BS185 1897 .09 Oxford self-pronouncing Bible : the Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. LIBRARY OF PRINCETON TH JAN U 2004 OLOGICAL SEMINARY OcJC****~fi Q^ THE OXFORD SELF-PRONOUNCING BIBLE The Holy Bible CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES : AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED BY HIS MAJESTY'S SPECIAL COMMAND APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION LIBRARY OF PRINCET JAN 14 2004 W^r JUdom jfaiNvs \5Jli,LLy TIO§§ THEOLO iCAL SEMIN, Cum Privilegio OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK AND LONDON Brevier i6mo Black-face Self-pronouncing AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION PRINTED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY 101 PRINTED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE JAMES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, Etc., THE TRANSLATORS OF THE BIBLE WISH GRACE, MERCY, AND PEACE, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. f* REAT and manifold were the blessings, most dread Sovereign, which *^ Almighty God, the Father of all mercies, bestowed upon us the people of England, when first he sent Your Majesty's Royal Person to rule and reign over us. For whereas it was the expectation of many, who wished not well unto our Sion, that upon the setting of that bright Occidental Star, Queen Elizabeth of most happy memory, some thick and palpable clouds of darkness would so have overshadowed this Land, that men should have been in doubt which way they were to walk; and that it should hardly be known, who was to direct the unsettled State; the appearance of Your Majesty, as of the Sun in his strength, instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised mists, and gave unto all that were well affected exceeding cause of comfort; especially when we beheld the Government established In Your Highness, and Your hopeful Seed, by an undoubted Title, and this also accompanied with peace and tranquillity at home and abroad. But among all our joys, there was no one that more filled our hearts, than the blessed continuance of the preaching of God's sacred Word among us; which is that inestimable treasure, which excelleth all the riches of the earth; because the fruit thereof extendeth itself, not only to the time spent in this transitory world, but directeth and disposeth men unto that eternal happiness which is above in heaven. Then not to suffer this to fall to the ground, but rather to take it up, and to continue it in that state, wherein the famous Predecessor of Your Highness did leave it : nay, to go forward with the confidence and resolu- tion of a Man in maintaining the truth of Christ, and propagating it far and near, is that which hath so bound and firmly knit the hearts of all Your Majesty's loyal and religious people unto You, that Your very name is precious among them: their eye doth behold You with comfort, and they bless You in their hearts, as that sanctified Person, who, under God, is the immediate Author of their true happiness. And this their content- ment doth not diminish or decay, but every day increaseth and taketh strength, when they observe, that the zeal of Your Majesty toward the house of God doth not slack or go backward, but is more and more kindled, manifesting itself abroad in the farthest parts of Christendom, by writing in defence of the Truth, (which hath given such a blow unto that man of sin, as will not be healed,) and every day at home, by religious and learned discourse, by frequenting the house of God, by hearing the Word preached, by cherishing the Teachers thereof, by caring for the Church, as a most tender and loving nursing Father. There are infinite arguments of this right christian and religious affec* tion in Your Majesty; but none is more forcible to declare it to others than the vehement and perpetuated desire of accomplishing and publish* ing of this work, which now with all humility we present unto Your Majesty. For when Your Highness had once out of deep judgment appre- hended how convenient it was, that out of the Original Sacred Tongues, together with comparing of the labours, both in our own, and other foreign Languages, of many worthy men who went before us, there should be one more exact Translation of the holy Scriptures into the English Tongue; Your Majesty did never desist to urge and to excite those to whom it was commended, that the work might be hastened, and that the business might be expedited in so decent a manner, as a matter of such importance might justly require. And now at last, by the mercy of God, and the continuance of our 3 THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY. labours, it being brought unto such a conclusion, as that we have great hopes that the Church of England shall reap good fruit thereby; we hold it our duty to offer it to Your Majesty, not only as to our King and Sovereign, but as to the principal Mover and Author of the work : humbly craving of Your most Sacred Majesty, that since things of this quality have ever been subject to the censures of illmeaning and discontented persons, it may receive approbation and patronage from so learned and judicious a Prince as Your Highness is, whose allowance and acceptance of our labours shall more honour and encourage us, than all the calumniations and hard interpreta- tions of other men shall dismay us. So that if, on the one side, we shall be traduced by Popish Persons at home or abroad, who therefore will malign us, because we are poor instruments to make God's holy Truth to be yet more and more known unto the people, whom they desire still to keep in ignorance and darkness ; or if, on the other side, we shall be maligned by selfconceited Brethren, who run their own ways, and give liking unto nothing, but what Is framed by themselves, and hammered on their anvil ; we may rest secure, supported within by the truth and innocency of a good conscience, having walked the ways of simplicity and integrity, as before the Lord; and sus- tained without by the powerful protection of Your Majesty's grace and favour, which will ever give countenance to honest and christian endea- vours against bitter censures and uncharitable imputations. The Lord of heaven and earth bless Your Majesty with many and happy days, that, as his heavenly hand hath enriched Your Highness with many singular and extraordinary graces, so You may be the wonder of the world in this latter age for happiness and true felicity, to the honour of that great GOD, and the good of his Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour. THE NAMES AND ORDER OF ALL THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS. THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Page. Chaps. Page. Chaps. Page. Chaps. Genesis . . . . 7 • • So II. Chronicles . 597 • • 36 Daniel . . . . 1099 . . « Exodus . . . . 79 • • 40 Ezra . 648 . . 10 Hosea . . . . . X121 . . 14 Leviticus . . . 140 . . 27 Nehemiah . . . . 663 . . 13 Joel . 113a • • 3 Numbers . . . 184 . . 36 Esther . . . . . 684 . . 10 Amos . . . . • "35 • • 9 Deuteronomy . 248 . . 34 Job . 6?5 . . 43 Obadiah . . . . . 1143 • ' « Joshua . . . . 300 . . 24 Psalms . . . . • 733 • • 150 Jonah . . . . • "4S • • 4 Judges . . . • 337 • • a» Proverbs . . . . 823 . . 31 Micah . . . . . X147 . . 7 Ruth .... • 373 • • 4 Ecclesiastes . . . 853 . . 12 Nahum . . . . • "53 • • 3 I. Samuel . . . 378 . . 3* Song of Solomon . 864 . . 8 Habakkuk . . . . 1156 . . 3 IX. Samuel . 42S • • 24 Isaiah . 869 . . 66 Zeohaniah . . . • "59 • • 3 X.Kings. . . . 464 . . 22 Jeremiah . . . ■ 939 • • y Haggai . . . . . xx6a . . ■ II. Kings . . . 5" • • 25 Lamentations . . 1019 • • 5 Zechariah . . . . XX64 . . 14 L Chronicles . • 555 • • *9 Ezekiel . . . . . X026 . . 48 Malachi . . . . . 1177 • • 4 THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. /'age. Chaps. Page. Chaps. Page. Chafs. Matthew . . . 3 • • =»8 Ephesians . . . .26^.. 6 To the Hebrews . 30a . . 13 Mark .... . 49 . . 16 Philippians . . • »7S • • 4 Epistle of James . 316 • • S Luke .... • 79 • 24 Colossians . . . . 280 . . 4 I. Peter .... . 3" • • S John .... . xag . . ai I. Thessalonians . 284 . . 5 II. Peter . . . . 3* • • 3 The Acts . . . 165 . . 28 II. Thessaloman9 . a88 . . 3 I. John .... . 3*9 • • 5 The Romans . . 214 . . 16 I. Timothy . . . 090 . . 6 II. John . . . . • 334 • • « I. Corinthians. . . 232 . . 16 II. Timothy . . . 3QS . . 4 III. John . . . • 335 • • ' II. Corinthians . 251 . . 13 Titus • 299 . . 3 Jude . 335 • • « Gala nans . . , . 263 • • 0 Philemon . . . . 301 . . s Revelation . . . . 337 • • *» THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, WITH THE PAGE NUMBER AND THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS. Books of the New Testament indicated by italics. Page Chap. Page Chap Acts . . 165 28 Judges . 337 21 Amos . . 1135 9 I. ICings . 464 22 I. Chronicles. . 555 29 II. Kings . 511 25 II. Chronicles . 597 36 Lamentations . 1019 5 Colossians . . 280 4 Leviticus . 140 27 I. Corinthians . 232 16 Luke . 79 24 II. Corinthians . 251 13 Malachi , 1177 4 Daniel . . 1099 12 Mark . 49 16 Deuteronomy . 248 34 Matthew 3 28 Ecclesiastes . . 853 12 Micah . . 1147 7 Ephesians . 269 6 Nahum . 1153 3 Esther . . 684 10 Nehemiah 663 13 Exodus . 79 40 Numbers 184 36 Ezekiel . 1026 48 Obadiah 1143 1 Ezra . . 648 10 I. Peter . 321 5 Galaiians . 263 6 II. Peter . 326 3 Genesis 7 50 Philemon , 301 1 Habakkuk . . 1156 3 Philippians . , 275 4 Haggai. . 1162 2 Proverbs 823 31 Hebrews '. 302 13 Psalms 733 150 Hosea . . 1121 14 Revelation . 337 22 Isaiah . . 869 66 Romans 214 16 James . . 316 5 Ruth . 373 4 Jeremiah . 939 52 I. Samuel 378 31 Job . . 695 42 II. Samuel . 425 24 Joel . . 1132 3 Song of Solomon . 864 8 John . . 129 21 /. Thessalonians 284 5 /. John . 329 5 II. Thessalonians . 288 3 II. John . 334 1 I. Timothy . 290 6 III. John . . 335 1 II. Timothy . 295 4 Jonah . . 1145 4 Titus . 299 3 Joshua . 300 24 Zechariah 1164 14 Jude » . 335 1 Zephaniah . 1159 3 PREFATORY NOTE. The system of signs used in this book to indicate the pronunciation of cer- tain words does not profess to be strictly scientific or logical, but it aims at being as simple and practical as it can be made, and is based so far as is possible upon the use of signs which have long been familiar. The vowel, or vowels, of every separate syllable are all marked as they are to be pro- nounced; and where a consonant, or consonants, are capable of more than one pronunciation, the right mode of pronouncing the consonant is also indicated. It is claimed for this book that it goes further in these directions than any previous book, and that it also indicates the pronunciation of cer- tain words, such as 'leviathan', 'homer', 'cherub', &c, which cannot be called proper names, but which might present difficulties to an unskilled reader. The pronunciation adopted in every case is not intended to be that of the Hebrew and Greek forms of the names, but that which is generally used in the public reading of the Bible. In consequence of this the same syllables which occur so often in different words are not always marked to be pro- nounced in the same way. An endeavour has been made, in one respect, to simplify matters by assigning no separate notation to what are called intermediate sounds. It seems to be quite possible, by the use of the long (") and short O marks, to indicate with sufficient accuracy how the proper names containing these sounds are to be pronounced. renry ^ REDpAm ^ TABLE OF SIGNS USED IN THIS BOOK. Every effort has been made that the signs used in this book should be as few and simple as possible. The words of which the pronunciation is marked are divided into syllables by short hyphens (-). The syllable on which most stress is to be laid in reading is marked ('). In compound names two accents are often introduced. The longer hyphen (-) indicates the division into parts of compound names so far as it is noted in the Authorized Version. a as in ah, arm, father. a „ abet, hat, dilemma. a „ tame. a „ fare. a „ call. e „ met, her, second. e ,, mete. e - aw tame. I as in fine. I „ him, fir, plentiful. i „ machine. i „ peculiar. o „ alone. 6 „ on, protect. 6 „ nor. o „ son. u „ tune. u „ rude. u „ us. u „ turner. y »> lyre. H. A. REDPATH. M.A. y as ir typical, fully. aa = a of am. aa = a of fare. fy}<™ /« mediaeval. ai ., aisle. a] „ hail. ao = o of alone. all as in maul. ee „ heed. el = i of fine. etl as it i neuter. cw „ lewd. Ol „ oil. c celestial. ch „ character. Cl delicious. g „ giant. s his. SI adhesion. TH „ Thomas. n „ attraction. THE FIRST BOOK OF MOUSES, CALLED GEN'-E-SIS 1] CHAPTER 1 IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness 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 was upon the face of the deep. ! yielding fruit, whose seed was And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: 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 K 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 firma- ment, and divided the waters which were under the firma- ment from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was so. 8 And God called the firma- ment Heaven. And the even- ing and the morning were the second day. 9 H 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 was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 14 If 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 firmament 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 was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 20 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 yielding seed, and the fruit tree their kind, and every winged 7 GENESIS 2 fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, say- ing, 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. 24 t And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living crea- ture 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 was good. 26 H 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 creep- ing 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 replenish 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 U And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bear- ing 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 8 The creation. The first sabbath creepeth upon the earth, where- in 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 even- ing and the morning were the sixth day. 2] CHAPTER 2 THUS the heavens and the earth were 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 % These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when 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 before 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. 6 But there went up a mist from the 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 be- came a living soul. 8 H And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in E'-den; 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 The garden of Eden. Institution of marriage GENESIS 3 good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of E'-den to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pi'-son: that is it which com- passeth the whole land of Hav'-i-lah, 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 Gi'-hon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of E-thi-6'-pi-a. 14 And the name of the third river is Hid'-de-kel: that is it which goeth toward the east of As-syY-i-a. And the fourth river is Eii-phra'-tes. 15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the gar- den of E'-den to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the Lord God com- manded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat : 17 But of the tree of the know- ledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 18 H 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 them unto Ad'-am to see what he would call them : and whatsoever Ad'- am called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Ad'-am gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Ad'-am there was not found an help meet for him. 21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Ad'- am, and he slept: 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 Ad'-am 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 mother, 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. 3] CHAPTER 3 NOW the serpent was more subtil than any beast 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 garden ? 2 And the woman 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 garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die : 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw 9 GENESIS 3 that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant 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 were 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 Ad'-am 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 Ad'-am, and said unto him, Where art thou ? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, where- of I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat ? 12 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? And the woman said, The serpent be- guiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art 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 be- tween thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed ; i way of the tree of life 10 Man's fall and punishment it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Ad'-am 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 days 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 return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou arty and unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And Ad'-am called his wife's name Eve ; because she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Ad'-am also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 ! 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 E'-den, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of E'-den Cher'-u-bims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the The birth of Cain and Abel 4] CHAPTER 4 AND Ad'-am knew Eve his - wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. 2 And she again bare his bro- ther A'-bel. And A'-bel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 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 A'-bel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and ! him, Therefore whosoever slay- of the fat thereof. And the Lord ! eth Cain, vengeance shall be had respect unto A'-bel and to | taken on him sevenfold. And the GENESIS 4 thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 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 earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the Lord said unto 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 ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? 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 And Cain talked with A'-bel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against A'-bel his brother, and slew him. 9 1| And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is A'-bel thy bro- ther ? And he said, I know not : Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath open- ed her mouth to receive thy bro- ther's blood from thy hand ; 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 16 If And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt inthe land of Nod, on the east of E'-den. 17 And Cain knew his wife; j and she conceived, and bare E'- noch : and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, E'-noch. _ 18 And unto E'-noch was born I'-rad : and I'-rad begat Me-hu'- ja-el: and Me-hu'-ja-el begat Me-thu'-sa-el : and Me-thu'-sa- el begat La'-mech. 19 If And La'-mech took unto him two wives : the name of the one was A'-dah, and the name of the other Zil'-lah. 20 And A'-dah bare Ja'-bal : he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 21 And his brother's name was Ju'-bal : he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zfl'-lah, she also bare Tu'-bal-cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron : and the sister of Tu'-bal-cain was Na'-a-mah. U GENESIS 5 23 And La'-mech said unto his wives, A'-dah and Zil'-lah, Hear my voice ; ye wives of La'-mech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wound- ing, and a young man to my hurt. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly La'-mech se- venty and sevenfold. 25 ^ And Ad'-am knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth : For God, said she, hath appointed me an- other seed instead of A'-bel, whom Cam slew. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born_a son; and he called his name E'-nos : then be- gan men to call upon the name of the Loud. 5] CHAPTER 5 THIS is the book of the gener- ations of Ad'-am. 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 Ad'-am, in the day when they were created. 3 H And Ad'-am lived an hun- dred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: 4 And the days of Ad'-am after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters : 5 And all the days that Ad'-am lived were nine hundred and thirty years : and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat E'-nos : 7 And Seth lived after he be- gat E'-nos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters : 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years : and he died. The genealogy of the patriarchs 9 If And E'-nos lived ninety years, and begat Ca-i'-nan: 10 And E'-nos lived after he begat Ca-i'-nan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 11 And all the days of E'-nos were nine hundred and five years : and he died. 12 ^ And Ca-i'-nan lived se- venty years, and begat Ma-hal'- a-leel : 13 And Ca-i'-nan lived after he begat Ma-hal'-a-leel eight hun- dred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters : 14 And all the days of Ca-i'- nan were nine hundred and ten years : and he died. 15 U And Ma-hal'-a-leel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jar'-ed: 16 And Ma-hal'-a-leel lived af- ter he begat Jar'-ed eight hun- dred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters : 17 And all the days of Ma-hal'- a-leel were eight hundred ninety and five years : and he died. 18 TT And Jar'-ed lived an hun- dred sixty and two years, and he begat E'-noch: 19 And Jar'-ed lived after he be- gat E'-noch eight hundred years, and begat sens and daughters : 20 And all the days of Jar'-ed were nine hundred sixty and two years : and he died. 21 51 And E'-noch lived sixty and five years, and begat Me- thu'-se-lah_: 22 And E'-noch walked with God after he begat Me-thu'-se- lah three hundred years, and be- gat sons and daughters : _ 23 And all' the days of E'-noch were three hundred sixty and five years : 24 And E'-noch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. 32 The wickedness of the world 25 And Me-thu'-se-lah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat La'-mech. 26 And Me-thu'-.se-iah lived after he begat La'-mech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 27 And all the days of Me- thu'-se-lah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. 28 H And La'-mech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son : 29 And he called his name Nd'- ah, saying, This same shall com- fort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. 30 And La'-mech lived after he begat No'-ah five hundred nine- ty and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 And all the days of La'- mech were seven hundred se- venty and seven years: and he died. 32 And No'-ah was five hun- dred years old : and No'-ah be- gat Shem, Ham, and ja'-pheth. 6] CHAPTER 6 AND it came to pass.when men - began to 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 were 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 that he also is flesh : 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 GENESIS 6 them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renewn. 5 H And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagin- ation 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 cre- ated from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But N6'-ah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9 U These are the generations of No'-ah: N5'-ah was a just man and perfect in bis genera- tions, and Nd'-ah walked with God. 10 And No'ah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Ja'-pheth. 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 cor- rupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Nd'-ah, The end of all flesh is come be- fore me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 t Make thee an ark of go'- pher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with 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 cu- bits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 13 GENESIS 7 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; with lower, 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, where- in is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I estab- lish my covenant ; 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, two 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 creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort 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 N6'-ah according to all that God commanded him, so did he. 7] CHAPTER 7 AND the Lord said unto N6'- ^ ah, 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 fe- Noah entereth into the ark male; 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 N6'-ah did according un- to all that the Lord commanded him. 6 And N6'-ah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 If And No-ah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, be- cause 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 No' -ah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded N6'-ah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 *[f In the six hundredth year of No'-ah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the win- dows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the selfsame day entered N6'-ah, and Shem, and Ham, and Ja'-pheth, the sons of No'- ah, and No'-ah'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 their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 14 The dove and the olive leaf 15 And they went in unto N6'- ah 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 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 waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were 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 creep- eth 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 destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the hea- ven; and they were destroyed from the earth : and N6'-ah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. 8] CHAPTER 8 AND God remembered No-ah, -^ and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and God made a wind GENESIS 8 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 hea- ven 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 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seven- teenth day of thew month, upon the mountains of Ar'-a-rat. 5 And the waters decreased con- tinually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, 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 N6'-ah opened the window of the ark which he had made : 7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, un- til 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 were 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 pluckt off: so No'-ah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the 15 GENESIS 9 dove ; which returned not again unto him any more. 13 H And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first monthy the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth : and No'- ah removed the covering 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 If And God spake unto No- ah, saying, 16 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, both 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 fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And N6'-ah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him : 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and what- soever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. 20 % And No'-ah 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 smeiled 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. 22 While the earth remaineth, Noah goeth forth of the ark seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and win- ter, and day and night shall not cease. 9] CHAPTER 9 AND God blessed No'-ah and ■*"3L his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liv- eth shall be meat for you ; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; at the hand of every beast will I require 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 fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 II And God spake unto No'-ah, 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 crea- ture 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 16 The covenant of the rainbow the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations : 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shali be seen in the cloud : 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living crea- ture of all flesh ; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the ever- lasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto No'-ah, This is the token of the cove- nant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 18 If And the sons of No' -ah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Ja:pheth: and Ham is the father of Ca'- na-an. 19 These are the three sons of No'-ah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. 20 And No'-ah began to be 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 Ca'-na-an, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two breth- ren without. GENESIS 10 23 And Shem and Ja-pheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went back- ward, and covered the naked- ness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And No'-ah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Ca'- na-an; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Ca'- na-an shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Ja-pheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Ca'-na-an shall be his servant. 28 If And N6'-ah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of No'-ah were nine hundred and fifty years : and he died. 10] CHAPTER 10 NOW these are the genera- tions of the sons of No'-ah, Shem, Ham, and Ja-pheth : and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Ja'-pheth ; Gd'- mer, and Ma-gog, and Ma-dai, and Ja'-van, and Tu'-bal, and Me'-shech, and Ti'-ras. 3 And the sons of Go'-mer; Ash-ke^naz, and R^phath, and T6-gar'-mah. 4 And the sons of Ja'-van; £-li'-shah, and Tar'-shish, Kit'- tim, and D6'-da-nim. .5 By these were the isles of the Gen'-tiles divided in their lands ; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 If And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Miz'ra-Im, and Phut, and Ca'-na-an. 7 And the sons of Cush; Se^bS, 17 GENESIS II and Hav^I-lah, and Saltan, and Ra^a-mah, and Sab-te^chah : and the sons of Ra'-a-mah ; She'-ba, and De'-dan. 8 And Cush begat Nim'-rod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter be- fore the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nim'-rod the mighty hunter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Ba'-bel, and Er'- ech, and Ac'-cad, and Cal'-neh, in the land of Shi'-nar. li Out of that land went forth Assh'-ur, and builded Nm-e-veh, and the city Re'-ho-both, and Ca'-lah, 12 And Re'-sen between Nm'- e-veh and Ca'-lah: the same is a great city. 13 And Miz'-ra-im begat Lu'- dim, and An'-a-mim, and Le- ha'-bim, and Naph-tu'-him, 14 And Path-rii'-sim, and Cas- lu'-him, (out of whom came PmT-Is-tim,) and Caph'-to-rim. 15 Tf And Ca'-na-an begat SI'- don his firstborn, and Heth, 16 And the Jeb'-u-site, and the Am'-d-rite, and the Gir'-ga-site, 17 And the Hi'-vite, and the Ar'-kite, and the Si'-nite, 18 And the Ar'-va-dlte, and the Zem'-a-rite, and the Ha'-math- ite : and afterward were the families of the Ca'-na-an-Ites spread abroad. 19 And the border qf the Ca'- na-an-ites was from Si'-don, as thou comest to Ge'-rar, unto Ga:za ; as thou goest, unto Sod^ om, and G6-mor'-rah, and Adr- mah, and Ze-bo'-im, even unto La'-sha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 H Unto Shem also, the fa- The generations of Noah ther of all the children of E-ber, the brother of Ja'-pheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem; E'- lam, and Asshiur, and Ar-phax^ ad, and Lud, and Ar'-am. J23 And the children of Ar'-am ; Uz, and Hul, and Ge'-ther, and Mash. 24 And Ar-phax-ad begat Sa'- lah ; and Sa'-lah begat E'-ber. 25 And unto E'-ber were born two sons : the name of one was Pe'-leg ; for in his days was the earth divided ; and his brother's name was Jok'-tan. 26 And Jok'-tan begat Al-mo'- dad, and She'-leph, and Ha- zar-ma'-veth, and Je'-rah, _ 27 And Ha-dor-am, and U^zal, and Dik'-lah, 28 And O-bal, and A-bim^a-el, and She'-ba, 29 And O-phir, and Hav-i-lah, and Jo'-bab : all these were the sons of Jok'-tan. 30 And their dwelling was from Me'-sha, as thou goest unto Se'- phar 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 No-ah, after their genera- tions, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. 11] CHAPTER 11 AND the whole earth was of - one language, and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shi'-nar ; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they 18 The confusion of tongues had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto hea- ven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the Lord said, Behold, 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 understand one another's speech. 8 So the Lord 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 Ba-bel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 10 If These are the generations of Shem : Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Ar-phax:ad two years after the flood : 11 And Shem lived after he be- gat Ar-phax'-ad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Ar-phax'-ad lived five and thirty years, and begat Sa'- lah: 13 And Ar-phax'-ad lived after he begat Sa'-lah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Sa'-lah lived thirty years, and begat E'-ber : 15 And Sa'-lah lived after he begat E'-ber four hundred and GENESIS 11 three years, and begat sons and daughter s._ 16 And E'-ber lived four and thirty years, and begat Pe'-leg : 17 And E'-ber lived after he begat Pe'-leg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Pe'-leg lived thirty years, and begat Re'-u : 19 And Pe'-leg lived after he begat Re'-u two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Re'-u lived two and thirty years, and begat Se'-rtig : 21 And Re'-u lived after he begat Se'-riig two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Se'-riig lived thirty years, and begat Na'-hor : 23 And Se'-rug lived after he begat Na^hor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Na'-hor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Tehran : 25 And Na'-hor lived after he begat Te'-rah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Te'-rah lived seventy years, and begat A'-bram, Na'- hor, and Har'-an. 27 If Now these are the genera- tions of Te'-rah: Te'-rah begat A'-bram, Na'-hor, and Har'-an; and Har'-an begat Lot. 28 And Har'-an died before his father Te£rah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the ChaKdees. 29 And Ashram and Na-hor took them wives: the name of A'- bram's wife was Sar'-a-i; and the name of Na'-hor's wife, Mil- cah, the daughter of Harlan, the father of Mil-cah, and the father of Is'-cah. 30 But Sar'a-i was barren ; she had no child. 31 And Tehran took A-bram his 19 GENESIS 12 son, and Lot the son of Har'-an his son's son, and Sar'-a-i his daughter in law, his son A'- bram's wife ; and. they went forth with them from Ur of the Char- dees, to go into the land of Ca'-na-an; and they came unto Kar'-an, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Te£rah were two hundred and five years : and Te'-rah died in Har'-an. 12] CHAPTER 12 NO_W the Lord had said unto A-bram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, un- to 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 So A-bram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him ; and Lot went with him : and A^bram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Har-an. 5 And A-bram took Sar-a-I his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Har'-an ; and they went forth to go into the land of Ca'-na-an; and into the land of Ca'-na-an they came. 6 II And A-bram passed through the land unto the place of Si'- chem, unto the plain of Mo^reh. And the Ca'-na-an-ite was then in the land. 7 And the Lord appeared un- to A'-bram, 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 God calleth Abram unto a mountain on the east of Beth'-el, and pitched his tent, haying Beth'-el on the west, and Ha'-i on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And A-bram journeyed, going on still toward the south. 10 If And there was a famine in the land: and A'-bram went down into E'-gypt to sojourn there ; for the famine was griev- ous in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into E'-gypt, that he said unto Sar'- a-i his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon : 12 Therefore it shaU come to pass, when the E-gyp-tians 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 U And it came to pass, that, when A-bram was come into E- gypt, the E-gyp'-tians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Phar^aoh saw her, and commended her before Phar-aoh : and_the woman was taken into Phar-aoh's house. 16 And he entreated A'-bram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and rnenservants, and maidser- vants, and she asses, and camels. 17 And the Lord plagued Phar'-aoh and his house with great plagues because of Sar'- a-i A'-bram's wife. 18 And Phar'-aoh called A'- bram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife ? 20 Abram and Lot part asunder 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife : now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Phar-aoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and ail that he had. 13] CHAPTER 13 AND A'-bram went up out of - E'-gypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And A'-bram was 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, be- tween Beth'-el and Ha'-i; 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there A'-bram called on the name of the Lord. 5 H And Lot also, which went with A'-bram, 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 And there was a strife be- tween the herdmen of Ashram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle : and the Ca-na-an-Ite and the Pe-riz'-zite dwelled then in the land._ 8 And A'-bram 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? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; oriftf20ucfe/>ar/totheright hand, then I will go to the left. GENESIS 13, 14 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jor'- dan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed S6d'-om and Go-mor* rah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of E'-gypt, as thou comest unto Z6'-ar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jor'-dan; and Lot jour- neyed east : and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 A'-bram dwelled in the land of Ca'-na-an, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitch- ed his tent toward S6d'-om. 13 But the men of Sod^m were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly. 14 1[ And the Lord said unto A'-bram, 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 I will give it unto thee. 18 Then A'-bram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mam'-re, which is in He'-bron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. 14] CHAPTER 14 AND it came to pass in the 4-%. days of Am-ra:phel king of Shi^nar, ArO-och king of El-la* sar, Ched-6r-la-6'-mer king of E^lam, and Ti-dal king of nations ; 21 GENESIS 14 2 That these made war with Be'-ra king of S6d'-om, and with Bir'-sha king of wG6-m6r'-rah, Shi'-nab king of Ad'-mah, and Shem-e'-ber king of Ze-boi'-im, and the king of Be'-la, which is Zo'-ar. 3 All these were joined to- gether in the vale of Sld'-dim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Ched-6r-la-d'-mer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Ched-6r-la-6-mer, and the kings that were with him,wand smote the Reph'-a-Ims in Ash'- te-roth Kar-na'-im, and the Zu'- zims in Ham, and the E'mims in Sha'-veh Kir-I-a-tha'-im, 6 And the Hor'-itejs in their mount Se'-Ir, unto El-par'-an, which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to £n-mish'-pat, which is Ka'- desh, and smote all the country of the A-mal'-ek-ites, and also the Am'-6-rites, that dwelt in Haz'-e-zon-ta'-mar. 8 And there went out the king of S6d'-om, and the king of Go- mor'-rah, and the king of Ad'- mah, and the king of Ze-boYIm, and the king of Be'-la (the same is Z6'-ar ;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Sid^dim ; 9 With Ched-6r-la-6'-mer the king of E'-lam, and with TT-dal king of nations, and Am-ra:phel king of Shi'-nar, and Ar'-i-6ch king of El-la'-sar; four kings With five. 10 And the vale of Sid'-dim was full of slimepits ; and the kings of S6d:om and Go-mor-rah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. 11 And they took all the goods of S6d'-om and Go-mor'-rah, and all their victuals and went their way. The battle of the kings 12 And they took Lot, A^bram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sod^ om, and his goods, and departed. "13 Tf And there came one that had escapee^ and told A'-bram the He'-brew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mam-je the Am-6- rite, brother, of Esh'-col, and brother of A'-ner: and these were confederate with A-bram. 14 And when A'-bram heard that his brother was taken cap- tive, he armed his trained ser- vants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself a- gainst them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Ho'-bah, which is on the left hand of Da-mas'-ciis. 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. 17 If And the king of S6d'-om went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Ched-6r-la-6'-mer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Sha'-veh, which is the king's dale. 18 And Mel-chiz'-ed-ek king of Sa'-lem brought forth bread and wine : and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be A'-bram of the most high God, possessor 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 And the king of Sod'-om said unto A'-bram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And A'-bram said to the king 22 Abram is justified by faith of S6d'-om, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of hea- ven and earth. 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made A'-bram rich : 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, A'-ner, Esh'-col, and Mam' -re; let them take their portion. 15] CHAPTER 15 AFTER these things the word - of the Lord came unto A'- bramin a vision, saying, Fear not, A'-bram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And A^bram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and tiie steward of my house is this El-I-e'-zer of Da-mas'rcus ? 3 And A'bram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed : and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the Lord came 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 to- ward 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 And he said unto him, I am the .Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chal'-dees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord God, GENESIS 15 whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it ? 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 turtledove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided ne not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, A'- bram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon A'-bram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto A'-bram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred 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 Am'-6-rites is not yet full. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18 In the same day the Lord made a covenant with A'-bram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of E'-gypt unto the great river, the river Eu-phra'-tes : 19 The Ke'-nites, and the Ke- niz^zites, and the Kadimo-mtes, 20 And the Hit'-tites, and the Pe-riz'zites, and the Reph^a-ims, 23 GENESIS 16, 17 21 And the Am-o-rites, and the Ca'-na-an-Ites, and the Gir'-ga- shites, and the Jeb'-u-sltes. 16] CHAPTER 16 NOW Sar'-a-I A'-bram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an £-gyp£ tian, whose name was Haigar. 2 And Sar'-a-I said unto A'- bram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bear- ing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid ; it may be that I may ob- tain children by her. And A'- bram hearkened to the voice of Sar'-a-I. 3 And Sar'-a-i A'-bram's wife took Haigar her maid the £-gyp- tian, after A:bram had dwelt ten years in the land of Ca'-na-an, and gave her to her husband A'-bram to be his wife. 4 % And he went in unto Ha'- gar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had con- ceived, her mistress was de- spised in her eyes. 5 And Sar'-a-I said unto A'- bram, My wrong be upon thee : I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was de- spised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee. 6 But A'-bram said unto Sar'- a-I, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sar'-a-I dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. 7 11 And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the foun- tain in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Ha'-gar, Sar'- a-I's maid, whence earnest thou ? and whither wilt thou go ? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sar'-a-I. 9 And the angel of the Lord Sard giveth Hagar to Abram said unto her, Return to thy mis* tress, 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. 11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ish'- ma-el; 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 a- gainst 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 ? 14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-la'-hai-roi ; behold, it is between K^desh and Be- red. 15 If And Ha'gar bare A-bram a son: and A'-bram called his son's name, which Haigar bare, Ish'-ma-el. 16 And A'-bram was fotrscore and six years old, when Ha'-gar bare Ish'-ma-el to A'-bram. 17] CHAPTER 17 AND when A-bram was ninety -ti years old and nine, the Lord appeared to A'-bram, and said unto him, I am the Al- mighty Qod; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And A'-bram fell on his face : and God talked with him, say- ing, 4 As for me, behold, my cove- nant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 24 Circumcision is instituted 5 Neither shaU thy name any more be called A:bram, but thy name shall be A'-bra-ham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceed- ing fruitful, and I will make na- tions of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my cove- nant 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 Ca'-na-an, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. 9 If And God said unto Abra- ham, Thou shalt keep my cove- nant therefore, thou, and thy Beed after thee in their genera- tions. 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 genera- tions, 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 circum- cised : 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 GENESIS 17 be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 15 If And God said unto Abra- ham, As for Sar'-a-i thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sar'-a-I, but Sar'-ah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her : yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations ; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then A'-bra-ham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old ? and shall Sar^ah, that is ninety years old, bear ? 18 And A'-bra-ham said unto God, O that Ish'-ma-el might live before thee ! 19 And God said, Sar'-ah thy wife shall bear thee a son in- deed; and_thou shalt call his name I'-saac : and I will estab- lish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20 And as for Ish:ma-el, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 2 1 But my. covenant will I estab- lish with I'-saac, which Sar-ah 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 A'-bra-ham. 23 II And A'bra-ham took tsh* ma-el his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of A'-bra-ham's house; and cir- cumcised the flesh of their fore- skin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 25 GENESIS 18 24 And A-braL-ham was ninety- years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ish'-ma-el his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the selfsame day was A-bra-ham circumcised, and Ish- ma-el his son. 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. 18] CHAPTER 18 AND the Lord appeared unto * him in the plains of Mam'- re: 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 A:bra-ham hastened into the tent unto Sar'-ah, and said, Make ready quickly three mea- sures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And A-bra-ham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. Abraham entertains angels 8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dress- ed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 % And they said unto him, Where is Sar'-ah thy wife ? And he saidj Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life ; and, lo, Sar'-ah thy wife shall have a son. And Sar'-ah heard it in the tent door, which wasbehind him. 11 Now A'-bra-ham and Sar'- ah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sar'-ah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sar'-ah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also ? 13 And the Lord said unto A'- bra-ham, Wherefore did Sar'ah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old ? 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 Sar'-ah shall have a son. 15 Then Sariah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was a- fraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. 16 1 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sod'- om: and A'-bra-ham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from A-bra-ham that thing which I do ; 18 Seeing that A-bra-ham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the na- tions of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him and they 26 Destruction of Sodom revealed to Abraham GENESIS 19 shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon A'- bra-ham that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sod'-om and Go-mor^ rah is great, and because their sin is very grievous ; 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done alto- gether 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 to- ward S6d'-om: but A'-bra-ham stood yet before the Lord. 23 % And A-bra-ham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked ? 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein ? 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 wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right ? 26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sod'-om fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And A'-bra-ham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes : 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five ? 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 : Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do ity if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure 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 will 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 commun- ing with A-bra-ham : and A-bra- ham returned unto his place. 19] CHAPTER 19 AND there came two angels to - S6d'-om at even: and Lot sat in the gate of S6d'-om : 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 up 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 turned in unto him, and entered into his house ; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 If But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of S6d'-om, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter : 27 GENESIS 19 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, breth- ren, 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 press- ed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth then- hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 11 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 II And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any be- sides ? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatso- ever 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 law, which married his daughters, and said, Up. get you out of this place ; for the Lord will destroy this city. LoVs escape to Zoar But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. 15 If And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are 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 mer- ciful unto him : and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 If And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain ; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 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 one?) and my soul shall live. 21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted 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 cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Z6'-ar. 23 If The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Z6'-ar. 24 Then the Lord rained upon 28 Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah GENESIS 20 Sod'-om and upon G6-mor'-rah 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 U But his wife looked back from behind him, and she be- came a pillar of salt. 27 If And A'-bra-ham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord : 28 And he looked toward Sod- om and G5-mor-rah, and toward all the land of the plain, and be- held, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 H And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered A'- bra-ham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 30 % And Lot went up out of Zd'-ar, and dwelt in the moun- tain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Z6'-ar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn 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 preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn 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 firstborn 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 pre- serve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also : and the young or arose, and lay with him ; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daugh- ters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name M6'-ab: the same is the father of the M6'-ab-ites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-am' -mi: the same is the father of the children of Am'- mon unto this day. 20] CHAPTER 20 AND A'-bra-ham journeyed - from thence toward the south country, and dwelled be- tween Ka'-desh and Shur, and sojourned in Ge'-rar. 2 And A-bra-ham said of Sar^ah his wife, She is my sister: and A-bim'-e-lech king of Ge'-rar sent, and took Sar'-ah. 3 But God came to A-bim'-e- lech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. 4 But A-bim'-e-lech 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 29 GENESIS 21 dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me : there- fore suffered I thee not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a pro- phet, 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 A-bim-e-lech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. 9 Then A-bini^e-lech called A^ bra-ham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin ? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 10 And A-bim-e-lech said unto A'-bra-ham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing ? 11 And A'-bra-ham said, Be- cause 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 And A-blm'-e-lech took sheep, and oxen, and menser- vants, and womenservants, and gave them unto A^bra-ham, and restored him Sir* -ah his wife. Isaac is born, and circumcised 15 And A-bim-e-lech said, Be- hold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. 16 And unto Sar'-ah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver : be- hold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. 17 U So A^bra-ham prayed un- to God : and God healed A-bim- e-lech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. 18 For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of A-bim'-e-lech, because of Sar'- ah A'-bra-ham's wife. 21] CHAPTER 21 AND the Lord visited Sar'-ah - as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sar'-ah as he had spoken. 2 For Sar'-ah conceived, and bare A'-bra-ham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And A'-bra-ham called the name of his son that was born unto hinvwhom Sar'-Sh bare to him, I'-saac. 4 And A'-bra-ham circumcised his son I'-saac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And A'-bra-ham was an hun- dred years old, when his son I'-saac was born unto him. 6 II And Sar£ah 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 A'-bra-ham, that Sar'-ah 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 A'-bra-ham made a great feast the same day that I'-saac was weaned. 30 Eagar and Ishmael are cast forth 9 y And Sar'rah saw the son of Hangar the E-gyp;tian, which she had born unto A'-bra-ham, mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto A'-bra-ham, Cast out this bond- woman and her son : for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir_with my son, even with I'-saac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in A'-bra-ham's sight because of his son. 12 K And God said unto A'- bra-ham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman ; in all that Sar'-ah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice ; for in I'-saac shall thy seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a na- tion, because he is thy seed. 14 And A'-bra-ham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Ha'-gar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-she'-ba. 15 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 bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Ha'-gar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Ha'-gar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. GENESIS 2) 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water ; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilder- ness of Par'-an : and his mother took him a wife out of the land of E'-gypt. 22 Ti And it came to pass at that time, that A-bim^e-lech and Phi'-chol the chief captain of his host spake unto A'-bra-ham, 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: but according to the kind- ness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast so- journed. 24 And A'-bra-ham said, I will swear. ^25 And A'-bra-ham reproved A-bim'-e-lech because of a well of water, which A-bim'-e-lech's servants had violently taken away. 26 And A-bim'-e-lech 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 A'-bra-ham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto A-bim'-e-lech ; and both of them made a covenant. 28 And A'-bra-ham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by them- selves. 29 And A-bim'e-lech said unto A'-bra-ham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 31 GENESIS 22 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-she'-ba ; because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-she^ba: then A-bimie- lech rose up, and Phi'-chol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Phil'-is-tines. 33 If And A -bra-ham planted a grove in Beer-she'-ba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God. 34 Arid A'-bra-ham sojourned in the Phir-is-tines' land many days. 22] CHAPTER 22 AND it came to pass after - these things, that God did tempt A'-bra-ham, and said un- to him, A'-bra-ham : and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take_now thy son, thine only son I'saac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Mo-riiah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 ^ And A'-bra-ham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and I'saac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place oi which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abra- ham Hfted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And A'-bra-ham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. The trial of Abraham's faith 6 And A^bra-ham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon I'-saac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. 7 And I'-saac spake unto A'- bra-ham his father, and said, My father: and he said. Here am I, my son. And he said, Be- hold the fire and the wood : but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And A^bra-ham 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 A'bra-ham built an altar there, and laid the_wood in order, and bound I'-saac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And A'-bra-ham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the Lord called unto_him out of heaven, and said, A'-bra-ham, A'-bra- ham : 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 new I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 13 And Aibra-ham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and A'- bra-ham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 14 And A'-bra-ham called the name of that place Je-hd'-vah- ji'-reh : as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. 15 If And the angel of the Lord called unto A'-bra-ham out of heaven the second time. 32 Abraham is again blessed 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for be- cause thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying 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 A-bra-ham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer- she'-ba; and A'-bra-ham dwelt at Beer-she'-ba. 20 If And it came to pass after these things, that it was told A'- bra-ham, saying, Behold, Mft'- cah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Na'-hor ; 21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Ke-mu'-el the father of Ar'-am, 22 And Ches'-ed, and Ha'-zo, and Pil-dash, and Tid^laph, and Be-thu'-el. 23 And Be-thu'-el begat Re- bek-'ah : these eight Mil-can did bear to Na'-hor, A'-bra-ham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reu'-mah, she bare also Te'-bah, and Ga'-ham, and Tha'-hash, and Ma'-a-chah. 23] CHAPTER 23 AND Sar'-&h was an hundred » and seven and twenty years old : these vjere the years of the life of Sar'-ah. 2 And Sar'-ah died in Kir'- jath-ar'-ba; the same is He'- bronin the land of Ca'-na-an: and A'-bra-ham came to mourn for Sar'-ah, and to weep for her. GENESIS 23 3 U And A'-bra-ham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger and a so- journer with you : give me a pos- session of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered A-bra-ham, saying un- to him, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead ; none of us shall with- hold from thee his sepulchre,but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And A-bra-ham stood up, and bowed himself 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 intreat for me to Eiphron the son of Zo-har, 9 That he may give me the cave of Mach-pe'-lah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field ; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a posses- sion of a buryingplace amongst you. 10 And E'-phron dwelt among the children of Heth: and E'- phron the Hit'-tite answered A'- bra-ham 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 people give I it thee: bury thy dead. 12 And A^bra-ham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto E^phron in the audience of the people of \\ GENESIS 24 Abraham seeketh a wife for Isaac the land, saying, But if thou wilt 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 E^phron answered A: bra-ham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me : the land is worth four hundred she'-kels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. 16 And A'-bra-ham Jiearkened unto E'-phron; and A'-bra-ham weighed to E'-phron the silver, which he had named in the audi- ence of the sons of Heth, four hundred she'-kels of silver, cur- rent money with the merchant. 17 If And the field of E'-phron, which was in Mach-pe-lah, which was before Mam' -re, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto Aibra-ham for a pos- session in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this, A-bra-ham buried Sar'-ah his wife in the cave of the field of Mach-pe-lah before Mam'-re: the same is He-bron in the land of Ca^na-an. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto A-bra-ham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. 24] CHAPTER 24 AND A-bra-ham was old, and A%- well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed A'-bra- ham in all things. 2 And A-bra-ham said unto his eldest servant 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 Ca'-na-an-ites, among whom I dwell: 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred,jmd take a wife unto my son I-saac. 5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure 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 ? 6 And A-bra-ham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. 7 U 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 under the thigh of A'-bra-ham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. 10 1f And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his mas- ter, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand : and he arose, and went to Mes-6-po-ta-mi-a, unto the city of Na'-hor. 1 1 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. 12 And he said, O Lord God of my master A'-bra-ham, I pray 34 Abraham's servant meeteth Rebekah GENESIS 24 thee, send me good speed this j the man took a golden earring of day, and_shew kindness unto my j half a she'-kel weight, and two master A'-bra-ham. j bracelets for her hands of ten 13 Behold, I stand here by the | she'-kels weight of gold; well of water ; and the daughters 23 And said, Whose daughter of the men of the city come out to draw 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 I'-saac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. 15 If And it came to pass, be- fore he had done speaking, that, behold, Re-bek'-ah came out, who was born to Be-thu'-el, son of Mil'-cah, the wife of Na'-hor, A'-bra-ham' s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 16 And the damsel was very 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 pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water 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 water, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that 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 Be-thu'-el the son of Mil'-cah, which she bare unto Na'-hor. 25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and proven- der enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord. 27 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abra- ham, who hath not left destitute 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 them of her mother's house these things. 29 U And Re-bek'-ah had a brother, and his name was La'- ban: and La^ban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Re-bek'- ah 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 prepared the house, and room for the camels. 32 Tf And the man came into the house : and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and pro- vender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. 35 GENESIS 24 The servant sheweth his message 33 And there was set meat be- fore him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. 34 And he said, I am A'-bra- ham's servant. 35 And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly ; and he is be- come great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Sar-ah my masters 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 Ca'-na-an-ites, 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, Peradventure 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 prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kin- dred, and of my father's house : 41 Then shaft 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 A-bra-ham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go : 43 Behold, I stand by the well of water ; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, 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 be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master's son. 45 And before I had done speak- ing in mine heart, behold, Re- bek-ah came forth with her pitch- er on her shoulder ; and she went down unto the well, and drew water : 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 daughter art thou ? And she said, The daughter of Be- thuiel, Na^hor's son, whom Mil- can bare unto him : and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master A^bra-ham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his sen. 49 And now if ye will deal kind- ly 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 Then La-ban and Be-thu^el answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord : we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. 51 Behold, Re-bek-ah 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 A^bra-ham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth. 53 And the servant brought 36 Isaac meeteth Rebekah. Death of Abraham GENESIS 25 forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Re-bek£ah : he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were 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 a- bide with us a few days, at the least ten ; after that she shall go. 56 And he said unto them, Kin- der 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 And they called Re-bek-ah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away Re-bek- ah their sister, and her nurse, and A'-bra-ham's servant, and his men. 60 And they blessed Re-bek'- &h, 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 Re-bek£ah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Re- bek'-ah, and went his way, 62 And I'-saac came from the way of the well La'-hai-roi; for he dwelt_in_the south country. 63 And Iisaac went out to medi- tate in the field at the eventide : and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. 64 And Re-bek-ah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw I'-saac, 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 I£saac all things_that he had done. 67 And I^saac brought her into his mother Sar'-ah's tent, and took RS-bek'-ah, and she be- came his_wif e ; and he loved her : and I'-saac was comforted after his mother's death. 25] CHAPTER 25 THEN again A'-bra-ham took a wife, and her name was Ke-tu'-rah. 2 And she bare him Zim-ran, and Jok^shan, and Me-dan, and Mid- I-an, and Ish'-bak, and Shu'-ah. 3 And Jok^shan begat She-ba, and Deidan. And the sons of De'-dan were Assh-u'-rim, and Le-tu'-shlm, and Le-um'-mlm. 4 And the sons of Mid'-i-an; £'-phah, and E'-pher, andHa'- noch, and A-bi^dah, and El-da- ah. All these were the children of Ke-tu'-rah. 5 If And A'-bra_-ham gave all that he had unto I'-saac. 6 But unto the sons of the con- cubines, which A'-bra-ham had, A£bra-ham gave gifts, and sent them away from I^aac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, un- to the east country. 7 And these are the days of the years of A'bra-ham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 8 Then A'bra-ham 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 I'saac and Ish- 37 GENESIS 25 ma-el buried him in the cave of Mach-pe4ah, in the field of E^ phron the son of Zo'-har the Hit^tite, which is before Mam-re ; 10 The field which A^bra-ham purchased of the sons of Heth : there was A^ra-ham buried, and Sar'-ah his wife. 11 t And it came to pass after the death of A-bra-ham, that God blessed his son I-saac ; and I-saac dwelt by the well La'-hai-roi. 12 H Now these are the genera- tions of Ish'ma-el, A^bra-ham's son, whom Ha-gar the E-gyp- tian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto A'-bra-ham: 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ish'-ma-el, by then- names, according to their gene- rations : the firstborn of Ish'-ma- el, Ne-ba'-jdth; and Ke'-dar, and Ad'-beel, and Mib'-sam, 14 And Mishima, and Du'mah, and Mas'-sa, 15 Ha^dar, and Te-ma, Je-tnr, Na'-phish, and Ke'-de-mah: 16 These are the sons of Ish'- ma-el, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes accord- ing to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ish£ma-el, 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 Hav'- i-lah unto Shur, that is before £'-gypt, as thou goest toward As-syrM-a: and he died in the presence of all his brethren. 19 II And ttiese are the genera- tions of I:saac, A-bra-ham's son : A'-bra-ham begat I'-saac : 20 And I-saac was forty years old when he took Re-bek'-ah to wife, the daughter of Be-thu^el the Syr-i-an of Pa^dan-ar^am, the sister to La£ban the Syr-i-an. 21 And I'-saac intreated the The birth of Esau and Jacob Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Re-be^ah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus ? 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 people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. 24 % 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 E-sau. 26 And after that came his bro- ther out, and his hand took hold on E'-sau's heel ; and his_ name was called Ja'-cob: and I'-saac was threescore years old when she bare them. 27 And the boys grew : and E'- sau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Ja'-cob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. 28 And I-saac loved E^sau, be- cause he did eat of his venison: but Re-bek'-ah loved Ja'-cob. 29 J And Ja'-cob sod pottage: and E'-sau came from the field, and he was faint : 30 And E'-sau said to Ja'-cob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint : therefore was his name called E'-dom. 31 And Ja'-cob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And E'-sau said, Behold, I am at the point to die : and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 33 And Ja'-cob said, Swear to 38 God instructeth Isaac me this day ; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Ja'-cob. 34 Then Ja'-cob gave E'-sau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way : thus E-saii despised his birthright. 26] CHAPTER 26 AND there was a famine in the - land, beside the first famine that was in_the_days of A'-bra- ham. And I'-saac went unto A- bim'-e-lech king of the Phil'-is- tines unto Ge'-rar. 2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into E£gypt ; 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 A'-bra- ham 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; 5 Because that A'-bra-ham o- beyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and_my laws. 6 % And I-saac dwelt in Ge-rar : 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 Re-bek'-ah; because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that A-bim'e-lech king of the Philis- tines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, I-saac was sporting with Re-bek-ah his wife. GENESIS 26 9_And A-bim'-e-lech called I'- saac, and said. Behold, of a sure- ty she is thy wife : and how saidst thou^ She is my sister? And I'-saac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. 10 And A-bimie-lech 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 guilti- ness upon us. 11 And A-bim'-e-lech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be_put to death. 12 Then I'-saac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew un- til he became very great : 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants : and the Phil'-is-tines envied him. 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Aibra-ham his father, the Phil'-is-tines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. _ 16_And A-bim'-e-lech said unto Fsaac, Go from us ; for thou art much mightier_than we. 17 If And I'-saac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Ge'-rar, and dwelt there. 18 And I-saac digged again the wells of water, which_they had digged in the days of A'bra-ham his father; for the Phil^s-tines had stopped them after the death of A'-bra-ham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And I-saac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. 20 And the herdmen of Ge-rar 39 GENESIS 27 did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is cur's : and he called the name of the well E-sek ; because they strove with him. 21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sit'-nah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well ; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Re'-ho- both; 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-she'-bS. 24 And the Lord appeared un- to him the same night, and said, I am the God of A'-bra-ham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant A'-bra-ham's sake. 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there : and there I'-saac's servants dig- ged a well. 26 II Then A-bim'-e-lech went to him from Ge-rar, and~X-huz- zath one of his friends, and Phi^ choi the chiefcaptain of his army. 27 And Fsaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, see- ing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you ? 28 And they said, We saw cer- tainly 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. Isaac sendeth Esau for venison 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 I'-saac 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 concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. 33 And he called it She'-bah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-she'-ba unto this day. 34 Tl And E^sau was forty years old when he took to wife Ju^dith the daughter of Beert the Hitf tite, and Bash'e-math the daugh- ter of E46n the Hiftite : 35 Which were a grief of mind unto I'-saac and to Re-bek'-ah. 27] CHAPTER 27 AND it came to pass, that when -"• I'-saac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Eisau his eld- est son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Be- hold, 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 Re-bek'-ah heard when I'-saac spake to £'-sau his son. And E'-sau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6 II And Re-bek'-ah spake un- to Ja'-cob her son, saying, Be- hold, I heard thy father speak unto £-sau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make 40 Jacob deceiveth his father me savoury 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 : 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 11 And ja-cob said to_Re^bek- ah his mother, Behold, E^sau 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 Re-bek^ah took goodly raiment of her eldest son E^sau, which were with her in the house, i and put them upon Ja'-cob 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 bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Ja'-cob. 18 If And he came unto his fa- ther, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son ? 19 And Ja'=cob said unto his father, I am E:sau thy firstborn ; I have done according as thou GENESIS 27 badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And I-saac 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 I^saac said unto Ja-cob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son E^sau or not, 22_And Ja-cob went near unto I'-saac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Ja'- cob's voice, but the hands are the hands of E'-sau. 23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother E'-sau's hands: so he blessed him. 24 And he said, Art thou my very son E'-sau? 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 hedrank. 26 And his father I'-saac 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 fat- ness 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 % And it came to pass, as 41 b3 GENESIS 28 soon as I'-saac had made an end of blessing Ja'-cob, and Ja'-cob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of I'-saac his father, that E'-sau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And he also had made sa- voury 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 I'-saac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first- born E'-saiL 33 And I^saac trembled very ex- ceedingly, and said,Who ? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have blessed him ? yea, and he shall be blessed. 34 And when E'-sau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding 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 Ja'-cob ? for he hath sup- planted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? 37 And I'-saac answered and said unto £'-sau, 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 E'-sau said unto his fa- ther, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And E'-sau lifted up his voice, and wept. Esau obtaineth a blessing 39 And I'-saac his father an- swered and said unto him, Be- hold, 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 1[ And E'-sau hated Ja'-cob because of the blessing where- with his father blessed him : and E'-sau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Ja'-cob. 42 And these words of E'-sau her elder son were told to Re- bek'-ah : and she sent and called Ja^cob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother E'-sau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice ; and arise, flee thou to La'-ban my brother to Har'-an; 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 for- get 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 Re-bek;ah said to I^saac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth : if Ja^cob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me ? 28] CHAPTER 28 AND Fsaac called Ja-cob, and - blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou 42 The vision of Jacob's ladder shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Ca'-na-an. 2 Arise, go to Pa'-dan-ar'-am, to the house of Be-thu'-el thy mother's father ; and take thee a wife from thence of the daugh- ters of La'-ban thy mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and mul- tiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people ; 4 And give thee the blessing of A'-bra-ham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou may- est inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto A'-bra-ham. 5 And I'-saac sent away Ja'- cob: and he went to Pa'-dan- ar'-am unto La'-ban, son of Be- thu'-el the Syr'-i-an, the brother of Re-bek^ah, Jacob's and E^ sau's mother. 6_1j When E'-sau saw that I'- saac had blessed Ja'-cob, and sent him away to Pa^dan-ar-am, 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 Ca'-na-an ; 7 And that Ja'-cob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Pa'-dan-ar'-am ; 8 And E'-sau seeing that the daughters of Ca'-na-an pleased not I'-saac his father ; 9 Then went E'-sau unto Ish'- ma-el, and took unto the wives which he had Ma'-ha-lath the daughter of Ish' -ma-el A'-bra- ham's son, the sister of Ne-ba'- joth, to be his wife. 10 II And Ja^cob went out from Beer-she'-ba, and went toward Har'-an. 11 And he lighted upon a cer- tain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that GENESIS 28 place, and put them for his pil- lows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached 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 A'-bra-ham_thy father, and the God of I'-saac : 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 f And Ja'-cob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Ja'-cob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth'-el : but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 20 And Ja'-cob 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, 43 GENESIS 29 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. 29] CHAPTER 29 THEN Ja-cob went on his jour- ney, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold 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 place. 4 And Ja'-cob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye ? And they said, Of Har'-an are we. 5 And he said unto them, Know ye L^ban the son of Na-hor? And they said, We know him. 6 And he said unto them, Is he well ? And they said, He is well : and, behold, Ra^chel his daugh- ter cometh with the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered to- gether : 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 U And while he yet spake with them, Ra'-chSl came with her fa- ther's sheep : for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Ja'-cob saw Ra^chel the daugh- ter of La'-ban his mother's bro- Jacob meeteth Rachel at the well ther, and the sheep of La'-ban his mother's brother, that Ja-cob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and wa- tered the flock of La'-ban his mother's brother. 11 And Jaicob kissed Ra-ch&l, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Ja-cob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Re-bek'-ah's son: and she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when La^ban heard the tidings of Ja- cob 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 La'-ban all these things. 14 And La'-ban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. 15 H And La-ban said unto Ja- cob, Because thou art my bro- ther, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be ? 16 And La^ban had two daugh- ters : the name of the elder was Ie'-ah, and the name of the younger was Ra'-chel. 17 Le-ah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. 18 And Ja-cob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Ra'-chel thy younger daughter. 19 And La£ban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man : abide with me. 20 And Ja'-cob served seven years for Ra'-chel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 H And Ja-cob said unto Lai ban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 44 Jacob marrieth Leah and Rachel 22 And La'-ban gathered to- gether all the men of the place, and made a feast. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Le'-ah his daughter, and brought her to him ; and he went in unto her. 24 And La'-ban gave unto his daughter Le'ah Zil'pah his maid for an handmaid. 25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Le'-ah: and he said to La'-ban, What is this thou hast done un- to me ? did not I serve with thee for Ra£chel ? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me ? 26 And La'-ban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. 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 And Ja'cob did so, and ful- filled her week : and he gave him Ra'-chel his daughter to wife also. 29 And La^ban gave to Ra-chel his daughter Bil'-hah his hand- maid to be her maid. 30 And he went in also unto Ra-chel, and he loved also Ra- chel more than Le:ah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 t And when the Lord saw that Le:ah was hated, he open- ed her womb : but Ra'-chel was barren. 32 And Le'-ah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reu'-ben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked up- on my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Be- cause the Lord hath heard that 1 was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also : and she called his name Sim'-e-on. GENESIS 30 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Le'-vi. 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Ju'-dah ; and left bearing. 30] CHAPTER 30 AND when Ra'-chel saw that - she bare Ja£cob no children, Ra'-chel envied her sister; and said unto Ja'-cob, Give me chil- dren, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kin- dled against Ra-chel: 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 Bil'-hah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have chil- dren by her. 4 And she gave him Bil-hah her handmaid to wife: and Ta'-cob went in unto her. 5 And Bil'-hah conceived, and bare Ja'-cob a son. 6 And Ra'-chel 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 BiKhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Ja'- cob 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 Naph'- ta-li. 9 When Le^ah saw that she had j left bearing, she took Zil'-pah | her maid, and gave her Ja'-cob ! to wife. 45 GENESIS 30 10 And ZH'-pah Le'-ah's maid bare Ja'-cob a son. 11 And Le^ah said, A troop Com- eth : and she called his name Gad. 12 And ZH'-pah Le'-ah's maid bare Ja'-cgb a second son. 13 And Le'-ah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed : and she called his name Ash'-er. 14 If And Reu'-ben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mo- ther Le'-ah. Then Ra'-chel said to Le'-ah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband ? and would- est thou take away my son's mandrakes also ? And Ra'-chel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's man- drakes. 16 And Ja'-cob came out of the field in the evening, and Le'-ah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me ; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. 17 And God hearkened unto Le'-ah, and she conceived, and bare Ja'-cob the fifth son. 18 And Le'-ah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Is'-sa-char. 19 And Le-ah conceived again, and bare Ja'-cob the sixth son. 20 And Le'-ah 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 Ze-bu'-lun. 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Di'-nah. Joseph is born 22 f And God remembered Ra'chel, 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 Jo- seph ; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son. 25 *\\ And it came to pass, when Ra£chel had born J6:seph, that Ja'-cob said unto La'-ban, 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 And La'-ban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found fa- vour in thine eyes, tarry : 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 was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude ; 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 Ja'-cob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing : if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. 32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spot- ted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. 46 Jacob's policy, whereby he became rich GENESIS 31 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 a- mong the goats, and brown a- mong the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. 34 And La'-ban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and 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' jour- ney betwixt himself and Ja-cob : and Ja'-cob fed the rest of La'- ban's flocks. 37 H And Ja-cob 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 was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should con- ceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived be- fore the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Ja-cob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of La'-ban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto La'-ban' s cattle. 41 And it came to pass, when- soever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Ja'-cob 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 La'-ban's, and the stronger Ja'-cob 's. 43 And the man increased ex- ceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menser- vants, and camels, and asses. 31] CHAPTER 31 AND he heard the words of - La£ban's sons, saying, Ja- cob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Ja-cob beheld the coun- tenance of La'-ban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 And the Lord said unto Ja'- cob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred ; and I will be with thee. 4 And Ja'-cob sent and called Ra'-chel and Le'-ah to the field unto his flock. 5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath de- ceived 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 : and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. 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 47 GENESIS 31 in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. 11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Ja'- cob : And I said. Here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, ail the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and gris- led : for I have seen all that La'- ban doeth unto thee. 13 I am the God of Beth'-el, where thou anointedst the pil- lar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and re- turn unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And Rachel and Le^ah an- swered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or in- heritance for us in our father's house ? 15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is our's, and our children's : now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. 17 If Then Ja-cob 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 Pa-dan-ar-am, for to go to Fsaac his father in the land of Ca-na-an. 19 And La'-ban went to shear his sheep: and Ra'-chel had stolen the images that were her father's. 20 And Ja'-cob stole away un- awares to La-ban the Syr-i-an, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he Jacob Ceaveth Laban by stealth had ; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gil'-e-ad. 22 And it was told La^ban on the third day that Ja'-cob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gil'- e-ad. 24 And God came to La-ban the Syr'-i-an in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Ja'-cob either good or bad. 25 H Then La-ban overtook Ja- cob. Now Ja'-cob had pitched his tent in the mount : and La'- ban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gil'-e-ad. 26 And La-ban said to Ja-cob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daugh- ters, as captives taken with the sword ? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me ; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee a- way with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters ? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yes- ternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Ja'-cob either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou would- est needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods ? 31 And Ja'-cob answered and said to La^ban, Because I was a- fraid: for I said, Peradventure 48 The covenant between Laban and Jacob GENESIS 31 thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou find- est thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Ja'-cob knew not that Ra'-chel had stolen them. 33 And La-ban went into Ja- cob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Le'-ah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now Ra'-chel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And La'-ban 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 up before thee ; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 % And Ja'-cob was wroth, and chode with La^ban : and Ja£ cob answered and said to La'- ban, 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 brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn of beasts 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 consumed me, and the frost by night ; and my sleep de- parted from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house ; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daugh- ters, and six years for thy cattle : and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God_of AM>ra-ham, and the fear of I'-saac, 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 1j And La^ban answered and said unto Ja£cob, These daugh- ters 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 chil- dren 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 Ja'-cob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Ja'-cob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap : and they did eat there up- on the heap. 47 And La'-ban called it Je'- gar-sa-ha-du'-tha : but Ja'-cob called it Ga'-leed. 48 And La:ban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Ga'-leed ; 49 And Miz'-pah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daugh- ters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us ; see, God is wit- ness betwixt me and thee. 51 And Laiban said to Ja'cob, 49 GENESIS 32 Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast be- twixt me and thee ; 52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of A^bra-ham, and the God of Na'-hor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Ja'-cob sware by the fear of his father I'-saac. 54 Then Ja'-cob offered sacri- fice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning La'-ban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and La'-ban de- parted, and returned unto his place. 32] CHAPTER 32 AND Ja'-cob went on his way, - and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Ja'-cob saw them, he said, This is God's host : and he called the name of that place Ma-ha-na'-im. 3 And Ja'-cob sent messengers before him to E'-sau his brother unto the land of Se^ir, the coun- try of E'-dom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak un- to my lord E-sau; Thy servant Ja'-cob saith thus, I have so- journed with Laiban, and stayed there until now : 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 if And the messengers re- turned to Ja'-cob, saying, We Jacob's message came to thy brother E'-sau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Ja'-cob was greatly a- fraid and distressed : and he di- vided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands ; 8 And said, If E'-sau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 9 If And Ja'-cob said, O God of my father A'-bra-ham, and God of my father I'-saac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kin- dred, and I will deal well with thee: 10 I am not worthy 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 Jor'-dan ; and now I am become two bands. 1 1 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of E'-sau: for I 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 if And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for E'-sau his brother; 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over be- 50 and present to Esau fore me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the fore- most, saying, When E'-sau my brother meeteth thee, and ask- eththee, saying, Whose art thou ? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee ? 18 Then thou shait say, They be thy servant Ja'-cob's; it is a jpresent sent unto my lord E'- sau : 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 E'-sau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover, Be- hold, thy servant Ja'-cob is be- hind us. For he said, I will ap- pease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face ; peradventure he will accept of me. 21 So went the present over before him : and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jab'-bok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24 Tf And Ja-cob was left alone ; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed 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, Ja'-cob. GENESIS 33 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Ja'-cob, but Is'-ra-el: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Ja'-cob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 30 And Ja^cob called the name of the place Pen'-I-el : for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31 And as he passed over Pen- u'-el the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. w32 Therefore the children of Is'-ra-el eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Ja'-cob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. 33] CHAPTER 33 AND Ja^cob lifted up his eyes, - and looked, and, behold, E'-sau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Le'-ah, and un- to Ra'-chel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Le'-ah and her children after, and Ra-cheland Jo'-seph 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 E'-sau 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 chil- dren; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The 51 GENESIS 34 children which God hath graci- ously given thy servant. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Le'-ah also with her chil- dren came near, and bowed themselves : and after came J6'- seph near and Ra'-chel, 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 E'-sau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. 10 And Ja'-cob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive 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. 1 1 Take, I pray thee, my bless- ing that is brought to thee ; be- cause 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 overdrive 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 be- fore me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Se'-ir. 15 And E-sau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk Jacob cometh to Succoth that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16 t So E'-sau returned that day on his way unto Se'-ir. 17 And Ja'-cob journeyed to Suc'-coth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle : therefore the name of the place is called Suc'-coth. 18 H And Ja^cob came to Sha- lem, a city of She'-chem, which is in the land of Ca'-na-an, when he came from Pa'-dan-ar'-am ; and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Ha'-mor, She:chem,s father, for an hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it £l-el'-6-he- Is'-ra-el. 34] CHAPTER 34 AND Di'-nah the daughter of - Le-ah, which she bare unto Ja'-cob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when She'-chem the son of Ha'-mor the Hi'-vite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and de- filed her. 3 And his soul clave unto Di'- nah the daughter of Ja'-cob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 4 And She'-chem spake unto his father Ha'-mor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5 And Ja'-cob heard that he had defiled Di-nah his daughter : now his sons were with his cattle in the field : and Ja'-cob held his peace until they were come. 6 11 And Ha'-mor the father of She^chem went out unto Ja£cob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Ja^cob came 52 The Shechemites slain out of the field when they heard it : and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Is'-ra-el in lying with Ja'-cob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Ha:mor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son She'-chem 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 daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you ; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. 11 And She-chem 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 accord- ing as ye shall say unto me : but give me the damsel to wife. 13 And the sons of Ja^cgb an- swered Sheichem and Ra£mor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Di'-nah their sister : 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncir- cumcised; for that were a. re- proach unto us : 15 But in this will we consent unto you : If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be cir- cumcised ; 16 Then will we give our daugh- ters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will be- come one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised ; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. GENESIS 34 18 And their words pleased Ha- mor.andShe^chemHaimor'sson. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Ja'cob's daughter : and he was more honourable than all the house of his father. 20 K And Ha'-mor and She'- chem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us ; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daugh- ters. 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 their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 24 And unto Ha:mor and unto She'-chem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was cir- cumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. 25 ^f And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Ja'-cob, Sim'-e-on and Le'-vi, Di'-n&h's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Ha'-mor and She'-chem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Di'-nah out of She'-chem's house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jaicob came up- on the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 53 GENESIS 35 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was 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 was in the house. 30 And Ja'-cob said to Sim'- e-on and Le-vi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, a- mong the Ca'-na-an-ites and the Pe-riz'-zites : and I being few in number, they shall gather them- selves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be de- stroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? 35] CHAPTER 35 AND God said unto Ja'-cob, * Arise, go up to Beth'-el, and dwell there : and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto theo when _thou fleddest from the face of W-ssm thy bro- ther. 2 Then Ja'-cob said unto his household, and" to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your gar- ments : 3 And let us arise, and go up 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 Ja'-cob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their ear- rings which were in their ears; and Ja'-cob hid them under the oak which was by She'-chem. 5 And they journeyed : and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and God blesseth Jacob at Beth- el they did not pursue after the sons of Ja'-cob. 6 ^ So Ja'-cob came to Liiz, which is in the land of Caina-an, that is, Beth'-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place £l-beth'-el : because there God appeared un- to him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deb'-6-rah Re-bek'-ah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth'-el under an oak : and the name of it was called Al'-16n-ba-chuth. 9 If And God appeared unto Ja'cob again, when he came out of Paidan-ariam, and blessed him 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Ja'-cob : thy name shall not be called any more Ja-cob, but Is'-ra-el shall be thy name : and he called his name Is'-ra-el. 1 1 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a com- pany of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins ; 12 And the land which I gave A'-bra-ham and I'-saac, 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 Ja'-cob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone : and he poured a drink offering there- on, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Ja^cob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth'-el. 16 U And they journeyed from Beth'-el; and there was but a little way to come to £'-phrath : and Ra'-chel travailed, and she had hard labour. 54 The sons of Jacob 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-6'-ni : but his father called him Ben'-ja-min. 19 And Rachel died,_ and was buried in the way to E'-phrath, which is Beth'-le-hem. 20 And Ja^cob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Ra'-chel's grave unto this day. 21 11 And Is'-ra-el journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of E'-dar. 22 And it came to pass, when Is'-ra-el dwelt in that land, that Reu'-ben went and lay with Bil- hah his father's concubine : and Is'-ra-el heard it. Now the sons of Ja'-cob were twelve : 23 The sons of Le'-ah; Reu'- ben, Ja'cob's firstborn, and Sim- e-on, and Le'-vi, and Ju'-dah, and Is'-sa-char, and Ze-bu'-liin : 24 The sons of Ra'-chel; Jd'- seph, and Ben'-ja-min: 25 And the sons of Bil'-hah, Ra'-chel's handmaid; Dan, and Naph'-ta-H: 26 And the sons of Zil'pah, Le- ah's handmaid ; Gad, and Ash'- er : these are the sons of Ja'cob, which were born to him in Pa'- dan-ar'-am. 27_H And Ja'-cob came unto I£saac his father unto Mam-re, unto the city of Ar'-bah, which is He'-bron, where A'-bra-ham and I'-saac sojourned. _ 28 And the days of I^saac were an hundred and fourscore years. 29 And I^saac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons E'-sau and Ja'-cob buried him. GENESIS 36 36] CHAPTER 36 NOW these are the generations of E'-sau, who is E'-dom. 2 E'-sau took his wives of the daughters of Ca'-na-an; A'-dah the daughter of E46n the HItf tite, and A-hol-i-ba'-mah the daughter of A-nah the daughter of Zib'-e-on the Hi'-vite ; 3 And Bash^e-math Ish-ma-el's daughter, sister of Ne-ba^joth. 4 And A'-dah bare to E'-sau fi-li^phaz ; and Bash^e-math bare Reu'-el; 5 And A-hol-I-ba^mah bare Je- ush, and Ja'-a-lam, and Kor^ah : these are the sons of E'-sau, which were born unto him in the land of Ca'-na-an. 6 And E'-sau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Ca'-na-an ; and went into the country from the face of his brother Ja'-cob. 7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell to- gether; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. 8 Thus dwelt E'_-sau in mount Se'-ir : E'-sau is E'-dom. 9 Tj And these are the genera- tions of E'-sau the father of the E'-dom-ites in mount Se'-ir : _ 10 These are the names of E'- sau's sons; E-li'-phaz the son of A'-dah the wife of E'-sau, Reu'- el the son of Bash'-e-math the wife of E'-sau. 11 And the sons of E-li'-phaz were Te'-man, O'-mar, Ze'-pho, and Ga'-tam, and Ke'-naz. 12 And Tlm-na. was concubine to £-K'-phaz E'-sau's son; and she bare to £-li^phaz Am^a-lek : these were the sons of A'-dah E'-sau's wife. 55 GENESIS 36 13 And these are the sons of Reu^el; Naihath, and Ze^rah, Sham£mah, and Miz^zah: these were the sons of Bash'-e-math E'-saii's wife. 14 H And these were the sons of A-hol-i-ba-mah, the daughter of A-nah the daughter of Zib^e- on, E'-sau's wife : and she bare to E^sau Je-ush, and Ja:a-lam, and Kor'-ah. 15 If These were dukes of the sons of £'-sau : the sons of EMi- phaz the firstborn son of E^sau ; duke Teaman, duke 0;mar, duke Ze'-phd, duke Ke'-naz, 16 Duke K6r'rah, duke Ga'- tam, and duke Am'a-lek: these are the dukes that came of £-11- phaz in the land of j^doni; these were the sons of A'-dah. 17 If And these are the sons of Reu^el Esau's son; duke Na- hath, duke Ze'rah, duke Sham- mah, duke Miz'-zah: these are the dukes that came of Reu'-el in the land of £'-dom ; these are the sons of Bash-&-math E-sau's wife. 18 If And these are the sons of A-hol-i-ba'-mah E'-sau's wife; duke Je'-iish, duke Ja'-a-lam, duke Kor'-ah: these were the dukes that came of A-hol-I-ba'- mah the daughter of A'-nah, E'- saii's wife. 19 These are the sons of E-sau, who is E'-dom, and these are their dukes. 20 K These are the sons of Se- ir the Hor'-ite, who inhabited the land ; Lo'-tan, and Sho'-bal, and Zib'-e-on, and A'-nah, 21 And Di-shon, and l^zer, and Di'-shan : these are the dukes of the Hor-ites, the children of Se- ir in the land of E'-dom. 22 And the children of Lo^tan were Hor7-! and He'-mam; and Lo'-tan's sister was Tim'-na. 23 And the children of Sho'-bal The generations of Esau were these ; Al'-van, and Man'- a-hath. and E'-bal, She'-phd, and 0 -nam. 24 And these are the children of Zib'-e-on; both A'-jah, and A-nah : this was that A-nah that found the mules in the wilder- ness, as he fed the asses of Zib' e-on his father. 25 And the children of A'-nah were these ; Di-shon, and A-hol- i-ba'-mah the daughter of A^nah. 26 And these are the children of DiishSn ; Hem-dan, and Esh- ban, and Ithiran, and Che-ran. 27 The children of E^zer are these; Bil'-han, and Za'-a-van, and A'-kan. 28 The children of Di-shan are these ; tJz, and Ar'-an. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Hordes ; duke L6- tan, duke Sho^bal, duke Zib£e- on, duke A'-nah, 30 Duke Di-shSn, duke E^zer, duke Di'-shan: these are the dukes that came of H6r'-i, a- mong their dukes in the land of Se'-ir. 31 If And these are the kings that reigned in the land of E'- dom, before there reigned any king over the children of Is^ra-el. 32 And Be^la the son of Be'-ot reigned in E'dom : and the name of his city was Din'-ha-bah. 33 And Be'-la died, and Jo'-bab the son of Ze'-rah of Boz'-rah reigned in his stead. 34 And Jo'-bab died, and Hu'- sham of the land of Te'man-i j reigned in his stead. 35 And Hu'sham died, and Ha' dad the son of Be'-dad, who smote Mid'-i-an in the field of M6'-ab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was A'-vith. 36 And Ha'dad died, and Sim- ian of Mas-re'-kah reigned in his stead. 56 Joseph's two dreams 37 And Sampan died, and Saul of Re^no-both by the river reign- ed in his stead. 38 And Saul died, and Ba'-al- ha^nan the son of Ach^bor reign- ed in his stead. 39 And Ba'-al-ha'-nan the son of Ach'-bor died, and Ha'-dar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pa'-u ; and his wife's name was Me-het'-a- bel, the daughter of Ma'-tred, the daughter of Me'-za-hab. 40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of £'-sau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Tim'-nah, duke AT-vah, duke Je'-theth, 41 Duke A-hol-i-ba-mah, duke £'-lah, duke Pi' -non, 42 Duke Ke'-naz, duke Te'- man, duke Mib'-zar, 43 Duke Mag'-di-el, duke V- ram : these be the dukes of £'- dom, according to their habita- tions in the land of their posses- sion: he is £'-sau the father of the E'-dom-ites. 37] CHAPTER 37 AND Ja-cob dwelt in the land - wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Ca^na-an. 2 These are the generations of Ja-cob. Jo-seph, being seven- teen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren ; and the lad was with the sons of Bil-hah, and with the sons of ZiT-pah, his father's wives: and Jo'-seph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Is-ra-el loved Jo-seph more than all his children, be- cause 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 GENESIS 37 him, and could not speak peace- ably unto him. 5 H And Jo'-seph dreamed a dream, and he told it his bre- thren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood up- right ; and, behold, your sheaves 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 do- minion over us ? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 If And he dreamed yet an- other dream, and told it his bre- thren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obei- sance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren : and his fa- ther rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed ? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren in- deed come to bow down our- selves to thee to the earth ? li And his brethren envied him ; but his father observed the saying. 12 II And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in She'-chem. 13 And Is'-ra-el said unto Jo'- seph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in She'-chem ? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word 57 GENESIS 37 again. So he sent him out of the vale of He-brdn, and he came to She'-chem. 15 If And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wan- dering in the field : and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? 16 And he said, I seek my bre- thren : 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 Do^than. And Jo'-seph went after his bre- thren, and found them in D6'- than. 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near un- to them, they conspired 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 pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will be- come of his dreams. 21 And Reu'-ben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands ; and said, Let us not kill him. 22 And Reu-ben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit 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 fa- ther again. 23 If And it came to pass when Jo-seph was come unto his bre- thren, that they stript Jo'-seph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him ; 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit : and the pit was 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 Joseph sold by his brethren company of Ish'-mee-lites came from Gil^e-ad with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to E'-gypt. 26 And Ju'-dah 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'-mee-lltes, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. b 28 Then there passed by Mid- i-a-nites merchantmen ; and they drew and lifted up Jo'-seph out of the pit, and sold Jo'-seph to the Ish'-mee-lltes for twenty pieces of silver : and they brought Jo'-seph into E'-gypt. 29 If And Reu-ben returned un- to the pit; and, behold, Jo-seph was 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 And they took Jo-seph'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 whe- ther it be 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; Jo'-seph is without doubt rent in pieces. 34 And Ja-cob rent 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 com- forted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. 58 The sons of Judah 36 And the Mid'-i-a-nites sold him into E-gypt unto Potfi-phar, an officer of Phar'-aoh's, and captain of the guard. 38] CHAPTER 38 AND it came to pass at that - time, that Ju-dah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain A-diil'-lam-ite, whose name was Hi'-rah. 2 And Ju-dah saw there a daugh- ter of a certain Ca'-na-an-ite, whose name was Shiran ; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name fir. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name O'-nan. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name She'-lah: and he was at Che'-zib, when she bare him. 6 And Ju'-dah took a wife for fir his firstborn, whose name was Ta'-mar. 7 And fir, Ju'-dah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord slew him. 8 And Ju:dah said unto 0:nan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9 And O'-nan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did displeased the Lord : wherefore he slew him also. 11 Then said Ju'-dah to Ta'- mar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till She'lah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. GENESIS 38 And Ta'-mar went and dwelt in her father's house. 12 If And in process of time the daughter of Shu'-ah Ju'-dah's wife died ; and Ju'-dah was com- forted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Tim'-nath, he and his friend Hi'-rah the A- dul'-lam-ite. 13 And it was told Ta'-mar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Tim'-nath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's gar- ments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped her- self, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Tim-nath ; for she saw that She'-lah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Ju'-dah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; be- cause she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray 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 may est come in unto me ? 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 pledge 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 Juidah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the A-dul- lam-ite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand : but he found her not. 59 GENESIS 39 Joseph advanced in Potipharys house 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side ? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. 22 And he returned to Ju'-dah, and said, I cannot find her ; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. 23 And Ju'-dah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed : behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. 24 If And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Ju'-dah, saying, Ta'-mar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Ju'-dah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 When she was 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 are these, the signet, and brace- lets, and staff. 26 And Ju£dah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to She-lah my son. And he knew her again no more. 27 If 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 midwife 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, be- hold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth ? this breach be upon thee : therefore his name was called Phar'-ez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zar'-ah. 39] CHAPTER 39 A ND Jo'seph was brought down "■ to £'-gypt; and_P6t-i-phar, an officer of Phar'-aph, cap_tain of the guard, an E-gyp'-tian, bought him of the hands of the Ishimee-lites, which had brought him down thither. 2 And the Lord was with Jo'- seph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the_ house of his master the E-gyp'-tian. 3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 4 And Jo'-seph 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 over- seer in his house, and over all that he had, thatthe Lord bless- ed the E-gyp'-tian^ house for Jo'-seph's sake; and the bless- ing 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 Jo'-seph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Jo'-seph was a goodly person, and well favoured. 7 If And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Jo'seph ; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand ; 60 Joseph is cast into prison 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 sinagainst God ? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Jo'-seph 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 Jo'-seph went in- to the house to do his business ; 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 He'-brew 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 gar- ment with me, and fied, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 17 And she spake unto him, ac- cording to these words, saying, The He'-brew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me : 13 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. GENESIS 40 20 And Jo'-seph's master took him, and put him into the pri- son, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. 21 JI But the Lord was with Jo-seph, 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 Jo'-seph's hand all the prisoners that were 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 was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper. 40] CHAPTER 40 AND it came to pass after these t things, that the butler of the king of £'-gypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of E'-gypt. 2 And Phar'-aoh was wroth a- gainst two o/his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and a- gainst 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 Jo'-seph was bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Jo-seph with them, and he served them: and they con- tinued a season in ward. 5 U 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 E'-gypt, which were bound in the prison. 6 And Jo'-seph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked Phar'-aoh's 61 GENESIS 41 officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Jo'- seph said unto them, Do not in- terpretations belong to God ? tell me them, I pray you. 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Jo'-seph, and said to j him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me ; 10 And in the vine were three branches : and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes : 11 And Phar'-aoh's cup was in my hand : and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Phar'- aoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Phar'-aoh's hand. 12 And J6£seph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: 13 Yet within three days shall Phar'aoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place :_and thou shalt deliver Phar'-aoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. 14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Phar'-aoh, and bring me out of this house : 15 For indeed I was stolen a- way_out of the land of the He'- brews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. 16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto J6'-s£ph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, / had three white baskets on my head : Pharaoh's butler and baker 17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bake- meats for Phar'-aoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. 18 And Jo'-seph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days : 19 Yet^ within three days shall Phar'-aoh 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 1 And it came to pass_the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker a- mong his servants. 21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Phar'- aoh's hand : 22 But he hanged the chief baker : as Jo'seph had interpret- ed to them. 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Jo'seph, but forgat him. 41] CHAPTER 41 AND it came to pass at the - end of two full years, that Phar'aoh dreamed : and, behold, he stood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well fa- voured kine and fatfleshed ; 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 Phar'-aoh awoke. 62 Pharaoh's dreams 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 de- voured the seven_rank and full ears. And Phar-aoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was trou- bled ; and he sent and called for all the magicians of E:gypt, and all the_wise men thereof: and Phar'-aoh told them his dream ; but there was none that could interpret them unto Phar'-aoh. 9 11 Then spake the chief butler unto Phar'-aoh, saying, I do re- member my faults this day : 10 Phar^aoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker : 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he ; we dreamed each man according to the inter- pretation of his dream. 12 And there was there with us a young man, an He'-brew, ser- vant to the captain of the guard ; and we told him, and he inter- preted to us our dreams ; to each man according 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 If 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 Phar'-aoh. 15 And Phar-aoh said unto Jo- seph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can inter- pret it : and I have heard say of GENESIS 41 thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. _16 And Joseph answered Phar- aoh, saying, It is not in me : God shall give Phar'-aoh an answer of peace. 17 And Phar-aoh said unto Jd- seph, 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 And, 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 E'-gypt for bad- ness: 20 And the lean and the ill fa- voured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine : 21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were 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, withered, 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 de- clare it to me. 25 If And Jo'-seph said unto Phar'-aoh, The dream of Phar'- aoh is one : God hath shewed Phar-aoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good kine are se- ven years; and the seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one. 27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted witb 63 GENESIS 41 the east wind shall be seven years of famine. 28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Phar'-aoh: What God is aboirtto do he sheweth unto Phar'-aoh. 29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of E'-gypt : 30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine ; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of E'-gypt; 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 be very grievous. 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Phar'-aoh twice; it is because the thing is estab- lished by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 33 Now therefore let Phar'aoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of E'-gypt. 34 Let Phar'-aoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of E'gypt in the seven plenteous years. 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Phar'-aoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the se- ven years of famine, which shall be in the land of £'-gypt; that the land perish not through the famine. 37 II And the thing was good in the eyes of Phar-aoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Phar'-aoh 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 J6^ Joseph is advanced seph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art : 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be great- er than thou. 41 And Phar'aoh said unto Jo^ seph, See, I have set thee over all the land of £'-gypt. 42 And Phar'-aoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Jo'-seph's hand, and ar- rayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; 43 And he made him to ride 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 E'-gypt. 44 And Phar-aoh_said unto Jd^ seph, I am Phar'aoh, and with- out thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of E'-gypt. 45 And Phar'-aoh called Jo'- seph's name Zaph'-nath-pa-a- ne-ah; and he gave him to wife Asie-nath the daughter of P6- ti'-pher-ah priest of On. And Jo'-seph went out over all the land of £'-gypt. 46 % And Jo'-seph was thirty years ^ld when he stood before Pharaoh king of E^gypt. And Jo'-seph went out from the presence of Phar'aoh, and went throughout all the land of E'- gypt. 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 E'-gypt, and laid up the food in the cities : the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. Joseph's brethren come to buy corn GENESIS 42 49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. 50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of fa- mine came, which As'e-nath the daughter of P6-ti'-pher-ah priest of On bare unto him. 51 And Jo-seph called the name of the firstborn Ma-nas'-seh: 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 E'-phra-im: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. 53 If And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of E'-gypt, were ended. 54 And the seven years of d earth began to come, according as Jo- seph had said : and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of E'gypt there was bread. _55 And when all the land of E'-gypt was famished, the peo- ple cried toJPhariaoh for bread : and Phar'-aoh said unto all the E-gyp£tians, Go unto Joseph ; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Jo'- seph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the E-gyp£tians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of E'-gypt. _57 And all countries came into E'-gypt to Jo'-seph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. 42] CHAPTER 42 NOW when Ja'-cob saw that there was corn in E'-gypt, Ja'-cob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another ? 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in E'- gypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may live, and not die. 3 % And Jo'seph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in E'- gypt. 4 But Ben'-ja-min, Jo'-seph's brother, Ja-cob sent not with his brethren ; for he said, Lest per- adventure mischief befall him. 5 And the sons of Is^ra-el came to buy corn among those that came : for the famine was in the land of Ca'-na-an. 6 And J6£seph was the gover- nor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Jo'-seph's brethren came, and bowed down them- selves before him with 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? And they said, From the land of Ca'-na-an to buy food. 8 And Jo'-seph knew his bre- thren, 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 Ca:na-an ; 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 yout saying, Ye are spies : 65 GENESIS 42 Joseph's brethren return to Jacob 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 inyou : or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. m 17 And he put them all together into ward three days. 18 And Jo:seph said unto them the third day, This do, and live ; for I fear God : 1Q If ye be 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 bro- ther unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 If And they said one to an- other, We are verily guilty con- cerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reu'-ben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear ? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Joi seph understood them; for he spake unto them by an inter- preter. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and re- turned to them again, and com- muned with them, and took from them Sim'-e-on, and bound him before their eyes. 25 If Then Jo-seph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision 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 proven- der in the inn, he espied his money ; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. 28 And he said unto his bre- thren, 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 If And they came unto Ja'- cob their father unto the land of Ca'-na-an, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, 30 The man, who 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 are 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 Ca'-na-an. 33 And the man, the lord 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 traffick in the land. 35 If 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. 66 Jacob is persuaded to send Benjamin GENESIS 43 36 And Ja^cob their father said that he would say, Bring your unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children : Jo'-seph is not, and Sim'-e-on is not, and ye will take Ben^ja-min away: all these things are against me. 37 And Reu-ben spake unto his we, and thou, and also our little brother down? 8 And Ju^dah said unto Is-ra-el his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not to thee : de- liver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. 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. 43] CHAPTER 43 AND the famine was sore in £** the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of E:gypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Ju:dah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother 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 him, 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 ls£ra-el said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother ? 7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your fa- ther yet alive ? have ye another brother? and we told him ac- cording to the tenor of these words : could we certainly know ones. 9 1 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 : 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. 11 And their father Is^ra-el said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a pre- sent, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds : 12 And take double 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 was an oversight : 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man : 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other bro- ther, and Ben-ja-mln. If I be bereaved of my children^ I am bereaved. 15 f And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Ben'- ja-min; and rose up, and went down to Eigypt, and stood be- fore Jo'-seph. 16 And when Joseph saw Ben1 ja-min 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 67 GENESIS 44 bade ; and the man brought the men into Jo'-seph's house. 18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Jo'-seph's house ; and they said, Because of the money that was returned 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 bondmen, and our asses. 19 And they came near to the steward of Jo-seph'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 was 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 Sim'-e-on out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Jo'-seph's house, and gave them water, and they wash- ed their feet ; and he gave their asses provender. 25 And they made ready the present against Jo'-seph came at noon : for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26 M And when Jo'-seph came home, they brought him the pre- sent which was in their hand in- to the house, and bowed them- selves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father Joseph entertaineth his brethren 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 Ben-ja-min, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me ? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 30 And Jo'-seph made haste; for his bowels did yearn up- on 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 them- selves, and for the E-gyp'tians, which did eat with him, by them- selves : because the E-gyp^tians might not eat bread with the He'-brews ; for that is an abomi- nation unto the E-gyp'-tians. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birth- right, and the youngest accord- ing to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him : but Ben'-ja-mm's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, and were merry with him. 44] CHAPTER 44 AND he commanded the stew- *l\. ard of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with 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 68 Judah's humble supplication to Joseph 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 were 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? ye have done evil in so doing. 6 If And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words ? God forbid that thy ser- vants 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 Ca'-na-an : how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold ? 9 With whomsoever of thy ser- vants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. 10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words : he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest : and the cup was found in Ben'-ja-min's sack. 13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. GENESIS 44 14 K And Ju-dah and his bre- thren came to Jo'-seph's house ; for he was yet there : and they fell before him on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? 16 And Ju^dah said, What shall we say unto my lord ? what shall we speak ? or how shall we clear ourselves ? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants : be- hold, 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 U Then Jii'-dah came neai 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 a- gainst thy servant: for thou art even as Phar'-aoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother ? 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 he alone is left of his mo- ther, 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, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24 And it came to pass when 69 GENESIS 45 we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And our father said, Go a- gain, 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 bro- ther 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 hairs 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 with us, that he will die : and thy ser- vants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 32 For thy servant became sure- ty 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 bondman 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 peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. 45] CHAPTER 45 THEN Jo'-seph could not re- frain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Joseph maketh himself known Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Jo'-seph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he wept aloud : and the E-gyp'-tians and the house of Phar'-aoh heard. 3 And Jo'-seph said unto his brethren, I am Jo'-seph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Jo'-seph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Jo-seph your brother, whom ye sold into E'- gypt. 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 Phar'- aoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of £'-gypt. 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 E'-gypt: come down unto me, tarry not: 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Go'shen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's chil- dren, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 1 1 And there will I nourish thee ; He sendeth for his father for yet there are five years of famine ; lest thou, and thy house- hold, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Ben- ja-min, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in E'-gypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Ben'-ja-mm's neck, and wept; and Ben'-ja-min wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talk- ed with him. 16 ^ And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, say- ing, Joseph's brethren are come : and it pleased Phar'-aoh well, and his servants. 17 And Phar^aoh said unto Jo- seph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Ca'-na-an ; 13 And take your father and your households, and come unto me : and I will give you the good of the land of E'-gypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye ; take_you wagons out of the land of E'-gypt 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 E'-gypt is your's. 21 And the children of Is-ra-el did so : and Jo'-seph gave them wagons, according to the com- mandment of Phar'-aoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to GENESIS 46 Ben'-ja-min he gave three hun- dred pieces 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 E'-gypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. 24 So he sent his brethren a- way, and they departed : and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. _25 ^ And they went up out of E'-gypt, and came into the land of Ca'-na-an unto Ja'-cob their father, 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of E'-gypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Jo'-seph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Jo'-seph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Ja'cob their father revived : 28 And Is'-ra-el said, It is enough ; Jo'-seph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him be- fore I die. 46] CHAPTER 46 AND Is-ra-el took his journey ■". with all that he had, and came to Beer-she^ba, and offer- ed sacrifices unto the God of his father I'-saac. 2 And God spake unto Is-ra-el in the visions of the night, and said, Ja'-cob, Ja'-cob. And he said, Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to gp down into E^gypt; for I will there make of thee a great na- tion: _4 I will go down with thee into E'-gypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again : and Jo'-seph 71 GENESIS 46 Jacob with his family goeth into Egypt shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And Ja'-cob rose up from Beer-she'-ba : and the sons of Is^a-el carried Ja:cob their fa- ther, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Ca'-na-an, and came into E'-gypt, Ja'-cob, and all his seed with him : 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into E'-gypt. 8 If And these are the names of the children of Is-ra-el, which came into E'-gypt, Ja'-cob and his sons: Reu'-ben, Ja'-cob's firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reu'-ben; Ha:noch, and Phal-lu, and Hez^ ron, and Car'-mi. 10 \ And the sons of Simie-on ; Je-mu'-el, and Ja'-min, and 5'- had, and Ja'-chm, and Zo'-har, and Sha'-iil the son of a Ca- na-an-i'-tish woman. 11 f And the sons of Le'-vi; Ger:shon, Kd'hath, and Me-rart. 12 If And the sons of Ju'-dah; Er, and O'-nan, and She'-lah, and Phar'-ez, and Zar'-ah: but Er and O'nan died in the land of Caina-an. And the sons of Phar- ez were Hez'-ron and Ham'-ul. 13 If And the sons of Is'-sa- cbar; T6'-la, and Phu'-vah, and Job, and Shim'-ron. 14 *\\ And the sonsof Ze-bu'- liin; Se'-red, and E'-16n, and Jah'-leel. 15 These be the sons of Le'-ah, which she bare unto Ja'-cob in Pa'-dan-ar'-am, with his daugh- ter Di'-nah : all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 16 If And the sons of Gad; Ziph'-i-on, and Hag' gi, Shu'-ni, and Ez'bon, E^ri, and A-ro'di, and A-re'-li. 17 If And the sons of Ash-en Jim'-nah, and Ish'-u-ah, and Is'-u-i, and Be-ri'-ah, and Se'- rah their sister: and the sons of Be-ri'-ah ; He'-ber, and Mal'- chi-el. 18 These are the sons of Zil'- pah, whom La'-ban gave to Le'- ah his daughter, and these she bare unto Ja'-cob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Ra'-chel Ja'- cob's wife; Jo'-seph, and Ben'- ja-min. 20 If And unto Jo'-seph in the land of E'-gypt were born Ma- nas'-seh and E'-phra-Im, which As'-e-nath the daughter of P6- ti'-pher-ah priest of On bare unto him. 21 If And the sons of Ben'-ja- min were Be'-lah, and Be'-cher, and Ash'-bel, Ge'-ra, and Na'- a-man, £'-hi, and Rosh, Mup'- pim, and Hup'-pim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Ra'- chel, which were born to Jaicob : all the souls were fourteen. 23 If And the sons of Dan ; Hu'- shim. 24 If And the sons of Naph'- ta-li; Jah-zeel, and Gu£ni, and Je'-zer, and Shil'-lem. 25 These are the sons of Bft'- hah, which La:ban gave unto Ra'-chel his daughter, and she bare these unto Ja'-cob : all the souls were seven. 26 All the souls that came with Ja'-cob into E'-gypt, which came out of his loins, besides Ja-cob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six; 27 And the sons of Jo'-seph, which were born him in E-gypt, were two souls, all the souls of the house of Ja'-cob, which 72 Joseph meeteth Jacob came into £'-gypt, were three- score and ten. 28 % And he sent Ju'-dah be- fore him unto Jo'-seph, to direct his face unto Gd'-shen ; and they came into the land of Go^shen. 29 And Jo'seph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Is'-ra-el his father, to Go'-shen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Is'-ra-el said unto Jo'- seph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Jo'-seph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house,_I will go up, and shew Phar'-aoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Ca'-na-an, 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 Phar'-aoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation ? 34 That ye shall say, Thy ser- vants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fa- thers : that ye may dwell in the land of Go^shen ; for every shep- herd is an abomination unto the E-gyp'-tians. 47] CHAPTER 47 THEN Joj-seph came and told Phar'-aoh, 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 Ca'-na-an; and, behold, they are in the land of Go'-shen. 2 And he took some of his bre- GENESIS 47 thren, even five men, and pre- sented them unto Phar'-aoh. 3 And Phar'-aoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupa- tion ? And they said unto Phar'- aoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Phar'-aoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy ser- vants have no pasture for their flocks ; for the famine is sore in the land of Ca:na-an : now there- fore, we pray thee, let thy ser- vants dwell in the land of Go'- shen. 5 And Phar^aoh spake unto J6: seph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : 6 The land of E'-gypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Go'-shen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity a- mong them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 And J6£seph brought in Ja- cob his father, and set him be- fore Pharaoh : and Jaicob bless- ed Phar'-aoh. _ 8 And Phar'-aoh said unto Ja'- cob, How old art thou ? _9 And Ja^cob said unto Phar'- aoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred 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. JO And Ja'-cob blessed Phar'- aoh, and went out from before Phar'-aoh. 11 K And Jo'-seph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of E'-gypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Ram'-e-ses, as Phar'-aoh had commanded. 73 c3 GENESIS 47 12 And Jd-sSph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. 13 % And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of E'-gypt and all the land of Ca'-na-an fainted by reason of the famine. 14 And J5'-seph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of E'-gypt, and in the land of Ca'-na-an, for the corn which they bought : and J6;seph brought the money into Phar'- aoh's house. 15 And when money failed in the land of E'-gypt, and in the land of Ca'-na-an, all the E-gyp^ tians came unto Jd'-seph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence ? for the money faileth. 16 And Jo-seph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph : and Jo'seph gave them bread in exchange 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 be- fore thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Phar-aoh : and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. The Egyptians sell their land 20 And J6:seph bought_all the land_of Eigypt for Phar'-aoh ; for the E-gyp'-tians sold every man his field, because the famine pre- vailed over them: so the land became Phar'-aoh's. 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of E'-gypt 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 Phar'-aoh, and did eat their por- tion which Phar-aoh gave them : wherefore they sold not their lands. 23 Then Jo'-sepn said unto the people. Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Phar'-aoh: 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 part unto Phar'-aoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your house- holds, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives ; let us find grace in the sight ofjny lord, and we will be Phar'-aoh's servants. 26 And Jd'-seph made it a law over the land of £'-gypt unto this day, that Phar'-aoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests_only, which became not Phar'-aoh's. 27 If And Is'-ra-el dwelt in the land of E'-gypt, in the country of Go^shen; and they had posses- sions therein, and grew, and mul- tiplied exceedingly. 28_And Ja-cob lived in the land of E'-gypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Ja'-cob was an hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that Is'-ra-el must die : and he called 74 Joseph visiteth his father iiis son Jo'-seph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Eigypt: 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of E'-gypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto hi*n. And I s'-ra-el bowed himself upon the bed's head. 48] CHAPTER 48 AND it came to pass after these * things, that one told Jo'- seph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons, Ma-nas-sehandE-phra-im. 2 And one told Ja-cob, and said, Behold, thy son Jd'-seph Com- eth unto thee: and ls'-ra-el strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Ja^cob said unto Jo-seph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Liiz in the land of Ca'-na-an, 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 pos- session. 5 t And now thy two sons, £'- phra-im and Ma-nas-seh, which were born unto thee in the land of E'-gypt_ before I came unto thee into E'-gypt, are mine; as Reu'-ben and Sim'-e-on, 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 GENESIS 48 from Pa'-dan, Ra'-chel died by me in the land of Ca'-na-an in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto £'- phrath: and I buried her there in the way of E'-phrath; the same is Beth'-le-hem. 8 And Is^ra-el beheld ja^eph's sons, and said, Who are these ? 9 And Jo'-seph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 10 Now the eyes of Is-ra-el 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 Isira-el said unto Jo'- seph, I had not thought to see thy face : and, lo, God hath shew- ed me also thy seed. 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. _13 And Jo-seph took them both, E'-phra-im in his right hand to- ward Is'-ra-el's left hand, and Ma-nas'-seh in his left hand to- ward Is'-ra-el's right hand, and brought them near unto him. 14 And ls'-ra-el stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon E'-phra-im's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Ma-nas'-seh's head, guiding his hands wittingly ; for Ma-nas-seh was the firstborn. 15 % And he blessed Jo'-seph, and said God, before whom my fathers A'-bra-ham and I'-saac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name ofjny fa- thers A'bra-ham and Usaac ; and 75 GENESIS 49 let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Jo'-seph saw that his father laid his right hand up- on the head of E'-phra-im, it displeased him : and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from E'-phra-im's head unto Ma-nas'-seh's head. 18 And Jo'-seph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and ho 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 Is'- ra-el bless, saying, God make thee as E'-phra-im and as Ma- nas'-seh : and he set E'-phra-im before Ma-nas'-seh. 21 And Is'-ra-el said unto Jd'- seph, 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 portion above thy bre- thren, which I took out of the hand of the Am'-6-rite with my sword and with my bow. 49] CHAPTER 49 AND Ja'-cob called unto his - sons, and said, Gather your- selves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Ja'-cob; and hearken unto Is'-ra-el your father. 3 11 Reu'-ben, thou art my first- born, my might, and the begin- ning of my strength, the excel- Jacob blesseth his sons lency of dignity, and the excel- lency of power : 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then de- filedst thou it: he went up to my couch. 5 If Sim'-e-on and Le'-vi are brethren ; instruments 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 be their anger, for it was fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Ja'-cob, and scatter them in Is'-ra-ef. 8 T| Ju'-dah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 Ju'-dah is a lion's whelp : from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, he couch- ed as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up ? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Ju'dah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shi'-loh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine ; he washed his gar- ments 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 t Ze-bu'-liin shall dwell at the haven of the sea ; and he shall be for an haven of ships ; and his border shall be unto Zi'-don. 14 II Is'-sa-char is a strong ass couching down between two bur- dens: 76 The death of Jacob 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoul- der to bear, and became a ser- vant unto tribute. 16 "[[Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Is'-ra-el. 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 salva- tion, O Lord. 19 If Gad, a troop shall over- come him: but he shall over- come at the last. 20 If Out of Ash'-er his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 If Naph'-ta-H is a hind let loose : he giveth goodly words. 22 If Jo-seph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful 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 Ja'- cob; (from thence is the shep- herd, the stone of Is'-ra-el :) 25 Even by the God of thy fa- ther, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless 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 bless- ings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills : they shall be on the head of Jo'-seph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separ- ate from his brethren. 27 If Ben'-ja-min shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall GENESIS 50 devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. 28 U All these are the twelve tribes of Is'-ra-el: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be ga- thered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of E'-phron the Hit'-tite, 30 In the cave that is in the field of Mach-pe'-lah, which is before Mam'-re, in the land of Ca'-na-an, which A'-bra-ham bought with the field of E^phron the Hit'-tite for a possession of a buryingplace. 31 There they buried A'-bra- ham and Sar'-ah_his wife ; there they buried I'-saac and Re-bek'- ah his wife; and there I buried Le'-ah. 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Ja^cob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. 50] CHAPTER 50 AND Jo'-seph fell upon his fa- ^ ther's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to em- balm his father: and the physi- cians embalmed Is'-ra-el. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are _em- balmed: and the E-gyp'-tians mourned for him threescore and ten days. 4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Jo'-seph 77 GENESIS 50 spake unto the house of Phar'- aoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Phar'-aoh, saying, 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Ca^na-an, 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 Phar'-aoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. 7 If And Jo'-seph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Phar- aoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of E'-gypt, 8 And all the house of Jo'seph, and his brethren, and his father's house : only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds,they left in the land of Go'-shen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen : and it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the thresh- ingfloor of A'-tad, which is be- yond Jor'-dan, 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 Ca^na-an-ites, saw the mourning in the floor of A'- tad, they said, Thisjs a grievous mourning to the E-gyp'-tians : wherefore the name of it was called A'-bel-miz'-ra-im, which is beyond Jor'-dan. 12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Ca-na-an, and buried him in the cave of the field of Mach-pe'-lah, which A-bra-ham Joseph burieth his father bought with the field for a pos- session of a buryingplace of E'-phron the Hit'-tite, before Mam' -re. _14 If And Jo'seph returned into E'-gypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 15 11 And when Jo-seph's bre- thren saw that their father was dead, they said, Jo'-seph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Jo:seph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Jo'seph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin ; for they did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, for- give the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Jo'-seph wept when they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. 19 And Jo'seph said unto them, Fear not : for am I in the place of God? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me : but 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 U And Jo'-seph dwelt in E'- gypt, he, and his father's house : and Jo'-seph lived an hundred and ten years. 23 And Jo'-seph saw E'-phra- im's children of the third genera- tion: the children also of Ma'- 78 The death of Joseph chir the son of Ma-nas'-seh were brought up upon Joseph's knees. 24 And Jo'-seph 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 A'-bra-ham, to I'-saac, and to Ja'-cob. EXODUS 1 25 And Jo'-seph wtook an oath of the children of Is'-ra-el, say- ing, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26 So Jo'-seph died, being an hundred and ten years old : and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in E'-gypt. THE SECOND BOOK OF MO'-SES, CALLED EX'-O-DUS 51] CHAPTER 1 NOW these are the names of the children, of Is'-ra-el, which came into E'-gypt; every man and his household came with Ja'-cob. 2 Reu'-ben, Sim'-e-on, Le'-vi, and_Ju'-dah, 3 Is'-sa-char, Ze-bu'-lun, and Ben'-ja-min, 4 Dan, and Naph'-ta-li, Gad, and Ash'-er. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Ja'-cob were seventy souls : for Jo'-seph was in £'-gypt already. 6 And Jo'-seph died, and all his brethren, and all that gene- ration. 7 If And the children of Is'-ra- el were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose up a new king over E'-gypt, which knew not Jo'-seph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el 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 taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Phar^aoh treasure cities, Pi'-thom and Ra-am'-ses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were griev- ed because of the children of Is'-ra-el. 13 And the E-gyp'-tians made the children of Is'-ra-el to serve with rigour: 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. 15 If And the king_of E'-gypt spake to the He-brew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiph'-rah, and the name of the other Pu'-ah : 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Ke'-brew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him : but if it be a daughter, then she shall Iwe. 79 EXODUS 2 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of E'-gypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 18 And the king of E-gypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive ? 19 And the midwives said unto Phar'-aoh, Because the He_'- brew women are not as the E- gyp'-tian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives : and the peo- ple multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made themjiouses. 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. 52] CHAPTER 2 A ND there went a man of the m* house of Le'-vi, and took to wife a daughter of Le'-vi. 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 long- er hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein ; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. _5 1l And the daughter of Phar'- aoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side ; and when she saw the ark a- mong the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. The birth of Moses 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the He'-brews* children. _7 Then said his sister to Phar^ aoh's daughter, Shall I go and caU_to thee a nurse of the He'- brew 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 Phar-aoh'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 Phar'-aoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Mo'-ses : and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. 11 If And it came to pass in those days, when Mo'-ses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on thejr burdens: and he spied an jiS gyp'-tian smiting an He'-brew, 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 E-gyp'-tian, and hid him in the sand. 13 And when he went out the second day^behold, two men of the He'-brews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us ? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedsttheE-gyp'tian? And Mo'-ses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 15 Now when Phar'-aoh heard this thing, he sought to slay 80 Be fleeth into Midian Md'-ses. But Mouses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Mid'-i-an : and he sat down by a well. 16 Now the priest of Mid^-an had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their fa- ther's flock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Md'-ses stood up and helped them, and watered iheir flock. 18 And when they came to Reu'- el their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day ? ^19 And they said, An E-gyp'- tian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and water- ed the flock. 20 And he said unto his daugh- ters, And where is he ? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. 21 And Mo'-ses was content to dwell with the man : and he gave Mo^es Zip^po-rah his daughter. 22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Ger'- shom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. 23 If And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of E'-gypt died: and the children of Is'-ra-el sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groan- ing, and God remembered his covenant with A^bra-ham, with I'-saac, and with Ja'-cob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Is'-ra-el, and God had respect unto them, 53] CHAPTER 3 NOW Mouses kept the flock of JeWro his father in law, the priest of Mid'-i-an: and he led EXODUS 3 the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the moun- tain of God, even to H6r'-eb. 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 was not consumed. 3 And Mo-ses 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, Mo'-ses, Mouses. 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 A'-bra-ham, the God of I'-saac, and the God of Ja'-cob. And M6£ses hid his face ; for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 K And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in E'-gypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows ; 8 And I am come down to de- liver them out of the hand of the E-gyp'-tians, 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 Ca^na-an- ites, and the Hit'-tites, and the Am'-o-rites, and the Pe-riz'- zites, and the Hi'-vites, and the Jeb'-ii-sites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Is'-ra-el is come unto me : and I have also seenthe oppression wherewith the E-gyp'-tians oppress them. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Phar'-aoh, 81 EXODUS 4 that thou mayest bring forth my people_the children of Is^ra-el out of E'-gypt. 11 H And Mo'-ses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Phar'aoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Is'- ra-el out of E'-gypt ? 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 E'-gypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 13 And Mo'-ses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Is'-ra-el, 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 Md'-ses, I AM THAT I AM : and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Is'-ra-el, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Mo'-ses, Thus shalt thou say un- to the children of Is'-ra-el, The Lord God of your fathers, the God_of A'-bra-ham, the God of I'-saac, and the God of Ja'-cob, 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 Is'-ra-el together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers^the God of A-bra-ham, of I'-saac, and of Ja'-cob, ap- peared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in E'-gypt : 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of E'-gypt unto the land of the Ca'- na-an-ites, and the Hit'-tites, and the Am'-o-rites, and the Pe-riz'-zites, and the Hi'-vites, Moses is sent to deliver Israel and the Jeb'-u-sites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice : and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Is'-ra-el, unto the king of E'-gypt, and ye shall say unto him^The Lord God of the He'-brews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days5 jour- ney into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 19 1f And I am sure that the king of E'-gypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite E'-gypt 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 people favour in the sight of the E-gyp£ tians : and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty : 22 But every woman shall bor- row 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 E-gyp'-tians. 54] CHAPTER 4 AND Mo'-ses answered and ^ said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken un- to 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 ? 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 Mo-ses fled from before it. 4 And the Lord said unto Mo- ses, Put forth thine hand, and 82 He is loth to be sent take it by the tail. And he 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 A^bra-ham, the God of tsaac, and the God of Ja^cob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 % And the Lord said further- more unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom : and when he toak it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. 7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom a- gain; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turn- ed again as his other flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, nei- ther 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 up- on the dry land. 10 If And Mouses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not elo- quent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant : but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 1 1 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind ? have not I the Lord ? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. EXODUS 4 14 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Md-ses, and he said, Is not Aa^ron the Le- vite 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 spokes- man 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. 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 18 U And Masses went and re- turned to Jeth^ro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in E'- gypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jeth'-ro said to Mo'-ses, Go in peace. 19 And the Lord said unto Mouses in Mid^i-an, Go, return into E^gypt : for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 20 And Mo'-ses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of E-gypt : and Moises took the rod of God in his hand. 21 And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, When thou goest to re- turn into E'-gypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Phar'-aoh, 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, Is^ra-el is my son, even my first- born: 83 EXODUS 5 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 firstborn. 24 T] And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zip'-po-rah took a sharp stone, and cut off the fore- skin 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 II And the Lord said to Aa- ron, Go into the wilderness to meet Mo'-ses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. 28 And Mo'-ses told Aa'-ron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. 29 If And Mouses and Aa^ron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Is- ra-el : 30 And Aa'-ron spake all the words which the Lord had spok- en unto Mo'-ses, 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 Is£ra-el, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and wor- shipped. 55] CHAPTER 5 AND^ afterward Mo'-ses and ■ Aa'-ron went in, and told Phar-aoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Is^ra-el, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Phar'-abh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Is'-ra-el go? I Pharaoh chideth Moses know not the Lord, neither will I let Is'-ra-el go. 3 And they said, The God of the He'-brews 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 upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of E'-gypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Mouses and Aa'ron, let the peo- ple from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Phar-aoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Phar'-aoh 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 ga- ther straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, 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 upon the men, that they may labour therein ; and let them not regard vain words. 10 T| And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Phai* aoh, I will not give you straw. 1 1 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 E'-gypt to gather stubble in- stead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, 84 God reneweth his promise your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el, which Phar'- aoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demand- ed, Wherefore have ye not ful- filled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore ? 15 If Then Jhe officers of the children of Is'-ra-el_ came and cried unto Phar'-aoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants ? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy ser- vants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore now, and work ; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el 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 % And they met Mo'ses and Aa'-ron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh : 21 And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be_abhorred in the eyes of Phar'-aoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 22 And Mouses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, where- fore hast thou so evil entreated this people ? why is it that thou hast sent me ? _23 For since I came to Phar'- aoh to speak in thy name, he EXODUS 6 hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. 56] CHAPTER 6 THEN the Lord said unto Mo'ses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Phar'-aoh : 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 Masses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: 3 And I appeared unto A'- bra-ham, unto I'-saac, and unto Ja'-cob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name j£- HO-VAH was I not known to them. 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Ca'-na-an, the land of their pilgrimage, where- in they were strangers. 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the_children of Is'- ra-el, whom the E-gyp£tians keep in bondage ; and I have remem- bered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out. from under the burdens of the E-gyp- tians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: 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 E-gyp'-tians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to A'-bra- ham, to I'-saac, and to Ja'-cob; and I will give it you for an heri- tage : I am the Lord. 85 EXODUS 6 Genealogy of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi 9 f And Mo'-ses spake so un- to the children of Is'-ra-el : but they hearkened not unto M6-ses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, Jl Go in, speak unto Phar'- aoh king of E'-gypt, that he let the children of Is'-ra-el go out of his land. 12 And Mo'-ses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Is'-ra-el have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Phar'-aoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips ? 13 And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses and unto Aa'-ron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Is'-ra-el,_ and unto Phar'-aoh king of E'-gypt, to bring the children of Is'-ra-el out of the land of E'-gypt. 14 % These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reu'-ben the firstborn of Is'- ra-el; Ha'-noch, and Pal'-lu, Hez'-ron, and Car'-ml : these be the families of Reu'-ben. 15 And the sons of Sim'-e-on; Je-mu'-el, and Ja'-min, and ()'- had, and Ja'-chin, and Zo'-har, and Sha'-ul the son of a Ca-na- an-i'-tish woman : these are the families of Sim'-e-on. 16 If And these are the names of the sons of Le:vi according to their generations ; Ger'shon, and Ko^hath, and Me-rar^i; and the years of the life of Le^vi were an hundred thirty and seven years. 17 The sons of Ger'shon; Lib* ni, and Shim'-i, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Ko'-hath; Am-ram, and Iz-har, and He* bron, and tfz'-zi-el: and the years of the life of Ko'-hath were an hundred thirty and three years. 19 And the sons of Me-rar'-r, Ma^ha-li and Mu^shi: these are the families of Le'vi according to their generations. 20 And Am-ram took him Joch- e-bed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aa'-ron and Mo'-ses: and the years of the life of Am-ram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 | And the sons of Iz'-har; K6r'-ah, and Neph'-eg, and Zich'-ri. 22 And the sons of Uz'-zi-el; Mi*sha-el, and fil-zaiphan, and Zith'-ri. 23 And Aa'-ron took him £-11'- she-ba, daughter of Am-min'- a-dab, sister of Na-ash'-6n, to wife; and she bare him Na'-dab, and A-bi'-hu, £l-e-a'-zar, and Ith'-a-mar. 24 And the sons of Kor'-ah; As'-sir, and El-ka'-nah, and A- bi^a-saph : these are the families of the Kor'-hites. 25 And fil-e-a^zar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Pu'-ti-el to wife; and she bare him Phin'-e-has: these are the heads of the fathers of the Le'- vites according to their families. 26 These are that Aa'-ron and Mo-ses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Is-ra-el from the land of E'-gypt accord- ing to their armies. 27 These^arc they which spake to Pharaoh king of ££gypt, to bring out the children of Is'- ra-el from E'-gypt: these are that Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron. 28 If And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses in the land of E'-gypt, 29 That the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, I am theLoRD : speak thou unto Phar'-aoh king of £'-gypt all that I say unto thee. 30 And Mo'-ses said before the 86 Moses sent to Pharaoh Lord, Behold, I am of uncir- cumcised lips, and how shall Phar'-aoh hearken unto me ? 57] CHAPTER 7 AND the Lord said unto M6'- - ses, See, IJiave made thee a god to Pharaoh : and Aa-ron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee : and Aa'-ron thy brother shall speak unto Phar'- aoh, that he send the children of Is'-ra-el out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of E'-gypt. _ 4 But Phar'aoh shall not heark- en unto you,_that I may lay my hand upon E'-gypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my peo- ple the children of Is'-ra-el, out of the land of E'-gypt by great judgments. 5 And the E-gyp'-tians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon E'-gypt, and bring out the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el from among them. 6 And Mo'ses and Aa^ron did as the Lord commandedthem, so did they. 7 And Mo'-ses was fourscore years old, and Aa^ron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Phar'-aoh. A 8 If And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses and antoj^&ron, saying, 9 When Phar'-aoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you : then thou shalt say unto Aa'-ron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Phar'-aoh, and it shall become a serpent. 10 If And M6'-ses_and Aa-ron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had com- manded : and Aa'-ron cast down his rod before Phar'-aoh, and EXODUS 7 before his servants, and it be- came a serpent. 11 Then Phar'-aoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers : now the magicians of E'-gypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents : but Aa-ron's rod swal- lowed up their rods. 13 And he hardened Phar-aoh's heart, that he hearkened not un- to them; as the Lord had said. 14 If And the Lord said un- to Mouses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. 15 Get thee unto Phar'-aoh 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 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 E-gyp'tians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river. 19 Tf And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, Say unto Aa'-ron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of ££gypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, 87 EXODUS 8 that they may Become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of E'- gypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. 20 And Mo-ses and Aa-ron 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 Phar'- aoh, and in the sight of his ser- vants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. 21 And the fish that was in the river died ; and the river stank, and the E-gyp'-tians could not drink of the water of the river ; and there was blood throughout all the land of E'-gypt. 22 And the magicians of E'- gypt did so with their enchant- ments: and Phar'-aoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them ; as the Lord had said. 23 And Phar'-aoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart _to this also. 24 And all the E-gyp'tians dig- ged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were ful- filled, after that the Lord had smitten the river. 58] CHAPTER 8 AND the Lord spake unto M6- - ses, Go unto Phar^aoh, 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 abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and The plague of frogs upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs : 4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy peo- ple, and upon all thy servants. 5 f And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses, Say unto Aa-ron, 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 E'-gypt 6 And Aa'-ron stretched out his hand over the waters of E:gypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of E'-gypt. 7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of E-gypt. 8 If Then Phar'-aoh called for Md'-ses and Aa'-ron, and said, Intreat 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 Mo-ses said unto Phar- aoh, Glory over me : when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may re- main in the river only ? 10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be 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 Mo-ses and Aa-ron went out from Phar'-aoh : and Mo-ses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs whichhe had brought against Phar'-aoh. 13 And the Lord did according 88 The plagues of lice and flies to the word of Mo'-ses ; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. 14 And they gathered them to- gether upon heaps : and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not un- to them ; as the Lord had said. 16 % And the Lord said unto Mo^es, Say unto Aa-ron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of E'-gypt. 17 And they did so; for Aa-ron 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 E'-gypt. 18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not : so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. 19 Then jthe magicians said un- to Phar'-aoh, This z'sjthe finger of God: and Phar'-aoh' s heart was hardened, and he hearken- ed not unto them; as the Lord had said. 20 1j And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Phar: aoh; 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 upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses r_and the houses of the E-gyp-tians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. EXODUS 8 22 And I will sever in that day the land of Go'-shen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there ; to the end thou may est know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. 23 And I will put a division be- tween my people and thy people : to morrow shall this sign be. 24 And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm_o> flies into the house of Phar-aoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of E'-gypt : the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. 25 If And Phar'-aoh called for Mouses and for Aa-ron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. 26 And Mo'-ses said, It is not meet so to do ; for we shall sacri- fice the abomination of the E- gyp'-tians to the Lord our God : lo, shall we sacrifice _the abomi- nation of the E-gyp'-tians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? 27 We will go three days' jour- ney into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us. 28 And Phar'-aoh 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 : intreat for me. 29 And Mo'-ses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Phar'- aoh, from his servants, and from his people,_to morrow: but let not Phar'-aoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the peo- ple go to sacrifice to the Lord. 30 And Mo'-ses went out from Phar'-aoh, and intreated the Lord. 31 And the Lord did according to the word of Mo'-ses ; and he 89 EXODUS 9 removed the_ swarms of flies from Phar'-aoh, from his ser- vants, and from his people ; there remained not one. 32 And Phar'aoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. 59] CHAPTER 9 THEN the Lord said unto Mo- ses, Go in unto Phar'-aoh, and tell him, Thus saith_the Lord God of the He'-brews, 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 cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 4 And the Lord shall sever be- tween the cattle of Is'-ra-el and the cattle of E'-gypt : and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Is'-ra-el. 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 E'-gypt died : but of the cattle of the children of Is'-ra-el died not one. 7 And Phar'-aoh sent, and, be- hold, there was not one of the cattle of the Is'-ra-el-ites dead. And the heart of Phar'-aoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 8 if And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses and unto Aa'-ron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Mo'-ses sprin- kle it toward the heaven in the Sight of Phar'-aoh. 9 And it shall become small The murrain of beasts dust in all the land of E'-gypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of E'-gypt. 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Phar'- aoh; and Mo'-ses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it be- came a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Mo'-ses because of the boils ; for the boil was upon the magjcians, and upon all the E-gyp'-tians. 12 And the Lord_ hardened the heart of Phar'-aoh, and he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken unto M6:ses. 13 T[ And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Phar- aoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the He'- brews, 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 people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go ? 18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in E^gypt since the founda- tion thereof even until now. 90 The plague of hail 19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and ail that thou hast in the field ; for upon 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 Lord among the servants of Phar'-aoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses : 21 And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his ser- vants and his cattle in the field. 22 II And the Lord said unto Mouses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of E£gypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of E'-gypt. 23 And Mouses 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 E'-gypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very griev- ous, such as there was none like it in all the land of E'-gypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote through- out all the land of E'-gypt all that was 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 Go-shen, where the children of Is'-ra-el were, was there no_hail. 27 ^f And Phar'-aoh sent, and called for Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron, and said unto them, I have sin- ned this time : the Lord is right- eous, and I and my people are wicked. 28 Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; EXODUS 10 and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. 29 And Mo'-ses 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 ser- vants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God. 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten : for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled. 32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten : for they were not grown up. 33 And M6'-ses_went out of the city from Phar'-aoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord : and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured up- on the earth. 34 And when Phar'-aoh 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 Phar'-aoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Is'-ra-el go ; as the Lord had spoken by Mo'ses. 60] CHAPTER 10 AND the Lord said unto M6- - ses, Go in unto Phar'-aoh: 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, what things I have wrought in E'-gypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord. 3 And Mo'ses and A'a-ron came 91 EXODUS 10 in unto Phar'-aoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the He'-brews, 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, 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 remain- eth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grow- eth for you out of the field : 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy ser- vants, and the houses of all the E-gyp'-tians; 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 Jrom Phar'-aoh. 7 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 Eigypt is destroyed ? 8 And Moises and Aa-ron were brought again unto Phar'-aoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God : but who are they that shall go ? 9 And Mo-ses 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 the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they The plague of locusts were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 12 T[ And the Lord said unto Md'-ses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of E'-gypt for the locusts, that they, may come up upon the land of E'-gypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13 And Mo-ses stretched forth his rod over the land of E£gypt, 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 E'-gypt, and rest- ed in all the coasts of E'-gypt: very grievous were they; before them there 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 re- mained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of E'- gypt. 16 T[ Then Phar'-aoh called for Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron in haste; and he said, I have sinned a- gainst the Lord your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only. _18 And he went out from Phar^ aoh, and intreated the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there re- mained not one locust in all the coasts of E'-gypt. 92 The firstborn of Egypt threatened EXODUS 11 20 But the Lord hardened Phar'-aoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Is'-ra-el go. 21 K And the Lord said unto Moises, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of E'- gypt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Mo-ses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of E'-gypt three days : 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days : but all the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el had light in their dwellings. 24 f And Phar'-aoh called unto Mo-ses, 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 Moises said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord out 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 H But the Lord hardened Phar'-aoh'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 Moises said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more. 61] CHAPTER 11 AND the Lord said unto Mo- * ses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Phar^aoh, and upon E'-gypt ; 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 bor- row of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the Lord gave the peo- ple favour in the sight of the E- gyp'-tians. Moreover the map Mo'-ses _was very great in the land of_E'-gypt, in the sight of Phar'-aoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. 4 And Mouses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of E-gypt : 5 And all the firstborn in the land of E'-gypt shall die, from the firstborn of Phar'-aoh that sitteth upon his throne, even un- to the firstborn of the maidser- vant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of E'-gypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. 7 But against any of the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a differencewbetween the E-gyp'- tians and Is'-ra-el. 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 Phar'-aoh in a great anger. 9 And theJLoRD said unto Mo- ses, Phar'-aoh shall not hearken unto you ; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of E'- gypt. 93 EXODUS 12 10 And Mo-ses and Aa-ron did all these wonders before Phar'- aoh: and the Lord hardened Phar'-aoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Is'-ra-el go out of his land. 62] CHAPTER 12 AND the Lord spake unto - Mc'-ses and Aa'-ron in the land of E'gypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months : it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 U Speak ye unto all the con- gregation of Is'-ra-el, 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 accord- ing to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb 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 fourteenth day of the same month : and the whole assembly of the congregation of Is'-ra-el 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 with fire ; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of it The passover is instituted remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11 H And thus shall ye eat it; with 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 E'-gypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of E'-gypt, both man and beast ; and against all the gods of E^gypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be up- on you to destroy_i/ow, when I smite the land of E'-gypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial ; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations ; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordi- nance for ever. 15 Seven days shall ye eat un- leavened 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 off from Is'-ra-el. 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 unleavened bread ; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of £'-gypt: therefore shall ye ob- 94 The firstborn of Egypt slain serve this day in your genera- tions 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 twen- tieth 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 Is'-ra-el, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leaven- ed; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 21 % Then Mo'-ses called for all the elders of Is:ra-el, 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 bason, 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 E-gyp£tians ; and when he seeth the blood up- on 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, What mean ye by this service ? 27 That ye shall say, It is the EXODUS 12 sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the nouses of the children of Is-ra-el in E^gypt, when he smote the E-gyp-tians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 28 And the children of Is-ra-el went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron, so did they. 29 l| And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of E'- gypt, from the firstborn of Phar- aoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon ; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30 And Phar'aoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the E-gyp'-tians ; and there was a great cry in E-gypt ; for there u;as not a house where there was not one dead. 31 If And he called for Mo-ses and Aa'-ron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Is£ra-el ; and go, serve the Lord, as yo have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone ; and bless me also. 33 And the E-gyp'-tians 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 before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 35 And the children of Is-ra-el did according to the word of Mo- ses; and they borrowed of the E-gyp£tians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: 36 And the Lord gave the 95 EXODUS 13 people favour in the sight of the E-gyp'-tians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the E-gyp'-tians. 37 % And the children of Is'- ra-el journeyed from Ram'e-ses to Suc-cdth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. 38 And a mixed multitude went ip also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of E'-gypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of E^gypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 40 % Now the sojourning of the children of Is'-ra-el, who dwelt in E'-gypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of theLoRD went out from the land of E'-gypt. 42 It is a night to be much ob- served unto the Lord for bring- ing them out from the land of E'-gypt : this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Is'-ra-el in their generations. 43 % And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron, 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 ser- vant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eat- en; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of The ordinance of the passover the house ; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Is'- ra-el 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 uncircum- cised person shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stran- ger that sojourneth among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Is^ra-el ; as the Lord command- ed Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron, so did they. 51 And it came to pass the self- same day, that the Lord did bring the children of Is'-ra-el out of the land of E'-gypt by their armies. 63] CHAPTER 13 AND the Lord spake unto Mo* •**■ ses, saying, 2 Sanctify unto me all the first- born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Is- ra-el, both of man and of beast : it is mine. 3 If And Mo'ses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from E-gypt, out of the house of bondage ; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This_day came ye out in the month A'-bib. 5 U And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Ca'-na-an-ites, and the Hititites, and the Am^o-rites, and the Hi-vites, and the Jeb- u-sites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flow- ing with milk and honey, that 96 The Israelites go out of Egypt thou shalt keep this service in this month. 6 Seven days thou shalt eat un- leavened bread, and in the se- venth day shall be a feast to the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days ; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be lea- ven 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 E'-gypt. 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 E'-gypt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. 11 If And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Ca'-na-an-ites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fa- thers, and shall give it thee, 12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling 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 firstb orn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. 14 ff And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this ? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from E'-gypt, from the house of bondage: EXODUS 13 15 And it came to pass, when Phar'-aoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew _ all the firstborn in the land of E'-gypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast : therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males ; but all the firstborn of my chil- dren I redeem. 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for front- lets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand the_ Lord brought us forth out of E^gypt. 17 If And it came to pass, when Phar'-aoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the PhiT- is-tines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Eigypt: 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea : and the children of Is'-ra-el went up harnessed out of the land of E'-gypt. 19 And Mouses took the bones of Jo'-seph with him : for he had straitly sworn the children of Is- ra-el, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 20 U And they took their jour* ney from Suc'-coth, and en- camped in E'tham, 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 pil- lar of fire by night, from before the people. 07 EXODUS 14 64] CHAPTER 14 AND the Lord spake unto Mo- t ses, saying, Jl Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, that they turn and en- camp before Pi-ha-hi'-rdth, be- tween Mig'-doi and the sea, over against Ba'-al-ze'-phon : before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Phar-aoh will say of the children of Is^ra-el, They are en- tangled in the land, the wilder- ness hath shut them in. _ 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I_will be honoured upon Phar'-aoh2 and upon all his host; that the E-gyp'-tians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so. 5 If And it was told the king of Eigypt that the people fled : and the heart of Phar'-aoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let ls'-ra-el go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his cha- riot, and took his people with him: 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of E£gypt, and captains over every one of them. 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of E^gypt, and he pursued after the chil- dren of Is£ra-el : and the children of Is'-ra-el went out with an high hand. 9 But the E-gyp^tians pursued after them, all the_horses and chariots of Phar'-aoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-ha-hi-roth, be- fore Ba'-al-ze'-phon. 10 If And when Phar-aoh drew nigh, the children of Is'-ra-el lifted up their eyes, and, behold, The Israelites go out of Egypt the E-gyp'-tians marched after them; and they were sore a- fraid : and the children of Is-ra- el cried out unto the Lord. 11 And they said unto Mo'ses, Because there were no graves in E'gypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness ? where- fore hast thou dealt thus_with us, to carry us forth out of E'-gypt? 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in E:gypt, saying, Let us alone± that we may serve the E-gyp'-tians? For it had been better for us to serve the E-gyp'tians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 If And Mouses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to_you to day: for the E-gyp'-tians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ys shall hold your peace. 15 I And the Lord said unto M6-ses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el, that they go forward : 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and ^divide it : and the chil- dren of Is'ra-el shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the E-gyp'-tians, and they shall follow them : and Iwill get me honour upon Phar^ aoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horse- men. 18 And the £-gyp-tians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Phar-aoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 H And the angel of God, 93 The passage of the Red sea which went before the camp of Is^ra-el, removed and went be- hind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: 20 And it came between the camp of the E-gyp-tians and the camp of Is'-ra-el; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. 21 And M5'-ses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Is£ra-el went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 23 If And the E-gyp£tians pur- sued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the E- gyp'-tians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and trou- bled the host of the E-gyp-tians, 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily : so that the E-gypitians said, Let us flee from the face of is-ra-el ; for the Lord fighteth for them against the E-gyp-tians. 26 If And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the watejrs may come again upon the E-gyp'- tians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Mouses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the EXODUS 15 E-gyp'-tians fled against it ; and the Lord overthrew the E-gyp- tians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Phar'-aoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Is'-ra-el walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea ; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the Lord saved Is'- ra-el that day_out of the hand of the E-gyp'-tians ; and Is'-ra- el saw the E-gyp'-tians dead upon the sea shore. 31 And Is^ra-el saw that great work which the Lord did upon the E-gyp^tians : and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Mo'-ses. 65] CHAPTER 15 THEN sang Mo'-ses and the children of Is^ra-el this song unto the Lord, and spake, say- ing, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my sal- vation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 The Lord is a man of war: the Lord & his name. 4 Phar'-aoh' s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea : his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. 5 The depths have covered them : they sank into the bottom 6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 99 EXODUS 15 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee : thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. 8 And with the blast of thy nos- trils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood up- right as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing won- ders? 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid : sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Pal-es- ti'-na. 15 Then the dukes of E'-dom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Mo'-ab, trembling shall take hold upon them ; all the in- habitants of Ca'na-an shall melt away. 16 Fear and dread shall fall up- on them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast pur- chased. The song of Moses 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanc- tuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. 18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. 19 For the horse of Phar'-aoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Is-ra-el went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 Tf And Mir'-I-am the pro- phetess, the sister of Aa'-ron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Mir'-i-am answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 So Mo'ses brought Is-ra-el from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur ; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 U And when they came to Mar'-ah, they could not drink of the waters of Mar'-ah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Mar'-ah. 24 And the people murmured against Mo'-ses, saying, What shall we drink ? 25 And he cried unto the Lord ; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And said, If thou wilt dili- gently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, 100 The people want bread and wilt give ear to his com- mandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee,_which Ihave brought upon the E-gyp'-tians : for I am the Lord that healeth thee. 27 TI And they came to E'-lim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees : and they encamped ther * by the waters. 66] CHAPTER 16 AND they took their journey ^ from E^lim, and all the con- gregation of the children of Is'- ra-el came unto the wilde_rness of Sin, which is between E'-lim and Si'-nai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of E'- gypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Is^ra-el mur- mured against Mo-ses and Aa- ron in the wilderness : 3 And the children of Is^ra-el said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of E'-gypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, the full ; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. 4 H Then said the Lord unto Mo-ses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in ; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. 6 And Mo£ses and Aa£ron said unto all the children of Is^ra-el, At even, then ye shall know that EXODUS 16 the Lord hath brought you out from the land of E'-gypt : 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord ; for that he heareth your mur- murings against the Lord : and what are we, that ye murmur against us ? 8 And Mo'-ses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye mur- mur against him: and what are we ? your murmurings are not a- gainst us, but against the Lord. 9 If And Mo'-ses spake unto Aa'-ron, Say unto all the congre- gation of the children of Is^ra-el, Come near before the Lord : for he hath heard your murmurings. 10 And it came to pass, as Aa- ron spake unto the whole con- gregation of the children of Is'- ra-el, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. lit And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 12 I have heard the murmur- and when we did eat bread to ings of the children of Is'-ra-el : speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp : and in the morning the dew lay round a- bout the host. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Is'-ra-el saw it, they said one to another, It is man^a: for they 101 EXODUS 16 wist not what it was. And Mou- ses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. 16 If This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an 6'-mer for every man, according to the number of your persons ; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. 17 And the children of Is-ra-el did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And when they did mete it with an d'-mer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man accord- ing to his eating. 19 And Mo'-ses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding they heark- ened not unto Mo'-ses ; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Mo'-ses was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating : and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 22 H And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two o^mers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Mo'-ses. 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Mo'-ses bade : and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. The ordering of manna 25 And Mo'-ses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord : to day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 f[ And it came to pass, that there went out some of the peo- ple on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth yon on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 And the house of Is'-ra-Sl called the name thereof Man'- na: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 H And Mo'ses said, This is the thing which the Lord com- mandeth, Fill an o'-mer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of E'-gypt 33 And Mo'-ses said unto Aa'- ron, Take a pot, and put an o'- mer full of man^na therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the Lord commanded Moises, so Kk'ron laid it up be- fore the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of lsira-el did eat man£na forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat man^S, until they 102 The people murmur for water came unto the borders of the land of Ca'-na-an. 36 Now an o'-mer is the tenth part of an e'-phah. 67] CHAPTER 17 AND all the congregation of the - children of Is^ra-el journey- ed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Reph'-i- dim : and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people did chide with M5'-ses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Md'-ses said unto them, Why chide ye with me ? where- fore do ye tempt the Lord ? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people mur- mured against Mo-ses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of E'-gypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Md'-ses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people ? they be almost ready to stone me. 5 And the Lord said unto Mo- ses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Is'-ra-el ; and thy rod, where- with thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stard before thee there upon the rock in Ker- ch; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And M5:ses did so in the sight of the elders of Is'-ra-el. 7 And he called the name of the place Mas-sah, and Mer^i-bah, because of the chiding of the children of Is-ra-el, and because they tempted the Lord, saying,Is the Lord among us, or not ? 8 H Then came Am-a-lek, and EXODUS 17, 18 fought with Is'-ra-el in Reph'- i-dlm. 9 And Mo-ses said unto Josh- u-a, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Am-a-lek : to mor- row I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. 10 So J6sh'-u-a did as Mo'-ses had said to him, and fought with Am-a-lek: and Mo-ses, Aa-ron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Mo'-ses held up his hand, that Is'-ra-el prevailed : and when he let down his hand, Am'-a-lek prevailed. 12 But Md'-ses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aa'-ron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Josh'-u-a discomfited Am'-a-lSk and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the Lord said unto Md* ses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Josh'-u-a : for I will utter- ly put out the remembrance of Am'-a-lek from under heaven. 15 And Mo'-ses built an altar, and called the name of it Je- hd'-vah-nis'-si : 16 For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Am-a-lek from generation to generation. 68] CHAPTER 18 TXTBEN Jeth'-rd, the priest W of Mid'-i-an, Mo'-ses' fa- ther in law, heard of all that God had done for Mo'-ses, and for Is'-ra-el his people, and that the 103 EXODUS 18 Lord had brought Is'-ra-el out ofE'-gypt; 2 Then Jeth^ro, Md'ses' father in law, took Zip'po-rah, Morses' wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons ; of which the name of the one was Ger'- shom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land : 4 And the name of the other was El-i-e'-zer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Phar'-aoh : 5 And Jeth^rd, Mo-ses* father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Mo'-ses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God : 6 And he said unto Md'-ses, I thy father in law Jeth'-ro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 7 11 And Mo'-ses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their wel- fare ; and they came into the tent. 8 And Mo'-ses told his father in law all thatjhe Lord had done unto Phar-aoh and to the E-gyp- fians for Isira-el's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them. 9 And Jeth'-ro rejoiced for all the goodness, which the Lord had done to Is'-ra-el, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the E-gyp'-tians. 10 And Jeth'-ro said. Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you put of the hand of the E- gyp'-tians^ and out of the hand of Phar'-aoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the E-gyp'-tians. 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. Jethro cometh to Moses 12 And Jeth'ro, Md'ses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aa'-ron came, and all the elders of Is'- ra-el, to eat bread with Morses' father in law before God. 13 H And it came to pass on the morrow, that Mo'-ses sat to judge the people: and the peo- ple stood by Mo'-ses from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Mo'-ses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the peo- ple ? why sittest thou thyself a- lone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Mo'-ses said unto his father in law, Because the peo- ple come unto me to enquire of God: 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me ; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17 And Mo'-ses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee : for this thing is too heavy for thee ; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee : Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of ali the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of 104 The people come to Sinai thousands, and rulers of hun- dreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens : 22 And let them judge the peo- ple at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. 24 So Mo£ses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. 25 And Mouses chose able men out of all Is'-ra-el, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brought unto Mo'-ses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 27 If And Mo-ses let his father in law depart ; and he went his way into his own land. 69] CHAPTER 19 IN the third month, when the children of Is^ra-el were gone forth out of the land of E'-gypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Si'-nai. 2 For they were departed from Repu^i-dlm, and were come to the desert of Si-nai, and had pitched in the wilderness ; and there Is^ ra-el camped before the mount. 3 And Mo'-ses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Ja'cob, and tell the children of Is'-ra-el; £XODUS 19 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the E-gyp'-tians, and how I bare you on eagles* wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a pe- culiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el. 7 % And Mo-ses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord com- manded him. 8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Mo-ses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. 9 And the Lord said unto Mo- ses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Mo'-ses told the words of the people unto the Lord. 10 If And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day : for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all^the people upon mount Si'-nai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves/ that ye go not up into the mount or touch the border of it : whoso- ever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death : 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned,. 105 d3 EXODUS 20 or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live : when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 14 If And Md'-ses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day : come not at your wives. 16 ^ And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and light- nings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17 And Mo'-ses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God ; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Si'-nai was alto- gether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpetsoundedlong, and waxed louder and louder, Mo'-ses spake, and God answered him by a voice. 20 And the Lord came down upon mount Si'-nai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Mo'-ses up to the top of the mount ; and M6£ses went up. 21 And the Lord said unto Mo- ses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them. 23 And Mo'-ses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come The ten commandments up to mount Si'-nai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 24 And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, andjthou shalt come up, thou, and Aa'ron with thee : but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Mouses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. 70] CHAPTER 20 A ND God spake all these words, "- saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of E'-gypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thy- self to 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 ; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guilt- less that taketh his name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : 10 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 daugh- ter, thy manservant, nor thy 106 The ten commandments maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rest- ed the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 If Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 18 If And all the people saw the thunderings, and the light- nings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Mo'-ses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear : but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Mo'-ses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off, and Mo'-ses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. 22 % And the Lord said unto Mo-ses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Is'-ra-el, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. EXODUS 21 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 24 If An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacri- fice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone : for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. 71] CHAPTER 21 NOW these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew ser- vant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters ; the wife and her children shall be her mas- ter's, and he shall go out by himself. 5 And if the servant shall plain- ly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children ; I will not go out free: 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post ; and his mas- ter shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. 7 TfAndifamansellhisdaugh- 107 EXODUS 21 ter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menser- vants do. 8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to him- self, then shall he let her be re- deemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt de- ceitfully with her. 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daugh- ters. 10 If he take him another wife ; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. 12 If He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand ; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presump- tuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 If And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 t And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 If And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall sure- ly be put to death. 18 If And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed : 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his Divers laws and ordinances time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. 20 ff And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he con- tinue a day or two, he shall not be punished : for he is his money. 22 If If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow : he shall be sure- ly punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 If And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his man- servant's tooth, or his maidser- vant's tooth ; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28 1f If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die : then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatso- ever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, 108 Divers laws and ordinances according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 32 If the ox shall push a man- servant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thir- ty she'-kels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 33 K And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them ; and the dead beast shall be his. 35 \ And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die ; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in ; he shall surely pay ox for ox ; and the dead shall be his own. 72] CHAPTER 22 IF a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it ; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2 TI If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. 5 If If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field ; of the best of his own field, and of EXODUS 22 the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. 6 f If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 7 \\ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which an- other challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neigh- bour. 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep ; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: 11 Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods ; and the owner of it shall accept there- of, and he shall not make it good. 12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. 13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 f And if a man borrow ow^A* of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. 109 EXODUS 23 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good : if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. 16 If And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely en- dow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18 If Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 19 1f Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 If He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 If Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of E'-gypt. 22 If Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; 24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fa- therless. 25 If If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neigh- bour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down : 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear ; for I am gracious. 28 if Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Divers laws and ordinances 29 If Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors : the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. 31 If And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. 73] CHAPTER 23 THOU shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an un- righteous witness. 2 If Thou shalt not follow a mul- titude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 If Neither shalt thou counte- nance a poor man in his cause. 4 If If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his bur- den, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. 8 If And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 If Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger : for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing y_e were strangers in the land of E'-gypt, 110 An Angel promised for a guide 10 And six years thou shalt sow thy lano% and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still ; that the poor of thy people may eat : and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest : that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stran- ger, may be refreshed. 13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 14 % Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month A^ bib; for in it thou earnest out from E'-gypt : and none shall ap- pear before me empty :) 16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field : and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God. 18 Thou shalt not offer the t)lood of my sacrifice with lea- vened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning EXODUS 23 20 U Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgres- sions : for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an ad- versary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel shall go be- fore thee, and bring thee in unto the Arn'-6-rites, and the Hlf- tites, and the Pe-riz'-zites, and the Ca£na-an-ites, the Hi-vites, and the Jeb'-u-sites : and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. 25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water ; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 26 If There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land : the number of thy days I will fulfil. 27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine ene- mies turn their backs unto thee. 28 And I will send hornets be- fore thee, which shall drive out the Hi'-vite, the Ca'-na-an-ite, and the Hit'-tlte, from before thee. 29 I will not drive them out 19 The first of the firstfruits of ; from before thee in one year; thy land thou shalt bring into the lest the land become desolate, house of the Lord thy God Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. and the beast of the field multi- ply against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive 111 EXODUS 24 them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. 31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Phil'-is-tmes, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand ; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. 32 Thou shalt make no cove- nant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. 74] CHAPTER 24 AND he said unto Mo'-ses, - Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aa'-ron, Na'-dab, and A-bi'-hu, ^and seventy of the elders of Is'-ra-el ; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Mo'ses alone shall come near the Lord: but they shall not come nigh ; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 If And Mouses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do. 4 And Mo'-ses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and build- ed an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Is'-ra-el. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Is'-ra-el, which offered burnt offerings, and sacri- ficed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord. 6 And Mouses took half of the blood, and put it in basons ; and Moses goeth up into the mount half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Mo^es took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words. 9 If Then went up Mouses, and Aa'-ron, Na'-dab, and A-bi'-hu, and seventy of the elders of Is'-ra-el : 10 And they saw the God of Is'-ra-el: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Is'-ra-el he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. 12 If And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there : and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written ; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Mo'ses rose up, and his minister J6sh'-u-a : and Mo'-ses went up into the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, be- hold, Aa'-ron and Hur are with you : if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 And Mo'-ses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Si'-nai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called 112 The form of the ark nnto M6'-ses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Is'-ra-el. 18 And Mouses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Md'ses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. 75] CHAPTER 25 AND the Lord spake unto - Mo'-ses, saying, Jl Speak unto the children of Is-ra-el, that they bring me an offering : of every man that giv- eth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them ; gold, and silver, and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shit-tlm wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet in- cense, 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the e^phod, and in the breastplate. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell a- mong them. 9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the ta- bernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 11 And they shall make an ark of shititim wood : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and with- EXODUS 25 out shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt make staves of shit'-tim wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark : they shall not be taken from it. 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. 17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat o/pure gold : two cubits and a half shall be the length there- of, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cher'-u-bims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 And make one cher'-ub on the one end, and the other cheri lib on the other end : even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cher'-u-bims on the two ends thereof. 20 And the cher'-u-bims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another ; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cher'-u-bims be. 21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark ; and in the ark thou shalt put the testi- mony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, 113 EXODUS 26 from between the two cher'-u- bims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Is'-ra-el. 23 H Thou shalt also make a table o/shit-tim wood : two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make there- to a crown of gold round about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves o/shit£tim wood, and over- lay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons there- of, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal : of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. 31 TT And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candle- stick be made : his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branch- es of the candlestick out of the other side : 33 Three bowls made like unto The golden candlestick almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, ac- cording to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same : all it shall be one beaten work o/pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be o/pure gold. 39 O/a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount. 76] CHAPTER 26 MOREOVER thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten cur- tains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cher'-u-bims of cunning work shalt thou make them. 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another ; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 114 The eleven curtains of goats' hair EXODUS 26 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling ; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. 6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches : and it shall be one taber- nacle. 7 If And thou shalt make cur- tains of goats' hair to be a cover- ing upon the tabernacle : eleven curtains shalt thou make. 8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cu- bits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. 9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 12 And the remnant that re- maineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that re- maineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 14 And thou shalt make a cover- ing for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. 15 % And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle o/shitf tim wood standing up. 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. 17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one a- gainst another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twen- ty boards on the south side south- ward. 19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards : 21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of sil- ver, sixteen sockets ; two sockets U5 EXODUS 27 under one board, and two sock- ets under another board. 26 U And thou shalt make bars of shit'-tim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the taber- nacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the taber- nacle, for the two sides west- ward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars : and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fash- ion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. 31 If And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work : with cher'-u-bims shall it be made : 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shit-tim wood over- laid with gold : their hooks shall be o/gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 33 H And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testi- mony in the most holy place. 35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candle- stick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle to- ward the south : and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make an The altar of burnt offering hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shit-tim woody and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. 77] CHAPTER 27 AND thou shalt make an altar *- of shit'-tim wood, five cu- bits long, and five cubits broad ; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners there- of: his horns shall be of the same : and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans : all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass ; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar be- neath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shit-tim wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it : as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 9 M And thou shalt make the U6 The court of the tabernacle court of the tabernacle : for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side : 10 And the twenty pillars there- of and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 % And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 f And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, o/blue, and pur- ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework : and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. 17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver ; their hooks shall be of sil- ver, and their sockets of brass. 18 If The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits o/fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 19 All the vessels of the taber- nacle in all the service thereof, EXODUS 28 and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. 20 If And thou shalt command the children of Is^ra-el, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. 21 In the tabernacle of the con- gregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aa'ron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Is'-ra-el. 78] CHAPTER 28 AND take thou unto thee A'a- * ron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Is£ra-el, that he may minister unto me in the priests office, even Aatara, Na£dab and A-bftm, fil-e-a^zar and Ith^a- mar, Aa'-ron's sons. 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aa'-ron thy brother for glory and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aa£ron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make ; a breast- plate, and an e'-phod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aa'-ron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 6 If And they shall make the e'-phod of gold, of blue, and of 117 EXODUS 28 purple, of scarlet, and fine twin- ed linen, with cunning work. 7 It shall have the two shoulder- pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. 8 And the curious girdle of the e'-phod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Is-ra-el : 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. 11 With the work of an en- graver in stone, like the engrav- ings of a signet, shalt thou en- grave the two stones with the names of the children of Is'-ra- el : thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the e£phod for stones of memorial unto the children of Is^ra-el : and Aa'-ron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 If And thou shalt make ouch- es o/gold; 14 And two chains o/pure gold at the ends ; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fast- en the wreathen chains to the ouches. 15 If And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work ; after the work of the e'-phod thou shalt make it ; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and o/fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. The ephod and the breastplate 17 And thou shalt set in it set- tings of stones, even four rows of stones : the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbun- cle : this shall be the first row, 18 And the second row shall be 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 in- closings. 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of IsJ ra-el, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet ; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 22 % And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. 23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put 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 breastplate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder- pieces of the e'-phod before it. 26 K And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border there- of, which is in the side of the e'-phod inward. 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the e-phod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the e-phod. 118 The Urim and the Thummim 28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the e:phod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the e-phod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the e:phod. 29 And Aa'-ron shall bear the names of the children of Is:ra-el in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord con- tinually. 30 % And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the U- rim and the Thum'-mim; and they shall be upon Aa'-ron's heart, when he goeth in before the Lord : and Aa-ron shall bear the judgment of the children of Is'-ra-el upon his heart before the Lord continually. 31 H And thou shalt make the robe of the e'-phod all o/blue. 32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 U And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegran- ates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold be- tween them round about : 34 A golden bell and a pome- granate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be upon Aa-ron to minister : and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 36 ': And thou shalt make a plate o/pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings f a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. EXODUS 29 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre ; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. - 38 And it shall be upon Aa- ron's forehead, that Aa-ron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Is- ra-el shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord. 39 U And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre o/fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. 40 If And for Aa'-ron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. 41 And thou shalt put them up- on Aa'-ron thy brother, and his sons with him ; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's ofiice. 42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach : 43 And they shall be upon Aa- ron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die : it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. 79^ CHAPTER 29 AND this is the thing that thou •*"*• shalt do unto them to hal- low them, to minister unto me in the priest's ofiice: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, 2 And unleavened bread, and 119 EXODUS 29 cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened a- nointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And Aa:ron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. 5 And thou shalt take the gar- ments, and put upon Aa'-ron the coat, and the robe of the e'phod, and the e-phod, and the breast- plate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the e'-phod : 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 girdles, Aa'-ron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be their's for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aa'- ron and his sons. 10 And thou shalt cause a bul- lock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aa'-ron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 11 And thou shalt kill the bul- lock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 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 The sacrifice and rites 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 without the camp : it is a sin offering. 15 K Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aa'-ron 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 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them untt 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 £s a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 19 If And thou shalt take the other ram ; and Aa'-ron 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 Aa'-ron, and upon the tip of the right 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 Aa'-ron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hal- lowed, 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 in- 120 i)f consecrating the priests wards, 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 put all in the hands of Aa^ron, 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 them upon the altar for a burnt offer- ing, 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 Aa-ron's con- secration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord : and it shall be thy part. 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offer- ing, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aatam, and of that which is for his sons : 28 And it shall be Aa-ron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Is^ra-el : for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Is'-ra-el of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord. 29 If And the holy garments of Aa-ron 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 con- EXODUS 29 gregation to minister in the holy place. 31 H And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. 32 And Aa'-ron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the bas- ket, by the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation. 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith 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 consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aa'-ron, and to his sons, accord- ing 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 atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 38 If 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 beat- en oil ; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. 121 EXODUS 30 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 And there I will meet with the children of Is^ra-el, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 44 And I will sanctify the taber- nacle of the congregation, and the altar : I will sanctify also both Aa'-ron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. 45 If And I will dwell among the children of Is'-ra-el, 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 E:gypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God. 80] CHAPTER 30 AND thou shalt make an altar » to burn incense upon: of shit-rim wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare 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 round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt The altar of incense thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shit-tim wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And Aa-ron shall burn there- on sweet incense every morn- ing : when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aa'-ron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual in- cense before the Lord through- out your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange in- cense thereon, nor burnt sacri- fice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. 10 And Aa-ron 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 f And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Is-ra-el after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a she'- kel after the she-kel of the sanc- tuary: (a she-kel is twenty ge* 122 The holy anointing oil ralis:) an half she'-kel shall be 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 she'-kel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. 16 And thou shalt take the a- tonement money of the children of ts'-ra-el, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation ; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Is'-ra-el before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. 17 T[ And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, 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 put water therein. 19 For Aa^ron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat : 20 When they go into the taber- nacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not ; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord: 21 So 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. 22 If Moreover the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh EXODUS 30 five hundred she'-kels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty she- kels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty she'-kels, 24 And of cassia five hundred she'-kels, after the she'-kel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: 25 And thou shalt 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 in- cense, 28 And the altar of burnt offer- ing 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 Aa'- ron 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 Is^ra-el, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it : it is holy, and it shall be 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 If And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stac'-te, and 6n'-y-cha, and gaT-ba-num; these sweet 123 EXODUS 31 spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight : 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy : 36 And thou shalt beat some 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 beunto 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. 81] CHAPTER 31 AND the Lord spake unto Md- - ses, saying, 2 See, I have called by name Bez'-a-leel the son of U'-rl, the son of Hiir, of the tribe of Tu'- dah: 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 work- manship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of tim- ber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 And I, Jbehold, I have given with him A-ho'-li-ab, the son of A-his'-a-mach, 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 congre- gation, and the ark of the testi- Bezaleel and Aholidb called mony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furni- ture, 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 cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aa'- ron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have com- manded thee shall they do. 12 ij And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 13 Speak ^thou also unto the children of Is£ra-el, saying, Veri- ly my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your genera- tions; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore ; for it is holy unto you : every one that defile th it shall surely be put to death : for who- soever doeth any work therein, that 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 : who- soever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. ^,16 Wherefore the children of Is-ra-el shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath through- out their generations, for a per- petual covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Is-ra-el for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the 124 Aaron maketh a golden calf seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. 18 If And he gave unto Mouses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Si'-nai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. 82] CHAPTER 32 AND when the people saw that - Mouses delayed to come down out of the mount, the peo- ple gathered themselves toge- ther unto Aa'-ron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us ; for as for this Mo'-ses, the man that brought us up out of the land of E'-gypt, we wot not what is become of him. 2 And Aa-ron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, 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 earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aa'-ron. 4 And he received them 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 Is'-ra-el, which brought thee up out of the land of E'-gypt. 5 And when Aa-ron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aairon made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord. 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offer- ings, and brought peace offer- ings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 7 K And the Lord said unto Mo-ses, Go, get thee down; for EXODUS 32 thy people, which thou brought- est out of the land of E'-gypt, have corrupted themselves: 8 They have turned aside quick- ly out of the way which I com- manded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacri- ficed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Is'-ra-el, which have brought thee up out of the land of E'-gypt. 9 And the Lord said unto Mo- ses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people : 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot a- gainst them, and that I may con- sume them : and I will make of thee a great nation. 11 And Mo'-ses 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 E'-gypt with great power, and with a mighty hand ? 12 Wherefore should the E'- gyp'-tians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth ? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13 Remember A'-bra-ham, I'- saac, and Is-ra-el, thj 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 people. 15 Tf And Mo'-ses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand : the tables were 125 EXODUS 32 written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 17 And when J6sh'-u-a heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Mo'-ses, 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 over- come : but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 19 H And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Morses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Is'ra-el drink of it. 21 And Mo'ses said unto Aa- ron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 22 And Aa'-ron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us : for as for this Mo'-ses, the man that brought us up out of the land of F/-gypt, we wot not what is become of him. 24 And I said unto them, Who- soever 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 U And when Mo'-ses saw Moses breaketh the tables that the people were naked ; (for Aa'-ron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies :) 26 Then Mo'-ses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side ? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Le'-vi gathered themselves together unto him. 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Is^ ra-el, 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 companion, and every man his neighbour. 28 And the children of Le'-vi did according to the word of Mo'-ses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 For Mouses had said, Con- secrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. 30 ^ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moises said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin : and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Mouses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this peo- ple 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 Mo'ses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which 126 God talketh with Moses I have spoken unto thee: be- hold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. 35 And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aa'-ron made. 83] CHAPTER 33 AND the Lord said unto Md'- ii ses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people vhich thou hast brought up out of the land of Eigypt, unto the land which I_sware unto A-bra- ham, to I'-saac, and to Ja'-cob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it : 2 And I will send an angel be- fore thee; and I will drive out the Ca-na-an-ite, the Amio-rite, and the Hitftite, and the Pe-riz- zite, the Hi-vite, and the Jeb: u-site : 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey : for I will not go up in the midst of thee ; for thou art a stiffnecked people : lest I con- sume thee in the way, 4 If 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 Mo-ses, Say unto the children of Is-ra-el, Ye are a stiffnecked people : I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off +hy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 6 And the children of Is'-ra-el stripped themselves of their or- naments by the mount Hor-eb. 7 And Md£ses took the taber- nacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came EXODUS 33 to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congre- gation, which was without the camp. 8 And it came to pass, when M6-ses went out unto the taber- nacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Mo- ses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. 9 And it came to pass, as Mo- ses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the taber- nacle, and the Lord talked with Mo'-ses. 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the taber- nacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. 11 And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp : but his servant Josh^u-a, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. 12 TI And Mo'-ses 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 theet and I will give thee rest. 15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. 16 For wherein shall it be 127 EXODUS 34 The name of the Lord proclaimed known here that I and thy peo- ple 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 peo- ple that are upon the face of the earth. 17 And the Lord said unto Mo^ ses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken : for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I 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 pass before thee, and I will proclaim 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 Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou 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. 84] CHAPTER 34 AND the Lord said unto M6- * ses, Hew thee two 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. 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Si'-nai, 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 t And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Md'-ses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Si'-nai, 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 be- fore him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgres- sion and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visit- ing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 8 And Mouses 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 a- mong us; for it is a stiffnecked people ; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. 10 11 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant : before all thy people 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 art shall see the work of the Lord : for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day : behold, I drive out before thee the Am- 6-rite, and the Ca'-na-an-ite, and the Eit-tite, and the Pe-riz' 128 God's covenant with the people zite, and the Hi-vite, and the Jeb'-u-site. 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee : 13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and 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 inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice ; 16 And thou take of then- daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 18 If The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month A'-bib: for in the month A'-bib thou earnest out from E'-gypt. 19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling a- mong thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb : and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. 21 Tf Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest : in earing time and in har- vest thou shalt rest. 22 If And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits EXODUS 34 of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. 23 Tf Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear be- fore the Lord God, the God of Is'-ra-el. 24 For I will cast out the na- tions 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 offer the blood of my sacrifice with lea- ven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. 26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 27 And the Lord said unto Mo* ses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Is-ra-el. 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 cove- nant, the ten commandments. 29 J And it came to pass, when Mo-ses came down from mount Si'-nai with the two tables of testimony in M6-ses' hand,when he came down from the mount, that Mo'-ses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 30 And when^Aa'-ron and all the children of Is'ra-ei saw Mo- ses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 3 1 And M6-ses called unto them ; and Aa'-ron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Mo'-ses talked with them. 129 EXODUS 35 32 AndL afterward all the chil- dren of Is^ra-el came nigh : and ,he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Si'-nai. 33 And till M5'-ses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 34 But when Mo'-ses 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 Is^ra-el that which he was com- manded. 35 And the children of Is-ra-el saw the face of Mo'-ses, that the skin of Mo'-ses' face shone : and Mo'-ses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. 85] CHAPTER 35 AND Mo'-ses gathered all the **■ congregation of the children of Is'-ra-el together, and said unto them, These are the words which the Lord hath command- ed, that ye should do them. 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: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 3 Ye shall kindle no fire through- out your habitations upon the sabbath day. 4 T| And Mo'-ses spake unto all the„ congregation of the children of Is'-ra-el, saying, This is the thing which the Lord command- ed, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord : whoso- ever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord ; gold, and silver, and brass, 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, The free gifts for the tabernacle 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins,and shitaimwood, 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 e'-phod, and for the breastplate. 10 And every wise hearted a- mong you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath com- manded ; 1 1 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, 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 en- tering in of the tabernacle, 16 The altar of burnt 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 tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, 19 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aa'-ron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. 20 *fi And all the congregation of the children of Is'-ra-el de- parted from the presence of Md'-ses. 130 The liberality of the people 21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit" made willing, and they brought the Lord's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were will- ing hearted, and brought brace- lets, and earrings, 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 blue, and purple, 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 shit'-tim 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 e'-phod, and for the breast- plate ; 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Is'-ra-el brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and wo- man, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Mo'-ses. 30 H And Mouses said unto the EXODUS 36 children of Is^ra-el, See, the Lord hath called by name Bez'- a-leel the son of U£ri, the son of Hiir, of the tribe of Ju'-dah; 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in know- ledge, and in all manner of workmanship ; 32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 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 A-ho^li-ab, the son of A-his^- mach, 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. 86] CHAPTER 36 THJEN wrought Bez^a-leel and A-ho-li-ab, and 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 Mouses called Bez-a-Ieel and A-ho'-li-ab, 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 : 3 And they received of Mo'-ses all the offering, which the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el had brought for the work of the service of the 131 EXODUS 36 sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanc- tuary, came every man from his work which they made ; 5 If And they spake unto M6'- ses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make. 6 And Mo-ses gave command- ment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work ior 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 H 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 scar- let: with cher'-u-bims of cun- ning work made he them. 9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cu- bits : the curtains were all of one size. 10 And he coupled the five cur- tains 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 selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the utter- most 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 was in the coupling of the se- cond : the loops held one curtain to another. The curtains of cherubims 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches : so it became one tabernacle. 14 If 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 was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. 16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 17 And he made fifty loops up- on the uttermost 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 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. 20 % And he made boards for the tabernacle of shit-tim wood, standing up. 21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from an- other: 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, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, 132 The ark and the mercy seat 26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 27 And for the sides of the ta- bernacle 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 be- neath, and coupled together 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 H And he made bars of shit- tim 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 taber- nacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. 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 If And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cher'-u-bims made he it of cun- ning work. 36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shit'-tim woodt and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold ; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 37 % And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework ; 38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets EXODUS 37 with gold : but their five sockets were of brass. 87] CHAPTER 37 AND Bez-a-leel made the ark - of shit'-tim wood : two cu- bits and a half was 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 pure 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 staves of shif - tim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6 U And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length there- of, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 7 And he made two cher-u-bims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat ; 8 One cher'-iib on the end on this side, and another cher^iib on the other end on that side : out of the mercy seat made he the chei* u-bims on the twoends thereof. 9 And the cher'-u-bims 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 seatward were the faces of the cher'-u-bims. 10 T{ And he made the table of shit-tim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: 133 EXODUS 38 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 handbreadth 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 upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. 15 And he made the staves of shit-tim 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 spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, o/pure gold. 17 If And he made the candle- stick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same : 18 And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branch- es 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 an- other branch, a knop and aflower : so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick. 20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers : 2 1 And a knop under two branch- es of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. The altar of incense 22 Their knop s and their hranch- es were of the same : all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, o/pure gold. 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and ail the vessels thereof. 25 «jl And he made the incense altar of shit-tim wood : the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit ; it was foursquare ; and two cubits was the height of it ; the horns thereof were of the same. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it : also he made un- to it a crown of gold round about. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown there- of, 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 shit-tim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 29 f And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure in- cense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. 88] CHAPTER 38 AND he made the altar of burnt ■tl offering of shit-tim wood: five cubits was the length there- of, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns there- of 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 fleshhooks, and the firepans : all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 134 The hangings and pillars of the court 4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath un- to 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 shit^tirn 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 Tf And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the wo- men assembling, which assem- bled at the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation. 9 H And he made the court : on the south side southward the hangings of the court were o/fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twen- ty ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cu- bits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twen- ty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pil- lars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 13 And for the east side east- ward 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 pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 All the hangings of the court EXODUS 3J round about were of fine twined linen, 17 And the sockets for the pil- lars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of sil- ver ; 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 was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : and twen- ty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hang- ings 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 taber- nacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. 21 % This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the taber- nacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the com- mandment of Mo'-ses, for the service of the Le'-vites, by the hand of Ith'-a-mar, son to Aa'- ron the priest. _22 And Bez^a-leel the son of U'ri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Ju'-dah, made all that the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 23 And with him was A-hd'- H-ab, son of A-his-a-mach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an em- broiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. 24 All the gold that was occu- pied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty she'-kels, after the she'-kel of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver of them that 135 EXODUS 39 were numbered of the congrega- tion was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen she£kels, after the she'-kel of the sanc- tuary: 26 A be'-kah for every man, that is, half a she'-kel, after the she:kel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and up- ward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hun- dred and fifty men 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sock- ets 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 she'- kels he made hooks for the pil- lars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them. 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred she: kels. 30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation, 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. 89] CHAPTER 39 AND of the blue, and purple, - and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aa'-ron; as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 2 And he made the e'-phod of gold, blue, and purple, and scar- let, and fine twined linen. The ephod and the breastplate 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cun- ning work. 4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled to- gether. 5 And the curious girdle of his e'-phod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; o/gold, blue, and pur- ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 6 U And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Is'-ra-el. 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the e'-phod, that they should be stones for a me- morial to the children of Is^ra-el ; as the Lord commanded Mo- ses. 8 H And he made the breast- plate of cunning work, like the work of the e'-phod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 It was foursquare ; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones : the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbun- cle : this was the first row. 11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a dia- mond. 12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amet^st. 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper : they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. 136 The robe of the ephod 14 And the stones were accord- ing^© the names of the children of Is'-ra-el, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. 15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings ; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. 17 And they put the two wreath- en chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the e'-phod, before it. 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the e'-phod inward. 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the e£phod under- neath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the e'-phod. 21 And they did bind the breast- plate by his rings unto the rings of the e'-phod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the e^phod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the e^phod; as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 22 % And he made the robe of the e^phod of woven work, all of blue. 23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. 24 And they made upon the EXODUS 39 hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates; 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the Lord com- manded Mo'-ses. 27 If And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaf- ron, and for his sons, 28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets o/fine linen, and linen breeches o/fine twined linen, 29 And a girdle o/fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 30 H 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 LORD. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the Lord com- manded Mo'-ses. 32 11 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Is'-ra-el did accord- ing to all that the Lord com- manded Mo'-ses, so did they. 33 If And they brought the ta- bernacle unto Mouses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pil- lars, and his sockets, 34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the cover- ing of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, 137 e3 EXODUS 40 36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 37 The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, 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, the laver 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 cloths of service to do service in the holy place y and the holy garments for Aa'-ron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. 42 According to all that the Lord commanded Mo'-ses, so the children of Isira-el made all the work. 43 And Mo'-ses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Mo'-ses blessed them. 90] CHAPTER 40 AND the Lord spake unto Mo- ■**■ ses, saying, 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 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 The tabernacle is reared it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps 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 tile congregation. 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congre- gation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. 9 And thou shalt take the an- ointing oil, and anoint the taber- nacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the ves- sels thereof : and it shall be holy. 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, 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 sancti- fy it. 12 And thou shalt bring Aa'-ron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aa'-ron 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 : 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 ever- lasting priesthood throughout their generations. 138 A cloud covereth the tabernacle 16 Thus did Mo'-ses: accord- ing to all that the Lord com- manded him, so did he. 17 If 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, 18 And Mo'-ses reared up 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 put the covering of the tent above upon it ; as the Lord command- ed Mo'-ses. 20 *[f 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 tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony ; as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 22 % 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 order upon it before the Lord ; as the Lord had commanded Md'-ses. 24 \ And he put the candle- stick in the tent of the congrega- tion, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle south- ward, 25 And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 26 If And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congre- gation before the vail : 27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon ; as the Lord command- ed Mo'-ses. EXODUS 40 28 K And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the taber- nacle of the tent of the congre- gation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering ; as the Lord command- ed Mo'-ses. 30 If And he set the laver be- tween the tent of the congrega- tion and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. 31 And Moises and Aa-ron 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 commanded Mo'-ses. 33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Mo'-ses finished the work. 34 If Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the ta- bernacle. 35 And Md'-ses was not able to enter into the tent of the con- gregation, because the cloud a- bode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the taber- nacle, the children of Is'-ra-el went onward in all their jour- neys: 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 Isra- el, throughout all their journeys. 139 THE THIRD BOOK OF MO'-S£S, CALLED L E-V I T'-t-C t! S 91] CHAPTER 1 AND the Lord called unto Mo^ ■**• ses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congre- gation, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, 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 his offering be 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 taber- nacle of the congregation before the Lord. 4 And he shall put his hand up- on the head of the burnt offer- ing ; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord : and the priests, Aa'-ron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by 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 Aa'-ron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire : 8 And the priests, Aa'-ron'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 be a burnt sacrifice, an offer- ing made by fire, of a sweet sa- vour unto the Lord. 10 If And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacri- fice; he shall bring it a male without blemish. 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward be- fore the Lord : and the priests, Aa'-ron'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 in- wards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring if 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 Tj And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. 15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring 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, but 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. 140 The meat offering of flour 92] CHAPTER 2 AND when any will offer a meat - offering 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 Aa- ron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frank- incense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it up- on the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : 3 And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aa'-ron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 4 T| And if thou bring an obla- tion of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anoint- ed with oil. 5 If And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be o/fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil the'reon : it is a meat offering. 7 U And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fry- ingpan, 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. 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 LEVITICUS 2, 3 meat offering shall be Aa-ron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 11 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 oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. 13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt 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 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits 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 part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 93] CHAPTER 3 AND if his oblation be a sacri- > fice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. 2 And he shall lay his hand up- on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation: and 141 LEVITICUS 4 Aa'-ron'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 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 Aa-ron'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 offer- ing made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 6 Tf And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it with- out 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 up- on the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aa-ron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 9 And he shall offer of the sacri- fice 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 backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 10 And the t>70 kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul abovo the liver, with the kid- neys, it shall he take away. 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar : it is the food of The peace offerings the offering made by fire unto the Lord. 12 TT And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord. 13 And he shall lay his nand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the con- gregation : and the sons of Aa'- ron shall sprinkle the blood 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 kid- neys, it shall he take away. 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord's. 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. 94] CHAPTER 4 AND the Lord spake unto M6- *jL ses, saying, Jl Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, saying, 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 : 3 If the priest 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 blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering. 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle 142 The sin offering for the congregation of the congregation before the Lord; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the Lord. 5 And the priest that is anoint- ed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the taber- nacle of the congregation : 6 And the priest 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 blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the taber- nacle of the congregation; and shall pour ail 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 inwards, 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 priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering. 11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his in- wards, and Ms dung, 12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire : where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. 13 •% And if the whole congre- gation of Is:ra-el sin through LEVITICUS 4 ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the command- ments of the Lord concerning things which should net 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 fcr the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And the elders of the con- gregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock be- fore the Lord : and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord. 16 And the priest that is an- ointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation : 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in 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 congregation, 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 bul- lock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for ^hem, 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 Tf When a ruler hath sinned, 143 LEVITICUS 3 The sin offering for any of the people 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 know- ledge; he shall bring his offer- ing, 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 offering. 25 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 pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. 26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings : and the priest shall make an atone- ment for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 27 % And if any one of the com- mon people sin through ignor- ance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the command- ments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty ; 28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge : then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female 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 priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, 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 Lord ; and the 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 offer- ing, 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 pour out all the blood 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. 95] CHAPTER 5 AND if a soul sin, and hear the >» voice of 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 tning, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. 3 Or if he touch the unclean- 144 The trespass offering ness of man, whatsoever un- cleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. 4 Or if a soul swear, pronounc- ing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be 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 tres- pass 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 offer- ing; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concern- ing his sin. 7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord ; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering 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 turtledoves, or two LEVITICUS 5 young pigeons, then he that sin- ned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an e'-phah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any 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 memo- rial 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 touch- ing his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering. 14 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, 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 es- timation by she'-kels of silver, after the she'-kel of the sanc- tuary, 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 part thereto, and give it unto the priest : and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 17 IT And if a soul sin, and com- mit 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 tres- pass offering, unto the priest: 145 LEVITICUS 6 and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. 19 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the Lord. 96] CHAPTER 6 AND the Lord spake unto Mo^ - ses, saying, 2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour 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 violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered 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 principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. 6 And he shall bring his tres- pass offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest : 7 And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. 8 H And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, The law of the burnt offering 9 Command Aa'-ron 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 put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them be- side the altar. 1 1 And he shall put off his gar- ments, and put on other gar- ments, 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 morning, 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 burn- ing upon the altar ; it shall never go out. 14 Tf And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aa'- ron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar. 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 memo- rial of it, unto the Lord. 16 And the remainder thereof shall Aa'-ron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place ; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. 17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto U6 The law of the sin offering 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 Aa'-ron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by iire : every one that toucheth them shall be holy. 19 If And the Lord spake unto Mouses, saying, 20 This is the offering of Aa'- ron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an e'-phah of fine flour for a meat offering per- petual, 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 offer- ing shalt thou offer for 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 un- to 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 % And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 25 Speak unto Kkf-ion and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering : In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord : it is most holv. 26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it : in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion. 27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy : and when there is sprinkled of the LEVITICUS f blood thereof upon any garment* thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. 28 But the earthen ve ssel where- in 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 congrega- tion to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. 97] CHAPTER 7 IIKEWISE 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 sprinkle round about upon the altar. 3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, 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 kid- neys, it shall he take away : 5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord : it is a trespass offering. 6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eat- en in the holy place : 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 priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself 147 LEVITICUS 7 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 fryingpan, 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 Aa^ron have, one as much as another. 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord. 12 If he offer it for a thanks- giving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving un- leavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened 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 thanks- giving of his peace offerings. 14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord, Is-'ra-el, saying, Ye shall eat no and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanks- giving 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 sacrifice 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 accepted, neither The law of the peace offerings shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it : it shall be an abomi- nation, 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 pertain 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 un- clean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 22 T[ And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 23 Speak unto the children of 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 un- to the Lord, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. 26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 28 If And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 148 The priests* portion 29 Speak unto the children of i Is-ra-el, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offer- ings 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 of the Lord made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offer- ing before the Lord. 31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar : but the breast shall be Aa-ron'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 Aa'- ron, 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 Is'-ra-el from off the sacrifices of their peace offer- ings, and have given them unto Aa-ron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Is^ra-el. 35 % This is the portion of the anointing of Aa'-ron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day when he present- ed them to minister unto the Lord in the priest's office ; 36 Which the Lord command- ed to be given them of the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their gene- rations. 37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacri- fice of the peace offerings ; LEVITICUS 8 38 Which the Lord command- ed Mo'-ses in mount Si'-nai, in the day that he commanded the children of Isira-el to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Si'-nai. 98] CHAPTER 8 AND the Lord spake unto M5- - ses, saying, 2 Take Aa'-ron 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 unleaven- ed bread; 3 And gather thou all the con- gregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation. 4 And Mo-ses did as the Lord commanded him; and the as- sembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 5 And Mo'-ses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done. 6 And Mo-ses brought A^ron 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 e^phod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the e^phod, and bound it unto him therewith. 8 And he put the breastplate upon him : also jhe put in the breastplate the U'-rim and the Thum'-mim. 9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 10 And Mo-ses took the anoint- ing oil, and anointed the taber- 149 LEVITICUS 8 nacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. 11 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 anoint- ing oil upon Aa'-ron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. 13 And Mo-ses brought Aa:ron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aa-ron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering. 15 And he slew it; and M5'ses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round a- bout with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconcilia- tion upon it. 16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Mo'- ses burned it upon the altar. 17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp ; as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 18 If And he brought the ram for the burnt offering : and Aa'- ron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it; and Mo-ses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Mo-ses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water ; and Mo'- ses burnt the whole ram upon The ram of consecration the altar : it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord ; as the Lord commanded M6:ses. 22 % And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aa-ron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 23 And he slew it; and Mo-ses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aa-ron' s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24 And he brought Aa'-ron's sons, and Mouses 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 Mo- ses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kid- neys, and their fat, and the right shoulder : 26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was be- fore the Lord, he took one un- leavened 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 Aa'- ron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord. 28 And Mo-ses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offer- ing : they were consecrations for a sweet savour : it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 29 And Mouses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord : for of the ram of consecration it was Morses' part; as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 150 Aaron's offerings for himself and the people LEVITICUS 9 30 And Mouses took of the an- ointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aa^ron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him ; and sanctified Aa'-ron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 31 TJ And Mouses said unto Kk- ron 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 consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aa^ron 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 atonement for you. 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night se- ven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not : for so I am commanded. 36 So Aa'-ron and his sons did all things which the Lord com- manded by the hand of Mo-ses. 99] CHAPTER 9 AND it came to pass on the - eighth day, that Mo'-ses called Aa-ronwand his sons, and the eiders of Is'-ra-el ; 2 And he said unto Aa'-ron, 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 Is'- ra-el thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, with- out blemish, for a burnt offering ; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice be- fore the Lord ; and a meat offer- ing mingled with oil : for to day the Lord will appear unto you. 5 H And they brought that which Mo'-ses commanded be- fore the tabernacle of the con- gregation : and all the congrega- tion drew near and stood before the Lord. 6 And Mo-ses said, This is the thing which the Lord command- ed that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you. 7 And Mo-ses said unto Aa'ron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offer- ing, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people : and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them ; as the Lord commanded. 8 f Aa'ron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. 9 And the sons of Aa'-ron brought the blood unto him : and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon 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 offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord com- manded M5'-ses. 1 1 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he slew the burnt offer- ing ; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. 13 And they presented the 151 LEVITICUS 10 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. IS- f And he brought the peo- ple's offering, and took the goat, which was 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 for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the peo- ple : and Aa:ron'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 inwardsy 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 Aa:ron waved for a wave offering before the Lord ; as Mo'-ses commanded. 22 And Aa'-ron 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 And Mo-ses and Aa-ron went into the tabernacle of the con- gregation, 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 Nadab and Abihu slain from before the Lord, and con- sumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat : which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. 100] CHAPTER 10 A ND Na^dab and A-bi^hu, the -t3L sons of Aa-ron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense there- on, and offered strange fire be- fore the Lord, which he com- manded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. 3 Then M6-ses said unto Aa- ron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aa-ron held his peace. 4 And Mouses called Mi-sha-el and £l-za-phan, the jsons of tJz- zi-el the uncle of Aa'-ron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 So they went near, and car- ried them in their coats out of the camp ; as Mo'-ses had said. 6 And Mo'-ses said unto Aa'- ron, and unto £l-e-a-zar and un- to Ith'-a-mar, 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 Is'-ra-el, be- wail 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 : for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Mo'-ses. 8 % And the Lord spake unto Aa'-ron, saying, 152 The law of eating the holy things 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the taber- nacle of the congregation, lest ye die : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your genera- tions : 10 And that ye may put differ- ence between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean ; 11 And that ye may teach the children of Is'-ra-el ail the sta- tutes which the Lord hath spok- en unto them by the hand of Mo'-ses. 12 If And Md'-ses spake unto Aa-ron, and unto fil-e-a^zar and unto ith'-a-mar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offer- ing that remaineth of the offer- ings 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 sacri- fices 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 he thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace of- ferings of the children of Is^ra-el. 15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring 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 *[f And Mo'-ses diligently sought the goat of the sin offer- ing, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with £l-e-a'- zar and Ith'-a-mar, the sons of Aa'-ron which were left alive, saying, LEVITICUS 11 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 atonement for them be- fore the Lord ? 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded. 19 And Aa-ron said unto Mo- ses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord ; and such things have be- fallen 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 Mo'-ses heard that, he was content. 101] CHAPTER 11 AND the Lord spake unto M6- - ses and to Aa-ron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, 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 clovenfooted, and chew- eth 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. 153 LEVITICUS 11 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven- footed, yet he cheweth not the cud ; he is unclean to 37ou. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. 9 1f These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatso- ever 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 in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you : 11 They shall be even an a- bomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomina- tion. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you, 13 *H And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls ; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomina- tion: the eagle, and the ossi- frage, and the ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind ; 15 Every raven after his kind; 16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18 And the swan, and the peli- can, 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 be an abomi- nation unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have Of meats clean and unclean 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 be an abomination unto you. 24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheththe carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. 25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase 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 clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall foe unclean. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the car- case of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : they are unclean unto you. 29 f These also shall be un- clean unto you among the creep- ing 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 154 Of meats clean and unclean fall, it shall be unclean ; whether it be any vessel of wood, or rai- ment, or skin, or sack, whatso- ever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. 33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be un- clean ; 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 such vessel shall be unclean. 35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down : for they are unclean, and shall be un- clean unto you. 36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. 37 And if any part of their car- case fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die ; he that touch- eth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And he that eateth of the car- case 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 be unclean until the even. 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination ; it shall not be eaten. LEVITICUS 12 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth up- on all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. 43 Ye shall not make your selves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be denied 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 man- ner of creeping thing that creep- eth upon the earth. 45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of E'-gypt, 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 mov- eth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth : 47 To make a difference be- tween the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. 102] CHAPTER 12 AND the Lord spake unto M6- - ses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of I sira-el, saying, 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 unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be cir- cumcised. 4 And she shall then continue 155 The laws and tokens 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 be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white ; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, be- hold, 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 mere : 6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day : and, behold, if the plague be some- what dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be 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 and the other for a sin offering : | of the priest again : and the priest shall make an 8 And // the priest see that, atonement for her, and she shall | behold, the scab spreadeth in be clean. i the skin, then the priest shall 103] CHAPTER 13 g~ ** undeanS * * * LEVITICUS 13 in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be ful- filled. 5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation : and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 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 turtledove, for a sin offering, 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 Lord spake unto M6- - ses and Aa'-ron, 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 Aa'-ron 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 when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the 9 Jf When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest ; 10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be 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 156 whereby to discern leprosy abroad in the skin, and the le- prosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, whereso- ever the priest looketh ; 13 Then the priest shall con- sider : and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague : it is all turned white : he is clean. 14 Bui when raw flesh appear- eth in him, he shall be unclean. 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean : for the raw flesh is unclean : it is a leprosy. 16 Or if the raw flesh turn a- gain, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest; 17 And the priest shall see him : and, behold, if the plague be turned into white ; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague : he is clean. 18 TJ 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 some- what 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 un- clean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, 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 LEVITICtJS 13 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 whereof there is 3l hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white ; 25 Then the priest shall look upon it : and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pro- nounce 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 priest 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, but it be somewhat dark ; it is a rising of the burn- ing, and the priest shall pro- nounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning. 29 If 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 pronounce him unclean : it is a dry scall, even a leprosy 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 157 LEVITICUS 13 hair in it* then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seyen days : 32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague : and, behold, if the seal! spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; 33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave ; and the priest shall shut up 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 scaii be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 35 But if the seal! spread much in the skin after his cleansing ; 36 Then the priest shall look on him : and, behold, if the scali 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 H If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots ; 39 Then the priest shall look : and, behold, zfthe bright spots in the skin of their flesh be dark- ish white; it is a freckled 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 fore- head bald : yet is he clean. The laws and tokens 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 forehead. 43 Then the priest shall look upon it : and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald fore- head, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh ; 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pro- nounce him utterly unclean ; his plague is in his head. 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Un- clean, unclean. 46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be 47 K The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be sl woollen garment, or a linen garment; 48 Whether it be 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 green- ish 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 leprosy, 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 : 51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the gar- ment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin ; the plague is sl fretting leprosy; it is unclean 158 Whereby to discern leprosy 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 leprosy ; it shall be burnt in the fire. 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in /he warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; 54 Then the priest shall com- mand 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 in- ward, whether it be bare within or without. 56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be 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 warp, 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 be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be de- parted 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 wool- len or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pro- nounce it unclean. LEVITICUS 14 104] CHAPTER 14 AND the Lord spake unto Mo- - ses, saying, 2 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 leper; 4 Then shall the priest com- mand to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scar- let, and hyssop : 5 And the priest shall com- mand 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 : 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. 8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hairs and wash himself in water, that he may be 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 eyebrows, 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 159 LEVITICUS 14 shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour /or a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. 11 And the priest 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 priest 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 priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put if 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: 15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: 15 And the priest 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 put 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 t 18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he The rites and sacrifices shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord. 19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar : and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 21 And if he be poor, and can- not get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil ; 22 And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to 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 congrega- tion, before the Lord. 24 An r) the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord : 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it 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: 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand : 27 And the priest shall sprinkle 160 in cleansing the leper 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 upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering : 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord. 30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offer- ing, with the meat offering : and the priest shall make an atone- ment 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 pertaineth to his cleansing. 33 Tf And the Lord spake un- to Mo'-ses and unto Aa'-ron, saying, 34 When ye be come into the land of Ca'-na-an, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your pos- session; 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 com- mand that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean : and LEVITICUS 14 afterward the priest shall go in to see the house : 37 And he shall lock on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or red- dish, 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 up 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 com- mand that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: 41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round a-. bout, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without 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 morter, and shaH plaister the house. 43 And if the plague come a- gain, 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 plaistered ; 44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, 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 mor- ter of the house ; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. 46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is 161 LEVITICUS 15 shut up shall be unclean 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 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered : then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, be- cause 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 bird, 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 open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean. 54 This is the law for all man- ner of plague of leprosy, and scall, 55 And for the leprosy of a gar- ment, 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. 105] CHAPTER 15 AND the Lord spake unto • Mo'-ses and to Aa'-ron, saying, The uncleanness of issues 2 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. 3 And this shall be his unclean- ness 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 bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon 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 touch- eth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, 162 and their cleansing shall be broken : and every ves- sel 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 running 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 un- to the priest : 15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offer- ing; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord 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 with seed of copu- lation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be un- clean until the even. 19 ^ 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 LEVITICUS 15 bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his ciothes, and bathe him- self in water, and be unclean un- til the even. 23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sit- teth, 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 se- paration : she shall be unclean. 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separa- tion : and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the un- cleanness 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 pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation. 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering ; and the priest shall make an atone- ment for her before the Lord for the issue of her uncleanness. 163 LEVITICUS 16 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Is'-ra-el from their uncleanness ; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is a- mong them. 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is de- filed 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 that is unclean. 106] CHAPTER 16 AND the Lord spake unto M5- - ses after the death of the two sons of Aa'-ron, when they offered before the Lord, and died; 2 And the Lord said^unto M5'- ses, Speak unto Aa'-ron 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 upon the mercy seat. 3 Thus shall Aa'-ron come into the holy place: 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 upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen gir- dle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. 5 And he shall take of the con- gregation of the children of Is'- ra-el two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. 6 And Aa'-ron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an Aaron's sin offering foy 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 Aa'-ron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat. 9 And Aa'-ron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. 11 And Aa'-ron 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 burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet in- cense beaten small, and bring it within the vail : 13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not : 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprin- kle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and be- fore the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 15 If Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood 164 himself and the people of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat : 16 And he shall make an atone- ment for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el, and because of their transgressions in all their sins : and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congre- gation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Is'-ra-el. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Is'-ra-el. 20 Tj And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: 21 And Aa'-ron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Is'-ra-el, and all their trans- gressions in all their sins, put- ting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. LEVITICUS 16, 23 And Aa'-ron shall come into the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there : 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offer- ing, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 25 And the fat of the sin offer- ing shall he burn upon the altar. 26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. 27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. 29 % And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that so- journeth among you : 30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins be- fore the Lord. 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall 165 LEVITICUS 17 consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments : 33 And he shall make an atone- ment for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. 34 And this shall be an ever- lasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Is'-ra-el for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Mo'-ses. 107] CHAPTER 17 AND the Lord spake unto Md^ - ses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aa'-ron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Is'-ra-el, and say unto them ; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, 3 What man soever there be of the house of Is:ra-el, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord before the taber- nacle of the Lord ; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people : 5 To the end that the children of Is'-ra-el may bring their sacri- fices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offer- ings unto the Lord. Eating of blood forbidden 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. 8 ^ And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man ther? be of the house of Is'-ra-el, or of the strangers which sojourn a- mong you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. 10 If And whatsoever man there be of the house of Is'-ra-el, or of the strangers that sojourn a- mong you, that eateth any man- ner of blood ; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 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 Is'-ra-el, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth a- mong you eat blood. 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Is'-ra-el, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 14 For it is the life of all flesh: 166 Unlawful marriages LEVITICUS 18 the blood of it is for the life I wife shalt thou not uncover : it thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Is'-ra-el, 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 with 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. 108] CHAPTER 18 AND the Lord spake unto Mo- - ses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God. 3 After the doings of the land of E'-gypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Ca'-na-an, whither I bring you, shall ye not do : neither shall ye walk in then- 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 If None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord. 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not un- cover her nakedness. 8 The nakedness of thy father's is thy father's nakedness. 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, 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 nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for their's is thine own nakedness. 11 The nakedness of thy fa- ther'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 kins- woman. 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sis- ter : for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's bro- ther, 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 naked- ness. 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife : it is thy brother's nakedness. 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 wicked- ness. 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. 19 Also thou shalt not approach 167 LEVITICUS 19 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 Mo'-lech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord. 22 Thou shalt not lie with man- kind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself there- with: 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 inhabit- ants. 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 stran- ger 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 were before you. 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed A repetition of sundiy laws before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein : I am the Lord your God. 109] CHAPTER 19 AND the Lord spake unto Mo2 - ses, saying, 2 Speak unto all the congrega- tion of the children of Is'-ra-el, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 If Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4 If Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods : I am the Lord your God. 5 *jf And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings 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 eat- eth it shall bear his iniquity, be- cause he hath profaned the hal- lowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 9 If And when ye reap the har- vest 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 ga- ther eve~y grape of thy vine- yard ; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger : I am the Lord your God. 11 t Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 12 1 And ye shall not swear by 168 A repetition of sundry laws my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am the Lord. 13 H 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 If Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God : I am the Lord. 15 f Ye shall do no unright- eousness in judgment : thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty : but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 16 % Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people : neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neigh- bour : I am the Lord. 17 If Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. 18 If Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy- self: I am the Lord. 19 f Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind : thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. 20 ^ And whosoe7er lieth car- nally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an hus- band, and not «*t 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 tres- pass offering unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle LEVITICUS 19 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 be- fore the Lord for his sin which he hath done : and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. 23 If 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 uncir- cumcised 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 in- crease thereof: I am the Lord your God. 26 f Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood : neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. 27 Ye shall not round the cor- ners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cut- tings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord. 29 If Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. 30 % Ye shall keep my sab- baths, and reverence my sanc- tuary: I am the Lord. 31 If Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. 32 If Thou shalt rise up before 169 f3 LEVITICUS 20 the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the Lord. 33 % And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwell- eth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of E'-gypt: I am the Lord your God. 35 If Ye shall do no unright- eousness in judgment, in mete- yard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just e'-phah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of E'-gypt. 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judg- ments, and do them: I am the Lord. 110] CHAPTER 20 AND the Lord spake unto M<£ - ses, saying, 2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Is'-ra-el, Whosoever he be of the children of Is'-ra-el, or of the strangers that sojourn in Is'-ra-el, that giveth any of his seed unto Mo'-lech ; he shall surely be put to death : the peo- ple 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 Mo'-lech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Mo'-lech, and kill him not : 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, Divers laws and ordinances and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to com- mit whoredom with Mo'-lech, from among their people. 6 ^ 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 j his people. j 7 H Sanctify yourselves there- ( fore, and be ye holy : for I am the Lord your God. j 8 And ye shall keep my sta- tutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you. 9 % For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be | surely put to death : he hath I cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. 10 U And the man that com- mitteth adultery with another man's wife, even he that com- mitteth adultery with his neigh- bour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 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 be upon them. 12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 IT a man also lie with man- kind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death ; their blood shall be upon them. 14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. 170 Divers laws and ordinances 15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put 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 wo- man, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 17 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 nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's naked- ness; he shall bear his iniquity. 18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her naked- ness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncover- ed the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 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 he with LEVITICUS 21 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 dif- ference between clean beasts and unclean, and between un- clean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abo- minable 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 be holy unto me : for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. 27 If 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 be upon them. Ill] CHAPTER 21 AND the Lord said unto M6'- -£j^ ses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aa'-ron, and say unto his uncle's wife, he hath un- them, There shallnone be defiled covered his uncle's nakedness 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 uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. 22 U Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judg- ments, 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 nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. 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 But he shall not defile him- self, being 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. 171 LEVITICUS 22 6 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 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband : for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him there- fore; for he offereth the bread of thy God : he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy. 9 H And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fife. 10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes ; 11 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 profane 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 virginity. i4 A widow, or a divorced wo- man, or profane, 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 Md'-ses, saying, 17 Speak unto Aa'-ron, saying, Divers laws ana ordinances Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, 19 Or a man that is broken- footed, or brokenhanded, 20 Or crookbackt, 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 Aa'-ron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord 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 hath a blemish ; that he profane not my sanc- tuaries : for I the Lord do sanc- tify them. 24 And Md'-ses told it unto Aa'-ron, and to his sons, and un- to all the children of Is'-ra-el. 112] CHAPTER 22 AND the Lord spake unto Mcr -ti ses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aa'-ron and to his sons, that they separate them- selves from the holy things of the children of Is'-ra-el, 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 be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth un- to the holy things, which the children of Is'-ra-el hallow unto the Lord, having his unclean- 172 Divers laws and ordinances ness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence : I am the Lord. 4 What man soever of the seed of Aa'-ron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not 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 go- eth from him ; 5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever 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 af- terward 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 therewith : I am the Lord. 9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them. 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, 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 priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her LEVITICUS 22 father's meat : but there shall no stranger eat thereof. 14 U And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. 15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Is'-ra-el, which they offer un- to the Lord ; 16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them. 17 1[ And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 18 Speak unto Aa'-ron, and to his sons, and unto all the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Is£ra-el, or of the stran- gers in Is'-ra-el, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill 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 But whatsoever hath a ble- mish, 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 freewill offering 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. 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill 173 LEVITICUS 23 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 ; nei- ther shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. 25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these ; be- cause their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them : they shall not be accepted for you. 26 If And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a to?at, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be ac- cepted 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 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own wilt 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 commandments, and do them: I am the Lord. 32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hal- lowed among the children of Is'- ra-el: I am the Lord which hallow you, 33 That brought you out of the land of E'-gypt, to be your God : J am the Lord. 113] CHAPTER 23 AND the Lord spake unto Mo' - ses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the The feasts of the Lord Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. 3 Six days shall work be done : but the seventh day is the sab- bath of rest, an holy convoca- tion ; ye shall do no work there- in: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. 4 If These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim 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 un- leavened bread unto the Lord : seven days ye must eat unlea- vened bread. 7 In the first day ye shall 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 work therein, 9 jf And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, 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 sheaf of the firstfruits 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 there- of shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an 174 The feast of Pentecost offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of anhin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in ail your dwellings. 15 f[ And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be 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 ble- mish 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 offer- ings, 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 a 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 priest. 21 And ye shall proclaim on the LEVITICUS 23 selfsame 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 f And when ye reap the har- vest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the cor- ners of thy field when thou reap- est, 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 f And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 24 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trum- pets, 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 Mo'-ses, 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 atone- ment 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 be a statute for 175 LEVITICUS 24 ever throughout your genera- tions in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be unto you a sab- bath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. 33 H And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord. 35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation : 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 sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day : 38 Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill 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 &rst day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and The feast of tabernacles 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 be 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 Is:ra-el- Ites born shall dwell in booths : 43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Is'-ra-el to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of E'-gypt: I am the Lord your God. 44 And Mo'-ses declared unto the children of Is-ra-el the feasts of the Lord. 114] CHAPTER 24 AND the Lord spake unto Mo* -£X ses, saying, 2 Command the children of Is'- ra-el, 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 testi- mony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aa-ron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord con- tinually : it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. 4 He shall order the lamps up- on the pure candlestick before the Lord continually. 5 If 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 by fire unto the Lord. 176 the law of blasphemy 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord con- tinually, being taken from the children of Is'-ra-el by an ever- lasting covenant. 9 And it shall be Aa'-ron'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 per- petual statute. 10H And the son of an Is-ra-el- l'-tish woman, whose father was an E-gyp'-tian, went out among the children of Is'-ra-el : and this son of the Is-ra-el-I^tish woman and a man of Is'-ra-el strove to- gether in the camp ; 11 And the Is-ra-el-i'-tish wo- man's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Md'-ses : (and his mother's name was She-lo'-mlth, the daughter of Dib'-ri, of the tribe of Dan:) 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them. 13 And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him : as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. 17 If And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. 18 And he that killeth a beast LEVITICUS 25 shall make it good; beast for beast. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him ; 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth : as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. 21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. 22 Ye shall have one mannef of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God. 23 II And Mo'-ses spake to the children of Is'-ra-el, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Is'-ra-el did as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 115] CHAPTER 25 AND the Lord spake unto M6- •*"*. ses in mount Si'nai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, 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 shait 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 prune 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 : for it is a year of rest unto the land. 6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you ; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy 177 LEVITICUS 25 maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that so- journeth with thee, 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 8 % And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sab- baths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the ju'-bi-le to sound on the tenth day 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 fifti- eth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a ju'-bi-le unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11 A ju'-bi-le 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 un- dressed 12 For it is the ju'-bi-le ; it shall be holy unto you : ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13 In the year of this ju'-bi-le ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 15 According to the number of years after the ju'-bi-le thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee : 16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to The year ofjubile the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it : for ac- cording to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. 17 Ye shall not therefore op- press one another; but thou shalt fear thy God : for I am the Lord your God. 18 % Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judg- ments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19 And the land shall yield ker 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 cf old fruit un- til the ninth 3'ear ; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. 23 If The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and so- journers with me. 24 And in all the land of yout possession ye shall grant a re- demption for the land. 25 If If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some 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 re- 178 The redemption of houses store it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of ju'-bi-le : and in the ju'-bi-le it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. 29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled 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 ju'-bi-le. 31 But the houses of the vil- lages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the ju'-bi-le. 32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Le'-vites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Le'-vites redeem at any time. 33 And if a man purchase of the Le'-vites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of ju'-bi-le : for the houses of the cities of the Le'-vites are their possession among the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el. 34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold ; for it is their perpetual posses- sion. 35 If And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt re- lieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, 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 g^ve him thy LEVITICUS 25 money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. 38 I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of E'-gypt, to give you the land of Ca'-na-an, and to be your God. 39 % 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 bondservant : 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of ju'-bi-le : 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his chil- dren 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 E'-gypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. 43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God. 44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. 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 Arid ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Is'ra-el, ye shall not rule one over an- other with rigour. 47 If And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and 179 LEVITICUS 26 thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stran- ger'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 un- cle'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 un- to the year of ju'-bi-le : and the price of his sale shall be accord- ing 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, according 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 ju'-bi-le, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. 53 And as a yearly hired ser- vant 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 ju'-bi-le, both he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children of Is'-ra-el are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of E'-gypt: I am the Lord your God. 116] CHAPTER 26 YE shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, A blessing and 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 reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. 3 Tf If ye walk in my statutes, and keep 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 threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sow- ing 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 ene- mies, 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 be- fore 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. 1 1 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 am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of £:gypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I 180 a curse proposed have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. 14 % 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 break my covenant: 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and 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 a- gainst you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pur- sueth 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 f And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. 23 And if ye will not be re- formed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me ; LEVITICUS 26 24 Then will I also walk con- trary 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 pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight : and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk con- trary 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 places, and cut down your im- ages, and cast your carcases up- on 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 sour 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 cut a sword after you : and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your ene- mies* land; even then shall the 181 XEVITICUS 27 land rest, and enjoy her sab- baths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faint- ness 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 pur- sueth. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth : and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands ; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 40 If they shall confess their 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 contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies ; if then their un- circumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity : 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Ja'-cob, and also my covenant with I'-saac, and also my covenant with A'-bra- ham will I remember ; and I will remember the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sab- baths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall Mercy promised to the penitent 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 a- way, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am 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 E'-gypt 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 Is^ra-el in mount Si'-nai by the hand of Mo'-ses. 117] CHAPTER 27 A ND the Lord spake unto Mo- A ses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, and say unto them, When a man shall make a sin- gular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation. 3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty she'-kels of silver, after the she- kel of the sanctuary. 4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty she'-kels. 5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty she'-kels, and for the female ten she'-kels. 6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five she'-kels of silver, and 182 The estimation of vows for the female thy estimation shall be three she'-kels of silver. 7 And if it be from sixty years old and above ; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fif- teen she-kels, and for the female ten she'-kels. 8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; ac- cording to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. 9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy. 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. 11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the Lord, then he shall present 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 part thereof unto thy estimation. 14 % And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy un- to the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad : as the priest shall esti- mate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to LEVITICUS 27 the seed thereof: an hd'-mer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty she'-kels of silver. 17 If he sanctify his field from the year of ju'-bi-le, according to thy estimation it shall stand. 18 But if he sanctify his field after the ju-bi-le, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that re- main, even unto the year of the ju'-bi-le, 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 part 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 ju'-bi-le, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devot- ed ; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. 22 And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy esti- mation, even unto the year of the ju'-bi-le: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the Lord. 24 In the year of the ju'-bi-le the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong, 25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the she'-kel of the sanctuary: twenty ge'-rahs shall be the she'-kel. 26 If Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep : it is the Lord's. 183 NUMBERS 1 27 And if it be 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 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 re- deemed ; but shall surely be put to death. 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, Moses is commanded 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 ought cf his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part 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 command- ments, which the Lord com- manded Mouses for the children of Is'-ra-el in mount Sl'-nai. THE FOURTH BOOK OF MO'-S£&, CALLED NUMBERS 118] CHAPTER 1 AND the Lord spake unto M6- * ses in the wilderness of Sl'-nai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of E'-gypt, saying, 2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Is'-ra-el, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls ; 3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Is'-ra-el : thou and Aa'-ron shall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe ; every one head of the nous* of his fathers. 5 If And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you : of the tribe of Reu-ben; fi-llizur the son of Shed'-e-ur. 6 Of Sim'-e-on; She-lu'-mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shad'-dai. 7 Of Ju'-dah; Nan'-shon the son of Am-min'-a-dab. 8 Of Is'-sa-char; Neth'-a-neel the son of Zu'-ar. 9 Of Ze-bu'-lun; £-H'-ab the son of He'-lon. 10 Of the children of Jo'seph: of £'-phra-im ; £-H'-sha-ma the son of Am'-mi-hiid : of Ma-nas'- seh; Ga-ma'-li-el the son of Pe-dah'-zur. 11 Of Ben'-ja-min; A-bi'-dan the son of Gid-e-6'-ni. 12 Of Dan; A-hi-e'zer the son of Am-mi-shad'-dai. 13 Of Ash'-er; Pa'-gi-el the son of Oc'-ran. 184 to number the people 14 Of Gad; E-H'-a-saph the son of Deu'-el. 15 Of.Naph^ta-K; A-hi^ra the son of E'-nan. 16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Is'-ra-el. 17 ^T And Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron took these men which are ex- pressed by their names : 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedi- grees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and up- ward, by their polls. 19 As the Lord commanded Mo'-ses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Si'-nai. 20 And the children of Reu'- ben, Is'-ra-el's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according 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 tribe of Reu'-ben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 22 If Of the children of Sim'- e-on, 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 polls, 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 Sim'-e-on, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 24 f Of the children of Gad, NUMBERS 1 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; 25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thou- sand six hundred and fifty. 26 If Of the children of Ju^dah, 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 ; 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ju£ dah, were threescore and four- teen thousand and six hundred. 28 If Of the children of Is'-sa- char, 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; 29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Is'-sa-char, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 30 If Of the children of Ze-bu^ lun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twen- ty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ze- bu'-liin, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 32 t Of the children of Jd-seph, namely, of the children of E'- phra-im, by their generations, after their families, by the bouse of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, 185 NUMBERS 1 all that were able to go forth to war; 33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of E'-phra-im, were forty thousand and five hundred. 34 % Of the children of Ma- nas'-seh, 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; 35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ma- nas'-seh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 36 % Of the children of Ben'- ja-mm, 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 Ben'-ja-min, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 38 J Of the children of Dan, 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 ; 39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 40 1f Of the children of Ash'er, 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 ; 41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ash'-er, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. The Levites are exempted 42 % Of the children of Naphi ta-H, throughout their genera- tions, 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 ; 43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naph'-ta-tf, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 44 These are those that were numbered, which Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron numbered, and the princes of Is'-ra-el, being twelve men : each one was for the house of his fathers. 45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Is'- ra-el, by the house of their fa- thers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Is'-ra-el ; 46 Even all they that were num- bered were six hundred thou- sand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 47 H But the Le'-vites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48 For the Lord had spoken unto Md'-ses, saying, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Le'-vi, neither take the sum of them among the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el : 50 But thou shalt appoint the Le'-vltes over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the ves- sels thereof, and over all things that belong to it : they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the ves- sels thereof; and they shall mini- ster unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. 51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Le'-vltes shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Le'-vltes shall set it up : and 186 for the service of the Lord the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 52 And the children of Is'-ra-el shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. 53 But the Le'-vltes shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Is'-ra-el: and the Le'-vltes shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. 54 And the children of Is'ra-el did according to all that the Lord commanded Mo'ses, so did they. 119] CHAPTER 2 AND the Lord spake unto M6- - ses and unto Aa^ron, saying, 2 Every man of the children of Is'-ra-el 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 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Ju'-dah pitch throughout their armies: and Nah'-shon the son of Am-min'-a-dab shall be cap- tain of the children of Ju'-dah. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thou- sand and six hundred. 5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Is^sa-char: and Neth'a-neel the son of Zu'-ar shall be captain of the children of Is'-sa-char. 6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 7 Then the tribe of Ze-bu^lun: and E-fi'-ab the son of He'-lon shall be captain of the children of Ze-bu'-lun. NUMBERS 2 8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Ju'dah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thou- sand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their ar- mies. These shall first set forth. 10 If On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reu- ben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reu'-ben shall be £-li'-zur the son of Shed'-e-ur. 11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Sim'-e-on: and the captain of the children of Sim'-e-on shall be She-lu'-mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shad'-dai. 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be E-lT-a-saph the son of Reu'-el. 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reu'-ben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their ar- mies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. 17 TT Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Le'-vltes in the midst of the camp : as they encamp, so shall they set for- ward, every man in his place by their standards. 187 NUMBERS 3 The order of the tribes in their tents 18 If On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of E'- phra-im according to their ar- mies : and the captain of the sons of E'-phra-im shall be E-H'-sha- ma the son of Am'-mi-hud. 19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Ma-nas'-seh: and the captain of the children of Ma- nas-sen shall be Ga-ma:li-el the son of Pe-dah'-zur. 21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 22 Then the tribe of Ben'-ja- min : and the captain of the sons of Ben-ja-min shall be Abi'dan the son of Gid-e-6'-ni. 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 24 All that were numbered of the camp of E-phrii-im were an hun- dred thousand and eight thou- sand and an hundred, through- out their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. 25 f 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 A-hl-e'-zer the son of Am-mi- shSd'-dai. 26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Ashler: and the captain of the children of Ash'-er shall be Pa'-gi-el the son of Oc'-ran. 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 29 f Then the tribe of Naph'- ta-K: and the captain of the children of Naph'-ta-ll shall be A-hT-ra the son of E'-nan. 30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hun- dred thousand and fifty and se- ven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards. 32 f These are those which were numbered of the children of Is-ra-el by the house of their fathers : all those that were num- bered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 33 But the Le'-vltes were not numbered among the children of Is'-ra-el; as the Lord com- manded Md'-ses. 34 And the children of Is-ra-el did according to all that the Lord commanded Mo'-ses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, accord- ing to the house of their fathers. 120] CHAPTER 3 THESE also are the genera- tions of Aa£ron and Mo-ses in the day that the Lord spake with Md'-ses in mount Si'-nai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aa£ron; Na^dab the firstborn, and A-bi-hu, £l-e-a'- zar, and Ith'-a-mar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aa^ron, the priests which were anointed, whom he conse- crated to minister in the priest's office. 4 And NaJdab and A-bi^hu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the 188 2 he several families Lord, in the wilderness of Si'» nai, and they had no children: and El-e-a'-zar and Ith'-a-mar ministered in the priest'soffice in the sight of Aa-ron their father. 5 Tf And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Le'-vi near, and present them before Aa-ron the priest, that they may minis- ter 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 service of the taber- nacle. 8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Is'-ra-el, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt give the Le'- vites unto Aa'-ron and to his sons : they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Is'ra-el. 10 And thou shalt appoint Aa'- ron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 11 And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Le'-vites from among the children of Is-ra-el instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Is£ra-el: therefore the Le:vites shall be mine; 13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of E'-gypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Is'-ra-el, both man and beast : mine shall they be : I am the Lord. 14 % And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses in the wilderness of Si'-nai, saying, 15 Number the children of LeWI NUMBERS 3 after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And M6:ses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Le^vi by their names ; Ger£shon, and Ko'-hath, and Me-rar'-i. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Ger'-shon by their families ; Lib'-ni, and Shim'-e-i. 19 And the sons of Ko'-hath by their families; Am'-ram, and I^ze-har, He'bron, and tJz-zi-eL 20 And the sons of Me-rar'-i by their families; Mah'-li, and Mu'-shi. These are the families of the Le'-vites according to the house of their fathers. 21 Of Ger-shon was the family of the Lib-nites, and the family of the Shim'-ites : these are the families of the Ger'-shon-ites. 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the num- ber of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The families of the Ger'- shon-ites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Ger^shon-ites shall be E-li'-a-saph the son of La'-el. 25 And the charge of the sons of Ger'-shon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hang- ing 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. 189 NUMBERS 3 27 \\ And of Ko'-hath was the family of the Am^ram-ites, and the family of the I'-ze-har-ites, and the family of the He'-bron- Ites, and the family of the Uz- zi-e-lites : these are the families of the Ko'-hath-ites. 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and up- ward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Ko'-hath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kd'-hath-ites shall be E-li- za'-phan the son of Uz'-zi-el. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. 32 And £l-e-a'-zar the son of Aa'-ron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Le'-vltes, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanc- tuary. 33 If Of Me-rar'-i was the fa- mily of the Mah'-Htes, and the family of the Mu'-shites : these are the families of Me-rar'-i. 34 And those that were num- bered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merrar'-I was Zu'-ri-el the son of Ab'-i-hajl: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Me-rar'-I shall be the boards of the taber- nacle, and the bars thereof, and The several families the pillars thereof, and the sock- ets 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 II But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Mo'-ses, and Aa'-ron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Is'-ra-el ; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 All that were numbered of the Le^vites, which Mo-ses and Aa'-ron numbered at the com- mandment of the Lord, through- out their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 40 \ And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, Number all the first- born of the males of the children of Is^ra-el from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Le- vites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn a- mong the children of Is'-ra-el; and the cattle of the Le'-vltes instead of all the firstlings a- mong the cattle of the children of Is'-ra-el. 42 And Mo'-ses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Is'-ra-el. 43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44 \ And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 190 The age and time of the Levites* service 45 Take the Le'-vites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Is'-ra-el, and the cattle of the Le'-vites instead of their cattle ; and the Le-vites 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 firstborn of the children of Is'-ra-el, which are more than the Le'-vites ; 47 Thou shalt even take five she'-kels apiece by the poll, af- ter the she-kel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the she- kel is twenty ge'-rahs :) 48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd num- ber of them is to be redeemed, unto Aa'-ron and to his sons. 49 And Mo'-ses took the re- demption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Le^vites : 50 Of the firstborn of the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el took he the money; a thousand three hun- dred and threescore and five she'-kehy after the she'-kel of the sanctuary: 51 And Mouses gave the money of them that were redeemed un- to Aa-ron and to his sons, accord- ing to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Mo'-ses. 121] CHAPTER 4 AND the Lord spake unto M6- A ses and unto Aa-ron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Ko'-hath from among the sons of Le'-vi, 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 This shall be the service of the sons of Ko'-hath in the ta- NUMBERS 4 bernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things : 5 ^ And when the camp setteth forward, Aa'-ron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and co- ver the ark of testimony with it : 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 table 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 with- al : 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 oi badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candle- stick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuff- dishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minis- ter unto it : 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering 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 tc the staves thereof : 12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, where- with they minister in the sanc- tuary, 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 191 NUMBERS 4 The number qualified for the ministry all the vessels thereof, where- with 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 Aa'-ron and his sons have made an end of cover- ing the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kd'-hath 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 Koihath in the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 16 If And to the office of El-e- &-z'ax the son of Aa-ron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the an- ointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. 17 j And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses and unto Aa-ron, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Koihath-ites from among the Le'-vites : 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things : Aa-ron 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 If And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Ger'-shon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families ; 23 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 Ger'-shon-ites, to serve, and for burdens : 25 And they shall bear the cur- tains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, 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 con- gregation, 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 instru- ments of their service, and all that is made for them : so shall they serve. 27 At the appointment of Aa'- ron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Ger'- shon-ites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Ger-shon in the tabernacle of the congre- gation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ith'-a-mar the son of Aa'-ron the priest. 29 If As for the sons of Me- rar'-I, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers ; 30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the ser- vice, to do the work of the taber- nacle of the congregation. 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle 192 The number of the Kohathites, &c. NUMBERS 4 of the congregation ; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 32 And the pillars of the court 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 in- struments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Me-rar-i, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, under the hand of Ith-a-mar the son of Aa'-ron the priest. 34 % And Md'-ses and Aa'-ron and the chief of the congrega- tion numbered the sons of the Ko'-hath-ites after their fami- lies, and after the house of their fathers, 35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: 36 And those that were num- bered of them by their families were two thousand seven hun- dred and fifty. 37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Ko'-hath-ites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Md-ses and Aa'-ron did number according to the commandment of Lord by the hand of Mo'-ses. 38 And those that were num- bered of the sons of Ger'-shon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 40 Even those that were num- bered 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 Ger'-shon, of all that might do service in the taber- nacle of the congregation, whom Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron did num- ber according to the command- ment of the Lord. 42 f And those that were num- bered of the families of the sons of Me-rar'-i, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 44 Even those that were num- bered of them after their fami- lies, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Me-rar-i, whom Moises and Aa'-ron numbered accord- ing to the word of the Lord by the hand of Mo'-ses. 46 All those that were num- bered of the Le'-vites, whom Mo'-ses, and Aa'-ron and the chief of I^ra-el numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 47 From thirty years old and the i upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the ta- bernacle of the congregation, 48 Even those that were num- bered of them, were eight thou- sand and five hundred and four- score. 49 According to the command- ment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Mo'- 193 NUMBERS 5 ses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they num- bered of him, as the Lord com- manded Md'-ses. 122] CHAPTER 5 AND the Lord spake unto M6- ■ ses, saying, 2 Command the children of Is- ra-el, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whoso- ever is defiled by the dead : 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they de- file not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Is'-ra-el did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, so did the children of Is'-ra-el. 5 1f And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 6 Speak unto the children of Is'ra-el, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty; 7 Then they shall confess then- sin which they have done : and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. 8 But if the man have no kins- man to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recom- pensed unto the Lord, even to the priest ; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atone- ment shall be made for him. 9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Is'-ra-el, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man's hallowed The trial of jealousy things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. 11 f And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And a man lie with her car- nally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner ; 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jea- lous of his wife, and she be de- filed: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jea- lous 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 e'-phah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memo- rial, bringing iniquity to remem- brance. 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 curs© : 19 And the priest shall charge 194 The law of the Nazarites 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 an- other 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 hus- band, 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 curs- ing, 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 caus- eth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot : And the woman shall say, A'-men, a'-men. 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water : 24 And he shall cause the wo- man 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 denied, and have done trespass 195 NUMBERS 6 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 conceive seed. 29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to an- other instead of her husband, and is denied; 30 Or when the spirit of jea- lousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall exe- cute upon her all this law. 31 Then shall the man be guilt- less from iniquity, and this wo- man shall bear her iniquity. 123] CHAPTER 6 AND the Lord spake unto Mo^ * ses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Naz'-a-rite, to sepa- rate 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, nei- ther shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 4 All 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 NUMBERS 6 let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that he sepa- rateth 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: be- cause 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 sud- denly by him, and he hath de- filed 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 priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : 1 1 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, 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 tres- pass offering : but the days that were before shall be lost, be- cause his separation was defiled. 13 If And this is the law of the Naz'-a-rite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation : 14 And he shall offer his offer- ing 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 The law of the Nazarites one ram without blemish for peace offerings, 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour min- gled with oil, and wafers of un- leavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings. 16 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shaE 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 Naz'-a-rite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his sepa- ration, 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 Naz'a-rite, af- ter 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 Naz'-a-rite may drink wine. 21 This is the law of the Naz'- a-rite 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 vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. 22 Tf And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aa'-ron and un- 196 The offerings of the princes to his sons, saying, On this wise fe shall bless the children of s'-ra-el, 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 coun- tenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Is'-ra-el; and I will bless them. 124] CHAPTER 7 AND it came to pass on the - day that M6'-ses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; 2 That the princes of Is'-ra-el, heads of the house of their fa- thers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered : 3 And they brought their offer- ing before the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox : and they brought them before the taber- nacle. 4 And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Le'-vites, to every man ac- cording to his service. 6 And Mouses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them un- to the Le'-vites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Ger'- shon, according to their service : 8 And four wagons and eight NUMBERS 7 oxen he gave unto the sons of Me-rar'-i, according unto their service, under the hand of 1th'- a-mar the son of Aa'-ron the priest. 9 But unto the sons of Ko'-hath he gave none : because the ser- vice of the sanctuary belonging unto them was 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 Mo'-ses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 12 If And he that offered his offering the first day was Nah'- shon the son of Am-min'a-dab, of the tribe of Ju'-dah : 13 And his offering was one silver charger, the weight there- of was an hundred and thirty she'-kels, one silver bowl of se- venty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 14 One spoon of ten she'-kils of gold, full of incense : 15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 16 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 was the offering of Nah'-shon the son of Am- min'-a-dab. 18 % On the second day Neth- a-neel the son of Zu'ar, prince of Is'-sa-char, did offer : 19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty she'-kels, one silver bowl 197 NUMBERS 7 of seventy she'-kels, after the she'kel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 20 One spoon of gold of ten she'-kels, 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 was the offering of Neth-a-neel the son of Zuiar. 24 % On the third day E-li'-ab the son of He'-lon, prince of the children of Ze-bu'-lun, did offer: 25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty she'-kels, one silver bowl of seventy she- kels, after the she'-kel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 26 One golden spoon of ten she'-kels, 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 peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of E-H'-ab the son of He'-lon. 30 U On the fourth day £-11'- zur the son of Shed-e-ur, prince of the children of Reu'-ben, did offer: 31 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hun- dred and thirty she'-kels, one silver bowl of seventy she'-kels, after the she'-kel of the sanc- tuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: The offerings of the princes 32 One golden spoon of ten she'-kels, 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 lambs of the first year : this was the offering of E-l^zur the son of Shed^e-ur. 36 f On the fifth day She-hV- mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shad'-dai, prince of the children of Sim'- e-on, did offer: 37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty she'-kels, one silver bowl of seventy she- kels, after the she'-kel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 38 One golden spoon of ten she'-kels, full 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 She-lu'mi-el the son of Zu-ri- shad'-dai. 42 U On the sixth day E-K'- a-saph the son of Deu^el, prince of the children of Gad, offered: 43 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hun- dred and thirty she'-kels, a sil- ver bowl of seventy she'-kels, after the she'-kel of the sanc- tuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 44 One golden spoon of ten she'-kels, full of incense : 45 One young bullock, one rami 198 at the dedication of the altar 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 lambs of the first year: this was the offering of E-H-a-saph the son of Deu^el. 48 If On the seventh day E-H'- sha-ma the son of Am'-mi-hud, prince of the children of £'- phra-im, offered: 49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty she'-kels, one silver bowl of seventy she'- kels, after the she'-kel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 50 One golden spoon of ten she'-kels, full of incense : 51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offer- ing of E-li'-sha-ma the son of Am'-mi-hud. 54 H On the eighth day offered Ga-ma'-li-el the son of Pe-dah'- ziir, prince of the children of Ma-nas'-seh : 55 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hun- dred and thirty she'-kels, one silver bowl of seventy she'-kels, after the she'-kel of the sanc- tuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 56 One golden spoon of ten she'-kels, full of incense : 57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: NUMBERS 7 58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 59 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 Ga- ma-li-el the son of Pe-dah'-zur. 60 Tf On the ninth day A-bi^dan the son of Gid-e-5'-ni, prince of the children of Ben'-ja-min, offered: 61 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty she-kels, one silver bowl of seventy she'- kels, after the she'-kel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 62 One golden spoon of ten she'-kels, full of incense : 63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 65 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 A-bi'dan the son of Gid-e-6-ni. 66 If On the tenth day A-hl-e^ zer the son of Am-mi-shadidai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: 67 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty she'-kels, one silver bowl of seventy she'- kels, after the she'-kel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 68 One golden spoon of ten she'-kels, full of incense : 69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 70 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 71 And for a sacrifice of peace J99 NUMBERS 8 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first_ year: tJlis was the offering of A-hi-e'-zer the son of Am- mi-shad'-dai. 72 % On the eleventh day Pa'- gi-el the son of Oc'-ran, prince of the children of Ashler, offered: 73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty she'-kels, one silver bowl of seventy she'- kels, after the she'-kel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 74 One golden spoon of ten she'-kels, full of incense : 75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was thewoffering of Pa'-gi-el the son of Oc'-ran. 78 If On the_ twelfth day A-hi'- ra the son of E^nan, prince of the children of Naph-ta-li, offered: 79 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty she'-kels, one silver bowl of seventy she- kels, after the she'-kel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 80 One golden spoon of ten she'-kels, full of incense : 81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 82 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 83 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 A-hi'-ra the son of E'-nan. The offerings of the princes 84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Is'-ra-el : twelve chargers of sil- ver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold : 85 Each charger of silver weigh- ing an hundred and thirty she'- kels, each bowl seventy : all the silver vessels weighed two thou- sand and four hundred she'-kels, after the she'-kei cf the sanc- tuary : 86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten she'-kels apiece, after the she'-kel of the sanctuary : all the gold of the spoons was an hun- dred and twenty she'-kels. 87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. 88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats six- ty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. 89 And when Mo'-ses was gone into the tabernacle of the con- gregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cher'-u-blms : and he spake unto him. 125] CHAPTER 8 A ND the Lord spake unto Mo' ■*"*- ses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aa'-ron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the can- dlestick. 200 The consecration of the Levites 3 And Aairgn did so ; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Md'-ses. 4 And this work of the candle- stick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flow- ers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Mo'-ses, so he made the candlestick. 5 If And the Lord spake unto Md'-ses, saying, 6 Take the Le'-vites from a- mong the children of Is'-ra-el, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them : Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash then- clothes, and so make themselves clean. 8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. 9 And thou shalt bring the Le'-vites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assemhly of the children of Is'-ra-el to- gether : 10 And thou shalt bring the Le'-vites before the Lord: and the children of Is'-ra-el shall put their hands upon the Le'-vites : 11 And Aa'-ron shall offer the Le'-vites before the Lord for an offering of the children of Is'- ra-el, that they may execute the service of the Lord. 12 And the Le'-vites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offer- ing, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Le'-vites. 13 And thou shalt set the Le'- NUMBERS 8 vites before Aa'-ron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Le'-viteswfrom among the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el: and the Le'- vites shall be mine. 15 And after that shall the Le'- vites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering. 16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the chil- dren of Isira-el ; instead of such as open every womb, even in- stead of the firstborn of all the children of Is^ra-el, have I taken them unto me. 17 For all the firstborn of the children of Is'-ra-el are mine, both man and beast : on the day that I smote_ every firstborn in the land of E'-gypt I sanctified them for myself. 18 And I have taken the Le'- vites for all the firstborn of the children of Is'-ra-el. 19 And I have given the Le'- vites as a gift to Aa'-ron and to his sons^from among the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el, to do the ser- vice of the children of Is'-ra-el in the tabernacle of the congre- gation, and to make an atone- ment for the children of Is^ra-el : that there be no plague among the children of Is'-ra-el, when the children of Is'-ra-el come nigh unto the sanctuary. 20 And Md'-ses, and Aa'-ron, and all the congregation of the children of Is'-ra-el, did to the Le'-vites according unto ail that the Lord commanded Mo'-ses concerning the Le^-vites, so did the children of Is'-ra-el unto them. 21 And the Le-vites were pu- rified, and they washed their 201 g3 NUMBERS 9 The passover is commended again clothes; and Aa'-ron offered them as an offering before the Lord; and Aa'-ron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after that went the Le'-vites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congre- gation before Kk'ion, and before his sons : as the Lord had com- manded Mo'-ses concerning the Le^vites, so did they unto them. 23 T[ And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 24 This is it that belongeth un- to the Le;vites : from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the ser- vice of the tabernacle of the congregation : 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more : 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. _ Thus shalt thou do unto the Le'vltes touching their charge. 126] CHAPTER 9 AND the Lord spake unto M6: - ses in the wilderness of Si'-nai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of E^gypt, saying, 2 Let the children of ls'-ra-el also keep the passover at his appointed season. 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season : accord- ing to all the rites of it, and ac- coiding to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 4 And Mo-ses spake unto the children of ls'-ra-el, that they should keep the passover. 5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Si'-nai : according to all that the Lord commanded^Md'-ses, so did the children of ls'-ra-el. 6 U And there were certain men, who were denied by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day : and they came before Mo'-ses and before Aa'-ron on that day : 7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man : wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his ap- pointed season among the chil- dren of ls'-ra-el ? 8 And M6£ses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command con- cerning you. 9 U And the Lord spake unto M5'-ses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of ls'-ra-el, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord. 11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unlea- vened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it : according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. 13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and for- beareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people : be- cause he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed sea- son, that man shall bear his sin. 14 And if a stranger shall so- journ among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord; 202 The use of the silver trumpets according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do : ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. 15 If And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testi- mony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. 16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the ap- pearance of fire by night. 17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Is'-ra-el journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Is'-ra-el pitched their tents. 18 At the commandment of the Lord the children of Is'-ra-el journeyed, and at the command- ment of the Lord they pitched : as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. 19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Is'- ra-el kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not. 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and accord- ing to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed. 21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 22 Or whether it were two days, NUMBERS 10 or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the taber- nacle, remaining thereon, the children of Is'-ra-el abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23 At the commandment of the Lord they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed : they kept the charge of the Lord, at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Md'-ses. 127] CHAPTER 10 AND the Lord spake unto Md* - ses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them : that thou may- est use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the jour- neying of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thou- sands of Is'-ra-el, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. 6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 8 And the sons of Aa^ron, the priests, shall blow with the trum- pets ; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever through- out your generations. 203 NUMBERS 10 The order of the Israelites' march 9 And if ye go to war in your Jand against the enemy that op- presseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets ; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also in the day of your glad- ness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offer- ings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to ycu for a memorial before your God : I am the Lord your God. 11 If And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And the children of Is-ra-el took their journeys out of the wilderness of Si'-nai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Par'-an. 13 And they first took their journey according to the com- mandment of the Lord by the hand of M5'-ses. 14 If In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Ju'-dah according to their armies : and over his host was Nah'-shon the son of Am- mln'-a-dab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Is'-sa- char was Neth'-a-neel the son of Zu'-ar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Ze-bu'-liin was £-H'-ab the son of He'-lon. 17 And the tabernacle was tak- en down; and the sons of Ger'- shfln and the sons of Me-rar'-i set forward, bearing the taber- nacle. 18 H And the standard of the camp of Reu'-ben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was fi-lT-zur the son of Shed'-e-iir. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Sim-e-on was She-lu'-mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shad'-dai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was E-U'-a-saph the son of Deu'-eL 21 And the K5'-hath-Ites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. 22 If And the standard_of the camp of the children of E-phra- Im set forward according to their armies: and over his host was E-li-sha-ma the son of Am^mi- hiid. 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Ma-nas^ seh was Ga-ma'-li-el the son of Pe-dah'-zur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Ben'- ja-min was A-bi'-dan the son of Gid-e-o'-m. 25 If And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rere- ward of all the camps through- out their _hosts: and over his host was A-hl-e'-zer the son of Am-mi-shad'-dai. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Ash'-er was Pa'-gi-el the son of Oc'-ran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naph'- ta-li was A-hi'-ra the son of E'-nan. 28 Thus were thejourneyings of the children of ls'-ra-el ac- cording to their armies, when they set forward. 29 TJ And Mo'-ses said unto H6-bab, the son of Ra-gu-el the MId'-I-a-nlte, Mo'-ses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I 204 The blessing of Moses will give it you : come thou with us, and we will do thee good : for the Lord hath spoken good con- cerning Is'-ra-el. 30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou may- est be to us instead of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do Unto thee. 33 f And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days* journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. 34 And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Mo-ses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered ; and let them that hate thee flee be- fore thee. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Is'-ra-el. 128] CHAPTER 11 AND when the people com- - plained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled ; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Mouses ; and when Mouses pray- ed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched. NUMBERS 11 3 And he called the name of the place Tab'e-rah : because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. 4 ^ And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lust- ing : and the children of Is'-ra-el also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat ? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in E'-gypt freely ; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But now our soul is dried away : there is nothing at all, be- side this man'na, before our eyes. 7 And the man^na was as cori- ander seed, and the colour there- of as the colour of bdellium. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it : and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the man- na fell upon it. 10 H Then Mo'-ses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; M5'-ses also was displeased. 11 And Mo'-ses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou af- flicted thy servant? and where- fore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou lay est the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the suck- ing child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers ? 13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? 205 NUMBERS 11 for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14 1 am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight ; and let me not see my wretchedness. 16 J And the Lord said unto Mouses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Is'-ra-el, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them ; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there : and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them ; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the peo- ple, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in E'-gypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days ; 20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which/samongyou, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of E^gypt ? 21 And Mouses said, The peo- ple, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen ; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. Moses* charge divided 22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suf- fice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, Is the Lord's hand waxed short ? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 24 % And Mo'-ses went out, and told the people the words of the Lord, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round a- bout the tabernacle. 25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seven- ty elders: and it came to pass, that , when the spirit rested up- on them, they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was fiKdad, and the name of the other Me-dad : and the spirit rested upon them ; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they pro- phesied in the camp. 27 And there ran a young man, and told Mo'-ses, and said, fir- dad and Me'-dad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And Josh'-u-a the son of Nun, the servant of Mo'-s&s, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Mo'-ses, for- bid them. 29 And Md'ses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them ! 30 And Mo'-ses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Is'-ra-el. 206 The sedition of Miriam and Aaron NUMBERS 12 31 If And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten ho- mers : and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. 33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. 34 And he called the name of that place Kib'-roth-hat-ta'-a- vah: because there they buried the people that lusted. 35 And the people journeyed from Kib-roth-hat-ta'a-vah unto Ha-ze'-roth; and abode at Ha- ze'-roth. 129] CHAPTER 12 AND Mir'-i-am and Aa'-ron - spake against Mo'-ses be- cause of the E-thi-o'-pi-an wo- man whom he had married : for he had married an E-thi-o'-pi- an woman. m 2 And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Mo'ses ? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. 3 (Now the man Mo'-ses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) 4 And the Lord spake sudden- ly unto M5'-ses, and unto Aa'- ron, and unto Mir'-i-am, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. 5 And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aa'-ron and Mir'-i-am: and they both came forth. 6 And he said, Hear now my words : If there be a prophet a- mong you, / the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. 7 My servant M5-ses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold : wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Mo'-ses? 9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he departed. 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle ; and, behold, Mir'-i-am became leprous, white as snow : and Aa'-ron looked up- on Mir'-i-am, and, behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aa'-ron said unto Mo'- ses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half con- sumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 13 And Md'ses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 14 If And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days ? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 15 And Mir-i-am was shut out 207 NUMBERS 13 from the camp seven days t and the people journeyed not till MirM-am was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people removed from Ha-ze'-roth, and pitched in the wilderness of Par'-an. 130] CHAPTER 13 AND the Lord spake unto M6- >■ ses, saying, 2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Ca'-na-an, which I give unto the children of Is'-ra-el : of every tribe of then- fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And Mo'-ses by the com- mandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Par'-an: all those men were heads of the children of Is'ra-el. 4 And these were their names : of the tribe of Reu'ben, Sham- mu-a the son of Zac'-cur. 5 Of the tribe of Sim'-e-on, Sha'-phat the son of H6r'-I. 6 Of the tribe of Ju^dah, Ca^leb the son of Je-phun'-neh. 7 Of the tribe of Is'-sa-char, I'-gal the son of Jo'-seph. 8 Of the tribe of E'-phra-im, O-she'-a the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Ben'-ja-mln, Pal'-ti the son of Ra'-phu. 10 Of the tribe of Ze-bu'-liin, Gad'-dl-el the son of So'-dL 11 Of the tribe of Jo'-seph, namely ■, of the tribe of Ma-nas' sen, Gad'-dl the son of Su'-si. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Am'- ml-el the son of Ge-mal'-li. 13 Of the tribe of Ashler, Se^ thiir the son of Mi'-cha-el. 14 Of the tribe of Naph'-ta-H, Nah'-bi the son of Voph'-si. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geitfel the son of Ma'-chi. 16 These are the names of the men which Mo'-ses sent to spy out the land. And Mo-ses called The names of the spies O-she'-a the son of Nun Je- hosh'-u-a. 17 Tf And Mouses sent them to spy out the land of Ca'-na-an, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain : 18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many ; 19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad ; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds ; 20 And what the land is, whe- ther it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes. 21 1 So they went up, and searched the land from the wil- derness of Zin unto Re'-hob, as men come to Ha'-math. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto He-bron; where A-hfrnan, She'shai, and Tal'mai, the children of A^nak, were, (Now He'-bron was built seven years before Z6'-an in E'-gypt.) 23 And they came unto the brook of Ssh'-col, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pome- granates, and of the figs. 24 The place was called the brook Esh'-col, because of the cluster of grapes which the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. 26 If And they went and came to Mo'-ses, and to Aa'-ron, and 208 The people murmur to all the congregation of the children of Is'-ra-el, unto the wilderness of Par'-an, to Ka'- desh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the con- gregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great : and moreover we saw the children of A'-nak there. 29 The A-mal'-ek-ites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hit'-tites, and the Jeb'-u-sites, and the Am'-d-rites, dwell in the mountains: and the Ca'-na-an- ltes dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jor'-dan, 30 And Ca'leb stilled the people before Md'ses, 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 up 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 Is'-ra-el, saying, The land, through which we 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 A'-nak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. 131] CHAPTER 14 A ND all the congregation lifted •"- up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. NUMBERS 14 2 And all the children of Is'- ra-el murmured against Mouses and against Aa'-ron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of E'-gypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness ! 3 And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to re- turn into E'-gypt ? 4 And they said one to another, Let us make_a captain, and let us return into E'-gypt. 5 Then Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Is'-ra-el. 6 11 And Josh'-u-a the son of Nim, and Ca'-leb the son of Je- phun'-neh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes : 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Is'- ra-el, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the Lord delight in us, then he 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 departed from them, 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 Is'-ra-el. 11 If And the Lord said unto Mouses, How long will this peo- ple provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for 209 NUMBERS 14 all the signs which I have shew- ed among them? 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 13 If And Mouses said unto the Lord, Then the E-gyp'-tians 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 before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 If Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, say- ing, 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 longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fa- thers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 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 E'-gypt even until now. 20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word : 21 But as truly as I live, all the Moses intercedeth with God 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 Eigypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice ; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it : 24 But my servant Ca-leb, be- cause he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. 25 (Now the A-mal-ek-ites and the Ca'-na-an-ites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 26 Jf And the Lord spake unto Mo-ses and unto Aa-ron, saying, 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Is'-ra-el, which they murmur against me. 28 Say unto them, As truly a& 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 wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, accord- ing 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 dwell there- in, save Ca'-leb the son of Je- phiin'-neh, and J6sh'-u-a the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them 210 God's sentence on the people will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. 32 But as for you, your car- cases, they shall fall in this wil- derness. 33 And your children shall wan- der in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, 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 iniqui- ties, 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 wil- derness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 36 And the men, which M6:ses sent to search the land, who re- turned, and made all the con- gregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord. 38 But Josh-ii-a the son of Nun, and Ca'-leb the son of Je-phiin'- neh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. 39 And Mo-ses told these say- ings unto all the children of Is'- ra-el: and the people mourned greatly. 40 If 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 Mo'-ses said, Where- fore now do ye transgress the NUMBERS 15 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 A-maT-ek-ites and the Ca'-na-an-ites are there be- fore you, and ye shall fall by 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 Mo'-ses, departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the A-maKek-ites came down, and the Ca'-na-an-ites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hor'-mah. 132] CHAPTER 15 AND the Lord spake unto Mo- - ses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, 3 And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in per- forming a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock : 4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. 5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt of- fering or sacrifice, for one lamb. 6 Or for a ram, thou shalt pre- pare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. 7 And for a drink offering thou 211 NUMBERS 15 shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 8 And when thou prepare st a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the Lord: 9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat 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,/or an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. 12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according 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 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or 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 be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that so- journeth with you, 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. 17 H And the Lord spake unto M5'-ses, saying, 18 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, The sacrifice for sin of ignorance 19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offer- ing unto the Lord. 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave 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 genera- tions. 22 Tf And if ye have erred, and not observed all these com- mandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto M6'-ses, 23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Mo'-ses, from the day that the Lord commanded Mo'-ses, and henceforward among your gene- rations ; 24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congrega- tion, 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, according to the man- ner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. 25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the con- gregation of the children of Is'- ra-el, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their igno- rance : 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Is'-ra-el, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance. 27 If And if any soul sin through 212 The sabbathbreaker stoned 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 sin- neth 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 sinneth through igno- rance, both for him that is born among the children of Is'-ra-el, and for the stranger that so- journeth among them. 30 % But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall 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 upon him. 32 Tf And while the children of Is'-ra-el were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him un- to Mo-ses and Aa^ron, and unto all the congregation. 34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. 35 And the Lord said unto Mo^ ses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congrega- tion shall stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died ; as the Lord com- manded Mo'-ses. 37 % And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of NUMBERS 16 Is'-ra-el, and bid them that they make them fringes in the bor- ders of their garments through- out 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 all the com- mandments 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 : 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 E-gypt, to be your God : I am the Lord your God. 133] CHAPTER 16 NOW K6r'-ah, the son of Iz'- har, the son of Ko'-hath, the son of Le'-vi, and Da'-than and A-bij-ram, the sons of E-li'- ab, and On, the son of Pe'-leth, sons of Reu'-ben, took men : 2 And they rose up before Mo- ses,^ with certain of the children of Is'-ra-el, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown : 3 And they gathered themselves together against Mo'-ses and against Aa'-ron, 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 Mo'-ses heard it, he fell upon his face : 5 And he spake unto Kor'-ah and unto all his company, say- ing, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who 213 NUMBERS 16 Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram 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, K6r'-ah, 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 : ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Le'-vi. 8 And Mo'-ses said unto Kor'- ah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Le'-vi : 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Is'- ra-el hath separated you from the congregation of Is'-ra-el, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister un- to them? 10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Le'-vi with thee : and seek ye the priesthood also ? 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gather- ed together against the Lord : and what is Aa'-ron, that ye murmur against him ? 12 If And Mo'-sSs sent to call Da'than and A-bfram, the sons of E-li'-ab l which said, We will not come up : 13 Is 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, ex- cept thou make thyself alto- gether a prince over us ? 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that flow- eth 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 Mo'ses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. 16 And Mouses said unto Kor* ah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aa'-ron, to morrow : 17 And take every man his cen- ser, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hun- dred and fifty censers ; thou also, and Aa'-ron, each of you his censer. 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron. 19 And K6r'-ah 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 Mo'-ses and unto Aa'-ron, say- ing, 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, 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 \ And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congrega- tion, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Kor-ah, Da'-than, and A-bi'-ram. 25 And M5'-sSs rose up and went unto Da'-than and A-bi'- ram ; and the elders of Is'-ra-el followed him. 26 And he spake unto the con- gregation, saying, Depart I pray 214 The earth swalloweth them up you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Kor-ah, Da^than, and A-bi'-ram, on every side: and Da'-than and A-bi'-ram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. 28 And Mo'-ses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works ; for / have not done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the com- mon death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. 30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall under- stand that these men have pro- voked the Lord. 31 f 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 appertained unto Kor- ah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that apper- tained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Is'-ra-el that were round about them fled at the cry of them : for they said, Lest tho earth swallow us up also. 35 And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed NUMBERS 16 the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. 36 If And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 37 Speak unto £l-e-a'-zar the son of Aa'-ron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, 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 them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed : and they shall be a sign unto the children of Is'-ra-el. 39 And £l-e-a'-zar the priest took the brasen censers, where- with they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: 40 To be a memorial unto the children of is'-ra-el, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aa'-ron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Kor'-ah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Mo'-ses. 41 U But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Is'-ra-el murmured against Mo- ses and against Aa'-ron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord. 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Mo-ses and against Aai ron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 And Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. 44 If And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying,, 215 NUMBERS 17, 18 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may con- sume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. 46 If And Mo-ses said unto Aa- ron, Take a censer, and pitt fire therein from off the altar, and put 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 Aa^ron took as Md-ses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation ; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atone- ment for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Kor'-ah. 50 And Aa'-ron returned unto Mo'-ses unto ~the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. 134] CHAPTER 17 AND the Lord spake unto Mo- - ses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, 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 Aa-ron's name upon the rod of Le'-vi : for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in 135] the tabernacle of the congrega- tion before the testimony, where I will meet with you. Aaron1 s rod flourishetn 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 mur- murings of the children of Is'- ra-el, whereby they murmur against you. 6 II And M6-ses spake unto the children of Is'-ra-el, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods : and the rod of Aa'-ron was among their rods. 7 And Mo-ses laid up the rods before the Lord in the taber- nacle of witness. 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Mo'-ses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aa'-ron for the house of Le'-vi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Mo'-ses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Js^ra-el : and they looked, and took every man his rod. 10 \ And the Lord said unto Mo'-ses, Bring Aa'-ron's rod a- gain 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 Md-ses did so: as the Lord commanded him, sojdidhe. 12 And the children of Is-ra-el spake unto Mo-ses, saying, Be- hold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die : shall we be con- sumed with dying ? CHAPTER 18 ND the Lord said unto Aa'- -£"3l ron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall 216 The charge of the priests and Levites NUMBERS 18 bear the iniquity of the sanc- tuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Le'-vl, the tribe of thy father, bring 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 keep 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 sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the chil- dren of Is'-ra-el. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Le-vites from among the children of Is-ra-el: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congre- gation. 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 unto you as a service of gift : and the stranger that com- eth nigh shall be put to death. 8 ^ And the Lord spake unto Aa£ron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Is-ra-el ; unto thee have I given 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 their's, every meat offering of their's, and every sin offering of their's, and every trespass offering of their's, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it ; every male shall eat it : it shall be holy unto thee. 1 1 And this is thine ; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Is'-ra-el : I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a sta- tute 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 firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, 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 Is'- ra-el shall be thine. 15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine : nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 16 And those that are to be re- deemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five she'-kels, after the she'-kel of the sanctuary, which is twenty ge'-rahs. 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the 217 NUMBERS 19 firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for 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 Is'-ra-el 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 1 And the Lord spake unto Aa'-ron, 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 Is'-ra-el. 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Le'-vi all the tenth in Is'-ra-el for an inherit- ance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 Neither must the children of Is^ra-el henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Le'-vites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Is'-ra-el they have no inheritance. 24 But the tithes of the children of Is'-ra-el, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Le'-vites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Is'-ra-el they shall have no inheritance. The Levites* portion 25 \ And the Lord spake unto Md'-ses, saying, 26 Thus speak unto the Le'- vites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Is'- ra-el 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 part of the tithe. 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the ful- ness of the winepress. 28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Is'-ra-el; and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave offering to Aa'-ron 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. 30 Therefore thou shalt say un- to them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Le'-vites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the in- crease of the winepress. 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 Is^ra-el, lest ye die. 136] CHAPTER 19 AND the Lord spake unto M6- » ses and unto Aa'ron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the 218 The water of separation law which the Lord hath com- manded, saying, Speak unto the children of Is'-ra-el, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 3 And ye shall give her unto El-e-a'-zar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face : 4 And fil-e-a^zar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood direct- ly 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 hyssop, 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 camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth 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 be kept for the congrega- tion of the children of Is'-ra-el for a water of separation: it is a purification 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 Is'-ra-el, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 11 % He that toucheth the dead NUMBERS 19 body of any man shall be un- clean 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 himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Is'-ra-el: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness 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 person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification 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 upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touch- ed 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. 219 NUMBERS 20 Moses smiteth the rock at Meribah 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanc- tuary of the Lord : the water of separation hath not been sprin- kled upon him; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separa- tion shall wash his clothes ; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. 22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be un- clean ; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. 137] CHAPTER 20 THEN came the children of Is-ra-el, even the whole con- gregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Ka'-desh; and Mir'-i-am died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation : and they gathered themselves together against Mo- ses and against Aa'-ron. 3 And the people chode with Mo'-ses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord ! 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord in- to this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there ? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of E'-gypt, to bring us in unto this evil place ? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates ; neither is there any water to drink. 6 And Mouses and Aa-ron went from the presence of the assem- bly unto the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them. 7 If And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses, saying, 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aa'-ron 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 Mouses took the rod from before the Lord, as he com- manded him. 10 And Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron gathered the congregation to- gether before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels ; must we fetch you water out of this rock ? 11 And Mo'-ses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts a/50. 12 1 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses and Aa-ron, Because ye believed me not, "to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Is'-ra-el, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 This is the water of Mer'-I- bah ; because the children of Is- ra-el strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. 14 ^f And Mo-ses sent messen- gers from Ka'-desh unto the king of £-dom, Thus saith thy brother Is'-ra-el, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us : 15 How our fathers went down into E'-gypt, and we have dwelt in E'-gypt a long time ; and the E-gyp'-tians vexed us, and our fathers : 220 The death of Aaron 16 And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of E'-gypt : and, be- hold, we are in Ka'-desh, 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 high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have p_assed thy borders. 18 And E'-dom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. 19 And the children of Is^ra-el said unto him, We will go by the high way : and 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 E'-dom came out against him with much peo- ple, and with a strong hand. 21 Thus E'dom refused to give Is'-ra-el pasiage through his border: wherefore Is^ra-el turn- ed away from him. 22 % And the children of Is'- ra-el, even the whole congrega- tion, journeyed from Ka'-desh, and came unto mount Hor. 23 And the Lord spake unto Mo'-ses and Aa'-ron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of E'-dom, saying, 24 Aa-ron shall be gathered unto his people : for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Is^ra-el, be- cause ye rebelled against my word at the water of Mer'-I-bah. 25 Take Aa-ron and £l-e-a'zar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: NUMBERS 21 26 And strip Aa-ron of his gar- ments, and put them upon El- e-a'-zar his son: and Aa'-ron shall be gathered unto his peo- ple, and shall die there. 27 And Mo-ses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Mouses stripped Aa-ron of his ^garments, and put them upon El-e-a'-zar his son; and "' ron died there in the top of Ait' the mount: and Mo'-ses and fil-e-a'-zar came down from the mount. 29 And when all the congrega- tion saw that Aa-ron was dead, they mourned for Aa-ron thirty days, even all the house of Is'-ra-el. 138] AND