  not  repeat  the 
 
 +  Gr. tohim.  bk)w^,  and  he  died:  and 
 Joab  and  Abessai  his  brother  pursued 
 after  Sabee  the  son  of  Bochori.  "And 
 there  stood  over  him  one  of  the  ser- 
 vants of  Joab  and  said,Wlio  is  he  that 
 is  for  Joab,  and  who  is  on  the  side  of 
 David  following  Joab?  '^And  Ames- 
 sai ivas  weltering  in  blood  in  the  midst 
 of  the  way.  And  a  man  saw  that  all 
 the  people  stood  still ;  and  he  removed 
 Amessai  out  of  the  path  into  a  field, 
 and  he  cast  a  garment  upon  liim,  be- 
 cause he  saw  every  one  that  came  to 
 him  standing  still.  '^And  when  he 
 was  quickly  removed  from  the  road, 
 every  man  of  Israel  passed  after  Joab 
 to  pursue  after  Sabee  the  son  of  Bo- 
 chori. '^And  he  went  through  all  the 
 tribes  of  Israel  to  Abel,  and  to  Beth- 
 macha;  and  all  in  Charri  too  were  as- 
 sembled, and  followed  after  him.  ''^And 
 they  came  and  besieged  him  in  Abel 
 and  Phermacha:  and  they  raised  a 
 mound  against  the  city  and  it  stood 
 close  to  the  wall:  and  all  the  people 
 vidth  Joab  purposed  to  throw  down 
 the  wall. 
 
 '**And  a  wise  woman  cried  from  the 
 wall,  and  said.  Hear,  hear;  say,  I  pray 
 ye,  to  Joab,  Draw  near  hither,  and  I 
 will  speak  to  him. 
 
 '^And  he  drew  nigh  to  her,  and  the 
 woman  said  to  him.  Art  thou  Joab? 
 and  he  said,  I  am.  And  she  said  to 
 him,  Hear  the  words  of  thy  hand- 
 maid: and  Joab  said,  I  do  hear.    '^And 
 
 +  Gr.  They  shc  spokc.  Saying,  ^  Of  old 
 Imon^^thl'"'''  time  they  said  thus,  Surely 
 first,  saying,  qj^q  ^g^g  askcd  in  Abcl,  and 
 Dan,  whether  the  faithful  in  Israel 
 failed  in  what  they  purposed,  they  will 
 surely  ask  in  Abel,  even  in  like  man- 
 ner, whether  they  have  failed.  '^I  am 
 a  peaceable  one  of  the  strong  ones  in 
 Israel;  but  thou  seekest  to  destroy  a 
 
 city  and  a  ^ mother-city  in  Israel :  why 
 dost  thou  seek  to  ruin  the  inheritance 
 of  the  Lord?  ^^  And  Joab  answered 
 and  said,  ^  Far  be  it,  far  be  J^^^^  t'^'T.' 
 
 it    from    me,   that    I    shoidd    parent  city,  as 
 ■1      ^  9,  7  ,     we  say  mother 
 
 ruin   or  destroy.     ""  Is  not  country, 
 the  case  thus,  that  a  man  of  gei  wttt!""" 
 ]\[o\nit  Ephraim,  Sabee  son  22.  16. 
 of  Bochori  by  name,  has  even  lifted 
 up  his  hand  against  king  David?    Give 
 him  only  to  me,  and  I  will  depart  from 
 the  city.      And  the  woman   said  to 
 Joab,  Behold,  his  head  shall  be  thrown 
 to  thee  over  the  wall. 
 
 '■^'■^  And  the  woman  went  in  to  all  the 
 people,  and  she  spoke  to  all  the  city 
 in  her  wisdom ;  and  they  ^  took  ofi 
 the  head  of  Sabee  the  son  |- Gr.it  or  she 
 of  Bochori ;  and  took  it  n6\K.  ' "  "^ 
 away  and  threw  it  to  Joab:  and  he 
 blew  the  trumpet,  and  the  people  sepa- 
 rated from  the  city  away  from  him, 
 every  man  to  his  tent:  and  Joab  re- 
 turned to  Jerusalem  to  the  king.  ^^And 
 Joab  was  ^  over  all  the  forces  +  Gr.  to. 
 of  Israel:  and  Banaias  the  son  of  Jodae 
 teas  over  the  Chcrethites  and  over  the 
 Pelethites.  ^''And  Adoniram  teas  over 
 the  tribute:  and  Josaphath  the  son  of 
 Achiluth  was  recorder.  ^^  And  Susa 
 was  scribe:  and  Sadoc  and  Abiathar 
 ivej'c  priests.  ^^  Moreover  Iras  the  son 
 of  larin  was  priest  to  David. 
 
 21.  And  there  was  a  famine  in  the 
 days  of  David  three  years,  year  after 
 year ;  and  David  ^  inquired  +  Gr.  sought 
 of  the  Lord.    And  the  Lord  Lo^rd**^^" 
 
 said,    There    is   ^  giult   upon     +Gr. iniquity. 
 
 Said  and  his  house  because  of  his 
 'bloody  murder,  whereby  tz,,7.  the  death 
 he    slew     the    Gabaonites.  of  his  woods, 
 
 .,  .       -,  1  .         -1^.       .  ,       1111        or  his  death  of 
 
 ''And  knig  David  called  the  woods,  i.  e. 
 Gabaonites,  and  said  to  '^'^^^y"^^'''- 
 them ; — (now  the  Gabaonites  are  not  the 
 children  of  Israel,  but  are  of  the  rem- 
 nant of  the  Amorite,  and  the  children 
 of  Israel  had  sworn  to  them ;  but  Saul 
 sought  to  smite  them  in  his  zeal  for 
 the  cliildren  of  Israel  and  Juda.) 
 ^And  David  said  to  the  Gabaonites, 
 
Chap.  XXI.  v.  4. 
 
 KINGS   II 
 
 Chap,  xxi,  u.  21. 
 
 What  sliall  I  do  to  you?  and  where- 
 withal shall  I  make  atonement  ^  that 
 tandyeshau.  ye  may  bless  the  inherit- 
 ance of  the  Lord?  "^And  the  Gabaon- 
 ites  said  to  liim,  We  have  no  question 
 about  silver  or  gold  with  Saul  and  with 
 his  house ;  and  there  is  no  man  for  us  to 
 put  to  death  in  Israel.  ^And  he  said, 
 What  say  ye  ?  speak  and  I  will  do  it  for 
 you.  And  they  said  to  the  king,  The 
 man  who  would  have  made  an  end  of  us, 
 and  persecuted  us,  who  plotted  against 
 us  to  destroy  us,  let  us  utterly  destroy 
 him,  so  that  he  shall  have  no  standing 
 in  all  the  coasts  of  Israel.  ^  Let  one 
 give  us  seven  men  of  his  sons,  and  let 
 us  hang  them  up  in  the  sun  to  the 
 Lord  in  Gabaon  of  Saul,  as  chosen  out 
 for  the  Lord.  And  the  king  said,  I 
 will  give  them.  ^  But  the  king  spared 
 Memphibosthe  son  of  Jonathan  the 
 son  of  Saul,  because  of  the  oath  of  the 
 Lord  that  was  between  them,  even 
 between  David  and  Jonathan  the  son 
 of  Saul. 
 
 ^And  the  king  took  the  two  sons  of 
 Kespha  the  daughter  of  Aia,  whom  she 
 bore  to  Saul,  Hermonoi  and  Memphi- 
 bosthe, and  the  five  sons  of  Michol 
 daughter  of  Saul,  whom  she  bore  to 
 Esdriel  son  of  Berzelli  the  Molilathite. 
 ^  And  he  gave  them  into  the  hand  of 
 the  Gabaonites,  and  they  hung  them 
 up  to  the  sun  in  the  mountain  before 
 the  Lord :  and  they  fell,  even  the  seven 
 together :  moreover  they  were  put  to 
 death  in  the  days  of  harvest  at  the 
 commencement,  in  the  beginning  of 
 barley-harvest.  ^''And  Eespha  the 
 daughter  of  Aia  took  sackcloth,  and 
 fixed  it  for  herself  on  the  rock  in  the 
 beginning  of  barley  haiwest,  until  water 
 dropped  upon  them  out  of  heaven:  and 
 she  did  not  sufler  the  birds  of  the  air 
 to  rest  upon  them  by  day,  nor  the 
 beasts  of  the  field  by  night.  ^'And  it 
 was  told  David  what  Kespha  the 
 daughter  of  Aia  the  concubine  of  Saul 
 twordst'  5^^d  done,  [^and  they  were 
 brackets.  faint  and  Dan  the  son  of 
 Joa  of  the  ofFspiing  of  the  giants  over- 
 
 3  5.5 
 
 took  them.]  ''^And  David  went  and 
 took  the  bones  of  Saul,  and  the  bones  ■ 
 of  Jonathan  his  son,  from  the  men  of 
 the  sons  of  Jabis  Galaad,  who  stole 
 them  from  the  street  of  Ba^thsan,  for 
 the  Philistines  set  them  there  in  the 
 day  in  which  the  Philistines  smote 
 Saul  in  Gelbue.  '^And  he  carried  up 
 thence  the  bones  of  Saul  and  the  bones 
 of  Jonathan  his  son,  and  gathered  the 
 bones  of  them  that  had  been  hung  up. 
 '■*  And  they  buried  the  bones  of  Saul 
 and  the  bones  of  Jonathan  his  son,  and 
 the  bones  of  them  that  had  been  hung 
 up,  in  the  land  of  Benjamin  in  the  hill, 
 in  the  sepulchre  of  Cis  his  father ;  and 
 they  did  all  things  that  the  king  com- 
 manded :  and  after  this  God  hearkened 
 to  the  prayers  of  the  land. 
 
 '■'  And  there  was  yet  war  between 
 the  PhiHstines  and  Israel:  and  David 
 went  down  and  his  servants  with  him, 
 and  they  fought  with  the  Philistines, 
 and  David  went.  '^  And  Jesbi,  who 
 was  of  the  progeny  of  Kapha,  and  the 
 head  of  whose  spear  ivas  three  hun- 
 dred shekels  of  brass,  in  weight,  who 
 also  was  girt  with  a  club,  even  he 
 thought  to  smite  David.  '^  And 
 Abessa  the  son  of  Saruia  helped  him 
 and  smote  the  PhiHstine,  and  slew  him. 
 Then  the  men  of  David  swore,  saying, 
 Thou  shalt  not  any  longer  go  out  with 
 us  to  battle,  and  thou  shalt  not  quench 
 the  lamp  of  Israel.  ^^And  after  tliis 
 there  was  a  battle  again  with  the  Phi- 
 listines in  Geth:  then  Sebocha  the 
 Astatothite  slew  Seph  of  the  progeny 
 of  Kapha. 
 
 '^  And   there  was  a  battle  in  Rom 
 with  the  Philistines;  and  Eleanan  son 
 of  Ariorgim  the  Bethleemite  slew  Go- 
 liath the  Gittite;  and  the  staff  of  his 
 spear  was  as  a  weaver's  beam.     ^"And 
 there  was  yet  a  battle  in   Geth:  and 
 there  was  ^  a  man  of  stature,    +  g^     ^^^ 
 and  the  fingers  of  his  hands  ^Hebrew^orA 
 and  the  toes  of  his  feet  were  ters. 
 six  on  each,  four  and  twenty    t  or,  re- 
 in number :  and  he  also  was  p''"*'^'*^'^- 
 born  to  Kapha.  ^' And  he  ^  defied  Israel, 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  22. 
 
 KINGS   11. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  33. 
 
 and  Jonatlian  son  of  Scmei  brother  of 
 David,  smote  him. 
 
 '^"  These  four  were  born  descendants 
 of  the  giants  in  Goth,  the  family  of 
 Kapha,  and  they  fell  by  the  hand  of 
 David,  and  by  the  hand  of  his  servants. 
 
 22.  And  David  spoke  to  the  Lord 
 the  words  of  this  song,  in  the  day  in 
 which  the  Lord  rescued  him  out  of 
 the  hand  of  all  his  enemies,  and  out  of 
 the  hand  of  Saul.  ^  And  the  song  was 
 thus:  0  Lord,  my  rock,  and  my  for- 
 tress, and  my  deliverer,  my  God; 
 ^  he  shall  be  to  me  my  guard,  I  will 
 trust  in  him :  he  is  my  protector,  and 
 the  horn  of  my  salvation,  my  helper, 
 and  my  sure  refuge;  thou  shalt  save 
 me  from  the  unjust  man.  ^I  will  call 
 upon  the  Lord  who  is  worthy  to  be 
 praised,  and  I  shall  be  saved  from  my 
 enemies.  "''For  the  troubles  of  death 
 compassed  me,  the  floods  of  iniquity 
 amazed  me.  ^The  pangs  of  death 
 surrovmded  me,  the  agonies  of  death 
 prevented  me.  ^When  I  am  afflicted 
 I  will  call  upon  the  Lord,  and  will  cry 
 to  my  God,  and  he  shall  hear  my  voice 
 out  of  his  temple,  and  my  cry  shall 
 come  into  his  ears.  ^The  earth  was 
 both  troubled  and  quaked,  and  the 
 foundations  of  heaven  were  confounded 
 and  torn  asunder,  because  the  Lord 
 was  wroth  with  them.  ^  There  went 
 up  a  smoke  in  his  wrath,  and  fire  out 
 of  his  mouth  devours :  coals  were  kin- 
 dled at  it.  ^"And  he  bowed  the  hea- 
 vens, and  came  down,  and  there  was 
 darkness  under  his  feet.  "And  he 
 rode  upon  the  cherubs  and  did  fly, 
 and  was  seen  upon  the  wings  of  the 
 wind,  '^And  he  made  darkness  his 
 hiding-place ;  his  tabernacle  round 
 about  him  was  the  darkness  of  waters, 
 he  condensed  it  with  the  clouds  of  the 
 air.  '^At  the  brightness  before  him 
 coals  of  fire  were  kindled.  '''The 
 Lord  thundered  out  of  heaven,  and 
 the  Most  High  uttered  his  voice. 
 '^And  he  sent  forth  arrows,  and 
 scattered   them,   and   he   flashed    his 
 
 lightning,  and  dismayed  them.  '*'And 
 the  ^channels   of   the   sea    ;«'f>f''^"vpo8- 
 
 siblyaccom- 
 
 werc  seen,  and  tlac  loimcla-  modatwi  to 
 tions  of  the  world  were  dis-  ffom  i-^iV- 
 covered,  at  the  rebuke  of  the  Lord,  at 
 the  blast  of  the  breath  of  his  anger. 
 '^He  sent  from  above  and  took  me; 
 he  drew  me  out  of  many  waters.  **  He 
 deHvered  me  from  my  strong  enemies, 
 from  them  that  hated  me,  for  they 
 were  stronger  than  L 
 
 '^  The  days  of  my  affliction  prevented 
 me ;  but  the  Lord  was  my  stay.  ^°And 
 he  brought  me  into  a  wide  place,  and 
 rescued  me,  because  he  delighted  in 
 me.  '^' And  the  Lord  recompensed  me 
 according  to  my  righteousness;  even 
 according  to  the  purity  of  my  hands 
 did  he  recompense  me.  '^^  Because  I 
 kept  the  ways  of  the  Lord,  and  did 
 not  wickedly  depart  from  my  God. 
 ^^For  all  his  judgments  and  his  ordi- 
 nances toere  before  me :  I  departed  not 
 from  them.  ^''And  I  shall  be  blame- 
 less''^  before  him,  and  will  +Gr.tohim. 
 keep  myself  from  my  iniquity.  ^^  And 
 the  Lord  will  recompense  me  accord- 
 ing to  my  righteousness,  and  according 
 to  the  purity  of  my  hands  in  his  eye- 
 sight. 
 
 '^^With  the  holy  thou  wilt  be  holy, 
 and  with  the  perfect  man  thou  wilt  be 
 perfect,  '-^^  and  with  the  ^  ex-    t  or.  choice 
 cellent  thou  wih  be  excel-  '^*'^'=*- 
 lent,  and  with  the  fro  ward  thou  wilt 
 be  froward.      ^**And  thou   wilt   save 
 the  poor  people,  and  wilt  bring  down 
 the  eyes  ^ of  the  haughty,    to,-, upon 
 -•'For  thou.   Lord,  art  my  t^e haughty, 
 lamp,  and  the  Lord  shall  sliine  fortli 
 to  me  in  my  darkness.     ^^  For  by  thee 
 shall   I   run    ^  as  a  ffirded    +«e- a  strong: 
 
 o  mail  or  war- 
 
 man,  and  by  my  God  shall  nor. 
 
 I    leap   over    a   wall.     ^'As   for   the 
 
 Mighty   One,   his    way  is   blameless: 
 
 the  word  of  the  Lord  is  strong  and 
 
 tried  in  the  fire:  he  is  a  protector  to 
 
 all  that  put  their  trust  in  him.  ■''"^Wlio 
 
 is  strong,  but  the  Lord?  and  who  will 
 
 be  a  Creator  except  our  God?     '^'^It  is 
 
 the  Mighty  One  who  strengthens  me 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  34. 
 
 KINGS    II. 
 
 CHAr.  XXIII.  V.  9. 
 
 with  might,   and  has    *  prepared   my 
 
 +  eferiVafe.-,        ^^'^J    ^vithout  Ijiuh.        ^'^  ^  He 
 
 7.  rf.  stravit.'     makes  my  feet  like  harts' 
 
 t«..  making,    f^^^^  ^^^^    ^^^^    ^^  ^^^^^^^  ^j^^ 
 
 high  places.  •'^He  teaches  my  hands 
 to  war,  and  has  broken  a  brazen  bow 
 by  my  arm.  ^^And  thou  hast  given 
 me  the  shield  of  my  salvation,  and  thy 
 propitious  dealing  has  increased  me, 
 ^'^  so  as  to  make  room  under  me  for  my 
 going,  and  my  legs  did  not  totter. 
 
 ^^  i  will  pursue  my  enemies,  and  will 
 utterly  destroy  them;  and  I  will  not 
 turn  again  till  I  have  consumed  them. 
 mb^'con'^  ^''And  U  will  crush  them, 
 sume.'  and  they  shall  not  rise ;  and 
 
 they  shall  fall  under  my  feet.  **°  And 
 thou  shalt  strengthen  me  with  power 
 for  the  war;  thou  shalt  cause  them 
 that  rise  up  against  me  to  bow  down 
 under  me.  '*'And  thou  hast  caused 
 ^y?enemiel  ^i^i'^G  cucmies  to  flcc  be- 
 fore me,  even  them  that 
 hated  me,  and  thou  hast 
 slain  them.  ''-They  shall  cry,  and  there 
 t  Gr.  is.  ^  shall  be  no  helper ;  to  the 
 Lord,  but  he  hearkens  not  to  them. 
 ''^And  I  ground  them  as  the  dust  of 
 the  earth,  I  beat  them  small  as  the 
 mire  of  the  streets.  ^'*  And  thou  shalt 
 deliver  me  from  the  striving  of  the 
 ^peoples,  thou  shalt  keep 
 me  to  be  the  head  of  the 
 Gentiles :  a  people  which  I 
 knew  not  served  me.  ^'^  The 
 strange  children  feigned 
 obedience  to  me ;  they  hearkened  to  me 
 hla^rinfonhe  '  ^^  ^  s^on  as  they  heard, 
 ear.  ^6  j|-^g  strange  children  shall 
 
 be  cast  away,  and  shall  be  overthrown 
 out  of  their  hiding-places.  '*^The 
 Lord  hves,  and  blessed  be  my  guardian, 
 kefpe/ofmy  ^^d  my  God,  ^my  strong 
 salvation.  keeper,  shall  be  exalted. 
 ^^  The  Lord  who  avenges  me  is  strong, 
 chastening  the  nations  under  me,  '*^and 
 
 tliou  liast 
 given  me  the 
 back. 
 
 *  E.V.'  my 
 people ;'  the 
 LXX.  taking 
 
 ^'S?  as  if  it 
 were  the  plu- 
 ral in  con- 
 struction. 
 
 bringing  me   out  from 
 
 my  enemies: 
 
 and  thou  shalt  set  me  on  hio-h  from 
 
 up 
 
 +  Gr.  a  man 
 of  wrongs. 
 
 among  those  that  rise 
 
 against  me;  thou  shalt  deli- 
 ver me  from  the  ^violent  man.  ''^  Therc- 
 
 357 
 
 fore  will  I  confess  to  thee,  0  Lord, 
 among  the  Gentiles,  and  sing  to  thy 
 name.     ^^He  magnifies  the  ^salvation 
 of    his    king,    and    works    t  or.  saiva- 
 mercy    for    his    anointed,  *^°''^" 
 even  for  David  and  for  his  seed  for  ever. 
 
 23.  And  these  are  the  last  words 
 of  David.  Faithful  is  David  the  son 
 of  Jessas,  and  faithful  the  man  whom 
 the  Lord  raised  up  to  be  the  anointed 
 of  the  God  of  Jacob,  and  beautiful  are 
 the  psalms  of  Israel.  "^  The  Spirit  of  the 
 Lord  spoke  by  me,  and  his  word  was 
 upon  my  tongue.  ^  The  God  of  Israel 
 says,  A  watchman  out  of  Israel  spoke 
 to  me  a  parable:  I  said  among  men, 
 How  will  ye  strengthen  the  fear  of 
 the  anointed?  ^And  in  the  morning 
 light  of  God,  let  the  sun  arise  in  the 
 morning,  from  the  light  of  ^  which  the 
 Lord  passed  on,  and  as  it    +<>".  notoS. 
 
 1  '  .  appears  to  be 
 
 were  irom  the  ram  oi  the  the  right  read- 
 tender  grass  upon  the  earth.  ^"^'    "''^  ^'' 
 
 ft  TTi  1  •  ,  probably  read 
 
 Jb  or   my  house  is  not  so  as  -,ay  \i 
 with  the  Mighty  One;  for  ■  God  passed.* 
 he  has  made  an  everlasting  covenant 
 with    me,    ready,    guarded   at    every 
 time;  for  all  my  salvation  and  all  my 
 desire  is,  that  the  wicked  should  not 
 flourish.     ^  All  these  are  as  a  thorn 
 thrust  forth,  for  they  shall    +  The  lxx. 
 not    be     taken   with     the  cording  to'the 
 hand,    7  and   a    man   shall  ^'have'read"'" 
 ^not   labour  amono;  them;  inyfasara- 
 
 ,  7     77      7  1  dical,  and  to 
 
 and  one  sfiall  have  tliat  havebonowed 
 which  is  fully  armed  with  [rom'the'fore- 
 iron,  and  the  staff  of  a  &°ing  clause, 
 spear,  and  he  shall  burn  them  with 
 fire,  and  they  shall  be  burnt  in  their 
 shame. 
 
 ^  These  are  the  names  of  the  mighty 
 men  of  David:  Jebosthe  the  Chana- 
 nite  is  a  captain  of  the  third  part: 
 Adinon  the  Asonite,  he  drew  his  sword 
 against  eight  hundred  soldiers  at  once. 
 ^  And  after  him  Eleanan  the    +  or,  they 
 
 son  of  his  uncle,  son  of  Dudi    among  the 
 
 wlio  was  among  the  three  I'hiiistines. 
 mighty  men   with   David;  and  when 
 ^he  defied   the  Philistines  they  were 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  10. 
 
 KINGS   II. 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.  1. 
 
 gathered  there  to  war,  and  the  men 
 of  Israel  went  up.  "^He  arose  and 
 smote  the  Phihstines,  until  his  hand 
 was  weary,  and  his  hand  clave  to  the 
 sword :  and  the  Lord  wi-ouofht  a  ffreat 
 salvation  m  that  day,  and  the  people 
 +  Heh.  re-  +  rested  behind  him  only  to 
 fusion  be-  Strip  tlic  slaiTi.  ^'  And  after 
 tween  lie  and  him  Samaia  the  son  of  Asa 
 2^  the  Arachite :  and  the  Phi- 
 
 listines were  gathered  to  Theria;  and 
 there  was  there  a  portion  of  ground 
 full  of  lentiles ;  and  the  people  iled 
 before  the  Philistines.  '^  And  he  stood 
 firm  in  the  midst  of  the  portion,  and 
 rescued  it,  and  smote  the  Phihstines; 
 and  the  Lord  wi'ought  a  great  deliver- 
 ance. '^And  three  out  of  the  thirty 
 went  down,  and  came  to  Cason  to 
 David,  to  the  cave  of  Odollam;  and 
 there  was  an  army  of  the  Philistines, 
 and  they  encamped  in  the  valley  of 
 Raphain.  '^And  David  wasi\\Gn  in  the 
 strong  hold,  and  the  garrison  of  the 
 Phihstines  loas  then  in  Bethleem. 
 '■'And  David  longed,  and  said,  Who 
 will  give  me  water  to  drink  out  of  the 
 well  that  is  in  Bethleem  by  the  gate  ? 
 now  the  band  of  the  Philistines  teas 
 then  in  Bethleem.  '^And  the  three 
 mighty  men  broke  through  the  host  of 
 the  Philistines,  and  drew  water  out  of 
 the  well  that  was  in  Bethleem  in  the 
 gate :  and  they  took  it,  and  brought  it 
 to  David,  and  he  would  not  drink  it, 
 but  poured  it  out  before  the  Lord. 
 '^And  he  said,  0  Lord,  forbid  that  I 
 tcr.  if.  should    do    this,    Uhat    I 
 
 should  drink  the  blood  of  the  men 
 who  went  at  the  risk  of  their  lives: 
 and  he  could  not  drink  it.  These 
 things  did  these  three  mighty  men. 
 '**  And  Abessa  the  brother  of  Joab  the 
 son  of  Saruia,  he  was  chief  among 
 ■^  three,  and  he  lifted  up  his 
 spear  against  three  hundred 
 whom  he  slew;  and  he  had  a  name 
 among  three.  ^^  Of  those  three  lie  was 
 most  honourable,  and  he  became  a 
 chief  over  them,  but  he  reached  not  to 
 the  first  three.  '^  And  Banaeas  the  son 
 
 t  Gr.  the 
 three. 
 
 of  Jodae,  he  was  abundant  in  mighty 
 deeds,  from  Cabeseel,  and  he  smote 
 the  two  sons  of  Ariel  of  Moab :  and  he 
 went  down  and  smote  a  hon  in  the 
 midst  of  a  pit  on  a  snowy  day.  "^^  ^  He 
 smote  an  Egyptian,  ^awon-  +Gr.  Man  seen 
 dcrful  man,  and  in  the  hand  "'"  *°  ^"  '^""• 
 of  the  Egyptian  loas  a  spear  as  the  side 
 of  a  ladder,  and  he  went  down  to  him 
 with  a  staff,  and  snatched  the  spear 
 from  the  Egyptian's  hand,  and  slew 
 him  with  his  own  spear.  ^^  These 
 things  did  Banaeas  the  son  of  Jodae, 
 and  he  had  a  name  among  the  three 
 mighty  men.  ^^He  was  honourable 
 among  the  ^ecowr/ three,  but  he  reached 
 not  to  the  first  three :  and  David 
 ^made   him   his    reporter:    tcr.appoint- 
 
 1,1  ,1  r>  ed  him  to  his 
 
 and  these  are  the  names  oi  reports  or 
 king  David's  mighty  men.  hearings. 
 ^*  Asael  Joab's  brother ;  he  teas  among 
 the  thirty.  Eleanan  son  of  Dudi  his 
 uncle  in  Bethleem.  ^^  Sasma  tlie  Ru- 
 da^an.  ^^  ^  Selles  the  Kelo-  +  or,  son  of 
 thite:  Iras  the  son  of  Isca  ^"^°*'^-  ^ 
 the  Thecoite.  ^^Abiezerthe  Anothite, 
 of  the  sons  of  the  Anothite.  ^^  Ellon 
 the  Aoite  ;  Noere  the  Netophatite. 
 ^^  Esthai  the  son  of  Riba  of  Gabaeth, 
 son  of  Benjamin  the  Ephrathite,  As- 
 moth  the  Bardiamite ;  Emasu  the  Sala- 
 bonite:  ^^the  sons  of  Asan,  Jonathan; 
 ^^Samnan  the  Arodite,  Amiiaii  the 
 son  of  Arai  the  Saraurite.  ^'^AHpha- 
 leth  the  son  of  Asbites,  the  son  of  the 
 Machachachite ;  Ehab  the  son  of  Achi- 
 tophcl  the  Gelonite.  ^''Asarai  the  Car- 
 melite the  son  of  Uraetcrchi.  ^''Gaal 
 the  son  of  Nathana.  Polydynameos 
 the  son  of  Galaadi.  Ehe  the  Amma- 
 nite :  ^^  Adroi  of  the  brooks.  ^'  Gada- 
 bicl  son  of  the  Arabothaite.  ^^Gelore  the 
 Bethorite,  armour-bearer  to  Joab,  son 
 of  Scruia.  ^^  Iras  the  Ethcrite.  Gcrab 
 the  Ethcnitc.  ^'■'  Urias  the  Chettite : 
 thirty-seven  in  all. 
 
 24.  And  the  Lord  caused  his  anger 
 to  burn  forth  again  in  Israel,  and 
 Satan  stirred  up  David  against  them, 
 saying.  Go,  number  Israel  and  Juda. 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  v.  2. 
 
 KINGS   II, 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.  20. 
 
 ^And  the  king  said  to  Joab  com- 
 mander of  the  host,  who  was  with  him, 
 Go  now  through  all  the  tribes  of  Israel 
 and  Juda,  from  Dan  even  to  Beersa- 
 bee,  and  number  the  people,  and  I  will 
 know  the  number  of  the  people.  ^And 
 Joab  said  to  the  king,  Now  may  the 
 Lord  add  to  the  people  a  hundred-fold 
 as  many  as  they  are,  and  may  the  eyes 
 +  Gr.  seeing,  of  my  lord  the  king  ''  see 
 it:  but  why  does  my  lord  the  king 
 desire  this  thing?  *  Nevertheless  the 
 word  of  the  king  prevailed  against 
 Joab  and  the  captains  of  the  host :  and 
 Joab  and  the  captains  of  the  host 
 went  out  before  the  king  to  number  the 
 people  of  Israel.  '^And  they  went 
 over  Jordan,  and  encamped  in  Aroer, 
 on  the  right  of  the  city  which  is  in  the 
 midst  of  the  valley  of  Gad  and  Eliezer. 
 ^And  they  came  to  Galaad,  and  into 
 the  land  of  Thabason,  which  is  Adasai, 
 and  they  came  to  Danidan  and  Udan, 
 and  compassed  Sidon.  ^And  they 
 came  to  Mapsar  of  Tyre,  and  to  all  the 
 cities  of  the  Evite  and  the  Chananite : 
 and  they  came  by  the  south  of  Juda  to 
 Beersabee.  *And  they  compassed  the 
 whole  land ;  and  they  arrived  at  Jeru- 
 salem at  the  end  of  nine  months  and 
 twenty  days.  ^  And  Joab  gave  in  the 
 number  of  the  census  of  the  people  to 
 the  king :  and  Israel  consisted  of  eight 
 hundred  thousand  men  of  might  that 
 drew  sword  ;  and  the  men  of  Juda 
 were  five  hundred  thousand  fighting 
 men. 
 
 ^°And  the  heart  of  David  smote 
 him  after  he  had  numbered  the  people ; 
 and  David  said  to  the  Lord,  I  have 
 sinned  grievously,  0  Lord,  in  what  I 
 have  now  done:  remove,  I  pray  thee, 
 the  iniquity  of  thy  servant,  for  I  have 
 been  exceedingly  fooHsh.     '^And  Da- 
 
 tobemlrer  ^^  ^'°^*^  early  in  the  morn- 
 
 rediindant.as  jng,  and  thc  word  of  the 
 
 other  pas-  Lord  Came  to  the  prophet 
 
 noffound^'  Gaf^>  the  seer,  saying,  Go, 
 
 the  I'enfa-  and  SDcak  to  David,  sayino:, 
 
 teuch  in  this        ^  -         J       -l       K^l 
 
 way. 
 
 Thus  says  the   Lord,    "^I 
 bring  one  of  three  things  upon  thee, 
 
 now  choose  thee  one  of  them,  and  I 
 will  do  it  to  thee.  ^^And  Gad  went 
 in  to  David,  and  told  him,  and  said  to 
 him.  Choose  one  of  these  fhhiffs  to  befal 
 thee,  whether  there  shall  come  upon 
 thee  for  three  years  famine  in  thy 
 land,  or  that  thou  shouldest  flee  three 
 months  before  thine  enemies,  and  they 
 should  pursue  thee,  or  that  there  should 
 be  three  days  mortality  in  thy  land. 
 Now  then  decide,  and  see  what  answer 
 I  shall  return  to  him  that  sent  me. 
 ^''And  David  said  to  Gad,  On  every 
 side  ^  I  am  much  straitened :  Jr^l'^^r 
 let  me  fall  now  into  the  row  to  me. 
 hands  of  the  Lord,  for  his  compassions 
 are  very  many;  and  let  me  not  fall 
 into  the  hands  of  man.  ^^  So  David 
 chose  for  himself  the  mortality:  and 
 they  loere  the  days  of  wheat-harvest; 
 and  the  Lord  sent  a  pestilence  upon 
 Israel  from  morning  till  ^noon,  and  the 
 plague  began  among  the  iut.^rmer 
 people  ;  and  there  died  of  ^^^' 
 the  people  from  Dan  even  to  Beer- 
 sabee seventy  thousand  men.  ^""And 
 the  angel  of  the  Lord  stretched  out  his 
 hand  against  Jerusalem  to  destroy  it, 
 and  the  Lord  repented  of  the  evil,  and 
 said  to  the  angel  that  destroyed  the 
 people.  It  is  ^enough  now,  +  cr. much, 
 withhold  thine  hand,  And  the  angel 
 of  the  Lord  was  by  the  threshing-floor 
 of  Orna  the  Jebusite.  ^  ^^And  David 
 spoke  to  the  Lord  when  he  saw  the 
 angel  smiting  the  people,  and  he  said, 
 Behold,  it  is  I  that  have  done  wrong,  ^ 
 but  these  sheep  what  have  .  andTthe*^^' 
 they  done?  Let  thy  hand  shepherd  have 
 I  pray  thee,  be  upon  me,  ediy.' 
 and  upon  my  father's  house. 
 
 ^^And  Gad  came  to  David  in  that 
 day,  and  saidj  to  him.  Go  up,  and  set 
 up  to  the  Lord  an  altar  in  the  thresh- 
 ing-floor of  Orna  the  Jebusite.  '-'And 
 David  went  up  according  to  the  word 
 of  Gad,  as  the  Lord  commanded  him. 
 ^°And  Orna  Uooked  out,  +  g,-.  stooped, 
 and  saw  the  king  and  his  ^l^^so^joim 
 servants  coming  on  before  ^o.  s. 
 him:  and   Orna  went  forth,   and  did 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  y.  21. 
 
 KINGS   II— KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  i.  v.  11. 
 
 obeisance  to  the  king  with  his  face  to 
 the  earth.  ^'And  Orna  said,  Wliy 
 has  my  lord  the  king  come  to  his  ser- 
 vant? and  David  said,  To  buy  of  thee 
 the  threshing-floor,  in  order  to  build 
 an  altar  to  the  Lord,  that  the  plague 
 may  be  restrained  from  oiTthe  people. 
 ""^^And  Oma  said  to  David,  Let  my 
 lord  the  king  take  and  offer  to  the 
 Lord  that  which  is  good  in  his  eyes : 
 behold,  he7'e  are  oxen  for  a  whole- 
 burnt-offering,  and  the  wheels  and 
 furniture  of  the  oxen  for  wood.  '^^Orna 
 gave  all  to  the  king :  and  Orna  said  to 
 the    king,   The   Lord  thy   God  bless 
 
 thee.     ^''And  the  king  said  to  Orna, 
 Nay,  but  I  will  surely  buy  it  of  thee  at 
 a  fair  price,  and  I  will  not  offer  to  the 
 Lord  my  God  a  whole-bui'nt-offering 
 for  nothing.     So  David  purchased  the 
 threshing-floor  and  the  oxen  for  ^  fifty 
 shekels   of  silver.      '■^^And    tcr.  suverof 
 David  built  there  an  altar  fifty  ^^ekeis. 
 to  the   Lord,   and  offered  up  whole- 
 burnt-offcrings     and    peace-offerings : 
 and  Solomon  made  an  addition  to  the 
 altar  afterwards,  for  it  was    +Gr.  heark- 
 Httle  at  first.   And  the  Lord  •^'"^'^  *''• 
 was  ^intreated  for  the  land  and  the 
 plague  was  stayed  from  Israel. 
 
 KINGS    III. 
 
 [tffr.  Reigns.] 
 
 (commonly  called  the  first  book  op  kings.) 
 
 CHAPTER  I.  Verses  1—11. 
 
 [Niife.— In 
 this  book  tfie 
 variation  of 
 the  Vatican 
 text  both  from 
 the  //*■/;.  aiid 
 Ale.r.  is  very 
 consiilerable. 
 See  Appendix. 
 
 1 .  AND  king  David  rvas  old  and 
 advanced  in  days,  and  they 
 covered  him  with  clothes, 
 and  he  was  not  warmed. 
 ^And  his  servants  said,  Let 
 them  seek  for  the  king  a 
 young  virgin,  and  she  shall 
 wait  on  the  king,  and  cherish  him, 
 and  lie  with  him,  and  my  lord  the 
 king  shall  be  warmed.  ^  So  they 
 sought  for  a  fair  damsel  out  of  all 
 the  coasts  of  Israel;  and  they  found 
 Abisag  the  Somanite,  and  they  brought 
 lier  to  the  king.  ■*  And  the  damsel 
 was  extremely  beautiful,  and  aho  che- 
 rished the  king,  and  ministered  to  him, 
 and  the  king  knew  her  not.  ''  And 
 Adonias  the  son  of  Aggith  exalted 
 himself,  saying,  I  will  be  king;  and 
 t  Gr.  made,  he  ^  prepared  for  himself 
 chariots  and  horses,  and  fifty  men  to 
 run  before  liim.  ''And  his  father  never 
 at  any  time  checked  him,  saying, Why 
 
 hast  thou  done  thus?  and  he  was  also 
 very  handsome  in  person,  and  his 
 mother  bore  him  after  Abessalom. 
 ^And  he  conferred  with  Joab  the  son 
 of  Saruia,  and  with  Abiathar  the  priest, 
 and  they  ^followed  after  +<;;..  came  to 
 Adonias.  -  But  Sadoc  the  '"^  assistance, 
 priest,:,  and  Banaias  the  son  of  Jodae, 
 and  Nathan  the  prophet,  and  Semei, 
 and  Resi,  and  the  ^  mighty  +i«.miRhty 
 men  of  David  did  not  follow 
 Adonias.  '-"And  Adonias  sa- 
 crificed sheep  and  calves 
 and  lambs  by  the  ^  stone  of 
 Zoclethi,  which  was  near 
 ^  Rogcl :  and  he  called  all 
 his  brethren,  and  all  the 
 adult  men  of  Juda,  servants 
 of  the  kincr.  '"But  Nathan  ^  „  ,  _, 
 the  prophet,  and  iJanocas,  /i/e,r.thefouii- 
 and  the  mighty  men,  and  *^"  °' ''"^'^'■ 
 Solomon  his  brother  he  did  not  call. 
 ' '  And  Nathan  spoke  to  Beersabee  the 
 
 sons.  Hebra- 
 ism. 
 
 t  So  the  Alex. 
 in  whicli  He- 
 hrew  and  bar- 
 barous words 
 are  compara- 
 tively rare. 
 The  I.XX.  ac- 
 cordiuK  to  tlic 
 Vnt.  read  ]3« 
 as  if  it  were 
 
 ]nN  ur  nriM 
 
 &c. 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  12. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  i.  v.  36. 
 
 mother  of  Solomon,  saying,  Hast  thou 
 not  heard  that  Adonias  the  son  of  Ag- 
 +  Gr.  reigned,  gith  ^  reigns,  and  our  lord 
 t  knew.  David ^ knows  it  not?  ^^And 
 
 now  come,  let  me,  I  pray,  give  thee 
 comisel,  and  thou  shalt  rescue  thy  life, 
 and  the  life  of  thy  son  Solomon. 
 '^  Haste,  and  go  in  to  king  David,  and 
 thou  shalt  speak  to  him,  saying.  Hast 
 not  thou,  my  lord,  0  king,  sworn  to 
 thine  handmaid,  saying.  Thy  son  Solo- 
 mon shall  reign  after  me,  and  he  shall 
 sit  upon  my  throne  ?  why  then  ^  does 
 t  Has  Adonias  Adonias  reign  ?     '''Andbe- 
 
 reigued.  J^q^J^    ^J^|q    ^J^O^     ^^^    ^^^^ 
 
 speaking  there  with  the  king,  I  also 
 +  Gi:  fulfil,  will  come  in  after  thee, 
 and  will  ^  confirm  thy  words. 
 
 ^'''  So  Beersabec  went  in  to  the  king 
 into  the  chamber:  and  the  king  was 
 very  old,  and  Abisag  the  Somanite 
 was  ministering  to  the  king.  '''  And 
 Bcersabee  bowed,  and  did  obeisance  to 
 the  king;  and  the  king  said,  What  is 
 thy  request?  '^And  she  said.  My  lord, 
 thou  sworest  by  the  Lord  thy  God  to 
 thine  handmaid,  saying.  Thy  son  Solo- 
 mon shall  reign  after  me,  and  shall  sit 
 +  ffr.  reigned,  upon  my  tlironc.  '^And 
 +  knewest.  hqt^  bchold  Adonias  ^reigns, 
 and  thou,  my  lord,  0  king,  ^  knowest 
 it  not. 
 
 ^'^And  he  has  sacrificed  calves  and 
 lambs  and  sheep  in  abundance,  and  has 
 called  all  the  king's  sons,  and  Abiathar 
 the  priest  and  Joab  the  commander- 
 in-chief  of  the  host ;  but  Solomon  thy 
 servant  he  has  not  called.  ^°And  thou, 
 my  lord,  0  king, — the  eyes  of  all  Israel 
 are  upon  thee,  to  tell  them  who  shall 
 sit  upon  the  throne  of  my  lord  the 
 king  after  him.  ^^  And  it  shall  come 
 to  pass  when  my  lord  the  king  shall 
 sleep  with  his  fathers,  that  I  and  Solo- 
 mon my  son  shall  be  offenders.  ^^And 
 behold,  while  she  was  yet  talking  with 
 the  king,  Nathan  the  prophet  came. 
 And  it  was  reported  to  the  king,  ^^  Be- 
 hold, Nathan  the  prophet  is  here :  and 
 he  came  in  to  the  king's  presence,  and 
 did  obeisance  to  the  king  with  his  face 
 
 361 
 
 to  the  ground.  ^''  And  Nathan  said, 
 My  lord,  0  king,  didst  thou  say,  Ado- 
 nias shall  reign  after  me,  and  he  shall 
 sit  upon  my  throne  ?  ^^  For  he  has 
 gone  down  to-day,  and  has  sacrificed 
 calves  and  lambs  and  sheep  in  abun- 
 dance, and  has  called  all  the  king's 
 sons,  and  the  chiefs  of  the  army,  and 
 Abiathar  the  priest ;  and,  behold,  they 
 are  eating  and  drinking  before  him, 
 and  they  said,  Long  live  king  Adonias. 
 '■^*'  But  he  has  not  invited  myself  thy 
 servant,  and  Sadoc  the  priest,  and 
 Bananas  the  son  of  Jodae,  and  Solomon 
 thy  servant.  '^'^^Has  this  +Gr.  if. 
 matter  happened  by  the  authority  of 
 my  lord  the  king,  and  hast  thou  not 
 made  known  to  thy  servant  who  shall 
 sit  upon  the  throne  of  my  lord  the 
 king  after  liim  ?  ^^  And  king  David 
 answered  and  said.  Call  me  Beersabee : 
 and  she  came  in  before  the  king,  and 
 stood  before  him.  ^^  And  the  king 
 swore,  and  said.  As  the  Lord  lives  who 
 redeemed  my  soul  out  of  all  affliction, 
 ^''as  I  swore  to  thee  by  the  Lord  God  of 
 Israel,  sajring,  Solomon  thy  son  shall 
 reign  after  me,  and  he  shall  sit  upon 
 my  throne  in  my  stead,  so  will  I  do 
 this  day.  ^'  And  Beersabee  bowed 
 -with  her  face  to  the  ground,  and  did 
 obeisance  to  the  king,  and  said.  Let 
 my  lord  king  David  live  for  ever. 
 
 ^^  And  king  Davids  said.  Call  me 
 Sadoc  the  priest,  and  Nathan  the  pro- 
 phet, and  Bana3as  the  son  of  Jodae: 
 and  they  came  in  before  the  king. 
 ^^And  the  king  said  to  them,  Take  the 
 servants  of  your  lord  with  you,  and 
 mount  my  son  Solomon  upon  my  own 
 mule,  and  bring  him  down  to  Gion. 
 ^*  And  there  let  Sadoc  the  priest  and 
 Nathan  the  prophet  anoint  him  to  be 
 king  over  Israel,  and  do  ye  sound  the 
 trumpet,  and  ye  shall  say.  Let  king 
 Solomon  live.  ^^And  he  shall  sit  upon 
 my  throne,  and  reign  in  my  stead: 
 and  I  have  given  charge  that  he  should 
 be  for  a  prince  over  Israel  and  Juda. 
 ^'^  And  Bananas  the  son  of  Jodae 
 answered  the  king  and  said.  So  let  it 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  37. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  v.  5. 
 
 be :  may  the  Lord  God  of  my  lord  the 
 king  confirm  it.  ^^  As  tlie  Lord  was 
 with  my  lord  the  king,  so  let  him  be 
 with  Solomon,  and  let  him  ^  exalt  liis 
 +  Gr.  magmfy.  throne  bcyond  the  throne 
 of  my  lord  king  David.  ^^And  Sadoc 
 the  priest  went  down,  and  Nathan  the 
 prophet,  and  Banaeas  son  of  Jodae,  and 
 the  Cherethite,  and  the  Phelethite, 
 and  they  mounted  Solomon  upon  the 
 mule  of  king  David,  and  led  him 
 away  to  Gion.  ^^And  Sadoc  the  priest 
 took  the  horn  of  oil  out  of  the  taber- 
 nacle, and  anointed  Solomon,  and  blew 
 the  trumpet;  and  all  the  people  said. 
 Let  king  Solomon  live.  '*'*And  all  the 
 people  went  up  after  him,  and  they 
 danced  in  choirs,  and  rejoiced  with 
 great  joy,  and  the  earth  ^  quaked  with 
 
 tGr.  burst,  their  voice.  ^'And  Adonias 
 and  all  his  guests  heard,  and  they  had 
 just  left  off  eating :  and  Joab  heard  the 
 sound  of  the  trumpet,  and  said,  Wliat 
 
 t  Gr.  is.  ^  means  the  voice  of  the  city  in 
 tumult?  ^'^While  he  was  yet  speaking, 
 behold,  Jonathan  the  son  of  Abiathar 
 the  priest  came  in :  and  Adonias  said. 
 Come  in,  for  thou  art  a  mighty  man, 
 and  thou  contest  to  bring  glad  tidings. 
 ''^  And  Jonathan  answered  and  said, 
 Verily  our  lord  king  David  has  made 
 Solomon  king.  ^"^  And  the  king  has 
 sent  with  him  Sadoc  the  priest,  and 
 Nathan  the  prophet,  and  Bananas  the 
 son  of  Jodae,  and  the  Cherethite,  and 
 the  Phelethite,  and  they  have  mounted 
 him  on  the  king's  mide.  '^•^And  Sadoc 
 the  priest  and  Nathan  the  pi'ophct  have 
 anointed  liim  in  Gion,  and  have  gone 
 up  thence  rejoicing,  and  the  city  re- 
 sounded: tliis  is  the  sound  which  ye 
 have  heard.  '^^And  Solomon  is  seated 
 upon  the  throne  of  the  kingdom.  '*^And 
 the  servants  of  the  king  have  gone  in 
 to  bless  oixr  lord  king  David,  saying, 
 
 +  Gr.  do  grood  God  ^  make  the  name  of 
 good'!™*  ^       Solomon    better  than  thy 
 
 t  magTiify.  nauic,  and  ^  make  his  throne 
 greater  than  thy  throne,  and  the  king- 
 worshipped  upon  his  bed.  '*'*  IMorcover 
 thus  said  the  king,  Blessed  be  the  Lord 
 
 God  of  Israel,  who  has  this  day  *  ap- 
 pointed one  of  my  seed  ^  to    +  Gr.  givea. 
 sit  on  my  throne,  and  my    !^""'^; 
 eyes  see  it.      ''■'Ana  all  the  nished. 
 guests  of  Adonias  were  ^  dismayed,  and 
 every  man  went  his  way. 
 
 ^°  And  Adonias  feared  because  of 
 Solomon,  and  arose,  and  departed,  and 
 laid  hold  on  the  horns  of  the  altar. 
 '''And  it  was  reported  to  Solomon,  say- 
 ing, Behold,  Adonias  fears  king  Solo- 
 mon, and  holds  the  horns  of  the  altar, 
 saying.  Let  Solomon  swear  to  me  this 
 day,  that  he  will  not  slay  his  servant 
 with  the  sword.  ^^And  Solomon  said, 
 If  he  should  be  a  vahant  man,  there 
 shall  not  a  hair  of  his  fall  to  [  the 
 ground:  but  if  evil  be  found  in  him, 
 he  shall  die.  ■''^And  king  Solomon 
 sent,  and  they  brought  liim  away  from 
 the  altar ;  and  he  went  in  and  did 
 obeisance  to  king  Solomon:  and  Solo- 
 mon said  to  him.  Go  to  thy  house. 
 
 2.  And  the  days  of  David  drew  near 
 that  he  should  die :  and  he  *  addressed 
 
 his     son     Solomon,     saying,    -IGr.answered. 
 
 I  go  the  way  of  all  the  earth :  ^  but  be 
 thou  strong,  and  show  thyself  a  man ; 
 ^  and  keep  the  charge  of  the  Lord  thy 
 God,  to  walk  in  his  ways,  to  keep  the 
 commandments  and  the  ordinances  and 
 the  judgments  which  are  written  in  tlie 
 law  of  Sloses ;  that  thou  maycst  under- 
 stand what  thou  shalt  do  in  all  things 
 that  I  command  thee :  "*  that  the  Lord 
 may  confirm  his  word  which  he  spoke, 
 saying,  Jf  thy  children  shall  take  heed 
 to  their  way  to  walk  before  me  in 
 truth  with  all  their  hearts,  I  promise 
 thee,  saying,  there  shall  not  ^  fldl  thee  a 
 man  on  the  throne  of  Israel.    !  '^'■-  ''^  ''^- 
 
 r  i\  r  11  11    stroyed  to 
 
 •'  JMoreover  thou  knowest  all  thee, 
 that  Joab  the  son  of  Saruia  did  to  me, 
 what  he  did  to  the  two  captains  of  tlie 
 forces  of  Israel,  to  Abenner  the  son  of 
 Ner,  and  to  Amessai  the  son  of  Jether, 
 that  he  slew  them,  and^  shed    +  ^,  -  * 
 the  blood  of  war  m  peace,  ordered,  neo. 
 and  put  innocent  blood  on  ^"^ 
 his   i^drdle  that  was  about   his  loins, 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  6. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  v.  28. 
 
 and  on  his  sandal  that  was  on  his  foot. 
 ^  Therefore  thou  shah  deal  with  him 
 according  to  thy  wisdom,  and  thoiv 
 shalt  not  bring  down  his  grey  hairs  in 
 +  Gr.  Hades,  peaco  to  ^  the  grave.  ^  But 
 thou  shalt  deal  kindly  with  the  sons  of 
 Berzelli  the  Galaadite,  and  they  shall 
 be  among  those  that  eat  at  thy  table; 
 for  thus  they  drew  nigh  to  me  when  I 
 fled  from  the  face  of  thy  brother  Abes- 
 salom.  ^And,  behold,  there  is  with 
 thee  Semei  the  son  of  Gera,  a  Ben- 
 jamite  of  Baurim,  and  he  cursed  me 
 with  a  grievous  curse  in  the  day  when 
 t  Gr.  camps.  I  went  iuto  the  ^  camp ;  and 
 he  came  down  to  Jordan  to  meet  me, 
 and  I  swore  to  him  by  the  Lord,  say- 
 ing, I  will  not  put  thee  to  death  with 
 the  sword.  ^But  thou  shalt  by  no 
 means  hold  him  guiltless,  for, thou  art 
 a  wise  man,  and  shalt  know  what  thou 
 shalt  do  to  him,  and  shalt  bring  down 
 his  grey  hairs  with  blood  to  ^  the  grave. 
 +  Gr.  Hades.  ^°And  David  slept  with  liis 
 fathers,  and  was  buried  in  the  city  of 
 David.  '^  And  the  days  which  David 
 reigned  over  Israel  loere  forty  years: 
 he  reigned  seven  years  in  Chebron, 
 and  thirty-three  years  in  Jerusalem. 
 
 '^And  Solomon  sat  on  the  throne  of 
 his  father  David,  and  his  kingdom  was 
 mufhprr'  '  estabhshed  greatly.  ^^And 
 pared.  Adonias  the  son  of  Aggith 
 
 came  in  to  Beersabee  the  mother  of 
 Solomon,  and  did  obeisance  to  her: 
 entoanc'e*^^  and  shc  Said,  +  Dost  thou 
 peace?  enter  peaceably?    and    he 
 
 said,  Peaceably :  '^  I  have  business 
 with  thee.  And  she  said  to  him,  Say 
 on.  '*  And  he  said  to  her,  Thou 
 knowest  that  the  kingdom  was  mine, 
 and  all  Israel  turned  their  face  toward 
 me  for  a  king;  bvit  the  kingdom  was 
 turned  yrom  me  and  became  my  bro- 
 ther's :  for  it  was  appointed  to  him 
 from  the  Lord.  ^^And  now  I  make 
 one  request  of  thee,  do  not  turn  away 
 thy  face.  And  Beersabee  said  to  him, 
 Speak  oji.  ^^And  he  said  to  her, 
 Speak,  I  pray  thee,  to  king  Solomon, 
 for  he  will  not  turn  away  his  face  from 
 
 thee,  and  let  him  give  me  Abisag  the 
 Somanite  for  a  wife.    '^And  Beersabee 
 said.  Well ;  I  will  speak  for  thee  to  the 
 king.  ^^And  Beersabee  went  in  to  king 
 Solomon  to  speak  to  him  concerning. 
 Adonias  ;    and    the  king  rose  up   to 
 meet  her,  and  kissed  her,  and  sat  on 
 the  throne,  and  a  throne  was  set  for 
 the  mother  of  the  king,  and  she  sat  on 
 his  right  hand.    ^"And  she  said  to  liim, 
 I  ask  of  thee  one  little  request,  turn 
 not  away  my  face  from  thee.     And 
 the  king  said  to  her.  Ask  my  mother, 
 and  I  will  not  reject  thee.  '  ^^  And  she 
 said.  Let,  I  pray  thee,  Abisag  the  Soma- 
 nite be  given  to  Adonias  thy  brother 
 to   wife.     '-^^  And   king   Solomon   an- 
 swered and  said  to  his  mother,  And 
 why  hast  thou  asked  Abisag  for  Ado- 
 nias? ask  for  him  the  kingdom  also; 
 for  he  is  my  elder  brother,  and  he  has 
 for  his  companion  Abiathar  the  priest, 
 and  Joab  the  son  of  Saruia  the  com- 
 mander-in-chief.  ^^And  king  Solomon 
 swore  by  the  Lord,  saying,  God  do  so 
 to  me,  and  ^  more  also,  if  it    t  gt.  add 
 be   not    that    Adonias    has  these  things, 
 spoken  tliis  word  against  his  own  life. 
 ^*  And  now  as  the  Lord  lives  who  has 
 established  me,   and   set   me    on   the 
 throne  of  my  father  David,  and  he  has 
 made  me  a  house,  as  the  Lord  spoke, 
 this  day  shall  Adonias  be  put  to  death. 
 ^^  So  king  Solomon  sent  by  the  hand 
 of  Banseas  the  son   of  Jodae,  and  he 
 slew  him,  and  Adonias  died  in  that  day. 
 ^''And  the  king  said  to  Abiathar  the 
 priest.  Depart  thou  quickly  to  Ana- 
 thoth  to  thy  farm,  for  tliou  art  ^worthy 
 of  death  this  day;    but  I    +(?r.amanof 
 will  not  slay  thee,  because  ^^^^^' 
 thou  hast  borne  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
 nant of  the  Lord  before  my  father,  and 
 because  thou  wast  afflicted  in  all  things 
 wherein  my  father  was  afflicted.  ^''And 
 Solomon  removed  Abiathar  from  being 
 a  priest  of  the  Lord,  that  the  word  of 
 the  Lord  might  be  fulfilled,    +  or,  against, 
 wliich  he  spoke  ^  concerning  the  house 
 of  HeH  in  Selom. 
 
 '■^^  And  the  report  came  to  Joab  son 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  29. 
 
 KINGS    III. 
 
 Chap.  hi. 
 
 of  Saruia,  for  Joab  had  turned  after 
 Adonias,  and  he  went  not  after  Solo- 
 mon :  and  Joab  fled  to  the  tabernacle 
 of  the  Lord,  and  caught  hold  of  the 
 horns  of  the  altar.  '^'■'  And  it  was  told 
 Solomon,  saying,  Joab  has  fled  to  the 
 tabernacle  of  the  Lord,  and  lo !  he  has 
 hold  of  the  horns  of  the  altar.  And 
 king  Solomon  sent  to  Joab,  sajdng, 
 
 has'^harpened     '  ^^liat  ails   thcC,   that    thoU 
 
 to  thee  ?  hast  flcd  to  the  altar  ?  and 
 
 Joab  said.  Because  I  was  afraid  of  thee, 
 and  fled  for  refuge  to  the  Lord.  And 
 Solomon  sent  Bananas  son  of  Jodae, 
 saying.  Go  and  slay  him,  and  bury  him. 
 ^'^  And  Banreas  son  of  Jodae  came  to 
 Joab  to  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord,  and 
 said  to  him,  Thus  says  the  king.  Come 
 forth.  And  Joab  said,  I  will  ^not 
 t^r.  donot  come  fortli,  for  I  will  die 
 come  forth.      ^^^^      And  Banssas  son  of 
 
 Jodae  returned  and  spoke  to  the  king, 
 saying.  Thus  has  Joab  spoken,  and 
 thus  has  he  answered  me.  ^^  And  the 
 king  said  to  him.  Go,  and  do  to  him 
 as  he  has  spoken,  and  kill  him:  and 
 thou  shalt  bury  him,  and  thou  shalt 
 remove  this  day  the  blood  which  he 
 shed  without  cause,  from  me  and  from 
 the  house  of  my  father.  ^^  And  the 
 Lord  has  returned  upon  his  own  head 
 the  blood  of  his  unrighteousness,  inas- 
 much as  he  attacked  two  men  more 
 righteous  and  better  than  himself,  and 
 slcAV  them  with  the  sword,  and  my 
 father  David  knew  not  of  their  blood, 
 even  Abenner  the  son  of  Ner  the  com- 
 mander-in-cliief  of  Israel,  and  Amessa 
 the  son  of  Jether  the  commander-in- 
 chief  of  Juda.  ^^And  their  blood  is 
 returned  upon  his  head,  and  upon  the 
 head  of  his  seed  for  ever:  but  to  Da- 
 vid, and  his  seed,  and  his  house,  and 
 his  throne,  may  there  be  peace  for  ever 
 from  the  Lord.  ^''  So  Banxas  son  of 
 Jodae  went  up,  and  attacked  him,  and 
 slew  him,  and  buried  him  in  his  house 
 in  the  wilderness. 
 
 ^•^And  the  king  ^  appointed  Bananas 
 tcc.  gave,  son  of  Jodae  in  his  place  over  the 
 hosts ;  and  the  kingdom  was  established 
 
 304 
 
 in  Jerusalem  and  a^ /J^rSadoc  the  priest, 
 the  king  appointed  him  to  be  high 
 priest  in  the  room  of  Abiathar:  and 
 Solomon  son  of  David  reigned  over 
 Israel  and  Juda  in  Jerusalem :  and  the 
 Lord  gave  understanding  to  Solomon, 
 and  very  much  wisdom,  and  large- 
 ness of  heart,  as  the  sand  by  the  sea- 
 shore^. ^  See  Appendix. 
 3.  "  And  the  wisdom  of  Solomon 
 abounded  exceedingly  be-  +  see  Appen. 
 yond  the  wisdom  of  all  the  '^\%^  ^^^^^^^^ 
 ^  ancients,  and  beyond  all  sons. 
 the  wise  men  of  Egypt;  and  he  took 
 the  daughter  of  Pharao,  and  brought 
 her  into  the  city  of  David,  until  he  had 
 finished  building  his  own  house,  and 
 the  house  of  the  Lord  first,  and  the 
 wall  of  Jerusalem  round  about.  In 
 seven  years  he  made  and  finished  them. 
 And  Solomon  had  seventy  thousand 
 bearers  of  burdens,  and  eighty  thou- 
 sand hewers  of  stone  in  the  mountain : 
 and  Solomon  made  the  sea,  and  the  bases, 
 and  the  great  lavers,  and  the  pillars,  and 
 the  fountain  of  the  court,  and  the  brazen 
 sea-^and  he  built  the  cita-  ,;,f™\t>^ 
 del  as  a  defence  above  it,  in  the  text, 
 he  made  a  breach  in  the  wall  of  the 
 city  of  David;  thus  the  daughter  of 
 Pharao  went  up  out  of  the  city  of  Da- 
 vid to  her  house  which  he  built  for  her. 
 Of  these  he  built  the  citadel ;  and  Solo- 
 mon offered  up  three  whole-burnt- 
 offerings  in  the  year,  and  peace-offer- 
 ings on  the  altar  which  he  built  to  the 
 Lord,  and  he  burnt  incense  before  the 
 Lord,  and  finished  the  house.  And 
 these  are  tlic  chief  persons  who  presided 
 over  the  works  of  Solomon;  three 
 thousand  and  six  luuidred  masters  of 
 the  people  that  wrought  the  works. 
 And  he  built  Assur  and  Magdo,  and 
 Gazer,  and  upper  Ikethoron,  and  Bal- 
 latli :  only  after  he  had  l)uilt  the  house 
 of  the  Lord,  and  the  wall  of  Jerusalem 
 round  about,  afterwards  he  built  these 
 cities.  And  when  David  was  yet 
 living,  he  charged  Solomon,  sa;i^ng, 
 Behold,  there  is  with  thee  Semci  the 
 son  ofGera,ofthe  seedoFBen-  +t;/-.Jcmiiu. 
 
Chap,  hi. 
 
 KINGS  III. 
 
 Chap.  hi. 
 
 jamin  out  of  Chebron :  he  cursed 
 me  with  a  grievous  curse  in  the  day 
 when  I  went  into  the  camp;  and  he 
 came  down  to  meet  me  at  Jordan,  and 
 I  swore  to  hun  by  the  Lord,  saying, 
 t  Gr.  if  he      ^  He  shall  not  be  slain  with 
 
 shaU  be  slain,    ^hc    SWOrd,  But  UOW  do  UOt 
 
 thou  hold  him  guiltless,  for  thou  art 
 a  man  of  understanding,  and  thou  wilt 
 know  what  thou  shalt  do  to  him,  and 
 thou  shalt  bring  down  his  ^grey  hairs 
 J^^*-- hoary     ^^{^[^  blood  to  Hhe  grave. 
 
 +  Gr.  Hades. 
 
 ^•^And  the  king  called  Semei,  and 
 said  to  him.  Build  thee  a  house  in 
 Jerusalem,  and  dwell  there,  and  thou 
 shalt  not  go  out  thence  any  whither. 
 ^^  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  day 
 t  Gr.  of  thy    ^  that   tliou   slialt  go  forth 
 
 gomg  forth.       ^^^    g^.Qgg    ^^g^.    ^]^^3    j^j-qq]^ 
 
 Kedron,    ^know   assuredly   that  thou 
 tGrknow-     gj^^lt     ccrtainlv   die:    thy 
 
 mj,' thou  Shalt  1     n    1  ^-L-   "^ 
 
 kuow.  blood   shall  be  upon  tmne 
 
 0W71  head.  And  the  king  caused  liim  to 
 swear  in  that  day.  ^^  And  Semei  said 
 to  the  king.  Good  is  the  word  that 
 thou  hast  spoken  my  lord,  0  king: 
 thus  will  thy  servant  do.  And  Semei 
 dwelt  in  Jerusalem  three  years.  ^^And 
 it  came  to  pass  after  the  three  years, 
 that  two  servants  of  Semei  ran  away  to 
 Anchus  son  of  Maacha  king  of  Geth : 
 and  it  was  told  Semei,  saying.  Behold, 
 thy  servants  are  in  Geth.  '^^  And  Semei 
 rose  up,  and  saddled  his  ass,  and  went 
 to  Geth  to  Anchus  to  seek  out  his 
 servants :  and  Semei  went,  and  brought 
 his  servants  out  of  Geth.  '^^And  it  was 
 told  Solomon,  saying,  Semei  is  gone 
 out  of  Jerusalem  to  Geth,  and  has 
 brought  back  his  servants.  ^''^And  the 
 king  sent  and  called  Semei,  and  said 
 to  liim.  Did  I  not  adjure  thee  by  the 
 Lord,  and  testify  to  thee,  saying,  In 
 whatsoever  day  thou  shalt  go  out  of 
 Jerusalem,  and  go  to  the  ^right  or  left, 
 know  certainly  that  thou  shalt  assuredly 
 1  Gr.  agahist  die?  ''^Aud  wliy  hast  thou 
 thee.  j^Q^  kept  the  oath  of  the  Lord, 
 
 and  the  commandment  wliich  I  com- 
 manded ^thee? 
 
 '•''And  the  king  said  to  Semei,  Thou 
 knowest  all  thy  mischief  which  thy 
 heart  knows,  which  thou  didst  to  David 
 my  father:  and  the  Lord  has  recom- 
 pensed thy  mischief  on  tlrine  own  head. 
 ''•^And  king  Solomon  is  blessed,  and 
 the  throne  of  David  shall  be  estabhshcd 
 before  the  Lord  for  ever.  ^''And  Solo- 
 mon commanded  Bananas  the  son  of 
 Jodae,  and  he  went  forth  and  slew  him. 
 And  king  Solomon  was  very  prudent 
 and  wise:  and  Juda  and  Israel  were 
 very  many,  as  the  sand  which  is  by 
 the  sea  for  multitude,  eating,  and 
 drinking,  and  rejoicing:  and  Solomon 
 was  chief  in  all  the  kingdoms,  and  they 
 brought  gifts,  and  served  Solomon  all 
 the  days  of  his  life.  And  Solomon 
 began  to  open  the  domains  of  libanus, 
 and  he  built  Thermae  in  the  wilder- 
 ness, and  this  was  Solomon's  daily 
 provision,  ^thirty  measures  Gr.  dinner, 
 of  fine  flour,  and  sixty  measures  of 
 ground  meal,  ten  choice  calves,  and 
 twenty  oxen  from  the  pastures,  and  a 
 hvmdred  sheep,  besides  stags,  and  does, 
 and  choice  fed  birds.  For  he  ruled  in 
 all  the  comitry  on  this  side  ^the  river, 
 from  Raplii  unto  Gaza,  over  +  Gr.  beyond, 
 all  the  kings  on  this  side  the  river,  and 
 he  was  at  peace  on  all  sides  round 
 about;  and  Juda  and  Israel  .+ g*-- trusting 
 
 '  .  lu  confidence. 
 
 dwelt  safely,  every  one  seeHeb. 
 imder  his  vine  and  uuder  his  fig  tree, 
 eating  and  drinking,  and  feasting,  from 
 Dan  even  to  Beersabee  all  the  days  of 
 Solomon.  And  these  were  the  princes 
 of  Solomon ;  Azarin  son  of  Sadoc  the 
 priest,  and  Orniu  son  of  Nathan  chief 
 of  the  officers,  and  he  '^  went  +  Gr.  ran. 
 to  his  house;  and  Suba  the  scribe,  and 
 Basa  son  of  Achithalam  recorder,  and 
 Abi  son  of  Joab  commander-in-chief, 
 and  Achire  son  of  Edrai  teas  over  the 
 ■•^  levies,  and  Banasas  son  of  +  or,  tributes. 
 Jodae  was  over  the  household  and  over 
 the  brickworks,  and  Cachur  the  son  of 
 Nathan  was  counsellor.  And  Solomon 
 had  forty  thousand  brood  mares  for  his 
 chariots,  and  twelve  thousand  horses. 
 (3)  And  he  reigned  over  all  the  kings 
 
Chap.  hi.  v.  2. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  hi.  v.  24. 
 
 from  the  river  and  to  the  land  of  the 
 Philistines,  and  to  the  borders  of 
 Egypt:  so  Solomon  the  son  of  David 
 reigned  over  Israel  and  Juda  in  Jeru- 
 salem. ^Nevertheless  the  people  burnt 
 incense  on  the  liigh  places,  because  a 
 house  had  not  yet  been  built  to  the 
 Lord.  ^And  Solomon  loved  the  Lord, 
 so  as  to  walk  in  the  ordinances  of  Da- 
 vid his  father,  only  he  sacrificed  and 
 burnt  incense  on  the  liigh  places,  ''iind 
 he  arose  and  went  to  Gabaon  to  sacri- 
 fice there,  for  that  tvas  the  highest 
 place,  and  great:  Solomon  offered  a 
 whole-burnt-offering  of  a  thousand 
 victims  on  the  altar  in  Gabaon. 
 ^  And  the  Lord  appeared  to  Solo- 
 mon in  a  dream  by  night,  and  the 
 Lord  said  to  Solomon,  Ask  some  peti- 
 tion for  thyself.  ^And  Solomon  said. 
 Thou  hast  dealt  very  mercifidly  with 
 thy  servant  David  my  father  according 
 as  he  walked  before  thee  in  truth,  and 
 in  righteousness,  and  in  uprightness  of 
 heart  with  thee,  and  thou  hast  kept  for 
 him  this  great  mercy,  to  ^set  his  son 
 +  Gr.  give.  upon  liis  thronc,  ^as  it  is  this 
 day  i«.^^  *^^  clay.  ''  And  now,  0  Lord, 
 +  Gr.  given,  my  God,  thou  liast  ^  ap- 
 pointed thy  servant  in  the  room  of 
 David  my  father ;  and  I  am  a  little  child, 
 and  know  not  my  going  out  and  my 
 coming  in.  ^But  thy  servant  is  in  the 
 midst  of  thy  people,  whom  thou  hast 
 chosen,  a  great  people,  which  '^cannot 
 +  Gr.  shau  or  be  numbered.  ^  Thou  shalt 
 wiunot.  g^^g  therefore  to  thy  ser- 
 
 vant a  heart  to  hear  and  to  judge  thy 
 people  justly,  and  to  discern  between 
 good  and  evil :  for  who  will  be  able  to 
 +  Gr.  heavy,  jvidgc  this  thy  ^  great  people  ? 
 '"And  it  was  pleasing  before  the  Lord, 
 that  Solomon  asked  this  thing.  ''And 
 the  Lord  said  to  him.  Because  thou 
 hast  asked  this  thing  of  me,  and  hast 
 +  Gr  many  not  asked  for  thyself  ^  long 
 days.  j^£g^    ^^^   j^g^g^    j^Q^    asked 
 
 Avealth,  nor  hast  asked  the  lives  of 
 thine  enemies,  but  hast  asked  for  thy- 
 self understanding  to  hear  judgment; 
 '•^behold,  I   have  done    according  to 
 
 366 
 
 thy  word:  behold  I  have  given  thee 
 an  vuiderstanding  and  Avise  heart :  there 
 has  not  been  awy  one  like  thee  before 
 thee,  and  after  thee  there  shall  not 
 arise  one  like  thee.  '^  And  I  have  given 
 thee  what  thou  hast  not  asked,  wealth 
 and  glory,  so  that  there  has  not  been 
 any  one  like  thee  among  kings.  '""And 
 if  thou  wilt  walk  in  my  way,  to  keep 
 my  commandments  and  my  ordinances, 
 as  David  thy  father  walked,  then  will 
 I  multiply  thy  days.  ''^And  Solomon 
 awoke,  and,  behold,  it  was  a  dream: 
 and  he  arose  and  ^  came  to  +  Gr.  comes. 
 Jerusalem,  and  stood  before  the  altar 
 that  was  in  front  of  the  ark  of  the 
 covenant  of  the  Lord  in  Sion :  and  he 
 offered  whole-bumt-offerings,  and  sacri- 
 ficed peace-offerings,  and  made  a  great 
 banquet  for  himself  and  all  his  servants. 
 ""Then  there  appeared  two  harlots 
 before  the  king,  and  they  stood  before 
 him.  '^And  the  one  woman  said, 
 ^  Hear  me,  mt/  lord,  I  and  +  Gr.  iv  efioi 
 this  woman  dwelt  in  one  ■^^*-  '"^ 
 house,  and  we  were  dehvered  in  the 
 house.  '**And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  third 
 day  after  I  was  dehvered,  this  woman 
 also  was  delivered  :  and  we  were  toge- 
 ther ;  and  there  was  ^  no  one  +  Gr.  is. 
 with  us  besides  our  two  selves  in  the 
 house.  '^  And  this  woman's  child  died 
 in  the  night;  because  she  ^overlaid  it. 
 2"  And  she  arose  in  the  mid-  J  o,;;-^ '=''* 
 die  of  the  night,  ^and  took  +//«&.  and 
 my  son  from  my  arms,  and  «une  haird*"'^ 
 laid  him  in  her  bosom,  and  "^^''  ^^^^^■' 
 
 + 1    •  J    1  J       ^  •  ^  Gr.  caused 
 
 laid  her  dead  son  in  my  to  sleep, 
 bosom.  ^'  And  I  arose  in  the  morning 
 to  suckle  my  son,  and  he  was  dead: 
 and,  behold,  I  considered  him  in  the 
 morning,  and,  behold,  it  was  not  my 
 son  whom  I  bore,  ^^And  the  other 
 woman  said,  No,  but  the  living  is  my 
 son,  and  the  dead  is  thy  son.  So  they 
 spoke  before  the  king.  ^^  And  the  king 
 said  to  them.  Thou  saycst,  Tliis  is 
 my  son,  even  the  living  07ie,  and  this 
 woman's  son  is  the  dead  one :  and  thou 
 sayest.  No,  but  the  living  is  my  son, 
 and  the  dead  is  thy  son.     ^'*And  the 
 
Chap,  hi.  v.  25. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  32. 
 
 king  said,  Fetch  a  sword.  And  they 
 brought  a  sword  before  the  king.'^'^And 
 the  king  said,  Divide  the  hve  child, 
 the  suckhng,  in  two,  and  give  hall'  of 
 it  to  one,  and  half  of  it  to  the  other. 
 ^*'  And  the  woman  whose  the  living 
 child  was  answered,  and  said  to  the  king, 
 Jombl;"s  (foi'  l^e^  'bowels  yearned 
 troubled.  over  her  son)  and  she  said, 
 I  pray  thee,  w?y  lord,  give  her  the  child, 
 and  in  nowise  slay  it.  But  the  other 
 said.  Let  it  be  neither  mine  nor  hers, 
 divide  it.  ^^Then  the  king  answered 
 and  said.  Give  the  child  to  her  that  said, 
 '  Give  her  the  child,  and  by  no  means 
 slay  it :'  she  is  its  mother.  ^^  And  all  Israel 
 heard  this  judgment  which  the  king 
 judged,  and  they  feared  before  the  king, 
 because  they  saw  that  the  wisdom  of  God 
 ivas  in  liim,  to  execute  judgment. 
 
 4.  And  king  Solomon  reigned  over 
 IsraeL  ^And  these  are  the  princes 
 which  he  had  ;  Azarias  son  of  Sadoc. 
 ^  Eliaph  and  Achia  son  of  Seba,  scribes ; 
 and  Josaphat  son  of  Acliilud,  recorder. 
 ^And  Bananas  son  of  Jodae  over  the 
 host;  and  Sadoc  and  Abiathar  ivere 
 +  Gr.  appoint-  pricsts.  ^Aud  Omia  the 
 t  Heb  and  ^°^  *^^  Nathan  ivas  over  the 
 Aiei:  insert  ^officers ;  and  Zabuth  son  of 
 'priest'  jn3  Nathan  was  Hhe  king's 
 ■•■friend.  ^And  Achias  was 
 steward,  and  EHac  the  chief 
 steward;  and  EHab  the  son  of  Saphwas 
 over  the  family :  and  Adoniram  the  son 
 of  Audon  was  over  the  tribute.  ^  And 
 Solomon  had  twelve  officers  over  all 
 Israel,  to  provide  for  the  king  and  his 
 household,  each  one's  turn  came  to 
 supply  for  a  month  in  the  year.  ^  And 
 these  were  their  names :  Been  the  son 
 of  Or  in  the  moimt  of  Ephraim,  one. 
 ^  The  son  of  Dacar,  in  Makes,  and  in 
 Salabin,  and  Bsethsamys,  and  Elon  as 
 far  as  Bethanan,  one.  '"^  The  son  of 
 Esdi  in  Araboth;  his  icas  Socho,  and 
 all  the  land  of  Opher.  ''All  Neptha- 
 dor  belonged  to  the  son  of  Aminadab, 
 Tephath  daughter  of  Solomon,  was  his 
 Avife,  one.  '^Banason  of  Achiluth  had 
 
 and  iepeus 
 +  Or,  compa 
 
 Ithaanach,  and  Mageddo,  and  his  was 
 the  whole  house  of  San  which  was  by 
 Sesathan  below  Esrae,  and  from  Beth- 
 san  as  far  as  Sabehnaula,  as  far  as  Mae- 
 ber  Lucam,  one.  '^  The  son  of  Naber 
 in  Eaboth  Galaad,  to  him  fell  the  lot 
 of  Ergab  in  Basan,  sixty  great  cities 
 with  walls,  and  brazen  bars,  one. 
 '*  Achiiiadab  son  of  Saddo,  had  Maa- 
 naim.  '^Achimaas  teas  in  Nephtha- 
 hm,  and  he  took  Basemmath  daughter 
 of  Solomon  to  wife,  one.  '*'Baana  son 
 of  Chusi,  in  Aser  and  in  Baaloth,  one, 
 '^Semei  son  of  Ela,  in  Benjamin. 
 '^Gaber  son  of  Adai  in  the  land  of 
 Gad,  the  land  of  Seon  king  of  Esebon, 
 and  of  Og  king  of  Basan,  tmo-ec^from 
 and  one  'officer  in  the  land  ^'^?  ^  P>-«fect. 
 of  Juda.  '^Josaphat  son  of  Phuasud 
 icas  in  Issachar.  ^^And  thus  the 
 officers  provided  king  Solomon:  and 
 they  execute  every  one  in  his  month 
 all  the  orders  for  the  table  of  the  king, 
 they  '  omit  nothing.  ^*  And  +  Gr.  change, 
 they  carried  the  barley  and  the  straw 
 for  the  horses  and  the  chariots  to  the 
 place  where  the  king  might  be,  each 
 accordino;  to  his  charo-e. 
 
 "''^And  these  were  the  requisite  sup- 
 phes  for  Solomon:  in  one  day  thirty 
 measures  of  fine  fiour,  and  sixty  mea- 
 sures of  fine  pounded  meal,  ^^and  ten 
 choice  calves,  and  twenty  'fat  oxen, 
 and  a  hundred  sheep,  besides  t  or,  fed,  or 
 stags,  and  choice  fatted  does,  p^^^'^^^"-  &'=• 
 ^''For  he  had  dominion  on  this  side 
 the  river,  and  he  was  at  peace  on  all 
 sides  round  about. 
 
 ^^  And  the  Lord  gave  understanding 
 to  Solomon,  and  very  much  wisdom, 
 and  ^  enlargement  of  heart,  t  or.  xvfia 
 as  the  sand  on  the  sea-shore,  oi- thepmSng 
 ^''And  Solomon  abounded  mabundantiy. 
 greatly  beyond  the  wisdom  of  all  the 
 ancients,  and  beyond  all  the  wise  men 
 of  Egypt.  ^'And  he  was  wiser  than 
 all  other  men;  and  he  was  wiser  than 
 Gsethan  the  Zarite,  and  than  ^nan, 
 and  than  Chalcad  and  Darala  the  sons 
 of  Mai.  ^^  And  Solomon  spoke  three 
 thousand  proverbs,  and  his  songs  were 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  33. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  1. 
 
 live  thousand.  ^^  And  he  spoke  of  trees, 
 from  the  cedar  in  Libanus  even  to  the 
 hyssop  which  comes  out  through  the 
 wall:  he  spoke  also  of  cattle,  and  of 
 birds,  and  of  reptiles,  and  of  fishes. 
 ^'^  And  all  the  nations  came  to  hear  the 
 wisdom  of  Solomon,  and  ambassadors 
 from  all  the  kings  of  the  earth,  as 
 many  as  heard  of  his  wisdom.  ^And 
 t  Here  the  Solomon  took  to  liimsclf  the 
 acco'S'to-  daughter  of  Pharao  to  wife, 
 Hefj.ajidAiex.  q^^({  brought  her  into  the 
 city  of  David  until  he  had  finished  the 
 hovise  of  the  Lord,  and  his  own  house, 
 and  the  wall  of  Jerusalem.  Then  went 
 up  Pharao  the  king  of  Egypt,  and 
 took  Gazer,  and  burnt  it  and  the  Cha- 
 nanite  dwelHng  in  Mergab ;  and  Pharao 
 gave  them  as  a  dowry  to  his  daughter 
 the  wife  of  Solomon :  and  Solomon  re- 
 built Gazer. 
 
 5.  And  Chiram  king  of  Tyre  sent 
 his  servants  to  anoint  Solomon  in  the 
 room  of  David  his  father,  because 
 Chiram  always  loved  David.  ^And 
 Solomon  sent  to  Chiram,  saying,  ^  Thou 
 ^G>-  or,  that  kncwest  hny  father  David, 
 
 my  father  •'  .  ' 
 
 David,  &c.       that  he  could  not  build  a 
 
 house  to  the  name  of  the  Lord  my 
 
 +  Gr.  from      Qq(J  +  because  of  the  wars 
 
 the  face  of.  i    i  •  i 
 
 Hebraism.  that  compasscd  him  about, 
 until  the    Lord  put   tliem  under  the 
 
 t  Or,  steps.  ^  soles  of  liis  fcct.  "*  Aiid 
 now  the  Lord  my  God  has  given  me 
 rest  round  about;  there  is  no  one  plot- 
 ting against  me,  and  there  is  no  ^evil 
 
 tjto.  for  trespass  a.ffainst  me.  ^And, 
 rewiTlt^z'TT,-  behold,  1  intend  to  build 
 fia.  Sec  <n,-  house  to  tlic  name  of  the 
 Exod.  9. 14.  Lord  my  God,  as  the  Lord 
 God  spoke  to  my  father  David,  saying, 
 
 +  Crr.  (pve.  '^^^y  ^on  whom  I  will  *  set 
 Hebraism.  qu  thy  tlirouc  in  thy  place, 
 he  shall  build  a  house  to  my  name. 
 ^And  now  command,  and  let  men  cut 
 wood  for  mc  out  of  Libanus:  and, 
 behold,  my  servants  shall  he  with  thy 
 servants,  and  I  will  give  thee  tlie 
 wages  of  thy  service,  according  to  all 
 that   thou    shalt    say,    because    thou 
 
 knowest  that  we  have  no  one  skilled 
 in  cutting  timber  like  the  Sidonians. 
 
 ^  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as 
 Chiram  heard  the  words  of  Solomon, 
 that  he  rej  oiced  greatly,  and  said, Blessed 
 he  God  to-day,  who  has  given  to  David 
 a  wise  son  over  this  numerous  people. 
 ^And  he  sent  to  Solomon,  saying,  I 
 have  Hstened  concerning  all  that  thou 
 hast  sent  to  me  for:  I  will  do  all  thy 
 will :  as  for  timber  of  cedar  and  fir, 
 ^  my  servants  shall  bring  them  down 
 from  Libanus  to  the  sea;  I  will  form 
 them  into  rafts,  and  bring  them  to  the 
 place  which  thou  shalt  send  to  me 
 about;  and  I  will  Mand  ^;«;-«'-^ 
 them  there,  and  thou  shalt  off. 
 take  them  up:  and  thou  shalt  do  my 
 will,  in  giving  bread  to  my  household. 
 '^  So  Chiram  gave  to  Solomon  cedars, 
 and  fir  trees,  and  all  his  desire.  "And 
 Solomon  gave  to  Chiram  twenty  thou- 
 sand measures  of  wheat  ^  as  t  ^ax^Xp, 
 food  for  his  house,  and  reaT/aax'ax,  o»- 
 twenty  thousand  baths   of  ^axf-evi-' 
 
 J  deiitlyacor- 
 
 bcaten   oil:    thus  ooiomon  ruptionof 
 gave     to    Chiram    yearly.  '^'J^°  "*"*• 
 ^"And  the  Lord  gave  wisdom  to  Solo- 
 mon as  he  ^  promised  him;    +g,-.  spoke  to 
 and   there   was  peace    be-  i»™- 
 tween  Chiram  and  Solomon,  and  they 
 made  a  covenant  between  them. 
 
 '^And  the  king  raised  ^  a  levy  out  of 
 all  Israel,  and  the  levy  was    t  gt.  tribute, 
 thirty  thousand  men.  "And  *"^' 
 he  sent  them  to  Libanus,  ten  thousand 
 taking  turn  every  month :  they  were  a 
 month  in  Libanus  and  two  months  at 
 home:    and  Adoniram  was  over   the 
 levy.      ^^  And  Solomon    had  seventy 
 thousand  bearers  of  burdens,  and  eighty 
 thousand   hewers  of  stone    +  Heb.  soo. 
 in  the  mountain;  ^"^ besides  ^^'''•^- soo- 
 the  rulers   that   were    ap-  ^to.oversccrs 
 pointed  over  the  works  of  o"hc  people, 
 nolomon,  there  icere  three  div. 
 thousand  ^  six  hundred  ^  masters  who 
 wrought  in  the  works.  ^ 
 
 6.  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  four 
 hundred  and  fortieth  year  after  the  de- 
 
Chap.  vi.  y.  17. 
 
 KINGS   111. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  28. 
 
 parture  of  the  children  of  Israel  out  of 
 Egypt,  in  the  fourth  year  and  second 
 
 +  G>-.  of  Solo-  iiaonth  ^  of  the  reign  of  Solo- 
 mon reigning:,  mou  ovcr  Israel,  '^that  the 
 king  commanded  that  they  should 
 take  great  ajid  costly  stones  for   the 
 
 i  -^^  ,  foundation  of  the  house, 
 aiutens.  See   and  ^  hcwu  stones.     ^^And 
 
 chap.  10. 12.       ,1  r   o   1  i 
 
 the  men  oi  ooiomon,  and 
 the  men  of  Chiram  hewed  the  stones, 
 and  laid  them  jTor  a  foundation. 
 
 ^  In  the  fourth  year  he  laid  the 
 foundation  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 in  the  month  Ziu,  even  in  the  second 
 month.  ^^  In  the  eleventh  year,  in  the 
 month  Baal,  this  is  the  eighth  month, 
 the  house  was  completed  according  to 
 all  its  plan,  and  according  to  all  its 
 arrangement.  ^  And  the  house  which 
 the  king  bxxilt  to  the  Lord  ''teas  ^ forty 
 
 +  Gr.  its  cubits  in  length,  and  twenty 
 inaibit°&c.     cubits  in  breadth,   and  its 
 
 +  Hei.  and      hciffht   ^  livc    and    twenty 
 
 Alex,  mcnhits.         /~  ■»  a      i     i  i     • 
 
 t/fej.  and  cuDits.  ''And.  the  porch  in 
 Alex.  30  cubits,  front  of  the  temple — twenty 
 cubits  icas  its  length  according  to  the 
 breadth  of  the  house  in  front  of  the 
 house:  and  he  built  the  house,  and 
 finished  it.  ^And  he  made  to  the 
 house  secret  windows  inclining  inwards. 
 "  And  ^against  the  wall  of  the  house 
 '+  Gr.  upon,  he  sct  chambers  round  about 
 t  He*,  and     +the  temple   and   the  ark. 
 
 Alex,  with  {or     (■rT^^  \  •  -,  (, 
 
 against)  the  1  he  undcr  Side  was  nve 
 houserovmd  cubits  broad,  and  the  mid- 
 about.  die  part  six,  and  the  third 
 
 was  seven  cubits  broad,  for  he  formed 
 an  interval  to  the  house  round  about 
 without  the  house,  that  they  might 
 not  touch  the  walls  of  the  house.  '^And 
 the  house  was  bmlt  in  the  construction 
 +  TheKeA.       of   it   with   '^  rough    hewn 
 
 TrL^^^y  fo^^f-.  a^?  t^J^^  was  not 
 the  Lxx.  6.0-     heard  m  the  house  m  the 
 
 }°cul'xm-''^^'    building  of  it  hammer  ^  or 
 
 whote  wM.     axe, "  or  any  iron  tool.  «And 
 
 most  other       the  porch  of  the  under  side 
 
 translators  ■"- ,     ■■  -,  .    , 
 
 ^ve  perfectly    icas   oeiow  the  right  Wing 
 toished*  °^       of  the  house ,  and  there  teas  a 
 +  Gr.  and.        winding  ascent  into  the  mid- 
 dle chamber,  and  from  the  middle  to  the 
 
 369 
 
 third  story.  ^  So  he  built  the  house 
 and  finished  it;  and  he  made  the  ceil- 
 ing of  the  house  with  cedars.  '"And 
 he  made  the  partitions  through  all  the 
 house,  each  live  cubits  high,  and  en- 
 closed each  partition  with  cedar  boards. 
 '•''And  he  framed  the  walls  of  the  house 
 within  with  cedar  boards,  from  the 
 floor  of  the  house  and  on  to  the  inner 
 walls  and  to  the  beams :  he  Hned  the 
 parts  enclosed  with  boards  within,  and 
 compassed  the  inward  parts  of  the 
 house  with  planks  of  fir.  '^  And  he 
 built  the  twenty  cubits  from  the  top  of 
 the  wall,  one  side  from  the  floor  to  the 
 beams,  and  he  made  it  from  the  oracle'' 
 
 to      the     most     holy      place.      +  Or,  shrine. 
 
 ^"^  And  the  temple  was  forty  cubits  m 
 extent,  '^  in  front  of  the  oracle  in  the 
 midst  of  the  house  within,  in  order  to 
 ^  put  there  the  ark  of  the  ^  Gr.  give. 
 covenant  of  the  Lord.  ^°  The  length 
 was  twenty  cubits,  and  the  breadth 
 teas  twenty  cubits,  and  the  height  of 
 it  was  twenty  cubits.  And  he  covered 
 it  with  +  perfect  gold,  and  ^,f.'"-^;j^^;;° 
 he  made  an  altar  in  front  of  see  2  chron. 
 
 ,1  1  T  ,     .,     3.8.  Job  28.  15. 
 
 the  oracle,  and  covered  it    tg^to^j^g 
 with  gold.  ^' And  he  covered  finishing  of 
 the  whole  house  with  gold,  house. 
 ^  till  he  had  finished  gilding  the  whole 
 house. 
 
 ^^  And  he  made  in  the  oracle  two 
 cherubs  of  ten  cubits  oneasured  size. 
 ^■^  And  the  wing  of  one  cherub  was  five 
 cubits,  and  his  other  wing  was  five 
 cubits ;  ten  cubits  ^  from  the  t  Gr.  from  the 
 tip  of  one  wing  to  the  tip  of  K«poT\^l 
 the  other  wing.  "^'^  Thus  it  '^^"^s- 
 was  with  the  other  cherub,  both  were 
 alike  finished  with  one  measure.  ^^And 
 the  height  of  the  one  cherub  was  ten 
 cubits,  and  so  was  it  with  the  second 
 cherub.  ^^And  both  the  cherubs  tvere 
 in  the  midst  of  the  innermost  part  of 
 the  house;  and  they  spread  out  their 
 wings,  and  one  wing  touched  the  wall, 
 and  the  wing  of  the  other  cherub 
 touched  the  other  wall ;  and  their  wings 
 in  the  midst  of  the  house  touched  each 
 other.  ^**And  he  covered  the  cherubs 
 25 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  29. 
 
 KINGS   III, 
 
 CHAr.  VII.  V.  32. 
 
 with  gold.  '■^•*  He  graved  all  the  walls 
 of  the  house  romid  about  with  the 
 graving  of  cherubs,  and  he  sculj)tured 
 palm  trees  within  and  without  the  house. 
 ■^^And  he  covered  tlic  floor  of  the  house 
 within  and  without  with  gold. 
 
 ^^And  for  the  door-way  of  the  oracle 
 he  made  doors  of  jumper  wood,  there 
 were  porches  in  a  fou.r-fold  way-  ^^  In 
 both  the  doors  loere  planks  of  fir ;  the 
 one  door  had  two  leaves  and  their 
 hinges,  and  the  other  door  had  two 
 leaves  and  turned  on  hinges.,  ^^  being 
 carved  with  cherubs,  and  tliere  were 
 palm-trees  and  open  flower-leaves,  and 
 it  teas  overlaid  with  gold  gilt  upon  the 
 eno-raving.  ^^  And  he  built  the  inner 
 tsee  ch.  10. 12.  court,  three  rows  of  ^  hewn 
 stones,  and  a  row  of  wrought  cedar 
 round  about,  and  he  made  the  curtain 
 of  the  court  of  the  porch  of  the  house 
 that  was  in  front  of  the  temple. 
 
 7.  ^'^And  king  Solomon  sent,  and 
 ''%<i^  Appendix,  took  Chiram  out  of  Tyre, 
 '^  the  son  of  a  widow  woman,  and  he 
 loas  of  the  tribe  of  Nephthalim,  and 
 his  father  xvas  a  Tyrian,  a  worker  in 
 brass,  and  accomphshed  in  art  and 
 skill  and  knowledge  to  work  every 
 work  in  brass :  and  he  was  brought  in 
 to  king  Solomon,  and  he  wrought  all 
 the  works. 
 
 '•^And  he  cast  the  two  pillars  for  the 
 porch  of  the  house  :  eighteen  cubits 
 loas  the  height  of  each  pillar,  and  a 
 circumference  of  fourteen  cubits  en- 
 compassed it,  even  the  thickness  of  the 
 + Or, embossed  pillar:    tlic   ^ flutiiigs    Were 
 
 or  hollow  f.  r.  .  ,  1    J 1 
 
 work.  lour  lingers  xoide.,  and  thus 
 
 loas  the  other  pillar  formed.  ^^  And 
 he  made  two  molten  chapiters  to  ^  put 
 t  Gr.  give.  on  the  licads  of  the  pillars : 
 five  cubits  was  the  height  of  one  chap- 
 iter, and  five  cubits  xoas  the  height  of 
 the  other  chapiter.  '^And  he  made 
 +  Gr.  nets.  two  ^  omamcnts  of  net-work 
 +  Gr.  chapiter,  to  covcr  the  ^  chapitcrs  of 
 the  pillars ;  even  a  net  for  one  chapiter, 
 and  a  net  for  the  other  chapiter.  ^*^And 
 hanging   work,    two    rows   of  brazen 
 
 pomegranates,  ^formed  with  net-work, 
 hanging  work,  row  upon  +  q.  d.  netted, 
 row :  and  thus  he  framed  the  ornaments 
 for  the  second  chapiter.  ^'  And  he  set 
 Tip  the  pillars  of  the  porch  of  the  tem- 
 ple :  and  he  set  up  the  one  pillar,  and 
 called  its  name  Jachum :  and  he  set  up 
 the  second  pillar,  and  called  its  name 
 Boloz.  '^  And  on  the  heads  of  the 
 pillars  he  made  lily-work  against  the 
 porch,  of  four  cubits,  and  a  chamber 
 over  both  the  pillars,  and  above  the 
 sides  an  addition  equal  to  the  chamber 
 in  width. 
 
 ^^  And  he  made  the  sea,  ten  cubits 
 from  one  rim  to  the  other,  the  same 
 was  ^completely  circular  tffr.roondin 
 round  about :  its  height  was  *  '^"■'^'^• 
 five  cubits,  and  its  circumference  thirty- 
 three  cubits.  ^^x\nd  stays  underneath 
 its  rim  round  about  compassed  it  ten 
 cubits  round;  and  its  rim  xcas  as  'the 
 work  of  the  rim  of  a  cup,  a  lily -flower, 
 and  the  thickness  of  it  was  a  span. 
 ^^  And  there  icere  twelve  oxen  under 
 the  sea;  three  looking  to  the  north, 
 and  three  looking  to  the  west,  and 
 three  looking  to  the  south,  and  three 
 looking  to  the  east:  and  all  their 
 hinder  parts  xoere  ^  inward,  t  ut.  to  or 
 and  the  sea  was  above  upon  i"to"><=  house, 
 them.  ^^  And  he  made  ten  brazen 
 bases:  five  cubits  xoas  the  length  of 
 one  base,  and  four  cubits  the  breadth 
 of  it,  and  its  height  xcas  six  cubits. 
 ^**  And  this  work  of  the  bases  was 
 ''  formed  with  a  border  to  +  or.  shut  up. 
 them,  and  there  ivas  a  border  between 
 the  ledges.  ^-'And  upon  their  borders 
 between  the  projections  we7-e  Hons,  and 
 oxen,  and  cherubs:  and  on  the  pro- 
 jections, even  so  above,  and  also  below 
 tvere  the  places  of  lions  and  oxen, 
 ^hanging  work.  ^"^And  ^ Gr.  ^pyov Ka- 
 there  rvere  four  brazen  -«^«<^^-^.  «^*- 
 wheels  to  one  base  ;  and  ^  y  ^•^- 
 tJierc  were  brazen  bases,  and  work, 
 their  four  sides  answering  to  them.,  side 
 pieces  under  the  bases.  ■'^And  t  g,-.  hands. 
 there  were  ^  axles  in  the  wheels  +  <?'••  in. 
 ^  under  the  base.     ^^  And  the  height 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  33. 
 
 KINGS  in. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  v.  3. 
 
 of  one  wheel  was  a  cubit  and  a  half. 
 ^^  And  the  work  of  the  wheels  was  as 
 the  work  of  chariot  wheels :  their 
 t  Gr  their       t  ^j^les,  and  their  felloes,  and 
 
 hands  and  '  .  ' 
 
 their  backs.  the  rest  of  their  work  were 
 o?shoSs^;'  aU  molten.  ^'  The  four 
 E.v.  under-     +  sidc-picces    wcrc    at   the 
 
 setters— A^B.  r  pit 
 
 two  different  louT  comers  01  each  base; 
 and  ^iuai'  its  ^sliouldcrs  were  formed  of 
 the  base.  ^'^  And  on  the  top  of  the 
 base  half  a  cubit  teas  the  size  of  it, 
 there  was  a  circle  on  the  top  of  the 
 base,  and  there  was  the  top  of  its 
 spaces  and  its  borders  :    and  it  ^  was 
 
 +  Gr.  was  Open  at  the  top  of  its  spaces, 
 opened.  z^^^^  -^g  borders  were  che- 
 
 rubs, and  lions,  and  palm-trees,  up- 
 right, each  was  joined  in  front  and 
 witliin  and  round  about.  ^"^ According 
 to  the  same  form  he  made  alL  the  ten 
 bases,  even  one  order  and  one  measure 
 to  aU. 
 
 ^^And  he  made  ten  brazen  lavers, 
 each  laver  containing  forty  ^  baths,  and 
 
 t  (?)•.  gauons.  measiiring  four  cubits,  each 
 seems'toh'Ive  lavcr  placed  on  a  several 
 this  meaning:,    -b^se    throuo^hout    the    ten 
 
 but  the  Heb.  qo  a       i     i  r» 
 
 word  means  bascs.  "*-'And  he  put  favc 
 "f'ffr      th      bases  ^  on  the  right  side  of 
 
 shoulder-piece  the  hoUSC,  and  fivC  OU  tllC 
 of  the  house        i    a.     *  1         i*   xT-      1  l 
 
 on  the  right.  iGit  siclc  oi  the  housc:  and 
 the  sea  was  placed  on  the  right  side  of 
 the  house  eastward  in  the  direction  of 
 the  south.  '*''  And  Chiram  made  the 
 caldrons  and  the  pans,  and  the  bowls; 
 and  Chiram  finished  making  all  the 
 works  that  he  wrought  for  kinff  Solo- 
 mon  m  the  house  of  the  Lord:  ^^  two 
 pillars  and  the  wreathen  works  of  the 
 pillars  on  the  heads  of  the  two  pillars  ; 
 +  Gr.  nets,  and  the  two  ^  net- works  to 
 cover  both  the  wreathen  works  of  the 
 flutings  that  were  upon  the  pillars. 
 ^^  The  four  himdred  pomegranates  for 
 both  the  net- works,  two  rows  of  pome- 
 granates for  one  net- work,  to  cover 
 both  the  wreathen  works  of  the  bases 
 belonging  to  both  piUars.  "^^And  the 
 ten  bases,  and  the  ten  lavers  upon  the 
 bases.  ''''And  one  sea,  and  the  twelve 
 oxen  under  the  sea.     *'^And  the  cal- 
 
 371 
 
 drons,  and  pans,  and  bowls,  and  all 
 the  furniture,  which  Chiram  made  for 
 king  Solomon  for  the  house  of  the 
 Lord:  and  there  were  eight  and  forty 
 pillars  of  the  house  of  the  king  and  of 
 the  house  of  the  Lord:  all  the  works 
 of  the  king  which  Chiram  made  were 
 entirely  of  brass.  ^^  There  was  no 
 ^  reckoning  of  the  brass  of  +  Gr.  weight, 
 which  he  made  all  these  works,  from 
 the  very  great  abundance,  there  was 
 no  end  of  the  ^  weight  of  +  Gr.  weights, 
 the  brass.  '"'  In  the  country  round 
 about  Jordan  did  he  cast  them,  in  the 
 ^clay land  between  Socchoth  pan'^f^'^^ 
 and  Sira.  ''^And  king  So-  the  land, 
 lomon  took  the  furniture  which  Chiram 
 made  for  the  house  of  the  Lord,  the 
 golden  altar,  and  the  golden  table  of 
 shewbread.  *^  And  he  put  the  five 
 candlesticks  on  the  left,  and  five  on  the 
 right  in  front  of  the  holy  of  holies, 
 being  of^  pure  gold,  and  the  sh^'up^"^'^*^"' 
 lamp-stands,  and  the  lamps,    +  Perhaps 
 
 ,•'■    ,        +  (V  o         11      small  vessels 
 
 and  the     snuiiers  oi  gold,  with  ups  for 
 •50And  there  were  made  the  l^^^ytk"' 
 ^  porches,  and  the  nails,  and  "eis.^^  ^^^^^^ 
 the  bowls,  and  the  spoons,  work' about 
 and  the  golden  censers,  ^  of    tV°shutup. 
 pure   gold:    and   the  panels     of    the 
 doors    of  the   innermost   part  of  the 
 house,  even  the  holy  of  holies,  and  the 
 golden  doors  of  the  temple.     ^*  So  the 
 work  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  which 
 Solomon  wrought  was  finished;    and 
 Solomon  brought  in  the  holy  things  of 
 David    liis  father,   and   all    the  holy 
 things  of  Solomon ;  he  ^  put    ^  Gr.  gave, 
 the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the  fur- 
 niture, into  the  treasures  of  the  house 
 of  the  Lord.     ^  And  Solomon  built  a 
 house  for  himself  in   thirteen  years. 
 ^And  he  built  the  house  with  the  ^  wood 
 ofLibanus;  its  length  ^<7a5    ^Gr.ut. 
 a  hundred  cubits,   and  its 
 breadth  was  fifty  cubits,  and  its  height 
 was  of  thirty  cubits,  and  it  ivas  made 
 ^  -with  three  rows  of  cedar    +  ^/^  should- 
 pillars,  and  the  pillars  had  ers,  oV  shouid- 
 
 f   .  -,       '  .  r        1  ■*  *      1    er-pieces. 
 
 side-pieces  ol  cedar.  "* And    +  or,  celled  or 
 he  ^  formed  the  house  with  th^house^^ 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  4. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  18. 
 
 chambers  above  on  the  sides  of  the 
 piUars,  and  the  number  of  the  pillars 
 was  each  row  forty  and  five,  ''and  there 
 were  three  chambers,  and  space  against 
 space  in  three  rows.  ^And  all  the 
 doors  and  spaces  formed  like  chambers 
 were  square,  and  from  door  to  door 
 was  a  correspondence  in  three  rows. 
 +  Or,  rather     *i  Aj[i^  he  made  the  ^  porch 
 
 portico,  or  r-    1  -11  ?  /•  r 
 
 colonnade.       01  tlie  piiiars,  tueij  were  tiity 
 
 cubits  long  and  fifty  broad,   the  porch 
 
 joining  them  in  front;  and 
 
 +  Answering    the    Other   pillars    and   the 
 
 to  the  English     .  i  •    i     i  '     c        i.      C 
 
 phrase,  thick  beam  were  m  iront  oi 
 
 .King's  Bench.'  ^j-^g  \xox\%Q  by  the  porchcs. 
 
 '  Gr.  will.  7^^n(-|  ^J^^J.^  ,^,^5  tl^e  +  Y0XZ\\ 
 
 of  seats  where  he  ^  would  judge,  the 
 porch  of  judgment. 
 
 ^  And  their  house  where  he  ^  would 
 
 tGr.  wiu.  dwell,  had  one  court  com- 
 municating with  these  according  to 
 this  work;  and  he  huilt  the  house  for 
 the  daughter  of  Pharao  whom  ^  he 
 t  Gr.  Solomon,  had  taken,  according  to  this 
 porch.  ^  All  these  tcere  of  costly 
 stones,  sculptured  at  intervals  within 
 even  from  the  foundation  even  to  the 
 
 +  Gr.  chapi-  ^  top,  and  outward  to  the 
 ings,&c.    "     great  ^  hall,    ^"^  which    was 
 
 +  Or,  court,  founded  with  large  costly 
 stones,  stones  of  ten  cubits  and  eight 
 cubits  long.  '^And  above  with  costly 
 stones,  according  to  the  measure  of 
 hewn  stones,  and  with  cedars.  '^  There 
 were  three  rows  of  hewn  stones  round 
 about  the  great  hall,  and  a  row  of 
 sculptured  cedar :  and  Solomon  finished 
 all  his  house. 
 
 8.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  Solo- 
 mon had  finished  building  the  house 
 of  the  Lord  and  his  own  house  after 
 twenty  years,  then  king  Solomon  as- 
 sembled all  the  elders  of  Israel  in  Sion, 
 to  bring  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
 Lord  out  of  the  city  of  David,  this  is 
 Sion,  ^  in  the  month  of  Athanin.  "^And 
 the  priests  took  up  the  ark,  "*  and  the 
 tabernacle  of  testimony,  and  tlic  holy 
 furnitiu-e  that  was  in  the  tabernacle  of 
 testimony. 
 
 372 
 
 *And  the  king  and  all  Israel  were 
 occupied  before  the  ark,  sacrificing 
 sheep  and  oxen,  without  number. 
 •^And  the  priests  bring  in  the  ai'k  into 
 its  place,  into  the  oracle  of  the  house, 
 even  into  the  holy  of  holies,  under  the 
 wings  of  the  cherubs.  ^  For  the  cherubs 
 ^  spread  out  their  wings  +  Gr.  pass. 
 over  the  place  of  the  ark,  out'"'wdthttfeir 
 and  the  cherubs  covered  the  ^"^e^. 
 ark  and  its  holy  things  above.  *  And 
 the  ^  holy  staves  projected,  +He4.  staves, 
 and  the  ends  of  the  holy  staves  ap- 
 peared    out     of    the    ^  holy     +  Gr.  aytuv. 
 
 places  in  front  of  the  oracle,  and  were 
 not  seen  without.  ^  There  Avas  nothing 
 in  the  ark  except  the  two  tables  of 
 stone,  the  tables  of  the  covenant  which 
 ]\Ioses  put  there  in  Choreb,  which 
 tables  the  Lord  made  as  a  covenant  with 
 the  children  of  Israel  in  their  going 
 forth  from  the  land  of  Egypt.  ^"  And 
 it  came  to  jDass  when  the  priests  de- 
 parted out  of  the  holy  place,  that  the 
 cloud  filled  the  house.  ''And  t  or,  before 
 the  priests  could  not  stand  "^^  9'°'"'-  , 
 to  minister  ^  because  of  the  ^ov-  Hebraism. 
 cloud,  because  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
 filled  the  house. 
 
 '"*  And  the  king  ^  turned  his  face, 
 and  the    king    blessed   all    '  ^'■•.'J"''"!!* 
 
 o  away,' but  pro- 
 
 Jsrael,  (and  the  whole   as-  bahiynot 
 sembly  of    Israel    stood  :)  people, 
 '^and    he  said.  Blessed  be  the   Lord 
 
 God  ^  of  Israel  to-day,  who     t  Gr.  in  Israel. 
 
 spoke  by  his  mouth  con-  ^«*'''"*''«- 
 cerning  David  my  father,  and  has  ful- 
 filled it  with  his  hands,  saying,  "'From 
 the  day  that  I  brought  out  my  people 
 Israel  out  of  Egypt,  I  have  not  chosen 
 a  city  in  any  one  ^  tribe  ^  cr.  staff,  sc. 
 of  Israel  to  build  a  house,  ^?^ 
 so  that  my  name  should  be  there :  but 
 I  chose  Jerusalem  that  my  name  should 
 be  there,  and  I  chose  David  to  be  over 
 my  people  Israel.  '^  And  it  was  ^  in 
 the  heart  of  my  father  to  +<?»-.  upon, 
 build  a  house  to  the  name  of  the  Lord 
 God  of  Israel.  '^  And  the  Lord  said 
 to  David  my  father.  Forasmuch  as  it 
 came  into  thine  heart  to  build  a  house 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  19. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  37. 
 
 to  my  name,  thou  didst  well  that  it 
 came  upon  thine  heart.  '^  Neverthe- 
 less thou  shalt  not  build  the  house,  hut 
 thy  son  that  has  proceeded  out  of  thy 
 +  Gr.  side.  ^bowcLs,  lie  shall  build  the  house 
 to  my  name.  -'^And  the  Lord  has  con- 
 firmed the  word  that  he  spoke,  and  I 
 am  risen  up  in  the  place  of  my  father 
 David,  and  I  have  sat  down  on  tlie 
 throne  of  Israel,  as  the  Lord  spoke, 
 and  I  have  built  the  house  to  the  name 
 of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel.  ^'  And  I 
 have  set  there  a  place  for  the  ark,  in 
 which  is  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 
 which  the  Lord  made  with  our  fathers, 
 when  he  brought  them  out  of  the  land 
 of  Egypt. 
 
 ^"And  Solomon  stood  up  in  front  of 
 the  altar  before  all  the  cons'refjation  of 
 Israel;  and  he  spread  out  his  hands 
 toward  heaven:  ^^and  he  said.  Lord 
 God  of  Israel,  there  is  no  God  like  thee 
 +  gt.  and.  in  heaven  above, '"'  or  on  the 
 earth  beneath,  keeping  covenant  and 
 mercy  with  thy  servant  who  walks 
 before  thee  with  all  liis  heart ;  ^^  which 
 thou  hast  kept  toward  thy  servant 
 David  my  father :  for  thou  hast  spoken 
 by  thy  mouth  and  thou  hast  fulfilled 
 +  Gr.  as  this  it  With  tliinc  hauds,  ^  as  at 
 •^^J^"-  this  day.      ^K\ndL  now,  0 
 
 Lord  God  of  Israel,  keep  for  thy  ser- 
 vant David  my  father,  the  promises 
 which  thou  hast  spoken  to  him,  say- 
 ing. There  shall  not  be  taken  from 
 thee  a  man  sitting  before  me  on  the 
 throne  of  Israel,  provided  only  thy 
 children  shall  take  heed  to  their  ways, 
 to  walk  before  me  as  thou  hast  walked 
 before  me.  '^^  And  now,  0  Lord  God 
 of  Israel,  let,  I  pray  thee,  thy  word  to 
 David  my  father  be  confirmed.  ^^  ^  But 
 *Gr.  'that,'  will  God  indeed  dwell  with 
 Session.  i^en  upon  the  earth?  if  the 
 +  Gr.  heaven,  heavcu  and  heaven  of  ^  hea- 
 vens will  not  suffice  thee,  how  much 
 less  even  this  house  which  I  have  built 
 to  thy  name?  ^syet,  0  Lord  God  of 
 Israel,  thou  shalt  look  upon  my  peti- 
 tion, to  hear  the  prayer  which  thy 
 servant  prays  to  thee  in  thy  presence 
 
 this  day,  ^^  that  thine  eyes  may  be 
 open  toward  this  house  day  and  night, 
 even  toward  the  place  of  which  thou 
 saidst.  My  name  shall  be  there,  to  hear 
 the  prayer  which  thy  servant  prays  ^  at 
 this  place  day  and  night,  t  oc.  toward 
 3"  And  thou  shalt  hearken  ^^^  p^^'^'^- 
 to  the  prayer  of  thy  servant,  and  of  thy 
 people  Israel,  which  they  shall  pray 
 toward  this  place :  and  thou  slialt  hear 
 in  thy  dwelling-place  in  heaven,  and 
 thou  shalt  do  and  be  gracious. 
 
 ^'Whatsoever  trespasses  ^any  one 
 shall  commit  against  his  +G)-.  each  one. 
 neighbour, — and  if  he  shall  take  upon 
 him  an  oath  so  that  he  should  swear, 
 and  he  shall  come  and  make  confession 
 before  thine  altar  in  this  house,  ^-  then 
 shalt  thou  hear  from  heaven,  and  do, 
 and  thou  shalt  judge  thy  people  Israel, 
 that  the  wicked  should  be  '^condemned, 
 so   that   thou    shouldest  re-    ^  ^^'  <=°n- 
 
 1  .  ,  .      sidered  wicked 
 
 compense  his  way  upon  his  or  lawless, 
 head;  and  that  thou  shouldest  justify 
 the  righteous,  to  give  to  him  accord- 
 ing to  his  righteousness.  ^^Wlien  thy 
 people  Israel  falls  before  enemies,  be- 
 cause they  shall  sin  against  thee,  and 
 they  shall  return  and  confess  to  thy 
 name,  and  they  shall  pray  and  suppli- 
 cate in  tliis  house,  ^^  then  shalt  thou 
 hear  from  heaven,  and  be  gracious  to 
 the  sins  of  thy  people  Israel,  and  thou 
 shalt  restore  them  to  the  land  which 
 thou  gavest  to  their  fathers.  ^^  When 
 the  heaven  is  restrained,  and  there  is 
 no  rain,  because  they  shall  sin  against 
 thee,  and  they  shall  pray  toward  this 
 place,  and  shall  make  confession  to  thy 
 name,  and  shall  turn  from  their  sins 
 when  thou  shalt  have  humbled  them, 
 ^•^  then  thou  shalt  hear  from  heaven, 
 and  be  merciful  to  the  sins  of  thy  ser- 
 vant and  of  thy  people  Israel ;  for  thou 
 shalt  show  them  tlie  good  way  to  walk 
 in  it,  and  thou  shalt  give  rain  upon 
 the  earth  which  thou  hast  given  to  thy 
 people  for  an  inheritance.  ^^  If  there 
 should  be  famine,  if  there  should  be 
 death,  because  there  should  be  blasting, 
 or  locust,  or  if  there  be  mildew,  and  if 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  38. 
 
 KINGS   III, 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  55. 
 
 ^  tlieir  enemy  oppress  them  in  ant/  one 
 +  Gr.  his.  of  their  cities,  with  regard 
 +  Gr.  incident  iq  evcrv  ^  Calamity,  +  every 
 
 or  occurrence.  i  i  ■»« 
 
 +  77i^  770^0^,  trouble,  "***  every  prayer, 
 ^^'■^^'*'^"  every  supplication  whatever 
 nain-a  n6vou.  sliall  bc  maclc  by  any  man, 
 as  they  shall  know  each  the  plague  of 
 his  heart,  and  shall  spread  abroad  his 
 liands  to  tliis  house,  ^'-^  then  shalt  thou 
 hearken  from  heaven,  out  of  thine  es- 
 tablished dwelHng-place,  and  shalt  be 
 merciful,  and  shalt  do,  and  recompense 
 to  every  man  according  to  his  ways, 
 as  thou  shalt  know  his  heart,  for  thou 
 alone  knowest  the  heart  of  all  the  chil- 
 dren of  men  :  '^^  that  they  may  fear 
 thee  all  the  days  that  they  hve  upon 
 the  land,  which  thou  hast  given  to  our 
 fathers.  ''^  And  for  the  stranger  who 
 is  not  of  thy  people,  ""^  when  they  shall 
 come  and  pray  toward  this  place, 
 ^^  then  shalt  thou  hear  them  from  hea- 
 ven, out  of  thine  established  dwelling- 
 place,  and  thou  shalt  do  according  to 
 all  that  the  stranger  shall  call  upon 
 thee  for,  that  all  the  nations  may  know 
 thy  name,  and  fear  thee,  as  thy  people 
 Israel  does,  and  may  know  that  thy 
 name  has  been  called  on  this  house 
 wliich  I  have  builded. 
 
 ■*■*  If  it  be  that  thy  people  shall  go 
 forth  to  war  against  their  enemies  in 
 the  way  by  which  thou  shalt  turn 
 them,  and  pray  in  the  name  of  the 
 Lord  toward  the  city  which  thou  hast 
 +  Gr. byway  clioscn,  and  Howard  the 
 °^'  house  which   I  have  built 
 
 to  thy  name,  *^then  shalt  tliou  hear 
 from  heaven  their  suppHcation  and 
 their  prayer,  and  shalt  execute  judg- 
 ment for  them.  ^*'//'  it  be  that  they 
 shall  sin  against  thee,  (for  there  is  not  a 
 man  who  will  not  sin,)  and  thou  shalt 
 bring  them  and  deliver  them  up  b(;fore 
 their  enemies,  and  tliey  that  take  them 
 captive  shall  carry  tlicm  to  a  land  far 
 or  near,  ''^and  they  shall  turn  their 
 liearts  in  the  land  whither  they  have 
 been  carried  captives,  and  turn  in  the 
 laud  of  their  sojouining,  and  suppUcate 
 thee,  saying,  Wc  have  sinned,  we  liavc 
 
 done  unjustly,  we  have  transgressed, 
 ^"^and  they  sliall  turn  to  thee  "svith  all 
 their  heart,  and  with  all  their  soul,  in 
 the  land  of  their  enemies  whither  thou 
 hast  carried  them  captives,  and  shall 
 pray  to  thee  towards  their  land  which 
 thou  hast  given  to  their  fathers,  and 
 the  city  which  thou  hast  chosen,  and 
 the  house  wliich  1  have  built  to  thy 
 name:  '''•'then  shalt  thou  hear  from 
 heaven  thine  estabUshed  dwelHng-place, 
 ^°  and  thou  shalt  be  merciful  to  their 
 unrighteousness  wherein  they  have 
 trespassed  against  thee,  and  according 
 to  all  their  transgressions  wherewith 
 they  have  transgressed  against  thee, 
 and  thou  shalt  ^ cause  them  tL^to'com- 
 to  be  pitied  before  them  passions, 
 that  carried  them  captives,  and  they 
 shall  have  compassion  on  them :  ''^  for 
 thei/  are  thy  people  and  tliine  inherit- 
 ance, whom  thou  broughtest  out  of 
 the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  midst  of 
 tlie  furnace  of  iron.  ^^  And  let  thine 
 eyes  and  thine  ears  be  opened  to  the 
 supplication  of  thy  servant,  and  to  the 
 suppHcation  of  thy  people  Israel,  to 
 hearken  to  them  in  all  things  for  which 
 they  shall  call  upon  thee.  '"Because 
 thou  hast  set  them  apart  for  an  inherit- 
 ance to  thyself  out  of  all  the  nations 
 of  the  earth,  ^as  thou  spokcst  by  the 
 hand  of  thy  servant  jMoscs,  when  thou 
 broughtest  our  fathers  out  of  the  land 
 of  Egypt,  ^0  Lord  God.  J^S'/.'^r'' 
 Then  spoke  Solomon  con-  according  to 
 
 1   ,       ,  ,  ,        tlie  Heb.  Lord 
 
 cernmg  the  house,  when  he  jeijovaii. 
 had  finished  building  it — He  manifested 
 the  sun  in  the  heaven :  the  Lord  said 
 he  would  dwell  in  darkness :  build 
 thou  my  house,  a  beautiful  house  for 
 thyself  to  dwell  in  ^  anew.  +or,continu- 
 Behold,  is  not  this  written  ,^pwedj>''  ^%r. 
 in  the  book  of  the  song?  'ttI  Kai^oTTjxos. 
 '^'And  it  came  to  pass  when  Solomon 
 had  fmished  praying  to  the  Lord  all 
 this  prayer  and  supplication,  that  he 
 rose  up  from  before  the  altar  of  the 
 Lord,  aftei-  having  knelt  upon  his 
 knees,  and  bis  liands  ?/y7V'  t^pread  out 
 towards  heaven.    ''""And  lie  stood,  and 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  56. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  8. 
 
 blessed  all  the  congregation  of  Israel 
 with  a  loud  voice,  saying,  ^^  Blessed  be 
 the  Lord  tliis  day,  who  has  given  rest  to 
 liis  people  Israel,  according  to  all  that 
 he  said:  there  has  not  failed  one  word 
 among  all  his  good  words  whiclr  he 
 spoke  by  the  hand  of  his  servant 
 Moses.  '^^  ]\Iay  the  Lord  our  God  be 
 with  us,  as  he  was  with  oiu'  fathers ; 
 let  him  not  desert  us  nor  turn  from  us, 
 ^'^that  he  may  turn  our  hearts  toward 
 him  to  walk  in  all  his  ways,  and  to 
 keep  all  his  commandments,  and  his 
 ordinances  which  he  commanded  our 
 flithers.  ^^  And  let  these  words,  Vliicli  I 
 
 +  Gr.  as.  have  prayed  before  the 
 proachhfg.  Lord  our  God,  be  ^near  to 
 the  Lord  our  God  day  and  night,  to 
 maintain  the  cause  of  thy  servant, 
 and  the  cause  of  thy  people  Israel  ^  for 
 
 +  Gr.  a  thing,  cvcr.  ^^  That  all  thc  nations 
 dayhfldly^o'f  of  the  earth  may  know  that 
 
 a  year.     But       tllC    Lord  God,   hc    IS    God, 
 
 riii^pa  iviavTov  aud  thcrc  is  none  beside. 
 '^X^u  "And  let  our  hearts  be  per- 
 ^^e^yvith  feet  toward  the  Lord  our 
 +  Gr.  a.s  this  God,  to  Walk  also  lioHly  in 
 day  is.  j^jg  ordinances,  and  to  keep 
 
 his  commandments,  ^as  at  tliis  day. 
 
 ^^And  the  kino-  and  all  the  children 
 of  Israel  offered  sacrifice  before  the 
 Lord.  ^^And  king  Solomon  offered 
 for  the  sacrifices  of  peace-ofiering 
 which  he  sacrificed  to  the  Lord,  two 
 and  twenty  thousand  oxen,  an  hundred 
 and  twenty  thousand  sheep:  and  the 
 king  and  all  the  children  of  Israel 
 dedicated  the  house  of  the  Lord.  ^^  In 
 that  day  the  king  consecrated  the 
 middle  of  the  court  in  the  front  of  the 
 house  of  the  Lord ;  for  there  he  offered 
 the  whole-burnt-offering,  and  the  sacri- 
 +  (?r.  fats.  fices,  and  the  ^fat  of  the 
 peace-offerings,  because  the  brazen 
 altar  which  was  before  the  Lord  was 
 too  little  to  bear  the  whole-burnt- 
 offering  and  the  sacrifices  of  peace- 
 offerings.  ^''And  Solomon  kept  ^a 
 +  Gr.  the  fcast  in  that  day,  and  all 
 feast.  Israel  with  him, even  a  great 
 
 assembly  from  the  entering  in  of  He- 
 
 math  to  the  river  of  Egypt,  before  the 
 Lord  our  God  in  the  house  which  he 
 built,  eating  and  drinking,  and  rejoic- 
 ing before  the  Lord  our  God  seven 
 days.  ^^  And  on  the  eighth  day  he  sent 
 away  the  people :  and  they  blessed  the 
 king,  and  each  departed  to  his  Uaber- 
 nacle  rejoicing,  and  their  +Gr.  taber- 
 heart  loas  glad  because  of  "^'^^^^^ 
 the  good  things  which  the  Lord  had 
 done  to  his  servant  David,  and  to  Israel 
 his  people. 
 
 9.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  Solo- 
 mon had  finished  building  the  house 
 of  the  Lord,  and  the  king's  house,  and 
 all  the  work  of  Solomon,  whatever  he 
 wished  to  perform,  ^  that  the  Lord  ap- 
 peared to  Solomon  a  second  time,  as 
 he  appeared  in  Gabaon.  ^And  the 
 Lord  said  to  him,  I  have  heard  the 
 voice  of  thy  prayer,  and  thy  supplica- 
 tion which  thou  madest  before  me :  I 
 have  done  for  thee  according  to  all 
 thy  prayer :  I  have  hallowed  this  house 
 which  thou  hast  built  to  put  my  name 
 there  for  ever,  and  mine  eyes  and  my 
 heart  shall  be  there  always.  ■*  And  if 
 thou  wilt  walk  before  me  as  David  thy 
 father  walked,  in  holiness  of  heart  and 
 uprightness,  and  so  as  to  do  according 
 to  all  that  I  commanded  liim,  and  shalt 
 keep  my  ordinances  and  my  command- 
 ments:   ^then    will    I  ^gSta-     +G»-.  raise  up. 
 
 blish  the  throne  of  thy  kingdom  in 
 Israel  for  ever,  as  I  spoke  to  David 
 thy  father,  saying.  There  shall  not  fail 
 thee  a  man  to  rule  in  Israel.  ""But  if 
 ye  or  your  children  do  in  any  wise 
 revolt  from  me,  and  do  not  keep  my 
 commandments  and  my  ordinances, 
 which  Moses  ^set  before  +g»-.  gave, 
 you,  and  ye  go  and  serve  other  gods, 
 and  worship  them:  ''then  will  I 
 cut  off  Israel  from  the  land  which  I 
 have  given  them,  and  this  house  which 
 I  have  consecrated  to  my  name  I  wiU 
 cast  out  of  my  sight ;  and  Israel  shall 
 be  ^a  desolation,  and  a  by-  +  Thomson. 
 word  to  all  nations.  ^  And  this  house, 
 which  is  high,  shall  be  so  that  every 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  9. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap,  x,  v.  12. 
 
 one  that  passes  ^by  it  shall  be  amazed, 
 +  Gr.  through  and  shall  hiss ;  and  they 
 '*■  shall  say,Wlierefore  has  the 
 
 Lord  done  thus  to  this  land,  and  to 
 this  house  ?  ^And  7ne7i  shall  say, 
 Because  they  forsook  the  Lord  their 
 God,  who  brought  out  their  fathers 
 Irom  Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of 
 bondage,  and  they  attached  them- 
 selves to  strange  gods,  and  worshipped 
 them,  and  served  them:  therefore  the 
 Lord  has  brought  this  evil  upon  them. 
 Then  Solomon  brought  vip  the  daughter 
 of  Pharao  out  of  the  city  of  David  into 
 his  house,  wliich  he  built  for  himself 
 in  those  days. 
 
 '°  Diu'lng  twenty  years  in  which 
 Solomon  was  building  the  two  houses, 
 the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  house 
 of  the  king,  ^'Chiram  king  of  Tyre 
 helped  Solomon  with  cedar  ^wood, 
 t  Gr.  woods,  and  firewood,  and  with  gold, 
 and  all  that  he  wished  for :  then  the 
 king  gave  Chiram  twenty  cities  in  the 
 land  of  Gahlee.  '^  So  Chiram  departed 
 from  Tyre,  and  went  into  Galilee  to 
 see  the  cities  which  Solomon  gave  to 
 him ;  and  they  pleased  him  not.  And 
 he  said,  '^  What  are  these  cities  which 
 thou  hast  given  me,  brother?  And  he 
 called  them  Boundary  until  this  day. 
 '■•And  Chiram  brought  to  Solomon  a 
 hundred  and  twenty  talents  of  gold, 
 
 t  Gr.  vn,p  o5  2<;  t  ^^^^  ^^^^^  j-^^.  ^1^[q[-^  J^jj^o; 
 put  in  the  se-  i      m  i   •         • 
 
 fond  place,  >/  Solomon     built     a     ship     111 
 
 Wg-Zi^, very uu-  /-i      •  /-(    -i  -7^\^    ,-, 
 
 usual.  (jrasion  (jrabcr  near  TLlath 
 
 +  Gr.  Up.       on  the  ^  shore  of  the  ^ex- 
 
 orfast'part'of  tvcmity  of  the  sea   in   the 
 
 the  sea  ,/  d.     l^^d  of  Edom.    ^^  And  Chi- 
 
 head  of  the  .        ,         ,  . 
 
 gulf.  ram   sent  in  the  ship  toge- 
 
 ther with  the  servants  of  Solomon  ser- 
 vants of  his  own,  mariners  to  row, 
 men  acquainted  with  tlie  sea.  ^''And 
 they  came  to  Sophira,  and  took 
 thence  a  hundred  and  twenty  talents 
 of  gold,  and  brought  them  to  king- 
 Solomon. 
 
 10.  And  the  queen  of  Saba  heard  of 
 the  name  of  Solomon,  and  the  name 
 of  the  Lord,  and  she  came  to  try  him 
 
 ^Or,  in  ecstasy. 
 
 with  riddles.  '^And  she  came  to  Jeru- 
 salem with  a  very  great  ^ train;  and 
 there  came  camels  bearing  +  Gr.  force. 
 spices,  and  very  much  gold,  and  pre- 
 cious stones:  and  she  came  in  to  Solo- 
 mon, and  told  him  all  that  was  in  her 
 lieart.  ^Aud  Solomon  ^answered  all 
 her  questions :  and  there  was  toher^^ter 
 not  one  question  overlooked  words, 
 by  the  king  which  he  did  not  answer 
 her.  ^  And  the  queen  of  Saba  saw  all 
 the  wisdom  of  Solomon,  and  the  house 
 which  he  built,  ^  and  the  provision 
 of  Solomon  and  the  sitting  of  his 
 attendants,  and  the  standing  of  his  ser- 
 vants, and  his  raiment,  and  his  cup- 
 bearers, and  his  whole-burnt-ojffering 
 which  he  offered  in  the  house  of  the 
 Lord,  and  she  was  ^utterly 
 amazed.  ^And  she  said  to 
 king  Solomon,  It  teas  a  tnie  report 
 which  I  heard  in  my  land  of  thy 
 ^  words  and  thy  wisdom.  +(?)•.  word. 
 ^  But  I  beheved  not  them  that  told  me, 
 until  I  came  and  my  eyes  saw:  and, 
 behold,  the  words  as  they  reported 
 them  to  me  are  not  the  half:  thou  hast 
 'exceeded  in  goodness  all  ^o^^'t^^^to 
 the  report  which  I  heard  in  them, 
 my  land.  ^Blessed  are  thy  women, 
 blessed  are  these  thy  servants  who 
 stand  before  tliee  continually,  who 
 hear  all  thy  wisdom.  '-"Blessed  be  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  who  has  taken  pleasure 
 in  thee,  to  set  thee  upon  the  throne  of 
 Israel,  because  the  Lord  loved  Israel 
 to  establish  kbn  for  ever;  and  he  has 
 made  thee  king  over  them,  to  execute 
 judgment  with  justice,  and  to  decide 
 their  causes.  '°And  she  gave  to  So- 
 lomon a  hundred  and  twenty  talents 
 of  gold,  and  very  many  spices,  and 
 'precious  stones :  there  had  tc,-. precious 
 not  come  any  other  spices  ^*°"''" 
 so  abundant  as  those  which  the  queen 
 of  Saba  gave  to  king  Solomon.  "And 
 the  ship  of  Chiram  which  brought  the 
 gold  from  Supliir,  brought  very  much 
 hewn  timber  and  precious  stones. 
 ''^And  the  king  made  the  hewn  timber 
 mfo   buttresses    of  the  house    of  the 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  13. 
 
 KINGS  III. 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  28. 
 
 Lord  and  the  king's  house,  and  lyres 
 and  harps  for  singers :  such  hewn  tim- 
 ber had  not  come  upon  the  earth,  nor 
 have  been  seen  anywhere  mitil  this 
 day.  '^Aiid  king  Solomon  gave  to 
 the  queen  of  Saba  all  that  she  de- 
 sired, whatsoever  she  asked,  besides 
 tofhisrovai  all  that  he  had  given  her 
 
 bounty,;^.  K.      t|jy   ^J^g  ]^^^^^    ^f   ]^ngi  g^. 
 
 lomon:  and  she  returned,  and  came 
 into  her  own  land,  she  and  her  ser- 
 vants. 
 
 '**  And  the  weight  of  gold  that  came 
 to  Solomon  in  one  year  was  six  hundred 
 and  sixty-six  talents  of  gold.  ''^Besides 
 the  tributes  of  them  that  were  subjects, 
 both  merchants  and  all  the  kings  of 
 the  country  beyond  the  river ^  and  of 
 
 t  Gr.  satraps,  the  ^  priuccs    of  the   land. 
 '*'  And   Solomon  made  three  hundred 
 
 +  Gr.  golden,    spcars    of    ''  bcatcu    gold  : 
 beaten.  three    hundred   shekels   of 
 
 T  Gr.  were  ,  - 
 
 upon.  gold  ^  went  to  one  spear. 
 
 '^And  three  hundred  ^  shields  of  beaten 
 t  Gr.  arms,  gold :  and  three  pounds  of 
 tG)-.  were  in.  gold  ^  wcut  to  ouc  shield: 
 and  the  king  put  them  in  the  house  of 
 the  forest  of  Lebanon.  '^And  the 
 king  made  a  great  ivory  throne,  and 
 gilt  it  with  pure  gold.  '^  The  throne 
 had  six  steps,  and  calves  in  bold  rehef 
 to  the  throne  behind  it,  and  side-pieces 
 on  either  hand  of  the  place  of  the  seat, 
 and  two  Hons  standing  by  the  side- 
 pieces,  ^'^and  twelve  hons  standing  there 
 on  the  six  steps  on  either  side :  it  was 
 notsodoneinany  oif/ier  kingdom.  ^'And 
 all  the  vessels  made  by  Solomon  xcere 
 of  gold,  and  the  lavers  were  golden, 
 and  all  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the 
 forest  of  Lebanon  were  of  ^  pure  gold ; 
 +  Gr.  or  gilt  there  was  no  silver,  for  it 
 ^shut^up  witii  was  not  accounted  of  in  the 
 &ow,'hut' shut  (Jays  of   Solomon.      ^^  For 
 
 up  gold' seems    ^,  J 
 
 frequently  boiomon      had     a      Sllip      01 
 
 used  both  in        rpi  •     •        i  .  -i       ■, 
 
 Heb.  and  .Gr.  J-  uarsis  in  thc  sea  With  the 
 s/e'ch^p.1i"2^o.'  ^^^^PS  of  Chiram:  one  ship 
 +  Gr.  turned.  Came  to  the  king  every 
 three  years  out  of  Tharsis,  laden  with 
 gold  and  silver,  and  ^  wi'ought  stones, 
 and  hewn  stones :  this  was  thc  arrange- 
 
 .3  7  7 
 
 ment  of  the  ^  provision  which  king  So- 
 lomon fetched  to  build  the  house  of 
 the    Lord,    and  the  house  I'^^IZ'.'^ 
 
 of  the    kino;,    and    the    wall    monly  means 
 J,    y  1  °'  -I     .i  •  'spoU'inthe 
 
 oi  Jerusalem,  and  the  cita-  o.t.  which  is 
 del ;  to  fortify  the  city  of  Da-  Ztr^^S 
 vid,  and  Assur,  and  Magdal,  ^^re. 
 and  Gazer,  and  Ba^thoron  the  upper,  and 
 Jethermath,  and  all  the  cities  of  the 
 chariots,  and  all  the  cities  of  the  horse- 
 men, and  the  fortification"^  of  +  Gr.  work. 
 Solomon  which  he  purposed  to  build  in 
 Jerusalem  and  in  all  the  land,  so  that 
 none  of  the  people  should  rule  over  him 
 that  was  left  of  the  Chettite  and  the  Amo- 
 rite,  and  the  Pherezite,  and  the  Chana- 
 nite,  and  the  Evite,  and  the  Jebusite, 
 and  the  Gergesite,  who  were  not  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  their  descendants 
 who  had  been  left  with  him  in  the 
 land,  whom  the  children  of  Israel 
 could  not  utterly  destroy;  and  Solo- 
 mon +  made  them  tributa-  themto'w'"^ 
 ries  until  this  day.  But  of  i^ute. 
 the  children  of  Israel  Solomon  made 
 nothing  for  they  were  the  warriors, 
 and  his  servants  and  riders,  and  cap- 
 tains of  the  tliird  order,  and  the  captains 
 of  his  chariots,  and  his  horsemen,  '^^And 
 Solomon  increased  beyond  all  the  kings 
 of  the  earth  in  wealth  and  wisdom. 
 
 '^^  And  all  the  kings  of  the  earth 
 sought  the  ^  presence  of  So-  +  Gr.  face, 
 lomon,  to  hear  his  wisdom  which  the 
 Lord  had^ut  into  his  heart.  ^^  And  they 
 brought  every  one  their  gifts,  vessels 
 of  gold,  and  raiment,  and  stacte,  and 
 spices,  and  horses,  and  mules,  a  rate 
 year  by  year.  "^^  And  Solomon  had 
 four  thousand  mares  for  liis  chariots, 
 and  twelve  thousand  horsemen:  and 
 he  put  them  in  the  cities  of  his  cha- 
 riots, and  with  the  king  in  Jerusalem : 
 and  he  ruled  over  all  the  kings  from 
 the  river  to  the  land  of  the  Philis- 
 tines, and  to  the  borders  of  Egypt. 
 ^^And  the  king  "^  made  gold  +  Gr.  gave, 
 and  silver  in  Jerusalem  as  stones,  and 
 he  made  cedars  as  the  sycamores  in 
 the  plain  for  multitude.  ^^  And  the 
 goings  forth  of   Solomon's  horsemen 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  29. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  21. 
 
 2vas  also  out  of  Egypt,  and  the  king's 
 merchants  tvere  of'  Thecue;  and  they 
 received  them  out  of  Thecue  at  a  price. 
 ^^  And  that  which  proceeded  out  of 
 Egypt  went  up  thus,  even  a  chariot  for 
 a  hundred  shekels  of  silver,  and  a  horse 
 for  fifty  shekels  of  silver:  and  thus  for 
 all  the  kings  of  the  Chettians,  and  the 
 kings  of  Syria,  they  came  out  by  sea. 
 
 1 1 ,  And  king  Solomon  was  a  lover 
 of  women.  ^  And  he  had  seven  hun- 
 dred wives,  princesses,  and  three  hun- 
 dred concubines.  ^  And  he  took 
 strange  women,  as  well  as  the  daughter 
 of  Pharao,  Moabitish,  Ammanitish 
 women,  Syrians  and  Idumeans,  Chet- 
 tites,  and  Amorites  ;  ^  of  the  nations 
 concerning  whom  the  Lord  forbade  the 
 children  of  Israel,  saying,  Ye  shall 
 not  go  in  to  them,  and  they  shall  not 
 come  in  to  you,  lest  they  turn  away 
 your  hearts  after  their  idols :  Solomon 
 clave  to  these  in  love.      ^And  it  came 
 
 +  Gr.  in  the       tO  paSS  '"'  wllCU  SolomOU  WaS 
 
 oidlge  o^f'so-  old,  that  his  heart  was  not 
 lomon.  perfect  with  the  Lord  his 
 
 God,  as  was  the  heart  of  David  his 
 father.  ^  And  the  strange  women 
 turned  away  his  heart  after  their  gods. 
 ^  Then  Solomon  built  a  high  place  to 
 Chamos  the  idol  of  ]\Ioab,  and  to  their 
 +  See  Heft.  king  the  *idol  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Amnion.  •''And  to  Astarte  the 
 abomination  of  the  Sidonians.  **And 
 thus  he  acted  towards  all  his  strange 
 Avives,  who  burnt  incense  and  sacrificed 
 to  their  idols.  ''And  Solomon  did  that 
 which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord : 
 lie  went  not  after  the  Lord,  as  David 
 his  father. 
 
 '■*And  the  Lord  was  angry  Avith  So- 
 lomon, because  he  turned  away  his 
 heart  from  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
 who  had  appeared  twice  to  him,  '"  and 
 charged  him  concerning  this  matter, 
 by  no  means  to  go  after  other  gods, 
 but  to  take  heed  to  do  Avhat  the  Lord 
 CSrod  commanded  him ;  neither  was  his 
 heart  perfect  with  the  Lord,  according 
 to  the  heart  of  David  his  father.   "And 
 
 the  Lord  said  to  Solomon,  Because  it 
 has  been  thus  with  thee,  and  thou  hast 
 not  kept  my  commandments  and  my 
 ordinances  which  I  commanded  thee,  I 
 will  surely  rend  thy  kingdom  out  of 
 thy  hand,  and  give  it  to  thy  servant. 
 '^  Only  in  thy  days  I  will  not  do  ^it  for 
 David  thy  father's  sake :  +  Gr.  them. 
 but  I  will  take  it  out  of  the  hand  of 
 thy  son.  '^  Only  I  will  not  take  aioay 
 the  whole  kingdom:  I  will  give  one 
 tribe  to  thy  son  for  David  my  servant's 
 sake,  and  for  the  sake  of  Jerusalem,  the 
 city  which  I  have  chosen. 
 
 '''And  the  Lord  raised  up  an  ^  enemy 
 to  Solomon,  Adar  the  Idu-  +  Gr.  o-arai/. 
 ma^an,  and  Esrom  son  of  Ehadae  who 
 dtoelt  in  Eaama,  and  Adadezer  king  of 
 Suba  his  master;  (and  men  gathered 
 to  him,  and  he  was  head  of  the  con- 
 spiracy, and  he  seized  on  Damasec,) 
 and  they  were  adversaries  to  Israel  all 
 the  days  of  Solomon:  and  Ader  the 
 Idumaean  was  of  the  seed  royal  in 
 Idumaea.  '^  And  it  happened,  that 
 while  David  was  utterly  destroying 
 Edom,  while  Joab  captain  of  the  host 
 was  going  to  bury  the  dead,  when  they 
 slew  every  male  in  Idvmiaaa;  ("*for 
 Joab  and  all  Israel  abode  there  six 
 months  in  Idumaa,  until  he  utterly 
 destroyed  every  male  in  Idunuea;) 
 '''  that  Ader  ran  away,  he  and  all  the 
 Iduma^ans  of  the  servants  of  his  father 
 with  him ;  and  they  went  into  Egypt ; 
 and  Ader  was  then  a  little  child.  '''And 
 there  rise  up  men  out  of  the  city  of 
 Madiam,  and  they  come  to  Pharan, 
 and  take  men  with  them,  and  come  to 
 Pharao  king  of  Egypt :  and  Ader  went 
 in  to  l^harao,  and  he  gave  him  a  house, 
 and  appointed  him  provision.  ''-'And 
 Ader  found  great  favour  in  the  sight 
 of  Pharao,  and  he  gave  him  his  wife's 
 sister  in  marriage,  the  elder  sister  of 
 Thekemina.  ^"And  the  sister  of  The- 
 kemina  bore  to  him,  even  to  Ader, 
 Gancbath  her  son;  and  Thekemina 
 brought  him  up  in  tlic  midst  of  the 
 sons  of  Pharao,  and  Ganebath  was  in 
 the  midst  of  the  sons  of  Pliarao.    '•^' And 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  22. 
 
 KINGS  III, 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  44. 
 
 Ader  heard  in  Egypt  that  David  slept 
 with  his  fathers,  and  that  Joab  the 
 captain  of  the  host  was  dead ;  and  Ader 
 said  to  Pharao,  Let  me  go,  and  I  will 
 return  to  my  country.  '•*^And  Pharao 
 il  St  t^ou""'  ^aid  to  Ader, '  What  lackest 
 wanting?  thou  witli  me?  that  lo ! 
 thou  seekest  to  depart  to  thy  cou.ntry  ? 
 and  Ader  said  to  him,  By  all  means 
 let  me  go.  So  Ader  returned  to  his 
 country;  this  is  the  mischief  which 
 Ader  did,  and  he  was  a  bitter  enemy 
 of  Israel,  and  he  reigned  in  the  land  of 
 Edom.  ^  ^^  And  Jeroboam  the  son  of 
 'Nabat,  the  Ephrathite  of  Sarira,  the 
 son  of  a  widow,  loas  servant  of  Solo- 
 mon. ^^And  this  ums  the  occasion  ''^of  his 
 +  Gr.  as  he  Hftiug  up  Ms  liands  against 
 lifteduphauds.  j^ij^g  Solomon:    now  king 
 
 Solomon  built  the  citadel,  he  com- 
 pleted the  fortification  of  the  city  of 
 David  his  father.  ^^And  the  man 
 Jeroboam  was  very  strong;  and  Solo- 
 mon saw  the  yoimg  man  that  he  was 
 
 +  Gr.  a  man  of  ^activc,  and  he  set  him  over 
 '^°''^-  the  levies  of  the  house  of 
 
 Joseph.  \  ^^And  it  came  to  pass  at  that 
 time,  that  Jeroboam  went  forth  from 
 Jerusalem,  and  Achia  the  Selonite  the 
 prophet  found  liim  in  the  way,  and 
 caused  him  to  turn  aside  out  of  the 
 way:  and  Achia  was  clad  with  a  new 
 
 +  Gr.  both.  garment,  and  they  '^  two 
 were  alone  in  the  field.  ^°  And  Achia 
 laid  hold  of  his  new  garment  that  was 
 upon  him,  and  tore  it  into  twelve 
 pieces:  ^^  and  he  said  to  Jeroboam, 
 Take  to  thyself  ten  pieces,  for  thus  says 
 the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Behold,  I  rend 
 the  kingdom  out  of  the  hand  of  Solo- 
 mon, and  will  give  thee  ten  ^  tribes. 
 
 tG?r.  sceptre?,  ^^  Yet  he  shall  have  two 
 tribes,  for  my  servant  Da- 
 vid's sake,  and  for  the  sake  of  Jerusa- 
 lem, the  city  which  I  have  chosen  out 
 of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel.  ^'^  Because 
 he  forsook  me,  and  sacrificed   to  As- 
 
 +  Of,  Moloch,  tarte  the    abomination    of 
 
 tof.provoca-  ^^^  Sidoniaus,  and  to  Cha- 
 tion.  mos,    and  to  the   idols   of 
 
 Moab,  and  to  ^  their  king  the  *  abomi- 
 
 3  7  !l 
 
 nation  of  the  children  of  Amnion,  and 
 he  walked  not  in  my  ways,  to  do  that 
 which  was  right  before  me,  as  David 
 his  father  did.  ^^  Howbeit  I  wiU  not 
 take  the  whole  kingdom  out  of  his 
 hand,  (for  I  will  certainly  resist  him 
 all  the  days  of  his  life,)  for  DavidJ^my 
 servant's  sake,  whom  I  have  chosen. 
 ^■^  But  I  will  take  the  kingdom  out  of 
 the  hand  of  his  son,  and  give  thee  ten 
 tribes.  ^^  But  to  his  son  I  will  give 
 the  two  remaining  tribes,  that  my  ser- 
 vant David  may  have  an  establishment 
 continually  beibre  me  in  Jerusalem, 
 the  city  which  I  have  chosen  for  my- 
 self to  put  my  name  there.  ^^  And  I 
 will  take  thee,  and  thou  among^^'"'' 
 shalt  reign  ^  as  thy  soul  de-  which,  &c. 
 sires,  and  thou  shalt  be  king  over  Israel. 
 ^'^And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  thou 
 wilt  keep  all  the  commandments  that 
 I  shall  give  thee,  and  wilt  walk  in  my 
 ways,  and  do  that  which  is  right  before 
 me,  to  keep  my  ordinances  and  my 
 commandments,  as  David  my  servant 
 did,  that  I  will  be  with  thee,  and  will 
 build  thee  a  sure  house,  as  I  built  to 
 David.  ^°And  Solomon  sought  to  slay 
 Jeroboam:  but  he  arose  and  fled  into 
 Egypt,  to  Susakim  king  of  Egypt,  and 
 he  was  in  Egypt  until  Solomon  died. 
 ^'And  the  rest  of  the  ^  his-  i  gv.  words, 
 tory  of  Solomon,  and  all  ^^'^''• 
 that  he  did,  and  all  his  wisdom,  be- 
 hold are  not  these  things  written  in 
 the  book  of  the  ^  Hfe  of  So-    ^  ?':•  ^°''?« 
 
 1  "^         49    A       1       1  1  or  things,  pr)- 
 
 iomon :  ^^  And  the  days  y-^rix,v. 
 during  which  Solomon  reigned  in  Je- 
 rusalem over  all  Israel  loere  forty  years. 
 *^And  Solomon  slept  with  his  fathers, 
 and  they  buried  him  in  the  city  of 
 David  his  father.  And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  Jeroboam  son  of  Nabat  heard  of 
 it,  even  while  he  was  yet  in  Egypt  as 
 he  fled  from  the  face  of  Solomon  and 
 dwelt  in  Egypt,  he  straightway  comes 
 into  his  own  city,  into  the  land  of 
 Sajiia-iji  the  mount  of  Ephraim.  ''''And 
 king  Solomon  slept  with  his  fathers, 
 and  Rhoboam  his  son  reigned  in  his 
 stead. 
 
Chap.  xii.  v.  1. 
 
 KINGS  III. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  24. 
 
 12.  And  king  Rlioboam  goes  to 
 Sikima;  for  all  Israel  were  coming  to 
 Sikima  to  make  kim  khi(/.  ^And  the 
 people  spoke  to  king  Khoboam,  saying, 
 Thy  lather  made  our  yoke  heavy ;  ■*  but 
 
 +  Gi-.  Ughten.  do  thou  now  ^  abate  some- 
 what of  the  hard  service  of  thy  father, 
 and  of  his  heavy  yoke  which  he  ^  put 
 
 +  Gr.  gave,  upon  US,  and  we  will  serve 
 thee.  ^And  he  said  to  them.  Depart 
 for  three  days,  and  return  to  me.  And 
 they  departed. 
 
 ^And  the  kino-  referred  the  matter 
 to  the  elders,  who  stood  before  Solo- 
 mon his  father  while  he  was  yet  Hving, 
 
 +  Gr.  and  J      savinff,  How  do  ye  advise 
 
 should  answer    +   r       "t      i         i  i  ,  i  • 
 
 a  word,  &c.  ^  that  1  shouid  answer  this 
 people?  ^And  they  spoke  to  him, 
 saying.  If  thou  wilt  this  day  be  a  ser- 
 vant to  this  people,  and  wilt  serve 
 them,  and  wilt  speak  to  them  good 
 words,  then  will  they  be  thy  servants 
 continually.  ®But  he  forsook  the 
 counsel  of  the  old  men  which  they 
 gave  him,  and  consulted  with  the 
 young  men  who  were  brought  up  with 
 him,  who  stood  in  his  presence.  ^And 
 he  said  to  them,  AVliat  counsel  do  ye 
 give?  And  what  shall  I  answer  to 
 this  people  who  speak  to  me,  saying. 
 Lighten  somewhat  of  the  yoke  which 
 thy  father  has  put  upon  us?  ^"^And 
 the  young  men  who  had  been  brought 
 up  with  him,  who  stood  before  his 
 face,  spoke  to  him,  saying.  Thus  shalt 
 thou  say  to  this  people  who  have 
 spoken  to  thee,  saying.  Thy  father 
 made  our  yoke  heavy,  and  do  thou 
 now  lighten  it  from  off  us :  thus  shalt 
 t  Gr.  uttieness.  tliou  Say  to  them,  My  ^  little 
 Jimjer  shall  he  thicker  than  my  father's 
 +  Gr.  now.  lolus.  ' '  And  ^  wlicrcas  my 
 father  did  lade  you  with  a  heavy  yoke, 
 I  also  will  add  to  your  yoke :  my 
 father  chastised  you  with  whips,  but  I 
 will  chastise  you  with  scorpions. 
 
 ^^And  all  Israel  came  to  king  Rlio- 
 boam on  the  third  day,  as  the  king 
 spoke  to  them,  saying,  Eeturn  to  me 
 on  the  third  day.  '-^And  the  king 
 answered  the  people  harshly ;  and  Rho- 
 
 boam  forsook  the  counsel  of  the  old 
 men  which  they  counselled  him.  '"And 
 he  spoke  to  them  according  to  the 
 counsel  of  the  young  men,  saying.  My 
 father  made  your  yoke  heavy,  and  I 
 will  add  to  your  yoke :  my  father 
 chastised  you  with  whips,  but  I  will 
 chastise  you  -with  scorpions.  ^'^And 
 the  king  hearkened  not  to  the  people, 
 because  the  change  was  from  the  Lord, 
 that  he  might  establish  his  word  which 
 he  spoke  ^  by  Achia  the  +  Gr.  by  the 
 Selonite  concerning  Jero-  *^^'^°^- 
 boam  the  son  of  Nabat.  '*^And  all 
 Israel  saw  that  the  king  did  not 
 hearken  to  them  :  and  the  people 
 answered  the  king,  saying,  AVliat  por- 
 tion have  we  in  David?  neither  have 
 we  any  inheritance  in  the  son  of 
 Jess^.  Depart,  0  Israel,  to  thy  tents: 
 now  feed  thine  own  house,  David.  So 
 Israel  departed  to  his  tents.  '^And 
 the  king  sent  Adoniram  who  was  over 
 the  tribute ;  and  they  stoned  t  Gr.  prevent- 
 him  with  stones,  and  he  ^^' 
 died :  and  king  Rhoboam  ^  made  haste 
 to  rise  to  flee  to  Jerusalem. 
 
 '^So    Israel   h'cbelled    against   the 
 
 house    of   David   until    this    tcr.  disowned 
 
 day.  20And  it  came  to  pass  «««^'«»'-«- 
 when  all  Israel  heard  that  Jeroboam  had 
 returned  out  of  Egypt,  that  they  sent 
 and  called  liim  to  the  assembly,  and 
 they  made  him  king  over  Israel:  and 
 none  followed  the  house  of  David  except 
 the  tribe  of  Juda  and  Benjamin  only. 
 
 ^'And  Rhoboam  went  into  Jerusa- 
 lem, and  he  assembled  the  congregation 
 of  Juda,  and  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  a 
 hundred  and  twenty  thousand  young 
 men,  warriors,  to  fight  against  the 
 house  of  Israel,  to  recover  the  king- 
 dom to  Rhoboam  the  son  of  Solomon, 
 ^^And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to 
 Samaia  the  man  of  God,  saying, 
 ^''  Speak  to  Rhoboam  the  son  of  Solo- 
 mon, kiiiLC  of  Juda,  and  to  all  the 
 house  of  Juda  and  Benjamin,  and  to 
 the  remnant  of  the  people,  saying, 
 ^■^  Thus  says  the  Lord,  Ye  shall  not 
 go    up,    neither   shall   ye   fight   with 
 
Chap.  xii. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xii. 
 
 your  brethren  the  sons  of  Israel:  re- 
 turn each  man  to  his  own  home;  for 
 this  thing  is  from  me ;  and  they  heark- 
 ened to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  and 
 they  ceased  from  going  up,  according 
 to  the  word  of  the  Lord.  *  So  king 
 Solomon  sleeps  with  his  fathers,  and 
 is  buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city 
 of  David ;  and  Rhoboam  his  son  reigned 
 in  his  stead  in  Jerusalem,  being  sixteen 
 tGr.  inhis  ycars  old^  when  he  began 
 reigningr.  1^^  reign,  and  he  reigned 
 twelve  years  in  Jerusalem:  and  his 
 mother's  name  was  Naanan,  daughter 
 of  Ana  son  of  Naas  king  of  the  child- 
 ren of  Ammon.  And  he  did  that 
 which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord,  and  walked  not  in  the  way  of 
 David  his  father.  And  there  was  a 
 ^  man  of  Mount  Ephraim,  a  servant  to 
 Solomon,  and  his  name  was  Jeroboam ; 
 ''  and  the  name  of  his  mother  was  Sa- 
 rira,  a  harlot;  and  Solomon  made  him 
 head  of  the  levies  of  the  house  of 
 Joseph:  and  he  built  for  Solomon 
 Sarira  in  Mount  Ephraim ;  and  he  had 
 three  hundred  chariots  of  horses,  he 
 built  the  citadel  with  the  levies  of  the 
 house  of  Ephraim ;  he  fortified  the 
 city  of  David,  and  aspired  to  the 
 kingdom..  And  Solom^on  sought  to 
 "  kill  him ;  and  he  fled  and  escaped  to 
 Susakim  king  of  Egypt,  and  was  with 
 him  until  Solomon  died.  And  Jero- 
 boam heard  in  Egypt '  that  Solomon 
 was  dead ;  and  he  spoke  in  the  ears  of 
 Susakim  king  of  Egypt,  saying,  Let 
 me  go,  and  I  wiU  depart  into  my 
 land;  and  Susakim  said  to  him.  Ask 
 any  request,  and  I  will  grant  it  thee. 
 And  Susakim  gave  to  Jeroboam  Ano 
 the  eldest  sister  of  Thekemina  his  wife, 
 to  be  his  wife:  she  was  great  among 
 the  daughters  of  the  king,  and  she 
 bore  to  Jeroboam  Abia  his  son:  and 
 Jeroboam  said  to  Susakim,  Let  me 
 indeed  go,  and  I  will  depart.  And 
 ^  Jeroboam  departed  out  of  Egypt,  and 
 came  into  the  land  of  Sarira  that  was 
 in  Moimt  Ephraim,  and  thither  the 
 whole   tribe    of    Ephraim    assembles, 
 
 and  Jeroboam  built  a  fortress  there. 
 And  his  yoimg  child  was  sick  with  a 
 very  severe  sickness;  and  Jeroboam 
 went  to  inquire  concerning  the  child : 
 and  he  said  to  Ano  his  wife.  Arise, 
 go,  inquire  of  God  concerning  the 
 child,  whether  he  shall  ^  re-  +  Gr.  uve. 
 cover  from  his  sickness.  Now  there 
 was  a  man  in  Selom,  and  his  name 
 was  Achia :  and  he  was  ^  sixty  years 
 old,  and  the  word  of  the  +  or.  a  son  of 
 Lord  M)a5  with  him.  And  ^^-^^y  y^^^s. 
 Jeroboam  said  to  his  wife.  Arise,  and 
 take  in  thine  hand  loaves  for  the  man 
 of  God,  and  cakes  for  his  children, 
 and  grapes,  and  a  pot  of  honey.  And 
 the  woman  arose,  and  took  in  her 
 hand  bread,  and  two  cakes,  and 
 grapes,  and  a  pot  of  honey  for  Achia : 
 and  the  man  was  old  and  his  ^  eyes 
 were  dim,  so  that  he  could  ^,^^JI^^^ 
 not  see.  And  she  arose  up  seeing, 
 from  Sarira  and  went,  and  it  came  to 
 pass  when  she  had  come  into  the  city 
 to  Achia  the  Selonite,  that  Achia  said 
 to  his  servant,  Go  out  now  to  meet 
 Ano  the  wife  of  Jeroboam,  and  thou 
 shalt  say  to  her.  Come  in,  and  stand 
 not  still:  for  thus  says  the  Lord,  I  send 
 grievous  tidings  to  thee.  And  Ano 
 went  in  to  the  man  of  God ;  and  Achia 
 said  to  her.  Why  hast  thou  brought 
 me  bread  and  grapes,  and  cakes,  and 
 a  pot  of  honey?  Thus_says  the  Lord, 
 Behold,  thou  shalt  depart  from  me, 
 and  it  shall  come  to  pass  when  thou 
 hast  entered  into  the  city,  even  into 
 Sarira,  that  thy  maidens  shall  come 
 out  to  meet  thee,  and  shall  say 
 to  thee.  The  child  is  dead:  for  thus 
 says  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  destroy 
 every  male  of  Jeroboam,  and  there 
 shall  be  the  dead  of  Jeroboam  in  the 
 city,  them  the  dogs  shall  eat,  and  him 
 that  has  died  in  the  field  shall  the 
 birds  of  the  air  eat,  and  '^he  +  see  Heb. 
 shall  lament  for  the  child,  saying, 
 Woe  is  me  Lord !  for  there  has  been 
 found  in  him  some  good  thing  touch- 
 ing the  Lord. 
 
 And  the  woman  departed,  when  she 
 
Chap.  xii. 
 
 KINGS  III. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  29. 
 
 heard  this:  and  it  came  to  pass  as  she 
 entered  into  Sarira,  that  the  child 
 died;  and  there  came  forth  a  waiHng 
 to  meet  her.  ''  And  Jeroboam  went  to 
 Sikima  in  Mount  Ephraim,  and  as- 
 sembled there  the  tribes  of  Israel ;  and 
 Rhoboam  the  son  of  Solomon  went  up 
 thither.  And  the  word  of  the  Lord 
 came  to  Samaias  son  of  Enlami,  saying, 
 Take  to  thyself  a  new  garment  wliich 
 has  not  gone  into  the  water,  and  rend 
 it  into  twelve  pieces;  and  thou  shalt 
 give  some  to  Jeroboam,  and  shalt 
 say  to  him,  Thus  says  the  Lord,  Take 
 to  thyself  ten  pieces  to  cover  thee :  and 
 Jeroboam  took  them :  and  Samaias 
 said,  Thvis  says  the  Lord  concerning 
 the  ten  tribes  of  Israel. 
 
 And  the  people  said  to  Rhoboam 
 the  son  of  Solomon,  thy  father  made 
 his  yoke  heavy  upon  us,  and  made  the 
 meat  of  his  table  heavy ;  and  now  thou 
 shalt  lighten  them  upon  us,  and  we 
 will  serve  thee.  And  Rhoboam  said 
 +Gr.  eViTptW  to  the  people,  ^Wait  three 
 w"'''a  or'  days,  and  I  will  retmm  you 
 Siao-maoH'.  an  auswcr :  and  Rhoboam 
 said.  Bring  in  to  me  the  elders,  and  I 
 will  take  counsel  with  them  ^what  I 
 +  Gr.  what  word,  shall  auswcr  to  the  people 
 on  the  third  day.  So  Rhoboam  spoke 
 in  their  ears,  as  the  people  sent  to  him 
 to  saij:  and  the  ciders  of  the  people 
 said,  Thus  the  people  have  spoken  to 
 +  Gr.  dispersed,  thcc.  And  Rlioboam  ^re- 
 jected their  counsel,  and  it  pleased 
 iiim  not :  and  he  sent  and  brought  in 
 those  who  had  been  brought  up  with 
 him;  and  he  said  to  them.  Thus  and 
 thus  has  the  people  sent  to  me  to  say : 
 and  they  that  had  been  brought  up 
 with  him  said.  Thus  shalt  thou  speak 
 to  the  people,  saying,  My  ^  YitiXc:  finrjer 
 +  Gf .  uttieness.  shall  bc  thicker  than  my 
 father's  loins ;  my  father  scoui'ged  you 
 with  whips,  but  1  will  rule  you  with 
 scorpions.  And  the  saying  pleased 
 Rhoboam,  and  he  answered  the  people 
 as  the  young  men,  they  that  were 
 brought  up  with  him,  counselled  him: 
 and  all  the  people  spoke  as  one  man. 
 
 every  one  to  his  neighbour,  and  they 
 cried  out  all  together,  saying.  We  have 
 no  part  in  David,  nor  inheritance  in 
 the  son  of  Jessae;  to  thy  tents,  O 
 Israel,  every  one,  for  tliis  man  is  not 
 for  a  prince  or  a  ruler  over  us.  And 
 all  the  people  was  dispersed  from 
 Sikima,  and  they  departed  every  one 
 to  his  tent:  and  Rhoboam  strength- 
 ened himself  and  departed,  andmounted 
 his  chariot,  and  entered  into  Jerusalem : 
 and  there  follow  him  the  whole  tribe 
 of  Juda,  and  the  whole  tribe  of  Ben- 
 jamin: and  it  came  to  pass  at  the 
 beginning  of  the  year,  that  Rhoboam 
 gathered  all  the  men  of  Juda  and 
 Benjamin,  and  went  up  to  fight  with 
 Jeroboam  at  Sikima.  And  the  word 
 of  the  Lord  came  to  Samseas  the  man 
 of  God,  saying.  Speak  to  Rhoboam 
 kino:  of  Juda,  and  to  all  the  house  oi" 
 Juda  and  Benjamin,  and  to  the  rem- 
 nant of  the  people,  saying,  Thus  says 
 the  Lord,  Ye  shall  not  go  up,  neither 
 shall  ye  fight  with  your  bretliren  the 
 sons  of  Israel :  return  every    ''  «'■•  '''•  ""* 
 
 .      ,  p  ,  .-z     to  go  up.     Qij. 
 
 man  to  his  house,  lor  this  May  not  the 
 tiling   is   from  me.  v-  And  derived  from 
 they  hearkened  to  the  word  u^^sej^jn  ii;^° 
 of  the  Lord,  and  forbore  sense? 
 ^to  go  up,  according  to  the  word  of 
 the  Lord. 
 
 2^ And  Jeroboam  built  Sikima  in 
 Mount  Ephraim  and  dwelt  in  it,  and 
 went  forth  thence  and  built  Phanuel. 
 ^•^  And  Jeroboam  said  in  his  heart,  Be- 
 hold, now  the  kingdom  will  return  to  the 
 house  of  David.  "■^^  If  this  people  shall 
 go  up  to  oiler  sacrifice  in  the  house  of 
 the  Lord  at  Jerusalem,  then  the  heart 
 of  the  people  will  return  to  the  Lord, 
 and  to  their  master,  to  Rhoboam  king 
 of  Juda,  and  they  will  slay  me.  ^*And 
 the  king  took  counsel,  and  went,  and 
 made  two  golden  heifers,  and  said  to 
 the  people.  Let  it  sufiice  you  ^  to  have 
 gone  hitherto  to  .Terusalem :  +  Or.  to  go. 
 behold  thy  gods,  0  Israel,  who  brought 
 thee  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 
 '■^^  And  he  put  one  in  +  or.  gave. 
 Bethel,  and  he  ^  put  the  other  in  Dan. 
 
Chap.  xii.  v.  30. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  17. 
 
 ^"And  this  thing  became  a  sin;  and 
 the  people  Avent  before  one  as  far  as 
 Dan,  and  left  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 ^'And  he  made  houses  on  the  high 
 places,  and  made  priests  of  *  any  part 
 +  Thomson,  of  the  pcoplc,  wlio  wcrc 
 not  of  the  sons  of  Levi.  ^^  And  Jero- 
 boam appointed  a  feast  in  the  eighth 
 month,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
 month,  according  to  the  feast  in  the 
 land  of  Juda;  ^^and  went  up  to  the 
 altar  which  he  made  in  Bjethel  to  sa- 
 crifice to  the  heifers  which  he  made, 
 and  he  placed  in  Bsethel  the  priests  of 
 the  high  places  which  he  had  made. 
 And  he  went  up  to  the  altar  which  he 
 had  made,  on  the  fifteenth  day  in  the 
 eighth  month,  at  the  feast  which  he 
 devised  out  of  his  own  heart,  and  he 
 made  a  feast  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  went  up  to  the  altar  to  sacrifice. 
 
 13.  And,  behold,  there  came  a  man 
 of  God  out  of  Juda  by  the  word 
 of  the  Lord  to  Btethel,  and  Jero- 
 boam stood  at  the  altar  to  sacrifice. 
 ^And  he  cried  against  the  altar  by  the 
 word  of  the  Lord,  and  said,  0  altar, 
 altar,  thus  says  the  Lord,  Behold,  a 
 son  is  to  be  born  to  the  house  of  David. 
 +  Gr.  josias     +Josias  by  name  ;   and  he 
 
 the  name  to  i     n        /v-"^  ,i  ,i 
 
 him.  shall    olier   upon  tliee  the 
 
 priests  of  the  high  places,  even  of  them 
 that  sacrifice  upon  thee,  and  he  shall 
 burn  men's  bones  upon  thee.  ^And 
 +  The/M<.  is     in  that  day  one  ^  shall  give 
 
 hardly  sense —  •  •  rr-'i  •       •      xi 
 
 vaunotcon-  a  Sign,  sayiug,  Ihis  IS  the 
 versive.^  word  which  the  Lord  has 
 means  bif^  spokcu,  Saying,  Bchold,  the 
 fat  and  ashes,  altar  is  rent,  and  the  ^  fat- 
 ness upon  it  shall  be  poured  out. 
 ^  And  it  came  to  pass  when  king  Jero- 
 boam heard  the  words  of  the  man  of 
 t  Gr.  the  God  ^  wlio  Called  on  the 
 probably  >v  as  ^Itar  that  was  in  Bethel, 
 he  called.'  that  the  king  stretched  forth 
 his  hand  from  the  altar,  saying,  Take 
 hold  of  him.  And,  behold,  his  hand, 
 Avhich  he  stretched  forth  against  him, 
 withered,  and  he  could  not  draw  it 
 back  to  himself     '^And  the  altar  was 
 
 rent,  and  the  fatness  was  poured  out 
 from  the  altar,  according  to  the  sign 
 which  the  man  of  God  gave  by  the 
 word  of  the  Lord.  ^And  king  Jero- 
 boam said  to  the  man  of  God,  In- 
 treat  *  the  Lord  thy  God,  +  Gr.  the  face 
 and  let  my  hand  '  be  re-  ^g,-.  return 
 stored  to  me.  And  the  tome 
 man  of  God  intreated  the  Lord,  and 
 ho  restored  the  king's  hand  to  him, 
 and  it  became  as  before.  ^And  the 
 king  said  to  the  man  of  God,  Enter 
 with  me  into  the  house,  and  dine,  and 
 I  will  give  thee  a  gift.  ^  And  the  man 
 of  God  said  to  the  king.  If  thou 
 shouldest  give  me  the  half  of  thine 
 house,  I  ^  would  not  go  in  t  <?,-.  wui 
 with  thee,  neither  will  I  eat  "°*" 
 bread,  neither  will  I  drink  water  in 
 this  place.  For  thus  the  Lord  charged 
 me  by  his  word,  saying,  ^  Eat  no  bread, 
 and  drink  no  water,  and  return  not  by 
 the  way  by  wliich  thou  camest.  '*^  So 
 he  departed  by  another  way,  and  re- 
 turned not  by  the  way  by  which  he 
 came  to  Bjethel. 
 
 ^'Aiid  there  dwelt  an  old  prophet 
 in  Ba^thel;  and  his  sons  came  and  told 
 him  all  the  works  that  the  man  of  God 
 did  on  that  day  in  Bsethel,  and  the 
 words  which  he  spoke  to  the  king  : 
 and  ^  they  turned  the  face    ^  wide  vana- 
 
 r.       T      •         f    1  1  ■>   A       1    "on  from  the 
 
 of  tlieir  tatlier.  '''And  Hebrew. 
 their  father  spoke  to  them,  saying, 
 AVliich  way  went  he?"  and  his  sons 
 show  him  the  way  by  which  the  man 
 of  God  who  came  out  of  Juda  went  up. 
 ^^And  he  said  to  his  sons.  Saddle  me 
 the  ass  :  and  they  saddled  him  the  ass, 
 and  he  mounted  it,  '■*  and  went  after 
 the  man  of  God,  and  found  him  sitting 
 under  an  oak:  and  he  said  to  him, 
 Art  thou  the  man  of  God  that 
 came  out  of  Juda?  And  he  said  to 
 him,  I  am.  ^^And  he  said  to  him, 
 Come  with  me,  and  cat  bread.  '''And 
 he  said,  I  shall  not  by  any  means  be 
 able  to  return  with  thee,  neither  will 
 I  eat  bread,  neither  will  I  drink  water 
 in  this  place.  '^  For  thus  the  Lord 
 commanded  me  by  word,  saying,  Eat 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  18. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  25. 
 
 not  bread  there,  and  drink  not  water, 
 and  return  not  thither  by  the  way 
 by  which  thou  earnest.  *^  And  he 
 said  to  him,  I  also  am  a  prophet  as 
 tkou  art ;  and  an  angel  spoke  to  me 
 by  the  word  of  the  Lord,  saying. 
 Bring  him  back  to  thee  into  thy 
 house,  and  let  him  eat  bread  and 
 drink  water :  but  he  lied  to  him. 
 '^And  he  brought  him  back,  and  he 
 ate  bread  and  drank  water  in  his 
 house.  ^°And  it  came  to  pass  while 
 they  were  sitting  at  the  table,  that 
 the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  the  pro- 
 phet that  brought  him  back.  ^'And 
 he  spoke  to  the  man  of  God  that 
 came  out  of  Juda,  saying.  Thus  says 
 the  Lord,  Because  thou  hast  ''^resis- 
 t  Gr.  Tapeni-  tcd  tlic  word  of  thc  Lord, 
 bwere-u'this  and  hast  not  kept  the  com- 
 ^ordusedaiso  j^nandmeut  which  the  Lord 
 against.'  thy  God  Commanded  thee, 
 
 ^^  but  hast  returned,  and  eaten  bread 
 and  drunk  water  in  the  place  of  which 
 he  spoke  to  thee,  saying.  Thou  shalt 
 not  eat  bread,  and  shalt  not  drink 
 water,  therefore  thy  body  shall  in  no- 
 wise enter  into  the  sepulchre  of  thy 
 fathers.  ^^And  it  came  to  pass  after 
 he  had  eaten  bread  and  drunk  water, 
 that  he  saddled  the  ass  for  him,  and  he 
 turned  and  departed.  ^''And  a  lion 
 found  him  in  the  way,  and  slew  him ; 
 and  his  body  was  cast  out  in  the  way, 
 and  the  ass  was  standing  by  it,  and 
 the  lion  also  was  standing  by  the  body. 
 ^^And,  behold,  men  were  passing  by, 
 and  saw  the  carcase  cast  in  the  way, 
 and  the  lion  was  standing  near  the 
 carcase:  and  they  went  in  and  spoke 
 of  it  in  the  city  where  the  old  pro- 
 phet dwelt.  ^""And  the  j^rophct  that 
 turned  him  back  out  of  the  way  heard, 
 and  said.  This  is  the  man  of  God  who 
 rebelled  against  the  word  of  the  Lord.^ 
 +  see.4/)/«w/(>.  '■^^And  he  went  and  found 
 the  body  cast  in  the  way,  and  the  ass 
 and  the  lion  were  standing  by  the 
 body:  and  the  lion  had  not  devoured 
 the  body  of  the  man  of  God,  and  had 
 not  torn  the  ass.     '^^And  the  prophet 
 
 took  up  the  body  of  the  man  of  God, 
 and  laid  it  on  his  ass;  and  the  prophet 
 brought  him  back  to  his  city,  to  bury 
 him  in  his  own  tomb,  ^°  and  they  be- 
 wailed him,  saying,  Alas,  brother. 
 ^'And  it  came  to  pass  after  he  had 
 lamented  him,  that  he  spoke  to  his 
 sons,  saying,  ^  Wlienever  1  +  Gr.  if  i  die. 
 die,  bury  me  in  this  tomb  wherein  the 
 man  of  God  is  buried;  lay  me  by  his 
 bones,  that  my  bones  may  be  preserved 
 with  his  bones.  ^^For  the  word  will 
 surely  come  to  pass  which  he  spoke  by 
 the  word  of  the  Lord  against  the  altar 
 in  Bocthel,  and  against  the  high  houses 
 in  Samaria. 
 
 ^^And  after  ^this  Jeroboam  turned 
 not  from   his  sin,    but   he    t  or.  this 
 turned    and  made   of  part  ^°'"'^' 
 of  the  people  priests  of  the  liigh  jilaces: 
 whoever  would,  he  consecrated  him, 
 and  he  became  a  priest  for  the  high 
 places.     ^'*  And  this  ^  thing    +  Cr.  word, 
 became  sin  to  the  house  of  Jeroboam, 
 even  to  its  destruction  and  its  removal 
 from  the  face  of  the  earth. 
 
 14.+  21  And  Ehoboam  son    +  The  first  20 
 
 V6rs6s  of  tnis 
 
 of  Solomon  ruled  over  Juda.  chapter  are 
 
 TJ1      1  +  r-      ,  1    supplied  bv  the 
 
 Klioboam'  was  lorty  and  ALex.  scc'App. 
 one  years  old  when  he  be-  +  Gr.  a  son  of 
 gan  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  rei^thi^."^  '"^ 
 seventeen  years  in  the  city  Jerusalem, 
 wliich  the  Lord  chose  to  put  his  name 
 there  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel: 
 and  his  mother's  name  teas  Naama  the 
 Ammonitess.  ^■^  And  lihoboam  did 
 evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord;  and  he 
 provoked  him  in  all  the  things  Avliich 
 their  fathers  did  in  their  sins  which 
 tliey  sinned.  ^^And  they  built  for 
 themselves  high  places,  and  pillars, 
 and  planted  groves  on  every  high  bill, 
 and  under  every  shady  tree.  2'' And 
 there  was  ^  a  conspiracy  in  J!  ^^"J'^'^'y  , 
 
 ,        ,        1  ,     ,         ^T  1   +  thcLXX.  read 
 
 the  land,  and  they  did    ac-  -y^p  conspi- 
 cording  to  all  the  abomina-  racy,  for  uJii? 
 tions  of  the  nations  which    +  or.  of. 
 the   Lord   removed    +  from  the  face  of! 
 before  the  children  of  Israel.     ^'^And 
 it    came    to    pass    in    the   fifth    year 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  26. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  18. 
 
 ^  of    the    reign  of    Rlioboam,    Susa- 
 
 bLmrdgn-°"     ^"^  ^^^S  ^^  ^S^P*  ^^"^^  "P 
 
 ™ff-  against    Jerusalem  ;    ^^  and 
 
 took  all  the  treasures  of  the  house 
 of  the  Lord,  and  the  treasures  of 
 the  king's  house,  and  the  golden 
 spears  which  David  took  out  of  the 
 hand  of  the  sons  of  Adrazaar  king  of 
 Suba,  and  brought  them  into  Jerusa- 
 lem, even  all  that  he  took,  arid  the 
 \  w  ■  !f"- '■     golden  "  shields  which  Solo- 
 
 t  Words  m         o 
 
 brackets  not  mon  had  made,  [  and  car- 
 Aiex.  '  ried  them  aAvay  into  Egypt.] 
 
 ^^And  king  Rhoboam  made  brazen 
 shields  instead  of  them ;  and  the  chiefs 
 
 tGr.  runners    0^    ^ho    bodj     guard,-^    Avho 
 
 by  the  side  of.  J^ept  the  gate  of  the  house 
 of  the  king  were  placed  in  charge 
 over  them.  '^^  And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  the  king  went  into  the 
 house  of  the  Lord,  that  the  body 
 guard  took  them  up,  and  fixed 
 them  in  the  chamber  of  the  body 
 guard.     ^^And  the  rest  of  the  ^his- 
 
 +  6c.  words,  tory  of  Rhoboam,  and  all 
 that  he  did,  behold,  are  they  not  writ- 
 ten  in    the   book    of    the   chronicles 
 
 ^Gr.  to  or  ^  o^  ^'^^  kiugs  of  Juda? 
 for.  30  p^^^  there  was  war    be- 
 
 tween Rhoboam  and  Jeroboam  con- 
 tinually.    ^'And  Rhoboam  slept  with 
 
 t  Gr.  is.  liis  fathers,  and  ^  was  buried 
 with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  David : 
 and  Abiu  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 
 15.  And  in  the  eighteenth  year  of 
 the  reign  of  Jeroboam  son  of  Nabat, 
 Abiu  son  of  Rhoboam  reigns  over 
 Juda.  ^And  he  reigned  Hhree  years 
 over  Jerusalem:  and  his 
 mother's  name  teas  Maacha, 
 of  Abessalom.  ^And  he 
 walked  in  the  sins  of  liis  father  which 
 t  i.e.  in  his  pre-  lic  wrought  ^  bcforc  him, 
 uotl7anC'^  and  his  heart  was  not  per- 
 +  Gr.  oTi,  the  feet  with  the  Lord  his  God, 
 co^espomis''  as  lous  the  heart  of  his  fa- 
 to  that  of  yip  thcr  David.  ^  ^  Howbeit 
 for  David's  sake  the  Lord 
 gave  him  a  remnant,  that 
 he  might  establish  his   children  after 
 
 ^  Alex.  16 
 yesirs. 
 
 daughter 
 
 sometimes,  or 
 netnpe  in 
 Latin. 
 
 him,  and    might  establish  Jerusalem. 
 •''  Forasmuch  as  David  did  that  which 
 was  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord :  he 
 turned  not  from  *  anything    ^  Gr.  au. 
 that  he  commanded  him  all  the  days  of 
 his  Hfe.     ^And  the  rest  of  the  ^his- 
 tory of  Abiu,  and  all  that    +Gr.  worjis. 
 he  did,  behold,  are  not  these  written  in 
 the   book  of  Uhe  chroni-  Jo^^go^the 
 cles  of  the  kings  of  Juda?  days. 
 And  there  was  war  between  Abiu  and 
 Jeroboam.     ^And  Abiu  slept  with  his 
 fathers   in  the  twenty-fourth  year  of 
 Jeroboam;  and  he  is  buried  with  his 
 fathers  in  the  city  of  David :  and  Asa 
 his  son  reigns  in  his  stead. 
 
 ^  ^  In  the  four  and  twentieth  year 
 of  Jeroboam  king  of  Israel,    .\^**-  ^V^ 
 
 .  .  o  .  '    Alex.  In  the 
 
 Asa   begins    to    reign    over   twentlethyear. 
 
 Juda.  '"And  he  reigned  forty-one 
 ^ years  in  Jerusalem:  and  +Gr. year, 
 his  mother's  name  was  Ana,  ^«*''«'*'»- 
 daughter  of  Abessalom.  "And  Asa 
 did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight 
 of  the  Lord,  as  David  his  father. 
 '^And  he  removed  the  ^  so-  t  or.  TcXera?, 
 domites  out  of  the  land,  fvaSn'" 
 and  abolished  all  the  prac-  ^^^'^y  ^^: 
 
 1  •   1     I  •     r'    ^  +1      1    coiuiten  for 
 
 tices  which  his  lathers    had  from  the  Heb. 
 kept    up.      '^And    he    re-  D'«JTi?n 
 moved    Ana    his     mother    +  Gr.  did,  or 
 from    being   queen,    foras-  "^°"^^*- 
 much   as   she  ^  gathered  a    ^  ^'''  "^^^^' 
 meeting   in  her  grove  :^  and  Asa  cut 
 down   her   retreats,    and   burnt  them 
 with  fire  ^  by  the  brook  of   +  gv.  in  the. 
 Kedron.  '*But  he  removed  not  the  high 
 places;  nevertheless  the  heart  of  Asa 
 was  perfect  with  the  Lord  all  his  days. 
 '•'And  he  brought  in  the  pillars  of  his 
 father,   he  even  brought  in  his  gold 
 and  silver  pillars  into  the  house  of  the 
 Lord,  and  his  vessels.      '^And  there 
 was  war  between  Asa  and  Baasa  king 
 of  Israel  all  their  days.     '^And  Baasa 
 king  of  Israel  went  up  against  Juda, 
 and  built  Rama,  so  that  no  one  should 
 go  out  or  come  in  for  Asa  king   of 
 Juda.     '^And  Asa  took  all  the  silver 
 and  the  gold  that  was  found  in  the 
 treasures  of  the  house  of  the   Lord, 
 26 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  19. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  4. 
 
 and  in  the  treasures  of  the  king's 
 house,  and  gave  them  into  the  hands 
 of  his  servants;  and  king  Asa  sent 
 them  out  to  the  son  of  Ader,  the  son 
 of  Taberema  son  of  Azin  king  of  Syria, 
 who  dwelt  in  Damascus,  saying,  ^'^  Make 
 a  covenant  between  me  and  thee,  and 
 between  the  house  of  my  father  and 
 thy  father :  lo !  I  have  sent  forth  to 
 thee  gold  and  silver  _/br  gifts:  come, 
 break  thy  league  with  Baasa  king  of 
 
 t  Gr.  and  he  Isracl,  ^  that  lie  may  go  up 
 shall.  imm  me.      ^°And  the  son 
 
 of  Ader  hearkened  to  king  Asa,  and 
 sent  the  chiefs  of  his  forces  to  the 
 cities  of  Israel;  and  they  smote  Ain, 
 Dan,  and  Abel  of  the  house  of  ]\Iaacha, 
 and  all  Chennereth,  as  far  as  the  whole 
 land  of  Nephthali.  ^^  And  it  came 
 to  pass  when  Baasa  heard  it,  that  he 
 left  off  building  Rama,  and  returned 
 to  Thersa.     ^^And  king  Asa  charged 
 
 t  Gr.  eJs  era-  all   Juda   '"'  without  excep- 
 
 L,  a  corrup-    ^^^^  .    ^^  J  ^|^^,      ^^-^^^  ^|^p 
 
 in  of  V3  Vf'        .  n     T>  T       • 
 
 stones    of    Rama    and    its 
 
 Klfl. 
 
 tion  ot  ij}2  r 
 '  none  was 
 
 free.'  timbers  loith  which   Baasa 
 
 was  building ;  and  king  Asa  built  with 
 t  Heb.  Geba  them  upou  the  ^  whole  hill 
 and  Mizpeh.  of  Benjamin,  and  the  watch- 
 tower.  ^^And  the  rest  of  the  history 
 probably  a'^     of  Asa,  and  all  his  ^mighty 
 
 grammatical      dccds     which     llC    WroUgllt, 
 
 +  Gr.  miffht.  and  thc  cities  which  he 
 built,  behold,  arc  not  these  written  in 
 thc   book  of  the   chronicles  ^  of  the 
 
 +  Gr.  for.  kings  of  Juda?  Neverthe- 
 less in  the  time  of  his  old  asfe  he  was 
 
 •  •  •  ^ 
 
 diseased  in  his  feet.     ^*And  Asa  slept 
 t  Gr.  is.  with  his  fathers,  and  ^  was 
 
 buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of 
 David  his  father :  and  Josaphat  his  son 
 reigns  in  his  stead. 
 
 ^■^  And  Nabat  son  of  Jeroboam  reigns 
 over  Israel  in  the  second  year  of  Asa 
 king  of  Juda,  and  he  reigned  two 
 years  in  Israel.  ^"And  he  did  that 
 which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  thc 
 Lord,  and  walked  in  the  way  of  his 
 father,  and  in  his  sins  wherein  he 
 caused  Israel  to  sin.  ^^And  Baasa 
 son  of  Achia,  tvho  loas  over  the  house 
 
 38fi 
 
 of  Belaan  son  of  Achia,  conspired 
 against  him,  and  smote  ^  liim  in  Gaba- 
 tlion  of  the  Philistines ;  for  +  5. rf.  stabbed 
 Nabat  and  all  Israel  were  *""• 
 besieging  Gabathon.  ^^And  Baasa 
 slew  him  in  tlie  third  year  of  Asa  son 
 of  Asa  Idng  of  Juda;  and  reigned  in 
 his  stead.  ^'-^  And  it  came  to  pass  when 
 he  reigned,  that  he  smote  the  whole 
 house  of  Jeroboam,  and  left  ^  none 
 that  breathed  of  fleroboam,  +G)-.  no  breath, 
 until  he  had  destroyed  him  utterly, 
 according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord 
 which  he  spoke  ^  by  his  t  Gr.  by  the 
 servant  Achia  the  Selonite.  ^en^nt.*^' 
 
 30 1  Pqj,  ^^^  g- j^g  q£  Jeroboam,     +  For  a  simUar 
 
 who  led  Israel  into  sin,  even  "epi.^Compie 
 by  his  provocation  where-  Jerem.  7-22. 
 with  he  provoked  the  Lord  God  of 
 Israel.  ^*  And  the  rest  of  the  history 
 of  Nabat,  and  all  that  he  did,  behold, 
 are  not  these  written  in  the  book  of 
 the  chronicles  ^  of  the  kings  ^  ^''-  ^°^- 
 of  Israel?  p^'''And  there  from"!?^. 
 was  war  between  Asa  and  Baasa  king 
 of  Israel  all  their  days.]  "^^Andjin 
 the  third  year  of  Asa  king  of  Juda, 
 Baasa  the  son  of  Achia  begins  to  reign 
 over  Israel  in  Thersa,  twenty  and  four 
 years.  ^''And  he  did  that  which  was 
 evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and 
 walked  in  the  way  of  Jeroboam  the 
 son  of  Nabat,  and  in  his  sins,  as  he 
 caused  Israel  to  sin. 
 
 16.  And  the  word  of  the  Lord 
 came  by  the  hand  of  Ju  son  of  Anani 
 to  Baasa,  sayhyj.,  ^Forasmuch  as  I  Hfted 
 thee  up  from  the  earth,  and  made  thee 
 ruler  over  my  people  Israel;  and 
 thou  hast  walked  in  the  way  of  Jero- 
 boam, and  hast  caused  my  people 
 Israel  to  sin,  to  provoke  me  with  their 
 vanities;  ^Behold,  I  ^ raise  ^or.i^eyiip,^. 
 up  enemies  after  Baasa,  and  confomuicd'* 
 after  his  house;  and  I  Avill  ^t^  nsa 
 ^  make  thy  house  as  the  ^  ^r.  give, 
 house  of  Jeroboam  son  of  Nabat. 
 *  Ilim  that  ^dies  of  Baasa  tcrhasdied. 
 in  the  city  the  dogs  shall  devour,  and 
 him  that  dies  of  his  in  the  field  the 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  5. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  28. 
 
 birds  of  tlie  sky  shall  devour.  ''  Now 
 the  rest  of  the  history  of  Baasa,  and 
 all  that  he  did,  and  his  mighty  acts, 
 behold,  are  not  these  written  in  the 
 book  of  tlie  chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
 Israel?  '"'And  Baasa  slept  with  his 
 +  Gr.  he  is  fathers,  and  ^  they  bury  him 
 buried.  -^^  Tliersa;  and  Ela  his  son 
 
 reigns  in  liis  stead.  ^And  the  Lord 
 +  G)-.  the  hand  spoke  by  ^  Ju  the  son  of 
 °^"'"'  Anani  against  Baasa,   and 
 
 against  his  house,  even  all  the  evil 
 which  he  wrought  before  the  Lord  to 
 provoke  him  to  anger  by  the  works  of 
 his  hands,  in  being  Hke  the  house  of 
 Jeroboam;  and  because  he  smote  him. 
 All'^t^  '\And  Ela  son  of  Baasa 
 26th  year  of    rcigncd    ovcr    Isracl    two 
 
 Asa    king   of  •         Tn  q   a       i 
 
 juda,  Ela,' &c.  ycars  m  ihersa.  ^And 
 Zambri,  captain  of  half  his  cavalry, 
 conspired  against  him,  while  he  was  in 
 Thersa,  drinking  himself  drunk  in  the 
 house  of  Osa  the  steward  at  Thersa. 
 ''^And  Zambri  went  in  and  smote 
 Aiel^ bisert^  him  and  slew  him,  ^and 
 '  in  the  27th      reigucd  in  Ms  stead.    '  'And 
 
 year  of  Asa        •      ^  ,  it 
 
 king  of  Juda.'  it  came  to  pass  when  he 
 reigned,  when  he  sat  upon  his  throne, 
 '^  that  he  smote  all  the  house  of  Baasa, 
 according  to  the  word  wliich  the  Lord 
 spoke  against  the  house  of  Baasa,  and 
 to  Ju  the  prophet,  '^for  all  the  sins 
 of  Baasa  and  Ela  his  son,  as  he  led 
 Israel  astray  to  sin,  to  provoke  the 
 Lord  God  of  Israel  with  their  vanities. 
 
 +  Gr.  words.  '''And  tlic  rcst  of  the  *  deeds 
 mngfor  ^°'  of  Ela  which  he  did,  behold, 
 deeds  are  not  these  written  in  the 
 
 book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
 Israel?  '^  And  Zambri  reigned  in 
 Thersa  seven  days:  and  the  army  of 
 Israel  ivas  encamped  against  Gaba- 
 thon  of  the  Philistines.     '^And   the 
 
 +  Or,  camp,  people  heard  in  the  ^  army, 
 saying,  Zambri  has  conspired  and 
 smitten  the  king:  and  the  people  of 
 t  Gr.  in  Israel.  ^  Israel  made  Ambri  the 
 captain  of  the  host  king  in  that  day  in 
 the  camp  over  Israel.  '^And  Ambri 
 went  up,  and  all  Israel  with  him,  out 
 of     Gabathon ;     and     they    besieged 
 
 Thersa.  '^And  it  came  to  pass  when 
 Zambri  saw  that  his  city  was  ^  taken, 
 that  he  goes  into  the  ^  inner  ■.f'^'j^'^f  ^i 
 chamber  of  the  house  of  the  KaraXa^'pdvu 
 
 1  •  n    1  .    ,  1        1  •        ,      seems  often  to 
 
 king,  and  burnt  the  kings  mean 'to  take- 
 house  over  him,  and  died,  ^'""'''y- 
 
 in  ij  OT  •        •  1  •    1        tGc.  the  cave 
 
 ■^iiecause  ot  nis  sms  which  of  the  house, 
 he  committed,  doing  that  which  was 
 evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  so  as  to 
 walk  in  the  way  of  Jeroboam  the  son 
 of  Nabat,  and  in  his  sins  wherein  he 
 caused  Israel  to  sin.  ^^And  the  rest 
 of  the  history  of  Zambri,  and  his  con- 
 spiracies wherein  he  conspired,  behold, 
 are  not  these  written  in  the  book  of 
 the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 
 ^' Then  the  people  of  Israel  divides; 
 half  the  people  goes  after  Thamni  the 
 son  of  Gonath  to  make  liim  king ;  and 
 half    the    people    goes    after   Ambri. 
 
 ^^  The      people      that      ^  fol-    +Gr.wasafter. 
 
 lowed  Ambri  overpowered  the  people 
 that  followed  Thamni  son  of  Gonath : 
 and  Thamni  died  and  Joram  his  bro- 
 ther at  that  time,  and  Ambri  reigned 
 after  Thamni. 
 
 ^^  In  the  thirty-first  year  of  king 
 Asa,  Ambri  ^  begins  to  +  Gr.  reigns, 
 reign  over  Israel  twelve  years :  he 
 reigns  six  years  in  Thersa.  ^''And 
 Ambri  bought  the  Mount  Semeron 
 of  Semer  the  lord  of  the  mountain 
 for  two  talents  of  silver;  and  he  built 
 upon  the  mountain,  and  they  called 
 the  name  of  the  moimtain  on  wliich 
 he  built,  after  the  name  of  Semer  the 
 lord  of  the  mount,  Semeron.  ^^And 
 Ambri  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
 sight  of  the  Lord,  and  wrought  wick- 
 edly beyond  all  that  were  before  him. 
 ^^And  he  walked  in  all  the  way  of 
 Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat,  and  in 
 his  sins  wherewith  he  caused  Israel  to 
 sin,  to  provoke  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
 by  their  vanities.  ^^And  the  rest  of 
 the  acts  of  Ambri,  and  all  that  he  did, 
 and  all  his  might,  behold,  are  not 
 these  things  written  in  the  book  of 
 the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 
 "^^And  Ambri  slept  with  his  fathers, 
 and  is  buried  in  Samaria ;  and  Achaab 
 
Chap.  xvi. 
 
 KINGS    III. 
 
 Cnxr.  XVII.  v.  10. 
 
 his  son  reigns  in  liis  stead.     And  in 
 +  word  eVei  in  tlic  elevcntli  year  *  of  Ambri 
 
 Gr.reduiKlant.    J^gapliat    thc     SOn     of    Asa 
 
 reigns,  being  thirty-five  years  old  'in 
 +  Gr.  in  his  the  beginning  of  liis  reign, 
 kingdom.  ^^^  i^g  reigned  twenty-live 
 years  in  Jerusalem:  and  his  mother's 
 name  was  Gaznba,  daughter  of  SeH. 
 And  he  walked  in  the  way  of  Asa 
 his  father,  and  turned  not  from  it, 
 even  from  doing  right  in  the  eyes  of 
 the  Lord :  only  they  removed  not  a7ii/ 
 of  the  high  places ;  they  sacrificed  and 
 burnt  incense  on  the  high  places.  Now 
 the  engagements  which  Josaphat  made 
 with  the  king  of  Israel,  and  all  his 
 +  Gr.  might.  ^  jniglity  dccds  which  he 
 performed,  and  the  enemies  whom  he 
 fought  against,  behold,  are  not  these 
 written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles 
 of  the  kings  of  Juda?  and  the  remains 
 i  Thomson       of  the  prostitution^  which 
 
 SeelKuigs22.  J^     .       ,     . 
 
 46..50.E.V.  they  practised  in  the  days 
 of  Asa  his  father  he  removed  out  of 
 the  land:  and  there  was  no  king  in 
 tNa(Tt/3.  1S3  Syria,  but  ^  a  deTpnt J.  And 
 praefectus.  Icing  Josapliat  made  a  ship 
 t  Gr.  or  for.  +  at  Tharsis  to  go  to  Sophir 
 for  gold ;  but  it  went  not,  for  the  shij^ 
 was  broken  at  Gasion  Gaber.  Then 
 the  king  of  Israel  said  to  Josaphat, 
 t  Or,  let  me.  ^  I  will  Send  forth  thy  ser- 
 vants and  my  servants  in  the  ship: 
 but  Josaphat  would  not.  And  Josa- 
 phat slept  with  his  fathers,  and  is 
 buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of 
 David:  and  Joram  his  son  reigned  in 
 his  stead.  ^'-^  In  the  second  year  of 
 Josaphat  king  of  Juda,  Achaab  son  of 
 Ambri  reigned  over  Israel  in  Samaria 
 twenty-two  years.  ^^  And  Achaab  did 
 that  which  was  evil  in  the  siglit  of  the 
 Lord,  and  did  more  wickedly  than  all 
 that  were  before  him.  ^'And  it  was 
 not  enough  for  him  to  walk  in  thc 
 sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat, 
 but  he  took  to  wife  Jezabcl  the 
 daughter  of  Jethebaal  king  of  the 
 Sidonians;  and  he  went  and  served 
 Baal,  and  worshipped  him.  "''^And 
 he  set  up  an  altar  to  Baal  in  the  house 
 
 of  ^  his  abominations,  which  he  built  in 
 Samaria.  ^^  And  Achaab  t  or,  provo- 
 made  a  grove ;  and  Achaab  '^**^°'^*'  *'*^- 
 did  yet  more  abominably,  to  provoke 
 the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  and  to  sin  against 
 his  o'wn  life  so  that  he  should  be  de- 
 stroyed: he  did  evil  above  all  the 
 kings  of  Israel  that  were  before  him. 
 
 ^''  And  in  his  days  Achiel  the  Baith- 
 elite  built  Jericho:  he  laid  the  foun- 
 dation of  it  in  Abiron  his  first-born, 
 and  he  set  up  the  doors  of  it  in  Segub 
 his  younger  son,  according  to  the  word 
 of  the  Lord  which  he  spoke  by  Joshua 
 the  son  of  Naue. 
 
 17.  And  Eliu  the  prophet,  the 
 Thesbite  of  Thesboa  of  Galaad  said  to 
 Achaab,  As  the  Lord  God  of  Hosts, 
 the  God  of  Israel  lives,  before  whom 
 I  stand,  ^  there  shall  not  be    +Gi'.  if  there 
 
 ,-[  1  •         shall  be,  &c. 
 
 these   years  dew  nor  rain,    ^ 
 
 /■,        ,  1       +  -\      r-  ^  ^'■-  mouth 
 
 except  by  the  ^word  oi  my  of  my  word, 
 mouth.  ^And  the  word  of  the  Lord 
 came  to  Eliu,  saying,  ^  Depart  hence 
 eastward,  and  hide  thee  ^  by  +  Gr.  in. 
 the  brook  of  Chorrath,  that  is  before 
 Jordan.  ^And  it  shall  be  that  thou 
 shalt  drink  water  of  the  brook,  and  I 
 will  charge  the  ravens  to  feed  thee 
 there.  ^  And  Eliu  did  according  to 
 the  word  of  the  Lord,  and  he  sat  by 
 the  brook  of  Chorrath  before  Jordan. 
 ^And  the  ravens  brought  him  loaves 
 in  the  morning,  and  flesh  in  the 
 evening,  and  he  drank  water  of  the 
 brook.  ^And  it  came  to  pass  after 
 ^  some  time,  that  the  brook  +  Gr.  days.  ^ 
 was  dried  up,  because  there  had  been 
 no  rain  upon  the  earth.  ^And  the 
 word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Eliu,  say- 
 ing, ^  Arise,  and  go  to  Sarepta  of  the 
 Sidonian  land:  behold,  I  have  there 
 commanded  a  widow-woman  to  main- 
 tain thee.  '"And  he  arose  and  went 
 to  Sarepta,  and  came  to  the  gate  of 
 the  city :  and,  behold  !  a  widow- woman 
 was  there  gathering  sticks ;  +  <?'•.  Take, 
 and  Eliu  cried  after  her,  and  +  g^  ^ud  i 
 said  to  her,  ^  Fetch  me,  I  wiii,&c. 
 pray  thee,  a  little  water  in  a  vessel,  ^  that 
 
Chap.  xvii.  ^7.  11. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  10. 
 
 I  may  drink.  "  And  she  went  to 
 fetch  it  ;  and  EUu  cried  after  her, 
 and  said,  Bring  me,  I  pray  thee,  a 
 morsel  of  the  bread  that  is  in  thy 
 hand.  '^And  the  woman  said,  As  the 
 Lord  thy  God  lives,  I  have  not  a 
 cake,  but  only  a  handful  of  meal  in 
 the  pitcher,  and  a  little  oil  in  a  cruse, 
 and,  behold,  I  am  going  to  gather  two 
 sticks,  and  I  shall  go  in  and  dress  it 
 for  myself  and  my  children,  and  we 
 shall  eat  it  and  die.  '^And  EHu  said 
 to  her,  Be  of  good  courage,  go  in  and 
 do  according  to  thy  word:  but  make 
 me  thereof  a  little  cake,  and  thou  shalt 
 bring  it  out  to  me  first,  and  thou  shalt 
 make  some  for  thyself  and  thy  children 
 last.  '■*  For  thus  says  the  Lord,  The 
 pitcher  of  meal  shall  not  fail,  and  the 
 cruse  of  oil  shall  not  ^  diminish,  until 
 t  Or,  be  dimi-  the  day  that  the  Lord  gives 
 
 off&c.'  ""^  ^^  ^^"^  ^P°^^  *^^°  earth.  ^^  And 
 t'or,  made      the  woman  went  and  ^  did 
 
 cakes.  g^^    ^^^    ^■^^    ^^^^    gj^^^    ^^^ 
 
 he,  and  her  children.  ""And  the 
 pitcher  of  meal  failed  not,  and  the 
 cruse  of  oil  was  not  diminished,  ac- 
 cording to  the  word  of  the  Lord  which 
 he  spoke  by  the  hand  of  Eliu. 
 
 '■^And  it  came  to  pass  afterward, 
 that  the  son  of  the  woman  tlie  mistress 
 of  the  house  was  sick ;  and  his  sickness 
 was  very  severe,  until  there  was  no 
 breath  left  in  liim.  ^^  And  she  said  to 
 Eliu,  Wliat  have  I  to  do  with  thee,  0 
 man  of  God  ?  hast  thou  come  in  to  me 
 to  bring  my  sins  to  remembrance, 
 and  to  slay  my  son?  ^^  And  Eliu  said 
 to  the  woman.  Give  me  thy  son.  And 
 he  took  him  out  of  her  bosom,  and 
 took  him  up  to  the  chamber  in  which 
 +  Gr.  caused  he  liimsclf  lodged,  and  ^  laid 
 him  to  sleep.    Y,{in  on  the  bed.      ^o^^^^;^ 
 
 Eliu  cried  aloud,  and  said,  Alas,  0 
 t  Perhaps »    Lord,  ^  the  witness  of  the 
 
 read  as -I?.        ^^q^    ^i^h    whom    I    SO- 
 
 journ,  thou  liast  wrought  evil  for  her 
 in  slaying  her  son.  ^*  And  he  breathed 
 on  the  child  thrice,  and  called  on  the 
 Lord,  and  said,  0  Lord  my  God,  let, 
 I   pray    thee,    the  soid  of  tliis  child 
 
 return  to  him.  '•^^And  it  was  so,  and 
 the  child  cried  out,  ^^and  he  brought 
 liim  down  from  the  upper  chamber 
 into  tlie  house,  and  gave  him  to  his 
 mother;  and  Eliu  said.  See,  thy  son 
 lives.  ^^And  the  woman  said  to  EHu, 
 Behold,  I  know  that  thou  art  a  man 
 of  God,  and  the  word  of  the  Lord  in 
 thy  mouth  is  true. 
 
 18.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  many 
 days,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
 to  Ehu  in  the  third  year,  saying.  Go, 
 and  appear  before  Achaab,  and  I  will 
 bring  rain  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 
 ^And  Ehu  went  to  appear  before 
 Achaab:  and  the  famine  luas  severe 
 in  Samaria.  ^And  Achaab  called 
 Abdiu  the  steward.  Now  Abdiu 
 feared  the  Lord  greatly.  ^And  it 
 came  to  pass  when  Jezabel  smote  the 
 prophets  of  the  Lord,  that  Abdiu  took 
 a  hundred  prophets,  and  hid  them  by 
 fifty  in  a  cave,  and  fed  them  with 
 bread  and  water.  ^And  Achaab  said 
 to  Abdiu,  Come,  and  let  us  go  through 
 the  land,  and  to  the  fountains  of  water, 
 and  to  the  brooks,  if  by  any  means 
 we  may  find  grass,  and  may  save  the 
 horses  and  mules,  and  so  they  will  not 
 perish  from  out  our  '"'  tents.    ^  (ncnvoiv,  but 
 
 A    ,        -.      ,  ,  -, .     .    .  Krqvwv  IS  pro- 
 
 "  And  they  made  a  division  babiy  the  true 
 of  the  way  between  them  ^^1"^'  ° 
 to  pass  through  it.  Adiaab  went  one 
 way,  and  Abdiu  went  by  another  way 
 alone.  ^And  Abdiu  was  alone  in  the 
 way;  and  Eliu  came  alone  to  meet 
 him :  and  Abdiu  hasted,  and  fell  upon 
 his  face,  and  said.  My  lord  Eliu,  ^  art 
 thou  indeed  he?  ^And  Eliu  t  or.  if  thou 
 said  to  him,  I  am.  Go,  say  ^'  ^°' 
 to  thy  master.  Behold,  Eliu  is  here. 
 ^And  Abdiu  said.  What  sin  have  I 
 committed,  that  thou  givest  thy  ser- 
 vant into  the  hand  of  Achaab  to  slay 
 me?  ^'^As  the  Lord  thy  God  Hves, 
 there  is  not  a  nation  or  kingdom, 
 whither  my  lord  has  not  sent  to  seek 
 thee ;  and  if  they  said.  He  is  not  here, 
 then  has  he  set  fire  to  the  kingdom 
 and  its  territories,  because  he  has  not 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  \\. 
 
 KINGS   III, 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  31. 
 
 found  thee.  "And  now  thou  sayest, 
 Go,  tell  thy  lord,  Behold,  Eliu  is  here. 
 "•^And  it  shall  come  to  pass  when  I 
 shall  have  departed  from  thee,  that 
 the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  carry  thee 
 to  a  land  which  I  know  not,  and  I 
 shall  go  in  to  tell  the  matter  to 
 Achaab,  and  he  will  not  iind  thee 
 and  will  slay  me:  yet  thy  servant 
 fears  the  Lord  from  his  youth.  '^  Has 
 it  not  been  told  to  thee  my  lord,  what 
 1  did  when  Jezabel  slew  the  prophets 
 of  the  Lord,  that  I  hid  a  hundred  men 
 of  the  prophets  of  the  Lord,  by  fifty 
 in  a  cave,  and  fed  them  with  bread 
 and  water?  •'*And  now  thou  sayest 
 to  me.  Go,  say  to  thy  master.  Behold, 
 Eliu  is  here:  and  he  shall  slay  me. 
 '^  And  Eliu  said.  As  the  Lord  of  Hosts 
 before  whom  I  stand  lives,  ^  to-day  I 
 "'Gr.oTiq.d.  will    appear    before     him. 
 
 know  that.         16  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^^  ^O  mCCt 
 
 Achaab,  and  told  him:  and  Achaab 
 +  Gr.  rail  ^  liastcd  forth,  and  went  to 
 ^"'■"'-  meet  Eliu.     ^^Anditcame 
 
 to  pass  when  Achaab  saw  Eliu,  that 
 Achaab  said  to  Eliu,  Art  thou  he  that 
 perverts  Israel?  '^And  Eliu  said,  I 
 do  not  pervert  Israel;  but  it  is  thou 
 and  thy  father's  house,  in  that  ye  for- 
 sake the  Lord  your  God,  and  thou  hast 
 gone  after  Baalim.  '^And  now  send, 
 gather  to  me  all  Israel  to  ^  Mount  Car- 
 +  r?;-.  the  Car-  mcl,    and   the  prophets  of 
 
 melian  mount.  +    i  r  i  i       i  i 
 
 .  „  ,  „  shame   lour   hundred  and 
 
 T  Heh.  Baal.       „ ,,  ,      ,  ,  ,, 
 
 sceeisewhere.  hity,  and  the  prophcts  ot 
 shameful' '^'^^'^  the  grovcs  four  hundred, 
 thins  even  to  that  eat  at  Jczabel's  table. 
 
 Baal.'  Jcr.  U.    .,„   .       t      ■     ,        ,  n 
 
 13.  Hos.  9.10.  ^"And  Achaab  sent  to  all 
 Israel,  and  gathered  all  the  prophets  to 
 JMount  Carmel. 
 
 ^'  And  Eliu  drew  near  to  them  all  : 
 and  Eliu  said  to  them,  How  long  will 
 
 ^  Gr.iyvvr,  jc  halt  on  botli  ^feet?  if 
 Spl^t^r  the  Lord  be  God,  follow 
 the  knee.  ^Jni;  but  if  Baal,  follow 
 him.     And  the  people  answered  not 
 
 +  Or,  quite  a  word.  ^^And  Eliu  said 
 "^""^^  to  the  people,  I  am  left,  the 
 
 ^only  one  prophet  of  the  Lord;  and 
 the  prophcts  of  Baal  «rc  four  hundred 
 
 and  fifty  men,  and  the  prophets  of  the 
 groves  four  hundred.  '^"*  Let  them  give 
 us  two  oxen,  and  let  them  choose  one 
 for  themselves,  and  cut  it  in  pieces, 
 and  lay  it  on  the  wood,  and  put  no  fire 
 071  the  wood :  and  I  will  dress  the 
 other  bullock,  and  put  on  no  fire. 
 ^''And  do  ye  call  loudly  on  the  name 
 of  your  gods,  and  I  will  call  on  the 
 name  of  the  Lord  my  God,  and  it 
 shall  come  to  pass  that  the  God  who 
 shall  answer  by  fire,  he  is  God.  And 
 all  the  people  answered  and  said,  The 
 word  which  thoix  hast  spoken  is  good. 
 -■^And  Eliu  said  to  the  prophets  of 
 shame.  Choose  to  yom"selves  one  calf, 
 and  dress  it  first,  for  ye  are  many ;  and 
 call  ye  on  the  name  of  your  god;  but 
 apply  no  fire.  ^^And  they  took  the 
 calf  and  drest  it,  and  called  on  the 
 name  of  Baal  from  morning  till  noon, 
 and  said.  Hear  vis,  0  Baal,  hear  us. 
 And  there  was  no  voice,  neither  was 
 there  hearing,  and  they  ran  up  and 
 down  on  the  altar  which  they  had 
 made.  ^^And  it  was  noon,  and  Ehu 
 the  Thesbite  mocked  them,  and  said, 
 Call  with  a  loud  voice,  for  he  is  a  god, 
 for  he  is  meditating,  or  else  perhaps  he 
 is  ^  engaged  in  business,  or  +  or,  pre- 
 perhaps  he  is  asleep,  and  answerT 
 Ms  to  be  awaked.     -**And    +G'-wiu 
 
 ,  •     1       •  1       1        1        •  awake  or 
 
 they  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  arise, 
 and  cut  themselves  according  to  their 
 custom  with  knives  and  lancets  until 
 the  ^  blood  gushed  out  up-  .^^i^^^^'lj:;.^ 
 on  them.     '^'■^  And  they  pro-  t'lem. 
 phcsicd  until  the  evening  came ;  and  it 
 came  to  pass  as  it  was  the  time  of  the 
 ^oflcring    of   the    sacrifice,  erific''egoi^g" 
 that  Eliu  the  Thesbite  spoke  "p- 
 to  the  prophets  of  the  abominations, 
 saying.  Stand  by,  ^  for  the    +  or.  from 
 present,    and  1    wiU    offer  ^^^^  p-^-^^"'*- 
 my  sacrifice.     And  they  stood  aside 
 and  departed.     ^°  And  Eliu  said  to  the 
 people.  Come   near  to  me.     And  all 
 the  people  came  near  to  liim.     ^^  And 
 Eliu  took  twelve  stones,  according  to 
 the  inunber  of  the  tribes  of  Israel,  as 
 the  Lord  spoke  to  him,  saying,  Israel 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  32. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  v.  6. 
 
 shall  be  thy  name.  ^^  And  he  Spiled  up 
 
 t  Or.  built,      the  stones  in  the  name  of 
 
 +  Gr.  healed,    the  Lord,  and  ^  repaired  the 
 
 altar  that  had  been  broken  down ;  and 
 
 +  Gr.  sea.        he    made   a   ^  trench    that 
 
 would    hold    two   measures    of    seed 
 
 round   about   the   altar.      ^'  And    he 
 
 piled  the  cleft  wood  on  the  altar  which 
 
 he  had  made,  and  divided  the  wholc- 
 
 burnt-ofFering,  and  laid  it  on  the  wood, 
 
 and  laid  it  in  order  on  the  altar,  and 
 
 said,  Fetch  me  four  pitchers  of  water, 
 
 and  poiu'  it  on  the  whole-burnt-ofFer- 
 
 ing,  and  on  the  wood.     And  they  did 
 
 so.     ^■^And  he  said.  Do  it  the  second 
 
 time.     And   they  did   it   the  second 
 
 time.     And  he  said.  Do  it  the  third 
 
 time.     And  they  did  it  the  third  time. 
 
 ^"And  the  water  ran  round  about  the 
 
 t  Gr.  the  sea.  altar,  and  they  filled  ^  the 
 
 trench  with  water.     ^''And  Ehu  cried 
 
 aloud  to  heaven,  and  said,  Lord  God 
 
 of   Abraam,    and    Isaac,    and    Israel, 
 
 +  Or,  hear,  or  ^  answer  me,   0  Lord,  an- 
 
 hearken.  ^^^^    ^^^    ^|^^g    ^^^  i^^  ^^^^ 
 
 and  let  all  this  people  know  that  thou 
 art  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  and 
 I  am  thy  servant,  and  for  thy  sake 
 I  have  wrought  these  works.  '^''  Hear 
 me,  0  Lord,  hear  me,  and  let  this 
 people  know  that  thou  art  the  Lord 
 God,  and  thou  hast  turned  back  the 
 heart  of  this  people.  "^^Then  fire  fell 
 from  the  Lord  out  of  heaven,  and 
 devoured  the  whole-burnt-ofFerings, 
 and  the  wood  and  the  water  that  was 
 
 +  Gr.  sea.  in  the  ^  trench,  and  the 
 fire  licked  up  the  stones  and  the  earth. 
 ^^And  all  the  people  fell  upon  their 
 faces,  and  said.  Truly  the  Lord  is  God; 
 he  is  God.  ^"And  Eliu  said  to  the 
 people.  Take  the  prophets  of  Baal; 
 let  not  one  of  them  escape.  And 
 they  took  them ;  and  EHu  brings  them 
 down  to  the  brook  Ivisson,  and  he  slew 
 them  there. 
 
 ^' And  Eliu  said  to  Achaab,  Go  up, 
 and  eat  and  drink,  for  there  is  a  sound 
 
 t  Gr.  feet  of  of  the  ^  coming  of  rain, 
 raiii.  "-^^Vnd  Achaab  went  up  to 
 
 eat  and  to  drink ;  and  Eliu  went  up  to 
 
 Carmel,  and  stooped  to  the  ground, 
 and  put  his  face  between  his  knees, 
 ■^^and  said  to  his  servant.  Go  up,  and 
 look  toward  the  sea.  And  the  servant 
 looked,  and  said.  There  is  nothing: 
 and  Eliu  said.  Do  thou  then  go  again 
 seven  times.  ''''And  the  servant  went 
 again  seven  times :  and  it  came  to  pass 
 at  the  seventh  time,  that,  behold,  a 
 little  cloud  like  the  sole  of  a  man's 
 foot  ^  brought  water  ;  and  +  Gr.  bringing, 
 he  said,  Go  up,  and  say  to  Achaab, 
 Make  ready  thy  chariot,  and  go  down, 
 lest  the  rain  overtake  thee.  ''^And  it 
 came  to  pass  '*'  in  the  mean-  +  Gr.  m.  ver. 
 while,  that  the  heaven  grew  "^  ^'■*'-«"'- 
 black  with  clouds  and  wind,  and  there 
 was  a  great  rain.  And  Achaab  ^wept, 
 and  went  to  Jezrael.  '"'And  +  lxx.  prob. 
 the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  ^^^,^^-^°'' 
 upon  Ehu,  and  he  girt  up  '  ■' 
 his  loins,  and  ran  before  Achaab  to 
 Jezrael. 
 
 19.  And  Achaab  told  Jezabel  his 
 wife  all  that  Eliu  liad  done,  and  how 
 he  had  slain  the  prophets  with  the 
 sword.  ^And  Jezabel  sent  to  Eliu, 
 and  said.  If  thou  art  Eliu  and  I  am 
 Jezabel,  God  ^  do  so  to  me,    +  ct^.  m.  do 
 
 1  1  +  •  /^  T    T  ,     these  things 
 
 and  more  also,    it  1  do  not  to  me,  and 
 make  thy  life  by  this  time  tt^gs''^ 
 to-morrow  as  the  life  of  one    t  g,..  ^r  i 
 of  them.    ^And  Eliu  feared,  ^|^^^^?i 
 and  rose,  and  departed  for  for,  &c. 
 his  life :  and  he  comes  to  Beersabee  to 
 the  land  of  Juda,  and  he  left  his  ser- 
 vant there.     ''And  he  himself  went  a 
 day's  journey  in  the  wilderness,  and 
 came  and  sat  under  a  ^juniper  tree; 
 and  asked   concerning  his    iGr.paOixev, 
 life  that  he  mio-ht  die,  and  Hebrew  word 
 
 .  -,     r  .     ^        ^  T  nearly. 
 
 said.  Let  it  be  enough  now, 
 0  Lord,  take,  I  pray  thee,  my  life 
 from  me;  for  I  am  no  better  than  my 
 fathers.  ^And  he  lay  down  and  slept 
 there  under  a  tree;  and  behold,  some 
 one  touched  him,  and  said  to  him, 
 Arise  and  eat.  ''And  Eliu  looked, 
 and,  behold,  at  his  head  there  was 
 a  cake  of  meal  and  a  cruse  of  water; 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  7. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  5. 
 
 and  lie  arose,  and  ate  and  drank,  and 
 returned  and  lay  down.  ^  And  the 
 angel  of  tlie  Lord  returned  again,  and 
 touched  him,  and  said  to  him.  Arise, 
 and  eat,  for  the  journey  is  ^far  for  thee. 
 +  Gr.  ffoXXij     ^And  he  arose,  and  ate  and 
 
 anb  (Tov  prob.      -i  i  -i  ,       •         ii 
 
 «.  reuderinp  drank,  and  went  m  the 
 putthtg  "0^"  strength  of  that  meat  forty 
 great  for  Hiee.  Jays  and  forty  nights  to 
 Mount  Choreb. 
 
 ^  And  entered  there  into  a  cave,  and 
 rested  there;  and,  behold,  the  word  of 
 the  Lord  cayne  to  him,  and  he  said.  What 
 doest  thou  here,  Ehu  ?  "^  ^  And  Eliu  said, 
 +  Rom.  11.3.  I  have  been  very  j  ealous  for 
 the  Lord  Almighty,  because  the  chil- 
 di'cn  of  Israel  have  forsaken  thee : 
 they  have  digged  down  thine  altars, 
 and  have  slain  thy  prophets  with  the 
 sword;  and  I  only  am  left  alone,  and 
 they  seek  my  Hfe  to  take  it.  "And 
 he  said.  Thou  shalt  go  forth  to-morrow, 
 and  shalt  stand  before  the  Lord  in  the 
 mount ;  behold,  the  Lord  will  pass  by. 
 And,  behold,  a  great  mid  strong  wind 
 rending  the  mountains,  and  crushing 
 the  rocks  before  the  Lord ;  but  the 
 Lord  teas  not  in  the  wind:  and  after 
 the  wind  an  earthquake ;  but  the  Lord 
 was  not  in  the  earthquake :  ''^and  after 
 the  earthquake  a  fire ;  but  the  Lord 
 was  not  in  the  fire:  and  after  the  fire 
 the  voice  of  a  gentle  breeze.  '^  And  it 
 came  to  pass  when  Eliu  heard,  that  he 
 +z,i<.sheepskin.  wrapt  liis  facc  in  his  ^man- 
 tle, and  went  forth  and  stood  ^  in  the 
 
 I  Gr.  under,  cavc :  and,  behold,  a  voice 
 came  to  him  and  said.  What  doest  thou 
 here,  EHu?  ''*And  Eliu  said,  I  have 
 been  very  jealous  for  the  Lord  Al- 
 mighty ;  for  the  children  of  Israel  have 
 forsaken  thy  covenant,  and  they  have 
 overthrown  thine  altars,  and  have  slain 
 thy  prophets  with  the  sword !  and  I 
 am  left  entirely  alone,  and  they  seek 
 my  life  to  take  it.     ''^And  the  Lord 
 
 t  Gr.  return    Said  to  him,  Go,  ^  rctum, 
 
 tothyjoumey.    ^^^    ^j^^^    gj^^j^    ^^^^^    -^^^^ 
 
 the  way  of  the  wilderness  of  Damas- 
 cus: and  thou  shalt  go  and  anoint 
 Azael  to  be  king  over  Syria.     "'And 
 
 302 
 
 Ju  the  son  of  Namessi  shalt  tliou  a- 
 noint  to  be  king  over  Israel ;  and 
 EKsaie  the  son  of  Saphat  shalt  thou 
 anoint  to  be  prophet  in  thy  room. 
 '^And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  him 
 that  escapes  from  the  sword  of  Azael, 
 Ju  shall  slay:  and  him  that  escapes 
 from  the  sword  of  Ju,  EHsaie  shall  slay. 
 ^^^And  thou  shalt  leave  in  +Rom.  u.4. 
 Israel  seven  thousand  men,  all  the  knees 
 which  had  not  bowed  themselves^ 
 to  Baal,  and  every  mouth  +g»-.  the  knee, 
 which  had  not  worshipped  him. 
 '^And  he  departed  thence,  and  finds 
 EHsaie  the  son  of  Saphat,  and  he  was 
 plovigliing  with  oxen ;  there  tvere  twelve 
 yoke  before  him,  and  he  ^  with  the 
 twelve,  and  he  ^  passed  by  ^  Gr.  in. 
 to  him,  and  cast  his  mantle  +G)-.  departed, 
 upon  him.  '^°And  EHsaie  left  the  cat- 
 tle, and  ran  after  Eliu  and  said,  I  will 
 kiss  my  father,  and  follow  after  thee. 
 And  Eliu  said,  Eeturn,  for  I  have 
 done  a  ivork  for  thee.  ^'And  he  re- 
 turned ^  from  following  him ,  t  or.  from 
 and  took  a  '  yoke  of  oxen,  ^f^]!\^^- 
 and  slew  them,  and  boiled  yokes, 
 them  with  the  instruments  of  the 
 oxen,  and  gave  to  the  people,  and 
 they  ate :  and  he  arose,  and  went  after 
 Eliu,  and  ministered  to  him. 
 
 20.  And  Nabuthai  the  JezraeHte 
 had  a  vineyard,  near  the  threshing- 
 fioor  of  Achaab  king  of  Samaria. 
 ^And  Achaab  spoke  to  Nabuthai,  say- 
 ing. Give  me  thy  vineyard,  and  1  will 
 have  it  for  a  garden  of  herbs,  for  it  is 
 near  my  house:  and  I  will  give  thee 
 another  vineyard  better  than  it;  or  if 
 '  it  please  thee,  I  will  give  p{,2ing"be- 
 thec  money,  the  price  of  fore  thee, 
 this  thy  vineyard,  and  I  will  have  it 
 for  a  garden  of  herbs.  ^And  Nabu- 
 tliat  said  to  Achaab,  My  God,  forbid 
 me  that  I  should  give  thee  the  inherit- 
 ance of  my  fathers.  •*  And  tlie  spirit  of 
 Achaab  was  troubled,  and  he  lay  down 
 upon  his  bed,  and  covered  his  face, 
 and  ate  no  bread.  '^And  Jezabel  his 
 wife  went  in  to  him,  and  spoke  to  him, 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  6. 
 
 KINGS   III 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  25. 
 
 saying,  Wlay  is  thy  spirit  troubled, 
 and  ivhy  dost  thou  eat  no  bread  ? 
 ^And  he  said  to  her,  Because  I  spoke 
 to  Nabuthai  the  Jezraehte,  saying, 
 Give  me  thy  vineyard  for  money,  or 
 if  thou  wilt,  I  will  give  thee  another 
 vineyard  for  it:  and  he  said,  I  will 
 not  s:ive  thee  the  inheritance  of  my 
 
 fathers 
 
 '  And  Jezabel  his  wife  said  to 
 
 +  Or,  like 
 thyself. 
 
 +  Possibly 
 nobles  is  here 
 meant. 
 
 +  See  Prof. 
 Lee  on  the 
 word  Tpa 
 
 in  Job  2.  9. 
 Heb.  Gram. 
 p.  92. 
 
 the  men 
 
 him,  Dost  thou  now  thus  act  the  king 
 over  Israel?  arise,  and  eat  bread,  and  be 
 ^  thine  own  master  and  I 
 will  give  thee  the  vineyard 
 of  Nabuthai  the  Jezraelite.  ^  And  she 
 t  Gr.  book,  wrotc  ^  a  letter  in  the  name 
 of  Achaab,  and  sealed  it  with  his  seal, 
 and  sent  the  letter  to  the  elders,  and 
 to  the  freemen^  who  dwelt 
 with  Nabuthai.  ^And  ^  it 
 v^   ^  .       was  written  in  the  letters, 
 
 t  Gr.  had  .  _^  •  ' 
 
 been  written,  saying,  Keep  a  last,  and 
 +  Gr.  ivapxv-  Set  Nabotli  ^in  a  chief  place 
 among  the  people.  "'And  set  two 
 men,  sons  of  transgressors,  before  him, 
 and  let  them  bear  witness  against  him, 
 He  ^blessed  God  and  the 
 king:  and  let  them  lead 
 liim  forth,  and  stone  him, 
 and  let  him  die.  "And 
 of  liis  city,  the  elders,  and 
 the  nobles  who  dwelt  in  liis  city,  did 
 as  Jezabel  sent  to  them,  and  as  it  had 
 been  written  in  the  letters  which  she 
 sent  to  them.  ^"^And  they  ^proclaimed 
 t  Gr.  called,  a  fast,  and  set  Nabuthai  in 
 a  chief  place  among  the  people.  ^^And 
 two  men,  sons  of  transgressors,  came 
 in,  and  sat  opposite  liim,  and  bore  wit- 
 ness against  liim,  saying.  Thou  hast 
 +  See  ver.  10.  ^  blcsscd  God  and  the  king. 
 And  they  led  him  forth  out  of  the 
 city,  and  stoned  him  with  stones,  and 
 he  died.  ^^  And  they  sent  to  Jezabel, 
 saying,  Nabuthai  is  stoned,  and  is  dead. 
 '•^And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jezabel 
 heard  it,  that  she  said  to  Achaab, 
 t(?r.  inherit.  Arisc,  *  take  possession  of 
 the  vineyard  of  Nabuthai 
 the  Jezraelite,  who  ^  would 
 not  sell  it  to  thee :  foi-  Nabuthai  is  not 
 alive,  for  he  is  dead.     ^*^  And  it  came 
 
 to  pass,  when  Achaab  heard  that  Na- 
 buthai the  Jezraelite  was  dead,  that  he 
 rent  his  garments,  and  put  on  sack- 
 cloth. And  it  came  to  pass  afterward, 
 that  Achaab  arose  and  went  down  to 
 the  vineyard  of  Nabuthai  the  Jez- 
 raehte, ^  to  take  possession  of    +  Gr.  to  Inhe- 
 
 it.  '^And  the  Lord  spoke  "*  ^*- 
 to  Eliu  the  Thesbite,  saying,  ^^  Arise, 
 and  go  down  to  meet  Achaab  king  of 
 Israel,  who  is  in  Samaria,  for  he  is  in 
 the  vineyard  of  Nabuthai,  for  he  has 
 gone  down  thither  to  take  possession 
 of  it.     ^'^And  thou  shalt  speak  to  him, 
 
 Thus      says      the     t  Gr.  these 
 
 thou  *^^'- 
 j)ossession,  there- 
 
 \Gr.  sold  it 
 
 saying 
 
 Lord,    Forasmuch  as 
 hast  slain  aud  taken 
 fore  thus  says  the  Lord,  In  every  place 
 where  the  swine   and  the  dogs  have 
 licked    the  blood  of  Nabuthai,  there 
 shall  the  dogs  Hck  thy  blood ;  and  the 
 harlots  shall  wash  themselves  in  thy 
 blood.      ^^And  Achaab  said  to   Eliu, 
 Hast  thou   found   me,  mine  enemy? 
 and  he  said,  I  have  found  thee :  because 
 thou  hast  wickedly'^    sold    t g,-. fooiish- 
 thyself  to  work  evil  in  the  ^y'"''^''^- 
 sight  of  the  Lord,  to  provoke  him  to 
 anger ;    ^^  behold,  I  bring  ^  evil  upon 
 thee :   and  I  will  kindle  a    +  gv.  evUs. 
 fire  after  thee,   and  I  will  utterly  de- 
 stroy every  male  of  Achaab,  and  him 
 that  is  shut  up  and  him  that  is  left  in 
 Israel.    -^And  I  will  ^  make    +  Gr-  give, 
 thy  house  as  the  house  of  Jeroboam 
 the  son  of  Nabat,  and  as  the  house  of 
 Baasa  son  of  Achia,  because   of  the 
 provocations  wherewith  thou  hast  pro- 
 voked me,   and  caused   Israel  to  sin. 
 ^^  And  the  Lord  spoke  ^  of   tcr.  tojeza- 
 Jezabel,  saying.  The  dogs  ^^'• 
 shall   devour   her   ^  within    +  o*'.  by- 
 the  fortification  of  Jezrael.      ^*  Hiin 
 that  is  dead  of  Achaab  in  the  city  shall 
 the  dogs  eat,  and  him  that  is  dead  of 
 him  in  the  field  shall  the  birds  of  the 
 sky  eat. 
 
 ^^  But    Achaab   did  wickedly,    ^  in 
 that  he  sold  liimself  to  do    t  Gr.  who 
 that  which  was  evil  in  the  soid,&c. 
 sight  of  the  Lord,  as  his  wife  Jezabel 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  26. 
 
 KINGS    III. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  17. 
 
 led  him  astray.  ^^  And  he  did 
 very  abominably  in  following  after 
 the  abominations,  according  to  all 
 that  the  Amorite  did,  whom  the 
 Lord  utterly  destroyed  from  before 
 the  children  of  Israel.  ^^And  be- 
 cause of  the  word  Achaab  was  pierced 
 t<?r.  the  face,  "with   sorrow   before    ^  the 
 
 as  it  were,  of   ^        ,  ,     ,         ,       , 
 
 the  Lord.  Lorcl,  and  he  both  went 
 weeping,  and  rent  his  garment,  and 
 girt  sackcloth  upon  his  body,  and 
 fasted ;  he  put  on  sackcloth  also  in  the 
 day  tliat  he  smote  Nabuthai  the  Jez- 
 raclite  and  went  his  way.  ^*  And  the 
 word  of  the  Lord  came  by  the  hand  of 
 his  servant  Eliu  concerning  Achaab, 
 and  the  Lord  said,  ^^  Hast  thou  seen 
 how  Achaab  has  been  pricked  to  the 
 heart  before  me  ?  I  will  not  bring  on 
 the  evil  in  his  days,  but  in  his  son's 
 days  will  I  bring  on  the  evil. 
 
 21.  And  the  son  of  Ader  gathered 
 all  his  forces,  and  went  up  and  besieged 
 Samaria,  lie  and  thirty-two  kings  with 
 him,  and  all  his  horse  and  ^  chariots : 
 +  Gr.  ciiariot.  and  they  went  up  and  be- 
 sieged Samaria,  and  fought  against  it. 
 ^  And  he  sent  into  the  city  to  Achaab 
 king  of  Israel,  and  said  to  him.  Thus 
 says  the  son  of  Ader,  ^  Thy  silver  and 
 thy  gold  are  mine,  and  thy  wives  and 
 thy  children  are  mine.  ^And  the  king 
 of  Israel  answered  and  said.  As  thou 
 hast  said,  my  lord,  0  king,  I  am  thine, 
 and  all  mine  also.  ^And  tlie  messen- 
 gers came  again,  and  said.  Thus  says 
 the  son  of  Ader,  I  sent  to  thee,  saying, 
 Thou  shalt  give  me  thy  silver  and  thy 
 gold,  and  thy  wives  and  thy  children. 
 *'K7iow  that  at  this  time  to-morrow  I 
 will  send  my  servants  to  thee,  and 
 they  shall  search  thy  house,  and  the 
 houses  of  thy  servants,  and  it  sliall  be 
 that  all  the  desirable  objects  of  their 
 eyes  on  which  they  shall  lay  their 
 hands,  they  shall  even  take  them.  ^And 
 the  king  of  Isi'ael  called  all  the  elders 
 of  the  land,  and  said,  Take  notice  now 
 and  consider,  that  this  man  seeks  mis- 
 chief: for  he  has  sent  to  me  concern- 
 
 394 
 
 ing  my  wives,  and  concerning  my  sons, 
 and  concerning  my  daughters :  I  have 
 not  kept  back  irom  him  my  silver  ^  or 
 my  gold.  ^And  the  elders  +  Or.  and. 
 and  all  the  people  said  to  him.  Hearken 
 not,  and  consent  not.  ^  And  he  said 
 to  the  messengers  of  the  son  of  Ader, 
 Say  to  your  master,  All  things  that 
 thou  hast  sent  to  thy  servant  about  at 
 first  I  will  do;  but  this  thing  I  shall 
 not  be  able  to  do.  And  the  men  de- 
 parted, and  carried  back  the  answer  to 
 him.  '^And  the  son  of  Ader  sent  to 
 him,  saying,  So  do  God  to  me,  and 
 more  also,  if  the  dust  of  Samaria  shall 
 sulfice  for  ^  foxes  to  all  the  +  lxx.  read 
 people,  even  my  infantry.  D'^V'^for 
 ''And  the  king  of  Israel  °'ht 
 answered  and  said.  Let  it  be  sunicient; 
 let  not  the  humpbacked  boast  as  he 
 that  is  upright.  ^'■^And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  he  returned  him  this  answer,  he 
 and  all  the  kings  with  him  were  drink- 
 ing in   tents :   and  he  said    ^  '^'■'  ]^"'''*  * 
 
 O  mound  or 
 
 to    his   servants,      lorm  a  fortification, 
 trench.       And  they  made   a    trench 
 against  the  city. 
 
 ^^  And,  behold,  a  prophet  came  to 
 Achaab  king  of  Israel,  and  said,  Thiis 
 says  the  Lord,  Hast  thou  seen  this 
 great  multitude ?  behold,  I  give  it  this 
 day  into  thine  hands;  and  thou  shalt 
 know  that  I  am  the  Lord.  ''  And 
 Achaab  said,  AVhcreby  ?  And  he  said, 
 Thus  says  the  Lord,  By  the  young  men 
 of  the  heads  of  the  districts.  And 
 Achaab  said.  Who  shall  ^  begin  the 
 battle?  and  he  said.  Thou.  tcr. engage 
 '•^And  Achaab  ^numbered  i"  the  war. 
 the  young  men  the  heads  +  o,-.reviewed. 
 of  the  districts,  and  they  were  two 
 hundred  and  thirty:  and  afterwards 
 he  numbered  the  people,  even  every 
 ^  man  fit  for  war,  seven  +  cr.  son  of 
 thousand.  ^^  And  he  went  ^^''"^th. 
 forth  at  noon,  and  the  son  of  Ader 
 was  drinking  and  getting  drunk  in 
 ^  Socchoth,  he  and  thtddngs,    ^  '^r.- "' "'" 
 
 .       '  ,  .    f   '    pavihoiis,  as 
 
 cveji  thirty  and  two  kings,  m  e.  v.  ni3p 
 his  allies.     '^And  the  young  tuguria. 
 men   the  heads  of  the   districts  went 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  18. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  34. 
 
 forth  *  first ;  and  they  send  and  report 
 +  Gr.  Among  to  thc  king  of  Syria,  say- 
 the  first.         -j-^g,^  There  are  men  come 
 forth  out  of  Samaria.     '^  And  he  said 
 to  them,  If  they  come  forth  peaceably, 
 +  Gr.  infin.      ^  take  them  alive ;    and  if 
 forimper.        ^^lej  come    forth   to    war, 
 take  them  alive.      '^And  let  not  thc 
 young  men  the  heads  of  the  districts 
 go  forth  of  the  city.     ^'^And  the  force 
 that  was  behind  them  smote  each  one 
 the  man  next  to  liim ;  and  each  one  a 
 second  time  smote  the  man   next  to 
 him :    and  Syria  fled,  and  Israel  pur- 
 sued them;  and  the  son  of  Ader  even 
 the  king  of  Syria  escapes  on  the  horse 
 of  a  horseman.      ^^  And  the  king  of 
 Israel  went  forth,   and    took  all   the 
 horses  and  the  chariots,  and  smote  the 
 e7iemy  with  a  great  slaughter  in  Syria. 
 ^^And  the  prophet  came  to  the  king  of 
 Israel,   and  said.   Strengthen   thyself, 
 and  observe,  and  see  what  thou  shalt 
 do;  for  at  the  return  of  the  year  the 
 son  of  Ader  king  of  Syria  comes  up 
 against   thee.     ^'^And  the  servants  of 
 the  king  of  Syria,  even  they  said.  The 
 God  of  Israel  is  a  God  of  mountains, 
 and  not  a  God  of  valleys ;  therefore  has 
 he   prevailed   against   us:    but  if  we 
 should  fight  against  them  in  the  plain, 
 verily  we  shall  prevail  against  them. 
 '^^ And  do  thou  this  thing :   Send  away 
 the  kings,  each  one  to  his  place,  and 
 set  princes  in  their  stead.     '-^'^And  we 
 +  Gr.  change,  will  ^givc  tlicc  anotliev  army 
 according  to  the  army  that  was  de- 
 stroyed, and  cavalry  according  to  the 
 cavalry,  and  chariots  according  to  the 
 chariots,  and  we  will  fight  against  them 
 in    the    plain,   and  we    shall   prevail 
 against  them.     And  he  hearkened  to 
 tGr.his.        ^ their    voice,   and   did  so. 
 ^^And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  return  of 
 the  year,  that  the  son  of  Ader  reviewed 
 Syria,  and  went  up  to  Apheca  to  war 
 against  Israel.      ^^And  the  children  of 
 Israel  were  numbered,  and    came  to 
 meet    them :     and   Israel    encamped 
 before  them  as  two  little  flocks  of  goats, 
 but  Syria  filled  the  land. 
 
 ^^  And  there  came  thc  man  of  God, 
 and  said  to  the  king  of  Israel,  Thus 
 says  the  Lord,  Because  Syria  has  said. 
 The  Lord  God  of  Israel  is  a  God  of  the 
 hills,  and  he  is  not  a  God  of  the  val- 
 leys, therefore  will  I  give  this  great 
 army  into  thy  hand,  and  thou  shalt 
 know   that  I   am  the  Lord.     ^^And 
 they  encamp  one  over  against  the  other 
 before  ''  them    seven    days.    +  Gr.  these. 
 And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh 
 day  that  the  battle  drew  on,  and  Israel 
 smote  Syria,  ecen  a  hundred  thousand 
 footmen  in  one  day.     ^°  And  the  rest 
 fled  to  Apheca,  into  the  city;  and  the 
 wall  fell  upon  twenty-seven  thousand 
 men   that   were  left:  and  the  son  of 
 Ader  fled,  and  entered  into  ^  an  inner 
 chamber,     into     a    closet.  hoSeofthe 
 ^'And  he  said  to  his  ser-  chamber, 
 vants,  I  know  that  the  kings  of  Israel 
 are ''^ merciful  kings:  let  us    +  Gr.Miigs of 
 now  put  sackcloth  iipon  our  "'^''^y- 
 loins,  and  ropes  upon  our  heads,  and 
 let  us  go  forth  to  the  king  of  Israel,  if 
 by  any  means  he  will  save  our  souls 
 alive.      ^^  So  they  girt  sackcloth  upon 
 their  loins,  and  put  ropes  upon  their 
 heads,  and  said  to  the  king  of  Israel, 
 Thy  servant  the  son  of  Ader  says.  Let 
 our  ^  souls  live,  I  pray  thee.    +  Gr.  soui. 
 And  he  said.  Does  he  yet  ^:^"0„ 
 live  ?     He  is  my  brother,  ^'^^j-    ^  *^°»'- 
 ^^  And    the   men   divined,    ,  „ 
 
 J       +      rv-        1        1    •    1        re  ^  ^'■'  poured 
 
 and       oiiered.    drink-oner-  libations,  but 
 ings;  and  they  caught  thc  f^l^^^lZav 
 
 word  out  of  his  mouth,  and    ^^?ers  exactly 
 
 said.  Thy  brother  the  son  of  ^ova^ Hebrew. 
 Ader.  And  he  said.  Go  ye  in  and 
 fetch  him.  And  the  son  of  Ader  went 
 out  to  him,  and  they  cause  him  to  go 
 up  to  him  ^  into  the  chariot.  +  Gr.  upon  or 
 3^  And  he  said  to  him.  The  *°- 
 cities  which  my  father  took  from 
 thy  father  I  will  restore  to  thee  ; 
 and  thou  shalt  make  streets  for  thy- 
 self in  Damascus,  as  my  father  made 
 streets  in  Samaria  ;  and  I  will  let 
 thee  go  with  a  covenant.  And  he 
 made  a  covenant  with  him,  and  let 
 him  go. 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  35. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  u.  13. 
 
 ^*  And  ^  a  certain  man  of  the  sons  of 
 +  Gr.  one  man.  the  pi'ophets  Said  to  his 
 neighbour  by  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
 Smite  me,  1  pray.  And  the  man 
 would  not  smite  him.  ^^  And  he  said 
 to  him,  Because  thou  hast  not  hearkened 
 to  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  therefore, 
 ^Ic^^daSon.  behold,  ^as  thou  departest 
 &c.  from  me,  a  lion  shall  smite 
 
 thee :  and  he  departed  from  him, 
 and  a  lion  found  him,  and  smote  hiin. 
 ^^And  he  finds  another  man,  and  says. 
 Smite  me,  I  pray  thee.  And  the  man 
 tGr.  having  smotc  him,  and  ^in  smiting 
 smitten.  woundcd  Mm.  38 And  the 
 prophet  went  and  stood  before  the 
 king  of  Israel  by  the  way,  and  bound 
 his  eyes  with  a  bandage.  ^^  And  it 
 came  to  pass  as  the  king  passed  by, 
 that  he  cried  aloud  to  the  king,  and 
 said,  Thy  servant  went  out  to  ^  tear., 
 +  Gr.  the  and,  behold,  a  man  brought 
 army  of  war.  another  man  to  me,  and 
 said  to  me.  Keep  this  man;  and  if  he 
 should  by  any  means  escape,  then  thy 
 +  Gr.  soul.  ^  life  shall  go  for  his  Hfe, 
 or  thou  shalt  pay  a  talent  of  silver. 
 '*"  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  thy  servant 
 looked  round  this  way  and  that  way, 
 +  Gr.  he  was  and  ^  the  man  was  gone. 
 "°str  n  And  the  king  of  Israel  said 
 
 variation.        to  him,  ^  Bcliold  !  tliou  liast 
 
 Prob.  7n  was         i  +   i      x  i  . 
 
 read  instead  of  ^^so  destroyed  snarcs  set 
 j3-'nNfornn«  forme.  ^'And  he  hasted, 
 and  ^lyat'o  and  took  away  the  bandage 
 fof^somethiiig:  fpQrn  his  eyes ;  and  the  king 
 +  Gr.  slain,  of  Isracl  rccogniscd  him, 
 that  he  was  one  of  the  prophets. 
 *^  And  he  said  to  him.  Thus  says  the 
 Lord,  Because  thou  hast  sidfered  to 
 escape  out  of  thine  hand  a  man  ^ap- 
 +  Gr.  oXcflptou.  pointed  to  destruction,  there- 
 fore thy  life  shall  go  for  liis  life,  and 
 thy  people  for  his  people.  *^  And  the 
 king  of  Israel  departed  confomided  and 
 discouraged,  and  came  to  Samaria. 
 
 22.  And  he  rested  three  years,  and 
 there  was  no  war  between  S}a-ia  and 
 Israel.  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
 third  year,  that  Josaphat  king  of  Juda 
 
 went  down    to    the   king    of    Israel. 
 3  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to  his  ser- 
 vants. Know  ye  that  Remmath  Galaad 
 is  ours,  and  Ave  are  ^  slow  to    +  Gr.  silent, 
 take  it  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
 Syria  ?      ■*  And  the  king  of  Israel  said 
 to  Josaphat,  Wilt  thou  go  up  with  us 
 to  Remmath  Galaad  to  battle?     ^And 
 Josaphat  said,  As  I  am,  so  art  thou 
 also,  as  my  people,  so  is  thy  people,  as 
 my  horses,  so  are  thy  horses.      And 
 Josaj^hat  king  of  Juda  said  to  the  king 
 of  Israel,  Inquire,  I  pray  thee,  of  the 
 Lord  to-day.     ^  And  the  king  of  Israel 
 gathered   all   the    prophets   together, 
 about  four  himdred  men,  and  the  king 
 said  to   them,  Shall  I  go  up  to  Rem- 
 math Galaad  to  battle,  or  shall  I   for- 
 bear? and  they  said,  Go  up,  and  the 
 Lord  will  surely  give  it  into  the  hands 
 of  the  king.      '^  And  Josaphat  said  to 
 the  king  of  Israel,  Is  there  not  here  a 
 prophet  of  the  Lord,  ^  that    t  Gr.  and  we 
 we  may  inquire  of  the  Lord  ^^  maiure. 
 by  him  ?     ^  And  the  king  of  Israel 
 said  to  Josaphat,    There  is  one  man 
 here  for  us  to  inquire   of  the  Lord 
 ^by;   but  I  hate  him,  for    +gi-.  byhim. 
 he  does  not  speak   good   of  me,  but 
 only  evil,   IMichaias  son  of   Jemblaa. 
 And  Josaphat  king  of  Juda  said.  Let 
 not  the  king  say  so.     ^  And  the  king 
 of  Israel  called  a  eunuch    and    said, 
 Bring  hither  qiuckly  ]\Jichaias  son  of 
 Jemblaa.     ^''And  the  king  of  Israel 
 and  Josaphat  king  of  Juda  ^  sat,  each 
 on  his  throne,  armed  in  the    +  see  Heo. 
 gates  of  Samaria ;  and  all  the  prophets 
 prophesied  before  them.     "And  Sede- 
 kias  son  of  Chanaan  made  for  himself 
 iron  horns,   and  said.   Thus  says  the 
 Lord,  With  these   thou    shalt   *  push 
 Syria,  until  it  be  consumed.    +  Gr.  gore. 
 '^  And  all  the  prophets  prophesied  in 
 like  manner,  saying.  Go  up  to  Rem- 
 math   Galaad,    and    the    thing    shall 
 prosper,  and  the  Lord  shall  deliver  it 
 and  the  king  of  Syria  into  thine  hands. 
 '^And  the  messenger  that  went  to  call 
 Michaias  spoke  to  liiin,  saying,  Behold 
 now,  all  the  prophets  speak  with  one 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  14. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  35. 
 
 mouth  good  concerning  the  king,  let 
 now  thy  words  be  like  the  words  of 
 one  of  them,  and  speak  good  things, 
 
 +  Gr.  these  and  ]\Iichaias  said,  ^^  As  the 
 things.  Lord  lives,  ^  whatsoever  the 
 
 Lord  sliall  say  to  me,  that  will  I  speak. 
 '■'And  he  came  to  the  king:  and  the 
 king  said  to  him,  IMichaias,  shall  I  go 
 up  to  Eemmath  Galaad  to  battle,  or 
 shall   I  forbear?  and  he  said.  Go  up, 
 
 t  Gi:  prosper  and  thc  Lord  shall  ^  deliver 
 the  work,  &c.    -^  -^^^  ^i^g  i^.^^^  pf  the  king. 
 
 "^And  the  king  said  to  him.  How  often 
 shall  I  adjure  thee,  that  thou  speak  to 
 me  truth  in  the  name  of  the  Lord? 
 '^And  he  said,  Not  so.  I  saw  all  Israel 
 scattered  on  the  mountains  as  a  flock 
 +  Gr.  which     +  without  a  shepherd :   and 
 
 has  no  shep-  -i^r  ri     i 
 
 herd.  the  Lord  said.  Is  not  (jrod. 
 
 lord  of  these?  let  each  one  return  to 
 his  home  in  peace.  '^And  the  king  of 
 Israel  said  to  Josaphat  king  of  Juda, 
 Did  I  not  say  to  thee  that  this  man 
 does  not  prophesy  good  to  me,  for  he 
 speoAs  nothing  but  evil  ?  '^  And 
 Michaias  said.  Not  so,  it  is  not  I, 
 hear  the  word  of  the  Lord;  it  is  not 
 so.  I  saw  the  God  of  Israel  sitting  on 
 his  throne,  and  all  the  host  of  heaven 
 stood  about  him  on  his  right  hand  and 
 on  his  left.  ^'^And  the  Lord  said,Who 
 will  deceive  Achaab  king  of  Israel, 
 +  Gr.  and  he  ^  that  he  may  go  up  and  fall 
 shau,&c.  -j^  Eemmath  Galaad?  and 
 one  spoke  one  way,  and  another 
 another  way.  ^' And  there  came  forth 
 a  spirit  and  stood  before  the  Lord,  and 
 said,  I  will  deceive  him.  ^^  And  thc 
 Lord  said  to  him,  Wliereby  ?  And  he 
 said,  I  will  go  forth,  and  will  be  a  false 
 spirit  in  the  mouth  of  all  his  prophets. 
 And  he  said,  Thou  shalt  deceive  him, 
 yea,  and  shalt  prevail:  go  forth,  and 
 do  so.  ^'  And  now,  behold,  the  Lord 
 has  put  a  false  spirit  in  the  mouth  of 
 all  these  thy  prophets,  and  the  Lord 
 has  spoken  evil  against  thee.  ^^And 
 Sedekias  the  son  of  Chanaan  came  near 
 and  smote  Michaias  on  the  cheek,  and 
 said,  AVliat  sort  of  a  spirit  of  the  Lord 
 has  spoken  in  thee?     ^'^  And  Michaias 
 
 said.  Behold,  thou  shalt  see  in  that 
 day,  when  thou  shalt  go  into  an  inner- 
 most chamber  to  hide  thyself  there. 
 ^*'And  the  king  of  Israel  said,  Take 
 IMichaias,  and  convey  him  away  to 
 Semer  the  ^  keeper  of  the  +  Gr.  kingr. 
 city ;  ^^  and  tell  Joas  the  king's  son  to 
 put  this  felloio  in  prison,  and  to  feed 
 him  with  bread  of  affliction  and  water 
 of  affliction  until  I  return  in  peace. 
 ^^And  Michaias  said,  If  thou  return  at 
 all  in  peace  the  Lord  has  not  spoken 
 by  me. 
 
 ^^So  the  king  of  Israel  went  up, 
 and  Josaphat  king  of  Juda  with  him 
 to  Eemmath  Galaad.  ^°And  the  king 
 of  Israel  said  to  Josaphat  king  of  Ju- 
 da, I  will  disguise  myself,  and  enter 
 into  the  battle,  and  do  thou  put  on 
 my  raiment.  So  the  king  of  Israel 
 disgiused  himself,  and  went  into  the 
 battle.  ^'  And  the  king  of  Syi'ia  had 
 charged  the  thirty-two  captains  of  his 
 chariots,  saying,  Fight  not  against 
 small  '''  or  great,  but  against  ^  Gr.  and. 
 the  king  of  Israel  only.  ^^And  it 
 came  to  pass,  when  the  captains  of  the 
 chariots  saw  Josaphat  king  of  Juda, 
 ^  that  they  said.  This  seems  t  Gr.  and 
 to  be  the  king  of  Israel.  ^**' 
 And  they  compassed  him  about  to 
 fight  against  him;  and  Josaphat  cried 
 out.  ^^And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
 the  captains  of  the  chariots  saw  that 
 this  was  not  the  king  of  Israel,  that 
 they  returned  from  liim.  ^^And  one 
 drew  a  bow  with  a  good  aim,  and 
 smote  the  king  of  Israel  between  the 
 lungs  and  the  breast-plate :  and  he  said 
 to  his  charioteer.  Turn  thine  hands, 
 and  carry  me  away  out  of  the  battle, 
 for  I  am  wounded.  ^'^And  the  war 
 was  turned  in  that  day,  and  the  king- 
 was  ^  standing   on  the  cha-  +  LU.  remaining. 
 
 riot  against  Syria  from  morning  till 
 evening;  and  he  shed  the  +g»-. bosom, 
 blood  out  of  his  wound,  into  probably  T^' ' 
 the  ^  bottom  of  the  chariot,  mistake— the 
 and  died  at  even,  and  the  isfomid. 
 blood  ran  out  of  the  ^  wound  +  Gr.  bosom, 
 into    the    ^  bottom     of    the    chariot. 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  36. 
 
 KINGS   III. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  54. 
 
 ^^And  the  herald  of  the  army  stood 
 at  sunset,  saying,  Let  every  man  go 
 to  his  own  city  and  liis  own  land,  lor 
 the  king  is  dead.  ^'^And  they  came 
 to  Samaria,  and  buried  the  king  in 
 Samaria.  ^^  And  they  washed  the 
 chariot  at  the  fountain  of  Samaria, 
 and  the  swine  and  tlie  dogs  licked  up 
 the  blood,  and  the  harlots  washed 
 themselves  in  the  blood,  according  to 
 the  word  of  the  Lord  which  he  spoke. 
 ^^And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Achaab, 
 and  all  that  he  did,  and  the  ivory 
 house  which  he  built,  and  all  the  cities 
 t  Gr.  made,  wliicli  he  '^built,  bcliold  a7-e 
 not  these  things  written  in  the  book  of 
 the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 
 ^°And  Achaab  slept  with  his  fathers, 
 and  Ochozias  liis  son  reigned  in  his 
 stead. 
 
 ^^  And  Josaphat  the  son  of  Asa 
 reigned  over  Juda:  in  the  fourth  year 
 of  Achaab  king  of  Israel  ^  began  Jo- 
 t  Gr.  reigned,  sapliat  to  reign.  '^^^Thir- 
 +  Gr.  a  son  of  ty  and  five  years  old  ivas  he 
 y^^inws''  when  he  began  to  reign, 
 reigning.  ^nd  he  rcigncd  twenty  and 
 five  years  in  Jerusalem;  and  his  mo- 
 ther's name  teas  Azuba  daughter  of 
 Salai.  ''^And  he  walked  in  all  the 
 way  of  Asa  his  father,  he  turned  not 
 
 from  it,  even  from  doing  that  which 
 was  right  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord. 
 ''■*  Only  he  took  not  away  anr/  of  the 
 high  places:  the  people  still  sacrificed 
 and  burnt  incense  on  the  high  places. 
 '*^  And  Josaphat  was  at  peace  with  the 
 king  of  Israel. 
 
 ^*' And  the  rest  of  the  ^  acts  of  Josa- 
 phat, and  his  mighty  deeds,  +  Gr.  words, 
 whatever  he  did,  behold,  «re  not  these 
 things  written  in  the  book  of  the 
 chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ? 
 "''  And  Josaphat  slept  witli  his  fathers, 
 and  was  buried  by  his  fathers  in  the 
 city  of  David  his  father,  and  Joram 
 his  son  reigned  in  his  stead.  ^^And 
 Ochozias  son  of  Achaab  reigiied  over 
 Israel  in  Samaria:  in  the  seventeenth 
 year  of  Josaphat  king  of  Juda  Ocho- 
 zias son  of  Achaab  reigned  over  Israel 
 in  Samaria  two  years.  ^^And  he  did 
 that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord,  and  walked  in  the  way  of 
 Achaab  his  father,  and  in  the  Avay  of 
 Jezabel  his  mother,  and  in  the  sins  of 
 the  house  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Na- 
 bat,  who  caused  Israel  to  sin.  ■^'*And 
 he  served  Baalim,  and  worsliipped 
 them,  and  provoked  the  Lord  God  of 
 Israel,  according  to  all  that  had  been 
 done  before  him. 
 
KINGS     IV. 
 
 [+Gr.  Reigns.] 
 
 (commonly  called  the  second  book  of  kings.) 
 
 CHAPTER  I.  Verses  1—14. 
 
 1.  AND  ]\Ioab  ^rebelled  against 
 t  despised  eV  Israel  after  the  death  of 
 He(>,-aum.  Achaab.  2  And  Ochozlas 
 fell  throus^h  the  lattice  that  was  in  his 
 upper  chamber  in  Samaria,  and  was 
 sick :  and  he  sent  messengers,  and  said 
 to  them,  Go  and  inquire  of  Baal  fly, 
 the  god  of  Accaron,  whether  I  shall 
 recover  of  this  my  sickness.  And  they 
 went  to  inquire  of  him.  ^And  an 
 angel  of  the  Lord  called  Eliu  the 
 Thesbite,  saying,  Arise,  and  go  to 
 meet  the  messeno-ers  of  Ochozias  king 
 of  Samaria,  and  thou  shalt  say  to  them. 
 Is  it  because  there  is  no  God  in  Israel, 
 that  ye  go  to  inquire  of  Baal  fly,  the 
 god  of  Accaron?  but  it  shall  not  be  so. 
 ^  For  thus  says  the  Lord,  The  bed  on 
 which  thou  art  gone  up,  thou  shalt  not 
 come  down  from  it,  for  thou  shalt 
 surely  die.  And  EHu  went,  and  said 
 so  to  them.  ^  And  the  messengers 
 returned  to  him,  and  he  said  to  them, 
 Wliy  have  ye  returned?  ^And  they 
 said  to  him,  A  man  came  up  to 
 meet  us,  and  said  to  us,  Go,  return 
 to  the  king  that  sent  you,  and  say 
 to  him,  Thus  says  the  Lord,  Is  it 
 because  there  is  no  God  in  Israel,  that 
 thou  goest  to  inquire  of  Baal  fly,  the 
 god  of  Accaron?  it  shall  not  be  so: 
 the  bed .  on  which  thou  art  gone  up, 
 thou  shalt  not  come  down  from  it,  for 
 thou  shalt  surely  die.  ^So  they  re- 
 turned and  reported  to  the  king  as 
 EHu  said:  and  he  said  to  them,  Wliat 
 was  the  manner  of  the  man  who  went 
 
 399 
 
 up  to  meet  you,  and  spoke  to  you  these 
 words?  **And  they  said  to  him.  He 
 tvas  a  hairy  man,  and  girt  with  a  lea- 
 thern girdle  about  his  loins.  And  he 
 said.  This  is  Eliu  the  Thesbite.  ^And 
 he  sent  to  him  a  captain  of  fifty  and 
 his  fifty;  and  he  went  up  to  him :  and, 
 behold,  Eliu  sat  on  the  top  of  a  moun- 
 tain. And  the  captain  of  fifty  spoke 
 to  him,  and  said,  0  man  of  God,  the 
 king  has  called  thee,  come  down. 
 '•^And  EHu  answered  and  said  to  the 
 captain  of  fifty.  And  if  I  am  a  man  of 
 God,  fire  shaU  come  down  out  of 
 heaven,  and  devour  thee  and  thy  fifty. 
 And  fire  came  down  out  of  heaven, 
 and  devoured  lum  and  his  fifty.  '^And 
 the  king  ^  sent  a  second  time  t  or.  added 
 to  him  another  captain  of  ^'i^^"'^- 
 fifty,  and  his  fifty.  And  the  captain 
 of  fifty  spoke  to  him,  and  said,  0  man 
 of  God,  thus  says  the  king,  Come 
 down  quickly.  ^^And  EHu  answered 
 and  spoke  to  liim,  and  said.  If  I  am  a 
 man  of  God,  fire  shall  come  down  out 
 of  heaven,  and  devour  thee  and  thy 
 fifty.  And  fire  came  down  out  of 
 heaven,  and  devoured  liim  and  his 
 fifty. 
 
 ^^  And  the  king  ^sent  yet  again  a 
 captain  and  his  fifty.  And  t  or.  added 
 the  third  captain  of  fifty  y^ttoseud. 
 came,  and  knelt  on  his  knees  before 
 EHu,  and  entreated  him,  and  spoke  to 
 him  and  said,  0  man  of  God,  let  my 
 life,  and  the  Hfe  of  these  fifty  thy  ser- 
 vants, be  precious  in  thine  eyes.  ^'*  Be- 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  u.  13. 
 
 liokl,  fire  came  down  from  heaven, 
 and  devoured  the  two  first  captains  of 
 fifty:  and  now,  I  pray,  let  my  life  be 
 precious  in  thine  eyes.  ^^And  the 
 angel  of  the  Lord  spoke  to  Eliu,  and 
 said,  Go  down  with  him,  be  not  afraid 
 of  them.  And  EUu  rose  up,  and 
 went  down  with  him  to  the  king. 
 '^And  EHu  spoke  to  him,  and  said, 
 Thus  says  the  Lord,  Why  hast  thou 
 sent  messengers  to  inquire  of  Baal  fly, 
 god  of  Accaron?  it  shall  not  be  so: 
 the  bed  on  wliich  thou  art  gone  up, 
 thou  shalt  not  come  down  from  it,  for 
 thou  shalt  surely  die.  '^So  he  died 
 according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord 
 which  Eliu  had  spoken.  '^And  the 
 rest  of  the  acts  of  Ochozias  which  he 
 did,  behold,  «re  they  not  written  in 
 the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
 of  Israel?  And  Joram  son  of  Achaab 
 reigns  over  Israel  in  Samaria  twelve 
 years  heginnhu)  in  the  eighteenth  year 
 of  Josaphat  king  of  Juda :  and  he  did 
 that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord,  only  not  as  his  brethren,  nor  as 
 his  mother :  and  he  removed  the  pillars 
 of  Baal  which  his  father  made,  and 
 broke  them  in  pieces  :  only  he  was 
 joined  to  the  sins  of  the  house  of  Jero- 
 boam, who  led  Israel  to  sin;  he  de- 
 parted not  from  them.  And  the  Lord 
 was  very  angry  with  the  house  of 
 Achaab. 
 
 2.  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
 Lord  was  going  to  take  EUu  with  a 
 whirlwind  as  it  were  into  heaven,  that 
 Eliu  and  Elisaic  went  out  of  Galgala. 
 ^And  Eliu  said  to  Ehsaie,  Stay  here, 
 I  pray  thee;  for  God  has  sent  me  to 
 Baithcl.  And  Ehsaie  said,  ''As  the 
 +  Gr  The        Lord   livcs   and    thy   soid 
 
 Lord  lives  if,  .         •/     . 
 
 &c.  fives,  I  Will  not  leave  thee ; 
 
 so  they  came  to  Ba^thel.  ^And  the 
 sons  of  the  prophets  who  were  in 
 Bgethel  came  to  EHsaie,  and  said  to 
 knowe's"^°"  him,  ^  Dost  thou  know,  that 
 +  Gr.  takes,  the  Lord  this  day  ^  is  going 
 to  take  thy  lord  away  from  thy  head? 
 And   he    said.   Yea,   I  know   it ;   be 
 
 silent.  ^^And  Eliu  said  to  EHsaie, 
 Stay  here,  I  pray  thee;  for  the  Lord 
 has  sent  me  to  Jericho.  And  he  said, 
 ^As  the  Lord  lives  and  thy  /^j";.'^*'^  v 
 
 J     Lord  lives,  if 
 
 soul  fives,  i  Will  not  leave  &c. 
 thee.  And  they  came  to  Jericho. 
 ^And  the  "sons  of  the  prophets  who 
 were  in  Jericho  drew  near  to  Elisaic, 
 and  said  to  him,  ^  Dost  thou  t  Gr.  if  thou 
 know  that  the  Lord  is  about  i™°^^«t- 
 to  take  away  thy  master  to-day  from 
 thy  head?  And  he  said,  Yea,  I  know 
 it ;  hold  your  peace.  ^  And  Eliu  said 
 to  him,  Stay  here,  I  pray  thee,  for  the 
 Lord  has  sent  me  to  Jordan.  And 
 Elisaic  said.  As  the  Lord  lives  and  thy 
 soul  fives,  I  will  not  leave  thee:  and 
 they  both  went  on.  '^And  fifty  men 
 of  the  sons  of  the  prophets  went  also, 
 and  they  stood  opposite  afar  oil':  and 
 both  stood  on  tJie  hank  of  Jordan. 
 ^  And  Eliu  took  his  mantle,  and  wi-apped 
 it  together,  and  smote  the  water:  and 
 the  water  was  divided  on  this  side  and 
 on  that  side,  and  they  botli  went  over 
 ^on  dry  gromid.     ^  And  it    +so"ieHfA. 
 
 JO  possibly  the 
 
 came   to   pass   while   they  lxx.  meant 
 
 ^-  ,1      .     'into  the  wil- 
 
 were   crossing    over,    that  demess.' 
 Eliu  said  to  Efisaie,  Ask  what  I  shall 
 do  for  thee  before  I  am  taken  up  from 
 thee.     And  Efisaie  said.  Let  there  be, 
 I  pray  thee,  ^  a  double  por-    +  Gr.  double 
 
 .  •  />  ,  1  •    • ,  portions  in  thy 
 
 tion  ot  thy  spirit  upon  me.  spirit. 
 '°  And  Eliu  said,  Thou  hast    +g^.  harden- 
 '  asked  a  hard  thing :  if  thou  '"^ '"  **''"'^- 
 shalt  see  me  wlien  I  am  taken  up  from 
 thee,  then  shall  it  be  so  to  thee ;  and  if 
 not,  it  shall  not  be  so. 
 
 '  •  And  it  came  to  pass  as  they  were 
 going,  they  ^  wont  on  talk-  t  cr.  went 
 ing;  and,  behold,  a  chariot  ^^^  talked, 
 of  lire,  and  horses  of  fire,  and  it  sepa- 
 rated between  them  both;  and  Eliu 
 was  taken  up  in  a  wliirlwind  as  it  were 
 into  heaven.  '^And  Efisaie  saw,  and 
 cried.  Father,  Father,  tlic  chariot  of 
 Israel,  and  the  horseman  thereof!  And 
 he  saw  him  no  more;  and  he  took  hold 
 of  his  garments,  and  rent  them  into 
 two  pieces.  '^  And  Efisaie  took  up  the 
 mantle  of  Eliu,  wliich  fell  from  ofl"  him 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  14. 
 
 KINGS   JV. 
 
 Chap.  hi.  v.  10. 
 
 upon  Elisaic ;  and  Elisaie  returned, 
 and  stood  upon  the  brink  of  Jordan; 
 '*And  he  took  tlie  mantle  of  Eliu, 
 which  fell  from  oifhim,  and  smote  the 
 water,  and  said,  Wliere  is  the  Lord 
 Ji'Sr^c.  God  of  Ehu^?  and  he  also 
 tionofthe       smote  the  waters,  and  they 
 
 words  belong.  J-    'J    J      l  'xl  i 
 
 ingtothe  Were  aivided  hither  and 
 next^dause  thither;  and  EHsaie  went 
 also.'  over.     '^And   the   sons  of 
 
 the  prophets  who  were  in  Jericho  on 
 the  opposite  side  saw  him,  and  said, 
 The  spirit  of  EHu  has  rested  upon  EH- 
 saie. And  they  came  to  meet  liim, 
 and  did  obeisance  to  him  to  the  ground. 
 "'And  they  said  to  him.  Behold  now, 
 there  are  with  thy  servants  fifty  men 
 t  Gr.  sons  of   +  of  strcuffth :  let  them  go 
 
 strength.   He-  1  1       xl  l       i 
 
 A»-rti.sm.  now,    and   seek   thy  lord: 
 
 iJsfatany  "'*  ^  peradveuturc  the  Spirit  of 
 time.  the  Lord  has  taken  him  up, 
 
 and  cast  him  into  Jordan,  or  on  one 
 of  the  mountains,  or  on  one  of  the 
 hills.  And  EHsaie  said.  Ye  shall  not 
 send.  ''^And  they  pressed  him  until 
 he  was  ashamed;  and  he  said.  Send. 
 And  they  sent  fifty  men,  and  sought 
 him  three  days,  and  found  him  not. 
 '^And  they  returned  to  him,  for  he 
 dwelt  in  Jericho  :  and  EHsaie  said. 
 Did  I  not  say  to  you.  Go  not?  '^And 
 the  men  of  the  city  said  to  EHsaie, 
 Behold,  the  situation  of  the  city  is 
 good,  as  ow  lord  sees;  but  the  waters 
 are  bad,  and  the  ground  ^barren. 
 tGc.  bereaved.  ^°And  EHsaic  Said,  Bring 
 me  a  new  pitcher,  and  put  salt  in  it. 
 And  they  took  07ie,  and  brought  it  to 
 him.  ^^And  Elisaie  went  out  to  the 
 spring  of  the  waters,  and  cast  salt 
 therein,  and  says.  Thus  says  the  Lord, 
 1  have  healed  the  waters;  there  shall 
 not  be  any  longer  death  thence  or 
 barren  Imid.  ^'^And  the  waters  were 
 healed  until  this  day,  according  to  the 
 word  of  Elisaie  which  he  spoke. 
 
 ^^  And  he  went  vip  thence  to  Bethel : 
 and  as  he  was  going  up  by  the  way 
 there  came  up  also  Httle  children  from 
 the  city,  and  mocked  him,  and  said  to 
 him,  go  up,  baldhead.  Go  up.     ^^And 
 
 he  turned  after  tliem,  and  saw  them, 
 and  cursed  them  in  the  name  of  the 
 Lord.  And,  behold,  there  came  out 
 two  bears  out  of  the  wood,  and  they 
 tore  forty  and  two  childi-en    t  Gr.  the  car- 
 
 Ofthem.         25^j^(J     J^g  ^gj^t    meUanMount. 
 
 thence  to  ^  Mount  Carmel,  and  returned 
 thence  to  Samaria. 
 
 3.  And  Joram  the  son  of  Achaab 
 ^  began  to  reign  in  Israel  in  +  Gr.  reigned, 
 the  eighteenth  year  of  Josaphat  king 
 of  Juda,  and  he  reigned  twelve  years. 
 ^And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
 the  sight  of  the  Lord,  only  not  as  his 
 father,  nor  as  his  mother:  and  he  re- 
 moved the  pillars  of  Baal  wliich  his 
 father  had  made.     ^Only  he  adhered 
 to   the  sin  of  Jeroboam  the   son  of 
 Nabat,  who  made   Israel  to  sin ;    he 
 departed   not   from   it.     ^And    Mosa 
 king  of  Moab  was  a  sheep-    t  lu.  in  the 
 master,    and   he    rendered  J^^^^^f 
 to  the   king  of  Israel  *  in  translation 
 the  beginning  of  the  year,  °^''^^  '  '^"f"' 
 a  hundred  thousand  lambs,  as  if  it  were 
 and   a    hundred    thousand  °'^5 
 rams,  with  ^  the  wool.  ^And    1  ^''-  ^'^'  ''°- 
 it   came  to  pass,   alter  the    +  gv.  de- 
 death  of  Achaab,  that  the  ^p^^''^'  ^'=- 
 king   of  Moab   ^rebelled   against  the 
 king  of  Israel. 
 
 ^And  king  Joram  went  forth  in 
 that  day  out  of  Samaria,  and  numbered 
 Israel.  ^And  he  went  and  sent  to 
 Josaphat  king  of  Juda,  sajang,  The 
 king  of  Moab  has  rebeHed  against  me : 
 wilt  thou  go  with  me  against  Moab 
 to  war?  And  he  said,  I  will  go  ujd: 
 thou  art  as  I,  I  am  as  thou ;  as  my  peo- 
 ple, so  is  thy  people,  as  my  horses,  so 
 are  thy  horses.  ^And  he  said,  Wliat 
 way  shall  I  go  up?  and  he  said.  The 
 way  of  the  wilderness  of  Edom.  ^And 
 the  king  of  Israel  went,  and  the  king  of 
 Juda,  and  the  king  of  Edom  :  and 
 ^  they  fetched  a  compass  of    +  (?)•.  com- 
 
 •^       T         ,     .  ^  -,    passed  a  jour- 
 
 seven  days    journey;    and  ney  of  seven 
 there  was  no  water  for  the  ^f^^'    ^  „  . 
 
 -      -  .  -        +  Gr.  at  their 
 
 army,   and   tor    the    cattle  feet. 
 Uhat    went  with   them.      '"And  the 
 
 27 
 
Chap.   hi.  u.  11. 
 
 KINGS    IV. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  1. 
 
 king  of"  Israel  said,  0,  that  tlie  I 
 Lord  should  have  called  the  three 
 kings  on  their  way,  to  give  them  into 
 the  hand  of  Moab.  ^'And  Josaphat 
 said.  Is  there  not  here  a  propliet  of  tlie 
 +  Or.  and.  Lord,  ^that  we  niay  inquire 
 of  tlie  Lord  by  liim  ?  And  one  of  the 
 servants  of  the  king  of  Israel  answered 
 and  said.  There  is  here  Elisaie  son  of 
 Saphat,  who  poured  water  on  the  hands 
 of  Eliu.  ^^And  Josaphat  said,  He 
 has  the  word  of  the  Lord.  And  the 
 king  of  Israel,  and  Josaphat  king  of 
 Juda,  and  the  king  of  Edom,  went 
 down  to  him.  ^^And  Elisaie  said  to  the 
 king  of  Israel,  What  liave  I  to  do  with 
 thee  ?  Go  to  the  prophets  of  thy  father, 
 and  the  propliets  of  thy  mother.  And 
 the  king  of  Israel  said  to  him,  ''^Has 
 +  Gr.  is  it  the  Lord  called  the  three 
 that.  kings  to  dehver  them  into 
 
 the  hands  of  Moab?      ^^And  Elisaie 
 said,  As  the  Lord  of  Hosts  before  whom 
 *Gr.  stood.     I  ■'^  stand  Hves,  unless  I  ^re- 
 +  Gr.  regard,  gardcd  the  presence  of  Jo- 
 saphat the  king  of  Juda,  I  would  not 
 have  looked  on  thee,  nor  seen  thee. 
 ^^And  now  fetch  me  a  harper.     And 
 it  came  to  pass,  as  the  harper  harped, 
 that  the  hand  of  the  Lord  came  upon 
 him.     '^And  he  said.  Thus  says  the 
 Lord,    Make    this   ^  valley 
 full  of    ■^trenches.       '^For 
 thus  says  the  Lord,  Ye  slaall 
 not  see  wind,  neither  shall 
 t  Gr.  KT,i<recs,  Y^  scc  ram,  yet  this  valley 
 shall   be  filled  with  water, 
 and  yc,  and  your  ^  flocks,  and 
 your    cattle     shall     drink. 
 And  this  is  a  light  thhtfj  in  the  eyes 
 of  the  Lord:  I  will  also  deliver  Moab 
 +  o. in.         ■'into  your  hand.      ^^And 
 ye  shall  smite  every  strong  city,  and 
 +  G»-.  throw     ye  shall  ^cut  down  every 
 down.  good    tree,    and   ye    shall 
 
 stop  all  wells  of  water,  and  spoil 
 every  good  piece  of  land  with 
 stones.  ^°And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
 +  (?r.  going  morning,  when  the  sacii- 
 "P"  fice  was  ^  offered,  that,  be- 
 
 hold !    waters  came  from  the  way  of 
 
 t  Gr.  lit. 
 brook.    Heb. 
 
 +  See  Mark 
 6.  40.  Trpaeriai 
 7rpa<Ttat. 
 
 lit.  posses- 
 sions; prob. 
 KTrivY)  also 
 derived  from 
 KTaofiai 
 
 1 
 
 Edom,  and   the  land  was  filled  with 
 water. 
 
 ^'  And  all  Moab  heard  that  the  three 
 kings  were  come  up  to  fight  against 
 them;  and  they  cried  out  ^on  every 
 side,  even  all  that  were  girt  t  cr.  from, 
 with  a  girdle,  ^and  they  said.  Ho! 
 and  stood  upon  the  border.  ,  ,  ,  ,„ 
 ''''And   they  rose    early  m  Aiex.  reads 
 
 ,1  •  1     xl  Ka l  €7rai^a,  *  and 
 
 tlie  morning,  and  trie  sun  above,*  which 
 rose  upon  the  waters,  and  n^orrfieariy 
 Moab  saw  the  waters  on  the  with  tiie  He- 
 opposite  side  red  as  blood. 
 '^'^  And  they  said.    This    is   the  blood 
 of  the    sword ;    and   the  kings  have 
 fought,  and  each  man  has  smitten  his 
 neighbour ;    now  then    to  the  ^  spoil, 
 Moab.     -^And  they  entered   +  Gr.  spoUs. 
 into  the  camp  of  Israel  ;    and    Israel 
 arose    and    smote    Moab,     and    they 
 fled    from    before    them;     to-,  went  in, 
 and    they  *  went    on    and  eoiiig  i"  and  ' 
 
 TV/T      n  1  smiting 
 
 smote  Moab  as  tliey  went. 
 ^''And  they  razed  the  cities,  and  cast 
 every  man   his  stone  on  every  good 
 piece  of  land  and  filled  it;  and  they 
 stopped  every  well,   and    ^cut   down 
 every  good  tree,  until  they    +  Gr.  threw 
 left  onbj  the  stones  of  the  '*°^^- 
 wall  cast  down;  and  the  slingers  com- 
 passed the  land,  and  smote  it.     '■'''And 
 the  king  of  Moab  saw  that  the  battle 
 prevailed  against  him;    and   he  took 
 with   him    seven   hundred   men    that 
 drew  sword,  to  cut  his  icay  through  to 
 the  king  of  Edom:  and  they   could 
 not.       ^'^And  he  took  his    ^Gr.epaai- 
 eldest   son  whom  he    had  i,rLXx.made 
 ^  designed  to  reign    in  his  ^^^^'  ^^■ 
 stead,  and  oflered  him  up  for  a  whole- 
 burnt-offcrincj  on  the  walls.  ^I„^.'l'i''^"i' 
 
 o  ,         teiicc  oi  re- 
 
 And  there  was  a  great  ^in-  pentance. 
 dlgnation    against    Israel ;    and   they 
 departed  from  him,  and  returned  to 
 their  land. 
 
 4.  And  one  of  the  wives  of  the  sons 
 of  the  prophets  cried  to  Elisaie,  saying, 
 Thy  servant  my  husband  is  dead ;  and 
 thou  knowest  that  thy  servant  feared 
 the  Lord :  and  the  creditor  is  come  to 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  2. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  26. 
 
 take  my  two  sons  to  be  his  servants. 
 ^And  EKsaic  said,  Wliat  shall  I  do  for 
 thee?  tell  me  what  thou  hast  in  the 
 house.  And  she  said,  Thy  servant 
 has  nothing  in  the  house,  except  oil 
 ntMi^ll^es.  wherewith  I  '  anoint  my- 
 fnt.  seeHeb.  self.  ^ And  lie  Said  to  her,  Go, 
 borrow  for  thyself  vessels  without  of 
 all  thy  neighbours,  even  empty  vessels, 
 borrow  not  a  few.  ^  And  thou  shalt 
 go  in  and  shut  the  door  upon  thee  and 
 upon  thy  sons,  and  thou  shalt  pour 
 forth  into  these  vessels,  and  remove 
 that  which  is  filled.  ^  And  she  de- 
 parted from  him,  and  shut  the  door 
 upon  herself  and  upon  her  sons :  they 
 brought  the  vessels  near  to  her,  and 
 she  poured  in  until  the  vessels  were 
 filled.  ^And  she  said  to  her  sons, 
 Bring  me  yet  a  vessel.  And  they 
 said  to  her,  There  is  not  a  vessel  more. 
 And  the  oil  stayed.  ^  And  she  came 
 and  told  the  man  of  God :  and  Elisaie 
 t  Gr.  interest.  Said,  Go,  and  sell  the  oil,  and 
 ^'"  thou  shalt  pay  thy  ^  debts, 
 
 and  thou  and  thy  sons  shall  live  of  the 
 remaining  oil. 
 
 **And  ■^a  day  came,  when  Elisaie  passed 
 t  Or,  one  day.  ovcr  to  Somau,  and  there  was 
 a  great  lady  there,  and  she  constrained 
 him  to  eat  bread:  and  it  came  to  pass 
 as  often  as  he  went  into  the  citt/,  that 
 he  turned  aside  to  eat  there.  ^  And 
 the  woman  said  to  her  husband,  See 
 now,  I  know  that  this  is  a  holy  man 
 of  God  who  comes  over  continually  to 
 us.  ^°  Let  us  now  make  for  him  an 
 upper  chamber,  a  small  place;  and  let 
 us  put  there  for  him  a  bed,  and  a  table, 
 and  a  stool,  and  a  candlestick :  and  it 
 shall  come  to  pass  that  when  he  comes 
 tor, turn  aside,  in  to  US,  he  shall  ^  turn  in 
 tone  day.  thither.  ^^And^i  day  came, 
 and  he  went  in  thither,  and  turned 
 aside  into  the  upper  chamber,  and  lay 
 
 ^And  he  said  to  Giezi  his  ser- 
 vant. Call  me  this  Somanite. 
 
 t  Gr.  been 
 
 with  an  tiiis  And  he  called  her  and  she 
 He4. "word Tin  stood  bcforc  him.  '^And 
 ambiguous.  "  he  said  to  him,  Say  now 
 to    her.    Behold,     thou     hast    *  taken 
 
 all  this  trouble  for  us;  what  should 
 I  do  for  thee?  Hast  thou  to-,  word  or 
 any  ^  request  to  inake  to  •'i*'"^^^- 
 the  king,  or  to  the  captain  of  the 
 host  ?  And  she  said,  I  dwell  in 
 the  midst  of  my  people.  '**And  he 
 said  to  Giezi,  What  must  we  do 
 for  her?  and  Giezi  his  servant  said, 
 ^  Indeed  she  has  no  son,  ^iiy  to  be' 
 and  her  husband  is  old.  sure. 
 ^^And  he  called  her,  and  she  stood  by 
 the  door.  ^^  And  Elisaie  said  to  her. 
 At  this  time  next  year,  as  the  season 
 is,  thou  shalt  he  alive  and  embrace  a 
 son.  And  she  said.  Nay,  my  lord,  do 
 not  lie  to  thy  servant.  ^^And  the 
 woman  conceived,  and  bore  a  son  at 
 the  very  time,  as  the  season  was,  being 
 ahve,  as  Elisaie  said  to  her. 
 
 '^  And  the  child  grew:  and  it  came 
 to  pass  when  he  went  out  to  his  father 
 to  the  reapers,  ^^that  he  said  to  his 
 father.  My  head,  my  head.  And  his 
 father  said  to  a  servant.  Carry  him  to 
 his  mother.  '^°  And  he  carried  him  to 
 his  mother,  and  he  lay  upon  her  knees 
 till  noon,  and  died.  ^' And  she  carried 
 liim  up  and  laid  him  on  the  bed  of  the 
 man  of  God;  and  she  shut  the  door 
 upon  him,  and  went  out.  ^'^  And  she 
 called  her  husband,  and  said.  Send 
 now  for  me  one  of  the  young  men,  and 
 one  of  the  asses,  and  I  will  '•'ride 
 quickly  to  the  man  of  God,  +  Gr.  run. 
 and  return.  ^^  And  he  said,  Wliy  art 
 thou  going  to  him  to-day?  It  is  neither 
 new  moon,  nor  the  sabbath.  ^*And 
 she  said,  '''  It  is  well.  And  +  or.  peace, 
 she  saddled  the  ass,  and  said  to  her 
 servant,  Be  quick,  proceed :  spare  not  on 
 my  account  to  ride,  unless  I  shall  tell 
 thee.  Go,  and  thou  shalt  proceed, 
 and  come  to  the  man  of  God  to  ^  Mount 
 Carmel.  ^^  And  she  ^  rode  +  Gr.  the  car- 
 and  came  to  the  man  of  God  «»eUanMoui.t. 
 to  the  mountain:  and  it  +Gr.went. 
 came  to  pass  when  Elisaie  saw  her 
 coming,  that  he  said  to  Giezi  his  ser- 
 vant. See  now  that  Somanite  comes. 
 ^^  Now  run  to  meet  her,  and  +  Gr.  peace, 
 thou  shalt  say,  ^  Is  it  well  with  thee? 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  27. 
 
 KINGS   TV. 
 
 Chap,  v,  v.  3. 
 
 Is  it  well  Avitli  tliyhiisbancl?  Is  it  well 
 witli  the  child?  unci  she  said,  It  is  well. 
 '^^And  she  came  to  Elisaic  to  the  moun- 
 tain, and  laid  hold  of  his  feet;    and 
 Giezi  drew  near  to  thrust  her  away. 
 And   Ehsaic  said.   Let  her  alone,  for 
 her  soul  is  much  grieved  in  her,  and 
 the  Lord  has  hidden  it  from  me,  and 
 has  not  told  it  me.      ^**  And  she  said, 
 Did  I  ask  a  son  of  mj lord?  For  did  1 
 +  Gr.  thou      not  say.  Do  ^  not  deal  de- 
 shait,&c.        ceitfully  with  me?     ^^And 
 EUsaie  said  to  Giezi,  Gird  up  thy  loins, 
 and  take  my  staff  in  thy  hand,  and  go : 
 +  Gr.  art.        ^  if  tliou  meet  any  man  see 
 tGr.  bless,      that  thou  ^  salute  him  not, 
 and  if  a  man  salute  tliee  thou  shalt  not 
 answer  him:    and  thou  shalt  lay  my 
 staff  on  tlie  child's  face.     ^°And  the 
 mother  of  the  child  said,  As  tlie  Lord 
 lives  and  as  thy  sold  Hves,  I  will  not 
 leave  thee.      And  Elisaie   arose,   and 
 went  after  her.     ^'And  Giezi  went  on 
 before  her,   and  laid  his  staff  on  the 
 child's   face:    but   there  was   neither 
 voice  nor  any  hearing.    So  he  returned 
 to  meet  him,  and  told  him,  saying. 
 The   child    is   not   awaked.      ^^And 
 EHsaie  went  into  the  house,  and,  be- 
 hold, the  dead  child  was  laid  upon  his 
 bed.       ^^And   Ehsaie  went  into    the 
 house,  and  shut  the  door  upon  them- 
 selves,   the  two,    and   prayed  to    the 
 Lord.     ^^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  bowed  himself  upon  him,  and  the 
 flesh  of  the  child  grew  warm.     ^'''  And 
 he  returned,  and  walked  up  and  down 
 in  the  house:    and  he  went  up,  and 
 bowed  himself  on  the  child  seven  times ; 
 and  the  child  opened  his  eyes.     ^''And 
 Elisaie  cried  out  to  Giezi,  and  said, 
 Call  this  Somanitc.     So  he  called  her, 
 and  she  came  in  to  ^  him : 
 and  Elisaie  said.  Take  tliy 
 son.     ^^  And  the  woman  went  in,  and 
 fell  at  his  feet,  and  did  obeisance  boiv- 
 ing  to  the  ground;  and  she  took  her 
 son,  and  went  out. 
 
 4  0-1 
 
 *  that  is  Eli- 
 saie. 
 
 ^'^And  Elisaic  returned  to  Galgala: 
 and  a  famine  v)as  in  the  land;  and 
 the  sons  of  the  prophets  sat  before  him : 
 and  Elisaie  said  to  his  servant.  Set  on 
 the  great  pot,  and  boil  pottage  for  the 
 sons  of  the  prophets.  ^''  And  he  went 
 out  into  the  field  to  gather  ^  herbs,  and 
 found  a  vine  in  the  field,  tcr.  word 
 and  gathered  of  it  wild  g^^'!!^""" 
 ^govuxls,  his  garment  full;  iGr.smg. 
 and  he  cast  it' into  the  cal-  coiocynth. 
 dron  of  pottage,  for  they  knew  them 
 not.  "^°  And  he  poured  it  out  for  the 
 men  to  eat :  and  it  came  to  pass,  when 
 they  were  eating  of  the  pottage,  that 
 lo !  they  cried  out,  and  said.  There  is 
 death  in  the  pot,  0  man  of  ( Jod.  And 
 they  could  not  eat.  *^  And  he  said, 
 Take  meal,  and  cast  it  into  the  pot. 
 And  Ehsaie  said  to  his  servant  Giezi, 
 Pour  out  for  the  people,  and  let  them 
 eat.  And  there  was  no  longer  there 
 any  hurtful  thing  in  the  pot.  '*^  And 
 tliere  came  a  man  over  from  Batha- 
 risa,  and  brought  to  the  man  of  God 
 twenty  barley  loaves  and  cakes  of  figs, 
 of  the  first-fruits.  And  he  said,  Give 
 to  the  people,  and  let  them  cat.  "'^And 
 his  servant  said.  Why  should  I  set  this 
 before  a  hundred  men?  and  he  said, 
 Give  to  the  people,  and  let  them  eat; 
 for  thus  says  the  Lord,  They  shall  eat 
 and  leave.  **  And  they  ate  and  left, 
 according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 
 
 5.  Now  Naiman,  the  captain  of  the 
 host  of  Syria,  was  a  great  man  before 
 his  master,  and  ^highly  re-  fieredatin'" 
 spectcd,    because    by    him  comitenancc. 
 the    Lord   had   given  dehverance   to 
 Syria,  and   the  man  was   mighty  in 
 strength,  but  a  leper.     ^And  the  Sy- 
 rians came  forth  ^  in  small  l^t'^^ttd?'' 
 bands,  and  took  captive  out  ^c- 
 of  tlic  land  of  Isratsl  a  little  maid ;  and 
 she    ^  waited    on   Naiman's    t  Gr.  was 
 wife.     3  And  she  said  to  her  '"='°"'^- 
 mistress,  0  that  my  lord  were  in  the 
 presence  of  the  prophet  of   +  Gr.  wui 
 God  in   Samaria;   then  he  ;"=**'=»'»»•"• 
 ^  would  recover  him  from  his  leprosy. 
 
Chap.  v.  v.  4. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  v.  v.  22. 
 
 *  And  she  went  in  and  told  licr 
 lord,  and  said,  Thus  and  tlms  spoke 
 the  damsel  who  is  of  the  land  of  Is- 
 rael. ^And  the  king  of  Sji-ia  said  to 
 Naiman,  Go  to,  go,  and  1  will  send  a 
 letter  to  the  king  of  Israel.  And  he 
 went,  and  took  in  his  hand  ten  talents 
 of  silver,  and  six  thousand  pieces  of 
 +Gr. changing  gold,  and  ten  ^  changes  of 
 "^^  ^^*  raiment.     ^And  he  brought 
 
 the  letter  to  the  king  of  Israel,  ^  say- 
 +  ungrairmia-  ing,  Xow  then,  as  soon  as 
 ^idi'emSis  this  letter  shall  reach  thee, 
 suppued.  behold  I  have  sent  to  thee 
 my  servant  Naiman,  and  thou  shalt 
 recover  him  from  liis  leprosy.  ''And 
 it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king  of  Is- 
 rael read  the  letter,  that  he  rent  his 
 garments,  and  said.  Am  I  God,  to  kill 
 and  to  make  alive,  that  this  man  sends 
 to  me  to  recover  a  man  of  his  leprosy  ? 
 consider,  however,  I  pray  you,  and  see 
 that  this  man  seeks  an  occasion  against 
 me. 
 
 **And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Elisaie 
 heard  that  the  king  of  Israel  had  rent 
 his  garments,  that  he  sent  to  the  king 
 of  Israel,  saying,  Wlierefore  hast  thou 
 rent  thy  garments?  Let  Naiman,  I 
 pray  thee,  come  to  me,  and  let  him 
 know  that- there  is  a  prophet  in  Israel. 
 ^  So  Naiman  came  with  '''  horses  and 
 +  Gr.  horse,  chariot,  and  stood  at  the 
 door  of  the  house  of  Elisaie.  '°And 
 Ehsaie  sent  a  messenger  to  him,  say- 
 ing, Go  and  wash  seven  times  in  Jor- 
 dan, and  thy  flesh  shall  return  to  thee, 
 and  thou  shalt  be  cleansed.  ^'And 
 Naiman  was  angry,  and  departed,  and 
 said.  Behold,  I  said,  He  will  by  all 
 means  come  out  to  me,  and  stand,  and 
 call  on  the  name  of  his  God,  and  lay 
 his  hand  upon  the  place,  and  recover 
 the  leper.  ^"^  Are  not  Abana  and 
 Pharphar,  livers  of  Damascus,  better 
 than  all  the  waters  of  Israel?  ^may  I 
 tGr.shaiii  not  go  and  wash  in  them, 
 not,&c.  ^^^   ^Q  cleansed?   and  he 
 
 turned  and  went  away  in  a  rage. 
 ^^  And  liis  servants  came  near  and  said 
 to  him,  Suppose  the  prophet  had  spoken 
 
 a  great  thing  to  thee,  wouldst^  tliou 
 not  perform  it?  yet  he  has  icr.wiitthou. 
 but  said  to  thee.  Wash,  and  be  cleansed. 
 '''So  Naiman  went  down,  and  dipped 
 himself  seven  times  in  Jordan,  accord- 
 ing to  the  word  of  Elisaie:  and  his 
 flesh  returned  to  him  as  the  flesh  of 
 a  little  child,  and  he  was  cleansed. 
 '■'And  he  and  all  his  ''  com-  +  gi-.  army  or 
 pany  returned  to  Ehsaie,  and  '^^™''" 
 he  came  and  stood  before  him  and  said. 
 Behold,  I  know  that  there  is  no  God  in 
 all  the  earth,  save  only  in  Israel:  and 
 now  receive  a  blessing  of  thy  servant. 
 '*^And  Elisaie  said.  As  the  Lord  lives, 
 before  whom  I  stand,  I  will  not  take 
 one.  And  he  pressed  him  to  take  07ie: 
 but  he  would  not.  ''And  Naiman 
 said.  Well  then,  if  not,  let  there  be 
 given  to  thy  servant,  I  pray  thee,  the 
 load  of  a  yoke  of  mules;  for  hence- 
 forth thy  servant  will  not  offer  whole- 
 burnt-offering  or  sacrifice  to  other 
 gods,  but  only  to  the  Lord  +  probably 
 ^by   reason   of  this   thing,  this  last  clause 
 
 1  fl  -^A       1     +  1  1  -I         11        belongs  to 
 
 '**  And      let   the    Lord    be  ver.  is. 
 propitious   to   thy   servant    +  The  Lord 
 when  my  master  goes  into  si^aube.&c. 
 the    house    of    Remman   to   worship 
 there,  and  he  shall  lean  on  my  hand, 
 and  I  shall  bow  down  in  the  house  of 
 Eemman;  when  he  bows  down  in  the 
 house  of  Eemman ;  even  let    t  or.  SeiipaSa 
 the  Lord,  I  pray,  be  merciful  'I^^yp^!^^^^"''- 
 to  thy  servant  in  this  matter,  cdmp.  Gen. 
 '9  And  Elisaie  said  to  Nai-  ''•  •*^- 
 man.  Go  in  peace.      And  he  departed 
 from  him  '^a  little  way. 
 
 ^^  And  Giezi  the  servant  of  Eli- 
 saie said,  Behold,  my  Lord  has  spared 
 this  Syrian  Naiman,  so  as  not  to  take 
 of  his  hand  wdiat  he  has  brought :  as 
 the  Lord  lives,  I  will  surely  run  afte?' 
 him,  and  take  somewhat  of  him 
 2'  So  Giezi  followed  after  Naiman: 
 and  Naiman  saw  him  running  after 
 him,  and  turned  back  from  his  cha- 
 riot to  meet  him. ■^  ^^And  t^^. +  «is 
 Giezi  said,  AU  is  well,  ^Z^"'' 
 my  master  has  sent  me,  saying,  Be- 
 hold, now  are  there  come  to  me  two 
 
Chap.  v.  v.  23. 
 
 KINGS    IV. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  18. 
 
 young  men  of  the  sons  of  the  prophets 
 from  Mount  Ephraira;  give  them,  I 
 pray  thee,  a  talent  of  silver,  and  two 
 +Gr. changing  ^  chauges  of  raiment.  -^And 
 robes.  Naiiuati  said.  Take  two  ta- 
 
 lents of  silver.  And  he  took  two  ta- 
 lents of  silver  in  two  bags,  and  two 
 changes  of  raiment,  and  ^  put  them 
 +  Gr.  gave,  upon  two  of  liis  scrvants, 
 and  they  bore  them  before  him. 
 pia^e,  oi^the  '^^  -^^^  ^^^  Came  to  '  a  secret 
 dark.  place,  and  took  them  from 
 
 their  hands,  and  laid  them  up  in  the 
 house,  and  dismissed  the  men.  ^^And 
 he  went  in  himself  and  stood  before 
 his  master;  and  Elisaic  said  to  him, 
 ^^  Whence  cornest  thou,  Giczi?  and  Giezi 
 said,  Thy  servant  hast  not  been  hither 
 or  thither.  And  EHsaie  said  to  him. 
 Went  not  my  heart  with  thee,  when 
 the  man  returned  from  liis  chariot  to 
 meet  thee  ?  and  now  thou  hast  received 
 silver,  and  now  thou  hast  received  rai- 
 ment, and  oliveyards,  and  vineyards, 
 and  sheep,  and  oxen,  and  menservants, 
 and  maidservants.  -^  The  leprosy  also 
 of  Naiman  shall  cleave  to  thee,  and  to 
 thy  seed  for  ever.  And  he  went  out 
 from  his  presence  leprous,  Hke  snow. 
 
 6.  And  the  sons  of  the  prophets  said 
 to  EHsaie,  Behold  now,  the  place 
 wherein  we  dwell  before  thee  is  ^  too 
 ai>r  He-  narrow  for  us.  ^  Let  us  go, 
 braisrn.  wc  pray  thee,  imto  Jordan, 
 
 and  take  thence  every  man  a  beam, 
 
 t  Gr.  a  place  and  make  for  ourselves  ^  a 
 ofhuiabiting.  habitation  there.  ^  And  he 
 said.    Go.      And   one    of   them    said 
 
 +  Gr.c>«tKij.  t  nrently,   Come    with    thy 
 
 Heb.  va  b«in  °  y  All  -IT 
 
 •be content, I  ^crvants.  And  he  said,  I 
 pray  thee.'  will  go.  "*  And  lie  Went  Avith 
 them,  and  they  came  to  Jordan,  and 
 
 t  Gr.  (Tfixvov.   ^  began  to  cut  down  ^  wood. 
 
 t  Or,  trees.  ^  And  bchold,  one  was  cut- 
 ting down  a  beam,  and  the  ^  axe  head 
 
 t  Gr.  iron.      fell  into  tlic  watcr :  and  he 
 
 ^Heh.hM^^  cried  out,  Alas!  master: 
 nectedwth''  and  it  was  ^ hidden.  ''And 
 ■ji^iri  Hades.  the  man  of  God  said.  Where 
 did    it    fall  ?    and    he    showed    him 
 
 +  Gr.  mpav, 
 
 "And  the  mind  of  ^'r\''li'^^- 
 
 stood.  Corres- 
 
 the  place :  and  he  ^  broke  off  a  stick, 
 and  threw  it  in  there,  +  or.  nteraity 
 and^  the  iron  came  to  the  rth^henaii, 
 surface.  ''And  he  said,  ^'^■ 
 Take  it  up  to  thyself.  And  he 
 stretched  out  his  hand,  and  took  it. 
 *And  the  king  of  Syiia  was  at  war 
 with  Israel :  and  he  consulted  with  liis 
 servants,  saying,  I  will  encamp  in 
 ^  such  a  place.  ^  And  Eli-  t  or.  eX^ww. 
 saic  sent  to  the  king  of  Is-  see  Ruth  4.  i. 
 rael,  saying.  Take  heed  that  thou  pass 
 not  by  ^  that  place,  for  the  ^  Gr.  this. 
 Syrians  are  hidden  there.  '"And  the 
 king  of  Israel  sent  to  the  place  wliich 
 EHsaie  mentioned  to  liim,  and  saved 
 himself  thence  not '"'  once  or 
 twice, 
 the  kinof  of  Syria  was  very  ponding  with 
 
 if?,"',  .     -^     the  Hi'/),  adec- 
 
 mucli  disturbed  concerning  tive.  see  job. 
 this  thing  ;    and  he  called  ^"  '^'  *^'^' 
 his  servants,  and  said  to  them,  AVill 
 ye  not   tell   me  who  betrays  me    to 
 the  king  of  Israel?     '^And  one  of  his 
 servants  said.  Nay,  my  Lord,  0  king, 
 for  EHsaie  the  prophet  that  is  in  Israel 
 reports  to  the  king  of  Israel  all  the 
 words  whatsoever  thou  mayest  say  in 
 thy  bedchamber.^      '^  And  ^^  ^[[y^iJ^^^* 
 he  said.  Go,  see  where  this  chamber, 
 man  is,  and  I  will  send  and  take  him. 
 And  they  sent  word  to  him,  saying, 
 Behold,  he  is  in  Dothaim.     '"'And  he 
 sent  thither  horses,  and  chariots,  and 
 a   mighty   host :    and   they  came  by 
 night,  and  compassed  about  the  city. 
 '■''And  the  servant  of  EHsaie  '*  rose  up 
 early  and   went  out;  and,    t^;-. was 
 behold,   a  host   compassed  ^^'yt^^se. 
 the    city,    and    horses   and   chariots  : 
 and    the    servant    said    to    him,    O 
 master,  ^  what  shall  we  do  ?    t  or.  how 
 •«And    EHsaie   said.    Fear  ^'^^^"^  •*°- 
 not,  for  they  who  arc  with  us  are  more 
 than  they  that  are  with  them.     '^And 
 EHsaie  prayed,  and  said,  Lord,  open, 
 I  pray  thee,  the  eyes  of  the  servant, 
 and    let    him   see.      And    the    Lord 
 opened  his  eyes,  and  he  saw:  and,  be- 
 hold, the  mountain  ivas  full  of  horses, 
 and  there  were  chariots  of  Hrc  round 
 
Chap.  vi.  u.  19. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  v.  4. 
 
 about  Elisaie.  "^  And  tliey  came  down 
 to  him;  and  he  prayed  to  the  Lord, 
 and  said,  Smite,  I  pray  thee,  this  ^  peo- 
 +  G;-.  nation,  pic  with  blindness.  And 
 he  smote  them  Avith  bhndness,  accord- 
 ing to  the  word  of  Ehsaie.  '^And 
 Ehsaie  said  to  them,  This  is  not  the 
 city,  and  this  is  not  the  way:  follow 
 me,  and  I  will  bring  you  to  the  man 
 whom  ye  seek.  And  he  led  them 
 away  to  Samaria.  ^'^And  it  came  to 
 pass  when  they  entered  into  Samaria, 
 that  Ehsaie  said,  Open,  I  pray  thee,  0 
 Lord,  their  eyes,  and  let  them  see.  And 
 the  Lord  opened  their  eyes  and  they 
 saw ;  and,  behold,  they  were  in  the 
 jnidst  of  Samaria.  ^^  And  the  king  of 
 Israel  said  to  Elisaie,  when  he  saw  them. 
 Shall  I  not  verily  smite  them,  my 
 father  ?  ^-  And  he  said.  Thou  shalt 
 not  smite  them,  unless  thou  ^wouldest 
 +  Gr.  smitest.  smitc  those  wliom  thou  hast 
 taken  captive  with  thy  sword  and  with 
 thy  bow:  set  bread  and  water  before 
 them,  and  let  them  eat  and  drink,  and 
 depart  to  their  master.  ^^And  he  set 
 before  them  a  great  feast,  and  they  ate 
 and  drank  :  and  he  dismissed  them, 
 and  they  departed  to  their  master. 
 And  the  bands  of  Syria  came  no  longer 
 into  the  land  of  Israel.  ^'*  And  it 
 came  to  pass  after  this,  that  the  son  of 
 Ader  king  of  Syria  gathered  all  his 
 army,  and  went  up,  and  besieged  Sa- 
 maria. ^^  And  there  was  a  great 
 famine  in  Samaria:  and,  behold,  they 
 besieged  it,  vmtil  an  ass's  head  was 
 valued  at  fifty  pieces  of  silver,  and  the 
 fomth  part  of  a  cab  of  dove's  dung  at 
 five  pieces  of  silver.  ^""And  the  king 
 of  Israel  was  passing  by  on  the  wall, 
 and  a  woman  cried  to  Mm,  saying. 
 Help,  my  lord,  0  king.  ^^And  he 
 said  to  her.  Unless  the  Lord  help  thee, 
 whence  shall  I  help  thee  ?  from  the 
 corn-floor,  or  from  the  wine-press  ? 
 '^^And  the  king  said  to  her,  AVhat  is 
 the  matter  with  thee  ?  And  the  woman 
 said  to  him.  This  icoman  said  to  me. 
 Give  thy  son,  and  we  will  eat  him  to- 
 day, and  we  will  eat  my  son  to-morrow. 
 
 ^^  So  we  boiled  my  son,  and  ate  him ; 
 and  I  said  to  her  on  the  second  day, 
 Give  thy  son,  and  let  us  eat  him :  and 
 she  has  hidden  her  son.  ^"And  it 
 came  to  pass,  when  the  king  of  Israel 
 heard  the  words  of  the  woman,  that  he 
 rent  his  garments;  and  he  passed  by 
 on  the  wall,  and  the  people  saw  sack- 
 cloth within  upon  his  flesh.  ^' And  he 
 said,  God  ^do  so  to  me  and  +G}-.  do  these 
 more_  also,  if  the  head  of  ^raddTele 
 EHsaie  shall  stand  upon  him  tilings, 
 this  day.  ^^And  Ehsaie  was  sitting 
 in  his  house,  and  the  elders  were  sit- 
 ting with  him ;  and  the  king  sent  a  man 
 before  him  :  before  the  messenger 
 came  to  him,  he  also  said  to  the  elders, 
 Do  ye  see  that  this  son  of  a  murderer 
 has  sent  to  take  away  my  head  ?  See,  as 
 soon  as  the  messenger  shall  have  come, 
 shut  the  door,  and  forcibly  detain  him 
 at  the  door :  is  not  the  sound  of  his  mas- 
 ter's feet  behind  him  ?  ^^Wliile  he  was 
 yet  speaking  with  them,  behold,  a  mes- 
 senger came  to  him :  and  he  said.  Be- 
 hold, this  evil  is  of  the  Lord;  why 
 should  I  wait  for  the  Lord  any  longer  ? 
 
 7.  And  EHsaie  said,  Hear  thou  the 
 word  of  the  Lord  ;  Thus  says  the 
 Lord,  ^  As  at  this  time,  to-  t  <?,-.  Asis 
 morrow  a  measure  of  fine  *^^'  ^^' 
 flour  shall  be  sold  for  a  shekel,  and  two 
 measures  of  barley  for  a  shekel,  in  the 
 gates  of  Samaria.  ^  And  the  ^  officer 
 on  whose  hand  the  king  +  G)-.Tpi,<rTan)s. 
 rested,  answered  Elisaie,  and  said.  Be- 
 hold, if  the  Lord  shall  make  '^  flood- 
 gates in  heaven, '''  might  this  +  see  Gen.  6. 
 thine*  be?  and  Elisaie  said,  +Gc.shaii. 
 Behold,  thou  shalt  see  with  thine  eyes, 
 but  shalt  not  eat  thereof.  ^  And  there 
 were  foiu*  leprous  men  by  the  gate  of 
 the  city:  and  one  said  to  his  neigh- 
 bour, Wliy  sit  we  here  until  we  die? 
 ^  If  we  should  say.  Let  us  go  into  the 
 city,  then  there  is  famine  in  the  city, 
 and  we  shall  die  there:  and  if  we  sit 
 here,  then  we  shall  die.  Now  then 
 come,  and  let  us  fall  upon  the  camp  of 
 the  Syrians:   if  they  should  take  us 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  5. 
 
 KINGS    IV. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  1. 
 
 alive,  then  wo  shall  live,  and  if  they 
 should  put  us  to  death,  then  we  shall 
 onl^  die.  ^And  they  rose  up  ^Avhile 
 t  ff^.  iji  the  it  ^^^^  yet  ^iglit,  to  go  into 
 dark.  ^\^q   camp   of    Syria  ;    and 
 
 they  came  into  a  part   of  the  camp 
 of  Syria,   and  behold  there  *  icas  no 
 +  Gr.  is.         man  there.    ''^For  the  Lord 
 I  Gr.  and.       had  made  the  army  of  Sy- 
 ria to  hear  a  soxmd  of  ^  chariots,  and 
 +  Gr.  chariot,  a  sound  of  ^  liorscs,  even  the 
 +  Gr.  horse,     sound  of  a  great  host :  and 
 t  Gr.  brother,  cach  man  Said  to  liis  ^fel- 
 loto,  Now  has  the  king  of  Israel  hired 
 against  us  the  kings  of  the  Chettites, 
 and    the   kings   of   Egypt,    to   come 
 against  us.     ^And  they  arose  and  fled 
 while  it  was  yet  dark,  and  left  their 
 tents,  and  their  horses,  and  their  asses 
 t  Gr.  as  it  is,  in  tlic  camp  ^  as  they  were, 
 
 or  as  they  are.    ^^^     fl^^     t  f^^,    ^j^g^^     ^^^^^ 
 
 life.*^'  °  ^^  ^And  these  lepers  entered 
 +  Gr.  as  far  as  '^a  Httlc  wav  into  the  camp, 
 
 a  part.  -<  •  •'  ^  -i 
 
 and  went  into  one  tent,  and 
 ate  and  drank,  and  took  thence  silver, 
 and  gold,  and  raiment;  and  they  went 
 and  returned  thence,  and  entered  into 
 another  tent,  and  took  thence,  and 
 went  and  hid  the  spoil.  ^And  one 
 man  said  to  liis  fellow.  We  arc  not 
 doing  well  thus:  this  day  is  a  day 
 of  glad  tidings,  and  we  hold  our 
 peace,  and  are  waiting  till  the  morning 
 
 +  Probably  a  light, ^  SO  shall  wc  find  mis- 
 ^evu  wiu'fii'id  cliicf :  uow  then  come,  and 
 "^•'  let  us  go  into  the  city.,  and 
 
 report  it  to  the  house  of  the  king, 
 'tcr.wentin.  '^So  they  ^  wcnt  and  cried 
 toward  the  gate  of  the  city,  and  re- 
 ported to  them,  saying,  We  went  into 
 the  camp  of  Syria,  and,  behold,  there 
 is  not  there  a  man,  nor  a  voice  of  a 
 
 +  Gr.  horse—  human  being,  only  ^  horses 
 ^^^'       ^.       tied  and  ^  asses,  and  their 
 
 +  Gr.  as  they  .         ,  '  hat 
 
 are.  tcnts   as  they  were.     "And 
 
 the  porters  cried  aloud,  and  reported 
 it  to  the  house  of  the  king  within. 
 •'■^And  the  king  rose  up  by  night,  and 
 said  to  his  servants,  I  will  now  tell  you 
 what  Syria  has  done  to  us.  They 
 knew  that  we  are  hungry;   and  they 
 
 have  gone  forth  from  the  camp  and 
 hidden  themselves  in  the  field,  saying, 
 They  will  come  out  of  the  city,  and 
 we  shall  catch  them  alive,  and  go  into 
 the  city.  '^And  one  of  his  servants 
 answered  and  said,  Let  them  now  take 
 five  of  the  horses  that  were  left,  which 
 were  left  here  ;  behold,  they  are  the 
 number  left  to  all  the  multitude  of  Is- 
 rael ;  and  we  will  send  thither  and  see. 
 '■*  So  they  took  two  horsemen;  and  the 
 king  of  Israel  sent  after  the  king  of 
 Syria,  sa3ang.  Go,  and  see.  '^And 
 they  went  after  them  even  to  Jordan : 
 and,  behold,  all  the  way  was  fidl  of 
 garments  and  vessels,  which  ^  the  Sy- 
 rians had  cast  away  in  their  +  Gr.  syna. 
 panic.  And  the  messengers  returned, 
 and  brought  word  to  the  king.  ^"And 
 the  people  went  out,  and  plundered 
 the  camp  of  Syria:  and  a  measure  of 
 fine  flour  was  sold  for  a  shekel,  accord- 
 ing to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  and  two 
 measures  of  barley  for  a  shekel.  *''  And 
 the  king  appointed  the  officer  on  whose 
 hand  the  king  leaned  to  have  charge 
 over  the  gate :  and  the  people  trampled 
 on  him  in  the  gate,  and  he  died,  as  the 
 man  of  God  had  said,  who  spoke  when 
 the  messenger  came  down  to  him. 
 '^So  it  came  to  pass  as  EHsaie  had 
 spoken  to  the  king,  saying,  Two  mea- 
 sures of  barley  shall  be  sold  for  a 
 shekel,  and  a  measure  of  fine  lloiu*  for 
 a  shekel ;  and  it  shall  be  ^  as  t  cr.  as  this 
 at  this  time  to-morrow  in  *i"^*''^- 
 the  gate  of  Samaria.  ''^And  the  offi- 
 cer answered  Elisaie,  and  said.  Behold, 
 ?/the  Lord  makes  flood-gates  in  heaven, 
 shall  this  thing  be?  and  Elisaie  said. 
 Behold,  thou  shalt  see  it  with  tliine 
 eyes,  but  thou  shalt  not  cat  thereof. 
 ^^  And  it  was  so  :  for  the  pcoj:)l6 
 trampled  on  him  in  the  gate,  and  ho 
 died. 
 
 8.  And  EHsaie  spoke  to  the  woman, 
 whose  son  he  had  *  restored  J,.o,'erfy  ^''rt! 
 to  fife,   saying,  Arise,  and  kimucafire. 
 go  thou  and  thy  house,  and  sojourn 
 wherever  thou  may  est  sojourn :  for  the 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  2. 
 
 KINGS  IV. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.2\. 
 
 Lord  has  called  for  a  famine  upon  the 
 land;  indeed  it  is  come  upon  the  land 
 for  seven  years.  ^  And  the  woman 
 arose,  and  did  according  to  the  word 
 of  EHsaic,  both  she  and  her  house ;  and 
 they  sojourned  in  the  land  of  the  Phi- 
 listines seven  years.  ^And  it  came  to 
 pass  after  the  expiration  of  the  seven 
 years,  that  the  woman  returned  out  of 
 the  land  of  the  Philistines  to  the  city; 
 and  came  to  cry  to  the  king  for  her 
 house  and  for  her  lands.  "*  And  the 
 king  spoke  to  Giezi  the  servant  of 
 EHsaie  the  man  of  God,  saying,  Tell 
 me,  I  pray  thee,  all  the  great  things 
 which  EHsaie  has  done.  ^And  it  came 
 to  pass,  as  he  was  telling  the  king  how 
 he  had  restored  to  Hfe  the  dead  son, 
 behold,  the  woman  whose  son  EHsaie 
 restored  to  Hfe  came  crying  to  the  king 
 for  her  house  and  for  her  lands.  And 
 Giezi  said,  My  lord,  0  king,  this  is  the 
 woman,  and  this  is  her  son,  whom 
 EHsaie  restored  to  Hfe.  ''And  the  king 
 asked  the  woman,  and  she  told  him : 
 and  the  king  appointed  her  a  eunuch, 
 saying,  Eestore  aU  that  was  hers,  and 
 all  the  fruits  of  the  field  from  the  day 
 that  she  left  the  land  until  now. 
 
 ^  And  EHsaie  came  to  Damascus ; 
 and  the  king  of  Syria  the  son  of  Ader 
 was  iU,  and  they  brought  him  word, 
 saying.  The  man  of  God  is  come  hither. 
 ^And  the  king  said  to  Azael,  Take  in 
 +  Manaa  Heb.  thine  hand  ^  a  present,  and 
 '^°^^-  go  to  meet  the  man  of  God, 
 
 and  inquire  of  the  Lord  by  him,  say- 
 t  Gr.  uve  ?  ing,  Shall  I  ^  recover  of  this 
 my  disease?  ®And  Azael  went  to 
 meet  liim,  and  he  took  a  present  in  his 
 hand,  and  aU  the  good  things  of  Da- 
 mascus, forty  camels'  load,  and  came 
 and  stood  before  him,  and  said  to  EH- 
 saie, Thy  son  the  son  of  Ader,  the  king 
 of  Syria,  has  sent  me  to  thee  to  inquire, 
 saying,  Shall  I  recover  of  this  my  dis- 
 ease? '*^And  EHsaie  said,  Go,  say.  Thou 
 shalt  certainly  live;  yet  the  Lord  has 
 andTi"d,ro-  sliowed  me  that  ^  thou  shalt 
 6aveiTa.i.  surcly  dic.    "And  he  stood 
 
 before  him,  and  fixed  his  countenance 
 
 409 
 
 ^  till  he  was  ashamed :  and  the  man  of 
 God  wept.  '"And  Azael  said,      t  Gr.  tiu 
 Wliy  does  my  lord  weep?    ^^^"le. 
 And  he  said,  Because  I  know  all  the 
 evil  that  thou  wilt  do  to  the  children 
 of  Israel :  thou  wilt  ^  utterly     -i  Gr.  send 
 destroy  their  strong  holds    ^^^^" 
 with  fire,   and    thou  wilt    slay  their 
 choice  men  with  the  sword,  and  thou 
 wilt    dash    their    infants   against    the 
 ^  gromid,  and  their  women  +  o?-,  wau,  &c. 
 with  child  wilt  thou  rip  up.     ^^  And 
 Azael  said, Who  is  thy  servant?  a  dead 
 dog,  that    he   ^  should   do    +  Gr.  shau. 
 this  thing?       And   EHsaie  said.  The 
 Lord  has  shown  me  thee  ruHng  over 
 Syria.      '■^And  he  departed  from  EH- 
 saie, and  went  in  to  his  lord;  and  he 
 said  to  him.  What  said  EHsaie  to  thee? 
 and  he  said.  He  said  to  me.  Thou  shalt 
 surely  live.     ^^And  it  came  to  pass  on 
 the  next  day  that  he  took  a  ^  thick 
 cloth,    and    dipped    it    in    i  Gr.  fj^axPap, 
 water,    and   put  it  on  his  ^^arqnnt!" 
 face,    and    he    died :    and  ^c. 
 Azael  reigned  in  his  stead.  '*'  In  the 
 fifth  year  ^  of  Joram  son  of     +  Gr.  to. 
 Achaab  king  of  Israel,  and  while  Josa- 
 phat  was  king  of  Juda,  Joram  the  son 
 of  Josaphat  king  of  Juda  ^  began  to 
 reign.     ^^  ^  Thirty  and  two    +  cc.  reigned, 
 years  old  was  he  when  he  32  ye^s  b'i'h?f 
 began    to    reign,    and    he  reigning, 
 reigned  eight  years  in  Jerusalem.  '^And 
 he  walked  in  the  way  of  the  kings  of 
 Israel,  as  did  the  house  of  Achaab ;  for 
 the  daughter  of  Achaab  was  his  wife: 
 and  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
 sight  of  the  Lord.      ^^  But  the  Lord 
 would  not  destroy  Juda  for  David  his 
 servant's  sake,  as  he  said   he  would 
 give  a  light  to  him  and  to  his  sons  con- 
 tinuaUy. 
 
 ^^  In  his  days  Edom  revolted  from 
 under  the  hand  of  Juda,  and  they 
 made  a  king  over  ■•■  them-  +  Gr.  wmseif. 
 selves.  ^'And  Joram  went  up  to  Sior, 
 and  all  the  chariots  that  were  with  him : 
 and  it  came  to  pass  after  he  had  arisen, 
 that  he  smote  Edom  who  compassed 
 him   about,   and  the  captains  of  the 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  22. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  14, 
 
 chariots;  and  the  people  fled  to  their 
 tents.  "■^  Yet  Edom  revolted  from 
 under  the  hand  of  Juda  till  this  day. 
 Then  Lobna  revolted  at  that  time. 
 ■■^"*  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jorani, 
 and  all  that  he  did,  behold,  are  not 
 these  written  in  the  hook  of  the  chro- 
 nicles of  the  kings  of  Juda?  "^^  So 
 Joram  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
 buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of 
 his  father  David :  and  Ochozias  his  son 
 reigned  in  his  stead.     "^  In  the  twelfth 
 
 +  Gr.  to.  year  ^  of  Joram  son  of  Achaab 
 king  of  Israel,  Ochozias  son  of  Joram 
 
 t  Gr.  reigned.  +  began  to  reign.  ^^  ^  Twenty 
 22  yearsfSTws  ^nd  two  ycars  old  was  Ocho- 
 reigning.  zias  wlieu  lie  began  to  reign, 
 and  he  reigned  one  year  in  Jerusalem : 
 and  the  name  of  liis  mother  toas  Go- 
 thoha,  daughter  of  Ambri  king  of 
 Israel.  ^^  And  he  walked  in  the  way 
 of  the  house  of  Achaab,  and  did  that 
 which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord,  as  did  the  house  of  Achaab. 
 ^^  And  he  went  with  Joram  the  son  of 
 
 +  Gr.  with.  Achaab  to  war  ^  against 
 xlc^aimJttti-  Azael  king  of  the  ^  Syi-ians 
 ways  elsewhere  in  Remmoth  Gakad :   and 
 
 appbcd  to  the       -,         a       •  tit 
 
 Philistines.  thc  Syrians  wounded  Jo- 
 ram. ^^  And  king  Joram  returned  to 
 be  healed  in  Jezrael  of  the  wounds 
 with  which  they  wounded  him  in  E cm- 
 moth,  when  he  fought  with  Azacl  king 
 of  Syria.  And  Ochozias  son  of  Joram 
 went  down  to  see  Jorani  the  son  of 
 Achaab  in  Jezrael,  because  he  was 
 sick. 
 
 9.  And  Elisaie  the  prophet  called 
 one  of  the  sons  of  the  prophets,  and 
 said  to  him.   Gird  up  thy  loins,  and 
 
 t  Gr.,^aKou,        ^^-^q  ^^g  t  f  ^^^^  •       ^] 
 
 a  small  vessel  J 
 
 of  oil,  shaped  hand,  and  go  to  Kemmoth 
 Tbeanpod.'^  Galaad.  ^And  thou  shalt 
 enter  there,  and  shalt  see  there  Ju  the 
 son  of  Josaphat  son  of  Namcssi,  and 
 shalt  go  in  and  make  him  rise  up  from 
 among  his  brethren,  and  shalt  bring 
 him  into  a  secret  chamber.  ^And  thou 
 shalt  take  the  cruse  of  oil,  and  pour  it 
 on  his  head,  and  say  thou.  Thus  says 
 
 the  Lord,  I  have  anointed  thee  king 
 over  Israel:  and  thou  shalt  open  the 
 door,  and  flee,  and  not  tarry.  ■*  And 
 the  young  man  the  prophet  went  to 
 Remmoth  Galaad.  ^And  he  went  in, 
 and,  behold,  the  captains  of  the  host 
 were  sitting;  and  he  said,  I  have  a 
 message  to  thee,  0  captain.  And  Ju 
 said,  To  which  of  all  us?  And  he  said, 
 To  thee,  O  captain.  ''^'Vnd  he  arose, 
 and  went  into  the  house :  and  he  poured 
 the  oil  upon  his  head,  and  said  to  him, 
 Thus  says  thc  Lord  God  of  Israel,  I 
 have  anointed  thee  to  be  king  over  the 
 people  of  the  Lord,  even  over  Israel. 
 ^And  thou  shalt  utterly  destroy  the 
 house  of  Achaab  thy  master  from  be- 
 fore me,  and  shalt  avenge  the  ^  blood 
 of  my  servants  the  prophets,  +  or.  bloods, 
 and  the  ^  blood  of  all  the  servants  of 
 the  Lord,  at  the  hand  of  Jezabel,  **  and 
 at  the  hand  of  the  whole  house  of 
 Achaab :  and  thou  shalt  utterly  cut  off 
 from  the  house  of  Achaab  every  male, 
 and  him  that  is  shut  up  and  left  in 
 Israel.  ^  And  I  will  ^  make  +  Gr.  give, 
 tlie  house  of  Achaab  hke  the  house  of 
 Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat,  and  as  the 
 house  of  Baasa  the  son  of  Acliia.  *° And 
 the  dogs  shall  eat  Jezabel  in  the  por- 
 tion of  Jezreel,  and  there  ^  shall  be 
 none  to  bury  her.  "And  +(?»-.  is  now. 
 he  opened  the  door,  and  fled.  And 
 Ju  went  forth  to  the  servants  of  his 
 lord,  and  they  said  to  him,  ^  Is  all  well? 
 Why  came  this  mad  fellow  +  Gr.  is  it 
 in  to  thee?  And  he  said  p"^'^'^' 
 to  them,  Yc  know  the  man,  and  his 
 communication.  ^^And  they  said,  It 
 is  wi'ong:  tell  us  now.  And  Ju  said 
 to  them,  Thus  and  thus  spoke  he  to 
 me,  saying, — and  he  said.  Thus  says 
 the  Lord,  I  have  anointed  thee  to  be 
 Icing  over  Israel.  ^^  And  when  they 
 heard  it  they  hasted,  and  took  every 
 man  his  garment,  and  put  +  Gr.  yapi^. 
 it  under  him  on  the  ^  top  .'' "  ...  ,  „ 
 ot  the  stairs,  and  blew  with  reigned, 
 the  trumpet,  and  said,  Ju  ^  is  king. 
 
 '*  So  Ju  the  son  of  Josaphat  thc  son 
 of  Namessi  conspired  against  Joram, 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  32. 
 
 and  Joram  was  defending  ^  Renimoth 
 iGr.in.  He-  Culaad,  lie  and  all  Israel, 
 braism.  t  begause  of  Azael  king  of 
 
 t  cfr.  fromthe  Syria.     ^^And  king  Joram 
 had  returned  to  be  healed 
 in  Jezrael  of  the  wounds  which  the 
 Syrians   had  given   him,  in  his  war 
 with  Azael  king  of  Syria.     And  Ju 
 said,  If  your  heart  is  with  me,  let  there 
 not  go  forth  out  of  the  city  ^  one  fugi- 
 +  Gr.  one        tivc  to  go  and  ^  carry  the 
 caped^  *"'"       news  to  Jczracl.     ^*^And  Ju 
 +  Or,  report     rode    and    advanced,    and 
 the  matter.       came  down  to  Jezrael;  for 
 Joram    king    of    Israel    was   getting 
 healed  in  J  ezrael  of  the  arrow-wounds 
 +  Gr.  Apa.iJ.lv,    Avherewith  ^  the  Syrians  had 
 ^**'  woimded  him  in  Rammath 
 
 in  the  war  with  Azael  king  of  Syria ; 
 for  he  was  strong  and  a  mighty  man : 
 and  Ochozias  king  of  Juda  was  come 
 down  to  see  Joram.  ^''  And  there 
 went  up  a  watchman  vipon  the  tower 
 of  Jezrael,  and  saw  the  dust  made  hy 
 Ju  as  he  approached;  and  he  said,  I 
 see  dust.      A_nd  Joram  said,   Take  a 
 
 +  Gr.  before  horscmau,  and  send  to  ^  meet 
 them.  them,    and    let    him    say. 
 
 Peace.  '^And  there  went  a  horseman 
 to  meet  them,  and  said,  Thus  says  the 
 king,  Peace.  And  Ju  said,  Wliat 
 hast  thou  to  do  with  peace?  turn  be- 
 hind me.  And  the  watchman  reported, 
 saying.  The  messenger  came  up  to 
 them,  and  has  not  returned.  '^  And 
 he  sent  another  horseman,  and  he  came 
 to  him,  and  said,  Thus  says  the  king. 
 Peace.  And  Ju  said,  Wliat  hast  thou 
 to  do  with  peace?  tvu-n  behind  me. 
 ^"And  the  watchman  reported,  saying, 
 He  came  up  to  them,  and  has  not  re- 
 turned :  and  the  driver  ^  drives  Ju  the 
 son  of  Namessi,  for  ^  it  is 
 
 ^       .  with  furious  haste.      ^^  And 
 
 paKXayrjiyi-     Joram  Said,    Make   ready. 
 
 •he  drives'  in  cliariot  :  and  Joram  the 
 madness.'        ]^j.g  ^f  Jgrael  went  forth, 
 
 and  Ochozias  king  of  Juda,  each  in  his 
 chariot,  and  they  went  to  meet  Ju,  and 
 found  him  in  the  portion  of  Nabuthai 
 
 +  Gr.  has 
 driven. 
 
 the  Jezraehte.  ^^And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  Joram  saw  Ju,  that  he  said.  Is  it 
 peace,  Ju?  And  Ju  said,  ^How  can 
 it  ie peace?  as  yet  there  arc  +Gr.Tce[prj«j. 
 the  whoredoms  of  thy  mother  Jezabel, 
 and  her  abundant  witchcrafts.  -^And 
 Joram  turned  his  hands,  and  fled,  and 
 said  to  Ochozias,  Treachery,  Ochozias. 
 2*  And  Ju  ^  bent  his  bow    ^  or,  m.med 
 
 •  ,T     T  .       /.   n       ,  ,1  I    his  hand  VFith 
 
 With  his  lull  strength,  and  the  bow. 
 smote  Joram  between  his  arms,  and 
 Ills  arrow  went  out  at  his  heart,  and 
 he  bowed  upon  his  knees.  ^'^And  Ju 
 said  to  Badecar  his  chief  officer,  Cast 
 liim  into  the  portion  of  ground  of 
 Nabuthai  the  Jezraehte,  for  I  and  thou 
 remember,  riding  as  ive  were  ^  on  cha- 
 riots after  Acliaab  his  father,    .„         , 
 
 +    1  1       T         1  1  1  •       ^Gr.on  yokes, 
 
 that  the  Lord  took  up  tins  or  pairs,  or 
 
 -,         -,  •       ,  1  •  •  chariots  with 
 
 burden  against  him,  saying,  pairs  of  horses. 
 2«^  Surely ,  I  have  seen  yester-  ■^''*-  ^"'W 
 day  the  blood  of  Nabuthai,    +  g^.  and  the 
 and  the  blood  of  his  sons, 
 says  the  Lord;  and  I  will  l^'^^J^"^^^^ 
 recompense  him  in  this  por- 
 tion, says  the  Lord.    Now  then,  I  pray 
 thee,  take  liim  up  and  cast  him    into 
 the  portion,  according  to  the  word  of 
 the  Lord.      ^^And  Ochozias  king  of 
 Juda  saw  it,  and  fled  by  the  way  of 
 ^  Basthgan.      And  Ju  pur-    +  ^/e*.  the 
 sued  after  him,  and   said,  ^^^en  house. 
 Slay  him  also.     And  one  smote  him 
 ^  in  the  chariot  at  the  going    +  Gr.  wphs. 
 up  of  Gai,  which  is  Jeblaam :  and  he 
 fled    to    Magcddo,    and    died    there. 
 ^**And  his  servants  put  him  on  a  cha- 
 riot, and  brought  him  to  Jerusalem, 
 and  they  buried  him  in  his  sepulchre 
 in  the  city  of  David.     ^^And  in  the 
 eleventh  year  of  Joram  king  of  Israel, 
 Ochozias  began  to  reign  over  Juda. 
 
 ^^  And  Ju  came  to  Jezrael ;  and 
 Jezabel  heard  of  it,  and  ^  coloured  her 
 eyes,  and  adorned  her  head,  t  perhaps 
 and  looked  through  the  ^^^e'brows  """^ 
 window.  ^' And  Ju  entered  with  stibium, 
 into  the  city;  and  she  said,  Had  Zam- 
 bri,  the  murderer  of  his  master,  peace  ? 
 ^'''And  he  lifted  up  his  face  toward  the 
 window,  and  saw  her,  and  said.  Who 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  33. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  15. 
 
 art  thou?  Come  downwitli  mc.    And 
 
 +  Or,  stooped  two  cunuclis  *  lookcd  dowii 
 
 onoZT''  towards   him.       ^^And  he 
 
 of.^-'^;i"^  said,  Throw  her  ffo?OT.  And 
 
 20.  11.    1  Pet.  ' 
 
 1-12.  they  threw  her  down:  and 
 
 some  of  her  blood  was  sprinkled  on  the 
 wall,  and  on  the  horses :  and  they 
 trampled  on  her.  ^^  And  Jit  went  in 
 and  ate  and  drank,  and  said,  Look 
 now,  after  tliis  cursed  woman,  and  bury 
 her,  for  she  is  a  kind's  dau2^hter.  ^^And 
 they  went  to  bury  her ;  but  they  found 
 tG;..  ill  her.    nothino-  +of   her   but   the 
 
 tGv.  710711.  case      -i      ^^  t      *    ^  n  -i 
 
 irreg.  Com-      skuil,   and      the  leot,   and 
 
 ^^And  they  returned  and  told  liim. 
 And  he  said.  It  is  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
 which  he  spoke  by  the  hand  of  Eliu  the 
 Thesbite,  saying,  In  the  portion  of  Jez- 
 rael  shall  the  dogs  eat  the  ^ilesh  of  Jeza- 
 tGc.  plural,  bcl.  "*^And  the  carcase  of 
 Jezabel  shall  be  as  dung  on  the  face  of 
 the  field  in  the  portion  of  Jezrael,  so 
 that  they  shall  not  say,  This  is  Jezabel. 
 
 10.  And  Achaab  had  seventy  sons 
 in  Samaria.  And  Ju  wrote  a  letter, 
 t  Gr.  in.  and  sent  it  ^  into  Samaria 
 to  the  rulers  of  Samaria,  and  to  the 
 elders,  and  to  the  guardians  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Achaab,  saying,  ^  Now  then, 
 as  soon  as  this  letter  shall  have  reached 
 you,  whereas  there  are  with  you  the 
 sons  of  your  master,   and  with   you 
 
 +  Gr.  the  cha-  ^  cliariots  and  horses,  and 
 horses.'^  *^^  Strong  cities,  and  arms,  ^do 
 ye  accordingly  look  out  the  best  and 
 
 t  Gr.  upright,  ^  fittest  among  your  master's 
 ?shed?perfrci  sons,  and  set  him  on  the 
 ill  body,  &c.  tlironc  of  his  father,  and 
 fight  for  the  house  of  your  master. 
 *  And  they  feared  greatly,  and  said. 
 Behold,  two  kings  stood  not  before 
 him:  and  how  shall  we  stand?  ^So 
 they  that  were  over  the  house,  and  they 
 that  were  over  the  city,  and  the  elders 
 and  the  guardians,  sent  to  Ju,  saying, 
 We  also  are  thy  servants,  and  whatso- 
 ever thou  shalt  say  to  us  we  will  do; 
 we  will  not  make  any  man  king :  Ave 
 will  do  that  which  is  right  in  thine 
 
 i  1  2 
 
 eyes.     ^  And  Ju  wrote  them  a  second 
 letter,  saying.  If  ye  are  for  me,  and 
 liearken  to  my  voice,  take  the  heads 
 of  the  men   your  master's  sons,    and 
 bring  tliem  to  me  ^  at  this    +  Gr.  as  this 
 time  to-morrow  in  Jezrael.  *^'''  ^"^  '"' 
 Now  the  sons  of  the  king  tvere  seventy 
 men ;    these  great    men    of  the    city 
 brought  them  up.     ^  And  it  came  to 
 pass,  when  the  letter  came  to  them, 
 that  they  took  the  king's   sons,    and 
 slew  them,  eve?i  seventy  men,  and  put 
 their  heads  in  baskets,  and  sent  them 
 to  liim  at  Jezrael.     ^And  a  messenger 
 came  and  told  him,  saying,  They  have 
 brought  the  heads  of  the  king's  sons. 
 And  he  said,  Lay  them  in  two  heaps 
 by  the  door  of  the  gate  until  the  morn- 
 ing.    ^And  the  morning  came,  and  he 
 went  forth,  and  stood,  and  said  to  all 
 the  people,  Ye  are  righteous :  behold, 
 I  conspired  against   my  master,    and 
 slew  him :    but  who  slew  ^  all  these  ? 
 ^°  See  now  that  there  shall    \  ""'"^"' 
 not  fall  to  the  c;round  any-      .'•■    4  ~~ 
 thing  of  the  word  of   the  Gesen. 
 Lord  which    the  Lord   spoke  against 
 the  house  of  Achaab :  for  the  Lord  has 
 performed  all  that  he  spoke  of  by  the 
 hand  of  his  servant  Eliu.     "  And  Ju 
 smote  all  that  were  left  of  the  house 
 of  Achaab  in  Jezrael,  and     t  Gr.  ac- 
 all  his  great  men,  and  his    'i^^'tance. 
 friends,^  and  his  priests,  so  as  not  to 
 leave  him  ani/  remnant. 
 
 ^^And  he  arose  and  went  to  Samaria, 
 and  he  7vas  in  the  ^  house  of  +  Gr.pai9aKa.9. 
 sheep-shearing  in  the  way.  '^And  Ju 
 found  the  brethren  of  Ochozias  king  of 
 fluda,  and  said,  Who  are  ye?  And 
 they  said,  We  are  the  brethren  of 
 Ochozias,  and  we  have  come  down  *  to 
 salute  the  sons  of  the  king,  +  Gr.  to  peace, 
 and  the  sons  of  the  queen.  '''And  he 
 said.  Take  them  alive.  And  they  slew 
 them  at  the  shearing-house,  forty  and 
 two  men:  lie  left  not  a  man  of  them. 
 '■''And  he  went  tlience  and  found  Jona- 
 dab  the  son  of  liechab  com-  +  or.  blessed 
 inff  to  meet  him:  and  he  *"™' 
 ''  saluted  him,  and  Ju  said  to  him.  Is  thy 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  16. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  34. 
 
 heart  right  with  my  heart,  as  my  heart 
 2s\vith  thy  heart?  AmIJonadab  said, 
 It  is.  And  Ju  said,  If  it  is  then,  give 
 me  thy  hand.  And  he  gave  him  liis 
 hand,  and  he  took  him  up  to  him  ^into 
 
 t  Gr.  upon,  the  chariot.  '""And  he  said 
 to  him,  Come  with  me,  and  see  me 
 zealous  for  the  Lord.  And  he  caused 
 him  to  sit  in  his  chariot.  '^  And  he 
 entered  into  Samaria,  and  smote  all 
 that  were  left  of  Achaab  in  Samaria, 
 until  he  had  utterly  destroyed  hhn, 
 according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
 which  he  spoke  to  Eliu.  ^*  And  Ju 
 gathered  all  the  people,  and  said  to 
 them,  Achaab  served  Baal  a  Httle;  Ju 
 shall  serve  him  much.  ^^  Now  then 
 do  all  ye  the  prophets  of  Baal  call  all 
 his  servants  and  his  priests  to  me;  let 
 
 +  Gr.  en-icTKe-    j^^^  g^  man  be  ^  wanting :  for 
 
 7r7)Tu)  lu  Heb.  .    p 
 
 IZB  1  have  a  great  sacnnce  to 
 
 offer  to  Baal;  every  one  who  shall  be 
 t  Gr.  shau  missiug  ^  sliall  die.  But 
 Tcr^'Iv  Trrep-  ^^^  tlicl  it  iu  '  subtilty,  that 
 vi(Tfi.<z,  lit. with  lie  might  destroy  the  scr- 
 tionofthe  vauts  of  Baal.  ^"And  Ju 
 literal  "r«ider-  Said,  Sanctify  a  solemn  fes- 
 ins  ot  napvf  tival  to  Baal,  and  they  made 
 planting.  a  proclamation.  ^^And  Ju 
 sent  throughout  all  Israel,  saying.  Now 
 then  let  all  BaaVs  servants,  and  all  his 
 priests,  and  all  his  prophets  come.,  let 
 none  be  lacking :  for  I  am  ^  going  to 
 t  Gr.  offering,  offcr  a  great  sacrifice ;  who- 
 soever shall  be  missing,  shall  not  Hve. 
 So  all  the  servants  of  Baal  came,  and 
 all  liis  priests,  and  all  his  prophets: 
 there  was  not  one  left  who  came  not. 
 And  they  entered  into  the  house  of 
 Baal;  and  the  house  of  Baal  was  filled 
 +  Gr.  mouth  ^  from  One  end  to  the  other, 
 to  month.  22^nd  he  said  to  the  man 
 who  was  over  the  house  of  the  ^  ward- 
 t  Gr.  ;aecr9oaX  robc.  Bring  forth  a  robe  for 
 
 all  the    servants    of   Baal. 
 
 And  the  keeper  of  the  robes 
 brought  forth  to  them.  ^^And  Ju  and 
 Jonadab  the  son  of  Bechab  entered  into 
 the  house  of  Baal,  and  said  to  the  ser- 
 vants of  Baal,  Search,  and  see  whether 
 there  is  among  yovi  any  of  the  ser^-ants 
 
 — corruption 
 of  the  Hebrew 
 ■word. 
 
 of  the  Lord,  or  only  the  servants  of 
 Baal,  by  themselves.  '^*  And  he  went 
 in  to  offer  sacrifices  and  whole-burnt- 
 offerings;  and  Ju  set  for  himself  eighty 
 men  mthout,  and  said,  Every  man 
 who  shall  escape  of  the  men  whom  I 
 bring  into  your  hand,  the  Hfe  of  him 
 that  spares  Mm  shall  go  for  his  hfe. 
 '^^And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  had 
 finished  offering  the  whole-burnt-offer- 
 ing, that  Ju  said  to  the  footmen  and 
 the  officers.  Go  ye  in  and  slay  them; 
 let  not  a  man  of  them  escape.  So  they 
 smote  them  with  the  edge  of  the  sword, 
 and  the  footmen  and  the  officers  cast 
 the  bodies  forth,  and  went  to  the  city 
 of  the  house  of  Baal.  ^""And  they 
 brought  out  the  pillar  of  Baal,  and 
 burnt  it.  ^^And  they  tore  down  the 
 pillars  of  Baal,  and  made  ^  his  +  Gr.  him. 
 house  a  draught-house  until  this  day. 
 ^*  So  Ju  aboHshed  Baal  out  of  Israel. 
 
 ^^  Nevertheless  Ju  departed  not  from 
 following  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son 
 of  Nabat,  who  led  Israel  to  sin :  these 
 were  the  golden  heifers  in  Baithel  and 
 in  Dan.  ^°And  the  Lord  said  to  Ju, 
 Because  of  all  thy  deeds  wherein  thou 
 hast  acted  well  in  doing  that  which  was 
 right  in  my  eyes,  according  to  all  things 
 which  thou  hast  done  to  the  house  of 
 Achaab  as  they  ivere  in  my  heart,  thy 
 sons  to  the  fourth  generation  shall  sit 
 upon  the  throne  of  IsraQl.  ^'  But  Ju 
 took  no  heed  to  walk  in  the  law  of  the 
 Lord  God  of  Israel  with  all  his  heart : 
 he  departed  not  from  following  the 
 sins  of  Jeroboam,  who  made  Israel  to 
 sin.  ^^In  those  days  the  Lord  began 
 to  cut  ^Israel  short;  and  tccinisraei. 
 Azael  smote  them  in  every  ■««*'•""'«• 
 coast  of  Israel ;  ^^  from  Jordan  eastward 
 all  the  land  of  Galaad  beloncinff  to  the 
 Gadites,  of  Gaddi  and  that  of  Ruben, 
 and  of  Manasses,  from  Arocr,  which  is 
 on  the  brink  of  the  brook  of  Arnon, 
 and  Galaad  and  Basan.  ^^And  the 
 rest  of  the  acts  of  Ju,  and  all  that  he 
 did,  and  all  his  might,  and  the  wars 
 wherein  he  engaged,  are  not  these 
 thinijs   written   in   the   book    of  the 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  35. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  18. 
 
 chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 
 ^■^And  Ju  slept  with  his  fathers;  and 
 they  buried  him  in  Samaria :  and  Joa- 
 chaz  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 ^^And  the  days  which  Ju  reigned 
 over  Israel  were  twenty-eight  years  in 
 Samaria. 
 
 11.  And  Gotholia  the  mother  of 
 Ochozias  saw  that  her  son  was  dead, 
 and  sl\e  destroyed  all  the  ^  seed  royal. 
 ofSeking-'''''^  ^And  Josabee  daughter  of 
 dom.  king  Joram,  sister  of  Ocho- 
 
 zias, took  Joas  the  son  of  her  brother, 
 and  stole  him  from  among  the  king's 
 sons  that  were  put  to  death,  secretinr/ 
 him  and  his  nurse  in  the  bedchamber, 
 and  hid  him  from  the  face  of  GothoUa, 
 and  he  was  not  slain.  ^And  he  re- 
 mained with  her  hid  in  the  house  of 
 the  Lord  six  years  :  and  Gotholia 
 reigned  over  the  land.  ^And  in  the 
 seventh  year  Jodae  sent  and  took  the 
 captains  of  hundreds  of  the  ^Cliorri 
 t  Hefi.  guards,  and  of  the  '^Rhasim,  and 
 +HeJ.  rvumers.  brought  them  to  him  into 
 the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  made  a 
 covenant  of  the  Lord  with  them,  and 
 adjured  them,  and  Jodae  showed  them 
 the  king's  son.  ^And  charged  them, 
 t  Gr.  word,  saying,  This  is  the  '"'  thing 
 which  ye  shall  do.  "^  Let  a  third  part 
 of  you  go  in  on  the  sabbath-day,  and 
 keep  ye  the  watch  of  the  king's  house 
 in  the  porch ;  and  another  third  in  the 
 gate  of  the  high  way,  and  a  third  at 
 the  gate  behind  tlie  footmen ;  and  keep 
 ye  the  guard  of  the  house.  ^And 
 t  Gr.  hands,  thcrc  sliall  he  two  ^  parties 
 among  you,  even  every  one  that  goes 
 out  on  the  sabbath,  and  they  shall 
 keep  the  guard  of  the  Lord's  house 
 before  the  king.  *And  do  ye  compass 
 the  king  about  every  man  ^with  his 
 +  Gr.and.&c.  wcapou  in  his  hand,  and  he 
 +  Gr.  (7oSr)pwfl.  that  goes  into  the  ^  ranges 
 Heb.  nni©  s]^^i|  jie  .  and  they  sliall 
 be  with  the  king  in  his  going  out  and 
 in  his  coming  in.  ''And  the  captains 
 of  hundreds  did  all  tilings  that  the 
 wise    Jodae    commanded  ;    and    they 
 
 took  each  his  men,   both   those  that 
 went  in  on  the  sabbath-day,  ^and  those 
 that  went  out  on  the  sab-     +  Gr.  vnth 
 batli-day,  and  went  in   to  **'°'^- 
 Jodae  the  priest.     '°And   the   priest 
 gave  to  the  captains  of  hundreds  the 
 swords  and  ^  spears  of  king  l.f'^^^iZ^ll; 
 David    that   were    in    the  wpie  defence, 
 house  of  the  Lord.     '^And  the  foot- 
 men stood  each  ^  with  Iris    +  gt.  and  his 
 weapon  in  his  hand  from  ^^^p°"- 
 the  right  corner  of  tlic  house  to  the 
 left  corner  of  the  house,  ht/  the  altar 
 and  the  house  round  about  the  king. 
 ^^And  he  ^brought  forth  the     +  Gr.  sent 
 kind's  son,   and  ^put  upon  ^°^^' 
 
 .    O  '  i  r  +  Gr.  gave. 
 
 him    the      crown   anci   (/ave    t  Gr.  ve^ep. 
 him  the  testimony  ;   and  he  ^''*'  "*" 
 made  him  king,  and  anointed  him :  and 
 they  clapped   their  hands,   and   said. 
 Long  Kve  the  king. 
 
 '^And  Gotholia  heard  the  sound  of 
 the  people  running,  and  she  went  in  to 
 the  people  to  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 ^''And  she  looked,  and,  behold,  the 
 king  stood  near  a  pillar  according 
 to  the  ^  manner ;  and  the  +  Heb.  rEffip 
 singers  and  the  "^  trumpeters  i,"am'!^r?*'" 
 were  before  the  king  and  +gc.  trumpets, 
 all  the  people  of  the  land  even  re- 
 joicing and  sounding  with  trumpets: 
 and  GothoHa  rent  her  garments,  and 
 cried,  A  Conspiracy,  a  Conspiracy. 
 '^And  Jodae  the  priest  commanded 
 the  captains  of  hundreds  who  were 
 over  the  host,  and  said  to  them.  Bring 
 her  forth  without  the  ranges,  a7id  he 
 that  goes  in  after  her  sliall  certainly  die 
 by  the  sword.  For  the  priest  said.  Let 
 her  not  however  be  slain  in  the  house 
 of  the  Lord.  ^'^And  they  laid  hands 
 upon  her,  and  went  in  by  the  way  of 
 the  horses'  entrance  into  the  house  of 
 the  Lord,  and  she  was  slain  there. 
 '^  And  Jodae  made  a  covenant  between 
 the  Lord  and  the  king  and  the  people, 
 that  they  should  be  the  Lord's  people; 
 also  between  the  king  and  the  people. 
 '^And  all  the  people  of  the  land  went 
 into  the  house  of  Baal,  and  tore  it 
 down,  and  completely  broke  in  pieces 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  19. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  16. 
 
 his  altars  and  his  images,  and  they 
 slew  JMathan  the  priest  of  Baal  before 
 the  altars.  iVnd  the  priest  ^  appointed 
 see^johuT^'  overseers  ^  over  the  house  of 
 16.  /  ■  the  Lord.  ^^And  he  took 
 mto!^"  "^  *"  the  captains  of  the  hundreds, 
 and  the  Chorri,  and  the  Rhasim,  and 
 all  the  people  of  the  land,  and  brought 
 down  the  king  out  of  the  house  of  the 
 Lord,  and  they  went  in  by  the  way  of 
 (.+  Or,  guard,  the  gate  of  the  '^footmen  of 
 '^'  ^-  the  king's  house,  and  seated 
 
 him  there  on  the  throne  of  the  kings. 
 ^"And  all  the  people  of  the  land  re- 
 joiced, and  the  city  was  at  rest:  and 
 +  G,:  a  son  of  ^|^gy  g^g^  GothoUa  with  the 
 
 r  years  m  his  J 
 
 reigning.  sword  at  the  houso  01  the 
 king.  ^^  Joas  was  ^  seven  old  when  he 
 besran  to  rei<?n. 
 
 12.  Joas  ^  began  to  reign  in  the 
 t  Gr.  reigned,  seventh  year  of  Ju,  and  he 
 reigned  forty  years  in  Jerusalem :  and 
 his  mother's  name  ivas  Sabia  of  Beer- 
 sabee.  ^And  Joas  did  that  wlucli 
 was  rio:ht  in  the  sig-ht  of  the  Lord  all 
 the  days  that  Jodae  the  priest  in- 
 structed him.  ^Only  there  were  not 
 am/  of  the  high  places  removed,  and 
 the  people  still  sacrificed  there,  and 
 burned   incense    on   the  high   places. 
 
 *  And  Joas  said  to  the  priests.  As  for 
 all  the  money  of  the  holy  things  that 
 is  brought  into  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 the  money  of  valuation,  as  each  man 
 brings  the  money  of  valuation,  all 
 come  iii't^the  ^^^^  moucy  which  ^aiiy  man 
 heait,  &c.  may  feel  disposed  to  bring 
 into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  ^  let  the 
 priests  take  it  to  themselves,  every 
 man   from   the  proceeds  of  ^  his  sale : 
 
 +  Confusion  and  they  shall  repair  the 
 betsveeniiBp    +  breaches  of  the  house  in 
 
 •  his  mend,'  117  i 
 
 from  -133  and  ^'■^  jyiaces  wlieresocver  a 
 TOO  'his  breach  shall  be  found.  ^And 
 purchase.'  j^  came  to  pass  in  the 
 Pest'.'nfbrew  twcnty-third  year  of  king 
 word.  Joas  the  priests  had  not  re- 
 
 paired the  ■^  breaches  of  the  house. 
 ^And  king  Joas  called  Jodae  the 
 priest,  and  the  other  priests,  and  said 
 
 to  them,  Wliy  have  ye  not  repaired 
 the  ^  breaches  of  the  house  ?  +  Gr.  breach, 
 now  then  receive  no  mo7'e  money  from 
 your  sales,  for  ye  shall  give  it  to  re- 
 pair the  breaches  of  the  house.  ^And 
 the  priests  consented  to  receive  no 
 more  money  of  the  people,  and  not 
 to  repair  the  breaches  of  the  house. 
 ^And  Jodae  the  priest  took  a  chest, 
 and  bored  a  hole  in  the  lid  of  it,  and 
 set  it  by  the  ^  altar,  in  the   „\  «f^^«^"^i- 
 
 J  '     .  Hell,  word  in 
 
 house  ol  a  man  belonging  to  Greek  letters. 
 the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  priests 
 that  kept  the  door  put  therein  all  the 
 money  that  was  found  in  the  house  of 
 the  Lord.  ^''And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
 they  saw  that  there  ivas  much  money  in 
 the  chest,  that  the  king's  scribe  and  the 
 high  priest  went  up,  and  they  tied  up 
 and  counted  the  money  that  was  found 
 in  the  house  of  the  Lord.  *'And  they 
 gave  the  money  that  had  been  ^  col- 
 lected    into    the    hands     of  +  G»-.  prepared. 
 
 them  that  wrought  the  works,  the  over- 
 seers of  the  house  of  the   Lord;   and 
 they  gave  it  out  to  the  carpenters  and 
 to  the  builders  that  wrought  in  the 
 house    of   the    Lord.     ^^And   to   the 
 ^  masons,  and  to  the  hewers     +  gt.  wau- 
 of  stone,  to  purchase  timber    '"^'^^''s- 
 and  hewn  stone  to  repair  the  ^  breaches 
 of  the  house  of  the  Lord,    +c?)-. breach. 
 I'or  all  that  was  spent  on  the  house  of 
 the   Lord  to   repair  it    ^'^Only  there 
 ^  were  not  to  be  made  for    t  or.  shau  not 
 the  house  of  the  Lord  silver  xhiTchange  of 
 ^  plates,    studs,    bowls,    or  /«<«'•«  and 
 
 X  '  '  '  j)(ist  is  frc- 
 
 trumpets,  any  vessel  of  sjold  quent.    see 
 
 1        x*      '1  l^~'J.^         Lee's  Gram. 
 
 or  vessel  ol  silver,   ol  the  p.  261,  on  vau 
 money   that   was    brought  conversive. 
 ^into  the  house  of  the  Lord:    \  ^^"^°°'^- 
 '*  for  they  ^  were  to  give  it 
 to  the  workmen,  and  they  ^ye,'videm- 
 repaired  therewith  the  house  ^'"'"' 
 of  the   Lord.      ^'^Also   they  took    no 
 account  of  the  men  into  whose  hands 
 they  gave  the  money  to  give  to  the 
 workmen,   for  they  ''  acted  ''  en  repxi 
 faithfully.       ^^  Money     for    a    sin-of- 
 IFering,    and    money    for    a    trespass- 
 offering,    whatever    happened    to    be 
 
Chap.  xii.  v.  17. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  17. 
 
 brought  into  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 went  to  the  priests. 
 
 '^Then  went  up  Azael  king  of  Sy- 
 ria, and  fought  against  Geth,  and  took 
 it :  and  Azael  set  his  face  to  ffo  ajjainst 
 Jerusalem.  '*^And  Joas  king  of  Juda 
 took  all  the  holy  things  which  fTosa- 
 phat,  and  Joram,  Ochozias,  his  fathers, 
 and  kings  of  Juda  had  consecrated, 
 
 tG;-.  his  own  and  ^  what  he  had  liimsclf 
 holy  things,  dedicated,  and  all  the  gold 
 that  was  found  in  the  treasures  of  the 
 Lord's  house  and  the  king's  house,  and 
 he  sent  them  to  Azael  king  of  Syria; 
 and  he  went  up  from  Jerusalem. 
 ^^  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joas,  and 
 all  that  he  did,  behold,  are  not  these 
 things  written  in  the  book  of  the 
 chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ? 
 '^"  And  his  servants  rose  up  and  made  a 
 
 t  compiut.  ^  conspiracy,  and  smote  Joas 
 -nd^ra.  '^^  ^^iQ  housc  of  Mallo  that 
 
 is  in  Sela.  ^'  And  Jezirchar  the  son  of 
 Jemuath,  and  Jezabuth  Soraer's  son, 
 his  servants,  smote  him,  and  he  died; 
 and  they  buried  him  with  his  fathers 
 in  the  city  of  David:  and  Amessias 
 his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 
 13.  In  the  twenty-third  year  of 
 Joas  son  of  Ochozias  king  of  Juda 
 
 +  ffr.  reined.  ^  began  Joachaz  the  son  of 
 Ju  to  reign  in  Samaria,  and  he  rcu/Jicd 
 seventeen  years.  ^And  he  did  that 
 which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
 and  walked  after  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
 
 +  Gr.  it.  the  son  of  Nabat,  who  led 
 Israel  to  sin;  he  departed  not  from 
 '''  them. 
 
 ^And  tlic  Lord  was  very  angry  with 
 Israel,  and  delivered  them  into  the 
 hand  of  Azael  king  of  Syria,  and  into 
 the  hand  of  the  son  of  Ader  son  of 
 Azael,  all  their  days.  *  And  Joachaz 
 besought  the  Lord,  and  the  Lord 
 hearkened  to  him,  for  he  saw  the  afflic- 
 tion of  Israel,  because  the  king  of 
 Syria  afflicted  them.  ^And  the  Lord 
 gave  deUvcrance  to  Israel,  and  they 
 escaped  from  under  the  hand  of  Syria : 
 and  the   children  of  Israel  dwelt  in 
 
 their  tents  as  ^  heretofore.  ''  Only 
 they  departed  not  from  the  tcr.  yesterday 
 sins  of  the  house  of  Jeroboam,  ^^  ^'•^'^^^■ 
 wlio  led  Israel  to  sin:  they  walked  in 
 ^thcm — moreover  the  grove  +  or.  it,  sc. 
 also  remained  in  Samaria,  "'^'v""- 
 ^Whereas  there  was  not  lel't  any  ^  army 
 to  Joachaz,  except  fifty  tc^.  people, 
 horsemen,  and  ten  chariots,  and  ten 
 thousand  infantry ;  for  the  king  of 
 Syria  had  destroyed  them,  and  they 
 made  them  as  dust  for  tramphng. 
 **  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joachaz, 
 and  all  that  he  did,  and  his  mighty 
 acts  are  not  these  things  written  in 
 the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
 of  Israel  ?  ^  And  Joachaz  slept  with 
 liis  fathers,  and  they  buried  him  in  Sa- 
 maria :  and  Joas  his  son  reigned  in  his 
 stead.  "^  In  the  thirty-seventli  year  of 
 Joas  king  of  Juda,  Joas  the  son  of 
 Joachaz  ^  began  to  reign  +  Gr.  reigned, 
 over  Israel  in  Samaria  sixteen  years. 
 '^  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
 the  sight  of  the  Lord ;  he  departed  not 
 from  all  the  sin  of  Jeroboam  the  son 
 of  Nabat,  who  led  Israel  to  sin:  he 
 walked  in  it.  ^^  And  the  rest  of  the 
 acts  of  Joas,  and  all  that  he  did,  and 
 his  mighty  acts  which  he  performed  in 
 connexion  with  Amessias  king  of  Juda, 
 arc  not  these  written  in  the  book  of 
 the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 
 '^And  Joas  slept  with  his  fathers, 
 and  Jeroboam  sat  upon  his  throne,  and 
 he  was  buried  in  Samaria  with  the 
 kings  of  Israel. 
 
 ^^  Now  Elisaie  was  sick  of  his  sick- 
 ness, whereof  he  died  :  and  Joas 
 king  of  Israel  went  down  to  him, 
 and  wept  over  liis  face,  and  said.  My 
 father,  my  father,  the  cliariot  of  Israel, 
 and  the  horseman  thereof!  '^And 
 Elisaie  said  to  him.  Take  bow  and 
 ^arrows.  And  he  took  to  +Or. weapons, 
 himself  a  bow  and  arrows.  '"And  he 
 said  to  the  king,  Put  thy  hand  on  the 
 boAV.  And  Joas  put  his  hand  upon 
 it:  and  Ehsaie  put  his  hands  upon  the 
 king's  hands.  '^And  he  said.  Open 
 the  window  eastward.    And  he  opened 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  18. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  y.  11. 
 
 it.  And  Elisaie  said,  Shoot.  And  he 
 shot.  And  Elisaie  said,  The  arrow  of 
 the  Lord's  deliverance,  and  the  arrow 
 +  Gr.  in.  of  deliverance  ^  from  Syria ; 
 and  thoii  shalt  smite  the  Syrians  in 
 Aphec  until  thou  have  consumed  them. 
 '^And  Ehsaie  said  to  him.  Take  ^  bow 
 ^Gr.  Tofa.      Q^^  arrows.     And  he  took 
 
 Heb.  only  ar-  .       i    ,  •  -t  i 
 
 row.  them.      And  he  said  to  the 
 
 king  of  Israel,  Smite  upon  the  ground. 
 And  the  king  smote  three  times,  and 
 stayed.  ''■*  And  the  man  of  God  was 
 grieved  at  him,  and  said,  If  thou  hadst 
 smitten  five  or  six  times,  then  thou 
 shouldest  have  smitten  Syria  till  thou 
 hadst  consumed  them;  but  now  thou 
 shalt  smite  Syria  only  thrice.  ^''And 
 Elisaie  died,  and  they  buried  him. 
 And  the  bands  of  the  Moabites  came 
 
 +  <?r.  the  year  into  the  land,  ^at  the  be- 
 having  come,  gij^riing  of  the  year.'  ^i  And 
 it  came  to  pass  as  they  were  burying  a 
 man,  that  behold,  they  saw  a  band  of 
 men,  and  they  cast  the  man  into  the 
 
 +  Compare  gravc  of  Elisaic :  and  ''as 
 Zitxf  11^11%  soon  as  the  man  touched  the 
 1  Pet.  3. 19.  bones  of  Elisaie,  he  revived 
 and  stood  up  on  his  feet.  ^'-And  Azael 
 greatly  afflicted  Israel  all  the  days  of 
 Joachaz.  ^^And  the  Lord  had  mercy 
 and  compassion  upon  them,  and  had 
 respect  to  them  because  of  his  cove- 
 nant with  Abraam,  and  Isaac,  and 
 Jacob;  and  the  Lord  would  not  de- 
 stroy them,  and  did  not  cast  them  out 
 from  his  presence.  ^^  And  Azael  king 
 of  Syria  died,  and  the  son  of  Ader  his 
 son  reigned  in  his  stead.  ^^And  Joas 
 the  son  of  Joachaz  returned,  and  took 
 the  cities  out  of  the  hand  of  the  son  of 
 Ader  the  son  of  Azael,  which  he  had 
 taken  out  of  the  hand  of  Joachaz  his 
 father  in  the  war  :  thrice  did  Joas 
 smite  him,  and  he  recovered  the  cities 
 .of  Israel. 
 
 14.  In  the  second  year  of  Joas  the 
 tGr.  reined.  gQ^    ^f    Joachaz    king    of 
 
 25^ar^s^n'h?f  Israel,  did  Amessias  also  the 
 reigning:.  gon  of  Joas  the  king  of  Ju- 
 
 da  ^  begin  to  reign.    ^  ^  Twenty  and  five 
 
 417 
 
 years  old  was  he  when  he  began  to 
 reign,  and  he  reigned  twenty  and  nine 
 years  in  Jerusalem:  and  his  mother's 
 name  was  Joadim  of  Jerusalem.  ^And 
 he  did  that  wliich  was  right  in  the 
 sight  of  the  Lord,  but  not  as  David  his 
 father :  he  did  accordinor  to  all  thino;s 
 that  his  father  Joas  did.  ''  Only  he  re- 
 moved not  the  high  places :  as  yet  the 
 people  sacrificed  and  burnt  incense  on 
 the  high  places.  ^And  it  came  to  pass 
 when  the  kingdom  was  estabHshed  in 
 his  hand,  that  he  ^  slew  his  +  Gr.  smote. . 
 servants  that  had  ^  slain  the  +  <?'"•  smitten, 
 king  his  father.  ^  But  he  slew  not  the 
 sons  of  those  that  had  slain  him ;  ac- 
 cording as  it  is  written  in  the  book  of 
 the  laws  of  Moses,  as  the  Lord  gave 
 commandment,  saying.  The  fathers 
 shall  not  be  put  to  death  for  the  chil- 
 dren, and  the  children  shall  not  be  put 
 to  death  for  the  fathers ;  but  every  one 
 ^  shall  die  for  his  own  sins.  +oc,beputto 
 ^  He  smote  of  Edom  ten  +  g/.  yefj^txa, 
 thousand  in  '  the  valley  of  ^X^:^ 
 salt,  and  took  ^  the  Eock  in  Ken.  '  '"' 
 the  war,  and  called  its  name  ''Heb.  seiah. 
 Jethoel  until  this  day.  ^  Then  Ames- 
 sias sent  messengers  to  Joas  son  of  Jo- 
 achaz son  of  Ju  king  of  Israel,  saying, 
 Come,  let  vis  ^  look  one  +  gt.  appear 
 another  in  the  face.  ^And  *°^^'='='- 
 Joas  the  king  of  Israel  sent  to  Ames- 
 sias king  of  Juda,  saying,  ^  The  thistle 
 that  was  in  Libanus  sent  to    V'^'"-  """"> 
 
 ,  whence  acan- 
 
 the  cedar  that  was  m  Liba-  tims.  obser^'e 
 
 .  +  /-I-  change  of 
 
 nus,  saying,  Give  my  gender, 
 daughter  to  thy  son  to  wife:  and  the  wild 
 beasts  of  the  field  that  were  in  Libanus 
 passed  by  and  trod  down  the  thistle. 
 "^  Thou  hast  smitten  and  wounded 
 Edom,^  and  thy  heart  has  ^Gr.  idumaea. 
 Hfted  thee  up:  '  stay  at  ^^/e/Sg 
 home  and  glorify  thyself;  ^  t^y  house, 
 for  wherefore  art  thou  quarrelsome  to 
 thy  hurt?  ''  So  both  thou  wilt  fall 
 and  Juda  with  thee.  Nevertheless 
 Amessias  hearkened  not :  so  Joas  king 
 of  Israel  went  up,  and  he  and  Ames- 
 sias   king    of  Juda  ^  looked     +  See  above. 
 
 one  another  in  the  face  in  Bsethsaniys 
 28 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  12. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  6. 
 
 of  Juda.  •-And  Juda^was  overthrown 
 t  ar.  feu.  before  Israel,  and  everi/  man 
 fled  to  his  tent.  '^  And  Joas  king  of 
 Israel  took  Amessias  the  son  of  Joas 
 the  son  of  Ochozias,  in  Bffithsamys; 
 and  he  came  to  Jervisalem,  and  broke 
 down  the  wall  of  Jerusalem,  beginning 
 at  the  gate  of  Ephraim  as  far  as  the 
 gate  of  the  corner,  four  hundred  cubits. 
 ''*x\nd  he  took  the  gold,  and  the  silver, 
 and  all  the  vessels  that  were  found  in 
 the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the 
 treasures  of  the  king's  house,  and  the 
 +  Gr.andHe4.  niostajjes,  and  returned  to 
 
 i(^  sons  of  ex-  •  i-  .       i     i  c 
 
 changes.  bamana.    ^'And  the  rest  oi 
 
 the  acts  of  Joas,  eveii  all  that  he  did  in 
 his  might,  how  he  warred  with  Ames- 
 sias king  of  Juda,  are  not  these  things 
 ■written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles 
 of  the  kings  of  Israel?  •"And  Joas 
 slept  with  his  fathers  and  was  buried 
 in  Samaria  with  the  kings  of  Israel ;  and 
 Jeroboam  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 •^And  Amessias  the  son  of  Joas  king 
 of  Juda  lived  after  the  death  of  Joas 
 son  of  Joachaz  king  of  Israel  fifteen 
 years.  •^And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
 Amessias,  and  all  that  he  did,  are  not 
 these  written  in  the  book  of  the  chro- 
 nicles of  the  kings  of  Juda?  •^And 
 s^beliTith  a  ^^^1  ^  fori^cd  a  conspiracy 
 conspiracy.  against  him  in  Jerusalem, 
 and  he  fled  to  Lachis:  and  they  sent 
 after    him  to  Lachis,  and   slew   him 
 
 +  Gr.  lifted  there.  ^°And  they  ^  brought 
 him  upon  horses  ;  and  he 
 Avas  buried  in  Jerusalem  with  his  fathers 
 in  the  city  of  David. 
 
 ^'And  all  the  people  of  Juda  took 
 
 t  Gr.  a  son  of  Azarias,  and  he  was  ^six- 
 16  years.  iQQXiL  ycars  old,  and  made 
 him  king  in  the  room  of  his  father 
 Amessias.  ^^  He  built  .^loth,  and  re- 
 stored it  to  Juda,  after  the  king  slept 
 with  his  fathers.  ^^  In  the  fifteenth 
 year  of  Amessias  son  of  Joas  king  of 
 
 t  Gr.  reigned.  Juda  ^  began  Jeroboam  son 
 of  Joas  to  reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria 
 forty  and  one  years.  ^'*  And  he  did 
 that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord:  he  departed  not   from  all  the 
 
 418 
 
 him. 
 
 sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat, 
 who  led  Israel  to  sin.  ^^  He  recovered 
 the  coast  of  Israel  from  the  entering 
 in  of  ^math  to  the  sea  of  Araba,^  ac- 
 cording to  the  word  of  the   +  i.e.  the  plain. 
 
 Lord  God  of  Israel,  which  he  spoke  by 
 ^  his  servant  Jonas  the  son  +  cc  the  hand 
 of  Amathi,  the  prophet  of  °f  i^^  ^^rvai^t. 
 Gethchopher.  ^"^  For  the  Lord  saw  that 
 the  afiliction  of  Israel  was  very  bitter, 
 and  that  they  were  few  in  number, 
 straitened  and  in  want,  and  ^  destitute, 
 and  Israel  had  no  helper.  +  or,  left 
 ^^And  the  Lord  ^  said  that    ,  „  '    . ,     . 
 
 ^  ^  -  .  +  Or,  said  not 
 
 he  would    not   blot   out   the    that  he  would. 
 
 seed  of  Israel  from  under  heaven;  so 
 he  delivered  them  by  the  hand  of 
 Jeroboam  the  son  of  Joas. 
 
 ^^And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jero- 
 boam, and  all  that  he  did,  and  his 
 mighty  deeds,  which  he  achieved  in 
 war,  and  how  he  recovered  Damascus 
 and  ^math  to  Juda  in  Israel,  are  not 
 these  things  written  in  the  book  of  the 
 chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ?  ^^  And 
 Jeroboam  slept  with  his  fathers,  even 
 with  the  kings  of  Israel ;  and  Zacharias 
 his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 
 15.  In  the  twenty-seventh  year  of 
 Jeroboam  king  of  Israel  Azarias  the 
 son  of  Amessias  king  of  Juda  ^  began 
 to  reign.  ^  '^  Sixteen  years  +  Gr.  reigrned. 
 old  was  he  when  he  began    +  <?'••  a  son  of 
 
 T     1  .    "^    T    10  years   was 
 
 to  reign,   and   he   reigned  he  in  ws 
 fifty-two  years  in   Jerusa-  "'^•""e:- 
 lem :  and  his  mother's  name  was  Je- 
 chelia  of  Jerusalem.      ^  And  he   did 
 that  wliich  was  right  in  the  eyes  of 
 the  Lord,  according  to  all  things  that 
 Amessias  his  father  did.      ^  Only  he 
 took  not  away  any  of  the  high  places : 
 as  yet  the  people  sacrificed  and  burnt 
 incense  on  the  high  places.     ■''And  the 
 Lord  ^plagued    the    king,    tcr. touched, 
 and  lie  was  ^  leprous  till  the    +  Gr.  made 
 day  of  his  death;   and  he  '^p'°"'- 
 reigned     in     a    \^eparate +i''iomn"'tfEnn 
 house.      And  Joatham  the  ^''-  -<^*°"<^"<'- 
 king's   son    was  over  the   household, 
 judging  the  people  of  the  land.    ^And 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  7. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  u.  29. 
 
 the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Azarias,  and  all 
 that  he  did,  are  not  these  written  in 
 the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
 of  Juda  ?  ^  And  Azarias  slept  with  his 
 fathers,  and  they  buried  him  with  his 
 fathers  in  the  city  of  David :  and  Joa- 
 tham  liis  son  reigned  in  his  stead.  ^  In 
 the  thirty  and  eighth  year  of  Azarias 
 king  of  Juda  Zacharias  the  son  of  Jero- 
 +  Gr.  reigned,  boam  ^  began  to  reign  over 
 Israel  in  Samaria  six  months.  ^And 
 he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  eyes 
 of  the  Lord,  as  his  fathers  had  done : 
 he  departed  not  from  all  the  sins  of 
 Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat,  who  made 
 Israel  to  sin.  ^''And  Sellum  the  son 
 of  Jabis  and  others  conspired  against 
 t  He*.  Djrba-?  liii^i  3,nd  they  smote  him  ^  in 
 before  the  Keblaam,  and  slew  him, 
 ^^°^  ^'  and  he  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 
 ''And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Zacharias, 
 behold,  they  are  written  in  the  book 
 of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel. 
 '*  This  ivas  the  word  of  the  Lord 
 which  he  spoke  to  Ju,  saying,  Thy  sons 
 of  the  fourth  generation  shall  sit  upon 
 the  throne  of  Israel:  and  it  was  so. 
 '^And  Sellum  the  son  of  Jabis  reigned: 
 and  in  the  thirty  and  ninth  year  of 
 +  Gr.  reigned.  Azarias  king  of  J  uda  ^  began 
 Sellum  to  reign  a  full  month  in  Sama- 
 ria. '■*  And  JManaem  the  son  of  Gaddi 
 went  up  out  of  Tharsila,  and  came  to 
 Samaria,  and  smote  Sellum  the  son  of 
 Jabis  in  Samaria,  and  slew  him.  ''^And 
 the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Sellum,  and  his 
 conspiracy  wherein  he  was  engaged, 
 behold,  they  are  written  in  the  book 
 of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel. 
 '^Then  Manaem  smote  both  Thersa 
 and  all  that  was  in  it,  and  its  borders 
 extending  beyond  Thersa,  because  they 
 opened  not  to  liim:  and  he  smote  it, 
 and  ripped  up  the  women  with  child. 
 "^In  the  thirty  and  ninth  year  of  Aza- 
 +  Gr.  reigned,  rias  king  of  Juda  ^  began 
 Manaem  the  son  of  Gaddi  to  reign 
 over  Israel  in  Samaria  ten  years. 
 '^And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
 the  sight  of  the  Lord:  he  departed 
 not  from  all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the 
 
 4  19 
 
 son  of  Nabat,  who  led  Israel  to  sin 
 •^In  his  days  went  up  Phua  king  of 
 the  Assyrians  against  the  land:  and 
 JVIanaem  gave  to  Phua  a  thousand 
 talents  of  silver  to  aid  him  with  his 
 power.  ^°  And  Manaem  raised  the 
 silver  hy  a  tax  upon  Israel,  even 
 on  ''^  every  mighty  man  in  +<?>•.  ttSi/Su- 
 wealth,  to  give  to  the  king  ^Immattcai" 
 of  the  Assyrians,  fifty  she-  fJZ.tZt 
 kels  levied  on  each  man;  lxx"™°"  "' 
 and  the  king  of  the  Assy-  dsMyVat. 
 rians  departed,  and  remained  not  there 
 in  the  land.  ^'And  the  rest  of  the 
 acts  of  Manaem,  and  all  that  he  did, 
 behold,  are  not  these  written  in  the 
 book  of  the  chronicles  of  tlie  kings  of 
 Israel?  ^^And  Manaem  slept  with  his 
 fathers;  and  Phakesias  his  son  reigned 
 in  his  stead. 
 
 ^^In  the  fiftieth  year  of  Azarias  ^king 
 of  Juda  ^  began  Phakesias    +Gr.  Tocpa- 
 the  son  of  Manaem  to  reign  '^tl^t^ai 
 over  Israel  in  Samaria  two  ^''"^-  ^°  ^^° 
 
 vcrsG  2/. 
 
 years.     '''^And  he  did  that  ' 
 
 which  was  evil  in  the  sight  '^'  ''^'^"^'  ■ 
 of  the  Lord :  he  departed  not  from  the 
 sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat, 
 who  made  Israel  to  sin.  -'And  Phakee 
 the  son  of  Romelias,  his  officer,  con- 
 spired against  him,  and  smote  him  in 
 Samaria  in  the  front  of  the  king's  house, 
 with  Argob  and  Aria,  and  with  him 
 there  toere  fifty  men  of  the  four  hun- 
 dred :  and  he  slew  him,"  and  reigned 
 in  his  stead.  ^^And  the  rest  of  the 
 acts  of  Phakesias,  and  all  that  he  did, 
 behold,  they  are  written  in  the  book 
 of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Is- 
 rael. ^^  In  the  fifty-second  year  ^  of 
 Azarias  king  of  Juda  ^  began  t  cr.  toO  /Sa- 
 Phakee  the  son  of  RomeHas  °''^"'  ^&^- 
 to  reign  over  Israel  in  Sa-  ^ «- -"eig^^ed. 
 maria  twenty  years.  "'^And  he  did 
 that  which  was  evil  in  the  eyes  of  the 
 Lord:  he  departed  not  from  all  the 
 sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat, 
 who  led  Israel  to  sin.  ^^  In  the  days  of 
 Phakee  king  of  Israel  came  Thalgath- 
 phellasar  king  of  the  Assyrians,  and 
 took  Ain,  and  Abel,  and  Thamaacha, 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  30. 
 
 KINGS  IV. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  r.  14. 
 
 and  Anioch,  and  Kenez,  and  Asor, 
 +  0/-,  Gaiaan.  and  ^  Galaa,  and  Galilee, 
 eveji  all  the  land  of  Xeplitliali  and 
 carried  tlicni  away  to  the  Assyrians. 
 ^°  And  Osee  son  of  Ela  ^  formed  a  con- 
 +  Gr.  con-  spiracy  against  Phakee  the 
 spired,  &c.  gon  of  Romelias,  and  smote 
 him,  and  slew  him,  and  reigned  in  his 
 stead,  in  the  twentieth  year  of  Joatham 
 the  son  of  Azarias.  ^'  And  the  rest  of 
 the  acts  of  Phakee,  and  all  that  he  did, 
 behold,  these  are  written  in  the  book 
 of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel. 
 ^-In  the  second  year  of  Phakee  son 
 of  Eomelias  king  of  Israel  ^  began  Joa- 
 t  Gr.  reigrned.  tliam  the  son  of  Azarias  king 
 tGr.  asonof  of  Juda  to  rcisiTi.  ^^^Twcntv 
 
 25  years  in  his  i    r-  i  i  i 
 
 reigniiig.  and  nvc  years  old  was  he 
 when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned 
 sixteen  years  in  Jerusalem  :  and  his 
 mother's  name  ivas  Jerusa  daughter  of 
 Sadoc.  ^■^And  he  did  that  which  was 
 right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  accord- 
 ing to  all  things  that  his  father  Azarias 
 did.  ^^  Nevertheless  he  took  not  away 
 the  high  places :  as  yet  the  people 
 sacrificed  and  burnt  incense  on  the 
 high  places.  He  built  the  upper  gate 
 of  the  Lord's  house.  ^''And  the  rest 
 of  the  acts  of  Joatham,  and  all  that  he 
 did,  are  not  these  written  in  the  book 
 of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ? 
 ^^  In  those  days  the  Lord  began  to 
 t  Or,  let  loose.  ^  sciid  fortli  agaiiist  Juda 
 Raasson  king  of  Syi'ia,  and  Phakee 
 son  of  RomeHas.  ^**  And  Joatham 
 slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried 
 with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  David 
 his  father :  and  Achaz  his  son  reigned 
 in  his  stead. 
 
 16.  In  the  seventeenth  year  of  Pha- 
 kee son  of  Itomelias  ^  began  Achaz  the 
 +  Gr.  reigrncd.  sonof  Joatham  king  of  Juda 
 to  reign.  ^  Twenty  years  old  was  Achaz 
 when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned 
 sixteen  years  in  Jerusalem ;  and  he  did 
 not  that  which  was  right  in  the  eyes  of 
 the  Lord  his  God  faithfully,  as  David 
 his  father  had  done.  ^And  he  walked 
 in  the  way  of  the  kings  of  Israel,  yea, 
 
 420 
 
 he  made  his  son  to  pass  through  the 
 fire,  according  to  the  abominations  of 
 the  heathen  whom  the  Lord  cast  out 
 from  before  the  cliildren  of  Israel. 
 -^  And  he  sacrificed  and  thf  ^mx  c°/ 
 burnt  incense  on  the  high  wood, 
 places,  and  upon  the  hills,  and  imder 
 every  ^  shady  tree. 
 
 ^Then  went  up  Eaasson  king  of 
 Syria  and  Phakee  son  of  Eomelias 
 kinof  of  Israel  against  Jerusalem  to 
 war,  and  besieged  Achaz,  but  could 
 not  ^  prevail  against  him.  +  Gr.  fight. 
 **  At  that  time  Raasson  king  of  Syria 
 recovered  iElath  to  Syria,  and  drove 
 out  the  Jews  from  ^lath  and  the  Idu- 
 means  came  to^lath,  and  dwelt  there 
 until  this  day.  '^  And  Achaz  sent  mes- 
 sengers to  Thalgath-phellasar  king  of 
 the  Assyrians,  saying,  I  am  thy  servant 
 and  thy  son :  come  up,  deliver  me  out 
 of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Syria,  and 
 out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Israel, 
 who  are  rising  up  against  me.  ®And 
 Achaz  took  the  silver  and  the  gold 
 that  was  found  in  the  treasures  of  the 
 house  of  the  Lord,  and  of  the  king's 
 house,  and  sent  gifts  to  the  king. 
 ^  And  the  king  of  the  Assyi'ians  heark- 
 ened to  him:  and  the  king  of  the 
 Assyrians  went  up  to  Damascus,  and 
 took  it,  and  removed  ^the  +Gr.  it. 
 inhabitants,  and  slew  king  Raasson. 
 "^And  king  Achaz  went  to  Damascus 
 to  meet  Thalgath-phellasar  king  of  the 
 Assja'ians  at  Damascus;  and  he  saw 
 '^  an  altar  in  Damascus.  And  +  or,  the  aitar. 
 king  Achaz  sent  to  Urias  the  priest  the 
 pattern  of  the  altar,  and  its  proportions, 
 and  all  its  workmanship.  "  And 
 Urias  the  priest  built  the  altar,  accord- 
 ing to  all  the  directions  which  king 
 Achaz  sent  from  Damascus.  ''•^  And 
 the  king  saw  the  altar,  and  went  up  to 
 it,  ''and  ^  offered  his  whole-  t or. aiui Heb. 
 burnt-offering,  and  _  his  "^^-'J^'.-^ 
 meat-offering,  and  his  drink-  ^  ch.  13. 10. 
 offering,  and  poured  out  the  blood  of 
 his  peacc-oflorings  on  the  brazen  altar 
 that  was  before  the  Lord.  '"'And  he 
 brought  forAvard  the  one  before  the  house 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS  IV. 
 
 Chap.  xvii.  v.  13. 
 
 of  the  Lord  from  between  the  altar  and 
 the  house  of  tlie  Lord,  and  he  ^  set  it 
 
 +  Or,  display-  openlj  by  the  ^  side  of  the 
 eSel^'iv.  '^'        altar  northwards.      ^^  And 
 
 tGr.  thigh,  king  Acliaz  charged  Urias 
 the  priest,  saying,  OHer  upon  the  great 
 altar  the  whole-burnt-ofiering  in  the 
 mornin":  and  the  meat-offering  in  the 
 evening,  and  the  whole-burnt-offermg 
 of  the  king,  and  his  meat-offering,  and 
 the  whole-burnt-offering  of  all  the 
 people,  and  their  mcat-oSering,  and 
 their  drink-offering ;    and  thou    shalt 
 
 tor.thebiood  pour  ^all  the  blood  of  the 
 of  every,  &c.  -whole-bumt-offering,  and 
 all  the  blood  of  ani/  other  sacrifice  upon 
 it:  and  the  brazen  altar  shall  be  for 
 
 ^Qy.  -1J715',  «to  ^ me  in  the  morning.  '*'  And 
 inquire,'  mis-  Urias  the  pricst  did  accord- 
 taken  for  1172^  ing  to  all  that  king  Achaz 
 commanded  him.  ^^And  king  Achaz 
 cut  off  the  borders  of  the  bases,  and 
 removed  the  laver  from  off  them,  and 
 took  down  the  sea  from  the  brazen  oxen 
 that  were  under  it,   and  set  it  upon 
 
 t  Hgi,  w-,,Q  a  base  of  stone.  ^^And 
 a  covering','  '  he  made  a  '^base  for  the 
 Keri  tdto  a  *  throne  in  the  house  of  the 
 foundation.      j^^^,^^    .^^^  j-^^   tumcd  the 
 
 Hetsatfa^h!'  ^ing's  entrance  without  in 
 the  house  of  the  Lord 
 because  of  the  king  of  the  Assyrians. 
 ^^And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Acliaz, 
 even  all  that  he  did,  are  not  these 
 written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles 
 of  the  kings  of  Juda?  ^'^  And  Achaz 
 slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried 
 in  the  city  of  David:  and  Ezeldas  his 
 son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 
 17.  In  the  twelfth  year  of  Achaz  king 
 +  Gr.  reigned,  of  Juda  ^  began  Oscc  the  son 
 of  Ela  to  reign  in  Samaria  over  Israel 
 nine  years.  ^ And  he  did  evil  in  the  eyes 
 of  the  Lord,  only  not  as  the  kings  of 
 Israel  that  were  before  him.  ^Against 
 him  came  up  Salamanassar  king  of  the 
 Assyrians ;  and  Osee  became  his  servant, 
 and  rendered  him  tribute.  ''And  the 
 king  of  the  Assyrians  fouiad  iniquity 
 in  Osee,  in  that  he  sent  messengers  to 
 
 421 
 
 Segor  king  of  Egypt,  and  brought  not 
 a  tribute  to  the  king  of  the  Assyrians 
 in  that  year :  and  the  king  of  the  As- 
 syrians besieged  him,  and  bound  him 
 in  the  prison-house.  ^And  the  king 
 of  the  Assyrians  went  up  +or,  through, 
 ^against  all  the  land,  and  '''•"^• 
 went  up  to  Samaria,  and  besieged  it  for 
 three  years. 
 
 *"  In  the  ninth  year  of  Osee  the  king 
 of  the  Assyrians  took  Samaria,  and 
 carried  Israel  away  to  the  Assyrians, 
 and  settled  them  in  Alae,  and  in  Abor, 
 near  the  rivers  of  Gozan,  and  in  the 
 mountains  of  the  Medes.  "^  For  it 
 came  to  pass  that  the  children  of  Is- 
 rael had  transgressed  against  the  Lord 
 their  God,  who  had  brought  them  up 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  from  under 
 the  hand  of  Pharao  king  of  Egypt, 
 and  they  feared  other  gods,  **and 
 walked  in  the  ''^  statutes  of  toi-,  customs, 
 the  nations  which  the  Lord  G»-.s«a..iMa<r.. 
 cast  out  before  the  face  of  the  children 
 of  Israel,  and  of  the  kings  of  Israel  as 
 many  as  did  such  things,  '•'and  m 
 those  of  the  children  of  Israel  as  many 
 as  ^  secretly  practised  cus-  +  Gr.  cloaked 
 toms,  not  as  thei/  should  have  ^emtelves 
 do?ie,  against  the  Lord  their  ^'^^^  matters. 
 God:  *^and  they  built  for  themselves 
 high  places  in  all  their  cities,  from  the 
 tower  of  the  watchmen  to  the  ^  forti- 
 fied city.  And  they  made  +  Gr.  strong, 
 for  themselves  pillars  and  groves  on 
 every  high  hill,  and  under  every  shady 
 tree.  ''And  burnt  incense  there  on 
 all  high  places,  as  the  nations  did 
 whom  the  Lord  removed  from  before 
 them,  and  ^ dealt  with  fami-    ^  ^'f-  n?ade 
 
 -.  '.    .  -,    .  ,  ,    comnauni- 
 
 liar  spirits,  and  they ''  carved  cants,   see 
 
 ,  1       il       T         1    the  various 
 
 imaf/es  to  provoke  the  J^orcl  meanings  of 
 to  anger.  ''^ And  they  served  ^^ 
 the  idols,  of  which  the  Lord  ^_ft.^^"^l% 
 said  to  them.  Ye  shall  not  f.e. '  iaboured!' 
 do  this  thing  against  the  Lord.  '^  And 
 the  Lord  testified  against  Israel  and 
 against  Juda,  even  by  the  hand  of  all 
 his  prophets,  and  of  every  seer,  saying. 
 Turn  ye  from  your  evil  ways,  and  keep 
 my  commandments  and  my  ordinances, 
 
Chap.  xvii.  v.  14. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xvii.  v.  32. 
 
 and  all  the  law  which  I  commanded 
 your  fathers,  a7id  all  that  I  sent  to  them 
 by  the  hand  of  my  servants  the  pro- 
 phets.    ^^But  they  hearkened  not,  and 
 
 t  ar.  back,  made  their  ^  neck  harder 
 5the  nt'ck.^  than  the  neck  of  their 
 English,  neck,  fathers.  ^'''And  they  kept 
 not  any  of  his  testimonies  which  he 
 charged  them;  and  they  walked  after 
 vanities,  and  became  vain,  and  after  the 
 nations  round  about  them,  concerning 
 wliich  the  Lord  had  charged  them  not 
 to  do  accordingly.  '''  They  forsook 
 the  commandments  of  the  Lord  their 
 God,  and   made  themselves   ^  graven 
 
 ter.  a  graven  imagcs,  €ven  two  heifers, 
 "^^^^-  and  they  made  groves,  and 
 
 worshipped  all  the  host  of  heaven,  and 
 served  Baal.  '^  And  they  caused  their 
 sons  and  their  daughters  to  pass  through 
 the   fire,    and    used   divinations    and 
 
 +  Gr.  pass,  auspiccs,  and  ^  sold  them- 
 weresoid.  sclves  to  work  wickcdncss 
 in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  to  provoke 
 him.  "^  And  the  Lord  was  very  angry 
 with  Israel,  and  removed  them  out  ol' 
 his  sight;  and  there  was  only  left  the 
 tribe  of  Juda  quite  alone.  ''■*  Nay  even 
 Juda  kept  not  the  commandments  of 
 the  Lord  their  God,  but  they  walked 
 according  to  the  customs  of  Israel 
 which  they  practised,  and  rejected  the 
 Lord.  '^'^  And  the  Lord  was  angry  with 
 the  whole  seed  of  Israel,  and  '^trou- 
 *  Or,  unsettled  blcd  tlicm,  and  gave  them 
 
 them.  Jj^^^  ^]^(,  |^g^j^(-|  Qf  ^l-^^j-,^  ^Y^^^ 
 
 spoiled  them,  vmtil  he  cast  them  out  of 
 •I"^ri^'a'\  his  presence.  -^'^ Forasmuch 
 a-r'oiKovK.T.x.  as  Israel  revolted  from  the 
 
 better  reading.    hOUSC    ot    JJaVKl,    aUCl    thCy 
 
 made  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat  king : 
 and  Jeroboam  drew  off  Israel  from  fol- 
 lowing the  Lord,  and  led  them  to  sin  a 
 great  sin.  ^^  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 walked  in  all  the  sin  of  Jeroboam  which 
 he  committed  ;  they  departed  not  from 
 it,  ^^  until  the  Lord  removed  Israel  from 
 his  presence,  as  the  Lord  spoke  ^  by  all 
 t  Gr.  by  the  hisscrvants  the  prophets;  and 
 hand  of.  Israel  was  removed  from  off 
 their  land  to  the  Assyrians  until  this  day. 
 
 ^■^And  the  king  of  Assyria  brought 
 from  Babylon  the  men  of  Chutha,  and 
 men  from  Aia,  and  from  -^math,  and 
 Seppharvaim,  and  they  were  settled  in 
 the  cities  of  Samaria  in  the  place  of  the 
 children  of  Israel:  and  they  inherited 
 Samaiia,  and  were  settled  in  its  cities. 
 '•^^And  it  was  so  at  the  beginning  of 
 their  estabUshmcnt  there  that  they 
 feared  not  the  Lord,  and  the  Lord  sent 
 lions  among  them,  and  they  slew  some 
 of  them.  '^^  And  they  spoke  to  the 
 king  of  the  Assyiians,  saying,  The 
 nations  whom  thou  hast  removed  and 
 substituted  in  the  cities  of  Samaria  ^/b?- 
 the  Israelites,  know  not  the  ^manner 
 of  the  God  of  the  land;  and  ^f;,; ^ t^,;,. 
 he  has  sent  the  lions  against  "■'«• 
 them,  and,  behold,  they  are  slaying 
 them,  because  they  know  not  the  man- 
 ner of  the  God  of  the  land.  -^And 
 the  king  of  the  Assyrians  commanded, 
 saying.  Bring  some  Israelites  thence, 
 and  let  them  go  and  dwell  there,  and 
 they  shall  teach  them  the  manner  of 
 the  God  of  the  land.  '^*^And  they 
 brought  one  of  the  priests  whom  they 
 had  removed  from  Samaria,  and  he  set- 
 tled in  Baithel,  and  taught  them  how 
 they  should  fear  the  Lord.  ^^  But  the 
 nations  made  each  their  own  gods,  and 
 put  them  in  the  house  of  the  high  places 
 which  the  Samaritans  had  made,  each 
 nation  in  the  cities  in  which  they  dwelt. 
 ^°  And  the  men  of  Babylon  made  Soc- 
 choth  Benith,  and  the  men  of  Chuth 
 made  Ergel,  and  the  men  of  Haimath 
 made  Asimath.  '"And  the  Evites  made 
 Eblazer  and  Tharthac,  and  the  inhabi- 
 tant of  Seppharvaim  did  evil  when  they 
 burnt  their  sons  in  the  fire  to  Adrame- 
 lech  and  Anemclcch,  the  gods  of  Sep- 
 pharvaim. "*'^And  they  feared  the  Lord, 
 yet  they  established  their  abominations 
 in  the  houses  of  the  high  places  which 
 they  made  in  Samaria,  each  nation  in  the 
 city  in  which  they  dwelt :  and  they  feared 
 the  Lord ;  and  they  made  for  themselves 
 priests  of  the  high  places,  and  sacrificed 
 for  themselves  in  the  house  of  the  high 
 places.     ^^And  they  feared  the  Lord, 
 
Chap.  xvii.  u.  33. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  14. 
 
 and  served  their  ffods  according  to  the 
 
 +  Gr.  judg-     ^  manner   of    the    nations, 
 
 ™^i  ""'""•'     whence  their  lords  brought 
 _  ■    passim,  ^y^^^^    34  \j^i[l  ^liis  day  they 
 
 did  according  to  their  manner :  they  fear 
 the  Lord,  and  they  do  according  to  their 
 customs,  and  according  to  their  manner, 
 and  according  to  the  law,  and  according 
 to  the  commandment  wliich  the  Lord 
 commanded  the  sons  of  Jacob,  whose 
 name  he  made  Israel.  ^^  And  the  Lord 
 made  a  covenant  with  them ,  and  charged 
 them,  saying.  Ye  shall  not  fear  other 
 gods,  neither  shall  ye  worship  them, 
 nor  serve  them,  nor  sacrifice  to  them : 
 ^''but  only  to  the  Lord,  who  brought 
 you  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  with 
 great  strength  and  with  a  high  arm: 
 him  shall  ye  fear,  and  him  shall 
 ye  worship;  to  liim  shall  ye  sacri- 
 fice. ^^  Ye  shall  observe  continually 
 the  ordinances,  and  the  judgments, 
 and  the  law,  and  the  commandments 
 wliich  he  wi'ote  for  you  to  do ;  and  ye 
 shall  not  fear  other  gods.  ^^  Neither 
 shall  ye  forget  the  covenant  which  he 
 made  with  you :  and  ye  shall  not  fear 
 other  gods.  ^^But  ye  shall  fear  the 
 Lord  your  God,  and  he  shall  dehver 
 you  from  all  your  enemies.  ''°  Neither 
 +The  sense  of  sliali  ye  ^  comply  with  their 
 here  much  practice,  wliich  they  follow, 
 perverted.  41  g^  thesc  nations  feared 
 the  Lord,  and  served  their  graven  ima- 
 ges: yea,  their  sons  and  their  sons'  sons 
 do  until  this  day  even  as  their  fathers 
 did. 
 
 18.  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  third 
 year  of  Osee  son  of  Ela  king  of  Israel 
 that  Ezekias  son  of  Achaz  king  of 
 t  cc.  reigned.  Juda  ^  began  to  reign. 
 2I  yearVrh?!  ' '  ^ive  and  twenty  years  old 
 reignmg.  -was  he  wlicn  he  began  to 
 reign,  and  he  reigned  twenty  and  nine 
 years  in  Jerusalem :  and  his  mother's 
 name  was  Abu,  daughter  of  Zacharias. 
 ^And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in 
 the  sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all 
 toc,  destroyed,  that  liis  father  David  did. 
 '*He  ^removed  the  liigh  places,  and 
 
 broke  in  pieces  the  pillars,  and  utterly 
 destroyed  the  groves,  and  the  brazen 
 serpent  which  Moses  made :  because 
 until  those  days  the  children  of  Israel 
 burnt  incense  to  it:  and  he  called  it 
 Neesthan.  ^He  *  trusted  in  +  or.  hoped, 
 the  Lord  God  of  Israel ;  and  after  him 
 there  was  not  any  like  liim  among  the 
 kings  of  Juda,  '^nor  among  +  Gr.  and. 
 those  that  were  before  him.  ^And 
 he  clave  to  the  Lord,  he  departed  not 
 ^from  following  liim;  and  tcr. from 
 he  kept  his  commandments,  ^^^^^  ^'^^■ 
 as  many  as  he  commanded  Moses. 
 ''And  the  Lord  was  with  him;  and  he 
 ^  was  wise  in  all  that  he  +  Gr.  avi^Ke. 
 ^imdertook  :  and  he  re-  ^^^-  '^^W 
 volted  from  the  king  of  the  +Gr.wasdoing. 
 Assyrians,  and  served  him  not.  **He 
 smote  the  Philistines  even  to  Gaza,  and 
 to  the  border  of  it,  from  the  tower 
 of  the  watchman  even  to  the  strong 
 city.  ^And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
 fourth  year  of  king  Ezekias  (this  is  the 
 seventh  year  of  Osee  son  of  Ela  king 
 of  Israel,)  that  Salamanassar  king  of 
 the  Assyrians  came  up  against  Sama- 
 ria, and  besieged  it.  ^''And  he  took 
 it  ^  at  the  end  of  three  years,  +  Gr.  from, 
 in  the  sixth  year  of  Ezekias,  (this  is 
 the  ninth  year  of  Osee  king  of  Israel, 
 when  Samaria  was  taken.)  ^'  And  the 
 king  of  the  Assyrians  carried  away  the 
 ■^Samaritans  to  Assyi-ia,  tlfheA*™^* 
 and  put  them  in  Alae  and  rians. 
 in  Abor,  Z»y  the  river  Gozan,  and  in 
 the  mountains  of  the  Medes.  '^  Because 
 they  hearkened  not  to  the  voice  of  the 
 Lord  their  God,  and  transgressed  liis 
 covenant,  even  in  all  things  that  IMoses 
 the  servant  of  the  Lord  commanded, 
 and  hearkened  not  to  them,  nor  did 
 them. 
 
 ^^And  in  the  fourteenth  year  of 
 king  Ezekias  came  up  Sennacherim 
 king  of  the  Assyrians  against  the 
 strong  cities  of  Juda,  and  took  them. 
 '■*And  Ezekias  king  of  Juda  sent  mes- 
 sengers to  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  to 
 Lacliis,  saying,  I  have  offended;  de- 
 part from  ine:  whatsoever  thou  shalt 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  32. 
 
 lay  ujDon  me,  I  will  bear.  And  tlie 
 king  of  Assyria  laid  upon  Ezekias 
 king  of  Juda  a  tribute  of  three  hun- 
 dred talents  of  silver,  and  thirty  talents 
 of  gold.  ^^And  Ezekias  gave  all  the 
 silver  that  was  found  in  the  house  ol'the 
 Lord,  and  in  the  treasures  of  the  king's 
 house.  ""At  that  time  Ezekias  cut  oif 
 the  (/old  from  the  doors  of  the  temple, 
 and  from  the  pillars  which  Ezekias 
 king  of  Juda  had  overlaid  with  gold, 
 t  Gr.  them,  and  gavc  ^  it  to  the  king  of 
 the  Assyrians.  ^^  And  the  king  of  the 
 Assyrians  sent  Tharthan  and  Raphis 
 and  Rapsakes  from  Lachis  to  king  Eze- 
 +  Gr.  heavy,  kias  witli  a  ^  strong  force 
 against  Jerusalem.  And  they  went  up 
 and  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  stood  by  the 
 aqueduct  of  the  upper  pool,  wliich  is 
 by  the  way  of  the  fuller's  field.  '**And 
 they  cried  to  Ezekias :  and  there  came 
 to  him  HeHakim  the  son  of  Chelkias 
 the  steward,  and  Somnas  the  scribe, 
 and  Joas  the  son  of  Saphat  the  re- 
 corder. '^  And  Rapsakes  said  to  them. 
 Say  now  to  Ezekias,  Thus  says  the 
 king,  the  great  Idng  of  the  Assyrians, 
 What  is  this  confidence  wherein  thou 
 trustest  ?  ^^  Thou  hast  said,  (but  thei/ 
 +  <?)•.  words  ^^''^  ^mere  words,)  1  have 
 of  ups.  counsel  and  strength  for  war. 
 
 tGr.inwhom  Now  then ''' in  whom  dost 
 rus  ing,  c.  ^i^Q^^  trust,  that  thou  hast 
 revolted  from  me?  -'  See  now,  art  thou 
 trusting  for  thyself  on  this  broken 
 staff  of  reed,  even  upon  Egypt  ?  who- 
 soever shall  stay  himself  upon  it,  it 
 shall  even  go  into  his  hand,  and  j)ierce 
 it:  so  is  Pharao  king  of  Egypt  to  all 
 that  trust  on  him.  ^'^And  whereas 
 thou  hast  said  to  me,  We  trust  on  the 
 Lord  God :  is  not  tliis  he,  ^  whose  high 
 +  Gr.  his.  places  and  altars  Ezekias  has 
 removed,  and  has  said  to  Juda  and 
 Jerusalem,  Ye  shall  worship  before 
 this  altar  in  Jerusalem?  ^•'And  now, 
 I  pray  you,  make  an  agreement  with 
 my  lord  the  king  of  the  Assyrians,  and 
 I  will  give  thee  two  thousand  horses, 
 +  Gr.  give.  if  tliou  shalt  be  able  on  thy 
 part  to  *  set  riders  upon  them.     -'  How 
 
 then  wilt  thou  turn  away  the  face  of 
 one  ^  petty  governor  from  iGr.Tondpxov 
 among  the  least  of  my  lord's  i°*^^  ■^'^"• 
 servants  ?  whereas  thou  trustest  for 
 thyself  on  Egypt  for  chariots  and 
 horsemen.  ^^  And  now  have  we  come 
 up  without  the  Lord  against  this  place 
 to  destroy  it?  The  Lord  said  to  me. 
 Go  'up  against  this  land,  and  destroy 
 it.  '^^  And  Heliakim  the  son  of  CheL 
 kias,  and  Somnas,  and  Joas,  said  to 
 Rapsakes,  Speak  now  to  thy  servants 
 in  the  Syrian  language,  for  we  under- 
 stand it :  and  speak  not  with  us  in  the 
 Jewish  language :  and  why  dost  thou 
 speak  in  the  ears  of  the  people  that  arc 
 on  the  wall?  ^'^  And  Rapsakes  said  to 
 them.  Has  my  master  sent  me  to  thy 
 master,  and  to  thee,  to  speak  these 
 words?  Has  he  not  sent  me  to  the 
 men  who  sit  on  the  wall,  that  they 
 may  eat  their  own  dung,  and  drink 
 their  own  water  together  with  you? 
 ^^  And  Rapsakes  stood,  and  cried  with 
 a  loud  voice  in  the  Jewish  language, 
 and  spoke,  and  said.  Hear  the  words 
 of  the  great  king  of  the  Assyrians: 
 ^^  Thus  says  the  king.  Let  not  Ezekias 
 encourage  you  with  words :  for  he 
 shall  not  be  able  to  deliver  you  out  of 
 his  hand.  ^°And  let  not  Ezekias  cause 
 you  to  trust  on  the  Lord,  saying,  The 
 Lord  will  certainly  deliver  us ;  this 
 city  shall  not  be  delivered  ^  into  the 
 hand  of  the  king  of  the  As-  +  gj-.  in.  He- 
 syi-ians,  hearken  not  to  **■"'*'"• 
 Ezekias  :  ^'  for  thus  says  the  king  of 
 the   Assyrians,    ^  Gain    my    +  lh.  make  a 
 
 P  "^     ^  f     .1      i       blessing  with 
 
 lavour,  and  come  lortn  to  me,  so  Hub. 
 me,   and   every  man   shall  ^'^th^me^''^ 
 drink  of  the  ivine  of  his  own  'Thomson. 
 vine,  and  every  man  shall  eat  of  his 
 own  fig-tree,  and  shall  drink  water  out 
 of  his  own  cistern;  ^^ until  I  come  and 
 remove  you  to  a  land  like  your  own 
 land,  a  land  of  corn  and  wine,  and 
 bread   and  vineyards,  a  land  of  oil* 
 oliA^e,   and  honey,  and  ye    t  or,  perhaps 
 shall  live  and  not  die  :  and  °"^'^°*^- 
 do  not  ye  hearken  to  Ezekias,  for  he 
 deceives  you,  saying,  The  Lord  shall 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  33. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  v.  19. 
 
 deliver  you.  ^"'Have  the  gods  of  the 
 nations  at  all  delivered  each  their  own 
 land  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  the 
 Assyrians?  ^' Where  is  the  god  of 
 Haemath,  and  of  Arpliad?  where  is  the 
 god  of  Seppharvaim,  Ana,  and  Aba  ^  ? 
 for  have  they  delivered  Samaria  out  of 
 my  hand?  ^^\Vlio  is  there  among  all 
 the  gods  of  the  countries,  who  have 
 delivered  their  countries  out  of  my 
 t  Gr.  shau de-  hand,  that  the  Lord  ^  should 
 *^^^'"*  deliver   Jerusalem   out    of 
 
 my  hand?  ^^But  the  me^iweve  silent, 
 and  answered  him  not  a  word  :  for 
 there  icas  a  commandment  of  the  king, 
 saying.  Ye  shall  not  answer  him. 
 ^^And  HeHakim  the  son  of  Chelkias, 
 the  steward,  and  Somnas  the  scribe, 
 and  Joas  the  son  of  Saphat  the  re- 
 corder came  in  to  Ezekias,  having  rent 
 their  garments;  and  they  reported  to 
 him  the  words  of  Eapsakes. 
 
 19.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  king 
 Ezekias  heard  it,  that  he  rent  his 
 clothes,  and  put  on  sackcloth,  and  went 
 into  the  house  of  the  Lord.  ^And 
 he  sent  Heliakim  the  steward,  and 
 Somnas  the  scribe,  and  the  elders  of  the 
 priests,  clothed  with  ^sackcloth,  to  Esa- 
 +  Gr.  sack-  ias  tlic  proplict  thc  son  of 
 clothes.  ^j^Qg_      3  ^nd  they  said  to 
 
 him ,  Thus  says  Ezekias,  This  day  is  a  day 
 of  tribulation,  and  rebuke,  and  provo- 
 cation: for  the  children  are  come  to 
 the  ivsiV'aJX-pangs,  but  the  mother  has 
 
 +  Gr.  if  by  any  no  Strength .  "*  ^  Peradventure 
 ^<=*'^^-  the  Lord  thy  God  will  hear 
 
 all  the  words  of  Eapsakes,  whom  the 
 king  of  Assyria  his  master  has  sent  to 
 reproach  the  Hving  God  and  to  revile 
 him  with  the  words  Avhich  the  Lord 
 thy   God  has  heard:   and  thou  shalt 
 
 +  Gr.  take,  offer  ^  thy  prayer  for  the  rem- 
 nant that  is  foimd.  ^  So  the  servants 
 of  king  Ezekias  came  to  Esaias.  ^  And 
 Esaias  said  to  them.  Thus  shall  ye  say 
 to  your  master,  Thus  says  the  Lord, 
 Be  not  afraid  of  the  words  which  thou 
 hast  heard,  wherewith  the  servants  of 
 the  king  of  the .  Assyrians  have  blas- 
 
 phemed.    Behold,  1  ^  send  a  blast  upon 
 him,  and   he   shall   hear  a    +  Gr.  give, 
 report,  and  shall    return  to  liis  own 
 land;  and  I  will  overthrow  him  with 
 the  sword  in  his  own  land. 
 
 ^So  Eapsakes  returned,  and  found 
 the  king  of  Assyria  warring  against 
 Lobna :  for  he  heard  that  he  had  de- 
 parted from  Lacliis.  '•'And  he  heard 
 concerning  Tharaca  king  of  the  Ethi- 
 opians, saying.  Behold  he  is  come  forth 
 to  fight  with  thee:  and  he  returned, 
 and  sent  messengers  to  Ezekias,  saying, 
 '''Let  not  thy  God  on  whom  thou 
 trustest  encourage  thee,  saying,  Jeru- 
 salem shall  not  be  delivered  into  the 
 hands  of  the  king  of  the  Assyrians. 
 ''Behold,  thou  hast  heard  all  that  the 
 kings  of  the  Assyrians  have  done  in 
 all  the  lands,  to  ^  waste  them  t  Gr.  curse 
 utterly:  and  shalt  thou  be  vortodf*"' 
 delivered?  '^  Have  the  gods  struction. 
 of  the  nations  at  all  dehvered  them, 
 whom  my  fathers  destroyed ;  both  Go- 
 zan,  and  Charran,  and  Eaphis,  and  the 
 sons  of  Edem  who  were  in  Thaesthen  ? 
 '^  Wliere  is  the  king  of  Hajmath,  and 
 the  king  of  Arphad?  and  where  is  the 
 king  of  the  city  of  Seppharvaim,  of 
 Ana,  and  Aba? 
 
 '''And  Ezekias  took  ^  the  letter  from 
 the  hand  of  the  messengers,  tcr.the books, 
 and  read  ^  it :  and  he  went  ^  ^r.  them, 
 up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  Eze- 
 kias spread  it  before  the  Lord,  '''and 
 said,  0  Lord  God  of  Israel,  that  dwell- 
 est  over  the  cherubs,  thou  art  the 
 only  God  in  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
 earth ;  thou  hast  made  heaven  and 
 earth.  "'Incline  thine  ear,  0  Lord, 
 and  hear :  open.  Lord,  thine  eyes,  and 
 see :  and  hear  the  words  of  Sennache- 
 rim,  which  he  has  sent  to'  reproach 
 the  living  God.  '^For  truly.  Lord, 
 the  kings  of  ^Assyria  have  t  Gr.  the  As- 
 wasted  the  nations,  '^and  Syrians. 
 '^  have  cast  their  gods  into  ^  ^^-  ^*^^- 
 the  fire :  because  they  are  no  gods,  but 
 the  works  of  men's  hands,  wood  and 
 stone:  and  they  have  destroyed  them. 
 '^And  now,  0  Lord  our  God,  deliver 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  20. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  1. 
 
 us  out  of  Ms  hand,  and  all  the  king- 
 doms of  the  earth  shall  know  that  thou 
 alone  art  the  Lord  God. 
 
 -•^And  Esaias  the  son  of  Amos  sent 
 to  Ezekias,  saying,  Thus  says  the  Lord 
 God  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  I 
 th£-sThot"*  l^ave  heard  ;thy  prayer  to 
 bast  prayed,  me  Concerning  Sennache- 
 rim  king  of  the  Assyi-ians.  ^'  This  is 
 the  word  which  the  Lord  has  spoken 
 against  him  ;  The  virgin  daughter  of 
 Sion  has  made  hght  of  thee,  and 
 mocked  thee ;  the  daughter  of  Jerusa- 
 lem lias  shaken  her  head  at  thee. 
 ^^Whom  hast  thou  reproached,  and 
 whom  hast  thou  reviled?  and  against 
 whom  hast  thou  Hfted  up  thy  voice, 
 and  raised  thine  eyes  on  high?  Is  it 
 against  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  ?  ^^  By 
 t  Gr.  by  the  ^  thy  mcsscugers  thou  hast 
 hand  of.  reproached  the  Lord,  and 
 
 hast  said,  I  will  go  up  with  the  multi- 
 tude of  my  chariots,  to  the  height  of 
 the  mountains,  to  the  sides  of  Libanus, 
 t  Gr.  bulk  or  and  I  liavc  cut  down  ^  the 
 size.  height    of   his  cedar,   and 
 
 his  choice  cypresses ;  and  I  have  come 
 into  the  midst  of  the  forest  and  of 
 ^Gr.i^^a.  or  Carmel.  ^*  I  have  ^  refreshed 
 ^IvXala^llr-'  myself.,  and  have  drunk 
 haps  the  Lx^^    Strange  waters,  and  I  have 
 
 read  ^vp^p_  f„r    ^]^^:^^^    ,^p    ^^j^   ^J^q    g^^^    ^f 
 
 '  ■'-  my  foot  all  the   rivers   of 
 
 t  See  mean-     fortified    plaCCS.       ^SJ    J^^VC 
 
 *"&®  "  '■'-  brought  about  ^  the  matter.,  I 
 have  brought  it  to  a  conclusion ;  and 
 J^f  ca'i-ryhS"^' -^^^  is  comc  to  the  '^destruc- 
 away.  tion  of  the  bands  of  warlike 
 
 prisoners,  even  o/strong  cities.  ^'^  And 
 they  that  dwelt  in  them  were  weak 
 in  hand,  they  quaked  and  were  con- 
 foimded,  they  became  as  grass  of  the 
 field,  or  as  the  green  herb,  the  grass 
 (jroimuj  on  houses,    and   tliat   which 
 
 t  Or,  before  it  is  troddcn  dowu  *  by  him 
 stands  up.        that  Stands  z^T^ow  iV.    "But 
 
 t  Gr.  seat.  I  know  thy  ^  down-sit- 
 ting, and  thy  going  forth,  and  ^thy 
 rage  against  me.  ^^  Because  thou  wast 
 angry  against  me,  and  thy  fierceness  is 
 come  up  into  my  eai's,  therefore  will  I 
 
 put  my  hooks  in  thy  nostrils,  and  my 
 bridle  in  thy  lips,  and  I  will  turn  thee 
 back  by  the  way  by  wliich  thou  camest. 
 ^'-•And  this  shall  be  a  sign  to  thee ;  eattliis 
 year  the  things  that  grow  of  themselves, 
 and  in  the  second  year  the  things  which 
 spring  up :  and  in  the  tliird  year  let  there 
 he  sowing,  and  reaping,  and  planting  of 
 vineyards  and  eat  ye  the  fruit  of  them. 
 ^°And  he  shall  ^increase  tcr. add. 
 ^  him  that  has  escaped  of  +  aux.  to 
 the  house  of  Juda :  and  fThT(X°;') 
 the  remnant  shall  strike  root  which  has.'&c. 
 beneath,  and  it  shall  produce  fruit 
 above.  ^^  For  from  Jerusalem  shall  go 
 forth  a  remnant,  and  he  that  escapes 
 from  the  moimtain  of  Sion :  the  zeal  of 
 the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  do  this.  Is  it 
 not  so?  ^^Thus  says  the  Lord  '^con- 
 cerning the  king  of  the  As-  +  or,  of.  Heb. 
 Syrians,  He  shall  not  enter  into  this 
 city,  and  he  shall  not  shoot  an  ^  arrow 
 there,  neither  shall  a  shield  +Gr.  weapon, 
 ^come  against  it,  neither  agS^'st'ir'be- 
 shall  he  heap  a  mound  forehand,  &c. 
 against  it.  ^^  By  the  way  by  which  he 
 comes  by  it  shall  he  return,  and  he 
 shall  not  enter  into  this  city,  says  the 
 Lord.  ^*  And  I  will  defend  this  city 
 as  with  a  shield,  for  my  own  sake,  and 
 for  my  servant  David's  sake. 
 
 ^■^And  it  came  to  pass  at  night  that 
 the  angel  of  the  Lord  went  forth,  and 
 smote  in  the  camp  of  the  Assyrians  a 
 hundred  and  eighty  five  thousand :  and 
 they  rose  early  in  the  morning,  and, 
 behold,  these  were  all  dead  corpses. 
 ^^  And  Sennacherim  king  of  the  Assy- 
 rians departed,  and  went  and  returned, 
 and  dwelt  in  Nineve.  ^''And  it  came 
 to  pass,  while  he  was  worshipping  in 
 the  house  of  INIeserach  his  god,  that 
 Adramclech  and  Sarasar  his  sons  smote 
 him  Avith  the  sword:  and  they  escaped 
 into  the  land  of  Ararath ;  and  Asordan 
 his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 
 20.  In  those  days  was  Ezekias  sick 
 even  to  death.  And  the  prophet  Esaias 
 the  son  of  Amos  came  in  to  him,  and 
 said  to  him,  Thus  says  the  Lord,  Give 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  2. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  3. 
 
 charge    to  thy  household ;  for  thou 
 
 +  Gr.  diest.  ^  shalt  dic,  and  not  Hve. 
 '^And  Ezekias  turned  to  the  wall,  and 
 prayed  to  the  Lord,  saying,  ^  Lord,  re- 
 member, I  pray  thee,  how  I  have 
 walked  before  thee  in  truth  and  with 
 
 tG/-.  fuu.  a  ^perfect  heart,  and  have 
 done  tliat  which  is  good  in  tliine  eyes. 
 And  Ezekias  wept  with  a  great  weep- 
 ing. '^And  Esaias  was  in  the  middle 
 court,  and  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
 to  liim,  saying,  ^  Turn  back,  and  thou 
 shalt  say  to  Ezekias  the  ruler  of  my 
 people,  Thus  says  the  Lord  God  of  thy 
 father  David,  I  have  heard  thy  prayer, 
 I  have  seen  thy  tears :  behold,  I  will 
 heal  thee :  on  the  third  day  thou  shalt 
 go  up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 ^And  I  will  add  to  thy  days  fifteen 
 years ;  and  I  will  deliver  thee  and 
 this  city  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
 the  Assyrians,  and  I  will  defend  this 
 city  for  my  own  sake,  and  for  my  ser- 
 vant David's  sake.  ^Andhesaid,  Let 
 them  take  a  cake  of  figs,  and  lay  it 
 tipon  the  ulcer,  and  he  shall  be  well. 
 ^And  Ezekias  said  to  Esaias,  Whatz'^ 
 the  sign  that  the  Lord  will  heal  me, 
 and  I  shall  go  up  to  the  hovise  of  the 
 Lord  on  the  third  day?  ^And  Esai- 
 as said,  This  is  the  sign  from  the 
 Lord,  that  the  Lord  will  perform  the 
 word  wliich  he  has  spoken,  the  shadow 
 of  the  dial  shall  advance  ten  degrees : 
 or  if  it  should  go  back  ten  degrees 
 this  would  also  be  the  sign.  ^^And 
 Ezekias  said,  It  is  a  light  tiling  for 
 the  shadow  to  go  down  ten  degrees: 
 nay,  but  let  the  shadow  return  ten  de- 
 grees backward  ^on  the  dial.      ^'  And 
 
 tGi-.  inthe  Esaias  the  prophet  cried 
 **^^'«^^-  to  the  Lord  :  and  the  sha- 
 
 dow returned  back  ten  degrees  ^  on  the 
 dial. 
 
 '^At  that  time  Marodach  Baladan, 
 son  of  Baladan  king  of  Babylon,  sentlet- 
 ters  and  a  present  to  Ezekias,  because  he 
 had  heard  that  Ezekias  was  sick.  ^"*  And 
 
 tGr.  wx«fla.  Ezekias  rejoiced  at  them, 
 Heh.  word.  ^^^  showcd  all  the  house  of 
 his  ^spices,  the  silver  and  the  gold,  the 
 
 4  27 
 
 spices,  and  the  fine  oil,  and  the  ar- 
 moury, and  aU  that  was  found  in  his 
 treasures  :  there  was  nothing  which 
 Ezekias  did  not  show  them  in  his 
 house,  and  in  all  his  dominion.  '^  And 
 Esaias  the  prophet  went  in  to  king 
 Ezekias,  and  said  to  him,  Wliat  said 
 these  men?  and  whence  came  they  to 
 thee?  And  Ezekias  said.  They  came 
 to  me  from  a  distant  land,  even  from 
 Babylon.  ^^And  he  said,  What  saw 
 they  in  thy  house  ?  And  he  said, 
 They  saw  all  things  that  are  in  my 
 house :  there  was  nothing  in  my  house 
 wliich  I  showed  not  to  them;  yea,  all 
 that  was  in  my  treasures  also.  '^And 
 Esaias  said  to  Ezekias,  Hear  the  word 
 of  the  Lord :  ^^  Behold,  the  days  come, 
 that  all  things  that  are  in  thy  house 
 shall  be  taken,  and  all  that  thy  fathers 
 have  treasured  up  until  this  day,  to 
 Babylon;  and  there  shall  not  ^fail  a 
 word  which  the  Lord  has  t  g,-.  be  left 
 spoken.  ^^And  as  for  thy  ^^^°''- 
 sous  which  shall  come  forth  of  thee, 
 which  thou  shalt  beget,  the  enemy  ^  shall 
 take  them,  and  they  shall  tor,  the  king 
 be  eunuchs  in  the  house  °f  Babylon, 
 of  the  king  of  Babylon.  '^And  Eze- 
 kias said  to  Esaias,  Good  is  the  word 
 of  the  Lord  wliich  he  has  spoken :  only 
 let  there  be  peace  in  my  days. 
 
 ^"And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Eze- 
 kias, and  all  his  might,  and  all  that  he 
 made,  the  fovmtain  and  the  aqueduct, 
 and  how  he  brought  water  into  the 
 city,  are  not  these  things  written  in 
 the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
 of  Juda?  '^'And  Ezekias  slept  with  his 
 fathers :  and  Manasses  his  son  reigned 
 in  his  stead. 
 
 2L  ^Manasses  was  twelve  years  old 
 when  he   began  to  reign,    +  Gr.  a  son  of 
 
 11  *  1      /'ft.      x;  12  years  in  his 
 
 and  he  reigned  liity-nve  reigning, 
 years  in  Jerusalem:  and  his  mother's 
 name  loa^  Apsiba.  ^And  he  did  that 
 which  was  evil  inthe  eyes  of  the  Lord, 
 according  to  the  abominations  of  the 
 nations  which  the  Lord  cast  out  from 
 before  the  children  of  Israel.     ^And 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  4. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  26. 
 
 he  ^  built  again  the  high  places,  which 
 +Gr.  returned  Ezckias  his  father  had  de- 
 andbmit.  moHshed;  and  'set  up  an 
 tG..orbuUt.  ^i^^j.  to  Baal,  and  made 
 groves  as  Achaab  king  of  Israel  ynade 
 them;  and  worshipped  all  the  host  of 
 heaven,  and  served  them.  '*And  he 
 built  an  altar  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 whereas  he  had  said,  In  Jerusalem  I 
 will  place  my  name.  ^And  he  built  an 
 altar  to  all  the  host  of  heaven  in  the 
 two  courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 ^  And  he  caused  his  sons  to  pass  through 
 the  lire  and  used  divination  and 
 +  Lii.pecuUar  auspiccs,  and  made  'groves, 
 
 places  cut  off.  j  lx'    T     l         •  l 
 
 Aiej:.  6»6\r,ri,F.  auci  muitipliecl  wizards,  so 
 Heb.  3i«  as  to  do  that  which  was  evil 
 in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  to  provoke 
 him  to  anger.  ''And  he  set  up  the 
 graven  image  of  the  grove  in  the 
 house  of  which  the  Lord  said  to  David, 
 and  to  Solomon  his  son.  In  this  house, 
 and  in  Jerusalem  which  I  have  chosen 
 out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  will  I 
 even  place  my  name  for  ever.  ^And 
 I  will  not  again  remove  the  foot  of 
 Israel  from  the  land  which  I  gave  to 
 their  fathers,  even  of  those  who  shall 
 keep  all  that  I  commanded,  according 
 to  all  the  commandments  'which  my 
 
 +  Gr.  sing.  scrvaut  Moscs  commanded 
 them.  9  But  they  heark- 
 ened not  ;  and  Manasses  led  them 
 astray  to  do  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord  beyond  the  nations  whom  the 
 Lord  utterly  destroyed  from  before  the 
 children  of  Israel. 
 
 '^And  the  Lord  spoke  by  his  ser- 
 vants the  prophets,  saying,'  'Forasmuch 
 as  Manasses  the  king  of  Juda  has 
 wrought  all  these  evil  abominations, 
 beyond  all  that  the  Amorite  did,  who 
 lived  before  /w'm,  and  has  led  Juda  also 
 into  sin  by  their  idols,  '•^^Y  shall  not  be 
 so.  Thus  says  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
 Behold,  I  bring  calamities  upon  Jeru- 
 salem and  Juda,  so  that  both  the  cars 
 of  every  one  that  hears  shall  'tingle. 
 
 tGr.  sound.  '^And  I  will  strctcli  out 
 over  Jerusalem  the  measure  of  Sa- 
 maria, and  the  plummet  of  the  house 
 
 128 
 
 of  Achaab :  and  I  will  wipe  Jerusalem 
 as  a  jar  is  wiped,  and  turned  upside 
 down  in  the  wiping.  ''^And  I  will 
 reject  the  remnant  of  my  inheritance, 
 and  will  dcHver  them  into  the  hands 
 of  their  enemies ;  and  they  shall  be 
 for  a  plunder  and  for  a  spoil  to  all 
 their  enemies.  '■''Forasmuch  as  they 
 have  done  wickedly  in  my  sight,  and 
 have  provoked  me  from  the  day  that  I 
 brought  out  their  fathers  out  of  Egypt, 
 even  until  this  day.  "^  Moreover  Ma- 
 nasses shed  very  much  innocent  blood, 
 until  he  filled  Jerusalem  with  it  'from 
 one  end  to  the  other,  besides  +  or.  mouth 
 his  sins  with  which  he  t°'"°"t'»- 
 caused  Juda  to  sin,  in  doing  evil  in  the 
 eyes  of  the  Lord. 
 
 ''And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ma- 
 nasses, and  all  that  he  did,  and  his 
 sin  which  he  sinned,  are  not  these 
 things  written  in  the  book  of  the 
 chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Juda  ? 
 '^  And  Manasses  slept  with  his  fathers, 
 and  was  buried  in  the  garden  of  his 
 house,  even  in  the  garden  of  Oza:  and 
 Amos  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 '^  Twenty  and  two  years  old  teas  Amos 
 when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
 reigned  two  years  in  Jerusalem:  and 
 his  mother's  name  tvas  ]\Iesollam, 
 daughter  of  Arus  of  Jeteba.  ^°And 
 he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight 
 of  tlie  Lord,  as  Manasses  his  father  did. 
 '■^'And  he  walked  in  all  the  way  in 
 which  his  father  Avalked,  and  served 
 the  idols  which  his  father  served,  and 
 worshipped  them.  ^'''And  he  forsook 
 the  Lord  God  of  his  fathers,  and 
 walked  not  in  the  way  of  the  Lord. 
 ^■^  And  the  servants  of  Amos  conspired 
 against  him,  and  slew  the  king  in  his 
 house.  ^•'  And  the  people  of  the  land 
 '  slew  all  that  had  conspired  *  Gr.  smote, 
 against  king  Amos ;  and  the  people 
 of  the  land  made  Josias  his  son  king 
 in  his  room.  -''And  the  rest  of  the 
 acts  of  Amos,  even  all  that  he  did, 
 behold,  are  not  these  written  in  the 
 book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
 Juda?     '■^^And  they  buried  him  in  his 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  1. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 CiiAP.  XXII.  V.  19. 
 
 tomb  in  the  garden  of  Oza :  and  Josias 
 his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 
 22.  Josias  icas  eight  years  old  when 
 tGr.  asonof  ]-^g  'beo-an  to  ''reio-n,  and  he 
 
 eight  years  in  .        o  &     ' 
 
 iiis  reigning,  reigned  thirty  and  one  years 
 in  Jerusalem:  and  his  mother's  name 
 teas  Jedia,  daughter  of  Edeia  of  Basu- 
 roth.  -iVnd  he  did  that  which  was 
 right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and 
 walked  in  all  the  way  of  David  his 
 father  ;  he  turned  not  aside  to  the 
 right  hand  or  to  the  left.  ^And  it 
 came  to  pass  in  the  eighteenth  year  of 
 king  Josias,  in  the  eighth  month,  the 
 king  sent  Sapphan  the  son  of  Ezehas 
 the  son  of  JNIesollam,  the  scribe  of  the 
 house  of  the  Lord,  saying,  ''Go  up  to 
 Chelkias  the  high  priest,  and  ''^take 
 +  Gr.  seal.  accouut  of  the  money  that 
 is  brought  into  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 which  they  that  keep  the  door  have 
 collected  of  the  people.  ^  And  let  them 
 give  it  into  the  hand  of  the  workmen 
 that  are  appointed  in  the  house  of  the 
 Lord.  And  he  gave  it  to  the  work- 
 men in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  to 
 tGr.  strengthen,  '^repair  the '^  breaclics  of  the 
 +  G)-.  breach,  housc,  ^  cven  to  the  car- 
 PeSeK.as before,  penters,  and  builders,  and 
 masons,  and  also  to  purchase  timber 
 and  hewn  stones,  to  repair  the  '^  breaches 
 +  Gr.  breach,  of  the  liouse.  "^  Only  they 
 did  not  call  them  to  accouut  for  the 
 money  that  was  given  to  them,  because 
 they  dealt  faithfully. 
 
 ^And  Chelkias  the  liigh  priest  said 
 to  Sapphan  the  scribe,  I  have  found 
 the  book  of  the  law  in  the  house  of 
 the  Lord.  And  Chelkias  gave  the 
 book  to  Sapphan,  and  he  read  it. 
 ^And  he  went  into  the  house  of  the 
 Lord  to  the  king,  and  reported  the 
 matter  to  the  king,  and  said.  Thy  ser- 
 +  Gr.  melted  vants  liavc  ^  collected  the 
 down.  money  that  was  fomid  in  the 
 
 house  of  the  Lord,  and  have  given  it 
 into  the  hand  of  the  workmen  that  are 
 appointed  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 '"And  Sapphan  the  scribe  spoke  to  the 
 king,  saying,  Chelldas  the  priest  has 
 
 given  me  a  book.  And  Sapphan  read 
 it  before  the  king.  ' '  And  it  came  to 
 pass,  when  the  king  heard  the  words 
 of  the  book  of  the  law,  that  he  rent 
 his  garments.  '^And  the  king  com- 
 manded Chelkias  the  priest,  and  Achi- 
 kam  the  son  of  Sapphan,  and  Achobor 
 the  son  of  Michaias,  and  Sapphan  the 
 scribe,  and  Asaias  the  king's  servant, 
 saying,  '^Go,  inquire  of  the  Lord  for 
 me,  and  for  all  the  people,  and  for  all 
 Juda,  and  concerning  the  words  of 
 this  book  that  has  been  found :  for  the 
 wr-ath  of  the  Lord  that  has  been  kin- 
 dled against  us  is  great,  because  our 
 fathers  hearkened  not  to  the  words  of 
 this  book,  to  do  according  to  all  the 
 things  written  concerning  us.  '*So 
 Chelkias  the  priest  went,  and  Achlkam, 
 and  Achobor,  and  Sapphan,  and  Asaias, 
 to  Olda  the  prophetess,  the  mother  of 
 Sellem  the  son  of  Thecuan  +£.  v.  'the 
 son  of  Aras,  keeper  of  the  ^S'nhelf' 
 robes  ;  and  she  dwelt  in  "^^^^^  P^^t.' 
 Jerusalem  in  ^  Masena ;  and  they  spoke 
 to  her. 
 
 '•^And  she  said  to  them.  Thus  says 
 the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Say  to  the 
 man  that  sent  you  to  me,  '^Thus  says 
 the  Lord,  Behold,  I  bring  evil  upon 
 this  place,  and  upon  them  that  dwell 
 in  it,  even  all  the  words  of  the  book 
 which  the  king  of  Juda  has  read: 
 '^because  they  have  forsaken  me,  and 
 burnt  incense  to  other  gods,  that  they 
 might  provoke  me  with  the  works  of 
 their  hands ;  therefore  my  wrath  shall 
 burn  forth  against  tliis  place,  and  shall 
 not  be  quenched.  ^^And  to  the  king 
 of  Juda  that  sent  you  to  inquire  of 
 the  Lord, — thus  shall  ye  say  to  him, 
 Thus  says  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  As 
 for  the  words  which  thou  hast  heard; 
 '^  because  thy  heart  was  softened,  and 
 thou  wast  humbled  before  me,  when 
 thou  heardest  all  that  I  spoke  against 
 this  place,  and  against  the  inhabitants 
 of  it,  that  it  should  be  ^  ut-    !  ''/■^^°'■  '^^ 
 
 '  abohtionanda 
 
 teriy    destroyed    and     ac-  curse, 
 cursed,  and  thou  didst  rend  thy  gar- 
 ments,  and   weep  before  me ;  1  also 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  20. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii.  v.  14. 
 
 have  heard,  says  tlic  Lord.  ^"It  shall 
 not  be  so  therefore:  behold,  I  will 
 t  Gr.  none,  add  thee  to  thy  fathers,  and 
 seen^by^thfne  thou  slialt  be  gathered  to 
 eyes.  thy    tomb    in    peace,    and 
 
 thine  eyes^  shall  not  see  an?/  among 
 all  the  evils  which  I  bring  upon  this 
 place. 
 
 23.  So  they  reported  the  word  to 
 the  king:  and  the  king  sent  and 
 gathered  all  the  elders  of  Juda  and 
 T  Or,  possibly  Jerusalem  Ho  himself.  ^And 
 to  his  house.  ^Yio  king  went  up  to  the 
 house  of  the  Lord,  and  every  man  of 
 Juda  and  all  who  dwelt  in  Jerusalem 
 with  him,  and  the  priests,  and  the 
 prophets,  and  all  the  people  small  and 
 great,  and  he  read  in  their  ears  all  the 
 words  of  the  book  of  the  covenant  that 
 was  found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 ^And  the  king  stood  by  a  pillar,  and 
 made  a  covenant  before  the  Lord,  to 
 walk  after  the  Lord,  to  keep  his  com- 
 mandments and  his  testimonies  and  his 
 ordinances  with  all  the  heart  and  with 
 all  the  soul,  to  confirm  the  words  of 
 this  covenant;  even  the  things  written 
 ^  in  this  book.  And  all  the 
 people  stood  ^to  the  cove- 
 nant. ^And  the  king  commanded 
 Chelkias  the  high  priest,  and  the  priests 
 of  the  second  order,  and  them  that 
 kept  the  door,  to  bring  out  of  the 
 temple  of  the  Lord  all  the  vessels  that 
 were  made  for  Baal,  and  for  the  grove, 
 and  all  the  host  of  heaven,  and  he 
 burnt  them  without  Jervisalem  in  the 
 wr.  <raSr„.i.9.  '  ^^^^l^  of  Kcdrou ,  and '  took 
 Heb.  word.  the  aslics  of  them  to  Biethel. 
 tGr.cast.  5^j^j  j^g  bumt  tlic  ^idola- 
 tHeA- D"'n.03n  trous    priests,     whom    the 
 
 tC  given.      l^i^^gg      Qf    J^^^Ja     /^^^     fj^p. 
 
 pointed,  and  they  burnt  incense  in  the 
 high  places  and  in  the  cities  of  Juda, 
 and  the  places  round  about  Jerusalem ; 
 and  them  that  burnt  incense  to  Baal, 
 t  Or,  the        g^j^(j  to  the  sun,  and  to  the 
 
 twelve  signs.  +-»«•  i 
 
 Heh.  nib-iQTi  moon,  and  to  Mazuroth, 
 con.  Job  38.32.  and  to  all  the  host  of 
 heaven.  ^  And  he  cai'ried  out  the  grove 
 
 t  Gr.  on. 
 t  Gr.  in. 
 
 from  the  house  of  the  Lord  to  the 
 brook  Kedron,  and  burnt  it  at  the 
 brook  Kedron,  and  reduced  it  to  ^pow- 
 der, and  cast  its  powder  on  the  +  or,  ashes, 
 sepulchres  of  the  sons  of  the  people. 
 ^  And  he  pulled  down  the  house  of  the 
 ^sodomites  that  were  by  the  +Gr.  KoSijaV- 
 house  of  the  Lord,  where  Heb.vfora. 
 the  women  wove  ^  tents  for  probabi'y  from 
 the  grove.  ^And  he  brought  cna  a  being 
 up  all  the  priests  from  the  ^^^'^  ^°^  ^ 
 cities  of  Juda,  and  defiled  the  high 
 places  where  the  priests  burnt  incense, 
 from  Gaibal  even  to  Bcersabee ;  and  he 
 pulled  down  the  house  of  the  gates 
 that  was  by  the  door  of  the  gate  of 
 Joshua  the  ruler  of  the  city,  on  a  man's 
 left  hand  at  the  gate  of  the  city. 
 ^  Only  the  priests  of  the  high  places 
 went  not  up  to  the  altar  of  the  Lord 
 in  Jerusalem,  for  they  only  ate  lea- 
 vened bread  in  the  midst  of  their 
 brethren.  ^"And  he  defiled  Tapheth 
 which  is  in  the  valley  of  the  son  of 
 Ennom,  constructed  for  a  man  to  cause 
 his  son  or  his  daughter  to  pass  ^  through 
 fire  to  Moloch.  '^  And  he  +  Gr.  in  fire, 
 burnt  the  horses  which  the  kings  of 
 Juda  had  given  to  the  Sun  in  the 
 entrance  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  ^  by 
 the  treasury  of  Nathan  the  +  Gr.  to. 
 ^  kinoj's  eunuch,  in  the  ^  sub-  +^fA- Nathan- 
 urbs;  and  he  burnt  the  cha-  +c..<|,apow, 
 riot  of  the  Sun  with  fire.  neb.  word. 
 '^And  the  altars  that  were  on  the  roof 
 of  the  upper  chamber  of  Achaz,  which 
 the  kings  of  Juda  had  made,  and  the 
 altars  which  Manasses  had  made  in  the 
 two  courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 did  the  king  pull  down  and  forcibly 
 remove  from  thence,  and  cast  their 
 ^  dust  into  the  brook  of  Ke-  +  or,  ashes, 
 dron.  ^^And  the  king  defiled  the 
 house  that  was  before  Jerusalem,  on 
 the  riglit  hand  of  the  mount  of  Mos- 
 thath,  which  Solomon  king  of  Israel 
 built  to  Astarte  the  abomination  of 
 the  Sidonians,  and  to  Chamos  the 
 abomination  of  Moab,  and  to  Moloch 
 the  abomination  of  the  children  of 
 Ammon.     •''And  he  broke  in  pieces 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  15. 
 
 KINGS   IV, 
 
 Chap,  xxiii.  v.  33. 
 
 the  pillars,  and  utterly  destroyed  the 
 groves,  and  filled  their  places  with 
 the  bones  of  men. 
 
 '^Also  the  high  altar  in  Ba;thel, 
 which  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat, 
 who  made  Israel  to  sin,  had  made, 
 even  that  high  altar  he  tore  down,  and 
 broke  in  pieces  the  stones  of  it,  and 
 reduced  it  to  powder,  and  burnt  the 
 grove.  ^^And  Josias  turned  aside, 
 and  saw  the  tombs  that  were  there  in 
 the  city,  and  sent,  and  took  the  bones 
 out  of  the  tombs,  and  burnt  them  on 
 the  altar,  and  defiled  it,  according  to 
 the  word  of  the  Lord  which  the  man 
 of  God  spoke,  when  Jeroboam  stood 
 by  the  altar  at  the  feast :  and  he  turned 
 and  raised  his  eyes  to  the  tomb  of  the 
 man  of  God  that  spoke  these  words. 
 *^  And  he  said.  What  is  that  ipound 
 which  I  see  ?  And  the  men  of  the  city 
 said  to  him.  It  is  the  grave  of\h.e  man  of 
 God  that  came  out  of  Juda,  and  uttered 
 these  imprecations  which  he  impre- 
 cated upon  the  altar  of  Bethel,  '^And 
 he  said.  Let  him  alone;  let  no  one 
 disturb  his  bones.  So  his  bones  were 
 +  G»-.deUvereci.  '^spared,  together  with  the 
 bones  of  the  prophet  that  came  out  of 
 Samaria.  ^^  Moreover  Josias  removed 
 all  the  houses  of  the  high  places  that 
 were  in  the  cities  of  Samaria,  wliich 
 the  kings  of  Israel  made  to  provoke 
 the  Lord,  and  did  to  them  all  that  he 
 did  in  Baethel.  ^°  And  he  ^  offered  all 
 +  or.sacrificed.  the  pricsts  of  the  high  places 
 that  were  there  on  the  altars,  and  bui-nt 
 the  bones  of  men  upon  them,  and  re- 
 turned to  Jerusalem.  ^^  And  the  king 
 commanded  all  the  people,  saying, 
 +  Or,  Gr.  sa-  ^  Kccp  the  passovcr  to  the 
 crifice.  Lord  your    God,   as  it   is 
 
 written  in  the  book  of  tliis  covenant. 
 ^^  For  ^  a  passover  such  as  this  had  not 
 been  kept  from  the  days  of  the  judges 
 who  judged  Israel,  even  all  the  days 
 of  the  kings  of  Israel,  and  of  the 
 kings  of  Juda.  ^^  But  in  the  eigh- 
 teenth year  of  king  Josias,  was  the 
 passover  kept  to  the  Lord  in  Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 ^^  Moreover  Josias  removed  the  ^  sor- 
 cerers, and  the  wizards,  and  ^  ^'■-  ^f^i^"*' 
 the  theraphin,  and  the  which"c?mp. 
 idols,  and  all  the  abomi-  with  n2« 
 nations  that  had  been  set  up  in  the 
 land  of  Juda  and  in  Jerusalem,  that 
 he  might  ^  keep  the  words  tcr.estabush 
 of  the  law  that  were  writ-  "r  confirm, 
 ten  in  the  book,  which  Chelkias 
 the  priest  fomid  in  the  hovise  of  the 
 Lord.  ^'^  There  was  no  king  hke  him 
 before  him,  who  turned  to  the  Lord 
 with  all  his  heart,  and  with  all  his 
 soul,  and  with  all  his  strength,  accord- 
 ing to  all  the  law  of  Moses;  and  after 
 him  there  rose  not  one  like  him.  -'^  Ne- 
 vertheless the  Lord  turned  not  from  the 
 fierceness  of  his  great  anger,  wherewith 
 he  was  wroth  in  his  anger  against 
 Juda,^  because  of  the  pro-  t  ar.  upon  or 
 vocations,  wherewith  Ma-  ^&^"^*- 
 nasses  provoked  him.  ^^  And  the  Lord 
 said,  I  will  also  remove  Juda  from  my 
 presence,  as  I  removed  Israel,  and  will 
 reject  this  city  which  I  have  chosen, 
 even  Jerusalem,  and  the  house  o/"  which 
 I  said.  My  name  shall  be  there.  ^^And 
 the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Josias,  and  all 
 that  he  did,  are  not  these  things  writ- 
 ten in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the 
 kings  of  Juda?  ^^And  in  his  days 
 went  up  Pharao  Nechao  king  of  Egypt 
 against  the  king  of  the  Assyrians  to 
 the  river  Euphrates:  and -Josias  went 
 out  to  meet  him ;  and  Nechao  slew  him 
 in  Mageddo  when  he  saw  him.  ^''And 
 his  servants  carried  him  dead  from 
 Mageddo,  and  brought  him  to  Jerusa- 
 lem, and  buried  him  in  his  sepulchre: 
 and  the  people  of  the  land  took  Joachaz 
 the  son  of  Josias,  and  anointed  him, 
 and  made  him  king  in  the  room  of 
 his  father.  ^^  '^  Twenty  and  +  Gr.  a  son  of 
 three  years  old  was  Joachaz  joJchaz  ta^ws 
 when  he  began  to  reign,  reigning, 
 and  he  reigned  three  months  in  Jeru- 
 salem :  and  his  mother's  name  %oas 
 Amital,  daughter  of  Jeremias  of  Lobna. 
 ^^And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
 the  sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all 
 that  his  fathers  did.     ^^And  Pharao 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  34. 
 
 KINGS  IV. 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.  16. 
 
 Nechao  removed  him  to  Rablaam  in 
 the  land  of  Emath,  so  that  he  should 
 not  reign  in  Jerusalem ;  and  imposed  a 
 tribute  on  the  land,  a  hundred  talents 
 of  silver,  and  a  hundred  talents  of  gold. 
 ^^And  Pharao  Nechao  made  Eliakim 
 son  of  Josias  king  of  Juda  king  over 
 them  in  the  place  of  liis  father  Josias, 
 and  he  changed  his  name  to  Joakim, 
 and  he  took  Joachaz  and  brought  him 
 to  Egypt,  and  he  died  there.  ^^And 
 Joakim  gave  the  silver  and  the  gold  to 
 Pharao ;  but  he  assessed  the  land  to 
 give  the  money  at  the  command  of 
 Pharao :  they  gave  the  silver  and  the 
 gold  each  man  according  to  his  assess- 
 ment together  with  the  people  of 
 the  land  to  give  to  Pharao  Nechao. 
 t  Gr.  a  son  of  ^"^  ^Twcnty-five  years  old  ^oas 
 joawm'in^his  Joakim  when  he  began  to 
 reigniiig.  reign,  and  he  reigned  eleven 
 years  in  Jerusalem :  and  his  mother's 
 name  itms  Jeldaph,  daughter  of  Pha- 
 dael  of  Ruma.  ^^And  he  did  that 
 which  was  evil  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord, 
 according  to  all  that  his  fathers  had 
 done. 
 
 24.  In  his  days  went  up  Nabucho- 
 donosor  king  of  Babylon,  and  Joakim 
 became  his  servant  three  years;  and 
 then  he  turned  and  revolted  from  him. 
 '■^And  the  Lord  sent  against  him  the 
 bands  of  the  Chaldeans,  and  the  bands 
 of  Syria,  and  the  bands  of  Moab,  and 
 the  bands  of  the  children  of  Ammon, 
 and  sent  them  into  the  land  of  Juda  to 
 prevail  arjainst  it,  according  to  the 
 word  of  the  Lord, which  he  spoke  by 
 his  servants  the  prophets.     ■'' Moreover 
 
 +  Gr.  on  the  it  was  ^  tlic  purposc  of  the 
 mind.  Lord  concerning  Juda,  to 
 
 t  Gi:  him.  rcmovc  ^  them  from  his  pre- 
 sence, because  of  the  sins  of  Manasses, 
 according  to  all  that  lie  did.  "*  More- 
 over he  shed  innocent  blood,  and  filled 
 Jerusalem  with  innocent    blood,  and 
 
 t  Gr.  be  pro-  the  Lord  would  not  ^  par- 
 
 pitiated.  ^Jq^    ^f        5J^^^   ^1^^    j.gg^.  ^f 
 
 the  acts  of  Joakim,  and  all  that  he  did, 
 behold,  are  not  these  written  in  the 
 
 book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
 of  Juda?  ^  And  Joakim  slept  with  his 
 fathers:  and  Joachim  his  son  reigned 
 in  his  stead.  ^  And  the  king  of  Egypt 
 came  no  more  out  of  his  land :  for  the 
 king  of  Babylon  took  away  all  that 
 belonged  to  the  king  of  Egypt  from 
 the  river  of  Egjrpt  as  far  as  the  river 
 Euphrates.  ^  "^Eightecn  years  t  gt.  Joachim 
 old  ivas  Joachim  when  he  y/j^jl-s  hi  ids 
 began  to  reign,  and  he  reigning, 
 reigned  three  months  in  Jerusalem: 
 and  his  mother's  name  was  Nestha, 
 daughter  of  Ellanastham,  of  Jerusalem. 
 ^And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
 the  sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all 
 that  his  father  did.  '°At  that  time 
 went  up  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Baby- 
 lon to  Jerusalem,  and  the  city  ^  was 
 besieged.  '^  And  Nabu-  i^to.'^'^<^"hi 
 chodonosor  king  of  Baby-  siege. 
 Ion  came  against  the  city  and  his  ser- 
 vants besieged  it.  ^'^  And  Joachim 
 king  of  Juda  came  forth  to  the  king 
 of  Babylon,  he  and  his  servants,  and 
 his  mother,  and  his  princes,  and  his 
 eunuchs,  and  the  king  of  Babylon  took 
 him  in  the  eighth  year  of  his  reign. 
 '^And  he  brought  forth  thence  all  the 
 treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
 the  treasures  of  the  king's  hovise,  and 
 he  cut  up  all  the  golden  vessels  which 
 Solomon  the  king  of  Israel  had  made 
 in  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  according 
 to  the  word  of  the  Lord.  ^""And  he 
 carried  away  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusa- 
 lem, and  all  tlie  captains,  and  the 
 mighty  men,  taking  captive  ten  thou- 
 sand ^prisoners,  and  every  ^ ut. c&\^t\y\- 
 artificer  and  ^  smith :  and  *''''*; 
 only  the  poor  of  the  land  lovrl.',  ntJ"  ^ 
 were  left.  '  ^  And  he  carried  shutter-up. 
 Joachim  away  to  Babylon,  and  tlie 
 king's  mother,  and  the  king's  wives, 
 and  his  eunuchs:  and  he  carried  away 
 the  mighty  men  of  the  land  into  ''^ cap- 
 tivity I'rom  Jerusalem  to  t  cr.  emigra- 
 Babylon.  ^^^nd  all  the  *'°"- 
 men  of  might,  even  seven  thousand, 
 and  one  thousand  artificers  and  smiths, 
 all  were  mighty  n^en  fit  for  war;  and 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  u.  17. 
 
 KINGS    IV. 
 
 ('HAP.  XXV.  V.   19. 
 
 the  king  of  Babylon  carried  them 
 captive  to  Babylon. 
 
 ^^And  the  king  of  Babylon  made 
 
 +  Heb.  Mat-    ^  Batthanias  liis  so  nking  in 
 
 ™^  '  his   stead,    and   called    his 
 
 +  Gr.  a  son  of  oil-  +  l  s  T' 
 
 21  years,  Sede-  name  Scdckias.  '  i  wenty 
 ^^'  and  one  years  old  was  Sede- 
 
 kias  when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
 reigned  eleven  years  in  Jerusalem :  and 
 his  mother's  name  was  Amital,  daugh- 
 ter of  Jeremias.  '^And  he  did  that 
 which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord,  according  to  all  that  Joachim 
 ^Gr.  more  lit.  c^i^^-  ^"  For  it  was  '  accord- 
 it  was  in  the     infr   to   tliG    Lord's    angcr 
 
 Lord's  mind  to         ~ .  ^  ,  ^  " 
 
 brin?  evu  agamst  Jerusalem  and  on 
 upon,  c.  Juda,  until  he  cast  them 
 out  of  his  presence,  that  Sedekias  re- 
 volted against  the  king  of  Babylon. 
 
 25.  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  ninth 
 year  of  his  reign,  in  the  tenth  month, 
 that  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon 
 came,  and  all  his  host,  against  Jerusa- 
 lem; and  he  encamped  against  it,  and 
 cirramvaiia-^  bidlt  ^a  mound  against  it. 
 tioii-  ^  And  the  city  was  besieged 
 
 until  the  eleventh  year  of  king  Sede- 
 kias on  the  ninth  day  of  the  month. 
 ^  And  the  famine  prevailed  in  the  city, 
 and  there  was  no  bread  for  the  people 
 of  the  land.  ''  And  the  city  was  broken 
 up,  and  all  the  men  of  war  went  forth 
 by  night,  by  the  way  of  the  gate  be- 
 tween the  walls,  this  is  the  gate  of  the 
 king's  garden :  and  the  Chaldeans  tvere 
 set  against  the  city  round  about :  and 
 the  king  went  by  the  way  of  Uhe  plain. 
 +  Araba.  Heb.  ^  And  the  force  of  the  Chal- 
 ^°'"'^'  deans  pursued  the  king,  and 
 
 overtook  him  in  the  plains  of  Jericho : 
 and  all  his  army  was  dispersed  from 
 about  him.  ''And  they  took  the  king, 
 and  brought  him  to  the  king  of  Baby- 
 lon to  Keblatha;  and  he  gave  judg- 
 ment vipon  him.  ^And  he  slew  the 
 sons  of  Sedekias  before  his  eyes,  and 
 ]Dut  out  the  eyes  of  Sedekias,  and  bound 
 him  in  fetters,  and  brought  him  to 
 Babylon. 
 
 ^And   in  the  fifth   month,   on    the 
 
 seventh  day  of  the  month  (this  is  the 
 nineteenth    year   of  Nabuchodonosor 
 king  of  Babylon),  came  Nabuzardan, 
 ^captain  of  the  guard,  who    +  or. chief 
 stood  belbre    the   kinff    of  coo^.    see 
 
 r>    1      1  ,  T  1  meanings  of 
 
 Babylon,  to  Jerusalem,  ^y^  comp. 
 ^And  he  '''burnt  the  house  Gen.  39.  i. 
 of  the  Lord,  and  the  king's  +or,setonfire. 
 house,  and  all  the  houses  of  Jerusalem, 
 even  every  house  did  the  captain  of  the 
 guard  burn.  '°And  the  force  of  the 
 Chaldeans  pulled  down  the  wall  of 
 Jerusalem  round  about.  ^'And  Na- 
 buzardan the  captain  of  the  guard  re- 
 moved the  rest  of  the  people  that  were 
 left  in  the  city,  and  the  '^  men  +  or.  deserters, 
 who  had  deserted  to  the  king  of  Baby- 
 lon, and  the  rest  of  the  ^multitude. 
 ^"^  But  the  captain  of  the  t  Gr.  (rn^pCy- 
 guard  left  of  the  poor  of  '^-^^"^•s^eHeA. 
 the  land  to  be  vine-dressers  and  '''  hus- 
 bandmen. '^And  the  dial-  +  g>:  ya^Cu. 
 deans  broke  to  pieces  the  brazen  pillars 
 that  were  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 and  the  bases,  and  the  brazen  sea  that 
 was  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
 carried  their  brass  to  Babylon.  '''And 
 the  caldrons,  and  the  ^shovels,  and 
 the  bowls,  and  the  censers,  from'the^He- 
 and  all  the  brazen  vessels  *'•«"'• 
 with  which  they  minister,  he  took. 
 '''And  the  captain  of  the  guard  took 
 the  fire-pans,  and  the  gold  and  silver 
 bowls.  '^  Two  pillars,  and  one  sea, 
 and  the  bases  which  Solomon  made 
 for  the  house  of  the  Lord:  there  was 
 no  weight  of  the  brass  of  all  the  ves- 
 sels. '^  The  height  of  one  pillar  was 
 eighteen  cubits,  and  the  '"'  chapiter  upon 
 it  was  of  brass  :  and  the  +  <?»•.  x^^ap- 
 height  of  the  chapiter  was  three  cubits : 
 the  '^border,  and  the  pome-  +  g?-. o-ajsaxa. 
 granates  on  the  chapiter  round  about 
 were  all  of  brass:  and  so  it  was  with 
 the  second  pillar  with  its  border. 
 
 '^  And  the  captain  of  the  guard  took 
 Saraias  the '^high-priest,  and  ^^^  ^^* 
 Sophonias  ^the  second  in  te,-.  the  son 
 order,  and  the  three  door-  f^^.^.^  '""°"'> 
 keepers.  '^And  they  took  out  of  the 
 city  one  eunuch  who  was  commander 
 29 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  20. 
 
 KINGS   IV. 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  30. 
 
 of  the  men  of  war,  and  five  men  that 
 saw  the  face  of  the  king,  that  were 
 found  in  the  city,  and  the  secretary  of 
 the  commander-in-chief,  who  took  ac- 
 count of  the  people  of  the  land,  and 
 sixty  men  of  the  people  of  the  land  that 
 were  foimd  in  the  city.  ~^  And  Nabu- 
 zardan  the  captain  of  the  guard  took 
 them,  and  brought  them  to  the  king 
 of  Babylon  to  keblatha.  ^^And  the 
 king  of  Babylon  smote  them  and  slew 
 them  at  Reblatha  in  the  land  of  iEmath. 
 So  Juda  was  carried  away  from  his 
 land.  ^^And  as  for  the  people  that 
 were  left  in  the  land  of  Juda,  whom 
 Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon  left, 
 even  over  them  he  set  Godolias  son  of 
 Achicam  son  of  Saphan.  '•^■'^i\nd  all 
 the  captains  of  the  host,  they  and  their 
 men,  heard  that  the  king  of  Babylon 
 had  thus  appointed  Godolias,  and  they 
 came  to  GodoHas  to  Massephath,  both 
 Ismael  the  son  of  Nathanias,  and  Jona 
 son  of  Carcth,  and  Saraias,  son  of 
 Thanamath  the  Netophathite,  and  Je- 
 zonias  son  of  a  Machathite,  they  and 
 their  men.  ^'*  And  Godolias  swore  to 
 them  and  their  men,  and  said  to  them, 
 tGr. passage.  Fear  not  the  '^incursion  of 
 the  Chaldeans ;  dwell  in  the  land,  and 
 serve  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  it  shall 
 
 be  well  with  you.  -''And  it  came  to 
 pass  in  the  seventh  month  that  Ismael 
 son  of  Nathanias  son  of  Hclisama,  of 
 the  ■'^  seed  royal,  came,  and  +G)-.  seed  of 
 ten  men  with  him,  and  he  """  '^'^^• 
 smote  GodoHas,  that  he  died,  him  and 
 the  Jews  and  the  Chaldeans  that  were 
 with  him  in  Massepha.  ''"'  And  all  the 
 people,  great  and  small  rose  up,  thei/ 
 and  the  captains  of  the  forces,  and 
 went  into  Egypt;  because  they  were 
 airaid  of  the  Chaldeans. 
 
 ^^And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  thirty- 
 seventh  year  of  the  carrying  away  of 
 Joachim  king  of  Juda,  in  the  twelfth 
 month,  on  the  twenty-seventh  day  of 
 the  month,  that  Evialmarodec  king  of 
 Babylon  in  the^r*'^  year  of  his  reign 
 lifted  up  the  head  of  Joachim  king  of 
 fTuda,  and  brought  him  out  from  his 
 prison-house.  ^*' And  spoke  '^  kindly  to 
 him,  and  set  his  throne  J,i';g/^"f, 
 above  the  thrones  of  the  i"'"- 
 kings  that  were  with  him  in  Babylon; 
 '^^and  changed  his  prison  garments: 
 and  he  ate  bread  continually  before 
 him  all  the  days  of  his  life.  ^'^And 
 his  portion ,  a  continual  por-    ^f''-  ?■  '?*^  °^ 
 
 L  '.  la  day  in  lus 
 
 tion,  was  given  mm  out  of  <iay- 
 
 the  house  of  the  king,  a  daily  ^rate 
 
 for  every  day  all  the  days  of  his  life. 
 
CHRONICLES    I. 
 
 CHAPTEK  I.  Vekses  1—52. 
 
 1.  ADi\.M,  Seth,  Enos,  ^and  Cainan, 
 +  Gfr.  the  Slip-  Maleleel,    Jared,    ^  Enoch, 
 mT^tters      Mathusala,  Lamech, "  Noe : 
 omitted.  5  the     sons     of     Japheth, 
 
 Gamer,  ]\Iagog,  Madahn,  Jovan,  He- 
 lisa,  Thobel,  Mosoch,  and  Thiras. 
 •"And  the  sons  of  Gamer,  Aschanaz, 
 and  Kiphath,  and  Thorgama.  ^And 
 the  sons  of  Jovan,  HeHsa,  and  Thar- 
 sis,  the  Citians,  and  Rhodians.  ^  And 
 the  sons  of  Cham,  Chus,  and  Mesraim, 
 Phud  and  Chanaan.  ^And  the  sons 
 of  Chus,  Saba,  and  Evila,  and  Sabatha 
 and  Regma,  and  Sebethaca:  and  the 
 sons  of  Regma,  Saba,  and  Dadan. 
 '"  And  Chus  begot  Nebrod :  he  began  to 
 +  Gr.  a  giant,  be  a  ^mighty  hunter  on  the 
 
 ahuiiter.  q^j.^^^      +  ^^  Xhg  SOUS  of  Sem, 
 
 ^SeeAppendi^.    ^^^^.^^     ^^^    j^^^^^^    24  ^nd 
 
 Arphaxad,  Sala,  ^^Eber,  Pheleg,  Pa- 
 gan, ^^Seruch,  Nachor,  Tharrha, 
 ^^Abraam.  -^  And  the  sons  of  Abraam, 
 Isaac,  and  Israael.  ^^And  these  are 
 their  generations :  the  first-born  of  Is- 
 mael,  Nabaeoth,  and  Kedar,  Nabdeel, 
 Massam,^*^  Masma,  Iduma,  Masse,  Chon- 
 dan,Tho3man,^^  Jettur,  Naphes,  Kedma : 
 ^*  these  are  the  sons  of  Ismael.  ^'^And 
 tlie  sons  of  Cliettura  Abraam's  concu- 
 bine:— and  she  bore  him  Zembram, 
 Jexan,  Madiam,  Madam,  Sobac,  Soe : 
 and  the  sons  of  Jexan;  Daedan,  and  Sa- 
 bai ;  ^^  and  the  sons  of  ]\Iadiam ;  Gcphar, 
 and  Opher,  and  Enoch,  and  Abida,  and 
 Eldada :  all  these  loere  the  sons  of 
 Chettura.  ^^  And  Abraam  begot  Isaac : 
 and  the  sons  of  Isaac  were  Jacob,  and 
 Eesau.  ^^  The  sons  of  Eesau,  EHphaz, 
 and  Raguei,  and  Jeul,  and  Jeglom, 
 
 4  35 
 
 and  Core.  ^^  The  sons  of  Ehphaz : 
 Thaiuian,  and  Omar,  Sophar,  and 
 Gootham,  and  Kenez,  and  Thamna, 
 and  Amalec.  ^"And  the  sons  of  Ra- 
 guei, Nachez,  Zare,  Some,  and  Moze. 
 ^^The  sons  of  Seir,  Lotan,  Sobal,  Se- 
 begon.  Ana,  Deson,  Osar,  and  Disan. 
 ^^And  the  sons  of  Lotan,  Chorri,  and 
 ^Eman;  and  the  sister  of  Lotan  was 
 Thamna.  "^^The  sons  of  Sobal;  Alon, 
 Machanath,  Tcebel,  Sophi,  and  Onan: 
 and  the  sons  of  Sebegon;  ^Eth,  and 
 Sonan.  "^'The  sons  of  Sonan,  Dseson: 
 and  the  sons  of  Da3son;  Emeron,  and 
 Asebon,  and  Jethram,  and  Charran. 
 *^  And  the  sons  of  Hosar,  Balaam,  and 
 Zucam,  and  Acan :  the  sons  of  Disan, 
 Os,  and  Aran.  '*^And  these  are  their 
 kings,  Balac  the  son  of  Beor;  and  the 
 name  of  his  city  teas  Dennaba.  ^^  And 
 Balac  died,  and  Jobab  the  son  of  Zara 
 of  Bosorrha  reigned  in  his  stead.  ''^And 
 Jobab  died,  and  Asom  of  the  land  of 
 the  Thaamanites  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 """And  Asom  died,  and  Adad  the  son 
 of  Barad  reigned  in  his  stead,  who 
 smote  Madiam  in  the  plain  of  IMoab : 
 and  the  name  of  his  city  tvas  Gethaim. 
 '^''And  Adad  died,  and  Sebla  of  Ma- 
 secca  reigned  in  his  stead.  ^^And 
 Sebla  died,  and  Saul  of  Rhoboth  by 
 the  river  reigned  in  his  stead.  ^^And 
 Saul  died,  and  Balacnnor  son  of  Acho- 
 bor  reigned  in  his  stead.  ^°And  Ba- 
 lacnnor died,  and  Adad  son  of  Barad 
 reigned  in  his  stead;  and  the  name  of 
 his  city  was  Phogor.  ^^  The  princes  of 
 Edom :  prince  Thamna,  prince  Golada, 
 prince  Jether,  '^^  prince  EHbamas,  prince 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  53. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  v.  42 
 
 Elas,  prince  Phinon,  ^^ prince  Kenez, 
 prince  Thgeman,  prince  Babsar,  prince 
 Magediel,  ^^ prince  Zaphoin.  These 
 ai'e  the  princes  of  Eclom. 
 
 2.  These  «;•<?  the  names  of  the  sons 
 of  Israel  ;  ^  Ruben,  Symeon,  Levi, 
 Juda,  Issachar,  Zabulon,  Dan,  Joseph, 
 Benjamin,  Nephthali,  Gad,  Aser. 
 ^ The  sons  of  Juda;  Er,  Aunan,  Seloni. 
 These  three  were  born  to  him  of  the 
 daughter  of  Sava  the  Chananitish 
 woman,  and  Er,  the  first-born  of  Juda, 
 was  wicked  before  the  Lord,  and  he 
 slew  liim.  *  And  Thamar  his  danghter- 
 in-law  bore  to  him  Phares,  and  Zara: 
 all  the  sons  of  Juda  tvere  five.  ^The 
 sons  of  Phares,  Esrom,  and  Jemuel. 
 ^  And  the  sons  of  Zara,  Zambri,  and 
 -5lltham,  and  iEmuan,and  Calchal,  and 
 Darad,  m  all  five.  "^  And  the  sons  of 
 Charmi;  Achar  the  tronbler  of  Israel, 
 who  was  disobedient  in  the  accursed 
 thing.  ^  And  the  sons  of  iEtham ; 
 Azarias,  "and  the  sons  of  Esrom  who 
 were  born  to  him ;  Jerameel,  and 
 Aram,  and  Chalcb.  '"And  Aram  be- 
 got Aminadab,  and  Aminadab  begot 
 Naasson,  chief  of  the  house  of  Juda. 
 •^And  Naasson  begot  Salmon,  and 
 Salmon  begot  Booz,  '^and  Booz  begot 
 Obed,  and  Obed  begot  Jessfe.  ^^And 
 Jessaj  begot  his  first-born  Eliab,  Ami- 
 nadab teas  the  second,  Samaa  the 
 third,  '"*  Nathanael  the  fourth,  Zabdai 
 the  fifth,  '^Asam  the  sixth,  David  the 
 seventh.  '^And  their  sister  teas  Sa- 
 ruia,  and  another  Abigaia:  and  the 
 sons  of  Saruia  loer'e  Abisa,  and  Joab, 
 and  Asael,  three.  '"And  Abigaia  bore 
 Amessab:  and  the  fixther  of  Amessab 
 was  Jothor  the  Ismaclite.  '^  And  Cha- 
 leb  the  son  of  Esrom  took  Gazuba  to 
 wife,  and  Jerioth :  and  these  were  her 
 sons;  Jaear,  and  Subab,  and  Ardon. 
 '^And  Gazvd3a  died;  and  Chaleb  took 
 to  himself  Ephrath,  and  she  bore  to 
 him  Or.  ^"And  Or  begot  Uri,  and 
 Uri  begot  Beseleel.  ^'  And  after  this 
 Esron  went  in  to  the  daughter  of  Ma- 
 chir  the  father  of  Galaad,  and  he  took 
 
 her  when  he  was  sixty-five  years  old; 
 and  she  bore  him  Seruch.  ^"^  And  Se- 
 ruch  begot  Jair,  and  he  had  twenty- 
 three  cities  in  Galaad.  ^^  And  he  took 
 Gedsur  and  Aram,  the  towns  of  Jair 
 from  them;  with  Canath  and  its  towns, 
 sixty  cities.  All  these  beh)7iged  to  the 
 sons  of  Machir  the  father  of  Galaad. 
 
 ■^''And  after  the  death  of  Esron, 
 Chaleb  came  to  Ephratha ;  and  the 
 wife  of  Esron  icas  Abia ;  and  she  bore 
 him  Ascho  the  father  of  Thecoe. 
 ^^And  the  sons  of  Jerameel  the  first- 
 born of  Esron  were,  the  first-born  Ram, 
 and  Banaa,  and  Aram,  and  Asan  his 
 brother.  ^^  And  Jerameel  had  another 
 wife,  and  her  name  teas  Atara :  she  is 
 the  mother  of  Ozom.  ^^  And  the  sons 
 of  Ram  the  first-born  of  Jerameel  were, 
 Maas  and  Jamin,  and  Acor.  ^^And 
 the  sons  of  Ozom  were,  Samai,  and 
 Jadae :  and  the  sons  of  Samai ;  Nadab, 
 and  Abisur.  ^^And  the  name  of  the 
 wife  of  Abisur  2Dns  Abichaia,  and  she 
 bore  him  Achabar,  and  JNIoel.  ^"And 
 the  sons  of  Nadab ;  Salad  and  Apphain : 
 and  Salad  died  'without  tGr.nothav- 
 childrcn.  •■5' And  the  sons  ^"^ -^'^"^ren. 
 of  Apphain ;  Isemiel :  and  the  sons  of 
 Isemiel;  Sosan,  and  the  sons  of  Sosan; 
 Dadai.  ^^And  the  sons  of  Dadai, 
 Achisamas,  Jether,  Jonathan :  and 
 J  ether  died  childless.  ^^And  the  sons 
 of  Jonathan ;  Phaleth,  and  Hozam. 
 These  were  the  sons  of  Jerameel. 
 ^''And  Sosan  had  no  sons,  but  daugh- 
 ters. And  Sosan  had  an  Egyptian 
 servant,  and  his  name  icas  Jochel. 
 ^■""And  Sosan  o'ave  his  dauii'hterto  Jo- 
 chcl  his  scrA'^ant  to  Avife;  and  she  bore 
 him  Ethi.  ^*"'And  Ethi  begot  Nathan, 
 and  Nathan  begot  Zabcd,  ^'^and  Zabed 
 begot  Aphamel,  and  Aphamel  begot 
 Obed.  ^**And  Obed  begot  Jeu,  and 
 Jeu  begot  Azarias,  •''^  and  Azarias  begot 
 Chelles,  and  Chelles  begot  Elcasa, 
 "•"and  Elcasa  begot  Sosomai,  and  So- 
 somai  begot  Salum,  ^'  and  Salum  begot 
 Jechemias,  and  Jechemias  begot  Eli- 
 sama,  and  Elisama  begot  Ismael.  ''^And 
 the  sons  of  Chaleb  the  brother  of  Je- 
 
Chap.  h.  v.  43. 
 
 CHKONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  2. 
 
 rameel  tvere,  INIarisa  his  lirst-born,  he 
 is  the  father  of  Ziph : — and  the  sons  of 
 Marisa  the  father  of  Chebron.  ''^  And 
 the  sons  of  Chebron ;  Core,  and  Thap- 
 phus,  and  Kecom,  and  Samaa.  "'^And 
 Samaa  beo-ot  liaem  the  father  of  Je- 
 klan :  and  Jeklan  begot  Samai.  *^And 
 his  son  was  Maon:  and  Maon  is  the 
 father  of  Basthsur.  *^  And  Gtepha  the 
 concubine  of  Chaleb  bore  Aram,  and 
 Mosa,  and  Gezue.  ''^And  the  sons  of 
 Addai  loere  Ragem,  and  Joatham,  and 
 Sogar,  and  Phalec,  and  Gajpha,  and 
 Sagae.  '*'^And  Chaleb's  concubine  Mo- 
 cha bore  Saber,  and  Tharam.  '^^She 
 bore  also  Sagae  the  father  of  Madmena, 
 and  Sau  the  lather  of  Machabena,  and 
 the  fxther  of  Gfebal :  and  the  daughter 
 of  Chaleb  was  Ascha.  ^°  These  were 
 the  sons  of  Chaleb  :  the  sons  of  Or 
 the  first-born  of  Ephratha;  Sobal  the 
 father  of  Cariathiarim,  ^'  Salomon  the 
 father  of  BiBtha,  Lammon  the  father 
 of  Ba^thalaem,  and  Arim  the  father  of 
 Bethgedor.  ^^And  the  sons  of  Sobal 
 the  father  of  Cariathiarim  were  Araa, 
 and^Esi,  and  Ammanith,  '^■'^and  Umas- 
 phae,  cities  of  Jair;  JEthahm,  and  Mi- 
 phithim,  and  Hesamathim,  and  Hema- 
 saraim;  from  these  went  forth  the  Sa- 
 rathseans,  and  the  sons  of  Esthaam. 
 ^^  The  sons  of  Salomon  ;  Basthalaem, 
 the  Netophathite,  Ataroth  of  the  house 
 of  Joab,  and  half  of  the  family  of  Ma- 
 +_Gr.  ^aroc-     jatlli,   Esarl.     -"The  fami- 
 
 KovvTe^,  un-  ,  ' 
 
 grammatical,    lies  of  the  scribcs  '"^dwcll- 
 
 r/.rf. mendwell-   •  .       ^   -.  .        rm  i  •• 
 
 mg,  &c.  mg  mjabis;  lliargatmim, 
 
 and  Samathiim,  and  Sochathim,  these 
 are  the  Kin^ans  that  came  of  He- 
 mathjthe  father  of  the  house  of  Rechab. 
 
 3.  Now  these  were  the  sons  of  Da- 
 vid that  were  born  to  him  in  Chebron ; 
 the  first-born  Amnon,  born  of  Achi- 
 naam  the  Jezraelitess ;  the  second  Dam- 
 niel,  of  Abigaia  the  Carmclitess.  ^  The 
 third,  Abcssalom,  the  son  of  INIocha 
 the  daughter  of  Tholmai  king  of  Ged- 
 sur,  the  fourth,  Adonia  the  son  of  Ag- 
 gith.  ^The  fifth,  Saphatia,  the  son  of 
 Abital;  the  sixth  Jcthraam,  born  of 
 
 Agla  his  wife.  ^  Six  were  born  to  him 
 in  Chebron  ;  and  he  reigned  there 
 seven  years  and  six  months:  and  he 
 reigned  thirty-three  years  in  Jerusa- 
 lem. ^  And  these  were  born  to  him  in 
 Jerusalem  ;  Samaa,  Sobab,  Nathan, 
 and  Solomon;  four  of  Bcersabee  the 
 daughter  of  Amiel:  ''and  Ebaar,  and 
 Elisa,  and  Eliplialeth,  ^  and  Nagai, 
 and  Naphec,  and  Japhie,  ^and  Heli- 
 sama,  and  EKada,  and  EHphala,  nine. 
 ^All  these  icere  the  sons  of  David, 
 besides  the  sons  of  the  concubines,  and 
 there  teas  also  Themar  their  sister. 
 '°  The  sons  of  Solomon ;  Rhoboam,  Abia 
 liis  son,  Asa  his  son,  Josaphat  his  son, 
 ^^  Joram  his  son,  Ochozias  his  son,  Joas 
 his  son,  ^^  Amasias  his  son,  Azarias  his 
 son,  Joathan  his  son,  '^Achaz  his  son, 
 Ezekias  his  son,  Manasses  his  son, 
 '■*  Amon  his  son,  Josia  his  son.  '^  And 
 the  sons  of  Josia ;  the  first-born  Joa- 
 nan,  the  second  Joakim,  the  third  Se- 
 dekias,  the  fourth  Salum.  ^^And  the 
 sons  of  Joakim  ;  Jechonias  his  son, 
 Sedekias  his  son.  ^"  And  the  sons  of 
 Jechonias  ;  Asir,  Salathiel  his  son, 
 '^  I\Ielchiram,  and  Phadaias,  and  Sane- 
 sar,  and  Jekimia,  and  Hosamath,  and 
 Nabadias.  ^^And  the  sons  of  Pha- 
 daias; Zorobabel,  and  Semei:  and  the 
 sons  of  Zorobabel ;  Mosollam,  and  Ana- 
 nia,  and  Salomethi  was  their  sister. 
 ^°And  Asube,  and  Ool,  and  Barachia, 
 and  Asadia,  and  Asobed,  five.  ^^And 
 the  sons  of  Anania,  Phalettia,  and  Je- 
 sias  his  son,  Raphal  his  son,  Orna  his 
 son,  Abdia  his  son,  Sechenias  his  son. 
 ^^And  the  son  of  Sechenias;  Samaia: 
 and  the  sons  of  Samaia;  Chattus,  and 
 Joel,  and  Berri  and  Noadia,  and  Sa- 
 phath,  six.  ^^  And  the  sons  of  Noadia : 
 EHthenan,  and  Ezekia,  and  Ezricam, 
 three.  ^''And  the  sons  of  Elithenan; 
 Odolia,  and  Heliasebon,  and  Phadaia, 
 and  Akub,  and  Joanan,  and  Dalaaia, 
 and  Anan,  seven. 
 
 4.  And  the  sons  of  Juda;  Phares, 
 Esrom,  and  Charmi,  and  Or,  Subal, 
 ^and  Rada  his  son;  and  Subal  begot 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  3. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I, 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  35. 
 
 Jeth;  and  Jeth  begot  Achimai,  and 
 Laad :  these  are  the  generations  of  the 
 
 +  Gr.  the  Ara-  Arathites\  ^And  these 
 *^*^'  are  the  sons  of  iEtam ;  Jez- 
 
 rael  and  Jesman,  and  Jebdas :  and 
 their  sister's  name  was  Esclebbon. 
 '*And  Phanuel  the  father  of  Gedor, 
 and  Jazer  the  father  of  Osan :  these  are 
 the  sons  of  Or,  the  first-born  of  Ephra- 
 tha,  the  father  of  Bajthalaen.  ''And  Asur 
 the  father  of  Thecoe  had  two  wives, 
 Aoda  and  Thoada.  *'Aud  Aoda  bore 
 to  liim  Ochaia,  and  Ephal,  and  Thaj- 
 man,  and  Aasther:  all  these  were  the 
 sons  of  Aoda.  '^  And  the  sons  of  Tho- 
 ada; Sereth,  and  Saar,  and  Esthanam. 
 ^And  Coe  begot  Enob,  and  Sabatha, 
 
 tHefi. word     and   the   ^progeny   of  the 
 
 mistranslated,    brother      of      Rcchab,      the 
 
 sonof  Jarin.     '•'And  Igabes  was  more 
 famous  than  liis  brethren ;  and  his  mo- 
 ther called  his  name  Igabes,  saying,  I 
 +  Gr.  ya^rjs.     J^avc  boHi  as  a  ^  sorrowful 
 
 one. 
 
 "'And  Igabes  called 
 
 on  the  God  of  Israel,  saying,  ^  0  that 
 ingttiou^^^^^'  thou  wouldcst  indeed  bless 
 wouidst  bless,  me,  and  enlarge  my  coasts, 
 and  that  thy  hand  might  be  with  me, 
 and  that  thou  woiddest  make  me  know 
 that  thou  wilt  not  grieve  me !  And 
 t  Gr.  brought  God  ^  granted  him  all  that 
 
 upon  him.  i^g    ^^^^^         11^^^     (.j^^l^^ 
 
 the  father  of  Ascha  begot  Machir; 
 he  was  the  father  of  Assathon.  ^-He 
 begot  Bathraias,  and  Besseii,  and 
 +  Gr.  father.  Tlia^man  the  ^  founder  of 
 the  city  of  Naas  the  brother  of  Eselom 
 tlie  Kenezite:  these  ivere  the  men  of 
 Rechab.  '^And  the  sons  of  Kenez; 
 Gothoniel,  and  Saraia:  and  the  sons  of 
 Gothoniel;  Atliath.  >^  And  Manathi 
 begot  Gophera :  and  Saraia  begot  Jo- 
 bab,  the  father  of  Ageaddair,  for  they 
 were  artificers.  ''^And  the  sons  of 
 Chaleb  the  son  of  Jephonne;  Er,  Ada, 
 and  Noom :  and  the  sons  of  Ada, 
 Kenez.  ^^  And  tlic  sons  of  Alecl,  Zib, 
 and  Zepha,  and  Thiria,  and  Eserel. 
 ^^  And  the  sons  of  Esri ;  Jether,  Mo- 
 rad,  and  Apher,  and  Jamon :  and  Je- 
 ther  begot    Maron,  and    Semci,    and 
 
 Jesba  the  father  of  Esthaemon.  **  And 
 his  wife,  ^  that  is  Adia,  bore  +  cr.  this. 
 Jared  the  father  of  Gedor,  and  Aber 
 the  father  of  Sochon,  and  Chetiel 
 the  father  of  Zamon  :  and  these  are 
 the  sons  of  Betthia  the  daughter  of 
 Pharao,  whom  !Mored  took.  '^And 
 the  sons  of  the  wife  of  Iduia  the  sister 
 of  Nachaim  the  father  of  Keila ;  Gar- 
 mi,  and  Esthajmon  the  Nochatliite. 
 ^•^And  the  sons  of  Semon ;  Amnon, 
 and  Ana  the  son  of  Phana,  and  Inon : 
 and  the  sons  of  Sei,  Zoan,  and  the  sons 
 of  Zoab.  '^^  The  sons  of  Selom  the  son 
 of  Juda;  Er  the  father  of  Lechab,  and 
 Laada  the  father  of  Marisa,  and  the 
 ^ofispring  of  the  family  of  l^^^,^^"^^' 
 Ephrathabac  helonginf/  to  the  household, 
 the  house  of  Esoba.  '-^^And  Joakim, 
 and  the  men  of  Chozeba,  and  Joas, 
 and  Saraph,  who  dwelt  in  Moab,  and  he 
 changed  their  names  to  ^  Abcderin  and 
 Athukiim.       ^sxhese    are  ^^^'V,";^™- 
 
 .        See  Hebrew, 
 
 the  potters  who  dwelt  m  muchmis- 
 Ataim  and  Gadira  with  tlie  lxx.  *  ^  ^ 
 king :  they  grew  strong  in  his  kingdom, 
 and  dwelt  there.  '^^  The  sons  of  Semeon ; 
 Namuel,  and  Jamin,  Jarib,  Zares,  Saul : 
 ^^  Salem  his  son,  Mabasam  his  son, 
 Masma  his  son :  ^'^  Amuel  his  son, 
 Sabud  his  son,  Zacchur  his  son,  Se- 
 mei  his  son.  ^^  Semei  had  sixteen 
 sons,  and  six  daughters ;  and  liis  breth- 
 ren had  not  many  sons,  neither  did  all 
 their  families  multiply  as  the  sons  of 
 Juda.  ^**  And  they  dwelt  in  Beersabee, 
 and  JNIolada,  and  in  Esersual.  ^^And 
 in  Balaa,  and  in  ^Escm,  and  in  Tholad, 
 •^'^and  in  Bathuel,  and  in  Hernia,  and 
 in  Sikelag.  ^'  And  in  Btethmarimoth, 
 and  Hemisuseosin,  and  the  house  of 
 Baruseorim :  these  were  their  cities 
 until  the  time  of  king  David.  ^^  And 
 their  villages  were  ^tan,  and  En, 
 Rcmnon,  and  Thocca,  and  iEsar,  five 
 cities.  ^^And  all  their  villages  xcere 
 round  about  these  cities,  as  far  as  Baal : 
 this  was  their  possession,  and  their  dis- 
 tribution. -''And  Mosobab,  and  Je- 
 moloch,  and  Josia  the  son  of  Amasia; 
 ■'■^and  Joel,  and  Jeu  the  son  of  Asabia, 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  36. 
 
 CHRONICLES   I. 
 
 Chap.  v.  v.  20. 
 
 the  son  of  Sarau,  the  son  of  Asiel; 
 '^and  Elionai,  and  Jocaba,  and  Jasuia, 
 and  Asaia,  and  Jcdiel,  and  Ismael,  and 
 Banaias;  ^^andZuza  the  sonof  Saphai, 
 the  son  of  Alon,  the  son  of  Jedia,  the 
 son  of  Semri,  the  son  of  Samalas. 
 ^®  These  went  by  the  names  of  princes 
 in  their  famiHes,  and  they  increased 
 abundantly  in  their  fathers'  households. 
 ^^  And  they  went  till  they  came  to 
 Gerara,  to  the  east  of  Gai,  to  seek  pas- 
 ture for  their  cattle.  ''^  And  they  found 
 abundant  and  good  pastures,  and  the 
 land  before  them  ivas  wide,  and  there 
 was  peace  and  quietness  ;  for  there 
 tvere  some  of  the  children  of  Cham 
 who  dwelt  there  before.  '^^And  these 
 who  are  written  by  name  came  in  the 
 days  of  Ezekias  king  of  Juda,  and  they 
 +  Gr.  their  suiotc  ^  the  people's  houses, 
 oubes.  ^^^^  xj^g  Mina^ans  whom  they 
 
 +  iiY.  devoted    p  i     ,i  i     +     ,i      i 
 
 them  to  de-  lound  tlicre,  and  utterly 
 struction.  destroyed  them  until  this 
 day:  and  they  dwelt  in  their  place, 
 because  there  ivas  pasture  there  for 
 their  cattle.  ''^  And  some  of  them, 
 even  of  the  sons  of  Symeon,  went  to 
 Mount  Seir,  eve7i  five  hundred  men; 
 and  Phalaettia,  and  Noadia,  and  Ra- 
 phaia,  and  Oziel  sons  of  Jcsi  wej^e  their 
 rulers.  *^And  they  smote  the  rem- 
 nant that  were  left  of  Amalec,  until 
 this  day. 
 
 5.  And  the  sons  of  Ruben  the  first- 
 born of  Israel  (for  he  was  the  first-born ; 
 but  because  of  his  going  up  to  his 
 father's  couch,  his  father  gave  his  bless- 
 ing to  his  son  Joseph,  even  the  son  of 
 Israel ;  and  he  was  not  ^  reckoned  as 
 t  (}r.  counted  fii'st-bom ;  ^  ^  for  Judas  ivas 
 in  the  pedi-     very  mighty  even    amono- 
 
 gree  tor  the      i  •      i         i         •'  i  ° 
 
 rights  of  pri-  fiis  brethren,  and  one  was 
 mof^cm  ore.  ^  ^q  j^^,  j^  ruler  out  of  him:  but 
 blessing  was '  '^the  blcssing  was  Joseph's). 
 '"^'  ^  The   sons   of  Ruben  the 
 
 first-bom  of  Israel ;  Enoch,  and  Phallus, 
 Asrom,  and  Charmi.  ■*  The  sons  of 
 Joel;  Semei,  and  Banaia  his  son:  and 
 the  sons  of  Gug  the  son  of  Semei. 
 ^His  son  teas  Micha,  his  son  Recha, 
 
 4  3'J 
 
 his  son  Joel,  ''his  son  Beel,  whom 
 Thagla-phallassar  king  of  Assyria  car- 
 ried away  captive :  he  is  the  chief  of 
 the  Rubenites.  ^And  his  brethren  in 
 his  family,  in  their  distribution  accord- 
 ing to  their  generations ;  the  chief, 
 Joel,  and  Zacharia.  ^And  Balec  the 
 son  of  Azuz,  the  son  of  Sama,  the  son 
 of  Joel:  he  dwelt  in  Aroer,  and  even 
 to  Naban,  and  Beelmasson.  ^And  he 
 dwelt  eastward  ^  to  the  bor-  +  Gr.  tiii  peo- 
 ders  of  the  wilderness,  from  p'^  ^^If '" 
 the  river  Euphrates :  for  "^ss. 
 they  had  much  cattle  in  the  land  of 
 Galaad.  ^''And  in  the  days  of  Saul 
 they  made  war  upon  the  sojourners  in 
 the  land;  and  they  fell  into  their  hands, 
 all  of  them  dwelling  in  their  tents  east- 
 ward of  Galaad.  ^'The  sons  of  Gad 
 dwelt  over  against  them  in  the  land  of 
 Basan  even  to  Sela :  ^^Joel  the  first-born, 
 and  Sapham  the  second,  and  Janin  the 
 scribe  in  Basan.  '^  And  their  brethren 
 according  to  the  houses  of  their  ^'  fa- 
 thers ;    Michael,    MoSollam,      +  Gr.  fathers' 
 
 and  Sebee,  and  Joree,  and  ^^"^es.&c. 
 Jochan,  and  Zue,  and  Obed,  seven. 
 '^  These  are  the  sons  of  Abichaia  the 
 son  of  Uri,  the  son  of  Idai,  the  son  of 
 Galaad,  the  son  of  JNIichael,  the  son  of 
 Jesai,  the  son  of  Jeddai,  the  son  of 
 Buz,  ^^7vho  was  the  brother^  of  the 
 son  of  Abdiel,  the  son  of  ^'  •'n«  is  taken 
 Guni,  he  was  chief  of  tlie  **  ^  proper 
 house  01  their  lamihes.  ver.  ami  so 
 ^^  They  dwelt  in  Galaad,  in  Lxx"takeitto 
 Basan,  and  in  their  villages,  "^ '  ''■^""'^•■•' 
 and  i?i  all  the  country  round  about  Saron 
 to  the  ^border.  '^The  enu-  +G)-.  outlet, 
 meration  of  them  all  took  place  in  the 
 days  of  Joatham  king  of  Jvtda,  and  in 
 the  days  of  Jeroboam  king  of  Israel. 
 '**The  sons  of  Ruben  and  Gad,  and  the 
 half-tribe  of  INIanasse,  of  mighty  men, 
 bearing  shields  and  sword,  and  bending 
 the  bow,  and  skilled  in  war,  were  forty 
 and  four  thousand  and  seven  hundred 
 and  sixty,  going  forth  to  battle.  ''^And 
 they  made  war  with  the  Agarenes,  and 
 Iturcaus,  and  Naphiseans,  and  Nada- 
 beans.     ^"And  they  prevailed  against 
 
Chap.  v.  v.  21. 
 
 CHRONICLES   I. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  35. 
 
 them:  and  the  Agarseans  were  given 
 into  their  hands,  the?/  and  all  their 
 tents:  for  they  cried  to  God  in  the 
 battle,  and  he  hearkened  to  them, 
 because  they  trusted  on  hira.  ^^  And 
 they  took  captive  their  store  ;  five 
 thousand  camels,  and  two  hundred  and 
 fifty  thousand  sheep,  two  thousand 
 asses,  and  a  hundred  thousand  men. 
 ^^For  many  fell  slain,  because  the  war 
 was  of  God.  And  they  dwelt  in  their 
 place  until  the  captivity.  '^^And  the 
 +  Gr.  halves,    '^  half- tribe  of  Manasse  dwelt 
 
 or  half-me«.       f^.^^^^  ^^^,^^  ^^  g^.^^^  ErmOU, 
 
 and  Sanir,  and  to  the  IMount  Aermon : 
 +  Or,  were      and  they  ^  increased  in  Li- 
 
 spread  abroad,    i^.^^^g        24  ^^^  J    ^heSC   WCrC 
 
 the  heads  of  the  houses  of  their  fami- 
 Kes;  Opher,  and  Sei,  and  Eliel,  and 
 Jeremia,andOduia,and  Jediel,  mighty 
 men  of  valour,  men  of  renown,  heads 
 of  the  houses  of  their  families.  ^^  But 
 they  rebelled  against  the  God  of  their 
 fathers,  and  went  a-whoring  after  the 
 gods  of  the  nations  of  the  ^land,  whom 
 +  Or,  earth.  God  cast  out  from  before 
 them.  ^^And  the  God  of  Israel  stirred 
 up  the  spirit  of  Phaloch  king  of  Assy- 
 ria, and  the  spirit  of  Thagla-phallasar 
 king  of  Assyria,  and  carried  away  Eu- 
 ben  and  Gaddi,  and  the  half-tribe  of 
 Manasse,  and  brought  them  to  Chaach, 
 and  Chabor,  and  to  the  river  Gozan, 
 until  this  day. 
 
 6.  The  sons  of  Levi ;  Gedson,  Kaatli, 
 and  Merari.  ^  And  the  sons  of  Kaath; 
 Ambram,  and  Issaar,  Chebron,  and 
 Oziel.  ^And  the  sons  of  Ambram; 
 Aaron,  and  Moses,  and  Mariam:  and 
 the  sons  of  Aaron;  Nadab,  and  Abiud, 
 Eleazar,  and  Ithamar.  "*  Eleazar  begot 
 Phinees,  Phinees  begot  Abisu;  ''' Abisu 
 begot  Bokki,  and  Bokki  begot  Ozi; 
 *•  Ozi  begot  Zaraia,  Zaraia  begot  Mariel ; 
 ^and  Mariel  begot  Amaria,  and  Ama- 
 ria  begot  Achitob;  ^and  Achitob  begot 
 Sadoc,  and  Sadoc  begot  Achiinaas; 
 ^and  Achimaas  begot  Azarias,  and 
 Azarias  begot  Joanan;  "^  and  Joanan 
 begot  Azarias:  he  ministered  as  priest 
 
 'MO 
 
 in  the  house  which  Solomon  built  in 
 Jerusalem .  ' '  And  Azarias  begot  Ama- 
 ria, and  Amaria  begot  Achitob;  '-and 
 Achitob  begot  Sadoc,  and  Sadoc  begot 
 Salom ;  '^  and  Salom  begot  Chelkias, 
 and  Chelkias  begot  Azarias ;  ^*  and 
 Azarias  begot  Saraia,  and  Saraias  begot 
 Josadac.  ''^And  Josadac  went  into 
 captivity  with  Juda  and  Jerusalem 
 ^  under  Nabuchodonosor.  +  or.  by  the 
 i«The  sons  of  Levi:  Ged-  ^^'^''^■ 
 son,  Kaath,  and  Merari.  ^^And  these 
 are  the  names  of  the  sons  of  Gedson; 
 Lobeni,  and  Semei.  **  The  sons  of 
 Kaath;  Ambram,  and  Issaar,  Chebron, 
 and  Oziel.  ^^  The  sons  of  Merari ; 
 Mooli  and  Musi:  and  these  are  the 
 families  of  Levi,  according  to  their 
 famihes.  ^^  To  Gedson — to  Lobeni 
 his  son — ivere  born  Jeth  Ms  son,  Zam- 
 math  his  son,  ^'  Joab  his  son,  Addi  his 
 son,  Zara  his  son,  Jethri  his  son. 
 ^^  The  sons  of  Kaath ;  Aminadabhis  son, 
 Core  his  son,  Aser  his  son;  ^^Helcana 
 his  son,  Abisaph  his  son,  Aser  his  son; 
 ^■•Thaath  his  son,  Uriel  his  son,  Ozia 
 his  son,  Saul  his  son.  '''^And  the  sons 
 of  Helkana;  Amcssi,  and  Achimoth. 
 -^Helkana  his  son,  Suphi  his  son,  Cai- 
 naath  his  son;  ^^  Ellab  his  son,  Jero- 
 boam his  son,  Helkana  his  son.  ^^  The 
 sons  of  Samuel;  the  first-born  Sani, 
 and  Abia.  ^^  The  sons  of  Merari; 
 Mooli,  Lobeni  his  son,  Semei  his  son, 
 Oza  his  son;  ^°Samaa  his  son,  Angia 
 his  son,  Asaias  his  son.  ^'  And  these 
 ive7'e  the  men  whom  David  set  over  the 
 ^  scr^^ce  of  the  singers  in  +  Gr-  hands, 
 the  house  of  the  Lord  when  the  ark 
 was  at  rest.  ^'-^And  they  ministered 
 in  front  of  tlie  tabernacle  of  witness 
 plaj/iruj  on  instruments,  until  Solomon 
 built  the  house  of  the  Lord  in  Jeru- 
 salem, and  they  stood  according  to 
 their  order  for  their  services.  ^'And 
 these  were  the  men  that  stood,  and  their 
 sons,  of  the  sons  of  Kaath :  ^man  the 
 psalm  singer,  son  of  Joel,  the  son  of 
 Samuel,  ^''the  son  of  Helkana,  the  son 
 of  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Eliel,  the  son 
 of  Thoas,  ^Hhc  son  of  Suph,  the  son 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  36. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I, 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  71. 
 
 of  Helkana,  the  son  of  Maatli,  the  son 
 of  Araathi,  •'•'the  son  of  Helkana,  the 
 son  of  Joel,  the  son  of  Azarias,  the 
 son  of  Saphanias,  ^^the  son  of  Thaath, 
 the  son  of  Aser,  the  son  of  Abiasaph, 
 the  son  of  Core,  '^^  the  son  of  Isaar,  the 
 son  of  Kaath,  the  son  of  Levi,  the  son 
 of  Israel.  ^^And  his  brother  Asaph, 
 who  stood  at  his  right  hand;  Asaph 
 the  son  of  Barachias,  the  son  of  Sa- 
 maa,  "^^the  son  of  Michael,  the  son  of 
 Baasia,  the  son  of  Melchia,  *Hhe  son 
 of  Athani,  the  son  of  Zaarai,  *^the  son 
 of  Adai,  the  son  of  TEtham,  the  son  of 
 Zammani,  the  son  of  Semei,  ^^the  son 
 of  Jeteh,  the  son  of  Gedson,  the  son 
 of  Levi.  ■**  And  the  sons  of  Merari 
 their  brethren  on  the  left  hand :  iEtham 
 the  son  of  Kisa,  the  son  of  Abai,  the 
 son  of  Maloch,  ^^  the  son  of  Asebi, 
 ^^  the  son  of  Amessias,  the  son  of 
 Bani,  the  son  of  Semer,'^'*^  the  son  of 
 Mooli,  the  son  of  Musi,  the  son  of 
 Merari,  the  son  of  Levi.  '*^  And  their 
 brethren  according  to  the  houses  of 
 t  Gr.  fathers'  their  ^  fatlicrs,  loere  the  Le- 
 famiues.  vites  wlio  wcre  ■^  appointed 
 
 +  Gr.  given.  ^^  ,-^  ^^^  work  of  ministra- 
 tion of  the  tabernacle  of  the  house  of 
 God.  '^^  And  Aaron  and  his  sons  xvere 
 t  Gr.  burning',  to  bum '"'  inccnsc  on  the 
 altar  of  whole-burnt-offerings,  and  on 
 the  altar  of  incense,  for  all  the  minis- 
 try in  the  holy  of  hoHes,  and  to  make 
 atonement  for  Israel,  according  to  all 
 things  tliat  ]\Ioses  the  servant  of  the 
 Lord  commanded.  ^'^  And  these  are 
 the  sons  of  Aaron;  Eleazar  his  son, 
 Phinees  his  son,  Abisu  his  son,  ^'  Bokki 
 his  son,  Ozi  his  son,  Saraia  his  son, 
 ^'^  ]\Iariel  his  son,  Amaria  his  son, 
 Achitob  his  son,  ^^  Sadoc  his  son, 
 Achimaas  his  son.  ■^'*And  these  are 
 their  residences  in  their  villages,  in  their 
 coasts,  to  the  sons  of  Aaron,  to  their 
 family  the  Kaathites:  for  they  had 
 the  lot.  ^^  And  they  gave  them  Che- 
 bron  in  the  land  of  Jvida,  and  its  sub- 
 urbs round  about  it.  ^^  But  the  ^  fields 
 +  Gr.  plains,  of  the  city,  and  its  villages, 
 they  gave  to  Chaleb  the  son  of  Je- 
 
 phonne.  '^^And  to  the  sons  of  Aaron 
 they  gave  the  cities  of  refuge,  even  Che- 
 bron,  and  Lobna  and  her  suburbs  roiuid 
 about,  and  Selna  and  her  suburbs,  and 
 Estharao  and  her  sviburbs,  ^^  and  Je- 
 thar  and  her  suburbs,  and  Dabir  and 
 her  suburbs,  ^^  and  Asan  and  her  sub- 
 urbs, and  Baethsamys  and  her  suburbs : 
 •^^  and  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin  Gabai 
 and  her  suburbs,  and  Galemath  and 
 her  suburbs,  and  Anathoth  and  her 
 suburbs:  all  their  cities  icere  thirteen 
 cities  according  to  their  families. 
 **'  And  to  the  sons  of  Kaath  that  were 
 left  of  their  families,  there  tvere  given 
 out  of  the  tribe,  namely,  out  of  the 
 half-tribe  of  JManasse,  by  lot,  ten  cities. 
 ^^  And  to  the  sons  of  Gedson  according 
 to  their  famiHes  tltere  were  given  thir- 
 teen cities  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar,  of 
 the  tribe  of  Aser,  of  the  tribe  of  Neph- 
 thah,  of  the  tribe  of  Manasse  in  Basan. 
 ^^  And  to  the  sons  of  Merari  according 
 to  their  families  there  ivcre  given,  by 
 lot,  twelve  cities  of  the  tribe  of  Ru- 
 ben, of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  and  of  the 
 tribe  of  Zabulon.     ^^  So  the  children 
 
 of  Israel  gave  to  the  Levites  the  cities 
 ^'^And  they  gave 
 
 and  their  suburbs. 
 
 by  lot  out  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
 of  Juda,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  the 
 children  of  Symeon,  and  out  of  the 
 tribe  of  the  children  of  Benjamin, 
 these  cities  which  they  call  by  name. 
 *'*'  And  to  the  members  of  the  families  of 
 the  sons  of  Kaath  there  were  also  given 
 the  cities  of  their  borders  out  of  the 
 tribe  of  Ephraim.  "^And  they  gave 
 them  the  cities  of  refuge,  Sychem  and 
 her  suburbs  in  Mount  Ephraim,  and 
 Gazer  and  her  suburbs,  ^^and  Jek- 
 maan  and  her  suburbs,  and  Baithoron 
 and  her  suburbs,  ^^  and  jElon  and  her 
 suburbs,  and  Gethremmon  and  her 
 suburbs :  ^^  and  of  the  half-tribe  of 
 Manasse  Anar  and  her  suburbs,  and 
 Jemblaan  and  her  suburbs,  to  the  sons 
 of  Kaath  that  were  left,  according  to 
 each  several  family.  "^^  To  the  sons  of 
 Gedson  from  the  families  of  the  half- 
 tribe   of  Manasse   theg  gave  Golan  of 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  72. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  y.  21. 
 
 Basan  and  her  suburbs,  and  Aseroth 
 and  her  suburbs.  '^^And  out  of  the 
 tribe  of  Issachar,  Kedes  and  licr  sub- 
 urbs, and  Dcberi  and  her  suburbs,  and 
 Dabor  and  her  suburbs,  "^and  Eamoth, 
 and  ^Enan  and  her  suburbs.  ^^And 
 of  the  tribe  of  Aser;  JMaasal  and  her 
 suburbs,  and  Abdon  and  her  suburbs, 
 ^■*  and  Acac  and  her  suburbs,  and 
 Roob  and  her  suburbs.  '^^  And  of 
 the  tribe  of  Nephthali ;  Kedes  in  GaH- 
 lee  and  her  suburbs,  and  Chamoth  and 
 her  suburbs,  and  Kariathaim  and  her 
 suburbs.  ^^  To  the  sons  of  Merari 
 that  were  left,  thej/  gave  out  of  the 
 tribe  of  Zabulon  Remmon  and  her 
 suburbs,  and  Thabor  and  her  suburbs : 
 "^^  out  of  the  country  beyond  Jordan ; 
 Jericho  westward  of  Jordan:  out  of 
 the  tribe  of  Ruben;  Bosor  in  the  wil- 
 derness and  her  suburbs,  and  Jasa 
 and  her  suburbs,  ''^  and  Kadmoth  and 
 her  suburbs,  and  Maephla  and  her  sub- 
 urbs. ^^  Out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad  ; 
 Rammoth  Galaad  and  her  suburbs, 
 and  Maanaim  and  her  suburbs,  ^'  and 
 Esebon  and  her  suburbs,  and  Jazer 
 and  her  suburbs. 
 
 7.  And  as  to  the  sons  of  Issachar, 
 they  icere  Thola,  and  Phua,  and  Jasub, 
 and  Semeron,  four.  ^And  the  sons 
 of  Thola;  Ozi,  Raphaia,  and  Jericl, 
 and  Jamai,  and  Jemasan,  and  Samuel, 
 t  Of,  these  chicfs  of  ^  their  fathers' 
 were  as  heads,  j^o^^gcg  belonyiiiy  to  Thola, 
 
 +  Gr.  mighty  "^  mcu  of  might  according 
 men  in  power.  ^^  their  generations :  their 
 number  in  the  days  of  David  was 
 twenty  and  two  thousand  and  six  hun- 
 dred. ^And  the  sons  of  Ozi;  Jezraia: 
 and  the  sons  of  Jezraia;  Michael,  Ab- 
 diu,  and  Joel,  and  Jesia,  five,  all  rulers. 
 ■^And  with  tliem,  according  to  their 
 generations,  according  to  tlie  houses  of 
 their  famiUcs,  vyere  men  mighty  to  set 
 armies  in  array  for  war,  thirty  and  six 
 thousand,  for  they  had  multiplied  their 
 wives  and  children.     ''  And  their  breth- 
 
 tGc  to.  ren  ^  among  all  the  families  of 
 Issachar,  also  mighty  men,  toere  eighty- 
 
 442 
 
 seven  thousand — this  was  the  number 
 of  them  all.  ^  The  sons  of  Benja- 
 min; Bale,  and  Bachir,  and  Jediel, 
 three.  ^  And  the  sons  of  Bale ;  Ese- 
 bon, and  Ozi,  and  Oziel,  and  Jerimuth, 
 and  Uri,  five;  heads  of  houses  of  fami- 
 lies, mighty  men  ;  and  their  nmnber 
 loas  twenty  and  two  thousand  and 
 thirty- four.  ®  And  the  sons  of  Baclrir ; 
 Zcmira,  and  Joas,  and  EUezer,  and 
 Elitlienan,  and  Amaria,  and  Jerimuth, 
 and  Abiud,  and  Anathoth,  and  Elee- 
 meth :  all  these  loere  the  sons  of  Bacliir. 
 •'And  their  number  according  to  their 
 generations,  (they  ivere  chiefs  of  their 
 fathers'  houses,  men  of  might),  loas 
 twenty  thousand  and  two  himdred. 
 '^And  the  sons  of  Jediel;  Balaan:  and 
 the  sons  of  Balaan;  Jails,  and  Benja- 
 min, and  Aoth,  and  Chanana,  and 
 Zajthan,  and  Tharsi,  and  Achisaar. 
 "All  these  were  the  sons  of  Jediel, 
 chiefs  of  their  families,  men  of  might, 
 seventeen  thousand  and  two  hundred, 
 going  forth  to  war  with  might.  '^  And 
 Sapphin,  and  Apphin,  and  tlie  sons  of 
 Or,  Asom,  ^  whose  son  %cas  +  c.r.  Ws; 
 Aor.  '^  The  sons  of  Nephthali ;  Jasiel, 
 Goni,  and  Aser,  and  ScUum,  his  sons, 
 Balam  his  son.  '*  The  sons  of  Manasse ; 
 Esriel,  whom  his  Syrian  concubine 
 bore;  and  she  bore  to  him  also  Machir 
 the  father  of  Galaad  :  '''  and  IMachir 
 took  a  wife  for  Apphin  and  Sapphin, 
 and  lais  sister's  name  was  ]\ioocha ;  and 
 the  name  of  the  second  son  was  Sap- 
 phaad;  and  to  Sapphaad  were  born 
 dauglitcrs.  '"And  JVIoocha  the  wife 
 of  JNlachir  bore  a  son,  and  called  liis 
 name  Fliares;  and  his  brother's  name 
 urns  Surus;  his  sons  were  Ulam,  and 
 Rocom.  '^And  the  sons  of  Ulam  ; 
 Badam.  These  loere  the  sons  of  Galaad, 
 the  son  of  TMacliir,  the  son  of  ]\Ianasse. 
 "*And  liis  sister  IMalecheth  bore  Isud, 
 and  Abiezer,  and  ]\laela.  ^^And  the 
 sons  of  Semira  were.  Aim,  and  Sy- 
 chem,  and  Lakim,  and  Anian.  ^°And 
 the  sons  of  l^^phraim;  Sothalath,  and 
 Barad  his  son  and  Thaatli  his  son, 
 Eladu   his  son,   Saath   his  son,  '^'  and 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  22. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  28. 
 
 Zabad  his  son,  Sotliele  his  son,  and 
 Azer,  and  Elead:  and  the  men  of 
 Geth  who  were  born  in  the  land  slew 
 them,  because  they  went  down  to 
 take  their  cattle.  ^'^And  their  father 
 Ephraim  mourned  many  days,  and  liis 
 bretliren  came  to  comfort  him.  ^^  And 
 he  went  in  to  his  wife,  and  she  con- 
 ceived, and  bore  a  son,  and  he  called 
 his  name  Beria,  because,  said  he,  he 
 +  Gr.  in  evUs.  was  ^  afflicted  in  my  house. 
 ^^  Aiid  his  davighter  ivas  Saraa,  and  he 
 was  among  them  that  were  left,  and 
 he  built  Baathoron  the  upper  and  the 
 +  Gr.  sons,  lowcr.  And  the  ^  descend- 
 ants of  Ozan  were  Seera,  ^'^and  Raphe 
 his  son,  Saraph  and  Thalees  his  sons, 
 Thaeu  his  son.  ^^  To  Laadan  his  son 
 was  born  his  son  Amiud,  his  son  Heli- 
 samai,  his  son  ^'^Nun,  his  son'Jesue, 
 these  ivere  his  sons.  ^*  And  their  pos- 
 session and  their  dwelKng  tcere  Bsethel 
 and  her  towns,  to  the  east  Noaran, 
 westward  Gazer  and  her  towns,  and 
 Sychem  and  her  towns,  as  far  as  Gazar 
 and  her  towns.  ^^And  as  far  as  the 
 borders  of  the  sons  of  Manasse,  Baith- 
 saan  and  her  towns,  Thanach  and  her 
 tOAvns,  Mageddo  and  her  towns.  Dor 
 and  her  towns.  In  this  the  children  of 
 Joseph  the  son  of  Israel  dwelt.  ^^  The 
 sons  of  Aser;  Jcmna,  and  Sma,  and 
 Isui,  and  Beria,  and  Sore  their  sister. 
 "*•  And  the  sons  of  Beria ;  Chaber,  and 
 Melchiel;  he  was  the  father  of  Ber- 
 thaith.  ^^And  Chaber  begot  Japhlet, 
 and  Samer,  and  Chothan,  and  Sola 
 their  sister.  ^^And  the  sons  of  Japh- 
 let; Phasec,  and  Bamael,  and  Asith: 
 these  are  the  sons  of  Japhlet.  ^^  And 
 the  sons  of  Semmer ;  Achir,and  Rooga, 
 and  Jaba,  and  Aram.  ^-^  And  the  sons 
 of  Elam  his  brother;  Sopha,  and  Ima- 
 na,  and  Selles,  and  Amal.  ^^'  The 
 sons  of  Sopha ;  Sue,  and  Arnaphar, 
 and  Suda,  and  Barin,  and  Imran,  ^^and 
 Basan,  and  Oa,  and  Sama,  and  SaUsa, 
 and  Jethra,  and  Beera.  ^^And  the 
 sons  of  Jether,  Jephina,  and  Phaspha, 
 and  Ara.  ^^And  the  sons  of  Ola; 
 Orech,  Aniel,  and  Rasia.     '*"A11  these 
 
 icere  the  sons  of  Aser,  all  heads  of  fami- 
 Hes,  choice,  mighty  men,  chief  leaders: 
 their  number  for  battle  array — their 
 number  loas  twenty-six  thousand  men. 
 
 8.  Now  Benjamin  begot  Bale  his 
 first-born,  and  Asbel  his  second  son, 
 Aara  the  third,  Noa  the  fourth,  '■^and 
 Rapha  the  fifth.  ^And  the  sons  of 
 Bale  were,  Adir,  and  Gera,  and  Abiud, 
 ^  and  Abessue,  and  Noama,  and  Achia, 
 ^and  Gera,  and  Sephupham,and  Uram. 
 **  These  were  the  sons  of  Aod :  these 
 are  the  heads  of  families  to  them  that 
 dwell  in  Gabee,  and  they  removed 
 them  to  Machanathi :  '^and  Nooma, 
 and  Achia  and  Gera,  Hie  +^^^  i, 
 removed  them ,  and  he  begot  •  led  them'cap- 
 Aza,  and  Jachicho.  ^And  ^'*'^'' 
 Saarin  begot  children  in  the  plain  ol' 
 Moab,  after  that  he  had  sent  away 
 Osin  and  Baada  his  ^  wives.  +  (?/-.wife. 
 ''And  he  begot  of  his  wife  Ada,  Jolab, 
 and  Sebia,  audMisa,  andMelchas,  •''and 
 Jebus,  and  Zabia,  and  Marma:  these 
 were  heads  of  families.  ''And  of 
 Osin  he  begot  Abitol,  and  .  Alphaal. 
 '^And  the  sons  of  Alphaal;  Obed, 
 Misaal,  Semmer  :  he  built  Ona,  and 
 Lod,  and  its  towns:  '^and  Beria,  and 
 Sama;  these  were  heads  of  families 
 ^  among  the  dwellers  in  vElam,  +  Gr.  to. 
 and  they  drove  out  the  inhabitants  of 
 Geth.  '^  And  his  brethren  +  Gr.  brother. 
 were  Sosec,  andArimoth,  ''^and  Zaba- 
 dia,  andOred,  and  Eder,  '''and Michael, 
 and  Jespha,  and  Joda,  the  sons  of  Be- 
 ria: '''and  Zabadia,  and  Mosollam,  and 
 Azaki,  and  Abar,  '^and  Isamari,  and 
 Jexlias,  and  Jobab,  the  sons  of  Elj)haal : 
 '^  and  Jakim,  and  Zachri,  and  Zabdi, 
 -"and  Elionai,  and  Salathi,  ^'and  EHeli, 
 and  Adaia,  and  Baraia,  and  Samarath, 
 sons  of  Samaith :  ^^  and  Jesphan,  and 
 Obed, and  Eliel,  ^^and  Abdon,  and  Ze- 
 chri,  and  Anan,  ^^ and  Anania,  and  Am- 
 bri,  and  iElam,  «?«<-/ Anathoth,  ^^  and  Ja- 
 thin,  and  Jephadias,  and  Phanuel,  the 
 sons  of  Sosec :  '^^  and  Samsari,  and  Sa- 
 arias,  and  Gotholia,  "^^  and  Jarasia,  and 
 Eria,  and  Zechri,  son  of  Iroam.  ^^  These 
 
Chap.  viii.  v.  29. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  v.  19. 
 
 were  heads  of  families,  chiefs  according 
 to  their  generations:  these  dwelt  in 
 Jerusalem.  ^^And  the  father  of  Ga- 
 baon  dwelt  in  Gabaon;  and  his  wife's 
 name  was  Moacha.  ^°And  her  first- 
 born son  -was  Abdon,  and  Sur,  and 
 Kis,  and  Baal,  and  Nadab,  and  Ner, 
 ^^  and  Gediir  and  his  brother,  and  Zac- 
 chur,  and  Makeloth.  ^'-^And  ]\lake- 
 loth  begot  Samaa:  for  these  dwelt  in 
 Jerusalem  in  the  presence  of  their  bre- 
 thren with  their  brethren.  ^^  And  Ner 
 begot  Ivis,  and  Kis  begot  Saul,  and 
 Saul  begot  Jonathan,  and  Melchisize, 
 and  Aminadab,  and  Asabal.  ^'*And 
 the  son  of  Jonathan  icas  Meribaal; 
 and  IMeribaal  begot  Micha.  ^''And 
 the  sons  of  Micha ;  Phithon,  and  Me- 
 lach,  and  Tharach,  and  Achaz.  ^""And 
 Achaz  begot  Jada,  and  Jada  begot 
 Salosmath,  and  Asmoth,  and  Zambri; 
 and  Zambri  begot  Msesa;  ^^and  Mresa 
 begot  Baana:  Rhapha^a  was  his  son, 
 Elasa  his  son,  Esel  his  son.  ^^  And  Esel 
 had  six  sons,  and  these  loereihQvc  names ; 
 Ezrikam  his  first-born,  and  Ismael,  and 
 Saraia,  ^nd  Abdia,  and  Anan,  and 
 Asa :  all  these  were  the  sons  of  Esel. 
 ^^And  the  sons  of  Asel  his  brother; 
 -^lam  his  first-born,  and  Jas  the  se- 
 cond, and  Eliphalct  the  third.  ''"And 
 the  sons  of  -^lam  were  mighty  men, 
 bending  the  bow,  and  multiplying  sons 
 and  grandsons,  a  hundred  and  fifty. 
 All  these  were  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin. 
 
 9.  And  this  is  all  Israel,  even  their 
 enrolment :  and  these  are  written  down 
 in  the  book  of  the  kings  of  Israel  and 
 Juda,  with  the  names  ofthrm  tliat  were 
 
 +  Gr.  in.  Carried  away  to  Babylon  ^  for 
 their  transgressions.  ^And  they  tliat 
 dwelt  before  in  their  possessions  in  the 
 cities  of  Israel,  the  priests,  the  Levites, 
 
 f Gr. SeSoMcVa.  and  tlic  ^appointed  ones. 
 Heb.  Dipren  3  And  there  dwelt  in  Jeru- 
 Nethimm. '  '     ^^^^^^  g^^^^  ^^f  ^^^  children 
 
 of  Juda,  and  of  the  children  of  Benja- 
 min, and  of  the  children  of  Ephraim, 
 and  Manassc.  '*And  Gnothi,  and  the 
 son  of  Samiud,  the  son  of  Amri,  the 
 
 son  of  Ambraim,  the  son  of  Buni,  son 
 of  the  sons  of  Phares,  the  son  of  Juda. 
 ^  And  of  the  Selonites ;  Asaia  his  first- 
 born, and  his  sons.  *'0f  the  sons  of 
 Zara  ;  J  eel,  and  their  brethren,  six 
 hundred  and  ninety.  ^And  of  the 
 sons  of  Benjamin;  Salom,  son  of  Mo- 
 sollam,  son  of  Oduia,  son  of  Asinu. 
 ^And  Jcmnaa  son  of  Jeroboam,  and 
 Elo :  these  are  the  sons  of  Ozi  the  son 
 of  ]\Iachir :  and  Mosollam,  son  of  Sa- 
 ]3hatia,  son  of  Raguel,  son  of  Jemnai ; 
 ^and  their  brethren  according  to  their 
 generations,  nine  hundred  and  fifty- 
 six,  all  the  men  icere  heads  of  famihes 
 according  to  the  houses  "^  of  their  fathers. 
 ^'^  And  of  the  priests ;  Jodae,  +  gt.  of  their 
 and  Joarim,  and  Jacliin,  ^^^"^s- 
 "and  Azaria  the  son  of  Chelkias,  the 
 son  of  Mosollam,  the  son  of  Sadoc,  the 
 son  of  Mara^oth,  the  son  of  Acliitob,  the 
 ruler  of  the  house  of  God ;  ^-  and  Adaia 
 son  of  Iraam,  son  of  Phascor,  son 
 of  Melchia  and  JMaasaia  son  of  Adiel, 
 son  of  Ezira,  son  of  Mosollam,  son  of 
 Maselmoth,  sonofEmmer;  '^  and  their 
 brethren,  chiefs  of  their  '''families,  a 
 thousand    seven     hundred    ^  ^'■- .''°"*^^. 
 
 .  .  of  their  tanii- 
 
 and  sixty,  mighty  rnen  lor  lies, 
 the  work  of  the  ministration  of  the 
 house  of  God.  '■*  And  of  the  Levites ; 
 Samaia  son  of  Asob,  son  of  Ezricam, 
 son  of  Asabia,  of  the  sons  of  Merari. 
 '^And  Bacbacar,  and  Ares,  and  Ga- 
 laal,  and  Matthanias  son  of  ]\licha,  son 
 of  Zechri,  son  of  Asaph;  ''"and  Abdia, 
 son  of  Samia,  son  of  Galaal,  son  of 
 Idithun,  and  Barachia  son  of  Ossa,  son 
 of  Helkana — '^  who  dwelt  in    t  <^'"-  °  """■•"- 
 
 xi         -n  r-    1       TVT  T  *""  w'Srani- 
 
 the  Villages  oi  the  JNotepha-  maticai. 
 tites.  '^The  door-keepers  ;  Salom, 
 Acum,  Telmon,  and  Diman,  and  their 
 lu-etlircn;  Salom  teas  the  chief;  ^**and 
 he  waited  hitherto  in  the  king's  gate 
 eastward:  these  are  the  gates  of  the 
 companies  of  the  sons  of  Levi.  '^And 
 Sellum  the  son  of  Core,  the  son  of 
 A1)i:isaph,  the  son  of  Core,  and  his  bre- 
 thren belonging  to  the  house  of  his 
 father,  the  Coritcs  were  over  the  works 
 of  the  service,  keeping  the  watches  of 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  20. 
 
 CHRONICLES   I. 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  4. 
 
 the  tabernacle,  and  their  fathers  over 
 the  camp  of  the  Lord,  keeping  the 
 entrance. 
 
 ^°  And  Pliinees  son  of  Elcazar  was 
 head  over  them  before  the  Lord,  and 
 these  WC7-C  with  him,  -'  Zacharias  the 
 son  of  ]\Iosollami  ivas  keeper  of  the 
 door  of  tlic  tabernacle  of  witness. 
 +  Gr.  men       ^^  All  tlic  cliosen  ^  portcrs  in 
 
 over  the  gate.    ^|^g  ^^^^^  ^^^^^  ^^^  hundred 
 
 and  twelve,  these  toere  in  their  courts, 
 +  Or,  reckon-  tJiis  icas  their  ''  distribution : 
 ^l^r.    .  -.u      these  David  and  Samuel  the 
 
 T  Gr.  faith  or  i  t   i       i       •  i      • 
 
 trust.  seer    esta  bushed    m    their 
 
 ^charge.  ^^And  these  and  their  sons^«ere 
 over  the  gates  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 and  in  the  house  of  the  tabernacle,  to 
 keep  watch.  '^^  The  gates  were  toward 
 the  four  winds,  eastward,  ^westward, 
 +  Gr.  seaward,  northward,  southward. 
 ^^And  their   brethren   ivere  in    their 
 
 +  Gr.  every  COUrtS,  tO  enter  in  ^  weekly- 
 seven  days.     f^.QJ^  ^-^g    ^Q  ^-J^g   ^-^1^ 
 
 these.  '^^For  four  strong  men  have 
 the  charge  of  the  gates ;  and  the 
 Levites  were  over  the  chambers,  and 
 
 +  Gr.  encamp,  they  ^  kccp  watch  over 
 the  treasures  of  the  house  of  God. 
 ^^For  the  charge  was  upon  them,  and 
 
 +  Gr.  were      tlicsc  ^  wcrc  charged  with  the 
 
 over  the  keys.  ]^g^^g    tO   Open    the    doorS    of 
 
 the  temple  every  morning.  ^^And 
 some  of  them  were  appointed  over  the 
 vessels  of  service,  that  they  ^should 
 
 +  Gr.  shau  carry  them  in  ^  by  number, 
 '^t&^!inorby  ^^^^  Carry  them  out  by 
 number.  number.      ^^And    some    of 
 
 them  icere  appointed  over  the  furniture, 
 and  over  all  the  holy  vessels,  and  over 
 the  fine  flour,  the  wine,  the  oil,  the 
 frankincense,  and  the  spices.  ^°Aud 
 some  of  the  priests  were  ''^  makers  of 
 dries  o^f°perI  ^^^*^  ointment,  and  app)ointed 
 fume,  &c.  fopr<?p«re  the  spices.  ^'And 
 Matthathias  of  the  Levites,  (he  xoas  the 
 first-born  of  Salom  the  Corite,)  teas  set 
 
 +  Gr.  works  of  in  charge   over  the  '^sacri- 
 
 the  sacrifices,     ^  ,> "  n-    •  c    ^ 
 
 &c.  fices  oi  meat-oiienng  of  the 
 
 pan  belonging  to  the  high  priest. 
 ^'^And  Banaias  the  Kaathite,  from 
 among  their  brethren,  urns  set  over  the 
 
 shewbread,  to  prepare  it  every  sabbath. 
 •^^  And  these  were  the  singers,  heads  of 
 families  of  the  Levites,  to  whom  were 
 cstabhshed  daily  courses,  for  '''they 
 were  employed  in  the  ser-  t /,,-,.  day  and 
 vices  dav  and  night.  ^*  These  "'ff^t  were  ap- 
 
 r\    "  -i        J         r  J.1       P       •      pointed  to 
 
 were  the  freads  of  tlie  f  ami-  them  in  their 
 lies  of  the  Levites  according  ^°'''^*- 
 to  their  generations ;  these  chiefs  dwelt 
 in  Jerusalem.  ^'^And  Jeel  the  father 
 of  Gabaon  dwelt  in  Gabaon;  and  his 
 wife's  name  xoas  Moocha.  ^^  And  his 
 first-born  son  was  Abdon,  and  he  had 
 Sar,  and  Kis,  and  Baal,  and  Ner,  and 
 Nadab,  ^'^and  Gedur  and  his  brother, 
 and  Zacchur,  and  Makeloth.  ^^And 
 Makeloth  begot  Samaa  :  and  these 
 dwelt  in  the  midst  of  their  brethren  in 
 Jerusalem,  even  in  the  midst  of  their 
 brethren.  ''^^  And  Ner  begot  Kis,  and 
 Kis  begot  Saul,  and  Saul  begot  Jona- 
 than, and  Melchisue,  and  Ajminadab, 
 and  Asabal.  ^^  And  the  son  of  Jonathan 
 was  Meribaal  :  and  Meribaal  begot 
 Micha.  *^  And  the  sons  of  Micha  were 
 Phithon  and  ]\Ialach,  and  Tharach. 
 "^^And  Achaz  begot  Jada;  and  Jada 
 begot  Galemeth,  and  Gazmoth,  and 
 Zambri  ;  and  Zambii  begot  Massa. 
 ^^And  Massa  begot  Baana,  and  Rha- 
 phaia  was  his  son,  Elasa  his  son,  Esel 
 his  son.  ■*■*  And  Esel  had  six  sons,  and 
 these  xvere  their  names;  Esricam  his 
 first-born,  and  Ismael,  and^Saraia,  and 
 Abdia,  and  Anan,  and  Asa :  these 
 were  the  sons  of  Esel. 
 
 10.  Now  the  Philistines  warred 
 against  Israel  ;  and  they  fled  from 
 before  the  Philistines,  and  fell  down 
 slain  in  Mount  Gelbue.  ^And  the 
 Phihstines  pursued  after  Saul,  and 
 after  his  sons  ;  and  the  Philistines 
 smote  Jonathan,  and  Aminadab,  and 
 Melchisue,  sons  of  Saul.  ^And  the 
 battle  prevailed  against  Saul,  and  the 
 archers  ^  hit  him  with  bows  +  Gr.  found, 
 and  ■•■  arrows,  and  they  ^  ^-  wounds, 
 were  wounded  of  the  bows.  '*  And 
 Saul  said  to  his  armour-bearer.  Draw 
 thy    sword,    and    pierce   me    through 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  5. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  15. 
 
 witli  it,  lest  these  uncircumcised  come 
 and  mock  me.  But  liis  armour-bearcv 
 woidd  not,  for  he  was  greatly  afraid: 
 so  Saul  took  a  sword,  and  fell  upon  it. 
 ^And  his  armour-bearer  saw  that  Saul 
 was  dead,  and  he  also  fell  upon  his 
 sword.  ^  So  Saul  died,  and  his  three 
 sons  on  that  day,  and  all  his  family  died 
 at  the  same  time.  ^  And  all  the  men 
 of  Israel  that  were  in  the  valley  saw 
 that  Israel  fled,  and  that  Saul  and  his 
 sons  were  dead,  and  they  left  their 
 cities,  and  fled:  and  the  Philistines 
 came  and  dwelt  in  them.  ^  And  it 
 came  to  pass  on  the  next  day  that  the 
 Philistines  came  to  strip  the  slain,  and 
 they  found  Saul  and  his  sons  fallen  on 
 Mount  Gelbue.  '■'  And  they  stripped 
 him,  and  took  his  head,  and  his  armour, 
 and  sent  them  into  the  land  of  the  Phi- 
 listines round  about,  to  proclaim  the 
 glad  tidings  to  their  idols,  and  to  the 
 people.  '"  And  they  put  their  armoiu- 
 in  the  house  of  their  god,  and  they 
 put  his  head  in  the  house  of  Dagon. 
 
 '^  And  all  the  dwellers  in  Galaad 
 heard  of  all  that  the  Philistines 
 +  Gr.  did.  ''  had  douc  to  Saul  and  to 
 Israel.  '^  And  all  the  mighty  men  rose 
 up  from  Galaad,  and  they  took  the  body 
 of  Saul,  and  the  bodies  of  his  sons, 
 and  brovight  them  to  Jabis,  and  buried 
 their  bones  under  the  oak  in  Jabis,  and 
 fasted  seven  days.  '^  So  Saul  died  for 
 his  transgressions,  wherein  he  trans- 
 gressed against  God,  against  the  word 
 of  the  Lord,  forasmuch  as  he  kept  it 
 not,  because  Saul  inquired  of  a  wizard 
 to  seek  counsel,  and  Samuel  the  pro- 
 phet answered  him :  '■*and  he  sought 
 not  the  Lord:  so  lie  slew  him,  and 
 turned  the  kingdom  to  David  the  son 
 of  Jesse. 
 
 11.  And  all  Israel  came  to  David 
 in  Chebron,  saying.  Behold !  we  are 
 thy  bones  and  thy  flesh.  ''^And  ^hcre- 
 +  Gr.  yester-  toforc  wlicu  Saul  was  king, 
 thud^!  He-  t^^ou  wast  he  that  led  Israel 
 braism.  in  and  out,  and  the  Lord  of 
 
 Israel  said  to  thee,  Thou  shalt  feed  my 
 
 •14  0 
 
 people  Israel,  and  thou  shalt  be  for  a 
 ruler  over  Israel.  ^  And  all  the  elders 
 of  Israel  came  to  the  king  to  Chebron ; 
 and  king  David  made  a  covenant  with 
 them  in  Chebron  before  the  +Gr.  the  hand 
 Lord  :  and  they  anointed  "fs^""^!- 
 David  to  be  king  over  Israel,  accord- 
 ing to  the  word  of  the  Lord  by  ^  Sa- 
 muel. 
 
 "*  And  the  king  and  his  men  went  to 
 Jerusalem,  this  is  Jebus;  and  there  the 
 Jebusitcs  the  inhabitants  of  the  land 
 said  to  David,  ^  Thou  shalt  not  enter 
 in  hither.  But  he  took  the  strong 
 hold  of  Sion,  this  is  the  city  of  David. 
 
 •^And     David    said,    HVho-    +G..  every  one 
 .  1         T   1  smiting,  &c. 
 
 ever  first  smites  the  J  ebu- among  the  first, 
 site,  even  he  shall  be  chief  and  captain. 
 And  Joab  the  son  of  Saruia  went  up 
 first,  and  became  chief.  ^And  David 
 ^  dwelt  in  the  strong  hold ;  +  Gr.  sat. 
 therefore  he  called  it  the  city  of  David. 
 ^And  he  ^fortified  the  city  ■•  Gr.  buiit. 
 round  about.  ^And  David  continued 
 to  increase,  and  the  Lord  Almighty 
 was  with  him.  ^'*And  these  are  the 
 chiefs  of  the  mighty  men,  whom  David 
 had,  who  strengthened  themselves  with 
 liim  in  his  kingdom,  with  all  Israel,  to 
 make  him  king,  according  to  the  word 
 of  the  Lord  concerning  Israel. 
 
 ''And  this  is  the  ^  list  of  the  mighty 
 men  of  David  ;  Jesebada,  +  Gr.  number 
 son  of  Achaman,  first  of  the  thirty:  he 
 drew  his  sword  once  against  three  hun- 
 dred ^  whom  he  slew  at  one  +  Gr.  slain, 
 time.  '^  And  after  him  Eleazar  son  of 
 Dodai,  the  Achochite  :  he  was  among 
 the  three  mighty  men.  '•'  He  was  with 
 David  in  Phasodamin,  and  the  PhiHs- 
 tines  were  gathered  there  to  battle,  and 
 there  was  a  portion  of  the  field  full  of 
 barley ;  and  the  people  fled  before  the 
 Philistines.  '^And  he  stood  in  the 
 midst  of  the  portion,  and  rescued  it, 
 and  smote  the  Philistines  ;  and  tlie 
 Lord  wrought  a  great  deliverance. 
 '■'"And  three  of  the  thirty  chiefs  went 
 down  to  the  rock  to  David,  to  the 
 cave  of  Odollam,  and  the  camp  of  the 
 J^hilistines  was  in  the  Giants'  Valley. 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  16. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  5. 
 
 '^And  David  icas  then  in  the  hold, 
 and  the  garrison  of  the  Phihstines  tons 
 then  in  Bethleem.  '"And  David 
 longed,  and  said,  "Wlio  will  give  me 
 water  to  drink  of  the  well  of  Bethleem, 
 that  is  in  the  gate?  '**  And  the  three 
 broke  throngh  the  camp  of  the  Philis- 
 tines, and  they  drew  water  out  of  the 
 well  that  was  in  Bethleem,  which  was 
 in  the  gate,  and  they  took  it,  and  came 
 to  David :  but  David  would  not  drink 
 it,  and  poured  it  out  to  the  Lord,  and 
 
 yGr.iif.GoA  said,  '^^God  forbid  that  I 
 to  rae! "ccause  sliould  do  tliis  tiling.  Shall 
 thinj^^sil''  I  c^i^l^  the  blood  of  these 
 Matt.  16.  22.  men  with  their  Hves?  for 
 with  the  'peril  of  their  lives  they 
 brought  it.  So  he  would  not  drink  it. 
 These  tilings  did  the  three  mighty 
 men.  ^"  And  Abisa  the  brother  of  Joab, 
 he  was  chief  of  three:  he  drew  his 
 sword  againt  three  hundred  ^  whom  he 
 
 tfje. wounded  slcw  at  ouc  time,  and  he 
 or  slain  ones,  ^^g    famous    amoug    the 
 
 second  three.  ^'  He  was  more  disttn- 
 guished  than  the  two  others  of  the 
 three,  and  he  was  chief  over  them; 
 yet  he  reached  not  to  the^r^^  three. 
 ^^  And  Banaia  the  son  of  Jodae  was 
 the  son  of  a  mighty  man :  many  were 
 his  acts  for  Cabasael :  he  smote  two 
 + See  Hebrew.  '  lioii-Hke  men  of  Moab,  and 
 he  went  do^vn  and  smote  a  Hon  in  a 
 pit  on  a  snowy  day.  ^^  And  he  smote  an 
 Egyptian,  a  wonderful  man  five  cubits 
 high;  and  in  the  hand  of  the  Egyptian 
 there  was  a  spear  like  a  weavers'  beam ; 
 and  Banaia  went  down  to  him  with  a 
 +  Or,  rod.  ^  staff,  and  took  the  spear 
 out  of  the  Egyptian's  hand,  and  slew 
 him  with  his  own  spear.  ^^  These 
 tilings  did  Banaia  son  of  Jodae,  and 
 his  name  icas  among  the  three  migh- 
 ties.  ^'He  was  distinguished  beyond 
 the  thirty,  yet  he  reached  not  to  the 
 first  three :  and  David  set  him  over  his 
 family. 
 
 ^^  And  the  mighty  men  of  the  forces 
 were,  Asael  the  brother  of  Joab,  Elea- 
 nan  the  son  of  Dodoe  of  Bethleem, 
 -^  Samaoth    the  Arorite,   Chelles  the 
 
 Phelonite,  '^^  Ora  the  son  of  Ekkis  the 
 Thecoite,  Abiezer  the  Anathothite, 
 ^^  Sobochai  the  Usathite,  Eli  the  Acho- 
 nite,  ^°  Marai  the  Netophathite,  Chtha- 
 od  the  son  of  Nooza  the  Netophathite, 
 ^'Airi  the  son  of  Rebie  of  the  hill  of 
 Benjamin,  Banaias  the  Pharathonite, 
 32Uri  of  ^  Nachah  Gaas,Abiel  „;%tfieys°°o' 
 the  Garabasthite,  ^^Azbonthe  Gaas. 
 Baromite,  EHaba  the  Salabonite,  ^*the 
 son  of  Asam  the  Gizonite,  Jonathan 
 the  son  of  Sola  the  Ararite,  ^■^Achim 
 the  son  of  Achar  the  Ararite,  Elpliat 
 the  son  of  Thyrophar  ^''  the  Mechora- 
 tlirite,  Achia  the  Phellonite,  ^^Esere 
 the  Chammadaite,  Naarai  the  son  of 
 Azobai,  ^'^  Joel  the  son  of  Nathan,  Me- 
 baal  son  of  Agari,  ^^  Sele  the  son  of  Am- 
 moni,  Nachor  the  Berothite,  armour- 
 bearer  to  the  son  of  Saruia,  ^^  Ira  the 
 Jethrite,  Gaber  the  Jethrite,  '*'Uria 
 the  Chettite,  Zabet  son  of  Achaia, 
 ''^Adina  son  of  Saeza,  acliief  of  Ruben, 
 and  thirty  with  him,  ^^Anan  the  son  of 
 Moocha,  and  Josaphat  the  Matthanite, 
 '*'*  Ozia  the  Astarothite,  Samatha  and 
 Jeiel  sons  of  Chotham  the  Ararite, 
 *■' Jediel  the  son  of  Sameri,  and  Jozae 
 his  brother  the  Thosaite,  ''^Eliel  the 
 Maoite,  and  Jaribi,  and  Josia  his  son, 
 Ellaam,  and  Jethama  the  Moabite, 
 ^^Daliel,  and  Obeth,  and  Jessiel  of  Me- 
 sobia. 
 
 12.  And  these  are  they  that  came 
 to  Sikelag,  when  he  yet  kept  himself 
 close  because  of  Saul  the  son  of  Kis; 
 and  these  icere  among  the  mighty, 
 aiding  him  in  war,  ^  and  using  the  bow 
 with  the  right  hand  and  with  the  left, 
 and  slingers  with  stones,  and  shooters 
 with  bows  of  the  brethren  of  Saul  of 
 Benjamin.  ^The  chief  ivas  Achie- 
 zer,  and  Joas  son  of  Asma  the  Gaba- 
 tliite,  and  Joel  and  Jophalet,  sons  of 
 Asmoth,  and  Berchia,  and  Jeul  of 
 Anathoth,  "^and  Samaias  the  Gabaonite 
 a  mighty  man  among  the  thirty,  and 
 over  the  tliirty ;  and  Jcremia,  and  Je- 
 ziel,  and  Joaiian,  and  Jozabath  of  Ga- 
 darathiim,   ^Azai   and   Arimuth,  and 
 
Chap,  xii  v.  6. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  33. 
 
 Baalia,  and  Samaraia,  and  Saphatias 
 of  Charffiphiel,  ^  Helcana,  and  Jcsimi, 
 and  Ozriel,  and  Jozara,  and  Sobocam, 
 and  the  Corites,  ^and  Jclia,  and  Zaba- 
 dia,  sons  of  Iroam,   and  the  men  of 
 
 tcjr.  Gaddi.  Gedor,  ^'and  from  ^Gad 
 these  separated  themselves  to  David 
 from    the    wilderness    strong    mighty 
 
 +  Gr.  of  array  men  ^  of  War,  bearing  shields 
 of  war.  r^-^^^  spears,  and  their  faces 
 
 were  as  the  face  of  a  lion,  and  they 
 were  nimble  as  roes  upon  the  moun- 
 tains in  speed.  ^Aza  the  chief,  Ab- 
 dia  the  second,  Eliab  the  third,  "^  Mas- 
 mana  the  fourth,  Jereraias  the  fifth, 
 •' Jethi  the  sixth,  Eliab  the  seventh, 
 '^  Joanan  the  eighth,  Eleazer  the  ninth, 
 '^  Jeremia  the  tenth,  INIelchabanai  the 
 eleventh.  ^'*  These  were  chiefs  of  the 
 army  of  the  sons  of  Gad,  the  ^  least  one 
 
 +  Gr.  uttie.      commander  of  a  hundred, 
 
 tGc.  great,  and  the  greatest '^  one  of 
 a  thousand.  ^^  These  are  the  men  that 
 crossed  over  Jordan  in  the  first  month, 
 and  it  had  overflowed  all  its  ^ banks; 
 
 t  Gr.  bank,  and  they  drove  out  all  the 
 inhabitants  of  the  valleys,  from  the 
 east  to  the  west.  '  ''And  there  came  sojne 
 of  the  sons  of  Benjamin  and  Juda  to  the 
 assistance  of  David.  ^^And  David 
 went  out  to  meet  them,  and  said  to 
 them.  If  ye  are  come  peaceably  to  me, 
 
 tGr.  by,  or    let  mv  heart  be  *at  peace 
 
 according  to  .,      •'  ^      .      •  n 
 
 itself.  With   you  :    but   il  i/e  are 
 
 come  to  betray  me  to  my  enemies  ^un- 
 t  Gr.  not  in    faithfullv,  the  God  of  your 
 
 truth  of  hand.    f^^|^g^g    '(^^|^    ^p^^    -^^    ^.^^ 
 
 reprove  it.  '^And  the  Spirit  ^came 
 +  Gc.  clothed,  uj^ou  Aiuasai,  a  captain  of 
 the  thirty,  and  he  said.  Go,  David,  son 
 of  Jesse,  thou  and  thy  people,  peace, 
 peace  be  to  thee,  and  peace  to  thy  help- 
 ers, for  thy  God  has  helped  thee.  And 
 David  received  them,  and  made  them 
 captains  of  the  forces.  '^And  some 
 came  to  David  from  Manasse,  when 
 the  Philistines  came  against  Saul  to 
 war :  and  he  hel[>ed  them  not,  because 
 cm^iderawr'  '  }^^  Captains  of  the  Philis- 
 here.  tiues  toolc  counscl.  Saying, 
 
 With  the  heads  of  those  men  will  he 
 
 return  to  his  master  Saul.     ^"'When 
 David  was   going   to    Sikelag,   there 
 came  to  him   of  IVfanasse,  Edna  and 
 Jozabath,  and  Rodiel,   and    Michael, 
 and  Josabaith,  and  Elimuth,  and  Se- 
 mathi :  these  are  the  captains  of  thou- 
 sands of  Manasse.     ^'  And  they  fought 
 on  the  side  of  David  against  a  troop  ^, 
 for  they   loere  all   men   of   t  cr.  Geddur 
 might ;  and  they  were  com-  '^^**"  '*°'''*" 
 manders  in  the  army,  ^  because  of  their 
 might.     '^^  For   daily   men     t  or,  with 
 came    to    David,   till    they  '"'^''*- 
 amounted  to  a  great  force,  as  the  force 
 of  God. 
 
 ^^And  these  are  the  names  of  the 
 commanders  of  the  army,  who  came  to 
 David  to  Chebron,  to  turn  the  king- 
 dom of  Saul  to  him  according  to  the 
 word  of  the  Lord.  ^^  The  sons  of  Juda, 
 bearing  shields  and  spears  six  thousand 
 and  eight  hundred  mighty  in  war. 
 ^•''  Of  the  sons  of  Symeon  mighty  for 
 battle,  seven  thousand  and  a  hundred. 
 ^•"Of  the  sons  of  Levi,  four  thousand 
 and  six  hundred.  ^^  And  Joadas  the 
 chief  of  the  family  ^  of  +  ffc  to  Aaron. 
 Aaron,  and  with  him  three  thousand 
 and  seven  hundred.  ^^And  Sadoc,  a 
 young  man  mighty  in  strength,  and 
 there  were  twenty-two  leaders  of  his 
 father's  house.  ^^And  of  the  sons  of 
 Benjamin,  the  brethren  of  Saul,  three 
 thousand :  and  still  the  greater  part  of 
 them  kept  the  guard  of  the  house  of 
 Saul.  ^"And  of  the  sons  of  Ephraim, 
 twenty  thousand  and  eight  hundred 
 mighty  men,  (amous  in  the  houses  of 
 ^  tl'ieir  Miers.  -  And  of  ^^^, 
 tlie  half-tribe  of  JVIanasse,  lies, 
 eighteen  thousand,  even  those  who 
 were  named  by  name,  to  make  David 
 king.  ^^And  of  the  sons  of  Issachar 
 ^having  wisdom  with  re-  +G)-. knowing 
 gard  to  the  times,  knowing  fJ^S^S' 
 what  Israel  should  do,  two  '"!?• 
 hundred;  and  all  their  bretliren  with 
 them.     ^^And  of  Zabulon  they  that 
 
 went  out  to  ^battle,  with  all     +  Gr.  array  of 
 
 weapons  of  war,  were  fifty  ^^^' 
 thousand  to    help   David,  not   weak- 
 
Chap.  xii.  v.  34. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xiv.  v.  4. 
 
 handed.  ^*  And  of  Ncplitliali  a  thousand 
 captains,  and  witli  them  men  with 
 shields  and  spears,  tliirty-seven  thou- 
 sand.     ^'^And    of    the    Danites   men 
 
 thiL^seiv^fn  'Pfdy/oi-  ™  twenty- 
 array.  eight  thousand  and   eight 
 
 hundi'ed.  ^''And  of  Aser,  they  that 
 went  out  to  give  aid  in  war,  forty 
 thousand.  ^^And  from  the  country 
 beyond  Jordan,  from  Ruben,  and  the 
 Gadites,  and  from  the  half-tribe  of  Ma- 
 nasse,  a  himdred  and  twenty  thousand, 
 with  all  weapons  of  war.  ^^AU  these 
 ivere  Avarriors,  setting  the  army  in  battle 
 array,  with  a  peaceful  ^  mind  towards 
 tor, a  soul,  him.^  and  they  came  to 
 Chebron  to  make  David  king  over  all 
 Israel :  and  the  rest  of  Israel  xoere  of 
 one  mind  to  make  David  king.  ^^And 
 they  were  there  three  days  eating  and 
 drinking,  for  their  brethren  had  made 
 preparations.  ^°  And  their  neighbours, 
 as  far  as  Issachar  and  Zabulon  and 
 Nephthali,  brought  to  them  upon  ca- 
 mels, and  asses,  and  mules,  and  upon 
 calves,  victvials,  meal,  cakes  of  figs, 
 raisins,  wine,  and  oil,  calves  and 
 sheep  abundantly:  for  there  loas  joy 
 in  Israel. 
 
 13.  And  David  took  counsel  with 
 the  captains  of  thousands  and  captains 
 of  hundreds,  even  with  every  com- 
 mander. ^And  Da-sdd  said  to  the 
 whole  congregation  of  Israel,  If  it 
 seem  good  to  you,  and  it  should  be 
 prospered  by  the  Lord  our  God,  let  us 
 send  to  our  brethren  that  are  left  in  all 
 tlic  land  of  Israel,  and  let  the  priests 
 the  Levites  who  are  with  them  in  the 
 cities  of  their  possession  cotiie,  and  let 
 them  be  gathered  to  us.  ^  And  let  us 
 bring  over  to  us  the  ark  of  our  God ; 
 for  men  have  not  inquired  at  it  since 
 the  days  of  Saul.  '*  And  all  the  con- 
 coutt  oT^'"  grcgation  said  Hhat  they 
 conceniing.  would  do  thus ;  for  the  say- 
 ing was  right  in  the  eyes  of  all  the 
 people.  ^  So  David  assembled  all  Is- 
 rael, from  the  borders  of  Egypt  even 
 
 to  the  entering  in  of  Hematli,  to  brino; 
 449  *" 
 
 in  the  ark  of  God  from  the  city  of  Ja- 
 rim.  ^And  David  brought  it  up:  and 
 all  Israel  went  up  to  the  city  of  David, 
 which  belonged  to  Juda,  to  bring  up 
 thence  the  ark  of  the  Lord  God  who 
 sits  between  the  cherubim,  whose  name 
 is  called  oti  it.  ^  And  they  set  the  ark 
 of  God  on  a  new  waggon  brouglit  out 
 of  the  house  of  Aminadab:  and  Oza 
 and  his  brethren  drove  the  waggon. 
 
 ^And  David  and  all  Israel  ivere 
 playing  before  the  Lord  with  all  their 
 might,  and  that  together  with  singers, 
 and  with  harps,  and  %%dth  lutes,  with 
 timbrels,  and  with  cymbals,  and  with 
 trumpets.  ^And  they  came  as  far  as 
 the  threshing-Uoor :  and  Oza  put  forth 
 his  hand  to  hold  the  ark,  because  the 
 bidlock  moved  it  from  its  place.  ^'^  And 
 the  Lord  was  very  angry  with  Oza, 
 and  smote  him  there,  because  of  his 
 stretching  forth  his  hand  upon  the  ark : 
 and  he  died  there  before  God.  ^'And 
 David  was  dispirited,  because  the  Lord 
 had  made  a  breach  on  Oza:  and  he 
 called  that  place  the  Breach  of  Oza 
 until  this  day.  '^And  David  feared 
 God  that  day,  saying.  How  shall  I 
 bring  the  ark  of  God  in  to  myself? 
 ^^  So  David  brought  not  the  ark  home 
 to  himself  into  the  city  of  David,  but 
 he  turned  it  aside  into  the  house  of 
 Abeddara  the  Gethite.  ^*  And  the  ark 
 of  God  abode  in  the  house  of  Abed- 
 dara three  months:  and  God  blessed 
 Abeddara  and  all  that  he  had. 
 
 14.  And  Chiram  king  of  Tyre  sent 
 messengers  to  David,  and  cedar  tim- 
 bers, and  masons,  and  carpenters,  to 
 bmld  a  house  for  him.  ^And  David 
 knew  that  the  Lord  had  ^  designed  him 
 to  be  king  over  Israel;  be-  +Gr. prepared, 
 cause  Ids  kingdom  Avas  ''^  highly  exalted, 
 because  of  his  people  Israel.  Jo^heiUS^^*'^'' 
 ^And  David  took  ^more  tec.  yet  wives, 
 wives  in  Jerusalem:  and  there  were 
 born  to  David  more  sons  and  daugh- 
 ters. ''And  these  are  the  names  of 
 those  that  were  born,  who  were  born 
 to  him  in  Jerusalem;  Samaa,  Sobab, 
 30 
 
Chap.  xiv.  v.  5. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  u.  17. 
 
 Nathan,  and  Solomon,  ^  and  Baar, 
 and  Elisa,  and  Eliplialeth,  •"  and  Na- 
 geth,  and  Naphath,  and  Japhie,  ^and 
 Elisamae,  and  Eliade,  and  Eliphala. 
 *  And  the  Philistines  heard  that  David 
 was  anointed  king  over  all  Israel :  and 
 all  the  Philistines  went  up  to  seek 
 David:  and  David  heard  it,  and  went 
 out  to  meet  them.  '•'And  the  Philis- 
 tines came  and  assembled  together  in 
 the  Giants'  Valley.  '°And  David  in- 
 quired of  God,  saying,  Shall  I  go  up 
 against  the  Philistines?  and  wilt  thou 
 deliver  them  into  my  hand  ?  And  the 
 Lord  said  to  him,  Go  vip,  and  I  will 
 deliver  them  into  thy  hands.  "And 
 he  went  up  to  Baal  Pharasin ;  and 
 David  smote  them  there:  and  David 
 said,  God  has  broken  through  enemies 
 by  my  hand  like  a  breach  of  water :  there- 
 fore he  called  tlie  name  of  that  place, 
 t  strange  the  ^  Brcacli  of  Pharasin. 
 transposition.    12  ^^^^^  ^i^^  Philistines  left 
 
 their  gods  there ;  and  David  ^'  gave 
 +  G>-.  told  or  orders  to  burn  them  with 
 ^^°Gr.  added  ^^'^-  '^  And  tlic  PliiHstines 
 yet  and  —  ^oncc  morc  assembled  them- 
 selves in  the  Giants'  Valley.  •''  And 
 David  inquired  of  God  again ;  and  God 
 said  to  him,  Thou  shalt  not  go  after 
 them ;  turn  away  from  them,  and  thou 
 shalt  come  upon  them  near  the  pear- 
 trees.  '■''And  it  shall  be,  when  thou 
 shalt  hear  the  sound  of  their  tumvilt  in 
 the  tops  of  the  pear-trees,  then  thou  shalt 
 go  into  the  battle :  for  God  has  gone 
 out  before  thee  to  smite  the  army  of 
 the  Philistines.  '"'And  he  did  as  God 
 commanded  him:  and  he  smote  the 
 army  of  the  Philistines  from  Gabaon 
 to  Gazera.  '^  And  the  name  of  David 
 tGr.  gave,  was  famous  in  all  the  land; 
 and  the  Lord  ^  put  the  terror  of  him 
 on  all  the  nations. 
 
 15.  And  David  made  for  himself 
 houses  in  the  city  of  David,  and  he 
 prepared  a  place  for  the  ark  of  God, 
 and  made  a  tent  for  it.  ^Then  said 
 David,  It  is  not  lawful  for  any  to  bear 
 the  ark  of  God,  but  the  Levites;  for  the 
 
 Lord  has  chosen  them  to  bear  the  ark 
 of  the  Lord,  and  to  minister  to  him 
 for  ever.  ^And  David  assembled  all 
 Israel  at  Jerusalem,  to  bring  up  the 
 ark  of  the  Lord  to  the  place  which  he 
 had  prepared  for  it.  "*  And  David 
 fathered  together  the  sons  of  Aaron 
 the  Levites.  ^Of  the  sons  of  Kaath; 
 there  was  Uriel  the  chief,  and  his 
 brethren,  a  hundred  and  twenty.  ^Of 
 the  sons  of  ]\Icrari;  Asaia  the  chief, 
 and  his  brethren,  two  hundred  and 
 twenty.  ^  Of  the  sons  of  Gedson; 
 Joel  the  chief,  and  his  brethren,  a 
 hundred  and  thirty.  ^Of  the  sons  of 
 EHsaphat;  Semei  the  cliief,  and  his 
 brethren,  two  hundred.  ^Of  the  sons 
 of  Chebron;  Eliel  the  chief,  and  his 
 brethren  eighty.  ^''Of  the  sons  of 
 Oziel;  Aminadab  the  chief,  and  his 
 brethren  a  lumdred  and  twelve.  "And 
 David  called  Sadoc  and  Abiathar  the 
 priests,  and  the  Levites,  Uriel,  Asaia, 
 and  Joel,  and  Semaia,  and  Eliel,  and 
 Aminadab,  '^and  said  to  them,  Ye 
 are  the  heads  of  the  families  of  the 
 Levites:  sanctify  yourselves,  jow  and 
 your  brethren,  and  ye  shall  carry  up 
 the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel,  to  the 
 place  which  I  have  prepared  for  it. 
 '^  For  because  ye  were  not  ^  ready  at 
 the  first,  our  God  made  a  t  some  read 
 breach  upon  us,  because  we  «^''»'  "oi^ou?. 
 sought  him  not  ^  according  ^  ^'''  "ehtiy. 
 to  the  ordinance.  '''  So  the  priests 
 and  the  Levites  sanctified  them- 
 selves, to  bring  up  the  ark  of  the  God 
 of  Israel.  ''"'And  the  sons  of  the  Le- 
 vites took  the  ark  of  God,  (as  Moses 
 commanded  by  the  word  +  or.  them- 
 of  God  according  to  the  scrip-  ^^^'''^^■ 
 ture)  upon  their  ^  shoulders  with  staves. 
 ^^  And  David  said  to  the  chiefs 
 of  the  Levites,  Set  ^  your  +  or.  their, 
 brethren  the  singers  with  musical  in- 
 struments, lutes,  harps,  and  cymbals, 
 to  soinid  aloud  with  a  voice  of  joy. 
 '^  So  the  Levites  appointed  iEman  the 
 son  of  Joel;  Asaph  the  son  of  Bara- 
 chias  was  one  of  his  brethren;  and 
 jiEthan  the  son  of  Kisteus  was  of  the 
 
Chap.  xv.  o.  18. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  14. 
 
 sons  of  ]\Ierari  their  brethren;  '*^  and 
 with  them  their  brethren  of  the  second 
 rank,  Zacharias,  and  Oziel,  and  Serai- 
 ramoth,  and  Jeiel,  and  EKoel,  and 
 EHab,  and  Banaia,  and  ]\Iaasaia,  and 
 Matthatliia,  and  EHphena,  and  Makel- 
 lia,  and  Abdedom,  and  Jeiel,  andOzias, 
 the  porters.  '"  And  the  singers,  ^man, 
 Asaph,  and  ^Ethan,  with  brazen  cym- 
 bals to  make  a  sound  to  be  heard. 
 ^"Zacharias,  and  Oziel,  Semiramoth, 
 Jeiel,  Oni,  Eliab,  Maasseas,  Ban92as,with 
 *  niDbrbs?  lutes,  on  ^alaamoth.  ^'And 
 voce  vlrgined,   Mattathias,    and   Eliphalu, 
 
 it   fit   dCtltu,  ^ 
 
 Gesen.      '       and   Makcnia,   and   Abde- 
 dom, and  Jeiel,  and  Ozias,  with  harps 
 t  He*,  the     of  ^Amasenitli,  to  make  a 
 eighth.  Iq^^^j  ^^Q-gg_     22^^(1  Chone- 
 
 nia  chief  of  the  Levites  loas  master  of 
 t  Gr.  songs,  the  ^  bands  because  he  was 
 skilful.  ^^And  Barachia  and  Elkana 
 loere  door-keepers  of  the  ark.  ^'*And 
 Somnla,  and  Josaphat,  and  Nathanael, 
 and  Amasai,  and  Zacharia,  and  Bansea, 
 and  Ehezer,  the  priests,  were  ^  sound- 
 +(?)•.  trumpet-  ing  witli  trumpets  before 
 '"^"  the  ark  of  God :  and  Abde- 
 
 dom and  Jeia  were  door-keepers  of  the 
 ark  of  God. 
 
 ^^  So  David,  and  the  elders  of  Is- 
 rael, and  the  captains  of  thousands, 
 went  to  bring  up  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
 nant from  the  house  of  Abdedom  with 
 gladness.  ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  when 
 God  strengthened  the  Levites  bearing 
 the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 
 +  Gr.  at  the  that  they  sacrificed  ''  seven 
 rate  of.  calvcs     and    seven     rams. 
 
 ^^  And  David  was  girt  with  a  fine  Knen 
 robe,  and  all  the  Levites  loho  were 
 bearing  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
 Lord,  and  the  singers,  and  Chonenias 
 +  Gr.  songs  of  thc  master  of  the  ^  band  of 
 singers.  singers ;    also   upon  David 
 
 there  was  a  robe  of  fine  linen.  ^*And 
 +  Gr. bringing,  all  Israel  ^brought  up  the 
 ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  with 
 shouting,  and  with  the  sound  of  a 
 horn,  and  with  trumpets,  and  with 
 cymbals,  playing  loudly  on  lutes  and 
 harps.     ^^And   the  ark  of  the  cove- 
 
 nant of  the  Lord  arrived,  and  came 
 to  the  city  of  David  ;  and  Melchol 
 the  daughter  of  Saul  looked  down 
 through  the  window,  and  saw  king 
 David  dancing  and  playing :  +  Gr.  soui. 
 and  she  despised  him  in  her  ^  heart. 
 
 16.  So  they  brought  in  the  ark  of 
 God,  and  set  it  in  the  midst  of  the 
 tabernacle  which  David  pitched  for  it ; 
 and  they  ^  offered  whole-  t  Gr.  brought 
 burnt-offerings  and  ^  peace-  '^^*'' 
 
 cr     •  1      n  /-^      1        9  A       1      ^Gr.  sacrifices 
 
 otienngs  beiore  God.  ''And  of  a  peace-of- 
 David  finished  offering  up  ^'^™*^- 
 whole-burnt-offerings  and  peace-offer- 
 ings, and  blessed  the  people  in  the 
 name  of  the  Lord.  ^And  he  divided 
 to  every  man  of  Israel  (both  men  and 
 women),  to  ever^  man  one  baker's 
 loaf,  and  a  cake.  ^And  he  appointed 
 before  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
 Lord,  Levites  to  minister  and  lift 
 up  the  voice,  and  to  give  thanks 
 and  praise  the  Lord  God  of  Israel: 
 ^  Asaph  tvas  the  cliief,  and  next  to 
 him  Zacharias,  Jeiel,  Semiramoth,  and 
 Jeiel,  Mattathias,  EHab,  and  Bananas, 
 and  Abdedom :  and  Jeiel  sounding 
 with  musical  instruments,  lutes  and 
 harj)S,  and  Asaph  with  cymbals:  ""and 
 Banasas  and  Oziel  the  priests  soundmg 
 continually  with  trumpets  before  the 
 ark  of  the  covenant  of  God  in  that  day. 
 ^  Then  David  first  gave  orders  to 
 praise  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of  Asaph 
 and  his  brethren.  Song.  ^  Give 
 thanks  to  the  Lord,  call  upon  him 
 by  his  name,  make  known  his  designs 
 among  the  people.  ^  Sing  songs  to 
 him,  and  sing  hymns  to  him,  relate  to 
 all  people  his  wonderful  deeds,  which 
 the  Lord  has  wrought.  '"  Praise  his 
 holy  name,  ^  the  heart  that  t  or,  let  the 
 seeks  his  pleasure  shall  re-  **«^'*''=- 
 joice.  '^  Seek  the  Lord  and  be  strong, 
 seek  his  face  continually.  '^  Eemem- 
 ber  his  wonderful  works  which  he  has 
 wrought,  his  wonders,  and  the  judg- 
 ments of  his  mouth.  '^  Ye  seed  of 
 Israel  his  servants,  ye  seed  of  Jacob 
 his  chosen  ones.     '*  He  is  the   Lord 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  15. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xvii.  v.  5. 
 
 our  God;  his  judgments  are  in  all  the 
 earth.  '^  Let  us  remember  his  cove- 
 nant for  ever,  liis  word  which  he  com- 
 manded to  a  thousand  generations, 
 ""  which  he  covenanted  with  Abraham, 
 and  his  oath  sworn  to  Isaac.  '^  He 
 confirmed  it  to  Jacob  for  an  ordinance, 
 to  Israel  as  an  everlasting  covenant, 
 '^  saying.  To  thee  will  I  give  the  land 
 of  Chanaan,  the  line  of  your  inherit- 
 ance: ''•'when  they  were  few  in  num- 
 ber, when  they  were  but  Httle,  and 
 dwelt  as  strangers  in  it ;  ^"  and  went 
 from  nation  to  nation,  and  from  one 
 kingdom  to  another  people.  ^'  He 
 suffered  not  a  man  to  oppress  them, 
 and  he  reproved  kings  for  their  sakcs, 
 ^"^  saying.  Touch  not  my  anointed  ones, 
 and  deal  not  wrongfully  with  my  pro- 
 phets. -^  Sing  ye  to  the  Lord,  all  the 
 earth ;  proclaim  his  salvation  from  day 
 to  day.  ^*  Declare  among  the  nations 
 his  glory,  his  wondrous  deeds  among 
 all  peoples.  ^^  For  the  Lord  is  great, 
 and  greatly  to  be  praised :  he  is  to  be 
 feared  above  all  gods.  ^^  For  all  the 
 gods  of  the  nations  are  idols;  but  our 
 God  made  the  heavens.  '^^  Glory  and 
 praise  are  in  his  presence ;  strength  and 
 rejoicing  are  in  his  place.  ^'*Give  to 
 the  Lord,  ye  families  of  the  nations, 
 give  to  the  Lord  glory  and  strength. 
 ^^  Give  to  the  Lord  the  glory  hel(ni(/iii(j 
 to  his  name :  take  gifts  and  oiler  tJicm 
 before  him;  and  worship  the  Lord  in 
 his  holy  courts.  ^°  Let  the  whole  earth 
 fear  before  him;  let  the  earth  be  es- 
 tablished, and  not  be  moved.  ^'  Let 
 the  heavens  rejoice,  and  let  the  earth 
 exult;  and  let  them  say  among  the 
 t  Gr.  reisniiiig-  nations.  The  Lord  ^  reigns. 
 ^^  The  sea  with  its  fulness  shall  resound, 
 and  the  tree  of  the  field,  and  all  things 
 in  it.  ^^  Then  .shall  the  trees  of  the 
 wood  rejoice  before  the  Loixl,  for  he  is 
 come  to  judge  the  earth.  ^^  ^  Give 
 t  Or,  perhaps  tliauks  to  tlic  Lord,  for  it 
 is  good,  for  his  mercy  is  for 
 ever.  ^''And  say  ye.  Save 
 us,  0  God  of  our  salvation,  and  gather 
 us,    and   rescue   us   from  amonj?  the 
 
 •  make  ac 
 kiiowledg- 
 
 heathen,  that  we  may  praise  thy  holy 
 name,  and  glory  in  thy  praises.  ^^ Bless- 
 ed he  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  ^  from 
 everlasting  and  to  everlast-  +or,  from  age 
 ing :  and  all  the  people  shall  *°  ^^■ 
 say,  Amen.  So  they  praised  the  Lord. 
 ^^  And  they  left  there  Asaph  and  his 
 brethren  before  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
 of  the  Lord,  to  minister  before  the  ark 
 continually,  according  to  the  service 
 of  each  day :  from  day  to  day.  ^^  And 
 Abdedom  and  his  brethren  were  sixty 
 and  eiirht;  and  Abdedom  the  son  of 
 Idithun,  and  Osa,  icere  to  be  tcr.  forthe 
 ^door-keepers.  =*9  And  they  ap-  ^oor-keepers. 
 pointed  Sadoc  the  priest,  and  his  breth- 
 ren the  priests,  before  the  tabernacle  of 
 the  Lord  in  the  high  place  in  Gabaon, 
 ^''to  offer  up  whole-burnt-oiferings  to 
 tlie  Lord  on  the  altar  of  whole-burnt- 
 offerings  continually  morning  and  eve- 
 ning, and  according  to  all  things  writ- 
 ten in  the  law  of  the  Lord,  which  he 
 commanded  the  children  of  Israel  by 
 ^  Moses  the  servant  of  God.  tcr.  the  hand 
 ^'And  with  him  wereMman  °f  ^oses. 
 and  Idithun,  and  the  rest  chosen  out 
 by  name  to  praise  the  Lord,  for  his 
 mercy  endures  for  ever.  ^'^  And  with 
 them  there  were  trumpets  and  cymbals 
 to  sound  aloud,  and  musical  instru- 
 ments ^  for  the  sonsfs  of  +  Gr.  of. 
 (jiod :  and  the  sons  of  Idithun  icere  at  the 
 gate.  '*^  And  all  the  peo])le  went  every 
 one  to  his  home:  and  David  returned 
 to  bless  his  house. 
 
 17.  And  it  came  to  pass  as  David 
 dwelt  in  his  house,  that  David  said  to 
 Xathan  the  prophet.  Behold,  I  dwell 
 in  a  house  of  cedar,  but  the  ark  of  the 
 covenant  of  the  Lord  is  under  curtains 
 of  skins.  ^  And  Nathan  said  to  David, 
 Do  all  that  is  in  thy  heart;  for  God  is 
 with  thee.  ^And  it  came  to  pass  in 
 that  night,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord 
 came  to  Nathan,  saying,  '  Go  and  say 
 to  David  my  servant.  Thus  said  the 
 Lord,  Thou  shalt  not  build  me  a  house 
 for  mc  to  dwell  in  it.  ^  For  I  have  not 
 dwelt  in  a  house  from  the  day  that  I 
 
Chap.  xvii.  v.  6. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xvii.  v.  27. 
 
 brought  up  Israel  until  this  clay,  but  I 
 have  been  in  a  tabernacle  and  a  ^  tent, 
 
 +  Gr.  covering,    ^iu  all  plaCCS  tlirOUgll  wllicll 
 
 I  have  gone  with  all  Israel :  did  I  ever 
 speak  to  anjj  one  tribe  of  Israel  whom 
 I  commanded  to  feed  my  people,  say- 
 ing, Wliy  is  it  that  ye  have  not  bidlt 
 me  a  house  of  cedar  ?  ^  And  now  thus 
 shalt  thou  say  to  my  servant  David, 
 Thus  says  the  Lord  Almighty,  I  took 
 thee  from  the  sheepfold,  ^  from  follow- 
 +  Gr.  from  ing  the  flocks,  to  be  a  ruler 
 bchmd.  ^^^^,  ^^^  people  Israel :  **  and 
 
 I  was  with  thee  in  all  places  where 
 thou  wentest,  and  I  destroyed  all  thine 
 enemies  from  before  thee,  and  1  made 
 for  thee  a  name  according  to  the  name 
 of  the  great  ones  that  are  upon  the 
 earth.  ''And  I  will  appoint  a  place 
 for  myj)eople  Israel,  and  I  will  plant 
 him,  and  he  shall  dwell  by  himself, 
 and  shall  no  longer  be  anxious;  and 
 alid'to  w.^  the  son  of  iniquity  ^  shall 
 him-  no  longer  afflict  hira,  as  at 
 
 the  beginning,  ^^  and  from  the  days 
 when  I  appointed  judges  over  my 
 people  Israel.  Also  I  have  humbled 
 all  thine  enemies,  and  I  will  increase 
 thee,  and  the  Lord  shall  biuld  thee  a 
 house.  '^And  it  shall  come  to  pass 
 when  thy  days  shall  be  fulfilled,  and 
 thou  shalt  sleep  with  thy  fathers,  that 
 I  Avill  raise  up  thy  seed  after  thee, 
 t  Gr.  beUy.  wiiicli  sliall  be  of  thy  ^  bow- 
 +  Gfr. prepare,  els,  and  I  will  '^establish 
 his  kingdom.  ''^  He  shall  build  me  a 
 house,  and  I  will  set  up  his  throne  for 
 ever.  '^  I  will  be  to  him  a  father,  and 
 he  shall  be  to  me  a  son :  and  my  mercy 
 will  I  not  withdraw  from  him,  as  I 
 withdrew  it  from  them  that  were 
 before  thee.  ^''And  I  will  establish 
 him  in  my  house  and  in  his  king- 
 dom for  ever;  and  his  throne  shall 
 be  set  up  for  ever.  ^'^  According  to 
 all  these  words,  and  according  to 
 all  this  vision,  so  spoke  Nathan  to 
 David. 
 
 "^  And  king  David  came  and  sat 
 before  the  Lord,  and  said,  A\lio  am  I, 
 0  Lord  God?  and  what  is  my  house. 
 
 that  thou  hast  loved  me  for  ever? 
 '^  And  these  things  ^  were  t  Gr.  were  di- 
 little  in  thy  sight,  0  God:  "^i^f'ed. 
 thou  hast  also  spoken  concerning  the 
 house  of  thy  servant  ^for  a  +Gr.fromdis- 
 lons;  time  to  come,  and  thou  *f' '^  places. 
 
 ■]       "^  T       I      -,  .  'Gr.  as  is  the 
 
 hast  looked  upon  me  as  a  vision  of  a 
 man  looks  upon  his  fellow,  "*"' 
 and  hast  exalted  me,  0  Lord  God. 
 '*  What  shall  David  do  more  toward 
 thee  to  glorify  thee  ?  and  thou  know- 
 est  thy  servant.  '^  And  thou  hast 
 wrought  all  this  greatness  according 
 to  thine  heart.  ^'^  0  Lord,  there  is 
 none  hke  thee,  and  there  is  no  God 
 beside  thee,  according  to  all  things 
 which  we  have  heard  with  our  ears. 
 ^^  Neither  is  there  ^  another  t  Gr.  stiu  a 
 nation  upon  the  earth  such  ^^^°^- 
 as  thy  people  Israel,  whereas  God  led 
 him  in  the  way,  to  redeem  a  people  for 
 himself,  to  make  for  himself  a  great 
 and  glorious  name,  to  cast  out  nations 
 from  before  thy  people,  whom  thou 
 redeemedst  out  of  Egypt.  ^^And  thou 
 hast  ■"■  appointed  thy  people  +  Gr.  giveu. 
 Israel  as  a  people  to  thyself  for  ever; 
 and  thou.  Lord,  didst  become  a 
 God  to  them.  ^^And  now.  Lord, 
 let  the  word  which  thou  spokest  to 
 thy  servant,  and  concerning  his  house 
 be  confirmed  for  ever,  and  do  thou 
 as  thou  hast  spoken.  ^^  And  let 
 thy  name  be  estabhslfed  and  mag- 
 nified for  ever,  me7i  saying.  Lord, 
 Lord,  Almighty  God  of  Israel :  and 
 let  the  house  of  thy  servant  David  be 
 estabHshed  before  thee.  ^'^  For  thou, 
 0  Lord  my  God,  hast  revealed  to  the 
 ear  of  thy  servant  that  thou  wilt  build 
 him  a  house ;  therefore  thy  servant 
 has  found  a  willingness  to  pray  before 
 thee.  ^^And  now,  Lord,  thou  art  the 
 ^  true  God,  and  thou  hast  +  Gr.  aiirbs 
 spoken  these  good  things  ®"*" 
 concerning  thy  servant.  ^^And  now 
 thou  hast  begun  to  bless  the  house  of 
 thy  servant,  so  that  it  should  '^continue' 
 for  ever  before  thee  :  for  +  Gr.  be. 
 thou.  Lord,  hast  blessed  it^  and  do  thou 
 bless  it  for  ever. 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  1. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xix.  v.  6. 
 
 18.  And  it  came  to  pass  aftei'wards, 
 that  David  smote  the  Pliilistines,  and 
 routed  them,  and  took  Geth  and  its 
 villages  out  of  the  hand  of  the  FhiHs- 
 tines.     ^  And  he  smote  Moab ;  and  the 
 
 +  Gr.  Moab.  ^  Moabites  became  servants 
 to  David,  o.nd  tributaries.  ^  And  David 
 smote  Adraazar  king  of  Suba  of 
 Emath,  as  he  was  going  to  establish 
 power  towards  the  river  Euphrates. 
 ^  And  David  took  of  them  a  thousand 
 chariots,  and  seven  thousand  horsemen, 
 and  twenty  thousand  infantry :  and 
 David  houghed  all  the  ^chariot  horses, 
 tL«.  chariots,  but  there  were  reserved  of 
 them  a  hundred  chariots.  ^And  the 
 Syrian  came  from  Damascus  to  help 
 Adraazar  king   of   Suba ;  and   David 
 
 +  Or.  in  the  smote  *  of  the  Syrian  arniT/ 
 ^rn^an-  twcuty  and  two  thousand 
 
 men.  ^And  David  put  a  garrison  in 
 Syria  near  Damascus ;  and  they  became 
 tributary  servants  to  David:  and  the 
 Lord  delivered  David  wherever  he 
 went.  ^And  David  took  the  golden 
 collars  that  were  on  the  servants  of 
 Adraazar,  and  brought  them  to  Jeru- 
 salem. ^And  David  took  out  of  Ma- 
 tabeth,  and  out  of  the  chief  cities  of 
 Adraazar  very  much  brass  :  of  this 
 Solomon  made  the  brazen  sea,  and  the 
 pillars,  and  the  brazen  vessels. 
 
 ^And  Thoa  king  of  Emath  heard 
 
 +  ar.  smote,   that  David    ^  had   smitten 
 
 the  whole  force  of  Adraazar  king  of 
 
 Suba.     ^"And  he  sent  Aduram  his  son 
 
 +  Gr.  possibly  to  king  David  ^  to  ask  how 
 
 to   ask  concli-    •■  '-'  -,  .     i    , 
 
 tions  of  peace,  he  was,  and  to  congratulate 
 32.® also ju.  18.'  1^"^  because  he  had  fought 
 15.  Hebraism,  agaiust  Adraazar,  and  smit- 
 ten him ;  lor  Thoa  was  the  enemy  of 
 Adraazar.  "And  all  the  golden  and 
 silver  and  brazen  vessels,  even  these 
 king  David  consecrated  to  the  Lord, 
 with  the  silver  and  the  gold  which  he 
 took  from  all  the  nations;  from  Idu- 
 maea,  and  Moab,  and  from  the  children 
 of  Ammon,  and  from  the  Philistines, 
 and  from  Amalec.  '^And  Abesa  son 
 +  Gr.  idumaea.  of  Saruia  smotc  *  the  Idu- 
 means  in  the  valley  of  Salt,  eighteen 
 
 thousand.  ^^And  he  put  garrisons  in 
 the  valley  ;  and  all  the  Idumaeans 
 became  David's  servants :  and  the  Lord 
 delivered  David  wherever  he  went. 
 
 '■*  So  David  reigned  over  all  Israel; 
 and  he  executed  judgment  and  justice 
 to  all  his  people.  '^  And  Joab  the  son 
 of  Saruia  was  over  the  army,  and  Josa- 
 phat  the  son  of  Achilud  ivas  recorder. 
 ^'^  And  Sadoc  son  of  Achitob,  and 
 Achimelech  son  of  Abiathar,  ivere  the 
 priests ;  and  Susa  teas  the  scribe ;  '  ^and 
 Bananas  the  son  of  Jodae  t  see  Acts  24. 
 was  over  the  Cherethite  and  27.'successor.. 
 the  Fhelethite,  and  the  sons  of  David 
 were  the  chief  ^deputies  of  the  king. 
 
 19.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this, 
 that  Naas  the  king  of  the  children  of 
 Ammon  died,  and  Anan  his  son  reigned 
 in  his  stead.  ^  And  David  said,  I  will 
 ^  act  kindly  towards  Anan  t  cr.  execute 
 the  son  of  Naas,  as  his  father  "^''"^  "^'^ 
 acted  kindly  towards  me.  And  David 
 sent  messengers  to  ^  condole  ^^^'''c'i^em. 
 with  him  on  the  death  of  mg. 
 his  father.  So  the  servants  of  David 
 came  into  the  land  of  the  children  of 
 Ammon  to  Anan,  to  comfort  him. 
 ^And  the  chiefs  of  the  children  of 
 Ammon  said  to  Anan,  Is  it  to  honour 
 thy  father  before  thee,  that  David  has 
 sent  ^comforters  to  thee?  tcc. comfort- 
 Have  not  his  sei-vants  come  *"^  °"®^" 
 to  thee  that  they  might  search  the 
 city,  and  to  spy  ovit  the  land  ?  ^  And 
 Anan  took  the  servants  of  David,  and 
 shaved  them,  and  cut  oil"  the  half  of 
 their  garments  as  far  as  Hhcir  tunic, 
 and  sent  them  away,  ^  And  +  Or.  the  tunic, 
 there  came  men  to  report  to  David 
 concerning;  the  men:  and  he  sent  to 
 meet  them,  for  they  were  greatly  dis- 
 graced: and  the  king  said.  Dwell  in 
 Jericho  until  your  beards  have  gro"svn, 
 and  return.  ''And  the  children  of 
 Ammon  saw  that  the  people  of  David 
 were  ashamed,  and  Anan  and  the  chil- 
 dren of  Ammon  sent  a  thousand  talents 
 of  silver  to  hire  for  themselves  chariots 
 and  horsemen  out  of  Syria  of  INIesopo- 
 
Chap.  xix.  v.  7. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  6. 
 
 tamia,  and  out  of  Syria  Maacha,  and 
 from  Sobal.  "^And  they  liired  for 
 themselves  tAvo  and  thirty  thousand 
 chariots,  and  the  king  of  Maacha  and 
 his  people;  and  they  came  and  en- 
 camped before  Medaba :  and  the  chil- 
 dren of  Animon  assembled  out  of  their 
 cities,  and  came  to  fight.  ^And  Da- 
 vid heard,  and  sent  Joab  and  all  the 
 host  of  mighty  men.  ^And  the  chil- 
 di'en  of  Ammon  came  forth,  and  ^set 
 ^Gr.pres.  tense,  themsclvcs  in  array  for  bat- 
 tle by  the  gate  of  the  city:  and  the 
 kings  that  were  come  forth  encamped 
 by  themselves  in  the  plain.  ^°And 
 Joab  saw  that  they  were  fronting  him 
 to  fight  against  him  before  and  behind, 
 t  Gr.  young  and  lic  chosc  some  out  of 
 '"^'  all  the  ^  young  men  of  Israel, 
 
 and  they  set  themselves  in  array  against 
 +  G)-.  Syrian,  the  Syrians^.  ^'And  the 
 rest  of  tlie  people  he  gave  into  the 
 hand  of  his  brother  Abesai,  and  they 
 set  themselves  in  array  against  the 
 children  of  Ammon.  '^And  he  said. 
 If  the  Syrian  should  prevail  against 
 demrer^^crto  ™®'  then  shalt  thou  VlcHver 
 me.  me :  and  if  the  children  of 
 
 Ammon  should  prevail  against  thee, 
 then  will  I  deliver  thee.  ^^  Be  of  good 
 courage,  and  let  us  be  strong,  ^for  our 
 +  Gr.  Trepc.  peoplc,  and  for  the  cities  of 
 our  God:  and  the  Lord  shall  do  what 
 is  good  in  his  eyes.  '*  So  Joab  and 
 the  people  that  were  with  him  set 
 themselves  in  battle  array  against  the 
 Syrians,  and  they  fled  from  them. 
 '^  And  the  children  of  Ammon  saw  that 
 the  Syi-ians  fled,  and  they  also  fled 
 from  before  Abesai,  and  from  before 
 Joab  his  brother,  and  they  came  to 
 the  city :  and  Joab  came  to  Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 '^And  the  Sjn-ian  saw  that  Israel 
 had  defeated  him,  and  he  sent  messen- 
 gers, and  they  brought  out  the  Syrians 
 from  beyond  the  river;  and  Sophath 
 the  commander-in-chief  of  the  forces 
 of  Adraazar  was  before  them.  '^  And 
 it  was  told  David ;  and  he  gathered  all 
 Israel,  and  crossed  over  Jordan,  and 
 
 came  upon  them,  and  set  the  battle  in 
 array  against  them.  So  David  set 
 his  army  in  array  to  fight  against  tlie 
 ^  Syrians,  and  they  fought  +  Gr.  synan. 
 against  liim.  '^And  the  Syrians  fled 
 from  before  Israel;  and  David  slew  of 
 the  Syrians  seven  thousand  riders  in 
 chariots,  and  forty  thousand  infantry, 
 and  he  slew  Sophath  the  commander- 
 in-chief  of  the  forces.  ^^  And  the  ser- 
 vants of  Adraazar  saw  that  they  were 
 defeated  before  Israel,  and  they  made 
 ^  peace  with  David  and  t  Gr.  a  cove- 
 served  him:  and  the  Sy-  "*'^*" 
 rians  would  not  any  more  help  the 
 children  of  Ammon. 
 
 20.  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the 
 ^return  of  theyear,  at  the  ;,^J-j^^^ 
 time  of  the  going  forth  of  cing. 
 kings  to  loar,  that  Joab  gathered 
 the  whole  force  of  the  army,  and  they 
 ravaged  the  land  of  the  children  of 
 Ammon;  and  he  came  and  besieged 
 Rabba.  ^But  David  abode  in  Jeru- 
 salem. And  Joab  smote  Rabba  and 
 +  destroyed  it.     And  David  tt^own!"^^^'' 
 
 took    the    crown     of    ^  ]\Iol-     +  a  repetition. 
 
 chom  their  king  off"  his  head,  and  the 
 weight  of  it  was  found  to  be  a  talent  of 
 gold,  and  on  it  were  ^precious  stones; 
 and  it  was  placed  on  the  ^  Gr.  singular. 
 head  of  David:  and  he  brought  out 
 the  spoils  of  the  city  ivhich  tvere  very 
 great.  ^And  he  brought  out  the 
 people  that  were  in  it,  and  sawed  them 
 asunder  with  saws,  and  cut  them  with 
 iron  axes,  and  with  harrows :  and  thus 
 David  did  to  all  the  children  of  Am- 
 mon. And  David  and  all  his  people 
 returned  to  Jerusalem. 
 
 ^  And  it  came  to  pass  afterward  that 
 there  was  again  war  with  the  PhiHs- 
 tines  in  Gazer:  then  Sobochai  the  So- 
 sathite  smote  Saphut  of  the  sons  of  the 
 giants,  and  laid  him  low.  *  And  there 
 was  war  again  with  the  PhiHstines; 
 and  Eleanan  the  son  of  Jair  smote  La- 
 chmi  the  brother  of  Goliath  the  Git- 
 tite,  and  the  wood  of  his  spear  rvas  as 
 a   weavers'    beam.     ^And   there   was 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  7. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  18. 
 
 again  war  in  Geth,  and  there  was  a 
 man  of  extraordinary  size,  and  his 
 fingers  and  toes  were  six  on  each  hand 
 and  foot,  four  and  twenty ;  and  he  was 
 descended  from  the  giants.  ''And  he 
 t  Gr.  reproached.  ^  defied  Israel,  and  Jona- 
 than the  son  of  Samaa  the. brother  of 
 David  slew  him.  *  These  were  born 
 to  Eapha  in  Geth ;  all  four  were  giants, 
 and  they  fell  by  the  hand  of  David, 
 and  by  the  hand  of  his  servants. 
 
 21.  And  the  Devil  stood  up  against 
 Israel,  and  moved  David  to  number 
 Israel.  ^  And  king  David  said  to  Joab 
 and  to  the  captains  of  the  forces.  Go, 
 number  Israel  from  Beersabee  even  to 
 Dan,  and  bring  me  the  account,  and  I 
 sliall  know  their  number.  ^  And  Joab 
 said.  May  the  Lord  add  to  liis  people, 
 a  hundi-ed-fold  as  many  as  they  are, 
 +  Or,  the  eyes  and  ^  let  the  eyes  of  my  lord 
 &c.dosee.  the  king  see  zY:  all  «re  the 
 servants  of  my  lord.  Why  does  my 
 lord  seek  this  thing?  do  it  not  lest  it 
 become  a  sin  to  Israel.  ^Nevertheless 
 the  king's  word  prevailed  against  Joab ; 
 and  Joab  went  out  and  passed  through 
 all  Israel,  and  came  to  Jerusalem. 
 ^And  Joab  gave  the  number  of  the 
 mustering  of  the  people  to  David :  and 
 all  Israel  was  a  million  and  a  hundred 
 thousand  men  that  drew  sword:  and 
 the  sons  of  Juda  were  four  hundred 
 and  seventy  thousand  men  that  drew 
 sword.  ^But  he  numbered  not  Levi 
 and  Benjamin  among  them;   for  the 
 
 enS'  0^  pre-    "^^^^'^^  ^^  ^^^^  ^"^?  "  ^^^  P^"^" 
 
 vaiied  against,  ful  to  Joab.  ^And  there 
 joab.'^^^''  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
 t  Gr.  about.  Lord  ^  respecting  this  thing ; 
 and  he  smote  Israel.  ^And  David 
 said  to  God,  I  have  sinned  exceedingly, 
 in  that  I  have  done  this  thing:  and 
 now,  I  pray  thee,  remove  the  sin  of 
 thy  servant;  for  I  have  been  exceed- 
 ingly foolish. 
 
 '•'And  the  Lord  spoke  to  Gad  the 
 seer,  saying,  ^°Go  and  sjDcak  to  David, 
 saying,  Tluis  says  the  Lord,  I  bring 
 three  things  upon  thee :  clioose  one  of 
 
 them  for  thyself,  and  I  will  do  it  to 
 thee.  "And  Gad  came  to  David,  and 
 said  to  him.  Thus  says  the  Lord, 
 Choose  for  thyself,  '^either  three  years 
 of  famine,  or  that  thou  shouldest  flee 
 three  months  from  the  face  of  thine 
 enemies,  and  the  sword  of  thine  ene- 
 mies shall  be  emploTjed  to  destroy  thee, 
 or  that  the  sword  of  the  Lord  and 
 pestilence  should  be  three  days  in  the 
 land,  and  the  angel  of  the  Lord  shall 
 be  destroying  in  all  the  inheritance  of 
 Israel.  And  now  consider  what  I  shall 
 answer  to  him  that  sent  the  message. 
 '^And  David  said  to  Gad,  They  are 
 very  ^  hard  for  me,  even  all  +  or.  strait  or 
 the  three:  let  me  fall  now  ''^°^- 
 into  the  hands  of  the  Lord,  for  his 
 mercies  are  very  abundant,  and  let  me 
 not  fall  by  any  means  into  the  hands 
 of  man.  '^So  the  Lord  ^brought  pes- 
 tilence upon  Israel  :  and  +  Gr.  ^vc. 
 there  fell  of  Israel  seventy  thousand 
 men.  ^'^And  God  sent  an  angel  to 
 Jenisalem  to  destroy  it :  and  as  he  was 
 destroying,  the  Lord  saw,  and  re- 
 pented for  the  evil,  and  said  to  the 
 angel  that  was  destroying.  Let  it  suffice 
 thee,  withhold  thine  hand.  And  the 
 angel  of  the  Lord  stood  ^  by  +  or,  in  or  at. 
 the  threshing-floor  of  Orna  the  Jebu- 
 site.  ^^And  David  lifted  up  his  eyes, 
 and  saw  the  angel  of  the  Lord,  stand- 
 ing between  the  earth  and  the  heaven, 
 and  his  sword  drawn  in  his  hand, 
 stretched  out  over  Jerusalem  :  and 
 David  and  tlie  elders  clothed  in  ^  sack- 
 cloth, fell  upon  their  faces,  t  or.  sack- 
 i^And  David  said  to  God,  '^i"*"^- 
 Was  it  not  I  that  gave  orders  to  num- 
 ber 'the  people?  and  I  am  ^^^^{^^^^1 
 the  guilty  one  ;  I  have  braism. 
 greatly  sinned:  but  these  sheep,  what 
 have  they  done?  0  Lord  God,  let  thy 
 hand  be  upon  me,  and  upon  my 
 father's  house,  and  not  on  thy  people 
 for  destruction,  0  Lord ! 
 
 '^And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  told 
 Gad  to  tell  David,  that  he  should  go  up 
 to  erect  an  altar  to  the  Lord,  in  the 
 threshing-floor  of  Orna  the  Jebusite. 
 
Chap.  xxi.  y.  19. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  11. 
 
 +  Gr.  before 
 him. 
 
 *^  And  David  went  up  according  to  the 
 word  of  Gad,  which  he  spoke  in  the 
 name  of  the  Lord.  ^''And  Orna 
 turned  and  saw  the  king ;  ^  and  he  hid 
 ■^ifej.  D>N2nn9  himself  and  his  four  sons 
 
 selves.'  thresloing    wheat.       ^'And 
 
 fievoi  "'"'  °  David  came  to  Orna,  and 
 Orna  came  forth  from  the  threshing- 
 floor,  and  did  obeisance  to  David 
 with  his  face  to  the  ground.  ^^  And 
 David  said  to  Orna,  Give  me  tliy 
 place  of  the  threshing-floor,  and  I 
 will  build  upon  it  an  altar  to  the 
 Lord:  give  it  me  for  its  worth  in 
 money,  and  the  plague  shall  cease 
 from  among  the  people.  ^^And  Orna 
 said  to  David,  Take  it  to  thyself,  and 
 let  my  lord  the  king  do  what  is  right 
 ■^in  his  eyes:  see, 'I  have 
 given  the  calves  for  a  whole- 
 burnt-offering,  and  tlie  plough  for 
 wood,  and  the  corn  for  a  meat-offering ; 
 I  have  given  all.  ^^And  king  David 
 said  to  Orna,  Nay;  for  I  will  surely 
 buy  it  for  its  worth  in  money :  for  I 
 will  not  take  thy  property  for  the 
 Lord,  to  offer  a  whole-burnt-ofFering 
 to  tlie  Lord  without  cost  to  myself. 
 '^^And  David  gave  to  Orna  for  his 
 place  six  himdred  shekels  of  gold  by 
 weight.  -•'And  David  built  there  an 
 altar  to  the  Lord,  and  offered  up  wholc- 
 
 t  ev^ara.  or    bumt-offerinojs  and  ^  peace- 
 some  such  fv>    •  11  •    1    , 
 
 word  under-  olierings :  and  lie  cneci  to 
 stood.  |.j^g  Lord,  and  he  answered 
 
 him  by  fire  out  of  heaven  on  the  altar 
 of  whole-burnt-offerings,  and  it  con- 
 sumed the  whole-buxnt-offering.  ^^And 
 the  Lord  spoke  to  the  angel;  and  he 
 put  uj)  the  sword  into  its  sheath.  ^^At 
 that  time  when  David  saw  that  the 
 Lord  answered  him  in  the  threshing- 
 floor  of  Orna  the  Jebusite,  he  also 
 sacrificed  there.  ^^  And  the  tabernacle 
 of  the  Lord  which  Moses  made  in  the 
 wilderness,  and  the  altar  of  whole- 
 burnt-offerings,  were  at  that  time  in 
 the  high  place  at  Gabaon.  ^^  And 
 David  could  not  go  before  it  to  in- 
 quire   of    God;    for    he    hasted    not 
 
 ^  because  of  the  sword  of  the  angel 
 of  the  Lord. 
 
 +  Gr.  from  the 
 face  of. 
 
 22.  And  David  said,  this  is  the 
 house  of  the  Lord  God,  and  this  is  the 
 altar  for  whole-burnt-ofiering  for  Israel. 
 ^  And  David  gave  orders  to  gather  all 
 the  strangers  that  were  in  the  land  of 
 Israel;  and  he  appointed  stone-hewers 
 to  hew  polished  stones  to  build  the 
 house  to  God.  ^And  David  prepared 
 much  iron  for  the  nails  of  the  doors 
 and  the  gates ;  the  hinges  also  and 
 brass  in  abundance,  there  was  no 
 weighing  of  it.  '*And  cedar  trees 
 without  number :  for  the  Sidonians 
 and  the  Tyrians  brought  cedar  trees  in 
 abundance  to  David.  ^  And  David 
 said.  My  son  Solomon  is  a  tender  child, 
 and  the  house  for  me  to  build  to  the 
 Lord  is  for  superior  magnificence  for 
 a  name  and  for  a  glory  through  all  the 
 earth :  I  will  make  preparation  for  it. 
 And  David  prepared  abundantly  before 
 his  death. 
 
 ^  And  he  called  Solomon  his  son, 
 and  commanded  him  to  build  the 
 house  for  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 
 ^And  David  said  to  Solomon,  INIy 
 child,  it  was  in  my  heart  to  build  a 
 house  to  the  name  of  the  Lord  God. 
 ^  But  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to 
 me,  saying,  Thou  hast  shed  blood 
 abundantly,  and  hast  carried  on  great 
 wars :  thou  shalt  not  build  a  house  to 
 my  name,  because  thou  hast  shed  much 
 blood  upon  the  earth  before  me.  ^  Be- 
 hold !  a  son  ^  shall  be  born  to  +  Gr.  is. 
 thee,  he  shall  be  a  man  of  rest ;  and  I 
 will  give  him  rest  from  all  his  enemies 
 round  about :  for  his  name  shall  be 
 Solomon,  and  I  will  give  peace  and 
 qviietness  to  Israel  in  his  days.  '"He 
 shall  build  a  house  to  ray  name;  and 
 he  shall  be  a  son  to  me,  and  I  will  be 
 a  father  to  him;  and  I  will  establish 
 the  throne  of  his  kingdom  in  Israel  for 
 ever.  '^And  now,  my  son,  the  Lord 
 shall  be  with  thee,  and  prosper  thee; 
 and  thou  shalt  build  a  house  to  the 
 Lord  thy  God,  as  he  spoke  concerning 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  12. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii.  v.  23. 
 
 thee.  '"^  Only  may  the  Lord  give  thee 
 wisdom  and  prudence,  and  strengthen 
 thee  over  Israel,  both  to  keep  and  to 
 do  the  law  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 
 ^^Then  will  he  prosper  thee,  if  thou 
 take  heed  to  do  the  commandments 
 and  judgments  which  the  Lord  com- 
 manded Moses  for  Israel :  be  courageous 
 and  strong;  fear  not,  nor  be  terrified. 
 ^''And,  behold,  I  according  to  my 
 poverty  have  prepared  for  the  house  of 
 the  Lord  a  hundred  thousand  talents 
 of  gold,  and  a  million  talents  of  silver, 
 and  brass  and  iron  without  measure; 
 for  it  is  abundant;  and  I  have  pre- 
 pared timber  and  stones;  and  do  thou 
 add  to  these.  '^And  of  them  that  are 
 with  thee  do  thou  add  to  the  multi- 
 tude of  workmen ;  let  there  he  artificers 
 and  masons,  and  carpenters,  and  every 
 skilful  workman  in  every  work;  ^^in 
 gold  and  silver,  brass  and  iron,  of 
 which  there  is  no  number.  Arise  and 
 do,  and  the  Lord  he  with  thee. 
 
 ^^And  David  charged  all  the  chief 
 men  of  Israel  to  help  Solomon  his  son, 
 saying,  ""^Is  not  the  Lord  with  you? 
 and  he  has  given  you  rest  round  about, 
 for  he  has  given  into  your  hands  the 
 inhabitants  of  the  land;  and  the  land 
 is  subdued  before  the  Lord,  and  before 
 t  Gr.  give,  his  people.  '^Now  ^set  your 
 hearts  and  souls  to  seek  after  the  Lord 
 your  God ;  and  rise,  and  build  a  sanc- 
 tuary to  your  God  to  carry  in  the  ark 
 of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
 tGr.  building,  i-^Q^y  vessels  of  God,  into 
 
 so   III  Acts  2.  "'  ,1     ,     •      +,       1 
 
 47.  the    house    that  is     to   be 
 
 built  to  the  name  of  the  Lord. 
 
 23.  And  David  was  old  and  full  of 
 days;  and  he  made  Solomon  his  son 
 king  over  Israel  in  his  stead.  ^And 
 he  assembled  all  the  chief  men  of  Israel, 
 and  the  priests,  and  the  Levites.  =*And 
 the  Levites  numbered  themselves  from 
 thirty  years  old  and  upward ;  and  their 
 +  G>-.  poll,  number  by  their  "^  polls 
 amounted  to  thirty  and  eight  thousand 
 men.  ^  Of  the  overseers  over  the 
 works  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  there 
 
 tcere  twenty-four  thousand,  and  there 
 tvere  six  thousand  scribes  and  judges; 
 ^  and  four  thousand  door-keepers,  and 
 four  thousand  to  praise  the  Lord  with 
 instrmnents  which  he  made  to  praise 
 the  Lord.  ^And  David  divided  them 
 into  daily  courses,  for  the  sons  of  Levi, 
 for  Godson,  Kaath,  and  ]\Ierari.  ^And 
 for  the  family  of  Gedson,  Edan,  and 
 Semei.  **  The  sons  of  Edan  were  Jeiel, 
 the  chief,  and  Zethan,  and  Joel,  three. 
 ^The  sons  of  Semei;  Salomith,  Jeiel, 
 and  Dan,  three :  these  loere  the  chiefs 
 of  the  families  of  Edan.  '^^  And  to  the 
 sons  of  Semei,  Jeth,  and  Ziza,  and 
 Joas,  and  Beria:  these  were  the  four 
 sons  of  Semei.  "And  Jeth  was  the 
 chief,  and  Ziza  the  second:  and  Joas 
 and  Beria  did  not  multi-  +  gt.  father's 
 ply  sons,  and  they  became  ^*™*^y- 
 only  one  reckoning  according  to  the 
 house  of  their  ^  father. 
 
 ^'■^The  sons  of  Kaath;  Ambram, 
 Isaar,  Chebron,  Oziel,  four.  ^^The 
 sons  of  Ambram;  Aaron  and  Moses: 
 and  Aaron  was  appointed  for  the  con- 
 secration of  the  most  holy  things,  he 
 and  his  sons  for  ever,  to  burn  incense 
 before  the  Lord,  to  minister  and  bless 
 in  his  name  for  ever.  '^  And  as  for 
 Moses  the  man  of  God,  his  sons  were 
 reckoned  to  the  tribe  of  Levi.  '•"*  The 
 sons  of  Moses;  Gersam,  and  Eliezer. 
 ^•"The  sons  of  Gersam  ;  Subael  the 
 chief  '^  And  the  sons  of  EUezer  were, 
 Rabia  the  chief:  and  Eliezer  had  no 
 other  sons;  but  the  sons  of  Rabia  were^ 
 very  greatly  multiplied.  ^  fie «« iii//os. 
 '*^The  sons  of  Isaar  ;  Salomoth  the 
 chief  '^  The  sons  of  Chebron;  Jeria 
 the  chief,  Amaria  the  second,  Jeziel 
 the  third,  Jckemias  the  fourth.  "^^  The 
 sons  of  Oziel;  JMiclia  the  chief,  and 
 Isia  the  second.  ^'  The  sons  of  Me- 
 rari;  Mooli,  and  Musi  :  the  sons  of 
 Mooli ;  Eleazar,  and  Kis.  ^^  And  Elc- 
 azar  died,  and  he  had  no  sons,  but 
 daughters:  and  the  sons  of  Kis,  their 
 l)rcthren,  took  them.  ^^  The  sons  of 
 Musi ;  Mooli,  and  Eder,  and  Jarimoth, 
 three. 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  24. 
 
 CHRONICLES  1. 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  v.  20. 
 
 ^^  These  are  the  sons  of  Levi  accord- 
 ing to  the   houses   of  their  '^fathers; 
 
 +  Gr.  fathers'  chicfs  of  their  famiHcs  ac- 
 famiiies.  corcling  to  their  numbering, 
 
 according  to  the  number  of  their  names, 
 according  to  their  polls,  doing  the 
 works  of  service  of  the  house  of  the 
 Lord,  from  twenty  years  old  and 
 upward.  ^'^  For  David  said.  The  Lord 
 God  of  Israel  has  given  rest  to  his  peo- 
 ple, and  has  taken  up  his  abode  in  Jeru- 
 salem for  ever.  "^^And  the  Levites 
 bore  not  the  tabernacle,  and  all  the  ves- 
 sels of  it  for  its  service.  ^"^  For  by  the 
 last  words  of  David  ^was  the  number 
 +  Gr.  is.  of  the  Levites  taken  from 
 twenty  years  old  and  upward.     ^^For 
 
 +  Gr.  at  the  he  appointed  them  ^  to  wait 
 hand  of.  ^^  Aaron,  to  minister  in  the 
 
 house  of  the  Lord,  over  the  courts, 
 and  over  the  chambers,  and  over  the 
 purification  of  all  the  holy  things,  and 
 over  the  works  of  the  service  of  the 
 house  of  God ;  ^^  and  for  the  shew- 
 bread,  and  for  the  fine  flour  of  the 
 meat-ofiering,  and  for  the  unleavened 
 
 ^ Gr.  frying-  cakcs,  and  for  the  '"'fried 
 ^^°'  cake,  and  for  the  dough,  and 
 
 for  every  measure;  ^"and  to  stand  in 
 the  morning  to  praise  and  give  thanks 
 to  the  Lord,  and  so  in  the  evening; 
 ^'and  to  be  over  all  the  whole-burnt- 
 oiferings  that  were  offered  up  to  the 
 Lord  on  the  sabbaths,  and  at  the  new 
 moons,  and  at  the  feasts,  by  number, 
 according  to  the  order  given  to  them, 
 
 +  Or,  to.  continually  before^  the  Lord. 
 ^^And  they  are  to  keep  the  charge  of  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness,  and  the  charge 
 of  the  holy  place,  and  the  charges  of 
 the  sons  of  Aaron  their  brethren,  to 
 minister  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 
 24.  And  they  number  the  sons  of 
 Aaron  in  their  division,  Nadab,  and 
 Abiud,  and  Eleazar,  and  Ithamar. 
 ^A]id  Nadab  and  Abiud  died  before 
 their  father,  and  they  had  no  sons:  so 
 Eleazar  and  Ithamar  the  sons  of  Aaron 
 ministered  as  priests.  ^And  David 
 distributed  them,  even  Sadoc  of  the 
 
 sons  of  Eleazar,  and  Achimelech  of 
 the  sons  of  Ithamar,  according  to  their 
 numbering,  according  to  their  service, 
 according  to  the  houses  of  their  fathers. 
 ^  And  there  were  found  amoncj  the 
 sons  of  Eleazar  more  chiefs  of  the 
 mighty  ones,  than  of  the  sons  of  Itha- 
 mar: and  he  divided  them,  sixteen 
 heads  of  famihes  to  the  sons  of  Eleazar, 
 eight  according  to  their  families  to  the 
 sons  of  Ithamar.  ^And  he  divided 
 them  according  to  their  lots,  one  with 
 the  other ;  for  there  were  those  who  had 
 charge  of  the  holy  things,  and  those  who 
 ''  had  charge  of  the  house  of  +  or,  were 
 the  Lord  among  the  sons  of  <^^"^^*- 
 Eleazar,  and  among  the  sons  of  Itha- 
 mar. ^And  Samaias  the  son  of  Na- 
 thanael,  the  scribe,  of  the  family  of 
 Levi,  wrote  them  down  before  the 
 king,  and  the  princes,  and  Sadoc  the 
 priest,  and  Achimelech  the  son  of 
 Abiathar  were  present ;  and  the  heads 
 of  the  famihes  of  the  priests  and  the 
 Levites,  each  of  a  household  loere  as- 
 signed one  to  Eleazar,  and  one  to 
 Ithamar.  ^And  the  first  lot  came  out 
 to  Joarim,  the  second  to  Jedia,  ^the 
 third  to  Charib,  '^the  fourth  to  Seorim, 
 ^  the  fifth  to  Melchias,  the  sixth  to 
 Meiamin,  *°the  seventh  to  Cos,  the 
 eighth  to  Abia,  ''the  ninth  to  Jesus, 
 the  tenth  to  Sechenias,  '^the  eleventh 
 to  EHabi,  the  twelfth  to'Jacim,  '^the 
 thirteenth  to  Oppha,  the  fourteenth  to 
 Jesbaal,  '''the  fifteenth  to  Belga,  the 
 sixteenth  to  Emmer,  ''^  the  seventeenth 
 to  Chezin,  the  eighteenth  to  Aphese, 
 '^  the  nineteenth  to  PhetEea,  the  twen- 
 tieth to  Ezekel,  '^the  twenty -first  to 
 Achim,  the  twenty-second  to  Gamul, 
 '^the  twenty-third  to  Adallai,  the 
 twenty-fourth  to  Maasai.  '^  This  is 
 their  numbering  according  to  their 
 service  to  go  into  the  house  of  the 
 Lord,  according  to  their  iGr.  KpCaiv. 
 ^appointment  by  the  hand  ^«*'-«"'«- 
 of  Aaron  their  father,  as  the  Lord  God 
 of  Israel  commanded. 
 
 ^°  And  for  the  sons  of  Levi  that  were 
 left,  even  for  the  sons    of  Ambram, 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  y.  21. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I, 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  27. 
 
 Sobael :  for  tlie  sons  of  Sobael,  Jeclia. 
 ^'For  Raabia,  the  cliief  was  ^  Isaari, 
 +  The  text  ^'^  and  for  Isaari,  Salomoth: 
 ^om.pTe7Ld  for  the  sons  of  Salomoth, 
 deficient.  Jath.  ^^  The  sons  of  Ekdiu; 
 Amadia  the  second,  Jaziel  the  third, 
 Jekmoam  the  fourth.  ^"^  For  the 
 sons  of  Oziel,  ]\Iicha:  the  sons  of  ]\li- 
 cha ;  Samcr.  ^^  The  brother  of  JNIicha ; 
 Isia,  the  son  of  Isia ;  Zacharia.  '^'^  The 
 sons  of  Merari,  Mooli,  and  Musi:  the 
 sons  of  Ozia,  "  That  is,  the  sons  of  Me- 
 rari by  Ozia, — his  sons  loere  Isoam, 
 and  Sacchur,  and  Abai.  -**To  Mooli 
 were  born  Eleazar,  and  Ithanaar;  and 
 Eleazar  died,  and  had  no  sons.  ^^For 
 Kis ;  the  sons  of  I^s ;  Jerameel.  ^° And 
 the  sons  of  Musi;  Mooli,  and  Eder, 
 and  Jerimoth.  These  were  the  sons  of 
 the  Levites  according  to  the  houses  of 
 their  famihes.  ^*And  they  also  re- 
 ceived lots  as  their  brethren  the  sons 
 of  Aaron  before  the  king ;  Sadoc 
 also,  and  Achimelech,  and 
 the  chiefs  of  the  families  of 
 the  priests  and  of  the  Le- 
 vites, ^  principal  heads  of  famihes,  even 
 as  ^  their  younger  brethren. 
 
 25.  And  king  David  and  the  cap- 
 tains of  the  host  appointed  to  their 
 services  the  sons  of  Asaph,  and  of 
 -^man,  and  of  Idithun,  ^  prophesiers 
 tffr.sou,.ciing  with  harps,  and  lutes,  and 
 or  uttering       cvmbals :  and  their  number 
 
 more  com-  -^  -..  .       ,i      •  ii 
 
 moniy  with  was  accorclmg  to  tlicir  polls 
 the  voice.  serving  in  their  ministra- 
 tions. ^  The  sons  of  Asaph ;  Sacchur, 
 Joseph,  and  Nathanias,  and  Erael : 
 the  sons  of  Asaph  toere  next  the  king. 
 ^  To  Idithun  were  reckoned  the  sons  of 
 Llithun,  GodoUas,  and  Suri,  and  Iseas, 
 and  Asabias,  and  jMatthathias,  six  after 
 their  father  Idithun,  sounding  loudly 
 on  the  harp  thanksgiving  and  praise  to 
 the  Lord.  ^  To  -^man  ivere  reckoned 
 the  sons  of  iEman,  Bukias,  and  ]\Iat- 
 thanias,  and  Oziel,  and  Subael,  and 
 Jerimoth,  and  Ananias,  and  Anan, 
 and  Hcliatha,  and  GodoUathi,  and 
 Eomctthiezer,  and  Jesbasaca,  and  Mal- 
 
 +  Gr.  his. 
 t  ffr.  'Apaafi. 
 Heb.    11D«"in 
 
 lithi,  and  Otheri,  and  IMeazoth.  ^All 
 these  ^cere  the  sons  of  jEman  the  king's 
 chief  player  in  the  praises  +  Gr.  word, 
 of  God,  to  lift  up  the  horn.  And  God 
 gave  to  iEman  fourteen  sons,  and  three 
 daughters.  "AH  these  sang  hymns  "with 
 their  father  in  the  house  of  God,  with 
 cymbals,  and  lutes,  and  harps,  for  the 
 service  of  the  house  oi"  God,  near  the 
 king,  and  Asaph,  and  Idithun,  and 
 iEinan.  ''And  the  number  of  them 
 after  their  brethren,  those  instructed  to 
 sing  to  God,  every  one  that  under- 
 stood suKjuKj  was  two  hundred  and 
 eighty-eight. 
 
 **  And  they  also  cast  lots  ^  for  the 
 daily  courses,  for  the  great  +  Gr.  of. 
 and  the  small  of  them,  of  the  perfect 
 ones  and  the  learners.  ^And  the  first 
 lot  of  his  sons  and  of  his  brethren 
 came  forth  to  Asaph  the  son  of  Joseph, 
 namely,  Godolias:  the  second  Heneia, 
 his  sons  and  his  brethren  being  twelve. 
 '"  The  third  Zacchur,  his  sons  and  his 
 brethren  were  twelve :  "  the  fourth 
 Jesri,  his  sons  and  his  brethren  were 
 twelve  :  ''^  the  fifth  Nathan,  his  sons 
 and  his  brethren,  twelve :  '^  the  sixth 
 Bukias,  his  sons  and  his  brethren, 
 twelve :  '''  the  seventh  Iseriel,  his  sons 
 and  liis  brethren,  twelve :  '''  the  eighth 
 Josia,  his  sons  and  his  brethren,  twelve : 
 '"the  ninth  INIatthanias,  his  sons  and 
 his  brethren,  twelve:  '^the  tenth  Se- 
 meia,  his  sons  and  his  brethren,  twelve: 
 '**  the  eleventh  Asriel,  his  sons  and  his 
 brethren,  twelve  :  ''•'  the  twelfth  Asa- 
 bia,  his  sons  and  his  brethren,  twelve : 
 ^''the  thirteenth  Subael,  his  sons  and 
 his  brethren,  twelve:  ^' the  fourteenth' 
 IMatthathias,  his  sons  and  his  brethren, 
 twelve :  '^'^  the  fifteenth  Jerimoth,  his 
 sons  and  his  brethren,  twelve:  ^^the 
 sixteenth  Anania,  his  sons  and  his 
 bretliren,  twelve  :  *''  the  seventeenth 
 Jesbasaca,  his  sons  and  his  brethren, 
 twelve :  ^^  the  eighteenth  Ananias,  his 
 sons  and  his  brethren,  twelve:  ''"'the 
 nineteenth  Mallitlii,  his  sons  and  his 
 brethren,  twelve  :  "^^  the  twentieth 
 Hcliatha,   his  sons  and  his  brethren, 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  28. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 CiiAP.  XXVI.  V.  28. 
 
 twelve :  ^**  the  twenty-first  Otheri,  his 
 sons  and  his  brethren,  twelve:  ^^  the 
 twenty-second  Godollathi,  his  sons  and 
 his  brethren,  twelve :  ^"  the  twenty- 
 third  IMeazoth,  his  sons  and  his  breth- 
 ren, twelve  :  ^'  the  twenty-fourth  Ro- 
 metthiezer,  his  sons  and  his  brethren, 
 twelve. 
 
 26.  And  for  the  divisions  of  the 
 gates:  the  sons  of  the  Korites  7vere 
 Mosellemia,  of  the  sons  of  Asaph. 
 '^  And  j\losellemia's  first-born  son  urns 
 Zacharias,  the  second  Jadiel,  the  third 
 Zabadia,  the  fourth  Jenuel,  ^.  the  fifth 
 Jolam,  the  sixth  Jonathan,  the  seventh 
 Elionai,  the  eighth  Abdcdom.  ^And 
 to  Abdedom  there  loere  horn  sons, 
 Samaias  the  first-born,  Jozabath  the 
 second,  Joath  the  third,  Sachar  the 
 foui-th,  Nathanael  the  fifth,  ^Amiel  the 
 sixth,  Issachar  the  seventh,  Phelatlii 
 the  ei^'hth :  for  God  blessed  him. 
 ^  And  to  Samaias  his  son  were  born  the 
 
 word  niitrmis'  ^°^^  °^  ^^^^  first-bom  ^  chiefs 
 lated  by  Lxx.  ovcr  the  houso  of  their 
 father,  for  they  were  mighty.  ''The 
 sons  of  Samai;  Othni,  and  Raphael, 
 and  Obed,  and  Elzabath,  and  Achiud, 
 t  Gr.  sons,  mighty  ^  men,  HeHu,  and 
 Sabacliia,  and  Isbacom.  '^All  these 
 2oere  of  the  sons  of  Abdedom,  they  and 
 their  sons  and  their  brethren,  doing 
 miglitily  in  service  :  in  all  sixty-two 
 born  to  Abdedom.  ^And  Mosellemia 
 had  eighteen  sons  and  brethren,  mighty 
 men.  '"And  to  Osa  of  the  sons  of 
 INferari  there  were  born  sons,  keeping 
 the  dominion;  though  he  was  not  the 
 fii'st-born,  yet  his  father  made  him 
 chief  of  the  "second  division.  '  ^  Chel- 
 kias  the  second,  Tablai  the  third, 
 Zacharias  the  fourth  :  all  these  loere 
 the  sons  and  brethren  of  Osa,  thir- 
 teen. '^  To  these  loere  assigned  the 
 divisions  of  the  gates,  to  the  chiefs 
 of  the  mighty  men  the  daily  courses, 
 even  their  brethren,  to  minister  in 
 the  house  of  the  Lord.  '^And 
 they  cast  lots  for  the  small  as  well 
 as    for    the    great,     for    the     several 
 
 461 
 
 gates,    according    to  ^  their   families. 
 
 ''*And   the    lot   of   the    east       t  Houses  of, 
 
 gates  fell  to  Selemias,  and  ^*^' 
 Zacharias:  the  sons  of  Soaz  cast  lots 
 for  JMelchias,  and  the  lot  came  out 
 northward.  ''^  To  Abdedom  they  gave 
 by  lot  the  south,  opposite  the  house  of 
 Esephim.  '*'  They  gave  the  lot  for  the 
 second  to  Osa  westward,  after  the  gate 
 of  the  chamber  by  the  ascent,  watch 
 against  watch.  '^  Eastward  were  six 
 watchmen  in  the  day;  northward  four 
 by  the  day ;  southward  four  by  the 
 day ;  and  two  at  the  Esephim,  ^**  to 
 relieve  guard,  also  for  Osa  westward 
 after  the  chamber-gate,  three.  There 
 loas  a  ward  over  against  the  ward  of 
 the  ascent  eastward,  six  men  in  a  day, 
 and  four  for  the  north,  and  four  lor 
 the  south,  and  at  the  Esephim  two  to 
 relieve  guard,  and  four  by  the  west,  and 
 two  to  relieve  guard  at  the  pathway. 
 ^^  These  are  the  divisions  of  the  porters 
 for  the  sons  of  Core,  and  to  the  sons  of 
 j\[erari.  ^"  And  the  Levites  their  breth- 
 ren tvere  over  the  treasures  of  the  house 
 of  the  Lord,  and  over  the  treasures  of 
 the  hallowed  things.  ^'  These  ivere 
 the  sons  of  Ladan,  the  sons  of  the  Ger- 
 sonite :  to  Ladan  belonged  the  heads  of 
 the  famihes :  the  son  of  Ladan  the  Ger- 
 sonite  iiias  Jeiel.  ^^  The  sons  of  Jeiel 
 ivere  Zethom,  and  Joel;  brethren  who 
 were  over  the  treasures  of-  the  house  of 
 the  Lord.  ^^  To  Ambram  and  Issaar 
 belonged  Chebron,  and  Ozicl.  ^^  And 
 Subael  the  son  of  Gersam,  the  son  of 
 Moses,  was  over  the  treasures.  ^''And 
 Rabias  was  son  to  his  brother  Eliezer, 
 and  so  teas  Josias,  and  Joram,  and 
 Zechri,  and  Salomoth.  ^^  This  Salo- 
 moth  and  his  brethren  were  over  all 
 the  sacred  treasures,  which  David  the 
 king  and  the  heads  of  families  conse- 
 crated, and  the  captains  of  thousands 
 and  captains  of  hundreds,  and  princes 
 of  the  host,  "^^  things  which  he  took  out 
 of  cities  and  from  the  spoils,  and  conse- 
 crated some  of  them,  so  that  the  build- 
 ing of  the  house  of  God  should  not 
 want  supplies  ;  ^^  and  over  all  the  lioly 
 
Chap.  xxvi.  v.  29. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap,  xxvii.  u.  18. 
 
 things  of  God  dedicated  by  Samuel  the 
 prophet,  and  Saul  the  son  of  Kis,  and 
 Abenner  the  son  of  Ner,  and  Joab  the 
 son  of  Saruia,  whatsoever  they  sancti- 
 +  Gr.  by.  fied  loas  under  ^  the  liand 
 of  Salomoth  and  his  brethren.  ^^  For 
 +  Gr.  issaarite.  the  Issaaritcs, ''  Clionenia, 
 and  his  sons  were  over  the  outward 
 ministration  over  Israel,  to  record  and 
 
 +  Gr.  Chebro-    tO  judgC.       ^°For  the  '^  CllC- 
 
 ™^^'  bronites,   Asabias    and   liis 
 
 brethren,  a  thousand  and  seven  hun- 
 dred mighty  men,  were  over  the  charge 
 of  Israel  beyond  Jordan  westward,  for 
 all  the  service  of  the  Lord  and  work 
 of  the  king.  ^^  Of  the  family  of 
 Chebron  Urias  ivas  chief,  even  of 
 the  Chebronites  according  to  their 
 generations,  according  to  their  fami- 
 lies. 
 
 In  the  fortieth  year  of  his  reign  they 
 were  numbered,  and  there  were  found 
 tGr.amighty  ^  mighty  men  among  them 
 ■»*"•  in  Jazer  of  Galaad.     32And 
 
 his  brethren  ivere  two  thousand  seven 
 hundred  mighty  men,  chiefs  of  their 
 families,  and  king  David  set  them  over 
 the  Rubenites,  and  the  Gaddites,  and 
 the  half- tribe  of  Manasse,  for  every 
 ordinance  of  the  Lord,  and  business 
 of  the  king. 
 
 27.  Now  the  sons  of  Israel  accord- 
 ing to  their  number,  heads  of  families, 
 captains  of  thousands  and  captains  of 
 hundreds,  and  scribes  ministering  to 
 the  king,  and  for  every  affair  of  the 
 king  according  to  their  divisions,  ^for 
 
 i  A/ex.  ndvTa.  cvcry  ordinaucc  of  coming 
 in  and  going  out  monthly,  for  all  the 
 months  of  the  year,  one  division  of 
 them  icas  twenty-four  thousand.  ^And 
 over  the  first  division  of  the  first 
 month    joas  Isboaz  the  son    of  Zab- 
 
 t  Gr.  over,  dicl :  in  ^  his  division  were 
 twenty-four  thousand.  ^  Of  the  sons 
 of  Tharez  one  was  chief  of  all  the 
 captains  of  the  host  for  the  first 
 month.  "*  And  over  the  division 
 of  the  second  month  was  Dodia  the 
 son  of  Ecchoc,  and  over  his  division 
 
 was  Makelloth  also  chief;  and  *  in  his 
 division   ivere   twenty  and    +  ^^  ^^^^ 
 four  thousand,  ^  chief  men    t ,-.  e.  nb« 
 
 of    the     host.       •''  The     third    taken  for  both 
 
 for  the  third  month  ivas  thousand,^  see 
 Banaias  son  of  Jodac  the  ^**- 
 chief  priest:  and  Mn  his  ^^-o^^- 
 division  were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 
 *"  This  Banseas  was  more  mighty  than 
 the  thirty,  and  over  the  thirty:  and 
 Zabad  his  son  ivas  over  his  division. 
 ^  The  fourth  for  the  fourth  month  was 
 Asael  the  brother  of  Joab,  and  Zaba- 
 dias  his  son,  and  his  brethren:  and  in 
 his  division  we7'e  twenty  and  four  thou- 
 sand. "^  The  fiftli  chief  for  the  fifth 
 month  7vas  Samaoth  the  Jezraite,  and 
 in  his  division  tvere  twenty  and  four 
 thousand.  ^  The  sixth  for  the  sixth 
 month  was  Hoduias  the  son  of  Ekkes 
 the  Thecoite :  and  in  his  division  were 
 twenty  and  four  thousand.  ^°  The 
 seventh  for  the  seventh  month  tvas 
 Clielles  of  Phallus  of  the  children  of 
 Ephraim :  and  in  his  division  were 
 twenty  and  four  thousand.  '^  The 
 eio;hth  for  the  eighth  month  was  So- 
 bochai  the  Usathite,  belong inr/  to  Zarai : 
 and  in  his  division  loere  twenty  and  four 
 thousand.  '^  The  ninth  for  the  ninth 
 month  teas  Abiczcr  of  Anathoth,  of 
 the  land  of  Benjamin :  and  in  his  divi- 
 sion were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 
 '^  The  tenth  for  the  tenth  month  icas 
 Mecra  the  Nctophathite,  helomjing  to 
 Zarai :  and  in  his  division  were  twenty 
 and  four  thousand.  '■*  The  eleventh 
 for  the  eleventh  month  teas  Banaias  of 
 Pharathon,  of  the  sons  of  Ephraim: 
 and  in  liis  division  were  twenty  and 
 four  thousand.  '•"'  The  twelfth  for  the 
 twelfth  month  xims  Choldia  the  Neto- 
 phathite,  belonging  to  Gothoniel:  and 
 in  his  division  were  twenty  and  four 
 thousand. 
 
 ""  And  over  the  tribes  of  Israel,  the 
 chief  for  Ruben  was  Eliezer  the  son  of 
 Zechri:  for  Symeon,  Saphatias  the  son 
 of  Maacha :  '^  for  Levi,  Asabias  the 
 son  of  Camuel :  for  Aaron,  Sadoc: 
 '^  for  Juda,  Eliab  of  the  brethren  of 
 
Chap,  xxvii.  v.  19. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap,  xxviii.  v.  8. 
 
 David :  foi'  Issachar,  Ambri  the  son  of 
 IVIichael:  ^^for  Zabulon,  SamjBas  the 
 son  of  Abdiu:  for  Nephthali,  Jeri- 
 moth  the  son  ofOziel:  -"for  Ephraim, 
 Ose  the  son  of  Ozia :  for  the  half-tribe 
 of  MaDasse,  Joel  the  son  of  Phadaaa: 
 ^'  for  the  half-tribe  of  Manasse  in  the 
 land  of  Galaad,  Jadai  the  son  of  Za- 
 dasas,  for  the  sons  of  Benjamin,  Jasiel 
 the  son  of  Abenner:  ^^for  Dan,  Aza- 
 riel  the  son  of  Iroab:  these  are  the 
 chiefs  of  the  tribes  of  Isiael. 
 
 '^^  But  David  took  not  their  number 
 from  twenty  years  old  and  under :  be- 
 cause the  Lord  said  that  he  would  mul- 
 tiply Israel  as  the  stars  of  the  heaven. 
 ^^And  Joab  the  son  of  Saruia  began  to 
 number  the  people,  and  did  not  finish 
 the  work,  for  there  was  hereupon  wrath 
 on  Israel ;  and  the  number  was  not  re- 
 corded in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of 
 king  David.  ^'^  And  over  the  king's 
 treasures  loas  Asmoth  the  son  of  Odiel ; 
 and  over  the  treasures  in  the  country, 
 and  in  the  towns,  and  in  the  villages, 
 and  in  the  towers,  teas  Jonathan  the 
 son  of  Ozia.  ^''And  over  the  husband- 
 men who  tilled  the  ground  loas  Esdri 
 the  son  of  Chelub.  '^^And  over  the 
 fields  ivas  Semei  of  Rael ;  and  over  the 
 treasures  of  wine  in  the  fields  was 
 Zabdi  the  son  of  Sephni.  ^'^  And 
 over  the  oliveyards,  and  over  the  syca- 
 mores in  the  plain  country  was  Balla- 
 nan  the  Gedorite;  and  over  the  stores 
 of  oil  loas  Joas.  ^^And  over  the  oxen 
 pasturing  in  Saron  loas  Satrai  the  Sa- 
 ronite ;  and  over  the  oxen  in  the 
 valleys  was  Sophat  the  son  of  Adli. 
 ^"And  over  the  camels  was  Abias  the 
 IsmaeUte;  and  over  the  asses  was  Ja- 
 dias  of  Merathon.  ^'And  over  the 
 sheep  ivas  ^'A7ax  the  Agarite.  All 
 these  zvere  superintendents  of  the  sub- 
 stance of  king  David.  ^^And  Jona- 
 than, David's  uncle  by  the  father's  side, 
 was  a  counsellor,  a  wise  man :  and  Jeel 
 the  son  of  Achami  teas  with  the  king's 
 sons.  ^^  Achitophel  teas  the  king's 
 counsellor :  and  Chusi  the  chief  friend 
 of  the  king.     ^'*And  after  this  Achito- 
 
 4G3 
 
 phel  Jodae  the  son  of  Banseas  came 
 next,  and  Abiathar :  and  Joab  toas  the 
 king's  commander-in-chief. 
 
 28.  And  David  assembled  all  the 
 chief  men  of  Israel,  the  chief  of  the 
 judges,  and  all  the  chief  men  of  the 
 courses  of  attendance  on  the  person  of 
 the  king,  and  the  captains  of  thousands 
 and  hundreds,  and  the  treasurers,  and 
 the  lords  of  his  substance,  and  of  all 
 the  king's  property,  and  of  his  sons, 
 together  with  the  eunuchs,  and  the 
 mighty  men,  and  the  warriors  of  the 
 army,  at  Jerusalem.  ^And  David 
 stood  in  the  midst  of  the  assembly,  and 
 said.  Hear  me,  my  brethren,  and  my 
 people:  it  was  in  my  heart  to  build  a 
 house  of  rest  ^  for  the  ark  of  +  Gr.  of. 
 the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  and  a  ^  place 
 for  the  feet  of  our  Lord,  +  ffr.  standing. 
 and  I  prepared  materials  suitable  for 
 the  building :  ^  but  God  said,  Thou 
 shalt  not  build  me  a  house  to  call  my 
 name  upon  it,  for  thou  art  a  man  of 
 war,  and  hast  shed  blood.  "*  Yet  the 
 Lord  God  of  Israel  chose  ^  me  ^  out  of 
 the  whole  house  of  my  +(?,-.  in  me. 
 father  to  be  king  over  Israel  Hebraism. 
 for  ever ;  and  he  chose  Juda  ^  ^'''  ^^°"^' 
 as  the  kingly  house,  and  out  of  the 
 house  of  Juda  he  chose  the  house  of 
 my  father ;  and  among  the  sons  of  my 
 father  he  preferred  ^  me,  tliat  +gc.  in  me. 
 I  should  be  king  over  all  Israel.  ^And 
 of  all  my  sons,  (for  the  Lord  has  given 
 me  many  sons,)  he  has  chosen  Solo- 
 mon my  son,  ^  to  set  him  +or,  to  place 
 on  the  throne  of  the  king-  ^^'^' 
 dom  of  the  Lord  over  Israel.  ^  And 
 God  said  to  me,  Solomon  thy  son  shall 
 build  my  house  and  my  court :  for  I 
 have  chosen  him  to  be  my  son,  and  I 
 will  be  to  him  a  father.  "^  And  I  will 
 establish  his  kingdom  for  ever,  if  he 
 continue  to  keep  my  commandments, 
 and  my  iudo-ments,  ^as  at  .^^'.'-  as  "lis 
 
 ,1  •         T       '^       s'  A      1  day  IS.     Very 
 
 this    day.      ''Ana   now   I  common. 
 charge  you  before  the  whole  assembly 
 of  the  Lord,   and  in  the  audience  of 
 our  God,  keep  and  seek  all  the  com- 
 
Chap,  xxviti.  v.  9. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xxix.  v.  5. 
 
 mandments  of  the  Lord  our  God,  tliat 
 
 je  may  inherit   the   good  land,  and 
 leave  it  for  your  sons  to  inherit   after 
 
 you  for  ever. 
 
 ^And  now,  m7/  son  Solomon,  know 
 the  God  of  thy  fathers,  and  serve  him 
 with  a  perfect  heart  and  willing  soul : 
 for  the  Lord  searches  all  hearts,  and 
 knows  every  thought :  if  thou  seek 
 him,  he  will  be  found  of  thee;  but  if 
 thou  shouldest  forsake  him,  he  will 
 forsake  thee  for  ever.  ^^  See  now,  for 
 the  Lord  has  chosen  thee  to  build  him 
 a  house  for  a  sanctuary,  be  strong  and 
 do  if.  ''And  David  gave  Solomon  Iris 
 son  the  plan  of  the  temple,  and  its 
 buildings,  and  its  treasuries,  and  its 
 upper  chambers,  and  the  inner  store- 
 
 t  Gr.  house,   rooms,   and  the  ^  place  of 
 the  atonement,  '^  and  the  plan  which 
 
 t  Gr.  spirit,  he  had  in  liis  ^  mind  of  the 
 courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  of 
 all  the  chambers  round  about,  designed 
 for  the  treasuries  of  the  house  of  God, 
 and  of  the  treasuries  of  the  holy  things, 
 and  of  the  chambers  for  resting:  '^and 
 the  plan  of  the  courses  of  the  priests 
 and  Levites,  for  all  the  work  of  the 
 service  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
 of  the  stores  of  vessels  for  minis- 
 tration of  the  service  of  the  house  of 
 the  Lord.  '■*  And  he  gave  Mm  the  ac- 
 count of  their  weight,  both  of  gold 
 and  silver  vessels.  '^  He  gave  him  the 
 weiccht  of  the  candlesticks,  and  of  the 
 
 lamps 
 
 He  gave  him  likewise  the 
 
 weight  of  the  tables  of  ^shewbread,  of 
 +  G/-.  tables  gj^y]-^  table  of  o-old,  andhke- 
 
 of  the  settuig        ,  /•      i  ?  7  •      -i 
 
 forth.  Wise    01   the  tables  of    sil- 
 
 ver :  '^  also  of  the  flesh-hooks,  and 
 vessels  for  drink-offering,  and  golden 
 bowls:  and  the  weight  of  the  gold  and 
 silver  articles,  and  censers,  and  bowls, ^ 
 f  K^<i,ovpe,Heh.  accordino;  to  the  weight  of 
 
 word  111  Greek  f^    a       i     1  P  i 
 
 letters.  cach.       "*  And  he  sliowcd 
 
 him  the  Aveight  of  the  utensils  of  the 
 altar  of  incense,  which  v)as  of  ^  pure 
 +  Gr.  tried  or  gold,  and  tlic  plan   of  the 
 approve  chariot  of  the  cherubs  that 
 
 +  Gr.  with  their  .,  +    i      • 
 
 wings.  spread    out   ^  their    wings, 
 
 and  overshadowed  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
 
 464 
 
 nant  of  the  Lord.  '■'  Da^dd  gave  all 
 to  Solomon  in  the  Lord's  handwriting, 
 according  to  the  knowledge  given  him 
 of  the  work  of  the  pattern.  ^"And 
 David  said  to  Solomon  his  son,  Be 
 strong,  and  play  the  man,  and  do :  fear 
 not,  neither  be  terrified;  for  the  Lord 
 my  God  is  with  thee ;  he  will  not  for- 
 sake thee,  and  will  not  fail  thee,  until 
 thou  hast  finished  all  the  work  of  the 
 service  of  the  house  of  the  Lord.  And 
 behold  the  pattern  of  the  templc)  even 
 his  house,  and  its  ^  treasury,  +  Gr.  iaKxS>. 
 and  the  upper  chambers,  ThefesTwords 
 and  the  inner  store-rooms,  of  this  verse 
 
 SGGni  to    DG  &11 
 
 and  the  ^  place  of  propitia-  mterpoiauon. 
 tion,  and  the  plan  of  the    +  <?'•■  house, 
 house  of  the  Lord.     '^'  And  see,   here 
 are  the  courses  of  the  priests  and  Le- 
 vites for  all  the  service  of  the  house  of 
 the  Lord,  and  there  shall  he  with  thee 
 men   for    every    workmanship,^    and 
 every  one  of  ready  skill  in  '  or,  sen-ice. 
 every  art :  also  the  chief  men  and  all 
 the   people,   ready  for  all    thy   com- 
 mands. 
 
 29.  And  David  the  king  said  to  all 
 the  congregation,  Solomon  my  son 
 ^whom  the  Lord  has  chosen,  t  Gr.  whom 
 is  young  and  tender,  and  "*'*™- 
 the  work  is  great;  for  it  is  not  for 
 man,  but  for  the  Lord  God.  ^  I  have 
 prepared  according  to  all  my  might  for 
 the  house  of  my  God  gold,  silver, 
 brass,  iron,  wood,  onyx  stones,  and- 
 costly  and  variegated  stones  for  setting, 
 and  every  precious  stone,  and  much 
 Parian  marble.  ^And  still  farther,  be- 
 cause I  took  pleasure  in  the  house  of 
 my  God,  1  have  gold  and  silver  which 
 I  have  procured  for  myself,  and, 
 behold,  I  have  given  them  to  the  house 
 of  my  God  ^  over  and  above,  +  Gr.  for,  or 
 beyond  what  1  have  pre-  *°  J,!' house  of 
 pared  for  the  ^holy  house,  holy  things. 
 "*  Tlirec  thousand  talents  of  gold  of 
 Suphir,  and  seven  thousand  talents 
 of  fine  silver,  for  the  overlaying  of  the 
 walls  of  the  sanctuary :  ^for  thee  to  use 
 tlie  gold  for  things  of  gold,  and  the 
 
Chap.  xxix.  v.  6. 
 
 CHRONICLES  I. 
 
 Chap.  xxix. 
 
 V.  y,7. 
 
 silver  for  tilings  of  silver,  and  for 
 every  work  by  the  hand  of  the  artifi- 
 cers.    And  who  is  wilHng  to  ^  dedi- 
 
 +  Or.  mi  his     cate   himself  in  work  this 
 ^^'^-  day  for  the  Lord?     <5  Then 
 
 the  heads  of  famihes,  and  the  princes 
 of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  the 
 captains  of  thousands  and  captains 
 of  hundreds,  and  the  overseers  of 
 the  works,  and  the  king's  builders, 
 offered  wilhngly.  ''And  they  gave 
 for  the  works  of  the  house  of  the 
 Lord  five  thousand  talents  of  gold, 
 and  ten  thousand  gold  pieces,  and  ten 
 thousand  talents  of  silver,  and  eighteen 
 thousand  talents  of  brass,  and  a  hun- 
 dred thousand  talents  of  iron.  ^  And 
 they  who  had  precious  stone,  gave  it 
 into  the  treasuries  of  the  house  of 
 the  Lord  by  the  hand  of  Jeiel  the 
 Gedsonite.  ^And  the  people  rejoiced 
 because  of  the  wilHngness,  for  they 
 ofiered  wilhngly  to  the  Lord  with  a 
 full  heart :  and  king  David  rejoiced 
 greatly. 
 
 ^^  And  king  David  blessed  the  Lord 
 before  the  congregation,  saying.  Bless- 
 ed art  thou,  O  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
 our  father,  from  everlasting  and  to 
 everlasting.  ^*  Thine,  0  Lord,  is  the 
 greatness,  and  the  power,  and  the 
 t  Gr.  boasting.  ^  glory,  and  the  victory,  and 
 the  might:  for  thou  art  Lord  of  all 
 things  that  are  in  heaven  and  upon  the 
 earth :  before  thy  face  every  king  and 
 nation  is  troubled.  ^^  From  thee  come 
 wealth  and  glory:  thou,  0  Lord,  rulest 
 over  aU,  the  lord  of  all  dominion,  and 
 in  thy  hand  is  strength  and  rule ;  and 
 thou  art  almighty  with  thy  hand  to 
 increase  and  establish  all  things.  '^And 
 now.  Lord,  we  give  thanks  to  thee,  and 
 
 +  Gr.  the        praise  ^  thy  glorious  name. 
 
 name  of  thy       V,  -r,  i  ^    t 
 
 boasting.  '*  Jiut  who  am  1,  and  what 
 is  my  people,  that  we  have  been  able 
 to  be  thus  forward  in  offering/  to  thee? 
 for  all  things  are  thine,  and  of  thine 
 own  have  we  given  thee,  for  we  are 
 strangers  before  thee,  ''^  and  sojourn- 
 ers, as  all  our  fathers  were:  our  days 
 upon  the  earth  are  as  a  shadow,  and 
 
 there  is  no  remaining.  "'0  Lord  our 
 God,  as  for  all  this  abundance  which  I 
 have  prepared  that  a  house  should 
 be  bidlt  to  thy  holy  name,  it  is  of  thy 
 hand,  and  all  is  thine.  '^  And  I  know, 
 Lord,  that  thou  art  he  that  searches 
 the  hearts,  and  thou  lovest  righteous- 
 ness. I  have  willingly  offered  all  these 
 things  in  simpHcity  of  heart ;  and  now 
 I  have  seen  with  joy  thy  people  here 
 ^present,  wilHno;ly  ofierinff    +Gi-. found. 
 
 ■*-  o  ./  o    ggg  jjeb  •  also 
 
 to  thee.     ^*  0  Lord  God  of  ps.  46.  iV 
 Abraham,   and  Isaac,  and  Israel,  our 
 fathers,  preserve  these  things  in  the 
 thought  of  the  heart  of  thy  people  for 
 ever,  and  direct  their  hearts  to  thee. 
 '^  And   to    Solomon    my    son    give  a 
 good  heart,  to  perform  thy  command- 
 ments, and  to  observe  thy    tcr.  prepa- 
 testimonies,  and  thine  ordi-  '■**^°"- 
 nances,  and  to  accompHsh  the  ''^ building 
 of  thy  house. 
 
 ^^  And  David  said  to  the  whole  con- 
 gregation, Bless  ye  the  Lord  our  God. 
 And  all  the  congregation  blessed  the 
 Lord  God  of  their  fathers,  and  they 
 bowed  the  knee  and  worshipped  the 
 Lord,  and  did  obeisance  to  the  king. 
 ^'  And  David  sacrificed  to  the  Lord, 
 and  offered  up  whole-burnt-oSerings 
 to  the  Lord  on  the  morrow  after  the 
 first  day,  a  thovisand  calves,  a  thousand 
 rams,  a  thousand  lambs,  and  their 
 drink-offerings,  and  sacrifices  in  abund- 
 ance for  all  Israel.  ^^And  they  ate 
 and  drank  joyfully  that  day  before  the 
 Lord :  and  they  made  Solomon  son  of 
 David  king  a  second  time,  and  anoint- 
 ed him  king  before  the  Lord,  and 
 Sadoc  to  the  priesthood.  ^^  And  Solo- 
 mon sat  upon  the  throne  of  his  father 
 David,  and  was  highly  honoured ;  and 
 all  Israel  obeyed  him.  ^'*  The  princes, 
 and  the  mighty  men,  and  all  the  sons 
 of  king  David  his  father,  were  subject 
 to  him.  ^'^And  the  Lord  magnified 
 Solomon  over  all  Israel,  and  gave  him 
 royal  glory,  *  such  as  was  +  Gr.  which 
 not  upon  any  king  before  ^^^°°*- 
 him.  -''  And  David  the  son  of  Jessfe 
 reigned  over  Israel  forty  years;  ^"^ seven 
 31 
 
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 years  in  Chebron,  and  tliirty-tliree 
 years  in  Jerusalem.  '^'*And  he  died 
 in  a  good  old  age,  full  of  days,  in 
 wealth,  and  glory:  and  Solomon  his 
 son  reigned  in  his  stead.  ^'■'And  the 
 rest  of  the  acts  of  David,  the  former 
 and  the  latter,  are  written  in  the  liis- 
 
 tory  of  Samuel  the  seer,  and  in  the 
 history  of  Nathan  the  prophet,  and  in 
 the  history  of  Gad  the  seer,  ^"concern- 
 ing all  his  reign,  and  his  power,  and 
 the  times  which  went  over  him,  and 
 over  Israel,  and  over  all  the  kingdoms 
 of  the  earth. 
 
 CHRONICLES    II. 
 
 CHAPTER  I.  Verses  1—14. 
 
 1.  SO  Solomon  the  son  of  David 
 +  ^to.  Second  was  established  over  his 
 supplement's    kingdom,  and  the  Lord  his 
 
 of  the  Reigns      Qq^     y^^^     ^it}l     Jli^       and 
 of  the  house  of    .  t    i  •  t       i 
 
 Juda.  mcreased  him  exceedmgly. 
 
 ^  And  Solomon  spoke  to  all  Israel, 
 to  the  captains  of  thousands,  and  to  the 
 captains  of  hundreds,  and  to  the  judges, 
 t  Gr.  before,  and  to  all  the  rulers  ^  over 
 Israel,  even  the  heads  of  the  families. 
 ^And  Solomon  and  all  the  congregation 
 went  to  the  high  place  that  was  in 
 Gabaon,  where  was  God's  tabernacle  of 
 witness,  which  Moses  the  servant  of 
 the  Lord  made  in  the  wilderness.  *  But 
 David  had  brought  up  the  ark  of  God 
 out  of  the  city  of  Cariathiarim ;  for 
 David  had  prepared  a  place  for  it,  for 
 he  had  pitched  a  tabernacle  for  it  in 
 Jerusalem.  ^And  the  brazen  altar 
 which  Beseleel  the  son  of  Urias,  the 
 son  of  Or,  had  made,  was  there  before 
 the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord:  and  Solo- 
 mon and  the  congregation  inquired  at 
 it.  ^  And  Solomon  brought  victims 
 thither  to  the  brazen  altar  that  was 
 before  the  Lord  in  the  tabernacle,  and 
 offered  vipon  it  a  thousand  whole-burnt- 
 offerings.  "^  In  that  night  God  appeared 
 to  Solomon,  and  said  to  him.  Ask  what 
 I  shall  give  thee.  *  And  Solomon  said 
 to  God,  Thou  hast  dealt  very  merci- 
 fully with  my  father  David,  and  hast 
 
 made   me   king   in  his  stead.     ''And 
 now,    0  Lord   God,  let,  I  pray  thee, 
 thy    ^  name  be  established    +  Heb.  thy 
 upon  David  my  father;  for  "''"''''■ 
 thou  hast  made  me  king  over  a  people 
 numerous  as    the   dust  of  the   earth. 
 ^°  Now  give  me  wisdom  and  under- 
 standing,   ^  that    I   may    go     t  Gr.  and  I 
 out  and  come  in  before  this  ^^*^' 
 people:  for  who  shall  judge  this  thy 
 great  people?    ^'And  God  said  to  Solo- 
 mon, Because  this  was  in  thy  heart, 
 and  thou  hast  not  asked  great  wealth, 
 nor  glory,  nor  the  hfe  of  thine  ene- 
 mies,   and  thou  hast  not  asked  long 
 life ;  but  hast  asked  for  thyself  wisdom 
 and  understanding,  that  thou  mightest 
 judge  my  people,  over  whom  I  have 
 made  thee  king  :  ^^  I  give  thee  this^ 
 wisdom  and  understanding ;   +  Gr.  the. 
 and  I  will  give  thee  wealth,  and  riches, 
 and  glory,  ^  so   that   there    t  or.  has  not 
 shall  not  "have  been  anij  like  '''=*^"'  **^- 
 thee  among  the  kings  before  thee,  nei- 
 ther shall  there  be  such  after  ^  thee. 
 '^And  Solomon  came  from    +Gr.  thus, 
 the^  high  place  that  was  in    +  Gr.panA. 
 Gabaon  to  Jerusalem,  from  before  the 
 tabernacle  of  witness,  and  reigned  over 
 Israel.  '''And  Solomon  collected  chariots 
 and  horsemen  :  and  he  had  fourteen 
 himdred  chariots,  and  twelve     +  cr.  left, 
 thousand  horsemen :  and  he  ^  set  them 
 
Chap.  i.  v.  15. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  ii.  v.  16. 
 
 in  the  cities  of  chariots,  and  the  people 
 were  with  the  king  in  Jerusalem. 
 '^  And  the  king  made  silver  and  gold 
 in  Jerusalem  to  be  as  stones,  and  cedars 
 in  Judea,  as  sycamores  in  the  plain  for 
 multitude.  ^'°  And  Solomon  imported 
 horses  from  Egypt,  and  the  charge  of 
 the  king's  merchants  for  going  was  as 
 
 +  Gr.  bought,  folloics,  and  they  ^  traded, 
 ^•^and  went  and  brought  out  of  Egypt 
 a  chariot  for  six  hundred  pieces  of  sil- 
 ver,   and  a  horse  for  a  hundred  and 
 
 t  So  E.  V  gfty  pieces  of  silver :  and  so 
 hands.  they    brought   lor   all    the 
 
 kings  of  the  Chettites,  and  for  the  kings 
 of  Syria  by  their  hneans. 
 
 2.  And  Solomon  said  that  he  would 
 build  a  house  to  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
 and  a  house  for  his  kingdom. '  ^  And 
 Solomon  gathered  seventy  thousand 
 +  Gr.  bearers  men  that  ^  borc  burdens, 
 on  their  backs.  ^^^^  eighty  thousand  hewers 
 
 of  stone  in  the  mountain,  and  there 
 were  three  thousand  six  hundred  super- 
 intendents over  them.  ^  And  Solomon 
 sent  to  Chiram  king  of  Tyre,  saying, 
 ^Hiereas  thou  didst  deal  favourably 
 with  David  my  father,  and  didst  send 
 liim  cedars  to  build  for  himself  a  house 
 to  dwell  in,  ^  behold,  I  also  liis  son  am 
 building  a  house  to  the  name  of  the 
 Lord  my  God,  to  consecrate  it  to  him, 
 to  burn  incense  before  liim,  and  to  offer 
 shewbread  continually,  and  to  oiFer 
 up  whole-bumt-offerings  continually 
 morning  and  evening,  and  on  the  sab- 
 baths, and  at  the  new  moons,  and  at 
 the  feasts  of  the  Lord  our  God:  this 
 is  a  perpetual  statute  for  Israel.  ^And 
 the  house  which  I  am  building  is  to  be 
 great:  for  the  Lord  our  God  is  great 
 beyond  all"  gods.  ^And  who  will  be 
 able  to  build  him  a  house?  for  the 
 heaven  and  heaven  of  ^heavens  do 
 t  Gr.  heaven,  not  ^  bear  his  glory  :  and 
 tcomp.  Be*,  -^ho    am   I,  that  I  should 
 
 and  Gr.  with  ..  _     .  .        '         . 
 
 zech.  6. 13.  build  mm  a  house,  save 
 only  to  burn  incense  before  him  ? 
 ^And  now  send  me  a  man  wise  and 
 skilled  to  work  in  gold,  and  in  silver, 
 
 467 
 
 and  in  brass,  and  in  iron,  and  in  *  pur- 
 ple, and  in  scarlet,  and  in  '^  ^'■-  ^op4>vpa, 
 blue,  and  one  that  knows  'scarlet.' 
 how  to  grave  together  with  the  crafts- 
 men who  are  with  me  in  Juda  and  in 
 Jerusalem,  which  materials  my  father 
 David  prepared.  '^And  send  me  from 
 Libanus  cedar  wood,  and  wood  of  ju- 
 niper, and  pine;  for  I  know  that  thy 
 servants  are  skilled  in  cutting  timber 
 in  Libanus:  and,  behold,  thy  servants 
 shall  go  with  my  servants,  ^  to  prepare 
 timber  for  me  in  abundance:  for  the 
 house  which  I  am  building  must  be 
 great  and  glorious.  '"And,  behold,  I 
 have  given  freely  to  thy  servants  that 
 work  and  cut  the  wood,  corn  for  food, 
 eveji  twenty  thousand  ^  mea-  +  Gr.  cors. 
 sures  of  wheat,  and  twenty  thousand 
 measures  of  barley,  and  twenty  thou- 
 sand measures  of  wine,  and  twenty 
 thousand  measures  of  oil.  "  And 
 Chiram  king  of  Tyre,  ^  an-  +  Gr.  spoke, 
 swered  in  writing,  and  sent  to  Solo- 
 mon, saying.  Because  the  Lord  loved 
 his  people,  he  ^  made  thee  +  Gr.  gave, 
 king  over  them.  ^^And  Chiram  said, 
 Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
 who  made  heaven  and  earth,  who  has 
 given  to  king  David  a  wise  son,  and 
 one  endowed  with  knowledge  and  un- 
 derstanding, who  shall  build  a  house 
 for  the  Lord,  and  a  house  for  his  king- 
 dom. '^And  now  I  have  sent  thee  a 
 wise  and  understanding  man  ^  who  be- 
 
 lonqed  to  Chiram  my  father   +^/e^-Chirani 
 , , .  ■-' .  ,  o    ^      "^y  ^°^ "'' 
 
 (^■^hlS    mother     was    OI     the    servant.  He*. 
 
 daughters  of  Dan,  and  his  —) 
 father  ivas  a  Tyrian),  skilled  to  work 
 in  gold,  and  in  silver,  and  in  brass, 
 and  in  iron,  and  in  stones  and  wood; 
 and  to  weave  with  purple,  and  blue, 
 and  fine  linen,  and  scarlet;  and  to  en- 
 grave, and  to  understand  every  device, 
 whatsoever  thou  shalt  give  him  to  do 
 with  thy  craftsmen,  and  the  craftsmen 
 of  my  lord  David  thy  father.  ^^And 
 now  let  my  lord  send  to  his  servants 
 the  wheat,  and  the  barley,  and  the  oil, 
 and  the  wine  which  he  mentioned. 
 ^^  And  we  will  cut  timber  out  of  Liba- 
 
Chap.  ii.  v.  17. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  iv.  v.  5. 
 
 nus  according  to  all  thy  need,  and  we 
 will  bring  it  on  rafts  to  the  sea  of  Joppa, 
 and  thou  shalt  bring  it  to  Jerusalem. 
 '^And  Solomon  gathered  all  the  foreign- 
 ers that  were  in  the  land  of  Israel,  after 
 the  numbering  with  which  David  his 
 father  numbered  them ;  and  there  were 
 found  a  hiuidred  and  fifty-three  thou- 
 sand six  hundred.  '*^And  he  made  of 
 them  seventy  thousand  burden -bearers, 
 and  eighty  thousand  hewers  of  stone, 
 and  three  thousand  six  hundred  task- 
 masters over  the  people. 
 
 3.  And  Solomon  began  to  build  the 
 house  of  the  Lord  in  Jerusalem  in  the 
 mount  of  Amoria,  where  the  Lord 
 appeared  to  his  father  David,  in  the 
 place  which  David  had  prepared  in  the 
 threshing-floor  of  Orna  the  Jebusite. 
 ^And  he  began  to  build  in  the  second 
 month,  in  the  fourth  year  of  his  reign. 
 ^And  thus  Solomon  began  to  build 
 the  house  of  God :  the  length  in  cubits 
 — even  the  first  measurement  from  end 
 to  end,  was  sixty  cubits,  and  the 
 breadth  twenty  cubits.  "*  And  the  por- 
 tico in  front  of  the  house,  its  length  in 
 front  of  the  breadth  of  the  house  was 
 twenty  cubits,  and  its  height  ^  a  hun- 
 t  Alex.  20  dred  and  twenty  cubits : 
 cubits.  ^^^  j^g  g.-j^  j^  within  with 
 
 pure  gold.  ^And  he  lined  the  great 
 house  with  cedar  wood,  and  gilt  it  with 
 pure  gold,  and  carved  upon  it  palm- 
 trees  and  chains.  ""And  he  garnished 
 the  house  with  precious  stones  for 
 +  Or,  lit.  glory.  ^  bcauty ;  and  he  gilt  it 
 with  gold  of  the  gold  from  Pharuim. 
 ^And  he  gilt  the  house,  and  its  i7mer 
 walls,  and  the  door-posts,  and  the  roofs, 
 and  the  doors  with  gold  ;  and  he 
 carved  cherubs  on  the  walls.  **  And 
 +  Gr.  made  hc  ^  built  the  lioly  of  holies, 
 the  house  of.  -^g  length  was  according  to 
 the  front  of  the  other  house,  tlie  breadth 
 of  the  house  ivas  twenty  cubits,  and 
 the  length  twenty  cubits:  and  he  gilt 
 it  with  pure  gf)ld  for  cherubs,  to  the 
 amount  of  six  hundred  talents.  '•'And 
 the  weight  of  the  nails,  even  the  weight 
 
 of  each  was  fifty  shekels  of  gold :  and 
 lie  gilt  the  upper  chamber  with  gold. 
 '"  And  he  made  two  chervibs  in  the 
 most  holy  house,  wood-work,  and  he 
 gilt  them  with  gold.  '^  And  the  wings 
 of  the  cherubs  were  twenty  cubits  in 
 length:  and  one  wing  of  five  cubits 
 touched  the  wall  of  the  house :  and  the 
 other  wing  of  five  cubits  touched  the 
 wing  of  the  other  cherub.^  ^  see  Appendix. 
 -^And  the  wings  of  these  cherubs  ex- 
 panded were  of  the  length  of  twenty 
 cubits :  and  they  stood  upon  their  feet, 
 and  their  faces  were  toward  the  house. 
 '^  And  he  made  the  vail  of  blue,  and 
 purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine  linen,  and 
 wove  cherubs  in  it.  ''^Also  he  made 
 in  front  of  the  house  two  pillars,  in 
 height  thirty-five  cubits,  and  their 
 chapiters  of  five  cubits.  '^  And  he 
 made  chains,  as  in  the  oracle,  and  put 
 them  on  the  heads  of  the  pillars;  and 
 he  made  a  hundred  pomegranates,  and 
 put  them  on  the  chains.  '^And  he 
 set  up  the  pillars  in  front  of  the  temple, 
 one  on  the  right  hand  and  the  other 
 on  the  left:  and  he  called  ^^?l^''^-   , 
 
 Estabhsnment 
 
 the  name  of  the  one  on  the  or  correction, 
 right  hand  ^  '  Stability,'  and  the  name 
 of  the  one  on  the  left  '  Strength.' 
 
 4.  And  he  made  a  brazen  altar,  the 
 length  of  it  twenty  cubits,  and  the 
 breadth  twenty  cubits,  and  the  height 
 ten  cubits.  ^And  he  made  the  molten 
 sea,  in  diameter  ten  cubits,  entirely 
 round,  and  the  height  of  it  five  cubits, 
 and  the  circumference  thirty  cubits. 
 ^And  beneath  it  the  Ukeness  of  calves, 
 they  compass  it  round  about :  ten 
 cubits  compass  the  laver  round  about, 
 they  cast  the  calves  ^  two  +  or.  two 
 rows  in  their  casting,  '""''^" 
 ^  wherein  they  made  them  twelve 
 calves, — three  looking  northwards, 
 and  three  westwards,  and  three  south- 
 wards, and  three  eastwards:  and  the 
 sea  was  upon  them  above,  and  their 
 hinder  parts  were  inward.  ''  And  its 
 thickness  was  a  hand-breadth,  and  its 
 brim  as  the  brim  of  a  cup,  graven  with 
 
Chap.  iv.  v.  6. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap,  v,  v.  8. 
 
 flowers  of  lilies,  holding  three  thou- 
 
 compie^eiV  ^^"^^  measurcs :  ^  and  he 
 held  them.  finished  it.  ^And  he  made 
 ten  lavers,  and  set  five  on  the  riglit 
 hand,  and  five  on  the  left,  to  wash  in 
 them  the  instruments  of  the  whole- 
 burnt-ofierings,  and  to  rinse  the  vessels 
 in  them ;  and  the  sea  was  for  the  priests 
 to  wash  in.  ^And  he  made  the  ten 
 golden  candlesticks  according  to  their 
 ment':  'ntS^a.  \  Pattern,  and  he  put  them 
 »«'»•  in  the  temple,  five  on  the 
 
 right  hand,  and  five  on  the  left.  ^And 
 he  made  ten  tables,  and  put  them  in 
 the  temple,  five  on  the  right  hand,  and 
 five  on  the  left :  and  he  made  a  hun- 
 dred golden  bowls.  ^Also  he  made 
 the  priests'  court,  and  the  great  court, 
 and  doors  to  the  court,  and  their  pan- 
 els icere  overlaid  with  brass.  •  '''And 
 he  set  the  sea  at  the  corner  of"  the  house 
 on  the  right,  as  it  were  fronting  the 
 east.  ''And  Chiram  made  the  flesh- 
 hooks,  and  the  fire-pans,  and  the  grate 
 of  the  altar,  and  all  its  instruments : 
 and  Chiram  finished  doing  all  the  work 
 which  he  wrought  for  king  Solomon 
 in  the  house  of  God:  '^  two  pillars, 
 and  upon  them  an  embossed  work  for 
 the  chapiters  on  the  heads  of  the  two 
 pillars,  and  two  nets  to  cover  the  heads 
 of  the  chapiters  which  are  on  the  heads 
 of  the  pillars  ;  '^  and  four  hundred 
 golden  bells  for  the  two  nets,  and  two 
 rows  of  pomegranates  in  each  net,  to 
 cover  the  two  embossed  rims  of  the 
 chapiters  wliich  are  upon  the  pillars. 
 '^And  he  made  the  ten  bases,  and  he 
 made  the  lavers  upon  the  bases;  '^and 
 the  one  sea,  and  the  twelve  calves 
 under  it;  "^and  the  foot-baths,  and  the 
 +  or.perhaps,  ^  buckcts,  and  the  caldrons, 
 *°"^;-  _  and  the  flesh-hooks,  and  all 
 
 their  furniture  (which  Chiram  made, 
 and  brought  to  king  Solomon  in  the 
 house  bf  the  Lord)  of  pure  brass. 
 '^  In  the  country  round  about  Jor- 
 dan the  king  cast  them,  in  the  clay 
 ground  in  the  house  of  Socchoth, 
 and  between  that  and  Saredatha. 
 '*  So  Solomon  made  all  these  vessels 
 
 in  great  abundance,  for  the  quantity 
 of  brass  failed  not.  '^And  Solomon 
 made  all  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the 
 Lord,  and  the  golden  altar,  and  the 
 tables,  and  upon  them  loere  to  be  the 
 loaves  of  shewbread;  ^"also  the  candle- 
 sticks, and  the  lamps  to  give  light  ac- 
 cording to  the  ^  pattern,  and  ^  ^'j  J"**?- 
 n\  Iront  oi  the  oracle,  of  ism. 
 pure  gold.  2' And  their  ^  snuffers,  and 
 their  lamps  loere  made,  and  +  or,  tongs. 
 he  made  the  bowls,  and  the  censers, 
 and  the  fire-pans,  of  pure  gold.  ^^And 
 there  7vas  the  inner  door  of  the  house 
 ope7iin(/  into  the  holy  of  holies,  and  he 
 made  the  inner  doors  of  the  temple  of 
 gold.  So  all  the  work  which  Solo- 
 mon wrought  for  the  house  of  the  Lord 
 was  finished. 
 
 5.  And  Solomon  brought  in  the 
 holy  things  of  his  father  David,  the 
 silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the  other 
 vessels,  and  put  them  in  the  treasury 
 of  the  house  of  the  Lord.  ^  Then  So- 
 lomon assembled  all  the  elders  of  Israel, 
 and  all  the  heads  of  the  tribes,  even 
 the  leaders  of  the  famihes  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel,  to  Jerusalem,  to  bring 
 up  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord 
 out  of  the  city  of  David, — this  is  Sion. 
 ^And  all  Israel  were  assembled  to  meet 
 the  king  in  the  feast,  this  is  the  seventh 
 month.  **  And  all  the  elders  of  Israel 
 came;  and  all  the  Levites  took  up  the 
 ark,  ^and  the  tabernacle  of  witness,  and 
 all  the  holy  vessels  that  were  in  the 
 tabernacle;  and  the  priests  and  the 
 Levites  brought  it  up.  ^And  king 
 Solomon,  and  all  the  elders  of  Israel, 
 and  the  reUgious  of  them,  and  they  of 
 them  that  were  gathered  before  the 
 ark,  ivere  sacrificing  calves  and  sheep, 
 wliich  ^  could  not  be  num-  +  Gr.  wui  not. 
 bered  or  reckoned  for  multitude.  ^And 
 the  priests  brought  in  the  ark  of  the 
 covenant  of  the  Lord  into  its  place, 
 into  the  oracle  of  the  house,  even  into 
 the  holy  of  holies,  under  the  wings  of 
 the  cherubs.  ^  And  the  cherubs  stretched 
 out  their  wings  over  the  place  of  the 
 
Chap,  v.  v.  9. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  u.  15. 
 
 +  Gr.  cove 
 nanted. 
 
 ark,  and  the  cherubs  covered  the  ark, 
 and  Its  staves  above.  ^And  the  staves 
 projected,  and  the  heads  of"  the  staves 
 were  seen  from  the  holy  place  in  front 
 of  the  oracle,  they  were  not  seen  with- 
 out :  and  there  they  were  to  this  day. 
 '°  There  was  nothing  in  the  ark  except 
 the  two  tables  which  ]\Ioscs  placed 
 there  in  Choreb,  which  God  ^  gave  in 
 covenant  with  the  children 
 of  Israel,  when  they  went 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt.  ^^And  it 
 came  to  pass,  when  the  priests  went 
 out  of  the  holy  place,  (ibr  all  the  priests 
 that  were  foimd  were  sanctified,  they 
 were  not  then  arrano^ed  accordins;  to 
 their  daily  course,)  ^'^  that  all  the  ^sing- 
 t  Or.  psalm-  ing  Lovitcs  assigned  to  the 
 singing.  gQj^g  Qf  Asaph,  to  ^man, 
 
 to  Idithun,  and  to  his  sons,  and  to  his 
 brethren,  of  them  that  were  clothed  in 
 linen  garments,  with  cymbals  and  lutes 
 and  harps,  loere  standing  before  the 
 altar,  and  with  them  a  hundred  and 
 twenty  priests,  blowing  trumpets. 
 '^And  there  was  one  voice  in  the  trum- 
 peting and  in  the  psalm-singing,  and 
 in  the  loud  utterance  with  one  voice  to 
 give  thanks  and  praise  the  Lord;  and 
 when  they  raised  their  voice  together 
 with  trumpets  and  cymbals,  and  instru- 
 ments of  music,  and  said.  Give  thanks 
 to  the  Lord,  for  it  is  good,  for  his 
 mercy  endures  for  ever: — then  the 
 house  was  filled  with  the  cloud  of  the 
 glory  of  the  Lord.  '"*  And  the  priests 
 could  not  stand  to  minister  because  of 
 the  cloud:  for  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
 filled  the  house  of  God. 
 
 6.  Then  said  vSolomon,  The  Lord 
 said  that  he  would  dwell  in  thick  dark- 
 ness. ^  But  I  have  built  a  house  to 
 thy  name,  holy  to  thee,  and  ^  prepared 
 t  Gr.  ready,  for  thee  to  dwcll  in  for  ever. 
 ^And  the  king  turned  his  face,  and 
 blessed  all  the  congregation  of  Israel : 
 and  all  the  confjreo-ation  of  Israel  stood 
 by.  ^And  he  said,  Blessed  he  the  Lord 
 God  of  Israel:  he  has  even  fulfilled 
 with  his  hands  as  he  spoke  with  his 
 
 mouth  to  my  father  David,  saying, 
 ^  From  the  day  when  I  brought  up  my 
 people  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  I 
 chose  no  city  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel, 
 to  build  a  house  that  my  name  should 
 be  there ;  neither  did  I  choose  a  man 
 to  be  a  leader  over  my  people  Israel. 
 ^  But  I  chose  Jerusalem  that  my  name 
 should  be  there ;  and  I  chose  David  to 
 be  over  my  people  Israel.  ^And  it 
 came  into  the  heart  of  David  my 
 father,  to  build  a  house  for  the  name 
 of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel.  ^  But  the 
 Lord  said  to  my  father  David,  Whereas 
 it  came  into  thy  heart  to  build  a  house 
 for  my  name,  thou  didst  well  that  it 
 came  into  thy  heart.  '^  Nevertheless 
 thou  shalt  not  build  the  house ;  for  thy 
 son  who  shall  come  forth  out  of  thy 
 loins,  he  shall  build  the  house  for  my 
 name.  '"^And  the  Lord  has  ^con- 
 firmed this  word,  which  he  ^G;-.  raised  up. 
 
 T  T    T  +       •       1  ^  Or,  made  or 
 
 spoke ;  and  1  am  raised  up  brought. 
 in  the  room  of  my  father  David,  and  I 
 sit  upon  the  throne  of  Israel  as  the 
 Lord  said,  and  I  have  built  the  house 
 for  the  name  of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel: 
 ' '  and  I  have  set  there  the  ark  in  Avhich 
 is  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  which  he 
 made  with  Israel.  '^And  he  stood 
 before  the  altar  of  the  Lord  in  the 
 presence  of  all  the  congregation  of 
 Israel,  and  spread  out  his  hands.  '^  For 
 Solomon  had  made  a  brazen  ^  scaffold, 
 and  set  it  in  the  midst  of  +  Gr.  ^acn.'. 
 the  court  of  the  sanctuary :  the  length 
 of  it  tixis  five  cubits,  and  the  breadth 
 of  it  five  cubits,  and  the  height  of  it 
 three  cubits :  and  he  stood  upon  it,  and 
 fell  upon  his  knees  before  the  whole 
 congregation  of  Israel,  and  spread 
 abroad  his  hands  to  heaven,  '''  and 
 said.  Lord  God  of  Israel,  there  is  no 
 God  Hke  thee  in  heaven,  or  on  the 
 earth ;  keeping  covenant  and  mercy 
 with  thy  servants  that  walk  before  thee 
 with  their  whole  heart.  ''^  Even  as 
 thou  hast  kept  them  with  thy  servant 
 David  my  father,  as  thou  hast  spoken 
 to  him  in  words : — thou  hast  both 
 spoken  Avith  thy  mouth,  and  hast  ful- 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  16. 
 
 CHRONICLES  11. 
 
 Chap.  vi.  v.  33. 
 
 filled  it  with  thy  hands,  as  it  is  this 
 day.  ^^And  now,  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
 keep  with  thy  servant  David  nay  father 
 the  things  which  thou  spokcst  to  him, 
 saying,  There  shall  not  fail  thee  a  man 
 before  me  sitting  on  the  throne  of 
 Israel,  if  only  thy  sons  will  take  heed 
 to  their  way  to  walk  in  my  law,  as 
 thou  didst  walk  before  me.  '^And 
 now,  Lord  God  of  Israel,  let,  I  pray 
 thee,  thy  word  be  confirmed,  which 
 thou  hast  spoken  to  thy  servant  David. 
 '^  For  "svill  God  indeed  dwell  with  men 
 upon  the  earth  ?  if  the  heaven  and  the 
 +  Gr.  heaven,  heavcn  of  ^  hcavcns  will  not 
 suffice  thee,  what  then  is  this  house 
 which  I  have  built?  '^  Yet  thou  shalt 
 have  respect  to  the  prayer  of  thy  ser- 
 vant, and  to  my  petition,  0  Lord  God, 
 so  as  to  hearken  to  the  petition  and 
 the  prayer  which  thy  servant  prays 
 before  thee  this  day:  ^°so  that  tliine 
 eyes  should  be  open  over  this  house  by 
 day  and  by  night,  towards  this  place, 
 whereon  thou  saidst  thy  name  should 
 be  called,  so  as  to  hear  the  prayer 
 which  thy  servant  prays  towards  this 
 house.  ^'And  thou  shalt  hear  the  sup- 
 plication of  thy  servant,  and  of  thy 
 people  Israel,  whatsoever  prayers  they 
 shall  make  towards  this  place:  and 
 thou  shalt  hearken  in  thy  dwelHng- 
 place  out  of  heaven,  yea  thou  shalt 
 hear,  and  be  merciful.  ^^  If  a  man  sin 
 against  liis  neighbour,  and  he  bring  an 
 oath  upon  liim  so  as  to  make  him 
 swear,  and  he  come  and  swear  before 
 the  altar  in  this  house ;  ^^  then  shalt 
 thou  hearken  out  of  heaven,  and  do, 
 and  judge  thy  servants,  to  recompense 
 the  transgressor,  and  to  return  his  ways 
 upon  liis  head :  and  to  justify  the 
 righteous,  to  recompense  him  accord- 
 ing to  his  righteousness.  ^"^  And  if  thy 
 people  Israel  should  be  put  to  the 
 worse  before  the  enemy,  if  they  should 
 sin  against  thee,  and  the?i  tu.rn  and 
 confess  to  thy  name,  and  pray  and 
 make  supplication  before  thee  in  this 
 house ;  ^^  then  shalt  thou  hearken  out 
 of  heaven  and  shalt  be  merciful  to  the 
 
 sins  of  thy  people  Israel,  and  thou 
 shalt  restore  them  to  the  land  which 
 thou  gavest  to  them  and  to  their 
 fathers.  ^^  Wlien  heaven  is  restrained, 
 and  ^  there  is  no  rain,  be-    +G'-.  there 
 
 ,1         +  1     n  1  •  T    has  not  been. 
 
 cause tney  ^shali  have  sinned  +  g^  gj^ 
 against  thee,  and  7vhe7i  they  +  Gr.  to. 
 shall  pray  ^towards  this  place,  and 
 praise  thy  name,  and  shall  turn  from 
 their  sins,  because  thou  shalt  afilict 
 them;  ^^then  shalt  thou  hearken  from 
 heaven,  and  thou  shalt  be  merciful  to 
 the  sins  of  thy  servants,  and  of  thy 
 people  Israel ;  for  thou  shalt  show  them 
 the  good  way  in  which  they  shall  walk ; 
 and  thou  shalt  send  rain  upon  thy 
 land,  which  thou  gavest  to  thy  people 
 for  an  inheritance.  ^^  If  there  should 
 be  famine  upon  the  land,  if  there  should 
 be  death,  a  pestilent  wind  and  blight; 
 if  there  should  be  locust  and  ^  cater- 
 pillar, and  if  the  enemy  to.  ixTepo? 
 should  harass  them  before  ''light,  or  itch, 
 their  cities:  in  whatever  plague  and 
 whatever  distress  they  may  he ;  ^^  then 
 whatever  prayer  and  whatever  suppli- 
 cation shall  be  made  by  any  man  and 
 all  thy  people  Israel,  if  a  man  should 
 know  his  own  plague  and  his  own 
 sickness,  and  should  spread  forth  his 
 hands  toward  this  house ;  ^^  then  shalt 
 thou  hear  from  heaven,  out  of  thy  pre- 
 pared dwelling-place,  and^  shalt  be  mer- 
 ciful, and  shalt  recompense  to  the  man 
 according  to  his  ways,  as  thou  shalt 
 know  his  heart  to  be ;  for  thou  alone 
 knowest  the  heart  of  the  children  of 
 men :  ^^  that  they  may  reverence  all 
 thy  ways  all  the  days  which  they  live 
 upon  the  face  of  the  land,  which  thou 
 gavest  to  our  fathers.  ^^And  every 
 stranger  who  is  not  himself  of  thy 
 people  Israel,  and  who  shall  have  come 
 from  a  distant  land  because  of  thy 
 great  name,  and  thy  mighty  hand,  and 
 thy  high  arm;  when  they  shall  come 
 and  worship  ^  towards  this  +  or,  at. 
 place ; — ^^  then  shalt  thovi  hearken  out 
 of  heaven,  out  of  thy  prepared  dwell- 
 ing-place, and  shalt  do  according  to 
 all  that  the  stranger  shall  call  upon 
 
Chap.  vi.  v.  34. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  vii.  v.  9. 
 
 thee  for;  that  all  the  nations  of  the 
 earth  may  know  thy  name,  and  ^  that 
 t  ffr.  for  the   ^[^Qy  j-^^y  fcar  thee,  as  thy 
 
 sake  of  feaniig  J  J  '-^'' 
 
 thee.  people  Israel  do,   and  that 
 
 they  may  know  that  thy  name  is  called 
 upon  this  house  which  I  have  built. 
 ^^And  if  thy  people  shall  go  forth  to 
 war  against  their  enemies  by  the  way 
 by  which  thou  shalt  send  them,  and 
 shall  pray  to  thee  toward  this  city  which 
 thou  hast  chosen,  and  toward  the  house 
 which  I  have  built  to  thy  name ;  ^^thcn 
 shalt  thou  hear  out  of  heaven  their 
 prayer  and  their  supplication,  and 
 maintain  their  cause.  '^^  Wliereas  ^  if 
 rS^"an'7m  ^^J  ^\q\\.  siu  agaiust  thee, 
 sis.  (Jox  there  is  no  man  who 
 
 Avill  not  sin,)  and  thou  shalt  smite 
 them,  and  dehvcr  them  up  before  their 
 enemies,  and  they  that  take  them  cap- 
 tive shall  carry  them  away  into  a  land 
 of  enemies,  to  a  land  far  off  or  near; 
 t  Gr.  turn  ^^and  if  they  shall  ^  repent 
 their  heart.  -^^  their  land  whither  they 
 were  carried  captive,  and  shall  also 
 turn  and  make  supplication  to  thee 
 in  their  captivity,  saying.  We  have 
 sinned,  we  have  transgressed,  we  have 
 wrought  unrighteously  ;  ^^  and  if  they 
 shall  turn  to  thee  with  all  their 
 heart  and  all  their  soul  in  the  land  of 
 them  that  carried  them  captives, 
 whither  they  carried  them  captives, 
 and  shall  pray  toward  their  land  which 
 thou  gavest  to  their  fathers,  and  the 
 city  which  thou  didst  choose,  and  the 
 house  which  I  built  to  thy  name: — 
 ^^  then  shalt  thou  hear  out  of  heaven, 
 out  of  thy  prepared  dwelling-place, 
 their  prayer  and  their  supplication,  and 
 +  Gr.  judg-  thou  shalt  execute  ^justice, 
 raents.  ^.^^  slialt  be  mcrciful  to  thy 
 
 people  that  sin  against  thee.  ''"And 
 now.  Lord,  let,  I  pray  thee,  thine  eyes 
 be  opened,  and  thine  ears  be  attentive 
 1  Gr.  of.  to  the  petition  ^  made  in  this 
 place.  '*'And  now,  0  Lord  God,  arise 
 into  thy  resting-place,  thou,  and  the  ark 
 of  thy  strength :  let  thy  priests,  0  Lord 
 God,  clothe  themselves  with  salvation, 
 and    thy   sons    rcioiec    in   prosperity. 
 
 ^'^  0  Lord  God,  turn  not  away  the  face 
 of  thine  anointed :  remember  the  mer- 
 cies of  thy  servant  David. 
 
 7.  And  when  Solomon  had  finished 
 praying,  then  the  fire  came  down  from 
 heaven,  and  devoured  the  whole-burn t- 
 oficrings  and  the  sacrifices  ;  and  the 
 glory  of  the  Lord  filled  the  house. 
 ^  And  the  priests  could  not  enter  into 
 the  house  of  the  Lord  at  that  time,  for 
 the  glory  of  the  Lord  filled  the  house. 
 ^  And  all  the  cliildren  of  Israel  saw  the 
 fire  descending,  and  the  glory  of  the 
 Lord  was  upon  the  house :  and  they 
 fell  upon  their  face  to  the  ground  on 
 the  pavement,  and  worshipped,  and 
 praised  the  Lord,  for  ^it  is  good  to  do 
 so  for  his  mercy  endures  +Hei.  heisgood. 
 for  ever.  ^  And  the  king  and  all  the 
 people  icere  offering  sacrifices  before 
 the  Lord.  ^And  king  Solomon  offered 
 a  sacrifice  of  calves  twenty  and  two 
 thousand,  of  sheep  a  hundred  and 
 twenty  thousand:  so  the  king  and  all 
 the  people  dedicated  the  house  of  God. 
 ^And  the  priests  were  standing  at  their 
 watches,  and  the  Levites  with  instru- 
 ments of  music  of  the  Lord,  belonging 
 to  king  David,  to  give  thanks  before 
 the  Lord,  for  his  mercy  endures  for 
 ever,  with  the  hymns  of  David,  by  their 
 ministry  :  and  the  priests  were  blow- 
 ing the  trumpets  before  them,  and  all 
 Israel  standing.  ^  And  Solomon  con- 
 secrated the  middle  of  the  court  that 
 was  in  the  liouse  of  the  Lord:  for 
 he  offered  there  the  whole-burnt-ofTer- 
 ings  and  the  ^fat  of  the  +g»-.  fats, 
 peace-offerings,  for  the  brazen  altar 
 wliich  Solomon  had  made  was  not 
 sufficient  to  receive  the  whole-burnt- 
 oficrings,  and  the  ^  meat-of-  +  see  neb. 
 fcrings,  and  the  fat.  **  And  Solomon 
 kept  the  feast  at  that  time  seven  days, 
 and  all  Israel  with  him,  a  very  great 
 assembly,  from  the  entering  in  of 
 yEmatli,  and  as  far  as  the    ^Or.i^o&iov. 
 
 f  \?  i.         9  A     J      „    Hnb.  m2jy  See 
 
 river  ol  L":ypt.      ■'And  on  ^,    Iz^.,, 
 
 .  oJ  r  Numb.  'ig.  35. 
 
 the  eighth  day  he  kept  a  Deut.  16.  s. 
 *  solemn  assembly :  for  he  kept  a  feast 
 
Chap.  vii.  v.  10. 
 
 CHRONICLES   II. 
 
 Chap.  viii.  v.  10. 
 
 of  seven  days  as  the  dedication  of 
 tlie  altar.  '°  And  on  the  twenty-third 
 day  of  the  seventh  month  he  dismissed 
 the  people  to  their  tents,  rejoicing, 
 and  with  a  glad  heart  because  of  the 
 good  deeds  which  the  Lord  had  done 
 to  David,  and  to  Solomon,  and  to 
 Israel  his  people.  ^'  So  Solomon 
 finished  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
 the    king's   house:    and   in   whatever 
 
 +  Gr.  soul.  Solomon  wished  in  his  ^  heart 
 to  do  in  the  hovise  of  the  Lord  and  in 
 his  own  house,  he  prospered.  '^  And 
 the  Lord  appeared  to  Solomon  by 
 night,  and  said  to  him,  I  have  heard 
 thy  prayer,  and  I  have  chosen  tliis 
 place  to  myself  for  a  house  of  sacrifice. 
 '^  If  I  should  restrain  the  heaven  and 
 there  should  be  no  rain,  and  if  I  should 
 command  the  locust  to  devour  the 
 trees,  and  if  I  should  send  pestilence 
 upon  my  people ;  ^*  then  if  my  people, 
 on  whom  my  name  is  called,  should 
 
 +  Gr.  be         ^  repent,  and  pray,  and  seek 
 
 ashamed.  ^^^    f^^^^     ^^^     ^^^^    f^,^^ 
 
 their  evil  ways,  I  also  will  hear  from 
 heaven,  and  I  will  be  merciful  to  their 
 sins,  and  I  will  heal  their  land.  '^And 
 now  my  eyes  shall  be  open,  and  my 
 ears  attentive  to  the  prayer  of  this 
 place.  ^^  And  now  I  have  chosen  and 
 sanctified  this  house,  that  my  name 
 should  be  there  for  ever :  and  my  eyes 
 and  my  heart  shall  be  there  always. 
 '^  And  if  thou  wilt  walk  before  me  as 
 David  thy  father  did,  and  wilt  do 
 according  to  all  that  I  have  com- 
 manded thee,  and  wilt  keep  my  ordi- 
 nances and  my  judgments;  ^^  then  will 
 +  Gr.  raise  up.  I  +  establish  the  throne  of 
 thy  kingdom,  as  I  covenanted  with 
 David  thy  father,  saying,  There  shall 
 not  fail  thee  a  man  ruling  in  Israel. 
 '^  But  if  ye  should  turn  away,  and  for- 
 sake my  ordinances  and  my  command- 
 ments,' which  I  have  set  before  you, 
 and  go  and  serve  other  gods,  and 
 worship  them;  -''  then  will  I  remove 
 you  from  the  land  which  I  gave  them ; 
 and  this  house  which  I  have  conse- 
 crated to  my  name  I  will  remove  out 
 
 ■J  7  3 
 
 of  my  sight,  and  I  will  make  it  a  pro- 
 verb and  a  by-word  among  all  nations. 
 ^'  And  as  for  this  lofty  house — every 
 one  that  passes  by  it  shall  be  amazed:, 
 and  shall  say.  Wherefore  has  the  Lord 
 done  this  to  this  land,  and  to  this 
 house?  ^^  And  men  shall  say,  Because 
 they  forsook  the  Lord  God  of  their 
 fathers,  who  brought  them  out  of  the 
 land  of  Egypt,  and  they  attached  them- 
 selves to  other  gods,  and  worshipped 
 them,  and  served  them:  and  therefore 
 he  has  brought  upon  them  all  this 
 evil. 
 
 8.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  twenty 
 years,  in  which  Solomon  built  the 
 house  of  the  Lord,  and  his  own  house, 
 ^  that  Solomon  rebuilt  the  cities  which 
 Chiram  had  given  to  Solomon,  and 
 caused  the  children  of  Israel  to  dwell 
 in  them.  ^  And  Solomon  came  to 
 Beesoba,  and  ^fortified  it.  tcr.strength- 
 ^  And  he  built  Thocdmor  ^''^'^"• 
 in  the  wilderness,  and  all  the  strong 
 cities  Avhich  he  built  in  Emath.  ^And 
 he  built  Bajthoron  the  upper,  and 
 Basthoron  the  lower,  strong  cities, — 
 they  had  walls,  gates,  and  bars ;  •"  and 
 Balaath,  and  all  the  strong  cities  which 
 Solomon  had,  and  all  his  chariot 
 cities,  and  cities  of  horsemen,  and  all 
 things  that  Solomon  desired  according 
 to  his  desire  of  building,"in  Jerusalem, 
 and  in  Libanus,  and  in  all  his  king- 
 dom. ''As  for  all  the  people  that  was 
 left  of  the  ^Chettites,  and  +G,-.  chet- 
 the  Amorites,  and  the  Phe-  *^^"''  ^''• 
 rezites,  and  the  Evites,  and  the  Jebu- 
 sites,  who  are  not  of  Israel,  *  but  were 
 of  the  children  of  them  whom  the 
 children  of  Israel  destroyed  not,  that 
 were  left  after  them  in  the  land,  even 
 them  did  Solomon  make  tributaries 
 to  this  day.  ^  But  Solomon  did  not 
 make  any  of  the  children  of  Israel 
 servants  in  his  kingdom,  for,  behold, 
 they  were  warriors  and  rulers,  and 
 mighty  77ien,  and  captains  of  chariots 
 and  horsemen.  '*^  And  these  are  the 
 chiefs  of  the  ofiicers  of  king  Solomon, 
 
Chap.  viii.  y.  11. 
 
 CHRONICLES   II. 
 
 Chap.  ix.  u.  11. 
 
 two  hundred  and  fifty  overseeing  the 
 people  in  this  work.  ''  And  Solomon 
 brought  up  the  daughter  of  Pharao 
 from  the  city  of  David  to  the  house 
 which  he  had  buih  for  her:  for  he 
 said,  My  wife  shall  not  dwell  in  the 
 city  of  David,  the  king  of  Israel,  for 
 the  place  is  holy  into  which  the  ark 
 of  the  Lord  has  entered.  '^  Then  So- 
 lomon offered  up  to  the  Lord  whole- 
 burnt- offerings  on  the  altar  which  he 
 had  built  to  the  Lord  before  the 
 temple,  '^  according  to  the  daily  rate, 
 to  ofier  up  sacrifices  according  to  the 
 commandments  of  Moses,  on  the  sab- 
 
 +  Gr.  atthe  batlis,  and  ^at  the  new 
 months.  moons,    and   at  the  feasts, 
 
 three  times  in  the  year,  at  the  feast  of 
 unleavened  bread,  and  at  the  feast  of 
 weeks,  and  at  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 
 '^  And  he  established,  according  to  the 
 order  of  liis  father  David,  the  courses 
 of  the  priests,  and  that  according  to 
 their  pubhc  ministrations:  and  the 
 Levites  icere  appoiJited  over  their 
 charges,  to  praise  and  minister  before 
 the  priests  according  to  the  daily 
 order :  and  the  porters  were  appointed 
 according  to  their  courses  to  the  differ- 
 ent gates :  for  thus  were  the  com- 
 mandments of  David  the  man  of  God. 
 *^  They  transgressed  not  the  command- 
 ments of  the  king  concerning  the 
 priests  and  the  Levites  with  regard  to 
 everything  else,  and  witli  regard  to 
 the  treasures.  ""  Now  all  the  work  liad 
 been  prepared  from  the  day  when  the 
 foundation  was  laid,  until  Solomon 
 finished  the  house  of  the  Lord.  ^^  Then 
 Solomon  went  to  Gasion  Gaber,  and  to 
 -^lath  near  the  sea  in  the  land  of 
 Idumea.  '"  And  Cliiram  sent  by  the 
 hand  of  lais  servants  ships,  and  servants 
 
 +  Lit.  know-    ^  skilled     in   naval    afiairs ; 
 
 ingthesea.        ^^^    ^|^^y     ^^^^    ^^-^J^      ^]^^ 
 
 servants  of  Solomon  to  Sophira,  and 
 brought  thence  four  hundred  and  fifty 
 talents  of  gold,  and  they  came  to  king 
 Solomon. 
 
 9.  iXnd  the  queen  of  Saba  heard  of 
 
 the  name  of  Solomon,  and  she  came 
 to  Jerusalem  with  a  very  large  force, 
 to  prove  Solomon  with  hard  questions, 
 and  she  had  camels  bearing  spices  in 
 abundance,  and  gold,  and  precious 
 ^  stones :  and  she  came  to  +  or.  stone. 
 Solomon,  and  told  him  all  that  was  in 
 her  ^mind.  ^^And  Solo-  +Gr.  soui. 
 mon  told  her  all  her  words;  lAn'tTsofomon 
 and  tliere  passed  not  a  word  answered   au 
 
 r,  o    1  1*11         lisr  tiuestions, 
 
 irom     OOlomon      which     he    there  was  not 
 
 told    her     not.       =»And    the   L'^ans^ered 
 
 queen  of  Saba  saw  the  wis-  ^^^ ^i"*' 
 dom  of  Solomon,  and  the  house  which 
 he  had  built,  *  and  the  ^  meat  +  cr.  meats, 
 of  the  tables,  and  the  sitting  of  his 
 servants,  and  the  standing  of  his 
 ministers,  and  their  raiment;  and  his 
 cupbearers,  and  their  apparel ;  and  the 
 wholc-biu'nt-offerings  which  he  ofiered 
 up  in  the  house  of  the  Lord ;  then  she 
 was  in  ecstasy.  '''  And  she  said  to  the 
 king.  It  was  a  true  report  wliich  I 
 heard  in  my  land  concerning  thy 
 words,  and  concerning  thy  wisdom. 
 ^  Yet  I  believed  not  the  reports  until  I 
 came,  and  my  eyes  saw :  and,  behold, 
 the  half  of  the  abundance  of  thy  wis- 
 dom was  not  told  me:  thou  hast  ex- 
 ceeded the  report  which  I  heard. 
 ^  Blessed  are  thy  men,  blessed  are  tliese 
 thy  servants,  who  stand  before  thee 
 continually,  and  hear  thy  wisdom. 
 *  Blessed  be  the  Lord  thy  God,  who 
 ■"^took  pleasure  in  thee,  to  ^Gr.iiei\r,<rev. 
 set  thee  upon  his  throne  for  a  king,  to 
 the  Lord  thy  God:  forasmucli  as  the 
 Lord  thy  God  loved  Israel  to  establish 
 them  for  ever,  therefore  he  has  set  thee 
 over  them  for  a  king  to  execute  judg- 
 ment and  justice.  ^  And  she  gave  the 
 king  a  hundred  and  twenty  talents  of 
 gold,  and  spices  in  very  grcatabimdance, 
 and  precious  stones :  and  there  were  not 
 an?/  where  else  such  spices  as  those  which 
 the  queen  of  Saba  gave  king  Solomon. 
 "^  And  the  servants  of  Solomon  and 
 the  servants  of  Chiram  brought  gold  to 
 Solomon  out  of  Suphir,  and  pine  tim- 
 ber, and  precious  stones.  "  And  the 
 king  made  of  the  pine  timber  steps  to 
 
Chap.  ix.  v.  12. 
 
 CHRONICLES   II. 
 
 Chap.  x.  v.  6. 
 
 the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  to  the 
 king's  house,  and  harps  and  hites  ibr 
 the  singers :  and  such  were  not  seen 
 before  in  the  land  of  Juda.  '^  And 
 king  Solomon  gave  to  the  queen  of 
 Saba  all  that  she  requested,  besides  all 
 that  she  broujji-ht  to  kinf?  Solomon: 
 and  she  returned  to  her  oion  land. 
 '^  And  the  weight  ofthe  gold  that  was 
 brought  to  Solomon  in  one  year  was 
 six  hundred  and  sixty-six  talents  of 
 gold.  ^'^  Besides  what  the  men  who 
 were  regularly  appointed  and  the  mer- 
 chants brought,  and  all  the  kings  of 
 Arabia  and  princes  of  the  land:  all 
 brought  gold  and  silver  to  king  Solo- 
 mon. ^'^  And  king  Solomon  made  two 
 hundred  shields  of  beaten  gold:  there 
 were  six  hundi'ed  shekels  of  pure  gold 
 to  one  shield.  ^^  And  three  hundred 
 bucklers  of  beaten  gold :  the  loeight  of 
 three  hundred  gold  shekels  went  to 
 one  buckler :  and  the  king  placed  them 
 in  the  house  of  the  forest  of  Lebanon. 
 '^  And  the  king  made  a  great  throne 
 of  ivory,  and  he  gilt  it  with  pure  gold. 
 ^^  And  there  ivere  six  steps  to  the 
 throne,  rivetted  with  gold,  and  elbows 
 on  either  side  of  the  seat  of  the  throne, 
 and  two  lions  standing  by  the  elbows : 
 *^  and  twelve  Kons  standing  there  on 
 the  six  steps  on  each  side.  There  was 
 not  the  like  in  any  other  kingdom. 
 ^•^  And  all  king  Solomon's  vessels  were 
 of  gold,  and  all  the  vessels  of  the  house 
 of  the  forest  of  Lebanon  were  ^  covered 
 t  Examine  with  gold:  silver  was  not 
 com"p!^°  Kings  tliought  anything  of  in  the 
 chron'tl'  days  of  Solomon,  ^i  For 
 +  Or,  coUec-  ^  a  ship  wcut  for  the  king 
 tiveiy,  a  fleet.  ^^  Tharsis  with  the  Servants 
 of  Chiram:  once  every  three  years 
 came  vessels  from  Tharsis  to  the  king, 
 laden  with  gold,  and  silver,  and  ^  ivory, 
 +or,  elephants'  and  apes.  ^^  And  Solomon 
 teeth.  exceeded    all    other   kings 
 
 both  in  riches  and  wisdom.  ^^  And  all 
 the  kings  of  the  earth  sought  the 
 presence  of  Solomon,  to  hear  his  wis- 
 dom, which  God  had  put  in  his  heart. 
 '■^*  And  they  brought  every    one   his 
 
 gifts,  silver  vessels  and  golden  vessels, 
 and  raiment,  ^myi-rh  and  +0r,  stacte. 
 spices,  horses  and  mules,  a  rate  every 
 year.  -^  And  Solomon  had  four  thou- 
 sand mares  for  chariots,  and  twelve 
 thousand  horsemen ;  and  he  put  them 
 in  the  chariot  cities,  and  with  the  king 
 in  Jerusalem.  ^^  And  he  ruled  over 
 all  the  kings  from  the  river  even  to 
 the  land  of  the  PhiHstines,  and  to  the 
 borders  of  Egypt.  ^^  And  the  king 
 made  gold  and  silver  in  Jerusalem  as 
 stones,  and  cedars  as  the  sycamore 
 trees  in  the  plain  for  abundance.  ^^And 
 Solomon  imported  horses  from  Egypt, 
 and  from  every  other  country.  ^'-^  And 
 the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Solomon,  the 
 first  and  the  last,  behold,  these  are 
 written  in  the  words  of  Xathan  the 
 prophet,  and  in  the  words  of  Achia 
 the  Selonite,  and  in  the  visions  of  Joel 
 the  seer  concerning  Jeroboam  the  son 
 of  Nabat.  ^"  And  Solomon  reigned 
 over  all  Israel  forty  years.  ^'  And 
 Solomon  fell  asleep,  and  they  buried 
 him  in  the  city  of  David  his  father: 
 and  Rhoboam  his  son  reigned  in  liis 
 stead. 
 
 10.  And  Rhoboam  came  to  Sy- 
 chem:  for  all  Israel  came  to  Sychem 
 to  make  him  king.  ^And  it  came  to 
 pass  when  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nabat 
 heard  it,  (now  he  was  in  Egypt,  for- 
 asmuch as  he  had  fled  thither  from 
 the  face  of  king  Solomon,  and  Jero- 
 boam dwelt  in  Egypt,)  that  Jeroboam 
 returned  out  of  Egypt.  ^And  they 
 sent  and  called  him  :  and  Jeroboam 
 and  all  the  congregation  came  to  Rho- 
 boam, saying,  '*Thy  father  made  our 
 yoke  grievous:  now  then  abate  some- 
 what of  thy  father's  grievous  ^ride, 
 and  of  liis  heavy  yoke  '  Gr.  servitude, 
 which  he  put  upon  lis,  and  we  will 
 serve  thee.  '^And  he  said  to  them, 
 Go  away  ^for  three  days,  +gj-.  tm. 
 and  then  come  to  me.  So  the  people 
 departed.  ^And  king  Rhoboam  as- 
 sembled the  elders  that  stood  before 
 his  father   Solomon  in  his   life-time, 
 
Chap.  x.  v.  7. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xi.  v.  13. 
 
 saying,  How  do  ye  counsel  me  to  re- 
 turn an  answer  to  this  people?  ^And 
 they  spoke  to  him,  saying,  If  thou 
 wouldest  this  day  befriend  this  people, 
 and  ^  be  kind  to  them,  and  speak  to 
 +  oc  take  them  good  words,  then  will 
 pleasure  in      they   be   thv   servants   for 
 
 them.   eufioK€<o  •'  a  -r>         i        p  it 
 
 a  peculiar       cver.     "  J>ut  he  lorsook  the 
 
 word,  see  JV.T.    ^^^^^     ^f     ^|^^      ^^^      ^_^^^^^ 
 
 who  took  counsel  with  liim,  and  he 
 took  counsel  with  the  young  men  who 
 had  been  brought  up  with  him,  who 
 stood  before  Mm.  '-^And  he  said  to 
 them,  Wliat  do  ye  advise  that  I  should 
 answer  this  people,  who  spoke  to  me, 
 saying.  Ease  someivhat  of  the  yoke 
 which  thy  father  laid  upon  us?  ^"^And 
 the  young  men  that  had  been  brought 
 up  with  him  spoke  to  him,  saying. 
 Thus  shalt  thou  speak  to  the  people 
 that  spoke  to  thee,  saying,  Thy  father 
 made  our  yoke  heavy,  and  do  thou 
 lighten  somciohat  of  it  from  us  ;  thus 
 shalt  thou  say.  My  little  finger  shall  he 
 thicker  than  my  father's  loins.  ^ '  And 
 t  Lit.  now.  ^  whereas  my  father  chas- 
 tised you  with  a  heavy  yoke,  I  will 
 also  add  to  your  yoke :  my  father 
 chastised  you  with  whips,  and  I  will 
 chastise  you  with  scorpions.  ^^And 
 Jeroboam  and  all  the  people  came  to 
 Rhoboam  on  the  third  day,  as  the 
 king  had  spoken,  saying.  Return  to 
 me  on  the  third  day.  '^And  the  king 
 answered  harshly ;  and  king  Rhoboam 
 forsook  the  counsel  of  the  old  men, 
 '''  and  spoke  to  them  according  to  tlie 
 counsel  of  the  young  men,  saying.  My 
 father  made  your  yoke  heavy,  but  I 
 will  add  to  it :  my  father  chastised 
 you  witli  whips,  but  will  chastise 
 you  with  scorpions.  ''^And  the  king 
 hearkened  not  to  the  people,  for  there 
 was  a  change  of  their  minds  from  God, 
 sa3dng.  The  Lord  has  confirmed  his 
 word,  which  he  spoke  by  the  hand  of 
 Achia  the  Selonitc  concerning  Jero- 
 boam the  son  of  Nabat,  and  concern- 
 ing all  Israel;  ""for  the  king  did  not 
 hearken  to  them.  And  the  people 
 answered  the  king,  saying,  AVliat  por- 
 
 476 
 
 tion  have  we  in  David,  or  inheritance 
 in  the  son  of  Jessie  ?  to  thy  tents,  0 
 Israel :  now  see  to  thine  own  house, 
 David.  So  all  Israel  went  to  their 
 tents.  '^But  the  men  of  Israel,  even 
 those  who  dwelt  in  the  cities  of  Juda, 
 remained  and  made  Rhoboam  king 
 over  them.  '^And  king  Rhoboam 
 sent  to  them  Adoniram  that  was  over 
 the  tribute ;  and  the  children  of  Israel 
 stoned  him  with  stones,  and  he  died. 
 And  king  Rhoboam  hasted  to  mount 
 his  chariot,  to  flee  to  Jeru-  +  Cr.  in. 
 salem.  '^  So  Israel  rebelled  ''against 
 the  house  of  David  until  this  day. 
 
 11.  And  Rhoboam  came  to  Jeru- 
 salem ;  and  he  assembled  Juda  and 
 Benjamin,  a  hundi'ed  and  eighty  thou- 
 sand   young    men    ^  fit    for     +  Or.  making 
 
 war,  and  he  waged  war  ^^' 
 with  Israel  to  recover  the  kingdom  to 
 Rhoboam.  ^And  the  word  of  the 
 Lord  came  to  Samaias  the  man  of 
 God,  saying,  ^  Speak  to  Rhoboam  the 
 son  of  Solomon,  and  to  all  Juda  and 
 Benjamin,  saying,  "*  Thus  says  the 
 Lord,  Ye  shall  not  go  up,  and  ye  shall 
 not  war  against  your  brethren :  return 
 every  one  to  his  home  ;  for  this  thing 
 is  of  me.  And  they  hearkened  to  the 
 word  of  the  Lord,  and  returned  ^from 
 going  against  Jeroboam.  tGr.soasnot 
 ^And  Rhoboam  dwelt  in  *°^°- 
 Jerusalem,  and  he  built  walled  cities 
 in  Juda;a.  ''And  he  built  Bethleem, 
 and  -ZEtan  and  Thccoe,  and  Bseth- 
 sura,  and  Sochoth,  and  Odollam,  ^and 
 Geth,  and  Marisa,  and  Ziph,  ^  and 
 Adorai,  and  Lachis,  and  Azeca, 
 •''and  Saraa,  and  ^lom,  and  Chebron, 
 which  belongs  to  Juda  and  Benjamin, 
 walled  cities.  ''And  he  fortified  them 
 ^with  walls,  and  placed  in  ^  o>-.  waUed. 
 them  captains,  and  stores  of  provisions, 
 oil  and  wine,  '^shields  and  spears  in 
 every  several  city,  and  he  fortified 
 them  ^  very  strongly,  and  t  or,  in  great 
 he  liad  on  his  side  Juda  "^'^"'• 
 and  Benjamin.  '^And  the  priests  and 
 the    Levites   who  were  in   all    Israel 
 
Chap.  xi.  v.  14. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xii.  v.  13. 
 
 were  gathered  to  him  out  of  all  tlie 
 coasts.  ^*  For  the  Levites  left  the 
 tents  of  their  possession,  and  went  to 
 Jnda  to  Jerusalem,  because  Jeroboam 
 and  his  sons  had  ejected  them  so  that 
 they  shovdd  not  minister  to  the  Lord. 
 '•^And  he  made  for  liimself  priests  of 
 the  high  places,  and  for  the  idols,  and 
 for  the  vanities,  and  for  the  calves 
 wMch  Jeroboam  made.  ^^  And  he  cast 
 out  from  the  tribes  of  Israel  ^  those 
 
 +  Gr.  them,  who  sct  their  heart  to  seek 
 the  Lord  God  of  Israel :  and  they 
 came  to  Jerusalem,  to  sacrifice  to  the 
 Lord  God  of  their  fathers.  '''And 
 they  strengthened  the  kingdom  of 
 Juda,  and  Juda  strengthened  Rho- 
 boam  the  son  of  Solomon  for  three 
 years ;  for  he  walked  three  years  in 
 the  ways  of  David  and  Solomon. 
 "*And  Rhoboam  took  to  himself  for 
 a  wife  Moolath  daughter  of  Jerimuth 
 the  son  of  David,  and  Abigaia  daugh- 
 ter of  Heliab  the  son  of  Jessa?.  ''■*  And 
 she  bore  him  sons ;  Jeus,  and  Samoria, 
 and  Jaam.  ^"^And  afterwards  he  took 
 to  himself  Maacha  the  daughter  of 
 Abessalom;  and  she  bore  him  Abia, 
 and  Jetthi,  and  Zeza,  and  Salemoth. 
 ^'And  Rhoboam  loved  Maacha  the 
 daughter  of  Abessalom  more  than  all 
 his  wives  and  all  his  concubines :  for 
 he  had  eighteen  wives  and  sixty  concu- 
 bines ;  and  he  begot  twenty-eight  sons, 
 and  sixty  daughters.  ^^And  he  made 
 Abia  the  son  of  Maacha  chief,  eve7i  a 
 leader  among  his  brethren,  for  he  in- 
 tended to  make  him  king.     ^^And  he 
 
 t  Gr.  increased,  was  ^  exalted  bcyond  all 
 his  other  sons  in  all  the  coasts  of  Juda 
 and  Benjamin,  and  in  the  strong 
 cities  ;  and  he  gave  them  provisions 
 in  great  abundance :  and  he  desired 
 many  wives. 
 
 12.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  the 
 kingdom  of  Rhoboam  was  established, 
 and  when  he  had  grown  strong,  that 
 he  forsook  the  commandments  of  the 
 Lord,  and  all  Israel  with  him.  ^And 
 it  came  to  pass  in  the  fifth  year  of  the 
 
 reign  of  Rhoboam,  Susakim  king  of 
 Egypt  came  up  against  Jerusalem, 
 because  they  had  sinned  against  the 
 Lord,  ^with  twelve  hundred  chariots, 
 and  sixty  thousand  horse  :  and  there 
 was  no  nmuber  of  the  multitude  that 
 came  with  him  from  Egypt;  Libyans, 
 Trogodytes,  and  Ethiopians.  "*  And 
 they  obtained  possession  of  the  strong 
 cities,  which  were  in  Juda,  and  came 
 to  Jerusalem.  '^And  Samaias  the  pro- 
 phet came  to  Rhoboam,  and  to  the 
 princes  of  Juda  that  were  gathered  to 
 Jerusalem  for  fear  of  Susakim,  and 
 said  to  them.  Thus  said  the  Lord,  Ye 
 have  left  me,  and  I  will  leave  you  in 
 the  hand  of  Susakim.  ^And  the 
 elders  of  Israel  and  the  king  were 
 ashamed,  and  said.  The  Lord  is  right- 
 eous. ^  And  when  the  Lord  saw  that 
 they  ''^ repented,  then  came    ^Z^*"-  ^,^^^ 
 
 J  1        p      1         T         1  ashamed,   or 
 
 the    word    of     the    Lord    to    reverential. 
 
 Samaias,  saying.  They  have  repented; 
 I  will  not  destroy  them,  but  I  will 
 ^  set  them  in  safety  ^  for  a  t  c-.  give. 
 Httle  wliile,  and  my  wrath  +  Gr-  as  a  uttie. 
 shall  not  be  +  poured  out  '  ^'^  •^°pp"'*- 
 on  Jerusalem.  ^  Nevertheless  they 
 shall  be  servants,  and  know  my  ser- 
 vice, and  the  service  of  the  kings  of 
 the  earth.  ^  So  Susakim  king  of 
 Egypt  went  up  against  Jerusalem, 
 and  took  the  treasures  that  were  in 
 the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  trea- 
 sures that  were  in  the  king's  house; 
 he  took  all :  and  he  took  the  golden 
 shields  which  Solomon  had  made. 
 ^^  And  king  Rhoboam  made  brazen 
 shields  instead  of  them.  And  Susa- 
 kim set  over  him  captains  of  footmen, 
 as  keepers  of  the  gate  of  the  king. 
 "And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king 
 went  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  the 
 guards  and  the  footmen  went  in,  and 
 they  that  returned  to  meet  the  foot- 
 men. '^And  when  he  repented,  the 
 anger  of  the  Lord  turned  from  him, 
 and  did  not  destroy  him  utterly:  for 
 there  were  good  ^  things  in  +  Gr.  words. 
 Juda.  '"^  So  king  Rhoboam  strength- 
 ened himself  in  Jerusalem,  and  reigned : 
 
Chap.  xii.  v.  14. 
 
 CHEONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xiii.  v.  17. 
 
 and  Rhoboam  was  forty  and  one  years 
 
 tffr.  in  his  old  ^  wlicn  lie  began  to 
 reigning.  rcign,  and  he  reigned 
 seventeen  years  in  Jerusalem,  in  the 
 city  which  the  Lord  chose  ont  of  all 
 the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel  to 
 call  his  name  there  :  and  his  mother's 
 name  was  Noomma  the  Ammanitess. 
 ^^  And  he  did  evil,  for  he  directed  not 
 his  heart  to  seek  the  Lord. 
 
 ^^And  the  ^acts  of  Rhoboam,  the 
 
 ter.  words,  fii'st  and  the  last,  behold, 
 Hebraism.        are  tlicy  not  written  in  the 
 
 t(^.  words.  +^3Q^|,  q£  Samaia  the  pro- 
 phet, and  Addo  the  seer,  with  his 
 achievements.     ^'' And  Rhoboam  made 
 
 +  Gr.  always,  war  witli  Jcroboam  ^all  his 
 days.  And  Rhoboam  died  with  his 
 fathers,  and  was  buried  in  the  city  of 
 David:  and  Abia  his  son  reigned  in 
 his  stead. 
 
 13.  In  the  eighteenth  year  of  the 
 reign  of  Jeroboam  Abia  ^  began  to  reign 
 t  Gr.  reigned,  ovcr  Juda.  ^  He  reigned 
 three  years  in  Jerusalem.  And  his 
 mother's  name  was  Maacha,  daughter 
 of  Uriel  of  Gabaon.  And  there  was 
 war  between  Abia  and  Jeroboam. 
 ^And  Abia  set  the  battle  in  array 
 with  an  army,  with  mighty  men  of 
 war,  even  four  hundred  thousand 
 mighty  men :  and  Jeroboam  set  the 
 battle  in  array  against  him  with  eight 
 hundred  thousand,  they  tcere  mighty 
 warriors  of  the  host.  *  And  Abia  rose 
 up  from  the  Mount  Somoron,  which  is 
 in  Mount  Ephraim,  and  said.  Hear  ye, 
 Jeroboam,  and  all  Israel.  ^  Is  it  not 
 for  you  to  know  that  the  Lord  God  of 
 Israel  has  given  a  king  over  Israel  for 
 ever  to  David,  and  to  his  sons,  by  a 
 covenant  of  salt?  '^  But  Jeroboam  the 
 son  of  Nabat  the  servant  of  Solomon 
 the  son  of  David,  is  risen  up,  and  has 
 revolted  from  his  master  :  '  and  there 
 are  gathered  to  him  pestilent  men, 
 transgressors,  and  he  has  risen  up 
 against  Rhoboam  the  son  of  Solomon, 
 t  Gr.  younger,  whilc  Rlioboam  was  youug 
 and    fearful    in  heart,   and  he   with- 
 
 478 
 
 stood  ^  him  not.  ^  And  now  ye  profess 
 to  resist  the  kingdom  of  the  +  q^.  resisted 
 Lord  ^in  the  hand  of  the  not  to  his  face, 
 sons  of  David ;  and  ye  are  ^  ^''-  ^y- 
 a  great  midtitude,  and  with  you  are 
 golden  calves,  which  Jeroboam  made 
 you  for  gods.  ^Did  ye  not  cast  out 
 the  priests  of  the  Lord,  the  sons  of 
 Aaron,  and  the  Levites,  and  make  to 
 yourselves  priests  of  the  people  of  any 
 other  land?  whoever  came  to  ^conse- 
 crate himself  with  a  calf  of  t  Gr.  au  his 
 the  herd  and  seven  rams,  ^*^''*- 
 he  forthwith  became  a  priest  to  that 
 which  is  no  god.  ^°  But  we  have  not 
 forsaken  the  Lord  our  God,  and  his 
 priests,  the  sons  of  Aaron,  and  the 
 Levites,  minister  to  the  Lord  ;  and  in 
 their  daily  courses  '^  they  '^  sacrifice  to 
 the  Lord  whole-burnt-ofier-  ,  g,  ^^^^-^^^ 
 in<x,  morninff  and  eveninsf,  conveys  the 
 
 •^-j  ^  ,   .  ",    idea  ot  a  .tweet 
 
 and  compound  nicense,  and  samur,  but 
 set  the  shewbread  on  the  to'thT'sr''' 
 pure  table ;  and  tliere  is  the  offering, 
 golden  candlestick,  and  the  lamps  for 
 burning,  to  light  in  the  evening:  for 
 we  keep  the  ^  charge  of  the  t  Gr.  charges, 
 Lord  God  of  our  fathers;  «'•' ^^t'-'^''^- 
 but  ye  have  forsaken  him.  ^^And, 
 behold,  the  Lord  and  his  priests  are 
 with  us  at  our  head,  and  the  signal 
 trumpets  to  sound  an  alarm  over  us. 
 Children  of  Israel,  fight  not  against 
 the  Lord  God  of  our  fathers;  for  ye 
 shall  not  prosper.  ^^Now  Jeroboam 
 had  caused  an  ambush  to  come  round 
 upon  him  from  behind:  and  he  him- 
 self was  before  Juda,  and  the  ambush 
 behind.  '^  And  Juda  looked  back, 
 and,  behold,  the  battle  ivas  against 
 them  before  and  behind :  and  they 
 cried  to  the  Lord,  and  the  priests 
 sounded  with  the  trumpets.  *^And 
 the  men  of  Juda  shouted :  and  it  came 
 to  pass,  when  the  men  of  Juda  shouted, 
 that  the  Lord  smote  Jeroboam  and 
 Israel  before  Abia  and  Juda.  '^And 
 the  childi-en  of  Israel  fled  from  before 
 Juda ;  and  the  Lord  delivered  them 
 into  their  hands.  '^  And  Abia  and 
 his  people  smote  them  with  a  great 
 
Chap.  xiii.  v.  18. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xv.  v.  5. 
 
 ^slaughter:  and  there  fell  slain  of  Is- 
 t  Gr.  stroke,  racl  five  hundred  thousand 
 mighty  men.  "^  So  the  children  of 
 Israel  ^yere  brought  low  in  that  day, 
 and  the  children  of  Juda  prevailed, 
 because  they  trusted  on  the  Lord  God 
 of  their  fathers.  '^  And  Abia  pursued 
 after  Jeroboam,  and  he  took  from  him 
 the  cities,  Bcethel  and  her  towns,  and 
 Jesyna  and  her  towns,  and  Ephron 
 and  her  towns.  '■^"And  Jeroboam  did 
 not  recover  strength  again  all  the  days 
 of  Abia  :  and  the  Lord  smote  him, 
 and  he  died.  ^'  But  Abia  strength- 
 ened himself,  and  took  to  liimself  four- 
 teen wives,  and  he  begot  twenty-two 
 sons,  and  sixteen  daughters.  ^"^And 
 the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Abia,  and  his 
 deeds,  and  his  sayings,  are  written  in 
 the  book  of  the  prophet  Addo.  . 
 
 14.  And  Abia  died  with  his  fathers, 
 and  they  buried  him  in  the  city  of 
 David ;  and  Asa  his  son  reigned  in 
 his  stead.  In  the  days  of  Asa  the 
 land  of  Juda  had  rest  ten  years.  ^And 
 he  did  that  which  was  good  and  right 
 in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  his  God.  ^And 
 he  removed  the  altars  of  the  strange 
 ffods,  and  the  high  places,  and  broke 
 
 t  Or,  statues,  the  ^  pillars  in  pieces,  and 
 cut  down  the  groves:  ^and  he  told 
 Juda  to  seek  earnestly  the  Lord  God  of 
 their  fathers,  and  to  perform  the  law 
 and  the  commandments.  ^  And  he 
 removed  from  all  the  cities  of  Juda 
 the  altars  and  the  idols,  and  established 
 in  quietness  fortified  cities  in  the  land 
 of  Juda ;  ^  for  the  land  was  qiuet,  and 
 he  had  no  war  in  these  years;  for  the 
 Lord  gave  him  rest.  '''And  he  said  to 
 Jvida,  Let  us  fortify  these  cities,  and 
 make  walls,  and  towers,  and  gates,  and 
 
 t  The  Lxx.     bars :  we  shall  prevail  ^  over 
 
 ?4  .4/2.^^5  sought  out  the  Lord  our 
 for  ivuniov.  God,  he  has  sought  out  us, 
 and  has  given  us  rest  round  about, 
 and  prospered  us.  ^And  Asa  had  a 
 force  of  armed  men  bearing  shields 
 and  spears  in  the  land  of  Juda,  even 
 
 three  hundred  thousand,  and  in  the 
 land  of  Benjamin  ^two  +  ^/^x.  250,000. 
 hundred  and  eighty  thousand  target- 
 eers  and  archers :  all  these  were  mighty 
 warriors.  ^And  Zare  the  Ethiopian 
 went  out  against  them,  with  a  force  of 
 a  million,  and  three  hundred  chariots; 
 and  came  to  Maresa.  '''And  Asa 
 went  out  to  meet  him,  and  set  the 
 battle  in  array  in  the  valley  north  of 
 Maresa.  ''And  Asa  cried  to  the  Lord 
 his  God,  and  said,  0  Lord,  it  is  not 
 impossible  with  thee  to  save  by  many 
 or  by  few :  strengthen  us,  0  Lord  our 
 God;  for  we  trust  in  thee,  and  in  thy 
 name  have  we  come  against  this  great 
 multitude.  0  Lord  our  God,  let  not 
 man  prevail  against  thee.  '^  And  the 
 Lord  smote  the  Ethiopians  before 
 Juda;  and  the  Ethiopians  fled.  '^And 
 Asa  and  his  people  pursued  them  to 
 Gedor;  and  the  Ethiopians  fell,  so  that 
 they  could  not  '"'  recover  +  or,  save, 
 themselves  ;  for  they  were  crushed 
 before  the  Lord,  and  before  his  host; 
 and  they  took  many  spoils.  '^And 
 they  destroyed  their  towns  round 
 about  Gedor;  for  a  terror  of  the  Lord 
 was  upon  them:  and  they  spoiled  all 
 their  cities,  for  they  had  much  spoil. 
 '^  Also  they  destroyed  the  +  corruption 
 tents  of  cattle,  and  the  of^j^F^^/^is 
 Alimazons,  and  took  many  Aiex. 
 sheep  and  camels,  and  Teturned  to 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 15.  And  Azarias  the  son  of  Oded 
 — upon  him  came  the  Spirit  of  the 
 Lord,  ^and  he  went  out  to  meet  Asa, 
 and  all  Juda  and  Benjamin,  and  said, 
 Hear  me,  Asa,  and  all  Juda  and  Ben- 
 jamin; the  Lord  is  with  you,  while 
 ye  are  with  him ;  and  if  ye  seek  him 
 out,  he  will  be  found  of  you  ;  but  if 
 ye  forsake  him,  he  will  forsake  you. 
 ^  And  Israel  has  been  a  long  time  with- 
 out the  true  God,  and  without  a  priest 
 to  expound  the  truth,  and  without  the 
 law.  "*  But  he  shall  turn  them  to  the 
 Lord  God  of  Israel,  and  he  will  be 
 foimd  of  them.     ^And  in  that  time 
 
Chap.  xv.  v.  6. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xvi.  v.  9. 
 
 there  is  no  peace  to  one  going  out,  or 
 to  one  coming  in,  for  tlie  terror  of  the 
 Lord  is  upon  all  that  inhabit  the  lands. 
 ^And  nation  shall  fio'ht  ao:ainst  nation, 
 and  city  against  city ;  for  God  has 
 confounded  them  with  every  kind  of 
 affliction.  ^  But  be  ye  strong,  and  let 
 not  your  hands  be  weakened :  for  there 
 is  a  reward  for  your  work.  ^  And 
 when  Asa  heard  these  words,  and  the 
 
 t^te.Azaria.  propliccy  of  '^  Adad  the 
 prophet,  then  he  strengthened  himself, 
 and  cast  out  the  abominations  from  all 
 the  land  of  Juda  and  Benjamin,  and 
 from  the  cities  which  Jeroboam  pos- 
 sessed,   in    Alount   Ephraim,    and   he 
 
 +  Or,  conse-  ^  rcuc wcd  the  altar  of  the 
 crated.  Lord,    whicli    was    before 
 
 the  temple  of  the  Lord.  ^And  he 
 assembled  Juda  and  Benjamin,  and 
 the  strangers  that  dwelt  with  him,  of 
 Ephraim,  and  of  Manasse,  and  of 
 Symeon :  for  many  of  Israel  were 
 joined  to  him,  when  they  saw  that  the 
 Lord  his  God  was  with  him.  '''And 
 they  assembled  at  Jerusalem  in  the  third 
 month,  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  the 
 reign  of  Asa.  ''And  he  sacrificed  to 
 the    Lord  in  that  day  of  the  spoils 
 
 +  Alex,  en-ri  wliich  they  brought,  ^  seven 
 rams!'  ^^^^"^  hundred  calves  and  seven 
 
 +  fir.  passed  thousand  sliccp.  '^  And  he 
 "^""^  ■  ^entered    into    a   covenant 
 
 tlrnt  they  should  seek  the  Lord  God 
 of  their  fathers  with  all  their  heart 
 and  with  all  their  soul.  '^And  that 
 whoever  should  not  seek  the  Lord 
 God  of  Israel,  should  die,  whether 
 young  or  old,  whether  man  or  woman. 
 '''And  they  swore  to  the  Lord  with  a 
 loud  voice,  and  with  trumpets,  and 
 with  cornets.  ''^  And  all  Juda  rejoiced 
 concerning  the  oath:  for  they  swore 
 with  all  their  heart,  and  they  sought 
 him  with  all  their  desires ;  and  he  was 
 found  of  them  :  and  the  Lord  gave 
 them  rest  round  about.  '^And  he  re- 
 moved Maacha  his  mother  from  being 
 priestess  to  Astarte;  and  he  cut  down 
 the  idol,  and  burnt  it  in  the  brook  of 
 Kedron.    '^Nevertheless  they  removed 
 
 not  the  high  places :  they  still  existed 
 in  Israel :  nevertheless  the  heart  of 
 Asa  was  ^  perfect  all  his  +  Gr.  fuu. 
 days.  "^And  he  brought  in  the  holy 
 things  of  David  his  father,  and  the 
 holy  things  of  the  house  of  God,  silver, 
 and  gold,  and  vessels.  '^And  there 
 was  no  war  ivaged  with  liim  until  the 
 thirty-fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  Asa. 
 
 16.  And  in  the  thirty-eighth  year 
 of  the  reign  of  Asa,  the  king  of  Israel 
 went  up  against  Juda,  and  built 
 Eama,  so  as  not  to  allow  egress  or 
 ingress  to  Asa  king  of  Juda.  '^And 
 Asa  took  silver  and  gold  out  of  the 
 treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
 of  the  king's  house,  and  sent  them  to 
 the  son  of  Ader  king  of  Syria,  which 
 dwelt  in  Damascus,  saying,  ^Make  a 
 covenant  between  me  and  thee,  and 
 between  my  father  and  thy  father : 
 behold,  I  have  sent  thee  gold  and 
 silver:  come,  and  turn  away  from  me 
 Baasa  king  of  Israel,  and  let  him  de- 
 part from  me.  ^  And  the  son  of  Ader 
 hearkened  to  Idng  Asa,  and  sent  the 
 captains  of  his  host  against  the  cities 
 of  Israel;  and  smote  -5^on,  and  Dan, 
 and  Abelmain,  and  all  the  country 
 round  Nephthali.  ^And  it  came  to 
 pass  when  Baasa  heard  it  he  left  off 
 building  Rama,  and  put  a  stop  to  his 
 work :  ^  then  king  Asa  took  all  Juda, 
 and  took  the  stones  of  Rama,  and  its 
 timber,  ivith  which  Baasa  lead  built; 
 and.  he  built  with  them  Gabae  and 
 Maspha.  ''And  at  that  time  came 
 Anani  the  pro}>het  to  Asa  king  of 
 Juda,  and  said  to  him.  Because  thou 
 didst  trust  on  the  king  of  Syria,  and 
 didst  not  trust  on  the  Lord  thy  God, 
 therefore  the  army  of  Syria  is  escaped 
 out  of  thy  hand.  ^  Were  not  the 
 Ethiopians  and  Libyans  a  great  force, 
 in  courage,  in  horsemen,  in  great 
 numbers  ?  and  did  not  He  deliver 
 them  into,  thy  hands,  because  thou 
 trustedst  in  the  Lord?  '•*  For  the  eyes 
 of  the  Lord  look  upon  all  the  earth, 
 to  strengthen  every  heart  that  is  per- 
 
Chap.  xvi.  v.  10. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  2. 
 
 feet  toward  him.  In  this  thou  hast 
 done  foolishly;  henceforth  there  shall 
 be  war  with  thee.  ^°And  Asa  was 
 angry  with  the  prophet,  and  put  him 
 in  prison,  for  he  was  angry  at  this: 
 and  Asa  vexed  some  of  the  people  at 
 that  time.  ^'And,  behold,  the  acts  of 
 Asa,  the  first  and  the  last,  are  written 
 in  the  book  of  the  kings  of  Juda  and 
 Israel.  '^  And  Asa  was  diseased  in  his 
 feet  in  the  thirty-ninth  year  of  his 
 reign,  until  he  was  very  ill:  but  in 
 his  disease  he  sought  not  to  the  Lord, 
 but  to  the  physicians.  '^  And  Asa 
 slept  with  his  fathers,  and  died  in  the 
 fortieth  year  of  his  reign.  '*And  they 
 buried  him  in  the  sepulchre  which  he 
 had  dug  for  himself  in  the  city  of 
 David,  and  they  laid  him  on  a  bed, 
 and  filled  it  with  spices  and  all  kinds 
 of  perfumes  of  the  apothecaries  ;  and 
 they  made  for  him  a  very  great  funeral. 
 
 17.  And  Josaphat  his  son  reigned 
 in  his  stead,  and  Josaphat  strengthened 
 himself  against  Israel.  '-^And  he  put 
 garrisons  in  all  the  strong  cities  of 
 Juda,  and  appointed  captains  in  all 
 the  cities  of  Juda,  and  in  the  cities  of 
 Ephraim,  which  Asa  his  father  had 
 taken.  ^  And  the  Lord  was  with  Josa- 
 phat, for  he  walked  in  the  first  ways 
 of  his  father,  and  did  not  seek  to  idols ; 
 *  but  he  sought  to  the  Lord  God  of  his 
 father,  and  walked  in  the  command- 
 ments of  his  father,  and  not  according 
 to  the  works  of  Israel.  ^  And  the  Lord 
 prospered  the  kingdom  in  his  hand; 
 and  all  Juda  gave  gifts  to  Josaphat; 
 and  he  had  great  wealth  and  glory. 
 ^  And  his  heart  was  exalted  in  the  way 
 of  the  Lord;  and  he  removed  the  high 
 places  and  the  groves  from  the  land  of 
 Juda.  '^And  in  the  third  year  of  his 
 reign,  he  sent  his  chief  men,  and  his 
 mighty  men,  Abdias  and  Zacharias,  and 
 Nathanael,  and  Michaias,  to  teach  in 
 the  cities  of  Juda.  *And  with  them 
 were  the  Levites,  Samaias,  and  Nath- 
 anias,  and  Zabdias,  and  Asiel,  and 
 Semiramoth,  and  Jonathan,  and  Ado- 
 
 nias,  and  Tobias,  and  Tobadonias, 
 Levites,  and  with  them  Elisama  and 
 Joram,  the  priests.  ^And  they  taught 
 in  Juda,  and  there  icas  with  them  the 
 book  of  the  law  of  the  Lord,  and  they 
 passed  through  the  cities  of  Juda,  and 
 taught  the  people.  "'And  a  tei-ror  of 
 the  Lord  was  upon  all  the  kingdoms 
 of  the  land  round  about  Juda,  and 
 they  made  no  war  against  Josaphat. 
 ^' And  so7ne  of  the  PhiHstines  brought 
 to  Josaphat  gifts,  and  silver,  and  pre- 
 sents; and  the  Arabians  brought  him 
 seven  thousand  seven  hundred  rams. 
 '^And  Josaphat  increased  in  greatness 
 exceedingly,  and  built  in  Judea  places 
 of  abode,  and  strong  cities.  '^And 
 he  had  many  works  in  Judea  :  and 
 the  mighty  men  of  war,  the  men  of 
 strength  tvere  in  Jerusalem.  ^^And 
 this  is  their  number  according  to  the 
 houses  of  their  fathers;  even  the  cap- 
 tains of  thousands  in  Juda  tvere,  Ednas 
 the  chief,  and  with  him  mighty  men 
 of  strength  three  hundred  thousand. 
 ^^And  after  him,  Joanan  the  captain, 
 and  with  him  two  hundred  and  eighty 
 thousand.  ^''And  after  him  Amasias 
 the  son  of  Zari,  who  was  zealous  for 
 the  Lord;  and  with  him  two  hundred 
 thousand  mighty  men  of  strength. 
 ^''And  out  of  Benjamin  there  was  a 
 mighty  man  of  strength,  even  EHada, 
 and  with  him  two  himdred  thousand 
 archers  and  targeteers.  '^And  after 
 him  Jozabad,  and  with  him  a  hundred 
 and  eighty  thousand  mighty  men  of 
 war.  ^^  These  were  the  king's  ser- 
 vants, besides  those  whom  the  king 
 put  in  the  strong  cities  in  all  Judea. 
 
 18.  And  Josaphat  had  yet  great 
 wealth  and  glory,  and  he  connected 
 himself  by  marriage  with  the  house  of 
 Acliaab.  ^  And  he  went  down  ^  after 
 a  term  of  years  to  Achaab  +  or.  by  an 
 to  Samaria:  and  Achaab  ^ndofyeaxs. 
 slew  for  him  sheep  and  calves,  in 
 abundance,  and  for  the  people  with 
 him,  and  he  much  desired  him  to  go 
 up  Avith  him  to  Ramoth  of  the  country 
 32 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  3. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap,  xviii.  v.  25. 
 
 of  Galaad.  ^And  Achaab  king  of 
 Israel  said  to  Josaphat  king  of  Juda, 
 Wilt  thou  go  with  xne  to  Ramoth  of 
 the  country  of  Galaad?  And  he  said 
 to  him,  As  I  am  so  also  art  thou,  as 
 thy  people,  so  also  is  my  people  with 
 thee  for  the  war.  *  And  Josaphat  said 
 to  the  king  of  Israel,  Seek,  I  pray  thee, 
 the  Lord  to-day.  ^  And  the  king  of 
 Israel  gathered  the  prophets,  four  hun- 
 dred men,  and  said  to  them,  Shall  I  go 
 to  Ramoth  Galaad  to  battle,  or  shall  I 
 forbear?  And  they  said.  Go  up,  and 
 God  shall  deliver  it  into  the  hands  of 
 the  king.  ^  And  Josaphat  said,  Is 
 there  not  here  a  prophet  of  the  Lord 
 besides,  that  we  may  inquire  of  him? 
 ^  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to  Josa- 
 phat, There  is  yet  one  man  by  whom 
 to  inquire  of  the  Lord;  but  I  hate 
 him,  lor  he  does  not  prophesy  con- 
 cerning me  for  good,  for  all  his  days 
 are  for  evil:  this  is  Michaias  the  son 
 of  Jembla.  And  Josaphat  said.  Let 
 not  the  king  say  so.  **  And  the  king- 
 called  an  eunuch,  and  said.  Fetch 
 quickly  Michaias  the  son  of  Jembla. 
 ^  And  the  king  of  Israel  and  Josaphat 
 king  of  Juda  were  sitting  each  on  his 
 throne,  and  clothed  in  their  robes, 
 sitting  in  the  open  space  at  the  en- 
 trance of  the  gate  of  Samaria :  and  all 
 the  prophets  were  prophesying  before 
 them.  ^^  And  Sedekias  son  of  Cha- 
 naan  made  for  himself  iron  horns,  and 
 said.  Thus  says  the  Lord,  With  these 
 thou  shalt  thrust  Syria  until  it  be  con- 
 sumed. "  And  all  the  prophets  pro- 
 phesied so,  saying.  Go  up  to  Ramoth 
 Galaad,  and  thou  shalt  prosper;  and 
 the  Lord  shall  deliver  it  into  the  hands 
 of  the  king.  '^  And  the  messenger 
 that  went  to  call  Michaias  spoke  to 
 him,  saying.  Behold,  the  prophets  have 
 spoken  favourably  concerning  the  king 
 with  one  mouth;  let  now,  I  pray  thee, 
 +  Gr.  thou  thy  words  be  as  the  words 
 Shalt  speak,  ^f  one  of  them,  and  Mo 
 ,^ ^^^]^^h°''^  thou    speak    good  things. 
 
 hveth,  that  or,  i     tit-    i      •  •^      +^ 
 
 as.  '•'  And  Michaias  said,  ^  As 
 
 the  Lord    lives,  whatever    God   shall 
 
 say  to  me,  that  will  I  speak.  '^  And 
 he  came  to  the  king,  and  the  king  said 
 to  him,  ]\Iichaias,  shall  I  go  up  to 
 Ramoth  Galaad  to  battle,  or  shall  I 
 forbear?  And  he  said.  Go  up,  and 
 tliou  shalt  prosper,  and  they  shall  be 
 given  into  your  hands.  *^  And  the 
 king  said  to  him.  How  often  ^  shall  I 
 solemnly  charge  thee  that  +  Gr.  do  i. 
 thou  speak  to  me  nothing  but  truth  in 
 the  name  of  the  Lord?  ^^And  he 
 said,  I  saw  Israel  scattered  on  the 
 mountains,  as  sheep  without  a  shep- 
 herd: and  the  Lord  said.  These  liave 
 no  commander;  let  each  return  to  his 
 home  in  peace. 
 
 '^  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to 
 Josaphat,  Said  I  not  to  thee,  that  he 
 would  not  prophesy  concerning  me 
 good,  but  evil?  '^  But  he  said.  Not 
 so.  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord : 
 I  saw  the  Lord  sitting  on  his  throne, 
 and  all  the  host  of  heaven  stood  by  on 
 his  right  hand  and  on  his  left.  ^^.  And 
 the  Lord  said.  Who  will  deceive 
 Achaab  king  of  Israel,  that  he  may  go 
 up,  and  fall  in  Ramoth  Galaad?  and 
 one  spoke  this  way,  and  another  spoke 
 that  way.  ^°  And  there  came  forth  a 
 spirit,  and  stood  before  the  Lord,  and 
 said,  I  Avill  deceive  him.  And  the 
 Lord  said,  Whereby?  -'  And  he  said, 
 I  will  go  fortli,  and  will  be  a  lying 
 spirit  in  the  mouth  of  all  his  prophets. 
 And  the  Lord  said.  Thou  shalt  deceive 
 him,  and  shalt  prevail:  go  forth,  and 
 do  so.  ^'^  And  now,  behold,  the  Lord 
 has  put  a  false  spirit  in  the  mouth  of 
 these  thy  prophets,  and  the  Lord  has 
 spoken  evil  against  thee.  ^^  Then 
 Sedekias  the  son  of  Chanaan  drew 
 near,  and  smote  INIichaias  on  the  cheek, 
 and  said  to  him.  By  what  way  passed 
 the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  from  me  to 
 speak  to  tlice?  ^*  And  Michaias  said, 
 Behold,  thou  shalt  see  in  that  day, 
 when  thou  shalt  go  from  chamber  to 
 chamber  to  hide  thyself  ^^  And  the 
 king  of  Israel  said.  Take  Michaias,  and 
 carry  him  back  to  Emer  the  governor 
 of  the  city,  and  to  Joas  the  captain, 
 
Chap,  xviii.  v.  26. 
 
 CHKONICLES  JI. 
 
 ClJAi'.  XX.  V.  1. 
 
 the  king's  son;  ^'^  and  je  shall  say, 
 Thus  said  the  king,  Pvit  this  fellow 
 into  the  prison-house,  and  let  him  eat 
 the  bread  of  affliction,  and  drink  the 
 water  of  affl.iction,  until  I  return  in 
 peace.  ^^  And  Michaias  said,  If  thou 
 do  at  all  return  in  peace,  the  Lord  has 
 not    spoken   by   me.     And   he   said, 
 
 +  Gr.  peoples.  Hear,  all  ye  ^  people.  ^^  So 
 the  king  of  Israel,  and  Josaphat  king 
 of  Juda,  went  up  to  Ramoth  Galaad. 
 ^^  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to  Josa- 
 phat, Disguise  me,  and  I  will  enter 
 into  the  battle:  and  do  thou  put  on 
 niy  raiment.  So  the  king  of  Israel 
 disguised  himself,  and  entered  into  the 
 battle.  ^°  Now  the  king  of  Sp'ia  had 
 commanded  the  captains  of  the  chariots 
 that  were  with  him,  saying,  Fight 
 neither  against  small  nor  great,  but 
 only  against  the  king  of  Israel.  ^' And 
 it  came  to  pass,  when  the  captains  of 
 the  chariots  saw  Josaphat,  that  they 
 said.  It  is  the  king  of  Israel:  and  they 
 compassed  him  about  to  fight  against 
 him :  and  Josaphat  cried  out,  and  the 
 Lord  deUvered  hira ;  and  God  turned 
 them  away  from  him.  ^^  And  it  came 
 to  pass,  when  the  captains  of  the  cha- 
 riots saw  that  it  was  not  the  king  of 
 Israel,  that  they  turned  away  from 
 him.     ^^  And  a  man  drew  a  bow  ''^with 
 
 fHeb.  iort  ^  good  aim,  and  smote  the 
 See  3  Kings  king  of  Israel  between  the 
 ^^'  ^*'  lungs  and  the  breastplate : 
 
 and  he  said  to  the  charioteer.  Turn 
 thine  hand,  drive  me  out  of  the  battle, 
 
 +  Gr.  I  have    for  ^  I  am  woundcd.    ^■^And 
 
 laboured.  ^^^    ^^^^|g     ^^^^^^^^    -^^    ^|^^^ 
 
 day ;  and  the  king  of  Israel  remained 
 on  the  chariot  against  Syria  until  even- 
 ing, and  died  at  sunset. 
 
 19.  And  Josaphat  king  of  Juda 
 returned  to  his  house  at  Jerusalem. 
 ^  And  there  went  out  to  meet  him  Jen 
 the  prophet  the  son  of  Anani,  and  said 
 to  him.  King  Josaphat,  dost  thou  help 
 a  sinner,  or  act  friendly  towards  one 
 hated  of  the  Lord?  Therefore  has 
 wrath  come  upon  thee  from  the  Lord. 
 
 483 
 
 ^  Nevertheless  some  good  things  have 
 been  found  in  thee,  forasmuch  as  thou 
 didst  remove  the  groves  from  the  land 
 of  Juda,  and  didst  direct  thine  heart  to 
 seek  after  the  Lord.  ^  And  Josaphat 
 dwelt  in  Jerusalem :  and  he  again  went 
 out  among  the  people  from  Beersabee 
 to  the  mount  of  Ephraim,  and  turned 
 them  back  to  the  Lord  God  of  their 
 fathers.  ''And  he  appointed  judges 
 in  all  the  strong  cities  of  Juda,  city  by 
 city.  ^  And  he  said  to  the  judges. 
 Take  good  heed  what  ye  do:  for  ye 
 judge  not  for  man,  but  for  the  Lord, 
 and  with  you  are  matters  of  judgment. 
 ^  And  now  let  the  fear  of  the  Lord  be 
 upon  you,  and  be  wary,  and  do  7/our 
 duty :  for  there  is  no  unrighteousness 
 with  the  Lord  our  God,  neither  is  it 
 for  him  to  respect  persons,  nor  to  take 
 bribes.  ^  Moreover  Josaphat  ap- 
 pointed in  Jerusalem  some  of  the 
 priests,  and  Levites,  and  heads  of 
 houses  of  Israel,  for  the  judgment  of 
 the  Lord,  and  to  judge  the  dwellers  in 
 Jerusalem.  '-*  And  he  charged  them, 
 saying,  Thus  shall  ye  do  in  the  fear  of 
 the  Lord,  in  truth  and  with  a  ^perfect 
 heart.  ^^  Wliatsoever  man  +  Gr.  fuii. 
 of  your  brethren  that  dwell  in  their 
 cities  shall  bring  the  cause  that  comes 
 ^  before  you,  between  blood  +  Gr.  upon. 
 and  blood,  and  between  precept  and 
 commandment,  and  ordinances  and 
 judgments,  ye  shall  even  decide  for 
 them  ;  so  they  shall  not  sin  against 
 the  Lord,  and  there  shall  not  be 
 wrath  upon  you,  and  upon  yom:  bre- 
 thren: thus  ye  shall  do,  and  ye  shall 
 not  sin.  ^^  And,  behold,  Amarias 
 the  priest  is  head  over  you  in  every 
 matter  of  the  Lord;  and  Zabdias  the 
 son  of  Ismael  is  head  over  the  house 
 of  Juda  in  every  matter  of  the  king ; 
 and  the  scribes  and  Levites  are  before 
 you:  be  strong  and  active,  and  the 
 Lord  shall  be  with  the  good. 
 
 20.  And  after  this  came  the  chil- 
 dren of  Moab,  and  the  children  of 
 Ammon,  and  with  them  some  of  the 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  2. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xx.  v.  22. 
 
 Minseans,  against  Josapliat  to  battle. 
 ^  And  they  came  and  told  Josapliat, 
 saying,  There  is  come  against  thee  a 
 great  mviltitude  from  Syria,  from  be- 
 yond the  sea ;  and,  behold,  they  are  in 
 Asasan  Thamar,  this  is  Engadi.  ^And 
 Josapliat  was  alarmed,  and  set  his  face 
 to  seek  the  Lord  earnestly,  and  he 
 proclaimed  a  fast  in  all  Juda.  ■*  And 
 Juda  gathered  themselves  together  to 
 seek  after  the  Lord :  even  from  all  the 
 cities  of  Juda  they  came  to  seek  the 
 Lord.  ^  And  Josapliat  stood  up  in 
 the  assembly  of  Juda  in  Jerusalem,  in 
 the  house  of  the  Lord,  in  front  of  the 
 new  court.  ^  And  he  said,  0  Lord 
 God  of  my  fathers,  art  not  thou  God 
 in  heaven  above,  and  art  not  thou 
 Lord  of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  na- 
 tions? and  is  there  not  in  thy  hand 
 the  might  of  dominion,  and  there  is 
 no  one  who  can  resist  thee  ?  ^  Art  not 
 thou  the  Lord  that  didst  destroy  the 
 inhabitants  of  this  land  before  the  face 
 of  thy  people  Israel,  and  didst  give  it 
 to  thy  beloved  seed  of  Abraham  for 
 ever?  ^  And  they  dwelt  in  it,  and 
 built  in  it  a  sanctuary  to  thy  name, 
 saying,  ^  If  there  should  come  upon  us 
 evils,  sword,  judgment,  pestilence, 
 famine,  we  will  stand  before  this  house, 
 and  before  thee,  (for  thy  name  is  upon 
 this  house,)  and  we  will  cry  to  thee 
 because  of  the  affliction,  and  thou  slialt 
 hear,  and  deliver.  "^  And  now,  be- 
 hold, the  children  of  Ammon,  and 
 Moab,  and  ]Mount  Seir,  with  regard  to 
 whom  thou  didst  not  permit  Israel  to 
 t  Gr.  them,  pass  through  ^  their  border, 
 when  they  had  come  out  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  (for  they  turned  away  from 
 them,  and  did  not  destroy  them;) — 
 "yet  now,  behold,  they  make  attempts 
 against  us,  to  come  forth  to  cast  us  out 
 from  our  inheritance  which  thou  gavest 
 us.  '"''  0  Lord  our  God,  wilt  thou  not 
 judge  them?  for  we  have  no  strength 
 to  resist  this  great  multitude  that  is 
 come  against  us;  and  we  know  not 
 what  we  shall  do  to  them :  but  our  eyes 
 are  toward  thee.     '^  And  all  Juda  was 
 
 standing  before  the  Lord,  and  their 
 children,  and  their  wives.  ^*  And 
 Oziel  the  son  of  Zacharias,  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Banaias,  of  the  sons  of  Eliel 
 the  sons  of  Matthanias  the  Levite,  of 
 the  sons  of  Asaph, — upon  him  came 
 the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  in  the  assembly : 
 ''^  and  he  said,  Hear  ye,  all  Juda,  and 
 the  dwellers  in  Jerusalem,  and  king 
 Josapliat,  thus  says  the  Lord  to  ^you, 
 even  you.  Fear  not,  neither  t  cr.  you 
 be  alarmed,  before  all  this  y^^"^^^^"^^- 
 great  multitude;  for  the  battle  is  not 
 yours,  but  God's.  ^^  To-morrow  go 
 ye  down  against  them:  behold,  they 
 come  up  by  the  ascent  of  Assies,  and  ye 
 shall  find  them  at  the  extremity  of  the 
 river  of  the  wilderness  of  Jeriel.  '"  It 
 is  not  for  you  to  fight:  understand 
 these  things,  and  see  the  deliverance  of 
 the  Lord  with  you,  Juda  and  Jeru- 
 salem :  fear  not,  neither  be  afraid  to 
 go  forth  to-morrow  to  meet  them;  and 
 the  Lord  shall  be  with  you.  ^^  And 
 Josaphat  bowed  with  his  face  to  the 
 ground  with  all  Juda  and  the  dwellers 
 in  Jerusalem,  and  they  fell  before  the 
 Lord  to  worship  the  Lord.  '^  And 
 the  Levites  of  the  children  of  Kaath, 
 and  they  of  the  sons  of  Korc,  rose  up  to 
 praise  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  with  a 
 loud  voice  on  high.  ^"  And  they  rose 
 early  in  the  morning  and  went  out  to 
 the  wilderness  of  Tliecoe :  and  as  they 
 went  out,  Josaphat  stood  and  cried, 
 and  said,  Hear  me,  Juda,  and  the 
 dwellers  in  Jerusalem ;  put  your  trust 
 in  the  Lord  God,  and  ^your  ,;«';iJ,7r 
 trust  shall  be  honoured;  credited, 
 trust  in  his  prophet,  and  ye  shall  pros- 
 per. '•^'  And  he  took  counsel  with  the 
 people,  and  set  appointed  men  to  sing 
 psalms  and  praises,  to  give  thanks,  and 
 sing  the  holy  songs  of  to-. praise 
 Upraise  in  going  forth  be-  the hoiy things, 
 fore  the  host:  and  they  said,  Give 
 thanks  to  the  Lord,  for  his  mercy  en- 
 dures for  ever.  ^^  And  when  they 
 began  the  praise  and  thanksgiving, 
 the  Lord  caused  the  children  of  Am- 
 mon to  fight  against    ]\Ioab,  and  the 
 
Chap.  xx.  v.  23. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xxi.  v.  7. 
 
 inhabitants  of  Mount  Seir  that  came 
 out  against  Jucla;  and  they  were 
 routed.  ^3  Xhcn  the  children  of  Am- 
 mon  and  Moab  rose  up  against  the 
 dwellers  in  Mount  Seir,  to  destroy  and 
 consume  them;  and  when  they  had 
 made  an  end  of.  destroying  the  in- 
 habitants of  Seir,  they  rose  up 
 against  one  another  so  that  they  were 
 utterly  destroyed.  ^^  And  Juda  came 
 to  the  watch-tower  of  the  wilderness, 
 and  looked,  and  saw  the  multitude, 
 and,  behold,  tliey  were  all  fallen  dead 
 upon  the  earth,  not  one  escaped.  '■^^And 
 Josaphat  and  his  people  went  out  to 
 spoil  them,  and  they  found  much 
 cattle,  and  furniture,  and  spoils,  and 
 precious  things:  and  they  spoiled 
 them,  and  they  were  three  days  ga- 
 thering the  spoil,  for  it  was  abundant. 
 ^^  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  fourth 
 day  they  were  gathered  to  the  Valley 
 
 +  Or,  Bera-  of  ^  Blcssiug ;  for  there  they 
 chah.  blessed  the  Lord:  therefore 
 
 they  called  the  name  of  that  place  the 
 Valley    of  Blessing,    until   this    day. 
 
 +  Gr.  everj-  ^^ And  ^  all  the  men  of  Juda 
 ™^'  returned  to  Jerusalem,  and 
 
 Josaphat  led  them  with  great  joy;   for 
 
 t  Gr.  from,  the  Lord  gave  them  j  oy  ^over 
 their  enemies. 
 
 ^*  And  they  entered  into  Jerusalem 
 with  lutes  and  harps  and  trumpets, 
 going  into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 ^^  And  there  was  a  terror  of  the  Lord 
 upon  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  land, 
 when  they  heard  that  the  Lord  fought 
 against  the  enemies  of  Israel.  ^^  And 
 the  kingdom  of  Josaphat  was  at  peace ; 
 and  his  God  gave  him  rest  round 
 about.  ^^  And  Josaphat  reigned  over 
 Juda,  being  thirty-five  years  old 
 when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
 reigned  twenty-five  years  in  Jerusalem : 
 and  his  mother's  name  was  Azuba, 
 daughter  of  Sali.  ^^  And  he  walked 
 in  the  ways  of  his  father  Asa,  and 
 turned  not  aside  from  doing  that 
 which  was  right  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord.  ^^  Nevertheless  the  high' places 
 yet  remained;  and  as  yet  the  people 
 
 did  not  direct  their  heart  to  the  Lord 
 
 God  of  their  fathers.     ^^  And  the  rest 
 
 of  the  acts  of  Josaphat,  the  first  and 
 
 the  last,  behold,  they  are  written  in 
 
 the  history  of  Jeu  the  son  of  Anani, 
 
 who  wrote  the  book  of  the  kings  of 
 
 Israel.     ^^And    afterwards     Josaphat 
 
 king  of  Jvida  entered  into  an  alliance 
 
 with    Ochozias    king  of  Israel,  '(now 
 
 Ochoziaswasanunrio'hteous    +Thus  the 
 s  Of.  1  .  •,!       -\   hpa.  but  pro- 
 
 man,)  "^°  by  actmg  imtriQXKX   bably  the  sense 
 
 going  to  him,  to  build  ?Indhe(josa. 
 ships  to  a-o  to  Tharsis :  and  p^'^'^)  siiinecUn 
 
 1  1      -1.        1  •  •        /-I      •  acting  with,' 
 
 lie  buiit  ships  in  Gasion  &c. 
 Gaber.  ^^  And  Eliezer  the  son  of 
 Dodia  of  Marisa  prophesied  against 
 Josaphat,  saying,  Forasmuch  as  thou 
 hast  allied  thyself  with  Ochozias,  the 
 Lord  has  broken  thy  work,  and  thy 
 vessels  have  been  wrecked.  And  they 
 could  not  go  to  Tharsis. 
 
 21.  And  Josaphat  slept  with  his 
 fathers,  and  was  buried  in  the  city  of 
 David:  and  '^  Joran  his  son  t^to.Joram. 
 reigned  in  his  stead.  ^And  he  had 
 brothers,  the  six  sons  of  Josaphat, 
 Azarias,  and  Jeiel,  and  Zacharias,  and 
 Azarias,  and  Michael,  and  Zaphatias: 
 all  these  icere  the  sons  of  Josaphat  king 
 of  Juda.  ^  And  their  father  gave  them 
 many  gifts,  silver,  and  gold,  and  arms, 
 together  with  fortified  cities  in  Juda : 
 but  he  gave  the  kingdom  to  Joram, 
 for  he  was  the  first-born.  "*  And  Joram 
 ^  entered  upon  his  kingdom,  .  ^^'•-  rose  up 
 and  ^  strengthened  himself,    ^  ^^  ^^^ 
 
 and    slcAV    all    his    brothers    strengthened. 
 
 with  the  sword,  and  some  of  the  princes 
 of  Israel.  "^Wlien  he  was  thirty  and 
 two  years  old,  Joram  succeeded  to  his 
 kingdom,  and  he  reigned  eight  years 
 in  Jerusalem.  ''And  he  walked  in  the 
 way  of  the  kings  of  Israel,  as  did  the 
 house  of  Achaab;  for  a  daughter  of 
 Achaab  was  his  wife :  and  he  did  that 
 which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord : 
 ^  nevertheless  the  Lord  would  not 
 utterly  destroy  the  house  of  David, 
 because  of  the  covenant  which  he  made 
 with   David,  and  as  he  said  to  him, 
 
Chap.  xxi.  v.  8. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xxii.  v.  7. 
 
 that  he  would  give  a  light  to  him  and 
 his  sons  for  ever.  ^In  those  days 
 Edom  revolted  from  Juda,  and  they 
 made  a  king  over  themselves.  ^And 
 Joram  went  with  the  princes,  and  all 
 the  cavalry  with  him :  and  it  came  to 
 pass  that  he  arose  by  night,  and  smote 
 Edom  that  compassed  him  about,  and 
 the  captains  of  the  chariots,  and  the 
 people  fled  to  their  tents.  '°And 
 Edom  revolted  from  Juda  until  tliis 
 day.  Then  Lomna  at  that  time  re- 
 volted from  under  his  hand,  because 
 he  forsook  the  Lord  God  of  his  fathers. 
 "  For  he  built  high  places  in  the  cities 
 of  Juda,  and  caused  the  dwellers  in 
 Jerusalem  to  go  a-whoring,  and  led 
 Juda  astray.  ^'-^And  there  came  to 
 him  a  message  in  writing  from  Eliu 
 the  prophet,  saying,  Thus  says  the 
 Lord  God  of  thy  father  David,  Because 
 thou  hast  not  walked  in  the  way  of  thy 
 father  Josaphat,  nor  in  the  ways  of 
 Asa  king  of  Juda,  ^^bvit  hast  walked  in 
 the  ways  of  the  kings  of  Israel,  and 
 hast  caused  Juda  and  the  dwellers  in 
 Jerusalem  to  go  a-whoring,  as  the 
 house  of  Achaab  caused  Israel  to  go 
 a-whoring,  and  thou  hast  slain  thy 
 brethren,  the  sons  of  thy  father,  who 
 were  better  than  thyself  ;  ''*  behold,  the 
 Lord  shall  smite  thee  with  a  great 
 plague  among  thy  people,  and  thy  sons, 
 and  thy  wives,  and  all  thy  store : 
 '^  and  thou  shalt  he  affiicted  with  a 
 grievous  disease,  with  a  disease  of  the 
 bowels,  until  thy  bowels  shall  ^  fiJl 
 +  Gr.  come  out  day  by  day  with  the 
 ^°'^*'-  sickness.     ^^  So   the    Lord 
 
 stirred  up  the  Philistines  against 
 Joram,  and  the  Arabians,  and  those 
 who  bordered  on  the  Ethiopians : 
 '^  and  they  went  up  against  Juda, 
 and  prevailed  against  them,  and  took 
 away  all  the  store  which  they  foimd  in 
 the  house  of  the  king,  and  his  sons, 
 and  his  daughters  ;  and  there  was  no 
 son  left  to  him  but  Ochozias  the 
 tGr.  least,  ^youngest  of  his  sons.  "*And 
 after  all  these  things  the  Lord  smote 
 him  in  the  bowels  with  an  incurable 
 
 486 
 
 disease.     '^And  it  ^continued  from  day 
 to  day :    and  when  the  time  +  Gr.  was. 
 of  the  days  came  to  two  ^  years,  his 
 bowels  fell  out  with  the  dis-    tor.  days,  but 
 ease,    and    he    died    by   a  ^°^^  from  the 
 
 .    '  -,.  •'       -    context  ami 
 
 grievous    distemper  :    and  the  neb.  it  is 
 
 1  •  1  r  J  clear  that 
 
 nis    people    performed    no  years  are 
 funeral,  like  the  funeral  of  "^^ant. 
 his  fathers.     ^^  He  was  thirty  and  two 
 years  old  when  he  began  to  reign,  and 
 he  reigned  eight  years  in  Jerusalem. 
 And  he  departed  ^  without    t  Gr.  not  in 
 honour,  and  was  buried  in  p'^^®- 
 the  city  of  David,  but  not  in  the  tombs 
 of  the  kings. 
 
 22.  And  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusa- 
 lem made  Ochozias  his  ^  youngest  son 
 king  in  his  stead:  for  the  +  cr. uttie son. 
 band  of  robbers  that  came  against 
 them,  even  the  Arabians  and  the 
 ^  AUmazonians,  had  slain  all  +  see  chap.  u. 
 the  elder  ones.  So  Ocho-  '^' 
 zias  son  of  Joram  king  of  Juda 
 reigned.  ^  Ochozias  began  to  reign 
 Avhen  he  was  twenty  years  old,  and  he 
 reigned  one  year  in  Jerusalem:  and 
 his  mother's  name  was  GothoHa,  the 
 daughter  of  Ambri.  ^  And  he  walked 
 in  the  way  of  the  house  of  Achaab; 
 for  his  mother  was  his  counsellor  to  do 
 evil.  ^  And  he  did  that  which  was 
 evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  as  the 
 house  of  Achaab  had  done :  for  they 
 were  his  counsellors  after  the  death  of 
 his  father  to  his  destruction.  ^  And 
 ho  walked  in  their  counsels,  and  he  went 
 with  Joram  son  of  Achaab  king  of 
 Israel  to  war  against  Azael  king  of 
 Syria  to  Ramoth  Galaad :  and  the 
 arcliers  smote  Joram.  ''And  Joram 
 returned  to  Jezrael  to  be  healed  of  the 
 wounds  whercAvith  the  Syrians  smote 
 him  in  Kamotli,  when  he  fought 
 against  Azael  king  of  Syria.  And 
 Ochozias  son  of  Joram,  king  of  Juda, 
 Avent  down  to  see  Joram  the  son  of 
 Achaab  at  Jezrael  because  he  was  sick. 
 ^And  destruction  from  God  +  Gr.  catas- 
 came  upon  Ochozias  in  his  ^'^°^^^- 
 coming  to  Joram,  for  when  he   had 
 
Chap.  xxii.  v.  8. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap,  xxiii.  v.  13. 
 
 come,  Joram  went  out  with  him  against 
 Jeu  the  son  of  Namessei,  the  anointed 
 of  the  Lord  against  the  house  of 
 Achaab.  ^And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
 Jeu  was  taking  vengeance  on  the  house 
 of  Achaab,  that  he  found  the  princes 
 of  Juda  and  the  brethren  of  Ochozias 
 ministering  to  Ochozias,  and  he  slew 
 them.  ^And  he  gave  orders  to  seek 
 Ochozias :  and  they  took  him  while  he 
 was  healing  his  wounds  in  Samaria, 
 and  they  brought  him  to  Jeu,  and  he 
 slew  him,  and  they  buried  him,  for 
 they  said.  He  is  the  son  of  Josaphat, 
 who  sought  the  Lord  with  all  his  heart. 
 So  there  was  none  in  the  house  of 
 Ochozias  to  secure  their  power  in  the 
 kingdom.  ^°  And  Gotholia  the  mother 
 of  Ochozias  saw  that  her  son  was  dead, 
 and  she  arose  and  destroyed  all  the 
 seed  royal  in  the  house  of  Juda.  '  ^  But 
 Josabeeth,  the  daughter  of  the  king, 
 took  Joas  the  son  of  Ochozias  and 
 +  £?r.  stole  him.  ^  rcscucd  him  secretly  out 
 of  the  midst  of  the  sons  of  the  king 
 that  were  put  to  death,  and  she  placed 
 him  and  his  nurse  in  a  bed-chamber. 
 So  Josabeeth  daughter  of  king  Joram, 
 sister  of  Ochozias,  wife  of  Jodae  the 
 priest  hid  him,  and  she  even  hid  him 
 Jodae'  ^t^  from  Gotliolia,  and  she  did 
 ix^T  av-rijs  is     not  slay   him.      ^^  And  he 
 
 another  read-  .■',,.       .    ,  .  ,    .         , 
 
 ing.  was  With  nim     hid  in  the 
 
 house  of  God  six  years;  and  Gotholia 
 reigned  over  the  land. 
 
 23.  And  in  the  eighth  year  Jodae 
 strengthened  himself,  and  took  the 
 captains  of  hundreds,  Azarias  the  son  of 
 Joram,  and  Ismael  the  son  of  Joanan, 
 and  Azarias  the  son  of  Obed,  and 
 Maasajas  the  son  of  Adia,  and  EKsai- 
 phan  the  son  of  Zacharias,  with  him 
 into  the  house  of  the  Lord.  ^And 
 they  went  round  about  Juda,  and 
 gathered  the  LcAates  out  of  all  the 
 cities  of  Juda,  and  heads  of  the  fami- 
 Hes  of  Israel,  and  they  came  to  Jeru- 
 salem. ^And  all  the  congregation  of 
 Juda  made  a  covenant  with  the  king 
 in  the  house  of  God.     And  he  showed 
 
 487 
 
 them  the  king's  son,  and  said  to  them, 
 Lo !  let  the  king's  son  reign,  as  the 
 Lord  said  concerning  the  house  of 
 David.  ■*  Now  this  is  the  ^  thing  which 
 ye  shall  do.  Let  a  third  +  Gr.  word, 
 part  of  you,  even  of  the  priests  and  of 
 the  Lcvites,  enter  in  on  the  sabbath, 
 even  into  the  gates  of  the  entrances; 
 ■'  and  let  a  third  part  be  in  the  house 
 of  the  king;  and  ^another  +Gj-. the  third, 
 third  at  the  middle  gate :  and  all  the 
 people  in  the  courts  of  the  Lord's 
 house.  ^  And  let  not  any  one  enter 
 into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  except  the 
 priests  and  the  Levites,  and  the  servants 
 of  the  Levites  ;  they  shall  enter  in, 
 because  they  are  holy:  and  let  all  the 
 people  keep  the  watch  of  the  Lord. 
 ^And  the  Levites  shall  compass  the 
 king  round  about,  every  man's  wea- 
 pon being  in  his  hand;  and  whoever 
 else  goes  into  the  house  shall  die :  but 
 they  shall  be  with  the  king  when  he 
 goes  out,  and  when  he  comes  in.  *And 
 the  Levites  and  all  Juda  did  according 
 to  all  that  the  priest  Jodae  commanded 
 them,  and  they  took  each  his  men 
 from  the  beginning  of  the  sabbath  to 
 the  end  of  the  sabbath,  for  Jodae  the 
 priest  did  not  dismiss  the  courses. 
 ^  And  Jodae  gave  to  the  men  the 
 swords,  and  the  shields,  and  the  arms, 
 which  had  belonged  to  king  David, 
 and  were  in  the  house  of  God.  ^"And 
 he  set  the  whole  people,  every  man  with 
 his  arms,  from  the  right  side  of  the 
 house  to  the  left  side  of  the  altar  and 
 the  house,  over  against  the  king  round 
 about.  '^  And  he  brought  out  the 
 king's  son,  and  put  on  him  the  crown 
 and  the  testimony,  and  Jodae  the  priest 
 and  his  sons  proclaimed  him  king,  and 
 anointed  him,  and  said,  Long  hve  the 
 king!  '^And  Gothoha  heard  the 
 sound  of  the  people  running,  and  ac- 
 knowledging and  praising  the  king: 
 and  she  went  in  to  the  king  into  the 
 house  of  the  Lord.  ''And  she  look- 
 ed, and,  behold,  the  kins;  t gc.  upon Ws 
 'stood  in  his  place,  and  ^*^'^^- 
 the  princes  and  trumpets  Avere  at  the 
 
Chap,  xxiii.  v.  14. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xxiv.  y.  11. 
 
 entrance,  and  the  princes  were  round 
 the  king:  and  all  the  people  of  the 
 land  rejoiced,  and  sounded  the  trum- 
 pets, and  there  were  the  singers  singing 
 with  instruments,  and  ^  singing  hymns 
 
 +Gr.  hymning  of  praisc.     And    Gotholia 
 praise.  ^^^^  -^^^  ^.^^^^  ,^^^  Cried, 
 
 Ye  surely  are  plotting  against  me. 
 ^*  And  Jodae  the  priest  went  forth, 
 and  Jodae  the  priest  charged  the  cap- 
 tains of  hundreds,  even  the  captains  of 
 the  host,  and  said  to  them.  Thrust  her 
 forth  outside  the  house,  and  follow 
 her,  and  let  her  be  slain  with  the 
 sword.  For  the  priest  said.  Let  her 
 not  be  slain  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 tGr.  gave  her  ^^  ^o  they  ^ct  her  go  oitt; 
 remission         and  shc  wcut  throuo;h  the 
 
 probably  the      ,  ,  f   i      i 
 
 Lxx.  took  the  horscmcn  s  gate  oi  the  house 
 Sthelente  rf  ^f  the  king,  and  they  slew 
 space.  her   there.      '^And   Jodae 
 
 made  a  covenant  between  himself,  and 
 the  people,  and  the  king,  that  the 
 people  should  be  the  Lord's.  '^And 
 all  the  people  of  the  land  went  into 
 the  house  of  Baal,  and  tore  down  it 
 and  its  altars,  and  they  ground  his 
 images  to  powder,  and  they  slew  Mat- 
 than  the  priest  of  Baal  before  his  altars. 
 '^And  Jodae  the  priest  committed  the 
 works  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  into 
 the  hand  of  the  priests  and  Levites, 
 and  he  re-established  the  courses  of 
 the  priests  and  Levites  which  David 
 appointed  over  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 and  he  appointed  them  to  ofier  whole- 
 burnt-offerings  to  the  Lord,  as  it  is 
 written  in  the  law  of  Moses,  witli 
 gladness,  and  with  songs  by  the  hand 
 of  David.  '^And  the  porters  stood  at 
 the  gates  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 that  no  one  unclean  in  any  respect 
 +  Gr.  shau.  ^  should  cutcr  in.  ^^  And  he 
 took  the  heads  of  families,  and  the 
 mighty  men,  and  the  chiefs  of  the 
 people,  and  all  the  people  of  the  land, 
 and  they  conducted  the  king  into  the 
 house  of  the  Lord ;  and  he  went  through 
 the  inner  sate  into  the  king's  house, 
 and  they  seated  the  king  on  the  throne 
 oi'    the    kingdom.       ■■^'  And    all    the 
 
 4  H8 
 
 people  of  the  land  rejoiced;  and  the 
 city  was  quiet :    and  they  ^i""''^  ^Jjf^ 
 
 slew  Gotholia.^  the  sword. 
 
 24.  Joas  was  seven  years  old  when 
 he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned 
 forty  years  in  Jerusalem  :  and  his 
 mother's  name  was  Sabia  of  Beersabee. 
 ^And  Joas  did  that  which  was  right 
 in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  all  the  days 
 of  Jodae  the  priest.  ^  And  Jodae  took 
 to  himself  two  wives,  and  they  bore 
 sons  and  daughters.  ''And  it  came  to 
 pass  afterwards  that  it  came  into  the 
 heart  of  Joas  to  repair  the  house  of 
 the  Lord.  ^And  he  gathered  the  priests 
 and  the  Levites,  and  said  to  them. 
 Go  out  into  the  cities  of  Juda,  and 
 collect  money  of  all  Israel  to  repair  the 
 house  of  the  Lord  from  year  to  year, 
 and  make  haste  ^  to  speak  of  t  The  lxx. 
 
 it.       But  the   Levites  hasted    l^^^e  rendered 
 
 not.    ^And  king  Joas  called  >'^r'f7°r 
 
 1  •    P         1        -1  msteadof'the 
 
 Jodae  the  chiei,  and  said  to  matter.* 
 him.  Why  hast  thou  not  looked  after 
 the  Levites,  so  that  they  should  bring 
 from  Juda  and  Jerusalem  that  wlrich 
 was  ^  prescribed  by  Moses  ^  Gr.  judged, 
 the  man  of  God,  +  when  he  ^Jh^^'^^Xt 
 assembled  Israel  at  the  "e. 
 tabernacle  of  witness?  ^For  Gotholia 
 was  a  transgressor,  and  her  sons  tore 
 down  the  house  of  God ;  for  they 
 offered  the  holy  things  of  the  house  of 
 the  Lord  to  Baalim.  ^  x\nd  the  king 
 said.  Let  a  ^  box  be  made,  +  see  John  12.6. 
 and  let  it  be  put  at  the  gate  of  the 
 house  of  the  Lord  without.  '•'And  let 
 men  proclaim  in  Juda  and  in  Jerusa- 
 lem, that  the  people  should  bring  to 
 the  Lord,  as  Moses  the  servant  of  God 
 spoke  concerning  Israel  in  the  wilder- 
 ness. "'And  all  the  princes  and  all  the 
 people  gave,  and  brought  in,  and  cast 
 into  the  box  until  it  was  filled.  "And 
 it  came  to  pass,  when  they  brought  in 
 the  box  to  the  officers  of  the  king  by 
 the  hand  of  the  Levites,  and  when 
 they  saw  that  the  money  was  more 
 than  sufficient  to  Jill  the  box,  then  came 
 the  king's  scribe,  and  the  officer  of  the 
 
Chap.  xxiv.  v.  12. 
 
 CHRONICLES  11. 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  4. 
 
 high  priest,  and  emptied  the  box,  and 
 restored  it  to  its  place.  Thus  they  did 
 day  by  day,  and  collected  much^nioney. 
 
 +  Gr.  suver.  '^And  the  king  and  Jodae 
 the  priest  gave  it  to  the  workmen  cm- 
 ployed  in  the  service  of  the  house  of 
 the  Lord,  and  they  hired  masons  and 
 carpenters  to  repair  the  house  of  the 
 Lord,  also  smiths  and  braziers  to  repair 
 the  house  of  the  Lord.  '"^And  the 
 workmen  wrought,  and  the  works 
 prospered  in  their  hands,  and  they  esta- 
 blished the  house  of  the  Lord  on  its 
 foundation,  and  strengthened  it.  '''And 
 when  they  had  finished  it,  they  brought 
 to  the  king  and  to  Jodae  the  remainder 
 of  the  money,  and  they  made  vessels 
 for  the  house  of  the  Lord,  vessels  of 
 service  for  whole-burnt-ofFerings,  and 
 gold  and  silver  censers :  and  they  of- 
 fered up  whole-bvirnt-offerings  in  the 
 house  of  the  Lord  continually  all  the 
 days  of  Jodae.  '^And  Jodae  grew  old, 
 being  full  of  days,  and  he  died,  being 
 a  hundred  and  thirty  years  old  at  his 
 death.  '^And  they  buried  him  with 
 the  kings  in  the  city  of  David,  because 
 he  had  dealt  well  with  Israel,  and  with 
 God  and  his  house.  '^And  it  came  to 
 pass  after  the  death  of  Jodae,  that  the 
 princes  of  Juda  went  in,  and  did  obei- 
 sance to  the  king.  Then  the  king 
 hearkened  to  them.  '**And  they  for- 
 sook the  house  of  the  Lord  God  of 
 their  fathers,  and  served  the  Astartes 
 and  idols :  and  there  was  wrath  upon 
 Juda  and  Jerusalem  in  that  day.  '^Yet 
 he  sent  prophets  to  them,  to  turn  them 
 to  the  Lord;  but  they  hearkened  not: 
 and  he  testified  to  them,  but  they 
 obeyed  not.      ^^And  the  Spirit  of  God 
 
 t  Gr.  clothed.  ^  came  upou  Azarias  the  son 
 of  Jodae  the  priest,  and  he  stood  up 
 above  the  people,  and  said,  Thus  says 
 the  Lord,  Why  do  ye  transgress  the 
 commandments  of  the  Lord?  so  shall 
 ye  not  prosper ;  for  ye  have  forsaken 
 the  Lord,  and  he  will  forsake  you. 
 '^'And  they  conspired  against  him,  and 
 stoned  him  by  command  of  king  Joas 
 in  the  court  of  the  Lord's  house.    ^^  So 
 
 489 
 
 Joas  remembered  not  the  ^  kindness 
 which  his  father  Jodae  had  +  Gr.  mercy, 
 exercised  towards  him,  but  slew  his 
 son.  And  as  he  died,  he  said.  The 
 Lord  look  upon  it,  and  judge.  "^^And 
 it  came  to  pass  after  the  end  of  the 
 year,  that  the  host  of  Syria  went  up 
 against  him,  and  came  against  Juda 
 and  Jerusalem :  and  they  slew  all  the 
 chiefs  of  the  people  among  the  people, 
 and  all  their  spoils  they  sent  to  the 
 king  of  Damascus.  ^^  For  the  army 
 of  Syi'ia  came  with  few  men,  yet  God 
 gave  into  their  hands  a  very  large  army, 
 because  they  had  forsaken  the  God  of 
 their  fathers ;  and  he  ^  brought  +  wrought, 
 judgments  on  Joas.  ^^And  after  they 
 had  departed  from  him,  when  they  had 
 left  him  in  sore  diseases,  then  his  ser- 
 vants conspired  against  him  ^  because 
 of  the  blood  of  the  son  of  +  or.  in. 
 Jodae  the  priest,  and  slew  him  on  his 
 bed,  and  he  died,  and  they  buried  him 
 in  the  city  of  David,  but  they  buried 
 him  not  in  the  sepulchre  of  the  kings. 
 ^•"And  they  that  conspired  against  him 
 were  Zabed  the  son  of  Samaath  the 
 Ammanite,  and  Jozabed  the  son  of 
 Samareth  the  Moabite.  ^^And  all  his 
 sons,  and  ^  the  five  came  +  j^^Qn  ■  bur- 
 to  him :  and  the  other  mat-  den,'  mistaken 
 ters,  behold,  they  are  writ-  ^J^^^;  ^°\ 
 ten  in  the  book  of  the  kings.  '  """^ 
 And  Amasias  his  son  reigned  in  his 
 stead. 
 
 25.  Amasias  began  to  reign  when 
 he  was  twenty  and  five  years  old,  and 
 he  reigned  twenty-nine  years  in  Jeru- 
 salem ;  and  his  mother's  name  was  Joa- 
 daen  of  Jerusalem.  ^And  he  did  that 
 which  was  right  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord,  but  not  with  a  ^perfect  t  g>:  fuu. 
 heart.  ^And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
 the  kingdom  was  estabhshed  in  his 
 hand,  that  he  slew  his  servants  who 
 had  slain  the  king  liis  father.  ^  But  he 
 slew  not  their  sons,  according  to  the 
 covenant  of  the  law  of  the  Lord,  as  it 
 is  written,  and  as  the  Lord  commanded, 
 saying.  The  fathers  shall  not  die  lor  the 
 children,  and  the  sons  shall  not  die  for 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  5. 
 
 CHRONICLES   II. 
 
 Chap.  xxv.  v.  23. 
 
 the  fathers,  but  they  shall  die  each  for 
 his  own  sin.  ^And  Amasias  assembled 
 the  house  of  Juda,  and  appointed  them 
 according  to  the  houses  of  their  fami- 
 Hes  for  captains  of"  thousands  and  cap- 
 tains of  hundreds  in  all  Juda  and 
 Jerusalem :  and  he  numbered  them 
 from  twenty  years  old  and  upwards, 
 and  found  them  three  hundred  thou- 
 sand able  to  go  out  to  war,  holding- 
 spear  and  shield.  "Also  he  hired  of 
 Israel  a  hiindred  thousand  mighty  men 
 for  a  hundred  talents  of  silver.  ''And 
 there  came  a  man  of  God  to  him,  say- 
 ing, 0  king,  let  not  the  host  of  Israel 
 go  with  thee ;  for  the  Lord  is  not  with 
 Israel,  eve?!  all  the  sons  of  Ephraini. 
 *  For  if  thou  shalt  undertake  to 
 strengthen  thyself  with  these,  then  the 
 Lord  shall  put  thee  to  flight  before  the 
 enemies :  for  it  is  of  the  Lord  both  to 
 strengthen  and  to  put  to  flight.  ^And 
 Amasias  said  to  the  man  of  God,  But 
 what  shall  I  do  for  the  hundred  talents 
 which  I  have  given  to  the  army  of 
 Israel?  And  the  man  of  God  said, 
 The  Lord  can  give  thee  much  more 
 than  these.  '''And  Amasias  separated 
 from  the  army  that  came  to  him  from 
 Ephraim,  that  they  might  go  away  to 
 their  place :  and  they  were  very  angry 
 with  Juda,  and  they  returned  to  their 
 place  with  great  wrath.  "And  Ama- 
 sias strengthened  himself  and  took  his 
 people,  and  went  to  the  valley  of  salt, 
 and  smote  there  the  children  of  Seir 
 ten  thousand.  '^  And  the  children  of 
 t  Gr.  took       Juda   ^  took  ten    thousand 
 
 10,000   &c.  .  -       .  .      . 
 
 alive.  prisoners,  and  they  earned 
 
 them  to  the  top  of  the  precipice,  and 
 cast  them  headlong  from  the  top  of  the 
 precipice,  and  they  were  all  dashed  to 
 +  Gr.  sons,  picces.  '^Aud  the  ^  men  of 
 the  host  whom  Amasias  sent  back  so 
 that  they  should  not  go  with  him  to 
 battle,  ivent  and  attacked  the  cities  of 
 Juda,  from  Samaria  to  Ba^thoron;  and 
 they  smote  three  thousand  among 
 them,  and  took  much  spoil.  '''And  it 
 came  to  pass,  after  Amasias  had  re- 
 turned from  smiting  Idumaea,  that  he 
 
 4t»0 
 
 brought  home  the  gods  of  the  children 
 of  Seir,  and  set  them  up  for  himseh' 
 as  gods,  and  bowed  down  before  them, 
 and  he  sacriliccd  to  them.  '''And  the 
 anger  of  the  Lord  came  upon  Amasias, 
 and  he  sent  him  a  prophet,  and  he  said 
 to  him,  Wiry  hast  thou  sought  the 
 gods  of  the  people,  which  have  not 
 rescued  their  own  people  out  of  thine 
 hand?  "'And  it  came  to  pass  when 
 ^  the  prophet  w\as  speaking  t  o,-,  he,  but 
 to  him,  that  he  said  to  him,  ^'^•'•-  °P'ts 
 Have  i  made  tiiee  king  s  which  is  more 
 counsellor?  take  heed  lest  "^*^  ^' 
 thou  be  scourged :  and  the  prophet 
 ^  forbore,  and  said,  I  know  tGr.was  sUent. 
 that  God  is  disposed  against  thee  to 
 destroy  thee,  because  thou  hast  done 
 this  thing,  and  hast  not  hearkened  to 
 my  counsel.  '^And  Amasias  king  of 
 Juda  took  counsel,  and  sent  to  Joas, 
 son  of  Joachaz,  son  of  Jeu,  king  of 
 Israel,  saying.  Come,  and  let  us  look 
 one  another  in  the  face.  '^And  Joas 
 king  of  Israel  sent  to  Amasias  kinij  of 
 Juda,  saying.  The  ^thistle  HiKxovx.Heb. 
 that  was  in  Libanus  sent  to  ^°''''" 
 the  cedar  that  was  in  Libanus,  saying, 
 Give  thy  daughter  to  my  son  to  wife; 
 but,  behold,  the  wild  beasts  of  the  field 
 that  are  in  Libanus  shall  come:  and 
 the  wild  beasts  did  come,  and  trod 
 down  the  thistle.  '^Thou  hast  said, 
 Behold,  I  have  smitten  Idumaea,  and 
 thy  ^  stout  heart  exalts  thee :  +  Gr.  heavy, 
 now  stay  at  home;  for  why  dost  thou 
 implicate  thyself  in  mischief,  that  thou 
 shouldest  fall,  and  Juda  Avith  thee? 
 ^^  Nevertheless  Amasias  hearkened  not, 
 for  it  was  of  the  Lord  to  deliver  him 
 into  the  enemy  s  hands,  because  he 
 sought  after  the  gods  of  the  Idumaans. 
 ^'  So  Joas  king  of  Israel  went  up;  and 
 they  saw  one  another,  he  and  Amasias 
 king  of  Juda,  in  Ba^thsamys,  which  is 
 of  Juda.  ^'^And  Juda  was  put  to  flight 
 before  Israel,  and  they  fled  every  man 
 to  his  tent.  ^^  And  Joas  king  of  Israel 
 took  prisoner  Amasias  king  of  Juda, 
 son  of  Joas,  son  of  Joachaz,  in  Bseth- 
 samys,  and  brought  him  to  Jerusalem. 
 
Chap.  xxv.  v.  24. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xxvi.  u.  18. 
 
 and  he  pulled  down  paj't  of  the  wall  of 
 Jerusalem  from  the  gate  of  Ephraim 
 to  the  corner  gate,  four  hundred  cubits. 
 ^^And  he  took  all  the  gold  and  the 
 silver,  and  all  the  vessels  that  were 
 found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  and 
 with  Abdedom,  and  the  treasures  of 
 the  king's  house,  and  the  hostages,^ 
 J  Gr.  sons  of  q^^^  \^q  retumcd  to  Samaria. 
 
 alliances  o'        nc  .       -■       .  •  ^  n 
 
 unions.  ^'^And  Amasias  the  son  ol 
 
 Joas  king  of  Juda  Hved  after  the  death 
 of  Joas  the  son  of  Joachaz  king  of 
 Israel  fifteen  years.  ^""And  the  rest  of 
 the  acts  of  Amasias,  the  first  and  the 
 last,  lo !  are  they  not  written  in  the 
 book  of  the  kings  of  Juda  and  Israel? 
 ^^And  at  the  time  when  Amasias  de- 
 parted from  the  Lord,  then  they  formed 
 a  consj)iracy  against  him;  and  he  fled 
 from  Jerusalem  to  Lachis:  and  they 
 sent  after  him  to  Lachis,  and  slew  him 
 there.  ^®And  they  took  him  up  on 
 horses,  and  buried  him  with  his  fathers 
 in  the  city  of  David. 
 
 26.  Then  all  the  people  of  the  land 
 took  Ozias,  and  he  was  sixteen  years 
 old,  and  they  made  him  king  in  the 
 room  of  his  father  Amasias.  ^  He 
 biult  -3iilatli,  ho  recovered  it  to  Juda, 
 after  the  king  slept  with  his  fathers. 
 ^  Ozias  began  to  reign  at  the  age  of 
 sixteen  years,  and  he  reigned  fifty-two 
 years  in  Jerusalem:  and  his  mother's 
 name  was  Jechelia  of  Jerusalem.  "^And 
 he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the 
 sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all  that 
 Amasias  his  father  did.  ^And  he 
 sought  the  Lord  in  the  days  of  Zacha- 
 rias,  who  understood  the  fear  of  the 
 Lord;  and  in  his  days  he  sought  the 
 Lord,  and  the  Lord  prospered  him. 
 ^And  he  went  out  and  fought  against 
 the  Philistines,  and  pulled  down  the 
 walls  of  Geth,  and  the  walls  of  Jabner, 
 and  the  walls  of  Azotus,  and  he  built 
 +  Gr.  of.  cities  ^  ?iear  Azotus,  and  among 
 the  PhiHstines.  '^  And  the  Lord 
 strengthened  him  against  the  Philis- 
 tines, and  against  the  Arabians  that 
 dwelt  on   the  rock,  and  against  the 
 
 Minseans.  *  And  the  Minseans  gave 
 gifts  to  Ozias ;  and  his  fame  spread  as 
 far  as  the  entering  in  of  Egypt,  for 
 he  strengthened  himself  exceedingly. 
 ^And  Ozias  built  towers  in  Jerusalem, 
 both  at  the  gate  of  the  corner  and  at 
 the  valley  gate,  and  at  the  corners,  and 
 he  fortified  them.  ^°  And  he  built 
 towers  in  the  wilderness,  and  ^  dug 
 many  wells,  for  he  had  many    +  or,  hewed 
 
 -•^     .  J       .  ,  ''     out  ol  the  rock. 
 
 cattle  in  the  ^  low  country    ^  g^.      .  ^ - 
 and  in  the  plain ;  and  vine-  Heb.  word, 
 dressers  in  the  mountain  country  and 
 in  Carmel :  for  he  was  a  husbandman. 
 '^And  Ozias  had  a  ^host  of   +  Gr.  force 
 warriors,  and  that  went  out  '"^'^^  ^^^• 
 orderly  to  war,  and  returned  orderly 
 '  in  number,  and  their  num-  J^j^';;ered''or 
 ber  was  made  by  the  hand  reviewed, 
 of  Jeiel  the   scribe,  and  Maasias  the 
 judge,   by  the  hand  of  Ananias   the 
 king's^deputT/.  '^  The  whole    +in  Acts  24. 
 mmiber   of  the    chiefs    of  ^^.'successor.' 
 
 families  of  the  mighty  men  of  war  was 
 two  thousand  six  hundred.  ^^  And 
 with  them  was  a  warrior  force,  three 
 hundred  thousand  and  seven  thousand 
 and  five  hundred  :  these  waged  war 
 mightily  to  help  the  king  against  his 
 enemies.  '^And  Ozias  prepared  for 
 them  even  for  all  the  host,  shields,  and 
 spears,  and  helmets,  and  breastplates, 
 and  bows,  and  slings  for  stones.  '^And 
 he  made  in  Jerusalem  "machines  in- 
 vented by  a  wise  contriver,  to  be  upon 
 the  towers  and  upon  the  corners,  to 
 cast  darts  and  great  stones:  and  the 
 fame  of  their  preparation  was  heard  at 
 a  distance ;  for  he  was  wonderfully 
 helped,  till  he  was  strong.  '^And  when 
 he  was  strong,  his  heart  was  lifted  up 
 ^  to  his  destruction ;  and  he  +Gr.to destroy, 
 transgressed  against  the  Lord  his  God, 
 and  went  into  the  temple  of  the  Lord 
 to  burn  incense  on  the  altar  of  ^in- 
 cense. ^' And  there  went  in  +  ch--  incenses, 
 after  him  Azarias  the  priest,  and  with 
 him  eighty  priests  of  the  Lord,  mighty 
 men.  ^^And  they  withstood  Ozias  the 
 king,  and  said  to  him.  It  is  not  for 
 thee,   Ozias,   to  burn   incense  to  the 
 
Chap.  xxvi.  v.  19. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap,  xxviii.  v.  7. 
 
 Lord,  but  only  for  the  priests  the  sons 
 of  Aaron,  who  are  consecrated  to  sacri- 
 fice: go  forth  of  the  sanctuary,  for 
 thou  hast  departed  from  the  Lord;  and 
 this  shall  not  be  lor  glory  to  thee  from 
 the  Lord  God.  '^And  Ozias  was  angry, 
 and  he  had  in  his  hand  the  censer  to 
 burn  incense  in  the  temple :  and  when 
 he  was  angry  Avith  the  priests,  then  the 
 leprosy  rose  up  in  his  forehead  before 
 the  priests  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 over  the  altar  of  incense.  ^°And  Aza- 
 rias  the  chief  priest,  and  the  other 
 priests,  turned  to  look  at  him,  and, 
 behold,  he  was  leprous  in  his  fore- 
 head; and  they  got  him  hastily  out 
 thence,  for  he  also  hasted  to  go  out, 
 because  the  Lord  had  rebuked  him. 
 ^^And  Ozias  the  king  was  a  leper  to 
 the  day  of  his  death,  and  he  dwelt  as 
 t  Gr.  i.ir4>ov<7h9  a  Icpcr  in  a  ''^  separate  house ; 
 J^l:  of  free-  foi'  he  was  cut  ofiTrom  the 
 dom.  house    of  the    Lord :    and 
 
 Joathan  his  son  teas  set  over  his  king- 
 dom judging  the  people  of  the  land. 
 '^^And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ozias,  the 
 first  and  the  last,  are  written  by  Jessias 
 the  prophet.  ^^And  Ozias  slept  with 
 his  fathers,  and  they  buried  him  with 
 his  fathers  in  the  field  of  the  burial 
 place  of  the  kings,  for  they  said,  He  is 
 a  leper:  and  Joatham  his  son  reigned 
 in  his  stead. 
 
 27.  ^Joatham  was  twenty  and  five 
 t  Joathan  26.  jears  old  when  he  began  to 
 21-  reign,  and  he  reigned  six- 
 
 teen years  in  Jerusalem :  and  his 
 mother's  name  was  Jerusa,  daughter 
 of  Sadoc.  ^And  he  did  that  which 
 was  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
 according  to  all  that  his  father  Ozias 
 did:  but  he  went  not  into  the  temple 
 of  the  Lord.  And  still  the  people 
 corrupted  themselves.  '  Ide  built  tlie 
 high  gate  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 and  he  built  much  in  the  wall  of  Opel, 
 t  Aiex.+  'and  "* ^  In  the  mountain  of  Juda , 
 
 he buUt cities.'    ^^^j    -^^  ^|^^  ^^^^^^^^    j^^   ^^^-f^ 
 
 both  dwelling-places  and  towers.  '^He 
 fought  against  the  king  of  the  cliildren 
 
 of  Ammon,  and  prevailed  against  him: 
 and  the  children  of  Ammon  gave  him 
 even  annually  a  hundred  talents  of 
 silver,  and  ten  thousand  '^measures  of 
 wheat,  and  ten  thousand  of  +  Gr.  cors, 
 barley.  These  the  king  of  "'''■  '^°"^- 
 the  children  of  Ammon  brought  to 
 him  annually  in  the  first  and  second 
 and  third  years.  ^  Joatham  grew 
 strong,  because  he  prepared  his  ways 
 before  the  Lord  his  God.  '^And  the 
 rest  of  the  acts  of  Joatham,  and  his 
 war,  and  his  deeds,  behold,  they  are 
 written  in  the  book  of  the  kings  of 
 Juda  and  Israel.^  '^And  ^  see  Appendijc. 
 Joatham  slept  with  liis  fathers,  and 
 Avas  buried  in  the  city  of  David :  and 
 Achaz  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 
 28.  Achaz  was  ^five  and  twenty 
 years  old  when  he  began  ^  Aiex.  20  yeaxs. 
 to  reign,  and  he  reigned  sixteen  years 
 in  Jerusalem  :  and  he  did  not  that 
 which  was  right  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord,  as  David  his  father.  ^  But  he 
 walked  in  the  ways  of  the  kings  of 
 Israel,  for  he  made  graven  images. 
 ^And  ^he  sacrificed  to  their  ^  idols  in 
 the  valley  of  Benennom,  /  suppUed 
 and  passed  his  cnildren  +  Aiex.  yr,. 
 through  the  fire,  according  to  the 
 abominations  of  the  heathen,  whom 
 the  Lord  cast  out  from  before  the 
 children  of  Israel.  ^And  he  burnt 
 incense  upon  the  high  places,  and 
 upon  the  roofs,  and  imder  every 
 shady  tree.  '^And  the  Lord  his  God 
 delivered  him  into  the  hand  of  the 
 king  of  Syria;  and  he  smote  him,  and 
 took  captive  of  them  a  great  band  of 
 prisoners,  and  carried  him  to  Damas- 
 cus. Also  he*  delivered  +  lie, «.  e.  God. 
 him  into  the  hands  of  the  king  of 
 Israel,  who  smote  him  with  a  great 
 slaughter.  ''And  Phakee  the  son  of 
 Romelias  king  of  Israel,  slew  in  Juda 
 in  one  day  a  hundred  and  twenty 
 thousand  mighty  men  ;  because  they 
 had  forsaken  the  Lord  God  of  their 
 fathers.  ^And  Zechri,  ^a  tcr.the.  ^ 
 mighty  man  of  Ephraim ,  slew  Maasias 
 
Chap,  xxviii.  v.  8. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap,  xxviii.  v.  27. 
 
 the  king's  son,  and  Ezrican  the  chief 
 of  his  hovise,  and  Elkana  the  king's 
 deputy.  ^And  the  children  of  Israel 
 took  captive  of  their  brethren  three 
 hundred  thousand,  women,  and  sons, 
 and  daughters,  and  they  spoiled  them 
 of  much  property,  and  brought  the 
 spoils  to  Samaria.  ^And  there  was 
 there  a  prophet  of  the  Lord,  his  name 
 was  Oded:  and  he  went  out  to  meet 
 the  host  that  were  coming  to  Samaria, 
 and  said  to  them.  Behold,  the  wrath 
 of  the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers  is 
 upon  Juda,  and  he  has  delivered  them 
 into  your  hands,  and  ye  have  slain 
 them  in  wrath,  and  it  has  readied 
 even  to  heaven.  ^'^And  now  ye  talk 
 of  keeping  the  children  of  Juda  and 
 Jerusalem  for  servants  and  handmaid- 
 ens. Lo !  am  I  not  with  you  to  testify 
 for  the  Lord  your  God?  ''And  now 
 hearken  to  me,  and  restore  the  ^prison- 
 +  Gr.  captivity,  ers  of  your  brethren  whom 
 ye  have  taken  :    for  the  ^  fierce  anger 
 
 +  Gr.  anger  of    ^^   ^hc    Lord    IS    UpOU   yOU. 
 
 vnrath.  12  ^j^^  ^^le  chiefs  of  the  sons 
 
 Mto.  Azarias.  ^f  Ephraim  rose  up, '  Udias 
 the  son  of  Joanas,  and  Barachias  the 
 son  of  ]\Iosolamoth,  and  Ezekias  the 
 son  of  Sellem,  and  Amasias  the  son  of 
 Eldai,  against  those  that  came  from 
 the  war,  '^and  said  to  them,  Ye  shall 
 not  bring  in  hither  the  prisoners  to  us, 
 for  whereas  sin  against  the  Lord  is 
 upon  us,  ye  mean  to  add  to  our  sins, 
 and  to  our  trespass :  for  our  sin  is 
 +  G)-.  wrath  or  great,  and  the  ^fierce  anger 
 ^^^■^^  of  the  Lord  is  upon  Israel. 
 
 '■*  So  the  warriors  left  the  prisoners 
 and  the  spoils  before  the  princes  and 
 all  the  congregation.  '^And  the  men 
 who  were  called  by  name  rose  up,  and 
 took  hold  of  the  prisoners,  and  clothed 
 all  the  naked  from  the  spoils,  and  gave 
 them  garments  and  shoes,  and  gave 
 them  food  to  eat,  and  oil  to  anoint 
 themselves  with,  and  they  helped  also 
 every  one  that  was  weak  with  asses, 
 and  placed  them  in  Jericho,  the  city 
 of  palm-trees,  with  their  brethren ;  and 
 they  returned  to  Samaria.     '"At  that 
 
 time  king  Achaz  sent  to  the  king  of 
 Assyria  to  help  him,  and  on  this  occa- 
 sion, '^because  the  Idumtcans  had 
 attacked  him,  and  smitten  Juda,  and 
 taken  ^a  number  of  prison-  ,l^^'^/5,-  ^^• 
 ers.  '*'  Also  the  r hiustmes  *■  «■ 
 had  made  an  attack  on  the  cities  of 
 the  plain  country,  and  the  cities  of  the 
 south  of  Juda,  and  taken  Baithsamys, 
 and  ^  [the  things  in  the  t  Aiex.  omits 
 house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  ^eerbrLk!' 
 things  in  the  house  of  the  <^ts. 
 king,  and  of  the  princes :  and  they 
 gave  to  the  king]  ^lon,  and  Galero, 
 and  Socho  and  her  villages,  and 
 Thamna  and  her  villages,  and  Gamzo 
 and  her  villages  :  and  they  dwelt 
 there.  '^  For  the  Lord  humbled  Juda 
 because  of  Achaz  king  of  Juda,  be- 
 cause he  grievously  departed  from  the 
 Lord.  ^''And  there  came  against  him 
 Thalgaphellasar  king  of  Assyria,  and 
 he  afflicted  him,  ^'And  Achaz  took 
 the  things  that  were  in  the  house  of 
 the  Lord,  and  the  things  in  the  house 
 of  the  king,  and  of  the  princes,  and  gave 
 them  to  the  king  of  Assyria:  but  he 
 was  no  help  to  him,  ^-^but    ^  <3"';7-  P'^- 
 
 1  7  7    7     7  •         •         1  •      scured  by  false 
 
 only  trouolea  him  m  his  punctuation  of 
 affliction :  and  he  departed  mi,.  ^^  '  ^^^ 
 yet  more  from  the  Lord,  and  king 
 ^^  Achaz  said,  I  will  seek  after  the  gods 
 of  Damascus  that  smite  me.  And  he 
 said.  Forasmuch  as  the"  gods  of  the 
 king  of  Syria  themselves  strengthen 
 them,  therefore  will  I  sacrifice  to  them, 
 and  they  will  help  me.  But  they  be- 
 came a  stumbling-block  to  him,  and 
 to  all  Israel.  ^^And  Achaz  removed 
 the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 and  cut  them  in  pieces,  and  shut  the 
 doors  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
 made  to  himself  altars  in  every  corner 
 in  Jerusalem  :  ^'^and  in  each  several 
 city  in  Juda  he  made  high  places  to 
 burn  incense  to  strange  gods  :  and  they 
 provoked  the  Lord  God  of  their  fa- 
 thers. ^"^  And  the  rest  of  his  acts,  and 
 his  deeds,  the  first  and  the  last,  behold, 
 they  are  written  in  the  book  of  the 
 kings   of   Juda   and    Israel.      ^^  And 
 
Chap.  xxix.  v.  1. 
 
 CHRONICLES   II. 
 
 Chap.  xxix.  v.  21. 
 
 Acliaz  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
 buried  in  the  city  of  David;  for  they 
 did  not  bring  him  into  the  sepulchi-es 
 of  the  kings  of  Israel :  and  Ezekias 
 his  son  rei2;ned  in  his  stead. 
 
 29.  And  Ezekias  ^  began  to  reign 
 t  Gr.  reigned,  at  the  age  of  twenty -five 
 years,  and  he  reigned  twenty-nine 
 years  in  Jerusalem:  and  his  mother's 
 name  was  Abia,  daughter  of  Zach- 
 arias.  ^And  he  did  that  which  was 
 right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  accord- 
 ing to  all  that  his  father  David  had 
 done.  ^And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
 +  Gr.  stood,  he  ^  was  establislied  over  his 
 kingdom,  in  tlie  first  month,  he  opened 
 the  doors  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 and  repaired  them.  ^And  he  brought 
 in  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  and  put 
 them  on  the  east  side,  ^and  said  to 
 them.  Hear,  ye  Levites,  now  sanctify 
 yourselves,  and  sanctify  the  house  of 
 the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers,  and  cast 
 out  the  impurity  from  the  holy  places. 
 ^For  our  fathers  have  revolted,  and 
 done  that  which  was  evil  before  the 
 Lord  our  God,  and  have  forsaken  him, 
 and  have  turned  away  their  face  from 
 the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord,  and  have 
 turned  their  back.  ^And  they  have 
 shut  up  the  doors  of  the  temple,  and 
 put  out  the  lamps,  and  have  not  burnt 
 incense,  and  have  not  offered  whole- 
 burnt-offerings  in  the  \\o\j  jjlace  to  the 
 God  of  Israel.  *'And  the  Lord  was 
 very  angry  with  Juda  and  Jerusalem, 
 and  made  them  an  astonishment,  and 
 a  desolation,  and  a  hissing,  as  ye  see 
 with  youj  eyes.  ^And,  behold,  your 
 +  Heb.  i'^q;  fathers  *  have  been  smitten 
 with  tire  sword,  and  your  sons  and 
 your  daughters  and  your  wives  are  in 
 captivity  in  a  land  not  their  own,  as 
 it  is  even  now.  "^  Therefore  it  is  now 
 in  my  heart  to  make  a  ^covenant,  a 
 +  Or,  my  cove-  Covenant  with  the  Lord 
 God  of  Israel,  ^  that  he  may 
 turn  away  his  fierce  wrath 
 from  us.  ' '  And  now  be  not  wanting 
 to  your  duty^  for  the  Lord  has  chosen 
 
 494 
 
 naiit 
 +  Gr.  and  he 
 shall. 
 
 you  to  stand  before  him  to  minister, 
 and  to  be  ministers  and  burners  of 
 incense  to  him.  ^^  Then  the  Levites 
 rose  up,  Maath  the  son  of  Amasi,  and 
 Joel  the  son  of  Azarias,  of  the  sons  of 
 Kaath :  and  of  the  sons  of  ]\Ierari,  Kis 
 the  son  of  Abdi,  and  Azarias  the  son 
 of  Ilaelel:  and  of  the  sons  of  Gedsoni, 
 Jodaad  the  son  of  Zemmath,  and  Joa- 
 dam  :  these  icere  the  sons  of  Joacha. 
 '^And  of  the  sons  of  EHsaphan;  Zam- 
 bri,  and  Jeiel :  and  of  the  sons  of 
 Asaph ;  Zacharias,  and  ]\Iatthanias : 
 '''and  of  the  sons  of^man;  Jeiel,  and 
 Semei:  and  of  the  sons  of  Idithun; 
 Samaias,  and  Oziel.  ''^  And  they 
 gathered  their  brethren,  and  they 
 purified  themselves  according  to  the 
 king's  command  by  the  order  of  the 
 Lord,  to  purify  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 '^And  the  priests  entered  into  the 
 house  of  the  Lord,  to  purify  it,  and 
 they  cast  out  all  the  uncleanness  that 
 was  found  in  tlie  house  of  the  Lord, 
 even  into  tlie  court  of  the  house  of  the 
 Lord:  and  the  Levites  received  it  to 
 cast  into  the  brook  of  Kedron  without. 
 '^And  Ezekias  began  on  the  first  day, 
 even  on  the  new  moon  of  the  first 
 month  to  purify,  and  on  the  eighth 
 day  of  the  month  they  entered  into 
 the  temple  of  the  Lord :  and  they 
 purified  the  house  of  the  Lord  in  eight 
 days;  and  on  the  ^thirteenth  M/e*.  leth. 
 day  of  the  first  month  they  finished 
 the  work.  '^  And  they  went  in  to  king 
 Ezekias,  and  said.  We  have  purified 
 all  the  things  in  the  house  of  the 
 Lord,  the  altar  of  whole-burnt-offering, 
 and  its  vessels,  and  the  table  of  shew- 
 bread,  and  its  vessels;  '^and  all  the 
 vessels  which  king  Achaz  polluted  in 
 his  reign,  in  his  apostacy,  we  have 
 prepared  and  purified  :  behold,  they 
 are  before  the  altar  of  the  Lord.  '•^^  And 
 king  Ezekias  rose  early  in  the  morn- 
 ing, and  gathered  the  chief  men  of  the 
 city,  and  went  up  to  the  house  of  the 
 Lord.  "^^  And  he  brought  seven  calves, 
 seven  rams,  seven  lambs,  seven  kids  of 
 goats  for  a  sin-offering,  for  the  king- 
 
Chap.  xxix.  v.  22. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xxx.  v.  5. 
 
 dom,  and  for  the  holy  things,  and  for 
 Israel :  and  he  told  the  priests  the  sons 
 of  Aaron  to  go  up  to  the  altar  of  the 
 Lord.  -^And  they  slew  the  calves, 
 and  the  priests  received  the  blood,  and 
 poured  it  on  the  altar:  and  they  slew 
 the  rams,  and  poured  the  blood  upon 
 the  altar:  also  they  slew  the  lambs, 
 and  poured  the  blood  round  the  altar. 
 ^^And  they  brought  the  goats  for  a  sin- 
 offering  before  the  king  and  the  con- 
 gregation; and  laid  their  hands  upon 
 them.  -'*And  the  priests  slew  them, 
 and  offered  their  blood  as  a  propitia- 
 tion on  the  altar  ;  and  they  made 
 atonement  for  all  Israel:  for  the  king 
 said.  The  whole-burnt-offering,  and 
 the  sin-offerings  are  for  all  Israel. 
 ^'■'And  he  stationed  the  Levites  in  the 
 house  of  the  Lord  with  cymbals,  and 
 lutes,  and  harps,  according  to  the  com- 
 mandment of  king  David,  and  of  Gad 
 
 ^  G>:  seer  to  the  ^king's  scer,  and  Nathan 
 the  king.  ^i^g  prophet:  for  by  the 
 commandment  of  the  Lord  the  order 
 tvas  in  the  hand  of  the  prophets. 
 ^^And  the  Legates  stood  with  the  in- 
 struments of  David,  and  the  priests 
 vrith.  the  trumpets.  ^^And  Ezekias 
 told  them  to  offer  up  the  whole-burnt- 
 offering  on  the  altar:  and  when  they 
 began  to  offer  the  whole-burnt-offer- 
 ing, they  began  to  sing  to  the  Lord, 
 and  the  trumpets  accompanied  the  in- 
 struments of  David  king  of  Israel. 
 ^^And  all  the  congregation  worshipped, 
 and  the  psalm-singers  ivere  singing, 
 and  the  trumpets  sounding,  until  the 
 whole-burnt-sacrifice  had  been  ''com- 
 t  Gr.  completed,  yjletely  offered.  ^^  And 
 when  they  had  done  offering  it,  the 
 king  and  all  that  were  ^present  bowed, 
 +  G)-.  found,     and    worshipped.       ^*'And 
 
 e  raism.  king  Ezckias  and  the  princes 
 told  the  Levites  to  sing  hymns  to  the 
 Lord  in  the  words  of  David,  and  of 
 Asaph  the  prophet :  and  they  sang 
 hymns  with  gladness,  and  fell  down  and 
 +  Gr.  filled  Worshipped.  ^^  Then  Ezekias 
 your  hands,  .^swered  and  said.  Now  ye 
 have  ^consecrated   yourselves   to  the 
 
 Lord,  bring  near  and  offer  sacrifices  of 
 praise  in  the  liouse  of  the  Lord.  And 
 the  congregation  brought  sacrifices 
 and  thank-offerings  into  the  house  of 
 the  Lord ;  and  every  one  who  was 
 ready  in  his  heart  brought  whole-burnt- 
 offerings.  ^^And  the  number  of  the 
 ^  whole-burnt-offerings  which  the  con- 
 gregation      brought,       was    +  Gc.  singular. 
 
 seventy  calves,  a  hundred  rams,  two 
 hundred  lambs :  all  these  ivere  for  a 
 whole-burnt-offering  to  the  Lord. 
 ^^  And  the  consecrated  calves  were  six 
 hundred,  and  the  sheep  three  thousand. 
 ^"^  But  the  priests  were  few,  and  could 
 not  flay  the  whole-burnt-offering,  so 
 their  brethren  the  Levites  helped  them, 
 until  the  work  was  finished,  and  until 
 the  priests  had  purified  themselves  : 
 for  the  Levites  7nore  zealously  purified 
 themselves  than  the  priests.  ^'^And 
 the  whole-burnt-offering  was  abundant, 
 with  the  ^  fat  of  the  ^  com-  \  ^'■-  f^'s. 
 plete    peace-offerina:,     and  ^  °'f)f^ 
 
 f,  ,    .i   ,       ^     .  ^    n      ^        doubly  trans- 
 
 tne  dnnk-onenngs  oi  the  latedhere. 
 whole-burnt-sacrifice.  So  the  service 
 was  ^estabhshed  in  the  tor, was  rightly 
 house  of  the  Lord.  ^^And  ordered. 
 Ezeldas  and  all  the  people  rejoiced, 
 because  God  had  prepared  the  people : 
 for  the  thing  was  done  suddenly. 
 
 30.  And  Ezekias  sent  to  all  Israel 
 and  Juda,  and  wrote  letters  to  Ephraim 
 and  Manasse,  that  they  should  come 
 into  the  house  of  the  Lord  to  Jeru- 
 salem, to  keep  the  ^passover  +  or.  ,pcureK. 
 to  the  Lord  God  of  Israel.  ■^'*- 
 ^  For  the  king,  and  the  princes,  and 
 all  the  congregation  in  Jerusalem, 
 designed  to  keep  the  passover  in  the 
 second  month.  ^  For  they  could  not 
 keep  it  at  that  time,  because  a  sufficient 
 number  of  priests  had  not  purified 
 themselves,  and  the  people  was  not 
 gathered  to  Jerusalem.  ■*  And  the 
 proposal  pleased  the  king  and  the  con- 
 gregation. ^  And  they  established  a 
 decree  that  a  proclamation  should  go 
 through  all  Israel,  from  Beersabee  to 
 Dan,  that  they  should  come  and  keep 
 
Chap.  xxx.  v.  6. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap.  xxx.  v.  24. 
 
 the  passovcr  to  the  Lord  God  of 
 Israel  at  Jerusalem :  for  the  multitude 
 had  not  done  it  lately  according  to  tlie 
 
 tCr.  running  me«.  SCriptUrC.  ''And  thc^posts 
 q.  d.  couriers.  ^^^^^^  ^^'^l^  ^J^^  1^^.^^^.^  f^.^^^^ 
 
 the  king  and  the  princes  to  all  Israel 
 and  Juda,  according  to  the  command 
 of  the  king,  saying,  Children  of  Israel, 
 return  to  the  Lord  God  of  Abraam, 
 and  Isaac,  and  Israel,  and  bring  back 
 them  that  have  escaped  even  those  that 
 were  lel't  of  the  hand  of  the  kins:  of 
 Assyria.  ^And  be  not  as  your  fathers, 
 and  your  brethren,  who  revolted  from 
 the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers,  and  he 
 gave  them  up  to  desolation,  as  ye  see. 
 ^  And  now  harden  not  your  hearts, 
 as  your  fathers  did:  give  glory  to  the 
 Lord  God,  and  enter  into  his  sanc- 
 tuary, which  he  has  sanctified  for  ever : 
 and  serve  the  Lord  your  God,  and  he 
 shaE  turn  away  his  fierce  anger  from 
 you.  ^  For  when  ye  turn  to  the  Lord, 
 your  brethren  and  your  children  shall 
 be  pitied  before  all  that  have  carried 
 them  captives,  and  he  will  restore  you 
 to  this  land :  for  the  Lord  our  God  is 
 merciful  and  pitiful,  and  will  not  turn 
 away  his  face  from  you,  if  we  return 
 to  him.  ^^  So  the  posts  went  through 
 from  city  to  city  in  Mount  Ephraim, 
 and  Manasse,  and  as  far  as  Zabulon : 
 Jl  ^'^'Z^l^  ^  and  they  ^  as  it  were  laughed 
 
 those  that.  J  & 
 
 See  Gen.  19.14.  thcm  to  scorn,  and  mocked 
 them.  '•  But  the  men  of  Aser,  and 
 some  of  Manasses  and  of  Zabulon,  were 
 ashamed,  and  came  to  Jerusalem  and 
 Juda.  '^  And  the  hand  of  the  Lord 
 was  joresent  to  give  them  one  heart  to 
 come,  to  do  according  to  the  com- 
 mands of  the  king  and  of  the  princes, 
 by  the  word  of  the  Lord.  ^^  And  a 
 great  multitude  were  gathered  to 
 Jerusalem  to  keep  the  feast  of  un- 
 leavened bread  in  the  second  month, 
 a  very  great  congregation.  '''  And 
 they  arose,  and  took  away  the  altars 
 that  were  in  Jerusalem,  and  all  on 
 which  they  burnt  incense  to  false  gods 
 they  tore  down  and  cast  into  the  brook 
 Kedron.    '^  Then  they  killed  the  pass- 
 
 over  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
 second  month :  and  the  priests  and  the 
 Levites  repented,  and  purified  them- 
 selves, and  brought  whole-burnt-offer- 
 ings into  the  house  of  the  Lord.  '""And 
 they  stood  at  their  post,  according  to 
 their  ordinance,  according  to  the  com- 
 mandment of  Moses  the  man  of  God : 
 and  the  priests  received  the  blood  from 
 the  liand  of  the  Levites.  '^  For  a  great 
 part  of  the  congregation  was  not  sanc- 
 tified; and  tlie  Levites  were  ready  to 
 kill  the  passover  for  every  one  who 
 could  not  sanctify  himself  to  the  Lord. 
 '^  For  the  greatest  part  of  the  people 
 of  Ephraim,  and  Manasse,  and  Issa- 
 char,  and  Zabulon,  had  not  purified 
 themselves,  but  ate  the  passover  con- 
 trary to  the  scripture.  On  this  account 
 also  Ezekias  prayed  concerning  them, 
 saying,  ''•*  The  good  Lord  be  merciful, 
 with  regard  to  every  heart  that  ^sin- 
 cerely seeks  the  Lord  God  +  directs  itself 
 of  their  fathers,  and  is  not  *°  ^^^^' 
 jmrified  according  to  the  purification 
 of  the  ^  sanctuary.  ^'^  And  +  Gr.  piurai. 
 the  Lord  hearkened  to  Ezekias,  and 
 healed  the  people.  ^'  And  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  who  were  present  in 
 Jerusalem  kept  the  feast  of  unleavened 
 bread  seven  days  with  great  joy;  and 
 they  continued  to  sing  hymns  to  the 
 Lord  daily,  and  the  priests  and  the 
 Levites  played  on  instruments  to  the 
 Lord.     2^ And  Ezekias  ^  en-    'f;jf'!°l:f*Ji 
 
 .  every  heart  of 
 
 couraged  all  the  Levites,  the  Levites. 
 and  those  that  had  good  imdcrstanding 
 of  the  Lord :  and  they  completely  kept 
 the  feast  of  unleavened  bread  seven 
 days,  oflering  ^  peace-ofiTer-  +Gr.  singruiar. 
 ings,  and  confessing  to  the  Lord  God 
 of  their  fathers.  ^*  And  the  congrega- 
 tion purposed  together  to  keep  other 
 seven  days :  and  tliey  kept  seven  days 
 with  gladness.     '^^  For  Ezc-    +  perhaps  of. 
 
 1  •         +      ,  ,     n  T     1         fcred  as  first- 
 
 kias  set  apart  lor  Juda,  fruits  in  behalf 
 even  for  the  congregation,  °^' 
 a  thousand  calves  and  seven  thousand 
 sheep;  and  the  princes  set  apart  for 
 the  people  a  thousand  calves  and  ten 
 thousand  sheep :  and   the  holy  things 
 
Chap.  xxx.  v.  25. 
 
 CHRONICLES  11. 
 
 Chap.  xxxi.  v.  15. 
 
 of  the  priests  abundantly.  ^^  And  all 
 the  congregation,  the  priests  and  the 
 Levites,  rejoiced,  and  all  the  congre- 
 gation of  Juda,  and  they  that  were 
 present  of  Jerusalem,  and  the  strangers 
 that  came  from  the  land  of  Israel,  and 
 the  dwellers  in  Juda.  ^^  And  there 
 was  great  joy  in  Jerusalem :  from  the 
 days  of  Solomon  the  son  of  David  king 
 of  Israel  there  was  not  such  a  feast  in 
 Jerusalem.  '*^^  Then  the  priests  the 
 Levites  rose  up  and  blessed  the  people : 
 and  their  voice  was  heard,  and  their 
 prayer  came  into  his  holy  dwelling- 
 place,  even  into  heaven. 
 
 31.  And  when  all  these  things  were 
 
 finished,  all  Israel  that  were  found  in 
 
 the  cities  of  Juda  went  out,  and  broke 
 
 +  Or,  statues,  [^^  pieccs  the  ^pillars,  and 
 
 t.  e.  standing  i  i  ' 
 
 images.  cut  down  the  groves,  and 
 
 tore  down  the  high  places  and  the 
 altars  out  of  all  Judea  and  Benjamin, 
 also  of  Ephraim  and  Manasse,  till  they 
 made  an  end:  and.  all  Israel  returned, 
 every  one  to  his  inheritance,  and  to 
 their  cities.  ^  And  Ezekias  appointed 
 t  Or,  dauy  the  "^courscs  of  the  priests 
 courses.  ^^^  ^^^^  Levites,    and  the 
 
 courses  of  each  one  according  to  his 
 ministry,  to  the  priests  and  to  the 
 Levites,  for  the  whole-burnt-ofFering, 
 and  for  the  peace-oJBPering,  and  to 
 praise,  and  to  give  thanks,  and  to 
 minister  in  the  gates  a7id  in  the  courts 
 of  the  house  of  the  Lord.  ^  And  the 
 king's  proportion  out  of  his  substance 
 was  appomted  for  the  whole-burnt- 
 otferings,  the  morning  and  the  evening 
 one,  and  the  whole-burnt-ofierings  for 
 the  sabbaths,  and  for  the  new  moons, 
 and  for  the  feasts  that  were  ordered  in 
 the  law  of  the  Lord.  ^  And  they  told 
 the  people  who  dwelt  in  Jerusalem,  to 
 ^  Note. -The    onve   the    portion    of    the 
 
 active  use  of      o   .  J- 
 
 neuter  verbs,  pricsts  and  the  Lcvitcs,  that 
 ^aai\ eX,  T^a.  tlicy  might  be  strong  in  the 
 frei^nt'ln ''  ministry  of  the  house  of  the 
 
 LXX.  See  pre-    Lord. 
 
 face  to  Bos's  i;    *       i  i  i 
 
 edition.  "  And    as   lie   gave   the 
 
 command,  Israel  ^brought  abundantly 
 
 497 
 
 first-fruits  of  corn,  and  wine,  and  oil, 
 and  honey,  and  every  fruit  of  the 
 field;  and  the  children  of  Israel  and 
 Juda  brought  tithes  of  everything 
 abundantly.  '^  And  they  that  dwelt 
 in  the  cities  of  Juda  themselves  also 
 brought  tithes  of  calves  and  sheep,  and 
 tithes  of  goats,  and  consecrated  them 
 to  the  Lord  their  God,  and  they  brought 
 them  and  laid  them  ^in  t^jr.  heaps, 
 heaps.  '^  In  the  third  month  heaps,   see 
 
 ,      Jj  .  n  •!     1       Heb.  and  also 
 
 the  heaps  began  to  be  piled,  Jud.  15.16,  and 
 and  in  the  seventh  month 
 they  were  finished.  ^  And  Ezekias 
 and  the  princes  came  and  saw  the 
 heaps,  and  blessed  the  Lord,  and  his 
 people  Israel.  ^  Then  Ezekias  in- 
 quired  of  the  priests  and  the  Levites 
 concerning  the  heaps.  ^'^  And  Azarias 
 the  priest,  the  cliief  over  the  house  of 
 Sadoc  spoke  to  him,  and  said.  From 
 the  time  that  the  first-fruits  began  to 
 be  brought  into  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 we  have  eaten  and  drunk,  and  left 
 even  abundantly;  for  the  Lord  has 
 blessed  his  people,  and  we  have  left 
 to  this  amount.  "  And  Ezekias  told 
 them  yet  farther  to  prepare  chambers 
 for  the  house  of  the  Lord;  and  they 
 prepared  them,  '^  and  they  brought 
 thither  the  first-fruits  and  the  tithes 
 faithfully:  and  Chonenias  the  Levite 
 was  superintendent  over  them,  and 
 Semei  his  brother  was  next.  ^^  And 
 Jeiel,  and  Ozias,  and  Naeth,  and 
 Asael,  and  Jerimoth,  and  Jozabad, 
 and  Eliel,  and  Samachia,  and  Maath, 
 and  Banaias,  and  his  sons,  were  ap- 
 pointed by  Chonenias  and  Semei  his 
 brother,  as  Ezekias  the  king,  and  Aza- 
 rias who  was  over  the  house  of  the 
 Lord  commanded.  '"^  And  Kore,  the 
 son  of  Jemna  the  Levite,  the  porter 
 eastward,  was  over  the  gifts,  to  dis- 
 tribute the  first-fruits  of  the  Lord,  and 
 the  most  holy  things,  ^^  by  the  hand 
 of  Odom,  and  Benjamin,  and  Jesus, 
 and  Semei,  and  Amarias,  and  Seclio- 
 nias,  by  the  hand  of  the  piiests  faith- 
 fully, to  give  to  their  brethren  accord- 
 ing to  the  courses,  as  well  to  great  aa 
 33 
 
Chap.  xxxi.  v.  16. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap,  xxxii.  v.  15. 
 
 small.  ^^  Besides  the  increase  of  mules 
 from  three  years  old  and  upwards,  to 
 every  one  entering  into  the  house  of 
 the  Lord,  a  portion  according  to  a 
 daily  rate,  for  service  in  the  daily 
 courses  of  their  order.  '^  This  the 
 distribution  of  the  priests  according  to 
 the  houses  of  their  families;  and  the 
 Levites  in  their  daily  courses  from 
 twenty  years  old  and  upward  ivere  in 
 their  order,  '**  to  assign  stations  for  all 
 the  increase  of  their  sons  and  their 
 daughters,  for  the  whole  number:  for 
 they  faithfully  sanctified  the  holy 
 place.  '^  As  for  the  sons  of  Aaron  that 
 executed  the  priests' office, — even  those 
 from  their  cities,  the  men  in  each 
 several  city  who  were  named  expressly, 
 — were  appointed  to  give  a  portion  to 
 every  male  among  the  priests,  and  to 
 every  one  reckoned  among  the  Levites. 
 ^^  And  Ezekias  did  so  through  all 
 Juda,  and  did  that  which  was  good 
 and  right  before  the  Lord  his  God. 
 ^'  And  in  every  work  which  he  began 
 in  service  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 and  in  the  law,  and  in  the  ordinances, 
 he  sought  his  God  with  all 
 his  soul,  and  ^ -wrought,  and 
 
 +  See  Daniel 
 8.  12. 
 
 prospered. 
 
 32.  And  after  these  things  and  this 
 t  Gr.  truth.  ^  faithful  dealing,  came  Sen- 
 nacherim  king  of  the  Assyrians,  and 
 he  came  to  Juda,  and  encamped  against 
 t  Gr.  said.  the  fortified  cities,  and  ^  in- 
 tended to  take  them  for  himself.  ^And 
 Ezekias  saw  that  Sennacherim  was 
 come,  and  that  his  face  was  set  to  fight 
 against  Jerusalem.  ^  And  he  took 
 counsel  Avith  his  elders  and  his  mighty 
 men  to  stop  the  wells  of  water  wliicli 
 were  without  the  city :  and  they  lielped 
 him.  ''  And  he  collected  many  people, 
 and  stopped  the  wells  of  water,  and 
 t  Gr.  made  a  the  rivcr  that  ^  flowed 
 division.  through    the  city,    saying, 
 
 Lest  the  king  of  Assyria  come,  and 
 find  much  Avater,  and  strengthen  hitn- 
 self.     ^  And      Ezekias      strengthened 
 
 himself,  and  built  all  the  wall  that  had 
 been  pulled  down,  and  the  towers,  and 
 another  wall  in  front  without,  and 
 fortified  the  ^  strong  place  of  ter.iraXrj^i^o. 
 the  city  of  David,  and  pre-  ^«*-  ^i"^ 
 pared  arms  in  abundance.  "And  he 
 appointed  captains  of  war  over  the 
 people,  and  they  were  gathered  to  meet 
 him  to  the  open  place  of  the  gate  of 
 the  valley,  and  he  ^encou-  +0.  spoke  to 
 raged  them,  saying,  ^  Be  t^eir  heart, 
 strong  and  courageous,  and  fear  not, 
 neither  be  dismayed  before  the  king  of 
 Assyria,  and  before  all  the  nation  that 
 is  with  him :  for  there  are  more  with 
 us  than  with  him.  ^  With  him  are 
 arms  of  flesh;  but  with  us  is  the  Lord 
 our  God  to  save  us,  and  to  fight  our 
 battle.  And  the  people  were  encou- 
 raged at  the  Avords  of  Ezekias  king  of 
 Juda.  ^And  afterwards  Sennacherim 
 king  of  the  Assyrians  sent  his  servants 
 to  Jerusalem,  and  he  went  himself 
 against  Lachis,  and  all  his  army  with 
 him,  and  sent  to  Ezekias  king  of  Juda, 
 and  to  all  Juda  that  ^cas  in  Jerusalem, 
 saying,  '°  Thus  says  Sennacherim  king 
 of  the  Assyrians,  On  w^hat  do  ye  trust, 
 that  ye  will  remain  in  the  siege  in 
 Jerusalem?  ''  Does  not  Ezekias  de- 
 ceive you,  to  deliver  you  to  death  and 
 famine  and  thirst,  saying.  The  Lord 
 our  God  will  deliver  us  out  of  the  hand 
 of  the  king  of  Assyria?  "'^  Is  not  this 
 Ezelcias  who  has  taken  doA\Ti  his  altars 
 and  his  high  places,  and  has  spoken  to 
 Juda  and  the  dwellers  in  Jerusalem, 
 saying,  Ye  shall  worship  before  this 
 altar,  and  burn  incense  upon  it? 
 •^  Know  ye  not  what  I  and  my  fathers 
 have  done  to  all  the  nations  of  the 
 countries?  Could  the  gods  of  the 
 nations  of  all  the  earth  at  all  rescue 
 their  people  out  of  my  hand?  '■*  Wlio 
 is  there  among  all  the  gods  of  those 
 nations  whom  my  fathers  utterly  de- 
 stioved,  worthy  of  trust  f  Could  they 
 deliver  their  people  out  of  my  hand, 
 that  your  (lod  should  deliver  you  out 
 of  my   hand?     '•'  iSow  then,   let   not 
 
Chap,  xxxii.  y.  16. 
 
 CHRONICLES  11. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiii.  v.  1. 
 
 Ezekias  deceive  you,  and  let  him  not 
 make  you  thus  confident,  and  believe 
 him  not :  for  no  god  of  any  kingdom 
 or  nation  is  at  all  able  to  deliver  his 
 people  out  of  my  hand,  or  the  hand  of 
 my  fathers :  therefore  your  God  shall 
 not  deliver  you  out  of  my  hand. 
 '^And  his  servants  continued  to  speak 
 against  the  Lord  God,  and  against 
 his  servant  Ezekias.  '^  And  he  wrote 
 t  Or, book,  a  ^letter  to  reproach  the 
 Lord  God  of  Israel,  and  spoke  con- 
 cerning liim,  saying.  As  the  gods 
 of  the  nations  of  the  earth  have  not 
 delivered  their  people  out  of  my  hand, 
 so  the  God  of  Ezekias  shall  by  no 
 means  deliver  his  people  out  of  my 
 hand.  '**And  he  cried  with  a  loud 
 voice  in  the  Jews'  language  to  the 
 people  of  Jerusalem  on  the  wall;  calling 
 them  to  assist  them,  and  pull  down  the 
 walls,  that  they  might  take  the  city. 
 '^  And  he  spoke  against  the  God  of 
 Jerusalem,  even  as  against  the  gods  of 
 the  nations  of  the  earth,  the  works  of 
 the  hands  of  men.  -°  And  king  Eze- 
 kias and  Esaias  the  prophet  the  son  of 
 Amos  prayed  concerning  these  things, 
 and  they  cried  to  heaven.  ^^  And  the 
 Lord  sent  an  angel,  and  he  destroyed 
 every  mighty  man  and  warrior,  and 
 leader  and  captain  in  the  camp  of  the 
 king  of  Assyria :  and  he  returned  with 
 shame  of  face  to  his  own  land  and  came 
 into  the  house  of  his  god:  and  some 
 of  them  that  came  out  of  his  bowels 
 slew  him  with  the  sword.  ^^  So  the 
 Lord  delivered  Ezekias  and  the  dwellers 
 in  Jerusalem  out  of  the  hand  of  Sen- 
 nacherim  king  of  Assyria,  and  out  of 
 the  hand  of  all  his  enemies,  and  gave 
 them  rest  round  about.  ^^  And  many 
 brought  gifts  to  the  Lord  to  Jeru- 
 salem, and  presents  to  Ezekias  king  of 
 Juda;  and  he  was  exalted  in  the  eyes 
 of  all  the  nations  after  these  things. 
 "^^  In  those  days  Ezekias  was  sick  even 
 to  death,  and  prayed  to  the  Lord :  and 
 he  hearkened  to  him,  and  gave  him  a 
 sign.     ■"  But  Ezekias  did  not  recom- 
 
 pense the  Lord  according  to  the  ^  return 
 which  he    made  him,   but       Ui.d.to 
 his  heart  was  Hfted  up :  and     p^'^y^''- 
 wrath  came  upon  him,  and  upon  Juda 
 and  Jerusalem.    ^*'And  Ezekias  ^hum- 
 bled himself  after  the  ex-    +g»-.  was 
 altation  of  his  heart,  he  and  '^"^""^^^  '°^- 
 the  dwellers   in  Jerusalem;    and  the 
 wrath  of  the  Lord  did  not  come  upon 
 them  in  the  days  of  Ezekias.     ^^  And 
 Ezekias  had  wealth    and  very    great 
 glory :  and  he  made  for  himself  trea- 
 suries of  gold,  and  silver,  and  precious 
 ^  stones,  also  for  spices,  and    +  <?»•.  stone, 
 stores  for  arms,  and  for  precious  ves- 
 sels ;  -^  and  cities  for  the  produce  of 
 corn,  and  wine,  and  oil;  and  *  stalls  and 
 mangers    for    every    kind    +  Or.  voiages. 
 of  cattle,  and  folds  for  flocks;  ^^  and 
 cities  which  he  built  for  himself,  and 
 store  of  sheep  and  oxen  in  abundance, 
 for   the  Lord  gave  him  a  very  great 
 store.     ^^  The   same  Ezekias   stopped 
 up  the  course  of  the  water  of  Gion 
 above,  and  brought    the  water  down 
 straight  south    of  the  city  of  David. 
 And  Ezekias  prospered  in  all  his  works. 
 ^^  '■  Notwithstandins^,  in  re-   +G'--Ka]ovTws, 
 
 ,  ,  IT  o  '''•  rending  of 
 
 gard  to  the  ambassadors  ot  p: 
 the  princes  of  Babylon,  who  were  sent 
 to  him  to  inquire  of  him  concerning 
 the  prodigy  which  came  upon  the 
 land,  the  Lord  left  him,  to  try  him, 
 to  know  what  was  in  his  "heart.  ^^And 
 the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ezekias,  and 
 his  ^kindness,  behold,  they  +G)-. mercy. 
 are  written  in  the  prophecy  of  Esaias 
 the  son  of  Amos  the  prophet,  and  in 
 the  book  of  the  kings  of  Juda  and 
 Israel. 
 
 ^^And  Ezekias  slept  with  his  fathers, 
 and  they  bimed  him  in  a  liigh  place 
 among  the  sepulchres  of  the  sons  of 
 David:  and  all  Juda  and  the  dwellers 
 in  Jerusalem  gave  him  glory  and  honour 
 at  his  death.  And  Manasses  his  son 
 reigned  in  liis  stead. 
 
 33.  Manasses  was  twelve  years  old 
 ^when  he  began  to  reign,     reifl^\,'ig.*''^ 
 33* 
 
Chap,  xxxiii.  v.  2. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiii.  v.  22. 
 
 1  Alex,  fifty 
 years. 
 
 and  he  reigned  ^  fifty -five  years  in 
 Jerusalem.  ^  And  he  did 
 that  whicli  was  evil  in  the 
 
 sight  of  the  Lord,  according  Uo  all  the 
 +  Gr.  of.         abominations  of  the  heathen, 
 
 whom  the  Lord  destroyed  from  before 
 
 the    face  of  the   children   of    Israel. 
 
 pro^'for''he  ^  ^^^  ^^^  ^rctumed  and 
 buut  agaui.'  biiilt  thc  high  places,  which 
 his  father  Ezekias  had  pulled  down, 
 and  set  up  images  to  Baalim,  and  made 
 groves,  and  worshipped  all  the  host  of 
 heaven,  and  served  them.  *  And  he 
 built  altars  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 concerning  which  the  Lord  said.  In 
 Jerusalem  shall  be  my  name  for  ever. 
 ^  And  he  built  altars  to  all  the  host  of 
 heaven  in  the  two  courts  of  the  house 
 of  the  Lord.  **  He  also  passed  his 
 children  through  the  fire  in  the  ^  valley 
 
 ^  See  note,  of  Bcnennom,  and  he  di- 
 chap.  28. 3.  vined,  and  used  auspices, 
 and  sorceries,    and   appointed    ^  those 
 
 +  More  lit.  who  had  divining  spirits, 
 ventriloquists.  ^^^  enchanters, and  wrought 
 
 abundant  wickedness  before  the  Lord, 
 to  provoke  him.  "^  And  he  set  the 
 graven  image,  the  molten  statue,  the 
 idol  which  he  made,  in  the  house  of 
 God,  of  which  God  had  said  to  David 
 and  to  Solomon  his  son.  In  this  house, 
 and  Jerusalem,  which  I  have  chosen 
 out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  I  will  put 
 ray  name  for  ever.  ^  And  I  will  not 
 again  remove  the  foot  of  Israel  from 
 the  land  which  I  gave  to  their  fathers, 
 if  only  they  will  take  heed  to  do  all 
 things  which  I  have  commanded  them, 
 according  to  all  the  law  and  thc  ordi- 
 nances and  the  judgment  given  by  the 
 hand  of  Moses.  ^  So  Manasses  led 
 astray  Juda  and  the  inhabitants  of 
 Jerusalem,  to  do  evil  beyond  all  thc 
 nations  which  tlie  Lord  cast  out  from 
 before  the  children  of  Israel.  '"  And 
 t  Or,  against,  the  Lord  spoke  '^to  Ma- 
 or.conceming.  ^asscs,  and  to  his  people: 
 but  they  hearkened  not.  *'  And  the 
 Lord  brought  upon  them  the  captains 
 of  the  host  of  the  king  of  Assyria,  and 
 
 they  took  Manasses  in  bonds,  and  bound 
 liim  in  fetters,  and  brought  him  to 
 Babylon.  '^  And  when  he  was  af- 
 flicted, he  sought  the  face  of  the  Lord 
 his  God,  and  was  greatly  humbled  before 
 the  face  of  the  God  of  his  fathers; 
 '^  and  he  prayed  to  him :  and  he  heark- 
 ened to  him,  and  listened  to  his  cry,  and 
 brought  him  back  to  Jerusalem  to  his 
 kingdom :  and  Manasses  knew  that  the 
 Lord  he  is  God.  '*  And  afterwards 
 he  built  a  wall  without*  the  city  of 
 David,  from  the  southwest  southwards 
 in  thc  ^^alleys  and  at  the  ^.f^.f/^-Ji 
 entrance  through  the  fish-  ^^  is  ambi- 
 gatc,  as  men  go  out  by  the  guous. 
 gate  round  about,  even  as  far  as  Opel; 
 and  he  raised  it  much,  and  set  captains 
 of  the  host  in  all  the  fortified  cities  in 
 Juda.  '''And  he  removed  the  strange 
 gods  and  the  graven  image  out  of  the 
 house  of  the  Lord,  and  all  the  altars 
 which  he  had  built  in  the  mount  of  the 
 house  of  thc  Lord,  and  in  Jerusalem, 
 and  without  the  city.  "^  And  he  re- 
 paired the  altar  of  thc  Lord,  and  offered 
 upon  it  a  sacrifice  of  peace-i^fiering  and 
 ^thank-offering,  and  he  told  +  or.  praise. 
 Juda  to  serve  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 
 '^  Nevertheless  the  peoj)le  still  sacrificed 
 on  the  high  places,  only  to  the  Lord 
 their  God.  '**  And  the  rest  of  the  acts 
 of  Manasses,  and  his  prayer  to  God, 
 and  the  words  of  the  seers  that  spoke 
 to  him  in  the  name  of  the  God  of 
 Israel,  '^  behold,  they  are  in  the  ^ac- 
 count of  his  prayer ;  and  God  +  or.  words. " 
 hearkened  to  him.  And  all  his  sins, 
 and  his  backslidings,  and  thc  spots  on 
 which  he  built  the  high  places,  and  set 
 there  groves  and  graven  images,  before 
 he  repented,  behold,  they  are  written 
 in  the  books  of  the  seers.  ^'*And  Ma- 
 nasses slept  with  his  fathers,  and  they 
 buried  him  in  the  oarden  of  his  house : 
 and  Anion  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
 ^'Amon  was  twenty  and  two  years 
 old  when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
 reigned  two  years  in  Jerusalem.  ^^And 
 he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight 
 
Chap,  xxxm.  v.  23. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  17. 
 
 of  the  Lord,  as  his  father  Manasses  did : 
 and  Anion  sacrificed  to  aU  the  idols 
 which  his  father  Manasses  had  made, 
 and  served  them.  '^^  And  he  was  not 
 humbled  before  the  Lord  as  his  father 
 Manasses  was  humbled;  for  his  son 
 Amon  abounded  in  transgression. 
 ^*  And  his  servants  conspired  against 
 him,  and  slew  him  in  liis  house.  ^'^And 
 the  people  of  the  land  slew  the  men 
 who  had  conspired  against  king  Amon ; 
 and  the  people  of  the  land  made  Jo- 
 sias  his  son  king  in  his  stead. 
 
 34.  Josias  was  eight  years  old  when 
 he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned 
 thirty-one  years  in  Jerusalem.  ^And 
 he  did  that  wliich  was  right  in  the 
 sight  of  the  Lord,  and  walked  in  the 
 ways  of  his  father  David,  and  turned 
 
 +  ar.  and.  not  asidc  to  the  right  hand  ^  or 
 to  the  left.  ^And  in  the  eighth  year 
 of  his  reign,  when  he  loas  yet  a  youth, 
 he  began  to  seek  the  Lord  God  of  his 
 father  David :  and  in  the  twelfth  year 
 of  his  reign  he  began  to  purge  Juda 
 and  Jerusalem  from  the  high  places, 
 and  the  groves,  and  the  ornaments  for 
 the  altars,  and  the  molten  images. 
 ^And  he  pulled  down  the  altars  of 
 BaaHm  that  were  before  his  face,  and 
 the  high  places  that  were  above  them ; 
 and  he  cut  down  the  groves,  and  the 
 graven  images,  and  broke  in  pieces  the 
 molten  images,  and  reduced  them  to 
 powder,  and  cast  it  upon  the  surface  of 
 the  tombs  of  those  who  had  sacrificed 
 to  them.  ^And  he  burnt  the  bones  of 
 the  priests  upon  the  altars,  and  purged 
 Juda  and  Jerusalem.  ^And  he  did  so 
 in  the  cities  of  Manasse,  and  Ephraim, 
 and  Symeon,  and  Nephthali,  and  the 
 places  round  about  them.  ^And  he 
 pulled  down  the  altars  and  the  groves, 
 and  he  cut  the  idols  in  small  pieces, 
 and  cut  off  all  the  high  places  from  all 
 
 ^ Alex,  inserts  the  land  of  Israel,  and  re- 
 ^4hZhfhrd  tui-ned  to  Jerusalem.  «And 
 finished.'  \^  ^i^q  eighteenth  year  of 
 his    reign,    ^  after     having     cleansed 
 
 the  land,  and  the  house,  he  sent  Sa- 
 phan  the  son  of  Ezelias,  and  Maasa 
 prefect  of  the  city,  and  Juach  son  of 
 Joachaz  his  recorder,  to  repair  the 
 house  of  the  Lord  his  God.  ^And 
 they  came  to  Chelcias  the  high  priest, 
 and  gave  the  money  that  was  brought 
 into  the  house  of  God,  which  the  Le- 
 vites  who  kept  the  gate  collected  of 
 the  hand  of  Manasse  and  Ephraim,  and 
 of  the  princes,  and  of  every  one  tliat 
 was  left  in  Israel,  and  of  the  clxildren 
 of  Juda  and  Benjamin,  and  of  the 
 dwellers  in  Jerusalem.  ^°And  they 
 gave  it  into  the  hand  of  the  workmen, 
 who  were  appointed  in  the  house  of  the 
 Lord,  and  they  gave  it  to  the  work- 
 men who  wrought  in  the  house  of 
 the  Lord,  to  ^  repair  and  +  or.  prepare, 
 strengthen  the  house.  ^'  They  gave  it 
 also  to  the  carpenters  and  builders,  to 
 buy  squared  ^  stones,  and  tim-  +  or,  hewn. 
 ber  for  beams  to  cover  the  houses 
 which  the  kings  of  Juda  had  destroyed. 
 '^And  the  men  luere  faithfully  engaged 
 in  the  works:  and  over  them  were 
 superintendents,  Jeth  and  Abdias,  Le- 
 vites  of  the  sons  of  Merari,  and  Zacha- 
 rias  and  MosoUam,  of  the  sons  of  Kaath, 
 appointed  to  oversee;  and  every  Levite, 
 and  every  one  that  understood  hoio  to 
 play  on  musical  instruments.  '^And 
 overseers  were  over  the  burden-bearers, 
 and  over  all  the  workmen  in  the  re- 
 s]3ective  works,  and  of  the  Levites  ivere 
 appointed  scribes,  and  judges,  and 
 porters.  ■'^And  when  they  brought 
 forth  the  money  that  had  been  brought 
 into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  Chelcias 
 the  priest  found  a  book  of  the  law  of 
 the  Lord  given  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 
 '^And  Chelcias  answered  and  said  to 
 Saphan  the  scribe,  I  have  found  a  book 
 of  the  law  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 And  Chelcias  gave  the  book  to  Saphan. 
 '^And  Saphan  brought  in  the  book  to 
 the  king,  and  moreover  gave  an  ac- 
 count to  the  king,  saging,  This  is  all 
 the  money  given  into  the  hand  of  thy 
 servants  that  work.     '^And  they  have 
 
Chap,  xxxiv.  v.  18. 
 
 CHRONICLES  11. 
 
 Chap.  xxxv.  v.  2. 
 
 *  collected  the  money  that  was  found 
 +  Gr.  melted,  in  the  housc  of  thc  Lord, 
 and  given  it  into  the  hand  of  the  over- 
 seers, and  into  the  hand  of  them  that 
 do  the  work.  '^And  Saphan  the  scribe 
 brought  word  to  the  king,  sapng, 
 Chelcias  the  priest  has  given  me  a 
 book.  And  Saphan  read  it  before  the 
 king.  '^And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
 the  king  heard  the  words  of  thc  law, 
 that  he  rent  his  garments.  ^°And  the 
 king  commanded  Chelcias,  and  Achi- 
 cham  the  son  of  Saphan,  and  Abdom 
 the  son  of  Michaias,  and  Saphan  the 
 scribe,  and  Asaia  tlie  servant  of  the 
 king,  saying,  -^  Go,  inquire  of  the  Lord 
 for  me,  and  for  every  one  that  is  left 
 in  Israel  and  Juda,  concerning  the 
 words  of  the  book  that  is  found:  for 
 great  is  the  wi'ath  of  the  Lord  ivhich 
 
 +  Or,  flamed  has  *  been  kindled  amongst 
 forth.  ^g^  because  our  fathers  have 
 
 not  hearkened  to  the  words  of  the 
 Lord,  to  do  according  to  all  the  things 
 written  in  this  book.  ^^And  Chelcias 
 went,  and  the  others  whom  the  king 
 told,  to  Olda  the  prophetess,  the  wife 
 of  Scllem  son  of  Thecoe,  son  of  Aras, 
 who  kept  the  commandments ;  and  slie 
 dwelt  in  Jerusalem    in    ^  the    second 
 
 ^ Gr. ixaa-avai,  quarter:  and  they  spoke 
 Hei.word.  to  her  accordingly.  ^sAnd 
 she  said  to  them.  Thus  has  the  Lord 
 God  of  Israel  said,  Tell  the  man  who 
 sent  you  to  me,  ^*  Thus  says  the  Lord, 
 
 +  Gr.  e\-iis.  Bcliold,  I  bring  ^  evil  upon 
 this  place,  even  all  the  words  that  are 
 written  in  the  book  that  was  read 
 before  the  king  of  Juda :  ^''because  they 
 have  forsaken  me,  and  burnt  incense 
 to  strange  gods,  that  they  might  pro- 
 voke me  by  all  the  works  of  their 
 tGc.has flamed  hands;  and  my  wrath  ^is 
 forth.  kindled  against  this  place, 
 
 and  it  shall  not  be  quenched.  ^^  And 
 concerning  the  king  of  Juda,  who  sent 
 you  to  seek  the  Lord, — thus  shall  ye 
 say  to  him,  Thus  says  the  Lord  God 
 
 of  Israel,  As  for  the  words  which  thou 
 hast  heard,  '^''  foiasmuch  as  thy  licart 
 
 502 
 
 was  ashamed,  and  thou  wast  hmnbled 
 before  me  when  thou  heardest  my 
 words  against  this  place,  and  against 
 the  inhabitants  of  it,  and  thou  wast 
 humbled  before  me,  and  didst  rend  thy 
 garments,  and  didst  weep  before  me; 
 I  also  have  heard,  says  the  Lord. 
 
 ^*  Behold,  I  will  gather  thee  to  thy 
 fathers,  and  thou  shalt  be  gathered  to 
 thy  grave  in  peace,  and  thine  eyes 
 shall  not  look  upon  all  the  evils  which 
 I  am  bringing  upon  this  place,  and 
 upon  the  inhabitants  of  it.  And  they 
 brought  back  word  to  the  king  ^^And 
 the  king  sent  and  gathered  the  elders 
 of  Juda  and  Jerusalem.  ^"And  the 
 king  went  up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
 he  and  all  Juda,  and  the  inhabitants  of 
 Jerusalem,  and  the  priests,  and  the 
 Levites,  and  all  the  people  great  and 
 small :  and  he  read  in  their  ears  all  the 
 words  of  thc  book  of  the  covenant  that 
 were  found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
 ^^And  the  king  stood  at  a  pillar,  and 
 made  a  covenant  before  the  Lord,  to 
 walk  before  the  Lord,  to  keep  his  com- 
 mandments and  testimonies,  and  his 
 ordinances,  with  all  his  heart  and  with 
 all  his  soul,  so  as  to  perform  the  words 
 of  the  covenant  that  Avere  written  in 
 this  book.  ^^And  he  caused  all  that 
 were  found  in  Jerusalem  and  Benjamin 
 to  stand;  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
 salem made  a  covenant  in  the  house  of 
 the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers.  ^^And 
 Josias  removed  all  the  abominations 
 out  of  thc  whole  land  which  belonged 
 to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  caused 
 all  that  were  found  in  Jerusalem  and 
 in  Israel,  to  serve  the  Lord  +  or.  from 
 their  God  all  his  days:  he  '"=""''■ 
 departed  not  ^  from  following  the  Lord 
 God  of  his  lathers. 
 
 35.  And  Josias  kept  a  passover  to 
 the  Lord  his  God;  and  sacrificed  the 
 passover  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
 first  month.  ^And  he  appointed  the 
 priests  at  their  charges,  and  encouraged 
 tliem  for  the  services  of  the  housc  of 
 
Chap.  xxxv.  v.  3. 
 
 CHRONICLES   II. 
 
 Chap.  xxxv.  v.  19. 
 
 the  Lord.  ^And  he  told  the  Levites 
 that  were  able  to  act  in  all  Israel,  that 
 they  shoidd  consecrate  themselves  to 
 the  Lord :  and  they  put  the  holy  ark 
 in  the  house  which  Solomon  the  son 
 of  David  king  of  Israel  built :  and  the 
 king  said,  Ye  must  not  carry  anything 
 on  your  shoulders :  now  then  minister 
 to  the  Lord  your  God,  and  to  Ms 
 people  Israel.  ^And  prepare  yourselves 
 according  to  the  houses  of  your  fami- 
 lies, and  according  to  your  daily 
 courses,  according?  to  the  writino;  of 
 David  king  of  Israel,  and  the  order  by 
 the  hand  of  his  son  Solomon.  ^And 
 stand  ye  in  the  house  according  to  the 
 divisions  of  the  houses  of  your  fami- 
 lies for  your  brethren  the  sons  of  the 
 people;  so  also  let  there  be  for  the 
 Levites  a  division  of  the  house  of  their 
 family.  ^And  kill  ye  the  passover,  and 
 prepare  it  for  your  brethren,  to  do  ac- 
 cording to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  by 
 the  hand  of  JNIoses.  '''And  Josias  ^gave 
 or^hes^^hy  ^s  ^^  offering  to  the  cliil- 
 giving:.  "  dren  of  the  people,  sheep, 
 and  lambs,  and  kids  of  the  yomig  of 
 the  goats,  all  for  the  passover,  even  for 
 all  that  were  found,  in  number  amount- 
 in  f/  to  tliirty  thousand ,  and  three  thou- 
 sand calves,  these  tcere  of  the  substance 
 of  the  king.  ^And  his  princes  gave 
 an  offering  to  the  people,  and  to  the 
 priests,  and  •  to  the  Levites :  and  Chel- 
 cias  and  Zacharias  and  Jeiel  the  cliief 
 men  gave  to  the  priests  of  the  house 
 of  God,  they  even  gave  for  the  pass- 
 over  sheep,  and  lambs,  and  kids,  two 
 thousand  six  hundred,  and  three  hun- 
 dred calves.  ^And  Chonenias,  and 
 BauEeas,  and  Samaeas,  and  Nathanael 
 his  brother,  and  Asabias,  and  Jeiel, 
 and  Jozabad,  heads  of  the  Levites, 
 gave  an  offering  to  the  Levites  for  the 
 passover,  of  five  thousand  sheep  and 
 five  hundred  calves.  ^°And  the  ser- 
 vice was  duly  ordered,  and  the  priests 
 stood  in  their  place,  and  the  Levites  in 
 their  divisions,  according  to  the  com- 
 mand of  the  king.     •'And  they  slew 
 
 the  passover,  and  the  priests  sprinkled 
 the  blood  from  their  hand,  and  the 
 Levites  flayed  the  victims.  '^And  they 
 prepared  the  whole-burnt-oflering  to 
 give  to  them,  according  to  the  division 
 by  the  liouses  of  families,  even  to  the 
 sons  of  the  people,  to  offer  to  the  Lord, 
 as  it  is  written  in  the  book  of  ]\Ioses. 
 '^And  thus  they  did  till  the  morning. 
 And  they  roasted  the  passover  with  fire 
 according  to  the  ^  ordi-  +  or.  judgment, 
 nance;  and  boiled  the  \\o\y  jneces  in 
 copper  vessels  and  caldrons,  and  the 
 feast  went  on  well,  and  they  ^  quickly 
 served  all  the  children  of  ^  Gr.  ran  to. 
 the  people.  '^And  after  they  had  pre- 
 pared for  themselves  and  for  the  priests, 
 for  the  priests  icere  engaged  in  offering 
 the  whole-burnt-offerings  and  the  fat 
 until  night,  then  the  Levites  prepared 
 for  themselves,  and  for  their  brethren 
 the  sons  of  Aaron.  ''^And  the  sons  of 
 Asaph  the  psalm-singers  were  at  their 
 post  according  to  the  commands  of 
 David,  and  Asaph,  and  jEman,  and 
 Idithom,  the  prophets  of  the  king: 
 also  the  chiefs  and  the  porters  of  the 
 several  gates ; — it  was  not  for  them  to 
 stir  from  the  service  of  the  holy  things, 
 for  their  brethren  the  Levites  prepared 
 for  them.  •^  So  all  the  service  of  the 
 Lord  was  duly  ordered  and  prepared 
 in  that  day,  ^  for  keeping  the  +  Gr.  of. 
 passover,  and  offering  the  whole-burnt- 
 sacrifices  on  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  ac- 
 cording to  the  command  of  king  Josias. 
 ^'^And  the  children  of  Israel  that  were 
 ■^present  kept  the  passover  +Gr. found, 
 at  that  time,  and  the  feast  of  unleavened 
 bread  seven  days.  '**And  there  was 
 no  passover  Hke  it  in  Israel  from  the 
 days  of  Samuel  the  prophet,  ^  or  any 
 king  of  Israel :  they  kept  +  o.  and  every, 
 not  such  a  passover  as  Josias,  and  the 
 priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  all  Juda 
 and  Israel  that  were  present,  and  the 
 dwellers  in  Jerusalem,  kept  to  the 
 Lord.  •^  In  the  eighteenth  year  of  the 
 reign  of  Josias  this  passover  was  kept, 
 after  all  these  thincs  that  Josias  did  in 
 
Chap.  xxxv.  v.  20. 
 
 CHEONICLES  11. 
 
 Chap,  xxxvi.  v.  5. 
 
 the  house.  And  king  Josias  burnt 
 +  more  lit.  ^  thosc  who  had  in  them  a 
 ventriloquists,  ^livining  spirit,  and  the 
 wizards,  and  the  images,  and  the  idols, 
 and  the  sodomites  which  were  in  the 
 land  of  Juda  and  in  Jerusalem,  that  he 
 might  confirm  the  words  of  the  law 
 that  were  written  in  the  book  which 
 Chelcias  the  priest  found  in  the  house 
 of  the  Lord.  There  was  no  ki?i(/  like 
 him  before  him,  who  turned  to  the 
 Lord  with  all  his  heart,  and  all  his 
 soul,  and  all  his  strength,  according  to 
 all  the  law  of  Moses,  and  after  him 
 there  rose  up  none  hke  him.  Never- 
 theless the  Lord  turned  not  from  the 
 anger  of  liis  fierce  wrath,  wherewith 
 the  Lord  was  greatly  angry  against 
 Juda,  for  all  the  provocations  where- 
 with Manasses  provoked  him :  and  the 
 Lord  said,  I  will  even  remove  Juda 
 also  from  my  presence,  as  I  have  re- 
 moved Israel,  and  I  have  rejected  the 
 city  which  I  chose,  even  Jerusalem, 
 and  the  house  of  which  I  said.  My 
 name  shall  be  there.  ^''And  Pharao 
 Nechao  king  of  Eg3rpt  went  up  against 
 the  king  of  the  Assyrians  to  the  river 
 Euphrates,  and  king  Josias  went  to 
 meet  him.  ^'And  he  sent  messengers 
 to  him,  saying,  Wliat  have  I  to  do 
 with  thee,  0  king  of  Juda?  I  am  not 
 come  to-day  to  war  against  thee;  and 
 God  has  told  me  to  hasten :  beware  of 
 the  God  that  is  with  me,  lest  he  de- 
 stroy thee.  ^^  However  Josias  turned 
 not  his  face  from  him,  but  strengthened 
 himself  to  fight  against  him,  and  heark- 
 ened not  to  the  words  of  Nechao  by 
 the  mouth  of  God,  and  he  came  to 
 fight  in  the  plain  of  Mageddo.  ^^And 
 the  archers  shot  at  king  Josias;  and 
 the  king  said  to  his  servants.  Take  me 
 t  Lit.  vaide  away,  for  I  am  ^  severely 
 laboravi.  woundcd.  24And  his  ser- 
 vants lifted  him  out  of  the  chariot,  and 
 put  him  in  the  second  chariot  which 
 he  had,  and  brought  him  to  Jerusalem ; 
 and  he  died,  and  was  buried  with  his 
 fathers:  and  all  Juda  and  Jerusalem 
 
 lamented  over  Josias.  '^^And  Jeremias 
 ^mourned  over  Josias,  and  t  or, framed  a 
 all  the  chief  men  and  chief  i^^ntation. 
 women  uttered  a  lamentation  over 
 Josias  until  this  day:  and  they  made 
 it  an  ordinance  for  Israel,  and,  behold, 
 it  is  written  in  the  lamentations.  ^^And 
 the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Josias,  and  his 
 hope,  ^are  written  in  the  law  +  or.  were, 
 of  the  Lord.  '•^^And  his  acts,  the  first 
 and  the  last,  behold,  the?/  are  written  in 
 the  book  of  the  kings  of  Israel  and  Juda. 
 
 36.  And  the  people  of  the  land 
 took  Joachaz  the  son  of  Josias,  and 
 anointed  him,  and  made  him  king 
 over  Jerusalem  in  the  room  of  his 
 father.  ^  Joachaz  ^  icas  twenty-three 
 years  old  when  he  began  to  alyear^^n^his 
 reign,  and  he  reigned  three  reigmng. 
 months  in  Jerusalem :  and  his  mother's 
 name  was  Amital,  daughter  of  Jere- 
 mias of  Lobna.  And  he  did  that  Avhich 
 was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  ac- 
 cording to  all  that  Iris  fathers  '^had 
 done.  And  Pharao  Nechao  +  <?»••  did. 
 bound  him  in  Deblatha  in  the  land  of 
 ^math,  that  he  might  not  reign  in 
 Jerusalem.  ^  And  the  kinc;  brought 
 him  over  to  Egypt ;  and  imposed  a 
 tribute  on  the  land,  a  hundred  talents 
 of  silver  and  a  talent  of  gold.  ''And 
 Pharao  Nechao  made  EHakim  the  son 
 of  Josias  king  over  Juda  in  the  room 
 of  his  father  Josias,  and  changed  his 
 name  to  Joakim.  And  Pharao  Nechao 
 took  his  brother  Joachaz  and  brought 
 him  into  Egypt,  and  he  died  there: 
 but  he  had  given  the  silver  and  the 
 gold  to  Pharao.  At  that  time  the 
 land  began  to  be  taxed  to  give  the 
 money  at  the  command  of  Pharao; 
 and  every  one  as  he  could  ^  borrowed 
 the  silver  and  the  gold  of  t  or,  asked, 
 the  people  of  the  land,  to  "''  '''=^^*=''- 
 give  to  Pharao  Nechao.  '"^  Joachim  was 
 ^  twenty-five  years  old  when  +  or.  a  son  of 
 he  began  to  reign,  and  he  ^e">%ars1n 
 reigned  eleven  years  in  his  reij^ung- 
 Jerusalem :  and  his  mother's  name  was 
 
Chap,  xxxvi.  v.  6. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap,  xxxvi.  u.  21. 
 
 Zechora,  daughter  of  Nerias  of  Rama. 
 And  lie  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
 sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all  that 
 his  fathers  did.  In  liis  days  came 
 Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Babylon  into 
 the  land,  and  he  served  him  three  years, 
 and  then  revolted  from  him.  And  the 
 Lord  sent  against  them  the  Chaldeans, 
 and  phmdering  parties  of  Syrians,  and 
 plmidering  parties  of  the  Moabites, 
 and  of  the  cliildren  of  Ammon,  and  of 
 Samaria ;  but  after  this  they  departed, 
 according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord  by 
 the  hand  of  his  servants  the  prophets. 
 Nevertheless  the  wrath  of  the  Lord 
 was  upon  Juda,  so  that  ^they  should 
 
 +  Gr.  he,  sc.  be  removed  from  his  pre- 
 "'"^*'  sence,  because  of  the  sins  of 
 
 Manasses  in  all  that  he  did,  and  for 
 the  innocent  blood  which  Joakim 
 shed,  for  he  had  filled  Jerusalem  with 
 innocent  blood;  yet  the  Lord  would 
 not  utterly  destroy  them.  ^  And  Na- 
 buchodonosor king  of  Babylon  came 
 up  against  liim,  and  bound  him  with 
 brazen  fetters,  and  carried  him  away 
 to  Babylon.  ^And  he  carried  away  a 
 part  of  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the 
 Lord  to  Babylon,  and  put  them  in  liis 
 temple  in  Babylon.  ^And  the  rest  of 
 the  acts  of  Joakim,  and  all  that  he  did, 
 behold,  are  not  these  things  written  in 
 the   book  of  the   chronicles  ^of  the 
 
 t  Gr.  for.  kings  of  Juda?  And  Joa- 
 kim slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
 buried  with  his  fathers  in  Ganozae: 
 and  Jechonias  his  son  reigned  in  his 
 stead.     ^Jechonias   was  ^ eight   years 
 
 '^  Alex.  18  years,  old    wllCU      lie      began     tO 
 
 reign,  and  he  reigned  three  months 
 and  ten  days  in  Jerusalem,  and  did 
 that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord.  ^'^And  at  the  turn  of  the  year, 
 king  Nabuchodonosor  sent,  and  brought 
 him  to  Babylon,  with  the  precious  ves- 
 sels of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  made 
 Sedekias  his  father's  brother  king  over 
 Juda  and  Jerusalem.  ^ '  Sedekias  was 
 twenty-one  years  old  when  he  began 
 to  reign,  and  he  reigned  eleven  years 
 
 in  Jerusalem.  '^^nd  he  did  that 
 which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
 Lord  his  God:  he  was  not  ashamed 
 before  the  prophet  Jeremias,  nor  be- 
 cause of  the  word  of  the  Lord;  '^in 
 that  he  rebelled  against  king  Nabucho- 
 donosor, which  he  adjured  him  by 
 God  not  to  do:  but  he  stiffened  his 
 neck,  and  hardened  his  heart,  so  as 
 not  to  return  to  the  Lord  God  of 
 Israel.  ^*And  all  the  ^  great  men  of 
 Juda,  and  the  priests,  and  +G»-.giorious. 
 the  people  of  the  land  transgressed 
 abundantly  in  the  abominations  of  the 
 heathen,  and  polluted  the  house  of  the 
 Lord  which  was  in  Jerusalem.  '"'And 
 the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers  sent  by 
 the  hand  of  his  prophets;  rising  early 
 and  sending  his  messengers,  for  he 
 spared  his  people,  and  his  sanctuary. 
 '•^  Nevertheless  they  sneered  at  his  mes- 
 sengers, and  set  at  nought  his  words, 
 and  mocked  his  prophets,  until  the 
 wrath  of  the  Lord  rose  up  against  his 
 people,  till  there  was  no  remedy. 
 '^And  he  brought  against  them  the 
 king  of  the  Chaldeans,  and  slew  their 
 young  men  with  the  sword  in  the 
 house  of  his  sanctuary,  and  did  not 
 spare  Sedekias,  and  had  no  mercy 
 upon  their  virgins,  and  they  led  away 
 their  old  men :  he  dehvered  all  things 
 into  their  hands.  '^And  all  the  ves- 
 sels of  the  house  of  God,  the  great  and 
 the  small,  and  the  treasures  of  the 
 house  of  the  Lord,  and  all  the  trea- 
 sures of  the  king  and  the  great  men; 
 — all  these  Nabuchodonosor  brought  to 
 Babylon.  '^And  he  burnt  the  house 
 of  the  Lord,  and  '^  broke  +  Gr.  dug  down, 
 down  the  wall  of  Jerusalem,  and 
 burnt  its  palaces  with  fire,  and  utterly 
 destroyed  every  beautiful  vessel.  ^°And 
 he  carried  away  the  remnant  to  Baby- 
 lon; and  they  were  servants  to  him 
 and  to  his  sons  until  the  establishment 
 of  the  kingdom  of  the  Medes.  ^'  That 
 the  word  of  the  Lord  by  the  mouth 
 of  Jeremias  might  be  fulfilled,  until 
 the  land  should  enjoy  its  sabbaths  in 
 
/ 
 
 Jhap.  XXXVI.  V.  22. 
 
 CHRONICLES  II. 
 
 Chap,  xxxvi.  v.  23. 
 
 resting  and  sabbath  keeping  all  the 
 days  of  its  desolation,  till  the  accom- 
 plishment of  seventy  years.  ^^  In  the 
 fii'st  year  of  Cyi-us  king  of  the  Per- 
 sians, after  the  fulfihnent  of  the  word  of 
 the  Lord  by  the  mouth  of  Jeremias, 
 the  Lord  stirred  up  the  spirit  of  Cyrus 
 king  of  the  Persians,  and  told  him  to 
 make  proclamation  in  writmg  through- 
 
 out all  his  kingdom,  saying,  ^^  Thus 
 says  Cyrus  king  of  the  Persians  to  all 
 the  kingdoms  of  the  earth,  The  Lord 
 God  of  heaven  has  given  me  jxnver, 
 and  he  has  commanded  me  to  build  a 
 house  to  him  in  Jerusalem  in  Judea. 
 Who  is  there  of  you  of  aU  his  people? 
 his  God  shall  be  with  him,  and  let  liim 
 go  up. 
 
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