LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PRINCETON, N. J. PRESENTED BY try, TT^pi LpF'^e-^ne ITcQAiee^ Division. .'Tir/.-Tr:'...::-^' '" Section. ..'...:..:yrr....: '"^ VN».< ^HE ART BIBLE w • r\u"Vnor\zed . THE ART BIBLE COMPRISING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON GEORGE NEWNES, LIMITED SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND 1896 Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. At the Ballantyne Press ?.i^^v\- 4 M^ S| ;,* r^ 9- i 1 ^ Lli : OLD TESTAMENT V/ITH SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY ILLUSTRATIONS W^ K LONDON GEORGE NEWNES. Limited SOUTHAMPTON STREET STRAND CONTENTS THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Gexesis CHAPS. 50 Ecclesiastes CHAP3 12 Exodus 40 The Song of Solomon . S Leviticus . 27 IsAIAir . 66 Numbers . 36 Jeremiah . . 52 Deuteronomy 34 Lamentations ■ 5 Joshua 24 EZEKIEL 48 Judges 21 1)axiel I ** Ruth . 4 Hose A 14 I. Samuel . 31 Joel . 3 II. Samuel . 24 Amos . 9 I. Kings . on Obapiah t II. Kings . 25 Jonah . 4 I. Chronicles 29 ;N[icah . 7 II. Chronicles 36 Xahum 3 Ezra . 10 Habakkuk . 3 Xehemiah . '3 Zerhaniaii . 3 Esther 10 Haggai t Job 42 Zechariah . 14 Psalms 150 ^rALACHI 4 Proverbs . 3' LIST OF ILLl STKATIOXS PAGE The Fifth Day of Creation. — Gen. i. 21 Frontispiece Samaria ..... . . xvi Headpiece to Book of Genesis .... 3 Map of the Euphrates and Eden District. — Gen. ii. 14 ...... 5 Murder of Abel. — Gen. iv. S . . b The Eve of the Deluije.— Gen. vi. 5 . . S The Deluge. — Gen. vii. 19 .... 10 Mount Ararat. — Gen. viii. 4 . . .11 The Deluge. — Gen. vii. 19 .... 12 "He sent forth a dove." — Gen. viii. S . 13 "Noah builded an altar unto the Lord." — Gen. viii. 20 ....... 14 Map of Genesis. — Chap. x. . . . .16 Ruins near Hebron, called "Abraham's House." — Gen. xiii. .... .18 Abraham. — Gen. xviii. ... .22 Tree of Sodom — Dead Sea Apple. — Gen. xix. 24 24 The Flight of Lot. — Gen. xix. 26 . . -25 The Dismi.«sal of Hagar. — Gen. xxi. 14 . -27 Abraham offering up Isaac. — Gen. xxii. 9 . 28 Rebecca and Eliezer. — Gen. xxiv. 18 . .30 Lentiles (Ervum lens). — Gen. xxv. 34 . .32 Jacob deceiving Isaac. — Gen. xxvii. 16 . .34 Vision of Jacob's Ladder. — Gen. xxviii. 12 37 Mandrake ....... 38 Laban searching for the Stolen Images. — Gen. xxxi. 33 40 Jacob wrestling with the Angel. — Gen. xxxii. 24 42 Meeting of Jacob and Esau. — Gen. xxxiii. 4 . 44 Death of Isaac. — Gen. xxxv. 29 . . -45 Joseph and hi.s Brethren.- — Gen. xxxvii. . . 47 Balm {Balsamodendron Gileadense). — Gen. xxxvii. 25 . . . . . . .48 Joseph's Coat brought to Jacob. — Gen. xxxvii. 33 49 Joseph interprets the Dreams. — Gen. xl. 12-19 5' Joseph the Governor over the Land. — Gen. xlii- 6 53 Egyptian Ring Money. — Gen. xlii. 35 . .54 Myrrh (Balsamodendron myrrha). — Gen.xliii. 11 55 Joseph makes himself known. — Gen. xlv. 3 . 57 "He fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck." — Gen. xlv. 14 ...... 58 Meeting of Jacob and Joseph. — Gen. xlvi. 2y . 59 Joseph presenting his Father and Brethren to Pharaoh. — Gen. xlvii. 7 . , . .60 Egyptian Horses and Chariots and Inspector of Standing Corn ...... 61 The Fields of Mamre.— Gen. 1. ... 63 Egyptian Vases ...... 64 Egyptian Column bearing Names of Rameses II. and INIenephthah 1 65 Pharaoh's Daughter. — Exod. ii. 5 . .66 Finding of Moses. — Exod. ii. 6 . . -67 Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro. — Exod. ii. 17 68 Papyrus Shoes and Sandals from Egypt . 69 Rameses II. holding Table of Offerings . 70 Egyptian Mortar Rake and other Tools . . 71 Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh. — Exod. vii. 1 1 73 Menephthah II "4 Locust {Acri/dium perer/riyntm). — Exod. x. 4-6 Egyptian Golden Ornaments ... The Pillar of Fire. — Exod. xiii. 2i . Map of the Wanderings of the Israelites . The Passage of the Red Sea. — Exod. xiv. 27 Egyptian Hatchets and Arrows Overthrow of Pharaoh and his Host in the Reii Sea ....... Musical Instruments from Egypt Quail {Coturnix vulgaris) .... Coriander (Coriandruin sativum). — Exod. x vl. 3 1 Mount Sinai ...... Closes in the Mountain. — Exod. xix. 16 . View from Desert of Shur, looking toward; Border of Red Sea and Suez Peaks of " Jebel Mousa," Mountain of Moses Sinai. — Exod. xxiv. 13 . . . "Thou shalt set the table without the vail."— Exod. xxvi. 35 Egyptian Lamps. — Kxod. xxvii. 20 . Moses called Aaron and his Sons together.— E.xod. xxviii. i . Aaron in Robes. — P^xod. xxviii. 41 . Moses receiving Law and Comn)andments on Mount Sinai. — Exod. xxxi. A Molten Calf (the Egyptian god Apis) . Free Gifts for the Tabernacle.— Exod. xxxv. 22 Proclamation to the People. ^Exod. xxxvi. 6 Fashioning the Furniture for the Tabernacle.— E.xod. xxxvii. ..... " They beat the gold into thin plates." — Exod xxxix. 3 Pomegranate (Punica 'jranatum) Setting up the Tabernacle. — Exod. xl. 17 Egyptian Daggers, &c., of Silver, Bronze, ami Flint Aaron and his Sons preparing a Burnt Sacri fice. — Lev. i. ..... . " His offering, a kid of the goats." — Lev. iv. 23 '"For his trespass, two turtle-doves." — Lev. v. 7 "Fire shall ever be burning upon the altar." — Lev. vi. 13 High Priest in Robes and Breastplate. — Le viii. 8 ...... "Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock." — Lev. viii. 14 . "Abide at the door of the tabernacle day and night." — Lev. viii. 35 . "Which when .ill the people saw, they shouted and fell on their faces." — Lev. ix. 24 The Sin of Nadab and Abihu. — Lev. x. 1,2 Coney (Ili/rax Si/riacus) .... Vulture ....... Priest examining for Leprosy. — Lev. xiii. Wilderness of Judea, near Camp at Gilgal "Let go the living bird." — Lev. xiv. 53 . The Scapegoat. — Lev. xvi. 21, 22 In the Wilderness of Sinai, Wady Mokateb Egyptian Gods. — Lev. xix. 4 . Existing W.alls of .Teru.salem (North-West Side) Beth-Horon, looking to Mediterranean . ix LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS A Drought ill Jordan Valley . "Gleaning of thy harvest." — Lev. xxiii. 22 Booths ....... Proclamation of Jubilee. — Lev. xxv. 9 Village of Endor ..... Plain of Sharon, near Ramleh . "Your cities waste." — Lev. xxvi. 31 A "Field" in Palestine. — Lev. xxvii. 16 . Moses ....... The Wilderness of Sinai — Way of the Red Sea Cattle of the Children of Israel — Num. iii. 45 Lepers without the Camp. — Num. v. 2 The Offerings of the Princes. — Num. vii. . Levites prepared for Consecration — Num. viii 7, 9 The Passover : Slaying the Paschal Lamb.— Num. ix. ..... . "Abode in their tents." — Num. ix. 22 The Wilderness of Paran. — Num. x. 12 . A Handmill for Grinding Corn. — Num. xi. 8 "Moses sent them to spy out the land ol Canaan." — Num. xiii. 17 . The Return of the Spies. — Num. xiii. 23 . "And stoned him with stones." — Num. xv. 36 "The earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up." — Num. xvi. 32 . " The I'od of Aaron was budded." — Num. xvii. 8 A Threshing-Floor, Beird, near Bethel. — Num xviti. 27 ..... . An old Oil or Wine Press. — Num. xviii. 27, 30 Water out of the Rock. — Num. xx. 1 1 The Summit of Mount Hor. — Num. xx. 27, 28 The Power of Faith .... " And the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow place." — Num. xxii. 26 , . . "Thence he might see the utmost part of the people." — Num. xxii. 41 . Aloe {Aquilaria agallocha). — Num. xxiv. 6 Plains of Shittim and Mountains of Moab Num. xxv. I .... . " He laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge." — Num. xxvii. 23 . Mount Abarim. — Num. xxvii. 12 " A day of blowing the trumpets unto you." — Num. xxix. I ..... . Triumphal Return of Israelites. — Num. xxxi. 12 Kadesh-Barnea. — Num. xxxii. 8 An Eastern Sheep-fold. — Num. xxxii. 16 . The Great Sea. — Num. xxxiv. 6 "By Jordan near Jericho." — Num. xxxvi. i "Moses spake unto all Israel." — Deut. i. i Moses views the Promised Land from Pisgah Deut. iii. 27 . . . . . A Ford near Pilgrim's Bathing-place. {" This Jordan." — Deut. iii. 27) . Mount Hermon. — Deut. iv. 48 " Thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house." — Deut. vi. 9 . Olive {Olea Europaa). — Deut. viii. 8 "A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees." — Deut. viii. 8 . " I fell down before the Lord." — Deut. ix. 25 Rainstorm passing over Hill near Nain . Roe-buck {Guzella dorcas). — Deut. xii. 15 Wild Goat {Capra ibex). — Deut. xiv. 5 Chamois — Wild Sheep. — Deut. xiv. 5 " Take an awl and thrust it through his ear."- Deut. XV. 17 . The Feast of the Passover. — Deut. xvi. 3 " They shall shew thee the sentence of judg ment." — Deut. xvii. 9 . . . "If any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him." — Deut. xix. 11 . PAGE 143 145 146 147 149 151 153 154 155 156 159 161 ^63 165 167 169 171 172 173 175 177 179 iSi 182 183 185 187 191 192 193 194 195 197 199 201 202 203 205 207 208 211 213 215 216 218 219 221 223 224 225 225 227 22S 229 231 "Thy neighbour's land-mark." — Deut. xix. 14 " And when ye come nigh unto battle, the priest shall speak to the people." — Deut. xx. 2 . Jerusalem. ("A battlement for thy roof." — Deut. xxii. 8) "When thou beatest thine olive-tree." — Deut. xxiv. 20 ...... . " Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn." — Deut. xxv. 4 . Offering of First-Fruits. — Deut. xxvi. 2 " Within thy gates." — Deut. xxvi. 12 Mount Ebal. — Deut. xxvii. 4 . . . Mount Gerizim. —Deut. xxvii. 12 . The End of the Cursed Man. — Deut. xxviii. 26 Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the Tabernacle. — Deut. xxxi. 14, 15 The Ancient Mountains. — Deut. xxxiii. 15 Death of Moses on Mount Nebo. — Deut. xxxiv. c Unicorn {Bos prim igenus). — Deut. xxxiii. 17 Map of Canaan ..... " And hid them with the .stalks of flax." — Josh ii. 6 "Her house was upon the town-wall."- — Josh "•15- Crossing the Jordan. — Josh. iii. 17 . Plains of Jericho. — Josh. iv. 13 ■' Captain of the host of the Lord am I." — Josh, v. 14 . "The people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets." — Jo.sh. vi. 20 "Go >ip and view the country." — Josh. vii. 2 " Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city." — Josh. viii. i" Gibeon. — Josh. ix. 3 "And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed." — Josh. x. 13 The Waters of Merom. — Josh. xi. 5 " By lot was their inheritance." — Josh. xiv. The Salt Sea.— Josh. xv. 5 Jabneel or Jabneh. — Josh. xv. 11. " The men went and passed through the land."^ Josh, xviii. 9 . . . . The Vale of Shechem. — Josh. xx. 7 . Fleeing to the City of Refuge. — Josh. xx. "They biult there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to." — Josh. xxii. 10 "Joshua took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak." — Josh. xxiv. 26 "And the bones of Joseph . . . buried they in Shechem." — Josh. xxiv. 32 . The Wilderness of Zin. — Josh. xv. 1 'Ain Feshkah. — Josh. xv. 5 • ■ • "Thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water." — Judges i. 15 " The people lifted up their voice, and wept." Judges ii. 4 " He blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim." — Judges iii. 27 " Jael went out to meet Sisera." — Judges iv. iS The Song of Deborah and Barak. — Judges v. i "The children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds." — Judges vi. 2 "And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak." — Judges vi. 1 1 "They blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers." — Judges vii. 19, 20 . '•' Give, I pray you, loaves of bread . . . for they be faint." — Judges viii. 5 . " See there come people." — Judges ix. 37 Jephthah's Daughter. — Judges xi. 37 "The angel of the Lord ascended in the flame." — Judges xiii. 20 . PAGE 232 233 235 237 238 239 240 241 243 244 246 248 250 251 252 254 255 256 257 259 261 262 263 265 267 269 271 272 273 275 277 279 280 281 283 284 285 287 289 291 292 294 29s 297 299 300 301 303 305 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "And he rent him as he would have rent a kid." — Judges xiv. 6 .... " At midnight took the doors of the gate of the city." — Judges xvi. 3 , . . . The taking of Samson by the Philistines . " Samson took hold of the two middle pillars." — Judges xvi. 29 ■ . . . ' . Following the Danites. — Judges xviii. 22 .The Levite at Gibeah. — Judges xix. 15 . The Levite declareth his Wrong. — Judges XX. 4 . The Benjamites at Shiloh. — Judges xxi. 23 "Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground." — Ruth ii. 10 . "Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge." — Ruth i. 16 . "He measured six measures of barley." — Ruth iii. 15 Near Beth-lehem ...... Samuel brought to Eli ..... ' ' Eli sat by a post of the temple of the Lord." — I Sam. i. 9 "To burn incense before me." — i Sam. ii. 28 . "Speak; for thy servant heareth." — i Sam. iii. 10 ....... "Eli sat upon a seat by the way-side watch- ing."— I Sam. iv. 13 . ' ' And the}' laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and sent it away." — i Sam. vi. 11 "As Samuel was offering up the burnt-offer- ing."— I Sam. vii. 10 .... Samuel addressing the People. — I Sam. viii. 10-18 . ' " Is the seer here \ " — i Sam. ix. 1 1 Rachel's Tomb. — i Sam. x. 2 . " Behold, a company of prophets met him. " — I Sam. X. 10 . "God save the king."- — i Sam. x. 24 "And the Lord sent thunder and rain that day." — I Sam. xii. 18 "Blew the trumpet throughout all the land." — I Sam. xiii. 3 ..... . " And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer after him." — I Sam. xiv. 13 Map of the Battles of Saul "There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth the sheep." — I Sam xvi. II . " And chose him five smooth stones out of the brook." — I Sam. xvii. 40 . Saul aiming the Javelin or Spear at David Wady Khureitun. — i Sam. xxii. i . " Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand." — i Sam. xxiv. 4 . . "Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be." — I Sam. xxv. 24 . . : "Behold the king's spear." — i Sam. xxvi. 2 " And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away." — i Sam. xxx. 18 Engannim. — i Sam. xxxi. i . . Syrian Bear ....... "David lamented over Saul and over Jonathan his son." — 2 Sam. i. 17 . Near Site of Ancient Dan. — 2 Sam. iii. 10 " And David sent Abner away ; and he went in peace." — 2Sam. iii. 21 . . . . " So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord." — 2 Sam. vi. 5, 15 "Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass : which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord." — 2 Sam. viii. 10, II PAGE "And David said unto him. Fear not." — 307 2 Sam. ix, 7 . "And Uriah the Hittite died also." — 2 Sam. 308 xi. 17 309 "Thou art the man." — 2 Sam. xii. 7 "And the king kissed Absalom." — 2 Sam. 311 xiv. 33 313 " All the people passed over Kidron." — 2 Sam. 314 XV. 23, 24 The Brook Kidron 315 The Death of Absalom.- — 2 Sam, xviii. 14 317 Valley of Jehoshaphat ..... Gath (now called Tell-es-Safieh). — 2 Sam. xxi. 20 31S "Clear shining after rain." — 2 Sam. xxiii. 4 . Bay of Zidon from Sarepta. — 2 Sam. xxiv. 6 . 320 The Remains of Tyre. — 2 Sam. xxiv. 7 . David's Well, Beth-lehem .... 322 Map of the Kingdom of David and Solomon . 323 "He charged Solomon his son." — i Kings ii. i 324 "0 my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it," — i Kings iii, 26 326 '■ Every man under his vine and under his fig- 327 tree." — i Kings iv. 25 . "Hyssop that springeth out of the wall." — 328 I Kings iv. 33 . . . . The Great Cedars of Lebanon. — i Kings v. 6 . 330 Vase found at Corner Foundation Stone, S.E. Angle of Temple Wall ... 331 The Building of the Temple. — i Kings vi. i , "The priests brought in the ark ... to the 333 most holy place." — i Kings viii. 6 Palmyra (" Tadmor in the wilderness." — 334 I Kings ix. 18) . . . 336 " A navy of ships." — i Kings ix. 26 . 337 Almug. — l Kings x. 11 . . The Almug-tree. — i Kings x. 11 . 338 " King Rehoboam consulted with the old men." 339 —I Kings xii. 6 .... . ■'He found his carcase in tiie way, and the ass 341 and the lion standing by the carcase." — 1 Kings xiii. 28 . 342 "Shishak king of Egypt . . . took away the treasures of the king's house." — -i Kings xiv. 25, 26 ...... 344 Elijah by the brook Cherith. — i Kings xvii. 4 . 346 "And Elijah took the child, and brought him down." — I Kings xvii. 23. " There ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like 348 a man's hand." — I Kings xviii. 44 Juniper ..... . . 350 " Arise and eat." — I Kings xix. 5 . . 352 "The men of Belial witnessed against him." — 355 I Kings xxi 13. Tomb of Hiram, King of Tyre .... 357 Site of Sarepta ....... " Thou shalt not come down off that bed , . . 359 but shalt surely die." — 2 Kings i. 16 361 "And he took the mantle of Elijah . . . and smote the waters." — 2 Kings ii. 14 363 Elisha's Fountain. — 2 Kings ii. 21 . 365 The Moabite Stone 367 The Widow's Oil Multiplied.— 2 Kings iv. 5 = ■ ' Would God my lord were with the prophet 368 that is in Samaria." — 2 Kings v. 3 . 370 "The king of Israel was passing by upon the wall." — 2 Kings vi. 26 . . . 372 '' These lepers went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and 375 gold, and raiment." — 2 Kings vii. 8 . "There stood a watchman on the tower."— 2 Kings ix. 17 . " When she looked, behold, the king stood by 377 a pillar." — 2 Kings xi. 14 xi 379 380 383 385 387 389 391 393 395 397 398 399 400 402 404 407 408 409 410 411 413 415 417 419 420 421 423 425 427 429 431 433 434 435 437 439 440 442 443 444 445 446 448 450 451 453 455 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Map to illustrate the Captivities of Israel and Judah , "Put thine hand upon the bow." — 2 Kings xiii. 16 ...... . Campaign of Tiglatli-Pileser III. (Pul) . Tiglath-Pileser III ]jlack Obelisk from Nimrond . . . . " So was Israel can-ied away out of their own land to Assyria." — 2 Kings xvii. 23 . ■'And told him the words of Rab-shakeh." — 2 Kings xviii. 37 .... . " He brought the shadow ten degrees back- ward."— 2 Kings XX. II . Facsimile of Inscription ... "The king commanded ... to bring forth ... all the vessels that were made far Baal." — 2 Kings xxiii. 4 . The Euphrates (near Bir) "All the men of war fled by night." — 2 Kings XXV. 4 ..... . Hebron ....... "These were the potters and those that dwelt a-mong plants and hedges."- — i Chron iv. 23 "To seek pasture for their flocks." — i Chron iv- 39 Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III. . Ancient Pentateuch at Shechem Bethel Frankincense ...... "In the temple of Dagon."— i Chron. x. 10 The Plain or Valley of Rephaim '"If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you." — I Chron. xii. 17 .... Kirjath-Jearim ..... •'Because he put his hand to the ark." — I Chron. xiii. 10 ... . "Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at her window." — i Chron. xv. 29 "Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof."— I Chron. xvi. 32 .... "The word of God came to Nathan." — i Chron xvii. 3 "Jonathan the son of Shimea . . . slew him.' — I Chron. xx. 7 . . . . '■ The angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Oman." — i Chron. xxi. 15 . "David was old and full of days." — i Chron xxiii. I ..... . "The Levites likewise cast lots." — i Chron xxiv. 31 ..... . "Who should prophesy with harps." — i Chron XXV. I ...... An Olive Grove ..... "Hear me, my brethren, and my people."— 1 Chron. xxviii. 2 . . . . "And they made Solomon the son of David king." — I Chron. xxix. 22. Heron {Ardea Cinerea). Found in the Jordan Valley . . . . ■ . The Queen of Sheba. — 2 Chron. ix. . " Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen." — 2 Chron. i. 14 . " In flotes by sea to Joppa." — 2 Chron. ii. 16 ■' He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty." — 2 Chron. iii. 6 "In the clay ground." — 2 Chron. iv. 17 '■ For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever." — 2 Chron. v. 13 Fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering." — 2 Chron. vii. i The River of Egypt .... xii "And Solomon brought up the daughter of 457 Pharaoh . . . unto the house that he had built for her." — 2 Chron. viii, 11 459 Ezion-Geber c ..... . 461 "King Solomon passed all the kings of the 463 earth in riches and wisdom." — 2 Chron. 464 is. 22 . . c , . . . Egyptian Conquest of a Fortress 465 " He carried away also the shields of gold." — 2 Chron. xii. 9 . 467 " He removed her from being queen." — 2 Chron. XV. 16 469 '■ Went about throughout all the cities of Judah, 471 and taught the people." — 2 Chron. xvii. 9 '• And Jehu . . . said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly." — 473 2 Chron. xix. 2 . 475 "The watch-tower in the wilderness," — 2 Chron. XX. 24 ...... . 477 " There came a writing to him from Elijah the 479 prophet." — 2 Chron. xxi. 12 . "The princes and all the people . . . cast into the chest." — 2 Chron. xxiv. 10 . 481 "Amaziah fled to Lachish." — 2 Chron. xxv. 27 Lachish ........ 482 "He built cities in the mountains of Judah." 484 — 2 Chron. xxvii. 4 . 486 " Now hear me therefore, and deliver the cap- 488 tives again." — 2 Chron. xxviii. 11. 489 Fragment of Chaldean Account of the Deluge . 490 " Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed 491 the people." — 2 Chron. xxx. 27 . Sennacherib receiving Jewish Prisoners at the Surrender of Lachish 493 Sennacherib, B.C. 721 . ... 494 " They brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence." — 2 Chron. xxxiv. 4 . 495 "And Shaphan read it before the king." — 2 Chron, xxxiv. 18 , 497 "The archers shot at king Josiah." — 2 Chron. XXXV. 23 ...... . 498 " Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign." — 2 Chron. xxxvi. 9 . 499 " He made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom." — Ezra i. i 501 Joppa . , "They set the priests in their apparel with 503 trumpets ... to praise the Lord." — Ezra iii. 10 505 "They went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force 506 and power." — Ezra iv. 23 . "Builded with great stones." — Ezra v. 8 . 507 Babylon ........ 509 " And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree." — Ezra vii. 21 . 511 "I rent my garment and my mantle." — Ezra ix. 3 512 "Ye have transgressed." — Ezra x. 10 Gold Daric ....... 513 "I sat down and wept, and mourned." — Xeh. 514 i. 4 •••.... . " I went out by night . . , and viewed the 516 walls of Jerusalem," — Neh, ii, 13 517 " Sent Sanballat his servant unto me . . . the fifth time with an open letter in his hand." 518 — Neh, vi. 5 519 "Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation." — Neh. viii. 2 . . . 520 "Booths . . . on the roof of his house." — Neh. viii. 16 ...... . 521 " We would not buy it of them on the sabbath." 522 — Neh. X. 31 , 523 525 526 528 529 531 533 535 537 538 540 542 543 544 545 547 549 551 553 554 555 557 558 560 561 562 563 564 566 567 569 570 571 572 574 576 579 581 583 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "Dedication of the wall of Jerusalem." — Neh. xii. 27 585 " The merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem." — Neh. xiii. 20 586 Shekel of the time of Ezra .... 587 "And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only." — Esther i. 16 589 " So that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her his queen." — Esther ii. 17 . 590 "But Mordeeai bowed not." — Esther iii. 2 . 591 "The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman." — Esther vii. 6 . . . . 593 "So the posts that rude upon mules and camels went out." — Esther viii. 14 . . . 595 Kefr Birim 597 "There came a messenger uuto Job." — Job i. 14 598 The Pyramid of Meydoum, Eygpt . . . 600 Eliphaz the Temanite.— Job iv. i , . . 601 "Rain upon the earth." — Job v. 10 . . 602 "But Job answered.'' — Job vi. i . . . 603 "Can the flag grow without water?" — Job viii. II 605 " My days are swifter than a post." — Job ix, 25 606 " The shadow of death." — Job x. 22 . . 607 "There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again." — Job xiv. 7 . 609 Archers . , . . . , . .611 "Graven with an iron pen ... in the rock." — Job xix. 24 . . . . . .613 "They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ." — Job xxi. 12 . 614 The Burial-Ground of Old Memphis, Egypt . 615 "They reap every one his corn in the field." — Job xxiv. 6 617 "The rich man shall lie down." — Job xxvii. 19 619 "When I went out . . . through the city." — Job xxix. 7 ..... . 621 "And Elihu . . . said, 'I am young, and ye are very old.' " — Job xxxii. 6 . . . 623 Snow in Palestine ...... 625 " Out of the whirlwind." — Job xxxviii. I . 626 The Ostrich 628 ' ' She dwelleth and abideth on the rock. " — Job xxxix. 28 . . . . . . . 629 "My servant Job shall pray for you." — Job xlii. 8 630 Behemoth — Hippopotamus . . . .631 David ........ 632 " A tree planted by the rivers of water." — Psalm i- 3 634 " I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy." — Psalm v. 7 . . . . 635 ' ■ When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy lingers." — Psalm viii. 3 . ... 636 "Flee as a bird to vour mountain." — Psalm xi. I . . .- 638 " The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; yea, I have a goodly heritage." — Psalm xvi, 6 ....... 639 " He shot out lightnings, and discomfited them." • — Psalm xviii. 14 . . ... 641 "Beside the still waters." — Psalm xxiii. 2 . 643 " For I am desolate and afflicted."— Psalm XXV. 16 ...... . 645 " Give them according to their deeds." — Psalm xxviii. 4 ,...,. . 646 "The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars." — Psalm xxix. 5 ..... 647 'He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as an heap." — Psalm xxxiii. 7 . , . 649 PAOE ' ' My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore." — Psalm xxxviii. 11 . . . 651 " Poor and needy." — Psalm xl. 17 . . . 653 "As the hart panteth after the water-brooks." — Psalm xlii. i ..... 654 " She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needle-work." — Psalm xlv. 14 . . 656 Mount Zion 657 " Thou slanderest thine own mother's son. " — Psalm 1. 20 659 ' ' We walked unto the house of God in com- pany."— Psalm Iv. 14 . . . . 660 Eastern Tear Bottles . . . .661 " If riches increase, set not your heart upon them." — Psalm Ixii. lO . . . . 663 "Stilleth the noise of the seas." — Psalm Ixv. 7 665 "The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn." — Psalm Ixv. 13 . . . . . . 666 " The chariots of God are twenty thousand." — Psalm Ixviii. 17 . . . . . 667 "They that sit in the gate speak against me." — Psalm Ixix. 12 . . . , . 669 " I was envious at the foolish, when I .«aw the prosperity of the wicked." — Psalm Ixxiii. 3 671 Horn exalted ....... 672 " Rained down manna upon them to eat."^ — Psalm Ixxviii. 24 .... . 674 "The boar out of the wood doth waste it." — Psalm Ixxx. 13 676 A Wayside Well in Egypt .... 677 "And our land shall yield her increase." — Psalm Ixxxv. 12 678 "Behold Philistia." — Psalm Ixxxvii. 4 . 679 Mount Tabor . . . . . .681 Palm Tree {Phcenix dactylifera) . . 683 Pelican . . . . . . . 685 "The clouds his chariot." — Psalm civ. 3 . . 686 "A bound that they may not pass over." — Psalm civ. 9 ..... . 687 "The young lions roar after their prey." — Psalm civ. 21 688 " Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening." — Psalm, civ. 23 689 " He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives." — Psalm cvi. 46 691 "Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them." — Psalm cvii. 5 . . . . 692 "They that go down to the sea in ships . . . these see the works of the Lord." — Psalm cvii. 23, 24 693 Edom (Petra). — Psalm cviii. 9 . . . 694 "He shall drink of the brook in the way. " — Psalm c.\'. 7 , . , . . . 696 " The bands of the wicked have robbed me." — Psalm cxix. 61 . . . . . . 699 "I have gone astray like a lost sheep." — Psalm cxix. 176 . . . . . . 701 Tents of Kedar ...... 703 "As the mountains ai'e round about Jerusalem." — Psalm cxxv. 2 ..... 704 " He maketh lightnings for the rain ; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries." — Psalm cxxxv. 7 . . . . . . 706 "Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him." — Psalm cxl. 11 . ■ . . . 709 " Hoar-frost like ashes." — Psalm cxl vii. 16 . 71 1 "Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord." — Psalm cl. 6 . . . .712 "Cast in thy lot among us." — Prov. i. 14, , 714 " So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy pres.ses shall burst out with new wine." — Prov. iii. 10 . . . , 715 xiii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "If thou hast stricken thy himd with a stranger." — Prov. vi. I -717 "Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither." — Prov. ix. 16 719 "He that gathereth in summer." — Prov. x. 5 . 720 " He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread."— Prov. xii. II . . . . 722 "He that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he." — Prov. xiv. 21 . . . . . 723 "A wrathful man stirreth up strife." — Prov. XV. 18 724 "The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold." — Prov. xvii. 3 . . . . 726 "The words of a talebearer are as wounds." — Prov. xviii. 8 . . . . . -727 "Therefore shall he beg in harvest." — Prov. XX. 4 . . . . . . . . 729 " The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender." — Prov. xxii. 7 . 730 "To eat with a ruler." — Prov. xxiii. i . -731 "I went by the field of the slothful." — Prov. xxiv. 30 -732 " The honour of kings is to search out a matter.'' — Prov. XXV. 2 . . . . . . 733 Shepherd Slinger j)rotecting his Flock . . 735 "The wicked flee when no man pursueth." — Prov. xxviii. i . . . . . . 736 "The churning of milk." — Prov. xxx. 33 . . 738 "She stretcheth out her hand to the poor." — Prov. xxxi. 20 . . . . . . 739 Pools of Solomon. — Eccles. ii. 6 . . . 741 " Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit." — Eccles. iv. 6 . . . . 743 "It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools." —Eccles. vii. 5 . . . . . . 745 "A poor wise man, and he by his wisdom de- livered the city." — Eccles. ix. 15 . . 746 The Almond 748 Desire ........ 748 Eastern Funeral Procession .... 749 "I am black, but comely, 0 ye daughters of Jerusalem." — Song of Solomon i. 5 . . 750 " Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away." — Song of Solomon ii. 10 . . 752 Heshbon — Springhead ..... 753 '■ Who is this that cometh up from the wilder- ness, leaning upon her beloved ? " — Song of Solomon viii. 5 .... . 754 General View of Lebanon .... 755 Isaiah 756 "A lodge in a garden." — Isa. i. 8 . . 758 " They shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks." — Isa. ii. 4 . . . . . . . 759 The Moles and the Bats 760 "Upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion . . . the shining of a flaming fire by night." — Isa. iv. 5 . . . . . 761 Teil Tree {Tcrehinth) 763 "Take heed, and be quiet ; fear not, neither be faint-hearted." — Isa. vii. 4 . . . 764 Samaria ........ 765 " Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's jjen." — Isa. viii. i . . . . 766 The Gorge of Michmash. — Isa. x. 28 . . 768 "And a little child shall lead them." — Isa. xi. 6 . . . . . . . . 769 Babylon in ruins. — Isa. xiii. 20 . . . 770 " On the tops of their houses . . . every one shall howl, weeping abundantly." — Isa. XV. 3 • • 771 XIV PAGE "Send ye the lamb to the ruler." — Isa. xvi. i. 772 " And behold at evening-tide trouble." — Isa. xvii. 14 773 Egypt .... ... 774 Papyrus. — Isa. xix. 7 . , . . . 775 Weaving. — Isa. xix. 9 . . , . -776 " The desert a terrible land. " — Isa. xxi. i . 777 "Watchman, what of the night?" — Isa. xxi. II . 778 Tyre. — Isa. xxiii. i . . . . . . 779 Whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth." — Isa. xxiii. 8 7S0 The great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria." — Isa. xxvii. 13 . 783 "Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept." — Isa. xxx. 29 . 785 "Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters." — Isa. xxxii. 9 ...... . 787 "Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty." — Isa. xxxiii. 17 . . . . . 788 "For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance." — Isa. xxxiv. 8 . . . . . . 790 The Summit of Mount Carmel . . -791 " Hezekiah . . . spread it before the Lord. " — Isa. xxxvii. 14 . . . . . . 793 ' ' Thus saith the Lord ... I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears." — Isa. xxxviii. 5 . . . . . . 794 "Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter ; I did mourn as a dove." — Isa. xxxviii. 14 . 795 " I the God of Israel will not forsake them." — Isa. xli. 17 797 "They that make a graven image." — Isa. xliv. 9 . 799 "One shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer." — Isa. xlvi. 7 . . . . 801 " Take the millstones, and grind meal." — Isa. xlvii. 2 ...... . 803 " And bind them on thee, as a bride doeth." — Isa. xlix. 18 805 ' ' How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings." — Isa. lii. 7 ..... . 807 Sheep gone astray. — Isa. liii. 6 . . = 808 " Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters." — Isa. Iv. I . . . . . 809 " The troubled sea." — Isa. Ivii. 20 . . .8x1 " Then shall thy light break forth as the moru- ning. " — Isa. Iviii. 8 . . . . . 812 " AYe grope for the wall like the blind." — Isa. lix. 10 813 " The multitude of camels." — Isa. Ix. 6 . . 814 "As the doves to their windows." — Isa. Ix. S . 815 Pine Tree 816 Treading the Wine-press. — Isa. Ixiii. 3 . . 817 " The wolf and the lamb shall feed together." — Isa. Ixv. 25 819 "Neither shall their fire be quenched."'^Isa. Ixvi. 24 820 " As the thief is ashamed when he is found." — Jer. ii. 26 822 "The fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down." — Jer. iv. 26 ...... 825 Leopard. — Jer. v. 6 . . . . . . 826 "I will bring a nation upon j'ou from far." — Jer. v. 15 . . . . . . . 827 Stork [Ciconia alba). — Jer. viii. 7 . . . 829 "The harvest is past, the summer is ended." — Jer. viii. 20 . . . . . .831 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "The young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine." — Jer. xi. 22 . . . . 833 " Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves." — Jer. xiii. 18 . . . , S34 "Such as are for the captivity, to the captivity." — Jer. XV. 2 ..... . 836 "Thou shalt not also go into the house of feast- ing."—Jer. xvi. 8 .... , 837 " Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people." — Jer. xvii. 19 . . . 839 " Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men." — Jer. xix. 10 . . . 841 " Head of Lebanon." — Jer. xxii, 6 . . . 843 " He shall be buried with the burial of an ass." — Jer. xxii. 19 . . . . . 844 "And cast you out of my presence." — Jer. xxiii. 39 . . . . . .845 "Behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord." — Jer. xxiv. i . 846 " Thou shalt surely die." — Jer. xxvi. 8 . 848 " Zion shall be plowed like a field." — Jer. xxvi. 18 . 849 "Go and tell Hananiah." — Jer. xxviii. 13 . 851 ' ' Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet." — Jer. xxix. 29 . 852 "Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord." — Jer. XXX. 23 854 " A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping." — Jer. xxxi. 15 . 856 " That every man should let his man-servant and . . . his maid-servant ... go free." — Jer. xxxiv. 9 . . . . . , 859 " I said unto them, Drink ye wine. But they said, We will drink no wine." — Jer. xxxv. 5, 6 . . . . . . .861 " He cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire." — Jer. xxxvi. 23 . . . . 863 " Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon." — Jer. xxxviii, 6 . 865 The Plains of Jericiio. — Jer. xxxix. 5 . . 866 "There came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria." — Jer. xli. 5 . . 868 "Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick-kiln." — Jer. xliii. 9 ...... . 870 "Harness the horses . . . furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines." — Jer. xlvi. 4 872 '■'Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock." — Jer. xlviii. 28 ..... . 875 Entrance to Damascus ..... 876 "A dry land, and a desert." — Jer. 1. 12 . 878 The Fall of Babylon. — Jer. li. 8 . . .880 " Thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the mid.st of Euphrates." — Jer. li. 63 . 882 " And burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house ; and all the houses of Jerusa- lem . . . burned he with fire." — Jer. lii. 13 884 The Wall of Wailing ..... 886 " They took the young men to grind." — Lam. v. 13 . . . . " . . .889 Ravine of Brook Kidron ..... 890 ' ' And there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe." — Ezek. ii. 10 . 892 " Take thee a tile . . , and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem." — Ezek. iv. i . 894 " Your images shall be broken : and I will cast down your slain men before your idols." — Ezek. vi. 4 895 " And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel . . . with every man his censer in his hand." — Ezek. viii. 11. . . . . , 897 " And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Ben.niah died." — Ezek. xi. 13 • " I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight." — Ezek. Xii. 7 ;....., "No man may pass through because of the beasts." — Ezek. xiv. 15 • " By the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them." — Ezek. xvi. 36 '"A great eagle . . . came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar." — Ezek. xvii. 3 ..... . " Hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment." — Ezek xviii. 7 . , . . , , "I will not be enquired of by you." — Ezek XX. 3 '^ And hallow my sabbaths." — Ezek. xx. 20 Rabbath, — Ezek. xxi. 20 . "Thou has taken usury and increase." — Ezek xxii. 12 . " Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead." — Ezek. xxiv. 17 . "Then all the princes of the sea shall come down . . . they shall sit upon the ground." — Ezek. xxvi, 16 " And shall build houses, and plant vineyards. — Ezek. xxviii. 26 ... . Assouan .... Thebes ' ' I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light." — Ezek xxxii. 7 ..... . " But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet." — Ezek. xxxiii. 6 "My sheep wandered through all the moun tains." — Ezek. xxxiv. 6 . "And the desolate land shall be tilled." — Ezek xxxvi. 34 . '' And set me down in the midst of the valley, wliich was full of bones." — Ezek. xxxvii. i " An overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone." — Ezek. xxxviii. 22 . "When any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it." — Ezek. xxxix. 15 " And set me upon a very high mountain." — Ezek. xl. 2 " So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court." — Ezek. xliii. 5 "And one lamb out of the flock . . . for a burnt-offering." — Ezek. xlv. 15 " And brought me through the waters." — Ezek. xlvii. 4 .. = .,. . En-Gedi. — Ezek. xlvii. 10 . . . " By the river of Chebar." — Ezek. i. i . "The prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar." — Dan. i. 18 "The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king." — Dan. ii. 27 . Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire." — Dan. iii. 26 ...... "He walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon . . . there fell a voice from heaven." — Dan. iv. 29, 31 Belshazzar's Feast. — Dan. v. 25 " His windows being open in his chamber to- ward Jerusalem." — Dan. vi. lo " My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths." — Dan. vi. 22 XV 901 903 905 906 908 909 910 912 914 917 918 920 921 922 924 925 927 929 931 933 934 936 939 941 943 944 945 947 949 951 953 955 957 959 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS '■ The man Gabriel . . . touched me about the time of the evening oblation." — Dan. ix. 21 " As I was by the side of the great river ... I lifted up mine eyes, and looked." — Dan. x. 4, 5 . " The king's daughter of the south." — Dan. xi. 6 '' The king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind." — Dan xi. 40 . "All these things shall be finished." — Dan. xii. 7 . . . . ■ • ■ _ • ' ' Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest tome." — Hosea iv. 6 . . . . "They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks, and poplars, and elms." — Hosea iv. 13 " And the thief cometh in." — Hosea vii. i Plains of Jericho . . . . . . "And oil is carried into Egypt." — Hosea xii. i " I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death." — Hosea xiii. 14 . A Grass Fire near Jericho " And the floors shall be full of wheat." — Joel ii. 24 The Valley of Jehoshaphat. — Joel iii. 2 . "And they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off." — Joel iii. 8 "Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa." — Amos i. i . Tekoa. — Amos i. i . " Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow.' — Amos ii. 15 . Gateway to Palace at Luxor, Egypt " They take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate." — Amos v. 12 "That lie upon beds of ivory." — Amos vi. 4 "Go, flee thee away into the land of Judah . . . and prophesy there." — Amos vii. 12 . PAGE PAGE Sycamore Branch and Fruit. — Amos vii. 14 . 988 961 " The flood of Egypt." — Amos viii. 8 . . 989 "And cast lots upon Jerusalem." — Obadiah i. II 990 963 'What meanest thou, 0 sleeper? arise." — 964 Jonah i. 6 . . . . . . . 992 "Jonah upon the dry land." — Jonah ii. 10 . 993 965 ''Jonah began to enter into the city." — Jonah iii. 4 • -994 966 The Gourd. — Jonah iv. 6 995 " O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast." — Micah i. 13 . . 996 968 "Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap." — Micah vi. 15 999 Fall of Nineveh. — Nahum iii 1000 969 Thebes. — Nahum iii. 8 .... . 1002 971 "I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon 973 the tower." — Hab. ii. i . . . . 1004 974 Garden Scene at King's Palace, Nineveh, B.C. 668-625, time of Captivity. — Zeph. ii. 15 . 1006 " Sing, O daughter of Zion." — Zeph. iii. 14 . 1007 975 " Then spake Haggai the Lord's messenger." — 977 Hag. i. 13 . 1009 " I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon 978 a red horse." — Zech. i. 8 .... lOli 979 " Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts" — Zech. 980 iv. 6 1012 "And behold a flying roll." — Zech. v. i . . 1014 981 " There shall yet old men and old women dwell 982 in the streets of Jerusalem." — Zech. viii. 4 1015 " And they shall devour, and subdue with sling- 983 stones." — Zech. ix. 15 . . . . 1017 984 "The land shall mourn, every family apart." — Zech. xii. 12 1019 985 "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse." — 986 Mai. iii. 10 1021 Overturned Lintel of a Synagogue, north of 987 Safed ...... 1023 «^^iSi^«4^5^ After photo by Palestine Exploration Fimd SAMARI.\ (FROM THE SOUTH). The hill on which the old city stood. On the right is the modern village. 5^atnif^ (Jtegie^er §amif^ (Itegie^er 5^amif^ (^t%iettv 5aini% (llegieUtr 'MmM Ge'orp-e Ti'niuori/i THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS CHAPTER 1. 1 The creation of heaven and earth, 3 of the light, 6 of the firmament, 9 of the earth separated from the waters, 11 and made fruitful, 14 of the sun, moon, and stars, 20 of fish and foivl, 24 of beasts and cattle, 26 of man in the image of God. 29 Also the appointment of food. iH ^N the beginning God cre- ated the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be hght : and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 IF And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which ivere under the firmament from the waters which ivere above the firma- ment : and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 IT And God said. Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it loas good. 11 And God said. Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, aiid the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 14 TF And God said. Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years : 15 And let them be for lights in the fiinna- ment of the heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it vkis good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 20 IF And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. The creation of 'luaii. GEXESIS 2. The (jarden of Eden. 24 H And God said, Let the earth bring forth the hving creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind : and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it tvas good. 26 IT And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness : and let them have dominion over the fish _ of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 )So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him ; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them. Be fruitful, and multiply, and rei^lenish the earth, and subdue it : and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 IT And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, / have given every green herb for meat : and it was so. 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. CHAPTER 2. 1 The first aabbath. 4 The manner of the creation. 8 The planting of the garden of Eden, 10 a7id the river thereof. 17 The tree of knowledge only for- bidden. 19,20 The naming of the creatures. 21 The making of woman, and institution of marriage. rPHUS the heavens and the earth were X finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made ; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it : because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 4 IT These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth Avhen they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field be- fore it grew : for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. G But there went up a mist from the 4 earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man became a living soul. 8 TF And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food • the tree of life also in the midst of the o;araen, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a i-iver went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and oecame into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; 12 And the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel : that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying. Of every tree of the garden thou mayest fi-eely eat : 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it : for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 18 IT And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone ; I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air ; and brought the7n unto Adam to see what he would call them : and whatsoever Adam called every living crea- ture, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he sle^^t : and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said. This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mothei-, and shall cleave unto his wife : and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. The serpent deceiveth Eve. CHAPTER 3. GENESIS 3. The serpent is cursed. 1 The serpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's shameful fall. 9 God arraigneth them. 14 The serpent is cursed. 15 The promised seed. 16 The punishment of man- kind. 21 Their first clothing. 22 Their casting out of paradise. 1V[ OW the seri:)ent was more suljtile than any IN Ijeast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman. Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the gar- den? 2 And the wo- man said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden : 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the gar- den, God hath said. Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the ser- pent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die : 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat there- of, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, know- ing good and evil. 6 IT And when the woman saAV that the tree was good for food, and that it was plea- sant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her ; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they tvere naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, "WTiere a7-t thou ? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I tvas naked ; and I hid myself. 11 And he said. Who told thee that thou n'ast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat ? 1 2 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman. What is this that thou hast done 1 And the woman said. The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou a7^t cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field ; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed ; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 IT Unto the woman he said, T will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ; and Man banished from Edtn. GENESIS 4. Cain and Abel. thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the clays of thy life ; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering : 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth 1 and why is thy countenance fallen 1 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted 1 and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8 IT And Cain talked with Abel his brother : MURDER OF ABEL. — Gen. iv. 8. return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve ; because she was the mother of all living. 21 I.^nto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 TF And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man : and he jilaced at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAPTER 4. 1 The. birth, trade, and religion, of Cain and Abel. 8 The murder of Abel. 11 The curse of Cain. 17 Enoch the first city. 19 Lamech and his two wives. 25 The birth of Seth, 26 and Enos. A ND Adam knew Eve his wife ; and she con- XjL ceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 6 and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother ? And he said, I know not : Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said. What hast thou done 1 the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 1 1 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punish- ment is greater than I can bear. The curse of Cain. GENESIS 5. The generations of Adavi. 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the eai'th ; and it shall come to jDass, that every one that tindeth me shall slay me. 15 And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 16 IT And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife ; and she con- ceived, and bare Enoch : and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad : and Irad begat Mehujael : and Mehujael begat Methusael : and Methusael begat Lamech. 19 H And Lamech took unto him two wives : the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal : he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of siich as have cattle. 21 And his brother's name tvas .Tubal : he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron : and the sister of Tubal-cain rms Naamah. 23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice ; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech : for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt : 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 25 H And Adam knew his wife again ; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth : For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son ; and he called his name Enos : then began men to call upon the name of the Lord. CHAPTER 5. The genealor/y, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam vnto Koah. 24 The godliness and transla- tion of Enoch. THIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him ; 2 Male and female created he them ; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 IT And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his ima^e ; and called his name Seth : 4 And the days of Adam after he had be- gotten Seth were eight hundred years : and he begat sons and daughters : 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years : and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos : 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters : 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve yeai'S : and he died. 9 IT And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan : 10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters : 11 And all the days of Enos were nine hun- dred and five years : and he died. 12 IT And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel : 13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahala- leel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters : 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years : and he died. 15 IT And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared : 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters : 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years : and he died. 18 IF And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch : 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters : 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years : and he died. 21 IT And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah : 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters : 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years : 24 And Enoch walked with God : and he ivas not : for God took him. 25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech : 23 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters : 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years : and he died. 28 IT And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son : 29 And he called his name Noah, saying. This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters : 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years : and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old : and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 7 2'he wickedness of the world. CHAPTER 6. GENESIS G, 7. Noah enters the ark. 1 The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath, and caused thejiood. 8 Xoah Jindeth jrace. 11 The order, form, and end of the ark. AND it came to pass, when men began to jLA. multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they 7ve7'e fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the Lord said. My spirit shall not always strive with man, for tliat he also is llesh : yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of re- nown. 5 IT And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creep- ing thing, and the fowls of the air ; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9 IT These are the generations of Noah : Noah was a just man a7id perfect in his gene- rations, and Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt ; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, be- hold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 TT Make thee an ark of gopher- wood ; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without Avith pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above ; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof ; tvith lowei", second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my cove- nant ; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, tAvo of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creei^ing thing of the earth after his kind, two of every so7-t shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah ; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. CHAPTER 7. 1 Noah, ^oith his family, and the living creatures, enter into the ark. 17 The beginning, increase, and con- tinuance of the flood. AND the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou _ and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female : and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female ; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights ; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 IT And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as (iod had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 IF In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken uj), and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the self -same day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark ; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after tlieir kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth 9. J . Finneiiiore THE DELUGE.— Gen. vii. 19. The flood. GENESIS 8. The water's abate. after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him : and the Lord shut him in. 17 T And the flood was forty days upon the earth ; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the watei^s prevailed, and were in- creased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went ujDon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that v.>ere under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered, 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23 And every living substance was de- stroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creep- ing things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : anrl MOUNT ARARAT. — Ge7i. viii. 4. Noah only remained alive, and they that ivere with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. CHAPTER 8. 1 The U'aters asstcage. i The ark resteth on Ararat. 7 The raven and the dove. 15 Noah, being com- manded, 18 goeth forth of the ark. 20 He huildeth an altar, and offereth sacrifice, 21 which God ac- cepteth, and promiseth to curse the earth no more. AND God remembered Noah, and every JLJL living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged ; 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained ; 3 And the waters returned from off^ the earth continually : and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. 4 H And the ai^k rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month : in the tenth month, 11 Xoah sends fortli a dove. GENESIS 8. Noah builds an altar. HE SENT FORTH A DOVE. — Gen. viii. on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. 6 IF And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made : 7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground ; 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters ivere on the face of the whole earth : then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. 10 And he stayed yet other seven days ; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark ; 11 And the dove came in to him in the evening ; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf jDluckt off : so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12 And he stayed yet other seven days ; and sent forth the dove ; which returned not again unto him any more. 13 IF And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, and first day of the month, the waters Avere dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covei'ing of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15 *![ And God spake unto Noah, saying, _ IG Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, loth of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruit- ful, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him : 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creeiDeth upon the earth, after their kinds, Avent forth out of the ark. 20 *ir And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, i will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 13 God blesses Noah. GENESIS 9. God's covenant ivith Noah. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not NOAH EUILDED AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD.— (7tV/. vili. 20, CHAPTER 9. 1 God hlcsseth Noah i Blood and murder are for- bidden. 8 God's coveiiant, 13 sifjiiified by the rain- bow. IS Noah replenisheth the ivorld, 20 jilantcth a vineyard, 21 is drunken, and mocked of his son, 25 curseth Canaan, 26 blesseth Shem, 27 prayeth for Japheth, 29 and dieth^ AXD God blessed Xoah and his sons, and ix said unto them, Be fruitful, and multi- ply, and replenish the earth, 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be ujDon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that 14 moveth upori the earth, and uj^on all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you ; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh ^yith the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I re- quire ; at the hand of every beast will I re quire it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man. 7 And you, be ye fruit- ful, and multiply ; bring forth aljundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 *ir And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you ; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood ; neither shall there any more he a flood to de- stroy the earth. 12 And God said. This is the token of the cove- nant which I make be- tween me and you and every living creature that is with you, for j^erpetual generations : 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall l)e for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to jmss, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud . 15 And I will rememl^er my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh ; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. Ttie sons of Japheth and Ham. GENESIS 10, 11. The sons of Shern. 16 Aiid the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have estab- lished between me and all flesh that is ujDon the earth. 18 II And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Jai^heth : and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of Noah : and of them was the whole earth overspread. 20 IT And Noah began to he an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard : 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken ; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backwai'd, and covered the naked- ness of their father ; and their faces vjere backwai'd, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed he Canaan : a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said. Blessed he the Lord God of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant. 28 IF And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years : and he died. CHAPTER 10. 1 The generations of Noah. 2 The sons of Japheth. 6 The sons of Ham. 8 Nimi-od the Jirst monarch. 21 The sons of Shem. NOW these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth : and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 IT The sons of Japheth ; Gomer, and Magog, and ]\Iadai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands ; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 1 And the sons of Ham ; Cush, and Miz- raim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha : and the sons of Raamah ; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mightv hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said. Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah : the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 15 IT And Canaan begat Sidon his first- born, and Heth, 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 1 7 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Siiiite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite : and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 U LTnto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem ; Elam, and As- shur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram; L"z, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons : the name of one was Peleg ; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name 7vas Joktaii. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and LTzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab : all these wei'e the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from JNlesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their _ na- tions : and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. CHAPTER 11. 1 One language in the world. 3 The building of Babel. 5 The confusion of tongues. lU The generations of Shem. 27 The generations of Terah the father of Abram. 31 Terah goeth from Ur to Haran. AND the whole earth was of one language, j\. and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed 15 Confusion of tongues. GENESIS 11. Generations of Shevi. from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 IT And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4 And they said. Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven • and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad u2Don the face of the whole earth. 5 And the Loed came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood : 11 And Shem lived, after he begat Ar- phaxad, five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah : 13 And Arphaxad lived, after he begat Salah, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber. 15 And Salah lived, after he begat Eber, 6 And the Lokd said, Eehold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not under- stand one another's speech. 8 So the Lokd scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the lan- guage of all the earth : and from thence dirU the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 10 IF These are the generations of Shem : 16 four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg : 17 And Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 19 And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug : 21 And Reu lived, after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. The call of Ahram. GENESIS 12, 13. Ahram in Egypt. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor : 23 And Serug lived, after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah. 25 And Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 IT Now these are the generations of Terah : Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Ohaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives : the name of Abram's wife icas Sarai ; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren ; she had no child. 31 1[ And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years : and Terah died in Haran. CHAPTER 12. 1 God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a prom,ise of Christ, i He departeth with Lot from Haran. 6 He journeyeth through Canaan, 7 ichich is pro- mised him in a vision. 10 He is driven by a famine into Egypt. 11 Fear maketh him feign his icife to be his sister. 14 Pharaoh, having taken her from him, by plagues is compelled to restore her. w OW the LoKD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 4 *r So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan ; and into the land of Canaan they came. 6 ''I Aiid Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the ^Dlain of Moreh. And the Canaanite tvas then in the land. 7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land : and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a moun- tain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east : and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still to- ward the south. 10 IT And there was a famine in the land : and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine ivas grievous in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife. Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon : 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister ; that it may be well with me for thy sake : and my soul shall live because of thee. 14 IT And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she ^vas very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh : and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake : and he had sheep, and oxen, and he- asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. 17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great jDlagues because of Sarai Abi-am's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Al^ram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she teas thy wife? 19 Why saidst thou. She is my sister ? so I might have taken her to me to wife : now therefore behold thy wife, take Aer, and go thy Avay. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men con- cerning him : and they sent him away, and his w-ife, and all that he had, CHAPTER 13. 1 Abram and Lot return out of Egypt. 7 By disagree^ ment they part asunder. 10 Lot goeth to ivieked Sodom. 14 God reneiveth the piromise to Abram. IS He removeth to Hebron, and there buildeth an altar. AND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, . and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram ivas very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the ■ south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai ; 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had B 17 Lot separates from Abram. GENESIS 14. Invasion of the four kings. made there at the first : and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. 5 IF And Lot also, which went with Abnim, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together : for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 IF And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee 1 separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou ivilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or it thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 IT And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it ivas well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Go- morrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of EgyjDt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan ; and Lot jour- neyed east : and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were Avicked, and sinners before the Lord exceedingly. 14 IT And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him. Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it, and in the breadth of it ; for 1 will give it unto thee. 18 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. CHAPTER 14. 1 The battle of four kings against Jive. 12 Lot is taken prisoner. 14 Abram rescueth him. 18 Melchizedek blesseth Abram. 20 Abram giveth him tithe. 21 The rest of the spoil, his partners having had their jmrtions, he restoreth to the king of Sodom. AND it came to pass in the days of Am- XI. raphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations , 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, RUINS NEAR HEBRON, FaiLStmc Explofatioii. J- and CALLED "ABRAHAM'S HOUSE."— GfW. xiii. Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlao- mer, and in the thirteenth year they re- belled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedor- laomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Piephaims in Ashteroth Kar- naim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to En- mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Ajnorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar, Lot taken captive and rescued. GENESIS 15. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar •) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim ; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and Avith Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar ; four kings with five. 10 And the vale of Siddim wasfodl q/" slime- pits ; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there ; and they that remained fled to the mountain. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their \dctuals, and went their way. 12 IT And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew ; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner : and these zvere confederate with Abram. 14 IT And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 1 7 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine : and he ivas the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said. Blessed be Abram of the most high God, jDossessor of heaven and earth : 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. 21 U And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the iDossessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich : 24 Save only that which the young nien have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre ; let them take their portion. God's covenant with Abram. CHAPTER 15. I 1 God encourageth Abram, who complaineth for want of an heir. 4 God promiseth him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is justified by his faith. 7 Canaan is promised again, and con- firmed to him by a sign and a vision. AFTER these things the word of the Lord xA. came unto Abram in a vision, saying. Fear not, Abram : I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Da- mascus'? 3 And Abram said. Behold, to me thou hast given no seed : and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 1" And, behold, the word of the Lord catne unto him, saying. This shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him. So shall thy seed be. 6 And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 7 IT And he said unto him, I a?n the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said. Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit if? 9 And he said unto him. Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and di\dded them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another : but the birds di\dded he not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve theqi; and they shall afHict them four hun- dred years ; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge : and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smok- ing furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18 In that same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying. Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates : I 19 The birth of Ishmael. GENESIS IG, 17. God's covenant reneived. 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. CHAPTER 16. 1 Sarai, being barren, giveth Hagar to Abram. 4 Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runneth axvay. 7 An angel sendeth her back to submit herself, and telleth her of her child. 15 Ishmael is born. "VTOW Sarai Abram's wife bare him no chil- 1\ dren : and she had an handmaid, an Egyp- tian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LoKD hath restrained me from bearing : I pray thee, go in unto my maid ; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 4 'H And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived : and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee : I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes : the Lord judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand ; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. 7 IT And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her. Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 1 1 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael ; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her. Thou God seest me : for she said. Have I also here looked after him that seeth me 1 14 Wherefore the well was called Beer- lahai-roi ; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 15 T And Hagar bare Abram a son : and 20 Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16 And Aljram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. CHAPTER 17, 1 God rencweth the covenant. 5 Abram's name is changed, in token of greater blessings, 9 Circum- cision is instituted. 15 Sarai's name is changed, and she blessed. 17 Isaac is promised. 23 Abra- ham and Ishmael are circumcised. A ND when Abram was ninety years old and J\. nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I a7n the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee ex- ceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face : and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 ^ Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abra- ham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession ; and I will be their God. 9 IT And God said unto Al^raham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you, and thy seed after thee; Every man-child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man-child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised : and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man-child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people ; he hath broken my covenant. 15 IF And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son Sarah to bear a son. GENESIS 18. Abraham intercedes for Sodom. also of her : yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations ; kings of people shall be of her. 17 H Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old 1 and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear 1 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee ! 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name Isaac : and I will establish my cove- nant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceed- ingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 TT And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house ; and cir- cumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the self-same day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham icas ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 2.5 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the self-same day was Abi'aham cir- cumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought Avith money of the stranger, y\,QVQ circumcised with him. CHAPTER 18. 1 Abraham entertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah is re- proved for laughing at the strange promise. 17 The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 23 Abraham maketh intercession for the men thereof. AND the Lord appeared unto him in the , plains of Mamre : and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said. My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant : 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree : 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on : for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said. So do as thou hast said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. • 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 IT And they said unto him. Where is Sarah thy wife 1 And he said. Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which ivas behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah «'ere old and well stricken in age ; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying. After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also 1 13 And the Lokd said unto Abraham, Where- fore did Sarah laugh, saying. Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old 1 14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not ; for she was afraid. And he said. Nay ; but thou didst laugh. 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked towai'd Sodom : and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 TT And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do : 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him 1 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keejD the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And the Lord said. Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous ; 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me ; and if not, I will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom : but Abra- ham stood yet before the Lord. 23 IT And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked ? 24 Perad venture there be fifty righteous within the city : wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein 1 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked : and that the righteous should be as the 21 .^^2^ ABRAHAM.— Gen. xviii. Lot entertains two angels. GENESIS 19. Lot sent out of Sodom. wicked, that be fcir from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the eai'th do right 1 26 And the Lokd said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which avi but dust and ashes : 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five 1 And he said. If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. 30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak : Peradven- ture there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to sjoeak unto the Lord : Peradven- ture there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. 32 And he said. Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I wdll speak yet but this once : Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. 33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham : and Abraham returned unto his place. CHAPTER 19. 1 Lot entertaineth two angels, i The vicious Sodomites are stricken ivith blindness. 12 Lot is sent for safety to the mountain. 18 He obtaineth leave to go into Zoar. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah are de- stroyed. 26 Lot's 2Dife is made a pillar of salt. 30 Lot dicelleth in a care. 31 The incestitous origin of Moab and Ainmon. AND there came two angels to Sodom at J\. even ; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them ; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground ; 2 And he said. Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise uj) early, and go on your ways. And they said. Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly ; and they turnecf in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 U But before they lay down, the men of the city, eve7i the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter : 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night"? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him. 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes : only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again. This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 1 1 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great : so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 12 IT And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place : 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord ; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-la>Y, which married his daughters, and said. Up, get you out of this place ; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons-in- law. 15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which ai'e here ; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters ; the Lord being merciful unto him : and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Esca]De for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain ; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 1^ And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord : 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life ; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die : 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one : Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little onel) and my soul shall live. 21 And he said unto him. See, I have ac- cepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither ; for I can- not do any thing till thou be come thither. 23 Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. GENESIS 20. Abrahnm^s denial of his ivife. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 IT Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 26 IF But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 IF And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord : 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Go- morrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a fur- nace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remem- bered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 30 IF And Lot went ujD out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him ; for he feared to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 IF And the first - born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth : 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may pre- serve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger. Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also : and the younger arose, and lay with him ; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 24 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab : the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi : the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day CHAPTER 20. 1 Abraham sojourneth at Gerar, and denieth his wife, and loseth her. 3 Abimelech taketh her, but is re- proved of God in a dream. 9 He rebuketh Abra- haw, 14 restoreth Sarah, and reproveth her. 17 He is healed at Abraham's prayer. AND Abraham j ourney ed from thence toward - the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. Photo Palestine Exploration Fund TREE OF SODOM— DEAD SEA APPLE. — Gen. xix. 24. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister : and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3 IF But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him. Behold, thou art hut a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken ; for she is a man's wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her : and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation % 5 Said he not unto me. She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother : in the integrity of my heart, and innocency of my hands, have I done this. 6 And God said unto him in a dream. Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart ; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me : therefore sufiered I thee not to touch her. AhimeUch to restore Sarah. GENESIS 20. Abimelech restores Sarah. I THE FLIGHT OF LOT. — Gen. xix, 26. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife ; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live : and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early m the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears : and the men were sore afraid. 9 IF Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us 1 and what have I offended thee, , __,„- that thou hast brought on me and on my king- dom a great sin'? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 10 And Abime- lech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing 1 11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place ; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. 12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. 13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her. This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say' of me, He is my brother. 14 IT And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. , ^ , , ■, i i • 15 And Abimelech said. Behold, my land ^s before thee : dwell where it pleaseth thee. 25 The birth of Isaac. 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver : behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other : thus she was reproved. 17 1" So Abraham prayed unto God : and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare chil- 18 For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. CHAPTER 21. 1 Isaac is born, and circumcised. 6 Sarah's joy. 9 Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth. 15 Ilagar in distress. 17 The angel comforteth her. 22 Abime- lech's covenant tvith Abraham at Beer-sheba, 33 who calleth upon the Lord. AND the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, . and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 IT And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given chil- dren suck"? for I have born him a son in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned : and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 9 IF And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bond- woman and her son : for the son of this bond- woman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 1 1 And the thing was very grievous in Abra- ham's sight because of his son. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bond -woman ; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the bond- woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morn- ing, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, j^utting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away : 26 GENESIS 21. Hagar and Ishmael cast forth. and she departed, and wandered in the wilder- ness of Beer-sheba. 15 IT And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow- shot : for she said. Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 17 IT And God heard the voice of the lad ; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift uj) the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water ; and she went, and filled the iDottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God was with the lad ; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran : and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 IT And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest : 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son : hut according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Al)raham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech be- cause of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing : neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set by themselves ? 30 And he said. For these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer- sheba ; because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33 IT And Abraham jDlanted a grove in Beer- sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philis- tines' land many days. Abraham to offer xcp Isaac. CHAPTER 22. GENESIS 22. Abraham's offering accepted. 1 Abraham is tempted to offer Inaac. 3 He giveth proof of his faith and obedience. 11 The angel stayeth him. 13 Isaac is exchanged with a ram. 14 The place is called Jehovah-jireh. 15 Abraham is blessed again. 20 The generations of Nahor, from whom came Rebekah. A ND it came to pass after these things that J\. God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 IT And Abra- ham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt- offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abra- ham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass ; and I and the lad will go yonder and wor- ship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offer- ing, and laid it upon Isaac his son ; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife ; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father : and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said. Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the lamb for a burnt- offering 1 8 And Abraham said. My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering : so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. THE DISMISSAL OF HAGAR. — Gen. xxi. I4. 11 H And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : And he said, Here am I. 12 And he said. Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh : as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Loed it shall be seen. 15 1 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abra- ham outof heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not with- held thy son, thine only so7i : 17 That in bless- ing I will bless thee, and in mul- tiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies : 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and thev rose up and went together to Beer- sheba ; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 20 IF And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying. Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; 21 Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah : these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham'.s brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reu- mah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. 27 Sarah's term of life. CHAPTER 23. GENESIS 23. Death of Sarah. 1 The age and death of Sarah. 3 The purchase of Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was buried. AND Sarah was an hundred and seven and xjL twenty years old : these tvere the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba ; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 1" And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, ABRAHAM OFFERING UP ISAAC. — Get;. XXU. Q. 28 Abraham buys a burial-place. GENESIS 24. The mission of Eliezer. 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a jjossession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abra- ham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lora: thou art a mighty prince among us : in the choice of our seiDul- chres bury thy dead ; none of us shall with- hold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou may est bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed him- self to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 That he may give me the cave of Mach- gelah, which he hath, which is in the end of is field ; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burying-place amongst you. 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth : and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee ; in the presence of the sons of my peojDle give I it thee : bury thy dead. 12 And Abraham bowed down himself be- fore the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, say- ing, But if thou ivilt give it, I pray thee, hear me : I will give thee money for the field ; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is ivorth four hundred shekels of silver ; what is that betwixt me and thee 1 bury therefore thy dead. 16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which ivas before Mamre, the field, and the cave which ivas therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 1 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of ]\Iachpelah before Mamre : the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is there- in, were made sure unto Abraham for a pos- session of a burying-place by the sons of Heth. CHAPTER 24. 1 Abraham sweareth his servant. 10 The servant's journey : 12 His prayer and sign. 15 Rebekah meeteth him, and fulfilleth his sign, 22 receiveth jeicels, 23 sheiveth her kindred, 25 a7id inviteth hiin home. 26 The servant blesseth God. 29 Laban en- tertaineth him. 34 The servant sheiveth his message. 50 Laban and Bethuel approve of it. 58 Rebekah consentelh to go. 62 Isaa<: meeteth her, and bringeth her home. AND Abraham was old, and well stricken in age : and the Lord had blessed Abra- ham in all things. 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest ser- vant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh : 3 And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell : 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 5 And the servant said unto him, Perad ven- ture the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land : must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou earnest 1 6 And Abraham said unto him. Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. 7 The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying. Unto thy seed will I give this land ; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath : only bring not my son thither again. 9 And the servant put his hand luider the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. 10 IT And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed ; for all the goods of his master we?-e in his hand : and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without thevcity by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. 12 IT And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water ; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to di'aw water : 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say. Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink ; and she shall say. Drink ; and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast ap- pointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby 29 Eliezer welcomed by Rebecca. GENESIS 24 He tells his message to Laban. shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. 15 IT And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was Dorn to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 16 And the damsel was veiy fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord : and she hasted, and let down her jaitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw ivater for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. 20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw ivater, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man wondering at her, held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his jour- ney prosperous or not. 22 IT And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold ; 23 And said, Whose daughter art thou'^ tell me, I pray thee : is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in'? 24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. 25 She said more- over unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LOED. 27 And he said. Blessed he the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left desti- tute my master of his mercy and his truth : I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren. 28 And the damsel ran, and told thern of her mother's house these things. 29 IT And Rebekah had a brother, and his 30 REBECCA AND ELIEZER. — Ge?l. XXIV. l8. name ivas Laban ; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to i^ass, when he saw the ear-ring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying. Thus spake the man unto me ; that he came unto the man ; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said. Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have i^repared the house, and room for the camels. 32 And the man came into the house : and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that ivere with him. 33 And there was set meat before him to eat : but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said. Speak on. 34 TT And he said, I am Abraham's servant. 35 And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly ; and he is become great : and he hath given him ilocks, and hex'd.s, and silver, and gold, and men-ser- vants, and maid- servants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old : and unto him hath he given all that he hath. 37 And my master made me swear, saying. Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell : 38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. 39 And I said unto my master, Perad- venture the woman will not follow me. 40 And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and pros- per thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house : 41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred ; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go : Eebecca ccnisents to go ivtth Eliezer. GENESIS 25. Isaac es2)ouses Rebecca. 43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cqmeth forth to draw tvatei; and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink ; 44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels : let the same he the woman whom the Lord hath apjjointed out for my master's son. 45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her l^itcher on her shoulder ; and she Avent down unto the well, and drew tvater: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said. Drink ; and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 47 And I asked her, and said. Whose daugh- ter art thou? and she said. The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him : and I put the ear-ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I bowed down my head, and wor- shipped the LoRB, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. 49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me : and if not, tell me ; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 50 IT Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said. The thing proceedeth from the Lord : we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. 51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the Lord hath spoken. 52 And it came to pass, that, when Abra- ham's servant heard their words, he wor- shipped the Lord, hotving himself to the earth. 53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that wei-e with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning; and he said. Send me away unto my master. 55 And her brother and her mother said. Let the damsel al^ide with us a few days, at the least ten ; after that she shall go. 56 And he said unto them. Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. 58 IT And they called Rebekah, and said unto her. Wilt thou go with this man 1 And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. 61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 62 IT And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi ; for he dwelt in the south country. 63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the even-tide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels %vere coming. 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes; and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. 65 For she had said unto the servant. What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us % And the servant had said, It is my master : therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. 66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she be- came his wife ; and he loved her : and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. CHAPTER 25. 1 The sons of Abraham by Eeturah. 5 The division of his goods. 7 His age, death, and burial. 12. The generations of Ishmael. 17 His age, and death. 2\ Isaac prayeth for Eebekah, being barren. 22 The children strive in her womb. 24 The birth of Esau and Jacob. 27 Their difference. 29 Esau selleth his birthright. THEN again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian; EiDhah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 IF And Abraham gaA^e all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. 7 H And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machjoelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,. which is before Mamre; 10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth : there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 11 IT And it came to pass after the death 31 Jacob and Esau born. GENESIS 26. Esau sells his birthright. of xlbraham, that God blessed his son Isaac ; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-i"oi. 12 IT Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abra- ham: 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations : the firstborn of Ishmael, Neba- joth ; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah : 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria : and he aiecl in the presence of all his brethren. 19 IT And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son : Abraham begat Isaac : 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 21 1" And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she ivas barren : and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her ; and she said. If it be so, why am I thus 1 And she went to enquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said unto her. Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels ; and the one i^eople shall be stronger than the other people ; and the elder shall serve the younger. 24 IF And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment ; and they called his name Esau. 26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob : and Isaac was three- score years old when she bare them. 27 IF And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field ; and Jacob tvas a plain man, dwelling in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison : but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 IT And Jacob sod pottage : and Esau came from the field, and he tvas faint : 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red jjottage ; for I a??i faint : therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said. Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I atn at the point 32 to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me 1 33 And Jacob said. Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him : and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles ; and he did eat and di-ink, and rose up, and went his way : thus Esau de- sjDised his birthright. LENTILES [Ervum lens). — Ge?i. xxv, 34. CHAPTER 26. 1 Isaac because of famine tvent to Gerar. 2 God in- stnicteth, and blesseth him. 6 He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his u'ife. 12 He groiveth rich. IS He diggeth Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth. 26 Abimelech maketh a covenant with !iim at Beer- sheba. 34 JEsaxc's ivives. AND there was a famine in the land, be- jTa. sides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto AlDimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 11 And the Lord apjDeared unto him, and said. Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of : 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father : 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; Isaac in Gerar. GENESIS 27. Esau sent for venison. 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 6 IT And Isaac dwelt in Gerar : 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife ; and he said. She is my sister : for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Eebekah ; because she ivas fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass, when he had oeen there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac ivas sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife : and how saidst thou. She is my sister 1 And Isaac said unto him. Because I said, Lest I die for her. 10 And Abimelech said. What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying. He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. 12 IT Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundred-fold : and the Lord blessed him : 13 And the man waxed great, and went for- ward, and grew until he became very great : 14 For he had possession of flocks, and pos- session of herds, and great store of servants : and the Philistines en^ded him. 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us ; for thou art much mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 IT And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father ; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: ana he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours : and he called the name of the well Esek ; because they strove with him. 21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well ; and for that they strove not : and he called the name of it Rehoboth ; and he said. For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Beer- sheba. 24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abra- ham thy father : fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there : and there Isaac's servants digged a well. 26 IT Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac saici unto them. Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you ? 28 And they said. We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee : and we said. Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee ; 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we-have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace : thou art now the blessed of the Lord. 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another : and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concern- ing the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. 33 And he called it Shebah : therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. 34 IF And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Berri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite : 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. CHAPTER 27. 1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 6 Rebekah in- structeth Jacob to obtain the blessing. 18 Jacob under the person of Esau obtaineth it. 30 Esau bringeth venison. 33 Isaac trembleth. 34 Esau complaineth, ayid by importunity obtaineth a bless- ing. 41 He threaleneth Jacob's life. 42 Rebekah disappointeth it. AND it came to pass, that when Isaac was . old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him. My son : and he said unto him. Behold, here am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death : 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison ; 4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6 IF And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury 33 Rebecca! s scheme to deceive Isaac. GENESIS 27. Jacob obtains the blessing. meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death. 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth : bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 IT And he came unto his father, and said,. My father : and he said. Here ami; who art thou, my son? 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit JACOB DECEIVING ISAAC. — Gen. xxvii. l6. 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 11 And Jacob said to Eebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man : 12 My father perad venture will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver ; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his mother said unto him. Upon me be thy curse, my son : only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Eebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck : 17 And she gave the savoury meat and the 34 and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said. The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands : so he blessed him. 24 And he said, A7-t thou my very son Esau % And he said, I am. 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. Esau hates and ivotdd kill Jacob. GENESIS 28. Jacolj s flight to Padan-aravi. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him : and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said. See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed : 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine : 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 30 IF And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the Eresence of Isaac his father, that Esau his rother came in from his hunting. 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father. Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him. Who art thou? And he said, I a)7i thy son, thy first-born Esau. 33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said. Who"? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. 34 IT And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceed- ing bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. 36 And he said. Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times : he took away my birthright ; and, be- hold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said. Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me 1 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants ; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son ? 38 And Esau said unto his father. Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, efe^i. me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and we^jt. 39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above ; 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother ; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 41 *^ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 IT And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah : and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him. Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, 2nir2)osing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice ; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away ; 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him : then I will send, and fetch thee from thence : why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these ivhich are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me ? CHAPTER 28. 1 Isaac blesseth Jacob, and sendeth him to Padan-aram. 6 £sau marrieth Mahalath, the daughter of Ish- mael. 10 The vision of Jacob's ladder. 18 The stone of Beth-el. 20 Jacob's vow. AND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, J\. and charged him, and said unto him. Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people ; 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee ; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 6 IT When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence ; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying. Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan ; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram ; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father ; 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 10 IF And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 1 1 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 Ana he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the toj? of it reached 35 Jacob at Bethel. GENESIS 29. His covenant tvith Laban. to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and, to thy seed ; 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 16 IT And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said. Surely the Lord is in this place; a,nd I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dread- ful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 IF And Jacob rose up early in the morn- ing, and took the stone that he had put /or his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top oi it. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el : but the name of that city ^vas called Luz at the first. 20 IT And Jacob vowed a vow, saying. If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : 22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. CHAPTER 29. 1 Jacob Cometh to the well of Haran. 9 He taketh acquaintance of Rachel. 13 Laban entertainetk him. 18 Jacob covenanteth for Rachel. 23 He is deceived ivith Leah. 28 He marrieth also Rachel, and serveth for her seven years more. 31 Leah is fruitful, aiul beareth Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah. THEN .Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and oehold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it ; for out of that well they watered the flocks : and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered : and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his jalace. 4 And Jacob said unto them. My brethren, whence be ye 1 And they said, Of Haran are we. 5 And he said unto them. Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said. We know him. G And he said unto them, Is he well? And 36 they said, He is well : and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together : water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 8 And they said. We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth ; then we water the sheep. 9 IT And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep : for she kejat them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheej^ of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he u>as her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son : and she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou a?'t my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. 15 IT And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be ? 16 And Laban had two daughters : the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah teas tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man : abide with me. 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 IT And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 22 And Laban gathered "together all the men of the place, and made a feast. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him ; and he went in unto her. 24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid /or an handmaid. 25 And it came to pass, that in the morn- ing, behold, it was Leah : and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel ? where- fore then hast thou beguiled me ? 26 And Laban said. It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born. JacoUs children by Leah. GENESIS 30 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28 IF And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week : and he gave him Eachel his daughter to wife also. 29 And Laban gave to Eachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 IT And when the Lord saw that Leah ^vas hated, he opened her womb : but Rachel tvas barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said. Because the Lord hath heard that I tuas hated, he hath therefore given me this son also : and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said, Xow this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: thei'efore was his name called Levi. 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son : and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah ; and left bearing. CHAPTER 30. 1 Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, giveth Bilhah her maid unto Jacob. 5 She beareth Dan and Naphtali. 9 Leah giveth Zilpah her maid, who beareth Gad and Asher. 14 Reuben findeth man- drakes, xvith which Leah buyeth her husband of Rachel. 17 Leah beareth Issaehar, Zebidun, and Dinah. 22 Rachel beareth Joseph. 25 Jacob de- sireth to depart. 27 Laban stayeth Mm on a new covenant. 37 Jacob's policy, whereby he becometh rich. AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob Ix. no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife : and Jacob went in unto her. 5 IF And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son : therefore called she his name Dan. 7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said. With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed : and she called his name Naphtali. 38 God remembers Rachel. 9 IT When Leah saw that she had left bear- ing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. 1 1 And Leah said, A troop cometh : and she called his name Gad. 12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed : and she called his name Asher. 14 1" And Reuben went in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. MANDRAKE. 15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's man- drakes also? And Rachel said, therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said. Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's man- drakes. And he lay with her that night. 17 IT And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. 18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband : and she called his name Issaehar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons : and she called his name Zebulun. 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. 22 IT And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son ; and said, God hath taken away my reproach : 24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son. Jacob har gains again tvith Lahaii. GENESIS 31. Jacob steals away from Laban. 25 IT And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go : for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. 27 IT And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarn/ : for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. 28 And he said. Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 29 And he said unto him. Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 30 For it tvas little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multi- tude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing : if thou wilt do this thing for me, 1 will again feed and keep thy flock : 32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats : and of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face : every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. 34 And Laban said. Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the he-goats that were ring-straked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 37 IT And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which tvas in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the water- ing-troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-straked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring- straked and all the brown in the flock of Laban ; and he put his own flocks by them- selves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in : so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maid-servants, and men- servants, and camels, and asses. CHAPTER 31. 1 Jacob upon displeasure departeth secretly. 19 Rachel stealeth her father s hnages. 22 Laban pursueth after him, and complaineth of the wrong. 34 Rachel's policy to hide the images. 36 Jacob's com- plaint of Laban. 43 The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed. AND he heard the words of Laban's sons, . saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's ; and of that which ivas our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacol) beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it tvas not toward him as befoi'e. 3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred ; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as be- fore ; but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times ; but God suf- fered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages ; then all the cattle bare speckled : ana if he said thus. The ring-straked shall be thy hire ; then bare all the cattle ring-straked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle tvere ring- straked, speckled, and grisled. 1 1 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob : And I said. Here am 1. 12 And he said. Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-straked, speckled, and grisled : for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me : nov/ arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him. Is there yet any portion or inherit- ance for us in our father's house 1 15 Are we not counted of him strangers 1 39 Laban jiursues after Jacob. GENESIS 31. He chides him for stealing away. for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our chil- dren's : now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. 17 IT Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan- aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 IF And Laban went to shear his sheep : and Rachel had stolen the images that ivere her father's. 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. 22 IF And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey ; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him. Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount : and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away un- awares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the swoixl? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me ; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 28 And hast not suiFered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou sjDeak not to Jacob either good or Ijad. 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods 1 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid : for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live : before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. 33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maid- servants' tents ; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 40 LABAN SEARCHING FOR THE STOLEN IMAGES. — Ge77. xxxi. 33 JacoUs covenant ivith Laban. GENESIS 32. Esav!s advance and Jacobs fear. 34 1" Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father. Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise uji before thee. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 H And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban : and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy l^rethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 38 This twenty years have I heen with thee ; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn of Leasts I brought not unto thee ; I bare the loss of it ; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was ; in the day the drought con- sumed me, and the frost by night ; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 ExcejDt the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 43 IF And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou ; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha : but Jacob called it Galeed. 48 And Laban said. This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed ; 49 And Mizpah; for he said. The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee : 52 This heaj:) he witness, and this pillar he witness, that I will not pass over this heai5 to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice ujwn the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread : and they did eat l^read, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Labf n departed, and returned unto his place. CHAPTER 32. 1 Jacob's vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message to Esau. 6 He is afraid of Esau's coming. 9 He prayeth for deliverance. 13 He sendeth a present to Esau. 24 He wrestleth with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel. 31 He halteth. A ND Jacob went on his way, and the angels XjL of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host : and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 IT And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now : 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and men-servants, and women-servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 IT And the messengers returned to Jacol), saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and dis- tressed : and he divided the people that ivas with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands ; 8 And said. If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 9 IT And JacolD said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LoKD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee : 10 I am not Avorthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant ; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan ; and now I am become two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I 41 Jacob's presents to Emu. GENESIS 32. fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multi- tude. 13 IT And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to liis hand a present for Esau his brother ; f 14 Two hundred she-goats, and twenty he - goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts,f orty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten foals. 16 And he de- He ivrestles %oith an angel. JACOB WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL. — Gen. xxxii. livered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and i^ut a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the foremost, say- ing, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou % and whither goest thou % and whose are these be- fore thee % 42 18 Then thou shalt say. They he thy ser- vant Jacob's ; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is be- hind us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying. On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye more- over. Behold, thy ser- vant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the j^resent that goeth before me and afterward I will see his face ; peradven- ture he will accept of me. 21 So went the pre- sent over before him: and himself lodged that night in the com- pany. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two women - servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24 TF And Jacob was left alone ; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he pre- vailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him. What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked liim^ and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy _ name. And he said. Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my namel And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved, 31 IF And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: be- cause he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. 24 Meeting of Jacob and Esau. CHAPTER 33. GENESIS 33, 34. Dinah dishonoured. 1 The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meeting. 17 Jacob ' Cometh to Succoth. 18 At Shalem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an altar called El-elohe- Israel. AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, j\. and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the chil- dren unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her chil dren after, and Rachel and Joseph hinder- most. 3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children ; and said. Who are those with thee? And he said, The chil- dren which God hath graciously given thy servant. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed them- selves. 7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves : and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said. What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then re- ceive my present at my hand ; for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should over-drive them one day, all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant : and I will lead on softly, accord- ing as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it ? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 IT And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. 18 IT And Jacob came to Shalem a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram ; and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had sjoread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. _ 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. CHAPTER 34. 1 Dinah is ravished by Shechem. 4 He sueth to marry her. 13 The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circtimeision to the Shechemites. 20 Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it. 25 The sons of Jacob, taking advantage thereof, slay them,, and spoil their city. 30 Jacob reproveth Simeon and Levi. AND Dinah the daughter of Leah, which Xx she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, j)rince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daugh- ter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 4 IF And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter : now his sons were with his cattle in the field : and Jacob held his peace until they were come. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter : I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daugh- ters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us : and the land shall be before you ; dwell and trade ye there- in, and get you possessions therein. 11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren. Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me : but give me the damsel to wife. 13 IT And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister : 14 And they said unto them. We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is 43 Shechemites accept circumcision. GENESIS 35. Slaughter of the Shechemites. uncircumcised ; for that ivere a reproach unto us : 1 5 But in this will we consent unto you : If ye will be as we he, that every male of you be circumcised ; 25 IT And it came to pass on the third day, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his- son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain,. MEETING OF JACOB AND ESAU. — Gen. XXxiil. 4. 16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised ; then will we take our daugh- ter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter : and he ivas more honourable than all tlie house of his father. 20 IT And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and commvined with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us; there- fore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daugh- ters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs he ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city ; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. 44 and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which tvas in the city, and that which was in the field, 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that ivas in the house. 30 IT And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I heing few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me ; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said. Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot 1 CHAPTER 35. 1 God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el; he purgeth his house of idols. 6 He buildeth an altar at Beth-el. 8 Deborah dieth at Allon-bachuth. 9 God blesseth Jacob at Beth-el. 16 Rachel travaileth of Benjamin, and dieth in the way to Edar. 22 Reuben lieth with Bilhah. The tivelve sons of Jacob. 27 Jacob cometh to Isaac at Hebron. 28 The age, death, and burial of Isaac. AND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to J\. Beth-el, and dwell there : and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. Jacob builds an altar at Bethel. GENESIS 35. God blesseth Jacob. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that tvere with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments : 3 And let us arise, and go uj) to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their ear-rings which ivere in their ears • and Jacob hid them under the oak which tvas oy Shechem. 5 And they journeyed : and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 IT So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that tvere with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God ap- peared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 IT But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak : and the name of it was called Allon- bachuth. 9 IT And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him. Thy name is Jacob : thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name : and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said unto him, I am God Al- mighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins ; 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a j^illar of stone : and he poured a drink-offering there- on, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. 16 IF And they journeyed from Beth-el ; and there was but a little way to come to Eph- rath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. _ 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her. Fear not ; thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died,) that she called his name Ben-oni : but his father called him Benjamin. DEATH OF ISAAC. -Ge?i. xx.w. 29 The death of Isaac. GENESIS 36. The generations of Esau. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave : that is the jDillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. 21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 22 IF And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine : and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve : 23 The sons of Leah • Reuben, Jacob's first- l)orn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun : 24 The sons of Rachel ; Joseph, and Ben- jamin : 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's hand- maid ; Dan, and Naphtali : 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's hand- maid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan- aram. 27 IT And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac so- journed. 28 IT And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, beimj old and full of days : and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. CHAPTER 36. 1 Esau's family in Canaan. 6 His removal to mount Seir, 9 His generations in mount Seir. 15 The dukes ivhich descended of his sons. 20 The so7is and dukes of Seir. Z\ The kings of Edom. id The dukes that descended of Esau, according to their habitations. NOW these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. ' 2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan ; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daugh- ter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite ; 3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel ; 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah : these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 6 1 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the per- sons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together ; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them be- cause of their cattle. 46 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir : Esau is Edom. 9 IT And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: 10 These are the names of Esau's sons ; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eli- phaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek : these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. 13 And these are the sons of Reuel ; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah : these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. 14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife : and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 15 IT These were dukes of the sons of Esau : the sons of Eliphaz the first-born son of Esau ; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom ; these were the sons of Adah. 17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son ; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Sham- mah, duke Mizzah : these a?'e the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. 18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife ; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Koiah: these tvere the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. 20 IT These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land ; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these a7'e the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman ; and Lotan's sister tvas Timna. 23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 25 And the children of Anah were these ; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 And these are the children of Dishon ; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. 28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the The DuJces of Edom. GENESIS 37. Joseph hated of his hretlirev. Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan : these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. 31 IT And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom : and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 34 And Jobab died, and Hus- ham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead : and the name of his city was Avith. 36 And Hadad died, and Sam- lah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Eehoboth hy the river reigned in his stead. 38 And Saul died, and Baal- hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead : and the name of his city ^oas Pau ; and his wife's name tvas Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 40 IT And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names ; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 41 Duke Aholibamah, d\xke Elah, duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram : these he the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edx)mites. CHAPTER 37. 2 Joseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His two dreams. 13 Jacob sendeth him to visit his brethren. 18 His brethren conspire his death, but lieuben saveth him. 26 They sell him to the Ishmeelites. 31 His father, deceived by the bloody coat, moitrneth for him. 36 He is sold to Potiphar in Egypt. AND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his ijL father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These a?'e the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the Hock with his brethren ; and the lad tvas with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zil- pah, his father's wives : and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. Ja)iies Northcote JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN. — Gen. XX.W'ii. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak j^eace- ably unto him. 5 IT And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren : and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this di'eam which I have dreamed : 7 For, behold, we ■irere binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves 47 Joseph cast into a ^yit. GENESIS 37. Joseph sold to Ishmeelites. stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us % or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us ? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 IT And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said. Behold, I have di'eamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren : and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed % Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down our- selves to thee to the earth % 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. 12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 IT And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him. Here am I. 14 And he said to liim. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain man found him, and, be- hold, he was wandering in the field : and the man asked him, saying. What seekest thou 1 16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 17 And the man said. They are departed hence; for I heard them say. Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 18 IT And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they con- spired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some jjit, and we will say. Some evil beast hath devoured him : and we shall see what will become of his dreams. 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands ; and said, Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this jDit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. 23 IT And it came to jjass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of iiiany colours that was on him ; 24 And they took him, and cast him into a ]Dit: and the pit tvas empty, there was no water in it. 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery, and 48 balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ish- meelites, and let not our hand be upon him ; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. 28 Then there passed by Midianites mer- chantmen ; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver : and they brought Joseph into Egypt. BALM {Balsamodendron Gileadense). — Gen. xxxvii. 25. 29 IF And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph toas not in the pit ; and he rent his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? 31 IT And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood ; 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found : know now whether it he thy son's coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. Jo&eph sold to Potiphar. GENESIS 38. Profligacy of Judah. 34 And Jacob I'ent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted ; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. 36 IT And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. CHAPTER 38. 1 Judah hegetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah. 6 Br mar- rieth Tamar. 8 The trespass of Onan. 11 Tamar stayeth for Shelah. 12 She deceiveth Judah ; 27 to whom she beareth twins, Pharez and Zarah. AND it came to pass at that time, that xjL Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain AduUamite, whose name ^vas Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name ivas Shuah ; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son ; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son ; and called his name Shelah : and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 6 IT And Judah took a wife for Er his first- born, whose name ivas Tamar. 7 And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord slew him. 8 IT And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his ; and it came to pass, that he refused to go in unto his brother's wife, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did dis- pleased the Lord: where- fore he slew him also. 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in- law, Ptemain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said. Lest perad- venture he die also, as Joseph's coat brought his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. 12 IT And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep- shearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the AduUamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying. Behold thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an ojjen place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to he an harlot ; because she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pi'ay thee, let me come in unto thee ; (for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me 1 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said. Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it ? 18 And he said, What i:)ledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the AduUamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand : but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, say- ing, Where is the har- lot, that was openly by the way side? And they said. There was no har- lot in this place. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I can- not find her ; and also the men of the place said, that there was no har- lot in this place. 23 And Ju- dah said. Let her take it to her, lest we be 49 Joseph in Potijihar^s house. GENESIS 39, 40. Joseph cast into prison. shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found hei\ 24 IT And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot ; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 When she ^vas brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying. By the man, whose these are, am I with child : and she said. Discern, I pray thee, whose ore these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I ; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. 27 IT And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand : and the mid- wife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out; and she said. How hast thou broken forth? this breach he upon thee : therefore his name was called Pharez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand : and his name was called Zarah. CHAPTER 39. 1 Jose2}h is advanced in Potiphar's house. 7 He re- sisteth his mistress's temptation, is falsely accused by her, and cast in prison. 21 God is with him there. AND Joseph was brought down to Egypt; J\. and Potiphar, an ofl&cer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 2 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man ; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the Lord icas with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake ; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand ; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well-favoured. 7 IT And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph ; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is 50 with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand : 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God'? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his work ; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me : and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying. See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us ; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice : 15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 17 And she sjmke unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me : 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me ; that his wrath was kindled. 20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the pr-ison, a place where the king's prisoners ivere bound : and he was there in the prison. 21 IF But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that to ere in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that vms under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper. CHAPTER 40. 1 The butler and baker of Pharaoh in prison are com- mitted to Joseph's charge. 5 He interpreteth their dreams. 20 They come to pass according to his interpretation. 23 The ingratitude of the butler. AND it came to pass after these things, . that the butler of the king of Egyi^t and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. PharaoNs butler and baker. GENESIS 41. Pharaoh's dreams. 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph tvas bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them : and they continued a season in ward. 5 IT And they dreamed a dream_ both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which 7ve7-e bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they ivere sad. JOSEPH INTERPR 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, say- ing. Wherefore look ye so sadly to-day? 8 And they said unto him. We have dreamed a dream, and the^'e is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God 1 tell me them, I pray you. 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said unto him. In my dream, be- hold, a vine vxis befoi-e me; 10 And in the vine were three branches : and it ivas as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth ; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe gi'apes : 1 1 And Pharaoh's cup ivas in my hand : and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 12 And Joseph said unto him. This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days : 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place : and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. 14 But think on me when it shall be well v/^ith thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house : 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. 16 When the chief baker saw that the inter- pretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also ivas in my dream, and, behold, / had three white baskets on my head : 17 And in the uppermost basket there tvas of all manner of bake-meats for Pharaoh ; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. 18 And Joseph answered and said. This is the interpretation thereof : The three baskets are three days : 19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 20 IT And it came to pass the third day, xvhich was Pharaoh's birth-day, that he made a feast unto all his servants : and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. 21 And he restored the chief butler unto his but- lership again ; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand : 22 But he hanged the chief baker : as Joseph had inter- preted to them. ETs THE DREAMS. 23 TT Yet did not the chief —Gen. xl. 12-19. ijutler remember Joseph, but forgat him. CHAPTER 41. 1 Pharaoh's tivo dreams. 25 Joseph interpreteth them. 33 He giveth Pharaoh counsel. 38 Joseph is ad- vanced. 50 He begetteth Manasseh and Ephraim. 54 The famine beginneth. AND it came to pass at the end of two full J\. years, that Pharaoh dreamed : and, behold, he stood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well-favoured kine and fat-fleshed ; and they fed in a meadow. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favoured and lean -fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. 6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. 7 And the seven thin ears devoured the 51 Joseph interprets Fharaolis dreams. GENESIS 41. Joseph made ruler over the land. 27 And the seven thin and ill-favoured kine that came up after them are seven years ; and the seven empty ears blasted with the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it ivas a dream. 8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled ; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there ivas none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. 9 IT Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day : 10 Pharaoh was wroth, with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker : 1 1 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 And there urns there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he inter- preted to us our dreams ; to each man accord- ing to his dream he did interpret. 13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was ; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. 14 IT Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon : and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to in- terpret it. 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying. It is not in me : God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. 17 And Pharaoh said unto- Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river : 18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in a meadow : 19 Ana, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness : 20 And the lean and the ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine : 21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not 1)6 known that they had eaten them; but they ivere still ill-favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: 23 And, behold, seven ears, withei'ed, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them : 24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears : and I told this unto the magicians ; but there was none that could declare it to me. 25 IF And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one : God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one. east wind shall be seven years of famine. 28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. 29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt : 30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land ; 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following ; for it shall he very grievous. 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 33 Kow therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plen- teous years. 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt ; that the land perish not through the famine. 37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 IF And Pharaoh said unto his servants. Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Foras- much as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: 40 Thou shalt be ovei- my house, and accord- ing unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck ; 43 And he made him to I'ide in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him. Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaph- nath-paaneah • and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of E^ypt. 46 IT And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Store of corn in Egijpt. GENESIS 42. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities : the food of the field, which %vas round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering ; for it tvas with- out number. 50 IT And unto Josejoh were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. 51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh : For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. 53 IT And the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said : and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was fam- ished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph ; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth : And Joseph opened all the store- houses, and sold unto the Egyptians ; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. Joseph! s brethren camejor corn. and went JOSEPH THE GOVERNOR OVER THE LAND. — Gen. xlii. 6. CHAPTEPt 42. 1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt. G They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies, but set at liberty on condition to bring Benjamin. 21 They have remorse for Joseph. 24 Simeon is kept for a pledge. 25 They return with corn, and their money. 29 Their relation to Jacob. 35 He is afraid, and refuseth to send Benjamin. NOW when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another ? 2 And he said. Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may live, and not die. 3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren ; for he said. Lest peradventure mischief befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy co7-n among those that came : for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 IT And Joseph tvas the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land : and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him loith their faces to the earth. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them,_ and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye 1 And they said. From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them. Ye are spies ; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him. Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. 11 We are all one man's sons ; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan ; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. 14 And Joseph said unto them. That is it that I spake unto you, saying. Ye are spies : 15 Hereby ye shall be proved : By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you : or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 17 And he put them all together into ward three days. 53 Joseph! s brethren return : G EXES IS 43. cantiot go back without Benjamin. 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live ; for I fear God : 19 If ye he true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison : go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses : 20 But bring your youngest brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 IF And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; there- fore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying. Spake I not imto you, saying. Do not sin against the child ; and ye would not hear 1 therefore, behold, also his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Josei^h under- stood them ; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept ; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 25 IF Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them pro- vision for the way : and thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it ivas in his sack's mouth. 28 And he said unto his brethren. My money is restored ; and, lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? 29 IT And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them ; saying, 30 The man, roho is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We a?'e true men; we are no spies : 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the loi'd of the country, said unto us. Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone : 34 And bring your youngest brother unto me : then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall trafiick in the land. 35 IT And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children : Joseph 54 is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are against me. 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, say- ing. Slay my two sons, if I Ijring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. ICGYPTIAN RING MONEY. — Ge/l. xlii. 35. 38 And he said. My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone : if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. CHAPTER 43. 1 Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. 15 Joseph entoi-taineth his brethren. 26 He maketh them a feast. AND the famine ivas sore in the land. J\, 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying. The man did solemnly jorotest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your bi-other be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food : 5 But if thou wilt not send hi77i, we will not go down : for the man said unto us. Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother 1 7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying. Is your father yet alive 1 have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words : could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down 1 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father. Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go ; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9 I will be surety for him ; of my hand shalt thou require him : if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever : Benjamin goes to Egypt. GENESIS 43. Joseph entertains his brethren. 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. 11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it 7nust he so now, do this ; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds : 12 And take doul)le money in your hand ; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand ; peradventure it ivas an oversight : 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man : ] 4 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 15 TT And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin ; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house. Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready ; for these men shall dine with me at noon. 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house ; and they said. Because of the money that was returnea in our sacks at the first time are we brought in ; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bond-men, and our asses. 19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food : 21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money icas in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight ; and we have brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food : we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. 23 And he said. Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks : I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet ; and he gave their asses provender. 25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26 IT And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which ^vas in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said. Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? 28 And they answered. Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me 1 And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said. Set on bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves : be- cause the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews ; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 33 Ancl they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest MYRRH [Bahamodendron myrrhaS. — Gen. xliii. ii. 55 JosepK s jwlicy to stay his brethren. GENESIS 44. JudahbS supplication to him. according to his youth: and the men mar- velled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him : but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. CHAPTER 44. 1 Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. IS Judah's hunible supplication to him. AND he commanded the steward of his XX house, saying, Fill the men's sacks u'ith food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they wei^e gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward. Up, follow after the men ; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them. Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good '?.... 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth 1 ye have done evil in so doing. 6 IF And he overtook them, and he sjDake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lorcl these words ? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing : 8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan : how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold ? 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bond-men. 10 And he said, Now also let it he according unto your words : he with whom it is found shall be my servant ; and ye shall be blame- less. 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And he searched, a^id began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 IT And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he ^vas yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them. What deed is this that ye have donel wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine ? 16 And Judah said. What shall we say unto my lord ? what shall we speak 1 or how shall we clear ourselves 1 God hath found out the 56 iniquity of thy servants : behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found,, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. 18 H Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant : for thou art even as Phai^aoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother 1 20 And we said unto my lord. We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and ne alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21 And thou saidst unto thy servants. Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord. The lad cannot leave his father : for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Ex- cept your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And our father said. Go again, and buy us a little food. 26 And we said. We cannot go down : if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down : for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: 28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since : 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray haii's with sorrow to the grave. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us ; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life ; 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not tvith us, that he will die : and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bond-man to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest perad ven- ture I see the evil that shall come on my father. Joseph makes himself hnoivn. CHAPTER 45. GENESIS 45. Joseph sends for his father, 1 Joseph maheth himself known to his brethren. 5 He comforteth them in God's providence. 9 He sendeth for his father. 16 Pharaoh confirmeth JosejMs invitation. 21 Joseph furnisheth them for their journey, and exhorteth them to concord. 25 Jacob is revived ivith the news. ^pHEN Joseph could not refrain himself JL before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while JosejDh made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he wept aloud : and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren. Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler through- out all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him. Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: e 10 And thou ( shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast : 11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. ] -2 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that siDeaketh unto you. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. _ 14 y And he fell upon his brother Ben- jamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them ; and after that his brethren talked with him. 16 TT And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come : and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan ; 18 And take your father and your house- holds, and come unto me : and I will give you JOSEPH MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN. — Gen. xlv. 3. 57 The joy of Jacob. GENESIS 46. Israel goes down into Egypt. the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you waggons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 21 IT And the children of Israel did so : and Joseph gave them waggons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred jneces of silver, and five changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she- asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 IT And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And. Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the waggons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. 28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. CHAPTER 46. 1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba : 5 He goeth theme ivith his family into Egypt. 8 The number of those that ivent with him. 28 Joseph ineeteth Jacob. 31 He instriwteth his brethren how to answer Pharaoh. AND Israel took his journey with all that - he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 58 HE FELL UPON HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN'S NECK. — Ge7i. xlv. 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father : fear not to go down into Egypt ; for I will there make of thee a great nation : 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt ; and I will also sui'ely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 IF And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him : 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daugh- ters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 8 IT And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons : Reu- ben, Jacob's first- born. 9 And the sons of Reuben ; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron,and Carmi. 10 1" And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish wo- 14- 11 IF And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 1" And the sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah : but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 IT And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 IT And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These he the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah : all the souls of his sons and his daughters vjere thirty and three. 16 1" And the sons of Gad ; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17 IT And the sons of Asher ; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister : and the sons of Beriah ; Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban Israel settled in GosJien GENESIS 47. Jacob and his sons before Pharaoh. gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Eachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. 20 IT And unto Joseph in the land of Egyjot were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. 21 IF And the sons of Benjamin ivere Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Hupjjim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob : all the souls tvere fourteen. 23 IF And the sons of Dan ; Hushim. 24 IT And the sons of Naphtali ; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob : all the souls were seven. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls ivere three- score and six ; 27 And the sons of Josei^h, which were born him in Egypt, ^vcre twd souls: all the souls of shall call you, and shall say. What is your occupation 1 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers : that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. CHAPTER 47. Joseph presenteth Jive of ?iis brethren and his father before Pharaoh. 11 He giveth them habitation and maintenance. 13 lie gefteth all the Egyptians' money, 16 their cattle, 18 their lands for Pharaoh 22 The priests' land teas not hovght. 23 Ue letteth the land to them again for a fifth of the increase. 23 Jacob's age. 29 lie sweareth Joseph to bury him U'ith his fathers. THEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said. My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and prcsriited them unto Pharaoh. •■i 'iU3>mHi MEETING OF JACOB AND JOSEPH.— Gf«. xlvi. 29. the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, ivere threescore and ten. 28 IF And he sent Judah before him unto JosejDh, to direct his face unto Goshen ; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou a7-t yet alive. 31 IF And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him. My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me ; 32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle ; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation'? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come ; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks ; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : 6 The land of Egypt is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of ac- tivity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? Jacob blesses Phaiuok GENESIS 47. Distress of the Egyiitians. 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hun- dred and thirty years : few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 11 IT And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a jDossession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Ilameses, as Pharaoh had com- manded. 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. GO JOSEPH PRESENTING HIS FATHER AND BRETHREN TO PHARAOH. — Gen. xlvii. 7. 13 *[r And there tvas no bread in all the land ; for the famine 7cas very sore, so that the land of Egyi^t and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought : and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread : for why should we die in thy presence 1 for the money f aileth. 16 And Joseph said. Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread m excha7ige for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses : and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him. We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands : 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our land Egyptians sell their land. GENESIS 48. Josejih visits his father. for bread, and we and our land will be ser- vants unto Pharaoh : and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyjotians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them : so the land became Pharaoh's. 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. 23 IT Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth jKirt unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives : let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. 26 And JosejDh made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth 2^cL'^~t' / except the land of the jDriests only, which became not Pharaoh's. 27 H And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen ; and they had pos- sessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 H And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years : so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him. If now I have found grace in thy sight, j)ut, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me ; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt : 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-i:)lace. Ana he said, I will do as thou hast said. 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Isi-ael bowed himself upon the bed's head. CHAPTER 48. 1 Josex>h with his sons visiteth his sick father, who strengtheneth himself to bless them. 3 He repeateth God's promise. 5 He taketh Ephraim and Manas- seh as his own. 7 He telleth Joseph of his mother's grave. 8 He blesseth Ephraim and Manasseh. 17 He preferreth the younger before the elder. 21 He prophesieth their return to Canaan. A ND it came to pass after these things, that iV one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said. Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee : and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 IT And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Al- mighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people ; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. 5 IT And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into British Museujn EGYPTIAN HORSES ANU CHARIOTS AND INSPECTOR OF STANDING CORN. 61 Jacob blesses JosepKs sons. GENESIS 49. Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. 6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath : and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath ; the same is Beth-lehem. 8 IT And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this 2)lace. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him ; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Joseph brought them out from be- tween his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand towai'd Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ej^hraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Man- asseh was the first-born. 15 *Tr And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long imto this day, IG The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father : for this is the first-born ; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know ^V, my son, I know it : he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great : but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before ]\Ianasseh. 21_ IT And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die : but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. _22 Moreover I have given to thee one por- tion above thy brethren, which I took out of the_ hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. 62 Jacob calls his sons together. CHAPTER 49. 1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them. 3 Their blessing in particular. 29 He chargeth them about his burial. 33 He dieth. AND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, J-Jl Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob ; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3 IT Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power : 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel ; be- cause thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst thou ii : he went up to my couch. 5 IT Simeon and Levi a?'e brethren ; instru- ments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united : for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed he their angei\ for it tvas fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 8 IT Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall he in the neck of thine enemies ; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion's wheljD : from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stoojoed down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gather- ing of the people be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine ; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes : 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 13 IT Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea ; and he shall be for an haven of ships ; and his border shall be unto Zidon. 14 IT Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens : 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant ; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. 16 IT Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse-heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. 19 IF Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. 20 IT Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 IT Naphtali is a hind let loose : he giveth goodly words. Jacob blesses his sons. GENESIS 50 The death of Jacob. 22 T Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruit- ful bough by a well ; whose branches run over the wall : 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob ; (from thence is the Shepherd, the stone of Israel :) 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee ; and by the Almighty, who shall l^less thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb : 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills : they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was sepa- rate from his brethren. 27 IT Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf : in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them ; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 29 TT And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 In the cave that is in the field of Mach- pelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah. 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein ivas from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of comrnanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. CHAPTER 50. 1 The mourning for Jacob, i Joseph getteth leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him. 7 The funeral. 15 Joseph comforteth his brethren, who craved his pardon. 22 His age. 23 He seeth the third gene- ration of his sons. 24 He prophesieth unto his brethren of their return. 25 He taketh an oath of them for his bones. 2G He dieth, and is chested. AND Joseph fell upon his father's face, and XJL wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the jDhysicians embalmed Israel. -• vWBWf* ' Uf', f.^ ' •5-. THE FIELDS OF MAMRE. — Gen. 1. Joseph huries his father. GENESIS 50. Death and embalming of Josejih. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed : and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. 4 IF And when the days of his moui^ning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, sajdng. If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of rharaoh, saying, 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die : in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. 7 IF And Joseph went up to bury his father : and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of iiis house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen : and it was a very great com2:»any. 10 And they came to the thrashing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said. This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians : wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. 12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them : 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Al^raham bought with the field for a possession of a burying- place of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 14 IF And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 15 IF And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly re- quite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying. Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin ; for they did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face ; and they said. Behold, we he thy servants. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not : for am I in the place of God 1 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me ; hut God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not : I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. 22 IF And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house : and Joseph lived an hun- dred and ten years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generatio7i : the children also of ]\Iachir the son of Manasseh were brought Ujj upon Joseph's knees. 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die : and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26 IF So Joseph died, heing an hundred and ten years old : and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egyj)t. British Mitseu EGYPTIAN VASES. 64 THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED EXODUS CHAPTER 1. 1 The children of Israel, after Josephs death, multiply greatly. 8 The more they are oppressed by a neiv king, the more they multiply. 15 The piety of the midwioes, in saving the men-children alive, is re- ivarded by God. 22 Pharaoh commandeth the male-children to be cast into the river. !0W these a7-e the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his house- hold came with Jacob. 2 Eeuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls : for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8 1 Now there ai'ose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people. Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did set over them task- masters to aflflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Eaamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour : 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. 15 IT And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one tvas Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 16 And he said, When ye do the ofiice of a midwife to the Hebrew women and see them upon the stools ; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then slie shall live. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them. Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-chil- dren aliA-e? 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew wo- men are not as the Egyptian women ; for they ai-e live- ly, and are de- livered ere the midwives come in unto them. 20 Therefore God dealtwell with the mid- wives : and the people mul- tiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives fear- ed God, that he made them houses. 22^ And Pha- raoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and ,,.,.,,, every daugh- ter ye shall Egyptian column bearing namp:s of save alive. rameses ii. and menephthah i. 1 65 The birth of Moses. EXODUS 2. Moses in Midian. CHAPTER 2. 1 Moses is born, ami laid in an ark cast among the flags. 5 He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter. 11 He slayeth an Egyptian. 13 He re- proveth an Hebreiv. 15 He fl^eth into Midian. 21 He marrieth Zipporah. 22 Ger shorn is bom. 23 Ood respecteth the cry of the Israelites. A ND there went a man of the house of Levi, xjL and took to toife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son : and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and jDut the child therein ; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar oif, to wit what would be done to him. 5 IT And the daughter of Pha- raoh came down to wash herself aX the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 6 And when she had Oldened it., she saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compas- sion on him, and said. This is one of the Hebrews' children. 7 Then said his sister to Pha- raoh's daughter. Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee % 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. 9 And _ Pharaoh's daughter said unto her. Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses : and she said. Because I drew him out of the water. 11 IT And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his 66 PHARAOH S DAUGHTER. — Exod. ii brethren, and looked on their burdens : and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove to- gether: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us 1 intendest thou to kill me, as thou killest the Egyptian ? And Moses feared, and said. Surely this thing is known. 15 ISTow when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian : and he sat down by a well. 16 IT Now the priest of Midian had seven daugh- ters ; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their fa- ther's flock. 17 And the shep- herds came and drove them away : but Moses stood up and helped them, and water- ed their flock. 18 And when they came to Reuel their fa- ther, he said. How is it that ye are come so soon to- day? 19 And they said, An Egyp- tian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he said unto his daughters. And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22 And she bare hirn a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. 23 IT And it came to pass in process of time^ that the king of Egypt died : and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried ; and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. The burning bush. EXODUS 3. Hoses sent to deliver Israel. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto the7)i. CHAPTER 3. 1 Moses keepeth Jethro s flock. 2 God appeareth to him in a burning bush. 7 He sendeth him to deliver Israel. 11 Moses enquireth, and is told the name of God. 15 God's message to Israel. "lyrOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his IN father-in-law, the priest of Midian : and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush : and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush u'as not con- sumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said. Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 IT And the Lord said, I have surely seen the afiliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by rea- son of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows ; 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey ; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Je- busites. 9 Now therefore, be- hold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me : and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now there- fore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 1 1 H And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And he said. Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, ivhen I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you ; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM : and he said. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 TF And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you : this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel to- gether, and say unto them. The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, say- ing, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt : 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amo- rites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: Koehler FINDING OF MOSES. — Exod. \\. 6. 67 Signs to accompany Moses. Poussin MOSES DEFENDING THE DAUGHTERS OF JETHRO. — Exod. ii. I7. and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him. The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us : and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 19 IT And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. 21 And I will give this jDeople favour in the sight of the Egyptians : and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty : 22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. CHAPTER 4. 1 Hoses' rod is turned into a serpent. 6 His hand is leprous. 10 He is loth to be sent. 14 Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18 Moses departeth from Jethro. 21 God's messac/e to Pharaoh. 24 Zip- porah circumeiseth her son. 27 Aaron is sent to meet Moses. 31 The people believeth them. AND Moses answered and said, But, behold, . they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice : for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the Lord said unto him. What is that in thine hand 1 And he said, A rod. 3 And he said. Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent ; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he 08 EXODUS 4. Aaron Moses' sjwkesman. put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand : 5 That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 IT And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into iiis bosom : and when he took it out, be- hold, his hand ivas leprous as snow. 7 And he said. Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. 10 IT And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither here- tofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant : but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue, 11 And the Lord said unto him, Wlio hath made man's mouth 1 or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind 1 have not I the Lord 1 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him ivhom thou wilt send. 14 IT And the anger of the Lord was kindled against j\Ioses, and he said. Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee : and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people : and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be 'to him instead of God. Moses returns into Egypt. EXODUS 5. thine 17 And thou shalt take this rod in hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 18 IT And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of EgyjDt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. 21 IT And the Lord said unto Moses, "Wlien thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand : but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my fii'st- born: 23 And I say unto thee. Let my son go, that he may serve me : and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy first-born. 24 IT And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 26 So he let him go : then she said, A bloody husband thou art., because of the circumcision. 27 IT And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. 29 IT And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel : 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed : and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. IsraeVs bondage increased. CHAPTER 5. — {I^^^^---^^ British Mluseujn PAPYRUS SHOES AND SANDALS FROM EGYPT. 1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their message. 6 Ue increaseth the Israelites' task. 15 He checketh their complaints. 19 They cry out upon Moses and Aaron. 22 Moses complaineth to God. AND afterward Moses and Aaron went - in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said. Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. 3 And they said. The God of the Hebrews hath met with us : let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall ujion us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them. Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works'? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said. Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 IT And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bHcks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them ; ye shall not diminish ought thereof : for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let there more work be laid u^Don the men, that they may labour therein ; and let them not regard vain words. 10 IT And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, say- ing. Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded. Where- fore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to-day, as heretofoi^e 1 15 IT Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy ser- vants 1 16 There is no straw given unto thy ser- vants, and they say to us, Make brick : and, behold, thy servants are beaten ; but the fault is in thine own people. 69 Covi2)laint of the Is^xielites. EXODUS 6. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ve are idle : there- fore ye say, Let us go a7id do sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore now, and work • for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye de- liver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. 20 IT And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh : 21 And they said unto them, The Lord God renews his covenant. CHAPTER 6. British Museum RAMESES n. HOLDING TABLE OF OFFERINGS. The Pharaoh of the oppression. look upon you, and judge ; because ye have made our savour to iDe abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his ser- vants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 22 IT And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said. Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people ; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. 70 1 Godreneweth his prornise by his name JEllOVAU. 14 The genealogy of Reuben, 15 of Simeon, 16 of Levi, ofivhom came Moses and Aaron. '■ j'HEN the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt J- thou see what I will do to Pharaoh : for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord : 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bond- age; and I have remeinbered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the bur- dens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched- out arm, and with great judg- ments : 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God : and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord. 9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Isi'ael : but they hear- kened not unto Moses for anguish of sjDirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 1 1 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Isi'ael go out of his land. 12 And Moses spake before the Lord, say- ing. Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me ; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised li^DS 1 13 And the Lord spake unto Closes and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 14 IT These he the heads of their fathers' houses : The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel ; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi : these he the families of Reuben. The sons of Simeon and Levi. EXODUS 7. Aa7'on and the magicians of Egypt. 1 5 IT And the sons of Simeon ; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman : these are the families of Simeon. 16 H And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations ; Ger- EGYPTIAN MORTAR RAKE AND OTHER TOOLS. shon, and Kohath, and j\Ierari : and the years of the life of Levi v:ere an hundred thirty and seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel : and the years of the life of Kohath ii:ere an hundred thirty and three years. 19 And the sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi : these are the families of Levi accord- ing to their generations. 20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife ; and she bare him Aaron and Moses : and the years of the life of Amram ivere an hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 IF And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And the sons of LTzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. 23 And Aaron took him Elishel^a, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and EI- kanah, and Al^iasaph : these are the families of the Korhites. 25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. 26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said. Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies. 27 These a9'e they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt : these are that Moses and Aaron. 28 IT And it came to pass on the day u'hen the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 That the Lord sjDake unto Moses, say- ing, I ami the Lord : speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. 30 And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? CHAPTER 7. 1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh. 7 His and Aaron's age. 8 Aaron's rod is turned into a ser- pent. 11 The magicians do the like. 13 Pharaoh's heart is hardened. 14 God's message to Pharaoh. 19 The river is turned into blood. AND the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have XJL made thee a god to Phai^aoh : and Aaron thy brother shall be thy j^rophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee : and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my joeople the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I cw/i the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they. 7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. 8 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, say- ing, Shew a miracle for you : then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it be- fore Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. 10 IT And Moses and Aaron went in vuito Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded : and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers : now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed wp their rods. 13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said. 14 TI And the Lord said unto Moses, Pha- raoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. 16 And thou shalt say unto him. The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying. Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness : and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 17 Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon 71 The river turned into blood. EXODUS 8. The plagues of frogs and lice. the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink ; and the Egyp- tians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river. 19 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon tlieir ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood ; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants ; and all the waters that tvei^e in the river were turned to blood. 21 And the fish that ivas in the river died : and the river stank, and the Egyptians coula not drink of the water of the river ; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments : and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them ; as the Lord had said. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also. 24 And , all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river. CHAPTER 8. 1 Frogs are sent. 8 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 12 and Moses by prayer removeth them away. 16 The dust is turned into lice, which the magicians could not do. 20 The lAague of flies. 25 Pharaoh in- clineth to let the people go, 32 but yet is hardened. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto . Pharaoh, and say unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs : 3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abun- dantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy oed-chamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs : 4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy ser- vants. 5 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over 72 the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7 And the magicians did so with their en- chantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. 8 IT Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said. Entreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people ; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord. 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me : when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? 10 And he said. To-morrow. And he said,. 7?e it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God. 11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people ; they shall remain in the river only. 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh : and IVIoses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. 13 And the Lord did according to the woi'd of Moses ; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. 14 And they gathered them together upon heaps : and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had said. 16 IT And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 17 And they did so ; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast : all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to oring forth lice, but they could not : so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God : and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he heai^kened not unto them ; as the Lord had said. 20 IF And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand l)efore Pharaoh ; lo, he cometh forth to the water ; and say unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies ujDon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses : and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there ; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. P lag ice of flies. EXODUS 8. Pharaoh relents. 23 And I will put a division between my people and thy j^eople : to-morrow shall this sign be. 24 And the Loed did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Loed our God : lo, shall we saci'ifice the abomination of the Egyptians before^ their eyes, and will they not stone us? 27 We will go three days' journey into the MOSES AND AARON BEFORE PHARAOH. — Exod. vii. II. Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. 25 IT And Pharaoh called for ]\Ioses and for Aaron, and said. Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. 26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do ; wilderness, and sacrifice to the Loed our God, as he shall command us. 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away : entreat for me. 29 And ]\Ioses said, Behold, I go out from thee, 73 Pharaoh hardens his heart. EXODUS 9. Plagues of the murrain and of boils. and I will entreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his ser- vants, and from his people, to-morrow : but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord. 30 And Closes went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the Lord. 31 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses ; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people ; there remained not one. 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. CHAPTER 9. 1 The murrain of beasts. 8 The plague of hells and Mains. 13 His inessage about the hail. 22 The plague of hail. 27 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 35 but is still hardened. THEN the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy British Museum 74 MENEPHTHAH 11. The Pharaoh of the Exodus. cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, vipon the oxen, and uioon the sheep : there shall he a very grievous murrain. 4 And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt : and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel. 5 And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land. 6 And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died : but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 8 IF And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh ; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven ; and it became a boil break- ing forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils ; for the boil was upon the magi- cians, and upon all the EgyjDtians. 12 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses. ] 3 IT And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him. Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people ; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy peoi^le with pestilence ; and thou shalt be cut off from tlie earth. 1 6 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee ujd, for to shew in thee my power ; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As 3'et exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go 1 18 Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not Plague of hail. EXODUS 10. Pharaoh relents again. been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. 19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field ; for \mon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 20 He that feared the word of the Lokd among the servants of Pharaoh made his ser- vants and his cattle flee into the houses : 21 And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field. 22 If And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven : and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground ; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that xvas in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were^ was there no hail. 27 IT And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have .sinned this time : the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 28 Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail ; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail ; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord's. 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God. 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten : for the barley toas in the ear, and the flax zvas boiled. 32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten : for they tuere not grown up. 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord : and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go ; as the Lord had spoken by Moses. CHAPTER 10. 1 God threatcncth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclineth to let the Israelites go. 12 The plague of locusts. 16 Pharaoh sueth again to Moses. 21 The plague of darkness. 24 Pharaoh sueth unto Moses, 27 but is still hardened. AND the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto xjL Pharaoh : for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him : 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, w-hat things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them ; that ye may know how that I am the Lord. 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him. Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me*? let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go. kf _^_,jj;j«r:._ LOCUST [Ac7ydium pe7-egrinum). — Exod. x. 4-6. behold, to-morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast : 5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth : and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field : 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians ; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. 7 IT And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God : knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed % 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them. Go, serve the Lord your God : hid who are they that shall go? 9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go ; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord. 10 And he said unto them, Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones : look to it ; for evil is before you. 11 Not so : go now ye that are men, and serve 75 riagues of locusts and of darkness. EXODUS 11. Death of the firsl-horn threatened. the Lord ; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 12 IT And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous ivere they ; before them tl°ere were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the' fruit of the trees which the hail had left : and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 IT Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord EGYPTIAN GOLDEN ORNAMENTS. your God, that he maj^ take away from me this death only. 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and en- treated the Lord. 19 And the Lord tui-ned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. 21 IT And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of EgyjDt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven ; and there was a thick dark- ness in all the land of Egypt three days : 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all 76 the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. 24 IT And Phai'aoh called unto ]\Ioses, and said. Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said. Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind ; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither. 27 IT But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh said unto him. Get thee from me, take heed to thyself see my face no more ; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. 29 And ]\Ioses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more. CHAPTER 11. 1 God's message to the Israelites to borroiv jewels of their iiei-jhbours. i Moses threateneth Pharaoh with the death of the first-born. 9 Pharaoh is still hardeiied. AND the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will l\. I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt ; afterwards he will let you go hence : when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the EgyiDtians. ^loi'eover the man ]\Ioses tvas very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. 4 And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : 5 And all the first-born in the land of Egyj)t shall die, from the first-born of Pha- raoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill ; and all the first-born of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast : that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difierence between the Egyp- tians and Israel. 8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying. Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. 9 IT And the Lord said unto Closes, Pha- raoh shall not hearken unto you; that my Paul Hardy THE PILLAR OF FIRE.— EXOD. xiii. 21. The passover instituted. EXODUS 12 wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 10 And ]\Ioses and Aaron did all these won- ders before Pharaoh : and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land. CHAPTER 12. 1 The be(jinning of the year is changed. 3 The pass- over is instituted. 11 The rite of the passover. 15 The days of unleavened bread. 29 The first- born are slain. 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land. 37 They come to Succoth. 43 The ordinance of the passover. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron J\. in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months : it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 IT Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying. In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house : 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls ; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamlj shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats : 6 And ye shall keep it up until the four- teenth day of the same month : and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. 7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side-posts and on the upper door-post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast tvith fire ; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning ; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11 IT And thus shall ye eat it; rvith your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste : it is the Lord's passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will exe- cute judgment : I am the Lord. 13 And the l^lood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will joass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; 78 Feast of unleavened bread. ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15 H Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread ; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses : for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut ofi" from Israel. 16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. 17 And ye shall observe the feast of un- leavened bread ; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses : for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or oorn in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 21 IT Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the oason, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the bason ; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians ; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come- to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, AYhat mean ye by this service? 27 That ye shall say. It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the peo^jle bowed the head and worshipped. 28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 29 IT And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the first-born in the lanA The first-horn slain. EXODUS 12. Dejmrture of the Israelites. of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that ivas in the dungeon ; and all the first-born of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 IT And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, ooth ye and the chil- the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment; 36 And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. 37 IT And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that vjere men, beside children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them ; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. THE "WANDERINGS fixnn. &e Laund. of and to S dren of Israel ; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone : and bless me also. 33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste ; for they said, We he all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough be- fore it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses ; and they borrowed of 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened ; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 40 IT Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, ukis four hundi'ed and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the self- same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is a night to be much observed unto 79 Sanctification of ike first-horn. EXODUS 13. The pillars of dovd and of fire. the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt : this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. 43 IF And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover : There shall no stranger eat thereof : 44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten : thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house ; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it ; and he shall be as one that is born in the land : for no uncir- cumcised person shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is home- born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Israel ; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 51 And it came to pass the self -same day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. CHAPTER 13. 1 The first-born are sanctified to God. 3 Theinemorial of the passover is cominatided. 11 The firstlings of man and beast are set apart to God. 17 The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph s bones icith them. 20 They come to Ethain. 21 God guideth them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire. A KD the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ii- 2 Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast : it is mine. 3 IT And Moses said unto the people. Re- member this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this 2)lace: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day came ye out in the month Abib. 5 And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the _ Hittites, and the Ainorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. 6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days ; and there shall no leavened bread be 80 seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. 8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth : for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. 11 IT And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every first- ling that Cometh of a beast which thou hast ; the males shall be the Lord's. 13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck : and all the first-born of man among thy chil- dren shalt thou redeem. 14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying. What is thisi that thou shalt say unto him. By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage : 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-Dorn of beast : therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the first-born of my children I redeem. 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt. 17 IT And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philis- tines, although that was near ; for God said. Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt : 18 But God led the joeople about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the" children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him : for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 20 IT And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way ; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light ; to go by day and night : 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. Pharaoh 'pursues the Israelites. CHAPTER 14. 1 God instmcteth the Israelites in their journey. 5 Pharaoh pursueth after them. 10 The Israelites murmttr. 13 Moses comforteth them. 15 God in- structeth Moses. 19 The cloud removeth behind the cam2). 21 The Israelites iMss through the Red sea, 23 which droivneth the Egyptians. AND the LoKD spake unto ]\Ioses, saying, 2 Speak unto the chikh'en of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between ]Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon : before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They ore entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them ; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host ; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lokd. And they did so. EGYPTIAN HATCHETS AND ARROWS. 5 U And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, ^Vliy have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us 1 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him : 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of EgyjDt, and captains over every one of them. 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he jHU'sued after the children of Israel : and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 10 IT And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid : and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord. 1 1 And they said unto Moses, Because the7'e were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness'? wherefore 82 EXODUS 14. The jyassage of the Rescarlet, and fine linen. 6 IT And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall 1)6 joined together. 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is ujion it, sTiall be of the same, according to the work thereof ; even of gold, of blue, and IDurple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two onyx-stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel : 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their l)irth. 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, lihe the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel : thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the childi'en of Israel : and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 IF And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends ; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. 15 IF And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, thou shalt make it. 16 Four-square it shall be heing doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall he the breadth thereof. Breastplate of the high j^riest. EXODUS 28. The TJrim and Thnminim. 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall he a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this shall he the first row. 18 And the second row shall he an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet ; every one with his name shall they be accord- ing to the twelve tribes. 22 IT And thou shalt make uj^on the breast- plate chains at the ends o/ wreathen-work of pure gold. 23 And thou shalt make upon the breast- plate two rings of gold, and shalt jjut the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breast^ilate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and jiut them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod before it. 26 IF And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt ])\xt them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ejihod underneath, toward the fore- part thereof, over against the otlier coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 28 And they shall bind the breast- plate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breast- plate he, not loosed from the ephod. 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of ' Israel in the / breastplate of judgment i upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the \\o\y place, for a memorial before the Lord continually. 30_ IT And thou shalt put in the l^reastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be ujjon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord con- tinually. 31 IT And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 And there shall he an hole in the toj? of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a Innd- ing of woven work round aljout the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 IT And heneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round al^out the liem thereof; and bells of gold between them round aljout : 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, uj^on the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound sliall l)e heard when he goetli in unto the holy 2>llace; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. CHAPTER 29. 1 The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests. 38 The continual burnt-offering. 43 God's promise to sanctify and dwell among the children of Israel. AND this is the thing that thou shalt do J\. unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office : Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes un- leavened tempered with oil, and wafers un- leavened anointed with oil : of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 3 And thou shalt jiut them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and shalt wash them with water. 5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breast- 100 AARON IN ROBES. — Exod. xxviii. 41 plate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod : 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. 9 And thou shalt gird them with gir- dles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bon- nets on them : and the priest's office shall be theirs for a per- petual statute : and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the con- gregation : and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. 13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. 14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire with- out the camp : it is a sin-offering. 15 Thou shalt also take one ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. 17 Ancf thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head. 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar : it is a burnt-offering unto the Lord : it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 19 And thou shalt take the other ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right Consecration of the priests. EXODUS 30. Continual burnt-offering. ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him : and lie shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration : 23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord : 24 And thou shalt jDut all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave-offering before the Lord. 25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn thetu upon the altar for a ]>urnt-oftering, for a sweet savour before the Lord : it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it /or a wave-offering before the Lord : and it shall be thy i^art. 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave- offering, which is waved' and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons; 28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel ; for it is an heave-offering : and it shall be an heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering unto the Lord. 29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy ]>lace. 31 And thou shalt take the ram of the con- secration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 33 And they shall eat those things where- with the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. 34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecra- tions, or of the bread, remain unto the morn- ing, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee : seven days shalt thou consecrate them. 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin-offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atone- ment for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 38 IT Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: 40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil ; and the fourth part of an hin of wine. /'or a drink-offering. 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat-offering of the morning, and according to the drink-offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 42 This shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord; where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. 43 IT And there I will meet with the chil- dren of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. 45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them : I am the Lord their God. CHAPTER 30. 1 The altar of incense. 11 The ransom of souls. 17 The hrasen laver. 22 The holy anointing oil. 34 The composition of the perfume. AND thou shalt make an altar to burn . incense u ^ :n : of shittim-wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; four-square shall it be: and two cubits .shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof I'ound aljout, and the lioi-ns thereof ; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou 101 The ransom of souls. EXODUS 31. The holy anointing oil. make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim- wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of tlie testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet in- cense every morning : when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamj^s at even, he shall l)urn incense upon it, a per- I^etual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-sacrifice, nor meat-offering ; neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon. 10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin-offering of atonements : once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations : it is most holy unto the Lord. 11 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto -the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there J)e no plague among them, when thou numberest them. 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are inimljered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary : (a shekel is twenty gerahs :) an half shekel shall he the offering of the Lord. 14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when the)/ give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. 16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation ; that it may be a memoiial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. 17 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal : and thou shalt put it between the taber- nacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt 2^ut water therein. 19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereiit : 20 When they go into the tal)ernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not ; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to Ijurn offering made by fire unto the Lord : 21 8o they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations, 102 22 IT Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hun- dred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil-olive an hin : 25 And thou slialt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. 26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy : whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. This shall be an holy anoint- ing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be jDoured, neither shall ye make a7iy other like it, after the composition of it : it is holy, and it shall 1)6 holy unto you. 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. 34 IT And the Lord said unto jMoses, Take unto thee sweet sjjices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum ; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like ■iveiijlit : 35 And thou shalt make it a jierfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy : 36 And thou shalt beat sotne of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee : it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves accord- ing to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. CHAPTER 31. 2 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called, and qitalified for the work of the tabernacle. 12 The observation of the sabbath is again commamled. IS Moses receiveth the two tables. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, l\. 2 8ee, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah ; Benjamin West MOSES RECEIVING LAW AND COMMANDMENTS ON MOUNT SINAI.^ExOD. xxxi. The Sabbath to be observed. EXODUS 32. The golden calf. 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in know- ledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, toset them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee ; 7 The tabernacle of the congregation and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 9 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, 10 And the clothes of service, and the holy gar- ments for Aanm the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet in- cense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 12 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep : for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations ; that j/e may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the saljbath therefore ; for it is holy unto you : every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death : for whosoever doeth a7iy work therein, tliat soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days may work be done ; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord : v/hosoever doeth ant/ work in the sabbath-day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, fo?^ a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. 18 IT And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. CHAPTER 32 1 The people, in the absence of Moses, cause Aaron to make a calf. 7 God is angered thereby. 11 At the entreaty of Moses he is appeased. 15 Moses cometh down with the tables. 19 He breaketh them. 20 He destroy eth the calf. 21 Aaron's excvse for him- self. 25 Moses causeth the idolaters to be slain. 30 He prayeth for the people. AND when the people saw that Moses de- J\. layed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him. Up, make us gods, 104 which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them. Break off the golden ear-rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake off the golden ear-rings which rvere in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received the7n at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said. These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought f}hee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it ; and Aaron made proclamation, and said. To-morrow is a feast to the Lord. 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 7 H And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them : they have made them a molten calf, and have wor- shipioed it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said. These he thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this iDeo^jle, and, behold, it is a stiff- necked people : 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. 11 IT And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand 1 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bi-ing them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to con- sume them fi-om the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy peoj^le. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven ; and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. 14 And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his peojjle. 15 ^ And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables we7^e written on both their sides ; on the one side and on the other ^vere they written. 16 And the tables tvej-e the work of God, and the writing 7vas the writing of God, graven upon the tables. The tvrath of Moses. EXODUS 33. The Divine 2}resence tvithdrawn. 1 7 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 19 IT And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the A MOLTEN CALF (T/ie Egyptian god Apis). calf, and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20 IT And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it ujjon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. 21 IT And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot : thou knowest the peo^Dle, that they are set on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us : for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is be- come of him. 24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me : then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. 25 TF And when Moses saw that the people were naked ; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies :) 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lokd's side? let himi come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 27 And he said unto them. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his com- panion, and every man his neighl)Our. 28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses : and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 For Moses had said, Consecrate your- selves to-day to the Lokd, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother ; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. 30 IT And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin : and now I will go up unto the Lord; perad venture I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold ! 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whoso- ever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee : behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. 35 And the Lo^D plagued the people, be- cause they made fhe calf, which Aaron made. CHAPTER 33. 1 The Lord refiiseth to go loith the people. 4 The peojyle motim thereat. 7 The tabernacle is removed out of the camp. 9 The Lord talketh familiarly with Moses out of the cloudy pillar. 12 Moses desireth to see the glory of God. AND the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, J^ and go up hence, thou and the ijeoi^le which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying. Unto thy seed will I give it : 2 And I will send an Angel before thee ; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jel)usite : 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey : for I will not go up in the midst of thee ; for thou art a stiff-necked people : lest I consume thee in the way. 4 1 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned : and no man did put on him his ornaments. 5 For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff- necked people : I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee : therefore now j^ut off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 6 And the children of Israel sti'ipped them- selves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. 7 IT And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camj), and called it The Tabernacle of the Congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. 8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent- door, and lot)ked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. 9 IT And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle the cloudy pillar de- 105 The Lord talks with Moses, EXODUS 34 aTid makes covenant tvith Israel. scended, and stood at the door of the taber- nacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the taoernacle-door : and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man m his tent-door. 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man sjjeaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. 12 IT And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me. Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. 14 And he said. My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. 15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not vnth me, carry us not up hence. 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy jjeople have found grace in thy sight '? is it not in that thou goest with US'? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the jDeople that are upon the face of the earth. 17 And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast si^oken : for thou hast found grace in my sight, and 1 know thee by name. 18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness l^ass before thee, and I will i^roclaim the name of the Lord before thee ; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 20 And he said. Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live. 21 And the Loud said. Behold, there is a place by me, and tliou shalt stand upon a rock : 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by : 23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts : but my face shall not be seen. CHAPTER 34. 1 The tables are reneived. i The name of the LORD proclaimed. 8 Muses entreateth God to go with the people. 10 God maketh a covenant u'ith them, re- peating certain duties of the first table. 27 Moses after forty days in the mount cometh down with the tables. 29 His face shincth, and he covereth it with a vail. A ND the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two ix tables of stone like unto the first : and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. 106 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. 3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 4 IT And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first ; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 5 And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. 6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, mer- ciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abun- dant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniqiiity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 8 IF And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. 9 And he said. If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiff-necked people ; and pai'don our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. 10 "fT And he said. Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy jjeople I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation : and all the people among which thou a)-t shall see the work of the Lord : for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 1 1 Observe thou that which I command thee this day : behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhal)itants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee : 13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves : 14 For thou shalt worship no other god : for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God : 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the in- habitants of the land, and they go after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice ; 16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go after their gods, and make thy sons go after their gods. 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 18 IT The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat un- leavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib : for in the month Abil) thou camest out from Egypt. ] 9 All that openeth the matrix is mine ; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. God's instriKtions to Moses. EXODUS 35. Moses descends from the Mount. FREE GIFTS FOR THE TABERNACLE, — Exod. XXXV. 22. 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb : and if thou redeem Mm not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. 21 IF Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing-time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 22 H And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the first-fruits of wheat-harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. 23 IT Thrice in the year shall all your men- children appear before the Lord (ilod, the God of Israel. 24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders : neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year. 25 Thou shalt not oflfer the lilood of my sacrifice with leaven ; neither shall the sacri- fice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. 26 The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt Ijring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 27 IT And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words : for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 28 And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 29 IT And it came to Sass, when Moses came own from mount Sinai ^ ;; with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone ; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them ; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him : and Moses talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh : and he gave them in connnand- ment all that the Lord liad spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 34 But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off", until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone : and Moses i)ut the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. CHAPTER 35. t The. sabhath. i The free gifts for the tahemaele. 20 The readiness of the people to offer. 30 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the work. AND Moses gathered all the congregation of _ the children of Israel together, and said unto them. These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them. 107 Free gifts for the Tabernacle. EXODUS 36. Bezaleel and Aholiab. 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whoso- ever doeth work therein shall be put to death, 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath-day. 4 IT And Moses spake unto all the congre- gation of the children of Israel, saying, This ts the thing which the Lord commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord : whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver, and brass, 6 And blue, and purj^le, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' haii\ 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim-wood, 8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 9 And onyx-stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 10 And every wise-hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath com- manded ; 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his cover- ing, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, 12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy-seat, and the vail of the covering, 13 The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shew-bread, 14 The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, 15 And the incense-altar, and his staves, and the anointing-oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the taljernacle, 16 The altar of ixirnt-offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, 18 The pins of the taljernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, 19 The clothes of service, to do service in the holy ^^^ac^, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. 20 IF And all the congregation of the chil- dren of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they l)rought the Lord's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregati(jn, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, ami brought bracelets, and ear-rings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold : and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord. 23 And every man, with whom was found 108 blue, and purjole, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. 24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord's offering : and every man, with whom was found shittim- wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25 And all the women that were wise- hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. 27 And the rulers brought onyx-stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the bi'eastplate ; 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every ixian and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. 30 T And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called l)y name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah ; 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workman- ship ; 32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in l^rass, 33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. 34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. CHAPTER 36. 1 The offerings are delivered to the workmen. 5 The liberality of the people is restrained. 8 The curtains tcith cherubiins. 14 The curtains of goats' hair. 19 The covering of skins. 20 The boards with their sockets. 31 The bars. 35 The vail. 37 The hang- ing for the door. rPHEN wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and X every wise-hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it : Curtains of the Tabernacle. EXODUS 36. Boards of the Tabernacle. 3 And they received of Moses all the offer- ing, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free-offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise men, that wrovight all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made ; 5 1 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make. 6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying. Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 8 *[[ And every wise- hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains o/fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: \Ldth cheru- bims of cunning work made he them. 9 The length of one cur- tain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : the curtains were all of one size. 10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another : and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the sel- vedge in the coupling: proclamation likewise he made m the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which ^vas in the coujoling of the second : the loops held one curtain to another. 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches : so it became one tal^ernacle. 14 IT And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. 15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits ivas the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. 16 And he coupled five curtains by them- selves, and six curtains by themselves. 17 And he made fifty loops upon the utter- most edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 19 IF And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. 20 II And he made l)oards for the tabernacle q/" shittim-wood, standing up. 21 The length of a board ivas ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 22 One board had two tenons, equally dis- tant one from another : thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward : 24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board, for his two tenons. 25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, ivhich is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, 23 And their forty soc- kets of silver ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. 28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled to- gether at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. 30 And there were eight boards ; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. 31 IT And he made bars of shittim-wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides west- ward. 33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 IT Andhemadea vail o/ blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cherubims made he it of cunning-work. 109 TO THE PEOPLE. • — Exod. xxxvi. 6, The ark awl the mercy-seat. EXODUS 37. The tables and vessels. 36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim-?/'oo(7, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 37 IT And he made an hanging for the tabernacle -door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needle-work ; 38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold : but their five sockets u'ere of brass. CHAPTER 37. 1 The ark. 6 The mercy-seat with cheruhims. 10 The table with his vessels. 17 The catidlestick with his lamps and instniments. 25 The altar of incense. 29 The anointing oil and siveet incense. AND Bezaleel made the ark of shittim- _ wood : two cubits and a half ivas the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it : 2 And he overlaid it with joure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it ; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. 4 And he made staA^es of shittim-wood, and ovei'laid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6 TF And he made the mercy-seat of jjure gold ; two cubits and a half icas the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy-seat ; 8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side : out- of the mercy-seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy -seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy-seat-ward were the faces of the cherubims. 10 1" And he made the table of shittim- wood : two cubits teas the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof : 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about. 12 Also he made thereunto a border of an hand-breadth round about ; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings ujion the four corners that 7vere in the four feet thereof. 14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. 1.5 And he made the staves o/' shittim-wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. 16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his siDOons, and his IdowIs, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold. 17 If And he made the candlestick of pure FASHIONING THK FURNITURE FOR THE TABERNACLE. — Exod. XXXvii. 110 The golden candlestick. EXODUS 38. The court of the Tabernacle. gold : of beaten work made he the candle- stick ; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same : 18 Ana six branches going out of the sides thereof ; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower : so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick. 20 And in the candlestick ivere four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers : 21 And aknop under two branches of thesame, and a knop undei' two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. 22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made his seven lamjDS, and his snuffers, and his snuflF-dishes, o/'pure gold. 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. 25 IF And he made the incense-altar of shittim-wood : the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was four- square ; and two cubits was the height of it ; the horns thereof were of the same. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, hoth the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it : also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. 28 And he made the staves of shittim-wood, and overlaid them with gold. 29 1 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, accord- ing to the work of the ajoothecary. CHAPTER 38. 1 The altar of burnt-offering. 8 The laver of brass. 9 The eo^irt. 21 The sum of that which the people offered. AND he made the altar of burnt offering of XJl shittim-wood : five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was four-square; and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same : and he overlaid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the flesh-hooks, and the fire-pans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4 And he made for the altar a brazen grate of net -work under the compass thereof be- neath unto the midst of it. 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. 6 And he made the staves of shittim-wood, and overlaid them with brass. 7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. 8 IT And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the looking-glasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 9 IT And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court ive7'e of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits : 10 Their pillars ivere twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 1 1 And for the north side the hangings tvere an hundred cubits, their pillars wei'e twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 1 3 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And for the other side of the court-gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their jiillars three, and their sockets three. 16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. 17 And the sockets for the jDillars ivere of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver ; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18 And the hanging for the gate of the court VMS needle-work, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. 19 And their- pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. 20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, ivere of brass. 21 IF This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the jDriest. 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisa- mach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer iri blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. 24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the woi'k of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver of them that were num- bered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and 111 The sum of the offerings. EXODUS 39. The ejihod and the breastplate. threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to he numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hun- dred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the i^illars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them. 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy 3 And they did beat the gold into thin Elates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the lue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, vith cunning work. 4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, to couple it together : Ijy the two edges was it coupled together. 5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof ; of gold, blue, and purj^le, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses. 6 And they wrought onyx-stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the cliildren of Israel. 7 And he j^ut them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial THEY BEAT THE GOLD INTO THIN PLATES. — Exod. Xxxix. 3. talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. 30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, 31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court-gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. CHAPTER 39. 1 The clothes of service, and holy garments. 2 The ephod. 8 The breastplate. 22 The robe of the ephod. 27 The coats, mitre, and girdle of fine linen. 30 The place of the holy croimi. 32. All is viewed and approved by Hoses. AND of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, - they made clothes of service, to do service in the holy ^j»^ace, and made the holy garments for Aaron ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 2 IF And he made the ephod o/gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 112 to the children of Israel; as the Lord com- manded Moses. 8 IF And he made the breastplate q/" cunning work, like the work of the ephod ; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 It was four-square ; they made the breast- jDlate double : a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, beinr/ doubled. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones : the fir-^t row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this was the first row. 11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper : they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. 14 And the stones ivere according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, accord- ing to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. The robe of the ephod. 15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, o/wreathen work o/pure gold. 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings ; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. 17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and Eut them on the shoulder-iDieces of the ephod, efore it. 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which vxis on the side oi the ephod inward. 20 And they made two other golden rings, and iDut them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ei^hod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ejahod; as the Lord commanded Moses. 22 IT And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all o/blue. 23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, rvith a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, a^icT twined linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates ; 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the POMEGRANATE [Punica granatum) EXODUS 40. Tahernaele furniture cortij>leted. robe to minister in; as the Lord commanded Moses. 27 T And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, 28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needle- work ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 30 IT And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LOEd! 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 IT Thus was all the work of the tabei-nacle of the tent of the congregation finished : and the children of Isi-ael did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. 33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furnitui'e, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, 34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat, 36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shew-bread, 37 The pure candlestick, with the lamps there- of, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, 39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, thelaver and his foot, 40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, 41 The clothes of service to do service in the holy place., and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. 42 According to all that the Lord com- manded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. 43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. CHAPTER 40. 1 The. tahernaele is commanded to be reared, 9 and anointed. 12 Aaron and his sons to be sanctified. 16, 17, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30, 33 3loscs perforvieth all things accordingly. 34 A cloud covereth the tabernacle. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, . 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, H U3 The tabernacle to he sanctified. EXODUS 40. The tabernacle reared up. 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it ; and thou shalt bring in the candle- stick, and light the lamjos thereof. 5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt- offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 7 And thou shalt set the laver. between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office : for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. 16 IT Thus did Moses : according to all that the LoKD commanded him, so did he. 17 IT And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. ^-sm-mmmiimmt^ ^ryfkiiCmi^'sr^''^^'' SF.TTING UP THE TABERNACLE. — ExOiL xl. (I'iciu of the plain n/the encampment.) about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. 9 IF And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof : and it shall be holy. 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt-oflFering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar : and it shall be an altar most holy. 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 12 IF And thou shalt Ijring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the taljernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him ; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats : X14 18 And Moses reared ujd the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and jDut the covering of the tent above upon it ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 20 TF And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark : 21 And he brought the ark into the taber- nacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 22 TF And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. 23 And he set the bread in oi'der upon it be- fore the Lord ; as the Lord had commanded Moses. Moses finishes the work. EXODUS 40. A cloud covers the tabernacle. 24 IT And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 25 And he lighted the lamps before the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 26 IT And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail : 27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 28 IT And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the altar of burnt-offering bp the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt- offering and the meat-offering; as the Lord commanded Moses. 30 IT And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat : 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the Lord com- manded Moses. 33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. 34 IT Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys : 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. British Mwn'uiii EGYPTIAN DAGGERS, ETC., OF SILVER BKONZK, AND FLINT. 115 AARON AND HIS SONS PREPARING A BURNT SACRIFICE.— Lev. i. and iv. i8. THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED LEYITICUS CHAPTER 1. 1 The biirnt-offerings, 3 of the herd, 10 of the flocks, 14 of the fowls. [ND the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 2 Speak unto the chil- dren of Israel, and say unto them. If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. 3 IF If his offering he a burnt-sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish : he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord. 4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering ; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord: and the i^riests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is hi/ the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 6 And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire : 8 And the i^riests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar : 9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to he a burnt-sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 II And if his offering he of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-sacrifice ; he shall bring it a male with- out blemish. 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat : and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar : 13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water : and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt-sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 14 H And if the burnt-sacrifice for his offer- ing to the Lord he of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. 15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wi-ing off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar : 16 And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes : 17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, hut shall not divide it asunder : and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire : it is a burnt- sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. CHAPTER 2. 1 The meat-offering of flour with oil and incense, 4 either baken in the oven, 5 or on a plate, 7 or in a frying-pan. 12 The oblation of the first-fruits not to be burnt. 13 The salt of the meat-offering. 14 The meat-offering of the first-fruits in the ear. AND when any will offer a meat-offering J\. unto the Lord, his offering shall _ be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon : 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests : and he shall take thereout his hand- ful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to he an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 3 And the remnant of the meat-offering shall he Aaron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 4 IT And if thou bring an oblation of a meat-offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. 5 IT And if thy oblation he a meat-offering haken in a pan, it shall he of fine flour un- leavened, mingled with oil. 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon : it is a meat-offering. 7 IF And if thy oblation be a meat-offering baken in the frying-pan, it shall be made o/ fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat-offering that is made of these things unto the Lord: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. 117 The meat-offering. LEVITICUS 3, 4. The 2)eace-offering. 9 And the priest shall take from the meat- offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar : it is an offering made by- fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 And that which is left of the meat-offer- ing shall he Aaron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 1 1 No meat-offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire. 12 ^ As for the obla- tion of the first-fruits, HIS OFFERING, A KID OF THE GOATS. — Lev. iv. 23. ye shall offer them unto the Lord : but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. _ 13 If And every oblation of thy meat-offer- ing shaft thou season with salt ; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat-offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. 14 IT And if thou offer a meat-offering of thy first-fruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat-offering of thy first-fruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. 15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon : it is a meat-offering. 16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and 2)art of the oil thereof, with all the frankin- cense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. CHAPTER 3. 1 The peace-offering of the herd, 6 of the flock; 7 either a lamb, 12 or a goat. AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace- offering, if he offer it of the herd ; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it with- out blemish before the Lord. 2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace-offering an offering made by fire unto 118 the Lord ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire : it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 6 IT And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offering unto the Lord be of the flock ; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the taber- nacle of the congregation : and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace-offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the back- bone ; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord. 12 IT And if his offering he a goat, then he shall offer it l^efore the Lord. 13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the l)lood thereof upon the altar round about. 14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 16 And the priest shall burn them uiDon the altar : it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour : all the fat is the Lord's. n It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. CHAPTER 4. 1 The sin-offering of ignorance for the priest, 13 for the congregation, 22 for a ruler, 27 for any of the people. A ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, xjl 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- ing. If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them ; The sin-offerhig LEVITICUS 4. of ignorance. 3 If the jDriest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people ; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without ])lemish unto the Lord for a siii-oftering. 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lokd ; and shall lay his hand upon the Ijullock's head, and kill the bullock before the Lord. 5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock*s blood, and Ijring it to the tabernacle of the congregation : 6 And the pi-iest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the vail of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest shall put some of the l^lood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation ; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin-offering ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwai'ds, 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, 10 As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace-offerings : and the ]jriest shall burn them upon the altar of the Inirnt- offering. 11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, 12 Even the whole l)ullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean jilace, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire : where the ashes are poured out shall he be ])urnt. 13 H And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty ; _ 14 When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the taljernacle of the con- gregation. 15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord. 16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation : 17 And the priest shall dip his finger m some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, even before the vail. 18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the congre- gation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar. 20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin-offering, so shall he do with this : and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock : it is a sin-offering for the congregation. 22 IT When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty ; 23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish : 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before the Lord : it is a sin-ofi'ering. 25 And the priest shall take of the ])lood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering. 26 And he shall liurn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace- offerings : and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 27 H And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth some- what against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty ; 28 Or if his sin, which he hath sin- ned, come to his knowledge : then he shall bring his offer- ing, a kid of the goats, a female with- out blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offer- ing, and slay the sin-offering in the place of the burnt- offering. 30 And the priesi/ shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of p^r ^g trespass two the altar of burnt- turtle-doves. offering, and shall —Lev. v. 7. 119 The trespass-offering LEVITICUS 5, 6. for sins of ignorance. pour out aU the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 31 And he shall take away all the fat there- of, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the Lokd; and tlie priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. 32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. 33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and slay it for a sin- offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering. 34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offer- ing, and shall j^our out all the l^lood thereof at the bottom of the altar : 35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace-offerings ; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord : and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. CHAPTER 5. 1 The trespass-offering of one that sinneth in concealing Tm's knoivledge, in touching an unclean thing, or in making an oath; from the flock, 7 or of fowls, 11 or of flour. 14 The trespass-offering in sacrilege, 17 and in sins of ignorance. AND if a soul sin, and hear the voice of JLA. swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. 2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it he a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and ?;/"it be hidden from him ; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it he tliat a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. 4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it he that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing : 6 And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin-offering ; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. 7 IT And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord ; one for a sin- offering, and the other for a burnt-offering. 120 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that wnich is for the sin-offer- ing first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder : 9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar : it is a sin-offering. 10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt- offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. 11 IF But if he be not able to bring two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth pebvt of an ephah of fine flour for a sin- offering ; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put amy frankincense thereon : for it is a sin-offering. 12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord : it is a sin-offering. 13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be for- given him : and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat-offering. 14 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass-offering : 16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth jiart thereto, and give it unto the jmest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the tres- pass-offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 17 TF And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord ; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a tresj^ass-offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him con- cerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. 1 9 It is a trespass-offering : he hath certainly trespassed against the Lord. CHAPTER 6. 1 The trespass-offering for sms done wittingly. 8 The law of the burnt-offering, 14 and of the meat-offer- ing. 19 The offering at the consecration of a priest, 24 The law of the sin-offering. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, fx. 2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour Law of the humt-offering. LEVITICUS 6. in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by- violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; 3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein : 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took vio- lently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was de- livered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, 5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely ; he shall even restore it in the prin- cipal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his tres- pass-offering. 6 And he shall bring his trespass -offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a tres- pass - offering, unto the priest : 7 And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LoKD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. 8 TF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt-offering : It is the burnt-offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. 10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he i^ut upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt-offer- ing on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it ; it shall not be put out : and the priest shall burn wood on it every morn- ing, and lay the burnt-offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace-offerings. 13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar : it shall never go out. 14 If And this is the law of the meat-offer- ing: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar. Law of the meat-offering. 15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat-offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the Lord. 16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the " Fire shall ever be burning upon the altar." — Lct. vi. 13. court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. 17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire ; it is most holy, as is the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering. 18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall he a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire : every one that toucheth them shall be holy. 19 IT And the Lord sjjake unto Moses, saying, 20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat- offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. 21 In a pan it shall be made with oil ; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in : and the baken pieces of the meat-offering shalt thou offer /or a sweet savour unto the Lord. 22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it : it is a statute for ever unto the Lord ; it shall be wholly burnt. 23 For every meat-offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt : it shall not be eaten. 24 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying. This IS the law of the sin-offering: In the 121 Laio of the trespass-offering. LEVITICUS 7. Laiv of peace-offerings. place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the sin-offering be killed before the Lord: it is most holy. 26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it : in the holy j^lace shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation. 27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sjirinkled in the holy place. 28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. 29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof : it is most holy. 30 And no sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten : it shall be burnt in the fire. CHAPTER 7. 1 The law of the trespass-offering, 11 and of the peace- offering, 12 whether it he for a thanksgiving, 16 or a V07V, or a free-itnll-offering. 22 The fat and the hlood are forbidden to be eaten. 28 The jrriests' portion in the peace-offerings. LIKEWISE this is the law of the trespass- offering : it is most holy. 2 In the place where they kill the burnt- offering shall they kill the trespass-offering : and the blood thereof shall he sjirinkle round about upon the altar. .3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof ; the rump, and the fat that covereth the in- wards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away : 5 And the priest shall burn them ujjon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the Lord : it is a trespass-offering. 6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy jilace: it is most holy. 7 As the sin-offering is., so is the trespass- offering : there is one law for them : the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it. 8 And the jDriest that offereth any man's burnt-offering, even the i^riest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt-offering which he hath offered. 9 And all the meat-offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying- pan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it. 10 And every meat-offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. 11 IT And this is the law of the sacrifice of Eeace-offerings, which he shall offer unto the lORD. 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and un- 122 leavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace-offerings. 14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole ol)lation for an heave-offering unto the Lord, and it shall be the priest's that si^rinkleth the blood of the jieace-offerings. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace- offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered ; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice : and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten : 17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacri- fice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accejoted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall l)e an aboinination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire : and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. 20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that j^^'t'tctif*' unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing., as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable un- clean tiling, and eat of the flesh of the sacri- fice of i)eace-ofterings, which pertain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 22 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- ing. Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. 24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use : but ye shall in no wise eat of it. 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his jieople. 26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, liihether it he of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 27 Whatsoever soul it he that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his peojale. 28 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace- offerings unto the Lord shall bring his oblation unto the Lord of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings. 30 His own hands shall bring the offerings Priests' jmrtion of the offerings. LEVITICUS 8. Aaron aiid his sons consecrated. of the Lord made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before the Lord. 31 And the priest shall burn the fat ui^on the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave-offering of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings. 33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. 34 For the wave-breast and the heave- shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their Seace-offerings, and ave given them un- to Aai'on the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the chil- dren of Israel. 35 H This is the jwrtion of the anoint- ing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offer- ings of the Lord made by fire, in the day whe7i he pre- sented them to minis- ter unto the Lord in the priest's office ; 36 Which the Lord commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations. 37 This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meat-offering, and of the sin-offer- ing, and of the tres- pass-offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings ; 38 Which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai. CHAPTER 8. 1 Moses consecrateth Aaroyi and his sons, l-l Their sin-offering. 18 Their burnt-offering. 22 The ram of consecration. 31 The place and time of their consecration. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, xJL 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin-offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread ; 3 And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him ; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 5 And Moses said unto the congregation. This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done. 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he gixxled him with the curious gii'dle of the ephod, and bound it unto him there- with. 8 And he i^ut the breastplate upon him : also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. 9 And he put the mitre upon his head ; also upon the mitre, even uj^on his fore- front, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the taber- nacle and all that was therein, and sanc- tified them. 1 1 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. 12 And he poured of the anointing oil and anointed him, to HIGH PRIEST IN ROBES AND BREASTPLATE. — Lev. viii. 8. head, upon Aaron's sanctify him. 13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the Lord commanded Moses. 14 IT And he brought the bullock for the sin-offering : and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin-offering. 15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make recon- ciliation upon it. 16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and 123 Moses consecrates LEVITICUS 8. Aaron and his sons. the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. 17 But the bullock, his hide, and his flesh, he burnt with fire without the camp ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 18 IF And he brought the ram for the burnt- offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 20 And he cut the ram into i^ieces ; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt-sacrifice for a sweet savour, a7id an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 22 IF And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration : and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24 And he Drought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet : and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that 7vas upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder : 26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder : 27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave-offering before the Lord. 28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt the^n on the altar upon the burnt-offering : they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the Lord : for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which ivas upon the altar, and si^rinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his gar- ments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 31 "IF And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons. Boil the flesh at the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation : and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of conse- crations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end : for seven days shall he consecrate you. 34 As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an atone- ment for you. 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not : for so I am com- manded. 36 So Aaron and his sons did allthingswhich the Lord com- manded by the hand of Moses. 124 ' Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock."— i.^*. viii. 14. Aaron's offerings for LEVITICUS 9. himself and the people. CHAPTEK 9. 1 The first offerings of Aaron for himself and for the people. 8 The sin-offering, 12 and the burnt-offer- ing for himself. 15 The offerings for the people. 23 Moses and Aaron bless the people, and fire Cometh out from the Lord upon the altar. AND it came to pass on the eighth day, . that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel ; 2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying. Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin-offering ; and a calf and a lamb, hath of the first yeai', without blemish, for a burnt- offering ; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace-offer- ings, to sacrifice before the Lord ; and a meat- offering mingled with oil : for to-day the Lord will appear unto you. 5 And they brought that which Moses com- manded before the tabernacle of the congre- gation : and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord. 6 And Moses said. This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall aj^pear unto you. 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make an atone- ment for thyself, and for the people : and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord com- manded. 8 IT Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which ivas for himself. 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the l^lood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it ujDon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin-ofifering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord commanded Moses. 11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he slew the burnt -offering- and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. 13 And they presented the burnt-offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head : and he burnt them upon the altar. 14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt-offering on the altar. 15 IT And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which tvas the sin-offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. 16 And he brought the burnt-offering, and offered it according to the manner. 17 And he brought the meat-offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt-sacrifice of the morning. 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram /or a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for "Abide at the door of the tabernacle day and night." — Lez>. viii. 35. the people : and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 19 And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver : 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar : 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave-offering before the Lord; as Moses commanded. 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and peace-offerings. 23 IT And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. 24 And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. 125 Death of Nadab and Ahihu. CHAPTER 10. 1 Nadab and Ahihu, for offering utrange fire, are burnt by fire. 6 Aaron and his sons are forbidden to mown for them. 8 The priests are forbidden wine when they are to go into the tabernacle. 12 The law of eating the holy things. 16 Aaron's excuse for transgressing thereof. AND Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, J\. took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Moses said unto LEVITICUS 10. Law of eating the holy things. for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. 8 IF And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations : 10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean ; 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 12 IF And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons " Which when all the people saw, they shouted and fell on their faces." — Lev, Ix. 24. Aaron, This is it that the Lord spa.ke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glori- fied. And Aaron held his peace. 4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. 6 IF And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons. Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled. 7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die : 126 that were left. Take the meat-offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar : for it is most holy : 13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire : for so I am commanded. 14 And the wave-breast and heave-shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place ; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee : for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace-offerings of the children of Israel. 15 The heave-shoulder and the wave-breast shall they luring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offering before the Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever ; as the Lord hath commanded. 16 IF And Moses diligently sought the goat Aaroti's excuse. LEVITICUS 11. What beasts may be eaten. of the sin-offering, and, behold, it was burnt : and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron xvhich loere left alive, saying, 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin- offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atone- ment for them before the Lord? 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy j^ldce. : ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded. 19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before the Lord; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord? 20 And when Moses heard that^ he was content. CHAPTEE 11. 1 What beasts may, 4 aiui what may not ba eaten : 0 What fishes: 13 What fowls. 29 The creeijutg things ivhich are iincleaii. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and to J\. Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, a7ul cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof ; he is unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud ; he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch ; they are unclean to you. 9 IT These shall ye eat of all that ai'e in the waters : whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is THE SIN OF NADAB AND ABUIU. — Lev. X. 1,2. 127 Distinction of animals CONEY [Hyrax Syriaciis). in the waters, they shall he an abomination unto you : 1 1 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall he an abomination unto you. 13 IT And these are they xvhich ye shall have in abomination among the fowls ; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination : the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind ; 15 Every raven after his kind ; 'J:6 And the owl, and the night-hawk, and tlie cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, .17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18 And the swan, and the jpelican, and the gier-eagle, 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall he an abomination unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; 22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald-locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall he an abomina- tion unto you. 24 And for these ye shall be unclean : who- soever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. 25 And whosoever beareth ouffht of the car- case of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you : every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of oeasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. 128 LEVITICUS 11. into clean and unclean. __^_ 28 And he that beareth the carcase of them t||||^*^ shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : they are unclean unto you. 29 H These also shall he unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon _ the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, ^ 30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep : whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. 32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean ; whether it he any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it he, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even • so it shall be cleansed. 33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean ; and ye shall break it. 34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every siich vessel shall be unclean. 35 And every thing whereupon any -part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean ; whether it he oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down : for they ai'e unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. 36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. 37 And if any j^art of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shnll he clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the seed. i-p'^' VULTURE, Creeping things unclean. LEVITICUS 12. Purification of women. and any x>art of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die ; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and he unclean until the even. 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall he an abomination ; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or CHAPTER 12. 1 The purification of a tcoman after childbirth. 6 Her offerings for her purifyinij. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, . 2 (Speak unto the children of Israel, say- ing, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man-child : then she shall be unclean seven days ; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be un- clean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood PRIEST EXAMINING FOR LEPROSY. — Lev. xiii. whatsoever hath more feet among all creep- ing things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. 43 Ye shall not make yourselves abomin- able with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am the Lord your God : ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy ; for I am holy : neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth : 47 To make a difference between the un- clean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 IF And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offei-ing, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest : 7 Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. 8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons ; the one for the burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. 129 Laivs concerning leprosy. LEVITICUS 13. Tokens of leprosy. CHAPTER 13. 1 The laws and tokens wherebij theiiriest is to he guided in discerning the leprosy. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, J\. saying, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests : 3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and tvhen the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy : and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 4 If the bright spot he white in the skin of his llesh, and in sight he not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white ; then the priest shall shut up hivi that hath the plague seven days : 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin ; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more : 6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day : and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dfark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is hut a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and l^e clean. 7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again : 8 And (/' the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a leprosy. 9 IT When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest ; 10 And the priest shall see hiyn: and, be- hold, (/" the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there he quick raw flesh in the rising; 11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. 12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh ; 13 Then the jjriest shall consider: and, be- hold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pi'onounce him clean that hath the plague : it is all turned white : he is clean. 14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to he unclean : for the raw flesh is unclean : it is a leprosy. 16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest ; 130 17 And the priest shall see him : and, behold, (/' the i^lague be turned into white ; then the priest shall pronounce hi)n clean that hath the plague : he is clean. 18 IT The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest ; 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white ; the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there he no white hairs thei'ein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark ; then the priest shall shut him up seven days : 22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a plague. 23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil ; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 24 IF Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whei-eof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white ; 25 Then the priest shall look tipon it : and, behold, if the hair in the. bright sjDot be turned white, and it he in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning : wherefore the priest shall j^ronouuce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the pi'iest shall shut him up seven days : 27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day : and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, Ijut it be some- what dark ; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the Ijurning. 29 IT If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard ; 30 Then the priest shall see the plague : and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin ; and there be in it a yellow thin hair ; then the priest shall jironounce him unclean : it is a dry scall, even a lej^rosy upon the head or beard. 31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up hi?n that hath the plague of the scall seven days : 32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague : and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall he not in sight deeper than the skin ; 33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he Tokens and discerning LEVITICU8 13. of leprosy. not shave; and the priest shall shut \\\i him that hath the scall seven days more: 34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall : and, behold, if the scall be not sjiread in the skin, nor he in sight deeijer than the skin ; then the ])riest shall pronounce him clean : and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing ; 36 Then the priest shall look on him : and, be- hold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair ; he is unclean. 37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein ; the scall is healed, he is clean : and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38 II If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright S250ts; 39 Then the priest shall look : and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white ; it is a fi-eckled spot that groweth in the skin ; he is clean. 40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald ; yet is he clean. 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald : yet is he clean. 42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore ; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald fore- head. 43 Then the jjriest shall look upon it : and, behold, if the rising of the sore he white red- dish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh ; 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean : the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. 45 And the leper in whom the plague ^s, his clothes shall be rent, and his head Ijare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry. Unclean, unclean. 46 All the days wherein the plague shall he in him he shall be defiled ; he is unclean : he shall dwell alone ; without the camp shall his habitation he. 47 IT The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it he a woollen garment, or a linen garment ; 48 Whether it he in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen ; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin ; 49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; it is a plague of lejDrosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest : 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days : WILDERNESS OF JUDE.'V, NEAR CAMP AT GILGAL. " Without the camp." — Lev. xiii. 46. 131 Rites and sacrifices LEVITICUS 14. in cleansing a leper. 51 And he shall look on the jjlague on the seventh day : if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the ovarii, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. 52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is : for it is a fretting lej)rosy ; it shall be burnt in the fire. 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not sj^read in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; 54 Then the priest shall comiaiand that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more : 55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed : and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread ; it is unclean ; thou shalt burn it in the fire ; it is fret inward, whether it he bare within or without. 56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague he somewhat dark after the washing of it ; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof : 57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warj), or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; it is a spreading plague : thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. 58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it he., which thou shalt wash, if the plague be dejjarted from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pro- nounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. CHAPTER 14. 1 The rites and sacrifices in cleansing of the leper. 33 The signs of leprosy in a house. 48 The cleansing of that house. A ND the LoKD spake unto Moses, saying, J\. 2 IT This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing : He shall be brought unto the priest : 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp ; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the lej^er ; 4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to l^e cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop : 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water : 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar- wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water : 132 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pi'onounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. 8 And he that is to l^e cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may l^e clean ; and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. 9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off" his head and his beard and his eyel^rows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth-deals of fine flour for a meat-oftering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. 11 And the i^riest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : 12 And the i^riest shall take one he-lamb, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before the Lord : 13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the holy place : for as the sin-offering is the priest's, so is the trespass- offering : it is most holy : 14 And the j^riest shall take sotne of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tij:) of the right ear of him tliat is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and ujjon the great toe of his right foot : 15 And the priest shall take so7ne of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand : 16 And the jDriest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord : 17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest jDut upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass-offering : 18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour ujjon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord. 19 And the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness ; and after- ward he shall kill the burnt-offering : _ 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt-offer- ing and the meat-offering upon the altar : and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 21 And if he he poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a Rites and sacrifices LEVITICUS 14. in cleansing a leiier. ♦ ■ Let go the living bird." — Lev. .xiv. 53. trespass-offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth-deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering, and a log of oil ; 22 And two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering. 23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lord. 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the Eriest shall wave them for a wave-offering efore the Lord : 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the tres- pass-offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass-offei'ing, and put it upon the tijj of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot : 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand : 27 And the priest shall sjirinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord : 28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand ujDon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great 133 Leprosy in a house. LEVITICUS 15. Cleansiiui of a house. toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass-ottering : 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the Eriest's hand he shall put upon the head of im that is to be cleansed, to make an atone- ment for him before the Lord. 30 And he shall otter the one of the turtle- doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get ; 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin-ottering, and the other for a burnt- offering, with the meat-ottering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the Lord. 32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which j^ertaineth to his cleansing. 33 IT And the Lord sj^ake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan which I give to you for a jjosses- sion, and I put the iDlague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession ; 35 And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house : 36 Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not macle unclean : and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house : 37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague he in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall ; 38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut u]} the house seven days : 39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look : and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house ; 40 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague i.% and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city : 41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off with- out the city into an unclean place : 42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones ; and he shall take other mortar, and shall j)laster the house. 43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered ; 44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, Ijehold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house : it is unclean. 45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house ; and he shall carry tliem forth out of the -city into an unclean place. 46 iMoreover he that goeth into the house 134 all the while that it is shut up shall he un- clean until the even. 47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. 48 IT And if the pi'iest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plas- tered : then the priest shall joronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. 49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop : 50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water : 51 And he shall take the cedar- wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times : 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the l)ird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet : 53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the oj^en fields, and make an atonement for the house : and it shall be clean. 54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, 55 And for the lejirosy of a garment, and of a house, 56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot : 57 To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean : this is the law of leprosy. CHAPTER 15. 1 The uncleanness of men in their issties. 13 The cleamiing of them. 19 The uncleanness of women in their issues. 28 Their cleansing. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and to . Aaron, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When any man hath a run- ning issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. 3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean : and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and liathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 8 And if he that hath the issue spit ui^on Ceremonial 2mrijications. LE V I TI C U S 16. flif/h jmest in th e holy place. him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean. 10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even : and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe him- self in water, and be unclean until the even. 12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue ; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in run- ning water, and shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest : 15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt- offering ; and the i^riest shall make an atone- ment for him before the Lokb for his issue. 16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. 17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. 18 The woman also with whom man shall lie rvith seed of copulation, they shall hoth bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. 19 1^ And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days : and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean : every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 23 Ajid if it he on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. 24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days ; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. 25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation ; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation : she shall be unclean. 136 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. 27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young i^igeons, and Ijring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 30 And the priest shall oner the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offer- ing; and the ^Driest shall make an atonement for her before the Lord for the issue of her uncleaniiess. 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness ; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith ; 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her which is unclean. CHAPTER 16. 1 How the high priest must enter into the holy place. 11 The sin-offering for himself. 15 The sin-offer- ing for the people. 20 The scape-goat. 29 The yearly feast of the expiations. AND the Lord spake unto Moses after the . death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered Ijefore the Lord, and died ; 2 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy-seat, which is upon the ark ; that he die not : for I will appear in the cloud ujion the mercy-seat. 3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy ^j/ace; with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering. 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches ui^on his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he l^e attired : these a)r holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. 5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt- offering. 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two Aaron^s sin-offering LEVITICUS 16. for himself and the people. goats ; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scape-goat. 9 And Aaron snail bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him /or a sin-offering. 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scape-goat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scajje-goat into the wilderness. 11 TT And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself : 12 And he shall take a censer full of blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it u])on the mercy-seat, and be- fore the mercy-seat : 16 And he shall make an atonement for the hlood ; I will e\en set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 1 1 For the life of the flesh is in the blood : and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat lilood. 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that so- journ among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten ; he shall even i^our out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 14 For it is the life of all flesh ; the l)lood of it is for the life thereof : therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh : for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof : whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. 15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself or that which was torn ^vith beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even : then shall he be clean. 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh ; then he shall bear his iniquity. CHAPTER 18. 1 Unlawful marriages. 19 Unlaivfiil btgts. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, JLJL 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God. 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do : and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein : I am the Lord your God. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments : which if a man do, he shall live in them : I am the Lord. 6 IT None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their naked- ness : I am the Lord. 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the naked- ness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover : she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's naked- ness. 9 The nakedness of thy sistei', the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, 140 whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. 10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their naked- ness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. 11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister : for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. ] 4 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife : she is thine aunt. 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife : it is thy brother's naked- ness. 17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness ; for they are her near kinswomen : it is wickedness. 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex Aer, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. 19 IT Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. 20 ^Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am the Lord. 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind : it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith : neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto : it is confusion. 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things : for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you : 25 And the land is defiled : therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations ; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you : 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled ;) 28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that ivere before you. 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit thein shall be cut off from among their people. A repetition of LEVITICUS 19. su)hdry laws. BETH-HORON, LOOKING TO MEDITERRANEAN. " When the sun is down." — Lev. xxii. 7. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abomin- able customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein : I am the Lokd your God. CHAPTER 19. A repetition of sundry laws. AND the LoED spake unto Moses, saying, J\. 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy : for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 IT Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths : I am the Lord your God. 4 IT Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yo.urselves molten gods : I am the Lord your God. 5 IT And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offer- ings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will. 6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow : and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable ; it shall not be accepted. 8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 9 IT And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God. 11 IT Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 12 1" And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am the Lord. 13 IF Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 IT Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stuml:)ling-block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God : I am the Lord. 15 IT Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment : thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty : hid in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 16 IT Thou shalt not go up and down as a 141 Divers laws 7'epeatecl. LEVITICUS 20. Laws against iniquity. talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neigh- bour: I am the Lord. 17 IT Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in anywise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin ujoon him. 18 TT Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself : I am the Lokd. 19 IT Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a divei'se kind : thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed : neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come ujDon thee. 20 IF And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her ; she shall be scourged ; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 21 And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto the Lord, unto the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass-offering. 22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. 23 Tl And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised : three years shall it be as un- circumcised unto you : it shall not be eaten of. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof : I am the Lord your God. 26 TF Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood ; neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in j^our flesh for the dead, nor i^rint any marks ujion you : I am the Lord. 29 IT Do not prostitvite thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. 30 IT Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and rever- ence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. 31 Tf Eegard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be de- filed by them : I am the Lord your God. 32 IT Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am. the Lord. 33 TT And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one Iwrn among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. 142 35 IT Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just bin, shall ye have : I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egyjot. 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord. CHAPTER 20. 1 Of him that giveth of his seed to Moleeh. i Of him that favoureth such an one. 6 Of going to wizards. 7 Of sanctijieation. 9 Of him that curseth his parents. 10 Of adultery. 11, 14, 17, 19 Of incest. 13 Of sodomy. 15 Of bestiality. IS Of unclean- ness. 22 Obedience is required tvith holiness. 27 Wizards must be put to death. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, j\. 2 ^ Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he he of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth ««?/ of his seed unto Moleeh ; he shall surely be put to death : the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people ; because he hath given of his seed unto Moleeh, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 if And if the people of the land do any- wise hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Moleeh, and kill him not: 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Moleeh, from among their people. 6 IT And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 7 IT (Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy : for I am the Lord your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them : I am the Lord which sanctify you. 9 IT For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death : he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall he ujDon him. 10 IT And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that commit- teth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 IT And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall he upon them. 12 And if a man lie with his daughte-r-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall he upon them. 13 IT If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have w < . > > 2 ^ o :2 P Moral lata. LEVITICUS 21. Law concerning 2)riests. committed an abomination : they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall he upon them. 14 IT And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness : thej^ shall he burnt with fire, both he and they ; that there be no wickedness among you. 15 IT And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be ijut to death : and ye shall slay the beast. 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast : they shall surely be i5ut to death; their blood shall be upon them. 17 IT And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his naked- ness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their j^eople: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. 18 IT And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness ; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood : and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 IT And thou shalt not uncover the naked- ness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister : for he uncovereth his near kin : they shall bear their iniquity. 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's naked- ness : they shall bear their sin ; they shall die childless. 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing : he hath un- covered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. 22 IT Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them : that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nations, which I cast out befoi'e you : for they committed all these things, and there- fore I abhorred them. 24 But I have said unto you. Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey : I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people. 25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between un- clean fowls and clean : and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. 26 And ye shall he holy unto me : for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. 27 _T[ A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall • surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones : their blood shall he upon them. 144 CHAPTER 21. 1 Of the priests' viourning. 6 Of their holiness. 7, 13 Of their marriages. 9 Of a priest's daughter convicted of playing the harlot. 16 The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanc- tuary. AND the Lord said unto ]\Ioses, Speak unto - the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them. There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people : 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 Jjiit he shall not defile himself, heing a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 6 TF They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God : for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. 7 TF They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or pi'ofane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband : for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God : he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, a7n holy. 9 1 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by inlaying the whore, she jDrofaneth her father: she shall be bui^nt with fire. 10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anoint- ing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes ; 1 1 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother ; 12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor j)rofane the sanctuary of his God ; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him : I am the Lord. 13 ^ And he shall take a wife in her ^drginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced wom*n, or jDro- fane, or an harlot, these shall he not take : but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. 15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people : for I the Lord do sanctify him. 16 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he he of thy seed in their generations that hath ani/ blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For whatsoever man he he that hath a blemish, he shall not approach : a blind man, Priests to be without hlemish. LEVITICUS 22. Of jwiests in uncleanness. I ov a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any tiling superfluous, 19 Or a man that is broken-footed, or brcl: en-handed, 20 Or crook-backt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken ; 21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the i^riest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lokd made by fire: he hath a blemish ; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. 23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail nor come nigh unto the altar, because he things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me : I am the Lord. 3 Say unto them. Whosoever he he of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the chil- dren of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence : I am the Lord. 4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue ; he shall not 4 >}J--/^'^-' #« I " Gleaning of thy harvest." — Lev. xxiii. 22. hath a blemish ; that he profane not my sanctuaries : for I the Lord do sanctify them. 24 And ^Nloses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. CHAPTER 22. 1 The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things. 6 Uotu they shall be cleansed. 10 Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things. 17 The sacrifices must be without blemish. 26 The age of the sacrifice. 29 The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving. A ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, J\. 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him ; 5 Or whosoever toucheth any creejDing thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatso- ever uncleanness he hath ; 6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. 7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things ; because it is his food. 8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself there- with : I at/i the Lord. 9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, 145 Sacrifices to he iviihout blemish. LEVITICUS 23. Feasts of the Lord. lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it : I the Lokd do sanctify them. 10 IT There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing : a sojourner of the jiriest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house : they shall eat of his meat. 12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. 13 But if the i^riest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is re- turned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof. 14 IT And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth ^^a/-^ thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the px'iest with the holy thing. 15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Loed ; 16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them. 17 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them. Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will oii'er his oblation for all his vows, and for all his free-will-offerings, which they will offer unto the Lord for a burnt-offering ; 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 B ut whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer : for it shall not be acceptable for you. 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a free-will-ofiering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord. 146 BOOTHS (Sketched at El Mcgdel, Galilee). 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer /or a free-will-offering ; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 24 Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut ; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. 25 j^either from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these ; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them : they shall not be accejDted for you. 26 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam ; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. 29 IT And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will. 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up ; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow : I am, the Lord. 31 Therefore shall ye keep my command- ments, and do them : I am the Lord. 32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name ; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel : I am the Lord which hallow you, 33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : I am the Lord. CHAPTER 23. 1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The sabbath. 4 The pass- over. 9 The sheaf of first-fruits. 15 The feast of Pentecost. 22 Oleanings to be left for the poor. 23 The feast of trumpets. 26 The clay of atonement, 33 The feast of tabernacles. A ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, J\. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy con- vocations, even these are my feasts. 3 IT Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convoca- tion ; ye shall do no work therein : it is the sabbath ^, of the Lord in all your dwellings. 4 IT These aj-e the feasts of the Lord, even holy convo- cations, which ye shall pro- claim in their seasons. 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 7 In the first day ye shall Feast of unleavened bread. LEVITICUS 23. have an holy convocation : ye shall do no servile work therein. 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day IS an holy convocation : ye shall do no servile woi'k therein. The sheaf of first fruits. sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest : 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you : on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt-offering unto the Lord. 13 And the meat-offering thereof shall he two tenth-deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink-offering thereof shall he of wine, the fourth part of an hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green PROCLAMATION OF JUBILEE. — Lev. XXV. 9 9 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a ears, until the self-same day that ye have brought an offering unto your God : it shall he a statute for ever throughout your gene- rations in all your dwellings. 15 ir And ye shall count unto you from the 147 The day of atonement. LEVITICUS 24. Feast of tabernacles. morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-ofi'ering ; seven sabbaths shall he complete : 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat-offering unto the Lord. 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave -loaves of two tenth -deals : they shall be of fine flour ; they shall be baken with leaven ; they are the first-fruits unto the Lord. 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams : they shall be for a burnt-offering unto the Lord, with their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord. 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and two lambs of the first year for ^ sacrifice of peace-offerings. 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before the Lord, with the two lambs : they shall be holy to the Lord for the joriest. 21 And ye shall proclaim on the self -same day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 22 *ir And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest : thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God. 23 TT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 26 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement : it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 28 And ye shall do no work in that same day : for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 31 Ye shall do no manner of work : it shall he a statute for ever throughout your genera- tions in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls : in the ninth day of 148 the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. 33 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles /or seven days unto the Lord. 35 On the first day shall he an holy convo- cation : ye shall do no servile work therein. 36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord : it is a solemn assembly ; and ye shall do no servile work therein. 37 These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt-offering, and a meat-offering, a sacri- fice, and drink-offerings, every thing uj^on his day: 38 Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your free-will-offerings, which ye give unto the Lord. 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. 40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord seven days in the year. It shall he a statute for ever in your generations : ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths : 43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God. 44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord. CHAPTER 24. 1 The oil for the lamps. 5 The sheic-bread. 10 Shelo- mith's son blasphenieth. 13 The law of blasphemy. 17 Of murder. 18 Of damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, XjL 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil-olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. 3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually : it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually. The sheiv-hread. LEVITICUS 24. The law of retaliatimi. 5 TI And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth-deals shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made hy fire unto the Lokd. 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting cove- nant. 9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' ; and they shall eat it in the holy place : for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute. 10 IT And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father vjas an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel : and this son of the Israelitish u«iKUeUi^^ VILLAGE OF ENDOK. 'Village with no walls." — Lev. xxv. 3r. 149 Sabbatical year and jubilee. CHAPTER 25. LEVITICUS 25. Redemjition of land and houses. 1 The sabbath of the seventh year. 8 The jubilee in the fiftieth year. 14 Opiiression forbidden. 18 A blessiwj promised to obedience. 23 The redemiMon of land. 29 Of houses. 35 Compassion to be had of the poor. 39 The usage of bond-men. 47 The redemption of servants. AND the Lord spake unto Moses in mount XJL Siucai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord. 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof ; 4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor iDrune thy vineyard. 5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed : /or it is a year of rest unto the land. 6 And the sal^bath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 8 IT And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years ; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth dai/ of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof : it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you : ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 12 For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you : ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13 In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14 IT And if thou sell ought unto thy neigh- bour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another : 15 Accoi'ding to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee : 16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and accoi'ding to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it : for acconh'ng to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. 150 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one an- other; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God. 18 IT Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase : 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year ; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old sto7'e. 23 IT The land shall not- be sold for ever: for the land is mine ; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemjition for the land. 25 TT If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away so?ne of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it ; 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it ; that he may return unto his possession. 28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that liath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. 29 *ir And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a Availed city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold ; within a full year may he redeem it. 30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations : it shall not go out in the jubilee. 31 But the houses of the villages which have no walls round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee. 32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. 33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his j)ossession, shall go out in the year of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the chil- dren of Israel. 34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their per- petual possession. 35 IT And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt Regard for the poor enjoin eel. LEVITICUS 25. Redemjjtion of servants iimiiifttfi]^ ■njBlMWBP^'iitJU.'^'^^^rX'I^ :€3*'wh. PLAIM OF SHARON, NEAR RAMLEH. " Rain in due season." — Lfz'. xxvi. 4. relieve him: i/ea, though he be a sti'anger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. 36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God ; that thy brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. 38 I ai7i the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egyi^t, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 39 IF And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee ; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond- servant : 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee : 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt : they shall not be sold as bond-men. 43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour ; but shalt fear thy God. 44 Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bond-men and bond-maids. 45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. 46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them, for a possession ; they shall be your bond-men for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour, 47 IF And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that divelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family : 48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again ; one of his brethren may redeem him : 49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him ; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. 50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. 51 If there be yet many years behind, accord- ing unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. 52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. 151 Blessing promised on obedience. 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. 54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, hoth he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lokd your God. CHAPTER 26. LEVITICUS 26. Curse threatened on disobedience. 1 Against idolatry. 2 Religiousness. 3 A promised to them that keep the commandments. 14 A curse is denounced against those that break them.. 40 God promiseth to remember those that repent. YE shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it : for I am the Lord your God. 2 IF Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and rever- ence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. 3 IT If ye walk in my statutes, and keej) my commandments, and do them ; 4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 And your thrashing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. 6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight : and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you : and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 13 I a?n the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bond-men; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. 14 IT But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye bi-eak my covenant : 16 1 also will do this unto you ; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and 152 the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart : and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies : they that hate you shall reign over you ; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. 19 And I will break the pride of your power ; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass : 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain : for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me ; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 23 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your chil- dren, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me ; 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant : and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the joestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall hake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight : and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me ; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury ; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30 And I will destroy your high j^laces, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. 31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 32 And I will bring the land into desolation : and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you : and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, Mercy promised to the penitent. LEVITICUS 27. Lai'JS concerning votvs. as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land ; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest ; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon them that are left alive cf you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies ; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword ; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were be- fore a sword, when none pur- sueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 40 IT If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 41 And that I also have walked con- trary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies ; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity : 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abra- ham will I remember ; and I will remember the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judg- ments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I atn the Lord their God. 45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God : I am the Lord. 46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. Your cities waste." — Lev. xxvi. CHAPTER 27. 1 lie that maketh a singular voiv vutst be the Lords. 3 The estimation of the person. 9 Of a beast given by vow. 14 Of a house. 16 Of a field, and the re- demption thereof. 28 So devoted thing may be redeemed. 30 The tithe is holy, and may not be changed. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, . 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation. 3 1 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 153 Laws concerning voivs. LEVITICUS 27. Fields and their redem-ption. 6 And if it he from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall he three shekels of silver. 7 And if it he from sixty years old and above; if it he a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But if he be poorer than thy estnnation, then he shall present himself l^efore the priest, and the priest shall value him ; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. 9 TT And if it he a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Loed, all that any man giveth of such unto the Lokd shall be holy. house to he holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it Ije good or bad : as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he that sanctifieth it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth j^rt of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. 16 IT And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley-seed shall he valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand. 18 But if he sanctify his field after the A "field" in PALESTINE. — Lev. xxvii. l6. 10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good : and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. 1 1 And if it he any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the Lord, then he shall joresent the beast before the priest : 12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad : as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth ^jar^ thereof unto thy estimation. 14 TF And when a man shall sanctify his 154 jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. 19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth ^wr^ of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. 21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. No devoted thing LEVITICUS Ti to be redeemed. 22 And if a man sanctify unto the Lokd r, field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his jDossession ; 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubilee : and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LoED. 24 In the year of the jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, eveii to him to whom the possession of the land did belong. 25 And all thy estimations shall be accord- ing to the shekel of the sanctuary : twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. 26 TT Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall sanctify it ; whether it he ox, or sheep : it is the Lord's. 27 And if it he of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto : or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation. 28 IT Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed : every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed ; but shall surely be put to death. 30 ^ And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord. 31 And if a man will at all redeem oiiffht of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth j^rt thereof. -32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord. 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. 34 These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. Michael A mrelo 155 < r^ ^ < w h > U-. a () < U) m ?! w o THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED NUMBERS CHAPTER 1. 1 God commandeth Moses to nwnher the i)eople. 5 The princes of the tribes. 17 The number of every tribe. 47 The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord. [ND the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first daj/ of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathei's, with the number of their names, every male l)y their polls ; 3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel : thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every ti'ibe; every one head of the house of his fathers. 5 1 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you : of the tribe of Reuben ; Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6 Of Simeon ; Shelumiel the son of Zuri- shaddai. 7 Of Judah; Nahshonthesonof Amminadab. 8 Of Issachar ; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9 Of Zebulun ; Eliab the son of Helon. 10 Of the children of Joseph : of Ephraim ; Elishama the son of Ammihud : of Manasseh ; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammi- shaddai. 13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. 14 Of Gad ; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These were the renowned of the congre- gation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. 17 IT And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names : 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first daij of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19 As the Lord commanded Moses, so_ he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 IT And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the ti'ibe of Reul^en, ivere forty and six thousand and five hundred. 22 IT Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their i:)olls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, tcere fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 24 IT Of the children of Gad, by their gene- rations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were al^Ie to go forth to war ; 25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, toere forty and five thou- sand six hundred and fifty. 26 IT Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that Avere able to go forth to war ; 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 28 H Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and up- ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 30 IT Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and up- ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, ivere fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 32 % Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their genera- tions, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 157 Numbering of the Israelites. NUMBERS 2. Stations of the several tribes. 33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ej^hraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. 34 T Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their famihes, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and ujo- ward, all that Avere able to go forth to war ; 35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 36 IT Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 38 IF Of the children of Dan, by their gene- rations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, a,ll that were able to go forth to war ; 39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 40 IT Of the children of Asher, by their gene- rations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 42 IT Of the children of Naphtali, through- out their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, bei7if/ twelve men : each one was for the house of his fathers. 4.5 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel ; 46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 47 ^ But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48 For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel : 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that beloyig to it : they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister 158 unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. 51 And when the tabernacle setteth for- ward, the Levites shall take it down : and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up : and tne stranger that Cometh nigh shall be put to death. 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath ujDon the congregation of the chil- dren of Israel : and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. 54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. CHAPTER 2. The order of the tribes in their tents. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house : far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. 3 *!r And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies : and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the childi^en of Judah. 4 And his host, and those that were num- bered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar : and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. 6 And his host, and those that were num- bered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun : and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun. 8 And his host, and those that were num- bered thereof, «'e?-e fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and four- score thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. 10 IT On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies : and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 11 And his host, and those that were num- bered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 12 And those which i^itch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon : and the captain of the children of Simeon sliall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 13 And his host, and those that were num- The order of the tribes NUMBEES 2, m their tents. CATTLE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. — Num. iii. 45. {Scene on high ground near Nabious.) bered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 14 Then the tribe of Gad : and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be EHasaph the son of Eeuel. 15 And his host, and those that were num- bered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Eeuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. 17 IT Then the tabernacle of the congrega- tion shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. 18 IT On the west side shall be the stan- dard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies : and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. 19 And his host, and those that were num- bered of them, ^vere forty thousand and five hundred. 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manas- seh : and the captain of the children of Manas- seh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 21 And his host, and those that were num- bered of them, ivere thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. 23 And his host, and those that were num- bered of them, ivere thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim loere an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. 25 IT The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies : and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And his host, and those that were num- bered of them, were threescore and two thou- sand and seven hundred. 27 And those that encamp by him shall he the tribe of Asher : and the captain of the chil- dren of Asher shall he Pagiel the son of Ocran 28 And his host, and those that were num- bered of them, ivere forty and one thousand and five hundred. 29 IT Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. 30 And his host, and those that were num- bered of them, ivere fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan ivere an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards. 32 TT These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers : all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts ^^'ere six hundred 159 He'paratujn of tJit Levites. NUMBERS 3. The Levites numbered. thousand and three thousand and five hun- dred and fifty. 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel ; as the Lokd commanded Moses. 34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses : so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers. CHAPTER 3. 1 The sons of Aaron. 5 The Levites are given to the priests for the service of the tabernacle, 11 instead of the first-born. 14 The Levites are nuinbered by their families. 21 The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites, 27 of the Kohathites, 33 of the Merarites. 38 The place and charge of Moses and Aaron. 40 The first-born are freed by the Levites. 44 The overplus are redeemed. THESE also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And these a7-e the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's ofiice. 4 And Nadab and Aliihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's ofiice in the sight of Aaron their father. 5 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the ser- vice of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons : they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 1 1 TF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall he mine ; 13 Because all the first-born are mine; for on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast : mine they shall be : I am the Lord. 14 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 160 1.5 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families : every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbei-ed them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names ; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families ; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families ; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families ; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. 21 IT Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites : these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 Those that were numbered of them, ac- cording to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them we7-e seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall he Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall he the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. 27 IT And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites : these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and ujDward, we7-e eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall he Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge shall he the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they ministei^, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall he chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33 IT Of Merari vms the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites : these are the families of Merari. 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, ?cere six thousand and two hundred. Redemption of the first-horn. NUMBERS 4. Time of Levite^ service. 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the famihes of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail : these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall he the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 IF But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall he Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel ; and the stranger that Cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 40 IT And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the first-born of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the first- born among the children of Israel ; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first- lings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord com- manded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. 43 And all the first-born males by the number of names, from a month old and upwai'd, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle ; and the Levites shall be mine : I am the Lord. 46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites ; 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs :) 48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd num- ber of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. 49 And Moses took the redemption-money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites : 50 Of the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hun- dred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 51 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded ]\Ioses. CHAPTER 4. 1 The ar/e and time of the Levites' service. 4 The car- riage of the Kohathites, when the priests have taken do^vn the tabernacle. 16 The charge of Eleazar. 17 The office of the priests. 21 The carriage of the Gershonites. 29 The carriage of the Merarites, 34 The number of the Kohathites, 38 of the Ger- shonites, 42 and of the Merarites. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and unto JjL Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 TF This shtdl he the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, about the most holy things : 5 And when the camp setteth forwai'd, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it : LEPERS WITHOUT THE CAMP. — Num. V. 2. {Skcidted iuitside Jcrzisah'tn.) L 101 Office of the Levitts. NUMBERS 4. 6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 7 And upon the talkie of shew-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover witnal: and the continual bread shall be thereon : 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snulf-dishes, and all the oil-vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it : 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covei*ing of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof : 12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar : 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon : 14 And they shall put upon it all the ves- sels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar ; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward ; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it : but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. 16 H And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat-offering, and the anointing oil, and, the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. 17 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites : 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach vmto the most holy things : Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden. 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. 21 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families ; 162 Office of the Levites. 2.3 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them ; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens : 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congre- gation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them : so shall they serve. 27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service : and ye shall ajjpoint unto them in charge all their burdens. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the con- gregation : and their charge shall he under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 29 IT As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers ; 30 From thirty years old and ujiward even unto fifty years old shalt thou numl^er them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congre- gation. 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation ; the boai'ds of the taber- nacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 32 And the pillars of the covirt round about, and their sockets^ and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service : and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 34 H And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 35 From thirty years old and u})ward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the woi'k in the tabernacle of the congregation : 3G And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These ivere they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congre- gation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. The nunxbering NUMBERS 4. of the Levitts. 38 IT And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershou, throughout their famiHes, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and upward even into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These he those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the taber- nacle of the congregation, 40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that THE OFFERINGS OF THE PRINCES. — hUdU. vii. might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord. 42 IF And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, through- out their families, by the house of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the ser- vice of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation, 48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore, 163 Restitution in trespasses. NUMBERS 5. 17ie trial of jealousy. 49 According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden : thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses. CHAPTER 5. 1 The uiielean to he removed out of the camp, tution to he made in cases of trespass, trial of jealousy. 5 Resti- 11 The AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead : 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. 5 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a tresjmss against the Lord, and that person be guilty ; 7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done : and he shall recompense his trespass with the princii^al thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto Idm against whom he hath trespassed. 8 But if the man have no kinsman to re- compense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. 9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his : whatsoever any man giveth the j)riest, it shall be his. 11 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there he no witness against her, neither she be taken ^vith the manner; 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled : or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled : 15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley- meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon ; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. 164 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord : 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel ; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water : 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy-offering : and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse : 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman. If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse : 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband : 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing ; and the priest shall say unto the woman. The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell ; 22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot ttiem out with the bitter water : 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse : and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy- offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar : 26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. 27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people. 28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean ; then she shall be free, and shall con- ceive seed. 29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled ; 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. 31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. The law concerninff Nazarites. NUMBERS 6. Form of benediction. CHAPTER 6. 1 The law of the Nazarite. the people. 22 The form of blessing AND the LoKD spake unto Moses, saying, _ 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord: 3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 4 AH the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine-tree, from the kernels even to the husk. 5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head : until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body. 7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die : because the consecration of his God is upon his head. 8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord. 9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecra- tion ; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the jDriest, to the door of the tatjernacle of the congregation : 1 1 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a l)urnt-oifer- ing, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. 12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass-offering : but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. 13 IF And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled : he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : 14 And he shall ofifer his offering unto the Lord, one he-lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one ewe- lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for peace-offerings, 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offei'ings. 16 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-offering : 17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread : the priest shall offer also his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair LEVITES PREPARED FOR CONSECRATION. — Aiiiii. viii. 7, g. of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offerings. 19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven : 20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the Lord : this is holy for the priest, with the wave-breast and heave- shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. 21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get : according to the vow which he vo\ved, so he must do after the law of his separation. 22 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying. On this wise ye shall bless the chil- dren of Israel, saying unto them, 24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : 25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : 26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. 165 The offerings NUMBERS 7. of the j^Tinces. CHAPTER 7. 1 The offering of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle. 10 Their several offerings, at the dedi- cation of the altar. 89 God speaketh to Moses from the mercy-seat. A ND it came to pass on the day that Moses JjL had fully set vip the taljernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the in- struments thereof, l)oth the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them; 2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, oflfered : 3 And they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen; a waggon for two of the jirinces, and for each one an ox : and they Ijrought them before the tabernacle. 4 IT And the Lokd spake unto Moses, saying, 5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the con- gregation ; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. 6 And Moses took the waggons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 7 Two waggons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service : 8 And four Avaggons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the ^Driest. 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none : because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them tras that they should bear upon their shoulders. 10 IF And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 12 H And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah : 13 And his offering toas one silver charger, the weight whereof u'as an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; ])oth of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense : 1.5 One young bullock, one ram, one laml) of the first year, for a burnt-offering : ] 6 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 17 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year: this loas the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 18 IT On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: 19 He offered for his offering one silver 166 charger, the weight whereof fvas an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense : 21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 22 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 23 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year: this tvas the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 24 IT On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, (lid offer: 25 His offering tvas one silver charger, the weight whereof ivas an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 26 One golden spoon of ten shekeh, full of incense : 27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 28 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 29 And for a sacrifice of jDeace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lanibs of the first year: this ^vas the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. 30 IT On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, i^rince of the children of Reuben, did offer : 31 His offering vms one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver Ijowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat- offei'ing : 32 One golden sjjoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 34 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 35 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lam})s of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. 36 IT On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, jirince of the children of Simeon, did offer : 37 His offering 'icas one silver charger, the weight whereof tvas an hundi'ed and thirty .shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, fvill of incense : 39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 40 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 41 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelu- miel the son of Zurishaddai. The ojf'erinr/s NUMBERS 7. of the 2>rmces. ^\ 42 IT On the sixth day Ehasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, qfered: 43 His offering ?/v/.s one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offfering : 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 46 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 47 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five laml )S of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 48 IT On the seventh day l^lishama the son of Ammihud, pi'ince of the / "~x children of Eph- raim, offej'ed: 49 His offering ^vas one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shek- els, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour min- gled with oil for a meat-offering : 50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offei'ing: 52 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 53 And for a sacrifice of peace- ofterings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year: this 7ms the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 54 IT On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh : 55 His ofiering 7irook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Isi-ael cut down from thence. 25 And they retui'ned from searching of the land after forty days. 26 IT And they went and came to Moses, and 'to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said. We came unto the land Avhither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 28 Nevertheless the peoj^le be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great : and moreover we saw the children of Anak thei'e. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains; Evil report of the sjnes. NUMBERS 14. Murmuring of the Israetites. THE RETURN OF THE SPIES. — NllVl. xiii. 23. and the Canaanites dwell Ity the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And Caleb stilled the people l)efore Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it ; for we are well able to overcome it. 31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go vip against the people ; for they are stronger than we. 32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying. The land, through which M'e have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof ; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, v^hich come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. CHAPTER 14. 1 The people mu7-inur at the news. Q Joshua and Caleb labour to pacify them. 11 God threateneth them. 13 Moses intercedeth ivith God, and obtaineth i)ar- don. 26 The iimrmurers are deprived of entering into the land. 36 The men who raised the evil re- port concerning the land die by a pilague. 40 The people that would invade the land against the u'ill of God are smitten. AND all the congregation lifted up their XX voice, and cried; and the peojile wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron : and the whole congregation said unto them. Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt ! or would God we had died in this wilderness ! 3 And wherefore hath the Lokd brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a preyl were it not better for us to return into Egypt % 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before ail the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. G "IT And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, vhich were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes : 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying. The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceed- ing good land. 8 If the LoKD delight in us, thenhe will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land ; for they are bread for us: their defence is de- parted from the)n, and the Lord is with us : fear them not. 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congrega- tion before all the children of Israel. 11 IT And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke mel and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them 1 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, 175 Intercession of Moses. NUMBERS 15. and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 13 IT And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou brought- est up this people in thy might from among them ;) 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land : for they have heard that thou. Lord, art among this people, that thou. Lord, art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest be- fore them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if thou shalt kill all this jjeople as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 16 Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth (/eiieratum. 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. 20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word : 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, have temi)ted me now these ten times, and have not hear- kened to my voice ; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I swai-e unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it : 24 But my servant Calel:), because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I l)ring into the land where- into he went ; and his seed shall jjossess it. 25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To-morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 26 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 27 How long shall J hear vnth this evil con- gregation, which murmur against me 1 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 28 Say unto them. As truh/ as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you : 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilder- ness ; and all that were numbered of you, ac- cording to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you 176 Fate of the spies. dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephun- neh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. 32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whore- doms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. 35 I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me : in this wilder- ness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 36 IT And the men, which Moses sent to seai'ch the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil rejiort upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord, 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. 39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the childi^en of Israel : and the people mourned greatly. 40 TF And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised : for we have sinned. 41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper. 42 Go not up, for the Lord is not among you ; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall hj the sword : because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you. 44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top : nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, dei^arted not out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. CHAPTER 15. 1 The law uf the meat-offcrin«/'^ of an hin of oil. 7 And for a drink-offering thou shalt offer the third pa)-t of an hin of wine,yb/- a sweet savour unto the Lord. 8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice in per- forming a vow, or peace-offerings unto the Lord : 9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat- whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; as ye do, so he shall do. 15 One ordinance shall he both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth vjlfh i/ou, an ordinance for ever in your generations : as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. 16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. "And stoned him with stones." — Num. XV. 36, offering of three tenth-deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. 10 And thou shalt bring for a drink-offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one I'am, or for a lamb, or a kid. 12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one accoi'ding to their number. 13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 14 IT And if a stranger sojourn with you, or 17 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring vou, 19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave-offering unto the Lord. 20 Ye shall offer uj) a cake of the first of your dough for an heave-offering : as ye do the iieave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave-offering in your generations. 22 IT And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses, 23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses, and hencefor- ward among your generations ; 24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed M 177 The Sabbath breaker stoned. NUMBERS 16. Xorah, Datha?i, and Abiram. by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with his meat-offering, and his drink-offering, accord- ing to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance : and they shall bring their offer- ing, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin-offering before the Lord, for their ignorance : 26 And it shall be forgiven all the con- gregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojoui^neth among them ; seeing all the people -ivere in ignorance. 27 IT And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering. 28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him ; and it shall be forgiven him. 29 Ye shall have one law for him that sin- neth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. 30' IT But the soul that doeth otu/ht pre- sumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shaU be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be uiwn him. 32 IT And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sal)bath-day. 33 And they that found him gathering sticks ])rought him unto Closes and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. 34 And they jjut him in wai-d, because it was not declared what should he done to him. 35 And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death : all the congre- gation shall stone him with stones without the camp. 36 Ancl all the congregation l>rought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 37 IF And the Lord spake unto Closes, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue : 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember aU the commandments of the Lord, and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring : 178 40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : I am the Lord your God. CHAPTER la 1 The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 23 Moses separateth the people from the rebels' tents. 31 The earth swalloweth up Korah, ami afire con- sumeth others. 36 The censers are reserved to holy use. 41 Fourteen thousand and seven hundred are slain by aplaguefor murmuring against Moses and Aaron. 46 Aaron by incetise stayeth the plague. NOW Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men : 2 And they rose u^d l)efore Closes, with cer- tain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fiftj^ jirinces of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown : 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them. Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: where- fore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord? 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face : 5 And he sj^ake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying. Even to-morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him : even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him, 6 This do ; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to-morrow : and it shall be, that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy : i/e take too much ujwn you, ye sons of Levi. 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I i)ray you, ye sons of Levi : 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath sej^arated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congrega- tion to minister unto them? 10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Leid with thee : and seek ye the priesthood also ? II For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? 12 IT And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab : which said, We will not come up : 13 /s it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into Korali, Datltan, and Ahhuin NUMBERS 16. summoned before the Lord. a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards : wilt thou put out the eyes of these men ? we will not come up. 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto "The earth opened lier mouth and swallowed them up." —Niiin. xvi. 32. the Lord, Respect not thou their offering : I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lokd, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow : 17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. 18 And they took every man his censer, and jjut fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Mosea and Aaron. 179 Korali, Datlum, Abiram, NUMBERS 17. and their follotvers destroi/ecl. 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation. 20 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 21 Separate yourselves from among this con- gregation, that I may consume them in a moment. 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? 23 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Moses rose up, and went unto Dathan and Abiram ; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. 28 And Moses said. Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works ; for / /uive not dane them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visi- tation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. 30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth ojien her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that ajipertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have pro- voked the Lord. 31 IT And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them : 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that api)ertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that ajijiertaiiied to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them : for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. 35 And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that ofifered incense. 36 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the Eriest, that he take up the censers out of the urning, and scatter thou the fire yonder ; for they are hallowed. 38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar ; for they offered 180 them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed : and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad ^^/a^fs /or a covering of the altar : 40 1^0 be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord ; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses. 41 11 But on the morrow all the congre- gation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying. Ye have killed the people of the Lord. 42 And it came to pass, when the congrega- tion was gathered against ]\Ioses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the taber- nacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covei-ed it, and the glory of the Lord aj^peared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. 44 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Get you up from among this congre- gation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. 46 IT And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and jDut fire therein from off the altai', and iDut on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them : for there is wrath gone out from the Lord ; the plague is begun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague Avas begun among the people : and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living ; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and the plague was stayed. CHAPTER 17. 1 Aai'on's rod among all the rods of the tribes only flonrisheth. 10 /( is left for a monument against the rebels. AND the Lord sj^ake unto Moses, saying, ijL 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods : write thou every man's name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi : for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the taber- nacle of the congregation before the testi- mony, where I will meet with you. Blossoming of Aaron^s rod. NUMBERS 18. Charge of the j)riests and Levites. 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom ; and I will make to cease from me the murmur- ings of the chiklren of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. 6 IT And ]\Ioses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, accord- ing to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods : and the I'od of Aaron ^ras among their rods. 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel : and they looked, and took every man his rod. 10 IF And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels ; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. 11 And Moses did so: as the Lord com- manded him, so did he. 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 1.3 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die : shall we be consumed with dying? CHAPTER 18. 1 The charge, of the priests and Levites. 8 The priests' portion. 21 The Levites' portion. 25 The heave- offering to the iiriests out of the Levites' portion. A ND the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and Ix. thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary : and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 Ancl thy ])i^ethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, Vn*ing thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee : but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle : only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. 4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keei^ the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the taber- nacle : and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanc- tuary, and the charge of the altar : that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel : to you the]/ are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. ' The rod of Aaron was budded. " — A'unt. xvii. 181 Maintenance of the NUMBEKS 18. 2Jriests arid Levitts. 7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail ; and ye shall serve : I have given your priest's office %mto you as a service of gift : and the stranger that Cometh nigh shall be put to death. 8 H And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave-offerings of all the hallowed thmgs of the children of Israel ; unto thee have I given A THRESHING-FLOOR, BEIRA, NEAR BETHEL. — Nlim. Xviii. 27. them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire : every oblation of theirs, ^very meat-offering of theirs, and every sin- offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall he most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 In the most holy i^lace shalt thou eat it ; every male shall eat it : it shall be holy unto thee. 11 And this is thine; the heave-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel : I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever : every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first-fruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lobd, them have I given thee. 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it. 14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. 15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it he of men or beasts, shall be thine : nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed from .". month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five 182 shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem ; they are holy : thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat /or an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder are thine. 19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a cove- nant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 20 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no in- heritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them : I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 IT And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 Neither must the children of Israel hence- forth come nigh the tabernacle of the congre- gation, lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity : it shall he a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave-offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them. Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 25 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, , ^ . 26 Thus si)eak unto the Levites, and say unto them. When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave-offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth jta^-t of the tithe. 27 And this your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press. 28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave-offer- ing unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel ; and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave-offering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. 'The water of separation NUMBERS 19. and use of it in purifi/ing. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the l^est thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households : for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. CHAPTER 19. 1 The ivater of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer. 11 The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and unto . Aaron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they luring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke : 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times : 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight ; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn : 6 And the priest shall take cedar- wood, and hyssojo, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camj^, and the i^riest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that l^urneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place ; and it shall l^e kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation : it is a iDurification for sin. 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 11 "IT He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall Ije unclean seven days. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of. any man that is dead, and purifieth not him- self, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off" from Israel : because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his unclean- ness is yet upon him. 14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent : all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 And for an unclean j^erson they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of puri- fication for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel : 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and ujion all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that t(,)uched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave : 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. AN OLD OIL OR WINE PRESS. -Num. xviii. 27, 30. 183 Moses smitetJt the rock. NUMBERS 20. Death of Aaron. 20 But the man that shall lie unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall l)e cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord : the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him ; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the Avater of separation shall be unclean until even. 22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean ; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. CHAPTER 20. 1 The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dieth. % They murmur for want of water, t Moses smiting the rock hringeth forth water. 12 God i« displeased with Moses and Aaron at Meribah. 14 Mvses at Kadesh desireth a passage through Edom, which is denied him.. 22 At mount Ilor Aaron rcsigneth his place to Eleazar, and dieth. THEN came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month : and the people abode in Kadesh ; and ]\Iiriam died there, and was buried there. 2 IT And there was no water for the con- gregation : and they gathered themselves to- gether against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord ! 4 And why have ye brought up the congre- gation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there"? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil l^lace? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the pre- sence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces : and the gloiy of the Lord appeared unto them. 7 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes ; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock : so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the con- gregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels ; must we fetch you water out of this rock 1 1 1 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congre- gation drank, and their beasts also. 12 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses and 184 Aaron, Because ye 1 )elieved me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, there- fore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 This is the water of Meribah ; l)ecause the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. 14 IT And Moses sent messengers from Ka- desh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Isi'ael, Thou knowest all the travel that hath liefallen us : 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time ; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers : 16 And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt : and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border : 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country : we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells : we will go by the king's hiffh-way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. 18 And Edom said unto him. Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. 19 And the children of Israel said unto him. We will go by the high-way : anfl if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it : I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. 20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border : wherefore Israel turned away from him. 22 IT And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor, 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his jDeople : for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor. 26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son : and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. 27 And Moses did as the Lord commanded : and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his gar- ments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount : and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. Plague of fiery serpeiitu NUMBEES 21. 'Die brasen serpent. CHAPTER 21. 1 Israel with some loss destroy the Canaanites at Ilormah. 4 The people murDiiiring are plagued with fiery serpents. 7 They repenting are healed by a brasen serpent. 10 Sttndry journeys of the Israelites. 21 Sihon is overcome, 33 and Og. AND ivhen king Arad . the C-anaanite, whicli dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came ])y the way of the spies ; then he fought against Israel, and took S07ne of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this j^eople into my hand, then I will ut- terly destroy their cities. 3 And the Lord hear- kened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites ; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities : and he called the name of the place Ilormah. 4 IF And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the lied sea, to compass the land of Edom : and the soul of the peoi^le was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore ha^e ye brought us wp out of Egypt to die in the wil- derness ? for there is no bread, neither is titer i' any water ; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the Lord sent fiery seipents among the people, and they bit the people ; and much people of Israel died. 7 IT Therefore the people came to INIoses, and said. We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee ; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the ser- S!nts from us. And OSes prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole ; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the seipent of l)rass, he lived. 10 IT And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and L^t^^^^^K^ 1^^ ^r* i*"^ 1^ ^^"f^ "-^ ^^. '^^ '^- -jjjQ '-^4^ [■ ■"y^l i^Kk rfd ^HRaaT^^^^ ^KF ''y '"^^jtv^'iQio^S' ^^m^ ~^^MJmm ^TA ^^ \ '^»«H_-"^ \ \ s^^*^ ^^^ a^L^ r:ti. Sihon and Og overccme. NUMBERS 22. pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which ts before JNloab, toward the sun -rising. 12 From thence they removed, and pitched ill the valley of Zared. 13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the othel- side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between ]\Ioab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence they 7vent to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lokd spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 17 IT Then Israel sang this song. Spring uj), O well ; sing ye unto it : 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, Ijy the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel : and from Nahaliel to Bamoth ; 20 And from Bamoth m the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. 21 H And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 Let me pass through thy land : we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards ; we will not drink of the waters of the well : but we will go along by the king's hiijh-waj, until we be past thy borders. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to jjass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people' together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and i^ossessed his land from Arnon unto Jaljbok, even unto the children of Amnion: for the border of the children of Amnion rvas strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. 26 For Heshbon loas the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say. Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prejiared : 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon : it hath con- sumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to thee, Moab ! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh : he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them ; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid 186 Balah sends for Balaam. them waste even unto Nojihah, which reacheth unto Medeba. 31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amoi'ites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. 33 IT And they tui'ned and went up by the way of Bashan : and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the ]:)attle at Edrei. 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not : for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his iieople, until there was none left him alive : and they possessed his land. CHAPTER 22. 1 Balak's first inessage for Balaatn is refused. 15 His second message obtaineth him. 22 An angel tvould have slain him, if his ass had not saved him. 36 Balak entertaineth him. AND the children of Israel set forward, _ and i)itched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan hi/ Jericho. 2 IT And Balak the son of Zijipor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moalj was sore afraid of the joeople, because they icere many: and Moab was dis- tressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And ]\[()ab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round alx)ut us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor ira.s king of the Moabites at that time. 5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor t(j Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his jieople, to call him, saying. Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt : behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they aljide over against me : 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divi- nation in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and sjiake unto him the words of Balak. 8 And he said unto them. Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall sj^eak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men a7'e these with thee 1 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 11 Behold, there is a people come out of Balaam at first NUMBERS 22. refuses to go to Balak. Egypt, -which covereth the face of the earth : come now, curse me them; joerad venture I shall he able to overcome them, and drive them out. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people : for they are blessed, 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 14 And the jirinces of ]\Ioab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam re- fuseth to come with us. 15 TT And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. I THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT UOR.— Num. XX. 27, 28. 187 Balaam goes, but is stayed. NUMBERS -l-i. Bahilcs sacrifice. IG And they came to lUlaam, and said to liim, Thus saith llalak the son of Zippoi-, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder tliee from coming unto me: 1 7 For I will promote thee unto very great lu)nour, and I will do whatsoever thou say est unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that 1 may know what the Lord will say unto me more. 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him. If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them ; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 21 And Balaam rose u]) in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of ]\Ioab. 22 IF And God's anger was kindled because he went : and the angel of the IjORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two ser- vants n^ere with him. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand : and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field : and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, .she thrust herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall : and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me : I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since / ^oas thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. 31 Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand : and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. 32 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these 188 three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because tlu/ way is perverse before me : 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times : unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and sa^•ed her alive. 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned ; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me : now there- fore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. 35 And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men : but only the word that I shall s])eak vmto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 36 IF And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Balak sairl unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? where- fore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing ? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth. 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. 41 And it came to j)ass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost ^^ar^ of the people. CHAPTER 23. 1, 14, 28 Balak'x sacrijice. 7, IS Balaam'^ xmrahle. AND Balaam said unto Balak, Build me XjL here seven altars, and pi'epare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken ; and Balak and Balaam offered on ever]/ altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offeiing, and I will go : peradven- ture the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high j^lace. 4 And God met Balaam : and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said. Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 IT And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not JJalaam's 2MTahles NUMBERS 23. Gcoicc I'inivorUi. and answers to Balak. cursed 1 or how shall I defy, ivhom the Lord hath not defied 1 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him : lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reck- oned among the nations. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth ^wr^ of Israel'.^ Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ! 11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me'?^ I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. 12 And he answered and said, ]\Iust I not take heed to speak that which the LoKD hath put in my mouth 1 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them : thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all : and curse me them from thence. 14 IF And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-oifering, while I meet the LORD yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said. Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 17 And when he came to him, be- hold, he stood by his burnt-offer- ing, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him. What hath the Lord spoken? 18 And he took up his parable, and said. Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie ; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received com- mandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen per- verseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. 22 God brought them out of Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. 23 Surely there is no enchant- ment against Jacob, neither is there 189 Balaam^ s prophecies NUMBERS 24, 25. and BalaMs anger. any divination against Israel : accoi'ding to this time it shall be said of Jacub and of Israel, What hath God wrought ! 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion : he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. 25 h And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying. All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do ? 27 IF And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place ; perad venture it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. 29 And Balaam sdid unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prej)are me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on everif altar. CHAPTER 24. 1 Balaam, leaving divinations, propliesieth the happi- ness of Israel. 10 Balak in anger dismisseth him. 15 He prophesieth of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations. AND when Balaam saw that it pleased the xV Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 And Balaam lifted u\i his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes ; and the Spirit of God came upon him. 3 And he took up his paraljle, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said : 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance., but having his eyes open : 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel ! 6 As the valleys ai'e they sjjread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign -aloes which the Lord hath i:)lanted, and as cedar-trees beside the waters. 7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall he in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall Ije exalted. 8 God brought him forth out of Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce tliem through with his arrows. 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion : who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 10 IT And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together : and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast alto- gether blessed them these three times. 190 1 1 Therefore now flee thou to thy place : I thought to promote thee unto great honour ; but. To, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour. 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, 13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the com- mandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; bid what the Lord saith, that will I speak? 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people : come therefore., and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. 15 IT And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said : 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scejjtre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 18 And Edom shall l)e a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. 19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations ; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said. Strong is thy dwell- ing-place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took uj) his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this ! 24 And ships sliall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. 25 And Balaam rose up, and went and re- turned to his place : and Balak also went his way. CHAPTER 25. 1 Israel at Shittim commit ivhoredom and idolatry. 6 Phinehashilleth Zimri andCozbi. 10 God there- fore ffiveth him an everlasting priesthood. 16 The Midianites are to be vexed. AND Israel abode in Shittim, and the . people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacri- fices of their gods : and the iieojile did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor : and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. The zeal of Phinehas. NUMBERS 26. Numbering of the people. 4 And the Lokd said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lokd may be turned away from Israel. 5 And ]\Ioses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-jjeor. 6 IT And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Closes, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who xoere weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation. 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand ; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the jilague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. 10 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, _ 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the i3riest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. 12 Wherefore say, Beliold, Tgive unto him my cove- nant of peace : 13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an evei"- lasting priesthood ; because he was zeal- ous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, ei'en that was slain with the Midianitish wo- man, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a jirince of a chief house among the Sime- onites. 15 And the name of the ]\Iidianitish woman that was slain ivas Cozbi, the daughter of Zur ; he xoas head over a peoi)le,a «// of a chief house in Midian. 16 TT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them ; 18 For they vex you with their wiles, where- with they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. CHAPTER 26. 1 The sum of all Israel is taken in tlie plai)is of Moab. 52 The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land. 57 The families and number of the Levites. 63 Nmie were left of them u'ho were num- bered at Sinai, hut Caleb and Joshua. AND it came to pass after the jjlague, that . the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the i^riest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3 And ]Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan ■near Jericho, saying, 4 Take the ftum of the peoph\ from twenty ■ And the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow place,"— .V;;w. xxii, 26, 191 Numherimj of the j^eoplt NUMBERS -m. in the plains of Moah. years old and upward ; as the Lokd com- manded IMoses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egyjjt. 5 IF Reuben, the eldest son of Israel : the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites : of Pallu, the family of the Palluites : ' Thence he might see tlie utmost part of tlie p 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites : of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families oi the Reubenites : and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu ; Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuol, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that 1 Nathan a92 and Abiram, which tvere famous in the con- gregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord : 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. 11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. 1 2 IF The sons of Simeon after their families : of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites : of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites : of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites : 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites : •f Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the Si- meonites, twenty and two thou- sand and two hundred. 15 IT The chil- dren of Gad after their families : ox Zephon, the fa- mily of the Zei^h- onites : of Haggi, the family of the Haggites : of iShuni, the family of the Shunites : 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites : of Eri, the family of the Erites : 17 Of Arod, the family of the Aro- dites : of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were num- bered of them, forty thousand .lud five hundred. 19 IT The sons of Judah tvere Er and Onan : and I'r and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were ; of Shelah, the family of the 8helan- ites : of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites ; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the S(jns of Pharez were; of Hezron the family of the Hezronites : of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbei-ed of them, three- score and sixteen thousand and five hundred. Numbering of the jieople NUMBERS 26. on the plaitis of Moah. 23 IT Of the sons of Issachar aftei' their families : q/' Tola, the family of the Tolaites : of Pua, the family of the Punites : 24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites : of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the families of Issachar ac- cording to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. 26 IT Of the sons of Zebulun after their ALOE {Aqidlaria agallocha). — Num. xxiv. 6. families : of Sered, the family of the Sardites : of Elon, the family of the Elonites : of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbei'ed of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 28 IT The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh : of Machir, the family of the Machirites : and Machir begat Gilead : of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead : of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites : of Helek, the family of the Helekites : 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asriel- ites : and of tShechem, the family of the Shechemites : 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites : and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 IF And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters : and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 35 ^ These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites : of Becher, the family of the Bachrites : of Tahan, the family of the, Tahanites. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah : of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were num- bered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. 38 IT The sons of Benjamin after their fami- lies : of Bela, the family of the Belaites : of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites : 39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shu- phamites : of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman : of Ard, the family of the Ardites : and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41 These ai-e the sons of Benjamin after their families : and they that were numl^ered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. 42 IF These are the sons of Dan after their families : of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, ac- cording to those that were numbered of them, ivei'e threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 44 TF Of the children of Asher after their families : of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites : of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites : of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites : of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher tvas Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them ; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 48 IF Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jah- zeelites : of Guni, the family of the Gunites : 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites : of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali ac- cording to their families : and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thou- sand and four hundred. 51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thou- sand seven hundred and thirty. 52 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To many thou shalt give the more in- heritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance : to every one shall his inherit- ance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. i 193 The families oj the Levitts. NUMBERS 27. The daughters of Zelophehad. 56 According to the lot shall the posses- sion thereof be divided between many and few. 57 1" And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families : of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites : of Koliath, the family of the Kohathites ; of Mei'ari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother haxQ to Levi in Egypt: and she bare numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. CHAPTER 27 1 The daughters of Zelophehad siie for an inheritance. 6 The law of inheritances. 12 Moses, being told of his death, siieth for a successor. 18 Joshua is appointed to succeed him. THEN came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the PLAINS OF SHITTIM AND MOUNTAINS OF MOAB. — .V«W. XXV. T. unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord. 62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward : for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 63 IT These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who num- bered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by .Jordan 7iear Jericho. 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest 194 families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters ; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, hi/ the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Loed in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefo7-e a possession among the brethren of our father. The lato of inheritances. 5 And Moses brought their cause before the Lord. 6 T And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right : thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren ; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritanee unto his father's brethren. 1 1 And if his father have no brethren, then NUMBERS 27. Moses ivamed of his death. ye shall give his inheritance unto his kins- man that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses. 12 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. 14 For ye rebelled against my command- ment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes : that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. 15 il And JMoses spake unto the Lord, saying, 16 Let_ the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in be- fore them, and which may lead He laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge." — Nn»i. xxvii. 23. 195 Joshva chosen Moses' successor. NUMBERS 28. Laws concerning sacrifices. them out, and which may bring them in ; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 18 IT And the Lord said unto Closes, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand ujion him ; 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a chai'ge in their sight. 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of LTrim before the Lord : at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. 22 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him : and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congre- gation : 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded y the hand of Moses. CHAPTER 28. 1 The Lord's offerings are to be observed. 3 The con- tinual burni-offering. 9 The offering on the sabbath, 11 on the neih-moons, 16 at the passover, 26 in the day of first-fruits. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ^ 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them. My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to ofier unto me in their due season. 3 IF And thou shalt say unto them. This is the off'ering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord ; two lambs of the first year Avithout spot day by day, for a continual burnt-offering. 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morn- ing, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even ; 5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with the fourth jmrt of an hin of beaten oil. 6 It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in mount 8inai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. 7 And the drink-offering thereof shall he the fourth j^art of an hin for the one lamlj : in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lord/o;- a drink- offering. 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 9 1 And on the sal)bath-day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth- deals of flour/o?- a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof : 10 This is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, 196 beside the continual burnt-offering, and his drink-offering. 11 IF And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without sj^ot ; 12 And three tenth-deals of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, for one bul- lock; and two tenth-deals of flour, /'or a meat- offering, mingled with oil, for one ram ; 13 And a several tenth-deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering unto one lamb ; for a burnt-offering of a sweet savour, a sacri- fice made by fire unto the Lord. 14 And their drink-offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bjillock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth ^?ar^ of an hin unto a lamb : this is the burnt-offering of every month throughout the months of the year. 15 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offer- ing unto the Lord shall be offered, beside the continual burnt-offering, and his drink- offering. 16 IT And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord. 17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast : seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. 18 In the first day shall be an holy convoca- tion; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein : 19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire /or a burnt-offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish : 20 And their meat-offering shall be of flour mingled with oil : three tenth-deals shall ye ofier for a bullock, and two tenth-deals for a ram ; 21 A several tenth-deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, thi'oughout the seven lambs : 22 And one goat/o?' a sin-offering, to make an atonement for you. 23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt- offering in the morning, which is for a con- tinual burnt-offering. 24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : it shall be offered beside the continual burnt-offering, and his drink- offering. 25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work. 26 IT Also in the day of the first-fruits, when ye bring a new meat-offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work ; 27 But ye shall offer the burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year ; 28 And their meat-offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth-deals unto one bullock, two tenth-deals unto one ram, Solemnities to he observed NUMBERS 29. on the seventh month. MOUNT ABARIM 29 A sevei'al tenth-deal unto one lamL, throughout the seven lambs ; 30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. 31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) aiid their drink-offerings. CHAPTER 29. 1 The offering at the feast of trumpets, 7 on the day of afflicting their souls, 12 and on the eight days of the feast of tabernacles. AND in the seventh month, on the first J^ dai/ of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. 2 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord ; one young liullock, one ram, atul seven lamlis of the first year without blemish; 3 And their meat-offering shall he of flour mingled with oil, three tenth -deals for a bullock, and two tenth -deals for a ram, 4 And one tenth-deal for one lamb, through- out the seven lambs : 5 And one kid of the goats/or a sin-offering, to make an atonement for you : 6 Beside the burnt-offering of the month, and his meat-offering, and the daily burnt- offering, and his meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made l>y fire unto the Lord. 7 IT And ye shall have on the tenth dap of this seventh month an holy convocation ; and ye shall afflict your souls : ye shall not do any work therein : 8 But ye shall offer a burnt-offei-ing unto the Lord /or a sweet savour • one young bullock, one ram, ami seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish : 9 And their meat-offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth-deals to a Ijul- lock, and two tenth-deals to one ram, 10 A several tenth -deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs : 1 1 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering ; beside the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, and the meat-offer- ing of it, and their drink-offerings. 12 TT And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days : 13 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first -yea.r; they shall be without blemish : 14 And their meat-offering shall be q/ flour mingled with oil, three tenth-deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth- deals to each ram of the two rams, 15 And a several tenth-deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs : 16 And one kid of the goats for a sin- 107 Solemnities of the seventh mon fh. NUMBERS 30. Concerning votb&. oifei-ing; beside the continual burnt-offering, his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. n T" And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, foui'teen lambs of the tirst year without spot : 18 And their meat-offering and their drink- offerings for the l)ullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the manner : 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offer- ing ; beside the continual burnt-offering, and the meat-offering thereof, and their drink- offerings. 20 IT And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish ; 21 And their meat-offering and their drink- offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the manner : 22 And one goat for a sin-offering ; beside the continual burnt-offering, and his meat- offering, and his drink-offering. 23 IT And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without l^lemish : 24 Their meat-offering and their drink- offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the manner : 25 And one kid of the goats for a sin- offering ; beside the continual burnt-offering, his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 26 IT And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without sjDot : 27 And their meat-offering and their drink- offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the manner : 28 And one goat for a sin-offering ; beside the continual burnt-offering, and his meat- offering, and his drink-offering. 29 H And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen laml)s of the first year without blemish : 30 And their meat-offering and their drink- offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the manner : 31 And one goat for a sin-offering ; beside the continual burnt-offering, his meat-offer- ing, and his drink-offering. 32 IT And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : 33 And their meat-offering and their di-ink- offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the manner : 34 And one goat for a sin-offering ; beside the continual burnt-offering, his meat-offer- ing, and his drink-offering. 35 IT On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly : ye shall do no servile work therein : 36 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering, a sacri- fice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the 198 Lord: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish : 37 Their meat-offering and their drink- offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the manner : 38 And one goat for a sin-offering ; beside the continual burnt-offering, and his meat- offering, and his drink-offering. 39 These things ye shall do unto the Lord in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your free-will-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your meat-offerings, and for your drink-offerings, and for your peace-offerings. 40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the Lord commanded Moses. CHAPTER 30. 1 Vows are not to be broken. 3 The excejMons of a maid's vow, 6 of a wife's, 9 of a ividoiv's, or of her that is divorced. AND Moses spake unto the heads of the J\. tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. 2 If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond ; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 3 H If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, heing in her father's house in her youth ; 4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her ; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath l^ound her soul shall stand. 5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand : and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. 6 ^ And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul ; 7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at Jier in the day that he heai-d it : then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect : and the Lord shall forgive her. 9 TF But every vom^ of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath ; Concerning vows. NUMBERS 31. Slaughter uf the Midianites. 11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not : then allher vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them ; then whatsoever j^ro- ceeded out of her lips cerning con- her vows, or con- cerning the bondof her soul, shall not stand : her husband hath made them void ; and the Lord shall for- give her. 13 Every vow, and every bind- ing oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her hus- band may make it void. 14 But if her husband alto- gether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, be- cause he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them ; then he shall bear her iniquity. 16 These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, heing yet in her youth in her father's house. CHAPTER 31. The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain. 13 Moses is wroth with the officers for saving the tvomen alive. 19 How the soldiers, irith their cap- tives and spoil, are to be purified. 25 The proportion whereby the prey is to be divided. 48 7'he voluntary oblation of the officers unto the treasury of the Lord. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, . 2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites : afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. 3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying. Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian. 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were delivered out of the thou- sands of Israel, a thousand of everj/ tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thou- sand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy in- struments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. 7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Mo- ses ; and they slew all the males. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, be- side the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian : Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of IVIidian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 1 2 And they brought the cajitives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the jilains of Lloab, which are liy Jordan near Jericho. 13 "IT And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 199 wing the trumpets unto — A'«;«. xxix. I. Of the spoil of the Midianites NUMBERS 32. and its distribution. 17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. 18 But all the women children, that have liot known a man by lying with him, keep a-live for yourselves. 19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days : whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. 20 And purify all your raiment, and all that IS made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. 21 IF And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle. This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses ; 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water. 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and after- ward ye shall come into the camp. 25 IT And the Lord sjoake unto Moses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, here sixteen thousand ; of which the Lord's tribute was thirty and two persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord's heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. 42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that waiTed, 43 (Now the half that pertained unto the con- gregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 45 And thirt}^ thousand asses and five hundred, 46 And sixteen thousand persons ;) 47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 48 IF And the officers which were over thou- sands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses : 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken tbe sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and ]:)racelets, rings, ear-rings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord. 51 And JMoses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hun- dreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. 53 {For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) 54 And ]\Ioses and Eleazar the jariest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the taber- nacle of the congregation, /or a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord. CHAPTER 32. 1 The Reubcnites and Gadites sue for their inheritaiice on the east side of Jordan. 6 Moses reproneth them. 16 They offer him conditions to his content. 33 Moses assigneth them the land. 39 They conqiter it. NOW the children of Reuben and the chil- dren of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle ; ^eubemtes and Gadites N"UMBEiFlS 32. 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nim- rah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 4 Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle : 5 AVherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. 6 IT And ]\roses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Eeuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? sue for their inheritance. 7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord nath given them? 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had giv^en them. 10 And the Lord's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacola ; because they have not wholly followed me : 12 Save Caleb the son of Jej^hunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun : for they have wholly followed the Lord. 13 And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them TRIUMPHAL KETURN OF ISRAELITES. — Num. xxxi. 12. Moses assigns land NUMBERS 32. to Jieubenites and Gadites. i1^^^ KADESH-BARMEA. — A^um. xxxii. 8. wander in the wilderness foi'ty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed. 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel. 15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness ; and ye shall destroy all this people. 16 1r And they came near unto him, and said, We will Ijuild sheep-folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones : 17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place : and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward ; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. 20 IT And Moses said unto them. If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war, 21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, 22 And the land be sulidued before the 202 Lord : then afterward ye shall re- turn, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel ; and this land shall be your possession be- fore the Lord. 23 But if ye will not do so, behold ye have sinned against the Lord : and be sure your sin will find you out. 24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep ; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. 25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying. Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead : 27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. 28 So concerning them Moses com- manded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel : 29 And Moses said unto them. If the children of Gad and the chil- dren of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you ; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession : 30 But if they will not jmss over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad and the chil- dren of Reuben answered, saying. As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the Lord int(^ the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan viaj/ be ours. 33 And Moses gave unto them, etmi to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manas- seh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. 34 IT And the children of Gad Ijuilt Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And Atroth, Sho^Dhan, and Jaazei', and Jogliehah, 36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities : and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben built Hesh- bon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah : and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. 39 And the children of Machir the son of ^lanasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. Ttvo and forty journeys NUMBERS 33. of the Israelites. 40 And Moses gave GileacI unto Machir the son of Manasseh ; and he dwelt therein. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair. 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. CHAPTER 33. 1 Two and forty journeys of the Israelites. 50 The Canaanites are to he destroyed. THESE are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out accord- ing to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. 3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyjjtians. 4 For the Egyptians buried all their first- born, which the Lord had smitten among them: upon their gods also the Lord exe- cuted judgments. 5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the Avilderness. 7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again inito Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal- zephon : and they jjitched before Migdol. 8 And they dejoarted from before Pi-ha- hiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in ]\Iarah. 9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim : and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees ; and they pitched there. 10 And they re- moved from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. 11 And they re- moved from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. 13 And they de- parted from Doph- kah, and encamped in Alush. 14 And they removed from Alush, and en- camped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. 15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah. 17 And they dej^arted from Kibroth-hat- taavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. 19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez. 20 And they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in Lilinah. 21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. 22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. 23 And they went from Kehelathah, and l^itched in mount Shapher. 24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. 25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. 26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. 27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. 28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. 29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. 30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at IMoseroth. 31 And they departed from Mosei'oth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. 32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad. 33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. 34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. 35 And they departed from Ebi'onah, and encamj^ed at Ezion-gaber. AN EASTERN SHEEP-FOLD. — NllVt. XX.xii. l6. 203 The Canaanites doomed. NUMBERS 34. borders of the land. 36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. 37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. 38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first daij of the fifth month. 39 And Aaron tvas an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. 42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. 43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. 44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab. 45 And they dejDarted from lim, and jjitched in Dibon-gad. 46 And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. 47 And they removed from Almon-dibla- thaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan 7iear Jericho. 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth- jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. 50 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses in the i^lains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan ; 52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabi- tants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their iBolten images, and quite pluck down all their high places : 53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein : for I have given you the land to possess it. 54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families : and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheri- tance : every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth ; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabi- tants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall he jDricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. 204 CHAPTER 34. 1 The borders of the land. 16 T}ie naines of the men which shall divide the land. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ^ 2 Command the children of Israel, arid say unto them. When ye come into the land of Canaan ; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof :) 3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt-sea eastward : 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin : and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon : 5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. 7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall i^oint out for you mount Hor : 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad : 9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar- enan : this shall be your north Iwrder. 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham : 11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain ; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward : 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt- sea : this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half- tribe : 14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad accord- ing to the house of their fathers, have re- ceived their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheri- tance : 15 The two tribes and the half -tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jor- dan near Jericho eastward, toward the sun- rising. 16 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, The distributers of the land. NUMBERS 35. Cities of the Levites. THE GREAT SEA. — Num. xxxiv. 6. storm off Jaffa — Reefs of Rocks in distance. 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you : Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one j^rince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. 19 And the names of the men are these : Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- dren of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the ti'ibe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24 And the jjrince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- dren of Zebulun, Elizaj)han the son of Par- nach. 26 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- dren of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28 And the prince of the trilje of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29 These are they whom the Lord com- manded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. CHAPTER 35. 1 E\(jhi and forty cities for the Levites with their sxibxirbs, and meastire thereof . 6 Six of them are to be cities of refiuje. d The laws of murder. Z\ No satisfaction to be taken for murder. AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the . plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in ; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in ; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits ; and the city shall be in the midst : this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the man- slayer, that he may flee thither : and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. 205 Cities of refuye. NUMBERS 36. Inheritance of dattghterh. 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities : them shall ye give with their subui'bs. 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel : from them that have many ye shall give many ; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth. 9 IT And the Lord spake unto ]\Ioses, saying, 10 Si^eak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you ; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger ; that the man-slayer die not, until he stand before the congrega- tion in judgment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give, six cities shall ye have for refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jor- dan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them; that every one that killeth any pei'son unawares may flee thither. 16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be l^ut to death. 18 Or if he smite him with an hand -weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer : when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. 20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die ; 21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die : he that smote him shall surely be put to death ; for he is a murderer : the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, 23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm : 24 Then the congregation shall judge be- tween the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments : 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled : and he shall abide in it unto the death of the 206 high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 27 And the revenger of blood find him with- out the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer ; he shall not be guilty of blood : 28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest : but after the death of the high jai'iest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. 29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your genera- tions in all your dwellings. 30 AVhoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of wit- nesses : but one witness shall not testify against any person to caiise him to die. 31 IT Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death. 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defileth the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inlial>it, wherein I dwell : for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel. CHAPTER 36. 1 The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters 5 i« remedied by marrying in their own tribes, 7 lest the inheritance should be removed from the tribe. 10 The daughters of Zelophehad marry their father's brothers' sons. AND the chief fathers of the families of the J\. children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the i^rinces, the chief fathers of the children of Israel ; 2 And they said, the Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance hy lot to the children of Israel : and my lord was com- manded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received : so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be jiut unto the inheritance of the tribe where- unto they are received : so shall their inheri- tance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. Law amcerning NUMBERS 36. inheritance of da iKjhters. 5 IT And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LoKD,say ing, The trilDe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. 6 This is the thing which the Lord doth com- mand concerning the daughters of Zelophe- had, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best ; only to the family of the tnbe of their father shall they marry. 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe : for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family ot the tribe of her father, that the children ot Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. 9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe ; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. 10 II Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad : 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelo- phehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons : 12 And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. 13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan nea7' Jericho. " By Jordan near Jericho."— Num. xxxvi. 13. From the East {Moab) bank. 207 "Moses spake unto all ls>Vih¥.u"—Deuf. i. i. THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 1. 1 Moses' speech in the end of the fortieth year, briefly rehearsing the story 6 of God' s promise, 13 of giving them officers, 22 of sending the spi^s to search the land, 34 of God's anger for their incredulity, 41 and disobedience. HESE be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and To- phel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 {There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount 8eir unto Kadesh-barnea.) 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them ; 4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei : 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 6 IT The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount : 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea-side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. 8 Behold, I have set the land before you : go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. 9 If And I [spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone : 10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath pi'omised you !) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cum- brance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 14 And ye answered me, and said. The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and oflicers among your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man ; for the judgment is God's : and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. 19 IF And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us ; and we came to Kadesh- barnea. 20 And I said unto you. Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee : go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee ; fear not, neither be discouraged. 22 IT And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said. We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. 23 And the saying pleased me well : and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe : 24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down urto us, and brought us word again, and said. It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us. 26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God : 27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. O 209 Moses rehearses the sUrry DEUTERONOMY 2. 28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. 29 Then I said unto you. Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30 The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes ; 31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God, 33 Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents m, in f ve by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. 34 1' And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, 35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, 36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lords 37 Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt- not go in thither. ^ 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which stand- eth before thee, he shall go in thither: en- courage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 39 Moreover your little ones, which ye- said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. _ 40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go ujd and fight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. 42 And the Lord said unto me. Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight ; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. 43 So I spake unto you ; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously vq) into the hill. 44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. 45 And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. 46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, ac- cording unto the days that ye abode there. 210 of Israel in the ivilderness. CHAPTER 2. 1 The story is continued, that they were iiot to meddle %vith the Edomites, 9 nor ivith the Moabites, 16 nor ivith the Ammonites : 24 but Sihon the Amorite was given up to be subdued by them.. THEN we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me : and we compassed mount Seir many days. 2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying, 3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough : turn you northward. 4 And command thou the people, saying. Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir ; and they shall be afraid of you : take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore : 5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth ; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat ; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. 7 For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness : these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. 8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the Lord said unto me. Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle : for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot /or a possession. 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims ; 11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. 12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir before time ; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his jiossession, which the Lord gave unto them. 13 Now rise up, said /, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. 14 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them. 15 For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. 16 IT So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the Lord spake unto me, saying, The Moabites and Ammonites. DEUTERONOMY 2. Sihon the Amorite subdued. 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day : 19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession ; because I have given it unto the children of Lot/o?' a possession. 20 (That also was account- ed a land of giants : giants dwelt therein in old time ; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims ; 21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Ana- kims ; but the Lord de- stroyed them before them ; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead : 22 As he did to the chil- dren of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before themj and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day : 23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 24 IT Rise ye uj), take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon : behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land : begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations ; that are under the :, whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 26 IT And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth, unto Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, 27 Let me pass through thy land : I will go along by the high-way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat ; and give me water for money, that I may drink : only I will pass through on my feet ; 29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me ;) until I shall loass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us. 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. 31 And the Lord said unto me. Behold, I MOSES VIEWS THE PROMISED LAND FROM PISGAH. — Deut. iii. 2/. have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee : begin to possess, that thou mayest in- herit his land. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 33 And the Lord our God delivered him before us ; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain : 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 211 The conquest of Og. DEUTERONOMY 3, 4. Allotment of conquered land.. 36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the rivei-, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us : the Lord our God dehvered all unto us : 37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou earnest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbade us. CHAPTER 3. 1 The story of the conquest of Og king of Bashmi. 11 The size of his bed. 12 The distribution of the con- quered lands to the two tribes and half. 23 Moses' prayer to enter into the land. 26 He is permitted to see it. THEN we turned, and went up the way to Bashan : and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 2 And the Lord said unto me. Fear him not : for I will deliver him, and all his i:)eople, and his land, into thy hand ; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto 8ihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 3 So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him, until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we took all his cities at that time ; there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5 All these cities ivere fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroy ing the men, women, and children, of every city. 7 But all the cattle, and the si^oil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that vxis on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon ; 9 ( Which Hermon the Sidonians call 8irion ; and the Amorites call it 8henir ;) 10 All the cities of the iDlaiii, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 1 1 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his Ijedstead rvas a bedstead of iron ; is it not in Rab- bath of the children of Amnion'? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 12 IT And this land, which Ave possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh ; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the 212 country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. 15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon ; 1 7 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth- pisgah eastward. 18 IT And I commanded you at that time, saying. The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed Ijefore your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, {for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you ; 20 LTntil the Lord have given rest unto your bretlu-en, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God liath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his pos- session, which I have given you. 21 IT And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying. Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings : so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. 22 Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you. 23 IT And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, 24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand : for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might ? 25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is Ijeyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. 26 But the Lord was Avroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me : and the Lord said unto me. Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes : for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him : for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. 29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. CHAPTER 4. \ An exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses appointeth the three cities of refuge on the east side of Jordan. NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do thetti, that ye may live, Moses exhorts DEUTERONOMY 4. the peo2)le to obedience. and go in and possess the land which the LoED God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I cominand you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the com- mandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God com- manded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him /or.? 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so I'ighteous as all this law, which I set before you this day 1 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they dei:)art from thy heart all the days of thy life : but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons ; 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest be- fore the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire : ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude ; only ye heard a voice. 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to ijerform, even ten commandments ; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. 14 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 15 IF Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of simili- tude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire : 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, A FbRD NEAR PILGRIM'S BATHING-PLACE. " This Jordan." — D<;ut. iii. 27. 2K Exhortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY 4. The cities of refuge. 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the Hkeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth : 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. 21 Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee /or an inheritance : 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make jom a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. 24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. 25 IT When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have re- mained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger : 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you. 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 30 When thou art in tril^ulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt l)e obedient unto his voice ; 31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither de- stroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. 32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, 214 whether there hath been any sv£h thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live '? 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, ac- cording to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes ? 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God ; there is none else beside him. 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee : and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire ; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And l^ecause he loved thy fathers, there- fore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt ; 38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheri- tance, as it is this day. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : there is none else. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. 41 IF Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising ; 42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past ; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live : 43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ra- moth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. 44 "IT And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel : 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, 46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt : 47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising • 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, 49 And all the plain on this side Jordan east- ward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. The decalogue DEUTERONOMY 5. is repeated. MOUNT HERMON. — Detlt. iv. 48. CHAPTER 5. 1 A commemo7'ation of the covenant in Iloreh. 6 The ten commandments. 22 At the people's request Moses receiveth the latofrom God. AND Moses called all Israel, and said unto . them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I sjoeak in your eai^s this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 4 The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, 5 (I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord : for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount ;) saying, 6 IT I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in tlie earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth : 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, 10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my command- ments. H Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 12 Keep the sabbath-day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work : 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy man-servant and thy maid- servant may rest as well as thou. 15 And remember that thou wast a ser- vant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched -out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath-day. 215 Further exhortation DEUTERONOMY 5. to obedience. 16 IT Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee ; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 17 Thou shalt not kill. 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 Neither shalt thou steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. 22 IT These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the ' Thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house." — Deut 216 midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders ; 24 And ye said. Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his great- ness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire : we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. 25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us : if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die. 26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say : and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me ; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken, 29 Oh that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my com- mandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! 30 Go say to them. Get you into your tents again. 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judg- ments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 32 Ye shall observe to do there- fore as the Lord your God hath commanded you : ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may he well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land wnich ye shall possess. Exhortation to obedience. CHAPTER 6. DEUTERONOMY 6, Canaanites to be destroyed. w 1 The end of the law is obedience. 3 A71 exhortation thereto. 20 What they are required to teach their children concerning it. OW these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do the»i in the land whither ye go to possess it : 2 That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his com- mandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be i^ro- longed. 3 IT Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Israel : The Lord our God is one P Lord : ' 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart : 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them Avhen thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 10 And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full ; 12 Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. kl3 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; 15 (For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. 17 Ye shall diligently keep the command- ments of the Lord your God, and his testi- monies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord : that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. 20 IT And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you? 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's l)ond-men in Egypt ; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand : 22 And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes : 23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24 And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these conunandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. CHAPTER 7. 1 All communion with the seven nations of Canaan is forbidden for fear of idolatry, 6 for the holiness of the people, 9 for the nature of God in his mercy and justice, 17 for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them. 25 Images must be wholly destroyed. WHEN the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girga- shites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou ; 2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee ; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them : 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them ; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from fol- lowing me, that they may serve other gods : so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them ; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 6 IT For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God : the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people : 217 Conditions of God's mercy. DEUTERONOMY 8. Idolatry to he avoided. 8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bond -men, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which kee^^eth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thou- sand generations ; 10 And rejDayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. 1 1 Thou shalt therefore keep the command- ments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. 12 IT Wherefore it shall come to jiass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers : 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee : he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy coi'n, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed aVjove all j^eople: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egyjit, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them ujDon all them that hate thee. 16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that ^vill be a snare unto thee. 17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I ; how can I dispossess them? 18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt ; 19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out : so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. 20 Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. 21 Thou shalt not be afi'righted at them : for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. 22 And the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little : thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 23 But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. 218 24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven : there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. 25 IT The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire : thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein : for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it : hut thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it ; for it is a cursed thing. CHAPTER 8. An exhortation to obedience in regard «/ God's- mercy and goodness in his dealings with Israel. A LL the commandments which I command XjL thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiiDly, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, a7id to jDrove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his com- mandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and sufiered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; OLIVE (Olea Europcea). — Deut. viii. 8. that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. 4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. 5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, An exhortation DEUTERONOMY 8. to obedience. that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Loed thy God chasteneth thee. 6 Therefore thou shalt keep the command- ments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land; a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil-olive, and honey ; 12 Lest tvhen thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13 And ivhen thy herds and thy flocks multii^ly, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multi- plied ; 14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage ; 15 Who led thee through that great and 'A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees."— Deiii. viii. 8. 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig lorass. 10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day : terrible wilderness, ivherein were fiery ser- pents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water ; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint ; . 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end ; 17 And thou say in thine heart. My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. , 18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy 219 Moses' charge continued. God : for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may estabHsh his cove- nant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. 20 As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish ; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. CHAPTER 9. Moses dissuadeth them from the opinion of their otvn righteousness, 7 by rehearsing their several rebel- lions. HEAR, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities gi'eat and fenced up to heaven, 2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say. Who can stand before the children of Anak ! 3 Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face : so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee. 4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying. For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land : but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. 5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the up- rightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 6 Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy I'ighteousness ; for thou art a stiff- necked people. 7 IT Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord. 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you. 9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: 220 DEUTERONOMY 9. IsraeVs rehellions rehearsed. 10 And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God ; and on them tvas written according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. 12 And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence ; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves: they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I com- manded them ; they have made them a molten image. 13 Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people : 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven : and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. 15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire : and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. 16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf : ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you. 1 7 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. 18 And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights : I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger, 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also. 20 And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him : and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. 21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust : and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. 22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, j^e provoked the Lord to wrath. 23 Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying. Go up and possess the land which I have given you ; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. 24 Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you. 25 Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the The tivo tables restm^ed. DEUTERONOMY 10. The tribe of Levi sejmrated. first; because the Lord had said he would destroy you. 26 I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast re- deemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin : 28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say. Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he pro- mised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. 29 Yet they are thy people and thine in- heritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched-out arm. CHAPTER 10. 1 God's mercy in restoring the tivo tables, 6 in con- tinuing the priesthood, 8 in separating the tribe of Levi, 10 in hearkening unto Moses' suit for the people. 12 An exhortation to obedience. AT that time the Lord said unto me, Hew J\, thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first taljles which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 3 And I made an ark of shittim-wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. 4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly : and the Lord gave them unto me. 5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made ; and there they be, as the Lord commanded me. 6 IF And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's ofiice in his stead. 7 From thence they journeyed unto Gud- godah ; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. 8 IT At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. 9 Wherefore Levi hath no jiart nor inheri- tance with his brethren ; the Lord is his in- heritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him. 10 IT And I stayed in the mount, according to the fii'st time, forty days and forty nights ; and the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee. 1 1 And the Lord said unto me. Arise, take th)/ journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. 12 IF And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, 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, 13 To keep the commandments of the Lord, I fell down before the Lord." — Deut. ix. 25. 221 An exhortation DEUTEKONOMY 11. to obedience. and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. 15 Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked. 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward : 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. 21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terril^le things, which thine eyes have seen. 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons ; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. CHAPTER 11. 1 An exhortation to obedience, 2 by their own ex- perience of God's great works, 8 by promise of God's great blessings, 16 and by threatenings. 18 A careful study is required in God's words. 26 The blessing and curse is set before them. THEREFORE thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his com- mandments, alway. 2 IT And know ye this day : for / sj^eak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched-out arm, 3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land ; 4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots ; how he made the water of the Red sea to over- flow them as they pursued after you, and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day; 5 And what he did unto you in the wilder- ness, until ye came into this place ; 6 Ajid what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel : 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did. 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the command- ments which I command you this day, that 222 ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it ; 9 Ajid that ye may prolong your- days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 10 IT For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowed st thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : 1 1 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven : 12 A land which the Lord thy God careth for : the eyes of the Lord thy God ai-e always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. 13 IF And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them ; 17 And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you. 18 IT Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 And ye shall teach them your chil- dren, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thine house, and upon thy gates : 21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. 22 IT For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him ; 23 Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall jios- sess greater nations and mightier than your- selves. 24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours : from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. 25 There shall no man be able to stand A blessing and a curse. DEUTERONOMY 12. Idols to be destroyed. RAINSTORM PASSING OVER HILL NEAR NAIN. "A land of hills and valleys, and drinketh rain.'' — Deut. xi. ii. before you : for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. 26 IT Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse ; 27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LoED your God, which I command you this day : 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the com- mandments of the LoKD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 29 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal. 30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh % 31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. 32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day. CHAPTER 12. 1 Monuments of idolatry are to be destroyed, i The place of God's service is to be kept. 15, 23 Blood is forbidden. 17, 20, 26 Holy things must be eaten in the holy place. 19 The Levite is not to be forsaken. 29 Idolatrous practices are not to be enquired after. THESE are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall ol^serve to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to i^ossess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and Ijreak their pillars, and liurn their groves with fire ; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. 4 IT Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God. 5 But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come : 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt- offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, 223 Place of burnt-offering. DEUTERONOMY 12. Place of eating of holy things. and heave-offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will-offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks : 7 And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee. 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you. 10 But 2vhen ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety ; 11 Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there ; thither shall ye bring all that I command you ; your burnt-offerings, ~M. At'jj, ROE-BUCK {Gazella dorcas). — Detit. xii. 15. and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord : 12 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 within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. 13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest : 14 But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. 15 IF Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee : the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roe-buck, and as of the hart. 224 16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. 17 IT Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy free-will-offerings, or heave-offering of thine hand : 18 But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates : and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. 19 IT Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. 20 IT When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath j^romised thee, and thou shalt say,' I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 21 If the place wliich the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, 22 Even as the roe-buck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. 23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood : for the blood is the life ; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. 24 Thou shalt not eat it ; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. 25 Thou shalt not eat it; th;it it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord. 26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose : 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God : and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. 28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God. 29 IT When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land ; 30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods 1 even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God; for every abomination to the Lord, TreatDient of idolaters DEUTEllONOiMY 13. and idolatnnis cities. WILD GOAT [Capra ibex]. — Dent. xiv. 5. which he hateth, liave they done unto their gods ; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. 32 What thing soever I command you, ob- serve to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. CHAPTER 13. 1 Enticers to idolatry, 6 hate near soever tinto thee, 9 are to be stoned to death. 12 Idolatrmis cities muat be •utterly destroyed. IF there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of di'eams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath sjjoken to turn ymc away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to Avalk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. 6 IF If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers ; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth ; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him : 9 But thou shalt surely kill him ; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwai-ds the hand of all the people. 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy (iod, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. 12 1^ If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have with- drawn the inhabitants of their city, saying. Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known ; 14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it he truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you ; 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt Inirn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every Avhit, for the Lord thy God : and it shall he an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. 17 And there shall cleave nought of the ciu'sed thing to thine hand : that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon CHAMOIS — WILD SHKKP.—DeNf. xiv. 5. 225 Meats clean and unclean. DEUTERONOMY 14, 15. Concerning tithes. thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers ; 18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his command- ments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God. CHAPTER 14. 1 God's children are not to disfigure themselves in moui-ning. 3 What may, and what may not be eaten, i of beasts, 9 of fishes, 11 of fowls. 21 That which dieth of itself must not be eaten. 22 Tithes of divine service. 23 Tithes and firstlings of cattle to he eaten before the Lord. 28 The third year's tithe of alms and charity. YE are the children of the Lord your God : ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 2 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are ujjon the earth. 3 IT Thou shalt not eat any aljominable thing. 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat : the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 5 Tlie hart, and the roe-buck, and the fallow- deer, and the wild goat, and the j^ygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. 6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof ; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney : for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. 8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you : ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. 9 IT These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters : all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: 10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat ; it is unclean unto you. 11 TT 6*/ all clean birds ye shall eat. 12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, 14 And every raven after his kind, 15 And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 17 And the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant, 18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you : they shall not be eaten. 20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat. 21 IF Ye shall not eat of any thing that 226 dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it ; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien : for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 22 TF Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year hj year. 23 IT And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first- lings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always. 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not al^le to carry it ; or if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee : 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and ])ind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : 26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth aftei', for oxen, or for sheej], or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth : and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, 27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him ; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. 28 IT At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates : 29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied ; that the Lord thy (jtod may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. CHAPTER 15. 1 The seventh year a year of release for the poor. 7 It must be no hindrance to lending or giving. 12 An llebreto senant, 16 except he will not depart, must in the seventh year go forth free and well furnished. 19 All firstling males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord. AT the end of everi/ seven years thou shalt . make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth oicght unto his neighbour shall release it ; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his l^rother ; because it is called the Lord's release. 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again : but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release ; 4 Save when there shall l)e no poor among you ; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it : 5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the The year of release. DEUTERONOMY 16. Feast of the passover. voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. 6 For the Loed thy God blesseth thee, as he i^romised thee : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, l)ut thou shalt not Iwrrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. 7 "IT If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother : 8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him suihcient for his need, in that which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand ; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying. Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 12 *lF And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty : 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy wine-press: of thai wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God re- deemecl thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day. 16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee ; 1 7 Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou shalt do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee ; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 19 IT All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the first- ling of thy sheep. 20 Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates : the unclean and the clean 2^erson shall eat it alike, as the roe-buck, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat the l)lood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. CHAPTER 16. 1 The feast of the passover, 9 of tveeks, 13 of taber- nacles. 16 Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts. 18 Of jtidges and justice. 21 Groves and images are forbidden. OBSERVE the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God : for in the month of Abil) the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it ; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction ; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste : that thou mayest remember the day when Take an awl and thrust it through his es.r."—Deiit. xv.j/. The feast of weeks. DEUTERONOMY 17. Authority of the jiiclges. THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER. — Deiti. Xvi. 3. thou earnest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. 4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coasts seven days ; neither shall there am/ fhini/ of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee : 6 But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou earnest forth out of Egy^it. 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread ; and on the seventh day shall he a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work therein. 9 IT Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee : begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to jmt the sickle to the corn. 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God with a tribute of a free-will-offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, accoi^ding as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee : 11 And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there. 12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast 228 a bond - man in Egypt : and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 13 IT Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine : 14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-ser- vant, and thy maid- servant, and the Le- vite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. 15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose : be- cause tlie Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. ]G *![ Three times in a year shall all thy males appear befoi^e the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose ; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles : and they shall not appear before the Lord empty : 17 Every man shall give as he is able, ac- cording to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee. 18 IT Judges and ofticers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee,4,hroughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment ; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift : for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 21 IT Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou sha^lt make thee. 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image ; which the Lord thy God hateth. CHAPTER 17. 1 The things sacrificed must be sound. 2 Idolaters must be slain. 8 Hard controversies are to be de- termined by the priests and judges. 12 The con- temner of that determination nwst die. 14 The election, 16 and duty of a king. THOU shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God amy bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evil-fa vouredness : for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God. Idolatry to he 2nmished DEUTERONOMY 17. with death. 2 IT If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded ; 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it., and enquii'ed diligently, and, behold, it he true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel : 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be Eut to death ; hut at the mouth of one witness e shall not be put to death. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. 8 IT If there arise a matter too hard for thee in j udgment, between blood and blood, between plea and i^lea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates : then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose ; 1 ' They shall shew thee the sentence of judgment." — Deut. xvii. 9. 229 Duties of a king. DEUTERONOMY 18. The great jtTophet. 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall he in those days, and enquire ; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: 10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee ; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee: 11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do : thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. 12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die : and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. 13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. 14 IF When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt i^ossess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me ; 15 Thou shalt in any wise set hhii king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose : one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which /s not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to him- self, nor cause the jieople to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multii^ly horses : for- asmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 1 7 Neither shall he multiijly wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 1 8 And it shall lie, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them : 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left : to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. CHAPTER 18. 1 The Lord is the priests' and Levites' inheritance. 3 The priest's due. 6 The Levite's portion. 9 The abominations of the nations are to be avoided. 15 Christ the Prophet is to be heard. 20 The pre- sximptuous prophet is to die. THE priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel : they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. 230 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren : the Lord is their in- heritance, as he hath said unto them. 3 TT And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it he ox or sheep ; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. -i The first-fruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 5 For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever. 6 IT And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come witli all the desire of his mind unto the place Avhich the Lord shall choose ; 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites (/o, which stand there before the Lord. 8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. 9 "H When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 1 1 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord : and oecause of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. 14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners : but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. 15 TI The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken ; 16 According to all that thou desired st of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying. Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fii'e any more, that I die not. 17 And the Lord said unto me. They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them ujo a Proiohet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my Avords in his mouth ; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 20 IF But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to s]ieak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall The cities of refuge. DEUTERONOMY 19. The case of the manslayer. we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken 1 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, hut the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously : thou shalt not be afraid of him. CHAPTER 19. 1 The cities of refuge. 4 The privilege thereof for the man-slayer. 14 The land-mark is not to be re- moved. 15 Two witnesses at the least to prove a fact. 16 The punishment of a false witness. WHEN the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord tliy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses ; 2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may llee thither. 4 IT And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live : Whoso killeth his neighbour igno- rantly, whom he hated not in time past ; 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die ; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: 6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him ; whereas he ivas not worthy of death, in- asmuch as he hated him not in time past. 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying. Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. 8 And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers ; 9 If tiiou shalt keep all these command- ments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways ; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three : 10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee fo}- an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. 11 IT But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities : 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt X'ut away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. If any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him,' —Dent. xix. ii. 14 IT Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's land-mark, which they of old time hftve set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15 IT (3ne witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth : at the mouth of two 231 Punisliment of false witnesses. witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. 16 1 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong ; 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days ; 18 And the judges shall make diligent inqui- sition : and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against liis brother ; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thouglit to have done unto his l^rother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you: 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; hut life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. CHAPTER 20. 1 The priest's exhortation to encourage the people to battle. 5 The officers' proclamation who are to be dismissed from the war. 10 Hoiv to use the cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of peace. 16 What cities must be devoted. IS Trees for man's meat must not be destroyed in the siege. WHEN" thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a peojile more than thou, be not afraid of them : for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall aj^proach and speak unto the people, 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies : let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them ; 4 For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. 5 IT And the ofiicers shall speak unto the people, saying. What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedi- cated iti let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 6 And what man is he that hath planted a vine- yard, and hath not yet eaten of it 1 let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. 232 DEUTERONOMY 20. Laws to be observed in war. 7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken herl let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 8 And the officers shall speak further unto the i^eople, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted ?- let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart. 9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people. 10 II When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. 1 1 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it : 13 And when the Lord thy God hath de- livered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword : 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself ; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities ivhich are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. 16 IT But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth : 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them ; nanieli/, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Oanaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites ; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee : 18 That they teach you not to do after all "Thy neighbour's land-mark." — Deiit. xix. (Skeiched on the Mount of Olives.) Expiation of DEUTERONOMY 21. uncertain murder. "And when ye come nigh luito battle, the priest shall speak to the people." — Dcut. xx. 2. their abominations, which they have done unto tlieir gods ; so should ye sin against the Lord your God. 19 IF When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them : for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life') to employ them in the siege : 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they he not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. CHAPTER 21. 1 The expiation of an nncertain murder. 10 The usTlge of a captive taken to wife. 15 The fast- horn is not to be disinherited upon private affection. 18 A stubborn son is to be stoned to death. 22 The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree. IF one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in tlie field, a7id it be not known who hath slain him: 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which a7-e round about him that is slain : 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the eldex\s of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke ; 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eai-ed nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley : 5 And the jjriests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord ; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried : 6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over tlie heifer that is beheaded in the valley : 7 And they shall answer and say. Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8 Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 9 80 shalt thou put away the (/tiilt of imio- cent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that tvhich is right in the sight of the Lord. 10 IF When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, 11 And seest among the cajitives a beautiful 233 The rebellious son. DEUTERONOMY 22. Of humanity to brethren. woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife ; 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; 13 And she shall put the i^aiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go unto her, and be her husljand, and she shall be thy wife. 14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thovx hast humbled her. 15 1 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, hoth the beloved and the hated ; and if the first-born son be her's that was hated : 16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved first- born before the son of the hated, which is indeed the first-Vjorn : 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the first-born, by giving him a double portio2i of all that he hath : for he is the lieginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his. 18 "^ If a man have a stubborn and re- bellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them : 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place ; 20 And tliey shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and reljellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die : so shalt thou put evil away from among you ; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. 22 IF And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree : 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day ; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God ;) that thy land ])e not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an in- heritance. CHAPTER 22. 1 Of huvumity toward hrethreii. 5 The sex is to be distinguished by apparel. 6 The dam, is not to be taken with her young ones. 8 Every house must have battlements. 9 Confusion is to be avoided. 12 Fringes upon the vesttire. 13 The punishment of him that slandereth his wife. 22 Of adultei-y, 25 of rape, 28 and of fornication. 30 Incest. THOU shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. 234 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass ; and so shalt thou do with his raiment ; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise : thou mayest not hide thyself. 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. 5 H The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment : for all that do so are aljomination unto the Lord thy God. 6 IF If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young : 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. 8 IF When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou l)ring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. 9 IF Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds : lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. 10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. 1 1 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. 12 IF Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. 13 IF If any man take a wife, and go unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions of s^Deech against her, and bring \\\) an evil name uiDon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid : 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the 2>roofs of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate : 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave ray daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her ; 17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid ; and yet these are the proofs of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread them before the eldei-s of the city. 18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him ; 19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel : and she shall l)e his wife; he may not put her away all his days. Of adultery, fornication DEUTERONOMY 23. and incest. 20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel : 21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die : because she hath wrought folly in Israel, and in her father's house : so shalt thou put evil away from among you. 22 IF If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. . . i i 23 nr If a damsel that is a virgin be be- trothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; , ^, ^ . 94 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die ; the damsel, be- cause she cried not, being m the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neigh- bour's wife : so thou shalt put away evil from among you. „-,■,. J.^ -i i ^ 25 1 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and lie with her : then the man only that lay with her shall die : 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing ; there is in the damsel no sin tvorthl/ of death: for as when a man riseth against his neigh- bour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter : 27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. . . 28 II If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and they be found ; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife ; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. 30 II A man shall not take his father s wife, nor discover his father's skirt. CHAPTER 23. 1 Who may or way not enter into the congreyation. 9 Every wicked thing to be avoided in the host. 15 Of the fugitive servant. 17 Of filthiness. 18 Of abominable sacrifices. 19 Of usury. 21 Of vows. 24 Of trespasses. HE that is wounded or hath a member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congre- gation of the Lord ; even to his tenth genera- tion shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord. 3 IT An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even JERUSALEM. 'A battlement for thy rooV'—Deuf. .\xii. 8. 235 Cleanliness enjoined. DEUTEKONOMY 24. Law of divorce, &c. to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the con,'?;regation of the Lord for ever : 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt j and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to cui-se thee. 5 Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam ; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee. 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their l)rosperity all thy days for ever. 7 If Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite ; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land. 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation. 9 IT When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. 10 IT If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp : 11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water : and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. 12 IT Thou shalt have a place also with- out the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad : 13 And thou shalt have a shovel among thy weapons ; and it shall l)e, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee : 14 For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy : that he see no un- clean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 15 IT Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee : 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him. 17 IF There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 IT Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy (iod for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God. 19 IT Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother ; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : 20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine 236 hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 21 1^ When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it : for the .Lord thy God will surely require it of thee ; and it would be sin in thee. 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall lie no sin in thee. 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keeji and perform; even a free-will- offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. 24 IT When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure ; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. 25 When thou comest into the standing-corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand ; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing- corn. CHAPTER 24. 1 Tlie law of dicurce. 5 A note marned man is exempt from war. 6, 10 Of pledges. 7 Of man-stealers. 8 Of leprosy. 14 The hire is to he given. 17 Of justice. 19 Of charity. WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and mar- ried her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house ; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife ; 4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled ; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee /or an inheritance. 5 IT When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business : but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 6 IT No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. 7 IT If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him ; then that thief shall die ; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. 8 IT Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do accord- ing to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you : as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. 9 Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. Law of pledges, etc. DEUTERONOMY 25. Of diarity. 10 T When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his jDledge. 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. 12 And if the man he poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge : 13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy I 'When ihou beatest thine olive-tree." — Dcut. xxiv. 20. thee : and it shall be righteousness unto thee befoi'e the Lord thy God. 1 4 IT Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, ivhether he he of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is i^oor, and setteth his heart upon it : lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers : every man shall be liut to death for his own sin. ] 7 IT Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge : 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond -man in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence : therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 IT Wlien thou cuttest down thine harvest vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt : therefore I command thee to do this thing. CHAPTER 25. 1 stripes must not exceed forty. 4 I'he ox is not to he mvzzled. 5 Of raising up see I unto a deceased brother. 11 Of the immodest woman. 13 Of un- just u'eights and measures. 17 The tnemory of A malck is to he blotted out. IF there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that thejuch/es may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man he worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 237 Stripes not to exceed forty. DEUTERONOMY 26. Amalek to be destroyed. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed : lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. 4 "TT Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. 5 IT If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger : her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the first-born which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. 7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say. My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not per- form the duty of my husband's brother. 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him : and //' he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her ; 9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the i^resence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. 11 IT When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets : 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. 13 IT Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a gi'eat and a small. 15 JJut thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have : that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, and, all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 17 IT Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt ; 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou tvast faint and weary ; and he feared not God. 19 Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the re- membrance of Amalek from under heaven ; thou shalt not forget it. CHAPTER 26. 1 The confessioyi of him that offereth the basket of first- fruits. 12 The prayer of him that giveth his third year's tithes. 16 The covenant hetiveen God and the people. AND it shall l)e, when thou art come in ^ unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein ; 2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt ' Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn." — J)eui. xxv. 4. 238 Offering of fiyst-fruits. DEUTERONOMY 26. Giving the third year's tithes. bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the ijlace which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the covmtry which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us. 4 And the priest shall take the bas- out-stretched arm, and with great terrible- ness, and with signs, and with wonders : 9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given vis tliis land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have bi'ought the first-fruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it be- fore the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God: 11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good f#. Ik^^^k. H \ thing which the ket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God. 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish ivas my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous : 6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage : 7 And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression : 8 And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. 12 ir When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, vhich is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled ; 13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me : I have not trans- gressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them : 14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourn- ing, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead : hut I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done ac- cording to all that thou hast commanded me. 15 Look down from thy holy habitation, 239 God's covenant with the people. DEUTEHONOMY 27. The curses from Ehal. from heaven, and l)less thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land tliat floweth with milk and honey. 16 IT This day the Lord thy God hath com- manded thee to do these statutes and judg- ments : thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 17 Tliou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy (jrod, and to walk in his ways, and to keej) his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice : 18 And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his i:)eculiar peojile, as he hath i^ro- mised thee, and that tlum shouldest keep all his commandments ; 19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. CHAPTER 27. 1 The people are commanded to write the laio u%)on stones, 5 and to build an altar of who'.e stones. 11 The tribes divided on Gcrizini and hbal. 14 The curses to be pronounced on mount Ebal. AND Moses with the elders of Israel com- XX manded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. 240 ' Within thy gate 2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with i^laster: 3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art jDassed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee. 4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones : thou shalt not lift up am/ iron tool upon them. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones : and thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God: 7 And thou shalt offer peace-offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God. 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. 9 IT And Moses and the j^riests the Levites spake unto all Isi'ael, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel ; this day thou art l^ecome the peojjle of the Lord thy God. 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. 1 1 IF And Closes charged the jjeople the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the peojjle, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin : 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse ; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 IT And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed he the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the crafts- man, and putteth it in a secret 2)lace. And all the people shall answer and say. Amen. 16 Cursed he he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say. Amen. 17 Cursed he he that removeth his neighbour's land-mark. And all the people shall say. Amen. 18 Cursed he he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say. Amen. 19 Cursed he he that perverteth The curses from Ebal. DEUTERONOMY 28. Blessings for obedience. the judgment of the stranger, fathei'less, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife ; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother- in-law. And all the people shall say. Amen. 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the peo^ole shall say, Amen. 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and - blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face : they shall come out against thee one way, and fleo before thee seven ways. MOUNT EBAL. — De/tt xxvii. 4. "The Mountain of Darkness." an innocent j^erson. And all the people shall say. Amen. 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. CHAPTER 28. 1 The blessings for obedience. 15 The curses for dis- obedience. AND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt J^ hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth : 8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in tlij^ storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord ; and they shall be afraid of thee. 11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord swaro unto thy fathers to give thee. Q 241 Threatenings DEUTERONOMY 28. for disobedience. 12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless ail the work of thine hand : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do thetn : 14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 15 IF But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee : 16 Cursed shalt thou he in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou com est in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly ; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22 The Lord shall smite thee with a con- sumption, and with a fever, and with an in- flammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew ; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust : from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies : thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them : and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scao, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 28 The Lord shall smite thee with mad- ness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart : 29 And thou shalt grope at noon-day, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt 242 not prosper in thy ways : and thou shalt be only oj^pressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein : thou shalt jilant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof : thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee : thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long : and there shall be no might in thine hand. 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway : 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. 39 Thou shalt jjlant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grax>es: for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil ; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high ; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him : he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed ; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee : 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy Threatenings God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all tldngs; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not un derstand ; 50 A nation of fierce coun- tenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young : 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed : which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the in- crease of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land : and he shall be- siege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own liody, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall disti-ess thee : 54 So that the man that is tender among 5'ou, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave : 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat : because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicate- ness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil to- ward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear : for she shall DEUTERONOMY 28. for disobedience. TIOUNT GERIZIM. — De///. xxvii. 12. " The Mountain of Light." eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, «ve?i great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the 243 Exhortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY 29. The covenant renewed. Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought ; and ye shall be plucked from oft the land whither thou goest to jwssess it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind : 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life : 67 In the morning thou shalt say. Would God it were even ! and at even thou shalt say, THE END OF THE CURSED MAN. — Deut. XXviii. 26. Wou/d God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again : and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bond-men and bond-women, and no man shall buy you. CHAPTER 29. 1 Moses exhorteth the people to obedience, by the memory of the works they had seen. 10 All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant. 18 The great wrath on him that flattereth himself in his ivickedness. 29 Secret things belovg unto God. THESE are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 2 IT And Moses called unto all Israel, and 244 said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his ser- vants, and unto all his land ; 3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles : 4 Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to i^erceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink : that ye might know that I am the Lord your God. 7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them : 8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reu- benites, and to the Gadites, and to the half -tribe of Manasseh. 9 Keep therefoi-e the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. 10 IT Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, 11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water : 12 That thou should- est enter into cove- nant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day : 13 That he may establish thee to-day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath ; 15 But with hi7n that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with hi7n that is not here with us this day: 16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt ; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; 17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which tffere among them :) 18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our Mercy j^Tomised DEUTERONOMY 30. to the penitent. God, to go and serve the gods of these nations ; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood ; 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst : 20 The Lord will not spare him ; but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law : 22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it ; 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath : 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land ? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? 25 Then men shall say. Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt : 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and xohom he had not given unto them : 27 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book : 28 And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. 29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that tve may do all the words of this law. CHAPTER 30. 1 Great mercies promised unto the jJenitent. 11 The commandtnent is of obvimis interpretation. 15 Death and life are set before the people. AND it shall come to pass, when all these xV things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee : 5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it ; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7 And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. 9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good : for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers : 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his command- ments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 11 IT For this commandment which I com- mand thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say. Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say. Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do if? 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 15 11 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil ; 16 In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them ; 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not pro- long your days upon the land, whither tnou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 19 I call heaven and earth to record this 245 Moses encourageth DEUTERONOMY 31. the people and Joshua. day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: there- fore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live : 20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that MOSES AND JOSHUA PRESENTED THEM- SELVES IN THE TABERNACLE. — Deut. xxxi. 14, 15, 246 thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days : that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob to give them CHAPTER 31. 1 Moses encourageth the people. 7 He encourageth Joshua. 9 He delivereth the law unto the priests to read it in the .seventh year to the people. 14 God giveth a charge to Joshua, 19 and a song to testify against the people. 24 Moses delivereth the book of the law to the Lei'ites to keep. 28 He maketh a vrotestation to the elders. AND Moses went and spake these words jljL unto all Israel. 2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day ; I can no more go out and come in : also tlie Lord hath said unto me. Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 3 The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them : and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath said. 4 And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. 5 And the Lord shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them ac- cording unto all the command- ments which I have commanded you. 6 Be strong and of a good cou- rage, fear not, nor be afraid of them : for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee ; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 7 IT And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give them ; and thou shalt cause them to in- herit it. 8 And the Lord, he it ■ is that doth go before thee; he will be with The law delivered to the priests. DEUTERONOMY 32. The song of Moses, thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee : fear not, neither be dismayed. 9 IT And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every s,e\en years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 11 When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place wnich he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law : 13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 14 IF And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die : call Joshua, and present yourselves in the taber- nacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud : and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. 16 IT And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them ; so that they will say in that day. Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us 1 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. 19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel : put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey ; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness ; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed : for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. 22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. 23 IT And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said. Be strong and of a good courage : for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them : and I will be with thee. 24 IT And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the woitls of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25 That Moses commanded the ' Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff- neck : behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rel^ellious against the Lord ; and how much more after my death ? 28 H Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. 29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you ; and evil will befall you in the latter days ; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. 30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. CHAPTER 32. 1 Moses' song, which setteth forth God's mercy and vengeance. 44 He exhorteth the people to set their hearts unto all the nwds of the law. 48 God' sendeth him up to mount Nebo, to see the land, and die. GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 Mv doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speecn shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will jjublish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. 5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children : tliey are a perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish Eeople and unwise "? is not he thy father that atn bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee 1 7 IT Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations : ask thy father, and he will shew thee ; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people ac- cording to the number of the children of Israel. 247 The song 9 For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : 12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock ; 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat ; and thou didst drink the }:ure blood of the grape. 15 IT But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked : thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange godsy with abominations provoked they him to anger. 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers f eai'ed not. 18 Of the Rock that hegat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. 19 And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that ivhich is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vani- ties : and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people ; I will pro- voke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the moun- tains. 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them ; I will spend mine arrows upon them. 24 They shall he burnt with hunger, and devoured with 248 DEUTERONOMY 32. of Moses. burning heat, and with bitter destruction : I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. 25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men : 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say. Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 29 Oh that they were wise, that they under- stood this, that they would consider their latter end ! 30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up? THE ANCIKNT MOUNTAINS.— /)<;///. Xxxiii. 15. Serbal, Desert of Sinai. The song of Moses. DEUTERONOMY 33. Blessings of the twelve tribes. 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the iields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures'? 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recom- pence ; their foot shall slide in due time : for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 36 For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. 37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink-offerings ? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my swoi'd shall devour flesh ; and ^/i«^ with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. 43 Rejoice, 0 ye nations, \oith his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his peoj^le. 44 IF And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel : 46 And he said unto them. Set your hearts un- to all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you ; because it is your life : and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 48 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses that self-same day, saying, 49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and be- hold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession : 50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people : 51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah- Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin ; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. 52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee ; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. CHAPTER 33. 1 The majesty of God. 6 The blessings of the twelve tribes. 26 The excellency of Israel. AND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses . the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said. The Lord came from Sinai, and rose mj) from Seir unto them ; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints : from his right hand U'e7it a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints a7-e in thy hand : and they sat down at thy feet ; every one shall receive of thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people a)id the tribes of Israel were gathered together. 6 IT Let Reuben live, and not die ; and let 7iot his men be few. 7 IT And this is the blessing of Judah : and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people : let his hands be suflicient for him ; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. 8 IT And of Levi he said. Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massali, a^id ivith whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah ; 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him ; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children : for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law : they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt saci'ifice upon thine altar. 1 1 Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands : smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 12 IT And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. 13 IF And of Joseph he said. Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and f ulnesss thereof, and for the good will_ of him that dwelt in the bush : let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the 249 DEATH OF MOSES ON MOUNT NEBO.— Deut. xxxiv. 5. The excellency of Israel. DEUTEKONOMY 34. The death of Moses. top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 1 7 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns : with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. 18 H And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out ; and, Issachar, in thy tents. 19 They shall call the people unto the mountain ; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness : for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. 20 IT And of Gad he said. Blessed he he that enlargeth Gad : he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first part for him- self, because there, in a portion of the law- giver, was he seated ; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel. 22 IT And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp : he shall leajD from Bashan. 23 IT And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the bless- ing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south. 24 IT And of Asher he said, Let Asher he blessed with children ; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass ; and as thy days, so shall thy strength he. 26 IT There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, 7vho rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and under- neath ai-e the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee ; and shall say. Destroy thetn. 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone : the fountain of Jacob shall he upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. 29 Happy a7-t thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy jf ^ excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. CHAPTER 34. A^ 1 Moses from mount Nebo vieweth the Imid. 5 He dieth there. 6 His burial. 7 His age. 8 Thirty days' mourning for him. 9 Joshua succeedeth him. 10 The praise of Moses. LND Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto Zo>«r. 4 And the Lord said unto him. This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacol:), saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 5 IT So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor : but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 7 IT And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died : his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. 8 IF And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days : so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. 9 IT And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom ; for Moses had laid his hands ujion him : and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses. 10 H And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, ] 1 In all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his ser- vants, and to all his land, 12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel. UNICORN {Bos frimigenus). — Detit. xxxiii. 17. 251 THE BOOK OF JOSHUA CHAPTER 1. The Lord appointcth Joshua to succeed Moses. 3 I'he extent of the promised land. 5, 9 God promiseth to assist Joshua. 8 He giveth him instructions. 10 He prepareth the people to pass over Jordan. 12 Joshua putteth the two tribes and half in mind of their engagement to Moses. 16 They promise him obedience. [ O W after the death of Moses the servant of the Lokd it came to pass, that the LoED spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead ; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 3 IT Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euph- rates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea, toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 5 IT There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life : as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee : I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be strong and of a good courage : for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheri- tance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant com- manded thee : turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth ; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage ; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed : for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. 10 IF Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1 1 Pass tnrough the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for 'within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it. 12 IT And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying. The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them ; 15 Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath giveii you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them : then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which ]\Ioses the Lord's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising. 16 If And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee : only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 1 8 Whosoever he he that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death : only be strong and of a good courage. CHAPTER 2. 1 Rahab receiveth and concealeth the two spies sent from Shittim. 8 The covenant between her and them. 23 Their return and report. AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Xjl Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the country. 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying. Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house : for they be come to search out all the country. 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus. There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they 7vere: 5 And it came to pass about the time of shut- ting of the gate, when it was dark, that the 253 Rahah and the ttvo s^nes. JOSHUA Her covenant with them. ' And hid them with the stalks of flax." — /os/i. ii 5. men went out : whither the men went I wot not : pursue after them quickly ; for ye shall overtake them. 6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords : and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. 8 IF And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof ; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt ; and what ye did unto the two kings of tlie Amorites, that tvei-e on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you : for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token : 13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the men answered her. Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window : for her house was upon the town- wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. 254 16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you ; and hide your- selves there three days, until the pur- suers be returned : and afterward may ye go your way. 17 And the men said unto her. We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 18 Behold, 7vhen we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by : and thou shalt bring thy fa- ther, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. 1 9 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall he upon his head, and we rvill be guiltless : and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if ariy hand be upon him. 20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 21 And she said. According unto your words, so he it. And she sent them away, and they departed : and she bound the scarlet line in the window. 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned : and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 IT So the two men returned, and de- scended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them : 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land ; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. CHAPTER 3. 1 Joshva Cometh to Jordan. 2 The officers hisiruct the people concerning their passage. 7 The Lord encourageth Joshua. 9 Joshua e^icourageth the 2)eople. 14 The waters of Jordan are divided. AND Joshua rose early in the morning ; and L. they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 IT And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host ; 3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Preparations for JOSHUA 4. Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure : come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go : for ye have not Ijassed this way heretofore. 5 And Joshua said unto the people. Sanctify yourselves : for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. 6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, say- ing, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went oefore the people. crossing the Jordan. the Amorites, and the I Her house was upon the town-wall — Josh. ii. 15. 7 IF And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ai'k of the covenant, saying. When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. 9 H And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God. 10 And Joshua said. Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and Jebusites. 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the ear-th, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap. 14 IT And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jor- dan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jor- dan overfloweth all his banks all the time of har- vest,) 16 That the wa- ters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan : and those that came down to- ward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off : and the people passed over right against Jericho. - 1 7 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. CHAPTER 4. 1 Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a memorial out of Jordan. 9 Tuvlve other stonss are set up in the midst of Jordan. 10, 19 The people pass over. 14 God magmfieth Joshua. 20 The twelve stones are pitched in Oilgal. AND it came to pass, when all the people _ were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying. 255 Twelve memorial stones set up. JOSHUA 4. The passage of the Jordan. 2 Take you twelve men out of the jjeople, out of every tribe a man, 3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging- place, where ye shall lodge this night. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man : 5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, accord- ing unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel : 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying. What mean ye by these stones % 7 Then ye shall answer them. That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord ; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 IF And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the cove- nant stood : and they are there unto this day. 10 IT For the priests which bai-e the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manas- seh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them : 13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14 IT On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. 15 And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan 256 CROSSING THE JORDAN.— /^5;%. iii. I7, Tiuelve stones pitched in Gilgal. JOSHUA 5. Gil 'C un icis ion i ■enewed. PLAINS OF JERICHO. — /os/t. iv. I3. returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as thei/ did. before. 19 IF And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. 20 IF And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he si)ake unto the children of Isi-ael, saying. When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones 1 22 Then ye shall let your children know, say- ing, Israel came over this Joi'dan on dry land. 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over : 24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty : that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever. CHAPTER 5. 1 The Canaanites are afraid. 2 Joshua renetveth circumcision. 10 The passover is kej)t at Gilgal. 12 Manna ceaseth. 13 An angel appeareth to Joshua. AND it came to pass, when all the kings of xjL the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which tvere by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. 2 IT At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. 3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise : All the peojile that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. 5 Now all the people that came out were cir- cumcised ; but all the people that icere born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. 6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the jieople that ivere men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 7 And their children, vliom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised : for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. 8 And it came to pass, Avhen they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode 257 The siege of Jericho. JOSHUA G. Destruction of Jericho. in their places in the camp, till they were whole. 9 And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. 10 IT And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the four- teenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. 1 1 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, un- leavened cakes, and parched corn in the self- same day. 12 IF And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land ; neither had the children of Israel manna any more ; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 13 IT And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand : and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him. What saith my lord unto his servant? 15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. CHAPTER 6. 1 Jericho is shut up. 2 God instructeth Joshua how to besiege it. 12 The city is compassed. 17 It is accursed. 20 The walls fall down. 22 Rahah is saved. 26 The man that buildeth Jericho ajain is laid uiuler a curse. NOW Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel : none went out, and none came in. 2 IT And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all i/e men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns : and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, arul when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. 6 IT And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them. Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord. 258 7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed ])ass on before the ark of the Lord. 8 TF And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the Lord, and blew with the trumpets : and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them. 9 IF And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the i^ere-ward came after the ark, the jn'iests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying. Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall an;/ word pro- ceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout ; then shall ye shout. 1 1 So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once : and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 12 IF And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets : and the armed men went before them; but the rere-ward came after the ark of the Lord, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and i-eturned into the camp: so they did six days. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times : only on that day they compassed the city seven times. 16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout ; for the Lord hath given you the city. 17 IF And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camj) of Israel a curse, and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord : they shall come into the treasury of the Lord. 20 IF So the people shouted when the 2'>riests blew with the trumpets : and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 21 And they utterly destroyed all that ivas in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 22 IF But Joshua had said unto the two men The house of Rahah saved. JOSHUA 6. Jericho not to be rebuilt. that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. 23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Eahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had ; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel 24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that ^vas therein : only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. 25 And Joshua saved Eahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had ; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day ; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26 IF And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying. Cursed be the man before the Lokb, that riseth ujo and buildeth this city Jericho : he shall lay the foundation thereof in his first-born, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. 27 8o the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country. \ " Captain of the host of the Lord am I." — Josh. ■ 259 The sin of Achan. JOSHUA 7, 8. Achan stoned to death. CHAPTER 7. 1 Achan' s trespass. 2 The Israelites are smitten at Ai. 6 Joshua's complaint. 10 God instriicteth him ivhat to do. 16 Achan is taken by the lot. 19 His confession. 24 He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of Achor. BUT the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing : for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing : and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 IT And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying. Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the peoj^le go up ; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are hut few. 4 So there went ujd thither of the people about three thousand men : and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men : for they chased them./Vo??i before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down : wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 6 1" And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ar-k of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, where- fore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amo- rites, to destroy us 1 would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan ! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies ! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth : and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? 10 IT And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up ; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face ? 1 1 Israel hath sinned, and they have also trans- gressed my covenant which I commandedthem : for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, hut turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed : neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow : for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel : thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your ti^bes : and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall 260 come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households ; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man. 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. 16 IF So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken : 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites : and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man ; and Zabdi was taken : 18 And he brought his household man by man ; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 1 9 IT And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him ; and tell me now what thou hast done ; hide it not from me. 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said. Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done : 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them ; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid theiu out before the Lord. 24 *ir And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had : and they brought them unto- the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fii-e, after they had stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wlierefore the name of that place was called. The valley of Achor, unto this day. CHAPTER 8. 1 God encourageth Joshua. 3 The stratagem whereby Ai was taken. 2Q The king thereof is hanged. SOf Joshua buildeth an altar, 32 writeth the law on stones, 33 i)ropoundeth blessings and cursings. AND the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, . neither be thou dismayed : take all the jDeople of war with thee, and arise, go up to- The Lord encourages Joshua JOSHUA 8. after his defeat at AL ■e kinys combine against Israel. 3 The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league. 16 For which they are condemtied to perpetual bondage. AND it came to pass, when all the kings which J\. were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; 2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. 3 IF And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up ; 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far countxy: now therefore make ye a league with us. 7 And the men or Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you 1 8 And tliey said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them. Who a7-e ye? and from whence come ye? 9 And they said unto him. From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God : for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which tvas at Ashtaroth. 11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabi- tants of our country spake to us, saying. Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them. We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. 12 This our bread we took hot for our pro- vision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you ; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy : 13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, 7vere new ; and, behold, they be rent : and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. 264 14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. 15 And Joshua made joeace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live : and the princes of the congregation sware M unto them. ■ 16 IF And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neigh- bours, and that they dwelt among them. 1 7 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities vjere Gibeon, and Chej)hirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. 18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the i^rinces. 19 But all the princes said unto all the con- gregation. We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel : now therefore we may J not touch them. I 20 This we will do to them ; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. 21 And the princes said unto them. Let them live ; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation ; as the jorinces had promised them. 22 IT And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying. We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? 23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bond- men, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Be- cause it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afi^aid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand : as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congre- gation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. CHAPTER 10. 1 Five kings xvar against Gibeon. 6 Joshua rescueth it. 10 God fighteth against them with hailstones. 12 The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua. 16 The Jive kings are discovered in a cave. 22 They are brought forth, 24 scornfully used, 26 and hanged. 28 Seven kings more are conquered. 43 Joshua returneth to Gilgal. NOW it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it ; The alarvi of Adoni-zedeJi. JOSHUA 10. The Jive kimjs of the Amorites. .as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king ; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them ; 2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it tvas greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon : for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 5 Thei'efore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king' of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves to- gether, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. 6 IT And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us : for all .4 *# ,fT " 7 ' ' ~y-T^ GiBKon.— Josh. ix. 3. {From Kui'ns of Castle at Mizpeh.) 265 The sun and moon stand still. JOSHUA 10. The five kings slain. the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 IT And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand ; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. 9 Joshua therefore came unto them sud- denly, and went up from Gilgal all night. 10 And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died : they ivere more which died with hail-stones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. 12 IT Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged them- selves ujoon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the Lord fought for Israel. 15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 16 H But these five kings fled, and hid them- selves in a cave at Makkedah. 17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 18 And Joshua said. Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men Ijy it for to keep them : 19 And stay ye not, hut pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities : for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand. 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest xvhich re- mained of them entered into fenced cities. 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace : none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. 22 IF Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. 23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 266 24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua, called for all the men of Israel, and said unto- the captains of the men of war which went with him. Come near, put your feet upon the' necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 25 And Joshua said unto them. Fear not, nor- be dismayed, be strong and of good courage ; for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies- against whom ye fight. 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. 27 And it came to i)ass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua com- manded, and they took them down ofii" the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones ia the cave's mouth, which remain until this- very day. 28 T And that day Joshua took Makkedah^ and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them,, and all the souls that ivere therein ; he let none remain : and he did to the king of Mak- kedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. 29 IT Then Joshua passed from Makkedah,. and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah : 30 And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein ; he let none remain in it ; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. 31 IT And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and en- camped against it, and fought against it : 32 And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that xvere therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33 IF Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish ; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. 34 IT And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it : 35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that xuere therein he utterly desti'oyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it : 37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that ivere therein ; he left none remaining, accord- ing to all that he had done to Eglon ; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that ivere therein. 38 IF And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir ; and fought against it : Joshua returns to Gilgal. JOSHUA 11. The ojyi^osition of Jahin. " And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed." — Josh. x. 13. 39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that toere therein ; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof ; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. 40 IT So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings : he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lokd God of Israel commanded. 41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh- barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. CHAPTER 11. 1 Divers kings overcome at the waters of Merom. 10 Hazor is taken and burnt. 16 All the country taken by Joshua. 21 The Anakims cut off. AND it came to pass, when Jabin king of _ Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, •2 And to the kings that u>ere on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 5 And when all these kings were met to- gether, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. 6 IF And the Lokd said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them ; for to-morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. 8 And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth- maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh east- ward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. 267 Hazor taken and burned. JOSHUA 12. The victories of Joshua. 9 And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him : he houglied their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. 10 ^ And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with tlie sword : for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that ivere therein with tlie edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe : and he burnt Hazor with tire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the ser- vant of the Lord commanded. 13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Isi'ael took for a prey unto themselves ; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. 15 As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and .so did Joshua ; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses. 16 IT So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon : and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. 18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon : all other they took in battle. 20 For it was of the Lord to hai-den their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord com- manded Moses. 21 IT And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel : Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. 22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses ; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. 268 CHAPTER 12. 1 The two kings whose countries Moses took a7id disposed of. 7 The one and thirty kings on the west side of Jordan which Joshua smote. NOW these ai-e the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east : 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroei', which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon ; 3 And from the plain to the sea of Chin- neroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, ei'e7i the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth ; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah : 4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which 7vas of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshu rites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. 6 Them did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a posses- sion unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 7 IT And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal- gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions ; 8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites : 9 The king of Jericho, one ; the king of Ai, which is ])eside Beth-el, one ; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Heliron, one ; 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one ; 12 The king of Eglon, one ; the king of Gezer, one ; 13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one ; 15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; ] 6 The king of Makkedah, one ; the king of Beth-el, one ; 17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one ; 18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one ; 19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; The land still to he subdued. JOSHUA ]3. Portion of the two tribes and half. b 20 The king of iShimrun-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one ; 21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one ; 22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one ; 23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one ; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one ; 24 The king of Tirzah, one : all the kings thirty and one CHAPTER 13. 1 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. 8 The inheritance of the tivo tribes and half. 14, 33 The Lord and his sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi. 15 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben. 22 Balaam slain. 2iThe bounds of the inheritance of Gad, 29 and of the half -tribe of Manasseh. NOW Joshua was old and stricken in years ; and the Lokd said unto him, Thou art old ayid stricken in years, and there i-emaineth yet very much land to be possessed. 2 This is the land that yet remaineth : all the borders of the Philis- tines, and all Geshuri, 3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron north- ward, which is counted to the Canaanite : five lords of the Philistines ; the Gazathites, and the Ash- dothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ek- ronites ; also the Avites : 4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amo- rites : 5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sun-rising, from Baal -gad under mount Her- mon unto the entering into Hamath. 6 All the inhabitants of the hill-country from Le- banon unto Misrephoth- maim, and all the Sido- nians, them will I drive out from before the chil- di'en of Israel : only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheri- tance, as I have com- manded thee. 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 8 With whom the Reu- benites and the Gadites have received their inheri- tance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan east- ward, even as Closes the servant of the Lord gave them ; 9 From Aroer, that is upon the l^ank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of ]\Iedeba unto Dibon ; 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon ; 11 And Gilead, and the border of the Gesliu- rites and ^laachathites, and all mount Her- mon, and all Bashan unto Salcah ; 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants : for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. 1 3 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites : but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance ; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheri- tance, as he said unto them. THE WATERS OF MEROU.—/osA. xi. 5. 269 Inheritance beyond Jordan. JOSHUA 14. Inheritance of Caleb. 15 ^ And Moses gave unto the tril^e of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. 16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba ; 17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and ^Mephaath, 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth- shahar in the mount of the valley, 20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth- j eshimoth, 21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which ivere dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. 22 1 Balaam also the son of Beor, the sooth- sayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. 24 IT And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah ; 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim ; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir ; 27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth- nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. 29 IT And Moses gave inheritance unto the half -tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. 30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities : 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, we?-e j^ertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. 32 These a7-e the cotmtries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. 33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not a«v inheritance : the Lord God of Israel tvas their inheritance, as he said unto them. 270 CHAPTER 14. 1 The nine tribes and a half are to have their inheri- tance by lot. 6 Caleb by privilege obtaineth Hebron. AND these are the countries which the chil- XJl dren of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distri- buted for inhei'itance to them. 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half -tribe. 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half -tribe on the other side Jordan : but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. 4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim : therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. 5 As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. 6 IT Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal : and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him. Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. 7 Forty years old ^vas I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh- barnea to espy out the land ; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God. 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God. 1 0 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness : and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 11 As yet I am as strong this day as / was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength ivas then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities tvere great and fenced : if so be the Lord ivill be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said. 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite The lot of Juclah JOSHUA 15. and its borders. " By lot was their inheritance." — Josh. xiv. 2. unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel. 15 And the name of Hebron before ^vas Kirjath-arba ; tvhich Arha teas a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. CHAPTER 15. 1 The borders of the lot of Judah. 13 Caleb's portion and conquest. 16 Othniel, for his valour, hath Achsah, Caleb's daughter, to u'ife. 18 She obtaineth a blessing of her father. 21 The cities of Judah. 63 The Jebusites not conquered. ^ 1 1 HIS then was the lot of the tribe of the y children of Judah by their families ; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward ivas the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward : 3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa : 4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea : this shall be your south coast. 5 And the east border ims the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter ivas from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan : 6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah ; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben : 7 And the boi'der went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel : 271 I Calelis 2>ortion. JOSHUA 15. OthnieVs valour and retvard. 8 And the border went up l)y the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite ; the same is Jerusalem : and the border went up to the top of the mountain that Ueth before the valley of Hinnom west- ward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward : 9 And the l)order was drawn from the top of the liill unto the fountain of the water of Ne^jhtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron ; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jeaiim: 10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount 8eir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah : ] 5 And he went up thence to the inhabitants, of Debir : and the name of Debir before ioa» Kir j ath-sepher. 16 "IT And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sei:)her, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the l^rother of Caleb, took it : and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she lighted off her ass ; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? 19 Who answered. Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. THE SALT SEA. — Jos/l. XV. 5. 11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward : and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel ; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families. 13 IT And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a i:)art among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even_ the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebi'on. 14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 272 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah accoi^ding to their families. 21 IT And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 24 Zijoh, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 26 Amam, and Shema, and ^loladah, 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, 28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah, The cities of Judah. JOSHUA 16. Borders of the smis of Joseph. 29 Baalali, and lim, and Azem, 30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and San- sannah, 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon : all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages : 33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, 34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gede- rah, and Gederothaim ; fourteen cities with their villages : 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 39 Lachish, and Bozkatn, and Eglon, 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kith- lish, 41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naa- mah, and Makkedah ; sixteen cities with their villages : 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah ; nine cities with their villages : 45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages : 46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages : 47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 48 IT And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir, 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages : 52 Arab, and Dumah, / .^i and Eshean, 53 And Janum, and Beth- tappuah, and Aphekah, 54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages : 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, 56 And Jezreel, and Jok- deam, and Zanoah, 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages : 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 59 And ]\Iaarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon ; six cities with their vil- lages ; 60 Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah ; two cities with their villages : 61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, 62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi ; six cities with their villages. 63 II As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out : but the Jebusites dwell with the childi'en of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. CHAPTER 16. 1 The general borders of the sons of Joseph. 5 The border of the inheritance of Ephraim. 10 The Canaanites not conquered, but become tributaries. AND the lot of the children of Joseph fell . from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el, 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. 5 IT And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper ; 6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side ; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath- shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah ; 7 And it went down from Janohah to After photograph by Palestine Exploration Fiend JABNEEL OR JABNEH. — Josk. XV. II. {Scene at a ivell.) 273 !%€ lot and coast of Manasseh. JOSHUA 17, 18. The tabernacle at Shiloh. Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 8 The border went out from Tappuah west- ward unto the river Kanah ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim l)y their families. 9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. 10 IT And they drave not out the Canaan- ites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute. CHAPTER 17. 1 The lot of Manasseh. 7 His coast. 12 The Canaan- ites not wholly driven out. 14 The children of Joseph obtain another lot. THERE was also a lot for the tribe of Ma- nasseh ; for he vas the first-born of Joseph ; to wit, for Macliir the first-l:)orn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead : because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. 2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of ^Manasseh by their families ; for the children of Aljiezer, and for the chil- dren of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of 8hechem, and for the children of He2:)her, and for the children of Shemida : these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. 3 IT But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying. The Lord com- manded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which ivere on the other side Jordan ; 6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons : and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. 7 T And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before She- chem ; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8 N'ow Manasseh had the land of Tappuah : but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh he- longed to the children of Ephraim ; 9 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh : tlie coast of Manasseh also vms on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea : 10 Southward it ivas Ephraim's, and north- ward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his 274 border ; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. 12 IT Yet the childi-en of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities ; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. 14 1^ And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying. Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great ]Deople, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto'? 15 And Joshua answered them, If thou he a great jDeople, then get thee up to the wood countrij, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if }nount Ephraim he too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Joseph said. The hill is not enough for us : and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth- shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying. Thou art a great people, and hast great power : thou shalt not have one lot ofdy : 18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down : and the outgoings of it shall be thine : for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chaiiots, and though they be strong. CHAPTER 18. 1 The tabernacle is set iip at Shiloh. 2 The remainder of the land is described, and divided into seven parts. 10 Joshua divideth it by lot. 11 The lot and border of Benjamin. 21 Their cities. AND the whole congregation of the children JlA_ of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. 2 "^ And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet re- ceived their inheritance. 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you '? 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them ; and they shall come arfain to me. 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts : Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. 2%e remainder of the JOSHUA 18. land divided hy lot. G Ye shall there- fore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. 7 But the Levites have no part among you ; for the priesthood of the Lord /*■ their inheritance : and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of jManasseh, have received their in- heritance beyond Jordan on the east, which !Moses the servant of the Lord gave them. 8 IT And the men arose, and went away : and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying. Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in 8hiloh. 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. 10 H And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord : and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. 11 T And the lot of the tribe of the chil- dren of Benjamin came up according to their families : and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the chil- dren of Joseph. 12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan ; and the border went up to the •side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilder- ness of Beth-aven. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth- el, southwai'd ; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon. 14 And the border was drawn thence, and The men went and passed through the land." — Josh, xviii. 9. compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward ; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah : this was the west quarter. 1 5 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah : 1 6 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel, 17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 275 The lot of Simeon and Benjamin. JOSHUA 19. 18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah : 19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the out- goings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan : this was the south coast. 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This ?ms the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. 21 IT Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, 22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba ; twelve cities with their villages : 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kix-jath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheri- tance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. CHAPTER 19. 1 The lot of Simeon, 10 of Zehulun, 17 of Issachar, 24 of Asher, 32 of Naphtali, 40 of Dan. 49 The chil- dren of Israel give an inheritance to Joshva. AND the second lot came forth to Simeon, ^ even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families : and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. 2 And they had in their inheritance Beer- sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, 3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem, 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, 6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen ; thirteen cities and their villages : 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan ; four cities and their villages : 8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. 9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah ivas the inheritance of the children of Simeon : for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them : therefore the chil- dren of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. 10 IT And the third lot came up for the chil- dren of Zebulun according to their families : and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid : 11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam ; 276 7'he lot of Issachar and Asher. 12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sun-rising unto the border of Chisloth- tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, 13 And from thence passe th on along on the east to Gittah-heijher, to Tttah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah; 14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon : and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el : 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. 17 IF And, the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Ana- harath, 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En- haddah, and Beth-pazzez ; 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh ; and the out- goings of their border were at Jordan : six- teen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. 24 ^ And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Mi- sheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath ; 27 And turneth toward the sun-rising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, 28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon ; 29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah ; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib : 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. 32 IT The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lagum ; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan : 34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the The lot of Naphtali and Dan. JOSHUA 20. The inheritance of Joshua. west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sun-rising. 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, 36 And Adam ah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth - shemesh ; nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. 40 IT And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, 42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, 43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 44 AndEltekeh,andGibbethon,and Baalath, 45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath- rimmon, 46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. 47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. 49 ^ When they had made an end of divid- ing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them : 50 According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. 51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. CHAPTER 20. 1 God commandeth, 7 and the children of Israel ap- point the six cities of refuge. THE Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses : 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither : and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand ; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. THE VALK OF SHECHEM. — /os/l, XX. 7. 277 The cities of refiuje. JOSHUA 21. The eight and forty cities 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high-priest that shall l)e in those days : then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 7 IT And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, Avhich is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilder- ness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reu- ben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the strangei- that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth ani/ joerson at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. CHAPTER 21. 1 Eiiiht and forty cities given by lot, out of the other tribes, xinto the Levites. 43 God gave the land, and rest unto the Israelites, according to his promise. THEN came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the piiest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, ancl unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel ; 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying. The Lord com- manded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the com- mandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs. 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites : and the children of Aaron the priest, tohich were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Ben- jamin, thirteen cities. 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tril>e of Manasseh, ten cities. 6 And the childi-en of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the ti'ibe of Issachar, and out of the tril^e of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 7 The children of ^Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. 9 IT And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of 278 the childi'en of Simeon, these cities which are he7-e mentioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aaron, heinr/ of the families of the Kohathites, ?rho were of the chil- dren of Levi, had : for theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which cit]i is Hebron, in the hill countr]! of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the vil- lages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to he a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburl)s, 14 And Jattir with her subui"bs, and Esh- temoa with her suburbs, 15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, 16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her subur))s, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs ; nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, (iibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs ; four cities. 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the l^riests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs, 20 IT And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to he a city of refuge for the slayer: and Gezer with her suljurbs, 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs ; four cities. 23 And out of the tril^e of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suliurlis ; four cities. 25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs ; two cities. 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. 27 IT And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half-tribe of ^lanasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to he a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs ; two cities. 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs ; four cities. 30 And out of the trilje of Asher, ]\Iishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs ; four cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to he a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. allotted to the Levites. JOSHUA 22. The two tribes and half sent home. 33 All the cities of the Gershonites accord- ing to their families ivere thirteen cities with their suburbs. 34 IT And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs ; four cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mepha- ath with her suburbs ; four cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to he a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs ; four cities in all. 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of 44 And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers : and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them ; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel ; all came to pass. CHAPTER 22. 1 The Uvo tribes and half with a blessing are sent home. 10 They build the altar of testimony in their journey. 11 The Israelites are offended thereat. 21 They give them good satisfaction. THEN .Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tril)e of Manasseh, 2 And said unto them. Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord com- manded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you : 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God. 4 And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he pro- FLEEI.VG TO THE CITY OF REFUGE.— /t)j/z. XX. 9. the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. 41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them : thus ivere all these cities. 43 IT And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. mised them : therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan. 5 But take diligent heed to do the command- ment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul. 279 The two tribes and half JOSHUA 22. offend by building an altar. " They built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to."— Josh, xxil lo. 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away : and they went unto their tents. 7 IT Now to the 07ie half of the tribe of Manasseh ]\Ioses had given ]wssession in Bashan : but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their bi-ethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them ; 8 And he spake unto them, saying. Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment : divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 9 And the children of Reuben, and the chil- dren of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord oy the hand of Moses. 10 IT And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. 11 IT And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben, and the chil- dren of Gad, and the half-tribe of INIanasseh, have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. 280 12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the chil- dren of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. 13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one ?w;s an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. 1.5 IT And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of ]\Ianasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord 1 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord, 18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against the Lord, that to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your The two tribes and half JOSHUA 22. vindicate their conduct. possession he unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us : but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God. 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 21 IT Then the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Ma- nasseh, answered and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22 The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know ; if it he in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,) 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord, or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meat-offering, or if to offer peace-offerings thereon, let the Lord himself require it; 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying. In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel 1 25 For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Eeuben and children of Gad ; ye have no part in the Lord : so shall your children make our chil- dren cease from fearing the Lord. 26 Therefore we said. Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice : 27 But that it may he a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before " Joshua took a great stone, and set it up tliere under an oak." — Josh. xxiv. 26 281 The altar of the Reuhenite.^. him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings ; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye liave no jjart in the Lord. 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should .so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say anain. Be- hold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt- offerings, nor for sacrifices ; but it is a wit- ness between us and you. 29 God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn this day from following the Lord, to build an altar for burnt-offerings, for meat-offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the Lord our God that is before his tabernacle. 30 IF And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, and heads of the thousands of Israel, which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of ^Lanasseh, This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because ye have not com- mitted this trespass against the Lord: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord. 32 IF And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned froni the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 34 And the children of Reuben and the chil- dren of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall he a witness between us that the Lord is God. CHAPTER 23. 1 Joshua's exhortation before his death, 3 by former be)iejits, 5 by 23romises, 12 and by threatenings in case of disobedience. AND it came to pass a long time after that -Lx. the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their ofiicers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age : 3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to he an inheri- tance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. 282 JOSHUA 23, 24. Josh^ia's farewell exhortation. 5 IT And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of yoursight; andyeshall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you. G Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside there- from to the right hand or to the left ; 7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you ; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear hj/ them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them : ' 8 But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9 For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as /or you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. 10 One man of you shall chase a thousand : for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God. 12 it Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you : 13 Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out ani/ of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye l^erish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. 14 And, behold, this day I ain going the way of all the earth : and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God j^romised you ; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. 16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. CHAPTER 24. 1 Joshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem. 2 A brief history of God's benefits from Terah. 14 lie re- neweth the covenant between God and them. 26 A stone is set up to witness the covenant. 29 Joshua's age, death, and burial. 32 Joseph's bones are btiried. 33 Eleazar dieth. AND Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel . to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their Joshua's address to the tribes JOSHUA 24. assembled at Shechern. judges, and for their officers; and they pre- sented themselves before God. 2 IT And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. 3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Caanan, and mul- tiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau : and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it ; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. Brief histori/ of God's JOSHUA 24. benefits to Israel. 5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them : and afterward I brought you out. 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt : and ye came unto the sea ; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. 7 And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt : and ye dwelt in the wilder- ness a long season. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I 12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites ; hut not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them ; of the vine- yards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. 14 *¥ Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth : and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord. 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will y THE WILDERNESS OF ZIN. — Josh. XV. I. gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you : 10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam ; therefore he blessed you still : so I delivered you out of his hand. 11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho : and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and tlie Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. 284 serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods ; 17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed : 18 And the Lord drave out from before us Stone of witness set tij). JOSHUA 24. The death of Joshua. all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land : therefore will we also serve the Lord ; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy- God ; he is a jealous God ; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord. 22 And Joshua said unto the people. Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore put away, said Ae, the strange gods which are among you, and in- cline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel. 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26 ^ And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that tvas by the sanctuary of the Lord. 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us : it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. 28 So Joshua let the j^eople depart, every man unto his inheritance. 29 H And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaasli. 31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel. 32 IT And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a jjarcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inhei'itance of the children of Joseph. 33 IF And Eleazar the son of Aaron died ; and they buried him in a hill that 'pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. A/ier photo by Palestine E.rploration Fund 'ain feshkah. — Josh. XV. 5. {Sulphurous spring north-west end of Dead Sea.) 285 THE BOOK OF JUDGES CHAPTER 1. The acts nfjudah and Simeon. 4 Adonihezek justly reqtdted. 8 Jenimlein taken. 10 Hebron taken. 11 Othniel hath AcMah to ivife fov taking of DeMr. 16 The Kenites dwell inJudah. 17 Hannah, Gaza, A skelon, and Ekron taken. 21 The acts of Benja- inin. 22 Of the houne of Joseph, ivho take Beth-el. 30 Of Zebulun. 31 Of Asher. 33 Of Naphtali. 34 Of Ban. the death of came to pass, ;0W after Joshua it that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying. Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them 1 2 And the Lord said, Judah shall go up : behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother. Come ui^ with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites ; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. 80 8imeon went with him. 4 And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand : and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek : and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And Adoni-liezek said. Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table : as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. 8 '^ Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 And af tei'ward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. 10 TT And Judah went against the Canaan- ites that dwelt in Hebron : (now the name of Hebron before «v/.s' Kirjath-arba :) and they slew 8heshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 IT And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir : and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher : 12 And Caleb said. He that smiteth Kirjath- 286 sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 14 And it came to jDass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she lighted from off her ass ; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? 1.5 And she said unto him. Give me a blessing : for thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper spi'ings and the nether springs. IG IF And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm- trees with the children of Judah into the wil- derness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad ; and they went and dwelt among the i^eople. 17 IT And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. 18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. 19 And the Lord was with Judah ; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as ISIoses said : and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. 21 *1[ And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jeru- salem ; but the Jebusites dwell with the chil- dren of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 22 ^ And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el : and the Lord was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) 24 And the sjoies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him. Shew us, we jDray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. J 25 And when he shewed them the entrance | into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword ; but they let go the man and all his family. J 26 And the man went into the land of the I Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz : which is the name thereof unto this day. 27 *Tr Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor The Canaanites onli/ partial I )/ JUDGES 1. rooted out of the land. Taanach and her towns, nor the inhal)itants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhal)itants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhal)itants of Megiddo and her towns : but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not iitterly drive them out. Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Kehob : 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land ; for they did not drive them out. 33 T Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabi- tants of Beth-anath ; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land : nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them. 3 1 "^ And the Amorites forced the chil- ' Thou liast iiiveri me a south land ; give me also springs of water."— /«<4''<^J »• '5- 29 IF Neither did Ephi-aim dr-ive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 30 "IT Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kiti'on, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol: but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 31 1 Neither did Asher drive out the in- habitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of dren of Dan into the mountain : for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley : 35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in 8haalbim : yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries. 36 And the coast of the Amorites ivas from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. 287 An angel rebukes the 2'j^ople. CHAPTER 2. 1 An angel rehitketh the people at Bochim. 6 The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua. 14 God's anger and pity towards them. 20 The Canaanites are therefore left to prove Israel. AND can angel of the Lord came up from . Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice : why have ye done this ? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim : and they sacrificed there unto the Lord. 6 IT And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to jiossess the land. 7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gath- ered unto their fathers : and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim : 12 And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. 13 And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtai'oth. 14 IT And the an^er of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. 288 JUDGES 2,3. Nations left to j^rove Israel. 16 IT Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the liand of those that spoiled them. 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoi'ing after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them : they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so. 18 And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groan- ings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in follow- ing other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them ; they ceased not from their own doings, nor fi-om their stubborn way. 20 IT And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice ; 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died : 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily ; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. CHAPTER 3. 1 The nations which were left to prove Israel. 5 By communion with them they commit idolatry. 8 Othniel delivereth them from Chxishan-rishathaim. 12 Ehud from Eglon. 31 Shamgar from the Philistines. "VTOW these are the nations which the Lord- Di left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Caanan ; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof ; 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto- the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. 5 IF And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites : 6 And they took their daughters to be their- Othniel delivers Israel. JUDGES 3. wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Loed, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves. 8 IF Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chu- shan - risha - thaim king of Mesopo- tamia : and the children of Israel served Chu- shan-risha- thaim eight years. Eglon 02Jpresses Israel. and his hand prevailed against Chushan- rishathaim. 1 1 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. 12 IT And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against , Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord. 4 13 And he gathered unto him the chil- dren of Am- nion and Ama- lek, and went • The people lifted up their voice, .in J wept."- /wt^fi ii. 4. 9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a de- liverer to the children of Israel, who de- livered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 10 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan-risha- thaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm-trees. 14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left- handed : and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. 289 Eglon slain by Ehud. JUDGES 4. Deborah and Barak. 16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length ; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. 17 And he l^rought the present unto Eglon king of Moal> : and Eglon ivas a very fat man. 18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. 19 But lie himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king : who said. Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. 20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he ai'ose out of his seat. 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly : 22 And the haft also went in after the blade ; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly ; and the dirt came out. 23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. 24 When he was gone out, his servants came ; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour wej^e locked, they said. Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. 25 And they tarried till they were ashamed : and, behold, he ojDened not the doors of the parlour ; therefore they took a key, and Oldened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. 27 And it came to pass, when he was come, thathe blewa ti'umpetinthe mountain of Eph- raim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. 28 And he said unto them. Follow after me : for the Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. 29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour ; and there escaped not a man. 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. 31 IT And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hun- dred men with an ox-goad : and he also de- livered Israel. CHAPTER 4. 1 Deborah and Barak deliver Israel from Jahin and Sisera. 18 Jael killeth Suera. AND the children of Israel again did evil - in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. 290 2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor ; the captain of whose host ivas Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord : for he had nine hundred chariots of iron ; and twenty years he mightily op- pressed the children of Israel. 4 H And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth -el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6 Ancf she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him. Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, sai/ing, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thou- sand men of the children of Nai^htali and of the children of Zebulun 1 7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the cajjtain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. 8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go : but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee : notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour ; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into' the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 IF And Barak called Zebulun and Naph- tali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. 11 Now Heber the Kenite, 7vhich was of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. 12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. 13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand : is not the Lord gone out before thee 1 So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. 15 And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak ; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword ; and there was not a man left. 17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to Sisera slain hj/ Jui^I. JUDGES 4. the wife of Heber the was peace between Jabin Jahin subdued l>y Israel. \ the tent of Jael Kenite: for there the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 IF And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me ; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, siie covered him with a mantle. 19 And lie said unto 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 drink, and covered him. 20 Again he said unto her. Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. 21 Then Jael Helper's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his tem- ples, and fas- tened it into the ground : for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. 22 And, be- hold, as Ba- rak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him. Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail ivas in his temples. 23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. 24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin kiiiir of Cuiiaan. " He blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim." — Juds^fs iii. 27. 291 The song of JUDGES 5. Deborah and Barak. CHAPTER 5. The song of Dehonth and Barak. THEN sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, 2 Praise ye the Lokd for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. 3 Hear, O ye kings ; give ear, O ye princes ; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord ; I will sing ]}raise to the Lord God of Israel. 4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5 The mountains melted from before the of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel : then shall the peojjle of the Lord go down to the gates. 1 "2 Awake, awake, Deborah : awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. 13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people : the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty. 14 Out of Ephraim ^vas there a root of them against Amalek ; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people ; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. 15 And the princes of Issachar were with " Jael went out to meet Sisera." — Judges iv. i8. Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel. 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the high- ways were un- occupied, and the travellers walked through by-ways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8 They chose new gods ; then was war in the gates : was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel 1 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord. 10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. 11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts 292 Deborah ; even Issachar, and also Barak : he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there loere great thoughts of heart. 16 Why abodest thou among the sheep- folds, to hear the Heatings of the flocks'? For the divisions of Reuben there ivere great searchings of heart. 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships'? Asher continued on the sea-shore, and abode in his breaches. 18 Zebulun and Naphtali loere a joeople that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. 19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. 20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. 21 The river of Kishon swept them away, Israel 02'>2:>ressed by Midian. JUDGES 6. Gideon called to deliver Israel. that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 22 Then were the horse-hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the j)rancings of their mighty ones. 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof ; because they came not to the helj) of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty. 24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be ; blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk ; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera; she smote off his head; when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : at her feet he bowed, he fell : where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots 1 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, 30 Have they not sped 1 have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ? to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a Srey of divers colours of needle-work, of ivers colours of needle-work on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil % 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord : but let them that love him he as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. CHAPTER 6. 1 The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian. 7 A prophet rebuketh them. 11 An angel sendeth Gideon for their deliverance. 17 Gideon's present is consumed with fire. 25 Gideon destroyeth Baal's altar, andofferetha sacrifice upon the altar Jehovah- shalom. 28 Joash defendeth his son, and calleth him Jerubbaal. 33 Gideon's army. 36 Gideon's AND the children of Israel did evil in the . sight of the Lord : and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel : and because of the Midianites the chil- dren of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them ; 4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number : and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished be- cause of the Midianites ; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord. 7 IT And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the ]\Iidianites, 8 That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage ; 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land ; 10 And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Amo- rites, in whose land ye dwell : but ye have not obeyed my voice. 11 IT And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which tvas in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite : and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the wine-press, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him. The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him. Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us 1 and where he all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying. Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt *? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. 14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites : have not I sent thee ? 15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel"? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. 16 And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. 17 IT And he said unto him. If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. 19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it._ 20 And the angel of God said unto him. Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. 21 Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes ; and there rose up tire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. 293 Gideon (If stroi/s the (t/tar of Baal, JUDGEfS 6. and budds an altar to the Lord. Then the aiigel of the Lord departed out of his sight. 22 And when Gideon perceived that he ?;'a.s- an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God ! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face. 23 And the Lord said unto him. Peace be unto thee : fear not : thou shalt not die. 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom : unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 25 IT And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of 2&4 THE SONG OF DKBOKAH AND B\VL\K.— Judges seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it : 26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second liullock, and offer a burnt-sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him : and so it was, because he feared his father's house- hold, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. 28 IT And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, be- hold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that iras built. 29 And they said one to another. Who hath done this thing 1 And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing 30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die : because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that %vas by it. 31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him. Will ye plead for Baal 1 will ye save him ? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning : if he be a god, let him plead for him- self, because one hath cast down his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying. Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. 33 IF Then all the Midian- ites, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, were gathered to- gether, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 34 But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet ; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him. 35 And he sent messen- gers throughout all Ma- iiasseh : who also was Gideon^ s fleece a sign. JUDGES 7. Gideon^ s army. gathered aftei* him : and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali ; and they came up to meet them. 36 IT And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it he dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. 38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. 39 And Gideon said unto. God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying. Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the jDeople, saying. Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. 4 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many ; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there : and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee. This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee ; and of whomsoever I say unto thee. This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of ' The children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mouncains, and caves, and strong hoMs."— Judges vi. 2. speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece ; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. CHAPTER 7. 1 Gideon's army of two and thirty thousand is by God's direction reduced to three hundred. 9 He is en- couraged by the dream and interpretation of the barley-cake. 16 His stratagem of trumpets and lamps in pitchers. 24 The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb. THEN Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that toere with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod : so that the host of the Midianites were on the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself ; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men : but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand : and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets : and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and re- tained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. 295 Gidewbs victory. JUDGES 8. 9 IF And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host : 11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the out- side of the armed men that were in the host. 12 And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and all the children of the east, lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels loere without number, as the sand by the sea-side for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said. Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley-bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. 14 And his fellow answered and said. This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel : for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said. Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. 16 IF And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them. Look on me, and do likewise : and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say. The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. 19 H So Gideon, and the hundred men that tvere with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch ; and they had but newly set the watch : and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pit- chers that ivere in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trum- pets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried. The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp : and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 22 And the three hundred blew the trum- pets, and the Lord set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meho- lah, unto Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel gathered them- 296 Condiict of Succoth and Penuel. selves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. 24 IT And Gideon sent messengers through- out all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered them- selves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. 25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb ; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the wine-press of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oi'eb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. CHAPTER 8. 1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites. i Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieve Gideon's army. 10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken. 13 Succoth and Pemiel are chastised. 18 Gideon revengeth his brethren's death on Zebah and Zalmunna. 22 He refuseth the government which the people offer him. 24 His ephod the cause of idolatry. 28 Midian subdued. 29 Gideon's children, and death. 33 The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitude. AND the men of Ephraim said unto him, _ Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. 2 And he said unto them. What have I done now in comparison of you 1 Is not the gleaning of tne grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezerl 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb : and what was I able to do in comparison of you 1 Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. 4 If And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that tvetr with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me ; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 6 And the princes of Succoth said, At'e the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army '? 7 And Gideon said. Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. 8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise : and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. 9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. 10 IF Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about StLccoth and Penuel punished. JUDGES 8. Gideon refuses a croivn. " And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak." — Judges vi. ii. fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east : for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. 1 1 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host : for the host was secure. 12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host. 13 1 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun %oas up, 14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him : and he de- scribed unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seven- teen men. 15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary % 16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. 17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. 18 H Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered. As thou art, so tuere they ; each one resembled the children of a king. 19 And he said. They ivere my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. 20 And he said unto Jether his first-born. Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword : for he feared, because he was yet a youth. 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said. Rise thou, and fall upon us : for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that v>ere on their camels' necks. 22 IF Then the men of Isi-ael said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also : for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the Lord shall rule over you. 24 IT And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his prey. (For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 25 And they answered. We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his prey. 26 And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold: beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that ivas on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels necks. 297 The. crwlty of A himelech. JUDGES 9. 27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither after it : which thing be- came a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. 28 1 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. 29 IT And Jerubljaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten : for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. 32 IT And (jideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 33 And it came to pass,-»as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went after Baalim, and made Baal- berith their god. 34 And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side : 35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely^ Gideon, accord- ing to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel. CHAPTER 9. 1 Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brethren, is made king. 7 Jotham by a parable rebuketh them, and foretclleth their ruin. 22 Gaal conspireth with the Shechemites against him. 30 Zebul revcaleth it. 34 Abime- lech overcometh them, and soiveth the city udth salt. 46 He burneth the hold of the god Berith. 50 At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone. 56 Jotham' s curse is fulfilled. AND Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went XA_ to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren s^mke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. 4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal- Derith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. 5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his l^rethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone : notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left : for he hid himself. 298 Jotha til's pa7'ahle and threat. 6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that fcas in Shechem. 7 IT And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Geri- zim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them. Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive-tree, Ileign thou over us. 9 But the olive-tree said unto them. Should I leave niy fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees'? 10 And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us. 11 But the fig-tree said unto them. Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? 12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and, reign over us. 13 And the vine said unto them. Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and, put your trust in my shadow : and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. 16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him ac- cording to the deserving of his hands ; 17 (For my father fought for you, and ad- ventured his life fai', and delivered you out of the hand of ]\lidian : 18 And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;) 19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you : 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abime- lech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo ; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. 21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. 22 IT When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem ; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech : 24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their Consinracy against Ahimdech JUDGES 9. of Gaal and the Shechemites. bi'other, which slew them ; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. 25 And the men of Shechem set Hers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them : and it was told Abimelech. 26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem : and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. 27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. 28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said. Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaall and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem : for why should we serve him ? 29 And would to God this people were under my hand ! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. rhey blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers." — Jnii^cs vii. 19, 20. 299 Victory of Abimelech JUDGES 9. over the Shecheniites. \\\'A " Give, I pray you, loaves of bread . . be faint." — Judges viii. 5. for they 30 "TT And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. 31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem ; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee. 32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field : 33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is uji, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city : and, behold, ^vhen he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. 34 IF And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city : and Abimelech rose up, and the peojile that toere with him, from lying in wait. 36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him. Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. 37 And Gaal spake again and said. See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim. 38 Then said Zebul unto him. Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst. Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not 300 this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them. 39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. 40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah : and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. 42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field ; and they told Abimelech. 43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city ; and he rose up against them, and smote them. 44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city : and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. 45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day ; and he took the city, and slew the people that vkis therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. 46 TF And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that^ they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. 47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48 And Abimelech gat him uj) to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that ^oere with Death of Ahimelech. JUDGES 10. hrael opiyressed by the Ammonites. him ; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and hxid it on his shoukler, and said unto the peojile that were with him. What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. 49 And all the peojjle likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abime- lech, and j)ut them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them ; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. 50 IT Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. 51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, ana all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. 52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his scull. 54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his ar- mour-bearer, and said unto him. Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they de- parted every man unto his place. 561 Thus God ren- dered the wicked- ness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren : 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads : and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. CHAPTER 10. 1 Tola judgeth Israel in Shamir; and after him Jair, whose thirty so)is had thirty cities. 6 The Philis- tines and Ammonites oppress Israel. 10 In their misery God sendeth them to their false gods. 15 Upon their repentance he pitieth them. AND after Abimelech there arose to defend ix Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. 3 "ll And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass-colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. 6 IT And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him. 7 And the anger of the Lord was hot ifw^/pr^/'' See there come people."— /«rf;fied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him. The Philistines he upon thee, Samson. And there were Hers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies : tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her. If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. George Tinworth 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines he upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 ^ And she said unto him. How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged nim, so that his soul was vexed unto death \ 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her. There hath not come a razor upon mine head ; for I have heen a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb : if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying. Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came ui3 unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees ; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head ; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Philistines he upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. 21 IF But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass ; and he did grind in the prison-house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for 309 The death of Samson. JUDGES 17, 18. Micah and his gods. they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people saw him, they E raised their god: for they said, Our god ath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, Avhich slew many of us. 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said. Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the jDrison-house ; and he made them sport : and they set him between the pillars. 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand. Suffer me that I may feel the pillai's whereupon the liouse standeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines ivere there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. 28 And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne ujd, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. 30 And Samson said. Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might ; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that vjere therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than the)/ which he slew in his life. 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him uj), and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. CHAPTER 17. 1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother maketh images, 5 and he ornatnents for them. 1 He hireth a Levite to be his priest. AND there was a man of mount Ephraim, - whose name was Micah. 2 And he said unto his mother-. The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me ; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the sil- ver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image : now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 4 Yet he restoi-ed the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hun- dred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image 310 and a molten image : and they were in the house of Micah. 5 H And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, btit every man did that which tvas right in his own eyes. 7 IT And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he coi;ld find a j^lctce: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he jour- neyed. 9 And Micah said unto him. Whence comest thou"? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to, sojourn where I may find a f)lace. 10 And Micah said unto him. Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. 11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man ; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 12 And ]\Iicah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. CHAPTER 18. 1 The Danites send five men to seek out for them an inheritance. Z At the house of Micah they consult with the Levite, and are eneou,raged in their way. 7 They search Laish, and bring back news of good hope. 11 Six hundred men are sent to surprise it. 14 On the tvay they rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated things. 27 They win Laish, and call it Ban. 30 They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan the Levite, and hi^ sons, inherit the priesthood. IN those days thej'e ivas no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in ; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the ti'ibes of Israel. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it ; and they said vmto them. Go, search the land : who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. 3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite : and they turned in thither, and said unto him. Who brought thee hither 1 and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? 4 And he said unto them. Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. 5 And they said unto him. Ask counsel, we The Danite sjnes at Laish. JUDGES 18. The Danites sent to sur2)rise it. pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. 6 And the priest said unto them. Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go. 7 IT Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that tvere there- in, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure ; and thei^e was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing ; and they tvere far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol : and their brethren said unto them. What say ye? 9 And they said. Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good : and are ye still '? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land : for God hath given it into your hands ; a place where the7-e is no want of any thing that is in the earth. 11 IT And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. 12 And they went up, and pitched in Kir- jath-jearim, in Judah : wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day : be- hold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. 13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. 14 IT Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren. Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. 16 And the six hundred men appointed with i ^i- ■^wH'^n!^-*'«r'' ' Samson took hold of the two middle ^\\\ax%."— Judges xvi. 29 311 Laish captured cmd called Dan. JUDGES 19. The Levite and his concubine. their weapons of war, which were of the chil- dren of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. 17 And the five men that went to .spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye ? 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest : is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel 1 20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. 21 So they turned and departed, ancT put the little ones, and the cattle, and the carriage, before them. 22 IF And: when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that ivere in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comes t with such a company? 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away : and what have I more? and what ts this that ye say unto me. What aileth thee 1 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. 26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. 27 IT And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that vjere at quiet and secure : and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no busi- ness with any man ; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel : howbeit the name of the city ivas Laish at the first. 30 IF And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of I\Ianasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. 312 CHAPTER 19. 1 A Levite goeth to Beth-lehem to fetch home his con- cvhine. 16 An old man entertaineth him at Gibeah. 22 The Gibeonites abuse his concubine to death. 29 He divideth her into tivelve pieces, which he sendeth to the twelve tribes of Israel. AND it came to pass in those days, when J\. there ivas no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a con- cubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses : and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him ; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to dej^art : and the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law. Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. 6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together : for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tai-ry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law urged him : therefore he lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father- in-law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward even- ing, I pray you tarry all night : behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to-mori'ow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem ; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concu- bine also was with him. 11 Aifid when they tvere by Jebus, the day was far spent ; and the servant said unto his master. Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, They lodge in Gibeah. JUDGES 19. The wicked/tiess of Giheah. FOLLOWING THE DANITES.— /?/r^« Xviii. 22. that is not of the children of Israel ; we will pass over to Gibeah. 13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them ivhen they ivere by Gibeah, which Lelongeth to Benjamin. 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah : and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city : for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. 16 IT And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which ivas also of mount Ephraim ; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place ivei'e Benjamites. 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a way-faring man in the street of the city: and the old man said. Whither goest thou 1 and whence comest thou 1 18 And he said unto him. We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence a7)i I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I ani now going to the house of the Loed ; and there is no man that receiveth me to house. 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses ; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants : there is no want of any thing. 20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me ; only lodge not in the street. 21 So he bi'ought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses : and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 22 IT JVow as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying. Bring foi'th the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. 23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. 24 Behold, he7-e is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. 25 But the men would not hearken to him : so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morn- ing : and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord tvas, till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door 313 The Levitt complains to the tribes of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her u]^ upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29 IT And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concu- bine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said. There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day : con- sider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. CHAPTER 20. 1 The Levite in a general assembly declareth his ivrong. 8 The decree of the assembly. 12 The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the Israelites. 18 The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand. 29 They destroy by a stratagem all the Benjamites, except six hundred. THEN all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered to- gether as one man, from Dan even to Beer- sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hun- dred thousand footmen that drew sword. JUDGES 20. The Israelites roused to revenge. 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness 1 4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that helongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me : and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. 6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the coun- try of the inheritance of Israel : for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. 7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel ; give here your advice and counsel. 8 IF And all the people arose as one man, saying. We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. 9 But now this shall he the thing which we will do to Gibeah; ive ivill go uj) by lot against it ; 10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. 12 IF And the tribes of Israel sent men THE LEVITE AT GIBEAH. — Judges xix. 15, 314 The Benjamites beat back JUDGES 20. the Israelites in tivo battles. >ViU«^tj~: / through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? 13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may jDut them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Ben- jamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel : 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the chil- dren of Israel. 15 And the children of Benjamin were num- bered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, be- side the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. 16 Among all this people there %vere seven hundred chosen men left-handed; every one could sling stones at an \\shx -breadth, and not miss. 17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword : all these were men of war. 18 IT And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said. Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go uj) first. 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. THE LEVITE DECLARETH HIS ViRO^G.— Judges X\. 4. 20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin ; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. 22 IT And the people the men of Israel en- couraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. 23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Ben- jamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.) 24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. 25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men ; all these drew the sword. 26 IF Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt-ofierings and peace-offerings before the Lord. 315 Final overthrow of the Benjamites. JUDGES 21. Lamentation for the Benjamites. 27 And the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar,the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go up; for to- morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. 29 IF And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. 30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. 31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, ancl kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, aVjout thirty men of Israel. 32 And the children of Benjamin said. They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar : and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore : but they knew not that evil was near them. 35 And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundre(i men : all these drew the sword. 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. 37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. 38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke to rise up out of the city. 39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said. Surely they ai-e smitten down before us, as in the first battle. 40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed : for they saw that evil was come upon them. 42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilder- ness ; but the battle overtook them ; and them 316 which catne out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 43 Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about, and- chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sun- rising. 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thou- sand men ; all these tvere men of valour. 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon : and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men ; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. 46 So that all which fell that day of Benja- min were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword ; all these we7-e men of valour. 47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. 48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of eve7"i/ city, as the beast, and all that came to hand : also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. CHAPTER 21. 1 The people beivail the desolation of Benjamin. 8 By the destruction of Jabesh-gilead they provide them four hundred wives. 16 They advise them to sur- prise the virgins that danced at Shiloh. NOW the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying. There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. 2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore ; 3 And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel? 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings and peace- offerings. 5 And the children of Israel said. Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord 1 For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying. He shall surely be put to death. 6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brothei", and said. There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. 7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? 8 *fr And they said. What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. 9 For the people were numbered, and, be- hold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousr id men of the valiantest, and com- The Benjamites procure wives JUDGES 21. from Jabesh-gilead and Shiloh. manded them, saying, Go and smite the in- habitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. 11 And this is the thing that ye shall do. Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. 12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male : and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. 13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them. 14 And Benjamin came again at that time ; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. 15 And the people repented them for Ben- jamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the triljes of Israel. 16 IT Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? 17 And they said, There must he an inheri- tance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters : for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed he he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. 19 Then they said. Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly in a i^lace which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. 20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; 21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them. Be favourable unto them for our sakes : because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war : for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. 23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. 24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. 25 In those days there was no king in Israel : every man did that which was right in his own eyes. THE BENJAMITES AT SHll^OU.— Judges X\\. 23. 317 'Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground." — Ruthn. lo. 318 THE BOOK OF RUTH CHAPTER 1. 1 Elimelech driven by famine into Moab, dieth there, i Motion and Chilion, his sons, having murried wives of Moab, die also. 6 Naomi returning homeward, 8 dissuadeth her two daughters-in-laiv from going with her. 14 Orpah leaveth her, but Ruth with great constancy accomyanieth her. 19 They tico co7ne to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly received. 'OW it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth- lehem-judah went to so- journ in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 2 And the name of the man ivas Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and con- tinued there. 3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died ; and she was left, and her two sons. 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one tvas Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth : and they dwelled there about ten years. 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. 6 IT Then she arose with her daughters-in- law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her ; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters- in-law. Go, return each to her mother's house : the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9 The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 10 And they said unto her. Surely we will return with thee unto thy people 11 And Naomi said. Turn again, my daugh- ters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands 1 12 Turn again, my daughters, go yoicr ivay ; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to-night, and should also bear sons; 13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it griev- eth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again : and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law ; but Ruth clave unto her. 15 And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods : return thou after thy sister-in-law. 16 And Ruth said. Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall he my people, and thy God my God : 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if oxujht but death part thee and me. 18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speak- ing unto her. 19 IT So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said. Is this Naomi? 20 And she said unto them. Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again emjjty : why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughtei'-in-law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley-harvest. CHAPTER 2. 1 Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz. 4 Boaz taking notice of her, 8 sheweth her great favour. 18 I'hat which she got, she carrieth to her mother-in-law. AND Naomi had a kinsman of her hus- band's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name luas Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears 319 Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz. of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 3 And she went, and came, and gleaned m the field after the reapers : and her hap was to light on a part of the field helowjtng unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. RUTH 2. The kindness of Boaz to Ruth. 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moab- itish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab : 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves : so she came, and hath continued even from the morning un- til now, that she tarried a little in the house. 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field", neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens : 9 Let thine eyes he on the field that they do reap, and " Whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge." — Ruth i. i6. 4 IT And, behold, Boaz came from Beth- lehem, and said unto the reapers. The Lord he with you. And they answered him. The Lord bless thee. 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? 320 go thou after them : have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Ruth carries her gleanings to Naomi. RUTH 3. Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thine husband : and hoiv thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nati^dty, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. 13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord ; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. 14 And Boaz said unto her. At meal-time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers : and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was suf- ficed, and left. 15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying. Let her glean even among the sheaves, and re- proach her not : 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. 17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned : and it was about an ephah of barle}^ 18 IT And she took it up, and went into the city : and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned : and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufiiced. 19 And her mother-in-law said unto her. Where hast thou gleaned to-day 1 and where wroughtest thou ? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said. The man's name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz. 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter- in-law. Blessed he he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. 21 And Euth the Moabitess said, He said xmto me also. Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my liarvest. 22 And Naomi said unto Euth her daughter- in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. 23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley-harvest and of wheat-harvest ; and dwelt with her mother- in-law. Rnth lies at Boa^sfeet. CHAPTEE 3. 1 By Naomi's instruction, 6 Ruth lieth at Boaz's feet. 8 Boaz acknowledgeth the right of a kinsman. 14 He sendeth her home in the morning with six measures of barley. THEN Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her. My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he win- noweth barley to-night in the threshing- floo.r. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down ; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. 5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. 6 IT And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 8 IT And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself : and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Euth thine handmaid : spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid ; for thou art a near kinsman. 10 And he said. Blessed he thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the begin- ning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest : for all the city of my peoj^le doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. 12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman : howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perfoi'm unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth : lie down until the morning. 14 IT And she lay at his feet until the morn- ing : and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. 15 Also he said. Bring the vail that tho^l hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her : and she went into the city. 321 Ruth returns to Naomi. RUTH 4. Boaz buys ElimelecNs inheritance. 16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, \Vho art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17 And she said. These six measures of barley gave he me ; for he said to me. Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law. that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which ivas our brother Elimelech's : 4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, '' He measured six measures of barley. "—^7<^/t iii. 15. 18 Then said she. Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall : for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. CHAPTER 4. Boaz ealleth into judgment the next kinsnmn. 6 He refuseth the redemption according to the maimer in Israel. 9 Boaz huycth the inheritance. 11 He marrieth Ruth. 13 She beareth Obed the grand- father of David. 18 The generations of Pharez unto David. THEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kins- man of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said. Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said. Sit ye down here. And they sat down. 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, 322 redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the jNIoabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise ujd the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 6 IT And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheri- tance : redeem thou my right to thyself ; for I cannot redeem it. 7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concern- ing changing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off" his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel. 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. 9 IF And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and R^ith is married to Boaz RUTH 4. and hecomes ancestress of David. all that vas Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. 10 Moreover Ruth the jMoabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut oflF from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day. 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem : 12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman. 13 IT So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed he the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age : for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath boi'n him. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi ; and they called his name Obed : he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 IT Now these are the generations of Pharez : Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. NEAR BETHLEHEM. 323 I -'- (Sudf-^'c TiniL'Orth THE FIEST BOOK OF SAMUEL OTHERWISE CALLED THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS CHAPTER ]. 1 Elkanah a Levite, having two wives, worshipj^cth yearly at Shiloh. 4 He cherisheth Hannah, though barren, and j)rovokcd by Peninnah. 9 Hannah in grief prayeth for a child. 12 Eli at first re- buking her, afterwards blesseth her. 19 Hannah having born Samuel, stayeth at home till he is iveaned. 24 She presenteth him to the Lord ac- cording to her vou\ [ OW there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name tvas Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of EHhu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ejjh- rathite : 2 And he had two wives ; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah : and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, loej-e there. 4 IF And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, jjortions : 5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy por- tion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb. 6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb. 7 And as he did so year by year, when she went ujj to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons ? 9 IT So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord. 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the afflic- tion of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. 12 IF And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard : therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And Eli said unto her. How long wilt thou be drunken 1 put away thy wine from thee. 15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, 1 am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul l)efore the Lord. 16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial : for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 1 7 Then Eli answered and said. Go in peace : and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. 19 IT And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ra- mah : and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife ; and the Lord remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had con- ceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord. 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22 But Hannah went not up ; for she said unto her husband, / ivill not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever. 23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her. Do what seemeth thee good ; tarry until thou have weaned him ; only the Lord establish his word. So the -woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 24 IF And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh : and the child was young. 325 Samuel lent to the Lord. 1 SAMUEL 2. Hannah's song of 2'>raise. 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, Oh my lord! as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. 27 For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him : 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshijoped the Lord there. CHAPTER 2. 1 Hannah's song in thankfulness to God. 12 The sin of Eli's sons. 18 Samuel's ministry. 20 By Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful. 22 Eli reproveth his sons. 27 A prophecy against Eli's house. AND Hannah prayed, and said. My heart XJL rejoiceth in the Lord; mine horn is ex- alted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as the Lord : for there is none beside thee : neither is there any rock like our God. ceased: so that the barren hath born seven: and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. 6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich : he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, ajid lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory : for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them. 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them : the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give " Eli sat by a post of the temple of the Lord." — i Sa)i!. i. g. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. 5 They that were full have hired out them- selves for bread ; and they that tvere hungry 326 strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. 11 And Elkanah went to Eamah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. 12 IT Now the sons of Eli wej-e sons of Belial ; they knew not the Lord. 13 And the priest's custom with the people teas, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the EWs sons reproved 1 8AM UEL 2. by their father. priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand ; 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot ; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. 15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacri- ficed, Give flesh to roast for the priest ; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. 16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as vmch as thy soul desireth ; then he would answer him, Nay ; but thou shalt give it me now : and if not, I will take it by force. 17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord : for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. 18 IT But tSamuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and l^rought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 IT And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said. The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home. 21 And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew jjefore the Lord. 22 IT Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel ; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congi^egation. 23 And he said unto them. Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord's people to transgress. 25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him : but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? Notwith- standing they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them. 26 And the child Samuel gi'ew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men. 27 IF And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house ? 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to he my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel ? 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation ; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people ? 30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house " To burn incense before me." — i Sam. ii. 28. of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith. Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. ' 32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel : and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. 34 And this shall he a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind : and I will build him a sure house ; and he shall walk Ijefore mine Anointed for ever. 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say. Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. 327 ... . .7 r.>v/ 1 SAMTTEL 3 The Lord appears to Samuel. Samuel mimsters unto the Lord. i >> A iu u r. i^ o. ii CHAPTER 3. 1 How the word of the Lord was first revealed to Saimiel 11 God telleth Samuel the destruction of Eli-s house. 15 Samuel, though loth, telleth Eh the vision. 19 Samuel groweth in credit as a prophet. AND the child Samuel ministered unto the A Lord before Eli. And the word of the LoKD was precious in those days; there ivas no open vision. , ,, ^ x- i, 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see ; H. Graves &" Co. Copyright " Speak ; for thy servant heareth.'' — i Sat 328 3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lokd, where the ark of God ivas, and Samuel was laid down to 4 That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered. Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said. Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son ; lie down again. 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet re- vealed unto him. 8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said. Here am I ; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down : and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord ; for thy ser- vant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Sam- uel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak ; for thy servant heareth. 11 H And the Lord said to Sam- uel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken con- cerning his house : when I begin, I will also make an end. James Sunt Israel smitten before the Philistines. 1 SAMUEL 4. The death of Eli and his tivo sons. 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacriiice nor offer- ing for ever. 15 IT And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. 17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me : God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said. It is the Lord : let him do what seemeth him good. 19 IT And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer- sheba knew that Samuel was established to he a prophet of the Lord. 21 And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh : for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord. CHAPTER 4. 1 The Israelites are smitten by the Philistines at Eben- ezer. 3 They fetch the ark to the terror of the Philistines. 10 They are smtten again, the ark taken ; Hophni and Phinehas are slain. 12 Eli at the news, falling backivard, breaketh his neck. 19 Phinehas' ivife, through grief, fuUeth in labour, is delivered of I-chabod, and dieth. AND the word of Samuel came to all Israel. xjL Now Israel went out against the Philis- tines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer : and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. 2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel : and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philis- tines : and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. 3 IT And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Where- fore hath the Lord smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth hetiveen the cherubims : and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, ivere there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rangagain. 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews'? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp. 7 And the Philistines were afraid; for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said. Woe unto us ! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. 8 Woe unto us ! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not sei^vants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you : quit yourselves like men, and fight. 10 IT And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. 1 1 And the ark of God was taken ; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. 12 IT And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat uj)on a seat by the way-side watching : for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said. What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son? 17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. 18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died : for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. 19 IT And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered : and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she Ijowed herself and travailed ; for her pains came upon her. 20 And al)out the time of her cleath the women that stood by her said unto hei', Fear not ; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it. 21 And she named the child I-chabod, saying. The glory is departed from Israel: (because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.) 22 And she said. The glory is departed from Israel : for the ark of God is taken. 329 The ark in the house of Dagon. 1 SAMUEL 5. The ark among the Philistines. CHAPTER 5. 1 The Philutines having brought the ark into Ashdod, set it in the ho^ise of Dagon. 3 Dagon is cast down and cut in pieces, and they of Ashdod smitten with emerods. 8 The ark being carried to Gath, the men of Gath are smitten with the like plague; 10 and also the men of Ekron, xvhen it is brought thither. A ND the Philistines took the ark of God, and J\. brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 3 IF And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And 6 IT But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it ivas so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us : for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 IT They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the they took Da- gon, and set him in his place again. 4 And when they arose earl y on the morrow morning, be- hold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands ivere cut off upon the threshold ; only the stumj:) of Dagon was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. 330 Eli sat upon a seat by the way-side watching." — i Sam. iv. 13. God of Israel? And they answered. Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction : and The ark a scourge to the Philistines. 1 SAMUEL 6. The restoration of the ark. ■' And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and sent it away." — i Sam. vi. ii. he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. 10 IF Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said. Send away the ark of the God of Israel, ana let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people : for there was a deadly de- struction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven. CHAPTER. 6. 1 After seven months the Philistines take counsel hotv to send back the ark. 10 They bring it on a neiv cart with an offering unto Beth-shemesh. 19 The people are smitten for looking into the ark. 21 They send to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim to fetch it. A ND the ark of the Lord was in the country xjL of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying. What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. 3 And they said. If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty ; but in any wise return him a trespass-offering : then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 4 Then said they. What shall he the tres- pass-offering which we shall return to him? They answered. Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague 7vas on you all, and on your lords. 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land ; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel : peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? 7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them : 8 And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, theyi he hath done us this great evil : but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us ; it was a chance that happened to us. 10 IT And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home : 1 1 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon 331 The arh sent to Kirjath-jearim. 1 SAMUEL Samuel judges Israel. the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. 12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went alon^ the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 13 And theij of Beth-shemesh tvere reaping their wheat-harvest in the valley : and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there ivas a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt-offering unto the Lord. 1 5 And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that vmxs with it, wherein the jewels of gold ivere, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacri- fices the same day unto the Lord. 16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass-offer- ing unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, hotli of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord : which stone re- maineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite. 19 TF And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thou- sand and threescore and ten men : and the people lamented, because the Lord had smit- ten ma ny of the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us? 21 IT And they sent messengers to the in- habitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. CHAPTER 7. 1 The men of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house of Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar his son to keep it. 2 After tiventy years 3 the Israelites, by Samuel's means, solemnly repent at Mizpeh. 9 While Samuel prayeth and sacrificeth, the Lord discomfiteth the Philistines by thunder at Eben- ezer. 13 The Philistines are subdued. 15 Samuel peaceably and reliyiously judgeth Israel. AND the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and - fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord. 332 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years : and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. 3 IT And 8amuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying. If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, the^i put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only : and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only. 5 And Samuel said. Gather all Israel to Mizi^eh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord. 6 And they gathered together to ]\Iizpeh, and drew water, and jDoured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there. We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to MizjDeh, the lords of the Philistines went .ujd against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philis- tines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 9 IT And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt-offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel ; and the Lord heard him. 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt- offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel : but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philis- tines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out of Miz- peh, and iDursued the Philistines, and smote them, until thei/ came under Beth-car. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between ]\Iizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezei^, saying. Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 13 IF So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel : and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. 15 IF And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth -el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. 17 And his return was to Eamah; for there was his house ; and there he judged Israel ; and there he built an altar unto the Lord. The Israelites ask a king. 1 SAMUEL 8. The ivarning words of Sanniel. CHAPTER 8. 1 By occasion of the ill gove)~nment of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a king. 6 Samuel praying in grief, is comforted by God : 10 He telleth the man- ner of a king. 19 Ood directeth Samuel to yield nnto the importunity of the people. AND it came to jiass, when Samuel was XI. old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 Now the name of his first-born was Joel ; and the name of his second, Abiah : theij ivere judges in Beer-sheba. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. •4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him. Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways : now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 If But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hear- ken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice : howbeit yet protest solemnly un- to them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. 10 1 And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king. 11 And he said. This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : He will take your sons, and apjDoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to he his horsemen ; and some shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties ; and jvill set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 13 And he will take your daughters to be con- fectionaries, and to he cooks, and to he bakers. 14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. ' As Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering."— i Sam. vii. lo. 333 The ivarning words of Samuel. 1 SAMUEL 8. Israel is deaf to the warning. SAMUEL ADDRESSING THE PEOPLE. — I Sam. viii. 10-18. 16 And he will take your men-servants, and your maid - servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep : and ye shall be his servants. 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen 334 you day. and the Lord will not hear you in that 1 9 T Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel ; and they said. Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; 20 That we also may be like all the nations ; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. Saul seeks his father's asses. 1 SAMUEL 9. Said's interview ivith Samuel. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LoED. 22 And the Lokd said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. CHAPTER 9. 1 Saxd despainiiff to find his father's asses, 6 by the counsel of his servant, 11 and direction of young •maidens, 15 according to God's revelation, 18 conieth to Samuel. 19 Samuel entertaincth Saul at the feast. 25 Samuel, after a private conversation, bringeth him oi]^his u'ay. "VTOW there was a man of Benjamin, whose l\ name ivas Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly : and there was not among the children of Israel a good- lier person than he : from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. 3 And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son. Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 4 And he passed through mount Ei^hraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not : and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that vjas with him, Come, and let us return ; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 6 And he said unto him. Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honour- able man ; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; perad venture he can shew us our way that we should go. 7 Then said Saul to his servant. But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man % for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God : what have we? 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said. Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake. Come, and let us go to the seer : for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) 10 Then said Saul to his sei'vant. Well said ; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God %uas. 11 IT And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? 12 And they answered them, and said. He is ; behold, he is before you : make haste now, for he came to-day to the city ; for there is a sacrifice of the people to-day in the high place : 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high iDlace to eat : for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for al)out this time ye shall find him. 14 And they went up into the city : and when they wei'e come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. 15 IT Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, 16 To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to he captain over my people Israel, that he may save my jjeople out of the hand of the Philistines : for I have looked upon my people, because tlieir cry is come unto me. 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of ! this same shall reign over my people. 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. 19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place ; for ye shall eat with me to-day, and to-morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. 20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel % Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? 21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speak est thou so to me? 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and bi'ought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chief est place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said unto the cook. Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee. Set it by thee. 24 And the cook took ujj the shoulder, and that which tvas upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said. Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat : for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 25 IT And when they wei'e come down from the high place into the city, Samuel com- muned with Saul upon the top of the house. 26 And they arose early : and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying. Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God. 335 Saul anointed king. 1 SAMUEL 10. Saul among the prophets. CHAPTER 10. 1 Samuel anointeth Saul. 2 He confirmeth him by pre- diction of three signs. 9 Saul's heart is changed, and he prophesieth. 14 He concealeth the waiter of the kingdom from his uncle. 17 Saul is chosen at Miz- 2>eh by lot. 26 The different affections of his subjects. THEN Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? 2 When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zel- zah ; and they will say unto thee. The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, A\Tiat shall I do for my son? 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth- el, one carrying three kids, and another carry- ing three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: 4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread ; which thou shalt receive of their hands. 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines : and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of proj^hets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy : 6 And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. 7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee , for God is with thee. 8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt-offerings, aiicl to sacrifice Is the seer here ? " — i Satiz. ix. ii. 336 Saul arnong the projiheis. 1 SAMtJEL 10. Baut chosen king at Mizpeh hy tot sacrifices of peace-offerings : seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. 9 IT And it was so^ that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart : and all those signs came to pass that day. 10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him ; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophe- sied among the prophets, then the people said one to another. What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? 18 And said unto the children of Israelj Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that ojDpressed you : 19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adver- sities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands. 20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21 When he had caused the tribe of Ben- jamin to come near by their families, the Photo hy Mason Good RACHEL'S TOMB. — I Sam. X. 2. 12 And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb. Is Saul also among the prophets 1 13 And when he had made an end of pro- phesying, he came to the high place. 14 IT And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant. Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses : and when we saw that the]i were no where, we came to Samuel. 15 And Saul's uncle said. Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 16 And Saul said unto his uncle. He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. 17 IT And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to MiziDeh : family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken : and when they sought him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered. Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. 23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people. See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. 25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and 337 Diversity of feeling towards Saul. 1 SAM laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. 26 IT And Saul also went home to Gibeah ; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. 27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save usi And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. CHAPTER 11. 1 Nahash offereth them of Jabcsh-gilead a reproachful condition, i They send messengers, and are de- livered by Sard. 12 Sard thereby is confirmed, and his kingdom, joyfully reneioed. THEN Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead : and all the men of Jal)esh said unto Nahash, U E L 11. The message of the elders of Jabesh. Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a cove- nant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. 3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there he no man to save us, we will come out to thee. 4 IT Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people : and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. 5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field ; and Saul said. What aileth the people, that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took ' Behold, a company of prophets met him." — I Sam. X. lo, 338 Saul's summons to the tribes. 1 SAMUEL 11. The muster of the tribes at Bezeh. a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them thi'oughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengei'S, saying. Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thii'ty thou- sand. 9 And they said unto the messengers that came. Thus shall ye say unto the """■ ■% men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the mes- " God save the king." — i Sam. x. 24. after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lokd fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, sengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh ; and they were glad. 10 Therefoi'e the men of Jabesh said. To-mor- row we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. 339 The kingdom renewed at Gilgal. 1 SAMUEL 12. 11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies ; and they came into the midst of the host in the morn- ing watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. 12 IT And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said. There shall not a man be put to death this day : for to-day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel. 14 IT Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the king- dom there. 15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Loed in Gilgal ; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings before the Lord ; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. Samuel's discourse to Israel. CHAPTER 12. Samuel testifieth his integrity. 6 He reproveth the people of ingratitude. 18 He terrifleth them ivith thunder in harvest-time. 20 He comforteth them in God's mercy. AND Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, . I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you : and I am old and gray-headed ; and, behold, my sons are with you : and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3 Behold, here I avi: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed : whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes there- with? and I will restore it you. 4 And they said. Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. 5 And he said unto them. The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. 6 IT And Samuel said unto the people. It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers. 8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 9 And when they forgat the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, 340 captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10 And they cried unto the Lord, and said. We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ash- taroth : but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 1 1 And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. 12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me. Nay ; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king. 13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired ! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you. 14 If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God : 15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as it tvas against your fathers. 16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. 17 Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain ; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king. 18 IT So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. 20 IT And Samuel said unto the people. Fear not : ye have done all this wickedness : yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart ; 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things., which cannot profit nor deliver ; for they are vain. 22 For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath l^leased the Lord to make you his people. 23 Moreover, as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you : but I will teach you the good and the right way : 24 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart : for consider how great things he hath done for you. 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. The Philistines' great host. 1 SAMUEL 13. I sraelin straits ; SauVs sacrifice. "And the Lord sent thunder nnd rain that day." — i Sam. xii. i8. CHAPTER 13. Saul's select band. 3 He calleth the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose garrison Jonathan had smitten. 5 The Philistines' great host. 6 The distress of the Israelites. 8 Saul, weary of staying for Samuel, sacrificeth. 11 Samuel reproveth him. 17 The three spoiling bands of the Philistines. 19 The policy of the Philistines, in suffering no smith in Israel. SAUL reigned one year ; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel ; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin : and the rest of the peo^ile he sent every man to his tent. 3 IT And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. 4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. 5 IT And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude : and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. 6 H When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were dis- tressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. 7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people fol- lowed him trembling. 8 IT And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had ajipointed: out Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. 9 And Saul said. Bring hither a burnt-offer- ing to me, and peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering. 10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offer- ing, behold, Samuel came ; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. 11 If And Samuel said. What hast thou done? And Saul said. Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash ; 12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt-offering. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly : thou hast not kept the command- 341 Saul reproved bi/ Samuel. 1 SAMUEL 14. ment of the Lord thy God, which he com- manded thee : for now would the Lord have estabhshed thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue : the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee. 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the peoj^le that were i^resent with him, about six hundred men. 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines en- camped in Michmash. 17 IT And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual : 18 And another company turned the way to Beth-horon : and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 19 ir Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel : for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears : The garrison of the Philistines 20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. 21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. 22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan : but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. 23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the jDassage of Michmash. CHAPTEPt 14. 1 Jonathan, without the knowledge of his father or any of the people, goeth and miraeuloushj smiteth the Philistines' garrison. 15 A divine terror inaketh them beat themselves. 17 Saul, not staying the priest's answer, settcth on them. 21 The captivated Hebreivs, and the hidden Israelites, join against them. 24 Saul's unadvised adjuration hindereth the victory. 32 He restraineth the people from eating blood. 35 He buildeth an altar. 33 Jonathan, taken by lot, is saved by the people. 49 Saul's strength and family. NOW it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' gar- rison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost l^art of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron : and the people that ivei'e with him we7'e about six hundred men ; 3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-cha- bod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. 4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharjD rock on the other side: and the name of the one ivas Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The forefront of Clew the trumpet throughout all the Kind."— I Sam. xiii. 3. 342 attacked and smitten by Jonathan. 1 SAMUEL 14. Sard's rash oath. the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised : it may be that the Lord will work for us : for the7-e is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few. 7 And his armour-bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart : turn thee ; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. 9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you ; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand : and this shall be a sign unto us. 11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines : and the Philistines said. Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armour-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armour bearer, Come up after me : for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer after him : and they fell before Jonathan ; and his armour-bearer slew after him. 14 And that first slaughter, which Jona- than and his armour-bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. 15 IF And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people : the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked : so it was a very great trembling. 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked ; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. 17 IT Then said Saul unto the people that loere with him. Number now, anrl see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armour-bearer ivere not there. 18 And Saul said unto Aliiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. 19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and in- creased : and Saul said unto the priest, With- draw thine hand. 20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle : and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there xvas a very great discomfiture. 21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, rvhen they heai'd that the Philistines fled, even th'ey also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 So the Lord saved Israel that day : and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven. 24 IT And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying. Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood ; and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey drojiped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath : wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dijDped it in an honey-comb, and put his hand to his mouth ; and his eyes were enlightened. 28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying. Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land : see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much more, if haply the i^eople had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 31 H And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon : and the people were very faint. 32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground : and the j)eople did eat them with the blood. 33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he said. Ye have transgressed : roll a great stone unto me this day. 34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. 35 IT And Saul built an altar unto the Lord : the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord. 36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the 343 Sa^d asks counsel of God. 1 SAMUEL 14. Jonathan condemned to die. And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer after him." — I Sam. xiv. 13. Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said. Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. 37 IT And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. 38 IF And Saul said. Draw ye near hither 344 all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. 39 For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. 40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. Jonathan rescued hy the people. 1 SAMUEL 15. The Amalekites destroyed. 41 Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken : but the people escaped. 42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that ivas in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. 44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also : for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israeli God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jona- than, that he died not. 46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines : and the Philistines went to their own place. 47 IT So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philis- tines : and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. 48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 49 IF Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua : and the names of his two daughters ivere these ; the name of the first-born Merab, and the name of the younger Michal : 50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz : and the name of the captain of his host ivas Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. 52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul : and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him. CHAPTER 15. 1 Saul is sent to destroy Amalek. 6 He favour eth the Kenites ; 7 smiteth the Amalekites ; but sjmreth Agog and the best of the spoil. 10 Samziel de- nounceth unto Saul, commending and excusing himself, God's rejection of him, for his disobedietice. 24 Saul's huiniliation. 32 Samuel killeth Agag. 34 He and Saul part. SAMUEL also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to he king over his people, over Israel : now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid vjait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 6 H And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amale- kites, lest I destroy you with them : for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 IT And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amale- kites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them : but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 10 H Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to he king : for he is turned back from follow- ing me, and hath not performed my com- mandments. And it grieved Samuel ; and he cried unto the Lord all night. 12 H And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 13 And Samuel came to Saul : and Saul said unto him. Blessed he thou of the Lord : I have performed the commandment of the Lord. 14 And Samuel said. What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15 And Saul said. They have brought them from the Amalekites : for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him. Say on. 17 And Samuel said. When thou ivast little in thine own sight, uKist thou not made the head of the tril^es of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel 1 18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said. Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. 19' Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, Ijut didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord? 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone 345 The disobedience of Saul 1 SAMUEL 15. and his rejection as king. the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacri- fice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said. Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to cause I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord. 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee : for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath re- jected thee from being king over Israel. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away. obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from bei7ig king. 24 1 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the com- mandment of the Lord, and thy words : be- 346 he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. 28 And Samuel said unto him. The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent : for he is not a man, that he should repent. 30 Then he said, I have sinned : yet honour Savniel goes to Beth-lehem 1 SAMUEL ]6, 17. and anoints David as king. me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my peojale, ancf before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God. 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord. 32 IT Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said. As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. 34 IT Then Samuel went to Ramah ; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death : nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. CHAPTER 16. 1 Samuel sent by God, under pretence of a sacrifice, corn^h to Beth-lehem. 6 Jesse's seven sons pass before him, but are not approved by God. 11 David is sent for, approved, and anointed. 14 Saul sendethfor David to quiet his evil spirit. AND the Lord said unto Samuel, How long . wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel 1 fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite : for I have pro- vided me a king among his sons. 2 And Samuel said. How can 1 gol if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do : and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 4 And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably 1 5 And he said. Peaceably : I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord : sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. 6 IF And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said. Surely the Lord's anointed is before him. 7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature ; because I have refused him : for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said. Neither hath the Lord chosen this. 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these. 11 IT And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There re- maineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him : for we will not sit down till he come hither. 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he xvas ruddy, aiid withal of a beautiful coun- tenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said. Arise, anoint him : for this is he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14 II But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. 15 And Saul's servants said unto him. Be- hold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said. Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him. 19 IF Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. 20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer. 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying. Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight. 23 And it came to pass, when the ei>il spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand : so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. CHAPTER 17. 1 The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to battle, 4 Goliath cometh proudly forth to challenge a combat. 12 David, sent by his father to visit his brethren, heareth the challenge. 28 Eliab chideth him. 30 He is brought to SaiU. 32 lie sheweth the reason of his confidence. 38 Without armour, armed by faith, he slayeth the giant. 55 Saul taketh notice of David. NOW the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered to- gether at Shochoh, which helongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 9. And Saul and the men of Israel were 347 Goliath of Gath 1 SAMUEL 17. and his challenge to Israel. gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a moun- tain on the other side : and there was a valley between them. 4 H And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he tvas armed with a coat of mail ; and the weight of the coat %vas five thousand shekels of brass. 6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. 7 And the staff of his spear ivas like a weaver's beam ; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron : and one bearing a shield went before him. 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 12 IT Now David was the son of that Eph- rathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse ; and he had eight sons : and the man went among men /or an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle : and the names of his three sons that went to the battle u'ere Eliab the first-born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest : and the three eldest followed Saul. 348 " There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep."— i Sam. xvi. ii. David comes to the camp and 1 SAMUEL 17. accepts the challenge of Goliath. 15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem. 16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren ; 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 20 IT And David rose up early in the morn- ing, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. 22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. 23 Andf as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words : and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. 25 And the men of Israel said. Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killetn him, the king will en- rich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. 26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying. So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. 28 IT And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said. Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart ; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 29 And David said. What have I now done? Is there not a cause? 30 IT And he turned from him toward an- other, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. 31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul : and he sent for him. 32 1 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him : for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock : 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear : and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37 David said moreover. The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee. 38 IT And Saul armed David with his ar- mour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head ; also he armed him with a coat of mail. 39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these ; for I have not proved the)n. And David put them off him. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip ; and his sling was in his hand : and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David ; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him : for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves ? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear : for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote 349 David slays Goliath. 1 SAMUEL 17. S(tul takes notice of David. the Philistine in liis forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead ; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him ; but there was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Therefore David ran, and stood u])on the chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. 54 And David took the head of the Philis- tine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. 55 II And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is " And chose him five smooth stones out of the brook." — i Sat/i. xvii. 40. Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut oflF his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. 52 IT And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philis- tines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. 53 And the children of Israel returned from 350 this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is. 57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philis- tine in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man 1 And David answered, / am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth- lehemite. Jormthan^s love to David. 1 SAMUEL 18. SauVs jealousy of David. CHAPTER 18. 1 Jonathan loveth David. 5 Snnl envieth his praise, 10 seeketh to kill him in his fury, 12 feareth him for his good success, 17 offercth him his daughter for a snare. 22 David, persuaded to be the king's -son-in-law, giveth two hutidred foreskins of the Philistines for Michal's dowry. 28 Saul's hatred, and David's glory increaseth. AND it came to pass, when he had made J\. an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a cove- nant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that tvas upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 5 IT And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely : and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the jjeople, and also in the sight of Saul's ser- vants. 6 IT And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. 7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, -Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the say- ing displeased him ; and he said. They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed hut thou- sands: and ivhat can he have more but the kingdom 1 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. 10 IF And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times : and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. 12 IT And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand ; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways ; and the Lord tvas with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he be- haved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. 17 IT And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. 18 And David said unto Saul, Who ani 11 and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king? 19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. 20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David : and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law in the one of the twain. 22 IT And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say. Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee : now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seem- eth it to you a light thing to be a king's son- in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 24 And the servants of Saul told him, say- ing. On this manner spake David. 25 And Saul said. Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thouglit to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law : and the days were not expired. 27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 28 IT And Saul saw and knew that the Lord tvas with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually. 30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth : and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. 351 Jonathan^ warning to David. 1 SAMUEL 19. David's flight to Samuel. CHAPTER 19. Jonathan dUcloseth to David his father's purpose to kill him. 4 He persuadeth his father to a recon- ciliation. 8 By reason of David's good success in a new war, Saul's malicious rage breaketh out against him. 12 Michal deceiveth her father with an image in David's bed. 18 David cometh to Samuel to Naioth. 20 Saul's messengers sent to take David, 23 and Satil himself, prophesy. AND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to j\. all his servants, that they should kill David. 2 But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David : and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret 2)lnce, and hide thyself : 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee ; and what I see, that I will tell thee. 4 IT And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee- ward very good : 5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel : thou sawest it, and didst rejoice : wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware. As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past. 8 IF And there was war again : and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. 9 And the evil spirit from the Lord was 352 George J mworl/i upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand : and David played with his hand. 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's jiresence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. 11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning : and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying. If thou save not thy life to-night, to- morrow thou shalt be slain. 12 IT So Michal let David down through a window : and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying. Bring him up to me in the l^ed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there vas an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hai)' for his bolster. 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is esca])ed? And Michal answei"ed Saul, He said unto me. Let me go ; why should I kill thee? 18 H So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Eamah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 19 And it was told Saul, saying. Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David : and when they saw the company of the pro- phets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. Savl projjhesies he/ore Samuel. 1 SAMUEL 20. .tonathan^ cmeiuini with baviA. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they ^jrophesied also. 22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu : and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, the;/ be at Naioth in Eamah. 23 H And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah : and the Si^irit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say. Is Saul also among the prophets? CHAPTER 20. 1 David consulteth with Jonathan for his safety. 11 Jonathan and David renew their covenant by oath. 18 Jonathan's token to David. 24 Saul, missing David, seeketh to kill Jonathan. 41 Jonathan lovingly taketh his leave of David. AND David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and . came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? 2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me : and why should my father hide this thing from me ? it is not so. 3 And David sware moreover, and said. Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes ; and he saith, Let not Jona- than know this, lest he be grieved : but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. 4 Then said Jonathan unto David, What- soever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. 5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new-moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even. 6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city : for thei-e is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. 7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. 8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee : not- withstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself ; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 9 And Jonathan said. Far be it from thee : for if I knew certainly that evil were deter- mined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly ? 11 IF And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to-morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it tliee ; 1 3 The Lord do so and much more to Jona- than: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. 14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not : 15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kind- ness from my house for ever : no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David's enemies. 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. 18 IT Then Jonathan said to David, To- morrow is the new-moon : and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. 19 And ivhen thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. 21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad. Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them ; then come thou : for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the Lord liveth. 22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way : for the Lord hath sent thee away. 23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever. 24 H So David hid himself in the field : and when the new-moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought. Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. 27 And it came to pass on the morrow, tvhich was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to-day ? 28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David ear- nestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem : 29 And he said. Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and 353 bavid takes leave of Joimthait. 1 SAMtTEL 21. Flight of David to Nob avid Gath. my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, 1 pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. ,30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious ^voman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the con- fusion of thy mother's nakedness ? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be estab- lished, nor thy kingdom. Wlierefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him. Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. 34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. 35 IT And it came to i^ass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. 36 And he said unto his lad. Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. 37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jona- than cried after the lad, and said. Is not the arrow beyond thee? 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad. Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. 39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. 40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. 41 IT And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed : and Jonathan went into the city. CHAPTER 21. 1 l)avid at Nob obtainethof Ahimelech halloived bread. 7 Doeg is present. 8 David taketh Goliath's sword. 10 Be fieeth to Gath, ivhere to save his life he feigneth himself mad. THEN came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest : and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, 354 Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me. Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee^ and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is pi'esent. 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but thei'e is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. 5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread- is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. 6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shew- bread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name tvas Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. 8 IT And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword ? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business i-equired haste. 9 And the priest said. The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod : if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said. There is none like that ; give it me. 10 IF And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said unto him. Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad : wherefore then have ye brought him to me? 15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellotv to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house ? David in the cave of Adullam. CHAPTER 22. 1 SAMUEL 22. Saul chides his servants. 1 Companies resort unto David at Adullam. 3 At Mizpeh he commcndeth his parents to the protec- tion of the king of Moab. 5 Admonished by Gad, he Cometh to Hareth. 6 Saul going to pursue him, complaineth of his servants' unfaithfulness. 9 Doeg accuseth Ahitnelech. 11 Saul commandeth to kill the priests. 17 The footmen refusing, Doeg executeth it. 20 Abiathar escaping, hringeth David the news. DAVID therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam : and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. 5 IT And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold ; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David de- parted, and came into the forest of Hareth. 6 II When 8aul heard that David was dis- covered, and the men that ivere with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him ;) 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all cap- tains of thousands, and captains of hundreds ; 8 That all of you have conspired against Photo by Faiesttne Exploration Fund M'AdY KHUREITUN.— 1 Sam. xxii. I. The Traditional CaVe of Adullam, showing entrance to Cave between two blocks of storle On the right. 2 And every one thai was in distress, and every one that ivas in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him: and he became a cajitain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 IT And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. 4 And he brought them before the king of Moab : and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day'? 9 IT Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. 1 1 IT Then the king sent to call Ahimelech 355 Savins vengeance on Koh. the priest, the son of Ahitub, and 1 SAMUEL 23. David in the wilderness of Zi2yh. all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob : and they came all of them to the king. 12 And 8aul said, Hear now, thou son of Aliitub. And he answered, Here 1 am., my lord. 13 And Saul said unto him. Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son-in- law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honour- able in thine house 1 15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for himi be it far from me: let not the king impute anj/ thing unto his servant, Tior to all the house of my father : for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. 16 And the king said. Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. 17 IT And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him. Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord • because their hand also IS with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five per- sons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword, 20 IT And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord's priests. 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite ivas there, that he would surely tell Saul : I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. CHAPTER 23. 1 The Philistines fight against Keilah ; David, enquir- ing of the Lord by Abiathar, smiteth them, and saveth Keilah. 9 Ood shewhig him the coming of Saul, and the treachery of the Keilites, he escapeth from Keilah. 13 In Ziph Jonathan cometh and comforteth him. 19 The Ziphites discover him to Saul. Ih At Maon he is rescued from. Saul by the invasion of the Philistines. 29 He dwelleth at En-gedi. THEN they told David, saying. Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors. 2 Therefore David enquired of the Lord, 356 saying. Shall I go and smite these Philis- tines'? And the Lord said unto David, Go and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. 3 And David's men said unto him. Behold, we be afraid here in Judah : how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? 4 Then David enquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him and said. Arise, go down to Keilah ; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabi- tants of Keilah. 6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. 7 IT And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand ; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. 9 IT And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him ; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. 10 Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. 11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. 1 2 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said. They will deliver thee up. 13 IF Then David and his men, tvhich were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth. 14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life : and David ivas in the wilder- ness of Ziph in a wood. 16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 17 And he said unto him. Fear not : for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee : and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee ; and that also Saul my father knoAveth. 18 And they two made a covenant before Said pursues David. 1 SAMUEL 24. Davidin strongholds at En-gedi. the Lord : and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. 19 IT Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down ac- cording to all the desire of thy soul to come down : and our i)art shall he to deliver him into tne king's hand. 21 And Saul said. Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his jDlace where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there : for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilely. 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you : and it shall come to Eass, if he be in the land, that I will search im out throughout all the thousands of Judah. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men ivere in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David : wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilder- ness of Maon. And when Saul heard that^ he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. 26 And Saul went on this side of the moun- tain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain : and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul ; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. 27 IT But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying. Haste thee, and come ; for the Philis- tines have invaded the land. 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philis- tines: therefore they called that place Sela- hammah-lekoth. 29 IT And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. CHAPTER 24. 1 David in a cave at En-gedi, having cut off Said's skirt, spareth his life. 8 He sheweth thereby his innocency. 16 Saul, acknowledging his fault, taketh an oath of David, and departeth. AND it came to pass, when Saul was re- xX turned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. ' Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand." — i Sa»t. xxiv. 4. 357 David spares Saul's life. SAMUEL 25. Death of Samiiel. 3 And he came to the sheep-cotes by the way, where was a cave ; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men re- mained in the sides of the cave. 4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou may est do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. 5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. 6 And he said unto his men, The Lord for- bid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord. 7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. 8 IT David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying. My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hear- est thou men's words, saying. Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to-day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee : but mi7ie eye spared thee ; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord ; for he is the Lord's anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy rolje in my hand : for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. 12 The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients. Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea? 15 The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. 16 IT And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said. Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I : for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. 358 19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord re- ward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. 20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. 21 Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. 22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home ; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold. CHAPTER 25. 1 Samuel dieth. 2 David in Paran sendeth to Nabal. 10 Provoked by Nabal's churlishiiess, he mindeth to destroy him, 14 Abigail understanding thereof, 18 taketh a present, 23 ami by her wisdom 32 paci- fieth David. 36 Nabal, hearing thereof, dieth. 39 David taketh Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives. 44 His tvife Michal is given to Phalti. AND Samuel died; and all the Israelites . were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Bamah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 2 IT And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions we7'e in Carmel ; and the man ivas very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats : and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail : and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish, and evil in his doings ; and he was of the house of Caleb. 4 H And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. 5 And David sent out ten young men ; and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name : 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in 2:>ro.speritj/, Peace he both to thee, and peace lie to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers : now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. 8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes : for we come in a good day : give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. 9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. 10 IT And Nabal answered David's servants, and said. Who is David ? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now-a- NabaVs provocation oj David. 1 SAMUEL 25. Abigail appeases David. days that break away every man from his master. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they he? 12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. 13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on for he is such a son of Belial, that a man can- not speak to him. 18 1" Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of inarched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 19 And she said unto her servants. Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her ; and she met them. 21 Now David had said. Surely in vain have I kept all that this felloxo hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that f5^ " Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be." — i Saiit. xxv. 24. every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword ; and David also girded on his sword : and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff. 14 IT But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying. Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master ; and he railed on them. 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields : 16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do ; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household : pertained unto him : and he hath requited me evil for good. 22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave any male of all that pertain to him by the morning light. 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Ujion me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity he: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal : for as his name is, so is he ; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him : but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. 35a The death of Nahal. 1 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 27 And now this blessing which thine hand- maid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. 28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid : for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house ; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days. 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul : but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God ; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. 30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concern- ing thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel ; 31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. 32 IT And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me : 33 And blessed he thy advice, and blessed he thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. 34 For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left any male unto Nabal by the morning light. 35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her. Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. 36 "TT And Abigail came to Nabal; and, be- hold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he tvas very drunken : where- fore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died. 39 IT And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed he the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. Aiid David sent and communed with Abi- gail, to take her to him to wife. ?60 SAMUEL 26. David marries Ahigail. 40 And when the servants of David were A'^ come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. 41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid he a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. 42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her ; and she went after the mes- sengers of David, and became his wife. 43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel ; and they were also both of them his wives. 44 IT But Saul had given Michal his daugh- ter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which ivas of GaUim. CHAPTER 26 1 Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites, cometh to Hachilah against David. 5 David coming into the trench stayeth Abishaifrom killing Saul, but taketh his spear and cruse. 13 David reproveth Abner's negligence, 18 and exhortcth Saul. 21 Saulaeknow- ledgeth his sin, and returneth home. iND the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying. Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, ivhich is before Jeshimon? 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness; and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilder- ness. 4 David therefore sent out spies, and under- stood that Saul was come in very deed. 5 IT And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had i^itched : and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host : and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. 6 Then answered David, and said to Ahime- lech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying. Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the gi'ound at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. 8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day : now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guilt- less? 10 David said furthermore, As the Lord Behold the king's spear."-i Savi. xxvi. 22. SatU ceases to persectite David. 1 SAMUEL 27. David flees to Achish at Gath. liveth, the Lord shall smite him ; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. 11 The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed : but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. 12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked : for they ivere all asleep ; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them. 13 IT Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them : 14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner 1 Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? 15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. 16 This thing is not gooa that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that tvas at his bolster. 17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said. Is this thy voice, my son David ? And David said. It is my voice, my lord, O king. 18 And he said. Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done ? or what evil is in mine hand ? 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his ser- vant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they he the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord ; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the in- heritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods. 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord : for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. 21 IT Then said Saul, I have sinned : return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day : behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 22 And David answered and said. Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. 23 The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord delivered thee into my hand to-day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed. 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much 362 set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let bim deliver me out of all tribulation. 25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David : thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. CHAPTER 27. 1 Saul hearing that David wasjled to Gath, seeketh no more for him. 5 David beggeth Ziklag of Achish. 8 He, invading other countries, persuadeth Achish he fought against Judah. AND David said in his heart, I shall now XjL perish one day by the hand of Saul : there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines ; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel : so shall I escape out of his hand. 2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that ivere with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his house- hold, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. 4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. 5 IT And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country,, that I may dwell there : for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day : wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. 7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. 8 IF And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites : for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. 10 And Achish said, Wliither have ;^e made a road to-day? And David said. Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. 1 1 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So aid David, and so tvill be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. 12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for Conjiderwe of Achish in David. CHAPTER 28. 1 Achish putteth confidence in David. 3 Saul, having destroyed the workers with familiar spirits, i and now in his fear forsaken of God, 7 seeketh to a witch. 9 The witch, encouraged by Saul, raiseth up Samuel. 15 Saul, hearing his ruin, fainteth. 21 The woman, with his servants, re- fresh him with meat, AND it came to pass in those days, that . the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. 2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou 1 SAMUEL 28. The death and burial of Samuel. shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. 3 IT Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. 4 IT And the Philistines gathered them- selves together, and came and jjitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel to- gether, and they pitched in Gilboa. 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. 6 And when Saul enquired of the Loed, the LoKD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 7 IT Then said ~-'.:~ — --__ Saul unto his ser- vants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, y that I may go to her, and en- quire of her. And his servants said ' And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away." — i Sam. xxx. x8. 363 Saul consults the witch of En-dor. 1 SAMUEL 29. to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor. 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night : and he said, I pi-ay thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up whom I shall name unto thee. 9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land : wherefore then layest thou a snare for my lifCj to cause me to die 1 10 And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, vis the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. 11 Then said the woman. Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. 12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying. Why hast thou de- ceived me? for thou art Saul. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. 14 And he said unto her. What form is he of ? And she said, An old man cometh up ; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it ivas Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. 15 IT And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is dsparted from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. 16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy ? 17 And the Lord hath done to him, as he spake by me : for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David : 18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day. 19 Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philis- tines: and to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me : the Lord also shall de- liver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. 20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel : and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. 21 IF And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed 364 Achish dismisses David. thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee ; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him ; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: 25 And she brought it before Saul, and be- fore his servants ; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. CHAPTER 29. 1 David marcheth with the Philistines : their princes are offended thcreioith. 6 Achish dismisseth him, with commendations of his fidelity . NOW the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish. 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Heorews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these clays, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day? 4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him. Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us : for where- with should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not he with the heads of these men? 5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands ? G IT Then Achish called David, and said unto him. Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight : for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day : nevertheless the lords favour thee not. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. 8 And David said unto Achish, But what The AmaleMtes spoil /^iklag. 1 SAMUEL 30. David 2nirsu€s the AmaleMtes. have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? 9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God : notwitlistanding the priiices of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. 11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daugh- ters, were taken captives. 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David's two wives were taken cap- tives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters : but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. P/tota by Mason Good. ENGANNIM. — I Sam, xxxi. I. With Mountains of Gilboa in distance. CHAPTER 30. 1 The Amalekites spoil Ziklag. 3 David asking counsel is encouraged by God to pursue them. 11 By the means of a revived Egyptian he is brought to the enemies, and recovereth all the spoil. 22 David's law to divide the spoil equally betrveen them that fight and them that keep the stuff. 26 He sendeth presents to his friends. AND it came to pass, when David and his . men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire ; 2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein : they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. 3 IT So David and his men came to the city, 8 And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop 1 shall I over- take them 1 And he answered him. Pursue : for thou shalt surely overtake them, and with- out fail recover all. 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that ivere with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men : for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. 11 IF And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him di'ink water ; 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisina : and when 365 David recovers the spoil. 1 SAMUEL 31. Death of Said and his three sons. he had eaten, his spirit came again to him : for he had eaten no bread, noi" drunk any water, three days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him, To whom helongest thou? and wlience art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion u2)on the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which helongeth to Judah, ana upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 15 And David said to him. Canst thou bring me down to this comjjany? And he said. Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. 16 IF And when he had brought him down, behold, they ivere spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day : and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. 18 And David recovered all that the Amale- kites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's si^oil. 21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David,' whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the peojDle that xvere with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. 22 1 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have "recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and de- livered the company that came against us into our hand. 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part he that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. 26 IT And when David came to Ziklag, he 366 sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying. Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord; 27 To them, which were in Beth-el, and to them which xvere in south Bamoth, and to thefm which were in Jattir, 28 And to them which ivere in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which ^vere in Eshtemoa, 29 And to them which were in Bachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerah- meelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, 30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, 31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. CHAPTEB 31. 1 Saul having lost his army, and his sons slain, he and his arnwur-hcarer kill themselves. 7 The Philis- tines possess the forsaken towns of the Israelites. 8 They exult over the dead bodies of Saul and his sons. 11 The men of Jabesh-gilead, recovering the bodies by night, burn them, and bury their bones at Jabesh. NOW the Philistines fought against Israel : and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons ; and the Philistines slew Jonatnan, and Abinadab, and Melchi- shua, Saul's sons. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 4 Then said Saul unto his armour-bearer. Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not ; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul Avas dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together. 7 II And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled ; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it The Philistines insult the dead. 1 SAMUEL 31. Their bodies recovered and burnt. in the house of their idols, and among the people. _ - 10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. 11 IT And when the inhabitants of Jabesh- gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul ; 12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth- shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. SYRIAN BEAR. 367 ' David lamented over Saul and over Jonathan his son. ' — 2 Sam. i. 17. THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL OTHERWISE CALLED THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS CHAPTEK 1. 1 The Amalekite, tvho brought tidings of the Israelites' defeat, and accused himself of Saul' s death, is slain. 11 David and his men mourn thereat. 17 David's lamentation over Saul and Jonathan. JOW it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Ama- lekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag ; 2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head : and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. 4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered. That the peojDle are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. 5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? 6 And the young man that told him said. As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. 7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered. Here am I. 8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. 9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me : for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. 10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the ci'own that ^vas upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. 11 IF Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them ; and likewise all the men that loere with him : 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel ; because they were fallen by the sword. 13 TI And David said unto the young man that told him, Wlience art thou ? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. 14 And David said unto him. How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord's anointed 1 15 And David called one of the young men, and said. Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. 16 And David said unto him, Thy blood he upon thy head ; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed. 17 IF And David lamented with this lamen- tation over Saul and over Jonathan his son : 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow : behold, it is written in the book of Jasher :) 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the sti'eets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there he no dew, neither let there he rain, upon you, nor fields of ofierings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul re- turned not empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan tvere lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other de- lights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your appai'el. 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou tvast slain in thine high places. 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished ! A 369 David anointed king over Judah. 2 SAMUEL 2. Abner makes Ish-bosheth king. CHAPTER 2. 1 David, by God's direction, with his company goeth up to Hebron, where he is made king over Judah. 5 He comviendcth the men of Jabesh-gilead for their kindness to Saul. 8 Abner maketh Ish-bosheth king of Israel. 12 A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner's and twelve of Joab's men. 18 Asahel is slain. 25 At Abner's motion Joab soundeth a re- treat. 32 AsaheVs burial. 4 ND it came to pass after this, that David A. enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go U13 into any of the cities of Judah 1 And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. 2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, Nabal's wife, the Carmelite. 3 And his men that were with him did David bring uj), every man with his household : and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead ivere they that buried Saul. 5 IT And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them. Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. 6 And now the Lord shew kindness and truth unto you : and I also will requite you this kindness,. because ye have done this thing. 7 Therefore now let your hands be strength- ened, and be ye valiant : for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. 8 IF But Abner the son of Ner, cajDtain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim ; 9 And he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10 Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. 12 IT And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon : and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. 15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side ; so they fell down together : wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. Boufils NEAR SITE OF ANCIENT DAN.— 2 Sam. iii. lO, Asahel slain by Ahner. 2 SAMUEL 3. Abner revolts to David. 17 And there was a very sore battle that day ; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. 18 IT And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel : and Asahel ivas as light of foot as a wild roe. 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel ? And he answered, I a??i. 21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me : wherefore should I smite thee to the ground 1 how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside : where- fore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. 24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner : and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilder- ness of Gibeon. 25 IT And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and be- came one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said. Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? 27 And Joab said. As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following nis Drother. 28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. 30 And Joab returned from following Abner : and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel. 31 But the servants of David had smitten •of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. 32 1 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which teas in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break «of day. CHAPTER 3. 1 During the ivar David still waxeth stronger. 2 Six sons ivere born to him in Hebron. 6 Ahner, dis- pleased with Ish-bosheth, 12 revolteth to David. 13 David requireth a condition to bring him his ■ wife Michal. 17 Abner, having cornmii7ied with the Israelites, is feasted by David, and dismissed. 22 Joab, retiirning from battle, is displeased with the king, and killcth Abner. 28 David curseth Joab, 31 and mourneth for Abner. NOW there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David : but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 2 TF And unto David were sons born in Hebron : and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess ; 3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite ; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur ; 4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital ; 5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. 6 IT And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish- bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said. Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to-day with a fault concern- ing this woman ? 9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him ; 10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba. 11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him. 12 IT And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. 13 IT And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee : but one thing I require of thee, that is. Thou shalt not see my face, ex- cept thou first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. 14 And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying. Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred fore- skins of the Philistines. 15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from 371 t 4v.i ■^,; Ahner comes to David at Hthron. 2 SAMUEL 3. Ahner dismissed hy David in 2)eace. her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish. . j. . 16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. ivere with him a feast. 21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will ga- ther all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Ab- ner away ; and he went in peace. 22 IT And, be- ll ok 1, the ser- vants of David and Joab came from 2^^'>'S'uing 17 IT And '. I Abner had communi- cation with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you : 18 Now then do it : for the Lord hath spoken of David, say- ing, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. 19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin : and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Ben- jamin. 20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Ab- ner and the men that 372 ' And David sent Abner away ; and he -went in peace." — 2 Sam. iii. 21. Joah, to David'' s grief, slays Ahner. 2 SAMUEL 4. Ish-hosheth slain hy his servants. a troop, and brought in a great siDoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, Wljat hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. 26 And when Joab Avas come out fi'om David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah : but David knew it not. 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. 28 Tf And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner : 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house ; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a lejDer, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh Ijread. 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. 31 IF And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Kend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David him- self followed the bier. 32 And thejr buried Abner in Hebron : and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner ; and all the jDeople wept. 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said. Died Abner as a fool dieth ? 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters : as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. 35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying. So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. 36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them : as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. 37 For all the people and all Israel under- stood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 38 And the king said unto his servants. Know ye not that thei'e is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? 39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hai'd for me : the Lord shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. CHAPTER 4. 1 The Israelites being troubled at the death of Abtier, 2 Baanah and Rechab slay Ish-bosheth, and bring his head to Hebron. 9 David canseth them to be slain, and Ish-bosheth's head to be buried. AND when Saul's son heard that Abner .. was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2 H And Saul's son had two men that ivere captains of bands : the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Eechab, the sons of Eimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin : (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin : 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) 4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled : and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was jMephibosheth. 5 And the sons of Eimmon the Beerothite, Eechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish- bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat ; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Eechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bed-chamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. 8 And they bi'ought the head of Ish-bo- sheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 9 IT And David answered Eechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Eimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 10 When one told me, saying. Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings : 1 1 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now I'equire his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth ? 12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut ofi" their hands and their feet, and hanged the7>i up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. 373 David anointed hing over Israel. CHAPTER 5. 1 The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David king over Israel. 4 David's age. 6 lie taking Zion from the Jebusites, divelleth in it. 11 Hiram sendeth to David. 13 Eleven sons are bom to him in Jerv.- saletn. 17 David, directed by God, smiteth the Philistines at Baal-perazim, 22 and again at the mulberry-trees. '■PHEN' came all the tribes of Israel to David L unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh, 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel : and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord : and they anointed David king over Israel. 4 IT David was thirty years old when he began to reign, a^id he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months : and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. 6 IT And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land : which spake unto David, saying. Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: think- ing, David cannot come in hither. 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion : the same is the city of David. 8 And David said on that day. Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall he chief and cajitain. Wherefore they said. The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. 10 And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts i"as with him. 11 IT And Hiram king of Tyre sent messen- gers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons : and they built David an house. 12 And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. 13 ^ And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron : and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. 14 And these he the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem ; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nej^heg, and Japhia, 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. 17 IT But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David ; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. 374 2 SAMUEL 5, 6. Ark fetched from Kirjath-jearim. 18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 19 And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines'? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up : for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said. The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim. 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. 22 1" And the Philistines came ujd yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Re- phaim. 23 And when David enquired of the Lord, he said. Thou shalt not go up; hut fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry -trees. 24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry- trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. 25 And David did so, as the Lord had com- manded him ; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. CHAPTER 6. 1 David fetcheth the ark from Kirjath-jearim on a new cart. 6 Uzzah is smitten at Perez-uzzah. 9 God blesseth Obed-edom for the ark. 12 David bringing the ark into Zion with sacrifices, daneeth before it, for which MicJial despiseth him. 17 He placeth it in a tabernacle with sacrifices and feasting. 20 Michal reproving David for his religions joy is childless to her death. AGAIN, David gathered together all the XjL chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose, and went with all the people that ivere with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims. 3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abina- dab that ivas in Gibeah : and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. 4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which tvas at Gibeah, accompany- ing the ark of God ; and Ahio went before the ark. 5 And David and all the house of Israel played befoi'e the Lord on all manner of in- struments made of fir- wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 6 IT And when they came to Nachon's threshing-floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it ; for the oxen shook it. 7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah ; and God smote him there for his error ; and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And David was displeased, because the Lord God hlesseth Ohed-edom 2 SAMUEL 6. foi- the ark. had made a breach upon Uzzah : and he called 10 So David would not remove the ark of the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day. the Lord unto hnn into the city ot David : 9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me 1 but David carried it aside into the house ot OlDed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the Lord continued in 375 Joy over the ark's restoration. 2 SAMUEL 7. God's covenant with David. the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months : and the Lord blessed Obed-edom, and all his household. 12 TF And it was told king David, saying. The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed- edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, be- cause of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of OTjed-eclom into the city of David with gladness. 13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might ; and David u'as girded with a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought ujD the ark of the Lord with shout- ing, and with the sound of the trumpet. 16 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord ; and she despised him in her heart. 17 IF And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it : and David offered burnt-offerings and peace- offerings before the Lord. 18 And as soon as David had made an end of offeiung burnt-offerings and peace-offer- ings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. 19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of loine. So all the people departed every one to his house. 20 TT Then David returned to bless his house- hold. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said. How glorious was the king of Israel to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! 21 And David said unto Michal, It was be- fore the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel : therefore will I play before the Lord. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maid-servants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. CHAPTER 7. 1 Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God an house, 4 afterward by the word of God forbiddeth it. 12 He promiseth him benefits and blessings in his seed. 18 David's prayer and thanksgiving. AND it came to pass, when the king sat in IX his house, ancl the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies : 376 2 That the king said unto Nathan the pro- Ehet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, ut the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart j for the Lord is with thee. 4 IT And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in 1 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in am/ house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I com- manded to feed my people Israel, saying. Why build ye not me an house of cedar 1 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheep-cote, from follow- ing the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel. 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of tny sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will j^lant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more ; neither shall the children of wicked- ness afflict them any more, as beforetime, 11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house. 12 IT And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men : 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee : thy throne shall be established for ever. 17 According to all these words, and accord- ing to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 18 If Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while DavicVs2yrayer and thanksgiving. 2 SAMUEL 8. Philistines and Moabites .mhdued. to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy ser- vant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. 22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God : for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and tei-rible, for thy land, be- fore thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to he a people unto thee for ever : and thou. Lord, art become their God. 25 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concei-ning his house, estab- lish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying. The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel : ' , and let the house of thy servant David be established be- fore thee. 27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast re- vealed to thy ser- vant, saying, I will build thee an house : therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant : 29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee : for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it : and with thy blessing let the house of thy ser- vant be blessed for ever. CHAPTER 8. 1 David suMueth the Philistities, and maketh the Jloabites tributary. 3 He smiteth Hadadezer and the Syrians. 9 Toi sendeth his son with presents to bless him. 11 The presents and the spoil David dedicateth to God. 14 He putteth garrisons in Edom. 16 A list of his principal officers. AND after this it came to pass, that David il_ smote the Philistines, and subdued them : and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground ; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and. brought gifts. 3 IT David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. " Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass : which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord." — 2 Sam. viii. 10, 11. 377 David's victories and canquests. 2 SAMUEL 9, 10. His kindness to Jonathan' s son. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen : and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus : and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lokd preserved David whithersoever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and lirought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. 9 IT When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, 10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, be- cause he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him : for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass : 11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LoED, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued ; 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Eehob, king of Zobah. 13 And David gat him a name when he re- turned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of Salt, being eighteen thousand men. 14 it And he put garrisons in Edom ; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the Lord preserved David whitherso- ever he went. 15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his laeople. 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah 'was over the host ; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder ; 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahime- lech the son of Abiathar, ivere the priests; and Seraiah ukis the scribe ; 18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites ; and David's Sons were chief rulers. CHAPTEK 9 1 David by Ziba sendeth for Mephibosheth. 7 For Jonathan's sake he entertaineth him at his table, and restoreth him all that was Saul's. 9 He maketh Ziba his farmer. AND David said. Is there yet any that is _ - left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 2 And there was of the house of Saul a ser- vant, whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said 378 unto him. Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. 3 And the king said. Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? Aiid Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. 4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king. Behold, he is in the house of Macliir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. 5 IT Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. 6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jona- than, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, j\Iephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant ! 7 IF And David said unto him. Fear not : for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father ; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 8 And he bowed himself, and said. What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am ? 9 IT Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul, and to all his house. 10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat : but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my talkie. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 1 1 Then said Ziba unto the king. According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the Icing, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name ^vas Micah. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba wei'e servants unto Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem : for he did eat continually at the king's table ; and was lame on both his feet. CHAPTER 10. 1 David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun the soil of Nahash, are disgracefully entreated. 6 The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are over- come by Joab and Abishai. 15 Hadarezer sendeth a new army of Syrians under Shobach, ivhich is defeated by David. AND it came to pass after this, that the jljL king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. 2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. Hanun's visage of his servants. 2 SAMUEL 11. Defeat of Ammonites and Syrians. 3 Aiid the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow if? 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said. Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 IT And when the children of Ammon saw " And David said unto him, Fear not." — 2 Sam. ix. 7 that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth- rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thou- sand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men. 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate : and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. 9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians : 10 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. 11 And he said. If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt helj) me : but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and hel^j thee. 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our peojDle, and for the cities of our God : and the Lord do that which seemeth him good. 13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians : and they fled before him. 14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 15 H And when the Syrians saw — •» that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. 16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river : and they came to Helam ; and Shobach, the captain of the host of Hadarezer, ivent l^efore them. -- , ■a-rr^?'^- ^ 17 And when it ' was told David, he gathered all Is- rael together, and . passed over Jor- dan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set them- ; selves in array against David, and fought with him. 18 And the Sy- rians fled before Isi'ael; and David slew the men of seven hundred cha- , - • ^ riots of the Sj'rians, /■■ and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach, the captain of their host, who died there. 19 And when all the kings that ivere ser*- vants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. CHAPTER 11. 1 While Joab benieged Rahbah, 2 David committeth adultery with Bath-sheba. 6 Uriah, sent for by David to cover the adultery, cometh to David, but refuseth to go doum to his house. 14 He carrieth to Joab the letter of his death. 18 Joab sendeth the news thereof to David. 26 David taketh Bath- sheba to wife. AND it came to pass, after the year was . expired, at the time when kings go forth to hattle, that David sent Joab, and his ser- 379 David's sin ii'ith Bath-sheba. vants with him, , and all Israel ; and they de- stroyed the chil- dren of Ammon, and besieged Kab- bah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. 2 IT And it came to pass in an evening-tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself ; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittitel 4 And David sent messengers, and took her ; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness : and she returned unto her house. 5 And the wo- man conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. 6 IT And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. 10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? 11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields ; shall I then go 380 2 SAMUEL 11. David's treatment of Uriah. ' And Uriah ihe Hittite died also. — 2 Sam. xi. 17. into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to- day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. 13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him ; and he made him drunk : and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. 14 IT And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. Nath/xv^s parable. 2 SAMUEL 12. Death of David's child. 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab : and there fell some of the people of the servants of David ; and Uriah the Hittite died also. 18 IT Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war ; 19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? 21 Wlio smote Abimelech the son of Jerub- 'jesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez % why went ye nigh the wall % then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 22 IF So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. 23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men jjrevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants ; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another : make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. 26 IT And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LOKD. CHAPTER 12. 1 Nathan's parable of the ewe-lanib causeth David to be his own judge. 7 David, reproved by Nathan, confesseth his sin, and is pardoned. 15 The neiv- bom child beinr/ stricken of God, David moumeth and prayeth for him ivhile living. 24 Solomon is born, and named Jedidiah. 26 David taketh Bab- bah, and tortureth the people thereof. AND the Lord sent Nathan unto David. jLX. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : 3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe-lamb, which he had bought and nourished up : and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfar- ing man that was come unto him ; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man ; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die : 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 7 IF And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I de- livered thee out of the hand of Saul ; 8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah ; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the com- mandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight 1 thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin ; thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 15 IT And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arose, a7id ivent to him, to raise him up from the earth : but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said. Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice : how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? 19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child 381 The birth of Solomon. was dead: therefore David said servants, Is the child dead 1 And they said, He is dead. 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped : then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. 21 Then said his servants unto him. What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, ivhile it was alive ; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 22 And he said. While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept : for I said. Who can tell ivhether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live 1 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast 1 can I bring him back again 1 I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 24 IT And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her : and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon : and the Lokd loved him. 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the Erophet ; and he called his name Jedidiah, ecause of the Lord. 26 1" And Joab fought against Kabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 28 Xow therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. 29 And David gathered all the people to- gether, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. 30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof ^vas a talent of gold with the precious stones : and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. 31 And he brought forth the people that tvere therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln : and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem. CHAPTER 13. 1 Amnon loving Tamar, by Jonadah's counsel feignitig himself sick, ravisheth her. 15 He hateth her, and shamefully turneth her out of his house. 19 Absa- lom entertaineth her, and concealeth his purpose. 23 At a sheep- shearing, among all the king's sons, he killeth Amnon. 30 David grieving at the news is comforted by Jonadab. 37 Absalom jieeth to Talmai at Geshur. AND it came to pass after this, that Absalom . the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick 382 2 SAMUEL 13. unto his for his sister Tamar Amnon's incest. for she teas a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. 3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother : and Jonadab teas a very subtile man. 4 And he said unto him. Why a7-t thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day 1 wilt thou not tell me 1 And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. 5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick : and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. 6 IT So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick : and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. 7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying. Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat. 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. 9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him ; but he refused to eat. And Am- non said. Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him. 10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. 11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. 12 And she answered him. Nay, my brother, do not force me ; for no such tiling ought to be done in Israel : do not thou this folly. 13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. 14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. 15 IT Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. 16 And she said unto him. There is no cause : this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. 17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. 18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her : for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then Absaluiii entertaineth Tamar 2 SAMUEL 13. st Ids father 2 SAMUEL 15. and fere concubines, to keep the house. 17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. 18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. 19 H Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king : for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. 20 Whereas thou camest hut yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? Seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren : mercy and truth he with thee. 21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be. 22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that ivere with him. 23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the i^eople passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people j^assed over, toward the way of the wildei-ness. 2-4 IT And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites ivere with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God : and they set down the ark of God ; and Abiathar went up, until all the jieople had done passing out of the city. 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city : if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation : 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee ; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. 27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest. Art not thou a seer? i-eturn into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wil- derness, until there come word from you to certify me. 29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem : and they tarried there. 30 IF And David went up by the ascent of mount ^ Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot : 1 Abmlom, by fair speeches and courtesies, stcaMh the liearts of the men of Israel. 7 Umler jiretence of a row he ohlaineth leave to go to Hebron. 10 lie tnakcth there a dangerous conspiracy. 13 David i(pon the neivs Jieeth from Jerusalem. 19 Ittai would not leave him. 24 Zadok and Abiathar are sent back with the ark. 30 David and his com- pany go up mount Olivet weeping. 31 He praycth God to defeat Ahithophel's cormsel. 32 Httshai is sent back ivith instructions. AND it came to pass after this, that Absa- . lom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 And Absalom rose uji early, and stood beside the way of the gate : and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said. Of what city art thou? And he said. Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. 3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right ; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 4 Absalom said moreover. Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice ! 5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. 6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 7 IF And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron. 8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying. If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jeru- salem, then I will serve the Lord. 9 And the king said unto him. Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron. 10 IT But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying. As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hel^ron. 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called ; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing. 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong- for the people increased continually with Absalom. 13_ir And there came a messenger to David, saying. The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. 14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil ujjon 386 David on Mount Olivet weepimj. 2 SAMUEL 15 UuRhii sent back to the city. and all the people that ivas with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weep- ing as they went up. 31 IT And owe told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Ab?alom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 32 IT And it came to j^ass, that when David was come to the top of the mount., where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head ; 33 LTnto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me: 34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant : then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Aliithophel. 35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests'? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear "^S/ff'/^j-'I'^^^/^Z " All the people passed over Kidron." — 2 Sam. xv. 23, 24. 387 ZihcHs fatseJiood: 2 SAMUEL 16, 17. David mtrsed by Shimei. out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jona- than Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear. 37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. CHAPTER 16. 1 Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtaineth his master's inheritance. 5 At Bahurim Shimei curseth David. 9 David tvith patience abstaiiieth, and restraineth others, from revenge. 15 Hushai insinuateth himself into Absalom's counsels. 20 Ahithophel's counsel. A ND when David was a little past the top J\. of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer-fruits, and a bottle of wine. 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses he for the king's household to ride on ; and the bread and summer -fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. 3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king. Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem : for he said. To-day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. 4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. 5 IT And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came forth, and cursed still as he came. 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men rvere on his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed. Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial : 8 The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath de- livered the kingdom into the hand of Absa- lom thy son: and, behold, thou ai^t taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man. 9 TT Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king. Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. 10 And the king said. What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him. Curse David. Who shall then say, Where- fore hast thou done so? 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came 388 forth of my bowels, seeketh my life : how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him. 12 It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will re- quite me good for his cursing this day. 13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. 14 And the king, and all the people that tvere with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there. 15 IF And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahitho- phel with him. 16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Ab- salom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king. 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend? 18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay • but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. 19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence. 20 IT Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. 21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong. 22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house ; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God : so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. CHAPTER 17. 1 Ahithophels counsel is overthrown by Ilushai's, ac- cording to God's appointment. 15 Secret intelli- gence is sent unto David. 23 Ahithophel hangeth himself. 25 Amasa is made captain. 27 David at Mahanaim is furnished with provisions. MOREOVER Ahithophel said unto Ab- salom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night : 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid : and all the people that are with him shall flee ; and I will smite the king only : 3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee : the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned : so all the people shall be in peace. Ahithopher >i counsel overthroivn. 2 SAMUEL 17. Intelligence sent to David. Photo bv Mason Good THE BROOK KIDRON. 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. 5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. 6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying % if not ; speak thou. 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they he mighty men, and they he chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field : and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to j^ass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say. There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt : for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which he with him are valiant men. 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude ; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. 12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground : and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. 13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said. The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. 15 TF Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I coun- selled. 16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. 17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. 18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom : but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in 389 . Ahithophel hangs himself. 2 SAMUEL 18. The death of A hsalom. Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down. 19 And the woman took and spread a cover- ing over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. 20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them. They be gone over the brook of water. Ana when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jeru- salem. 21 And it came to pass, after they were de- parted, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel coun- selled against you. 22 Then David arose, and all the people that wei'e with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light tliere lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. 23 IF And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, lie saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom j^assed over Jordan he and all the men of Israel with him. 25 IF And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother. 26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. 27 H And it came to jiass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo- debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and ilour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched -pulse, 29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that tvere with him, to eat : for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. CHAPTER 18. 1 David viewing the armies in their march giveth them charge of Absalom. 6 The men of Israel are sore smitten in the wood of Ephraim. 9 Absalom, hanging in an oak, is slain by Joab, and cast into a pit. 18 Absalom's place. 19 Ahimaaz ami Cushi bring tidings to David. 33 David mourneth for Absaloin. AND David numbered the people that were /jL with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. 2 And David sent forth a third part of the • 390 people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. 3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth : for ii we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us : but now thou art worth ten thousand of us : therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city. 4 And the king said unto them. What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousanas. 5 And the king commanded Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying. Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Ab- salom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom. 6 TF So the people went out into the field against Israel : and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim ; 7 Where the people of Israel were slain be- fore the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. 8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. 9 IF And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said. Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. 11 And Joab said unto the man that told him. And, behold, thou sawest him, and Avhy didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle. 12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son : for in our hear- ing the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying. Beware that none to^ich the young man Absalom. 13 Otherwise I should have wrought false- hood against mine own life : for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me. 14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three dai'ts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he ioas yet alive in the midst of the oak. 15 And ten young men that bai'e Joab's armour compassed aliout and smote Absalom, and slew him. 16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the His body cast into a pit. 2 SAMUEL 18. Absalo7ii's Place. people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. 17 And they took Absalom, and cast him 18 IT Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for liimself a pillar, which is in the king's dale : for he said, I have no son I ^Z^^y^Z^^^z^'^ THE DliATH OF ABSALOM. —2 Sam. Xviii. 14. into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him : and all Israel lied every one to his tent. to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's Place. 391 David's lament over Absalom. 2 SAMUEL 19. Desire for the return of the king. 19 IT Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his enemies. 20 And Joab said unto him. Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day : but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead. 21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said. Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? 23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. 24 And David sat between the two gates : and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. 25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said. If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. 26 And the watchman saw another man running : and the watchman called unto the porter, and said. Behold another man running alone. And the king said. He also bringeth tidings. 27 And the watchman said. Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the run- ning of Aliimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said. He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. 28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king. All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said. Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath de- livered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. 29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered. When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy ser- vant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. 30 And the king said unto him,, Turn aside, an/I stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. 31 And, behold, Cushi came ; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king : for the Lord hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee. 32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi an- swered. The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. 33 IT And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! 392 CHAPTER 19. 1 Joab causeth the king to cease his mourning. 9 The Israelites are earnest to bring the king back. 11 David sendeth to the priests to incite the men of Judah. 16 Shimei is pardoned. 24 Mephibosheth excused. 32 Barzillai dismissed ; Chimhain his son is taken into the king's famihj. 41 The Israelites expostulate with Jxidah for bringing home the king without them. AND it was told Joab, Behold, the king jlX weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. 2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people : for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son. 3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absa- lom ! O Absalom, my son, my son ! 5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines ; 6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants : for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well. 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night : and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. 8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying. Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king : for Israel had fled every man to his tent. 9 IT And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying. The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines ; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? 1 1 IT And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying. Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house. 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh : wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? 13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in tne room of Joab. David brought hack to Jerusaleia. 2 SAMUEL 19. He pardons Shimei. 14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man ; so that they sent tJiis word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. 15 So the king retui-ned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. 16 II And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benja- mite, which ivas of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. 17 And there were a thousand men of Benja- min with him, and Ziba the sei'vant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. 18 And there went over a ferry-boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan ; 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did per- versely the day that my lord the king went out oi Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned : therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Josejjh to go down to meet my lord the king. 21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said. Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord's anointed 1 22 And David said. What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel 1 23 Thei^efore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him. 24 IF And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. 25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him. Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mejihibosheth ? 26 And he answered. My lord, O king, my servant deceived me : for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king ; but my lord the king is as an angel of God : do therefore rvhat is good in thine eyes. 28 For all of my father's house were but r/ioio hy VALLEY OF JEHOSIIAPHAT. With " Absalom's Tomb" on the left side Mason Good 393 DavicTs gratitude to Barzillai. 2 SAMUEL 20. The revolt of Sheha. dead men before my lord the king : yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right there- fore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? 29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters'? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. 30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king. Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house. 31 IT And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old : and he had pro- vided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim ; for he ruas a very great man. 33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. 34 And Barzillai said unto the king. How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? 35 I am this day fourscore years old : and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing-men and singing- women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jor- dan with the king : and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, aiul he buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chim- ham ; let him go over with my lord the king ; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. 38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee : and what- soever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee. 39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he re- turned unto his own place. 40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of .Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel. 41 IT And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Wliy have our brethren the men of Judjih stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? 42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us : wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all or the king's cosf^ or hath he given us any gift? 43 And the men of Israel answered the men oi Judah, and said. We have ten parts in the 394 king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bring- ing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. CHAPTER 20. 1 By occasion of the quarrel, Sheba maketh a party in Israel. 3 David's ten concubines are shut up in perpetual prison. 4 Amasa, made captain over Judah, is slain by Joab. 14 Joab p^irsueth Sheba unto Abel. 16 A wise ivoirMn saveth the city by Sheba's head. 23 David's great officers. AND there happened to be there a man of rV Belial, whose name loas Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite : and he blew a trumpet, and said. We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse : every man to his tents, O Israel. 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri : but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 3 IT And David came to his house at Jeru- salem ; and the king took the ten women his conculjines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. 4 IT Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah : but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom : take thou thy lord's ser- vants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. 7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men : and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle luith a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof ; and as he went forth it fell out. 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand : so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again ; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. 11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said. He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the Amasa slain by Joah. 2 SAMUEL 21. Sheha beheaded. midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he re- moved Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. 13 When he was removed out of the high- way, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 14 IF And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites : and they were gathered to- gether, and went also after him. 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench : and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 21 The matter is not so : but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. 23 II Now Joab ivas over all the host of Israel : and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites : GATH [now called TELL-ES-SAFIEH). — 2 Sam. xxi. 20. 16 IT Then cried a wise woman out of the city. Hear, hear ; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 18 Then she spake, saying. They were wont to speak in old time, saying. They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. 19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel : thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord % 20 And Joab answered and said. Far be it, 24 And Adoram tvas over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was re- corder : 2.5 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests : 26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. CHAPTER 21. 1 The three, years' famine for the Gibeonites ceaseth by hanging seven of Saul's sons. 10 Rizpah's kindness unto the dead. 12 David burieth the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his father's sepulchre. 15 Four battles against the Philistines, wherein four mighty men of David slay four giants. THEN there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord 395 I'he Gibeonites avenged. 2 SAMUEL 22. The Philistine giants slain. answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites tvere not of the children of Israel, but of the rem- nant of the Amorites ; and the children of Is- rael had sworn unto them : and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) 3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord? 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him. We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house ; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said. What ye shall say, that will I do for you. 5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remain- ing in any of the coasts of Israel, 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them. 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord's oath that ivas between them, be- tween David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholatnite : 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord : and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley-harvest. 10 IF And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 IF And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa : 13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father : and they performed all that the king com- manded. And after that God was entreated for the land. 396 15 IT Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel ; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines : and David waxed faint. 16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear tveighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, say- ing. Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the hghtof Israel. 18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which 2vas of the sons of the giant. 19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number ; and he also was born to the giant. 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah, the brother of David, slew him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. CHAPTER 22. A psalm of thanksijiving for God's mighty deliver- ances, and manifold blessings. AND David spake unto the Lord the words i\. of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul : 2 And he said. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer ; 3 The God of my rock ; in him will I trust : he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour ; thou savest me from violence. 4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid ; 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about ; the snares of death prevented me : 7 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God : and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. 8 Then the earth shook and trembled ; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. 9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down ; and darkness was under his feet. David's song of praUt and 2 SAMUEL 22. thanksgiving for deliverance. Jf^t:TWO^* >V'W^--.1C.S ICJ&'-&. . C; Clear shining after rain." — 2 Sam. xxiii 4. 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12 And he made darkness iDaviHons round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them ; lightning, and discomfited them. 16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters ; 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me : for they were too strong for me. 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity : but the Lord was my stay. 20 He brought me forth also into a large place : he delivered me, because he delighted m me. 21 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness : according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. 25 Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; accord- ing to my cleanness in his eye-sight. 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thy- self merciful, and with the upright ma^ thou wilt shew thyself upright. 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ; and with the f roward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save : but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. 29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord : and the Lord will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I have run through a troop : by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, his way is pei'fect; the word of the Lord is tried : he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 32 For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God 1 33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. 34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet : and setteth me upon my high places. 35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation : and thy gentleness hath made me great. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me ; so that my feet did not slip. 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and de- stroyed them ; and turned not again until I had consumed them. 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise : yea, they are fallen under my feet. 40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle : them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 42 They looked, but there was none to save ; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. 45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me : as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. 47 The Lord liveth; and blessed he my rock ; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, 397 David's last vords. 2 8AM UEL 23. A catalogue of 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies : thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 50 Tlierefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. b\ He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. CHAPTEE 23. 1 David, in his last words, prnfesseth his faith in God's promises to be beyond sense or experience, and the different state of the wicked. 8 A catalogue of David's mighty men. NOW these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me. He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, ivhen the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenantj ordered in all things, and sure : for this is all my salvation, and all my de- sire, although he make it not to grow. 6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands : 7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a sjjear ; and they shall be utterly bui'ned with lire in the sai7ie jDlace. 8 IT These be the names of the mighty men whom David had : The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. 9 And after him 7oas Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away : 10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword : and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil. 11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles : and the people tied from the Philistines. 12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory. 13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest-time unto the cave of Adullam : and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. 14 And David was then in an hold, and the gari'ison of the Philistines was then m Beth-lehem. 15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate ! 16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that zvas by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David : nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. 1 7 And he said. Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this : is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. 18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the aon of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his sjDear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. 19 Was he not most honourable of three? tlierefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the frst three. 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had BAY OF ZIDON FROM SAREPTA. — 2 5aW. Xxiv. 6. 398 DaimVs initjkti/ men. 2 SAMUEL 24. JJaoid iiuiiibtrs the pe.ofile. THE REMAINS OF TYRE. — 2 Sam. xxiv. 7. done many acts, he slew two lion-like men of Moab : he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow : 21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man : and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand ; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. 23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. 24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty ; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth- lehem, 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Ha- rodite, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Neto- phathite, 29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahitho- phel the Gilonite, 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Bee- rothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 Ira an Ithrite, Gare]> an Ithrite, 39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. CHAPTER 24. 1 David, tempted hy Satan, forccth Joab to number the people. 6 The captains, in nine months and twenty days, bring the muster 0/ thirteen hundred thotisand fighting men. 10 David, having three plagues 2'ro- ■pounded by Gad, repenteth, and chooseth the three days' pestilence. 15 After the death of threescore and ten thousand, David, by repentance, preventeth the destruction of Jerxisalem. 18 David, by Gad's direction, purchaseth Araunah's threshing-floor ; 7vhere having sacrificed, the plague ceaseth. AND again the anger of the Lord was xL kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which tvas with him. Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundred-fold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see if: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? 4 Notwithstanding the king's word pre- vailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people or Israel. 5 TT And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and towai-d Jazer : 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi ; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon, 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites : and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king : and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant 399 The Lord sends a pestilence. 2 SAMUEL 24. The plague stayed. men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah ivere five hundred thousand men. 10 IT And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done : and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy ser- vant ; for I have done very foolishly. 11 For when David was ujo in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now ad- vise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the Lord ; for his mercies are great : and let me not fall into the hand of man. 15 IF So the Lord sent a i:testilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time ap- pointed : and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough : stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing-place of Araunah the Jebusite. 17 And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I nave done wickedly : but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. 18 IF And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him. Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up, as the Lord commanded. 20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him : and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said. To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him : behold, here be oxen for burnt- sacrifice, and threshing-instruments, and other instruments of the oxen for wood. 23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay ; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price : neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing- floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt-offerings and peace- offerings. So the Lord was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. 7*. -*'«"* ^-v ^*«r«a^^l^ DAVID S WELL, BliTH-LEHEM. 400 THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS COMMONLY CALLED THE THIKD BOOK OF THE KINGS CHAPTER 1. 1 Ahishag cherisheth David in his extreme age. 5 Adonijah, David's darling, usurpeth the king- dom. 11 By the counsel of Nathan, 15 Bath- sheba moveth the king on Solonwn's behalf, 22 and Nathan secondeth her. 28 David reneiveth his oath to Bath-sheba. 32 Solomon, by David's ajipointment, being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph. 41 Jonathan bring- ing these news, Adonijah's guests Jly. 50 Adoni- jah, flying to the horns of the altar, on condition of his good behaviour, is dismissed by Solomo7i. [OW king Da,vid was old and stricken in years ; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there l)e sought for my lord the king a young virgin : and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel through- out all the coasts of Israel, and found Aljishag a Shunammite, and brought her- to the king. 4 And the damsel ivas very fair, and cher- ished the king, and ministered to him : but the king knew her not. 5 IT Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, .saying, I will l)e king : and he prepared him chariots and hoi-semen, and fifty men to run Ijefore him. 6 And his fatlier had not displeased him at any time in saying. Why hast thou done so? and he also fvas a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest : and they following Adonijah helped him. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. 9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants : 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 11 IT Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath- sheba the mother of Solomon, saying. Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy sou Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him. Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying. Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. 15 IT And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeis- ance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him. My lord, thou swarest by the Lorb thy God unto thine handmaid, saying., Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit up)on my throne. 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth ; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not : 19 And he hath slain oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host : but Solo- mon thy servant hath he not called. 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 22 IT And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in liefore the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan said. My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? c 401 Solomon proclaimed king. 1 KINGS 2. Adonijah does homage to Solo7non. !fi rnr npi is DT>nf> rlnwrn t.Kia c\a\T amA ViafVi c/-in»i/-I r\f fV.Q f i.nrv->>^/-vf U.-. ,-.r.^J WTX^^^^C 25 Fox- he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. 26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 IT Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. 29 And the king sware, and said. As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, 30 Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying. Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead ; even so will I certainly do this day. 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with hev face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said. Let my lord king David live for ever. 32 IT And king David said. Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. 33 The king also said unto them. Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon : 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel : and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead : and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jelioiada an- swered the king, and said. Amen : the Lord God of my lord the king say so too. 37 As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the pro- phet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. • 39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solo- mon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. 40 And all the people came ui) after him, and the people piped with pipes, and re- joiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. 41 *ir And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said. Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? 42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jona- than the son of Abiathar the priest came : and Adonijah said unto him. Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Chere- thites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon : and they are come up from thence rejoic- ing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. 46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself ui^on the bed. 48 And also thus said the king. Blessed he the Lord God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my tlu'one this day, mine eyes even seeing it. 49 And all the guests that ivere with Ado- nijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 50 IF And Adonijah feared because of Solo- mon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Be4iold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon : for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to- day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 52 And Solomon said. If he will shew him- self a worthy man, there shaU not an hair of him fall to the earth ; but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon : and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. CHAPTEB 2. 1 David, having given a charge to Solomon, 3 of reli- giousness, 6 of Joab, 7 of Barzillai, 8 of Shimei, 10 dieth. 12 Solo^non succeedeth him. 13 Adoni- jah, moving Bath-sheba to sue unto Solomon for Abishag, is put to death. 26 Abiathar, having his life spared, is deimved of the priesthood. 28 Joab Jleeing to the horns of the altar is there slain. 35 Benaiah is put in Joab's room, and Zadok in Abiathar's. 36 Shimei, confined to Jerusalem, by occasion of going thence to Gath in defiance of the king's orders, is put to death. NOW the days of David drew nigh that he should die ; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 I go the way of all the earth : be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man ; 403 David's dying charge 1 KINGS 2. 3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that to his son. before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he r jS^flf-^;>^jt//!^p " He charged Solomon his son. — i Kin^s ii i. thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself : 4 That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying. If thy children take heed to their way, to walk 404 did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was Adonijah and Joab 1 KINGS 2. are 2Jiit to death. about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. 7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table : for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim : but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lokd, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless : for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him ; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. 10 IT So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years : seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 12 IT Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father ; and his kingdom was estab- lished greatly. 13 IF And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said. Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 And he said. Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign : how- beit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the Lord. 16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. 17 And he said. Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shu- nammite to wife. 18 And Bath-sheba said. Well ; I will speak for thee unto the king. 19 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. 20 Then she said, I desire one small jjetition of thee ; / piup thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her. Ask on, my mother : for I will not say thee nay. 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shu- nammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abia- thar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. 24 Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. 26 IT And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields ; for thou art worthy of death : but I will not at this time put thee to death, be- cause thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afl[licted. 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. 28 IF Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord ; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying. Go, fall upon him. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him. Thus saith the king. Come forth. And he said. Nay ; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying. Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him. Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him ; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which JoaV) shed, from me, and from the house of my father. 32 And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to roit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joal?, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there Ije peace for ever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 IF And the king put Benaiah the son of 405 '*■ Shimei slain. 1 KINGS 3. Solomon 2'tvayn the Lord for wisdom. Jehoiada in his room ovei' the host : and Zadok the priest did tlie king put in the room t)f Abiathar. 36 IF And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell tliere, anfl go not forth thence any whither. 37 For it shall l)e, that on the day thou goest out, and i:)assest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And Shimei said unto the king. The say- ing is good : as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Be- hold, thy servants be. in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants : and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him. Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying. Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me. The word that I have heard is good. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father : therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head • 45 And king Solomon shall he blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever. 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. CHAPTER 3. 1 Solomon marrieth Pharaoh's daughter. 2 High places being in use, Solomon sacrijiceth at Giheon. 5 Solomon at Giheon, in the choice uMch God gave him, preferring wisdom, obtaineth wisdom, riches, and honour. 16 His judgment between the two harlots inaketh his wisdom retwwned. AND Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh . king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2 1 Only the people sacrificed in high 406 places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days. 3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there ; for that icas the great high place : a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. 5 IT In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solo- mon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said. Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousnass, and in up- rightness of heart with thee ; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father : and I ami hut a little child : I know not how to go out f>r come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an under- standing heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad : for who is able to judge this thy so great a people 1 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 1 1 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself under- standnig to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words : lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart ; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour : so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it 7vas a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. 16 IT Then came there two women, that vfere harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house ; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it."— i Kings iii. 26. Solomon gii>es 2i'i'OQf of his wisdom . 1 KINGS 4. 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we ivere together; tha-e ivas no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in the night ; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, Ijehold, it was dead : but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. 22 And the other woman said. Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said. No ; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith. This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead : and the other saith. Nay ; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 24 And the king said. Bring me a swoi'd. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child tvas unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no Solomon's princes. 408 '• Every man under his vine and under his fig-tree."— i Khigs iv. 25. wise slay it. But the other said. Let it be neither mine nor thine, hut divide it. Tl Then the king answered and said. Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it : she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged ; and they feared the king : for they saw that the wi.sdom of God roas in him, to do judgment. CHAPTER 4. Solovwti s princes. 7 His twelve officers who provided for his household. 20, 24 The peace and largeness of his kingdom. 22 His daily provision. 26 Uis stables. 29 His extraordinary wisdom. SO king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these tvere the princes which he had ; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest ; 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jelioshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar ivere the priests : 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan ivas over the officers : and Zabud the son of Nathan was princijial officer, and the king's friend : 6 And Ahishar was over the household : and Adoniram the son of Abda ivas over the tribute. 7 IT And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household : each man his month in a year made provision. 8 And these aye their names : The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim : 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth- hanan : 10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth ; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land f)f Hepher: 11 ThesonofAbi- nadab, in all the region of Dor ; wliich had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife : 12 Baana the son of Ahilud ; to him pertained. Taanach and Megiddo,and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah be- neath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel- meholah, even unto the place that is be- yond Jokneam : &7/^-7fff^„.hr,'- Fame and dominion of Solomon. 1 KINGS 5. His mesisage to Hiram Jdng of Tyre. 13 The sun of Geber, in Ramotli-gilead : to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars : 1 4 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim : 15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife : 16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth : 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issa- char : 18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin : 19 Geber the son of Uri nus in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan ; and he ivas the only officer which was in the land. 20 IT Judah and Israel ivei-e many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philis- tines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22 IT And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine Hour, and three- score measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and I'oe-bucks, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all the rerjion on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. 26 IT And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand hoi'semen. 27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month : they lacked nothing. 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. 29 IT And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and large- ness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wis- dom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men ; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chal- col, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and five. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar- tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall : he spake also " Hyssop that springeth out of the wall." — i Khig^ iv. 33. of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. CHAPTER 5. 1 Iliiam, sending to congratulate Solomon, is certified of his purpose to build the temple, and desired to furnish him with timber for that p%i7~pose. 7 Hiram, blessing God for Solomon, and requesting food for his family, furnisheth him with timber. 13 7'he number of Solomon's workmen and labourers. AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants . unto Solomon ; for' he had heard that they liad anointed him king in the room of his father : for Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 4 But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. 5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying. Thy 409 Solomon's nr/irement tvith Iliram. 1 KINGS G. Prejmratimix for hidlclinfi the tevi2'>te . son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. G Now therefore connnantl thou that they hew me cedar-trees out of Lebanon ; and my servants shall be with thy servants : and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all thatthou shalt appoint: for thou knowest tliat there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. 7 H And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said. Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this gi-eat people. 8 And Hii'am sent to Solomon, saying, 1 have considered the things which thou sentest to me for : cduI I will do all thy desire concerning 13 IF And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel ; and the levy was thirty thou- sand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thou- sand a month l^y courses : a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram fvas over the levy. 15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains ; IG Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which ivere over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. 17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. THE GREAT CKDARS (iK LEBANON. — I A'h/es y. 6. Photografih timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. 9 My servant shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt re- ceive them : and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. 10 H So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and fir-trees accrnrim;/ to all his desire. 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thou- sand measures of wheat /or food to his house- hold, and twenty measures of pure oil : thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him : and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. 410 18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stone-squarers : so they prepared timljer and stones to build the house. CHAPTER a 1 The hxdlding of Solnmon's temple begun, h The chambers thereof. 11 God's promise unto it. 14 The ceiling and adorning of it. 23 The cheru- bims. 31 The doors. 3a The court. 37 The time of building it. AND it came to pass in the four hundred - and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he besjan to build the house of the Lord. Building of the temj^le. 1 KINGS 6. The oracle ii'ith nrh and chn-uhims. 2 And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was three- score cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the heiglit thereof thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits icas the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house ; a7id ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. 4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. 5 IF And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, hoth of the temple and of the oracle : and he made chambers round about : 6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits l)road, and the thii'd was seven cubits broad : for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the heams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in buikling. 8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house : and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. 9 So he built the house, and finished it ; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. 10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high : and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. 11 1 And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying, 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them ; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 14 IT So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling : and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with jjlanks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boai'ds of cedar : he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers : all was cedar ; there was no stone seen. 19 IF And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 20 And the oracle in the fore-part vkis twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof : and he overlaid it with pure gold ; and so covered the altar v^hich was of cedar. 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with i)ure gold : and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle ; and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house : also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. 23 IT And within the oracle he made two cherubims o/' olive-tree, each ten cubits high. 24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub : from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25 And the other cherub was ten cubits : both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. 26 The height of the one cherub vms ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house : and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall ; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims, and palm-trees, and open flowers, within and without. 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. Vase found at corner foundation stone, S.E angle of temple wall. 411 The huildinq of ^oJomoiis house. 1 KINGS 7. The pillars Jachin and Boaz. 31 IT And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of oKve-tree : the Hntel arul side- posts tuere a fifth pai't of tJie ivall. 32 The two doors also were of olive-tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cheru- Inms, and palm-trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm-trees. 33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive-tree, a fourth part of the wall. 34 And the two doors were of fir-tree : the two leaves of the one door rvere folding, and the two leaves of the other door we7'e folding. 35 And he carved thereon cherubims, and l^alm-trees, and open flowers : and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. 36 IT And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar-beams. 37 IT In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif : 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bui, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts there- of, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. CHAPTER 7. The bxdldiwj of Solomon's house. 'I Of the house of Lebanon. 6 Of the porch of pillars. 7 Of the porch of judgment. 8 Of the house for PharaoKs daughter. 13 Hiram's work of the two pillars. 23 Of the molten sea. 27 Of the ten bases. 38 Of the ten lavcrs, 40 and all the other vessels. BUT Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2 IF He built also the house of the foi'est of Lebanon ; the length thereof ioas an hundred cubits, and the l^readth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4 And the7x were windows in three rows, and light ivas against light in three ranks. 5 And all the doors and posts were square with the windows : and light loas against light in three ranks. 6 IT And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof ^vas fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits : and the porch v)as before them : and the other pillars and the thick beam ^vere before them. 7 II Then he made a pcjrch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. 8 IF And his house where he dwelt Jmd another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to ivife., like unto this porch. 412 9 II All these ivere of costly stones, accord- ing to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. 10 And the foundation icas o/' costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 And above vm-e costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 12 And the great court round about ivas with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar-beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the jDorch of the house. 13 II And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father ivas a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars : the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits : 17 And nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars ; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one net- work, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates : and so did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars tvere of lily-work in the porch, four cubits. 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomee7-e, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel ; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, 8himei his son, 5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 6 Beerali his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away cajJtive: he ivas prince of the Reubenites. 7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reck- oned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 And Rela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroei', even unto Nebo and Baal-meon : 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates : because their cattle were multi- plied in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand : and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east lanri of Gilead. 11 IT And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah : 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. 14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshi- shai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz ; 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jerobofun king of Israel. 18 IT The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war. were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the wax-. 19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that we7-e with them : for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them ; because they j)ut their trust in him. 21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, aiifl of men an hundred thousand. 22 For there fell down many slain, Ijecause the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. 23 IT And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land : they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jaluliel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. 25 TF And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Cozan, unto this day. CHAPTER G. 1 The sons of Levi. 4 The line of the priests unto the captivity. IG The families of Gershom, Merari, and Kohath. 49 The office of Aaron, and his line unto Ahimaaz. 54 The cities of the priests and Levites. THE sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 And the children of Amram ; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron ; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 IT Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat LTzzi, 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's ofiice in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem : ) 483 The smis of Levi. 1 CHRONICLES 6. The sons of Levi. 11 And Azariah begat Aniariah, and Ama- riah begat Ahitub, 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16 IT The sons of Levi ; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 484 18 And the sons of Kohath ivere, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. 20 Of Gershom ; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son, Iddohis son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath ; Ammi- nadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 3" 24 Tahathhisson, i Uriel his son, Uz- l ziah his son, and = (Shaul his son. ; 25 And the sons = of Elkanah ; Ama- \ sai, and Ahimoth. \ m As for Elka- 5 nail : the sons of 3 Elkanah ; Zojihai I his son, and Na- 3 hath his son, ? 27 Eliab his son, ^ Jeroham his son, 5 Elkanah his son. 3 28 And the sons I of Samuel ; the 3 first-ljorn Vashni, 5 and Abiah. = 29 The sons of \ ^lerari ; Mahli, \ Lilmi his son, Shi- 5 mei his son, Uzza his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. 31 1 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest. 32 And thej'- mini- stered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem : and then, they waited on their office according to their order. 33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohath- ites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, Aaron and his sons. 1 CHRONICLES G. Cities of the })riests and Levites. 34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, tlie son of Toah, 35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Bera- chiah, the son of 8himea, 40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of 8himei, 43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand : Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Ama- ziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 Their brethren also the Levites we7'e appoijited unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 IT But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 And these are the sons of Aaron ; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahi- tub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54 IT Now these ai-e their dwelling jilaces throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites : for theii's was the lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But the fields of the city, and the vil- lages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, 59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth- shemesh with her suburbs : 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin ; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families ivere thirteen cities. 61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which ivere left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half-tribe, namely, out of the \xstM-tribe of ]\Ianasseh, by lot, ten cities. 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Nai^htali, and out of the tribe of ]\Ianasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63 LTnto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities,^ which are called by their names. 66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs: they gave alao Gezer with her suburbs, 68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs, 69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath- rimmon with her suburbs : 70 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh ; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. 71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half -tribe of Manasseh, Golan ill Bashan with her suljurbs, and Ash- taroth with her suburbs : 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar ; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs : 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs : 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali ; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 77 Unto the rest of the children of Mer- ari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs : 78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs : 80 And out of the tribe of Gad ; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. 485 Genealogies. 1 CHRONICLES 7. Genealogies. Photo by ANCIENT PENTATEUCH AT SHECHEM, Supposed by Samaritans to have been written by Abishua, son of Phineas CHAPTER 7. The sons of Issachar, 6 of Benjamin, Viof Naplitali, 14 of Manaeseh. 20 The sons of Ephraim ivho were slain by the men of Gath. 23 Beriah is horn. 28 Ephraim' s habitations. 30 The sons of Asher. NOW the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 And the sons of Tola ; Uzzi, and Rejihaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations ; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. 3 And the sons of Uzzi ; Izrahiah : and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five : all of them chief men. 4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men : for they had many wives and sons. 5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, 486 reckoned in all by their gene- alogies fourscore and seven thousand. 6 IF The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jadiael, three. 7 And the sons of Rela; Ezl)on, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five ; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour ; and were reckoned ])y their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 8 And the sons of Becher ; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Al:)iah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All there are the sons of Bechei\ 9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, tvas twenty thousand and two hundred. 10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan : and the sons of Bil- han; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, ivere seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. 12 Shuj^pim also, and Hup- pim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. 13 IT The sons of NaphtaH; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and tShallum, the sons of Bilhah. 14 IF The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: {htd his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead : 15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Hup- pim and Shuppim, whose sister's name tvas Maachah ;) and the name of the second was ZeloiDhehad : and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maachah the wife of Machir Dare a son, and she called his name Peresh ; and the name of his brother tvas Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These 7vere the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. 19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 20 IF And the sons of Ephraim ; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, be- ( Mnso}i Good Genealogies. 1 CHRONICLES 8. Genealogies, cause they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23 IT And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. 24 (And his daughter tvas Sherah, who built Betli-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.) 25 And Rephah u>as his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Eli- shama his son, 27 Non his son, Jehoshua his son. 28 IT And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and east- ward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof ; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof : 29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taa- nach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the chil- dren of Joseph the son of Israel. 30 H The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and 8erah their sister. 31 And the sons of Beriah ; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzaveth. 32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shuali their sister. 33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the chil- dren of Japhlet. 34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 And the sons of his brother Helem ; Zophah, and Innia, and Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Har- nepher, and 8hual, and Beri, and Imrah, 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shil- shah, and Ithran, and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether ; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. 39 And the sons of Ulla ; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. 40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men. CHAPTER 8. 1 The sons and chief men of Benjamin. 33 The stock of Saul and Jonathan. NOW Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. 6 And these are the sons of Ehud : these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of ( ieba, and they removed them to Manahath : 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. 8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country' of Moab, after he had sent them away ; Hushim and Baara ivere his wives. 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, 10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11 And of Hushim he begat Ahitub, and Elpaal. 12 The sons of Elpaal ; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Led, with the towns thereof : 13 Beriah also, and Shema, were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away tlie inhabitants of Gath : 14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah ; 17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, 18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Eljoaal ; 19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi ; 22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Anto- thijah, 25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak ; 26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zicliri, the sons of Jeroham. 28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief ?nen. These dwelt in Jeru- salem. 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon ; whose wife's name toas Maachah : 30 And his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. 32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. 33 11 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi- shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 34 And the son of Jonathan ivas Merib-baal ; and Merib-baal begat Micah. 35 And the sons of Micah tvere, Pithon, and Meloch, and Tarea, and Ahaz. 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoa- dah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri ; and Zimri begat Moza, 37 And Moza begat Binea : Rapha tvas his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and 487 Families in Jerusalem. 1 CHRONICLES 9. Piiests in Jerusalem. Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother ivere, Ulam his tirst-born, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. CHAPTER 9. 1 CoTicerning the original register of Israel's and Judah'sijetiealogies. 2 The Israelites, 10 thepriests, 14 and the Levites, xvith the Nethinims, which duielt in Jerusalem. 27 The charge of certain Levites. 35 The stock of Saul and Jonathan. SO all Israel were reckoned by genealogies ; and, behold, they ^vere written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgres- sion. 2 IT Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities tvere, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. 3 IT And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ei:)hraim, and JNIa- nasseh ; 4 LTthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. 5 And of the Shilonites ; Asaiah the first- boi'n, and his sons. 6 And of the sons of Zerah ; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of MeshuUam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of 8hephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah ; 9 And their brethren, according to their genei'ations, nine hundred and fifty and six All these men tvere chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers. 10 IT And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Je- hoiarib, and Jachin, 1 1 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God ; 12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashui', the son of JNIalchijah, and ]\Iaasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer ; 13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hun- dred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. 14 And of the Levites ; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Mei'ari ; 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph ; 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the Alason Goad The employment of the priests. 1 CHRONICLES 10. The stock of Said and Jonathan. son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Bere- chiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 And the porters we)-e, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their bretlu-en : Shallum was the chief ; 18 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward : they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. 19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his fathei', the Korahites, tvere over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, beinf/ over the host of the Lord, tvei'e keepers of the entry. 20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and^ the Lord was with him. 21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates n'e^-e two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. 23 So they and their children had the over- sight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. 24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. 25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them. 26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. 27 And they lodged round aljout the house of God, because the chai'ge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning i^er- tained to them. 28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale. 29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the line flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. 30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. 31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. 32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shew bread, to prepare it every sabbath. 33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, ivho remaining in the chambers were free : for they were employed in that work day and night. 34 These chief fathers of the Levites tue7-e chief throughout their generations ; these dwelt at Jerusalem. 35 If And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, -Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah : 36 And his first-ljorn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadalj, 37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. 38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren. 39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul ; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi- shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 40 And the son of Jonathan was IMerib- baal : and Merib-baal begat Micah. 41 And the sons of Micah loere, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. 42 And Ahaz begat Jarah ; and Jarah begat FRANKINCENSE. Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Ilanan : these were the sons of Azel. CHAPTER 10. 1 Saul's overthrow and death. 8 The I'hiliKtine.s triumph over Saul. 11 The kindness shewn by the men of Jabesh-gilead toward Saul and his sons. 13 Saul's sin ; for ichich the kingdom was trans- lated from him to David. NOW the Philistines fought against Israel ; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi- shua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. 4 Then said Saul to his armour-bearer. Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith ; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. 489 The death of Saul. 1 CHRONICLES 11. " In the temple of Dagon." — i Cliron. x. lo. But his armour-bearer would not ; for he was sore afraid. 80 8aul took a sword, and fell ui^on it. 5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. _ 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they for- sook their cities, and fled : and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 8 IT And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into 490 David anointed kinrj. the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tid- ings unto their idols, and to the people. 10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his liead in the temple of Dagon. 11 IT And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philis- tines had done to Saul, 12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to .Tabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, ;ind fasted seven < lays. 13 1 So Saul died for his transgres- sion which he com- mitted against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; 14 And enquired not of the Lord ; there- fore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. CHAPTER 11. 1 David by a general consent is made king over Israel at Hebron, i He ivinneth the castle of Zion from the Jebusites by Joab's valour. 10 A catalogue of David's mighty men. THEN all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel : and the Lord thy God said unto thee. Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel. 4 IT And David and all Israel went to Jeru- salem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites tvei'e, the inhabitants of the land. 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Never- theless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David. ,>«i David's mighty men^ 1 CHRONICLES 11. their names and exploits. 6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. 7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they calleil it the city of David. 8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. 9 So David waxed greater and greater : for the Lord of hosts was with him. 10 IF These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, a7id with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had ; Jashobeam, an Hach- monite, the chief of the captains : he lifted up his sj^ear against three hundred slain /«/ him at one time. 12 And after him loas Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who icas one of the three mighties. 13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a jjarcel of ground full of barley ; and the peoj^le fled from before the Philistines. 14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great deliverance. 15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. I 16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Beth-lehem. 17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate ! 18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David : but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord, 19 And said. My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing : shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy 1 for with the jeojiardi/ of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. 20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three : for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. 21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two ; for he was their captain : how- ))eit he attained not to the Jirst three. 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts ; he slew two lion-like men of Moab : also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of g^-eat stature, five cubits high ; and in the Egyp- tian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam ; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the si:)ear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 24 These things did Benaiah the son of THE PLAIN OR VALLEY OF REPHAIM. 491 Valiant men of David's armies. 1 CHRONICLES 12. His companions at 2!iklag. Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighties. 25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the ^rs^ three: and David set him over his guard. 26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Betli-lehem, 27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi- ezer the Antothite, 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, 30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that 'per- tained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jona- than the son of Shage the Hararite, 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri, 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Bero- thite, tlie armourrbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Ileubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, 43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Josha- phat the Mithnite, 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, 45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, 46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. CHAPTER 12. 1 The companies that came to David at Ziklag. 23 The armies that came to him at Hebron. NOW these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he 'yet kept himself close be- cause of Saul the son of Kish : and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 2 The}/ were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurl- ing stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. 3 The chief uias Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite ; and Jeziel, and Relet, the sons of Azmaveth ; and Bera- chah, and Jehu the Antothite, 492 4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, 5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. 8 And of the Gadites there separated them- selves unto David into the hold to the wilder- ness men of might, and men of y^ ax fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces v)ere like the faces of lions, and ■iuere as swift as the roes upon the mountains ; 9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. 14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host : one of the least ivas over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks ; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. 16 And there came of the children of Ben- jamin and Judah to the hold unto David. 17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them. If ye be come l^eaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you : but if ye he come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon., and rebuke it. 18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse : Peace, i^eace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers ; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. 19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle : but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying. He will fall to his master Saul to the jeojxirdi/ of our heads. 20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. 21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they tve7-e all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host. 22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. 23 IF And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, His men of war, I CHKONICLES 12. their skill and proivess. and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord. 24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hun- dred, ready armed to the war. 25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. 26 Of the children of Levi four thou- sand and hundred. 27 And Je- hoiada was the leader of the 30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thou- sand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers. 31 And of the half -tribe of Manasseh eigh- teen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. 32 And of the children of Issachar, which luere 'men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought do; the heads of them were hundred ; '' If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you." — I Chron. xii. 17. Aaronites, and v/ith him ivere three thousand and seven hundred ; 28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. 29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand : for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. and all their brethren loere at their com- mandment. 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank : they xoere not of double heart. 34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. 493 David's men of war. 1 CHRONICLES 13. The death of Uzza. KIRJATH-JEARIM. 35 And of tlie Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. 36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. 37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half- tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instru- ments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. 38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebi'on, to make David king over all Israel : and all the rest also of Israel ivere of one heart to make David king. 39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking : for their brethren had prepared for them. 40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar, and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abun- dantly : for there was joy in Israel. CHAPTER 13. 1 David fetcheth the ark with great solemnity from Kirjnth-jearim. 9 Uzza being smitten, the ark is left at the house of Obed-edom. AND David consulted with the captains of ^ thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. 2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that 494 it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Isi-ael, and with them also to the priests and Levites, ivhich are in their cities and sulnu'bs, that they may gather themselves unto us : 3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us : for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul. 4 And all the congregation said that they would do so : for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egyj^t even unto the enter- ing of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. 6 And David went up, and all Isi'ael, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which be- lonc/ed to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that clwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it. 7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab : and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tim- brels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 9 1" And when they came unto the thresh- ing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark ; for the oxen stumbled. 1 0 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark : and there he died before God. The ark in the house of Obed-e(lo77i. 1 CHRONICLES 14. David's jJrosperity. 11 And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza : where- fore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me ? 13 So David brought not the ark hoi7ie to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had. 2 IT And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel; for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. 3 1 And David took more wives at Jeru- salem : and David begat more sons and daughters. 4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem ; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, " Because he put his hand to the ark." — i Chron. xiii. lo. CHAPTER 14. 1 Hiram's kindness to David. 2 David's felicity in people, wives and children. 8 His tivo victories over the Philistines. NOW Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. 6 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and El- palet, 6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. 8 "ir_ And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David : and David heard of it, and went out against them. 9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 10 And David enquired of God, saying. Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand 1 And 495 David defeats the Philistines. I CHRONICLES 15. Removal of the ark. the Lord said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 11 So they came up to Baal-perazim ; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand, like the breaking forth of waters ; therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim. 12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire. 13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley. 14 Therefore David enquired again of God : and God said unto him. Go not up after them ; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees. 15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry- trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle : for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 16 David therefore did as God commanded him : and they smote the host of the Philis- tines from Gibeon even to Gazer. 17 And the fame of David went out into all lands ; and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations. CHAPTER 15. 1 David, having prepared a place for the ark, ordereth the priests and Levites to bring it from Ohed-edom. 25 He perfonneth the solemnity thereof ivith great joy. 2D Michal despiseth him. AND David made him houses in the city _ of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites : for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3 And David gathered all Lsrael together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had pi'epai^ed for it. 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites : 5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty : 6 Of the sons of Merari ; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: 7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty : 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan ; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred : 9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore : 10 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. 11 And David called for Zadok and Abi- athar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12 And said unto them. Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify your- selves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Isi'ael unto the jylace that I have prepared for it. 496 13 For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. 15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded accord- ing to the word of the Lord. 16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to he the singers with instruments of musick, psal- teries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, by lifting \\]) the voice with joy. 17 So the Levites appointed Ileman the son of Joel ; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah ; and of the sons of Alerari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah ; 18 And with them their bi'ethren of the second degree., Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Elial>, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Matti- thiah, and Elipheleh, and INIikneiah, and 0))ed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, 'ivere appointed to sound with cymbals of bi'ass ; 20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemira- moth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth ; 21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mik- neiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, vms for song : he instructed about the song, be- cause he was skilful. 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were door- keepers for the ark. 24 And Shel:)aniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God : and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark. 25 IT So David, and the elders of Isx'ael, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom with joy. 26 And it came to jmss, when God helped the Levites that bai-e the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers : David also had upon him an ephod of linen. 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psal- teries and harps. 29 IT And it came to pass, as the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing : and she despised him in her heart. David's festival sacrijice. 1 CHRONICLES 16. David's psalm of praise. CHAPTER 16. 1 David's festival sacrifice. 4 He appointeth a band of singers and musick to praise the Lord. 7 The psalm of thanksgiving. 37 He appointeth ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend continu- ally on the ark. SO they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it : and they offered burnt-sacri- fices and peace-offerings before God. 2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offerings and the peace- offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. 3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. 4 IF And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to record, and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel. 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom : and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals ; 6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 7 IT Then on that day David delivered first this psahi to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. 8 Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. 10 Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord, Michal the daughter of Satil looked out at her window ' — i Chron, xv. 29. 2l 11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually. 12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth ; 13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 14 He is the Lord our God; his judg- ments are in all the earth. 15 Be ye mindful always of his cove- nant ; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations ; 16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac ; 17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and. to Israel for an everlasting covenant, 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance ; 497 David's jJsalm qfj^raise. 1 CHRONICLES 17. Ministers of the ark. " Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof." — i Chron. xvi. 32. 19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. 20 And vjhen they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people ; 21 He suffered no man to do them wrong : yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 23 8ing unto the Lord, all the earth ; shew forth from day to day his salvation. 24 Declare his glory among the heathen ; his marvellous works among all nations. 25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised : he also is to be feai'ed above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the i^eople are idols : but the Lord made the heavens. 27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. 28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. 29 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come before him : worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 30 Fear before him, all the earth : the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth. 32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thei-eof : let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because he cometh to judge the earth. 34 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever. 35 And say ye. Save us, O God of our salva- tion, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. 36 Blessed he the Lord God of Israel for 498 ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord. 37 IT So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his breth- ren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required : 38 And dbed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight ; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to he porters : 39 And Zadok the pilest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that nms at Gibeon, 40 To offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt-offering continu- ally morning and evening, and to do accord- ing to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel : 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were ex- pressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever ; 42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical in- struments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun ivere porters. 43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house. CHAPTER 17 1 Nathan, first approviiKj the purpose of David to build God an house, 3 a/tenvard ht/ the word of Godfor- biddeth it. 11 He promiseth him blessings and benefits in his seed. 16 Daeid's prayer and thanks- giving. NOW it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the Erophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, ut the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. GocVs message to David. 1 CHRONICLES 1^ God's promise to David. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart ; for God is with thee. 3 IT And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in : 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a woi'd to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, say- ing. Why have ye not built me an house of cedars 1 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheei^-cote, eveyi from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my peojDle Israel : 8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from be- fore thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more ; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, 10 And since the time that I commanded judges to he over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house. 11 IT And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom, 12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son : and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from 1dm that was before thee : 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall l)e established for evermore. '>STiH*»U 'The word of God came to Nathan."— i Chron. xvii. 3. 499 Jlr David's thanksgiving. 1 CHRONICLES 18, 19. David's victories. 15 According to all these words, and ac- cording to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 16 IT And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said. Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God ; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God. 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake, and ac- cording to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. 20 O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy peo})le Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own peojile, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? 22 For thy joeojole Israel didst thou make thine own peojile for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God. 23 Therefore now. Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. 24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying. The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel : and let the house of David thy servant he established })efore thee. 25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy ser- vant that thou wilt build him an house : therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. 26 And now. Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant : 27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever : for thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall he blessed for ever. CHAPTER 18. 1 David stibdiieth the I'hilistines, and rnaketh the Moabites tribntary. 3 lie smiteth Iladarezer and the Syriann. 9 To^l sendeth Iladorani with pre- sents to hUii» David. 11 The presents and the spoil David dedicateth to God. 13 He pxMeth garrisons in Edom. 14 David's officers. NOW after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote ]\Ioab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. 3 IT And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 500 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen : David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-dam- ascus; and the Syrians became David's ser- vants, and brought gifts. Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9 IT Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Had- arezer king of Zobah ; 10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadar- ezer, and smitten him ; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou ;) and irith him all manner of vessels of gold, and silvei*, and brass. 11 Them also king David dedicated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought fromall ^Aesenations ; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. 12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of Salt eighteen thousand. 13 IT And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the Lord preserved David whitherso- ever he went. 14 IT So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his l^eople. 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host ; and JehoshajDhat the son of Ahilud, recorder. 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, ^vere the priests ; and Shavsha was scribe ; 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada loas over the Cherethites and the Pelethites ; and the sons of David ivere chief about the king. CHAPTER 19. 1 David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun for his father's death, are disgracefully entreated. 6 The Aintnonites, strengthened by the Syria7is, are over- come by Joab and Abishai. 16 Shophach, making a new supply of the Syrians, is slain by David. NOW it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Am- mon died, and his son reigned in his stead. 2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, Ijecause his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came Ill-usage of David's servants. 1 CHIIONICLES 19. Defeat of the Ammonites. into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that Davitl doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to over- throw, and to spy out the land 1 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them : for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said. Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 IT And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of 8yria- maachah, and out of Zobah. 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people ; who came and pitched before ]\Iedeba. And the chil- dren of Ammon gathered them selves together from their cities, and came to battle. 8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joal>, and all the host of the mighty men. 9 And the children of Ammon came out, and jjut the battle in array before the gate of the city : and the kings that were come ivere by themselves in the field. ^ 10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and Ijehind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. 11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon. ^12 And he said. If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me : but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God : and let the Lord do that which is good in his sight. 14 So Joab and the people that ivere with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle ; and they fled before him. 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled bef(n-e Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. 16 H And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. 17 And it was told David ; and he gathered all Jonathan the son of Shimea . Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the cajjtain of the host. 19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants : neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more. 501 The Philistines subdued. 1 CHRONICLES 20,21. The numbering of the jjeople. CHAPTER 20. 1 Rahbah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by David, and the people thereof tortured. 4 Three giants are slain by David's servants in three several battles with the Philistines. AND it came to pass, that after the year XJL was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Amnion, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. 2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there luere precious stones in it ; and it was set upon David's head : and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. 3 And he brought out the people that ^vere in it, and cut the7n with saws, and with har- rows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Amnion. And David and all the people re- turned to Jerusalem. 4 IF And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines ; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant : and they were subdued. 5 And there was war again with the Philis- tines ; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear's staff was like a weaver's beam. G And yet again, there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant. 7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Sliimea David's brother slew him. 8 These were l)orn unto the giant in Gath ; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. CHAPTER 21. 1 David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to number the people. 5 The number of the people being brought, Davidrepentethofit. 9 David having three plagues propounded by Gad, chooseth the three days' pesti- lence. 14 After the death of seventy thousand, David by repentance preventeth the destruction of Jerusalem. 18 David, by Gad's direction, pur- chaseth Oman's threshing-floor : where having built analtar, God giveth a sign of his favour by fire, and stayeth the plague. 28 David sacrificeth there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel. AND Satan stood up against Israel, and . provoked David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer- sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And Joab answered. The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be : but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my 502 lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 5 IF And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all thej/ of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hun- dred thousand men that drew sword : and Judah 7t'as four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. 6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them : for the king's word was abo- minable to Joab. 7 And God was displeased with this thing ; therefore he smote Israel. 8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing : but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant ; for I have done very foolishly. 9 IT And the Lord spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 10 Go and tell David, saying. Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee 12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies over- taketli thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the jiestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Isi'ael. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. 13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord ; for very great are his mercies : but let me not fall into the hand of man. 14 H So the Lord sent pestilence uiion Israel : and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he rejiented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed. It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing- floor of Oman the Jebusite. 16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed ; but as for these sheep, what have they done ? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued. 1 8 IT Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshing-floor of Oman the Jebusite. Ornans ihreshing-fioor. 1 CHRONICLES 22. Prtparatio'ns far the temple. 19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he sjmke in the name of the Lord. 20 And Oman turned back, and saw the angel ; and his four sons with him hid them- selves. Now Oman was threshing wheat. 21 And as David came to Oman, Oman looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed hiinself to David with his face to the ground. 22 Then David said to Oman, Grant me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full price : that the plague may be stayed from the j^eople. 23 And Oman said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that ivhich is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt-offerings, and the threshing- instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat-offering; I give it all. 24 And king David said to Oman, Nay ; but I "The angel of the Lord stood by the threshing-floor of Oman." -i Chron. xxi 15, I will verily buy it for the full price : for I will not take tJiat which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt-offferings without cost. 25 So David gave to Oman for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 26 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt-oiferings and peace- offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. 27 And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. 28 1[ At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshing- floor of Oman the Jebusite, then he sacri- ficed there. 29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-ofTering, %oere at that season in the high place at Gibeon. 30 But David could not go before it to en- quire of God: for he was afraid be- cause of the sword of the angel of the Lord. CHAPTER 22. 1 Davui, fureknuivimj the place of the temple, maketh large preparations for the building of it. 6 He instructeth Solomon in God's promises, and his duty in building the temple. 17 He chargeth the princes to assist his son in the work. ''pHEN David said. This is the house X of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel. 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel ; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the join- ings; and brass in abun- dance without weight; 4 Also cedar-trees in abundance : for the Zido- nians and they of Tyre brought much cedar- wood to David. 5 And David said, Solo- mon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries : I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David i3repared abundantly before his 6 IT Then he called for Solomon his son, and 503 David's charge to Solomon. 1 CHRONICLES 23. Numhering of the Levites. charged him to build an house for the Lord God of Israel. 7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to Ijuild an house unto the name of the Lord my God : 8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars : thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. 9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest ; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall lie Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. 10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father ; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 1 1 Now, my son, the Lord be with thee ; and prosjier thou, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath said of thee. 12 Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge con- cerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God. 13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with con- cerning Israel : be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. 14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have pre- pared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of l^rass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I jDrepared ; and thou mayest add thereto. 15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and woi'kers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee. 17 IT David also commanded all the princes of Israel to helj? Solomon his son, saying, 18 Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand ; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people. 19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord. CHAPTER 23. 1 David in his old age maketh Solomon king. 2 The num- ber and distfibution of the Levites. 7 The families of the Gershonites. 12 The sons of Kohath. 21 The sons of Merari. 24 The office of the Levites. 80 when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2 IT And he gathered together all the 504 princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward : and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand ivere officers and judges : 5 Moreover four thousand were j^orters ; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. 6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7 H Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. 8 The sons of Laadan ; the chief was Jehiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three. 9 The sons of Shimei ; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These xvere the chief of the fathers of Laadan. 10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. 11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second : but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house. 12 ^ The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense befoi-e the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever. 14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. 1.5 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. 16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. 17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons ; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. 19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, and Jesiah the second. 21 IT The sons of Merari ; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli ; Eleazar, and Kish. 22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters : and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. 23 The sons of Mushi ; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 24 11 These v^ere the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward. TJie office of the Levites. 1 CHRONICLES 24. Division of the som^ of Aaron. 25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever : 26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. 27 For by the last words of David the Le- vites were numbered from twenty years old and above : 28 Because their office ivas to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God ; 29 Both for the shew-bread, and for the fine flour for meat- offering, and for the unleavened CHAPTER 24. 1 Tlie dieisimis o' the sons of Aaron by lot into four and tiventy orders. 20 The Kohathites, 27 and the Merarites divided by lot. NOW these are the divisions of the sons of Aai'on. The sons of Aaron ; NadaVj, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children : therefore Eleazar , ^^ and Ithamar executed "S the priest's office. 3 And David distri- buted them, both Zadok I ■ David was old and full of days " - i Cliron. xxiii. i. cakes, and for that tvhich is haJced in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size ; 30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even ; 31 And to offer all burnt-sacrifices unto the Lord in the sabbaths, in the new-moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord : 32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the ser- vice of the house of the Lord. of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. 4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar ; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. 5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another ; for the governors of the sanc- tuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 505 Division of the smis of Aaron. 1 CHRONICLES 24. The KohathU.s and Merariies. 6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites : one principal house- hold being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Tthamar. 7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoia- rib, the second to Je- daiah, 8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 9 The fifth to Mal- chijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, 11 The ninth to Je- shuah, _ the tenth to Shecaniah, 12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the four teenth to Jeshebeab, 14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, 16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twen- tieth to Jehezekel, 17 The one and twen- tieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, 18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. 19 These vjere the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the Lord, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him. ^ t • 20 H And the rest of the sons of Levi ivere these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael ; Jehdeiah. 21 Concerning Rehabiah : of the sons ot Rehabiah, the first tvas Isshiah. 22 Of the Izharites : Shelomoth : of the sons of Shelomoth ; Jahath. -r • , i ^ 23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Je- kameam the fourth. 24 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Michah : ot the sons of Michah ; Shamir. 506 The Levites likewise cast lots."— i Chron. xxlv. 31. 25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah ; Zechariah. 26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi : the sons of Jaaziah ; Beno. 27 IT The sons of Merari by Jaaziah ; Reno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. 29 Concerning Kish : the son of Kish ivas 30 The sons also of Mushi ; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. The singers and 1 CHRONICLES 25. the division of them by lot. 31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the pre- sence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren. CHAPTER 25. 1 The number and offices of the singers. 8 Their divi- sion by lot into four and twenty orders. MOREOVER David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jedu- thun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals : and the number of the woi'kmen according to their service was : 2 Of the sons of Asaph ; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. 3 Of Jeduthun : the sons of Jeduthun ; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their I " Who should prophesy with harps." — i Chron. xxv. i. father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord. 4 Of Heman : the sons of Heman ; Buk- kiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jeri- moth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, mid Mahazioth : 5 All these ivere the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these iKve under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. 7 So the number of them, with their bre- thren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. 8 If And they cast lots, ward against ward., as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. 9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph : the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve : 10 The third to Zaccur, he., his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 1 1 The fourth tolzri, Ae,his sons, and his brethren ivere twelve : 12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he., his sons, and his brethren, %veTe twelve : 13 The sixth to Bukkiah, Ae, his sons, and his brethren, tvere twelve : 14 The seventh to Jesharelah, Ae, his sons, and his brethren, xvere twelve : 15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he., his Sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he., his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 17 The tenth to Shimei, he., his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 18 The eleventh to Azareel, he., his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he., his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 507 The division of the porters. 1 CHRONICLES 26. The Levites as treasurers. 20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his Ijrethren, were twelve : 21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his bi-ethren, were twelve : 24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, wet-e twelve : 26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his bi'ethren, were twelve : 27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his ])rethren, tvere twelve : 30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 31 The four and twentieth to Romanti-ezer, he, his sons, and his Ijrethren, tvere twelve. CHxVPTER 26. 1 The divuinns of the porters. 13 The ;/ates asdg by Lot. 20 The Levites that had chanje of the trea- sures. 29 Officers and judges. CONCERNING the divisions of the porters : \J Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were Zecha- riah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zeba- diah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioe- nai the seventh. 4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom toere, Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nathaneel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth : for ( jod blessed him. 6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father : for they were mighty men of valour. 7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Re- phael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren ivere strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 8 All these of the sons of Obed-edom : they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom. 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. 10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for ^Aow/A he was not the first-born, yet his father made him the chief ;) 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth : all the sons and bi'e- thren of Hosah were thirteen. 12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord. 13 T And they cast lots, as well the small 508 as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. 14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out north- ward. 15 To Obed-edom southwaixl ; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. 16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. 17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. 18 At Parbar westward, four at the cause- way, and two at Parbar. 19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. 20 IF And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. 21 As concerning the sons of Laadan: the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, loere Jehieli. 22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his Ijrother, which were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. 23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the LTzzielites : 24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, vKis ruler of the treasures. 25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. 26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. 27 Out of the sjjoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord. 28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated anxj thing, it ?«'rts under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. 29 ^ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for ofiicers and judges. 30 And of the Hebi'onites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, vjere ofiicers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the Lord, and in the service of the king. 31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead. 32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half- tribe of Manasseh, for every matter per- taining to God, and affairs of the king. David's captains. 1 CHRONICLES 27. Princes of the twelve tribes. CHAPTER 27. 1 The twelve captains for every several ynonth. 16 The princes of the twelve tribes. 23 The nwnhering of the people is hindered. 25 David's several officers. NOW the children of Israel after their num- ber, to ivit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand. 2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel : and in his course ^vere twenty and four thousand. 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 9 The sixth captain for the sixth month nxts Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite : and in his course ivere twenty and four thousand. 10 The seventh captain for the seventh month ivas Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim : and in his course ivere twenty and four thousand. 11 The eighth captain for the eighth month va s Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites : and in his course tvere twenty and four thousand. 12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benj amites : and in his course U'e7'e twenty and four thousand. P/ioio hy AN OLIVE GROVE. 3 Of the children of Perez tims the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. 4 And over the course of the second month tvas Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course like- wise u'ere twenty and four thousand. 5 The third captain of the host for the third month u^as Benaiah the son of Je- hoiada, a chief joriest: and in his course ^|)ere twenty and four thousand. 6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course vms Ammizabad his son. 7 The fourth captain for the fourth month vms Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zeba- diah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Mahai-ai the Netophathite, of the Zar- hites : and in his course ^vere twenty and four thousand. 14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month rvas Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel : and in his course tvere twenty and four thousand. 16 IT Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Ileubenites yms Eliezer the son of Zichri : of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah : 17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel : of the Aaronites, Zadok : 509 David's several officers. 1 CHRONICLES 28. His charge to SolomoTi,. 18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David : of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael : 19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah : of NaphtaH, Jerimoth the son of Azriel : 20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah : of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah : 21 Of the \m\i-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner : 22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These tvere the princes of the tribes of Israel. 23 IF But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under : because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel ; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David. 25 1 And over the king's treasures u>as Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, ivas Jeho- nathan the son of Uzziah : 26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground ivas Ezri the son of Chelub : 27 And over the vineyards was 8himei the Ramathite : over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the 8hiphmite : 28 And over the olive-trees and the syca- more-trees that were in the low plains ims Baal-hanan the Gederite : and over the cellars of oil was Joash : 29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite : and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai : 30 Over the camels also teas Obil the Ish- maelite: and over the asses tvas Jehdeiah the Meronothite : 31 And over the flocks ivas Jaziz the Ha- gerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which ivas king David's. 32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a coun- sellor, a wise man, and a scribe : and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons : 33 And Ahithophel was the king's coun- sellor: and Hushai the Archite tvas the king's companion : 34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army ims Joab. CHAPTER 28. 1 David in a solemn assembly having declared Gods especial favour to him, and the promises to his son Solomon, exhortelh them to fear God. 9, 20 He encourageth Solomon to bvild the temple. 11 He giveth him, patterns fur the form, and gold and silver for the materials. AND David assembled all the princes of xJl Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains 510 over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the oflicers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. 2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said. Hear me, my brethren, and my people : As for rne, 1 had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building : 3 But God said unto me. Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. 4 Howbeit the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel : 5 And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solo- mon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts : for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my command- ments and my judgments, as at this day. 8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God : that ye may jiossess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. 9 IT And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under- standeth all the imaginations of the thoughts : if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee ofii'for ever. 10 Take heed now ; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary : be strong, and do it. 11 IT Then David gave to Solomon his son the jDattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the ui:)per chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat, 12 And the i^attern of all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things : 13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the ser- vice of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord. \A He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of Presents for the temple 1 CHRONICLES 29. and directions regarding it. silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service : 15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof : and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shew-bread, for every table; and likeivise silver for the tables of silver : 17 Also pure gold for the flesh-hooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold, by weight for every bason ; and likeivise silver by weight for every bason of silver : 18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their tvings, and covered the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord. 19 All this, said David, the Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. 20 IT And David said to Solomon his son. Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed : for the Lord God, even my God, ivill be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord. 21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall he with thee for all the service of the house of God : and there shall be with thee for all manner of workman- ship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service : also the princes and all the people ivill be wholly at thy commandment. CHAPTER 29. 1 David, by his example and entreaty, 6 causeth the princes and people to offer willinglii. 10 David's thanksgiving and prayer. 20 The people, having blessed God, and sacrificed, make Solomon king the second time. 26 David's reign and death. FURTHERMORE David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great : for the j^alace is not for man, but for the Lord (iod. 2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house Hear me, my brethren, and my people.' — I Chron. xxviii. i. 511 David induces the princes 1 CHRONICLES 29. to give willingli/. "And they made Solomon the son of Oavid king." i Citron, .wix 22 of my God the gold for things to he made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood ; onyx-stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divei-s colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble-stones in abundance. 3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my Cod, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have pi'eparecl for the holy house, 4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of 512 the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined sil- ver, to overlay the walls of the houses ivithal : 5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is will- ing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord? 6 IT Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the cap- tains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly, 7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thou- sand talents, and of brass eighteen thou- sand talents, and one hundred thou- sand talents of iron. 8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, be- cause with perfect heart they offered willingly to theLoRD : and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. 10 i 'Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation : and David said. Blessed be thou. Lord God of Isi'ael our father, for ever and ever. 11 Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honour come oi thee, and thou reignest over all ; and in thine hand is power and might ; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 13 Now thei'efore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. Davidh prayer to God. 1 CHRONICLES 29. The L(yrd magnifies Solcmon. 14 But who am I, and what is my i^eople, that we should he al)le to offer so wilhngly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. 15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as u'ere all our fathers : our days on the earth are as a shadow, and thei-e is none abiding. 16 O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the viprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things : and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 18 O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and iDrejjare their heart unto thee: 19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testi- monies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision. 20 IF And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, and the king. 21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and offered burnt-offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a7id a thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel : 22 And did eat and drink Ijefore the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the Lord to he the chief governor, and Zadok to he priest. 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered ; and all Israel obeyed him. 24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, sulj- mitted themselves unto Solomon the king. _ 25 And the Lord magnified Solomon exceed- ingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. 26 H Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27 And the time that he reigned over Israel roas forty years ; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. ''~^-'*S^^ HERON [Ardea Cinerea). Found in the Jordan Valley. 2 K ' ■ • 513 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.— 2 Chron. ix. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES CHAPTER 1. 1 The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon. 7 Solo- mon's choice of wisdom is blessed by God. 13 Solo- mon's forces and opidence. [ND Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God loas with him, and magnified him exceedingly. 2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every govei'nor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. 3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon ; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the ser- vant of the Lord had made in the wilderness. 4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. 5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of LTri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord : and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt-oiferings ujion it. 7 IT In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him. Ask what I shall give thee. 8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. 9 Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David my father be established : for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? 11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life ; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king : 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee ; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. 13 IT Then Solomon came fro7n his journey to the high place that ivas at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. 14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horse- men : and he had a thousand and four hun- dred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar- trees made he as the sycamore-trees that are in the vale for abundance. 16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn : the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty : and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means. CHAPTER 2. 1, 17 Solomon'slaboiu-ers for the building of the temple. 3 His embassage to Huram for skilful artificers and timber. 11 Huram sendeth him a friendly ansiver. AND Solomon determined to build an house _ for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. 2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 3 IT And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, eve7i so deal with me. 4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shew-bread, and for the burnt-offer- ings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new-moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. 6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I 515 Solomon's treaty tvith Huram 2 CHRONICLES 2. the King of Tyre. should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him'? 7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that a7-e with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. 8 Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and algum- trees, out of Lebanon : for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall he with thy servants, 9 Even to prej^are me timber in abundance : for the house which I am about to build shall he wonderful great. 10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thou- sand measures of barley, and twenty thou- sand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 11 IT Then Huram the king of Tyre an- swered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. 12 Huram said moreover, Blessed he the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and under- standing, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. 13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's ; 14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father ruas a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson ; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. 15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants : 16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need : and we will bring it to thee in flotes by sea to Jojapa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. 17 IT And Solomon numbered all the stx'angers that ivere in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. 18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to he bearers of burdens, and four- score thousand to he hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred over- seers to set the people a work. ' Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen." — 2 Chran. i. 14 516 The site of the temple. " In flotes by sea to Joppa. ' — 2 Chron. ii. 16. CHAPTER 3. 1 The place, and time of building the temple. 3 The dimensions and ornaments of the house. 11 The cherubims. 14 The vail and pillars. THEN Solomon began to build the house of the LoED at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LOUD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingiioor of Oman the Jebusite. 2 And he began to build in the second daj/ of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3 IT Now these are the things wherein Solo- mon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4 And the porch that tvas in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty : and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5 And the greater house he ceiled with fir- tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm-trees and chains. 2 CHRONICLES 3. The dimensions and ornaments. 6 And he garnished the house with preci- ous stones for beauty : and the gold ivas gold of Parvaim. 7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold ; and graved cherubims on the walls. 8 TF And he made the most holy house, the length whereof tvas according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits : and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. 10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image- work, and overlaid them with gold. 11 IT And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house : and the other wing ivas like- ■>vise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. 12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house : and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits : and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. 14 IF And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. 15 IT Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chajDiter that was on the top of each of them xvas five cubits. 16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars ; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. 617 The furniture of the temple. 2 CHRONICLES 4. The instruments of gold. CHAPTER 4. 1 The altar of brass. 2 The molten sea supported by twelve oxen. 6 The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables. 9 The courts, and the instruments of brass. 19 The instruments of gold. MOREOVER he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. 2 IT Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round alDOut. 3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round aljout : ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen u back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. 17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. 20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Al)don the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, 21 Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found : for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book. 22 And Hilkiah, and the;/ that the king had appointed, went to Huld'ah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe : (now " And Shaphan read it before the king." — 2 Chron. xxxiv, 555 The prophecy of Huldah. 2 CHRONICLES 35. JosiaKs solemn 2^assover. she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college :) and they spake to her to that effect. 23 IT And she answered them, Thus saith the LoKD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, 24 Thus saith the LoEP, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabi- tants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah : 25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands ; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. 26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard ; 27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbled st thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me ; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord. 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and ujion the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. 29 II Then the king sent and gathered to- gether all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the peojale, great and small : and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord. 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Josiah took away all the abomina- tions out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all his days they de- parted not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers. CHAPTER 35. 1 Josiah keepeth a most solemn passover. 20 He, pro- voking Pharaoh-neeho, is slain at Megiddo. 25 Lamentations for Josiah. 26 His acts. MOREOVER Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem : and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 556 2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord ; 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not he a burden upon your shoulders : serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel, 4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and ac- cording to the writing of Solomon his son. 5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the divi- sion of the families of the Levites. 6 So kill the passover, and sanctify your- selves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these ivere of the king's substance. 8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites : Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Netha- neel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thou- sand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's com- mandment. 11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. 12 And they removed the burnt-offerings, that they might give according to the divi- sions of the families of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. 13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in cald- rons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests : because the priests the sons of Aaron ivere Mcsied in offer- ing of burnt-offerings and the fat until night ; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph tvei'e in their place, according to the command- ment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters ivaited at every gate ; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. Death of Jonah. 2 CHRONICLES 36. Jehoahaz carried to Egypt. no pass- 16 So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-otferings upon the altar of the Lord, accord- ing to the commandment of king Josiah. 17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. 18 And there was over like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the pro- phet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Jo- siah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel * that were present, ' and the inhabi- tants of Jeru- salem. 19 In the eigh- teenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover \y kept. 20 IT After all this, when Josiah had pre- pared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came ujo to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates : and Josiah went out against him. 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? / come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war : for God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah ; and the king said to his servants, Have me away ; for I am sore wounded. 24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had ; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in cy)ie of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 25 IF And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing-men and the singing- women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel : and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. 26 IT Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, " The archers shot at king Josiah." — 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. and his goodness, according to that luhich was written in the law of the Lord, 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. CHAPTER 36. 1 Jehoahaz siicceeding, is deposed by Pharaoh, and carried into Egypt. 5 Jehoiakim reigning ill, is carried bound into Babylon. 9 Jehoiachin suc- ceeding, reig7ieth ill, and is brought into Babylon. 11 Zedekiah succeeding, reigneth ill, despiseth the prophets, and rebelleth against Nebuchadnezzar. 14 Jerusalem, for the sins of the priests and the people, is wholly destroyed. 22 The proclamation of Cyrus for building the temple. THEN the people of the land took Jehoa- haz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz ivas twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. 5 IT Jehoiakim ivas twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 557 Jehoiachi'it in Babylon. 2 CHRONICLES 36. Destruction of Jerusalem. eleven years in Jerusalem : and he did that which ivas evil in the sight of the LouB his God. 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah : and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 9 IF Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem : and he did that ivhich was evil in the sight of the Lord. 10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. 11 IT Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reign- ed eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 And he did that tvhich was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and liumbled not him- self before Jere- miah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord. 13 And he also re- belled against king N e b u c h a d n ezzar, who had made him swear by God : but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turn- ing unto the Lord God of Israel. 14 IF Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the i^eo- ple, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen ; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 15 And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. 17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanc- tuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age : he gave the)n all into his hand. 18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes ; all these he brought to Babylon. 19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia : 21 To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sab- baths : for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 22 If Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accom- l^lished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclama- tion throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writ- ing, saying, 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Per- sia, All the king- doms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charg- ed me to build him an house in Jeru- salem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people 1 The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up. 558 " Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign." ^ — 2 Cliron. xxxvi. q. EZRA CHAPTER 1. 1 The proclamation of Cyrus for the building ofthetem- ple. b The people provide fur their return. 7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the temple to Shesh-hazzar. !0W in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his king- dom, and i^iit it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the free- will-ofiering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. 5 II Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the jjriests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all they that ^vere about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with i:)recious things, beside all that was willingly ofi^ered. 7 H Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebu- chadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusa- lem, and had put them in the house of his gods; 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Shesh- bazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 And this is the number of them : thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver ivere five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. CHAPTER 2. 1 The number that return of the people, 36 of the priests, 40 of the Levites, 43 of the Nethinims, 55 of the children of Solomon's servants, 61 of the priests who could not shew their pedigree. 64 The ivhole num- ber of them, ivith their substance. 68 Their obla- tions for the temple. NOW these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city ; 2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bil- shan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel : 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. 4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 5 The children of Arab, seven hundred seventy and five. 6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the chil- dren of Jeshua a7id Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. 9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two. 11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. 12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. 13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. 14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. 15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. 16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. 18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve. 19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. 20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. 21 The children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and three. 22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. 23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. 24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. 559 List of the 2n'iests and Levites EZRA 2. that returned from captivity. and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. 41 The singers : the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. 42 The children of the porters : the chil- dren of Shalluro, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in_ all an hundred thirty and nine. 43 T The Nethinims : ' He made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom."— ^■^rd i. i. 25 The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and tln^ee. 26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. 27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two. 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. 29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. 30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six. 31 The children of the other Elara, a thou- sand two hundred fifty and four. 32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. 34 The children of Jei'icho, three hundred forty and five. 35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. 36 IT The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. 40 IF The Levites: the children of Jeshua 530 the children of Ziha, the children of Hasu- pha, the children of Tabbaoth, 44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon, 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, 50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, 51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, 54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 55 IT The children of Solomon's servants : the children of Sotai, the children of Sopher- eth, the children of Peruda, 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. The number of those tvho returned. EZRA 3. The altar of Israel's God restored. 58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, ive^^e three hundred ninety and two. 59 And these ivere they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer : but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they tvere of Israel : 60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 61 IT And of the children of the priests : the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name : 62 These sought their register ainong those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found : therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. 64 H The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hun- dred thirty and seven : and there tvere among them two hundred singing-men and singing- women. 66 Their horses ivere seven hundredthirty and six ; their mules, two hundred forty and five ; 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 68 IF And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place : 69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thou- sand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. 70 So the pi'iests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. CHAPTER 3. 1 The altar is set up. i Offerings frequented. 7 Work- men prepared. 8 The foundations of the temple are laid in great joy and mourning. AND when the seventh month was come, - and the children of Israel tvere in the cities, the people gathered themselves to- gether as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. 3 And they set the altar upon his bases ; for fear tvas upon them because of the people of those countries : and they offered burnt-offer- ings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt-offer- ings morning and evening. 4 IT They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt- offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required ; From photo by JOPPA. 2n Botifils 561 Renewal of sacrifices. EZRA 4. Foundation of the temple laid. n i^l \^ r 1 ^5k -^Tr ?jm R^^' "^ ■'ai-y " They set the priests in their apparel with trumpets ... to praise the Lord." — Ezra iii. lo. 5 And afterward offered the continual burnt- offering, both of the new-moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were conse- crated, and of every one that willingly offered a free-will-offering unto the Lord. 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid. 7 IT They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters ; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. 8 IF Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and ap- pointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord. 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God : the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Le- vites. 10 And when the builders laid the founda- tion of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, 562 to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. 11 And they sang together by course in E raising and giving thanks unto the Lord ; ecause he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites, and chief of the fathers, who ivere ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy : 13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people : for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off CHAPTER, 4. 1 The adversaries, being not accepted i»i the building of the temple with the Jeivs, endeavour to hinder it. 7 Their letter to Artaxerxes. 17 The decree of Artaxerxes. 23 The building is hindered. NOW when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel ; 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them. Let us build with you : for we seek your God, as ye do ; and we do sacrifice unto him since the Opjwsition to the building. EZRA 4. Artaxerxes appealed to. days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God ; but we ourselves to- gether will build unto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath com- manded us. 4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, 5 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. 7 IT And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter ivas written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. 8 Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort : 9 Then tvrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsath- chites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, a7id the Elamites, 10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnap- per brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time. 11 IT This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king ; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time. 12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. 13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. 14 Now because we have maintenance from the kirig's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king ; 15 That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers : so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time : for which cause was this city destroyed. 16 We certify the king, that if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. 17 IT Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions ' They went up in haste to Jenisalera unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power." — £zra iv. 23. 563 The work of building prohibited. EZRA 5. The building -proceeded xoith. that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. 18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. 19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. 20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all coun- tries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. 21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not " Builded with great stones."— jSTsra v. 8. (A bit of the wall of Solomon's temple.) builded, until another commandment shall be given from me. 22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this : why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? 23 IT Now when the copy of king Ar- taxerxes' letter xvas read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. 24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. 564 CHAPTER 5. 1 Zerubbabel and Jeshua, iticited by Haggai and Zecha- riah, set forward the building of the temple. 3 Tatnai and Shethar-boznai could not hinder the Jews. 6 Their letter to Darius against the Jews. rPHEN the prophets, Haggai the prophet, JL and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jeru- salem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Sheal- tiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. 3 IT At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them. Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall ? 4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? 5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius : and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. 6 IF The copy of the let- ter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsa- chites, which ivere on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king : 7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus ; Unto Darius the king, all peace. 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. 9 Then asked we those elders, a7id said unto them thus. Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls'? 10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. 11 And thus they returned us answer, say- ing, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. Darius confirms Cyrus^ decree, 12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. 13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. 14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that tvas in .Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Baby- lon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name tuas Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor ; 15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jeru- salem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. 16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem : and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. CHAPTER 6. 1 Darius, finding the decree of Cyrus, maketh a new decree for the advaiicement of the building. 13 By the help of the enemies, and the directions of the prophets, the temple is finished. 16 The feast of the dedication is kept, 19 and the passover. THEN Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. 2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written : 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, the same Cyrus the king made a decree conce7ming the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sac- rifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits ; 4 With three i-ows of great stones, and a row of new timber : and let the expences be given out of the king's house : 5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jeru- salem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them, in the house of God. 6 Now therefm^e, Tatnai, governor beyond EZRA 6. and the work is finished. the river, Shethar-boznai, and your com- panions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence : 7 Let the work of this house of God alone ; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place. 8 Moreover, I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God : that of the king's goods, even of the tril)ute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. 9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt-offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appoint- ment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail : 10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. 11 Also I have made a decree, that whoso- ever shall alter this word, let timber be IDulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon ; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. 12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there, destroy all kings and people that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jeru- salem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed. 13 IF Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. 14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And tney builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. 16 IT And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy, 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hun- dred rams, four hundred lambs ; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. 19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. 20 For the priests and the Levites were 565 The feasts at the dedication. EZRA 7. Ezra^s arrival in Jerusalem. - » . ■ - ' - ■^'^ ■ ^ "'"~^-. BABYLON. Ruins of Palace and the Hanging Gardens. purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the caiDtivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. 21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat, 22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy : for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. CHAPTER 7 1 Ezra's 'pedigree from, A aron ; he goeth up to Jeru- salem. 11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to him. 27 Ezra blesseth God for this favour. IVTGW after these things, in the reign of JLi Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest : 566 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon ; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given : and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him. 7 And there went up sotne of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. 9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jeru- salem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 11 IT Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, ei>en a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel. 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect weace, and at such a time. 13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Le- vites, in my realm, which are minded of their own free-will to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. The decree of Artaxerxes. EZRA 7. Ezra blesses the Lord. 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire con- cerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand ; 15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habita- tion is in Jerusalem, 16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will-oliering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem : 17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat-offerings and their drink - offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God. to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. 23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven : for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? 24 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. " And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree." — Ezra vii. 21. 19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. 20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure-house. 21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a deci'ee to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, 22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. 26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it he unto death, or to banishment, or to confisca- tion of goods, or to imprisonment. 27 IT Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem : 28 And hath extended mercy unto me be- fore the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. 567 Those who accompanied Ezra. EZRA 8. Ezra proclaims a fast. CHAPTER 8. 1 The companions of Ezra, who returned with him from Babylon. 15 lie sendeth to Iddofor ministers for the temple. 21 He keepeth a fast. 24 He com- mitteth the holy treasures to the custody of the priests. 31 From Ahava they come to Jerusalem. 33 The treasure is weighed in the temple. 36 The king's commission delivered. THESE are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. 2 Of the sons of Phinehas ; Gershom : of the sons of Ithamar ; Daniel : of the sons of David; Hattush. 3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh ; Zechariah : and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. 4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hun- dred males. 5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. 6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 7 And of the sons of Elam ; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah ; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. 9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. 1 1 And of the sons of Bebai ; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. 12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. 13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and She- maiah, and with them threescore males. 14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. 15 IF And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava ; and there abode we in tents three days : and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. 16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men ; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. 17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And by the good hand of our God upon 568 us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel ; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen ; 19 And Hashat^iah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty ; 20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethi- nims : all of them were expressed by name. 21 IT Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afilict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying. The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this : and he was entreated of us. 24 II Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had ofiered : 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hun- dred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; 27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thou- sand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them. Ye are holy unto the Lord ; the vessels a?Y holy also ; and the silver and the gold are a free-will-offering unto the Lord God of your fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh the7n before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord. 30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. 31 1 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem : and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 33 IT Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest ; and with him was Eleazar the son oi Phinehas; and with them ivas Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites ; Ezra laments the intermarriages. EZKA 9. His prayer and confession of sins. 34 By number and by weight of every one : and all the weight was written at that time. 35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, olfered burnt-offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering : all this was a burnt-offering unto the Lord. 36 IF And they delivered the king's com- missions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. CHAPTER 9. 1 Ezra mourneth for the intermarriages of the people with strangers. 5 He prayeth unto God with con- fession of sins. NOW when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying. The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebu- sites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands : yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. 3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. 4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away ; and I sat astonied un- til the evening sacrifice. 5 IT And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness ; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God, 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God : for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day ; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. 8 And now for a little space grace hath been shelved from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy j)lace, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. 9 For we were bond-men • yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy com- mandments, ' I rent ray garment and my mantle." — Ezra ix. 3. 569 Ezra's exhortation to the people. EZRA 10. 11 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants thepi'ophets, say- ing, The land, un- to which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthi- ness of the people of the lands, with their abomina- tions, which have filled it from one end to another with their un- cleanness. 12 Now there- fore give not your daughters unto their sons, nei- ther take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever : that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an in- heritance to your children for ever. 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great tres- pass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our ini- quities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this ; 14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abomina- tions'? wouldest not thou be angry with us till tliou hadst consumed ^cs, so that thei'e should he no remnant nor escaping? _ 15 0 Lord God of Israel, thou m^t righteous : for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day : behold, we are before thee in our trespasses : for we cannot stand before thee because of this. CHAPTER 10. 1 Shechaniah encourageth Ezra to reform the abuse of the strange marriages. 6 Ezra mourning assem- bleth the people. 9 The people, at the exhortation of Ezra, repent, and promise amendment. 15 The care to perform it. 18 The names of those who had married strange tvives. NOW when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting him- self down before the house of God, there 570 Ezra reforms abuses. have transgressed." — Ezra x. lo. assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children : for the people wept very sore. 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land : yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. 3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, accord- ing to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; aud let it be done according to the law. 4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee : we also will be with thee : be of good courage, and do it. 5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear The people promise amendment. EZRA 10. Those ivho had taken strange wives. that they should do according to this word. And they sware. 6 IT Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Elir.shib : and ivhen he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water : for he mourned because of the trans- gression of them that had been carried away. 7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem ; 8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his sub- stance should be forfeited, and himself sepa- rated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. 9 IT Then all the men of Judah and Ben- jamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It ivas the ninth month, and the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of Gocl, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. 10 And Ezra the j)riest stood up, and said unto them. Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel. 11 Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his plea- sure : and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. 12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice. As thou hast said, so must we do. 13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two : for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. 14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. 15 IT Only Jonathan the son of Asahel, and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah, were employed about this matter ; and MeshuUam and Shab- bethai the Levite helped them. 16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest ivith certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. 18 IT And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives : namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren ; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass. 20 And of the sons of Immer ; Hanani, and Zebadiah. 21 And of the sons of Harim ; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nathaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 23 Also of the Levites ; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. 24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters ; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. 25 Moreover of Israel : of the sons of Parosh ; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Mia- min, and Eleazar,and Malchijah,and Benaiah. 26 And of the sons of Elam- Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jere- moth, and Eliah. 27 And of the sons of Zattu ; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, atid Athlai. 29 And of the sons of Bani ; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. 30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab ; Adna, and Clielal, Benaniah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. 31 And of the sons of Harim ; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. 33 Of the sons of Hashum ; Mattenai, Mat- tathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, arid Shimei. 34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau, 38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. 43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah. 44 All these had taken strange wives : and some of them had wives by whom they had children. GOLD DARIC. Persian coins referred to by Ezra, chaps, ii. and viii. 571 THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 1. 1 Neheniiah, informed by Hanaiii conceiving the afflicted state of Jerusalem, mourneth, fasteth, and prayeth. 5 His prayer. ^.HE words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, 2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah ; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said unto me. The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach : the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. 4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 5 IT And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments : 6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray be- fore thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned . 7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judg- ments, which thou commandest thy servant Moses. 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou 572 ' I sat down and wept, and mourned." — Nek. i. ^. commandest thy servant Moses, saying. If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations : 9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. 10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. 1 1 O Loud, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name : and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cup- bearer. CHAPTER 2. 1 Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of Nehemiah's sadiuss, sendeth him icith letters and a commission to build the walls of Jerusalem. 9 Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies of the Jews, cometh to Jeru- salem. 12 He vieweth secretly the ruins of the walls. 17 He encourageth the Jews to build in spite of the scorn of the enemies. AND it came to pass in the month Nisan, 1\ in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him : and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3 And said unto the king. Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my father's sepul- chres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are con- sumed with fire? 4 Then the king Nehemiah vieivs Jerusalem's ivalls. NEHEMIAH 3. The builders of the wall. said unto me, For what dost thou make re- quest ■? So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. 6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be"? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me ; and I set him a time. 7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the gover- nors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah ; 8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. 9 IT Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. 11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 12 IT And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem : neither ivas there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon-well, and to the dung-port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. 14 Then I went on to the gate of the foun- tain, and to the king's pool : but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. 16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did ; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. 17 IF Then said I unto them. Ye see the distress that we at'e in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me ; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said. Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do 1 will ye rebel against the king? 20 Then answered I them, and said unto them. The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build : but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. CHAPTER 3. The names and order of them that builded the wall. THEN Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep-gate : they sanctified it, and set up the cloors of it ; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. 3 But the fish-gate did the sons of Has- senaah build, who also laid the beams there- of, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. 5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired ; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. 6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah ; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks there- of, and the bars thereof. 7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river. 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the golasmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. 9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half-part of Jerusalem. 10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah. 1 1 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. 12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half- part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 13 The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks 573 The names and order NEHEMIAH 3. of the builders of the wall. ■ I went out by night . walls of Jerusalem thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thou- sand cubits on the wall unto the dung- gate. 14 But the dung-gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth- haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah : he built it, and covered it, and set up the d.oors thereof, the locks there- of, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half-pai't of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty. 17 And after him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half -part of Keilah, in his part. 18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai 574 the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half-part of Keilah. 19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall. 20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the 7vall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib. 22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. 2.3 After him repaired Beniamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azarijih the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house. 24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the tvall, even unto the corner. 25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth Nehemiah goes on with the work NEHEMIAH 4. and arms the labourers. out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. 26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water-gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. 28 From above the horse-gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. 29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also »Shemaiah the son of Shecha- niah, the keejDer of the east gate. 30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Mcshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber. 31 After him repaired Malchiah the gold- smith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner. 32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. CHAPTER 4. 1 While the enemies are ivroth, and scoff, Nehemiah prayeth to God, and continueth the work. 7 Understanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, he setteth a ivatch. 13 He armeth the labourers, 19 and giveth military precepts. BUT it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said. What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify them- selves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite ivas by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity : 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee : for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. 6 So built we the wall ; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof : for the people had a mind to work. 7 IT But it came to pass, that when San- ballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And conspired all of them together to come and to faght against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. 1 2 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times. From all places whence ye shall return unto us they %vill be upon you. 13 IF Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people. Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons ; and the rulers ivere behind all the house of Judah. 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, pad with the other hand held a weapon. 18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet tvas by me. 19 IT And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people. The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. 20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us : our God shall fight for us. 21 So we laboured in the work : and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. 23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put ofi' our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. 575 The Jetvs complain of exactions. NEHEMIAH 5. Nehemiah commands restitution. CHAPTER 5. 1 The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage. 6 Nehemiah rebuketh the itsurers, and catiseth them to swear to make a full and free resti- tution. 14 He forbeareth his own allowance, and keepeth hospitality at hi,