i:mikif^;^''ii Class Book- >^, > ^ ^ ' I n GojyiiglitE^ CDSiBltiWt Dm^osxc "INTERNATIONAL" SERIES SELF-PRONOUNCING EDITION Christian Worker's HOLY BIBLE n Indexed and Marked in Red By the Best Methods of Bible Marking on all Subjects connected with THE THEME OF SALVATION To enable any person to turn rapidly to verses on these subjects, and to read in consecutive order all passages relating to any one of the topics chosen ; to give Bible Readings at a moment's notice or to tell at a glance the subjects of any verse or passage marked THREE THOUSAND SELECTED TEXTS Arranged in sequence for Bible Study and Teaching, with an interesting and helpful introduction on the many uses of this Christian Worker's Bible and suggestive hints on private study By REV. JESSE LYMAN HURLBUT, D.D. AUTHORIZED VERSION " International" Printed and Bound at the International Press Philadelphia, U. S. A. The John C, Winston Co, Long Primer, Octavo, References Clear Type Edition wmmmmiiKsm k Iwc Copies rttiCtMyeu \ AUG 16 JiJ05 Copyrighted 1905 — By the John C. Winston Company. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. :;-— ».i-<^ -r w. The Christian Worker's Bible HOW TO USE THE CHRISTIAN WORKER'S BIBLE. This Bible is marked on every subject connected with the theme of Salvation. The most important verses on the subject are interlined. Other verses not so important to the theme have simply a perpendicular line drawn on the margin. A reference to the first verse on each subject is printed after the subject in the Index (see opposite page). After each verse or passage marked in this Bible, there is a reference to the next verse or passage on the same sub- ject. This will enable any one either to study the passages for himself, or to give a Bible reading, at a moment's notice, on any subject marked.' When the reference is to another chapter or verse in the same book of the Bible, only the number of the chapter and verse without the name of the book, is o-iven- thus, the reference at Gen. 6. 5 is 8. 21, meaning that the next text is to be found in the eighth chapter and twenty-first verse of the same book, Genesis. The capital letters in this Index, and on the margin of verses, and in front of the references, are used to indicate the subjects; thus F stands for Faith, R for Repentance, etc. (see opposite page). The letters on the margin of a verse will enable the person who is familiar with them to tell at a glance the subjects of the verse or passage. Any one can rapidly turn to verses on any subject by watching for the proper letter on the margin. In the Index (on opposite page) is shown the subject for which each letter stands. The letter in front of each reference indicates the subject to which the reference belongs, and enables the reader to select the proper reference when a number of references on different subjects are given. (iv:) INDEX TO REFERENCES ON ALL SUBJECTS PERTAINING TO THE THEME OF SALVATION. A All unsaved people are sinners . , Qen. 6. 5. B The Bible, God's message of Life and Salvation Exod. 24 4-7. C Condition of sinners described Gen. 2. 16, 17. D *Christ Died to save sinners Gen. 3. 15. E Every secret thing is known to the Lord Gen. 3. 9. F We are saved through Faith Gen. 6. 13 14. G "Good Works" and formal service alone will not save, q^^^ 4 o_,- H *Punishment and Hell await sinners q^j-^ 2 ] 7 J The Lord is the Judge of all men q^^ ig 20 21 K The Lord saves and Keeps those who put their trust in Him.. Gej, 3 1 L The Lord Loves and is willing to save sinners q^^ ^^2 3 N Danger of Neglecting or rejecting salvation q^^ q 3 The Lord the Only way of salvation q^j-^ 4 j P The Lord is willing to Pardon backsliders j^py 26 40-4"^ R Repentance, confession, restitution, reformation j^^y oq 40-4'> T Testifying or confessing the Lord .' Qq^ 28 16-22 W ''Whosoever will" may be saved .q^^ ^2 1-3 * See Introduction. (V) THE CHRISTIAN WORKER'S BIBLE. INTRODUCTION By Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, D. D. The Bible is more than one book ; it is a whole library of books by many authors, written during many ages in many lands, and in more than one language. It embraces m_any forms of literature,— history, poetry, biography, travel, morals, epistles, prophe- cies.— yet throughout the Bible from cover to cover there is but one central theme. That theme is salvation, or the restoration of man to the image of God, lost through sin. The Bible is a collection of books telling how God has been at work through the centuries, and is at Avork still, in saving men. It contains a remarkable history ; but the history is to show the dealings of God -^ith one nation, training it to become first a saved people, and then to become God's mes- sengers of salvation to all nations. It contains fascinating biographies and character sketches of saints, such as Enoch, Abraham, Moses, David, Daniel, Paul; and of sinners like Achan, Ahab, Judas Iscariot, Caiaphas, Pilate; and the lives of the saints show us how they found God and walked with him, while the lives of the sinners warn us against wandering from God. It has magnificent poems, and glorious prophecies, and character- revealing letters; but in every song, and prophecy, and epistle, the underlying subject is salvation. The careful student of Scripture, if his inner eye has been opened by the Spirit of God, and has been trained by study, can see this theme of salvation everywhere manifest in the Bible; and it is his delight to trace out its varied branches; but the mere reader of the book, even though intelligent and religious, is apt to miss much of its precious truth, for that truth often lies beneath the surface, hidden under the mass of matters that to many readers appear trivial and wholly unconnected "VN^th our life. Undoubtedly the greatest benefit in the reading of the Bible comes to the one who searches the Scriptures for himself and finds this stream of salvation running through its pages. Even though in his investigations he might make many mistakes, might misunderstand many passages, might see meanings of which Moses and Isaiah and Paul never dreamed, yet, notwithstanding all his possible errors, he would obtain a conception of salvation that would bless his own soul, and enable him to benefit his fellow-men. viii INTRODUCTION. But it is evident that the majority of people, even of good people, of Bible-readers and Bible-lovers, have neither the time for such deep study nor the pecuKar ability which it requires. People in general who would best understand their Bibles must depend upon those who have made especial study of these subjects, must receive the results of their labors. We cannot all be close students, but we can all be dihgent readers of the Word of Life. And though there must be many unable to search the Scriptures as original investi- gators, they should still search the Scriptures, should study the book itself, and not con- tent themselves with reading works ahorit the Bible. They may use another's collocation of texts, but they should find those texts in the Bible, and not read them in a printed "hand- book," or "analysis," or "text-book" of the Bible. The best plan for those who must study the Bible at second hand, through the labors of another, is to follow the clue given to them to verify every Scripture reference cited, and to see each text in its immediate connections. There is far greater benefit in finding a text in one's own Bible than in reading that same text as one of a series upon a printed page Many methods have been devised for guiding Bible readers, and of helping them to become Bible students, by marking in a Bible a series of texts upon related subjects. One of the most ingenious and most helpful of these methods is that presented some years ago in The Christian Worker's Testament. In this plan Salvation is recognized as the dominant theme in the New Testament. The letters of the Alphabet are used as keys to various aspects of the great theme, and with each citation is given a reference to the next. By following the series of texts marked on the margin with the letter A. the searchers wiU read all that the New Testament has to say upon the truth, that "all people out of Christ are sinners." By reading carefully all the texts indicated by the red letter C. he will learn what the New Testament teaches on "the condition of sinners." Thus he can find nearly fifteen hundred texts already collated, classified, and easily found, upon all the great aspects of salvation. Both in Great Britain and in America, there has been a wide circulation of "The Christian Worker's Testament," and many who have found that little book helpful have asked that the same plan might be carried out with the Old Testament, thus to supply what has been needed. "The Christian Worker's Bible" and the complete work, care- fully prepared, is now offered to the world of Bible readers, with more than three thousand texts classified on the subject of salvation. Under most of the topics, a diligent search has brought to fight many more reference- texts in the Old Testament than in the New. Some aspects of salvation, however, are more definitely and more fully revealed in the New Testament than in the Old. For instance, under the title "Christ Died to save sinners," the direct references in the Old Testament are few. But as the sacrifices and offerings of the Old Testament may be taken as prefiguring the offering of Christ, we have placed under this head a number of texts in the Old Testam.ent where the words "sacrifice," "offering," "ransom," "redeem," are used. Also with regard to the themes "Punishment and Hell await sinners," and refer- INTRODUCTION. ences to a life or death hereafter, which are the distinct revelation of the New Testament, and are only hinted in the Old Testament, we have called attention to several texts which suggest the truth in a general, but not a specific manner. Bible scholars are by no means united in their opinions concerning the Messianic application of many expressions in the Old Testament, especially in the Psalms and prophetical books. Some students would include many m^ore than we have chosen; others would omit some of them, and perhaps would lay stress upon texts that we have not named. While the editor of the Old Testament section has followed the scheme of key-words and key-letters in the Yv^orker's Testament, he has made necessary revisions and correc- tions and also added one letter not in the oiiginal plan, viz., B, "The Bible, God's Word of life and salvation." It should not be assumed that every reference to "the word of God" points to a written Scripture, for the expression is often used of ether forms of inspired teaching; and in the selection of texts this distinction has been kept in mind. Upon all subjects this series of Scripture texts is to be looked upon as suggestive, rather than exhaustive; and as such it is com.m ended to Bible readers. Every class of Scripture students and readers Avill find enjoyment and benefit in this system of Bible marking. Ministers, for example, can use it to advantage (and many have so used it) in the preparation of Bible readings for the prayer-meeting, and also in the collation of texts to be used in sermons on salvation, vrhich is the subject m.ost frequently presented from the pulpit. The lay- worker called upon to lead a meeting will find that the reading from the Bible of som^e such series of texts as "The Lord the Only Way of Salvation," with a very few words of comment, will interest and impress a company of listeners. Nor is it necessary to read all the texts cited; a better plan in public use is to limit one reading to a part of the Bible, as the psalms or the prophecies, or the gospels, or the writings of St. Paul. For example, announce a Bible reading on "What the Psalms Tell us About Trusting in God," and read the references under the letter F. The Sunday School teacher may also use this book, and will find it helpful. One of the defects in the Sunday School (not in its -plan, but in its practical working), is that many of the pupils use a lesson-quarterly instead of a Bible in the class. There are few lessons which do not touch upon some truth relating to salvation. Let the teacher pre- pare himself for the class by a careful reading of texts from The Christian Worker's Bible; I let him make a judicious selection from the list, keep a mem.orandum of them, and call upon his scholars to read them, either from their o^m Bibles — much the better way — or from \NTitten slips prepared in ad^^'ance. The Young Men's Christian Association worker knows the value of a Bible carefully marked; and yet, if he has not been careful to record the theme of each Bible reading, and some clue to find its line of texts, his o"wn interlined Bible wiU in time become an insolulile puzzle, not only to others but e\en to him.self after having marked it so thor- oughly. Here is a marked Bible of which the key always hangs at the door. If any one is enquiring the way of salvation, what better plan can be suggested than INTRODUCTION. to put this volume into his hands, with the recommendation to read from it the texts on that topic which he most needs for his guidance into the kingdom? The devotional reader of Holy Scripture, who seeks not so much to teach others as to learn the truth for himself, and to feed his own spiritual needs, will be fascinated as he begins searching out a series of marked texts, will read on and on under the lead of the letter-key, and will reahze how rich the Bible is in its revelation of saving truth. One who would begin the day by reading twenty of these chosen references in their logical order, and then place the book-mark where he leaves the reading, to take it up again on the following day, will partake of daily manna, and will be the stronger for his morning meal. Thus w^herever there are readers and students of the Bible, there will be those who may receive help from this work. That it may quicken interest in the ¥/ord, strengthen faith, build up true character, and enlarge the Kingdom of Christ, is the hope of all who have taken part in its preparation ^L4^a^.^jMi,^i^^ )hn<\MnJo THE NAMES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS, ARRANGED IN THEIR ORDER WITH PAGE AND NUMBER OF CHAPTERS. tm:e books of the OLD TESTAMENT. GENESIS. PAGE 5 SHAPS. 50 II. Chronicles PAGE 443 3HAPS. 36 Daniel PAGE . 818 CHAPS. 13 Exodus. 59 40 jLzrQj • • , . 480 10 Hosea . 834 14 Leviticus . . 104 27 Nehemiah . 491 13 Joel . . 842 3 Numbers 138 36 Esther . 506 10 Amos . 845 9 Deuteronomy . . 186 .34 Job 515 42 Obadiah . . 851 1 Joshua . 225 24 Psalms . 543 150 Jonah . 852 4 Judges . 252 21 Proverbs 611 31 Micah . 854 7 Ruth . 278 4 Ecclesiastes . 634 12 Nahum . 858 3 L Samuel . . 282 31 The Song of Solom on 642 8 Habakkuk . 860 3 II. Samuel . 316 24 Isaiah . 646 66 Zephaniah . 863 3 1. Kings . . 345 22 Jeremiah 698 52 Haggai . . 865 2 II. Kings 379 25 Lamentations . . 758 5 Zechariah 867 14 I. Chronicles . . 411 29 Ezekiel . 763 48 Malachi . . 876 4 THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. ST. MATTHEW PAGE ( . 881 :haps. 28 Ephesians , PAGE 1081 CHAPS. 6 Hebrews PAGE . 1106 CHAPS, 18 St. Mark 915 16 Philippians . 1086 4 James . 1116 5 St. Luke . . 937 24 Colossians , 1089 4 I. Peter. :i2o 5 St. John 975 21 I. Thessalonians . 1092 6« xx. Pexer . . 1124 3 The Acts . . 1003 28 II. Thessalonians. 1095 3 I. John . . 1126 5 Romans 1039 16 I. Timothy . 1097 6 II. John . . 1130 1 I. Corinthians . . 1058 16 II. Timothy . 1101 4 III. John . 1131 1 II. Corinthians . 1067 13 Titus . 1103 3 Jude . . 1131 1 Galatians . . 1076 6 Philemon . . 1105 1 Revelation . 1132 22 NAMES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, ACTS . Amos Chronicles (I.) Chronicles (II.) Colossians . Corinthians (I.) Corinthians (II.) Daniel . Deuteronomy Ecclesiastes . Ephesians . Esther . Exodus Ezekiel . Ezra . Galatians Genesis Habakkuk Haggai Hebrews. Hosea . Isaiab « , PAGE 1003 845 411 443 1089 1053 1067 818 186 634 1081 506 59 768 480 1076 5 860 865 1106 834 646 PAGE James . . 1116 Jeremiah 698 Job . 515 Joel. 842 John . . 975 John (L). . 1126 John (II.) . . 1130 John (III.) . . 1131 Jonah . . 852 Joshua . 225 Jude . . 1131 Judges . 252 Kings (I.) . . 345 Kings (II.) . 379 Lamentations . . 758 Leviticus 104 Luke . . 937 Malachi . 876 Mark . . 915 Matthew . 881 Micah . . 854 Nahum , 858 3 Nehemiah . Numbers. Obadiah Peter (I.) Peter (II.) . Philemon Philippians. Proverbs. Psalms Revelation Romans Ruth Samuel (I.) . Samuel (II.) . Song of Solomon Thessalonians (I.) Thessalonians (II.) Timothy (I.) . Timothy (II.) Titus Zechariah . Zephaniah PAaE 491 138 851 1120 1124 1105 1086 611 543 1132 1089 278 282 316 642 1092 1095 i(m 1101 1103 ^7 EXPLANATION OF CHARACTERS USED IN THE PRONUNCIATION OF SCEIPTURE PROPER NAMES. The classified, table of vowel and consonant sounds presented herewith will enable the Bible reader to pronounce with ease the most difficult proper names contained in the sacred volume. The acute accent (0 is used to denote the accented syllables; the unaccented syllables are separated by the hyphen ^\ Compound proper names are indicated by ar. en dash (-). VOWEL SOUNDS. LONG. SHORT. INTERMEDIATE. a as in A'hel. a as in Bab'y-lon. a as in A-bfa, e " E'sau. e "" Ben'ja-min. J- e '' Te-ko'a. i " I'rad. V 1 " Gil'e-ad. 1 ' ' I du-me'a< " O'bed. " Nod. 6 "• 0-zI'as. u " tj'ri-el. U " Liiz. J '\ Tyre. V y " O-lym'pas. BROAD. OBTUSE. OBTUSE. a a.s in Shar'on. 6i as in Ab'ngr. u as in Ur. a " She'ba. i " O'phir. u • " Ab'i-shur. a " Ar'non. 6 " A'chor, u •• '' Shu'a. • • a " Saul. CONSONANT SOUNDS. HARD. g as in Ge'zSr. ^ (gs) as in Al-e$-an'd5r. SOFT. Q as in (Jy'prus. g " Gen'tfleg. 4 SOFT, § (z) as in Jew§, THE FIEST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS- CHAPTEK 1. ! The creation of heaven and earth, 3 of the light, 6 of the Jirmament: 9 the earth separated from the waters, 11 and made frnciiful. 14 The creation of the sun, moon, and stars, 20 of fish and fowl, ^ of beasts and cattle. 26 Creation of man in the image of God : and his blessing. 29 The appoint- ment of food. IN ''the beginning ''God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was ^without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. '^And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 11 And God said, Let there be light : and there was hght. 4 And God saw the hght, that it was good : and God divided the 'hght from the darkness. 5 And God cahed the hght -^Day, and the darkness he caUed Night. '^And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 lAnd God said, ^Let there be a ^firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which ioere under the firmament from the Ava- ters which toere above the firma- ment : and it was so. 8 And God caUed the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning vf ere the second day. 9 "iFAnd God said, 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered to- gether unto one lAace, and let the dry la9id 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 yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit •'after his kind, whose seed is in it- self, upon the earth : and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fTuit, whose seed id as in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it luas good. 13 And the evening and the m.orn- ing were the third day. 14 IF And God said, '^Let there be B. C. 4004. CHAP. 1. a John 1, 1,3 Heb. 1, 10 h Job 88, 4 Isa. 44, 24 Rom. 1,20 Col. 1, 16 Heb. 11,3 Rev. 4, 11 c Jer. 4, 23 d Isa. 40, 12 e Ps. 33, 9 1 between the light and be- tween the darkness. f Ps. 74, 16 2 And the evening was, and the morn- ing was. g Job 37, 18 Ps. 33, 6 Ps. 136, 5 Jer. 10, 12 3 expan- sion. h Job 26, 10 Job 38, 8 Ps. 33, 7 Ps. 95, 5 i Heb. 6, 7 4 tender grass. j Lu. 6, 44 k Deut. 4, 19 Job 25, 3,5 Ps. 74, 16 Ps, 136, 7 5 between the day and bc- t/iveen the night. 6 for the rnleofthe day. I Ps. 8, 1 mPs.104,24 7 Or, creep- ing. 8 soul. 9 let fowl fly. 10 face of the firma- ment of heaven. n Ps. 104, 18-23 Vs. 100, 3 p Eph. 4, 24 J as. 3, 9 Q Ps. 8, 6 5 lights in the firaiatnent 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 ^o rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also. 17 And God ^set them in the firma- ment 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 m.orn- ing were the fourth day. 20 11 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 mov- eth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it vms good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl mul- tiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morn- ing were the fifth day, 24 'And God said, "Let the earth bring forth the li^ang creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: audit 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 wets good. 26 IT And God said, "Let us make man ^in our image, after our like- ness : and let them have ^dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cat- tle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. The first sabbath. GENESIS, 2. The garden of Eden. 27 So God created man in his ov:in image, in the '^image of God created he him.; *niale 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 liv- ing thing that ^^moveth upon the earth. 29 IT And God said. Behold, I have given you every herb ^"bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; "to you it shall be for meat. 30 And "^to every beast of the earth, and -"to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is ^^life, I have given every green herb for meat : and it was so. 31 And ^'God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it loas very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. CHAPTER 2. 1 The first sahhath. 8 The garden of Eden. 17 The tree of knowledge forbiOxlen. 19 The creatures named. 21 The making of woman, and institu- tion of marriage. 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 IFThese 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 be- fore 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 tdl the ground. 6 But ^there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ^ound. 7 And the Lord God formed man V/ the dust of the ground, and B. C. 4004. CHAP. 1. r lCor.11,7 Eph. 4, 24 Col. 3, 10 s Mai. 2, 15 Mat. 19, 4 Mark 10,6 t Ps. 127, 3 1 Tim. 4,3 u ch, 9, 1, 7 Lev. 26, 9 Ps. 128, 3,4 11 creepeth. 12 seeding seed. V Job 36, 31 Ps. 104, 14,15 Ps. 136,25 Ps. 146, 7 Actsl4,17 w Ps. 145, 15,16 Ps. 147, 9 X Job 38, 41 13 a living soul. II Ps. 104,24 1 Tim. 4, 4 CHAP. 2. a Ex. 31, 17 Heb. 4, 4 h Ex. 16, 22-30 1 created to make. c Ps. 104,14 d Ps. 65, 9,10 2 Or, a rwlst which went uv from, etc. 3 dust of the growrid. e ch. 13, 10 / Ezek.31,8 g ch. 3, 22 Rev. 22, 2,14 h Ps. 46, 4 % ch. 25, 18 4 Cush. j Dan. 10, 4 5 Or, east- ward to Assyria. Q Or, Adam 7 eating thou Shalt eat. 8 dying thou Shalt die. 9 OS before him. k Ps. 8, 6 10 Or, the man. 11 called. I ch. 15, 12 6 breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 8 If And the Lord God planted a "gar- den 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 good for food ; ^the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowl- edge 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. 1 1 The name of the first is Pi'son : that is it which compasseth 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- o'pi-a. 14 And the name of the third river is -^Hid'de-kel : that is it which goeth ^toward the east of As-syr'i-a. And the fourth river is Eii-phra'te§. 15 And the Lord God took Hhe man, and put him into the garden of E'den to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded" the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden ''thou mayest freely eat : 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it : for in the day that thou eatest thereof ^thou shalt surely d ie. * 1811 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 thejn unto Ad'am to see what he would call them : and what- soever "Ad'am called every living creature, that tvas 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 ; *C. 3 6,7; H. 3 17-19. ' Institution of marriage. GENESIS, 3. Punishment of mankind. 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, ^"made he a woman, and ^brought her unto the man. 23 And Id'am said, This is now "x)ne "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. CHAPTER 3. I The, serpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man'cfall : 9 God ar- raigneth the'in. 14 The serpent cursed; his over- throw by the woman's seed. 16 Mankind's punish- ment ; and loss of paradise. 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 ser- pent, 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 that the tree loas 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 hus- band with her ; '^and he did eat. T And the eyes of them both were opened, and thev knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig- leaves together, and made them- selves ^aprons. C. 3. 17-19. 8 And they heard the voice ^of the Lord God walking in the garden 751 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 ^d'am, and said unto him, ^ Whe re art thou ? E. 6. 5. iU And he said, I heard thy voice in B. C. 4004. CHAP. 2. 12 builded. m Pro. 18,22 Heb. 13,4 n ch. 29, 14 Judg. 9, 2 2 Sam.5,1 Eph. 5, 30 13 Isha. 14 Ish. 1 Cor.11,8 Ps. 45, 10 Mat. 19, 5 Mark 10, 7 1 Cor.6,16 p Eph. 5, 28-31 q Ex. 32, 25 Isa. 47, 3 CHAP. 3. a Mat.10,16 Rev. 12, 9 Rev. 20, 2 1 because, etc. b ch. 2, 1(5,17 c 2 Cor. 11,3 ITim. 2,14 2 a desire, d Rom. 5, 12-19 3 Or, things to gird about. e Job 38, 1 4 wind. /Job 31, 33 Ps. 139, 1-12 Jer. 23, 34 Amos 9, 3 g ch. 4, 9 /i Job 23, 15 1 John 3,20 i Pro. 28,13 J as. 1, 13 j Isa. 65, 25 Mic. 7, 17 k Num. 21, 6,7 I Rom. 16,20 Heb. 2, 14 1 John 3,8 m John 16,21 1 Tim. 2,15 5 Or, sub~ ject to thy husband. n Job 5, 7 Eccl. 2,23 6 cause to bud. 1 Cor. 15. 21. 22 7 Chavah, or, living. p ver. 5 q ch. 2, 9 7 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, whereof 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 ser- pent beguiled 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 between] thee and the woman, and between thy j seed and her seed ; i t ^shall bruise th y | head, and thou shalt bruise his heet It) Unto the woman he said, 1 wiii^ 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. 1 T 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 ; 1 8 Thorns also and thistles shall it ''bring forth to thee : and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ; 1 9 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 art, "and unto dust shalt D C H thou return C. 4 9-12; H. 4. 6, 7. 20 And Adam called liis 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 TAnd the Lord God said^ Be- hold, Pthe 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 *D. 4, 4. H Birth of C ain and Abet, placed at the '^east of the garden of E'den 'Cher'u-bini§, and a flaming Bword which turned every way, 'to keep the way of the tree of hfe. CHAPTER 4. i TJie birth of Cain and Abel. 8 Themurderof Abel. 11 The curse of Cain. \1 Enoch, the first cily, built. 19 Lantech and his two wives. 25 Seth and Enos , hoi'n. 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 brother ^A'bel. And A'bel was ^a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 8 And ''in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an oifering unto the Lord. 4 And A'bel, he also brought of the "firstlings of his ^flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had ^respect GENESIS, 4, 5. Birth of Seth. unto A^bel and to his offerin g :D.8.20. 5 But '^unto Cain and to his offering- he had not respect. And Cain was veiy wroth, and his countenance f el>l' 6 And the Lord sa,id unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen ? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not ^be acce pted ? and if thou doest not B. C. 4004. CHAP. 3. r ch. 2, 8 s Ps. 104, 4 Heb. 1, 7 t John 14,6 B. C. 4003. CHAP. 4. 1 That is. Gotten, or, Ac- uircd. n well, si n lieth at the door . And \into thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. H. 6. 5-7; 0. 7. 1. 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 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is A'bel thy brother? And he said, I know not: A7n 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 opened her ^mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand ; 1 2 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vaga- bond shalt thou be in the earth.C.6.12 1 3 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 ; *G. Deut. 6. 4, 5 ebel. 3 a feeder. 4 at the end of days. a Ex. 13, 12 Ex. 34, 19 Lev. 27,26 Num. 18,17 Pro. 3, 9 5 sheep, or, goat.';. b Judg.6,21 c Hob. 11, 4 6 Or, have the excel- lency ? Heb. 11,4 7 Or, sub- ject unto thee, ch; 3, 16 d Mat.23,35 1 John 3, 12-15. Jude 11 8 bloods. e Heb.12,24 Rev. 6, 10 f Deut. 28, 15-20. Gal. 3, 10 g Job 16, 18 9 Or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forqiven. h Ezek. 9, i2Ki.l3,23 2 Ki.24,20 Jer. 23,39 Jer. 52, 3 10 Chanoch. .?■ Ps. 49, 11 11 Lemech. 12 tvhetter. 13 Or, J tvoidd slay a man in my wound, etc. 14 Or, in my hurt. 15 Sheth, that is, Ap ■ Vointed, or, Put. 16 Enosh. 17 Or, call them- selves by the name of the Lord. ch. 6, 2 1 Ki.18,24 Ps. 116,17 Joel 2, 32 Zeph. 3, 9 John 1,12 Acts 15, 17 1 Cor. 1, 2 B. C. 3679. CHAP. 5. a 1 Chr. 1, 1 Mat. 1, 1 Lu. 3, 38 8 and from thy face shall I be hid ; and 1 shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that nndeth me shaU slay me. 15 And the Lord said unto him. Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sev- enfold. And the Lord ^set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 16 IT And Cain went out from the presence 'of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of E'den. 1 7 And Cain knew his wife ; 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 Trad : and i'rad begat Me-hii'ja-el : and Me- hu'ja-el begat Me-thii'sa-el : and Me- tliLi'sa-el begat "La'mech. 1 TT And La'mech took unto him two wives : the name of the one teas 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 2cas Jii'- bal : he w^as the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zil'lah, she also bare Tu'bal- cain, an ^^instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tii'bal-cain loas Na'a-mah. 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 wounding, and a young man ^*to my hurt. 24 If Cain shall be avenged seven- fold, trul}^ La'mech seventy and sev- enfold. 2 5 fl And Ad'am knew his wife again ; and she bare a son, and called his name ^°Seth : For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of A'bel, whom Cain slew.- 26 And to Seth, to him also there was bom a son; and he called his name ' ®E'nos : then began men to ^ 'call upon the name of the Lord. CHAPTER 5. 1 The genealogii, age, and death of the patriarchs, from Adam unto Noah. 24 The godliness and translation of Enoch. THIS is "the book of the genera- tions of Ad'am. In the day that Genealogy of the 'patriarchs. GENESIS, G. The translation of Henoch. God created man, *in the likeness of God made he liim ; 2 Male and female created he them ; and blessed them, ,and called theii^ name Ad'am, in the day when they were created. 3 IFAnd Ad'am lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his hnage; 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 daugh- ters : 5 And all the days that A'dam lived were nine hundred and thii-t;,^ years : "and he died. 6 ITAnd Seth lived a.n hundred and five years, and begat E'nos : 7 And Seth lived after he begat E'nos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters : 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hinadred and twelve years: and he died. 9 IF And E'nos lived ninety years, and begat ^Ca-fnan: lU 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 f And Ca-i'nan lived seventy years, and begat ^Ma-ha'la-le-el B. C. 3679. CHAP. 5. h ch.1,26,27 Eph. 4, 24 Col. 3, 10 c ch. 3, 19 Job 30, 23 Ps. 49,7-9 Ps. 89, 48 Rom. 5, 12 ICor. 15,21 Heb. 9, 27 1 Kenan. 2 IlaMeel, that is, Praiserof God. 3 Jered, that is, descends ing. d 1 Chr. 1, 3 Henoch. Judg-. 14,15 4 Or, Ma~ thusala, that is, at Ms death the send- ing forth of waters. ch- 6, 9 e ch. 17, 1 2 Ki. 20, 3 Ps. 16, 8 Mic. 6, 8 Mai. 2, 6 1 Thes. 2,12 /2KL2,11 Heb. 11,5 5 Lemech. G That is, Eest, or. Comfort. 13 And Ca-i'nan lived after he begat g ch. 3, i? Ma-ha'la-le-el eight hund-.red and forty ch, " years, and begat sons and daughters : 14 And all the days of Ca-i'nan were nine hundred and ten yeais: and he died. 15 TAnd Ma-hala-ie-el lived sixty and five vears,_and begat Ja'red : 16 And_Ma-ha'ia-le-el lived after he begat ^Ja'red eight hmidred and thh'ty years, and begat sons and daughters : 17 And all the days of Ma-ha'la-le-el were eight hundred ninety and five years : and he died. 18 TAnd Ja'red lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he '^ begat E'noch : 19 And Ja'red lived after he begat E'noch eight hundred years, and be- gat sons and daughters : 20 And all the days of Ja'red were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. 9 1 ITi^nd E'noch lived sixty and five years, and begat *Me-thu'se-lah • 22 And E'nocb 'walked with God 11 B. C. 2448. CHAP. 6. a2Cor.6,18 b Deut. 7,3,4 c Lti. 19, 42 Gal. 5, 16,17 1 Pet.3,20 d Ps. 78, 39 e Rom. 1, 2S-31 1 the whole imagina- tion, ivith the pur- poses and desires of the heart. fch. 8, 21 ■ Deut. 29,19 Pro. 6, 18 Mat.15,19 2 every day. P after he begat Me-thu'se-lah threb hundred years, and begat 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 to as not ; "''for God took liim. 2 5 "^ And Me-thu'se-lah hved an hun- dred eighty and seven years, and be- gat ^La'mech : 26 And Me-thu'se-lah 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 TAnd La'mech lived an hundred eighty an d two years, and begat a_son : 29 And he called his name ^No'ah, saying, Tliis same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the groimd which the Lord hath ^cursed.. 30 And La'mech lived after he begat N5'ah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters : 3 1 And all the days of La'mech were seven hundred seventy and seven years : and he died. 32 IT And N5'ah was five hundred vears old: and ISTo'ah begat Shem, tiam, and Ja'x^heth. CHAPTER 6. 1 77ie loickedness of the world, which provoTcelh God's wrath, and causeth theflood. 8 Noahjindeth grace. 14 The order, form, and use of the ark. AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were bom 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 spmt shall i N not always strive with rnan, tor °^that" he also ^> fiegli : yet his days shall Te^ an hundred and twenty year s. * ^ ~i There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in imto the daughtei^ of men, and they bare cA^7' dren to them, the same became mighty men which icere of old, men of reno\sTi. 5 IT And 'God saw that the wicked- ] A ness of man was great in the earth, E and that ^every -^imagination of the I H thoughts of his heart was only evil continually . *N. Exod. 9. 1-4. A. 8. 21; E. 16. 13. J Cause of the flood. GENESIS, 7. Noah entereth the ark. H 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 1 have created 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. H. 19. 12, 13. 8 But No'ah 'found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9 IT These are the generations of No'ah: No'ah was a just man and 'perfect m his generations, t«^ c^ N 5'ah walked with God. 10 And N5'ah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Ja'pheth. 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. C f 12 And God looked -^upon the earth, I and, behold, it Vs^as corrupt ; for all flesh had corrupted h i s way upon I the earth. . C. Exod. 20. 5. 13 And God said unto N5'ah, The '''end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is fiUed with violence through them ; and, behold, I will de- stroy them "with the earth. 1 4 Make thee an ark of gopher wood ; ^rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without .with pitch. F. 6 20. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of : The length of the ark shall he three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 1 6 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; loith lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold, I, even I, dobringa flood of waters upon the earth, to de- stroy all flesh, wherein is the breath B. c. 2M8. j ing thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto of from under heaven ; and every thmg that is in the earth "'shall die. 1 8 But with thee will 1 establish my covenant ; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 1 9 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring inK) the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. ' 20 O f fowls after their k ind, and of cattle aft er their kind, of every creep- CHAP. 6. g Num. 23, 19 1 Sam. 15, 11, 29 7i Isa. 63, 10 Eph. 4, 30 3 from man unto beast. i ch. 19, 19 Ex. 33, 12 Lu. 1, 30 Acts 7, 46 4 Or, ttp- T'ight. j Ps. 14, 2 Ps. 33, 13 k Ezek. 7, 2 Amos 8, 2 1 Pet. 4, 7 5 Or, from, the earth. 6 nests. I 2 Pet. 2, 5 m Rom. 5, 12,14 n ch. 1, 29,30 Heb. 11, 7 p ch. 7, 5 B. C. 2349. CHAP. 7. a Ps. 91, 1-10 Heb. 11, 7 1 Pet.3,20 2 Pet. 2, 5 b ch. 6, 9 Ps. 33, 18,19 2 Pet. 2, 9 c Lev. 11 1 seven seven. cZ Job 22, 16 2 Pet. 2, 5 2 blot out. e ch. 6, 22 Ps. 119, 6 /Heb. 6, 18 3 Or, on the seventh day. g ch. 8, 2 Pro. 8, 28 Ezek. 26,19 h Ps. 78. 23 Isa. 24. 18 Mai. 3, 10 4 Or, flood- gates. 10 thee, to keep ihem aliv e. F. 6. 22.. 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. 2 2 ''Thus did N o'ah ; ^according to all ] F that God comjnanded him, so did he. J CHAPTER 7. ''• ^^ ^" 1 Noah, icith his family, and the living creatures, enter into the ark. 17 The beginning, increase, ana continuance of the flood. 2.1 All flesh destroyed. ND the Lord said unto N5'ah, 1 Come "thou and all thy house A into the ark : for thee have I seen righteous ^before me in this genera- tion. 0. 15. 6. 2 Of every ^clean beast thou shalt take to thee by ^sevens, the male and his female : and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female ; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and '^I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights ; and every hv- ing substance that I have made will I -destroy from off the face of the earth. 5 And N5'ah did according unto all 'that the Lord conmianded him. 6 And N5'ah icas six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And -^Nd'ah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto No'ah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded N5'ah. 10 And it came to pa,ss ^after sever days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 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 Hhe windows of heaven w^ere opened. 1 2 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13j[n the selfsame day entered No'ah, and Shem, and Ham, and Beginning of the flood. VT ENESIS, 8. Tlie ark resteth on Ararat. Ja'pheth, the sons of No'ah, and N5'ah's wife, and the three vvives of his sons with them, into the ark ; 14 Tliey, 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. 1 5 And they went in unto No'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 aU flesh, as God had commanded him : a.nd the Lord '■shut him in. IT And the flood vv^as forty days upon the earth ; and the waters in- creased, 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 exceed- ingly upon the earth; ^and all the high hills, that v^ere under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered, 21 And ^aU flesh died that m.oved upon the earth, both of fov/l, g.nd of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : 22 All in whose '"nostrils was ^the breath of life, of all that loas in the dry land, died. 2o 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 heaven; and they were de- stroyed from the earth : and ^^ No'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, CHAPTER 8. 1 The waters asswage. 4 The ark resteth on Ararat. 13 The earth dried. 15 Noah aoeth forth of the ark. 20 buildeth an altar, and offereth sacrifice. 21 God promiseth to curse the earth no mare. A ND ''God remembered Nd'ah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that to as with him in the ark : and God ^ade a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters as- l swaged; K. 15. 1. 2 The 'fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped. B. C. 2349. CHAP. 7, 5 wing. i Ps. 91 Ps. 17, 8 Ps. 145,20 1 Pet. 1, 5 i Ps. 104,26 k Ps. 104, 6 I ch. 6, 13, 17 Job 22, 16 Mat.24,39 Lu. 17, 27 2 Pet. 3, 6 m ch. 2, 7 6 thebreath of the spirit of life. n Ezek. 14, 14 Mai. 3, 17 Heb. 11, 7 1 Pet.3,20 2 Pet. 2, 5 ch. 8, 3, 4 com- pared with verse 11 of this chapter. CHAP. 8. a ch. 19, 29 Ex. 2, 24 1 Sam. 1, 19 Ps. 105,42 Ps. 136,23 6 Ex. 14, 21 Ex. 15, 10 Ps. 104, 7 c ch. 7, 11 dlKi. 8.35 Job 38, 37 1 in going and re- turning. e ch. 7, 24 2 ^vere in going and decreas- ing. /ch. 6, 16 g 1 Ki. 17, 4 3 in going forth and return- ing- h Deut. 28,65 4 caused her to come. i Lu. 2, 14 2348. j ch. 7, 13 Ps. 121, 8 11 and the '^rain from heaven was re- strained ; 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 j month, on the seventeenth day of the imonth, upon the mountains of Ar'a- jrat. I 5 And the waters ^decreased con- itinually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, v/ere the tops of the moun- , tains seen. j 6 ^And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that No'ah opened the •''window of the ark which he had 'made : I 7 And he sent forth i'a raven, which Avent forth 'to and fro, until the wa- iters were dried up from off the earth. I 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 loere 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 seve^ days; and again he sent forth the 'dove out of the ark ; I 1 1 And the dove came in to him in the evening ; and, lo, in her mouth ■was an 'olive leaf pluckt off: so No'ah jknew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 1 2 And he stayed yet other seven days ; and sent forth the dove ; which returned not again unto hun any more. 13 IF And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the montli, the w^aters were dried up from off the earth : and No'ah removed the cov- ;ering of the ark, and looked, and, be- hold, the face of the ground Avas dry. 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15 TAnd God spake unto No'ah, say- ing, 16 Go -^forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 1 7 Bring forth with thee every liv- ing thing that is with thee, of all God blesseth Noah. GENESIS, 9. GocVs covenant with Noah, 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 No'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 whatso- ever creepeth upon the earth, after their ^kinds, went forth out of the ark. 20 ^And ]^5'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 smelled *^a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again '"curse the ground any more for man's sake; ^f or 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. A. Ex. 32. 7-9. 22 ® While the earth remaineth, seed- time and harvest, and cold and heat, and sununer and winter, and ^day and night shall not cease. CHAPTER 9. 1 God blesseth Noah. 4 Blood and murder are far- hidden. 8 God's covenant, 13 signijied by the rain- boiD. 23 Noah is drunken, and mocked by Ham: 25 he pronovnceth a curse on Canaan, and bless- ings on Sheni and on Japheth : 29 he dieth. AND *God blessed No'ah and 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 ire they de- livered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be ''meat for you ; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh 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 mul- *D. 15. 9. B. C. 2348. CHAP. 8. k ch. 1, 22 5 fainilies. I Lev. 11 6 a savour of rest. Lev. 1, 9 Ex. 20, 41 2Cor.2,15 Eph. 5, 2 m ch. 3, 17 ch. 6, 17 Isa. 54, 9 7 Or, tliougli. n ch. 6, 5 Ps. 51, 5 Job 14, 4 Job 15, 14 Jer. 17, 9 Rom. 1,21 Rom. 3,23 Eph.2,1-3 ch. 9, 15 8 As yet all the days of the earth., p Jer. 33, 20,25 CHAP. 9. a ch. 1, 28 Z) Hos. 2, 18 Jas. 3, 7 c Deut. 12, 15 Deut.14,3 dLev.17,10 Lev. 19, 26 Deut. 12,23 1 Sam. 14,34 Acts 15, 20,29 e Ex. 21, 28,29 7 Num. 35,31 g Acts 17,26 h,Ex. 21, 12, 14 Lev.24,17 INIat. 26,52 Rev.13,10 i ch. 1, 27 1 Cor.11,7 j ch. 8, 1 7c 2 Pet. 3, 5 I Mat. 26, 26-28. ?7i Ex. 28,12 Lev. 26, 42, 45 Ezek. 16,60 Isa. 54, 9 uch. 17, 13, 19 2 Sam. 23,5 ch. 10, 6 1 Chcnaan. V ch. 10, 32 1 Chr. 1, 4 q ch. 3, 19 ch. 4, 2 Eccl. 5, 9 r ch. 19, 32,36 Pro. 20, 1 Eph. 5, 18 s Ex. 20, 12 Gal. 6, 1 12 tiply ; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 "irAnd God spake unto N5'ah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my cove- nant with you, and with your seed after you ; 1 And with -^'every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you ; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 1 1 And I will establish my covenant with you ; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by tho 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 be- tween me and you and every living creature that is v/ith you, for per- petual generations : 1 3 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 shall be seen in the cloud : 15 And I will remember my cove- nant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh ; '"and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 1 6 And the bow shall be in the cloud ; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the ''everlasting covenant betw^een God and every living crea- ture of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto No'ah, This is the token of the covenant, w^hich I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 1 8 IF And the sons of N5'ah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Ja'pheth: and Ham is the 'father of ^Ca'naan. 19 These are the three, sons of No'- ah : and ^of them was the whole earth overspread. 20 1! And No'ah began to he ?an hus^ bandman, and he planted a vineyard : 21 And he drank of the wine, and ''was drunken; and he w^as uncov- ered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Ca'naan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And 'Shem and Ja'pheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; The generations of Koa h. GENESIS, 10. Descendants of Canaa n, and their faces vnere backward, and: b.c they saw not their father's naked-; ness. 318. CHAP. 9. 24: And Nd'ah awoke from his wine, \t peut 16 It Josh. 9,23 1 Ki. 9, 20 2 Or, ierv ant to them. Job 34, 15 Ps. 89_, 48 Rom.o,12 ICor. 15,21 and knew what his younger son had Mat.25,41 done unto him. 25 And he said, 'Cursed he Ca'naan ; a servant of "servants shall he be ^ ps. 144,15 unto his brethren. 26 And he said, "Blessed he the Lord God of Shem ; and Ca'naan shall be "his ser^^ant. ^ ^^ 27 God shall ^enlarge Ja'pheth, and! suadH he shall '"dweU in the tents of Shem \^^ ^^^^ 2, and Ca'naan shall be his servant. | i?'ii„' 28 And No'ah lived after the floodj ^p^-^'^ three hundred and fifty years. j^job^so^la 29 And all the days of Xo'ah were! nine hundred and fifty years : and hej Mied. I CHAPTER 10. 1 The generations of Noah. 2 The sons of Japheth,\ 6 and of Ham. 8 Nlmrod the first monarch. 15 The descendants of Canaan. 21 The sons of Shem. NOW these are the generations 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 ; G5'mgr,and Ma'gog, and Mad'a-i,and Ja'van, and Tu'bal, and Me'shech,_and Ti'ras. 3 And the sons of Go'mSr; Ash'ke- naz, and Ri'phath, and T6-g'ar'mah. 4 And the sons of Ja'van ; E-li'shah, and Tar'shish, 'KJt'tim, and ^D5'da- nim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gen'- tile§ divided in their lands ; everj^ one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 1i And the sons of Ham ; Cush, and Miz'ra-im, and Phiit, and Ca'naan. 7 And the sons of Cush ; Se'ba, and Hav'i-lah, and Sab^tah, 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 be- gan to be a mighty ore in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said. Even as Nim'rod the mighty hmiter before *the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his king- dom "^was ^Ba'bel, and E'rech, and Ac'cad, and Cal'neh, in the land ofj^ch. 11,12, Shi'nar. jg suiaii. 11 Out of that land ^went forth As'-lj^id^.^ shur, and builded Nin'e-veh, and "thej 1. 19 ' city Re-h5'both, and Ca'lah, An'a-mim,and Le'ha-bim,and Naph'- tu-him, 14 AndPath-ru'sim,andCaslu iiim, ('^out of whom came Phi-lis'tim,) and Caph't6-rim._ 1 5 '',1 And Ca'naan begat ^Si'don his firstborn, and Heth, 16 And the Jeb'u-site, and the Am'- Heb.ii;i6 or-ite, and the Gir'ga-site, 1 7 And the Hi'vite, and the Ark'ite, and the Sin'ite, 1 8 And the Ar'vad-ite, and the Zem'- a-rite, and the Ha'math-ite : and after- ward were the families of the Ca'- naan-ites spread abroad, 1 9 And 'the border of the Ca'naan- ites was from Si'don, as thou comest to Ge'rar, unto ' Ga'za ; as thou goest, unto S6d'om,andG6-mor'rah, and Ad'- mah, and Ze-b5'im, even unto La'sha. Heb.'9, 27 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongiies, in their countries, and in their na- tions. 21 ^L'nto Shem also, the father of all the children of E'bgr, the brother of Ja'pheth the elder, even to him were children bom. 22 The -^"children of Shem; Elam, and As'shur, and ^Ar-phax'ad, and Lud, and A'ram. 23 And the children of A'ram; Uz, and Hill, and Ge'thgr, and Mash. 24 And Ar-phax'ad -"begat ^Sa'lah; and Sa'iah begat E'bSr. 25 And ^unto E'bSr were born two sons: the name of one icas '°Pe'leg; for in his days was the earth divided ; and Ms brother's name was Jok'- tan. 26 And Jok'tan begat ll-md'dad, and She'lcph, and Ha-zar-ma'veth, and Je'rah, 27 And Ha-d5'ram, and tj'zal, and Diklah, 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 roere the sons of Jok'tan. 30 And their dwelling w^as from Me'sha, as thou goest unto Se'phar a mount of the east. 3 1 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 ThePe kire the families of the sons of No'ah, after their generations, in •^and bv these were the CHAP. 10. a 1 Chr. 1, 5-7 1 Or, Chit- tim. 2 Or, Boda- nim. b ch. 6, 11 c Mic. 5, 6 3 Or, Baby- lon. 4 Or, he went out into As- syria. 5 Or, the streets of the city. d 1 Chr. 1,12 6 Tzidon. e ch. 13, 12, 14,15 ch. 15, 18-21 Num. 34, 2,12 Josh. 12,7 7 Azzah. flChr. 1,17 8 Arpach- shad. 110 That is, 12 And Re'sen between Nin'e-vehj -^"■'^^^^'^- j their nations and Calah : the same is a great city. U 1 chr. 1, 4 nations divided in the earth after the 13 And Miz'ra-im begat Lu'dim,and L ch. 9, 19 jfl-ood. 13 The confusion of tongues. GENESIS, 11, 12. The generatio7is of Shem. CHAPTER 11. B.C.2247 1 One language in the world. 3 The building of Ba- bel, and cotU'usion of tojigues. 10 The generations cf Shem, 21 and of Terah. 31 Terah goelh frovi Lfr to Haran. AND the whole ea.rth ''was of one 'language, and of one ^speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they jour- neyed ^from the east, that they found a plam in the land of ^Shfnar ; and they dwelt there. 3 And ^thev said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and^burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slune had they for morter. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build as a city and a tower, whose top ^7nay reach ''unto heaven ; and let us make us '^a name, lest we be ^scattered abroad xv^on 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 ^imag- ined to do. 7 Go to, Het us go down, and there confound their language, that they may 'not understand one another's speech 8 So the Lord sca^ttered them abroad fram thence ■''upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build the 8 or. Pha- City. Lu. 3, 35 9 Therefore is the name of it called 9 or, 'Ba'bel; ^because the Lord did there f^l^Xhb confound the language of all thelioor, ' CHAP. 11. a Acts 2, 6 1 lip. 2 words. 3 Or, east- ward, as ch. 13, 11 b Dan. 1, 2 4: a man said to his neigh- bour. 5 burn them to a burning. 6 may be very high. c Deut.1,28 d John 5. 44 e Lu. 1, 51 /ch. 18, 21 Ps. 33, 13 Ps. 53, 2 g Ps. 2, 1, 4 h ch. 1, 26 i ch. 42, 23 Deut. 28,49 Jer. 5, 15 Acts 2, 4-11 1 Cor. 14, 2, 11, 23 j ch. 10, 25-32 Ps. 92, 9 Pro. 19,29 Lu. 1, 51 7 That is, Confu- sion^ k 1 Cor. 14,23 I IChr. 1, 17-27 m Lu. 3, 36 n 1 Chr. 1,19 earth and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 10 irThese are the generations Shem : ^Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Ar-phax'ad two years .after the flood : 11 And Shem lived after he begat AT-phax'ad five hundred years, and. begat sons and daughters. Iz And Ar-phax'ad lived five and thirty years, and begat '"Salah : 13 And Ar-phax'ad lived after he be- gat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daugh- ters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat E'bgr : 15 And Sa'lah lived after he begat g'bSr four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. Saruch, Lu. 3, 35 11 Or, Tliara, \ Lu. 3. 34 Ol ch. 12, 1 Josh. 24,2 1 Chr. 1,26 p ch. 12, 4 ch. 13, 10 ch. 14, 12 ch. 19, 1,29 2 Pet. 2, 7 q ch. 17, 15 r ch. Sf , 20 s ch. 16, 1 t Neh. 9, 7 Acts 7, 4 Heb. 11, 8 u ch. 10, 19 12 Or, C haran. CHAP. 12 . a ch. 15, 7 Acts 7, 3 14 1 6 And "E'bSr lived four and thirty years, and begat ^Peleg : 1 7 And E'ber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 1 8 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat ^Re'u : 19 And Peleg 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'rug: 21 And Re'u lived after he begat Se'- rug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Se'rug lived thirty years, and bega.t Na'hor : 23 And Se'rug lived after he begat Na'hor two hundred years, and be- gat sons and daughters. 24 And Na'hor lived nine and twen- ty years, and begat ' 'Te'rah : 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 Ha'- ran. 27 f Now these are the generations of Te'rah : Te'rah begat A'bram, Na'- hor, and Ha'ran ; and Ha'ran begat ^Lot. 28 And Ha'ran died before his father Te'rah in the land of his nativity, in trr of the Chal'deeg. 29 And A'bram and Na'hor took them wives: the name of A'bram's wife teas ^Sa'rai; and the name of Na'hor's wife, 'Mircah, the daughter of Ha'ran, the father of Mil'cah, and the father of Is'cah. 30 But Sa'rai was 'barren ; she had no child. 31 And Te'rah took A'bram his son, and Lot the son of Ha'ran his son's son, and Sa'rai his daughter in law, his son A'bram's wife ; and they 'went forth with them from Ur of the Chai'- dee§, to go into the land of "Ca'naan : and they came unto '^Ha'ran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Te'rah were two hundred and five years : and Te'rah died in Ha'ran. CHAPTER 12. 1 God calleth Abram, and biesseth him with a prom- iseof Christ : 4 he departs from Haran. 6 Canaan promised. NOW the ''Lord had said untol A'bram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and Abram departeth from Haroji. GENESIS, 13. Ahr am and Lot separate. from thy father's house, unto a land that I Avill shew thee : 2 And I Yf ill niake 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 fchee, and thee : and ''in cu rse h im thee that curseth shall ah taniiiies _of the earth be blessed.* 4 So A^bram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him ; and Lot went with hull : and A 'brain, was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Ha'ran. F. 15. 5, 6. 5 And A'bram took Sa'rai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gath- ered, and the souls that they had got- ten in 'Ha'ran ; and they went forth to go -^into the land of Ca'naan; and into the land of Ca'naan they came. 6 ^And A'bram passed through the land unto the pl_ace of ^Si'chem,unto the plain of s'Mo'reh. And the Ca'- naan-ite vms then in the land. TAnd the Lord ^appeared unto A'bram, and said, 'TJnto thy seed will I give this land : and there builded he an •'altar unto the Lord, who ap- peared unto him, 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth -el, and pitched his tent, hav ing Beth -el on the west, and ^Hal 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, Agoing on *still toward the south, 10 IF And there was ^a famine in the land : and A'bram "*went down into E'gy'pt to sojourn there ; for the fam- ine loas "grievous in the land, 1 1 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into E'gj'pt, that he said unto Sa'rai his wife. Behold now, I know that thou art a "fair woman to look upon : 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the E-gyp'tian§ 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 TAnd it came to pass, ttiat, when A'bram was come into E'gypt, the B. C, 2247. CHAP. 12. h ch. 17, 6 ch. 18, 18 ch. 46, 3 Num. 23, 10 Deut.26,5 1 Ki. 3, 8 c ch. 24, 35 ch. 27, 29 Ex. 23, 22 Num.24,9 a ch. 22, 18 ch. 26, 4 ch. 28, 14 Ps. 72, 17 Acts 3, 25 Gal. 3, 8 e ch. 11, 31 /Heb.11,8 1 Or, Sydiar, John 4, 5 g Deut. 11,30 Judg. 7, 1 h ch. 17, 1 i Deut.34,4 Ps. 105, 9-12 j ch. 13, 4 2 Or, Ai, or, Aija. 3 in going and jour- neying. k ch. 13, 3 I ch. 26, 1 m Ps. 105, 13 n ch. 43, 1 ch. 26, 7 p eh. 20, 11 q Ps. 25, 21 Eph. 4, 25 r ch. 20, 5,13 s Esth.2,lC t ch. 20, 18 1 Chr. 16, 21 Ps. 105,14 Heb. 13,4 u ch. 20, 9 ch. 26, 10 Pro. 21, 1 *L. 17.7; W. Ex. 34, 6,7. B. C. 1920. CHAP. 13. a ch. 24, 35 Ps. 112, 3 Pro. 10,22 b ch. 12, 7,8 c ch. 36, 7 Lu. 12, 17, 18 d ch. 26, 20 e Phil. 2, 14, 15 1 men brethren, Ex. 2, 13 Ps. 133, 1 / ch. 20, 15 15 E-gyp'tian§ beheld the woman that she vjas very fair. 1 5 The 'princes also of Pha'raoh saw her, and commended her before Pha'- raoh : and the vv^oman was taken into Pha'raoh's house, 16 And he entreated A'bram well for her sake : and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels, IT And the Lord ^plagued Pharadh and his house with great plagues be- cause of Sa'rai A'bram's wife. 1 8 And Pha'raoh called A'bram, and said, ''What is this that thou hast done unto me ? why didst thou not tell me that she teas thy w^ife ? 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sis- ter ? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy v/ay. 20 And Pha'raoh commanded his men concerning him : and they sent him away, and his w^ife and all that he had. CHAPTER 13, 1 Abram and Lot return from Egupt: 7 thei/ part asunder. 10 Lot goes to Sodom. 14 God's promise renewed to Abra?n. IS Be goeth to Hebron, and there builds an altar. AND A'bram went up out of E'gypt, he, and his wife, and all that he h ad, andLot with him, into the south. 2 And A'bram was "very rich in cat- tle, 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 iDeginning, between Beth'-el and Ha'T; 4 Unto the place of the *altar, w^hich he had made there at the first : and there A'bram called on the name of the Lord. 5 ''iFAnd Lot also, which went with A'bram, had fiocks, 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 wasa'^strife between the herdmen of A'bram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle : and the Ca'- naafi-ite and the Per'iz-zlte dwelled then in the land. 8 And A'bram said unto Lot, ^Let there be no strife, I pray thee, be- tween me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen : for we he 'brethren. 9 Is -^not the whole land before thee ? The battle of the kings. GENESIS, 14. Lot taken prisoner. separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : •''if thou loilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and ^beheld all the 'plain of Jor'dan, that it was well watered every where, be- fore the Lord •'destroyed Sod'om and Go-mor'rah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of E'gypt, as thou comest *unto Zo'ar. 1 1 Then Lot chose him ail the plain of Jor'dan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. ISA'brani dwelled in the land of Ca'naan, and Lot dwelled in the cities ^of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sod'om. 13 But '"the men of Sod'om loere wicked and ''sinners before the Lord exceedingly. 14 HAnd 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 ^'north- ward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : 1 5 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy ^seed for ever. 1 6 And I will make thy seed as the 'dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, the!^i shall thy seed also be numbered. 1 7 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 ?'5inHe'bron,and built there an altar unto the Lord. CHAPTER 14. 1 ThehattU of four kings against five. \2 Lot taken prisoner, 14 is rescued by A'orara. 18 Melchizedek blesseik Abram : 20 Abram givelh him tithes. AND it came to pass in the days of Im'ra-phel king of "Shi'nar, A'ri-och king of Ella-sar, Ched-or-la'- o-mSr king of *Elam, and Ti'dal king of nations ; 2 That these Tnade war with Be'ra king of Sod 'om, and with Bir'sha king of Go-mor'rah, Shf nab king of '^^Ad'- mah, and Shem-e'ber king of Ze-boi'- im, and the king of Bela, which is *Zo'ar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Sid'dim, Avhich is the salt se^. 4 Twelve years they served Ched-or- CHAP. 13. g Rom. 12, 18 Heb. 12, 14 J as. 3, 13-18 h Num.32, 1 i Deut. 34,3 Ps. 107,34 j ch. 19, 24 Ps. 107,34 k ch. 14, 2 ch. 19, 22 1 ch. 19, 29 m ch. 18, 20 Ezek. 16,49 2 Pet. 2, 7 n ch. 6, 11 Isa. 49, 18 p ch. 28, 14 q 2Chr.20,7 r ch. 26, 4 Ex. 32, 13 Num. 23,10 Deut. 1,10 1 Chr. 27,23 Jer.33,22 Rom. 4,16 Heb. 11, 12 2 plains. B. C. 1920. B. C. 1913. CHAP. 14. a ch. 10, 10 b Isa. 11, 11 c Jas. 4, 1 d Deut. 29,23 e ch. 19, 22 / Deut.3,17 Num. 34,12 Josh. 3,16 Ps. 107,34 1 Or, the plain of Kiria- thaini. 2 Or, the plain of Par an. 2 Chr. 20,2 h ch. 11, 3 i ch. 19, 17, 30 j ch. 11, 31 k ch. 13, 12 Jer. 2, 17, 19 1 ver. 24 m ch. 13, 8 3 Or, led forth. 4 Or, in- structed. n ch. 17, 27 ch. 16, 3 Eccl. 2, 7 Deut. 34,1 .Judg. 18. 29 Isa. 41, 2 p 1 Sam. 30, 8, 18, 19 16 la'o-mgr, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And inthe fourteenth year came Ched-or-la'o-m6r, and the kings ihat yjere with him, and smote the Keph'- a-im§ in Ash'te-roth Kar-na'im, and the Zii'zim§ in Ham, and the E'mimg in ^Sha'veh Kir-i-a-tha'im, 6 And the H 5 'rites in their mount Se'ir, unto ^El-pa'ran, which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to En-mish'pat, which is Ka'desh, and smote all the country of the Am'a-lek- ites, and also the Am'or-ites, that dwelt in "Haz'e-zon-ta'mar. 8 And there went out the king of Sod'om, and the king of Go-mor'rah, and the king of Ad'mah, and the king of Ze-boi'im,andthe king of Belck, (the same is Zo'ar ;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Sid 'dim ; 9 With Ched-or-la'o-mgr the king of E'lam,and with Ti'dal king of nations, and Am'ra-phel king of Shi'nar, and A'ri-och king of El'la-sar ; four kings with five. 1 And the i^ale of Sid 'dim mas full of ^slimepits ; and the kings of Sod'om and Go-mor'rah fled, and fell there ; and they that remained fled to the 'mountain. 1 1 And they took all the goods of Sod'om and Go-mor'rah, and all their A^ctuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, -^A'bram's brother's son, ^who dwelt in Sod'om, and his goods, and departed. 1 3 "^lAnd there came one that had escaped, and told A'bramthe He'brew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mam'rS the Am'or-Ite, brother of f:sh'col, and brother of A'nSr : and these 'were con- federate with A'bram. 14 And when A'bram heard that his '"brother was taken captive, he ^armed his drained servants, born "in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them 'omto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hd'bah, which is on the left hand of Da-mas'cus. 1 6 And 'he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 1 7 ir And the king of Sod 'orn went out 10 meet him after his return from t^e God encoiirageth Ahram. GENESIS, 15,16. Canaan is again promised. slaughter of Ched-or-la'o-mSr, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Sha'veh, which is the ^king's dale. 18 And 'Mel-chiz'e-dek king of Sa'- lem. brought forth bread and wine : and he icas the priest 'of the most high God. ly 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 of Sod'om, "I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, ''the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I ^will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that T 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'ngr, £sh'col, and Mam're; let them take their portion. CHAPTER 15. 1 God encourageth Abram: Apromiseth him a son and a numerous seed: 6 lie is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is again promised, and confirmed by a sian and a vision- B. C. 1913. CHAP. U. q 2 Sam. 18,18 r Heb. 7,1,2 s Ps. 110, 4 Mic. 6, 3 Actsl6,17 Heb. 7, 10-23 t Heb. 7, 4 5 souls. u Dan. 12, 7 Rev. 10, 5 V Ps. 24, 1 Mat. 11,25 IV Esth. 9, 15 2 Cor. 11, 9-12 Kf A FTER these things the word of fhe TjO RD came unto A^bram in I ^a. vision, spying, ^Fear not, A'bram : I T a7n t hy shiel d, and thy exceeding I ^grefl t rewar d. K. 19. 29. 2 And A'bram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go child- less, and the steward of my house is this E-li-e'zSr of Da-mas'cus ? 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 tliine heir ; but he that shall "^come forth out of thine o^vn bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and "tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, -''So shall thy seed be. 6 And -^he believed in the Lord CHAP. 15 a ch. 46, 2 b Isa. 41, 10 c Ps. 58, 11 Ps. 84, 9, 11 Heb. 11, 6 d cli. 17, 16 2 Sam. 7,12 e Ps. 147, 4 /Ex. 32, 13 Heb. 11,12 g Rom. 4, 3-6, 20-25 h Ps. 106,31 Gal. 3, 6 i Acts 7, 2 j Judg.6, 36-40 1 Sam. 14, 9, 10 2 Ki. 20, 8 Lu. 1, 18 7c ch. 2, 21 I Ex. 1, 1 m Ex. 1, 11 n Ex. 12, 40 Ex. 6, 6 Ex. 7, 14 p ch. 25, 8 Job 5, 26 Heb. 11,13 q Mat.23,32 1 Thes. 2, 16 2 Pet. 3, 8,9 1 a lamp of fire. r ch. 17, 8 Deut. 1, 7 Num.34,3 2Chr. 9,26 Neh. 9, 8 Ps. 105,11 and he V.ounted it to him for right - eousness. F. 22. 1-3; 0. 17. 1. (2) CHAP. 16. a Judg.13,2 Lu. 1, 7 1 Or, Agar. Gal. 4, 24 IT 7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that 'brought thee out of ur of the Chal'deeg, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said Lord God, -^'whereby shall I know tha.t I shall inherit it 'i 9 And he said unto hijn. Take me an heifer of thi'ee years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. q, 22 7, 8. 10 And he took unto him all tliese, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another ; but the birds divided he not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, A'bram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going doAvn, a ^deep sleep fell upon A'bram; and, lo, an horror ot 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 '^hsct nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge : and after- ward shall they come out with great substance. 1 5 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ; thou shalt be buried ^in a good old age. 1 6 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again : for the iniq- uity of the Am'or-ites ^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 vf ith A'bram, saying, Un- to thy seed "have I given this land, from the river of E'gypt unto the great river, the river Eii-phra'te§ : 19 The Ken'ites, and the Kenlz- zites, and the Kad'mon-ites, 20 And the Hit'tites, and the Per'iz- zites, and the Reph'a-im§, 21 And the Am'or-ites, and the Ca^- naan-ites, and the Gir'ga-shites, and the Jeb'u-sites. CHAPTER 16. 1 Sarai, being barren, giveih Hagar to Abram. 6 Hagar fleeth from her mistress, 9 is sent back by an angel to subtnit to her. 15 Ishmael is born. ^VTOW Sa'rai A'bram's wife ""bare Jl 1 him no children : and she had an handmaid, an E-gyp'tian, whose name was 'Ha'gar. Hagar jleeth from Iter mistress. GENESIS, 17. 2 And Sa'rai said unto A'bram, Be- hold now, the Lord hath ^restrained me from bearing : I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may -^obtain children by her. And A'bram hearkened to the voice of Sa'rai. 3_And Sa'rai A'bram's wife took Ha'gar her maid the E-g5^p'tian, af tei A'bram had dwelt ten years in the land of Ca'naan, 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 conceived, her mistress was '^despised in her eyes. 5 And Sa'rai said unto A'bram, My wrong he upon thee : I have given my m-aid into thy bosom ; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes : the '^Lord judge between me and thee. o But A'bram said unto Sa'rai, Be- hold, thy maid is in thy hand ; do to her ^as it pleaseth thee. And when Sa'rai ^dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face, T IT And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to 'Shur. 8 And he said, Ha'gar, Sa'rai'smaid, whence earnest thou? and whither wilt thou go ? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sa'rai. 9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her. Return to thy mistress, and •^"submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the ^angel of the Lord said unto her, I will '^multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be num- bered 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 against him ; and he -'shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, ^Thou God seest me : for she said, Have i also here looked after him that seeth me? E. Exod. 3. 7. 14 Wherefore the well was called ^Be'er-la-hai'-roi ; behold it is be- tween Ka'desh and Be'red. 15 And Ha'gar bare A'bram a son : B. C. 1913. CHAP. 16. h ch. 30, 2 2 bebmlded by her. Ruth 4,11 c Pro. 30,23 d Ex. 5, 21 3 that which is good in thine eyes. 4 afflicted her. e ch. 25, 18 /Eph. 6, 6-9. g ch. 22, 15-18 Mai. 3, 1 h ch. 25, 12 5 That is, God shall hear. i Ex. 2, 23, 2i j ch. 25, 18 k Ps. 139, 1-13 6 That is, Tlie xvell of him that liv- cth and seeth me. Abram's name changed, and A'bram called his son's name, which Ha'gar bare, ish'ma-el. 16 And A'bram was fourscore and six years old, when Ha'gar bare Ish'- ma-el to A'bram. CHAPTER IT. B. C. 1898. CHAP. 17. X ch. 5, 22 b Job 1, 1 Or, up- right, or, sincere. c Gal. 3, 17,18 d Ex. 3, 6 2 multi- tude of nations. 3 That '^, Father of a great multi- tude. e ch. 26, 24 ch. 28, 13 Heb. 11, 16 Rom. 9, 7-9 4 of thy so- journ- ings. ch. 23, 4 ch. 28, 4 /Ex. 6, 7 Ex. 29, 45 Lev.26,12 Deut. 4,37 Deut. 14, 2 Deut. 26,18 Deut. 29, 13 Ps. 48, 14 Rev. 21, 7 g Ps. 25, 10 h Acts 7, 8 Roin.4,11 Gal. 6, 15 5 a son of eight days. Lu. 2, 21 John 7,32, 18 1 The covenant is renewed. 5 Abram's name changed. 9 Circumcision instituted. 16 Isaac with a numer- ous issue is promised. AND when A'bram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to A'bram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ; ''walk before me, and ^be thou ^perfect. ♦ 2 And I will make my '^covenant be- tween me and thee, and will multi- ply thee exceedingly. 3 And A'bram '^f ell on his face : and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of "many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called 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 exceeding fruitiful, aiid I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be ''a God unto thee, and to thy seed after ^l^ee. I JO og J 8 And I will give unto thee, ana to' thy seed after thee, the land Vherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Ca'naan, for an everlasting posses- sion ; and -^I will be their God., 9 ^And God said unto A 'bra-ham, Thou ^shalt keep my covenant there- fore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between m.e and you and thy seed after thee ; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 1 1 And ''ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And ^he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised : and my *0 Exod. 33. 19. Isaac is promised. GENESIS, 18. Abraham entertaineth angels. covenant »hall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child Avhose flesh of his foreskin is not cir- cumcised, that soul shall be 'cut ofl" from his people ; he hath broken my covenant. 1 5 H And God said unto A'bra-ham, As for Sa'rai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sa'rai, but ''Sa'rah.sAa// her name he. 16 And I wfll 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 shaU be of her, IT 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 'Sa'rah, 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, "^Sa'rah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name Tsaac : and I Avill establish 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; 'liwelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him ^'a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with I'gaac, which ^Sa'rah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 22 And he left ofi; 'talking v/ith him, and God went up from A'bra-ham. 23 IT And A'bra-ham took ish'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 foreskin in the selfsame day, as 'God had said unto him. 24 And A'bra-ham was ninety years old and nine, Avhen he was circum- cised in the flesh of his foreskin. 2 5 And Ish'ma-el his son vms thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In 'the selfsame daj was A'bra- ham circumcised, and ish'ma-el his son. 27 And all the men of "his house, B. C. 1898. CHAP. 17. % Ex. 4, 24 Josh. 5, 2-7 6 That is, Princess. j ch. 18, 10 ch. 21, 1 7 she shall become nations. k ch. 18, 12 ch. 21, (5 I ch. 21, 7 m ch. 18, 10 ch. 21, 2 Gal. 4, 28-31 nch. 16,10 ch. 25, 12-16 p ch. 21, 18 q ch. 21, 2 r ch. 18, 33 ch. 35, 9-15 s ver. 9 t Ps. 119,60 u ch. 18, 19 V ch. 14, 14 CHAP. 18. a ch. 13, 18 ch. 14, 13 Acts 7, 2 b ver. 22 ch. 19, 1 c Heb. 13, 2 1 Pet. 4, 9 d ch. 24, 32 ch. 43, 24 1 stay. 2 you have passed. 3 Hasten. e ch. 24, 67 Titus 2, 5 /ch. 21, 2 Lu. 1, 13 Rom. 9, 9 g Rom. 4,19 h Heb.11,11 i ch. 17, 17 Lu. 1, 18 ; 1 Pet. 3, 6 k Ps. 115, 3 Jer. 32. 17 Zech. 8, 6 Mat. 3, 9 Mat.19,26 Lu. 1, 37 Rom,4,21 Heb.11,19 ^9 born ''ill the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circum- cised with him. CHAPTER 18. 1 Abraham entertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah re- proved. 17 Destruction of Sodom revealed to Abra- ham: 23 he intercedes for it. 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 1 have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pra.y 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 Sa'rah, and said, ^Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And A'bra-ham ran unto the herd, and f etcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat, 9 IT And they said unto him. Where is Sa'rah thy wife ? And he said, Be- hold, ''in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certamly re- turn unto theeaccordingto the time of life; and, lo, Sa'rah thy wife shall have •^a son. And Sa'rah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. 11 Now A'bra-ham and Sa'rah v^ere ''old a7id well stricken in age ; and it ceased to be with Sa'rah after the ^manner of women. 12 Therefore Sa'rah laughed within h^self, saying, 'After I am waxed old shall I have, pleasure, my •'lord being old also ? 1 3 And the Lord said unto A'bra- ham, Wherefore did Sa'rah laugh, saying. Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old ? 14 Is any thing ''^too hard for the Destruction of Sodom revealed. GENESIS, 19. JLot e7itertaineth angels. Lord ? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of hf e, and fea'rah shall have a son, 1 5 Then Sa'rah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay ; but thou didst laugh. 1 6 11 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. IT And the Lord said, 'Shall I hide from A'bra-ham that thing which I do; 1 8 Seeing that A'bra-ham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall "'be blessed in him ? 1 9 For I know him, that he '^will command his children and his house- hold after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon A'bra-ham that v/hich he hath spoken of him. 20 And the Lord said, Because 'lihe cry of Sod'om and Go-mor'rah is great, and because their sin is very grievous ; 21 1 will go down now, ^and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, y hich is come unto me ; and if not, I will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sod'om: but A'bra-ham stood yet before the ?LORD. 23 IT And A'bra-ham drew near, and said, '"Wilt thou also destroy the right- eous with the wicked ? J r 24 Peradventure there be 'fifty righteous within the city : wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are there- in? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked : and that the 'right- eous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall "not the Judg e of all the earth do right ?t 26 And the Lord said, ^If I find in Sod'omnfty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. L. Exod. 4. 22. 27 And A 'bra-ham answ^ered and said, "Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am hilt ""dust and ashes : 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt thoii *J. 18. 24, 25. fJ. Deut. 10. 17, 18. B. C. 1898. CHAP. 18. I Ps. 25, 14 Amos 3, 7 Jolm 15, 15 m ch. 12, 3 ch. 22, 18 Ps. 72, 17 Acts 3, 25 Gal. 3, 8, 9, 16, 18 n Deut. 6, 6, 7 Josh. 24, 15 Eph. 6, 4 ch. 4, 10 ch. 19, 13 J as. 5, 4 J) ch. 11, 5 Ex. 3, 8 Ps. 14, 2 Heh. 4, 13 q vers. 1, 2 r Num. 16,22 2 Sam. 24, 17 Ps. 11,4-7 s Mat. 7, 13,14 t Isa. 3, 10,11 tt Job 8,3,20 Job 34, 17 Ps. 58, 11 Ps. 94, 2 Rom. 3, 5,6 V Jer. 5, 1 Ezek. 22,30 Mat.24,22 w Lu. 18, 1 X Ps. 8. 4 y 1 Tnes. 5,17 z Isa. 55, 8,9 a Heb. 4, 16 b Judg.6,39 c Ex. 34,6,7 Ps. 34, 15 Pro. 15,29 1 John 3,22 J as. 5, 16 CHAP. 19. a ch. 18, 2,22 b Heb. 13, 2 c Lu. 24, 28 d ch. 18, 8 e Isa. 3, 9 /ch.4, 1 Judg. 19, 22 Rom. 1,24 Jude 7 g Judg. 19, 24 20 destroy all the city for lack of five ? And he said. If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 2 9 And he spake unto him ^'^^et again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, 1 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 thii'ty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said. Behold now, «I have taken upon me to 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, *0h let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once : Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, ^=1 will not destroy it for ten's sake. 33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with A 'bra-ham : and A 'bra-ham returned unto his place. CHAPTER 19. 1 Lot entertaineth two angels. 4 The vicioiis Sodom- ites stricken with blindness. 17 Ee is directed to flee to the mountain. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah de- stroyed. 26 Lofs wife punished. 31 Origin of Moab and Amnion. AND there came "two angels to Sod'om at even ; and Lot sat in the gate of Sod'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 serv- ant'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 abid^ in the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatl;j"-; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house ; and '^he made, them a feast, and did bake unleav- ened bread, and they did eat. 4 1i But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sod'- om, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter : 5 And 'they called unto Lot, and said unto him, -^Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And -9 Lot went out at the door unto, them, and shut the doer after him. The destruction of GENESIS, 19. ISodora and Gomorrah. 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man ; let nie, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes : only unto these men do noth- ing ; for * therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, 'This one felloio came in to sojourn, and he v/ill needs be a judge : now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 1 1 And they smote the men that v)ere at the door of the house Avith blindness, both small and great : so that they wearied themselves to find the door. ^ 1 2 IT And the men said unto Lot, Hast •'^thou here any besides ? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daugh- ters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, ^bring them out of this ]ilace : 13 For we will destroy this place, be- cause the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord ; and the [Lord hath '"sent us to destroy it.* 1 4 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 de- stroy this city. But he seemed ^as one that mocked unto his sons in law. 1 5 TAnd when the morning arose, then the angels hast<3ned Lot, say- ing, 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 merciful unto him : and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 1 7 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. 1 8 And Lot said unto them. Oh, not so, my Lord : 19 Behold now, thy servant hath *H. 19. 24. 26. B. C. 1898. CHAP. 19. 7i ch. 18, 5 i Ex. 2, li Acts 7, 26, 28 2 Pet. 2, 7,8 ; 2 Ki. 6, 18 Actsl3,ll li Josh. 6,22 I ch. 7. 1 2 Pet. 2, 9 ml Chr. 21, 15 n Mat. 1, 18 Num. 16, 21,45 Rev. 18, 4 p Ex. 9, 21 Lu. 17, 28-30 Lu. 24, 11 1 are found. 3 Or, piwi- vihmcnt. q Ex. 34, 7 1 Sani.2,9 1 Chr. 16, :34 Ps. 25, 10 Ps. 31, 23 Ps. 32, 10 Ps. 33, 18 Ps. 34, 22 Ps. 97, 10 Ps. 145,20 Pro. 2, 8 Eph. 2,4,5 r Heb. 2, 3 .s ver. 26 t 1 Tim. 1, 14-16 3 tliy face. Job 42, 9 1 Sam. 25, 35 Ps. 145,19 n ch. 13, 10 ch. 14, 2 4 That is, little. 5 gone fortli. V Deut. 29, 23 Ps. 11, 6 Isa. 13, 19 J 3r. 20, 16 Jer. 50, 40 Ezek. 16, 49, 50 Hos. 11, 8 Amos 4,11 Zeph. 2, 9 Lu. 17, 29 2 Pet. 2, 6 Jude 7 w ch. 14, 3 Ps. 107,34 X Lu. 17, 31 y ch. 18, 22 z Rev. 18, 9 a ch. 8, 1 ch. 18, 23 b vers. 17, 19 c ch.16,2,4 ch. 38, 8 Deut.25,5 d Lu. 21, 34 ICor. 15, 33 e Mark 12,19 21 found grace in thy sight, and 'thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life ; and 1 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 hmi, See, I have accepted ^thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow tliis city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither ; for I cannot do anv thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was "called *Zo'ar. 2^ The sun was ^risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Z5'ar. 24 Then 'the Lord rained upon S od^- 1 H om and upon Go-mor^rah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; 25 2ind he overthrew those cities, and all "the plain, and all the inhab i- tants of the cit ie s, and that which grew upon the ground . H. Excel. 20.5. 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 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 Go-mor'rah, and toward all the land bf the plain, and beheld, and, lo, -the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 TAnd it came to pass, when God ] K destroyed the cities of the plain, that God''rememberedA'bra-ham,andsent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrcAV the cities in the which Lot dAvelt. K. 28. 15*. 30 TAnd Lot went up out of Zo'ar, and ^dwelt in the mountain, and his two daugb ters with him ; for he feared to dwell in Z5'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. 3 3 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn s Abraham denieth his wife. GENESIS, 20, 21. The birth of Isaac. 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 mor- row, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him. drink v/ine this night also ; and go thou in, a7i€l lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 3 5 And they made their father drink wine that night also : and the young- er arose, and lay with him ; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 x\nd the firstborn bare a son, and called his name M5'ab : the same -^is the father of the M5'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 chil- dren of Am'mon unto this day. CHAPTER 20. 1 Abraham denieth his ivife, and AMmelech taketh her: 1^ he restoreth her with presents. AND A 'bra-ham journeyed from thence ''toward the south coun- tr^^, a.nd dwelled between Ka'desh and Shur, and sojourned in *Ge'rar. 2 And <^ A 'bra-ham said of Sa'rah his wife. She is my sister: and A-bim'e- iech king of Ge'rar sent, and took '''Sa'rah. 3 But God ^came to l-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 sis- ter ? and she, even she herself said, He is m.j brother : in the -integrity of mxy heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. fi And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart ; for I also 'withheld thee from sinning against me : therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife ; for he is a prophet, and he •^shali 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. B. C. 1898. CHAP. 19. / Deut. 2, 9 g Deut.2,19 CHAP. 20. a ch. 18, 1 h ch. 26, 6 c ch. 12, 11-13 ch. 26, 7 d ch. 12, 15 e Ps. 105,14 /Job 4, 12 Job 33, 15 g ver. 7 1 married to an husband. h ch. 18, 23-25 2 Or, sim- plicity, or, sin- cerity. i ch. 35, 5 Ex. 34, 4 1 Sam. 25, 26,34 j 1 Sam.7,5 2Ki. 5,11 Job 42, 8 J as. 5, 14-16 1 John 6,16 k ch. 39, 9 I Josh. 7,25 l ch. 42, 18 Jseh. 5, 15 j Pro. 16, 6 .7nch.ll, 29 n ch. 12, 1, 9, 11 ch. 12, 13 p ch, 12, 16 q ch. 13, 9 I ch. 47, 6 3 as is good in thine eyes. r ver. 5 s Job 42, 8 J as. 5. 16 t ch. 12. 17 CHAP. 21. a 1 Sam. 2,21 b ch. 17, 19 ch. 18, 10, 14 Gal. 4, 23 c Acts 7, 8 Heb. 11,11 d ch. 17, 19 22 8 Therefore A-bim'e-lech rose early in the morning, and called all his sen* ants, and told all these things in their ea^rs : and the men were sore afraid. 9 Then A-bim'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 m^y 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-hami said. Because I thought, ^Surely the fear of God is not in this place ; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. 12 And "'yet indeed she is my sister- she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she becam.e my wife. 13 And it came to pass, when God "caused me to wander from my fa' ther'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-bim'e-lech took ?'sheep,and oxen, and menservants, and women- servants, and gave the97i unto A 'bra- ham, and restored him Sa'rah his wife. 1 5 And A-bim'e-lech said, -^Behold, my land is before thee : dv/ell Hvhere it pleaseth thee. 16 And unto Sa'rah he said. Behold, 1 have given thy ^brother a thousand pieces of silver : behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that «re with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. 17 So A'bra-ham Sprayed unto God ; and God healed l-bim'e-lech, and his wife, and his maidservants ; and they bare ch ilclren. 1 8 For the Lord had 'fast closed up all the wombs of the house of A-bim'- e-lech, because of Sa'rah A'bra-ham's wife. CHAPTER 21. 2 Jmacis born. 9 Haciar and Ishmael cast forth: n an angel comforCeth her. 22 AMmelech makes a cocenanl icith Abraham. AND the Lord '^visited Sa'rah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sa'rah *as he had spoken. 2 For Sa'rah 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 flagar and Ishmael GENESIS, 21. are cast forth. CHAP. 21. his son that was born vmto him, whom b. c. i898. Sa'rah bare to him, T'saac» 4 And A'bra-ham 'circumcised his g ^h. i?, son I'saac bemg eight days old, asj 10-12' God had commanded hun. KiS 5IV 5 And A'bra-ham was an hrnidred^^L^^ ' years old, when his son I'saac wasj li/ss h ctL. 18, 11 I ch. 16, 1, 4, 15 j Gal. 4, 29 k eh. 25, 6 ch. 36, 6, 7 Gal. 4, 30,31 born unto him 6 And Sa'rah said, -^God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear Avill ?laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who would have said unto A'bra-ham, that Sa'rah should have given children suck ? for i ch. 17, is '''I have born lihn a son in his old age. jm Rom.' 9, 7 8 And the child grew, and was' Heb.ii,i8 weaned : and A'bra-ham made a great i'^ cii; if,' 20 feast the same day that I'gaac was ^veaned. 9 '[And Sa'rah saw the %on of Ha'- gar the E-gyp'tian, which she had bom mito A'bra-ham, •^'mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto A'bra- ham, *Cast out tliis bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bond- woman shall not be heir with my son, eveji ^vith I'saac. 11 And the thing was very ^grievous in A'bra-ham's sight because of his son. 12 And God said unto A'bra-ham, Let ^ it not be grievous in thy sight because' j;cii.20,'2 of the lad, and because of thy bond-|y cii. 26,28 woman ; in all that Sa'rah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice ; for "'ui I'saac shall thy seed be called. 13 And also "of the son of the bond- woman will I make a nation, because '"'^*'' "^« a ch. 26, 15-22 ch. 25, 12 John 8,35 p Xum.20,5 Ps. 63, 1 q ch. M, 34 /• Ex. 3, 7 2 Kl. 13, 4,23 s ver. 13 ch. 25, 12 Judg.8,24 t Num. 22, 31 2Ki. 6, 17 Lu. 24, 16 It ch. 39, 2,3 V ch. 16, 12 IV ch. 24, 4 Isa. 8, 10 z Josh. 2,12 1 Sam. 24,21 1 if fhou Shalt lie he is thy seed 14 And A'bra-ham rose up early in'b ch. 26, the morning, and took bread, and a ^ ^"^^g g bottle of water, and gave it imto .^-^'^-^^o Ha'gar, putting it on her shoulder, [ l^^ ge' 33 and the child, and "sent her away : and 3 That Is, she departed, and wandered in the! ^^Ij^^'^^^ wilderness of Be'er-she'ba. 1 oat/i? 15 And ^the water was spent in the' /josh. 13,2 bottle, and she cast the child mider 3 or, tree. one of the shrubs. 1 6 And she went, and sat her do^vn 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 v>-ept. 17 And 'God heard the voice of the lad ; and the angel of God called to. Ha'gar out of heaven, and said untoj i6°26 her, What aileth thee, Ha'gar ? f earj f f,M3. s not ; for God hath heard the voice of | i.^i" the lad where he is. j Slv is; 7 23 g Dent. 33,27 Ps. 9, 7 Ps. 29, 10 Ps. 45, 6 Ps. 90, 2 Ps. 93, 2 Isa. 9, 6 Isa. 40, 28 Isa. 63, 16 Jer. 10, 10 Lam. 5,19 Mic. 5, 2 Hab. 1. 12 1 8 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in ttdne hand ; for 'I will make him a great nation. 19 And God ^opened her eyes, and j she saw a well of water ; and she vrent, land filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And ^'God was with the lad ; and he grew, and 'dwelt in the ^vilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt m the wilderness of Pa'ran : a.nd his mothertook him a wife out of the '^land of E'gyj)t. 22 ^And it came to pass at that tune, 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 aU that thou doest : 23 Xow therefore ^"swear unto me here by God ^that thou wHt not deal falsely Avith me, nor with my son, nor ^vith my son's son: bi't according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And A'bra-ham said, I will swear. 25 And A'bra-ham reproved A-bim'' e-lech because of a weU of water, which A-biin'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 teU me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. 2 7 And A'bra-liam took sheep and ox- en, 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 themselves. 29 And A-bim'e-lech said unto A'bra- ham, ""What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by them- selves ? 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 "Be'er-she'ba; because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Be'er-she'ba :'^ then A-bim'e-lech rose up, and Phi'chol the chief captain of Ills host, and they returned into the •'land of the Plii-lis 'tines. 33 •'And A '?>r«-A«w2planteda^grove in Be'er-she'ba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the -^everlast- ing God. 34 And A'bra-ham sojourned iii the Phi-lis'tme§' land many days. TJic trial of AbraharrCs faith. GENESIS, 22, 23. The death of ^Sarah, F r D F A^ CHAPTER 22. i Abraham, offering Lmac, 11 is stayed by the angel: 15 he is blessed again. 20 Generation of Nahor unto Eebekah. ND it came to pass after these things, that ''God did tempt A'bra-ham, a,nd said unto him, A'bra- ham : and he said, ^Behold, here I am, 2 And he said, *Take now tl f son, thine onjy son i'^aac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land "^of Mo-ri'ah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the moun- tains w^hich I will tell thee of. 3 And A^bra-ham ^ros e up early in t he morning, ancTsaddled his ass, and took two ol ins young men with him, S — — T 1 • T T 3—1 ' 1 a nd r§aac his son, and clave the wood Tor the burnt ottering, and rose up, a nd went unto the place ot which G od had told lilm . F. 22. 7 8. 4 'I'hen on the third day A 'bra-ham lifted 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 wor- ship, and come again to you. 6 And A'bra-ham took the wood of the bur^it offering, and ^laid it upon r§a^c 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 a'm I, my son. And he said. Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the ^lamb for a burnt offering ? 8 And A'bra-ham said My son, God B. C. 1872. will prov ide hiinself -^a lamjj for a H irnt offerin g ; so they went both of them together, d. 22. 13, 14; F. 22. 1 2. 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 inbound I'saac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 1 And A'bra-ham ^stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 1 1 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. 1 2 And he said, (Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now •'I know that thoufearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from [me. F. 45. 4-8. CHAP. 22. a .Jaa. 1, 12-14 Heb.11,17 1 Behold me. b John 3,16 c 2Clir.3,l d Heb. 11, 17-19 e John 19 17 1 Pet.2,24 2 BeJioU ■me. 3 Or, kid. /lPet.1,19 g John 10, 17,18 Heb.11,17 h Isa. 53, 0-13 i 1 Sam. 15,22 j ch. 26, 5 Rom. 8,32 J as. 2, 22 k 1 Cor. 5, 7,8 4 That is, T]\e LORD will see, or, prO' vide. I Ps. 105, 9 Lu. 1, 73 Heb. 6, 13, li m ch. 15, 5 Jer.33,22 n ch. 13, 16 5 Up. Ps. 3. 8 eh. 24, 60 Mic. 1, 9 p ch. 12, 3 ch. 18, 18 Gal. 3, 8, 9, 16, IS q vers. 3, 10 ch. 26, 5 r ch. 11, 29 s Job 1, 1 t Job 33, 2 u ch, 24, 15 B. C. 1860. CHAP. 23. a John 11, 31,35 24 13 And A'bra-ham lifted up his eyes, i 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-h5'vah-jfreh: as it is said to this day. In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. ^ Exod. 12 3-7. 1 5 IT And the angel of the Lord called unto A'bra-ham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, 'By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the '"Ftars of the heaven, and as the "sand which is upon the sea ^shore ; and thy seed shall "pos- sess the gate of his enemies ; 18 And nn thy seed shall all the na- tions of the earth be blessed ; because ?thou hast obej^ed my voice. 19 So A'bra-ham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Be'er-she'ba ; and A'bra-ham dwelt at Be'er-she'ba. 20 "iIAnd it came to pass after these things, that it was told A'bra-ham, saying. Behold, 'Mn'oah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Na'hor ; 21 Huz ^his firstborn, and Biiz his brother, and Ke-mu'el the father of ^A'ram, 22 And Che'sed,andL[a'z5, and Pil'- dash, and Jid'laph, and Beth-u'el. 23 And "Beth-u'el begat Re-bek'ah : these eight Mil'cah did bear to Na'- hor, A'bra-ham's brother. 24: And his concubine, whose name IV as Reu'mah, she bare also Te'bah, and Ga'ham, and Tha'hash, and Ma'- a-chah. CHAPTER 23. 1 Sarah's age and death. 3 The purchase of Maclb- pelah, 19 where Sarah was buried. AND Sa'rah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: th^se loere the years of the life ot Sa'rah. 2 And Sa'rah died in Kir'jath-ar'ba ; the same is He'bron in the land of Ca'naan: and A'bra-ham came ''to mourn for Sa'rah, and to weep for her. 3 IF And A'bra-ham stood up from be- fore his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth. saying, Ahraham buyeth Mack-pdah. GENESIS, 24. lie siceareth his servant. 4 1 am *a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a possession 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 unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord : thou a.rt 'a mighty '^prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead : none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou may est bury thy dead. Y 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, say- ing, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight ; hear me, and intreat for me to E'phron the son of Zo'har, 9 That he may give me the cave of Mach-pelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field ; for ^ao much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingpla.ce amongi3t 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, 1 1 Nay, ^m.y lord, hear me ; the field give I thee, and the ca.ve that is therein, I give it thee; in the pres- ence of the sons of my people give I it thee : bury thy dead. 1 2 And A'bra-ham bowed down him- self before the people of the land. 1 3 And he spake unto E'phron in the audience of the people of the land, saying. But if thou ^ollt 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, 1 5 My lord, hearken unto me : the land is worth four hundred shekels 'of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee ? bury therefore thy dead. 1 6 And A'bra-ham hearkened unto E'phron ; and A'bra-ham Aveighed to E'phron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 17 And ^the field of E'phron, which wasm. Mach-pe'lah, which it^as before Mam're, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that ivere B. C. 1860. CHAP. 23. ft ch. 17, 8 1 Chr.- 29,15 Ps. 39, 12 Ps. 105,12 Ps.D 19,19 2 Cor. 5, 6,7 Heb. 11, 9, 13 1 Pet. 1,17 lPet.2,11 c ch. 49, 30 1 a prince of God. d ch. 13, 2 ch. 14, 14 ch. 24, 35 e Rom.13,7 2 full money. /ch. 34, 20, 24 Ruth 4, 4 g 2 Sam. 24, 20-24 li Phil. 4, 5-8 i Ex. 30, 13 Ezek. 45,12 j Jer. 32, 9-12 k ch. 25, 9 ch. 49, 30, 31, 32 ch. 50, 13 Acts 7, 16 I ch. 35, 29 m Ruth 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 Jer. 32, 10,11 B. C. 1857. CHAP. 24. a ch. 18, 11 1 gone into days. b ch. 13, 2 Gal. 3, 9 c ch. 15, 2 d ver. 10 ch. 39, 4-6 e ch. 47, 29 Lam. 5, 6 / Ex. 34, 16 Deut. 7, 3 2 Cor. 6, 14-17 g ch. 28, 2 h 2 Pet. 2, 20-22 * ch. 12,1,7 j ch. 13, 15 Ex. 32, 13 k Ex. 23, 20 Ps. 34, 7 Isa. 63, 9 I Joi.h. 2, 17-20 25 in the field, that were in all the bor- ders round about, were made sure 18 Unto A'bra-ham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his cit3^ 1 9 And after this, ^A'bra-ham buried Sa'rah 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'- naan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were "'made sure unto A'bra-ham for a possession of a bur^r- ingplace by the sons of Heth. CHAPTER 24. 1 Abraham, sendeth his servant to get a wife for his son Isaac: 50 he oblaiiieth Rebekah; 62 Isaac meeteth her. AND A 'bra-ham "was old, ancV^YQlA. stricken in age: and the Lord had ^blessed A'bra-ham m all things. 2 And A'bra-ham saidamto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled '^over all that he had, ^Put, I pray thee, thy hand under m3'^ thigh : 3 And I will "make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, aiid the God of the earth, that thou shalt Aiot ta.ke a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Ca'naan-ites, among whom I dwell : 4 But thou shalt go ^unto my coun- try, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto vnj son i'saac. 5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me ujito this land : must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest ? 6 And A'bra-ham said unto him, Be- ware ^thou that thou bring not my son thither again. 7 The Lord God of heaven, which took ine 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 %is angel before thee, and thou shalt tako a wife unto my son from thence. 8 And if the Avoman will not be will- ing to follow thee, then thou shalt Tdc 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 hifj master, and sware to him concern- ing that matter. 1 "iT And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and de- Ahrahatii's servant GENESIS, 24. riieetet/i Rebekah. parted ; "for all the goods of his mas- e. c. iss?. ter 10 ere in his hand : and he arose, and went to Mes-o-po-ta'mi-a, unto the "'city of Nalior. 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 Andhe said,°0 Lord God of my master A'bra-ham, '\ praj^ thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master A'bra-ham. 13 Behold, I stand liere by the well of water ; and the daughters 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 Avill give thy camels drink also : let the same he she '^th at thou hast ap- pointed for thy servant i'§aac; and ^herebv shall 1 know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. 1 5 "^And it came to pass, 'before he had done speaking, that, behold, Re- bek'ah came out, who was born to Beth-u'el, son of 'Mil'cah, the wife of Nalior, A 'bra-ham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 16 And the damsel vkas n^ery ^fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her : and she went do^^m to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, & ex. i8,io and said, ''I^et me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 1 8 And she said, "Drink, my lord : and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 1 9 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw loater for thy camels also, until they havcj 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 cam^els. 21 And the man ^wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had m.ade his journey prosper- ous or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a, golden ^earring of ^half a shekel Aveight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold ; CHAP. 24. 2 Or, and. m ch. 27, 43 3 tliat women winch draiv water go forth. n Ex. 2, 16 1 Sam. 9,11 ver. 27 ch. 26, 24 Ex. 3,6,15 p Phil. 4, 6 q Pro. 19,14 )• Judg. 6, 17-37 1 Sam.6,7 s Ps. 34, 15 t ch. 11, 29 u ch. 26, 7 4 good of counte- nance. V John 4, 7 w 1 Pet. 3, 8 1 Pet. 4, 9 X Lu. 2, 19,51 5 Or, jewel for the forehead. V Ex. 32,2,3 Isa. 3, 19,20 1 Pet. 3, 3 z 1 Pet. 4, 9 a ver. 52 Ex. 4, 31 Ruth 4,14 1 Sam. 25, 32 2 Sam. 18,25 Lu. 1, 68 c ch. 32, 10 Ps. 98, 3 d ver. 48 ■ Pro. 3, 6 e ch. 29, 5 /ch. 26, 29 Judg.17,2 Ruth 3,10 Ps. 115,15 g ch. 43, 24 Judg. 19, 21 h Job 23, 12 John 4, 34 Eph. 6, 5-7 i ver. 1 ch. 13, 2 j Job 1, 3 k ch. 21, 2 I ch. 21, 10 ch. 25, 5 m ver. 3 26 23 And said, Whose daughter ar^ thou ? tell me, I pray thee : is there room i7t thy father's house for us to lodge in ? 24 And she said unto him, I a??? the daughter of Beth-u'el the son of MiF- cah, which she bare unto Na'hor. 25 She said moreover unto him, We "have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man ''bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord. 27 And he said, '^Blessed be the Lord God of my master A'bra-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 1 And Re-bek'ah had a brother, andhis name'?^-'«s''La'ban: andLa'ban ran out unto the man, unto the v.^ell. 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 ne said. Come in, ■''thou blessed of the Lord ; wherefore stand- est thou without? for I lia.ve pre- pared the house, and room for the camels. 3 2 And the man came into the house : and he ungirded his camels, and ^gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. 33 And there was set meat before him to eat : but he said, ^I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said. Speak on. 34 And he said, I am A'bra-ham's serva.nt. 35 And the Lord hath 'Hessed my master greatly; and he is become great : and he hath given him -^flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and mensei'^^ants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. 3 6 And Sa'rah my master's wife bare ^L. son to my master w^hen she was old : and ^unto him hath he given all that he hath. 3 7 And my master "'made me swear, saying. Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Ca'naan-ites, in whose land I dwell ■ AbrahanVs servant obtaineth GENESIS, 24. liebekah for Isaac. 38 But thou slialt go unto my fa- ther's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son, 39 And I said unto my master, Per- adventm-e the woman will not fol- low me. 40 And "he said unto me, The Lord, before whom "I walk, will send liis -rangel with thee, and prosper thy way ; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house : 41 Then ?shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, 'O Lord God of my m.aster A'bra-ham, if now thou 'do prosper my way which I go : 43 Behold, T 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 pitch- er to drink ; 44 And she say to m^e, "Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels : let the same be the vvoman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master's son. 45 And ^before I had '^done speaking in mine heart, behold, Re-bek'ah came forth with her pitcher on her shoul- der; and she v/ent down unto the well, and drew toater : and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and let do^vn 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 abo. 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou ? And she said, The daughter of Beth-u'el, Nalior's son, whom. Mil'cah bare unto hun: and I put the ^earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I ^bowed doA\m my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master A'bra- ham, which had -led'^me in the right w^ay to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. 49 And now if ye will ^deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me : and if not, tell mxc ; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 50 Then Lallan and Beth-u'el an- B. C. 1857. CHAP. 24. n ver. 7 cii. 5, •23-24 ch. 17, 1 p Ex. 23, 20 q ver. 8 r i Ki. 1, 36 Acts 10, 7, 8, 22 swered and said, *The thing pro- ceedeth from the Lord : Ave cannot speak unto thee bad or good. 5 1 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 iDass, that, when A'bra-ham's servant heard their vv'ords, he worshipped the Lord, boio- ing himself to the earth. Ps 90^37 5^ ■^'^-^ the servant brought forth Rom. 1,10 jewels <^of silver, and ""jewelsof gold, I and raiment, and gave them to Re bek'ah : he gave also to her brother and to her mother ''precious things. 54 And thev did eat and drink, he and the men that icere 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 z Ps. 32, 8 said. Let the damsel abide with us ps.' 107,^7} 'a /62/j davs, at the least ten; after Isa.48,17 i^Y^^^ g]^^ gl^all go. 56 And he said unto them. Hinder me not, seeing the -"Lord hath pros- ^SaSiipered my way; send me away that 1 may go to my master. 57 And they said, Y^e 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'ah. and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou Hhe mother of thousands of millions, and let thy -^seed possess the gate of those which hate them. 61 *l And Re-bek'ah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the ser^'ant 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 countrv^ 63 And I'saac went out ^o 'meditate in the field at the eventide : and he t ver. 13 u Heb. 13, 2 V ver. 15 w 1 Sam. 1, 13 Isa. 65, 24 X Ezek. 16, 11,12 y ver. 26 a ch. 47, 29 Josh. 2,14 Mark 12,11 c ch. 20, 15 a Ex. 3, 23 Ex. 11, 2 Ex. 12, 35 6 vessels. e 2Chr.21,3 Ezra 1, 6 / vers. 56,59 7 Or, a full year, or, ten months. g ver. 40 h ch. 35, 8 i ch. 17, 16 Ruth 4,11 j ch. 22, 17 k ch. 16, 14 ch. 25, 11 8 Or, to pray. I Josh. 1, 8 Ps. 1. 2 Ps. 35, 17 Ps. 77, 12, Ps. 119,15 lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, be- hold, the camels W7e?'6 coming. 64 And Re-bek'ah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw i'gaac, she lighted ""off the camel. 65 For she had said unto the sei"v- ant, "What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master; 3 Ps. 143, 5 Dan. 6, 10 Mat. 6,5,6 Mat.14,23 Markl,35 ]\rark6,46 Lu. 5, 16 Lu. 6, 12 Acts 10, 9 m .Josh. 15, 18 1 Sam. 25, 23 27 The death of Abraham. gp:nesis, 25. Birth of Esau and Jacob. therefore she took a "vail, and cov- ered herself. Q^ And the servant told r§aac all thhi2:s that he had done. 67 And i'saac brought her into his mother Sa'rah's tent, and took Re- bek'ah, and she became his wife ; and he loved her : and 'i'gaac was com- forted after his mother's death. CHAPTER 25. 1 Tlie sons of Abraham by Ketwrah: 7 Ms age and death. 12 The generations of Ishmael. 23 The birth of Esau arid Jacob. 29 Esaii selleih his birth- right. THEN again A'bra-hamtooka wife, and her name was Ke-tu'rah. 2 And she bare_him "Zim'ran, and Jok'shan, and jVIe'dan, and Mid'i-an, and ish'bak, and Shu'ah. 3_And Jok'shan begat She'ba, and De'dan. And the sons of De'dan were As-shu'rim, and Le-tu'shun, and Le-um'mim. 4 And the sons of Mid'i-an ; E'phah, and E'phgr, and Ha'noch, and A-bi'- dah, and Erda-ah. All these icerethe childrenof Ke-tii'rah. 5 And A 'bra-ham ''gave all that he had unto I'saac. 6 But unto the sons of the concu- bines, which A 'bra-ham had, A'bra- ham gave gifts, and 'sent them away from I'saac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the "^east country. 7 And these «re the days of the years of A'bra-ham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore a,nd 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'gaac and ish'ma-el bm*ied him Mn the cave of Mach-pe'- lah, in the field of E'phron the son of Z5'har the Hit'tite, which is before Mam're ; 10 The afield which A 'bra-ham pur- chased of the sons of Heth : there was A'bra-ham buried, and Sa'rah his wife. 11 And it came to pass after the death of A'bra-ham, that God blessed his son r§aac; and I'gaac dwelt by the well -^La-hai'-roi. 12 ^Now these are the ^generations of ish'ma-el, A'bra-ham's son, v^^hom Ha'gar the E-gyp'tian, Sa'rah's hand- maid, bare unto A'bra-ham : 13 A^nd these are the names of the sons of ish 'ma-el, by their names, ac- cording to their generations: the firstborn of lsh'jna-el,Ne-ba'joth; and Ke'dar, and Ad'be-el, and Mib'sam, B. C. 1857. CHAP. 24. nl Cor. 3, 6, 7, 11, 10 1 Thes. 4,13 B. C. 1853. CHAP. 25. alChx.1,32 b ch. 24, 36 c ch. 21, 14 d Judg. 6, 3 e ch. 15, 15 ch. 47,8,9 f ch. 35, 29 ■ ch. 49, 33 Actsl3,36 Sf ch. 50, 13 h ch. 49, 29,30 i ch. 23, 16 j ch. 16, 14 ch. 24, 62 ?clChr.l,29 1 Or, Ha- dad. lClir.1,30 1 ch. 17, 20 m ver. 8 ch. 49, 33 Mark 15,37 n 1 Sam. 15. 7 2 fell. ch. 16, 12 p Mat. 1, 2 q ch. 24, 67 r ch. 22, 23 s ch. 24, 29 t 1 Sam. 1,11 u lChr.5,20 2 Chr. 33,13 Ezra 8, 23 V Rom.9,10 w lSam.9,9 1 Sain. 10,22 X ch. 24, 60 y ch. 27, 11 z Hos. 12, 3 a ch. 27, 36 &ch.27,3,5 c Job 1, 1, 8 Job 2, 3 d Heb. 11, 9 3 venison teas in his mouth. e ch. 27, 19 /ch. 27, 6 28 14 And Mish'ma, and Du'mah, and Mas'sa, 15 'Ha'dar, and Te'ma, Je'tur, Na'- phish, and Ked'e-mah : 16 These are the sons of ish'ma-el, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles ; 'twelve princes according to their nations. 1 7 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 gath- ered mito his people. 1 8 And they dwelt from ''Hav'i-lah unto Shur, that is before E'gypt, as thou goest toward As-syr'i-a: and he Mied m the "presence of all his bi eth- ren. 1 9 1i And these are the generations of i'saac, A 'bra-ham's son: A'brS.-ham ^begat I'saac : 20 And i'§aac was forty years old when he took ^Re-bek'ah to wife, the '^daughter of Beth-u'el the Sy'r'i-an of Pa'dan-a'ram, the 'sister to La'b?n the S5'r'i-an. 21 And i'saac 'intreated the Lord for his wife, because she icas barren : and the Lord was "intreated of him, and Re-bek'ah his wife 'conceived. 22 And the children struggled to- gether within her ; and she said. If it be so, wliA^ am I thus? And she went to "enqiiire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are m thy womb, and two Tnanner of people shall be separated from thy bowels ; and the one people shall be stronger than the other peo- ple; and the elder shall ser^^e the yoLuiger. 24 And when her davs to be deliv- eredwere fulfilled, behold, there mere twins in her womlj. 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 brother 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 "2, plain man, '^dv/ell- ing in tents. 28 And I'gaac loved E'sau, because ^he did "eat of his venison : -^but Re- bek'ah loved Ja'cob. 29 And Ja'ccbsodpottage: andE'sru came from the field, and he loas faint Isaac goeth to Gerar. GENESIS, 26. God blesseth him. 30 Aiid E'sau said to Ja'cob, Feed b. c. isos. me, I pray tiee, Svitii 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. 3^ And F'sau said, Behold, I am 'at the T3oint to die: and what i^rofit shalfthis birthright do to me ? 33 And Ja'cob said, Swear to me this day : and he sware unto him : and he fsold his birthright unto Ja'cob. 3t Then Ja'cob gave E'spu bread and pottage of lentiles; and ^he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his J;^^;^^°t way : thus E'sau despised his birth- " " ' ^ "" CHAP. 25. 4 with that red, with that red pottage. 5 That is. Red. 6 going to die. g Heb.12,16 1 Cor. 15. 32 right CHAPTER 26. Isaac because of famine goeth to Gerar: 23 God appeareth to him at Beer-sheha, and blesseth h.im. 26 Abimelech'scovenani with him. 34 Esau's wives. A ND there was a famine in the t\. land, beside ""the first famine Uiat was in the days of A'bra-ham.. And I'saac Avent unto ^A-bim'e_-iech king of the Phi-lis'tines unto Ge'rar. 2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not do\vn into E'g5Tt ; dwell in the 'land which I shall tell tliee of : 3 Sojourn ^in this land, and T will be with thee, and -^will bless thee ; for Linto thee; and unto thy seed, ^I will give all these countries and I wull perform ^the oath which 1 sware unto A 'bra-ham thy father; 4 And T will make thy seed to mul- tiply 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 Hhat A'bra-ham obeyed my voice, and ,kept my charge, my connnandments, 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 Avife ; lest, said he., the men of the j)lace should kill me for Re-bek'- ah; because she loas "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 Phi-lis'tines looked out at a Avindow, and sa,Av, and, be- liold, r§aac was sporting Avith Re- bek'ah his wile. 9 And A-bini'e-lech called I'saac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy CHAP. 26. a ch. 12, 10 b ch. 20, 2 c ch.l2, 1 Ps. 37, 8 d ch. 20, 1 Ps. 39, 12 Heb. 11, 9 e ch. 28, 15 / ch. 12, 2 g ch, 13, 15 h Ps. 105, 9 i ch. 15, 5 j ch. 22, 18 Ps. 72, 17 k ch. 22, 16 I ch. 12, 13 m Pro.29,25 n ch. 24, 16 ch. 20, 9 p Ps. 105,15 1 found. q IVIat. 13, 8 Mark 4, 8 r ch. 24, 1 Job 42, 12 Ps. 112, 3 Pro. 3, 16 Pro. 10,22 Mat. 6, 33 Mark 10,30 s Pro. 10,22 2 ivent going. 3 Or, Mis- handry. t ch. 37, 11 Eccl. 4, 4 u ch. 21, 30 V Ex. 1, 9 w ch. 21, 31 4 living. X ch. 21, 25 5 That is, Conten- tion, 6 That is, Hatred. 7 That is, Room. y ch. 17, 6 Ex. 1, 7 z ch. 24, 12 Ex. 3, 6 wife : and hoAV saidst thou. She is my ^ctg 7 32 the same night, and said, 29 sister ? And l'§aac said unto him, Be- cause I said, Lest I die foi' her. 10 And A-bim^'e-lech 'said, What is this thou hast done unto rs? one of the people might lightly haA^e lien Avith thy wife, and "thou shouJdest have brought guiJtmess upon us. 11 And A-bim'e-lech charged aU his people, saymg, He that Houcheth this man or iiis AA'if e shall surely be put to death. 12 Then I'saac soAA^ed in that land, and 'receiA'ed in the same year an ?hundredf old : and the Lord blessed 'him. 13 And the man^A^axed great, and ■-^Avent forAA'ard, and grcAA^ until he became verA' great : 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of ^serA^ants : and the Phi-lis'- tines 'enA'ied huxL. 1 5 For all the aa^cIIs "AA'hich his fa- ther's serA^antshad digged in the days of A'bra-ham his father, the Phi-lis'- tines had stopped them, and filled them AAuth earth. 16 And A-bim'e-lech said unto I'saac, Go from us ; for 'thou art much might- ier than AA^e. 1 7 "iFAnd I'saac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Ge'rar, and dAA^elt there. 1 8 And I'saac digged again the Avells of Avater , AA'hich they had digged in the days of A'bra-ham his father ; for the Phi-lis'tines had stopi3ed 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 serA-ants digged in the A^alley, and found there a aa^cII of ^sprmging AA^ater. . 20 And the herdmen of Ge'rar did ■^strive Avith i'saac's herdmen, saying. The Avater is ours : and he called the name of the well ^E'sek ; because they strove Avith him. 2 1 And they diggedanother AA-ell, and stroA^e for that also : and he called the name of it ^Sit'nah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another Avell ; and for that they stroA^e not : and he called the name of it ^Re-ho'both ; and he said, For uoaa^ the Lord hath made room for us, and AA^e shall be ^fruitful in the land. 23 And he Avent up from thence to Be'er-she'ba. 24 And the Lord appeared unto him "I am the 9 Ahimelecli's covencmi GENESIS, 27. Jacob instructed by Hebekaa. I God of A'bra-ham thy father: «fear! b. c. iso4. not, for *I am with thee, and will bless thee, and -multiply thy seed for my sers^ant 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 CHAP. 26. a ch. 15, 1 h vers. 3, i Rom. 8,31 c ch. 12, 7 ch. 13, 18 a Ps. 116,17 8 Seeing we saw. /ch. 21, 22,23 9 If thou shalt, etc. g ch. 2i, 31 Ps. 115,15 ?i ch. 19, 3 i ch. 21, 31 10 That is, An oath. } ch. 21, 31 11 That is. The well of the oath. there I'saac's servants digged a well 26 ^Then A-bmi'e-lech went to him|e Judg.11,7 from Ge'rar, and A-huz'zath one of his friends, and Phi'chol the chief captain of his army. 2 7 And I '§aac said unto them, Vv^ here- fore come ye to me, seeing ye 'hate me, and have sent me away from you ? 2 8 And they said, ^ We saw certainly that the Lord -^ was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betv/ixt 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 ^ ch. 36, 2 peace: ^thou art now the blessed ot\i ch.27,46 21 T ch.28, 1,8 the Lord. j^^ ^.^^^^ 30 And ''he mxade them a feast, and nelspT' they did eat and drink. *^'''"' 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and 'sware one to another : and r§aac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. b. c. 176o 3 2 And it came to pass the same day. chap. 27. that r§aac's ser^^ants came, and toldjach.48,10 him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. 33 And he called it "She^ah : there- fore •'the name of the city is "Be'er- she'ba unto this day. 34 ^And ^E'sau was forty_years old when he took to wife Ju'dith the daughter of Be-e'rl the Hit'tite, and Bash'e-math the daughter of E'lonje ver.13 theHit'tlte: /^er.4 ' ~ g ch.iS, 15 n ch. 25, 25 i ver. 22 1 Sam.3,2 Eccl. 12,3 b Pro. 27, 1 Jas. 4, 14 c ch. 25, j 27,28 1 hunt. 'd ver. 27 ch.48,9,lo ch. 49, 28 Deut. 33,1 Heb.11,20 35 Which ^vere "a grief of mind unto I'gaac and to Re-bek'ah. CHAPTER 27. I Isaac Rencleth Esau for venison. 6 Jacoh, instructed by Rebekah. obtaineth the blessing : 34 Esau's com- plaint :i\ he threateneth Jacob's life. A^Eebekah sendeth Jacob to Laban. AND it came to pass, that when i'sa^ac was old, and ''his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called E'sau his eldest son, and said unto i vers. 4, 9 him, My son : and he said unto him, 2 aesirahu Behold, here am I. i^ ^er. 27 2 And he said, Behold now, lam old, !niKi.i3,i8 '^7 know not the day of mj death : 1 Ki;,ii 2 6 Nov7 'therefore take, I pray thee, zech.13,4 thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, ver. 4 30 j ch. 9, 25 Deut. 27,18 fc ch. 43, 9 1 Sam. 25, 24 2 Sam. 14.9 Mat.27,2o 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 ^^m^y bless thee before I die. 5 And Re-bek'ah heard when i'§aac spake to E'sau his son. And E'sau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6 IF And Re-bek'ah spake unto Ja'cob her son, saying. Behold, I heard thy father speak unto E'sau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me sa- voury 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 wliich I com- mand thee. 9 Go now^ to the flock, and fetch me from thence tvro good kids of the goats ; and I will make them savoury •^meat for thy father, suchasheloveth : 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy fa- ther, that h6 may eat, and that he ^may bless thee before his death. 11 And Ja'cob said to Re-bek'ah his mxother, Behold, ^E'sau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man : 12 My father perad venture Sviil feel me, and I shall seem to him as a de- ceiver ; 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 liis mother 'made savoury meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Re-bek'ah topk ^goodly rai- ment '"of her eldest son E'sau, which were with her in the house, 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. 1 8 ^ And he came unto his father, 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 badest me : arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, ^hat thy soul may bless me. 20 And i'§aac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found ^^ so quickly. Jifjob, deceiving Isaac, ootcii'iicti^i i/ie blsssl!: my son ? J" And he said, Because the, ^ ^ '^'^^^■ Lord thy God brought it ^to me. _ , CHAP. 27. 2 1 And l'§£iac saici unto Ja'cob, Come p ex. 20. 7 near, i pray thee, that 'I may feel 3 be/ore me. thee, my son, whether thou be mygver. 12 very son E'sau or not. \r ver. 16 22 And Ja'cob went near unto I'saac 's Rom. 3. his father; and he felt him., a,nd said, | i:p\.4,25'i^e these two tunes : '''he took away 3 voice is Ja'cob's voice, but the,t ver. 4:' p^J bu'thright; and, behold, now \ u Hos. u, 6 'hath taken away my blessing. And Heifl'7^^® said, Hast thou not reserved a V Heb ' ' blessing for me ? 11.20 -- - - - unto his father. Bless me, even me also, O my father. 35 And he said, Thy brother cams with -^ subtil ty, and hath taken away thy blessing, 36 And he said, s\^ not he rightly named "Ja'cob ? for he hath supplanted The hands are the hands of E'sau 2 3 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 ver^^'^g?^?! son E'sau ? And he said, T ojn. 2"sani. 25 And he said. Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, ^that my soul may bless thee. 1.21 X Num. ' 18, 12 Andy Dent. he brought it near to him, and he did pi". 11, 9 said eat : and he brought him wine, and he drank. Zech.9,1' z ch. 9, 25 ch. 25, 23 37 And r^ac answered and unto E'sau, 'tBehold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for seiwants; and with •'com and Avine have I 'sustained hur. : and what shall 1 do now unto thee. my son ? 38 And E'sau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my fa- 26 And his father I'saac said unto ach.49. s jther? bless me, €ve7i me also, O my him, Come near now, and kiss me, 'bch. 12,3 !f pother. And E'sau lifted up his voice, my son. j ^'um.2i,9 k^^^^ wept. 27 Andhecamenear,andkissedhuTi:,^ J^J^^^^ 39 And i'§aac his father answered and he smelled the smell of his rai-| Zuha and said unto him. Behold, ^thydwell- ment, and blessed him, and said, See, j fremhiing\^^ shall be ®the fatness of the earth, ''the smell of my son is as the smell of | oreatiy. and of the dew of heaven from above ; a field which the Lord hath blessed : ,^ ^-^^ritea. 49 And by thy sword shalt thou live, 28 Therefore "God give thee of the ^>?u,^^'^'^ and "shalt serv^e thy brother; and " dew of heaven, and the ^^f atness of the |3. 20 ^ | "it shall come to pass when thou shalt earth, and aplenty of corn and wine : Kom. ' have the dominion, that thou shalt 29 Let 'people sei've thee, and nations ■^^' ^^ break his yoke from off thy neck, bow down to thee: be lord over thyi^ HaV 41 ^ And E'sau "hated Ja'cob because brethren, and ""let thy mother's sons /i Thes. of the blessing wherewith his father bow down to thee: cursed ^be every] ^'^ . „ " one that curseth thee, and blessed be'' ^^- ^■^' ^ he that blesseth thee. 1^ A^^p.^' 30 TAnd it ca.me to pa.ss, as soon as' vianter. I'saac had made an end of blessing Ja'cob, and Ja'cob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of i'§aac his father, that E'sau his brother came in from his hunting. i 31 And he also had made savourj^.^^^iV meat, and brought it unto his father, i Heb. and said unto his father, Let my fa-|g ^q^'^^. ^^ i ther arise, and "eat of his son's veni-j fitness, '^i voice; and arise, flee thou to La^baii son, that thy soul may bless me. I?nch. 25, 23 rny brother to *Ha'ran ; 32 And I'saac his father said unto! I^i^""- j M And tarry- with him a few daye him, Who 'art thou ? And he said, I • obad- is. until thy brother's fury turn away ; h ch. 25, 33 i Fulfilled, 2 Sam. 8, li j ver. 28 7 Or, sup- forted. blessed him: and E'sau said in his heart, ^The days of moummg for my father are at hand ; *then will I slay my brother Ja'cob. 42 And these words of E'sau hei elder son were told to Re-bek'ah: and she sent and called Ja'cob her young- er son, and said unto him. Behold, thy brother E'saii, as touchmg thee, doth ''comfort himself, piirposit^g tc kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my 9,20 rt Fnlfllled, 2 Ki. 8, 20 am thy son, thy firstborn E'sau. 1 33 Andi'gaac ''trembled veiy exceed-' ingly, and said, Who? where is he ^ch. 37. 4 8 that hath ^taken venison, and brought ^ 4,^io ' ' q Obad. 10 1 John 3,12 r Ps. 64, 5 s ch. 11, 31 it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed hun ? jea/and he shall be blessed. 34 And when E'sau heard the words | of his father, *he cried ^\^th a great,* ch.'ll;!^ and exceeding bitter err- and said|ucii.24.3 3i 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him : then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day ? 46 And Re-bek'ah said to I'saac, 'I am weary of my life because o^ the daughters of Heth : "if Ja'cob taa^e a wife of the daughters of Heth, such Y'lato'/i of Jacob's Uidder. GENESIS, 2 1 ,bO Ov\J'iijKy ^>t/t/ _Z>C/6/v"vdfc as these which are of the daughters the land, what good shall my life of do me ? CHAPTER 28. 1 Jacob is blessed, awl sent to Padan-aram . visioti, and God's^promise in a dream. sto7ie at Beth-el. 10 his 18 The and _ 2^ Jacob's vow 4 ND I'§aj J. Jl_ blessed "him, and charged him, and sa,id unto him. Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Ca'- naan. 2 Arise, go to Pa'dan-a'ram, to the house of i3eth-u'el thy mother's fa- ther; and take thee a wdfe from thence of the daughters of La'ban 1}hy mother's brother. 3 And ^God Almighty bless thee, and iTxake thee fruitful, and multiply tliee, that thou may est be ^a mLilti- tude of people ; 4 And give thee '"the blessing of A bra-ham, to thee, and to thy seed ^^"ith thee ; that thou mayest inherit the land ^wherein thou art a "^stran- ger, which God gave unto A'bra-ham. 5 And I'saac sent away Ja'cob : and he went to Pa'dan-a'ram unto La'- ban, son of Beth-u'el the Syr'i-an, the brother of Re-bek'ah, Ja'cob's and E'sau's mother. 6 ^iiWhen E'sau saw that I'gaac had blessed Ja'cob, and sent him yway to 1 'a'dan-a'ram, to take him a w if e from t]|Lence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou s-jialt not_ take a wife of the daugh- t frs of Ca'naan ; 7 And that Jcl'cob obeyed his father : ad his mother, and was gone to Pa'- ' an-a'ram ; S And E'sau seeing ^that the daugh- ters of Ca'naan 'pleased not l'§aac his father ; 9 Then went E'sau unto fsh'ma-el, and took unto the -waves which he had -'Ma'ha-lath the daughter of ish'- nm-el A 'bra-ham's son, the ^sister of Ne-ba'joth, to be his wife. ] TAnd Ja'cobwentoutfromBe'er- she'ba, and went toward ^'Ha'ran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, be- cause the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put tJiem for his pillows, 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 be- hold /the angels of God ascending and descending on it. CHAP. 28. a ch. 27, 33 b ch. 17, 1,6 1 an assem- bly of peo- ple. c ch. 12, 2 ch. 22, 17 2 of thy so- journ- ings. d ch. 17, 8 1 Chr. 29, 15 Ps. 39, 12 Ps. 105,12 Ps. 119,19 2 Cor. 5, 6,7 Heb. 11, 9, 13 1 Pet.1,17 1 Pet.2,11 s ch. 24, 3 3 were evil in the eyes, etc. /ch. 36, 3, she is called Bashe- math, g ch. 25 13 h Called, Acts 7, 2, Charran. i ch. 41, 1 Job 33, 15 j John 1,51 Heb. 1, 14 k ch. 35, 1 ch. 48, 3 ch. 26, 24 mch. 13, 15 nch. 13, 16 4 break forth. ch. 13, 14 Deut. 12,20 p ch. 12, 3 q ch. 26, 24 ch. 31, 3 r ch. 48, IC Ps. 121, 5 s ch. 35, 6 t Deut.31,6 u Num. 23,19 V Ex. 3, 5 Josh. 5,15 wJudg. 1,23 Hos. 4, 15 5 That Is, T7ie hoiLse of God. X ch. 31, 13 Judg. 11,30 2 Sam, 15,8 V ver. 15 z 1 Tun. 6,8 a Judg. 11,31 2 Sam. 19,24 b Deut. 26, 17 2 Sam. 15,8 2Ki.o, 17 r, ch. 35, 7 d Lev.27,30 B. C.1760. 1 13 And, ^behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, T a?n the Lord God of A'bra-ham thy father, and the God of I'gaac : '"the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed ; 1 4 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 : avid in thee and ^in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 And, behold, ?I a^n with thee, and will ''keep thee in aU places whither thou goest, and w^ill 'bring thee again into this land ; for T will not leave thee, "until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 16 IT 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 pillovf s, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 1^ And he called the name of that ""place ^Beth -el : but the name of that city wees called Luz at the f rst. f 20 And ^Ja'cob vowed a vow, say- ing, If ^God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me ^bread to eat, and rai ment to put on, 21 So that ''I come again to my fa- ther's house in peace ; *then shall the Lord be my God : 22 And tliis stone, which I have set for a pillar, ''shall be God's house ; "'and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. CHAPTER 29. 1 Jacob, coming to the well of Haran, 9 meeteth Ra- chel, and is entertained by Laban : 15 he covenant- ethfor her, 21 bxit is deceived with Leah. 28 Ra- chel also given him to wife on a new agreement. 31 Leah beareth Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah. THEN Ja'cob Vent onhis journey, "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 thev watered the flocks : and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered : and they roUed the stone *K. 28.20-22. IT. Josh.24.16-18. JK. 48.15. CHAP. 29. 1 lifii^his feft. a Num.23,7 Hos.12,12 2 children. 32 Jacob marrieth GENESIS, 29. Leah and Rachel. CHAP, 29. •27 aayis great. c Ex. 2, 16 ri Ex. 2. 17 14 from the Avells mouth, and watered b. c. ireo. the sheej), and j)ut the stone agam upon the well s mouth m liis place. ■iAnd Ja'cob said unto them, My,3 istiiere brethren, whence be ye? And they j SI said, Of Ha'ran are we. ! 5 And he said mito_them, Know ye; ^ * ' ' Lahan the son of Xahor ? And they.i yetthe said. We know A//72. 6 And he said unto them, ^Js weh? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Ra'chel his daughter Cometh Tvdth the sheep. ' I 7 And he said, Lo, *U is yet high, day. neither «*s it tune that the cattle, shoLild be gathered together : waterj ye the sheep, and gr c(/id feed them. ' ^S And they said, u e camiot, mitil all the flocks he gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth ": then we water the sheep. 9 *'And while he yet spake with' 3 ch. 24,23 them, Ra'chel came with her f athers sheep : ^for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Ja'cob;^ ^^- ^^' ^^ cli.2, 23 Judg. 9, 2 2 Sam.5.1 2 Sam.l9, 12,13 e ch. 33 ch. 45, Rom. 16, 16 1 Cor. 16,20 2 Cor. 13, 12 1 Pet. 5,14 fch. 13, 8 ctL. 14, 14 5 hearing. sawRa'chel the daughter of La'ban his mother's brother, and the sheep of La'- ban his mother's brother, that Ja'cob went near, and "^rolled the stone from' the weU's mouth, and watered flock of La'ban liis mother's brother. | 11 And Ja'cob ''kissed Ra'chel, and J lifted up his voice, and wept. | 12 And Ja'cob told Ra'chel that he was Hier father's brother, and that; he teas Re-bek'ah's son : -^and she ran' ^ song 8, 7 and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when La'ban heard the ^idiugs of Ja'cob his sis- ter's son, that '^he ran to meet him, „ j^^„ and embraced him, and kissed him, U, 10 and brought hun to his house. And he told La'ban aU these tilings. the ^ ^ month ' of days. ch. 31, 41 2 Sam. 3,14 k ch. 30, 26 1753. TO Judg. 15,1 John 2, 1 7 place. 14: And La'ban said to liim. Surely Jndg. 'thou a rt mv bone and ihy flesh. And ■ '^^^ ^ the space of a'pch. so,26 ^ -^^ 31,41 c'a Hos.12,12 q- Ps. 127, 3 8 That is. See a son. he abode with, him month. 15 'y And La'ban said unto Ja'cob, Be- cause thou art my brother, shouldest; thou therefore ser\'e me for nought ? *■ ch. 30, 1 tell me, what shall thy wages be ? 16 And La'ban had t\Yo daughters : the name of the elder icas Le'ah, and'? ex the name of the younger v:as Ra'chel. IT Le'ah %i;as tender eyed ; but Ra'- chel was beautiful and well favoured. 18 And Ja'cob loved Ra'chel; and said, -'1 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 (3) o, / Ex. 4, 31 Deut. 26,7 Ps. 25, 18 Ps. 106,44 9 That is. Hearing. 10 That Is, Joined. Num. 18, 2,4 33 igive her to another man : abide ^vith me. 20 And Ja'cob ^seiwed seven vears for Ra'chel ; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for ^the love he had to her. 21 ^And Ja'cob said unto La'ban, Give me mv ^vife, for mv davs are fulfijled, that I may "'go in unto her. 22 And l^a'ban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a "feast. 23 And it came to_pass in the even ing, that he took Le'ah his daughter, and brought her to him ; and he went in imto her. 21: And La'ban gave imto his daugh- ter Le'ah Zil'pah his maid fo7' an handmaid. 25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it teas Le'ah: and he said to La'ban, What is this thou hast done unto me ? did not I serve ^\Hth thee for Ra'chel ? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me ? 26 And La'ban said. It must not be so done in our "countiy, to give the younger before the firstborn. 27 Fidfil "her week, and we will give thee this also for the ser^uce wliich thou shalt seiwe with me yet seven other years. 28 And Ja'cob did so, and fulfilled her week : and he gave him Ra'chel liis daughter to wife also. 29 And La'ban gave to Ra'chel his daughter Bfl'hah his handmaid to be her maid. 3 And he went in also unto Ra'chel, and he loved also Ra'chel more than Le'ah, and ser\'ed with him yet ^seven other years. 31 1i And when the Lord ^saw that Le'ah was hated, he ''opened her womb : but Ra'chel teas barren. 32 And Le'ah conceived, and bare a son, and she called liis name ^Reu hen- for she said, Surelv the Lord hatb 'looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband wiU love me. 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said. Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he liath therefore given me this so)i also : and she called his name ^Siui'e-on. 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said, ISTow this time wiU my husband be joined unto me, because I have bom him three sons : therefore was his name called ^°Le'vi. 35 And she conceived agahi, and MacheVs grief. GENESIS, 30. Birth of Joseph. bare a son : and she said, Now will I E raise the Lord : therefore she called isname ^^ Ju'dah ; and ^^left bearing. CHAPTER 30. 1 J^cheVs grief for her barrenness : 5 Bilhahbeareth Ban and Naphiali: 9 Zilpah heareth Gad and Asher : 17 Leah heareth Issachar, Zebtilun, and Dinah : 22 Rachel heareth Joseph. 25 Jacob's neio covenant with Laban: 37 his policy to become rich. AND when Ra'chel saw that "she bare Ja'cob no children, Ra'chel envied ^her sister; and said unto Ja'cob, Give me children, ''or else I die. 2 And Ja'cob's anger was kindled 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, i'that 1 may also ^have children by her. 4 And she gave him Bil'hah her handmaid '^to wife : and Ja'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 Bil'hah Ra'chel's maid con- ceived again, and bare Ja'cob a second son. 8 And Ra'chel said, With ^great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and 1 have prevailed : and she called his -^name ''N aph'ta-lT. 9 When Le'ah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zil'pah her maid, and gave her Ja'cob to wife. 10 And Zil'pah Le'ah's maid bare Ja'cob a son. 11 And Le'ah said, A troop cometh : and she called his name ^Gad. 12 And Zil'pah Le'ah's maid bare Ja'cob a second son. 13 And Le'ah said,*'Ha.ppy am I, for the daughters ^will call me blessed : and she called his name ''Ash'er. 14 ^And Reu'ben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found man- drakes ^in the field, and brought them unto his mother Le'ah. Then Ra'chel said to Le'ah, Give '"me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 1 5 And she said unto her, "_Zs it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou takeaway my son's mandrakes also ? And Ra'- chel said. Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. 1 6 And J a'cob came ou fc of the field in B. C. 1753. CHAP. 29. 11 That is, Praise. 19 stood from bearing. B. C. 1749 CHAP. 30 a en 29, 31 I ch. 37, 11 c Job 5, 2 d ch. 16, 2 1 Sam.1,5 e ch, 16, 2 /ch. -'0, 23 Job b, 12 g ch. 16, 2 i be built bxi her. h ch. 35, 22 i Ps. 35, 24 Ps. 43, 1 Lam. 3,59 3 That is. Judging. 3 wres- tlings of God. j Called, Mat. 4,13, Neph- thalim.. 4 That is. My torestling. 5 That is, A troop, or, com- pany, Isa. 65, 11 6 In my happi- ness. k Pro.31,28 L'l. 1, 48 7 That is, Happy. I Song 7, 13 Precious fruits, or, sweet flowers, m ch. 25, 30 n Num.16,9 1747. 8 That is, An hire. 9 That is, Dwelling. 10 That is, Judg- ment. ch. 8, 1 1 Sam. 1,19 p ch. 29, 31 q 1 Sam.1,6 Isa. 4, 1 Lu. 1, 25 11 That is, Adding. r ch. 35, 17 s ch. 24, 55 t ch. 18, 33 ch. 31, 55 ■u ch. 29, 20 V ch.39,3,5 Ps. 1, 3 Isa. 61, 9 w ch. 26, 24 X ch. 29, 15 V ch. 31, 6 Mat.24,45 Titus 2,10 12 broken forth. 13 at my foot. z 1 Tim. 5,8 34 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 1 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 ^Zeb'u-lun. 2 1 And afterwards she bare a daugh- ter, and called her name ^"Di'nah. 22 "iFAnd God ''remembered Ra'chel, and God hearkened to her, and ^'opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son ; and said, God hatlj taken away yjny reproach : 24 And she called his name" Jo'§eph; and said, '"The Lord shall add to me another son. 25 ^And it came to pass, when Ra'- chel had born J5'§eph, 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 chil- dren, "for whom I ha.ve served thee, and let me go : for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. 27 And La'ban said unto him J pray thee, if I have found favour in thine ■eyes, tarry :for'"\ have learned by ex- perience 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 imto 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 ^-in- creased unto a multitude ; and the Lord hath blessed thee ^^since my coming : and now when shall I ^pro- vide for mine o^vn 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 tiling for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. 32 1 will pass through all thy flock Jaeob''s riches increase. GENESIS, 31. Jacob leaveth J^aban, to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats : and "of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my ^righteousness answer forme * "in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted ^mong the goats, and brown among tL*- sheep, that shall be counted stolen witr- me. 34 And La'ban said. Behold,! would ii.t 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, «>2C? every one that had some Avhite in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Ja'cob : and Ja'- cob fed the rest of La'ban's flocks. 37*i[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 vf hich ijoas in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And J a'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, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Ja'cob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that thej 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 exceed- ingly, and %ad much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. CHAPTER 31. I Jacob departetk secretly from Laban : 19 Rachel stealelh awarj herfaiher''H images. 22 Laban pur- suetli Jacob : 44 their covenant at Galeed. AND he ''heard the words of La'- ban's sons, saying, Ja'cob hath taken away all that was our father's ; B. C. 1747. CHAP. 30. a ch. 31, 8 b Ps. 37, 6 14 to mor- roiv. c ch. 31, 9 1739. d ver. 30 ch. 28, 15 .Job 1, 3 Eccl. 2, 7 Kzek. 39,10 e ch. 13, 2 ch. 24, 3.5 ch. 26, 13 CHAP. 31. a Job 5, 2 Job 31, 31 Ps. 57, 4 Pro. 14,30 Eccl. 4, 4 Rom. 13,13 Titus 3, 3 J as. 3, 8 b Ps. 49, 16 c ch. 4, 5 d Deut. 28,54 1 as yester- day and the day before, 1 Sam. 19, 7 e ch. 28, 15 ch. 32, 9 / ver. 2 g ch. 21, 22 Isa. 41, 10 Heb. 13, 5 h ch. 30, 29 ver. 41 Num. 14,22 Neh. 4, 12 Job 19, 3 Zech. 8.23 k ch. 15, 1 ch. 20, 6 Job 22, 25 Ps. 5, 11 Ps. 7, 10 Ps. 20, 1 Ps. 62, 2 Ps. 84, 11 Ps. 105,14 Ps. 115, 9 Pro. 30, 5 1 ch. 30, 32 m vers. 1,16 2 Or, he goats. n ch. 48, 16 Ex. 3, 7 Deut. 24,15 Ps. 12, 5 Eph. 6, 9 p ch. 28, 18 a ver. 3 ch. 32, 9 r ch. 2, 24 s ch. 29, 15 35 and of that wliich vjas our father'si hath he gotten all ^'this giorj^. . 2 And Ja'cob beheld ^the counte- nance of La'ban, and, behold, it vms 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 1 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 comitenance, 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 ser^^ed your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and 'changed my wages •'teii times : but God ^suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, ^The speckled shall be thy wages ; then aU 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 in a dream, and, behold, the -rams which leaped upon the cattle icere ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. 1 1 And "the angel of God spake unto me m a dreain, saying, Ja'cob : And I said. Here ajii I. 12 And he said. Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, spec- kled, and grisled : for T have seen all that La'ban doeth unto thee. 131 a?7i the God of Beth'-el, ^where thou anointedst the pillar, a ?ic? where thou vowedst a vow unto me : now ?arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kin- dred. 14 And Ra'chel and Le'ah answered and said unto him, 'Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house ? 15 Are we not counted of him stran- gers ? for 'he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. 1 6 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is our's, and our chfldren's : now then, what- soever God hath said unto thee, do. haban pursueth Jacob. GENESIS, 31. Jac^b rebuketh La ban. 17 llThen Ja'cob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels ; 18 And he carried away all his cat- tle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Pa'dan-a'ram, for to go to l'§aac his father in the land of Ca'naan. 19 And La'ban went to shear his sheep: and Ra'chel had stolen the ^images ^that loere her father's. 20 And Ja'cob stole away '^unawares to La'ban the Syr'i-an, in that he told him. not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had ; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and ''set his face toioard the mount GiFe-ad. 22 And it v/as told La'ban on the third day that Ja'cob v/as 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 "'cametoLa'bantheS^^r'- 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 *lfThen La'ban overtook Ja'cob. Now Ja'cob hadpitched his tent in the mount: and La'ban with his breth- ren pitched in the mount of Gil'e-ad, 26 And La'ban said to Ja'cob, What hast thou done, that thou hasi stolen away unawares to me, and ^carried away my daughters, ascaptives 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 away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and v/ith 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 ''yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Ja'cob either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen '^my gods '? 31 And Ja'cob answered and said to La'ban, Because I was afraid : for I gaid, Feradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest B. C. 1739. CHAP. 31. 3 teva- p! um, Jvidg.17,5 1 Sam. 19,13 Ezek. 21,21 Hos. 3, 4 t ch. 35, 2 4 the heart of Lahan. u ch. 46, 28 2 Ki.12,17 Lu. 9, 51 ); ch. 13, 8 lu ch. 20, 3 Job 33, 15 Mat. 1, 20 X ch. 24, 50 5 from good to bad. y 1 Sam. 30,2 6 hast stolen me. z Ruth 1, 9 IKi. 19,20 Acts 20,37 a 1 Sam. 13, 13 2Chr. 16,9 b ch. 28, 13 Ps. 5, 11, 12 Ps. 84, 11 Ps. 115, 9 c A'er. 24 rf ver. 19 Josh. 24,2 Judg. 18,24 Ps. 115, 4-9 Isa. 44, 10-20 Jer. 10, 3-5 Acts 19,26 e ch. 44, 9 7 felt. f Ex. 20, 12 Lev.19,32 Eph. 6, 1 fif ver. 19 h Eph. 4, 26 8 felt. i 1 Sam. 12,3 1 Cor. 6, 5 j Ex. 22, 10 fc Ex. 22, 12 I ch. 29, 27 m ver. 7 n Ps. 124, 1 ver. 53 Isa. 8, 13 V ch. 29, 32 Ex. 3, 7 q 1 Chr. 12,17 Jude9 36 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 v/ent into Ja'cob's tent, and into Le'ah'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 Ra'- chel's tent. 34 Now Ra'chel had taken the im- ages, 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 li And Ja'cob ^'was wroth, and chode with La'ban: and Ja'cob an- swered and said to La'ban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hasl so hotly pursued after ine ? 37 Whereas thou hast '^searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff ? 'set it here be- fore 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 re- quire it, v:!hether stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 J7it^5lwas; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night ; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I ^served thee fourteen years for thy tv*^o daughters, and six years for thy cattle : and "'thou hasi: changed my wages ten times. 42 Except*^ "the God of my lather, the God of A'bra-ham, !md the fear "of i'§aac, 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 TAnd La'ban answered and said unto Ja'cob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle a.re my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine : and what can I do this day unto The covenant at Galeed. GENESIS, 32. Jacob's present to Msaxo these my daughters, or unto their children which they have bom ? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou ; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And 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 upon the heap. 47 And La'ban called it ^ Je'gar-sa- ha-dii'tha: but Ja'cob caiied it^°Gar- e-ed. 48 And La'ban said, "This heap is a witness between me and thee tliis day. Therefore was the name of it called Gal'e-ed ; 49 And ^'Miz'pah; "for he said. The Lord watch between me and thee, ^vhen we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives be- side my daughters, no man is with us ; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. 51 And La'ban said to Ja'cob, Be- hold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee ; 52 This heap he witness, and this pillar he witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, p^nd 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'h6r,the God of their father, "judge betwixt us. And Ja'cob ^sware by the fear_of his father I'gaac. 54 Then Ja'cob ^ ^offered sacrifice up- on 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 L^ban departed, and returned unto his place. CHAPTER 32. 1 JacoVf, vifion at Mahanaim: 3 his message to Esau. 6 He is afraid of EsatCs coming; and'praii- ethfor deliverance : 13' he sendeth a present to Esaii: 24 he wrestleth loith an angel at Peniel, and is called Israel. 31 Be halteth. AND Ja'cob Avent on his way, and ''the angels of God met him. 2 And when Ja'cob saw them, he said. This ^s God's ''host : and he called the name of that place 'Ma-ha-nalm. 3 And Ja'cob sent messengers before him to E'sau his brother unto "^the land of Se'ir, '^the ^country of E'dom. B. C. 1739. CHAP. 31. r ch. 26, 28 s Josh. 24,27 t ch. 28, 18 9 That is, The heap of tvit- ness. Chald. 10 That is. The heap of wit- ness. Heb. It Josh. 24,27 11 That is, A beacon, oi;ivatch- tower. V Judg. 11,29 1 Sam. 7,5 w ch. 16, 5 X ch. 21, 23 12 Or, killed beasts. y ch. 28, 1 2 Sam. 6,20 CHAP. 32. a Ps. 91, 11 Heb. 1, 14 6 Josh. 5,14 2 Ki. 6, 16 Ps. 103,21 Ps. 148,2 Lu. 2, 13 1 That is. Two hosts, or, camps. c ch. 33, 14 d ch. 36. 6-8 Deut. 2, 5 Josh. 24,4 2 field. e Pro. 15, 1 /ch. 80, 43 g ch. 33, 8 h ch. 33, 1 i ch. 35, 3 j Pro. 2, 11 Eph. 5, 15 k Ps. 50, 15 I ch. 28, 13 m ch. 31, 3 3 I am less than all, etc. n 2 Sam.9,8 ch. 24, 27 p Job 8, 7 q Ps. 59, 1,2 r Hos.10,14 i icpon. eh. 28, 13-15 t ch. 43, 11 37 4 And he commanded them, saying, ^Thus shall ye speak unto my lord E'saii ; Thy servant Ja'cob saith thus, I have sojomned with La'ban, and stayed there until now : 5 And •'I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenserv- ants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that ^I may find grace in thy sight. 6_1l And the messengers returned to Ja'cob, saying, We came to thy broth- er E'sau, and also '^he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with hmi. 7 Then Ja'cob was greatly afraid and 'distressed : and he -^divided the peo' pie that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into tw i 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 f 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 kindred, and 1 will deal well with thee : 10 ^I am not ''worthy of the least of all the 'mercies, and of all ^he truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy serv- ant ; for with my staff p1 passed over this Jor'dan ; and now I am become two bands. 11 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, a?id 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 niun- bered for multitude. 1 3 IT And he lodged there that same night ; and took of that which came to his hand a 'present for E'sau his brother ; 1 4 Two hundred she goats, and twen- ty he goats,^ two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twen- ty she asses, and ten foals, 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his sei'^^ants, eveiy drove by them_selves ; and said unto his serv- ants. Pass over before me, and put a space bet"^^axt drove and drove. 1 7 And he commanded the foremost, saying. When E'sau my brother meet- eth thee, and askethi thee, saying. Whose a7't thou ? and whither goest 2 Jacob at Peniel. GENESIS, 33. 3feeting of Jacob and Esau thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy sei^'^ant Ja'cob's ; it is a present sent unto my lord E'sau : and, behold, also he is behind us. 19 And so commanded he the sec- ond, and the third, and all that fol- lowed the droves, saying. On this manner shall ye speak unto E'sau, when ye find him. 20 And say _ye moreover. Behold, thy servant Ja'cob is behind us. For he said, I will "appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; perad venture he v/ill accept ^of me. 21 So went the present over before hun : and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenser^^ants, 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 ^And Ja'ceb was left alone ; and there Avrestled a man with him until the '^breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he pre- vailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hol- low '''of Ja'cob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And -"he said. Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I ^'will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him. What is thy name ? And he said, Jacob. 2B And he said. Thy name shall be called no more Ja'cob, but ®is'ra-el : for as a prince hast thou ])ower nvith God and ''with men, and hast pre- vailed. 29 And Ja'cob asked him, and said, Tell tne,! 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 ^Pe-ni'el : for T have seen God face to face, and my life is pre- ser\^ed. 31 And as he passed over Pe-nu'el the sun rose upon him, and he halted lUDon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of i§'ra-el eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the B. C. 1739. CHAP. 32. u Pro. 2i,li 5 my face. V D8ut.3,16 6 caused to pass. 7 ascending of the morning. w Mat. 26,41 2 Cor.12,7 X Lu. 24, 28 y Hos. 12, 4 8 That is, A prince of God. 2'Ki.l7,34 z Hos.12,34 a ch. 25, 31 ch. 27, 33 h Judg. 13,18 9 That is, Tiie face of God7 c ch. 16, 13 Ex. 24, 11 Ex. 33, 20 Deut.5,24 Judg.6.22 Judg. 13,22 Isa. 6, 5 CHAP. 33. a ch. 32, 6 b ch. 18, 2 ch. 42, 6 ch. 43, 26 c ch. 32, 28 Pro. 16, 1 Pro. 21, 1 Jer.10,23 d ch. 45, 14 1 to thee ? e ch. 48, 9 Ps. 127, 3 Isa. 8, 18 2 Wliat is all tins band to thee ? /ch. 82, 16 g ch. 32, 5 3 be that to thee that is thine. h ch. 43, 3 2 Sam. 3,13 i Judg.1,15 1 Sam. 25,27 4 all things, Phil. 4, 18 j 2Ki. 5,23 38 thigh, unto this day : because he touched the hollow of Ja'cob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. CHAPTER 33. 1 The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meeting. 17 Jacob Cometh to Siiccoth. 18 He biiyeth afield, and buiUh'ih an altar. AND Ja'cob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold. "E'saucame, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Le'ah, and unto 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'chel and Jo'seph hindemiost. 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 hun, and embraced him, '^and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said. Who are those ^with thee? And he said. The children which ^God hath graciously given thy sen/- ant. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Le'ah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves : and after came Jo'§eph 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. 11 Take, I pray thee, ^y blessing that is brought to thee ; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have ^enough. •'And he urged himx, and he took it. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and 1 will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him. My lord knoweth that the cliildren are tender. Jacob builveth an altar. GENESIS, 34. Shechem defileth Dinah. B. C. 1739. and the flocks and herds with young we with me : and if men should over- drive them one day, all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his ser^^ant: and I will lead on softly, 'accordingas the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until 1 come unto my lord '^imto Se'ir. 1 5 AndE'sau said. Let me now leave Tvith thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, '-Vriiat need- eth it ? 'let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16 *fSo E'sau returned that day on (lis way unto Se'ir. 17 And Ja'cob journeyed to '"Siic'- Doth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle : therefore the name of the place is called ^Suc'- Doth. 18 ^TAnd Ja^cob came to "Shalem, a ^q caiied, city of ^She'chem, which is in the land ! Acts 7,i6, of Ca'naan, when he came from Pa'-|^ Emmor. dan-a'ram ; and ]3itched his tent be- ^\unbs. fore the city. p ch. S5, 7 1 9 And "he bought a parcel of a field, ' 12 That is, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of ^"Ha'mor, ^he'chem's father, for an hundred '^pieces of monby. ^0 And he erected there an altar, and "called it ''El-e-151ie-is'ra-el. CHAP. 33. 5 accorclUig to the foot of the work, etc., and according to the foot of the children. k ch. 32, 3 3 set, or, place. 7 WTiere- fore is this? I Ruth 2,13 m Josh. 13,27 8 That is. Booths. n John 3,23 9 Called, Acts 7,16, Sychem. Josh. 24,33 God the God of Israel. B. C. 1732. CHAP. 34, a ch. 30, 21 b Titus 2, 5 c ch. 6, 2 d ch. 20, 2 CHAPTER 34. i Dinah defiled. 20 The Shechemites are circumcised. 25 The sons of Jacob taking advantage thereof slay them, and spoil their city. 30 Jacob reproveih Simeon and Levi. 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 tiie sonof Ha'- mor the Hi'vite, prince of the country, e Judg.14,2 ''saw her, he '-took her, and lay with tier, and ^defiled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Dl'nah the 1 humbled her, Deut. 22,29 2 tcthe heart of the dam- sel, Isa. 40, 2 /ch. 49, 7 2 Sam. 13,21 rj Josh. 7,15 daughter of Ja'cob, and he loved the ^^^gy^. damsel, ana spake ^kindly unto the 23, 17 damsel. " i Ex. 23, 32 4 And She'chem ^spake unto his fa- j ch. 13, 9 ther Ha'mor, saying, Get me this^fcch.42,34 damsel to wife. 5 And Ja'cob heard tlmt he had de- filed Di'nah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field : and Ja'cob held his peace until they were come. o TTAnd Ha'mor the father of She'- chem went out unto Ja'cob to com- mune with hun. I ch. 47. 27 m Ex. 22,16 Deut. 22,29 n 2 Sam. 13,24 Josh. 5, 9 V 1 Chr. 4, 9 q 2 Sam. 15,2 Ruth 4, 1 39 7 And the sons of Ja'cob came out of the field v*dien 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 coromuned \vith 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 shaU dwell with us : and •'the land shall be before you; dwell and 'trade ye therein, and get ^jou possessions therem. 11 And She'chem said unto her fa- ther and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your ej'es, and what ye sliall say unto me I ^vili give. 12 Asl^ me never so much "'do^vry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me : but give i:cie the damsel to wife. 1 3 And the sons of Ja'cob answered • She'chem and Ha'mor Ms father '^de- ceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Di'nah then' sister : 14 And they said unto them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sis- ter to one that is micircumcised ; for 'that tcere a reproach unto us : 15 But in this will we consent unto you : If ye will be as vre he, that every male of you be circumcised ; 1 6 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take jomy daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we Avill become one people. 1 7 J3ut if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised ; then v\'ill we take our daughter, and vre wfll be .gone. 1 8 And their words pleased Ha'mor, and She'chem Ha'mor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had de- light in Ja'cob's daughter: and he teas ^ more honourable than all the house of his father. 20 And Ha'mor and She'chem his son came unto the ^gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 2 1 These men are peaceable with us \ therefore let them dwell in the land^ and trade therein ; for the land, be- hold, it is large enough for them ; let us take their daughters to us for The IShechemites destroyed. GENESIS, 35. Jacob goetfi to JBeth-el. 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 circum.cised, as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's he our's? only let us consent mito them, and they will dwell W'ith 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 circumcised, all that w^ent out of the gate of Ms city. 25 "iFAnd 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'nah'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 vrent out. 2 7 The sons of Ja'cob came upon the «?lain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that Avhich was in the city, and that which was {r\ the field, 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that loas in the house. 30 And Ja'cob said to Shn'e-on and Le'vi, * Ye have "troubled me "to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Ca'naan-Ites and the Per'iz-zites : and "I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together aga^inst me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house, 31 And they said, ^Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot ? CHAPTER 35. 1 Godsendeth Jacob to Beth-el : 2 he purgeLh Ms house of idols, 6 and buildeth an altar ; 9 God. blesscth him there. 16 Rachel beareih Benjamin, and dies. 23 The sons of Jacob. 28 Isaac's death. A ND God said unto Ja'cob, Arise, _/jL go up to "Beth'-el, and dwell there : and make there an altar unto God, Hhat appeared unto thee '"when thou fleddest from the face of E'sau thy brother. 2 Then Ja'cob said unto his ^house- hold, and to all that loere "with him, Put away ^the strange gods that are B. C. 1732. CHAP. 34. r ch. 23, 10 s ch. 49, 5-7 3 mouth. t ch. 49, 6 u Josh. 7.25 V Ex. 5. 21 1 Sam. 13, 4 w Deut. 4,27 Ps. 105,12 X Pro. 6. 34 CHAP. 35. a ch. 28, 19 b ch. 28, 13 c cb. 27, 43 ctch.18, 19 Josh. 24,15 e ch. 31, 19,34 1 Sam. 7,3 / Ex. 19, 10 g ch. 32, 7, 24 Ps. 107, 6 h ch. 28, 20 ch. 31, 3,42 i Hos. 2, 13 j Josh. 24,26 k Ex. 15. 16 Ex. 23, 37 Ex. 34. 24 Deut. 11,25 Josh. 2, 9 Josh. 5, 1 1 Sam. 14, 15 2Chr. 14,14 I ch. 28, 22 m Eccl. 5, 4 1 That is, ne God of Beth-el. n ch. 28, 13 ch. 24. 59 2 That is. The oak of weeping. p Hos. 12, 4 q ch. 17, 5 r ch. 32, 28 s ch. 17, 1 ch.48,3,4 Ex. 6, 3 t ch.17,5,6 ch. 48, 4 u ch, 12, 7 ch. 13, 15 ch.26,3,4 ch. 28, 13 Ex. 32, 13 V ch. 17, 22 w ch. 28, 18 X ch. 28, 19 3 a little piece of ground. 40 among you, and -Hbe clean, and change your garments : 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 da.y 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 ice7^e in their hand, and all their 'earrings which we're 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 they did not pursue after the sons of Ja'cob. 6 irSo Ja'cob came to 'Luz, which is in the land of Ca'naan, that is, Beth'- el, he, and all the people that icere with him. 7 And he "'built there an altar, and called the place ^El-beth'-el : because '^there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But °Deb'o-rah Re-bek'ah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth'-el under an oak : and the nam^ of it was called ^ Al 'Ion- bach 'uth. 9 ITAnd ^'God appeared unto Ja'cob again, when he came out of Pa'dan- a'ram, 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 l§'ra-el. 1 1 And God said unto him, 'I a 771 God Almighty : be fruitful and multiply; a 'nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins ; 1 2 And the land "which I gave A 'bra- ham and i'§aac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 1 3 And God ""went up from him in the place wdiere he talked with him. 14 And Ja'cob "set up a pillar in th@ place where he talked Y/ith him, eve7i a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 1 5 And Ja'cob called the name of the place where God spake 'with him, ^Beth'-el. 1 6 "IT And they joume3^ed from Beth '- el ; and there was but ^a little way to come to Eph'rath : and Ra'chel trav- ailed, and she had hard labour. 1 7 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife The death of Rachel. GENESIS, 36. Generations of Ksau. B. C. 1732. CHAP. 35. ?/ ch. 30^ 24 i That is. Tht son of my sor- row. 5 That is, Tlie son of the right hand. 2 ch. 48, 7 a Ruth 1. 2 Ruth 4,11 Mic. 5, 2 Mat. 2, 6 b 1 Sam. 10, 2 c Mic. 4, 8 e ch. 46, 8 Ex. 1, 2 / ch. 13, 18 g .Josh. 14, 15 1716. a Eccl. 12, 7 i ch. 15, 15 ch. 25. 8 ch. 49, 33 j ch. 25. 9 ch. 49. 31 said unto her, Fear not ; ^thou shalt have this son also. 1 8 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name ^Ben-o'ni : but his father called him 'Ben'ja-min. 1 9 And'Ra chel died, and was buried in the way to "Eph'rath, which is Beth'-le-hem. 20 And Ja'cob set a pillar upon her grPcve : that is the pillar of Ra'cheFs grave ^unto this day. 21 1" And is'ra-el journeyed, and spread his tent beyond ""the tower of E'dar. 22 And it came to pass,w^hen i§'ra-el dwelt in that land, that Reu'ben went and 'lay with Bil'liah his father's '« cii-,jf9;5* ^ concubine : and l§'ra-el heard it. Now / . J ^ 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 Jii'dah, and. is'sa-char, and Zeb'u-lun : 21 The sons of Ra'chel ; J5'§eph,and Ben',ja-min : 25 And the sons of Birhah,Ra'cliers handmaid ; Dan, and Naph'ta-li : 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-a'ram. 27 li And Ja'cob came unto I'saac his father unto -^Mam're, unto the city fof Ar'bah, which is He'bron, where A'bra-ham and Isaac 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 Svas gathered unto his peo- ple, being old andf ull of days ; and •'his sons E'sau and J a'cob buried him. CHAPTER 36. 2 Esau's family in CYniaan. 6 He removeik to mount Heir. 9 His sons. 15 Tht dukes which descended of his sons. 20 The sons and dukes of Seir. 31 The kings of Edoni. 1V[0 W these «re the generations of 1^ E'saUj'^Vv^ho is E'dom. 2 E'sau ^took his wives of the daugh- ters of Ca'naan; A'dah the daughter of E'lon the Hit'tite,'"and A-hol-i-ba'mah the daughter of A'nah the daughter of Zib'e-on the Hi'vlte ; 3 And '^Bash'e-math Ish'ma-el's daughter, sister of Ne_-ba'joth. 4 And ^A'dah bare to E'sau El'i-phaz ; and Bash'e-math bare Reu'el; 5 And _A-hol-i-ba'mah bare Je'ush, and Ja-a'lam, and Ko'rah : these are the sons of E'sau, which were bom unto him in the land of Ca'naan. CHAP. 36. a ch. 25, 30 b ch. 2G, 34 c ver. 25 a ch. 28. 9 e lChr.1,35 1 souls, f Deut.23,7 g ch.13,6,11 7i ch. 17, 8 1 Chr. 29, 15 Ps. 39, 12 Ps. 105,12 Ps. 119,19 2 Cor. 5, 6,7 Heb. 11.9 1 Pet.1.17 1 Pet.2,11 i ch. 32, 3 j ver. 1 3 Edoyn. k 1 Chr. 1, 35, etc. 3 Or, Zephi. I Ex. 17, 8 Num. 24, 20 Deut. 25. 17-19 1 Sam.lo, 2.3 m 1 Chr. 1,38 41 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'- naan ; and went into the country from the face of his 'brother Ja'cob. 7 For ?their riches were more than that they might dwell together ; 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 11 And these are the generations of E'sau the father of "the E'dom-ites in mount Se'ir : 10 These are the names of E'sau's sons ; ^Eri-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 El'i-phaz v^ere Te'man, O'mar, ^Ze'pho, and Ga'tam, and Ke'naz. 1 2 And Tim'na vv as concubine to El'i-phaz E'sau's son ; and she bare to El'i-phaz 'Am'a-lek: these icere the sons of A'dah E'sau's wife. 13 And these a7'e the sons of Reu'el ; Na'hath, and Ze'rah, Sham'mah, and Miz'zah: these were the sons of Bash'e-math E'sau's wife. 14 And these were the sons of A-hol- i-ba'mah, the daughter of A'nah the da,ughter of Zib'e-on, E'sau's wife: and she bare to E'sau Je'ush, and Ja-a'lam, and K5'rah. 15 "iTThese we7'e dukes of the sons of E'sau ; the sons of El'i-phaz the first- born son of E'sau ; duke Te'man, duke O'mar, duke Ze'pho, duke Ke'naz, 16 Duke Kd'rah, duke Ga'tam, a7id duke Am'a-lek : these are the duk^ that came of El'i-phaz in the land of E'dom ; these were the sons of A'dah. 1 7 And these are the sons of Reu'el E'sau'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 E'dom; these are the sons of Bash'e-math E'sau's wife. 1 8 And these are the sons of A-hol-i- ba'mah E'sau's wife; duke Je'ush, duke Ja-a'lam, duke Kd'rah: these vnere the dukes that came of A-hol-i- ba'mah the daughter of A'nah, E'sau'S wife. 1 9 These are the sons of E'sau, who is E'dom, and these are their dukes 20 liThese "^are the sons of Se'ir the y The sons of Seir GENESIS, 37. Joseph's dreams. *H5'rTte, who inhabited the land ; ]j5'- tan, and Sho'bal, and Zib'e-on, and A'nah, 21 And Di'shon, and E'zSr, and Di'- shan : these are the dukes of the H5'- rites, the cliildren of Se'ir in the land of E'dom. 22 And the children of L5'tan were Hd'ri and ^He'mam; and Ld'tan's sister was Tiin'na. 23 And the children of Shd'bal v^ere these ; ^Al'van^ and Man'a-hath, and E'bal, ^She'pho, and O'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 "m the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zib'e-on his father. 25 And the children of A'nah vjere these; Di'shon, and Ahol-i-ba'mah the daughter of A'nah. 26 And these are the children of Di'shon; 'Heni'dan,and l:sh'ban, and Ith'ran, and Che'ran. 27 The children of E'zSr are these; Biriian, and Za'a-van, and ^A'kan. 2 8 The children of Dl'shan are these ; tjz, and A'ran. 29 These_«re the dukes that came of the Ho'rites ; duke L5'tan, duke Sho'bal, duke Zib'e-on, duke A'nah, 30 Duke Di'shon, duke E'zgr, duke Dl'shan: these are the dukes that came of Ho'ri, among their dukes in the land of Se'ir. 31 fAnd -Pthese are the kings that reigned in the land of E'dom, before there reigned any ?king over the children of i§'ra-el. 32 AndBe'la the son of Be'or reigned in E'dom : and the name of his city was Din'ha-bah. 33 And Be'ia died, and Jd'bab the son of Ze'rah of Boz'rah reigned in liis stead. 34 And Jo'bab died, and Hii'sham of the land of Tem'a-ni reigned in his stead. 35 And Hii'sham died, and Ha'dad the son of Be'dad, who smote Mid- i-an in the field of Mo'ab, reigned in bis stead : and the name of his city was A'vith. 36 And Ha'dad died, and Samlah of Mas're-kah reigned in his stead. 37 And Sam'lah died, and Saul of Re-h5'both hy the river reigned in his stead. 38 And Saul died, and Ba'al-ha'nan the son of Ach'bor reigned in his stead. B. C, 1715. CHAP. 36. n ch. 14, Deut. 2, 12,22 4 Or. lio- marri, lChr.1,39 5 Or, Alian, lChr.1,40 6 Or, ShepM, 1 Chi-. 1,40 Lev.19,19 7 Or, Am. ravi, lChr.1,41 8 Or, Jakan, lChr.1,42 p lChr.1,43 q 1 Sam. 10,24: r IChr. 1,50, Hadad Pai. After his death was an Aristoc- racy, Ex. 15, 15 s lChr.1,51 9 OT,Aliah. 10 Edom. B. C. 1729. CHAP. 37. 1 of his father''s sojourn- ings. ch. 17, 8 ch. 23, 4 ch. 28, 4 ch. 36, 7 ch. 47, 9 1 Chr. 29. 15 Ps. 39, 12 Ps. 105,12 Ps. 119,19 2 Cor. 5, 6,7 1 Pet.1,17 1 Pet.2,11 Heb. 11,9 a 1 Sam. 2, 22-24 b ch. 44, 20 2 Or,pieces, Judg.5,30 2 Sam. 1?, 18 Ps. 45, 14 Ezek. 16,16 c ch. 27, 41 ch. 49, 23 1 Sam. 17,28 John7,3,5 1 John 2, 11 1 John 3, 10,12 d ch. 42, 6,9 ch. 43, 26 ch. 44, 11 42 39 And Ba'al- ha'nan the son of Ach'- bor died, and ''Ha'dar reigned in hia stead : and the name of his city vkis Pa'u ; and his wife's name ivas Me- het'a-bel,the daughter of Ma'tred,the daughter of Mez'a-hab. 40 IfAnd these are the names of the 'dukes that came of E'sau, according to their families, after their places, by their names ; duke Tim'nah,duke "Al'vah, duke Je'theth, 41 Duke A-hol-i-ba'mah, dukeE'lah, duke Pl'noii, 42 Duke Ke'naz, duke Te'man,duke Mib'zar, 43 DukeMag'di-el,duke I'ram : these be the dukes of E'dom, acc@rding to their habitations in the land of their possession : he is E'sau the father of '"the E'dom-ites. CHAPTER 37. 2 Joseph hated of his hreLhrtn : 5 his two dreams: 18 his brethren conspire his death. 23 He is cast into a pit. 28 The]/ sell him, to the Ishmeeliles, 36 who sell him to Potiphar in Egypt. AND Ja'cob dwelt in the land Hvherein his father was a stran- ger, in the land of Ca'naan. 2 These are the generations of Ja' cob. Jo'geph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his bretlii'en ; and the lad was with the sons of Bil'hah, and with the sons of Zil'pah, his father's wives : and J 5'- §eph brought unto his father "their evil report. 3 Now f§'ra-el loved Jo'§eph more than all his children, because he icas *the son of his old age : and he made him a coat of tnany ^colours. 4 And when his brethren saw thai thei/ father loved him more than all his brethren, they ''hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 5 TFAnd Jo'geph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren : and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed : 7 For, '^behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright ; 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 dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. JoseptCs brethren GENESIS, 37. conspire against him. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, 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. 1 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren : and his father re- buked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and •'thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth ? 1 1 And •''his brethren envied him ; but his father ^observed the saying. 1 2 T And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in She'chem, 1 3 And l§'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 B. C. 1729. bring and well with the me word again. out of the he came to vale She'- thy brethren, flocks; and So he sent him 'of He'bron, and chem. 1 5 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he toas wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying. What seekest thou ? 1 6 And he said, \ seek my brethren : •^tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 1 7 And the man said. They are de- parted hence ; for I heard them say, Let us go to Do'than. And Jo'§eph went after his brethren, and found them in * Do'than, 18 11 And when they saw him afar oft', even before he came near unto them, they 'conspired against him to slay him. 1 9 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 become of his dreams. 21 And "Keu'ben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said. Let us not kill himx. 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 father again. CHAP. 37. e ch. 46, 29 / ch. 27. 29 g Acts 7, 9 h Dan. 7, 28 Lu. 2, 19, 51 3 see the peace of thy breth- ren, etc. ch. 29. 6 1 Sam. 17.17 i ch. 13, IS ch.23,2,19 ch. 35, 27 Josh, li, 14. 15 Judg.1,10 j Song 1, 7 fc2Ki.6, 13 I 1 Sam. 19,1 Ps. 31, 13 Ps. 37, 12, 32 Ps. 94, 21 Mat. 27, 1 Mark 14,1 .John 11. 53 Acts23,12 4 viaster of dreams. m Pro. 1, 11 Pro. 6, 17 Pro. 27, 4 1 .John 3, 12, 13 n ch. 42, 22 5 Owpieces. Pro. 30,20 Amos 0, (5 p A-ers. 28, 33 q Jer. 8. 22 r ch. 4, 10 JoblG, 18 s 1 Sara. 18. 17 t ch. 42, 2i Itch. 29, 14 6 heark- ened. V ch. 39. 1 ! .] udg. (5, 3 lych. 45,4,5 Acts 7, 9 Ps. 105,17 X Mat. 27, 9 i/.Job 1.20 z ch. 42, 1.3, 36 .Jer. 31,15 a ver, 23 b ver. 20 ch. 44. 28 c ver. 29 cl 2 Sam. 12. 17 e ch. 42, 38 /ch. 39, 1 7 eunuch: But the word doth sig- nify not only eif,nuchs, but also chamber- lains, courtiers, and officers. 8 ch.efof the slav^Ji- termcn, or, ex- ecution- ers. Or, chief marshal, 43 23 IT And it came to pass, when J5'- §eph was come unto his brethren, that they stript J6'§eph out of hi^ coat, h is coat of many ^colours tha?; laas on him ; 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit vjas empty, there vkis no water in it. 25 And ^they sat down to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of 'ish'me-el-ites came from Gfl'e-ad with their camels bearing spicery and '''balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to_E'gypt. 26 And Jii'dah said unto his breth- ren. What profit is it if we slay our brother, and ''conceal his blood ? 27 Come, and let us sell him to the ish'me-el-ites, and let not our hand Ibe upon him ; for he is 'our brother ajid "our flesh. And his brethren ^wero content. 28 Then there passed by 'Mid'i-an- ites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Jo'seph out of the pit, "and sold Jo'seph to the ish'me-sMtes for ^twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Jo'geph into E'gypt. 29 IT And Reu'ben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Jo'seph loas not in the pit; and he -''rent his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his breth- ren, and said. The 'child is not ; and I, whither shall I go ? 31 HAnd 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: knovv^ now whether 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. 3 5 Ana all his sons and all his daugh- ters ''"rose up to comfort him ; but he refused to be comforted ; and he said, 'For I Avili go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. 36 And -^the Mid'i-an-ites sold him into E'gypt unto P6t'i-phar,an ^officer of Pha'radh's, and ^captain of the guard. Birth of Er and Onan. GENESIS, 38. Taniar decern eth Judah. CHAPTER 38. 1 Judah begetteth Er, Gnan, and Shelah. 6 Er mar- rieth Tamar. 8 21ie treniJasH of Onan. 13 Tamar deceiveth Judah. 27 She beareih iivins, Pharez and Zarah. AND it came to pass at that time, that Ju'dah went down from his brethren, and "turned in to a cer- tain A-duriam-ite, whose name vKts Hi'rah. 2 And Jii'dah ^'saw there a. daughter of a certain Ca'naan-ite, whose name was '^Shu'ah; and he took her, a,nd went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son ; and he called his name ^Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and she called his name ^O'nan. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name -^She'- Jah: and he was at Che'zib,when she bare him. 6 And Jii'dah ^took a. wife for Er his firstborn, whose name vms Ta'mar. 7 And ^Er, Jii'dah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord ; 'and the Lord slew him. 8 And Jii'dah said unto O'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 %is; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his broth- er'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 ^dis- pleased the Lord : wherefore he slew ^him also. 11 Then said Jii'dah to Ta'mar his daughter in law, "'Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest perad- venture he die also, as his brethren did. And Ta'mar went "and dwelt in her father's house. 12 IF And ^in process of time the daughter of Shu'ah Jii'dah's wife died ; and Ju'dah was "comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Tim'nath, he and his friend Hi'rah the A-dullam-ite. 13 And it was told Ta'mar, saying. Behold thy father in. law goeth up -f'to Thu'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 herself, and ^sat in ^an open place, which is by the way to Tim'nath ; for she saw iihat She'lah was grown, and she was not given, unto him to wife. B. C. 1729. CHAP. 38. a 2 Ki. 4, 8 b ch. .34, 2 c 1 Chr. 2, 3 d Num. 26,19 e ch. 46. 12 / Num. 26,20 g ch. 24, 4 h ch. 46, 12 i 1 Chr. 2, 3 3 Mat.22,24 k Deut.25,6 1 iv(%s evil in the eyes of the LORD. 1 Num. 26, 19 m Ruthl,13 n Lev.22,13 2 the days were mul- tiplied. 2 Sam. 13,39 p Josh. 15, 10, 57 Judg.14,1 q Pro, 7, 12 3 the door of eyes, or, of Enajim. r vers. 11.26 s Ezek. 16, 33 4 a kid of the goats. t ver. 20 w ver. 25 V ver. 14 5 Or, in Enajim. 6 become a contempt. IV Judg. 10,2 X Lev. 21, 9 Deut. 22,21 y ch. 37, 32 z ch. 37, 33 a 1 Sam. 24,17 b ver. 14 c Job 34, 31 44 1 5 When Jii'dah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot ; because she had covered her face. 1 6 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 vms his daughter in law.) And she said. What v^ilt thou give me, that thou maj^est come in unto me ? IT 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 widow- hood, 20 And Jii'dah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the A-dullam-Tte, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand : but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that vKis -'openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. 22 And he returned to Jii'dah, and said, I cannot find her ; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. 2 3 All d J ii'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 C8.me to pass about three months after, that it was told Jii'dah, saying, Ta'mar thy daughter in law hath '"pla^yed the harlot; and also, behold, she is v/ith child by whore- dom. And Jii'dah said. Bring her forth, ""and let her be burnt, 25 When she loas 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 bracelets, and staff, 26 And Jii'dah -acknowledged ?^Ae792, and said, ''She hath been more right- eous than I ; because that '^I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again ''no more. 27 ^And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins 'were in her womb. Joseph resisteth temptation. GENESIS, 39. He is cast into priso72r 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, behold, his brother came out : and she said, 'How hast thou broken forth ? this breach be upon thee : therefore his name was called ^Pha'rez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand : and his name was called ^Za'rah. CHAPTER 39. i Joseph, advanced in Potiphar's hoiise. 7 resisteth his 'inistress's temptation : 13 he is falsely accused, 20 and cast into prison : 21 God is with him there. ND Jo'§eph was brought down to E'gypt; and "Pot'i-phar, an offi- cer of Pha'raoh, captain of the guard, an E-gyp'tian, ^bought him of the hands of the Ish'me-el-ites, which had brought him down thither, 2 And 'the Lord wa.s with Jo'geph, and he was a prosperous luan ; and he was in the house of his master the E-gyp'tian, 3 And his master saAv that the IjORD was with him, and that the Lord '^made all that he did to prosper in his hand, 4 And Jo'§eph '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. 6 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that ^the Lord blessed the E-g,yp'tian's house for J6'§eph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field, 6 And he left ail that he had in J5'- Seph's hand ; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Jo'§eph was ^a goodly per- son, and well favoured, 7 I^And it came to pass after these things, that his m.aster's v/ife cast her eyes upon J5'§eph ; 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 ail that he hath to m^y hand ; 9 There is none greater in this house B. C. 1729. CHAP. 38. 7 Ov,where- fore hast tlwu made this breach against thee f 8 That is, A breach. ch. 46, 12 Num. 26,20 1 Chr. 2, 4 Mat. 1, 3 9 That is, Ea^t, or. Bright- ness. CHAP, 39. a ch. 37, 36 Ps. 105,17 b ch. 37, 28 c ch, 21, 22 ch, 26, 24,28 ch. 28, 15 1 Sam, 16, 18 1 Sam.18, 14,28 Ps. 5, 12 Pro. 3, 7-10. 33 Pro. 30. 5 Job 17, 9 Acts 7, 9 d Ps. 1. 3 Pro. 10, 6 Pro. 28,20 e ch. 18, 3 ch. 19, IJ /ch. 24, 2 g ch. 30, 27 7i 1 Sam, 16,12 i 2 Sara. 13, 11 j Pro. 6, k ch. 20, 6 Lev. 6, 2 2 Sam. 12, 13 Ps. 51, 4 I Pro. 7, 13, etc. 1 great. m Ex. 23, 1 Ps. 120, 3 Pro. 6, 25 Pro. 23,27 Pro. 26,28 Pro. 30,23 n Pro, 0, 34 Ps. 105,18 1 Pet.2,19 p ch. 40, 3 ch. 41, 14 2 extended kindness unto him. q Ex. 3, 21 Ex. 11, 3 Ex. 12, 36 Ps. 106,46 Pro. 16. 7 Dan. 1, 9 Acts 7, 9 rch. 40,3,4 45 than I ; neither hath he kept bael?: anj; thing from me but thee, because thou art Ms wife : how 4hen ca,n I do this great wickedness, and ^sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she sjjakc to Jd'seph day by day, that he heark- ened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be vv^ith her. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that Jo'seiph went into 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 gar- ment, 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, say- ing. 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 : 1 5 And it cam.e to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment Avith me, and fled, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 17 And she '"spake unto him accord- ing to these words, saying, The He'brew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me : 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pass, vv^hen his master heard the words of his wife, v/hich she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me ; that his "wrath was l^indled. 20 And Jo'§eph's master took him, and "put him into the j^prison, a place where the 'king's prisoners laere bound: and he was there in the prison. 21 But the Lord was with Jo'geph, a,nd "^shewed him mercy, and ?gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison, 22 And the keeper of the prison com- mitted '"to Jd'seph's hand all the pris- oners that were in the prison ; and whatsoever they did there, he waa the doer of it. 23 The keeper of the prison looked r Pharaoh's butler and baker. GENESIS, 40. The butler's ingratitude. not to any thing tha,t was under his hand ; because 'the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper. CHAPTER 40. 1 The hutler and baker of Pharaoh are imprisoned ; 4 Josejih hath charge of them ; 5 he interpreteth their dreams. 23 The ingratitude of the butler. KD it came to pass after these things, that the ''butler of the king of E'gypt and his baker had of- fended their lord the king of E'gypt. 2 And Pha/ra5h was Hvroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And ''he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Jo'- §eph 'was bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Jo'geph with them, and he served them : and they continued a season in ward. 5 ^And they dreamed a dream bath of them, each man his dream_ in one night, each man according to the in- terpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of E'gypt, which loere bound in the prison. 6 And J5'§eph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they vjere sad. 7 And he asked Pha'radh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying. Wherefore ^look ye so sadhf to day ? 8 And they said unto him, '^ We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And J5'§eph said unto them, 'Do not interpretations belong to God ? tell me them, I pray you. 9 And the chief butler told his dream to J5'§eph, and said to him. In my dream, behold, a vine loas before me ; 10 And in the vine roere three branches: and it loas as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth ; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes : 11 And Pha'radh's cup ivas in my hand : and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pha'raoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pha'radh's hand. 12 And Jo'§eph said unto him. This Hs the interpretation of it : The three branches are three days : 13 Yet within three days shall Pha'- raoh ^lift ^up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place -. and thou shait R. C. 1729. CHAP. :». s vers. 2, 3 Pro. 11,11 B. C. 1720. CHAP. 40. a Neh. 1, 11 h Pro.16,14 c ch. 39, 20 1 are your jaces evUI Neh. 2, 2 d ch. 41, 15 e ch. 41, 16 Dan. 2, 11 /Judg.7,14 Dan. 2, 36 Dan. 4, 19 2 Or, reckon. g Ps. 8, 3 Jer. 53, 31 3 remember me tuith thee. h Lu. 23, 42 i Josh. 2.12 1 Sam. 20, 14 1 Ki. 2, 7 j ch. 39, 20 4 Or, full of holes. 5 meat of Pharaoh, the work of a baker, or, cook. 6 Or, reck- on thee, and take thy oiRce frovi thee. k Mat. 14, C I Mark6,21 7 Or, reckoned. m Mat. 25,19 nver. 13 Neh. 2, 1 pEsth.7,10 q Job 19, 14 Ps. 31, 12 Pro. 3, 27 Eccl. 9,15 Amos. 6,6 Heb. 13,16 43 deliver Pha'raoh'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 kind- ness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pha'raoh, and bring me out of this house : 1 5 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the He'brew§ : 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 J5'seph,I also teas in my dream, and, behold, / had three Vhite bas- kets on my head : 17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of "bakemeats for Pha'radh ; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my hea.d. 18 And Jd'seph answered and said. This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days :_ 19 Yet within three days shall Pha'- raoh ''lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the birds shall eat thy fiesh from off thee. 20 IF And it came to pass the third day,wA^cA was ^Pha'radh'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 among his servants. 21 And he "restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and ''he gave the cup into Pha'raoh's hand : 22 But he > hanged the chief baker : as J5'§eph had interpreted to them, 23 Yet did not the chief butler re- member Jo'§eph, but ?forgat him. CHAPTER 41. I Pharaoh's two dreams: 25 Joseph interpreteth them : 33 he giveth Pharaoh counsel. 38 Joseph is advanced : 50 he begetteth Manasseh and Ephraim. 53 The famine beginneth. AND it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pha'raoh dreamed : and, behold, he stood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfieshed; and they fed in a meadow. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfieshed ; 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 Pharaofi's dreams. GENESIS, 41. Joseph intevpreteth them. So Pha'radh favoured and fat kine avroke. 5 And he slept and dreamed the second time : and, behold, seven ears. B. C. 1715. CHAP. il. 1 /at. of corn came up upon one stalk, ^rank|a Dau. 4, 5 and good. 6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east 'wdnd sprang up after them. 7 Ard the seven thin ears devoured! the seven rank and full ears. And ^^ en. 40, 2, 3 Pha'raoh awoke, and, behold, it was \ dream. 8 And it came to pass in the morn- ing ''that his spirit was troubled ; and he sent and called for all *the magi- cians of E'gyp^^ 9-nd all the 'wise men thereof -. and Pha/raoh told them_ his dream ; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pha'raoh. ^^, ^^^ 9 ''Then spake the chief butler unto' ^' ''' Pha'ra5h, saying, I do remember my faults this day: 10 Pha'raoh was '^Avroth with his ser^'ants, ^and put me in ward in the captain of theguards house, both me and the chief baker : , ^ „. , . 11 And Ave dreamed a dream ini Dan.'.iie b Ex. 7, 11 Isa. 29, 14 Dan. 1, 20 Dan. 2, 3 c Mat. 2, 1 e dh. 39, 20 /cli.40, 5 g 2 Ki. 5, i h ch. 37, 36 i ch. 40, 12 i ch. 40, 22 1 Dan. 2, 25 2 made him run. m lSam.2,8 Ps. 113, 7,8 one night, I and he ; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 And Hhere vkls there with us a young man, an He'brew, '^servant to the captain of the guai'd ; and we told him, and he 'interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 13 And it came to pass, ■'as he inter- preted to us, so it was; me he re- stored unto mine office, and him he hanged. 14 ^Then ^Pha'raoh sent and called Jo'§eph, and -they -brought him has- tily '''out of the dungeon : and he shaved himself, and changed his rainient, and came in unto Pha'- raoh. 15 And Pha'raoh said unto J5'seph. I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it : "and I have heard say of thee, that ^thou canst understand a dream to inter- pret it. 16 And Jo'seph answered Pha'raoh, sayuig. "It is not in me : ^^God shall give Pha'raoh an answer of peace. 17 And Pha'raoh said unto J5'seph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river : 18 And, behold, there came up out of ihe river seven kine, fatfieshed 3 Or, when thouhear- est a dream thoucanst interpret it. Ps. 25, 14 Pro. 3, 32 Dan. 2, 30 Amos. 3,7 John 15, 15 Acts 3. 12 2 Cor. 3, 5 p ch. 40, 8 Deut. 29,29 Dan.2,22, 28,47 Dan. 4, 2 4 came to the in- ward, parts of them. 5 Ov, small. q Ps. 60, 11 Ps. 118, 8 Ps. 146, 3 Isa. 8. 19 Da,n. 4, 7 r Dan.2,28, 29,45 Rev. 4, 1 s 2 Ki. 8, 1 t ch. 47, 13 Ps. 105.16 1 Ki. 17, 1 6 heavy. 7 Or, pre- pared of God. 47 jand well favoured ; and they fed in-i ! meadow : I 19 And, behold, seven other khid I came up after them, poor and very ill 'favoured and leanfieshed, such as I ! never saw in all the land of E'gypt for badness: j 20 And the lean and the ill favoured I kine did eat up the first seven fat I kine : 21 And vrhen they had "eaten them up, it could not be knov^^l that they had ea.ten them ; but they icere still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I av7oke. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, heboid, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good : I 23 And, behold, seven ears, Vvith- lered, thin, a7id blasted v\"ith the east v>dnd, sprung up after them : 24 And the tliin ears devoured the seven good ears: and ?I told this I unto the magicians; but the7^e loas none that could declare it to me. I 25 ITAndJo'sephsaid unto Pha'raoh, jThe dream of Pha'ra5h is one : ^God hath shewed Pha'radh Vvdiat he is about to do. 26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one. 27 And the seven thin and ill fa- voured kine that came up after them are seven years ; and the seven em.pty ears blasted with the east wind shall be 'seven years of famine. 28 This is the_thing which I have spoken unto Pha'raoh : What God is about to do he sliewethunto Pha'raoh. 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 fanune ; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of E'gypt ; and the famine shall 'con- sume the land ; 31 And the- plenty shall not be kno\\Ti in the land by reason of that famine following ; for it shall he very '"'oTievous. d2 And for that the dream w^as doubled unto Pha'raoh twice; it is because the tiling is 'established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 33 Novv' therefore let Pha'raoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of E'gypt. 34 Let Pha'raoh do this, smd let him Pharaoh tnaketh Joseph GENESIS, 42. ruler of IiJgypt. appoint ^officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of E'g5"pt 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 Pha'- ra5h, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of E'gypt ; that the land ^perish not through the famine. 37 IF And the thing was good in the yes of Pha'raoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Pha'radhsaid unto hisser\^- ants, Can we find such a one as tliis is^ a man "in whom the Spirit of God is f 39 And Pha'raoh said unto Jo'§eph, 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_greater than thou. 41 And Pha'ra5h said unto Jo'seph, See_, I ^have set thee over all the land of E'gypt. 42 And Pha'raoh '"took off his ring iTom his hand, and put it upon Jo'- §eph's hand, and arrayed him in ves- tures 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 ail the land of E'gypt. 44 And Pha'ra5h said unto Jo'seph, I am Pha'raoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of E'gypt. 45 And Pha'raoh called J5'§eph's name '^Zaph'nath-pa-a-ne'ah; and he gave him to wife As'e-nath the daugh- ter of Pot'i-phe'rah "priest of On. And J5'§e^h went out over all the land of E'gypt. 46 And Jo'geph was thirty years old when he ^stood before Pha'raoh king of E'gypt. And J5'§eph went out from the presence of Pha'raoh, and went throughout poll 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 B. C. 1715. CHAP. 41, 8 Or, Qvtr- seers. 9 be not cut off. u Num. 27,18 Pro. 2, G Job 32, 8 Dan. 4, 8 Dan. 5, 11 lObe armed, or, kiss. V Ps. 105,21 Pro. 14,35 Eccl. 4, 13, 14 Dan. 6, 8 Acts 7, 10 w Esth. 3,10 Esth. 8, 2 11 Or, silk. X Dan. 5, 29 12 Abrech, or, Tender father. 13 Which in tlie Coptic signifies, Arevealer of secrets, or, The man to whom secrets are re- vealed. 14 Or, prince, Ex. 2, 16 2 Sam. 20,26 y 1 Sam. 1«3, 21 1 Ki. 12, 6,8 Dan. 1, 19 z ch. 22, 17 Judg.7,12 1 Sam. 13,5 Ps. 78, 27 a ch. 4t6, 20 ch. 48, 5 15 Or, prince. 16 That is. Forget- ting. 17 That Is, Frnitfal. b Ps. 105,16 Acts 7, 11 18 an wherein was. c ch. 42, 6 ch. 47. 14,24 Pro. 11,26 d Deut.9,28 e ch. 12, 10 ch. 26, 1 ch. 43, 1 2 Ei. 8, 1 B. C. 1707. CHAP. 42. a Acts 7, 12 b ch. 43, 8 Ps. 33, 18,19 Ps. 118,17 Isa. 38, 1 c ver. 38 48 in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And J 5'§eph gathered corn ^as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. 50 And "unto Jo'§eph were born two sons before tht years of famine came, which As'e-natli the daughter of Pot'i-phe'rah ' spriest of On bare unto him. 51 And J5'§eph 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 ^rAnd the seven years of plente- ousness, that was in the land of E'gypt, were ended. 54 And Hhe seven years of dearth began to com.e, according as J"5'§eph had said : and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of E'gypt there was bread. 5 5 And vf hen all the land of E'gypt was famished, the people cried to Pha'raSh for bread: and Pha'raoh said unto all the E-gyp'tians, Go unto Jo'seph ; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth : And J 5'seph opened ^^all the storehouses, and sold '"unto the E-gy p'tians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of E'gypt. 57 And "^all countries came into E'gypt to Jo'§eph for to buy corn ; because that the famine was ^so sore in all lands. CHAPTER 42. 1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt : 17 they are imprisoned by Joseph for spies : 21 their remorse for Jose23h: 25 their return: 29 iJieir relation to Jacob. 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 ^ilAnd Jd'seph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in E'gypt. 4 But Ben'ja-mm, Jo'geph's brother, Ja'cob sent not with his brethren; for he said, "Lest peradventure mis- chief befall him. 5 And the sons of is'ra-el came to buy Jacob sendeth his ten sons GENESIS, 42. to buy corn in Egypt, I CHAP. 42. ' d ch. 12, 10 I ch. 36, 1 I Acts 7, 11 e ch. il, 41 corn among those that came : _for the;^^J^ faixdne was ^in the land of Ca'naan. 6 And J5'seph was the "governor over the land, andYiQ it was that sold to all the people of the land : and Jo'- seph's brethren came, -'and bov\'ed down themselves before hun icith their faces to the earth. \^^.^ 27 20 7 And Joseph saAv liis brethren, andi ch! 33,' e he knew them, but made hmiself| ii^th'2,10 strange unto them, and spake h^ough-j Tj^'-eJ'Jf ly unto them ; and he said unto them, j ^^' S^V^ hence come ye] And they said, 1 Jiara From the land of Ca'naan to buy food. | JS* 8 And Jo'seph knevv his brethren,! *''«"^- but they knev\' not him. 9 And Jo'seph ^''remembered the dreams ^vhich 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 ser^'ants come. g ch. 37, 5, 9 h ch. 37, 30 ch. 44, 20 Lam. 5, 7 i 1 Sam. 1. 26 ISam. 17, 55 3 hound. 11 We arc all one man's sons; we are true rnen^ 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 ^ ^"^^P^;? in the land of Ca'naan ; and, behold, j the youngest is this day with our:?7jPs.io7,i father, and one ''• is not. 1 4 And J o'seph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, say- ing. Ye are spies: lo Hereby ye shall be proved: 'By the life of I^ha'ra5h ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 1 6 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be -kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you : or else by the life of Pha'raoh surely ve are spies. ,,,^ . ., 1 ( And he '^put them all togetherj Rom. 12, into ward three days. Tpft.'l.^g 18 And Jd'seph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for a f''^-^^^^^ fear God: k went 19 If ye be true me;?, let one of your! ■^^'■^''• brethren be boimd in the house of rver. 7 your prison: go ye, carry com for the famine of your liouses : 20 But *bring your yoimgest brother unto me ; so shall your vrords be veri- fied, and ye shall not die did so. 3 gathered. j Lev.25,43 Neh. 5, 15 k ver. 34 ch. 43, 5 ch. 44, 23 Pro. 5, 22 Pro. 11,21 Pro. 21,13 Mat. 7, 2 n ch. 37, 21 ch. 9, 5 1 Ki. 2, 32 2Chr. 24, 22 Ps. 9, 12 Lu. 11, 50,51 4 an inter- preter was be- tween them. 6 with us hard things. ',s vers. 15, And they; i9'20 44) t ch. 34, 10 4.9 21 *i[And they said one to another, We ^are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that v\-e saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not heai^; therefore "'is this distress come upon us. 2 2 And Reu'ben answered them, say- ing, "Spake I not unto you, saying. Do not sin against the child : and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is "I'equired. 23 And they knew not that Jd'seph understood them ; for ^he spake unto them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned Mmself about from them, and wept ; and returned to them agam, a.nd communed with them, and took from them Sim'e-uti, and bound him before their eyes. 25 *yThen Jd'seph conmianded 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 rthus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 2 i And as ^one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn. he espied his money ; for, be- hold, it v:as in his sack s m.outh. 28 And he said unto his brethren My money is restored ; and, lo, it ^i jeven in my sack: and their heart [^failed them, and they were afraid, I saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us ? 29 ^And they came unto J a 'cob their father unto the land of Ca'naan, and told him all that befell unto them; I saying, 30 The man, v:ho 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 jtrue men ; v7Q are no spies : 32 We ^e tw-elve brethren, sons of our father ; one is not, and the youngest Hs this day with our father in the iland of Ca'naan. I 33 And the man, the lord of the coimtry, 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 yoiir 7\'oungest brother unto me : then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye a. re true ^??e?? .• so will 1 deliver you your brother, and ye shall 'trafiick in the land. Jacob eerideth JBenjamin. GENESIS, 43. JosepK's brethren entertained. 35 And it came to pass as they emp- tied their sacks, that, behold, every "man's bundle of money vxts in his sack : and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Ja'cob their father said unto them, Me have ye 'bereaved of my children : J o'seph is not.andSim'e-on is not, and ye v/ill take Ben'ja-min atoay : all these things are against me. 37 And Reu'ben spake unto his fa- ther, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring hmi not to thee: deliver hhxi into my hand, and I Vv'ill bring him to thee again. B. C. 1707. Cjgl 38 And he said. My son shall not go down with vou; for his "brother Is aead. and he is left alone : "^if mischief ?3ef all him by the way in the which ye go. then shall ;y e bring "down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. CHAPTER 43. 1 Jacob in hardUi persuaded to send Benjmnin. 15 Joseph enlertciineth his hreiliren, 19 their fears; 31 heniaketh them a feast. A ND the famine was ''sore in the J\. land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn Avhich they had brought out of E'gy'pts their fa- ther said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Jii'da^h spake unto him, say- ing. 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 A^m, we will not ^'o doA^m : for the man said unto us,\ e shall not see my face, ex- cept your brother he Vv^ith you. 6 And is'ra-el said. Wherefore dealt jQ so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ve had yet a brother ? T And they said. The man ^asked us tStraitly of our state, and of our kin- dred, saying, Is your father yet alive ? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the 'tenor of these words : ^could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down ? 8 And Jii'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 we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9 I will be surety for him ; of my CHAP. 42. u ch. 43, 21 V ch. 43, 14 w ver. 13 ch. 37, 33 ch. 44, 28 X ver. 4 ch. 44, 29 y ch. 37, 35 ch. 44, 31 a ch. 12, 10 ch. 26, 1 ch. 41, 57 1 Ki. 18, 2 2 Ki. 8, 1 Jer. 52, 6 Lam. 5,10 1 protest' ing pro- tested. b ch. 42, 20 ch. 44, 23 2 aski7ig asked us. 3 mouth. 4 knounng could we know. c ch. 44, 32 Phil. 18, 19 5 Or, twice by this. d ch. 32, 20 Pro. 18,16 e ch. 37, 25 Jer. 8. 22 Ezek. 27,17 /ch. 42, 25, 35 g 1 Sam, 14,6 2 Sam.22, 3.31 Job 13, 15 Ps. 22, 4 Ps. 34, 8,22 Ps. 40, 4 Ps. 52, 8 Ps. 61, 4 Ps. 71, 5 Ps. 141, 8 Pro. 28, 5 Isa. 57, 13 Nah. 1, 7 6 Or, and Las I have been, etc. Esth. 4,16 h ch. 24. 2 ch. 39, 4 ch. 44, 1 7 kill a killing, 1 Sam. 25,11 8 eat. 9 roll him- self upon U-S Jo'h30, 14 10 coming down we came down, ch.42,3,10 i ch. 42, 27,35 50 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 : 1 For except we had lingered, sure- ly now we Imd returned ^this second tmie. 1 1 And their father i§'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 ma.n a present, a 'little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and alm.onds : 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; perad venture it id as an oversight : 1 3 Take also vour 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 brother, and Ben'ja-min. *^If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 15 TAnd the men took that present, and they took double money m their hand, and Ben'ja-min ; and rose up, and went down to E'gypt, and stood before Jd'seph. 16 And when J5'§eph saw Ben'ja- min with them, he said to Hhe ruler of his house. Bring these men home, and ^slay, and make ready ; for these men shall ^dine with miC at noon. 1 7 And the m.an did as Jo'§eph bade ; and the man brought the men into Jd'seph's house. 1 8"And the men were afraid, because they v/ere 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 fail upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. 19 And they came near to the stew- ard of J5'seph's house, and they com- muned with him at the door of the house, 20 And said, O sir, ' Ve came indeed down at the first timie to buy food : 21 And 'it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money icas in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight : and we have brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy Joseph raaketh a feast. GENESIS, 44. His policy to stay J^enjaviui. B. C. 1707, CHAP. 43. 11 your vioney came to roe. j ch. 18, 4 ch. 24, 32 Lu. 7, 41 John 13, .5 1 Tun. 5,10 k ch. 27, 29 ch. 33, 6 ch. 37, 7, 10 Ruth 2,10 12 peace. ch. 37, 14 13 Is there peace to ynur Jatherf I ch. 42, 11,13 14,19 food : we cannot tell who put our money in our sa.cks. 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 Slm'e-on out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Jo'§eph's house, -^and gave t/iem water, and they Avashed 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 And when Jd'seph came home, tlie}^ brought him_ the presenf; which icas in their hand into the house, and ^bowed themselves to him to the earth. 2 7 And he asked them of t/i e ^> '-wel- fare, and said, '^/s your father well, j^^/^^fff^' the old Plan of ^vho^l ye spake ? ls\ pVo" he yet alive ? 28 And they answered. Thy serv^-jnch, 35, ant our father is in good health, he' ■'"''"^'^ is yet alive. '"And they bowed;och. 42, 13 down their heads, and made obei- sance. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Ben' j a-min. "his moth- er s son, and said, /s 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; ^'f or his bowels did yearn upon his brother and he sought v^jhere to weep: and' 14 (?ranfe 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 hun- self , and for them by themselves, and for the £-gyp'tians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the E-gyp'tians might not eat bread vrith the He'brews ; for that is an 'abom- ination unto the E-gyp'tian§. 33 And they sat before him. the first- born according to his birthright, and the y(jungest according to his youth : and the men mam^elled one at an- other. 34 And he took a;i<:?5e?z # messes unto them from before him: but Ben'ja- min's mess was ''five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, aad. ^'Were merry with him. p 1 Ki. 3, 26 Jer.31,20 q ch. 42, 24 2 Sam. 18,33 r ver. 25 s ch. 46, 34 Ex. 8, 26 t ch. 45, 22 largely. Hag. 1, 6 John 2,10 CHAP. M. 1 him that was over his house. 2 Or, ma?c- eth trial ? a ch. 43, 21 h oil. 31, 32 c ch. 37, 29, 34 Num.14,6 2 Sam. 1,11 d ch. 37, 7 CHAPTER 44. 1 Joseph's policy to stay Benjamin. 14 Judah's humble supplicaiion to Joseph. ND he commanded 'the steward of his house saying, Fill the men's sacks loith food, as much as they can carry, and put every main's money in his sack's mouth. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did accord- ing to the word that Jo'seph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning vvas light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 A?ul when they were gone out of the city, ajid not yet far off, J6'§eph 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 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him. Where- fore saith miy lord these words ? God forbid that thy seiwants 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'naan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold ? 9 With vrhomsoever of thy seiwants 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 serv- ant ; and ye shall be blameless. li Then they speedily took doA\m 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 thecup vras f oundin Ben'ja-min's sack. 13 Then they "^rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 And Ju'dah and his brethren came to Jo'seph's house ; for he vas yet there : and they '^f ell before him on the ground. 15 And Jo'§eph said unto them. JudaKs supplication. GENESIS, 45. Joseph revealeth himself. What deed is this that ye have done ? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly ^divine ? 1 6 And Jii'dah said, ^ What shall we say unto my lord ? what shall we speak ? or how shall we clear our- selves ? God hath found out the in- iquity of thy servants : behold, -^we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. 17 And he said, i'God forbid that 1 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. IS^Then Jii'dah came near unto him, and said. Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and ''let not thine anger burn against thy servant : for thou ai't 'even as Pha'raoh. 1 9 My lord asked his servants, say- ing. 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 mother, and his father loveth him. 21 And thou saidst unto thy serv- ants, '^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 serv- ants, 'Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord, 25 And "'our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. 26 And we said. We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go do^vn : for! we may not see the man's face, ex- cept our youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy servant my father said unto us. Ye know that "my wife bare me two sons : 28 And the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces ; and I saw him not since : 29 And if ye ''take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sor- row to the grave. 30 Now therefore when T come to B. C. 1707. CHAP. 44. 3 Or, 7na/c€ trial ? ver. 5 e Job 40, 4 / ver. 9 n Josh. 22, 29 Josh. 24,16 1 Sam. 12, 23 1 Sam. 14,45 1 Sam. 20,2 Job 27, 5 Pro. 17.15 Lu. 20, 16 Rom. 3, 4, 6,31 Rom. 6, 2, 15 Rom. 7, 7 13 Rom.9, 14 Rom. 11, 1. 11 lCor.G,15 Gal. 2, 17 Gal. 3, 21 Gal. 6, 14 h ch. 18, 80,32 Ex. 32, 22 i Pro. 19,12 ch. 41, 40 j ch. 87, 3 k ch. 42, 15,20 I ch.43,3,5 mch. 43, 2 n ch. 46, 19 ch. 37, 33 p ch. 42, 36,38 q 1 Sam. 18,1 r ch. 43, 9 s Ex. 32, 32 4 find my father, Ex. 18, 8 Job 31, 29 Ps. 116, 3 Ps. 119, 143 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 «eeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto m.y father, saying, If 'I bring him not unto thee, then 1 shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let 'thy servant abide instead of the lad a bonaman to my lord ; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 3 4 For how shall I go up to my father, a.nd the lad be not with me ? lest per- adventure I see the evil that shall ^come on my father. CHAPTER 45. 1 Joseph makeik himself known to his brethren, and comforteth them, in God's providence. 9 He sendelh for /lis father. 27 The spirit of Jacob is revived. THEN J5'§eph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, v/hile J5'§eph made himself known unto his breth- ren. 2 And he 'wept aloud : and the E-gyp'tian§ and the house of Pha'- raoh heard. 3 And J o'§eph said unto his brethren, ''I am Jd'geph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him ; for they were ^troubled at his presence. 4 And J5'§eph said unto his brethren. Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Jd'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 be- fore you to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the fam- ine 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 de- liverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God : and he hath made Joseph sendeth GENESIS, 46. fo7' his father. CHAP. 45. e ch. 41, 43 J udg. 17,10 Job 29, 16 /cli. 47, 1 g 1 Tim. 5,4 h ch. 42, 23 i Num. 18, 12, 29 Acts 7, 14 6 was good in Vie eyes of Pha- raoh, ch. 41, 37 \i ch. 27, 28 your eye spare, etc. 7 mouth. 8 carrying. k. Job 29, 24 Ps. 126, 1 L,u. 24, 11,41 me a "father to Pha'raoh, and lord of' b. c 1707. all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of E'gypt. F. 50. 19, 20. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Jo'seph, Grod hath made me lord of all E'gypt : com.e 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 children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, arid all that thou hast : 11 And there will I nourish thee ; for ^yet there are five years of famine ; lest thou, and thjr household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 1 2 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Ben'ja'-min, that it is ''my mouth that spea.keth 6 m vm unto you. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in E'gypt, and of ail that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and *bring down my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Ben'- ja-min's neck, and wept ; and Ben'ja- min wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover he kissed all his breth- ren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talked with him. 16 IF And the fame thereof was heard in Pha'radh's house, saying, J o'seph's brethren are come: and it ^pleased Pha'radh well, and his servants. 17 And Pha'radh said unto J6'§eph, Say unto thy brethren. This do ye ; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Ca'naan ; 18 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 yours. 21 And the children of l§'ra-el did so : and Jo'§eph gave them wagons, ac- cording to the 'commandment of Pha'raoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Ben'ja- min he gave three hundred pieces 9 Ms. CHAP. 46. a ch. 21, 31 b ch. 26, 24 ch. 28, 13 ch. 31, 42 c ch. 15, 1 Job 33, 14 a ch. 28, 13 c ch. 12, 2 Deut.26,5 Ex. 1, 9 /ch. 28, 15 ch. 48, 21 q ch. 15, 16 ch. .50, 13 Ex. 3, 8 h ch. 50, 1 i ch. 15, 13 Acts 7. 15 j Deut.26,5 Josh. 24,4 Ps. 105,23 Isa. 52, 4 53 of silver, and five changes of rai- ment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses 4aden with the good things of E'gypt, anl ten she passes laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by thf way. 24 So he sent his brethren av/ay, and they departed : and he sf id unto them, See that ye fall not ou t by the way. 25 And they v/ent up out c f E'gypt, and came into the land ot Ca'naan unto Ja'cob their father, 26 And told himx, saying, Jo'§eph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of E'gypt. -'^And ^Ja'cob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Jo'§eph, which he had said unto them : and when he saw the wagons which J5'§eph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Ja'cob their father re- vived : 2_8 And i§'ra-el said. It is enough ; Jo'seph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die. CHAPTER 46. 1 Jacoh is comforted by God at Beer-sheba: 5 he goelh into Egypt: 9, the number of his family : 28 Joseph 7neeteth him. AND l§'ra-el took his journey with all that he had, and came "to Be'er-she'ba, and offered sacrifices unto ''the God of his father I'saac. 2 And God spake unto Is'ra-el ^in the vi_sions of the night, and said, Ja'cob, Ja'cob. And he said. Here ani I. 3 And he said, I am God, ^the God of thy father : fear not to go down into E'gypt ; for I will there make ^of thee a great nation : 4 1 -^will go doAvn with thee into E'gypt ; and I will also ^surely bring thee up again : and ^ Jo'§eph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And 'Ja'cob rose u^ from Be'er- she'ba : and the sons of is'ra-el carried Ja'cob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the vv^agons vv^hich Pha'raoh had sent tocarry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Ca'naan, 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. T/iose who v^ent GENESIS, 47. 8 TAnd ^these are the names of the children of l§'ra-ei, which came into E'gyptiJa'cob and his sons : Keu'ben, ^Ja'cob's firstborn. 9 And thesons of Reu'ben ; lia'noch, and Phariii,and Hez'ron,and Car'mi. . 1 And "the sons of Sim'e-on ; ^ Je- mii'el, and Ja'min, and Chad, and Ma'chin, and ^Zo'har, and Sha'ul the son of a Ca'naan-it-ish woman. 11 And the sons of Le'vi ; ^Ger'shon, Ko'hath, and Me-ra'rL _12 And the sons of Jii'dahj Er, and O'nan, and Shelah, and Pha'rez, and Za'ra.h : but "Er and O'nan died in the land of Ca'naan. And 'l^he sons of Pha'rez were liez'ron and Ha'miil. 1 3 And the sons of is'sa-char ; Tola, and''PhiiVah, and J6b,and Shim'ron. 14 And the sons of Zeb^i-lun; Se'- red, and Elon, and Jahle-ei. 15 These he the sons of Le'ah, which she bare unto Ja'cob in Pa'dan-a'ram, with his daughter Df nah : aJl the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 16 And the sons of Gad ; ?'Zip]il-on, and Ilag'gi, Shu/nT, and ^Ez'bon, E'ri, and ^Ar'6-di, and A-re'li. 1 7 And ?the sons of Ash'Sr ; Jim'nah, and lsh\i-ah, and is'u-i, and Be-ri'ah, and Se^rah their sister : and the sons of Be-rfah ; He^Sr, and Marchi-el. 1 8 These ''are the sons of Zil^pah, whom La'ban gave to Le'ah his daugh- ter, and these she bare unto Ja'cob, eve7i sixteen souls. 1 9 The sons of Ra'chel Ja'cob's wife ; Jo'geph, and Ben'ja-mm. 20 And 'unto Jo'geph in the land of E'gypt were born Ma-nas'seh and E'phra-im, which As'e-nath the daughter of Pot'i-phe'rah Spriest of On bare unto him. 21 And 'the sons of Ben'ja-min in ere Belah, and Be'chSr, and Ash'bel, Ge'ra, and Na'a~man,'*E'hi, and Rosh, "Mup'pim, and Tliip'pim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Ra'chel, wdiich were born to Ja'cob : all tlie souls loere fourteen. 23 And '''the sons of Dan ; '°Hii'shim. 24 And ^the sons of Naph'ta-li ; Jah'- ze-el, and Gu'ni, and Je'zgr, and Shil'- lem. 25 These '■'are the sons of Billiah, Avhich "La'ban gave unto Ra'chel his daughter, and she bare these unto Ja'cob : all the souls loere seven. 26 All -"the souls that came with Ja'- cob into E'gypt, which came out of his B. C. 1707. ] I CHAP. 4:6. k Ex. 1, 1 Ex. 6, 14 I Num.26,5 1 Chr. 5,1 m Ex. 6, 15 1 Chr. 4,24 1 Or, Ne- muel. 2 Or,Jarib. 3 Or, Zerah, 1 Chr. 4,24 4 Or, Ger- shoin. n ch. 38, 3 ch. 38, 29 1 Chr. 2, 5 5 Or, Puah, and Ja>ihub. p Num. 26, 15, Zephon. 6 Or, Ozni. 7 Or, Arod. q 1 Chr.7,30 r ch. 30, 10 s ch. 41, 50 8 Or, prince. t 1 Chr. 7, 6 It Num. 26, 38, Ahiram. V Num. 26, 39, Shv- pham. lChr.7,12 Shuppim. 9 Hupham. w 1 Chr. 7, 12 10 Or, Slm- liam. X 1 Chr. 7,13 l/ch.30,5,7 e ch. 29, 29 aEx. 1, 5 11 tU(jh. h Deut. 10,22 Acts 7, 14 c ch. 31, 21 d Lu. 2, 29 12 tluy are men of cattle. e ch.47,2,3 /ch. 30, 35 ch. 34, 5 ch. 37, 12 g Ex. 8, 26 CHAP. 47. a ch. 46, 31 bch. 45, 10 ch. 46, 28 c Acts 7, 13 d ch. 46, 33 e ch. 46, 34 54 into Egypt. loins,besides Ja' cob's sons' wives, all the souls 'were threescore and six : 27 And the sons of Jd'seph, which were born him in E'gypt, v:>ere two souls : ''all the souls of the house of Ja'cob, which came into E'gypt, were threescoi-e and ten. _ 28 HAnd he sent Jii'dah before him unto Jo'§eph, "^to direct his face unto Go'shen ; and they came into the land of Go'shen. _ 29 And Jo'§eph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet i§'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 l§'ra-el said unto Jo'geph, Now 'let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And J5'§eph said unto his breth- ren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and sheiv Pha'radh, and say unto him. My brethren, and my father's house, which vmre in the land of Canaan, are come unto me ; 32 And the men ctre shepherds, for ^ -their trade hath been to feed cattle ; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and ail that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pha'raoh shall call you, and shall say, 'What is your occupation? 34 That ye shall say. Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle -^from our youth even until now, both we, a7id also our fathers : that ye may dwell in the land of Go'shen; for every shepherd is ^an abomination unto the E-gyp'tian§. CHAPTER 47. 1 Joseph presenteth lire of his hrethren, 7 and his father, before Pharaoh; 11 lie giveth them hahiia- 'tion and maintenance. \i lie gelteth all the Egyp- tians'' property to Pharaoh. 22 The priests' land not boyf/ht,. etc. THEN Jo'§eph ''came and told Pha'raoh, and said. My father and my brethren, and their flocks, a nd their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Ca'naan ; and, behold, they are in the 'land of Gd'shen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and ''presented them unto Pha'raoh. 3 And Pha'raoh said unto his breth- ren,'^ What is your occupation ? And they said unto Pha'radh, ^Thy serv- ants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 2 Jacob presented to Pharaoh. GENESIS, 47. Egyptians sell their land. 4 They said moreover unto Pha' ra5h, •'For to sojourn in the land are we come ; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; •''for the famine is sore in the land of Ca'naan : now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants ^dwell in the land of Go'- shen. 5 And Pha'raoh spake unto Jd'seph, saying. Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : 6 The 'land of E'gyp* ^'-^ before thee ; in the best of the land make thy fa- ther and brethren to dwell ; in •'the land of Go'shen let them dv/ ell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them '^rulers over my cattle. 7 And J5'§eph brought in Ja'cob his father, and set him before Pha'raoh : and Ja'cob blessed Pha'radh. 8 And Pha'raoh said unto Ja'cob, VHow old oM thou ? 9 And Ja'cob said unto Pha'raoh, The 'days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : "'few and evil have the days of the yea,rs of my life been, and have "not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 And Ja'cob "blessed Pha'raoh, and went out from before Pha'raoh. 11 IF And J6'§eph 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 ^■Ra-me'se§, as ^Pha'raoh had com- manded. 1 2 And J o'seph nourished his ''father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, ^according to their families. 13 f And there was no bread in all the land ; for the famine loas very sore, "so that the land of E'gypt. and all the land of Ca'naan fainted by reason of the famine. 14 And 'J o'seph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of E'gypt, and in the land of Ca'naan, for the corn which they bought : and Jo_^§eph brought the money into Pha'- raoh's house. 1 5 And when money failed in the land of E'gypt, and in the land of Ca'naan, all the E-gyp'tian§ came unto J6'§eph, and said, Give us bread : for "why should we die in thy presence? for the money laileth. 16 And Jo'seph said. Give your cat B. C. 1706. CHAP. 4=7. /ch. 15,13 Deut.26,5 Ps. 105,23 Isa. 52, 4: g ch. 43, 1 Acts 7, 11 h ch. 46, 34 i ch. 20, 15 j ver. 4 k lKi.11,28 Pro.22,29 Pro.12,24 1 Hoio many are the days of the years of thy life ? 1 Ps. 39, 12 Ps. 119,19 2 Cor. 5, 6 7 Heb. 11, 9,13 1 Pet.2,11 r.i Job 7, 7 Job 14, 1 Ps. 102, 3 Eccl. 2,23 Jas. 4, 14 1 Pet.1,24 ?i ch. 25, 7 ch. 35, 28 ver. 7 p Ex. 1, 11 Ex. 12, 37 q ver. 6 r Pro. 10, 1 Ex. 20, 12 2 Or, as a little child is nour- ished: ac- cording to the little ernes, ch. 50, 21 s ch. 41, 30 Acts 7, 11 t ch. 41. 56 u ver. 19 3 led them. 1701. V Ezra 7, 24 4 Or, princes, ch. 41, 45 2 Sam. 8,18 w ch. 33, 15 X ver. 22 5 Or, princes. V ver. 11 55 tie ; and I will give you for your cat- tle, if money fail. I'TAnd they brought their cattle unto Jo'geph : 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 : a,nd he ^fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. 18 When that year vfa.s ended, they came unto hun the second year, and said unto him. We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent ; m}^ lord also hath our herds of cattle ; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands : 1 9 Wherefore shall y^q die before thine eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our land for bread, and we and oui' land will be servants unto Pha'raoh : and give us seed, that v\^e may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20 And Jo'§eph bought all the land of E'gyx-)t for Pha'radh ; f orthe E-gyp'- tians sold every man his field, be- cause the famine prevailed over them : so the land became Pha'raoh's. 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from 07ie end of the borders of E'gy'pt 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 Pha'raoh, and did eat their portion which Pha'- raoh gave them : wherefore they sold not their lands. 23 Then J5'§ephsaid unto the people^ Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pha'raoh : lo, h ere 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 Pha'raoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. 25 x\nd they said, Thou hast saved our lives: "let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will l^e Pha'- radh's servants. 26 And Jo'seph made it a law over the land of E'gypt unto this day, that Pha'raoh should have the filth. part; ''except the land of the ^priests only, inhich became not Pha'raoh s. 27 IF And is'ra-ei ''dwelt in the land of E'gypt, in the country of Gd'shenj Jacob blesseth GENESIS, 48. Kphrairti and Manasseh. and they had possessions therein, and ^grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Ja'cob lived in the land of 'E'gf^t seventeen years : so ^he whole age of Ja'cob was an hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time ''drew nigh that l§'- ra-el must die : and he called his son Jo'§ei)h, and said unto him. If now I have found grace in thy sight, ^put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and ''deal kindh^ and truly with me ; "^bury me not, i pray thee, in E'gypt : 30 But '1 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 him. ^ And Is'ra-el bowed himself upon the bed's head. CHAPTER 48. 1 Joseph icith his sons visitethhls siclc father. 3 Jacob repeateth God'' s promise, and taketh Ephraiin and JIanassek as his own; he blesseth Josej^h's so/is. ND it came to pass after these things, that one told Jo'§eph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons, Ma-nas'- seh and E'phra-im. 2 And ojte told Ja'cob, and said, Be- hold, thy son Jo'geph cometh unto thee : and I§'ra-el strengthened him- self, and sa,t upon the bed. 3 And Ja'cob said unto Jo'seph, God Almighty appeared unto me at ''Luz in the land of Ca'naan, and blessed xae, 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 everlast- ing possession. 5 And now thy ""two sons, E'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 m.ine. 6 And thy issue, which thou beget- test after them, shall be thine, a)id shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7 And as for me, when I came from Pa'dan, '^Ra'chel died by me in the land of Ca'naan in the way, when yet there loas but a little way to come unto Eph'rath ; and I buried her there in the way of l:ph'rath ; the same is Beth'-le-hem. B. C. 1701. CHAP. 47. z ch. 12, 2 ch. 15, 13, 14 ch. 17, 6 ch. 18, 18 ch. 26, 4 ch. 46, 3 Ex. 1, 7 Deut.26,5 Ps. 105,24 Acts 7, 17 6 tlie days of the years of Tits life. a Deut. 31, 14 1 Ki. 2, 1 b ch. 24, 2 c ch. 24, 49 d ch. 50, 25 e 2 Sam. 19,37 /ch. 23,2. 17-20 ch. 25, 9, 10 ch. 35, 29 ch. 49, 29 ch. 50, 5, 13 Acts 7, 16 Heb. 11,22 g ch. 48, 2 1 Ki. 1,47 Heb. 11,21 B. C. 1689. CHAP. 48. a ch. 28, 13,19 ch. 35,6,9, etc. b ch. 17. 8 c ch. 41, 50 ch. 46, 20 Josh. 1.3,7 Josh. 14,4 d ch. 35, 19 e ch. 33, 5 /ch. 27, 4 g ch. 27, 1 1 heavy, Isa. 6, 10 Isa. 59, 1 h ch. 27, 27 i ch. 45, 26 j Heb. 11,21 k ch. 28, 15 1 Amos 9 12 Actsl5,17 2 a^ fishes do in- crease. m ver. 14 3 was evil in his eyes. n Num.2,19 Deut. 33,17 4 fulness. Ruth 4,11 56 8 And J§'ra-el beheld Jo'geph's sons, and said. Who are these? 9 And J5'§eph said unto his father, *They are my sons, whom God hatn given me in this place. And he said. Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and •'1 will bless them. 10 Now ^^theeyes of Is'ra-elwere Mim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him ; and he ''kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Is'ra-el said unto J6'§eph, I 'had not thought to see thy face : and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Jo'§eph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And J5'§eph took them both, E'phra-im in his right hand toward Ig'ra-el's left hand, and Ma-nas'seh in his left hand towa,rd Is'ra-el's right hand, and brought the^n near unto him. 1 4 And I§'ra-el stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon E'phra-im.'s head, who teas the younger, and his left hand upon Ma-nas'seh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Ma-nas'seh vki-s the firstborn. 15*rAnd ■'he blessed Jo'seph, and said, God, before whom, my fathers A'bra-ham and I'§aac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, K. 49. 24. 25. J 1 6 The Angel Hvhich redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let iny name be named on them, and the name of my fathers A'bra-ham and l'§aac; and 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 upon the head of E'phra-im, it Mispleased 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'§eph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. 1 9 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall becomie a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his "younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a ^multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed thean that day, saying, "In thee shall I§'ra-el bless, saying, God make thee as E'phra-im Jacob calleth GENESIS, 49. his sons together. and as Ma-nas'seh : and he set E'phra- im before Ma-nas'seh. 21 And I§'ra-el said unto Jo'geph, Be- hold, 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 brethren, which I took out of the hand of the "Arn'or- ite with my sword and with my bow. CHAPTER 49. I Mcoh calleth his sons together: 3 he pronounceth curses on Reuben, 5 and on Simeon and Levi ; 8 a blessing onJudah, etc. 28 He charges them concerning his burial; 33 his death. A ND Ja'cob called unto his sons, jTjL and said, Gather yourselves to- gether, that I may ''tell you that wiiich 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 ^Reu'ben, thou art my fir-stbom, my might, '^and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of poAver : 4 Unstable as water, ^thou "shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it : ^he went up to my couch, 5 TSim'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 i for in their anger they sleAv a man, and in their selfwill they \ligged doA\Ti a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it icas fierce; and their ^vi^ath, for it was cruel : •'T Avill divide them in Ja'cob, and scatter them in Is'ra-el. 8 'irJii'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 be- fore _thee. 9 Ju'dah is a lion's whelp : from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : '^he stooped down, he couched 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. II Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in B. C. 1689. CHAP. 48. p ch. 50, 24 Of Josh. 24, 32 1 Chr. 5, 2 John 4, 5 ■/• ch. 34, 28 Josh. 17, 14 CHAP. 49. a Deut.33,1 Amos 3, 7 b Deut.4,30 Num. 24, 14 c Ps. 34, 11 d Deut. 21, 17 1 do not thou excel. e Deut. 27, 20 1 Chr. 5,1 2 Or, my couch is gone. f Pro. 18, 9 3 Or, their swords are weapons of vio- lence. Q ch. 34, 25 h Pro. 1, 15 i Ps. 26, 9 4 Or, houghed oxen. j Josh. 21,1 lChr.4,24 Jc Num.24,9 I Num. 24. 17 m Ps. 60, 7 II 1 Chr. 5, 2 Isa. 11, 1 Ezek. 21,27 Dan. 9, 25 Mat. 21, 9 Lu. 1, 32 Isa. 2, 2 Isa. 11, 10 Isa. 42,1,4 Isa. 49, 6 Isa. 55,4,5 Isa.60,1-5 Hag. 2, 7 Lu. 2, 30 2 Ki.18,.32 p Dent. 33, 18 q Judg. 13, 2,witli Judg. 15, 20 r Judg. 18,27 5 an arroiv- snake. s Ps. 25, 3,5 Ps. 62, 5 Ps. 119, 166, 174 Ps. 130, 5 Isa. 25, 9 Isa. 40, 31 Lam. 3,26 Rom. 2, 7 1 Cor. 1, 7 Phil. 3, 20 Titus 2,13 t Deut. .33, 20 6 daugh- ters. u ch. 37, 24 V Job 29, 20 w Ps. 132, 2,5 X Ps. 80, 1 ylsa. 28,16 57 wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes : 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 13 *iiZeb'u-lun ^shall dwell at the ha- ven of the sea ; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zi'don. 14 ^is'sa-char is a strong ass couch- ing doAvn between two burdens : 15 And he saw that rest v:as good, and the land that it teas pleasant i and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. 16 'liDan^'shaU 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 liis rider shall fall backward. 181 ^'have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. 19 ^Gad, ^a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. 20 "^Out of Ash'er his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 Ti iSTaph'ta-li is a hind let loose : he giveth_goodly words. 22 TJo'seph is a fruitful bough, eve7i a fruitful bough by a Avell; lohose ^branches i*un over the wall : 23 The archers have ''sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his ^bow abode in strength, i k and the arms of liis hands were made strong bv the hands of the "niiglijFy (rod of J a^cob ; (from thence ''is the shepherd, ^'the stone of Is'ra-el :) 25 Eli en by the God of thy father, who shall help thee ; and by the Al- mighty, 'Vvho 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 blessings of my progenitors imto the utmost bound of the everlasting hiUs : they shall be on the head of Jo'^eph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. 2 7 *rBen' ja-min shall ''ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, ^and at night he shall divide the spoil. 28 *ii All these are the twelve tribes of is'ra-el: and this is it that their z Deut. 33, 13 a Judg. 20, 21, 25 h Num. 23, 2A Esth.8, 11 Ezek. 39, 10 Zeeh. 14,1, 7 *K. Exod. 6. 6, 7. The death and GENESIS, 50. burial of Jacoh. father spake unto them, and blessed them; every ono according to his blessing he blessed them. 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I "^am to be gathered unto my people : '^bury me with n^ "^ fathers "in the cave that is in the field of E'phron the Hit'tite, 80 In the cave that is in the field of Mach-pelah, which is before Mam're, in the land of Ca'naan, which -^ A 'bra- ham bought with the field of E'phron the Hit'tite for a possession of a bury- ingplace. 31 There ^they buried A'bra-hamand Sa'rah his "wife ; ^' there they buried r'§aac 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 loas from the children of Heth. 3 3 And Avhen J a'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. CHAPTER 50. 1 The. inourning for Jacob: 1 his funeral. 24 Jo- seph prophesieth to .'iis brethreyi their return to Canaan: 22 his age, 26 and death. AN D J 5'§eph "fell upon his father's face, and*wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Jo'§eph commanded his serv- ants the physicians to "embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed I§'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'tian§ 'mourned ''for him three- score and ten days. 4 And when the days of his mourn- ing were past, J 5'§epii spake unto 'the house of Pha'radh, saying. If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pha'raoh, saying, 5 My father made me swear, say- ing, Lo. I die : in my grave -^which I have digged for me in the land of Ca'naan, there shait thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 6 And Pha'raoh said. Go up, and bury th^^ father, according as he made thee swear. 7 'iTAnd J5'§eph went up to bury his father : and with him went up all the servante of Pha'radh, the elders of B. C. 1689. CHAP. 4:9. c ch. ch. 15, 25, 15 8 a ch. 47, 2 Sam 19, 37 30 e ch. 50, 13 /ch. 23, 16 g ch. ch. 25, 19 9 /ich. 35, 29 CHAP. 50. a ch. 46, 4 b2Ki.l3,14 c 2 Chr. 16, 14 Mat.26,12 Markl4,8 Mark 16,1 Lu. 24, 1 John 19, 39,40 1 wepf. fZ Num. 20, 29 Deut.34,8 e Esth. 4, 2 f2Chr. 18, 14 Isa. 22, 10 Mat.27,60 q Acts 8, 2 7i 1 Sam. 31, 13 Job 2, 13 2 That is. The mourn- ing of the Egyp- tians. i ch. 23, 16 Acts 7, 16 J Job 15, 21 3 charged. k Pro.28,13 I ch. 49, 25 m ch. 37, 7,10 n Deut. ,32, 35 Rom. 12, 19 Heb. 10, 30 Ps. 56, 5 Isa. 10, 7 p ch. 45, 5,7 Acts 3, 13-15 58 his house, and all the elderc of the land of E'gj^pt, 8 And all the house of J5'j?eph, 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 : ana it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the threshing- floor of A'tad, which is beyond Jor'- dan, and there they "mourned with a great and very sore lamentation : and he made a mourning for his fa- ther seven days. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Ca'naan-Ites, saw the mourn- ing in the floor of A'tad, they said. This is a grievous mourning to the E-gyp'tian§ : wherefore the name of it w^as called ^A'bel-miz'ra-im, which is beyond J or 'dan. 1 2 And his sons did unto him ac- cording as he commanded them : 1 3 For 'his sons carried him into the land of Ca'naan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Mach-pe'lah, which A 'bra-ham bought with the field for a possession of a burying- place of E'phron the Hit'tite, before Mam're. 14 And Jo'geph returned into E'gypt, he, and his brethren, and all that Avent up with him to bury his father, after he had buried_his father. 15^And when Jo'seph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they ''said, Jo'seph v/ill peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 1 6 And they ^sent a messenger unto J5'§eph, saying. Thy father did com.- mand before he died, saying, 1 7 So shall ye say unto J5'§eph, For- give. I pray"^ thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for ^they did unto thee evil : and now, Ave pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of 'the God of thy father. And J5'seph wept when they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and "'fell doAvn before his face ; and they said. Behold, Ave be thy servants. 19 And Jo'§eph said unto them, Fear not : ''for am I in the place of God ? 20 But ''as for you, ye thought evil against me ; but pQod meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people aUve. * *F. Exod. 4. 29-31. The children of Israel EXODUS, 1. oppressed by FharaoJi. 21 Now therefore fear ye not : ?I will nourish you, and your httle ones. And he comforted them, and spake ^kindly unto them. 22 lAnd Jo'geph dwelt in E'gypt, he, and his father's house : and Jo'§eph lived an hundred and ten years. 28 And Jo'geph saw E'phra-im's chil- dren "of the third generation : the children also of Ma'chir the son of i\[a-nas'seh nvere ^brought up upon Jo'seph's knees. 24 And Jo'§epii said unto his breth- B. C. 1689. CHAP. 50. g ch. 47, 12 Mat. 5, M i to their hearts, r Job 42, 16 s ch. 30, 3 5 home, t Ex. 8, 16, 17 Heb. 11, 22 u di. 26, 3 V ch. 47, 29 Ex. 13, 19 Josh. 24, 33 ren, 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'gaac, and to Ja'- cob. 25 And 'Jo'geph took an oath of the children of Is'r8.-el, saying, God v^ill surely visit you, and ye shall cai'ry lip my bones from hence, 26 So Jd'sepli died, being an hun dred and ten years old : and they em- balmed him, and he was put iji coffin in E'gypt. c4 THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED EXODUS. CHAPTER 1. I Thi chiUlren of Israel multiply: ^tliey are op- pressed hy a new king. 22 The male children de- stroyed. IN TOW ''these are the names of the S children of is'rt *a-el, which came into E'g5"pt ; every man and his house- hold came with Ja'cob. 2 Reu'ben, Sim'e-on, Le'vi, and Jii'- dah. S is'sa-char, Zeb'u-liin, and Ben'ja- min, 4 Dan, and Naph'ta-li, Gad, and ish'Sr. 5 And all the souls that came out of the 'loins of J a'cob were seventy ^soiils: for Jo'§eph was in E'gypt already. 6 And '^ Jo'sephdied, andallliis breth- ren, and "^all that generation. 7 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 "ii jSTow there arose up a nev>^ kh;g over Egypt, v>^hich knew not J J>'§eph 9 And he said unto his people, fee- hold, -^the people of the children of I5'- ra-el are more and mightier than wc : lU 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 ene mies, 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. Ax\A they built for Pha'- raoh tre_asure cities, Pi'thom ^and Ra-am'se§. 12 'But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and B. C. 1706. CHAP. 1. a Gen. 46, 8 ch. 6, 14 1 Ihitjh. b Gen.46,26 Deut. 10,22 c Gen..50,26 Acts 7, 15 d EccL 1, 4 e Gen. 46, 3 Deut. 26,5 Acts 7, 17 / Ps. 105,24 (7 Ps. 10, 2 h Job 5, 13 Pro. 28,16 Acts 7, 19 i Gen. 15, 1 j ch. 2, 11 ch. 5, 4, 5 Pro. 27, 3 Ps. 81, 6 ?:•. )n.47r'. 2 A.id as they af- mtcd them, so they mul- tiplied, etc. I ch. 2, 23 Lev. 25, 14, 17 Num. 20, 15 P3. 10, 17,1c; Eccl. 5, 8 Acts 7, IC, 34 c; Ps. 81, 6 n Pro. 16, 6 Dm. 3, 16 Acts 5, 29 p Josh. 2, 4 2 Sam.l7, 1^, '~ ^■ q Pro. 11,18 Isa. 3, 10 Heb. 6, 10 )• 1 Sam. 2. 35 2 Sam. 7, 11, 13, 27. 29 1 Ki. 2, 24 1KL11,38 Ps. 127, 1 59 grew. And they were grieved be- cause of the children of l§'ra-el. 1 3 AndtheE-gyp'tiansmadethechil- dren of is'ra-el to ser\^e with rigour ; 14 And they teade their lives bitter with hard bondage, "'in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field : all their seiwice,Avherein they made them serve, was with rigour. 15 ^And the kmg of E'gypt spake to the He'brew midwives, of which the name of the one to as Shiph'rah, and the name of the other Pii'ah : 16 And he said, AVhen ye do the office of a midwife to the lle'brew women, and see them upon the stools ; if it be a son, then ye shall kill hiiri : but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 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 ^tbe " ixdd wives said unto Pha'rt.oh, Because the He'brew wom- en are not as the E-gyp'^i^ii^ women ; for they are lively, and are deli\ ered ere the midwives come in unto them. 20 Therefore ^God dealt well with the midwives : and the neople multi- plied, and waxed very mighty, 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God,i}hat he made them houses. 22 And Pha'raoh charged all hi^ The birth of Jlfoses. EXODUS, 2. He fleeth into Midian. people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. CHAPTER 2. 1 Moses is horn, and laid among the flags : 6 he if< found, and bro7ighi up by Pharaoh'' s daughter : 12 he slayeth an Egyptian, and fleeth into Jmdian. 21 He marrieth Zipporah. A ND there went 'a man of the house of LeVi, and took to loife a daughter of LeVl. 2 And the v/oman conceived, and bare a son : and '^when she saw him that h.ewas a goodly child ^ she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and 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 lAnd the '^daughter of Pha'ra5h came down to wash herself at the river ; and her maidens walked along by the river's side ; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 6 And when she had opened it, she sav7 the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the He'- brew§' children. T Then said his sister to Pha'raoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the He'brew women, that she may nurse the child for thee ? 8 And Pha'raoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pha'radh'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 Pha/ra5h's daugh- ter, and he became her son. And she called his name ^M5'§e§: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. 11 TiAnd it came to pass in those days, ^when M5'se§ was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens : and he spied an E-gyp'tian smitingan He'brew, one of his brethren. 1 2 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 B. C. 1571. CHAP. 2. a ch. 6, 20 Num. 26,59 1 Chr. 23, 13,14 b Heb. 11,23 c ch. 15, 20 Num. 26, 59 a Acts 7, 21 1 That is, Drawn out. e Heb. 11, 24-26 2 a man, a prince. Gen. 13, 8 Gen. 47, 22,26 1 Sam. 8,18 1 Sam. 30,26 /Geu.24,11 Gen. 29, 2 g ch. 3, 1 3 Or, prince,as, Gen.41,46 h Gen.29,10 1 Sam. 9,11 i Num. 10,29 Called also Jethro, or Jether, J Gen.31,54 4 Thatis,^ stranger here. k ch. 18, 3 I Heb. 11,13 m ch. 7, 7 n Ps. 12, 5 o Gen.18,20 Deut. 24, 15 Jas. 5, 4 p ch. 6, 5 q Ps. 105, 8 r Gen.15,14 s 2 Sam. 16. 12 Lu. 1, 25 5 Tcne/w. 60 day, behold, two men of the He'brew§ strove together : and he said to him that did the wrong. Wherefore smit- est thou thy fellow ? 14 And he said. Who made thee -a prince and a judge over us ? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the E-gyp'tian ? And Mo'seg feared, and said. Surely this thing is known. 15 Now when Pha'raoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Mo'se§. But Mo'§e§ fled from the face of Pha'raoh, and dwelt in the land of Mid'i-an : and he sat down by -^a w^ell. 16 Now ^the Spriest of Mid'i-an had seven daughters : ''and they came and drew loater, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away : but M5'ses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 1 8 And when they came to *Reu'ei their father, he said. How is it that ye are come so soon to day ? 19 And they said. An E-gyp'tian de- livered us out of the hand of the shep- herds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he said unto his daughters. And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man ? call him, that h© may -^eat bread. 21 And M5'§e§ was content to dwell with the man: and he gave M5'§e§ Zip-p5'rah his daughter. 22 And she bare A/m a son, and he called his name ^GSr'shom: ^for he said, I ha,ve been ^a stranger in a strange land. 23 IFAiid it cam.e to pass_"'in process of time, that the kmg of E'gypt died : and the children of is'ra-el "sighed by r<^ason of the bondage, and they cried, and their ''cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. 24 And God ^heard their groaning, and God ^remem^bered his covenant with A'bra-ham, vvdth l'§aac, and w^ith Ja'cob. 25 And God 'looked upon the chil*/ dren of l§'ra-el, and God ^had respect unto thetn. CHAPTER 3. 1 Moses keepeth Jethro' s flock ; God appear eth unto him in a burning bush, 7 and sendeth him to delivef Israel. 19 Pharaoh's obstinacy. NOW M5'se§ kept the flock of Jeth'ro iiis father in law, the priest of Mid'i-an : and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and God sendeth 'Jfoses came to ''the mountain of God, ev&n to H5'reb. 2 And ^the angel of the Lord ap- peared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush : and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush ivas not con- 3umed. 3 And M5'§e§ 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 rnito '^him out of the midst of the bush, and said, M5'§e§, Mo'ses. And he said, Here am L 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 r§aac, and the God of Ja'cob. And Mo'|6§ hid his face; for ^he was afraid to look upon God. 7 llAnd the Lord said. I have surely EXODUS, 3. to deliver Israel. seen the affliction of my people which are in E'gypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; B. C. 1491. for ^I know their sorrows ;* 8 And 'I am come down to -^deliyer 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'naan-ites, and the Hit'tites, and the Am'or-ites, and the Per'iz-zites, and the HiVites, and the Jeb'u- sites. 9 ^ow therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Is'ra-el is come unto me : and I have also seen the oppres- sion "wherewith the E-gyp'tians op- press them. 10 Come "now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pha'radh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of l§'ra-el out of E'gypt. 1 1 f And Mo'§e§ said unto God, Who Pam I, that I should go unto Pha'- raoh, and that I should bring forth the children of l§'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 mountam. 13 And Mo'§e§ said unto God, Be- *E. Num. 14. 26, 27. CHAP. 3. a 1 Ki. 19, 8 b Deut. 33, 16 Isa. 63, 9 Acts 7,30 c Ps. Ill, 2 d Deut. 33,16 e Josh. 5,15 / Gen.28,13 Mark 13,28 g Isa. 6, 1, 5 Ptev. 1, 17 h Gen.18,21 i Gen. 11. 5 j ch. 12, 51 k Deut.1,25 [ Nam. 13,27 m Gen. 15,18 n ch. 1, 11 Ps. 105,26 Mic. 6, 4: p 1 Sam. 18, 18 1 Ki. 3, 7-9 Isa. 6, 5, 8 Jer. 1, 6 q Gen. 31, 3 Deut. 31, 23 Josh. 1, 5 Isa. 43, 2 Rom. 8,31 r Gen. 32,29 s ch. 6, 3 John 8, 58 Heb. 13, 8 Rev. 1, 4 t Ps. 135,13 Hos. 12, 5 uQen. 48,15 V Gen. 50,24 ch. 2, 25 ch. 4, 31 Deut.26,7 Ps. 80, 14 Ps. 33, 13,14 Lu. 1, 68 i>y Gen. 15,14 X Num.23,3 1 Or, but by strong Imnd. V ch. 7, 3 Deut. 6,22 Neh. 9, 10 Ps. 105,27 Ps. 135, 9 Jer. 32, 20 Acts 7, 36 z ch. 12, 31 a ch. 11, 3 ch. 12, 36 Ps. 106,46 Pro. 16, 7 b Gen.15,14 ch. 11, 2 c Job 27, 17 Pro. 13,22 Ezek. 39, 10 2 Or, 'Egypt. OX hold, v^he7i I come unto the children of l§'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 ? 14c And God said unto Mo'§e§, I AM THAT I AM: and he said. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of l§'ra-el, T AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Mo'- §e§. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of l§'ra-el. The Lord God of your fathers, the God of A/bra-ham, the God of Tsaac, 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'gaac, and of Ja'cob, appeared unto me, saying, ^I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in E'gypt : 17 And I have said,'"! will bring you up out of the affliction of E'gypt unto the land of the Ca'naan-ites, and the Hit'tites, and the Am'or-Ites, and the Per'iz-zites, and the Hi'vites, and the Jeb'u-sites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 1 8 And they shall hearken to thy voice : and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of l§'ra-el, unto the king of E'gypt, and ye shall say unto liim, The Lord God of the He'brew§ hath inet with us : and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 19 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 s'all my won- ders which I will do in the midst thereof: and- 'after that he will let you go. 2 1 And ^I will give this people favour in the sight of the E-gyp'tian§ : and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty : 22 But *every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that so- journeth in her house, jewels of sil- ver, and jcAvels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters , ''and ye shall spoil ^the E-gyp'tian§. Moses is loth to be sent. EXODUS, 4. He departeth from Jethro. CHAPTER 4. L Moses' rod is tumied into a serpent: 6 hhshandis leprous. \% He departs from Jethro. 21 God's mes- ■ sage to Pharaoh. 21 Aaron is sent to meet Moses. AKD M5'§e§ answered and said, But, behold, they will not be- lieve me, nor hearken unto mv voice : for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the Lord said unto hini, What is that in thine hand ? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the groimd. And he cast it on the gromid, and it beca,nie a serpent; and Mo'ses fled from before it. 4 And the Lord said unto M5'ses, Put forth thine hand, and 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 "TAnd the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now tliine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom : and when he took it out, behold, liis hand icas leprous *as snow. T And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put liis hand mto his bosom again; and plucked it out of liis bosom, and, be- hoid/it was turned again as his other flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not beheve thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they ■\xiVi not believe also these two signs, neither hearken imto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and ''"the water which thou takest out of the river ^ shall become blood upon the dry land. 10 TAnd M5'ses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not -eloquent, nei- ther ^heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken luito thy servant : but T am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 1 1 And the Lord said unto him, Who -^lath 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 B. C. 1491. CHAP. 4. a cli. 19, 9 b Num. 12, 10 2 Ki. 5, 27 c Num. 12 13, 14 Deut. 32,39 2 Ki. 5, 14 Mat. 8, 3 d ch. 7, 19 1 shall he and shall be. 2 a man of tvords. 3 since yes- terday, nor since the third day. e ch. 6, 12 Jer. 1, 6 /Ps. 94.9 g Isa. 50, 4 Jer. 1, 9 Mat.10,19 Mark 13,11 Lu. 12, 11,12 Lu. 21, 14 h Jonah 1,3 4 Or, shGuldcst . i Num. 23,12 Deut. 18,18 Isa. 51, 16 Jer. 1, 9 j Deut.5,31 k ch. 7, 1 ch. 18, 19 5 Jether. I ch.2,lo,23 Mat. 2, 20 m ch. 17, 9 Num.20,8 n .Josh. 11, 20 1 Sam. 6.6 Ban. 5, 20 Rom. 9, 14-23 Jas. 1, 13-17 Hos. 11, 1 Rom. 9, 4 2 Cor.6,18 p Jer. 31, 9 Jas. 1. 18 q ch. 11, 5 ch. 12, 29 r Num. 22, 22 s Gen. 17,14 I I Josh. 5, 1 2,3 6 Or, knife. 7 made it touch. 62 ^with thy mouth, and teach thee w^hat thou shait say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, 'L pray thee, by the hand of him v^hom thou Sviit send. 14 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against M5'§e§, and he said. Is not Aar'on the Le'vite thy brother? 1 knov/ that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee : and when he seeth thee, he vv lQ be glad in his heart. 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and 'put words in liis mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and Avill teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman imto the people : and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and ^tliou shalt be to him instea,d of God. 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 1 8 *^And ]M5'ses went and returned to ^Jeth'ro his father in law, and said uiito hull, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in E'gypt, aiid see whether they be yet alive. And Jeth'ro said to Mo'ses, <&o in peace. 19 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses in Mid'i-an, Go, return into Egypt: for ^all the men are dead which sought thy life. i'O And Md'ses took his wife and his I sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of E'gypt : 'and Mo'se§ took the "'rod of God in his hand. 2 1 And the Lord said unto M5'ses, yriien thoa goest to return into E'gypt, see that thou do ah those : wonders before Pha'raoh, which I have put in thine hand : but T wih harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pha-" raoh. Thus saitli the Lord, is'ra-ei "is mv son, ^even my firstborn :* 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serv^e me : and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I nvill slay thy son, even thy firstborn. 24 "^And it came to pass by the way m the inn. that the ^Lord '^niet him, and sought to 'kill him. 25 Then Zip-po'rah took 'a sharp ^stone, and cut oif the foreskin of her son, and 'cast it at his feet, and said, *L. 15 2. J^haraoh increaseth EXODUS, 5. the Israelites' task. 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 lAnd the Lord said to Aar'on, Go into the wilderness to meet Mo'§e§. And he went, and m.et him in ^the mount of God, and kissed him. 28 And Mo'se§ told Aar'on all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had com- manded him. 29 ^AndMo'§e§and Aar'on wentand "gathered together all the elders of the children of l§'ra-el : 30 And Aar'on spake all the words Vv^hich the Lord had spoken unto Mo'§es, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 81 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 afflic- tion, then *they bowed their heads and worshipped. F. 14 13 CHAPTER 5. 1 Pharaoh chicleth Moses and Aaron: 6 he increas- eth the Israelites^ task: 10 the people have no straw. AND afterward Mo'ses and Aar'on went in, and told Pha'raoh, Thus spJth the Lord God of is'ra-el, Let my people go, that they may hold "a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pha'ra5h said, *Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let i§'ra-el go ? I know not the Lord, ''neither will I let is'ra-el go. 3 And they said, '^TheGodof theHe'- brew§ 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 as with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of E'g5"pt said unto them, ^Wherefore do ye, Mo'ses and Aar'on, let the people from their works ? get you_unto your -^burdens. 5 And Pha'raoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are ^many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pha'raoh conunanded the same day the ^taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall! B. C. 1491. CHAP. 4. u ctu 3, 1 V ch. 3, 16 w ch. 3, 18 X ch. 3, 16 y ch. 2, 25 ch. 3. 7 z Gen.24,28 ch. 12, 27 IChr. 29,20 CHAP. 5. a ch. 10, 9 b 2 Ki.18,35 2Chr. 32,14 Job 21, 15 Ps. 12, 3-5 c ch. 3, 19 d ch. 3, 18 e Pro. 28,15 /ch.l. 11 g ch. 1, 7, 9 7i ch. 1. 11 1 Let t?ie work be heavy upon the men. i ch. 1, 11 Pro. 29,12 2 a matter of a day in his day. j Gen.15,13 k ch. 6, 9 3 to stink. Gen.34,30 1 Sam. 13,4 2 Sam. 10,6 lChr.19,6 I Num. 11,11 1 Sam. 30,6 63 lay upon them ; ye shall not diminish ought thereof : for they be idle ; there- fore they cry, saying, Let us go a^id sacrifice to our God„ 9 'Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour there- in; and let them not regard vain words. 10 IT And the ''taskmasters of the peo- ple went out, and their officers, and they spake to the loeople, saying, Thus saith Pha'raoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it : yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of E'gj^t to gather stubble instead of straw. 1 3 And the taskmasters hasted ^Aem, saying, Fulfil your works, your'dsiilY tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And ■'"the officers of _the children of I§'ra-el, which Pha'raoh's taskmas- ters had set over them, were beaten,, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore ? 1 5 HThen the officers of the cliildren of _l§'ra-el came and cried unto Pha'- raoh, saying. Wherefore dealest thou thus Avith thy servants ? 16 There is no straw given unto thy serv'ants, and they say to us. Make brick : and, behold, thy servants are beaten ; but the fault is in thine OAvn people. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle : therefore ye say, Let us go a7id do sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore now, a7idwork; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of Is'ra-el did see that thejtoere in evil case, after it was said, ITe shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. 20 f And they met Mo'ses and Aar^- on, who stood in the Avay, as they came forth from Pha'raoh : 21 And ^they said unto them. The Lord look upon you, and judge ; be- cause ye have made our savour ^to be abhorred in the eyes of Pha'raoh, and in the eyes of his ser\^ants, to put a. sword in their hand to slay us. 22 And Mo'§es ^returned unto the Lord, and said,"Lord, wherefore hast iSrod reneweth his promise. EXODUS, 6. Genealogy of Moses and Aaron. K thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me ? 23 For since I came to Pha'radh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; ^neither "'hast thou delivered thy people at all. CHAPTER 6. '. God reneweth his promise bi/ Itis name JEHO- VAH. 14 The generations of Beuben, 15 of Sim- eon, IG of Levi. THEN the Lord said unto Mo §e§, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pha'raoh: 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 M5'§e§, and said unto him, I am ^the Lord : 3 And I appeared unto A'bra-ham, unto I'gaac, and imto Ja'cob, by the name o/JGod Almighty, but '^by my name JE-HO'VAH was I not knovvn to them. 4And'^I have also established my covenant with them, ""to give them the land of Ca'naan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were stran- gers. 5 And -^I have also heard the groan- ing of the children of I§'ra-el, whom the :^-gyp'tian§ keep in bondage ; and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Wheref ore say unto the children of Is'ra-el , I am. t heXoRD, a nd ^I will bring you out from under the bur dens of th e E-gyp^ti ang, and I will rid you out of the ir bondage, and I w ill ^redeem yo u with a stretched out arm, and with g reat .iudgments : 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 cut ^from under the burdens of the £-gypfians. K. 11. 7. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did ^swear ^to give it to A'bra-ham, to r§aac, and to Ja'cob ; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord. 9 IF And M5'se§ spake so unto the children of I§'ra-el : but they heark- ened not unto Mo'§e§ for ^anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 And the Lord spake unto M5'§e§, saying, 11 Go in, speak unto Pha'radh king of E'gypt, that he let the children of l§'ra-el go out of his land. 12 And Mo'ses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the cliildren B. C. 1491. CHAP. 5. 4 delivering thou liast not de- livered. m Mat. 14,31 Heb.10,23 CHAP. 6. a ch. 11, 1 ch. 12, 31 1 Or, JE- HOVAH. b Gen. 17, 1 Gen.35,11 Gen. 48, 3 c ch. 3, 14 Ps. 68, 4 Jo]in8,58 Rev. 1, 4 d Gen.15,18 Gen. 17, 4,7 c Gen. 17, 8 /ch. 2, 24 g ch. 3, 17 ch. 7, 4 Deut.26,8 Ps. 81, 6 Ps. 136, 11,12 h ch. 15, 13 Deut. 7, 8 IChr. 17, 21 Neh. 1, 10 i Deut. 7, 6 2 Sam. 7,24 i Gen. 17, 7 8 ch. 29, 45,46 Deut. 29,13 Rev. 21, 7 k Ps. 81, 6 2 lift wp my liand, Gen.14,22 I Gen.15,18 Gen. 26, 3 3 shortness, or, strait- ness. m Jer. 1, 6 n Gen. 49, 9 1 Chr. 5, 3 Gen.46,10 lChr.4,24 p Gen.46,11 Num.3,17 1 Chr. 6, 1 q Num. 26,57 lChr.6,18 r ch. 2, 1, 2 Num. 26,59 s Nuna.16,1 1 Chr. 6, 37,38 t Lev. 10,4 Num.3,30 u Ruth 4, 19,20 lChr.2,10 Mat. 1, 4 V Lev. 10, 1 Num. 3, 2 Num. 26,60 1 Chr. 6, 8 lChr.24,1 w Num. 26,11 X Num.25,7 11,12 Josh. 24,33 64 of i§'ra-el have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pha'raoh hear me, ™who am of uncircumcised lips ? 13 And the Lord spake unto M5'§e§ and unto Aar'on, and gave them a charge unto the children of l§'ra-el, and unto Pha'raoh king; of E'gypt, to bring the children of i§'ra-el out of the land of E'gypt. 14 TiThese be "^the heads of their fa- thers' houses : "The sons of Reu'ben the firstborn of is'ra-el ; Ha'noch,' and Pal'lu, Hez'ron, and Car'mi : these be the families of Reu'ben. 15 And ^the sons" of Sim'e-on; Je- mu'el, and Ja'min, ando'had, and Ja'- chin, and Zoliar, and Slia'ul the son of a Ca'naan-it-ish woman : these are the families of Smi'e-on. 16 And these are the names ^of the sons of LeVi according to_ their gen- erations; GOr'shon, and Ko'hath, and M_e-ra'ri : and the years of the life of LeVi were an hundred thirty and sev^Q years. 17" The sons of Ger'shon; Lib'ni, and Shf mi, according to their families. 1 8 And ?the sons of Ko'hath ; Am'- ram, and Izliar, and He'bron, and Uz'zi-el : and the years of the life of Ko'hath vjere an hur.dred thirty and three years. 19 And the sons jf Me-ra'ri; Ma'- ha-liand Mii'shi : ^;hese are the fami- hes of LeVi according to their gen- erations. 20 And^'Am'ramtookhun Joch'e-bed his father's sister to wife ; and she bare him Aar'on and M5'"se§ : and the years of the life of Am'ram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 And 'the sons of Iz'har ; Kd'rah, and Ne'pheg, and Zich'ri. 22 And 'the sons of Uz'zi-el ; Mish'a- el, and El'za-phan, and Zith'ri. 23 And Aar'on took him E-lish'e-ba, daughter of "Am-min'a-dab, sister of Na-ash'on, to wife ; and she bare him "Na'dab, and A-bi'hii, E-le-a'zar, and Ith'a-mar. 24 And the '^sons of Kd'rah ; As'sir, and El'ka-nah, and A-bi'a-saph: these are the faixdMes of the Kor'hites. 25 And E-le-a'zar Aar'on'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 fa- thers of the Le'vites according to their families. 26 ThesearethatAar'onandMo'§e§, to whom the Lord said, Bring out The Juord encourageth Moses. EXODUS, T. P}iaraoh''s heart is hardened. the children of l§'ra-el from the land of E'gypt according to their ^armies. 27 l^hese are they which spake to Pha'raoh king of E'gypt, 'to bring out the children of is'ra-el from E'gypt : these are that Mo'§e§ and Aar'on. 28 IF And it came to pass on the day lohen the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§ in the land of E'gypt, 29 That the Lord spake unto Mo'^es, saying, I am the I^ord : speak ''thou unto Pha'raoh king of E'gypt all that I saj^ unto thee. 30 And Mo'sesj said before the Lord, Behold, I am *of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pha'raoh hearken un- to me ? CHAPTER 7. 1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh: 10 his rod turned itito a serpent : 11 the sorcerers do the like. 13 Pharaoh's heart is hardened. 19 The river is turned into blood. * ND the Lord said unto M5'§es, Se_e, I have made thee ""a god to Pha'raoh: and Aar'on thy brother shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I com- mand thee : and Aar'on thy brother shall speak unto Pha'raoh, that he send the children of l§'ra-el out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pha'radh's heart, and ^multiply my '^signs and my wonders in the land of E'gypt. 4 But Pha'radh shall not hearken unto you, '^that I may lay my hand upon E'gypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of l§'ra-el, out of the land of E'g5"pt ^by great judgments. 5 And the E-gyp'tiaii§ shall know that ^1 am the Lord, when ^I stretch forth mine hand upon E'gypt, and bring out the children of l§'ra-el from among them. 6 And Mo'ses and Aar'on did as the Lord commanded them, so did they. 7 And Mo'§eg was ^fourscore years old, and Aar'on fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pha'- raoh. 8 TAnd the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§ and unto Aar'on^ saying, 9 When. Pha'raoh shall speak unto you, saying, 'Shew a miracle for you : then thou shalt say unto Aar'on, •^Take thy rod, and cast it before Pha'raoh, ayid it shall become a ser- pent. 10 ^And M_5'§e§ and Aar'on went in unto Pha'raoh, and they did so as the Lord had conamanded : and Aar'on (5) B. C. J491. CHAP. 6. y ch. 7, 4 ch. 12, 17. 51 Num.33,1 z ch. 32, 7 ch. 33. 1 Ps. 77. 20 a ch. 7, 2 4 ch. 4, 10 Jer. 1. CHAP, 7. ach. 4, 16 Jer. 1, 10 h ch. 11, 9 c ch. 4. 7 d ch. 10, 1 ch. 11, 9 e ch. 6, 6 /ch. 8, 22 ch.14,4,18 Ps. 9, 10 Ps. 59. 13 Ps. 83. 18 g ch. 3, 20 ;iDeut.29,5 Deut.31,2 Deut.34,7 Acts 7. 23.30 i Isa. 7, 11 John 2, 18 John 6, 30 J ch.4.2,17 k ch. 4. 3 I Gen. 41,8 Dau. 2, 2 m 2Tim.3,8 n ver. 22 ch. 8, 7,18 Job 12, 16 Pro. 12, 5 Isa. 19, 13 Zeph.l, 8,9 2 Cor. 11, 13 2 Thes. 2, 9. 11 2 Tim. 3, 13 2 Pet.2,13 Rev. 12, 9 Rev.13,14 ch. 4, 21 p ch. 8, 15 ch. 10, 1, 20,27 q ch. 4, 2, 3 r ch. 3, 12, 18 ch. 5, 1, 3 s Ps. 9, 16 Ezek. 20,48 Ezek. 25, 17 Ezek. 34, 30 Joel 3. 17 t ch. 4, 9 u Rev. 16, 4,6 V ver. 24 w ch. 8, 5 ch. 9. 22 ch. 10, 12,21 ch. 14, 21,26 1 gathering of their tvaters. X ch. 17, 5 y Ps. 78, 44 Ps. 105,29 65 cast down his rod before Pha'raoh, and before his servants, and it "^be- came a serpent. 11 Then Pha'raoh also ^called the wise men and "'the sorcerers: now the magicians of E'gypt, they also did "in like manner with their en- chantments. 12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents : but Aar'on's rod swallowed up their rods. 1 3 And he hardened Pha'raoh' s heart, that he hearkened not unto them ; "as the Lord had said. 14 TAnd the Lord said unto Mo'§eg, / Pha'raoh's heart is liardened, he re- fuseth to let the people go. 15 Get thee unto Pha'raoh in the morning ; io, he goeth out unto the water ; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink agamst he come ; and 'the rod w^hich was turned to a ser- pent shalt thou take in thine hand. 1 6 And thou shalt say unto him. The Lord God of the Ile'brews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, 'that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hither- to 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 ths waters which are in the river, and 'they shall be turned "to blood. 1 8 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink ; and the E-gyp'ti^i^§ shall lothe -to drink of the water of the river. 19 11 And the Lord spake unto Mo'- §es. Say unto Aar'on, Take thy rod, and "'stretch out thine hand upon the waters of E'gypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their 'pools of water, that they may become blood ; and that there may be blood through- out all the land of E'gypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. 20 And M5'se§ and Aar'on did so, as the Lord commanded ; and -"he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that ivere in the river, in the sight of Pha'ra5h, and in the sight of his ser^^- ants ; and all the waters that noere in the river were turned to blood. 2 1 Am he fish that tvas in the river died; and the river stank, and the F-gyp'tian§ could not drinj^; of the «■ The plague of frogs. EXODUS, 8. The plague of lice. 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 enchantments: and Pha'raoh's heart was hardened, nei- ther did he hearken unto them ; as the Lord had said. 23 And Pha'raoh turned and went into his house, neither -'did he set his heart to this also. 2-iAnd all the E-gyp'tian§ digged round about the river for water to drink ; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LpRD had smitten the river. CHAPTER 8. 1 Frogs are threatened^ 5 and sent. 16 The dust is turned into lice, ichich the magicians could not do. 20 The plagueof flies. ^2 Pharaoh is still hardened. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, Go unto Pha'raoh, 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 upon thy bed, and into the house of thy serv- ants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy ^kneading- troughs : 4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'§es, Say unto Aar'on, "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'^f^i. 6 And Aar'on stretched out his hand over the waters of E'gypt ; and -'the frogs came up, and covered the land of E'gypt. T And ^the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs u]3on the land of E'gypt. 8 ^Then Pha'raoh called for Mo'ses and Aar'on, 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 ]VIo'se§ said unto Pha'radh, '^ Glory over me : ^vhen shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and B. C. 1491. CHAP. 7. z Pro. 29, 1 CHAP. 8. a ch. 3, 12 6 ch. 7, 14 ch. 9, 2 c Rev. 16,13 d Ps. 105,30 1 Or, dough. e ch. 7, 19 /Ps. 78,45 Ps. 105,30 g ch. 7, 11 h ch. 9, 28 ch. 10, 17 Num.21,7 1 Ki. 13, 6 Acts 8, 24 2 Or, Have this liononr over me, etc. 3 Or, agai')ist when. 4 to ctit off. 5 Or, against to mor- row. i ch. 9, 14 Deut. 33,26 2 Sam. 7, 22 IChr. 17,20 Ps. 86, 8 Isa. 46, 9 Jer. 10, 6,7 j ch. 9, 33 ch. 10, 18 ch. 32, 11 J as. 5, 16-18 7c Eccl. 8,11 I Pro. 21,29 mPs.105,31 n ch. 7, 11 Lu. 10, 18 2 Tim. 3, 8,9 p 1 Sam. 6, 3 9 J Ob 27, 11 Ps. 8, 3 Mat.12,28 Lu. 11, 20 Actsl3,ll q ch. 7, 15 6 Or, a mixture of noi- some beasts, etc. r ch. 9, 4, 6, 26 66 for thy people, ^to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only ? 10 And he said,^To morrow. And he said, jBe it according to thy word : that thou may est 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_M5^§e§ and Aar'on went out from Pha'raoh: and j\Io'se§cried-^unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pha'raoh. 13 And the Lord did according to the word of M5'§es; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the vil- lages, and out of the fields. 1 4: And they gathered them together upon heaps : and the land stank. 15 But when Pha'raoh saw that there was ^respite, 'he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said. 16 II And the Lord said unto M5'§e§, Say unto Aar'on, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of E'gypt. IT And they did so; for Aar'on stretched out liis 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 the magicians said unto Pha'raoh, This is Hhe finger of God : and Pha'raoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had said. 20 ^And the Lord said unto M6'ge§, ?Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pha'radh ; 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 peo- ple go, behold, I will send ^'sv*^arms of files upon thee, and upon thy serv- ants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses : and the houses of the E-gyp'tian§ shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 22 And T avlLI sever in that day the land of Go'shen, in which my people The plague of flies. EXODUS, 9. The rmirrain of beasts. dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. 23 And I will put ^a division be- tween my people and thy people : %o morrow shall this sign be. 24 And the Lord did so ; 'and there came a grievous swarm of flies mto the house of Pha'raoh, 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 IFAnd Pha'raoh called for Mo'ses and for Aar'on, and said, Go ye, sac- rifice to your God in the land. 26 And Mo'§es said, It is not meet so to do; for w^e shall sacrifice the abomination 'of the E-gyp'tians to the Lord our God : lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the E-gyp'tian§ before their eyes, and will they not stone us ? 27 We will go "three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as "he shall com- mand us. 28 And Pha'radh said, I v/ill 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'§es said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pha'raoh, from his serv- ants, and from his people, to morrow : but let not Pha'radh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord. 30 And M5'se§ went out from Pha'- raoh, and intreated the Lord. 3 1 And 'the Lord did according to the word of Mo''§e§ ; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pha'radh, from his servants, and from his peo- ple ; there rernained not one. 32 And Pha'radh "hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. CHAPTER 9. 1 The murrain of heasif^. 8 The plaque ofboils and ilainfi, 22 of hail. 27 Pluiraohsueih to ifoses, 35 hict yet is hardened. THEN the Lord said unto Mo'ses. Go ''in unto Pha'raoh, 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 B. C. Ii91. CELAP. 8. 7 a redemp- tion. 8 Or, hv to morro'iv. s Ps. 78, io 9 Or, de- stroyed. t Gen.'i6,34 Deut. 7, 25, 26 Deut. 12,31 u ch. 3, 18 V ch. 3, 12 w ch. 9, 28 1 Ki. 13, 6 Ezra 6, 10 Acts 8, 24 X Jas. 5, 17 y ch. 4, 21 Pro.28,14 Rom. 9, 17-23 Jas. 1, 13-17 CHAP. 9. a ch. 8, 1 Jer. 22, 1 b ch. 8, 2 Rom. 2, 5 c ch. 7, 4 1 Sam. 6, 3,5 Job 27, 11 ; Ps. .39,101 Lu. 11, 20 Actsl3,ll 1 Sam.5,6 d ch. 8, 22 e Ps. 78, 50 /ch. 8, 33 g Rev. 16, 2 h Deut. 28, 27 i 2 Tim. 3,9 j ch. 4, 21 ch. 7, 14 ch. 8, 33 ch.10,1,20 ch. 14, 8 Deut. 3,30 Josh. 11, 20 Isa. 63, 17 John 12,40 Rom. 9,18 .Jas. 1, 13-16 k ch. 4, 21 I ch. 8, 20 77iDeut.3,24 Deut. 33, 26 2 Sam. 7,22 IChr. 17, 20 Ps. 71, 19 Ps. 86, 8 Isa. 45, 5-25 Isa. 46, 9 Jer. 10, 6,7 n ch. 3, 20 Pro. 16, 4 Rom. 9, 17 1 Pet. 2, 9 1 made thee stand. 67 upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep : the^^e shall be a very griev- ous murrain, tt And '''the Lord shall sever between 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 _ls'ra-el died not one. 7 And Pha'raoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the I§'ra-el-_ites dead. And -^the heart of Pha'raoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 8 TAnd the Lord said imto M5'se§ and imto Aar'on, Take to you hand- fuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Mo'se§ sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pha'raoh. 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of E'gjTt, and shall be ^a boil breaking forth tcith blains upon man, and u]Don beast, throughout all the land of E'gypt. 10 And they took ashes of the fur- nace, and stood before Pha'raoh ; and Mo'se§ sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became ^a, boil breaking forth 10 ith blains upon man, and upon beast, 11 And the 'magicians could not stand before ]\[o'se§ because of the boils ; for the boil was upon the ma- gicians, and upon all the E-gyp'tians. 12 And 'the Lord hardened the heart of Pha'raoh, and he hearkened not unto them ; as ^the Lord had spoken unto Mo'ses. 13 *^And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, ^Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pha'raoh, and say unto him. Thus saith the Lord God of the He'brews, Let my j^eople 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 slialt be cut oif from the earth. 16 And in verv deed for ''this cause have I ^raised thee up, for to shew in * N. 10. 27-29. ' N The plague of hail. EXODUS, 10. Pharaoh still is hardened. 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 ? 1 8 Behold, to morrowabout this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in E'gypt since the fomidation thereof even until now. 19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast m the field ; for upo7i every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come do^vn upon them, and they shall die. 20 He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pha'raoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses : 21 And he that ^regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field, 22 TTAnd the Lord said unto M5'se§, Stretch forth thine hand toward heav- en, that there may be hail ^in all the land of E'gypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, tliroughout the land of E'gypt. 23 And M5'§e§ 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 min- gled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of E'gypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of E'gypt all that ijoas 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 I§'ra-el were, was there no hail. 27 IT And Pha'raoh sent, and called for Mo'§e§ and Aar'on, and said unto them, L have sinned this time : "the Lord is righteous, and I and my peo- ple are wicked. 28 Intreat'l^he Lord (for it ^senough) that there be no more ^mighty thun- derings and hail ; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer, 29 And M5'§es said unto him. As soon as I am gone out of the city, I ""will spread abroad my hands unto B, C. 1491. CHAP. 9. 2 set not his heart v/nto. p Rev.16,21 q Josh. 10, 11 Ps. 18, 13 Ps. 78, 47 Ps. 105,32 Ps. 148, 8 Isa. 30, 30 Ezek. 38,22 Rev. 8, 7 r Ps. 105,33 s ch. 9, 4, 6 ch. 11, 7 Isa. 32, 18,19 t ch, 10, 16 'w2Chr.l2,6 Ps. 129, 4 Ps. 145.17 Lam. 1,18 Dan. 9, 14 V ch. 8, 8,28 ch. 10, 17 Acts 8, 24 3 voices of God, Ps. 29, 3,4 w 1 Ki. 8, 22, 38 Ps. 143, 6 Isa. 1, 15 X Ps. 24, 1 1 Cor. 10,26 y Isa, 26, 10 z Ruth 1,22 Ruth 2,23 4 hidden, or, dark. a ch. 8, 12 5 by the hand of Moses, ch, 4, 13 CHAP. 10. a ch. 7, 14 Deut.2,30 Josh. 11,20 John 12, 40 Rom. 9,18 b ch. 7, 4 c Deut. 4, 9 Ps. 44, 1 Ps. 71, 18 Joel 1, 3 d 1 Ki.21,29 2Chr. 34, 27 Jas. 4, 30 1 Pet. 5, 6 e Pro. 30,27 Rev. 9, 3 1 eye. /Joel 2,26 g ch. 8, 3, 21 as the Lord ; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest knovf how that the ""earth is the Lord's. 30 But as for thee and thy servants, 5'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 to as boiled. 32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten : for they ?oere *not gro\^ai lip. 33 And_M5^§e§ went out of the city from Pha'raoh, and " spread abroad his hands unto the Lord : 8.nd the thun- ders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pha'radh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his serv- ants. 35 And the heart of Pha'raoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of l§'ra-el go ; as the Lord had spoken ^bj^ Mo'se§. CHAPTER 10. . 4 God threateneth to sefid locusts. 1 Pharaoh, moved by his servants, incliiieth to let the Israelites go. 12 77^6 plague of locusts, 21 of darkness. 24 Pharaoh sueth to Moses : 27 his heart is yet hardened. AND the Lord said unto M5'se§, Go in unto Pha'radh : ^f or 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 ha.ve 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's_e§ and Aar'on came in unto Pha'raoh, and said unto hmi, Thus saith the Lord God of the He'- brew§, How long wilt thou refuse to '^humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may sei've me, 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my peo- ple 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 shaU eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree Y\'hich groweth for you out of the field : 6 And they ^shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the E-gyp'tian§" The plague of locusts. EXODUS, 11. The plague of aarkness. 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 _hini- self , and went out from Pha'raoh. 7 And Pha'raoh'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 E'gypt is destroyed ?_ 8 And Mo'se§ and A_ar'on were brought again unto Pha'raoh: And he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God : but ^who are they that shall _go ? 9 And Mo'ges said, ^We will go w^ith our young and with our old, w^ith our sons and with our daughters, wath our flocks and with our herds will we go ; for •i'we must hold a. feast unto Dhe Lord. l(j And he said unto them, Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, a,nd 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 were driven out from Pha'ra5h's presence. 12 IF And the Lord said unto M5'§es, *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'§e§ stretched forth his rod over the land of E'gypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land aU 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 rested in all the coasts of E'gypt : very griev- ous loere 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 remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of E'gypt. 1 6 ^Then Pha'raoh ^called f or M5'§es and Aar'on in haste; and he said,^l have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. ITi^Tow therefore forgive, I pray B. C. 1491. CHAP. 10. h ch. 23, 33 Josh. 23,13 1 Sam. 18,21 Eccl. 7,26 1 Cor.7,35 3 who, and who, etc i Pro. 3, 9 j cli. 5, 1 k ch. 7, 19 i vers. 4, 5 m Deut. 28,38 Ps. 78, 46 Ps. 105,34 Rev. 9, 2 n Joel 2, 2 ver. 5 p Ps. 105,35 3 hastened to call. q ch. 9, 27 r ch. 9, 28 1 Ki. 13, 6 Job 34, 31 s ch. 8, 30 4 fastened. t Joel 2, 20 uch. 4, 21 ch. 11, 10 Deut.2,30 Josh. 11,20 2 Chr. 28,22 Rom. 2, 4,5 Rom. 9, 17-22 Jas. 1, 13-17 V ch. 9, 22 5 that one may feel darkness. w Ps.105,28 X ch. 8, 22 ij ver. 10 6 into our hands. z ver. 20 ch. 4, 21 ch. 14, 4,8 a Heb. 11,27 CHAP. 11. a ch. 12, 31 69 thee, my sin only this once, 'and in- treat the Lord your God, that he may take aAvay from me this death only. 18 And he nventout from Pha'raoh, 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 remained not one lo- cust in all the coasts of E'gj^pt. 20 But the Lord "hardened Pha'- radh's heart, so that he would not let the children of I§'ra-ei go. 21 "if And the Lord said unto Mo'§es, "Stretch out thine hand toward heav- en, that therernay be darkness over the land of E'g5'pt» ^even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Mo'seg stretched forth Ms hand toward heaven ; and there was a "thick darkness in all the land of E'gypt three days : 2B They saw not one another, nei- ther rose any from his place for three days : ^but all the children of Is'ra-el ha.d light in their dwellings. 24*^ And Pha'raoh called unto Mo'§e§, 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 M5'ses said, Thou must give \is also sacrifices and burnt offermgs, that we may sacrifice mito the Lord our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us ; there shall not an hoof be left be- hind ; 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^But the Lord -hardened Pha'- ra5h's heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pha'raoh 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 Mo'§e§ said, Thou hast spo- ken well, ''I will see tliy face again no more. N. 12. 29, 30. CHAPTER 11. 1 God^s message to the Israelites to borrow jewels of their neighbours. 4 The death of the firstborn of Egypt threatened, etc. AND the Lord said unto M5'§es, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pha'ra5h, and upon E'gypt; after^vards he will let you go hence : ""when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence alto- gether. N The jirsthorit threatened. EXODUS, 12. The passover instituted. K 2 Speak now in the ears of the peo- ple, and let every man 'borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, *jewels of silver, and jew- els of gold. 3 And '^the Lord gave the people fa- vour in the sight of the E-gyp'tian§. Moreover the man '^Mo'^es vkis very great in the land of E'gypt, in the sight of Pha'ra5h's servants, and in the sight of thepeople. 4 HAnd Mo'§e§ 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 Pha'raoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant 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 a.ny more. 7 But against any of the children of I§'ra-el shall '^not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put 'a difference between the E-gyp'- .tian§ and l§'ra-el. K. 12. 13 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 Pha'radh in ^a great anger. 9 And the Lord said unto M5'§e§, Pha'raoh shall not hearken unto you ; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of E'gypt. 10 And Mo'§e§~and Aar'on did all these wonders before Pha'radh : and •^the Lord hardened Pha'radh's heart, so that he would not let the children of l§'ra=ei go out of his land. CHAPTER 12. I The beginning of the year changed. 3 TTie pass- orer instituted. 11 The rite of the passover. 15i7n- leaxieiied bread. 29 The firstborn of Egypt are slain. 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land. 43 Ordinance of the passover. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'se§ and Aar'on in the land of E'gypt, saying, 2 This Tnonth shall be unto you the beginning of months : it shall he the first month of the year to you. 3 "iFSpeak ye unto all the congrega- tion of i§'ra-el. saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according B. C. U91. CHAP. 11, 1 Or, de- mand. h ch. .3, 22 ch. 12, 35 c ch. 3, 21 ch. 12, 36 Ps.106, 46 a 2 Sam.7,9 Esth. 9, 4 e ch. 12, 12, 23, 29 Amos6,17 /Amos4,10 g Ainos5,17 h Josh. 10,21 Job. 5, 23 Hos. 2, 18 i Mai. 3, 18 2 that is at thy feet. Judg.4,10 Judg. 8, 5 1 Ki.20,10 2 Ki. 3, 9 3 heat of anger. j ch. 7, .3,13 ch.9,12,3o ch. 10, 20,27 Deut.2,30 Josh. 11, 20 Isa. 63, 17 John 12,40 Rom. 2, 5 Rom. 9,22 CHAP. 12. a ch. 13, 4 Deut.16,1 1 Or, kid. b Lev.22,19 Mai. 1, 8, 14 Heb. 9, 14 1 Pet.1,19 2 son of a year, Lev.23,12 c Lev.23,15 Num. 9, 3 Num. 28,16 Deut. 16, 1,6 3 uetween the two evenings, ch. 16, 12 d Num.9,11 1 Cor. 5, 8 e ch. 23, 18 /Deut. 16,5 g ch. 11, 4,5 Amos 5, 17 h Num.33,4 4 Or, pri7ice3, ch. 22, 28 Ps. 82, 1,6 .John 10,34 i Heb. 11,28 5 for a de- struction. j Lev. 23, 4,5 2 Ki.23,21 k Num. 28, 17 Deut. 16, 3,8 1 Cor. 5,7 70 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 neigh- bour next unto his house take it ac- cording to the number of the souls ; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be ''without blem- ish, 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 con- gregation of I§'ra-el shall kill it ^in the evening. T 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. * j 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, "^and unleav- ened 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 pur- tenance thereof. 10 And 'ye shall let nothing of it re- main until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morn- ing ye shall burn with fire. 11 And thus shall ye eat it; vnth your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste : it J'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. 1 3 And 'the blood shah be to you for ] a token upon the houses where ye | H are : and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you ^to destroy you, when I smite the land of E'gypt. f 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 ordinance for ever. 15 iSeven Mays shall ye eat unleav- ened 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 *D. 12. 13. tD. 20. 24; K. 13. Si, 22. J Unleavened bread. EXODUS, 12. Firstborn of Egypt slain. day, that ^soul shall be cut off from r§'ra-el. 16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shah 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 mileavened bread ; for "'in this self- same day have I brought your armies out of the land of E'gypt : therefore shall ye observe this day m your generations by an ordinance for ever. 18 In "the first month, on the four teenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven ''days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leav- ened, ^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 leavened ; in all your habitations shall ye eat un- leavened bread. 21 "^Then M5'se§ caUed for all the elders of l§'ra-el, and said unto them, ?Draw out and take you a "^lamb ac- cording 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'tian§ ; and when he iseeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will iiot 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 wliich the Lord will ^wq 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 sav. It is the sac- B. C. 1491. CHAP. 12. I Gen. 17,14 Num.9, 13 6 soul. m ch. 13, 3 n Lev. 23, 5 ch. 23, 15 ch. 34, 18 p Num.9,13 q Num. 9, 4 Josh. 5,10 Ezra 6, 20 Lu. 22, 7 7 Or, kid. r Ezek. 9, 6 Rev. 7, 3 Rev. 9, 4 s 2 Sam. 24,16 iCor. 10, 10 Heb. 11,28 t ch.13,8,14 Deut.32,7 Josh. 4, 6 Ps. 78, 6 u Num.8,17 Num.33,4 Ps. 78, 51 Ps. 105,36 Ps. 135, 8 Ps. 136,10 Isa. 37, 36 8 house of the pit. V ch. 11, 6 Pro.21,13 Ezek.7,27 Jas. 2, 13 w ch. 10, 9 X Gen.27,34 y ch. 11, 8 Ps. 105,38 z Gen. 20, 3 9 Or, douium. 11,31 Ps. 78, 27. 28 Ps. 105,40 p Num.11,9 q Num.11, 7 Deut. 8, 3 Neh. 9, 15 Ps. 78, 24 Ps. 105,40 2 Or, ^Vl^at is this ? or, It is a portion. r Isa. 25, 6 John6,31, 49,58 1 Cor. 10.3 s ver. 36 3 by the poll, or, head. 4 souls. t 2Cor.8,15 u Gen. 2, 3 ch. 20. 8 ch. 31, 15 ch. 35, 3 Lev. 23, 3 V ver. 20 w Heb. 4, 4 Mat.12,12 Mat.24,20 X ch. 20, 9,10 y 2 Ki.17,14 Ps. 78, 10, 22 Ps. 106,13 Jer. 4, 14 z Num.11,7 a Heb. 9, 4 76 not unto Mo'§e§ ; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank : and M5'§e§ was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morn- ing, every man according to his eat- ing: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 22 ^And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered tvfice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Mo'se§. 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord ha.th said, To morrow is "the rest of the holy sab- bath unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which re- maineth over lay up for you to be kent until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morn- ing, as Mo'§e§ bade : and it did not "stink, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Mo'ses said. Eat that to day; for to day Hs 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, vjhich is the sab- bath, in it there shall be none. 27 TAnd it came to pass, that there Y/ent out so7ne of the iDcoi^le on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the Lord said unto M5'§e§, How long '■'refuse ye to keep my com- mandments and my laws ? 29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of tAvo 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 sev- enth day. 3 1 And the house of l§'ra-el called the name thereof Manna: and -it i/jas like coriander seed, white: and the taste of it teas like wafers made with honey. 32^And Mo'ses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer 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'§e§ said unto Aar'on, Take "a pot, and put an omer full of The people murmur. EXODUS, 17, 18. Amalek discomfited. manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your gener- ations. 34 As the Lord commanded Mo'ses, so Aar'on laid it up *bef ore the Testi- mony, to be kept. 35 And the children of is'ra-el did eat manna 'forty years, '^until they came to a land inhabited ; they did eat manna, luitil they came unto the borders of the land of Ca'naan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. CHAPTER 17. 1 77?e people murmur for water at Rephidira, and are sent to the rock in Horeb. 13 Amalek over- corae; 14 God's vengeance against them. 15 Mo- ses buildeth an altar. AND ''all the congregation of the children of I§'ra-el journeyed from the wilderness of Sm, after their journeys, according to the connnand- ment of the Lord, and pitched in Reph'i-dim : and there loas no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore *the people did chide Avith M5'ses, and said. Give us water that we may drink. And 315'ges said unto them, Wh}^ chide ye Avitti me? wherefore do ye tempt "^the Lord? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people '^murmured against Mo'se§, and said. Wherefore is tliis that thou hast brought us up out of E'gypt, to kill us and our chil- dren and our cattle with thirst ? 4 And Mo'§e§ 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 M5'§e§, Go -^on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of l§'ra-el ; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest ""the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, ^I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Hd'reb ; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Mo'se§ did so in the sight of the elders of Is'ra-ei. 7 And he called the name" of the place 'Mas'sah, and ^Mer'i-bah. be- cause 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 llThen 'came Am'a-lek, and fought with is'ra-el in Rephl-dim. 9 And Mo'§e§ said unto •'Josh'u-a, Choose us out men, and go out, fight CHAP. 16. h ch. 25, 16,21 ch. 40, 20 Num. 17, 10 Deut.10,5 1 Ki. 8, 9 c Num. 33, 38 Deut. 8,2,3 Neh. 9, 20 J ohn 6, 31,4:9 B. c. 1491. with Am'a-lek : to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. 10 So J6sh'u-a did as M5'ses had said to him,_and fought with Am'a- lek: and Mo'ses, Aar'on, 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 pre- vailed: and when he let down liis d jo^iio 12 ^^i^i^' Am'a-lek prevailed. Neh. 9; 15 12 But Mo'ses' hands icere heavy; and they took a stone, and put it un- der hun, and he sat thereon; and Aar'on and Hur stayed up his liandg the one on the one side, and the othei on the other side ; and liis hands were steady until the going doAwn of the sun. 13 And Josh'u-a discomfited Am'a- lek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, Write ^this/o7' a memorial in a book, CHAP. 17. ach. 16, 1 ch. 19, 2 Num. 33,12 b Num.20,3 c Deut.6,16 Ps. 78, 18,41 Isa. 7, 12 Mat. 4, 7 1 Cor.10.9 a ch. 16, 2 e 1 Sam. 30,6 John 8, 59 John f EzS. 2, 6^ and rehearse it in the ears of J6sh'u-a : ips'Tolii^^^ "L will utterly put out the re- ps! 114, 8 'membrance of Am'a-lek from under 1 S-S'' heaven. Tenta- tlon. Ps. 95, 8 Heb. 3, 8 2 That is, C/iiding, or. Strife. i Gen.36,12 Num. 24,20 Deut. 25, 17 1 Sam. 15,2 j Called Jesus, Acts 7, 45 Heb. 4, 8 k Jas. 5, 16 I ch. 34, 27 m Deut. 25,19 1 Sam.. 30,1 2 Sam. 8,12 Ezra 9, 14 3 That is, The LORD my ban- ner, Judg.6,24 4 Or, Be- cause the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD, there- fore, etc. 5 the hand upon the throne of the LORD. CHAP. 18. 1 That Is, A stran- ger there. 2 That is. My God is an help. 1 5 And M5'se§ built an altar, and called the name of it •*Je-h5'vah- nis'si : 16 For he said, ''Because ^he Lord hath sworn that the Lord ivill have war with Am'a-lek from generation to generation. CHAPTER 18. I Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sons: 7 Moses enierlaineth him. 13 Jethro giveth Moses counsel; it is accepted.. 27 Jethro departeth. TT/'^HEN Jeth'ro, the priest of M^:d'- T T i-an,Mo'se§' father inlaw, heard of all that God had done for Mo'ses, and for Is'ra-el his people, and that the Lord had brought is'ra-el out of E'^ypt; 2 Then Jeth'ro, M5'ses' father in law, took Zip-p5'rah, Md'ses' wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons ; of which the name of the one teas ^Ggr'shdm ; ^or he said, I have been an alien in a strange land : 4 And the name of the other was -E-li-e'z5r ; for the God of my father. said he, teas mine help, and deliver oKi.ii,i5 and selleth ^him, or if he be ?found in|o Deut.,24,7 his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 1 T T And iie that ^curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 "iFAnd if men strive together, and one smite ^another with a stone, or with A^5 list, and he die not, but keep- eth his bed : 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad 'upon his staff, then shall he that smote hini be quit : only he shall pay for ^the loss of his time, and shall cause hiyn to be thoroughly healed. 20 TAnd 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 continue a day or two, he shall not be punished : for 'he is his money. 22 Hlf men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow : he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon hmi ; and he shall "pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou slialt 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 lAnd '"if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; he shall let hmi go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his manser^^- ant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth ; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28 Tif anox gore a man or a woman, ^ ^-^ 21 le that they die : then ^the ox shall be /Pro 6 31 (6) CHAP. 21. i Gen. 9, 6 Lev.24,17 Num. 35,80 Mat.26,52 j Deut. 19, k 1 Sam.24, 4, 10, 18 I Num. 35, 11 Josh. 20,2 nx Num.. 15, 30 Deut. 19,11 Keb. 10,26 n 1 Ki. 2, 28-34 P Geii.37,28 q ch. 22, 4 r Lev. 20, 9 Pro. 20,20 Mat. 15, 4 Mark7,10 4 Or, re- vileth. 5 Or, his neigh- bour. s 2 Sam. 3,29 6 his ceas- ing. 7 avenged. Gen. 4, 15,24 Lev.25,43 Rom. 13,4 • Eph. 6, 9 1 Tim. 3,3 Jas. 3, 1 t Lev. 25,45 u Deut. 22, 18,19 V Lev.24,20 Deut. 19,21 Mat. 5, 38 Mat. 7,*2 w Col. 4, 1 X Gen. 9, 5 y Num. 35,31 z Zech. 11, 12,13 Mat.28,15 Phil. 2, 7 CHAP. 22. 1 Or, goat, a 2 Sam. 12,6 Lu. 19, 8 Pro. 6, 31 b ch. 20, 15 Lev.19,11 Deut. 5, 19 Mat. 10, 19 Mat.19,18 Mat.24,43 Lu. 18, 20 Rom. 13,9 1 Cor.6,10 Eph. 4, 28 1 Pet.4,15 c Num. 35,27 d ch. 21, 2 Mat. 18,25 2 thing stolen. 81 surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owTier of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push VN^ith his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kepthuxL in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and liis owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the -^ran- som of his life whatsoever is laid upon liim. 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 32 li the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant ; he shall give unto their master -thirty shekels of silvei\ and the ox shall be stoned. 33 '^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 faL therein ; 34 The ov^Tier of the pit shall make it good, a?id give money unto the owner of them ; and the dead beast shall be his. 35 ^And if one man's ox hurt anoth- er's, that he die ; then they shall sell the live ox, and di\dde the money of it ; and the dead ox also they shall divide. 3 6 Or if it be knoAvn that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his OAvner hath not kept him in ; he shall surely pay ox for ox ; and the dead shall be his own. CHAPTER 22. 1 Laios concerning theft ; 5 damage ; 7 trusts and trespasses ; 14 borrowing ; Wfornieation ; 18 icitch- craft ; 19 bestiality/ ; kO idolatry ; 21 strangers^ widows, etc. 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 If a *thief be found breakmg up, and be smitten that he die, there shall "no blood be shed for hun. 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 a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in I'^arious laws p:xodus, 23. ojid ordi?ia?ices. his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vine- yard, shall he make restitution. 6 ^If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therevnth; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitu- tion. 7 1^1 f 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 neigh- bour's goods. 9 For all manner of trespass, ichether it he for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, v\^hich another 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 neighbour. 1 If a man deliver imto his neigh- bour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep ; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man see- ing 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 ac- cept thereof^ 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 /or witness, cmc/ he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 ^And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die. the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. 1 5 Bnt if the owner thereof he with it, he shall not make it good : if it he an hired thing, it came for his hire. 1 6 II And ■'if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 1 7 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall ^pay money according to the ^dowry of virgins. 1 8 !i Thou ^shalt not suffer a witch to live. B. C. 1491. CHAP. 23. Q Deut.25,1 2Chr. 19,10 hHeb. 6,16 % Gen.31,39 j Deut. 22,28 3 weigh, Gen.23,16 7c 1 Sam. 18,25 I Deut. 18,10 r?i Num. 25,2 Deut.13,1 Deut.17,2 Hos. 8, 14 1 Ki.10,25 1 Ki.18,40 n Lev.19,33 Lev.25,35 Deut. 10,19 Zech.7,10 Mai. 3, 5 Deut. 10, 18 Isa. 1, 17 Ezek.22,7 p Deut.15,9 Job 35, 9 q Job 34, 28 Jas. 5, 4 T Job 31, 23 s Ps. 109, 9 t Lev.25,35 Neh. 5, 7 Ezek.18,8 M Job 24, 3 Pro. 20,16 Amos 2, 8 V Eccl. 10,20 2 Pet.2,10 4j3r, judges. Ps. 82, 6 5 thy ful- ness. w Pro. 3, 9 6 tear. X Deut. 15, 19 y Lev. 22,27 z Lev. 19. 2 a Ezek.4,14 CHAP. 23. a Pro. 10,18 1 Or, re- ceive. b 1 Ki.21,10 Pro. 19, 5 Acts 6, 11 c IKl. 19,10 Job 31, 34 Lu. 23, 23 d Ps. 72, 2 2 answer. e Lev.19,15 / Pro. 25,21 1 Thes. 5,15 82 19 H Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 ^He "'that sacrificeth unto a7iy god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 HThou "shalt neither vex a stran- ger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of E'gypt. 22 Ye "shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they ^cry at aU unto me" I will surely hear ?their cry ; 24 And my ^\'rath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and 'your wives shall be widows, and your cliildren fatherless. 25 II If 'thou lend money to a7iy of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, nei- ther shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If "thou at ail 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 ^Thou "shalt not revile the 'gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 ITThou 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. 3 Likewise "^shalt thou do with tliine oxen, a7id with thy sheep : seven ^days it shaU be with his dam ; oii the eighth day thou shalt give it me. 31 IFAnd ye shall be -'holy men unto me : neither ''shall ye eat a7iy flesh that is torn of beasts in the field ; ye shall cast it to the dogs. CHAPTER 23. 1 Laws concerning slander and false loitness ; 3, 6 justice; A charntableness ; \Othe year of rest ; 12 the sabbath; li idolatry ; \A the three feasts. 20yl« Arigel prornised, with a blessing, if they obey him. THOU ''shalt not ^raise a false re- port : put not thine hand with the wicked to be an ^unrighteous witness. 2 Thou "^shalt not follow a multitude to do evil ; '^neither shalt thou ^speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgm e7\ t : 3 Neither shalt thou 'countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 l! If -''thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. Divers ordinances. EXODUS, 23. An Angel promised. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hat eth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. 6 "iThou ■''shalt not wrest the judg- ment of thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep ^thee far from a false mat- ter ; 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 per- verteth the words of the righteous. 9 'ilAlso ^thou shalt not oppress a stranger : for ye know the ^heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of E'gypt. 10 And 'six years thou shalt sow thy knd, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof : 1 1 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still ; that the jDOor of thy people may eat : and what they leave the Ijeasts of the field shall eat. In like ma^nner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy '^olive- yard. 1 2 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 stranger, 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 un- leavened bread: (thou shalt eat un- leavened bread seven days, as I com- manded thee, in the time appointed of the month A'bib; for in it thou earnest out from E'gypt: and none shall appear before me empty :) 1 6 And '"the feast of harvest, the firstf ruits 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. 1 T Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God. 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of tny sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my ^sacrifice remain until the morning. 19 The ?first of the firstf ruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house B. C. 1491. CHAP. 23. 3 Or, voilt thou cease to help him 1 or, and wouldest cease to leave thy business for him ; thou shalt surely leave it to join with him. g Job 31, 13 h Eph. 4, 25 i Rom. 1,18 j Pro, 17, 8 i the see- ing. k Ps. 94, 6 5 soul. I Lev. 25, 3 6 Or, olive trees. m Lu. 13,14 n Hos. 2, 17 Deut. 16,16 p Lev.23,10 7 Or, feast. q Neh. 10,35 Pro. 3, 9 r Eph. 4, 30 s Josh. 24, 19 1 J ohn 5,16 t Isa. 9, 6 Jer. 23, 6 John 10,38 u Gen. 12, 3 8 Or. I will afflict them that afflict thee. V Josh. 24,8 w ch. 20, 5 X Deut. 10, 12 Jesh. 22,5 1 Sam. 12, 20 Mat. 4, 10 y Deut.28,5 z Deut.7,15 a Job 21, 10 b Gen. 25, 8 c Gen. 35, 5 Deut.2,25 Josh. 2, P, 11 ] Sam. 14,15 9 neck, Ps. 18, 40 d Deut.7,20 e Deut.7,22 /I Ki.4,21 g Josh. 21,44 83 of the Lord thy God. Thou shale not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 20 IfBehold, I send an Angel before" thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. K. 33. 14. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke ''him not ; for he will 'not pardon your transgressions : for 'my name is in him. H. 32. 33. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak ; then "I will be an enemy unto thine ene- mies, and an ^adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and ''bring thee in unto the Am'or-ites, and the Hit'tites, and the Per'iz-zites, and the Ca'naan-Ites, the HiVites, and the Jeb'u-sites: and I vnll 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 T will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 26 HThere "shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will ^fulfil. 271 will send 'my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their ''backs unto tliee. 28 And '^I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hf- vite, the Ca'naan-ite, and the Hit'- tite, from before thee. 29 I *will not drive them out from before thee in one year ; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive 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 Phi-lis'tine§, 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 covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, H K UHI Moses hidldeth an altar. EXODUS, 24, 25. He gueth into the moun B B lest they make thee sin against me : for if thou serve their gods, 'it will surely be a snare unto thee. CHAPTER 24. 1 Moses is called tip into the mountain. 3 The people promise obedience. 4 He builds an altar. 9 Tlie glory oj God app)ears. 14 Aaron and Ilur have charge of the people, etc. AND he said unto Mo'§e§, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aar'on, "Na'dab, and A-biliii, *and seventy of the elders of l§'ra-el ; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Mo'§e§ alone shall come near the Lord : but they shall not come nigh ; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 ITAnd Mo'seg 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 Avill we do. 4 And M5'§e§ ''wrote all the w^ords of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve '^pillars, accord- ing to the twelve tribes of l§'ra-el. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Is'ra-el, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord. 6 And M5'§es 'took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the cove- nant, and read in the audience of the people : and they said. All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient. B. 24. 12. 8 And Myse^ took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and sa id, Lehold -^'the blood of the covenant , which the Lord hath made with you i concerning all these wor ds. D. 29. 36. 9 II Then went up Mo^seg, and Aar'- on, Na'dab, and A-bf hu, and seventy of the elders of i§'ra-el : 10 And they^saw the God of l§'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 chil- dren of l§'ra-el he •'laid not his hand : also ^they saw God, and did 'eat and drink. 12 IT And the Lord said unto M5^§es, Come up to me into the mount, and be there : and 1 will give thee '"tabl es of stone, and a law, and command B. C. 1491. CHAP. 23. /I ch. 34, 12,15 Deut. 7, 2 Deut. 12.30 Josh. 23,13 Judg. 3, 3 1 Sam. 18, 21 Ps. 106, 36,37 CHAP. 24. a ch. 28, 1 Lev. 10, 1,3 h Num. 11,16 c Deut.31,9 d Gen.28,18 Gen.31,45 e Heb.9,18 / Heb. 9, 20 Heb. 13,20 1 Pet. 1, 2 a Gen.32,30 ch. 3, 6 ch. 33, 20,23 Judg. 13,22 Isa. 6,1,5 John 1,18 1 Thn. 6, 16 1 John 4,12 h Ezek.1,26 Ezek.10,1 Rev. 4, 3 i Mat. 17, 2 j ch. 19, 21 k Gen.16,13 Deut.4,33 I Gen.31,54 ch. 18, 12 ICor. 10,18 m ch. 32, 15 Deut.5,22 n ch. 33, 11 ch. 19, 9 Mat. 17, 5 p ch. 16, 10 Num. 14, 10 q Heb.12,18 r Deut. 9, 9 CHAP. 25. 1 take for tne. 2 Or, heave offering. a 1 Chr.'?9.3 2 Cor. 9, 7 3 Or, silk, Gen.41,42 b ch. 28, 15 e Lev. 4, 6 d Heb. 3, 6 Rev. 21, 3 e ch. 37, 1 Deut.10.3 Heb. 9, 4 8i ments which I have written ; that thou^mayest teach them. B. 25. 21. 13 And M6'§e§ rose up,_and "his min- ' ister Josh'u-a: and Mo'§e§ went up into the mount of God. 1 4 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aar'on and Hur are with you : if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 IF And Mo'§e§ went up into the mount, and "a cloud covered the mount. 1 6 And ^the glory of the Lord abode upon m^ount Si'nai, and the cloud cov ered it six days : and the seventh day he called unto M5'§e§ out of the midst of the cloud. IT And the sight of the glory of the Lord teas like ^devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of I§'ra-el. 18 And M5'§es went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount : and M5'se§ was in the mount forty days and forty nights. CHAPTER 25. 1 What the Israelites must offer for the making of the tabernacle. 10 Form of the ark, etc. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of i§'ra-el, that they ^bring me an ^offering : "of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offer- ing. 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 shittim wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anoint- ing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the ^breastplate. 8 And let them make me a 'sanctu ary ; that "^I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I shew thee^ after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 IF And 'they shall make an ark of shift? m wood : tv/o cubits and a half shaM 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 shaft overlay it with pure gold, within and without shait .Form of the ark. EXODUS, 25. The golden candlestick. thou overlay it, and shait make upon it a crown of gold round about. 1 2 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof ; and two rings shall he in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 1 3 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the sta,ves 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 '9the testimony which I shall give thee. 1 7 IF And ''tnou sh?Jt make a mercy seat of pure gold : two cubits a,nd a half shall he the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 1 8 And thou shalt make tvf o cheru- bims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even^oi the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 20 And 'the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to an- other ; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 21 And^thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark ; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. B. 31. 18. 22 And ^there I xnW meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from l^etween the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I Aviil give thee in command- ment unto the children of l§'ra-el. 23 'JThou '"shalt also make a table of shittim wood : two cubits shaM he 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 thereto a croAvn 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. B. C. 1491. CHAP. 25. /IKi. 8, 8 a ch. 16, 34 ' ch. 31, IS ch. 40, 20 Num. 17, 10 Deut.10,2 Deut. 31,26 1 Ki. 8, 9 2Ki.ll,12 h ch. 87, 6 Rom. 3,25 Heb. 9, 5 ■1 Or, of the ma,tter of the mercy seat. i 1 Ki. 8, 7 IChr. 28,18 j ch. 26, 34 ch. 40, 20 k ch. 29, 42, 43 Ch. 30, 6,36 Lev. 16, 2 Num.17.4 Ezek. 9, 3 J as. 2, 13 I Num.7,89 1 Sam.4,4 2 Sam.6,2 2Ki.l9,15 Ps. 80, 1 Ps. 90, 1 Isa. 37, 16 in ch. 37, 10 1 Ki. 7, 48 2Chr.4,8 Heb. 9, 2 n ch. 37, 16 Num. 4, 7 5 Or, to pour out tvithal. Lev. 24, 5 pch. 37,17 1 Ki.7,49 Zech. 4, 2 Heb. 9, 2 Rev. 1, 12 Rev. 4, 5 q Num. 8, 4 ch. 37, 18, 19 r Rev. 1, 12 s ch. 27, 21 ch. .30, 8 Lev. 24, 3,4 2Chr. 13. 11 6 Or, cause to ascend. t Num. 8, 2 7 the face of it. uch. 26, 30 Num. 8, 4 1 Chr. 28. 11.19 Acts 7. 44 Heb. 8. 5 8 which thou luast caused to see. 85 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that ai-e on the four feet thereof. 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of th-e staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, a,nd overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make "the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and cov- ers thereof, and bowls thereof, ^to cover withal : o/pure gold shait thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread ""before me alway. 31 irAnd ''thou shalt make a candle- stick of pure gold : of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 32 And ''six branches shall com^e oi^t of the sides of it ; three branches of the candlestick out of th* oiie side, and three branches of the Ccindlostick out of the other side : 33 Three bowls made like unto alm- onds, t/jith a knop and a flower in one branch ; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flovver: so in the six branches that come out of the candle- stick. 34 And in the candlestick shall he four bowls made like unto almonds, loith their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall he 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, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candle- stick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same : all of it shall he one beaten work of 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 snuff dishes thereof, shall he of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 40 And "look that thou make thein after their pattern, ^which was shewed thee in the mount. The curtains and hoards EXODUS, 26. of the tabernacle. M CHAPTER 26. I Hie ten curtains of the tabernacle. 7 The eleven curtaina of goals'" hair. 31 The vail for the ark. 36 The hanging for the door . /f OREOVER thou shalt make the "tabernacle icith ten cur- tains of fine twined hnen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet : ^with cheru- bims of ^cunning work shalt thou make them. 2 I'he length of one curtain shall he 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 he coupled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make '^loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and like- wise shalt thou make in the utter- most 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 an- other. 6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains to- gether with the taches : and it shall be one tabernacle. 7 IT And "thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle : eleven curtains shalt thou make. 8 The length of one curtain shall he thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : and the eleven curtains shcdl he all of one measure. 9 And thou shalt couple five cur- tains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make 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 m.ay be one. 1 2 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle 13 And a cubit on the one side, and B. C. 1491. CHAP. 26. a ch. 25, 9 ch. 29, 42,43 ch. 31, 7 ch. 33, 7 ch. 36, 8 ch. 39, 32-43 ch. 40, 2, 17 Acts 7, 44, 45 Heb. 8, 2-5 Heb. 9, 2,11 Rev. 21, 3 b 1 Cor. 12,28 Eph. 4, 11, 12 Heb. 1, 14 1 the work of a cun- ning work- man, or, embroid- erer. c 1 Cor. 12, 4, 5, 6, 12 d Eph. 4, 13 Col.2,2,19 e ch. 36, 14 2 Or, cov- ering. 3 in the re- mainder, oi'. sur- plusage. /ch. 36,19 Num.24,5 4 hands, g ch. 38, 27 5 seaward. Gen. 12, 8 6 twinned. Ps. 133, 1 1 Cor.1,10 Col.3,2,19 h ch. 36, 31 Num.3,36 Rom.15,1 1 Cor.9,19 2 Cor. 13, 11 Gal. 6, 2 86 a cubit on the other side ^of that which remaineth in the length of the cur- tains 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. 1 5 ^ And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood stand- ing up. 16 Ten cubits shall he the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. 1 7 Two ^tenons shall there he in one board, set in order one against an- other : thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 1 8 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. 19 And thou shalt make forty sock- ets ^of silver under the twenty boards ; two sockets 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 he twenty boards : 21 And their forty sockets 0/ silver ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the sides of the taber- nacle 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 to- gether beneath, and they shaU be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring : thus shall it be for them both ; they shall be for the two cor- ners. 25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets Imder one board, and two sockets under another board. 26 II And thou shalt make ^bars of shittim wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, ! 27 And five bars for the boards of ithe other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of ;the tabernacle, for the two sides west- Iward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. Altar of burnt offering. EXODUS, 27 Court of the tabernacle. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold /or places for the bars : and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 30 And thou shalt rear up the taber- nacle accordmg^to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the nioimt. 31 TAnd •'thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and "scarlet, and fine twined linen of cuimdng work : with cherubims shall it be made : 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim t^'oor^-overlaid^vith gold : their hooks sJtall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 33 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 'holj place and the most holy. 34 And "thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 35 And 1:hou shalt set the table with- out the vail, and the ^candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south : and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 f And ?thou shalt make an hang- ing for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, \vrought with needle- work. 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five ^pillars of shittim icood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. CHAPTER 27. 1 Tlie altar of burnt offering, icit/i the vessels. 9 The court of the tabernacle, icith iU hangings and pil- lars. 18 The measure of the court. 20 The oil for the lamp. AND thou shalt make ''an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad ; the altar shall be foursquare : and the height there- of shcdl he three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make ^the horns of it upon the four corners thereof : 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, a,nd 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 B. C. 1491. CHAP. 26. i ch. 25, 9,40 ch. 27, 8 Acts 7, 44 Heb. 8, 5 j Lev. 16, 2 2Clir. 3,14 Mat.27,51 Mark 15,38 Lu. 23, 45 Heb. 9, 3 7c ch. 25, 16 ; ch. 37, 1 ch. 40, 21 Num.3,31 Josh.4,11 1 Sam.4,6 1 Sam. 6, 19 1 Ki. 8, 6 IChr. 15,1 Ps. 132, 8 Heb. 9, 4 Rev.11,19 I 2Chr. 3,14 m Lev. 16, 2 Mat.24,15 Heb. 9,2,3 n ch. 25, 21 ch. 40, 20 Lev. 16, 2 Heb. 9, 5 o ch. 40, 22 Heb. 9, 2 p ch. 40, 24 q ch. 36, 37 r ch. 36, 38 CHAP. 27. a ch. 38, 1 Ezek. 43,13 h 1 Ki. 1, 50 1 Ki. 2, 28 Ps. 128,27 c Num. 16,38 a 1 Sam. 2, 13,14 1 Or, sieve. Amos 9, 9 e Num.4,15 Isa. 52, 11 fch. 25, 40 ■ ch. 26, 30 Heb. 8, 5 Acts 7, 44 2 Tie slifwed. g ch. 38, 9 Ps. 100, 4 3 my by mv. R7 net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves o/ shittmi 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 nt. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it : •''as ^it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 9 IFAnd ^thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle : for the south side southward there shall be hangmgs for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side : 10 And the twenty pillars thereof 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 t/iere sh all 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. 1 2 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 hangmgs fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and their sockets three. 1 6 And for the gate of thecourt sh all be an hangmg of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, va'ought with needle- work : 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 silver, and their sockets of brass. 18 The leng-th of the court shall be an hundred c^ibits, and the breadth ^fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and ail the Aaron to he set apart. EXODUS, 28. The ep/iod and breastplate. pins thereof, and all the "pins of the court, shall he o/ brass. 20 ^And ''thou shalt command the children of I§'ra-el, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp ^to burn al- ways, 21 In the tabernacle of the congre- gation without 'the vail, which is be- fore the testimony, •'Aar'on and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord : it ^s/iall be Si statute for ever unto their gen- erations on the behalf of the children of i§'ra-el. CHAPTER 28. 1 Aaron mid his sons separated for the priesfs office. 6 Theephod. 30 The Urimand Thummim. 36 The plate of the -mitre, etc. ND ''take thou unto thee Aar'on thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of I§'ra-el, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aar'on^ Na'dab and A-bi'hu, E-le-a'zar and Ith'a-mar, Aar'on's sons. 2 And '^thou shalt make holy gar ments for Aar'on 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 Aar'on's garments to consecrate him, that he may minis- ter unto me in the priest's office, 4 And these are the garments which they shall make ; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle : and they shall make holy garments for Aar'on 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 UAnd "they shall ma.ke the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine tv/ined 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 ephod, vvhich 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 i§'ra-el : 1 Six of their names on one stone, B. C. 1491. CHAP. 27. 4 Or, naWs, or, stakes. Ezra 9, 8 Isa. 33,20 Zech.10,4 h Lev. 24, 2 5 to ascend tip. i ch. 26, 31,33 j ch. .30, 8 1 Sam.3,3 2 Chr. 13, 11 Mai. 2, 7 Mat. 4, 10 Rev. 2, 1 k ch. 28, 43 ch.29,9,28 Lev. 3, 17 Lev. 16,34 Lev. 24, 9 Num. 18, 23 Num. 19, 21 1 Sam. 30,25 28. 16, CHAP a Num. 1,3 Num. 17, 1,3,8 Num.18.7 Ps. 77, 20 Ps. 99, 6 Ps. 106,16 Ps. 115, 10,12 Ps. 118, 3 Heb. 5,1,4 b ch. 29, 6,29 Ch. 31, 10 ch.39,1,2 Lev. 8, 7,30 Num. 20, 26,28 c ch. 31, 6 ch. 36, 1 d ch. 35. 30,31 Isa. 28, 24-20 e ch. 39, 2 1 Or, em- broidered. Isa. 11, 6 Rev. 1, 13 /ch. 39, 7 g Gen. 9, 12-17 Lev. 24, 7 Josh. 4, 7 Zech.6,14 h ch. 39, 8 i ch. 80, 10 2 flU in it flUings of stone. 3 Or, ruby. Pro, 3, 15 Pro. 8, 11 Lam. 4, 7 4 fillings. i Num. 1, 5 Num. 2, 3 Num. 10,14 Num.26,5 Rev.7,4-8 Rev.21,12 88 and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birtli. 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of i§'ra-el : thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. 1 2 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of is'ra-el: and -^Aar'on shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders ^f or a memorial. 13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold ; 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. 1 5 ITAndHhou shalt make the breast- plate of judgment with cunning work ; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it ; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 16 Foursquare it shall be heitig doubled ; a span shall he the length thereof, and a span shcdl he the breadth thereof, 1 7 And 'thou shalt ^set in it settings of stones, eve^i four rows of stones: the first row shcdl he a^sardius, a to- paz, and a carbuncle: this shall he the first row, 18 And the second row shall he an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond, 19 And the third row a iigure, an agate, and an amethyst, 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper : they shall be set in gold in their ^inclosings. 2 1 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of l§'ra-el, twelve, according to their nam.es, 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 chai)is of gold in the two rings zohich are on the ends of the breastplate. 25 And the other two ends of the The TJrim and Thummim. EXODUS, 29. The "plate of the tnltre. two Avreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. 26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 28 And they shall bind the breast- plate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious gir- dle of the ephod, and that the breast- plate be not loosed from the ephod. 29 And Aar'on shall '^bear the names of the children of is'ra-el in the breast- plate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holyp/ace, 'for a memorial before the Lord con- tinually. 30 TAnd '"thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the U'rim and the Thuin'mim ; and they shall be upon Aar'on's heart, when he goeth in before the Lord : and Aar'on shall bear the judgment of the children of l§'ra-el upon his heart before the Lord continually. 31 IF And "thou shalt make the lobe of the ephod all of blue. 32 And there shall be an hole in the cop of it, in the midst thereof : it shall nave a binding of woven Avork round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 And beneath upon the ^hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about : 34r A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and apomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be upon Aar'on to m.inister : and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy p/ace before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 36 1 And "lihou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 87 And thou shalt put it on a blue B. C. 1491. CHAP. 28. ;c Song 8, 6 Isa. 49, 15, 16 Heb. 9,24 I ver. 13 771 Lev. 8, 8 Num. 27,21 Deut.33,8 ISam. 28,6 Ezra 2, 63 Neh. 7, 65 n ch. 39, 22 Lev. 8, 7 2 Sam. 6, 14 Hos. 3, 4 5 Ox, skirts. o ch. 39, 30 Lev. 8, 9 1 Chr. 16,29 Ps. 29, 2 Ps. 93, 5 Zech. 14, 20 Heb. 4, 15 Heb. 7, 26 Heb.12,14 p Lev.10,17 Lev. 22, 9 Num.18,1 Isa. 53, 11 Ezek. 4, 4 John 1,29 Heb. 9, 28 1 Pet.2,24 q Lev. 1, 4 Lev.22,27 Lev.28,11 Isa. 56, 7 r ch. 39, 27 Ezek. 44, 17,18 s ch. 29, 7 ch. 30, 30 Lev. 10, 7 6 fill their hand. Lev. 8, 1 Heb. 7, 28 t Lev. 6. 10 Ezek. 44,18 7 flesh of theimak- edness. 8 he. u ch. 20, 26 V Lev. 20, 19,20 Num. 18,22 'W Lev. 17,7 CHAP. 29. a Lev. 8, 2 6 Lev. 2, 4 Lev. 6,20, 21,22 c ch. 40, 12 Lev. 8, 6 Heb. 10.22 d Lev. 8, 7 89 lace, that it may be upon the mitre ; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aar'on's forehead, that Aar'on may ^bear the iniquity of the holy things, wliich the children of l§'ra-el shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be al- ways upon his forehead, that they may be ^accepted before the Lord. 39 IF And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle o/ needlework. 40 IF And ''f or Aar'on's sons thoushalt 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 upon Aar'on thv brother, and his sons with him ; and shalt 'anoint them, and "^con- secrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 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 Aar'on, and upon his sons, v,^hen they come in unto the tabernacle of the congre- gation, or when they come near "unto the altar to minister in the holy p/«ce; that they "bear not iniquity, and die : "it shall be a statute for ever luito him and his seed after him. CHAPTER 29. 1 The aacriflce and ceremonies of consecrating the priests. 38 The continual burnt offerincj. 43 God^s promise to dwell among the children of Israel. AND this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office : "Take one young bul- lock, and two rams without blemish, 2 And ^unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil : of Avheaten- 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 Aar'on 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 Aar'on the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird (Jeretnonies in EXODUS, 29. consecrating the priests. him with *the curious girdle of the ephod : 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. T Then shalt thou take the anoint- ing -^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, Aar'on 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 Aar'on and his sons. 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation : and ^Aar'on and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by th^ door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 12 And thou 'shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon •'the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. 13 And *thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and ^the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the aitar. 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 HThou ™shalt also take one ram ; and Aar'on and his sons shall put ''their hands upon the head of the ram. 1 6 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 unto his pieces, and "unto his head. 1 8 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar : it is a burnt offer- ing unto the Lord: it is ^a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto 'die Lord. 19 And ^thou shalt take the other ram ; and Aar'on 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 Aar'on, and B. C. 1491. CHAP. 29. c cli. 28, 8 /ch. 30, 25 Lev. 8, 12 Lev. 10, 7 Lev.21,10 Num. 35, 25 Ps. 133, 1,2 Isa. 61, 1 1 hind. g Nuin.18,7 2 fill the hand of. ch. 28, 41 Lev. 8, 22-35 Heb. 7, 28 h Lev. 1, 4 Lev. 8, 14 i Lev. 8, 15 j ch. 27, 2 ch. 30, 2 k Lev. 3, 3 3 It seem- eth by anatomy, and the Hebrew doctors, to be the midriff. I Lev. 4,11, 12,21 Heb. 13,11 m Lev. 8, 18 n Lev. 1, 4 Isa. 53, 6 GaL 4,3-5 4 Or, up(yn. Gen. 8, 21 p Lev. 8, 22 q ch. 30, 25 Lev. 8, 30 r Heb. 9, 22 s Lev. 8, 26 5 Or, shake to and fro. t Lev. 8. 28 u Lev. 7, 31,34 Lev. 8, 29 Num. 18, 11,18 V Ps. 99, 6 w Deut. 18,3 X Lev.10,15 y Lev. 7, 34 z Num. 20,26 a Num.18,8 Num. 35,25 6 he of his sons. b Lev. 8, 35 90 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 Aar'on, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him : and '^he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder ; for it is a ram of consecration : 23 And 'one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord : 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aar'on, and in the hands of his sons ; and shalt Vave them /or a wave offering before the Lord. 25 And *thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord : it is an offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord. 2t And thou shalt take "the breast of the ram of Aar'on's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering be- fore 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 offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aar'on, and of that which is for his sons : 28 And it shall be Aar'on's and his sons' by "^a statute for ever from the children of l§'ra-el : for it is an heave offering: and ^it shall be an heave offering from the children of l§'ra-el of the sacrifice of their peace offer- ings, even their heave offering unto the Lord. 29 ITAnd the holy garments of Aar'- on shall "be his sons' after him, "to be anointed therein, and to be con- secrated in them. SO And %hsit son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven *days, when he cometh into the tab- Continual burnt offering. EXODUS, 30. The altar of inceiise. eniacle of the congregation to minis- ter in the holy place. 31 IF And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and'^seethe his flesh in the holy place. 32 And Aar'on and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread '^that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 33 And "they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate aiid to sanctify them : but '^a stranger shah 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 bum the remainder with fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aar'on, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee : -^ seven days shalt thou conse- crate them. 36 And thou shalt ^offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atone - ment : and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast ma.de an atonement for it, ^and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. D. 29. 38, 39. 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 aicar shaU be holy. 38 li^ow this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar ; ^two lambs of the first year day ^y day con- tinually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in "'the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even : D. 40. 29. 40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil ; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer ''at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 42 This shall be °a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: ^where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. 43 And there I vvall meet with the B. C. 1491. CHAP. 29. c Lev. 8, 31 d Mat. 12. 4 e Lev.10,14 7 every one not a Levite. Num. 16,40 / Lev. 8, 33 g Heb. 10, 11 h ch. 30, 26 i ch. 40, 10 j ch. 30, 29 Mat. 23,19 k Num.2S,3 1 Chr. 16,40 2 Chr. 2, 4 2 Chr. 13, 11 2Chr.31,3 Ezra 3, 3 [ Dan. 9, 27 Dan. 12, 11 m Ezek. 46,13 n 1 Ki.18,29 2Ki.l6,15 Ezra 9, 4,5 Ps. 141, 2 Ezek. 4, 3.5 Dan. 9, 21 Dan. 8,11 p Num.17,4 8 Or. Israel. q 1 Ki. 8, 11 Hag.2,7,9 Mat. 3, 1 r Lev.21,15 s ch. 25, 8 Lev.26,12 Zech.2,10 J ohn 14, 17 2 Cor.6.16 Rev. 21, 3 cliildren of l§'ra-el, and ^the taber- nacle ?shall be sanctified by my glory. 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar : I will 'sanctify also both Aar'on and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. 45 And 'I will dwell among the chil- dren of l§'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'g5i3t, that I may dwell among them : 1 ajn the Lord their God. CHAPTER 30. 17 S4 CHAP. 30. a ch. 37, 25 ch. 40, 5 b Rev. 8, 3 1 roof. 2 walls. 3 ribs. 4 incense of sjiices. 1 Sam. 2,28 1 Chr. 23, 13 Lu. 1, 9 5 cansethto a.-icend, or, setteth up. 6 between the two evens. c Lev. 10, 1 d Lev.23,27 91 1 The altar of incense. 11 The ransom of souls. The hrasen laver. 22 The holy anointing oil. The composition of the 23erfutne. ANI) thou shalt make "an altar Ho burn mcense upon: of sliittim wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof ; four- square shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof : the horns thereof shall be of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the ^top thereof, and the ^sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof ; and thou shalt make unto it a cro^vn of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crowTi 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 shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testi- mony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And Aar'on shah bmn thereon "^sweet incense every morning : when he dresseth the lanips, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aar'on ^lighteth the lamps ^at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no ''strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering ; neither shaU ye pour drink offering thereon. 1 And '^Aar'on shall make an atone- ment upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offer- ing of atonements ; once in the year The ransom of souls. EXODUS, 30. The holy anointing oih shall he make atonement upon it thi'oughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord. lltAnd the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, saying, 12 When '^thou takest the sum of the children of l§'ra-el after ^their number, then shall they give every man -^'a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou nmnberest 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 shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel 'is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall he the offering of the Lord. 14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twen- ty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. 15 The •'rich shall not ®give more, and the poor shaU not ^give less than half a shekel, when they give an offer- ing unto the Lord, to make an atone- ment for your souls. 16 And thou shalt take the atone- ment money of the children of Ig'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 i§'ra-el before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. ITfAnd the Lord spake unto M5'se§, saying, 18 Thou ^shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash loithal : and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the con- gregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. 19 For Aar'on and his sons '"sha wash their hands and their feet ther^a^t : 20 When they go into the tabernacle 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 through- out their generations. 22 '^[Moreover the Lord spake unto M6'§e§, saying, 23 Take thou also unto "thee princi- pal spices, of pure ^myrrh five hun- dred shekels, and of sweet cmnamon B. C. 1491. CHAP. 30. e ch. 38, 25 Num. 1,2, 5 Num.26,2 2 Sam. 24,2 7 them that are to he num- bered. Num. 31,50 /Job 33. 24 Job 36, 18 Ps 49 7 Mat.26,28 Mark 10,45 1 Tim. 2,6 1 Pet.1,18 g 2 Sam. 24,15 h Mat.17,24 I Lev.27,25 Num.3,47 Ezek. 45,12 j Job 34, 19 Pro. 22, 2 Actsl0,34 Rom.2,11 Gal. 2, 6 Eph. 6, 9 Col. 3, 25 1 Pet.1,17 8 multiply. 9 dim,inish. k Num. 16,40 I IKi. 7,38 7n Isa.52,11 Heb. 10,22 n cb. 28, 43 Song 4, 14 Ezek. 27,22 p Ps. 45, 8 q Jer. 6, 20 r Ps. 45, 8 s ch. 29, 40 10 Or, per- fumer. t Num. 35,25 Ps. 89, 20 Ps. 133, 2 u Lev. 8, 10 Num. 7, 1 11 One not a priest. Lev. 22, 10, 12, 13 Num.1,51 Num.3,10 V Gen.17,14 Lev. 7, 20,21 w ch. 25, 6 ch. 37, 2-9 12 salted. Lev. 2, 13 X ch. 29, 42 Lev. 16, 2 y ch. 29, 37 Lev. 2, 3 92 half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus ^two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of 'cassia five hundred shek- els, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an 'hin : 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment com- pound after the art of the '"apothe- cary : it shall be 'an holy anointing oil. 26 And '^thou shalt anoint the taber- nacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify then\ that they may be most holy : what- soever toucheth them shall be holy, 30 And thou shalt anoint Aar'on 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'se§, Take "unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense : of each shall there be a like lo eight : 35 And thou shalt make it a, per- fume, 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 : n\j shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the com- position 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. JSezaleel and Aholial) called, EXODUS, 31, 32. ^he golden calf. CHAPTER 31 ^ezaleel and Aholiab are called and qualified for' tie ixork of tlie tahernacle. li Of the sabbath, IS. CHAP A'ose? receiceth the two tables. B. c. 14:91. 1 6 Y\" iieref ore the cMLdren of l§'ra-ei shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their genera- tie -ixork of the tabernacle. 12 Of the sabbath, la. CHAP. 31. ^^ ■^ ^ J.^ ^ j_ 'j_i Xoses receiceth the tico tables. _ _ : Sabbath tiirOUghout their ge AKD the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, ^ ^^ ^^' ^^ itions, for a perpetual covenant saymg, " " & iciir.2,20 I'^ji^ ^g i • ii Deut.4,16! & Ihey have ramed asiae quickly ?udg.2?i9|o^t of the Avay which I 'commanded HGsr9,9 them: they have made them a molten calf, and have Avorshipped it. and have 93 *B. 32. 15, 16. 6 early on the burnt offerings, Neh;1?'ii an^ brought peace offermgs; and Ps. 106,19 the •'■'people 'spit down to eat and to Isa. 46, 6 i -I • 1^ ^ n , ^ Acts 7,41 driUK, and rose up to play. Rom.i,23| -J "i^^nd the Lord said ujtito Mo'ses, i 2k1w 1) '^^0' get thee do^vn ; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the J Moses breaketh the tables. EXODUS, 32. The idolaters slain. B brought thee up out of the land of E'gypt 9 And the Lord said unto Mo^seg, I ^have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stitt'necked people : a. 32. 33. lOJNow therefore^ let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them : and '"I will make of thee a great nation. 11 And^Mo'ses besought the 'Lord his God, and said. Lord, w^hy doth thy wrath wax hot against thy peo pie, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of E'gypt with great power, and with a mighty hand ? 1 2 Wherefore should theE-gyp'tian§ 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 I§'ra-el, thy servants, to whom thou "swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, ?I Avill 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 1 5 IF AndjMo'ses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony ^.oere in his hand : the tables loere written on both their sides ; on the one side and on the other were they written . 1 6 And the 'tables were the work of God, and the writing vkis the writing of God, graven upon the tables. * IT And when J6sh'u-a heard the noise of the people as they shouted, lie said unto Mo'se§, There is a noise of war in the camp. 1 8 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for ^being overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 1 9 IF And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and M5'§e§' 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 * B. 34. 27, 28 B. C. 1491. CHAP. 32. k ch. 33, 3,5 ch. 34, 9 Deut. 9, 6,13 Deut. 31,27 2Chr. 30,8 Isa. 48, 4 Acts 7, 51 I Deut.9,14 m Num. 14, 12 n Deut. 9,18 26-29 Ps. 74. 1 Ps.106, 23 1 the face of the LORD. Gen.22,16 Heb. 6, 13 p Gen. 12, 7 Gen.13,15 Gen.15, 7,18 Geu. 26, 4 Gen.28,13 GeR.35,12 q Num. 23,19 Deut. 32,36 2 Sam. 24,16 IChr. 21,15 Jer. 18, 8 Hos. 11, 8 Joel 2, 13 Jonah 3,10 Deut.9,15 ch. 31, 18 weakness. Gen. 20, 9 u ch. 15, 24 V ch. 33, 4,5 w 2 Chr. 28,19 3 those that ■rose up against them. X Deat.33,9 4 Or, And Moses said. Con- secrate yourselves to day to the LORD, because every man hath been against his son, and against his broth- er, etc. Num. 25. 11 Deut.13,6 Deut.33,9 Pro. 21, 3 Zech.13,3 5 Fill your hands. y 1 Sam. 12,20 z 2 Sam. 16. 12 Amos5.15 a Deut.9,14 Ps. 69, 28 Rom. 9, 3 b Ps. 56, 8 Ps. 139,16 Dan. 12, 1 Phii. 4, 3 Rev. 3, 5 94 it upon the water, and made the chil- dren of is'ra-el drink of it, 21 And "lVlo'§e§ said unto Aar'on, What 'did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sm upon them? 22 And Aar'on 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, v/hich shall go before us : for as for this Mo'§e§, the man that brought us up out of the land of E'gypt, we wot not what is become of him. 24 And I said unto them. Whoso- ever 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 11 And when M5'se§ saw that the people tvere "naked ; (for Aar'on had ''made them naked unto their shame among ^their enemies :) 26 Then M5'§es 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 LeVI gathered themselves together unto him. 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of i§'ra-el. Put every man his sword by his side, a7id go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and ^slay every iTian his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neigh- bour. 28 And the children of LeVi did ac- cording to the word of Mo'ses : and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 For ^M5'§es had said, ^Consecrate 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 "iFAnd it came to pass on the mor- row, that M5'§es said unto the peoj)le, ^ Ye have sinned a great sin : and now I will go up unto the Lord ; "perad- venture I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31 And M6'§es returned unto the Lord, and said,^Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, ''blot me, I pray thee, *out of thy book which thou hast written. Rev. 20, 12, 15 Rev. 22, 19 The tabernacle removed. EXODUS, 33. God talketh with Moses. 33 And the Lord said unto Mo'ge^ , ''Whosoever hath sinned a gainst me , him will 1 blot out o£ mylb oo^ 34 Therefore now go, lead the peo- ple unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee : behold, mine '^ Angel shall go before thee : neverthe- less "in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. 35 And the Lord plagued the peo- ple, because -^they made the calf, which Aar'on made. CHAPTER -33. 1 The Lord refuseth to go with the people. 7 The taher- nacle removed out of the camp. 9 He talketh with Moses. 12 Moses prayeth for God's presence: 18 desireth to see his glory. A ND the Lord said unto Mo'§e§, j\. Depart, a7id go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of E'gyp^^ unto the land which I sware unto A'bra-ham, to l'§aac, and to Ja'cob, saying, Unto ""thy seed will I give it : 2 And I will send an angel before thee: and *I will drive out the Ca'naan-ite, the Am'or-ite, and the Hit'tite, and the Per'iz-zite, the Hf vite, and the Jeb'u-slte : 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey : for I will not go up in the midst of thee ; for thou art ''a stiff- necked people : lest I consume thee in the way. 4 TAnd 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 M5'§es, Say unto the children of l§'ra-el, Ye are a stiff necked people : I will come up into the midst of thee in a mo- ment, and consume thee : therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I 'may know what to do unto thee. 6 And the children of l§'ra-el stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Ho'reb. 7 And M5'§es took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which -^sought the Lord vv^ent out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. 8 And it came to pass, when M5'§es went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man-'^a^ his tent door, and looked after Mo'§e§, until he was gone into the tabernacle. *A. Deut. 9. 4-6; H.. Num. 15. 30, 31; N. Lev. 26. 23, 24. B. C. 1491, CHAP. 32. c Lev.23,30 Ezek.18,4 d Num. 20, 16 e Amos3,14 Rom. 2, 5,6 / 2 Sam. 12,9 CHAP. 33, a Gen. 12, 7 & Deut.7,22 Josh. 24,11 c ch. 32, 9 Deut. 9, 6 d 2 Sam. 19,24 e Ps. 139,&3 / 2 Sam. 21,1 g Num. 16,27 h Ps. 99, 7 i Gen.32,30 Deut.5,24 Deut. 34, 10 j ch. 24. 13 k Ps. 1, 6 Jer. 1, 5 .John 10,14 2 Tim. 2,19 I ch. 34, 9 m Ps. 25, 4 Ps. 27, 11 Ps. 86, 11 Ps. 119,33 a Deut.9,26 Joel 2, 17 ch. 40, 34-38 Isa. 63, 9 p Deut.3,20 Josh. 21, 44 Josh. 22,4 Josh. 23,1 Ps. 95, 11 q ch. 34, 9 r Num. 14.14 s Deut.4,34 2 Sam. 7, 23 Ps. 147,20 Titus 2,14 t Gen.10,21 J as. 5, 16 u 1 Tim. 6, 16 V Jer. 31,14 IV Rom.9,15 Rom. 4, 4 X Gen. 32,30 Deut.5,24 Judg. 13, 22 Isa. 6, 5 Rev. 1. 16 9^ 9 And it came to pass, as Mo'§e§ en- tered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord ^talked with Mo'§es. I i) And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door : and all the people rose up and wor- shipped, every man in his tent door. I I And 'the Lord spake unto M5'§e§ face to fp.ce, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp : but '^is servant Josh'u-a, the son of Nun, a young man, de- parted not out of the tabernacle. 12 IT And M5'se§ said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people •. and thou hast not let me know w^hom 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. 1 4 And he said, ^My presence shall go ] K with thee, and I will /'give thee rest. J f 15 And he said unto him, ?If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. 16 For wherein shall it be knov/n here that I and thy people 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 people that are upon the face of the earth. 17 And the Lord said unto Mo'§es, 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 be- fore thee; "and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom. I will shew mercy. 0. 34. 6, 7. 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 rook : 22 And it shall come to pass, while tK. 34. 6, 7. - The tables are renewed. EXODUS, 34. God^s ovenant with Israel. K L W z Ps. 91, 1, i a John 1,18 ITim, 6,16 1 John 1,12 my glory passeth by, that I will put b. c. lioi. thee -"in a clift of the rock, and will; chap. 33. -cover thee with my hand while I ^^^ ^ ^^ pass by: 23 And I will take away niine hand, and thou slialt see my back parts: but mv face shall ''not be seen. CHAPTER 34:. I Tlie tables are renewed. 5 The name of the Lord proclaimed. 10 God niaketh a covenant with the people. 29 Mo'ses' face shineth. AND the Lord said unto Mo'§e§, 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 i-eady in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount ^^^^ ^ .^^ Si'nai, and present thyself there tol^^/p^^^^ g^i me in the top of the mount 3 And no thee, neither let CHAP. 34. a Deut.10,1 h Deut. 10, 2,i c Nell. 9, 17 (ZRom e Ps. 108, 4 man shall come up with' /jer. 32,18 anv man be seen' Dan. 9,1 gEph.4, 32 1 John 1,9 7i Josh. 2i, 19 Job 10, 14 i Ps. 94, 14 Zech.2,12 throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. tt "^ And he hewed two tables of stone like vmto the first ; and Mo'ses rose up early in the morning, and went j-' 29^12 up unto mount Sf nai, as the Lord had commanded hun, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 5 And the Lord descended m the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. 6 And the Lord passed by before him. and proclaimed, The LbRD.The'pi^a.57,15 Lord "God, merciful and gracious, j^^^-^*^'^ longsuffering.and abundant in'^good- ^ f^®^" ^'^ ^ 1 ,. ", 1 ^ s 1 Cor. ness and 'trutn, T Kee]3ing -^ inerc^f for thousands, f or- k 2 Sam. 7,23 Ps. 147,20 I Isa. 64, 3 m Deut. 12, 28 n Judg. 2, 2 1 statues. 2 Ei. 18, 4 giving "^iniquity and and sin. and that ''will by no means 10,27 ^_t 1 Cor. 8, 4 transg ression ! u Ezra 9, 2 V Num. 25, clear the (7^?7^i/, '* visitingthennquity 1,2 _^^i<;Lev. 19, 4 of the fathers upon the children, and i-g ch. 23, 15 the children's children, unto y ch. 22, 29 — — ' Ezek. 44, 30 Lu. 2, 23 Num. 18, 15 upon the third and to the fourth genera- tion 9. ,_^ ^ 0. Lev. 18. 5; W. Num. 21. _ 8 And Mo'se§ made haste, and bowed his head toward the ea,rth, and wor-N or. kia. a Deut 16,16 2 Sam. 24,24 b Deut.5,12 Ly. 13, 14 snropea. 9 And he said. If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us ; for it is a stiffnecked people ; and pardon! c ch. 23, 16 3 revolu- tion of the year. d Deut. 16, 16 e Lev.lS.24 Deut. 7. 1 Josh. 24, 8-13 Ps. 78. 55 Ps. 80, 8 our iniquity and our sm, and take us for 'thine inheritance. 10 ""And he said, Behold, T make a covenant : before all thy people I will ^do mar^v^els, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou a7't shall see the vv^ork of / Deut.19,8 *K. Num. 23. 19; L. Lev. 26. 40-42. 96 the Lord : tor it is 'a terrible thing that I Aviil do with thee. 1 1 Observe '"thou that wliich I com mand thee this day : behold, I drive out before thee the Am'or-ite, and the Ca'naan-ite, and the Hit'tite, and the Per'iz-zite, and the Hf vite, and the Jeb'u-site. 12 Take "heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabit- ants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare m the midst of thee: 13 But ye shall destroy their altars. break their ^hnages, and cut "dowr j their groves : I 1-1 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name ^/s Jealous, 2s a jealous God : I 1 5 Lest thou make a covenant with I the inhabitants of the land, and they j'go a whoring after their gods, and I do sacrifice unto their gods, and 07ie 'call thee, and thou eat 'of his sacri- 1 6 And thou take of their "daugh- ters luito thy sons, and their daugh- ters "'go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after i their gods. I IT Thou "shalt make thee no molten I gods. I 1 8 "ilThe feast of ^unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou I shalt eat unleavened bread, as I com- manded thee, in the time of the month A'bib : for in the month A 'bib thou camest out from E'g5i)t. 19All^that openeth the matrix is mine ; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheejD, that is, male. 20 But ^the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a ^lamb : and if thou redeem h im not. then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me ''empty. 21 "FSix *davs thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest : in earing time and in han^est thou shalt rest. 22 1 And '^thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of vrheat har^*est, and the feast of ingathering jat the "year's end. i 23 iTiirice '^in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of i§'ra-el. 24 For I will ^cast out the nationss before thee, and -^enlarge thy bo^^ Muses' face sliinton. EXODUS, 35. Ft-ee gifts for the tabernacle. ders : '^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 leaven; neither 'shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morDiT>g'. 26 The ^first of the firstfruits ot thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's mxilk. f 27 And the Lord said unto M6'se§, Write thou ^these words : for after the tenor of these words I have made! a covenant withtheeand with is'ra-el. • 28 And Tie Avas there with the Lord forty days and forty nights ; he did neither eat bread, nor drmk Avater. And '"he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten '*com- mandments. B. Lev. 18. 4. 5. 29 IF And it came to pass, when Mo'ges came down from mount Sf nai with the two tables ''of testimony in M5'§es' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Mo'§es wist not that "the skin of his face shone Avhile he talked with him. 30 And when Aar'on and all the children of l§'ra-el sawM5'§e§, behold, the skin of his face shone ; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Mo'§e§ called unto them; and Aar'on and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto hmi : and M5'se§ talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of is'ra-el came nigh : ^and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with hun in mount Si'nai. 33 And till Mo'§es had done speak- mg Avith them, he put ^a vail on his face. 34 But when M5'§e§ Avent in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, imtil he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the chil- dren of i§'ra-el that Avhich he Avas conmianded, 35 And the children of l§'ra-el saw the face of M5'§e§, that the skin of M5'§e§' fgice shone : and M5'§e§ put the A^ail upon his face again, mitil he went in to speak with him. CHAPTER 35. 2 The sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle. 20 The readiness of the people to offer. 30 Bezaleel and AhoUab called to the work. AND Mo'ses gathered all the con- gregation* of the children of (7) B. C. 1491. CHAP. 34. g Gen. 35, 5 2 Chr. 17, 10 Pro. 16, 7 h ch. 23, 18 i ch. 12, 10 j Deut. 26, 2,10 Neh. 10, 35 Pro. 3, 9 k Deut.31,9 Isa. 30, 8 I Deut. 9, 9, 18 m ch. 31, 18 ch. 32, 16 Deut. 10, 2,4 i vjords. n ch. 32, 15 Mat. 17, 2 p ch. 24, 3 q 2 Cor.3,13 CHAP. 35. a ch. 34, 32 b ch. 31, 14, 15 Lev. 23, 3 Num. 15,32 Deut.5,12 Lu. 13, 14 1 holiness. c ch. 16. 23 d ch. 25, 1, 2 e ch. 25, 2 2 Cor. 9, 7 /ch. 31,6 1 Ki. 7, 14 Isa. 28, 26 g ch. 25, 9 ch. 26, 1, 2 ch. 29, 42. 43 ch. 31, 7 ch. .33, 7 ch. 36. 8 ch. 39. 32-43 ch. 40, 2 Acts 7, 44. 45 Heb. 8,2,5 Heb. 9, 2, 11 Rev. 21. 3 h ch. 25. 10 i ch. 25. 23 i ch. 25. 30 Lev. 24, 5,6 k ch. 25, 31 ; ch. 30. 1 ch. 37, 25 ch. 40. 5 m ch. 30, 23 nch. .30, 34 1 Sam. 2,28 IChr. 23,13 2 Chr. 29. 11 Lu. 1, 9 ch. 27, 1 p ch. 27, 9 q ch. 31. 10 ch.39.1,41 Num. 4, 5,6 9^ is'ra-el together, and said unto them, "These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them. 2 Six *days shall work be done, bu' on the seventh day there shall be to you ^an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord : Avhosoever doeth Avork therein shall be put to death. 3 Ye '^shall kindle no fire through- out your habitations upon the sab- bath day. 4 1i And M5'§es spake unto all the congregation" of the children of Ig'- ra-el, saying. This '^is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an offer- ing unto the Lord : ""AA^hosoever is of a wUlmg heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and sil- A^er, and brass, 6 And blue, and pm^ple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hai7\ 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim AA^ood, 8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the SAveet incense, 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breast- plate. 10 And-^every Avise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath cormnanded ; 11 The ■''tabernacle, his tent, and liis covering, his taches, and his boards, nis bars, his pillars, and his sockets, 12 The ^ark, and the staves thereof, ivith the mercy seat, and the vail of the coA^ering, 1 3 The 'table, and his staves, and aU his vessel s, and the ^shcAvbread , 14 The ''^candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps. Avith the oil for the light, 1 5 And ^the incense altar, and his staves, and "'the anointing oil, and "the SAveet mcense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, 1 6 The "altar of burnt offering, Avith hisbrasen grate, his staA^es.and all his A^essels, the laA^er and his foot, 1 7 The ^'hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, 1 8 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, 1 9 The ^cloths of serA^ce, to do service in the holy place, the hol^ ■■■■ti The people give liberally. EXODUS, 30. Their llherality restrained. garments for Aar'on the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. 20 "[And all the congregation of the children of l§'ra-ei departed from the presence of Mo'§e§. 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 ofcering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, 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. ''2i^ Every one that did offer an offer- ing of silver and brass brought the Lord's offering : and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. 2 5 And all the women that \\^ere 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 Avhose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. 2 7 And "the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate ; 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 offeringunto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had com- manded to be made bv the hand of Mo'ges. 30 TAnd Md'ses said unto the chil dren of Is'ra-el, See, •^the Lord hath called by name Be-zal'e-el the son of U'rT, the son of Hflr, of the tribe of Ju'dah ; 31 And he hath filled him with the ^spirit of God, in wisdom, in under- standing, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship ; 32 And to devise curious works, to B. C. 1491. CHAP. 35. r ch. 25, 2 ! ch. 36, 2 1 Chr. 28, 2,9 lChr.29,9 Ezra 7, 271 2 Cor. ! 8, 12 I 2 Cor. 9, 7 1 s lClir.29,8 t ch. 28, 3 ch. 31, 6 ch. 36, 1 2 Ki. 23, 7 Pro. 31, 19, 22, 24 'ulChr.29,6 Ezra 2,68^ V ch. 30, 23 wlChr.29,9 X ch. 31, 2 y Gen.41,38 Job 32, 8 Pro. 2, 6 z ch. 31, 6 a ver. 31 ch. 3L, 3,6 ch. 36, 1,2 1 Ki. 7, 1-1 2Chr.2,14 Isa. 28, 26 Jas. 1, 6 CHAP.. 36. a ch. 28, 3 ch. 31, 6 ch. 35. 10,35 Job 32, 8 Isa. 28, 26 Pro. 2, 6 ft ch. 25, 8 Lev. 4, 6 Lev.19,30 Num.18,5 Num.30,8 1 Ki. 6, 16 Ps. 96, 6 Ps. 134, 2 Ps. 150, 1 Isa. 63, 18 Lam. 1,10 Lam. 2,20 Lam. 4, 1 Ezek.5,11 Dan. 8, 13, 14 Heb.9, 1,2 c ch. 35, 2, 26 lChr.29,5 d ch. 35, 27 e 2 Cor. 8, 2,3 /ch. 26, 1 Job 32, 8 Pro. 10, 8 Pro. 15,14 Pro. 16, 1 Pro. 18,15 Pro. 21, 1 98 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-holi-ab, 'the son of A-his'a-mach, of the tribe of Dan. 3 5 Them hath he '^filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. CHAPTER 36. 1 The offerings delivered to the icorkmeyi. 4 The lih- eralliy of the i:,eople. res^Uained. 8 The curtains. 19 The covering. 35 The vail, etc. THEN wrought Be-zal'e-el and A-h51i-ab, and every "vv^ise heart- ed man, in whom the Lord put wis- dom 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 Mo'§e§ called Be-zare-el and A-holi-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 M6'§e§ all the offering, which the children of I§'ra-el "^had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it vnthcd. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. 4 "^ And all the wise men, that wrought^ all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made ; 5 And they spake unto M5'§e§, say- ing, *The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make. 6 And M5'§e§ gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were re- strained from bringing. 7 For the stuff they had was suffi- cient for all the work to make it, and too much. 8 "IFAnd every -^wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of The curtains of goats' hair. EXODUS, 37. The hanging for the door. fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet : with cherubinis ^"of cun- ning work made he them. 9 The length of one curtain vjas twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains v^ere all of one size. 10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another : and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling : likewise he mpode in the utterm.ost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 12 Fifty ^loops made he in one cur- tain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which vxjs in the coupling of the second : the loops held one curtain to another. 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it be- came one tabernacle. 14 "iIAnd lie made curtains o/ goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he made them. 15 The length of one curtain loas thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. 10 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by them- selves, 1 7 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 1 8 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 19 IT And 'he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering o/ badgers' skins ahovethat. 20 TAnd %e made boards for the tabernacle o/'shittim wood, standing up. 21 The length of a board loas ten cubits, and the breadth of a board 3ne cubit and a half. 22 One board had two 'tenons, equal- ly distant one from another : thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he madeboards for the taber- nacle ; 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 LfffO. B. C. 1491. CHAP. 36. g Gen. 3, 24= 1 Ki. 6, 23 2Chr.3,10 Ezek. 1, 5-28 Ezek.10,1 h ch. 26, 5 i ch. 26, 7 j ch. 36, 14: k ch. 26, 15 I ch. 25, 5, 10 Num.25, 1 Deut.lO,j Josh. 2, 1 1 hands. 2 seaward. ch. 26, 22 3 twinned. ch. 26, 24 2 Sam.5,6 Ps. 133, 1 Acts 2, 46 lCor.1,10 4 Uvo sock- ets, two sockets under one board. m ch. 26, 26 n ch. 26, 31 Mat.27,51 Heb. 6, 19 Heb. 10,20 ch. 26, 36 5 the work of a nee- dleiuork- er, or, em- broiderer. p 1 Ki. 7, 16 2Chr.4,12 Jer. 52,22 CHAP. 37. a ch. 35, 30 b ch. 25, 10 99 tenons, and two socketsunderanother board for his two tenons. 25 And for the other side of the tab- ernacle, tohich is toward the north comer, he made twenty boards, 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 tabernacle Svestward he made six boards. 28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 29 And they were ^coupled beneath, and coupled 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 ^vere sixteen sockets of silver, *under every board two sockets. 31 IT And he made '"bars of shittim wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the taber- nacle 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 Avith gold. 35 TAnd he made "a vaU o/blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : vjith cherubims made he it of cunning work. 36 And he ir±ade thereunto four pil- lars of shittim loood, and overlaid them with gold : their hooks loere of gold ; and he cast for them four sock- ets of silver. 37 tAnd he made an "hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and pur- ple, 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 with gold : but their five sockets loere of brass. CHAPTER 37. 1 77^6 arli:. fi The mercy seat icith chervMnis. 10 The table. \1 The candlestick. 25 The altar of inceiVie. 29 The nnoiniing oil and sweet incense. AND '^Be-zaFe-el made *the ark of shittim wood : two cubitis and a half loas 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 The onei'cy seat. EXODUS, 38. The altar of incense.. within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to he 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 shittim 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 UAnd he made the ^mercy seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half to as the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat , 8 One cherub ' on the end on this side, and another cherub ^on the other end on that side : out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 9 And the •'"cherubims spread out i'Aezrwingson high, <2?^{;? covered with iheir wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another ; eve7i to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims. 1 H And he made ^the table of shit- tim wood : two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth there- of, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: 1 1 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about. 1 2 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round abou o ; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. 1 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that vjere in the four feet thereof. 1 4 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. 1 5 And he made the staves of shit- tim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. 1 6 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his ^dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers ^to cover withal, of pure gold. 1 7 H And he made the 'candlestick of pure gold : of beaten work made he the candlestick ; his shaft, and his B. C. 1491. CHAP. 37. c Num. 4, G d Num.1,50 2 Sam. 6.3 e ch. 25. 17 1 Ov,outof, etc. 2 Or, out of, etc. / Gen. 3. 24 ch. 25, 22 1 Ki. 6, 23 2Chr.3,10 Ps. 80, 1 Ezek. 1, 5-28 Ezek.10,1 John 1,51 Phil. 2,10 ITim. 3,16 Heb. 1, 14 1 Pet.1,12 g ch. 25, 23 Mai. 1, 7,12 h ch. 25, 29 3 Or, to pour out withal. i ch. 25, 31 Lev. 24, 4 IChr. 28, 15 Zech. 4, 2 Mat. 5, 15, 16 John 5,35 Phil. 2,15 1 Pet. 2, 9 Rev. 1, 20 j Num.l7,g Jer. 1. 11 k Rev. 1, 20 Rev. 4, 5 I ch. 30, 1 ch. 40, 26 1 Ki. 9, 25 1 Chr. 29, 6.7 Isa. 60, 6 Mai. 1, 11 Hob. 7, 25 1 Pet. 2, 5 Rev. 8, 3 4 unction of holi- ness. ch. 30, 23, 34 Isa. 11, 2 Isa. 61, 1 Ps. 133, 2 1 John 2,20 m Ps. 141, 2 Song 4, 14 M?l. 1, 11 Heb. 5, 7 Heb. 7. 25 Rev. 5, 8 Rev. 8,3,4 CHAP. 38. a ch. 27, 1 2 Chr. 29, 23,24 Ps. 51. 15-19 Isa. 61, 8 Ezek. 44, 11 Ezek. 45, 17 Ezek. 46, 2 13 Heb. 9 14 Heb. 13,10 100 branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same : 18 And six branches going out of the sides thereof ; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof : 19 Three bowls made after the fash- ion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick. 20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like •^almonds, his knops, and his flowers : 21 And 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 going out of it. 22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made his ^seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. 25 IT And Tie made the incense altar of shittim wood : the length of it teas a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit ; it was foursquare; and two cubits IV as the height of it ; the horns there- of 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 unto it a crown of gold round about. 2T And he made two ring-s of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two comers 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 IT And he made *the holy anoint- ing oil, and the pure '"incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. CHAPTER 38. 1 The altar of burnt offering. 8 The laver of bras.9 9 The court. 21 The sum of thai which the ^^eople offered. A ND he made the altar «of burnt JLJL offering of shittim wood : five cubits was the length thereof, and The laver of brass. EXODUS, 3S. Stan of the offerings. five cubits the breadth thereof ; it b. c. 1491. icas foursquare ; and three cubits the; height thereof. I chap. ss. 2 And he made the horns thereof on| tire foul' cornel's of it; the homsi and he h 1 Ki. 7, 45 Ch. 30, IS 2Ki.l<3.17 2 Chr. 4.2 Ps. 26, 6 Ezek. 36.25 Zecli.13.1 2 Cor. 7 1 Heb. 10, 22 lJolin5,6 2 a-&sem- tliixQ by troops, as ISam. 2,22 corners thereof were of the same 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 fii^epans: all the vessels thereof made he of '^^brass. •i And he made for the altar a brasen iTate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 5 And he cast four lings for the foiu'i or, ends of the grate of brass, to be places J/^g^, for the staves. 6 And he made the staves of sliittim wood, and overlaid them ^^vith brass. 7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it Avithal ; he made the altai' hoUow with boards. d ch 27 9 8 "7 And he made 'the laver of brass. ' ps". 84', and the foot of it of brass, of the Is! 92, 13 ^looking-glasses of the v:oinen ^as-i sembling, which assembled at the ^, 2ciir.3,i4 door of the tabernacle of the congTe-, gation. Ifch27i9 9 "^And he made ''the court : on the! " 2Chr.'3.9 south side southward the hangings of the com't were of fine t^vined linen, an hundred cubits : 10 Their pillars icere twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty: the hooks of the piUars and their fillets, 5Ju™-^'^^ ■icere of silver. io, \i 11 And for the north side the hang- }T' ^"' ings were an hundred cubits, their 9ci^9|-| piJIars icere twenty, and theu' sock-; lets 7, 44 ets of brass twentv ; the hooks of the' pillars and their fillets of silver. U xum. 4, 12 And for the west side icere hang- 2^' ^ ings of fifty cubits, theu' pillars ten. ' and their sockets ten : the hooks of ' ch. 3i, 2,6 the pillars and their fiUets of silver. | 13 And for the east side eastward.; ch. 30, 13 fifty cubits. \ 17.:^^' li The hangings of the one side of ^^ 3 ^- the gate were fifteen cubits; their xmn! ' pillars three, and their sockets tliree. ' ^^' ^^ 15 And for the other side of the' court gate, on this hand and thaf^'^^-g' hand, icere hangings of fifteen cubits :| their pillars thi'ee, and theu' sockets three. I 16 All the hangings of the court' round about were of fme twined linen. 1 ' ^"^^-^'^ 1 7 And the sockets for the pillars' were of brass; the hooks of the pil-i"'2'?2f'32' ' ioi Ezra 9. S Isa. 22, 23 Eph. 2, 21,22 g Num. 1, 50, 53 1 3 a poll. lars and their fillets of silver ; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver ; and aU the pillars of the coiul; were filleted with silver. 1 8 And the hanguig for the gate of the court teas needlework, of blue, 'and purple, and scarlet, and fine t^uned Imen : and twenty cubits icas the length, and the height hi the breadth icas five cubits, answei^ble to the hangings of the court. 19 And theu pillars icere tour, and their sockets of brass four; then' hooks of silver, and the overlayiug of their chapiters and theu- fillets of silver. 2') And all the -'pins of the taber- nacle, arid of the court round about. were of brass. 21 TThis is the sum of the taber- nacle, ei'e?i of •''the tabernacle of tes- timony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Mo'ses, for the service of the Le'vites, by ^the hand of Ith'a-mar, son to Aaron the priest. 22 And'Ee-zale-el the son of U'ri.the son of Hur, of the tribe of Jii'dah, made all that the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 23 And with hhn iras A-holi-ab. son of A-liis'a-mach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a ciuuiing work- man, and an embroiderer m blue, and in pui-ple, and m scarlet, and fuie linen. 24 All the gold that was occupied for the work m all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offer- ing, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after -'the shekel of the sanctuaiy. 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and athousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary : 26 A ^bekah for ^every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for ever^' one that went to be numbered, from twentv years old and upward, for 'six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. 2 7 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast "'the sockets of the sanctuaiy, and the sockets of the vail ; an hundred sockets of the hun- dred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 And of the thousand seven hun The breastplate. EXODUS, 39. The robe of the ephod. dred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and over- laid their chapiters, and filleted them. 29 And the brass of the offering vjas seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. 30 And therewith he made the sock- ets to the door of the tabernacle 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 tab- ernacle, and all the "pins of the court round about, CHAPTER 39. i The cloths of service and holy garvients. 2 The ephod. 8 Tlie breastplate. 22 The robe of the ephod. 2'/ The coats, 'mitre, etc. 32 All viewed and approved by Moses. AND of ''the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made ^cloths of serv- ice, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aar'on; '^as the Lord commanded Mo'ges. 2 And ^he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the pur- ple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, vnth cunning work. 4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. 5 And the ^curious girdle of his ephod, that vms upon it, vkls of the same, according to the work thereof ; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen ; as the Lord commanded M5'§e§. 6 •[ And -^'they wrought ^onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the ^names of the children of l§'ra-el. T And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a 'memorial to the children of I§'ra-el ; as the Lord conamanded M5'§e§. 8 TT And ''lie made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod ; o/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 B. C. 1491. CHAP. 38. n ch. 27, 19 2 Chr. 3, 9 Ezra 9, 8 Isa. 22, 23 Eph. 8, 21,22 CHAP. 39. a ch. 35, 23 b ch. 31, 10 ch. 35. 19 Ps. 93, 6 Ezek. 43, 12 c ch. 28, 4 a ch. 28, 6 Lev. 8, 7 e Isa. 11, 5 Rev. 1, 13 / ch. 28, 9 q Job 28, 16 /I Isa. 49, 16 Rev. 2, 17 i ch. 28, 12 Josh. 4, 7 Neh. 2, 20 i ch. 28, 15 Isa. 59, 17 fe ch. 28, 17 1 Or, ru'by. Reuben's stone. 2 Simeon's stone. Job 28, 19 Ezek. 28,13 Rev. 21, 19,20 3 Levi's stone. Isa. 54, 12 4 Judah's stone. Ezek. 27, 16 Rev. 4, 3 5 Issa- char's stone. Job 28, 6 Song 5,14 Isa. 54, 11 6 Zebu- iun's stone. Jer. 17, 1 7 Dan's stone. 8 Naph- tali's stone. 9 Gad's stone. 10 Aslier's stone. Dan. 10, 6 11 Joseph's stone. Job 28, 16 12 Benia- min's stone. Rev.21,11 I ch. 28, 31 m ch. 28, 33 The pome- granates prevent- ed the bells from striking against each other. 102 stones : the first row was a 'sardius, a ^topaz, and a ^carbuncle : this loas the first row. 1 1 And the second row, an ^emerald, a ^sapphire, and a ^diamond. 12 And the third row, a 'ligure, an agate, and an ''amethyst. 13 And the fourth row, a ^ "beryl, an 'onyx, and a '^jasper : they were in- closed in ouches of gold in their in- closings. 11: And the stones v^ere according to the names of the children of i§'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 breast- plate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. 1 6 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings ; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. 17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. 1 9 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward. 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 21 And they did bind the breast- plate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod ; as the Lord commanded Mo'§e§. 22 TAnd lie made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, ii^ith a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 25 And they made '"bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the The tahe.rnacle brought to EXODUS, 40. 3Ioses, mid approved by hi m. nomft£>Ta,nates u7:)on the hem of the ^- c- i^si- 41 The cloths of service to do serv- pomegranates uj^on the hem of the robe, round about between the pome- granates ; 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the Lord commanded Mo'geg. 27 1 And "they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aar'on, and for his sons, 28 And ^a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and ^'linen breeches of fine twined linen, 29 And a girdle o/ fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework ; as the Lord commanded Mo'§e§. 30 IF And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and w^rote upon it a writing, like to the engrav- ings of a signet, ^HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 3 1 And they tied unto it alace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre ; as the Lord commanded M5'§es. 32 Thus was all the work of the tab- ernacle of the tent of the congrega- tion finished: and the children of l§'ra-el did 'according t'; all that the Lord commanded M5'§e§, so did they. 33 tAnd they brought 'the taber- nacle unto M.5'§e§, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, 34 i> nd the covering of rams' skins dyed /ed, and the covering of badg- ers' skins, and the vail of the cov- ering, 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, 36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 37 The 'pure candlestick, vnth the lamps thereof, even vnth 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 ves- sels, 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 congi-egation, CHAP. 39. n ch. 28, 39, 40 ch.28,4,39 Ezek. 44,18 p ch, 28, 42 q Ps. 93, 5 Isa. 23, 18 Zech. 14,20 r ch. 25, 40 s Heb. 9, 1-28 t Rev. 1, 13-20 u ch. 27, 21 Mat. 5, 14 Phih 2, 15 13 the in- cense of siveet spices. V ch. 38, 30 1 Ki. 8, 64 lu Rev. 3,12 X ch. 35, 10 y Gen.14,19 Lev. 9, 22 Num.6,23 Josh. 22,6 2 Sam. 6, 18 1 Ki. 8, 14 2Chr. 30, 27 CHAP. 40. n ch. 12, 2 ch. 13, 4 b ch. 25, 9 ch.26,1,30 Num. 7. 1 Acts 7. 44, 45 Heb.8,2-5 Heb.9. 2, 11 Rev. 21, 3 c Num. 4, 5 d ch. 26, 35 e Lev. 24, 5,6 1 the order thereof. f Heb. 9,24 Heb. 10, 19-22 g ch. 30. 18 hch.SO, 23-26 i ch. 29. 36 2 holiness of holi- nesses. j Lev. 8, 1-13 k ch. 28, 41 Ps. 133, 2 103 41 The cloths of service to do serv- ice in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aar'on the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in. the priest's office. 42 According to all that the Lord commanded Mo'§e§, so the children of Is'ra-el made -"all the work. 43 "And Mo'§e§ did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and M5'§e§ ^blessed them, CHAPTER 40. 1 Tks tabernacle is commanded to be reared and anointed. 12 Aaron and his sons to be sanctified. 34 A cloud cover eth the tabernacle. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, saying, 2 On the first day of the ''first month shaft 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 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 hang- ing of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congre- gation. 7 And ^thou shalt set the laver be- tween the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hang- ing at the court gate. 9 And thou shalt take Hhe anoint- ing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hal- low it. and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. 1 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his ves • sels, and sanctify the altar : and 'it shall be an altar "most holy. 1 1 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 1 2 And •'thou shialt bring Aar'on and his sons unto the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation, and wash them with w^ater. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aar'on the holy garments, *and anoint him, A cloud covereth LEVITICUS, 1. the tabernacle. and sanctify him ; that he may min- ister unto me in the priest's office. 14 And thou shalt bring Tiis 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 everlasting priest- hood throughout their generations. 16 Thus did Mo'§e§: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. 17 IT And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the "taberna- cle was reared up. 1 8 And Mo'§e§ reared up the taber- nacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof , and reared up his pillars. 1 9 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the cov- ering of the tent above upon it ; as the Lord conmianded Mo'§e§. 20 IF And he took and put the ^testi- mony into the "arl^, 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'§e§. 22 IF 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 i'a order upon it before the Lord ; as the Lord had commanded Mo'§es. 24 lAnd "he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 25 And 'he lighted the lamps before the Lord ; as the Lord conamanded Mo'§es. B. C. 1491. CHAP. 40. I Heb.7.23 in Num, 25, 13 Heb. 7, 11 Rev. 1, 6 1 Pet. 2, 5.9 1490. n Num. 7, 1 3 tables of the law. ch. 25, 16 Ps. 78, 5 Isa. 8, 20 p ch. 35, 12 q ch. 26, 35 r ch. 26, 35 s ch. 25, 37 t ch. 30, 6 u ch. 30, 7 V ch. 26, 36 w ch. 29, 38 X ch. 30, 18 y ch. 30, 19 z ch.27,9,16 a Lev. 36,2 Num.9,15 Isa. 6, 4 Ezek.43,4 Hagi.2,7,9 Rev. 15, 8 h 1 Ki. 8, 11 c Num. 10, 11 4 jov/r- neyed. (I Num. 9, 19-22 e ch. 13, 21 "he burnt sweet incense as the Lord commanded 26 IT And 'he put the golden altar ia the tent of the congregation before the vail : 27 And thereon ; Mo'§e§. 28 IT And %e set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and "offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering ; as the Lord commanded Mo'§e§. D. Lev. 1. 3_5. 3 ^ And -"he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash vnthal. 31 And Mo'§e§ and Aar'on and his sons w^ashed their hands and their feet thereat : 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the aHar, they w ashed ; ^as the Lord commanded Mo'se§. 83 And 'he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Mo'§e§ finished the work. 34 ^Then ''a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And M5'§e§ ''was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, be- cause the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tab- ernacle. 36 And nvhen the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the chil- dren of i§'ra-el Svent onward in aU their journeys : 37 But ^if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 3© For '^the cloud of the Lord vkis upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of l§'ra-el, throughout all their journeys. THE THIED BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED LEVITICUS. CHAPTER 1. 1 The burnt offerings, 3 of the herd. 10 of the flocks, 14 of tlie fowls. 4ND the Lord ''called untoMo'se§, ^ ^ and spake *unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, say- ing, B. C. 1490. CHAP. 1. a Ex. 19, 3 h Num. 12, 4,5 C ch. 22, 18 104 2 Speak unto the children of i§'ra-ei, and say unto them, Tf any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord. ye shall bring your offering of t\h cattle, eve7i of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his offering be a burnt sacrificel D Sundry hur/ic offerings. LEVITICUS, 2. The "meat offering. of the herd, let hun offer a male with- out ''blemish : he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord. 4 And ^he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering ; and it shall be -^accepted for him to ^make atonement for him . 5 And he shall kill the ^bullock be- fore the Lord : 'and the priests, Aar'- on's sons, shall bring the blood, and •'Sprinkle the blood round about uj^on .the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. * 6 And he shall flay the burnt offer- ing, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the sons of Aar'on the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and 'lay the wood in order upon the fire : 8 And the priests, Aar'on'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 9.nd liis legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to he a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fu'e, of a 'sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 IT And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice ; he shall bring it a male without blemish. 1 1 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord : and the priests, Aar'on's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. 1 2 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with liis head and his fat : and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar : 13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar : it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 141 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 *D. 4. 6, 6. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 1. a Ex. 12, 5 ch. 3, 1 ch. 22, 20,21 Deut. 15, 21 Mai. 1, li John 14, 30 Eph. 5, 27 Heb. 9, 14 1 Pet.1,19 e ch. 4, 15 ch. 8, 14 Ex. 29, 10 Isa. 53, 4 2Cor.5,21 1 Pet.2,24 / Isa. 56, 7 Rom.12,1 Phil. 4, 18 q Num. 15,25 Roin.5,11 7i Mic. 6, 6 i Heb. 10,11 j Heb. 12, 24 1 Pet. 1, 2 fc Gen. 22, 9 I Gen. 8, 21 Ezek. 20,28 2Cor.2,15 Eph. 5, 2 Phil. 4, 18 m Lu. 2, 24 1 Or, ■pinch off the head with the nail. 2 Or, the flltli thereof. n Gen.15,10 CHAP. 2. a ch. 6, 14 ch. 9, 17 Num. 15,4 b ch. 5, 12 ch. 6, 15 ch. 24, 7 Isa. 66, 3 Acts 10, 4 c ch. 7, 9 ch. 10, 12,13 d Ex. 29. 37 Num.18,9 e Ex. 29, 2 1 Or, on a flat plate, or, slice. /Ex. 29,18 g Ex. 29, 18,37 105 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 sacri- fice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. CHAPTER 2. 1 The meat offetHng of , Hour, with oil and incetise. 12 The oblation offirfifruits not to be burnt. 13 The salt of the meat off ering . AND when any will offer "a meat offering unto the Lord, his of- fering shall be of fine flour ; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frank- incense thereon : 2 And he shall bring it to Aar'on's sons the priests: and he shaU take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof ; and the priest shaU bum *the memorial of it upon the altar, to he an offering made by fire, of a sweet savoui' unto the Lord: 3 And 'the remnant of the meat offer- ing shall be Aar'on's and his sons': '^it is a thing most holy of the offer- ings of the Lord made by fire. 4 li^And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken m the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled wath oil, or unleavened wafers 'anointed v\"ith oil. 5 lAnd if thy oblation he a meat offering bal'eji 'in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering. 7 "iTAnd if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fiyingpan, it shall be made of flne flour with off. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat of- fering that is made of these things unto the Lord : and when it is pre- sented unto the priest, he shall bring it untc the ^altar. 9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial there- of, and shall burn it upon the altar : it is an -^offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aar'on's and his sons' : it is a tiling most holy of the offerings of the Lord ^made by fire. 1 1 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made Concerning the LEVITICUS, 3, 4. peace offerings. with ^leaven: for ye shaU burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offer- ing of the Lord made by fire. 12 IF As 'for the oblation of the first- fruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord : but they shall not "^be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour, 1 3 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 lack- jag from thy meat offering : w^ith '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 offer- ing of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of ^full ears. 1 5 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon : it is a meat offering. 1 6 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. CHAPTER 3. I The peace offering oj the hetxl, 6 of ike Jlock, 7 whether a lamb, 12 or a goat. AND if his oblation be a "sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd ; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blem- ish before the Lord. 2 And *he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation: and Aar'on'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 Aar'on's sons '"shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire : it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 6 1i And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord be of the flock ; male or female, he shall offer it '^without blemish. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 2. /) ch. 6, 17 Mat.16,12 Marks, 15 Lu. 12, 1 1 Cor. 5, 8 Gal. 5, 9 i Ex. 22, 29 ch. 23, 10,11 2 ascend. } ]VIark9,49 Col. 4, 6 k Num. 18, 19 I Ezek. 43,24 m Ex. 23,19 Pro. 3, 9 n ch. 23, 10, 14 2 Ki. 4, 42 CHAP. 3. a ch. 22, 21 b Ex. 29, 10 Isa. 53, 4 Num.8,12 2 Cor.5,21 Heb. 9, 28 1 Pet.2,24 1 Pet.3a8 1 Or, suet. 2 Or, mid- riff over the liver, and over the kid- neys. c Ex. 29, 13 d Isa. 53, 9 John 14,30 Acts 4, 27 Rom. 12, 1,2 2 Cor.5,21 Titus 2. 11, 12 Heb. 7, 26 1 Pet.1,19 e ch.21,6,8, 17, 21, 22 ch. 22, 25 Ezek.44,7 Mai. 1, 7, 12 /ch. 7,23 iSam. 2, 15 2Chr.7, 7 g ch, 6, 18 ch. 7, 36 Ch. 17, 7 ch. 23, 14 3 Compare Deut. 32^ 14 with Neh. 8. 10 h Gen. 9, 4 ch. 17, 10 Deut. 12, 16 1 Sam. 14, 33 Ezek. 44, 7, 15 Rom. 14, 20-23 CHAP. 4. a ch. 5,15,17 Num. 15, 22 1 Sam. 14, 27 Ps. 19. 12 106 7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kiU it before the tabernacle of the congre- gation : and Aar'on's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat there- of, a?id 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 in- wards, 1 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. 1 1 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar : it is ^the food of the offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord. 12 If And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord. 1 3 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation : and the sons of Aar'on shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. 14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, eve?i an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is iipon the inwards, 15 And the two kidnevs, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar : it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet sa- vour : -^all the fat is the Lord's. 17 7^ shall be a ^perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither ^fat nor ^blood. CHAPTER 4. 1 The Hn offering of ignorance for the priest, 13 for the congregatio7i, 22 for a ruler, 27 for any oftht people N D the Lord spake unto M5'§e§, A saymg, 2 Speak unto the children of is'ra-el, saying, ''If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the com^ mandments of the Lord concer?ii?ig thi?igs which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them . The sin offerings LEVITICUS, 4. of ignorance. 3 If ^the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the peo- ple; then let liim bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young "bul- lock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering. 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto "^the door of the tabernacle 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 anointed shall 'take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the con- gregation : 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. D. 4. 15. 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 tabernacle of the con- gregation; and shall pour '^all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offer- ing ; the fat that covereth the in- wards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, w^hich 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 bul- lock of the sacrifice of peace offerings : and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering. 1 1 And 'the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, 12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth Hvitliout 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 IT And ^if the whole congregation of I§'ra-el sin through ignorance, ™and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done sotne- what against any of the conmiand- ments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty ; 14 When the sin, which they have B. C. 1490. CHAP. 4. b ch. 8, 12 Heb. 5, 3 c ch. 9, 2 d ch. 1, 3, 4 e ch. 16, 14 Num.19,4 Heb. 9, 13 / Isa. 42, 21 John 8,29 Rom.3,24 2 Cor.5,19 Eph. 2, 13 Rev. 5, 9 g ch. 9, 9 ch. 16, 18 h ch. 5, 9 i Ex. 29, 14 Num.19,5 1 to with- out the camp. j ch. 6, 11 feHeb. 13,11 2 at the pouring out of the ashes. I Num. 15,24 Josh. 7,11 m ch. 5, 2,3, 4,17 n Ex. 29,10, 15,19 ch. 1, 4 ch. 3, 2, 8,13 ch.8,14,22 ch. 16, 21 Isa. 53, 6 Mat. 8, 17 Heb. 9, 28 1 Pet.2,24 Heb. 9,12, 13,14 p Num. 15,25 Dan. 9, 24 Rom.5,11 Heb. 2, 17 Heb. 10, 10-12 1 John 1,7 1 John 2,2 q Ex. 18. 21 Num.16,2 Ezra 9, 2 Acts 3, 17 r ch. 3, 5 s Num. 15,28 107 sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bul- lock for the sin, and bring him be- fore the tabernacle of the congrega- tion. 15 And the elders of the congrega-' tion shall 'lay their hands upon the head of the buUock before the Lord : and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord. D. 6, 7., 16 And ^he priest that is anointed shaU bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation : 17 And the priest shall dip his fin- ger 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 offer- ing, which is at the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation. 19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar. 20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do w^th this: ^and the priest shall make an atone- ment for them, and it shall be for- given them. 21 And he shall carry forth the bul- lock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock : it is a sin offering for the congregation. 22 TWhen a^ruler hath sinned, and done soinewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty ; 23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish : 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place v/here they kill the burnt offer- ing before the Lord : it is a sin offer- ing. 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his fin- ger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall poui out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. 26 And he shall burn all his fal upon the altar, as "the fat of the sac- rifice of peace offerings: "and th^ jShi offei'ing for the people. LE^^ITICUS, 5. The trespass offering. priest shall make an atonement for liini as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. '2 7 *r And 'if "any one of the ^common people sin through ignorance, while he doetli someichat against any of the connnandments of the Loed con- cerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty ; 2S Or "if his sin, which he hath sunied. come to Ms knowledge : then he shall bring his offermg. a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin wliich he hath smned. 29 And 'he shall lay liis hand upon the head of the sin offermg, and slay the sin offering in the place of the biu-nt offering. 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with liis finger, and i^ut it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall poiu" 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 offer- ings; and the priest shall biu^n it upon the altar for a sweet savour •^imto the Lord ; -and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven hhn. 32 And if he bring a ''iamb for a sm offering, ^he shaU bring it a female without blemish. 33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offermg in the place where thej' kill the bui'nt offering. 31: And the priest shaU take of the blood of the sin offering with his fin- ger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bot- tom of the altar : 35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the saciifice of the peace offerings ; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to ''the offerings made by fire luito the Lord : and the priest shall make an "^atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven hhn. CHAPTER 5. 1 Tiie trespass offering of one that concealeth his knoicledge in touchina an vnciean thing, 4 ar in making an oath. U Tfie trespass! offerivg in sac- rilege. 11 a7\d in sins of ignorance. XD if a soul sm, ''and hear the voice of swearing, and is a wit- B. C. 1490. CHAP. ft. t Xum. l.->, £7 EccL 7,20 3 any souL 4z people of I the 'land. |UTer. 23 k' vers, i, 24 It' ch. 3, 14 X ch. 3, 3 l/Es. 29,18 I cli. 1, 9 \z ver. 26 a Isa. 53. 7 John 1,29 Acts 8, 32 lPet.1,19 Rev. b, 6-14 Hex. 13, 8 h ver. 28 c ch. 3, 5 d Dan. 9. 24 Rom.5,11 Heb. 9, 8-23 1 John 1,7 lJohn2,2 A CHAP. 5. a 1 Ki. 8, 31 Pro. 29.24 Mat.26,63 b Gen.17.14 ch. 7, IS ch. 17, 16 ch. 19, S ch. 20, 17 ^'um.9,13 c ch. 11, 34, 28. 31, 39 Xum. 19, 11, 13, 16 a ch. 12, 1 ch. 13, 1 ch. 15, 1 e That is, Iiashly,a.s 1 Sam. 14,24 /I Sam. 25, 22 Mai. 3, 5 Acts23,12 g Mark 6,23 7i ch. 26, 40 Num. 5, 7 Ezra 10, 11 i ch. 14, 21 1 Tiis hand cannot reaeh to the su-fi- ciencyof a lamb. 2 Or, pinch of the head with the nail. j ch. 1, 14 3 Or, ordi- nance. k Num.5,15 103 ness, whether he hath seen or known of it ; if he do not utter it, then he shall ''bear his im'quity. 2 Or 'i£ a soul touch any unclean thuig, whether it be a carcase of an imclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creep- ing things, and // it be hidden from him: he also shaU be unclean, and giiilty. . 3 Or if he touch the '^uncieanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shaU be defiled withal, and it be hid from hhn ; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be giiilty. L Or if a soul swear, ^pronouncing T^-ith h is hps no do evil, or ^^to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall X)ronoimce with an oath, and it be hid from liim ; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be giiilty m one of these. 5 And it shall be, when he shaU be giiilty m one of these th ings. that he shall Confess that he hath sinned in that thing : 6 And he shall brmg his trespass offering mito the Lord for his sm which he hath siniied, a female from ithe flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sm offermg ; and the priest shall make an atonement for hhn concern- mg his sin. I T And if ^he be not able to biing a lamb, then he shall bring for liis tres pass, which he hath committed, two tuLTtledoves, or two young pigeons, imto the Lord ; one for a sin offer- ing, and the other for a biunt offer- ing. j b And he shall bring them imto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sm offering fii-st. and wring I -off his head from liis neck, but shall 'not di^*ide it asimder : I 9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering ux:)on the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be ^viimg out at the bottom of the altar : it is a sm offermg. i 10 And he shall offer the second for a bmiit offering, ''according to the I ^manner : and the priest shaU make 'an atonement for him for his sin j wliich he hath simied, and it shall be I forgiven him. I 11 But if he be not able to biing two tiutledoves, or t^-o young pigeons, tlien he that simied "shah bring f or his offering che tenth part of an ephah 'of fine flour for a sin offeiing: %e shall put no oil i;pon it, neither shall The trespass offering. LEVITICUS, 6. Law of the burnt offering. he put any frankincense thereon : for it is a sin offering. 1 2 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial there- of, and burn it on the altar, accord- ing 'to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord : it is a sin offering. 1 3 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him : and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering. 14 II And the Lord spake unto Mo'- §e§, saying, 15 If '"a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then "ne shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after "the shekel of the sanc- tuary, for a trespass off'ering : 1 6 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing,and 'shall add thefifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest : ^and the priest shall make an atone- ment for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be for- given him. 17 If And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are for- bidden to be done by the command- ments of the Lord ; though he 'wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 1 8 And he shall bring a ram with- out blemish out of the ilock,with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest : and the priest shall make an atonement for him concern- ing his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be for- given him. 1 9 It is a trespass 'offering : 'he hath certainly trespassed againsio the Lord. CHAPTER 6. 1 The trespass offering for sins done wittinph/. 8 77/e law of the burnt oferi?ig, 14 and meat ofering. 19 Tlie offering at the consecration of a priest. 24 The law of the sin offering.. AN D the Lord spake unto M5'se§, saying, 2 If a soul sin, and "commit a tres- pass against the IjORD, and *lie unto his neighbour in that ''which was de- livei'ed him to keep, or in 'fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath ''deceived his neighbour ; B. C. 1490. CHAP. 5. I ch. i, 35 m ch. 22, 14 n Ezra 10, 19 Ex. 30, 13 ch. 27, 25 p ch. 6, 5 ch. 22, 14 ch. 27, 13, 15, 27, 31 Num. 5, 7 q ch. 4, 26 Heb. 9, 13, 14 r Ps. 19, 12 Lu. 12, 48 Heb. 5, ? s Isa. 53, 10 t Ezra 10, 2 CHAP. 6. a Num. 5, 6 b ch. 19, 11 Acts 5, 4 Col. 3, 9 c Ex. 22, 7, 10 1 putting of the hand, or, in deal- ing. d Pro. 24,28 Pro. 26,19 e Deut.22,1 /Ex. 22,11 ch. 19, 12 Jer. 7, 9 Zeeh. 5, 4 g ch. 5, 16 Num. 5, 7 2 Sara. 12,6 Lu. 19, 8 3 in the day of his trespass, or, in the day of his being found guilty. h Ex. 12, 5 ch. 3 1 ch. 2^, 20,21 Deut. 15,21 Mai. 1, 14 Eph. 5, 27 1 Tim. 2, 5,6 Heb. 9, 14 Heb. 10, 1-17 3 Or, for the burn- ing. i Ex. 28, 39-43 ch. 16, 4 Ezek. 44, 17 j Ps. 50, 3 Isa. 33, 14 Dan. 7, 10 Mat.25,41 k Num.15,4 109 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 de- ceitfully 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 trespass offering unto the Lord, a ram with- out ^blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offer- ing, unto the priest : 7 And the priest shall make an atonement tor him before the Lord : and it shall be forgiven him for any thing ot all that he hath done in tres- passing therein . d. 9. 7. 8 1i And the Lord spake unto M5'§e§, saying, 9 Command Aar'on and his sons, saying. This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, ^be- cause of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. 1 And 'the priest shall put on his linen gannent, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath con- sumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 11 And he shall put off his gar- ments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. 1 2 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it ; it shall not be put out : and the priest shall bum 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 burning upon the altar ;■ it shall never go out. 14 11 And *this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aar'on shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar. 1 5 And he shall take of it his hand- ful, of the flour of the meat offering, Law of the meat offering, LEVITICUS, T. and the trespass offering. and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar /or a sweet savour, eve^i the memorial of it, unto the Lord. 1 6 And the remainder thereof shall Aar'on and his sons eat : with un- leavened ^bread shall it be eaten in the holy place ; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. 1 7 It '"shall not be baken with leaven. "I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire ;| °it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. 18 All ^the males among the chil- dren of Aar'on shall eat of it. It ''shall he 8i statute for ever in your genera- tions concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire : every '^one that toucheth them shall be holy. 1 9 t And the Lord spake unto M5'- §e§, saying, 20 This Hs the offering of Aar'on and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed ; the tenth part of a.n 'ephah 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 offering shalt thou offer /or a sweet savour unto the Lord. 22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall oft'er it: it is a statute for ever unto the Lord; ''it shall be wholly burnt. 23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt : it shall not be eaten. 24 "iFAnd the Lord spake unto M5'- §e§, saying, 25 Speak unto Aar'on and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering : "In the place where the burnt offering is killed shpJl the sin offering be killed before the Lord: nt is most holy. 26 The Spriest that offereth it for sin shall eat it : in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the taber- nacle of the congregation. 27 Whatsoever ^'shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy : and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that w hereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 6. I Num. 18,10 m ch. 2, 11 n Num. 18, 9,10 Ex. 29, 37 p Num. 18,10 q ch. 3, 17 r Ex. 29, 37 ch. 22. 3 s Ex. 29, 2 t Ex. 16, 36 u Ex. 29, 25 Isa. 53, 10 Mat.20,28 Dan. 9, 26 1 Tim. 2,6 V ch. 4, 24, 29 w ch. 21, 22 Ps. 63, 5 X Num.18,9 Ezek. 44, 28 y Ex. 29, 37 Ex. .30, 29 z ch. 11, 33 ch, 15, 12 a Num. 18,10 h ch. 16, 27 Heb. 13,11 CHAP. 7. a ch. 5, 1 ch. 6, 1-7 b Ex. 29, 37 ch. 6, 17 ch. 21, 22 c ch. 4, 24, 29, 33 d Ex. 29, 13 ch. 3, 4, 9, 10, 14, 15 ch. 4, 8, 9 e Titus 2,14 Heb. 9, 28 /ch. 6, 16 Num.18,9 g ch. 2, 3 Ps. 93, 5 h ch. 6, 25 ch. 14, 13 i ch. 2, 3,10 Num.18,9 Ezek. 44.29 1 Or, on the flat plate, or, slice. j Num. 5, 9 1 Cor. 9, 7-14 k ch. 3, 1 ch. 22, 18 110 28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden 'shall be broken : and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. 29 All "the males among the priests shall eat thereof : it is most holy. 30 And *no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tab- ernacle of the congregation to recon- cile vnthal in the holy p/ace, shall be eaten : it shall be burnt in the fire. CHAPTER 7. 1 The law of the trespass offering, il and of the peace offerings. 22 The fat and the blood are for bidden. 28 The priests' portion. LIKEWISE nhis 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 kidneys, it shall he take away : 5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an ^offering made by fire unto the Lord : it is a tres- pass offering. 6 P^very -^male among the priests shall eat thereof : it shall be eaten in the holy place : it Hs most holy. 7 As fhe 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, eve^i the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. 9 And 'all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and 'in the pan, shall be the ^priest's that offer- eth it. 10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aar'on have, one as much as an- other. 11 irAnd ^this is the law of the sac- rifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord. 1 2 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened jOaw of the peace offerings. LEVITICUS, Tiie prfesfs portion. wafers 'anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering '"leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. 14: And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord, ""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 thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered ; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16 But ^if the sacrifice of his offer- ing ^e a vow, or a voluntary offer- ing, 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 shall it be ^imputed unto hun that offereth it : it shall be an ''abomination, 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 offer- ings, that pertain unto tlie 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 un- cleanness of man, or any "unclean beast, or any "abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sac- rifice of peace offerings, which per- tain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 22 1" And the Lord spake unto Mo'- §es, saying, 23 Speak unto the children of !§'- ra-el, saying, ^Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. 24 And the fat of the 'beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be B. C. 1490. CHAP. 7. 1 ch. 2, 4 Num.6,15 m Amos 4,5 n Num.18,8 o ch. 22, 30 p ch. 19, 6 q Gen. 4, 5 Num. 18,37 r ch. 11, 10 Pro. 15, 8 Pro.21,27 Eccl. 5, 1 Jer. 6, 20 Amos 5,22 s ch. 15, 3 t Gen.17,14 u ch. 12, 1 ch. 13, 1 ch. 15, 1 V ch. 11, 24,28 w Ezek. 4,14 X ch. 3, 17 2 carcase. ch. 17, 15 Deut. 14, 21 Ezek.4,14 Ezek. 44, 31 y Gen. 9, 4 ch. 3, 17 ch. 17, 10-14 Deut. 12,16 1 Sam. 14,33 Ezek. 44, 7,15 Actsl5,20 z ch. 3, 1 a Ex. 29, 24,27 ch. 8, 27 ch. 9, 21 Num.6,20 boh. 3, 5,11 c ch. 9, 21 Num.6,20 d Ex. 29, 28 ch. 10, 14,15 Num. 18, 18 Deut.18,3 e Ex. 40, 13,15 ch. 8, 12,30 /Heb. 7, 18-28 Heb. 8, 1-13 Heb. 10, 1-12 g ch. 6, 9 h ch. 6, 25 i Ex. 29, 1 ch. 6, 20 111 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 of- fering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. 26 Moreover ^'ye shall eat no man- ner 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 IT And the Lord spake imto Mo'- §e§, saying, 29 Speak unto the cliildren of !§'- ra-el, saying, -He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the Lord shall bring his oblation unto the Lord of the sacrifice of liis 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 niay be waved /or a wave offering before the Lord. 31 And ^the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar : but the breast shall be Aar'on'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 oiiernigs. 3 3 He among the sons of Aar'on, that offereth the blood cf the peace offer- ings, 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 l§'ra-el from off the sacri- fices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aar 'onthe priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of l§'ra-el. 35 ^This is the xoortion of the anointing of Aar'on, and of the anoint- ing of his sons, out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day lahen he presented them to minister unto the Lord in the priest's office ; 36 Which the Lord commanded to be given them of the children of l§'ra-el, ^in the day that he anointed them, by a statute -^for ever through- out their generations. 37 This is the law ''of the burnt offer- ing, of the meat offering, -^and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offer- ing, 'and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings ; 38 Which the Lord conmianded The consecration of LEVITICUS, 8. Aaron and his sons. M5'§e§ in mount Si'nai, in the day that he commanded the children of I§'ra-el to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wildemess of Si'nai. CHAPTER 8. \ Moses consecrateth Aaron and his sons: 14 their sin offering: 18 their burnt off eriny . 22 The rum of consecration. 31 The place and time of their con- secration. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, saying, 2 Take "Aar'on and his sons with him, and the garments, and *the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread ; 3 And gather thou all the congrega- tion together unto the door of the tabernacle_of the congregation. 4 And M5'§es did as the Lord com- manded him ; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 5 And M5'§e§ said unto the congre- gation, This is the thiiig which the Lord commanded to be clone. 6 And M5'§e§ brought Aar'on and his sons, and '^washed them with water. 7 And he put upon him '^the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed hun with Uie robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him there- with. 8 And he put the breastplate upon him : also he 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 M5'§e§. 10 And ^M5'§es took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that loas 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. 1 2 And he 'poured of the anointing oil upon Aar'on's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. 13 And •'Mo'ge^ brought Aar'on's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and ^put bonnets upon them ; as the Lord com- manded M6'§es. 14 IT And *he brought the bullock for the sin offering : and Aar'on and his B. C. 1490. CHAP. 8. a Ex. 29, 1 b Ex. 30, 24:, 25 c Ex. 30, 19 Ps. 26, 6 Isa. 52, 11 Ezek. 36,25 1 Cor.6,11 Eph. 5, 26 Heb. 9, 9-14 Heb. 10,22 Rev. 1,5,6 d Ex. 28, 4 e Ex. 28,30 Num. 27,21 Deut.33,8 1 Sam. 28,6 Ezra 2, 63 Neb. 7, 05 / Ex. 29, 6 Zecb. 3, 5 Zech.6,11 fif Ex. 28, 37 U Ex. 30,26, 27. 28, 29 % Ex. 29, 7 Ex. 30, 30 ch. 21, 10. 12 Ps. 133, 2 Isa. 61, 1 j Ex. 29,8,9 1 bound. k Ex. 29. 10 Ps. 51, 19 Ps. 66, 15 Ezek. 43, 19 Heb. 9, 13,14 I ch. 4, 4 m Ex. 29, 12, 36 ch. 4, 7 Ezek. 43, 20,26 Heb. 9, 22 n Ex. 29, 13 ch. 4, 8 Ex. 29, 14 ch. 4, 11,12 p Ex. 29, 15 q Ex. 29, 18 r Ex. 29, 19,31 s Rom. 6, 13, 19 Rom.12,1 1 Cor.6,20 t Heb. 9, 18-24 u Ex. 29, 22 V Ex. 29. 23 112 sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offer- ing. 1 5 And he slew it ; '"and Mo'§e§ took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his fin- ger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconcilia- tion upon it. 1 6 And "he took all the fat that ivas upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and M5'§e§ burned it upon the altar. 17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt ^^nth fire without the camp ; as the Lord "commanded Md'ses. 1 8 IT And ^he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aar'on and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it; and M5'§e§ sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces ; and Mo'seg burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 2 1 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water ; and M5'§e§ burnt the whole ram upon the altar : it ivas a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, a7id an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; ^as the Lord commanded Mo'§e§. 22 '1 And ''he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration : and Aar'on and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 23 And he slew it ; and Mo'§e§ took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aar'on's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24 And he brought Aar'on's sons, and M5'§e§ put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes ot their right feet : and M5'§e§ 'sprinkled the biood upon the altar round about. 25 And "he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that icas upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder : 26 And "out of the basket of unleav- ened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer. The rayn of consecration. LEVITICUS, 9. Aaron'' s sin offering. and put them on the fat, and upon ^.he right shoulder : 2 7 And he put all ""upon Aar'on's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering be fore the Lord. 28 And-'Mo'^eg took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering : they loere consecrations for ^^a sweet sa- vour: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 29 And Mo'§e§ took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord : for of the ram of conse- cration it was ^Mo'ses' part ; as the Lord comruanded Mo'§e§. 30 And'^Mo'geg took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which loas upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aar'- on, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him ; and sanctified Aar'on, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 31 "[And M5'§es said unto Aar'on and to his sons, *Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of conse- crations, as I commanded, saying, Aar'on and his sons shall eat it. 32 And ''that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye bum with fire. 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation 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 congre- gation day and night seven daj^s, and •''keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not : for so I am commanded. 36 So Aar'on and his sons did all things which the Lord commanded by the hand of Mo'se§. CHAPTER 9. 1, 8 AaroTL'n sin ofrering and burnt offering for him- self and the people. 23 J/o.ses and Aaron blens the people, and fire cometk. out from the Lord upon the altar. k ND "it came to pass on the eighth -^iJL day, that Md'ses called Aar'on and his sons, and the elders of Is'ra-el ; 2 And he said unto Aar'on, ~*Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, (8) B.C. CHAP. 8, w Ex. 29, 24 X Ex. 29, 25 V Gen. 8, 21 Eph. 5, 2 z Ex. 29, 26 a Ex. 29, 21 Ex. 30, 30 Num. 3, 3 b Ex. 29, 31 c Ex. 29, 34 a Ex. 29, 30,35 Ezek. 43, 25,26 e Heb. 7, 16 / Num. 3, Num.9,19 Deut.11,1 1 Ki. 2, 3 Ezek. 48,11 CHAP. 9. a Ezek. 43,27 b Ex. 29, 1 ch. 4, 3 ch. 8, 14 c ch. 8, 18 cl ch. 4, 23 ch. 10, 19 Ezra 6, 17 e ch. 2, 4 /Ex.29, 43 g Ex. 24, 16 h 1 Sam. 3, 14 Heb. 5, 3 Heb. 7, 27 Heb. 9, 7 i ch.4,16,20 Heb. 5, 1 ] ch. 8, 15 k ch. 4, 7 I ch. 8, 16 m ch. 4, 8 ftch.4,10,11 ch. 8, 17 Isa. 53, 10 John 1,29 1 Cor.15.3 2 Cor.5,21 Eph. 5, 2 Gal. 1, 4 Heb. 1, 3 Heb. 2, 17 Heb. 5, 3, 5. 10, 14 1 Pet.2,24 1 Pet.3.18 1 John 2,2 1 John 4, 10 Rev. 1, 5 113 1490. and 'a ram for a burnt offering, with- out bleniish,and offer them before the Lord. 3 And luito the children of l§'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, without blemish, for a burnt offering ; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord ; and a 'meat offering mingled with oil : for ■'^to day the Lord will appear unto you. 5 tAnd they brought that which Mo'§e§ commanded before the taber- nacle of the congregation : and all the congregation drew near and stood before the_LoRD. 6 And Mo'§e§ said. This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do : and ^the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you. 7 And Mo'seg said unto A ar'on, Go ' unto the altar, and ^off er thy sin offer- ing, and thy burnt offering, and make a.: 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 ^Aar'on therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which vms for himself. 9 And •'the sons of Aar'on 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 commanded Mo'ses. 11 And "the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 1 2 And he slew the burnt offering ; and Aar'on's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. 1 3 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head : and he burnt them upon the altar. 14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. 1 5 ITAnd "he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which wcm the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin as the first. *D. 16. 15, 16. D Nadab and Abihu LEVITICUS, 10. are burnt byjirt. 16 And he brought the burnt offer- ing, and offered it according to the ^manner. 1 7 And he brought the meat offer- ing, and '^took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, ^beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram /or a sacrifice of peace offer- ings, which ^vas for the people: and Aar'on's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled, upon the altar round about, 19 And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kid- neys, 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 Aar'on waved ^for a wave offering before the Lord ; as Mo'§e§ commanded. 22 And Aar'on 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. I 23 And M5'§e§ and Aar'on went into' the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and 'blessed the peo- ple : 'and the gloiy of the Lord ap- peared unto all the people. 24: And "there came a fire out from "before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offermg and the fat : w/i ich when all the people saw, they "shouted, and fell on their faces. CHAPTER 10. I Nadal) and Abihu burnt. 8 Tlie priests forhidden wine when they enter the tabernacle. 12 The law of eating the holy things. \ ND^'Na'dab and A-bilm, the sons JTjL of Aar'on, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered ^strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. 2 And there ''went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. 8 Then M5'se§ said unto Aar'on, 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 Aar'on held his peace. 4 And M5'§e§ called Mish'a-el and l:Fza-phan, the sons of -^Uz'zi-el the uncle of Aar'on, and said unto them, Come near, i'carry your brethren B. C. 1490. CHAP. 9. 1 Or, ordi- nance. 2 filled his liand out of it. p Ex. 29, 38 q Ex. 29, 24 r Deut.21,5 Lu. 24, 50 s 2 Sam. 6, 18 lChr.16,2 2 Chr. 6, 3 t Num. 16,19 II. Gen. 4, 4 Gen.15,17 2 Chr. 7, 1 V Ex. 25, 22 iwlKi.18,39 Ezra 3, 11 CHAP. 10. a Num. 26,61 b Ex. 30, 9 c Num. 16, 35 2 Sam.6,7 d Ex. 19, 22 Isa. 52, 11 Ezek. 20,41 e Isa. 49, 3 Ezek. 28, 22 John 13, 31 2 Thes. 1,10 /Ex. 6, 18 Num.3,19 g Acts 5, 6 7i Num. 6, 6, 7 Deut.33,9 i 2 Sam.. 24, 1 j ch. 21, 12 k Ex. 28, 41 I Pro. 31, 5 Pro. 20, 1 Isa. 28, 7 Isa. 56, 10-12 Ezek. 44,21 Hos. 4, 11 Lu. 1, 15 Eph. 5, 18 1 Tun. 3,3 Titus 1, 7 m Jer.15,19 Ezek. 22,26 Ezek. 44, 23 nDeut.24,8 Neh. 8, 2, 13 ,Jer. 18,18 Mai. 2, 7 Ex. 29, 2 ch. 6, 16 Num. 18, 9,10 p ch. 21, 22 q Ex. 29. 24 ch.7,31,34 Num. 18,11 114 from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp ; as M5'§e§ had said. 6 And ]Mo'§e§ said unto Aar'on, and unto E-le-a'zar and unto Ith'a-mar, his sons, ^Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes ; lest ye die, and lest 'wrath come upon all the peo- ple : but let your brethren, the whole house of l§'ra-el, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled. 7 And •'ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation, lest ye die : *f or the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Mo'§es. 8 TAnd the Lord spake unto Aar'on, saying, 9 Do 'not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations : 10 And that ye may '"put difference between holj' and unholy, and be- tween unclean and clean ; 11 And "that ye may teach the chil- dren of I§'ra-ei all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Md'ses. 1 2 Y And Mo'se§ spake unto Aar'on, and unto E-le-a'zar and unto Ith'a- mar, his sons that were left. Take the '^ueat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar : for ^it is most holj^ : 13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire : for so I am com- manded. 14 And ?the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye oat in a clean place ; thou, and thy sons, and thy daugh- ters with thee : for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, vjhich are given out of the sacrifices of peace offer- ings of the children of i§'ra-el. 15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offer- ings 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. 1 6 1[AndM5'§e§dihgently sought the Of meats clean LEVITICUS, 11. and unclean^ •■goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt : and he was angry with E-le-a'zar and Ith'a-mar, the sons of Aar'on lohich were left alive, saying, 17 Wherefore 'have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the con- gregation, to make atonement for them before 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 Aar'on said unto Mo'§e§, Be- hold, this ''day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord ; and such things have befallen me : and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should ^'it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord ? 20 And when Mo'§e§ heard that, he was content. CHAPTER 11. What beasts may and what may not be eaten, etc. AND the Lord spake unto M5'§e§ and to Aar'on, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of l§'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,a?ic?cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them ^;hat divide the hoof : as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but di- videth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 5 And the coney, because he chew- eth the cud, but divideth not the hoof ; he is unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof ; he is ^unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud ; '^he is unclean to you, 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch ; '^they are unclean to you. 9 ITThese 'shall ye eat of all that are in the waters : whatsoever hath fins ^,nd scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shaU ye eat. 1 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers of all that move in the waters, and B. C. 1490. CHAP. 10. r ch. 9, 3,15 s Ezek. 44,29 t ch. 6, 26 u ch. 9, 8,12 V Jer. 6, 20 Jer. 14,12 Hos. 9, 4 Mai. 1, 10 CHAP. 11. a Deut.14,4 Actsl0,12 h 1 Tim. 4, 4,5 c Isa. 65, 4 Isa. 66, 3,17 Lu. 15. 5 . d Isa. 52, 11 Mat. 15, 11,20 Mark 7,2, 15,18 Acts 10, 14,15 Actsl5,29 Rom. 14, 14, 17 1 Cor. 8, 8 Col. 2, 16,21 Heb. 9, 10 e Deut.14,9 / ch. 7, 18 Deut.14,3 g Deut. 14,13 Rom. 14, 1-23 1 A species of eagle. 2 The black eagle. h Ps. 102, 6 Zeph.2,14 3 The golden vulture. 4 Sup- posed to mean all flying in- sects. i Mat. 3, 4 Mark 1, 6 j Ex. 19, 10, 14 Judg. 6, 5 Jer. 46,23 Nah. 3, 17 7,-; ch. 14, 8 ■ ch. 15, 5 Num. 19, 10. 22 Num. 31,24 5 Sup- posed to mean mon- keys, bears, frogs,etc. of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an •''abomina- tion unto you : 11 They shall be even an abomina- tion unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. 13TAndHhese are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls ; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination : the eagle, and the ^ossif rage, and the '^ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind ; 1 5 Every raven after his kind ; 1 6 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoiT, and the hawk after his kind, 17 And the little owl, and the cor- morant, and the great owl, 1 8 And the swan, and the ^pelican, and the ^gier eagle, 1 9 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 20 All ^fowls that creep, going upon all tour,shall be an abomination unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above tiieir 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 grass- hopper •'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 un- clean: whosoever toucheth the car- case of them shall be unclean until the even. 25 And whosoever beareth onght of the carcase of them ^shail 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 be unclean. 27 And ^vhatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on a// four, those are unclean unto you : whoso toucheth their car- case shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the carcase The creeping things LEVITICUS, 12. which are unclean. CHAP. 11. Isa. 2, 20 of them shall wash his clothes, and b. c. uoo. be uixclean until the even : they are unclean unto you. 29 IFThese also shall he 'unclean unto '^ ^®^- ^' ^^ you among the creeping things that |"iisa. 66,17 creep upon the earth ; the Aveasel, 'e snp- and "'the mouse, and the ''tortoise, Ppf^^tL after his kind, frog. 30 And the ferret, and the chame-'^pg. 53, g leon, and the hzai^d, and the -'snail, and the "mole. 31 These are unclean to you among ^ c^- 1^' ^^ all jhat creep : whosoever doth touch q ch. 6, 28 them, when they be dead, shall ^q\i aqather- unclean until the even. | ^^^1^^;^^ 32 And upon whatsoever any of i waurs. them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean ; whether it he any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it he, wherein any work is done, 'it must be put into water, and it shall be un- clean until the even ; so it shall be cleansed. 33 And every earthen A'essel,Avhere- into any oi them falleth, whatsoever!* jH'll' 3^ is in it shall be unclean; and ?yej shall break it. f'S-i9%'^ 31: Of all meat which may be eaten, ' J pgff^fl that on which such water cometli! ^ '1 \v Gen. 3o, 1,2 Ex. 6; 7 Ex. 20, 2 Rom. 14, 17 r ch. 22, 8 Deut. li, 21 Ezek.4,14 Ezek. 44,31 8 doth vxul- tiply feet. s ch. 20, 25 19 souls. shall be unclean : and all drmk that may be drunk in every sicch vessel shall be unclean. 35 And every ?^A«;z.g whereupon a?iy part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it he oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down : for they are unclean, and shall be imciean unto you. 36 IS'evertheless a fountain or pit, '^loherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean : but that which touch- eth their carcase shall be unclean. 37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed wliich is to be soANTi, it shall he clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall he unclean unto you. 39 And if any beaso, of which ye may eat, die ; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And 'he that eateth of the 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 tvRoin.12,1 1 Coi-.6,ll X ch. 10, 10 Jer.15,19 Ezek. 22,20 Ezek. 44,23 CHAP. 12. a Lu. 2, 22 & ch. 15, 19 c Gen. 17, 12 Lu. 1, 59 Lu. 2, 21 John 7, 22,23 a Lu. 2, 22 e Isa. 53, 7 Lu. 24, 26,27 .John 1, 29, 36 1 Pet. 1, 18, 19 Rev.5,6-L Rev. 7, 14 1 a son of Ms year. IIG creepeth upon the eartn shall he an abomination ; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon 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 al:)omination. 43 Ye 'shall not make your "selves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves imclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For 'I am the Lord your God : ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and "ye shall be holy ; for I am holy : neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 I'or T a7n the Lord that bring- eth you up out of the land of E gj'pt, to be your God : "ye shaU therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living crea- ture that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth : 47 To "'make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and be- tween the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. CHAPTER 12. 1 Tlie purijicati07i of a woman after chUdhirth: 6 her offerings for her purifying. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of l§'ra-el, ■saying. If a woman have conceived [Seed, and born a man child : then "she [shall be unclean seven days ; ''accord- ing to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in tne '^eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days ; she shall touch no hal- lowed thing, nor come into the sane- tuaiy, until the days of her purify- ing be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation : and she shall contmue jin the blood of her purifying three- score and six days. 6 And -^^when the days of her purify- ing are fulfilled, for a son. or for a daughter, she shall bring ^a lamb 'of the fu'st year for a burnt offering, and a yoimg pigeon, or a turtledove, Laws and tohens LEVITICUS, 13. CHAP. 12. / Heb. 9, 9-28 Heb. 10, 1-12 for a sin offering, unto the door of s- <^- i^QQ the tabernacle of the congregation, vinto the priest : 7 Who shaU offer it before the Lord, and make -'"an atonement for her ; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This ^s the la"v^-l^(,^ 5 ^ for her that hath bori? a male or a lu. 2,2^: female. I2 Tier -hand 8 And -^if ^she be not able to bring a ' fi^^'l not lamb, then she shall bring two tur- hencyof. ties, or two young pigeons; the one'^ for the burnt offering, and the other! * " for a sin offering : and the ^-priest shall ; make an atonement for her, and she' shall be clean. CHAPTER 13. The laics and tokens in disctrning leirrosy. AND the Lord spake unto jM5'se§ _rjL and Aar'on, saying. 2 AVhen a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a ^rising, '^a scab, or bright spot, and it be m the skin of liis'flesh Wlxe the plague of leprosy ; Hhen he shall be brought unto Aar'on the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests : 3 And the priest shall look on the plagTie in the skin of the flesh : and %r)hen the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight he deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy : and the priest shall look on hun, and pronoimce him unclean. 4 If the bright spot he white in the skin of liis flesh, and in sight he not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned wliite : then the priest shall shut up him that hath the ]'jlague seven days : 5 And the priest Ghall look on him the seventh day : and, behold, if the plagiie in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skm: then the priest shall shut him up seven days more : 6 And tlae priest shall look on liim again the seventh day : and, behold. ifX\\Q plague he somcAvhat dark, and the plagiie spread not in the skin, the priest shaU pronounce him clean : it is hut ^ scab : and he shaU ^vrash liis 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 cleans- ing, he shall be seen of the priest again : 8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then CHAP. 13. 1 Or, swell- ing. a Deut. 26, 27 Isa. 3, 17 h ch. 10, ! 10, 11 I Deut. 17, 8,9 ! Deut.24,8 Ezek. I 22, 2tJ Ezek. 44:, 23 Mai. 2, 7 I Mat. 10,8: Lu. 17, llj c ch. 11, 25 ch. 14, 8 1 KL 8, 38 Pro. 20, 9j d 2 Sara. \ 3.29 I e 2 Ki. 5, 3 /Num. 12, 10, 12 2 Ki. 5, 27 2 Chr. 26,20 Mat. 8, 4 Markl,44 Lu. 5, 14 2 the quick- ening of I livinQ I flC3K I j 3 n\dke ! clean the \ plague. I Ex. 15, 261 Ps. 103, 2,3 Deut.24,8 h Lu. 5, 12-14 i Deut. 32, 39 Ps. 147, 3 j Ex. 9, 9 Deut. 28, 27 2 Ki. 20, 7 Job 2, 7 Isa. 38, 21 117 for discerning leprosy the priest siiaU pronounce him un- clean : it is "^a leprosy. 9 IF When the piagiie of leprosy is in a man, chen he shall 'be brought unto the priest ; 10 And -^ the priest shall see hi77i: and, behold, if the rising he white in the skin, and it have turned the hair wliite, and there he "quick raw flesh in the rising ; 11 It is an old leprosy in the skm of his flesh, and the priest shall pro- nounce hun unclean, and shall not shut him uj) : for he is unclean. 12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in. the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of himjhat hath the plagTie from liis head even to Ms foot, where- soever the priest looketh ; 1 3 Then the priest shall consider : and, behold, if the lej^rosy have cov- ered aU his flesh, he shalf ^pronounce h im clean that hath the plague : it is aU turned white : he is clean. 14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. 15 And the -''priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be un- clean : for the raw flesh is unclean : it is a leprosy. 16 Or ii the raw flesh turn agam, and be changed unto white, he shall ^'come unto the priest ; 1 7 And the priest shall see him : and , behold, if the plague be turned mto white; then the i^riest shaU pro- nounce him clean that hath the plagiie : he Hs clean. 18 !iThe flesh also, in which, eve7i in the skm thereof, was •'a boil, and is healed, 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest ; 20 And if. when the priest seeth it, behold, it he in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. 21 But if the priest look on it. and, behold, the're he no white hairs there- in, and if it he not lower than the skin, but he 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 pro- nounce hun unclean : it is a plague. 23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, a^it/ spread not, it is a burning Xirnvs and tohens LEVITICUS, 13. for discerning leprosy. boil ; and the priest ^shall pronounce hiiXL clean, 24 11 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is ^a hot burning, and the quick ^e^A that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat red- dish, or white ; 25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, z/" the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin ; it is a lep- rosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is 'the plague of lep- rosy. 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no wliite hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skm, 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 un- clean : it is the plague of leprosy. 28 And if the brigiit spot stay in his place, c«2c/ spread not in the skin, but it ^e somewhat dark ; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pro- nounce him clean : for it is an inflam- mation of the burning. 29 II If a man or Avoman have a plague upon the head or the beard ; 30 jThen "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 lej)rosy upon the head or beard. 31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it ; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days : 32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague : and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall 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 shaU look on the scall : and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin ; B. C. 1490. CHAP. 13. k Mat. 8, 4 Lu. 5, 14 Lu. 17, 14 4 ahurning of fire. Deut. 28,22 I Ex. 4, 6 Num. 12,10 2 Sam. 3,29 2 Ki. 5, 27 2 Chr. 26, 19 Mat. 8,1-3 Mark 1, 40-42 Lu. 5, 12-14 m ch. 10, 10 Jer. 15,19 Ezek. 22,26 n Deut.24,8 Mai. 2, 7 1 Cor. 12,9 Dent. 28,27 Isa. 3, 17 p Job 1, 20 q ch. 10, 10 Jer. 15, 19 Ezek. 22,26 Ezek. 44,23 5 liead is pilled. r 2 Ki. 2, 23 Isa. 15, 2 AmosS.lO s ch. 10, 10 Ezek. 22,26 t ch. 10, 6 Ezek. 24, 17,22 Mic. 3, 7 « 1 Ki. 8, 37 Ps. 61, 1 Ps. 72, 12 Lam. 4,15 Rev. 21, 4 V Num. 5, 2 Num. 12. 14 2 Ki. 7, 3 2Ki. 15, 5 2 Chr. 26.21 Lu. 17, 12 1 Cor. 5, 5 2Thes.3,6 Heb. 12, 15 w Isa. 64, 6 Zech. 3, 4 Jude23 6 vx/rk of. 118 then the priest shall pronounce him clean : and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing ; 36 Then the priest shall look on him : and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair ; he is unclean. 37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein ; the scall is healed, he is clean : and the Spriest shall pro- nounce him clean. 38 ITlf 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, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white ; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin ; he is clean. 40 And the man whose ^hair is fallen oft' his head, he is '"bald ; yet is he clean. 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald : yet is he clean. 42 And if there be m 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 w^hite reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the lep- rosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh ; 44 He is a leprous man, he is un- clean : the priest shall pronomice 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 cover- ing upon his upper lip, and shall cry, "Unclean, unclean. 46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell cJone; ''without the camp shall his habita- tion be. 47 "ilThe ^garment also that the plague of lepros>^ is in, whether it be a 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 greenish or For discerning leprosy. LEVITICUS, 14. Cleansing of the leper. reddish in the garment, or in the skin, cither 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 garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin ; the plague is ^a fretting leprosy ; it is unclean. 52 He shall therefore -burn that gar- ment, whether warp or woof, in wool- len or in linen, or any thing of skin, vv herein 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 the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; 54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more : 55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that "it is washed : and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread ; it is unclean , thou shalt burn it in the fire ; it is fret inward, ^whether it he bare within or with- out. 56 And if the priest look, and, be- hold, the plague he somewhat dark after the washing of it ; then he shall rend'it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof : 57 And if it appear still in the gar- ment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt bum that wherem the plague is with fire. 58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it he, which thou shalt Avash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either vci the warp, or woof, or 3jiy thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. B. C. Ifl90. CHAP. 13. 7 vessel, or, viistru- nxent. X Jer. 15,19 Ezek. M, 23 y ch. 14, 44 Ezek. 16,43 z ch. 11, 33,35 Isa. 20, 22,30 a Ezek. 24,13 Heb. 6,4,8 8 whether it be bald in the head thereof, or in the forehead thereof. CHAP. 14. a Jer. 15,19 Ezek. 44,23 Mat. 8,2,4 Mark 1, 40,44 Lu. 5, 12,14 Lu. 17, 14 1 Or, spar- rows. b Num.19,6 c Heb. 9, 19 d Ps. 51, 7 e Ezek. 36,25 Heb. 9, 13 Heb. 10,22 / 2 Ki. 5, 10,14 2 upon the face of the field. g ch. 13, 6 h ch. 11, 25 i Num. 5, 2 3 Num. 12 14,15 2 Chr. 26, 20,21 j Mat. 8, 4 Markl,14 Lu. 5, 14 3 the daughter of her year. k ch. 2, 1 Num. 15, 4, 15 I ch, 5,2,181 ch. 6, 6, 7J m Ex. 29,24' 119 CHAPTER 14. 1 The rites and sacrijices in cleansing of the leper. 33 Tlie signs of leprosy in a house : 48 the cleansing of that house. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§es, 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 plagiie of leprosy be healed in the leper ; 4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two ^birds alive and clean, and cedar *wood, ''and scarlet, '^and hyssop : 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water : 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scar- let, and the hyssop, a'.id shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that teas killed over the running water : 7 And he shall ^sprinkle upon hmi that is to be cleansed from the lep- rosy -'seven times, and shall pro- nounce 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 hair, and hvash himself in water, that he maj^ 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 Iiair off Ins 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 shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb ^of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for *a meat offer- ing, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. 11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be ma.de clean, and those things, be- fore 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 Mites and sacrifices LEVITICUS, 14. in cleansing the leper. 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 offer- ing 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, a,nd the priest shall put it u]3on '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 : 16 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 : 18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed : and the priest shall make an "atonement for him before the Lord. 19 And the priest shall offer the sin 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 ]3riest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 21 And ''if he be poor, and ^cannot get so much ; then he shall take one lamb 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 Hwo turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such, as he is able to get ; and the one shall be a sin offer- ing, and the other a burnt offering. 23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lord. 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log B. C. 1490. CHAP. U. n Isa. 53, 7 John 1,29 1 Pet.1,19 Rev. 5, 6 Ex. 29, 11 ch. 1, 5,11 ch. 4, 4,24 p ch. 7, 7 q ch. 2, 3 ch. 7, 6 ch. 21, 22 r Eph. 1, 7 Col. 1, 14 Heb. 9, 9-14 Rev.12,11 Ex. 29, 20 ch. 8, 23 Rom. 6, 13-22 Rom.12,1 1 Cor.6,20 u ch. 4, 26 Num. 15,28 Dan. 9, 24 Rom. 3, 23-25 Rom. 5,11 2 Cor. 5, 18,19 Eph. 2, 12-22 Col. 1, 19-22 Heb. 2, 17 Heb. 9, 9-14 1 John 1,7 1 John 2, 1,2 1 John 4,10 V ch. 5, 7 ch. 12, 8 Mat. 11, 30 lJohn5,3 4 Ms hand reach not, 5 for a waving. %v ch. 12, 8 ch. 15, 14, 15 a; 1 John 1,7 1 Thes. 5,23 Rev. 1, 5 Rev. 7, 14 II 1 Cor.6,11 z ch. 15, 15 Lu, 2, 24 a Gen. 17.8 Num. 32 23 Deut Deut 32,49 b Deut. 32, 39 Isa. 45, 7 Amos 3, 6 Mic. 6, 9 c Ps. 91, 10 Pro. 3, 33 Zech. 5, 4 6 Or. 'pi'^- pare. d Isa. 52, 11 1 Cor. 5, 6,7 1 Cor. 15,33 2 Cor.6,17 2Thes.3,6 ITim. 5,22 Rev. 18, 4 120 7,1 of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord : 25 And he shall kiU the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the ^blood of the tres- pass 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 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 J'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 upoi\ 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 I^ve7z such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the Lord. 32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that lohich pertain- eth to his cleansing. 33 IT And the Lord spake untct Mo'- §e§ and unto Aar'on, saying, 34 When "ye be come into the land of Ca'naan, which I give to you for a possession, and ^I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession ; 35 And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were ''a plague in the house : 36 Then the priest shall command that they ''empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that '^all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house : 37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague he in the walls of the house with hoUow Signs of leprosy LEVITICUS, 15. in a house. tgue the stones in; IS, and they shall | away Jer. 15,19 Ezek. 22,26 ■ Ezek. 44,23 Zech. 5, 4; Num. 19, 7-10,21,22 or. (J ICor. '^■^^ 15,33 7 incoming in. shall come in, etc. h Deut. 32, 39 Job 5, 18 Hos. 6, 1 1 Ps. 51,7 k ch. 13, 47 I ch. 13, 2 m Ex. 15,26 Deut. 4, 6 Deut. 6, 17. 25 strakes, greenish or reddish, which j b.c.i49o. in sight are lower than the wall ; i 38 Then the priest shaU go out ofjCHAP.i4. the house to the door of the house, I and shut up the house seven days : j 39 And the priest shaU come again j the seventh day, and shall look : and. ! behold, if the plague be spread in the' walls of the house ; | 40 Then ^the priest shaU comniand that they take which the pla_ cast them into an unclean place ^vith- out the city : 41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped ^vithin round about, 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 the/n in the place of those stones ; and he shall take other mor- j ch. i3, 30 ter. and shaU plaister the house. 43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is 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 morter of the house ; and he shall carry theiyi forth out of the city into an unclean place. 46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the wliile that it is 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 ^(jjon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered : then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is ^healed. 49 And he shall take to cleanse the lOuse two birds, and cedar wood, and '2 vessel scarlet, and hyssop : 50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over run- ning water : 5 1 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the'liyssop, and the scarlet, and, the living bird, and dip them in the' blood ot the slain bu-d, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven tunes : 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the hv- |ing bird, and with the cedar wood, land with the hyssop, and ^vith the /ch. 13, 51 scarlet: ' ' 53 But he shall let go the living bu-d out of the city into the open fields, make an atonement for the house : and it shall be clean. 54 This is the law for all mianner of plague of leprosy, and •'scall, 5 5 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 : 5 T To '"teach ^vhen it is unclean, and Ki.4,33iwhen it is clean: tliis is the law of leprosy. CHAPTER 15. 1, 19 The uncleanne-ss of men and seamen by their issiies. 13, 28 Their cleansing. A'lsD the Lord spake unto M5'se§ and to Aar'on, saymg, 2 Speak unto the children of is'ra-el, and say unto them, "When anj- man Fs.'^'rsfo^^'^^th a^^rumiing issue out of his^ flesh, ~ '"" '"because of his issue he is unclean. 3 And this shaU be his micleamiess 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 imtil the even. 6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon hC' sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe hiinself in water, and be unclean until tiie even. 7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself va. 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 m water, and be unclean until the even. 9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be im- clean. 10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be CHAP. 15. a ch. 22, 4 Num. 5, 2 2 Sam. 3,29 Mat. 9, 20 Mark5,25 Lh. 8, 43 1 Or, run- ning of the reins. ch. 11. 25 ch. 17, 15 Heb. 9, 10 Heb. 10,22 Rev. 7, 14 ^'um.12,8 Job 30, 10 d 2 Cor. 7, 1 121 Ijav^sfor the LEVITICUS, 16. cleansing of uncleanyiess. unclean until the even : and he that beareth any of those thmgs shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even, 11 And whomsoever he ^toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 12 And the -^vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken : and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he ^shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and W9,sh 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 turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest : 15 And the priest shall offer them, •the one for a sin offering, and the other /or a burnt offering; and •'the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord for his issue. 16 And '^if any man's seed of copu- lation 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 copula- tion, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. 1 8 The woman also with whom man shall lie loith seed of copulation, they shall both bathe them.selves in water, and 'be unclean until the even. 19 tAnd '"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 un- clean : every thing also that she sit- teth upon shall be unclean. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe "himself in water, and be unclean until the even. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 15, e 1 Cor. 15,33 /ch. 6, 28 ch. 11, 32,33 2 Cor. 5, 1 Phil. 1, 21,23 Phil. 3, 21 g ch. 8, 33 ch. M, 8 Num. 12, M U ch. 14, 22,23 2Cor.5,ll Heb. 7,26 % ch. 14, 30,31 j ch. 14, 19,31 Heb. 9, 14 Heb. 10, 1 fe ch. 22, 4: Deut. 23,10 2 Cor. 7, 1 1 Pet.2,11 lJohnl,7 I 1 Sam. 21,4 1 Cor.6,12 1 Thes. 4, 4,5 Heb. 13,4 m ch. 12. 2 Ezek. 36,17 3 in her separa- tion. n 2 Cor. 7. 1 Heb. 10,22 ch. 20, 18 Ezek. 22,10 p Mat. 9, 20 Mark5,25 Lu. 8, 43 q Rom. 3,25 2 Cor. 5, 18,19 Eph. 1, 7 Eph. 2, 12-22 Col. 1, 19-22 Heb. 2, 17 Heb. 9, 14 Heb. 10, 1 Heb. 13,20 I.John 1,2 lJo'inl,7 1. loan 2,1 r ch. 11, 47 Deut.24,8 Ezek. 22,26 Ezek. 44,23 s Num. 5, 3 Num. 19, 13,20 Ezek.5,11 Ezek. 23,38 1 Cor.3,17 CHAP. 16. a ch. 10. 1,3 122 23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. 24 And "if any man lie with her at all, a.nd her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days ; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be un- clean. 25 And Pit 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 un- cleanness shall be as the days of her separation : she shall be unclean. 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the davs of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation : and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. 27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean untfl the even. 28 But if she be cleansed of her I issue, then she shall number to her- self 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 taber- nacle of the congregation. 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other /or a burnt offering; and the priest shall make ^an atonement for her before the Lord for the issue of her un- cleanness. 31 Thus shall ye 'separate the chil- dren of l§'ra-el from their unclean- ness ; that they die not in their un- cleanness, when they "defile my tab- ernacle that is among them. 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith ; 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an is- sue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. CHAPTER 16. 1 How the high priest must enter into the holf/ place. n The sin offering for himself. 15 The sin offering for the people. 20" The scapegoat. 29 The yearly feast of the expiations. ND the IjORD spake unto Mo'§e§ after the "death of the two sons A The highpriesfs si?i offeruig. LEVITICUS, 1(5. 2'he scapegoat. of Aar'on, when they offered before B.c.iioo. ■ the Lord, and died ; 2 And the Lord said unto Mo'se§, Speak unto Aar'on thy brother, that he *conie 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 Aar'on '^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 g ps. 93, 5 breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded wi th a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired : these are ^holy garments ; therefore '^shall he wash his flesh in water, and $0 put them on. 5 And he shall take of 'the congre- gation of the children of I§'ra-el two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. 6 And Aar'on shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for him- self, and make -'an atonement for him- self, 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 con- gregation. 8 And Aar'on shall cast lots upon the two goats ; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the 'scapegoat. 9 And Aar'on shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's ^lot ^f ell, and offer him /or a sin offering. 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented '<7 Ex. 25. 21 alive before the Lord, to make ^an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. 1 1 And Aar'on shall bring the bul- lock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atone- ment for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself : 1 2 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 incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail : 1 3 And "he shall put the incense upon the ffre before the Lord, that ^the cloud of the incense may cover the *mercy seat that is upon the testi- mony, that he die not : 14 And 'he shall take of the blood of CHAP. 16. h Ex. 80, 10 ch. 23, 27 Heb. 9, 7 Heb. 10,19 c Ex. 25, 22 Ex. 40, 34 1 Ki. 8,10, 11,12 d Heb. 9, 7-2-5 e cli. 4, 3 /Ex. 28, 39 ch. 6, 10 Ezek'. 44,17 h Ex. 30, 20 Heb. 10,23 i ch. 4, 14 Num. 29,11 2Chr. 29,21 Ezra 6, 17 Ezek. 45,22 j ch. 9, 7 Heb. 5, 2 Heb. 7, 27,28 1 Azazel. k Pro. 16,33 2 went up. I Isa. 53, 4-10 Rom.3,25 2 Cor.5,21 lJohn2,2 m ch. 10, 1 Num. 16, 18 I Rev. 8, 5 I n Ex. 30, 34 Ex. 30, 1, 7,8 Num. 16, 7, 18, 46 Rev. 8,3,4 p 1 Tim. 6,16 r Heb. 10, 4 s Heb. 2, 17 t Heb. 6, 19 u Ex. 29, 36 3 dwelleth. V Lu. 1, 10 ?t' Heb. 9,22 X Ezek. 43,20 y Ezek. 45. 20 3 Isa. 53, 6 4 a man of oppor- tunity. a Ps. 103, 1-13 Mat. 8, 17 John 1,29 Heb. 9, 28 1 Pet.2,24 5 of separa- tion. b Ezek. 42, 14 Ezek. 44, 19 123 the bullock, and sprinkle it Vvith his finger upon the mercy seat eastward ; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his ffnger seven times. 15 Then 'shall he kill the goat of the ^ sm offermg, that is for the people, and brmg his blood Hvithin the va-il, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, a.nd sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat : 1 6 And he shall "make an atonement for the holy place, because of the un- clea^nness of the children of Is'ra-el, and because of their transgressions in all their sins : and so shaU he do for the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, that ^remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. * 17 And ""there shall be no man m the "' tabernacle of the congregation 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 l§'ra-el. 1 8 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. 1 9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it wuth his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and "^hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of I§'ra-el. 20 TAnd 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 Aar'on 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 transgressions in all their sins, 'put- ting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send h im 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 in- habited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. 23 And Aar'on shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and *shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy jjlace, and shall leave them there : 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy i^lace, and put on *D. 17. 11. Feast of the expiations. LEVITICUS, 17. Mating of blood forbidden. his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 25 And "^the fat of the sin offering- 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 after- ward come into the camp. 27 And ^the bullock /or the sin offer- ing, and the goat /or the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy j>/ace, 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 irAnd 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 he one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth 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 before 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 %hall ^conse- crate 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 atonemeni for the holy sanctuary, and he shall makean atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, 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 everlasting statute unto you, to make an atone- ment for the chfldren of l§'ra-el for all their sins once ^a year. And he did as the Lord commanded M5'se§. CHAPIER 17. 1 Blood of beasts rnnst be offered at the tabernacle door 10 Eating of blood forbidden. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, saying, 2 Speak unto Aar'on, and imto his sons, and unto aU the children of B. C. 1490, CHAP. 16. c ch. 4, 10 d ch. 15, 5 Heb. 9, 10 e ch. 4, 12,21 ch. 6, 30 Heb. 13, 11 / Ex. 30, 10 ch. 23, 27 Num.29,7 Isa. 58,3,5 Dan. 10, 3, 12 g Ps. 51, 2 Jer. 33, 8 Eph. 5, 26 Heb. 9, 13, 14 Heb. 10, 1,2 1 John 1, 7,9 h ch. 23, 32 i Ex. 29, 29 Num. 20,26 6 fill his hand. j ch. 23, 31 Num.29,7 k Ex. 30, 10 Heb. 9. 7,25 CHAP. 17. a Deut.12,5 b Rom.5,13 c Gen.17,14 d Gen.21,33 Gen. 22. 2 Gen.31,54 Deuc.12,2 1 Ki. 14, 22,23 2Ki.l7,10 Ezek. 20,28 Ezek.22,9 e Num. 18.17 / Deut. 32,17 2 Chr. 11, 15 Ps. 106,37 Acts 7, 42,^3 1 Cor. 10.20 g Ex. 34, 15 Deut. 31, 16 h Gen. 9, 4 1 Sam. 14,33 i Jer. 44,11 Ezek.15,7 j Mark 14,24 Rom. 5, 9 Eph. 1, 7 Col. 1, 14 1 Pet. 1, 2 1 Johnl,7 k Heb. 9, 22 124 ig'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 i§'ra-el, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that kflleth 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 IiORD be- fore the tabernacle 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 1 o the end that the children of Ig'- ra-el may bring their sacrifices, 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 offerings unto the Lord. (3 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, 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 ivhoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. 8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man t/iere be of the house of I§''ra-el, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offer- eth 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 thai man shall be cut off from among his people. 10 IT And ^whatsoever man there be of the house of i§'ra-el, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; i 'will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 1 1 For the life of the flesh is in the blood ; and 1 have~given it to you upon the altar 4o make an at onement f or your souls ; for ^it is the blood tha t m aketh a n atonement for the soul. * j 1 2 Therefore I said unto the chil- dren of i§'ra-el, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. 1 3 And whatsoever man there be of the children of i§'ra-el, or of the *D. 22. 19, 20. Unlavjful marriages. LEVITICUS, IS. Unlawful lusts. B. C. 1490. Strangers that sojoui^n among you, ^vhic-ii himtetli and catchetli any beast or fowl that may be eaten ; he ^ ^.^^^ shall even ^poin' out the blood there-' huntetn of. and "^cover it with dust. | hunting. 14 For "it is the life of all liesh ; thej Deut. blood of it is for the life thereof:! ^^-^^ therefore I said imto the children of|^-E2ek.ai,v is'ra-el, Ye shall eat the blood of uo,'*^^^--'^ manner of flesh : for the life of all o gx^p, si flesh is the blood thereof : vv'hosoever li! 21 eat^eth it shall be cut off 15 And "every soul that eateth 'that ^ ^f^^<=^^ which died of itself, or that which l^^g^g) .was torn with beasts, v'hether it he one of your o'\Yn country, or a stranger, he shah both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in vv^ater, 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|&Ezeir,23,8 his iniquity. CHAPTER 18. 6 U'lilawful marriages. 19 Unlawful lusts. CHAP. 18. a Ex. 6, 7 Ezek.20,0 6 £x. 23, 34 d Lu. 10, 28 Rom.10.5 Gal. 3, 12 e Isa. M, 6 .Ter. 9, 24 MaL 3, 6 1 remain- der of his flesh. /Gen. 49,4 1 Cor. 5,1 g 2 Sam. 13. 12 h Gen.38,18 Ezek. 22, 11 i Mat.22,24 A ND the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, iX. saying, 2 Speak unto the children of l§'ra-el, and say unto them, "1 am the Lord your God. "3 After *the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do : and after 'the doings of the land of Ca'naan, whither I bring you, shaU ye not do : neither shall ye walk m their ordinances. B r 4 i^e shall do my judgments, and 2 or^ one keep mine ordinances, to walk there - in : \ am the Lord your God . 5 Ye shall therefore keep my stat- utes, and my judgments : ^which if a man do. he shall live in them : I i 'am the Lord . B. 20. 8; 0. Deut. 4. 2. 6 "iNone of you shall approach to any that is 'near of kin to him, to un- cover 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 micover her naked- ness. 8 The •''nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. 9 The '•''naked-ness 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 daugh- wije to another. 1 Tim. 3,2 J 1 Sam. 16,8 k Ezek.18,6 I Pro. 6, 29 ilal. 3, 5 Mat. 5, 27 1 Cor. 6, 9 Heb. 13, 4 771 2 Ki. 16,3 Jer. 19, 5 nlKi. 11, 7,33 3 Ezek. 86,20 Mai. 1, 12 p Isa. 42, 8 q Rom. 1,27 1 Tim. 1. 10 r Mat.15,18 1 Cor.3,17 s Deut. 18.12 t Num. 35, 34 Jer. 16,18 u Isa. 26. 21 Jer. 9, 9 125 ter, or of thy daughter's daughter, eve?i their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own Dakedness. I 11 The nakedness of thy father's 'wife's daughter, begotten of thy fa- ther, she is thy sister, thou shalt not .uncover her nakedness. 12 Thou shalt not uncover the na- kedness of thy father's sister : she is thy fathers near kinswoman. 18 Thou shalt not uncover the na- kedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the na- kedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife : she is tliine aunt. 15 Thou ''shalt not uncover the na- kedness of thy daughter in law : she is thy son's Avif e ; thou shalt not un- cover her nakedness. I 16 Thou 'shalt not uncover the na- kedness of thy brother's ^yiie: it is thy brother's nakedness. I IT Thou shalt not uncover the na- kedness of a woman and her daugh- ter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daugh- ter, to uncover her nakedness ; for thev are her near kinswomen : it is wickedness. 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 Hhou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her un- cleanness. 20 31oreover ^thou shalt not lie car- nally 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 '^orofane the name of thy God : I Perm the Lord. 22 Thou ?shalt not lie^^'ith mankind, as with womankind : it is abomina- tion. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therevrith-. neither shall any woman stand be- fore a beast to lie down thereto ; it is confusion. 24 Defile 'tiot 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 : there- fore I do visit "the iniquity thereof A repetition LEVITICUS, 19. of sundry laws. upon it, and the land itself voiniteth out her inhabitants. 26 Ye shall therefore keep my stat- utes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abomina- tions; neither any of your own na- tion, nor any stranger that sojourn- eth among you : 27 (For ail these abominations have the men of the lar.d done, which icere 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 icere before you. 29 For whosoever shall commit an^- of these abominations, even the souls that conmiiit the^n shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine or- dinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you. and that ye defile not yourselves therein : I am the Lord your God. CHAPTER 19. A repetition of sundry laws. AN D the Lord spake unto Md'ses. saymg, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of is'ra-el, and say unto them. Ye ° shall be holy : for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 H Y"e shall fear everv man his mother, and his father, and *keep my sabbaths : I am the Lord your God. 4 H Turn ''ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods : lam the Lord your God. 5 IF And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your o^\t.i 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 evei'y one that eateth it shall bear his Iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord : and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 9 ^And ''when ye reap the han;^est of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy har^^est. 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard: thou B. c. 1490. shalt leave them 'for the poor and stranger : I am the Lord your God. llTlYe shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither /lie one to another. 12 ^And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou pro- fane the name of thy God : 1 am the Lord. 6|en^2,| 13'rThou shalt not defraud thy Ex! 3i! 13 neighbour- neitiier rob hijn : ^the Neh. 9, M - Neh. 13, 15-21 Isa. 56, 2 Isa. 58. 13 Mark2,27 Heb. 4, 9 CHAP. 19. a Ex. 19, 6 ch. 11, ii ch. 20, 7, 26 Eph. 1, 4 lThes.4,7 1 Pet.1,16 wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the c 1 Cor. 10,14 d Ex. 23, 11 ch. 23, 22 Deut 24,19 Ruth 2,15 Job 20, 17,20 e Ps. 41, 1 Ps. 140,12 Pro. 14,31 Eccl. 5, 8 Isa. 3, 12-15 Jas. 2, 1-9 g Deut. 24,14 Mai. 3, 5 Jas. 5, 4 h Rom. 14. le morning. 14 liThou shalt not curse the deaf, ^nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt 'fear thy Gcd : I am the Lord. 15 1i Y"e -^shall do no unrighteousness Deut. 15, |in judgment : thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty : but m. righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 1 6 VThou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people : Pro! II,"'"? neither shalt thou ^stand against the ~ blood of thy neighbour: 1 a7n the Lord. 1 7 "^Thou 'shalt not hate thy brother /Eph.4,25;in thine heart: "'thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, ^and not suffer sin upon him. 1 8 ^Thou ''shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, "but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself : I am the Lord. i iPek2,i7M9*fYe shall keep my statutes. j Ps. 82, 2 I Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender J^°;|^|^;with a diverse kind: thou shalt not 'SOW thy field with mingled seed : ^ J^jfJJe^gQ neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. 20 ^And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, m Lu. 17, 3 2|3e|;pQthed to an husband, and not at 1 Or, that all redeemed, nor freedom given her ; thou bear 3g]^g shall be scourged ; thev shall for him. not be put to death, because she was ^ ^°^- ^' ^ not free. 21 And he shall briag his trespass offering unto the Lord, imto the door Mat. 5, 43 of the tabemacle of the congregation, eve?i a ram for a trespass offering. ^edbTor: 22 And the priest shall make an for man' atonement for him with the ram of &y anr''^;the trospass offering before the Lord for his sin which he liath done : and the sin which he hath done shall be inTor^' jfoi^gi^'en him. I 1 John 3, 15 nRom. 12. 17 3 there shall be thev shall be 23 TAnd when ye shall come into SSrJed the land, and shall have planted all 126 ' A repetition LEVITICUS, 20. of sundry lav:s. manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as un- circumcised : three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you : it shall not be eaten of. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be ^oly ^'to praise the Lord withal. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof : I a?n the Lord your God. 26 IF Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood : ^neither shall ye use en- chantment, nor observe times. 27 Ye 'shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not 'make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the Lord. 29 IFDo 'not ^prostitute thy daugh- ter, to cause her to be a whore ; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. 30 IT Ye ''shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence 'my sanctuary : I aw^ the Lord. 31 IT Regard "not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them : I am the Lord your God. 32 IFThou •'shalt rise up before the hoarj^ head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the Lord. 33 ^And nl a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not ''vex him. 34 J^iit 'the stranger that dwelleth 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 lYe shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just ^balances, just Veights, a just ephah, 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 judgments, and do them : I a^n the Lord. CHAPTER 20. 1 Of him that giveth of his seed unto Molech : 4 of him that favour eth sueh an 07ie : 6 o/" going to wizards: 1 of sanctification : '^ of him that curseth his parents : W of adultery : n,'U, 11, \9 of incest: 1 3 of sodomy, etc. AND the Lord spake unto M5'§es, saying, B. C. 1490. CHAP. 19. 4 holiness of praises to the LORD. p Deut. 13, 17 q 2 Ki.17,17 r Jer. 9, 26 s Deut.14,1 t Deut. 23,17 5 profane. u ch. 26, 2 V Eccl. 5, 1 w 1 Sam. 28,7 Isa. 8, 19 X 1 Ki. 2, 19 Pro. 20,29 Pro. 23,22 1 Tim. 5,1 y Ex. 22, 21 6 Or, op- press. z Ex. 12, 48 a Deut. 10,19 b Deut. 25, 13, 15 Pro. 20,10 7 stones. c Deut.6,25 CHAP. 20. a 2 Ki.17,17 2 Ki.23,10 2Chr.33,6 b Ezek.5,11 c Ex. 20, 5 d cli. 17, 7 e ch. 19, 31 2 Ki.23,24 /Ex. 22, 31 Mat. 5, 48 Eph. 1, 4 Col. 3, 12 1 Thes. 5,23 1 Pet.1,16 g Ex. 31, 13 Ezek. 37,28 h Ex. 21, 17 Deut. 27, 16 Pro. 20,20 Mat. 15, 4 i 2 Sam. 1. 16 i Deut. 22,22 Jer. 29, 23 John 8, 4,5 1 Cor. 6, 9 Heb. 13, 4 k ch. 18, 8 Deut. 27,23 I ch. 18, 22 Gen. 19, 5 Deut. 23, 17 Judg. 19, 22 Rom. 1, 25,32 127 2 Again, thou shalt say to the chil- dren of l§'ra-el, "Whosoever he be of the children of I§'ra-el, or of the strangers that sojourn in i§'ra-el, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech ; he shall surely be put to death : the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto M5'lech, to de- file *my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the kmd do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not : 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and ''against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go ''a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. 6 IF And ""the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 7 Sanctify -^yourselves therefore, and be ye holy : for I am the Lord your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, ' and do them : ^I am the Lord which sanctify you. B. Deut. 4. 1, 2.. 9 irFor ^every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother ; his 'blood shall be upon him. 10 TTAnd •'the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, eve7i he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adul- terer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 And Hhe man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his fa ther's nakedness : both of them shall surely be put to death ; their blood shall be upon them. 1 2 And if a man lie with his daugh- ter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death ; they have wrought confusion ; their blood shall be upon them. 1 3 Iflf 'a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomina- tion: they shall surely be put to B Divers Imcs LEVITICUS, 21. death; their blood shall be upon them. 1 i 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. 1 5 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 woman, and the beast : they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall he upon them. IT And "if a man shall take his sis- ter, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her na- kedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked tiling ; 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 micover her nakedness ; he hath ^dis covered her foimtain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 1 9 And ■''thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister : for he uncov- ereth his near kin : they shall bear their iniquity. 20 And if a man shall lie with liis uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his micle'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 na- kedness ; they shall be childless. 22 IYq 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 ab- horred them. 24 But "I have said unto you, Ye| shall inherit their land, and I will; give it unto you to possess it, a land| that floweth with milk and honey : I am the Lord your God, which have ""separated you from other people. 25 Ye "shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, B. C. 1490. CHAP. 20. m ch. 18, 17 n Deut. 27,21 Gen. 20,12 p ch. 15, 24 1 made naked. q ch. 18, 12 r ch. 18, 16 2 a separa- tion. s eh. 18, 26 ch. 19, 37 t Deut. 9, 5 u Ex. 8, 17 Ex. 6, 8 V Ex. 19, 5 Ex. 33, 16 Deut. 7, 6 Deut.14,2 1 Ki. 8, 53 Ps. 135, 4 1 Pet. 2, 9 w ch. 11, 47 Deut. 14,4 3 Or, 77101'- eth. X ch. 19, 2 1 Pet.1,16 V Titus2,14 z Ex. 22, 18 Deut. 18, 10 1 Sam. 28,7 CHAP. 21. a Ezek. 44. 25 1 Or, being (ill lius- band among his people, he shall not defile himself for his \vife,etc., Ezek. 24,16 6 ch. 19, 27,28 Deut.14,1 Ezek. 44,20 c Ex. 20, 7 ch. 18, 21 ch. 19, 12 Deut.5,11 Ps. 15, 4 Mat. 5, 33-37 Jas. 5, 12 d ch. 3, 11 e Ezek. 44,22 f Deut. 24, 1, 2 g ch. 20,7, 8 Isa. 43, 15 h Gen.38,24 i Ex. 29, 29 Num. 35, 25 j Ex. 28, 2 128 and ordinal} ce s. and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that ''creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for ^I the Lord am holy, and ^have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. 27 ^A -man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones : their blood shall he upon them. CHAPTER 21. I Of iJie priests^ mourning: 6 of their holiness: 7, 13 of their marriages. 16 The priests that Imve blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary. AND the Lord said unto Mo'§e§, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aar'on, and say unto them, There ^ shall none be defiled for the dead among his people : 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him-, wiiich hath had no husband ; for her may he be defiled. 4 J^ut iie shall not defile himself, beiiig a chief man among liis people, to profane himself. 5 They ^shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not '^profane the name of their God: for the oft^erings of the Lord made by fu^e, 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 liis God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God : he shall be holy unto thee : ^f or I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy. 9 And Hhe daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playmg the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. lOAAnd'Ae that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and 4hat is consecrated to put or the garments, Divers lavas LEVITICUS, 22. and ordinances. ■^shall not uncover his head, nor rend b.c. 1490. that they ''separate themselves from his clothes; chap. 21. ftli^ holy things of the children of :ls'ra-el, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they ^'hallow unto me : I am the Lord. o Sav unto them. Whosoever he he 1 1 !N either shall he 'go in to any dead ,_^ ^.^^ ^q^ q body, nor defile himself for liis father, ^ ^^-^^^ ' or for his mother ; | 19, li 1 2 Xeither '"shall he go out of themctL. 10. 7 sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary ^hEs. 28 se of all your seed among your genera- of his God; for "the cro^\Ti of the! 12; 30 ' tions, that goeth unto the holy things, anointmg oil of his God is upon him :;o Ezek. which the children of Is'ra-el hallow I am the Lord. i ^'^2 junto the Lord, having his 'imclean- 13 And ^4ie shall take a ^^ufe m her pRo^. 12a' ness upon him. that soul shall be virguiity. | E^h. 5,^17 cut off from my presence: lam the 1-i A widow, or a divorced woman, : W^^^- *' Lord. or profane, or an harlot, these shall ^ xum.16,5 4 What man soever of the seed of he not take : but he shall take a vir-, ps. ei, i ; Aar'on is a leper, or hath '^a ^running gm of his own people to Avife. j 2 or, /ood. issue; he shall not eat of the holy 15 Neither shall he profane his seed '• ch. 22, 23 things, 'until he be clean. And-' whoso among his people : for p\ the Lord doj-^ 9^'i°*' ,toucheth any thing that is unclean sanctify him. ^^^ t2^ifiy ^^^ dead, or a man whose seed 16 "7 And the Lord spake unto Mo'-j ^" ' ' goeth from him ; '^ If ch. 24, 9 - - - §e§, saving, 1 7 Speak unto Aar'on, saying, Who- " %,^' "^ ' ~ ' ' - - - - 18, 19 soever he be of thy seed in their gen- erations that hatli any blemish, let him not '^approach to offer the '^bread! of his God. I 18 For whatsoever man he be thatj hath a blemish, he shall not approach : c'^-^p- 22. a blind man, or a lame, or he that '-'■ ^^^- ^^ ^ hath a fiat nose, or any thing 'super- '^ p.^^t^ fiuous, 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, 20 Or crookbackt, or a ^dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or 4iath his stones c ch. 7, 20 d ch. 15, 2 1 running of tlie reins. broken ; e ch. 15, 13 / Num. 19, 5 Or ^whosoever toucheth any creep- ing thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or ^a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever iin- cleanness he hath ; 6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, un- less he 'wash his flesh with water. 7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward I eat of the holy tilings ; because •'it is I his food. 8 That ^which dietli of itself, or is torn icith beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the 11,22 iLORD. Lord made by fire: he hath a blem-|i Heb ish: he shall not come nigh to offer!. ^.' the bread of his God. r is^n 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, '^ ex. 22, 31 ^ both of the 'most holy, and of the: |;^g^;''^^; eat of the holy thing, "holy. I 44, 31 ill But if the priest buy any soul 23 Only he shall not go in unto the z Ex. 28,43 'with his money, he shall eat of it,, vail, nor come nigh unto the altar. : 18^22 and he that is bom in his house : they :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 Ex. 29, 33 because he hath a blemish ; that he ,„ one not profane not my sanctuaries : for I the avnest Lord do sanctify them. 2-1 And Mo'ses'^told it unto Aar'on. and to liis sons, and unto all the cliil- dren of Is'ra-el. shall eat of his meat. 12 If the priest's daughter also be ^n-m!iXV married unto ^a stranger, she may 1 Sam ' - — . . _ - -^ 21,6 CHAPTER 22. wifh the purchase of his money. straiiger. L The priests in their unclea?iJiess must abstam from\z a man a holy things. 10 Vtlw of the prle&Vs house may eat of them. 17 The sacrifices micst be without blemish. 26 The age of the sacrifice. A XD the Lord spake unto Mo'ses. ^ saj-ing, 2 l^peak unto Aar'on and to his sons, (9) not eat of an offering of the holy things. ] 1 3 But if the priest's daughter be a I vvudow, or divorced, and lia ve no child, land "is returned imto her father's ! house. °as in her youth, she shall eat nGen.38,11 of her father's meat : but there shaU i's^^jJi no stranger eat thereof. 11: And ^if a man eat of the holy ^15,' 16 thing unwittingly, then he shall put 129 * Concerning sacrifices. LEVITICUS, 23. the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. 1 5 And ^they shall not profane the holy things of the children of l§'ra-el, which they offer unto the Lord ; 16 Or ^suffer them to bear the in- iquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things : for I the Lord do sanc- tify them. lY 1i And the Lord spake unto Mo'- §e§, saying, 18 Speak unto Aar'on, and to his sons, and unto all the children of l§'ra-el, and say unto them, 'Whatso- ever he be of the house of is'ra-el, or of the strangers in Is'ra-el, "that will offer his qjjlation 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 £ut 'whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. * 21 And whosoever off ere th a sacri- fice 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 ^aviQg 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 lack- ing in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a frecAvill offering ; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 24 Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut ; neither shall ye make a7iy offering thereof in your land. 25 Neither 'from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these ; because their "^cor- ruption is in them, and blemishes he in them : they shall not be accepted for you. 26 TAnd the Lord spake unto M5'- §e§, saying, 27 When ="a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam ; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord. *D. Deut. 17. 1. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 22. q Num. 18, 32 4 Oi', fade f/ie?7i- ■with the iniquity of tres- pass in their eat- ing. r Num. 15, 14 s Deut. 15,21 Deut.17,1 Mai. 1, 8, 14 Eph. 5, 27 Heb. 9, 14 1 Pet.1,19 t Num. 15, 3, 8 Deut. 23,21 Ps. 61, 8 Ps. 65, 1 Eccl. 5, 4,5 5 Or, goats. 6 Or, kid. wch. 21, 18 V Num. 15, 15 w Mai. 1, 14 X Ex. 22, 30 7 Or, slie goat. V Deut.22,6 z Ps. 107,22 Ps. 116,17 Amos 4, 5 ach. 19, 37 Num. 15,40 Deut.4,40 b Isa. 6, 3 Mat. 6, 9 Lu. 11, 2 John 12,28 c Ex. 6, 7 CHAP. 23. a 2 Kl. 10,20 Ps. 81, 3 b Ex. '20, 9 Ex. 23, 12 Deut.5,13 Lu. 13, 14 C Neh.13,22 Isa. 56, 2 Isa. 58, 13 Isa. 66, 23 Ezek. 20, 12 d Ex. 23, 14 e Ex. 12, 6 Num. 28, 16 Deut.16,1 Josh. 5,10 /Ex. 12, 16 Num. 28,18 g Ex. 23, 16 Num. 15, 2,18 Deut.16,9 Josh. 3,15 1 omer, or, handful, h Pro. 3, 9 Rom. 11, 16 1 Cor. 15,20 Jas. 1, 18 Rev. 14, 4 i Ex. 29, 24 130 The feasts of the Lord . 28 And whether it he cow or ''ewe, ye shall not kill it ^'and her young both in one day. 29 HAnd when ye will ^offer a sacri- fice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will. 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up ; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow : I am the Lord. 31 Therefore "shall ye keep my com- mandments, and do them : I am the Lord. 32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name ; but *I will be hallowed among the children of i§'ra-el : I am the Lord which hallow you, 33 That 'brought you out of the land of E'gypt, to be your God : I am the Lord. CHAPTER 23. 1 Of sundry feasts. 3 The sabbath. 4 Thepassover. 26 The day of atonement, etc. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of l§'ra-el, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall "proclaim to he holy convocations, even these are my feasts. 3 Six 'days shall work be done : but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein : it is "^the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. 4 HThese '^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 unleav- ened bread unto the Lord : seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. T In •'the first day ye shall have an holy convocation : ye shall do no serv- ile work therein. 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days : in the seventh day is an holy convoca- tion: ye shall do no servile work therein. 9 IFAnd the Lord spake unto Mo'- se§, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of l§'- 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 Hhe firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest : 11 And he shall *wave the sheaf The feast of Pentecost. LEVITICUS, 23. The day of atonem.ent. before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the iiiorro\^ after the sab- bath the priest shall wave it. 12 And ye shaU offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb with- out blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord B. C, 1490. 13 And the meat offering thereof shall he two tenth deals of line flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto thaLoRD/o/' a sweet savour : and the drink offering thereof shaJl he of wine, the fourth 'part of an hin. 11 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 through- out your generations in all your dwellings. 15 'FAnd •'ye shaU count unto y^ou 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 habi- tations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shaU be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are^th.Q firstf ruits unto the Lord. 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs ^\4thout blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams : they shall be /or a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord. 1 9 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 oft'erings. 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits 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 self- same day, th at it may be an holy con- vocation, unto you: ye sh?Jl do no servile work tfierein: it shall he a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 22 Tf And "when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, ^'neither shaft CHAP. 23. j Ex. .34, 22 ch. 25, 8 Deut.16,9 k Acts 2, 1 I Ex. 22, 29 Ex. 23, 16 Ex. 34, 22,26 Kum. 15,17 Num. 28,26 Deut.26,1 m ch. 4, 23,28 Nam. 28,30 n Num. 18,12 Deut.18,4 3 most holy. Ex. 23, 11 Deut. 15, 1-18 Job 20, 19 Pro. 14,31 Pro. 29, 7 Pro. 22,16 EccL 5, 8 Jas. 2, 1 p ch.19,9,10 Deut. 24,19 Ruth 2, 15,16 q Num.29,1 T ch, 25. 9 s Ex, 30, 10 ch. 16, 30 Num.29,7 Isa. 58,3,5 Dan. 10, 3,12 t Gen. 17,14 ch. 13, 46 Num. 5, 2 2Chr. 26,21 2Thes.3,6 3 rest. u Ex. 23, 16 Num. 29, 12 Deut. 16, 13 Ezra 3, 4 Neh. 8, 14 Zech. 14,16 John 7, 3 u Num. 29,35 John 7,37 4 day of restraint. Deut.16,8 2 Chr. 7. 9 131 thou gather any gleaning of thy har- vest : thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger ; 1 a7n the Lord your God. 23 ^And the Lord spake unto M5'- ses, saying, 24: Speak untothe childreaof 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 trumpets, an holy convocation. 25 \ e shall do no seiwile work there- in: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 26 TAnd the Lord spake unto M5'- ses, saying, 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month 'there shall he a day of atonement : it shall be an holy convocation mito you ; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offer- mg made by fire unto the Lord. 2 b And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atone- ment, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29 For whatsoever soul it he that shall not be afflicted in that same day, 'he shall be cut off from among his people. 30 And whatsoever soul it he that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 31 Ye shall do no manner of work : it shall he a statute for ever through- out your generations in all your dwell- ings. 32 It shall he imto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls : in the ninth day of the month at even, from even imto even, shaU ye ^celebrate your sabbath. 33 ^And the Lord spake tmto Mo'- ses, saying, 34 Speak imto the children of Is'- ra-el, saying, "The fifteenth day of this seventli month shall he the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord. 35 On the first day shall he an holy convocation : ye shall do no ser\-ile work therein. 3 6 Seven days ye shall offer an offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord : 'on the eighth day shall be an holy con- vocation unto your and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a, ^solemn assembly; and ye shall do no ser'^^ile work therein. ^^37 These are the feasts of tne Lord, Tlie oil for the lamp^.. LEVITICUS, 24. which ye shall proclaim to he holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacri- fice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day : 38 Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your free- will offerings, which ye give unto the Lord. 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gath- ered ""in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days : on the first day shall be a sab- bath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. 40 And ^ye shall take you on the first day the ^boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ; ^and ye shall rejoice be- fore 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 i§'ra-el-ites born shall dwell in booths : 43 That^yourgenerationsmayknow that I made the children of l§'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 M5'§e§ declared unto the children of l§'ra-el the feasts of the Lord. CHAPTER 24. 1 The oil for the lamps. 5 The sheicbread. 10 Shel- omith's son hlasiohemeth. 17 Of murder. 23 The blasphemer stoned. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'seg, saying, 2 Command "the children of l§'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 testimony, in the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, shall Aar'on order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually : it shall be a stat ute for ever in your generations. 4 He shall order the lamps upon the ^pure candlestick before the Lord continually. 5 IFAnd thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve ''cakes thereof : two tenth deals shall be in one cake. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 23. w Ex. 23, 16 X Nell. 8, 15 5 fruit. y Deut. 16, U Isa. 35, 10 Isa. 66, 10 John 16,22 z Deut. 31, 13 Ps.78,5,6 CHAP. 24. a Ex. 27, 20 1 to cause to ascend. b Ex. 31. 8 Ex. 39, 37 c Ex. 25, 30 d 1 Ki. 7, 48 2Chr.4,19 Heb. 9, 2 e Num. 4, 7 lChr.9,32 2Clir.2,4 7 1 Sam. 21,6 Mat. 12, 4 Mark2,26 Lu. 6, 4 g Ex. 29, 33 ch. 8, 3 ch. 21, 22 h Job 1, 5 Job 2, 5, 9 Isa. 8, 21 i Ex. 18, 22 j Num. 15,34 2 to ex- pound unto them ac- cording to the mouth of the LORD. Ex. 18, 15,16 k Deut.17,7 I ch. 5, 1 Num.9, 13 TOlKi.21,10 Ps. 74, 10,18 Mat.12,31 Mark3,28 J as. 2, 7 n Gen. 9, 6 Ex. 21, 12 Num. .35, 31 Deut. 19. 11 Mat.26,52 Rev.13,10 3 smiteth the life of a man. 4 life for life- Ex. 21, 24 Deut. 19,21 Mat. 5. 38 Mat. 7, 2 p Ex. 21, 33 132 The laic of blasphemy . 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 frankin- cense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord, 8 Every sabbath he shall 'set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of I§'- ra-el by an everlasting covenant. 9 And -^it shall be Aar'on's and his sons'; and^they shall eat it in the holy place : for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute. 10 IT And the son of an l§'ra-el-it-ish woman, whose father was an E-gyp'- tian, went out among the children of I§'ra-el : and this son of the I§'ra-el- it-ish vnoman and a man of l§'ra-el strove together in the camp ; 11 And the i§'ra-el-it-ish woman's son blasphemed the name of the io^Z),^and cursed. And they brought 'him unto M5'§e§ : (and his mother's name was SheFo-mith, 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. 1 3 And the Lord spake unto M5'§e§, saying, 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp ; and let all that heard hvm lay ^their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of I§'ra-el, saying, Whoso- ever 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 congrega- tion shall certamly 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. ITAnd'^he that ^killeth any m.an shall surely be put to death. 1 8 And he that killeth a beast 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 agai7i. 21 And ^he that killeth a beast, he The year ofjubile. LEVITICUS, 25; Blessings for obedience. shall restore it : and he that killeth a man. he shall be put to death. 22 Ye shall have *one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country : for I am the Lord your God. 23 IF And Mo'§e§ spake to the chil- dren of l§'ra-el, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and '"stone him with stones. And the children of l§'ra-el did as the Lord commanded M5'§e§. CHAPTER 25. 1 Sabbath of the seveyith year. 8 The jubile. 14 Of oppression. 18 A blessing of obedience. 47 Of re- deeming servants. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§ in mount Sf nai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of l§'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 shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof ; 4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sab- bath for the Lord : thou shalt nei- ther 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 maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojoumeth with thee, 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 8 If And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years ; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet ^of the jubile 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 fiftieth year, and '^proclaim liberty through out all the land unto all the inhabit- ants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you ; and "ye shall return every B. C. Ii90. CHAP. 24. q Ex. 12, 49 ch. 19, 34 Num. 15, 16 Deut. 10, 17-19 r Deut.13,9 Deut.17,7 CHAP. 25. 1 rest. a Ex. 23, 10 ch. 26, 34,35 2Chr. 36,21 b 2 Ki. 19,29 3 of thy separa- tion. 3 loud of sound. J ch. 23, 24 d Isa. 61, 2 Isa. 63, 4 Jer. 34, 8, 15, 17 Lu. 4, 19 Gal. 5, 1 e Num.36,4 /ch. 27, 24 Num.36,4 g ch. 19, 13 ISam. 12 3 Mic. 2, 2 1 Cor. 6, 8 h Pro. 14,31 Pro. 22,22 Jer. 7, 6 Ezek. 22,29 lThes.4,6 i ch. 26, 5 Deut. 12,10 Ps. 4, 8 Pro. 1, 33 Jer. 23, 6 j Mat. 6, 25 k Ex. 16, 29 Deut.28,8 Ps. 33, 12 Ps. 119, 2 Ps. 128, 1 Pro. 3, 33 Pro. 8, 32 Pro. 10,22 1 Tim. 4,8 I 2Ki.l9,29 mJosh.5,11 4 for cut- ting off, or, to be quite cut off. n Deut. 32,43 Joel 2, 18 Ps. 119,19 1 Pet.2,11 p Ruth 2,20 \q Ruth 3. 2 133 man imto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you : ye shall not sow, nei- ther reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes m it of thy vine imdressed. 12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you : ye shall eat the in^ crease thereof out of the field. 1 3 In -^ the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest oitght of thy neighbour's hand, ye ^shall not op- press one another : 15 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, a7id according unto the number of years of the fruits lie shall sell unto thee : 16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the f e^^^less of years thou shalt diminish the price of it : for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. 17 Ye ^shall not therefore oppress one another ; but thou shalt fear thy God : for I am the Lord your God. 18 IF Wherefore ye shall do my stat- utes, and keep my judgments, and do them ; 'and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 1 9 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 And if ye shall say, ^ What shall we eat the seventh year ? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our in- crease : 21 Then I will ^command my bless- ing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 22 And 'ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat ijet of ""old fruit until the ninth year ; until her fruits come in ye shall eat o/the old store. 23 llThe land shall not be sold for ^ever -. for "the land is mine ; for ye are "strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your pos- session ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25 ^If nhy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his pos- session, and if ^any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. Laws concerning LEVITICUS, 25. tJie year of jabile. 26 And if the man have none to re-| deem it, and ^himself be able to re-i deem it ; 27 Then let him count the vears cf the sale thereof, and restore the over- plus unto the man to whom he sold it ; that he may return unto his pos- session. 28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the yea,r of jubile; and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. 29 And if a man sell a dAvelling 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 w^alled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations : it shall not go out in the jubile. i 31 But the houses of the villages w^hich have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: "^they may be re- deemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. 3 2 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 jubile : for the houses of the cities of the Le'- vites are their possession among the children of Is'ra-el. 34: But "the "field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold ; for it is their perpetual possession. 35 lAnd if thy brother be waxen poor, and ®f alien in decay with thee; then thou shalt ^relieve ^him: yea, though he he a stranger, or a so- journer; that he may live with thee. 36 Take "thou no usury of him, or increase : but fear thy God ; that thy brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. 38 I am, the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of E'gypt, to give you the land of Ca'- naan, and to be your God. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 25. 5 his hand hath at- tained and found suffi- ciency. 6 redeinp- tion be- longeth unto it. r Josh. 21,2 Or, one of the Le- vites re- deem, them. s Acts 4, 36 8 Ms hand faileth. 9 strength' en. t Deut.15,7 Ps. 37, 26 Pro. 14,31 Lu. 6, 35 Actsll,29 Rom. 12, 18 1 John 3,17 u Ex. 22, 25 Deut. 23,19 Neh. 5, 7 Ps. 15, 5 Pro. 28, 8 V Ex. 21, 2 Deut. 15, 12 1 Ki. 9, 22 2 Ki. 4, 1 Jer. 34,14 10 serx^e thyself tvith him with the service, etc. wRom.6,22 1 Cor.7,23 11 iviththe sale of a bond' man. X Eph. 6, 9 Col, 4, 1 y Mai. 3, 5 12 ye shall serve yourselves with them. 13 his hand obtain, etc. 134 39 IF And "if thy brother that dvnell- eth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee ; thou shalt not '"com- pel him to serve as a bondservant : 40 i?i^?^ as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile : 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are '^my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of 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 he 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 And ye shall take them as an in- heritance for your children after you, to inherit ^/^e?;?/orapossession; '''they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of is'ra-el, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour. 47 'iFAnd if a sojourner or stranger wax '^rich by thee, and thy brother that dv^elleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or so- journer by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family : 48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again ; one of his brethren may redeem him : 49 Either his vmcle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him ; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. 50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile : and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. 51 If there he yet many years he- hind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemp- Idolatry forbidden. LEVITICUS, 26. A curse to the disobedient. tion out of the money that he was bought for. 5 2 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shah count with him, and according unto his yeai's shall he give him again the price of his redemption. 53 ^?^6? as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him : and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. 54 And if he be not redeemed 'Hn these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children of I§'- ra-el are servants ; they are my serv- ants whom I brought forth out of the land of E'gypt : I am the Lord your God. CHAPTER 26. I OJ idolatry. 2 Of religiousness. 3 A blessing tn the obedient. 14 A curse to the disobedient. 40 A. promise to the penitent. YE shall make you ''no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a 'standing image, neither shall ye set up any ^image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it : for I am the Lord your God. 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. 3 IF 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 sowing time : and '^ye shall eat your bread to the full, and ''dwell in your land safely. 6 And 'I will give peace in the land, and ye •''shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid : and I will ^rid ^evil beasts out of the land, neither shall *the sword go through your land. 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And five of you shall chase an hun- dred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to fiight : and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 For I will 'have respect unto you, and make ^you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 25. 14 Or, by these means. CHAP. 26. a Ex. 20,4,5 Ps. 97, 7 1 Or, pil- lar. 2 a stone of picture, or,, figured stone. b Isa. 30, 23 c Deut. 11, 15 Joel 2, 19,26 d Job 11, 18 Ezek. 34, 25 6 lChr.22,9 Isa. 45, 7 /Ps. 3, 5 Jer. 30,10 3 cause to cease. g 2 Ki.17,25 Ezek.5,17 Ezek. 14,15 h. Josh. 23,10 Ezek. 14,17 i Ex. 2, 25 2 Ki.13,23 j Gen. 17, 6,7 k Ezek. 37,26 I Deut. 32,19 TO2Cor.6,16 Eph. 2,21 Heb. 3, 6 n Ezek. 11,20 o Ezek. 34,27 p Deut. 28,15 q 2 Ki.17,15 4 upon you. r Deut. 28.22 s 1 Sam. 2,33 t Job 31. 8 uJudg.2,14 V Ps. 106,41 to Ps. 53, 5 X 1 Sam.2,5 y 1 Sam. 4, 10 Isa. 25, 11 z Ps. 127, 1 Isa. 49. 4 a Deut. 28,18 Hag, 1, 10 5 Or, at all adven- tures with me. 5 2K1.17,25 c Judg. 5, 6 2Chr.l5,5 Zech.7.14 d Jer. 5, 3 e 2 Sam. 22,27 ; Ezek. 6, 3 135 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 1 1 And ^I will set m^y tabernacle among you : and my soul shall not abhor 'you. 1 2 And ™I v*t11 walk among you, and "will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 131 am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of E'gypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; "and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. 14 "I But -"if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these com- mandments ; 1 5 And if ye shall ^despise my stat- utes, or if your soul abhor my judg- ments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant : 161 also will do this unto vou ; 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 ene- mies shall eat it. IT And I will set my face against you, and ye "shall be slain before your enemjes: they ^'that hate you shall reign over you; and '^ye shall flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I Avill pimish you "^seven times more for your sins. 1 9 And I will ^'break the pride of your power ; and I wi]l make your heaven as iron, and yoiu* earth as brass : 20 And your ^strength shall be spent in vain: for ''your land sliall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 21 And if ye walk ^contrary unto me, and mil not hearken unto me ; I will bring seven times more pla.gues upon you according to your sins. 22 1 *will also send wild beasts among you. which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in n umber ; and'^vour high wajs shall be desolate. ^ 23 And if '^ye will not be reformed" by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me ; 24 Then *will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins, f 25 And ^1 will bring a sword upon * C. 26. 36. t N. Deut. 28. 58-6i N Mefyiy to the penitent. LEVITICUS, 27. ^aws concerning vows. C you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant : and when ye are gath ered together within your cities, I fiwill send the pestilence among you ; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 And Hvhen 1 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 contrary unto me ; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also •'in fury ; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins 29 And ^ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30 And T Avill destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and "'cast your carcases upon the car- cases of your idols, and my soul shall ''abhor you. 31 And "I will make your cities waste, and bring /'your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 32 And *I will bring the land into desolation : and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And T will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you : and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34: Then 'shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land ; even then shall the land rest, and en- joy her sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest ; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 3 6 And upon them that are left aliv e of you I ^will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their ene- mies ; and the "sound of a ''shaken leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword ; and [they shall fall when none pursueth.* 37 And ""they shall fall one upon an- other, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and "ye shall have no power to stand before your ene- mies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your ene- mies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you * C. Num. 14. 18. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 26. g Amos4,10 h Isa. 3, 1 i Mic. 6, 14 j Isa. 59, 18 k 2 Ki. 6, 29 I 2Chr.34,3 7)i2Ki.23,20 n Ps. 78, 59 Neh. 2, 3 Jer. 5, 10 p Lam. I,i0 q Jer. 9, 11 Jer. 25, 11 r Deut.4,27 Deut. 28,64 Ps. 44, 11 Ezek. 12, 15 Ezek. 20,23 Zech.7,14 s 2 Chr. 36,21 t Ezek.21,7 •u Pro. 28, 1 6 driven. V Judg.7,22 Isa. 10, 4 tt;Judg.2,14 X Neh. 1, 9 Jer. 3, 25 Jer. 20, 12 y Num. 5, 7 , 1 Ki. 8, 33 J Ob 34, 31 Pro. 28,13 Jer. 3, 12 Lu. 15, 18 1 John 1,9 z Jer. 9, 25 Ezek.44,7 Acts 7, 51 Kom.2,29 Col. 2, 11 a 1 Ki.21,29 2Chr.l2,6 b Ex. 2, 24 Ex. 6, 5 Ps. 106,45 Ezek. 16,60 c Ps. 1.36,23 d Deut.4,31 e Rom. 11, 28 / Ps. 98, 2 Ezek.20,9 fif Deut. 6, 1 Deut.12,1 Deut.33,4 John 1,17 n ch. 25, 1 shall *pine slwslj 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 m- CHAP. 27. a Num. 6, 2 Deut. 23, 21-23 Judg. 11, 30, 31, 39 1 Sam. 1, 11, 28 Job 22, 27 Ps. 50, 14, 15 Ps. 65, 1 Ps. 76, 11 Eccl. 5, 4-6 Jonah 1, 16 Acts21,23 b Ex. 30, 13 Num.3,47 Num. 18, 16 Ezek. 45, 12 13 a iquity, and the iniquity of their fa- thers, with their trespass which the y trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me: 41 And that I also have walked con- trary unto them, and have brough t them into the land of their enemies i if then their ^uncircumcised hearts be '^humb led, an d they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity : 42 Thenwill I ^remember my cove- nant with Ja'cob, and also my c ove- nant with i^gaac, andalso my covenant with A'bra-ham will I remember: and I wi ll ^remembe r t he land. * 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: be- cause, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies,! ^^will not cast them away, 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 remem- ber the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of E'gypt -'in the sight of the heathen, that 1 might be their God : I am the Lord. 46 These ^are the statutes and judg- ments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of i§'ra-el ^in mount Sfnai by the hand of M5'§e?. CHAPTER 27. 1 Concerninp vows. 26 Of the Lord's firstlings. 28 JVb devoted thing may be redeemed. 30 The tithe may not be chariged. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of l§'ra-el, and say unto them, "When a man shall niake a singular vow, the per sons shcdl 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 esti- mation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after *the shekel of the sanctuary * L Deut. 4. 36, 37; P. Deut. 4.' 29, 30; R. Num. 5. 5-7. Lavjs concerning vovjs. LEVITICUS, 27 Of the LorcVs firstlhigs. B. C. U90. 4 And. if it be a female, then ihv esti- mation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estmiation shall be of the male twentv shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 6 And if it be from a month old even mito five years old, then thy estima- tion shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy esti- mation shall be tliree shekels of silver. 7 And if it be from sixty years old and above ; if it bedb male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But ""if he be poorer than thy esti- noation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the x^riest value him. 9 And if it be Si beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord, all that a7ii/ 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 shaU at all change beast for beast, then it and the ex- change thereof shall be holy. 1 1 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 i)riest : 12 And the priest shall value it, . ^^ g^ ^^ whether it be good or bad : ^as thouj ^ Num.sU"/ - - - - Xum. 18, 16 Ezek. 4:5,12 CHAP. 27. c Lu. 21, 1 2 Cor.8,12 1 shall be sacrificed. 2 according to thy es- timation, O priest, etc. tZ ch. 25, 29-31 Num. 18, li 2 Cor.9,10 3 Or, the land of an homer, etc. e ch. 25, 15, 16 Lu. 4t, 18 fch. 25,10, 28, 31 . (J Num. 18, li Deut. 13, 17 Josh. 6,1'i Ezek. 44,29 h ch. 25, 28 valuest it, loho art the priest, so shall it be. 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth i^art thereof unto thy estimation. 14: IT And when a man shall '^sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he that sanctified it Aviil redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth 2Da7^t of the money of thy estimation imto it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord so?ne part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof : ^an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy esti- mation it shall stand. 4: firstborn, etc., Ex. 13, 2, 12 Ex. 22, 30 Num. 18,17 Deut. 15,19 i Josh. 6,1' 5 Persons. Ex. 22, 20 Num.21,2 Deut. 7, 1 Deut. 20, 16 Deut. 25, 19 Josh. 6,17 1 Sam. 15,3 k Gen.28,22 Num. 18, 21 2Chr.31,5 Neh. 13,12 137 1 S But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the x^riest shall reck- on ''unto huTL the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, 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 pai^t 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, Avhen it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; the ^pos- session 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 liis pos- session ; 23 Then the priest shall reckon un- to him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile : and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the Lord. 21 In ^the year of the jubile the field shall return unto hmi of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong. 25 And all thy estima.tions shall be according to the shekel of the sanc- tuary: twenty 'gerahs shall be the shekel. 26 "! Only the ^firstling of the beasts, wliich should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall sanctify it ; whether it be ox, or sheep : it is the Lord's. 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 re- deemed, then it shall be sold accord- ing to thy estunation. 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 : I every devoted thing is most holy I unto the Lord. i 29 None devoted. Svhich shall be de- voted of men, shall be redeemed ; but shall surely be put to death. 30 And %11 the tithe of the land, loh ether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's : it is holy unto the Lord. Moses nunibereth NUMBERS, 1. the 'men of war. 31 And if a man will at all redeem! b. c. 1490. ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatso- , j^^. ^^ ever 'passeth under the rod, the tenth T ElVk. ' 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 holj' ; it shall not be redeemed. 34 These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Mo'§e§ for the children of i§'ra-el in mount Si'nai. THE FOUETH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED NUMBERS. A CHAPTER 1. 1, 17 The men of war numbered. 47 Tlie Levites exempted for the tabernacle service, ND the Lord spake unto M5'§e§ in "the wilderness of Si'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 con- gregation of the children of ][§'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 up- ward, all that are able to go forth to war in l§'ra-el: thou and Aar'on shall 'number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be '^a man of q\qtj tribe ; every one head of the house of his fathers. 5 llAnd these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the Hribe of Reii'ben ; E-li'zur the son of Shed'e-ur. 6 Of Sim'e-on ; She-lii'mi-el the son of Zii-ri-shad'da-i. 7 Of Jii'dah ; -^'Nah'shon the son of Am-min'a-dab. 8 Of is'sa-char ; Ne-than'e-el the son of Zii'ar, 9 Of Zeb'u-liin ; E-lf ab the son of Helon. 10 Of the children of Jo'§eph: of E'phra-im; E4ish'a-ma the son of Am-mi'hud: of Ma-nas'seh; Ga-ma'- li-el the son of Pe-dah'zur. 1 1 Of Ben'ja-min ; Ab'i-dan the son of ^Gid-e-5'ni. 1 2 Of Dan ; A-hi-e'zSr the son of Am-mi-shad'da-i. 13 Of Ash'gr; Pa'gi-el the son of Oc'ran. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 1. a Ex. 19, 1 6 Ex. 25, 22 c Ex. 30, 12 2 Sam. 24, 3 1 muster. d ch.. 2, 2 lChr.27,1 e Gen.29,32 Ex. 1, 2 Deut.33,6 Rev, 7. 4 /Ruth 4,20 lChr.2,10 Lu. 3. 32 2 That is, A cutter down. Judg.7,18 g ch. 2, 14, he is called Jleuel. h ch. 7, 2 Ex. 18, 21 Mic. 5, 2 Judg.6,15 1 Chr. 27,16 i Ex. 18, 21,25 i Ezra 2, 59 Neh. 7, 61 Heb. 7, 3 k 2 Sam. 24,1 [ Ps. 144, 1 1 Cor. 16, 13 2 Cor. 3, 5 Eph. 6, 12 138 14_0f Gad; E4i'a-saph the son ^of Deu^el. 15 Of Naph'ta4i; A-hfra the son oi E'nan. 1 6 These hoere the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads 'of thousands in i§'ra-el. IT ^And Mouses and Aar'on took these men which are expressed by their names: 1 8 And they assembled all the con- gregation together on the first day of the second month, and they de- clared their -^pedigrees after their families, by the house of theu^ fa- thers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 1 9 As ^the Lord commanded M5'se§, so he numbered them in the wilder- ness of Sf npi. 20 IT And the children of Reu'ben,i§'- ra-el's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the num- ber of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and up- ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 21 Those that were numbered of them, eve?i of the tribe of Reu'ben, yjere forty and six thousand and five hmidred. 22 IFOf the children of Sim'e-on, by their generations, after their fam- ilies, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the "number of the names, by their polls, every naale from twenty years old and upward, all that were" 'able to go forth tc war ; 23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Sim'e-on, 3 Moses nii7nbe7'etJi NUMBERS, i. the men of roar. were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 24 1i Of the children of ™Gad, 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, eveji of the tribe of Gad, loere forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. 26 TOf the "children of Jii'dah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- ing 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 Jii'dah, loere threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 28 Ti Of the children of is'sa-char, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty yea,rs old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 29 Those that were numbered of them, eren of the tribe of is'sa-char, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 30 ^Of the children of Zeb'u-liin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty 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 Zeb'u-liin, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 32 If Of the children of J5'§eph, namelif, of the ''children of E'phra-im, by their generations, after their fami- lies, 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 ; 33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of E'phra-im, y:iere forty thousand and five hun- dred. 34 liOf the children of Ma-nas'seh, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the house of their fathers, ac- cording 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, B. C. 1490. CHAP. 1. m Gen. 30, 11 Gen.49,19 Josh. 4,12 Josh. 13,24 Josh. 22,9 Jer. 49, 1 Ezek. 48, 27,34 Rev. 7, 5 n Gen.29,35 Gen.46,12 Gen. 49, 8 with ch. 2, 3, 4 ch. 26, 19-22 2 Sana. 24,9 1 Chr. 5, 2 2 Chr. 17, 14-16 Ps. 78, 68 Mat. 1, 2 Heb. 7, 14 Rev. 5, 5 Gen.30,24 Gen. 37. 27-34 Gen. 48, 19, 20 with ch.2,18,19 Gen. 49. 22-26 ch. 26, 35-37 Deut. 33, 13-17 Judg.12,6 Ps. 60, 7 Ps. 78, 67 Ps. 80, 2 Jer. 7, 15 Obad. 19 p Gen. 35, 10-18 Gen.44,20 Gen.49,27 ch. 26, 41 Judg. 20, 44-46 2 Chr. 17, 17 Ps. 68, 27 Rev. 7, 8 q Gen. 30, 5,6 Gen. 46, 23, with ch. 2, 25 Gen. 49, 16,17 ch. 26, 42 r ch. 1, 21, 23, 46 ch. 2, 4, 13, 15, 19 ch. 3, 16 ch. 26, 64 Josh. 8,10 2 Sam. 18, 1 2 Sam. 24, 10 1 Ki. 3, 8 2Chr.2,17 2Chr.25,5 Ezra 1, 8 Ps. 40, 5 s Ex. 12, 37 Ex. 38, 26 ch. 26, 51 t ch. 2, 33 ch. 3, 1 ch. 26, 57 1 Chr. 6, 1 lChr.21 6 ]39 y-ere thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 36 ^Of the 'children of Ben'ja-min, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the house of their fathers, ac- cording 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, vnere thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 38 HOf 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, evien of the tribe of Dan, loere threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 40 T Of the children of Ash'Sr, \>y their generations, after their families, by the house of their farthers, accord- ing to the number of the na.mes, 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, v-ere forty and one thousand and five hun- dred. 42 TOf the chfidren of Kaph'ta4i, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, ail that were able to go forth to war ; 43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naph'tall, loere fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 44 Ti These '■<:/re_those that were num- bered, which jNId'ses and Aar'on num- bered, and the princes of is'ra-el, be- ing twelve men : each one was for the house of his fathers. 45 So v/ere all those that were num- bered of the children of is'ra-el, by the house of their fathers, from tv\^enty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in is'ra-el ; 46 Even all they that w^ere num- bered were 'six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 47 ^But ^the Le'vites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. The JLevites exempted. NUMBERS, 2. The order of the tribes. 48 For the Lord had spoken unto Mo'se§, saying, 49 Only "thou shalt not number the tribe of Le'vi, neither take the sum of them among the children of i§'- ra-el : 50 But ^'thou shalt appoint the Le'- vites over the tabernacle of testi- mony, and over all the vessels there- of, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the taberna,cle, and all the vessels thereof ; and they shall minister unto it,'"and shall en- camp round about the tabernacle. 5 1 And nvhen the tabernacle setteth forAvard, the Le'vites shall take it do\\Ti : and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Le'vites shall set it up: and ^the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 5z And the children of I§'ra-el shall pitch their tents, ^'every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. 5 3 But the Le'vites shall pitch I'ound about the tabernacle of testunonj^ that there be ^no wrath upon the congregation of _the children of l§'- ra-el : ''and the Le'vites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. 54 And the children of l§'ra-el did according to all that the Lord com- manded M5'se§, so did they. CHAPTER 2. The order of the tribes in their tents, etc. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§ and unto Aar'on, saying, 2 Every "man of the children of l§'- 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 1i 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 captain of the children of Jii'dah. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, v^ere threescore and fourteen thousand and six hun- dred. 5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Is'sa-char : '^and Ne-than'e-el the son of Zii'ar shall be captain of the children of ts'sa-char. 6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, icere 'fifty and four thousand and four hundred. T Then the tribe of •^Zeb'u-luu : and B. C. 1490. CHAP. 1. Mch. 26, 62 V Ex. 38, 21 ch. 3, 7, 8 ch. 4, 15, 25, 26, 27, 33 w ch. 3, 23, 29, 35, 38 X ch. 10, 17,21 3 Evefy one not a Levite. ch.3,10,38 ch. 18, 22 y ch. 2, 2,34 z Lev. 10, 6 ch. 8, 19 ch. 16, 46 ch. 18, 5 1 Sam. 6,19 a ch. 8, 24 ch. 18, 3,4 ch. 31, 30,47 IChr. 23, 32 2Chr. 13, 10 CHAP. 2. a ch. 1, 52 b ch. 24, 2-9 1 over against. Josh. 3, 4 c ch. 10. 14 Ruth 4,20 lChr.2,10 Mat. 1, 4 Lu. 3, 32,33 d ch. 7, 18, 23 ch, 10, 15 e ch. 26, 25 / Gen.49,13 Deut. 33,18 g ch. 10, 14 1 Chr. 5, 2 Ps. 78, 52 h Deut.33,6 1 Chr. 5, 1 2 Deuel, ch. 1, 14 ch. 7, 42,47 ch. 10, 20 i ch. 10, 18 Gen. 49, 3 1 Chr. 5, 1 j Acts 7, 44 Heb. 8, 2 k 1 Cor. 14,40 I Gen. 48, 14-20 Ch. 10, 22 Deut. 33,17 Ps. 80, 1 Hos. 11, 3 Hos. 13, 1 Zech. 9, 9-17 Zech. 10. 7-12 Jer. 31. 9, 18-21 140 E-li'ab the son of He'lon shall be cap- tain of the children of Zeb'u-liin. 8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, toere fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Jii'dah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These ^shall first set forth. 10 ^On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reu'ben ^ac- cording to their arirdes : and the cap- tain of the children of Reu'ben shall be E-li'zur the son of Shed'e-ur. 1 1 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, ^/;ere fortj^and six thousand and five hundred. 1 2 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-lii'mi-el the son of Zii- ri-shad'da-i. 1 3 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-H'a-saph the son of ^Reu'el. 1 5 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, v^ere forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 1 6 All that were numbered in the camp of Reii'ben v:ere an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and foiu^ hundred and fifty, through- out their armies. And 'they shall set forth in the second rank. 1 7 1i Then 4he tabernacle of the con ■ gregation shall_ set forward with the camp of the Le'vites in the midst of the camp : as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every *man in his place by their standards. ISirOn the west side shall be the standard of the camp of ^E'phra-im according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of E'phra-im shall be E-lish'a-ma the son of Am-ml'hud. 1 9 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, icere forty thou- sand and five hundred. 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Ma-nas'seh: and the captain of the children of Ma-nas'seh 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. Tlie order of the tribes. NUMBERS, 3. The Levites' service. 22 Then the tribe of '"Ben'ja-min : and the captain of the sons of Ben'- i^^-Yimi shall he Ab'i-dan the son of ^Gid-e-o'ni. 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, ivere thirty and five thousand and four hun- dred. 24 All that were numbered of the camp of E'phra-im were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And ''they shall go forward in the third rank. 25 HThe standard of the camp of "Dan shall he on the north side by their armies : and the captain of the children of Dan shall he A-hi-e'z6r the son of Am-mi-shad'da-i. 26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, 'were threescore and two thousand and seven hun- dred. 27 And those that encamp by him shall he the tribe of Ash'er : and the captain of the children of Ash'er shall he Pa'gi-el the son of oc'ran. 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, loere forty and one thousand and five hun- dred. 29lfThen the tribe of ^Naph'ta-ll: and the captain of the children of Naph'ta-ll shall he A-hi'ra the son of E'nan. 30 And his host, and those that were numbered of thein, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred, 3 1 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan loere an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thou- sand and six hundred. They ?shall go hindmost witli their standards. 32 1 These are those which were numbered of the children of l§'ra-el by the house of their fathers: 'all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts loere six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 33 But 'the LeVites were not num bered among the children of_ls'ra-el ; as the Lord commanded Mo'§e§. 34 And the children of 1f§'ra-el did according to all that ^the Cord com- manded Mo'§e§ : "so they pitched by their standards, and so they set for- ward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fa- thers. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 2. m Ps. 68, 27 Rev. 7, 8 3 That is, A cutter donm. Judg.7,18 n ch. 10, 22 Deut. 32,22 p Gen. 30, 8 Gen.4:9,21 2 Ki.15,29 Rev. 7, 6 q ch. 10, 25 r Ex. 38, 26 ch. 1, 46 ch. 11, 21 s ch. 1, 47 ch.3,5-51 ch. 26, 57-62 1 Chr. 6 t ch. 24, 2 Ps. 119, 6 Isa. 45, 12 u ch. 24, 2,9 Song 6,10 1 Cor. 14,40 CHAP. 3. a Ex. 6, 23 b Ex. 28, 41 Lev. 8, 1 1 whose hand he filled. c Lev. 10, 1 ch. 26, 61 Deut.4,24 lChr.24,2 Isa. 66, 15 2Thes.l,8 Heb. 12,29 d ch. 8, 6 ch. 18, 2 e ch. 1, 50 ch. 8, 11, 15, 24, 26 /ch. 8, 19 ch. 18, 6 g ch. 18, 7 h Every one not a Levite. ch. 1, 51 ch. 16, 40 1 Sam. 6, 19 2 Sam.6,7 i ch. 8, 16 ch. 18, 6 7 Ex. 13, 2 Ex. 22, 9 Ex. 34, 20 Lev.27,26 ch. 8, 16 Neh. 10, 36 Ezek. 44, 30 Lu. 2, 23 fe Ex. 13, 12, 15 I Ex. 19, 1 141 CHAPTER 3. 1 The Levites'' service. 40 The firstborn freed by the Levites. 44 The overplus redeemed. THESE also are the generations of Aar'on and Mo'§es in the day that the Lord spake with Mo'§e§ in mount Si'nai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aar'on; Na'dab "the firstborn, and A-bf hu, E-le-a'zar, and Ith'a-mar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aar'on, *the priests which were anointed, ^whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 4 And ""Isra'dab and A-bi'hii died be fore the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sf nai, and they had no children: and E-le-a'zar and Ith'a- mar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aar'on their f ather._ 5 irAnd the Lord spake unto Mou- ses, saying, 6 Bring ''the tribe of LeVi near, and present thembef ore Aar'on the priest, that they may minister unto him, 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congre- gation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the ^service of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep all the instru- ments of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and the charge of the chil- dren of Is'ra-el, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And -'thou shalt give the LeVites unto Aar'on and to his sons : they are wholly given unto him out of the children of is'ra-el. 10 And thoii shalt appoint Aar'on and his sons, ^and they shall wait on their priest's office : and ^the stranger that Cometh nigh shall be put to death. 11 IT And the Lord spake unto .M5'- se§, saying, ^1_2 And L behold, T have taken the LeVites from among the children of l§'ra-el instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the chil- dren of i§'ra-el: therefore the Le'- vites shall be mine : 13 Because %11 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 l§'ra-el, both man and beast : mine shall they be : I am the Lord. 14 lAnd the Lord spake unto M5'- §es in the wilderness of 'Sfnai, saying, The families, number, and NUMBERS, 3. charge of the Levites. 15 Number the cliildren of Le'vi after the house of their fathers, by their famihes . every '"male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Mo'§e§ numbered them ac- cording to the ^word of the Lord, as he was commanded. IT And "these were the sons of LeVi by their namesj G6r'shon, and Ko'- hath, and Me-ra'ri. 18 And these are the names of the sons of GSr'shon by their families; Lib'ni, ''and Shim'e-i. 19 And the sons of Kd'hath by their families; Am'ram, and Iz'e-har, He'- bron, and iJz'zi-el. 20 And. the sons of Me-ra'ri by their families; Mah'ji, and Mu'shi. These are the families of the Le Vites accord- ing to the house of their fathers. 21 Ti Of GSr'shon vkis 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 we"^e numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and up- ward, even those that were num- bered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The^families of the GSr'shon'ites sha.ll pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24: And the chief of the house of the father of the Ger'shon-Ites shall he E-ira-sar)h the son of La'el. 25 And ^the charge of the sons of GSr'shon in the tabernacle of the con- gregation shall he the tabernacle, and 'the tent, 'the covering thereof, and ''the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And ""the hangings of the court, and the ^'curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and "^the cords of it for all the service thereof. 27 TAnd ^of Kd'hath vms the family of theAm'ram-ites, and the family of the Iz'e-har-ites, and the family of the He'bron-ites, and the family of the Uz'zi-el-ites : these are the families of the K5'hath-ites. 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, vnere eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the cha^rge of the sanctuary. 29 The ^families of the sons of K5'- hath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. B. C. Id90. CELAP. 3. mch. 26. 62 2 mouth. n Gen.4:6,ll Ex. 6, 16 ch. 26, 57 1 Chr. 6, 1,16 lChr.23,6 Ex. 6, 17 V ch. 1, 53 q ch. 4, 24, 25, 26 1 Chr. 9. 14-33 Mark 13,34 Col. 4, 17 ITim. 1,18 r Ex. 25. 9 s Ex. 26, 1 t Ex. 26. 7,14 u Ex. 26, 36 V Ex. 27. 9 w Ex. 27, 16 X Ex. 35, 18 y 1 Chr. 26,23 z ch. 1, 53 a ch. 4, 15 Z) Ex. 25 10 c Ex. 25, 23 a Ex. 25, 31 e Ex. 27, 1 Ex. 30, 1 /Ex. 26,32 8i2Ki.25,18 Ti, ch. 1, 53 3 the office of the charqe. Ex. S6, 15 ch.4,31,32 i ch. 1, 53 ch. 2, 3 j ch. 18, 5 k vers. 7, 8 4 Every one not a Levite. ch. 18, 40 1 Sam. 6,19 2 Sam.6,7 1 ch. 26, 62 m ver. 15 n vers. 12,45 142 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Ko'hath Ites shall he E-liz'a-phan the son of Uz'zi-el. 31 And ''their charge shall he ^the ark, and '^the table, and "^the candle- stick, and the "altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary v/herewith they minister, and -^the hangmg, and all the service thereof. 32 And E-le-a'zar the son of Aar'on the priest shaU he ^chief over the chief of the LeVites, and have the oversight of them that keej) thfe charge of the sanctuary. 33 liOf Me-ra'ri v^as the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mii'shites : these are the families ol Me-ra'ri. 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, loere six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Me-ra'ri was Zu'ri-el the son of Ab-i-ha'il. : these *shall pitch on the side of the tab- ernacle northward. 36 And Hinder the custody and charge of the sons of Me-ra'ri shall he the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and thfoir pins, and their cords. 38 TBut 'those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congre- gation eastward, shall he Mo'§e§, and Aar'on and his sons, keeping ■'the charge of the sanctuary ^'for the charge of the children of l§'ra-el ; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 All that were numbered of the LeVites, which M5'ses and Aar'on numbered at the commandment oi the Lord, throughout their families, ?J1 the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thou- sand. 40 TAnd the Lord said unto M5'§e§, Number "all the firstborn of the males of the children of l§'ra-el from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And '^thou shalt take the LeVites The jirsthorn redeemed. NUMBERS, 4. Service of the Levites. for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of ig'ra-el ; and the cattle of the Le' vites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of is'ra-el. 42 And Mo'§e§ numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the first- born among the children of l§'ra-eL 43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were immbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and three- score and thirteen. 44 IFAnd the Lord spake unto Mo'- §e§, saying, 45 Take the Le Vites instead of all the firstborn among the children of i§'ra-el, and the cattle of the Le'vites instead of their cattle ; and the I^e'- vites shall be ''mine : I am the Lord. 46 And for those that are to be re- deemed ^'of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first- born of the children of Is'ra-el, wliich ^are more than the LeVites ; 47 Thou shalt even take 'five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them : ('the shekel is twenty gerahs :) 48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aar'on and to his sons. 49 And M5'§e§ took the 'redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Le'vites : 50 Of the firstborn of the children of is'ra-el took he the money ; "a thou- sand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuarj^ : 51 And Mo'§e§ gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aar'- on and to his sons, according to the vvord of the Lord, as the Lord com- manded M5'§e§. CHAPTER 4. I Of the Levites' service. 17 Tlie oijice of the priests. 34 The number of the KohathUes, 38 of the Ger- shonites, 42 and of the Merarites. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'ges and unto Aar'on, 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 up- ward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the 'host, to do the B. C. 1490. CHAP. 3. vers. 12,41 1 Sam. 1,28 p Ex. 13, 13 ch. 18, 15 q vers. 39, 4.Z r Lev. 27, 6 ch. 18, 16 s Ex. 30, 13 Lev.27,25 ch. 18, 16 Ezek. 45,12 t 1 Tim. 2,6 Titus 2,14 Heb. 9, 12 1 Pet.1,18 Gal. 4, 4,5 u vers. 46,47 CHAP. 4. a ch. 8, 24 1 Chr. 23, 3, 24, 27 Ezra 3, 8 1 Or, ^vcr- fare. 2 Cor.10,4 ITim. 1,18 & ver. 15 c Ex. 36, 31 Ex. 36, 35 Lev. 16, 2 2Chr.3,14 Mat.27,51 Heb, 9, 3 d Ex. 25, 10,16 e Ex. 25, 13 / Ex. 25,23, 29,30 Lev. 24, 6,8 2 Or, pour out xvitliaL g Ex, 35, 31 h Ex. 25, 37,38 i Ex, 30, 1 3 Ov,boxvls. j ch. 7, 9 ch. 10, 21 Deut.31,9 2 Sam. 6, 13 1 Chr. 15, 2,15 143 work in the tabernacle of the congre- gation. 4 H This ^shall be the service of the sons of Ko'hath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things : 5 And when the camp setteth for- ward, Aar'on shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down ''the covering vail, and cover the '^ark of testimony with it : 6 And shall put thereon the cover- ing 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 shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, a.nd the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to "cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon : 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skuis, and shall put \3i the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the ^candlestick of the light, ^and his lamps, and his tongs, and liis snuffdishes, and all tlie oil vessels thereof, wherewith they min- ister unto it ; 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shaU put it upon a bar. 11 And upon *th9 golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof : 12 And they shall take all the in- struments of ministrv, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cov- er them with a covering of badgers* skins, and shaU put the7n on a bar : 13 And they shall take away the a.shes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon : 14 And they shall put upon it al3 the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers^ the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the ^basons, aU the vessels of the al- tar; and they sliall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. 1 5 And when Aar'on and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the -'sons of Office of the priests. : NUMBEKS, 4 . Numb er of the Kohathites, Kd'hath shall come to bear it : *but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These Hhings are the burden of the sons of Ko'liath in the tabernacle of the congregation. 1 6 T And to the office of E-le-a'zar the son of Aar'on the priest pertaineth '"the oil for the light, and the "sweet incense, and the "daily meat offering, and the ^anointing oil, and the over- sight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. 17 11 And the Lord spake unto Mo'- §e§ and unto Aar'on, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the K5'hath-ites from among the Le Vites : 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they ap- proach unto the *most holy things : Aar'on 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 IT And the Lord spake imto Mo'- §es, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of GSr'shon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families ; 23 From 'thirty years old and up- ward until fifty years old shalt thou number them ; all that enter in ^to perform the sei'vice, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This is the service of the families of the G6r'shon-ites, to serve, and for ^burdens : 25 And 'they shall bear the curtains 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 taber- nacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them : so shall they serve. 27 At the ^'appointment of Aar'on and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the GSr'shon-ites, in all their burdens, and in all their serv- ice : and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens B. C. 1490. CHAP. 4. k 2 Sam. 6, 6, 7 1 Chr. 13, 9,10 I ch. 3, 31 m Ex. 25, 6 Lev. 24, 2 71 Ex. 30, 34 Ps. 141, 2 Mai. 1, 11 Rev. 5, 8 Rev. 8, 3 Ex. 29, 4*; ch 28,3 Ezek. 46. 13 Dan. 8, 11 Dan. 9, 27 Dan. 12,11 pEx ^0,23 q VC) ^ r Ex '9,21 1 Sam. 6,19 s 1 Chr. 23, 3, 24, 27 4 to war the war- fare. Isa. 63, 1-12 Isa.63,1-4 Rom. 7, 14-24 2Cor.lO,4 Gal. 5, 17,24 Eph. 6, 10,19 Col. 2, 14 5 Or, car- riage. t Ex. 26, 1-14 Ex. 38, 9 Ex. 40, 19 ch.3,25,26 6 mouth. Lu. 1, 70 1 Cor.11,2 u Gen.41,46 ch. 8, 24-26 ver. 3 1 Chf. 23, 3, 24-27 1 Chr. 28, 12,13 Lu. 3, 23 1 Tim. 3,6 7 warfare. Ps. 110, 1-7 Isa. 53, 1-12 Isa.63,1-4 Rom. 7, 14-24 2 Cor.10,4 Gal. 5, 17-24 Eph. 6, 10-19 Col. 2, 14 ITim. 6, 11 2 Tim. 2,4 2 Tim. 4,7 V Ex. 26, 15 Ex, 27, 9-19 Ex. 38, 10 Ex. 39, 3 ch. 3, 36, 37 Ch. 7, 8, 9 w Ex. 25, 9 Ex. 38, 21 ch. 3, 8 ch. 7, 1 ch. 10, 17,21 1 Chr. 9, 144 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of GSr'shon in the taber- nacle of the congregation : and their charge shall be under the hand of ith'a-mar the son of Aar'on the priest. 29 IT As for the sons of Me-ra'ri, thou shalt number them after their fam- ilies, by the house of their fathers ; 30 From '^thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the ^service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 31 And "this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congrega- tion; 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 serv- ice: and by name ye shall reckon "the instruments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Me-ra'ri, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ith'a-mar the son of Aar'on the priest. 34l[And ^Mo'§e§ and Aar'on and the chief of the congregation num- bered the sons of the K5'hatli-ites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 35 From ^^thirty years old and up- ward 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 numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were they that were num- bered of the families of the Ko'h^th- ites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Mo'§e§ and Aar'on did number ac- cording to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Mo'§e§. 38 f And those that were num.bered of the sons of GSr'shon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and up. ward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for 29 1 Chr. 26, 20-28 Ezra 8, 24-30 Isa. 52, 11 X ch. 3, 19, 27 ver. 2 1 Chr. 26, 23 y ch. 8, 26 1 Chr. 23, 24 lClir,28.13 Lu.3,23 J. Tim. 3.6- Number of the Merarites. NUMBERS, 5. Restitution enjoined. the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their famihes, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six liundred and thirty. 41 These are they that were num bered of the families of the sons of GSr'shon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Mo'se§ and Aar'on did number according to the commandment of the Lord. 42 lAnd those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Me-ra'ri, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the con- gregation, 44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These he those that were num- bered of the families of the sons of Me-ra'ri, whom Mo'§e§ and Aar'on numbered according to theword of the Lord by the hand of ]Mo'§e§. 46 All those that were numbered of the LeVites, whom Mo'§e§ and Aar'on and the chief of is'ra-el numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 47 FroiTL "thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty j^ears old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the bur- den in the tabernacle of the congre- gation, 48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. 49 According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Mo'ses, 'every one accord- ing to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they num- bered_of him, as the Lord command- ed Mo'§e§. CHAPTER 5. 1 Tlie unclean to be removed out of the camp. 5 Bex- titution enjoined. 9 Hallowed things belong to the priest. 11 The trial of jealousy. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§es, saying, 2 Command the children of i§'ra-el, that they put out of the camp'every "leper, and every one that hath an (10) B. C. 1490. CHAP. 4. z Deut. 33,25 Isa. 41, 10 John 3, 8 1 Cor. 12, 8-12 2Cor.l2,9 Heb. 2, 4 a Rom. 12, 6-8 h 1 Cor, 12, 4-28 CHAP. 5, a Lev. 13, 3,46 ch. 12, 14 Deut. 23,10 2 Ki. 5, 27 2 Ki. 7, 3 2Chr. 26, 20 Isa. 52, 11 Lu. 17, 12 b Lev. 15, 2 c Lev. 21, 1 ch.9,6,10 ch. 19, 11, 13 ch. 31, 19 d Ex. 25, 8 Ex. 29, 45 Lev. 26, 11, 12 Deut. 32,19 Josh. 22, 19 Ps. 76, 2 Ezek. 37, 26-28 Zech.2,10 John 14, 17 23 2 Cor.G,16 Kev. 21, o e Lev. 6,2,3 / Lev. 5, 5 Lev.26,40 Josh.7, 19 g Lev. 6, 5 h Lev. 7, 7 1 Or, lieave offering. Ex. 29, 28 Lev. 6, 17, 18, 26 Lev.7,6,7, 9, 10, 14 ch. 18, 8, 9, 19 Deut. 18, 3,4 Ezek. 44. 29, 30 i Lev.10,13 j Pro. 2, 16 Pro. 7, 10-27 Hos. 4, 13 k Lev.18,20 Lev.20,10 Pro. 30,20 I Pro. 6, 34 Song 8, 6 Isa. 19, 14 m Lev. 5, 11 Isa. 53, 2 145 Hssue, and whosoever is defiled by the 'dead : 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, '^in the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of l§'ra-el did so, and i3ut them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Mo'seg, so did the children of l§'ra-el. 5 lIAnd the Lord spake unto M5'- §e§, saying, 6 Speak unto the children of l§'ra-el, When ^a man or woman shall com- mit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty ; 7 Then -^they shall confess their sin which they have done : and he shall recompense his trespass ^with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath tres- passed. B. 21. 6, 7. 8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest ; beside ^the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. 9 And every ^offering of all the holy things of the children of Is'ra-el, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. 1 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall 'be his. 1 1 IT And the Lord spake unto M5'- se§, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of I§'- ra-el, and say unto them, If any man's wife •'go aside, and commit a tres- pass against him, 13 And a man ^lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there he no witness against her, neither she be taken with the '}nanner ; 14 And ^the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled : 1 5 Then sha.ll the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her ™oft'ering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal ; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankin- cense thereon ; for it is an ofi:ering of Xfie trial of jealousy. NUMBERS, 6. Liav^ of the Nazarite. jealousy, an offering of memorial, "bringing iniquity to remembrance. 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 taber- nacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water : 18 And the priest shall set the wom- an before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering : and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse : 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to un- cleanness "^with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse : 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside tliine hus- band: 21 Then the priest shall ^charge the woman v/ith an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, ?The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to ^rot, and thy belly to swell ; 22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go '"into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot : 'And the woman shall say, 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 w^oman 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 ma.de her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and B. C. 1490. CHAP. 5. n 1 Ki.17,18 Ezek. 29,16 Lev. 1, 3 Jer. 17, 10 lChr.28,9 Mai. 3, 5 Heb. 13, 4 2 under tliy husband, or, being in the potver of thy hus- band. Rom. 7, 2 p Josh. 6,26 1 Sam. 14, 2i Neh. 10,29 q Jer. 29, 22 3 fall. r Ps. 109,18 s Deut. 27,15 t Lev. 8, 27 u Lev. 3,2,9 V Deut. 28,37 Ps. 83, 9 Eccl. 7,26 Jer. 24, 9 Zech.8,13 w Job 17, 8,9 Ps. 37, 5,6 Rom. 5, 3-5 X Lev.20,17 CHAP. 6. 1 Or, make them- selves Naza- rites. Lev. 27, 2 Juclg.13,5 Acts21,23 Rom. 1, 1 a Amos 2,12 Lu. 1, 15 2 OT,Na2a- riteship. 3 imie of the wine. b Judg.13,5 1 Sam. 1,11 c Lev.21,11 (Jch. 9, 6 4 separa- tion. 146 have done trespass against her hus- band, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and be- come 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 ^^f ree, and shall conceive seed. 29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is de- filed; 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy Cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the wom- an before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. . 31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall "^bear her iniquity. CHAPTER 6. 1 T7ie law of the Nazariie in hi!^ separation. 23 The Jorin of blessing the people. AND the Lord spake unto M5'§e§, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of l§'ra-el, and say unto them. When either man or woman shall ^separate them- selves to vow a vow of a Naz'a-rite, to separate themselves unto the Lord : 3 He ''shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 4 All the days of his ^separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the ^vme tree, from the kernels even to the husk. 5 All the days of the vow of his sep- aration there shall no ^razor come upon iiis head : until the days be ful- filled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that he separateth himself wnto the Lord ''he shall come at no dead body. 7 He '^shall not make himself un- clean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die : because the ^consecration of his God is upon his head. 8 Ail the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord. 9 And if any man die very suddenly I by him, and he hath defiled the head The law of NUMBERS, 7. tlie Nazarite. CHAP. 6. / Lev. 5, 7 tv\^0 yOUngj Lev.M,22 Ezek. 18,24 2 Jolm 8 of his consecration ; then he 'shall shave his head in the da.Y of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. 10 And •''on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or pigeons, to the priest, to the door of s /azi, the tabernacle of the congregation : il And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a q Acts2i,26 burnt offering, and make an atone- ;^. Lev. 4,2 ment for Iiini, for that he simied by|| Lev. 3, 6 the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. 12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, a,nd shall bring a. lamb of the first year for a trespass offering : but the days that were before shall °be lost, be- ceaise liis separation was deiiled. 1 3 ^ And this is the law of the Xaz'a- rite, when ?the daj^s of his separation are f ulfiUed : he sliall be brous-ht unto!p Ex. 29, the door of the tabernacle of the con gregation : 11: And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for '^a sm offering, and one ram ^vithout blem- ish for 'peace offerings, 1 5 Anda,basketof unleavened bread, cakes -'of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread ^anointed ^\dth oil, and their meat offering, and their ^drink oifermgs. 1 6 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and Iris burnt offering : 17 And he shall offer the ram /or a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread : the priest shall offer also liis meat offering, and his drink offering. 1 8 And '"the Naz'a-rite shaU shave the head of Ms separp.tion at the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and shall take the iiair of the head of his separation, and put '^it in the lire which is under the^sacrifice of the peace offerings, 19 And the priest shall take the sod- den "shoulder of the ram, and one un- leavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and -''shall put thein upon the hands of the Xaz'a- rite, after the hair of his separation is shaven : 20 And the priest shall wave ?them for a wave offeiing before the Lord :■& 2Chr.35,8 14 B.c.ii90. 1 this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder : and ''after that the Naz'a-rite may e Actsi8,i8;druik wine. j Lev. 2, 4l k Ex. 29, 2 I ch. 15,5,7 m Acts 21, 2i n Lu. 17, 10 Rom. 6, 6 Gal. 5, 2i Eph. 4, 23 Col. 3, 9 Lev. 8, 31 23,24 q Lev. 9, 21 r EccL 9, 7 Isa. 35, 10 Rev.14,13 Jolin 17, 4,5 s i Chr. 25,13 t Ps. 134, 3 u Ps. 121, 7 Jolm 17,11 1 Pet. 1, 5 V Ps. 67, 1 Ps. 80, 3 Dan. 9, 17 wGen.43,29 John 1,17 Rom.5,21 X Ps. 21, 6 Acts 2, 28 y Ps. 85, 10 Isa. 26, 3,12 Lu. 2, 14 John 20,21 Rom. 15.13 2 Thes. 3,16 z Bent. 28,10 2Chr.7,14 a Ps. 115,12 CHAP. 7. alKi. 8,64 Mat.23,19 1 v/ho stood. 21 This is the law of the Xaz'a-rlte who hath vowed, «//c^o/ liis offering unto the Lord for his separation, be- side that that iiishand shall get : ac- cording to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of liis separation. 22 ^And the Lord spake unto Mo'- se§, saymg, 23 Speak unto Aar'on and unto his sons, saymg, On this wise 'ye shall bless the children of Is'ra-el, saying unto them, 21: The Lord 'bless thee, and keep "thee : 25 The Lord 'make his face sliine upon thee, and ''be gracious unto thee : 26 The "^LoRD lift up his counte- nance upon thee, and •''give thee, peace. 2 7 And -'they shall put my name UDon the cliildren of Is'ra-el ; and "'I will bless them. CHAPTER 7. 1, 10 The iDVinces' offerings. 89 God spealceth to Ho- ses from the mercy seat. AKD it came to pass on the daf that Mo'ges 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 i^rinces of is'ra-el, heads of the house of their fathers, vrlio luere the i^rinces of the tribes, ^and were over them that were numbered, ^offered : 3 And they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen ; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox : and they brought them before the tabernacle. 4 And the Lord spake unto Mo'seg, saving, 5 Take it of them, that tliey may be to do the ser^'ice of the tabeiTiacie of the congregation ; and thou shalt give them unto the Le'vites, to every man according to liis ser^ace. 6 And M5'ses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Le'vites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave umto the sons of GSr'shon, accoixiing to their service : 8 And four wagons and eight oxenhe The princes' offerings for NUMBERS, 7. the dedication of the altar. gave unto the sons of Me-ra'rl, accord- ing unto their service, under the hand of ith'a-mar the son of Aar'on the priest. 9 But unto the sons of Kd'hath he gave none : because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them "was that they should bear upon their shoulders. 10 fFAnd 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'se§, They shall offer their offering, each prince 'on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 12 lAnd he that offered his offering the first day was Nah'shon the_son of Am-min'a-dab, of the tribe of Jii'dah : 13 And his offering vjas one silver charger, the -^weight thereof ^cOoS an hundred and thirty shekels, one sil- ver bovv^l of seventy shekels, after ^the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them loere full of fine flour ixdngled with oil for a meat offering : 14 One ^spoon of ten shekels 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 offer- ings, 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 TOn the second day Ne-than'e-el the son of Zii'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 shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour min- gled with oil for a meat offering : 20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense : 21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for ^a burnt offering : 22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 23 And for a sacrifice of ^peace offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ne-than'e-el the son of Zii'ar. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 7. c 2 Sam. 6, 13 d Deut.20,5 1 Ki. 8, 63 Ezra 6,16 e 1 Cor. 14,33 /Ex.25, 29 2 There were three shekels : the royal shekel, value Is. 3d., the shek- el of the sanctu- ary, value 2s. 6d., and the common shekel, about Is. 2 Sam. 14,26 g 2 Ki. 25, 14,15 h Ex. 30, 34 Ex. 37, 29 Lev. 16, 12,13 ch. 16, 46,47 Dent. 33, 8,10 Ps. 141, 2 Isa. 60, 6 Jer. 6, 20 Jer. 41, 5 Ezek. 16, 18 Mai. 1, 11 Rev. 5, 8 Rev. 8,3,4 i Lev. 4, 23 j Lu. 3, 32 k Gen. 8, 20 Lev. 6, 9 Ps. 20,1-3 Ps. 51, 19 Ps. 66, 13, 15 Ezek. 45, 17 Ezek.46,4 Eph. 5, 2 Heb. 9, 13 I Lev. 7, 11.13 m Isa. 53, 7 John 1,29 Acts 8, 32 Gal. 1, 4 1 Pet.1,19 1 Pet.2,24 Rev. 5, 6-14 Rev. 13, 8 n Heb. 9, 28 1 Pet.3,18 148 24 ^On the third day E-li'ab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zeb'u-lun, did offer : 25 His offering was one silver char- ger, the weight whereof loas an hun- dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, 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 offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of E-li'ab the son of Helon. 30 IFOn the fourth day E-lfzur the son of Shed'e-ur, prince of the chil- dren of Reu'ben, did offer : 31 His offering vms one silver char- ger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 33 One young bullock, onera^m, 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 offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this loas the offering of E-li'zur the son of Shed'e-ur. 36 'TOn the fifth day She-lu'mi-el the son of Zii-ri-shad'da-i, prince of the children of Sim'e-on, did offer : 37 His offering was one silver char- ger, the weight whereof v)as an hun- dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, 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 : The princes' offerings for NUMBERS, 7. the dedication of the altdi 41 And for a sacrifice of peace offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five lie goats, five lambs of the firstyear: this was the offering of She-lu'mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shad'da-i. 42 ^On the sixth day '^E-li'a-saph the son of Deii'el, prince of the children of Gad, offered: 43 His offering i/ms one silver char- ger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of sev- enty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour muigled with ^oil for a meat offering : 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 45 One ?young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 46 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 47 And for a sacrifice of ^peace of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this loas the offering of E-li'a-saph the son of Deii'el. 48 ^On the seventh day 'E-lish'a-ma the son of Am-ml'hud, prince of the children of E'phra-im, offered: 49 His offering to as one silver char- ger, the weight whereof vkis an hun- dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 'incense : 51 One 'young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 53 And for a sacrifice of peace offer ings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this 10 as the offering of E-Hsh'a-ma the son of Am-mi'hud. 54 irOn the eighth day offered Ga- ma'li-el "the son of Pe-dah'zur, prince of the children of Ma-nas'seh : 55 His offering was one silver char- ger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of sev- enty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuarv ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, f ^ill of "incense : B. c. iiao. CHAP. 7. ch. 1, 14 ch. 2, 14 ch. 10, 20 Son of Reuel. p Lev. 2, 5 Lev.11,10 Heb. 1, a 1 John 2,27 q Ps. 50, 8-14 Ps. 51, 16 Isa. 1, 11 Jer. 7, 22 Amos5,22 3 a sacri- fice of payment, or, of perfec- tions. Lev. 3, 1 Lev. 7, 11 Ps. 56, 12 Heb. 13,15 r ch. 1, 10 ch. 2, 18 lCLir.7,26 5 Deut. 33,10 Ps. 66, 15 Ps. 141, 2 Ezek.8,11 Mai. 1, 11 Lu. 1, 10 Rev. 5, 8 Rev. 8, 3 t Mic. 6,6-8 u ch. 2, 20 V Ex. 30, 7 IV Ex. 12, 5 John 1,29 Acts 8, 32 1 Pet.1,19 Rev. o, 6 X Lev. 3, 1 Mic. 5, 5 2 Coi\ 5, 19,21 Eph. 2, 14 y ch. 1, 11 ch. 2. 22 z Rev. 5, 8 Rev. 8,3,4 I Ps. 40, 6 Isa. 53, 4 2 Cor.5,21 b 1 Ki. 8, 63 Pro. 7, 14 Col. 1, 20 c ch. 1, 12 ch. 2, 25 d Ex. SO, 13 Lev.27,25 e Ps. 141, 2 Isa. 66,20 Dan. 9, 27 Rom. 15, 16 Phil. 4, 18 Heb. 13.15 /ch. 1, 13 ch. 2, 27 149 57 One young bullock, one ram, one "lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering : 59 And for ""a sacrifice of peace of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offermg of Ga-mali-el the son of Pe-dah'zur. 60 ^On the ninth day ^'Ab'i-dan the son of Gid-e-o'ni, prince of the chil- dren of Ben'ja-min, offered : 61 His offering toas one silver char- ger, the weight whereof teas an hun- dred and tliirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 63 One ''yormg 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 of- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this loas the_offering of Ab'i-dan the son of Grid-e-5'ni. Q6 ^On the tenth day '^A-hi-e'zSr the son of Am-mi-shad'da-i, prince of the children of Dan, offered: 67 His offering icas one silver char- ger, the weight whereof was an hun- dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl cf seventy shekels, after the "^shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, 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 offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of A-hi-e'zgr the son of Am-mi-shad'da-i. 72 ^On the eleventh day -^Pa'gi-el the son of Oc'ran, prince of the chil- dren of Ash'gr, offered : 73 His offering teas one silver char- ger, the weight whereof icas an hun- dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the Dedication of the altar. NUMBERS, 8. The Levites' co'/iGecracioru shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of ^incense : T5 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 offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this 10 as the offering of Pa'gi-el the son of Oc'ran. 78 ^On the twelfth day ^^A-hi'ra the son of E'nan, prince of the children of Naph'ta-ll, offered: 79 His offering was one 'silver char ger, the weight whereof was an hun dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled Avith oil for a meat offering : 80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 81 One young bi.illock, 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 offer ings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year this 10 as the offering of A-hf ra the son of E'nan. 84 This toas •''the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by ^'the princes of Is'ra-el : twelve chargers of silver, twelve sil- ver bowls, twelve spoons of gold : 85 Each charger of silver loeighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy : all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hun dred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 86 The golden spoons v^ere twelve, full of incense, loeighing ten shekels apiece, after the ^shekel of the sanc- tuary: all the gold of the spoons vkcs an hundred and twenty shekels. 8 7 All the oxen for the "'burnt offer- ing v:)ere twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their "meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offer- ing twelve. 88 And ail the oxen for the sacri ficeof the peace offerings were twenty B. C. 1490. CHAP. 7. g Mai. 1, 11 Lu. 1. 11 h ch, 1, 15 ch. 2, 29 i Ezra 1, 9, 10 Ezra 8, 25,27 Jer. 52,19 Dan. 6, 2 Zech. 14,20 Mat. 14, 8, 11 j 1 Chr,29, 6 Ezra 2, 68 Neh. 7, 70 Isa. 60, 6,10 Heb. 13,10 k Judg. 5, 9 Josh. 22 13,14 Pro. 17, 7 Pro. 28, 2 Hos.13, 10 I Ex. 30, 13 ?nRom.l2, 1 n Lev. 2, 1 Ex. 33, 9 4 That is, God. p Ex. 25, 22 q Gen. 8, 24 1 Ki. 6, 23 Ps. 18, 10 Ps. 99, 1 Heb. 1, 14 Heb. 9, 5 CHAP. 8. a Ex. 40, 25 John 8, 12 b Ex. 25, 31 c Ex. 25, 18 d Ex. 25, 40 e Ps. 26, 6 Isa. 52, 11 Heb. 7, 26 Heb. 10,22 1 sin ivnter. ch. 19. 9,17 2 let them cause a razor to pass over, etc. /Lev. 14, 8, 9. g Lev. 2. 1 h Ex. 29. 4 Ex. 40, 12 i Lev. 8, 3 Lev. 1. 4 3 wave. 4 wave offering. 5 they may be to exe- cute, etc. k Ex. 2R 10 150 ' and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedi- cation of the altar, after that it was anointed. 89 And when M5'§es was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation "to speak with ^him, then he heard ^the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that loas upon the ark of testimony, from be- tv/een ?the two cherubims: and he spake imto him. CHAPTER 8. 1 Eow the lamps are to be lighted. 5 The consecra- tion of the Levites: 23 the age and time of their seroice. AND the Lord spake unto M5'§e§, saying, 2 Speak unto Aar'on, and say unto him. When thou ''lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. 3 And Aar'on did so ; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the can- dlestick, as the Lord commanded Mo'§e§. 4 And *this work of the candlestick 10 as of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was '^beaten work : according ^^unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Mo'§e§, so he made the candlestick, 5 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, saying, 6 Take the LeVites from among the children of i§'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 their clothes, and so make themselves clean. 8 Then let them take a young bul- lock with ^his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and an- other young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. 9 And ^thou shalt bring the LeVItes before the tabernacle of the congre- gation: *and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of i§'ra-el together: 1 And thou shalt bring the LeVites before the Lord : and the children of i§'ra-el •'shall put their hands upon the LeVites: 1 1 And Aar'on shall ^offer the Le'- vltes before the Lord /or an ^offering of the children of i§'ra-el, that 'they may execute the service of the Lord. 12 And *the LeVites shall lay their The Lev lies' service. NUMBERS, 9. The passover enjoined. hands upon the heads of the bul- locks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make &m atonement for the Le Vites. 13 And thou shalt set the Le Vites before Aar'on, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Le'vites from among the children cf l§'ra-el: and the LeVites shall be 'mine. 1 5 And after that shall the LeVites go in to do the service of the taber- nacle of the congregation : and thou shalt cleanse them, "'and offer them for an offering. 1 6 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of !§'- ra-el ; ^'instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of I§'ra-el, have I taken them unto me. 17 For "all the firstborn of the cliil- dren of l§'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 LeVites for all the firstborn of the children of l§'ra-el. 19 And ^I have given the LeVites as ''a gift to Aar'on and to his sons from among the children of l§'ra-el, to do the service of the children of l§'ra-el in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of is'ra-el : ^that there be no plague among the children of Is'ra-el, wiien the children of l§'ra-er come nigh unto the sanctuary. 20 And M5'se§, and Aar'on, and all the congregation of the children of i§'ra-el, did to the Le'vites according unto all that the Lord commanded M5'§e§ concerning the Le'vites, so did the children of l§'ra-el unto them. 21 And the Le'vites were purified, and they washed their clothes ; and 'Aar'on offei'ed them as an offering before the Lord ; and Aar'on made an atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And "after that went the I^e'vites in to do their service in the taber- nacle of the congregation before Aar'- on, and before his sons : as the Lord had commanded Mo'§e§ concerning the Le'vites, so did they unto them. 23 IT And the Lord spake unto M5'- §e§, saying, E, C. 1490. CHAP. 8. I ch. 16, 9 m Ex. 29,24 nch. 3, 12,45 Ex, 13, 2, 12, 13, 15 ch. 3, 13 Lu- 2, 23 p ch. 3, 9 6 given. qch. 1, 53 ch. 16, 46 ch. 18, 5 r Rom. 15,16 i 2 Chr. 30,15 2Chr.31,2 t ch. 4, 3 lChr.23,3 1 Chr. 24,27 7 to war the war. fare oft etc. 1 Tim. 1,18 8 return from the warfare of the service. u ch. 1, 53 CHAP. 9. a Ex. 12, 1 Lev. 23, 5 ch. 28, 16 Deut. 16, 1,2 Heb. 10, 1 1 between the two evenings, Ex. 12, 6 b Josh. 5,10 c ch. 5, 2 d Ex. 18, 15 ch. 27, 2 e 1 Cor. 5, 7,8 / Ps. 25, 14 Ps. 85. 8 Pro. 3, 5,6 John 7,17 Eph. 1, 9, 18 Heb. 3,5,6 151 24 This is it that helongeth unto the 'Le'vites : from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in ^to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation : 25 And from the age of fifty yeai^ they shall ^cease waiting upon the service thereof, a.nd shall serve no more: 20 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the con- gregation, ''to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Le'vites touching their charge. CHAPTER 9. 1 The pasfiQver enjoined. A second passover al- lowed. 15 A cloud guideth the Israelites. AND the Lord spake unto M5'se§ JTjl 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 i§'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 liis appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 4 And Mo'§es spake unto the chil- dren of i§'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 com- manded M5'§e§, so did the children of l§'ra-el. 6 IT And there were certain men, who were '"defiled 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 Aar'on on that day • 7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man : Avlieref ore are we kept" back, that we may 'not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed season among the cliildren of I§'ra-el ? 8 And M5'se§ said unto them, Stand still, and -^I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you. 9 IF And the Lord spake unto M5' • §e§, saymg, 10 Speak unto the children of is'- ra-el, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in Sk A second passover allowed. NUMBERS, 10. Use of the silver trijmpets. journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord. 1 1 The ^fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and ^eat it with unleavened 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 forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul 'shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord ia his appointed season, that man shall '"bear his sin. 1 4 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the pass- over unto the Lord ; according to the ordinance of the passover, and ac- cording to the mamier thereof, so shall he do : ye ''shall have one ordi- nance, both for the '^stranger, and for him that was born in the land. 15 TTAnd on the day that the taber- nacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony : and °at even there wasupon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning, 16 So it was alway : the ^cloud coV' ered it by day, and the appearance of lire by night. 1 7 And when the cloud nvas taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of I§'ra-el jour- neyed : and in the place where the cloud abode, ""-here the children of I§'ra-el pitched their terts. 1 8 At the conunandment of the Lord the children of l§'ra-el journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched : as 'long as the cloud abode upon the tabeiTiacle they rested in their tents. 1 9 And when the cloud ^tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Is'ra-el kept thu charge of the J^ORD, 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 according to the commandment of the La^D ^hey journeyed. 21 And so it was, when the cloud ^abode 'from even unto the moiTiing, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed : w hether it was by day or by night B. C. Ii90. CHAP. 9. g 2 Chr. 30, 2,15 h Ex. 12, 8 i Ex. 12, 10 j John 19,36 fc Ex. 12. 43 1 Gen.17,14 Ex. 12, 15 771 ch. 5, 31 Gal. 3, 10 Heb,10,26 n Ex. 12. 49 2 Proselyte. Ex. 13. 21 p Ex. 40. 34 Neh. 9. 12 q Ps. 78, 14 Ps. 80. 1 Isa. 49, 10 John 10,4 r 1 Cor.10,1 3 2)7-0- longed. s Ps. 48, 14 Pro. 3, 5,6 4 ^vas. t Mat. 28,20 u Ex. 40, 36,37 V Ps. 73, 24 Ps. 107, 7 i Isa. 63, 14 i CHAP 10. a Isa, 1, 13 & Jer. 4, 5 Joel 2, 15 c Pa. 22, 22 Ps. 35, 18 Ps. 36 7.8 Ps. 40. 9,10 Ps. 122 1 Isa.55,1-4 Zech. 8. 21-23 Rev.22.17 d Ex. 18, 21 ■ ch. 1. 16 i ch. 7. 2 e ch. 2. 3 /Joe! 2. 1 g ch. 31, 6 Josh. 6. 4 2 Chr. 13. 12 h Judg.2.18 Judg. 6, 9 1 Sam. 10,18 Ps. 106,42 i Gen. 8, 1 1 Ki. 8, 44 Ps. 106, 4 J Lev.23,24 IChr. 15,24 2 Chr. 7, 6 Ezra 3,10 Neh.12,35 Ps. 81. 3 152 that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 22 Or vjhether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remain ing thereon, the children of l§'ra-el abode in their tents, and journeyed not : "but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 28 At the comiiiandment 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 Mo'ges. CHAPTER 10. 1 The %ise of the silver trumpets. 11 The Israelites go from Sinai to Paran. 33 Moses' blessing AND the Lord spake unto M5'§e§, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver r of a whole piece shalt thou make them : that thou mayest use them for the ''calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when *they shall blow with them, all ''the assembly shall assem- ble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow but w^ith one trumpet, then the princes, which are ''heads of the thousands of i§'ra-el, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alaiin, then the ''camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. 6 W hen ye blow an alarm the sec- ond time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their jour- ney they shall blow an aJarm 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 s-the sons of Aar'on, the priests, shall blow with the trum- pets; and the;;" shall be to you for an ordinance for ever thi'oughout youi^ generations. 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that ^oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the tnimpets ; 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 gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacri- The Israelites NUMBERS, 11. remove from tSinat, fices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you ^f or a memorial before your God : I am the Lord your God 1 1 IT And it came to pass on the twen tieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was 'taken up from off the tabernacle of the tes- timony. 12 And the children of I§'ra-el took "their journeys out of the wilderness •of Si'nai; and the cloud rested in the '^Uderness of Pa'ran. 13 And they first took their journey ^according to the concmiandment of the Lord by the hand of Mo'ses. 1 4 ITln the first p^ac^ went the stand ard of the camp of the children of Ju'dah according to their armies and over his host was Nah'shdn the son of Am-mm'a-dab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Is'sa-char vms Ne than'e-el the son of Zu'ar. 1 6 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zeb'u-liin was E-li'ab the son of He'ion. 1 7 And 'the tabernacle was taken down ; and the sons of GSr'shon and the sons of Me-ra'ri set forward, bearing lihe tabema,cle. 1 8 And the standard of the camp of Reu'ben set foi-^^'ard according to their armies : and over his host was E-li'zur the son of Shed'e-ur. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Sini'e-on was She- lu'mi-el the son of Zii-ri-shad'da-i. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was E-li'a-saph the son of Deu'el. 2 1 And the Ko'hath-ites set forward, bearing the 'sanctuary: and Hhe oth- er did set up the tabernacle against they came. 22 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-Iish'a-ma the son of Am.-milTLud. 28 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Ma-nas'seh was Ga- mali-el the son of Pe-dah'zur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Ben'ja-min was Ab'i- dan the son of Gid-e-5'ni. 25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host teas A-hi-e'zSr the son of Am-mi-shad'da-i. B. C. 1490. CHAP. 10. k Josh. 4, 7 I ch. 9, 17 m Ex. 40,36 n Ex. 19, 1 ch. 1, 1 Gen.21,21 ch. 12, 16 p ch. 2, 34 q ch. I, 61 r ch. 4, 24,31 1 Tliemost lioly fur- niture. ch.4,4, 15 2 That is, the Ger- sh(ynites and the Mera- rites. s Josh. 6, 9 3 These. t Ps. 80. 1 Song 6, 10 u Ex. 2, 18 V Gen. 12, 7 wJudg.1,16 Judg:.4,ll X Gen.32,12 Ex. 6, 7, 8 y Job 29, 15 z Ex. 3, 1 a Dent.1,33 Jer. 31, 2 b Ex. 13, 21 Neh. 9, 12,19 c Ps.68, 1,2 d Ps. 90, 14-17 Ps. 132, 8 4 teftifhou- sand thou- sands. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Ash'er was Pa'gi-ei 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 the joumeyings of the children of l§'ra-el according to their armies, when they set for- ward. 29 TAnd jyi5'§e§ said unto HdlDab, jthe son of "Ra-gu'el the Mid'i-an-ite, fM5'§e§' father in law, We are jour- |neying unto the place of which the Lord said, "I will give it you : come thou with us, and '^"e will do thee good: for ^he Lord hath spoken good concerning Is'ra-el. 30 And he said linto 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 wilder- ness, and thou mayest be to us ^in- stead of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good- ness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 33 ^And they departed from 'the mount of the Lord three days' jour- ney : and the ark of the covenant of the Lord "Avent 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'enemie.? be scattered ; and let them ths'.t hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said, Re turn, '^O Lord, unto the ''many thou- sands of I§'ra-el. CHAP. IL a Deut.9,22 1 Or, were as it were com- pJai/twrs. 2 it was evil in the ears of, etc. b Lev. 10, 2 2 Ki. 1, 12 c Jas. 5, 16 3 sunk. 153 CHAPTER 11. 31 4 Manna loathed. 16 Seventy elders ap2yoi7itea Quails are given in wrath, etc, AND "when the people ^com- plauied, ^it displeased the Lord : and the Lord heard it ; and his anger was kindled; and the fire *of the Lord burnt among them, and con- sumed them that were in the utter- most parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Mo'se§ ; and when Mo'ses sprayed unto 'the Lord, the fire ^was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the Thepeople lust for flesh. NUMBERS, 11. Moses'' charge divided. place ^Tab'e-rah : because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. 4 IF And the ''mixt multitude that was among them ^f ell a lusting : and the children of l§'ra-el also Vept again, and «6aid, Who '^shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We -^remember the fish, which we did eat in E'gypt freely ; the cucum- bers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick : 6 But now our soul is dried away : tJiere is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna loas as coriander seed, and the ''colour thereof 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 manna fell upon it. 10 liThen M5'§e§ heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent : and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly ; Mo'seg also was displeased. 1 1 And '^Mo'geg said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wiierefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me ? 12 Ilave I conceived all this people ? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, 'Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing >f ather bear- eth the sucking child, unto the land which thou ^swarest unto their fa- thers ? 13 Whence ^should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying. Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14 I ™am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 1 5 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. 1 6 *ii And the Lord said unto Mo'§e§, Gather unto me ^seventy men of the elders of i§'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- B. C. 1490. CHAP. 11. 4 That is, A burn- ing. d Ex. 12, 38 5 lusted a lust. 6 retu/rned and ivept. e lCor.10,6 / Ex. 16, 3 Phil. 3, 19 Mat. 6, 24-34 Rom. 8, 7 7 eye of it as the eye of. g Gen. 2, 12 li Deut.1,12 i Isa. 40, 11 j Isa. 49, 23 lThes.2,7 k Gen.50,24 I 2 Ki. 4, 43 Mat.15,33 m Ex. 18,18 ?ilKi. 19,4 Job6,8-10 Jonah 4,3 Zeph.3,15 V Ex. 24,1,9 a Gen. 11, 5 Ex. 19, 20 r 1 Sam. 10,6 2 Ki. 2, 5 Job 32, 8 Job 38, 36 Joel 2, 28 s Ex. 19, 10 t E-x. 16, 7 u Acts 7, 39 8 month of days. V 2 Ki. 7, 2 IV Isa. 50, 2 X Ezek. 12,25 Ezek. 24, 14 y ch. 12. 5 z 2 Ki. 2. 15 a ISam.lO, 5,6 Joel 2, 29 Acts 2, 17, 18 1 Cor.14,1 b 1 Sam. 20,26 Jer. 36, & 154 tion, that they may stand there with thee. 1 7 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. 1 8 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify 'yourselves against to mor- row, and ye shall eat flesh : for ye have wept 'in the ears of the Lord, saying, W ho shall give us flesh to eat ? for Ht loas 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 d>5ys, 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 is among you, and have wept before him, saying. Why came we forth out of E'gypt ? 21 And Mo'§e§ said, The people, 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. 22 Shall 'the flocks and the herds be sla.in for them, to suffice them ? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them ? 23 And the Lord said unto M5'§e§, Is "the Lord's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether -"my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 24 H And Mo'§e§ went out, and told the people the words of the Lord, and gathered the seventy men of the eld- ers of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. 25 And the Lord ?'came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that id as upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders : and it came to pass, ^that, when the spirit rested upon them, they '^prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one wa_s El'dad, and the name of the other Me'dad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they v^ere of them that were written, but *went not out unto the tabernacle : and they prophesied in the camp. 27 And there ran a young man, and Quails given in lorath. NUMBERS, 12, 13. Miriam's leprosy^ told M5'§e§, and said, EFdad and Me'dad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And J5sh'u-a the son of Nun, the servant of Mo'§e§, one of his yonng men, answered and said, My lord M6'§e§, '^forbid them. 29 And Mo'seg said unto him, Envi est 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'§e§ gat him into the camp, he and the elders of i§'ra-el. 31 TAnd there went forth a^wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let thein 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 gath- ered ten -^homers : and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. 33 And ^while the flesh was yet be- tween 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 : be- cause there they buried the people that lusted. 35 A7id^th.Q people journeyed from Kib'roth-hat-ta'a-vah unto Ha-ze'- roth; and "abode fit Ha-ze'roth. CHAPTER 12. 1 iliriain's and Aarori's sedition. 10 ffer leprosy ; Moses prai/ethfor her. 14 She is shut out of the camp seven daps. AND Mir'i-ani and Aar'on spake against Mo'se§ because of the 'E-thi-o'pi~an woman whom he had m.arried: for "he had '^married an E-thi-5'pi-an woman. 2 And they said, Hath the Lord in- deed spoken only by M5'§e§ ? ^hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord <^heard it. 3 (Now the man M5'§e§ was '^very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) 4 And "the Lord spake suddenly unto M5'se§, and unto Aar'on, and unto Mir'i-am, Come out ye three CHAP. 11. c Mar-k9,38 John 3, 26 d 1 Cor.l4:,5 e Ps. 78, 26 9 t he way of a day. f Ezek. 45, 11 7 Ps. 78, 30 10 That is, The graves of lust, Deut.9,22 h ch. 33, 17 11 they were in, etc. CHAP. 13. 1 Or, Cush- ite. a Ex. 2, 21 2 taken. b Ex. 15, 20 Mic. 6, 4 c Gen.29,33 2 Kl. 19, 4 Ps. 94, 9 Isa. 37, 4 Ezek. 35,12 d Mat. 21, I 1 Tim. 6, 11 3 Tim. 2, 25 1 Pet. 3, 4 e Ps. 76, 9 / ch. 16, 19 g Gen. 46, 2 Job 3S, 15 Lu. 1, 11,23 h Mat. 1, 20 i Ps. 105,26 j Heb. 3,2,5 k Ex. 33, 11 Deut. 34, 10 I 1 Cor. . 13,12 m Ex. 33,19 n 2 Pet.2,10 Deut.24,9 p 3 Ki. 5, 27 2Chr. 26, 19 q 3 Sam. 19, 19 r Ps. 88, 4 s Jas. 5, 16 t Heb. 12, 9 u Lev.13,46 ch. 5, 3, 3 V Deut.34,9 3 Chr. 26.20 B.C. 1490. unto the tabernacle of the congre- gation. 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 Aar'on and Mir'i-am : and they fcoth came forth. 6 And he said, Hear now my words : If there be a prophet among you, J the Lord will make myself known unto him ^in a vision, a?id will speak unto him ''in a dream. 7 My 'servant Mo'seg is not so, whc ■^is faithful in all mine house. 8 With him will I speak ^'mouth to mouth, even 'apparently, and not in dark speeches ; and '"the smiilitude of the Lord shall he behold : v/here- f ore then "were ye not afraid to speak against my servant M5'§es ? 9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he de- parted. 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle ; and, '^behold, Mir'J-am became ^leprous, white as snow : and Aar'on looked upon Mir'i-am, and, behold, she was leprous. 1 1 And Aar'on said unto Mo'§e§, 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 consumed v/hen he cometh out of his mother's womb. 13 And Mo'§e§ "cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I be- seech thee. 14 If And the Lord said unto M5'se§, '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. 1 5 And *Mir'i-am was shut out from the camp seven days : and the people journeyed hot till MTr'i-am was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people re- moved from Ha-ze'roth, and pitched in the wilderness of Pa'ran. CHAPTER 13. 1 The names of the men Mho were sent to search the land: 17 their instructions : 21 their acts: 26 and their relation. AND the Lord spake unto M5'§e§, saying, CHAP. 13. 2 Send^ ''thou men, that they may a ch. 3, 2. 8 scarch the land of Ca'naan, which I beutigjl give unto the cliildren of l§'ra-el : of 155 ' ' Spies are sent NUMBERS, 13. to search Canaan. every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And Mo'§e§ by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wil- derness of Pa'ran : all those men icere heads of the children of i§'ra-el. 4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reu'ben, Sham-mii'a the son of Zac'cur. 5 Of the tribe of Sim'e-on, Sha'phat the son of H5'ri. 6 Of the tribe of Jii'dah, Hjaleb the son of Je-phiin'neh. T Of the tribe of Is'sa-char, I'gal the son of Jo'§eph. 8 Of the tribe of E'phra-im, 0-she'a the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Ben'ja-min, Pal'tl the son of Ra'phu. 10 Of the tribe of Zeb'u-lun, Gad'- di-el the son of S5'di._ 11 Of the tribe of Jo'seph, namely, of the tribe_ of Ma-nas'seh, Gad'di the son of Sii'sL 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Am'mi-el the son of Ge-malli. 13 Of the tribe of Ash'Sr, Se'thur the son of Mi'chael. 14 Of the tribe of Naph'ta-li, Nah'- bi the son of V5ph'si. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Ge-u'el the son of Ma'chi. 16 These are the names of the men which Mo'se§ sent to spy out the land. And M5'§e§ called <^0-she'a the son of Nun ^Je-hosh'u-a. 17 IT And Mo'§e§ sent them to spy out the land of Ca'naan, and said unto them, Get you up this loay ^south- ward, and go up into '^the mountain : 18 And see the land, what it is ; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they he strong or weak, f evf or many ; 19 And what the land is that they dweU in, whether it ^e good or bad ; and what cities they he that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds ; 20 And what the land zs, whether it he fat ^or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And ^e ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes. 21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Re'hob, as men come to Ha'math. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto He'bron; where B. C. 1490. CHAP. 13. b ch. 14, 6,30 Josh. 14,6 c Ex. 17, 9 1 He shall save. Acts 7, 45 Heb. 4, 8 2 Into the south country. Gen. 12, 9 .Josh. 15,3 Judg.1,15 cl Judg. 1, 9,19 e Deut. 8, 7,8 Neh. 9, 25-35 Ezek.20,6 Ezek. 34,14 / Deut.31,6 g Judg.1,10 Josh. 11, 21, 22 Josh. 15, 13, 14 h Ps. 78, 12 Isa. 19, 11 Isa. 30, 4 3 Or, val- ley. ch. 32, 9 Judg.16,4 4 Or, val- ley. 5 That is, A cltister of grapes. i Ex. 3, 8 Ex. 33, 3 j Deut.1,25 k Deut.1,28 Deut. 9, 1,2 I Ex. 17, 8 ch. 14, 43 Judg. 6, 3 1 Sam. 14 48 1 Sam. 15, 3 m Josh. 14, 7 Ps. 60, 12 Ps. 118,10 Isa. 11, 10 n Mat.23,13 6 Perhaps a plague was then in the country. Ezek. 36,13 Amos 2, 9 7 men of statv/res. 2 Sam.. 21,20 p 1 Sam.l7, 4-7 q Isa. 40, 22 156 ^A-hl'man, She'shai, and Tal'mai, the children of A^nak, ivere. (Now He'- bron was built seven years '^before Zo'an in E'gypt.) 23 And they came unto the ^brook of Esh'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 Th^ place was called the ^brook ^Esh'col, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of I§'ra-el cut down from thence. 25 And they retm^ned from search- ing of the land after forty days. 26 IF And they went and came to Mo'se§, and to Aar'on, and to all the congregation of the children of is'- ra-el,_unto the wilderness of Pa'ran, to Ka'desh ; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congre- gation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land w^hither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with 'milk and honey; and this Hs the fruit of it. 2 8 Nevertheless ^the people he 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 ^Am'a-lek-ites dwell in the land of the south : and the Hit'tites, and the Jeb'u-sites, and the Am'or- ites, dwell in the mountains: and the Ca'naan-ites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of J or 'dan. 30 And "'Caleb stilled the people be- fore Mo'§e§, 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 re- port of the land which they had seai^ched unto the children of i§'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, vnhich come of the giants : and we were in our own sight ^as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight The people murmur NUMBERS, 14. at the spies' report. chaptp:r 14. 1 The people murmur at the spies' report. 11 God threate?ieth them. 13 Moses intercedeth with God, and obtaineth pardon. AND all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried ; and the people wept that night. 2 And ''all the children of l§'ra-el murmured against Mo'§es and against Aar'on : and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God *that v/e had died in the land of E'gypt ! or would God we had died in this wil- derness ! 3 And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by (he sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey ? were it not better for us to return 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'§e§ and Aar'on fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of X§'ra-el. 6_And Josh'u-a the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Je-phiin'neh. lohich were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes : 7 And they spake unto all the com- pany of the children of l§'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 Avith 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 mth us : fear them [not. F. Deut. 20. 1. 10 But -'all the congregation bade stone them Avith stones. And Hhe glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of l§'ra-el. 11 IFAud the Lord said unto M5'§es, How long will this people 'provoke me ? and how long will it be ere they '"believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them ? 12 I Avill smite them Avith the pesti- lence, and disinherit them, and "aa^U make of thee a greater nation and mie-htier than they. 13 And "Mo'seg said unto the Lord, Then the E-gyp'tian§ shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them. ;) B. C. 1490. CHAP. 14. a Ps. 106,25 b Deut. 28,68 c Neh. 9, 17 d Deut. 10, 15 2 Sam. 15, 25 1 Ki. 10, 9 Ps. 22, 8 Ps. 147, 10, 11 Isa. 62, 4 e ch. 13, 27 / Deut. 9,7, 23,24 g Deut.20,3 h cb, 24, 8 1 shadow, Ps. 121, 5 Isa. 30,2,3 Jer.48,45 i Gen.48,21 Ex. 33, 16 Deut.20,1 2Chr.l5,2 Isa. 41, 10 j Ex. 17, 4 k Ex. 16, 10 Lev. 9, 23 1 Heb. 3, 8 m Ps. 78. 22 John 12,37 n Ex. 32, 10 Ezek.20,9 p Ex. 15, 14 q Neh. 9, 12 r Josh. 7, 9 s Ps. 103, 8 Ps. 145, 8 Jonah 4,2 t Ex. 34, 7 2 Or, Mth- erto. u Jas. 5, 16 1 John 5,14 V Ps. 72, 19 Isa. 5, 16 Isa. 11, 9 Isa. 61, 11 Ezek.18,3 Hab. 2, 14 Ilev.11,15 w Ps. 95, 11 X Gen. 31, 7 3 If they see the land. y Ezek. 20, 15 z Ps. 25, 13 Ps. 37, 11 Isa. 33, 15 Mat. 5, 5 a Mat.17,17 b Ex. 16,12: 157 14 And they Avill tell it to the in- habitants of this land : ffor they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy /cloud standeth OA^er them, and that thou goest be- fore them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 NoAv if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations Avhich haA^e heard the fame of thee Avill speak, saying, 16 Because the Lord was not "able to bring this people into the land AA^hich he SAvare unto them, therefore he hath sla,in them in the wilderness. 17 And noAv, I beseech thee, let the poAver of my Lord be great, accord- ing as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 The Lord is ^ongsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means cleai'- i ng^Ae guilt y^^isiiin^ the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth qeneratiori. * 19 Fardon, 1 beseech thee, the in- ' iquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy m.ercy, and as thou hast forgiA^en this people, from E'gypt even '^until noAv. 20 And the Lord said, I "haA^e par- doned according to thy Avord : 21 But as truly as 1 live, "all the earth shall be filled Avith the glory of the Lord. 22 Because '"all those men which haA^e seen my glory, and uij mira- cles, which I did in E'gypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me noAv ^these ten times, and haA'e not hearkened to my voice ; 23 ^Surely -^they shall not see the land Avhich I sware unto their fa- thers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it : 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit Avith him, and hath followed me fully, him Avill I bring into the land Avhereinto he AA^ent ; and 'his seed shall possess it. 25 (NoAv the Am'a-lek-ites and the Ca'naan-ites dA\^elt in the A^alley . ) To morroAv turn you, and get you into the Avilderness by the way of the Red sea. 26 tAnd the Lord spake unto Mo'- " ses and unto Aar'on, saying, 27 How ''long shall I hear with this evil congregation, Avhich murmur against me 'T T ^have heard thn mur * C. 14. 41-43. The people s'/nitten. NUMBERS, 15. Law of sundry offerings. E I miirings of the children of I§'ra-el . I which they muriiiur aga i nst me .* 28 Say unto them, '=As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so avlII I do to you: 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness ; and '^aU that were num- bered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have mur- mured against me, 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I '*sware to make you dwell therein, save *Ca'- leb the son of Je-phun'neh, and Josh'- u-a the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, vvdiich ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which -^ye have despised. 32 But as for you, ^your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall ^wander '^in the wilderness 'forty years, and bear your whoredoms, imtil your car- cases be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After -^the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty ''^days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, eveii forty years, ^and ye shall know my ^breach of promise. 35 I '''the Lord have said, I w^ill gurely do it unto all this evil congre- gation, that are gathered together against me : in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 3 6 And ''the men, which M5'se§ sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to mmmur 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. 3 8 But ^ Josh'u-a the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Je-phun'neh, vjhich were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. 39 And Mo'ges told these sayings unto all the children of l§'ra-el : and ?the people mourned greatly. 40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we ''he here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised : for we have sinned. C f 41 And M6'§es said. Wherefore now *E. Deut. 2, 7. ^ B. C. 1490. CHAP. 14. c Heb. 3, 17 d ch. 26, 64 4 lifted up my hand, Gen.14,22 e Deut. 1, 36,38 / Ps. 106,24 g 1 Cor.10,5 5 Or, feed. h Ps. 107,40 i Deut.2,14 j ch. 13, 25 k Ps. 95, 10 Ezek. 4, 6 I 1 Ki. 8, 56 Ps. 77, 8 Heb, 4, 1 6 Or, alter- ing of my purpose. Deut. 31,16 m cb. 23, 19 n ch. 13, 31 Jer. 28, 16, 17 Jer. 29, 32 ICor. 10, 10 Heb. 3, 17 Jude 5 p Josh. 14,6 q Pro. 19, 3 Mat. 8, 12 Heb. 12, 17 r Deut.1,41 Eccl. 9, 3 Mat. 7, 21 Lu. 13, 25 s 2Chr. 24,20 t Job 9, 4 Isa. 59,1,2 Jer. 2, 37 ICor. 10,22 u Deut. 1,42 Ps. 44, 1-3 V Judg. 16,20 CHAP. 15. a Lev.23,10 b Lev. 1,2,3 c Lev. 7, 16 Lev. 22, 18,21 1 separat- ing. Lev. 27, 2 d Lev. 23, 8, 12 ch. 28, 19, 27 ch. 29, 2, 8, 13 Deut. 16, 10 e Gen. 8, 21 Ex. 29, 18 Lev. 1, 9 Ezek. 20,41 2 Cor.2,15 Eph. 5, 2 Phil. 4, 18 /Lev. 2,1 Lev. 6, 14 g Es. 29, 40 h Lev.14,10 i ch. 28, 7 j Lev. 7, 11 158 do ye transgress 'the commandment of 'the Lord ? but it shall not prosper. 42 Go "not up, for the Lord is not among you ; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 43 For the Am'a-lek-ites and the Ca'- naan-ites «re there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword : because "ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you. C. 32. 23. J 44 But they presimaed to go up un- to the lull top : nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Mo'§e§, departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the Am'a-lek-ites came do^vn, and the Ca/naan-ites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even mito Hor'mah. CHAPTER 15. The law of sundry offerings. 32 The sabbath breaker stoned. 37 The law of fringes. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'ges, sayuig, 2 Speak "unto the children of l§'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 8, sacrifice 'in ^performing 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 min- gled 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 offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. 6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. T And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the l\\\Y&part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 8 And vf hen thou preparest a bul- lock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, oi peace -^offerings unto the Lord : 9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mjingled w4th half an liin of oil. 10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an Sacrifice for the NUMBERS, 15. sin of ignorance. offering made bv fire, of a sweet ^- c- i^qo. savour unto the Lord. 11 Thus shall it be done for one bul- lock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. 1 2 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. 1 3 All that are born of the country shall do these things after this man- ner, 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 he hoth for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth loith 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 ^And the Lord spake unto Mo'- §e§, saying, 1 8 Speak unto thechildren of Is'ra-el, and say unto them. When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 1 9 Then it shall bo, that, when ye eat of the ^bread of the land, ye shall {* 27!^28^' offer up an heave offering unto the ps. i9, i3 T ^^^ ^ ^ Lu. 12. 48 i^ORD. 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 threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. 21 Of the first of vour dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations. 22 HAnd "if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, wliich the Lord hath spoken unto jVlo'se§, 23 ^Even all that the Lord hpcth com- manded you by the handof 315'ses, from the day that the Lord com- manded 3Id'se§_, and henceforward among your generations : 24 Then it shall be,nf ought be com- mitted by ignorance ^vithout the CHAP. 15. k ch. 9, li I Josh. 5, 11, 12 m Ex. 23, 19 Deut. 26, 2, 10 Neh. 10, 37 Pro. 3, 9 n Lev. 2, 14 Lev.23,10 Lev. 4, 2 lJohii2,l p Lev. 4, 13 2 Srom the eyes. 3 Or, ordi- nance. q Lev. 4, 23 ch. 28, 15 Ezra 6, 17 Ezra 8, 35 r Lev. 4, 20 Dan. 9, 24 Roni.5,11 Heb. 2, 17 Heb. 10, 10-12 1 Johnl,7 1 John 2, 1,2 48 t Lev. 4, 35 4 doth. u Deut. 17, 12 Ps. 19, 13 Rom. 10, 16 Heb. 10. 26 lPet.2,10i 5 with an hi^h lunnd. V 2 Sam. 12,9 Pro. 13,13 w Ezek. 18.20 a; Ex. 35,2,3 knowledge of the congregation, that y Lev.24,12 all the congregation shall offer one| young bullock for a burnt offering, ^ ^^il^' for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with his meat offering, and his drink ef ering, according to the ^manner ?i Gal. 3, 5 alKi.21,13! Acts 7, 58 1 159 and one *kid of the goats for a sin offering. 25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of is'ra-el, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is igno- rance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering be- fore the Lord, for their ignorance : 26 And it shaU be forgiven all the congregation of the children of l§'- ra-el, and the stranger that sojourn- eth among them ; seeing all the peo- ple were in ignorance. 27*11 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offer- ing. 2 b And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by igTLO- rance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven Ifim. 29 Ye shall have one law for liim that ■^sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the chil- dren of Is'ra-el, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. 30 iBut "the soul that doeth ought' ^presumptuously, tchether he he born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from among liis people. 31 Because he hath 'despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken liis commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off ; his 'iniquity shall he upon hun. H. 32. 23. 32 "FAnd while thechildren 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 gatlier- ing sticks brought hun unto Mo'ses and Aar'on, and unto all the congre" gation. 34 And they put him nn ward, be- cause it was not declared what should be done to liim. 35 And the Lord said unto ]M5'ses, The ^man shall be surely put" to death: all the congregation shall stone '"hmi with stones without the camp. 3 6 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stonrd him with stones, and _he died ; as the Lord commanded 3Io'ses. H The rebellion of Korah^ NUMBERS, 16. Dathan and Abiram. 37 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo' §e§, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of l§'- ra-el, and bid ''them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their genera- tions, 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 commandments of the Lord, and do them ; and that ye ''seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use "^to go a whoring : 40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy ^unto your God. 41 1 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. CHAPTER 16. 1 TJie rebellion of Korah. 31 The earth cleaveth asunder. 46 Aaron stayeth the pl'^gue. NOW ''Kd'rah, the son of iz'har, the son of Ko'hath, the son of Le'vi, and Da'than and A-bi'ram, the sons of E4fab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reu'ben, took men : 2 And they rose up before Mo'§e§, with certain of the children of Is'ra-el, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in *the congrega- tion, men of renown : 3 And '^they gathered themselves to- gether against Mo'§e§ and against Aar'on, and said unto them, ^le take too much upon you, seeing '^all the congregation are holy, every one of them, '^and the Lord is among them : wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord ? 4 And when M5'§es heard it, •''he fell upon his face : 5 And he spake unto Ko'rah and unto all his company, saying. Even to morrow the Lord will shew who ^are his, and who is %oly ; 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, Ko'- rah, and all his company ; 7 And put fire therein, and put in- cense 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. , B. C. 1490. CHAP. 15. h Deut. 22,12 Mat. 23. 5 c Deut. 29, 19 Jab 31, 7 Jer. 9, 14 Ezek. 6, 9 a Ps. 106,39 J as. 4, 4 e Lev. 11, 44,45 Mat. 5, 48 Rom.12,1 Col. 1, 22 lThes.5,8 1 Pet.1,15 B. C. 1471. CHAP. 16. a Jiide 11 ib ch. 26, 9 c Ps. 106,16 1 It is much for you. d Ex. 19, 6 e Ex. 29, 45 /ch. 20, 6 a 2 Tim. 2,19 h Lev. 21, 6-12 i Ex. 28, 1 1 Sam. 2, 28 Ps. 105,26 j Lev. 10, 3 Ezek. 40,46 k 1 Sam. 18,23 Isa. 7, 13 1 Deut.10,8 m Ex. 16, 8 1 Cor. 3, 5 n Ex. 2, 14 Acts 7, 27,35 Ex. 3, 8 Lev.20,24 2 bore out, that is, blind with fair %vords. p Gen, 4,4,5 q 1 Sam. 12,3 Acts20,33 2 Cor, 7, 2 r Ex. 16, 7,10 Lev. 9, 6,23 s Gen.19,17 Jer. 51, 6 Acts 2, 40 Rev. 18, 4 160 8 And M6'§e§ said unto Ko'rah> Hear, I pray you, ye sons of LeVi : 9 Seemeth it but ''a, small thing un= to you, that the God of l§'ra-el hath 'separated you from the congrega- tion of i§'ra-el, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tab- ernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? 10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of LeVi with thee : and seek ye the priesthood also ? 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered to- gether against the Lord : '"and what is Aar'on, that ye murmur against him? 12^And Mo'§e§ sent to call Da'- than and A-bi'ram, the sons of E-lfab : which said, We will not come up : 13 78 it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that flow- eth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou "make thyself altogether a prince over us ? 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a 4and that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou ■^put out the eyes of these men ? we will not come up. 15 And Mo'§e§ 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 M6'§e§ said unto Kd'rah, Be thou and all thy company before thf Lord, thou, and they, and Aar'on, to morrow : 17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty cen- sers ; thou also, and Aar'on, 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 doo:' of the tabernacle of the congregation with M6'§e§ and Aar'on. 19 And Ko'rah gathered all the con- gregation 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 M5'§e§ and unto Aar'on, saying, 21 Separate 'yourselves from amonjg Destruction of Korah NUMBERS, 16. and his followers. this congre^-ation, that I may 'con- sume them 111 a moment. 22 And they feh upon then- 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 imto M5'- ses, saying, '2^ Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of K5'rah, Da'than, and A-bi'rani. 25 And M5'§e§ rose up and went unto Da'than and A-bi'ram ; and the elders of l§'ra-el followed huii. 26 And he spake unto the congre- gation, saying, "-Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in ail their sins. 27 So they gat up_from the tp^ber- nacle of K5'rah, iJa'than, and A-bi'- ram, on eveiy side : and Da'than and A-bf ram came out, and stood ^in the door of then' tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their httle chil- dren. 28 And M5'§es said, -^Hereby ye shall know that thelLoRD hath sent me to do all these works ; for / have not done them 'of mine own mind. 29 If these men die ^the common 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 nev/ thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they '"go do^vn quick into the pit- then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord. 31 tAnd "^it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that 10 as under them : 32 And the e?irth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all ^tlie men that apper- tained unto Ko'rah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went doAvn alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation. 31: And all Is'ra-el that loere round about them fled at the cry of them : for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. B. C. 1471. CHAP. 16. t Ex. 33, 10 Ex. 33, 5 u Job 12, 10 Eccl. 12,7 Isa. 57, 16 Zech.12,1 Heb. 12, 9 V 2 Sam. 21, 17 IChr. 21,17 Ezek. 18,20 w Gen. 19,12 Isa. 52, 11 Acts 2, 40 2 Cor.6,17 Rev. 18, 4 X Pro.16,18 ij Ex. 3, 12 Deut. 18,22 Zech. 2, 9 z Jer. 23,16 Ezek. 13,17 John 5,30 3 as every man dieth. a Ex. 20, 5 Job 35, 15 Isa. 10, 3 t create a creature, Isa. 45, 7 ) Job 31, 3 Isa. 28, 21 ; Ps. 55, 15 Rev. 9, 2 I ch. 26, 10 ch. 27, 3 Deut.11,6 Ps. 106,17 e lChr.6,22 / Lev. 10, 2 ch. 11, 1 Deut.4,24 Ps. 106,18 Isa. 66, 15 Heb. 12,29 Rev. 20, 9 a Pro. 20, 2 Hab. 2, 10 h ch. 26, 10 Ezek. 14,8 2 Pet. 2, 6 i ch. 3, 10 1 Ki. 13, 1 2Chr. 26, 18 Keb. 5, 4 j Mat. .5, 11 Acts21,28 2 Cor. 6, 8 k Ex. 40, 34 Lev. 9, 23 ch. 14, 10 I IChr. 21, 16 Mat.26,39 m Lev. 10, 6 ch. 1, 53 ch. 8, 19 ch. 11, 33 ch. 18, 5 Josh. 7, 1 Josh. 22, 18,20 1 Sam. 6,19 2 Sam. 24,1 1 Chr. 27. 24 Ps. 106,29 161 35 And there ^'came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the tvv^o hun- dred and fifty men that offered in- cense. 36 '[ And the Lord spake imto Mo'- §e§, saying, 37 Speak unto E-le-a'zar the son of Aar'on the priest, that he take up the «2ensers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder ; for they are hallowed. 38 The censers of these ^sinners against their o\vn soiUs, let them make them broad plates for a, cover- ing of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed : ^and they shall be a sign unto the children of l§'ra-el. 39 And E-le-a'zar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a cover- ing of the altar : 40 To be Sj memorial unto the chil- dren of Is'ra-el, 'that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aar'on, come near to offer incense before the Lord ; that he be not as Ko'rah, and as his compa^ny: as the Lord said to huTL by the hand of M5'§e§. 41 TBut on the morrow -^all the con- gregation of the children of I§'ra-el murmured against M5'§esandagainst Aar'on, saying. Ye have killed the people of the Lord. 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Mo'§es and against Aar'on, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation : and, behold, the ^cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. •io And M5'§es and Aar'on came be- fore the tabernacle of the congrega- tion. 44 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, saying, 45 Get you up from among this con- gregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And 'they feU upon their faces. 46 And Mo'ses said unto Aar'on, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congrega- tion, and make an atonement for them : '"for there is wrath gone out from the Lord ; the plague is begun. 47 And Aar'on took as M5'ses com- manded, and ran mto the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the Aaron's rod flour isheth. NUMBERS, 17, IS. The charge of the priests. plague was begun among the people : and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. 48 And he "stood between the dead and the living ; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hmidred, beside them that died about the matter of Ko'rah. 50 And Aar'on returned unto Mo'seg unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. CHAPTER 17. 8 AarorVs rod only flourisheth: 10 it U laid up for a tnemorial against the rebels. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, 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 fa- thers, 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 wri_te Aar'on'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 the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, ""where I wdll meet with you. 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, Hvhom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murm^urings of the children of i§'ra-el, whereby they murmur against you. 6 ^And M6'§e§ spake unto the chil- dren of i§'ra-el, and every one of their princes gave him 'a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, eveii twelve rods : and the rod of Aar'on was among their rods. 7 And Mo'§e§ laid up the rods before the Lord in ^the tabema.cle of wit- ness. 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Mo'§e§ went into the taber- nacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aar'on for the house of Le'vi was "^budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded alm- onds. 9 And Mo'§es brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of l§'ra-el: and they looked, and took every man his rod. B. C. 1471. CHAP. 16. n Job 33, 24 Mat.20,28 1 Thes. 1, 10 Heb. 7, 24 10 \And the Lord said unto M5'- |§es. Bring Aar'on's 'rod agam before I the testimony, to be kept for ^'a token Ps. 106,30 lagainet the -rebels; and thou shalt ''*^^'^'"'* quite take away their munnuiings from me, that they die not. 11 And M5'§es did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he. 12 And the children of l§'ra-el spake junto Mo'§e§, saying, Behold, we^ die, we perish, we all perish. 13 Whosoever "cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die : shall we be consumed with dying ? CHAPTER 18. 1 Tliechargeof the priests and Levites. 8 The }3riests\ 21 and the Levites' portion. 25 Of the heave offering to the priests, etc. AND the Lord said unto Aar'on, Thou "and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall ^bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thv sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Le'vi, 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 tab- ernacle of witness. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the ''charge of all the taberna,cle : '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 serv- ice of the tabernacle : 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 children of is'ra-el. 6 And I, behold, I have Haken your brethren the Le'vltes 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 congregation. 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 oflSce u7ito you as a service of gift: and ■'the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put ta death. 8 TAnd the Lord spake unto Aaron, Ex. 30, 36 Ex. 40, 34, i5 Le' . i6, 2 1 K;. 8, 10-12 b ch. 16, 5 1 a rod Jor one prince, a rod for one prince. c Ex. 38, 21 ch. 18, 2 Acts 7, 44 d Isa. 4, 2 Isa. 9, 7 lsa.35,1,2 Ezek. 17, 24 e Heb. 9, 4 /ch. 16, 38 2 children of rebel- lion. g ch. 18, 4, 7 CHAP. 18. a ch. 17, 13 1 Be re- sponsible for what- ever is done about the sanctu- ary. Ex. 28, 38 b Gen.29,34 c ch. 3,6-10 d ch. 3, 25,31 e ch. 16. 40 /ch. 4, 15 g Ex. 27, 21 Ex. 30, 7 Lev. 24, 3 h ch. 3, 12.45 i Heb.9.3,6 j 1 Sam. 6. 19 162 The portion- of NUMBERS, 18. the priests and l^evites. B. C. 1471. CHAP. 18. f. k Lev. 6, 16, 18 Lev. 7, 6,32 Ex. 40, 13, 15 Behold, *I also have given thee thej charge of nime heav^ offerings of all I the hallowed things of the children! of is'ra-el; unto thee have I given' them ^y reason of the anointing,! and to thy sons, by an ordinance fori ever. i 9 This shall be thine of the most h.o\jt\nngs, reserved from the fire : '""Le^^y 157^ every oblation of their's, every meatj '"offermg of their's, and every sinj "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 thv sons. 12,13 n Lev. 4, 22, 27 Lev. 6, 25, 26 Inner court. Lev Heb. 9,3,7 6, 16 Ex. 29. 27, 28 ■ Lev. 7, 30,34 Deut.18,3 q Lev. 22, 2 r Ex. 23, 19 !, Deut.l8,4il 3 fat. s Lev.27,28 t Ex. 13, 2 I u Ex. 13, 13 V Lev. 27, 2,6 ch. 3, 47 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 ; ^he heave offering of their gift, with all the wave! ^ Lev.10,14 offerings of the cliildrenof is'ra-el: li " '' '' have given them unto thee, ^and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: ^every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 12 AU 1}he '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. 18 A /id whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in tliuie house shall eat of it. 14 Every 'thing devoted in is'ra-el shall be thine. 15 Every thing that openeth 'the I matrix in all flesh, wliich they bring unto the Lord, vihether it he of men or beasts, shall be tliine : nevertheless ''the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem, 1 6 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, 'according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which ^is twenty gerahs. 17 But •'the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goa.t, thou shalt not redeem ; they a.re holy : ^'thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an off'ering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 18 And the flesh of them shaU 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 I given thee, and thj^ sons and thy I daughters with thee, by a statute for lever : it is *a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed \\A\X\ thee. 20 *TAnd the Lord spake unto Aar'- on, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them : I ""ara thy part and thine inheritance among the ciiil- dren of is'ra-el. 21 And, behold, *I have given the children of Le'vi all the tenth in Is'ra-el for an inheritance, for their service which they seiwe, even the ser^^ce of the tabernacle of the oon- gregation. 22 X either must the children of is'- ra-el henceforth come nigh the tab- ernacle of the congregation, lest -they bear sin, ^andjdie. 23 But the Le'vites shall do the serv- ice of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall he a statute for ever through- out your generations, that among the children of l§'ra-el they have no in- heritance. 2-1 But the tithes of the children of jt'Ex.3o, i3!is'ra-el,which they offer as an heave _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. 25 "[And the Lord spake mito Mo'- ses, saj^ng, 2B Thus speak unto the Le'vites, and say imto them, Vv^hen ye take of the clilldren of l§'ra-el the tithes which I have given jovl from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even ^a tenth pa.rt of the tithe. 27 And this your heave offeruig shall be reckoned unto you, as though it icere the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress. 28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering mito the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the chil- dren of Is'ra-el; and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave offering to Aar'on the priest. dDeut.io.9| 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall of- ifer ever^^ heave offering of the Lord, 'of all the ^best thereof, even the hal- jlowed part thereof out of it. Lev.2r.25|offeriiM 45,12 \x Deut. 15,19 y Lev. 3,2,5 z Lev. 7, 31 4 A perpet- ual cove- nant. Lev. 2, 13 2Chr.l3,5 a Deut. 10,9 Deut. 14,27 Deut, 18, 1,2 Josh. 13, 14, 33 Josh. 18,7 Ps. 16, 5 Ezek. 44,28 h Neh. 10,37 Neh. 12,44 Heb. 7,5,8 c Lev. 22, 9 j 5 to die. I Neh. 10, 38 ■6 fat. 163 Water of separation. NUMBERS, 19. Jjaio for the use of it. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Le'vites as the in- crease of the threshingiloor, and as the increase of the winepress. 3 1 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 rea- son of it, Vhen ye have heaved from it the best of it : neither shall ye pol- lute the holy things of the cliildren of l§'ra.-el, lest ye die. CHAPTER 19. 1 27ie xvater of separation: 11 the use of it for purification of uncleanness. A KD the Lord spake unto M5'§e§ JLA- and unto Aar'on, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak Luito the cliildren of I§'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 E-le-a'- zar the priest, that he may bring her ''forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before liis face : 4 And E-le-a/zar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and *^sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times : 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her ''skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with . her dung, shall he bum : 6 And the priest shall take -^cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. T 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 un- clean 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 congregation of the children of I§'ra-el 'for a water of separation : it is a purification for sin. 10 And he that gathereth the ashes B. C. 1471. CHAP. 18. / Mat.10,10 Lu. 10. 7 1 Cor.9,13 2 Cor. 12, 13 Gal. 6, 6 1 Thes. 5, 12,13 ITim. 5,18 g Lev. 19, 8 Lev.22,16 CHAP. 19. a Isa.5S,4r-6 Gal. 4, 4 Heb. 9, 13, li Rev. 1, 5 b Deut.21,3 1 Sam.6,7 John 10, 17 Pliil.2,6,8 c Lev. 4, 12,21 Heb. 13,11 d Lev.16,14 Isa. 52, 15 Ezek. 36, 25 e Ex. 29, 14 Lev. 4, 11, 12 Isa. 53, 10 /Lev. J.4, 4:, 6 g Lev.11,25 Lev. 15, 5 h Heb. 9, 13 i ch. 31, 23 2 Cor. 7, 1 j Lev. 21, 1 ch. 5, 2 Ch. 9, 6, 10 ch. 31, 19 Isa. 52, 11 Lam. 4,14 Hag. 2, 13 Rom.5,12 2 Cor.6,17 Eph. 2, 1 1 soul of man. k cb. 31, 19 1 Lev.15,31 m cb. 8, 7 n Lev. 7, 20 Lev. 22, 3 Lev. 11,32 ch. 31, 20 2 dust. 3 living waters ■ shall be (jiven, Gen.26,19 p Ps. 51, 7 q Lev. 14, 9 r Gen.17,14 Gal. 3, 10 164 of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : and it 3}iall be unto the children of l§'- ra-el, and unto the stranger that so- journeth among them, for a statute for ever. 1 1 THe •'that toucheth the dead body of an}' ^man shall be unclean seven davs. 1^ He ^shail pu-rify hhnself v/ith 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 i§'ra-el : be- cause "'the water of separation was not sprinkled upon hun, 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. 1 5 And everj'- ''open vessel, vdiicb hath no covering bounrl 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 puiification 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 vrater, and sprinkle it upon the tent, a.nd upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that Avere there, and upon him that touched 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. 20 But the m^an that shall be un- clean, and shall not purify himself, that ''soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him ; he is unclean. The death of Miriayn. NUMBERS, 20. Moses smiteth the rock. B. C. 1471. CHAP. 19. s Hag. 2, 13 21 And it shall be a pei^petual stat- ute imto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes ; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. 22 And 'whatsoever the miclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soui that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. CHAPTER 20. 1 The death of Mlnam. T jfose.s, ■smiting the 7-ock, bringeth forth water. 22 Aaron'' s death ; Eleazar sueceedeih him. THEN "came the cliildren of l§'- ra-el, eve)i the whole congrega- tion, 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 Avater for the congregation: '^and they gathered themselves together against Mo'ses and against Aar'on. 3 And the people 'chode with Mo'se§, and spake, saying, Would God that k ch. 17, 10 we had died Avhen -^our brethren died i Ps.106,33 B. C. Ii53. CHAP. 20. a ch. 33, 36 b Ex. 15, 20 ch. 26, 59 c Ex. 17, 1 d ch. 16, 19,42 e Ex. 17, 2 ch. 14, 2 / ch. 11, 1, 33 ch. 14, 37 ch. 16, 32, 33, 49 Lam. 4, 9 g Ex. 17, 3 h ch. 14, 5 i Ex. 17, 5 j Neh. 9, 15 Ps. 78, 15, 16 Isa. 43, 20. before the Lord ! m Jas. 1, 20 4 And •''why have ye brought up the n ex. it, e congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there ? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of E'gypt, to bring us in unto this e^al 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 M5'§es and Aar'on went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and they ''fell upon their faces : and the glory of the Lord ap- peared unto them. 7 IF And the Lord spake unto M5'- §e§, saying, , , ^ ^, 8 Take 'the rod, and gather thou the ^ ^ ^;'_ assembly together, thou, and Aar'on 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 ty Deut. 2, Deut.8,15 1 Cor.10,4 ch. 27, 14 Deut.3,26 p Lev. 10, 3 Ezek. 20,41 Ezek. 36,23 lPet.3,15 q Ps. 95, 8 1 That is, Strife. r Judg. 11, 16, 17 s Deut.23,7 Obad. 10,12 2 found us. t Ex. 2, 23 Ex. 3, 7 IV ch. 21, 22 IV Deut. 2, 6,28 X Judg. 11, 17 rock : so thou shalt give the congre- gation and their beasts drink. 9 And M5'§es took the rod ^from be- fore the Lord, as he commanded liim. 10 And Mo'§es and Aar'on gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, ^Hear now, ye rebels ; must we fetch you ^ ^^^27^^! water out of this rock ? isa. 57,1,2 11 And M5'se§ lifted up his hand. ^2% 165 27, 29 z Judg. 11, 18 Rom. 12, 18 Heb. 12,14 a ch. 33, 37 h ch. 21, 4 and with his rod he smote the rock ""twice: and the "water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and th^ir beasts also. 12 lAnd the I^ord spake untoMo'seg and Aar'on, Because '^'e beheved nie not, to sanctify ^'me in the eyes of the children of is'ra-el. therefore ye shall not bring thJs congregation mto the land which I have given them. 13 Tliis Hs the water of '31er'i-bah; because the children of is'ra-el strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. 14 "^And Md'ses 'sent messengers from Ka'desh unto the king of E 'dom, 'Thus saith thy brother is'ra-el, Thou knowest all the travel that hath ^be- fallen us : 15 How our fathers went doT\Ti into E'gypt, and we have dwelt m E'gypt a long tmie; and the E-gyp'tians vexed us, and our fathers : 16 And ^vhen we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent "an angel, and hath brought us forth out of E'gypt • ^i^^^i behold, we ca^e 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 ^miej'ards, neither will we drmk of the water of the wells : we will go by the kmg's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, imtil we have passed thy borders. 18 And E'doni 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 mil 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 tiimg else, go through on my feet. 20 And he said, ^Thou shalt not go through. And E'dom came out against him' with much peojDle, and ^vith a. strong hand. 21 ThusE'domrefused togiveis'ra-el passage through ^his border : where- fore Is'ra-el -turned away from hun. 22 TTAnd the children of is'ra-el. even the whole congregation, journeyed f rom^Ka'desh, and *came unto mount Hor. 23 And the Lord spake unto M5'se§ and Aar'on in moimt Hor, by the coast of the land of E'dom, saying, 24 Aar'on shall ^be gathered unto his The death of Aaron. NUMBERS, 21. Moses lifteth up the se^yent. people : for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of i§'ra-el, because ye rebelled against my ^word at the water of Mer'i-bah. 25 Take '^Aar'on and E-le-a'zar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: 26 And strip Aar'on of his garments, and put them upon E-le-a'zar his son : and Aar'on shall be gathered wnto his people, and shall die there. 27 And M6'§e§ did as the Lord com- manded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Mo'§e§ ^stripped Aar'on of his garments, and put them upon E-le-ci'zar his son ; and ■''Aar'on died there in the top of the mount : and M5'§e§ and E-le-a'zar came dovvn from the mount. 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aar'on was dead, they mourned for Aar'on thirty ^''days, even all the house of i§'ra-el. CHAPTER 21. 4 The people ^nnrmuring are plagued vMh fiery ser- pents ; 9 but healed hy a brasen serpent, etc. AND vjtien "king A'rad the Ca'- naan-ite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that i§'ra-el came by the way of the spies ; then he fought against I§'ra-el, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And *l§'ra-el vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then "1 will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of is'ra-el, and delivered up the Ca'naan-ites ; and they utterly de- stroyed them and their cities : and he called the name of the place ^Hor'- naah. 4 TAnd they journeyed from mount LI or by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of E'dom : and the soul of the people was much ^dis- couraged because of the way. 5 And the peoplc^spake against God, and against Mo'§e§, ^Wherefore have ye brought us up out of E'gypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and -^our soul loatheth this light bread. ■ 6 And ^the Lord sent ^fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people ; and much people of i§'ra-el died. T Therefore 'the people came to M5' B. C. 1453. CHAP. 20. 3 mouth. d Deut. 32,50 e Ex. 29, 29,30 /ch. 23, 10 Deut.10,6 Job 14, 12 Job 30,23 Pro. 14, 32 Hos.13,14 Rev.14,13 a Gen. 50, 8 10 Deut.34,8 B. C. 1452. CHAP. 21. a ch. 33, 40 Judg.1,16 b Gen.28,20 Judg. 11. 30 c Lev.27,28 1 That is. Utter destruc- tion, 2 short- ened, or, grieved, Ex. 6, 9 d Ps. 78, 19 e Ex. 16, 3 / Pro. 27, 7 a Amos 9, 3,4 1 Cor.10,9 h Deut.8,15 i Ps. 78, 34 Isa. 26, 16 Hos. 5, 15 j Ex. 8,8,28 1 Sam. 12, 19 1 Ki. 13, 6 Acts 8, 24 k 2 Ki. 18, 4 John 3, 14, 15 3 Or, Heaps of Abarim. I ch. 22, 36 Jude. 11, is 4 Or.Vaheb in Su- phah. 5 leaneth. m Judg. 9,21 n Rev. 7, 17 Ex. 15, 1 Ps. 105, 2 6 Ascend. 7 Or, an- siuer. p Deut.33,4 Isa. 33, 22 8 field. 9 Or, The hill. q ch. 23, 28 10 Or, The tvilder- ness. r Deut.2,26 Judg. 11, 19 s ch. 20, 17 166 §e§, and said. We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee ; -'pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Mo'§e§ prayed for the people. ^ 8 And the Lord said unto Mo'§e§, ' Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And ^Mo'ses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived, -j^ 10 If And the children of i§'ra-el set' forward, and pitched in o'both. 1 1 And they journeyed from O'both, and pitched at ^ij'e-ab'a-rim, in the wilderness which is before Mo'ab, toward the sunrising. 12 1[From_ thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Za'red. 1 3 From thence they removed, and pitched on "the other side of Ar'non, which is in the wilderness that com- eth out of the coasts of the Am'or-ites ; for 'Ar'non is the border of M5'ab, be- tween M5'ab and the Am'or-ites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, ^What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Ar'non, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of M o'ab. 16 lAnd from thence they v'ent to '"Be'er: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto M5'§e§, Gather the people together, and "I will give them water. IT Then '^i^'ra-el sang this song, ''Spring up, O well ; 'sing ye unto it : 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, b,y the direction of the ^lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they toent to Mat'ta-nah: 19 And from Mat'ta-nah to Na-ha'- li-el : and from Na-ha'li-el toBa'moth : 20 And from Ba'moth i7i the valley, that is in the ^country of Mo'ab, to the top of '^Pig'gah, which looketh Howard '"Jesh'i-mon. 21 IT And ^§'ra-el sent messengers unto Si'hon king of the Am'or-Ites, saying, 22 Let 'me pass through thy land • we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards ; we will not drink of the waters of the well : but we will * R Deut. 30. 1-3. f W. 1 Kings s' 41-43 R W iSihon is overcome. KUMBERS, 22. Balak sendetJi for Balaam. go along by the king's high way, un- til we be past thy borders. 23 And 'Si'hon would not suffer i§'- ra-el to pass through liis border : but Si'hon gathered all his people to- gether, and went out against is'ra-el into the wilderness; and ''he came to Ja'haz,and fought against Is'ra-el. 24 And 'i§'ra-el smote hun. with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Ar'non mito Jab'bok, even unto the children of Am'mon : for the border of the cliildren . of Am'mon was strong. 25 And is'ra-el took all these cities : and. is'ra-el dwelt in all tlie cities of the Ain'or-ites, in Hesh'bon, and in all the "villages thereof. 26 For Hesh'bon was the city of Sfhon the king of the Am'or-ites, who had fought against the f oiTQer king of Mo'ab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Ar'non. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into ilesh'b6n,let the city of Sfhon be built and pre- pared : 28 For there is '"^ fire gone out of Hesh'bon, a flame from the city of Si'hon: it hath consmned ''Ar of Mo'ab, and the lords of the high places of Ar'non. 29 "\Voe to thee, Md'ab! thou art un- done, O people of ^'Che'mosh : he hath given ills sons that escaped, and liis daughters, into captivity unto Si'hon king of the Am'or-ites. ■ 30 \Ye have shot at them; Hesh'bon is perished even ^unto Di'b6n,and we have laid them waste even unto Xo'- phah,wliich reacheth unto Med'e-ba. 3 1 ^Thus i§'ra-el dwelt in the land of the Am'or-ites. 32 And Mo'ges sent to spy «out Ja- a'zSr, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Am'or-ites that icere there. 33^And they turned and went up by the way of Ba'shan : and 6^ the king of Ba'shan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle *at Ed're-i. 3i And the Lord said mito M5'§es. 'Fe:\r him not : for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and liis land ; and thou '^shalt do to hun as thou didst unto Si'hon king of the Am.'or-ites, which dwelt at Hesh'- bon. 35 So ^they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was B. C. 1152. CHAP. 21. \t Deut,29,7 ruDeut.2, 32.33 \v Deut.29,7 ! Joshi. 12, 1,2 Josh. 24,8 Neh. 9, 22 Ps. 135,10 Ps. 136,19 Amos 2, 9 11 daugh- ters. IV Isa. 15, 4 Jer. 48, 45,46 X Deut. 2, 9 Isa. 15, 1 y Judg. 11,24 1 Ki. 11, 7,33 2 Ki.23,13 z Jer. 48, 18, 22 a Jer. 48,32 b Josh. 13,13 c Deut. 3, 2 d Ps. 135,10 Ps. 136,20 e Deut. 3, 3,4 CHAP. 22. a Gen. 35, 5 Ex. 23, 27 ch. 33, 48 Deut.2,25 Josh. 2, 9 Jer. 32, 21 b Judg. 11, 25 c Ex. 15, 15 d ch, 31, 8 Josh. 13,21 e Deut.23,4 Josh. 13.22 j Keh. 13, I 1,2 :Mic. 6, 5 / Deut.23,4 1 eye. g ch. 23, 7 7i Ex. 23, 8 1 Sam. 9, 7,8 Pro. 17,23 i Geru20,3 3 I shall prevail in figliting against him. 167 none left him ahve : and they pos- sessed his land. CHAPTER 22. 2 Bala k^s .first 'message fo7^ Balaojn refused: 15 his second obtaineth him : 22 an angel would have slain him, if his ass had not saved him. KD ''the children of is'ra-el set forward, and pitched in the plains of Mo'ab on this side J6r'da.n by Jer'i-ch5. 2 T^And °Balak the son of Zip'por saw all that l§'ra-el had done to the Am'or-ites. 3 And OI5'ab was sore afi'aid of the ■people, because they were many : and Mo'ab was distressed because of the children of I§'ra-el. 4 And jMo'ab said unto the '^elders of Mid'i-an, X o w shall this company hck up aJl that are romid about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the iield. And Balak the son of Zip'por was king of the Mo'ab-ites at that time. 5 He sent messengei^ therefore un- to "Ba'laam the son of Be'or ^to Pe'- thor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, sajong, Behold, there is a people come out from E'gypt : behold, they cover the ^face of the earth, and they abide over agamst me : 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, ;^cm'se me tliis people ; for they are too mighty for me : peradventure I shall prevail, that vre may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot tha.t he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of ]M5'ab and the elders of JMid'i-an departed with the ^rewards of di^'hiation in their hand ; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto liim the word h of Balak. b And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I vnU. bring you word agaui, as the Lord shall speak imto me: and the princes of Md'ab abode with Balaain. 9 And 'God- came unto Balaam, and said, What men a/re these with thee ? 10 And Balaam said unto God,Ba'- lak the son of Zip'por, king of M5'ab, ha.th sent unto me, saying, 11 Behold, thei'e is a people come out of E'gypt, wliich covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them ; peradventine ^I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them ; thou Balaam goeth to Balak NUMBERS, 22. An angel ojyposeth him shalt not curse the people: for they Jare blessed. 1 3 And Balaam rose up in the morn- ing, and said unto the princes of Ba'- lak, Get you into your land : for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 14 And the princes of Mo'ab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. 15 1 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they, 1 6 And they came to Balaam, and said to him. Thus saith Balak the son of Zip'por, ^Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: 17 For ^I will promote thee imto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 1 8 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, ^I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I maj; know what the Lord will say unto me more. 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them ; but yet ""the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 21 And Balaam rose up in the morn- ing, and saddled his ass, and went "with the princes of Mo'ab. 22 f And God's anger was kindled because he went : ''and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an ad- versary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two serv ants were v/ith him. 23 And ^'the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn m his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field : and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the Lord stood m a path of the vineyards, a wall be- ing on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself imto B. C. 1452. CHAP. 22. I J Gen. 12,2 Gen.22,17 Gen. 28, 13, 14 ch. 23, 20 Rom. 11, 29 3 rw not thou letted from, etc. k Ps. 49, 17 Mat.16,26 \l lKi.22,14 2 Chr. 18, 13 m ch. 23, 12,26 ch. 24, 13 Ps. 33, 10, 11 Isa. 37, 29 Isa. 46, 10 n Pro. 15,27 1 Tim. 6, 9,10 2 Pet.2,15 Jude 11 Ex. 4, 24 Ex. 23. 20 p 2 Ki. 6. 17 q Isa. 47, 12 1 Cor.3,19 r Isa. 26, 11 Hos. 2, 6 s Pro. 14,16 Pro. 27, 3,4 Jas. 1,19 t Mat.19,26 1 Cor.1,19 2 Pet.2,16 li Pro. 12, 10 Eccl. 9, 3 Jer. 17, 9 Mat.15,19 V 1 Cor.1,27 4 who hast ridden upon me. 5 Or, ever since thou wast, etc. w Gen. 21,19 2 Pvi. 6,17 1 Chr. 21,16 Lu. 24, 16 a; Job 8, 20 Pro. 11, 2 Jer. 3, 25 6 Or, boived himself. 7 to be an adversary unto thee. y 2 Pet. 2, 14,15 z 1 Sam. 26,21 2 Sam. 12,13 8 be evil in thine eyes. a Gen.U 17 168 !of the wall, and crushed Balaam's 'foot against the wall : and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrov/ place, 'where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. ^ 7 And when the ass saw the angel _ the Lord, she feU down under Balaam : *and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a stall. 28 And the Lord 'opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times ? 29 And Balaam said unto the ass. Because thou hast mocked me; I would there were a sword in mine hand, "for now would I kill thee. 30 And ^tlie ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, \ipon which thou hast ridden ^ever since T ivas thine unto this day ? was I ever wont to do so unto thee ? And he said, Nay. 31 Then the Lord '^opened the ejes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand : and he -"bowed down his head, and ^fell flat on his face. 32 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smit- ten thine ass these three times ? be- hold, I went out 'to withstand thee, because thy way is ^'perverse before me: 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, T have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me : now therefore, if it ^displease thee, I will get me back again. 35 And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men : but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Ba'- laam went with the princes of Balak. 36 HAnd when Balak heard that Balaam was come, ""he went out to meet him unto a city of Mo'ab, which is in the border of Ar'non, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Balak said unto Ba'laam, Did 1 not earnestly send unto thee to JJalaJc's sacrifices. NUMBERS, 23. Balaam's parable. call thee? wherefore earnest thou not unto me ? am I not able indeed to pro- mote thee to honour ? 38 And Balaam said unto'Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee : have I now any power at all to say any thing *the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they carne unto'^K ir'jath-hu'zoth. 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that id ere with him. 41 And it came to pass on the mor- row, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the ''high places ot Ba'al, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. CHAPTER 23. 1, 14, 28 Balak's saeriflces. 7, 18 Balaam's parables. AND Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken ; and Balak and Balaam of- fered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go : peradventure the Lord will come to meet me : and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And ^he went to an high place. 4 And God met Balaam : and he said unto him, I have prepared seven al- tars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the Lord ''put a word in Ba'- laam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Md'ab. 7 And_''he took ' up his parable, and said, Balak the king of M5'ab hath brought me from '^A'ram, out of the mountains of the east, sayhig, Come, curse me Ja'cob, and come, defy '^Ig'- ra-el. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or *how shall I defy, tohom the Lord hath not defied ? 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo,-^ the people shall dwell alone, and ^shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who ^can count the dust of Ja'- cob, and the number of the fourth part of l§'ra-el ? Let^me die the 'death B. C. 1452. CHAP. 22. b lKi.22,M 2 Chr. 18,13 9 Or,Acity of streets. c Deut.13,2 CHAP. 23. 1 Or, he tvent soli- tary. a Deut. 18, 18 Jer. 1, 9 b Job 27, 21 Ps. 78, 2 Ezek.17,2 c Gen.10,22 Gen. 28, 5 d 1 Sam. 17, 10 c Pro. 21,30 Isa. 47, 12 f Lev.20,24 Deut. 33,28 1 Ki. 8, 53 g Ezra 9, 2 Eph. 2, 14 h Gen.22,17 2 my soul, or, my life. i Ps. 116,15 Isa. 57,1,2 j Josh. 24, 10 Neh. 13. 2 3 Or, The hill. k Isa. 1, 10, 11 Hos.12,11 I 1 Sam. 3, 17 mJudg. 3,20 n 1 Sam. 15,29 Ps. 102, 26, 27 Mai. 3, 6 Rom. 11, 29 Titus 1, 2 Jas. 1, 17 Gen. 12,2 Gen.22,17 ch. 22, 12 p Rom. 4, 7 q Ex. 13, 21 Ex. 29, 45,46 Ex. 33, 14 r Ps. 98, 6 s Deut. 33,17 4 Or, in. t Ps. 31, 19 169 of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ! 1 1 And Balak said luito Balaam, What hast thou done unto me ? ^1 took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed t/ier/i alto- gether. 12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth ? 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them : thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see theif^ all : and curse me them from thence. 14 IF And he brought him into tho field of Z5'phim,to the top of ^Pi§'gah, ^and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 1 5 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LoRD yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 1 7 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of JVId'ab with him. And Ba'- lak said unto him, What liath the Lord spoken ? 18 And he took up his parable, and said. Rise '"up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zip'por: 19 God "^5 not a man, that he should \ lie ; neither the son of man, that he should repent : hath he said, and shall he not do it f or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good ? * 20 Behold, I have received com- raandment to bless: and "he hath blessed ; and I cannot reverse it. 21 He ^hath not beheld iniquity in Ja'cob, neither hath he seen per^^erse- ness in i§'ra-el : the ^Lord his God is with him, '^and the shout of a king is among them. 22 God brought them out of fi'gypt ; he hath as it were 'the strength of an unicorn, 23 Surely there is no enchantment ^against Ja'cob, neither is there any divination against Is'ra-el : according to this time it shall be said of Ja'- cob and of l§'ra-el, 'What hath God wrought ! 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion : he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. *K. Deut. 1.29-3L « K Balaam foretelleth NUMBERS, 24. Israel's happiness. 25 1l And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying. All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do ? 27 IT And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place ; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Pe'or, that looketh toward ^Jeshl-mon. 29 And "Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and pre- pare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. CHAPTER 24. 1 Balaam foretelleth Israel's haijpiness: 15 he prop'hesieth of the Star of Jacob, etc. AND when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless i§'ra-el, he went not, as at other times, 'to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw i§'ra-el abidmg i?i his tents according to their tribes; and "the spirit of God came upon him. 3 And ^he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Be'or hath said, and the man ^whose eyes are open hath said : 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling "into a trance, but having his eyes open : 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Ja'- cob, and thy tabernacles, O Is'ra-el! 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes ^which the IjORD hath planted, aiids^B cedar trees beside the waters. 7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall he in m.any waters, and his king shall be higher than ^\'gag, and liis kingdom •^shall be exalted. 8 God brought him forth out of E'gypt ; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn : he shall eat up the nations his eneixdes, and shall break their bones, and pierce the^n through with his arrows. 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, B. C. 1452. CHAP. 23. 5 Or, The wilder- ness. u2Pet.2,16 CHAP. 2i. 1 to the meeting of en- chant- ments. a ch. 11, 25 1 Sam. 19,20 2Chr.l5,l Mat. 7, 21-23 1 Cor. 12, 8,10 b ch. 23, 7 2 who had his eyes shut, but now opened. c 1 Sam. 19 24 Ezek.1,28 Dan. 8, 18 Dan. 10, 15 2 Cor.12,2 Rev. 1, 10,17 d Ps. 1, 3 Jer. 17, 8 e 1 Sam. 15,32 /2Sam. 5, 12 lClir.14,2 g Gen. 12, 3 Gen.27,29 Ex. 23, 23 h Rev. 1, 7 i Jer. 23, 5 Dan. 2, 44 Lu. 1, 32,33 Heb. 1, 8 Rev.22,16 j Gen.49,10 Ps. 110, 2 3 Or, smite through the princes of Moab. k Gen. 27,37 2 Sam. 8, 14 4 Or, the first of the na- tions that warred against Israel. 5 Or, shall be even to destruc- tion. 1 Sam. 15,3 6 Kain. 170 and as a great lion: who shall stir him up ? Blessed ^is he that biesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 10 IF And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his ! hands together : and Balak said unto I Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast alto- gether blessed the77i these three times. 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy I place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour ; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour. 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, 1 3 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or b?.d of mine own mind ; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak ? 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall I do to thy people in the latter days. 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Be'or hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said : 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowl- edge of the most High, lohich saw the vision of the AliTdghty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : 171 ^shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a 'Star out of Ja'cob, and ^a Sceptre shall rise out of i§'ra-el, and- shall ^smite the corners of Mo'ab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 1 8 And '^E'dom shall be a possession, P^lr also shall be a possession for his enemies; and i§'ra-el shall do valiantly. 19 Out of Ja'cob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall de- stroy liim that remaineth of the city. 20 And when he looked on Am'a-lek, he took up his parable, and said, Im'alek vms '^the first of the na- tions; but his latter end ^ shall he that he perish foi' ever. 21 And he looked on the Kenltes, and took up his parable, and said. Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 22 Nevertheless %he Ken'ite shaU b^ Zimri and Cozbi slain. NUMBERS, 25, 2(5. Israel nurnbered. B. C. 1452. CHAP. 24. 7 Or, how long shall it be ere Asshur carry thee away captive f I Gen. 10, 4 Dan. 11,30 m Gen. 11, 14 n Lev.26,28 Deut. 28,36 Mat.23,37 CHAP. 25. a ch. 33, 49 Mic. 6, 5 b ch. 31, 16 Rev. 2, 14 c Josh. 22, 17 Hos. 9, 10 d Ex. 34, 15 e Ex. 20. 5 /Ps. 106,29 wasted, 'until As'shur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this ! 24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chit'tim, and shall afflict As'shur, and shall afflict '"E'bgr, and "he also shall perish for ever. 25 And Ba'laam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Ba'lak also went his way. CHAPTER 25. 1 The Israelites' whoredom and idolatry with Moab. 6 Zirnri and Cozbi slain. AND i§'ra-el abode in "Shit'tim, and *the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of M5'ab. 2 And ''they called the people unto the ''sacrifices of their gods : and the people did eat, and 'bowed dowTi to fcheir gods. 3 And Is'ra-el joined liimself unto Ba'al-pe'or: and -'the anger of the Lord was kindled against is'ra-el. 4 And the Lord said unto Mo'se§. Take •'^all the heads of the people, \ and hang them up before the Lortj'^ l^^\:^ against the sun,^that the fierce anger |^ j^^'^^^ of the Lord may be turned aw^ay from l§'ra-el. 5 And M5'§e§ said unto the judges of Is'ra-el, Slay 'ye every one his men that were joined unto Ba'al-pe'or. 6 1'And, behold, one of the children of l§'ra-el came and brought unto his brethren a Mid'i-an-it-ish woman in the sight of M5'§es,and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of is'ra-el, •'who loere weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 7 And when Phin'e-has, *the son of E-le-a'zar,the son of Aar'on the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took 'a javelin in his hand : 8 And he went after the man of Is'- ra-el into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of is'ra-el, and the woman through her belly. So the plague w^as stayed from the cliildren of is'ra-el. 9 And ^those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. 1 If And the Lord spake unto M5'- §e§, saying, 11 Phin'e-has, ""the son of E-le-a'zar, the son of Aar'on the priest, hath turned my wrath aw^ay from the 13.17 i Ex. 32. 27 J Joel 2, 17 k Ex. 6. 25 1 a spear, or. pike. 1 lCor.10,8 m Ps.106,30 2 with my zeal. n Ex. 20, 5 Mai. 3, 1 p 1 Chr. 6. 4 q Ex. 40, 15 r Acts 22, 3 3 house of a Jather. CHAP. 26. a Ex. 30, 12 Ex. 38. 25. 26 ch. 1, 2 b ch. 22. 1 ch. 31, 12 ch. 33, 48 ch. 35, 1 c Gen. 46, 8 Ex. 6, 14 ch. 1, 21 Deut.33,6 1 Chr. 5, 1 Rev. 7, 5 171 children of is'ra-el, while he was zeal ous ^for my sake among them, that 1 consumed not the children of i§'- ra-el in my "jealousy. 12 Wherefore say, "^Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace : 13 And he shall have it. and ^his seed after liim, even the covenant of ^an everlasting priesthood; because he was 'zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Is'ra-el. 14 Now the name of the is'ra-el-ite that was slain, even that was slain with the Mid'i-an-it-ish woman, loas Zim'ri, the son of Salu, a prince of a ^chief house among the Sim'e-on-ites. ^ 15 And the name of the Mid'i-an-it- ish woman that was slain ivas Coz'bi, the daughter of Zur; he teas head over a people, and of a chief house m Mid'i-an, 16 ^And the Lord spake unto M5'- ses, saying, 17 Vex the Mid'i-an-ites, and smite them : 1 8 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled vou in the matter of Pe'or, and in the matter of Coz'bi, the daughter of a prince of Mid'i-an, their sister, wliich was slain in the day of the plague for Pe'or's sake. CHAPTER 26. 1 Israel numbered. 52 The inhentance of the land divided. 63 OJ Caleb and Joshua. AND it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Mo'§es and unto E-le-a'zar the son of Aar'on the priest, sa;^'ing, 2 Take "the sum of all the con- gregation of the children of Is'ra-el, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in is'- ra-el. 3 AndMo'§esandE-le-a'zar the priest spake with them ''in the plains of M5'ab by Jor'dan near J er'i-ch5, say- ing, 4 Take the sum of the 'people, from tAventy years old and upward ; as the Lord commanded Mo'ses and the children of is'ra-el, which went forth out of the land of E'gj'P't- 5 *i[Reu'ben, '"the eldest son of is'ra-el : the children of Reu'ben ; Ha'noch, of ichom co'meth the family of the Ha'noch-ites: of Pal'lu, the family of the Pal'lu-ites : 6 Of Hez'rdn, the family of the ^um of the people takeri NUMBERS, 26. in the plains of Moah. Hez'ron-Ites : of Car'nil, the family of the Car'mites- 7 These are the famiHes of the Reu'- ben-ites : and they that were num- bered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu ; E-li'ab. 9 And the sons of E-li'ab ; Ne-mu'el, and Da'than, and A-bf ram. This is that Da'than and A-bfram, lohich were "^f amous in the congregation, who strove against Mo'§e§ and against Aar'on in the company of Ko'rah, when they strove against the Lord : 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with K5'rah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hun- dred and fifty men: and they '^be- came a sign. 1 1 Notwithstanding -^the children of Ko'rah died not. 12 ITThe sons of Sim'e-v.'n after their families : of ^Ne-mii'el, the family of the Ne-mii'el-ites : of Ja'min, the fam- ilv of the Ja'min-ites : of Ja'chin,^the family of the Ja'chin-ites : 13 Of ^Ze'rah, the family of the Zar'- hites: of Sha'ul, the family of the Sha'ul-ites. 14 These are the families of the Sim'e-on-ites, twenty and two thou-i sand and two hundred. 1 5 "iTThe children of Gad after their families: of -'Ze'phon, the family of the Ze'phon-Ites : of Hag'gi, the family of the Hag'gltes : of Shu'ni, the family of the Shu'nites : 16 Of 'Oz'ni, the family of the 6z'- nites : of E'ri, the family of the E'rites : IT Of ^A'rod, the family of the A'rod- ites r of A-reli, the family of the A-re'- lltes. 18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 1 9 "[The ''sons of Jii dah loere Er and O'nan: and Er and O'nan died in the land of Ca'naan. 20 And "'the sons of Jii'dah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelan-ites: of Pha'rez, the family of the Phar'zites: of Ze'rah, the family of the Zar'hites. 21 And the sons of Pha'rez were ; of Hez'ron, the family of the Hez'ron- ites: of Ha'mul, the family of the Ha'mul-ites. 22 These are the families of Ju'dah! B. C. U52. CHAP. 26. a ch. 16, 1,2 ch. 27, 3 Deut.11,6 Isa. 65, 16 Ps. 106,17 Jude 11 ch. 16, 38 Job 31, 3 Ps. 145,20 Pro. 2, 22 Pro. 10,29 Pro. 11,21 Pro. 16, 4 Ezek.14,8 lCor.10,6 2 Pet. 2, 6 Jude 7 / Ex. 6, 24 lChr.6,22 Ezek. 18,20 g Gen.46,10 Ex. 6, 15. Jemuel. h 1 Chr. 4,24, Jarib. i Gen. 46, 10, Zolian j Gen. 46, 16, Ziphwn. 1 Or, k Gen. 46, 16, Arocli. Gen. 38, 2 Gen.46,12 m Gen. 49,8 1 Chr. 2, 3 Kev, 7. 5 n Gen.46,13 1 Chr. 7,1 2 Or, Phuvah. 3 Or. Job, Gen.46,14 p Gen.46,20 Deut. 33. 17 q Josh. 17,1 1 Chr. 7 14.15 r Called Abiezer, Josh. 17,2 Judg. 6, 11, 24. 34 s ch. 27, 1 ch. 36, 11 Josh. 17,3 t 1 Chr. 7,20. Bered. 1.'72 according to those that were num- bered of them, threescore and six- teen thousand and five hundred. 23 IF 0/ "the sons of is'sa-char after their families : of T51a, the family of the Tola-ites . of ^Pu'a, the family of 24 Of ^Jash'iib, the family of the Jash'ub-ites : of Shim'ron, the family of the Shim'ron-Ites. 25 These are the families of is'sa- char according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. 26 ^ Of 1:he sons of Zeb'u4un after their families : of Se'red, the family of the Sar'dltes : of Elon, the family of the Elon-ites: of Jahle-el, the fam- ily of the Jahle-el-ites. 27 These are the families of the Zeb'u-lun-Ites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 28 liThe ''sons of Jo'geph after their families were Ma-nas'seh and E'phra- im. 29 Of the sons of Ma-nas'seh: of Ma'- chir, ^the family of the Ma'chir-ites ; and Ivia'chir begat Gil'e-ad: of Gil'e-ad come the family of the Gil'e-ad-Ites. 30 These are the sons of Gil'e-ad ; of Je-e'z6r, the family of the Je-e'zgr ites: of Helek, the family of the ll&- lek-ites . 31 And of As'ri-el, the family of the As'ri-el-ites : and of She'chem, the family of the She'chem-Ttes : 32 And of She-mi 'da, the family of the She-mi'da-ites : and of He'phgr, the family of the He'pher-Ites. 33 And Ze-lo'phe-had the son of He- phSr had no sons, but daughters : and the names of the daughters of Ze-15'- phe-had were Mah'lah, and No'ah, Hog'lah, Mil'cah, and Tir'zah. 34 These are the families of Ma-nas'- seh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 35 llThese are the sons of E'phra-Im after their families- of Shu'the-lah, the family of the Shu'tffialhites: of Be'ch6r,^the family of the Bach'rites: of Ta'han, the family of the Ta'han- Ites. 36 And these are the sons of Shu'- the-lah: of E'ran, the family of tHe £'ran-ites. 37 These are the families of the sons of E'phra-im according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and Sum of ail Israel taken NUMBERS, 26. m the plains of Moab. two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons "of Jo'geph after their families. 38 HThe "sons of Ben'ja-min after their famihes: of Bela, the family of the Bela-Ites : of Ash'bel, the fam- ily of the Ash'bel-ites : of "A-hfram, the family of the A-hfram-ites : •39 Of ^Shu'pham, the family of the Shu'pham-ites: of Hu'pham, the fam- ily of the Hu'pham-ites. 40 And the sons of Bela were ^Ard and Na'a-man : of Ard; the family of the Ard'ites: a7id of Na'a-man, the family of the Na'a-mltes. 41 These are the sons of Ben'ja-min after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. 42 "[These ^are the sons of Dan after their families : of ^Shu'ham, the fam- ily of the Shu'ham-ites. These are the families of I)an after their families. 43 All the families of the Shu'ham- ites, according to those that were numbered of them, toere threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 44 1" Of ''the children of Ash'Sr after their families : of Jim'na, the fa^mily of the Jim'nites: of J es'u-i, the family of the Jesli-ites: of Be-rFah, the fam- ilv of the Be-rfites. 45 Of the sons of B_e-rf ah : of Hel)Sr, the family of the He'ber-ites: of MaF- chi-el, the family of theMardii-el-ites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Ash'Sr was Sa'rah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Ash'gr according to those that were numbered of them ; toho were ^itj and three thousand and four hundred. 48 1[ Of *the sons of Naph'tali after their families : of Jah'ze-el, the fam- ily of the Jah'ze-el-Ites: of Gii'nl, the family of the Gu'nites : 49 Of Je'zSr, the family of the Je'zer- ites: of •'Shfllem, the family of the Shillem-Ites. 50 These are the families of Naph'- ta-li according to their families : and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. 5 1 These '^icere the numbered of the children of Is'ra-el, six hundred thou- sand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 lAnd the Lord spake unto M5'- §es, saying, 5B Unto ^hese the land shall be B. C. 1452. CHAP. 26. u Deut. 33, 13-17 V Gen.46,21 1 Chr. 7, 6 w Gen. 46, 21, EM. 1 Chr. 8,1, Aharah. X Gen. 46, 21, Mujppim, and Hup- pim. V 1 Chr.8,3, Addcir. z Gen.46,23 4 Or, Hu- shim. a Gen.46,17 lClir.7,30 b Gen.46,24 lChr.7,13 c 1 Chr. 7,13 Shalium. d ch. 1, 46 5 Thus each man's portion would be fifteen acres. Josh. 11,23 Josh. 14,1 e ch. 33, 54 6 multiply his in- heritance. 7 diminish his in- heritance. f ch. 34, 13 Josh. 11,23 Josh. 14,2 g Gen.46,11 Ex. 6, 16 1 Chr. 6, 1,16 h Ex. 2, 1, 2 Ex. e, 20 i Lev. 10, 1,2 ch. 3, 4 lChr.24,2 j ch. 3, 39 k ch. 1, 49 I ch. 18, 20, 23, 24 Deut.10,9 Josh. I 13, 14 I Josh. 14, 3,23 m ch. 1, 1 Deut. 2, 14,15 n ch. 14, 28 Ps.90,3-8 Rom. 11,22 1 Cor.lC.5 T73 divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To *many thou shalt ^give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt 'give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided -^ by lot : according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided be- tween many and few. 57 IT And -"these are they that were numbered of the LeVites after their famihes: of GSr'shon, the family of the G6r'shon-ites : of Ko'hath, the family of the K5'hath-ites : of Me- ra'ri, the family of the Me-ra'rites. 58 These are the families of the Le'vites: the family of the Lib'nites, the family of the He'bron-ites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mii'shites, the family of the K5'- rath-ites. And Ko'hath begat Am'- ram. 59 And the name of Arn'ram's wife hoas Joch'e-bed, the daughter of Le'- vi, whom her mother bare to LeVi in E'gypt: and she bare unto Am'- ram Aar'on and M5'§e§, and Miri- am their sister. 60 And unto Aar'on w^as born Na'- dab, and A-bf hii, E-le-a'zar, and Itli'- a-mar. 61 And '"Na'dab and A-bi'hu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord. 62 And •'those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thou- sand, all males from a month old and upward: ^'for they v/ere not num- bered among the children of Is'ra-el, because there was ^no inheritance ^iven them among the children of i^'ra-el. 63 HThese are they that were num- bered by M5'se§ and E-le-a'zar the priest, who numbered the children of l§'ra-el in the plains of Mo'ab by Jor'dan near Jerl-ch5. 64 But "'among these the/e was not a man of them whom M5'§e§ and Aar'on the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of !§'- ra-el in the wilderness of Sfnai. 65 For the Lord had said of them, They shall '^surely die in the wilder- ness. And there was not left a man Ziav^ of inheritance. :N UMBERS, 27, 28. Joshua succeedeth Moses. of them, "save Caleb the son of Je- phun'neh, and Josh'u-a the son of Nun. CHAPTER 27. 1 The (laughters of Zelophehad sue for an inherit- ance. 6 The law of inheritances. 12 Moses, being told of his death, sueth for a successor : 18 Joshua appointed to succeed him. THEN came the daughters "of Ze- 15'phe-had, thesonof He'ph5r,the son of Gire-ad, the son of Ma'chir, the son of Ma-nas'seh, of the families of Ma-nas'seh the son of J5'§eph: and these are the names of his daugh- ters; Mahlah, N5'ah, and Hog'lah, and Mil'cah, and Tir'zah. 2 And they stood before M5'§e§, and before E-le-a'zar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 3 Our father *died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves to- gether against the Lord ""in the com- pany of Ko'rah ; but ''died in his own sin, and had no sons. 4 W hy should the name of our father be ^done away from among his family, because he hath no son ? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. 5 And Mo'§e§ ^brought their cause before the Lord. 6 HAnd the Lord spake unto Mo'ge§, saying, 7 The daughters of Ze-15'phe-had speak right i thou ■''shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance am.ong their father's brethren ; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of l§'ra-el, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass luito his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. 11 And if his father have no breth- ren, then ye shall give his inherit- ance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of l§'ra-el ^a statute of judg- ment,astheLoRDcommandedMo'§e§. 12 IfAnd the Lord said unto Mo'§e§, *Get thee up into this mount Ab'a- B. C. 1452. CHAP. 26. ch. 14, 30 ch. 32, 12 Deut. 1, 36,38 Josh. 14, 10,11 CHAP. 27. a ch. 26, 33 ch. 36, 1,11 Josh. 17.3 6 ch. 26, 64,65 c ch.16,1,2 a ch. 14, 22-37 Rom. 5,12 Rom .6,23 1 dimin- ished. e Ex. 18, 15 / ch. 36, 2 g ch. 35, 29 h Deut.3,27 Deut. 32,49 Deut.34,1 i ch. 20, 24, 28 ch. 31, 2 Deut.10,6 j Deut.l,S7 Deut. 32,51 Ps.106,32 k Ex. 17, 7 I ch. 16, 22 Heb. 12, 9 Zech.12,1 mDeut.31,2 1 Sam. 8,20 1 Sam. 18, 13 2ChiM,lO n Mat. 9, 36 Gen.41,38 Judg.3,10 p Deut.31,7 q ch. 11, 17 1 Sam. 10,6 2 Ki, 2. 15 r Deut.34,9 Josh. 1,15 S Josh. 9,14 Judg. 1, 1 Judg. 20, 18 1 Sam. 23,9 1 Sam. 30, 7 t Ex. 28, 30 « Josh. 9,14 1 Sam. 22, 10 V Deut.3,28 Isa. 55. 4 CHAP. 28. a Lev. .3, 11 Lev. 21. 6,8 Mai. 1, 7, 12 1 a savour of my rest. rim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of l§'ra-el. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt *be gathered unto thy peo- ple, as Aar'on thy brother was gath- ered. 14 For ye •'rebelled against my com- mandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes :_ that is Hhe water of Mer'i-bah in Ka'desh in the wilderness of Zm^ 15 IT And M5'§e§ spake unto the Lord, sayiag, 16 Let the Lord, the ^God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 W hich '"may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in ; that the congregation of the Lord be not "as sheep which have no shepherd. 18 llAnd the Lord said unto M5'§e§, Take thee Josh'u-a the son of Niin, a man "in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him ; 19 And set him before E-le-a'zar the priest, and before all the congrega- tion ; and ^'give him a charge in their sight. 20 And ^thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the con gregation of the children of I§'ra-el 'may be obedient. 21 And 'he shall stand before E-le-a'- zar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him ^after the judgment of tj'rim before the Lord : at "his v/ord shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of is'ra-el with him, even all the congregation. 22 And M5'§e§ did as the Lord com- manded him : and he took Josh'u-a, and set him before E-le-a'zar the priest, and before all the congregation . 23 And he laid his hands upon him, ^and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Mo'§e§. CHAPTER 28. 1 Oflerinqs to he observed. 3 The continual bvrnt offerinf). 9 The sabbath offering. 11 at the new moons, \^atthei3assoveri % of UrstfruUs. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, saying, 2 Command the children of l§'ra-el, and say unto them, My offering, and "my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for 'a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. Various solem^i feasts, NUMBERS, 28. 3 And thou shalt say unto them, *This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord ; two lambs of the first year without spot May by day, for a continual burnt offering. 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer ^at even ; 5 And '^a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a '^meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an 'hin of beaten oil. 6 It is a continual burnt offering, w^hich was ordained in mount Sl'nai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. 7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in -^the holj' place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lord for a drink offering. 8 And the other lamb shalt thou of fer at even : as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offer ing thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 9 "iiAnd on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof : 10 This is ^the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 11 TAnd ^in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offer- ing unto the Lord ; two young bul- locks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot ; 12 And *three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock ; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram ; 13 And a several tenth deal of flour ^ningled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb ; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. 14 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb : this is the burnt offer- ing of every month throughout the months of the year. 15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the Lord shall be B. C. 1452. CHAP. 28. b Ex. 29, 38 2 in a day. 3 between the two evenings, Ex. 12, 6 c Ex. 16, 36 ch. 15, 4 d Lev. 2, 1 e Ex. 29, 40 /Ex. 29, 42 gr Ezek.46,4 h ch. 10, 10 1 Sam. 20,5 IChr. 23,31 2 Chr. 2, 4 Ezra 3, 5 Neh. 10,33 Isa. 1, 13,14 Ezek. 45, 17 Hos. 2, 11 Col. 2, 16 t ch. 15, 4 j Ex. 12, 6 Lev. 23, 5 Deut.16,1 Ezek. 45.21 k Lev. 23. 6 ; Lev. 23, 7 mLev.22,20 ch. 29, 8 Deut. 15,21 n Lev.16,18 Rom. 8, 3 Gal. 4, 4 Heb. 9, 12 Heb. 10, 1 n 2Cor.2,15 Epb. 5, 2 p Ex. 12. 16 Ex. 13, 6 Lev. 23, 8 q Ex. 23, 16 Ex. 34, 22 Lev. 23, 10, 15 Deut. 16. 10 Pro. 3, 9 Acts 2, 1 r Lev. 23, 18, 19 175 V)ith their offeriiigs. offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 16 IT And ^in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord. 17 And ^in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast : seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. 1 8 In the ^first day shall be an holy convocation ; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: 1 9 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire /or a burnt offering unto the Lord ; tv/o young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year : they "'shall be unto you with- out blemish : 20 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled ^x\ih. oil : three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram ; 21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughou*" the seven lambs : 22 And one '''goat /or a sin offering, to make an atonement for you. 23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, w^hich is for a continual burnt offering. 24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made 1^^ fire, of "a sweet savour unto the Lord: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 25 And ^on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work. 26_:[Also nn the day of the first- fruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no ser^dle work : 27 But ye shall offer the burnt of- fering for a sweet savour vmto the Lord ; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year ; 28 And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram, 29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs ; 30 A nd one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. 31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings. Offerings at the feast of NUMBERS, 29. trumpets and of tabernacles. CHAPTER 29. 1 The offering at the feai^t of trumpets, 7 at the day of ({ffiicting their souls, 13 at the feast of taber- nacles. AND in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work : "it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. 2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord ; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish : 3 And their meat offering shall he of fiour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, aiid two tenth deals for a ram, 4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs : 5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: 6 Beside *the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and ''the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offer- ings, '^according unto their manner, for *a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. T 1"And *ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation ; and ye -^'shail afflict your souls : ye shall not do any work therein : 8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord for a sweet savour ; one young bullock, one ram, a7id seven lambs of the first year ; they ^shall be unto you without blemish : 9 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, 1 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs : 11 One kid of the goats for a sin offering ; beside ^the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. 12 IT And 'on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no sei'vile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days : 13 And ■'ye shall off'er a burnt offer- ing, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; thir- teen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year ; they shall be without blemish : B. C. 1452. CHAP. 29. a Lev.23,24 b ch. 28, 11 c Ex. 29, 38 Lev. 6, 9 ch. 28, 3 Dan. 12,11 d ch. 15, 11, 12 1 a savour of rest. Lev. 1, 9 Eph. 5, 2 2 Cor. 2,15 e Lev.16,29 Lev.23,27 / Ps. 35. 13 Isa. 58, 5 Lev.22,80 ch. 28, 19 ch. 29, 8 Deut. 15,21 Deut.17,1 h Lev. 16, 3,5 i Lev.23,33 Deut. 16, 13 Ezek. 45,25 Ezra 3, 4 Dan. 9, 24 Heb. 7, 18,19 Heb. 8, 13 Heb.10,1, 11-14 Heb. 10, 1-18 2 Perhaps the grad- ual de- crease of the bul- locks de- noted the gradual abolition of the cere- monies. Jc ch. 15, 12 ch. 28, 7, 14 Lev. 2, 1 I John 1,29 Heb. 7, 26 1 Pet.1,19 Rev. 5, 6-14 176 14 And their meat offering shall be o/ flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thir- teen bullocks, two tenthjdeals to each ram of the two rams, 15 And a several tenth deal to each iamb of the fourteen lambs : 16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 17 tAnd on the second day ye shall offer twelve ^young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot : 1 8 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, ^af ter the manner : 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. 20 If And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish ; 21 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner : 22 And one goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 23 *[And on the fourth day ten bul- locks, two rams, a7id fourteen lambs of the fi.rst year without blemish : 24 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner : 25 And one kid of the goats /or a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 26 HAnd on the fifth day nine bul- locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year Vithout spot : 27 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner : 28 And one goat /or a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29 TAnd on the sixth day eight Offerings at solemn feasts. NUMBERS, 30. Laics of sundry vows. and year fourteen without B. C. 1452. CHAP. 29. wiLev.23,36 Ps. 47, 5,6 Isa. 11, 10 Isa. 64, 1 ]sa. 60, 1 Mat. 28, 1 John 7,37 Heb. 1, 3 Heb. 4, 9 Rev. 7, 9-17 Rev.11,15 Rev. 21, 1 Rev. 22, 1 3 Or, oftr. n Lev. 23, 2 1 Chr. 23,31 2Chr.31,3 Ezra 3, 5 Neh. 10,33 Isa. 1, 14 () Lev. 7, 11, 16 Lev. 22 21,23 Deut. 33,4 John 1,17 John 7,19 Acts 7, 37, 38 bullocks, two rams lambs of the first blemish : 30 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, . after the manner : 31 And one goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 32 IT And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, a?id fourteen lambs of the- first year without blem- ish: 33 And their meat offering and their drinK offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the manner : 34 And one goat /or a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, p g-^^^"*!^ his meat offering, and his drink offer- 27-31 ing. 35 ^On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn "'assembly : ye shall do no servile work therein : 36 But ye shall offer a burnt offer- ing, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish : 37 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shcdl be according to their number, after the manner : 38 And one goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 39 These things je shall ^do unto the Lord in your "set feasts, beside your "vows, and your freewill offer- ings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. 40 And ^'Mo'se§ told the children of i§'ra-el according to all that the Lord commanded Mo'se§. CHAPTER 30. - Vows are not to be brokefi. 3 Gfa maicVs vow ; 9 of a widow's, or oj her that is divorced. AND M5'se§ spake unto ''the heads of the tribes concerning the chil- dren of is'ra-el, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath com- manded. 2 If *a man vow a vow unto the (12) CHAP. 30. ach. 1,4,16 ch. 7, 2 b Lev. 27, 2 Deut. 23,21 Jiidg. 11, 30, 35 Eccl. 5, 4 c Lev. 5, 4 Mat. 14, 9 Acts23,14 1 profane, Ps. 55, 20 d Job 22, 27 Ps. 22, 25 Ps. 50, 14 Ps. 66, 13, 14 Ps. 116. 14.18 Nah. 1, 15 2 lier voivs were upon her, Ps. 56, 12 e Gen. 3, 16 1 Cor. 7,4 ICor. 14, .34 Eph. 5, 22-24 Col. .3, 18 1 Tirn. 2, 11, 12 1 Pet. 3, 1 / Lev. 21, 7 3 making} I'oid hath made them void. 177 Lord, or swear 'an oath to bind his soul with a bond ; he shall not ^break his word, he shall '^do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth ; 4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her : then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. 5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth ; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith, she hath bound her soul, shall stand : and the Lord shall forgive her, be- cause her father disallowed her, 6 And if she had at all an husband, when "she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bomid her soul ; 7 And her husband heard it, and held Ms peace at her in the day that he heard it : then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 8 But if her husband "disallowed her on the day that he heard it ; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with hei- lips, wherewith she bomid her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her. 9 But every vow of a widoAv, and of her that is -^divorced, where^^ath they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 10 And if she vowed in her hus- band's house, or bound her soul by a bond Avith an oath ; 11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not : then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she boimd her soul shall stand. 12 But if her husband hath \itterly made them void on the day he heard thein; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void ; and the Lord shall forgive her. 13 Every vow, and every binding oath to affiict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. 14 But if her husband altogether The Midianites spoiled. hold his peace at her from day to day ; then he estabhsheth allher vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her : he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15 But if he shall anyways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall "^bear her in- iquity. 16 Ihese are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Mo'§e§, between a man and his wife, between the father and liis daughter, being yet in. her youth in her father's house. CHAPTER 31. 1 The Midianites spoiled, and Balaam slain. 13 3fo- ses is icroth with the officers for saving the women alive. AND the Lord spake mito M5'§e§, sajdng, 2 Avenge "the children of is'ra-el of the Mid'i-an-ites : afterward shalt thou ^be gathered unto thy people. 3 And Mo'se§ spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the ]Vlid'i-an-ites,and ''avenge the Lord of Mid'i-an. 4 ^Of every tribea thousand, through out all the tribes of l§'ra-el, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of I§'ra-el, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6 And Mo'§es sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phin'e-has the son of E-le-a'zar the priest, to the war, with the holy in- struments, and the '^trumpets to blow in his hand. T And they warred against the Mid'- i-an-Ttes, as the Lord commanded Mo'se§; ''and they slew all the -^males. 8 And they slew the kings of Mid'i- an, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, ^EVi, and Re'kem, and Zur, and Hur, and Re'ba, five kings of Mid'i-an : ^Balaam also the son of Be'or they slew with the sword 9 And the children of is'ra-el took cdl the women of Mid'i-an captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil o^ all their cattle, and all their and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 1 1 And 'they took all the spoil, and all the prev, both of men and of beasts. NUMBERS, 31. Moses^ indignation. flocks. B. C. 1452. CHAP. 30. 4 Or, take away. Lev. 5, 1 Lev.20,17 CHAP. 31. a ch. 25, 17 Deut. 32, 35,43 Ps. 94, 1 b Gen.15,15 Gen. 25, 8 Gen.35,39 Gen.49,33 ch. 27, 13 Actsl3,36 c Deut. 32, 35 Ps. 94, 1 Jer. 50, 28 Rom. 12, 19 Heb. 10, 30 1 A thou- sand of a tribe, a thousand of a tribe. d ch. 10, 9 e Deut. 20,13 Judg. 21, :i 1 Sam. 27,9 1 Ki. 11, 15, 16 /.Judg. 6, 1, 2, 33 g .Josh. 13, 21 h Josh. 13, 22 Ps. 9, 12 Pro. 16, 5 Pro. 26,27 Mat. 7, 22, 23 1 Tim. 6, 9,10 2 Pet. 2, 14-22 Jude 11 Rev. 2, 14 i Deut. 20,14 2 host of war. i Deut. 20,13 1 Sam. 15,3 k ch. 25, 2 ( ch. 24, 14 Deut. 4, 3 Josh. 22,17 Ps. 106, 28.29 Hos. 9, 10 Mic. 6, 5 2 Pet.2,15 Rev. 2, 14 m Judg. 21,11 3 a male, n ch. 5, 2 ch. 9, 6,10 ch. 19, 11 4 instru- ment, or, vessel of skin-'^. V ch.19,9,17 q Lev.11,25 ch. 19, 10,22 Ps. 51, 2 Zech.13.1 Eph. 5, 26 Heb. 9, 9, 10 Heb. 10,22 1 John 1,7 178 12 And they brought the captives, and the prey^^and the spoil, unto M5'- §e§,and E-le-a'zar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of is'ra-el, unto the camp at the plains of Mo'ab, which are by Jor'dan near Jer'i-cho. 13 IT And Mo'§e§, and E-le-a'zar the . priest, and all the princes of the con- gregation, went forth to meet them without the_camp. 14 And Mo'se§ was wroth with the oflicers of the host, with the cap- tams over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the ^battle. 1 5 And Md'ses said unto them, Have ye saved all ^the women alive ? 1 6 Behold, ''these caused the children of i§'ra-el, through ^the counsel of Ba'- laam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Pe'or, and there was a plague among the congrega- tion of the Lord. 17 Now therefore "'kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by ly- ing with 4iim. 18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 19 And "do ye abide w^ithout the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any jDcrson, and whosoever '^hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. 20 And purify all your raiment, and all "^that is made of skins, and ail work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. 21 TAnd E-le-a'zar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, Thie Is the ordinance of the law which the Lord coHnna,nded Md'ses ; 22 Dnly the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tm, and the lead, 23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and- it shall be clean : neverthe- less it shall be purified with ^the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the Avater. 24 And ?ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye sha,ll come into the camp. 25 TAnd the Lord spake unto M5' §e§, saying, An oblation ^aiMBERS, 32. 26 Take the sum of the prey ^that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and E-le-a'zar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation : 27 And 'divide the prey into two pai*ts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congre- gation : 28 And lovj a "tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle : one 'soul of five hun- dred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheen : 29 'Take it of their half, and give it untoE-le-a'zar the priest,/c>ran heave offering of the Lord, 30 And of the children of iS'ra-el's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the '^flocks, of all manner of bea,sts, and give them unto the Le'vites, which "keep the charge of the tabernacle of the_ Lord. 31 And Mo'ses and E-le-a'zar the priest did as the Lord commanded Mo'seg, 32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thou- sand sheep, 33 And threescore and twelve thou- sand beeves, 34 And threescore and one thou- sand asses, 35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. 36 And the half, which tvas the por- tion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thou- sand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep : 37 And the Lord's tribute of the sheep was six hmidred and tliree- score and fifteen. 38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the Lord's tribute was threescore and twelve, 39 And the asses ivet^e thirty thou- sand and five hmidred ; of Avliich the LoRD'stributewasthreescoreandone. 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand ; of which the Lord's trib- ute was thirty and two persons. il And ]\I5'ses gave the tribute, tvhich teas the Lord's heave offer- ing, unto E-le-a'zar the priest, '"as the Lord commanded Mo'§e§. CHAP. 31. 5 of the captivifty. r Josh.22,8 1 Sam, 30,4 s 2 Sam. 8, 11 IChr. 26,27 Isa, 18, 7 Isa, 23, 18 t ch. 18, 26 6 Or, goats. uch.. 3,7,8, 25, 31, 36 ch. 18, 3,1 V Lev.25,23 Deut. 10, 14 Job 41, 11 Ps, 24, 1 Ps. 50, 12 Pro. 3, 9 Mat.22,21 Mark 12,17 Lu. 20, 25 1 Cor, 10, 26,28 w ch. 5,9,10 ch. 18, 8,19 7 Tiand. X Ex. 23, 7 Lev. 26, 7-9 1 Sam.. 30, 19 Ps. 72, 14 Ps. 116,15 8 found. V Ex. 30, 12,16 9 Tieave offering. z Deut. 20, 14 a Ex. 30, 16 for the Lord. B-C-1452. 1 42 And of thechfidren of Ig'ra-el's half, which M5'ses divided from the men that warred, 43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thou- sand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 46 And sixteen thousand persons ;) 47 Even of the children of Ig'ra-el's half, Mo'se§ took one portion of fifty, both oi man and _of beast, and gave them unto the Le'vites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 48 'lAnd the officers which were over thousands of the host, the cap- tains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto M5'ses : 49 And they said unto M5'§e§' Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our "charge, and there lacketh not one •^man of us. 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath ^gotten, of jcAvels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, "to make an atonement for our souls_ before the Lord. 51 And Md'ses and E-le-a'zar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all the gold of the ^^ffering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. 53 {For -the men of Avar had taken spoil, every man for himself.) 54 And 5l5'ses and E-le-a'zar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for "a memorial for the children of is'ra-el before the Lord. CHAPTER 32. The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritayice on the east'Side of Jordan. NOW the children of Reu'ben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle : and when they saw the land ''of Ja'zgr, and the land of Oil'e-ad, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle ; CHAP. 33. a Josh. 13, 25 2 Sam. 24.5 179 The request of NUMBERS, 32. the Heuhenites, 2 The children of Gad and the chil- dren of Reu'ben came and spake un- to M6'§e§, and to E-le-a'zar the priest, and unto the princes of the congre- gation, saying, 3 At'a-roth, and Di'bon, and Ja'zgr, and 'Nim 'rah, and Hesh'bon, and E-le- a'leh, '"and She'bam, and Ne'bo, and ''Be'on, 4 Even the country ^which the Lord smote before the congregation of l§'- ra-el, is a land for cattle, and thy serv ants have cattle : 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a pos- session, and bring us not over Jor'- dan. 6 HAnd M5'§e§ said unto the children of Gad and to the children of ReLi'- ben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here ? 7 And wherefore 'discourage ye the heart of the children of I§'ra-el from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them ? 8 Thus did your fathers, Avhen I sent them from Ka'desh-bar'ne-a ^to see the land. 9 For ''Avhen they w ent up unto the valley of Esh'col, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of l§'ra-el, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them. 1 And ^the Lord's anger was kin- dled the same time, and he sware, saying, 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of E'gypt, •'from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto A 'bra-ham, unto I'§aac, and unto Ja'cob; because ^they have not ^vhoUy followed iTie : 1 2 Save Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'- neh the Ken'ez-ite, and J6sh'u-a the son of Nun : ^for they have wholly followed the Lord. 1 3 And the Lord's anger wa.s kin- dled against l§'ra-el, and he made them '"wander in the wilderness forty years, until "all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed. 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sin- ful men, to augment yet the fierce "anger of the Lord toward i§'ra-el. 1 5 For if ye ^turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in B. C. 1452. CHAP. 82. h ver 36, Bftli- ninirah c ver. 38, Shibmah. d ver. 38, Baal- meon. e ch. 21, 24,34: 1 break. f ch. 13, 3 g Deut.1,22 7i ch. 13, 24,31 Deut.1,24 i ch. 14, 11 Deut.1,34 j Deut.1,35 k ch. 14, 24 2 fulfilled after me. I Deut.1,36 Josh. 14, 8,9 Job 4, 7 Ps. 37, 29 Pro.11,31 inch. 14,33 n ch. 26, 64 the wilderness ; and ye shall destroy all this people. 1 6 II And they came near unto him, and said, We^ will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones : 17 But *we ourselves will go ready amied before the children of i§'ra-el, until we have brought them unto their place : and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We 'will not return unto our houses, until the children of I§'ra-el have inherited every man his inher- itance. 1 9 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side J or 'dan, or forward ; 'because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jor'dan eastward. 20 ITAnd ^Md'ses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war, 21 And will go all of you armed over Jor'dan before the liORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, 22 And "the land be subdued before the Lord : then afterward 'ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before l§'ra-el ; and "this land shall be your possession before Deut.1,34 ^^^^ Lord. 23 But if ye will not do so , behold, ye have sinned against the Lord p Deut. 30, 17 Josh. 22, 16,18 2Chr.7,19 2Chr.l5,2 q Josh. 4, 12,13 r Josh. 22,4 and be s ure your ^sin will find yo u out. 24 Build ^you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep ; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. s Josh 12 1 ^^ And the children of Gad and the Josh! i3;8 children of Reu'ben spake untoMo'- t Deutsisk^?' s^yi^g' Thy servants w^ill do as josh.i,'i4niy lord commandeth. 26 Our kittle ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gfl'e-ad : 27 But °thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. 28 So concerning them Mo'§e§ com- manded E-le-a'zar the priest, and Tosh 22 Josh'u-a the son of Nun, and the chief 4,°9 ■ ' fathers of the tribes of the children a;Gen 4 7 l<^f I§'l'^-^1 = Gen.44,16 29 And M5'ses^said unto them, If the ^^''- ^^' ^^ children of Ga^ and the children of I Reu'ben will passv/ith you over Jor'- dan, every man armed to battle, be- z Josh. 1,14 fore the Lord, and the land shall be a Josh. 4,12, subdued before you; then ye shaU 18b' *C. Deut. 7.26; H. Deut. 7. 9, lb. Josh. 4, 12,13 u Deut.3,20 Josh. 11, 23 Josh. 18,1 V Josh. 22,4 t(;Deut.3,12 Josh. 1,15 Josh. 13, 8,32 1/ vers. 16.34 c H The journeys of NUMBERS, 33. the Israelites. give them the land of Gire-ad for a possession : ''30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have pos- sessions among you in the land of Ca'naan. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reu'ben answered, say- ing, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Ca'naan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jor'dan may be our s. 33 And^'Mo'ses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reu'ben, and unto half the tribe of Ma-nas'seh the son of Jo'- §eph, '"the kingdom of Srhon king of the Am'or-ites, and the kingdom of Og king of Ba'shan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. 34 'FAnd the children of Gad built '^Di'bon, and At'a-roth, ''and Ar'o-Sr, 35 And At'roth, Sho'phan, and Ja- a'zSr, -^and Jog'be-hah, 36 And ^Beth-nim'rah, and Beth- ha'ran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reu'ben built Hesh'bon, and E-le-aleh, and Kir- jath-a'im, 38 And ^Ne'bo, and 'Ba'al-me'on, (their •''"names being changed,) and Shib'mah: and ^gave other names unto the cities which they builded. 39 And the children of ^Ma'chir the son of Ma-nas'seh went to Gire-ad, and took it, and dispossessed the Im'- 6r-ite which vkis in it. 40 And Mo'§e§ gave ^Gil'e-ad unto Ma'chir the son of Ma-n3,s'seh ; and he dwelt therein. 41 And "' Ja'ir the son of Ma-nas'seh went and took the small towns there- of, and called them "Ha'voth-ja'ir. 42 And No'bah went and took Ke'- nath, and the villages thereof, and called it No'bah, after "his own name. CHAPTER 33. 1 Two and forty journeys of ike I.rrnelites. 50 The Canaanilea are to he destroyed. THESE are the journeys of the children of l§'ra-el, which went forth out of the land of E'gypt with their armies under the hand of Mo'- §e§ and Aar'on. 2 And Mo'§e§ wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord; and] B. C. 1452. CHAP. 32. b Deut.3,12 Josh. 12,6 .Josh. 13,8 Josh. 22,4 c ch. 21, 24 d ch. 33, 45 e Deut.2,36 / vers. 1, 3, Jazer. g ver. 3, Nimrah. h Isa. 46, 1 i ch. 22, 41 j Ex. 23, 13 3 they called by navies the names of the cities. k Gen.50,23 I Deut.3,12 Josh. 17.1 »iDeut.3,14 Josh. 13, 30 lChr.2,21 n Judg.10,4 1 Ki. 4, 13 n 2 Sam. 18, 18 Ps. 49, 11 CHAP. 33. a Ex. 12, 37 5 Ex. 13, 4 c Ex. 14, 8 d Ex. 18, 11 Isa. 19, 1 Rev. 12, 8 e Ex. 12, 37 / Gen.33,17 Ex. 13, 20 Josh. 13,27 Judg. 8, 5, 16 1 Ki. 7, 46 Ps. 60, 6 g Ex. 14,2,9 h Ex. 14, 22 Ex. 15, 22 i Ex. 16, 1 j Ex. 17. 1 Ex. 19, 2 ft; Ex. 16, 1 I ch. 11, 34 1 That is. The graves of hist. Deut.9,22 mch. 12,16 n Deut. 1,1, Laban. 181 these are their journeys according to their goings out. 3 And they ''departed from Ra-me'- se§ in the'^first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month ; on the mor- row after the passover the children of l§'ra-el went out with an -high hand in the sight of all the E-gyp'tian§. 4 For the E-g5^p'tians buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smit- ten among them: '^upon their gods also the ]^ord executed judgments. 5 And 'the children of Is'ra-el re- moved from Ra-me'se§, and pitched in Suc'coth. 6 And they departed from -^Suc'coth, and pitched in E'tham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And ^they removed from E'tham, and turned again unto Pl'-ha-hi'roth, which is before Ba'al-ze'phon : and they pitched before Mig'dol. 8 And they departed from before Pl'-ha-hl'roth, and ^'passed through the midst of the sea into the wilder- ness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of E'tham, and pitched in Ma'rah. 9 And they removed from Ma'rah, and came unto E'lim : and in E'lim 'were twelve fountams of water, and threescore and ten palm trees ; and they pitched there. 10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. 1 1 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness 'of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and en- camped in Doph'kah. 1 3 And they departed from Doph'- kah, and encamped in A'lush. 14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at 'Reph'i-dim, where was no water for the people to drink. 1 5 And they departed from Reph'- i-dim, and pitched in the ^wilderness of Si'nai. 16 And they removed from the des- ert of Si'nai, and pitched 'at 'Kib'- roth-hat-ta'a-vah. 17 And they departed from Kib'- roth-hat-ta'a-vah, and encamped at Ha-ze'roth. 18 And they departed from Ha-ze'- roth, and pitched in "'Rith'mah. 19 And they departed from Rith'- mah, an4 pitched at Rim'mon-pa'rez. 20 And they departed from Rim'' mon-pa'rez, and pitched in "Lib'nah. The journeys of NUMBERS, 34. the Israelites. 21 And they removed from Lib'- nah, and pitched at Ris'sah. 22 And they journeyed from Ris'- sah, and pitched in Ke-hel'a-thah. 23 And they went from Ke-hel'a- thah, and pitched in mount Sha'pher. 24 And they removed from mount Sha'pher, and encamped in Har'a- dah. 25 And they removed from Har'a- dah, and pitched in Mak-heloth. 26 And they removed from Mak- he'loth, and encamped at Ta'hath. 27 And they departed from Ta'- hath, and pitched at Ta'rah. 28 And they removed from Ta'rah, and pitched in Mith'cah. 29 And they went from Mith'cah, and pitched in Hash-mo'nah. 30 And they departed from Hash- m5'nah,and''encamped at Mo-se'roth. 31 And they departed from Mo-se'- roth, and pitched in Ben'e-ja'a-kan. 32 And they removed ^from Ben'e- ja'a-kan, and encamped %t Hor'- ha-gid'gad. 33 And they went from Hor'-ha- gid'gad, and pitched in Jot'ba-thah. 34 And they removed from Jot'ba- thah, and encamped at E-br5'nah, 35 And they departed from E^bro'- nah, 'and encamped at E'zi-on-ga'ber. 36 And they removed from E'zi-on- ga'bSr, and pitched in the 'wilderness of Zin, which is Ka'desh. 37 And they removed from 'Ka'- desh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of E'dom. 38 And ''Aar'on the priest went up into mount Hor at the command- ment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of I§'ra-el were come out of the land of E'gypt, in the first day of the fifth month. 39 And Aar'on was an hundred and twenty and three years old Avhen he died in mount Hor. 40 And 'king A'rad the Ca'naan-ite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Ca'naan, heard of the coming of the children of i§'ra-el. 41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zal-mo'nah. 42 And they departed from Zal- mo'nah, and pitched in Pu'non. 43 And they departed from Pu'non, and pitched in o'both. 44 And they departed from o'both, and pitched in 'ij'e-ab'a-rim, in the border of Mo'ah B. C. 1452. CHAP. 33. Deut.10,6 p Gen.36,27 Deut.10,6 lChr.1,42 q Deut.10,7, Gwigo- dah. r Deut. 2, 8 1 Ki. 9, 26 1 Ki.22,48 s ch. 20, 1 ch. 27, 14 t ch. 20, 22, 23 ch. 21, 4 u ch. 20, 25,28 Deut.10,6 Deut. 32.50 V ch. 21, 1 Judg.1,16 2 Or, Heaps of Aba- Hm. ch. 21, 11 w ch. 32, 34 X Jer. 48, 22 Ezek.6,14 ych. 21,20 Deut. 32,49 z ch. 22, 1 3 Mourn- ful Shit- tim, or. The glains of Mttim. ch. 25, 1 Josh. 2, 1 a Josh. 3,17 b Ex. 23, 24 Josh. 11, 12, Judg. 2, 2 c Deut. 10, 14 Job 41, 11 Ps. 24, 1 Dan. 4, 35 d ch. 26, 53 4 multivly Ms inher- itance. 5 diminish his inher- itance. e Ex. 23, 33 Josh. 23 1~ Ps. 106,34 Ezek. 28,24 CHAP. 34. a Gen. 17, 8 Deut. 1, 7 Ps. 78, 55 Ps. 106,11 1S2 45 And they departed from I'lm, and pitched in "Di'bon-gad. 46 And they removed from Di'bon- gad, and encamped in ^Al'mon-dib'- la-tha'im. 47 And they removed from Al'mon- dibla-tha'im ^and pitched in the mountains of Ab'a-rim, before Ne'bo. 48 And they departed from the mountains of Ab'a-rim, and 'pitched in the plainsof Mo'ab by Jor'dan near Jer'i-cho. 49 And they pitched by Jor'dan, from Beth-jes'i-moth even unto A'bel-shit'tim in the plains of Mo'ab. 50 IF And the Lord spake unto Mo'- §e§ in the plains of Mo'ab by Jor'dan ?iear Jer'i-cho, saying, 51 Speak unto the children of i§'ra-el, and say unto them, "When ye are passed over Jor'dan into the land of Ca'naan ; 52 Then ''ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places : 53 And ye shall dispossess the in- habitants of the land, and dwell therein : for ''I have given you the land to possess it. 54 And "^ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: a7id to the more ye shall ^give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall ^give the less in- heritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth ; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them sliall be "pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. CHAPTER 34. 1 The borders of the land of Canaan: 16 the names of the men which were assigned to divide it. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'§e§, saying, 2 Command the children of i§'ra-el, and say unto them. When ye come into ""the land of Ca'naan ; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an The boundaries NUMBERS, 35. of Cancian. inheritance, eye;i the land of Ca'naan with the coasts thereof :) 3 Then ''your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along hy the coast of E'dom, and yoiu' south border shall be the outmost coast of 'the salt sea eastward : 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of A-krab'bim, and pass on to Zin : and thegoing forth thereof shall be from the south "^to Ka'desh-bar'ne-a, and shall go on to Ha'zar-ad'dar,and pass on to Az'mon: 5 And the border shall fetch a com- pass from Az'mon auito the river of E gypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 6 And as for the w^estern border, 7/6 shall even have ^the great sea for; a border: this shall be your west I border. 1 7 And this shall be your north border : from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount ^Hor : 8 From mount Hor ye shall point o\x% your border ■^iiiito the entrance of Ha'math ; and the goings forth of the border shall be ^to Ze'dad : 9 And the border shall go on to Ziph'ron, and the goings out of it shall be at ^Ha'zar-e'nan : this shall be your north border. 1 And ye shall point out your east border from Ha'zar-e'nan to She'- pham : 1 1 And the coast shall go down from She'pham 'to Riblah, on the east side of A 'in ; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the ^side of the sea •'of Chin'ne-reth eastw^ard : 1 2 And the border shall go do^vn to J or dan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea : this shall be your land wath the coasts thereof romid about. 1 3 And M5'§es commanded the chil- dren of Is'ra-el, saymg, ■'^This is the land v/hich ye shall inherit by lot, %Yhich the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe : 1 4 For 'the tribe of the children of Rpu'ben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance ; and half the tribe of Ma-nas'seh have received their in- heritance : 15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on B. C. 1452. this side Jor'dan near Jerl-ch5 east- ward, toward the sumising. 16 ^And the Lord spake unto M5'- se§, saying, 17 These are the names of the men w^hich shall divide the land unto you : ""E-le-a'zar the priest, and Josh'u-a the son of Xun. 18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by in- heritance. 1 9 And the names of the men are these : Of the tribe of " Ju'dah, Caleb 'the son of Je-phiin'neh. 20 And of the tribe of the children ■f'Sim'e-on, She-mu'el the son of Am-miliud. 21 Of the tribe of ?Ben'ja-min, E-lf- dad the son of Chislon. 22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Buk'ki the son of Jogli. 23 The prince of the 'cliildren of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of ilk-nas'seh, Han'ni-el the son of E'phod. 24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of E'phra-im, Ke-mii'el the son of Shilip'tan. 25 And the prince of the tribe of the cliildren of Zeb'u-liin,E-liz'a-phan the son of Par'nach. 26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of ls'sa-char,Pal'ti-el the son of Az'zan. 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ash'gr, A-hlliud the 5on of Shero-mi. 28 And the prmce of the tribe of the children of N aph'ta-ll, Ped'a-hel the son of Am-mi'hiid. 29 These are they whom the Lord commanded to divide the 'inlierit- ance unto the children of Is'ra-el in the land of Ca'naan. CHAPTER 35. 1 Eight and forty cities give'ii to the Levites: 6 six oj them to be cities of refuge. 9 The laws concer7ii7ig 'murder and manslaughter. AND the Lord spake unto MS'ses in the plains of Mo'ab by Jor'dan near Jer'i-ch5, sa;y'ing, 2 Command ^the children of Is'ra-el, Actsi7,26|-j-]2at they £>-ive imto the Le'vftes of I the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in ; and ye shall give also unto the Le'vites suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dw^ell in ; and the suburbs ot them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. CHAP. 34. h Josh. 15,1 Ezek. 47, 13 c Gen. 14, 3 d ch. 32, 8 e Gen.15,18 1 Ki. 8, 65 Isa.27,12 1 The Mediter- ranean. 2 Not the mount Hor on the bor- der of Edom, where Aaron died, hut of mount Hor north of Lebanon. /ch. 13,21 2 Ki.l4,2o g Ezek. 47, 15 U Ezek. 47,17 i 2Ki.23,33 Jer. 39, 5 3 shoulder. J Deut.3,17 Josh. 11,2 Josh. 19.35 k Josh. 14, 1.2 I ch. 32, 33 J osh. 14, 2,3 m Ex. 6, 23-25 n Gen.29..35 Gen. 49, 8-10 Deut.33,7 Ps. 60, 7 Ps. 108, 8 ch. 13, 6,30 ch. 14. 24,30 ch. 26. 65 ch, 32, 11, 12 Deut.1.36 ^pGen.29,33 i Gen. 49, 5 Ezek. 48,24 q Gen.85,18 Gen.49,27 Deut. 33,12 Ps. 68, 27 Ps. 80. 2 r Gen.48, 8-22 Gen.49,22 Deut. 33, 13 Ps. 80, 1 Deut.32,8 B. C. 1451. CHAP. 35. a Josh. 14, 3,4 Josh. 21,2 Ezek.45,1 Ezek.48.8 188 The cities of refuge. NUMBERS, 35. The law of murder. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Le'vites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward 'a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure from with- out the city on the east side two thou- sand cubits, and on tlie south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits ; and the city shall he in the midst : this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Le'vites ^AeresAa/^ be *six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither : and ^to them ye shall add forty and two cities. 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Le Vites shall be 'forty and eight cities : them shall ye give with their suburbs. 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be '^ot the possession of the chil- dren of l§'ra-el : froin^the?n that have many ye shall give many ; but from the?n that have few ye shall give few : every one shall give of his cities unto the IJe'vites according to his in- heritance which ^he inheriteth. 9 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'se§, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of I§'- ra-el, and say unto them, -^When ye be come over Jor'dan into the land of Ca'naan ; 1 1 Then ^ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you ; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person "at unawares. i 2 And ^they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger ; that the manslayer die not, until he stand be- fore the congregation in judgment. 1 3 And of these cities wiiich ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. 14 Ye 'shall give three cities on this side Jor'dan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Ca'naan, tohich shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of l§'ra-el, and •'for the stranger, and for the so- journer among them : that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. 16 And ^if he smite him with an in- strument of iron, so that he die, he is a B. C. 1451. CHAP. 35. 1 Six hun- dred and eight yards. b Deut.4:,41 Josh. 20,2 Josh. 21,3 2 above them ye shall give. c Josh. 21,41 d Josh. 21,3 e ch. 26, 54 3 they in- herit. f Deut.19,2 Josh. 20,2 g Ex. 21, 13 4 by error, h Deut.19,6 Josh. 20,3 i Deut.4,41 j ch. 15, 16 k Ex. 21, 12,14 Lev.24,17 Deut. 19, 11,13 5 with a stone of the hand. 6 He was the near- est kins- man of the per- son s(ain. Deut. 19, 6,12 I Gen. 4, 8 2 Sam. 3,27 2 Sam. 20, 10 IKi. 2,31 m Ex. 21,14 Deut. 19, 11 n Josh. 20,6 Eph. 1, 7 p Ex. 29, 7 Lev. 4, 3 Lev.21.10 7 no blood shall be to hiin, Ex. 22, 2 q ch. 27, 11 184 murderer . the murderer shall surely be put to death. IT And if he smite him Vith throw- ing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. IS Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer : the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The ^revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. 20 But ^if he thrust hini of hatred, or hurl at him "'by laying of wait, that he die ; 21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death ; for he is a murdei'er : the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, 23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing Azm not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm : 24 Then ''the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments : 25 And the congregation shall de- liver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the con- gregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled : and he ^shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which ^was anoint- ed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled ; 27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; "'he shall not be guilty of blood : 2 8 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his pos- session. 29 So these thtJigs shall be for *a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 Whoso killeth any person, the Of the inheritance KUMBERS, 36. of daughters. murderer shall be put to death by the 'mouth of witnesses : but one wit- ness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no satis- faction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. 32 And ye shall take 'no satisfaction for liim that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 bo ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood 'it defileth the land: and ^the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but ''by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile 'Hot therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell : for '^I the Lord dwell among the children of l§'ra-el. CHAPTER 36. 1 Th e Inconverdence of the inheritance of daughters 5 is remedied by marrying in their own tribes. AND the chief fathers of the fam- ilies of the children °of Gil'e-ad, the son of Ma'chir, the son of Ma-nas'- seh, of the families of the sons of J5^seph, came near, and spake before Mo^ges, and before the princes, the chief lathers of the children of !§'- ra-el : 2 And they said, ^The Lord com- manded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Is'ra-el: and ^my lord was com- manded hj the Lord to give the in- heritance of Ze-lo'phe-had our broth- er unto his daughters. 3 And if they be married to any of ihe sons of the other tribes of the chil- dren of I§'ra-el, then shall their in- heritance be taken from the inher- itance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe ^vhere- unto they are received : so shall it be taken from the lot of our inherit- ance. 4 And when, "'the jubile of the chil- dren of i§'ra-el shall be. then shall their B. C. 1451. CHAP. 35. r ljeut.17,6 Deut. 19, 15 Mat.l8,lG 2 Cor.13,1 Heb. 10,28 8 faulty to die. s Acts 4, 12 Gai. 2, 21 t Gen. 4, 9-12 Ps. 106,38 Mic. 4, 11 9 tTiere can he no ex- piation for ihe land. '' u Gen. 9, 6 ); Lev.18,25 Deut. 21,23 vj Ex. 29, 45,46 Ps. 76, 2 Hos. 9, 3 2 Cor.6,16 CHAP. 36. a ch. 26, 29 b ch. 26, 55 ch. 33, 54 Josh. 17,3 c ch. 27, 1,7 Josh. 17, 3,4 1 unto ivhom they shall he. a Ler.25,10 e ch. 27, 7 2 be wives. /lKi.21.3 3 cleave to tlie, etc. a 1 Chr. 23,23 h ch. 27, i 4 to some that were of the families. i Deut.33,4 Keh. 9,12, 13.14 John 1,17 John 7,19 j ch. 22, 1 ch. 26, 3 ch. 31, 12 ch. 33, 50 185 I inheritance be put unto the inher- itance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inherit- ance be taken d.waj from the inlier- itance of the tribe of our fathers. 5 And Mo'seg commanded the chil- dren of Is'ra-el accordhig to the vrord of the Lord, saymg, The tribe of the sons of J5'§eph^hath said well. 6 Tliis is the thing w^hich the Lord doth command concemtng the daukli- ters of Ze-lo'phe-had, saying, Let them ^marry to vvhom they think best ; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. T So shall not the -^inheritance of the children of is'ra-el remove from, tribe jto tribe : for every one of the chil- dren of Is'ra-el shall ^keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And ^ every daughter, that possess- eth an inlieritance in anv tribe of the children of is'ra-el, shall be vrife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Is'- ra-el may enjoy every man the in- heritance of his fathers. 9 Neither shall the inheritance re- move from one tribe to another tribe ; but every one of the tribes of the children of Is'ra-el shall keep himself to his o^vn inheritance. 10 Even as the Lord commanded M5'se§, so did the daughters of Ze- lo'phe-had : 11 For 'Olahlah, Tir'zah, and Hog'- lah, and Mircah, and No'ah, the daughters of Ze-lo'phe-had, were married unto their father's brothers' sons: 12 A7icl they were married ^into the families of the sons of 3Ia-nas'seh the son of J5'seph, and their inheritance remained "in the tribe of the family of their father. 13 These ctre the commandments and the judgments, 'which the Lord conmianded by the hand of 3Io'se§ unto the children of Is'ra-el in •'"the plains of Mo'ab by Jor'dan near Jer'- i-ch5. THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED DEUTERONOMY. CHAPTER 1. 1 Moses'' speech at the end of the fortieth year, 6 in which he briefly rehearseth the story of God's promise to Israel, 34 and his a.nger for Vaelr in- credulity and disobedience. THESE he the words which M5'§e§ spake unto all i§'ra-el''on this side J or 'dan in the wilderness, in the plain over against ^the Ked 8ea, between Pa'ran, and Td'phel, and La'ban, and Ha-ze'roth, and Diz'a-hab. 2 ( There are eleven days' journey from Hd'reb by the way of mount Se'ir Hmto Ka'desh-bar'ne-a.) 3 And it came to pass ''in the fortieth year, \t^ the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that M5'§e§ spake mito the children of Is'ra-el, ac- cordmg unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them ; 4 After ^he had slain Sf hon the king of the Am'or-Ites, vv^hich dwelt in Hesh'bon,and6gthekingof Ba'shan, which dwelt at As'ta-roth in "Ed're-i : 5 On this side Jor'dan, in the land of Mo'ab, began Md'ses to declare this law, saying, 6 TheLoRD our God spake unto us •^in Ho'reb, saying. Ye have dwelt long ^enough in this mount : 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Am'or-ites, and unto ^all the places nigh there- unto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Ca'naan- ites, and unto Leb'a-non, unto the great river, the river Eii-phra'tes. 8 Behold, I have ^set the land before you : go in and possess the land v/hich the Lord sware unto your fathers, ^A'bra-ham, I'saac, and Ja'cob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. 9 IFAnd T spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone : 1 The Lord your God hath multi- plied you, and, behold, •'ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multi- tude. 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, ^as he hath promised you !) B.C.1451. j 12 How 'can I myself alone beai jyour cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife ? 1 3 ^Take you wise men, and under- standing, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 14 And ye answered me, and said. The thing which thou hast spoken is good for %is to do. 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and ^made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hun- dreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, iLear the causes between your brethren, and "judge righteously between evei'y man and his brother, "and the stranger that is with him. 1 7 Ye ^shall not ^respect persons in judgment ; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great ; ye shall mot be afraid of the face of man; for the ^judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, 'bring it unto me, and I will hear it. 1 8 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. 19^And when we departed from Ho'reb, we 'went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Ani'or-ites,as the Lord our God commanded us ; and 'we came to Ka'- desh-bar'ne-a. 20 And I said unto you. Ye are come unto the mountain of the Am'or-Ites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up a7id possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee ; fear "not, neither be discouraged. 22 H And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said. We will send men bef oreus,and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and intif what cities we shall come. CHAP. 1. a Josh, 9, 1 Josh. 23, 4:, 7 1 Or,ZupTi. h Num. 13,26 ch. 9, 23 c Num. 33,38 d. Num. 21, 24 Neh. 9. 22 e Josh. 13,12 /Ex. 3,1 g Ex. 19, 1 Num. 10,11 2 all Ms neigh- bours. 3 given. h Gen. 12, 7 Gen.15,18 Gen.28,13 i Ex. 18, 18 Num. 11,14 j Gen. 15, 5 ch. 10, 22 ch. 28, 62 k Gen.22,17 Gen. 26, 4 Ex. 32, 13 I 1 Ki. 3, 8 2 Cor. 11,28 4 Give. Ex. 18, 21 Num. 11, 18 5 gave. mJohn7,24 n L8V.24,22 1 Sf.m. 16, 7 Pro. 24,23 Jas. 2, 1 6 acknowl- edgpjaces. V Pro.28,21 Pro. 29, 4,25 q 2Chr.l9,6 r Ex. 18, 22,26 s Num. 10, 12 ch. 8, 15 Jer. 2, 6 t Num. 13.26 u Josh. 1, 9 186 Moses relateth the DEUTERONOMY, % history of Israel. 23 And the saying pleased me well : and 'I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe : 24 And they turned and went up jrto the mountain, and came unto the valley of Esh'col, and searched it out. 25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us. 26 Notwithstanding "ye would not go up, but rebelled against the com- mandment of the Lord your God : 2 7 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, "Because the Lord hated ""us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of E'gypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Am'or-ites, to destroy us. 28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, ^^The people is greater and taller than w^e ; the cities are great and walled up to heaven ; and more- over we have seen the sons of the' ^An'a-kims there. ■ 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30 The *Lord your God w^hich goeth before you, he shall fight for you, ac- cording to all that he did for you in E'gypt before your eyes ; 31 And in the vvilderness, Avhere thou hast seen how^ that the Lord thy God *bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. -:- 32 Yet in this thing ''ye did not be- iieve the Lord your God, 33 Who '^went in the way before you, to ^search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. 34 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was w^'oth, -^'and sware, saying, 35 Surely ^ttiere shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which 1 sware to give unto your fathers, 36 Save Caleb the son of Je-phiin'- neh ; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath Wholly followed the Lord. 3 7 Also ^the Lord w^as angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. 38 But J5sh'u-a the son of Nun, which 'standeth before thee, he shall * K. 8 7-16. B. C. 1451. CHAP. 1. V Nuin.13,3 tv Num. 1^, 1, 2, 3, i Ps. 106,24 X ch. 9, 28 7 melted, Josh.2,11 y Num. 13, 28, 31-33 ch. 9, 1, 2 z Num. 13,28 a Ex. 14, 14 Neh. 4, 20 h Ex. 19, 4 ch. 32, 11 Isa.46,3,4 Isa. 63, 9 Hos. 11. 3 Actsl3,18 c Ps. 106,24 Jude 5 a Ex. 13, 21 Ps. 78, 14 e Num. 10, 33 Ezek.20,6 fch. 2, 14 Num. 14,22 Ps. 95, 11 8 fuimied to go after. h Num. 27, 14 ch. 3, 26 ch. 4, 21 ch. 34, 4 Ps. 106,32 i Ex. 24, 13 Ex. 33, 11 1 Sam. 16,22 j ch. 31, 7,23 k Isa. 7, 15, 16 Ezek. 18,20 9 ye were presump- tuous and went vp. Num. 14, 44,45 1 Ps. 118,12 m Job 27, 9 Ps. 66, 18 Pro. 1, 24 Isa. 1, 15 .Ter. 11, 7-14 Zech.7,11 John 9,31 n Num. 13,25 • Num. 20, 1,23 Judg. 11,17 CHAP. 2. 1 even to the tread- ing of the sole of the foot. 18V go in thither: -^encourage him: for he shall cause l§'ra-el to inherit it. 39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, w^hich in that day had *no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto ^hem v\-ill I give it, and they shall possess it. 40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilder- ness by the way of the Red sea. 41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, ac- cording to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every ma.n his weapons of vv^ar, ye were ready to go up into the hill. 42 And the Lord said unto me, Sa,y unto them, Go not up, neither fight : for I am not among you ; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. 43 So I spake unto you : and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, ^and went presumptuously up into the hill. 44 And the Am'or-ites, which dwelt in. that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, ^as bees do, and destroyed you in Se'ir, eve7i unto Hor'mah. 45 And ye returned and wept before the Lord ; ™but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. 46 So ye abode in "Ka'desh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. CHAPTER 2. I The story is continued : 5 thei/ roere not to meddle with the Edomites, 9 nor the Moahites, 17 nor ihe Ammonites. 24 Sihon the Amo7'ite to be subdned. THEN we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the wav of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Se'ir "many days. 2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying, 3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough : turn you northward. 4 And command thou the people, saying. Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of E'sau, which dwell in Se'ir; and they shall be afraid of you : take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore : 5 Meddle not with them ; for I vvall not give you of their land, 'no, not so Moses relatetJi the DEUTERONOMY, 2. history of Israel, much as a foot breadth ; "because I have given mount Se'ir mito E'sau for a possession. 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat ; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. 7 For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in ail the works of thy hand : he knoweth thy walking throug:h this ,Teat wilderness : these forty years B. C.1A51. iagpiinst the children of Am^mon, dis- tress them not, noi* meddle with them : for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Am'mon any possession ; because I have ^iven it unto the ^children of Lot for a pos- session. 20 (That also was accounted a land of giants : giants dwelt therein in old time ; and the Am'mon-ites call them CHAP. 2. a Gen. 36, 8 ch. 33, 8 Josh. 24,4 Ps. 115, 3 Ps.135,5,6 Dan. 4, 32, 35 Actsl7,26 ftlKL 9,26 2 Ov,use no lioatility against Moab. c Num. 21,28 a Gen.lS,36 e Gen. 14, 5 / Num. 13,22 ch. 9, 2 g G8n.36,20 3 inherited them. 4 Or, room. 5 Or, vaU gr the Lord thy God hath be en" with thee ; thou hast lacked nothing. * 8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of E'sau, which dwelt in Se'ir, through the way of the plain *from Elath, and from E'zi-on- ga'bSr, we turned and passed by the wa.y of the vvilderness of Mo'ab. 9 And the Lord said unto me, "^Dis- tress not the M5'ab-ites, neither con- tend with them in battle : for I will not give thee of their land for a pos-l g^-j^^ session; because I have given Ar| 13,23 ''unto the children '^of Lot for a pos- session. 10 The ^E'mim§ dwelt therein in tunes past, a people great, and many, and tall, as •'the An'a-kim§ ; 1 1 Which also were accounted gi- ants, as the An'a-kims ; but the M5'ab- ites call them E'mim§. 1 2 The ^H5'rim§ also dwelt in Se'ir bef oretime ; but the children of E'sau ^succeeded them, when they had de- stroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their '^stead ; as is'ra-el did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them. 13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the ^brook Ze'red. And we went over the brook Ze'red. 14 And the space in which we came from Ka'desh -bar'ne-a, until we were come over the brook Ze'red, toas thirty and. eight years ; until ^all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as 'the Lord sware unto them. 15 For indeed the •'hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. 16 IFS0 it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the Lord spake unto me, saying, 1 o Thou art to pass over through Ar the coast of Mo'ab, this day : 1 9 And tvhen thou comest nigh overj 13-is *E. 31.2L 188 h Num. 14,33 Num. 26,64 i ch. 1, 34, 35 Ezek. 20,15 i Ps. 78, 33 Ps. 95, 10,11 Ps. 106,26 Heb. 3,11, 18, 19 Heb.4,1-5 k Gen.19,38 I Gen. 14,5, Zuzims. m Gen. 36,8 w Job 12, 23 Josh. 13,3 p Jer. 25,20 q Gen.10,14 Amos 9, 7 r Num. 21, 13, 14 Judg. 11,18 6 begin, possess. s Ex. 15, 14 ch. 11, 25 Josh. 2, 9 t ch. 20, 10 uNum. 21,21 Judg. 11,19 V Num. 20,19 w ch. 23, 3 Judg. 11,17 X Num. 21,23 y Josh, 11,20 z Ex. 4, 21 I Hos. 4, 17 Jas. 1, 'Zam-zum'rmms ; 21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the An'a-kim§ ; but the"^ Lord destroyed them before themxt and, they succeeded them, and .dwelt in their stead : 22 As he did to thechildren of E'sau, which "'dwelt in Se'ir, when he "de- stroyed the Ho'rimg from before them. ; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even luito this day: 23 And 'the AVim§ which dwelt in Ha-ze'rim, even unto ^Az'zah, ^the Caph'to-rims, which came forth out of Caph'tor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 24 IFRise ye up, take your journey, and pass ''over the river Ar'non : be- hold, I have given into thine hand Si'hon the Am'or-ite, king of Hesh'- bon, and his land : ^begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 25 This 'day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 26 irAnd I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Ked'e-moth unto Si'hon king of Hesh'bon 'with words of peace, saying, 27 Let "me pass through thy land : I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat ; and give me water for money, that I may drink : ''only I will pass through on my feet ; 29 (As "the children of E'sau which dwell in Se'ir, and the Mo'ab-ites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) mtil I shall pass over Jor'dan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us. 30 But ^Si'hon king of Hesh'bon would not let us pass by him: for the ^LoRD thy God hardened 'his spirit, and made his heart obstinate. Moses relateth the DEUTERONOMY, 3. history of Israel. that he might dehver him into thy hand, as cqypeareth this day. 31 And the Lord said mito me, Be- hold, I have begun to give Si'hon and his land before thee: begin to pos- sess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 32 Then Si'hon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at J aliaz. 33 And ''the Lord our God deliv- ered him before us ; and *we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and '^utterly destroyed the ^men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain : 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 36 From '^Ar'o-Sr, which is by the brink of the river of Ar'non, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gil'e-ad, there was not one city too strong for us : ^the Lord our God delivered all unto us : 37 Only unto the land of the chil- dren of Am'mon thou camest not, 7ior unto any place of the river -^ Jab'- bok, nor unto the cities in the moun- tains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us. CHAPTER 3. ! Conquest of Og king of Bashan. 21 Moses' ex- hortation to Joshua. 23 Moses' prayer^ to enter into the land 27 Be is permitted to see it. THEN we turned, and went up the way to Ba'shan : and 6g the king of Ba'shan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at M're-i. 2 And the Lord said unto me. Fear him not : for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand ; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto ^Si'hon king of the Arn'or-ites, which dwelt at Hesh'bdn, 3 So the Lord our God delivered mlo our hands Og also, the king of Ba'shan, and all his people : and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, ''all the region of Ar'gob, the kingdom of Og in Ba'shan. 5 All these cities loere fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside un walled towns a great many, G And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Si'hon king 'of Hesh'- B. C. 1-151. CHAP. 2. a Ex. 23, 31 ch. 7, 2 ch. 20, 16 Ps. 135, 10-15 Ps. 136, 18-20 b ch. 29, 7 c Lev.27,28 ch. 7, 2,26 7 every city of men, and wom- en, and little ones. d ch. 3, 12 ch. 4, 48 Josh. 13,9 e Ps. 44, 3 / Gen.32,22 Num. 21. 24 ch. 3, 16 CHAP. 3. a Num. 21,24 h ch. 29, 8 1 Ki. 4, 13 c ch. 2, 24 Ps. 135, 10-12 Ps. 136, 19-21 d Ps. 29, 6 e lChr.5,23 / ch. 4, 49 g J osh. 12,5 Josh. 13,11 h Amos 2. 9 i Gen. 14,5, Rephavm. j 2 Sam. 12,26 k ch. 2, 36 Josh. 12,2 I Num. 32.33 m Josh. 13,29 n lChr.2,22 2 Sam.3,3 2 Sam. 10.6 p Num. 32, S9 q 2 Sam. 21,5 r Num. 21,24 s Num. 34.11 t Josh. 12,3 uGen. 14,3 The sea ofSodom. 1 Or, under the springs of Pisgah, or, 'The hill. 2 sons of power. 189 bon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. T But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to our- selves. 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Am'or-ites the land that was on this side Jor'dan, from the river of Ar'non unto mount Hgr'mon ; 9 ( Which ^Her'mon the Si-d5'ni-an§ call Sir'i-on ; and the Am'or-ites ca,il it "^She'nir ;) 10 Ail -^"the cities of the plain, and all Gu'e-ad, and ^all Ba'shan, unto Sal'chah and Ed're-i, cities of the kingdom of Og in Ba'shan. 1 1 For ''only Og king of Ba'shan re- mained of the remnant 'of giants; behold, his bedstead icas sl bedstead of iron ; is it not -^in Rab'bath of the children of Am'mon ? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 12 And this land, which we pos- sessed at that time, -^from Ar'o-6r, which is by the river Ar'non, and half mount Gil'e-ad, and the ^cities thereof, gave I unto the Reu'ben-ites and to the Gad'ites. 13 And "'the rest of Gil'e-ad, and all Ba'shan, bei72g the kingdom of 6g, gave I unto the half tribe of Ma-nas'- seh ; all the region of Ar'gob, with all Ba'shan, which Avas called the land of giants. 14 Ja'ir "the son of Ma-nas'seh took all the country of Ar'gob unto i^he coasts of Gesh'u-ri and Ma-ach'a-thi ; and called them after his own name, Ba'shan-ha'voth-ja ir, mito this day. 15 And^I gaveGil'e-aduntoMa'chir. 16 And unto the Reu'ben-ites ?and unto the Gad'ites I gave from Gil'e-ad even unto the river Ar'non half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jab'bok, to hie h ""is the border of the children of Am'mon ; IT The plain also, and Jor'dan, and the coast thereof from 'Chm'ne-reth 'even unto the sea of the plain, "e^;6?^ the salt sea, ^ under Ash'doth-pig'gah eastward. 1 8 II And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it : ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Is'ra-el, all that are -meet for the war." 19 But your wives, and your little Mchortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY, 4. B ones, and your cattle, (/or I know that ye have much cattle, ) shall abide in your cities which I have given you; 20 Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jor'dan : and then shall ye ^return every man mito his possession, which I have given you. 21 IT And I commanded Josh'u-a at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings : so shall the Lord do unto all the kmgdoms whither thou passest. 22 Ye shall not fear them : for the "Lord your God he shall fight f oryou. 2 3 IF And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, 24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy sei"%^ant -^thy greatness, and thy mighty hand : for what 2' God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and ac- cording to thy might ? 251 pray thee, let me go over, and see the -good land that is beyond Jor'dan, that goodly momitain, and Leb'a-non. 26 But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me : and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee ; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up into the top of ^Pis'- gah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes : for thou shalt not go over this Jor'dan. 28 But*charge Josh'u-a, and encour- age him, and strengthen him : for he shall ^o over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. 29 So we abode in *the valley over against Beth-pe'or. CHAPTER 4. I An exKoriation to obedience. 14 A 'particular dis- suasive against idolatry. 4L Moses appoinieth three citieK of refuge on that side Jordan. ■ "IVTOW therefore hearken, O l§'ra-el, 1.^ unto the ^statutes and mito the judgments, which I teach 3^ou, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and ]X)ssess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. ' 2 Ye '^siiall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall diminish otcaht from it. that ye B. C. 1451. CHAP. 3. V Josh.22,4 w Ex. 14,14 ch. 1, 30 ch. 20, 4 X cli. 11, 2 y Ex. 15, 11 2 Sam. 7, 22 Ps. 71, 19 Ps. 86, 8 Ps. 89, 6 z Ex. 3, 8 ch. 4, 22 3 Or, Tlie hill. a Num. 27, 18 ch. 1, 38 Ch. 31, 3,7 b ch. 4, 46 jm CHAP. 4. a Ezek. 20,11 Rom.10,5 b ch. 12, 32 Josh. 1, 7 Pro. 30, 6 Mat. 15, 9 Rev.22,18 c Job 28, 28 Ps. 19, 7 Ps. 111,10 Pro. 1, 7 2 Tim. 3,15 d Acts 4, 13 e 2 Sa,m. 7,23 / Ex. 25, 8 Ex. 29, 45 Lev.26,12 1 Ki.-6, 13 Ps. 46, 1 Ps. 145,18 Ps. 148,14 ]sa. 55, 6 Zech.2,10 Eph. 2, 17 Jas. 4, 8 g Pro. 4, 23 Pro. 23,19 h Pro. 3, 1,3 Pro. 4, 21 i Gen.18,19 ch. 6, 7 ch. 11, 19 Ps. 78, 5.6 Pro. 22, 6 Eph. 6, 4 i Ex. 19, 9, 16 Ex. 20, 18 Heb. 12,18 1 heart. Ex. 19, 18 ch. 5, 23 2 sa7)e a voice. Ex. 20, 22 1 Ki. 19,12 190 Idolatry forbidden. m ay keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. B. 4. 5,6; 0. 4.35 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Ba'al-pe'or : for all the men that followed Ba'al-pe'or, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive eveiy one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes " and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your ^wisdom and y our under- s tanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, ''Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. * 7 For nvhat nation is there so great, who hath -^God so nigh imto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him. for f 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day ? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep "thy soul diligently, ^lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life : but 'teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; 10 /Specially ^the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Ho'reb,when the Lord said mito me. Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the m-oua- tain burned with fire unto the 'midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire : ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude ; ^only ye heard a voice. 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. 14 IT And the Loej> commanded me * B. 5. 29. B An exhortatio'i DEUTERONOMY, 4, to ohedience. at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 15 Take ^ye therefore good heed imto yoin*selves ; for ye saw no man- ner of 'similitude on the day that the Lord spake imto you in Ho'reb out of the midst of the fire : 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven unage,the simih- tude of any figure, '"the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any ■yino'ed fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likeness of any thing that jreepeth on the groimd, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters be- neath the earth : 19 And lest thou ''lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even '^ali the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath Mivided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the u'on furnace, even out of E'gypt, to be mito him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. 21 Furthermore the Lord was an- gry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Joi^- dan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee /or an inheritance : 22 But ^I must die in this land, I nuist not go over J or 'dan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed imto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or .the likeness of any thing, vfhich the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. 24 For ?the Lord thy God is a con- suming^ fire, even '"a jealous God. 2 5 *^ W hen thou shalt beget children, and children's children, a.nd ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and 'shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger: 261 'call heaven and earth to ^vit- ness against you this daj^. that ye B. C. 1451. CHAP. 4. k Josh. 23,11 I !sa.40,18 Acts 17, 24-29 mRom.1,23 n ch. 17, 3 Job 31,26 Gen. 2, 1 2 Ki.17,16 2 Ki. 21, 3 3 Or, im- parted. p 2 Pet.1,13 q Ex. 24, 17 ch. 9, 3 I sa. 33.14 Heb. 12,29 r Ex. 20, 5 ch. 6, 15 Isa. 42, 8 Isa. 48, 11 s 2Ki.l7,17 t ch. 30, 18,19 Isa. 1, 3 Mic. 6, 2 u LeT.26,33 ch. 28, 62,64 Neh. 1, 8 V 1 Sam. 26.19 Jer. 16,13 it'2Chr.l5,4 Neh. 1, 9 Isa. 55, 6 Jer.29.12 4 have found thee. X Gen. 49, 1 ch. 31, 29 Jer. 23, 20 Hos. 3. 5 shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over J or 'dan to possess it ; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be de- stroyed. 27 And the Lord ''shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the hea- then, whither the Lord shall lead you. 28 And '^^there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, vvood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But "if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find hvm, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul . ?>() When thou art in tribulation, and all these things ^are come upon thee.''eve7i in the latter days, if thou ^urn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice ; * j 31 (For the Lord thy God is 'a mer- ciful God ;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware imto them. 32 For ''ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from 'the one side of heaven unto the other, Avhether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it ? 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live ? 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from tl^e midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great ter- rors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in E'gypt be- fore your eyes ? 35 Unto thee it was shewed,_that " Jonah 4,2 1 thou mightcst kuow that the .Lord he is God ; there 'is none else besidf him. 0. 4. 39., 36 Out'^of heaven he made thee to' hear his voice, that he might instruct thee : and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire ; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 3 7 And because he loved thy fa- thers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with liis mighty power out ofE'gypt; " L. 7. 8, 9. 30. 1-6. Jer. 4, 1,2 Joel 2, 12 z Ex. 84, 6 Num. 14,18 2Chr.30,9 Neh. 9, 31 Ps. 86, 5, 15 Ps. 103, 8 Ps. Ill, 4 Ps. 116, 5 Ps. 130, 4,7 a Job 8, 8 b Mat.24,31 c ch. 32, 39 1 Sam.2,2 2 Sam. 22,32 Isa. 45, 5, 18 Mark 32,29 d Ex. 19, 9, 19 Ex. 20, 18,22 Ex. 24. 16 Heb. 12. 18 191 ^ p ■ • Three cities of refuge. DEUTERONOMy, 5. The ten commandmerds. 38 To drive out nations from before, ^ c. 1451 thee greater and mightier than thou ar^, to bring thee in, to give thee their land /or an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it ip. thine heart, "that th e Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneatii ; there is CHAP. i. t Josh. 2,11 Isa. 42, 8 ran. 4.35 none else . 0. 6. 4, 5. 40 Thou ^shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that ^it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and tiiat thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever^ 41 irThenMo'§e§*severed three cities on this side Jor'dan toward the sun- rising- ; 42 That the slayer might flee thith- er, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live : 43 iV(:wze?^,'Be'zerin the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reu'ben- ites ; and Ra'moth in Gil'e-ad, of the Gadltes; and Golan in Ba'shan. of the Ma-nas'sites. 44 IT And this is the law which Mo'- §e§ set before the children of i§'ra-el : 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Mo'§es spake unto the children of !s'ra-el, after thej' came forth out of E%ypt. 46 On this side Jor^dan, ■'in the valley over a,^ainst Beth-pe'or, in the land of Siphon king of the Am'or-ites, who dwelt at Hesh'bon, whom M5'§e§ and the children of !s'ra-el smote, after they were come forth out of E'gypt : 47 And they possessed his land, and the land *of O^ king of Ba'shan, two kings of the Am'or-ites, which were on this side J or 'dan toward the sun- rising ; 48 l^rom ^Ar'o-Sr, which is by the bank of the river Ar'non, even unto mount Si'on, which is '"HSr'mon, 49 And all the plain on this side J or 'dan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pi§'gah. CHAPTER 5. I A commem.oration of the covenant in Eoreb. 6 The ten commandments. 22 At the people's request Mo- ses receiveth the law from God. AND Mo'se§ called all l§'ra-el, and said unto them, Hear, O i§'ra-el. /Lev.22,31 g ch. 5, 16 ch. 6, 3, 18 ch. 12. 25,28 ch. 22, 7 Eph. 6, 3 7i Num.35.6 i Josh. 20,8 j ch. 3, 29 7c Num. 21,35 ch. 3, 3, 4 I ch. 2, 36 ch. 3, 13 m Ps. 133. 3 CHAP. 5. 1 keep to do them. a Ex. 19, 5 ch. 4. 23 h Mat.13,17 Heb. 8, 9 c Ex. 19. 9, 19 Ex. 20, 22 ch. 4. 33,36 ch. 34, 10 a Ex. 20. 21 Gal. 3. 19 e Ex, 19, 16 Ex. 20, 18 Ex. 24, 2 / Ex. 20, 2 Lev. 26, 1 ch. 6, 4 Ps. 81, 10 2 servants. g Ex. 20. 3 h Ex. 20. 4 Ps. 97, 7 Actsl7,29 i Ex. 34, 7 j Jer. 32,18 Dan. 9. 4 k Ex. 20, 7 Lev.19,12 Mat. 5, 33 Jas. 5, 12 I Ex. 20, 8 Neh. 13.37 m Ex. 23,12 Ex. 35, 2 Ezek. 20,12 n Gen. 2, 2 Ex. 16, 29 Heb. 4, 4 192 the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and 'keep, and dn them. 2 The "Lord our God made a gov- enant with us in H5'reb. 3 The Lord *made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, eveii us, v/ho are all of us here alive this day^ 4 The 'Lord talked vdth you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, 5 (I ^stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord : for *ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the moimt ;) saying, 6 "II -^am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of E'gypt, from the house of ^bondage. 7 Thou ^shalt have none other gods before me, 8 Thou ^shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth : 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor ser\*e them ; for T the Lord thy God a77i a jealous God, 'visiting the iniquity oi the fathers upon the children unto the tliird and fourth generation of them that hate me, 10 And ■''shev/ing mercy unto thou- sands of them that love me and keep my commandments. 11 Thou *shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 12 Keep 'the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath com- manded thee. 13 Six "'days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work : 14 But the seventh day is ''the sab- bath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any Avork, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man- servant, nor thy maidser^^ant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that i within thy gates ; that thy manserv- ant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. 1 5 And rememxber that thou w^ast a servant in the land of S'gypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee Moses receiveth the law. DEUTERONOMY, 6. .Exhoi-tation to obedience. out thence through a rmghty hand and by a stretched out arm : there- fore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. 16 ^[Honour "thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee ; Hhat thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 17 Thou ?shait not kill. 1 8 Neither 'shalt thou commit adul- tery. 19 Neither 'shalt thou steal. 20 Neither 'shalt thou bear false wit- ness against thy neighbour. 21 Neither "shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidserv- ant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. 22 'irThese words the Lord spake anto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice : and he added no more. And "he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders ; 24 And ye said. Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire : we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. 25 Now therefore why should we die ? for this great fire will consume us : if we ^hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die. 26 For nvho is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the liv- ing God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived ? 27 Go thou near, and hear all that iche Lord our God shall say: and -'speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee ; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me ; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto (13) B. C. 1451. CHAP. 5. Lev. 19, 3 ch. 27. 16 Eph. 6,2,3 Col. 3, 20 V ch. 4, 40 q Mat. 5, 21 r Lu. 18, 20 J as. 2, 11 s Rom.13,9 t lKi.21,10 uMic. 2,2 Hab. 2, 9 Lu. 12, 15 Rom. 7, 7 Rom.13,9 Gal. 5, 14 V Ex. 24, 12 3 add to Mar. w ch. 4, 33 a;Heb. 12,19 V ch. 32, 29 Ps. 81, 13 Isa. 48, 18 Mat.23,37 Lu. 19, 42 z ch. 11, 1 a Gal. 3, 19 b ch. 17, 20 ch. 28, 14 Josh. 1, 7 Josh. 23,6 Pro. 4, 27 c ch. 10, 12 Ps. 119, 6 Eccl. 8,12 Jer. 7, 23 Lu. 1, 6 1 Tim. 4,8 d ch. 4, 40 ch. 12, 25, 28 ch. 22. 7 Eph. 6. 3 CHAP. 6. 1 pass over. a Ex. 20, 20 Ps. 111,10 Ps. 128, 1 Eccl. 12, 13 h Pro. 3, 1 c Isa. 9, 6 Mark 12, 29 J ohn 1, 1 John 10, 30 John 17,3 1 Cor. 8, 4 Eph. 4, 6 Phil.2,5.6 d Mat.22,37 e Isa. 51, 7 /Eph. 6, 4 2 w'het. or, sharpen. 193 thee : they have well said all that they have spoken. 29 O ^that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and -keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! B. 6. 6-9.. 30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and "1 will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the stat- utes, and the judgments, which thoa shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 3z Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you : ''ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in '^all the ways which the Lord your God hath com- manded you, that ye may live, and that it may be ''well with you, and that ye may prolong your daj^s in the land which ye shall possess. CHAPTER 6. 1 Moses exhorteth Israel to hear God, and to keep his commaiidments, ichich consists i?i loving him with all the heart: 16 the// must not tempt the Lord: 20 they are commaiided to instruct their childreii. OW these are the command- ments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go 'to possess it : 2 That "thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I com- mand thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life ; *and that thy daj^s may be pro- longed. 3 irllear therefore, O Is'ra-el, and ob- serve to do it ; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increasf mightily, as' the Lord God of thj fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear. O is'ra-el : 'The Lord our Goa i B N is one Lord 5 And ^thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and Avith all thy soul, and with all thv might . * ^ 6 And "these words, which I com- ] mand thee this day, shall be in thine heart : 7And-^thou shalt Heach them dilj *G. 30. 6; 0. 10. 12, 13. G B B gently unto thy children, and shal t talk of them when thou sittest in B. C. 1451. JExhortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY, 7. Idolaters to he destroyect E'gypt ; and the Lord brought us out of E'gypt with a mighty hand : 22 And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and ^sore,upon E'gypt, upon Pha'raoh, and upon ail his household, before our eyes : thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, a and when thou risest up 8 And ^thou shalt bind them for sign upon thine hand, a,nd they sh ^^ll be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And ^thou shalt write them upon nci o n thy gates . B. 17. 18, 19. 10 And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware imto thy fathers, to A'bra-ham, to I'gaac, and to Ja'cob, to give thee great and goodly cities, 'which thou buildedst not, 1 1 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vine- yards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not ; when thou shalt have eaten and be full ; 1 2 Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of E'gypt, from the house of ^bondage. 1 3 Thou shalt •'fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and ^'shalt swear by his name. 14: Ye shall not ^go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you ; 15 (For the Lord thy God is a jeal- ous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 16 TiYe "'shall not tempt the Lord your God, "as ye tempted him in Mas'sah. 1 7 Ye shall "diligently keep the com- mandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 1 8 And thou shalt do that v^hich is right and good in the sight of the Lord : that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. ^0 ^And when thy son asketh thee *in time to come, saying. What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you ? 21 Then thou shalt say imto thy son, We were Pha'raoh's bondmen in; CHAP. 6. g Ex. 13, 9 Pro. 3, 3 Pro. 6, 21 Pro. 7, 3 h ch. 11, 20 Isa. 57, 8 i Josh. 24, 13 Ps. 105,44 3 bond- men, or, servants. 3 ch. Lu, 13,4 4,8 k Ps. 63, 11 I Jer. 25, 6 m Mat. 4, 7 n 1 Cor.10,9 Ps. 119, 4 4 to mor- rotv. 5 evil. p Job35,7,8 Jer. 32, 39 q Ps. 41, 2 Lu. 10, 28 r Rom.10,3 CHAP. 7. a Josh. 6,17 .Josh. 11,11 b Josh. 2,14 Judg.1,24 Judg. 2, 2 c Josh. 23, 12 1 Ki. 11, 2 Ezra 9, 2 dEx. Ex. 23, 24 34,1" 1 statues, or, pil- lars. e Ps. 50, 5 Jer. 2, 3 / Ex. 19, 5 Ps. 135, 4 Amos 3, 2 1 Pet. 2, 9 194 23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24 And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for ^our good always, that ?he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 2 5 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these com- mandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. CHAPTER 7. 1 All communion ivith the nations; jorbid'len, 4 for feat' ofidolatri/, 6 and for the holiness of the people. 25 Images to be destroyed. WHEN the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whith- er thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hit'tites, and the Gir'ga-shites, and the Am'or-ites, and the Ca'naan- ites, and the Per'iz-zites, and the HiVites, and the Jeb'u-sites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; 2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee ; thou shalt smite them, and "utterly destroy them ; *thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: 3 Neither ^shalt thou make mar- riages with them ; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods : so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them •, 3^e shall '^destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn theii? graven images with fire. 6 For ^thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: -^the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you. because ye were Blessings of obedienv^ DEUTERONOMY, 8. I?nages to he destroyed. more in number than any people; for ye weo^e the fewest of all people : r 8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the ^oath which he had sworn unto your fa- thers, %ath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and re- deemed you out of the house of bond- men, from the hand of Pha'raoh king of E'gypt. " 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, 'the faithful God, 'which keepeth covenant- and mercy with, them that love him and keep Tiis commandments to a thousand generations ; L. 10. 15. 1 And ^repay eth them that hate hi m to their face, to destroy them : he will not be slack to him that hateth i him, he will repay him to his face. * 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I cormnand thee this day, to do them. 1 2 Wherefore it shall come to pass, ^if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers : 1 3 And he will ^ove thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee : he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people : there shall not be male or fe- male barren among you, or among your cattle. 1 5 And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the '"evil diseases of E'gypt, which thou know est, upon thee ; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. 1 6 And thou shalt consume all the people which the IjOrd thy God shall deliver thee ; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods ; for that loill he "a snare unto thee. 1 7 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I ; how can I '^dispossess them ? 1 8 Thou shalt not be afraid of them : hut shalt well ^'remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pha'raoh, and unto all E'gypt : *H. 11.26-28 E. C. 1451. CHAP. 7. g Ex. 32, 13 Ps. 105, 8 Lu. 1. 55 n Ex. 13. 3 i Isa. 49, 7 1 Cor. 1, 9 ICor. 10, 13 2Cor.l,18 1 Thes. 6,24 2 Tim. 2, 13 Heb. 11, 11 lJohnl,9 j Ex. 20, 6 Neh. 1, 5 Dan. 9, 4 k Isa. 59. 18 Nah. 1. 2 2 because. I Ps. 11, 7 Ps. 63, 3 Ps. 146. 8 Pro. 15, 9 John 14,21 lJohn2,5 m Ex. 9. 14 n .Ju(ig.8,27 Ps. 106,36 o Num. 33, 53 p Ps. 105, 5 q Ex. 23, 28 Josh. 24,12 (• Num. 14, 9 Nura.16,3 Josh. 3,10 .s chap. 10. 17 Neh. 1, 5 Neh. 4. 14 Neh. 9, 32 3 pluck off. 4 heforethy face. t Josh. 10, 24 Josh. 12,1 u ch. 11, 35 Josh. 1, 5 Josh. 10,8 Josh. 23,9 V Ex. 32, 20 ch. 12, 3 1 Chr. 14,12 vj Ex. 20,17 Josh. 7, 1 Lu. 12, 15 Col. 3, 5 X Judg.8,27 Zeph. 1, 3 y ch. 17. 1 3 Lev.27,28 Josh. 6.17 CHAP. 8. a Ps 136.16 Amos2,10 b 2 Chr. 82,31 John 2,25 c Ex. 16. 2 195 19 The great temptations w^hich thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out : so shall the Lord thy God do unto pJi the people of whom thou art afraid. 20 Moreover ?the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. 21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them : for the Lord thy God is among 'you, *a mighty God and terrible. 22 And the Lord thy God will 'put out those nations before thee by lit- tle and little : thou mayest not con- sume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 23 But the Lord thy God shaU deliver them ^nto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruc- tion, until they be destroyed. 24 And 'he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt de- stroy their name from under heaven : "there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them, 25 The graven images of their gods "shall ye bum with fire : thou shalt '"not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be -^snared therein : for it is ^an abomination to the Lord thy God. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, l est t hou be a, curserl thinp; likp^ it- hut thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; ^for it is a cursed thing. C. 28. 15. CHAPTER 8. 1 An exhortation to obedience in regard of God^s mercy and goodness in his dealina.'i roith Israel. 19 Tfie evil of loorshipping other go'dx. ALL the conmiandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and, go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led "thee these forty years in the wilder- ness, to humble thee, a7id to prove thee, Ho know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered '^thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he C ^hortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY, 9. Against self righteousness. might make thee know that m.an doth "^not Uve by bread only, but by every loord that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man hve. 4 Thy ^raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. 5 1 hou -^shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. 6 Therefore thou shalt keep the com- mandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; 8 A land of wheat, and bai'iey, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegran- ates ; a land 'of oil olive, and honey ; 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it ; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass, 10 When ^thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 1 1 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day : 12 Lest Ho hen thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein ; 13 And lohen thj^ herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied ; 14 Then 'thine heart be lifted up, and thou •'forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of E'gypt, from the house of bondage ; 1 5 Who ^led thee through that great and terrible Wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water ; '"wiio brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint ; 1 6 Who fed thee in the wilderness ''with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee,°to do thee .good at thy latter end ; K. 11. 24, 25. 17 And Pthou say in thine heart. My power and the might of mine hand hath 2:otten m© this wealth. B. C. 1451. CHAP. 8. d Ps. 104.29 Mat. 4, 4 e ch. 29, 5 Neh. 9, 21 / 2 Sam. 7. 14 Ps. 89, 32 Pro. 3, 12 Heb. 12, 5 Rev. 3, 19 1 of olive tree of oil. g Ps. 103, 2 1 Cor. 10,31 1 Thes. 5, 18 1 Tim. 4,3 h Pro. 30, 9 Hos. 13, 6 i 1 Cor. 4, 7 j Ps. 106,21 k Isa. 63, 12 Jer. 2, 6 I Num.21,6 Hos. 13, 5 77! Num. 20,11 71 Ex. 16, 15 Jer.24,5,6 Heb. 12,11 p ch. 9, 4 1 Cor. 4, 7 q Pro. 10,22 Hos. 2, 8 r Lam. 1 Lam. 2,17 Ezek. 5, 5-17 Dan. 9, 12 Zech. 1, 6 CHAP. 9. a ch. 4, 38 ch. 7, 1 ch. 11, 23 b ch. 1, 28 c Num. 13,22 d ch. 31, 3 Josh. 3,11 e ch. 4, 24 Heb. 12,29 /Ex. 23, 31 ch. 7, 24 g ch. 8, 11,17 Ezek. 36,32 Rom.11,6 1 Cor. 4, 4 h Gen. 15,16 Lev.18,24 ch. 18, 12 i 2 Tim. 1,9 Titus 3, 5 j Gen. 12,7 Gen.13,15 Gen. 15, 7 Gen. 17, 8 Gen. 26, 4 Gen.28,13 k Ex. 14, 11 Ex. 16, 2 Num.11,4 Num.20.2 Num.25,2 196 18 But thou shalt remember the I^ORD thy God : ?f or it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 1 9 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. 20 As the nations which the Lord destroy eth before your face, '^so shall ye perish ; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. CHAPTER 9. 1 Moses dlssuadeth them fr-om the opinion of their 0W71 tHghteousness, 7 by rehearsing their several rebellions : 26 his prayer for them. HEAR, O l§'ra-el : Thou art to pass over J or 'dan this day, to go in to possess nations "greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and *f enced up to heaven, 2 A people great and tall, ''the chil- dren of the An'a-kims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say^YsfYio can stand before the children of A'nak ! 3 Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth '^over before thee ; as a ^con- suming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face : -^so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee. 4 Speak -^not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, say- ing. For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land : but ''for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. 5 Not 'for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land : but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them ouo from before thee, and that he may perform •'the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, A'bra-ham, I'§aac, and Ja'cob. | 6 Understand therefore, that the [ Lord thy God giveth thee not thi^ good land to possess it for thy right - eousness ; for thou art a stiff necked^ people. A. 9. 13 J TITlemember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness : from ^^^he I Jiehellions of DEUTEROI^OMY, 10. Israel rehearsed. day that thou didst depart out of the land of E'gypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious iigainst the Lord. ©Also 'in Ho'reb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angiywithyoutohavedestroyedyou. 9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I '"abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water : 10 And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone ^\Titten with the finger of God ; and on them was lorit- ten according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. 12 And the Lord said unto me. Arise, "get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of E'gypt have corrupted themselves ; they are "quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them ; they have made them a molten image. A f 13 Furthermore Hhe Lord spake un- I to me, saying , I have seen this people, * i and, behold, 'dt is a stiffnecked people : 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and '^blot out their name from imder heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. 15 So I turned and came down from ijhe mount, and the mount burned with fire : and the two tables of the covenant were in mj two hands. 16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf : ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had comjnanded IT And 'I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. A f 1 8 And I 'fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights : I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke \ him to anger. A. 9. 24. *A. 9 18. B. C. 1451. CHAP. 9. I Ex. 32, 4: Ps.106,19 m Ex. 24, 18 Ex. 34, 28 Lu. 4, 1 n Ex. 32, 7 ch. 31, 29 Judg.2,17 p Ex. 33, 9 q ch. 10, 16 ch. 31, 27 2Ki.l7,14 r ch. 29, 30 Ps. 9, 5 Ps. 109,13 s Ps. 69, 9 Ps. 119, 139 t Ex. 34, 28 Ps. 106,23 u Ex. 32, 10,11 Heb. 12,29 V Ex. 32, 14 Ex. 33, 17 ch. 10, 10 Ps. 106,23 Amos 7, 1-6 Jas. 5, 15 w Ex. 82, 2C Isa. 31, 7 X Num.11,1 y Num.11,4 z Num.13,3 Num.14,1 a Ps. 106,24 h ch. 31, 27 c Ex. 32, 11 1 Sam.7,9 Pro, 15,29 Jer. 15, 1 d Gen.41,57 1 Sam. 14,25 e Ex. 32, 12 Num. 14,16 /ch. 4, 20 1 Ki. 8, 51 Neh. 1, 10 Ps. 95, 7 CHAP. 10. a Ex. 34.1,2 197 19 For "I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to de- stroy you. "^'But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also. 20 And the Lord was very angry with Aar'on to have destroyed hmi : and I prayed for Aar'on also the same tune. 21 And "'I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, a^c? ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. 22 And at ^Tab'e-rah, and at Mas'- sah, and at ^Kib'roth-hat-ta'a-vah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath. 23 Likewise_^when the Lord sent you from Ka'desh-bar^ne-a, saying. Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye ''believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. 24 Ye *have been rebellious against Lga . ki the Lord from the day that 1 iinew yon. A. 31. 27.J 25 Thus I feU do^\Ti before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first ; because the Lord had said he would destroy you. 26 1 "Sprayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of E'gypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy servants, A 'bra- ham, I'saac, and Ja'cob ; look not unto the stubbormiess of this people, nor to their Avickedness, nor to their sin : 28 Lest "^the land whence thou broughtest us out say, ^Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. 29 Yet they are thy people and thine ■^inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. CHAPTER 10. 1 GoA^ f^ mercy in restoring the two tableft, 6 in con- tinuing the priesthood, i in ■■separating the tt'ibe of Levi, 10 and hearkening to Moses' suit Jor the people. AT that time the Lord said unto me, Ilev/ "thee two tables of 1 A The tioo tables restored. DEUTERONOMY, 11. Mnhortation to obedience. f stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make *thee an ark of wood. 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 3 And I made an ark of 'shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand, 4 And ''he wrote on the tables, ac- cording to the first writing, the ten ^commandments, ^which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in -'"the day of the assembly : and the Lord gave them unto me. 5 And I turned myself and ^came down from the mount, and ^put the tables in the ark which I had made ; 'and there they be, as the Lord com manded me. 6 TAnd the children of l§'ra-el took their journey from Be-e'roth -^of the children of Ja'a-kan to Mo-se'ra there '^ Aar'on died, and there he was buried ; and E-le-a'zar his son minis- tered in the priest's office in his stead. 7 From thence they journeyed unto Gud'go-dah ; and from Gud'go-dah to Jot'bath, a land of rivers of waters. 8 If At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Le'vl, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and 'to bless in his name, unto this day. 9 Wherefore '"Le'vi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren ; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him, 1 1i And I stayed in the mount, ac- cording to the -first time, forty days and forty nights; and the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee. 11 And the Lord said unto me, Arise, ^take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and pos- sess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. 1 2 TAnd now, i§'ra-el, ''what doth the Lord thv God require of thee, but to fear the ILord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and '%o love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, i 3 To keep the conmaandments of B. C. 14:51. CHAP. 10. h Ex. 25, 10 c Ex. 25, 5 Ex. 37, 1 a Ex. 24, 28 Jer. 31,33 1 words. e Ex. 20, 1 /Ex. 19,17 ch. 9, 10 ch. 18, 16 g Ex. 34, 29 7i Ex. 40, 20 i 1 Ki. 8, 9 j Num. 33,31 k Num. 20,28 Num. 1 Lev. 9, 22 Num.6,23 ch. 21, 5 m Num. 18, 20, 24 Ch. 18,1,2 Ezek. 44,28 2 Or, for- mer days. 3 go in jo urney. n Jer. 7, 23 Mic, 6. 8 Mat.22,37 1 Tim. 1,5 p 1 Ki. 8, 27 Ps. 115,16 q Gen.14,19 Ps. 24, 1 r Lev.26,41 Jer. 4, 4 Rom. 2,28 Eph.4,21 Col. 2, 11 s Ps. 136, 2 Dan. 2. 47 t Rev.17,14 u 2Chr.l9,7 Job 34, 19 Actsl0,34 Rom.2,11 Gal. 2, 6 Eph. 6, 9 Col. 3, 25 lPet.1.17 V Ps. 68, 5 Ps. 146. 9 w Mat. 4,10 X Ps. 63, 11 y Ps. 22, 3 Jer. 17,14 CHAP. 11. a Zech. 3, 7 198 the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good ? , 14 Behold, ^'the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, ^the earth also^ with all that therein is. 15 Only the Lord had a delight in " thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. f 16 Circumcise therefore ^he fore- skin of your heart, and be no more stiff necked. IT For the Lord your Gqd^sjGod ot gods, and ^Lord of lords a grea t God, a mighty, and a terrible, whi ch regardeth "not persons, nor take tE reward : T8'lle 'doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. j. 32. 4 19 Love ye therefore the stranger:' for ye were strangers in the land of E'gypt. 20 Thou '"shalt fear the Lord thy God ; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, ""and swear by his name. 21 He ^is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. 22 Thy fathers went down into E'gjTt with threescore and ten per- sons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. CHAPTER 11. 1 A7i exhortation to obfidience. 18 A careful study is required iv. God's words. 26 A blessing a7id a curse is set before tliera. THEREFORE thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and ''keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. 2 And know ye this day : for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, 3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of E'gypt unto Pha'radh the king of E'gypt, and unto all his land ; 4 And what he did unto the army of E'gypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots ; how he made the watei* of the Red sea to overflow them as they *0. 17, 18, 19. fL 23. 5. ' Ohedieyice enjoined. DEUTERONOMY, 1 1 . Blessings of obediena pursued after you, and hou^ the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day ; 5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; 6 And *what he did unto Da'than and A-bf ram, the sons of E-li'ab, the son of Reu'ben : how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, ,and their households, and their tents, and all the 'substance that '^was in their possession, in the midst of all is'ra-el : 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did. 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the ■commandments which I command you tills day, that ye may 'be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it ; 9 And "^that ye may prolong your >days in the land, Avhich the Lord Eware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, '^a land that floweth with milk and honey. 10 IFF or the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of E'gypt, from whence ye came out, -''where thou sowedst t\\j seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a gar- den of herbs : 11 But ^the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and val- leys, and drmketh water of the rain of heaven : 12 A land which the Lord thy God ^caretii for : Hhe eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the be- ginning ot the year even unto tlie end of the year. - 13 TAnd it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken 'diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love •'the Lord your God, and to serv^e hmi with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 That ^I vvali give you the rain of your land m his due season, 'the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy com, and thy wine, and thine oil. 15 And "T will *send grass in thy iields for thy cattle, that thou mayest "eat and be full. 16 Take heed to yourselves, "that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serv^e other gods, and worship them ; 17 And then ^the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he ^shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, B. C. 1451. CHAP. 11. h Num.16,1 Ps. 106,17 1 Or, living substance whichfol- loived them, 2 was at their feet. c Josh. 1, 6,7 d ch. 4, 40 ch. 5, 16 Pro. 3, 1,26 Pro. 10,27 e Ex. 3, 8 f Zech. ■ 14, 18 g ch. 8, 7 3 seeketh. h 1 Ki. 9, 3 i ch. 6, 17 j 2Thes.3,5 k Lev. 26, 4 ch. 28, 12 I Joel 2, 23 Jas. 5, 7 m Ps.104,14 4 give. n Joel 2, 19 Job 31, 27 p ch. 6, 15 q 1 Ki. 8, 35 2Chr.6,26 2Chr.7,13 r Pro. 22, 6 s Hab. 2, 2 t Pro. 3, 2 Pro. 4, 10 Pro. 9, 11 j u Ps. 72, 5 Ps. 89, 29 V ch. 6, 17 w ch. 4, 38 X ch. 9, 1 U Josh. 1, 3 Josh. 14,9 z Gen.15,18 Ex. 23, 31 Num.34,3 a ch. 7, 24 b Ex. 23, 27 c ch. 30, 1 d ch. 28, 2 e ch. 28, 15 / ch. 27, 12 Josh. 8,-33 199 and that the land yield not her fruit ; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land wliich the Lord giveth you. 18 H Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. i 1 9 And ye shall teach them your ' children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest do^vn, and when thou risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon 'the door posts of thine house, and Lipon thy gates : I 21 That 'your days may be multi- plied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware junto your fathers to give them, "as I the days of heaven upon the earth. I 22 iFor if '^^ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him ; 23 Then will the Lord ^drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall ^possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. 24Eveiy ^place whereon the soles" of your feet shall tread shall be your's: 'from the wilderness and Leb'a-non^ from the river, the river Eu-phra'tes, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. 25 There ''shall no man be able to stand before you : for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shaU tread upon, as he *hath said unto you. K. 23. 14 26 ^Behold, T set before you thisl day a blessing and a cm^se ; 27 A '^blessing, if ye obey the com- mandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day : 28 And a'curse, if"^ ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not kno\\Ti. H. 18. 18, 19. J 29 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put ^the blessing upon mount Ger'i-zim, and the curse upon mount E'bal. 30 Are they not on the other side K H Monuments of idolatry DEUTERONOMY, 12. Jor'dan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Ca'- naan'ites, which dweh m the cham- paign over agamst Gil 'gal, beside the plains of Mo'reh ? 31 For ye shall pass over Jor'dan to fo in to possess the land which the ^ORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. 32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day. CHAPTER 12. Monuments of idolatry are to be destroyed. 5 The place of God's service is to be kept. i(j, 23 Blood forbidden. 17, 20, 26 Holy things to be eaten in the holy place. THESE are the statutes and judg- ments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it,'' ail the days that ye live upon the earth. 2 Ye *shall utterly destroy aU the places, wherein the nations which ye shall ^possess served thek gods, upon ''the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree : 3 And "^ye shall ^overthrow their al- tars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire ; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the ^names of them out of that place. 4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God. 5 But unto the place which the Lord your God shall -^choose out of all yourtribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come : 6 And ^thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, '^and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the first- lings of your herds and of your flocks : 7 And 'there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and •'ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, w^herein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee. 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eves. 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you. 10 But when ye go over Jor'dan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God giveth you to inherit, and B. C. 1451. CHAP. 12. a ch. 4, 10 1 Ki. 8, 40 Gal. 6, 9 h Ex. 34, 33 1 Or, in- herit. c 2 Ki. 16, 4 2 Ki. 17, 10, 11 Jer. 3, 6 d Num. OO, b4 Judg. 2, 2 2 break down. e Ex. 23, 13 Ps. 16, 4 Zech.13,2 /ch. 26, 2 Josh. 9,27 1 Ki. 8, 29 2Chr.7,12 Ps. 78, 68 (J Lev. 17, 3 h ch. 14, 22 I ch. 14, 26 j Lev.23,40 Eccl. 3,12 Eccl. 5,18 k ch. 14, 23 ch. 15, 20 ch. 16, 2 ch. 17, 8 ch. 18, 6 ch. 26, 2 ch. 31, 11 Josh. 18,1 1 Ki. 8, 29 Ps. 78, 68 Ps. 87, 2 3 the choice of your vows. I ch. 10, 9 ch. 14, 29 m Lev. 17,4 n Gen. 9, 3 ch. 14, 5 ch. 15, 22 p Gen. 9, 4 Lev. 7, 26 Lev.17,10 ch. 15, 23 1 Sam. 14, 33,34 Acts 15, 20,29 q ch. 14, 23 r Eccl. 3, 12, 13 Eccl. 5, 18-20 s ch. 14, 27 4 all thy days. t Gen.15,18 Gen.28,14 Ex. 34, 24 ch. 11, 24 ch. 19, 8 200 to be destroyed. when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety ; 1 1 Then there shall be *a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there ; thither shall ye bring all that I command you ; your burnt ofi:erings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave ofi'ering of your hand, and all ^your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord: 12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men- servants, and your maidservants, and the Le'vTte that is within your gates ; forasmuch as Tie hath no part nor inheritance witii you. 13 Take "'heed to thyself that thou ofi'er not thy burnt offerings iji every place that thou seest : 14 But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do aU that I command thee. 15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever ''thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee : the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, ''as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. 16 Only ^ye shall not eat the blood ; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. IT I^Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy com, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand : 1 8 But ^tliou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidserv- ant, and the Le\"ite that is within thy gates : and thou shalt Tejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. 19 Take 'heed to thyself that thou forsake not the LeVite "as long as thou livest upon the earth. 20 ^When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, *as he hath prom- ised thee, and thou shalt say, 1 Avill eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to Blood is forbidden. DEUTERONOMY, 13. Waryiing against idolatry. eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 21 If the place which the IjORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou Shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul histeth after. 22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them : the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. 23 Only 'be sure that thou eat not the blood : "for the blood is the life ; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. 24 Thou shalt not eat it ; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. 25 Thou shalt not eat it ; ^that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, "when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord. 26 Only thy 4ioly things which thou hast, and ^thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose : 27 And 'thou shalt offer thy burnt offei'ings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God : and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. 28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that "it may go well with thee, and with thy chil- dren after thee for ever, when thou doest that vnhich is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God. 29 HWhen ''the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou ''succeedest them, anddwell- est in their land ; 30 Take heed to thvself that thou be not snared 'by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying. How did these nations serve their gods ? even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou ''shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God : for every ^abomina- tion to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods ; for "^even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. B. C. 1451. CHAP. 12. 5 he strong. u Gen. 9, 4 Lev. 17, 11, 14 V ch. 4, 40 Isa. 3, 10 w Ex. 15, 26 ch. 13, 18 1 Ki.11,38 X Num. 5, 9,10 Num. 18,19 y 1 Sam.21, 22, 24 z Lev. 1, 5, 9, 13 Lev.17,11 a Ps. 25, 12, 13 Pro. 1, 33 Pro. 3,1-4 Eccl. 8,12 h Josh. 23,4 6 inherit- cst, or, possessest them. 7 after them. c 2Ki.l7,15 8 abomi- nation of the. d Jer. 32. 35 e Josh. 1, 7 Pro. 30, 6 Rev.22,18 CHAP. 13. a 2Thes.2,9 b Jer. 28, 9 Mat. 7, 22 c Mat.24,24 iCor. 11, 19 2 Thes. 2,11 Rev.13,14 d 2 Ki. 23. 3 2Chr. 34,31 lJohnl,7 2 John 6 e Jer. 14, 15 Zech.13,3 /lKi.18,40 2 Ki. 10, 18-28 1 spoken revolt ngainst the LORD. g lCor.5,13 h Job 2, 9 Mic. 7, 5 i Pro. 1, 10 j ch. 17, 7 Acts 7, 58 201 32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it : 'thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. CHAPTER 13. 1 Enticers to idolatry to he stoned to death, 6 ivithout regard to nearness of relation. 12 Idolatrous cities not to be spared. IF there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and "giv- eth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And *the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying. Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall ''walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And 'that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall -^be put to death ; be- cause he hath ^spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of E'g5"pt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. "So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. 6 1[If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or 'the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, Avhich thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fa- thers ; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth ; 8 Thou shalt 'not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him ; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him 9 But thou shalt surely kill him thine •'liand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 1 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die ; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee Of idolatrous cities. DEUTERONOMY, 14. Meats clean and unclean out of the land of E'gypt, from the house of ^bondage. 1 1 And ^all i§'ra-el shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. 12 Hlf ^thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, say- ing, 13 Certain men, ^the children of Be'li-al, are '"gone out from among you, and have withdrawn "the in- habitants of their city, saying, Let Us go and serv^e other gods, which ye have not known ; 14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, ?"/' it he truth, and the thing certam, that such abomination is wrought among you ; 15 Thou shalt surely smite the in- habitants of that city with the ^^%q of the sword, "destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every vs/'hit, for the Lord thy God : and it shall be ^an heap for ever ; it shall not be built again. 1 T And ^there shall cleave nought of the ^cursed thing to thine hand : that the Lord '^may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply tliee, 'as he hath sworn unto thy fathers ; 18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, 'to keep all his commandments which I com- mand thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God. CHAPTER 14. 1 GodCs children must not disfigure themselves in mourning. 3 Wiat maxi he eaten, and what may not, 4 of beasts, 9 of fishes, 11 offoiols. 22 Tithes of divine service. £!8 The third year's tithe of alms and charity. YE are ''the children of the Lord your God; *ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 2 For ''thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. 3 IFThou ''shalt not eat any abomi- nable thing. B. C. 1451. CHAP. 13. 2 hondmen. k ch. 19, 20 I Josh. 22, 11 Judg.20,1 3 Or, naughty men. 1 Sam. 2,12 2 Cor.6,lo VI 1 John 2,19 Jude 19 n 2 Ki.17,21 Josh. 6,17 p Josh. 8,28 Isa. 17, 1 Isa. 25, 2 Jer. 49, 2 q ch. 7, 26 Josh. 6,18 Josh. 7, 1, 11,12 4 Or, de- voted. r Josh. 6,26 s Gen.22.17 Gen. 26, 4,24 Gen.28,14 t ch. 12, 25 CHAP. 14. a Rom.1,10 Rom.8,16 Rom. 9, 8,26 Gal. 3, 26 1 John 3,1 b Lev. 19,28 Lev. 21, 5 Jer. 16, 6 Jer. 41, 5 Jer. 47, 5 1 Thes. 4, 13 c Lev.20,26 Rom.12,1 d Ezek.4,14 Actsl0,13 e Lev. 11, 2 1 dish on, or, bison. /Lev.11,13 g Ex. 22, 31 Lev.17,15 Lev. 22, 8 Ezek.4,14 Ezek. 44, 31 h Ex. 23, 19 Ex. 34, 26 i Lev.27,30 ch. 12, 6, 17 Neh. 10,37 202 4 These 'are the beasts which ye shall eat : the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the ^pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. 6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. T Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof ; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney : for they chew the cud, but di- vide not the hoof ; therefore they are unclean unto you. 8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you : ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. 9 H These ye shall eat of all that are in the w^aters : all that have iins and scales shall ye eat : 10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat ; it ^6' un- clean unto you. 11 1[ Of all clean birds ye shall eat. 12 But -'these are they of which ye shall not eat : the eagle, and the ossi- frage, and the ospray, 13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, 14 And every raven after his kind, 15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 1 8 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 1 9 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean imto you : they shall not be eaten. 20 Bnt o/all clean fowls ye may eat. 21 llYe ^shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself : thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it ; or thou may est sell it unto an alien : for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou^shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 22 Thou 'shalt truly tithe all the in- crease of thy seed, that the field bring- eth forth year by year. 23 And thou shalt eat before the Tithes of divine service. DEUTERONOMY, 15. The year of release. Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks ; that thou •'"mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always. 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it ; or ^if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choovse to set his name chere, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee : 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and sh?Jt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : 26 And thou sha,lt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lust- eth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for what- soever thy soul Mesireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, 2 7 And 'the Le Vlte that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for '^'he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, 28 IF At ''the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates : 29 And the LeVite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and "the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied ; that the ^Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. CHAPTER 15. 1 The seventh year a year of release for the poor : 7 it must be no hindrance to lending or giving. 12 Of Hebrew servants freedom. 19 All firstling males of cattle to be sanctified unto the Lord. AT the end of "" every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the re- lease: Every 'creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall re- lease it ; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother ; because it is called the Lord's release. 3 Of ''a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release ; 4 ^Save wlien there shall be no poor among you ; "for the Lord shall great- ly bless thee in the land which the B. C. 1451. CHAP. 14. j Ps. 2, 11 Ps. 5, 7 Ps. 111,10 Ps. 147,11 Pro. .3, 13 Isa. 8, 13 Jer. 32, 38-41 Heb. 12,28 k ch. 12, 21 2 asketh of thee. I Rom.13,4 Rom. 15,27 1 Cor. 9, 1-14 m Num. 18,20 ch.18,1,2 n Amos 4, 4 ch. 10, 18 Ps. 94, 6 Isa. 1, 17 Ezek. 22, 7, 29 Lu. 14, 12 Heb. 13, 2 p ch. 15, 10 Pro. 3, 9,10 Mai. 3, 10 CHAP. 15. a Ex. 23, 10 Jer. 34, 14 1 master of the lend- ing of his hand. b ch. 23, 20 2 Or, To the end that there be no poor among you. c ch. 28, 8 d Pro. 22, 7 e 1 John 3,17 / Lev.25,35 Mat. 5, 42 Lu. 6, 34 Gal. 2, 10 3 word. 4 Belial, g ch. 28, 54 Pro. 23, 6 Pro.28,22 Mat. 20,15 h ch. 24, 15 Job 34, 28 Ps. 12, 5 Ps. 140,12 Amos5,ll J^s. 5, 4 i Mat.25,41 j 2 Cor. 9, 5 k ch. 14, 29 Ps. 41. 1 Pro. 14, 21,31 Pro. 22, 9 Pro. 29, 7 I Ex. 21, 2 Jer. 34, 14 mPro.10,22 n Ex.21,5,6 203 Lord thy God giveth thee for an in' heritance to possess it : 5 OrJy if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all these command- ments which I command thee this day. 6 For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and ''thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shaJl not reign over thee. 7 ITlf there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou 'shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thin^- hand from thy poor brother : 8 But -^thou shalt open thine hand wide imto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a ^thought in thy Vicked heart, saying, Ihe seventh year, the year of release, is at hand ; and ^thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest hina nought; and'^he cry unto the Lord against thee, and 'it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and ■^thine heart shall not be grieved vv^hen thou givest unto him : because that ^■for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy w^orks, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying. Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 12 iA7id^it thy brother, an He'brew man, or an He'brew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go aAvay empty : 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath 'blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 1 5 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of E'gypt, and the Lord thy God re- deemed thee : therefore I command thee this thing to day. 1 6 And it shall be, "if he say unto Feast of the pass over. DEUTERONOMY, 16. Feast of taberiiacles. thee, I will not go away from thee ; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee ; 17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidserv- ant thou shalt do likewise. 1 8 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free f I'om thee ; for he hath been worth "a double hired sei'vant to thee, in serv- ing thee six years : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 1 9 *i[ All Hhe firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou ghalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 20 Thou ?shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it he lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates : the 'unclean and the clean per- son shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat ^the blood thereof ; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. CHAPTER 16. 1 The ,teasi. of the passover\ 9 of weekfi, 13 of taber'- ■nacle^. 18 Of judges, and of justice. 21 Oroves and imaaefi forbidden. OBSERVE the^month of A'bib, and keep the ''passover unto the Lord thy God : for in the month of A 'bib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of E'gypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and 'the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou "^shalt eat no leavened bread Avith it ; seven days shalt thou eat un- leavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction ; for thou earnest forth out of the land of E'gypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of E'gypt all the days of thy life. 4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy B. C. 1451. CHAP. 15. Isa. 16, 14 Isa. 21, 16 p Ex. 13, 2 q ch. 12, 5 ch. 14, 23 ch. 16, 11 r Lev.22,20 ch. 17, 1 s ch. 12, 15,22 t Gen. 9, 4 Lev. 7, 26 Lev.17,10 ch. 12, 16 CHAP. 16. a Ex. 12, 2 John 18,28 h 1 Cor. 5, 7,8 Heb. 11,28 c Num. 28,19 d Ex. 12,15, 19,39 Ex. 13, 3 Ex. 34, 18 e Ex. 12, 10 Ex. 34, 25 1 Or, kill. f Mat.27,46 Q Ex. 12, 8 2 Chr. 35, 13 h 2 Ki.23,23 John 2,13 John 11, 55 i Ex. 12, 16 Ex. 13, 6 Lev. 23, 8 2 restraint. } Ex. 2.3, 16 Ex. .34, 22 Lev.23,15 Num. 28,26 Acts 2, 1 3 Or, suffi- ciency. k lCor.16,2 I Lu. 14, 12 m Gen. 15, 13 Ex.1, 11, 14 ch. 15, 15 ch. 25, 6 Ps. 105, io. 25 n Ex. 23, 16 Lev.23,34 Num. 29,12 4 floor and thy wine- press. Neh. 8, 9 204 coast seven days ; neither ^shall there a7iy thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, re- main all night until the morning. 5 Thou mayest not 'sacrifice the pass- over within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee : 6 But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover ^at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of E'gypt. 7 And thou shalt ^roast and eat it ^in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread : and 'on the seventh day shall be a ^solemn assembly to the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work therein. 9 irSeven -^weeks shalt thou number unto thee : begin to number the seven weeks from snch time as thou be- ginnest to put the sickle to the corn. 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God with ^a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give u'nto the LORD thy God, according %,s the Lord thy God hath blessed thee : 1 1 And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Le'vite that is within thy gates, and ^the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there. 1 2 And "'thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in E'gypt : and thou shalt observe and do these stat- utes. 1 3 HThou "shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy *corn and thy wine : 14 And ^hou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Le'vite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. 1 5 Seven days shalt thou keep a sol- emn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, Idolaters must be slain. DEUTERONOMY, 17. The duty of a kbig. and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. 16 "HThree times in a year shall ail thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles : and they shall not appear before the Lord empty : 17 Every man shall give ^as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee. 1 8 '[Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, through- out thy tribes : and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 Thou ^'shalt not Avrest judgment ; thou ^shalt not respect persons, 'nei- ther take a gift : for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the *words of the righteous. 20 ■'That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, 'and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 21 Thou 'shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any ^image ; which the Lord thy God hateth. CHAPTER IT. Things sacriflced must be sound. 2 Idolaters must oe slain. 8 The priests and judges to determine controversies. 14 The election and duty of a king. THOU shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or ^sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness : for that is an . abomination unto the Lord thy God. 2 ^If there be foimd among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wicked- ness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the ''sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, Hvhich I have not com manded ; 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it he true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in l§'ra-el : 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, w^hich have * D. 2 Sam. 7. 23. B. C. 1451. CHAP. 16. 5 according to the gift of Ms hand, 2Cor.8,12 V Ex. 23, 2 Lev. 19, 15 q Pro. 24,23 r Ex. 23, 8 Pro. 17,23 Eccl. 7, 7 6 Or, mat- ters. 7 Justice, justice. s Ezek.18,5 t lKi.l4:,15 2Ki.l7,16 2 Ki. 21, 3 2Chr.33,3 8 Or, statue, or, pillar. CHAP. 17. 1 Or, goat. a Job 31, 26 b Jer. 7, 22 c Lev.24,11 Josh. 7,25 (J Num. 35, 30 Mat.18,16 John 8,17 2 Cor. 13,1 1 Tim. 5,19 Heb. 10,28 e 2 Chr. 19, 10 Hag. 2, 11 Mai. 2, 7 /Ex. 21,13! Num. ' 35,11 g ch. 12, 5 ch. 19. 17 Ps. 122, 5 h Jer. 18,18 i ch. 19, 17 j Judg. 4, 5 1 Kl. 3, 16 Ezek. 44,24 k Num. 15,30 Ezra 10, 8 Hos. 4, 4 2 not to hearken. I ch. 18, 5 m 1 Sam. 10, 19 Hos. 13, 9 n 1 Sam.8,5 Jer. 30,21 205 committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, eve?i that man or that woman, and "shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 At '^the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is v/or- thy of death be put to death : but Sit the mouth of- one witness he shall not be put to death. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. 8 "Ilf 'there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, -'hetween blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates : then shalt thou arise, ■'^and get thee up into the place wliich the Lord thy God shall choose ; 9 And ''thou _shalt come imto the priests the Le'vites, and 'imto the judge that shall be m those days, and enquire; ■'and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment : 10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place wliich the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inf oitq thee : 11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sen- tence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. 12AndHhe man that will do pre- sumptuously, and -will not hearken unto the ^Driest that standeth ^to min- ister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die : and thou shalt put away the evil from l§'ra-el. 13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. 14 ^Wheii thou art come imto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, "'I will set a king over me, like "as all the nations that are about me ; 15 Thou shalt, in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose : 0)ie 'l:rom among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 16 But he shaU not multiply horses Inheritance of the DEUTERONOMY, 18. priests and Levites. Ho himself, nor cause the people ?to return to E'gypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as 'the Lord hath said unto you, 'Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that 'his heart turn not away : neither shall he greatly "mul- tiply to himself silver and gold. B r 1 8 And 'it shall be. when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that ""which is be- fore the priests the LeVites : 19 And -"it shall be v/ith him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the } ;ORD his God, to keep all the vv ords of this law and these statutes, to do them: B. 27. 1-4: 0. 18. 18. 20 That his heart be not lifted up abo^e his brethren, and that he turn ^not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left : to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his chil- dren, in the midst of Is'ra-el. CHAPTER 18. 1 Tlie Lord is the priests' and the Levites' inheritance. 9 Til e ahominations of the nations are to be avoided. 15 Christ the Prophet is to he heard. THE priests the LeVites, and all the tribe of Le'vi, shall have no part nor inheritance with i§'ra-el : they "shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inherit- ance. 2 llierefore shall they have no in- heritance among their brethren : the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 3 11 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it he ox or sheep ; and *they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 4 The '■firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 5 For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to ^^stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever. 6 ^And if a LeVite come from any of thy gates out of all I§'ra-el, where he ^sojourned, and come with all the de- sire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose ; 7 Then he shall minister in the B. C. 1451. CHAP. 17. p 1 Ki. 4, 26 1 Ki.l0,2t) Ps. 20, 7 q Isa. 31, 1 r Ex. 13, 17 Num. 14, 3,4 s Hos. 11, 5 t 1 Ki. 11, 3 u 1 Ki.10,21 V 2 Ki.11,12 w ch. 31, 9 2 Ki. 22, 8 X Josh. 1, 8 Ps. 119,97 y ch. 5, 32 IKi. 15,5 CHAP. 18. n Num. 18, 8,9 1 Cor.9,13 b Lev. 7, 30 c Ex. 22, 29 Num. 18,12 d ch. 10, 8 e Num. 35, 2,3 / 2Chr.31,4 Neh. 12,44 1 7ws sales by the fathers. g Lev. 18,26 ch. 12, 29 h Lev.19,26 i Lev.18,24 2 Or, up- rif/ht, or, sincere. Gen. 17, 1 3 Or, in- herit. j 2 Ki. 21, 6 k Num. 24, 17 Isa. 11, 1 Isa. 61, 1 Mat. 11, 3 Mat.21,11 Lu. 2, 25-34 Lu. 4, 16-22 Lu. 7, 16 Lu. 24, 19 John4,19, 25, 26 John 6,14 John 7,40 Acts 3, 22 Acts 7, 37 I John 1,45 m Isa. 51,16 John 17,8 n John 4.25 John 8,28 John 12, 49, 50 Acts 3, 23 p ch. 13, 5 Jer. 14, 14 Zech.13,3 q Jer. 2, 8 206 name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Le'vites do, which stand there before the Lord. 8 They shall have like ■''portions to eat, beside 'that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. 9 irWhen thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, i'thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you cmy one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, ^or that useth divination, or an ob- server of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a nec- romancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord : and '"because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 1 3 Thou shalt be ^perfect with the Lord thy God. 14 For these nations, which thou shalt ^possess, hearkened unto ob- servers •'of times, and unto diviners : but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. 15 "[[The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a ''^Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken ; 16 According to all that thou de- siredst of the Lord thy God in Ho'reb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that 1 die not. 17 And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 181 ^vill raise them up a Prophet " from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will "'put my words in his mouth; "and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And "it shall come to pass, t.hat whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in. my name, I will require it of him. t 20 But ^the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which 1 have not commanded him to speak, or ?that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in thine heart. * 0. 30. 6. t H. 28. 20 ^ H The cities of refuge. DEUTERONOMY, 19, 20. 7'wo witnesses required. How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken ? 22 When 'a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing fol- low not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, out the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously : thou shalt not be afraid of him. CHAPTER 19. 1 Of Ihe cities of refuge. 14 The landmark if^ not to be removed. 15 Two witnesses required. 16 Pimish- rnent of a false witness. WHEN the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou ^succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses ; 2 Thou "shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a v/ay, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. 4 If And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live : Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not '^in time past ; 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand f etcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the ^head slippeth from the ^helve, and lighteth upon his neigh- bour, that he die ; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live : 6 Lest the avenger of the blood pur- sue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and ''slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not 'in time past. 7 Wherefore I command thee, say- ing, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. 8 And if the Lord thy God ^enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers ; d If thou shalt keep all these com- mandments to do them, which I com- mand thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his wa.ys ; ''then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three : 10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God B. C. M51. CHAP. 18. r Jer. 28, 9 CHAP. 19. 1 vnherit- est, or, possess- est. a Josh. 20,2 2 from yes- terday the third day. 3 iron. 4 wood. 5 flndeth. 6 smitehim, in life. 7 from yes- terday the third day. b Gen.15,18 c Josh. 20,7 d Ex. 21, 12 Num. 35, 16 Pro. 28,17 e Pro. 29,10 1 John 3, 15 8 in life. f 1 KI. 2, 31 g ch. 27, 17 Job 24, 2 Pro. 22,28 Hos. 5, 10 h Mat.18,16 John 8,17 2 Cor.1.3,1 1 Tim. 5, 19 Heb. 10,28 i 1 Ki.21,13 Ps. 27, 12 9 Or, fall- ing away. j Pro. 19, 5 Dan. 6, 24 k ch. 17, 13 ch. 21, 21 I Ex. 21, 23 Lev.24,20 CHAP. 20. a Ps. 20, 7 Isa. 31, 1 b Num. 23,21 ch.31,6,8 2Chr. 13, 12 2 Chr. 32, 7,8 Ps. 23, 4 Isa. 41, 10 201 giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. 1 1 IT But if '^any man '^hate his neigh- bour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him "mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities : 1 2 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and de- liver him mto the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but •/"thou shalt put away the guilt of in- nocent blood from l§'ra-el,that it may go well with thee. 14*irThou ^shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inherit- ance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15 HOne ^witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, m any sm that he simieth : at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. 1 6 If a false witness 'rise up against any man to testify against him Hhat vj/iich is wrong ; 1 T Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days ; 18 And the judges shall make dili- gent inquisition : and, behold. If the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother ; 1 9 Then •'shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou 'put the evil away from among you. 20 And ^those which remam shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity ; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. CHAPTER 20. 1 T/te priesVs exhortation to encourage the people to battle. 10 Hoio to use the cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of peace. 16 What cities rriust be devoted. TT/^HEN thou goest out to battle T? against thine enemies, and seest ""horses, and chariots, and a peo- ple more than thou, be not afraid of them : for the Lord thy God is *w^ith thee, which brought thee up out of the land of E'gypt. F. 31.7, 8.. Laws relating to war. DEUTERONOMY, 21. Cities to he devoted. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 3 And shall say unto them. Hear, O I§'ra-el, ye approach this day unto bat- tle against your enemies : let not your hearts ^ faint, fear not, and do not ^tremble, neither be ye terrified be- cause of them ; 4 For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, '^to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. 5 1i And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, Whatman is titer e that hath built a new house, and hath not "^dedicated it ? let him go and re- turn to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 6' And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet ^eaten of it ? let him also go and re- turn unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. T And ^what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her ? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 8 And the officers shall speak fur- ther unto the people, and they shall say, -^ What man is there that is fear- ful and fainthearted ? let him go and return unto his house, lest his breth- ren's heart ^faint as well as his heart. 9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking un- to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies ^to lead the people. 10 IT When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, ^then proclaim peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be ^tribu- taries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 1 2 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it : 13 And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou 'shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword : 14 But the women, and the little ones, and -'the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou •'take unto thyself; and Hhou shalt eat the spoil of thine B. C. 1451. CHAP. 20. 1 be tetider. 2 make haste. c ch. 1, 30 ch. 3, 22 Josh. 23,10 dNeh. 12, 27 See title of Ps. 30 3 made it common. Lev. 19, 23, 24 ch. 28, 30 e ch. 24, 5 /Judg. 7, 3 4 m,elt. 5 to be in the head of the people. a 2 Sam. 20, 18,20 h 1 Ki. 9, 21 i Num.31,7 j Josh. 8, 2 6 spoil. k Josh. 22,8 I Num.21, 2, 3, 35 Num. 33, 52 Ch. 7, 1, 2 Josh. 11, 14 m Ex. 34, 12-17 Ch. 7, 4 ch. 12, 30,31 ch. 18, 9 Josh. 23, 12, 13 ICor. 15,33 n Ex. 23, 33 2 Ki. 21, 3-15 Ps. 106, 34^1 Hos. 8, 11 7 Or, for, man, the tree of the field is to be em- ployed in the siege. 8 to go from before thee. 9 it come down. CHAP. 21. a Ps. 9, 12 Pro. 28,17 208 enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities vjhich are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations, 16 But^of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth : 17 But thou shalt utterl}^ destroy them ; namely, the Hit'tites, and the Am'or-ites, the Ca'naan-ites, and the Per'iz-zites,the HiVites, and the Jeb'- u-sites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee : 1 8 That "'they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods ; so should ye "sin against the Lord your God. 19 IT When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them: for thou may est eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down ('for the tree of the field is man's life) "to employ them in the siege : 20 Only the trees which thou know- est that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them dowm ; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until ^it be subdued. CHAPTER 21. 1 The expiation of uncertain inurder. lO The usage of a captive taken to wife. 15 The, firstborn is not to be disin/ietnted upon private affection. 18 A stub- born S071 to be stoned to death. IF one be found ''slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him : 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain ; 3 And it shall be, that the city lohich is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke ; 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley : 5 And the priests the sons of LeVi Various laws DEUTERONOMY, 22. and ordinances. shall come near ; for Hhem the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and -by theu^ 'word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: 6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall '^wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley : T And they shall answer and say, Our 'hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8 Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people I§'ra-el, whom thou hast re- deemed, -^and lay not innocent blood ^unto thy people of Is'ra-el's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 9 So ^shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord. 10 irWhen thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the ^Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, 1 1 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife ; 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house ; and she shall shave her head, and ^pare her nails ; 13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, 'and be- wail her father and her mother a full month : and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. 11 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will ; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou -^hast humbled her. 1 5 lllf a man have two wives, one beloved, and ^another hated, and they have born him children, both the be- loved and the hated ; and if the first- born son be her's that was hated : 16 Then it shall be, Vhen he mak- eth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed th.e firstborn : 1 7 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by ""giving hun a double portion of (14) B. C. 1451. CHAP. 21. h 1 Chr. 23,13 c ch. 17, 8,9 1 mouth. d Ps. 19, 12 Mat.27,24 e 2 Sam. 8,28 /Jonah. 1,14 2 in the midst. g ch. 19, 13 h 2Chr.32,8 Josh. 21,44 3 make, or, dress, or, suffer to grow. i Ps. 45, 10 J Gen. 34, 2 Judg. 19,24 k Gen.29,33 I 2 Chr. 11,19 m 1 Chr. 5,1 4 that is ifound tvith him. n Gen. 49, 3 Gen.25,31 p Ex. 20. 12 Lev. 19, 3 Pro. 1, 8 Pro. 15, 5 Pro. 20,20 Eph. 6, 1 q ch. 19, 19 r ch. 13, 11 s ch. 22, 26 Acts23,29 t Josh. 8,29 John 19,31 It Gal. 3, 13 5 the curse of God, Nam.25,4 2 Sam. 21,6 V Lev.18,25 Num. 35,34 CHAP. 22. a Ex. 23, 4 Rom. 12, 10 2 Pet. 1, 7 1 John 3, 15 1 John 4,21 b Pro. 27,10 Zech. 7, 9 c 1 Cor. 14,40 209 all ^that he hath : for he is "the be- ginning of his strength ; °the right of the firstborn is his. 1 8 IF If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obej the voice of his ^father, or the voict of his mother, and that, when the^ have chastened him, will not hearkeiv unto them : 19 Then shall his father and hi& mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city^ and unto the gate of his place ; 20 And they shall say unto thf» elders of his city, This our son ib stubborn and rebellious, he will not. obey our voice ; he is a glutton, anci a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his citv shall stone him with stones, that he die : *so shalt thou put evil away from among you; ''and all i§'ra-el shall hear, and fear. 22 TAnd if a man have committed a sin worthy «of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree : 23 His 'body shall not remain aU night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury hun that day ; (for ""he that is hanged is ^accursed of God ;) that "thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. CHAPTER 22. 1 Of huraanity toward brethren. 5 The sex to be dis- tinguished by apparel. 9 Confusion to be avoided. 22 Adultery to be punished with death. 23 Of rape. 28 Offorriication. ^ Incest forbidden. THOU "shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, *and hide thyself from them : thou shalt in any case bring them again imto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother he not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be wdth thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 3 In like manner shalt thou d.o with his ass ; and so shalt thou do with his raiment ; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, Avhich he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do like- wise : thou mayest not hide thyself. 4 ^Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. 5 ITThe ''woman shall not wear that Various laws DEUTERONOMY, 23. and ordinances. which pertaineth unto a man, nei- ther shall a man put on a woman's garment : for all that do so are abomi- nation unto the Lord thy God. 6 "i! If a bird's nest chance to be be- fore thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, '^thou shalt not take the dam with the young : 7 JBut thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee ; ^that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong tJiy days. 8 IT When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. 9 HThou -^ shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds : lest the 'fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. 10 HThou '-shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. 11 IFThou ^shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. 12*iiThou shalt make thee 'fringes upon the four ^quarters of thy ves- ture, wherewith thou coverest thy- self. 13 Tif any man take a wife, •'and go in unto her, and hate her, ,14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid : 1 5 Then shall the father of the dam- sel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's vir- ginity unto the elders of the city in the gate : 1 6 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daugh- ter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her ; 17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid ; and yet these are the tokens of my daugh- ter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. 18 And *the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him ; 19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them, unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil B. C. 1451. : CHAP. 22. d Lev.22,28 Neh. 9, 6 Ps. 36, 6 Ps. 145, 9 Pro. 12,10 Mat.10,29 Lu. 12, 6 e ch. 4, 40 / Lev.19,19 1 fulness of thy seed. g 2 Cor. 6, 14-16 7i Lev.19,19 i Num. 15, .38 Mat. 23, 5 2 wi/ngs. i Gen.29,21 Judg.15,1 k Ex. 18, 21 ch. 1,9-18 Rom.13.4 I ch. 17, 4 m Gen. 34,7 Judg. 20. 6,10 2 Sam. 13, 12, 13 n ch. 13, 5 ch. 17, 7 ch. 19, 19 Lev.20,10 Pro. 6, 22 Mai. 3, 5 Mat. 5, 27, 28 John 8, 5 1 Cor. 6, 9 Heb. 13,4 V Mat. 1, 18. 19 q ch 21, 14 3 Or. take strong hold of her, 2 Sam. 13, 14 r Ex. 22, 16, 17 s Lev. 18, 8 Lev.20,11 ch. 27. 20 1 Cor. 5. 1 t Gen. 9, 22-27 Ezek.16,8 210 name upon a virgin of I§'ra-el : and she shall be his wife ; he may not put her away all his days. 20 But if this thing HDe true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel : 21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die : because she hath '"wrought folly in l§'ra-el, to play the whore in her fa- ther's house : "so shalt thou put evil away from among you. 22 tlf "a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman : so shalt thou put away evil from is'ra-el. 23 If a damsel that ?'s a virgin be ^be- trothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her ; 24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city ; and the man, because he hath humbled ^his neighbour's wife : so thou shalt put away evil from among you. 25 II But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man ^f orce her, and lie with her : then the man only that lay with her shall die : 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing ; there is in the damsel no sin IV or thy of death : for a,s v/hen a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter : 27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there vms none to save her. 28 %\i 'a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found ; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty s/iekels of silver, and she shall be his wife ; because he hath hum- bled her, he may not put her away all his days. 30 •[ A 'man shall not take his fa- ther's wife, nor 'discover his father's skirt. CHAPTER 23. 1 TI7;o mai/ and who may not enter into the con- gregation. 9 Uncleannes's lo be avoided i7i the host. 15 Of the fugitive. E that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut H Wirious laws DEUTERONOMY, 24. and ordiyiances. K off, shall not enter into the congrega- tion of the Lord. 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord. 3 An '^Am'mon-ite or Mo'ab-Ite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congre- gation of the Lord for ever : 4 Because 'they met you not with bread and with water in the wav, when ye came forth out of E'gypt ; and ''because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Be'or of Pe'thor of Mes-o-po-ta'mi-a, to curse thee. 5 Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned '-th e curse into a blessing unto thee, ISe - cause the Lord thy God loved thee . 6 Thou 'shalt not seek their peace nor their 'prosperity all thy days for ever. 7 Thou shalt not abhor an E'dom-ite ; •''for he is thy brother : thou shalt not abhor an E-gyp'tian ; because ^tliou wast a stranger in his land. 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congrega- tion of the Lord in their third gen- eration 9 ^ When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. 10 If ''there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of unclean- ness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the cam]), he shall not come withm the camp : 11 But it shall be, when evening ^Cometh on, lie shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. 1 2 Thou shalt have a place also with- out the ca,mp, vf hither thou shalt go forth abroad : 13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou Hvilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which com- eth from thee : 14 For the Lord thy Godnvalketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee ; therefore shall thy camp be •^holy: that he see no ^miclean * L 32. 9-12. B. C. 1451. CHAP. 23. a Neh. 13, 1,2 b Geu.14,18 ch. 2, 29 Mat. 10, 40, 42 Mat. 25, 41-46 c Num. 22, 5.6 Josh. 24,9 (I Pro. 26, 2 e Ezra 9, 12 1 qood. f Gen. 25, 24-26 Obad. 10, 12 g Ex. 22, 21 Ex. 23, 9 Lev.19,34 ch. 10, 19 h Lev.15,16 2 turneth toward. 3 sittest down. i Lev.26,12 j Ex. 3, 5 4 naked- ness of any thing. k 1 Sam. 30, 15 5 is good for him. I Ex. 22, 21 Pro. 22,22 6 Or, sod- omitess. m Pro. 2, 16 n Gen. 19, 5 2 Ki. 23, 7 Lev.25,36 Neh. 5,2,7 Ps. 15, 5 Lu. 6, 34 p Lev.19,34 q ch. 15, 10 r Job 22,27 Ps. 61, 8 Eccl.5,4,5 s Ps. 66, 13 t Mat. 12, 1 u Lu. 12, 15 1 Cor.6,10 Col. 3, 5 CHAP. 24. a Mat. 5, 31 Mat. 19, 7 Markl0,4 1 matter of naked- ness. 211 thing in thee, and turn away from thee. K. 31 3. 15 irThou ^shalt not deliver unto nis' master the servant which is escaped from his master imto thee : 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : ^thou shalt not oppress him. 17 IFThere shall be no ^whore of "'the daughters of is'ra-el, nor "a sodomite of the sons of is'ra-el. 1 8 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow : for even both these are abomi- nation unto the Lord thy God. 19 *i[Thou ''shalt not lend upon usviry to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : 20 Unto ^a stranger thou may est lend upon usuiy ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury : ?that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to pos- sess it. 21 IT When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to paj^ it : for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee ; and it would be sin in thee. 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 23 That 'which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform ; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. 24 11 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou may- est eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure ; but thou shalt not put ajiy in thy vessel. 25 When thou comest into the stand- ing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand ; but ''thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn. • CHAPTER 24. 1 Of divorce; 6, lO of pledges ; 7 of mensiealers ; 8 of leprosy. U The litre Of a servant to he given. 11 Of justice,- 'i2 of charity. WHEN a "man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found 'some uncleanness in her : then let him write K Various laws DEUTERONOMY, 25, and ordinances. her a bill of ^divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce- ment, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house ; or if the latter husband die, wliich took her to be his wife ; 4 Her *f ormer husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled ; for that is abomination before the Lord : and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 5 IT When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, ^neiiher shall he be charged with any business : bicthe shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer ^up his wife which he hath taken. 6 UNo man shall take the nether or the upper '^millstone to pledge: for he taketh a mail's life to pledge. 7 llf ^a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of l§'- ra-el, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him ; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. 8 TTTake heed in •'the plague of lep- rosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Le'vites shall teach you : as I commanded them, so je shall obser^^e to do. 9 Remember ^what the Lord thy God did ''unto Mir'i-am by the way, after that ye were come forth out of E'gypt. 10 ^A\ hen thou dost "lend thy broth- er any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. 1 2 And if the man he poor, thou Ehalt not; sleep with his pledge : 1 3 In 'any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, ^'and bless thee : and ^'it shall be righteousness unto thee be- fore the Lord thy God. 14 ^Thou shalt not 'oppress an hired servant . that is poor and needy, B. C. 1451. CHAP. 24. 2 cutting off. b Jer. 3, 1 3 not any- thing sliall pass uponhvm. c Pro. 5, 18 d Isa. 47, 2 e Ex. 21, 16 / Lev. 13, 2 Lev. 14, 2 g Lu. 17, 32 1 Cor.10,6 h Num. 12,10 4 lend the loan of any thing to, etc. i Ex. 22, 26 j Job 29, 11 Job 31, 20 2Cor.9,13 2 Tim. 1,18 k cb. 6, 25 Ps. 106,31 Ps. 112, 9 Dan. 4, 27 I Pro. 14,31 Amos 4, 1 Mai. 3, 5 jjiLev.19,13 Jer. 22, 13 5 liftethhis soul unto it, Ps. 25, 1 Ps. 86, 4 /I Job 27, 13 Job 35, 9 Jas. 5, 4 2 Kl. 14, 6 Jer. 31, 29,30 ,Ezek. 18,20 p Ex. 22, 21,22 Pro. 22,22 Isa. 1, 23 Jer. 5, 28 Zech.7,10 Ivlal. 3, 5 q Ex. 22, 26 r Lev.23,22 s Pro.19,17 6 thou shalt not bough it after thee. 7 after thee. CHAP. 25. a Lu. 12, 48 Pro. 19,29 b Mat.10,17 c 2 Cor. 11, 24 212 whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates . 15 At his day "'thou shalt give him his liire, neither shall the sun go down upon it ; for he is poor, and ^setteth his heart upon it: lest "he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee. 16 'liThe "fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers : every man shall be put to death for his own sin. IT^Thou ^shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, ?2 or of the fatherless : nor ?take a widow's rai- 'Hient to pledge : 1 8 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in E'gypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 II When '"thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God 'may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, ^thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it 'afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of E'gypt : therefore I command thee to do this tiling. CHAPTER 25. 1 Stripes must not exceed forty. 4 The ox is not to be muzzled. 5 Of raisi7ig seed unto a brother: 11 of the immodest woman: 13 of unjust weights. 17 The m.emory of Amalek is to be blotted out. IF there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judg- ment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy, ''to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, 'and to be beaten before his face, ax3- cording to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty 'stripes he may give him» Various laws DEUTERONOMY, 26. and ordinances. and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat hmi above these, with many stripes, then thy brother j should "'seem vile unto thee. | 4!iThou 'shalt not muzzle the ox when he 'treadeth out the corn. 5 ^If ■''brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no cliild, the wife of the dead shall not marry without mito a stranger: her -hus- band's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth -"shall succeed in the name of his brother i/jA^'cA is dead, that hisname be not put out of is'ra-el. 7 And if the man like not to take! his ^brother's wife, then let his broth- 1 er's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother; refuseth to raiso up unto his brother! a name in is'ra-el, he will not perform ^ the duty of my husband's brother. I 8 Then the elders of his city shall' call him, and speak unto him ; and if he stand to it^ and say, I like not to take her ; 9 Then shall his brother's wife comcj unto him in the presence of the eld-| ers, '^and loose his shoe from off his' foot, and spit in his face, and shall ansvv'er and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up^ his brother's house. 10 And 'his name shall be called in l§'ra-el, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. 11 ^When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one! draweth near for to deliver her hus-| band out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets : 1 2 I'hen thou shalt cut off her hand, | thine ^'eye shall not pity her. 1 3 ^Thou *shalt not have in thy bag \livers weights, a great and a small, i 14 Thou shalt not have in thine! house ^divers measures, a great and a small. i 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and ' just weight, a perfect and just meas- ure shalt thou have : ^thac thy dayS| may be lengthened in the land which | the Lord thy God giveth thee. ! 16 For "'all that do such things, and\ all that do unrighteously, are an! abomination unto the Lord thy God. i 17 ^Remember "what Am'a-lek did B. C. liol. CHAP. 25. d Job 18, 3 K Pro. 12,10 1 Cor. 9, 9 1 Tim. 5, 18 1 thresheth. J Lu. 20, 28 2 Or, next kinsman. Gen. 38, 8 Ruth 1,12 g Gen. 38, 9 3 Or, next kins- man^ s wiU- h Ruth 4, 7 i Pro. 6, .33 1 Tim. 3,7 J ch. 19, 13 k Lev. 19, 35 Pro. 11, 1 Pro. 20,23 Ezek. 45, 10 Mic. 6. 11 i a stone and a stone. •5 an ephah and an ephah. I Ex. 20, 12 m Pro. 11,1 lThes.i,u n Ex. 17, 8 Ps. 36, 1 Pro. 16, 6 Rom.3,18 p 1 Sam. 15,3 CHAP. 26. a Ex. 23, 19 Num. IS, 13 Pro. 3, 9 b ch. 12,5 c Hos.12,12 d Gen. 43. 1,2 Gen. 45. 7 11 e Gen.46,27 ch. 10. 22 ;Ex. 1. 11 g Ex. 2. 23-25 Ex. 3. 9 Ex. 4, 31 h ch. 4, 34 ch. 34, 11,12 213 unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of E'gypt ; 1 8 How he met thee by the way, and smiote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou tcast famt and weary; and he 'beared not God. 1 y Therefore it shall be, -^when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land Avhich the Lord thv God giveth thee for an mheritancG to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Am'a-lek from under heaven ; thou shalt not forget it. CHAPTER 26. 1 Tfie confession of him that offereth the basket of Jirstfrmls. 12 The third year's- tithes. 16 The cove- nant between God and the people. AND it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an in- heritance, and possessest it,anddwell- est therein ; 2 That ''thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt ''go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us. 4 And the priest shall take the bas- ket out of thine hand, and set it do^vn before the altar of the Lord thy God. 5 And thou shalt speak and say be- fore the Lord thy God, '^A S5^r'i-an ''ready to perish was my father, and he went down into E'gy-pt, and so- journed there with a 'few, and be- came there a nation, great, mighty, and populous : 6 And J the E-gyp'tians evil entreated us. and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage : 7 And ?when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our afflic- tion, and our labour, and our oppres- sion : 8 And the Lord brought us forth out of E'gypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm. and ^with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders : 9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, The third year's tithes. DEUTERONOMY, 27. An altar of whole stories. even 'a land that floweth with milt and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought thefirstf ruits of the land, which •'thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God : 11 And^thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Le'vlte, and the stranger that is among you. 12 *i[ When thou hast made an end of tithing all the ^tithes of thine increase the third year, ichich is '"the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Le'vite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled ; 13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house^and also have given them unto the Le Vite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, ac- cording to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me : I have not transgressed thy command- ments, "neither have I forgotten them : 141 ''have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead : hut 1 have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast com manded me. 15 Look ^down from thy holy habi tation, from heaven, and bless thy people l§'ra-el, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 16 ^This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments : thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 17 Thou hast ^avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgmQnts, and to hearken unto his voice : 18 And '"the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar peo- ple, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his com- mandments ; B. C. 1451. CHAP. 26. i Ex. 3, 8 j ch. 8, 18 Pro. 10,22 k ch. 12, 7, 12, 18 ch. 16, 11 Eccl. 3, 12, 13 Eccl. 5, 18-20 I Lev.27,30 Num. 18,24: m ch. 14, 28,29 n Ps. 119, 141, 153, 176 Lev. 7, 20 Lev. 21, 1, 11 Hos. 9, 4 p 2 Chr. 6, 26,27 Ps. 80, 14 Isa. 63, 15 Zech.2,13 q Ex. 20, 19 Ps. 48, 14 ?• Ex. 6, 7 Ex. 19, 5 ch. 7, 6 ch. 14, 2 ch. 28, 9 ch. 29, 13 2 Sam. 7, 23,24 s ch. 4, 7, 8 ch. 28, 1 Ps. 148,14 t Ex. 19, 6 Lev. 20, 24,26 ch. 7, 6 ch. 28, 9 Ps. 50, 5 Isa. 62, 12 Jer. 2, 3 lCor.3,17 1 Thes. 5, 27 1 Pet. 2,9 CHAP. 27. a Josh. 4, 1 b Josh. 8,32 c ch. 11, 29 Josh. 8,30 d Ex. 20, 25 Josh. 8,31 e Hab. 2, 2 /ch. 11,29 Judg. 9, 7 214 1 9 And to make thee '^high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour ; and that thou mayest be an 'holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. CHAPTER 27. 1 The people are to write the law upon stones, and, to build an altar of whole stones. 11 Tlte tribes di- vided on Gerizim and Ebal. 14 The curses pro- nounced on Ebal. AND Mo'§e§ with the elders of l§'ra-el commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. 2 And it shall be on the day when ''ye shall pass over Jor'dan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that *thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister : 3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey ; as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee. 4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jor'dan, that ye shall set up these stones, w^hich 1 command you this day, '^m moimt E'bal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. 5 And there shalt thou build an al- tar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones : thou "'shalt not lift Vipany iron tool upon them. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones : and thou shalt offer burnt offerings there- on unto the Lord thy God : 7 And thou shalt offer peace offer- ings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God. 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very ^plainly. 9 IFAnd Mo'§e§ and the priests the LeVites spake unto all l§'ra-el, say- ing, Take heed, and hearken, O i§'- ra-el ; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thv God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I coiTQTiand thee this day. 11 •^And M6'§e§ charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand -^upon mount Ger'i-zim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jor'dan ; Sun'e-on, and * B. 29. 29. « B Curses of the lain. DEUTER0X03iY, 28. PT Je s s in gs fo r o he dien ce. LeVI, and Ju'dah, and is'sa-char, and J5'§eph, and Ben'ja-mui: 13 And these shall stand npon mount Elbal ^to curse ; Reu'ben, Gad, B. C. liSl. thee *on high above all nations of the CHAP. 2 1 for a cursing. - 'earth h Ex. 20, 4 Ex. 34, 17 Lev. 19, i Lev. 26, 1 ch. 4, 16,23 Isa. 4A, 9 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and 'overtake thee, if thou and Ash'Sr, and Zeb'u-lim.'Dan, and! 9 ch. 33 lo 'shalt hearken unto the voice of the Xaph'ta-li. ' ^^"^ "' '' "T r.^r. ^T..^ r-^..^ ] i lAnd -"the Le'vites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Is'ra-el with a loud voice, 15 Cm-sed ''^ethe man that maketh any graven or molten image, an! abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and' putteth it in a secret place. 'And ail: the people shall answer and say,! A -men', | 16 Cursed ■'7>e he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, A-men'. j Cursed ^-'be he that removeth liis 17 Lord thy God. 3 Blessed '^ shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be 'in the jfield. ! 4 Blessed shall be -^the fruit of thy Hos. 13, 2 KQ(jy-_ a22d the fruit of thy groimd, ' jjf^ii'f and" the fruit of thy cattle, the in- 1 Cor. ' crease of thv kine, and the flocks oi /^•^^ thy sheep. ■^ Lev.^iM! 5 "^Blessed shall be thy basket and thr ^ store. 6 "blessed ? shalt thou be when thou Ex. 22,21 comest in, and blessed shalt thou be cti.io,i~8 jwhen thou goest out. T ^'\o''o T The Lord ^'shah cause thine ene- n L-ev. 18, 8 ! k Pro.22,28 I Lev.19,14 =;-.-.' neighbour's landmark. And all the^ icor.5',i,niies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and ilee before thee seven ways. 8 The Lord shall 'cormnand the people shall say, A-men 'l8 Cursed ^be he that maketh the blind to vrander out of the way. all the people shall say, A-men' 19 Cursed '"t>6 he that per^^erteth the' q Ex. 23, 7^ 'blessing upon thee in thy -store- 2 Sam. 13,1 And i> Lev.24,i: >.um. 35,31 judgment of the stranger, fatherless and widow. And all the people shall sav, A-men'. ch! 16,' 19 houses, and in aU that thou -^settest ithine hand unto; and he shall bless ;thee in the land which the Lord thy Ps. 15, 5 Ezek. 22, 12 20 Ciu"sed ''be he that lieth with his' r Ps. 119,2^1 God giveth thee. " ' ^' " 9 The^LoRD shall establish thee an holy people imto himseK, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy father's wife ; because he uncovereth| ;^^l s^'k) his father's skirt. And all the people' shall say, A-men'. 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people, chap. 28. 'God, and walk in his ways shall say, A-men' 22 Cursed "be he that lieth with his a Ex. 15,261 10 And all people of the earth shall Lev. 26, 3 ggg th.Sit tliou art ''callcd bv the name sister, the daughter of his father, or^^ icM-.ii2 Qf ^j^gj^Qj^j). and they shaU be afraid the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, A-men'. i 23 Cursed be he that lieth with hisi Rom.2,10 c Zeclu 1, 6 d Ps. 128, 1,4 of thee. 11 And '"the Lord shall make thee plenteous ^in goods, in the fruit of thy mother in law. And all the people e Gen. 39, 5 ^body, and in the frmt of thy cattle, shall say, A-men'. I / Gen.22,i7'and m the irait of thv ground, in the 2-1 Cursed ^5e he that smiteth his' ^^"^•'*='^|land which the Lord swareimto thy neighbour secretly. And all the peo-i ^ ^^'^,^]'^^^: f atliers to give thee xng- t rough. pie shall say. A-men'. 25 Cursed ?6e he that taketh reward to slav an innocent person. And all '^ s. 1 1, s tlie people shah say. A-men' 1 h 2 Sam. 22,38 12 The Lord "shall open imto thee his good treasui'e, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine 26 Cursed 'be he that coniirmeth not' j Lev.20,21 hand : and thou shalt lend unto many all the words of this law to do them And all the people shall say, A-men' CHAPTER 28. 2 Ov,bams. Pro. 3, 10 1 The blessings for oiedience. 15 The curses for disobedience-. nations, and thou shalt not boiTow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail ; and thou shalt be above onlv, and thou shalt A j ch. 15, 10 k Ex. 19, 5 I 2ciir.7,i4|not be beneath ; if that thou hearken. ND it shall come to pass. "if thou'"^Pro.io,22i^^uito_the commandments of the Lord imto 3 Or, for good. 4 beUij. n Jas. 1, 18 shalt hearken diligenth" the voice of the Lord thy (jod, to obseiwe and to do all his command ithy God, which I command thee this idav, to observe and to do them : 14: And 1:hou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command day, that the Lord thy God will set ° Pro 4, 37 thee this day, to the right hand, or te ments which I command thee this 215 The curses for DEUTERONOMY, 28. disohedienGe. H t the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 15 HBut it shall come to pass, ^if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I coromand thee this day ; that all these curses shall come . upon thee, and overtake thee : * 16 Cursed shalt thou he in the city, and cursed shalt thou he in the field. IT Cursed shall he thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall he the fruit of thy body, and the '^f ruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, 19 Cursed shalt thou he when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou he when thou goest out. 20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursmg, 'vexation, and *rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto ^for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly ; be- cause of the wickedness of thy do- ings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 2i The Lord shall make 'the pesti- lence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22 The "Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflanmiation, and with an extreme burning, and with the ^sword, and with blasting, and with mildew ; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall he iron. 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust : from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 The "Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them : and '"shalt be 'removed into all the . kingdoms of the earth. C. 31. 1 7, 18. 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 27 The Lord will smite thee with the ""botch of E'gypt, and with the ^emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 28 The Lord shall smite thee with * C. 28. 25. t H. 30. 17, 18. B. C. 1451. CHAP. 28. p Lev.26,14 Lam.2,17 Dan. 9, 11 q Isa. 3, 1 r Pro. 3, 33 Zech. 5, 3,4 Mai. 2, 2 s Ps. 80, 16 Isa. 30, 17 Isa. 51, 20 Isa. 66, 15 5 wJiich thou wo uldest do. t Lev.26,25 Num. 14, 12 Jer. 24, 10 Amos4,10 u Lev.26,16 6 Or, (brought. V Isa. 30, 17 'W Jer. 15, 4 Jer. 24, 9 Ezek. 23,46 7 for a re- moviiig. X Ex. 9, 9 Ex. 15, 26 y 1 Sam.5,6 Ps. 78, 66 z Job 31,10 Jer. 8, 10 8 profane, or, use it as com- mon meat. 9 shall not return to thee. a L«v.26,16 Jer. 5, 17 b 2 Ki. 17, 4 2 Ki. 24, 12, 14 2 Ki. 25, 7,11 c 2Chr.33,l 2Chr.36,l Jer. 39, 1 d Jer. 16, 13 e 1 KL 9,7,8 Jer. 24, 9 Jer. 25, 9 Zech.8,18 /Ps. 44, 14 g Mic. 6, 15 Hag. 1, 6 h Ex. 10, 4 Joel 1, 4 216 madness, and blindness, and aston- ishment of heart : 29 And thou shalt grope at noon- day, as the blind gropeth in dark- ness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. 30 Thou "shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her : thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein : thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not '^gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall he slam before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof : thine ass shall he violently taken away from before thy face, and '^shall not be restored to thee : thy sheep shall he given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shcdl he given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail 2vith lo?iging for them all the day long : and there shall he no might in thine hand. 33 The "fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway : 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The Lord shall ^bring thee, and '^thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation w4iich neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and ''there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become ^an as- tonishment, a proverb, -^and a by- word, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. 38 Thou .''shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather hitt little in ; for the ^locust shall con- sume it. 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes ; for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou The curses for DEUTERONOMY, 28. disobedience. B. 0. 1451. shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine ohve shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daugh- ters, but '"thou shalt not enjoy them ; for *they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust ^ ^consume. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high ; iind thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shait not lend to him : 4ie shall be Che head, and thou shalt be the tail. 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall ]3ursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed ; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and Ms statutes which he comma,nded £hee: 46 And they shall be upon thee for ^a, sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because 'thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abun- dance of all things ; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in na.kedness, and in w^ant of all things : and he shall '"put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have de- stroyed thee. 49 The ''Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end Df the earth, as "surlft as the eagle tiieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not '^understand ; 50 A nation '^of fierce countenance, which ^shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young : 51 And he shall ''eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed : which also shall not leave thee either com, Avine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have de- stroyed thee. 52 And he shall 'besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trust- edst, throughout all thy land : and he^'^^2Chr.2i, shall besiege thee in all thy gates Dan. 9, 12 throughout all thy land, which the iq cause to Lord thy God hath given thee. ascend. 53 And "thou shalt eat the fruit ofa;Neh.9,23 thine own "body, the flesh of thy y j^^ 32 4^ sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the|^ £ui^*^^ 217 CHAP, 28. 10 tTi^y shall not be thine. i Jer.52,28 11 Or, pos- sess. j Ezra 9, 7 Lam. 1, 5 k Num. 26, 10 Isa. 8, 18 Ezek.5,15 Ezek.14,8 I Neh. 9, S5-37 m Jer.28,14 n Jer. 5, 15 Jer. 6, 22,23 Lu. 19, 43 Jer. 48, 40 Jer. 49, 22 Lam. 4,19 Ezek.17,3 Hos. 8, 1 12 Tiear. 13 strong of face. Pro. 7, 13 Eccl. 8, 1 Dan. 8, 23 p 2 Chr. 36, 17 Isa. 47, 6 q Isa. 1, 7 Isa. 62, 8 Jer. 5, 15-17 r 2 Ki. 25, 1 s Lev.26,29 2 Ki. 6, 28,29 Jer. 19, 9 Lam. 2,20 Lam. 4, 10 Lu. 21, 23 14 lielly. t Lam. 4,10 15 after' birth. u Ex. 6. 3 Ps. 99, 3 Isa. 29, 23 Isa. 57, 15 Mai. 1, 14 V Ps. 20, 1 Ps. 83, 18 Ps. 113, 3 Isa. 42, 8 Mai. 2, 3 Mai. 4, 2 Phil. 2, 10 siege, and in the straitness, where- with thine enemies shall distress thee: 54 /So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his chil- dren which he shall leave : 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat : because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine ene- mies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adven ■ ture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And 'toward her '^young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear : for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observ^e to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mavest fear "this glorious and fearful 'name, THE LORD THY GOD ; 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues "'wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sick- nesses, and of long continuance. 60 Moreover he Avill bring upon thee all the diseases of E'gypt, which thou wast afraid of ; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this IptW, them vv^ill the Lord '^bring upon thee, until thou be de- stroyed. 62 !And ye shall be left few in num- ber, whereas ye vf ere ^as the stars of heaven for multitude ; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord ^rejoiced over you to do you food, and to multiply you; so the iORD 'will rejoice over you to de- stroy you, and tobring you to nought ; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. *N. 29. 19, 20. ' N Moses exhorteth DEUTERONOMY, 29. to obedience. 04 And the Lord °shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other ; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, eve7i wood and stone. 65 And *among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest : but ^the Lord shall give thee there a trem- bling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind : QQ And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assur- ance of thy life : 6 7 In ^the morning thou shalt say. Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And the Lord 'shall bring thee into E gypt again with ships, by the way whereof 1 spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again : and ^ 'there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no ma.n shall buy you. CHAPTER 29. I An exhortation to obedience. 10 T ke people are all pretiented before the Lord to enter into his covenant. IS The great wrath on him that Jiattereth himself in his wickedness. THESE are the words of the cov- enant, which the Lord com- manded M5'§e§ to make with the children of Is'ra-el in the land of Mo'ab, beside" the coevnant which he made with them in Ho'reb. 2 ^AndM5'§es called unto all i§'ra-el, and said unto them, Ye have seen aU that the Lord did before your eves in the land of E'gypt unto Fha'raoh, and unto all his ser\"ants, and unto all his land ; 3 The ''great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles : 4 Yet *the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 5 And T have led you forty years in the w^ilderness : your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 6 Ye '^have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink : that ye might know that I am the Lord your God. 7 And when ye came unto this place, B. C. 1451. CHAP. 28. a Lev.26,33 Keh. 1, 8 Jer.16,13 b Amos 9, i c Lev.26,36 ri Job 7, 4 e Jer. 44, 7 Hos. 8, 13 Hos. 9, 3 17 Fulfilled at the destruc- tion of Jerusa- lem by the Romans, A. D. 79. CHAP. 29. a ch. 4, 34 ch. 7, 19 b Ps. 13, 3 Ps. 19, 8 Ps. 119, 18,34 Ps. 146, 8 Isa. 6, 9 Isa. 63, 17 Ezek.12,2 Mat.13,14 John 8,43 Acts28,26 Rom.11,8 Eph. 1, 18 Eph. 4, 17-19 2 Thes. 2,11 c ch, 1, 3 ch. 8, 3 d Ex. 16, 12 Ps. 78, 24 e Num. 21,23 ch. 2. 32 ch. 3,' 1 /Num. 32,33 g Josh. 1, 7 1 Ki. 2, 3 h Josh. 9,21 1 pass. i Gen. 17, 6,7 j Jer. 31, 31 Heb. 8,7,8 k Acts 2, 39 1 Cor.7,14 2 dumjy gods. I Heb. 12,15 3 rosli, or, a poisoH' fid herb. m Ps. 14, 1 n Num. 15,39 Eccl. 11,9 4 Or, stub- bornness. Jer. 7, 24 Isa. 30, 1 5 the drunken to ihe thirsty. p Ezek.14,7 q Ps. 74, 1 r Ps. 79, 5 Ezek. 23.25 218 fef hon *the king of Hesh'bon, and 6g the king of Ba'shan,came out against us unto battle, and we smote them . 8 And we took their land, and gave ^it for an inheritance unto the Reu'- ben-Ites, and to the Gad'ltes, and to the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh. 9 Keep ^therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. 10 *ii Ye stand this day all of you be- fore the Lord your God ; your cap- tains of your tribes, your elders, and your ofncers, with all the men of is'ra-el, 11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from ^the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water : 12 That thou shouldest 'enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day : 13 That Tie may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to A'bra-ham, to I'saac, and to Ja'cob. 14 Neither with you only •'do I make this covenant and this oath ; 15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, '^and also with him that is not here with us this day : 1 6 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of E'gypt ; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by ; 1 7 And ye have seen their abomi- nations, and their ^idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them :) 18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth awa.y this day from the Lord our God, to go arid serve the gods of these nations ; ^est there should be among you a root that beareth ^gall and wormwood ; 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, "L shall have peace, though I walk "in the "^imagination of mine heart. i;o add ^drunkenness to thirst : 20 The ^'LoRD will not spare him, ^ but then ?the anger of the Lord and ' ''his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are writ- ten in this book shall lie upon him. N Mercies promised DEUTERONOMY, 30. N B P B. C. 1451. CHAP. 29. s Mat.24,51 6 is writ- ten. 7 where- ivith the LORD hath 'made it sick. t Jer. 17, 6 Zeph. 2, 9 u Gen.19.24 V 1 Ki. 9. 8 Jer. 22. 8 8 Or, tvho had not gi/ven to them any portion. 9 divided. IV Ps. 11, < Dan. 9. 1 X 2Chr.7,20 Ps. 52, 5 Pro. 2, 22 y Acts 1. 7 z Ps. 19, 7 Lu. 16, 29 John 5,39 Actsl7,ll 2 Tim. 3. 16 and the Lord shall blot out his name _ from under heaven. N. 32. 29-31. 2 1 And the Lord 'shall separate hun unto evil out of all the tribes of !§'- ra-el, according to all the curses of the covenant that "^are written in this book of the law : 22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses 'which the Lord hath laid upon it ; 23 A7id that the whole land thereof is brimstone, 'and salt, cmd burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, "like the overthrow of Sod'om, and Go-mor'- rah, Ad'mah, and Ze-bo'im, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath : 24 Even all nations shall say. Wherefore "hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what imieaneth the heat of this great anger ? 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of E'gypt : 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and ^v^hotn he had not ^given unto them : 27 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, "to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book : 28 And the LoRD-'rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this dav. 2y The ^'secret thi?igs belong unto the Lord our God -. but 'those thi?igs which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that loe mav do all the words of this law.* CHAPTER 30. 1 Great inercies promised iinto the penitent. 1] The commandment is manijest 15 Lij e and death are set before the Israelites. Is D "it shall come to pass, when *all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and ''thou shalt call thein to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt ''return unto the Lord thy God. and shalt obey his voice u Rom.io.e *B. 30. 11-14. ^1^ A- CHAP. 30. a Lev. 26,40 b ch. 28 c 1 Ki. 8. 47 d Neh. 1. 9 e Ps. 106,45 Ps. 126, 1,4 Jer. 29,14 Lam. 3,22 /Ps. 147, 2 Jer. 32, 37 Ezek, 34.13 g ch. 28, 64 Neh. 1, 9 h ch. 10. 16 Ezek. 11, 19 ztnto the penitent. according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul : 3 That ^then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have com- passion upon thee, and will return and -^gather thee from all the na- tions, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. R. Josh. 7. 19.J 4 If '^any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: 5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it ; and he will do thee good, and m.uiti- ply thee above thy fathers. j 6 And ^the Lord thy God will cir- ] cumcise thine heart, and the heart i of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all t hy [ soul, that thou may est li ve, f | Ezek. 34,27 j Jer.32.41 k Isa. 45, 19 P R G And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments v/hich I command thee this day. 9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in eveiy work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of 'thy land, for good : for the Lord will again •'rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers : 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, a}id if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 1 1 iFor this commandment which ~| b I command thee this day, it is ''not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 12JtHs not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? 1 3 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go j over the sea for us, and bring it unto j us, that we may hear it, and do it ? i 1 4 But the word is very nigh unto i thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, i that thou may est do it. B . 3 1 . 9- ] 3 . j t G. 1 Sam. 15. 22; 0. 30. 15-20; P. Judges 2. 11-18. Life and death set forth, DEUTERONOMY, 31. Joshua, encouraged. H K 15 1[See,'"I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil ; 1 6 In that i command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his command- ments and his statutes and his judg- ments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 1 7 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them ; 181 "denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jor'dan to go to possess it. H. 31. 29. 191 call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obev his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him : f o r he is thy ^lif e . and the le ngth of thy day s: that I thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to A'bra-ham, to Tgaac, and to Ja'cob, Ho give them. 0. 32. 29. CHAPTER 31. 1 Moses encourageth the people, and Joshua : 9 he delivers the law to the priests, to read it every sev- enth xjear to the people. 19 God giveth Moses a song to testify against the people. 23 Joshua re- ceiveth a charge. AND Mo'se§ went and spake these ^ JL words unto all I§'ra-el. 2 And he said unto them, I "am an hundred and twenty years old this day ; I can no more *go out and come in : also the Lord hath said imto me, ''Thou shalt not go over this Jor'dan. 3 The Lord thy God, ''he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Josh'- u-a, he shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath said. K. 32 9-12. 4 And the Lord shall do unto them ^as he did to Sfhon and to Og, kings of the Am'or-ites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. 5 And -^the Lord shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have com- manded you. 6 Be ^strong and of a good courage. B. C. 1451. CHAP. 30. m ch. 11, 26 n ch. 4, 26 ch. 8, 19 Job 12, 10 Ps. 27, 1 Ps. 66, 9 Dan. 5, 23 John 11, 25 Acts 17, 25, 28 V Gen. 12, 7 Gen.13,15 Gen.15,18 Gen. 17, 1-8 Gen. 26, 4 Gen.28,13 Acts 7, 5 CHAP. 31. a Ex. 7, 7 ch. 34, 7 b Num. 27, 17 1 Ki. 3, 7 c Num. 20, 12 Num. 2/, i3 ch. 3, 27 d ch. 9, 3 e Num. 21,24 /ch. 7, 2 g Josh. 10,25 1 Chr. 22,13 h ch. 1, 29 ch. 7, 18 i ch. 20, 4 Ps. 118, 6 j Josh. 1, 5 Heb. 13, 5 k ch. 1, 38 ch. 3, 28 Ex. 13, 21 Ex. 33, 14 Num.14,9 Ps. 37, 3 Rom. 8,31 m 1 Chr. 28,20 n ch. 17, 18 Num. 4,15 Josh. 3. 3 1 Chr. 15, 12 V ch. 15, 1 q Lev.23,34 r ch. 16, 16 s Josh. 8,34 2 Ki. 23, 2 Neh. 8, 1 t ch. 4, 10 ttch. 11,2 V Ps. 78, 6,7 w Num. 27, 18 X Ex. 33, 9 1 lit down, 2 Sam. 7, 12 y Ex. 32, 6 z Ex. 34, 15 Judg.2,17 220 ''fear not, nor be afraid of them : for the Lord thy God, he Ht is that doth go with thee ; he ^will not fail thee, nor f orsake_ thee. 7 HAnd Mo'§e§ called unto J6sh'u-a, i and said unto him in the sight of all l§'ra-el, Be ^strong and of a good cour- age : for thou must go with this peo- ple unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 8 And the Lord, Tie it is that doth go before thee ; '"he will be with tliee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee : fear not, neither be dismayed. 9 IFAnd Mo'§e§ wrote this law, a,nd ''delivered it unto the priests the sons of Le'vi, which 'bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of i§'ra-el. 10 And M5'se§ commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of ''the year of release, 'in the feast of tabernacles, 1 1 When all Is'ra-el is come 'to ap- pear before the 1[^ord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou 'shalt read this law before all l§'ra-el in their hearing. 1 2 Gather 'the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observ^e to do all the words of this law ! 13 And that their children, which have "not knowm any thing, "may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jor'dan to pos- sess it. B. 31. 25, 26.. 14 irAnd the Lord said unto Mo'se§, "'Behold, thy days approach that thou must die : call Josh'u-a, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Mo'§e§ and J6sh'u-a went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And 'the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud : and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. 1 6 TFAnd the Lord said unto Mo'§e§, Behold, thou shalt 'sleep with thy fathers ; and this people will ^'rise up, and 'go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will * F. 1 Sam. 17. 37. B Apostasy foretold. DErTEKO^'OMY. 32. The song of Moses. "^forsake me, and break my covenant b. c. 1^51. 'alive with you this day, ye have been 1 a which I have made with them. ' chap. 31. rebehious agauist the Lord ; and how | 1 7 Then mv ana-er shaU be kindled « c^. 32, 15 ,much more after my death i * 1 " ■ " - ^ .^ .^^ judg:. 10. j 23 G-ather mito me aU the elders of 31^33 ■'■"'■* |yo'^' tribes, and youi^ officers, that I 1 Ki!i8,i8 may speak these words m theu' ears. 2Ki.W'*i"^^d call heaven and earth to record isa.^1 i iagainst them, jer. 2, 13 I 29 Eor I know that after mv death against them m that day, and ^I ^vill forsake them, and 1 will ^hide my; face from them, and they shall be; devoured, and many e^ils and trou-! bles shall 'befall them: so that tlieyj will sav in that day. "Are not these, . _ „ evils come upon us,"'because our G-od' ^ 2Ch^'^i5,2 T^ "^^'ill utterly "corrupt yourselves, is 'not among us ? | 2 ciir. '"land turn aside from the vray vrhich I IS And I will sm^ely liide my face ^ cfc 32, 20 'have commanded you: and evil ^\-il] in that day for all the evils which i;s^ic4,2_9 befall you in the latter days; because- they shall have wrought, in that thej^i ill: ei,'^? lye will do evh m the sight of the Lord are^tumed mito other gods. C. 32. 5. | if2^3 ito provoke hmi to anger through the 19 Now therefore wiite ye this song 3 fiU jwork of vour hands. H. Josh. 23. 16. for you, and teach it the^children of 2Je2!'9,32: 30 And Jld'ses spake in the eai^s of Is'ra-el: put it in their mouths, that 'iJudg.o.is. all the congregation of Is'ra-el the this song maybe a witness for me^ £^^^™- words of this song, until they were against the children of Is'ra-el. ' /cb. 82. 15 2l> For when I shall have brought g^h. 9, 26 H ended. 13,6 CHAPTER 32. them into the land which I sware 3 tr/ore. unto their fathers, that fioweth with^g ichr._2s,9 milk and honey ; and they shall havej hos! is.^s eaten and fiiled themselves, -^and; ^^J^2% waxen fat ; then will they turn mito u Amos5,2o other gods, and seiwe them, and f d<'-_ provoke me, and break my '^oxe-^l^S'.hX nant, k cii. 9,'2'i 21 And it shall come to pass, when ^ f^-Q\^ many evils and troubles are befallenVn ell. Jo. 19 |herb, and as the showers upon the them, that this song shall testify' ^j^J-^^-.o^o' grass: 'against them as a witness ; for it shall ho& 979" 3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye gTeatness imto 1 Moses' song, xchich sets Jorth the perfectioTis of God: 44 the people exhorted to set their hearUi upon it. 4S God sejids him up to mount JS'ebo, to see the land, and die. GIVE ^ear, ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, 'the words of my mouth. j 2 My ^doctiine'^shall drop as the rain, 'my speech sliall distil as the dew, i'-'as the small rain upon the tender not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed : for ?I knovv- theii ' tion ''wliich tliev ^0 about. iniagma- even now. before I have brou ght tlieni into the 3. CHAP. 32. a Ps. 50, 4 Isa, 1, 2 Jer. 2, 12 Jer. 6, 19 b Isa, 55, 10 c Ps.72,6 d2Sam. 22.31 I land which I s ware. E. 1 Sam. 2 22 Mo'ses therefore va-ote this song the same day, and taught it the cliil- dren of is'ra-el. 23 And lie gave Josh'u-a the son of ^ Xun a charge, and said, ''Be strong'^ Dan. 4,37 'generation, and of a good courage : for thou shalt " ^' bring the childi^en of Is'ra-el into the land which I sware unto them: and I vrill be with thee. j L"a"^ 21: 'And it came to pass, when 315'-: 2 Or, that ses had made an end of wiltmg thej words of this law in a book, imtil they i were finishe_d, i ' 25 That ]Mo 'ses commanded theLe' vites, which bare the ark of the cot nant of the Lord, saying. 26 Take this book of the law, and I our God. ! L Jle is the Rockj'^hLS work is per- fect : for 'all his ways are judgment I -'a God of ti-uth and without --iniquity, 'just and right is he. J. Judg. 11. 27, 5 ^Tliey have coriiipted themselves, -their spot is not the spot of his chil dren -.they are a peiwerse and crooked C. 32. 20 ; fho^'-o"^ Do ye thus ^-requite the Lord, O 1 Heimth if oolish'people and mi^\ise ? is not he ypted 'thy father that 4iath bought thee « hath he not made thee, and estab- hshedthee? A. 32. 15 7 Remember the davs of old. consider the years of ^many generations : ask thy father, and he will shew thee; e'- h Ps. 116.12 thv eldei^, and thev will tell thee. re- \ 1^-63.16 s^Vhen the Most' Hidi ^■•di^ided t 1 J A C cor tlicy are rtot his cMldren, that is their blot. j 2Sanu 7.23 Ps. 74=, 2 the nations their inheritance, when he 'separated the sons of Ad'ajn, he Jput it in the side of the ark of theftio\rand jset the bounds of the people accord- covenant of the Lord your God. that' ^■"^^f'^" ing to the number of the children ol it may be there for a vdtness against k zech. 9, 2'ls'ra-el. thee. B. 32. 46, IT.jZ Gen. 11,8 9 Eor "^the Lord's portion is his [ 2 7 For *I knoAv thy rebellion, and thy ! "^^o^f °^' I 'stiff neck: behold, while I am yet\i cord. £21 people; J; itance. *A. 32. "cob is the *lot of his inher- K L God's judgments DEUTERONOMY, 32. and mercy. \i 10 He found him in a desert land, L cxiid in the waste howling wilderness ; he ^led him about, "he instructed him, he "kept him as the app] e of his eye. 1 1 As an eagle stuTeth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, bear- eth them on her wings . 1^ So the Lord alone did lead him, and thei'e was no strange God with him. K. 32. 30; L. 33. 3. 1 3 He ^made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made hun to suck honey out »of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock ; 1 4 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Ba'shan, and goats, with '^the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the *pure blood of the grape. 15 But Jesh'u-riin waxed fat, and kicked : thou art waxen fat, thou art gro^vn thick, thou art covered with fatness ; then he forsook 'God which made him, and lightly esteemed the [ ''Rock of his salvation. A. 32. 19, 20. 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abomina- tions provoked they him to anger. 1 7 They sacrificed unto devils, ^not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 1 8 Of Ihe Rock that begat thee thou art unmindfiil, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. 1 9 And when the Lord saw it, he 'abhorred them, because of the pro- voking of his sons, and of his daugh- ters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, 1 will see what their end shall he : for they a.re a very froward generation, children in ^ whom is no .faith.* 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger 'nvith their vanities : and I ■'will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people ; I will provoke them to an- ger with a foolish nation. 22 For ysi fire is kindled in mine an- ger, and ^shall burn unto the lowest hell, and "shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. *A. Judg. 2. 10-12; C. Josh. 7. 12, 13. JB. 0.1451. CHAP. 32. 5 Or, com- passed hlrn about. n ch. 4, 36 Ps. 17, 8 Pro. 7, 2 p Isa. 58, 14 q Job 29, 6 r Ps. 147,14 s Gen.49,11 t Isa. 1, 4 u Ps. 89, 26 6 Or, which were not God. 7 Or, de- spised. V Mat.17,17 w 1 Sam. 12,21 X Rom. 10, 19 y Lam. 4,11 8 Or, hath burned. 9 Or, hath con- sumed. 10 burning coals. z Lam. 1,20 11 ^rovn the cluxmbers. 12 bereave, a Ps. 140, 8 13 Or. our high hand, and not the LORD hath done all this. b Ps. 81, 13 c Josh. 23,10 d Ps. 44, 12 e 1 Sam.4,8 Jer. 40, 3 14 Or, is worse than the vine of Sodom, etc. /Job 14, 17 g Ps. 94, 1 h Judg.2,18 Jer. 31, 20 15 hand. i Jtjdg. 10,14 222 231 will heap mischiefs upon them ; 1 will spend mine arrows upon them. 24 ThcTj shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with ^"burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of' the dust. 25 The ^sword without, and terror "vN^ithin, shall ^'destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 20 1 said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remem- brance of them to cease from among men: 27 Were it not that 1 feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their ad- versaries should behovve themselves strangely, and lest they should "say, '^Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any mider- standing in them. 29 O *that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would con- sider their latter end ! 0. .Josh. 23. 6. 30 How should ''one chase a thou- sand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock "^had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up ? K. 33. 12. 31 For their rock is not as our Rock^ even ^our enemies themselves being judges. N. Josh. 7. 10-12. 32 For their vine ^Hs of the vine of Sod'om, and of the fields of Go-mor'- rah : their grapes are grapes of gall^ their clusters are bitter : 33 Their wine is the poison of drag- ons, and the cruel venom of asps. 34 Is not this -^laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treas- ures ? 35 To ^me belo7igethYeiige£ince, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 36 For the Lord shall judge his peo- ple, and ^repent himself for his serv- ants, when he seeth that their ^ ^power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. 37 And he shall say, ^Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, 38 Which did eat the fat of their N K Moses sent to mount Neho. DEUTERONOMY, 33. The majesty of God. { sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be ''your pro- tection. 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there ^is no god with me : ^I kill, and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judg- ment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall de- vour flesh ; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges "'upon the enemy. 43 '■'Rejoice, "O ye nations, vrlth his people : for he will "avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and ^will be merciful unto his land, and to his people^ 44 "ilAnd Mo'§e§ came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and '*Ho-she'a the son of Nun. 45 And Mo'ses made an end of speaking all these words to all i§'- ra-el : 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to ob- serve to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing foi you ; "because it is your life : and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jor'- dan to possess it. B. Josh. 1. 8. 48 "iTAnd ''the Lord spake unto Mo'- §e§ that selfsame day, saying, 49 Get thee up into this mountain Ab'a-rim, unto m.ount Ne'bo, which is in the land of Mo'ab, that is over against Jer'i-ch5 ; and behold the land of Ca'naan, which I give unto the children of Is'ra-el for a possession : 50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aar'on thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people : 51 Because 'ye trespassed against me among the children of is'ra-el at the waters of '^Mer'i-bah-Ka'desh, in B. C. 1451. CHAP. 32. 16 an hid- ing for you. j Isa. 45, 5 k Ps. 68, 20 I Ex. 6, 8 m Job 13,24 17 Or, Praise his people, ye nations, or, Svag ye. n Rom. 15,10 o Rev. 6, 10 p Ps. 85, 1 18 Or, Joshua. q Pro. 3, 2 Rom. 10,5 r Num. 27,12 s Num. 20,11 19 Or, strife at Ka- desh. CHAP. 33. a Gen.4:9,28 b Ex. 19, 18 Judg. 5, 4 Hab. 3, 3 c Dan. 7, 10 Acts 7, 53 Gal. 3, 19 Heb- 2, 2 1 aflreof law. d Hos. 11, 1 Mai. 1, 2 e 1 Sam.2,9 Ps. 50, 5 / Lu. 10, 39 Acts 22, 3 g John 7,19 h Job 29, 25 i Gen. 49, 8 j Ex. 28, 30 k eh. 13, 6 Mat.10,37 Mark 10,29 1 Ex. 32, 26 niJer.18,18 Mai. 2, 5 2 Or, Let them teach,etc. Lev.10,11 3 Or, let them put incense. Ex. 30.7,8 i at thy nose. n Ps. 51, 19 Ps. 20, 3 223 the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of l§'ra-el. 52 Yet thou shalt see the land be- fore thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of l§'ra-el. CHAPTER 33. 1 The majesty of God tribes. 26 6 The blessings of the twelve The excellency of Israel. AND "this is the blessing, where- w^ith M6'§e§ the man of God blessed the children of I§'ra-el before his death. 2 And he said, *The Lord came from Sfnai, and rose up from Selr unto them; he shined forth from mount Pa'ran, and he came with 'ten thou- sands of saints : from his right hand went 'a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, '^he loved the people ; all 'his saints are in thy hand : and they •^'sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. L. 33. 12.. 4 M5'§e§ ^conunanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Ja'cob. 5 And he was ^king in Jesh'u-run, when the heads of the people and the tribes of is'ra-el were gathered together. 6 IFLetReu'ben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 7 IF And this is the hlessiyig of Jii'dah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Jii'dah, and bring him unto his peo- ple: 'let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. 8 IF And of LeVi he said, ^Let thy Thum'mim and thy U'rim he with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Mas'sah, and loith whom thou didst strive at the waters of Mer'i- bah; 9 Who said imto his ^father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nOr knew his own chil- dren: for "'they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. 10 ^They shall teach Ja'cob thy judg- ments, and Is'ra-el thy law: ^they shall put incense ^before thea, "and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. 11 Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept °the work of his hands : smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 12 ^And of Ben'ja-min he said, The ] K L K L Moses hlesseth Israel. beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; a7id the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he .shall dwell between his shoiilders. * 13 !7And of J5'§eph he said, Blessed ^of the Lord he his land, for the precious things of heaven, for ^the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things ^put forth by the ^'nioon, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient inoimtains, and for the pre- cious things 'of the lasting hills, 16 And for the p^^ecious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of 'him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Jo'seph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his homs are like the horns of ''unicoms : with them he ^shall push the people together to the ends of the earth : and they are the ten thousands of E'phra-im, and they are the thousands of Ma-nas'seh, 18 ^And of Zeb'u-lun he said, Re- joice, Zeb'u-liin, in thy going out; and, is'sa-char, in thy tents 1 9 They shall "call the people unto the mountain ; there ''they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness : for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. 20 IF And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that ^^enlargeth Gad : he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm w^ith the crov\^n of the head. 21 And "^he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a por- tion of the lawgiver, v)as he ^seated ; and ^he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LoRD,and his judgments withl§'ra-el. 22 'i And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: 'he shall leap from IB f\ ^ f^ f\ W 23 TAnd of IS^aph'ta-li he said, O Naph'ta-li, satisfied Avith favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord : ^possess thou the west and the south. 24TiAnd of Ash'er he said, Zet Ash'Sr be blessed with children ; let hiin be acceptable to his brethren, and let him *dip his foot in oil. 25 ^Thy shoes shall be iron and *K. 33. 26, 27; L. 33. 29- DEUTERONOMY, 31. His death and buriaL B. C. 1451. CHAP. 33. p Gen,49,25 q Geii.27,28 5 thrust forth. 6 moons. r Hab. 3, 6 s Ex. 3, 2, 4 Acts 7. 30 7 an uni- corn. t lKi.22,11 Ps. 44, 5 u Isa. 2, 3 V Ps. i, 5 IV Josh. 13, 10 lChr.12,8 X Num. 32,16 8 cielcd. V Josh. 4,12 z Tosh. 19,47 Judg. 18,27 a Josh. 19,33 b Job 29, 6 9 Or, Under thy shoes shall be iron. c Ex. 15, 11 Ps. 86, 8 Jer. 10, 6 d Ps. 08, 4, 33, 34 Ps. 104, 3 Hab. 3, 8 e Ps. 90, 1 / Num.23,9 Jer. 23, 6 Jer. 33, 16 g Ps.l44, 15 h 2 Sam. 7,23 10 Or, shall be sub- dned. CHAP. 34. 1 Or, The hill. a Josh. 19, 40-48 Judg. 18, 28 b ch. 11, 24 c Judg.1,16 Judg.3,13 2 Chr. 28, 15 d ch. 32, 50 Josh. 1, 1,2 e Jude 9 /ch. 31,2 g Gen. 27, 1 Gen.48,10 Josh. 14,10 2 moistv/re fled. h Gen. 50, 3 224 brass ; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. ^^\ There is -^none like unto the God of Jesh'u-run, '^loko rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the eneniy from before thee ; and shall say, Destroy them. K. Josh. 1 . 9.. 28 l§'ra-el ^ then shall dwell in safety alone : the fountain of Ja'cob shall he upon a land of corn and wine ; also his heavens shall drop do^\^l dew, 29 Happy "a r^ thou, O l§'ra-el: who ^is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of Shy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies "shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. L.2 Sam.7.14. CHAPTER 34. 1 Moses from tnovnt Xeho vierveth the land: 5 hhs death and burial : 7 hiv age: 8 thirti/daz/s^ monrn- ing for Jam: 9 Joshua siicceedeth him. 10 7'he praise of Moses. AND M6'se§_went up from the plains of Zvlo'ab unto the moun- tain of Ne'bo, to the top of ^Pi§'gah, that is over against Jer'i-ch5. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gil'e-ad, ''unto Dan, 2 And all [N'&ph'ta-ll, and the land of E'phra-im, and Ma-nas'seh, and all the land of Jii'dah, *unto the utmost sea, 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jerl-ch5, 'the city of palrn trees, unto Zo'ar. 4 And the Lord said unto him. This is the land which I sware unto A'bra- ham, unto I'saac, and unto Ja'cob, saying, I will give it mito thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 5 *i[So'^Mo'se§ the ser\'antof theLoRD died there in the land of Mo'ab, ac- cording to the word of the Lord. 6 And he buried him in a valley ir the land of Mo'ab, ov?r against Beth pe'or: but no "man knoweth of hit sepulchre unto this day. 7 "fiAnd •'Md'ses v:as an hundred and twenty years old when he died : ^his eye vras not dim, nor his ^natural force abated. 8 •! And the children of l§'ra-el wept for Md'ses in the plains of M5'ab ^thirty days : so the days of weeping a^if? mourning for M5'§e§ were ended. 9 ^Ajid J6sh'u-a the son of Nun was 3 K Joshua is appointed JOSHUA, I. to succeed Moses. full of the 'spirit of wisdom ; for ^^Md'- §es had laid his hands upon him: and the children of l§'ra-el hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord com- manded Mo'§e§. 1 ^1 And there ^arose not a prophet since in is'ra-el like unto Mo'§e§, whom ^the Lord knew face to face, B. C. 1451. CHAP, 34. I Isa. 11. 2 Dan. 6, 3 j Num. 27. 18 k ch. 18. 15.18 I Ex. 33, 11 Num. 12,6 ch. 5, 4 1 1 In all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of E'gypt to Pha'raoh, and to all his ser^^ants, and to all his land, 1 2 And in all that mighty hand^ and in all the great terror which Mo'§e§ shewed in the sight of ail l§'- ra-el. THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. CHAPTER 1. I The Lord appoints Joshua, to succeed 31 ones. 3 Ex tent of the promised land. 5 God promises to assist Joshua. 10 Joshua prepares the people to pass over Jordan. NOW after the death of Mo'§e§ the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord snake unto J osh'u-a the son of Nun, M5'§e§' min- ister, '^saying, 2 M5'§e§ 'my servant is dead ; now therefore arise, go over this J or 'dan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of l§'ra-el. 3 Every ''place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto y ou, as I said unto Mo'se§. 4 From "^the wilderness and this Leb'a-non even unto the grea^t river, the river Eii-phra'tes, all the land of the Hit'tites, and unto the great sea toward the going do^vn of the sun, shall be your coast. 5 There 'shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life : as -^I w^as with Mo'§e§, so I will be with thee: I will ^^not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be strong and of a good courage : for ^unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be thou strong and very cour- ageous, that thou may est observe to do according to a.11 the law, ^Avhich Mo'se§ my servant commanded thee : turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou may est ^prosper whithersoever thou goest. 8 This '"book of the lav/ shall not de - part out of thy mouth; but ■^thou shalt meditate therein day and night , t hat thou may est observe to do ac - cordi ng to all that i s written therein : t or ^tEeh thou shalt make thy way B. C. 1451. CHAP. 1 a Deut.1,38 h Deut.34,5 c Deut. 11, 24 d Gen.lo,18 Num.34,3 e Deut. 7, 24 / Ex. 3. 12 g Deut.31,G 1 Or. thoit shult cause this people to inherit the land. h Num. 27, 23 Ch. 11. 15 2 Or, do wisely. Deut.29,9 i Deut. 17, 18,19 j Ps. 1. 2 k 1 Chr. 32, 13 Pro. 3, 1 3 O-r, do wisely. I Ps. 27. 1 Jer. 1, 8 m ch. 3, 2 Deut. 9, 1 Deut. 11,31 nNum. 32, 20 Ch. 22, 2, 3,4 4 mar- shalled hy five, as Ex. 13, 18 ch. 22, 4 p Gen.21,22 Gen. 26, 24 28 Gen.28.15 Gen. 39, 2, 23 1 Sam. 16, 18 1 Sam 20, 13 1 Ki. 1, 37 Rom.8,31 prosperous, and then thou shalt ^have l B good success . B. 8. 30-34.J 9 Have not I commanded thee ? Bel K strong and of a good courage ; be ^not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whith- ersoe v er thou goest. K. 21. 44, 45. J 10 *!lThen Josh'u-a commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1 1 Pass through the host, and com- mand the people, saying, Prepare you victuals ; for ""within three days ye shall pass over this Jor'dan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it. 12 TAnd to the Reii'ben-ites, and to the Gad'Ites, and to half the tribe of Ma-nas'seh, spake J6sh'u-a, saying_, 13 Remember "the word which jMo'- §e§ the servant of the Lord com- manded you, saying, The Lord your God hath given j^ou rest, and hath given you this land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Mo'se§ gave you on this side Jor'dan ; but ye shall pass before your brethren "armed, all the mighty men of valour, ?nd help them; 1 5 Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath give?! you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giv- eth them : ''then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which M5'se§ the Lord's servant gave you on this side Jor'dan toward the sunrising. 1 6 ^ And they answered J6sh'u-a, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us. we will go. 17 According as we hearkened unte Mo'ses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee : only the Lord thy God ^be with thee, as he was with Mo'se§. Jiahab concealeth the spies. JOSHUA, 2. The covenant betvjeen then t. 1 8 Whoso(3ver he be that doth rebel against thy commandinent, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou conunandest him, he shall be put to death : only be strong and of a good courage CHAPTER 2. 1 Eahab receives and conceals the two sines sent from Shittira: 8 the covenant between her and them: 23 their return and report to Joshua. AN D Josh'u-a the son of Nun ^sent "out of Shit'tim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jer'i-cho. And they went, and *came into an harlot's house, named '^Ra'hab, and "lodged there. 2 And "^it was told the king of Jer'i- ch5, saying. Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of is'ra-el to search out the country. 3 And the king of Jer'i-cho sent unto Ra'hab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are en- tered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country. 4 And *the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus. There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were .' 5 And it came to pass ahoict the time of shutting of the gate, when it v^as dark, that the men went out : whither the men went I wot not : pursue after them quickly ; for ye shall overtake them. 6 But -^she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jor'dan unto the; fords : and as soon as they which fiursued after them w^cre gone out, thi^y shut the gate. 8 If And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof ; 9 And she sstid unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your ^terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land ^faint because of you. 1 For we have heard how the Lord iried ^up the water of the Ked sea for you, when ye came out of E'gypt ; and 'what ye did unto the two kings of the Am or-Ites, that icere on the other side Jor'dan, Si'hon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had-^lieard these things, "our hearts did melt, neither *did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you -. B. C. 1451. CHAP. 2. 1 Or, had sent. a Num. 25, 1 b Heb. 11, 31 Jas. 2, 25 c Mat. 1, 6, but it is doubtful whether this is the same person. 2 lay d Ps. 127, 1 Pro. 21,30 e 2 Sam. 17, 19 /Ex. 1,17 g Gen. 35, 5 Ex. 23, 27 Deut.2,25 Deut. 11.25 3 mett. Ex. 15, 15 h Ex. 14, 21 ch. 4, 23 i Nmn. 21. 24, 34, 35 j Ex. 15, 14, 15 k ch. 5, 1 ch. 7, 5 Isa. 13, 7 4 rose up. I Deut.4,39 m lSam.20, 14, 15, 17 nEph.6,1,2 1 Tim. 5,8 5 instead of you to die. Judg.1,24 Mat. 5, 7 p Acts 9, 25 Heb. 11, 31 q Ex. 20, 7 r ch. 6, 23 6 gather. s Num. 35, 26,27 t Mat.27,25 226 for 'the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear '"unto me by the Lord, since 1 have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto "my father's house, and give me a true token : 1 3 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my breth- ren, and my sisters, and all that they ho.ve, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the men answered her. Our life "for your's, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that "we will deal kindly and truly with thee. 15 Then she ?let them down by a cord through the window: for her house t/jas upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. 16 And she said unto them. Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you ; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be re- turned: and afterward may ye go your way. 17 And the men said unto her. We will be blameless 'of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 1 8 Behold, tahe^i we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scar- let thread in the windov/ which thou didst let us down by ; 'and thou shalt "bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. 1 9 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go 'out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, 'his blood shall be on our head, if a?iy hand be upon him. 20 And if thou utter this our busi- ness, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed : and she bound the scarlet line in the window. 22 And they went, and came untc the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were re- turned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. Joshua cometli to Jordan. JOSHUA, 3, 4. IVie loaters are divided. 23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to J6sh'u-a the son of Nun, and told him ?J1 things that befell them : 24 And they said uii?to J6sh'u-a, Truly "the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land ; for even all the inhabitants of the country do 'faint because of us. CHAPTER 3. I Joshua comes to Jordan. 1 The Lord encourages liiin. ^ Joshua encourages the people. W The wa- ters of^Jordan are divided. AND J6sh'u-a rose early in the m.orning; and they removed from ''Shit'tim, and came to Jor'dan, he and all the children of l§'ra-el, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass *after three days, that the officers went through the host ; 3 And they commanded the people, saying, ''When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God,'^and the priests theLeVites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4 Yet 'there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure : come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go : for ye have not passed this way ^heretofore. 5 And J6sh'u-a said unto the people, Sanctify -^yourselves : for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. 6 And J6sh'u-a spake unto " the priests, saying, ^Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. 7 "ii And the Lord said unto J6sh'u-a, This day will I begin to magnify '^thee in the sight of all l§'ra-el, that they may know that, as I was with M5'§es, so 1 will be vvdth thee. 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the cove- nant, saying. When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jor'dan, ye shall stand still in J or 'dan. 9 tAnd J6sli'u-a said unto the chil- dren of l§'ra-el, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God. 1 And J6sh'u-a said, lierebyye shall knov/ that the 'living God «5 among you, and that he will without fail •'drive out from before you the Ca'- naan-Ites, and the Hit'tltes, and the Hi Vites, and the Per'iz-zites, and the B. C. 1451. CHAP. 2. u Ex. 23, 31 ch. 6, 2 ch. 21, 44 7 melt. Ex. 15,15 Ex. 23, 27 Deut.2,25 Deut. 11,25 CHAP. 3. a Num.25,1 Num. 33,19 ch. 2, 1 b ch.1,10,11 c Num. 10, 33 d Deut.31,9 c Ex. 19, 12 Deut. 28,58 IChr. 16,30 Ps. 2, 11 Ps. 96, 9 Heb. 12,28 1 since yes- terday and the third day. f Ex. 19, 10 Lev. 20, 7 Num. 11, 18 ch. 7, 13 1 Sam. 16,5 Joel 2, 16 g Num.4, 15 h ch. 4, 14 1 Chr. 29, 25 2 Chr. 1, 1 i Deut.5,26 1 Sam. 17, 26 2 Ki. 19, 4 Hos. 1, 10 Mat.16,16 lThes.1,9 j Ex. 33, 2 Deut. 7, 1 Ps. 44, 2 k Ps. 24, 1 Job 41, 11 Mic. 4, 13 Zech.4,14 Zech. 6, 5 / ch. 4, 2 m Ps. 78, 13 Ps. 114, 3 n Ex. 25, 10 Ex. 26, 30 Num.10,8 2Chr.6,41 Ps. 132, 8 Acts 7, 45 Heb. 9, 4 1 Chr. 12, 15 Jer. 12, 5 Jer. 49, 19 2 Occa- sioned by the melt- ing of the snow on Lebanon. p ch. 4, 18 ch.5,10,12 q 1 Ki. 4, 12 1 Ki. 7, 46 r Deut.3,17 s Gen. 14, 3 Num.84, 3 Deut.3,17 t Ex. 14, 29 CHAP. 4. a Deut.27,2 ch. 3, 17 b ch. 3, 13 227 Gir'ga-shites, and the Am'or-ites, and the Jeb'u-sites. 1 1 Behold, the ark of the covenant of *the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into J or 'dan. 1 2 Now therefore ^take you twelve men out of the tribes of l§'ra-el, out of every tribe a man. 1 3 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jor'dan, that the waters of Jor'dan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above ; and they '''shall stand upon an heap. 14 IF And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over J or'dan, and the priests bear- ing the "ark of the covenant before the people ; 1 5 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jor'dan, a,nd the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for ^Jor'dan overfloweth ^all his banks /'all the time of harvest,) 1 6 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Ad'am, that is beside *Zar'e-tan: and those that came down toward 'the sea of the plain,e^;e?^ the 'salt sea, failed, anc^ were cut off : and the people passed over right against Jer'i-ch5. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jor'dan, 'and ail the l§'ra-el-ites passed over on dry ground, until all the peo- ple were passed clean over Jor'dan. CHAPTER 4. I Twelve stones taken for a memorial out of Jordan : 9 twelve other stones set up in the midst thereof, 10 The people pass over . 14 God magnifies Joshua. AND it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over "Jor'dan, that the Lord spake unto Josh'u-a, saying, 2 Take *you" twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jor'dan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. 4 Then J6sh'u-a called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Is'ra-el, out of every tribe a man : 2 The people JOSHUA, 5. passover Jordan. 5 And Josh'u-a said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jor'dan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of !§'ra-el : 6 That this maybe a sign amongyou, that when ^^your children ask their fathers 'in time to come, saying, What inean ye by these stones ? 7 Then ye shall answer them. That ''the waters of Jor'dan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jor'dan, the waters of Jor'dan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a 'me- moria,l unto the children of I§'ra-el for ever. 8 And the children of l§'ra-el did so as Josh'u-a conomanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jor'- dan,as the Lord spake unto Josh'u-a, according to the number of the tribes of the children of i§'ra-el, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And Josh'u-a ^set up twelve stones in the midst of J or'dan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood and they are there ^unto this day. 10 HFor the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jor'dan, un til every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Josh'u-a to speak unto the people, according to all that Mo'§e§ commanded Josh'u-a : and the people hasted and passed over. 1 1 And it came to pass, when all the people w ere clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 1 2 And ^ the children of Reu'ben,and the children of Gad, and half the tribeofMa-nas'seh,passedoverarmed before the children of l§'ra-el, as Mo'- ^e§ spake unto them : 1 3 About forty thousand ^prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jer'i-chd. 1 4 *il On that day the Lord magnified ''Josh'u-a in the sight of all I§'ra-el ; and they feared him, as they feared Mo'§es, all the days of his life. 1511 And the Lord spake unto J6sh'u-a, saying, 1 6 Command the priests that bear *the ark of the testimony, that they some up out of Jor'dan. B. C. 1451 . CHAP. 4. c Ex. 12, 26 Ex. 13, 14 Deut.6,20 Ps. 44, 1 Ps. 48, 13. 14 Ps.78,3-6 Isa. 38,16 1 to mor- row. d ch. 3. 13 e Ex. 12, 14 Num. 16,40 / Gen.28,18 ch. 24, 27 1 Sam. 7,12 2 B.C.1427. Q Num. 32,20 3 Or, ready armed. h ch. 3. 7 1 Sam. 2,30 1 Chr. 29. 12, 25 2 Chr. 1, 1 2 Chr. 32, 23 i Ex. 25.16 4 plucked up. 5 went. ch. 3. 15 j ch. 5, 9 ch. 15, 7 6 to mor- row. k Ex. 14, 21 I 1 Ki. 8, 42 2Ki.l9,19 Ps. 106, 8 m Ex. 15,16 1 Chr. 29, 12 Ps. 89. IS n Ex. 14, 31 Deut. 6, 2 Ps. 76, 6-8 Jer. 10. 7 7 all days. CHAP. 5. a Num. 13. 29 b Ex. 15.14 Ps. 48, 6 Ezek.21,7 c 1 Ki. 10,5 1 OT,knives of Mnts. Ex 4. 25 2 Or, Gib- eahha- araloth. d Num. 14, 29 Num. 26,64 Deut.2.16 228 17 Josh'u-a therefore commanded the priests, saying. Come ye up out of J or 'r' an. 1 8 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the cov- enant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jor'dan, and the soles of the priests' feet were 'lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jor'dan returned unto their place, and ^flowed overall his banks, as they did before. 19 'ii And the people came up out of Jor'dan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped ^in Gil'gal, in the east border of Jer'i-ch5. 20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of J or'dan, did Josh'u-a pitch in Gil'gal. 2 1 And he spake unto the children of I§'ra-el, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers *^in time to come, saying, What mean these stones ? 22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, i§'ra-el came over this Jor'dan on dry land. 23 For the Lord your God dried, up the w^aters of Jor'dan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, ^'which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over : 24 That 'all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is '"mJghty: that ye might "fear the Lord your God ^for ever. CHAPTER 5. 1 The Canaanite^ afraid. 2 Circumchnon is re- newed. 10 The pasfsover kept at Gilgal. 13 An Angel appeal's to Joshua. AND it came to ]Dass, when all the kings of the Am'or-ites, Vv^hich vnere on the side of Jor'dan westward, and all the kings of the Ca'naan-ites, ''which loere by the sea, heard *that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jor'dan from before the children of i§'ra-el, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, ''neither was there spirit in them any more, be- cause of the children of i§'ra-el. 2 TTAt that time the Lord said unto Josh'u-a, Make thee 'sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of l§'ra-el the second time. 3 And Josh'u-a made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of l§'ra-el at ^the hill of the f oi'eskins. 4 And this is the cause why Josh'u-a did circumcise : '^All the people that came out of E'gypt, that were m.ales, Passover kept at Gilgal. JOSHUA, 6. Jericho is besieged. even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of E'gypt. 5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised : but all the people that mere born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of E'gypt, them they had not circum- cised. 6 For the children of i§'ra-el walked 'forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that loere men of war, which came out of E'gypt, were con- sumed, because thej^ obeyed not the voice of the Lord : unto whom the Lord sware that -^he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sw^are unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that lioweth with milk and honey. 7 And ^their children, lohom he raised up in their stead, them Josh'u-a circumcised: for they were uncir- cumcised, because they had not cir- cumcised them by the way. 8 And it came to pass, Vhen they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, Hill they were whole. 9 And the Lord said unto J6sh'u-a, This day have I rolled away 'the reproach of E'gypt from off you. W herefore the name of the place is called ^Gil'gal unto this day. 10 "ilAnd the children of is'ra-el en- camped in Gil'gal, and kept the pass- over •'on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jer'- i-cho. 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. 12 TAnd the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land ; neither had the children of I§'ra-el manna any more ; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Ca'naan that year. 1 3 TAnd it came to pass, when Josh'u-a was by Jer'i-ch5, that he lift- ed up his eyes and looked, and, be- hold, there stood ^a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand : and J6sh'u-a went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries ? 14 And he said, ISTay ; but as ^cap- tain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And J6sh'u-a fell 'on his face to the earth, and did worship, B. C. 1451. CHAP. 5. e Deut. 1. 3 Ps. 95, iO / Heb. 3, 11 q Num. 14. 31 3 xohen the peoplehad made an end to be circuni- cUed. h Gen.34,25 i 1 Sam. 14, 6 Lev. 18, 3 ch. 24, 14 Ezek.20,7 Ezek. 23, 3,8 4 That is. Rolling. j Ex. 12, 6 Num. 9, 5 k Gen. 18, 2 Ex. 23, 23 Zech. 1, 8 Acts 1, 10 5 Or, prince. Dan. 10,13 Dan. 12, 1 Rev. 12, 7 I Gen. 17,3 m Ex. 3, 5 Ex. 19, 10, 13 Lev. 19, 2 1 Sam.2,2 1 Chr. 16, 25, 29 Ps. 22, 3 Ps. 29, 2 Ps. 33, 8 Ps. 76, 7,11 Ps. 89, 7 Ps.96,4,9 Ps. 99, 5 Isa. 6, 3 Acts 7, 33 Rev. 4, 8 Rev. 15, 4 CHAP. 6. 1 did shut -up, and tvas shut up. a ch. 2, 9 b Judg.7,16 c Num.10,8 2 under it. d ch. 4, 13 3 That is, before the ark. e Num. 10, 25 4 gathering host. 5 nuike your voice to be heard. 229 and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant ? 15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto J6sh'u-a, '"Loose thy shoe from off thy foot ; for the place whereon thou standest is holy= And Josh'u-a did so. CHAPTER 6. 1 Jericho shut up. 8 The city compassed six days. 20 The walls/all doivn. 22 Rahab is saved. 26 The rebuilder of Jericho cursed. NOW Jer'i-ch5 Svas straitly shut up because of the children of Is'ra-el: none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said unto Josh'u-a, See, ''I have given into thine hand Jer'i-ch5, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear be- fore the ark seven ^trumpets of rams' horns : and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and 'the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the peo pie shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall do^^^l -fiat, and the people shall as- cend up eveiy man straight before him. 6 TAnd Josh'u-a the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them. Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord. 7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord. 8 IF And it came to pass, Avhen Josh'u-a had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trump- ets of rams' horns "'passed on ^before the Lord, and blew with the trump- ets : and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them. 9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trump- ets, 'and the ^rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blow- ing with the trumpets, 10 And Josh'u-a had commanded the people, saying. Ye shall not shout, nor ^make any noise with your voice, Jericho is take?). JOSHUA, 7 Trespass of Achan, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout ; then shall ye shout. 1 1 So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once : and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 12 "lAnd Josh'u-a rose ea-ly in the morning, -^and the j)riests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord ^went on continu- ally, and blew with the trum|)ets: and the armed men went before them ; but the rereward came after the ark of the LiORD, the priests going on, and bloAvmg with the trmnpets. 14: And the second day they com- passed the city once, and returned into the camp : so they did six days. 1 5 And it came to pass on the sev- enth day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and com- passed the city after the same man- ner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. 16 And it came to pass at the sev- enth time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Josh'u-a said unto the people, ^Shout ; for the Lord hath given you the city. 17 And the city shall be ^accursed, €ve?i it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Raliab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, '"because she hid the messengers that we sent. 1 8 And ye, •'in any wise keep your- selves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of I§'ra-el a curse, ^and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are 'consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord. 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets : and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that ^the wall fell down ®flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 21 And they "'utterly destroyed all that toas in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and B, C. 1451. CHAP. 6. / Deut. 31,25 g Gal. 6, 9 h Judg.7,30 2Chr. 13, li 6 Or, de- voted, Lev.27,28 Mic. 4, 13 i ch. 2, 4 Mat.l©,41 j Deut.7,26 Deut. 13,17 ch. 7, 1, 11,12 Isa. 52, 11 Rom.12,9 2Cor.6,17 Eph.5, 11 1 Thes. 6,22 k ch. 7, 25 1 Ki. 18, 17, 18 Jonah. 1 12 7 holiness. I Heb. 11,30 8 under it. m Deut. 7, 2 n ch. 2, 14 Heb. 11,31 ch. 2, 13 9 families, p Mat. 1, 5 10 B. C. 1427. q 1 Ki.16,34 Mai. 1, 4 r Gen. 39, 2 Deut. 31, 8,23 ch. 1, 5 ch. 3, 7 Juclg.1,19 2 Sam.7,9 2 Sam.8,6 Rom.8,31 s ch. 9, 1, 3 1 Sam. 2,30 CHAP. 7. a ch. 22, 20 1 lChr.2,7, Achar. 2 Or, Zimri, 1 Chr. 2, 6 3 abouttwo thousand men, or, about three thousand men. 230 sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 2 2 But Josh'u-ahad said unto the two men that had spied out the country. Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, ''as ye sware unto her. 23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Ra'- hab,''and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her ■•kindred, and left them without the camp of I§'ra-el. 21 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein : only the sil- ver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. 25 And Josh'u-a saved Ra'hab the harlot alive, and her father's house- hold, and all that she had ; and ^'she dwelleth in is'ra-el eve?i ^"unto this day ; because she hid the messengers, which Josh'u-a sent to spy out Jer'i- ch5. 26 f And Josh'u-a adjured fhe7n at that time, saying, ^Cursed be the m.an before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jer'i-ch5: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his first- born, and in his youngest son shall he set uj) the gates of it. 27 So 1]he Lord was with J6sh'u-a ; and his 'fame was noised throughout all the country. CHAPTER 7. 1 Aclmii's irefipass. 2 The Israelites smitten at Ai. 6 Joshua''s complaint: 10 God instructs him. loh at to do. 16 Achan taken by lot: 19 hU confession: 24 he and all that he had destroyed in the valley of Achor. BUT the children of is'ra-el com- mitted a trespass in the accursed thing : "for 'A'chan,the son of Car'mi, the son of ^Zab'dl, the son of Ze'rah, of the tribe of Jii'dah, took of the ac- cursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the chil- dren of i§'ra-el. 2 And Josh'u-a sent men from_Jer'i- cho to A'i, which is beside Beth-a'A^en, on the east side of Beth'-el. and spake unto them, saying. Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed A'i. 3 And they returned to Josh'u-a, and said unto him. Let not all the people go up; but let ^about two or three thousand men go up and smite A'i; GMcl m.ake not all the people to labour thither ; for they are hut few. Joshua's complaint. JOSHUA, 7. N 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men : and ^\hej fled before the men of A'i. 5 And the men of A'I smote of them about thirty and six men : for they chased them froiii before the gate €ye;i unto Sheb'a-rim, and smote them ^in the going down : wherefore "^the hearts of the people melted, and be- came as water. 6 H And Josh'u-a'^renthisclothes,and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the even- tide, he and the elders of I§'ra-el, and 'put dust upon their heads. 7 And J6sh'u-a said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore -^hast thou at all brought this people over J or 'dan, to deliver us into the hand of the Am'- 6r-ites, to destroy us ? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side J or 'dan ! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when i§'- ra-el turn eth their ^backs before their enemies ! 9 For the Ca'naan-ites and all the in- habitants of the land shall hear of it, andslmll environ usround, and '-cutoff our narae from the earth: and ^what wilt tliou do unto thy great name ? 1 IT And the Lord said unto J osh 'u-a, Get thee up; wherefore "liest thou thus upon thy face ? 1 1 l§'ra-el hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them : for 'they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and 'dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 1 2 Therefore *the children of is'ra-el could not stand before their enemies, bat turned their backs before their enemies, because they were ^accursed : neither will I be with you any more, I except ye destroy the accursed from [among you. ' N. Judg. 2. 11-15. 1 3 Up. '"sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify "yourselves against to mor- row : for thus saith the Lord God of I§'ra-el, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O is'ra-el : thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing .from among you. C. 24. 19, 20. 1 4 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes : and it shall be, that the tribe which "the Lord taketh shall come accord- ing to the families thereof; and the ram.ily which the Lord shall take B. C. 1451. CHAP. 7. b Lev.26,17 Deut. 28,25 4 Or, in Morad. c Lev.26,36 ch.2,9,11 Ps. 22. 14 a Gen.37,29 e 1 Sam. 4, 12 2 Sam.1,2 2 Sam. 13,19 Neh. 9, 1 Job. 2, 12 / Ex. 5, 22 2 Ki. 3. 10 5 necks. g Ps. 83, i h Es. 32, 12 Num. 14, 13 6 Jallest. i ch. 6. 17 i Acts 5. 1 k Num. 14,45 Judg.2,14 / Deut.7,26 ch. 6. 18 m Ex. 19.10 71 ch. 3 5 Pro. 16,33 Jonah 1,7 p 1 Sam.l4, 38. 39 q Gen. 34, 7 Judg.20,6 7 Or. ivick- eclness. r Gen. 4, 7 Num. 32, 23 Acts 5, 1-10 s 1 Sam.6,5 Jer.13,16 John 9,24 t Num. 5, 6.7 2Chr. 30,22 Ps. 51, 3 Dan. 9, 4 8 tongue. u Pro. 15,27 Eph. 5. 5 1 Tim. 6. 10 9 poured. V ch. 15. 7 w ch. 6 18 1 Chr. 2, 7 Gal. 5, 12 X Deut.17,5 231 Achan''s confession. shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man. 15 And ^it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he ?hath wrought 'folly in l§'ra-el. 16 HSo J6sh'u-a rose up early in the morning, and brought Is'ra-el by their tribes ; and the tribe of Ju'dah was taken : 1 7 And he brought the family of Jii'dah ; and he took the family of the Zar'hites : and he brought the family of the Zar'hites man by man ; and Zab'dl w^as taken : 1 8 And he brought his household man by man ; and ''A'chan, the son of Car 'mi, the son of Zab'di, the son of Ze'rah, of the tribe of Jii'dah, was taken. 1 9 And Josh'u-a said unto A'chan. My son, give. ^I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of l§'ra-el, 'a,nd make confession unto him ; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not f rom me . R. 1 Sam. 7. 3-6. 20 And A'chan answered J5sh'u-a, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of i§'ra-el, and thus and thus have I done : 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Bab-y-lo'nish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a ^wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then 1 "coveted them, and took them ; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22 So J6sh'u-a sent messengers, and lYiQj ran unto the tent ; and, behold, it VKis hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Josh'u-a, and unto all the chil- dren of i§'ra-el, and "laid them out before the Lord. 24 And Josh'u-a, and all I§'ra-elwith him, took A'chan the son of Ze'rah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent,, and all that he had : and they brought them unto 'the valley of A'chor. 25 And Josh'u-a said, "Why hast thou troubled us ? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. ^ And all i^'ra-ei Ai is taken JOSHUA, 8. by strategy. stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 26 And they ^raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So 'the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, ''The valley of ^''A'chor, unto this day. CHAPTER 8. 1 God encourages Joshua. 3 The stratagem whereby Ai was taken. 'B The king thereof hanged. ^ Josh- ' ua builds an altar, lorites the laio on, stones, and pronounces blessings and cursings. AND the Lord said unto J6sh'u-a, Fear "not, neither be thou dis- mayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to A'i : see, *I have given into thy hand the king of A'l, and his people, and his city, and his land : 2 And thou shalt do to k'l and her king as thou didst unto *■ Jerl-cho and her king : only ^the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. 3 ^1 So Josh'u-a arose, and all the peo- Sle of war, to go up against A'i : and 6sh'u-a chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them aAvay by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ^ye shall lie 'in wait against the city, even behind the city : go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready : 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city : and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that Ave will fiee before them, 6 (For they will come out after us) till we have Mrawm them from the city ; for they will say. They fiee be- fore us, as at the first : therefore we will flee before them. 7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city : for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand. 8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the com- mandment of the Lord shall ye do. ^See, I have commanded you. 9 Josh'u-a therefore sent them forth : and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth' -el and A 'i, on the west side of A'i : but Josh'u-a lodged that night among the people. 10 And Josh'u-a *rose up early in the B. C. 1451. CHAP. 7. V ch. 8, 29 2 Sam. 18, 17 Lam. 3,53 z Deut. 13, 17 2 Sam. 21,14 a Isa. 65, 10 Hos. 2, 15 10 That is. Trouble. morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of i§'ra-el, before the people to A'i. 11 And ail the people, even the peo- ple of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of A'l : now there vms a valley between them and A'i. 12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush 'btetween Beth'-el and A'I, on the west side ^of the city, 13 And when they had set the peo-= pie, evien all the host that vias on the north of the city, and *their liers in wait on the west of the city, Josh'u-a went that night into the midst of the valley. 14 And it came to pass, when the king of A'i saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against is'ra-el to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain ; but he wist -^not that there ioere liers in ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Josh'u-a and all l§'ra-el made as if they were beaten before them, and fled ^by the way of the wilderness. 16 And all the people that ^oere in A'i were called together to pursue after them : and they pursued after Josh'u-a, and weredrawn away '"from the city. IT And there was not a man left in A'l or Beth'-el, thatwent not out after I§'ra-el : and they left the city open, and pursued after i§'ra-el. 1 8 And the Lord said unto J 6sh'u-a, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward A'i; for "I will give it into thine hand. And Josh'u-a stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. 1 9 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand : and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. 20 And when the men of A'i looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no ^power to flee this way or that way : and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. 21 And when Josh'u-aand all I§'ra-el saw that the ambush had taken the Ai is destroyed. JOSHUA, 9. The fraud of the Giheo7iites. B ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of A'i. 22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of l§'ra-el, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let "none of them remain or escape. 23 And the king of A'i they took alive, and brought him to J6sh'u-a. 21 And it came to pass, when is'ra-el had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of A'l in ' the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Is'ra-el- ites returned unto A'l, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, 'were twelve thousand, even all the men of A'l. 26 For Josh'u-a drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of A'l. 2 7 Only ^the cattle and the spoil of that city is'ra-el took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord wliich he commanded Josh'u-a. 28 And Josh'u-a burnt A'l, and made it an ?heap for ever, even a desolation unto 'this day. 29 And 'the king of A'l he hanged on a tree until eventide : 'and as soon as the sun was do^^^.l, J6sh'u-a com- manded that they should take his car- case down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, ajid "raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. 30VThen J6sh'u-a 'built an altar unto the Lord God of is'ra-el "in mount E'bal, 31 As M5'§es the servant of the Lord commanded the children of l§'ra-el, as it is written in the 'book of the law of Mo'ses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron : and ^they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings. 32 And 'he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of M5'se§, which he wrote in the presence of the children of l§'ra-el. 33 And all is'ra-el, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side B. C. 1451. CHAP. 8. Ley.27,29 Deut. 7, 2 p Num. 31, 22,26 (/ Deut. 13, 16 r B.C. 14=27. s ch. 10, 26 Ps. 107,40 Ps.110, 5 t Deut. 21, 23 ch. 10, 27 u ch. 7, 26 ch. 10, 27 2 Sam. 18,17 V Gen. 8, 20 Gen. 12, 7,8 Ex. 20, 24 10 Deut, 27, 4,5 X Ex. 20. 25 Deut. 27, 5, 6 // Ex. 20, 24 z Deut. 27, 2,8 a Deut. 31, 9,25 h Deut. 31, 12 c Deut. 11, 29 d Deut. 31. 11 Neh. 8, 3 e Deut. 29, 20.21 Deut. 30,19 f Deut. 31, 12 g Ex. 12, 38 Zech.8,23 6 walked. CHAP. 9. a Num.34,6 b Ex. 3, 17 Ex. 23, 23 c Ps. 83, 3,5 1 mouth. d ch. 10, 2 2 Sam.21, 1.2 e ch. 6, 27 f Job 32. 19 ■ IMat. 9, 17 ch. 5, 10 h ch. 11, 19 i Ex. 23, 32 Deut. 7, 2 Judg. 2. 2 j Deut. 20, 11 2 Ki. 10, 5 k Deut. 20, 15 233 before the priests the LeNates, which ''bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well ^'the stranger, as he that was born among them ; half of them over against mount Ger'i-zim, and half of them over against mount E'bal ; as "^Mo'ses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of i§'ra-el. 34 And afterward "^he read all the words of the law, ^the blessings and cursings, according to all that is writ- ten in the book of the law. B. 22. 5. 35 There was not a word of all that M5'§es coinmanded, which Josh'u-a read not before all the congregation of ls'ra-el,Avith the women, and the little ones, and the strangers "that Svere conversant among them. CHAPTER 9. 1 The lings combine against Israel. 3 The Gibeoyi- ites, obtaining a league by craft, 16 are condemned to perpetual bondage. AND it came to pass, when all the kings wliich %i^ere on this side Jor'dan, in the hills, and in the val- leys, and in all the coasts of the ''great sea over against Leb'a-non, *the Hit'- tite, and the Am'or-ite, the Ca'naan- ite, the Per'iz-zite, the Hf vite, and the Jeb'u-site, heard thereof ; 2 That they '^gathered themselves to- gether, to fight with Josh'u-a and with l§'ra-el,with one ^accord. 3 IT And when the inhabitants of Gib'- e-on ^heard - v,-hat Josh'u-a had done unto Jer'i-ch5 and to A'l. 4 They did Avork wilily. and went and made as if they had been ambassa- dors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and -^wine bottles, old, and rent, and boLuid up ; 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old gai-iiients upon them ; and all the bread of their pro- vision was dry and mouldy. 6 And they went to J6sh'u-a mnto the camp at Gil 'gal, and said unto him, and to, the men of l§'ra-el, We be come from a far countr^^ : now there- fore make ye a league with us. 7 And the men of l§'ra-el said unto Hhe Hf vTtes, Peradventure ye dwell among us ; and 'how shall we make a leagTie with you ? 8 And they said unto J6sh'u-a, We ■kire thy servants. And J6sh'u-a said unto them, Who are ye ? and from whence come ye ? 9 And they said unto him, ''^From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the The (xibeo7iites JOSHUA, 10. condemned to bondage. Lord thy God : for we 'have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in E'gypt, 10 And '"all that he did to the two kings of the Am'or-ites, that ?/jere be- yond J or 'dan, to Si'hon king of Hesh'bon, and to Og king of Ba'shan, which loas at Ash'ta-roth. 11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals ^with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your serv- ants : therefore now make ye a league with us. 12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you ; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy : 13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new ; and, behold, they be rent : and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. 14 And ^the men took of their vict- uals, and "asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. 15 And Josh'u-a "made peace with them, and made a league Avith them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. 16 IT And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. 1 7 And the children of i§'ra-el jour- neyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities loere ^Gib'e-on, and Che-phfrah, and Be- e'roth, and Kir'jath-je'a-rim. 1 8 And the children of l§'ra-el smote them not, -^because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of l§'ra-el. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. 1 9 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of l§'- ra-el : now therefore we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them ; we will even let them live, lest 'wrath be upon us, because of the oath vv^hich we sware unto them. 21 And the princes said unto them, I^et them live ; but let them be hew- ers of wood and drawers of water B. C. 1451. CHAP. 9. 1 Ex. 15, 14 ch. 2, 10 m Num. 21, 24,33 2 in your hand. 3 Or, they received the men by reason of their victuals. n Num. 27, 21 Judg. 1, 1 1 Sam. 22, 10 1 Sam.23, 10, 11 1 Sara. 30,8 2 Sam.2,1 2 Sam. 5, 19 I sa. 30,1,2 2 Sam. 21,2 p ch. 18, 25 Ezra 2, 25 q Ps. 15, 4 r 2 Sam. 21,1 Ezek. 17, 13, 15, 18 Zech. 5, 3, 4 Mai. 3, 5 s Deut. 29,11 t Gen. 9, 25 4 not be cut off from you. u Ex. 23, 32 Deut. 7, 1,2 V Ex. 15. 14 1^6611.16,6 5 (jaiie, or, delivered to be, lChr.9,2 Ezra 8. 20 x Deut.12,5 1 Ki. 8, 29 1 Ki. 9, 7 2 Chr. 7, 12, 20 Ps. 78, 68 CHAP. 10. a ch. 6, 21 b ch. 8, 22 c ch. 9, 15 d Ex. 15, 14-16 Deut. 11,25 1 cities of tlie king- dom. e Gen. 23, 2 Num. 13. 22 j ch. 9, 15 234 unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. 22 ^lAnd Josh'u-a called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, say- ing, We are very far from you ; when ye dwell among us ? 23 Now therefore ye are 'cursed, and there shall "none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of I wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. 24 And they answered Josh'u-a, and said. Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God "commanded his servant Mo'§es to give you all the land, and to de- stroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore ''we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25 And now, behold, we are 'in thine hand : as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do imto us, do. 26 And so did he unto them, and de- livered them out of the hand of the children of l§'ra-el, that they slew them not. 27 And Josh'u-a ^made them that day hevf ers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, ^in the place which he should choose. CHAPTER 10. 1 Five kings war against Gibeon : 6 Joshua rescues it. 10 God fights against them with hailstones. 12 The sun 'and moon stand still at the woy\l of Joshua. 26 The five kings hanged. 28 Seven more kings conquered. 40 Joshua's return. NO Witcameto pass, when A-do'ni- ze'dec king of Je-ru'sa-lem had heard how Josh'u-a had taken A'l, and had utterly destroyed it ; "as he had done to Jer'i-ch5 and her king, so he had done to ''A'l and her king ; '^and how the inhabitpaits of Gib'e-on had made peace with is'ra-el, and were among them ; 2 That they ^feared greatly, because Gib'e-on loas a great city, as one of the ^ royal cities, and because it was greater than A'l, and all the men thereof ivere mighty. 3 Wherefore A-d5'ni-ze'dec king of Je-ru'sa-lem sent unto H5'ham king of 'He'bron, and unto Pi'ram king of Jar'muth, and unto Ja-phi'a king of La'chish, and unto De'bir king of Eglon, saying, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gib'e on : for •''it Gibeon rescued by Joshua. JOSHUA, :o. Five kings are hanged hath made peace with J6sh'u-a and with the children of is'ra-el. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Am'- 6r-ites, the king of Je-ru'sa-lem, the kingof He'bron,tiiekingof Jar'muth, the king of La'chish, the king of Eg'- lon, -'^gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gib'e-on, and made war against it. 6 '[And the men of Gib'e-on sent unto J6sh'u-a *to the camp to Gil'gal, say- ing. Slack not thy hand' from thy serv- ants ; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us : for all the kings of the Am.'or -Ites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. 7 So Josh'u-a ascended from Gil 'gal, he, and 'all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 ITAnd the Lord said unto J6sh'u-a, •'Fear them not ; for I have delivered them into thine hand; ^there shall not a man of them stand before thee. 9 J6sh'u-a therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gil'gal all night. 10 And the Lord 'discomfited them before l§'ra-el, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gib'e-on, and chased them along the way that goeth up "'to Beth-ho'r5n, and smote them to '^A-ze'kah, and unto Mak-ke'dah. 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before is'ra-el, and were in the foing down to Betli-hd'ron, that ''the (ORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto A-ze'kah,and they died : they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of I§'ra-el slew w^ith the sword. 1 2 "iTThen spake Josh'u-a to theLoRD in the day when the Lord delivered up the Am'or-ites before the children of I§'ra-el, and he said in the sight of i§'ra-el, ^Sun, ^stand thou still upon Gib'e-on ; and thou, Moon, in the val- ley of ^Aj'a-lon. 1 3 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their ene- mies._ ""Is not this written in the book of ^Ja'shSr ? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was «no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man : for 'the Lord fought for i§'ra-el. B. C. 1451. CHAP. 10. g ch. 9, 2 h ch. 5, 10 i ch. 8, 1 j Deut.7,24 Deut. 11,25 ch. 11, 6 ch. 23, 9 Judg.4.14 k ch. 1, 5 1 Judg.4,15 1 Sam. 7, 10 2Chr. 14, 12 Ps. 18, 14 Isa. 28, 21 m ch. 16, 3,5 nch. 15, 35 Ps. 18, 13, 14 Ps. 77, 17 Isa. 28, 2 Isa. 30, 30 Rev.16,21 V Isa. 28, 21 Heb. 3,11 2 be silent. q Judg. 12, 12 r 2 Sam. 1, 18 3 Or, Tlie upright '? s Isa. 38, 8 t Ex. 14, 14 Dent. 1,30 Deut.3.22 Dent.20,4 Deut. 33. 26-29 ch. 23. 3, 10 Judg. 1, 19,22 2Chr. 20,29 Neh. 4, 20 Ps. 33, 8, 12-20 Isa. 31, 4 Isa. 42, 13 Isa. 52, 10,12 Zech.14,3 4 c^it off the tail. u Ex. 11, 7 V Ps. 107,40 Ps. 110, 5 Ps. 149, 8,9 'Isa. 26,5,6 Mai. 4, 3 w Deut. 31, 6,8 ch. 1, 9 X Deut.3,21 Deut.7,19 y ch. 8, 29 Ps. 149. 7,9 z Deut. 21,23 ch. 8. 29 235 15 IF And J5sh'u-a returned, and all is'ra-el with him, unto the camp to GH'gal. 1 6 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Mak-ke'dah. 1 7 And it was told Josh'u-a, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Mak-ke'dah. 18 And Josh'u-a said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them : 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and "smite the hind- most of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities : for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand. 20 And itcame to pass, when J 6sh'u-a * a,nd the children of is'ra-el had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were con- sumed, that the rest ichieh remained of them entered into fenced cities. 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Josh'u-a at Mak-ke'dah in peace: "none moved his tongue against any of the children of is'ra-el. 22 Then said Josh'u-a, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. 23 And thej^ did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Je-rLi'sa-lem, the king of He'bron,the king of Jar'- muth, the king of La'chish, and the king of Eg'lon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought outthose kings unto Josh'u-a, that Josh'u-a called for all the men of l§'ra-el, and said unto the captains of the men of Avar which went with him, Come near, put '^^your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 2 5 And J osh 'u-a said unto them, Fear not, "nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage : -"for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 26 And afterward Josh'u-a smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees : and -^they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going doAvn of the sun, that Josh'u-a commanded, and they took 'them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they Seven kings conquered. JOSHUA, 11, Divers kings overcome. had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, 'which remain until this very day. 2_8*^AndthatdayJ6sh'u-atookMak- ke'dah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that yjere therein ; he let none remainj and he did to the king of Mak-ke'dah "as he did unto the king of Jer'i-ch5. 29 Then Josh'u-a passed from Mak- ke'dah, and all Is'ra-el with him, unto *Lib'nah,and fought against Lib'nah: 30 And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Is'ra-el ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that loere therein ; he let none remain in it ; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jer'i-ch5. 31 IF And Josh'u-a passed from Lib'- nah, and all I§'ra-el with him, imto ''La'chish, and encamped against it, and fought against it : 32 And the Lord delivered La'chish into the hand of I§'ra-el, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that icere therein, according to aJl that he had done to Lib'nah. 33 ^Then Ho'rain king of "^Ge'zer came up tohelp La'chish ; and Josh'u-a smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. 34: ^And from La'chish Josh'u-a passed unto Eglon, and all I§'ra-el with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it : 35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the SAvord, and all the souls that icere therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to La'chish. 36 And Josh'u-a Vv^ent up from Eg'- lon. and all Is'ra-el vvith him, unto! "He'bron ; and they fought against it : | 37 And they took it, and smote it] with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the citiesj thereof, and all the souls that were^ therein ; he left none remaining, ac- cording to all that he had done to £g'lon ; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that icere therein. 38 •^And Josh'u-a returned, and all is'ra-el with him, to -^"De'bir; and fought against it : 39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and ail the cities thereof; B. C. 1451. CHAP. 10. a ch. 6, 21 h ch. 15, 42 ch. 21, 13 2 Ki. 8, 22 2 Ki. 19, 8 c 2Ki.l4,19 Mic. 1, IS a ch. 16, 3,10 Judg.1,29 1 Ki. 9, 16, 17 lChr.20,4 5 pulled dor en. Job 19, 10 2 Cor. 4,0 e Num. 13,22 ch. 14, 13 ch. 15, 13 Judg.1,10 2 Sam. 5, / ch. 15, 15 g ch. 15, 21-63 h Deut. 20, 16,17 i Num. 13, 17, 26 Num.32,8 i Gen.10,19 Deut.2,23 Judg.16,1 Amos 1, 6 Zeph. 2, 4 Zech. 9, 5 Acts 8, 26 k ch. 11, 16 I Ps. 44, 2 Ps. 80, 8 Isa. 43. 4 B. C. 1450. CHAP- 11. a ,Tudg. 4, 2 Ps. 2, 1, 2 Ps. 83. 1-18 b ch. 10, 3 ch. 19, 15 c Num. 34, 11 d ch. 17, 11 ,Judg.l,27 1 Ki. 4, 11 e Judg. 3, 3 /ch. 13. 11 g Gen.31,49 h Gen.22,17 Judg.7,12 1 Sam. 13,5 1 assembled by ap- point- inent. i 2 Sam.8,4 236 and they smote them with the edge of the sword, aiivd utterly destroyed all the souls that vjere therein; he left iione remaining : as h_e had done to He'bron,so he did to De'bir,and to the king thereof ; as he had done also to Lib'nah, and to her king. 40 "! So Josh'u-a smote -"all the coun- try of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings : he left none remain- ing, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of I§'ra-el ^commanded. 41 And Josh'u-a smote them from. Ka'desh-bar'ne-a 'even unto •'CTa'za, and ^'all the country of Gd'shen, even unto Gib'e-on. 42 And 'all these kings and their land did Josh'u-a take at one time, be- cause the Lord God of i§'ra-el fought for is'ra-el. 43 And Josh'u-a returned, and all is'ra-el with him, unto the camn to Gfl'gal. CHAPTER 11. L Divers kings overcome at the rcaters of Merom, 10 Razor is taken and burnt. 21 Tlie Anakinis cut off. 23 The land subdued. AND it came to pass, when '^ Ja'bin king of Ha'zor had heard those things, that he sent *to Jd'bab king of Ma'don, and to the king of Shim'- ron, and to the king of Ach'shaph, 2 And to the kings that ii^ere on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of "^Chin'ne-rdth, and in the valley, and in the borders ^of Dor on the west, 3 And to the Ca'naan-ite on the east and on the west, and to the Am'or-ite, and the Hit'tite, and the Per'iz-zlte, and the Jeb'u-site in the mountains, 'and to the Hi'vlte under -^'llgr'nion ■'in the land of Miz'peh. 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 5 And when all these kings were ^met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Me'rom, to fight against Is'ra-el. 6 ^And the Lord said unto Josh'u-a, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before is'ra-el : thou shalt hough 'their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 7 So Josh'u-a came, and all thepeople of war with him, against them by the Hazor is destroyed. JOSHL'A, 12. The Anakirifis cut ojf. waters of Me'rom suddenly ; and they I b- c. 1450. fell upon them. 1 ^jj^p -^-^ 8 And the Lord delivered them into 2 or, the hand of Is'ra-el, who smote them, and chased them unto ^great Zi'don, and unto ^Mis're-photh-ma'un, and ^^ ^^^^ unto the valley of Miz'peh eastward ;| ^ih. "' and they smote them, until they left * ^^ty ■ 1 -^ . . ' "^ breath. them none remammg. 9 And J6sh'u-a did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. 10 IFAnd J6sh'u-a at that time turned back, and took Ha'zor, and smote the;' ^^^*- '^' ^ king thereof with the sv/ord: for Ua'-^^h}' '^ zor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. Zidon- rabbah. 3 Burnings of waters, j Num. 33, 52 Deut. 7, 2 Deut. 20, 16, 17 o on tJieir heap. k Ex. 34, 11 6 he re- moved nothing. 11 r*h 1^ 8 1 1 And they smote all the souls that ^ ch. 10, 41 toere therein ^vith the edge of the^pch. 12, 7 sword, utterly destroying them : '' ^^^J-^l^ there was not ^any left to breathe : and he burnt Ha'zor with fire. 1 2 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Josh'u-a take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly de- stroyed them, -^as M6'§e§ the servant of the Lord commanded. 13 But as for the cities that stood;' still ^in their strength, is'ra-el burned none of them, save Ha'zor only ; that did J6sh'u-a burn. 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of l§'ra-el took for a prey unto themselves ; but every man they smote with the edge, of the sword, until they had destrovedi ^'■'^,^- ^\fl moun- tain. q Deut.7,24 8 Till 1445. ver. 23. r ch. 9, 3, 7 s Deut.2,30 Judg.14,4 1 Sam. 2, 25 lKi.12,15 Rom. 9.18 Jas. 1, 13-17 t Deut. 20, 16 u Num. 13,22 Deut.1,28 ch. 15, 13. 14 V 1 Sam. 17,4 r Num.34,2 1445. them, neither left they any to breathe. \ y j^-um. 1 5 As ^the Lord commanded Md'ses j ^e, 5.3 his servant, so 'did Mo'se§ command ^ ^- li! 44 Josh'u-a, and '"so did Josh'u-a ; ^he ch.' 23; i left nothing undone of all that the Lord conmianded Md'ses. 1 6 So Josh'u-a took all that land, the "hills, and all the south country, ^and all theland of Go'shen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Is'ra-el, and the valley of the same ; 11 Even ^from 'the mount Ha'lak, that goeth up to Se 'ir, even unto Ba'al- gad in the valley of Leb'a-non under |c Deut.3.1 mount Her'mon : and ^all their kings I ^^ ^^^ ^^' ^^ lie took, and smote them, and slew ~^' thean. 18 ^Josh'u-a made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the chil dren of l§'ra-el, save the Hi'vites the inhabitants of Gib'- e-on : all other they took in battle. B. C. 1452. CHAP. 12. a Num. 21. 24 b Deut. 3. 8. 9 Teman 2 Or, The springs of JPisgah, or. The hill. e Num. 21,35 /Deut.3.11 g ch. 13. 11 ?iDeut.3,14, 237 20 For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against l§'ra-elin battle, that he might ! destroy them utterly, a^id that they ! might have no favour, but that he I might destroy them, 'as the Lord commanded M5 §e§. 2 1 ^ And at that time came Josh'u-a, and cut ofl "the An'a-kim§ from the mountains, from He'bron, from De'- bir, from A 'nab, and from all the mountains of Jii'dah, and from all the mountains of l§'ra-el: Josh'u-a destroyed them utterly with their cities. 22 There was none of the An'a-kims left in the land of the children of Is'- ra-el: only in Ga.'za, in *Gath, and "'in Ash'dod, there remained. 23 So Josh'u-a took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Md'ses ; and Josh'u-a gave it for an inheritance unto Is'ra-el according ^to their divisions by their tribes. 'And the land rested from war. CHAPTER 12. 1 The two kings whose countries Moses took and disposed of. 7 The one and thirty kings on the west side of Jordan which Joshua smote. "^VTOW these are the kings of the J. 1 land, which the children of !§'- ra-el smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jor'dan toward the rising of the sun,°from the river Ar'- non ''unto mount HSr'mon, and all the plain on the east : 2 Si'hon king of the Am'or-Ttes, who dwelt in Hesh'bon, and ruled from Ar'o-Sr, which is upon the bank of the river Ir'non, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gil'e-ad, even unto the river Jab'b5k, vahich is the border of the children of Am'mon ; 3 And 'from the plain to the sea of Chin'ne-r5th on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, ''the way to Beth-jesh'i- moth; and from the south, under ■Ash'doth-pis'gah : 4 And the coast of Og king of Ba'- shan, vjhich i/Kis of •''the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ash'ta-roth and at Ed're-i, 5 And reigned in mount HSr'mon, and -^m Sal'cah, and in all Ba'shan, un- to the border of the Gesh'u-rites, and the Ma-ach'a-thites, and half Gfl'e-ad, the border of Si'hon kingof Hesh'bon. 6 Them did 31o'ses the ser\^ant of the Lord and the children of i§'ra-ei smite : and Mo'ses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto Joshua srniteth JOSHUA, 13. one and thirty kings. CHAP. 12. m ch. 8, 29 rich. 10,23 1 Ki. 4, 10 3 Or, Sharon, Isa. 33, 9 the Reu'ben-Ites, and the Gadltes, b.c.u52. and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh. 7 II And these are the kings of the country which Josh'u-a and the chil-j^ ^®^- ^*'^ dren of Is'ra-el smote on this side Jor '-j i ch. lo, ±o dan on tiie west, from Ba'al-gad uiLex. 3,8 the valley of Leb'a-non even unto theu ^h e 2 mount Halak, that goeth up 'to Se'ir ; which Josh'u-a gave unto the tribes of is'ra-el for a possession according to their divisions ; 8 In ■'the mountains, and in the val- lejs, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hit'tltes,|pch. 11, 1. Hhe Am'or-ites, and the Ca'naan-ites, ^ ■ ' "^ the Perlz-zites, the Hi'vites, and the "^ "^- ■^^' ^^ Jeb'u-SlteS : r Gen. 14, 9 The ^king of Jer'i-ch5, one ; '^the ka. 9, 1 king of Al, which is beside Beth -el, : one; 10 The ''king of Je-ru'sa-lem, one; the king of Ile'bron, one ; j b. c. 1445. 11 The king of Jar'muth, one; the chap. 13. king of La'chish, one ; 1 2 The kiag of Egl5n, one ; the king of Ge'zer, one; 1 3 The king of De'bir, one : the king of Ge'dSr, one ; 14 The king of Hor'mah, one; thebJ^^s.s,i kingof A'rad, one ; \c Joei 3, 4 ISThe^king of Lib'nah, one; the^gsam.s.s king of A-dullam, one ; 16 The king of Mak-ke'dah, one; the king of Beth -el, one ; 17 The king of Tap'pu-ah, one ; the| fj sam. 6, "king of He'phSr, one ; | zeph. 2, 5 18 The king of A'phek, one; the ^ Deut.2,23 kmg of 'La-shar'on, one ; j^ ^^ ^^^ 19 The king of Ma'don, one; thej cave. king of Ha'zor, one ; ?i ch. 19, so 20 The king of ^Shim'ron-me'ron, ^ judg.1,34 one : the king of Ach'shaph, one ; . ^ 1-1*5 '^g 21 The king of Ta'a-nach, one; the ps^ss,'? king of Me-gid'do, one ; I Ezek.27,9 22The?king of Ke'desh, one; thej^^^-i^-'^ king of J6k'ne-am of Car'mel, one ; ' ch. 11, 8 23 The king of Dor in the coast of ^^^ch 23, 13 Dor, one ; the king of 'the nations of -^"'^-•^'^^ Gfl'gal, one; nch. 14,1,2 21 The king of Tir'zah, one : all the/' gfg kings thirtv and one. Deut.3,12 ^ " ch. 22, 4 p Num. 21,30 a ch. 14, 10 ch. 23, 1 1 to possess it, Deut.31,3 2 Sam. 13,37 ]e Jer. 2. 18 CHAPTER 13. 2 Bounds of the land not yet conquered. 15 The two tribes and half, and tribe of Levi, excepted. 22 Ba- laam slain. Nr q ch. 12, 5 ^ Josh'u-a'^was old andstYiok- '' ^"*" '"^^ en m years; and the Lord said^ 2i?24 unto him, Thou art old and stricken . v,' ^ m years, and there remaineth yetj 18,20 very much land 'to be possessed. | Sf.Ti^sJ, 238 2 This ^'is the land that yet remain- eth : all 'the borders of the Phi-lis'- tine§, and all ''Gesh'u-ri, 3 From 'Sf hor, which is before E'gypt, even unto the borders of fik'ron northward, which is counted to the Ca'naan-ite : -^five lords of the Phi-lis'tine§ ; the Ga'zath-ites, and the Ash'doth-ites, the Esh'ka-lon-Ites, the Git'tites, and the Ek'ron-ites ; also i'the A'vltes : 4_From the south, all the land of the Ca'naan-ites, and 'Me-a'rah that is beside the Si-d5'ni-ans, "unto A'phek, to the borders of the 'Am'or-ites : 5 And the land of -'the Giblites, and all Leb'a-non, toward the sunrising, /■from Ba'al-gad under mount Hgr'- mon unto the entering into Ha'math. 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Leb'a-non unto 'Mis're- photh-ma'im,«7zc^alltheSi-d5'ni-ans, them "'will I drive out from before the children of Is'ra-el : only divide "thou it by lot unto the l§'ra-el-ites for an inheritance, as I have com- manded thee. 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, 8 With whom the ReLi'ben-Ites and the Gad'ites have received their in- heritance, which '^Md'seg gave them, beyond Jor'dan eastward, even as Mo'§e§ the servant of the Lord gave them ; 9 From Ar'6-?r, that is upon the bank of the river Ar'non, and the city that is in the midst of the river, ^'and all the plain of Med'e-ba unto Di'bon : 10 And all the cities of Si'hon king- of the Am'or-Ttes, which reigned in Hesh'bon, unto the border of the chil- dren of Amnion ; 11 And ?Gile-ad, and the border of the Gesh'u-rites and Ma-ach'a-thites, and all momit Her'mon, and ail Ba'- shan unto Sal'cah ; 12 All the kingdom of 6g in Ba'- shan, which reigned in Ash'ta-roth and in Ed're-i, who remained of the remnant of the giants : 'for these did Mo'se§ smite, and cast them out. 1 3 Nevertheless the children of Is'- ra-el expelled not the Gesh'u-rites, nor the Ma-ach'a-thites : but the Gesh'u- rites and the Ma-ach'a-thites dwell among the is'ra-el-ites until this day. 1 4 Only ^unto the tribe of Le'vl he gave none inheritance ; the sacrifices of the Lord God of i§'ra-e] made by a^ Heuhe'rCs Inheritance. JOSHUA, 14. Inheritance of the tribes. fire are their inheritance, as lie said unto them. 1 5 t And Mo'§e§ gave unto the tribe of the children of Reu'ben inherit- ance accordins" to their families. 1 6 And their coast was "f rom Ar'o-5r, that is on the bank of the river Ar'- n5n, ^and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the pla^in by Med'e-ba ; 17 Hesh'bon, and all her cities that are in the plain ; Di'bon, and ^Ba'- moth-ba'al, and Beth-ba'al -me'on, 18 And '"Ja-ha'za, and Ked'e-moth, and Meph'a-ath, 19 And''Kir-jath-a'im,and Sib'niah, and Za'reth-sha'har in the mount of the valley, 20 And Beth-pe'or, and ^Ash'doth- pi§'gah, and Beth-jesh'i-moth, 21 And ^all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sf hon king of the Am'or-ites, which reigned in B. C. 1445. kem, and Zur, and Hur, and He'ba, which loere dukes of Silion, dwell- ing in the country. 22 ITBalaam *also the son of Be'or, the ^soothsayer, did the children of I§'ra-el slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. 23 And the border of the children of Reu'ben was Jor'dan, and the border thereof. This VKts the inheritance of the children of Reu'ben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. 24: TAnd Mo'§e§ gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 25 And '^their coast was Ja'zSr, and all the cities of Gire-ad, '^ancl half the land of the cliildren of Ani'mon, unto Ar'6-Sr that is before "Rab'bali ; 26 And from Plesh'bon unto Ra^- math-miz'peh, and Bet'o-nim ; and from Ma-ha-na'im unto the border of De'bir ; 27 And in the valley, Beth-a'ram, and Beth-nim'rah, /and Suc'coth, and Za'phon, the rest of the kingdom of Si'hon king of Hesh'bon, Jor'dan and his border, even unto the edge ^of the sea of Chm'ne-reth on the other side Jor'dan eastward. 28 This is the inheritance of the chil- dren of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. 29 IT And M5'se§ gave inheritance CHAP. 13. It ch. 12, 2 V Num. 21,28 3 Or, TUe high places of Baal,(md Jicruseof Baal- meon. Num. 32,38 w Num.. 21,23 X Num. 32,37 4 Or, Springs of Pisgah, or. The Mil. Deut.3,17 y Deut.3,10 z Num. 21 24 a Num.31,8 b Num.22,5 Num.31,8 5 Or, diviner. c Num. 32,35 d Num. 21, 26, 28, 29 with Deut.2,19 Judg. 11,13 e 2 Sam. 11,1 2 Sam. 12,26 /Gen.33,17 1 Ki. 7, 46 a Num. 34,11 Deut.3,17 ch. 11, 2 Mat.14,34 Lu. 5, 1 h Num. 32,41 lChr.2,23 i ch. 12, 4 j ch. 18, 7 k Num. 18,20 Deut.10,9 Deut. 12,13 Deu 27,29 Deut, 1,2 ch. 18 Ezek. 44,28 14. 18, B. C. 1444. CHAP. 14. a Num. 34,17 b Num. 26,55 Num. 83,54 Num. 34,13 Ps. 16, 5 Pro. 16,33 Pro. 18,18 c ch. 13, 8 d Gen. 48, 5 1 Chr. 5, 1,2 e Num.35,2 ch. 21, 2 / Num. 32,12 ch. 15, 17 g Num. 14,24 Deut.1,36 h Num. 13,26 239 unto the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh : and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Ma-nas'seh by their families. 30 And their coast was from Ma- ha-na'im, all Ba'shan^ all the king- dom of 6g king of Ba'shan, and all Hhe towns of Ja'ir, which are in Ba'- shan, threescore cities : 3 1 Andhalf Gire-ad, and'Ash'ta-roth, and £d're-i, cities of the kingdom of 6g in Ba'shan, were pertaining unto the children of Ma'chir the son of Ma-nas'seh, even to the one half of the children of Ma'chir by their families. 32 These are the cou?itries which Mo'se§ did distribute for inheritance in the plains of M5'ab, on the other side Jor'dan, by Jer'i-cho, eastward. 33 But-^unto the tribe of Le'vl M5'§e§ gave not afiy inlieritance : the '''Lord God of l§'ra-el icas their inheritance, as he said unto them. CHAPTER 14. The nine tribes and an half to have their inheritance by lot. AND these are the cou^itries^xhioh the children of Is'ra-el inherited in the land of Ca'naaii,''vv4iich E-le-a'- zar the priest, and J6sh'u-a the son of In un, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of !§'ra-el, distributed for inheritance to them. 2 By *lot loas their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of M5'§e§, for the nine tribes, and /or the half tribe. 3 For '^Md'se^ had given the inherit- ance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jor'dan : but unto the Le'vites he gave none inheritance among them. 4 For '^the children of Jo'§eph were two tribes, Ma-nas'seh and E'phra-im : therefore they gave no part unto the Le'vites in the land, savecities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. 5 As 'the Lord commanded Mo'ses, so the children of l§'ra-el did, and they divided the land. 6 1i Then the children of Jii'dah came unto J6sh'u-a in GH'gal : and Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'neh -^the Ken'ez- ite said imto him. Thou knowest'^tlie thing that the Lord said unto Mo'- ses the man of (rrod concerning me and thee '^in Ka'desh-bar'ne-a. 7 Forty years old to as I w^hen Mo'§e§ the servant of the Lord sent me from Ka'desh-bar'ne-a to espy out the land ; Caleb mheriteth Hebron. JOSHUA, 15. The lot of Judati. and I brought him word again as it loas in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but 'I wholly fol- lowed the Lord my God. 9 And M5'se§ sware on that day, say- ing, Surely -^the land ^whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine in- heritance, and thy children's forever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God. 1 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, ^as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto M5'§es, while the children of l§'ra-ePwandered in the wilderness : and now,lo, I «y/i this day fourscore and five years old. 1 1 As "'yet I am as strong this day as I teas in the day that Mo'§es sent me : as my strength ^uas then, even so is my strength now, for war, both ""to go out, and to come in. 1 2 N ow therefore give me this moun- tain, whereof the Lord spake in that day ; for thou heardest in that day how the An'a-kim§ were there, and that the cities v.'ere great and fenced : if so be the Lord icill be with me. then J\ shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said. 13 And Josh'u-a ^blessed him, and '■gave unto Ca'leb the son of Je-phiin'- neh He'bron for an inheritance. 14 He'bron therefore became the in- heritance of Ca'leb the son of Je- phun'neh the Ken'ez-Tte unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of i§'ra-el. 15 And 'the name of He'bron before was Kir'jath-ar'ba ; wh ich Ar'bd loas a great man among the An'a-kim§. 'And the land had rest from war. CHAPTER 15. 1 Borders oj the. lot of Judali. 13 CaleVsportion and conquest. 16 Othniel, .for hi^raloirr, hath Achsah toiDife. 21 Cities of Judah. 63 The Jebusites not conquered. TIHIjS then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Jii'dah by their families; "eveji to the border of E'dom the ^vilderness of Zin southward zoas the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the 'bav that looketh southward : 3 And it went out to the south side to -Ma-al'eh-a-crab'bim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Ka'desh-bar'ne-a, and passed along to Hez'rdn, aad went B. C. lUi. CHAR 14. i Num. 14.24 Deut.1.36 j ch. 1, 3 k Num. 13,22 I Num. 14,30 1 walked. mDeut.34,7 n Deut.31,2 o Ps. 18, 32 Ps. 60, 12 Rom.8,31 p ch. 15, 14 Judg.1,10 q ch. 22, 6 r ch. 10, 37 ch. 21, 11 Judg.1,20 lChr.6,o5 s Gen. 23, 2 ch. 15, 13 t ch. 11, 23 CHAP. 15. a Num.34,3 b Num. 33,36 1 tongue. 2 Or, The going up to Acrab- bim. c Nuin.34,5 d Gen.15,18 1 Ki. 8, 65 e ch. 18, 17 /ch. 7,26 3 Fuller's fountain. 2 Sam. 17, 17 1 Ki. 1, 9 Isa. 7, 3 g ch. 18, 16 2Ki.23,10 Jer.19,2,6 h ch. 18, 28 Judg.1,21 i ch. 18, 16 4 Or, Reph- aim. 2 Sam. 5,18 j lClir.13,6 k Judg. 18,12 I Gen.38,13 Judg.14,1 m ch. 19, 43 n Num. 34, 6 ch. 14, 13 240 up to A'dar, and fetched a compass to Kar'ka-a: 4 Fi^om thence it passed 'toward ktI- mon, and went out unto ''the river of E'gypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea : this shall be your south coast. 5 And the east border v:as the salt sea, even unto the end of Jor'dan. And their border in the north quar- ter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jor'dan : 6 And the border went up to Beth- hog'la, and passed along by the north of Beth-ar'a-bah ; and the border went up 'to the stone of Bdlian the son of Reu'ben : 7 And the border went up toward De'bir from -'the valley of A'chor. and so northward, looking toward Gil 'gal, that is before the going up to A-dum'- mim, which is on the south side of the river : and the border passed to- ward the waters of En-she'mesh, and the goings out thereof were at ^En- ro'gel : 8 And the border went up ^by the valiev of the son of Hin'nom unto the south side of the M eb'u-site ; the same is Je-ru'sa-lem : and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hin'nom westward, which is at the end 'of the valley of "the giants nortliAvard : 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Neph'to-ah, and went out to the cities of mount E'phron ; and the border was drawn to •'Ba'al- ah, which ^is Kir'jath-je'a-rim : 10 And the border compassed from Ba'al-ah westward unto mount Se'ir, and passed along unto the side of mount Je'a-rim, which is Ches'a-15n, on the north side, and went down to Beth-she'mesh, and passed on to ^Tim'nah : 11 And the border went out unto the side of Ek'ron "'northward : and the border was drawn to Shi'cron, and passed along to mount Ba'al-ah, and went out unto Jab'ne-el ; and the go- ings out of the border were at the sea. 12 And the west border was "to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Jii'dah round about according to their fam- ilies. 13 ^rAnd °unto Ca'leb the son of Je- phiin'neh he gave a part among the children of Ju'dah. according to the The borders and JOSHUA, 15. cities of Judah. commandment of the Lord to Josh' ii-a. euen ^the city of Ar'ba the fathei: of A'nak, which city is He'bron. 14 And Caleb drove thence Hhe three sons of A'nak, ^She'shai, and A-hi'man, and Tal'mai, the children of A'nak. 1 5 And 'he went up thence to the in habitants of De'bir : and the name of De'bir before vjas Kir'jath-se'phSr. 1 6 And Ca'leb said, He that smiteth Kir'jath-se'phgr, and taketh it, to fliim v/ill I give Ach'sah. my daugh- ter to wife. 1 7 And ^Oth'ni-el the 'son of Ke'naz, the brother of Caleb, took it : and he gave him Ach'sah his daughter to wife 1 8 And "it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and "she lighted off her ass ; and Ca'leb said unto her. What wouldest thou ? 1 9 Who answered, Give me "a bless- ing ; for thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. 20 This ''is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Jxi'dah accord- ing to their famihes. 21 "I And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Jii'dah toward the coast of E'dom southward were "Kab'ze-el, ^and E'dSr, and Ja'giir, 22 And Ki'nah, and Di-m5'nan, and Ad'a-dah, 23 And Ke'desh, and Ha'zor, and Ith'nan, 24 Ziph, and^Te'lem, and Be'a-loth, 25 And Ha'zor, Ha-dat'tah, and Ke'- ri-6th, and Hez'r5n, which is Ha'zor, 26 A'mam, and She'ma, and Mol'a- dah, 27 And Ha'zar-gad'dah, and Hesh'- mon, and Beth-pa'let, 28 And Ha'zar-shu'al, and Be'er- she'ba, and Biz-joth'jah, 29 Ba'al-ah, and I'lm, and A'zem, 30 And El'to-lad, and Che'sil, and Hor'mah, 31 And «Ziklag, and Mad-man'nah, and San-san'nah, 32 And Leb'a-oth, and Shil'him,and A'm, and ''Rim'mon : all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages : 33 And in the valley, <^Esh'ta-61, and Z5're-ah, and Ish'nah, 34 And Za-n5'ah, and En-gan'nim, Tap'pu-ah, and E'nam. 35 '^Jar'muth, and "A-dullam, S5' coh, -^and A-ze'kah, (16) B. C. 1444. CHAP. 15. 5 Or, Kir- jath-arba. Gen. 23, 2 Judg.1.10 p Judg.1,10 q Num. 13,22 r ch. 10, 38 s Judg. 3, 9 t Num. 32, 12 ctL. 14, 6 u Judg.1,14 V Gen.24,64 1 Sam. 25,23 i<;Gen.33,ll X Gen. 49, 8-12 6 Jekabzeel. Neh. 11,25 y Gen.35,21 z 1 Sam. 15,4 a 1 Sam. 27,6 b Neh. 11,29 c Num. 13, 23 ch. 19, 41 (I ch. 10, 3,5 e ch. 12, 15 /ch. 10, 10 g 1 Sam. 17,52 7 Or, or. h Not that in Gen. 31, 49, ch. 11, 3, or ch. 18, 26 i 2 Ki. 14. 7 j ch. 10, 3 k 2 Ki. 22, 1 I ch. 12, 12 8 by the place of. m ch. 13, 3 1 Sam. 5, 1,6 nGen.15,18 Num.34,6 p ch. 10, 41 ch. 11, 16 9 Or, Janus. q Gen. 23,2 ch. 14. 15 Judg.1,10 r ch. 18, 14 s 1 Sam. 23. 29 241 36 And ^Sha-ra'im, and Ad-i-tha'im, and Ge-de'rah, ^and Ged-e-roth-a'im ; fourteen cities with their villages : 3 7 Ze'nan, and Had'a-shah, and Mig'- dal-gad, 38 And Dil'e-an, and ^Miz'peh, and 'Jok'the-el, 39 •^La'chish,and^'B6z'kath,^and %'- Ion, 40 And Cab'bon, and Lah'mam, and Kithlish, 41 And Ge-de'roth,Beth-da'gon, and Na'a-mah, and Mak-ke'dah ; sixteen cities with their villages : 42 Lib'nah, and E'th6r, and A'shan, 43 And Jiph'tah, and Ash'nah, and Ne'zib, 44 And Kei'lah, and Ach'zib, and Ma-re'shah; nine cities with their villages : 45 fik'ron, with her towns and her villages : 46 From lik'ron even unto the sea, all that lay ^near "Ash'dod, with their villages : 47 Ash'dod with her to^vns and her villages, Ga'za with her towns and her villages, unto the "river of t.'gji[>t,Sin(l "the great sea, and the border thereof: 48 And in the mountains, Sha'mir, and Jat'tir, and S5'coh, 49 And Dan'nah, and Kir'jath-san'- nah, which is De'bir, 50 And A'nab, and £sh'te-moh, and A'nim, 51 And^Go'shen,andH5'16n,andGi'- loh ; eleven cities with their villages : 52 A^'rab, and Du'mah, and E'she-an, 53 And ^Ja'num, and Beth-tap'pu- ah, and A-phe'kah, 54 And Hum'tah, and ?Kir'jath-ar'- ba, which is He'bron, and Zi'or ; nine cities with their villages : 55 Ma'on, Car'mel, and Ziph, and Jut'tah, 56 And Jez're-el,and J6k'de-am,and Za-no'ah, 57 Cain, G,ib'e-ah, andTim'nah ; ten cities w^ith their villages : 58 Hal'hul Beth'-zur, and Ge'dor, 59 And Ma'a-rath,andBeth-a'noth, and El'te-kon; six cities with their villages : 60 'Kir' jath-ba'al, which is Kir'jath- je'a-rim,and Rab'bah; two cities with their villages : 6 1 In the wilderness, Beth-ar'a-bah, 3Iid'din, and Sec'a-cah, 62 And Nib'shan, and the city of Salt, and 'En-ge'di; six cities with their villages. Xnlieritance of Ephraim. JOSHUA, 16. 'I'tie lot oj ivianassen. 63 IFAsforthe Jeb'u-sites the inhab- itants of Je-ru'sa-lem/the children of Ju'dah could not drive them out: "but the Jeb'u-sites dwell with the chil- dren of Jii'dah at Je-ru'sa-lem unto this day. CHAPTER 16. > The general borders of the sons of Joseph. 5 Trie borders of the inheritance of Ephraim. 10 The Canaanites not conquered. AND the lot of the children of Jo'- §eph ^fell from J or 'dan by Jeri- cho, unto the water of Jer'i-cho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jerl-ch5 throughout mount Beth'-el, 2 And goeth out from Beth -el to Luz,"and passeth along unto the bor- ders of Ar'chi to At'a-roth, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of_ Japh-le'ti, *imto the coast of Beth-ho'ron the nether, and to '^Ge'- zSr : and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 So "^the children of J5'§eph, Ma- nas'seh and E'phra-im, took their in- heritance. 5 f And the border of the children of E'phra-im according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was *At'- a-roth-ad'dar, -^unto Beth-ho'ron the upper ; 6 And the border went out toward the sea to s-Mich'me-thah on the north side ; and the border went about east- ward unto Ta'a-nath-shi'loh, and passed by it on the east to Ja-n5'hah ; 7 And it went down from Ja-n5'hah to At'a-r6th,^and to Na'a-rath,and came to Jer'i-ch5, and went out at Jor'dan. 8 The border went out from Tap'- pu-ah westward unto the 'river Ka'- nah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of E'phra-im by their families. 9 And the separate cities for the chil- dren of E'phra-im v^ere among the in- heritance of the children of Ma-nas'- seh, all the cities with their villages. 10 And •'they drave not out the Ca'- naan-ites that dAvelt in Ge'zer: but the Ca'naan-ites dwell among the E'phra-im-Ttes unto this day, and serve *under tribute. CHAPTER 17. 1 Lot of Manasseh : 7 his coast. 12 Canaanites not driven out. 14 The children of Josej^h sue for an- other lot. THERE was also a lot for the tribe of Ma-nas'seh ; for he was the "firstborn of Jo'geph ; to wit, for B. C, 14M. CHAP. 15. t Judg. 1, 8,21 ■uNum. 13,29 Judg.1,21 Judg. 19, 10-12 2 Sam. 24, 16, 18 2 Chr. 3, 1 Zech. 9, 7 CHAP. 16. 1 went forth. Num. 26, 55, 56 Num. 33,54 Num. 34, 13 Pro. 16,33 a ch. 18, 13 Judg.1,26 b ch. 18, 13 2 Chr. 8, 5 c 1 Ki. 9, 15 lChr.7,28 d ch. 17, 14 e ch. 18, 13 / 2 Chr. 8, 5 ch. 17, 7 h lChr.7,28 i ch. 17, 9 j Judg.1,29 1 Ki. 9, 16 k Gen. 9, 25 ch. 17, 12, 13 1 Ki. 9, 20,21 CHAP. 17. a Gen.41,51 Gen.46,20 Gen.48,18 b Gen.50,23 Num. 26,29 Num. 32, 39,40 lChr.7,14 c Deut.3,15 d Num. 26, 29-32 e lChr.7,18 1 Jezer. Num. 26, 30 /Num. 26,32 g Num.27,1 Num.36,2 7i ch. 14, 1 i Num. 27, 6, 7 Num,36,2 2 mouth. j Num. 26,29 Num. 32, 39,41 3 Or, City of apples. k ch. 16, 8 I ch. 16, 8 4 Or, brook of reeds. m ch. 16, 9 n 1 Chr. 7,29 1 Sam. 31,10 1 Ki. 4, 12 242 *Ma'chir the firstborn of Ma-nas'seh, the father of GiFe-ad: because he was a man of war, therefore he had ''Gire-ad and Ba'shan. 2 There was also a lot for ^the rest of the children of Ma-nas'seh by their families ; for 'the children of ^A-bi-e'- z5r, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of As'ri-el, and for the children of_She'chem,and -^for the children of He'phSr, and for the children of She-mi'da : these we7^e the male children of Ma-nas'seh the son of Jo'§eph by their families. 3 irBut^Ze-15'phe-had,thesonof He'- phSr, the son of Gil'e-ad, the son of Ma'chir, the son of Ma-nas'seh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and No'ah, Hog'lah, Mil'cah, and Tir'zah. 4 And they came near before E-le-a'* zar '^the priest, and before Josh'u-a the son of Kiin, and before the princes, saying, 'The Lord commanded M5'- §e§ to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the ^commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 5 And there fell ten portions to Ma- nas'seh, beside the land of Gil'e-ad and Ba'shan, which were on the othei' side J or 'dan ; 6 Because the daughters of Ma-nas'- seh had an inheritance among his sons: and -^the rest of Ma-nas'seli's sons had the land of Gil'e-ad. 7 IfAnd the coast of Ma-nas'seh was from Ash'er to_ Mich'me-thah, that lieth before She'chem; and the bor- der went along on the right hand un- to the inhabitants of fin-tap'pu-ah. 8 JS^ow Ma-nas'seh had the land of ^Tap'pu-ah: but '^Tap'pu-ah on the border of Ma-nas'seh belonged to the children of E'phra-im ; 9 And the coast descended ^unto the ^river Ka'nah, southward of the river: these '"cities of E'phra-im are among the cities of Ma-nas'seh : the coast of Ma-nas'seh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea : 10 Southward it was E'phra-im's, and northward it vms Ma-nas'seh's, and the sea is his border ; and they met together in Ash'Sr on the north, and in is'sa-char on the east. 1 1 And "Ma-nas'seh had in is'sa-char and in Ash'Sr "B^th-she'an and her towns, and ib'le-am and her towns. Canaanites driven out. JOSHUA, 18. The tabernacle is set up. and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En -dor and her towns, and the mhabitants of Ta'a-nach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Me-gid'do and her towns, even three coimtries, 1 2 Yet ^'the children of Ma-nas''seh could not drive out the inhabita7its of those cities ; but the Ca'naan-ites would dwell in that land. 1 3 Yet it came to pass, when the chil- dren of l§'ra-el were waxen strong, that they put the Ca'naan-ites to ^tribute ; but ^did not utterly drive them out. 14 IF And '■the children of Jo'seph fpake unto J6sh'u-a, saying. Why liast thou given me but ''one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am 'a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto ? 15 And Josh'u-a answered them. If thou be a great people, the7i get thee up to the wood coimtry.djidi cut dovv^n for thyself there in the land of the Per'iz-zites and of the "giants, if mount E'phra-im be too narrow for thee. 1 6 And the children of Jo'§eph said, The hill_is not enough for us: and all the Ca'naan-ites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots ''of iron, both they who are of Beth-she'an and her towns, and they who are *'of the valley of Jez're-el. 17 And Josh'u-a spake unto the house of Jo'§eph, even to E'phra-im and to Ma-nas'seh, saying. Thou art a great people, and hast great power : thou shalt not have one lot only : 1 8 But the mountain shall be thine ; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down : and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Ca'naan-ites, though '"they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. CHAPTER l'8. ] The tabernacle is set iip at SInloh. 2 Tlie remain- der oj the land is described, 10 and divided 6y lot. W The lot and border of Beyijamin. 21 Their cities. AND the whole congregation of the children of l§'ra-el assem- bled together "at Shi'ldh, and ''set up the tabernacle of the congregation 'there. And the land was subdued before them. 2 And there remained among the children of l§'ra-el seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 3 And Josh'u-asaid unto the children of l§'ra-el,^'How long are ye slack to go to possess the land,Avhich the Lord Grod of your fathers hath given you? 4 Give out from among you three B. C. 1444:. CHAP. 17. p Judg. 1, 27,28 q ch. 16, 10 5 driving they drove them not out. r ch. 16, 4 s Gen.l8,22 t Gen.48,19 Num. 26, 34,37 6 Revh- aims, Gen. 14, 5 Gen.15,20 u Judg.1,19 Judg. 4, 3 V ch. 19, 18 1 Ki. 4, 12 u;Deut.20,l CHAP. 18. a ch. 19, 51 ch. 21, 2 ch. 22, 9 Judg. 21,19 1 Sam. 14, S Ps. 78, 58-60 Jer. 7, 12 Jer. 26, 4-6 b Judg. 18, 31 1 Sam. 1, 3,24 1 Sam. 4, 3,4 1 Where it re- mained till taken by the Philis- tines at the death of Eli. c Judg.18,9 d ch. 15, 1 e ch. 16, 1,4 / ch. 14, 2 g ch. 13, 33 h Num. 18. 20 Deut.10,9 Deut.18,1 Ezek. 44.28 i ch. 13, 8 j Pro. 16,33 k ch. 16, 1 ( Gen.28,19 Judg.1,23 m ch. 16, 3 2 The pool of Gib- eon. 2 Sam. 2, 13 Jer. 41, 12 243 men for each tribe : and I will sand them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it ac- cording to the inheritance of them ; and they shall come again to me. 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts : Jii'dah "^shall abide in their coast on the south, and 'the house of Jo'geph shall abide in their coasts on the north. 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land i7ito seven parts, and bring the de- scription hither to me,-^that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. 7 But ^the LeVites have no part among you ; for the priesthood of the ^LoRD is their inheritance : and Gad, 'and Reu'ben, and half the tribe of Ma-nas'seli, have received their in- heritance beyond J or 'dan on the east, which Mo'§e§ the ser\^ant of the Lord gave them. 8 ^And the men a,rose, and went away: and Josh'u-acharged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and de- scribe it, and come again to me, that may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shf 15h. 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Josh'u-a to the host at Shi'loh. 1 And Josh'u-a cast -^lots for them in Shi'loh before the Lord : and there Josh'u-a divided the land unto the children of i§'ra-el according to their divisions. 11 IT And the lot of the tribe of the children of Ben'ja-min came up ac- cording to their families : and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Jii'dah and the chil- dren of Jo'§eph. 12And^their border on the north side was from Jor'dan ; and the bor- der went up to the side of Jer'i-cho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wil- derness of Beth-a'ven. 1 3 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, ''which is Beth'-el, southward ; andtheborderdescendedtoAt'a-roth- a'dar, near the hill that lieth on the south side '"of the nether Beth- ho'ron. 14 And the borderwasdrawn^'Aence, and compassed the corner of ^the sea The lot of Benjamin. JOSHUA, 19. The lot of Siraeon. southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-ho'ron southward; and the goings out thereof were at "Kir'- jath-ba'al, which is Kir'jath-je'a- rim, a city of the children of Ju'dah : this was the west quarter. 15 And the south quarter vms from the end of Kir'jath-je'a-rim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to 'the well of waters of Neph'to-ah : 16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before Hhe valley of the son of Hin'- nom, and which is in the valley of ^the giants on the north, and de- scended to the valley of Hin'nom, to the side of Je-bii'si on the south, and descended to ^En-ro'gel, 17 And was drav^n from the north, and went forth to En-she'mesh, and went forth toward Gel'i-loth, which is over against the going up of A-diim'- mim, and descended to the ^stone of B5'han the son of Reu'ben, 18 And passed along toward the side over against ^Ar'a-bah north- ward, and went down unto Ar'a-bah : 19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward : and the outgoings of the border were at the nortli "^bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jor'dan: this loas the south coast. 20 And Jor'dan was the border of it on the east side. This vms the in- heritance of the children of Ben'ja- min, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Ben'ja-min according to their families were '"Jer'i-chd, and 'Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Ke'- ziz, 22 And Beth-ar'a-bah, a.nd Z^m-a- ra/im, and Beth -el, 23 And a' vim, and Pa'rah, and Cph'rah, 2 4 And Che'phar-ha-am'mo-nai , and Oph'ni, and 'Ga'ba; tw^elve cities with their villages : 25 Gib'e-on, and Ra'mah, and Be-e'- roth, 26 And Miz'peh, and Che-phfrah, and M5'zah,_ 27 And Re'kem, and Ir'pe-el, and Tar'a-lah, 28 And «Zelah,Eleph,and ^Je-bii'si, which is Je-ru'sa-lem, Gib'e-ath,a7?c/ Kir'jath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of B. C. 1444. CHAP. 18. n ch. 9, 17 lChr.13,6 ch. 15, 9 p ch. 15, 8 2Ki.23,10 2Chr.28,3 2Chr.33,6 Jer. 19, 2 Jer.32,35 3 Or, Reph- aims. 4 Fuller's fovm.tain. ch. 15, 7 2 Sam. 17, 17 1 Ki. 1, 9 Isa. 7, 3 q ch. 15, 6 5 Or, The lAain. ch. 15, 6 6 tongue. r ch. 2, 1 ch. 6, 26 1 Ki.16,34 s ch. 15, 6 t Judg. 19, 12-16 Isa. 10, 29 Ezra 2, 26 u 2 Sam. 21,14 7 Which belonged partly to Ben- jamin, and partly to Judah. ch. 15, 8 V Num. 26,38 1 Chr. 7, 6 Actsl7,26 CHAP. 19. a Gen. 49, 7 b lChr.4,28 c Gen. 21, 14, 31 Gen.26,33 ch. 15, 28 dNeh. 11,26 e 1 Chr. 4, 29,30 /Gen.49,13 Ex. 23, 31 Num. 34, 6,7 The Mediter- ranean. g ch. 12, 22 1 Or, which is drawn. h ch. 21, 34 Judg.1,30 i ch. 11, 1 ch. 12, 20 244 the children of Ben'ja-min 'according to their families. CHAPTER 19. I The lot of Simeon, 10 of Zebulun, 17 of Issachar, 24 ofAsher, 32 of Nap/Uali, 40 and of Dan. 49 The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua. A ND the second lot came forth to J-Jl Sim'e-on, even for the tribe of the children of Sim'e-on according to their families : and their inheritance was "within the inheritance of the children of Jii'dah. 2 And *they had in their inheritance '■Be'er-she'ba,and She'ba,^and Mol'a- dah, 3 And Ha'zar-shu'al,andBalah,and A'zem, 4 And ^El'to-lad, and Be'thul, and Hor'mah 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-mar'ca- both, and Ha'zar-sii'sah, 6 And Beth-leb'a-oth, and Sha-ru'- hen; thirteen cities and their villages : 7 A'in, Rem'mon, and E'thgr, and A'shan ; four cities and their vUlages. 8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Ba'al-ath- be'Sr, Ra'math of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Sim'e-on according to their families. 9 Out of the portion of the children of Jii'dah icas the inheritance of the children of Sim'e-on : for the part of the children of Jii'dah was too much for them : therefore the children of Sim'e-on had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. 10 TAnd the third lot came up for the children of Zeb'u-liin according to their families : and the border of their inheritance was unto Sa'rid : 11 And their border went up to- ward -^the sea, and Mar'a-lah, and reached to .Dab'ba-sheth,and reached to the river that is ^before Jok'ne-am ; 12 And turned from Sa'rid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chis'loth-ta'bor, and then goeth out to Dab'e-rath,and goeth up to Ja- phi'a, 1 3 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Git'tah-he'phgr, to it'tah-ka'zin, and goeth out to Rem'mon- ^meth'o-ar to Ne'ah; 14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Han'na-thon : and the outgoings thereof are in the val- ley of Jiph'thah-el : 1 5 And ^Kat'tath,and Ka-hal lal,and ^Shim'ron, and ld'a-lah,and Beth'-le- hem: twelve cities with their villages. The lots of Issachar, JOSHUA, 19. Asher, Naphtali, and Dan. 1 G This is ■'the inheritance of the children of Zeb'u-lun according to their families, these cities with their villages. IT *\\And the fourth lot came out to Is'sa-char, for the children of is'sa- char according to their families. 1 8 And their border was toward J ez'- re el, '^and Che-suiloth, ^and Shu'- nem, 19 And Haph-ra'im, and Shfhon, and An-a-ha'rath, 20 And Rab'bith, and Kish'i-on, and A'bez, 21 And "'Re'meth, and fin-gan'nim, and En-had'dah, and Beth-paz'zez_; 22 And the coast reacheth ''to Ta'- bor, and Sha-haz'i-mah, and Beth- she'mesh ; and the outgoings of their border were at J or 'dan : sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of is'sa-char ac cording to their families, the cities and their villages. 24 IT And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Ash'Sr ac- cording to their families. 25 And their border was ''liel'kath, and Hall, and Be'ten, and Ach'shaph, 20 And A-lam'me-lech, and A'mad, and Mi'she-al ; and reacheth to Car'- mel ^westward, and to Shfhor-lib'- nath; 27 And turneth toward the sunris- ing to Beth-da'gon, and reacheth to Zeb'u-lun, and to the valley of Jiph'- thah-el toward the north side of Beth-e'mek, and Ne-i'el, and goeth out to *Ca'bul on the left hand, 28 And He'bron, and Re'hob, and Ham'mon, and '"Ka'nah, even unto great 'Zf don ; 29 And then the coast turneth to Ra'ma.h, and to the strong city -Tyre ; and the coast turneth to Ho'sah ; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to 'Ach'zib : 30 Um'mah also, and A'phek, and Re 'hob : twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ash'er ac cording to their families, these cities with their villages. 32 ^The sixth lot came out to the children of Naph'ta-li, even for the children of Naph'ta-li according to their families. 33 And their coast was from He'- leph, from Allon to Za-a-nan'nim, B. C. 1444. CHAP. 19. j Actsl7,26 k ch. 15, 16 Judg.6,3%|( 1 Ki. 21, 1,23 I 1 Sam. 28,4 2 Ki. 4, 8 m ch. 21, 29 Jarmuth. n Judg. 4, 6 1 Sam. 10, 3 Ps. 89, 12 lChr.6,75 Hukok. p 1 Ki.18,19 2 Ki. 2, 25 2 Ki. 4, 25 Isa. 35, 2 Jer. 46, 18 Amos 1, 2 Amo3 9, 3 ]i.Iic. 7, 14 q 1 Ki. 9, 13 r .Tohn 2, 1 Cana. s Gen. 10, 15, 19 ch. 11, 8 Judg.1,31 Judg. 10, 13 Acts 27, 3 3 Tzor,th&t is, Tlie rork, 2 Sam. 5, 11 t Gen. 38, 5 Judg.1,31 Mic. 1, 14 u Deut. 33,23 V Gen.10,18 Num. 13, 21 1 Ki. 8, 65 wDeut.3,17 Mark6,53 X Judg.13,2 V Judg.1,35 3 Or, over against. 4 Or, Joppa. 2Chr.2,16 Ezra 3, 7 Jonah 1,3 Acts 9, 36 z Judg.18,1 a Gen.49,17 ') Judg. 18,29 c Num. 26, 54 Actsl7,26 d ch. 24, 30 e lChr.7,24 245 and Ad'a-ml, Ne'keb, and Jab'ne-el, unto La'kum; and the outgoings thereof were at J or 'dan : 34 And the?i "the coast turneth west- ward to Az'noth-ta'bor, and goeth out from thence to Huk'kok, and reacheth to Zeb'u-lun on the south side, and reacheth _to Ash'er on the west side, and to Jii'dah upon Jor'dan toward the sunrising. 3 5 And the fenced cities are Zid'dim, ZSr, and 'Ham'math, Rak'kath, and "Chin'ne-reth, 36 And Ad'a-mah, and Ra'mah,and Ha'zor, 37 And Ke'desh, and |]d're-i, and En-ha'zor, 38 And i'ron, and Mig'dal-el, H5'- rem, and Beth-a'nath, and Beth- she 'mesh ; nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naph'ta-li ac- cording to their families, the cities and their villages. 40 yiAnd the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 And the coast of their inheritance was "^Zo'rah, and £sh'ta-ol, and ir- she'mesh, 42 And ^Sha-al-ab'bm, and Aj'a-lon, and Jeth'lah, 43 And Elon, and Thim'na-thah, and Ek'ron, 44 And El'te-keh, and Gib'be-thon, and Ba'al-ath, 45 And Je'hud, and Ben'e-be'rak, and Gath-rim'mon, 46 And Me-jar'kon, and Rak'kon, with the border ^before *Ja'pho. 47 And -'the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Le'shem, and took it, and ""smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Le'shem, *Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 48 This 'is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan accord- ing to their families, these cities with their villages. 49 IF When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of l§'ra-el gave an inheritance to Josh'u-a the son of Nun among them : 50 According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even '^Tim'nath-se'rah ^in 2 Vities of refuge appointed. JOSHUA, 20, 21. Cities given to the Levites, mount E'phra-im: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. 51 These ^are the inheritances, which E-le-a'zar the priest, and Josh'- u-a the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the chil- dren of l§'ra-el, divided for an inherit- ance by lot ^in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. CHAPTER 20. 1 Tlie Lord commands, 7 cmcl the Israelites appoint by name, six cities of refuge. THE Lord also spake unto Josh'- u-a, saying, 2 Speak to the children of l§'ra-ei, saying. Appoint "out for you cities of refuge, whereof 1 spake inito you by the hand of Mo'ses : 3Thattheslayerthatkillethan2/per- son unawares and unwittingly may flee thither : and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the enter- ing of the ''gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the el- ders of that city, they shall ^take him into the city unto them, and givehima place, that he may dwell among them 5 And ''if the avenger of blood pur sue after him, then they shall not de- liver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour un- wittingly, and hated him not before- time. 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until ''he stand before the congrega- tion for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days : then shall the slayer re- turn, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 7 tAnd they ^appointed ^Ke'desh in Gal'i-lee in mount Naph'ta-li, and She'chem -'^in mount E'phra-im, and '^Kir'jath-ar'ba, which is He'bron, in 'the mountain of Jii'dah. 8 And on the other side Jor'dan by J er'i-cho eastward, theyassigned Be'- zer In the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reu'ben, and •'Ra'- moth in Gil'e^ad out of the tribe of Gad, and ^Golan in Ba'shan out of the tribe of Ma-nas'seh. 9 These %ere the cities appointed for all the children of l§'ra-el, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any per- B. C. 14M. CHAP. 19. / Num. 34,17 ch. 14, 1 a ch. 18, 1, 10 Judg. 21,19 Ps. 78, 58 Jer. 7, 12 Jer. 26, 6 CHAP. 20. a Ex. 21, 13 Num. 35, 6, 11, 14 Deut. 19, 2,9 b Deut. 21, 19 Ruth 4, 1,2 Job 5, 4 Jer. 38, 7 1 gafher. Ps. 26, 9 c Num. 35,12 cl Num. 35, 12, 25 2 sancti- fied. e ch. 21, 32 lChr.6,76 / ch. 21, 21 2Chr.lO,l ch. 14, 15 ch. 21, 11,13 h Lu. 1, 39 i Deut.4,43 ch. 21, 36 lChr.6,78 j ch. 21, 38 1 Ki. 22, 3 k ch. 21, 27 1 Num. 35,15 CHAP. 21. a Num. 34, 17 ch. 14, 1 ch. 17, 4 b ch. 18, 1 c Num. 35,2 d ch. 24, 33 e Gen. 49, 7 Pro. 16,33 / Num.35,2 1 called. g lChr.6,55 2 Or, Kir- jath-arba. Gen. 23, 2 Judg.1,10 h ch. 14, 15 ch. 15, 13 246 son at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the aven- ger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. CHAPTER 21. 1 Eight and forty cities given by lot out of the other tribes unto the Levites. 9 The cities of the priests. 43 God gave them rest. THEN came near the heads of the fathers of the Le'vltes unto E-le- a'zar ''thejiriest, and imto J6sh'u-a the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the chil- dren of l§'ra-el ; 2 And they spake unto them at Shi'- loh *m the land of Ca'naan, saymg, 'The Lord commanded by the hand of Mo'§e§ to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3 And the children of Is'ra-el gave unto the Le'vites out of their inherit- ance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs. 4 And the lot came out for the fam- ilies of the Koliath-ites : and the chil- dren of Aar'on the priest, v:hich loere of the Le'vites, "^had by lot out of the tribe of Jii'dah, and out of the tribe of Sim'e-on, and out of the tribe of Ben'ja-min, thirteen cities. 5 And the rest of the children of Ko'- hath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of E'phra-im, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, ten cities. 6 And the children of GSr'shon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Is'sa-char, and out of the tribe of Ash'gr, and out of the tribe of Naph'- ta-li, and out of the half tribe of Ma- nas'seh in Ba'shan, thirteen cities. 7 The children of Me-ra'ri by their families had out of the tribe of Reu'- ben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zeb'u-iun, twelve cities. 8 And 'the children of l§'ra-el gave by lot unto the Le'vites these cities with their suburbs, -^as the _Lord commanded by the hand of Mo'§e§. 9 "^And they gave _out of the tribe of the children of Ju'dah, and out of the tribe of the children of Sim'e-on, these cities which are here ^men- tioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aar'on, being of the families of the Ko'hath- ites,?/j7io were of the children of Le'vi, had : for their's was the first lot. 1 1 And ^they gave them Hhe city of Ar'ba the father of ^A'nak, which citg Cities given JOSHUA, n. to the Levites, is He'bron, 'in the hill country of Ju'- dah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But 4he fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Je-phun'neh for his posses- sion. 13 Thus Hhey gave to the children of Aar'on the priest ^He'bron with her suburbs, to be Oi city of refuge for the slayer; and "'Lib'nah ynth. her sub- urbs, 14: And "Jat'tir with her suburbs, and ''Esh-te-m5'a with her suburbs, 15 And ^Holon Avith her suburbs, and ^De'bir with her suburbs, 1 6 And '"A'in with her suburbs, and * Jut'tah with her suburbs, and Beth- she'mesh Hvith her suburbs ; nine cit- ies out of those two tribes. 1 7 And out of the tribe of Ben'ja- min, Grib'e-on *'with her suburbs, Ge'ba "^ith her suburbs, 1 8 An'a-thoth Vv^ith her suburbs, and '^Armon with her suburbs; four cities. 1 9 All the cities of the children of Aar'on, the priests, icere tliirteen cit- ies with their suburbs. 20 HAnd ^the families_ of the chil- dren of Ko'hath, the Le'vites_which remained of the children of Ko'hath, even they had the cities of their lot- out of the tribe of E'phra-im. 21 For they gave them ^She'chem with her suburbs in mount E'phra-im, to be di city of refuge for the slayer ; and Ge'zer with her suburbs, 22 And Kib'za-im with her suburbs, and Beth-h5'ron with her suburbs ; four cities. 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, El'- te-keh with her suburbs, Gib'be-thon with her suburbs, 24 Aij'a-lon with her suburbs, Gath- rim'mon with her suburbs ; four cit- ies. 25 And out of the half tribe of Ma- nas'seh, Ta'nach with her suburbs, and Gath-rim'mon with her suburbs ; two cities. 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the chil- dren of Ko'hath that remained. 27 IF And ^unto the children of GSr'- shon, of the families of the Le'vites, out of the other h.dXi tribe of Ma-nas'- seh they gave Go'lan ''in Ba'shan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and ^Be-esh'-te-rah with her suburbs ; two cities. 28 And out of the tribe of is'sa-char, B. C. 14:44. CHAP. 21. i Lu. 1, 39 j ch. 14. 14 k lChr.6,57 I ch. 15. 54 m ch. 15, 42 n ch. 15, 48 ch. 15, 50 p 1 Chr. 6, 58, Hiien. q ch. 15, 49 r lChr.6,59, Ashan. s ch.15, 55 t ch. 15, 10 uch. 18, 25 V ch. 18, 24, Gaba. IV 1 Chr. 6,60, Alemeth. X lChr.6,66 y ch. 20, 7 z lChr.6,71 a Deut.4,43 ch. 20, 8 3 Or,A.sh- taroth. b ch. 20, 7 c lChr.6,77 d ch. 20, 8 e Deut. 4,43 1 Ki. 4, 13 / Gen, 32, 1 2 Sam.2,8 2 Sam. 17,27 g Gen. 49, 7 Nuni.S5,7 Deut. 33,10 4 That is, 608 yards broad for barns, gardens, etc., and 1216 more for fields and vine- yards. h Gen. 13, 15 Gen.15,18 Gen. 26, 3 Gen. 28, 4,13 i ch. 11, 23 ch. 22, 4 j Deut.7,24 k Ex. 3, 7, 8 Ex. 23, 23-31 ch. 23, 14 1 Ki. 8, 56 Isa. 49, 7, 8, 15, 16 Mat. 24, 35 Lu. 21. 33 247 Ki'shon with her suburbs, Dab'a- reh vfith her subuibs, 2^ Jar'muth with her suburbs, En- gan'nim with her suburbs ; four cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Ash'er, Mf shal with her suburbs, Ab'don with her suburbs, 31 Hel'kath with her suburbs, and Re'hob with her suburbs ; four cities. 3 2 And out of the tribe of Naph'ta-lT, Ke'desh *in Gal'i -lee with her suburbs, to be Si city of refuge for the slayer ; and Ham'moth-dorwith her suburbs, and Kar'tan with her suburbs ; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Ggr'shon-Ites according to theu^ families tcei^e thir- teen cities with their suburbs. 34 ^And '"unto the families of the children of Me-ra'ri, the rest of the Le '• vites, out of the tribe of Zeb'u-lun, J6k'ne-am with her suburbs, and Kar'tah with her suburbs, 35 Dim'nah with her subuirbs, Na'- ha-lal with her suburbs ; four cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Reu'ben, Be'zgr with her suburbs, and Ja-ha'- zah with her suburbs, 3 7 Ked'e-moth with her suburbs, and Meph'a-ath with her suburbs ; four cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ra'moth'^inGire-adwith her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and -^Ma-ha-na'im with her suburbs, 39 Hesh'bonwith her suburbs, Ja'zSr with her suburbs ; four cities in all. 40 So all the cities for the children of Me-ra'ri by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Le'vites, were by their lot twelve cit- ies. 41 All -"the cities of the Le'vites with- in the possession of the children of t^'r&-eltoere forty and eight cities with their suburbs. 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus ^vere all these cities. 43 TAnd the Lord gave vinto l§'ra-el ^all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they pos- sessed it, and dwelt therein. 44 And 'the Lord gave them restl round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers : and there 'stood not a man of all their enemies before them ; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 There ^failed not ought of any good thiiig which the Lord had K TiDO tribes a7id half return. JOSHUA, 22. Altar of testimony built. K I spoken unto the house of i§'ra-el ; all [ came to pass. K. 23. 8-10. CHAPTER 22. 1 Joshua dismisses the two tribes and half ivith a blessing : 10 they build the altar of testimovy in their journey : 11 contention thereupon. 30 The deputies satisfied. THEN Josh'u-acalledtheHeu'ben- ites, and the Gad'ites, and the Valf tribe of Ma-nas'seh, 2 And said unto them, Ye have kept 'all that Mo'§e§ the servant of the Lord commanded you, *and have obeyed my voice in all that I com- manded you : 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of theconmiand- ment of the Lord your God. 4 And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them : therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, a7id unto the land of your possession, '^v/hichMd'geg the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jor'- dan. B r 5 But '^take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which M5'§e§ the servant of the Lord charged you,'^to love the Lord your God, and to walk in ?J1 his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. B. 23. 6. 6 So Josh'u-a -^blessed them, and sent them away : and they went unto their tents. 7 ^Now to the o)ie half of the tribe of Ma-nas'seh M5'§e§ had given po5- session in Ba'shan: ^^but unto the other half thereof gave J6sh'u-a among their brethren on this side Jor'dan westward. And when Josh'- u-a sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, 8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment : divide Hhe spoil of your en- emies with your brethren. 9 And the children of Reu'ben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh returned, and departed from_ the children of l§'ra-el out of Shrioh, which is in the land of Ca'- naan, to go unto the 'country of Gil'- e-Sd, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, ac- B. C. 1444. CHAP. 22. a Num. 32, 30 Deut.3,18 h ch. 1, 16,17 c Num. 32,33 Deut.29,8 ch. 13, 8 d Deut. 6, 6,17 Deut. 11 23 2 Ki.10,31 Ps. 119, 4 Mat.32,36 Rom. 13, 10 1 Tim.1,5 e Deut. 10, 12 Deut. 11, 1, 13, 22 Deut.19,9 Deut. 30, 6, 16 ch. 23, 11 Lu. 11, 42 John 15, 9, 10 lJohn5,3 2 John 6 Jude 21 / Gen. 47, 7 Ex. 39, 43 ch. 14, 13 2 Sam. 6, 18 Lu. 24, 50 Q ch. 17, 5 h Num. 31,27 1 Sam. 30, 14 i Num. 32, 1, 26, 29 j Lev. 17, 8 Deut. 13, 12 Judg. 20, 12 k Judg.20,1 I Deut. 13, 14 Judg. 20,12 m Ex. 6, 25 Num.25,7 1 house of the father, n Num. 1, 4 o Lev. 17, 8,9 Deut. 12, 13,14 1 Sam. 15,23 V Num. 25, 3,4 Deut. 4, 3 a Num. 16,22 r ch. 18, 1 248 cording to the word of the Lord by the hand of M5'§e§. 10 TIAnd when they came unto ttie borders of Jor'dan,that are in thb ^and of Ca'naan, the children of Reu'ben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh built there an altar by Jor'dan, a great altar to see to. 1 1 llAnd the children of l§'ra-el heard ^'say, Behold, the children of Reu'ben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh have built an altar over against the land of Ca'naan, in the borders of Jor'dan, at the passage of the children of l§'ra-el. 12 And when the children of I§'ra-el heard of it, ^the whole congregation of the children of lf§'ra-el gathered themselves together at Shf loh, to go up to war against them. 13 And the children of l§'ra-el sent ^unto the children of Reu'ben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, into the land of Gil'e-ad, "Phm'e-has the son of E-le- a'zar the priest, 14 And with him ten princes, of each * chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of is'ra-el ; and "each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Ig'ra-el. 1 5 And they came unto the children of Reu'ben and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, unto the land of Gil'e-ad, and they spake with them, saying, 1 6 Thus saith the whole congrega- tion of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Is'ra-el, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, '1}hat ye might rebel this day against the Lord ? 11 Is the iniquity ^'of Pe'or too lit- tle for us, from Avhich we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord, 1 8 But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord ? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord, that to morrow ?he will be wroth with the whole congregation of I§'ra-el. 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the posses- sion of the Lord, wherein the '"Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, and take posses- sion among us : but rebel not against The altar of testimony. JOSHUA, 23. Joshua's charge to Israel. the Lord, nor rebel against us, in b- c- i**^. building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God. 20 Did 'not A'chan the son of Ze'rah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the con- gregation of l§'ra-el? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 2 1 HThen 'the children of Kevi'ben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of l§'ra-el, 22 The Lord "God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he ^knoweth, and l§'ra-el he shall know ; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,) 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord him- self "require it ; 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, ^In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of is'ra-el ? 25 For the Lord hath made J or 'dan a border between us and you, ye children of Reu'ben and children of Gad ; ye have no part in the Lord : so shall your children make our chil- dren cease from fearing the Lord. 26 Therefore we said. Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice : 27 But that it 7nay be 'a witness be- tween us and you, and our genera- tions after- us, that we might ^do the sservice of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offer- ings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come. Ye have no part in the Lord. 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again. Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices ; but it is a witness between us and you 29 God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn this day from following the Lord, to 'build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the CHAP. 22. s ch. 7, 1, 5 t Pro. 15. 1 Pro. 18,13 Pro. 24,26 Pro. 25.12 uEx. 15. 11 Deut. 10, 17 Ps. 82, 1 Ps. 86, 8 Ps. 136, 2 Dan. 2,47 Dan. 11, .36 V 1 Ki. 8, 39 Job 10, 7 Job 2.3, 10 Ps. 44, 21 Ps. 139, 1,2 Jer. 12, 3 2 Cor. 11, 11,31 LV Deut. 18, 19 1 Sam. 20,16 Ps. 7, 3, 6 Ps. 10, 13,14 2 To mor- row. X Gen.31,48 ch. 24, 27 1 Sam. 7. 12 y Deut. 12, 5, 6, 11, 12, 17. 18, 26,27 z Deut. 12, 13, 14 ■ 3 it was flood in their eyes. a Ex. 25. 8 Ex. 29, 45 Lev. 26, 11, 12 1 Ki.26,13 2Chr.l5,2 Zech.8,23 ICor. 14,25 Rev. 21, 3 4 then. b 1 Chr. 29,20 Neh. 8, 6 Dan. 2, 19 Lu. 2, 28 5 That is, A witness, ch. 24, 27 B. C. 1427. CHAP. 23. a ch. 21, 44 ch. 22, 4 b ch. 13, 1 1 come into days. c Deut. 31, 28 ch. 24, 1 lChr.28,1 2 at the sv/nset. 249 altar of the Lord our God that is be- fore his tabernacle. 3U TI And when Phin'e-has the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of l§'ra-el which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reu'- ben and the children of Gad and the children of Ma-nas'seh spake, ^it pleased them. 31 And Phin'e-has the son of E-le-a'- zar the priest said unto the children of Reu'ben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Ma-nas'- seh, This day we perceive that the Lord is "among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord: ^now ye have delivered the children of I§'ra-el out of the hand of the Lord. 32 And Phhi'e-has the son of E-le-a'- zar the priest, and the princes, re- turned from the children of Reu'ben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Oire-ad, unto the land of Ca'naan, to the children of l§'ra-el, and brought them word again. 33 And the thing pleased the chil- dren of is'ra-el ; and the children of l§'ra-el ''blessed God, and did not in- tend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the chil- dren of Reu'ben and Gad dwelt. 34 And the children of Reu'ben and the children of Gad called the altar ^J^d: for it shall be a witness be- tween us that the Lord is God. CHAPTER 23. 1 Joshuci's exhortation before his death, 3 hy former benefits, 5 by promises, 12 and by thfeatenings, in case of disobedience. AND it came to pass a long tune after that the Lord "had given rest unto Is'ra-el from, all their en- emies round about, that J6sh'u-a ''waxed old and 'stricken in age. 2 And Josh'u-a '^called for all is'ra-el, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age : 3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, T have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jor'dan, ^vlth all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea ^westward. Joshua's charge to Israel. JOSHUA, 24. God'^s benefits recounted. B 5 And the Lord your God/he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight ; and ye shall possess their land, "as the Lord your God hath promised unto you. 6 Be ye therefore very courag eous to keep and to do all that is witteh in the book of the law of MQ'^es,- ^that ye tur n not aside t her efrom ^o~the right hand or to the left ;* 7 That ye ^come not among these nations, these that remain among you ; neither make '^mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear hy them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them : K [ 8 ^B ut cleave unto the Lord your Goc[7 as ye have done unto this ?ay 0.23.11. y *For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong : but as for you, 'no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. 1 One 'man of you shall chase a thousand : for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth ior you, as he hath promised you. K. 1 Sam. 2. 9. 11 Take good heed therefore unto your '^selves, that ye love the Lord your God . 0. 24. 14. 1 2 Else if ye do in any wise ^go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, eveyi these that re- main among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you : 13 Know for a certainty that the 'Lord your God will no more drive out anil of these nations from be- fore you ; "'but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. 14 And, behold, this day "I am going the way of all the earth : and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that "not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you ; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 1 5 Therefore ^it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God prom- ised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you ?all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this * B. 2 Kings 22. 8-11 ; 0. 23. 8. B. C. 1427. CHAP. 23. d Ex. 23, 30 Ex. 33, 2 Ex. 34, 11 Deut. 11,23 e Num. 33, 53 / Deut.5,32 Deut. 28,14 g Ex. 23, 33 Deut. 7, 2,3 Pro. 4, 14 Eph. 5, 11 /i Ex. 23, 13 Num. 32, 38 Ps. 16, 4 Jer. 5, 7 Zeph. 1, 5 3 Or, For if ye ivill cleave. Deut. 10,20 Deut. 11,22 4 Or. rimi the Lord willdrive. i ch. 1, 5 j Judg.3,31 Judi?. 15, 15 2 Sam. 23,8 5 souls. k Heb. 10, 38 2 Pet.2,20 I Judg. 2, 3 «m 1 Ki. 11,4 n Eccl. 12, 3-7 Heb. 9, 27 Heb. 11, 13 Lu. 21, 33 p Deut. 28,63 q Lev.26,16 Deut. 28, 15,16 CHAP. 24. n Gen. 35, 4 b ch. 23, 2 c 1 Sain. 10, 19 d Gen.11,26 e Geii.31,53 / Acts 7,2,3 g Ps. 127. 3 ?i Gen. 36,8 Deut. 2, 5 Actsl7,26 i Ex. 3, 10 ) Ex. 7, 1 Ex. 8, 1 Ex. 9, 1 Ex. 10, 1 Ex. 12, 1 k Ex. 12, 37, 51 I Ex. 14, 9 m Num. 21, 21, 33 Deut.2,32 Deut. 3, 1 n Judg. 11,25 250 good land which the Lord your God hath given you. 1 6 W hen ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. h 24 19 '^O CHAPTER 24.* 1 Joshua, assembling the tribes, 2 relates God's bene- ,Ms: U he renexos the covenant between God and them: his age and death. 33 Eleazar dies. AND Josh'u-a gathered all the tribes of l§'ra-el to "She'chem, and ^called for the elders of Ig'ra-el, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers : and they '^presented themselves before God. 2 And Josh'u-a said unto ail the peo- ple, Thus saith the Lord God of l§'- ra-el,'^Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old tmiQ.even Te'- rah, the father of A 'bra-ham, and the father of Na'chor : and they 'served other gods. 3 And -^I took your father A'bra-ham from the other side of the flood, and led himx throughout all the land of Ca'naan, and multiplied his seed, and ^gave him r§aac. 4 And I gave unto l'§aac Ja'cob and E'sau : and I gave unto ^E'sau mount Se'ir, to possess it ; but Ja'cob and his children went down into E'gypt. 5 ^I sent M5'§e§ also and Aar'on, and •'I plagued E'gypt, according to that which I did among them : and after- ward I brought you out. 6 And I ''^brought your fathers out of E'gypt : and ye came unto the sea ; 'and the E-gyp'tian§ pursued after your fathers with chariots and horse- men unto the Red sea. 7 And when they cried unto the Lord , he put darkness between you and the E-gyp'tian§, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them ; and your eyes have seen what I have done in E'gypt : and ye dwelt in the wilder- ness a long season. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Am'or-ites, which dwelt on the other side Jor'dan ; '"and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land ; and I destroyed them from be fore you. 9 Then «Ba'lak the son of Zip'por, king of Mo'ab, arose and warred H The coveyiant renev^ed. JOSHUA, 24. Death of Joshua. C H against i§'ra-el, and ""sent and called Ba'laam the son of Be'or to curse you : 10 But ^'I would not hearken unto Ba laam ; therefore 'he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. 1 1 And ye went over J or 'dan, and came unto Jer'i-cho : and the men of Jer'l-ch5 fought against you, the Ani'- 6r-ites, and the Per'iz-zites,_and the Ca'naan-ites, and the Hit'tites, and the Gir'ga-shltes, the PliVites, and the Jeb'u-sites ; and I delivered them into your hand. 1 2 And 'I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Am'- or-ites ; but not 'with thy sword, nor Y/ith thy bow. 13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities 'which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and olive- yards which ye planted not do ye eat. 14 ^Now Hherefore fear the Lo rd, and serve him in "sincerity and m truthrand put "'a way the gods which your fathers served on t he other side of the flo od, an d in ^E'gypt; and serve ye the Lo rd. o. 1 Sam. 12. 24. L5^And iFit seem CA^il unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom_ ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or Hhegods of the Am'or-ites, in whose land ye dwell : 'but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 16 And the people- answered and said, God forbid that we should for- sake the Lord, to serve other gods ; IT For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of E'g5Tts from the house of bondage, and Avhich did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed : 1 8 And the Lord drave out from be- fore us all the people, even the Am' or-ites ^J'^hich dwelt in the land : there fore will wc also serve the Lord ; for he is our God. T. 24. 22. r 19 And Josh'u-asaid unto thepeople, "Ye cannot serve the Lord : for he is an *holy God ; he is a jealous God ; "•he will not forgive your transgres- sions nor your sins. 20 If "^ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods,*then he will turn and B. C. 1426. CHAP. 24. Nuin.22,5 p Deut.23,5 q Num. 23, 11 r Ex. 23, 28 Deut.7,20 s Ps. 44, 3, 6 t Deut. 6, 10, 11 ch. 11, 13 u Deut. 10, 12 1 Sam. 12,24 V Gen. 17, 1 Gen. 20, 5 Deut. 18,13 Ps. 119, 1 2 Cor.1,12 Eph. 6, 24 if; Lev. 17,7 X Ezek.20,7 y Ex. 23, 24 Deut.13,7 Judg.6,10 z Gen.18,19 a Mat. 6, 24 h Lev. 19, 2 1 Sam. 6,20 Ps. 99, 5,9 Isa. 5, 16 Ex. 23, 21 (2 2Chr.l5.2 Ezras, 22 Isa. 1, 28 Jer. 17, 13 e Isa. 63, 10 Acts 7, 42 f Ps. 119, 173 g Gen. 35, 2 1 Sam.7,3 /i Ex. 15, 25 2 Ki.11,17 i Deut. 31,24 j Judg. 9, 6 fe Gen.28,18 ch. 4, 3 1 Gen.31,48 Deut. 31,19 7nDeut.32,l n cb. 19, 50 Judg. 2, 9 Judg. 2, 7 1 vmloncied their days after Joshua. p Gen.50,25 Ex. 13, 19 Acts 7, 16 q Gen.33,19 2 Or, lambs, r Ex. 6, 25 Judg. 20,28 251 do you hurt, and consume you, after | that he hath done you good. * j 2 1 And the peoplesaid unto J osh'u-a. Nay ; but we will serve the Lord. 22 And J osh'u-a said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that -^'ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. t. 1 Chron. 16. 8, 9. J 23 Now therefore ^put away, saici he, the strange gods v\iiich are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of l§'ra-el. 21: And the people said unto Josh'- u-a,The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So J osh'u-a ''made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in She'chem. 26 And J6sh'u-a 'wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took •'a great stone, and *set it up there under an oak, that tvas by the sanctuary of the Lord. 2 7 And J osh'u-a said unto all the peo- ple, Behold, this stone shall be a ^vit- ness unto us ; for "'it hath heard all the words of the Lord v/hich he spake unto us : it shall be therefore a wit- ness unto you, lest ye deny your God^ 28 So Josh'u-a let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. 29 "i And it came to pass after these things, that J(5sh'u-a the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And the}^ buried him in the bor- der of his inheritance in "Tim'nath- se'rah, which is in mount E'phra-im, on the north side of the hill of Ga'ash. 3 1 And "ig'ra-el served the Lord all the days of Josh'u-a, and all the days of the elders that ^overlived J5sh'u-a, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Is'ra-el. 32 ^ And Hhe bones of J5'§eph,which the children of is'ra-el brought up out of E'gv'pt, buried they in She'chem, in a parcel of ground which ^Ja'cob bought of the sons of Ha'mor the father of She'chem for an hundred ■pieces of silver :' and it became the inheritance of the children of Jo'§eph. 33 f And E-le-a'zar the son of Aar'- on died ; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to '"Phin'e-has his son, which was given Mm in mount E'phra-im. *C. Judg. 2. 14; H. 1 Sam. 2. 10.^ C H THE BOOK OF JUDGES. CHAPTER 1. 1 TJie acts of Judah and Simeon. 4 Adoni-bezelc justly requited. 8 Jerusalem 10 and Hebron taken. 21, 27 Some Canaanites yet left. NOW after the death of Josh'u-a it came to pass, that the children of i§'ra-el asked "the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Ca'naan-ites first, to fight against them ? 2 And the Lord said, ^ Ju'dah shall go up : behold, I have delivered the land intohis hand. 3 And Jii'dah said unto Sim'e-on his brother, Come up with me mto my lot, that we may fight against the Ca'naan-ites ; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. '^So Sim'e-on went with him. 4 And Jii'dah went up ; and '^the Lord delivered the Ca'naan-ites and the Per'iz-zites into their hand : and they slew of them in Be'zek ten thou- sand men. 5 And they foimd A-do'ni-be'zek in Be'zek : and they fought against him, and they slew the Ca'naan-ites and the Per'iz-zites. 6 But A-do'ni-be'zek fled ; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. TAnd A-do'ni-be'zek said. Three- score and ten kings, having ^their thumbs and their great toes cut off, ^gathered their meat under my table : *as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Je-ru'- sa-lem, and there he died. 8 "iNow -^the children of Jii'dah had fought against Je-ru'sa-lem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the SAvord, and set the city on fire. 9_And ^afterward the children of Jii'dah went down to fight against the Ca'naan-Ttes, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the Valley. 1 And jii'dah went agamst the Ca'- naan-ites that dwelt in He'bron: (now the name of He'bron before loas^Y^iv'- jath-ar'ba :) and they slew She'shai, and A-hi'man, and Tal'mai. 1 1 And ^f rom thence he went against the inhabitants of De'bir: and the B. C. 1425. CHAP. 1. a Ex. 28, 30 Num. 27,21 ch. 20, 18 1 Sam. 28,9 h Gen. 49, 8 c Eccl. 4, 9 Mark 6, 7 ICor. 12, 26 Gal. 6, 2 a Deut. 9, 1 Ps. 44, 2 Ps. 78, 55 the tlitt^mbsof their hands and of their feet. 2 Or, gleaned. e Lev.24,19 Ps. 109,16 Pro. 1, 31 Mark4,24 Jas. 2, 13 / Josh. . 15,63 g Josh. 10, 36 Josh. 11, 21 3 Or, loiv country. h Josh. 14, 15 i Josh. 15, 15 i ch. 3, 9 k Josh. 15, 18 I Gen.33,11 4 Or, present. m ch. 4, 11 1 Sam. 15, 6 lChr.2,55 Jer. 35. 2 n Deut.34,3 Num.21,1 p Num. 10,32 q Num.21,3 Josh. 19,4 r Josh. 11,22 s 2 Ki. 18, 7 5 Or, he possessed the monn- tnin. t Josh. 17, 16 u Num. 14,24 Deut. 1,36 Josh. 1.4, i 9, 13 .losh. 15, 13, 14 V Josh. 16, 63 Josh. 18,28 2 Sam.5,6 IV Josh. 2, 1 Josh. 7. 2 ch. 18.2 a;Gen.28,19 252 name of De'bir before was Kir'jath- se'pher : 12 And Caleb said. He that smiteth Kir'jath-se'phgr, and taketh it, to him will I give Ach'sah my daugh- ter to w^ife. 13 And oth'ni-el the son of Ke'naz, Ca'leb's •''younger brother, took it: and he gave him Ach'sah his daugh- ter to wife. 14 And *it came to pass, when she came to hbn, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass ; and Ca'leb said unto her, What wilt thou ? 15 And she said unto him,^Give me a ^blessing : for thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the up- per springs and the nether springs. 16 IF And "'the children of the Ken'- Ite, Mo'ses' father in law, went up out "of the city of palm trees with the children o_f Jii'dah into the wilder- ness of Jii'dah, which lieth in the south of "A'rad ; ^and thev went and dwelt among the people. 17 And Jii'dah went with Sim'e-on his brother, and they slew the Ca'- naan-itesthatinhabitedZe'phath,and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called ?H6r'mah. 18 Also Jii'dah took '"Ga'za with the coast thereof, and As'ke-lon with the coast thereof, and Ek'ron with the coast thereof. 19 And 'the Lord was with Jii'dah ; and ^he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, be- cause they had chariots k)f iron. 20 And "they gave He'bron unto Ca'leb, as Mo'§e§ said : and he expelled thence the three sons of A'nak. 21 TAnd ''the children of Ben'ja-mm did not drive out the Jeb'u-sites that inhabited Je-ru'sa-lem ; but the Jeb'u- sites dwell with the children of Ben'- ja-min in Je-ru'sa-lem unto this day. 22 TAnd the house of J5'§eph, they also went up against Beth'-el: and the Lord was with them. 23 And the house of J5'seph ^'sent to descry Beth'-el. (Now the name of the city before was ^Liiz.) Canaanites left in the land. JUDGES, 2. The people rebuked. CHAP. 1. V Josh.2, 12 z Josh. 17,11 a Josh. 21,25 6 driving he drove them not out. b Josh. 16, 10 1 Ki. 9, 16 c Josh. 19, 15 d Josh. 19, 24-30 /Josh. 19,38 g Josh. 19,42 7 was lieavy. h Num.34,4 Josh. 15,3 8 Or, Mo.aleh- akrab- Mm. 24 And the spies saw a man come b. c. 1425. forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and ^'we will shew thee mercy, 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword ; but they let go the man and all his family. 26 And the man went into the land of the Hit'tites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. 2tir!N'either did -'Ma-nas'seh drive out the inhabitants 0/ Beth-she'an and her towns, nor ''Ta'a-nach and her '' 34 ; g^^- towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of ible-am and her towns, nor the in- habitants of Me-gid-do and her towns: but the Ca'naan-itcs Vv^ould dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when l§'ra-el was strong, that they put the Ca'- naan-ites to tribute, and ''did not ut- terly drive them out. 29 Neither 'did E'phra-im drive out the Ca'naan-ites that dwelt in Ge^zSr ; but the Ca'naan-ites dwelt in Ge'zgr among them. 30 Neither did Zeb'u-lun drive out the inhabitants of Kit'ron, nor the inhabitants '"of Na'ha-loi ; but the Ca'- naa.n-ites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 31 Neither '^did Ash'Sr drive out the inhabitants of Ac'cho, nor the inhab- itants of Zi'don, nor of Ah'lab, nor of Ach'zib, nor of Hel'bah, nor of A'phik, nor of Re'hob : 32 But the Ash'6r-ites ^dwelt among the Ca'naan-ites, the inhabitants of the land : for they did not drive them out. 33 Neither ^did Naph'ta-li drive out the inhabita,nts of Beth-she'mesh, 2 That is, nor the inhabitants of Beth-a'nath;i ^^'^^veri but he dwelt among the Ca'naan-ites, k vwionged the inhabitants of the land : neverth e- ' '^^-^ ^^^''' less the inhabitants of Beth-she'mesh and of Beth-a'nath became tributa- ries unto them. 34 And the Am'or-ites forced the children of Dan into the mountain : for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley : 35 But the Am'or-ites would dwell in mount He'res "in Aij'a-lon, and in Sha-al'bim : yet the hand of the house CHAP. 2. a Gen. 16, 7 Gen.32,11 Ex. 3, 1-6 John 1, 1 John 7, 5-8 1 Or, mes- senger. b Gen. 17, 7 c Josh. 23,13 d Ex. 23, 33 Ex. 34, 12 Deut.7,16 eh. 3, 6 Ps. 106,36 Joshua. e iiix. 5, 2 1 Sam. 2 12 lChr.28,9 Jer. 9, 3 Jer.22, 16 Gal. 4, 8 2Thes.l,8 Titus 1,16 / Deut. Si, 16 Josh. 24,20 lChr.28,9 253 of J6'§eph 'prevailed, so that they be- came tributaries. 36 And the coast of the Am'or-ites vms ^from ^the going up to A-krab'- bim, from the rock, and upward. CHAPTER 2. 1 An angel sent to rebuke the people at Bochim. 10 Wickedness of the new generation after Joshua : 20 their punis/iment. AND ''an ^angel of the Lord came up from Gil'gal to Bo'chim. and said, I made you to go up out of E'gypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and *I said, I will never break my covenant with you. 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land ; ye shall throw down their altars : but ye have not obeyed my voice : why have ye done this ? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you ; but they shall be "as thorijs in your sides, and ''their gods shall be a snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto ail the children of l§'ra-el, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place ^B5'chim : and they sacrificed there unto the Lord. 6 TAnd when Josh'u-a had let the people go, the children of Is'ra-el went eveiy man unto liis inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people serA^'ed the Lord all the days of J6sh'u-a, and all the days of the elders that ^outlived Josh'u-a, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for i§'ra-el. 8 And Josh'u-a the son of Nun, the ser\"ant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Tlm'nath- he'res, in the mount of E'phra-im, on the north side "of the hill Ga'ash. 10 And also all that generation wei'e gathered unto their fathers : and there arose another generation after them, which ^knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for i§'ra-el. 1 1 "iFAnd the children of i^'ra-el did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Ba'al-im: 12 And they ^forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of E'gypt, and fol- N P Wickedness of the people. JUDGES, 3. Otlmiel delivereth Israel. A N P lowed •''other gods, of the gods of the people that v^ere round about them, and ^bowed themselves unto them, - and provoked the Lord to anger.* 1 3 And they forsook the Lord, and served Ba'al and Ash'ta-roth. 14 And 'the anger of the Lord was hot against is'ra-el, and -^he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and ^he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that 'they could not any longer stand before their enemies, t 15 vV hither soever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and "as the Lord had sworn unto them : and they were greatly dis- l tressed. N. l^am. 15. 23. 16 ir Nevertheless ''the Lord raised up judges, which "delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 1 7 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they nvent a whoring after other gods, and bov.^ed themselves unto them : they turned quickly out of the Avay which their fathers walked in, obeying the com- mandments of theLoRD: but they did not so. 1 8 And when the Lord raised them up judges, then ^the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge : for 'it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oj^pressed them and vexed them. P- 1 Sam. 7. 3. 1 9 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and ^corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; ^they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. 20' lIAnd the anger of the Lord was hot against is'ra-el ; and he said. Be- cause that this people hath 'trans- gressed my covenant which I com- manded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice ; 211 also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which J5sh'u-a left when he died : 22 That through them I 'may prove J§'ra-el, whether they will keep the vs^ay of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 Therefore the Lord 'left those * A. 1 Kings 8. 46. t C 1 Sam. 15. 23. B. C. 1406. CHAP. 2. g Deut.6,14 h Ex. 20, 5 i ch. 3, 8 2Chr.7,19 Ps. 78, 58-62 Ps. 89, 30 Ps. 106,40 Isa. 1, 28 j 2 Ki.17,20 k ch. 3, 8 ch. 4, 2 Ps. 44, 12 Isa. 50, 1 I Lev.26,37 Josh. 7,12 m Lev. 26, 14,34 Deut. 28, 15-68 n ch. 3, 9 1 Sam. 12, 11 Actsl3,20 4 saved. Ex. 84, 15, 16 Lev. 17, 7 p Josh. 1. 5 q Gen. 6, 6 Deut. 32,36 Ps.106, 44 5 Or, were corrupt. 6 fhey let nothing fall of their. r Josh. 23,16 s Deut. 8, 2 Deut.13,3 7 Or, suffered. CHAP. 3. a Gen. 22, 1 Deut.13,3 John 2,24 1 Cor. 11, 19 b Josh. 13,3 c Ps. 106,35 d Ex. 34, 16 Deut. 7, 3 e ch. 2. 11 / Ex. 34, 13 Deut. 16,21 ch. 6, 25 g Hab. 3, 7 1 Aram- naha- raim. h ch. 6, 7 ch. 10, 10 1 Sam. 12, 10 Neh. 9, 27 Ps. 22, 5 Ps. 106,44 Ps. 107, 13, 19 i ch. 2, 16 2 saviour. j ch. 1. 13 k Num. 27,18 1 Sam. 11,6 2Chr.l5.1 3 was. 4 Aram. 254 nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Josh'u-a. CHAPTER 3. 1 Nations left to prove Israel : 5 by communion ivith whom the Israelites commit idolatry. 8 Oth^ niel delivers Israel from Chushan-rishathaini, 12 Ehud from Eglon, 31 Shamgarfrom the Philis- tines. NOW these are the nations which the Lord left, ''to prove i§'ra-el by them, even as many of Isya-el as had not known all the wars of Ca'- naan ; 2 Only that the generations of the children of i§'ra-el might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof ; 3 Namely, *five lords of the Phi-lis'- tmeg, and all the Ca'naan-ites, and the Si-d5'ni-ans, and the HiVites that dwelt in inount Leb'a-non, from mount Ba'al-hSr'mon unto the en- tering in of Lla'math. 4 And they were to prove i§'ra-el by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Mo'§e§. 5 IF And 4he children of i§'ra-el dwelt among the Ca'naan-ites, Hit'tites, and Am'or-ites, and Per'iz-zites, and HiVites, and Jeb'u-sites : 6 And ''they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daugh- ters to their sons, and served their gods. 7 And 'the children of I§'ra-el did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Ba'- ai-im and •'^the groves. 8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against I§'ra-el, and he sold them into the hand ^of Chii'shan- rish-a-tha'im king of ^Mes-o-po-ta'- mi-a; and the children of l§'ra-el served Chii'shan-rish-a-tha''im eight years. 9 And when the children of is'ra-el ^cried unto the Lord, the Lord 'raised up a ^deliverer to the children of Ig'ra-el, who delivered them, even •'Oth'ni-el the son of Ke'naz, Caleb's younger brother. 1 And ^the Spirit of the Lord ^came upon him, and he judged is'ra-el, and went out to war : and the Lord de- livered Chii'shan-rish-a-tha'im king of "Mes-o-po-ta'mi-a into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chu'- shan-rish-a-tha'im. 1 1 And the land had rest forty Ehud killeth Eglon. JUDGES, 4. The Moahites subdued. years. And 6th'ni-el the son of Ke'- naz died. 12 H And ^the children of Is'ra-el did evil again in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord strengthened Eglon '"the king of Mo'ab against l§'ra-el, be- cause they had done evil in the sight of the Lord. 1 3 And he gathered unto hira the children of Am'mon "and Am'a-lek, and went and smote l§'ra-el, and pos- sessed ''the city of palm trees, 14 So the children of l§'ra-el served ^Eg'lon the king of Mo'ab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of l§'ra-el ^cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, E'hiid the son of Ge'ra, ^a Ben'ja-mite, a. man '^left- handed : and by him the children of l§'ra-el sent a present unto Eglon the king of Md'ab. 1 6 But E'hud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length ; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. 1 7 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Mo'ab : and Eglon was a very fat man. 1 8 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. 1 9 But he himself turned again from '^the 'quarries that loere by Girgal,and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king : who said. Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. 20 And E'hiid came unto him; and he was sitting in ®a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And E'hud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat, 2 1 And E'hud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly : 22 And the haft also w^ent in after the blade ; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly ; and %he dirt came out. 23 Then E'hiid went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. 24 When he was gone out, his serv- ants came ; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour ?yere locked, they said. Surely he '"cover- eth his feet m. his summer chamber. 25 And they tarried till they were B. C, 1394. CHAP. 3. I ch. 2, 19 m 1 Sam. 12,9 n ch. 5, 14 ch. 1. 16 1354. p Deut. 28,40 g Ps. 78, 34 5 Or. The son of Jemi/ni. 6 shut of his right hand, ch. 20, 16 r Josh. 4,20 7 Or, graven images. 8 a parlour of cooling. Amos3,15 9 Or, it came out at the funda- ment. 10 Or, cloth his ease- ment, 1 Sam. 24,3 s ch. 5, 14 ch. 6, 34 ISam. 13,3 t Josh. 17,15 ch. 7, 24 ch. 17, 1 ch. 19, 1 uch.7, 9, 15 1 Sam. 17,47 V Josh. 2, 7 ch. 12, 5 II fat. 12 It seems to con- cern only the coun- try next to the Philis- tines, ch. 5, 6 1 Sam, 13, 19 rv 1 Sam. 17, 47, 50 X ch. 2, 16 13 So part is called Israel, ch. 4, 1, and ch. 10, 7 B. C. 1316. THAP. 4. a»?:. 2,19 b Jos?.. 11,1 c 1 Sam, 12,9 Pa. 83, 9 d ch. 1, 19 e ch. 5, 8 Ps. 106,42 / 1 Cor.1,27 g Gen. 35, 8 ZiHeb. 11. 32 i Josh. 19,37 255 ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them : and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. 26 And E'hud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quar- ries, and escaped unto Se'i-rath. 27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that 'he blew a trumpet in 'the mountain of E'phra-im,and the children of l§'ra-el w^ent down v/ith liim from the mount, and he before them. 28 And he said unto them. Follow after me : for "the Lord hath deliv- ered your enemies the M5'ab-ites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the "fords of Jor'- dan toward Mo'ab, and suffered not a ma,n to pass over, 29 And they slew of Mo'ab at that time about ten thousand men, all "lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man, 30 So Mo'ab was subdued that day under the hand of I§'ra-el, And the land had rest fourscore years. 31 ^And after him was '^Sham'gar the son of A'nath, which slew of the Phi-lis'tine§ six hundred men with "an ox goad : 'and he also delivered '^I§'ra-el, CHAPTER 4. 1 Deborah and Barak deliver Israel from Jahin and Siaera. 18 Jael killeth Sisera. 23 'Jabin subdued. AND "the children of l§'ra-el again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when E'hud was dead. 2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Ja'bin king of Ca'naan, that reigned ''in Ha'zor; the captain of whose host 'icfas Sis'e-ra, which dwelt in Ha-ro'sheth of the 6fe'tile§. 3 And the children of l§'ra-el cried unto the Lord : for he had nine hun- dred ''chariots of iron ; and twenty years ^he mightily oppressed the children of I§'ra-el. 4 TAnd ■^Deb'o-rah,a prophetess, the wife of Lap'i-doth, she judged Is'ra-el at that time. 5 And ^she dwelt under the palm tree of Deb'o-rah between Ra'mah and Beth'-el in mount E'phra-im: and the children of l§'ra-el came up to her for judgment. 6 And she sent and called ''Ba'rak the son of A-bm'o-am out 'of Ke'desh- naph'ta-li, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of i§'ra-el com- ISisera is discomfited. JUDGES, 5. Jael slayeth him. tnmid^QdiJiaying.Qo and draw toward mount Ta'bor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naph'ta-li and of the children of Zeb'u-lun ? 7 And -^I will draw unto thee to the ^river Ki'shon Sis'e-ra, the captain of Ja'bin's army, with his chariots and his multitude ; and 1 will deliver him into thinehand. 8 And Ba'rak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go : but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour ; for the Lord shall ^sell Sis'e- ra into the hand of a woman. And Deb'o-rah arose, and went with Ba'- rak to Ke'desh. 1 And Ba'rak called "'Zeb'u-lunand Naph'ta-litoKe'desh; and he went up with ten thousand men at "his feet : and Deb'o-rah went up with him. 11 Now He'bSr "^the Ken'ite, ^^^^cA was of the children of pHo'bab the father in law of M5'se§, had sev- ered himself from ?the Ken'ites, and pitched histentuntotheplainof Za-a- na'im, which is by Ke'desh. 1 2 And they shewed Sis'e-ra that Ba'i'ak the son of A-bin'o-am was gone up to mount Ta'bor. 13 And Sis'e-ra fathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all thejpeople that were with him, from Ha-ro'sheth of the Gen'tiie§ unto the river of Ki'shon. 14 And Deb'o-rah said unto Ba'rak, Up ; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sis'e-ra into thine hand: '"is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Ba'rak went down from mount Ta'bor, and ten thousand men after him. 15 And 'the Lord discomfited Sis'e ra, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword be- fore Ba'rak ; so that Sis'e-ra lighted down off his chariot, and fied e^way on his feet. 16 But Ba'rak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Ha-r5'sheth of the 6en'tile§ : and all the host of Sis'e-ra fell upon the edge of the sword ; cip.d there was not ^a man left. 1 7 Howbed t Sis'e-ra 'fled away on his feet to the tent of Ja'el the wHq of B. C, 1296. CHAP. 4. j Ex. 14, 4 k ch. 5, 21 lKi.18,40 Ps. 83, .9 I ch. 2, 14 m ch. 5, 18 n Ex. 11, 8 lKi.20,10 ch. 1. 16 p Num. 10,29 q Num. 24.21 1 gathered by cry, or, procla- mation. r Deut. 9, 3 2 Sam. 6,24 Ps. 68, 7 Ps. 77, 17,18 Isa, 62, 12 s Ps. 83, 9,10 Josh. 10,10 2 vnto one. t Job 12, 21,24 Job 40, 11,12 Ps. 107,40 3 Or, rug, or, blanket. u ch. 5, 25 V ch. 5, 26 4 put. w Neh. 9,24 Ps. 18, 47 5 going, went, and was hard. CHAP. 5 a Deut.33,2 b Isa. 64. 3 Hab. 3. 3 c Deut.4,11 1 flowed. 256 He'bSr the Ken'ite: for there vms peace between Ja'bin the king of Ha'- zor and the house of Ile'bSr the Ken'- ite. 18 And Ja/el went out to meet Sis'e* ra, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me ; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a ^mantle. 19 And he said unto her. Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink ; for I am thirsty. And she opened ''a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. 20 Again he said unto her. Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and en- quire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, ¥o. 21 Then Ja'el He'bSr's wife "took a nail of the tent, and ^took an ham- mer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground : for he was fast asleep a.nd weary. So he died. 22 And, behold, as Ba'rak pursued Sis'e-ra, Ja'el came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seek- est. And when he came into her ?^eni^, behold, Sis'e-ra lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. 23 So ^God subdued on that day Ja'bin the king of Ca'naan before the children of l§'ra-el. 24 And the hand of the children of i§'ra-el ^prospered, and prevailed against Ja'bin the king of Ca'naan, until they had destroyed Ja'bin king of Ca'naan. CHAPTER 5. Deborah and Barak's song of thanksgiving. THEN sang Deb'o-rah and Ba'rak the son of A-bin'o-am on that day, saying, 2 Praise ye the Lord for the aven- ging of i§'ra-el, when the people will- ingly offered themselves. 3 Hear, O ye kings ; give ear, O ye princes; I, eve7i I, will sing unto the Lord ; I will sing praise to the Lord God of i§'ra-el. 4 Lord, ''when thou wentest out of Se'ir, when thou marchedst out of the field of E'dom, ^he earth trem- bled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5 The ''mountains ^melted from be g Deborah and J^araJc*s JUDGES, 6. so7ig of thanksgiving. tore the Lord, even that Si'nai from before the Lord God of i§'ra-el. 6 In the days of '^Sham'gar the son of A'nath, in the days of Ja'el, the 'high- ways were unoccupied, and the "trav- ellers walked through ^byways. T The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Is'ra-el, until that I Deb'o-rah arose, that I arose a •'"mother in l§'ra-el. 8 They ^chose new gods ; then was war in the gates : ^was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in i§'ra-el ? 9 My heart is toward the governors of l§'ra-el, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord. 10 *Speak, ye 'that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the v/ay. 1,1 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing v/ater, there shall they re- hearse the ^righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts to- ward the inhabitants of his villages in Is'ra-el: then shall the people of bhe Lord go down to the gates. 1 2 Awake, awake. Deb 'o-rah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Ba'rak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou Bon of A-bm'o-am. 1 3 Then he made him that remain- eth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty. 14 Out •'of E'phra-im ivas there a root of them against Am'a-lek ; after thee, Ben'ja-mm, among thy people ; out of ^Ma'chir came down govern- ors, and out of Zeb'u-lun they that ^handle the pen of the writer. 15 And the princes of Is'sa-char^oere with Deb'o-rah; even Is'sa-char, and also Ba'rak : he was sent on ^foot into the valley. ^ For the divisions of Reu'- ben there were great ^thoughts of heart. 16 Why abodest thou ^among the sheepf olds, to hear the bl eatings of the flocks? '"For the divisions of Reu'ben there were great searchings of heart. 17 Gire-ad "'abode beyond Jor'dan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Ash'^r "continued on the sea "shore, and abode in his '"breaches. 18 Zeb'u-lun "and Naph'ta-ll were a people that '^jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of thfe field. B. C. 1290. CHAP. 5. a ch. 3, 31 e Isa. 33, 8 2 walkers of paths. 3 crooked ways. /Isa. 49,23 g Deut. 32,16 ch. 2, 12 h ch. 4, 3 1 Sam. 13, 19, 22 4 Or, Medi- tate. Ps. 145, 5 i ch. 12, 14 5 righteous- nesses of the LORD. j ch. 3, 27 k Num. 32,39 6 dratu tvith the V&n, etc. Gen.49,21 7 his feet. 8 Or, In tlie divi- sions, etc. Actsl5,38 9 impres- sions. I Num.32,1 10 Or, In. m Josh. 13,26 n Josh. 19,29 11 Or, port. 12 Or, creeks. ch. 4, 10 13 exposed to re- proach. p ch. 4, 16 Ps. 44, 12 q Josh. 10,11 r ch. 4, 15 14 paths, s ch. 4, 7 15 Or, tramp- lings, or, plung- ings. t ch. 21, 9 u 1 Sam. 17,47 V Lu. 1, 28 16 she liam- niered. 17 Betiveen. 18 de- stroyed. 19 her words. w Ex. 15, 9 20 to the head of a man. z Ps. 58, 11 Ps. 83, 9 y 2 Sam. 2L^4 z Ps. 19, 5 CHAP. Q. a ch. 2, 19 257 19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Ca'naan in Ta'a-nach by the waters of Me- gid'do ; -''they took no gain of money. 20 They ?f ought from heaven ; the 'stars in their ^ ^courses fought af:ainst Sis'e-ra. 21 The 'river of Kf shon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Ki'shon. O my soul, thou hast trod^ den down strength. 22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the ^'pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. 23 Curse ye Me'roz, said the angel d' the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabi- tants thereof; 'because they came not to the heli3 of the Lord, to the help "of the Lord against the mighty. 24 Blessed above women shall Ja'el the wife of HelbSr the Ken'ite be. "blessed shall she be ab^v.e women in the tent. 25 He asked water, atid she gave hi?n milk ; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and "with the hammer she smote Sis'e-ra, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 27 ^^At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down ^^dead. 28 The mother of Sis'e-ra looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice. Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the \7heels of his chariots ? 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned ^^answer to herself, 30 Have "they not sped ? have they 7iot divided the prey ; ^°to every man a damsel or two ; to Sis'e-ra a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers col ours of needlework, of divers coloured, of needlework on both sides, tneet foi the necks of thern that take the spoil ^ 31 So "^let all thine enemies perish, O Lord : but let them that love him be 5'as the sun ^when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. CHAPTER 6. 1 The Israelites, /or their sin, oppressed by Midkin: 7 a prophet rebukes them. 11 An angel sends Gid- eon to deliver them. 17 Gideon's present consumed by fire : 36 his signs. ND "the children of l§'ra-el did evil in the sight of the Loep A Midianites oppress Israel. JUDGES, 6. An angel rneeteth Gideon. and the Lord delivered them into the hand 'of Mid'i-an seven years. 2 And the hand of Mid'i-an ^pre- vailed against l§'ra-el: and because of the Midl-an-ites the children of I§''ra-el made them ^the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when i§'ra-el had sown, that the Mid'i-an-ites came up, and the Am'a-lek-ites, '^and the chil- dren of the east, even they came up against them ; 4 And they encamped against them, 'and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Ga'za, and left no sustenance for is'ra-el, neither ^sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude ; for both they and their camels were without number : and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And is'ra-el was greatly impover- ished because of the Midl-an-ites ; and the children of I§'ra-el cried •^unto the Lord. 7 "iFAnd it came to pass, when the children of l§'ra-el cried unto the Lord because of the Mid'i-an-ites, 8 That the Lord sent ^a prophet unto the children of Is'ra-el, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of is'ra-el, I brought you up from E'gypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondag-e ;, 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the E-gyp'tians,and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land ; 10 And 1 said unto you, I am the Lord your God ; --^f ear not the gods of the Am'or-ites, in whose land ye dwell : but ye have not obeyed my voice. 11 II And there came an angel of the LoRD,and sat under an oak which ^oas in Oph'rah, that pertained unto Jo'- ash Hhe A'bi-ez'rite : and his son Gid'- e-on threshed wheat by the winepress, ^to hide it from the ]??Iid'i-an-ites. 12 And the 'angel of the Lord ap- peared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gid'e-on said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and Vhere be all his miracles which our B. C. 1256. CHAP. 6. b Heb. 3, 7 1 was strong. c 1 Sam. 13,6 Heb. 11,38 a Gen. 29, 1 ch. 7, 12 ch. 8, 10 1 Ki. 4, 30 Job 1, 3 e Lev.26,16 Deut. 28, 30 Job 31,7,8 Jer. 5, 17 Jer. 12, 12, 13 Mic. 6, 15 2 Or, goat. f Hos. 5, 15 1249. 3 a man a prophet. g 2Ki.l7,35 Jer. 10, 2 h Josh. 17,2 i to cause it to flee. i ch. 13, 3 j Ps. 89, 49 Isa. 59, 1 k 2Chr.l5,2 I, 1 Sam. 12, 11 Heb. 11,32 m Josh. 1, 9 5 my thou- sand is the mean- est. 1 Sam. 9,21 n Ex. 3, 12 Josh. 1, 5 Ex. 4, 1 p Gen. 18, 3 6 Or, meat offering. 7 a kid of the goats. q ch. 13, 19 r 1 Ki.18,33 s Lev. 9, 24 2 Chr. 7, 1 t Gen.16,13 Gen.32,30 Ex. 3.3, 20 ch. 13, 22 u Dan. 10, 19 Lu. 24, 36 ■8 That is, llie LORD send peace, Gen.22,14 Ex. 17, 15 Jer. 33, 16 Ezek. 48, 35 V ch. 8, 32 258 fathers told us of, saying. Did not the Lord bring us up from E'gypt ? but now the Lord hath ^forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Mid'i-an-ites. 14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said, 'Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save is'ra-el from the hand of the Mid'i-an-ites : have '"not I sent thee? 1 5 And he said unto him. Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save is'ra-el ? behold, ^my family is poor in Ma- nas'seh, and I am the least in my fa- ther's house. 16 And the Lord said unto him., Surely "I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the ]Mid'i-an-ites as one man. 1 7 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then "shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. 1 8 Depart ^not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my ^present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. 19 And Gid'e-on went in, and made ready "a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour : the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleav- ened cakes, and ^lay the?n upon this rock, and 'pour out the broth. And he did so. 21 Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that loas in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes ; and 'there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight. 22 And when Gid'e-on perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gid'- e-on said, Alas, O Lord God ! for be- cause I have seen an angel of the Lord 'face to face. 23 And the Lord said unto him, Peace ""be unto thee ; fear not : thou shalt not die. 24 Then Gid'e-on built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it '^Je-ho'- vah-sha'lom : unto this day it is yet in oph'rah of the A'bi-ez 'rites. 25 TTAnd it came to pass the same night, that the Lord siiid unto him, God encourageth Gideon. J UDGES, 7. Gideon's army selected. Take thy father's young bullock, '^even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Ba'al that thy father hath, and cut "down the grove that is by it : 26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this '"rock, ' 'in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sac- rifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 2 7 Then Gid'e-on took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him : and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that'^he did it ^by night. 28 *l And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Ba'al was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was of- fered upon the altar that loas built. 29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gid'e-on the son of Jo'ash hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city said unto Jd'ash, ^Bring ouu thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Ba'al, and because he hath cut down the grove that loas by it. 31 And Jd'ash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Ba'al ? will ye save him ? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning : if he be a god, let him plead for himself, be- cause one hath cast dow^n his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he called him '''Je-rub'ba-al, saying. Let Ba'al plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. 33 *ilThen all the Mid'i-an-ites and the Am'a-lek-ites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in 'the valley of Jez're-el. 34 But °the Spirit of the Lord ^^came upon Gid'e-on, and he blew a Hrump- et; andA'bi-e'z6r ^ ''was gathered after him. 35 And he sent messengers through- out all Ma-nas'seh ; who also was gath- ered after him: and he sent mes- sengers unto Ash'gr, and unto Zeb'u- liin, and unto Naph'ta-li •, and they came up to meet them. 36 IT And Gid'e-on said unto God, If B. C. 1249. CHAP. 6. 9 Or, and. w Ex. 34, 13 Deut. 7, 5 10 strong place. 11 Or, man orderlij manner. X John 3, 1 y John 16,2 Acts 26, 9 12 That is, Let Baal plead. 1 Sam. 12, 11 Oi\Jerub- bei>heth; that is, Let skame, or, coa- jusion, plead. 2 Sara. 11,21 Jer. 11,13 Hos. 9, 10 z Josh. 17, 16 1 Ki.18,45 1 Ki.21,23 a ch. 3, 10 ch. 11. 29 ch. 13, 25 ch. 14, 6, 19 1 Chr. 12,18 2 Chr. 24,20 13 clothed, b Num.10,3 ch. 3, 27 14 was called after him. c Ex. 4, 3, 4, 6,7 dGen.18,32 CHAP. 7. a ch. 6, 32 b Josh. 3, 1 Josh. 6,12 Eccl. 9,10 1 That is. Trem- bling. c Gen. 12, 6 d Deut.8,17 Deut. 9, 4 1 Sam. 17,47 Ps. 33, 16-18 Ps.44, 6.7 Pro. 25. 6 Eccl. 9,11 Isa. 10, 13 Jer. 9, 23,24 Zech. 4, 6 lCor.1,29 1 Cor. 4, 7 2 Cor. 4, 7 2 Cor. 10. 17 e Deut.20,8 2 separate, Oi\purify. 1 Sam. 16, 6. 7 Mai. 3, 2,8 259 thou wilt save l§'ra-el by mine hand, as thou hast said, 3 7 Behold, "^^I will put a fleece of wool in the floor ; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wflt save is'ra-el by mine hand, as thou hast said. 38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowi full of water. 39 And Gid'e-on said unto God, Let "^not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once : let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did so that night : for it was dry upon the fleece only, and. there was dew on all the ground. CHAPTER 7. I Gideon^s army : 9 he in encouraged by the dream, and the interpretation of the barley cake. 16 His stratagem against Midian. 24 Oreb andZeeb taken. THEN «Je-rub'ba-al,who is Gid'e- on, and all the people that icej^e with him, *rose up early, and pitched beside the well of 'Ha'rod : so that the host of the Mid'i-an-ites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Mo'reh, in the '"valley. 2 And the Lord said unto Gid'e-on, The people that are with thee are too many forme to give the Mid'i-an-Ite^s into their hands, lest l§'ra-el "'vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Who- soever 'is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gfl'e-ad. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. 4 And the Lord said unto Gid'e-on, The people are yet too many ; bring them down unto the water, and I will -try them for thee there : and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee ; and of whomso^ ever I say unto thee. This shall not go vdth thee, the same shall not go. 5 So he brought doAvn the people unto the water : and the Lord said unto Gid'e-on, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by him- self ; likewise everj^ one that bowetb down upon his knees to drink. Gideon'' s stratagem JUDGES, 7. against Midian. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men : but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the Lord said unto Gid'e-on, •^By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver theMid'i-an-ites into thine hand : and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of I§'ra-el every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men : and the host of Mid'i- an was beneath him in the valley. 9 1i And it came to pass the same night, ^that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. 1 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phii'rah thy servant down to the host : 11 And thou shalt ''hear what they say ; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phii' rah his servant unto the outside of the ^armed men that were in the host, 1 2 And the Mid'i-an-ites and the Am'a-lek-ites and 'all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for mul- titude. 13 And when Gid'e-on was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Be- hold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, -^a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Mid'i-an, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. 14 And *his fellow answered and said. This is nothing else save the sword of Gid'e-on the son of J5'ash, a man of l§'ra-el : for into his hand hath God delivered Mid'i-an, and all the host. 15 HAnd it was so, when Gid'e-on heard the telling of the dream, and *the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of I§'ra-el, and said, Arise ; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Mid'i-an. 16 And he divided the three hun- dred men into three companies, and B. C. 1249. CHAP. 7. / 1 Sam. 14,6 g Gen. 46, 2 3 Job 4, 13 Mat. 1, 20 h Gen.24,14 1 Sam. 14, 9, 10 3 Or, ranks by five, Ex. 13, 18 i ch. 6, 5,33 ch. 8, 10 j ch. 6, 15 Isa. 41, 14, 15 1 Cor. 1,27 k Gen. 40, 8 Num.23,5 4 thebreak- inq there- of. 5 trumpets in the hand of all of t hem. Num.10,9 Josh. 6, 4 2 Chr. 13, 14, 15 Amos 3, 6 6 Or, ^re- brands, or, torches. I Lu. 12, 38 m Ex. 14, 13, 14 2 Chr. 20, 17 n2 Ki. 7, 7 Josh. 6, 4, 16, 20 2 Cor. 4, 7 p Ps. 83, 9 isa. 9, 4 q 1 Sam. 14, 20 2 Chr. 20,23 7 Or, toward. 8 lip. r ch. 3, 27 s ch. 3, 28 t John 1,28 uch. 8, 3 Ps. 83, 11 V Isa. 10, 26 w ch. 8, 4 9, HO he put ^a trumpet in every man^s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them. Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say. The sv^ord of the Lord, and of Gid'e-on. 19 HSo Gid'e-on, and the hundred men that vnere with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the be- ginning of the 'middle watch ; and they had but newly set the watch : and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitch- ers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried. The sword of the Lord, and of Gid'e-on. 21 And they '"stood every man in his place round about the camp : and "all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 22 And the three hundred °blew the trumpets, and ^the Lord set every Oman's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host : and the host fled to Beth-shit'tah ^in Zer'e-rath, a7id to the ^border of A'bel-me-h5'- lah, unto Tab'bath. 23 And the men of i§'ra-el gathered themselves together out of Naph'- ta-li, and out of Ash'6r, and out of all Ma-nas'seh, and pursued after the Mid'i-an-ites. 24 And Gid'e-on sent messengers throughout all '^mount E'phra-im, saying. Come down against the Mid'i-an-ites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-ba'rah and Jor'- dan. Then all the men of E'phra-im gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-ba'rah 'and J or 'dan. 25 And they took ''two princes of the Mid'i-an-ites, O'reb and Ze'eb ; and they slew o'reb upon "the rock O'reb, and Zejeb they slew at the winepress of Ze'eb, and pursued Mid'- i-an, and brought the heads of o'reb and Ze'eb to Gid'e-on on the "other side Jor-dan. ^N Zebah and JUDGES, 8. Zalmunna stain. CHAPTER 8. The Ephraimites are offended and pacified. 10 Ze- bah and Zalmunna taken. 28 Midian totally sub- dued. 32 Gideon's death; the Israelites'' idolatry and Ingratitude. AND ''the men of E'phra-im said unto him, ^Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Mid'i-an-ites ? And they did chide witn him ^sharply. 2 And he said \into them, AV hat have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of E'phra-im better than the vintage of A'bi-e'zSr ? 3 God *hath dehvered into your hands the princes of Mid'i-an, O'reb and Ze'eb : and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their ^anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. 4 HAnd Gid'e-on came to Jor'dan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 5 And he said unto the men ""of Suc^- coth. Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me ; for they he faint, and I am pur- suing after Ze'bah and Zal-mun'na, kings of Mid'i-an. 6 And the princes of Suc'coth said, ^Are the hands of Ze'bah and Zal- miin'na now in thine hand, that 'we should give bread unto thine army ? T And Gid'e-on said. Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Ze'bah and Zal-mun'na into mine hand, then I will ^tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. 8 And he went up thence -^to Pe- nii'el, and spake unto them likewise : and the men of Pe-nii'el answered him as the men of Suc'coth had an- swered him. 9 And he spake also unto the men of Pe-nfi'el, saying, When -'I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. 10 ^Now Ze'bah and Zal-mun'na were in Kar'kor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand tnen, all that were left of all Hhe hosts of the children of the east: for there fell ^an hundred and twenty thou- sand men that drew sword. 1 1 "lAnd Gid'e-on went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east 'of No'bah and Joglbe-hah, and smote the host : for the host was 'secure. 12 And when Ze'bah and Zal-mun' B. C. 1249. CHAP. 8. a ch. 12, 1 2 Sam. 19,41 1 WlMt thing is this thou hast done unto us ? 2 strongly, h ch. 7, 24 3 spirit. Pro. 15, 1 c Gen.33,17 Ps. 60, 6 cl 1 Ki.20,11 e 1 Sam. 25,11 4 thresh. f Gen.32,30 " 1 Kl.12,25 g 1 Ki.22,27 h ch. 7, 12 5 Or, an hvmdred and twenty thousand, every one drawing a sword, ch. 20, 2 2 Ki. 3, 26 i Num. 32,35 j ch. 18, 27 Pro. 17,18 lThes.5,3 k Ps. 83, 11 6 terrified. 7 writ. 8 nMde to knotv. I lKi.12,25 m ch. 4, 6 Ps. 89, 12 9 according to the form, etc. n Ps. 83, 11 10 Or,oma- ments like the moon. 1 Sam.8,7 1 Sam. 10,19 1 Sam. 12, 12 Ps. 10. 16 Ps. 29, 10 Ps. 89, 18 Isa. 26, 13 Isa. 33, 22 Isa. 43, 15 Hos.13,10 261 na fled, he pursued after them, and ^took the two kings of Mid'i-an, Ze'- bah and Zal-mun'na, and ^discomfited all the host. 13 *![And Gid'e-on the son of Jo'ash returned from battle before the sun was up, 14 And caught a young man of the men of Suc'coth,and enquired of him : and he Vlescribed unto him the princes of Suc'coth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seven- teen men. 15 And he came unto the men of Siic'coth,and said, Behold Ze'bah and Zal-mun'na, with whom ye did up- braid me, saving, A7'e the hands of Ze'bah and Zal-miin'na now in tliine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are Avearj- ? 1 6 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he ^taught the men of Suc'coth. 1 T And he beat do^vn the tower of 'Pe-nii'el, and slew the men of the city. 1 8 !i"Then said he unto Ze'bah and Zal-mun'na, What manner of men loere they whom ye slew '"at Ta'bor ? And they answered, As thou art, so were they ; each one "resembled the children of a king. 1 9 And he said, They \oere my breth- ren, even the sons of my mother- as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. 20 And he said unto Je'thSr his first- bom, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword : for he feared, because he was yet a youth. 21 Then Ze'bah and" Zal-mun'na said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gid'e-on arose, and "slew Ze'bah and Zal-mun'na, and took away the "ornaments that w^ere on their camels' necks. 22 TiThen the men of I§'ra-el said unto Gid'e-on, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Mid'i-an. 23 And Gid'e-on said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son nfle over you: 'the Lord shall rule over you. 24 And Gid'e-on said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give m.e every man the ear- rings of his prey. (For they had Ahimelech is made king. JUDGES, y. Jot ham's paraMe. golden earrings, -^because they were ish'ma-el-ites.) 2 5 And they answered, We will will- ingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. 26 And the weight of the golden ear- rings that he requested was a thou- sand and seven hundred shekels of gold ; beside ornaments, and "collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Mid'i-an, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks. 2 7 And G id 'e-on^made an ephod there- of, and put it in his city, eve^i in 'Oph'- rah : and all i§'ra-el 'went thither a whoring after it: which thing became 'a snare unto G id'e-on, and to his house. 28 'iiThus was Mid'i-an subdued be- fore the children of Is'ra-el, so that they lifted up their heads no more And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gid'e-on. 29 And J e-rub'ba-al the son of Jo'ash went and dwelt in his own house. 30 And Gid'e-on had ''threescore and ten sons '^of his body begotten : for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine that was in She'chem, she also bare him a son, whose name he '^called'^A-bim'e-lech. 32 And Gid'e-on the son of Jd'ash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of J 5'ash his father, "in oph'rah of the A'bi-ez'rites 33 And it came to pass, "as soon as Gid'e-on was dead, that the children of l§;'ra-el turned again, and went a whoring after Ba'al-hn, and -^made ^^Ba'al-be'rith their god. 34 And the children of I§'ra-el re- membered "not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on ever^' side : 35 Neither 'shewed they kindness to the house of Je-riib'ba-al, namely, Gid'e-on, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto i§'ra-el. CHAPTER 9. '.Ahimelech is made king hy the Shechemites. 't Jo- tham, by a parable, reproacheth them. 22 GaaVs conspiracy 50 Abimelech -slain. 56 JothayrVs curse fulfilled. AND A-bim'e-lech the son of Je- riib'ba-al went to She'chem unto "his mother's brethren, and com- muned with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, 2 Speak, 1 pray you, in the ears of B. C. 1249. CHAP. 8. p Gen.25,13 Gen.37,25 11 Or, sweet jewels. q ch. 17, 5 r ch. 6. 24 s Ps. 106,39 t Deut.7,16 u ch. 9, 2, 5 12 going ovt of his thigh. 13 set. 14 That is. My father the king. V ch. 6, 24 ID ch. 2, 19 X ch. 9. 4 15 That is. Idol of the cove- nant. y Ps. 78, 11,42 Ps. 106. 13-21 z ch. 9, 16 Eccl. 9, 14,15 B. C. 1209. CHAP. 9. a ch. 8, 31 1 ^Miat is good 1 whether, etc. b ch. 8. 30 c Gen.29.14 2 after. d Gen.29.15 e ch. 8, 33 /ch. 11, 3 2Chr.l3,7 Pro. 12, 11 Acts 17. 5 g ch. 6. 24 h 2 Ki. 11, 1 3 Or. Ini the oak of the pillar. Josh. 24,26 I Deut. 11,29 Deut. 27 11 Josh. 8,33 John 4,20 j 2K1. 14,9 k ch. 8, 22 I Ps. 104,15 4 go up and down for other trees. 5 Or, thistle. 262 all the men of She'chem, 'Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Je-ruh'h8i-8i\,which are ''three- score and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you ? remem ber also that I am ''your bone and vour flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of She'- chem all these words: and their hearts inclined ^to follow A-bim'e-lech ; for they said, He is "^our brother. 4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of 'fia'al-be'rith, wherewith A-bim'e- lech hired -^ vain and light persons, which followed him. 5 And he went unto his father's house ^at oph'rah, and ^slew his brethren the sons of Je-riib'ba-al, be- ing threescore and ten persons, upon one stone : notwithstanding yet J o'- tham the youngest son of J e-rub'- ba-al was left ; for he hid hiniself . 6 And all the men of She'chem gathered together, and all the house of MU'lo, and went, and made A-bim'- e-lech king, ^by the plain of the pillar that vjas in She'chem. 7 And when they told it to J5'tham, he went and stood in the top of 'mount Ger'i-zim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of She'- chem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The 'trees went forth on a ti?ne to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign ^thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith 'by me they honour God and man, and '*go to be promoted over the trees ? 10 And the trees said to the fig tree. Come thou, arid reign over us. 1 1 But the fig tree said unto them. Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees ? 1 2 Then said the trees unto the vine, CoiTie thou, and reign over us. 1 3 And the vine said unto them. Should I leave my wine, which cheer- eth God and man, and go to be pro- moted over the trees ? 14 Then said all the trees unto the ^bramble. Come thou, and reign over us. 1 5 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king GaaVs conspiracy. JUDGES, 9. Treachery of Zebul. CHAP. 9. m Isa. 30, 2 Dan. 4, 12 Hos. 14, 7 71 Num. 21,28 Ezek. 19, 14 2 Ki. 14, 9 Ps.104, 16 over you, the7i come and put your b- c- 1209. trust in "'mv shadow : and if not, "let fire come out of the bramble, and de- vour the "cedars of Leb'a-non. 16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made A-bim'e-lech king, and if ye have dealt well with Je-rub'ba-al and his house, and have done unto him ^ac-j cording to the deserving of his hands ; \^_ l^-^^l^ 1 7 ( For my father fought for you, and Ezek.31,3 ^adventured his life far, and delivered v ch. 8, 35 6 cast his life. q Isa. 8, 6 Phil. 3, 3 r 2 Sam. 20,14 1206. s 1 Sam. 16, 14 lKi.12,15 1 Ki. 18,19 Isa. 19, 2, 14 t Isa. 33, 1 u 1 Ki. 2, 23 Esth.9.25 Ps. 7, 16 Ps. 58, 10, 11 Mat.23,35 7 strength- ened his hands to kill. 8 Or, songs. Ps. 4, 7 Isa. 16, 9 Jer.2.5,30 Amo.s 6, 1-6 V cli. 8, 33 w Ex. 5, 2 1 Sam.. 25, 10 you out of the hand of .Midl-an : 1 8 And ye are risen up agamst my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have madeA-bim'e-lech, the son of his maid- servant, king over the men of She'- ehem, because he is your brother ;) 19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Je-rublba-al and Avith his house this day, then, ^rejoice ye in A-bim'e-lech, and let him also re joice in you : ^20 But if not, let fire come out from A-bim'e-lech, and devour the men of She'chem, and the house of Millo ; and let fire come out from the men of She'chem, and from the house of Mil'lo, and devour A-bim'e-lech. • 21 And Jo'tham ran away, and fled, and went to "Be'er, and dwelt there, for fear of A-bim'e-lech his brother. 22 *i When A-bim'e-lech had reigned three years over l§'ra-el, 23 Then 'God sent an evil spirit be- tween A-bim'e-lech and the men of,-c Gen. 34,2 She'chem ; and the men of She'chem! v 2 sam, 'dealt treacherously with A-bim'e- lech : 24 That "the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Je-rub'- ba-al might come, and their blood be laid upon A-bim'e-lech their brother, which slew them ; and upon the men of She'chem, which ^aided him in the killing of his brethren. 25 And the men of She'chem set liers in wait for him in the top of the ^^ navei mountains, and they robbed all that ^^^'clra^rs came along that way by them : and of the it was told A-bim'e-lech. ImI sn i/ers. Deut. 18, 10, 14 Josh. 13.22 Ps. 31, 6 Isa. 2, 6 Dan. 2, 27 Dan. 5, 7, 11 Mic. 5, 12 Actsl6,16 a 2 Ki. 14, 8 263 15, 4 1 Ki.20,11 9 Or, hot. 10 craftily, or, to Tormah, yer. 41 11 as thine hand shall find, 1 Sam. 10,7 Eccl. 9,10 z Mark8,24 26 And Ga'al the son of E'bed came with his brethren, and went over to She'chem : and the men of She'chem put their confidence in him. 27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made *merry. and went into the house ^of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed A-bim'e-lech. 28 And Ga'al the son of E'bed said, "Who is A-bim'e-lech, and who is She'chem, that we should serve him ? is not he the son of Je-rub'ba-al ? and Ze'bul his officer ? serve the men of "^Ha'mor the father of She'chem : for why should we sei^^^e him ? 29 And ^would to God this people were under my hand I then would I rernove A-bim'e-lech. And he said to A-bim'e-lech, Increase thine army, and come out. 30 IT And when Ze'bul the ruler of the city heard the words of Ga'al the son of E'bed, his anger was ^kindled. 3 1 And he sent messengers unto A-bim'e-lech ^"privily, saying, Behold, Ga'al the son of E'bed and Ms breth- ren be come to She'chem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee. 32 Now therefore up b}^ night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field : 33 And it shall be, that in the morn- ing, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, v^hen he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them "as thou shalt find occasion. 34^And A-bim'e-lech rose up, and all the people that v^ere with him, by_night, and they laid wait against She'chem in four companies. 35 And Ga'al the son of E'bed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and A-bim'e-lech rose up, and the people that v:)ere with hiiTL, from lying in wait. 36 And when Ga'al saw the people, he said to Ze'bul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Ze'bul said unto him, ^Thou seest the shadow of th«^ mountains as if they loere men. 37 And Ga'al spake again and said. See there come people down by the ^ '^middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of ^'Me-6n'e-nim. 38 Then said Ze'bulunto him. Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst,Who is A-bim'e-lech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised ? ''go out, I pray now, and fight with them. 39 And Ga'al went out before the men of She'chem, and fought with A-blm'e-lech. Shecherrt is destroyed. JUDGES, 10. Tola judgeth Israel. 40 And A-bim'e-lech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown aw(i wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. 41 And A-bim'e-lech dwelt at A-ru'- mah : and Ze'bui thrust out Ga'al and his brethren, that they should not dwell in She'chem. 42 And it came to pass on the mor- row, that the people went out into the field ; and they told A-bim'e-lech. 43 And he took the people, and di- vided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city ; and he rose up against them, and smote them. 44 And A-bim'e-lech, and the com- pany that was with him, rushed for- ward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city : and the two other companies ran upon all the people ■yiat were in the fields, and slew them. 45 And A-bim'e-lech fought against the city all that day ; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and *beat down the city, and '^sowed it with salt. 46 IFAnd when all the men of the tower of She'chem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house ''of the god Be'rith. 47 And it was told A-bim'e-lech, that all the men of the tower of She'cl^ m were gathered together. 48 And A-bim'e-lech gat him up to ''mount ZaFmon, he and all the people that 10 ere with him ; and A-bim'e-lech took an ax in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that loei^e with him, What ye have seen *^me do, make haste, and do as I have done. 49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and fol- lowed A-bim'e-lech, and put thejn to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them ; so that all the men of the tower of She'chem died also, about a thou- sand men and women. 5 ^Then ^went A-bim'e-lech to The'- bez, and encamped against The'bez, and took it. 51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. 52 And A-bim'e-lech cam.e unto the B. C. 1206. CHAP. 9. h Deut. 29,23 See ver. 20 1 Ki.12,25 2 Ki. 3, 25 Job 8, 22 Job 18, 5, 15,21 Job 21, 17, 80 Ps. 9, 16 Ps. 11, 6 Ps. 76, 10 Ps. 119, 119 Pro. 2, 22 Eccl. 8, 12,13 14 Thus marking it out for perpet- ual deso- lation and bar- renness. Ps. 107,34 Zeph. 2, 9 Jas. 2, 13 c ch. 8, 33 d Ps. 68, 14 15 I Jiave done. e Ex. 14, 4 2 Ki.14,10 /ch. 4, 17 2 Sam. 11, 21 Job 31, 3 Jer. 49, 20 Jer. 50, 45 1 Cor.1,27 g 1 Sam. 31,4 h Gen. 9,5,6 Job 31, 3 Ps. 94, 23 Pro, 5, 22 Pro. 24,12 Rom. 2, 6 Gal. 6, 7 B. C. 1183. CHAP. 10. a ch. 2, 16 1 save, or, deliver. b ch. 5, 10 c Deut.3,14 2 Or, The villages of Jair, Num. 32,41 1161. a ch. 2, 11 ch. 13, 1 e ch. 2, 13 /ch. 2, 12 g lKi.11,33 Ps. 106,36 hard unto the door of the tower to bum it with fire. 53 And J'a, certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon A-bun'e- lech's head, and all to brake his scull. 54 Then ^'he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew hmi. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of l§'ra-el saw that A-bim'e-lech was dead, they de- parted every m^an unto his place. 5 6 HThus ^God rendered the wicked- ness of A'bim'e-lech, which he did un- to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren : 5 7 And all the evil of the men of She'chem did God render upon their heads : and upon them came the curse of Jd'tham the son of Je-rub'ba-al. h 1 Sam. 12,9 tower, and fought against it, and went Is crushed. ' 264 CHAPTER 10. 1 Tola judgeth Israel in Shamir. 6 Israel oppressed hy the Philistines and Ammonites ; 10 they cry t» God ; 15 they repent ; God pitieth them. AND after A-bim'e-lech therearose J'to 'defend i§'ra-el T5'la the son of Pu'ah, the son of D5'do, a man of is'sa-char; and he dwelt in Sha'mir in mount E'phra-im. 2 And he judged i§'ra-el twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Sha'mir. 3 lAnd after him arose Jalr, a Gil'e- ad-Ite,and judged Is'ra-el twenty and two years. 4 And he had tliirty sons that rode *on thirty ass colts, and they had thir- ty cities, which ''are called ^Ha'voth- ja'ir unto this day, which are in the land of Gil'e-ad. 5 And Ja'ir died, and was buried in Ca'mon. 6 IfAnd '^the children of Is'ra-el did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and ^served Ba'al-im, and Ash'ta-roth, and •''the gods of Syr'i-a.and the gods of ^Zi'don,and the gods of M5'ab, and the gods of the children of Am'mon, and the gods of the Phi-lis'tines, and forsook th eLoRD, and served not him. 7 And the anger of the Lord was hot against Is'ra-el, and he ^sold them into the hands of the Phi-lis'tines, and into the hands of the children of Am'mon. 8 And that year they vexed and ^op- pressed the children of l§'ra-el : eight- een years, all the children of i§'ra-el that were on the other side Jor'dan in ^^ God pitieth Israel. JUDGES, 11. Jephthah chosen captain. the land of the Am'or-ites, which ^s in Gire-ad. 9 Moreover the children of Am'nidn passed over Jor'dan to fight also against Jii'dah, and against Ben'ja- min, and against the house of E'phra- im; so that l§'ra-el was sore distressed. 1 ^ And 'the children of I§'ra~el cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also serv^ed Ba'al-im. 11 And the Lord said unto the chil- dren of i§'ra-el, Didiiot I deliver you •'froni the E-g5"p'tian§, and '-from the Am'or-ites, '^f roni the children of Am'- mon, '"and from the Phi-lis'tine§ ? 12 The "Zi-d5'ni-an§ also, "and the Am'a-lek-ites,and the Ma'on-ites, did 'oppress you ; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. 1 3 Yet '?ye have forsaken me, and served other gods : wherefore I will deliver you no more. 14 Go and ''cry unto the gods which ye have chosen ; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. 15 And the children of l§'ra-el said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do 'thou unto us whatsoever '*seemeth good unto thee ; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. 1 6 And 'they put away the ^strange gods from among them, and served the Lord : and "^his soul Svas grieved for the misery of i§'ra-el. IT Then the children of Am'mon were 'gathered together, and en- camped in Gil'e'ad. And the children of is'ra-el asseinbled themselves to- gether, and encamped in ''Miz'peh. 18 And the people and princes of Gire-ad said one to another. What man is he that v>dll begin to fight agairist the children of Am'mon ? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gil'e-ad. CHAPTER 11. 1 The Gilendiies covenant with Jephthah. 12 EU embassy to the king of Amman ; 20 his vow: 32 he overcomes the Am.momtes. NOW Jeph'thah the Gil'e-ad-ite was "a mighty man of valour, and he loas the son of 'an harlot : and Gil'e-ad begat Jeph'thah. 2 And Gil'e-ad's wife bare him sons ; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jeph'thah, and said unto him. Thou shalt not inherit in our fa- ther's house ; for thou a7't the son of a strange woman. 3 Then Jeph'thah fled ''from, his CHAP. 10. i 1 Sam. 12,10 J Ex. 14, 30 k Num. 21,21 I ch. 3, 12 m cli. 3, 31 n ch. 5, 19 ch. 6. 3 p Ps. 106,42 a Deut. 32,15 Jer. 2, 13 r 2Ki.3, 13 s 1 Sam. 3, 18 i is good in thine eyes. t 2Chr.7,14 5 gods of strangers. u Ps. 106,44 6 wa.s short- ened. 7 cried to- gether. V Gen.31,49 B. C. 1161. CHAP. 11. a ch. 6, 12 1 a woman anharlot. 2 from the face. b ch. 9, 4 1 Sam. 22.2 3 after days. c Gen.26,27 d Lu. 17, 4 e ch. 10. 18 /Gen.31,50 Jer. 29.23 Jer. 42. 5 Mic. 1, 2 Rom. 1, 9 lThes.2,5 4 be the hearer be- ttveen us. g ch. 10, 17 ch. 20, 1 1 Sam. 10, 17 1 Sam. 11.15 Pro. 16. 3 h Num. 21,24 i Gen.32,22 j Deut. 2, 9,19 265 brethren, and dwelt in the land of T5b : and there were gathered vain *men to Jeph'thah, and went out with him. 4 H And it came to pass ^in process of time, that the children of Am'mdn made war against Is'ra-el. 5 And it was so, that when the chil- dren of Am'mon made war against i§'ra-el, the elders of Gil'e-ad went t-j fetch Jeph'thah out of the land of Tob: 6 And they said unto Jeph'thah. Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Am mon. T And Jeph'thah said unto the elders of Gil'e-ad, ^Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house ? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress ? 8 And the elders of Gil'e-ad said unto Jeph'thah, Therefore '^we turn again to thee now, that thou may est go with us, and fight against the children of Am'mon, and be our "head over all the inhabitants of Gil'e-ad. 9 And Jeph'thah said unto the elders of Gil'e-ad, If ye bring me home a^ain to fight against the children of Am'- m5n, and the Lord deliver them be- fore me, shall I be your head ? 1 And theelderso'f Gil 'e-adsaid unto Jeph'thah, -''The Lord ^be witness be- tween us, if we do not so according to thy words. 11 Then Jeph'thah went with the eldersof Gil'e-ad, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jeph'thah uttered all his words ^before the Lord in Miz'peh. 1 2 ^ And Jeph'thah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Am'- mon, saying, >¥hat hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land ? 1 3 And the king of the children of Am'mon answered unto the messen- gers of Jeph'thah, Because is'ra-el ^took away my land, when they came up out of E'gypt, from Ar'non even unto ' Jab'b6k,and unto Jor'dan : now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. 14 And Jeph'thah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Am'mon : 1 5 And said unto him. Thus saith Jeph'thah, •'is'ra-el took not away the land of Mo'ab, nor the land of the chil- dren of Am'mon ; J'ephthah''s fruitless embassy. JUDGES, 11. His rash vow. 16 But when Is'ra-el came up from E'gypt, and '^walked through the wil- derness unto the Red sea, and came 'to Ka'desh; 17 Then "'is'ra-el_ sent messengers unto the kmg of E'dom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through tiiy land : but the king of E'dom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Mo'ab : huih.Qwovldin.otcojisent: and l§'ra-el "abode in Ka'desh. 18 Then they \¥ent along through the wilderness, and "compassed the land of E'dom, and the land of Mo'ab, and ^pame by the east side of the land of Mo'ab, andpitched on the other side of Ar'non, but came not within the border of Mo'ab : for Ar'non was the border of Mo'ab. 1 9 And '''l§'ra-el sent messengers unto Si'hdn king of thelni'dr-ites, the king of Ilesh'bon; and l§'ra-el said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place. 20 But Si'hon trusted not I§'ra-el to pass through his coast: but Si'hon gathered all_his people together, and pitched in Ja'haz, and fought against Is'ra-el. 21 And the Lord God of is'ra-el de- livered Si'hon and all his people into the hand of l§'ra-el, and '"they smote them : so i§'ra-el possessed all the land of the Am'or-ites, the inhabitants of that country. 22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Am'or-ites, from Ar'non even unto Jab'bok, and from the wilder- ness even unto Jor'dan. 23 So now the Lord God of is'ra-el hath dispossessed the AmJor-ites from before his people is'ra-el, and should- est thou possess it ? 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Che'm.osh thy god giveth thee to pos- sess ? So whomsoever the 'Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. 25 And now art thou any thing bet- ter than "Ba'lak the son of Zip'por, king of Mo'ab? did he ever strive against ts'ra-el, or did he ever fight against tliem, 26 While l§'ra-el dwelt in Hesh'bon and her towns, and in 'Ar'o-gr and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Ar'non, three hundred years ? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time ? f 27 Wherefore I have not sinned B. C. 1143. CHAP. 11. k Num. 14, 25 Deut.l.iO Josh. 5, 6 ( Num. 13, 26 Num.20,1 Deut.1,46 m Num. 20. 14 n Num.20,1 o Num. 21,4 Deut. 2, 1-8 p Num. 21, 11 q Deut.3,26 r Num. 21, 24 Deut. 2, 33, 84 s Num. 21, 29 1 Ki. 11, 7 Jer. 48, 7 t Ex. 23, 28,31 Ex. 34, 11 Num. 33, 50, 54 Deut. 7, 16,24 Deut. 9, 3,0 Deut. 18, 12 Josh. 3,10 Josh. 13,6 Josh. 24, 11, 13 2Chr.7,20 2Chr.20,7 Ps. 44, 2,3 Actsl3,19 u Num. 22,2 Josh. 24,9 V Deut.2,36 it;Gen.l8,25 X ch. 3, 10 V Gen.28,20 1 Sam. I, 11 5 tliat which comcth forth, which sJmll come forth. z Lev. 27, 2 1 Sam. 1,11 6 Or, or 1 will offer it, etc. Lev. 27, II, 12 Ps. 66, 13 a Ezek. 27,17 7 Or, Abel, b ch. 10, 17 c Ex. 15, 20 1 Sam. 18, 6 Ps. 68, 25 Jer. 31, 4 8 of him- self, or, he had not of his own either son or daughter. d Gen.37,29 e Eccl. 5, 2 /Ps. 15,4 Eccl. 5, 4 5 g Num.30,2 h 2 Sam. 18, 19 9 go and go doxvn. 266 ' against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me : the Lord "the Judge be judge this day betv/een the children of l§'ra-el and the chil- dren of Am'mon. J. 1 Sam. 2. 3., 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Am'mdn hearkened not unto the words of Jeph'thah which he sent him. 29 'irThen ^the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jeph'thah, and he passed over Gil'e-ad, and Ma-nas'seh, and pa^ssed over Miz'peh of Gil'e-ad, and from Miz'peh of Gil'e-ad he passed over unto the children of Am'mon. 30 And Jeph'thah ^vowed a vow^ un- to the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Am'mon into mine hands, 3 1 Then it shall be, that Whatso- ever Cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Am'mon, -shall surely be the Lord's, ''and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. 32 *liSo Jeph'thah passed over unto the children of Am'mon to fight against them ; a,nd the Lord de- livered them into his hands. 33 And he smote them from Ar'6-gr, even till thou come "to Mm'nith, even twenty cities, and unto ^the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Am'- mon were subdued before the chil- dren of i§'ra-el. 31 llAiid Jeph'thah came *to Miz'peh unto his house, and, behold, "^his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances : and she was his only child ; ''beside her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, tha,t he ''rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me : for I 'have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and -^I cannot go back. 36 And she said unto him. My fa- ther, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do ^to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth ; forasmuch as the '^Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Am'mon. 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me : let me alone two months, that I may ^go up and down upon the mountains, and The JEphraimites smitten. JUDGES, 1 2, 13. Death of J'ephthah. bewail 'my virginity, I and my fel- lows. 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months : and she went with her companions, and be- wailed her virginity upon the moun- tains. 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who •'did with her accordi7ig to his vow which he had vowed : and she knew no man. And it was a ^"custom in l§'fa-el, 40 That the daughters of I§'ra-el Y^ent "yearly to ''^lament the daugh- ter of Jeph'thah the Gire-ad-ite four days in a year. CHAPTER 12. 1 The EphraimUes quarrelling ivith Jephthah, and discer?ied by the word Shibboleth, are slain by the Gileadites. 7 JephthaKs death. AND ''the men of E'phra-im 'gath- ered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jeph'- thah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Am'- m5n, and didst not call us to go with thee ? we will bum thine house upon thee with fire. 2 And Jeph'thah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Am'mon ; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I *put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Am'mon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand : wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me ? 4 Then Jeph'thah gathered together all the men of Gire-ad, and fought with E'phra-im : and the m.en of Gil'- e-ad smote E'phra-im, because they said, Ye Gil'e-ad-ites are ''fugitives of E'phra-im among the E'phra-im-ites, and among the Ma-nas'sites. 5 And the Gil'e-ad-ites took '^the pas- sages of Jor'dan before the E'phra- hn-Ites: and it was so, that when those E'phra-im-ites which were es- caped said, Let me go over ; that the men of Gfl'e-ad saiduntohim.^r^^thou an E'phra-im-ite ? If he said. Nay ; 6 Then said they unto him, Say now ^Shib'bo-ieth : and he said Sib'bo-leth : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jor'dan : and there fell at that time of the E'phra- im-ites forty and two thousand. B. C. 1143. CHAP. 11. i Gen. 30, 23 Lu. 1, 25 j 1 Sam. 1,22 10 Or, ord;i- nance. 11 from year to year, 12 Or, to talkvAtJi. CHAP. 12. a ch. 8, 1 1 ^vere called. b 1 Sam. 19,5 i Sam. 28,21 Job 13, li Ps. 119, 109 c 1 Sam. 25, 10 Ps. 78, 9 d Josh. 22, 11 ch. 3, 28 ch. 7, 24 Which signifieth A bur- den, or, Ear of corn, or, Stream, Ps. 69, 2 He seems to have been only a civil Judge to do justice in North east Israel. A ci\il Judge in North east Israel. A civil Judge also in North east Israel. 6 sons^ sons. e ch. 5, 10 ch. 10, 4 /cli. 3, 13 ch. 5, 14 B. C. 1161. CHAP. 13. 1 added to conwiit, etc. ch. 2, 11 ch. 3, 7 ch. 4, 1 ch. 6, 1 ch. 10, 6 2 This seems a partial captiv- ity. a 1 Sam. 12,9 5 Josh. 19,41 c ch. 6, 12 Lu. 1, 11, 13, 28, 31 d Num. 6, 2,3 Lu. 1, 15 e Num. 6, 6 1 Sam. 1,11 /I Sam. 7, 267 TAnd Jeph'thah judged i§'ra-el six years. Then died Jeph'thah the Gil'- e-ad-ite, and was bmied in one of the cities of Gil'e-ad. 8 IFAnd after him ^ib'zan of Beth'- le-hem judged l§'ra-el. 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for liis sons. And he judged Is'ra-el seven years. 10 Then died Ib'zan, and was buried at Beth'-le-hem. 11 II And after him^E'lon, a Zeb'u- lon-ite, judged l§'ra-el ; and he judged is'ra-el ten years. 12 And Elon the Zeb'u-lon-ite died,* and was buried in Aij'a-lon in the country of Zeb'u-liin. 1 3 "TAnd after him ^Ab'don the son of Hillel, aPir'a-thon-ite, judgedl§'ra-el. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty •^neijliews, that 'rode on threescora and ten ass colts: and he judged i§'ra-el eight years. 1 5 And Ab'don the son of Hillel the Pir'a-thon-ite died, and was buried in Pir'a-thon in the land of E'phra-im, ■^in the mount of the Am'a-lek-ites. CHAPTER 13. 1 Israel serves the Philistines forty years. 2 An angel appears to ManoaKs wife. 8 The angel ap- pears to Manoah. 15 JIanoah's sacrifice. 24 Sam- S071 born. AND the children of l§'ra-el 'did evil again in the sight of the Lord ; '^and the Lord delivered them ''into the hand of the Phi-lis'tineg forty years. 2 TAnd there wafe a certain man of ''Zd'rah, of the family of the Dan'ites, •whose name id as Ma-no'ah ; and liis wife teas ban^en, and bare not. 3 And the ^angel of the YjOrd ap- peared unto the woman, and said un- to her. Behold noAV, thou art barren, and bearest not : but thou shalt con- ceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore bew^are, I pray thee, and "'drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing : 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son ; and no 'razor shall come on his head : for the child shall be a Naz'a-rite unto God from the womb -. and he shall -HDCgin to deliver l§'ra-el out of the liand of the Phi-lis'tine§. 6 HThen the woman came and told her husband, saying, ^A man of God came unto me, and -^his countenance 13 2 Sam. 8, 1 1 Chr. 18, 1 g Deut. 33, 1 1 Sam. 2,27 ISam. 9, 6 IKl. 17,24 ft Mat. 28,3 Lu, 9,29 Acts 6, 15 Manoah iyitreateth the Lord. JUDGES, 14, Samson is born. was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name : 7 But he said unto me. Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son ; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be aNaz'a-rite to God from the womb to the day of his death. 8 HThen Ma-n5'ah intreated the Lord, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. 9 And God hearkened to the voice of Ma-no'ah ; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field : but Ma-n5'ah her hus- band VKis not with her. 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. 11 And Ma-n5'ah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him. Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman ? And he said, I am. 12 And Ma-no'ah said. Now let thy words come to pass. ^How shall we order the child, and '^hovj shall we do unto him ? 1 3 And the angel of the Lord said unto Ma-no'ah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. 14 She may not eat of any thing that Cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. 1 5 II And Ma-no'ah said unto the an- gel of the Lord, I pray thee, let *us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid ^for thee. 1 G And the angel of the Lord said unto Ma-no'ah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread : and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Ma-no'ah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord. 1 7 And Ma-n5'ah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour ? 18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, ^ Why askest thou B. C. 1161. CHAP. 13. 3 Wlmt shall be t he man- ner of the, etc. 4 What shall be his 'work? or, what shall he dol i Gen. 18, 5 ch. 6, 18 5 before thee. j Gen.32,29 6 Or. won- derful, Isa. 9, 6 k ch. 6, 19,20 I Lev. 9, 24 1 Chr. 21,16 Ezek.1,28 Mat. 17, 6 ?n ch. 6, 22 7i,Gen.32,30 Ex. 33, 20 Deut.5,26 ch. 6, 22 Ps. 25, 14 7 That is, Serving like the sun. Heb. 11,32 p 1 Sam. 3, 19 Lu. 1. 80 q ch. 3, 10 1 Sam, 11. 6 Mat. 4, 1 8 Mahaneh- dan. r Josh. 15,33 my name, seeing it is B. C. 1141. CHAP. 14. a Gen.38,13 Josh. 15,10 b Gen. 34,2 c Gen.21.21 d Gen. 24, 3,4 e Ex. 34, ] 6 Deut. 7, 3 1 she is right in mine eyes. /Josh. 11, 20 2 Chr. 10, 15 268 thus after ^secret ? 19 So Ma-n5'ah took a kid with a meat offering, *and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord -. and the a^igel did wonderously ; and Ma-no'ah and his wife looked on. 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from oft" the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the aflame of the altar. And Ma-n5'ah and his wife looked on it, and 'fell on their faces to the ground. 21 But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Ma-no'ah and to his wife. *"! hen Ma-no'ah knew that he 10 as an angel of the Lord. 22 AndMa-nd'ah said unto his wife, AVe shall surely die, because we have seen God. 23 But his wife said unto him. If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed '^s all these things, nor would as at this time have toldus such things as these, 24 *il And the woman bare a son, and called his name 'Sam'son : and the 'child grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 And ''the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in ^'the cam]3 of Dan between 'Zo'rah and Esh'ta-ol. CHAPTER 14. 1 Samson desires a wije oj the Philistines : 6 he kills a lion: 10 his marriage feast : 12 his riddle: Id he slays thirtf/ Philistines. AND Sam'sonwent down to "Tlm'- nath, and *saw a woman in Tim'nath of the daughters of the Phi-lis'tme§. 2 And he came up, and told his fa- ther and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Tim'nath of the daughters of the Phi-lis'tine§ : now therefore ''get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy "^breth- ren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the amcircum- cised Phi-lis'tines ? And Sam'son said unto his father, Get her for me ; for 'she pleaseth me well. 4 But his father and his mother knew not that it -^vjas of the Lord, that he sought an occasion against the PhMis'tine§ : for at that time the Phi- lis'tine^ had dominion over I§'ra-el. 5 Then went Sam'son down, and his Samson's riddle. JUDGES, 15. He is denied his loife. father and his mother, to Tim'nath, and came to the vuieyards of Tim'- nath: and, behold, a young hon roared ^against him, 6 And ^the Spirit of the Lord came miglitily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand : but he told not his father or his mother Vvdiat he had done. 7 And he went down, and talked vfith the woman; and she pleased Sam'son well. 8 HAnd after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion : and, behold, there teas a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. 9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat : but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. 10 ifSo his father went down unto the woman : and Sam'son made there a feast ; for so used the young men to do. 1 1 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. 1 2 And Sam'son said unto them, I will now ^put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me Hvithin the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty ^sheets and thirty change •'of garments : 1 3 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him. Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it, 1 4 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. 1 5 And it came to pass on the sev- enth day, that they said unto Sam'- son's wife, -^Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, ^lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us *to take that we have ? is it not so f 1 6 And Sam'son's wife wept before him, and said, '"Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not : thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have B. C. 1141. CHAP. 14. 2 in meet- ing him.. g ch. 3, 10 ch. 13, 25 1 Sam. 11,6 h 1 Ki. 10, 1 Ezek.17,2 Lu. 14, 7 i Gen.29,27 3 Or,shirts. j Gen.45,22 2 Ki. 5, 22 h ch. 16, 5 I ch, 15, 6 4 to possess us, or, to imporier- ish us '} m ch. 16, 15 5 Or, the rest of f Tie seven days, etc. n ch. 3, 10 ch. 13, 25 6 Or, apparel. ch. 15, 2 p John 3, 29 B. C. 1140. CHAP. 15. a Gen.38,17 1 Sam. 16,20 Lu. 15, 29 b ch. 14, 20 1 let her be thine. 2 Or, Noiv shall I be blameless from, the Philis- tines, though, etc. 3 Or. Jack- als, which were in great numbers in some parts of Palestine. Song 2, 15 Ezek.13,4 4 Or, torches. 269 not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee ? 1 7 And she wept before him ^the seven days, while their feast lasted : and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay soi'e upon him : and she told the riddle to the children of her people. 1 8 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down. What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion ? And he said unto them. If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. 1 9 And "the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ash'- ke-lon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their "spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which ex- pounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house, 20 But Sam'son's wif e was "given to his companion, whom he had used as his ^friend, CHAPTER 15. 1 Samson is denied his wife: 3 he burns th e PkiliS' tines' corn: 9 he is hound by the men of Judah, and delivered to the Philistines: 14 he kills them, loith a jawbone. BUT it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Sampson visited his wife with "a, kid ; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. 2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated *her ; therefore I gave her to thy companion : is not her younger sister fairer than she? ^take her, I pray thee, instead of her. 3 IFAnd Sam'son said concerning them, ^Now shall I be more blame- less than the Phi-lis'tine§, though I do them a displeasure, 4 And Sam'son went and caught three hundred ^foxes, and took *fire- brands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. 5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let thmn go into the stand- ing corn of thePhi-lis'tine§,and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. 6 Then the PhMis'tines said, Who hath done this ? And they answered, Sam'son, the son in law of the Tim.'- Hhcploits of SaiJison. JUDGES, 16. Delilah eyiticeth him. nite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. ''And the Phi-lis'tine§ came up, and burnt her and her father with lire. 7 ^And Sam'son said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. 8 And he smote them ^hip and thigh with a great slaughter : and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock '^E'tam. 9 TiThen the Phi-lis'tine§ went up. and pitched in Jii'dah, and spread themselves in Le'hi. 10 And the men of Jii'dah said, Why are ye come up against us ? And they answered, To bind Sam'son are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. 11 Then three thousand men. of Jii'dah Vent to the top of the rock E'tam, and said to Sam'son, Knowest thou not that the Phi-lis'tmes are ^ralers over us ? what is this that t\io\x hast done unto us ? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. 12 And they said unto him, We are come do^vn to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Phi-iis'tme§. And Sam'son said unto them, Swea.r unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. 13 And they spake unto hhn, say- ing, ISTo ; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand : but surely we will not kill thee„ And they bound him. with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. 14 %A7id when he came unto Le'hi, the Phi-lis'tine§ shouted against him : and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands "'loosed from off his hands. 15 And he found a ®new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew -^a thousand men therev/ith. 1 6 And Sam'son said, With the jaw- bone of an ass, ''heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. 1 7 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place ' "Ra'math- le'hl. IS IF And he was sore athirst, and B. C. 1140 CHAP. 15. c ch. 14, 15 5 That is, ivitli great con- jusion. d 1 Chr. 4, 8 2Chr.ll,6 6 went doivn. e Lev.26,25 Deut. 28, 43, 44 ch. 2, 13,14 ch. 14, i Neh. 9, 26,27 Ps. 78. 58-62 Ps. 106, 40, 41, 42 Lam. 1, 5 7 were melted. 8 moist. /'Josh. 23, 10 9 an heap, tivo Jieafis. 10 That is. The lift- ing up of the jaiv- bone, or, casting away of thejaiv- bone. q Ps. 3, 7 11 Lchl, the name of the place. h Gen.45,27 Isa. 40, 29 12 That is, The well of him that called, or, cried. Ps. 34, 6 i ch. 13, 1 13 He seems to have judged South west Is- rael dur- ing twenty j^ears of their servitude of the Philis- tines. B. C. 1120. CHAP. 16. 1 a woman an harlot. a 1 Sam. 23,26 Ps. 118, 10, 11, 12 Acts 9, 24 2 silent. 3 with the hnr. 4 Or, by the brook. b ch. 14, 15 Pro. 2, 16, 17, 18, 19 Pro. 5, 3 Pro. 6, 24, 25. 26 Pro. 7, 21 5 Or, humble. 6 moist. 7 one. c Pra 6, 26 270 called on the Lord, and said. Thou ^hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, aiid fall into the hand of the uncircumcised ? 19 But God clave an hollow place that ivas in^^the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, %is spirit came again, and he revived : wherefore he called the name thereof ^^En-hak'ko-re, which is in Le'hi unto this day. 20 And he judged i§'ra-el in the day s of the Phi-lis'tin-^§ ^ ^twenty years. CHAPTER 16. 1 Samson carries away the gates of Gaza. 4 Delilah., corrupted by the Pliilislines, entices him : 15 he is overcome : 21 the Philistines take him, and put out his eyes : 23 their feast to Dagon. 26 His death. THEN went Sam'son to Ga'za, and saw there 'an harlot, and went in unto her. 2 And it was told the Ga'zites, say- ing, Sam'soniscomehither. And they ''compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were ^quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. 3 And Sam'son lay till midnight, and arose at midm'ght, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, ^bar and all, and put them, upon his shoulders, and carried them iip to the top of an hill that is before He'bron. 4 tAnd it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman *in the valley of So'rek, whose name was De-lilah. 5 And the lords of the Phi-lis'tine§ came up unto her, and said unto her, ^Entice him, and see vfherein his I great strength lieth, and by vv^hat means \s'q may prevail against him, that we may bind him to ^afflict him : and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. 6 And De-li'lah said to Sam'son, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength Ueth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. 7 And Sam'son said unto her. If they bind me with seven ^green withs that were never dned, then shall I be weak, and be as '^another man. 8 Then the lords of the Phi-lis'tmes brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she '^bound him with them. 9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Phi-lis'- Delilah overcometh Samson. JUDG-ES, 16. His eyes put out. tine§ be upon thee, Sam'son. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it ®toucheth the fire. '^So his strength was not known. 10 And De-iflah said unto Sam'son, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies : now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. 1 1 And he said imto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes ^that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 12 De-lilah therefore- took new ropes, and bound 'him therewith, and said unto him. The Phi-lis'tineg be upon thee, Sam'son. And there ioe7'e liers in wait abidmg in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And De-lilah said unto Sam'son, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies : tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him. The Phi-lis'tine§ be upon thee, Sam'son. And he awaked out of his sleep, and w^ent away with the pin of the bea.m, and with the web. 15 ^And she said unto him. How •''canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me ? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 1 6 And it came to pass, Avhen she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was ^ Vexed unto death ; 17 That he ^told her all his heart, and said unto her, '^There hath not come a razor upon mine head ; for I have been a Naz'a-rite unto God from my mother's womb : if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become vv^eak, and be like any other man. 18 And when De-li'lah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Phi-lis 'tines, saying. Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Phi-lis'tme§ came up un to her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And 'she made hun sleep upon her knees ; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head ; and she be- B. C. 1120. CHAP. 16. 8 smelleth. (2 John 5,14 9 where- with work hath not been done. e Pro. 7, 22 /cli.U, 16 10 short- ened. g lChr.28,9 2Chr.l5,2 Pro. 18, 2 Mic. 7, 5 7i Num. 6, 5 ch. 13, 5 i Pro. 5, 3.4 Pro. 7, 21 Eccl. 7, 25,26 j Num. 14, 9, 42, 43 Josh. 7,12 1 Sam. 16,14 1 Sam. 18,12 1 Sam.28, 15,16 2Chr.l5,2 Ps. 33, 16 Pro.22,14 Jer. 9, 23, 24 Hos. 9, 12 11 bored out. Ps. 74, 20 Pro. 12.10 12 Or. as when lie ^uas shaven. 13 Signifies A fish. k 1 Sam. 31,9 lChr.10,9 Ps. 97, 7 Ps. 115, 3,8 Ps. 135, 15, 18 Dan. 5, 4,23 1 Cor. 8, 4 1 Cor. 10, 19,20 14 a7id who multi- plied our slain. I ch. 9, 27 15 before them. mDeut.22,8 Josh. 2, 6 n Jer. 15,15 16 Or. he leaned on them. 17 my soul. 271 gan to afihct liim, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Phi-lis'tine§ be upon thee, Sam'son. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other tmies before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord •'was departed from hhr±. 21 But the Phi-lis 'tine§ took hhn, and "put out ills eyes, and brought him down to Ga'za, and bound him with fetters of brass ; and he did grind m the prison house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head be- gan to grow again ^^after he was shaven. 23 Then the lords of the Phi-lis'tine§ gathered them together for to offer a great sacrificeunto^^Da'gontheirgod, and to rejoice : for they said, Our god hath delivered Sam'son om' enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people sa.w him, they praised ^their god : for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our countr^^, ■''which slew many of us. 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were 'meriy, that they said, Call for Sam'son, that he may make us sport. And they called for Sam'- son out of the prison house ; and he made ^^them sport : and they set hun between the pillars. 26 And Sam'son said unto the lad that held him by the hand. Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women ; and all the lords of the Phi-lis'tmes ioe7'e there; and there 'mere upon the '"roof about three thou- sand men and women, that beheld while Sam'son made sj^ort. 28 And Sam'son called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, '*re- member me^I pray thee.and strength- en me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Phi-lis'tines for my two eyes. 29 And Sam'son took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and ^^on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. 30 And Sam'son said, Let ^''me die with the Plii-lis'tine§. And he bowed himself with all h is might ; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon MicaKs idolatry. JUDGES, IT, 18. B. C. 1120. CHAP. 16. ch. 13, 25 all the people that loere therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and "buried him between Zo'rah and Esh'- ta-ol in the buryingplace of Ma-no'ah! chap, i his father. And he judged l§'ra-el twenty years. CHAPTER IT. 1 Micah restores the stolen money to his viother ; 3 she makes images: 5 Micah' s idolatry; 1 he hires a Levite to be his priest. AND there w^as a man of mount E'phra-im, whose name was Mf- cah. 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me ; I took it. And his mother said, "Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to *make a graven image and a molten image : now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother ; and his mother <^took two liundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made there of a graven image and a molten im age : and they were in the house of Mfcah. 5 And the man Mi'cah had an house of gods, and made "^an ephod, and ^teraphim, and 'consecrated one of his sons, w^ho became his priest. 6 In -^those days there v:as no king in is'ra-el, shut every man did that v^hich was right in his own ej^es. T TAnd there was a young naan out ^of Beth -le-hem-jii'dah of the family of Jii'dah, who loas a LeVite, and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth -le-hem-jii'dah to so- journ where he could find a place : and he came to mount E'phra-im to the house of Mi'cah, ^as he journeyed. 9 And Mfcah said unto him, Whence comest thou ? And he said unto him, I am a Le'vite of Beth -le-hem-jii'- dah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. 10 And Mfcah said unto hhn. Dwell B. C. 1406. 7. a Gen. 14,19 Ruth 2,20 Ruth 3,10 2 Sam.2,5 b Ex. 20, 4, 23 Lev. 19, 4 c Isa. 46, 6 a ch. 8, 27 e Gen.31,19 Hos. 3, 4 1 filled the hand, Ex. 29, 9 1 Ki.13,33 /Deut.33,5 ch. 18, 1 ch. 19, 1 ch. 21, 25 g Deut.12,8 h Josh. 19,15 ch. 19, 1 Ruth 1, 1,2 Mic. 5, 2 Mat. 2, 1, 6,6 2 in mak- ing his way. i ch. 18, 19 j Gen. 45, 8 Job 29, 16 3 an order of gar- ments, or, a double suit, etc. CHAP. 18. a ch. 17, 6 ch. 21, 25 b Josh. 19,47 1 sons. c ch. 13, 25 d Num. 13, 17 Josh. 2, 1 e ch. 17, 1 /ch. 17,10 g 1 Ki. 22, 5 Hos. 4, 12 h ch. 17, 5 i 1 Ki. 22, 6 j Josh. 19, 47 called Leshem. 2 possessor, or, heir of restraint. 272 The Danites'' expedition, with me, 'and be unto me a -father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and ^a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Le'vite went in. 1 1 And the Le'vite was content to dwell with the man ; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 12 And Mfcah consecrated the Le' vite ; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Mfcah. 13 Then said Mfcah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, see- ing I have a Le'vite to my priest. CHAPTER 18. 1 The Danites seek out an inheritance : 27 they win Laish. 30 They set up idolatry. IN "those days there was no king in I§'ra-el: and in those days the *tribe of the Dan'Ites sought them an inheritance to dwell in ; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of l§'ra-el. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, 'men of valour, from ''Zo'rah, andfromEsh'ta-ol,to'^spyouttheland, and to search it ; and they said unto them. Go, search the land : who when they came to mount E'phra-im, to the "^house of Mi'cah, they lodged there. 3 When they were by the house of Mfcah, they knew the voice of the young man the Le'vite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither ? and what niakest thou in this place f and what hast thou here ? 4 And he said unto them. Thus and thus dealeth Mfcah with me, and hath -^hired me, and I am his priest. 5 And they said unto him, ^Askcoun- sel, vv^e pray thee, ^of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. 6 And the priest said unto them. Go 'in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go. T "I Then the five men departed, and came to •'La'ish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zi- d5'ni-an§, quiet and secure ; and ther& loas no ^magistrate m the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they w>ere far from the Zi-d5'ni-an§,andhad no business with a7iy man. 8 And they came unto their brethren The Danites take Micah^s gods J U DGES, 19. He lamenteth his loss. B. C. 1406. toZo'rahandEsh'ta-6i:andtheirbreth ren said unto them, What say ye ? 9 And they said/ Arise, that we may go up against them : for we have see^i the land, and, behold, it is very good : and are 'ye still ? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land : for God hath givenit into your hands ; "a place where the?'e is no want of any thing that is in the earth. 1 1 IF And there went from thence of the family of the Dan'ites, out of Zo'- rah and out of Esh'ta-ol, six hundred men ^appointed with weapons of war. 1 2 And they went up, and pitched in '^Kir'jath- je'a-rim, in Jii'dah : where- fore they called that place ^Ma'ha- neh-dan' unto this day : behold, it is q Gen. si, behind Kir'jath-je'a-rim. 1 3 And they passed thence unto mount E'phra-im, and came unto the house of Mi'cah. 1 4 Then "answered the five men that went to spy out the country of La'ish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in >'these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a grav- en image, and a molten image ? now therefore consider what ye havetodo. 1 5 And they turned thithei^ward, and came to the house of the young man the Le'vite, eve?i unto the house of Mi'cah, and ^saluted him. 16 And the six hundred men ap- pointed with their weapons of w^ar, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, aiid came in thither, and took ?the graven im- age, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image : and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that loere ap- pointed with weapons of w^ar, 1 8 And these went into Mi'cah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye ? 19 And they said, unto him. Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, 'and be to us a father and a priest : is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in I§'ra-el ? 20 And the priest's heart was glad, chap.iq. and he took the ephod, and the tera- a ch. i7, q <:i8) 273 CHAP. 18. k Num. 13, 30 Josh. 2, 23,24 / lEi.22,3 m Deut. 8, 9 3 girded. n Josh. 15.60 4 That is, Cam.'p of Dan. ch. 13, 25 1 Sam. 14,28 p ch. 17, 5 5 aske.dhim of veace, Gen.43,27 1 Sam. 17,22 19, 30 ch.17,4,5 Isa. 41, 29 Mic. 5, 13 r Job 21, 5 Job 29, 9 Job 40, 4 Pro. 30,32 Mic. 7, 16 ■s ch. 17, 10 6 that thou art gath- ered to- gether 1 7 bitter of soul, 2 Sam. 17,8 8 gather thy soul and the soul of thy house- hold. t Deut. 33,22 u Josh. 19,47 V Gen.49,13 Josh. 8,11 ch. 10, 12 ver. 7 Isa. 23, 4-12 Ezek.27,8 10 Num. 13,21 2 Sam. 10,6 X Josh. 19,47 y Gen.14.14 ch. 20, i 1 Ki. 12,29 1 Ki.15,20 z ch. 13, 1 1 Sam.4,2 Ps. 78, 60 a Josh. 18,1 1 Sam.4,1 phim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. 22 •l[yli>i(iwhenthey wereagoodway from the house of Mi'cah, the men that toere in the houses near to Mi'- cah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Mi'cah, What aileth thee, ®that thou comest with such a company ? 24 And he said. Ye have taken away my gods w^hich I made, and the priest, and ye are gone aw^ay: and what have I more ? and w^hat is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee ? 25 And the children of Dan said un- to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest ^angry f eUows run up on thee, and ®thou lose thy life, witl* the lives of thy household. 26 And the children of Dan went their way : and w^hen Mi'cah saw that they tjoei^e too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. 27 And they took the thiiigs which M fcahhad made, and the priest which he had, and 'came unto Lalsh, unto a people that vaere at quiet and secure : "and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the citv ^^A\h. fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, he- cauBQitioas far from 'Zf don, and they had no business with any man ; and it was in the valley that lieth '"by Beth-re'hob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And •'they called the name of the city Dan, ^after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto I§'ra-ei : how^beit the name of the city was La'ish at the first. 30 And the children of Dan set up thegraven image: and J6n'a-than,the son of Ger'shom, the son of Ma-nas'- seh, he and his sons Avere priests to the tribe of Dan "until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 And they set them up IMfcah's graven image, w^hich he made, "all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. CHAPTER 19. 1 A Levite going to Beth-lehem to fetch Ms wife, 16 an old man entertains him at Gibeah : 22 the Gibeath- iles abuse his concubine to death. 29 His behaviour. ND it came to pass in those days, ''when there wets no king in A^ A Levite goeth JUDGES, 19. to Beth-leheni. I§'ra-el, that there was a certain Le'- vite sojourning on the side of mount E'phra-im,who took to him 'a concu- bine out of 'Beth'-le-hem-jii'dah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth'-le-hem-ju'dah, and was there ^four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak ^friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses : and she brought him into her father's house : and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him ; and he abode with him three days : so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart : and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, *Comf ort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. 6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together : for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 7 And when the man rose up to de- part, his father in law urged him : therefore he lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morn- ing on the fifth day to depart : and the damsel's father said. Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried ^until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. 9 And when the man rose up to de- part, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the dam- sel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day ^draweth toward even- ing, I pray you tarry all night : be- hold, ''the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry ; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go ^home. 1 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came ^over against Je'bus, 'which is Je-ru'sa-lem ; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also vKis with him. 11 A7%d when they were by Je'bus, B. C. 1406. 1, CHAP. 19. 1 a woman a concu- bine, or, a wife a concu- bine. b ch. 17, 7 2 days four months, or, a year and four months. 3 to her heart. i Strength- en. Gen. 18, 5 5 till the day de- clined. 6 is iveak. 7 it is the pitching time of the day. 8 to thy tent. 9 to over against. c Josh. 18,28 d Gen. 10, 15, 16 Ex. 33, 2 Num. 13,29 Josh. 15, 8,63 ch. 1, 21 2 Sam.5,6 2 Sam. 24, 16 1 Chr, 13,14 e Josh. 18,28 10 gathered. Mat.25,43 Heb. 13, 2 /Ps.104, 23 11 sons of Jeniini. Gen.35,18 g Josh. 18,1 ch. 18, 31 ch. 20, 18 1 Sam. 1, 3,7 12 gather- eih. h Gen.43,23 ch. 6, 23 i Gen. 19, 2 j Gen.24,32 Gen.43,24 k Gen. 18, 4 Gen.24,32 Gen.43,24 Lu. 7, 38,44 John 13,5 1 Tun. 6,10 I Gen. 19, 4 ch. 20, 5 Hos. 9, 9 Hos. 10, 9 m Dent. 13 13 1 Sam. 2, 12 1 Ki.21,10 2Chr.l3,7 2 Cor.6,15 71 Gen. 19, 5 Rom. 1, 26,27 274 the day was far spent ; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city ''of the Jeb'u-sites, and lodge in it. 1 2 And his master said unto him. We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of is'ra-el ; we will pass over 'to Gib'e-ah. 13 And he said unto his servant. Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gib'e-ah, or in Ra'mah. 14 And they passed on and went their way ; and the sun went down upontheimvhen they iverehy Gih'e-ah, which helongeth to Ben'ja-min. 1 5 And they turned aside thither, to go ina?^r/to lodge inGib'e-ah-.and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city : for there vms no man that ^%ook them into his house to lodg- ing. 1 6 If And, behold, there came an old man from -^his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount E'phra-im ; and he sojourned in Gib'e- ah : but the men of the place were ^^Ben'ja-mites. 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city : and the old man said, Whither goest thou ? and whence comest thou ? 18 And he said unto hun,We are passing from Beth'-le-hem-ju'dah to- ward the side of mount E'phra-im; f rom thence «??? I: and IwenttoBeth - le-hem-jii'dah, but I am noio going to ^the house of the Lord ; and there is no man that ^^receiveth me to house. 19 Yet there is both straw and prov- ender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man vjhich is with thy servants : there is no want of any thing. 20 And the old man said, ''Peace he with thee ; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me ; 'only lodge not in the street. 2 1 So ^lie brought hini into his house, and gave provender unto the asses : ^and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 22 ^N'oiD as they were making their hearts merry, behold, 'the men of the city, certain "'sons of Beli-al, beset the house roundabout, ajidhest at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring The Levite's concubine abused. JUDGES, 20. Decree of the asseynhly. forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. 23 And ''the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them. Nay, my brethren, nay, 1 pray you, do not so wickedly ; see- ing that this man is come into mine house, 'do not this folly. 24 Behold, ''here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine ; them 1 will bring out now, and humble ''ye them, and do with them what seem- eth good unto you : but unto this man do not '^so vile a thing. 25 But the men would not hearken to him : so the man took his concu- bine, and brought her forth unto them ; and they 'knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning : and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord 'was, till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morn- ing, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way : and, behold, the woman his concu- bine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands ivere upon the threshold. 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But 'none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29 IF And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, "and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of i§'ra-el. 30 And it was so, that all that savv it said. There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the chil- dren of l§'ra-el came up out of the land of E'gypt unto this day : consider of it, 'take advice, and speak your minds. CHAPTER 20. 1 The Levite, in a general assembl//, declares his wrong : 8 their decree. 18 The Israelites lose forty thousand : 26 they seek to God. 29 They destroy all the Benjamites except six hiindred. THEN «all the children of is'ra-el went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from 'Dan even to Be'er-she'ba, with the land of Gil'e-ad, unto the Lord *in Miz'peh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of l§'ra-el, pre- B. C. 1406. CHAP. 19. Gen. 19, 6 p 2 Sam. 13, 12 q Gen. 19, 8 r Gen. 34, 2 Deut. 21, 14 13 the mat- ter of this folly. s Gen. 4, 1 t ch. 20, 5 Itch. 20, 6 1 Sam. 11,7 V ch. 20, 7 Pro. 13, 10 CHAP. 20. a Deut. 13, 12 Josh. 22, 12 ch. 21. 5 ISam. 11, 7 1 That is, TJie whole country. ch. 18, 29 1 Sam. 3,20 2 Sam. 3, 10 2 Sam. 24,2 1 Ki. 4, 25 2Chr.30,5 h ch. 10, 17 ch. 11, 11 1 Sam. 7, 5 1 Sam. 10, 17 c ch. 8, 10 2 the man the Le- d ch. 19, 15 e ch. 19, 22 /ch. 19, 25,26 3 humbled. Deut. 22, 25, 26 (/ ch. 19, 29 h Gen. 34, 7 Josh. 7,15 i Ex. 19,5,6 ch. 19, 30 Pro. 13,10 4 fellows. } Deut. 13. 14 Josh. 22. 13. 16 k Deut. 13. 13 ch. 19, 22 2Cor.6.15 I Deut,13,5 Deut. 17. 12 Deut. 22, 21,24 lCor.5,13 m 2 Chr. 25, 16 Rom.1,32 275 sented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that ''drew sword. 3 (Now the children of Ben ja-min heard that the children of l§'ra-el were gone up to Miz'peh.) Then said the children of l§'ra-el. Tell ns, how was this wickedness ? 4 And ^the Le'vite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, 1 ''came into Gib'e-ah that helongeth to Ben'ja-min, I and my concubine, to lodge. 5 And 'the men of G ib 'e-ah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me : and -^my concubine have they ^forced, that she is dead. 6 And 'T took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her through- out all the country of the inheritance of l§'ra-el : for Hhey have committed lewdness and folly in l§'ra-el. 7 Behold, ye are all children of I§'- ra-el; 'give here your advice and counsel. 8 IT And all the people arose as one man, saying. We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. 9 But now this shall he the thing which w^e will do to Gib'e-ah ; v^e loill go 2ip by lot against it ; 10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of l§'ra-el, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gib'e- ah of Ben'ja-min, according to all the folly that they have wrought in i§'- ra-el. 1 1 Soallthemenof is'ra-el were gath- ered against the city, ^knit together as one man. 1 2 IT And ■'the tribes of l§'ra-el sent men through all the tribe of Ben'ja- min, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you ? 1 3 Now therefore deliver wsthe men, ^the children of Be 'li-al, which are in Gib'e-ah, that we may put them to death, and ^put away evil from l§'ra-el. But the children of Ben'ja-min would not '"hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Is'ra-el : 1 4 But the children of Ben'ja-min gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gib'e-ah, to go out to battle against the children of is'ra-el. 15 And the children of Ben'ja-mm The Benjamites JUDGES, 20. attacked and smitten. were numbered at that time out of ihe cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the in- habitants of Gib'e- ah, whicliwere num- bered seven hundred chosen men. 16 Among all this people there icere seven hundred chosen "men left- handed ; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, said not miss. 1 7 And the men of is'ra-el, beside Ben' ja-min, were numbered four hun- dred thousand men that drew sword : all these loere men of war. 18 liAndthechddrenof Is'ra-elarose, and went up to the house of God, and "asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Ben'ja- min? And the Lord said, Jii'dah shcdl go up first. 19 And the children of Is'ra-el rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gib'e-ah. 2U And the men of I§'ra-el went out to battle against Ben 'ja-min ; and the men of is'ra-el put themselves in ar- ray to fight against them at Gib'e-ah. 21 And ^the children of Ben'ja-mm came forth out of Glb'e-ah, and ?de- stroyed do^^m to the ground of the i§'ra-el-ites that day twenty and two thousand men. 22 And the people the men of l§'ra-el encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. 23 (And the children of I§'ra-el went up and wept ^before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying. Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Ben' ja-min my brother ? And the Lord said, Go up against him.) 21 And the children of l§'ra.-el came near against the children of Ben'ja- min the second day. 25 And Ben'ja-mm went forth against them out of Gib'e-ah the sec- ond day, and -destroyed down to the ground of the children of I§'ra-ei again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. 26 "ilThen all the children of i§'ra-el, a,nd all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 27 And the children of I§'ra-el en- B. c. 1406. 1 quired 'of the Lord, (forniie ark of the covenant of God vkis there m those days, _28 And ^Phin'e-has, the son of E-le- a'zar, the son of Aar'on, "stood before it in those days,) saying. Shall I yet again go out to battle against the cliildren of Ben'ja-min my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go up ; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. 29 ^And l§'ra-el ^set liers in wait round about Gib'e-ah. 30 And the children of is'ra-el went up against the children of Ben'ja-min on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gib'e-ah, as at other times. 31 And the children of Ben'ja-mTn went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city ; and they began ^to smite of the people, a7%d kili, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to ^'the house of God, and the other to Gib'e-ah in the field, about thirty men of i§'ra-el. 32 And the children of Ben'ja-mn: said. They are smitten dowm before us, as at the first. But the children of l§'ra-el said. Let us fiee, and draw them from the city unto the high- ways. 3 3 And all the men of I§'ra-el rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Ba'al-ta'mar and the liers in wait of l§'ra-el came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gib'e-ah, 34: And there came against Gib'e-ah ten thousand chosen men out of all i§'ra-el, and the battle was sore : ^but they knew not that evil «€)(2S near them. 35 And the Lord smote Ben'ja-mm before I§'ra-el: and the children of f §'ra-el destroyed of the Ben'ja-mltes that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men : all these drew the sword. 36 So the children of Ben'ja-mm saAv that they were smitten : "for the men of is'ra-el gave place to the Ben'ja- mites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set be- side Gib'e-ah. 37 And ''the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gib'e-ah; and the liers in wait 'drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword- CHAP. 20. neb. 3. 15 lChr.12,2 Ex. 28, 30 Num. 27,21 Josh. 9,14 ch. 1, 1 1 Sam. 22, 10, 13, 15 1 Sam.. 23,9 Ezra 8, 21 p Gen.49,27 q Eccl. 9, 1,11 r Ros. 5, 15 •s Job 9, 12 Ps. 66, 18 Ps. 97, 2 Hos. 10, 9 Mic. 3, 4 John 9,31 t Job 22, 27 Ps. 50, 15 Ps. 91. 15 Pro, 3, 6 u Josh. 18,1 1 Sam. 4, 3,4 V Ex. 6, 25 Num. 25, 7,11 Num.31,6 Josh. 22,13 Josh. 24,33 Ps. 106, 30,31 wDeut.10,8 Deut.18,5 X Josh. 8, 4 5 to smite of the people wounded as at, etc. 6 Or, Beth-el. Gen.28,19 Josh. 16, 1,2 ch. 1, 23 1 Sam. 7, 16 y Josh. 8,14 Job 21, 13 Pro. 29, 6 Eccl. 8,11 Jsa. 47.11 Lu. 21, 34 z Josh. 8,15 a Josh. 8,19 7 Or, made a long sound Vv'ith the trumpet. Josh. 6. 5 276 The BenjamMes smitten. JUDGES, 21. Their desolatiooi beii^ailed. 38 Now there was an appointed ^sign between the men of i§'ra-ei "and the hers in wait, that they should make a great '"liame with smoke rise up out of the city. 39 And when the men of I§'ra-el re tired in the battle, Ben'ja-'min began ^^to smite a7%d kill of the men of l§'ra-el about thirty persons : for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. 40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Ben'ja-miteslooked *be- hind them, and, behold, '-the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 41 And when the men of l§'ra-el turned again, ''the men of Benja-min were amazed : for they saw that evil ^ Vas come upon them. 42 Therefore they turned their hacks before the men of is'ra-el unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 43 Thus they ''inclosed the Ben'ja- mites round about, and chased them, and trode them down ^hvith ease '^over against Gib'e-ah toward the sunrising. 44 And there fell of Ben'ja-min eighteen thousand men; all these iDcre men of valour. 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto *the rock of Rim'mon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men ; and pursued hard after them unto Gi'dom, and slew two thousand men of them. 46 So that all which fell that day of Ben'ja-min were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword ; all these iL^ere men of valour. 47 But -''six hundred men turned and fled to the Avilderness unto the rock Rim'mon, and abode in the rock Rim'mon four months. 48 And the men of l§'ra-el turned again upon the children of Ben'ja min, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that ' °came to hand : also they set on fire all the cities that "they came to. CHAPTER 21. I The. people bewail the defsolatirm of Benjamin : IH the elders consult how to find wives for those ihni, were left NOW "the men of l§'ra-el had sworn in Miz'peh, saying, There B. C. 1406. CHAP. 20. 8 Or, ivme. 9 with. 10 eieva- tion. 11 to smite the wounded. b Josh. 8,20 12 the whole consump- tion. c Pro. 5, 22 Pro. 11, 5,6 Pro. 29, 6 13 touched them. d Hos. 9, 9 Hos. 10, 9 14 Or, from Menu- chah, etc. 15 unto over against. e Josh. 15,32 / ch. 21, 13 Isa. 1, 9 Jer. 14, 9,10 16 ivas fov/nd. 17 were Jound. CHAP, 21. a ch. 20, 1 b ch. 20, 18. 26 c Gen. 8, 20 Gen. 12,7 1 Sam. 14. .35 2 Sam. 24.25 d ch. 5. 23 e 1 Sam. 11,1 1 Sam. 31,11 / ch. 5, 23 1 Sam. 11, 7 '7 Num. 31, 17 1 hnoiveth the lying with man. 2 young luonien virgins. h Josh. 18,1 Josh. 22,9 1 Sam.1,3 Ps. 78, 59, 60 Jer. 7, 12, 14 3 and spake and called. i ch. 20. 47 4 Or. pro- claim peace, Deut. 20. 10 277 shall not any of us give his daugh- ter unto Ben'ja-min to wife. 2 And the people came *to the house of God, and abode there till even be- fore God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore ; 3 And said, O Lord God of i§'ra-el, why is this come to i)ass in Is'ra-el, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in l§'ra-el ? 4 And it came to pass on the mor- row, that the people rose early, and 'built there an altar, and offered, burnt oft'erings and peace offerings. 5 And the children of I§'ra-el said, Who is there among all the tribes of i§'ra-el that came not up with the con- gregation unto the Lord ? For '^they had made a great oath concemmg him that came not up to the Lord to Miz'peh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. 6 And the chfldren of I§'ra-el re- pented them for Ben'ja-min their brother, and said. There is one tribe cut off from is'ra-el this day. 7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we iiave sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives ? 8 1 And they said, W^hat one is there of the tribes of l§'ra-el that came not up to Miz'peh to the Lord ? And, behold, there came none to the camp from "Ja'besh-gil'e-ad to the assembly. 9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, the7^e icere none of the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'e-ad there. 1 And the congregation sent thith- er twelve thousand men of the val- iantest, and commanded them, say- ing/Go and smite the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'e-ad with the edge of the sword, with the women and the chil- dren. 1 1 And this is the thing that ye shall do. Ye ^shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that 'hath lain bv man, 1 2 And they found among the in- habitants of Ja'besh-gfl'e-ad four hun- dred -young \irgins, that had known no man by lying with any male : and they brought them unto the camp to ''Shi'loh, which is- in the land of Ca'- naan. 13 And the whole congregation sent som.e ^to speak to the children of Ben'ja-min 'that were in the rock Rim'mon, and to *call peaceably unto them. The virgins at Shiloh RUTH, 1. surprised and taken. 14 And Ben'ja-min came again at b. c.uoe. that time ; and they gave them wives which they had saved ahve of the women of Ja'besh-gil'e-ad : and yet so they sufficed them not. 15 And the people repented them for Ben'ja-min, because that the Lord had ixiade a. breach in the tribes of I§'ra-el. 16 liThen the elders of the congre- gation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Ben'ja-min ? 17 And they said, There raust he an inheritance for them that be escaped of Ben'ja-min, that a tribe be not de- stroyed out of Is'ra-el. 1 8 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters : -^f or the ctdl- dren of is'ra-el have sworn, saying, Cursed he he that giveth a wife to Ben'ja-min. 19 Then they said. Behold, there is\i ch. 20, 48 a feast of the Lord in Shi'loh ^yearly in a place wliich is on the north side of Beth'-el, "^on the east side ^of the highvN^ay that goeth up from Beth'-el n Deut.12,8 to^ She'chem, and on the south of ^J- J|' ^ Le-b5'nah. Lam. 5,14 20 Therefore they commanded the f_^°^-^^' CHAP. 21. j ch. 11, 35 5 frorayear to year. 6 Or, totvard the sun- rising. 7 Or, on. k Ex. 15, 20 Ex. 32, 6,19 Ch. 11, 34 1 Sam. 18,6 1 Sam. 21,11 1 Sam. 29,5 Jer. 31, 4, 13 8 Or, Gratify us in them. m ch. 17, 6 ch. 18, 1 ch. 19, 1 children of Ben'ja-min, saying, Go and lie in Avait in the vineyards ; 21 And see, and,_ behold, if the daughters of Shi'loh come out *to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his vvife of the daughters of Shi'- loh, and go to the land of Ben'ja-min. 22 And it shall be, when their fa- thers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, ^Be favourable unto them for our sakes : because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war : for 3^6 did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. 23 And the children of Ben'ja-min did so, and took the7n wives, accord- ing to their num^ber, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inher- itance, and ^repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. 24 And the children of is'ra-el de- parted thence at that thne, every man to his tribe and to his^ family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. 25 In ™those days there icas nc king in l§'ra-el : "every man did that which was right in his own eyes. THE BOOK OF RUTH. CHAPTER 1. i Elirnelech, driven hy famine into Moab, dies there. 6 JVaojni returning home, Ruth accompanies her. "IVTOW it came to pass in the days JL\ when the "judges ^ruled, that there was *a f amme m the land. And a certain man ""of Beth'-le-hem-jii'- dah went to sojourn in the country of Mo'ab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 2 And the name of the man was E-lim'e-lech,and the name of his wife Na-5'mi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chil'i-on, Eph'rath-ites '^of Beth'-le-hem-jii'dah. And they came 'into the coimtry of M5'ab, and ^continued there. 3 And E-lim'e-lech Na-o'mi's hus- band died ; and she was left, and her two sons. 4 And they took them wives of the women of Mo'ab ; the name of the one was Or'pah, and the name of the other B. C. 1322. CHAP. 1. a Judg.2,16 1 judged. b Gen.12,10 Gen. 26, 1 2 Ki. 8, 1 c Judg.17,8 Mic. 5, 2 d Gen.35,19 e Judg.3,30 2 were. 1312. / Ex. 4, 31 Ps. 80, U Jer. 29, 10 Zeph. 2, 7 Zech.10,3 Lu. 1, 68 Lu. 7, IG g Ps. 132,15 Mat. 6. 11 h Josh. 24, 15 i 2 Tim. 1, 16 j ch. 3, 1 Ruth : and they dwelled there about ten years. 5 And Mahlonand Chil'i-on died also both of them ; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. 6 ^Then she arose with her daugh- ters in law, that she might return from the country of Mo'ab : for _she had heard in the country of Mo'ab how that the Lord had visited -^his people in -^giving them, bread. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her ; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Jii'dah. 8 And Na-5'mT said unto her two daughters in law, ^Go, return each to her mother's house: 'the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9 The Lord grant you that ye may •^find rest, each of you in the house of Naomi returneth to Beth-leJiem. RUTH, 2. Ruth gleaneth in Boaz's fields. her husband. Then she kissed them ; and they Hfted up their voice, and wept. I 'J And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto tiiA^ people. II And Na-o'mi said, Turn again, my daughters : why will ye go with me ? are there yet any more sons in my womb, ^'that they may be your husbands ? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your loay ; for I am too old to have an husband. If I shoukl say, I have hope, ^if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; 13 Would ye ^tarry for them till they were grown ? would ye stay for them from having husb?inds? nay, my daughters; for ^it grieveth me much for your sakeo that ^the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again : and Or'pah kissed her mother m. law ; but Ruth clave "'unto her. 15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her "gods : return thou after thy sister in law. 1 6 And Ruth said, ^Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from fol- lowing after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge : thy people sludl he my people, and thy God my God : 17 Where thou diest,will I die, and there will I be buried : "the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. 18 When ^she saw that she 'was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. 19 *llSo they two went until they came to Beth' -le-hem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth'- le-hem, that 'ail the city was moved about them, and they said, Is l^his Na-o'mi ? 20 And she said unto them, Call me not ^Na-o'ml, call me ^Ma'ra : for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 211 went out full, 'and the Lord hath brought ine home again empty: why then call ye me Na-o'mT, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me ? 22 So Na-o'rni returned, and Ruth the M5'ab-it-ess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the B. C. 1312. CHAP. 1. k Gen.38,11 Deut.25,5 3 Or, if I were with an hus- band. i hope. 5 I have much bit- terness. I Judg.2,15 Job 19, 21 Ps. 32, i Ps. 38, 2 Ps. 39, 9,10 ??iPro.l7,17 Pro. 18,24: n Josh. 24, 15, 19, 21 Judg. 11,24: 6 Or, Be not against vie. 2 Ki. 2, 2 o 1 Sam. 3,17 1 Sam. 25,22 2 Ki. 6, 31 p Acts21,14: 7 strength- ened her- self. q Mat.21,10 /• Isa. 23, 7 Lam.. 2,15 8 That is. Pleasant. 9 That is, .Bitter. s Job 1. 21 t Ex. 9, 31 2 Sam. 21,9 CHAP. 2. rt ch.3,2,12 1 That is. Strength is in him. b Lev. 19, 9 Deut. 24.19 2 hap hap- pened. e Judg.6,12 Ps. 129, 7, 8 Lu. 1, 28 2 Thes. 3,16 d Col. 4. 6 e ch. 1, 22 / 1 Gam. 25.23 g Pro. 31,31 h ch. 1, 14 9.'79 -jountrj" of Mo'ab: and they came to Beth'-le-hem 'in the beginning of barley harvest. CHAPTER 2. 1 Huth gleans in the _fields of Boaz: 4 he takes knoioledge of her, and shews her favour. AND Na-o'ml had a "kinsma^n of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of E-lim'e-lech ; and his name loas 'Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Mo'ab-it-ess said un- to Na-5'mi, Let me now go to the field, and glean *ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers : and her ^hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Bo'az, who was of the kindred of E-lim'e-lech. 4 TAnd, behold, Bo'az came from Beth'-le-hem, and said unto the reap- ers, ''The Lord he with you. And they answered him, "^The Xord bless thee. 5 Then said B5'az unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this ? 6 And the servant that wa.s set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Mo'ab-it-ish damsel that 'came back with Na-5'mi out of the coun- try of Mo'ab : 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves : so she came, and hath continued even from the morn- ing until now, that she tarried a little in the house. 8 Then said Bo'az unto Ruth, Hear- est thou not, my daughter ? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens : 9 Let thine eyes he on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them : have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee ? and vv^hen thou "art athirst, go unto the vessels, paid drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 Then she -^"fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him. Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger ? 11 And B5'az answered and said un- to her, It ^hath fully been shcAved me, ^all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of Jjoaz favour eth Ruth. RUTH, 3. thine husband: and hov: thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12 The 'Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of i§'ra-el, under -^whose wings thou art come to trust. 1 3 Then she said, "Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord ; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken'*friendly unto thine hand- maid, ^though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. 14 And B5'az said unto her. At meal- time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vin- egar. And she sat beside the reapers : and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. 1 5 And when she was risen up to glean, Bo'az commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and ^reproach her not : 1 6 And let fall also some of thehand- fuls of purpose for her,andleave^/^em, that she may glean theyn, and rebuke her not. IT So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned : and it was about an ephah of barley. 1 8 *! And she took it up, and went into the city : and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned : and she brought forth, and gave to her that she Had reserved after she was suf- ficed. 19 And her mother in lav/ said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day ? and where wroughtest thou ? blessed be he that did ^take knowledge of thee. And she shev/ed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is, B5'az. 20 And ISJa-o'mi said untoherdaugh- ter in law, "'Blessed he he of the Lord, who ''hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Na-5'mi said unto her. The man is near of kin unto us, ''one of our next kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Mo'ab-Tt-ess said. He said unto me also. Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 22 And Na-5'mi said unto Ruth her daughter in law. It is good,my daugh- ter, that thou go out with his maid- B. C. 1312. CHAP. 2. i 1 Sam. 21,19 j Ps. 17, 8 Ps. .36, 7 Ps. 5 r, 1 Ps. 63, 7 3 Or, I find favour. Gen.33,15 1 Sam. 1,18 4 to the heart. Gen. Si, 3 Judg.19,3 k 1 Sam. 25,41 5 shame her not. I Ps. 41, 1 m ch. 3. 10 2 Sam.2,5 Job 29, 13 2 Tim. 1,16 n Pro. 17,17 6 Or, one that hath right to redeem, Lev.25,25 ch. 3, 9 ch. 4, 6 7 Or, fall vpon thee. CHAP. 3. a 1 Cor.7,36 1 Tim. 5,8 h ch. 1. 9 c ch. 2, 8 d 2 Sam. 14,2 1 Or, lift vp the clothes that are on his feet. e ET)h. 6, 1 Col. 3. 20 /Judg.19,6 2 Sam. 13. 28 Esth. 1.10 2 Or. took hold on. Ezek.16,8 3 Or. one that hath right to redeem. h ch. 2, 20 i ch. 1. 8 4 gate. Pro. 31,31 j Pro. 12, 4 k ch. 4, 1 280 Muth'^s visit to Boaz. ens, that they 'meet thee not in any other field. 23 So she kept fast by the maideng of Bo'az to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law, CHAPTER 3. 1 By Naomi's instruction, 6 Rutli lies at Boaz's feet, who acknowledges ihe duty of a kinsman. 14 His present to Ruth. THEN Na-5'mi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, "shall I not seek *rest for thee, that it may be well with thee ? 2 And now is not Bo'az of our kin- dred, with 'whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnov/eth barley to night in the threshingfloor, 3 W ash thyself therefore, ''and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor : but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, whenhe lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and 'uncover his feet, and lay thee down ; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. 5 And she said unto her, "All that thou sayest unto me I will do. 6 *ij And she went down unto the floor, and did according to aU that her mother in law bade her. 7 And when B5'az had eaten and drunk, and -^his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly, and un- covered his feet, and laid her down. 8 IT And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and ^turned himself : and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said. Who art thou ? And she answered, I am Ruth thine hand- maid: spread ^therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid ; for thou art ^a near kinsman. 10 And he said, ^Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter : for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than 'at the beginning, inasmuch as thou foUowedst not young men, whether poor or rich. 1 1 And now, my daughter, fear not , I will do to thee all that thou requir- est : for all the *city of my people doth know that thou -^ar ^ a virtuous woman. 12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit Hhere is a kinsman nearer than I. 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be ^^ Boaz's present to Ruth. RUTH, 4. JBoaz marrieth her. in the morning, that if he 'will per- form unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part : but if he will not do the part of a kins- man to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, "'as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morn- ing. 1 4 1 And she lay at his feet until the morning : and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, "Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. 1 5 Also he said. Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it onher : and she went into the city. 1 6 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter ? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17 And she said. These six measures of barley gave he me ; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. 1 8 Then said she, Sit still, my daugh.- ter, until thou know how the matter will fall : for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. CHAPTER 4. 1 Boaz calls into judgment the next kinsman: 6 he reluftlng the redemption, 9 Boaz marries Euth. 13' She bears Obed. THEN went B5'az up to the gate, and sat him dowm there : and, be- hold, "the kinsman of whom Bo'az spake came by ; unto whom he said, flo, such a one ! turn aside, sit do^vn here. And he turned aside, and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of *the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye dov/n here. And they sat down. 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Na- 5'mi, that is come again out of the country of Mo'ab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother E-lim'e- lech's: 4 And 'I thought to advertise thee, saying, ""Buy it ''before the inhabit- ants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, re- deem it : but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: 'for there is none to redeem it beside thee ; and I a7n after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. 5 Then said Bo'az, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Na-o'- ml. thou must buy it also of Ruth the B.C. 1312. CHAP. 3. / Deut.25,5 Mat.22,24 mJudg.8,19 Jer. 4. 2 n Rom. 12. 17 Rom. 14, 16 1 Cor. 10, 32 2 Cor.8,21 1 Thes. 5.22 CHAP. 4. a ch. 3, 12 h Deut. 16, 18 1 Ki. 21, 8 Pro. 31,28 1 1 said 1 will re- veal i7i thine ear. c Jer.32,7,8 d Gen.23,18 e Lev.25.25 / Gen. 38, 8 Deut. 25, 5,6 ch. 3, 13 Mat.22,24 g ch. 3, 12,13 h Deut. 25, 7,9 i Deut.25,6 j Ps. 127. 3 Ps, 128. 3 k Deut.25,9 2 Or, get thee riches, or, power. I Gen.35,16 Mic. 5, 2 3 proclaim thy name. m Gen. 38,29 1 Chr. 2, 4 Mat. 1, 3 n 1 Sam. 2.20 Gen.29,31 Gen. 33, 5 p Lu. 1. 58 Rom. 12, 15 4 caused to cease xinto thee. 5 Or, re- deemer, 6 to nourish, Gen.45,11 Ps. 55, 22 7 thy gray hairs. q I Sam.1,8 281 Mo'ab-it-ess, the wife of the dead, -^to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 6 And "the kinsman said, I cannot re- deem ^7 for my self, lest I mar mine own inheritance : redeem thou mj^ right to thyself ; for I cannot redeem it. 7 Now ''thm was the mariner in for- mer time in l§'ra-el concerning i-e- deeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour; and this ivas a testimony in l§'ra-el. 8 Therefore the kinsma^n said unto Bo'az, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe._ 9 '[And Bo'az saidunto the elders, and unto all the people. Ye are witnesses this day, that I ha,ve bought all that yjas E-lim'e-lech's, and all thsitioas Chil'i-on's and Mah'lon's, of the hand of Na-5'mi. 10 Moreover Riith the Mo'ab-it-ess, the wife of Mah'lon,have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, 'that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are wit- nesses this day. 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said. We are witnesses. ■'TheLoRD mak^ thewom- an that is come into thine house like Ra'chel and like Le'ah, which two did ^'build the house of is'ra-el : and -do thou worthily in 'Eph'ra-tah, and be ^famous in Beth'- le-hem : 12 And let thy house be like the house of Pha'rez, '"whom Ta'mar bare unto Ju'dah, of "the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman. 1 3 llSo B5'az took Ruth, and she was his wife : and when lie went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And ^the women said unto Na- o'mi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not 4ef t thee this day without a ^kins- man, that his name may be famous in l§'ra-el. 1 5 And he shall be unto thee a re- storer of thy life, and "a nourisher of 'thine oldage : for thy daughter inlaw, which loveth thee, which is -^better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. 1 6 And Na-6'mi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. Hannah's affliction i 7 And 'the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Na-o'mi; and they called his name O'bed : he is the father of Jes'se, the father of Da'vid. ISIFKow these are the genera- tions of Pha'rez : 'Pha'rez begat Hez'- rdn. 1. SAMUEL, 1. and prayer unto the Lord, B. C. 1312. CHAP. 4. r Lu. 1. 58. 59 s 1 Chr.2,4 Mat. 1, 3 f Num. 1,7 8 Or, Snlmah. 1 Chr. 2, 11, 51. 54 19 And Hez'ron begat Ram, and Ram begat Am-min'a-dab, 20 And Im-mhi'a-dab begat Nah'- shon, *an ^ "^ 21 And az begat o'bed, 22 And o'bed begat Jes'se,and Jes'se begat Da'vid. THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED, THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHAPTER 1. I Oj Elkanah and his two wives. 9 Hannah' sprayer : 19 they worship. 20 Samuel born. NOW there was a certain man of Ra-matli-a'im-z5'phim, of mount E'phra-im, and his name ivas "El'ka- nah, the son of Jer'o-ham, the son of E-li'hu, the son of To'hu, the son of Zuph, *an Eph'rath-ite : 2 And he had two wives ; the name of the one was Han'nah,and the name of the other Pe-nin'nah: and Pe-nin'- nah had children, but Han 'nah had no children. 3 And this man w^ent up out of his city 'yearly '"to worship and to sac- rifice unto the Lord of hosts in '^Shl'ldh. And the two sons of E'li, Hdph'ni and Phin'e-has, the priests of the Lord, 2vere there. 4 And when the time was that £1'- ka-nah offered, he gave to Pe-nin'nah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions : 5 But unto Han'nah he gave ^a worthy portion ; for he loved Han'- nah : 'but the Lord had shut up her womb. 6 And her adversary also ^provoked her sore, for to make her fret, be- cause the Lord had shut up her womb. 7 And as he did so •''year by year, *when she went up to the house or the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she w^ept, and did not eat. 8 Then said El'ka-nah her husband to her, Han'nah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not ? and why is thy heart grieved ? ain not I ^bet- ter to thee than ten sons ? 9 H So Han'nah rose up after they B. C. IITI. CHAP. 1. alClir.6,27 b Ruth 1, 2 1 from year to year. c Deut.12,5 cl Josh. 18,1 2 Or, a double portion. e Gen. 30. 2 3 angered her. } Ex. 23, 14 Dent. 16. 16 Lu. 2, 41 4 from her going up, or, from the time that she, etc. Ruth 4,15 h ch. 3, 3 i Job 7, 11 Job 10, J 5 hitter of snul. Num. 30,3 2 Sam. 17,8 J Gen.28.20 k Gen.29.32 1 Gen. 8. 1 6 seed of men,. m Num. 6, 5 7 multi- plied to pray. ^ hard of ifpirit. n Ps. 62. 8 2Cor.6,15 9 Or, 7nedi- tation, p Lu. 8, 48 q Ps. 20, 4,5 r Gen.33.15 Ruth 2,13 s Eccl. e. 7 282 had eaten in Shil5h, and after they had drunk. Now E'li the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the Hemple of the Lord. 10 And 'she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the IjORD, and wept sore. 1 1 And she •'vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed ^look on the affliction of thine hand- maid, and i'emember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid "a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and '"there shall no razor come upon his head. 12 "liAnd it came to pass, as she ^continued praying before the Lord, that Ell marked her mouth. 13 Now Han'nah, she spake in her heart ; only her lips moved, but her voice w^as not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And Eli said unto her. How long wilt thou be drunken ? put away thy wine from thee. 1 5 And Han'nah answered and said. No, my lord, I ani a woman "^of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk nei- ther wine nor strong drink, but have "poured out my soul before the Lord. 1 6 Count not thine handma id for a daughter of '^Beli-al : for out of the abundance of my ^complaint ard grief have I spoken hitherto. 1 T Then E'li answered and said, Go nn peace: and ^the God of is'ra-ei grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 1 8 And she said, ""Let thine hand- maid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went 'her way, and did eat. Birth of Samuel. I. SAMUEL, 2. HaiinaKs thanksgiv ing. and her countenance was no more sad. 1 9 ^ And they rose up in the morn- ing early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ra'mah : and El'ka-nah knew Han'nah his wife; and the 'Lord remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, ' "when the time was come about after Han'- nah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name "Sam'u-el, saying. Because I have asked him of the Lord. 21 And the man El'ka-nah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22 But Han'nah went not up; for she said unto her husband, 1 vnll not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will "bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there "abide for ever. 23 And "Erka-nah her husband said unto her. Do what seemeth thee good ; tarry until thou have weaned him; 'only the Lord establish his w^ord. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 21 ^ And when she had weaned him, she took "him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shi'loh : and the child was young. 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to E'li. 26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. 27 For 'this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him : 28 Therefore also I have '"lent him to the Lord ; as long as he liveth ' lie shall be lent to the Lord. And he "worsliipped the Lord there. CHAPTER 2. 1 Hannah's song in thanlc fulness to God. 12 The sin of Eli's sons. Xi SamueVs 7ni7iistri/. 27 CHAP. 1. t Gen.30,22 10 in revo- lution of days. 11 That is, Asked, of God. I a Lu. 2, 22 1 ! V ch. 2. 11 ch. 3, 1 «; Num.30, 7 X 2 Sam. 7, 25 1165. z Mat. 7, 7 12 Or, re- t urned him, v'hom I have ob- tained by petition, to the LORD. 13 Or, he whom 1 have ob- tained by petition shall be returned. a Gen. 24, 26,52 against EWs house. A prophecy A ND Han'nah ''prayed, and said, Jl\^ *My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine ene- mies ; because ''I rejoice in thy salva- tion. 2 There ^is none holy as the Lord : B. c. 1171. for there is ''none beside thee : nei- ther is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proud- ly ; -'let not 'arrogancy come out of your mouth : for the Lord is a God of knowledgeT^nd by him actioiis are w eighed. E. 16. 7; J. 2. 10. 4 1 he bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. 5 TheyHhat 'were full have hired out themselves for bread ; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the ^barren hath born seven ; and she 'that hath many children is waxed y Deut.12,5 1 feeble. 6 The 'Lord killeth, and maketh alive : he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. T The Lord ^maketh poor, and maketh rich : lie bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8 He "'raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, "to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory : for the pHlars 'of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them. 9 He ''will keep the feet of his saints, ] and the Avicked shall be silent in dark- ness ; for by ^strength shall no man prevail. k. 15. 29., 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall i be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. 1 1 ^And El'ka-nah went to Ra'mah to his house. 'And the child did min- ister unto the Lord before Ell the priest. 12 Now the sons of E'li vaere 'sons of Beli-al : "they knew not the Lord. 1 3 And the priest's custom T\lth the people vKis, that, when any man of- fered sacrifice, the priest's ser\^ant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand ; 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot ; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shi'loh unto all the is'ra-el-ites that came thither. 1 5 Also before they burnt the fat. the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sa.crificed. Give flesh to roast *H. 3. 11-13; J. 24. 12. ^ CHAP. 2. a Phil. 4, 6 b Lu. 1, 46 c Ps. 9, 14 Ps. 13, 5 Ps. 20. 5 Ps. 35, 9 d Ex. 15. 11 e Deut.4,35 f Mai. 3. 13 1 hard. g Lu. 1, 53 h Ps. 113, 9 i Isa. 54, 1 j Job 5, 18 Hos. 6, 1 fe Job 1, 21 I Ps. 75, 7 m Dan. 4,17 n Job 36, 7 o Heb. 1, 3 p Ps. 91, 11 q ch. 14, 6 r Ps. 96, 13 s ch. 3. 1 t Deut. 13,13 u Rom.1.28 283 E J K K J SaniiieVs ministry. L SAMUEL, 3. Prophecy against EWs houst. for the priest ; for he will not have sod- den flesh of thee, but raw. 1 6 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat '^presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth ; then he would an- swer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now : and if not, I will take it by force. 17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great 'before the Lord : for men abhorred ""the offering of the Lord. 1 8 HBut Sam'u-el ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded -"with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 And Eli blessed El'ka-nah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the ^loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home. 21 And the Lord ^'visited Han'- nah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Sam'u-el 'grew before the Lord. 22 ITNow Ell was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all l§'ra-el ; and howthey lay with the women that "assembled at the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation. 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things ? for ^I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. 24 Nay, my sons ; for it is no good report that I hear : yemake theLoRD's people ^to transgress. 25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him : but if a man "sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, ^because the Lord would slay them. 26 And the child Sam'u-el grew on, and was in '■favour both v/iththeLoRD, and also with men. 27 ^And ''there came a man of God unto Ell, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, ^Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in E'gypt in Pha'raoh's house *" 28 And did I -''choose him out of all the tribes of l§'ra-el to he my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to bum incense, B. C. 1165. CHAP. 2. 2 as on the day. V Gen. 6,11 w Mai. 2, 8 Rom. 2,24 X Ex. 28, 4 3 Or, petition which she asked,etc. II Gen. 21, 1 z Lu. 2, 40 4 assembled by troops. 5 Or, I hear eiJil ivords of you. 6 Or, to cry out, a Num. 15,30 b Pro. 15,10 c Pro. 3, 4 d 1 Ki. 13, 1 e Ex. 4, 14 / Ex. 28, 1 g Lev. 2, 3 h Deut. 32, 15 I Deut.12,5 j Jer. 18, 9 k Ps. 18. 30 I Mai. 2, 9 m ch. 4, 11 7 Or, the affliction of the taber- nacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel. nZech. 8, 4 8 men. ch. 4, 11 p 1 Ki. 2, 35 IChr. 29,22 q 2 Sam. 7, 11 1 Ki.11,38 r Ps. 2, 2 s 1 Ki. 2, 27 9 Join. 10 Ov.some- ivhat about the priest- hood. CHAP. 3. a Ps. 74, 9 Araos8,ll 284 to wear an ephod before m.e ? and ^did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the chil- dren of l§'ra-el ? 29 Wherefore *kick ye at my sacri- fice and at mine offering, which I have commanded ^n ^my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chief- est of all the offerings of l§'ra-el my people ? 30 Wherefore the Lord God of is'ra- el saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : but now the Lord saith, •'Be it far from me ; for them that honour me ^I will honour, and 'they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 31 Behold, "the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. 32 And thou shalt see 'an enemy i)i 7ny habitation, in all the v^ealth which God^2k}\ give i§'ra-el: and there shall not be an "old man in thine house for ever. 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart : and all the increase of thine house shall die ''in the flower of their age. 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hoph'ni and Phin'e-has; nn one day they shall die both of them. 35 And tl will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind : and ^I will build him a sure house ; and he shall walk before 'mine anointed for ever. 36 Audit shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, 'Put me, I pray thee^ into '"one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. CHAPTER 3. 2 The Lord appears to Samuel in a vision, 11 and re- veals to him the destruction of EWs house. AND thechild Sam'u-el ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And "the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there loas no open vision. 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli loas laid down in his place, f^od calleth Samuel. I. SAMUEL, 4. The Israelites defeated. and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see ; 3 And ere *the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God vms, and Sam'u-el was laid down to sleep ; 4 That the Lord called Sam'u-el : and he answered, Here am I. 5 And he ran unto E'li, and said, Here am I ; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie do^vn again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the Lord called yet again, Sam'u-el. And Sam'u-el arose and went to E'li, and said. Here am I ; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son ; lie do\\ni again. T ^Now Sam'u-el 'did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. 8 And the Lord called Sam'u-el again the third time. And he arose and went to E'li, and said, Here am I ; for thou didst call me. And E'li per- ceived that the Lord had called the child. 9 Therefore E'li said unto Sam'u-el, Go, lie down : and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say. Speak, Lord ; for thy servant heareth. So Sam'u-el went and lay down m his place. 10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Sam'u-el, Sam'u-el. Then Sam'u-el answered, '^Speak ; for thy ser\^ant heareth. 1 1 II And the Lord said to Sam'u-el, Behold, I will do a thing in l§'ra-el, at which both the ears of qyqtj one that heareth it shall tingle. 1 2 In that day I will perform against E'li all 'thhigs which I have spoken concerning his house : ^when I begin, I will also make an end. 13 ^For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the in- iquity which he knoweth; because -'his sons made themselves ^''ile, and he ^restrained them not. H. 12. 24,25. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of E'li, that the iniquity of E'li's house shall ^not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 1 5 TAnd Sam'u-el lay until the morn- ing, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Sam'u-el feared to shew E'li the vision. 1 6 Then E'li called Sam'u-el, and said, Sam'u-el, my son. And he an swered, Here am I. 1 7 And he said, What is the thing B, C. 1141. CHAP. 3. h Ex. 27, 21 Lev. 24, 3 1 Or, Thus did Sam- uel before he knew the LORD, and be- fore the word of the LORD was re- vealed unto Mm. c Acts 19, 2 d Ps. 85, 8 Acts 9, 6 e cli. 2, 30 2 beginning and ending. 3 Or, And 1 will tell him. 7ch. 2, 12 i Or, accursed. 5 frowned not upon them. Num. 15, 30 Isa. 22, 14 h Ruth 1,17 6 so add. 7 Or, word. 8 all the things, or, words. i Job 1, 21 Ps. 39, 9 Isa. 39, 8 j Gen. 39, 2 k ch, 9, 6 1 Judg.20,1 9 Or, faithful. m Heb. 1, 1 CHAP. 4. 1 was, or, came to pass. a ch. 7, 12 2 the battle was spread. 3 the array. 4 take 'imto us. b 2 Sam.6,2 Ps. 80, 1 c Ex. 25, 18 Num.7,89 285 that the LoRD hath said unto thee ? I pray thee hide it not from me : *God do so to thee, and ®more also, if thou hide any 'thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. 1 8 And Sam'u-el told him ^every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, Tt is the Lord : let him do what seemeth him good. 19 And Sam'u-el grew, and •'the Lord was with him, *and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all_ is'ra-el ^from Dan even to Be'er-shel)a knew that Sam'u-el \oas ^estabhshed to he a prophet of the Lord. 21 And_"'the Lord appeared again in Shi'loh : for the Lord _revealed himself to Sam'u-el in Shiloh by the word of the Lord. CHAPTER 4. 1 Israel overcome by the Philistines. 11 TTie ark taken, and Hophyii and Phineha>i slain. 12 Eli, hearing the tidings, falls backward, and his neck breaks, etc. AND the word of Sam'u-el ^came to all l§'ra-el. N owls'ra-elwentout against the Phi-lis'tine§ to battle, and pitched ''beside Eb'en-e'z?r : and the Phi-lis'tmes pitched in A'phek. 2 And the Phi-lis'tme§ put them- selves in array against !s'ra-el : and when '^they joined battle, l§'ra-el was smitten before the Phi-lis'tines : and they slew of ^the army in the field about four thousand men. 3 IF And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of i§'ra-el said, Wherefore hath the Lord smit- ten us to day before the Phi-lis'tines ? Let us *f etch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shil5h unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it mav save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Sliil5h, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts *which dwelleth hetimeen ''the cheru bims : and tlie two sons of Eli, Hoph ill and Phin'e-has, loere there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all is'ra-el shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. 6 And when the Phi-lis'tines heard the noise of the shout, they said. What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the He'brews \ And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp. The death of Eli. I. SAMUEL, 5. Dagon falleth down. 7 And the Phi-lis'tine§ were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us I for there hath not been such a thing ^heretofore. 8 Woe unto us ! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods ? these are the Gods that smote the E-g5'p'tians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 9 Be ''strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Phi-lis'tines^ that ye be not servants unto the He'brews, as 'they have been to you : ^quit your- selves like raen, and fight. 1 II And the Phi-lis'tines fought, and •^I§'ra-el was smitten, and they lied every man into his tent : and there i was a very great slaughter ; for there fell of Is'ra-el thirty thousand foot- 1 men. 11 And '''the ark of God was taken ;' ^and the two sons of Eli, Hoph'ni and' Phin'e-has, ^were slain. 12 TAnd there ran a man of Ben'ja- min out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes I'ent, and 'with earth upon liis head. 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon 'a seat by the wayside watch- ing: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. 14 And when Ell heard the noise of the crvdng, he said. What meaneth the noise of this tumult ? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old ; and liis eyes * were dim, that he could not see. 1 6 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to dav out of the armv. And he said. ''^What ""is there done, mv son ? 1 7 And the messenger answered and said, Is'ra-el is fled before the Phi-lis'- tines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy twosonsalso,H6phliiand Phin'e-has, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. 1 8 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat back- ward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died : for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged l§'ra-el forty years. 19 l! And his daughter in law, Phm'- e-has' wife, was with child, 7iea7' ^"to be delivered : and when she heai'd the B.C. 11 41. CHAP. 4. 5 yesterday, or, the third day. d 1 Cor. 16, 13 e Judg.13,1 6 be vien. / Lev.26,17 Deut. 28, 25 Ps. 78, 9,62 g ch. 2, 32 n Ps. 78, 64 7 died. i Josh. 7, 6 2 Sam. 13, 19 2 Sam. 15, 32 Neh. 9, 1 Job 2, 12 j ch. 1, 9 8 stood. k 2 Sam.1,4 9 is the thing. 10 Or, to cry out. 11 were turned. I Gen.35,17 12 set not her heart. 13 That is. Where is the glory ? or, There is 71 s glory. ch. l4, 3 m Ps. 26, 8 Ps. 78, 61 A CHAP. 5. a Judg. 16,23 b Ex. 18,11 1 Chr. 16, 24, 25, 26 Ps. 95. 3 Ps.96,4,5 Ps. 97. 9 Isa. 19, 1 Isa. 46.1,2 Nah. 1, 14 c Isa. 46, 7 d Isa. 40, 18 e .Jer. 50, 2 Ezek. 6. 4,6 3Iic. 1, 7 1 Or, the ft^hy paii. The upper part of Dagon re- sembled a man, and the loiver a fish. fZeoh. 1,9 g Ex'. 9, 3 Ps. 7, 11 Ps. 9, 17 Ps. 32, 4 Ps. 75, 8 Ps.139, 19 Ps. 145,20 Ps. 147, 6 Isa. 31, 3 Dan. 4, 35 Actsl3,ll h ch. 6, 5 i Deut. 28,27 Ps. 78, 66 286 tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed ; for her pams "came upon her. 20 And about the time of her death 'the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, '-neither did she regard it. 21 And she named the child ^'I'-cha- bod, saying, "The glory is departed from is'ra-el : because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. 22 And she said, The glory is de- parted from Is'ra-el: for the ark of God is taken. CHAPTER 5. 1 The Philistines bring the ark into the house of Da- gon. 3 Dagon falls duicji. 6, 9, 12 The Phillstinea are smitten with emerods. KD the Phi-lis'tines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eb'en-e'z?r unto Ash'dod. 2 When the Phi-lis'tines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Da'gon, and set it by Da'gon. 3 "lAnd when they of Ash'dod arose early on the morrow, behold. Da'gon "w as fallen ^upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they I took Da'gon, and set 'him in his place again. 4 And when thev arose earlv on the morrow morning, behold, Da'gon ^/"rt^ fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of '^the Lord ; and 'the head of Da'gon and both the palms of his hands icere cut off upon the threshold ; only ^the stump of Da'gon was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Da'gon, nor any that come into Da'gon's house, tread ■'^'on the thresh- old of Da'gon in Ash'dod unto this day. 6 '^But •''the hand of the Lord was hea^^" upon them of Ash'ddd, and he destroyed them, and smote them v,ath 'emerods, even Ash'dod and the coasts thereof. 7 And when the men of Ash'dod saw that it teas so, they said, The ark of the God of is'ra-el shaU not abide with us : for his iiand is sore upon us, and upon Da'gon our god. 8 They sent therefore and gathered all thelords of the Phi-lis'tine§ unto them, and said. What shall we do with tho ark of the God of is'ra-el ? And they answered, Let the ark of 21\e ark is returned I. SAMUEL, 6. by the Philistines. the God of l§'ra-el be carried about un- to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of l§'ra-el about thither. 9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, ■'the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction : and ^he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. 1 1i Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ek'ron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ek'ron, that the Ek'ron-ites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of is'ra-el to ^us, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered to- gether all thelordsof the Phi-lis'tines, and said. Send away the ark of the God of l§'ra-el, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay \is not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city ; the hand of God was ver^^ heavy there. 1 2 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods : and ^the cry of the city went up to heaven. CHAPTER 6. 5 The PhiUstities counsel how to send back the ark : 10 t/iet/ b7'ingiton a new cartrciih an offering to Betli-'shemesh. 19 The Beth-shemiles smitten for looking into the ark. AN D the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Phi-lis'tines seven months. 2 And the Phi-lis'tines ''called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord ? tell us Avherewith we shall send it to his place. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Is'ra-el, send it not *empty ; but in any wise return him 'a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 4 Then said they, What shall he the trespass offering which we shall re- turn to him ? They answered. Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, '^according to the number of the lords of the Phi-lis'tines : for one plague icas on 'you all, and on your lords. 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that ^mar the land ; and ye shall -''give glory unto the God of is'ra-el : perad venture he will i'lighten his B. C. 1141. CHAP. 5. j Deut.2,15 ch. 7, 13 ch. 12, 15 k Ps. 78, 66 2 me, to slay me and my. 3 me not, and my. I Isa. 15, 3 B. C. 1140. CHAP. 6. a Gen. 41, 8 Ex. 7, 11 Dan. 2. 2 Dan. 5, 7 Mat. 2, 4 b Ex. 23, 15 Deut. 16,16 c Lev. 5, 15 d Josh. 13,3 Judg. 3, 3 1 them. e ch. 5, 6 /Josh. 7,19 1 Chr. 16, 28.29 Isa. 42,12 Jer. 13,16 Mai. 2, 2 John 9,24 Rev. 14, 7 f7ch.5,6,ll Ps. 39, 10 7i Ex. 7, 13 Ex. 8, 15 Ex. 14, 17 2 Or, reproach- . fully. i Ex. 12, 31 3 them. i 2 Sam.6,3 k Num.19,2 I Josh. 15,10 4 Or, if. 5 in a street they went. 7nJosh.l3,3 Judg. 3, 3 Zeph. 2,5 287 hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land, 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, ^as the E-gyp'tians and Pha'raoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought Hvonderfully among them, 'did they not let Hhe people go, and they departed ? 7 Now therefore make -^a new cart, and take two milch kine, on ^which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them : 8 And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart ; and put the jew- els of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof ; and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see, if it goeth up by tlie way of his own coast to 'Beth-she'mesh, then '^he hath done us this great evil : but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us ; it 2oas a chance that happened to us. 10 ^And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: 1 1 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. 1 2 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-she'naesh, a7id Vent along the highway, low- ing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Phi-lis'tines went; after them unto the border of Beth- she'mesh. 1 3 And they of Beth-she'mesh icere reaping their wheat har^^est in the val- ley : and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14: And the cart came into the field of Josh'u-a, a Beth-she 'mite, and stood there, where the7'e vkis a great stone : and they cla,ve the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord. 1 5 And the Le'vites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that vms with it, wherein the jewels of gold v^ere, and put them on the great stone : and the men of Beth-she'mesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord. 1 6 And when "'the five lords of the Phi-lis'tineshad seen 2?^, they returned to Ek'ron the same day. The Israelites repent. 1. SAMUEL, 7. The Philistines subdued. 17 And these are the golden emer- ods which the PhMis'tine§ returned for a trespass off ermg unto the Lord ; for Ash'dod one, for Ga'za one, for As'ke-lon one, for Gath one, for £k'- r5n one ; 1 8 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the PhMis'tme§ belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the ''great stone of A'bel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this dayin the field of Josh'u-a, the Beth-she'mTte. 1 9 TAnd "he smote the men of Beth- she'mesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the peo- ple with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth-she 'mesh said, Who "is able to stand before this holy Lord God ? and to whom shall he go up from us ? 2 1 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants''ofKir'jath-je'a-rim,say ing. The Phi-lis'tines have brought again the ark of the Lord ; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. CHAPTER 7. 3 The Israelites. b>/ Samuel's means, solemnly/ re- pent at Mizpeh 9 While Samuel prays, the Philis- tines are discomfited. AN D the men of " Kir' jath - je'a-rim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of ''A-bin'a-dab in the hill, and sanctified E-le-a'zar his son to keep the ark of the Lord. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kir'jath-je'a-rim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of i§'ra-el lamented after the Lord. 3 HAnd Sam'u-el spake unto all th e B. C. 1140. house o f Ig'ra-el, saying, If ye do ^r e- tur n unto the Lord with all yo ur hearts, then '^put away the strange gods and "Ash'ta-roth from among you, and -^p repare your hearts unto the Lord, and ^serve him only : and he will deliver y o u out of the hand of the Phi-lis'tmes . P. 12. 10, 11. 4 Then the children of is'ra-el did put away Ba'al-im ^and Ash'ta- roth, and served the Lord only ^ STAnd Sam'u -el said, ^Gather all l^' - ra-el to Miz'peh, and 1 will pray fo r you unto the Lord . CHAP. 6. 6 Or, great stone. nEx. 19, 21 Num. 4,5, 15, 20 2 Sam.6,7 o 2 Sam.6,9 Mai. 3, 2 Rev. 6, 17 p J osh. 18,14 Judg. 18, 12 1 Chr. 13, 5,6 6 And they gathered to gether to Miz'pehTand -^dre w water, and poured^ it out before the J-^ord, and tasted on that ^ay , and said there, ' W e CHAP. 7. a ch. 6, 21 Ps. 13S, 6 b 2 Sam.6,4 1120. c Deut.30,2 1 Ki. 8, 48 Isa. 55, 7 Hos. 6, 1 Joel 2, 12 d Gen. 35,2 Josh. 24,14 e Judg.2,13 / 2 Chr. 30, 19 Job 11. 13 g Deut.6,13 Deut. 10.20 Deut.13,4 Josh. 24. 14 Mat. 4, 10 Lu. 4, 8 h Judg.2,11 i Judg. 10, 17 Judg. 11,11 Judg.20,1 ch. 10, 17 2 Ki.25,23 j 2 Sam. 14, 14 k Neh.9,1,2 Dan. 9, 3 Joel 2, 12 I Judg. 10, 10 1 Ki. 8, 47 Ps. 106, 6 1 Be not silent from us from crying. Isa, 37. 4 m Ps. 99, 6 Jer. 15, 1 2 Or, a nsivered. nJosh. 10. 10 Judg.4,15 ch. 2, 10 2 Sam. 22. 14, 15 3 That is. 'lire stone f help., ch. 4, 1 Judg.13,1 p ch. 13. 5 q Judg.2,16 ch. 12, 11 4 and he circuited. r Judg.21,4 288 have sinned against the LoRr And k Sarn'u-el judged the children of l§^- 1 ra-e l in IVliz^peh. R. 2 Sam. 12. 18. J TAnd w^hen the Phi-lis'tine§ heard that the children of l§'ra-el were gath- ered together to Miz'peh, the lords of the Phi-lis'tine§ went up against l§' ra-el. And when the children of !§'• ra-el heard it, they were afraid of the Phi-lis'tino§. 8 And the children of I§'ra-el said to Sam'u-el, 'Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Phi-lis'- tine§. 9 And Sam'u-el took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord : and '"'Sam'u-el cried unto the Lord for i§'ra-el; and the Lord '^heard him. 10 And as Sam'u-el was offering up the burnt offering, the Phi-lis'tine§ drew near to battle against l§'ra-el : "but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Phi-lis'- tine§, and discomfited them ; and they were smitten before i§'ra-el. 1 1 And the men of !§'ra-el went out of Miz'peh, and pursued the Phi-lis'- tine§, and smote them, until they came under Beth'-car. 12 Then Sam'u-el took a stone, and set it between Miz'peh and Shen, and called the name of it ^fib'en-e'zgr, say- ing, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 13 Soothe Phi-lis'tines were subdued, and they ?'came no more into thecoast of is'ra-el : and the hand of the Lord was against the Phi-lis'tine§ all the days of Sam'u-el. 14 And the cities which the Phi-lis' tine§ had taken from i§'ra-el were re stored to I§'ra-el, from Ek'ron even unto Gath ; and the coasts thereof did l§'ra-el deliver out of the hands of the Phi-lis'tine§. And there was peace between is'ra-el and the Am'or-ites, 1 5 TAnd Bam'u-el ^judged I§'ra-el all the days of his life. 1 6 And he went from year to year "in circuit to Beth'-el,and Sil'gal,and Miz'peh, and judged l§'ra-el in all those places. 17 And his return vms to Ra'mah; for there vkis his house ; and there ho judged I§'ra-el : and there he built 'an altar unto the Lord. The Israelites 1. SAMUEL, 8, 9. desire a king. CHAPTER 8. ! Bii the occasion of the ill government of SamueVs dons. the Israelites ask a king . 19 Samuel describes how the king would rule over them. AND it came to pass, when Sam'- u-el was old, that he "made his *sons judges over i§'ra-el. 2 Now the name of his firstborn was 'J5'el; and the name of his second, A-bf ah : they were judges in Be'er- she'ba. 3 And his sons '^walked not in his ways,butturnedasideafter'^kicre,and 'tuok bribes, and perverted judgment. 4 Then all the elders of l§'ra-el gath- ered themselves together, and came to Sam'u el unto Ra'mah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways : now -^make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 '[But the thing Mispleased Sam'- u-el, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Sam'u-el prayed •mnto the Lord. T And the Lord said unto Sam'u-el, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for •^they have not rejected thee, but 'they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 8 According to all the works which they have done since theday that I brought them up out of E'gypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. 9 Now therefore ^hearken unto their voice : ^howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the man- ner of the king that shall reign over them. 10 HAnd Sam'u-el told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king. 11 And he said, •'This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : ^He v/ill take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. 1 2 And he will appoint him captains oyer thousands, and captains over fif- ties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to m_ake his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 1 3 And he will take your daughters to he confectionaries, and to he cooks, and to he bakers. 14 And 'he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, (19) B. C. 1112. CHAP. 8. a Deut. 16,18 h Judg,.10,4 Judg. 12,14 com- pared with Judg.5,10 1 Fas7im, lChr.6,28 c Eccl. 2,19 Jer. 22, 15 (I Ex. 18, 21 1 Tim. 3,3 1 Tim. e, 10 e Deut. 16,19 Ps. 15, 5 1095, / Hos.13,10 2 was evil in the eyes of Samuel. g Pro. 3, 5 h Ex. 16, 8 i ch. 10, 19 3 Or, obey. 4: Or, not- tvith- standing when thou hast solemnly protested against them, then thou shalt shew, etc. j Deut. 17, 16 ch. 10, 25 k ch. 14, 52 I lKi.21,7 5 eunuchs. m Pro. 1, 25 Isa. 1, 15 Mic. 3, 4 n Isa. 66, 4 Jer. 44, 16 Hos.13,11 CHAP. 9. a ch. 14, 51 lChr.8,33 lChr.9,39 1 Or, the son of a •mn.yi of Jemini. 2 Or, sub- stance. b ch. 10, 23 c 2 Ki. 4, 42 d eh. 1, 1 289 even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 1 5 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his "^officers, and to his servants. 16 And he will take your menserv- ants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put the^n to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you ; and the LoRl/ ™will not hear you in that day. 19 1i Nevertheless the people "refused to obey the voice of Sam'u-el; and they said, Nay ; but we v/ill have a king over us ; 20 That we also may be like all the nations ; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. 21 And Sam'u-el heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord. 22 And the Lord said to Sam'u-el, Hearken ninto their voice, and make them a king. And Sam'u-el said unto the men of is'ra-el, Go ye every man unto his city. CHAPTER 9. 1 Saul, despairing to find hisfather''s asses, comes to Samuel. 15 God reveals to 'Sanwel SauVs coming, and his appointment to the kingdom. NOW there was a man of Ben'ja- min, whose name vkis ''Kisli, the son of A-bi'el, the son of Ze'ror, the son of Be-cho'rath, the son of l-phi'ah, ^a Ben'ja-mite,a mighty man of ^power. 2 And he had a son, whose name tims Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly : and there was not a,mong the children of I§'ra-el a goodlier person than he : *f rom his shoulders and up- ward he was higher than any of the people. 3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses, 4 And he passed through mount E'phra-im, and x^assed through the land of '^Shal'i-slia, but they found thein not : then they passed through the land of Sha'lim, and there they were not : and he passed through tho land of the Ben'ja-mites, but they found them not. h And when they were come to the land of "'Ziiph, Said said to his servant that was with him. Come, and let us j^auVs coming I. SAMUEL, 9. revealed to Samuel. return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 6 And he said unto him, Behold noAv, there is in this city 'a man of God, and Ae ^san honourtible man; alP that he saith cometh surely to pass : now let us go thither; perad venture he can shew us our way that we should go. T Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go,^what shall we bring the man ? for the bread ^is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what ^have we ? 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, U have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver : that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 9 (Beforetime in i§'ra-el,whena man ^went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called 'a Seer.) 10 Then said Saul to his servant, ''Well said ; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God loas. 11 *\\And as they went up '^the hill to the city, •'they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said mito them, Is the seer here ? 12 And they answered them, and said. He is ; behold, he is before you : make haste now, for he came to day to the city ; for there ^is a ^sacrifice of the people to day in the liigh place 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat : for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sac rifice ; and afterwards they eat that "be bidden. Now therefore get you up ; for about ''this time ye shall find him. 14 And they went up into the city : and when they were come into the city, behold, Sam'u-elcameout against fchem, for to go up to the high place. 15 TTlSTow '"the Lord had '"told Sam'- li-el in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, "' 1 6 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man outof thela^ndof Ben'- ja-min, and "thou shalt anoint him to e captain over my people is'ra-el, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Phi-lis'tine§ : for I have "looked upon my people, because their cry is come imto me. B. C. 1095. f CHAP. 9. e Deut.33,1 1 Ki. 13, 1 /ch. 3, 19 g Judg.6,18 Judg. 13, 17 1 Ki. 14, 3 2 Ki. 4, 42 2 Ki. 8, J< 3 is gone out of, etc. 4 is with us. 5 there is fi them beat them- selves. NOW 'it came to pass upon a day, that Jon'a-than the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us goover totlie Phi-lis 'tines" garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gi6'e-ah under a pomegranate tree which ^'sinMig'ron: and the peo- ple that were with him were ^about six hundred men ; 3 And ^\-hi'ah, the son of A-hi'tub, f -cha-bod's ^brother, the son of Phln'- e-has, the son of E'li/the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jon'a-than was gone. 41" And between the passages, by which Jon'a-than sought to go over unto 'the PhMis'tines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side : and the name of the one loas Bo'zez, and the name of the other Se'neh. 5 The -forefront of the one teas situ- ate northward over against 3Iich'- Eiasli, and the other southward over against Gib'e-ah. 6 And J on'a-than said to the young man that bare his armour, Come. and let us go over unto the garrison of these -''uncircumcised ; it may be that the Lord will work for us : for there is no restraint to the Lord to -^save by many or by few. 7 And his armourbearer said unto him. Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee ; behold, I am Avith thee ac- cording to thy heart. 8 Then said Jon'a-than, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. 9 If they say thus unto us, ^Tarry un- til we come to you ; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 1 But if they say thus, Come up un- to us ; then we will go up : for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand : and ^this shall bea sign unto us. 11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the gari^son of the Phi-lis'tines : and the Phi-lis'tines said. Behold, the He'brews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 1 2 And the men of the gamson an- swered Jon'a-than and his armour- B. C. 1087. CHAP. li. 1 Or, there vjas a day. a ch. 13, 15 b ch. 22, 9 Ahime- lech. c ch. 4, 21 d Ex. 28, 30 ch. 2, 28 ' ch. 22, 18 e ch. 13. 23 2 tooth. /Judg.14,3 Judg. 15, 18 ch. 17, 36 ch. 31, 4 2 Sam. 1,20 lChr.10,4 g Deut. 32,30 Josh. 14,12 Judg. 7, 4. 7 2Chr. 14, 11 Ps. 115, 1-3 Ps. 118, 6 Zech. 4, 6 Mat.19,26 Rom.8,31 3 Be still. h Gen.24,14 Judg. 7, 11 2 Sam. 5.24 4 Or, half a furrow of an acre of land, Judg.7,21 i 2 Ki. 7, 7 Job 18, 11 Ps. 48, 5,6 j ch. 13. 17 5 a trem- bling of God. Gen. 35, 5 k Num. 27,21 6 Or, tumult. I Josh. 9,14 Ps. 106,13 7 were cried together. m Judg. 7,22 2Chr. 20,23 n ch. 13, 6 Ex. 14,30 Deut. 33. 29 ch. 10, 19 1 Chr. 11, 14 Ps. 17, 7 Ps. 44, 6, 7 Isa. 63. 9 Hos. 1, 7 295 bearer, and said. Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And J on'a- than said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me : for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of is'- ra-el. 13 And J5n'a-than climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and liis I armourbearer after him : and they fell before Jon'a-than; and his ar- .mourbearer slew after him. 14 And that first slaughter, which Jon'a-than and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men. within as it were *an half acre of land, ich ich a yoke of oxen might 'plov- . lo 1'And 'there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the peo- ple: thegarrison, and -^the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked . so it was ^a very great trembling. 1 6 And the watchmen of Saul in Gib'- e-ah of Ben'ja-min looked ; and, be- hold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one an- other. IT I^Then said Saul unto the people that v^ere with him,y umber now,and see vv'ho is gone from us. And Avhen thev had numbered, behold, J on 'a- than and liis armourbearer were not there. 1 8 And Saul said unto A-hi'ah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of !s'ra-el. 19 "ii And it came to pass, while Saul talked "^unto the priest, that the ''noise that was in the host of the Plii-lis'- tines went on and increased : and 'Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. 20 And Saul and aU the people that icere with him 'assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, be- hold, '"every man's sword was against his fellow, an d there loas a ver^^ great discomfiture. 21 Moreover the He'brews that were with the Phi-lis'tine§ before that tune, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the is'ra-el-ites that were with Saul and Jon'a-than. 22 Like^vise all the men of is'ra-el which had "hid themselves in mount E'phra-im, v^hen they heard that the Phi-lis 'tine§ fled, even they also fol- lowed hard after them in the battle. 23 So 1:he Lord saved i§'ra-el that The Philistines smitten. i. SAMUEL, 14. Saul hiiildeth an altar. day : and the battle passed over 'unto BSth-a'ven. 24 H And the men of I§'ra-el were dis- tressed that day : for Saul had ad- jured *the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. 25 And 'all they of the land came to a wood ; and there was ''honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped ; but no man put his hand to his mouth : for the people feared the oath. 2 7 But Jon'a- than heard not when his father charged the people with the oath : wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that urns in his hand, and dipped it in ^an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth ; and his eyes were enlightened. 28 Then answered one of the people, and said. Thy father ^straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed he the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were ^"faint. 29 Then said Jon'a-than, My father hath troubled the land : see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been en- lightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much m.ore, if haply the peo- ple had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies v/ hich they found ? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Phi-lis'- tine§ ? 31 And they smote the Phi-lis'tine§ that day from Mich 'mash to li j'a-lon : and the people were very faint. 32 And the people fiew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground : and the people did eat them ^'with the blood. 33 Then they told Saul, saying. Be- hold, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he said. Ye have ' 'transgressed ; roll a great stone unto me this day. 34 And Saul said. Disperse your- selves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them, here, and eat ; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man B. C. 1087. CHAP. 14. p ch. 13. 5 q Josh. 6,26 Judg. 11, 30 r Deut.9.28 Mat. 3, 5 s Ex. 3, 8 Num. 13, 27 Mat. 3. 4 8 Or, wood- honey. 9 adjurmg, adjured. 10 Or, weary. t Gen. 9. 4 Lev. 3, 17 Lev. 7, 26 Lev.17,10 Lev.19,26 Deut. 1£, 16. 22, 24 11 Or, dealt treacher oushj. 12 in his hand. u Judg.21,4 ch. 7, 17 2 Sam. 24,25 13 that altar he began to build unto the LORD. V Mai. 2, 7 J as. 4, 8 w ch. 28. 6 Ps. 66, 18 John 9.31 X Josh. 7,14 ch. 10, 19 14 corners. y 2 Sam. 12,5 15 Or, Shew the inno- cent. Pro. 16,33 z Josh. 7,16 16 went forth. a Josh. 7,19 b ch. 25, 22 c 2 Sam. 14, 11 1 Ki. 1,52 Lu. 21, 18 d Isa. 13, 3 2 Cor. 6, 1 296 his ox ''^with him that night, and slew the77i there. 35 And Saul "built an altar unto the Lord: '^the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord. 36 'TFAnd Saul said, Let us go down after the Phi-lis'tme§ by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seem- eth good unto thee. Then said the priest, ^Let us draw near hither unto God. 37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Phi-lis'tmes ? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of i§'ra-el ? But he answered "him not that day. 38 And Saul said, "Draw ye near hither, all the '"chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. 39 For, ^as the Lord liveth, which saveth i§'ra-el, though it be in Jon'a than my son, he shall surely die. But there vms not a man among all the people that answered him. 40 Then said he unto all i§'ra-el, Be ye on one side, and I and Jon'a-than my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 41 Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of i§'ra-el, ' ^Give a perfect lot. ^And Saul and Jon'a-than were taken : but the people ' "escaped. 42 And Saul said. Cast lots between me and Jon'a-than my son. And Jon'- a-than w^as taken. 43 1'hen Saul said to Jon'a-than, Tell ''me what thou hast done. And Jon'a- than told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand,a?2<:/, lo, I must die. 44 And Saul answered, Kirod do so and more also : for thou shalt surely die, Jon'a-than. 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jon'a-than die, who hath wrought this great salvation in l§'- ra-el? Godforbid: ''«5theLoRDliveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he "'hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jon'a-than, that he died not. 46 Then Saul went up from follow- ing the Phi-lis'tine§ : and the PhMis'- tine§ went to their own place. 47 irSo Saul took the kingdom over i§'ra-el, and fought against all ?iis Saul sent to destroy Amalek. i. JSAMUEL, 15. He spareth Agag. enemies on every side, against Mo'ab, and against the childi^en 'of Am'mon, and against E'dom, and against the kings of -^'Zo'bah, and against the Phi-lis'tmes : and whithersoever he turned himself, he ^ vexed them. 48 And he ^'gathered an host, and ^sniote the Ani'a-lek-ites, and dehv- ered is'ra-el out of the hands of them that S}5oiled them. 49 ^^ ow 'the sons of Saul were Jon'- B. C. 1087. B. C. 1079. CHAP. 15. CHAP. U. e ch. 11, 11 / 2 Sam. 10,6 g Num. 25,17 17 Or, wrought iniglitily. h ch. 15, 3, 7 i ctL. 31, 2 a-than, and ish'u-i, and MeFclii-shu'a : j j ^ii. g, i ' and the names of his two daughters.fcciiisiii were these ; the name of the firstborn Me'rab. and the name of the younger Mrchal : 50 And the name of Saul's Avife was A-hin'o-am, the daughter of A-him'- a-az : and the name of the cavptain of '-" """■• '''^'"" his host was ^^Ib'nSr, the son of XSr, ^ EentJ' ^ Saul's uncle. ^s. ^^ 51 And ^'Kish tvas the father of Saul ; ^ Lev.27,28 and XSr the father of Ab'ngr loas "the , „ ' T £ t 1 -/ 1 '^ Ex. 20, o son of A-bi el. isa. n, 21 52 And there was sore war agamst e Gen. 3,17 "" " "" " " - . - Josh. 7,21 /Josli. 15,24: 1 Or, fought, g Num. 2J=, 21 Judg.1,16 Judg.i,ll h GeR.18,25 G£n.l9,12t Rev. 18, i: i Ex. 18, 10' Num. 10,29 j ch. 11, 48 k Gen. 2, 11 Gen.25,18 the Phi-lis'tines all the days of Saul : and when Saul sa,w any strong man, or any valiant man, '^he took huu unto him.. CHAPTER 15. 1 Saul senc to destroy Amalek: 8 he spares Agag, and the best of the spoil. 10 God rejects him for dis- obedience. SAM'U-EL also saidunto Sanl,The '''Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over is'ra-el : now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of tiie words of the Lord. 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I re- member that which Am'a-lek did to Is'ra-el, ''ho\yhelaidic ait for liiminthe i Gen. i6, 7 way, when he came up from E'gypt. |miKi.20,34 3 ^ ow go and smite Am'a-lek, and n ch. 30, 1 ''utterly destroy all that they have. '0 Prq.15,27 and spare them not; but slay both I q'^^q^-' man and woman, "^inf ant and suck- ^ q^ ^^ ^^^ ling, ^ox and sheep, camel and ass. " secoria 4 And Saul gathered the people to- *°''*' gether, and numbered them -^'in Tel'- ^ ^lam.' ^ a-im, two hundred thousand footmen, ! 24, le ' and ten thousand men of Jii'dah. k ^^sh.^ 5 And Saul came to a city of Am'a-| iki%, e lek, and 'laid wait in the valley. \r ch. 13, is 6 ^And Saul said unto -''the Ken'ites, 's ch. 16, i ^Go, depart, get you down from;* josh. among the Am'a-lek-ites. lest I destroy | ^^' °^ you with them : 'for ye shewed kind- ^j^aiiT'^ nesstoall the children of Is'ra-el, when Ruth si 2 they came up out of E'gypt. So the ^" lu. is, hi Ken'ites departed from among the w Gen. 3,12 Am'a-lek-ites. i ^^^-^^M 7 And •'Saul smote the Im'a-lek-ites ^ JJ^me ' 297 from Hav'i-lah hcntil thou comest to 'Shur, that is over agamst E'gypt. 8 And '"he took A'gag the king of the Am'a-lek-ites alive, "and utterly de- stroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. _9 But Saul and the people spared A'gag, and "the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and ^of the f atling^, ajid the lambs, and all tha.t was good, and would not utterly destroy them : but every thing that vms vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 10 *i Then came the word of the Lord unto Sam'u-el, saying, lilt -Prepenteth me that I have set up Saul to he kmg : for he ?is turned back from following me, and '"hath not performed my commandments. And it 'gTieved Sam'u-el ; and he cried unto the Lord aU night. 12 And when Sam'u-el rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Sam'u-el, saying, Saul came to '^Car'- mel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone doT\Ti to Gil'gal. 13 And Sam'u-el came to Saul : and Saul said unto him, "Blessed he thou of the Lord : 'I have nerfonned the cormnandment of theXoRD. 14 And Sam'u-el said, What mean- eth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear ? 1 5 And Saul said. They have brought them frord the Am'a-lek-ites : ""for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God ; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 16 Then Sam'u-el said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said imto Mm, Say on. 17 And Sam'u-el said, When thou K'ast httle in tliine own sight, icast thou not made the head of the tribes of is'ra-el, and the Lord anointed thee king over is'ra-el ? 1 8 And the Lord sent thee on a jour- ney, and said. Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Am'a-lek-ites.'^and fight against them mitil ^they be consumed . 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord ? 20 And Saul saidunto Sam'u-el, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the i God rejecteth Saul. Lord sent me, and have brought A'gag the king of Ain'a-iek, and have utterly destroyed the Am'a-lek-ites. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly de- stroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gil'gal. 2 2 And Sa m'u-el said, ^Hath the Lord L SAMUEL, 16. Samuel meeteth Jesse, His great delig ht in burnt olferings a nd sacrifices, as in obeying the voi ce of the Lor d ? Behold, ^to ob ey is bet ter than sacrifice, an d to he arken I th an the fat of rams. C r 23 For rebellion is * as the sin of B. C. 1079. N ^ witchcraft, and stubbornness is as in iquity and i d olatry . Because thou h ast rejected the word of the Lord, tl he h ath also rejected thee from being K f king. C. 2 Kings 17. 14, 15. 24 And 'Saul said unto Sam'u-el, I "have sinned : for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words : because *I feared the peo- ple, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, par- don my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord. 2 6 And Sam'u-el said unto Saul, I will not return with thee : ^f or thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath i jected thee from being king over i§'ra-el. 27 And as Sam'u-el turned about to go away, "^he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent 28 And Sam'u-el said unto him. The "Lord hath rent the kingdom of I§'ra-el from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 29 And also the ^Strength of Is'ra-el -''will not lie nor repent : for he is not a man, that he should repent, t 30 Then he said, I have sinned : yet i'honour me now, I pray thee, before Ihe elders of my people, and before i§'ra-el, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God. 31 So Sam'u-el turned again after Saul ; and Saul worehipped the Lord. 32 ^Then said Sam'u-el, Bring ye hither to me A'gag the king of the Am'a-lek-ites. And A'gag came un- to him delicately. And A'gag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Sam'u-el said, ^As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among wom en. And 'Sam'u-el hewed A'gag in pieces before the Lord in Gil 'gal *G. 16.7; 0. 2 Chron. 30. 9. f N. 2 Chroa. 36.14-17. t K. 2 Sam. 22. ]-3 CHAP. 15. X Ps. 50, 8,9 Pro. 21, 3 Isa. 1, 11 Jer. 7, 22 Mic. 6, 6 Heb. 10, 6 y Eccl. 5, 1 Hos. 6, 6 Mat. 5, 24 Mat. 9, IS Mat. 12, '< Mark 12,33 i diviria- tion, Deut. 18,10 z 2 Sam. 12,13 a Ex. 9, 27 b Ex. 23, 2 Pro. 29,25 Isa. 51, 12 c cli. 2, 30 (JlKi.11,30 e ch. 28, 17 5 Or, Eter- nity, or, Victory. f Num. 23. 19 Ezek. 24,14 2 Tim. 2, 13 Titus 1, 2 g ch. 2, 30 Ps. 49, 20 Pro. 4, 8 Pro. 26, 1 John 5,44 John 12, 43 Rom. 2, 28,29 h Ex. 17, 11 i 1 Ki.18,40 j ch. 11, 4 B. C. 1063. CHAP. 16. a 2 Ki. 9, 1 b Ps. 78, 70 Actsl3,22 1 in thine hand. c ch. 20, 29 2 Or, feast. d Ex. 4, 15 e ch. 9, 16 /ch. 21, 1 Acts24,25 3 meeting. g 1 Kl. 2, 13 2 Ki. 9, 22 h Ex. 19, 10 i Called Elihu, IChr. 27,18 j 1 Ki.12,26 k Ps. 147,10 I Isa. 55, 8 m2Cor.l0,7 4 eyes. n 1 Ki. 8, 39 lChr.28,9 Ps. 7, 9 .Ter. 11, 20 Jer. 17, 10 Jer. 20. 12 Acts 1. 24 298 34 HThen Sam'u-el went to Ra'mah ; and Saul went up to his house to ^Gib'e-ah of Saul. 3 5 And Sam'u-el came no more to see Saul until the day of his death : nev- ertheless Sam'u-el mourned for Saul : and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over i§'ra-el. " CHAPTER 16. 1 Sarmiel sent by God to Beth-lehem. 11 He anoints David. 15 Saul sends for David to quiet his evil spirit. AND the Lord said unto Sam'u-el^ How long w^ilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over l§'ra-el ? "fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jes'se the Beth'-le-hem-ite : fori *have provided me a king among his sons. 2 And Sam'u-el said, How can I go ? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said. Take an heifer Hvith thee, and say, T am come to sacrifice to the Lord. 3 And call Jes'se to the '^sacrifice, and ''I will shew thee w^hat thou shalt do : and thou "shalt anoint unto me hiin whom I name unto thee. 4 And Sam'u-el did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth'-le- hem. And the elders of the town •^trembled at his ^coming, and said, "Comest thou peaceably ? 5 And he said, Peaceably : I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord: sanctify ^yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sancti- fied Jes'se and his sons, and called them_ to the sacrifice. 6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on 'E-li'ab, and -^said. Surely the Lord's anointed is before hmi. 7 But the Lord said unto Sam'u-el, Look not on *his countenance, or on the height of his stature ; because I have refused him: for ^the J^ORD seeth not as man seeth ; for man "'look- et h on the ^o u tward appearance, but th e Lord looketh on Hhe heart. | 8 Then Jes'se called A-bm'a-dab, and made him pass before Sam'u-el. And he said, Neither hath the LoRr chosen this. 9 Then Jes'se made Sham'mah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. 10 Again, Jes'se made seven of his sons to pass before Sam'u-el. And Sam'u-el said unto Jgs'se, The Lord hath not chosen these. 1 1 And Sam'u-elsaidunto Jes'se, Are g E. 2 Sam. 7. 20; G. Job 9. 1-3.' E G Samuel anointeth David. I. SAMUEL, IT. Goliath defieth Israel. here all thy children ? And he said, ^There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheeji. And Sam'u-el said imto Jes'se, ^8end and fetch him: for we will not sit 'down till he come hither. 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he toas ?ruddy, and withal "of a beautif id countenance, and goodly to look to. ^And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him : for this is he. 13 Then Sam'u-el took the horn of oil, and anointed 'him m the midst of his brethren : and ^the Spirit of the Lord came upon Da'vid from that day forward. So Sam'u-el rose up, and went to Ra'mah. 14 liBut "the Spirit of the Lord de- parted from Saul, and "an evil spirit from the Lord 'troubled hhn. 1 5 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evU spirit from God troubleth thee. 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, icho is a cunning player on an harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 17 And Saul said unto his servants. Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 1 8 Then answered one of the serv- ants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jes'se the Beth'-le-hem-ite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in ^matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him. 19 IF Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jes'se, and said. Send me Da'vid thy son, which is with the sheep. 20 And Jes'se took an ass lade/i with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by Da'vid his son unto Saul. 21 And Da'vid came to Saul, and stood "'before him : and he loved him greatly ; and he became his armour- bearer. 22 And Saul sent to Jes'se, saying, Let Da'vid, I pray thee, stand before me ; for he hath found favour in my sight. 23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that Da'vid took an harp, and played with his hand : so Saul was ref reslied, and was well, and the evil spirit de- parted from him. B. C. 1063. CHAP. 16. ch. 17, 12 p 2 Sam.7,8 Ps. 78, 70 5 round, q Song 5,10 6 foAr of eyes. r ch. 9, 17 s Ps. 89, 20 t Num. 27, 18 Judg. 11,29 Judg. 13,25 Judg.14,6 u Judg. 16,20 ch. 18, 12 Ps. 51, 11 V Judg.9,23 ch. 19, 9 Isa. 19, U 7 Or, terrified. 8 Or, speech. ivGenAl,i6 1 Ki. 10, 8 Pro.22,29 CHAP. 17. a Josh. 15,35 2 Chr. 28,18 1 Or. The cna.'.i ::\f Dcornniin, called Pns- dmnmim, IChr. 11,13 2 ranoed the battle. 3 a treader down. b 2 Sam. 21, 19 c Josh. 11,22 2 Sam. 21,22 lChr.8.13 lChr.18,1 lChr.20,8 2Chr.26,6 Amos 6, 2 4 about eleven feet and a half. 5 clothed. 6 Or,gorget. d 2 Sam. 21,19 e ch. 8, 17 /ch. 11, 1 g 2 Sam. 21,21 h Ruth 4,22 ch. 16, 1,18 i Gen.35,19 j ch. 16, 10, 11 lChr.2,13 299 CHAPTER 17. 1 The Israelites and Philistines, being ready to battle, 4 Goliath challenges a combat : 12 David accepts the challenge, and slai/s him. bo Saul takes notice of David. NOW the Phi-lis'trne§ gathered to- gether their armies to battle, and were gathered together "at Sho'- choh, which belongeth to Jii'dah, and pitched between Sho'choh and A-ze'- kah, in ^E'pheg-dam'mun. 2 And Saul and the men of is'ra-ei w^ere gathered together, and pitched by the valley of E'lah, and ^set the bat- tle in array against the Phi-lis'tines. 3 And the Phi-lis'tine§ stood on a mountain on the one side, and is'ra-el stood on a mountain on the other side : and there ^cas a valley betAveen them. 4 And there went out ^a champion out of the camp of the Phi-lis'tines, named *Go-li'ath, of "^Gath, whose height was '^six cubits and a span. 5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he v:as '"armed with a coat of mail ; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. 6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a ^target of brass be- tween his shoulders. 7 And ''the staff of his spear teas like I weaver's beam; and his spear's head tveighed six hundred shekels of iron : and one bearing a shield went before him. 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of l§'ra-el, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array ? a7n not I a Phi-lis'- tine, and ve 'servants to Saul ? choose you a man for you, and let hini come down to me. 9 If he be able to fight Avith me, and to kill me, then will Ave be your serv- ants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our ser\^ants, and -^serve us. 10 And the Phi-lis'tine said, I ^defy the armies of I§'ra-el this day ; giA^e me a man, that we may fight together. 1 1 When Saul and all is'ra-el heai'd those Avords of the Phi-lis'tine, thej^ Avere dismayed, and greatly afraid. 12l[]Srow Da'vid was Hhe son of that Eph'rath-ite of Beth'-le-hem- jii'dah, w^hose name tvas Jes'se ; and he had -'eight sons : and the man Avent among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 1 6 And the three eldest sons of J es se Dav id prepareth I. SAMUEL, 17. to slay Goliath. went an c/ followed Saul to the battle : and ^the names of liis three sons that went to the battle loere E-lfab the firstborn, and next unto him A-bm'a- dab, and the third Sham'mah. i 14 And Da'vid icas the yoiuigest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But Da'vid w^ent and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth'-le-hem. 16 And the Philis'tine drew near morning and evening, and presented liimself forty days. 17 And Jes'se said unto Da'vid his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of tills parched corn^ and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thv brethren ; 1 S And carry these ten 'cheeses unto the ^captain of their thousand, and ^ook how thy brethren fare, and I take their pledge. | 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Is'ra-el, were in the vaUev of Elah, fighting with the Phi-lis'tine§. 20 And DaVid rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jes'se had commanded him : and he came to the ^trench, as the host was going forth to the "fight, and shouted for the battle. 21 For i§'ra-el and the Phi-lis'tine§ had put the battle in array, army against army. 22 And Da'vid left "his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the car- riage, and ran into the army, and came and ^-saluted his bretlii^en. 23 And as he talked with them, be- hold, there came up the champion, the Phi-lis'tme of Gath, Go-lfath by name, out of the armies of the Phi-lis'- tines, and spake according to the same words : and DaVid heard them: 24: And all the men of l§'ra-el,when they saw the man, fled '^from him, and were sore afraid. 25 And the men of l§'ra-el said. Have ye seen this man that is come up ?| surely to defy is'ra-el is he come up : and it shall be, that the man w^ho killeth him, the king will eimch him with great riches, and ™will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Is'ra-el. 26 And Da'vid spake to thernen that stood by him, saying. What shall be done to the man that killeth this Phi-lis'tme, and taketh away "the re- proach from t§'ra-el ? for who is this B. C. 1063. CHAP. 17. 7c ch. 16, 6 lCiu-.2,13 7 cheeses of milk. 8 captain of a thou- sand. I Gen.37,14: 9 Or, place of tlie carriage, eh.. 26, 5 10 Or, bat- tle array, or, place of fight. 11 the ves- sels from uponhim. 12 asked Ms brethren of peace, as Gen.4:3,27 Judg. 18,15 13 from his face. m Josh. 15,16 n ch. 11, 2 o ch. 14, 6 p Deut.5,26 Jer.10,10 q Gen.37, 4 Mat.10,36 r Pro. 15. 1 li word. 15 took him. s Deut. 20, 1,3 t ch. 16, 18 u Num. 13,31 Deut. 9, 2 16 Or, kid. V Ps. 18, 16,17 Ps. 63, 7 Ps. 77, 11 2Cor.l,10 2 Tim. 4t, 17, 18 w ch. 20, 13 1 Chr. 22, 11,16 17 clothed David with his clothes. 300 uncircumcised Phi-lis'tine, that he should defy the armies of ^the living God ? 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saymg, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. 28 And E-li'ab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men ; and '^E-lfab's anger w^as kindled against Da'vid, and he said. Why camest thou dow^n hither ? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart ; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 29 And Da'vid said. What have I now done ? Js ''there not a cause ? 30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same ^*manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. 31 And when the words were heard which Da'vid spake, they rehearsed the?7z before Saul: and he^^sent for him. 32 'FAnd Da'vid said to Saul, 'Let no man's heart fail because of him ; 'thy servant will go and fight with this Phi-lis'tine. 33 And Saul said to Da'vid, "Thou art not able to go against this Phi-lis'- tine to fight with him : for thou art but Si youth, and he a mjan of war from his youth. 31: And i)a'vid said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a ^'lamb out of the flock : 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught hi77i by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew^ both the lion and the bear : and this uncircumcised Phi-lis'tine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37 Da'vid said moreover, '"The Lord 1 that delivered me out of the paw of I the lion, and out of the paw of the ! bear, he will deliver me out of the ! hand of this Phi-lis'tine. And Saul said unto Da'vid, Go, and "the Lord | be with thee. F. 17. 45. j 38 ^And Saul "anned Da'\ad with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head ; also he armed him with a coat of mail. 39 And Da'vid girded his sword upon F David slayeth Goliath. I. SAMUEL, 18. Jonathan loveth David, his armour, and he assayed to go_; for he had not proved it. AndJJa'vid said unto Saul, 1 cannot go with these ; for I have not proved them. And Dh'mA put them off him. 40 And he took his staff in iiis hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the ^^brook, and put them in a shepherd's ^^bag which he had, even in a scrip ; and his shng icas in his hand : and he drew near to the Phi- hs'tine. 41 And the Phi-lis'tine -came on and drew near unto Da'vid ; and the man that bare the shield loent before him. ■±"2i And when the Phi-lis'tine looked about, and saw DaVid, he ^disdained him: for he was hict a youth, and ^iTiddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Phi-lis'tine said unto Da'- vid, Arn 'I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves ? And the Phi-lis'- tine cursed Da'vid by his gods. 44 And the Phi-lis'tme '^said to Da'- vid, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. • tS Then said Da'vid to the Phi-lis'- tine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a i^hield: *but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of l§'ra-el, whom thou hast defied. F. 2 Sam. 22. 29-31. ■ 46 This day will the Lord ^"deliver thee into mine hand ; and I v/ill smite thee, and take thine head from thee ; and I will give the 'carcases of the host of the Phi-lis'tine§ this day mito the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; '^that all the earth may know that there is a God in is'ra-el. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord ''saveth not with sword and spcctr: for -''the battle is the J ;Ord's, and he will give you into our hands. 48 And it came to pass, when the Phi-lis'tine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet Da'vid. that Da'vid hasted, and ran toward the anny to meet the Phi-lis't!ne. 49 And Da'vid put his hand in Ms bag, and took thence a stone, and sla,ng it, and smote the Phi-lis'tine in his forehead, that the stone ^^sunk into his forehead ; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So ^Da'vid prevailed over the Phi-lis'tine with a sling and with a B. C. 1063. CHAP. 17. 18 Or, valley. 19 vessel. X Ps. 123, 4 1 Cor. 1, 27,28 y ch. 16, 12 z ch. 24, 14 2 Sam.3,8 a 1 Ki. 20, 10,11 b 2 Sam.22, 33,35 Ps. 124, 8 Ps. 125, 1 2 Cor.10,4 Heb. 11, 33, 34 20 sliut thee up. c Deut. 28,26 cl Josh. 4,24 1 Ki. 8, 43 1 Ki.18,36 2 Ki.19,19 Isa. 52, 10 e Ps. 44, 6,7 Hos. 1, 7 Zech. 4, 6 f2Chr. 20,15 21 sunli as a stone in the ivater. g Judg.3,31 Judg. 15, 15 ch. 21, 9 2 Sam. 23, 21 n Heb. 11,34 i Josh. 15,36 j ch. 16. 21, 22 ■ fc Ruth 4,22 1 Chr. 2, 13, 14, 15 Isa. 11, 1,10 ]\Iat. 1, 6 Actsl3,22 Rom. 15,13 CHAP. 18. a Gen.44,30 b Deut.13,6 ch. 19, 2 ch. 20, 17 2 Sam. 1,26 Pro. 18,24 c ch. 8, 11 ch. 14, 52 ch. 17, 15 801 stone, and smote the Phi-lis'tine, and slew him ; but there was no sword in the hand of Da'vid. 51 Therefore Da'vid ran, and stood upon the Phi-lis'tine, and took iiis sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head thercAvith. And when the Phi-lis'tine§ saw their champion was dead, Hhey fled. 5_2 And the men of is'ra-el and of Ju'dah arose, and shouted, and pur- sued the Phi-lis'tines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ek'ron. And the wounded of the Phi-lis'tine§ fell down by the way 'to Sha-a-ra'im, even unto Gath,and unto Ek'ron. 53 And the children of Is'ra-el re- tui^ned from chasing after" the Phi- lis'tines, 9Jid they spoiled then" tents. 54 And Da'vid took the head of the Phi-lis'tine, and brought it to Je-ru'- sa-lem ; but he put his armour m his tent. 55 ^And when Saul sa.w Da'vid go forth agaiQst the Phi-lis'tine, he said unto Ab'ngr, the captain of the host, Ab'nSr, Avhose son is this youth? And Ab'ner said, As thy soiil liveth, king, I cannot tell. 56 And the king said. Enquire thou whose son the stripling is. 5 7 And as Da'^'id returned from the slaughter of the Phi-lis'tine, Ab'ner took tdm, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Phi-lis'tine in Ms hand. 58 And Said said to Mm, Whose son art thou, thou young man ? And Da'^ad answered, Z«??^ tlie son of thy servant '^Jes'se the Beth'-le-hem.-ite. CHAPTER 18. 1 Jonathan lores David. 8 Saul enviea his vraixs^ 10 seeks to Vlll Mm in his fury, 11 he offers him his 'laughter for a snare. AjSTD it came to pass, when he had made an end of speakmg unto Saul, that the ''soul of Jon'a-than was knit with the soul of Da'vid, *an.d Jon'a-than loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took Mm that day, and ''would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jon'a-than and Da'vid made a covenant, beca.use he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jon'a-than stripped hiiPxSelf of the robe that loas upon him, and gave it to Da'vid, and his garments, even to Ms sword, and to Ms bow, and to Ms girdle. Said envieth David and I. SAMUEL, 18. seeketh to destroy him. 5 f And DaVid went out whitherso- ever Saul sent him, and ^behaved himself wisely : and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was ac- cepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's serv- ants. " • 6 1i And it came to pass as they came, when DaVid was returned from the slaughter of the 'Phi-lis'tine,that '^the women came out of all cities of is'ra-el, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with ^iiastruments of musick. 7 And the women ^answered one an- other as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and Da'vid his ten thousands. 8 And Saul w^as very wroth, and the saying "displeased him ; and he said, They have ascribed unto DaVid ten thousands, and to me they have as- cribed hut thousands : and what can he have more but the kingdom ? 9 And Saul -^eyed DaVid from that day and forward. 10 "iiAnd it came fcopass on the mor- row, that ^the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, ^and he prophesied in the midst of the house : and DaVid played v/ith his hand, as at other times : and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. 1 1 And Saul ^"cast the javelin ; for he said, I w4ll smite DaVid even to the wall loith it. And DaVid avoided out of his presence twice. 12 TTAnd Saul was afraid of DaVid, because •'the Lord was with him, and was departed '^from Saul. 1 3 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand ; and Tie went out and came in before the people. 14 And DaVid ^behaved himself wisely in all his ways ; and ""the Lord was with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very w^isely, he was afraid of him. 1 6 But all i§'ra-el and Jii'dah loved DaVid, because he went out and came in before them. 17 irAnd Saul said to DaVid, Behold my elder daughter Me'rab,her "will I give thee to wife : only be thou Val- iant for me, and fight the "Lord's bat- tles. For Saul said, ■''Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Phi-lis'tine§ be upon him. 18 And DaVid said unto Saul, Who B. C. 1063. CHAP. 18. 1 Or, -pros- pered, Mat.10,16 2 Or, PU- listines. a Ex. 15, 20 Judg-. 11, 3i Ps. m, 25 Jer. 31, 4 3 three- stringed instrii- 7nents. e Ex. 15, 21 i was evil in his eyes. EccL 4, 4 /Gen. 4, 5 g ch. 16, 14 h ch. 19, 24 1 Ki. 18,29 Actsl6,16 i ch. 19, 10 ch. 20, 33 Pro. 27,24 J ch. 16, 13 k ch. 28, 15 I Num. 27, 17 2 Sam.5,2 5 Or, pros- pered. m Gen. 39,2 Josh. 6,27 Acts 7, 9 n ch. 17, 25 6 a son of valour. Num. 32, 20 ch. 25, 28 p 2 Sam, 12,9 q ch. 9, 21 2 Sam. 7,18 r 2 Sam. 21,8 s Judg.7,22 7 was right in his eyes. t Ex. 10, 7 8 According to these ivords. wGen.34,12 Ex. 22, 17 V ch. 14, 24 9 was right in the eyes of. 10 fulfiUea. w 2 Sam. 3, 14 X ,Tob 5, 2, 12, 13 y 2 Sam. 11,1 z Lu. 21, 15 302 ?am I ? and what is my life, or my father's family m i§'ra-el, that I should be son in law to the king ? 19 But it came to pass at the time when Me'rab Saul's daughter should have been given to DaVid, that she was given ''unto A'dri-el the 'Me-hol'- ath-ite to wife. 20 And Mfchal Saul's daughterloved DaVid : and theytold Saul, and the thing ^pleased him. 2 1 And Saul said, I will give him her that she may be 'a snare to him, and that the hand of the Phi-lis'tine§ may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to DaVid, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain. " 22 And Saul commanded his serv- ants, saying. Commune with DaVid secretly, and say. Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his serv- ants ] ove thee : now therefore be the king's son in law. 23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of DaVid. And Da'- vid said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I a77i a poor man, and lightly es- teemed ? 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, ®0n this manner spake DaVid. 25 And Saul said. Thus shall ye say to DaVid, The king desireth not any "dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Phi-lis'tines, "to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make DaVid fall by the hand of the Phi-lis'tine§. 26 And when his servants told Da'- vid these words, it ^pleased DaVid well to be the king's son in law ; and the days were not "expired. 27WhereforeDaVidaroseandwent, he and his men, and slew of the Phi-lis'- tine§ two hundred men ; and '"DaVid brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave himMf chal his daughter to wife. 28 And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with DaVid, and that Mi'- chal Saul's daughter loved him, 29 And ""Saul was yet the more afraid of DaVid ; and Saul became Da Vid's enemy continually, 30 Then the xjrinces of the Phi-lis'- tine§ ^went forth : and it came to pass, after they went forth, that Da'vid be- haved himself ^more wisely than all ISaul seeketh to kill I> avid. I. SAMUEL, 19. David fleeth to Samuel. the servants of Saiil; so that his name was much ^'set by. CHAPTER 19. 1 Jonathan discloses his father's purpose to kill Da- rid : 4 he persuades his father to a reconciliation. 8 Saul's malicious rage breaks out against David. 18 David flees to Samuel. 22 Saul prophesies. AND Saul ''spake to Jon'a-than his son, and to all_his servants, that they should kill Da'vid. 2 But Jon'a-thanSaul's sondehghted much in Dalxidi : and Jon'a-than told Da'vid, *saying, Saul my father seek- eth to kill thee : now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyseK : 3 And I will go out and sta,nd beside ,my father m the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee ; and what I see, that I wiU tell thee. 4 And Jon'a-than ^spake good of Da'- vid unto Saul his father, and saidmito him, Let liot the king sin '^against his seiwant, against Da'vid ; because he hath not sinned against thee, and be- cause Ms works have been to thee- ward very good : 5 For he did put his *lif e in his hand, and slew •''the Phi-lis'tine, and ^the Lord ■\\T:'ought a great salvation for all is'ra-el : thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: ^wherefore then wilt thou '"sin against innocent blood, to slay Da'vid without a cause ? 6 And Saul hearkened imto the voice of Jon'a-than: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. 7 And Jon'a-than called Da'^ad, and Jon'a-than shewed him all those things. And Jon'a-than brought Da'- vid to Saul, and he was in his pres- ence, as ^in times past. 8 TAnd there was war Eigain : and Da'vid went out, and fought vvuth the Phi-lis'tine§, and slew them with a great slaughter i and they fled from ^him. 9 And -'the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and Da'vid played with hi^ hand. 10 And Saul ^sought to sixdte Da'- vid even to the wall with the jave-j lin ; but he slipped away out of SauFs; presence, and he smote the javelin; mto the wall : and Da'vid fled, and escaped that night. 11 Saul ^also sent messengers unto Da'vid's house, to watch hini, and to B. C. 1003. CHAP. 18. 11 precious, ch. 26, 21 2 Ki. 1, 13 Ps. 116,15 CHAP. 19. a Pro. 27, 4 h Acts23,16 c Pro. 31, 8 d Gen.42,22 Ps. 35, 12 Ps. 109, 5 Pro. 17,13 Jer.18,20 e Judg.9,17 Judg.12,3 ch. 28, 21 Ps. 119, 109 /ch. 17,49 g cli. 11, 13 1 Chr. 11,14 h ch. 20, 32 i Mat. 27,4 1 yesterday third day. 1062. 3 Ms face. j ch. 16, 14 ch. 18, 10 k Job 5, 2 Ps. 5, 6 Pro. 1, 16 Pro. 29,10 I Ps. 59, title. mJosh.2,15 Acts 9, 24,25 ■ 3 ferapMm, Gen.Sl.ig Juclg.17,5 I n 2 Sam. 2, 22 j Pro.17,17 Mai. 2, 7 p John 7. 32,45 q ch. 10, 5, 6 1 Cor. 14, 3, 24, 25 r Num. 11,25 Joel 2, 28 s Geu.31,24 ch. 10, 10 Pro. 21, 1 Dan. 4, 35 t Isa. 20, 2 4 fell, Num.24,4 u2 Sam. 6, 14,20 Mic. 1, 8 303 slay hun in the morning: and Mi'- chal Da'^dd's ^viie told him, saying. If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slam. 12 So Mi'chal '"let Da^'vid down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Mi'chal took an^image,aiid laid ti m the bed, and put a i^illow of goats' hair for his bolster, and cov- ered it with a cloth. 1-i And vs'hen Saul sent messengers to take Da'vid, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengei^ again to see Da'vid, saying. Bring hmi up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there teas an unage in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. IT And Saul said mito Mi'chal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is es- caped ? And Mi'chal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why "should I kiU thee ? 18 ^So Da'vid fied, and escaped, and came to'Sam'u-el to Ra'mah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Sam'u-el went and dwelt in Xa'ioth. 19 And it was told Saul, saying. Be- hold, Da'vid is at Ka'ioth in JRa'mah. 20 And ^Saul sent messengers to take Da'vid: ?and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesy- in^-, and Sam'u-el standing as ap- pointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also '-prophesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the thu^d tune, and theyprophesied also. 22 Then went he also to and came to a great well that ts m Se'chu: and he asked and said, Where are Sam'u-el and Da'^'id? And 07ie said, Behold, they be at Na'- ioth in Ra'mah. 23 And he went thither to Ka loth in Ra'mah: and 'the Spirit of God was upon liim also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Xa'ioth in Ra'mah. 24 And 'he stripped off Ms clothes also, and prophesied before Sam'u-el in like manner, and *lay down "na- ked a-U that day and all that night, 2 Ra'mah, David and Jonathan confer. I. SAMUEL, 20. Their covenant reneioed. Wherefore they say, Is 'fSaul also among the prophets ? CHAPTER 20. 1 David consults ivith Jonathan for his safety ; 11 their covenant renewed by oath. 24 SanU miss- ing David, seeks to kill Jonathan. 41 Jonathan and David lovingly part. AND DaVid fled from Na'ioth in Ra'mah, and came and said be- fore Jon'a-than, What have I done ? what is mine iniquity ? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life ? 2 And he said unto him, ''God for- bid ; thou shalt not die : behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he vrill 'shew it me : and why should my father hide this thing from me ? it is not so. 3 And DaVid sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith,Let not Jon'a-than know this, lest he be grieved : but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step be- tween me and death. 4 Then said Jon'a-than unto DaVid, ^Whatsoever thy soul ^desireth, I will even do it for thee. 5 And Da'vid said unto Jon'a-than, Behold, to morrow is the *new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may ^liide myself in the field unto the third day at even. 6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, Da'vid earnestly asked leave of me that he might run '^to Beth -le- hem his city : for there is a yearly ^sacrifice there for all the family. 7 If *he say thus, It is well ; thy servant shall have peace : but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. 8 Therefore thou shalt ■^deal kindly with thy servant; for ^thou hast brought thy ser^^ant into a covenant of the Lord v»4th thee: notwith- standing, 'if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself ; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father ? 9 And Jon'a-than said, Far be it from thee : for if I knew certainlv that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I teU it thee ? 10 Then said Da'vid to Jon'a-than, Who shall tell me ? or Avhat if thy father answer thee roughly ? 1 1 And Jon'a-than said unto Da'vid, Come, and let us go out into the field. B. C. 1062. CHAP. 19. V ch. 10, 11 Acts 9, 21 CHAP. 20. a Gen. 44, 7 Josh. 22, 29 1 uncover mine ear, ch. 9, 15 2 Or, Say ivhat is thy mind, arid I will do, etc. 3 speaketh, or, thinlceth. Pro. 17,17 b Num. 10,10 Kum. 28,11 IChr. 23,31 2 Chr. 2, 4 Ezra 3, 5 Neh. 10,33 Isa. 1, 13 Ezek.46,6 c ch. 19, 2 d ch. 16, 4 J4 Or. fea^t, e Deut.1,23 2 Sam. 17,4 /Josh. 2,14 g ch. 18, 3 ch. 23, 18 h 2 Sam. 14,33 i Josh. 22,22 5 searched. 6 uncover thine ear. j Rath 1,17 k Josh. 1, 5 ch. 17, 37 1 Chr. 22, 11,16 I Gen.21,23 2 Sam. 9, 1,3,7 2 Sam. 21,7 7 cut. m ch. 25, 22 ch. 31, 2 2 Sam.4:,7 2 Sam. 21,8 8 Or, by his love toward him. ch. 18, 1 ch. 19, 2 2 Sam. 1,26 9 missed. 10 grecitly, or, dili- gentlu. n ch. 19, 2 11 in the day of the bitsiness. 12 Or, that slie/weth the way. 18 not any thing. Deut.6,13 Deut. 10,20 Ps. 68, 12 Isa. 65, 16 Jer, 4, 2 V Pro.27,12 804 And they went out both of them into the field. 1 2 And Jon'a-than said unto Da'vid, *LoRD God of l§'ra-el, when I have '"sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day. and, be hold, if there be good toward Da'vid, and I then send not unto thee, and ^shew it thee ; 13 The ■'Lord do so and much more to Jon'a-than : but if it please my fa- ther to do thee evil, then I will shevf it thee, and send thee away, that thou may est go in peace : and ''the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. 14 And thou shalt not only while yet 1 live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not : 15 But also 'thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever : no, not wdien the Lord hath cut off the enemies of Da'vid every one from the face of the earth. 16 So Jon'a-than 'made a covenant with the house of Da'^'id. sayi^ig. Let "'tlie Lord even require it at the nand of Da'vid's enemies. 1 7 And J on'a-than caused Da'vid to sv/ear again, ^because he loved him : for he loved him as he loved his own soul. 1 8 Then Jon'a-than said to Da'vid, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be ^empty. 19 Andi ivhen thou hast stayed three days, tJien thou shalt go down ^"quick- ly, and come to *'the place where thou didst hide thyself ^^vhen the business was in han d, and shalt remain by the stone ^^E'zel. 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. 2 1 And, behold, I will send a lad, say- ing, Go, find out the arrows. If I ex- pressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and ^^no hurt ; ''as the Lord liveth. 22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee ; go thy way : for the Lord hath sent thee away. 23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, be- hold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever. 24 Tl SoDa'vid /'hidhimself in thefieldi ^aul seeketh Jonathan's life. I. SAMUEL, 21. David Cometh to Noh. and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 25 And the king S9.t upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall ; and Jon'a-than arose, and ^Ab'nSr sat by Saul's side, and Da'- vid's place was empty. 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought. Some- thing hath befallen him, he is ''not clean ; surely he is not clean. 27 And it came to pass on the mor row, which loas the second day of the month, that Da Vid's place was empty : and Saul said untoJon'a-than his son, AVherefore cometh not the son of Jes'se to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day ? 28 And Jon'a-than answered Saul, DaVid earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth -le-hem : 29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee ; f of our family hath a sacrifice in the city ; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there : and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jon'a-than, and he said unto him, ^^Thou son of the perverse re- bellious woinan, do not 1 know that thou hast chosen the son of Jes'se to thine own confusion, and unto the contusion of thy mother's nakedness ? 31 For as long as the son of Jes'se liveth upon the ground, thou slmlt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he ^^sliall surely die. 32 And Jon'a-thanansweredSaul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore 'shall he be slain ? what hath he done ? 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby J on'a- than knew that it was determined of his father to slay Da'vid. 3 4 So Jon'a-than arose from the table m fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month : for he was grieved for Da'vid, because his father had done him shame. 35 lAnd it came to pass in the morn- ing, that Jon'a-than went out into the field at the time appointed, with Da'- vid, and a little lad with him. 36 And he said unto his lad Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow '^beyond him. (20) B. C. 1062. CHAP. 20. q ch. 14:, 50 r Lev. 5,2,3 Lev. 7, 21 Lev. 15, 5 14 Son of perverse rebellion, or. Thou perverse rebel. Pro. 15, 2 Pro. 21,24 Mat. 5, 22 Eph. 4,31 Eph. 6, 4 15 is t Tie son of death. ch. 26, 16 2 Sam. 19,28 Ps. 79, 11 s Gen.31,36 ch. 19, 5 Ps. 82, 4 Pro. 14,25 Pro. 24,11 Pro. 31, 9 Ma.t.27,23 Lu. 23, 32 John 7,51 John 15,25 16 to pass over him. 17 instru- ments. 18 that ^uas his. 19 Or, the LORD be witness of that which, etc. CHAP. 21. a ch. 22, 19 Neh. 11, 32 I&a. 10, 32 b ch. 14, 3, called Ahiah. Called also Abiathar, Mark2,26 c ch. 19, 17 Ps. 119,29 Ps. 141, 3 Pro.29,26 1 found. d Ex. 25, 30 Lev. 24, 5 Mat. 12, 4 e Ex. 19, 15 Zech. 7, 3 /lThe.s.4,4 306 37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jon'a- than had shot, Jon'a-than cried aftei the lad, and said,Zs not the arrow be- yond thee ? 38 And Jon'a-than cried after the lad. Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jon'a-than's lad gathered up the ar- rows, and came to his master. 39 But the lad knew not any thing, only Jon'a-than and Da'\dd knew the matter. 40 And Jon'a-than gave his '''artillery unto ^^his lad, and said unto him. Go, carry the?n to the city. 41 "^AndsiS soon as the lad was gone, Da'vid arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times : and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, imtil Da'- vid exceeded. 42 And Jon'a-than said to Da'vid Go in peace, '''forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jon'a-than went into the city. CHAPTER 21. 1 David, at Nob, obtaitis of Ahimelech hallowed bread : 8 he takes Goliath's sword : 10 at Gath he feig n s . Mmself mad. THIEN came Da'vid to «:Nr6b to 1-him'e-lech *the priest: and A-hiiTt'e-lech was afraid at the meet- ing of Da'vid, and said unto him, Vfhj art thou alone, and no man with thee ? 2 And Da'vid said unto A-him'e-lech the priest, '^The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me. Let no man know any thing ot the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee : and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 l^ow therefore what is under thine hand ? give me five loaves o/ bread in mine hand, or what there is 'pres- ent. 4 And the priest answered Da'vid. and said. There is no conmion bread under mine hand, but there is "^hal- lowed bread ; if *the young men have kept themselves at least from women, 5 And Da'vid answered the priest, and said unto him. Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the ■^vessels of the young men are holy, David feigneth madness. I. SAMUEL, 22. He co7)ieth to Mizpeh. and the bread is in a manner com- mon, ^yea, though it were sanctified this day in ^the vessel. 6 So the priest '^gave him hallowed bread : for there was no bread there but the shewbread, 'that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. 7 In ow a certain man of the serv- ants of Saul was there that day, de- tained before the Lord ; and his name was •'Dd'eg, an E'dom-ite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. 8 AndDaVid said unto A-him'e-lech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword ? for I have nei- ther brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. 9 And the i)riest said, The sword of Go-lfath the Phi-lis'tine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, ^it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod : if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And Da'vid said. There is none like that ; give it me. 10 IF And DaVid arose, and fled that day for fear cf Saul, and went to ^A'chish the king of Gath. 11 And ^the servants of A'chish said unto him, 7"^ not this DaVid the king of the land ? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, '"Saul hath slain his thousands, and DaVid his ten thousands ? 12 And Da'\ad laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of A'chish the king of Gath. 13 And ''he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and ^scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said A'chish unto his serv- ants, Lo, ye see the man ^is mad : wherefore then have ye brought him to me? 15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this/e//ow to play the mad man in my presence ? shall this fellow come into mv house ? CHAPTER 22. 1 DavicVs kindred and others resort to him at Adul- lam. 9 Doeg accuses Ahimelech. 17 Sa^d cow.- mands to kill the priests. 20 Abiathar escapes, and flees after David. DA'VID therefore departed thence, ''and escaped *to the cave A-duriam : and when his breth- B. C. 1062. CHAP. 21. 2 Or, espe- cially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel. g Lev. 8, 26 h Mat. 12, 3 Mark2,25 Lu. 6, 3 I Lev. 24, 8 j ch. 22, 9 Ps. 52, title. k ch. 31, 10 3 Or,^M77i- elech, Ps. 34, title. I Ps. 56, title. m ch. 18, 7 II Ps. 3i, title. 4 Or, made marks. 5 Or, play- eth the niad man. CHAP. 22. a Ps. 57, title. Ps. 142, title. h 2 Sam. 23,13 lKi.17,3 Heb. 11,38 c Judg.11,3 1 had a creditor. Pro. 22,26 2 bitter of soul. (ZGen.47,11 Ex. 20, 12 Lev. 19, 3 Deut.5,16 Pro. 10, 1 Pro.23,24 Mat.19,19 John 19, 25, 26, 27 Eph. 6, 2 1 Tim. 5,4 e 2 Sam. 24,11 lChr.21,9 2 Chr. 29,25 3 Or, grove in a high place. /ch. 8, 14 4 uncover- eth mine ear, ch. 20, 2 g ch. 18. 3 ch. 20, 30 h ch. 21, 7 Ps. 52, title. i ch. 21, 1 j ch. 14. 3 7c Num. 27.21 I ch.21,6,9 306 ren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 And '^every one that loas in dis- tress, and every one that ^was in debt, and every one that was Mis- contented, gathered themselves unto him ; and he became a captain over them : and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 "f And DaVid went thence to Miz'- peh of Mo'ab : and he said unto the king of M5'ab, '^Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, a7id he with you, till I know what God will do for me. 4 And he brought them before the king of Mo'ab : and they dwelt with him all the while that DaVid was in the hold. 5 TlAnd the prophet *Gad said unto DaVid, Abide not in the hold ; depart, and get thee into the land of Jii'dah. Then DaVid departed, and came into the forest of Ha'reth. 6 HWhen Saul heard that DaVid was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gib'e-ah under a ^tree in Ra'mah, hav- ing Ms spear in his hand, and all his servants v.ere standing about him;) 7 Then Saul said unto his serv^ants that stood about him. Hear now, ye Ben'ja-mites ; will the son of Jes'se ^give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all cap- tains of thousands, and captains of hundreds ; 8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that ^sheweth me that ^my son hath made a league with the son of Jes'se, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto miC that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day ? 9 llThen answered ^Do'eg the E'dom- ite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jes'se coming to Nob, to A-him'e-lech 'the son of -^A-hi'tub. 10 And %e enquired of the Lord for him, and gave ^im victuals, and gave him the sword of Go-li'ath th© Phi-lis'tme. 1 1 llThen the king sent to call A-him'- e-lech the priest, the son of A-hi'_tub, and all his father's house, the priests that iDere in Nob : and they came all of them to the king. 12 And Saul said, Hearnow, thou son Doeg killeth the priests. 1. SAMUEL, 23. David rescueth Keilah. of A hi'tub. And he answered, ^Herel am, my lord. 13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jes'se,in- that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day ? 14 Then l-him'e-lech '"answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as Da'vid, which is the king's son in law, and go- eth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house ? 1 5 Did I then begia to enquire of God ior him ? be it far from me : let not the king impute ct7iy thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my fa- ther : for thy servant knew nothing of all this, 4ess or more. 1 6 And the king said. Thou shalt surely die, l-hlm'e-lech, thou, and all thy father's house. 1 7 And the king said unto the 'foot- men that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord ; because their hand also ^s with Da'vid, and be- cause they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king ''would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord. 1 8 And "the king said to D5'eg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Do'eg the E'dom-ite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and ^slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a 'linen ephod. 1 9 And 'Nob, the city of the priests, smote 'he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklmgs, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. 21) ^And 'one of the sons of A-him'- e-lech the son of A-hftub, named A-bi'a-thar, "escaped, and fled after DaVid. 2 1 And A-bfa-thar shewed Da'vid that S^ui had slain the Lord's priests. 22 And Da'vid said unto A-bT'a-thar, I knew it that day, when D5'eg the E'dom-ite loas there, that he would surely teU Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy fa- ther's house. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for "he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. B. C. 1062. CHAP. 23. 5 Behold Trie. m Pro. 31, 9 6 little or great, 7 rwnners, or, guard. nEx. 1, 17 Acts 4, 19 Acts 5, 29 o Ps. 12, 5 Pro. 28,15 V eh. 3, 31 q Ex. 28, 40 r Neh. 11,32 Isa. 10, 32 s Job 20, 19,20 Ps. 10, 1-18 Isa. 26, 13 t cli. 23, 6 u Judg. 9, 5 ch. 2, 33 Jobl, 15,19 V 1 Ki. 2, 26 CHAPTER 23. \ David rescues Eeilah: 1 SauVs coming, and treachery of the Eeilites : 13 David escapes to Ziph: 19 Saul pursues hi'in. 22 He dwells at En- gedi. '^'g. CHAP. 23. a Josh. 15,44 b Num. 27,21 Judg. 1, 1 ch. 28, 6 ch. 30, 8 2 Sam. 5, 19, 23 IChr. 10, 14 1 Chr. 14, 10 Ps. 32, 8 Ps. 37, 5 Pro. 3, 5,6 Jer.10,23 Jas. 1, 5 c ch. 22, 20 1061. d Ex. 15, 9 Ps. 71, 11 e Num. 27,21 ch. 30, 7 /ch. 22, 19 2 Sam. 20,20 Esth. 3, 6 Ps. 44, 22 1 shut up. 307 THEN they told Da'vid, sayi: Behold, the Phi-lis'tines fight against ""Kei'lah, and they rob the threshingfioors._ 2 Therefore Da'vid ^enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Phi-lis'tines ? And the Lord said unto Da'vid, Go, and smite the Phi-Ks'tines, and save Keilah. 3 And Da'vid's men said unto him, Behold, vv^e be afraid here in Jii'dah : how much more then if we come to Keilah against the arixdes of the Phi- lis'tine§ ? 4 Then Da'vid enquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him and said. Arise, go down to Kei'- lah ; for I will deliver the Phi-lis'tine§ into thine hand. 5 So Da'vid and his men went to Kef- lah.and fought with the Phi-lis'tine§, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So Da'vid saved the inliabitants of Kei'lah. 6 And it came to pass, when A-bi'a- thar the son of A-him'e-lech fled ^to Da'vid to Keilah, that he cam.e do^vn toith an ephod in his hand. 7 IF And it was_told Saul that Da'vid was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God "^hath delivered him into mme hand ; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 8 And Saul called all the pem^le to- gether to war, to go down to Kei'lah, to besiege_ Da'vid and his men. 9 And Da'vid knew that Saul secret- ly practised mischief against him; and 'he said to A-bi'a-thar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. 10 Then said Da'vid, O Lord God of Is'ra-el, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, -^to destroy the city for my sake. 1 1 Will the men of Keilah deliverme up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard ? O Lord God of i§'ra-el, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. 1 2 Then said Da'\4d, Will the men of Kei'lah 'deUver me and my men into the hand of Saul ? And the Lord said, They Avill deliver thee up. 13 Then Da'vid and his men, which Saul purs ueth Dav id. I. SAMUEL, 24. David spareth SauVs life. Hoere about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that Da'vid was es- caped from Keilah ; and he f orbare to go forth. 14 And DaVid abode in the wilder- ness in strong holds, and remained in '^a mountain in the wilderness of 'Ziph. And Saul sought •'him every day, but ^'God delivered hmi not into his hand. 15 And Da'vid saw that Saul was come out to seek his life : and DaVid teas in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. 16 irAnd Jon'a-than Saul's son arose, and went to Da'vid into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 17 And he said unto him. Fear not : for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee ; and thou shalt be king over is'ra-el, and I shall be next unto thee ; ^and that also Saul my father knoweth. 1 8 And they two "'made a covenant before the Lord : and Da'vid abode in the wood, and Jon'a-than went to his house. 19 •[Then "came up the Ziph'ites to Saul to Gib'e-ah, saying. Doth not Da'vid hide him.seif with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Ilach'i- lah, which is "on the south of ■' Jesh'i- mon ? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down ; and '*our part shall he to deliver hun into the king's hand. 21 And Saul said. Blessed he ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his ^haunt is, and wlio hath seen him there : for it is told me that he deal- eth very subtilly. 23 See therefore, and take knowl- edge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Jii'dah. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but Da'vid and his men toei'e in the Avilderness ''of Ma'on, in the plain on the south of Jesh'i-mon. 25 Saul also and his men went to B. C. 1061. CHAP. 23. fif ch.. 22, 2 ch. 25, 13 h Ps. 11, 1 i Josh. 15,55 j Ps. 54, 3,4 k ch. 2, 9 Ps. 32, 7 Ps. 33, 18 Ps.34:,6-8, 15-18 Ps. 121, 3,8 Pro. 2, 8 Pro. 21,30 Rom. 8,31 1 ch. 24, 20 m ch. 18, 3 ch. 20, 16,42 2 Sam. 21, 7 n ch. 26, 1 Ps. 54, title. 2 on the right hand. 3 Or.T/ie wilder- ness. 4 it beconi- eth me. Ps. 54, 3 5 foot shall be. Josh. 15,55 ch. 25, 2 6 Or, from the rock. p Ps. 31, 22 q Ps. 17, 9 r Deut. 32,36 ch. 14, 6 2 Sam. 22, 1-51 2 Ki. 19, 9 Ps. 18, 1-50 Ps. .37, 23- .33, 39, 40 Ps. 72, 13, 14 Isa.37,6-9 Isa. 59, 1 Jer. 15, 20,21 7 spread them- selves upon, etc. 8 That is, The rock of divi- sions. s 2Chr.20,2 CHAP. 24. a ch. 23, 28 1 after. b Ps. .38, 12 c Judg.3,24 d Ps. 57, title. e ch. 26, 8 2 the robe which tvas SauVs. /2Sam. 24,10 g ch. 26, 11 3 cut off. Ps. 7, 4 Mat.5,44 Rom. 12, 17 308 seek him. And they told Da'vid : wherefore he came down "into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Ma'on. And when Saul heard that, he pur- sued after Da'vid in the wilderness of Ma'on. 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and Da'vid and his men on that side of the mountain: and ^'Da'vid made haste to get av>^ay for fear of Saul ; for Saul and his men ^compassed Da'vid and his men round about to take them. 27 ITBut ''there came a messenger unto Saul, saying. Haste thee, and come ; for the Phi-lis'tine§ have 'in- vaded the land. 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after Da'vid, and went against the Phi-lis'tines : therefore they called that place ^Se'la-ham- mah-le'koth. 29 TTAnd Da'vid went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at 'En-ge'di. CHAPTER 24. 4 David in a cave at En-gedi cuts off SauVs skirt, but spares his life: 8 he urges thereby his inno- cency. AND it caine to pass, ''when Saul was returned from ^following the Phi-lis'tine§,that it was told him, saying. Behold, Da'vid is in the wil- derness of Eii-ge'di. 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all i§'ra-el, *and Avent to seek Da'vid and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave ; and Saul went in to '"cover his feet : and '^Da'vid and his men remained in the sides of the cave. 4 And 'the men of Da'vid said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee. Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to hun as it shall seem good unto thee. Then Da'vid arose, and cut off the skirt of ^SauFs robe privily. 5 'And it came to pass afterward, that Da'vid's -^heart smote him, be- cause he had cut off Saul's skirt. 6 And he said unto his men, The .''Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord. 7 So Da'vid 'stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not David urges his innocence. I. SAMUEL, 25. Death of Samuel. to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. 8 llDa'vid also arose atterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, Da'vid stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 9 And Da'vid said to Saul, Where- fore ''hearest thou men's words, say- ing, Behold, Da'vid seeketh thy hurt ? 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had de- livered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee : but 7nine eye spared thee ; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord ; for he is the Lord's anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand : for in that I cut ofi the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither 'evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou 'huntest my soul to take it. 1 2 The ^LoRD judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee : but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 1 3 As saith the proverb of the an- cients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked : but mine hand shall not be ux)on thee. 14 After whom is the 'king of is'ra-el come out ? after whom dost thou pur- sue ? '"after a dead dog, after "a fiea. 15 The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and "see, and ^plead my cause, and^leliver me out of thine hand. J. 1 Kings 8. 31. 32. 1 6 IF And it came to pass, when DaVid had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, '^Is this thy voice, my son Da'vid ? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 1 7 And he said to Da'vid, Thou art 'more righteous than I : for thou 'hast rewarded me good, whereas 1 have rewarded thee evil. 1 8 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me : forasmuch as when the Lord had \ieiivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. 1 9 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away ? wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. 20 And now, behold, 'I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and * J. 24. 15. B. C, 1061. CHAP. 24. h Ps. 141, 6 Pro. 16,28 Pro. 17, i Ps. 7, 3 Ps. 35, 7 ) ch, 26, 20 k Gen. 16, 5 Judg. 11, 27 Jobs, 8 / Job 32, 9 Pro. 5, 23 m ch. 17,43 2 Sain.9,8 n ch. 26, 20 2 Chr, 24,23 p Ps. 35, 1 Ps. 43, 1 Ps. 119, 154 Mic. 7, 9 4 judge. q ch. 26, 17 r Gen.38,26 s Mat. 5, 44 5 shut up, ch. 26, 8 t ch. 23, 17 B. C. 1060. CHAP. 25. a ch. 28, 3 b Num. 20, 29 Deut.34,S c Gen.21,21 Ps. 120, 5 d ch. 23, 24 1 Or, busi- ness. e Josh^ 15, 55 /Gen.38,13 2 Sam. 13,23 rj Pro. 31,10 ;i Isa. 32,5,7 1 Gen.38,13 2 Sam. 13,23 2 rtsTc 7i.t?ri in my name of -peace, ch. 17, 22 Gen.37,14 j 1 Chr. 12, 18 Ps. 122, 7 Lu. 10, 5 3 sham.ed. k Neh. 8. 10 Esth.9,19 4 rested. I Judg.9,28 Ps. 73, 7,8 Ps. 123, 3,4 309 that the kingdom of l§'ra-el shall be established in thine hand. 21 Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my fa- ther's hous_e. 22 AndDa'vidsware unto Said. And Said went home ; but DaVid and liis nien gat them up unto the hold. CHAPTER 25. 1 Sarmcel dies. 4 David's 7nessage to Xnhal, 10 whose churlish answer pror'okes him. 14 Abigail pacifies him. S6 Nubal's death. A]S[D ''Sam'u-el died ; and all thei§''- ra-el-ites were gathered togeth- er, and ^lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ra'mah. And Da'vid arose, and went down to ''the wilder- ness of Pa'ran. 2 And f Aere teas a man ^in Ma'on whose ^possessions toere 'in Car'mel : and the man tvas very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thou- sand goats : and he was •'shearing his sheep in Car'mel. 3 iS ow the name of the man was ISTa''- bal; and the name of his wife Ab'i-gail: and sheivas a ^woman of good under- standmg, and of a beautiful counte- nance : but the man was ''churlish and CAdl in his doings ; and he was of the house of Ca'leb. 4 And Da'vidheard in the^^'ilderness that Na'bal did 'shear his sheep. 5 And Da'vid sent out ten young men, and Da'vid said unto the young men,_Get you up to Car'mel, and go to Na'bal, and -greet him in my name : 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in x>'>'ospe7'ity, •'Peace he both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace he unto all that thou hast. 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we ^hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto theiTi, all the while they were in Car'mel. 8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes : for we come in ^a good day , give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and_to thy son Da'vid. 9 And when Da'vid's young men came, they spake toKa'bal according to all those words in the name of Da'vid, and ^ceased, 10 And Na'bal answered DaVid's serv^ants, and said, ^Who is DaVid ? and v/ho is the son of Jes'se ? there 2 Nabars thurlishness. l. SAMUEL, 25. Abigail pacifieth David. be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master, 11 Shall "'I then take my bread, and my water, and my ^liesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they^e.^ 1 2 So DaVid's yomig men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. 1 3 And DaVid said imto his men. Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword ; and DaVid also girded on his sword : and there went up after DaVid about four hundred men ; and two hundred ''abode by the stuff, 14 IFBut one of the young men told AD'i-gail, Na'bal's wife, sayiag. Be- hold, DaVid sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master ; and he '^railed on them. 1 5 But the men iDe7'e very good unto us, and we were not 'hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields : 1 6 They were ''a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 1 7 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do ; for evU is deter- mined against our master, and against all his household : for he is such a son of Beli-al, that a man can- not speak to him. 18 Then Ab'i-gail made haste, and took ^two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn^ and an hundred ^clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid thein on asses. 19 And she said unto her serv'-ants, *Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her hus- band iS[a'bal. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the cov- ert of the hill, and, behold, iJaVid and his men came dov/n agamst her ; and she met them. 21 Now DaVid had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that noth- ing was missed of all that pertained unto him : and he hath requited '"me evil for good. 22 So *and more also do God unto the enemies of DaVid, if I leave of all B. C. 1060. CHAP. 25. m Judg. 8,6 5 slaughter, n ch. 30, 24 6 ficw wpon them. 7 shamed. Ex. 14, 22 Job. 1, 10 p Gen. 32,13 Pro.18,16 Pro.21,14 8 Or, lumps. q Gen.32,16 r Ps. 109, 5 Pro. 17,13 s RTsthl,17 ch. 3, 17 ch. 20, 13,16 t Josh. 15, 18 Judg. 1,14 9 ears. 10 lay it to his heart. 11 That is. Fool. u 2 Ki. 2. 2 V Gen. 20, 6 12 saving thyself. Rom. 12,19 w 2 Sam. 18,32 X Gen.38,11 13 Or, present. 14 walk at the feet of, etc. y 2 Sam. 7, 11 1 Ki. 9, 5 IChr. 17,16 z ch. 24. 11 a Ps. 66, 9 Actsl7,28 b Jer. 10,18 15 in the midst of thebov.{iht of a sling. 16 no stag- gering, or, st^im- bling. c Ex. 18, 10 Ps. 72, 18 Lu. 1, 68 310 that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. 23 And when Ab'i-gail saw Da'vid, she hasted, and 'lighted off the ass, and feU before Da'vid on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let thu iniquity he : and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ^audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, -"re- gard this man of Be'li-al, 6 ve?i Na'bal : for as his name is, so is he ; "•'Na1~)al is his name, and folly is with him : but 1 thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. 26 Now therefore, my lord, '^as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath nvithholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from ^^avenging thyself with thine own hand, now "let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Na'bal. 27 And now ^this '^blessing which thme handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that ^ ^follow my lord. 281 pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for ^'the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house ; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and 'evil hath not been found in thee cdl thy days. 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul : but the soul of my lord shall be "bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God ; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he ^sling out, ^^as out of the middle of a sling. 30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over l§'ra-el ; 31 That this shall be ^''no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself : but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. 32 1 And DaVid said to Ib'i-gail, Blessed 'be the Lord God of i§'ra-el, which sent thee this day to meet me : 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept rne this day from coming to shed blood, David marrieth A big ait. I. SAMUEL, 26. He spareth SauVs life. and from avenging myself with mine own hand. 34 For in very deed, as the Lord God of Is'ra-el liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting tliee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Na'bal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. 35 So Da'vid received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, '^Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have heark- ened to thy voice, and have ac cepted '^thy person. 36 IT And Ab'i-gail came to Na'bal; and, behold, -^'he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king ; and Na'baFs heart loas merry within him, for he v.'as ^Yery drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 37 But it came to pass in the morn- ing, when the wine was gone out of Na'bal, and his wife had told him these things, that his ^'heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that 'the Lord smote Na'bal, that he died. 39 And when Da'vid heard that Na'bal was dead, he said. Blessed be the Lord, that hath •'pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Na'bal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath ''^re- turned the wickedness of Na'bal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Ab'i-gail, to take her to him to wife. 40 And when the servants of DaVid were come to Ab'i-gail toCar'mel, they spake unto her, saying, Da'vid sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife 41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said. Behold, let thine ^handmaid be a serv- ant to wash 'the feet of the servants of my lord. 42 And Ab'i-gail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, vv ith five dam- sels of her's that went ^ 'after her; and she went after the messengers of Da'vid, and became his wife. 43 Da'vid also took A-hin'o-am '"of Jez're-el ; and "they were also both of them his wives. 44 But Saul had given "Mi'chal his daughter," Da' vid's wife, to '^Phal'ti the son of La'ish, which was of pGal'lim. B. C. 1060. CHAP. 25. rZ ch. 20,42 2 Sam. 15,9 2 Ki. 5, 19 Lu. 7, 50 e Gen. 19, 21 / 2 Sam. 13,28 g Pro. 20, 1 Pro. 23,29 Isa. 5, 11 Isa.28,1-3 Hos. 4:, 11 h Deut. 28,28 Job 15,21 i 2 Sam.6,7 Job 12, 10 Job 34, 14, 15 Ps.104, 29 Pro.22,23 1 Ki. 2, 44 Ps. 7, 16 Pro.15,83 17 at her feet. m Josh. 15,56 n ch. 27, 3 ch. 30, 5 2 Sam. 3,14 18 Phaltiel, 2 Sam. 3, 15 p Isa. 10, 80 CHAP. 26. a ch. 23, 19 Ps. 54, tiUe. b ch. It, 50 ch. 17, 55 1 Or, midst of his carriages, ch. 17. 20 c lChr.2,16 d Judg.7,10 2 shut up, ch. 24, 18 e ch. 25. 38 Ps. 94, 1, 2, 23 Pro. 20,22 Lu. IS, 7 Rom. 12, 19 Heb. 10. 30 /Gen.47,29 Deut. 31, 14 Job 7, 1 Job 14, 5 Ps. 37, 13 g ch. 31, 6 Deut. 32,35 h Lev.19,18 ch. 24, 6, 12 Pro. 24.29 Rom. 12, 17. 19 .las. 5, 5-11 1 Pet. 3, 9 31] CHAPTER 26. 1 Saul comes to the hiU of Uachilah against David. 5 David stays Abishai from killing Saul, but takes his spear and cruse. AND the Ziph'ites came unto Saul to Gib'e-a.h, saying, "Doth not Da'vid hide himself in the hill of Hach'i-lah, lohich is before Jesh'i^ mon ? 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousPvnd chosen men of is'ra-el with him, to seek Da'vid in the wil- derness of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hach'i-lah, which is before Jesh'i- mon, by the way. But Da'vid abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4 Da'vid therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. 5 tAnd Da'vid arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched; and Da'vid beheld the place where Saul lay, and Ab'ner the 'son of N?r, tlie captain of his host : and Saul lay in the 'trench, and the people pitched round about hun. 6 Then answered Da'vid and said to A-him'e-lech the Hit'tite, and to A-bish'a-i'the son of Zer-u-i'ah, broth- er to Jo'ab, saying. Who will go ''down with me to Saul to the camp ? And A-bish'a-i said, I will go do^vn with thee. 7 So Da'vid and A-bish'a-i came to the people by night : and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Ab'n5r and the people lay round about him. 8 Then said A-bish'a-i to Da'vid, God hathMelivered thine enemy into thine hand this day : now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. 9 And Da'vid said to A-bish'a-i. De- stroy him not : for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless ? 10 Da'vid said furthermore. ^45 the LoRDliveth, ^theLoRD shall smite him; or -Tiis day shall come to die ; or he shall ''descend info battle, and perish. 1 1 The ^LoRD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed : but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. kaiil acknoioledgeth his sm. I. SAMUEL, 27. 12 So DaVid took the spear and the cruse of water from Saurs bolster; and they gat them away, and no man Baw it, nor knew it, neither awaked : for they 1067-6 all asleep ; because 'a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them. 13 TiThen Da'vid went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space bei^ig be- tween them : 14 And DaVid cried to the people, and to Ab'ngr the son of NSr, saying, Answerest thou not, Ab'ner? Then Ab'nSr answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king ? 15 And DaVid said to Ab'ngr, Art not thou a valiant man ? and who is like to thee in i§'ra-el ? wherefore then hast th®u not kept thy lord the king ? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. 1 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are Vorthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that VKis at his bolster. 17 And Saul knew L>aVid's voice, and said. Is •'this thy voice, my son Da'vid ? And DaVid said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. 1 8 And he said, ^Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant ? for what have I done ? ^or what evil is in mine hand ? 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, letmy lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred "'thee up against me, let him ^accept an offering : but if they he the chil- dren of men, cursed be they before the Lord; "for they ha^ve driven me out this dixy from ^abiding in the "inher- itance of the Lord, saying. Go, serve other gods. 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord : for the king of l§'ra-el is come out to seek ^a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. 21 llThen said Saul,?I have sinned : return, my son Da'vid : for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was 'precious in thine eyes this day : behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 22 And Da'vid answered and said, Behold the king's spear ! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. B. C. 1060. CHAP. 26. % Gen. 2, 21 Gen.15,12 Isa, 29, 10 3 the sons of death, 2Sam„ 12,5 j ch. 21, 16 k ch. 24, 9,11 I Ps. 7, 3 7n 2 Sam. 16, 11 2 Sam. 24,1 1 smell. Gen. 8,21 Lev.26,31 n Deut.4,28 Ps. 120, 5 5 cleaving, Ex. 15, 17 Deut.4,20 Deut.9,26 Deut.32,9 2 Sam. 14,16 2 Sam. 20, 19 2 Sam. 21,3 Ps. 106, 4 5 Isa. 19, 25 p cL. 24, 14 q ch. 15, 24 Ex. 9, 27 r ch. 18, 30 s Ps. 7, 8 Ps. 18, 20 Ps. 28, 4 Ps. 62, 12 Eccl. 8,12 Isa. 3, 10,11 t Gen.32,28 Isa. 54, 17 B. C. 1058. CHAP. 27. 1 be con- sumed. a ch. 25, 13 b ch. 21, 10 c Josh. 15, 31 Josh. 19,5 2 the num- ber of days. ?> a year of days, ch. 29, 3 Till 1058. d Josh. 13,2 e Judg.1,29 4 Or, Ger- zites. Josh. 16,3 /Ex. 17, 16 ch.15,7,8 g Gen.25,18 312 David fleeth to Gath. 23 The 'Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness : for the Lord delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed. 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. 25 Then Saul said to DaVid, Blessed be thou, my son DaVid : thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still 'prevail. So DaVid went on his way, and Saul returned to his place CHAPTER 27. 1 Saul, hearing that David vmsfled to Gath, seeks no more for him. 5 David begs Ziklag of Achish. AND DaVid said in his heart, I shall now ^perish one day by the hand of Saul : the7-e is nothing better for me than that I should speedily es- cape into the land of the Phi-lis'tineg; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of I§'ra-el : so shall I escape out of his hand. 2 And DaVid arose, ''and he passed over with the six hundred men that toere with him *unto A'chish, the son of Ma'och_^ king of Gath. 3 And DaVid dwelt with A'chish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even DaVid with his two wives, A-hm'o-am the Jez're^ el-it-ess, and Ab'i-gail the Car'mel-it- ess, Na'bal's wif e. 4 And it was told Saul that DaVid was fled to Gath : and he sought no more again for him. 5 HAnd DaVid said unto A'chish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there : for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee ? 6 Then A'chish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore ''Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Ju'dah unto this day. 7 And ^the time that DaVid dwelt in the country of the Phi-lis'tine§ was ^a full year and four months. 8 li And DaVid and his men went up, and invaded "^ the Gesh'u -rites, and 'the "Gez'rites, and -^the Am'a-lek-ites : for those nations were of old the inhab- itants of the land, as i'thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of E'gypt. 9 And DaVidsmote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, Saul consulteth I. SAMUEL, 28. a witch at HJn-dor. and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to A'chish. 10 And A'chish said, ^Whither have ye made a road to day ? And Da'vid said,'^Againstthesoiithof Ju'dah,and against the south of the *Je-rah'me- el-ites, and against the south of the Ken'Ttes. 1 1 And DaVid saved neither man nor womanahve, tobringi^zV/^i/^gstoGath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did DaVid, and so vyill be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Phi-lis'tine§. 1 2 And A'chish believed Da'vid, say- ing. He hath ®made his peox^le l§'ra-el utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. CHAPTER 28. 1 Achish's confidence in David. 7 Saul seeks to a witch, 7vho, being encouraged by him, raises up Samuel. 15 Saul, hearing "his ruin, faints: 21 he is refreshed with meat. AND "it came to pass in those days, that the Phi-lis'tine§ gath- ered their aniiies together for war- fare, to fight with l§'ra-el. And A'chish said unto Da'vid, 'Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men 2 And Da'vid said to A'chish, Sure ly 'thou shalt know what thy serv ant can do. And A'chish said to Da'vid, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. 3 TNow ""Sam'u-el was dead, and all l§'ra-el had lamented him, and buried him in Ra'mah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those "^that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. 4 And the Phi-lis'tmeg gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in 'Shu'nem: and Saul gath- ered all l§'ra-el together, and they pitched in -^Gil-bd'a. 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Phi-lis'tines, he was ^afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. 6 And wlien Saul enquired of the Lord, the ''Lord answered him not, neither '"by dreams, nor -'by tj'rim, nor by prophets. 7 Then said Saul unto his servants. Seek me a woman that hath a fa- miliar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his serv- ants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at £n'-dor, 8 And Saul disguised himself, and B. C. 1058. CHAP. 27. 5 Or, Bid you not make a road, etc. h Ps. 141, 3 Pro. 29,25 i lChr.2, 9 6 made himself to stink to his people Israel. B. C. 1056. CHAP. 28. a ch. 29, 1 1 Knotv- ing,know. b Roin.12,9 c ch. 25, 1 a Ex. 22, 18 Lev.l9,3i Lev.20,27 Deut. 18,10 e Josh. 19,18 2 Ki. 4, 8 /ch. 31, 1 g Job 18, 11 Isa. 57, 20 h ch. 14, 37 Pro. 1, 28 Lam. 2, 9 I Num.12,6 j Ex. 28, 30 Num. 27,21 Deut. 33,8 k Deut. 18, 11 1 Chr. 10, 13 Isa. 8, 19 1 Isa. 57, 2 Rev.14,13 m Ex.22, 28 Ps. 138. 1 2 Wliat is his form 1 n ch. 15, 27 2 Thes. 2, 10,11 p Pro. 5, 11 Pro. 14,14 q ch. 18, 12 3 by the hand of prophets. 4 Or, .for himself. Pro. 16, 4 r ch. 15, 28 5 mine hand. s ch. 15. 9 1 Ki.20,42 1 Chr. ]0. IH Jer.48,10 313 put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he ^said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familia.r spirit, and bring me A rm up, whom I shall name unto thee. 9 And the woman said unto him. Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land : wherefore then lay est thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die ? 10 And Saul sware to her by tho Lord, saying. As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing, 11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee ? And he said. Bring me up Sam'u-el. 1 2 And when the woman ^saw Sam'u- el, she cried with a loud voice : and the woman spake to Saul, saying. Why hast thou deceived me? for thou a7't Saul. 13 And tiie king said unto her. Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw"^gods ascending out of the eptrth. 14 And he said unto her, ^What form is he of? And she said, An old man conaeth up ; and he is cov- ered with "a mantle. And Saul per- ceived that it I'Xis Sam'u-el, and he ''stooped with h is face to the ground, and bowed himself. 15 And Sam'u-el said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up ? And Saul answered, -pJ am sore distressed; for the Phi-lis'tinesmake war against me, and ?God is depart- ed from me, and answereth me no more, neither ^by prophets, nor by dreams : therefore Ihave called thee, that thou mayest make know^i unto me what I shall do. 16 Then said Sam'u-el, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is depiarted from thee, and is become thine enemy ? 1 7 And the Lord hath done ^to him, 'as he spake by ^me : for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, eve7i to Da'vid : . 1 8 Because *thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Am'a-lek, there- fore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day. 1 1) Moreover the Lord will also de- Saul is sore distressed. I. SAMUEL, 29, 30. Achish dismisseth David. liver is'ra-el with thee into the hand of the Phi-lis'tine§ : and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be mth me : the Lord also shall deliver the host of Is'ra-el into the hand of the Phi-lis^- tmes^ 20 Then Saul ^fell straightway all along on the earth, and 'was sore afraid, because of the words of Sam'- u-el : and there was no strength in hini ; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor aU the night. 21 TAnd the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Be-j hold, thine handmaid hath obeyed^ thy voice, and "I have put my life' in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. j 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thj way. 23 But he refused, and said, "I will not eat. But his serA^ants, togetherj with the woman, compelled him ; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. 24: And the woman had ""a fat calf in the house ; and she hasted, and killed i it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof : 25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants ; and they| did eat. Then they rose up, and went awav that night. CHAPTER 29. 1 David, marching icith the Philifitines to fight with I-rrael, 3 ?'•*; dimllowecl by their py^nceft : 6 Achish dismisf:efi him with commendations of his fi.delity.\ JOW "the Phi-lis'tmes gatheredi together all their armies *to: A'phek : and the is'ra-el-Ttes pitched | by a fountain which is in Jez're-el. \ 2 And the lords of the Phi-lis 'tines! passed on by hundreds, and by thou-| sands : but Da'vid and his men passed! on in the rereward '^with A'chish. 3 Then said the princes of the Phi- lis'tines, What do these He'brews here? And A'chish said unto the princes of the Phi-lis'tines, Is not this ba'vid, the serr^ant of Saul the king of is'ra-el, vrhich hath been with me these "^days, or these years, and I have found *'no fault in him since he fell ^(nto me unto this day? 4 And the prhices of the i^hi-lis'tine§ B. C. 1056. CHAP. 28. 6 Tjwde haste,and fell with the ful- ness of his stature. t Job 15, 20-24 Job 20. 5 Ps. 50, 21| uJudg.12,31 ch. 19, 5 1 Job 13, li V IKi. 21, 4| w Gen. 18, 7,8 Lu. 15, 23, 27,30 M CHAP. 29. a ch. 28, 1 b Josh. 19,30 ch. i, 1 1 Ki.20,.30 c ch. 28, 1,2 d ch. 27, 7 e Dan. 6, 5 / 1 Chr. 12,19 g ch. 14, 21 h ch. 18, 7 ch. 21, 11 i 2 Sam. 3, 25 2 Ki.19,27 Isa. 37, 28 1 thou art not good in the eyes of the lords, 2 do not evil in the eyes of the lords. 3 before thee. i 2 Sam. 14, 17 2 Sam. 19, 27 k Ps. 37, 23 Ps. 73, ' Ps. 91, Ps. 119, i 133 Pro. 16, 9 Pro. 20,241 Isa. 30, 211 Jer. 10,23 1 Cor. 10,13 I 2 Sam.4,4 2 11 CHAP. 30. a Ex. 17, 8, 14, 16 Num. 24, 20 Deut. 25, : 17, 19 ch. 15, 7 ch. 27, 8 ch. 28, 18 lChr.4,43 Ezek. 25, 15 b Job 38, 11 Ps. 76, 10 1 Ps. 89, 9 Isa. 27, 8 I Hab. 3, 3 I 314 were wroth with liim; and the princes of the Phi-lis'tine§ said unto hun, -^Make this f eUow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let hun not go dowm with us to battle, lest in ^the battle he be an adversary to us : for wherewith should he recon- cile himself unto his m.aster? should it not be with the heads of these men ? 5 Is not this Da'vid, of whom they sang one to another in dances, say- ing, '^Saul slew his thousands, and Da'vid his ten thousands ? 6 IFThen A'chish called Da'vid, and said unto him. Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and 'thy going out and thy comii.:g in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day : nevertheless 'the lords favour thee not. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou ^displease not the lords of the Phi-lis'tmes. 8 And Da'vid said unto A'chish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as 1 have been Vith thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king ? 9 And A'chish answered and said to Da'vid, I know that thou aj't good in my sight, -^as an angel of God : not- withstanding the princes of the Phi- lis'tines have said. He shall not go up with us to the battle. 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's serv- ants that are come with thee : and as soon as ye be up early in the morn- ing, and have light, depart. 11 So ^'Da'^^d and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Phi-lis'- tine§. ^And the Phi-lis'tine§ went up to Jez're-el. CHAPTER 30. 1 The Amalekites spoil Ziklag ; 3 bid David, encour- aged by God, pursues them, 16 and recovers his two wives and. all the spoil. A ND it came to pass, when Da'vid .xTl and his men were come to Zik'- lag on the third day, that the ^Am'a lek-ites had invaded the south, and Zik'lag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire ; 2 And had taken the women cap- tives, that ivere therein: *they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. JJavidsmiteththeAynaleldtes I. SAMUEL, 30. and recovereth the spoil. CHAP. 30. 3 So Da'vid and his men came to b. c. lose. the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their A^'ives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken ^ Num.i4,i dch. 25, 42 2 Sain.2,2 e Ex. 17, 4 John 8,59 captives 4 Then Da'vid and the people that icere with him ''lifted up their voice and v/ept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And Da'vid s '^two wives were taken captives, A-hin'o-am the Jez're- el-it-ess, and Ab'i-gail the wife of Na'- bal the Car'mel-ite. 6 And Da'vid was greatly distressed ; *f or the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was 'grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but/'Da'vid encouraged himself in the Lord his God. 7 And 5 Da'vid said to A-bi'a-thar the priest, A-him'e-lech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And A-bl'a-thar brought thither the ephod to Da'vid. 8 And '' Da'vid enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop ? shall I overtake them ? And he 'an-' swered him, Pursue : for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without rail recover cdl. 9 So Da'vid went, he and the six hundred men that v:ere with him, and came to the brook Be'sor, where those that were left behind stayed. 1 But Da'vid pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Be'sor. 11 tAnd •'they found an E-gyp'^an in the field, and brought him to Da'vid, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and thev made him drink water ; 1 2 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of rai- sins : ''^and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him : for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk «?zi/ water, three days and three nights. 1 3 And Da'vid said unto him. To whom helongest thou? and Avhence art thou ? And he said, I am a young man of E'gypt, servant to an Am'a-lek- ite ; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. l-t We made an invasion upon the south of 'the Cher'e-thites, and upon the co«s^ which ^eZowt/e^^A to Jfi'dah, and upon the south "of Ca'leb ; and we burned Zik'lag with fire. 1 utter, Judt?. 18. 2o ch. 1, 10 2 Sam. 17, 8 2 Ki. 4, 27 /Ps. 31, 24 Ps. 33, 18 Ps. 39, 7 Ps. 42, 5 Ps. 43, 5 Ps. 56, 3, 4,11 Ps. 71,4,5 Ps. 119,81 Ps. 146, 5 Jer. 17, 7, 17 Lam. 3,24 Joel 3, 16 Hab.3, 17 liom.4.20 <] ch. 23, 6,0 'i ch. 23, 2,4 i Pa. 22, 4,5 Ps. 28, 6 Ps. 50, 15 Ps. 91, 15 j Ps. Ill, 2 Pro. 3, 5,0 k .Tudg. 15, 19 ch. 14. 27 1 2 Sam. 8,18 IKi. 1, 38, 44 Ezek. £5,16 Zeph. 2, 5 m Josh. 14, 13 Josh. 15,13 n Lu. 12, 19,20 Lu. 17, 27-29 Lu. 21, 34 lThes.5,3 o Job 20, 5 2 fhcir morrow. pGen.14,16 Ps. 34, 9 3 Or, asked them liou' they did, Judg. IS, 15 q Deut. 13, 13 Judg. 19,22 i men. r Num. 31,27 Josh. 22,8 5 and for^oard. . 315 15 And Da'vid said to him. Canst thou bring me down to this com- pany ? And he said. Swear unto me bv God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. 1 6 And when he had brought him down, behold, th ey vje7'e spread abroad upon all the earth, "eating and drink- ing, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the_Phi-lis'tine§,and out. of the land_of Jii'dah. 1 7 And Da'vid '^smote them, from the twilight even unto the evening of -the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. 1 8 And Da'vid ^recovered all that the Am'a-iek-ites had carried away : and Da'vid rescued his two wives." 1 9 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them : Da'vid recovered all. 20 And Da'vid took all the flocks and the herds, wh ich they drave be- fore those other csittle, and said, This is Da'vid's spoil. 21 1i And Da'vid came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow Da'vid, whom thev had made also to abide at the brook j>e's6r : and they went forth to meet Da'vid, and to meet the peo- B^e that were Avith him : and whf n a'vid came near to the people, he ^saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men and 7nen ?of Be'li-al,of ^those that went with Da'vid, and said. Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we ho.ve recovered, save to every m.an his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. 23 Then said Da'vid, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath pre- served us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. 21: For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but ''as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part he that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day ^for- ward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for is'ra-el unto this day. The Israelites defeated. II. SAMUEL, 1. Saul and his sons slain. 26 HAnd when DaVid came to Zik'- lag,he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Ju'dah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a "^present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord ; 27 To them which were in 'Beth'-el, and to them which were in 'south Ra'- moth, and to them which were in "Jat'tir, 28 And to^Aem which «^ere*'inAr'o-Sr, and to themwhich were in Siph'moth, andto^Aemwhich^^e/■ein"'Esh-te-m5'a, 29 And to them which were in Ra'- chal, and to them which v^ere in the cities of 'the Je-rah'me-el-ites, and to them which were in the cities of the 5'Kenltes, 30 And to them which were -in Hor'- mah,andto^Ae^?^ which were inChor- a'shan, and to them which were in A'thach, 31 And to them which were ''in He'- bron, and to all the places w^here Da'- vid himself and his men were wont to haunt. CHAPTER 31. 1 Saul having lost his army at Gilboa, and his S07is being slain, he and his armourbearer kill them- selves. 8 The Philistines triumph over their dead bodies. 11 The men of Jabesh-gilead recover the bodies, and bury them at Jabesh. NOW nhe Phi-lis'tine§ fought against is'ra-el : andthe men of I§'- ra-el fled from before thePhi-lis'tmes, and fell dov/n ^slainin mount *Gril-bo'a. 2 And the Phi-lis'tine§ followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons ; and the Phi-lis'tine§ slew ''Jon'a-than, and A-bin'a-dab,and Merchi-shu'a, Saul's sons. 3 And '^the battle went sore against Saul, and the ^archers ^hit him ; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 4 Then "said Saul unto his armour- bearer. Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest -^^ these B. C. 1056. CHAP. 30. (3 blessing, Gen.33,11 ch. 25, 27 s Gen. 12,8 t Josh. 19,8 u Josh. 15,48 11 Josh. 13. 16 w Josh. 15, 50 X ch. 27, 10 ij Judg.1,16 z Judg.1,17 a Josh. 14, 13 2 Sam.2,1 CHAP. 31. (I lChr.10,1 1 Or, tvounded. b ch. 28, 4 c lChr.8,33 d 2 Sam.1,6 2 shooters, men ivith. bows. 3 found him. p. Judg.9,54 fch. 14,6 ch. 17, 26 4 Or, mock rae. g 2 Sam. 1, 10 h Rom.6,23 i 2 Sam. 1.20 j ch. 21, 9 k Judg.2,13 I Josh. 17,11 Judg.1,27 5 Or, con- cerning him. m ch. 11, 1-11 2 Sam. 2, 4-7 n2Chr. 16, 14 Jer. 34, 5 Amos6,10 2 Sam.21. 12, 13, 14 p Gen.50,10 Job 2, 13 uncircumcised come and thrust mv9 through, and ^abuse me. But his ar- mourbearer would not ; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and ^fell upon it. 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul w^as dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. o So Saul Mied, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and ail his men, that same day together. 7 IF And when the men of Is'ra-el that ivere on the other side of the valley, and they that vjere on the other side J or 'dan, saw that the men of l§'ra-el fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the l*hi-lis'tine§ came and dwelt in them. 8 "[And it came to pass on the mor- row, w^hen the Phi-lis'tine§ came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gil-b5''a. 9 i^.nd they cut off his head, and stripped oif his armour, and sent into the land of the Phi-lis'tine§ round about, to 'publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. 10 And •'they put his armour in the house of *Ash'ta-r6th : and they fas- tened his body to the wail 'of Beth - shan. 1 1 And when the inhabitants of Ja'- besh-giFe-ad heard ^of that which the Phi-lis'tine§ had done to Saul ; 12 All ™the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth'-shan, and came to Ja'besh, and "burnt them there. 13 And they took their bones, "and buried them under a tree at Ja'besh, and fasted ^seven days. THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED, THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHAPTER 1. 2 An Amalekite brings tidings of Saul's death. 17 David laments Saul and Jonathan. NOW it came to pass after the death of Saul, when DaVid was returned from the "slaughter of the B. C. 1056. CHAP. 1. a 1 Sam.30, 17, 26 h ch. 4, 10 c 1 Sam. 4, 12 316 Am'a-lek-ites, and Da'vid had abode two days in Ziklag ; 2 It came even to pass on the third day that, behold, *a man came out of the camp from Saul with 'his clothes rent, and earth upon his head : and David is told of SauVs death. II. SAMUEL, 2. His la,7nentatio7i. so it was, when he came to Da'vid, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance._ 3 And DaVid said unto him, From whence comest thou ? And he said unto liim. Out of the camp of l§'ra-el am I escaped. 4: And Da'vid said unto him, ^Hov/ went the matter ? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered. That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead ; and Saul and- J5n'a-than his son are dead also. 5 And DaVid said unto the young man that told him. How knowest thou that Saul and Jon'a-than his son be dead ? 6 And the young man that told him said, ^As I happened by chance upon "^mount Gril-bo'a, behold, 'Saul leaned upon his spear ; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen follDwed hard after him. 7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, ^Here am I. 8 And he said unto me. Who art thou? And I answered him, I ayn an Am'a-lek-ite. 9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me : for ^anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me, 10 So I stood upon him, and slew •^him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fall- en : and I took the crown that vms upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. 11 Then DaVid took hold clothes, and ^rent them; and like- wise all the men that were with hun: 1 2 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jon'a-than his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of i§'ra-el ; because they were fallen by the SAvord. 1 3 IT And Da'vid said mito the young- man that told him. Whence art thou ? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Am'a-lek-ite. 14 And Da'vid said imto him. How ^wast thou not afraid to stretch forth tliine hand to destroy the Lord's a.nointed ? 1 5 And ^'Da'vid called one of the CHAP. 1. 1 Wluxt was, etc. 1 Sam. 4,16 2 Meeting, I met. d 1 Sam. 31,1 e 1 Sam.31, 2-J: 3 Behokl me. 4 Or, my coat of mail, or, m-y em- broidered coat hin- dereth me, that my, etc. /Judg.9,54 g Josh. 7, 6 eh. 3, 31 ch. 13, 31 2Chr. 34, 27 Ezra 9, 3 Joel 2, 13 h Num.12,8 1 Sam. 24,6 Ps.105, 15 i ch. 4, 10 j 1 Sam. 26,9 1 Ki. 2, 32 k Lu. 19, 22 5 Or, the ode of the how. I Josh. 10,13 6 Or, of the upright. m Judg. 16, 23 1 Sam. 11 34 1 Sam. 18,6 1 Sam. 31,4 T-p Judg.5,23 on his "^ Job 3, 3, 4 q 1 Sam. 10, 1 r 1 Sam. 18,4 7 Ov, sweet. s Judg. 14, 18 t 1 Sam.18, 1,3 1 Sam. 1 Sam. 20,17 B. c. 1056. fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. 16 And Da'Add said unto him, Thy •'blood be upon thy head; *for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed. 17 ^And Da'vid lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jon'- a-than his son : 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Ju'dah ^the use of the bow : behold, it is written 'in the book ''of Ja'shgr.) 1 9 The beauty of l§'ra-el is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen I 20 Tell "'it not ui Gath, pubhsh it not in the streets of As'ke-lon: lest "the daughters of the Phi-lis'tLnes re- joice, lest the daughters of the ^an- circumcised triimiph. 21 Ye mountams of Gil-bo'a, Het there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of ofi:erings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been /anomted with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, f rorn the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jon'a-than turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. 23 Saul and J5n'a-than were lovely 3j^ g and 'pleasant in their lives, and in Mic. 1, 10 1 their death they were not divided : ^^ ?^^^-^' 20 they were swifter than eagles, they were -'stronger than lions. 24 Ye daughters of i§'ra-el, weepovei Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on or- naments of gold upon your ap- Jer.20,14pg^pgj 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle ! O Jon'a-than, thou wast slain in thine high places. 26 1 am distressed for thee, my brother Jon'a-than: very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished ! CHAPTER 2. 1 David, by God's direction, goes up to Heb^^on, and is m.ade king ove?' Jd.dah. 8 Abner makes Isk- bosheth king over Israel. 18 Asahel slain. CHAP. 2, a Num. 27. 21 AND it came to pass after this, that Da'vid "enquired of the 1 Sam 23^1 I^C)RD, Saying, Shall I go up into any - — f'i'^o 'lof the cities of Jii'dah? And the young men, and said, Go near, and\ 7, s^"^ ILord said unto him, Go up. And 317 2 1 David made king of Judah. II. SAMUEL, 2. Da'vid said, Whither shall I go up ? And he said. Unto *He'bron. 2 So DaVid went up thither, and his two wives also, A-hin'o-am the Jez're- el-it-ess, and Abl-gail Na'baFs wife the Car'mel-ite. 3 And 'his men that were with him did DaVid bring up, every man with his household : and they dwelt in the ^cities of He'bron. 4 And '^the men of Ju'dah came, and there they anointed DaVid king over the house of Ju'dali. And they told DaVid, saying, That 'the men of Ja'- besh-gil'e-ad v:)ere they that buried Saul. 5 IF And Da'vid sent messengers unto the men of Ja'besh-gil'e-ad, and said unto them. Blessed ^'be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kind- ness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried hmi. 6 And now ^the Lord shew kind- ness and truth unto you : and '^I also will requite you this kindness, be cause ye have done this thing. 7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and ^be ye valiant : for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Jii'dah have anointed me king over them. 8 ^But 'Ab'ngr the son of NSr, cap tain of ^Saul's host, took ''ish-bo'sheth the son '6f_ Saul,_and brought him over to -^'Ma-ha-na'im ; 9 And made him king over Gil'e-ad, and over the Ash'ur-ites, and over Jez're-el, and over E'phra-im, and over Ben'ja-min, and over all is'ra-el. 10 Ish-b5'sheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over l§'ra-el, and reigned two years. But the house of Jii'dah followed Da'vid. 11 And the ^time that DaVid was king in He'bron over the house of Ju'- dah was seven years and six months. 12 IT And Ab'nSr the son of N^r, and the servants of Ish-bo'sheth the son of Saul, went out from Ma-ha-na'im to ^Gib'e-on. 13 And J5'ab the son of Zer-u-fah, and the servants of Da'vid, went out, and met ^together by ^the pool of Gib'- e-on : and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. 14 And Ab'ngr said to Jo'ab, "Tjct the young men now arise, and play before us. And J5'ab said, Let them ariseo B. C. 1056. CHAP. 3. h 1 Sam. 30,31 1 Ki. 2, 11 c 1 Sam. 27,2 1 That is, Suburbs. d ch. 5, 5 e 1 Sam. 31,11 /Ps.115,15 g 2 Tim. 1,16 h Mat. 5, 4A 2 be ye the sons of valour. i 1 Sam. 14,50 3 the host which was SauVs. 4: Esh-baal. lClir.8,33 j Gen. 32, 2 5 mimber of days. k Josh. 18,25 1053, 6 them to- gether. I Jer. 41,12 mPro.13,10 Pro. 20, 3 7 That is, Tlu field of sirong men. n 1 Kl.20,11 lChr.2,16 p lChr.12,8 8 of his feet. 9 as one of the roes that is in the Held. Ps."l8, 33 Song 2,17 Song 8,14 10 from after Abner. q 1 Sam. 17, 42 11 spoil, Judg. 14, 19 r ch. 3, 27 s Josh. 9, 3 Josh. 10,2 318 Asahel slain hy.Ah^ier. 15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Ben'ja-nun, which pertained to ish-bo'sheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the serv- ants of Da'vid. 1 6 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and tfirust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Tlel'kath-haz'zu- rim, which is in Gro'e-on. 17 And there was a very sore battle that day ; "and Ab'n6r was beaten, and the nien of is'ra-el, before the servants of Da'vid. 1 8 ^ And there were i;hree sons of Zer-u-i'ah there, Jo'ab, and A-bisha-i, and A'sa-hel: and A'sa-hel was as flight ^of foot ^as a wild roe. 1 9 And A'sa-hel pursued after Ab'nSr; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left "from fol- lowing Ab'ngr. 20 Then Ab'nSr looked behind him, and said, Art thou A'sa-hel ? And he answered, \ am. 21 And Ab'nSr said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the ^young men, and take thee his "ar- mour. But A'sa-hel would not turn aside from following of him. 22 And Ab'nSr said again to A'sa-hel, Turn thee aside from following me : wherefore should I smite thee to the ground ? how then should I hold up my face to Jd'ab thy brother ? 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside : wherefore Ab'n6r with the hinder end of the spear smote him under ''the fifth rib, that the spear came out be- hind him ; and he fell down there, and died in the same place : and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place w^here A'sa-hel fell down and died stood still, 24 Jo'ab also and A-bish'a-i pursued after Ab'ngr : and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Am'mah, that lieth before Gi'ah by the wav of the wilderness of 'Gib'- e-on. 25 IT And the children of Ben'ja-mm gathered them^selves together after Ab'nSr, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. 26 Then Ab'ngr called to Jo'ab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever ? knowest thou not that it w^ill be bitterness in the latter end ? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid th« David waxeth strong. II. SAMUEL, 3. Ahner revolteth to him. CHAP. 2. people return from following their b. c. 1053. 'brethi'en ? 27 And Jo'ab said, As God liveth, ^ ^^^^^ ^^ unless thou "hadst spoken, surely ^^ pi.0.17,14 then ^"in the morning the people had Pro. 25, s ''gone up every one from following ^^^^^1^^*^/ his brother. 13 Or, gone 28 So Jo'ab blew a trumpet, and all ^ ""^^^l'^ ^^ the people stood still, and pursued ;"^.(.°JJf 32 2 after is'ra-el no more, neither fought | Josh^ they any more. | ch. 17, 24 29 And Ab'nSr and his men waikedl^c Gen 47, all that night through the plain, ' "- ' and passed over Jor'dan, and went through all 'Bith'ron, and they came to "'Ma-ha-na'im. 30 And Jo'ab returned from follow- ing Ab'nSr : and when he had gath- ered all the people together, there lacked of Da'vid's servants nineteen men and A'sa-hel. 31 But the servants of Da'vid had Gen.49,29 Judg.8,32 ch. 17, 23 ch. 19, 37 ch. 21, 14 CHAP. 3. c 1 Sam. 25,43 1 Or, Daniel, 1 Chr. 3, 1 d 1 Sam. 27,8 ch. 13, 37 e 1 Ki. 1, 5 3. a Ps. 4C, 9 Isa. 2, 4 Mic. 4, 3 smitten of Ben'ja-min,and of Ab'nSr's & ichr.s, 1 men, 50 ^A-3?^ three hundred and three- score men died. 32 IT And they took up A'sa-hel, and buried him in the sepulchre 'of his father, which was hi Beth'-le-hem. And J5'ab and his men went all night, and they came to He'bron at break of [ / Pro.2ii3o day. CHAPTER 2 Six sons born to David. 6 Abner revolts to David. 22 Joab kills Abner. 31 David mourns for Abner. NOW there was long ''war between the house of Saul and the house of Da'vid : but Da'vid waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 2 ^ And *unto DaVid were sons bom in He'bron: andhis firstborn wasAm'- non, of ' A-hin'o-am the Jez're-el-it-ess ; 3 And his second, 'Chire-ab, of Ab'i- gail thewifeof Na'bal theCar'mel-ite; and the third, Ab'sa-lom the son of g ch. 21, 8,10 h ch. 16, 21 i Deut. 23,18 1 Sam. 24, 15 ch. 9, 8 ch. 16, 9 j Ruth 1,17 1 Ki. 19, 2 k 1 Sam. 15,28 1 Sam.16, 1, 12 1 Sami. 28, 17 1 Chr. 12,23 Ps. 78, 70 Ps. 89, 19,20 Actsl3,22 Ma'a-cah the daughter of Tal'mai^ ^i'^F^^^'.i u-:.^^ ,/^* -^ ::;/„!,,-:„ ch. 17, il king ''of Ge'shur ; 4 And the fourth, 'Ad-o-ni'jah the son of Hag'gith; and the fifth, Sheph-a- tfah the son of Ab'i-tal ; 5 And the sixth, ith're-am, by Eg'lah Da'vid's wife. These v\^ere born to Da'vid in He'bron. 6 ^And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of Da'vid, that Ab'iier ■'"made himself strong for the house of Saul. 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was ^Riz'pah, the daughter of A-i'ah: and Ish-ho' sheth said to 1 Ki. i, 25| 1048. 2 saying. m Gen. 43, 3 n 1 Sam. 18,20 1 Sam.18, 25, 27 p 1 Sam. 25,44 Phalli. 3 going and weeping. Pro. 20,25 q ch. 19, 16 4 both yes- terday and the third day. r 1 Chr. 12. 29 319 Ab'ngr, Wherefore hast thou '^gone in unto my father's concabine ? 8 Then was Ab'ngr very wroth for the vv^ords of lsh-b5'sheth, and said, Am I 'a dog's head, which against Jii'- dah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to "his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of Da'vid, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman ? 9 So •'do God to Ab'nSr, and more also, except, ^as the Lord hath sworn to Da'vid, even so 1 do to him ; 10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of Da'vid over is'ra-el and over Jii'dah,^from Dan even to Be'er- she'ba. 1 1 And he could not answer Ab'nSr a word again, because he feared him. 1 2 IT And Ab'nSr sent messengers to Da'vid on his behalf, saying, W hose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all is'ra-el unto thee. 13 And he said, Well ; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I re- quire of thee, "'that is. Thou '"shalt not see my face, except thou first bring "Mi'chal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. 14 And Da'vid sent messengers to ish-bo'sheth Saul's son, saying. De- liver me my wife Mi'chal, which I es- poused to me for ''an hundred fore- skins of the Phi-lis'tines. 15 And Ish-bo'sheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phal'ti-el -Pthe son of La'ish. 1 6 And her husband went with her ^along weepmg behind her to ?Ba- hii'rim. Then said Ab'nSr unto him, Go, return. And he returned. 17 IF And Ab'nSr had communication with the elders of Is'ra-el, saying. Ye sought for Da'vid ''in times past to be king over you : 1 8 N ow then do it : for the Lord hath spoken of Da'vid, saying,By the hand of my servant Da'vid I wHl save my people l§'ra-el out of the hand of the Phi-lis'tines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. 1 9 And Ab'ngr also spake in the ears ''of Ben'ja-min: and Ab'ner went also to speak in the ears of Da'vid in He'- bron all that seemed good to is'ra-el, and that seemed good to the whole house of Ben'ja-min. Joah killeth Ahner. II. SAMUEL, 4. David 7}%oiirneth for him. 20 So Ab'ngr came to DaVid to He'- bron, and twenty men with him. And Da'vid made Ab'ngr and the men that ?/jere with him a feast. 2 1 And Ab'nSr said unto Da'vid, I will arise and go, and will gather all is'ra-el unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou may est reign over "^all that thine heart desireth. And DaVid sent Ab'nSr away ; and he went in peace. 22 1[And^behoid,the servants of Da'- vid and Jo'ab came from pu7'sici?ig a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them : but Ab'ner i/jas not with Da'vid in He'bron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 23 When J5'ab and all the host that to as with him were come, they told J5'ab, saying, Ab'nSr the son of ISTer came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Jo'ab came to the king, and said. What hast thou done ? behold, Ab'ner came unto thee ; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is ^quite gone ? 25 Thou knowest Ab'nSr the son of NSr,that he came to deceive tliee, and to know thy 'going out and thy com- mg in. and to know all that thou doest. 2b And when Jo'ab was come out from Da'vid, he sent messengers after Ab'ner, which brought himagain from the well of Si'rah : but Da'vid knew it not. 27 And when Ab'n5r was returned to He'bron, J5'ab Hook him aside in the gate to speak with him ''quietly, and smote him there under 'the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of "A'sa-hel his brother. 28 *iFAnd afterward when Da'vid heard it, he said, I and my kingdom aj'e gLiiltless before the Lord for ever from the 'blood of Ab'nSr the son of IS'Sr: 29 Let ^it rest on the head of J5'ab, and on ail his father's house ; and let there not ^fail from the house of Jo'ab one ^that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that f alleth on the sword, or that iack- eth bread. 30 So Jo'ab and A-bish'a-i his brother slew Ab'nSr, because he had slain their brother "^A'sa-hel at Gib'e-on in the battle. 31 *TAnd Da'vid said to Jo'ab, and to all the people that tvere with him, ""Rend your clothes, and *gird you B. C. 1048. CHAP. 3. s 1KL11,37 5 going, gone. t 1 Sam. 29, 6 Isa. 37, 28 u 1 Ki. 2, 5 ch. 20, 9,10 6 Or,pcace- ably. V ch. 4, 6 w ch. 2, 23 7 bloods. X Judg. 9, 24, 56, 57 1 Ki. 2, 32,33 Ps. 7, 11, 16 Ps. 94. 22,23 Pro. 2, 22 Pro. 5, 22 8 he cut off. V Lev. 15, 2 z ch. 2, 23 a Josh. 7, 6 ch. 1,2,11 h Gen.37,34 2 Ki. 19, 1 Job 16, 15 Joel 1, 8 9 bed. c Job 31, 28,29 Pro.24,17 d ch. 13. 12, 13 10 children of in- iquity. e ch. 12, 17 Jer. 16, 7 / Ruth 1,17 g ch. 1, 12 11 vjas good in their eyes. 12 tender. h ch. 19, 7 i ch. 19, 13 1 Ki. 2, 5, 6, .33, 34 Ps. 28, 4 Ps. 62, 12 2 Tim. 4, 14 with sackcloth, and mourn before Ab'- nSr, And king Da'vid himself fol- lowed, the "bier. 32 And they buried Ab'nSr in He'- bron : and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at "^the grave of Ab'ner ; and all the people wept. 33 And the king lamented over Ab'- nSr, and said, Died Ab'nSr as a fool ^dieth? 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters : as a man f all- eth before "wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. 35 And when aU the people came to 'cause Da'vid to eat meat while it was yet day, Da'vid sware, saying, -^So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till Hhe sun be dOT\Tl. 3 6 And all the people took notice of it, and it ^ ^pleased them: as what- soever the king did pleased all the people. 37 For all the people and all l§'ra-el understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Ab'nSr the son of NSr. 3 8 And the king said unto his serv- ants. Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this dav in l§'ra-el ? 3y And I am this day ^Veak, though- anointed king ; and these men the sons of Zer-u-i'ah ^^e too hard for me : 'the Lord shall reward the doer of CHAP. 4. 1 second. a Josh. 18,25 bNeh. 11, 33 c ch. 9, 3 d 1 Sam. 29, 1 320 evil according to his wickedness. ~* ^ CHAPTER 4. 2 Baanah and Rechah slay Jsh-boxJieth, and bring his head to Hebron. 9 David causes them to be put to death. A^jy when Saul's son heard that Ab'nSr was dead in He'bron, his hands were feeble, and all the is'ra-el- ites were troubled. 2 And Saul's son had two men that yjere captains of bands : the name of theone-wjasBa'a-nah, and the naineof the ^other He'chab, the sons of Rim'- mon aBe-e'roth-Ite,of the children of Benja-mm : (for Be-e'roth '''also was reckoned to Ben'ja-mln. 3 And the Be-e'roth-ites fied ^to Glt'- ta-im, and were sojourners there until this day.) 4 And " Jon'a-than, Saul's son, had a son that loas lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jon'a-than out '^oi Jez're-el. and his nurse took him up, and fled : and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he feU, and * H. 1 Chron. 28. 9. ' H JRechab and Baanah slain. II. SAMUEL, 5. David made king of Israel. thi 9 became lame. And his name loas ^Me-pliib'o-shetii. 5 •: And the sons of Rim'mon_the Be- e'roth-ite, Re'chab and Ba'a-nah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of lsh-b5'sheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, 'as though they would have fetched wheat ; and they smote him -^"under the fifth 7'ib : and Re'chab and Ba'a-nah his brother es- caped. - T For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, \ and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded hmi, and took his head, and ^gat them away through the plain all night. 8 And they brought the head of ish- b5'sheth unto Da'vid to He'bron,and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-b5'sheth the son of Saul thine ene- my, ''which sought thy life ; and the J^ORD hath avenged my lord the king s day of Saul, and of his seed. And Da'vid ansvv^ered Re'chab and Ba'a-nah his brother, the sons of Rim'mon the Be-e'roth-Ite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, ^vho hath redeemed mv soul out of all ad- versify, 1 When ^'one told me, sa;}dng, Be- hold, Saul is dead, ^thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Zik'lag, Svho thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings : 11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed ? shall I not therefore now ^require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth ? 1 2 And Da'vid commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in He'- bron. But they took the head of ish- bo'sheth, and buried it in the ^sepul- chre of Ab'ner in He'bron. CHAPTER 5. \ Tlie tribes anoint David king over Israel. 6 He' takes Zion fromthe Jehusites. 13 Eleveyisons born\ to him. 17. 22 He smites the Philistines. ■ THEN <^came all the tribes of is'-| ra-el to Da'vid unto He'bron, and spake, saying. Behold, *we «re thy bone and thy flesh. 2 Also in tune past, when Saul was king over us, ''thou wast he that led- dest out and broughtest in l§'ra-el: (21) B. C. 1048. CHAP. i. 2 Or, Me- rih-baal. lChi-.8,34 lChr.9,40 e Judg.5,25 Ps. Ii7,14: fch. 2, 23 g 1 Sam. 31,9 7i 1 Sam. 19, 2 1 Sam.. 23, 15 1 Sam. 25,29 i G-en.48,16 1 Ki. 1, 29 Ps. 31, 7 j ch. 1, 2 3 he was in his own eyes a.s a bringer, etc. i Or, which was the retvard I gave h im for his 'tidings, k Gen. 9,5,6 I ch. 3, 32 CHAP. 5. ! a 1 Chr. i 12, 23 I b Gen.29,14J c 1 Sam. I 15, 13 d 1 Sam. 16, 1 ch. 7, 7 Ps. 78, 71 e lChr.11,3 /2Ki.ll,17 g Judg. 11, 11 1 Sam. 23, 18 h 1 Chr. 26, 31 1 Chr. 29, 27 i 1 Chr. 3, 4 j .Judg.1,21 k Josh. 15, 63 Jr.dg. 19, il 1 Or, say- in{i. Da- rid shall not, etc. I lChr.11,8 3 Or, Be- causethey had said, even the blind and the lame. He shall not come into the j house. )»lKi.9,24 1 Ki.11,27 3 went go- ing and growing. n 1 Ki. 5, 2 lChr.14,1 4 heivers of the ston€ of the wall, Tsa. 45, 4 p Deut. 17, 17 321 and the Lord said to thee. Thou ''shait feed my people Is 'ra-el, and thoushalt be a captam over is'ra-ei. 3 So 'all the elders gi t^'ra-el came to the king to He'bron; -^'and king Da'vid made a league with them in He'bron •"before the Lord : and they anointed Da'vid king over is'ra-el. I Da'vid toas thirty years old when he began to reign, ^and he reigned forty years. 5 In He'bron he reigned oA'er Ju'dah 'seven years and six months : and in J e- ru'sa-lem he reigT.ed thirty and three years over aU Is'ra-el and Ju'dah. 6 *TAnd the king and his men v^ent ■'to Je-ru'sa-lemunto Hhe Jeb'u-sites, the inhabitants of the land : wliich spake unto Da'vid, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither : ^thinking, Da'vid cannot come in hither. 7 Nevertheless Da'vid took the strong hold of Zi'on : the sam_e is the city of Da'vid. 8 And Da'vid said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gTitter, and smiteth the J eb'u-sites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of Da'vid's soul, V?-e shaJl he chief and captain. "'^Yv^herefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 9 So Da'vid dwelt in the fort, and called it the citj^ of Da'vid. And Da'^ad built round about ™from MlL'- 15 and inward. 10 And Da'vid "went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts icas ^vith him. I I YAnd '^Hi'ram king of Tj^re sent messengers to Da'vid, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and "^masons: and they built Da'vid an house. 12 And Da'^^d perceived that the Lord had established him king over Is'ra-el, and that he had exalted his kingdom ^or his people le'ra-el's sake. 13 "iTAnd ^'Da'vid took hinijoaovs concubines and wives out of J e-riv- sa-lem, after he was come from He'- bron : a.nd there were yet sons and daughters born to Da'vid. 14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Je-ru 'sa- lem ; Sham-mii'ah, and Sho'bab, and Na'than, and Sol'o-mon, ISlb'har also, and £l-i-shu'a, and Xe'pheg, and Ja-phl'a, The Philistines defeated. II. SAMUEL, 6. Uzzah is smitten. 1 6 And E-lish'a-ma, and E-lfa-da, and E-liph'a-let. 1 7 ^rBut'/whenthePhi-lis'tinesheard that they had anointed DaVid king over l^'ra-el, all the Phi-lis'tine§ came up to seek DaVid; and Da'vid heard of it, ''and went down to the hold. 18 The Phi-lis'tine§ also came and sprep^d themselves in *the valley of ^Keph'a-im. 19 And DaVid 'enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall i go up to the Phi-lis'tines ? wilt thou deliver them ' into mine hand ? And the Lord said unto DaVid, Go up : for I will doubt- less deliver the Phi-lis'tine§into thine hand. 20 And DaVid came to "Ba'al-per'a- zim, and DaVid smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place ''Ba'al-per'a-zim. 21 And there they left their images, and DaVid and his men" burned them. 22 IF And the Phi-lis'tine§ came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Reph'a-im. 23 And when DaVid enquired of the Lord, he said. Thou shalt not go up ; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. 24 And let it be, when thou hear est the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself : for then ^hall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Phi-lis'tmes. 25 And DaVid did so, as" the Lord had commanded him ; and smote the Phi-lis'tmes from Ge'ba until thou come to Ga'zgr. CHAPTER 6. I David fetches the ark from Kirjath-jearim on a new cart. 6 Uzzah smitten. 13 David afterivards brings the arlc to Zion. 20 MichaVs barrenness. AGAIIST, DaVid gathered together all the chosen me?^ of I§'ra-el, thirty thousand. 2 And "Da'vid arose, and went with all the people that loere with him from ^Ba'ai-e of Jii'dah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, ^vhose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that ^dwelleth between the cherubims. 3 And they ^set the ark of God up- on ""a new cart, and brought it out of the house of A-bin'a-dab that vms in *Gib'e-ah : and iJz'zah and A-hfo, B, C. 1048. CHAP. 5. Q 1 Chr. 11, IG r ch. 23, 14 s Josh. 15,8 Isa. 17, 5 5 Or, Giants. t ch. 2, 1 H Isa. 28, 21 6 That is. The plain of breaches. 7 Or, took them away. B. C. 1042. CHAP. 6. a lChr.13,5 1 0\\Baal- ah, that is, Kir- jath- jearim, Josh. 15,9 2 Or, at which the name, even the name of the LORD, of hosts, was called upon. b 1 Sam.4,4 Ps. 80. 1 3 made to ride. c Num. 7, 9 4 Or, The hill. 1 Sam.7,1 5 ivith. 6 Or, Chidon, lChr.13,9, that is, Destroy- ingstroke. d Num.4,15 7 Or, stumbled. e 1 Sam. 6, 19 8 Or, rash- ness. 9 broken. 10 That is. The breach of Uzzah. /Ps. 119, 120 Lu. 5, 8 g Gen.30,27 Gen. 39, 5 h Num.4,15 Josh. 3. 3 1 Chr. 15, 2, 15 i 1 Ki. 8, 5 / Ex. 15, 20 Ps. 30, 11 k 1 Sam. 2 18 1 Chr. 15, 27 32S ^Na'- "'put God, oxen the sons of A-bin'a-dab, drave the new cart. 4 And they brought it out of the house of A-bin'a-dab which was at Gfo'- e-ah, ^accompanying the ark of God : and A-hi'o went before the ark. 5 And DaVid and all the house of Is'ra-el played before the Lord on all manner of instru^nents made of fn wood, even on harps, and on psalter- ies, e^nd on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 6 And when they came to chon's threshingfloor, iJz'zah forth his hand to the ark of and took hold of it; for the ■'shook it. 7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uz'zah ; and 'God smote him there for his ^error; and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And Da'vid was displeased, be- cause theLoRD had ^madeabreach up- on tjz'zah: and he called the name of the place ^"Pe'rez-uz'zah to this day. 9 And -^Da'vid was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me ? 1 So Da'vid would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of Da'vid : but Da'vid carried it aside into the house of O'bed-e'dom the Git'tite. 1 1 And the ark of the Lord contin- ued in the house of O'bed-e'dom the Git'tite three months : and the Lord ^blessed o'bed-e'dom, and all his household. 12 ^And it was told king Da'vid, saying. The Lord hath blessed the house of o'bed-e'dom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So Da'vid went and brought up the_ark of God fr®m the house of O'bed-e'dom into the city of Da'vid with gladness. 1 3 And it was so, that when ^they tliat bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed 'oxen and fatlings. 14 And Da'vid -^danced before the Lord with all his might ; and DaVid ^ca6' girded with ^a linen ephod. 15 So Da'vid and all the house of l§'- ra-(il brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 16 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of Da'vid, IMi'chal Saul's daughter looked thi-ough a window, and saw king Da'vid leaping and The ark brought to Zion. 11. SAMUEL, 1. God's covenant with David. dancing before Llie Lord ; and she de- spised him in her heart. 1 7 IF And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in 'liis place, in the midst of the tabernacle that Da'vid had ^ ^pitched for it: and Da'vid '"of- fered burnt offerings and peace offer- ings before the Lord. 18 And as soon as DaVid had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings people in the name hosts. 1 9 And he dealt among all the peo- ple, even among the whole multitude of i§'ra-el, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a fla,gon of loine. So all the people de}3arted every one to his house. 20 II Then "Da'vid returned to bless CHAP. 6. : lChr.15,1 Ps. 132, 8 he blessed the of the Lord of n Ps. 30, title. Eccl. 7,16 Isa. 59, 15 p 1 Sam. 19,24 q Judg. 9, 4 12 Or, openly. r 1 Sam. 13, li 1 Sam, 15,28 13 Or, of the hand- maids of my serv- ants. his household. And Mfchal the daughter of Saul came out to meet Da'vid, and said, ''How glorious was the king of is'ra-el to day, who ^'un- covered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the ^vain fellovv-s '-shamelessly un covereth himsel " 1 Sam. 15. 35 I sa. 22,14 If! CHAP. 7. a lChr.17,1 ft ch. 5, 11 c Ex. 26, 1 Ex. 40, 21 21 And Da'vid said unto Mi'chai, It d i Ki. 8, 17 ichr.22,7 lChr.2S,2 1 to my servant, to David. e 1 Ki. 8, 16 /Lev.26,11 Deut. 23, 14 2 lClir.17,6 any of the judge a. g ch. 5, 2 Ps. 78, 71,72 Mat. 2, 6 Acts20,28 3 from after. 4 from, thy face. Ps. 39. 23 was before the Lord, which chose me '^before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over l§'ra-el : there- fore will I play before the Lord. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and '^of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. 23 Therefore jMi'chal the daughter of Saul 'had no child unto the day of her death. CHAPTER 7. : NathaJi approves the purpose of David to build God an house ; 4 God appoints his successor to build it. 18 David''s prayer and thanksgivlyig. 7 Tp ^'> 9. AKD it came to pass, "when the i ps. ii "2 king sat in his house, and the' Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies ; 2 That the king said unto Na'than the prophet, See now, 1 dwell in *an house of cedar, but the ark of God d welleth ''within curtains. 3 And Na'thpm said to the king, Go, do all that is '^in thine heart ; for the Lord is Avith thee. 4 I1 And it came to pass that night, q 1 sam. that the word of the Lord came unto Na'than, saying, 5 Go and tell 'my servant Da'vid, B. c. 1042. 1 Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build 'me an house for me to dAvell in ? I 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any I house since 'the time that I brought iistretcTied.jUp the children of l§'ra-el out of m 1 Ki. 8, 5 E'gypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the idlaces wherein I -'have walked withail the children of Is'ra-el spake I a word with -any of the tribes of Is'ra-el, whom I commanded i-to feed my people l§'ra-el, saying. Why build ye not me an house of cedar ? 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant DaVid, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 1 took thee from the sheepcote, ^from following the sheep, to be nxLer over my people, over l§'ra-el : 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies ^out of thy sight, and have made thee '^a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover I wiU appoint a place for my people Is'ra-el, and 'will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more, neither shall the children of vx'icked- ness afflict them any more, as before- time, 11 And as since the time that I co'm- manded judges to he over my people Is'ra-el, and have caused tnee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house. 12 And Avhen thy days be fulfilled, and thou ^shalt sleep with thy fathers, T will set up thj^ seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom, 1 3 He '"shall build an house for my name, and I will "stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 141 '^vill be his father, and he shall" be my son. If ^he commit iniquity, I wiU chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the chil- dren of men : L. Job 7. 17, 18.. 1 5 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, ?as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 1 6 And 'thine house and thy king- dom shall be establishea for ever be- fore thee : thy throne shall be estab- lished for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Na'than speak unto Da'vid. Ps. so, 8 Jer. 24, 6 Amos9,15 j 1 Ki. 2, 1 fe Deut. 31, 16 Actslo,36 Z 1 Ki. 8, 20 Ps.132, 11 m 1 Ki. 5, 5 n Ps. 89, 4 Heb. 1, 5 p Ps. 89, 30 15, 23 r Ps. 89, 36, 37 John 12,34 323 DavicTs thanksgiijing. II. SAMUEL, 8. lie siihdueth his enemies. D 18 If Then went king Da'vid in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, *Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto ? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And Hs this the ^manner of man, O Lord God? 20 And what can Da'vid say more unto thee ? for thou, Lord God, know- est "thy servant . E. 1 Kings 8. 39. 21 For thy "word's sake, and a^ccord- ing to thine own heai't, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. 2S Wherefore "thou art great, O Lord God : for ""there is none like thee, neither is there any God be- side thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears, 23 And ^what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like I§'ra-el, whom God went to redeem f oi* a people t o himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great I things and terrible, for thy land, be- for e ^thy people, which thou redeem- edst to thee from E'gypt, /rom the i nations and their gods ? * 24 For ''thou hast confirmed to thy- self thy people l§'ra-^l to he a people unto thee for ever : and thou. Lord, art become their God. 25 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy ^name be magnified for ever, saying. The Lord of hosts is the God over i§'ra-el : and let the house of thy servant Da'vid be estab- lished before thee. 27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of I§'ra-el, hast ''revealed to thy serv- ant, saying, I v/ill build ttie^ an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and "^thy words be true, and thou hast promised this good- ness unto thy servant : 29 Therefore now ^let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it : and with thy blessing let * D. 2 Sam. 24. 24. B. C. 1042. CHAP. 7. s Gen.32,10 t Isa. 55, 8 5 law. itGen.18,19 Ps. 139, 1 V Eph. 4, 32 IV 1 Chr. 16,25 2 Chr. 2, 5 Ps. 48, 1 Ps. 86, 10 Ps. 96, 4 Ps. 135, 5 Ps. 145, 3 Jer. 10, 6 X Deut.3,24 Deut.4,35 Deut. 32, 39 1 Sam.2,2 Ps. 86, 8 Ps. 89 6 Isa. 45, 5 y Deut. 4, 7 Deut. 33,29 Ps.147, 20 2 Neh. 1. 10 a Deut. 26,18 b Ps. 72, 19 Mat. 6, 9 6 opened the ear. c John 17, 17 7 be thou pleased and bless. B. C. 1040. CHAP. 8. a lChr.18,1 1 Or, The bridle of Ammah. b Num. 24, 17 c Ps. 72, 10 d ch. 10, 6 Ps. 60, title. e Gen.15,18 2 Or. of his. 3 Or, Tib- hath. 4 Ov.Chum, lChr.18,8 5 ask him of peace. 6 was a man of wars with. 7 in Ms hand were. f Mic, 4, 13 Rev.21,24 324 the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. CHAPTER 8. 1 David siibdues the Philistines, and makes the Moab- ites tributary: 3 he smites Hadadezer and the Syrians : 15 his reign. AND "after this it came to pass, that Da'vid smote the Phi-lis'- tine§, and subdued them : and Da'vid took ^Me'theg-am'mah out of the hand of the Phi-lis'tine§. 2 And %e smote Mo'ab, and meas ured them with a line, casting them down to the ground ; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Mo'ab-ites becamxC Da'- vid's servants, a7id ""brought gifts. 3 llDa'vid srnote also Had-ad-e'zgr, the son of Re'hob, king of "^Zd'bah, as he went to recover ^his border at the river Eii-phra'te§. tf And Da'vid took ^f rom him a thou- sand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot- men: and Da'vid houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syr'i-an§of Da-mas'- cus came to succour Had-ad-e'zer king of Z5'bah, Da'vid slew of the Syr'i- ans tv/o and twenty thousand men. 6 Then Da'vid put garrisons in Syr'- i-a of Da-mas'cus : and the Syr'i-an§ became servants to Da'vid, and brought gifts. And the Lord pre- served Da'vid whithersoever he went. 7 And Da'vid took the shields of fold that were on the servants of [ad-ad-e'zgr, and brought them to Je-ru'sa-lem. 8 And from ^Be'tah, and from ^Ber'o- thai, cities of Had-ad-e'zSr, king Da'- vid took exceeding much brass. 9^[When To'i king of Ha'math heard that Da'vid had smitten all the host of Had-ad-e'zer, 10 Then To'I sent Jo'ram his sop unto king Da'vid, to ^salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Had-ad-e'z6r, and smitten him : for Had-ad-e'zgr 'liad wars witn To'I. And Jo'ram 'brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass : 11 Which also king Da'vid ■'"did ded- icate unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued ; 1 2 Of Syr'i-a, and of Mo'ab, and of the children of Am'mon, and of the Phi-lis'tine§, and of Am'a-lek, and o^' MephAbosheth sent for and II. SAMUEL, 9, 10. eTizertained by David. the spoil of Had-ad-e'zSr, son of Re'- hob, king of Zo'bah. 1 3 And Da'vid gat him a name when ae returned from ^smiting of the Syr'- ;-an§ in the ^valley of salt, ^ being eighteen thousand men. 14 ^And he put garrisons in E'dom ; throughout all E'domput he garri- sons, and ^all th-Qj of E'dom became Da'vid's servants. And the Lord pre- served DaVid whithersoever he went . 15 And DaVid reigned over all l§'- ra-el ; and DaVid executed judgment and justice_unto all his people. 16 And-'Jo'ab the son of Zer-u-i'ah ^o a'soverthe host; and ^Je-hosh'a-phat the son of A-hflud vkis "recorder ; 17 And ^Za'dok the son of A-hftub, and A-him'e-lech the son of A-bfa- thar, were the priests ; and Ser-a-i'ah was the "scribe ; 1 8 And '"Be-na'iah the son of Je-hoi'- a-da was over both the "Cher'e-thites and the Pel'e-thites ; and DaVid's sons were ^^chief rulers. CHAPTER 9. 1 I)ar>id sends for Mephibosheth, 7 entertains Mm, at his table, 9 and restores Mm all that ivas SauVs. AND Da'vid said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew ''him kindness for Jon'a-than's sake ? 2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name ^was Zf ba. And when they had called him unto Da'vid, the king said unto liim, Art thou Zil^a ? And he said, Thy serv- ant is he. 3 And the king said, 7^ there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew 'the kindness of God unto him ? And Zf ba said imto the king, Jon'a- fchan hath yet a son, loh ich is ^ame on his feet. 4 And the king said imto him, Where is he ? And Zi'ba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of ^Ma'chir, the son of Am'mi-el, in Lo-de'bar. 5 Thenldng Da'vid sent, and fetched him out of the house of Ma/chir the son of Am'mi-el, from Lo-de'bar. 6 Now when ^Me-phib'o-sheth, the son of Jon'a-than, the son of Saul, was come unto Da'vid, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And Da'vid said, Me-phib'o-sheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant ! 7 1 And Da'^-id said unto him, Fear ^not : for I will surely shew thee kind- ness for Jon'a-than thv father's sake, B. C. 1040. CHAP. 8. 8 his smit- ing. g 2 Ki. 14, 7 9 Or, slay- ing. 7i Gen.27,29 Num. 24,18 i Ps. 37, 28 Ps. 121, 8 Ps. 145.20 j ch. 19, 13 k 1 Ki. 4, 3 10 Or, remem- brancer, or, writer of chron- icles. I lChr.24,3 11 Or, secretary. m 1 Chr. 18, 17 n 1 Sam. 80.14 12 Or, •princes. CHAP. 9. a 1 Sam. 18,3 1 Sam. 20,14 Pro. 27,10 b ch. 16, 1 ch. 19, 17 c 1 Sam. 20,14 d ch. 4, 4 e ch. 17, 27 1 Called Merib- baal, lChr.8,34 / GeR.50,21 g Jer. 52, 33 h 1 Sam. 24,14 ch. 16, 9 i ch. 16, 4 ch. 19, 29 Isa. 32. 8 j ch. 19, 17 k ch. 16,1-4 ch. 19, 24-30 Pro. 12,17 t lChr.8,34 m ch. 19, 33, 36 2 Ki.25,29 Jer. 52, 33,34 B. C. 1037. CHAP. 10. a 1 Sam. 11.1 ch. 17, 27 lChr.19,1 1 in thine eyes doth David. h Isa. 3, 17 Isa. 20, 4 Isa. 47, 2 Jer. 13, 22,26 Ezek. 16, 37 Mic. 1, 11 Nah. 3, 5 325 and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father ; and thou shait ■''eat bread at my table continually. 8 And he bowed himself, and said. What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such ^a dead dog as I am f 9 ^Then the king called to Zi'ba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I liave given imto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all liis house. 10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat : but Me-phib'o-sheth ^ thy master's son shall eat bread al- way at my table. Xow Zi'ba -'had fif- teen sons and twenty servants. 1 1 Thensaid Zi'ba unto the king, Ac- cording ^to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Me-phib'o- sheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 12 AndMe-pliTo'o-sheth had a young son, whose ^name vms Mi'cha. And all that dwelt in the house of Zi'ba were servants unto Me-phib'o-sheth. 1 3 So Me-phib'o-sheth dwelt in Je- ru'sa-lem : for he did '"eat continually a.t the king's table ; and was lame on both his feet. CHAPTER 10. 1 David's messengers sent to comfort Hamin are dis- gracefullTj treated. 6 The Ammonites overcome. 15 The Sy7nans defeated. AND it came to pass after this, that the king "of the children of Am'- mon died, and Ha'nun his son reigned in his stead. 2 Then said Da'vid, I will shew kind- ness imto Ha'nun the son of Na 'hash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And Da'^dd sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his fa- ther. And Da'^ad's servants came in- to the land of the children of Am'mon. ^3 And the princes of the cliildren of Am'mon said unto Ha'nun their Icrd, 'Thinkest thou that Da'vid doth hon- our thy father, that he hath sent com- forters unto thee? hath not Da'vid rather sent his servants unto thee. to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? 4 Wherefore Ha'nun took Da'vid's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their gar- ments in the middle, even to *their buttocks, and sent them away. The Ammonites overcome. II. SAMUEL, 11. The Syrians defeated. 5 When they told it unto Da'vid, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed : and the king said, Tarry at ^Jer'i-ch5 until your beards be grown, and the7i return. 6 "i i^nd when the children of Am'- mon saw that they ^stank before Da'- vid,the children of Am'mon sent and hired -the Sy^rl-an§ of Beth-reli5b, and the Syr'i-an§ of Z5'ba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Ma'a- cah a thousand men, and of ^ish -tob twelve thousand men, 7 And when Da'vid heard of if, he sent Jo'ab, and all the host of the •"mighty men. 8 And the children of Am'mon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in_of the gate : and the Syr'- i-an§ of Zo'ba, and of Reliob, and tsh'tob, and Ma'a-cah, were by them- selves in the field. 9 When Jo'ab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice me?!. of is'ra-el, and put them in array against the Syi''i-an§ : lU And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of A-bish'a-i his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Am'- mon. 11 And he said, If the Syr'i-ansbetoo strong for me, then thou shaft ^help me : but if the children of Am'mon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. 12 Be •''of good courage, and let us ^play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the *LoRD do that which seemeth him good. 1 3 And J5 ab drew nigh, and the peo- ple that laere with hun, unto the bat- tle against the Syrl-an§: and they fied before hun. 14 And when the children of Am'- mon then and entered into the city. So J5'ab returned from the children of Am'- mon, and came to Je-ru'sa-lem. 15 IT And when the Syr'i-an§ saw that they were smitten before i§'ra-el, they gathered themselves together. 16 And Had-ar-e'zer sent, and brought out thoSyr'i-ans that were be- yond Uhe river : and they came to He'- 1am; and ^Sh5'bach the captain of the host of Had-ar-e'z5r4{7e?2^ before them. B. C. 1037. CHAP. 10. 3 Probably some vil- lage near to it. Compare Josh.6,24, with 1 Ki.16,34 C Gen.34,30 Ex. 5, 21 1 Sam. 13,4 dch. 8, 3, 5] 3 Or, the \ men of Tob. Judg. 11, 3,5 e ch. 23, 8 / Deut.31,6 2Clir. 19,11 1 Sam.4:,9 ICor. 16,13 h 1 Sam. 3,18 cii. 15, 26 ch. 22, 31, 32 Ps. 20, 7 Ps. 37, 3, 5,40 Ps. 44, 5,6 Ps. 118, 8 Ps. 146, o, 6,7 Pro. 29,25 4 That is, Euphra- tes. 5 Or, Sho- phach, IChr. 19,16 6 1 Chr. 19, 18 footmen. i Gen. 14, 4 B.C. 1035. CHAP. 11. 1 at the return of the year, 1 Ki. 20, 22,26 a lChr.20,1 b Deut.22,8 c Gen. 34, 2 Job 31, 1 Ps. 119,37 Mat. 5, 28 2 Or, Bath- shuah, 1 Chr. 3, 5 3 Or, Ammiel. d ch. 23, 39 e Ex. 20, 17 Lev.18,20 Lev.20,10 Ps. 51. title. Heb. 13, 4 Jas. 1, 14 4 Or, and when she had puri- fied her- self, etc., she re- turned. /Lev.15,19 Lev.18,19 g Lev. 20,10 5 of the I peace of, etc. h Ps. 44, 21 Ps. 55, 21 i Gen. 18, 4 Gen. 19,2 S26 17 And when it was told Da'vid, he gathered all is'ra-el together, and passed over J or 'dan, and came to Helam. And the Syr'i-an§ set them- selves in array against Da'vid, and fought with him. 1 8 And the Syr'i-an§ fled before is'- ra-el; and Da'vid slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syr'- i-an§, and forty thousand '^horsemen, and smote Sho'bach the captain of then* host, who died there. 19 And when all the kings that loere 'servants to Had-ar-e'zSr saw that they were smitten before is'ra-el, they made peace with i§'ra-el, and served them. So the Syr'i-an§ feared to help the cliildren of Am'mdn any more. CHAPTER 11. 1 Joab besieges Bubhah. 2 David commits adultery icith Bath-sheba. 17 Uriah is slain. 26 David takes Bath-sheba to wife. AND it came to pass, 'after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that Da'vid "sent Jo'ab, and his servants with hull, and all I§'ra-el ; and they destroyed the children of Am'mon, and besieged Rab'bah. But Da'vid tarried still at Je-ru'sa-lem. 2 ^And it came to pass in an even- ingtide, that Da'vid arose from off his bed, *and walked upon the roof of the king's house : and from the roof he ^saw a woman washing herself ; and the woman vms very beautiful to look upon. 3 And Da'vid sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this ^Bath'-she-ba, the daughter of ^E-lfam, the wife "^of U-ri'ah the Hit'tite? 4 And Da'vid sent messengers, and took her; and she came in un- to him, and 'he lay with her; ''for she was -^purified from her unclean- ness : and she retui^ned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told Da'vid, and said, ^I am with chLld_. 6 And Da'vid sent to J5'ab, saying, Send me U-ri'ah the Hit'tite. And J5'ab sent U-ri'ah to Da'vid. 7 And when U-ri'ah was come Lmto him, Da'vid demanded of him ^how J5'ab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered; 8 And Da'^ad said to U-ri'ah, *Go down to thy house, and Vash thy feet. And U-ri'ah departed out of the Uriah is slam. II. SAMUEL, 12. David marrieth Bath-sheda. king's house, and there '^followed him a mess of one at from the king. 9 But -^ U -rfah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not doA\Ti to his house. 10 And when they had told Da'vid, saying, U-ri'ah went not down unto his house, Da'vid said unto U-ri'ah. Camest thou not from thy journey ? why then didst thou not go do^\'n unto thine house ? 1 1 And U -rl ah said unto Da'vid. The ''^^ark,and ls'ra-el,and Ju'dah, abide in tents : and 'my lord Jo'ab, and the servants of my lord, '"are encamped in the open fields ; shall i then go into mme house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my ^vife ? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12 And Da'vid said to U-rrah,"Tar- rj here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So U-ri'ah abode in Je-ru'sa-lem that day, and the morrow, 1 3 And when Da'vid had called him. he did eat and drink before him ; and "he made him drunk : and at even he vrent out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. 1-1 "^And it came to pass in the morning, that Da'^^d ^wrote a letter to Jo'ab, and sent it by the hand of U-rl'ah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, say- ing. Set ye U-ri'ah in the forefront of the 'hottest battle, and retire j^e^from him, that he may be ^smitten, and die. 16 And it came to pass, when Jo'ab observed the city, that he assigned U-ri'ah unto a place where he kncAv that valiant men loere. 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with J5'ab : and there fell some of the people of the seiw- antsof Da'vid ; and U-ri'ah the Hit'- tlte died also. 18 ^Then Jo'ab sent and told Da'\"id all the things concerning the Avar ; 19 And charged the messenger, say- ing, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, "Where- fore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight ? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall ? 21 Who smote 'A-bim'e-lech the son B. 0. 1035. CHAP. 11. 6 went out after him. j Job 5, 12-li Pro. 21,30 k ch. 7. 2, 6 1 Sam.4:,4 I ch. 20, 6 Mat.10,25 m 2 Tini.2,3 u Job 20, 12-U Gen. 19, 33, 35 Hab.2,13 p 1 Ki. 21, 8 Ps. 19, 13 Eccl. 8,11 Jer. 17, 9 7 strong. 8 from after him. q ch. 12, 9 r Judg.9,53 s Judg.6,32 Jeruh- baaL 9 be evil in thine eyes. 10 so and such. Eccl. 9, 11,12 t ch. 12, 9 11 was evil in the eyes of. Job 10, 14 Job 11, 11 Jobli, 16 Ps. 5, 4 Ps. 45, 7 Ps. 139, 1-5 Pro. 15, 9 Hab. 1, 13 B.C.I'- i. CHAT 12. a Ps. 51, title. b ch. 14, 5 1 Ki.20,35 Isa. 5, 3 1 morsel. 327 of ' Je-rub'be-sheth ? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in The'- |bez? why went ye nigh the wall? I then say thou. Thy ser^^ant LJ-ri'ah ithe Hit'tite is dead also. I 22 "TSo the messenger went, and came and shewed Da'vid a)^ that ! Jo'ab had sent him for. 23 And the messenger said iinto Da'vid, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entermg of the gate. 21: And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy ser^'ants ; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant U-ri'ah the Hit'tite is dead also. 25 Then Da'A'id said unto the mes- senger. Thus shalt thou say unto Jo'ab, ~Let not this thing ^displease thee, for the sword devour eth ^*^one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. 26 ^And when the wife of U-ri'ah heard that U-ri'ah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 2 7 And v\'hen the mourning was past, Da'vid sent and fetched her to his house, and she 'became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that Da'vid had done ^^ displeased the Lord. CHAPTER 12. 1 Xnthnn''s paro.hle: 7 he applies it to Dnrid, who coD/es-ie-'i his sin, and is pardoned. iH Solomon is born. 26 Rahbah Is taken. AND the Lord sent Xa'than unto Da'vid. And ''he came untohim, and ^said unto him. There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich maji had exceeding many flocks and herds : 3 But the poor 7na7i had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it gTew up" together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his o^vn ^meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his o^vn herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him : but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. JSTathan aecuseth David. II. SAMUEL, 12. The birth of Solomon. R 5 And Da'vid's anger was greatly j Rc. 1034. eindled against the man; and he said i;0 Na'than, ^6^ the Lord Hveth, the man that hath done this thing 'shall surely die : 6 And he shall restore the ''lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 7 T And Na'than said to I)aVid, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of l^'ra-el, '^1 anointed thee king over i§'ra-el, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul ; 8 And I gave "thee thy Qouse, and thy master s wives into {hj^ bosom, and gave thee the house of l§'ra-el and of Ju'dah ; and if that koxl been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 9 W heref ore 'hast thou -^despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight ? ^thou hast killed U-ri'ah the liit'tite with the sword, and hast taken his v/ife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the chil- dren of Am'mdn, 10 Now therefore Hhe sword shall never depart from tliine house ; be- cause thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of u-ri'ah the Hit'tite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I "will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take 'thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun . 12 For thou didst it secretly: but ^I will do this thing before all l§'ra-el, and before the sun. 1 3 And ^DaVid said unto Na'than. I Hiave sinned against the Lord. And Na'than said unto DaVid. The Lord also hath put "'away thy sin; thou shalt not die . R. 2 Sam. 24. 10. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the fenemies of the Lord ''to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 1 5 IT And iSTa'than departed unto his house. And the Lord "struck the child that U-ri'ah's wife bare unto Da'vid, and it was very sick. 16 Da'vid therefore ^besought God for the child ; and DaVid ^fasted, and went in, and lay ^all night upon the earth. 1 7 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from CHAP. 12. 2 is n son of death, or. is worthy to die. c Ex. 22, 1 Lu. 19, 8 d 1 Sam. 16,13 e 1 Sara. 15, 19 / Lev. 26, 15, 16 Num. 15,31 Pro. 13,13 Isa. 5, 24 master's 'g ch. 11, 15 h Amos 7, 9 i Deut. 28, 30 j ch. 16, 22 k 1 Sam. 15,24 I ch. 24, 10 Job 7, 20 Ps. 32, 5 Ps. 51, 4 Pro. 28,13 m Ps. 32, 1 Mic. 7, 18 Zech. 3, 4 n Isa. 52, 5 Ezek. 36, 20 Rom. 2,24 Gen. 4, 7 Amos 3, 2 p Isa. 26, 16 Jer. 18, 8 Jer. 50, 4 3 fasted a fast. Judg. 20,26 Joel 1, 14 q ch, 13, 31 4 do hurt. r Ruth 3, 3 s Job 1, 20 Ps. 95, 6, 7,8 Ps. 99, 5, 8,9 Ps. 103, 1, 8-17 Pro. 3, 7 Pro. 14, 16,27 Pro. 16, 6 Lam. 3, 40,41 t Isa. 38,1,5 Jonah 3,9 u 2 Cor. 5, 1-8 Heb. 11, 10 Heb. 13,14 V Job 7, 8, 9 w Mat. 1, 6 X lChr.22,9 5 That is. Peaceable and H-rfect. "? i'liatis, ^idoved oj the Lord. y lChr.20,1 z Deut.3,11 7 That part where the cisterns were. 8 '^iny name he called upon it. 328 the earth : but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 1 8 And it came to pass on the seventh day,that thechilddied. Andtheserv- ants of Da'vid feared to tell him that the child was dead : for they said, Be- hold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice : how will he then Vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead ? 19 But when Da'vid saw that his servants whispered, Da'vid perceived that the child was dead: therefore Da'vid said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. 2 Then Da'vidarose from the earth, and washed, and ''anointed hi^nself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and nvor- shipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. 21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, v^hile it vms alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 22 And he said. While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept : for 'I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again ? "I shall go to him, but ''he shall not return to me. 24 IFAnd Da'vid comforted Bath'- she-ba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay v/ith her : and ''she bare a son, and ^he called his name '^Sol'o-mon : and the Lord loved him, 25 And he sent by the hand of Na'- than the prophet ; and he called his name''Jed-i-di'ah,becauseoftheLoRD. 26 IF And ^Jo'ab fought ^against Rab'- bah of the children of Am'mon, and took the royal city. 27 And Jo'ab sent messengers to Da'- vid, and said, I have fought against Rab'bah, and have taken ^the city of waters. 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it : lest I take the city, and 4t be called after my name. 29 And Da'vid gathered all the Amiion forcetli Tamar. II. SAMUEL, 13. She IS discarded by him. people together, and went toRab'bah, and fouglit against it, and took it. 30 And ^lie took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof iDCis a talent of gold with the precious stones : and it was set on Da'vid's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city 'in great abundance. 31 And he brought forth the people that loere therein, and ^°put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them, pass through the brick- kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Am'mon. So DaVid and all the people returned luito Je-ru'sa-lem. CHAPTER 13. t Ainnon loves Tamar: 6 he defiles her . 28 Amnon 18 slain. Ti Absalora flees to TaUnai. AND it came to pass after this, that " Ab'sa-lom the son of Da\dd had a fair sister, whose name v:as ^Ta'mar : and Am'non the son of Da'- vid loved her. 2 And Am'non was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Ta'mar; for she to as a virgin; and ^\m'n6n thought it hard for hmi to do any thing to her. 3 But Am'non had a friend, whose name vkis Jon'a-dab, 'the son of Shim'e-ah Da'vids brother: and| Jon'a-dab wets a very subtil man. 4 And he said unto him. Why eii^t thou, (^e?';?g the king's son, -lean^from day to day ? wilt thou not tell me ? And Am'non said unto him, "^I love Ta'mar, my brother Ab'sa-lom's sis- ter. 5 x4nd Jon'a-dab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed. and make thy- self sick : and when thy father com- eth to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Ta'mar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it^ and eat it at her hand. 6 So Am'non lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him. Am'non said unto the king, I pray thee, let Ta'mar my sister come, and 'make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at. her hand. T Then Da'vid sent home to Ta'mar. saying. Go now to thy brother Am'- non's house, and dress him meat. 8 So Ta'mar went to her brother Am'non's house; and he was laid 'do^vn. And she took ^fiour, and B. C. 1034. CHAP. 12. a lClir.20,2 9 very great. 10 Or, made the VI saiv wood and &tones,dig iron, and labour about furnaces. B. C. 1032. CHAP. 13. a ch. 3, 2, 3 b 1 Chr. 3, 9 1 It %vas marvel- lous, or, hidden in the eyes of AmnoJi. c 1 Sam. 16,9 2 thin. 3 morning by morn- ing. a Isa. 3, 9 e Gen. 18, 6 4 Or, yaste. f Gen. 45, 1 g Gen.39,12 5 humble me. Gen. 34, 2 6 it ought not so to be done. Lev. 18, 9,11 I Lev.20,17 h Gen. 34, 7 Judg. 19,23 Judg.20,6 i Lev. 18, 9,11 j Lev. 18, 9 Lev.20,17 Deut. 22,25 Deut. 27, 22 Ch. 12, 11 7 with great hatred greatly. k Gen. 37,3; Judg.o.SOJ Ps. 45, 14! I Josh. 7, 6 ch. 1, 2 Job 2, 12 m Jer. 2, 37 8 Aminon. 329 kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. 9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him ; but he refused to eat. And Am'non said, -'Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him. 10 And Am'n5n said unto Ta'mar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Ta'mar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them mto the chamber to Am'non her brother. 11 And when she had brought the77i unto him to eat, he -"took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. 1 v! And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not ^force me; for ^no such thing ought to be done in l§'- ra-el : do not thou this ^f oily. 13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go ? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in is'ra-el. Xow therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king ; for he 'will not with- hold me from thee. 14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice : but, being stronger than she, 'forced her, and lay with her. 1 5 ^Then Am'non hated her -exceed- ingly ; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her wees greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Am'non said unto her. Arise, be gone. 16 And she said unto hun, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. 1 T Then he called his Gei*vant that muiistered unto him, and said, Put now this y^omein out from me, and bolt the door after her. 1 8 And she had ^a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters thett v^ere virgins apparelled. 1 hen his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 19 TAnd Ta'mar put ^ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that loas on her, and '^laid her hand on higr head, and went on crying. 20 And Ab'sa-lom her brother said unto her. Hath ^Am'non thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; Absalom slayeth Amnon, II. SAMUEL, 14. andfleeth to Talra a i. •regard not this thing. So Ta'mar remained ^"desolate in her brother Ab'sa-lom's house. 21 llBut when king Da'vid heard of all these things, he was very wroth. 22 And Ab'sa-lom spake unto his brother Am'non neither good nor bad : for Ab'sa-lom hated "Am'non, because he had forced his sister Ta'mar. 23 '[And it came to pass after two full years, that Ab'sa-lom had sheep- shearers in Ba'al-ha'zor, which is be- side ^E'phra-im: and Ab'sa-lom in- vited all the king's sons. 24 And Ab'sa-lom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers ; let the king, I beseech thee, and his sei'vants go with thy servant. 25 And the king said to Ab'sa-lom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him : howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. 26 Then said Ab'sa-lom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Am'non go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee ? 27 But Ab'sa-lom pressed him, that he let Am'non and all the king's sons go with him. 28 llNow Ab'sa-lom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Am'non's ^'heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Am'non ; then kill him, fear not: ^'have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be '-valiant. 29 And the servants of Ab'sa-lom did unto Am'non as Ab'sa-lom had com- manded. Then all the king's sons arose, rmd every man '^gat him up upon his mule, and fled. 30 IF And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to Da'vid, saying, Ab'sa-lom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. 31 Then the king arose, and tare ''his garments, and lay on the earth ; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. 32 And Jon'a-dab, the son of Shim'- e-ah Da'vid's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons ; for Am'non only is dead : for by the ' ■'appointment of Ab'sa-lom this hath been "' ^determined from the day that he forced his sister Ta'mar. 35 Now therefore 'let not my lord B. C. 1032. P' CHAP. 13. 9 set not tliiiie heart. 10 and desolate. n Lev.lOJ? I 1 John 2, i 9,11 ! 1 John 3, 10, 12, 15 Gen.38,12 1 Sana. 25,4: Tosh. 17, 18 Judg.7,24 q Judg.19,6 Ruth 3, 7 1 Sam. 25,36 Esth.1,10 Ps.104, 15 11 Or, will you not, since I have com- manded ypul Josh. 1. 9 12 sons of valour. 13 rode. r ch. 1, 11 s ch. 12, 16 14 mouth. 15 Or, settled. t ch. 19, 19 16 accord- ing to the word of thy serv- ant. 17 with a great wee-ping greatly. u ch. 3, 3 18 Am- mihur. V ch. 14, 23 ch. 15, 8 19 Or, was con- sumedj, Ps. 84, 2 wGen.38,12 B. C. 1027. CHAP. 14. a 2Chr.ll,6 h Ruth 3, 3 t" Ex. 4, 15 d 1 Sam. 20,41 ch. 1, 2 1 save. Deut. 27, 19 2 Ki. 6, 26 e ch. 12, 1 2 no deliv- erer be- tween them. /Num. 35, 19 Deut. 19, 12 330 the king take the thmg to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Am'ndn only is dead. 34 But Ab'sa-lom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. 35 And Jon'a-dab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come : ' ''as thy servant said, so it is. 36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, be- hold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept : and the king also and all his servants wept ^Very sore. 37 IFBut Ab'sa-lom fled, and went to "Tal'mai, the son of ' '^Am-mi'hud, king of Ge'shur. And Da'vid mourned for his son every day. 38 So Ab'sa-lom fled,andwent to 'Ge'- shur, and was there three years. 39 And the soid of king DaVid '^longed to go forth unto Ab'sa-lom : for he was "'comforted concerning Am'non, seeing he was dead. CHAPTER 14. 2 Joab instructs a widow of Tekoah 4 Jiow to incline the Icing to bring home Absalom. 21 Joab sent to bring him to Jerusalem. ]VrO¥/ Jo'ab the son of Zer-u-i'ah X^ perceived that the king's heart loas toward Ab'sa-lom. 2 And Jd'ab sent to "Te-ko'ah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put ''on now mourn- ing apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead : 3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Jo'ab '■put the words in her mouth. 4 lAnd when the woman of Te-ko'ah spake to the king, "^she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, 'Help, O king. 5 And the king said unto her. What aileth thee? And she answered,^! am indeed a widow woman, and mine hus- band is dead. 6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and the^^e was ^none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. 7 And, behold, -^the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said. Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew ; and t/oab's artifice to II. SAMUEL, 14. bring Absalom home. upon the face of the earth. we will destroy the heir also : and so b. c. 1027. they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my hus-.CHAP. m, band neither name nor remainders ^upon the earth. | 8 And the king said unto the wom- an, Go to thine house, and I wiU a Gen.|7,i3 give charge concerning thee, | 25, 24 ' 9 And the woman of Te-k5'ah saidi 28.' I9 unto the king, My lord, O king, the! Mat.27,25 ^iniquity be on me,and on my father's' ^ ^ ^j, 2, 33 house: '^and the king and his throne} ^»e guiltless. . a that the 10 And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to m.e, and he shall not touch thee any more. 1 1 Then said she, I pray thee, let the|^ |i"^- king remember the Lord thy God, *that thou wouldest not suffer 'the re- vengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, -^As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the ^ ch. is, 37 earXD.. Im Job 34 15 12 Then the woman said, Let thine Heb.9,'27 handmaid, I pray thee, speak one' word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. 13 And the v/oman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the ^people of God ? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth' n Num. not fetch home again his 'banished. | ^°' ^^ 14 For we "must needs die, and are'e for rest. as water spilt on the groimd, which I ^ ^gj^^i ' 29, 9 ■ revenger of blood do not '^multiply to de- stroy. 1 Sam. 14,45 Acts27,34 k Judg.20,2 Or, Be- cause God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc. 7 to hear. \p ch. 19, 27 cannot be gathered up again ; Neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he "devise means, that his ban- ished be not expelled from him. 15 Now therefore that I am come toi^ blessed. speak of this thing unto my lord the 9 or, thy. king, it is because the people have! ^^ ^^ ^^ made me af ra,id : and thy handmaid ^ i)eut.3,i4 said, I will now speak imto the king ; it maybe that the king will perform j the request of Ms handmaid. '^^Ami^m IQ For the king will hear, to deliver! there was his handmaid out of the hand of the man that loould destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. 17 Then thine handmaid said, The's isa. 1, 6 word of my lord the king shall now be ■ t ch. is, 9 *comf ortable : f or "as an angel of God, so is my lord the king ^to discern good and bad : therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee. 1 8 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me. I^cb. is, is 331 r Gen. 43, 3 not a beautiful man in all Israel to praise greatly. 11 Sis pounds and a quarter avoirdu- pois. I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. 19 And the king said, Zs not the hand of Jo'ab witli thee in all this ? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken : for thy servant Jo'ab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine hand- maid: 20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Jo'ab done this thuig : and my lord is wise, according ^'to the wisdom of an angel of God, to > know all things that are in the earth. 21 ^And the king said unto J5'ab, Behold now, I have done this thing : go therefore, bring the young man Ab'sa-lom again. 22 And Jo'ab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed hunself, and ^thanked the king: and Jo'ab said, To day thy ser^^ant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of ®his ser-x-ant. 23 So Jd'ab arose ^and went to Ge'- shiir, and brought Ab'sa-lom to Je- ru'sa-lem. 24 And the king said, Let him turn to his 0"\vn house, and let him not ''see my face. So Ab'sa46m returned to liis ownhouse, and sawnot theking's face. 25 ^i^'^But in all Is'ra-el there was none to be so much praised as Ab'sa- 16m for his beauty : 'from the sole of his foot even to the croA\T.i of his head there Avas no blemish in him, 26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at everj^ year's end that he polled it: because ^the hair was hea^^ on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at ' ^two hundred shekels after the king's weight. 27 And "unto Ab'sa-lom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Ta'mar : she was a woman of a fair countenance. 28\So Ab'sa46m dwelt two full years in Je-ru'sa-lem, and saw not the king's face. 29 Therefore Ab'sa-lom sent for Jo'ab, to have sent him to the king ; but he would not come to him : and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. 30 Therefore he said imto his serv- JJavid greeteth Absalom. IL SAMUEL, 15. Absalom\s conspiracy. ants, See, Jd'ab's field is ^^near mine, and he hath barley there ; go "and set it on fire. And Ab'sa-lom's servants set the field on fire. 31 Then Jo'ab arose, and came to Ab'sa-lom mito his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy serv- ants set my field on fire ? 32 And Ab'sa-lom answered J5'ab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying. Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Ge'shur ? it had been good for me to have been there stHl: now therefore let me see the king's face ; and if "there be aiiy iniquity in me, let liim kill me. 33 So Jo'ab came to the king, and told him : and when he had called for Ab'sa-lom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king : and the king '"kissed Ab'sa-iom. CHAPTER 15. 1 Absalom steals the hearts of Israel : 10 he forms a conspiracy/, li Davidjlees from, Jerusalem. 29 The ark sent back. AND "it came to pass after this, that Ab'sa-lom ^prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 And Ab'sa-lom Tose up early, and stood beside the w^ay of the gate : and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy 'came to the king for judgment, then Ab'sa-lom called unto him, and said, Of what city ai^t thou ? And he said. Thy ser\"ant is of one of the tribes of is'ra-el. 3 And Ab'sa-lom said unto him, See, '^thy matters are good and right ; but Hhere is no man deputed oi. the king to hear thee. 4 Ab'sa-lom said moreover, ^Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man wliich hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice ! 5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obei sance,he put forth his hand, and -^took him, and kissed him. 6 And on this manner did Ab'sa-lom to all i§'ra-el that came to the king for judgment: so ^Ab'sa-lom stole the hearts of the men of I§'ra-el. 7 ^And it came to pass after ^forty years, that Ab'sa-lom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in -^He'bron. 8 For *thy servant Avowed a vow B. C. 1025. CHAP. 14. 12 nmr my place. V Judg.lo,5 ch. 13, 28 Pro. 29,12 w Job 31,33 Pro. 28,13 Jer. 8, 12 X Gen. 33, 1 Gen.45,15 Lu. 15, 20 B. C. 1024. CHAP. 15. a ch. 12, 11 b 1 Ki. 1, 5 Pro. 11, 2 Pro. 16,18 c Pro. 1, 16 1 to come, d Pro. 12, 2 2 Or, none will hear thee from, the king down- ward. e Judg.9,29 /Ps. 12, 2 g Rom. 16,18 1023. 3 Forty years from David's anoint- ing, as recorded in 1 Sam. 16,1, or, four years from Ab- salom's return. h ch. 2, 1 i 1 Sam. 16,2 j Gen.28,20 k ch. 13, 38 I 1 Sam. 9,13 1 Sam.16, 3, 5 m Gen. 20,5 n Ps. 41, 9 Ps. 55, 12 Josh. 15,51 V Ps. 3, 1 q Judg. 9, 3 r ch. 19, 9 Ps. 3, title. 4 thrust. 5 choose. s Ps. 3, title. 6 at his feet. t ch. 16, 21 u ch. 8, 18 V ch. 18, 2 7 make thee wander in going. VJ 1 Sam. 23,13 332 while ^I abode at Ge'shur in Syr'i-a, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Je-ru'sa-lem, then I will serve the Lord. 9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to He'- bron. 10 irBut Ab'sa-lom sent spies throughout all the tribes of I§'ra-el, saying. As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Ab'- sa-lom reigneth in He'bron. 11 And with Ab'sa-lom went two hundred men out of Je-ru'sa-lem, that were ^called ; and they went "in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing. 12 And Ab'sa-lom sent for A-hith'o- phel the Gi'lo-nite, "Da'vid's counsel- lor, from his city, even "from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong ; for th e peo- ple ^'increased continually with Ab'- sa-lom. 13 ^And there came a messenger to Da'vid, saying, ?The hearts of the men of l§'ra-el are aiter Ab'sa-lom. 14 And Da'vid said unto all his servants that were with him at Je- ru'sa-lem, Arise, and let us ''flee ; for we shall not else escape from Ab'sa- lom : make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and %ring evil u]3on us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. 1 5 And the king's ser^^ants said un- to the king. Behold, thy sei*vants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall '^appoint. 16And*the king went forth, and all his household *^after him. And the king left 'ten women, lohich 10 ere concubines, to keep the house. IT And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. 18 And all his servants passed on beside him ; "and all the Cher'e-thites, and all the Pel'e-thites, and all the Git'tites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. 19 ITThen said the king to ''It'ta-i the Git'tite, Wherefore goest thou also with us ? return to thy place, and abide with the king : for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. 20 W hereas thou camest but yester day, should I this day ^make thee go up and down with us ? seeing I go '^whither I may, return thou, and The ark sent back. II. SAMUEL, 16. Elba's treachery. B.C. 1023. iDa'\ad was come to the top of the •inoiini, where he worshipped God, behold, Hii'shai lihe Ar'chite carne CHAP. 15. take back thy brethren : mercy and truth be with thee. 21 And It'ta-i answered the king, and said, As "the Loed Kveth, and -^ g^^^J^i-J? to meet him ^with liis coat rent, and as my lord the king liveth, sm-ely in ^ ^^' ^'^^ earthiipon his head : y 1 Ki. 2, 37 2 Chr. 30. li John 33 Unto whom Da'vid said. If thou ^g ^ passest on with me, then thou shalt be *a bm'den imto me : 'MaSi^-sl 34: But if tliou rctum to the city^ , , . land sav unto Ab'sa-lom, I will be thy what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even, there also wiU thy servant be. 22 And Da\'idsaid to it'ta-i. Go and pass over. And it'ta-i the Git'tlte ^ .^^^^^ passed over, and aU his men, and all ' ''""'■"'""'servant, O king; as I have been thy; the little ones that vj ere with him. ^P'^-*-^'^ fathers servant hitherto, so v'ill I 23 And all the country- wept with a <-' ^^- 6. i' luow also be thy seiwant : then may- ioud voice, and all the people passed z Num.ii.s est thou for me defeat the counsel of over: the king also iximself passed! ^ kS(\9 -^-hith'o-pliel. 2chr^9.^^j Zh KvA_hast thou not there with ^^ ' thee Za'dok and A-bi'a-thar the e 1 Sam. 3,18 over the "brook Kid'ron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the 'wilderness. 24 TAnd lo Za'dok also, and all the Le'vites v'ere with him, ''bearmg the ark of the covenant of God : and they set do^^Ti the ark of God ; and priests? therefore itshall be, that^xhsX i thing soever thou shalt hear out of ■^iifll'ii [the kings house, thou shalt tell it to ch 17 17 Za'dok and A-bi'a-thar the priests. 36 Behold, they have there with Carry back the ark of God into the,^ a^ ^*^' li^e everv^ tiling that ye can hear, city : if I shall find favour in the eyes weeptTi^. | 3 7 So Hii'shai "Da'^^d's friend came of the Lord, he Hvill bring me again, 'i Estii.6,12 into the city, and Ab'sa-lom came 'in- and shew me both it, and his 'habita- ^ isa. 20, 2 to Je-ru'sa-lem. tion 26 But if he thus sav I have no de- ?: Jer. 14,3 I Ps. 126, 6 CHAPTER 16. 1 libo., hrj false siiggestions, obtains^ his master^s in- heritance. 5 Shimel curses Dacid. 20 Aliitho- pheVs counsel. KD "when Da'vid was a, little light '^in thee : behold, here am I. " '" " A Xjl past the top of the hllL behold, 27 The king said also imto Za'dok j"''^^-^^'^^iZilDaHhe servant of 3Ie-phib'o-shetli the priest, Art not thou a -'"seer ? re-,o Josii.i6.2iTQet him, with a couple of asses sad- turn into -''the city in peace, and your p ch. i. 2 Idled, and upon them two hundred two sons with you, A-him'a-az thy^_^,^ ^c, 0^^ loaves of bread, and an hundred son, and Jon'a-tlian. the son of A-bl'a- ' ■ ' ' thar. 28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word ", "^^^T- 1_?_-^'^^^ the king said unto Zi'ba, from YOU to certifv me. 29 Za'dok therefore and A-bf a-thar carried the ark of God again to Je- ru'sa-lem : and they tamed there. 30 I And Da'vid went up by the ascent of mount ^'Oi'i-vet. ^and wept as he went up, and 'had his head] covered, and he -'went barefoot : andj^ ^^- ^' ^ all the people that vkis with him c Judg.10,4 •^covered eveiy man his head, and a isam. they went up, ^veepmg as they went ~'^' up. CHAP. 16. ach. 15,30 31 And one told Da'vid, saying. A-hith'o-phel '''is among the conspira- tors with Ab'sa-lom. And Da'vid said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn "the counsel of A-hith'o-phel into foolish- ness. 32 HAnd it came to pass, tlmt vihen I ch. 1. 2 ! bunches of raisins, and an hundred ' i%hr.' "^^ |of summer fruits, and a bottle of 27.33 Irvine. Pro. 1^1/ 1 o \ J I 2 And ch. 16, lo ^YiSi^ meanest thou by these ? And Zi'ba said, The asses be for the king's household ''to ride on ; and the bread and summer fruit for the "^young men to eat ; and the wine, that *such as be faint in the w^ildemess may drink, 3 And the king said. And where is thy master's son? -^And Zi'ba said unto the king. Behold, he abideth at Je-ru'sa-lem : for he said, To day shall the house of is'ra-el restore me the kingdom of my father. 4 Then -''said the king to Zi'ba, Be- hold, thine are all that per^«z??e6^ un- to Me-jjhib'o-sheth. And Zi'ba said, 'I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. 2.^. 27 e ch. 15, 23 ch. 17, 29 Ps.lOi, 1.5 Pro. 31, C 1 Tim. 5,23 / ch. 19. 27 g Pro. 18,13 1 Jdo obeisance. 383 Shinnei curseth David. II. SAMUEL, IT. AhithopheVs counseL 5 IFAnd when king Da'vid came to Ba-hu'rini, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name hoas Shim'e-i, the sonofGe'ra:^hecameforth,and cursed still as he came. 6 And he cast stones at DaVid, and at all the servants of king DaVid : and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. T And thus said^ Shim'e-i when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou ^bloody man, and thou man of Be'- li-al : 8 The Lord hath 'returned upon thee all -^the blood of the house of Saul, in wdiose stead thou hast reigned ; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Ab'sa-loin thy son : and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man. 9 llThensaid A-bish'a-i thesonof Zer- ■u-i'ah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse ^my lord the king ? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zer-u-i'ah ? so let him curse, because the '"Lord hath said unto him, Curse Da'vid. ''Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so ? 1 1 And DaVid said to A-bish'a-i, and to all his servants. Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seek- ethmy life: how much more now 772a?/ this Ben'ja-mite do it? let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him. 1 2 It may be that the Lord will look on mine ^afiliction, and that the Lord will requite me ''good for his cursing this day. 1 3 And as DaVid and his men went by the way, Shim'e-i went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threv/ stones at him, and ''cast dust. 14 And the king, and all the people that luere with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there. 15 *!IAnd Ab'sa-lom, and all the peo- ple the men of i§'ra-el came to Je-ru'- sa-lem. and A-hith'o-ptiel with him. 16 And it came to pass, when Hii'- shai the Ar'chite, Da'vid's friend, was come unto Ab'sa-lom, that Hu'- shai said unto Ab'sa-lom, 'God save the king, God save the king. B. C. 1023. CHAP. Ifi. h ch. 19, 16 1 Ki. 2, 8 Or,h.e still came forth and cursed. man of blood. Judg.9,24 1 Ki. 2, 32,33 ch. 1, 16 ch. 3, 28,29 ch. 4, 11,13 behold thee in thy evil. Ex. 22, 28 ch. 19, 22 1 Pet.2,23 m2Ki.l8,25 Lam. 3,38 n Rom.9,20 5 eye, or, tears. Gen.29,32 1 Sam. 1, 11 Ps. 25, 18 Ps. 37, 7 Ps. 119, 67, 71 Jer. 21, 5-7 Lam, 3, 22-26 Rom. 8,28 6 dusted him tvith dust. 7 Let the king live. p ch. 19, 25 Pro. 17,17 q ch. 15, 34 r Ps. 37, 12-15 s ch. 15, 16 ch. 20, 3 t Gen.31,30 1 Sam. 13,4 u ch. 2, 7 Zech.8,13 V Lev. 18, 8 Lev.20,11 Deut. 22,30 Deut. 27,20 ch. 12, 11 Pro. 28, 7 Isa. 3, 9 Mic. 7, 3,6 8 word. wch. 15, 12 CHAP. 17. a Deut, 25, 18 ch. 16, 14 b Zech.13,7 Mat.21,38 c Jer. 6, 14 1 was right in the eyes of, etc. 1 Sam. 18,20 2 what is in his tnouth. 3 word. 334 1 7 And Ab'sa-lom said to Hii'shai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend ? why ''wentest thou not with thy friend? 1 8 And Hu'shai said unto Ab'sa-lom, Nay ; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Is'ra-el, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. 1 9 And again, *whom should I serve ? shoidd /not serve in the presence of his son ? as I have served in thy fa- ther's presence, so will I be in thy presence. 20 liThen said Ab'sa-lom to A-hith'o phel, Give ''counsel among you what we shall do. 21 And A-hith'o-phel said unto Ab'sa- lom, Go in unto thy 'father's concu- bines, which he hath left to keep the house ; and all is'ra-el shall hear that thou *art abhorred of thy father: then shall ''the hands of all that are with thee be strong. 22 So they spread Ab'sa-lom a tent upon the top of the house ; and Ab'sa- lom went in unto his father's concu- bines "in the sight of all i§'ra-el. 23 And the counsel of A-hith'o-phel, which he counselled in those days, vKis as if a man had enquired at the ^oracle of God : so was all the coun- sel of A-hith'o-phel "'both with Da'vid and with Ab'sa-lom. CHAPTER IT. 1 AhithopheVs counsel overthrown by HushaVs. 15 Secret intelligence sent to David. 23 Ahithophel hojigs himself. MOREOVER A-hith'o-phel said unto Ab'sa-lom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after Da'vid this night : 2 And I will come upon him while he is *weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid : and all the peo- ple that are with him shall flee • and I will ^smite the king only : 3 And I will bring back all the peo- ple unto thee : the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned : so all the people shall be in '^peace. 4 And the saying 'pleased Ab'sa-lom well, and all the elders of is'ra-el. 5 Then said Ab'sa-lom, Call now Hii'shai the Ar'chite also, and let us hear likewise ^what he saith. 6 And when Hii'shai was come to Ab'sa-15m, Ab'sa-lom spake unto him, saying, A-hith'o-phel hath spoken af- ter this manner: shall we do after his ^saying ? if not ; speak thou. 7 And Hii'shai said unto Ab'sa-lom, AhithopheVs counsel rejected. II. SAMUEL, 17. He destroyeth himself^ The counsel that A-hith'o-phel hath ■*given is not good at this time. 8 For, said HQ'shai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they he mighty men, and they be ^chafed in their minds, as ''a bear robbed of her whelps in the field : and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place : and it will come to pass, when some of them be ^overthrown at the first, that whoso- ever heareth it will say. There is a slaughter among the people that f ol low Ab'sa-lom. 1 And he also that is 'valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt : for all l§'ra-el knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which he with him are valiant men. 1 1 Therefore I counsel that all i§'ra- el be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Be'er-she'ba, as the •^sand that is by the sea for multitude ; and ''that thou go to battle in thine own person. 1 2 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. 13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all is'ra-el bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. 14 And Ab'sa-lom and all the men of Is'ra-el said. The counsel of Hii'shai the Ar'chite is better than the coun- sel of A-hith'o-phel. For the -'Lord had ^appointed to defeat the good counsel of A-hith'o-phel. to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Ab'sa-lom. 15 liThen said Hii'shai unto Za'dok and to A-bl'a-thar the priests, Thus and thus did A-hith'o-phel counsel Ab'sa-lom and the elders of Is'ra-el ; and thus and thus have I counselled. 1 6 Now therefore send quickly, and tell Da'vid, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over ; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. 17 Now ^J5n'a-than and A-him'a-az stayed ^by 'En-ro'gel ; for they might B. C. 1023. CHAP. 17. 4 coun- selled. 5 bitter of soul. Judg. 18,25 d Hos. 13, 8 6 fallen. 7 a son of valour. e Gen.22,17 8 That thy face, or, presence go, etc. f ch. 15, 31. 3i Ps. 9, 15 9 com- manded. ch. 15, 27,36 h Josh. 2. 4 i Josh. 15,7 1 Ki. 1, 9 That is. The ful- ler's well. i ch. 16, 5 k Josh. 2 6 1 Ex. 1. 19 Josh. 2,4 10 done. m ch. 15, 12 11 gave charge concern- ing his house, 2 Ki. 20, 1 n Ps. 55. 23 Job 31, 3 Mat. 27, 5 Gen. 32, 2 Josh. 13, 26 ch. 2, 8 12 Jether an Ish- maelite. ISAbiqal. 1 Chr.2,16 p ch. 10, 1 ch. 12, 30 q ch. 9, 4 r ch. 19, 31, .32 1 Ki. 2, 7 s Pro. 11,25 Mat. 5, 7 14 Or, cups. 385 not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king Da'vid, 18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Ab'sa-lom : but they went both of them away quickly j_ and came to a man's house in •'Ba-hu'rim, which had a well in liis court; whither they went doAvn. 1 9 And ^the Avoman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon ; and the thing was not known. 20 And. when Ab'sa-lom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, \Yhere is A-him'a-az and Jon'a-than? And 'the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Je-ru'sa-lem. 21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king Da'vid, and said unto Da'vid, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath A-hith'o-phel counselled against you. 22 Then Da'vid arose, and all the people that loere with him, and they passed over Jor'dan : by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over J or 'dan. 23 ^iTAnd when A-hith'o-phel saw that his counsel was not ''followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his "'city, and "put his household in order, and "hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 24 Then Da'vid came to ''Ma-ha-na'- im. And Ab'sa-lom passed over Jor'- dan, he and all the men of is'ra-el with hun. 25 And Ab'sa-lom made Am'a-sa captain of the host instead of Jo'ab : which Am'a-sa v:>as a man's son, whose name vkis rte, that went in daughter of Na'hash, sister to Zer u-i'ah Jo'ab's mother. 26 So Is'ra-el and Ab'ba-lom pitched in the land of Gil'e-ad. 27 ^And it came to pass, when Da'- vid was come to Ma-ha-na'im, that ^Sho'bi the son of Na'hash of Rab'bah of the children of Am'mon, and ^Ma'chir the son of Am'mi-el of L5-de'bar, and 'Bar-zil'la-i the Gil'e- ad-ite of Ro-gelim, 28 Brought 'beds, and '^basons, and ^-Ith'ra an is'ra-el- to '^Ab'i-gail the ■HHil David's care for Absalom. II. SAMUEL, 18. Joah slayeth Absalom. earthen vessels, and wheat, and bar- ley, and flour, and parched cor?i, and beans,and lentiles,and parched pulse, 29 And honey,and butter,and sheep, and cheese of kine, for Da'vid, and for the people that were with hnn, 'to eat : for they said. The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. CHAPTER 18. 1 David, viewing the armies, 5 gives them charge of Absalom: 14 he is slain by Joab. 33 David -inourns for him. AND Da'vid numbered the people that were with him, and set cap- tains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. 2 And DaVid sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Jo'ab, and a third part under the hand of A-bish'a-i the son of Zer-u-i'ah, Jo'ab's brother, ''and a third part under the hand of It'ta-i the Git'tite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. 3 But Hhe people answered. Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not 'care for us ; nei- ther if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thoti art ^worth ten thousand of us : therefore now it is better that thou ^succour us out of uie city. 4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hun- dreds and by thousands. 5 And the king commanded J5'ab and A-bish'a-i and it'ta-i,saying,2>6«/ gently for my sake with the young man, even with Ab'sa-15m. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Ab'sa-lom. 6 ITSo the people went out into the field against l§'ra-el : and the battle was in the wood ''of E'phra-im ; 7 Where the people of l§'ra-el were slain before the servants of Da'vid, and there was there '^a great slaugh- ter that day of twenty thousand men. 8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country : and the wood devoured more people that day tha^n the sword devoured. 9 IT And Ab'sa-lom met the servants of Da'vid. And Ab'sa-lom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and 'his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven B. C. 1023. CHAP. 17. t Deut.15,7 Ps. 34, 8-10 Pro. 21,26 Eccl. 11,1 Isa. 58, 7-12 Lu. 6, 30-36 Rom. 12,13 CHAP. 18. a ch. 15, 19 b ch. 21, 17 1 set their heart on us. 2 as ten thoxisand of us. 3 be to succour. Josh. 17, 15, 18 Near to which Jephthah slew the Ephra- imites. Judg.12,5 d Pro. 11,21 4 multi- plied to devour. e ch. 14, 26 ch. 17, 23 Job 18, 5-14 Job 31, 3 5 tveigh, upon tnine hand. 6 Beivare whosoever ye be of, etc. 7 before thee. 8 heart. Deut.4,11 /Josh. 7,26 Jer. 22, 18,19 g Gen.14,17 h ch. 14. 27 Job 18,17, 19, 21 i Ps. 49, 11 j ch. ch. 15,36 17, 17 9 judged hini from the hand, etc. Judg.2,16 10 be a man of tidings. 11 The Ethio- plnn. Num.12,1 336 and the earth; and the mule that loas under him went away. lU And a certain man sa.v it, and told Jo'ab, and said, Behold, I saw Ab'sa-lom hanged in an oak. 1 1 And J5'ab said unto the m^an that told him. And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground ? and I v/ould have given thee ten shekels of silver^ and a girdle. 12 And the man said unto Jo'ab, Though I should ^receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and A-bish'a-i and It'ta-i, saying, ^Beware that none touch the young man Ab'- sa-lom. 1 3 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life : for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me. 14 Then said Jo'ab, I may not tarry thus ^with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Ab'sa-lom, while he 10 as yet alive in the ^midst of the oak. 1 5 And ten young men that bare Jd'ab's armour compassed about and smote Ab'sa-lom, and slew him. 16 And Jo'ab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after is'ra-el : for J5'ab held back the people. 1 7 And they took Ab'sa-lom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and ■^ laid a very great heap of stones upon him : and all l§'ra-el fled every one to his tent. 18irNow Ab'sa-lom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, vf hich is in ^the king's dale : for he said, ^I have no son to keep my name in remembrance : and he ^called the pillar after his own name : and it is called unto this day, Ab'sa-lom's place. 19 ^Then said -^A-him'a-az the son of Za'dok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath ^avenged him of his enemies. 20 And Jo'ab said unto him. Thou shalt not '"bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day : but this day thou shalt bear no ti- dings, because the king's son is dead. 21 Then said Jd'ab to "Cu'shI, Go I'idings brought to David. II. SAMUEL, 19. Mis lament for Ahsalont,. tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cu'shibowed himself unto Jo'ab, and ran. 22 Then said A-him'a-az the son of Za'dok yet againto J5'ab, But '"how- soever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cu'shi. And Jo'ab said, AVhere- fore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings '^ready ? 23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then l-hun'a-az ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cu'shT. 24 And Da'vid sat between *the two gates ; and 'the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the Avail, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and beheld a man running alone. 25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said. If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. 26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Be- hold another man running alone. And the king said. He also bringeth tidings. 2 7 And the watchman said, '^Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of A-him'a-az the son of Za'dok. And the king said, "'He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. 28 And A-him'a-az called, and said unto the king,'^411 is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his fa.ce before the king, and said. Blessed be the Lord thy God, v>^hich hath "'de- livered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. 29 And the king said, 'Ts the young :aan Ab'sa-ldm safe ? And A-hmi'a-az answered. When Jo'ab sent the king's ser\"ant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but 1 knew not what it was. 30 And the king said unto him. Turn aside, an d stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. 31 And, behold, Cu'shi came; and Cu'shi said, ^'^Tidings, my lord the king: for the Lord "hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee. 32 And the king said unto Cu'shi, /s the young man Ab'sa-lom safe ? And Cu'shi answered, The enemies of my ^ord the king, and all that rise against (22) B. C. 1023. CHAP. 18. 12 T'e rohat may. 13 Or, con- venient. k 1 Sara. 4, 13 I 2Ki.9, 17 14 7 see the running. mlKi. i, 42 15 Or, Peace be to thee. Gen.43,23 Judg. 19. 20 1 Sam. 25. 6 1 Chr. 12,18 16 shut up. 1 Sam. 17,46 1 Sam. 24, 18 1 Sam. 26,8 Isa. 19, 4 Obad. 14 17 Is there peace } 18 Tidings is brought. n Ps. 27, 2 Ps. 55, 18 ch. 19, 4 Pro. 10, 1 Pro. 17, 21,25 Pro. 19,13 CHAP. 19. 1 salvation, or, de- liverance. Ps. 3, 8 Ps. 18, 32-50 a 1 Sam. 4, 12 Ch. 15, 30 b ch. 18, 33 2 By lov- ing, etc. 3 that princes or servants are not to t hee. 4 to the heart of thy serv- ants. Gen. 34. 3 c Pro. 14,28 d Ruth 4, 1 ch. 18, 4, 24 e 1 Ki.12,16 2 Ki.14,12 / 1 Sam. 17,1 1 Sam. 18, 1 ch. 5, 18 337 thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. 33 IT And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said,''0 my son Ab'sa-lom, my son, my son Ab'sa-lom ! Avould God I had died for thee, O Ab'sa-lom, my son, my son ! CHAPTER 19. 1 Joab causes the king to cease mourning. 9 The Is- raelites bHng the king back, etc. AJsD it was told J5'ab, Behold, the king Aveepeth and mourneth for Ab'sa-lom. 2 And the ^victory that day Avas turned into mourning unto all the people : for the people heard say that day hoAv the king Avas grieved for his son, 3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people be- ing ashamed steal Si^vay Avhen they flee in battle. 4 But the king ''-coA^ered his face, and the king cried Avith a loud voice, *0 my son Ab'sa-lom, O Ab'sa-lom, my son, my son ! 5 And J5'ab came into the house to the king, and said. Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy serA'ants, Avhich this day have saA^ed thy life, and the liA^es of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the liA'es of thy AviA^es, and the Ha'cs of th}^ concubines ; 6 Tn that thou loA^est thine eneixdes, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, ^that thouregardest neither princes nor seiwants : for this day I perceiA'e, that if Ab'sa-lom. had liA'ed, and all A\-e had died this day, then it had pleased thee Avell. 7 NoAv therefore arise, go forth, and speak ^comfortably unto thy serA^ants: for I SAvear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there 'avuI not tarry one JAvith thee this night : and that avlLI be Avorse unto thee than all the CA^il that befell thee from thy youth until now. 8 Then the king arose, and sat in the ''gate. And they told unto all the peo- ple, saying. Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king ; for 'l§'ra-el had fled CA'crv man to his tent. 9 *rAnd all the i^eople Avere at strife throughout all the tribes of Is'ra-el, saying, The king -^saA^ed us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Phi-lis'tine§ ; SJmnei seeketh forgiveness. II. SAMUEL, 19. Mephihosheth ineeteth David. and now he -^is fled out of the land for Ab''sa-lom. 1 And Ab'sa-lom, whom weanointed over us, is dead hi battle. N ow there- fore why ^speak ye not a word of bringing the king_back ? 11 '[And king DaVid senttoZa/dok and to A-bfa-thar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Jii'dah, say- ing, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all l§'ra-el is come to the king, eve7i to his house. 12 Ye are my brethren, ye ctre my '^bones and my flesh : wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? 13 And *say ye to Am'a-sa,^r^ thou not of my bone, and of my flesh ? -^God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually ^in the room of J5'ab. 14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Jii'dah, ^even as the heart of one man ; so that they sent this vmrd unto the king. Return thou, and all thy servants. 1 6 So the king returned, and came to Jor'dan. And Jii'dah came to^'Gil'- gal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over J or 'dan. 16 11 And "Shim'e-i the son of Ge'ra, a Ben'ja-mite, which ?(;fls of Ba-hii'rini, hasted and came down with the men of Jii'dah to meet king Da'vid. 17 And there loere a thousand men of Ben'ja-min with him, and "Zi'bathe servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him ; and thev went over J or'- dan before the king. 18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do ^what he thought good. And Shim'e-i the son of Ge'ra fell down before the king, as he was come over Jor'dan; 19 And said unto the king, Let mot my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember ?that which thy servant did perversely the daj^ that my lord the king went out of Je-ru'sa-lem, that the king should take it to his heart. 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned : therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all 'the house of J5'§eph to go down to meet mj lord the king. 21 But A-bish'a-i thesonof Zer-u-i'ah answered and said, Shall not Shim'e-i B. C. 1023. CHAP. 19. g ch. 15, 14 5 are ye silent ? h ch. 5, 1 i ch. 17, 25 1 Chr. 3, 16,17 j Ruth 1,17 1 Ki. 19, 2 k ch. 18, 14 / Judg.20,1 m Josh. 5, 9 TCCh. 16, 5 1 Ki. 2, 8, 36,46 ch. 9, 2,10 ch. 16, 1,2 6 the good in his eyes. p 1 Sam. 22,15 a ch. 16, 5,6 Pro. 28,13 Mat. 5, 25 r ch. 13, 33 s ch. 16, 5 t Ex. 22, 28 Eccl. 10,20 Acts 23, 5 2 Pet. 2, 10. 11 Jude8 u ch. 16, 10 V 1 Sam. 11,13 w 1 Ki. 2, 8, 9, 37, 46 X ch. 9, 6 y ch. 16, 17 z ch. 16, 3 Ps. 63, 11 Ps. 101, 7 Pro. 6, 16, 17 Pro. 21, 6 Pro.26,28 a ch. 14, 17, 20 7 men of death, 1 Sami. 26, 16 b ch. 9, 7, 10, 13 c Deut. 19, 16-21 Ps. 82, 2 Ps. 101, 1-8 Pro. 29, 4 d 1 Ki. 2, 7 e ch. 17, 27 338 be put to death for this, because he 'cursed the Lord's anointed ? 22 And Da'vid said, ^What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zer-u-i'ah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? "shall there any man be put to death this day in l§'ra-el ? for do not 1 know that 1 am this day king over l§'ra-el ? 23 Therefore "the king said unto Shim'e-i, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him. 24 f And •" Me-phib'o-sheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king de- parted until the day he came again in peace. 25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Je-ru'sa-lem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, •''Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Me-phib'o-sheth ? 26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me : for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, a,nd go to the king ; because thj?^ servant is lame. 27 And 'he hath slandered thy serv- ant unto my lord the king ; but ''my lord the king is as an angel of God : do therefore ivhat is good in thine eyes. 28 For all o/my father's house were but ^dead men before my lord the king : ^yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the kin^ ? 29 And the king said unto him, W hy speakest thou any more of thy mat- ters? I have said/Thou and Zi'ba divide the land. 3 And Me-phib'o-sheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his owm house. 31 TTAnd ^Bar-zil'la-i the Gil'e-ad-ite came down from Ro-ge'lim, and went over Jor'dan with the king, to con- duct him. over Jor'dan. 32 Now Bar-zilla-i was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he 'had provided the king of suste- nance while he lay at Ma-ha-na'im ; for he loas a very great man. 3 3 And the king said unto Bar-zil'la-i, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in JS-ru'sa-lem. David blesseth Sarzillai. II. SAMUEL, 20. Sheba's rebellion. 34 And Bar-znia-i said unto the: b. c. 1023. king, ®How long, have I to hve, that I should go up with the king unto Je-ru'sa-lem? 35 1 ain this day •''fourscore years CHAP. 19. 8 Bo%o many days are „ _ the years old : cmd can I discei7:i between good; o/^|i/ Gen. 47, 9 Ps. 39, 4,5 Jas. 4, 14 / Ps. 90, 10 g EccL 12, 3-6 h 1 KI. 2, 7 Jer.41tl7 9 cTioose. and evil ? can thy servant taste what I eat or wha.t I drink ? can I ^hear any more the voice of singmg men and singing women ? wherefore then should thy ser^^ant be yet a biu-den unto m^y lord the king ? 36 Thy servant will go a little way over J or 'dan with the king : and why should the king recompense ^vith such a reward ? 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I ma.y die in mine own city, a?id be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy ^servant Chim'ham , let him go over with my lord the king : and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. 38 And the king answered, Chim'- ham shall go over with me, and I will do to him. that which shaU seem good unto thee: and whatso- ever thou shalt ^require of m.e, that will I do for thee. 39 And all the people went over J or 'dan. And when the king was come over, the king 'kissed Bar- ziria-i, and -''blessed him ; and he re- turned unto his own place. 40 Then the king went on to Gil'gal, and *° Chim'ham went on with him : and all the people of Ju'dah con- ducted the king, and also half the people of l§'ra-el. 41 ^And, behold, all the men of Is'- ra-el came to the kmg, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Ju'dah stolen thee away, and have ^brought the king, and his household, and all Da'vid's men with hmi, over J or'dan ? 42 And all the men of Jii'dah an- swered the men of Is'ra-el, Because the king is ^near of kin to us : where- fore then be ye angTy for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost f or hath he given us any gift ? 43 And the men of Is'ra-el answered the men of Jii'dah, and said, We have ten '"parts in the king, and we have also more right in Da'vid than ye: why then did ye "despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king ? "And the words of the men of Jii'dah were it me ^ Greii.31,55 j Gen.14,19 Ex. 39, 43 Josh. 22,6 1 Sam. 2,20 10 CTiim- li\an. k ver. 15 I Ruth4,12, 18-22 ver. 12 1 Chr. 2, 3-15 Ps. 78, 68, 70 Mat.1,1-6 m 1 Ki. 11, 30,31 11 set us at light. n .Tndg. 8, 1 Judg.12,1 B. C. 1022. CHAP. 20. a ch, 12, 10 b Deut. 13, 13 Judsr. 19, 2^3 1 Sam. 10,27 ch. 23, 6 1 Ki. 21, 10.13 2Chr.l3,7 c ch. 19, 43 d 1 Ki.12,16 2 Chr. 10,16 e Pro. 17,14 / ch. 15, 16 ch. 16, 21 1 an "house of ivard, 2 bound. 3 in ivid- oivhood of life. 4 Call. g ch. 18, 2 h ch. 11, 11 1 Ki. 1, 33 5 deliver himself from our eyes. i ch. 8, 18 1 Ki. 1, 38 j Mat.26,49 Lu. 22, 47 fiercer than the words of the men of is'ra-el. CHAPTER 20. 1 Sfieba makes a party in Israel. 10 Amasa is slain, U Joab pursues Sheba unto Abel. 16 A wise woman saves the city by Sheba's head. 23 David's great officers. AND there '^happened to be there a man of *Be'li-al, whose name zoas She'ba, the son of Bich'ri, a Ben'- ja-mite: and he blew a trumpet^ and said, ''We have no part in Da'vid, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jes'se : "^e very man to his tents, O is'ra-el. 2 So 'every man of Is'ra-el went up from after Da'vid, «7ic^ followed She'- ba the son of Bich'ri : but the men of Jii'dah clave unto then" king, from Jor'dan even to Je-ru'sa-lem. 3 ^ And Da'vid came to his house a.t Je-m'sa-lem ; and the king took the ten women his ■''concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and IDut them in ^vard, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were '^sliut up unto the day of their death, ^li\'ing in widowhood. 4!i'Then said the king to Am_'a-sa, ^Assemble me the men of Jii'dah ^vithin three days, and be thou here present. 5 So Am'a-sa went to assemble the men of Jii'dah : but he tarried longer than the set time which he had ap- pomted him. 6 And Da'vid said to^l-bish'a-i', !N'ow shall She'ba the son of Bich'ri do us more harm than did Ab'sa-lom : take thou -^thy lord's seiwants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and ^escape us. jTAnd there went out after him Jd'ab's men, and the 'Cher'e-thites, and the Pere-thites, and all the mighty men : and they we^it out of Je-ru'sa-lem, to pui'sue after She'ba the son of Bich'ri. 8 When they icere at the great stone which is in Gib'e-on, Am'a-sa went before them. And Jd'ab's ga,r- ment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle iinth a sword fastened ui^on his loins in the sheath thereof ; and as he went forth it fell out. 9 And Jo'ab said to Am'a-sa, Art thou in health, my brother ? .?And J5'ab took Am'a-sa by the beard mth the right hand to kiss him. 10 But Am'a-sa took no heed to the sword that was m Jd'ab's hand i si Joab pursueth Sheba. II. SAMUEL, 21. Three years of famine. *he smote him therewith ^in the fiftls rih^ and shed out his bowels to thn ground, and ^struck him not again and he died. So Jo'ab and A-bish'a-i his brother pursued after She'ba the son of Bich'ri. 11 And one of Jd'ab's men stood by him, and said, He that fa,voureth Jo'ab, and he that is for DaVid, let him go after Jo'ab. 12 And Am'a-sa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the peo- ple stood still, he removed Am'a-sa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. 13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Jo'ab, to pursue after She'ba the son of Bich'ri. 1411 And he went through all the tribes of l§'ra-el unto '^A'bel, and to Beth-ma'a-chah, and all the Be'rites : and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 1 5 And they came and besieged him in A'bel of Beth-ma'a-chah, and they "cast up a bank against the city, and 'it stood in the trench : and all the peox^le that loere v/ith Jo'ab ^battered the wall, to throw it down. 16111 hen cried a wise woman out of the city. Hear, hear ; say, I pray you, unto Jo'ab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said. Art thou J5'ab ? And he answered, I aon he. Then she said imto him. Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 18 Then she spake, saying, ^They were wont to speak in old time, say- ing. They shall surely ask counsel at A'bel : and so they ended the matter. 191 con one of them that are peace- able and faithful in l§'ra-el : thou seek- est to destroy a city and a ^"mother in l§'ra-el : why wilt thou swallow up "the inheritance of the Lord ? 20 And Jo'ab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 21 The matter is not so : but a man of mount E'phra-im, She'ba the son of Bich'ri ^ 'by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against Da'vid : deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the wom- B. C. 1022. CHAP. 20. h 1 Ki. 2, 5 I ch. 2, 23 6 doubled not Ms stroke. m 2Ki.l5,29 2Chr.l6,4 n2Ki.l9,32 7 Or, it stood against the out- most wall. 8 marred to throio down. 9 Or, TUey plaitdy spake in the begin- ning, say- ing. Sure- ly they will ask of Abel, and so make an end, Deut. 20, 10 10 That is, A chief city. Ezek. 16,46 1 Sam. 26,19 II by his name. p Eccl. 9,14 12 were scattered. q ch. 8, 16 r 1 Ki.12,18 s 1 Ki. 4, 3 13 Or, remem- brancer. t ch. 8, 17 ■u ch. 23, 38 14 Or, a prince, Gen.41,45 Ex. 2, 16 ch. 8, 18 B. C. 1021. CHAP. 21. 1 sought the face, etc. Num. 27, 21 1 Sam.22, 10, 13, 15 a Num. 35,33 b Josh. 9, 3 c ch. 20, 19 2 Or, It is not siliK'r nor gold that ive have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc. 3 Or, cut us ■of. d Judg.20,4 1 Sam. 10,26 1 Sam. 11,4 4 Or,chosen of the LORD. 1 Sam. 10, 24 840 an said unto J5'ab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 22 Then the woman went unto all the people ^in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of She'ba the son of Bich'ri, and cast it out to Jd'ab. And he blcAv a trumpet, and they ^ ^retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Jo'ab returned to Je-rii'sa-lem unto the king. 23 ITNoAv 5'J5'ab was over all the host of I§'ra-el: and Be-na'iah the son of Je-hoi'a-da loas over theCher'e-thiteF and over the_Pere-thites : 24 And A-do'ram was 'over the trib- ute : and *Je-hosh'a-phat the son of A-hi'lud teas '^recorder: 25 And She'va teas scribe : aiid Za'- dok 'and A-bf a-thar wer_e the priests i 26 And ^I'ra also the Ja'ir-ite was ^% chief ruler about Da'vid. CHAPTER 21. 1 The three years ojjaminefor the Glheonites cease, bt/ hanging seven of Saul's sons. 10 Rizpah's kind- ness unto the dead. 12 David buries the bones of Saul and Jonathan in their father's sepulchre. THEN there was a famine in the days of Da'vid three years, year after year; and Da'vid * enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, ""It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gib'e-on- ites. 2 And the king called the Gib'e-on- ites, and said unto them; (now the Gib'e-on-ites were not of the children of is'ra-el, but *of the remnant of the Am'or-ites; and the children of is'ra-el had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of l§'ra-el and Jii'dah.) 3 Wherefore Da'vid said unto the Gib 'e-on-ites. What shall I doforyou? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the ^in- heritance of tho Lord ? 4 And the Gib'e-on-ites said unto him, ^We will ha.ve no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house ; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in I§'ra-el. And he said. What ye shall say that will I do for you. 5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that Me vised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any oi the coasts of I§'ra-el. 6 Let seven men of his sons be de- livered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord '^in Gib'e-ah of ^Qi\i\,HDhom the Lord did choose. And the kin^ said, I will give them. iSeve?i of Saul's sons slain. II. SAMUEL, 22. Philistine giants slain. 7 But the king spared Me-phib'o- sheth, the son of Jon'a-than the son of Saul, because of the "Lord's oath that V/jas between them, between Da'- vid and Jon'a-than the son of Saul. 8 But the king took the two sons of >"Riz'pah the daughter of A-f_ah^ whom she bare unto Saul, Ar-mo'ni and Me-phib'o-sheth ; and the five sons of ^Mf chal the daughter of Saul, whom she ^'brought up for A'dri-el the son of Bar-zil'la-I the Me-horath-ite : 9 And he dehvered them into the hands of the Gib'e-on-ites, and they hanged them in the hill ^before the Lord: and they fell all seven to- gether, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. 10 IF And ^Riz'pah the daughter of A-fah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, 'from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told Da'yid what Riz'pah the daughter of A-fah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 And Da'vid went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jon'a- than his son from the men of •^Ja'- besh-gire-ad, which had stolen them from the street of Beth -shan, where the Phi-lis'tine§ had hanged them, when the Phi-lis'tine§ had slain Saul in Gil-bo'a: 13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jon'a-than his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. 14 And the bones of Saul and Jon'a- than his son buried they in the coun- try of Ben'ja-min in ^Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king: commanded. And after that God ^vas intreated for the land. 1 5 ^Moreover the Phi-lis'tine§ had yet war again with is'ra-el ; and Da'- vid went down, and his ser^^ants with him, and fought against the Phi-lis'- tine§ : and Da'vid waxed faint. 16 And ish'bi-be'nob, which vjas of the sons of ''the giant, the weight of whose ^spear ineighecVlYirQQ hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain Da'vid. 17 But A-bish'a-i thesonof Zer-u-i'ah B. C. 1019. CHAP. 21. (■ 1 Sam. 18,3 1 Sam.20, 8, 15, 42 1 Sam. 28, 18 / ch. 3, 7 5 Or, Michal's sister. 6 bare to Adriel, 1 Sam^ 18,19 g ch. 6, 17 h ch. 3, 7 i Deut. 21,23 j 1 Sam.31, 11, 12, 13 k Josh. 18, 28 I Josh. 7,26 ch. 24, 25 7 Or, Rapha. 8 the staff, or, the head. 9 Nine pounds and a half avoir- dupois. 10 candle, or, lamp. m 1 Chr. 11,29 11 Or, Sippai. 12 Or, Rapha. 13 Or, Jair. n lChr.20,6 14 Or, Rapha. 15 Or, re- proached. B. C. 1018. CHAP. 22. a Ex. 15, 1 b Deut.32,4 c Heb. 2, 13 d Gen. 15, 1 e Lu. 1, 69 / Pro.18,10 g Ps. 59, 16 Jer. 16,19 1 Or, pangs. ;2 Belial. 3 Or, co7-ds. h Ps. 116, 4 Jonah 2,2 i Ex. 3, 7 j Judg. 5, 4 Ps. 77, 18 341 succoured him, and smote the Phi- lis'tine, and killed him. Then the men of Da'vid sware unto him, say- ing, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the '"light of is'ra-el. 18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Phi-lis tines at Gob : then '"Sib'be- chai the Hii'shath-ite slew ^'Saph, which IV as of the sons of '-the giant. 19 And there was again a battle in G5b w^ith the Phi-lis'tines, where El- ha'nan the son of '^Ja-ar'e-or'e-gim, a Beth'- le-hem-Tte, slew the brother of G6-li'aththeGit'tite,the staff of whose spear teas like a weaver's beam. 20 And ''there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number ; and he also was born to "the giant. 21 And when he ^ ^defied I§'ra-el, Jon'a-than the son of Shim'e-ah the brother of Da'vid slew him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of Da'^^id, and by the hand of his servants. CHAPTER 22. David's psalm of tlianlcsgivina for God's powerful deliverance, and manifold blessings. AKD Da'vid ""spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered hmi out of the hand of all his ene- mies, and out of the hand of Saul : 2 And he said, ^The Lord i s my rock. and my fortress, and my deliv erer ; 3 The God of my rock ; "^in him will I trust : he is my ^shield, an d the iiorn of my salvation, my high • ^ tower, and ^my refuge, my savio ur ; tho u savest me from violence. * 41 will call on the Lord, tcho is worthy to be praised : so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the 'waves of death com- passed me, the floods of ^ungodly men made me afraid ; 6 The ^sorrows of hell compassed me about ; the snares of death pre- vented me ; 7 In my distress ^I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God : and he did 'hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. 8 Then -^the earth shook and trem- bled ; the foundations of heaven * K. 2 Kings 20. 4-6. ° K JJaviWs psahn 11. SAMUEL, 22. of thanksgiving. moved and shook, because he was wroth. 9 There went up a smoke ^out of his nostrils, and '^fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it. 10 Pie 'bowed the heavens also, and came down ; and darkness vms un- der his feet. 1 1 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : and he was seen upon '"the wings of the wind. 12 And he made darkness pavihons round about him, "dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 14 The Lord "thundered from heav- en, and the most ILigh uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out "arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and dis- comfited them. 16 And the channels of the sea ap- peared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his ^nostrils. 1 7 He sent from above, he took me ; he drew me out of ^manv waters : 1 8 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity : but the Lord was my stay. 20 He ^'brought me forth also into a large place : he delivered me, because he ^delighted in me. 21 The Lord rewarded me accord- ing to mty righteousness : according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly depart- ed from my God. 23 For all his '"judgments to ere be- fore me : and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 1 was also ^upright ^before him, and have kept myself from mine in- iquity. 25 Therefore the Lord hath recom- pensed me according to my right- eousness ; according to my cleanness ^in his eye sight. 26 With 'the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. ^7 With the pure thou "vvilt shew B. C. 1018. CHAP. 22. 4 by. k Ps. 97, 3 Hab. 3, .5 Heb. 12,29 I Isa. 64, 1 m Ps. lOi, 3 5 binclinfi of waters. n Isa. 30, 30 Deut. 32, 23 Ps. 7, 13 Ps. 77, 17 Ps. 144, 6 Hab. 3, 11 6 Ov,anger. 7 Or, great. p Ps. 31, 8 q ch. 15, 26 r Deut. 7,12 s Gen. 6, 9 Job 1, 1 8 to him. 9 before his eyes. t Mat. 5, 7 u Lev.26,23 10 Or, 'Wrestle. V Ex. 3. 7 11 Or, candle. 12 Or, broken a troop. wDeut.32,4 Dan. 4, 37 Rev. 15, 3 X Ps. 12, 6 Pro. 30, 5 13 Or, refined. y 1 Sam.2,2 Isa.45,5,6 z Ps. 27, 1 14 riddcth, OV,lOOS€th. a Deut. 18,13 15 equal- leth. 16 for the war. 17 multi- plied me. 18 ankles. 19 caused to bow. b 1 Sam. 28, 6 c Job 27, 9 Pro. 1, 28 d Deut. 28, 13 e Isa. 55, 5 20 Sons of the stranger. 21 OT,yield feigned obedience. Deut. 33,29 342 thyself pure ; and "with the f roward thou wilt ^°shew thyself unsavoury. 28 And the "affiicted people thou wilt save : but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. 29 For thou art my "lamp, O Lord : and the Lord will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I have '"run through a troop : by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, '^his way is perfect ; "'the word of the Lord is '^tried : he is a buckler to aU them that trust i n him. F. 1 Kings 17. 14-16. J "32 For 2'who is God, save the Lord ? and who is a rock, save our God ? 33 God is my -strength and power: and he ^^maketh my way ''perfect. 34 He '^maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon mj^ high places. 35 Lie teacheth my hands ^'^to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvatioix : and thy gen- tleness hath '^niade me great. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me ; so that my '^feet did not slip._ 3o i have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them ; and turned not again until I had consumed them. 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise : yea, they are f allien under my feet. 40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle : them that rose up against me hast thou "subdued under me. 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might de- strov tliem that hate me. 42 They ^looked, but there teas none to save ; even '^unto the Lord, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be ^head of the heathen : 'Si people which I knew not shall serve me. 45 ^"Strangers shall ^^ submit them- selves unto me : as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. /I catalogue of 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid -''out of their close places. 4 7 The Lord liveth : and blessed be my rock ; and exalted be the God of the n^ock of my salvation. 48 It is God that "avengeth me, and that ^bringeth down the people under me, 49 And that bringetli me forth from mine enemies : thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me : thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among 'the heathen, and I vrill sing praises unto thy name. 5 1 He is the tower of salvation for his king : and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto Da'vid, and to his seed for evermore. CHAPTER 23. ^ 1 David professes his faith in God's promises :8a catalogue of Ms mighty men. "VrOW these be the last words of Jl^ Da'vid. Da'vid the son of Jes'se said, and the man tnho loas raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Ja'cob, and the sweet psalmist of l§'- ra-el, said, 2 The "Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word teas in my tong-ue. 3 The God of is'ra-el said, the Rock of I§'ra-el spake to me, 'He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling *in the fear of God. 4 And 'ke shall be as the light of the morning, ichen the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the ten- der grass springing out of the earth by clear shining a,fter rain. 5 Although '^my house be not so with God ; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered m all thmgs, and sure : for this is all my salvation, and a.il my desire, although he make it not to grow. 6 ^ntthesonsoiJih'll-^shallbea^ot them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands : 7 But the man that shall touch them must be ^fenced with iron and the staff of a spear ; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. 8 *i[These be the names of the mighty men whom Da'vid had : ^The Tach*'- mo-nite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same loas Ad'i-no the Ez'nite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, ^whorn he slew at one time. H. SAMUEL, 23. DavifVs mighty men. B. C. 1018. CHAP. 22. /Mic. 7, 17 g Ps. 89, 26 22 giveth avenge- ment fm' me. h Ps. lU, 2 i Rom. 15, 9 CHAP. 23. a 2 Pet. 1,21 1 Or, Be tliou ruler, etc. h Ex. 18, 21 c Pro. 4, 18 a 1 Zi. 9, 46 2 filled. 3 Or, Josh- ehbassebet the Tacli- monite, head of the three. 4 slain. e 1 Chr. 11,12 lCIii-.27,4 /I Chr. 11,12 5 Or, for foraging. 6 Or, Tlie three cap- tains over the thirty. 1 Chr. 11,15 g Deut. 33, 29 1 Sam. 22,1 IChr. 29,11 2 Chr. 14, 11-14 2Chr.25,8 Ps. 3, 8 Ps. 46, 1 Ps. 98, 1 Ps. 115, 9-11 Ps. 146, 5 Pro. 21, 30,31 Rom.8,31 /lOr. giants. i 1 Sam. 22,4 j Lev.17,10 k 1 Chr. 11,20 7 slain. I Josh. 15,21 8 great of acts. m Ex. 15,15 343 9 And after him loas 'E4e-a'zar the son of Do'do the A-ho'hite, one of the three mighty men with Da'vid, when they defied the Phi-lis'tmes that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of l§'ra-el were gone away : 10 He arose, and smote the Phi-lis'- tines until his hand was Aveary, and his hand clave unto the sword : and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil. 1 1 And af t_er hmi was Sham'mah the son of Ag'e-e the Ha'ra-rite. -^And the Phi-lis'tmes were gathered together ^into a troop, Avhere was a piece of ground full of ientiles : and the i^eople fled from the Phi4is'tines. 1 2 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Phi-lis'tines : and the Lord wrought a great victory. 1 3 And '■'threeof thethirty chief went down, and came to Da'vid in the har- vest time unto ^the cave of A-dul'lam : and the troop of the Phi-lis'tine§ pitched in the valley of ^Reph'a-im. 14 And Da'vid toas then in 'an hold, and the garrison of the Phi-lis'tine§ toas then i)i Beth'-le-hem. 15 And Da'vid longed, and said. Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth'-le-hem, which is by the gate ! 16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Phi-lis'tmes, and drev' water out of the well of Beth'-le-hem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to Da' vid : nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poiu-ed it out unto the Lord. IT And he said. Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this : is oiot this •'the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives ? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty m.en. 1 8 And ^A-bisha-i, the brother of J5'- ab, the son of Zer-u-i'ah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, "'and slew them., and had the name among three. 1 9 Was he not most honourable of three ? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. 20 And Be-na'iahthesonof Je-hoi'a- da, the son of a valiant man, of ^Kab'* ze-el, Hvho had done many acts, '^'he David'' s migfity men. II. SAMUEL, 24. David number eth the people. slew two lionlike men of M5'ab : he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow : 21 And he slew an E-gyp'tian, "a goodly man : and the E-gyp'tian had a spear in his hand ; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the E-gyp'tian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 22 These things did Be-na'iah the son of Je-hoi'a-da, and had the name among three mighty men. 23 He was "more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And DaVid set him "over his ^^guard. 24 A'sa-hel, ''the brother of Jo'ab,'W5«.s one of the thirty; El-ha'nan the son of D5'do of Beth'-le-hem, 25 Sham'mahHhe Ha'rod-ite,EFi-ka the Ha'rod-ite, 26 He'lez the Partite, I'ra the son of Ik'kesh the Te-k5'ite, 27 A-bi-e'zer the An'e-thoth-Ite, Me- bun'nai the Hii'shath-Tte, 28 Zal'mon the A-h5'hIte,Ma-har'a-i the Ne-toph'a-thite, 29 Heleb the son of Ba'a-nah, a Ne- toph'a-thite, It'ta-J the son of Ri'bai out of Gib'e-ah of the children of Ben'- ja-min, 30 Be-na'iah the ?Pir'a-thon-ite, Hid'da-i of the* ^brooks of '"Ga'ash, 31 A'bi-al'bon the Ar'bath-ite, Az'- ma-veth the Bar-hu'mite, 3 2 E4f ah-ba the Sha-aFbo-nite, of the sons of Ja'shen, Jon'a-than, 33 Sham'mahthe Ha'ra-rite, A-hf am the son of Sha'rar the Ha'ra-rite, 34 E-liph'e4et the son of A4ias'ba-i, the son of the Ma-ach'a-thite, E4i'am the son of A~hith'o-phel the Gilo-nite, 35 Hez'ra-i the Car'mel-ite, Pa'a-rai the Ar'bite, 36 I'gal the son of Na'than of Zo'- bah, Ba'nl the Gad'ite, 37 Ze'lek the Am'mon-ite, Kalia-ri the Be-e'roth-ite, armourbearer to Jo'ab the son of Zer-u-f ah, 38 *i'ra an 'ith'rite, Ga'reb an Ith'- rite, 39 "U-ii'ah the Hit'tite : thirty and seven in all. CHAPTER 24. ( David numbers the people: 10 he, having three plagues propounded by Gad, repents, and chooses three days'" pestilence : 15 his intercession to God; the plague ceases. AND "again the anger of the Lord was kindled against l§'ra-el,and ^hemovedDa'vid againstthem to say, ^Go. number I§'ra-el and Ju'dali„ B. C. 1018. CHAP. 23. 9 lions of God. 10 a man of cownte- nance, or, sight. 1 Chr. 11, 23 a man of great stature. 11 Or, honour' able among the thirty. n ch. 8, 18 12 nt his com- mand, or, council. ch. 2, 18 p 1 Chr, 11,27 q Judg. 12,15 13 Or, valleys, Deut.1,24 r Judg. 2, 9 s ch. 20, 26 t Josh. 15,48 uch.11,3,6 B, C. 1017. CHAP. 24. a ch. 21, 1 1 Satan. lChr.21,1 Jas. 1, 13 b 1 Chr. 27,23 2 Or, Compass. c Gen. 26, 4 Jer. 17, 5 d Acts 5. 29 e Deut.2,36 3 Or,valley. /Num.32, 1,3 4 Or,nether land newly in- habited. g Josh. 19.47 Judg. 18,29 h Josh. 19, 28 Judg. 18,28 i lChr.21,5 j 1 Sam. 24,6 k ch. 12, 13 I 1 Sam. 13, 13 m 1 Sam. 22,5 n 1 Sam.9,9 o 1 Chr. 21,12 That is, three years and the present added to those men- tioned, ch. 21, 1. 2 For the king said to Jo'ab the cap- tain of the host, which was with him, ^Go now through all the tribes of !§'• ra-el,from Dan even to Be'er-she'ba, and number ye the people, that '] may know thenumber of the people. 3 And Jo'ab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the peo- ple, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it : but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing ? 4 N otwithstand ing ''the king's word prevailed against J o'ab, and against the captains of the host. And Jo'ab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of i§'ra-el. 5 And they passed over J or 'dan, and pitched in *Ar'o-6r, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the ^river of Gad, and toward -^ Ja'zSr : 6 Then they came to Gil'e-ad, and to the ^land of Tah'tim-hod'shl ; and they came ^to Dan-ja'an, and about to '^Zl'don, 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hi'- vites, and of the Ca'naan-ites : and they went out to the south of Jii'dah, even to Be'er-she'ba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Je-ru'sa^ lem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Jd'ab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king : 'and there were in l§'ra-el eight hun- dred thousand valiant men that drew the sword ; and the men of Jii'dah tce7'e five hundred thousand men. 10 ITAnd y a'vid's heart sm ote him after tha t he had numbered " the peo- ple. And Da'yid said untothe L ord, ^i have^inned greatly in"that Tliaye done; and now, 1 beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of tli~ ~ I servant ; for 1 have ^done very too ishly^^ R. 1 Kings 8. 33-36., 1 IFor when Da'vid was up in the morning, the word of the Lord canic? unto the proiDhet '"Gad,Da'vid's "seer saying, 12 Go and say unto Da'vid, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things ; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 13 So Gad came to DaVid, and told him, and said unto him. Shall "seven years of famine come unto thee in thy God sendeth o I. KINGS, 1. plague upon Israel, tand? or wilt thou flee three months | ^- c- loi oef ore thine enemies, while they pur- chap. 24 tsue thee ? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land ? now ad^rise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14 And Da'vid said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the Lord ; ^for his mer-j 27T24 cies are ^great : and ?let me not fall into the hand of ma.n. 15 IFSo ''the Lord sent a pestilence ^ Gen. 6, 6 1 Sam. 15, 11 Ps. 78, 38 Jer. 18, 5-10 Joel 2, 13 Jonah. 3,10 lil Chr. 21, 15 Qrrian. p Ps. 103, 8 Ps. 119, 158 5 Or,many. q Isa. 47, 6 Zech.1,15 r 1 Chr. 21, 14 IChr. s Ex. 12, 23 1 Chr. 21,15 Ps. 104, 4 Upon is'ra-el from the morning even to the'timie appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Be'er-she'ba seventy thousand men. 1 6 And when the 'angel stretched out ais hand upon Je-ru'sa-lem to de- stroy it, 'the Lord repented him ofj"ichr. the evil, and said to the angel that'^yic'iii.^ destroyed the peoplt^, It is enough:! 21,18' stay now thine hand. And the angel ^ ^'"""'^"'^ of the Lord was by the threshing- place of "A-rau'nah the Jeb'u-site. 1 7 And Da'vid spake unto the Lord vv'hen he saw the angel that^ smote the people, and said, Lo, "I have sinned, and I have done wickedly : but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my fa- ther's house. 18 TAnd Gad came that day to Da'- vid, and said unto him, "Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshing- aoor of M-rau'nah the Jeb'u-slte. X Gen. 23, 8 y Num. 16,48 z 1 Ki.19,21 a Ps. 20, 3 Ps. 119, 108 Ezek. 20, 40 1 Pet. 2, 5 h 1 Chr. 21,24 7 Which became the site of the temple. lChr.22,1 c ch. 21, 14 2 Chr. 33,13 Isa, 19, 22 1 9 And Da'vid,according to the say- ing of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded, 20 And A-rau'nah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him : and A-rau'nah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 21 And A-rau'nah said. Wherefore is my lord the king come to his serv- ant ? ^And Da'vid said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the -''plague may be stayed from the people. _22 And A-rau'nah said unto Da'vid, Let my lord the king take and offer up Avhat seeraeth good unto him : ^be- hold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and thresliing instrujnents and other instruments of the oxen for wood. 23 All these things did A-rau'nah, as a king, give unto the king. And A-rau'nah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept "thee. 24 And theking said unto A-rau'nah, Kay ; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price : neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So *Da'vid bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. D- 1 "kings 8. 62-64., 25 And Da'vid built 'there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was '^intreated for the land, and the plague v/as stayed from Ig'ra-el. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS, COMMONLY CALLED, THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHAPTER 1. I AMshag cherishes David in his extreme age. 5 Adonijah usurps the kingdom. 32 Solomon, by David's appoint'inent, is anointed king. 50 Adoni- jah, fleeing to the horns of the altar, is dismissed by Solotnon. NOW king Da'vid was old and 'stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his ser\^ants said unto him, ^Let there be sought for my lord the king ^a young virgin: and "let B. C. 1015. CHAP. 1. 1 entered into clays. 2 L,et them seek. 3 a damsel, a virgin. a 1 Sam. 16, 21 4 be a cher- isherunto Mm. b Josh. 19, 18 c Gen. 4, 1 345 her stand before the king, and let her "cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of is'ra-el, andfound Ab'i-sliag a*Shu'nam-mIte, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damxsel vkis very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him : but the king *knew her not. Adonijah usurpeth I. KINGS, 1. the kingdom. 5 1i Then '^Ad-o-nrjah the son of Hag'- gith exalted hinriself, saying, I will ^be king : and 'he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father had -^not displeased him ^at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so ? and he also was a very goodly 7nan ; i'and his mother bare him after Ab'sa-lom. 7 And ■'he conferred with Jc'ab the sonofZer-u-i'ah,andHvithA-bra-thar the priest : and 'they ^following Ad- o-nfjah helped him. 8 But Za'dok the priest, and Be-na'- iah the son of Je-hoi'a-da,andNa'than the prophet, and •'Shim'e-i, and Ke'i, and ^the mighty men which belonged to Da'vid, were not with Ad-o-ni' jah. 9 And Ad-o-nf jah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Z5'he-leth, w^hich is by ^En-r5'gel,and called all liis brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Jii'dah the king's servants : 1 But Na'than the prophet, and Be-na'iah, and the mighty men, and Sol'o-mon his brother, he called not. 11 1!" Wherefore Na'than spake unto Bath -she-bathemotherof Sol'o-mon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Ad- o-ni'jah the son of Hag'gith ^doth reign, and Da'vid our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give "'thee counsel, that thou may est save thine own life, and the life of thy son Sol'o-mon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king Da'vid, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying. Assuredly ^'Sol'o-mon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne ? why then doth Ad-o-ni'jah reign ? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, 1 also will come in after thee, and '"confiiTnthy words. 1 5 ^ And Bath'-she-ba went in unto the king into the chamber : and the king was very old ; and Ab'i-shag the Shu'nam-mite ministered unto the king. 1 6 And Bath'-she-ba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, ''What wouldest thou? 1 7 And she said unto him, "My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God un- to thine handmaid, sa^/^^^J?' Assured- ly Sol'o-mon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. B. C. 1015. CHAP. 1. d 2 Sam.3,4 5 reign, e 2 Sam. 15.1 /Pro. 29,15 6 from hia days. g 2 Sacx. 3, 7 liis words were with Joah. h 2 Sam. 20, 25 i cli. 2, 20 8 helped after Adonijah. j ch. 4, 18 k 2 Sam. 23,8 9 Or, The well Bagel. I 2 Sam.3,4 mPro.15,22 n lChr.22,9 10 fin up. 11 What to theel o Gen.18,12 1 Pet. 3, 6 12 lie down. Deut. 31,16 ch. 2, 10 Isa. 57, 3 13 sinners. 14 Let kino Adonijah live. 1 Sam. 10.24 2 Sam. 16, 16 2 Ki.11,12 2Chr. 23,11 15 before the king. p Judg.8,19 1 Sam. 25, 34 2 Sam.4,9 2 Sam. 12,5 q Gen.48,16 Ps. 19. 14 Ps. 31, 5,r Ps. 34, 19,22 Ps. 71. 23 Ps. 103, 1.* Lam. 3,58 346 18 And now, behold, Ad-o-ni'jab reigneth ; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not : 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and A-bi'a-thar the priest, and J5'ab the captain of the host : but Sol'o-mon thy servant hath he not called. 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all l§'ra-el ore upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the kmg after him. 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall ^^sleep with his fathers, that I a.nd my son Sol'o-mon shall be counted '"offenders. 22!IAnd, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Na'than the prophet also came in. 23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Na'than the prophet. 'And when he was come in before the king, he bowed him^self before the king with his face to the ground. 21 And Na'than said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Ad-o-ni'jah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne ? 25 For he is gone do\vn this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and A-bi'a-thar the priest ; and, behold, they eat and drink be- fore him, and say, '^God save king Ad-o-ni'jah. 26 But me, even me thy servant, and^ Za'dok the priest, and Be-na'iah the son of Je-hoi'a-da, and thy servant Sol'o-mon, hath he not called. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it un- to thy sextant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 *i[Then king Da'vid answered and said. Call me Bath'-she-ba. And she came ^^into the king's presence, and stood before the king. 29 And the king sware, and said, ^4s^the Lord liveth, that *hath re- deemed my soul out of all distress, 30 Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of i§'ra-el, saying, Assured- ly Sol'o-rnon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead ; even so will I certainly do this day. 31 Then Bath-she-ba bowed with f5od07no7i anointed king. I. KINGS, ^. He spareth Adonijah, B. C. 1015. her face to the earth, and did rever- ence to the king, and said, Let ^my lord king Da'vid h^'e for ever. 32^And king Da'vid said. Call nie Za'dok the priest, and Xa'than the prophet, and Be-na'iah the son of Je- hoi'a-da. And. they came before the king. 33 The king also said unto them. Take 'with you the servants of your lord, and cause Soro-mon mv son to ride upon "mine o^vnniule, and bring him doT^m. 'to Gi'hon : 34 And let Za'dok the joriest and Isa'than the prophet "anoint him there king over is'ra,-el : and "blow ye v\'ith the trumpet, and say, God save king SSro-mon, 35 Then ye shall come vqy after hhn, that he may come and sit upon my throne ; for he shall be king in my stead : and I have appointed him to be ruler over Is'ra-el and over Jii'dah. 36 And Be-na'iah the son of J e-hoi'- a-da ansv\'ered the king, and. said, ^^A-men': the Lord God of my lord the king say so too. 3 7 As -^the Lord hath been -with my lord the king, even so be he with Sol'- o-mon. and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king Da'vid, _ 3 S So Za'dok the priest, and Xa'than the prophet, and -^Be-na'iah the son of Je-hoi'a-da, and the Cher'e-thites, and the Pere-thites, went doAvn, and caused Soro-mon to ride upon king^ Da'vid's mule, and brought hmi to'e Gen.4:7,3i Gi'hon. ' fch.3,6 ! Ps. 132,11' r^ t a^a a j _ X^ '- / • -\ _ . • . . jt« i 30 And Sol'o-mon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children ^of the east comitry, and all the ^wisdom of E'gy^t. 31 I* or he was wiser than all men ; than 'E'than the Ez'ra-hite, 'and He'- man, andCharcol, and Dar'da, the sons of Ma'hdl : and his fame was in all nations round about. 32 And 'he spake three thousand proverbs : and his "songs were a thou- sand and five. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Leb'a-non even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall : he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 34 And 'there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Sol'o-mon, from ail kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. CHAPTER 5. 1 Eiram furnishes timber to build the temple. 13 Sol- omon''s workmen. AND Hi'ram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Sol'o-mon ; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father : ''for Hi'ram was ever a lover of Da'vid. 2 And ^Sol'o-mon sent to Hi'ram, say- ing, 3 Thou knov/est how that Da'vid my father '^could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God '^f or the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet, 4 But now the Lord my God hath given me ^rest on every side, 50 that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. 5 And, -^behold, I 'purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as ^the Lord spake unto Da'vid my father, saying, Thy son, whoin I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. 6 Now therefore command thou that they hev^ me ^cedar trees out of Leb'- a-non ; and my servants shall be with t\ij sers^ants : and unto thee will I give hire for thy ser^^ants according to all that thou shalt ^appoint : for thou knoAvest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the ^Si-d5'ni-an§. 7 H And it came to pass, when Hfram heard the words of S6ro-mon,that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed he the Lord this day, which hath given B. C. 1014. CHAP. 4. V Gen. 25, 6 Job 4, 38 Mat. 2, 1 q Acts 7, 22 r 1 Chr. 15,19 Ps.89, title. s lClir.6,33 Ps. 88. title. t Pro. 1, 1 EccL 12,9 u Song 1, 1 V ch. 10, 1 2 Chr. 9,1 CHAP. 5. a 2 Sam. 5,11 Amos 1, 9 b 2 Chr. 2, 3 c 2 Sam.7,5 d lChr.22,8 e 2Chr.22,9 /2 Chr. 2, 4 1 say. g 2 Sam. 7,13 7i 2 Chr. 2, 8 2 say. i Ezek.27,5 3 heaid. j ch. 9. 20, 2i k 2Chr.2,16 4 send. I Ezras, 7 Ezek. 27,17 Actsl2.20 m2Chr.2,10 5 cors. That is, about 42,- 500 bolls. 6 About 1560 gal- lons,wine measure, n ch. 3. 12 7 tribute of men, ch. 12, 18 8 Or, Oiblites. Ezek.27,9 352 unto Da'vid a wise son over this great people. 8 And Hi'ram sent to SoFo-mon, say- ing, I have ^considered the things which thou sentest to me for: a7idl will do all thy desire concerning; tim- ber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. 9 My •'serv^ants shall bring them down from Leb'a-non unto ihe sea : ^and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt "•appomt me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them : and thou shalt accom- plish my desire, in 'giving food for my household. 10 So Hi'ram gave Sol'o-mon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 11 And *"S6ro-mon gave Hi'ram twenty thousand ^measures of wheat for food to his household, and ®tw en- ty measures of pure oil : thus gave Sol'o-mon to Hi'ram year by year. 1 2 And the Lord gave Sol'o-mon wis- dom, as "he promised him : and there was peace between Hi'ram and Sol'- o-mon ; and they two made a league together. 13 ^lAnd king Sol'o-mon raised a'levy out of all i§'ra-el ; and the Iqyj was thirty thousand men. 1 4 And he sent them to Leb^a-non, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Leb'a-non, and two months at home: "and Ad-o-nl'- ram was over the levy. 15 And Soro-mon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains ; 1 6 Beside thechief of Sol'o-mon's offi- cers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that vf rought in the work. 1 T And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 1 8 And Sol'o-mon's builders and Hf - I'am's builders did hew them^ and the ^stonesquarers : so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. CHAPTER 6. 1 The building of Solomon's temple : 5 the chambers thereof: 11 God' s 'promise concerning it : 15 thecieJi i7ig and adorning of i* ' 2S the cherubims: 37 tha time taken to build it, AND it came to pass in the foiu' hundredand eightieth year after ■3 The huildina and L KINGS, 6. adorning of the temple. the children of l§'ra-el were come out of the land of E'gypt, in the fourth year of Sol'o-mon's reign over l§'ra-el, in the month Zif , which is the second 'month, that he ^began to build the house of the Lord, 2 And "the house w^hich king Sol'o- mon built for the Lord, the length thereof loas threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits iims the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house ; a7id ten cubits toas the breadth thereof before the house. 4 And for the house he made Vin- dows of narrow lights. 5 And ^against the wall of the house he built ^chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the ^Oracle: and he made 'chambers round about : 6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was sev- QM cubits broad : for without hi the wall of the house he made **narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right ''side of the house : and they went up with winding stairs into the middle cha7nber, and out of the middle into the third. 9 So he built the house, and finished it ; and covered the house ' "with beams and boards of cedar. 10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house wath tim- ber of cedar. 1 1 IT And the word of the Lord came to Sol'o-mon, saying, 12 Coyicerning^ this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judg- ments, and keep all my command- ments to walk in them; then will I pei'f orm my word with thee, which I spake unto DaVid thy father : 13 And *I will dwell among the (23) B. C. 1012. CHAP. 6. 1 Of the sacred year : about the end of April. 2 hVbHt. a Ezek.4:l,l 3 Or, \yroad within, and narrow without : ov.skewed and closed. Ezek. 40, 16 4 Or. upon, or, join- ing to. 5 floors. 6 Or, Holy of holies. 7 ribs. 8 narrow- ings, or, rebate- 'iTients. 9 shoulder. 1005. 10 Or, the vault- beavis and the cielings with cedar. b Ex. 25, 8 Ex. 29, 45 Lev.26,11 2Cor.6.16 Heb. 3, 6 Rev. 21. 3 c Deut.31,6 Heb. 13. 5 11 Or, from the floor of the house unto the ivalls,elc., and so ver. 16 d Ex. 26, 33 Lev. 16. 2 ch. 8. 6 2Chr. 3, 8 Ezek.45,3 Heb. 9. 3 12 Or. gourds. 13 openings of flowers. e Ex. 40, 20 14 shut up. f Ex. 30. 1 g Ex. 37.7-9 2Chr.3, 10, 11, 12 15 trees of oil, or, oily trees. 16 Or, the cheru- bims stretched forth their wings. Ex. 25. 20 Ex. 37, 9 2Chr.5,8 353 children of I§'ra-el, and <^will not for- sake my people i§'ra-el. 14 So Sol'o-mon built the house, and finished it. 1 5 And he built the w^alls of the house within with boards of cedar, ^^both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling : a7id he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 1 6 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar : he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the "^most holy place. 1 7 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits lo7ig. 1 8 And the cedarof the house within vjas carved with '^knops and '^open flowers : all was cedar ; there was no stone seen. 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to ^set there the ark of the covenant of the IjORD. 20 And the oracle inthe forepart icas twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof : and he over- laid it with '■'pure gold; and so cov- ered the altar which vms o/ cedar. 21 So S6ro-mon overlaid the house within with pure gold : and he made a partition by the chains of gold be- fore the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the w'hole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house : also ■'"the whole altar that loas by the oracle he overlaid with gold. 23 irAnd within the oracle ^he made two cherubiais of '^olive tree, each ten cubits high. 24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub : from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25 And the other cherub was ten cubits : both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. 26 The height of the one cherub ii^as ten cubits, and so ^vas it of the other cherub. 27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house : and '®they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other The temple adorned. I. KINGS, 7. mrani's works. cherub touched the other wall ; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and '^open flowers, within and with- out. 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and v/ith- out. 31 IT And for the ^entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree : the lintel «;ic^ side posts i/jere '®a fifth part of the wall. 32 The '^two doors also loere o/ olive tree ; and he carved upon them carv- ings of cherubims and palm trees and ^°open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. 33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, ^ 'a fourth part of the loatl. 34 And the two doors v^ere of fir tree : the two 'leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door loere folding. 35 And he carved thereon cheru- bims and palm trees and open flowers : and covered them with gold fltted upon the carved work. o6 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. 37irln the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif : 38 And in the eleventh year, in ^^the month Bui, which is the eighth month, was the house finished ^^throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in build- ing it. CHAPTER 7. 1 Building of Solomon\s hotise, 2 of the house of Lebanon, 8 of the house Jor Pharaoh's daughter 13 Hiram's works. BUT Sol'o-mon was building his own house ""thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2 ^He built also the house of the forest of Leb'a-non ; the length there of was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. 3 And it teas covered with cedar B. C. 1005. CHAP. 6. 17 openings of flowers. /i John 10, 7 18 Or. five- square. 19 Or, leaves of the doors. 20 openinqs of flowers. 21 Or, four- square. i Ezek. 41, 23 22 About theendof October. 23 'Jv, with all the appurte- nances thereof, and with all the ordi- nances thereof. B. C. 1005 till 992. CHAP. 7. a ch. 9. 10 2Chr.8,ll 1 ribs. 2 sight against sight. 3 Or, spaces and pil- lars were square in prospect. 4 Or. according to them. 5 Or. according to them. b Ps. 122, 5 Pro. 20, 8 Pro. 29, 4 6 from floor to floor. c Deut. 17, 16. 17 ch. 3, 1 d John 10,23 Acts 3, 11 e 2Chr.4,ll Huram. /2Chr.2,14 7 the son of a widmv woman. g 2Chr.4,16 h Ex. 31, 3 Ex. 28, 3 Ex. 35, 31, 35 Ex. 36, 1 Isa. 28, 26 8 fash- ioned. i 2Ki.25,17 2 Chr.3,15 2Chr.4,12 Jer. 52,21 354 above upon the ^ beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4 And there loere windows in three rows, and ^light was against light in three ranks. 5 And all the ^doors and posts wtere square, with the windows : and light loas against light in three ranks. 6 IT And he made a porch of pillars ; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was *bef ore them : and the other pillars and the thick beam were ^before them. 7 Then he made a porch for ^the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment : and it loas covered v\ath cedar '^from one side of the floor to the other. 8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, '(oh ich was of the like work. S6rq-monmade also an house for Pha'raoh's daugh- ter, ""whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. 9 All these %oere of costly stones, ac- cording to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so om the out- side toward the great court. 10 And the foundation was of cost- ly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 1 1 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 1 2 And the great court round about vKis with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, ^^and for the porch of the house. 13 IT And king SoFo-mon sent and fetched Lli'ram ^out of Tyre. 14 He ^was 'a widow's son of the tribe of Naph'ta-li,and«'his father ^^(2« a man of Tyre, a worker in brass : and ^he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king SoFo-mon, and wrought all his work. 1 5 For he ^cast 'two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece : and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 1 6 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the Ornaments and L KINGS, 7. utensils for the temple. height of the other chapiter was five cubits : 17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain M^ork, for the chapi- ters which icere upon the top of the pillars ; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 1 8 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one net- work, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegran- ates: and so did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chajjiters that were upon the top of the pillars v;ere of lily work in the porch, four cubits. 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which loas by the network : and the pomegranates v^ere -^two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. 2 1 And *he set up the pillars in the ^porch of the temple : and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof " J a'chin : and he set up the left pillar, and called the name there- of "Bo'az. 22 And upon the top of the pillars 10 as lily work : so was the work of the pillars finished. 23 lAnd he made "'a molten sea, ten cubits "from the one brim to the other; it was round all about, and his height %vas five cubits : and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about there vnere knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, "compassing the sea round about : the knops loere cast in two rows, when it was cast. 25 It stood upon "twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east- and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts viere inward. 26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained ^^two thousand baths. 27 HAnd he made ten bases of brass ; four cubits vkis the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. 28 And the work of the bases vms on this manner: they had ''borders B. C. 1005. CHAP. 7. j 2Chr.3,16 2Chr.4,13 Jer. 52,23 k 2Chr.3,17 I ch. 6, 3 9 That is, He shall establish. Ex. 15, 17 2 Sam. 7, 12,13 Ps. 87, 5 Ps. 89. 2,3,4 Ps. 90, 16, 17 Isa. 62, 7 Jer. 30,20 10 That is. In it is strength. m2 Ki.25,13 2Chr.4, 2 Jer.. 52,17 11 from his brim to his brim. n 2 Chr. 4, 3 2 Chr. 4, 4, 5 Je". 52. 20 12 There were but 2,000 baths in it usual- ly, but when quite filled it con- tained 3,000, or 22,210 gallons, wine measure. 2 Chr. 4, 5 13 shoot- ings. p Gen. 3. 24 Ps. 18, 10 Rev.4,6-8 14 in the base. 15hands,or, handles. 16 naked- ness. q Ex. 30. 17 2 Chr. 4, 6 Titus 3. 5 17 shoulder. .355 and the borders were between the ledges : 29 And on the borders that vjere be- tween the ledges were 'lions, oxen, and cherubims ; and upon the ledges there vkis a base above : and beneath the lions and oxen were certain ad- ditions made of thin work. 30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass : and the four corners thereof had miderset- ters : under the laver were underset- ters molten, at the side of every ad- dition. 31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above teas a cubit : but the mouth thereof ivas round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half : and also upon the mouth of it vKre gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. 32 And under the borders icere four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were ^'^joined to the base : and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. 33 And the work of the wheels to as like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. 34 And there ivere fourundersetters to the four corners of one base : and the undersetters ^oere of the very base itself. 35 And in the top of the base ivas there a round compass of half a cubit high : and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders there- of vjere of the same. 36 For on the plates of the '^ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cheiTibims, lions, and palm trees, according to the '^proportion of every one, and additions round about. 37 After this manner he made the ten bases : all of them had one cast- ing, one measure, and one size. 38 Then ?made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths : and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. 39 And he put five bases on the right ''side of the house, and five on the left side of the house : and lie set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. 40 irAnd Hfram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hi'ram made an end ©f doing all the The dedication I. KINGS, 8. of the temple. work that he made king Sol'o-mon for the house of the Lord : 41 The two pillars, and the tv:io bowls of the chapiters that v:iere on the top of the two pillars ; and the two net- works, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which icere upon the top of the pillars ; 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, eve7i two rows Df pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that mere ^®upon the pillars ; 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases ; 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea ; 45 And 'the pots, and the shovels, and the basons : and all these vessels, which Hi'ram made to king Sol'o- mon for the house of the Lord, v:)ere of ^ ^bright brass. 46 In 'the plain of J or 'dan did the king cast them, ^ "in the clay ground 'between Suc'coth ''and Zar'than. 47 And Sol'o-mon left all the vessels unioeighed, ^^because they were ex- ceeding many : neither was the weight of the brass ^^f ound out. 48 And Sol'o-mon made all the ves- sels that pertained unto the house of the Lord : the "altar of gold, and '"the table of gold, whereupon -"the shew- bread vkis, 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 50 And the boAvls, and the snuflfers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the "censers of pure gold ; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to vnt, of the temple. 51 So was ended all the work that king Sol'o-mon made for the house of the Lord. And Sdl'o-mon brought in the ^^things which Da'vid his father had dedicated ; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord. CHAPTER 8. 1 The dedication of the temple. 12, 55 Solomon''^ bUsiiing : 22 hi a prayer: 62 hia sacrifice of peace off&i'ingfi. 65 The people joyful. THEN Sol'o-mon assembled the elders of ]f§'ra-el,and all the heads of the tribes, the 'chief of the fathers of the children of I§'ra-el, unto king B. C. 1005. CHAP. 7. 18 upon the face of the pillars. r Ex. 27, 3 2Chr.4,16 Zech. 14, 20,21 19 vaade bright, or, scoured. s 2Chr.4,17 20 in the thickness of the ground. t Gen.33,17 u Josh. 3.16 21 for the exceeding multi- tude. 22 searched. 1 Chr. 22, 14 V Ex. 37, 25 IV Ex. 37. 10 X Ex. 25, 30 Lev. 24, 5 23 ash pans. M holy things of David. CHAP. 8. 1 princes. a 2 Sam. 6, 17 b 2 Sam.5,7 c Lev.23,34 Deut. 16, 13 2 Chr. 7. 8 1004. d Nuni.4,15 Deut.31,9 Josh. 3, 3,6 IChr. 15, 14 e ch. 3, 4 2 Chr. 1, 3 / Ex. 26, 33 g ch. 6, 27 h Ex. 25. 14 2 heads. 3 Or, ark, 2Chr. 5, 9 i Ex. 25, 21 Deut. 10,2 i Deut. 10,5 Heb. 9, 4 k Ex. 40, 20 4 Or,wherc. Ex. 34, 27 Deut.4,13 I Lev. 16, 2 Ps. 18, 11 Ps. 97, 2 mPs.132,14 n Josh. 22,6 2 Sam. 6, 18 356 Sol'o-mon in Je-ru'sa-lem, that ''they might bring up the ark of the cov- enant of the Lord out of *the city of Da'vj^i, which is Zi'on. 2 And all the men of i§'ra-el assem- bled themselves unto king S6ro-mon at the feast ^^in the month Eth'a-nim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of I§'ra-el came, '^and the priests took up the ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, '^and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy ves- sels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Le'vites bring up. 5 And king SoVo-mon, and all the congregation of i§'ra-el, that were as- sembled unto him, we^e with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto •^his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even mnder the wings of the cherubims. 7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 8 And they ''drew out the staves, that the ^ends of the staves were seen out in the ^holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen with- out: and there they are unto this day. 9 There 'was nothing in the ark save •'the two tables of stone, which Mo'§e§ *put there at Hd'reb, ^when the Lord made a covenant with the chil- dren of l§'ra-el, when they came out of the land of E'gypt, 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of. the Lord, 11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. 12 ITThen spake Sol'o-mon, The Lord said that he would dwell 'in the thick darkness. 131 have surely built thee an house to dwell in, "'a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. 14 And the king turned his face about, and "blessed all the congrega tion of i§'ra-el : (and all the congre gation of I§'ra-el stood ;) Solomon's prayer at the 1. KINGS, 8. dedication of the temple. 1 5 And he said, "Blessed be the Lord God of l§'ra-el, which spake with his mouth unto DaVid my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled ^^, saying, 16 Since Hhe day that I brought forth my people i§'ra-el out of E'gypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of l§'ra-el to build an house, that ?my name might be therein ; but I chose Da'vid to be over my people is'ra-el. 17 And it was in the heart of BaVid my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of i§'ra-el. 18 And the Lord said unto DaVid my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. 19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy so^ that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. 20 And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of Da'vid my father, and sit on the throne of I§'ra- el, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of i§'ra-el. 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is 'the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of E'gypt. 22 IT And Sol'o-mon stood before the 'altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of i§'ra-el, and spread forth his hands toward heaven : 23 And he said, Lord God of i§'ra-el, 'there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, "who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk *'bef ore thee with all their heart : 24 Who hast kept with thy servant Da'vid my father that thou promis- edst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as It is this day. 25 Therefore now, Lord God of i§'- ra-el, keep with thy servant DaVid my father that thou promisedst him, saying, ^There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of i§'ra-el ; "so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked be fore me. 26 And "'now, O God of I§'ra-el, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified. B. C. lOO-l. CHAP. 8. Lu. 1, 68 p 2 Chr. 6, 5 q Deut. 12,11 r Deut. 31,26 2 Ki. 22, 8 s 2Chr.6,12 t Ex. 15, 11 u Deut. 7, 9 Neh. 1, 5 Dan. 9, 4 V Gen. 17, 1 2 Ki. 20, 3 5 There shall not be c at off unto thee a man from my sight. Ps. 132,12 6 only if. IV 2 Sam. 7,25 X 2 Chr. 2, 6 Ps. 113, 4 Isa. 66, 1 .Jer. 23, 24 Acts 7, 49 Actsl7,24 y 2 Cor.12,2 z Phil. 4, 6 a Dan. 6, 10 7 Or, in this place. b 2Chr.20,9 Neh. 1, 6 8 Or,inthis place. c Ex. 34,6,7 Ps. 85, 2 Ps. 103, 2,3 Ps. 130, 4 Dan. 9, 9 Mat. 6, 12 lJohnl,9 9 an^ he re- quire an oath of him. d Deut.25,1 e Deut. 28,25 /Lev.26,39 10 Or, toward. g Ps. 5, 8 Ps. 25, 4,5 Ps. 27, 11 Ps. 86, 11 Ps. 94, 12 Ps. 119, 133 Ps. 143, 8 Isa. 35, 8 Hos. 2, 21 h 1 Sam. 12,23 Jer. 6, 16 35 7 which thou spakest unto thy servant Da'vid my father. 27 But ^will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heaven and ^heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house tliat I have builded ? 28 Yet have thou respect unto the 'prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day : 29 That thine eyes may be open to- ward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said. My name shall be there : that thou mayest hearken unto the pray- er which thy servant shall ''make 'toward this place. 30 And ''hearken thou to the sup- plication of thy servant, and of thy people Is'ra-el, when they shaU pray toward 'this place : and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place : and when thou hearest, '^forgive. 31 ITlf any man trespass against his neighbour, ^and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house : 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy ser^^ants, condemn- ing '^the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. J. 1 Chron.l6.31-33j 83 1i When ^thy people i^'ra-el be i smitte n down before the enemy, b e- cau se they have sinned against the e, and -^shaU turn again to thee , and conf ess thy name, and pray, and make supplication imto thee '°in this" ho use : 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forg ive the sin o f thy serv ants, and of thy people l§'ra-el, that thou teach ■■ ^them the ^ good way wherein th ey should walk, and give rain upon thy R forg ive the sin of thy pe o ple Is'ra - el, an d bring them again un to the land whi ch thou gavest u nto their fathers. J * 35 If When heaven is sh ut up, and th ere is no rain, because they have sinne d against the e; if they pi'ay toward this pla ce, and confess thy name, and turn from their si n, when th ou afflictest them : 36 Then hear thou in heave n, an d land, wh ich thou hast given to thy people for an inherita nce. R. 8.4G-50.J *P.l Kings 8. 47-52. Solom.on^s prayer at the I. KINGS, 8. dedication of the temple. W A R t P I 37 ^If 'there be in the land famine, b.c.iooi. if there be pestilence, blasting, mil- dew, locust, or if there be caterpiller ; if their enemy besiege them in thej land of their ' 'cities ; whatsoever ^ Deu?28!^ lague, whatsoever sickness there e; 38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man or by all thy people l§'ra-el, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house : 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou know- est ; (for thou, e^eyz thou only, know- est •'the hearts of all the chiJdren of CHAP. 8. 21-52 11 Orjitris- diction. 3 1 Sam. 16, 7 lChr.26,9 Ps. 11, 4 Jer.l7, 10 Acts 1, 2i k Deut.3,24 I 1 Sam. 17,46 2 Ki.19,19 Ps. 67, 2 m Ps.102,15 12 thy name is called upon this house. 13 the way of the city. 14 OT,right. n 2Chr.6,36 .Tob 9, 2 Job 14, 4 Ps. 130, 3 Ps. 143, 2 Pro. 20, 9 Eccl. 7,20 J as. 3, 2 lJohnl,8 their heart. p Neh. 1, 6 Ps. 106. 6 Dan. 9. 5 men ;) E. 2 Kmgs 19. 27. 40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. 4 1 ITMoreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people l§'ra-el, but Cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake ; 42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy ^strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm :) when he shall come and pray toward this house ; 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwell- ing place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for : jo Lev.26,40 'that all people of the earth may know i^^ ^^^^ thy name, to fear "'thee, as do thy back to people l§'ra-el; and that they may know that '^this house, which I have . builded, is called by thy name.* 44 Tif thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray '^ Jer.29.12 unto the Lord '^toward the city ^ Dan. 6. 10 which thou hast chosen, and tovmrd the house that I have built for thy i^ or, n^M name : 45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their '^cause. r 46 If they sin against thee, ("for there is no man that sinneth no t,) : ^* oeut. and thou be angry with them, and ^ ' deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near ; 47 Yet if they shall '^bethink them- selves in the land whither they were ^ Deut.31,6 carried captives, and repent, andj make supplication unto thee in the w ps.ii9,36 land of them that carried them * W. 1 Chron. 28. 9. t A. 2 Kings 17. 13-15. s Ezra 7, 6 Ps. 106,46 t 2 Sam. 6, 18 Josh. 21,45 Josh. 23,14 17 fallen. Jer. 10,23 2 Cor. 3, 5 358 captives, ^saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness ; 48 And so ^return unto thee with all theii' heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray '^unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name : 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their ' '^cause, 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and 'give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them : j 5 1 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of E'gypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron : 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people l§'ra-el, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. ^ 53 For thou didst separate them ' from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Mo'§e§ thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of E'gypt, O Lord God. 54 II And it was so, that when SoFo- mon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 55 And he stood, 'and blessed all the congregation of l§'ra-el with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people l§'ra-el, ac- cording to all that he promised: there ''hath not ^'failed one word of all his good promise, which he prom- ised by the hand of Mo'se§ his serv- ant. 57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers : "let him not leave us, nor forsake us : 58 That he may nncline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and t R. 2 Chron. 7. 14. * ^P. 2 Chron. 7. 14. R P Solomon's sacrifice. I. KINGS, 9. God'^s covenant vnth him. his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. 59 And let these my words, where- with I have made supphcation be- fore the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people l§'ra-el '*'at all times, as the matter shall require : 60 That 'all the people of the earth may know that ^the Lord is God,a?ic/ that there is none else. 61 Let your 'heart therefore be per- fect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his com- mandments, as at this day. f 6 2 If And the king, and all l§'ra-el with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord. 63 And Sol'o-mon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of I§'ra-el dedi- cated the house of the Lord. 64 The same day did the king hal- low the middle of the court that to as before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that ivas before the Lord ivas too little to receive the burnt offer- ings, and meat offerings, and the fat .of the peace offerings. D. Job 19. 25. 65 ITAnd at that time Sol'o-mon held *a feast, and all I§'ra-el with him, a great congregation, from the *enter- ing in of Ha'math unto the '"river of i:'gy\)t, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, eve7i fourteen days. 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away : and they '^blessed the king, and went unto their tents joj''- f ul and glad of heart for all the good- ness that the Lord had done for Da'- vid his servant, and for !§'ra-el his people. CHAPTER 9. 1 God\s covenant, in a aecond vision, with Solomoii. 10 The mutual presents of Solomon aiid Hiram. 25 Solomon's yearly sacriUces. AND ''it came to pass, when Sol'o- mon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and *the king's house, and "all SSl'o-mon's de- sire which he was pleased to do, 2 That the Lord appeared to Sol'o- mon the second time, "^as he had ap- peared unto him at Gib'e-on. 3 And the Lord said unto hmi, I B. C. 1004. CHAP. 8. 18 the thing of a day in his day. x Josh.4:,2i 1 Sam. 17,46 2Ki.l9,19 y Deut.4,35 B. C. 992. CHAP. 9. a 2Chr.7,ll b ch. 7. 1 c 2 Chr. 8, 6 d ch. 3. 5 e 2 Ki. 20, 5 Ps. 10, 17 Ps. 34, 17 / ch. 8. 29 g Deut. 11, 12 h Gen. 5, 22 Gen. 6, 9 Gen. 17. 1 *have heard thy prayer and thy sup- plication, that thou hast made before me : I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, -^to put my name there for ever ; ^and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there per- petually. 4 And if thou wilt Svalk before me, as Da'vid thy father walked, in in- ^ 2 KL 20*3 tesi'ity of heart, and in uprightness, aLev.23,34^^ do according to all that I have b Num 34 g commanded thee, a7id wilt keep my josh.'i3',5 statutes and my judgments : i'&ihl, 5 Then I will establish the throne of c Gen.15,18 thy kingdom upon is'ra-el for ever, Niun.34,5 i^^ J ppomiscd to Da'vid thy father, ^^thankcd. Spying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Is'ra-el. 6 But •'if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my command- ments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them : T Then *will I cut off I§'ra-el out of the land which I have given them ; and this house, which I have hal- lowed ^for my name, will I cast out of my sight ; '"and Is'ra-el shall be a proverb and a byword among all people : 8 And "at this house, which is high, g|^;f|;^^,every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss ; and they shall say, "Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house ? 9 And they shall answer. Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of E'gy^pt, and have tak- en hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them : therefore hath the Lord brought up- on them all this evil. 1 T And it came to pass at the end of twent}^ years, when Sol'o-mon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house, 11 {JVow Hl'ram the king of Tyre had furnished Sol'o-mon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, ac- cording to all his desire.) that then king Sol'o-mon gave Hi'ram twenty cities ^in the land of Gal'i-lee. 1 2 And Hl'ram came out from Tyre to see the cities Avhich Sol'o-mon had given him; and they ^pleased him not. 1 3 And he said, A\ hat cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of ^Ca'bul imto this dav- 2 Ch. 2, 4 ch. 3. 6 2 Ki. 20, 3 Ps. 16. 8 Ps. 128, 1 Mic. 6, 8 Mai. 2, 6 i 2 Sam. 7,12 ch. 6, 12 IChr. 22,10 j 2 Sam. 7, 14 2 Chr. 17,19 Ps. 89, 30 k Deut.4,26 2 Ki.17,23 2 Ki.25,21 I Jer. 7, 14 m Deut. 28, 37 Ps. 44, 14 n Deut. 29,24 2Chr.7,21 Jer. 22, 8 1 Which were In- habited by Ca- naanites. 2 Chr. 8, 2 2 were not right in his eyes. 3 That Is, Displeas- ing, or, Dirty. 359 Solomon's yearly sacrifices. I. KINGS, 10. Queen of Sheba's visit. 14 And Hi'rani sent to the king six- score talents of gold. 1 5 t And this is the reason of the ^levy which king Sdro-mon raised ; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and ^Millo, and the wall of Je-rii'sa-lem, and '^Ha'zor, and 'Me-gid_'do, and 'Ge'z5r. 1 6 For Pha'radh king of E'gypt had gone up, and taken Ge'z6r, and burnt it with fire, and "slain the Ca'naan- ites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, SoFo-mon's wife. IT And Sol'o-mon built Ge'zSr, and Beth-h5'ron 'the nether, 18 And "Ba'al-ath, and Tad'mor in the wilderness, in the land, 1 9 And all the cities of store that Soro-mon had, and cities for his char- iots, and cities for his horsemen, and "that which Sol'o-mon desired to build in Je-ru'sa-lem, and in Leb'a-non and m all the land of his dominion. 20 And all the people that icere left of the Am'or-ites, llit'tltes, Per'iz- zites, HiVItes, and Jeb'u-sites,which were not of the children of i§'ra-el, 2 1 Their children •^that were left after them in the land, whom the children of i§'ra-el also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Sol'o-mon levy a tribute ^of bondservice unto this day. 22 But of the children of is'ra-el did Sbl'o-mon ^make no bondmen: but they v^ere men of war, and his serv- ants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. 23 These we^^e the chief of the offi- cers that vjere over Sol 'o-mon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. 24 "TTBut Pha'raoh's daughter came up out of the city of Da'vid unto "her house which Sol'o-mo7i had built for her : then *did he build Millo. 25 IT And three times in a year did Sol'o-mon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense \ipon the altar that toas be- fore the Lord. So he firiished the house. 26 Ti And king Sol'o-mon made a navy of ships in ''E'zi-on-ge'b6r, which is beside Eloth, on the ^shore of the Red sea, in the land of E'dom. 27 And '^Hi'ram sent in the navy his B. C. 992. CHAP. 9. p ch. 5, 13 q 2 Sam. 5,9 r Josh. 19, 3G s Josh. 17,11 t Juclg.i,29 u Josh. 16, 10 V Josh. 16,3 Josh. 21,22 2Chr.8,5 It' Josh. 19,41 4 the desire of Solo- Vion which he desired. X Judg.1,21 J udg. 3, 1 y Gen. 9, 25 Ezra 2, 55 2S'eh. 7, 57 Keh. 11,3 z Lev.25,39 Jer.34,li a ch. 7, 8 b 2 Sam.5,9 ch. 11, 27 2Chr.32,5 5 upon it. c Num. 33, 35 Deut. 2, 8 ch. 22, 48 6 Up. d ch. 10, 11 Job 22, 24 CHAP 10. a 2 Chr. 9, 1 Mat.12,42 Lu. 11, 31 b Judg. 14, 12 Pro. 1, 6 c Pro. 1, 5 Isa. 50, 4 1 words. 2 standing. 3 Or, butlers. d 1 Chr. 26, 16 4 word. 5 Or, sayings. 6 thou hast added wisdom and good- ness to the fame. e Pro. 8, 34 /ch.5, 7 g Dan. 2, 21 h 2 Sam. 8, 15 Ps. 72, 2 Pro. 8, 15 i ch. 9, 27 SGO servants, shipmen that had knowl- edge of the sea, with the servants of Sol'o-mon. 28 And they came to *o'phir, and fetched from thence gold, four hun- dred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Sol'o-mon. CHAPTER 10. 1 The queen of Sheba admires the wisdom of Solo- mon : 14 his riches: 2A his presents : 26 his chariots and horses : 28 his tribute. A ND when the ''queen of She'ba -i-A. heard of the fame of Sol'o-mon concerning the name of the Lord, she came ^to prove liim with hard ques= tions. 2 And she came to Je-ru'sa-lem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones : and when she was come to Sol'o-mon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Sol'o-mon '^told her all her 'questions : there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. 4 And when the queen of She'ba had seen all Sol 'o-mon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the ^attend- ance of his ministers, and their ap- parel, and his ^cupbearers, and '^his ascent by which he went up imto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, It was a true ^report that I heard in mine own land of thy ^acts and of thy wisdom. 7 Howbeit I believed not the Avords, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it : and, behold, the half was not told me : "thy wisdom and prosperity ex- ceedeth the fame which I heard. 8 Happy ^are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand con- tinually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 9 Blessed -^be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of l§'ra-el : because the Lord loved i§'ra-el for ever, therefore •■^made he thee king, ^to do judgment and justice. 1 And she gave the king an hun- dred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and pre- cious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of She'ba gave to king Sol'o-mon. 1 1 And 'the navy also of Ili'ram, that Solomo7i\s possessi07is. I. KINGS, 11. JTe is draimi to idolatry. B. C. 992. brought gold from •'■O'phir, brought in from O'phir great plentj^ of "almug trees, and precious stones. 1 2 And ^the king made of the ahnug trees-pillai'sf or the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers : there came ^ 2Chr.9,ii no such almug trees, nor were seens apmp,or, unto this day.^ ' '■'''^*^- 13 Andking S6ro-mon gave unto the queen of She'ba all her desire, what- soever she asked, beside that which Sol 'o-mon gave her 'of his royal boun- ty. So she turned and went to her own countrv^, she and her seiwants. 14!iXow the weight of gold that came to Sol'o-mon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, I 15 Beside that he had of the mer- chantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and ''of all, the kings of A-ra'bi-a, and of the '"governors of the courtry. 16 ^Ai-L^ king Sol'o-mon made two hundred targets of beaten gold : six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. 1 7 And he made '"three hundred shields of beaten gold ; tlrree pound of gold went to one shield : and the king put them in "the house of the forest of Leb'a-non. | 1 S ""Moreover 'the kmg made a gi-eat throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. 1 9 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne loas round "behind : and there v-ere '-stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions ; stood beside the stays. i 20 And twelve hons stood there onj the one side and on the other uponj the six steps : there was not '^the like made in any kingdom. 2 1 And all king Sol'o-mon's drinking vessels mere of gold, and all the ves- sels of the house of the forest of Leb'a-non v^ere of pure gold ; ^^none loere of silver: "it was notliing ac- counted of in the days of Sol'o- mon. 22 For the king had at sea a navy of ^Thar'shish with the navy of Hi'- ram: once in three years came the navy of Thar'shish, bringing gold, and silver, ''ivory, and apes, and pea- cocks. 23 So kmg Sol'o-mon exceeded aU the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. CHAP. 10. [ j Job 22,24' 7 algum tree^, 2Chr.9,10 : 9 according to the liand of king Solo- mon. I 2Chr.9,24: Ps. 72, 10 10 Or, captains, i in ch. li, 26 n ch. 7, 3 2Clir.9,17 11 on the kinder part thereof. 12 hands. 13 so. li Or.there was no sUrer in theiru p Gen. 10, 4 2Chr. 20,36 15 Or, elenhants^ tee'tlu 16 sought the face of. q Ps. 68, 29 r Dent. 17,16 ch. 4, 26 2Chr.l,14 2Clir.9,25 .5 2Chr.l,15 17 gave. 18 And the going forth of the horses which was Solo- mon's. t Ezek.27,7 u Josh. 1,4 2 Ki. 7, 6 19 by their hand. CHAP. 11. 1 a Gen. 6, 2 '. Ezra 9, 12; 1 Ov,beside.' b Ex. 34, 16 Deut. 7, 3j 984. ; c Deut. ' 17, 17 Neh.13,26 d Jndg.2,13 361 24 "yAnd all the earth '^'sought to Sol'o-mon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 25 And nliey brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 26 *"And Sdl'o-mon 'gathered togeth' er chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four himdred chariots, and twelve thousand horse- men, whom he bestowed m the cities for chariots, and with the king at Je-ru'sa-lem. 27 And the king ''made silver to be in Je-ru'sa-lem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the .sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance. 28 ^'*And Sol'o-mon had horses brought out of E'gj'pt- ^^^ 'linen yarn : the king's merchants received the luien yam at a price. 29 And a chariot came up and went out of E'gypt for sb: hundi'ed shekels of silver, and an horse for an hun- dred and fifty : and "so for aU the kings of the Hit'tites, and for the kings of Sfrl-k, did the}^ bring the?n out '^bv their means. CHAPTER 11. 1 SolomoyVs wives and concubine-'^ in his old age draw him to idolatry: 9 God threatens him. 14 Solomo7i's adversaries. 41 Rehoboam succeed^i him. BUT king Sol'o-mon loved ''many strange women, together with the daughter of Pha'raoh. women of the Mo'ab-ites, Am'mon-ites, E'dom- ites, Zi-d5'ni-ans, omd Hittites; 2 Of the nations concerning wliich the LoRD^said unto the children of is'i^-el, *Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you : for surely they will tui'n away your heart after tl>eir gods: S5ro-mon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred waves, princesses, and three hundred concu- bines: and liis wives turned away his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when Sol'o- mon was old, 'that his wives turned away his heart after other gods : and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God. as icas the heart of Da'vid his father. 5 For Sol'o-mon went after ''Ash'to- reth the goddess of the Zi-do'ni-ans, and after Mil 'com the abomination of the Am'mon-ites. 6 And Sol'o-mon did evil in the sight 9 God threateneth Solomon. I. KINGS, 11. Solomon's adversaries. of the Lord, and ^went not fully after the Lord, as did Da'vid his father. 7 Then 'did Sdro-mon build an hie-h place for-^Che'in6sh,the abomination of Mo'ab, in -^the hill that is before Je- ru'sa-lem, and for Mo'lech, the abom- ination of the children of Am'mon. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 9 HAnd the Lord was ^angry with SoFo-mon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of l§'ra-el, * which had appeared unto him twice, 10 And •'had commanded him con- cerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods : but he kept not that which the Lord conamanded. 11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Sol'o-mon, Forasmuch as this ^is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee,'^I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. 12 Notwithstanding ixi thy days I will not do it for Da'vid thy father's sake: hut I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 Hov/beit^I will not rend away all the kingdom ; hut will give one '"tribe to thy son "for Da'vid my servant's sake, and for Je-ru'sa-lem's sake "which I have chosen. 14 ^And the Lord -^stirred up an ad- versary unto Sol'o-mon, Ha'dad the E'dom-ite : he loas of the king's seed in E'dom. 15 For nt came to pass, when Da'vid was in E'dom, and Jo'ab the capta,in of the host was gone up to bury the slain, '"after he had smitten every male in E'dom ; 1 6 (For six months did Jo'ab remain therewith all i§'ra-el, until he had cut off every male in E'dom :) 17 That Ha'dad fled, he and certain E'dom-ites of his father's servants with him, to go into E'gypt ; Ha'dad heing yet a little child. 1 8 And they arose out of Mid'i-an, and came to Pa'ran : and they took men with them out of Pa'ran, and they came to E'gypt, unto Pha'raoh king of E'gypt ; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. 1 9 And Ha'dad found great favour in the sight of Pha'radh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tah'pen-e§ the queen. B. c. 984. 20 And the sister of Tah'pen-esbare him Ge-nii'bath his son, whom Tah'- pen-e§ weaned in Pha'raoh's house : and Ge-nu'bath was in Pha'raoh's household among the sons of Pha- raoh. 21 And nvhen Ha'dad heard in E'gypt that Da'vid slept with his fa- thers, and that Jo'ab the captain of the host was dead, Ha'dad said to Pha'- ra5h, ^Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. 22 Then Pha'raoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with tciq, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country ? And he an- svv^ered, ^Nothing : howbeit let me go in any wise. 23 TlAnd God stirred him up an- other adversary, Re'zon the son of E-li'a-dah, which fled from his lord *Had-ad-e'zSr king of Zo'bah : 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, "when Da'vid slew them of Zb'hah : and they went to Da-mas'cus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Da- mas'cus. ^ 2Q ^^ ^^^ ^® ^'^^ ^^^ adversary to Is'- isa. 13, i7;ra-el all the days "of Sol'o-mon, beside Nah. 1, ^2 ^^^ mischief that Ha'dad did : and he q 2 Sam. 8, 14 1 Chr. 18, 12,13 r Num. 24, 19 Deut. 20,13 Ps. 60, title. s ch. 2, 10,34 CHAP. 11. i 2 fiilflUed not after. Num. 14,24 e Num. 33, 52 /Num. 21,29 £/2Ki.23,13 h Deut. 7, 3 Ps. 90, 7 i ch. 3, .5 ch. 9, 2 j ch. 6, 12 ch. 9, 6 3 is ivith thee. k ch. 12, 15 2 Ki. 17, 15,21 I 2 Sam. 7, 15 Ps. 89, 33 m ch. 12, 20 71 Ex. 32, 13 2 E:i.l3,23 o Deut. 12, 11 p Deut. 31, 16, 17 Deut. 32, 39, 41 lChr.5,26 Isa. 10, 4 Send me away. 5 Not. t 2 Sam.8,3 u 2 Sam.lO, 8, 18 .r 2 Sam. 20,21 y ch. 9, 24 6 closed. abhorred l§'ra-el, and reigned ovei Syr'i-a. 26 ^FAnd " Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne'- bat,an Eph'rath-ite of Zer'e-da, Sol'o- mon's servant, whose mother's name toas Ze-ru'ah, a widow woman, even he ^lifted up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king : ^Sol'o-mon built Mfl'lo, awc/'^repaired the breaches of the city of Da'vid his father. 28 And the man Jer-o-bo'am teas a mighty man of valour : and Sol'o-mon V 2Chr.i5,2 iggg^j-^g ^^le youug man that he ''was in- ^*^2^chS3^6^<^^st^i^^S' ^^ made him ruler over all the ^charge of the house of Jo'geph. 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jer-o-bo'am went out of Je-ru'- ;sa-lem, that the prophet 'A-hi'jah the 7 did worTc. I Shilo-nite found him in the way; and Pro. 22,29 i]^g had clad himself with a new gar- 8 burden, j^ient ; and they two were alone in the 980. I field : z Josh.18,1 30 And A-hi'jah caught the new gar- ch! 14! 2^ ufient that teas on him, and rent ''it i?i twelve pieces : • 31 And he said to Jer-o-bo'am, Take I" a 1 Sam. 15,27 24^5™* ithee ten pieces: for thus saith the 362 I iJeath of Solomon. ' Lord, the God of i§'ra-el, Behold, I *will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Sol'o-mon, and will give ten tribes to thee : 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant Da'vid's sake, and for Je-ru'sa-lem's sake, the city which I have* chosen out of all the tribes of is'ra-el :) 33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ash'to-reth ''the goddess of the Zi-do'ni-ans, '^Che'- mosh the god of the Mo'ab-ites, and Olircom. the god of the children of Am'mon, and have not v/alked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did Da'vid his father, 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand : but I will make him prince all the days of his life for DaVid my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes : 35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that -^Da'vid my servant may have a ^light alway before me in Je-ru'sa-lem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. 37 And I Avill take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over i§'ra-el. 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as DaVid my servant did; that I ^will be with thee, and build ^thee a sure house, as I built for Da'vid, and will give l§'ra-el unto thee. 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of DaVid, but not for ever. 40 SoFo-mon sought therefore to kill Jer-o-b5'am. And Jer-o-b5'am arose. and fled into E'gypt, unto Shf shak king of E'gypt, and was in E'gypt until the death of SoFo-mon. 41 IF And *the rest of the "acts of Sol'o-mon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Sol'o-mon ? 42 And -^the ^^time that Sol'o-mon reigned in Je-ru'sa4em over all !§'- ra-el was forty years. 43 And ^Sol'o-mon slept with his I. KINGS, 12. MehoboaTn ill advised. CHAP. 11. b ch. 12, 1, 16-20 c Judg.2,13 1 Sam.7,3 d Num. 21,29 Jer. 48, 7,13 e Acts 7, 43 /ch. 15, 4 2 Ki. 8, 19 Ps.132, 17 9 lamp, or, candle. 2 Sam. 21, 17 2Clir.31,7 g Josh. 1, 5 7i 2 Sam, 7, 11,27 i 2Chr.9,29 10 Or, words, or, things, i 2Chr.9,30 11 days. k 2Chr.9,31 I Mat. 1, 7, called Rohoam. B. c. 980. fathers, and was buried in the city of Da'vid his father : and 'Re-ho-bo'am his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 12. 1 ReJioboam refusing the old merits counsel, lo ten tribes revolt : 2() Jeroboam made king over them. AND ''Re-ho-bo'am went to ShG'< chem: for aU l§'ra-el were come to She'chem to make hun king. 2 And it came to pass, when * Jer-o- bo'am the son of Ne'bat, who was yet ^m E'gy^pt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Sol'o-mon, and Jer-o-bo'am dwelt in E'gypt ;) 3 That they sent and called him. And Jer-o-bo'am and all the congre- gation of i§'ra-el came, and spake unto lle-ho-b5'am, saying, 4 Thy father made our ''yoke griev- ous : now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will ser^^e thee. 5 And he said imto them, Depart yet for tlii*ee days, then come again to me. And the people departed. 6 "il And king Re-ho-bo'am ^consulted with the old men, that stood before Sol'o-mon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people ? 7 And they spake unto him, saying, •^If thou wilt be a sel•^^ant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy ser^^ants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given hun, and consulted with the young men that were groAvn up with him, and which stood before hira : 9 And he said mito them, What coun- sel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, say- ing, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter ? 10 And the young men that were grown up with hiixi spake unto him, saying. Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, say- ing. Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it hghter imto us| thus shalt thou say unto them, My ^little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins, 11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I mil add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. CHAP. 12. a 2Chr.lO,l h ch. 11, 26 c ch. 11, 40 975. d 1 Sam. 8, 11-18 ch. 4, 7.22 ch. 9, 15 Job 20,19, 20, 22, 23 Job 27, 13-23 Pro. 3. 81 Pro. 28,16 Eccl. 5, 8 Isa. 58, 6 Ezek. 22, 27,31 Ezek. 45,8 Amos 4, 1,2 Mic.2,1,3 Mai. 3, 5 lThes.4,6 e Job 12, 12 Job 32, 7 Pro. 27,10 Eccl. 10,4 Jer. 42, 2-5 Jer. 43, 2 /2ehr.l0,7 Pro. 15, 1 g ch. 3, 7 ch. 14, 21 2Chr.22,4 Ps. 7, 16 Ps. 140,11 Pro. 10, 6, 11,14 Pro. 18, 6,7 368 Ten tribes revolt. 1. KINGS, 13. Jerohoarn's idolatry. 12l[So Jer-o-bo'amandallthepeopie came to Re-ho-bd'am the third day, as the king had appomted, saying, Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered the peo- ple ^roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him ; 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hea\^, and I will add to your yoke : my fa- tiier also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people ; for '^the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord spake 'hy A-hi'jah the Shf lo-nite luito Jer-o-b5'am the son of Ne'bat. 1 6 TSo when all Is'ra-el saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, •i'What portion have we in Da'vid ? neither have loe inheritance in the son of Jes'se : to your tents, O l§'ra-el : now see to thme own house, Da'vid. So Ig'ra-el departed unto their tents. 1 7 But ''as for the children of Is'ra-el which dwelt in the cities of Jii'dah, Ke-ho-b5'am reigned over them. 18 Then king Re-ho-bo'am ^sent A-d5'ram, who was over the tribute ; and alll§'ra-el stoned himvf ith stones, that he died. Therefore king Re-ho- bo'am '^made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Je-ru'sa-lem. 19 So *'i§'ra-ei ^rebelled against the house of Da'vid unto this day. 20 H And it came to pass, when all i§'- ra-el heard that Jer-o-b5'amwascome again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all I§'ra-el : there was none that followed the house of Da'vid, but the tribe of Jii'dah "only. 21 IF And when °Re-ho-bo'am was come to Je-ru'sa-lem,he assembled all the house of Jii'dah, with the tribe of Ben'ja-min,anhundredandfourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Is'ra-el, to bring the kingdom again to Re-ho-b5'am the son of Sol'o-mon. 22 But ''the word of God came unto Shem-a-I'ah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak unto Re-ho-bo'am, the son of S6ro-mon,king of Jii'dah, and unto all the house of Jii'dah and Ben'ja- rr^j n. and to the remnant of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall notl B. C. 975. CHAP. 12. 1 hardly. h Judg.l4:,4 2 Chr. 10,15 2Chr.22,7 i ch. 11, 11 j 2 Sam. 20, 1 k ch. 11, 13 1 ch. 4, 6 ch. 5, 14: 2 strength- ened him- self, m2Ki.l7,21 3 Or, fell away. ?ich, 11, 13 2Chr.ll,l p 2Chr.ll,2 q Pro. 16, 9 r Gen. 12,6 Judg.9,i5 s Judg.8,17 t Rom. 8, 7 a D8ut.l2,5 V 2 Ki.10,29 2 Ki.17,16 w Ex. 32, 4 X Gen.28,19 Hos. 4, 15 y Judg. 18.29 z ch. 13, 34 2 Ki.17,21 a ch. 13, 32 b Num.3,10 ch. 13, 33 2 Ki.17,32 2 Chr. 11,14 Ezek.44,7 c Lev.23,33 Num. 29, 12 ch. 8, 2, 5 4 Or, went up to the altar, etc. 5 Or, to sacrifice. d Amos 7,13 6 Or, went vp to the altar, etc. e Num. 15,39 7 to bum incense. /ch. 13, 1 CHAP. 13. a 2 Ki.23,17 b ch. 12, 32 1 Or, to offer. 364 go up, nor fight against your breth- ren the children of l§'ra-el : return ev- ery man to his house ; for this thing is '/from me. They hearkened there- fore to the w^ord of the Lord, and re- turned to depart, according to the word of the Lord. 251iThen Jer-o-bo'am built '"She'- chem in mount E'phra-im, and dwelt therein ; and went out from thence, and built 'Pe-nii'el. 26 TAnd Jer-o-b5'am said in 'his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of Da'vid : 2 7 If this people "go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Je-ru'sa- lem, then shall the heart of this peo- ple turn agaui unto their lord, even unto Re-ho-bo'am king of Jii'dah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Re-ho-bo'am king of Jii'dah. 28 AYhereuj)on the king took coun- sel, and made "two calves of gold, and said unto them. It is too much for you to go up to Je-ru'sa-lem : behold "thy gods, O i§'ra-el, which brought thee up out of the land of E'gypt. 29 And he set the one in ^Beth'-el, and the other put he in ^'Dan. 30 And this thing became a ^sin : for the people went to wo7'ship before the one, eve7t unto Dan. 31 And he made an "house of high places, and ''made priests of the low- est of the people, which Avere not of the sons of Le'vi. 32 And Jer-o-b5'am ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, hke unto ^'the feast that is in Jii'dah, and he "offered up- on the altar. So did he in Beth'-el, ^sacrificing unto the calves that he had made : and '^he placed in Beth'-el the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he "offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth -el the fif- teenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he *had devised of his own heart ; and ordained a feast unto the children of l§'ra-el : and he offered upon the altar, 'and burnt -^incense. CHAPTER 13. 1 Jeroboam's hand withers, 6 but it the prayer of the prophet is restored. 23 The disobedient prophet slain by a lion. 33 Jeroboam's obstinacy. AND, behold, there ''came a man of God out of Jii'dah by the word of the Lord unto Beth'-el : and ''Jer-o- bo'am stood by the altar 'to burn in^ cense. Jeroboani's hand loitJiereth. I. KINGS, 13. The disobedient prophet. 2 And he cried against the altar in the word of theLoRD,and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord ; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of DaVid, ^ Jo-si'ah by name ; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. 3 And he gave '^a sign the same day, saying. This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 4 'FAnd it came to pass, when king Jer-o-b5'am heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth'-el, that he 'put forth his hand from the altar, say- ing, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, •^dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. 5 The altar also Avas rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, ac- cording to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord. 6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, '^'Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God ^besought 'the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it tvas before. 7 IT And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and re- fresh thyself, and T will give thee a reward. 8 And the man of God said unto the kmg,-'If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, nei- ther v/ill I eat bread nor drink water in this place : 9 For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, ^Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou earnest. 1 So he went another way, and re- turned not by the way that he came to Beth'-el. 1 1 ^Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth'-el ; and his ^sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth'-el the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 1 2 And their father said unto them. What way went he? For his sons B. C. 975. CHAP. 13. c 2 Ki. 23, 15,16 (i Isa. 7, 14 Isa. 38, 7 John 2, 18 1 Cor.1,22 e Jer. 20, 2 Acts 12, 1 / Pro. 21,30 Isa. 8,9,10 Isa. 54, 17 Acts 5, 39 Acts 13, 8-11 2Cor.lO,6 g Ex. 8. 8 Ex. y, 28 Ex. 10, 17 Num.21,7 Acts 8, 2-1 Jas. 5, 16 h Mat. 5, 44 Rom. 12,20 2 the face of the LORD. i 1 Sain.9,7 2 Ki. 5, 15 1 Cor.2,14 i Num. 22, 18 Num. 24, 13 k lCor.5,11 2 John 11 3 son. 4 a ivord ivas. I ch. 20, 35 1 Thes. 4,15 m Jer. 5, 12 Mat. 7, 15 1 John 4,1 uGal. 1,8 Ps. 63, 11 Pro. 6, 16, 17, 19 Pro. 12, 19, 22 Pro. 19, 5 Pro. 30, 6 Jer. 29, 31,32 Ezek. 13, 8,9 1 Tim. 4, 1,2 p Num.23,5 John 11, 51 q Deut.4,24 Deut.6,15 2 Sam.6,7 ch. 20, 36 2Ki. 2,24 Eccl. 12, 13, 14 Ezek. 24, 24 Nah. 1, 2 1 Pet.4,17 365 had seen what way the rnan of God went, which came from Ju'dah. 13 And he said unto his sons. Sad- dle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass : and he rode thereon, 11 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting rnider an oak : and he said unto him. Art thou the man of God that earnest f rom Jii'dah ? And he said, I am. 1 5 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 1 6 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee : neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place : 17 For ^it was said to me ^j the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou earnest. 18 He "'said unto him, I am a proph- et also as thou a?^t ; and "an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying. Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. JBut he "lied unto him. 1 9 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 20 11 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the ^'word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back : 2 1 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Jii'dah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed themouthof theLoRD, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water ; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepul- chre of thy fathers. 23 TAnd it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to to it, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, ?alionmet him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the cai'case cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase : and Jerohocmi's obstinacy. I. KINGS, 14. tferohoam is warned. they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 26 IT And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord : therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, w-hich hath ^torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him. 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And the}" saddled him. 28 And he went and found his car- case cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase : the lion had '"not eaten the carcase, nor %orn the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the car- case of the man of frod, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back : and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave ; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, 'my brother ! 3 1 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried ; lay ^my bones beside his bones : 32 For ^the saying which he cried by the v/ord of the Lord against the altar in Beth -el, and against all the ^houses of the high places which are in the cities '"of Sa-ma'ri-a, shall surely come to pass. 3 3 t After ^this thing Jer-o-b5'am re- turned not from his evil way, but 'made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he ^consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. 34 And^'this thing became sin unto the house of Jer-o-bo'am, even to ^cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. CHAPTER 14. 5 Ahijah denounces God's judgments against Jero- boam. 21 Rehohoam's wicked reign over Judah. 25 Sftishak spoils Jerxisalem. 29 Abijam succeeds Belioboam. AT that time A-bfjah the son of Jer-o-bo'am fell sick. 2 And Jer-o-b5'am said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thy- self, that thou be not kno^vn to be the wife of Jer-o-b5'am ; and get thee to Shri5h t behold, there is A-hi'jah the B. C. 975. CHAP., 13. 5 broken. r Job 38, 11 Dan. 6, 22 6 broken. s Jer. 22, 18 t Ruth 1,17 u 2 Ki. 23, 16,19 V Lev.26,30 Hos.12,11 w ch. 16, 24 John 4, 5 Acts 8, 1,14. X ch. 12, 81, 32 2Chr.l3,9 Jer. 3, 8 7 returned and made. Ex. 28, 41 Judg. 17, 12 2 Chr. 11, 14, 15 8 fllled his hand, Judg. 17,12 >j ch. 12, 30 z ch. 14, 10 ch. 15, 29,30 2 Ki. 17, 20-23 B. C. 956. CHAP. 14. a ch. 11, 31 b 1 Sani.9,7 1 in thine hand. 2 Oi", cakes. 3 OvMttle. c ch. 11, 29 4 stood for his hoari- ness. d Pro.21,30 5 hard. e 2 Sam. 12, 7 ch. 16, 2 /ch.ll, 31 g ch. 15, 5 h 2 Chr. 11,15 i Neh. 9, 26 Ps. 50, 17 Ezek. 23,35 j ch. 15, 29 k ch. 21, 21 2 Ki. 9. 8 I Deut. 32,36 mch. 21,24 366 prophet, which told me that ^Z should he king over this people. 3 And *take Svith thee ten loaves, and ^cracknels, and a ^cruseof honey, and go to him : he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. 4 And Jer-o-bo'am's wife did so, and arose, and ^went to Shf 15h, and came to the house of A-hi'jah. But A-hf jah could not see ; for his eyes Vere set by reason of his age. 5 IT And '^the Lord said unto A-hf jahj Behold, the wife of Jer-o-b5'am com- eth to ask a thing of thee for her son \ for he is sick : thus and thus shalt thou say unto her : for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to he another woman. 6 And it was so, when A-hf jah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jer-o-bo'am ; why feignest thou thyself to he an- other? for I am sent to thee loith ^heavy tidings. 7 Go, tell Jer-o-b5'am,Thus saith the Lord God of i§'ra-el, 'Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people I§'ra-el, 8 And'^'rent the kingdom away from the house of Da'vid, and gave it thee : and yet thou hast not been as my servant Da'vid, who ^kept my com- mandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes ; 9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: *for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and 'hast cast me behind thy back : 10 Therefore, behold, ^1 will bring evil upon the house of Jer-o-bo'am, and ^will cut off from Jer-o-bo'am him that pisseth against the wall, and, ^him that is shut up and left in l§'ra- el, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jer-o-bo'am, as a, man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. 1 1 Him ™that dieth of Jer-o-b5'am in the city shall the dogs eat ; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it. 1 2 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house : and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 13 And all l§'ra-el shall mourn for him, and bury him : for he only o£ jRehoboani's wicked reigyi. I. KINGS, 15. Death of Hehohoam. Jei'-o-bd'am shall come to the grave, because in him "there is found soine good thing toward the Lord God of Is'ra-el in the house of Jer-o-bd'am. 14: Moreover 'the Lord shall raise him up a king over is'ra-el, who shall cut off the house of Jer-o-bo'am that day : but what ? even now. 1 5 For the Lord shall smite is'ra-el, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall ^root up l§'ra-el out of this «'good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them ''be- yond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger. 1 6 And lie shall give l§'ra-el up be- cause of the sins of Jer-o-bo'am, who "did sin, and who made I§'ra-el to sin. nil And Jer-o-bo'am's wife arose, and departed, and came "to Tir'zah : a7id when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died ; 1 8 And they buried him ; and all Is'ra-el mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servant A-hi'iah the prophet. 19 And the rest of the acts of Jer-o- b5'am, how he "warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of is'ra-el. 20 And the days which Jer-o-b5'am reigned to ere two and twenty years : and he ^slept with his fathers, and Na'dab his son reigned in his stead. 21 •[ And Re-ho-bo'am the son of Soi'- o-mon reigned in Ju'dah. Re-ho-bo'- am teas ""f orty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Je-ru'sa-lem, the city -''which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Is'ra-el, to put his name there. And his mother's name vms Na'a-mah, an Am.'mon-it-ess. 22 And 'Jii'dah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they '^ provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them *high places, and ^images, 'and groves, on every high hill, and "^under every green tree. 21 And 'there were also sodomites in the land : and they did according to all the abominations oi the na- tions which the Lord cast out before the children of i^'i-a-el. 25 IF And •''it came to pass in the B. C. 956. CHAP. li. n 2 Chr. 12, 12 2Chr.l9,3 ch. 15, 27 p 2 Ki. 17, 6 Ps. 52, 5 g Josli. 23, 15 r 2Ki.l5,29 s Ex. 3i, 13 Deut.12,3 t Isa. 13, 24 u ch. 12, .30 ch. 13, i ch. 15, 30, Si ch. 16, 2 V ch. 16, 6 Song 6, i i/;2Chr.l3,2 6 lay down. 954. X Job 32, 9 Eccl. 4,13 975. y ch. 11, 36 z 2Chr.l2,l a Deut. 32, 21 Ps. 78, 58 Isa.62, 2,5 1 Cor. 10,22 b Dent. 12,2 Ezek. 16,24 7 Or, standing images, or, statues. c 2 Ki. 17, 9 d Isa, 57, 5 e Gen. 19, 5 Deut. 23, 17 ch. 1.5, 12 ch. 22, 46 2 Ki. 23, 7 /ch. 11,40 7 2Chr.l2,9 h ch. 10, 17 8 7'unners. i ch. 12, 24 cli. 15, 6 B C.958. CHAP. 15. a 2Chr.l3,2 Michaia the . daughter of Uriel. b 2 Chr. 11,21 Absalom. c ch. 11, 4 Ps. 119,80 (J2Chr.21,7 1 Or. candle. e ch. 14, 8 Lu. 1, 6 / 2 Chr. 13, 2, 3. 22 367 fifth year of king Re-ho-bo'am, that Shi'shak king of E'gj^pt came up against Je-rLi'sa-leni : 26 And i'he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ; he even took away all : and he took away all the shields of gold wliich ^Sol'o-mon had made. 27 And king Re-ho-bo'am made in their stead brasen shields, and com- mitted thera unto the hands of the chief of the ®guard, vv^hich kept the door of the kmg's house. 28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. 29 ITNow the rest of the acts of Re- ho-b5'am,and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chroni- cles of the kmgs of Jii'dah? 30 And there wasnvar between Re- ho-b5'am and Jer-o-bo'am all their days. 31 And Re-ho-b5'am slept ^\^th his fathers, and was buried with his fa- thers in the city of Da'vid. And his mother's name loas ]Na'a-mah an Am'mon-it-ess. And A-bi'jam liis son reigned m his stead. CHAPTER 15. 1 Abijam's wicked reign over Judak : 9 Asa^s good reign: 23 Jehoshaphat succeeds him. 25 Nadab's wicked reign over Israel. 33 Baasha's wicked reign. NOW in the eighteenth year of king Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne- bat reigned A-bi'jam over Ju'dah. 2 Three years reigned he in Je-ru'sa- lem. And his mother's name loas^'^Sisi- a-chah,the daughter *of A-bish'a-lom, 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him : and his 'heart was not perfect vvith_the Lord his God, as the heart of Da'vid his father. 4 Nevertheless "^f or Da'\id's sake did the Lord his God give him a 4ainp in Je-ru'sa-lem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Je-ru'sa-lem : 5 Because Da'vid 'did that lohich vKis right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any th i7ig that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of U-rl'ah the Hit'tite. 6 And there was war between Re- ho-bo'am and Jer-o-bo'am all the days of his life. 7 Now -^the rest of the acts of A-bf - jam, and all that he did, are they not Asa^s good reign. I. KINGS, 15. JV^adab's vncked reign. written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Jii'dah ? And there was war between A-bi'jam and Jer-o- bo'am. 8 And -^A-bf jam slept with his fa- thers ; and they buried him in the city of DaVid : and A'sa his son reigned in his stead. 9 HAnd in the twentieth year of Jer-o-b5'ani king of l§'ra-el reigned A'sa over Jii'dah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in J e-ru'sa-lem. And his ^mother's name 24)as lMa'a-chah,the daughter of A-bish'a-lom. 1 1 And ^A'sa did that 'which vkis right in the eyes of the Lord, as did DaVid his father. 1 2 And 'he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 1 3 And also Ma'a-chah his mother, even >her he removed from heing queen, because she had made an idol in a grove ; and A'sa destroyed her idol, and *burnt it by the brook Kid' ron. 14 But ''the high places were not re moved : nevertheless A'sa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days. 1 5 And he brought in the ^things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedi- cated, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels. 1 6 T And there was war between A'sa and Ba'a-sha king of I§'ra-el all their days. 17 And ™Ba'a-sha king of I§'ra-el went up against Jii'dah, and "built Ra'mah, 'that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to A'sa kingof J ii'dah. 18 Then A'sa took all the silver and the gold that v^ere left in the treas- ures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants : and king A'sa sent them to ^Ben-ha'dad, the son of Tab'ri-mon, the son of He'zi-on, king of Syr'i-a, that dwelt at ^Da-mas'cus, saying, 19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father : behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Ba'a-sha king of is'ra-el,that he may ^depart from me. 20 So Ben-ha'dad hearkened unto king A'sa, and sent the captains of B. C. 955. CHAP. 15. g 2Chr.l4,l 2 That is, gi-and- inother^s, ver. 2 /i2Chr.l4,2 951. i ch. 14, 21 ch. 22, 46 j Deut.13,6 Deut.33,9 2Chr. 15,16 Mat.10,87 Mat. 19,29 Lu. 12, 51,53 Lu. 14, 26 3 cut off. k Ex. 32, 20 I ch. 22, 43 2 Chr. 15, 17 Flight of the Syrians. 30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he "rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth Avitliin upon his flesh. 31 Then he said, ''God do so and more also to me, if the head of E-li'sha the son of Sha'phat shall stand on him this day. 32 But E-li'sha ^sat in his house, and ^he elders sat with him; and the king sent a mian from before him : but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, 'See ye how this son of 'a murderer hath sent to take away mine heeid? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him ? 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and ^4ie said, Be- hold, this evil is of the Lord ; what 'should I wait for the Lord any longer ? CHAPTER 7. I Elisha prophesies incredible plenty in SamaHa. 1? The unbelieving lord trodden to death. THEN E-lf sha said. Hear ye the word of the Lord ; Thus saith the Lord, "To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour he sold for a shekel, and two measures 31 barley for a shekel, in the gate of Sa-ma'ri-a. 2 Then ^a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, ''^/* the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be ? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but '^shalt not eat thereof. 3 1l And there were four leprous men "^at the entermg in of the g'ate : and they said one to another, A\ hy sit we here until we die ? 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there : and if we sit still here, we die also. Now there- fore come, and let us fall unto the host of the S5^r'i-an§ : if they save us alive, we shall li^^e ; and if 'they kill LIS, we shall but die. 5 And they rose up in the tv>-ilight, to go unto the ca.mp of the S5u''i-an§ : and when they were come to the ut- termost part of the camp of Syr'i-a, behold, there loas no man there. B. C. 892. CHAP. 6. 11 Gen. 37, 29,34 1 Ki.21,27 ch. 5, 7 ch. 18, 37 1 Ki. 19, 2 Acts23,14 V Ps. 118, 6,9 q Ezek. 8, 1 Ezek.20,1 Mai. 3, 16 r Lu. 13, 32 s 1KL18,4 11 That is, Jelioram. t Job 21, 15 Pro. 30, 9 Mai. 3, 14 Rev. 16, 9 CHAP. 7. a Ps. 46, 1 1 a lord wMcli be- longed to the king leaning upon his hand, cli. 5, 18 b Gen. 7, 11 Gen. 8, 2 Mai. 3, 10 c Heb.3,17 d Lev.13,46 Num. 5, 2 ch. 5, 27 Lu. 17, 12 e Est.h.4,16 f Lev.26,36 ■ 2 Sam. 5.24 ch. 19, 7 Job 15, 21 fit 1 KL10,29 7i Ps. 40, 4,5,6 Ps. 53, 5 Pro. 28, 1 i Phn.2,14 } Esth.9,17 2 we shall find pun- ishment. Num. 32,23 3 in it. 387 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrl-ang-^to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host : and they said one to another, Lo, the kmg of is'ra-el hath hired against us ^the kings of the Hit'tites, and the kings of the E-gyp'tian§, to come upon us. 7 Wherefore they ^arose and fled in the tv^ilight, and left their tents, an.d their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it ivas, and fled for their life. 8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it ; and came again, and entered in- to another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. 9 Then they said one to another. We 'do not well: this day is a day of •'■good tidings, and we hold our peace : if we tarry till the m.ornuig light, ^some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. 10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city : and they told them, saying. We cam^e to the camp of the Syr'i-ans, and, behold, there was I no man there, neither voice of man, :but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they loere. 11 And he called the porters ; and they told it to the king's house within. 12 ^And the king arose in the night, and said imto his ser^^ants, I will now shew you what the Syr'i-an§ have done to us. They know that we he j hungry ; therefore are they gone out ;of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. 1 3 And one of liis serv^ants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left ^in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of is'ra-el that are left in it : behold, /««?/, they are even as all the multitude of the is'ra-el-ites that are consumed :) and let us send and see. 1-1 They took therefore two chariot horses ; and the king sent after the host of the Syr'i-an§, saying. Go and see. 15 And they went after them unto Jor'dan : and, lo, all the way loas full 2 Plenty in Samaria. II. KINGS, 8. Hazael Jcilleth his master. of garments and Vessels, which the Sy r'i-an§ had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. 16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syr'i-an§. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, ^according to the word of the Lord. 1 7 IT And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate : and the peo- ple trode upon him in the gate, and he died, 'as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. 1 8 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, say- ingV'Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Sa-ma'ri-a : 1 9 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if tne Lord should make windows in heav- en, might such a thing be ? And he said. Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 20 And "so it fell out unto him : for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. CHAPTER 8. 1 The Shunammite's land restored. 7 Hazael kills his master, and succeeds him. 16 Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah : 24 Ahaziah succeeds him: 25 his wicked reign. THEN spake E-li'sha unto the woman, "whose son he had re stored to life, saying. Arise, and go thou and thine household, and so- journ wheresoever thou canst so- journ : for the Lord *hath called for a famine ; and it shall also come up- on the land seven years. 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God : and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Phi-lis'tine§ seven years. 3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, tha,t the woman returned out of the land of the PhMis'tine§ : and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. 4 And the king talked "^with Ge-ha'zi the servant of the man of God, say- ing, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that E-lf sha hath done. 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had ''re- stored a dead body to life, that, be- B. C. 892. CHAP. 7. 4 Or, fur- niture. k Num. 23, 19 Ps. 89, 2 Ps.119, 89 Isa. 40, 8 I sa. 44,26 Isa. 55,11 Mat.24,35 Mark 13,31 1 Cor. 1, 9 1 Thes. 5,24 1 Pet.1,25 I Deut. 32. 35, 39, 40 ch. 6, 32 2Chr. 36,16 Job 21,28, 29, 30 Job 31, 3 Ps. 31, 17. 18 Ps. 94, 4, 21-23 Pro.13,13 Isa. 5. 24 Isa. 28, 22 Jer. 5, 11-14 Nah. 1, 2 Lu. 10, 16 lThes.4,8 Heb. 10, 30,31 Jude 14,15 m ver. 1 n Num. 20,12 Job 20, 23 Jer. 17,6 Heb. 3, 18 B. C. 891. CHAP. 8. a ch. 4, 35 b 2 Sam. 24, 13 Ps. 105,16 Hag. 1,11 885. c ch. 5, 27 d ch. 4, 35 1 Or, ewavxh. e IKi. 19,15 / 1 Sam.9,7 1 Kl. 14, 3 g ch. 1,2 2 in Ms hand. 3 and set \t. h Lu, 19, 41 i ch. 10, 32 ch. 12,17 ch. 13, 13 Amosl,13 j ch. 15, 16 Hos.13,16 Amosl,13 k 1 Sam. 17, 43 I lKi.19,15 388 hold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Ge-ha'zi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom E-lfsha restored to liie. 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain 'officer, saying, Restore all that was her's, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. 7 1[ And E-li'sha came to Da-mas'cus ; and Ben-ha'dad the king of Syr'i-a was sick ; and it was told him, say- ing. The man of God is come hither. 8 And the king said *unto Haz'a-el, ^Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and ^en- quire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease ? 9 So Haz'a-el went to meet him, and took a present ^with him, even of every good thing of Da-mas'cus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said. Thy son Ben- ha'dad king of Syr'i-a hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease ? 10 And E-li'sha said unto him, Go, say unto him. Thou may est certainly recover : howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die. 1 1 And he settled his countenance ^stedf astly, until he was ashamed : ^and the man of God wept. 12 And Haz'a-el said. Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered, Because I know 'the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of i§'ra-el: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt -^dash their chil- dren, and rip up their women with child. 1 3 And Haz'a-el said, But what, is ^thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And E-lI'sha an- swered, ^The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syr'i-a. 14 So he departed from E-li'sha, and came to his master ; who said to him. What said E-li'sha to thee ? And he answered. He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. 1 5 And it came to pass on the mor- row, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died : and Haz'a-el reigned in his stead. Jehorani's icicked reign. II. KINGS, 9. Jehu anointed king. B. C. 892. CHAP. 8. 1 6 •[ And in the fifth year of Jo'ram the son of A'hab king of is'ra-el Je- hosh'a-phat being then king of Ju'-j^^gSChr.si, dah.'^'Je-ho'ramthe son of Je-hosh'a- 4 reigned. phat king of J u'dah 'began to reign. 1 7 Thirty "and two years okl was he when he began to reign ; and he reigned eight years in Je-ru'sa-lem. 1 8 And he walked in the way of the kings of is'ra-el, as did the house of A'hab : for Uie daughter of A'hab was his wife : and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 1 9 Yet the Lord would not destroy J u'dah for Da'vid Ms ser\^ant's sake, 'as he promised him to give him al- way a light, and to his children. 20 Uln his days^E'dom revolted from under the hand of J ii'dah, and ?made a king over themselves. 21 So Jo'ram went over to Za'ir, and all the chariots with him : and he rose by night, and smote the E'dom-ites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots : and the peo- ple fled into their tents. 22 ''Yet E'dom revolted from under the hand of J ii'dah unto this day. "Then Lib'nah revolted at the same time. 23 And the rest of the acts of Jo'- ram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of J ii'dah ? 24 And Jo'ram slept l^dth his fa- thers, and was buried mth his fathers in the city of Da'vid : and 'A-ha-zi'ah his son reigned in his stead. 25 ^In the twelfth year of Jo'ram the son of A'hab king of is'ra-el did A-ha-zi'ah the son of Je-ho'ram king of J ii'dah begin to reign. 26Two*and twenty years old loas A-ha-zi'ah when he began to reign and he reigned one year in Je-ru'sa lem. And his mother's name loas Ath-a-li'ah, the ^daughter of Om'rl king of l§'ra-el. 27 And 'he walked in the way of the house of A'hab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of A'hab : for he icas the son in law of the house of A'hab. 28 ^And he went with Jd'ram the son of A'hab to the war against Haz'- a-el king of Syr'i-a in Ra'moth-gil'e- ad;andtheSvr'i-answoundedJ5'ram.ia i KriXi opened the door, and fled Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a. And '^A-ha- zi'ah the son of Je-ho'ram king of J ii'- dah went down to see J5'ram the son of A'hab in Jez're-el, because he was 1 ^sick CHAPTER 9. 1 Jehu is anointed: 24 he kills Jorara in the field i mouth to mouth. q 2 Chr. 33, 11-19 r 2 Chr. 33,20 643. s 2 Chr. 33, 21-23 t Judg.2,12 1 Ki.11,33 u 2 Chr. 33, 24,25 I' Mat. 1, 10 called Josias. B. C. 641. CHAP. 22. a lChr.3,14 2Chr.34,l Jer. 1, 2 Zeph. 1, 1 b Josh. 15, 39 c Deut. 5,33 624. d 2Chr.34,8 e ch. 12, 4 / ch. 12, 9 Ps. 84, 10 1 threshold. g ch. 12, 11, 13, 14 h ch. 12, 15 i Neh. 7, 3 1 Cor. 4, 3 j Deut. 31, 34 8 Chr. 34,14 2 melted. k Jer. 36,31 I Abdon. 2 Chr. 34,20 3 Or, Micah. TO Ps. 35, IJ Pro. 3, e n Deut. 29,37 Ex. 15, 30 Judg. 4, 4 406 Huldah^s prophecy. king sent Sha'phan the son of Az-a-li'- ah,the son of Me-shiiriam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying, 4 Go up to Hil-ki'ah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the Lord, which -^the keepers of the ^door have gathered of the people : 5 And let them ^deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord : and let them give it to the do- ers of the work which is in the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the house, 6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 7 Howbeit ''there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt 'faithfully. 8 IT And Hil-ki'ah the high priest said unto Sha'phan the scribe, -^I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hil-ki'ah gave the book to Sha'phan, and he read it. 9 And Sha'phan the scribe came to the king, and brought the kmg word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found m the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord. 10 And Sha'phan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hil-ki'ah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Sha'- phan '^read it before the king. 11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. * 12 And the king commanded Hil- ki'ah the priest, and A-hf kam the son of Sha^jhan, and ^Ach'bor the son of ^Mi-cha'iah,and Sha'phan the scribe, and A-sa-hi'ah a servant of the king's, saying, 13 Go ye, "'enquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Ju'- dah, concerning the words of this book that is found : for great is ''the wrath of the Lord that is kin- dled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. 14 So Hil-ki'ah the priest, and A-hi'- kam, and Ach'bor, and Sha'phan, and A-sa-hl'ah, went unto Hul'dah, the 'prophetess, the wife of Shal'lum the * B. 23. 1-3. ' B HuldaKs prophecy. 11. KINGS, 23. Josiah destroyeth idolatry. B son of pTik'vah, the son of 'Har'- has, keeper of the Hvardrobe ; (now she dwelt in Je-ru'sa-lem '^in the col- lege ;) and they communed with her. 15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of i§'ra-el,Tell the man that sent you to me, 16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, 1 ?wl11 biing evil upon this place, and upon the mhabitants thereof, 6 ?;e/i all the words of the book which the king of Jii'dah hath read : 1 7 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned mcense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works "of their hands ; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. 18 But to 'the king of Jii'dah which sent you to enquire of the Lord, 'thus shall ye say to him. Thus saith the Lord God of is'ra-el,^45 touching the words which thou hast heard ; 1 9 Because thine "heart was tender, and thou hast 'humbled thyself be- fore the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become "a desolation and 'a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. 20 Behold therefore, I wUl gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt ^be gathered into thy grave in peace ; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I vvdll bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. CHAPTER 23. 1 Josiah causes the law to be read, 3 renews the cov- enant of the Lord, 4 deHroi/s idolatry, etc. 29 He is slain. ilJehoahaz'sreign : S5 Jehoiakim succeeds Mm. AND ""the king sent, and they gath ered unto hhn all the elders of Jii'dah and of Je-ru'sa-lem. 2 And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Jii'dah and all the inhabitants of J e-ru'sa-lem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, 'both small and great : and he read in their ears all the w^ords of the book of the covenant ^which was found in the house of the Lord. 3 And the king ""stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testi- monies and his statutes with all their B. C. 624. CHAP. 22. p Tikvatli. 2Chr. 34,22 4 Or. Hasrah. 5 garments. 6 Or, in the second paH. q Deut. 29,27 Daii.9,11, 12-14 r Ps. 115, 4 s 2Chr. 34,26 t Eccl. 8,12 u Ps. 51, 17 Isa. 57, 15 V 1 Ki.21,29 Ps. 34, 18 Ps. 51, 17 Ps. 138, 6 Isa. 57, 15 Isa. 66, 2 Lu. 14, 11 Jas. 4, 6, 7 1 Pet. 5, 5,6 w Lev. 26, 31,32 .r Jer. 26, 6 Jer. 44, 22 y Ps. 37, 37 Isa. 57,1,2 CHAP. 23. a 2 Chr. 34, 29,30 1 from, small even unto great. b ch. 22, 8 c ch. 11, 14 d Jer. 4, 2 e ch.21,3,7 2 caused to cease. 3 Chem- arim. Hos. 10, 5 Zeph. 1, 4 4 Or,tivelve sig^ns, or, constella- tions. f ch. 21, 3 n 2Chr.34,4 h 1 Ki.14,24 lKi.15,12 i Ezek. 16, 16 5 houses. j 1 Ki.15,22 k Ezek. 44, 10 Mai. 2, 8 I 1 Sam. 2,36 m Isa. 30,33 Jer. 19, 6 71 Josh. 15,8 Lev.18,21 Ezek. 23,37 p Deat.4,19 Job 31, 26 Ezek.8,16 6 Or, eunuch, or, officer. q Jer. 19, l."^ Zeph. 1. 5 407 heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And'^all the people stood to the covenant. * 4 And the king commanded Hil-ki 'ah ' the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Ba'al,and for the 'grove, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them without J e-ru'sa-lem in the fields of Kid'ron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth'-el. 5 And he ■'put down ^the idolatrous priests, w^hom the kings of Jii'dah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Jii'dah, and in the places round about J e-ru'sa-lem ; them also that burned incense unto Ba'ai, to the sun, iind to the moon, and to the "planets, and to ail -'the host of heaven. 6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Je-ru'- sa-lem, unto the brook Kid'ron, and burned it at the brook Kid'ron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the -"graves of the children of the people. 7 And he brake down the houses of ^the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, 'where the women wove ^hangings for the grove. 8 And he brought aU the priests out of the cities of J ii'dah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned mcense, fromGe'ba -'to Be'er- she'ba, and brake do^^Ti the high places of the gates that ^oere in the entering in of the gate of J6sh'u-a the governor of the city, which we7'e on a man's left hand at tlie gate of the city. 9 Nevertheless Hhe priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Je-ru'sa-lem, but ^they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. 10 And he defiled "'To'pheth, which is in the "valley of thechildren of Hin'- nom, that "^o man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Mo'lech. 1 1 And he too_k away the horses that the kings of Jii'dah had given to 'the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LoRD,by the chamber of Na'than- melech the ^chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the char- iots of the sun with fire. 1 2 And the altars that were ?on the * B. 2 Chron. 17. 9 B Josiah destroyeth idolatry. II. KINGS, 23. The passover kept. top of the upper chamber of A'haz, which the kings of Jii'dah had made, and the altars which Ma-nas'seh ''had made in the tw^o courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat dowm,and 'brake theyii down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kid'ron. 1 3 And the high places that loere before Je-ru'sa-lem, which 2^'ere on the right hand of ^the mount of corrup- tion, which 'Soro-mon the king of i§'- ra-el had builded for Ash'to-reth the abomination of the Zi-d5'ni-an§, and for Che'mosh the abomination of the Mo'ab-ites, and for ^Mil'com the abomination of the cliildren of Am'- mon, did the king defile. 14 And 'he brake in pieces the "im- ages, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. 15 TMoreover the altar that loas at Beth -el, and the high place which "Jer-o-b5'am the son of Ne'bat, w^ho made l§'ra-el to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, amd stamped it small to pow- der, and burned the grove. 1 6 And as Jo-si'ah turned himself , he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word "of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. IT Then he said, What title is that that I see ? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Jii'dah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth'-el. 18 And he said. Let hun alone ; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones ^ ^alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Sa- ma'ri-a. 19 And all the houses also of the high places that inere "in the cities of Sa-ma'ri-a, which the kings of is'ra- el had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Jo-si'ah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth'-el. 20 And he ^^slew aU the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and ''burned m.en's bones B. C. 624. CHAP. 23. r ch. 21, 5 7 Or, ran from thence. 8 That is, the mount of Olives. s 1 Ki. 11, 7 9 Or, Molech. t Ex. 23, 24 Deut. 7, 5, 25 10 statues. u 1 Ki. 12, 28,33 V 1 Ki. 13, 2 11 to escape. u;2Chr.34,6 12 Or, sacriUced. Ex. 22, 20 1 Ki.18,40 ch. 11, 18 X 2Chr.34,5 y 2Chr.35,l z Ex. 12, 3 Lev. 23, 5 Num. 9, 2 Deut.16,2 a ch. 21, 6 13 Or, tera- pTihn, 1 Sam. 19, 13 Hos. 3, 4 b Lev.19,31 Lev.20,27 Deut. 18, 11 c ch. 18, 5 d ch. 21, 11 ch. 24, 3 Jer. 15, 4 14 angers, e ch. 17, 18 /IKi. 8,29 1 Ki. 9, 3 610. g Zech. 12, 11 ?i ch. 14, 8 ( Jer. 22, 11 408 upon them, and returned to Je-ru'sa- lem. 21 IT And the king commanded all the people, saving, s'Keep the pass- over unto the Lord your God, as Ht is w^ritten in the book of this cove- nant. 22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Ig'ra-el, nor in all the days of the kings of l§'ra-el, nor of the kings of Jii'dah; 23 But in the eighteenth year of king Jo-sfah, wherein this passover was holden to the Lord in Je-ru'sa lem. 241[Moreover "the workers vnth familiar spirits, and the "wizards, and the ^ ^images, and the idols, and all the abominations that w^ere spied in the land of Ju'dah and in J e-ru'sa-lem, did Jo-sf ah put away, that he might per- form the w^ords of *the law w^hich w^ere w^iitten in the book that Hil- kf ah the priest found in the house of the Lord. 25 And '"like unto him \vas there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Mo'§e§; neither after him arose there any like him. 2 6 >s otmthstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Ju'dah, because ''of all the "^provocations that Ma- nas'seh had provoked him withal. 27 And the Lord said, I will re move Jii'dah also out of my sight, as 'I have removed is'ra-el, and will cast off this city Je-ru'sa-lem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, ■''My name shall be there. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jo-si'- ah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Jii'dah? 29 In his days Pha'raoh-ne'choh king of E'g5T)t went up against the king of As-syr'i-a to the river Eu- phra'tes: and king Jo-sI'ah went against him; and he slew^ him ^'at Me-gid'do, when he ^had seen him. 30 And his ser\^ants carried him in a chariot dead from Me-gid'd5, and brought him to Je-ru'sa-lem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the ^land took ' Je-ho'a-haz the son of J6-si'ah, and Jehoahaz^s evil reign. II. KINGS, 24. Jerusalem taken. anointed him, and made him king| b. c. eio. in his father's stead. chap~23" 31 *lJe-h5'a-haz teas twenty andij ch. 2i, is three years old when he began to'feNum.' reign ; and he reigned three months j ch.25, e m Je-ru'sa-lem. And his mothers' _Jer.52,27 name was ■'Ha-mii'tal, the daughter of ^'""^u^^-H^ Jer-e-mi'ah of Lib'nah. revjma. 32 And he did that ichich icas evilp^^ffj^^^ in the sight of the Lord, according j upontiie to ah that his fathers had done. I; 0^2! 17 33 And Pha'ra5h-ne'choh put mmj oan. i, 7 in bands at ^Riblah in the land of:"^?^^^ 1,11 TT — * ie;1 1 * 1 ' '' *J Lin. 11 It, Ha math, ' "that he might not reign lUnjer. 22,11 Je-ru'sa-lem ; and '^put the land to a; f'^f^- ^^' tribute of an hundred talents of sil- Pro.11,11 ver, and a talent of gol_d. j ^^°- 1^- ^ 34 And Pha'ra5h-ne'choh madej E-li'a-kim the son of Jo-si'ah king in! the room of Jo-si'ah his father, audi turned ^his name to "'Je-hoi'a-kim. and took Je-h5'a-haz away : and "he came to E'^ypt, and died there. 1 Lev 26 '>b 35 xVnd Je-hoi'a-kim gave the silver! Jer/25,i~9 and the gold to Pharaoh; but he'^je^r^J'o Jer."32.'28 Ezek.19,8 c ch. 20, 17 ch. 21, 12 B. C. 607. CHAP. 24. taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pha'raoh : he 'exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of '^^ T't^e^' every one according to his taxation, | hlndof. to give it unto Pha'raoh-ne'choh. f^^m'oQ 36 TJe-hoi'a-kim loas twenty andgch!2i, le five years old when he began to ^jer. 15, 1 reign ; and he reigned eleven years " Lain. 3,'i2 in Je-ru'sa-lem_. And his mother's name teas Ze-bii'dah. the daughter of Pe-da'iah of Ru'mah. i j r 46 2 37 And he did that u^hich icas evil 2 fecnniah, in the sight of the Lord, according^ je^^4'^i to all that his fathers had done "-^-'"^ ' CHAPTER 24. Jehoiakirn procures his own ruin. 8 Jekoiachin g 2 Clir.36,6 599. h Jer. 37, 5 and ConiaTi, Jer. 22, 2-1 j Dan 1, 1 succeeds him. IQ Jerusalem taken. 17 ZedeA-ea/i'S'o „„^„ ,•'+,, eril^ reian . j "^ ^f^^ ' "-^^ IN ''his days Neb-u-chad-nez'zari.zc jer.W, i ^ king of Bab'^'-lon came up, and! Ezek^'^'^ Je-hoi'a-kim became liis ser^^ant 17.12 three years : then he turned and re- * f^f',,^,,^ belled against hmi. i j^v. 25, 1 2 And 'the Lord sent agamst him '^ cn. 25, 27 bands of the Chardees, and bands of !? S 39,? the Syr'i-ans. and bands of the M5'ab- p Dan. 5] 2 ites. and bands of the children of ^ jS"2o;^5^ Am'mon, and sent them against Jii'- '• Jer. 24] 1 dah to destroy it, according ^to the"' 19^2?'^^' word of the Lord, which he spake f ch. 25, 12 'by his serv'ants the prophets. * Ih i^ciin ' ^ 3 Surely at the commandment of ^^^]^r> q the Lord came this upon Jii'dah, to; Jer. 22,' remove thetn out of his sight,for '^the- Eze2 1. 2 sins of Ma-nas'seh, according to all 5 or, that he did ; 1, ?;;"5t28 409 4 And 'also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Je-ru'sadem with innocent blood ; which'theLoRi* would not pardon. 5 VNow the rest of the acts of Je- hoi'a-kim,and ail that he did, are they not written in the book of the cln^on- icles of the kings of Jii'dah ? 6 So '°Je-hoi'a-kim slept with his fathers: and Je-hoi'a-chin his son reigned in his stead. 7 And Hhe king of E'gj'pt came not :agam any more out of his land : for 'the king of Bab 'y -Ion had taken from the river of E'gj'pt unto the ri^-er !Eii-phra_'tes all that pertained to the king of E'gypt. 8 ^'^ Je-hoi a-chm was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Je-ru'sa-lem three months. And his mother's name teas Xe-hiish'- ta, the daughter of El'na-than of Je- ru'sa-lem. 9 And he did that ichich teas evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done. 10 *i"At -'that time the servants of Neb-u-chad-nez'zar king of Bab'y-lon came up against Je-ru'sa-lem, and the city ^vas besieged. 11 And Neb-u-chad-nez'zar king of Bab'y-lon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. 12 And^Je-hoi'a-chintheking of Jii'- dah went out to the kmg of Bab'}' -Ion, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his ^ofiicers: 'and the king of Bab'^'-lon^took him "in the eighth year of his reign. 13 And "he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and ^'cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which ^ol'o-mon king of is'ra-el had made in the temple of the Lord, ''as the Lord had said. 14 And die carried away all Je-ru^- sa-lem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thou- sand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths : none remamed, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. 15 And "he carried away Je-hoi'a- chin to Bab'y-lon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his "officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Je-ru'sa-lem to Bab'y-lon. 16 And 'all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were 2 Jerusalem besieged 11. KINGS, 25. and the nobles slain strong and apt for war, even them the king of Bab'y Ion brought captive to Bab'y-lon. IT And "the king of Bab'5^-lon made ^Mat-ta-ni'ah his father's brother king in his stead, ^'and changed his name to Zed-e-kfah. 1 8 T"Zed-e-ki'ah -vkis twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Je-ru'- sa-lem. And ''his mother's name loas Ha-mu'tal, the daughter of Jer-e- m.i'ah of Lib'nah. 19 And he did that lohich was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Je-hoi'a-kim had done. 20 For ^through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Je-ru'sa-lem and Jii'dah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zed-e- kfah '"rebelled against the kmg of Bab'y'-lon. CHAPTER 25. 1 Jerusalem again besieged. 4 Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, and his eyes put out, etc. AND it came to pass "in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, ^Aa^ Neb-u-chad-nez'zar king of Bab'y-ion came, he, and all his host, against Je-ru'sa-lem, and pitched against it ; and they built forts against it round about. 2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zed-e-kfah. 3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war jied by night by the way of the gate between two walls, Avhich is by the king's garden : (now the Chal'deeg loere against the city round about :) and ^the king went the way toward the plain. 5 And the army of the ChaFdees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jer'i-ch5 : and all his army were scattered from him. 6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Bab'y-lon '^to Riblah; and they ^gave judgment upon him. 7 And they slew the sons of Zed-e- kfah before his eyes, and'^put out the ej^es of Zed-e-ki'ah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Bab'y-lon. 8 li And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is B. C. 599. CHAP. 24. w Jer. 37, 1 -r lChr.3,15 y ch. 23, 34 2Chr.36,4 z 2 Chr. 36, 11 Jer. 37, 1 Jer. 62, 1 a ch. 23, 31 b Deut.4,24 Deut. 29, 27 ch. 22, 16 ch. 23, 26 c Ezek. 17, 15 2 Chr. 36,13 B. C. 590. CHAP. 25. a 2 Chr. 36, 17 Jer. 34, 2 Jer. 39, 1 Ezek.24,1 b Jer. 39, 4 Jer. 52, 7 Ezek. 12, 12 c ch. 23, 33 1 spake iudi 2 Sam. 17,25 9 Ithra an Israelite. 2 Sam. 17,25 1471. Ex. 31, 2 Ex. 35, 30 2 Chr. 1, 5 p Num.27,1 10 took. q Num. 32, 41 Deut.3,14 Josh. 13,30 r ch. 4, 5 s 2 Sam. 14. 2 Neh. 3, 5 t ch. 11, 41 11 Called father, because his de- scend- ants peo- pled that city. 413 O'nam were, And the sons Hez'ron's wife bare him Ash'iir 'the father of 'Te-ko'a. 25 II And the sons of Je-rah'me-el the firstborn of Hez'ron were. Ram the firstborn, and Bii'nah, and o'ren, and O'zem, and A-hi'jah. 26 Je-rah'me-el had also another wife, whose name vms At'a-rah ; she was the mother of O'nam. 27 And the sons of Ram the first- born of Je-rah'me-el were, Ma'az, and Ja'min, and E'kgr. 28 And the sons of Sham'ma-i, and Ja'da. of Sham'ma-i ; Na'dab and Ab'i-shur. 29 And the name of the wife of Ab'i-shur loas Ab-i-ha'il, and she bare him Ah'ban, and Mo'iid. 30 And the sons of Na'dab ; Seled, and Ap'pa-im : but Se'led died with- out children. 31 And the sons of Ap'pa-im; I'shi. And the sons of I'shi ; She'shan. And the children of She'shan ; Ah'lai. 32 And the sons of Ja'da the brother of Sham'ma-i; Je'thgr, and J on'a-than: and Je'thgr died v/ithout children. 33 And the sons of J on'a-than ; Pe'- leth, and Za'za. These were the sons of Je-rah'me-el. 34 'FNow She'shan had no sons, but daughters. And She'shan had a serv- ant, an E-gyp'tian, whose name vms Jar'ha. 35 And She'shan gave his daughter to Jar'ha his servant to wife ; and she bare him At'tai. 36 And At'tai begat Na'than, and Na'than begat 'Za'bad, 37 And Za'bad begat Ephlai, and Ephlal begat O'bed, 38 And Ol)ed begat Je'hii, and Je'hii begat Az-a-ri'ah, 39 And Az-a-ri'ah begat Helez, and Helez begat E-le'a-sah, 40 And E-le'a-sah begat Si-sam'a.-!, and Si-sam'a-i begat Shal'lum, 41 And Shal'lum begat Jek-a-mi'ah, and Jek-a-mi'ah begat E-lish'a-ma. 42 TNow the sons of Caleb the broth- er of Je-rah'me-el v:>ere, xue'sha his firstborn, which loas the "father of Ziph ; and the sons of Ma-re'shah the father of He'bron. 43 And the sons of He'bron ; Ko'rah, and Tap'pu-ah, and Re'kem, and She'ma. 44 And She'ma begat Ra'ham, the father of J6r'ko-am: and Re'kem begat Sham'ma-I. 45 And the son of Sham'ma-i was I. CHRONICLES, 3, 4. CHAP. 2. u Josh. 15,17 12 Or, Reaiah, ch. i, 2 Jtfentt- chites, or, Hatsi- ?iamme- nuchoth. 14 Or, J.t- arites, or, croii'ns o/ the house of Joab. V Judg.1,16 lu Jer. 35, 2 7%^ S0715 0/ David. Ma'on : and Ma'on teas the father of ^- c- i^^i- Beth'-zur. 46 And E'phah, Caleb's concubine, bare Ha'ran, and ]Mo'za, and Ga'zez : and Ha'ran begat Gra'zez, 47 And the sons of Jah'da-i; Re'- gem, and Jo'tham, and Ge'sham, andjis or naif Pelet,_and E'phah,_and Sha'aph. ^■' 48 Ma'a-chah, Caleb's concubine, bare She'b6r, and Tir'ha-nah. 49 She bare also Sha'aph the father of 3Iad-nian'nah, She'va the father of Mach'be-nah, andthe_f atherof Gib'e-a: and the daughter of Caleb?6Y«s"Ach'sa. 50 ITThese were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Eph'- ra-tah_; Sh5'b?d the father of Kir'- jath-je'a-rim, 5 1 SaFma the father of Beth -le-hem, Ha'reph the father of Beth-ga'dSr. 52 And Sho'bal the father ^of Kir'- jath-je'a-rini had sons; ^^Rar'o-eh, cmd ^^half of the Ma-nalieth-ites. 53 And the families of Kir'jptth- je'a-rim; the Ith 'rites, and the Pii'- hites, and the Shulnath-ites, and the Mish'ra-ites ; of them came the Za're- ath-ites, and the Esh'ta-ul-ites. 54 The sons of Sal'ma; Beth -le- hem, and the jSTe-toph'a-thites, "At'a- roth, the house of J o'ab, and half of the Ma-nalieth-ites, the Zo'rites. 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Ja'bez ; the Ti'rath- Ttes, the Shim'e-ath-ites, a? id Su'- chath-Ttes, These are the Ken'ites that 'camie of He'math, the father of the house of "Re'chab. JeconiafCs successors. ^Bath'-shu-a the daughter of *Am' mi-el : 6 ib'har also, and ^E-lish'a-ma, and E-liph'e-let, 7 And Nd'gah, and Ne'pheg, and Ja-phi'a, 8 AndE-lish'a-ma,and ^E-lfa-da,and E-liph'e-let, '^nine. 9 These were all the sons of DaVid, beside the sons of the concubines, and 'Ta'mar their sister. 10 TAnd Sol'o-mon's son hcas Re- ho-bo'am, 'A-bi'a his son, A'sa his son, Je-hosh'a-phat his son, 1 1 J5'ram his son, A-ha-zf ah Ms son, Jd'ash his son, 12 Am-a-zi'ah his son, Az-a-ri'ah his son, Jd'tham his son, 13 A'haz his son, Plez-e-kf ah his son, Ma-nas'seh liis son, 14 A'mon his son, Jo-sf ah his son. 1 5 And the sons of Jo-sf ah icere, the firstborn Jo-ha'nan, the second Je- CHAPTER 3. 1 Sons of David: 10 his line to Zedekiah. 17 Srccces- sors of JeconiaJi. NOW these were the sons of D aMd , which AVer e born unto liim in He'- bron ; the firstborn Am'non, ''of A-hin'- o- am the *J ez're-el-it-ess ; the second ^Daniel, of Ab'i-gail the Car'mel-it- ess: 2 The tliird, Ab'sa-lom the son of Ma'a chah the daughter of Tallnai king of Ge'shur: the fourth, Ad-o-ni' jah the son of Hag'gith : 3 The fifth, Sheph-a-ti'ah of Abl-tal : the sixth, ith're-amby '^Eg'lahhis wif e. 4 These six Avere born unto him in He'bron ; and '^ there he reigned seven years and six months : and in '^ Je-ru'- sa-iem he reigned thirty and three years. 5 And -^these were bom imto him in Je-ru'sa-lem ; ^Shim'e-a.and Sho'bab. and Na'than, and ^Sol'o-mon, four, of B. C. 1053. CHAP. 3. a 2 Saiii.3,2 h Josli. 15,56 1 Or, CMleab, Jl^^-^'^ihoi'a-kim, the third Zed-e-ki'ah, the >,«Tr. .-, ^^^^^^^ Shallum. 1 6 Andthesonsof ^'Je-hoi'a-kim : Jec- o-nfah his son, Zed-e-kfah liis son. 17 *i And the sons of Jec-o-ni'ah; As'- sir, ^Sa-lalhi-el "liis son, 18 Mal-chrram also, and Pe-da'iah, and She-na'zar, Jec-a-mi'ah, Hosh'a- ma, and Xed-a-bf ah. 19 And the sons of Pe-da'iah "loere, Ze-rub'ba-bel, and Shim'e-i : and the sons of Ze-rub'ba-bel; Me-shul'lam, and Han-a-ni'ah, and Shel'o-mith their sister : 20 And Ha-shu'bah, and o'heL and Ber-e-chfah, and Has-a-di'ah, Ju'- shab-he'sed, five. 21 And the sons of Han-a-ni'ah; Pel- a-ti'ah,andJe-sa'iah:thesonsofReph- a-i'ah, the sons of Ar'nan, the sons of Mat i^^ii 0-ba-di'ah, the sons of Shech-a-ni'ah. 2Ki.'24,i7 22 And the sons of Shech-a.-ni'ah ; """"'" Shem-a-f ah : and the sons of Shem-a- I'ah ; ''Hat 'tush, and ig'e-al,and Ba-rf ah. and Xe-a-rr'ah, and Sha'phat, six. 23 And the sons of Ne-a-ri'ah ; Eli- o-e'na-i, and 'Hez-e-ki'ah, and Az'ri- kam, three. 24 And the sons of E-li-o-e'na-i u^ere, H6d-a-i'ah, and Eli'a-shib, and Pel- a-i'ah, and Ak'kub, and Jo-ha'nan, and Dal-a-i'ah, and An-a'ni, seven. CHAPTER 4. 1,11 Posterity of Judaic by Caleb, the son of Eur : 5 of Ash ur the son ofHezron: ^ofJabez,and his praj/er. etc. ^ THE sons of Jii'dah; '^Pha'rez, Hez'ron, and 'Car'mi, and Hur, and Sho'bal. - , ! c 2 Sain.3,5 fl2Sam. 2, 11 e 2 Sam.5,5 /ch. 14:,4: 2 Or, Slxain- mua. g 2 Sam. 12,24 3 Or, Bath- slieba. i Or, Eliam. 5 Or, EUshua. 6 Or, Be- eliada. ch. 14, 7 Ix 2 Sam. 5,14 i 2 Sam. 13,1 j IKi. 11,43 1 Ki. 15, 6 7 Or, Abiiam, k I Being his succes- sor. 8 Sheal- tiel. m Mat. 1,12 11 Ezra 3, 2 Ezra 8, 2 9 HisU- jaJiu. B. C. 1300. CHAP. 4. a Geii.38.29 Gen.46,12 1 Or, Chelubai, ch. 2, 9 or, Caleb, ch. 2, 18 414 The 'posterity of I. CHRONICLES, 4. Judah and of Shelah. 2 And ''Re-a-i'ah the son of Sho'bal begat Ja'hath; and Ja'hath begat A-liu'nia-i,and La'had. These are the families of the Zo'rath-ites. 3 And these icere of the father of E'tam; Jez're-el, and Ish'ma, andld'- bash : and the name of their sister was Haz'e-lel-po'ni : 4 And Pe-n&'el the father of Ge'dor, and E'zSr the father of Hu'shah. These are the so^is of Hur, the first- bom of Eph'ra-tpJi, the father of Beth'-ie-hem. 5 t And Ash'ur the father of Te-k5'a had two wives, He'lah and Na_^a-rah. 6 And Na'a-rah bare him l-hu'zam, and He'pher, and Tem'e-ni, and Ha- a-hash'ta-ri. These loere the sons of Na'a-rah. 7 And the sons of Helah %uere, Ze'- reth, and Je-zo'ar, and Ethiian. 8 And Coz begat A'nub, and Zo-be'- bah, and the families of A-har'hel the son of Ha'rum. 9 TIAnd Ja'bez was *more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name ^Ja'bez, saying, Be- cause ''I bare him with sorrow. 10 And Ja'bez "'called on the God of l§'ra-el, saying/Oh that thou would- est bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest *keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me ! And God 'granted him that which he requested. 1 1 '^ And Che'lub the brother of Shu'- ah begat Me'liir, which id as the father of Esh'ton. 1 2 And Esh'ton begat Beth-ra'pha, and Pa-se'ah, and Te-hm'nah the fa- ther of '^ir-na'hash. These are the men of Ke'chah. 13 And the sons of Ke'naz ; •''oth'ni- ei, and Ser-a-i'ah: and the sons of 6th'ni-el ; 'Ha'thath. 14 And Me-on'o-thai begat Oph'rah : and Ser-a-i'ah begat J5'ab, the father ' of -"the Valley of ^Char'a-shim ; for they were craftsmen. 1 5 And the sons of Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'neh ; I'ru, E'lah, and Na'a^m : and the sons of E'lah, ^°even Ke'naz. 1 6 And the sons of Je'ha-lele-el : Ziph, and Zi'phah, Tir'i-a, and A-sa'- re-el. 1 7 And the sons of Ez'ra ioere, Je'- diSr, and Me'red, and fi'phSr, and Jalon : and she bare Mir'i-am, and Sham'ma-i, and ish'bah the father of Esh-te-m5'a. B. C. 1300. CHAP. 4. 2 Or, Haroeh, ch. 2, 52 b Geu.34:,19 Ps. 112, 6 Pro. 10, 7 3 That is. Sorrow- ful. c Gen. 3, 16 fZ Job 22, 27 4 If thou wUt, etc. 5 Do me. e Ps. 65, 2 6 Or, the city of Naliash. f Josh. 15,17 7 Or, Ha- thath,and Meon- otTcai,who begat,etc. g Neh. 11,35 8 Or, in- habitants of the valley. 9 That is, crafts- vien. 10 Or, Uknaz. 11 Or, the Jewess. 12 Or,Jehii- clijah, men- tioned before. h Gen. 38, 1 i 2 Sam.8,2 13 Or, Jemuel, Gen.46,10 Ex. 6, 15 Num. 26, 12 UOr, Jachin, Zohar. 15 wnto. Gen. 49, 7 16 Or, Balah, Josh. 19,3 17 Or. Eltolad, Josh. 19,4 18 Or,Ha- zar-susah. Josh. 19,5 19 Or, Ether. 20 Or, Baal- ath-beer. 21 Or. as they di- i>ided them- selves by nations among them. 415 18 And his wife "Je-hii-di'jah bare Je'red the father of Ge'dor.and He'bSr the father of S5'cho,and je-kii'thi-el the father of Za-no'ah. And these are the sons of Bith 'i-ah the daughter of Pha'raoh, which Me'red took. 1 9 And the sons of h is wife ' -Ho-di'ah the sister of Naliam, the father of Keilah the Gar 'mite, and Esh-te-m5'a the Ma-ach'a-thite. 20 And the sons of Shi'mon toere, Am'non, and Rin'nah, Ben-ha'nan, and Ti'lon. And the sons of I'shi were, Z5'heth, and Ben-zo'heth. 21 *iThe sons of She'lah ''the son of Jii'dah ice7'e, Er the father of Le'cah, and La'a-dah the father of Ma-re'- shah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ash-be'a, 22 And Jo'kim, and the men of Cho- ze'ba, and Jo'ash, and Sa'raph, who had the 'dominion in Mo'ab, and Jash'u-bi-le'hem. And these are an- cient things. 23 These ivere the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges : there they dwelt with the king for his work. 24 TThe sons of Sim'e-on icere,yi:^e- mii'el, and Ja'min, ^''Ja'rib, Ze'rah, a7id Sha'ul : 25 Shal'lum his son,Mib'sam his son, Mish'ma his son'. 26 And the sons of Mish'ma; Ha-mu'- el his son, Zac'chur his son, Shim'e-i his son. 27 And Shim'e-i had sixteen sons and six daughters ; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, ^^Hke to the children of Jii'dah, 28 And they dAvelt at Be'er-she'ba<, and Mol'a-dah, and Ha'zar-shu'al, 29 And at ^'Bil'hah, and at Ji'zem, and at ^Tolad, 30 And at Beth-u'el, 'and at Hor'- mah, and at Ziklag, 31_And at Beth-mar'ca-both, and ^^Ha'zar-sii'sim, and at Beth-bir'e-i, and at Sha-a-ra'im. These tcere their cities unto the reign of Da^'id. 32 And their collages ?/;e_re,'^E'tam, and A'in, Rim'mon, and To'chen, and A'shan, five cities : 33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto ^"Ba'al. These inere their habitations, and ^ 'their genealogy. 34 And Me-sho'bab, and Jamlech, and Jo'shah the son of Am-a-zi'ah, The line of Reuben. I. CHRONICLES, 5. The chief tnen of Gad. 35 And Jo'el, and Je'hu the son of Jds-i-bi'ah, the son of Ser-a-i'ah, the son of A'si-el, 36AndE-li-o-e'na-i,andJa-ak'o-bah, and Jesh-o-ha'iah, and A-sa-i'ah, and A'di-el,and Je-sini'i-el,and Be-na'iah, 37 And Zi'za the son of Shf phi, the son of Alldn, the son of Je-da'iah, the son of Shim'rl, the son of Shem-a-i'ah ; 38 These ^ -mentioned by ^AezV names loere princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 39 ^And they went to the entrance of Ge'dor, eveii unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land teas wide, and quiet, and peaceable ; for they of •'Ham had dwelt there of old. 41 And these written by name came in the days of Hez-e-ki'ah king of Jii'- dah, and smote ^their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: be- cause there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 And so'tne of them, eveyi of the sons of Sim'e-on, five hundred men, went to mount Se'ir, having_for their captains Pel-a-ti'ah, and iNe-a-rfah, and Reph-a-fah, and Uz'zi-el, the sons of I'shi. 43 And they smote ^the rest of the Amx'a-i6k-ites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. CHAPTER 5. 1 Tke line of Reuben : 9 their habitation. NOW the sons of Reu hen the first- bom of is'ra-ei, (for ''he vkis the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he *de- filed his father's bed, "^^ his birthright was given unto the sons of Jo'geph the son of is'ra-el : and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birth- right. 2 For ** Jii'dah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came *the chief ^ruler ; but the birthright was Jo- §eph's :) 3 The sons, / say, of /Reu'ben the firstborn of i§'ra-el we7^e, Ha'n6ch,and Pallu, Hez'ron, and Car'mi. 4 The sons of Jo'el ; Shem-a-f ah his son, Gog his son, Shim'e-I his son, 5 Mi'cah his son, Re-a-i'a his son, Ba'- al his son, 6 Be-e'rah his son, whom ^Til'gath- pil-ne'§er king of AS-syrl^a carried B. C. 1300. CHAP. 4. 22 coming. 715. j Ps. 78, 51 k 2 Ki. 18, 8 I 1 Sam. 15,8 1 Sam. 30, 17 2 Sam. 8,12 B. C. 1300. CHAP. 5. a Gen.29,32 Gen. 49, 3 b Gen.35,22 c Gen.48,15 d Gen. 49, 8 Ps. 60, 7 Ps, 108, 8 Mic. 5, 2 Mat. 2, 6 1 Or, prince. f Gen. 46, 9 Ex. 6, 14 Num.26,5 2 Or, Tig- lath-pile- ser. 2K1.15,29 2 Ki. 16, 7 ver. 17 3 Or, She- maiah, ver. 4 i^i Josh. 13, 15 i Num. 32, I, 33, 42 Josh. 22,9 Song 4, 1 Mic. 7, 14 j Gen.25,12 4 upon all the face of the east. k Josh. 13, II, 24, 25 I chr27, 29 Song 2, 1 Isa. 36, 2 Isa. 65, 10 5 their go- ings forth. m2Ki.l5,5 n 2 Ki. 14, 16,28 6 sons of valour. Gen.25,15 Ch. 1, .31 416 away captive : he was prince of the Reu'ben-ites. 7 And his brethren by their f amihes, when ^the genealogy of their genera- tions was reckoned, were the chief, Je-i'el, and Zech-a-ri'ah, 8 And Bela the son of_A'zaz, the son of ^She'ma, the son of Jo'el, who dwelt ^in Ar'o-er, even unto Ne'bo and Ba'- al-me'on : 9 And eastward h^ inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Eu-phra'te§ : because their cattle were multiplied 'in the land of Gil'e-ad. 10 And in the days_of Saul they made war with •^the Ha'gar-ites, who fell by their hand : and they dwelt in their tents ^throughout all the east land of Gil'e-ad. 11 tAnd the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of ^Ba'shan unto Sal'cah : 12 J5'el the chief, and Sha'pham the next, and Ja-a'nai, and Sha'phat in Ba'shan. 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Mi'chael, and Me-shullam, and She'ba, and J5'rai, and Ja'chan, and Zi'a, and He'b5r, seven. 14 These are the children of Ab-i- ha'ii the son of Hu'ri, the son of Ja- rd'ah, the son of Gil'e-ad, the son of Mi'chael, the son of Je-shish'a-i, the son of Jah'do, the son of Buz ; 1 5 Alii the son of Ab'di-el, the son of Gii'ni, chief of the house of their fa- thers. 1 6 And they dwelt in GU'e-ad in Ba'- shan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of 'Shar'on, upon 'their bor^ ders. 17 All these were reckoned by gene- alogies in the days of "' Jd'tham king of Ju'dah, and in the days of Jer-o-bo'- am "king of I§'ra-el. IS^The sons of Reu 'ben, and the Gad'ites,and half the tribe of Ma-nas'- seh, ®of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot v/ith bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 1 9 And they made war with the Ha'- gar-ites, with ''Je'tur, and Ne'phish, and Nd'dab. 20 And they were helped against' them, and the Ha'gar-ites were deliv- ered into their hand, and all that were 2 Sons of Z>evi. I. CHRONICLES, 0. Jjine of the priests^ with them : for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them ; because they put ^their trust in . him. F. 2 Chron. 20. 14-20. 2 1 And they 'took away their cattle ; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred andfif ty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of *men an hundred thousand. 22 E'or there fell down many slain, because the war loas ?of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. 23 IF And the children of the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh dw^elt in the land : they increased from Ba'shan unto Ba'al-hSr'mon and Se'nir, and unto mount HSr'mon. 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even E'phSr, and I'shl, and E-li'el, and Az'ri-el, and Jer-e-mi'ah, and H5d-a-vi'ah, and Jah'di-el, mighty men of valour, ^famous men,an« heads of the house of their fathers. 25 H And they 'transgressed against the G od of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed be- fore them. 26 And the God of i§'ra-el stirred up the spirit of Pul king of As-syr i-a,and the spirit of Til'gath-pil-ne'§er king of As-syr'i-a, and he carried them away, even the Reii'ben-ites, and the Gad'ites, and the half tribe of Ma- nas'seh, and brought them unto Ha'- lah, and Ha'bor, and Ha'ra, and to the river G5'zan, unto this day. CHAPTER 6. 1 Sons of Levi. 4 Line of the priesf,s. 49 Office of Aaron and his so7is, THE sons of LeVi ; ''GSr'shon, K5'- hath, and Me-ra'rL 2 And the sons of Kdliath; Am'- ram, iz'har, and He'bron, and Uz'- zi-el. 3 And the children of Am'ram ; Aar'- on, and Mo'§e§, and Mir'i-am. The sons also of Aar'on ; *Na'dab, and A-bi'hii, E-le-a'zar, and Ith'a-mar. 4 E-le-a'zar begat Phin'e-has,Phin'e- has begat A-bish'u-a, 5 And A-bish'u-a begat Buk'ki, and Buk'ki begat Uz'zi, 6 And Uz'zi begat Zer-a-hl'ah, and Zer-a-hi'ah begat Me-ra'ioth, TMe-ra'ioth begat Am-a-ri'ah, and Am-a-ri'ah begat A-hi'tub, 8 And '^A-hi'tub begat Za'dok, and Za'dok '^begat A-him'a-az, (27) B. C. 1300. CHAP. 5 pPs.22,4,5 7 led capUve, 8 souls of men, Nuin. 31,35 q Rom. 8,31 r 2 Ki.15,29 2 KL 17, 6 9 men of names. s Deut. 32,15 771. B. C. 1300. CHAP. 6. a Gen.46,11 b Lev. 10, 1 c 2 Sam. 8,17 d2 Sam^ 15,27 e 2Clir. 26,17 1 in the Muse, flKi.8,1 2Chr.3, 1 g Ezra 7, 3 2 Or, Me- shullam. ch. 9. 11 /iNeh. 11,11 i 2Ki.25,18 j Ex. 6, 16 k Num.3,33 ch. 23, 21 I ver. 42, Ethan. m ver. 41. Adaiah, n ver. 41, Ethni. vers. 2,18, Jzhar. p ver. 36, Zcpha- niah, Azariah. Joel. q vers. 35,36 r ver. 35, Zuvh. 1 Sam.1,1 s ver. 34, Toah. t ver. 34:, Eliel. 3 Called also Joel, 1 Sam.8,2 u2Sam^ 6,17 1 Ki. 8. 4 eh. 16, 1 417 9 And A-him'a-az be^at Az-a-rl'ah, and Az-a-rfah begat Jo-ha'nan, 10 And Jo-ha'nan begat Az-a-ri'ah, (he it is that ^executed the priest's office ^in the temple -/^that S51'o-mon built in Je-ru'sa-lem :) 11 And ^Az-a-ri'ah begat Am-a-ri'ah, and Am-a-ri'ah begat A-hi'tub, 12 And A-hi tub begat Za'dok, and Za'd5k begat ^Shal'liun, 13 And Shal'lum begat Hil-ki'ah, and Hil-ki'ah begat Az-a-ri'ah, 14 And Az-a-ri'ah be^at ^Ser-a-i'ah, and Ser-a-i'ah begat Je-h5z'a-dak, 15 And Je-hoz'a-dak went into cap- tivity, when 'the Lord carried away Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem by the hand of Neb-u-chad-nez'zar. 16*1 The sons of Le'vi; •'GSr'shoni, Ko'hath, and Me-ra'rI. 17 And these be the names of the sons of GSr'shom ; Lib'ni, and Shim'e-L 1 8 And the sons of Ko'hath toere, Am'ram, and Iz'har, and He'bron, and Uz'zi-el. 19 The sons of ^Me-ra'ii; Mahli, and Mii'shi. And these are the families of the Le'vites according to their fa- thers 20 Of GSr'shom; Lib'nihis son, Ja'- hath his son, Zini'mah his son, 21 Jo'ah liis son, "'id'do his son, Ze'-^ rah his son,"Je-at'e-rai his son. 22 The sons of Ko'hath ; "Am-min'a- dab his son, K5'rah his son, As'sir his son, 23 li'ka-nah Ms son, and E-bi'a-saph his son, and As'sir his son, 24 Ta'hath his son, pu'vi-e\ his son, Uz-zi'ah his son, and Sha'ul his son. 25 AndthesonsofErka-nah; A-mas'- a-i, 9and A-hi'moth. 26 As for El'ka-nah : the sons of £1'- ka-nah ; Zd'phai'his son,andNa'hath 'his son, 27 E-li'abliis son, Jei^'o-ham his son, El'ka-nah his son. 28 Andthesonsof Sam'u-el ; thefirst- bom ^Vash'ni, and A-bi'ah. 29 The sons of Me-ra'ri ; Mahli, Lib'- ni his son, Sliim'e-I his son, Uz'za his son, 30 Shim'e-a his son, Hag-gl'ah his son, A-sa-i'ah his son. 31 And these are they whom. Da'vid set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark "had rest. 32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, unti^ Line of the priests. I. CHRONICLES, 6. Cities of the sons of Aaron. Soro-mon had built the house of the Lord in Je-ru'sa-lem : and then they waited on their office according to their order. 33 And these are they that ^waited with their children. Of the sons of the Ko'hath-ites : He'man a singer, the son of Jo'el, the son of She- mu'el, 34 The son of Erka-nah, the son of Jer'o-hana,the son of E-lfel, the son of ^To'ah, , 35 The son of ^Zuph, the son of El - k:a-nah,the son of Ma'hath, the son of A.-nias'a-i, 36 The son of fil'ka-nah, the son of "Jo'el, the son of Az-a-ri'ah, the son of Zeph-a-nfah, 37 The son of Ta'hath, the son of ^s'sir, the son of "E-bi'a-saph, the son of Ko'rah, 38 The son of Iz'har, the son of Ko'- hath, the son of Le'vi, the son of is'- ra-el. 39 And his brother A'saph, whostood on his right hand,eye?i A'saph the son of Ber-a-chi'ah, the son of Shmi'e-a, 40 The son of Mi'chael, the son of Ba-a-se'iah, the son of Mal-chi'ah, 41 The son of 'Eth'ni, the son of Ze' rah, the son of Ad-a-i'ah, 42 The son of ^^E'than, the son of Zim'mah, the son of Shim'e-i, 43 The son of Ja'hath, the son of Ggr'shom, the son of Le'vi. 44 And their brethren thesons of Me- ra'ri stood on the left hand: 'E'than the son of ®Kish'i, the son of Ab'di, the son of Mal'luch, 45 The son of Hash-a-bT'ah, the son of Am-a-zi'ah, the son of Hil-ki'ah, 40 The son of Am'zi, the son of Ba'nl, the son of Sha'mSr, 47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mii'shi, the son of Me-ra'ri, the son of Le'vi. 48 Their brethren also the Le'vites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 llBut Aar'on and his sons offered 'upon the altar of the burnt offering, and ""on the altar of incense, a7id were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for i§'ra-el, according to all that M5'§e§ the servant of God had commanded. 50 And these are*the sons of Aar'on ; £-le-a'zar his son, Phin'e-has his son, A-bish'u-a his son, B. C. 1300. CHAP. 6. 4 stood. Ps. 134, 1 5 ver.26, JVahath. 6 Or, Zophai. V ver. 24, Shaul, Uzziah. Uriel w Ex. 6, 24 X ver. 21, Jeaterai. y ver. 21, Joah. 7 C^^tlled ^ Au- thun. ch. 9, 16 ch. 25. 1. 3,6 2 Clir. 35,15 Ps. 62, title. 8 Or, Ku- shaiah, ch. 15, 17 1444. z Ex. 29. 38 Lev. 1, 9 Num.3,10 Num.18,7 Heb. 5, 1 a Ex. 30, 7 b Ezra 7. 2-5 c Josh. 21. 9-19 In this list Gibe- on and Juttah are omit- ted. d Josh. 21, 11.12 e Josh. 14,13 Josh. 15,13 /Josh. 21,13 (J Josh. 21, 15, Holon, h Josh. 21, 16, Ain. i Josh. 21, 18, Alrrt'On. } ver. 66 k Josh. 21,5 I Josh. 21, 7,34 m Num. 35, 1-8 n ver. 61 Josh. 21,21 418 51 Biik'ki his son, uz'zi his son. Zer-a-hi'ah his son, 52 Me-ra'ioth his son, Am-a-rl'ah his son, A-hi'tub his son, 5 3 Za'dok his son, A-him'a-az his son. 54 IFNow '^these «re their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aar'on, of the families of the Ko'ha,th-Ites : for their's was the lot. 5 5 And "'they gave them He'bron in the land of Jii'dah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But ^the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'neh. 57 And -^ to the sons of Aar'on they gave the cities of Jii'dah, namely, He'- bron, the city of refuge, and Lib'nah wdth her suburbs, and Jat'tir, and Esh-te-mo'a, with their suburbs, 58 And ^Hi'len with her suburbs, De'bir with her suburbs, 59And^A'shan with her suburbs, and Beth-she'mesh with her suburbs : 60 Andoutof the tribeof Ben'ja-min; Ge'ba with her suburbs, and Al'e-meth 'with her suburbs, and An'a-thoth with her suburbs. All their cities through- out their families ivere thirteen cities. 61 And unto the sons of K5'hath, lohich ^were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh,^by lot, ten cities. 62 And to the sons of GSr'shom throughout their families out of the tribe of is'sa-char, and out of the tribe of Ash'er, and out of the tribe of Naph'ta-li, and out of the tribe of Ma-nas'sehin Ba'shan, thirteen cities. 63 Unto the sons of Me-ra'ri irere given by lot, throughout their fam- ilies, out of the tribe of Reu'ben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zeb'u-lun, twelve 'cities. 64 And "'the children of l§'ra-el gave to the Le'vites these cities with their suburbs. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Jii'dah, and out of the tribe of the children of Sim'e-on, and out of the tribe of the children of Ben'ja-min, these cities, which are called by their names. QQ And Hhe residue of the families of the sons of Kd'hath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of E'phra-im. 67 And i:hey gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, She'chem in mount ^ Priests' and Lemtes' cities. 1. CHRONICLES, 7. Sons of JBenjcmiin. E'phra-im with her suburbs; they gave also Ge'zSr with her suburbs, 68 And ^Jok'me-ani with her sub- urbs, and Beth-h5'r6n with her sub- urbs, 69 And Aij^a-lon with her suburbs, and Gath-rim'mon with her sub- urbs: 70 And out of the half tribe of Ma- nas'seh ; A'ner with her suburbs, and Bfle-am with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kd'hath. 71 Unto the sons of GSr'shom loere give?i out of the family of the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, G51an in Ba'shan with her suburbs, and ^Ash'ta-roth with her suburbs : 72 And out of the tribe of Is'sa-char : ^Ke'deshwithher suburbs, Dab'e-rath with her suburbs, 73 And Ra'moth with her suburbs, and A'nem with her suburbs : 74 And out of the tribe of Ash'Sr ; Ma'shal with her suburbs, and Ab'don with her suburbs, 75 And Hii'kok with her suburbs, and Re'hob with her suburbs : 76 And out of the tribe of Naph'- ta-ll; Ke'desh in Gall-lee vv^ith her suburbs, and Ham'mon with her sub- urbs, and Kir-jath-a'im with her sub- urbs.^ 77 Unto the rest of the children of Me-rali wet^e given out of the tribe of Zeb'u-lun, Rim'mon with her sub- urbs, Ta'bor with her suburbs : 78 And on the other side Jor'dan by * Jer'i-ch5, on the east side of J or 'dan, were given them out of the tribe of Reu'ben, Be'zSr in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jah'zah with her suburbs, 79 Ked'e-mothalsowithhersuburbs, and Meph'a-ath with her suburbs : 80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ra'- moth in Gil'e-ad with her suburbs, and Ma-ha-na'im with her suburbs, 81 And 'Hesh'b5n with her suburbs, and Ja'z6r with her suburbs. CHAPTER 7. 1 Sons of Ismchar, 6 of Benjamin, 13 of Naphiali, 14 of Manasseh, 20, -U of Ephraim, 30 b/Asher. NOW the sons of "is'sa-char wei'e. *T5'la, and^Pii'ah, Jash'ub, and Shim'rom, four. 2 And the sons of T51a ; Uz'zi, and Reph-a-i'ah, and Je'ri-el, and Jah'- ma-i, and Jib'sam, and She-mu'el, heads of their father's house, ^o wit,of Tola: they loere valiant men of might B. C. 1444. CHAP. 6. 9 See Josh. 21, 22-35, where many of these cities have other names. Perhaps some of the cities were ex- changed for others. p Josh. 21, 27 Beesh- terah. Deut. 1, 4 q 3 osh. 21,28 Kishon. r Num.32,3 Deut.2,24 Neh. 9, 22 Song 7, 4 Jer. 48,34 B. C. 1400. CHAP. 7. a Gen. 30, 17,18 b Gen.46,13 Num. 26.23 c Gen. 46, 13, Phuvah, Job. d 2 Sam. 24, 1 ch. 21, 1-5 ch. 27, 1 e ch. 5, 24 / Gen.46,21 Num. 26,38 ch. 8. 1 g Num. 26, 39 Shu- ■pham, and Huphain. h ver. 7, Iri. i Num. 26,38 Ahiram. j Gen. 46,24, Shillem. k Num.27.1 1 Hezron.a grandson of Judah, married Machir'p daughtei . and their child was reckoned to the tribe of Manas- seh. ch. 2, 21-23 419 in their generations ; '^whose nimaber was in the days of Da'vid two and twenty thousand and six hundred. 3 And the sons of trz'zi ; iz-ra-hi'ah : and the sons of Iz-ra-hi'ah ; Mi'chael, and 0-ba-di'ah, and J o'el, l-shi'ah, five : all of them 'chief men. 4 And w^ith them, by their genera- tions, after the house of their fathers, ivere bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men : for they had many wives and sons. 5 And their brethren among all the families of is'sa-char were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand. 6 ^\The sons of •''Ben'ja-min ; Bela, and Be'chSr, and Je-di'a-el, three. 7 And the sons of Be'la; Ez'bon,and Uz'zl,and Uz'zi-el,and Jer'i-m5th,and i'ri, five ; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour ; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 8 And the sons of Be'chSr ; Ze-mi'- ra, and Jd'ash, and E-li-e'zSr, and E-li-o-e'na-i, and om'ri, and Jer'i- m5th, and A-bi'ah, and An'a-thoth, and Al'a-meth. All these are the sons of Be'chgr. 9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valom*, was twenty thousand and two hundred, 10 The sons also of Je-dl'a-el; Bil'- han: andthesonsof Bil'han; Je'ush, and Ben'ja-min, and E'hiid, and Che- na'a-nah, and Ze'than, and Thar'- shish, and A-hish'a-har. 11 All these the sons of Je-di'a-el, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thou- sand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. 12 Shup'pun -''also, and Hiip'pmi, the children'of ^Iv^ and Hii'shim,the sons of 'AliSr. 13 lIThe sons of Naph'ta-li : Jah'zi- el, and Gu'ni, and Je'zSr, •'and Shal'- lum, the sons of BTl'hah. 14 llThe *sons of Ma-nas'seh; Ash'ri- ei, whom she bare : {but his concubine the A'ram-it-ess bare Ma'chir the fa- ther of Gil'e-ad : 15 And 'Ma'chir took to wife the sister of Hiip'pim and Shup'pim, whose sister's name loas Ma'a-chah ;> and the name of the second wc^ Chief men of IBenjaniln. I. CHRONICLES, 8. Z§-lo'phe-had: and Ze-15'phe-had had daughters. 16 And Ma'a-chah the wife of Ma'- chir bare a son, and she called his name Pe'resh ; and the name of his brother vkis She'resh ; and his sons 'ice7'e ulam and Ra'kem. IT And the sons of tj'lam; '"Be'dan These were the sons of Gil'e-ad, the son of Ma'chir,the son of Ma-nas'seh 18 And his sister Ham-mol'e-keth bare I'shod, and "A-bi-e'zgr, and Ma- halah. 19 And the sons of She-mi'dah were, A-hf an, and She'chem, and Lik'hl, and A'ni-am. 20 IFAnd the sons^of E'phra-im; Shu'- the-lah, and Be'red his son, and Ta'- hath his son, and Ei'a-dahhis son, and n'';^/ux a'hath his son, 21 And Za'bad his son, and Shu'the- lah his son, and E'zSr, and Ele-ad, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And E'phra-im their father mourned ^many days, and his breth ren came to comfort him. 23 lAnd when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name ^Be-rf ah, be- cause it went evil with his house. 24: (And his daughter toas She'rah, who built *Beth-h5'ron the nether, and the upper, and Uz'zen-she'rah.) 25 And Ke'phah was his son, also Re'sheph,and Telah his son, and Ta'- han his son, 26 La'a-dan his son, Am-mi'hud his son, £-lish'a-ma his son, 27 Non'"his son, J^-h5sli'u-ah his son 28 IF And their possessions and habi tations were, Beth'-el and the towns thereof, and eastward 'Na'a-ran, and westward Ge'zSr, with the ^towns thereof; She'chem also and the towns thereof, unto Ga'za and the towns thereof : 29 And by the borders of the chil- dren of 'Ma-nas'seh, Beth-she'an and her towns, Ta'a-nach and her towns, ''Me-gid'do and her towns. Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the "chil- dren of Jo'§eph the son of l§'ra-el. SOlThe '"sons of Ash'6r; im'nah, and is'u-ah,and ish'u-ai, and Be-rf ah, and Se'rah their sister. 31 And the sons of Be-ri'ah; He'bSr, and M&l'chi-el, who is the father of Bir'za-vith. 32 And He'bSr begat J&phlet, and B. C. 1400. CHAP. 7. m 1 Sam , 12,11 nNum. 26,30, Jezer. Gen.41,52 Gen. 48, 14, 16-20 Num. 26,35 Deut. 33, 13,17 Ps. 60, 7 Ps. 108, 8 p Gen.37,34 Job 2, 11 John 11,19 2 That is. In evil. Gen.35,18 1 Sam. 4, 21 ch. 4, 9 q Josh. 16,3 1 Sam. 13,18 2 Chr. 8,5 r Num. 8, 16 Nun. 13, s Josh. 16,7 Naarath. 3 daugh- ters. t Josh. 17,7 u Josh. 17,11 V Jude 23-2S 1. 'U)Gen.46,17 Gen.49,20 Num. 26, 44,46 Deut. 33,24 X ver. 34, Shavner. y ver. 32 z Deut.2,14 CHAP. 8. a Gen.46,21 Num. 26,38 ch. 7, 6 Or, Ard. Gen.46,21 Or, Shu- pham. Num. 26,39 ch. 7, 12 Shuppim. b ch. 2, 52 Ruth 1, 1 420 . Sons of Ephraim. Ho'tham, and Shu'a "^Shd'mSr, and their sister. 33 And the sonsof Japhlet- Pa'sach, and ?^im'hal, and Ash'vath. These are the children of Japhlet. 34 And the sons of ^'Sha'mgr ; A'hl, and Roh'gah, Je-hub'bah, and A'ram, 35 And the sons of his brother He' leni ; Zd'phah, and Im'na, and She'- lesh, and A'mal 36 The sons of Zo'phah ; Sii'ah, and Har'ne-phgr, and Shu'al, and Be'rl, and Im'rah, 37 Be'z6r, and Hod, and Sham'ma, andShri'shah,andith'ran,andBe-e'ra. 38 And the sons of Je'thgr; J^-phun'- neh, and Pig'pah, and A'ra. 39 And the sons of ulla ; A'rah, and Hanl-el, and Re-zf a. 40 All these loere the children of Ash'Sr, heads of their father's house, choice a7id mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the num- ber throughout the genealogy of them that were 'apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thou- sand men. CHAPTER 8. 1 Sons and chief men of Benjamin. 33 Stock of Saul and Jonathan. NOW Ben'ja-mm begat "Bela his firstborn, Ash'bel the second, and A-har'ah the third, 2 N5'hah the fourth, and Ra'pha the fifth. 3 And the sons of Bela were, ^Ad'dar, and Ge'ra, and A-bf hud, 4 And A-bish'u-a,and Na'a-man,and A-ho'ah, 5 And Ge'ra, and'^She-phii'phan,and Hii'ram. 6 And these are the sons of Eliiid : these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Ge'ba, and they removed them to ''Man'a-hath : 7 And Na'a-man, and A-hfah, and Ge'ra, he removed them, and begat Uz'za, and A-hi'hud. 8 And Sha-ha-ra'im begat children in ''the country of Mo'ab, after he had sent them away ; Hu'shim and Ba'a- ra loere his wives. 9_ And he begat of Hd'desh his wife, J5'bab, and Zib'i-a, and Me'sha, and Marcham, 10 And Je'iiz, and Sha-chi'a, and Mir'ma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11 And of Hii'shim he begat Ab'i- tub, and M'pa-al. 12 The sons of M'pa-al; E'b^r, and Chief men of Benjamin. I. CHRONICLES, 9. Original genealogies. Mi'sham, and Sha'med, who built b.c.uoo. O'no, ''and L6d, with the towns thereof : 1 3 Be-ri'ah also, and *She'ma, who xoere heads of the fathers of the in habitants -^of Aij'a-lon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath : 14 And A-hi'o, Sha'shak, and Jer'e moth, 1 5 And Zeb-a-di'ah, and A'rad, and A'der, 16 And Mi'chael, and is'pah, and Jo'ha, the sons of Be-ri'ah ; 17 And. Zeb-a-dfah, and Me-shul'- 1am, and Hez'e-ki, and Ile'bSr, 18 ish'me-rai also, and Jez-lfah, and Jo'bab, the sons of EFpa-al; 1 9 And Ja'kim, and Zich'ri, and Zab'di, 20 And E-li-e'na-i, and Zil'thai, and E-li'el, 21 And Ad-a-fah, and Ber-a-fah, and Shim'rath, the sons of ^Shim'hi J 22 And ish'pan, and He'bSr, and « 2Sam.2,8, hosheth. m 2Sain.4,4 2 Sam. 9, 6, 10 Mephib- oshetii. n 2 Sam. 9.12 ch. 9, 41, Tahrea. p ch. 9, 42, Jarah. q ch. 9, 43, Mepliamh. r ch. 12, 2 2Chr.l4,8 2Chr. 26, 14 Neh. 4, 13 CHAP. 8. d Ezra 2,83 Neh. 7, 37 Neh. 11, 35 e ver. 21 f Josh. 19,42 3 Or, Shema, ver. 13 4 Called Jehiei, ch. 9, 35 fif ch. 9, 35 h ch. 9, 37, Zecha- riah. i ch. 9, 38, Shim- eam. i 1 Sam. 14,51 k 1 Sam. 14,49 Ishui. E-lI'el, 23 And Ab'don, and Zich'ri, and Ha nan, 24 And Han-a-ni'ah, and Elam, and An-to-thi'|ah, 25 And iph-e-de'iah, and Pe-nii'el, the sons of Sha'shak ; 26 And Sham-she-ra'i, and She-ha- ri'ah, and Ath-a-li'ah, 27 And Jar-e-si'ah, and E-li'ah, and Zich'ri, the sons of Jer'o-ham. 28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief me?i. These dwelt in Je-ru'sa-lem. 29 And at Gib'e-on dwelt the ""father of Gib'e-on ; whose ^wife's name was Ma'a-chah : 30 And his firstborn son Ab'don, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Na'dab, 31 And Ge'dor, and A-hi'o, ^and Za'chSr 32 And Mikloth begat »Shim'e-ah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Je-rii'sa-lem, over against 33 IT And ^NSr begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jon'a- than, and Marchi-shii'a, -^and A-bin'- a-dab. and ^£sh-ba'al. 34 And the son of Jon'a-than "''?/? as Mer'ib-ba'al ; and Mer'ib-ba'al "begat Mi'cah. 35 And the sons of Mi'cah tcere, Pi'thon, and Melech, and "Ta're-a, and A'haz. 36 And A'haz begat pje-ho'a-dah : and Je-ho'a-dah begat Al'e-meth, and Az'ma-veth, and Zim'ri ; and Zim'ri begat Mo'za, 37 And M5'za begat Bin'e-a: ?Ra'- pha icas his son, E-le'a-sah his son, A'zel his son: 38 And A'zel had six sons whose names are these, Az'ri-kam, Boch'e- ru, and Ish'ma-el, and She-a-ri'ah, and o-ba-di'ah, and Ha'nan. ^Ul these tcere the sons of A'zel. 39 And the sons of E'sliek his brother were, tj'lam his firstborn, Je'hush the second, and E-liph'e-let the third. 40 And the sons of U'lam were mighty men of valour, 'archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an, hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Ben'ja-min. CHAPTER 9. 1 Original registers of Israel and JudoJVs genealo- gies. 'il Charge of certain Lev ites. Jonathan's stock. 35 Saul and SO ""all is'ra-el were reckoned by genealogies ; and, behold, they tcere written in the book of the kings of l§'ra-el and Jii'dah,t{?A(9 were ''carried away to Bab'y-lon for their transgression. 2 "i[]Now '^the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities tcere, the Is'ra-el-ites, the priests, Le'vites, and the '^Neth'i-nimg. 3 And in " Je-ru'sa-lem dwelt of the children of JTi'dah, and of the chil- dren of Ben'ja-min. and of the chil- dren of E'phra-im, and Ma-nas'seh ; 4 tj'tha-i the son of Am-mi'hud. the son of 6m'ri, the son of Im'ri. the son of Ba'ni, of the children of Pha'- rez -^the son of Jii'dah. 5 And of the Shilo-nites ; A-sa-i'ah the firstborn, and his sons. 6 And of the sons of Ze'rah : Je-u'el, B. c. 1200. iand their brethren, six himdred and ninety. 7And of the sons of Ben'ja-min; Sal'- lu the son of Me-shul'lam. the son of Hod-a-vi'ah. the son of Has-e-nii'ah, 8 And ib-ne'iah the son of Jer'o-ham, and E'lah the son of Uz'zi, the son of Mich'ri, and Me-shiil'lam the son of Sbeph-a-thi'ah. thesonof Re-ii'el, the son of ib-ni'jah ; 9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men icere cliief of the fathers in the house of their fathers. 10 ^FAnd ^of the priests; Je-da'iah, and Je-hoi'a-rib, and Ja'chin, 1 1 And ' Az-a-ri'ah the son of Hil- s CHAP. 9. a Ezra 2, 59 b 2 Chr. 33, 11 2Chr.86,5 536. c Ezra 2, 70 Neh. 7, 73 d Josh. 9,27 Ezra 2, 43 Ezra 8, 20 e Neh. 11, 1 /Gen.46,12 Num. 26,20 g Neh. 11,10 1 Neh. 11, 11, Sei-aiah. 421 Priests and Levites who I. CHRONICLES, 9. dwelt in Jerusalem. ki'ah, the son of Me-shul'lain, the son of Za'dok, the son of Me-ra'ioth, the son of A-hi'tub, the ruler of the house of God ; 12 And Ad-a-fah the son of Jer'o- ham, the son of Pash'ur,_ the son of Mal-chi'jah, and Ma-asl-ai the son of A'di-el, the son of Jah'ze-rah, the son of Me-shuriam, the son of Me-shille- mith, the son of im'mgr ; 13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore ; ^very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. 14 IF And of Hhe Le'vltes; Shem-a- f ah the son of Has'shub, the son of Az'ri-kam, the sonof Hash-a.-bfah, of the sons of Me-ra'ri ; 15 And Bak-bak'kar, He'resh, and Galal, and Mat-ta-nfah the son of Mf cah, the son of Zich'ri, the son of A'saph ; 16 And 0-ba-dfah the son of Shem a-i'ah,the son of Galal, the sonof Jed'- u-thun, and Ber-e-chi'ah the son of A'sa, the son of El'ka-nah, that dwelt in the villages of *theNe-toph'a-thItes. 17 And-^the porters were^ Shallum, and Ak'kub, and Tal'mon, and A-hf - man, and their brethren: Shallum loas the chief ; 18 Who hitherto vKiited in *the king's gate eastward : they ii^ere por- ters in the companies of the children of LeVI. 19 And Shallum the son of K5^re, the son of E-bfa-saph, the son of Ko'- rah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, 'the Ko'rah-ites, vaere over the work of the service, keepers of the Agates of the tabernacle : and their fathers, being over the host of the LoRD,?(7ere keepers of the entry. 20 And "Thin'e-has the son of E-le a'zar was the ruler over them in time past, andj the Lord vm^s with him. 21 And Zech-a-ri'ah the son of Me shel-e-mf ah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 All these which loere chosen to be porters in the gates loere two hun dred and twelve. These were reck oned by their genealogy in their vil lages, whom "Da'vid and Sam'u-el the seer '^did ordain in their ^set of fice. 23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. B. C. 1200. CHAP. 9. 2 mighty men of valour. h ch. 6, 19 Neh. 11, 15-19 i ch. 2, 54 Neh. 12, 28,29 j ch. 26, 1 Ps. 84, 10 k 2 Ki.11,19 Ezek. 44,23 I ch. 6, 33, 38 Ps. 42, title. 3 thresh- olds. m Num. 25, 11 Num.31,6 Ps.106, 30 n ch. 26. 1,2 1 Sam.9,9 4 founded. 5 Or, trust. V ch. 26, 13-19 q 2 Ki. 11, 5 2Chr.23,8 6 Or, trust. 7 Or, store- houses. 8 bring them in by tale, and carry thevi out by tale. 9 Or, vessels. r Ex. 30, 23 10 Or,trust s Lev. 6, 21 11 Or, on flat plates, or, slices. 12 bread of ordering. Ex. 40, 23 John 6, 32, 33 Heb. 9, 2,24 t ch. 6, 31 13 upon them. u ch. 8, 29 V ch. 8, 33 422 24 In ^-f our quarters were the por- ters, toward the east, west, north, and south. 25 And their brethren, which v:)ere in their villages, vjere to come ^aftei seven days from time to time with them. 26 For these Le'vites, the four chief porters, were in their ^set office, and were over the 'chambers and treas- uries of the house of God. 27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge 2vas upon them, and the opening thereof every iriorning pertained to them. 28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should ^bring them in and out by tale. 29 8o7ne of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the ''instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. 30 And some of the sons of the priests made "the ointment of the spices. 31 AndMat-ti-thfah,07?€ of the Le'- vltes, who was the firstborn of Shai'- lum the K5'rah-ite,had the '"set office *over the things that were made ' In the pans. 32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of theKo'hath-ites,?-oere over the'^shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. 33 And these are 'the singers, chief of the fathers of the Le'vltes, who re- maining in the chambers were free : for '^they were employed in that work day and night. 34 These chief fathers of the Le'vltes loere chief throughout their genera- tions ; these dwelt at Je-ru'sa-lem. 35 TAnd in Gib'e-on dwelt'the father of Gib'e-on, Je-hi'el, whose wife's name '^vms Ma'a-chah : 36 And his firstborn son Ab'don, then Zur, and Kish, and Ba'al, and NSr, and Na'dab, 37 And Ge'dor, and A-hi'o, and Zech- a-ri'ah, and Mikloth. 38 And Mikloth begat Shim'e-am. And they also dwelt with their breth- ren at Je-ru'sa-lem, over against their brethren. 39 And "KSr begat Kish ; and Ki«h begat Saul; and Saul begat Jon'a- than, and Mal'chi-shiu'a, and A-bin'a- dab, and l:sh-ba'al. Death of Saul. 1. CHRONICLES, 10, 11. David is made king. B. C. 1200. CHAP. 9. u' 2 Sam. 9,13 UOr, Tarea. ch. 8, 35 X ch.. 8, 35 15 Or, Je- hoadah. ch. 8, 36 16 Or, Rapha. ch. 8, 37 40 And the son of Jon'a-than icas Merlb-ba'al : and 3Ier'ib-ba'al begat Mfcah. 41 And the sons of ""MFcah icere, Pi'thon, and Melech, and '*Tah're-a, and ""A'haz. 42 AndA'hazbegaf Ja'rah; andJa'- rah begat AFe-meth, and Az'nia-veth, and Zim'ri ;_and Zini'ri begat Mo'za ; 43 And M5'za begat Bm'e-a ; and ^'^Reph-a-fah his son, E-le'a-sah his son, A'zel his son. 44 And A'zel had six sons, whose b. c. io56, names ar<5 these, Az'ri-kam,B6ch'e-ru, | chap, lo and Ish 'ma-el, and She-a-ri'ah, andjaisam, 0-ba-di'ah, and Ha'nan: these we?'e the sons of A'zel. CHAPTER 10. I SauPs overthrow and death: 8 the Philistines iri- inyiph over hivi. 11 The kindness of the ■men of Jabesh-gilead to Saul and his sons. NOW '^the PhMis'tines fought against is'ra-el ; and the men of T§'ra-el fled from before the Phi-lis'- liineg, and fell down 'slain in mount (^il-b5'a. 2 And the Phi-lis 'tines followed hard after Saul, and after "his sons; andig J^.^'^^f'^ the Phi-lis'tines slew Jon'a-than, andj gressek-. ^A-bm'a-dab, and Mal'chl-shii'a, the:^ 13^13^* HOnS of Saul. I'Sam. 3 And the battle went sore against ^^ ^^^\g 3^ •san! anrl tliA ^ai^r^lnprs ''hit, him and Lev 20 6,27 Deut. 18,11 2 Ki. 21, 6 Isa. 8, 19 e 1 Sam. 28,7 / 1 Sam. 15,28 7 Isai, 31,1 1 wounded. 3 Or, Ishui, iSam. li, 49 3 shooters vAth hows. i found him. 5 Or, mock me. Judg. 16,21 b 1 Sam. 31, 10 Saul, and the ^archers *hit him, and lie was wounded of the archers. 4 Then said Saul to his armourbear- er, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith ; lest these uncir- cumcised come and ^abuse me. But his armourbearer would not ; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. I 5 And when his armourbearer saw, b. c. lOis. that Saul was dead, he fell likewise chap. ii. on the sword, and died. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. 7 And when all the men of Is'ra-el that ice7'e in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then thev forsook their cities, and fled : and the Phi-lis'tine§ came and dwelt m them. 8 TAnd it came to pass on the mor- row, when the Phi-lis'tmes came to strip the slain, that they found Saul -^judf.^'^^ 19, 10 4 head. 5 That Is, Zion. 2 Sam.5,7 6 revived. 7 went in going and in- creasing. 423 house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Da'gon. 11 IT And when all Ja'besh-gfl'e-ad heard aU that the Phi-lis'tiQe§ had done to Saul, 12 They "arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Ja'besh, and buried their bones under the oak in Ja'besh, and fasted seven days. 13 I^So Saul died for his transgres- sion which he ^committed against the Lord, eve?i ''against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of 072e that had a "^f amfliar spirit, *to enquire of it ; 14 And enquired not of the Lord : therefore he slew him, and -^turned the kingdom unto Da'vid the son of "Jes'se. CHAPTER 11. 1 David 7nade king : 4 he wins the castle of Zion from the Jebusites by JoaVs valoxir : 10 "a cata- logue of his worthies. THEN "all is'ra-el gathered them- selves to Da'vid unto He'bron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 And moreover 'in tune past, even when Saul was king, thou loast he that leddest out and broughtest in is'ra-el : and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt -feed my peo- ple Is'ra-el, and thou shalt be ruler over my people i§'ra-el. 3 Therefore came all the eldei^ of l§'- ra-el to the king to He'bron ; and Da'- vid made a covenant with them in He'bron before the Lord ; and they ^anointed Da'^^d king over Is'ra-el, according to the word of the *Lord ^by '^Sam'u-el. 4 ^And Da'vid and all T^'ra-el went 'to Je-ru'sa-lem, which is Je'bus; ■^where the Jeb'u-sites icere, the in- habitants of the land. 5 And the inhabitants of Je'bus said b 2 sam.5,3 ^9 Da'vid,Thou shalt not come hither. c Rom.8.3i|NeverthelessDa'vidtooktlie castle of 3 by the hand of. d 1 Sam, 16,1 e 2 Sam.5,6 a 2 Sam.5,1 1 both yes- terday and the third day. 2 Or, rule. Ps. 78, 70, 71 and his sons fallen in mount Gil-bd'a. 9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Phi-lis'- tine§ round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. 10 And *they put liis armour in the Zi'on, which is the city of Da'vid. 6 And Da'vid said, Whosoever smit- eththe Jeb'u-sitesfirst shall be*chief and captain. So J5'ab the son of Z er-u-i'ah went first up, and was chief. 7 And Da'vid dwelt in the castle; therefore they called ^it the city of Da'vid. 8 And he buflt the city round about, even from Mfllo round about : and J5'ab ^repaired the rest of the city. 9 So Da'vid 'waxed greater and A catalogue of 1. CHRONICLES, 11. David's mighty men. greater: for tbe Lord of hosts was with him. 1 1i These «'also are the chief of the mighty men whom Da'vid had, who ^strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all l§'ra-el, to make him king, according to ''the word of the Lord concerning !§'- ra-el. 1 1 And this is the number of the mighty men whom DaVid had ; Ja- sh5'be-am, ^an Hach'mo-nite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. 12 And after him was E-le-a'zar the son of Do'do, the A-h5'hite, who was one oi the three mighties. 13 He was with Da'vid at * "Pas- dam 'mim, and there the Phi-lis'tines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley ; and the people fled from be- fore the Phi-lis'tine§. 14 And they ''set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Phi-lis'tine§ ; and the Lord saved them by a great '^deliv- erance. 15 Now '^three of the thirty cap- tains went 'down to the rock to Da'- vid, into the cave of A-dul'lam ; and the host of the Phi-lis'tine§ encamped -in the valley of '^Reph'a-im. 16 And Da'vid was then in the hold, and the Phi-lis'tines' garrison ivas then at Beth'-le-hem. 17 And Da'vid longed, and said. Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth -le-hem, that is at the gate ! 1 8 And the three brake through the host of the Phi-lis'tine§,and drew wa- ter out of the well of Beth'-le-hem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to Da'vid : but Da'- vid would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord, 19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing : shall I drink the blood of these men '^that have put their lives in jeopardy ? for with the jeopardy o/ their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. 20And *A-bish'a-i the brother of Jo'ab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. B. C. 1048. CBAP. 11. Q 2 Sam. 23,8 8 Or, held strongly with him. h 1 Sam.16, 1,12 9 Or, son of Hach- moni. 1047. 10 Or, Ephes- davimim, 1 Sam. 17,1 11 0r,stood. 12 Or, sal- vatian. Pro. 21,31 13 Or, three captains over the thirty. i 2 Sam. 23,13 j ch. 14, 9 14 Or, qiants. Isa. 17, 5 15 with their lives. k 2 Sam. 23,18 I 2 Sam. 23,19 16 great of deecU. m 2 Sam. 23,20 17 a man of 7neasure. n 2 Sam. 23,24 18 Or, Sham- mah. 19 Or, Harodite, 2 Sam. 23,25 20 Or. Paltite, 2 Sam. 23,26 21 Or, Me- himnai. 22 Or, Zalmon. 23 Or, Heleb. 24 Or, Hiddai. 25 Or, Abi- albon. 26 Or, Jashen. See 2 Sam. 23. 32 27 Or, Sharar. 28 Or, EUphelet. 29 Or, Ahasbai. 30 Or, Hezrai. 31 Or, Pa^- rai the Arbite. 32 Or. the Bag- ger it e. Josh. 15,48 ch.2,50,53 424 21 Of ^the three, he was more hon- ourable than the two; for he was their captain : howbeit he attained not to the first three. 22 Be-na'iah the son of Je-hoi'a-da, the son of a valiant man of Kab'ze-el, "^who had done many acts; he "'slew two lionlike men of M5'ab : also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. 23 And he slew an E-gyp'tian, ''a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the E gyp'tian's hand teas a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the E-g5^p'tian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 24 These things did Be-na'iah the son of Je-hoi'a-da, and had the name among the three mighties. 25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the fi7'st three r and Da'vid set hina over his guard. 26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, "A'sa-hel the brother of J5'ab, M-ha'nan the son of Do do of Beth'-le-hem, 27 '^Sham'moth the''Ha'ro-rite,He'- lez the '"Pero-nite, 28 1'ra the son of ik'kesh the Te-ko'- Ite, A'bi-e'z5r the An'toth-ite, 29 ^'Sib'be-cai the Hii'shath-Tte, '^I'lai the A-h5'hIte, 30Ma-har'a-i the Ne-toph'a-thite, "Heled the son of Ba'a-nah the Ne- toph'a-thite, 31 ith'a-i the son of Ri'baiof Gib'e-ah, that pertained to thechildren ofBen'- ja-min, Be-na'iah the Pir'a-thon-ite, 32 ^^Hii'rai of the brooks of Ga'ash, ''A-bi'el the Ar'bath-ite, 33 Az'ma-veth the Ba-ha'rum-ite, E-li'ah-ba the Sha-al'bo-nite, 34 The sons of ''Ha'shem the Gi'zo- nite, Jon'a-than the son of Sha'ge the Ha'ra-rite, 35 A-hi'am the son of ^'Sa'car the L[a'ra-rite,^^'Eri-phal the son of "t)r, 36 He'phgr the Me-che'rath-ite, A-hi'iah the Pel'o-nite, 37 '"Hez'ro the Car'mel-Ite, ''Na'a- rai the son of Ez'ba-i, 38Jo'el the brother of Nathan, Mib'har ^^the son of Hag'ge-ri, 39 Ze'lek the Am'mon-ite, Na-har'- a-i the Be'roth-ite, the armourbearer of J5'ab the son of Zer-u-i'ah, 40 i'ra the "Ith'rite, Ga'reb the Ith'- rite. Armies that came to I. CHRONICLES, 12. David at Ziklag. 41 U-rfah Hhe Hit'tite, ='='Za'bad the son of Ahlai, 42 Ad'i-na the son of Shfza the Reii'- ben-ite, a captain of the Reu'ben-ites, and thirty with him, 43 Ha'nan the son of Ma'a-chah, and Josh'a-phat the Mith'nite, 44uz-zfa the Ash'te-rath-ite,_ Sha'- ma and Je-hi'el the sons of Ho'than the Ar'o-Sr-ite, 45 JS-df a-el the son of Shim'ri, and To'ha his brother, the Ti'zite, 46 £-li'el the Ma'ha-vite, and Jer'i- ^i, and Josh-a-vi'ah, the sons of £1'- na-am, and ith'mah the M5'ab-ite, 47 E-li'el, and O'bed, and Ja'si-el the H^-s5'ba-ite. CHAPTER 12. I The companies that came to David at Ziklag: 23 the armies that came to him. at Hebron. NOW ''these are they that came to Da'vid to *Ziklag, 'while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the 4eft in hurling stones and shoot- ing arrows out of a bow, even of SauFs brethren of Ben'ja-min. ^'The chief loas A-hi-e'z5r, then 3b'- ash, the sons of ^She-ma'ah the Gib'- e-ath-ite ; and Je'zi-el, and Pe'let, the sons of Az'ma-veth ; and Ber'a-chah, and Jeliii'^the An'toth-ite, 4 And Ts-ma-i'ah the 'Gib'e-on-ite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty ; and Jer-e-mi'ah, a,nd Ja-ha'zi-el, and Jo-ha'nan, and Jos'a- b&d the G§d'e-rath-ite, 5 E-lii'za-i,and Jer'i-m6th, and Be-a- li'ah, and Shem-a-rfah, and Sheph- a-ti'ah the Har'u-phite, 6 £rka-nah, and Je-sf ah, and A-zar'- e-el, and Jo-e'zSr, and Ja-shol3e-am, the Kor'hites, 7 And Jo-e'lah, and Zeb-a-di'ah, the sons of Jer'o-ham of Ge'dor. 8 And of the Gad'ites there separated themselves unto Da'vid into the-^old to the wilderness men of might, ajid men ^of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose ^faces were like the faces of lions, and loere ^as swift as the roes upon the mountains ; y E'zSr the first, 0-ba-df ah the sec- ond, fi-lfab the third, 1 Mish-man'nah the fourth, Jer-e- mi'ah the fifth, B. C. 1047. CHAP. 11. p 2 Sam. 11.3 33 Perhaps these last sixteen were of less note, and so are not added, in 2 Sam.23. B. C. 1058. CHAP. 12. a 1 Sam, 27,2 h 1 Sam. 27,6 1 being yet shut up. c Judg. 20, 16 2 Or, Has- maah. d .Tosh. 21, 18 e Josh. 18, 21,25 / 1 Sam.28, li. 29 3 oftlie host. g 2 Sam. 17, 10 2 Sam. 23,20 4l as the roes upon the moun- tains to make haste. 2 Sam. 2,18 5 Or, one that ivas least could resist an hwndred, and the greatest a thousand. Q filled over. h Josh. 3,15 7 before them. 8 be one. 9 Or, violence. i Zech. 3, 2 10 the spirit clothed Amasai. j 2 Sara. 17, 25 k 1 Sam. 29. 2 I 1 Sam. 29,4 11 on our heads. 12 Or, tvith a band. m 1 Sam. 30,1 1048. 13 heads.or, captains, or, men. 7i2Sam.2,3 ch. 10, 14 425 1 1 At'tai the sixth, fi-li'el the seventh, 12 J6-ha'nan the eighth, fil'za-bdd the ninth, 1 3 Jer-e-mi'ah the tenth, Mach'ba- nai the eleventh. 14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host : ^one of the least IV as over an hundred, and the great- est over a thousand. 15 These are they that went over J or 'dan in the first month, when it haa ^overflown all his ^banks ; and they put to flight all them of the val- leys, both toward the east, and toward the west. 16 And there came of the children of Ben'ja-min and Jii'dah to the hold unto Da'vid. 17 And Da'vid went out 'to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall ®be knit unto you : but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no %vrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereo^i.Qxid. 'rebuke it. 18 Then "the spirit came ^upoa A-mas'a-i, loho was chief of the cap- tains, and he said. Thine are we, Da'- vid, and on thy side, thou son of J es'se: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God help- eththee. Then Da'vid received them, and made them captams of the band, 1 9 And there fell some of Ma-nas'seh to Da'\id, ^when he came wAXh. the Phi-lis'tine§ against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Phi-lis'tine§ upon advise- ment sent him away, saying. He 'will fall to his master Saul "to the jeop- ardy of our heads. 20 As he vv^ent to Ziklag, there fell to him of Ma-nas'seh, Ad'nah, and Joz'a-bad, and JS-di'a-el, and Mf- cha§l, and Joz'a-bad, and E-H'hii, and Zil'thai, captains of the thousands that were of Ma-nas'seh. 21 And they helped Da'vid * ^against '"the band of the rovers : for they vjere all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host. 22 For at that time day by day there came to Da'^ad to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. 23 IT And these are the numbers of the '^bands that were ready armed to the war, and ''came to Da'vid to He'- bron, to "turn the kingdom of Sfi,ul David's army at Hebron. I. CHRONICLES, 13. JJzza is smitten. to him, ^according to the word of the Lord. 24 The children of Jii'daii that bare shield and spear we7'e six thousand and eight hundred, ready ^^armed to the war. 25 Of the children of Sim'e-on, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. 26 Of the children of Le'vi four thousand and six hundred. 27 And Je-hoi'a-da loas the leader of the Aar'on-ites, and with him vaere three thousand and seven hundred ; 28 And''Za'dok,ayoungmanmighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. 29 And of the children of Ben'ja-min, the '^ ^kindred of Saul, three thousand : for hitherto^ '^the greatest part of them hadkeptthe ward of the house of Saul. 30 And of the children of E'phra-im tw^enty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, "famous throughout the house of their fathers. 31 And of the half tribe of Ma-nas'- seh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make DaVid king. 32 And of the children of Is'sa-char which loere men ''that had under standing of the times, to know what I§'ra-el ought to do ; the heads of them weretwo hundred ; and all their breth- ren V3ere at their commandment. 33 Of Zeb'u-lun, such as went forth to battle, '^expert in war, with all in- struments of war, fifty thousand, which could ^^keep rank : they loere ^^not of double heart. 34 And of Naph'ta-li a thousand cap- tains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. 35 And of the Dan'ites expert in war tvfenty and eight thousand and six hundred, 36 Andof Ash'Sr,suchaswentforthto battle, ^^expertin war, forty thousand. 37 And on the other side of Jor'dan, of the Reu'ben-ites, and the Gad'ites, and of the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and tv/enty thousand. 38 Ail these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to He'bron, to make DaVid king over all l§'ra-el : and all the rest also of 1^- ra-el were of one heart to make Da'- vdd king. 39 And there they were with Da'vid B. C. 1048. CHAP. 12. p 1 Sam. 16,1 14 Or, prepared. q 2 Sam. 8, 17 15 brethren, Gen.31,23 16 a multi- tude of tlie'm. 17 jnen of names.' r Esth,l,lS 18 Or, rangers of battle, or, ranged in battle. 19 Or, set the battle in array. 20 without a heart and a heart. 21 Or, keep- ing their rank. 22 Or, victual of meal. B. C. 1045. CHAP. 13. a Pro. 15,22 1 let us break forth and send. b Isa. 37, 4 2 in the cities of tluir suburbs. 3 bring about, c 1 Sara.7,1 d 2 Sam.6,1 e Josh. 13,3 /I Sam. 6,21 g Josh. 15, " 0, 60 h 1 Sam.4,4 4 made the ark to ride. i Num. 4, 15 j 2 Sam.6,5 5 songs. k 2 Sam.6,6 6 shook it. I Num. 4, 15 ch. 15. 13,15 m Lev. 10,2 426 three days, eating and drinking : for their brethren had prepared for them. 40 Moreover they that wxre nigh thein,even unto is'sa-char and Zeb'u- lun and Naph'ta-li, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and "meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly : for there was joy in i§'- ra-el. CHAPTER 13. 1 Daind fetches the ark from Kirjath-jearim. 9 Uzza being smitten, the ark is left at the house of Obed- edoni. AND Da'vid ''consulted with the captains of thousands and hun- dreds, and with every leader. 2 And Da'vid said unto all the con- gregation of l§'ra-el, If it seem good untoyou, and that it be of the Lord our God, ^let us send abroad unto our brethren everywhere, that are 'left in all the land of I§'ra-el, and with them also to the priests and Le'vites which are ^in their cities and suburbs, that thev may gather themselves unto us : 3 And let us ^bring again the ark of our God to us : ''for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul. 4 And all the congregation said that they would do so : for the thing was right in the eyes of all the ;people. 5 So ''Da'vid gathered all Is'ra-el to- gether, from 'Shi'hor of E'gypt even unto the entering of He'math, to bring the ark of God •'^from Kir'jath-je'a- rim. 6AndDa'vidwentup,andalll§'ra-el, toBa'al-ah, Hhat is, to Kirjath-je'a- rim, which delo9iged to Ju'dah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LiORJ),^thatdwe\lethbetwee7ithecher' ubims, whose name is called on it. 7 And they ^carried the ark of God 'in a new cart out of the house of A-bin'a- dab: and Uz'za and A-hi'o drave the cart. 8 And Da'vid and all I§'ra-el •'played before God with all their might, and with ^singing, and vvdth harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets, 9 lAnd when they came unto the threshingfloor of ^Ohi'don, Uz'za put forth his hand to hold the ark ; for the oxen ^stumbled. 10 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uz'za, and he smote him, l^ecause he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before '"God. 11 And Da'vid was displeased, be- David smiteth I, CHRONICLES, 14, 15. the Philistinet^ cause the Lord had made a breach upon tJz'za : wherefore that place is called 'Pe'rez-uz'za to this daj^ 12 And Da'vid was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God liorne to me ? 1 3 So DaVid ^brought not the ark home to himself to the city of Da'vid, but carried it aside into the house of O'bed-e'dom the Git'tite. 14 And "the ark of God remained with the family of O'bed-e'dom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed ^he house of O'bed-e'dom, and all that he had. CHAPTER 14. \ Hiram's kindJiess to David. 2 David's felicity: 3 his wives, etc.: 8 kis two victories over the Fhilis- tines. NOW "Hi 'ram king of Tyre sent messengers to Da'vid, and tim- ber of cedars, with masons and car- penters, to build him an house. 2 And Da'vid perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over I§'ra-el, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people l§'ra-el. 3 "I And Da'vid took 'more wives at Je-ru'sa-lem : and Da'vid begat more sons and daughters. 4 Now *these are the names of his children which he had in Je-ru'sa- lem ; Sham-mii'a, and Sho'bab, J^a.'- than, and Sol'o-mon, 5 And Ib'har, and El-i-shu'a, and Ei'pa-let, 6 And No'gah, and Ne'pheg, and Ja- phi'a, 7 And E-lish'a-ma, and ^Be-el-i'a-da, and E-liph'a-let. 8 IF And when the Phi-lis'tine§ heard that Da'vid ''was anointed king over all l§'ra-el, all the Phi-lis'tine§ went up to seek Da'vid. And Da'vid heard of it, and went out against them. yAnd the Phi-lis'tine§ came and spread themselves in the vaUey of 'Keph'a-im. " . And Da'vid enquii-ed of God, say- ing, Shall I go up against the Phi-lis'- tine§ 'i And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand ? And the Lord said unto him, Go up ; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 1 1 So they came up to Ba'al-per'a- zim; and Da'vid smote them there. Then Da'vid said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place ^Ba'al-per'a-zun. 12 And when they had left their B. C. 1045. CHAP. 13. 7 That is, The breach of Uzza. 8 removed. n 2 Sam. 6,11 Gen.30,27 ch. 26, 5 Ps. 37, 22 Pro.10,22 B. C. 1043. CHAP. 14. a 2 Sam. 5,11 1 vet. D eut. 17, 14,17 b eh. 3, 5 2 Or, Eliada, 2 Sam. 5,16 c 2 Sam. 5,17 3 Or, giants. ch. 11, 15 4 That is. Lord of breaches. Isa. 28, 21 d 2 Sam* 5,22 e 2 Sam. 5.23 / 2 Sam. 5,25 Geba. g Josh. 6,27 2Chr.26,8 h Deut.2,25 Deut. 11,25 B. C. 1042. CHAP. 15. a ch. 16, 1 Ps. 132, 2-5 1 Jt is not to can-y t he ark of God, but for the Levites. b Nnm. 4, 2. 15 Deut.10,8 Deut.31,9 Josh. 3, 3 c 1 Ki. 8, 1 ch. 13, 5 d Ex. 6, 16,18 2 Or, kinsmen. e Ex. 6, 22 /Ex. 6, 18 427 gods there, Da'vid gave a command- ment, and they were burned with fire. 1 3 And '^the Phi-lis'tine§ yet again spread themselves abroad in the vallm^. 14 Therefore Da'vid enquired again of God ; and God said unto him, Go not up after them ; turn away from them, '^and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. 15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle : for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Phi-lis'tines. 16 Da'vid therefore did as God com- manded him : and they smote the host of the Phi-lis'tines •''from Gib'e- on even to Ga'zer. IT And ^the fame of Da'vid went out into all lands ; and the Lord brought ^'the fear of him upon all nations. CHAPTER 15. I David brings the ark from Obed-edmn : 25 he at- tends the solemnity with great joy: 29 Michal de- spises him. AND Da'vid made him houses in the city of Da'vid, and prepared ''a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then Da'vid said, ^None ought to. carry the *ark of God but the Le'- vites : for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to min- ister unto him for ever. 3 And Da'vid ^gathered all I§'ra-el to- gether to Je-ru'sa-lem, to bring up the ark of the LoiiD unto liis place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And Da'vid assembled the chil- dren of Aar'on, and the Le'vites : 5 Of the sons of '^Kd'hath; u'ri-el the chief, and his ^brethren an hundred and twenty : 6 Of the sons of Me-ra'rl ; A-sa-i'ah the cliief , and his brethren two hun- dred and twenty : 7 Of the sons of GSr'shom ; Jo'el the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty: 8 Of thesonsof 'E-liz'a-phan; Shem- a-i'ah the chief, and his brethren two hundred : 9 Of the sons of ■^He'bron; E-li'el the chief, and his brethren fourscore : 10 Of the sons of Uz'zi-el ; Am-min'- a-dab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. II And Da'vid called for Za'dok and A-bi'a-thar the priests, and for the Ark brought to Jerusalem, I. CHRONICLES, 16. Michal despiseth David. LeVites, for tj'ri-el, A-sa-fah, and J5'el, Sh6ni-a-fah, and E-lfel, and Am-min'a-dab, 1 2 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the LeVites : i' sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of l§'ra-el unto the place that I have prepared for it. 13 For ^because ye did it not at the first, the 'Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. 14 So the priests and the LeVites sanctiiied themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of l§'ra-el. 15 And the children of the LeVites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as -^Mo'seg commanded according to the word of the Lord. 16 And DaVid spake to the chief of the LeVites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments ^of mu8ick,psalteriesand harpsand cym- bals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. 17 SotheLeVitesappointed'He'man the son of Jo'el ; and of his brethren, '^A'saph the son of Ber-e-chi'ah ; and of the sons of Me-ra'ri thejr brethren, ''E'than the son of Ku-sha'iah ; 18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zech-a-ri'ah, Ben, and Ja-a'zi-el, and She-mir'a-moth, and Je-hi'el, and Un'ni, E-li'ab, and Be-na'iah, and Ma-a-se'iah, and JVIat- ti-thi'ah, and E-liph'e-leh, and Mik- ne'iah, and o'bed-e'dom, and Je-i'el, the porters. 19 So the singers, He'man, A^saph, and E'than, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass ; 20 And Zech-a-ri'ah,and^A'zi-el,and She-mir'a-moth, and Je-hi'el,and Un'- ni, andE-lfab,andMa-a-se'iah,andBe- na'iah, with psalteries on *Al'a-moth ; 21 And M^t-ti-thi'ah, and E-Hph'e- leh, and Mik-ne'iah, a.nd O'bed-e'- dom, and Je-i'el, and Az-a-zi'ah, with barps ^on the Shem'i-nith to excel. 22 And Chen-a-ni'ah, chief of the Le'vites, ^^/ms for 'song: he instructed about the song, because \\Qtvas skilful. 23 And Ber-e-chi'ah and El'ka-nah were doorkeepers for the ark. 24 And Sheb-a-ni'ah, and Je-hosh'a- phat, and NS-th^u'e-el, and A-m5.s'a-i, and Z^ch-a-ri'ah, and B$-na'iah, and ;6-li-e'z6r, the priests, "did blow with B. C. 1042. CHAP. 15. g Ex. 19, 10,22 Lev. 10, 3 1 Sam.7,1 2Chr.5,ll 2 Chr. 29, 5. 15 2 Chr. 30, .3,15 2Chr.35,6 h 2 Sam.6,3 ch. 13, 7 i ch. 13, 10,11 j Ex. 25, 14 Num. 4, 15 Num. 7, 9 k Ps. 33, 2 Ps. 68, 25 Ps. 150, 2-5 I ch. 6, 33 m ch. 6, 39 n ch. 6, Ai 3 Jaaziel, ver. 18 4 That is, ■nirginal, or, treble. Ps. 46, title. 5 Or, on the eighth to oversee, Ps. 6, title. 6 Or, was for the carriage : he in- structed about the carriage. 7 lifting up. Num.10,8 Ps. 81, 3 p 2 Sam. 6, 12, 13 1 Ki. 8, 1 q Ezra 6, 16 r Num.23,1 Job 42, 8 8 Or. carriage. s ch. 13, 8 t 2 Sam. 6,16 u Acts 2, 13 CHAP. 16. a 2 Sam. 6, 17-19 b Ps. 38 Ps. 70, title. 1 with instru- ments of psalteries and harps. 428 the trumpets before the ark of God : and O'bed-e'dom and Je-hi'ah were doorkeepers for the ark. 25 liSo ^Da'vid, and the elders of I§'ra-el, and the captains over thou- sands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant ofthe Lord out of the house of O'bed-e'dom with 'joy. 26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Le'vites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they ''offered seven bullocks and seven rams. 27 And Da'vid vjas clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the LeVites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chen-a-ni'ah the master of the ®song with the singers : DaVid also had upon him an ephod of linen. 28 Thus 'all l§'ra-el brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise vf ith psalteries and harps. 29 And it came to pass, *as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of Da'vid, that Mi'chal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king Da'vid dancing and playing : and she "despised him in her heart. CHAPTER 16. 1 David'' s festwal sacrifice, and liberality to the peo- ple: 7 his psahn of thaiiksgiving . O "they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that Da'vid had pitched for it : and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. 2 And when Da'vid had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. 3 And he dealt to every one of I§'- ra-el, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of loine. 4 HAnd he appointed certain of the Le'vites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to ^record, and to thank and praise the Lord God of I§'ra-el : 5 A'saph the chief, and next to him Zech-a-ri'ah, Je-i'el, and She-mir'a- moth, and Je-hi'el, and Mat-ti-thi'ah, and t-li'ab, and Be-na'iah, and O'bed- e'dom: and J^-i'el Vith psalteries and with harps ; but A'saph made a sound with cymbals ; 6 Be-na'iah also and Ja-ha'zi-el the JJavid^s psalm 1. CHKONICLES, 16. of thanksgiving. priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 7 HThen on that day DaVid deliv- ered first 'this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of A'saph and his brethren. • 8 Give "'thanks unto the Lord, cal l upon his narne, make known His deeds anions the people . 9 Sing; "unto him, sin^ psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works . T. 16. 23, 24. 10 Glory •''ye in his holy name : let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 1 1 Seek "^the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually. 1 2 Remember his ^marvellous vforks that he hath done, his won- ders, and the judgments of his mouth ; 13 O ye seed of l§'ra-el his servant, ye children of Ja'cob, his chosen ones. 14 He is the Lord our God ; his judgments are in all the earth. 15 Be ye mindful always of his cov- enant- the word which he com- manded to a thousand generations ; 16 Even of the ^covenant which he made with A'bra-ham, and of his oath unto r'§aac; 1 7 And hath confirmed the same to Ja'cob for a law, and to I§'ra-el/or an everlasting covenant, 1 8 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Ca'naan, ^the lot of your in- heritance ; 19 When ye were but ^few, •'even a few, and strangers in it. 20 And when they went from na- tion to nation, and from 07ie king- dom to another people ; 21 He suffered no man to do them wrong : yea, '''he reproved kings for their sakes, 22 Saying, 'Touch not mine anoint- ed, and do my prophets no harm. • 28 Sing "^unto the Lord, all the enrtb \ shew forth from day to day his salvation. 24 Declare "his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works a.mong all nations. T. Psa. 9. 11. 25 For "great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised : he also is to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods ^of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. 27 Glory ?and honour are in his B. C. 1042. CHAP. 16. c 2 Sam. 23,1 a Ps. 105, 1 Ps. 145, 1 e Ps. 100, 1 /Ps.34, 3 Isa. 45, 25 g Amos 5, 0,14 h Ps. Ill, 2 i Gen. 17, 2 Gen. 26, 3 Gen.28,13 Gen.35,11 2 tlie cord. 3 men of number. 3 Gen.34,30 k Gen.12,17 Gen. 20, 3 Ex.7, 15-18 I Ps. 105,15 m Ps. 47, 1 Ps. 96, 1 n Isa. 13, 4 Ps. 89,6-8 p Lev. 19, 4 Jer. 10, 3 1 Cor. 8, 4 q Ps. 8, 1 r Isa. 35, 10 Lu. 2, 13 Rev. 14, 2 s Ps. 96, 10 t Ps. 106, 1 Ps. 107, 1 Ps. 118, 1 Ps. 136, 1 u Ps. 106,47 V 1 Ki. 8, 15 Ps. 72. 18 w Deut. 27, 15 Neh. 8, 6 X ch. 21, 29 2 Chr. 1, 3 y 1 Ki. 3, 4 4 in the morning and in the evening. Ex. 29, 38 Num.2S,3 z 2Chr.5,13 2 Chr. 7, 3 Ezras, 11 Neh. 9, 17 Ps. 25, 10 Ps. 33, 5 Ps.86,5,15 Ps. 100, 5 Ps. 103,17 Ps. 106, 1 Ps. 107, 1 Ps. 118, 1 Ps. 136, 1 Jer. 33,11 Joel 2, 13 Lu. 6, 36 Jas. 5, 11 429 presence ; strength and gladness are in his place. 28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. 29 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name : bring an offer- ing, and come before him : Avorship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, 30 Fear before him, all the earth : the world also shaU be stable, that it be not moved. 31 Let the 'heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice : and let m.en say among the nations, The Lord reign- eth. 32 Let 'the sea roar, and the fulness thereof : let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because he cometh to judge the earth. 34 O 'give thanks unto the Lord ;' for he is good ; for his mercy endur- eth for ever. 35 And "say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen," that we may give thanks to thy holy name, ojid glory in thy praise. 36 Blessed 'be the Lord God of is'- ra-el for ever and ever. And ''all tlie people said, A-men', and praised the !Lord. 37 ITSo he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord A'saph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required : 38 Ando'bed-e'domwiththeirbreth- ren, threescore and eight; Cbed-e'dom also the son of Jed'u-thiin and Ho'sah to he porters : 39 And Za'dok the priest, and his brethren the priests, •^before the tab- ernacle of the Lord ^in the high plax^e that vKis at Gib'e-on, 40 To offer burnt offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt of- fering continually ^morning and evening, ajid to do according to all that is AAT:'itten in the law of the Lord, which he commanded l§'ra-el ; 41 And with them He 'man and Jed'- u-thiin, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because ^his mercy endureth for ever ; 42 And with them He'man and Jed'- u-thiin with trumpets and cjTnbals for those that should make a sound, * J. 2 Chron. 19. 6, 7. ^ God's promises to David. I. CHRONICLES, 17. David giveth thanks. and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jed'u-thun were ^porters. 43 And ''all the people departed ev- ery man to his house : and David re- turned to bless *his house. CHAPTER IT. 1 David, forbidden to build God an house, 11 is promised blessings in his seed. 16 His prayer and thajiksgiving . NOW "it came to pass, as Da'vid sat in his house, that Da'vid said to Na'than the prophet, Lo, I ''dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. 2 Then Na'than said unto Da'vid, Do all that is in thine heart : for God is with thee. 3 lIAnd it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Na'than, saying, 4 Go and tell Da'vid my servant. Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in : 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up i§' ra-el unto this day ; but 'have gone from ''tent to tent, and from one tab ernacle to another. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all l§'ra-el, spake I a word to any of the judges of l§'ra-el, whom I com- manded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars ? 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant Da'vid, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even ^from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people i§'ra-el : 8 And I have been with thee whith- ersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 9 Also 1 "'will ordain a place for my people I§'ra-el, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more ; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them 'any more, as at the be- ginning, 1 And since the time that I com- manded judges to be over my people jf§'ra-el. Moreover I will subdue ail thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house. 1 1 And it shall come to pass, when B. C. 1042. CHAP. 16. 5 for the gate. a 2 Sam. 6,19 b Josh. 24.15 CHAP. 17. a 2 Sain.7,1 b Hag. 1, 4 Acts 7, 46 1 havebeen. c Ex. 40, 2 2 from after. d Jer. 31,12 Ezek. 34,14 e 2Chr.l5,2 / 2 Sam. 7, 14, 15 ch. 22, 10 ch. 28, 6 Heb. 1. 5 Ps. 89, 36 Ps. 110, 1 Isa. 9, 7 Ezek. 37.25 Dan. 2, 44 Dan. 7. 14-27 Mic. 4, 1 Mat. 21. 1-11 Lu. 1, 33 Heb. 1, 8 h 2 Sam. 7.18 i Gen.32,10 Job 7. 17 j Ps. 139. 1 John 21, 17 k Eph.1.11 Mat.11,26 3 great- nesses. I Ex. 15, 11 Deut. 33,26 Ps. 86. 8 m John 12.28 430 thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons ; and I will es- tablish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 131 ^will be his father, and he shaU be my son : and 1 will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee : 14 But •'^I will settle him in mine' house and in my kingdom for ever : and his throne shall be established for evermore. 15 According to all these words,and according to all this vision, so did Na'than speak unto Da'vid. 1 6 If And ^Da'vid the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who 'am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto ? 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God ; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God. 18 What can Da'vid speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant ? for •'thou knowest thy servant. 19 Lord, for thy servant's sake, and according ^to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known sdlthese ^great things. 20 O Lord, there is 'none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people l§'ra-el, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out na- tions from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of E gypt ? 22 For thy people l§'ra-el didst thou make thine own people for ever ; and thou, Lord, becamest their God. 23 Therefore now. Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken con- cerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. 24 Let it even be established, that ""thy name may be magnified for ever, saying. The Lord of hosts ^s the God of I§'ra-el, even a God to l§'- ra-el : and let the house of Da'vid thy servant be established before thee. ^ David smiteth Moah. I. CHRONICLES, 18, 19. David's good reign. 25 For thou, O my God, "hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house : therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. 26 And now. Lord, thou art God, and hast ''promised this goodness un- to thy servant : 27 Now therefore ^let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever : for ^hou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever. CHAPTER 18. 1 David subdues the Philistines atid Moabites, 3 and smites Hadarezer and the Syrians; 14 his good reign, etc. NOW after this "it came to pass, that Da'vid smote the Phi-lis'- tine§, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Phi-lis'tines._ 2 Andhe *smote Jlo'ab ; and the M5'- ab-ites became Da'vid's servants, and brought gifts. 3TAnd DaVid smote -Had-ar-e'zSr king of Zd'bah unto Ha'math, as he ^went to stablish his dominion by the river Eii-phra'te§. 4 And DaVid took from him a thou- sand chariots, and ''seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot- men: Da'vid also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an himdred chariots. 5 And when the Syr'i-ans of '^Da- mas'cus came to help Had-ar-e'zSr king of Zo'bah, Da'vid slew of the Sy'r'- i-ang two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then Da'vid put garrisons in Syr'i-a-da-mas'cus ; and the Syr'i- an§ became Da'vid's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the Lord pre served^Da'vid whithersoever he went T And Da'vid took the shields of fold that were on the servants of [ad-ar-e'zgr,and brought them to Je- ru'sa-lem. 8 Likewise from ^Tib'hath, and from Chun, cities of Had-ar-e'zSr, brought Da'vid very much brass, wherewith •^Sol'o-mon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9 ^Nowwhen^To'ii king of Ha'math heard how Da'vid had smitten all the host of Had-ar-e'zSr king of Z5'bah ; 10 Hesent^Ha-do'ramhissontoking Da'vid, '*to enquire of his welfare, and ^to congratulate him, because he had fought against Had-ar-e'z6r, and smitten him : (for Had-ar-e'zSr ^had war with T5'ii;) a,nd with him all B. C. 1042. CHAP. 17. 4 'hast re- vealed the ear of thy servant. n Titus, 1, 2 5 Or, ithath pleased thee. Rom. 11. 29 B. C. 1040. CHAP. 18. a 2 Sain.8,1 b Num. 24, 17 1 Or, Had- o.dezer, 2 Sam.8..3 c Gen.15,18 Deut. 11, 24 Ps. 60, title. d 2 Sam. 8,4 seven hundred. 2 Dar- mesek. e Ps. 91, 14 3 Called in the book of Sam- uel, Betah, and Berothai. f 1 Ki. 7, 15 2 Chr. 4, 12, 15, 16 g 2 Sam.8,9 Toi. h 2 Sam. 8,10 Joram. 4 Or, to salute. 5 to bless. 6 was the man of wars. Abshai. 2 Sam. 7, 13 Gen.27,29 Num. 24, 18 8 Or, remem- brancer. 9 Called Ahime- lech, 2 Sam. 8, 17 10 Called Seraiah, 2 Sam. 8, 17 and Shisha, 1 Ki. 4, 3 k 2 Sam. 8. 18 11 at the hand of the king. B. C. 1037. CHAP. 19. a 2 Sara. 10, 1 b 1 Sam. 11,1 1 In thine eyes doth David, etc. 431 manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 11 Them also king Da'vid dedicated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations ; from E'dom, and from M5'ab, and from the children of Am'- m5n, and from the Phi-lis'tine§, and from Am'a-lek. 12 Moreover 'A-bish'a-i the son of Zer-u-i'ah slew of the E'dom-ites in the valley of salt eighteen ^thousand. 13 And 'he put garrisons in E'dom ; and all the E'dom-ites became Da'- vid's servants. Thus the Lord pre- served Da'vid whithersoever he went. 14 1i So Da'vid reigned over all i§'- ra-el, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. 15 And Jo'ab the son of Zer-u-fah was over the host; and Je-hosh'a- phat the son of A-hilud, ^recorder. 16 And Za'dok the son of A-hl'tub, and ''A-bim'e-lech the son of A-bi'a- thar, vjere the priests ; and '"Shav'sha was scribe ; IT And ^Be-na'iah the son of Je- hoi'a-da vjas over the Cher'e-thltes and the Pel'e-thites ; and the sons of Da'vid loere chief ' 'about the king. CHAPTER 19. 1 David''s messengers, sent to comfort Hanun, are disgracefvAly treated. 6 Joah and Abishai over- come the Ammonites. 16 Shophach slain by David. NOW ''it came to pass after this, that *Na'hash the king of the children of Am'mon died, and his son reigned in his stead. 2 And Da'vid said, I will shew kind- ness unto Ha'nun the son of Na'hash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And Da'vid sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the ser\^ants of Da'vid came into the land of the children of Am'mon to Ha'nun, to comfort him. 3 But the princes of the children of Am'mon said to Ha'nun, 'Thinkest thou that Da'^ad doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters Lmto thee ? are not his servants come imto thee for to search, and to over- throw, and to spy out the land ? 4 Wherefore Ha'niin took Da'vid's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 Then there went certain, and told Da'vid how the men were served. And he sent to meet them : for the The Ammonites smitten. I. CHRONICLES, 20. Rabbah is destroyed. men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jer'i-cho "^un- til your beards be grown, and then return. 6 lAnd when the children of Am'- mon saw that they had made them- selves ^odious to DaVid, Ha'nun and the children of Am'mon sent a thou- sand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mes-o po-ta'mi-a, and out of Syr'i-a-ma'a chah,'^and out of Z5'bah. 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Ma'a-chah and his people ; who came and pitched before 'Med'e-ba. And the children of Am'mon gathered themselves together from their cit- ies, and came to battle. 8 And when Da'vid heard of it, he sent J5'ab, and all the host of the mighty men. 9 And the children of Am'mon came out, and put the battle in array be fore the gate of -^the city : and the Kmgs that were come were by them cielves in the field. 10 Now when Jo'ab saw that *the battle was set against him before and beliind, he chose out of all the 'choice of is'ra-el, and put them in ar- ray against the Syr'i-an§. 11 And the rest of the people he de- livered unto the hand of ^A-bish'a his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Am'mon. 12 And he said, If the Syr'i-an§ be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me : but if the children of Am'- mon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God : ^and let the Lord do that lohich is good in his sight. 14 So Jo'ab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syr'- i-ans unto the battle ; and they ^fled before him, 15 And when the children of Am'- mon saw that the Syr'i-an§ were fled, they likewise fled before A-bish'a-i his brother, and entered into the city. llien Jd'ab came to Je-ru'sa-lem. 16TAnd when the Syr'i-ang saw that they were put to the worse before l§'ra-el, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syr'i-ans that were be- yond the ^river : and ^Sho'phach the| B. C. 1037. CHAP. 19. c Josh. 6, 24, 26 lKi.16,34 2 to stink. dch.18,5,9 e Num. 21, 30 Josh. 13,9 / 2 Sam, 11. 1 3 the face of the bat- tle was. i Or, young vien. 5 Abshai. g Ps. 20, 7 Ps. 34, 22 Ps. 37, 5,39 Ps. 40, 4 Ps. 55, 22 Ps. 125, 1 Pro. 16, 3, 20 Pro. 28,25 Pro. 29,25 Isa. 30. 18 Jer. 17, 5-8 h Lev. 26, 7.8 1036. 6 That is, Euphra- tes. i 2 Sam. 10, 16 Shobach. i Ps. 33, 16 Pro. 21,31 B. C. 1035. CHAP. 20. a 2 Sam. 11,1 1 Ki.20.22 1 at the return of the year. b 2 Sam. 12, 26 c 2Sam.l2, 30,31 2 tlie iveight of. 3 Or, made them ■ sawers of stone, dig- gers of iron, and cutters of icood. 1018. 4 stood, or, con- tinued. 5 Or, Gob. 6 Or, Savh. 7 Or, Rapha. 2 Sam. 21. 18 8 Or.Jaare- ore4jim, 2 Sam. 21, 19 9 a man of meamire. 432 captain of the host of Had-ar-e'z5r tvent before them, 1 7 And it was told Da'vid ; and he gathered all is'ra-el, and passed over Jor'dan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when Da'vid had put the battle in array against the Syr'i-an§, they fought with him. 18 JBut the Syr'i-an§ ^fled before i§'- ra-el ; and Da'vid slew of the Syr'i- an§ seven thousand me^i which fought in chariots, and forty thou- sand footmen, and killed Sho'phach the captain of the host. 19 And when the servants of Ilad- ar-e'zSr saw that they were put to the worse before i§'ra-el, they made peace with Da'vid, and became his servants : neither would the Syr'i-an§ help the children of Am'mon any more. CHAPTER 20. I Rabbah besieged bi/ Joab, spoiled oy David, and ihe people enslaved. 4 Three overthrows of the Philistines, and three giants slain. AND "it came to pass, that 'after the year was expired, at th^ time that kings go out to battle, Jd'ab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Am'mon, and came and besieged Rab'bah. But DaVid tarried at Je-ru'sa-lem. And Jo'ab ^smote Rab'bah, and destroyed it. 2 And Da'vid 'took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it ^to weigh a talent of gold, ana there 'wer3 precious stones in it ; and it was set upon Da'vid's head : and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. 3 And he brought out the people that ivere in it, and ^cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt Da'vid with all the cities of the children of Am'mon. And Da'vid and all the people returned to Je-ru'sa-lem. 4 1i And it came to pass after this, that there ^arose war at "Ge'zSr with the Phi-lis'tmes ; at which time Sib'- be-chai the Hii'shath-ite slew '^Sip'- pai, that was of the children of 'the - giant : and they were subdued. 5 And there was war again with the Phi-lis'tine§ ; and El-ha'nan the son of ^Ja'ir slew Lah'mi the brother of G6-li'ath the Git'tite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. 6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was ^a man of great David sinneth in I. CHRONICLES, 21. numbering Israel, stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six 07i each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was '"the son of the giant. 7 But when he ' 'defied l§'ra-el, Jon'a- than the son of ''Shim'e-a DaVid's brother slevf him. 8 These were born unto the giant in Gath ; and they fell by the hand of Da'vid,and by the hand of his serv- ants. CHAPTER 21. 1 David sins in numbering the people, 14 whereupon seventy thousand are destroyed by pestilence. 18 He builds an altar. AND "Sa'tan stood up against l§'- ra-el, and provoked Da'vid to number is'ra-el. 2 And Da'vid said to J5'ab and to the rulers of the people. Go, number Is'ra-el from Be'er-she'ba even to Dan ; *and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And Jo'ab answered, The Lord make his people an himdred times so many more as they be : but, my lord the kuig, are they not all my lord's servants ? why then doth my lord require this thing? why w^ill he be a cause of trespass to l§'ra-el ? 4 Nevertheless '"the king's word pre- vailed against Jd'ab. Wherefore J5'ab departed, and went through- out all i§'ra-el, and came to Je-ru'sa- lem. 5 And Jd'ab gave the sum of the number of the people unto Da'vid. And all they of i§'ra-el were a thou- sand thousand and an hundred thou- sand men that drew sword : and Jii'- dah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. 6 Buf^Le'viand Ben' ja-min counted he not among tliem : for the king's word was abominable to Jo'ab. 7 And 'God was displeased w^th this thing ; therefore he smote is'ra-el. 8 And Da'vid said unto God,''I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing : but ^now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant ; for I have done very foolishly, 9 ^And the Lord spake unto Gad, Da'vid's •''seer, saying, 10 Go and tell Da'vid, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I ^offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 1 1 So Gad came to Da'vid, and said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, ^Choose thee 12 Either Hhree years' famine; or (28) B. C. 1018. CHAP. 20. 10 horn to the giant, or, Rapfui. 11 Or, re- proached. 12 Called Sham- mah, 1 Sam. 16,9 B. C. 1017. CHAP. 21. a 2 Sam. 24,1 Job 1, 6 Zech. 3, 1 Rev. 12, 9 b ch. 27, 23 c Pro.29,25 Acts 4, 19 Acts 5, 29 d ch. 27, 24 1 And it xvas evil in the eyes of the LORD concern- ing this thing. e 2 Sam. 24,10 Job 42,2,6 Pro.28,13 2 Cor.7,10 / 3 Sam. 12, 13 g 1 Sam. 9,9 2 stretch out. 3 Take to thee. h 2 Sam. 24, 13 OT,manii. Neh. 9, 17 Ps. 100, 5 Ps. 145, 9 Lam.3,22 Joel 2, 13- I 2 Sam. 24,16 J Gen, 6, 6 Judg.2,18 5 Arau- nah, 2 Sam. 24.18 k 2 Chr. 3. 1 5 Or, When Oman turned back and saw the angel, then he and his four sons with htm hid them- selves. 7 Give. 433 three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the" sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord de- stroying throughout all the coasts of l§'ra-el. Now therefore advise thy- self what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. 13 And Da'vid said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very *great are his mercies : but let me not fall into the hand of man. 14 ^So the Lord sent pestilence up- on l§'ra-el : and there f eU of i§'ra-el seventy thousand men. 15 And God sent an 'angel unto Je- ru'sa-lem to destroy it : and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and -^he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed. It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood bv the threshing- floor of ^Or'nan the Jeb'u-site. 16 And Da'vid lifted up his eyes, and *saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a dra^vn sword in his hand stretched out over Je-ru'sa-lem. Then Da'vid and the elders ofl^ra-el, ivho were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 17 And Da'vid said unto God,/5 it not I that commanded the people to be numbered ? even I it is that have sumed and done evil indeed ; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father's house ; but not on thy people, tha.t they should be plagued. 1 8 IFThen the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to Da'vid, that Da'vid should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the thresh- ingfloor of Or'nan the Jeb'u-site. 19 And Da'vid went up at the say- ing of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord. 20 ^And Or'nan turned back, and saw the angel ; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Or'nan was threshing wheat. 21 And as Da'vid came to 6r'nan, Or'nan looked and saw Da'vid, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to Da'vid with his face to the ground. 22 Then Da'vid said toOr'nan, 'Grant David prepareth for I. CHRONICLES, 22. building the temple. grant it nie plague the B. C. 1017. CHAP. 21. \ Num. 16,48 Ntim.2o,8 m 2 Sam. 24,24 n Lev. 9, 24 2 Chr. 3, 1 2 Chr. 7, 1 ch. 16, 39 p 1 Ki. 3, 4 ch. 16, 39 2 Chr. 1, 3 q Ps. 119, 120 me the place of this threshingfioor, that I may build an altar therein un- to the Lord : thou shalt for the full price : that may be 'stayed from the people. 2 3 And Or'nan said unto Da'vid, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that ichich is good in his eyes : lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instru- ments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering ; I give it all. 24: x\nd king Da^id said to Or'nan, Kay ; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will*^not take that which is tliine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. 25 So "'Da'vid gave to Or'nan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 26 And Da'vid built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offering's, and called upon the Lord ; and ''he an- swered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. 2 7 And the Lord commanded the angel ; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. 28 TAt that time when Da'^dd saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshing-floor of Or'nan the Jeb'u- site, then he sacrificed there. 29 For '^he tabernacle of the Lord, which ]Mo'se§ made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, wei^e at that season in the high place at ^Gib'e-on. 30 But Da'vid could not go before it to enquire of God : for he ^was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord. CHAPTER 22. 1 David prevares for building the temple. THEN Da'vid said, ^This is the house of the Lord God. and this is the altar of the burnt offering for ts'ra-el. 2 And Da'\^d connnanded to gather together *the strangers that were in the land of l§'ra-el ; and he set masons | ^ Pfi^-3*'9 is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must he exceeding magnifical,of fame and of gloiy throughout all countries : I will therefore now make prepara- tion for it. So Da' vid prepared abun- dantly before his death. 6 ^Then he called for Sol'o-mon his son, and charged him to build an house for the Lord God of is'ra-el. 7 And Da'vid said to Sol'o-mon, Mv son, as for me, -^it was in my mind to build an house ^-luito the name of the Lord my God : 8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^Thou hast shed blood abmidantly, and hast made great wars : thou shalt not build an house unto mv name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. 9 Behold, %. son shall be bom to thee, who shall be a man of rest ; and I will give him -'rest from all his ene- mies round about : for his name shall 5 iKi.9,21 be ^Sol'o-mon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Is'ra-el in his days. 10 He ^shall build an house for my name ; and T;ie shall be my son, and I will be liis father ; and I will establish /2 sam.7,2 the throue of his kingdom over is'ra-el ^-^^-^-^^jfor ever. i 1 1 Now, my son, the '"Lord be with thee ; and prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath said of thee. 12 Only the Lord "give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning l§'ra-el, that thou may est keep the law of the Lord thy God. 13 Then ^shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Mo'ses with concerning l§'ra-el : ^be strong\ and of good courage ; dread not, nor be dismayed, 1 4 Now, behold, ^in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord CHAP. 22. a Deut.12,5 2 Sam. 24,18 ch. 21, 18, 19, 26, 28 I 2Chr.3, li c 1 Ki. 7, 47 d 1 Ki. 5, 6 e ch. 29, 1 ch. 17, 1 ch. 28, 2 Acts 7, 46 g Deut.12,5 h 1 KI. 5, 3 ch. 28, 3 i ch. 28, 5 j 1 Ki. 4, 25 1 Ki. 5, 4 1 That is, Peace- able. k 2 Sam. 7, 13 1 Ki. 5, 5 ch. 17. 12 ch. 28, 6 I Ps. 89, 26, 27 Heb. 1, 5 mRom.8,31 to hew vvTought stones to build the house of God. 3 And Da'vid prepared iron in abun- dance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and'^Su^gsflo brass in abundance without ""weight : 4 Also cedar trees in abundance : for '^the broug 5 And Da'vid said, 'Sol'o-mon mvsonl Josh. 1, ch. 28, 7 Or, in my poverty. Zi-d5'ni-an§ and they of Tj^relg ^hatis, ght much cedar wood to Da'vid. I masons ' an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver ; and of brass and iron without weight ; for it is in abundance : tim- isa. 3 10 ^®^ ^^^ ^^^^ stone have I prepared ; ^ ' and thou mayest add thereto. 15 Moreover the7'e are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and ^workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cimning men for every manner of work. 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the and car venters. 434 Solomon is made king. I. CHRONICLES, 23. Office of the Levites. brass, and the iron, there is no num- ber. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee. IT ITDaVid also commanded all the princes of l§'ra-el to help SoFo-mon his son, saying, 18 Is not the Lord your God \vith you ? and ^hath Yiq not given you rest on every side ? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand ; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people. 19NoWset your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God ; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, 'to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord. CHAPTER 23. I David makes Solomon king. 2 Number and dU tribution of the Levites. 7 Sons of Gershon, 13 of Kohath, 21 and of Merari. 24 Office of the Levites. SO when Da'vid was old and full of days^ he made '^Soro-mon his son king over is'ra-el. 2 "^ And he gathered together all the princes of l§'ra-el, with the priests and the Le'vites. 3 Now the LeVites were numbered from the age of *thii*ty years and up- ward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty and four thou- sand loere ^to set forward the work of the house of the Lord ; and six thou- sand loere officers ''and judges : 5 Moreover four thousand were por- ters ; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which "^I made, said Da'vid, to praise there- with. 6 And *DaVid divided them into ^courses amon^ the sons of Le'vi, naraely, Ggr'shon, Ko'hath, and Me- ra'ri. 7 tOf the GSr'shon-ites loere^ La'a- dan, and Shim'e-i. 8 The sons of La'a-dan; the chief loas Je-hi'el,and Ze'tham,and Jo'el, three. 9 The_sons of Shim'e-i ; Shero-mith, and Ha'zi-el, and Ha'ran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of La'a- dan. 10 And the sons of Shim'e-I were, Ja'- hath, Zf na, and Je'iish, and Be-ri'ah. These four were the sons of Shim'e-I. 11 And Ja'hath was the chief, and Zf zah the second : but Je'ush and Be- ri'ah ^had not many sons ; therefore B. C. 1017. CHAP. 22 g Deut. 12,10 Josh. 22,4 2 Sam.7,1 ch. 23, 25 r 2Clir.20,3 s 1 Ki. 8, 6 2 Chr. 5, 7 2Chr.6,ll B. C. 1015. CHAP. 23. a 1 Ki. 1, 3c ch. 28, 5 1045. b Num. 4, 3 1 Or, to oversee. c Deut. 16, 18 ch. 26, 29 2Chr.l9,8 d 2 Chr. 29,25 Amos 6, 5 e Ex, 6, 16 Num. 26,57 Ch. 6, 1 2Chr.8,14 2 Chr. 29,25 2 divisions. 3 did not multiply sans. f Ex. 6, 18 g Ex. 28, 1 Num. 18, 1,7 Heb. 5, 4 h Ex. 30, 7 Num. 16,40 1 Sam. 2,28 Deut.21,5 Num.6,23 Ex. 2, 22 Ex. 18,3,4 Or, the first. were highly multi- plied. 6 Or, kins- men. Gen. 13, 8 I Num.36,6 m ch. 24, 30 n Num. 10,17 Num. 1, 3 Num. 4, 3 Num.8,24 7 Or, and he dtvell- ethin Jerusa- lem, etc. p Numi. 4, 5 1015. 8 number. 9 their sta- tion was at the hand of the sons of Aaron. Neh. 11,24 435 they were in one reckoning, accord- ing to their father's house. 12 llThe -^sons of Kd'hath ; Am'ram, Iz'har, He'bron, and Uz'zi-el, four. 13 The sons of Am'ram; Aar'on and Mo'§es : and ^Aar'on was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy thmgs, he and his sons for ever, ''to burn incense before the Lord, 'to minister unto him, and -^to bless in his name for ever. 14 l:^ow concerning ^lo'^e^ the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Le'vi. 15 The ^sons of Mo'seg were, GSr'- shom, and E-li-e'zgr. 16 Of the sons of Ggr'shom,Sheb'u-el vjas the chief. 17 And the sons of E-li-e'zgripere,Re- ha-bi'ah *the chief. And E-li-e'z5r had none other sons ; but the sons of Re- ha-bf ah Vere very many. 1 8 Of the SODS of Izliar ; SheFo-mith the chief. 19 Of the sons of He'bron; Je-rfah the first, Am-a-rfah the second, Ja- ha'zi-el the third, and Jek-a-me'am the fourth. 20 Of the sons of Uz'zi-el ; Mi'cah the first, and J-e-sf ah the_second. 21 HThe sons of Me-ra'ri ; Mahli,and Mii'shi. The sons of Mahli ; E-le-a'zar, and Kish. 22 And E-le-a'zar died, and had no sons, but daughters : and their ^breth- ren the sons of Kish 'took them. 23 The ""sons of Mu'shi ; Mahli, and E'dgr, and Jer'e-moth, three. 21 HThese were the sons of ''LeVi after the house of their fathers ; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their poUs, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of 'liwenty years and upward. 25 For Da\ad said, The Lord God of l§'ra-el hath given rest unto his peo- ple, ''that they may dwell in Je-ru'sa- lem for ever : 26 And also unto the LeVTtes ; they shall no more Scarry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. 27 For by the last words of Da'vid the LeVites were ^numbered from twenty years old and above : 28 Because ^their office vms to wait on the sons of Aar'on for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in Divisions of I. CHRONICLES, 24. CHAP. 23. q Ex. 25, 30 r Lev. 6, 20 ch. 9, 29 s Lev. 2, 4 10 Or, ;?at 'plate. t Lev.19,35 uch. 16, 37 y Num. 10,10 Ps. 81, 3 w Lev. 23, 4 X Nuia.1,53 y Num. 3, 6 the purifying of all holy things, and| B.c.1015. the Avork of the service of the house of God ; 29 Both for ?the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and iorthat which is baked in the ^"pan, and for that wliich is fried, and for all man- ner of 'measure and size ; 3U And '^to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and like- wise at even ; 31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord 'in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the "set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord : 32 And that they should ^keep the charge of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and the charge of the holy place, and ^the charge of the sons of Aar'on their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord. CHAPTER 24. 1 Divisions of the sons of Aaron in'o four and twenty order's. 20 The Kohathites ^Qicind'Merarites divided bi/ lot. I^OW these are the divisions of -L\ the sons of Aar'on. The sons of Aar'on : "Na'dab, and A-bi'hu, E-le-a'- zar, and Ith'a-mar. 2 But ''Na'dab and A-bi'hii died before their father, and had no children: thereforeE-le-a'zarandlth'a-mar exe- cuted the_priest's office. 3 And Da'vid distributed them, both Za'dok of the sons of E-le-a'zar, and A-him'e-lech of the sons of Ith'a-mar, according to their offices in their '=>ervice. 4 And there were more chief men round of the sons of E-le-a'zar than of the sons of Ith'a-mar ; and thus were the.y divided. Among the sons of E-le-a'zar there loere sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ith'a-mar ac- cording to the house of their fathers. 5 Thu'^ were they divided '^by lot, one sort with another ; for the gov- ernors of the sanctuarv, and gov- ernors of the house of God, were of the sons of E-le-a'zar, and of the sons of Ith'a-mar. 6 And Shem-a-i'ah the son of Ne'- than'e-el "^the scribe, one of the Le'- vites,Avrote them before the king, and the princes, and Za'dok the priest, and A-him'e-lech the son of A-bi'a-thar, and before the chief of the fathers of thenriests and Le'vltes : one ^principal CHAP. 24. a Lev. 10, 1 Num. 26,60 5 Num. 3, 4 Num. 26,61 c Josh. 18, 10 Pro. 16,33 Pro. 18,18 Acts 1, 26 a 1 Ki. 4, 3 Xeh. 8, 4 1 Tjouse of the tat her. e Ezra 2, 36 Neh. 7, 39 f Ezra 10,21 g Neh. 12, 4,17 Lu. 1. 5 h Num.4,49 ch. 9. 25 ch. 14, 40 i 2Ki. 11, 5, 7 ch. 9, 25 Lu. 1,8,23 j ch. 23, 16 Shebuel. k ch. 23, 17 I ch. 23, 15 Shelo- mith. m ch. 23, 19 ch. 26, 31 n Ex. 6, 19 Num. 3, 20,33 ch. 23, 21 ch. 23, 22 436 the sons of Aaron. household being taken for E-le-a'zar, and one taken for ith'a-iiaar. 7 Now the first lot came forth to Je-hoi'a-rib, the second to " Je-da'iah, 8 The third to •^Ha'rim, the fourth to Se-o'rim, 9 The fifth to Mal-chi'jah, the sixth to Mij'a-min, 10 The seventh to Hak'koz, the eighth ^"to A-bl'jah, 11 The ninth to Jesh'u-ah, the tenth to Shec-a-ni'ah, 12 The eleventh to E-li'a-shib, the twelfth to Ja'kim, 13 The thirteenth to Hup'pah, the fourteenth to Je-sheb'e-ab. 14 The fifteenth to Bil'gah, the six- teenth to im'mgr, 1 5 The seventeenth to He'zir, the eighteenth to Ai)h'se§, 16 The nineteenth to Peth-a-ni'ah, the twentieth to Je-hez'e-kel, 1 7 The one and twentieth to Ja'chin, the two and twentieth to Ga'miil, 18 The three and tAventieth to Del- a-i'ah, the four and twentieth to Ma-a- zi'ah. 19 These icere the ''orderings of them in their serv'ice to come into the house of the Lord, according to their maimer, under Aar'on their father, as the Lord God of i§'ra-el had com- manded him. 20 IT And the rest of the sons of Le'vi njere these : Of the sons of Am'ram ; ■'Shu'ba-el : of the sons of Shu'ba-el ; Jeh-de'iah. 21 Concerning ^Re-ha-bi'ah : of the sons of Re-ha-bi'ah, the first id as is- shi'ah. 22 Of thelz^har-ites; ^Shel'o-moth: of the sons of Shero-moth ; Ja'hath. 23 And the sons of "^He'bron; Je- ri'ah the first, Am-a-ri'ah the second, Ja-ha'zi-el the third, Jek-a-me'am the fourth. 24 Of the sons of Uz'zi-el ;_]Mrchah : of the sons of Mi'chah : Sha'mir. 25 The brother of Mi'chah icas_ is- shi'ah : of the sons of is-shi'ah ; Zech- a-ri'ah. 26 The ''sons of Me-ra'ri weyy MahlT and Mu'shi : the sons of Ja-a-zi'ah ; Be'no. 2 7 The sons of Me-ra'ri by Ja-a-zi'ah; Be'no, and Sho'ham, and Zac'cur, and ib'ri. 28 Of Mahli came E-le-a'zar, '^ho had no sons. 29 Concerning Kish : the son of Kisfa was Je-rah'me-el. Number and offices I. CHRONICLES, 25, 26. of the singers,^ 30 The ^'sons also of JMu'shi ; Mah'li, and E'dSr, and Jer'i-moth. These inere the sons of the Le'vites after the house of their fathers, 31 These Ukewise cast lots over against their brethren the _ sons of Aar'on in the presence of Da'vid the king, and Za'clok, and A-him'e-lech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Le'vites, even the princi- pal fathers over against their younger brethren. CHAPTER 25. 1 Number and offices of the singers : 8 their division bi/ lot i7ito four and twenty orders. ]\ /FOREO YER Da'vid and the cap- lVJ_ tains "of the host separated to the service of the sons *of A'saph, and of He 'man, and of Jed'u-thim, who should '^prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen accordmg to their service was : 2 Of the sons of A'saph; Zac'cur. and Jo'seph, and Xeth-a-ni'ah, and ^As-a B. C. 1015. CHAP. 24. p ch. 23, 23 CHAP. 25. a ch. 23, 2 ch. 24, 6 h ch. 6, 33 ch. 15, 7 ch. 16, 5 c Ex. 15, 20 Num. 11, 25 1 Sam. 10,5 ch. 23, 5 1 Cor.14,1 1 other- wise called Jeshn- relah, ver. 14 2 by the I hands of _ - - ] the king, relah, the sons of A'saph under the i ver. 6 hands of A'saph, which prophesied ^according to the order of the king. 3 Of Jed'u-thun : the sons of Jecl'u- thun ; Ged-a-li'ah, and ''Ze'ri, and Je- sha'iah, Hash-a-bi'ah, and i\Iat-ti- thi'ah, ^six, under the hands of their father Jed'u-thiin, who prophesied with a haro, to give thanks and to praise the Lord. 4 Of He 'man : the sons of He 'man ; Buk-ki'ah, Mat-ta-ni'ah, 'Uz'zi-el, Sheb'u-el. ^and Jer'i-moth, Han-a-nf- ah, Ha-na'ni, E-Jfa-thah, Gid-dal'ti, and Ro-mam'ti-e'zSr, Josh-bek'a- shah, Mal'lo-thi, Ho'thir, and Ma- ha'zi-oth : 5 All these loere the sons of He'man the king's ^^seer in the ^vords of God. to lift up the horn. And '^God p-ave to He'man fourteen sons and ree daughters. 6 All these vje7'e under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, 'according to the king's order to A'saph, Jed'u-tiiun, and He'man. 7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the 'songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred foui^score and eight. 8 IT And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, •'the teacher as the scholar- d ver. 11, Izri. 3 With Shimei men- tioned, ver. 17 f ver. 18, Azareel. f ver. 20, Shubael. g 1 Sam.9,9 ch. 21, 9 4 Or, mitters. 1 Pet.4,11 h Gen. 33, 5 ISam. 1. 17 Ps. 127, 3 Ps. 128, 3 Isa. 8, 18 5 by the hands of the king. i Ps. 150, 1 Eph. 5, 19 Col. 3, 16 Jas. 5, 13 j 2 Chr. 23, 13 '/c Rev. 4, 4 Rev. 5, 8 Rev.11,16 CHAP. 26. a ch. 9, 17 437 9 Now the first lot came forth for A'saph to J5'seph: the second to Ged- a-li'ah, who with his brethren and sons vjere twelve : 10 The third to Zac'cur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 11 The fourth to iz'ri, he, his sons, and his brethren, tcere tvrelve : 12 The fifth to Neth-a-ni'ah, he, his sons, and his brethren, v:e7'e twelve : 13 The sixth to Buk-ki'ah, he, his sons, and his brethren, toe7'e twelve : 14 The seventh to Je-shar'e-lah, he, his sons, andhisbrethren, ^re?'e twelve : 15 The eighth to Je-sha'iah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 16 The ninth to Mat-ta-ni'ah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 1 7 The tenth to Shim'e-i, he , his sons, and his brethren, tcere twelve : 18 The eleventh to A-zar'e-el, he. his sons, and his brethren, tcere twelve : 19 The twelfth to Hash-a-bi'ah. he, his sons, and his brethren, ive^'e twelve : 20 The thirteenth to Shu'ba-el, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 21 The fourteenth to Mat-ti-thi'ah, he, his sons, and his brethren, icere twelve : 22 The fifteenth to Jer'e-moth, he, his sons.andhisbrethren,?/"e?'e twelve: 23 The sixteenth to Han-a-ni'ah, he his sons,and hisbrethren,'2/'e?'etwelve: 24 The seventeenth to Josh-bek'a- shah, he, his sons, and his brethren, icere twelve : 25 The eighteenth to Ha-na'ni, he, his sons, and his brethren. we7'e twelve: 26 The nmeteenth to Mal'lo-thl. he, his sons. andhisbrethren. tce'reUvelve: 27 The twentieth to E-li'a-thah, he, his sons, andhisbrethren. ?/■ 6" ?'e twelve: 28 The one and twentieth to H5'- thir, he. his sons, and his brethren, icere twelve : 29 The two and twentieth to Gid- Idal'ti. he, hiS sons, and his brethren, we7'e twelve : 30 The three and twentieth to Ma- ha'zi-oth. he. his sons, and his breth- ren, were twelve : 31 The ^four and twentieth to Ro- mam'ti-e'zSr, he, his sons, and his brethren, ivere twelve. CHAPTER 26. 1 Divisions of the porters. 13 The gates assigned by lot. 20 Levites that had charge of the treasures. 29 Officers and judges. CONCERNING the divisions of theporters: Ofthe^Kor'hitesw^s Divisio7i of the porters. I. CHRONICLES, 26. Charge of the treasures. *Me-shel-e-mi'ah the son of Ko're, of the sons ^of A'saph. 2 And the sons of Me-shel-e-mi'ah were, Zech-a-rfah the firstborn, Je- di'a-el the second, Zeb-a-di'ah the third, Jath'ni-el the fourth, SElam the fifth, Je-ho-ha'nan the sixtli, E-li-o-e'na-i the seventh. 4 Moreover the sons of O'bed-e'dom were, Shem-a-i'ah the _firstborn, Je- hoz'a-bad the second, Jo'ah the tliird, and Sa'car the fourth, and Ne-than'- e-el the fifth, SArn'mi-el tlie sixth, is'sa-char the seventh, Pe-ul'thai the eigiith: for God blessed ^him. 6 Also luito SheixL-a-f ah his son vv^ere sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father : for they icere mighty men of valour. 7 The_sons of Shem.-a-i'ah; Oth'ni, and Re'pha-el, and O'bed, EFza-bad. whose brethren were strong men, E-li'hu, and Sem-a-chf ah. 8 All these of the sons of O'bed-e'- dom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, tcere threescore and two of O'bed-e'dom. 9 And Me-shel-e-mi'ah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. 10 Also '^Ho'sah, of the children of Me-ra'ri, had sons ; Sim'ri the chief, (for though he was not 'the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief ;) 11 Hil-kfah the second, Teb-a-lfah the third, Zech-a-ri'ah the fourth : all the sons and brethren of H5'sah were thirteen. 12 Among these ^6^ere the divisions of the porters, eveii among the chief men, having wards one against an- other, to minister in the house of the Lord. 1 3 T And they cast lots, '^as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for everv gate. 14: And the lot eastward fell to ^Shel- e-mfah. Then for Zech-a-ri'ah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots ; and his lot came out northward. 15 To o'bed-e'dom southward ; and to his sons the house of *A-sup'pim. 16 To Shiip'pim and Ho'i^h the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shalle-cheth, by the causeway of the going -^up, ward against ward. 17 Eastward «(?e?'e six LeVites, north- ward four a day, southward four a day, and toward A-sup'pim two aiid two. B. C. 1015. CHAP. 26. b ver. 14, Shele- viiah. c ch. 6, 37 ch. 9, 19 Ebia- sapli. 1 That is, Obed- e hath given me many sons, ) he "hath chosen Sdl'o-mon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over ig'ra-el. 6 And he said unto me, "Soro-mon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 1 Moreover I v/ill establish his king- dom for ever, 'if he be ^constant to do my commandments and my judg- ments, as at this day. 8 Now therefore in the sight of all I§'ra-el the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, ^keep and seek for all the command- ments of the Lord your God : that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. 9 IF And thou, Sol'o-mon my son, ] know Ihou the God of thy father, and serve him with a 'perfect heaH and with a willing mind: for ^the Lord searcheth all hearts, and un- derstandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts : ''if thou seek him, he will be found of thee ; but if thou f or- sake him, he will cast thee off for ever . H W 10 Take "heed now; for the Lord' hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary : be strong, and do it. 1 1 ITThen DaVid gave to Sol'o-mon his son the '"pattern of the ^porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, 1 2 And the pattern ^of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, of the ^'treas- uries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things : 13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Le'vites, and for all the work of the service of the house * E. 2 Chron. 16. 9; H. 2 Chron. J5. 2; W. 2 Chron. 7. 14. SSolomon is encouraged I. CHRONICLES, 29. to build the temple. of the Lord, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord. 14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all mariner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service : 15 Even the weight for the candle- sticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candle stick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, ac- cording to the use of every candle stick. 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of 'shewbread, for every table; and liketcise silver for the tables of silver: 17 Also pure gold for the flesh- hooks, and the bowls, and the cups : and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason ; and likewise silver by w^eight for every bason of silver : 1 8 And for the altar of ''incense re- fined gold by weight ; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the *cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 19 All this, said Da'vid, ''the Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. 20 And Da'vid said to S51'o-nxon his son, ''Be strong and of good courage, and do it : fear not, nor be dismayed : for the Lord God, even my God, vnll be with thee ; ^he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast fin- ished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord. 21 And, behold, -^the courses of the priests and the Le'vites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God : and there shall be with thee for all manner of work- manship every willing skilful man, "for any manner of service : also the princes and all the people ^vill be wholly at thv commandment. CPIAPTER 29. 1 David catise-s the princes and people to o.feryor the house of God: 10 his thanksgiving : 26 his reign and death. FURTHERMORE DaVid the king said unto all the congrega- tion, Sol'o-mon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and B. C. 1015. CHAP. 28. z Ex. 25, 23 2 Chr. 4, 8 a Ex. 30, 1 h Ex. 25, 18 1 Sam.4,4 1 Ki. 6, 23 c Ex. 25, 40 d Deut.31,7 Josh. 1, 6,7 ch. 22, 13 e Josh. 1, 5 / ch. 24, 1 ch. 25, 1 ch. 26, 1 g Ex. 35, 25 Ex. 36, 1 CHAP. 29. a 1 Ki. 3, 7 ch. 22, 5 Pro. 4, 3 b Ex. 28, 9 Isa. 54, 11. 12 Rev.21,18 c Ps. 26, 8 Ps. 84, 1 d Pro. 3, 9 e 1 Ki. 9, 28 2Chr.8,18 Job 22,24 1 to fill his hand. /ch, 27. 1 g ch. 27, 25 h ch. 26, 21 i 1 Ki. 8, 61 2 Cor. 9, 7 j Ps. 72, 18 Ezek.3,12 k Mat. 6. 13 1 Tim. 1, 17 Rev. 5. 13 441 "tender, and the work is great : for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. 2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for thiyigs of wood ; ^onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. 3 Moreover, because I have '"set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine ''own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, 4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of '^O'phir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses loithal : 5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing ^to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord ? 6 HThen -'the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of I§'ra-el,and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the "rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, 7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. 8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of '' Je-hT'el the Ger'shon-Tte. 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they 'offered willingly to the Lord: and Da'vid the king also rejoiced with great joy. 10 ^Wherefore Da'vid blessed the Lord before all the congregation : and Da'vid said, •'Blessed be thou, Lord God of i§'ra-el our father, for ever and ever. 11 Thine, ''^O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all Vavid^s thanksgiving. 1. CHKONICLES, 29. Idis death.. that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both 'riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all ; and in thine hand is power and might ; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should ^be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and ^of thine own have we given thee. 15 For ""we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers : our "davs on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none ^abid- in^\ 16 Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. 171 know also, my God, that thou ■triest the heart, and ^hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things : and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are ^present here, to offer will- B. C. 1015. ingly unto thee. 18 O LoRi Lord God of A'bra-ham,i'saac, and of i§'ra-el, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy peo- ple, and ^prepare their heart unto thee : 1 9 And 'give unto Sol'o-mon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy com- mandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which '^I have made provision. 20 ITAnd Da'vid said to all the con- o'regation. Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fa- thers, and bowed down their heads. CHAP. 29. / Deut.8,18 Ps. 75, 6 Pro. 10,22 Rom. 11,36 J as. 1, 17 2 retain, or, obtain strength, 3 of thine hand. m Ps. 39, 12 Heb. 11, 13 1 Pet.2,11 n Job 14, 2 Ps. 90, 9 Ps. 102,11 Ps. 144, 4 4 expecta- tion. 1 Sam. 16,7 ch. 28, 9 Heb. 4, 13 V Ps. 11, 7 Pro.11,20 5 Or, found. 6 Or, stablish. Ps. 10, 17 Jer.10.23 q Ps. 72. 1 r ch. 22, 14 7 (lave the hand under Solomon, Gen. 24, 2 Gen.47,29 2Chr.30,8 Ezek. 17. 18 s 1 Ki. 3, 13 2Chr.l,12 Eccl. 2, 9 t 2 Sam.5,4 1 Ki. 2, 11 u 2 Sam.5,5 V Gen. 25, 8 Num. 23, 10 ch. 23, 1 Job 5. 26 8 ivords, or, history. tu Dan.2,21 442 and worshipped the Lord, and the king. 21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord, on the mor-= row after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all l§'ra-ei : 22 And did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Sdl'o-mon the son of Da'vid king the second time, and anointed him unto the Lord to he the chief governor, and Za'dok to he prie^. 23 Then Sol'o-mon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of Da'vid his father, and prospered ; and all i§'- ra-el obeyed him. 24 And all the x^rinces, and the mighty men, and all the sons like- wise of king Da'vid, ''submitted them^- selves unto Sol'o-mon the king. 25 And the Lord magnified Sol'o- mon exceedingly in the sight of all I§'ra-el, and bestowed 'upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in l§'ra-el. 26 liThus Da'vid the son of Jes'se reigned over all Ig'ra-el. 2 7 And 'the time that he reigned over i§'ra-el vkis forty vears; '^seven years reigned he in lie'bron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Je-ru'sa-lem. 28 And he "died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour : and Sol'o-mon his son reigned in his stead. 29 Now the acts of DaVid the king, first and last, behold,- they are writ- ten in the *book of Sam'u-ei the seer, and in the book of Na'than the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer. 30 With all his reign and his might, "and the times that went over him, and over i§'ra-el, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. CHAPTER 1. I Solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon : 7 his choice of wisdom is blessed by God : 13 his strength and wealth. AND "Sol'o-mon the son of DaVid was strengthened in his king- dom, and *the Lord his God teas with him, and '^magnified him ex- ceedingly. 2 Then SoFo-mon spake unto all !§'- ra-el, to the ^captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all l§'ra-el, the chief of the fathers. 3 So SoFo-mon, and all the congre- gation with him,_went to the high place that vjas at 'Gib'e-on ; for there was the tabernacle of the congrega- tion of God, which Mo'se§ the servant of the Lord had made in the wilder- ness. 4 But -^the ark of God had DaVid brought up from Kir'jath-je'a-rimto the place vjhich DaVid had prepared for it : for he had pitched a tent for it at Je-ru'sa-lem. 5 Moreover ^the brasen altar, that ^Be-zal'e-el the son of U'ri, the son of Hur had made, 'he put before the tabernacleof theLoRD: and Sol'o-mon and the congregation sought unto it. 6 And Sol'o-mon went up thither to the brasen altar before the Lord, which vms at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a 'thousand burnt offerings upon it. 7 ITln •'that night did God appear unto Soro-mon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. 8 And Sol'o-mon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto Da'vid my father, and hast made me *to reign in his stead. 9 Now, O Lord God, let thy prom- ise unto Da'vid my father be es- tablished: 'for thou hast made me king over a people ^like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Give '"me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may "go out and come in before this people : for who can judge this thy people, that is so great ? 1 1 And "God said to Sol'o-mon, Be- cause this was in thine heart, and B. C. 1015. CHAP. 1. a 1 Ki. 2, 46 b Gen. 39, 2 c 1 Chr. 29,25 d lClir.27,1 e 1 KL 3, 4 /2Sam.6,2 lChr.15,1 g Ex. 27, 1 Ex. 38, 1 h Ex. 31, 2 1 Or, was there. I 1 Ki. 3, 4 j 1 Ki. 3, 5 Pro. 3, 5 Isa. 58, 9 k lChr.28,5 1 1 Ki. 3, 7 2 much as the dust of the earth. m 1 Ki. 3, 9 Pro. 3, 13 n Num. 27, 17 Deut.31,2 o 1 Ki.3, n p Mat. 6, 33 q 1 Chr. 29,25 ch. 9, 22 Eccl. 2, 9 r 1 Ki. 4, 26 s lKi.10,27 Job 22, 24 3 gave. i the going forth of the hcn'ses ivhich was Solo- mon's. 5 b%i their hands. CHAP. 2. al Kl.5, 5 b 1 Ki. 5, 15 443 thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life ; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou may est judge my people, over whom I have made thee king : 12 Wisdom and knowledge ^is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as ?none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. 13 llThen Sol'o-mon came from his jouryiey to the high place that v^as at Gib'e-on to Je-ru'sa-lem, from be- fore the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and reigned over i§'ra-el. 11 And ''Soro-mon gathered chariots and horsemen : and he had a thou- sand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Je-ru'^^^-lsm. 15 And 'the king ^made silver and gold at Je-ru'sa-lem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance. 1 6 And ^Sol'o-mon had horses brought out of E'gypt, and linen yarn : the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 1 T And they fetched up, and brought forth out of E'gJT^ a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty : and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hit'tites, and for the kings of Syr'i-a, ^by their means. CHAPTER 2. 1, 17 Solomon's labourers for building the temple: 3 his message to Huram. for skilful artificers. U Huram's kind answer. AND Sol'o-mon ''determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his king- dom. 2 And *S6ro-mon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear bur- dens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. , 3 ITAnd Sol'o-mon sent to Hii'ram Solomon's message, and 11. CHRONICLES, 3. Suram's kind answer. the king of Tyre, saying, 'As thou didst deal with Da'vid my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. 4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedi- cate it to him, a7id ''to bum before him 'sweet incense, and for the 'con- tinual shewbread, and for the •'^burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to i§'ra-el. 5 And the house which I build is great : for ^great is our God above all gods. 6 But *who '^is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain hun ? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to bum sacrifice before him ? 7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in sil-l ver, and in brass, and in iron, and in! purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill 'to grave Avith the cun- ning men that are with me in Jii'- dah and in Je-ru'sa-lem, 'whom Da'- vid my father did provide. 8 Send -'me also cedar trees, fir trees, and ^algum trees, out of Leb'a-non : for I know that tln^ ser^^ants can skill to cut timber in Leb'a-non ; and, behold, my servants shall he with thy servants, 9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall he Svonder- ful great. 10 And, ^behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twentv thousand meas- ures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of on. 11 "iiThen Hii'ram the king of Tyre ansAvered in writing, which he sent to Sol'o-mon, ^Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. 12 Hu'ram said moreover, '"Blessed he the Lord God of is'ra-el, ''that made heaven and earth, who hath given to Da'vid the king a Avise son, "endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. B. C. 1015. CHAP. 2. c lChr.l4:,l d Ex. 30, 7 1 incense of spices. e Ex. 25, 30 Lev. 24, 8 / Num.28,3 g Ps. 135, 5 h 1 Ki. 8, 27 ch. 6, 18 Isa. 66, 1 2 Tiath re- tained, or, ob- tained strength. 3 to grave gravings. i 1 Chr. 22, 15 J 1 Ki. 5, 6 i Or, al- mugciim, 1 Ki;io,ii 5 great and wonder- ful. k 1 Ki. 5, 11 I Deut.33,3 1 Ki. 10, 9 m 1 Ki. 5, 7 n Gen. 1, 1 Ps. 124, 8 Acts 4, 24 Rev. 10, 6 6 knowing prudence avji un- derstand- ing. olKi. 7,13 p 1 Ki. 5, 8 7 according to all thy need. 8 Japho. Josh. 19,46 Acts 9, 36 q 1 Ki. 5, 13 9 the men the strangers. r lClir.22,2 B, C. 1012. CHAP. 3, a 1 Ki. 6, 1 b Gen. 22, 2 1 Ov, which was seen of David his fa- ther. 2 Or, Araunah. lClir.22,1 c 1 Ki. 6, 2 3 founded, d 1 Ki. 6, 3 444 13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Hii'ram my father's, 14 The "son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father icas la man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in [blue, and in fine linen, and in crim- son; also to grave any manner of [graving, and to find out ever^' device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord Da'vid thy father. 15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants : 16 And ^'we will cut wood out of Leb'a-non, "as much as thou shalt need : and we will brmg it to thee in flotes by sea to ^Jop'pa ; and thou shalt carry it up to Je-ru'sa-lem. j 17 II And ^Sol'o-mon numbered ail j^the strangers that icere in the land of Is'ra-el, after the numbering where- I with 'Da'vid hisfather had numbered jthem ; and they were found an hun- dred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. i 1 8 And he set threescore and ten ■thousand of them to he bearers of ■burdens, and fourscore thousand to 'he hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. CHAPTER 3. 1 Place and time of building the temple. 3 Measure . and ornaments of the house. 8 The holy place. 14 The vail and pillars. THEN "Sol'o-mon began to build the house of the Lord at Je-ru'- sa-lem in mount *M6-ri'ah, 'where the Lord appeared unto Da'vid his fa- ther, in the place that Da'vid had ^prepared in the threshingfioor of '^Or'nan the Jeb'u-site. 2 And he began to build in the sec- ond day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign, 3 TNow these are the things "where- in Sol'o-mon was ^instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first meas- ure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4 And the '^porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty : and he overlaid it \vithin with pure gold. The molten sea. B. C. 1012. CHAP. 3. e 1 Ki. 6, 17 4 covered. 5 yiouse of holiness of holi- tiesses, or, oracle. CHAPTER 4. 1 Altar of brass. 2 Molten sea. 6 The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables. 19 The vessels and in- struments of gold. OREOVER he made "an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and. twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. 2 '[Also *he made a molten sea of M" 6 Or, of moveable work. 7 Or, toward the hoibse. g Ex. 26, 31 Mat.27,51 Heb. 9. 3 8 caused to ascend. ^ Jer.52,21 In it is strength. building of the temple. II. CHRONICLES, 4 . 5 And 'the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. 6 And he "garnished the house with precious stones for beauty : and the gold was gold of Par-va'im. T He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls there- of, and the doors thereof, with gold ; /iKi.6,23'ten cubits 'from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof ; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 3 And 'under it to as the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about : ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. 4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east : and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts z/jere inward. 5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, ^vith flowers of lilies ; and it received and held '^three thousand baths. 6 1! He made also 'ten la vers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them : ^such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them ; A)ut the sea vjas for the priests to wash in. T And -"he made ten candlesticks of gold according ^to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. 8 He 'made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred "basons of gold. 9 IFFurthermore •'he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. 10 And %e set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south. 1 1 ^ And 'Hii'ram made the pots, and the shovels, and the ^basons. And Hii'ram ^finished the work that he was to make for king Sol'o-mon for the house of God : 12 To to it, the two pillars, and the "■pommels, and the chapiters tchich were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two 3 CHAP. 4. a Ex. 27, 1 b 1 Ki. 7, 23 and graved cherubims on the walls 8 And he made the 'most holy house, the length whereof t/jas accord- ing to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth there- of twenty cubits : and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9 And the vv^eight of the nails to as fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold- 9 long. 10 And ■''in the most holy house he I made two cherubims ^of image work, '^^m^au' and overlaid them, with gold. j establish 11 And the wings of the cherubims'ii Thatis, toe7'e twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub vkis five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing toas likevnse five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. 1 2 And 07ie wing of the other cherub toas five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing toas five cubits also, joining to the i/rom his wing of the other cherub. I Jj^brtm. 13 The wings of these cherubims! spread themselves forth twentj^ cu- '^ iKi.7,24 bits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were 'inward. 14 And he made^the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and ^vrought cherubims thereon. 1 5 Also he made before the house two ^pillars of thirty and five cubits ^high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them vms five cu- bits. 16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars ; and m.ade an hundred * or.bowis pomegranates, and put them on the|j iki.6,36 chains. 17 And he reared up the pillars be- fore the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left ; and called the name of that on the right's ^^^sji^ hand '"Ja'chin, and the name of thatj to make. on the left ^ 'B5'az- 1^ 1 ki. 7,41 445' 2 Or, like a lily flower. d 1 KI. 7. 26 e 1 Ki. 7, 38 3 the work of burnt offering. /Heb. 9. 9 g 1 Ki. 7, 49 h Ex. 25, 31 i IKi. 7,-18 k 1 Ki. 7, 39 I 1 Ki. 7, 40 5 Ov, bowls. Bringing up of the IL CHRONICLES, 5. ark of the covenant. pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars ; 13 And'^foui" hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths ; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapi- ters which were ^upon the pillars. 14 He made also "bases, and havers made he upon the bases ; 15 One sea,and twelve oxen under it. 16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their in- struments, did Hii'ram ^his father make to king Sol'o-mon for the house of the Lord of ^bright brass. 17 In ?the plain of Jor'dan did the king cast them, m the ^°clay ground between Suc'coth and Ze-red'a-thah. 18 Thus Soro-mon made all these vessels in great abundance : for the weight of the brass could not be found out. 1 9 ir And 'Sol'o-mon made all the ves- sels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables ^whereon the shewbread was set ; 20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after "the manner before the oracle, of pure gold ; 21 And 'the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, a^id that ^ 'perfect gold ; 22 And the snuffers, and the ^"ba- sons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold : and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, wndi the doors of the house of the temple, v.'ere of ^^gold. CHAPTER 5. 1 The dedicated treasures. 2 Bringing up of the ark of the covenant, etc. THUS "all the work that Sol'o-mon made for the house of the Lord was finished : and Sol'o-mon brought in all the things that DaVid his fa- ther had dedicated ; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. 2l[Then ^SoFo-mon assembled the elders of I§'ra-el, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of l§'ra-el, unto Je-ru'sa- lem, to bring up the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord '^out of the city of DaVid, which is Zi'on. 3 Wherefore '^all the men of Is'ra-el assembled themselves unto the king 'in the feast which was in the sev- enth month. B. C. 1012. CHAP. 4. n 1 Ki. 7, 20 7 wpon the face. 1 Ki. 7, 27,43 8 Or, caldrons. V 1 Ki. 7, 14, 45 9 made bright, or, scoured. q IKi. 7,46 10 t/iicfc- nesseS' of the ground. r 1 Ki. 7, 47 s 1 Ki. 7, 48-50 t Ex. 25, 30 u Ex. 27, 20,21 V Ex. 25, 31 11 perfec- tions of gold. 12 Or, bowls. 13 That is, orierlaid with gold. 1 Ki. 6, 31 B. C. 1005. CHAP. 5. a 1 Ki. 7, 51 Iou4. b 1 Ki. 8, 1 c 2 Sam. 6, 12 d 1 Ki. 8, 2 e ch. 7, 8, 9, 10 /Josh. 3, 6 1 Or, they are there, as 1 Ki. 8, 8 g Deut.10,2 ch. 6, 11 2 Or,where. 3 found. h 1 Chr. 25, 1-31 i 1 Chr. 15, 24 j 1 Chr. 16, 34, 41 Ps. 136, 1,26 k Ex. 40, 35 Num.9,15 ch. 7, 2 Isa. 6, 4 Ezek. 43,4 Hag. 2, 7 2Cor.3,ll Rev. 15, 8 446 4 And all the elders of I§'ra-el came ; and the ^Le'vites took up the ark. 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holv vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the LeVites bring up. 6 Also king Sol'o-mon, and all the congregation of i§'ra-el that were as- sembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims : 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle ; but they were not seen with- out. And 'there it is unto this day. 1 There was nothing in the ark save the tw^o tables which M5'§es put nherein at Ho'reb, Vhen the Lord made a covenant with the children of I§'ra-el, when they came out of E'gypt. 11 IT And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place : (for all the priests that were ^present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course : 1 2 Also ^the Le'vites which were the singers, all of them of A'saph, of He'- man, of Jed'u-thun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psal- teries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and 'with them an hun- dred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord ; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and in- struments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, 'For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord ; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : *f or the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God. Solomon's prayer at the II. CHRONICLES, 6. dedication of the temple. CHAPTER 6. 1 Solomon blesses the people and praises God: 14 his prayer at the consecration oj the temple. THEN "said Soro-mon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the *thick darkness. 2 But I have built an house of habi- tation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of l§'ra-el: ard all the congregation of is'ra-el stood. 4 And he said, Blessed he the Lord God of l§'ra-el, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father DaVid, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of E'gypt I chose no city among all the tribes of l§'ra-el to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people I§'ra-el : 6 But T have chosen Je-rii'sa-lem, that my name might be there ; and have '^chosen DaVid to be over my people I§'ra-el. 7 Now "it was in the heart of DaVid my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of i§'ra-el. 8 Bu.t the Lord said to DaVid my fa- ther. Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst -^well in that it was in thine heart : 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house ; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. 10 The Lord therefore hath per- formed his word that he hath spoken : for I am risen up in the room of Da'- vid my father, and am set on the throne of l§'ra-el, as the Lord prom- ised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of i§'ra-el. 1 1 And in it have I put the ark, wherein ^is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of Is'ra-el. 1 2 H And '^he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Is'ra-el, and ^spread forth his hands : 1 3 For Sol'o-mon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits Uong, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and B. C. 1004. CHAP. a 1 Ki. 8, 12 6 Lev. 16, 2 c ch. 12, 13 a lChr.284 2 Sam. 7,2 lChr.17,1 lChr.28,2 / 2 Cor.8,12 g ch. 5, 10 h. 1 Ki. 8, 22 i Ezra 9, 5 1 Tim. 2,8 1 the length thereof, etc. Ex. 15, 11 Deut.4,39 Deut. 7, 9 k Dan. 9, 4 [ Gen. 5, 24 m 1 Chr. 22, 9, 10 2 There shall not be a man cat of. 2 Sam. 7, 12,16 1 Ki. 2, 4 1 Ki.6, 12 ch. 7, 18 n Ps. 132,12 Ps. 113, 5,6 p ch. 2, 6 Isa. 66, 1 Acts 7, 49 q Ps. 33, 18 Ps.34, 15 r Dan. 6, 10 3 Ov,i/nthis place. 4 pray. s Isa. 43. 25 Isa. 44, 22 5 and he require an oath of him. t Isa. 3, 11 Rom. 2, 8 447 kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of l§'ra-el, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, 14 And said, O Lord God of I§'ra-el, Hhere is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which ^keepest covenant, and shewest mer- cy unto thy servants, that Valk be- fore thee with all their hearts : 15 Thou ™which hast kept with thy servant DaVid my father that which thou hast promised him; andspakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 1 6 Now therefore, O Lord God of i§ ra-el, keep with thy servant DaVioi my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, -There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of l§'ra-el ; "yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. 1 7 Now then, O Lord God of I§'ra-el, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant Da'vid. 18 But nvill God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, ^heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house which I have built ! 19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy ser\^ant,and to his sup- plication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee : 20 That thine ?eyes may be open upon this house day a.nd night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there ; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant 'prayeth ^toward this place. 21 Hearken therefore unto the sup- plications of thy servant, and of thy people l§'ra-el, which they shall ''make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, 'forgive. 22 ^If a man sin against his neigh- bour, ^and an oath be laid upon him. to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house ; 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by 'requiting the wicked, by recompen- sing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his right- eousness. Solomon^s prayer at the II. CHRONICLES, 7. dedication of the temple. 24 H And if thy people l§'ra-el ^be put to the worse before the enemy, be- cause "they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and ma;ke sup- plication before thee 'in this house ; 25 Then hear thou from the heav- ens, and forgive the sin of thy people I§'ra-el, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. 26 iWhen the "heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee ; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them ; 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people i§'ra-el, "'when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and ""send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. 28 lllf there ^be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or cater- pillers; if their enemies besiege them 4n the cities of their land ; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sick- ness there be : 29 Then what prayer or what sup- plication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people i§'ra-el, when every one shall know his o^m sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands ^in this house : 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and ren- der unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou know- est; (for thou only knowest ^the hearts of the children of men :) 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, '°so long as they live ^'in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. 32 ^Moreover concerning the stran- ger, which "is not of thy people Ig'ra- el, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm ; if they come and pray in this house; 33 Then hear thou from the heav- ens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for ; that all people of the earth may know thy B. C. 1004. CHAP. 6. 6 Or, be smitiin. u Deut. 32,15 Ps. 51, 4 7 Or, toward. V 1 Ki. 17, 1 w Ps. 94, 12 X Zech.10,1 V ch. 20, 9 8 in the land of their gates. 9 Or, to- ward this house. z lChr.28,9 Ps. 11, 4 10 all the days which. 11 upon the face of the land. a Deut. 4, 6,7,8 Ps. 113, 3 Isa.56,3-8 Mai. 1, 11 John 10, 16 John 12,20 Acts 8, 27 12 thy name is called upon this house. 13 Ov,rigM. b Pro. 20, 9 Eccl.7, 20 Jas. 3, 2 1 John 1,8 14 they that take them captives carry them away. 15 bring back to their heart. Jer.24,6,7 c Jer. 29, 12, 13 16 OT,right. 17 to the prayer of this place. d Ps. 132, 8, 9, 10, 16 e lChr.28,2 /Isa.61,10 g Neh. 9, 25 ?i Ps. 89, 20-28 Ps. 132,1, 10-18 Isa. 55, 3 name, and fear thee, as doth thy people I§'ra-el, and may know that ''^this house which I have built is called by thy name. 34 "iilf thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 35 Then hear thou from the heav- ens their prayer and their supplica- tion, and maintain their ^^cause. 36 Iflf they sin against thee, (for there is no^man which smneth not^ and thou be angry with them, ahdT deliver them over before t/ieir en- CHAP, 7. a 1 Kl. 8, 64 b Lev. 9, 24 Judg.6,21 1 Ki.18,38 448 emies, and '*they carry them away captives unto a land tar ott or nea"F[ '|» oi Y et if they '"bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, say- ing, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly ; 38 If they return to thee '^with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toioard the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name : 39 Then hear thou from the heav- ens, evefi from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their ' ^cause, and for- give thy people which have sinned against thee. 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent ''unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41 Now '^therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy "resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength : let thy priests, O Lord God, be •''clothed with salvation, and let thy saints re- joice •''in goodness. 42 O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed : '^remember the mercies of Da'vid thy servant. CHAPTER 7. 1 God gives testimony/ to Solomon's prat/er ; the pea pie worship. 4 Solomon's sacrifices. 12 God ap- pears to him. NOW ''when Sol'o-mon had made an end of praying, the *fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices ; * A. 2 Chron. 29. 6. ' 8olomon''s sacrificec II. CHRONICLES, T. God appeareth to him. and 'the glory of the Lord filled the house. 2 And '^the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house. 3 And when all the children of ig'ra- ei saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, 'saying, For he is good; for-^his mercy endureth for ever. 4 IFThen i'the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. 5 And king Sol'o-mon offered a sac- rifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep : so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 And ^the priests waited on their offices : the Le'vites also with instru- ments of musick of the Lord, which Da'vid the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endur- eth for ever, when Da'vid praised ^by their ministry; and the ^'priests sounded trumpets before them, a.nd all is'ra-el stood. 7 Moreover -^Sdro-mon hallowed the middle of the court that vkis before the house of the Lord : for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Sol'o-mon had made was not able to receive tlie burnt offerings, and the meat offer- ings, and the fat. 8 *ii Also ^at the same time Sol'o-mon kept the feast seven days, and all i§'- ra-el with him, a very great congre- gation, from the entering in of Ha'- math unto 'the river of E'gypt. 9 And in the eighth day they made ^a solemn assembly : for they kept the dedication of the altar*^ seven days, and the feast seven days. 10 And '"on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto Da'vid, and to Sol'o-mon, and to Is'ra-el his people. 11 Thus "Sol'o-mon finished the house of the Lord, and the king's house : and all that came into Sol'o- mon's heart to make in the house 129) B. C. 1004. CHAP. 7. c ch. 5, 13 Ezek.10,3 a ch. 5, 14 e ch. 5, 13 Ps. 136, 1 /ch. 20, 21 g 1 Ki. 8, 62 li 1 Chr. 15,16 1 M) their hand. i ch. 5, 12 j 1 Ki. 8, 64 k 1 Ki. 8, 65 1 Gen.15,18 Josh. 13,3 2 a re- straint. m 1 Ki. 8,66 n 1 Ki. 9, 1 Gen. 12, 7 p Deut.12,5 q ch. 6, 26 3 upon whom my name is called. r Jas. 4, 10 s ch. 6, 27 t ch. 6, 40 4 to the prayer of this place. u ch. 6, 6 V 1 Ki. 9, 4 5 There shall not be cut off to thee. ch. 6, 16 wLev.26,14 Deut. 28,15 X Ps. 5, 5 y Jer. 7, 14 Lam. 2,15 z Deut. 29,24 Jer. 22, 8 a Judg.2,13 449 of the Lord, and in his own house, he prosperous!}^ effected. 12 IT And the Lord ^appeared to S5r- o-mon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, ^and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. 13 If *I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the lo- custs to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people ; 14 If my people, ^whlch are called - by my name, shall ''humble them - selves, and pray, and se ek rny face, and turn from their wicked way s; then "will 1 hear from heaven, an d will forgive their sin, and will he al their land. * 15 Now 'mine eyes shall be open,' and mine ears attent ^unto the prayer that is made in this place. 16 For now have "I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 17 And ^as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as Da'vid thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judg- ments ; 1 8 Then Avill I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with Da'vid thy father, saying, °There shall not fail thee a man to he ruler in i§'ra-el. 1 9 But ''if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my command- ments, which I have set before you, and shall o'O and serve other gods, and worship them ; 20 Then will I •'^pluck them up by the roots out of my land Avhich I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and Avill make it f o ^e a proverb and a byword among all nations. 21 And -^this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say,^\Vhy hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house ? 22 And it shall be answered. Be- cause they forsook ''the Lord God of their fathers, Avhich brought them forth out of the land of E'gypt, and laid hold on other gods, and wor- shipped them, and served them- * P. 30. 6-9; R. 29. 6; W. Psa. 27/14. R W Solomon's buildings. 11. CHRONICLES, 8, Solon%o7i's sacrifices. o therefore ''hath he brought all this evil upon them. CHAPTER 8. 1 Solomon's buildings. 7 Tlie Canaanites made tributaries. 12 Solomon'' s festival sacrifices. AND "it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein SoFo- mon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house, 2 That the cities which Hu'ram had restored to Sol'o-mon, Sol'o-mon built them, and caused the children of !§'- ra-el to dwell there. 3 And Sol'o-mon went to ''Lla'math- zd'bah, and prevailed against it. 4 And ^he built Tad'mor in the wil- derness, and all the store cities, which he built in Ha'math. 6 Also he built Beth-h5'r6n the up- per, and Beth-ho'ron the nether, fenced cities, Avith walls, gates, and bars ; 6 And '^Ba'al-ath, and all the store cities that Sdl'o-mon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and ^all that Soro-mon de- sired to build in Je-ru'sa-lem, and in Leb'a-non, and throughout all the land of his dominion. 7 ^As \for all the people that were left of the -^Hit'tites, and the Am'or- ites, and the Per'iz-zites, and the Hf - vites, and the Jeb'u-sltes, which icere not of l§'ra-el, 8 But of their children, v/ho were left after them in the land, whom the children of Is'ra-el consumed not, them did Sol'o-rnon make to pay trib- ute until this day. 9 But ^of the children of Is'ra-el did Sol'o-mon make no servants for his work; but they vjere men of war, and chief of his captains, and cap- tains of his chariots and horsemen. 1 And these icere the chief of king Sol'o-mon's officers, even ^two hun- dred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 11 ^And SoFo-mon 'hrought up the daughter of Pha'raoh out of the city of Da'vid unto the house that he had built for her : for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of Da'- vid king of l§'ra-el, because the places are ^holy, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come. 12 ITThen Sol'o-mon offered burnt of- ferings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch, 13 Even after a certain •'rate every B. C. 1004. CHAP. 7. b 2 Ki.17,18 ch. 36, 16 B. C. 992. CHAP. 8. a 1 Ki. 9, 10 b Num. 13,21 2 Sam.8,3 c 1 Ki. 9, 17 d Josh. 15,11 1 all the desire of Solomon ivhicU he desired to build. e 1 Ki. 9, 20 /Gen.10,15 Geii.15,18 g Ex. 19, 5 Lev.25,39 Deut. 23,19 h 1 KL 9, 23 i 1 Ki. 3, 1 1 Ki. 7, 8 1 Ki. 9, 24 2 holiness. } Ex. 29, 38 Num. 28, 3, 9, 11, 26 Num.29,1 k Ex. 23, 14 Deut. 16, 16 I lChr.24,1 mlChr.25,1 n lChr.9,17 lChr.26,1 3 so was t/ie coni- m,and- ment of David the man of God. 2 Sam, 23.2 1 Ki. 9, 26 p Deut. 2, 8 2 Ki. 14,22 Elath. q 1 Ki. 9, 27 ch.9,10,13 r Gen.10,29 Job 22, 24 Isa. 13,12 CFIAP. 9. a 1 Ki. 10, 1 Mat.12,42 Lu. 11. 31 b Pro. 1, 5 1 words. 2 Or, butlers. 460 day, offering according to the com- mandment of Mo'se§,on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three ^times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 14: And he appointed, according to the order of Da'vid his father, the 'courses of the priests to their service, and '"the Le'vites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required : the "porters also by their courses at every gate : for ^so had Da'vid the man ot God commanded. 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto tiie priests and Le'vites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. 1 6 Now all the work of Sol'o-mon was prepared unto the day of the founda- tion of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished. /So the house of the Lord was perfected. 1 7 IFThen went S51'o-mon "to E'zi- on-ge'b6r, and to ^Eloth, at the sea side in the land of E'dom. 1 8 And '^Hu'ram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and serv- ants that had knowledge of the sea ; and they w^ent with the servants of 3oro-mon to '"O'phir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought thetn to king Sol'o-mon. CHAPTER 9. 1 The queen ofSheba visits Solomon: she admirer his tvisdom and magnifice?ice. 13 His riches. 29 His reign and death. AND ''when the queen of She'ba heard of the fame of Sol'o-mon, she came to prove ^Sol'o-mon with hard questions at Je-ru'sa-lem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones : and when she was come to Sol'o-mon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 2 And Sol'o-mon told her all her 'questions : and there was nothing hid from Sol'o-mon which he told her not. 3 And when the queen of She'ba had seen the wisdom of Sol'o-mon, and the house that he had built, 4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attend- ance of his ministers, and their ap- parel ; his ^cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord ; there was no more spirit in her. 5 And she said to the king, Kwas a Queen of Shebd's visit. II. CHRONICLES, 9 Solomons riches. true ^report which I heard in mine own land of thine ^acts, and of thy wisdom : 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it : and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me : for thou ^exceedest the fame that I heard. 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand con- tinually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 8 Blessed "^be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God : because thy God loved I§'- ra-el, to establish them for ever, there- fore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. 9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones : neither was there any such spice as the queen of She'ba gave king &5ro-mon. 10 And the servants also of IM'ram, and the servants of Soro-mon, which ''br ought gold from O'phir, brought *algum trees and precious stones. 1 1 And the king made o/ the algum trees "terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers : and there were none such seen before in the land of Ju'dah. 12 And king Sdl'o-mon gave to the queen of She'ba all her desire, what- soever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. 13 ITNow the weight of gold that came to SoFo-mon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six tal- ents of gold ; 14 Beside that vjhich chapmen and merchants brought. And all -^the kings of A-ra'bi-a and 'governors of the country brought gold and silver to SoFo-mon. 1 5 II And king SoFo-mon made two hundred targets of beaten gold : six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one taa'get. 16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold : three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Leb'a-non. 17 llMoreover the king made a great B. C. 992. CHAP. 9. 3 word. 4 Or, sayings. 5 hast added to, c Ps. 72, 18,19 d ch. 8, 18 e 1 Ki.10,11 almug trees, 6 highways, or, stairs. f Ps. 68, 29 Ps. 72, 10 Isa. 60, 6 Jer.25,24: 7 Or, captains. 8 hands. 9 shut up. 10 0r,tliere was no silver in them. g Ps. 48, 7 Ps. 72, 10 Isa. 23, 6,14 Isa. 60, 9 Jer. 10, 9 Jonah 1,3 11 Or, elephants'' teeth. h 1 Ei. 3, 12,13 i Ps. 72, 10,15 j 1 Ki. 4, 26 IKi. 10,26 ch. 1, 14 k 1 Ki. 4, 21 I Gen.15,18 Ps. 72, 8 12 That is, Euphra- tes. m lKi.10,27 ch. 1, 15 13 gave. n Deut. 17,16 1 Ki. 4, 26 1 Ki. 10, 26, 28 ch. 1, 16 1 Ki.11,41 14 words. plKi.11,29 q ch. 12, 15 ch. 13, 22 \r IKi. 11, 1 42, 43 451 throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And there vsere six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold/which were fastened to the throne, and ^stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays : 19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. 20 IT And all the drinking vessels of king SoFo-mon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of heb'si-iioii were o/^puregold : "none were of silver ; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of SoFo- mon. 2 1 For the king's ships went ^to Tar' • shish with the servants of Hii'ram : every three years once came the ships of Tai^^iiish brmging gold, and silver, ^ 'ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 22 And king SoFo-mon ^passed all the kiags of the earth in riches and wis- dom. 23 IF And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of SoFo-mon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. 24 And 'they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 25 IT And SoFo-mon -^had four thou- sand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Je-ru'- sa-lem. 26 I^And *he reigned over all the kings from^the '^river even mito the land of the Phi-lis'tines, and to the border of E'gypt. 27 And '"the king *^made silver in Je-ru'sa-lem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. 28 And "they brought unto SoFo- mon horses out of E'gypt, and out of all lands. 29 IFNow the rest of the acts of SoFo-mon, first and last, are they not written m the '^book of Na'than the prophet, and in the prophecy of ^A-hi'jah the Shilo-nite, and in the visions of *M'do the seer against JSr- o-bo'am the son of Ne'bat ? 30 And ""SSFo-mon reigned in Je-ri|'« sa-lem over all ig'ra-el forty years.* JJeath of ISolom.on. II. CHRONICLES, 10, 11. 'en tribes revolt. 31 And Sdro-mon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of Da'vid his father: and '^Re- ho-bo'am his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 10. 1 Behoboam, refusing the old nieiVs good counsel, 16 t^n tribes revolt, and he flees. AND "Re-ho-bo'am went to She'- chem : for to She'chem were all is'ra-el come to make him king. ^ And it came to p_ass, when Jer-o- bo am the son of Ne'bat, who was in E'gypt, *wliither he had fled from the presence of Soro-mon the king, heard it, that Jer-o-b5'am returned out of E'gypt. 3 And they sent and called him. So Jer-o-bo'am and all l§'ra-el came and spake to Re-ho-b5'am, saying, 4 Thy father made our ''yoke griev- ous : now therefore ease thou some- what the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said unto them. Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. 6 1 And king Re-ho-b5'am took coun- sel with the ''old men that had stood before Sol'o-mon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this peo- ple? 7 And they spake unto ?iim, saying, If thou be 'kind to this people, and please them, ^and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he -^forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took coun- sel with the young men that were brought lip with him, that stood be- fore him. 9 And he said unto them. What ad- vice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us ? 10 And the young men that were lorought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, say- ing. Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou sa.y unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 For whereas my father ^put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke ; my father chas- B. C. 975. CHAP. 9. 15 That is. Enlarger of the people. ch. 10, 16 CHAP, 10. a 1 Ki. 12, 1 b 1 Ki.11,40 c 1 Sam. 8, 11-18 1 Ki. 4, 7 1 Ki. 5, 15 1 Ki. 9, 15 d Job 8, 8, 9 Job 32, 7 1 for good. 1 Ki. 12, 7 Neh. 5, 19 Ps. 112, 5 e Fro. 15, 1 / 2 Sam. 17, 14 Pro. 13,20 Pro. 19,20 Pro. 25,12 3 laded. (J Gen. 42, 7 Ex. 10, 28 1 Sam. 25, 10 Pro. 12,13 Pro. 14,16 3 wheeling about. Gen.50,20 1 Sam. 2,25 1 Ki. 12, 15, 24 Amos 3, 6 h 1 Ki.11,29 ch. 9, 29 4 strerujth- ened him- self. i IKi. 12,19 ch. 13, 5-7 Ps. 89, 30 Eccl. 2,19 CHAP. 11. alKl.12,21 b 1 Sam. 2,27 1 Ki. 12, 23-24 Ch. 8, 14 ch. 12, 15 452 , tised you with whips, but I will chas- tise you with scorpions. 12 TSo Jer-o-^bo'am and all the peo- ple came to Re-ho-b5'am on the third day, as the king bade, saying. Come again to me on the third day. 13 And the king answered ^them roughly ; and king Re-ho-b5'am for- sook the counsel of the old men, 14 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto : my father chastised you with whij3S, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people : for the ^cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spake by the *hand of A-hf iah the Shilo-nite to Jer-o-bo'- am the son of Ne'bat. 1 6 And when all i§'ra-el saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, say- ing. What portion have we in Da'\ad? and we have none inherit- ance in the son of Jes'se : every man to your tents, O i§'ra-el : and now, Da'vid, see to thine own house. So all is/ra-el went to their tents. IT But as /or the children of i§'ra-el that dwelt in the cities of Jii'dah, Re-ho-bo'am reigned over them. 1 8 Then king Re-ho-b5'am sent Ha- dd'ram that was over the tribute ; and the children of l§'ra-el stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Re-ho- bo'am ^made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Je-ru'sa-lem. 19 And 'i§^ra-el rebelled against the house of Da'vid unto this day. CHAPTER 11. 1 Rehoboam raising an army to sxibdue Israel, isfoT' bidden by She.viaiah : 18 his wives and children. AND "when Re-ho-bo'am was come to Je-ru'sa-lem, he gath- ered of the house of J ii'dah and Ben'- ja-min an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen nie?i, which were warriors, to fight against l§'ra-el, that he might bring the kingdom agaui to Re-ho-b5'am. 2 But the word of the Lord came to *Shem-a-i'ah the man of God, saying, 3 Speak unto Re-ho-bo'am the son of Sol'o-mon, king of Ju'dah, and to all l§'ra-el in Jii'dah and Ben'ja-min, saying, 4 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your breth^ ren : return every man to his house Jiehoboam's cities. II. CHRONICLES, 12. Me forsaJceth God, for this thing is done of me. And b. c.975, they obeyed the words of the Lord, and returned from going against Jer-o-bo'ani. 5 ^And Re-ho-b5'am dwelt m Je-ru'- sa-lem, and built cities for defence in Jii'dah. 6 He built even '^Beth'-le-hem, and ^E'tam, and ^Te-k5'a. 7 And Beth -ziir, and Sh5'co, aiid A-dul'Iam, 8 And Gath, and Ma-re'shah, and Ziph, 9 And Ad-o-ra'im, and La'chish, and A-ze'kah, 10 And Zo'rah, and Aij'a-Ion, and He'bron, which are in Jii'dah and in Ben'ia-min fenced cities. 1 1 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. 12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Jii'dah and Ben'ja-min on his side. 13 And the priests and theLeVites that v^ere in all is'ra-el 'resorted to Mm out of ail their coasts. 14 For the Le'vites left -^their sub- urbs and their possession, and came to J ii'dah and J e-r u'sa -lem : for ^ Jer-o- bo'am and his sons had cast them off from executing tho priest's office un- to the Lord : 15 And ^he ordained him priests for the high places, and for 'the devils, and •'for the calves which he ho.d made. 16 And ^after them out of all the tribes of I§'ra-el such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of !§'- ra-el ca.me to Je-ru'sa-lem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers. IT So they 'strengthened the king- dom of Jii'dah, and made Re-ho-bo'- am the son of Sol'o-mon strong, three years : for '"three years they walked in the way of Da'vid and Sol'o-mon. 18 tAnd'Re-ho-b5'amtook him Ma'- ha-laththe daughter of Jer'i-moth the son of Da'vid to wife, and Ab-i-ha'il the daughter of E-li'ab the son of Jes'se; , , t o^ ^19 Which bare him children: Je'-I^trh 42 iish, and Sham-a-ri'ah, and Za'harn. 20 And after her he took ''Ma'a-chah CHAP. 11. c Gen.35,19 Mat. 2, 1 fZ Judg.15,8 lChr.4:,31 e 2 Sam. 14:, 2 Jer. 6, 1 974:. 1 presented them- selves to him, f Num.35,2 Josh. 21, 20-42 lChr.6,66 g ch. 13, 9 h 1 Ki.12,31 1 Ki.13,33 1 Ki. 14. 9 Hos. 13. 2 i Lev. 17, 7 Deut. 32, 15, 16. 17 ICor. 10: 20 j 1 Ki.12,28 k ch. 15, 9 ch 30,11 Ps. 69, 32 / ch. 13. i m Hos. 6, 4 Mat.13,18 n 1 Ki.15,2, See ch. 13,2, where she is called Michaiah the daughter of Uriel. Deut. 21, 15, 16, 17 2 a m,ulti' tude of tvives. Deut. 17.17 1 KL 11, 3 B. C. 972. CHAP. 12. a ch. 11, 17 Z) 1 Ki. 14, 22-24 c lKi.14,24 d ch. 16 8 e ch. 11, 2 / Deut. 28,25 Ch. 15, 2 ch. 34, 27 Ps. 78, 34 Jas. 4. 10 27 ,28 the daughter of Ab'sa-Iom ; which I ^^^-.^'^^ bare him A-bfjah, and At'tai, andZf-ijL ov!auitie za, and Shel'o-mith. I wMZe. 21 And Re-ho-b5'am loved Ma'a-i^ ^^^•"'^^'^^| service, and the service of the feing- chaii the daughter of Ab sa-ioia above j ^ 2s! 47 453 aU his wives and his concubines : (for he took eighteen wives, and three- score concubines ; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) 22 And Re-ho-b5'am 'iiiade A-bi'jah the son of Ma'a-chah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren : for he thought to make him kmg. 23 And he dealt wisely, and dis- persed of all his children throughout all the countries of Jii'dah and^en'- ja-min, unto every fenced city : and he gave them victual in abundance. Ajid he desired ^many wives. CHAPTER 12. 1 Behoboam, Jorsaking God, is puninked by Ski- ^hak : 13 his reign and death. AND ""it came to pass, when Re- ho-bo'am had established the kingdom, and had strengthened him- self, *he forsook the law of the Lord, and aU Is'ra-el vvdth him. 2 And ^it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Re-ho-bo'am Shi'shak king of E'gypt came up agamst Je- ru'sa-lem, because they had trans- gressed against the Lord, 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen : and the people loere w^ithout number that came with him out of E'gyp^' i '^the Lii'bims, the Suk'ki-im§, and the E-thi-o'pi-ans. 4 And he took the fenced cities which per^«^;let? to Jii'dah, and came to Jc-ru'sa-lem. 5 Then came 'Shem-a-f ah the proph- et to Re-ho-bo'a.m, and to the princes of Ju'dah, that were gathered together to Je-ru'sa-lem because of Shi'shak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, -'"Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shi'shak. 6 Whereupon the princes of l§'ra-el and the king ^humbled themselves ; and they said.^The Lord is righteous. 7 And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of 'the Lord came to Shem-a-i'ah, saying, They have humbled themselves ; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them ^some deliver- ance: and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Je-ru'sa-lem by the hand of Shi'shak. 8 Nevertheless •'they shall be his servants ; that they may know *my idoms of the countries. Abijah maketh war II. CHRONICLES, 13. against Jeroboaym. 9 So^Shi'shak king of E'gyptcameup against Je-ru'sa-lem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ; he took all : he carried away also the shields of gold which Sol'o- mon had "'made. 10 Instead of which king Re-ho- bd'am made shields of bra? ,and com- mitted them "to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the en trance of the king's house. 1 1 And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard cham- ber. 12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether : ^and also in Jii'dah things went well. 1 3 TSo king Re-ho-b5'am strength- ened himself in Je-ru'sa-lem, and reigned : for "Re-ho-bd'am was one and forty years old when he began to B. C. 971. CHAP. 12. 1 lKi.M,25 m lKi.10,16 n 2 Sam. 8,18 2 Or, and yet in Ju- dah there were good things. Gen. 18,24 lKi.14,13 ch. 19, 3 1 Ki.14,21 p ch. 6, 6 3 Or, fixed. Mat. 7, 7 Acts 9, 11 4 words. q ch. 9, 29 ch. 13, 22 r lKi.14,30 Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of l§'ra-el, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Na'a- inah an Am'mon-it-ess. 14 And he did evil, because he ^pre- pared not his heart to seek the Lord. 1 5 Now the acts of Re-ho-bo'am, first and last, are they not written in the ^book of Shem-a-T'ah the prophet, ^and of Id 'do the seer concerning gene- alogies ? 'And there were wars be tween Re-ho-bo'am and Jer-o-b5'am continually. 1 6 And Re-ho-bo'am slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of Da'vid : and A-bi'jah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 13. Abijah, succeeding, makes war against Jeroboam, and overcomes him. NOW ''in the eighteenth year of king Jer-o-b5'am began A-bi'jah to reign over Jii'dah. 2 He reigned three years in Je-ru'sa lem. His mother's name also was *Ml-cha'iah the daughter of tj'ri-el of Gib'e-ah. And there was war be tween A-bi'jah and Jer-o-bo'am. 3 And A-bi'jah 'set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men : Jer-o-bo'am also set the battle in array against him with eight hun- B. C. 958. CHAP. 13. a 1 Ki. 15, 1 b ch. 11, 20 1 bound together, c Josh. 18,22 d 2 Sam. 7, 12, 13, 16 2 Thatis,^ perpetual covenant of friend- ship. Num. 18.19 e lKi.11,26 /Judg. 9,4 g Hos. 8. 6 h ch. 11, 14,15 i Ex. 29, 35 3 to fill his hand. j ch. 2. 4 k Lev. 24. 6 I Ex. 27, 20,21 Lev. 24, 2,3 mDeut.20.4 Josh. 5,14 Ps. 20, 7 nNum.10,8 Acts 5, 39 454 dred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour. 4 T And A-bi'jah stood up upon mount Zem-a-ra'im, "^which is in mount E'phra-im, and said. Hear me, thou Jer-o-b5'am, and all l§'ra-el ; 5 Ought ye not to know that the Lord God of l§'ra-el ''gave the king- dom over l§'ra-el to Da'vid for ever, even to him and to his sons by a ^covenant of salt ? 6 Yet Jer-o-b5'am the son of Ne'bat, the servant of Sol'o-mon the son of Da'vid, is risen up, and hath 'rebelled against his lord. 7 And there are gathered unto him •^vain men, the children of Be'li-al, and have strengthened themselves against Re-ho-b5'am the son of Sol'o- mon, when Re-ho-bo'am was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of Da'vid ; and ye be a great multitude, and ^Aere are with you golden calves, which Jer-o-b5'am ^made you for gods. 9 Have ^ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aar'on, and the Le'vites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of o^Aer lands? 'so that whosoever com- eth ^to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. 10 Butas for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him ; and the priests, which minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aar'on, and the Jje'vitestvait upon their business: llAnd-^they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense : the ^shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table ; and the candle- stick of gold with the lamps thereof, 'to burn every evening : for we keep the charge of the Lord our God ; but ye have forsaken him. 1 2 And, behold, '"God himself is with us for our captain, '^and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Is'ra-el, "fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers ; for ye shall not prospei-. 13 llBut Jer-o-b5'am caused an am.- bushment to come about behind them : so they were before Ju'dah, and tha ambushment was behind them. Asa strengtheneth 11. CHKUNICLES, 14, 15. his kingdom. 14 And when Ju'dah looked back, behold, the battle was before and be- hind : and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Jii'dah gave a shout : and as the men of J u'dah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote ^'Jer-o-b5'am and all l§'ra-el be- fore A-bl'jah and Ju'dah. 1 6 And the children of I§'ra-el fled before Jii'dah: and God delivered them into their hand. - 1 7 And A-bi'jah and his people slew them with a great slaughter : so there fell down slain of l§'ra-el five hundred thousand chosen men. 1 8 Thus the children of l§'ra-el were ^brought under at that time, and the children of Jii'dah prevailed, because ?they relied ujdou the Lord God of their fathers. 19_And A-bl'jah pursued after Jer- o-bo'am, and took cities from him, Beth'-el with the towns thereof, and Jesh'a-nah with the towns thereof, and 'E'phra-in with the towns thereof . 20 Neither did Jer-o-bo'am recover strength again in the days of A-bi'jah : find the LoRDstruck'him, and 'hedied. 21 !iBut A-bl'jah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of A-bi'- jah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the ^story of the prophet "Id'do. CHAPTER 14. 1 Asa destroys idolatry : 6 having peace he strength- ens his kingdom. 9 He overcomes Zerah, and s2)oils the Ethiopians. SO A-bl'jah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of Da'vid : and A'sa "his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 And A'sa did that vnhich vkis good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God: 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and *the high places, and brake '^down the ^images, "^and cut do"v\Ti the groves : 4 And commanded Jii'dah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Ju'dah the high places and the '^images : and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6 TAnd he built fenced cities in B. C. 957. CHAP. 13. p ch. 14, 12 4 hvmibled. Judg.8,38 Q 2Ki.l8,5 lChr.6,20 Ps. 23, 5 r Josh. 15.9 s 1 Sam. 25,38 t lKi.l4:,30 5 Or, com- mentary. u ch. 9, 29 ch. 12, 15 B. C. 955. C5AP. 14. a 1 Ki. 15, 8 951. b 1 Ki.15,14 ch. 15, 17 c Ex. 34. 13 1 statues. d 1 Ki. 11, 7 2 Sim images. 941. e ch. 16, 8 /Josh. 15,44 Mic. 1, 15 g Ex. 14, 10 ch. 13, 14 Ps. 22, 5 h 1 Sam. 14,6 i 1 Sam. 17,45 Pro. 18,10 Nah. 1, 7 3 Or, mor- tal 7na7i. i ch. 13, 15 k GeR.10,19 Gen. 20, 3 4 broken. Ps. 46, 1-11 I Gen. .35,5 Ex. 15, 16 Deut. 11, 25 ch. 17. 10 ch. 20. 29 CHAP. 15. a Num.24,2 Jud?.3,10 ch. 20, 14 ch. 24, 20 455 Jii'dah : for the land had rest, and he had no Avar in those years ; because the Lord had given him rest. T Therefore he said unto Jii'dah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, vjhile the land is yet before us ; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought A^m, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. 8 And A'sa had an army of m.en that bare targets and spears, out of Ju'dah three hundred thousand ; and out of Ben'ja-min, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour. 9 ''ii And ^there came out against them Ze'rah the E-thi-o'pi-an v/ith an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto •^Ma-re'shah. 10 Then A'sa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zeph'a-thah at Ma-re'- shah. 11 And A'sa ^^cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, 2^ is ''nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power : help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and 'in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou a7't our God ; let not inan pre- vail against thee. 12 So the Lord ■'smote the E-thi-o'- pi-an§ before A'sa. and before Ju'dah ; and the E-thi-5'pi-ans fled. 13 And A'sa and the people that were with him pursued them ^unto Ge'rar: and the E-thi-5'pi-an§ were overthrown, that they could not re- cover themselves ; for they were *de- stroyed before the Lord, and before his host ; and they carried away very much spoil. 14 And they smote all the cities round about Ge'rar ; for 'the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities ; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. 1 5 They smote also the tents of cat- tle, and carried away sheep and cam- els in abundance, and returned to Je-ru'sa-lem. CHAPTER 15. 1 Judah makes a soleinn covenant with God. 16 Asa removes his mother from being queen. AND "the Spirit of God came upon Az-a-ri'ah the son of O'ded : Maachah is II. CHRONICLES, 16. deposed by Asa. C H CHAP. 15. 1 before Asa. b Jas. 4, 8 c lChr.28,9 ch. 33, 12, 13 2 And he went out to 'meet A'saJ b.c.94i. and said unto him, Hear ye me, A'sa, and all Ju'dah and Ben'ja-min ; The *LoRD is with you, while ye be with him ; and "if ye seek him, he will be found of you ; but '^if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. * 3 Now "for a long season is'ra-el hath been y/ithout the true God* and with- out -^a teaching priest, and without law. 4 But ^when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of !§'- ra-el, and sought him, he was found | a Deut.4,29 of them. 5 And ^in those times there teas no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great yexa- tions were upon all the inhabitants of the coimtries. 6 And 'nation was "destroyed of na- tion, and city of city : for God did yex them with all adversity. 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak : for your work shall be •'rewarded. 8. If And when A'sa heard these words, and the prophecy of o'ded the n 2 ki. 23, prophet, he took courage, and put away the ^abom^inable idols out of all the land of Jia'dah and Ben'ja-mm, and out of the ^cities which he had taken from mount E'phra-im, and re- newed the altar of the Lord, that teas before the porch of the Lord. 9 And he gathered all Jii'dah and Ben'ja-min, and ^the strangers with them out of E'phra-imx and Ma-nas' seh, and out 01 Sim'e-on : for they fell to him out of is'ra-el in abundance, when they saw' that the Lord his God teas with him. 10 So they gathered themselyes to gather at Je-ru'sa-lem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of A'sa. 1 1 And '^they offered unto the Lord "the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred ox en and seven thousand sheep. 1 2 And the^^ "entered into a cove nant to seek'^the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul ; 1 3 That '^vhosoever would not seek the Lord God of i§'ra-el should ■?'be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, 941. and with trumpets, and with comets, c 1 Ki. 16. 1 *C.24. 20; H.' Ezra 8. 22. 4.^)6 2 beaten in pieces. j Ps. 58, 11 3 abomina- tions. k ch. 13, 19 ; ch. 11, 16 ?ii ch. 14, 15 i in that day. ch. 34, 31 Neh. 10,29 Ex. 22, 20 p Deut. 13, 5, 9, 15 5 That is, grand- mother. 1 Ki. 15, 2, 10 6 horror. q Dent. 12,7 IKi. 15,14 ch.14,3,5 15 And all Ju'dah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire ; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about. 16 TAnd alsoco?zcer?2zV^gMa'a-chah jer '>9 13 i*^-^^ ^mother of A'sa the king, he re- :viat.~7,'7 j moved her from heijig queen, because dch. 24, 20^^^® had made an *idol in a grove: ""'land A'sa cut down her idol, and ^ °^" ' jstamDcd it, and burnt it at the brook /Lev.io.iiJi^icl'ron. 1 7 But ?the high places were not h judg. 5, 6 taken away out of 13'ra-el : neverthe- • ^r * o. ^'less the heart of A'sa was perfect all I Mat. 24, 7 1 . T ^ his days. 18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and ves- sels. 19 And there was no ??? ore war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of A'sa. CHAPTER 16. 1 Asa, hij a league with the Syrians, diverts Baa- sha from building of Rarnuk : 13 his death and burial. IN the 'six and thirtieth year of the reign of A'sa "Ba'a- sha king of Is'- ra-el came up against Jii'dah. and built Ra'mah, *to the intent that he 'might let none go out or come in to A'sa king of Jii'dah. 2 Then A'sa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-ha'dad king of S5'r'- i-a, that dwelt at ^Da-mas'cus, saying, 3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was betvv^een my father and thy father : behold, I have sent thee silver and gold ; go, break thy league with Ba'a-sha king of is'ra-el, that he may depart from me. 4 And Ben-ha'dad hearkened unto king A'sa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of l§'- ra-el ; and they smote I 'j on, and Dan, B. C. 910. CHAP. 16. 1 That Is, from the rending of the ten tribes ^™^ Jj^; and A'bel-ma'im,and all the store cit ies of Naph'ta-li. 5 And it came to pass, when Ba'a- sha heard it, that he left off building a iKi.15,17 of Ra'mah, and let his work cease. 6 Then A'sa the king took all Jii'dah ; and they carried away the stones of Ra'mxah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Ba'a-sha was building; and he built therewith Ge'ba and ^Tiz'pah. 7 "if And at that time '"Ha-na'nl th e seer dah, over which Asa was now liing. b ch. 15, 9 2 Darme- sek. 94C. 3 which were his, Death of Asa. XL CHRONICLES, IT. Jehoshaphafs greatness. came to A'sa king of Ju'dah, and said; unto him/Because thou hast rehed on the king of Syr'i-a, and not rehed | on the Lord thy God, therefore is the, host of the king of Syr'i-a escaped out of thine hand. 8 Were not ^the E-thi-o'pi-an§ -^and the Lu'bims % huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen ? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he dehvered them into thine hand. E r 9 For '^the eyes of the Lord run t o K and fro throughout the whole earth , ^to shew himself strong in the behal f of them whose heart is perfect tow^ard him . Herein thou hast Mone fool- ishly: therefore from henceforth 'thou shalt have wars. E. Job 12. 13-* 1 Then A'sa was wroth with tiie seer, and put -'him in a prison house ; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And A'sa '^oppressed some of the people the same time. 1 1 TAnd, behold, the acts of A'sa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Jii'dah and I§'ra-el. 12 And A'sa in the thirty and nmth year of his reign was ^diseased in his feet, until his disease to as exceeding great : yet in his disease he ^sought not to the Lord, but to the physi- cians. 13 And A'sa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, wdiich he had ^made for himself in the city of Da'vid,and laid him in the bed wdiich was filled '"with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art : and they made a yqyj great burning for him. CHAPTER 17. 1 Je/ioshaphat reigns icell, and prospers : 7 he sends Levites to teach in Judah : 12 his greatness-, cap- taiJis. and armies. AND .J e-hosh'a-phat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against l§'ra-el. 2 And he "placed forces in all the fenced cities of Ju'dah, and set garri- sons in the land of Ju'dah, and in the cities of E'phra-im, which *A'sa his father ha.d taken. 3 And the Lord was ""with Je-hosh'- a-phat, because he walked in the first ways 'of his father Da'vid,and sought not unto Ba'al-im ; 4 But sought to the ZORD God of Ms father, and '^walked in his command- * K. Ezra 8. 22, 23. B. C. 941. CHAP. 16. d Isa. 31, 1 Jer. 17. 5 e ch. 14, 9 fch. 12, 3 4 in abun- dance. g Job 34, 21 Pro. 5, 21 Pro. 15, 3 Jer. 16,17 Jer. 32,19 Zecli.4,10 5 Or. strongly to hold them,etc. h 1 Sam. 13, 13 I 1 KL15,32 j ch. 18, 26 Jer. 20, 2 'Mat. 14, 3 6 crushed. k Deut. 28,22 I Jer. 17, 5 914. 7 digged. m Gen. 50,2 Markl6,l CHAP. 17. ach. 11, 11 b ch. 15, 8 c Rom.8,31 1 Or, of liis father, and of David. d Lu. 1, 6 e 1 Ki.12,28 2 gave. 1 Sam. 10,27 1 Ki.10,25 flKi.10,27 ch. 18, 1 3 That is, was en- couraged. g 1 Ki.22,43 ch. 15, 17 ch. 19, C ch. 20, 33 912. 7i ch. 15. 3 i Lev.10,11 ch. .35, 3 Neh. 8, 7 Mai. 2, 7 j Gen. 35, 5 Ex. 15, 15 Deut. 11.25 ch. 14, 14 4 was. k 2 Sam.8,2 5 Or, palaces. 6 at his hand. I .Judg. 5, 2.9 457 ments, and not 'after the doings of l§'ra-el. 5 Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand ; and all Ju'dah 'brought to J e-hosh'a-phat presents; -'and he had riches and honour in abundance. 6 And his heart ^vas lifted up in the ways of the Lord : -''moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Jii'dah. 7 ^Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben- ha'il,and to 0-ba-di'ah,and to Zech-a- ri'ah, and to Ne-than'e-el, and to Mi- cha'iah,^to teach in the cities of Ju'- dah. 8 And with them he sent Le'vites, even Shem-a-i'ah, and Neth-a-ni'ah, and Zeb-a-dl'ah, and A'sa-hel, and She-mir'a-moth, and Je-h5n'a-than, and Ad-o-nl'jah, and To-bi'jah, and T5b'-ad-o-ni'jah, Le'vites ; and with them E-lish'a-ma and Je-h5'ram, priests. 9 And 'they taught in Jii'dah, and" had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about through- out all the cities of Jii'dah, and taught the people. B. Neh. 8. 1-3.J 10 ^And •'the fear of the Lord 'fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that vjere round about Jii'dah, so that they made no war against J e-hosh'a- phat. 11 Also some of the Phi-lis'tuie§ brought ^■Je-h6sh'a-phatpresents,and tribute sUver: and the A-ra'bi-an§ brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. 1 2 ^And J e-hosh'a-phat waxed great exceedingly ; and he built in Jii'dah ^castles, and cities of store. 1 3 And he had much business in the cities of Jii'dah : and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Je-m'- sa-lem. 14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers : Of Jii'dah, the captains of thousands; Ad'nah the chief, and ^Yith. him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. 15 And ''next to him 'ivas Je-ho-ha'- nan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. 1 6 And next him loas Am-a-sf ah the son of Zich'ri. ^vho willingly offered himself unto the Lord ; and with him B Jehoshaphat and Ahah II. CHRONICLES, 18. form an alliance. two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. 17 And of Ben'ja-min; E-li'a-da a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. 18 And next him was Je-hoz'a-bad, and with him an hundred and four- score thousand ready prepared for the war. 19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Jii'dah. CHAPTER 18. 1 Jehoshaphat and Ahab go against Rarnoth-gil- eud. 4 Ahab's false prophets assure him of victory. 15 Micaiah's prophecy. S4 Ahab' s death. NOW Je-hosh'a-phat ^had riches and honour in a,bundance, and ^joined aflSnity wim A hab. 2 And ^after 'certain ye_ars he went down to A'hab to Sa-ma'ri-a. And A'hab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up ivith h im to Ra'moth- gil 'e-ad . 3 And A'hab king of Is'ra-el said unto Je-hosh'a-phat king of Jii'dah, Wilt thou go with me to Ra'moth- gil'e-ad ? And he answered him, I am as thou a7't, and my people as thy people : and toe v:ill be with thee in the war. 4 1 And Je-hosh'a-xjhat said unto the king of I§'ra-el, "^Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day. 5 Therefore the king of is'ra-el gath- ered together of prophets four hun- dred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ra'moth-gil'e-ad to battle, or shall I forbear ? And they said, "Go up ; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. 6 TBut Je-hosh'a-phat said, Ts there not here a prophet of the Lord ^be- sides, that we might enquire of him ? 7 And the king of i§'ra-el said unto Je-hosh'a-phat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the Lord : but I hate him ; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil : the same is Mi-ca'iah the son of Imla. And Je-hosh'a-phat said, Let not the king say so. 8 And the king of l§'ra-el called for one of his ^officers, and said, ^Fetch quickly Mi-ca'iah the son of Imla. 9 And the king of I§'ra-el and Je- hosh'a-phat king of Jii'dah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a Void place at the entering in of the gate of Sa- B. C. 897. CHAP. 18. a Deut. 8, 10, 18 1 Sam. 2, 7,30 1 Ki. 3, 13 1 Chr. 29, 11, 12 ch. 17, 5 Ps. 112, 2,3,9 Pro. 3, 13, 16 Pro. 4, 5, 6, 7,8 Pro. 10,22 Pro. 22, 4 Eccl. 5,19 1 Tim. 4,8 h Gen. 6, 2 2Ki. 8,18 2 Cor.6,14 1 at the end of years. c 1 Ki. 22, 2 d 1 Sam.23, 2 4 9 2Sam.2,l e Jer. 23,17 Ezek.13,3 2 yet, or, more. 3 Or, eunuchs. 4 Hasten. 5 Or, floor. 6 thou consv^me them. 7 with one mouth. f Num. 22, 18, 20, 35 Num. 23, 12,26 Num. 24, 13 1 Ki.22,14 Jer. 23, 8 Jer. 42, 4 g 1 Ki.18,27 Amos 4, 4 8 Or, but for evil. h Ps. 103,20 Dan. 7, 9 i Job 1, 6 2Thes.2,9 j Hos. 4. 12 Zech.13.2 John 8,44 4S8 ma'ri-a ; and all the prophets prophe- sied before them. 10 And Zed-e-kl'ah the son of Che^ na'a-nah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syr'i-a until %hey be consumed . 11 And all the prophets prophesied so,saying. Go up to Ra'moth -gil'e-ad, and prosper : for the Lord shall de- liver it into the hand of the king. 1 2 And the messenger that went to call Mi-ca'iah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king ''with one assent; let thy word therefore, 1 pray thee, be like one of their's, and speak thou good. 13 And Mi-ca'iah said, As the Lord liveth, -^even what my God saith, that will I speak. 14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him. Ml- ca'iah, shall we go to Ra'moth-gii'e-ad to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, ^Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord ? 16 Then he said, I did see all l§'ra-el scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd : and the Lord said. These have no mas- ter ; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. 17 And the king of l§'ra-el said to Je-hosh'a-phat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, ^but evil ? 18 Again he said. Therefore hear the word of the Lord; I '^saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And the Lord said, Who shall entice A'hab king of I§'ra-el, that he may go up and fall at Ra'moth-gil'- e-ad? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying af- ter that manner. 20 Then there came out a 'spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I wUl entice him. And the Lord said unto him. Wherewith ? 21 And he said, I will go out, and be ^a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the L ORB said. Thou shalt entice hi77i, and thou shalt also prevail : go out, and diO even so. Ahab is smitten. II. CHRONICLES, 19. Jehoshaphat reproved. 22 Now therefore, behold, '^theLoRD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these th}^ prophets, and the Lord iath spoken evil against thee. 23 llThen Zed-e-ki'ah the son of Che- na'a-nah came near, and 'smote JM.i- calah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee ? 24 AndMi-ca'iah said. Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go '■'into "an inner chamber to hide thyself. 25 Then the king of l§'ra-el said, Take ye Mi-ca'iah, and carry him back to A'mon the governor of the city, and to Jo'ash the king's son ; 2o And say. Thus saith the king, Put '"this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, imtd I re- turn in peace. 27 And Mi-calah said, If thou cer- tainly return in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken by me. And he said. Hearken, all ye people. 28 So the king of Is'ra-el and Je- hosh'a-phat the king of Jii'dah went up to Ra'moth-gil'e-ad. 29 And the king of l§'ra-el said unto Je-hosh'a-phat, "I will disguise my- self, and will go to the battle ; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of l§'ra-el disguised himself; and they went to the battle. 30 Now the king of Syr'i-a had com- manded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of I§'ra-el. 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Je-hosh'- a-phat, that they said, It is the king of l§'ra-el. Therefore they compassed ''about him to fight : but Je-hosh'a- phat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved f them to de- part from hun. 32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Is'ra-el, they turned back again ^^from pur- suing him. 33 And a certain man drew a bow ^^at a venture, and smote the king of l§'ra-el '^betAveen the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man. Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host ; for I am ^^wounded. 34 And the battle increased that B. C. 897. CHAP, 18. ik Job 12, 16 Isa. 19, 14 Ezek.l4:,9 J as. 1, 13 I Jer. 20, 2 Mark 14, 65 Acts 23, 2 9 Or, from, chamber to cham,- ber. 10 a cham^ ber in a cliamber. m ch. 16, 10 n Pro. 10,24 Pro. 13,20 p'Ps. 46, 1 II from, after Mm. 12 in Ms sim.- plicity. 13 between the joints and be- tween the breast- plate. 14 made sick. B.C. CHAP. 19. a 1 Sam.9,9 b Ps. 15, 4 Pro. 1, 10 c ch. 32, 25 d ch. 12, 12 e ch. 30, 19 Ezra 7, 10 1 he re- turned and went out. f Deut. 16, 18 g Deut.1,17 h Ps. 82, 1 Eccl. 5, 8 2 in the matter of judg- ment. i Deut.32,4 Rom. 9,14 j Deut. 10,17 Job 34, 19 Actsl0,34 Rom. 2,11 Gal. 2, 6 Eph. 6, 9 Col. 3, 25 ! 1 Pet.1,17 k Deut. j 16, 18 \l 2 Sam. 23,3 mDeut.17,8 In Num. 16,46 Ezek.3,18 459 day: howbeit the king of Is'ra-el stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syr'i-ans until the even : and about the time of the sun going doAvn he died. CHAPTER 19. 1 Jehoshaphat visits his kingdom : 5 Ms instruetioni to the judges, 8 to thepriests and Levites. AND Je-hosh'a-phat the king of Jii'dah returned to his house in peace to Je-ru'sa-lem. 2 And Je'hii the son of "Ha-na'nl the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Je-hosh'a-phat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and *love them that hate the Lord? therefore is 'wrath upon thee from before the Lord. 3 Nevertheless there are ''good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared ^thine heart to seek God. 4 And Je-hosh'a-phat dwelt at Je- ru'sa-lem : and ^he went out again through the people from Be'er-she'ba to mount E'phra-im, and brought them back luito the Lord God of their fathers. 5 And he -^"set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Jii'dah, city by city, 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do : for -^ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, '^who is with you ^in the judgment. 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you ; take heed and do it : for Hhere is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor -^respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. * 8 Moreover in Je-ru'sa-lem did Je- hosh'a-phat set ^of the Le'vites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Is'ra-el, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Je-ru'sa-lem. 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall "ye do 'in the fear of the Lord, faithiuUy, and with a perfect heart. 10 And '"whafc cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood land blood, between law and com- mandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath ''come nipon you, and upon your brethren : this do, and ye shall not trespass. *J. Neh. 9. 33. * A fast proclaimed. 11. CHRONICLES, 20. Jehoshaphafs prayer. 11 And, behold, Am-a-ri'ah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord ; and Zeb-a-dfah the son of Ish'ina-el, the ruler of the house of Jij'dah, for all the king's matters: also the LeVites shall be officers be- fore you. ^Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good. CHAPTER 20. 1 Jehoskaphat, invaded hy the Moabites, proclaims a fast : 5 his prayer : 22 the overthrow of his. ene- mies: 31 his reign. IT came to pass after this also, that the chUdren of Mo'ab, and the children or Am'mon, and with them other beside the Im'mon-ites, cameagainst Je-hosh'a-phatto battle. 2 Then there came some that told J e-hosh'a-phat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on tliis side Syr'i-a ; and, behold, they be in ''Haz'a-zon-ta'- mar, which is ^En-ge'di. 3 And Je-hosh'a-phat feared, and set 4iimself to seek the Lord, and pro claimed ''a fast throughout allJii'dah 4 And "^ Jii'dah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord : even out of all the cities of Jii'dah they came to seek the Lord. 5 TFAnd Je-hosh'a-phat stood in the congregation of Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa lem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, 6 And said, O Lord God of our fa tliers, art not thou ^God in heaven ? and -^'rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen ? and nn thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to with stand thee ? 7 Art not thou ^our God, ^loho didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people is'ra-el, and gavest it to the seed of I 'bra-ham 'thy friend for ever ? 8 And thev dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 If, hohen evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 10 And now, behold, the children of Am'mon and M5'ab and mount Selr, whom thou wouldest ^not let i§'ra-el invade, when they came out of the land of E'gypt,T3ut they turned from them, and destroyed them not ; B. C. 896. CHAP. 19. 3 Take courage and do. CHAP. 20. a Gen. 14, 7 b Josh. 15.62 1 his face. c Jonah. 3,5 tZ Joel 1. 1± e Deut.4,39 1 Ki. 8, 23 Mat. 6, 9 /Ps. 47, 2 Dan. 4, 17 g Ps. 62, 11 Mat. 6, 13 h Gen. 17, 7 Ex. 6, 7 2 thou. i Isa. 41, 8 Jas. 2, 23 j IKi. 8, 33, 37 ch.6,28,29 k Deut. 2, 4 I Num. 20,21 m Ps. 83, 12 n 1 Sam. 3,13 2 Cor. 3. 5 p Ps. 25, 15 Ps. 121, 1 Ps. 123, 1 Ps. 141. 8 q Num. 11,25 Num.24,2 ch. 15, 1 ch. 24, 20 r Ex. 14, 13 Deut.1,29 Deut. 31, 6,8 ch. 32, 7 3 ascent. 4 Or,valley. s Ex. 14. 13 t Num.14,9 ch. 15, 2 ch. 32, 8 u Ex. 4, 31 V Isa. 7, 9 v.> 1 Chr. 16,29 5 prairt^rs, i 460 1 1 Behold, J say, hovj they reward us, to "'come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge "them? for °we have no might against this great company that cometh against us ; neither know we what to do : but ^our eyes are upon thee. 13 And all Jii'dah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14 Then upon Ja-ha'zi-el the son of| Zech-a-ri'ah, the son of Be-na'iah,thei son_of Je-i'el, the son of Mat-ta-ni'ah, a Le'vite of the sons of A'saph, came ?the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation ; 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Jii'- dah, and ye inhabitants of Je-ru'sa- lem, and thou king Je-hosh'a-phat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be 'not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude ; for the bat- tle is not your's, but God's. 1 6 To morrow go ye doAvn against them : behold, they come up by the ^cliff of Ziz ; and ye shall find them at the end of the ^brook, before the wilderness of Jer'u-el. 17 Ye 'shall not 7ieed to fight in this battle : set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem : fear not, nor be dismayed ; to mor- j row go out against them: for^the| Lord loill be with you, | 18 And Je-hosh'a-phat ^bowed his| head with his face to the ground :j and all Jii'dah and the inhabitants of | Je-ru'sa-lem fell before the Lord,| worshipping the Lord, | 19 And the Le'vites, of the children[ of the K5'hath-ites, and of the chil-| dren of the Kor'hites, stood up to| praise the Lord God of i§'ra-el withj a loud voice on high. | 20 IT And t hey rose early in the mom mg. and went forth into the wil derness bh( of 4'e-ko'a : and as they w e nt forth, J e-hosh'a-phat stood and said, Hear me, O J ii'dah, and ye inhabitants of Je-ru'sa-lem; ^Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; ISelieve his prophets, so shall ye prosper . p. 32. 6-8.J 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers un- to the Lord, "'and ^that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went o"t before the army, and to say. The "people rejoice. 11. CHRONICLES, 5^1. Jehorara's reign. '^Praise the Lord ; for ^his mercy en- dureth for ever. 22 ^ ''And when they began -to sing and to praise, 'the Lord set am- bushments against the childj'en of Am'mon, Mo^b, and mount Se'ir, which were come against Jii'dah ; and ^they were smitten. 23 For the children of Arn'm^n and Mo'ab stood up against the inhabit- ants of mount Se'ir, utterly to slay and destroy them : and when they had made an end of tb« inhabitants of Se'ir, every'" one helped ^to destroy another. 24 And when Jii'dah cam.e toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, "behold, they toere dead bodies fallen to the earth, and ^°none escaped. 25 And Avhen Je-hosh'a-phat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches vfith the dead bodies, and ^ ^precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away : and they were three days in gather- ing of the spoil, it was so much. 26 And on the fourth day they as- sembled themselves in the valley of ^'Bera-chah ; for there they blessed the Lord : therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Ber'a-chah, unto this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem, and Je- hosh'a-phat in the ^ ^forefront of them, to go again to Je-ru'sa-lem with joy ; for the Lord had *made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 And they ca^ne to Je-ru'sa-lem with psalteries and harps and trump- ets unto the house of the Lord. 29 And ''the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of is'ra-el. 30 So the realm of Je-hosh'a-phat was quiet: for his '^God gave him rest round about. 31 1"And ^Je-hosh'a-phat reigned over Jii'dah: he toas thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Je-ru'sa-lem. And his mother's name was A-zii'bah the daughter of Shfl'hi. 32 And he walked in the way of A'sa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord. B. C. 896. CHAP. 20. X 1 Chr. 16, 34 Ps. 13a 1 y ch. 5, 13 ch. 7, 3 6 And in the time that they, etc. 7 in sing- ing and praise. z Ju(ig.7,22 1 Sam. 14,20 8'Or, they smote one another. 9 for the de- struction. a Ex. 14, 13 10 there was not an escap- ing. 11 T'e^sels of desire. 12 That is, Blesmt^. 13 head. h Neh.12,43 c ch. 17, 10 d ch. 15, 15 Job 34,29 e lKi.22,41 /ch. 12, 14 ch. 19, 3 14 words. g 1 Ki. 16, 1 15 was made to ascend. 16 At first Jehosha- phat was unwill- ing, 1 Ki.22,49 h ch. 9. 21 «j B. C. 889. CHAP, 21. 1 Alone. 892. 2 Jehoram made partner of the i kingdom j with his father, 2 Ki. 8, 16 a Gen. 4, 8 Judg. 9, 5 5 In con- sort. c ch. 22, 2 461 3 Howbeit the high places were not taken away : for as yet the peo- ple had not -^prepared their iiearts imto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Je- hosh'a-phat, first and last, behold, they are written in the ^^book of Je'- hii the son of Ha-na'nl, "who '^^s men- tioned in the book of the kings of Is'ra-el. 35 ^And after this did Je-hosh'a- phat king of Jii'dah join himself with A-ha-zi'ah king of Is'ra-el, who did very" wickedly : 36 And "he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tar'shishj and they made the_ships inE'zi-on-ga'b6r. 37 Then E-li-e'zer the son of D5'da- vah of Ma-re 'shah prophesied against Je-hosh'a-phat, saying. Because thou hast joined thyself with A-ha-zi'ah, the Lord hath broken thv v\'orks. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to^Tar'shish. CHAPTER 21. 1 Jehorarri succeeds Jehoshaphat : 5 his wicked reign: 8 Edam and Libnah revolt : 18 his incurable dis- ease ]VrO W Je-hosh'a-phat slept with his -lS fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da'vid. And Je- ho'ram his son reigned in his stead'. 2 And he had brethren the sons of Je-hosh'a-phat, Az-a-ri'ah, and Je- hi'el,and Zech-a-ri'ah,and Az-a-ri'ah, and Mi'chael, and Sheph-a-ti'ah : all these wei^e the sons of Je-hosh'a- phat king of is'ra-el. 3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of recious things, with fenced cities m u'dah : but the kingdom gave he to ^ Je-ho'ram ; because he icas the first- bom. 4 Now when Je-ho'ramwasrisenup to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and "slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of i§'ra-el. 5 TJe-h5'ram hoas thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Je-ru'- sa-lem. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of l§'ra-el, like as did the house of A'hab : for he had the daughter of "^A'hab to wife : and he wrought that which wis evil in the eyes of the Lord. 7 Howbeit the Lord would not de- stroy the house of Da'vid, because of the covenant that he had made with pre Ju Jj^dom revolteth. 11. CHRONICLES, 22. Ahaziah is slain. Da'vid, and as he promised to give a ^light to him and to his ''sons forever. 8 IF In 'his days the E'dom-ites revolt- ed from under the dominion of Jii'- dah, and made themselves a king. 9 Then Je-ho'ram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him : and he rose up by night, and smote the E'dom-ites which com- passed him in, and the captains of the chariots. 10 So the -^E'dom-ites revolted from under the hand of Jii'dah unto this day. The same time also did Lib'nah revolt from under his hand ; because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers. 11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Ju'dah, and caused the inhabitants of Je-ru'sa-lem to ^commit fornication, and compelled Ju'dah thereto. 1 2 ^ And there came a Vriting to him from E-li'jah the prophet, saying, Thus saith tl>e Lord God of DaVid thy father, Because thou hast not w^alked in the ways of Je-h5sh'a- phat thy father, nor in the ways of A'sa king of Jii'dah, 1 3 But hast walked in the way of the kings of is'ra-el, and hast made Jii'dah and the inhabitants of Je-ru'- sa-lem to ^go a whoring, hke to the *whoredoms of the house of Aliab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself : 14 Behold, with ®a gTeat plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods : 15 And thou shalt have great sick- ness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. 1 6 ^Moreover the Lord -^stirred up against Je-ho'ram the spirit of the PhMis'tine§, and of the A-ra'bi-an§, that vmre near the E-thi-5'pi-an§ : IT And they came up into Jii'dah, and brake into it, and ''carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, *and his sons also, and his wives ; so that there was never a son left him, save ® Je-ho'a-haz, the youngest of his sons. 1 8 And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. 19 And it came to pass, that in proc- ess of time, after the end of two B, C. 892. CHAP. 21. 3 lamp, or, candle. d 2 Sam. 7 12 l'Ki.l}.,36 2 Ki. 8, 19 Ps. 132.11 889. e 2 Ki. 8, 20 4 hand. /Gen.27,40 g Lev. 17, 7 Lev. 20, 5 5 Which w^as writ befor3 hisdeath, 2 Ki. 2, 1 h Ex. 34, 15 i 2 Ki. 9, 22 6 a great stroke. 887. i 1 Ki. 11. 14,23 7 carried captive. k ch. 24, 7 8 Or, A haziah, ch. 22, 1. or, Az- ariah, ch. 22,6. Hebe- came Prorex soon after, 2 Ki. 8, 25 2 Ki. 9, 29 885. 9 tvithout desire. Jet. 22,18 CHAP. 22. a 2 Ki. 8, 24 b ch. 21, 17 c 2Ki.8, 26 d ch. 21, 6 e Pro. 13,20 884. /2Ki.8,28 g 2 Ki. 9, 15 1 where- toith they wounded Mm. 2 Other- wise called A haziah, \ er. 1, and Je- lnoahaz, ch. 21, 17 3 treading doivn. h Judg.14,4 1 Ki.12,15 ch. 10, 15 i 2Ki. 9,21 j 2 Ki. 9,6,7 k 2 Ki. 10, 10.11 462 years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness : so he died of sore dis- eases. And his people made no burn- ing for him, like the burning of his fathers. 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Je-rii'sa-lem eight years, and departed Without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of Da'vid, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. CHAPTER 22. I Ahaziah, succeeding, reigns ivickedly : 5 he is slain htj Jehu. 10 Aihaliak, destroying all the seed royal save Joash, usurps the kingdom. AND the inhabitants of Je-ru'sa- lem made " A-ha-zi'ah his young- est son king in his stead : for the band of men that came with the A-ra'- bi-an§ to the camp had slain all the ''eldest. So A-ha-zi'ah the son of Je ho'ram king of Ju'dah reigned. 2 Forty '^and two years old was A-ha- zi'ah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Je-ru'sa-lem. His mother's name also loas "^Ath-a-li'ah the daughter of om'ri. 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of A'hab : for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. 4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of A'hab : for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to ^his destruc- tion. 5 He walked also after their counsel, and went -^with Je-ho'ram the son of A'hab king of l§'ra-el to war against Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a at Ra'moth- gU'e-ad : and the Syr'i-ans smote Jo'- ram. 6 And ^he returned to be healed in J ez're-'^l because of the wounds ' which were given him at Ra'mah, when he fought with Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a. And ^Az-a-ri'ah the son of Je-h5'ram king of Jii'dah went down to see Je- ho'ram the son of A'hab at Jez're-el, because he was sick. 7 And the ^destruction of A-ha-zi'ah ^was of God by coming to J5'ram : for when he was come, *lie went out with Je-h5'ram against Je'hii the son of Nim'shi, •'whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of A'hab. 8 And it came to pass, that, when Je'hii was ^executing judgment upon the house of A'hab, and found the princes of Jii'dah, and the sons of the brethren of A-ha-zi'ah, that minis- tered to A-ha-zi'ah, he slew them. Joash is spared. TT CHRONICLES, 23. and made king. 9 And 'lie sought A-ha-zI'ah : and they caught him, (for he was hid in Sa- ma'ri-a,) and brought hini to Je'hu: and when they had slain him, they buried him : Because, said they, he is the son of Je-hosh'a-phat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of A-ha-zfah had no power to keep still the kingdom, 10 liBut when Ath-ali'ah the mother of A-ha-zi'ah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal_of the house of Ju'dah. 11 But *Jelio-shab'e-ath, the daugh- ter of the king, took Jo'ash the son of j- A-ha-zi'ah, and stole him from among i the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jelio-shab'e-ath, the daughter of king Je-ho'ram, the wife of Je-hoi'a- da the priest, (for she was the sister of A-ha-zI'ah,) hid him from Ath-a-lfah, so that she slew him not. 12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years : and Ath-a- 11 'ah reigned oyer the land. CHAPTER 23. 1 JehoJada riiakes Joash king. 12 Athaliah is slain. 16 Jehoiada restores the worship of God, and settles\ the king, etc. \ AND "in the seyenth year Je-hoi'- a-da strengthened himself, and took the captains ot hmidreds, Az-a-rf - ah the son of Jer'o-ham,and ish'ma-el the son of Je-ho-ha'nan,and Az-a-ri'ah the son of O'bed, and 3Ia-a-se'iah the son of Ad-a-f ah, and E-lish'a-phat the son of Zich'ri,into coyenant with him. 2 And they *went about in Ju'dah. and gathered the Le'yites out of all_ the cities of Jii'dah, and the chief of | the fathers of l§'ra-el, and they came to Je-ru'salem. 3 And all the congregation made a coyenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them. Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the Lord hath ^said of the sons of Da'yid. 4 This is the thing that ye shall do : A third part, of you '^entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Le'- yites, shall be porters of the 'doors ; 5 And a third part shall be at the: king's house; and a third part at! the gate 'of the foundation: and all| the people shall be in the courts ■ of the house of the Lord. 6 But let none come into the house of the Lord, saye the priests, and •^"they that minister they shall go in, for CHAP. 22. 4: JeJiosh- eba, 2 Ki. 11, 2 of the Le'yites; they are ^holy : B.C. 881. but all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord. 7 And the Le'yites shall compass the I 2 Ki. 9, 27 Iking round about, eyery man with his t^% weapons in his hand ; and v-z^hosoeyer the^king-L/gg comctli uito the house, he shall be Samaria, iput to death : but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. 8 So the Le'yites and all Jii'dah did according to all things that Je-hoi'- a-da the priest had commanded, and took eyery man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath : for Je-hoi'a-da the priest dismissed not the ^courses. 9 Moreoyer Je-hoi'a-da the priest de- liyered to the captains of himdreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king Da'^'ids, which were in the house of God. 10 And he set aU the people, eyery man ha\^g his weapon in his hand, from the right ^side of the ^temple to (iichr.9,25|the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. 11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the cro^\Ti,and ''gave hbn the testimony, and made him king. And Je-hoi'a-da and his sons anointed liim, and said, ^God saye the king. 12 ^Xow when Ath-a-li'ah heard the noise of the people running and prais- ing the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord : 1 3 And she looked, and. behold, the king stood at liis pillar at the enter- ing in, and the princes and the trump- ets by the king : and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with in- struments of musick, and -such as taught to sing praise. Then Ath-a- Ir'ah rent her clothes, and said, '^Trea- son, Treason. 14 Then Je-hoi'a-da the priest brought out the captains of hun- dreds that were set oyer the host, and said unto them, Haye her forth the ranges : and whoso f olioweth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said. -^Slaj' her not in the house of the Lord. 15 So they laid hands on her ; and when she was come to the entering of ^the horse gate by the king's house, they ^slew her there. 16 ^And Je-hoi'a-da made '"a cove- n. C. 878. CHAP. 23. a 2 Ki. 11. 4 5Ps. 112, 5 1 c 2 Sam. 7. 12 1 Ki. 2, 4 1 Ki. 9, 5 cli. 6, 16 cti. 7, 18 ch. 21, 7 1 thres'ri- olds. e Acts 3, 2 / 1 Clir. 23, 28,29 2 holiness. Num. 16, 5 Ezra 8, 28 g lChr.24.1 lClir.25,1 3 shoulder. i house. h Deut. 17.18 Ps. 2, 10-12 5 Let the king live. 1 Sam. 10, 21 2 Sam. 16. 16 1 Ki. 1, 39 i lClir.25,8 6 Con- spiracy. 1 Ki. 18, 17, 18 Rom. 2, 3 of j Xum. 5. 2 Num.. 19, 14 k Nell. 3, 28 I Gen. 9, 5 ch. 22, 10 Mat. 7, 2 m2Ki.ll,17 NeU. 9, 38 463 BaaVs altars destroyed. II. CHRONICLES, 24. The temple repaired. Slant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord's people. IT Then all the people went "to the house of Ba'al, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and ''slew Mat 'tan the priest of Ba'al before the altars. 18 Also J e-hoi'a-da appointed the of- fices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Le'vites, whom Da'vid had ^distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offer- ings of the Lord, as it is written in the ^law of Mo'se§, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained ''hj Da'vid. 19 And ho set the ''porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none ichich ivas unclean in any thing should enter in. 20 And 'he took the captains of hun- dreds, and the nobles, and the govern- ors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord : and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 21 And 'all the people of the land re- joiced : and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Ath-a~li'ah with the sword. CHAPTER 24. 1 Joash reigns xoell all the claijs of Jehoiada. 15 Je- hoiada bemg dead, 17 Joash falls to idolatri/ : 23 he is slain by his servants. TO'ASH °v'as seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Je-ru'sa-lem. His mother's name also ivas Zib'i-ah of Be'er-she'ba. 2 And J5'ash *did that vahich was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Je-hoi'a-da the priest. 3 And Je-hoi'a-da took for him two wives ; and he begat sons and daugh- ters. 4 IF And it came to pass after this, that Jo'ash was minded ^to repair the house of the Lord. 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Le'vites, and said to them. Go out unto the cities of Jii'- dah, and "gather of all l§'ra-el money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Le'vites hastened it not. 6 And '^the king called for Je-hoi'a- da the chief, and said unto him_^Why hast thou not required of the Le'vites B. C. 878. CHAP. 23. n2Ki.lO,23 Deut.13,9 p 1 Chr. 23, 6. 30, 31 lChr.24,1 q Ex. 29, 38 Num.28,2 7 by the hands of David, 1 Chr. 25, 2,6 r lChr.26,1 s 2Ki.ll,19 t 1 Ki. 1, 40 Pro. 11,10 Pro. 29, 2 CHAP. 24:. a2Ki.n,21 2 Ki. 12, i b ch. 26, 5 856. 1 to renew. c 2 Ki. 12, 4 d 2 Ki. 12, 7 e Ex. 30,12, 13, 14, 16 / Num.1,50 Acts 7, 44 g ch. 21, 17 ch. 22, 3, 4 Ps. 12, 8 7i2Ki. 12,4 i 2 Ki. 12, 9 2 a voice. Ex. 36, 6 j2Ki.l2,10 3 theheal- ing went up upon the work. k 1 Ki. 7, 50 2 Ki.12,13 i Or, pestils. I Ex. 29,30 850. m Job 5, 26 n 1 KL 2, 10 464 to^ bring in out of Ju'dah and out of Je-ru'sa-lem the collection, according to the commandment of *Mo'§e§ the servant of the Lord, and of the con- gregation of l§'ra-el, for the -^taber- nacle of witness ? 7 For ^the sons of Ath-a-ii'ah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and a? so all the dedi- cated Hhings of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Ba'al-im. 8 And at the king's commandment 'they made a chest, and set it v/ith- out at the gate of the house of the Lord. 9 And they made ^a proclamatioii through Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem, tc brmg^ in to the Lord the collection ^AaOI5'§es the ser^^ant of God laid upon is'ra-el in the wilderness. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. 111^ w it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Le'- vites, and when -^they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. 1 2 And the king and Je-hoi'a-da gave it to such as did' the work of the serv- ice of the house of the Lord, and hired masons and carpenters to re- pair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord. 1 3 So the workmen wrought, and the Vork was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished it^ they brought the rest of the money before the king and Je-hoi'a-da, ''^whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord, even vessels to minister, and *to offer vjithal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they 'offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Je-hoi'a-da. ] 5 IF^ut Je-hoi'a-da waxed old, and was ""full of days when he died ; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died, 1 6 And they buried him in "the city of Da'vid among the kings, because Joash IS slai?i. II. CHRONICLES, 25. Amaziah's reig?i B. C. 840. he had done good in is'ra-el, both toward God, and toward his house. 17 Now after ^he death of Je-hoi' a-da came the princei of Ju'dah, and p made oteisance to the king. the king hearkened luito them. 1 S And they left the house of tlie Lord God of their fathers, and served ^groves and idols : and ^vrath ?came upon Ju'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem for this their trespass. 19 Yet he ''sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord ; and," J^^^^^'g tliey testified agairtst them : but they would not give ear. 20 And 'the Spirit of God ^came a-bad the son of ^Shim'rith a 3I5'ab it-ess: 27 Now C07icer7ii7ig his sons, and the greatness of '^the bm^dens laid r cli. 36, 15 Jer. 7, 25, 26 Jer. 25, 4 s ch. 15, 1 5 clothed, Judg.0,34 t Xum. li. 41 u ch. 15, 2 Mat.23,35 Acts 7, 58 6 in the /revolu- ' t ion of the year. upon Zech-a-ri'ah the son of Je-hoi''-!^w2KLi2,i a-da the priest, which stood above the!' J^,""^" people, and said unto them, Thus saith God.^\Yhy transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? "because ve have A^ also forsaken the Lord, he hath forsaken you . C. 28. 22 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned "him vrith stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord. 2 2 Thus J 5'asb the king remembered \ 9 ov, not the kindness which Je-hoi'a-da his father had done to him, but slew liis son» And Avhen he died, he said, The Lord look u]3on it, and require it. 23 TAnd it came to pass ®at the end of the year, that "the host of Syr'i-a came up against him : and they came to Ju'dah and- Je-ru'sa-lem, and de- stroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, cmd sent all the spoil of them unto the king of 'Da-mas'cus. 24: For the army of the SyrT-an§ came ''with a small company of men, and the Lord ■^dehvered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed -judgment •cigamst J 6'ash. 25 And when they were depa^rted from him, (for they left hun in great diseases.) his "own seiwants conspired against hhn for Hhe blood of the sons of Je-hoi'a-da the priest. and slew him on his bed, and he died : and they buried him in the city of Da\dd, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. 2 6 And these are they that conspired against him; ^Za'bad the son of Shim'- e-ath an Am'mon-it-ess, and Je-hoz'- (30) CHAP. 24. Acts20,29 lEi.14,23 Then q Judy. 5, 8 j upon him, and the "repairing of the house of God, behold, they are writ- ten in the ^^story of the book of the kings. And Am-a-zi'ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 25. I Amaziah heguis to reign well : 5 having hired an array oj,~ Israelites against the Ed.o'inites, at the word of a prophet he loses an hundred talents, and dis- misses them : 11 he overthrows the Edornites : 17 he provokes Joash to his overth'row. M-A-ZrAH''z6*a5 twentvand five years old vmen he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Je-ru'sa-lem. And his mother's name teas Je-ho-ad'dan of Je-ru'sa-lem. 2 Aid he did that %:hich loas right in the sight of the LoRD/but not with a perfect heart. 3 Now ''it came to pass, when the kingdom was ^established to him, that he slew his ser\'ants that had killed the king his father. 4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is_ written hi the law m the book of Mo'ses, where the Lord com- manded, sayiag, ''The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his o^^ti sin. 5 T^Ioreover Am-a-zi'ah gathered J ii'dah together, and made them caj)- tains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout X Lev. 26, 8 Deut. 32,30 I.sa. 30, 17 y Lev.26,25 Deut. 28,25 z Isa. 10, 5 a 2 EL12,20 b Ps. 10, 14 839. 8 Or, Jozachar. Shomer. c 2Ki.l2,lS 10 found- ing. 11 Oi-, com- mentary. CHAP. 25. a 2 Ki. 14, 1 5 2 KL 14,4 c 2 Ki. 14, 5 1 confirmed uponhim. d Deut. 24, lo 2 Ki. 14, 6 Jer. 31, 30 Ezek. 18,20 e Num. 1, 8 flKi.12.28 ch. 15, 2 Hos. 4, 6, 15-19 Hos. 5, 6, 7, 15 Hos. 9,11, 12, 16, 17 g Gen.18,14 1 Sam. 14. 6 1 Chr. 29,11 chx. 14, 11 ch. 20, 6 .Job 42, 2 Ps. 118, 6 Jer. 32, 17 Mat.19,26 Rom. 8,31 2 band. 465 all Ju'dah and Ben'ja-min: and he numbered them ^f rom. twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice meji, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. 6 He hired also an hundred thou- sand mighty men of valour out of Is' ra-el for an hundred talents of silver T But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of is'ra-el go ^vith thee : for the -^Lorl is not with is'ra-el, to tcit, loith all the children of E'plira-im. 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle : God shall make thee fall before the r;nemy : for God hath •^power to help, and to cast do^vn. 1) And Am-a-zi'ah said to the man of God. But what shall vre do for the hundred talents which I have given to the '^amiy of l§'ra-el ? And the man Amaziah is overthrown XI. CHRONICLES, 26. dy Joash. of God answered, The Lord is *able to give thee much more than this. 1 Then Am-a-zf ah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of E'phra-im, to go ^home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Jii'dah, and they returned home *in great anger 11 And Am-a-zi'ah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to *the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand 1 2 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of J ii'dah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. 1 3 But 'the soldiers of the army which Am-a-zi'ah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Jii'dah,_from Sa ma'ri-a even unto Beth-ho'ron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. 14 TiNow it came to pass, after that Am-a-zi'ah was come from the slaugh- ter of the E'dom-ites, that he-'l)rought the gods of the children of Se'ir, and set them xiptohe his ^gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense imto them. 1 5 Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Am-a-zi'ah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after 'the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand ? 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him. Art thou made of ""the king's counsel ? forbear; why shouldest thou be smit ten ? Then the prophet torbare, and said, I know that God hath Meter- mined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not heark- ened unto my counsel. IT HTh en "Am-a-zi'ah kingof Jii'dah took advice, and sent to J 5'ash, the son of Je-ho'a-haz, the son of Je'hii, king of l§'ra-el, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. 1 8 And Jo'ash king of l§'ra-el sent to Am-a-zi'ah king of Jii'dah, saying, The ^thistle that was in Leb'a-non sent to the cedar that was in Leb'a- non, saying. Give thy daughter to my son to wife : and there passed by ^a wild beast that was in Leb'a-non,and trode down the thistle. B. C, 839. CHAP. 25. h Deut.8,18 ch. 1, 12 Pro.10,22 3 to their place. i in heat 0} anger. 827. i 2Ki.U.7 5 the s(ym of the hand. j ch. 28, 23 k Ex. 20,3,5 I Ps. 96, 5 m2Tim.4,3 6 coun- selled. 1 Sam, 2,25 826. n 2 Kl. 14, 8.9 7 Or,fwze bush, or, thorn. 8 a beast of the field, o Pro. 18. 6 p 1 Ki.12,15 ch. 22. 7 9 smitten. q ch. 21, 17 ch. 22, 1,6 10 the gate of it that looketh. 11 sons of pledge, or, power. r 2Ki.l4.17 810. 12 from after. 13 con- spired a conspir- acy. 14: That Is, The city of David as it is 2Ki.l4,20 CHAP. 26. 1 Or, Azariah, 2 Ki. U, 21,22 2 Ki. 15, 1 466 19 Thou say est, Lo, thou hast smit- ten the E'dom-ites; and thine heart Lif teth thee up to boast : abide now at home ; why shouldest thou tied- die to thine hurt,that thou shouldest fsiW.even thou, and Jii'dah with thee ? 20 But Am-a-zi'ah would not hear ; for nt cayne of God, that he might de- liver them into the hand of their ene- mies, because they sought after thQ gods of E'dom. 2 1 So J o'ash the king of l§'ra-el went up ; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Am-c^-zi'ah king of Jii'dah, at Beth-she'mesh, which be- long eth to Jii'dah. 22 And Jii'dah was "put to the worse before l§'ra-el, and they fled eveiy man to his tent. 23AndJ5'ashthekingofI§'ra-eltook Am-a-zi'ah king of Ju'dah, the son of Jo'ash, the son of ?Je-h6'a-haz, at Beth-she'mesh, and brought him to Je-ru'sa-lem, and brake down the wall of Je-ru'sa-lem from the gate of E'phra-im to '"the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 24: And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with o'bed- e'dom, and the treasures of the king's house, the ' 'hostages also, and re- turned to Sa-ma'ri-a. 25 ^And 'Am-a-zi'ah the son of Jo'- ash king of Jii'dah lived afrer the death of Jo'ash son of Je-h5'a-haz king of I§'ra-el fifteen years. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Am-a- zi'ah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Jii'dah and l§'ra-el ? 27 ITNow after the time that Am-a- zi'ah did turn away '^from following the Lord they "made a conspiracy against him in Je-ru'sa-lem; and he fled to La'chish : but they sent to La'- chish after him, and slew him there. 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fa- thers in the city of '* Jii'dah. CHAPTER 26. 1 Uszlah succeeds Amaziah, and reigns well in the clays of Zechariah: 9 his buildings: 11 his host, and engines of war : 16 he invades theptHesfs office, and is smitten with leprosy : 22 his death, etc. THEN all the people of Jii'dah took 'Uz-zi'ah. who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Am-a-zi'ah. 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Jii'dah, after that the king slept with his fathers. Uzziah's reign 11. CHRONICLES, 27. and death. 3 Sixteen years old loas tJz-zi'ah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years ia Je-ru'- sa-lem. His mother's name also was Jec-o-lfah of Je-ru'sa-lem. 4 And he did thai which to as right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Am-a-zi'ah did. 5 And ''he sought God in the days of Zech-a-ri'ah, who *had understand- ing ^in the visions of God ; and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. - 6 And he went forth and ''warred against the Phi-lis'tine§, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jab'neh, and the wall of Ash'dod, and built cities ^about Ash'dod, and among the Phi-lis'tine§ B. C. 810. CHAP.20. a ch. 24, 2 b Gen.41,15 Dan. 1, 17 Dan. 2. 19 Dan. 10, 1 2 in the seeing of Qod. c Isa. 14, 29 3 Or, in the coun- try 0/ Ashdod, d ch. 21, 16 e 2 Sam.8,2 ch. 17, 11 4 went. g ch. 21, 16 6 Or, cut out many cisterns. 7 Or, fruit- fal fields. 8 ground. 9 the power of an army. 10 stones of slings. 11 went forth. 765. h Deut. 32,15 Hab. 2, 4 t Deut.8,14 ch. 25, 19 j 2 Ki. 16. 12,13 k lChr.6,10 I Mat, 14,4 m Num. 16,40 Num. 18,7 n Ex. 30, 7 o Num. 12, 10 2 Ki. 5, 27 p Esth.6,12 q 2 Ki. 15, 5 12 free. Lev. 13,46 Num.5, 2 r Isa. 1, 1 s Isa. 6, 1 /2Ki.l4,13 Neh. 3,13, 19,32 Zech. 7 Ancl God helped him ^against the . ^'^ Phi-lis'tineg, and against the A-ra'bi- "^ repaired. an^ that dwelt in Gur-ba'al, and the Me-hii'nim§. 8 And the Am'mon-ites ^gave gifts to Uz-zfah : and his name '^spread abroad even to the entering in of E'gypt ; for he strengthened A i Wise (/'exceedingly. 9 Moreover Uz-zrah built towers in JS-ru'sa-lem at the -^corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and ^fortified them. 1 Also he built towers in^the desert, and "digged many wells : for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains : husbandmen also, and viae dressers in the mountains, and in 'Car'mel : for he loved ^hus- bandry. 1 1 "[Moreover t^z-zf ah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Je-f el the scribe and Ma-a-se'iah the ruler, "inderthe hand of Han-a-ni'ah,o?ie of the king's captains. 1 2 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 13 And under their hand to as *an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty poAver, to help the king against the enemy. 14 And Uz-zfah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and '"slings to cast stones. 15 And he made in Je-ru'sa-lem en- gines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bul- B C. 758, CHAP. 27. a 2 Ki. 15,32 467 warks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name ^'spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 16 tBut *when he ^vas strong, his heart was lifted up to A ^5 destruction : for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went •'into the temple of the Lord to bum incense upon the altar of incense. 17 And ^Az-a-ri'ah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, that were vahant men: 18 And they Withstood tJz-zi'ah the king, and said unto him, '"It apper- taineth not unto thee, Uz-zfah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the "priests the sons of Aar'on, that are consecrated to burn incense : go out of the sanctuary ; for thou hast trespassed ; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God. 19 Then tJz-zi'ah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn in- cense : and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar. 20 And Az-a-ri'ah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his fore- head, and they thrust him out from thence ; yea, himself hasted ^also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him. 21 And ''Uz-zfah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a ^^several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord : and Jd'tham his son loas over the king's house, judg- ing the people of the land. 22 TNow the rest of the acts of tJz- zi'ah, first and last, did ''i-ga'iah the prophet the son of A'moz, write. 23 So -'iJz-zf ah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial M^hich be- longed to the kings ; for they said, He is a leper: and Jd'tham his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 27. 1 Jotham, reigning well, prospers : 5 he subdues the Ammo7iites : T his reign and death. 9 Ahaz suc- ceeds him. JO'THAM ''was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Je-ru'- sa-lem. His mother's name also was Je-ru'shah, the daughter of Za'dok. tfotham's good reign. II. CHRONICLES, 28. Ahaz's reign. 9j And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uz-zfah did howbeit *he entered not into the tern pie of the Lord. And 'the people did yet corruptly. 3 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of "O'phel he built much. 4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Jii'dah, and in the for ests he built castles and towers. 5 He '^f-Gugho also ^with the king of the Am'mon-ites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Am'mon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. ^So much did the children of Am'mon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. 6 So Jo'tham became mighty, be- cause he ^prepared his ways before the Lord his God. 7 ^Now the rest of the acts of Jo'- tham,and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Is'ra-el and Jii'dah. 8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Je-ru'sa-lem. 9 And J5'tham slept with his fa thers, and they buried him in the city of Da'vid: and A'haz his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 28. 1 Ahaz, reigning widcedly, is afflicted hy the Syr- ians; : 22 his idolatry in his distress : 26 he dying, Eezekiah succeeds him. A'HAZ^^ocw twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Je-ru'sa-lem : but he did not that lohich kkis right in the sight of the Lord, like Da'vid his fa- ther : 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of l§'ra-el, and made also molten ^images for '^Ba'al-im. 3 Moreover he ^burnt mcense in the •^valley of the son of Llin'nom, and burnt his ^children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before ihe children of l§'ra-el. 4 He sacrificed also and burnt in- cense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 Wherefore -^the Lord his God de- livered him into the hand of the king of Syr'i-a ; and they ^smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought the'in to B. C. 758. CHAP. 27. h Ps. 119, 120 c 2 Ki.15,35 1 Or, the tower, ch. 33, 14 Neh. 3,26 d ch. 26, 8 2 Ki. 3, 4: 2 tliis. 3 Or, estab- lished. 1 Sam. 2,30 ch. 12, 14 ch. 19, 3 Ps. 31, 8 Ps. 40, 4 Ps. 84, 5 Ps. 128, 1 742. B. C. 741. CHAP. 28. a 2 Ki. 16, 2 b Ex. 34, 17 Lev. 19, 4 c Judg.2,11 1 Or, ofercd sacrifice. d 2 Ki.23,10 Jer. 7, 31 e Lev.18,21 2 Ki. 16, 3 ch. 33, 6 /Isa.7, 1 g 2 Ki. 16, 5 2 Darme- sek. 7i2Ki.l5,27 Isa. 9, 21 3 sons of valour. i Jer. 2, 19 4 the second to the king. j ch. 11, i k Ps. 69, 26 Isa. 10, 5 Isa. 47, 6 Ezek. 25, 12,15 l:zek.26,2 Obad. 10 Zech.1,15 I Gen. 4, 10 Ezra 9. 6 Rev. 18, 5 TOLev.25,89 n Jer. 25, 29 1 Pet.4,17 Jas. 2, 13 p Josh. 22,17 ^68 ^Da-mas'cus. And he was also deli^^ ered into the hand of the king of I^' ra-el, who smote him with a great slaughter. 6 For ''Pe'kahthe&r^nof Rem-a-li'ah slew in Jii'dah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, vnhich loere all ^valiant men ; because they had 'forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. 7 And Zich'ri, a mighty man of E'phra-irn, slewMa-a-se'iah the king's son, and Az'ri-kam the governor of the house, and Sl'ka-nah that wo.s ''next to the king. 8 And the children of Is'ra-el carried away captive of their •'hrethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also av/8.y much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Sa-ma'ri-a. 9 But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was O'ded : and he went out before the host that came to Sa-ma'ri-a, and saidimto them, Be- hold, '^because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Jii'dah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage thaf, reacheth ^up unto heaven. 10 And now ye purpose to keep un- der the children of Jii'dah and Je-ru'- sa-lem for'" bondmenandbondwomen unto you : hut are there not with ''you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God ? 11 Kow hear me therefore, and de- liver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brei:-hren :. "for the fierce wrath of the Lord 26- upon you. 12 Then certain of the heads of the children of E'phra-im, Az-a-ri'ah the son of Jo-ha'nan,Ber-e-chi'ah the son of Me-shil'le-moth, and Je-hiz-kT'ah the son of Shallum, and Am'a-sa the son of Had'la-I, stood up against them that came from the war, 13 And said unto them^Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for v^^hereas we have offended against the Lord already, ye intend to ^add more to our sins and to our trespass ; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against I§'ra-el. 14 So the armed men left the cap- tives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. 1 5 And the men which were ex- pressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil Ahaz's idolatry. n. CHRONICLES, 29. JEfbzekiafi's 9 sign. B. C. 741. clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and ?gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and car- ried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jer'i-cho, the 'city of palm trees, to their brethren : then they returned to Sa-ma'ri-a. 16 IT At 'that time did king A'haz send unto the kings of As-syr'i-a to help him. 1 7 For 'again the E'dom-Ites had come and smitten Jii'dah,and carried away ^captives. 18 The "Phi-lis'tines also had in- vaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Jii'dah, and had taken Beth-she'mesh,_and Aj'a-lon, and Ge-de'roth, and Sho'cho with the villages thereof, and Tim'nah with the villages thereof, Gim'zo also and the ^ jer'. 5, 3 villages thereof : and they dwelt there, i Rev.ie.n 19 For the Lord brought Jii'dah low I '^;,^;;^* sek. a Jer. 44, 17.18 b ch. 29, 3,7 7 Or, to offer. c 2 Ki. 16, 19,20 CHAP. 28. q 2 Ki. 6, 22 Pro. 25, 21,22 Lu. 6, 27 Rom. 12,20 r Oeut.34,3 Judg.1,16 s 2 Ki. 16, 7 t Lev.26,18 5 acap' tioity. u Josh. 15, 22 Ezek. 16, 27,57 V ch. 21, 2 ^ Ex. 32, 25 740. X 2 Ki.15,29 2 Ki. 16, 7-9 Isa. 7, 20 y Isa. 1, 5 726. because of Aliaz king of ^i§'ra-el ; for he made "Ju'dah naked, and trans- gressed sore against the_LoRD. 20 And ^Til'gath-pil-ne'§er king of As-syr'i-a came unto him, and dis- tressed him, but strengthened hiinnot. . 21 For A'haz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of As-syr'i-a : but he helped him not. ' 22 And in the time ^of his distress I did he trespass yet more against the ^ Lord : this is that king A'haz. 23 For 'he sacrificed unto the gods of ^Da-mas'cus, which smote him: and he said. Because the gods of the kings of Syr'i-a help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that ''they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all l§'ra-el. 24 And A'haz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and *shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made him altars in every corner of Je-ru'sa-lem. 25 And in every several "city of , ii'dah he made high places 'to burn jer. 29,18 incense unto other gods, and pro- j ch. 28,5, voked to anger the Lord God of his ^ ^;^^'.^^ fathers. 26 ^Now "the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Jii'dah and Is'ra-el. 27 And A'haz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even * C. Ezra 9. 6, 7. CHAP. 29. a 2 KI. 18, 1 h ch. 26, 5 c Pro. 8, 17 d ch. 28, 24 e 1 Chr. 15,12 ch. 35, 6 1 That is, idols, etc. / Jer. 2, 27 E",ek.8,16 2 given the neck. ch. 28, 24 h ch. 24, 18 3 comvio- tion. Deut. 28,25 i 1 Ki. 9, 8 Jer. 18,16 Jer. 19, 8 Jer. 25, 9,18 k ch. 15, 12 4 Or, be not now deceived. I Cor. 6, 9 I Num. 8, 6 Num.8,14 Num. IS, 2,6 5 Or, offer sacrifice. 469 in Je-ru'sa-lem : but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of i§'ra-el: and Hez-e-ki'ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER, 29. 1 Eezekiali's good reign: 3 he restores religion. 12 The house of God cleansed. HEZ-E-KI'AH "began to reign when he icas five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Je-ru'sa-lem. And his mother's name was A-bi'jah, the daughter ^of Zech-a-ri'ah. 2 And he did that which loas right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that DaVid his father had done. 3 *^He in the 'first year of his reign, in the first month, '^opened the doors j of the house of the Lord, and repaired them. 4 And he brought in the priests and the Le'vites, and gathered them to- gether imo the east street, 5 And said unto them. Hear me, ye Le'Yites, ^sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the 'filthiness out of the holy place. 6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which urns evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned -^away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and -turned their backs, t 7 Also ^they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of is'ra-el. 8 Wherefore the ^nvrath of the Lord was upon Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem, and he hath delivered them to ^trouble, to astonishment, and to liissing, as ye see with your eyes. 9 For, lo, •'our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in cap- tivity for this. 10 ]Now it is in mine heart to make a ^covenant with the Lord God of Is'- ra-el, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. 11 My sons, "be not now negligent: for the Lord hath 'chosen you to stand before him, to serv^e him, and that ye should minister unto him, and ^burn incense. 1 2 ^Then the Le'vites arose, Ma'hath the son of A-mas'a-i, and Jo'el the son of Az-a-ri'ah, of the sons of the K5' hath-ites ; and of the sons of t A. Ezra 9. 5-7; R. 30. 6-9. Me-ra'n. The house of II. CHRONICLES, 29. God cleansed. Kish the son of Ab'dT,and Az-a-ri'ah the son of Je-hal'e-lel: and of the G6r'shon-ites ; Jo'ah the son of Zim'- mah, and E'den the son of Jo'ah : 13 And of the sons of E-liz'a-phan ; Shim'ri,and Je-fel : and of the sons of A'saph; Zech-a-ri'ah, and Mat-ta- ni'ah : 14 And of the sons of He'nian; Je- hl'el, and Shim'e-i : and of the sons of Jed'u-thun ; Sheni-a-rah,anduz'zi-el. 1 5 And they gathered their breth- ren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the command- ment of the king, ^by the words of the Lord, "'to cleanse the house of the Lord. 1 6 And the priests went into ''the in- ner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse ^7, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Le vites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kid'ron. IT Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the "porch of the Lord : so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days ; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. 1 8 Then they went in to Hez-e-ki'ah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof. 19 Moreover all the vessels, which king A'haz in his reign did ?'cast away in his transgression, have we pre pared and sanctified,and,behold, they are before the altar of the Lord. 20 IF Then Hez-e-kfah the king rose early, and ga,thered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord, 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin ^offer- ing for the kingdom, and for the sanc- tuary, and for Jii'dah. And he com- manded the priests the sons of Aar'on to offer thera on the altar of the Lord. 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and ''sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar : they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar/ B. C. 726. CHAP. 29. 6 Or, in the business of the LORD, ch. 30. 12 m 1 Chr. 23,28 ?il Ki.6,23 That is, the sanc- tuary, and holy of holies. 1 Ki. 6, 3 p ch. 28, 24 q Lev. 4, 3,14 r Lev. 8,14. 15, 19, 24 Heb. 9, 21 7 near. s Lev. 4, 15,24 t Lev.14,20 Col. 1. 20 u lChr.16,4 lChr.25,6 V lChr.23,5 lChr.25,1 ch. 8, 14 w 2 Sara. 24,11 X ch. 30, 12 8 by the hand of the LORD. 9 by the hand of. y lChr.23,5 Amos 6, 5 z Num. 10, 8, 10 IChr. 15,24 lChr.16,6 10 in the time. a ch. 23, 18 11 bands of instru- ments. 12 song. b ch. 20. 18 13 found. c Ps. 100, 1 Ps. 106,12 14 Or, filled your hand, ch. 13, 9 d Lev. 7, 12 470 23 And they brought 'forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation ; and they laid their 'hands upon them : 24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, ''to make an atonement for all I§'ra-el : for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should he made for all l§'ra-el. 25 And 4ie set the LeVites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, ^'according to the commandment of Da'vid, and of '^Gad the king's seer, and Na'than the prophet: "^for so was the com- mandment ®of the Lord 'by his prophets. 26 And the Le'vites stood with the instruments ^'of Da'vid, and the priests with 'the trumpets. 27 And Hez-e-kfah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And ^ ° when the burnt offering began, ''the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the "instruments ordained by Da'vid king of I§'ra-el. 28 And all the congregation wor- shipped, and the '^singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded : a7id all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. 29 And when they had made an end of offering, ''the king and all that were '^present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. 30 Moreover Hez-e-kfah the king and the princes commanded the Le'- vites to sing praise unto the Lorf with the words of Da'vid, and of A'saph the seer. And they sang 'praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. 31 Then Hez-e-ki'ah answered and said. Now ye have'^'consecra^ted your- selves unto the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings '^into the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offer- ings. - 32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bul- locks, an hundred rams, and two hun= dred lambs : all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. 33 And the consecrated things were A passover proclaimed II. CHRONICLES, 30. and observed. P R six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. S4: But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore 'their brethren the Le'vites '^did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: ^for the Le'vites were more ^upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with ^the fat of the peace offerings, and ^'the drink offer- ings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the Lord was set in order. 36 And Hez-e-kf ah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people : for ^"the thing was done suddenly. CHAPTER 30. 1 Eezekiah proclaims a pasaover. 13 The assembly destroy the altars of idolatry. AND Hez-e-ki'ah sent to all i§'ra-el .X IL and Ju'dah, and wrote letters also toE'phra-im and Ma-nas'seh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Je-rr/sa-lem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of is'ra-el. •2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congre- gation in Je-ru'sa-lem, to keep the passover in the "second month. 3 For they could not keep it *at that time, 'because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Je-ru'sa-leni. 4 And the tiling * pleased the king and all the congregation. 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Xs'ra el, from Be'er-she'ba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of l§'ra-el at Je-ru'sa-lem : for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. 6 So the posts went vnih. the let- ters ^from the king and liis princes throughout all i§'ra-eland Jii'dah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Js'- ra-el,'^turn again unto the Lord God of A'bra-ham, i'saac, and Ig'ra-el, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of 'the kings of As-syr'i-a. T And be not ye -^ike your fathers, and like your brethren, which tres- B. C.'726, CHAP. 29. e ch. 35, 11 15 strevi]th- ened them, /ch. 30, 3 g Ps. 7, 10 h Lev. 3, 16 i Num. 15, 5, 7, 10 j Ps. 118,23 CHAP. 30, a Num. 9, 10 b Ex. 12. 6 c ch. 29, 34 1 was right in the eyes of the king. 2 from the iuind. a Hos. 14, 1 Joel 2, 13 MaL 3, 7 e 2K:tl5. 19,29 /Ezek. 20,18 g ch. 29, 8 3 harden not your necks. h Deut. 10,16 i give the liand. i ch. 29, 10 j Lev.26,40 k Ex. 34, 6 I Isa. 55, 7 n«h. 11, 16 passed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore gave ^them up to desolation, as ye see. p. Neh.1.8,9 , 8 Now^beyenot^stiffnecked,a^your ' fathers we^^e, but ^yield yourselves ujito the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, 'that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from j^ou. 9 For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your chil- dren snail find •'compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land : for the Lord yo ur God is gracious ^andmercitul, and will not turn away his face from you^lfye^return unto him 0. Psa. 1. 1, 2- R. Ezra9. 6. 10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of E'phra-im and Ma-nas'seh even unto Zeb'u-liin -, but "'they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. 11 Nevertheless "divers of Ash'Sr and Ma-nas'seh and of Zeb'u-lun humbled themselves, and came to Je-ru'sa-lem. 12 Also in Ju'dab '^he hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, -pby the word of the Lord. 13 IF And there assembled at Je-ru'- sa-lem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. 14 And they arose and took away the ^altars that ivere in Je-ru'sa-lem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kid'ron. 15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month : and the priests and the Le'- vites were ''ashamed, and sanctified m ch. 36, 16! themselves, and brought in the burnt ^jat Ji.^sll off ei'ii^gs into the house of the Lord. 16 And they stood in ^heir place after their manner, according to the law of M5'§es the man of God : the P R Ps. no, 3 2 Cor. 3, 5 Phil. 2, 13 , priests sprinkled S21 thev received of p ch. 29, 25 (7 ch. 28,24 Isa. 2, 17-21 r ch. 29, 34 5 their the blood, to hie h the hand of the they received Le'vites. IT For there were many in the con- gregation that were not sanctified: 'therefore the Le'vites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanc- standinq.\tii-j them unto the Lord. sch. 29, 34 1 18 For a multitude of the peopIOj 471 Passover observed. II. CHRONICLES, 31. WfS r even many of E'phra-iin,andMa-nas'- seh, is'sa-char, and Zeb'u-lun, had not cleansed themselves, yet 'did they eat the passover otherwise than it written. But Hez-e-ki'ah prayed f ( them, saying, The good Lord pa - don every one 1 9 That y repareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. 20 And the Loed hearkened to Ilez- e-ki'ah, and ''healed the people. 21 And the children of l§'ra-el that were ^present at Je-ru'sa-lem, kept "'the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness : and the Le'vites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, smging with, loud instruments unto the Lord. 22 And Hez-e-ki'ah spake ®com.fort- ably unto all the LeVites ^that taught the good knowledge of the Lord : and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offer- ings, and ^making confession to the Lord God of their fathers. 23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep 'other FBven days : and they kept other seven days with gladness. 24 For Hez-e-kf ah king of Jxi'dah ^did give to the congregation a thou- sand bullocks and seven thousand sheep ; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocksand ten thousand sheep: and a great num- ber of priests sanctified ''themselves. 25 And all the congregation of Jii'- dah,with the priests and the LeVites, and all the congregation that *came out of l§'ra-el, and the strangers that came out of the land of I§'ra-el, and that dwelt in Ju'dah, rejoiced. 26 So there was great joy in Je-ru'- sa-lem: for since the time of Sol'o- mon the son of Da'vid king of is'ra-el there was not the like in Je-ru'sa-lem. 2 7 ThentheprieststheLe'vites arose and '^blessed the people : and their voice was heard, and their prayer came itp to ^%is holy dwelling place, even unto heaven. CHAPTER 31. 1 The people, forward in destroying idolatry . 11 Hez- ekiah appoints officers to dispose of the tithes : 20 his sincerity of heart. "VfOW when all this was finished, ^.1 all 1f§'ra-el that were ^present v/ent out to the cities of Jii'dah, and "brake the ^images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down B. C. 726. CHAP. 30. t Ex. 12, 43 Itch. 19,3 V Jas. 5, 16 6 fotmd. w Ex. 12, 15 Ex. 13, G 7 instru- ments of Strength. 8 to the heart of all, etc. Isa. 40, 2 X Deut. 33,10 ch. 17, 9 ch. 35, 3 2 Tim. 4,2 y Ezra 10, 11 z 1 Ki. 8, 65 9 lifted up, or, offered. ch. 35, 7,8 a ch. 29, 34 b vers. 11,18 c Num.6,23 10 the habi- tation of Jiis holi- ness, Ps. 68, 5 Isa. 57, 15 Isa. 66, 1 CHAP. 31. 1 foivnd. a 2 Ki. 18, 4 2 statues. ch. 13, 14 3 until to mo.ke an end. b lChr.23,6 c 1 Chr. 23, 30,31 d Num.28,1 Num.29,1 e Num.18,8 Neh. 13,10 1 Cor.9,13 / Mai. 2, 7 4 brake forth. g Ex. 22, 29 Ex. 23. 19 Ley.25,23 Neh. 13,12 Pro. 3, 9 Ezek. 20, 40 Ezek. 44,30 5 Or, dates. h Lev.27,30 Deut. 14,28 6 heaps, heaps. i Deut. 33. 29 Ps. 33, 12 Ps. 144,15 / Hag. 2,19 Mai. 3, 10 472 Hezekiah's z eal, the high places and the altars out of all Jii'dah and Ben'ja-min,in E'phra-im also and Ma-nas'seh, ^until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all thechildrenof l§'ra-el returned, ever v man to his possession, into their own cities. 2 irAnd Hez-e-ki'ah appointed the courses *of the priests and the Le'- vites after their courses, every man. according to his service, the priests and Le'vites '"for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to i)raise in the gates of the tents of the Lord. 3 He appointed also the king's por- tion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to loit^ for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the '^lav/ of the Lord. 4 Moreover he commanded the peo- ple that dwelt in Je-rii'sa-lem to give the ^portion of the priests and the Le'vites, that they might be encour- aged in -^the law of the Lord. 5 And as soon as the commandment *came abroad, the children of l§'ra-el brought in abundance the ^firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and ^honey , and of all the increase of the field ; and the tithe of all thhigs brought they in abundantly. 6 And concerning the children of i§'ra-ei and Jii'dah, that dwelt in the cities of Jii'dah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the ^ tithe of holy things which were con- secrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them ^by heaps. 7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. 8 And when Hez-e-ki'ah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord, and 'his peo- ple is'ra-el. 9 Tlien Hez-e-kr'ah questioned with the priests and the Le'vites concern- ing the heaps. 1 And Az-a-ri'ah the chief priest of the house of Za'dok answered him, and said, Since Hhe people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty : for the Lord hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store. lllFThen Hez-e-ki'ah commanded Uistrihution of tithes. II. CHRONICLES, 82. Sennacherib'' s invasion. CHAP. 31. 7 Or, store- JMUses. k Neh. 13, 13 8 at the hand. 9 hoiinesses of hoii- nesses. 10 at his hand. I Josh.21,9 110i\trust, lChr.9,22 12 for the things of the day upon his day. m IChr. 23, 24,27 13 Ov.trust. n Lev.2o,34 Nuin.35,2 vers. 12-15 p 2 Ki. 20, 3 q Deut.29,9 Josh. 4, 7 Pro. 3, 9 Mai. 3, 10 1 Tim. 4.8 to prepare 'chambers in the house of ^- c 726 the Lord ; and they prepared them, ] 2 And brought in the ofiering-s and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully; over *wliich Con-o-ni'ah the Le'Vite tvas ruler, and Shim'e-i his brother wa,s the next. 13 And Je-hi'el, and Az-a-zi'ah, and Na'hath, and A'sa-hel, and J er'i-moth, and Joz'a-bad, and E-irel, and Is-ma- chVah, and Ma'hath, and Be-na'iah, icere overseers \inder the hand of Con-o-nfah and Shim'e-i his brother, at the commandment of Hez-e-ki'ah the king, and Az-a-rfah the raler of the house of God. 14 And Ko're the son of im'nah the Le'vlte, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the Lord, and the^most holy things. 15 And "next him ioe7'e E'den, and Min'i-a-min,?vnd Jesh'u-a,and Shem- a-i'ah, Am-a-rf ah, and Shec-a -ni'ah, in 'the cities of the priests, in their ^^set office, to give to* their brethreJi by courses, as well to the great as to the small : 16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the Lord, his ''daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses ; 17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Le'vites '"from tv\^enty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses ; 18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation : for in their '^set office they sanctified themselves in holi- ness : 19 Also of the sons of Aar'on the priests, which loere in "the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that "were ex- pressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by gene- alogies among the LeVites. 201FAnd thus did Hez-e-kfah throughout ?J1 Ju'dah, ^and wrought that which tvas good and right and truth before the Lord his God. 21 And in eveiy work that he be- gan in the service of the house of God. and in the law, and in the com- mandments, to seek his God, he B. G. 713. CEAP. 32. a 2 Ki.18,13 Isa. 36, 1 1 to bre ik them up. 2 his face was to war. 3 over- ilowcd. b "Isa. 22, 9, 10 c ch. 25, 23 d 2 Sam.5,9 i Ki. 9, 24 4 Or, swords, or, weapons. 5 spake to their heart, ch. 30, 22 Isa. 40, 2 e Deut.31,6 fch. 20, 15 g 2 Ki. 6, 16 Ps. 55, 18 h .Ter. 17, 5 lJohn4.4 i Num. 14,9 Deut. 20, 1,4 Deut. 31, 6,8 ch. 13,12 Ps. 18, 2 Ps. 46, 7.11 Ps. 118, 6 Ps. 144, 2 Pro. 18,10 Isa. 41,10. 13, 14 Amos5,14 Rom. 8,31 6 leaned. 710. j 2 Ki.18,17 7 dominion . 8 Or, in the strmg hold. 473 did it with all his heart, ^'and pros- pered. CHAPTER 32. 1 Sennacherib invades Judah, 21 An angel destroys the Assyrians. 24 Hezekiah's sickness and re- coverij : 27 his riches and worhs: 32 he dying, Manasseh succeeds him. AFTER '^these things, and the es- tablishment thereof, Sen-nach'- e-rib king of As-sj'r'i-a came, and en- tered into Jii'dah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought ^to win them for himself. 2 And w^hen Hez-e-kfah saw that Sen-nach'e-rib was come, and that -he was purposed to fight against Je-ru'- sa-lem, 3 He took counsel with his princes and his mughty men to stop the waters of the fountains u^hich were without the city : and they did help him. I So there was ga.thered much peo- ple together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ^ran through the midst of the land, say- ing, Why should the kings of As- syr'i-a come, and find much water ? 5 Also *he strengthened himself, and ''built up ail the w-all that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired '^mio 172 the city of Da'vid, and made ^darts andshieldsin abundance. 6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them to- gether to him in the street of the gate of the city, and ^spake comfortably to them, saying, 7 Be 'Strong and courageous, -^enot afraid nor dismaj'ed for the king of As-syrl-a, nor for all the multitude that is with him : ^f or there be more vv ith us than with him : 8 With him is an '^arm of flesh ; but 'with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people '^rested themselves upon the words of Hez-e-ki'ah king of ju'- dah. F. Job. 13. 15. 9 f After -^"this did Sen-nach'e-rfb king of As-syr'i-a send his servants to Je- ru 'sa-lem, (but he himself laid siege against La'chish. and all his ''power with him,) unto Hez-e-kfah king of Ju'dah, and unto all Jii'dah that icere at Je-ru'sa-lem,, saying, 10 Thus saith Sen-nach'e-rib king of As-syr'i-a. Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide ®in the siege in Je-ru'sa-lem ? II Doth not Hez-e-kfah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The SennacherWs invasion. II. CHRONICLES, 32. HezehialC s riches. Lord our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of As-syr'i-a ? 1 2 Hath not the same Hez-e-ki'ah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem, saying. Ye shall wor- ship before one altar, and burn incense upon it ? 18 Know ye not what I and my fa- thers have done unto all the people of other lands ? *were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand ? 14 Who yms there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand ? 1 5 Now therefore let not Hez-e-kf ah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him : for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers : 'how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand ? 16 And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hez-e-kfah. 17 He '"wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of l§'ra-el, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hez-e- kfah deliver his people out of mine hand. 1 8 Then "they cried with a loud voice in the Jew§' speech unto the people of Je-ru'sa-lem that ^/jereonthe wall, to affright them, and to trouble them ; that they might take the city. 19 And ''they spake against the God of Je-ru'sa-lem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, ^chich v^ere ^the work of the hands of man. 20 Andfor this ca?^seHez-e-ki'ah the king, and the prophet l-§a'iah the son of A'moz, prayed and cried to heaven. 21 And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of As-syr'i-a So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels ^slew him there with the sword. 22 Thus theLoRD ^saved Hez-e-ki'ah B. C. 710. CHAP. 32. fe 2 Ki. 18, 33-35 Ps. 115, 4-8 I Ex. 5, 2 Dan. 3, 15 m2K1.19,9 w2Ki.l8,28 Isa. 10, 10 p Deut.4,28 2Ki.l9,18 Ps. 115, 4 Jer. 10, 3 9 made 7iim fall. q Isa. 31, 5 10 precious things. ch. 17, 5 r ch. 1. 1 713. s Isa. 38, 1 II Or, ivr ought a miracle for Mm. t Ps. 116,12 u Hab. 2, 4 1) ch. 24, 18 XV Jer.26,18 12 the lift- ing up. X 2 Ki.20,19 13 instru- ments of desire. y 1 Chr. 29,12 z Isa. 22, 9 712. 14 inter- preters. a Isa. 39, 1 b Gen. 22, 1 Deut. 8, 2 John 1,12 15 Mnd- nesses. c Isa. 36, 1 d 2 Ki. 18, 1 16 Or, highest. 474 and the inhabitants of Je-ru'sa-lem from the hand of Sen-nach'e-rib the king of As-syr'i-a, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. 23 And manj^ brought gifts unto the Lord to Je-ru'sa-lem, and ^"pres- ents to Hez-e-ki'aii king of Jii'dah : so that he was 'magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. 24 'illn '^those days Hez-e-ki'ah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord : and he spake unto him., and he ^ ^gave him a sign. 25 But Hez-e-kl'ah 'rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him ; for his ''heart was lifted up : therefore 'there was wrath upon him, and upon Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem. 26 Notwithstanding "Ilez-e-ki'ah humbled himself for ^^the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabit- ants of Je-ru'sa-lem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in ■^the days of Hez-e-kfah. 27 ^And Llez-e-kf ah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of '^pleasant jewels ; 28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil ; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. 29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance : for God had given ^'him substance very much. 30 This -same Hez-e-ki'ah also stopped the upper water course of Gf hon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of Da'vid. And Hez-e-kfah prospered in all his works. 31 Howbeit in ^Ae business of the '"a.mbassadors of the princes of Bab'y- lon, who sent ^unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try ''him, that he might know all that ivas in his heart. 32 TlNow the rest of the acts of Hez- e-kfah, and his ''goodness, behold, they are written in "the vision of i-sa'iah the prophet, the son of A'moz, and in the <^book of the kings of Jii'- dah and i§'ra-el. 33 And Hez-e-ki'ah slept with his fa- thers, and they buried him in the ' ''chief est of the sepulchres of the sons of Da'vid : and all Jii'dah and the in- Wicked reign 11. CHRONICLES, 8;3. habitants of Je-ru'sa-lem did him 'honour at his death. And Ma-nas'- seh his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 33. 1 Manasseh's wicked 7^eign: 11 he U carried into Babylon; where he humbles himselj before God, and is restored to his kingdom ; 20 he dies. Amon succeeds Mm: %i he is slain by his se^'vants. 25 Josiah succeeds him. MA-NAS'SEH ""was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Je- ru'sa-leni : 2 But did that lohicli vms evil in the sight of the Lord, Hke unto the *abcTninations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Is'ra-el. 3 For ^he built again the high places which Hez-e-kfah his father had ''broken down, and he reared up al- tars for Ba'al-im, and '^made groves, and worsliipped 'all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, -^In Je-ru'sa-lem shall my name be for ever. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven ^^in the two courts of the house of the Lord. 6 And ^he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hm'nom : 'also ho obsei'A^ed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt -'with a familiar spirit, and with wizards : he wi'ought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 7 And ^he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to Da'- 1 vid and to Sol'o-mon liis son, In ^this! house, and in Je-ru'sa-lem, wliich I have chosen before all the tribes of Is'ra-ei, will I put my name for ever : 8 Neither '"will I any more remove the foot of l§'ra-el from out of the la.nd which I have appointed for 7»'our fathers ; so that they Avill take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the Avhole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of M5'se§. 9 So Ma-nas'seh made Jii'dah and the inhabitants of Je-ru'sa-lem to err, and. to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed be- fore the children of Is'ra-el. 10 IT And the '^Lord" spake to Ma- nas'seh, and to his people : but they would not hearken. B. C. 712. CHAP. 32. e 1 Sam. 2, 30 Pro. 10, 7 698. CHAP. 33. a 2 Ki. 21, 1 h Deut.18,9 eh. 28, 3 1 he re- turned and built. c 2 Ki. 18, 4 ch. 30, 14 ch. 31, 1 ch. 32, 12 rt Deut. 16,21 e Deut.17,3 / Deut. 12, 11 1 Ki. 8, 29 g ch. 4, 9 h Lev.18,21 Deut. 18,10 ch. 28, 3 Ezeli. 23,37 I Deut. 18,10 j 2 Ki. 21, 6 k 2 Ki. 21, 7 1 Ps. 132,14 m 2 Sam. 7,10 j 7iNeh. 9,29; Jer. 25, 4 677. Deut. 28,36 Job 36. 8 2 which were the kings. p Ps. 107, 10,11 3 Or, chains, q Ps. 118, 5 Ps. 120, 1 Ps. 130, 1-8 Hos. 5, 15 Jonah 2,2 Mic. 6, 9 r 1 Pet. 5, 6 5 lChr.5,20 Ezra 8, 23 Ps. 142, 1-7 Lam. 3,55 t Ps. 9, 16 Dan. 4, 25 a 1 Ki. 1. 33 V ch. 27, 3 4 Or, the tower. w Lev. 7, 12 X ch. 82, 12 31 Or,Hosai. 475 of Manasseh. 1 1 Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host -of the king of As-syr'i-a, which took Ma-nas'seh among the thorns, and abound him with ^fetters, and carried him to Bab'5"-lon. 12 And Avhen ?he was in. affiiction, he besought the Lord his God, and ''humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated 'of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Je-ru'sa-lem into his kingdom. Then Ma-nas'seh 'knew that the Lord he i/j«s God. 14 "ilNow after this he built a wall without the city of Da'"vid, on the west side "of Gi'hon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed 'about ^O'phel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Jii'dah. 15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Je-rii'sa-lem, and cast them out of the city. 1 6 And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank "offerings, and commanded Jii'dah to serine the Lord God of i§'ra-el. 17 Nevertheless ^^the people did sac- rifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only. ISfNow the rest of the acts of Ma-nas'seh, and his prayer unto hi^ God, and the words of the seers tlmt spake to him in the name of the Lord God of i§'ra-el, behold, they are lorit- ten in the book of the kings of Is'ra-el. 1 9 His prayer also, and ho%o GfodwdtS intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he waa hurabled: behold, thev are written among the sayings of the seers. 20 So Ma-nas'seh slept with his fa- thers, and they buried him in his own house : and A'mon his son reigned in his stead. 2 1 ^A -mon^c'cs^s two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Je-rii'sa-lem. 22 But he did that which vnas evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Ma-nas'- seh liis father : for A'mon sacrificed Josiah's good reign. II. CHRONICLES, 34. Tfie temple repaired. unto all the carved images which Ma-nas'seh his father had made, and served them ; 23 And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Ma-nas'seh his father had humbled himself; but A'mon trespassed more and more. 24 And -^his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house. 25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired agamst king A'mon; and the people of the land made Jo-si'ahhis sonking in his stead. CHAPTER 34. 1 Josiah^'s good reign: 3 he destroys idolatry: 8 he repairs the temple ; 19 and, causing the law to B. C. 677. CHAP. 33. 6 viulti- pHed trespass. ch. 28, 22 Jer. 7, 26 2 Tim. 3,13 U 2 Ki. 4, 5-12 2 Ki. 21, 23,24 Ps. 55, 23 641. the covenant between God and be the read, renews people. J 0-S^AH''^^a5 eight yearsold when he began to reign, and he reigned in Je-ru'sa-lem one and thirty years. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of DaVid his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, ^,_he began to >a'vid his fa CHAP. 34. a 2 Ki. 22, 1 ch. 33, 25 Jer. 1, 2 while he was yet *younj seek ^after the God of ] iher : and in the twelfth year he be- gan '^to purge Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa- lem ^from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. 4 And -^ they brake down the altars of Ba'al-im in his presence ; and the ^im- ages, that toe^^e on high above them, he cut down ; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten im- ages, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and ^strewed it upon the ^graves of them that had sacri- ficed unto them. 5 And he *burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem. 6 And so did he in the cities of Ma- nas'seh, and E'phra-im, and Sim'e-on, even unto Naph'ta,-li, with their ^mat- tocks round about. 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten 'the gra.ven images ^into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Is'ra-el, he returned to Je-ru'sa-lem. 8 TII^o w -^in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent feha'phan the son of Az-a-ll'ah. and Ma-a-se'iah the governor of the city,and Jo'ah the son 634. b 1 Sam 1,24 Ps. 119, 9 Pro. 8, 17 Eccl. 12.1 2 Tim. 3,15 c ch. 16, 2 630. d 1 Ki. 13, 2 e ch. 33, 17,22 / Lev.26.30 2 Ki. 23, 4 1 Or, Sim, images. 2 Ki. 23, 4, 5, 11 ch. 14, 5 Ex. 32, 20 2 Ki. 23, 4 2 face of the graves. h 1 Ki. 13, 2 3 Or, viauls. i Deut.9,21 4 to make powder. 624. j 2 Ki. 22, 3 k 2 Ki. 12, 4 5 Or, to rafter. 1 2Ki.l2,15 Neh. 7, 2 Pro.28,20 1 Cor. 4, 2 m 1 Chr. 23, 4,5 n Deut, 31, 24-26 2Ki.22,8 6 by tU hand of. 7 to the hand of. 8 poured out, or, melted. 9 in it. Deut. J. r , J.V Josh. 1, 8 4*76 of J5'a-haz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. 9 And when they came to Hil-ki'ah the high priest, they delivered Hhe money that was brought into the house of God, which the Le'vites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Ma-nas'seh and E'phra-im, and of all the remnant of i§'ra-el, and of all Jii'dah and Ben'ja-min , and they returned to Je-ru'sa-lem. 10 And they put it in the hand of the w^orkmen that had the ove^fsight of the house of the Lord, auvJ they gave it to the workmen that ws'ought in the house of the Lord, to, repair and amend the house : 1 1 Even to the artificers and build- ers gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and ^to floor the houses which the kings of Jii'dah had destroyed. 12 And the men did the 'work faith- fully : and the overseers of them ivere Ja'hath and 0-ba-dI'ah, the Le'vites, of the sons of Me-ra'ri; and Zech- a-ri'ah and Me-shiiriam, of the sons of the Ko'hath-ites, to set it forward ; and other of the Le'vites, all that could skill of instruments of musick. 13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any man- ner of service : '"and of the Le'vites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. 14 IFAnd when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hil-ki'ah the priest "found a book of the law of the Lord given ^by M5'§e§. 15 And Hil-ki'ah answered and said to Sha'phan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hfl-ki'ah delivered the book to Sha'phan. 16 And Sha'phan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed 'to thy servants, thej^ do it. 17 And they have ^gathered to- gether the money that w^as found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 1 8 Then Sha'phan the scribe told the king, saying, Hil-ki'ah the priest hath given me a book. And Sha'- piian read ''it before the king. HiddaKs -prophecy. II. CHRONICLES, 35. The covenant renewed. 19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the "words of the law, that he ^rent his clothes. 20 And the king commanded Hil- ki'ah, and A-hi'kam the son of Sha'- phan, and '"Ab'don the son of Mf cah, and Sha'phan the scribe, and A-sa-fah a servant of the king's, saying, 21 Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are ^left in i§'ra-el and in Jii'dah, concerning the words of the book that is found : for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fa- thers have not kept the word of the ' Lord, to do after all that is written in this book. 22 And Hil-ki'ah, and ^Ae?/that the king had appointed, went to HuF- dah the 'prophetess, the wife of ShaF- lum the son of TikVath, 'the son of '^Has'rah, keeper of the ^Vardrobe; (now she dwelt in J5-ru'sa-lem '^in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. 23 And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of i3'ra-el,Tellye the man that sent you to me, 24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I 'will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Jii'dah : 25 Because they have forsaken me, and have bm'ned incense unto other gods, that they ro ight provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands ; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. 26 And as for the king of Jii'dah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him. Thus saith the Lord God of l§'ra-el concerning the words which thou hast heard ; 27 Because thine heart was "tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me ; I have even heard Hhee also, saith the Lord. 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave m. peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. B. C. 624. CHAP. 34. Deut. 28, 1-68 p Gen.39,34 Neh. 8, 9 Ps. 94, 12, 13 Ps. 119, 120 Jer. 23. 9 29 Hab. 3, 16 10 Or, AcahoT. 2Ki.22.12 g 2 Ki. 17, 6 r Ex. 15, 20 Judg. 4, 4 Lu. 2, 36 Acts 21, 9 s 2Ki.22,14 11 Or, Harhas. 12 ga7'- ments. 13 0r,m the school^ or, in the sec- mid part. t ch.36,6,21 Isa. 5, 5 .Ter. 25, 9 Dan. 9, 11, 12, 16 Amos 3,6 Zech. 1, 6 u Ps. 51, 17 V Ps. 86, 5 Dan. 9, 9 tv 2 Ki. 23, 1 14 from great even to small. X 2 Ki.11,14 15 found. jy lKi.11,5 z ch. 24, 2 Jer. 3, 10 16 from after. B. 0. 623. CHAP. 35. a 2 Ki.23,21 b Ex. 12, 6 Ezra 6, 19 c ch. 23, 18 Ezra 6, 18 d ch.29,5,11 e Deut. 33,10 ch. 30, 22 Mai. 2, 7 /ch. 34, 14 g ch. 5, 7 h 1 Chr. 23,26 i lChr.9,10 i lChr.23,1 lChr.24,1 lChr.25,1 lChr.26,1 k ch. 8, 14 I Ps. 134, 1 1 the hoiise of th4i fathers. 477 29 IF Then Hhe king sent and gath- ered together all the elders of Ju'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem. 30 And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Jii'dah, and the inhabitants of J3- ru'sa-lem,apd the priests, and the Le'- vites, and all the people, '^great and small : and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the cove- nant that was found in the house of the Lord. 31 And the king stood in *his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimom'es, and his statutes, with aU liis heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were ^ ^present in Je-ru'sa-lem and Ben'ja- min to stand to it. And the inhab- itants of Je-ru'sa-lem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Jo-si'ah took away all the abominations ^out of all the countries that pertained to the children of !§'• ra-el, and made all that were present in is'ra-el to serve,eve7i to serve the Lord their God. ^And all his days they departed not ' ''from following the Lord, the God of their fathers. CHAPTER 35. t Josiah keeps a solemn passovei\ 20 His death. MOREOVER "Jo-sfah kept a paesover unto the Lord in Je- ru'sa-lem : and they killed the pass- over on the ^fourteenth day of the 'first month. 2 And he set the priests in ''their charges, and '^encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord, 3 And said unto the Le'vites 'that taught all l§'ra-el, which were holy unto the Lord, •^"Put the holy ark in ^the house which Sol'o-mon the son of Da'vid king of l§'ra-el did build ; ^it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders : serve now the Lord your God, and his people i§'ra-el, 4 And prepare yourselves by 'the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the Avriting of Da'vid king of I§'ra-el, and according to the ^writing of Sol'o-mon his son, 5 And 'stand in the holy place ac- cording to the divisions of 'the fam- ihes of the fathers of vour brethren Passover observed. 11. CHRONICLES, 35. Josiah is slaui. "the people, and after the division of the famihes of the LeVites. 6 So kill the passover, '"and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your breth- ren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Mo'se§. 7 And Jo-si'ah ^gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bul- locks : these 10 ere of the king's sub- stance. 8 And his princes ^gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Le'vites: Hil-krah and Zech-a- ri'ah and Je-hi'el, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover off ermgs two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9 Con-a-ni'ah also, and Shem-a-f ah and Ne-than'e-el, his brethren, and Hash-a-bi'ah and Je-i'el and Joz'a bad, chief of the Le'vites, ^gave unto the Le'vites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 10 So the sendee was prepared, and the priests ''stood in their place, and the Le'vites in their courses, accord- ing to the king's commandment. 1 1 And they killed the passover, and the priests ""sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Le'vites flayed Hhe/m. 1 2 And they removed the burnt of- ferings, that they might give accord- ing to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written nn the book of Mo'§e§. And so did they with the oxen. 1 3 And they 'roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance : but the other holy offerings sod *they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests : because the priests the sons of Aar'on loere busied in offering of burnt of- ferings and the fat until night ; there- fore the LeVites prepared for them- selves, and for the priests the sons of Aar'on, 1 5 And the singers the sons of A'saph loere in their ^place. according to the 'commandment of Da'vid, and A'saph, and He'man, and Jed'u-thun ihe B. C. 623. CHAP. 35. 2 the sons of the -people. ??i ch. 29, 5 ch.30,3,15 Ezra 6, 20 3 ofered. ch. 30, 24 Mic. 6, 7 4 offered. 2 Cor. 9, 7 5 offered. n Ezra 6, 18 ch. 29, 22 jPCh. 29, 34 ' q Lev. 3, 3 r Ex. 12, 8 Deut.16,7 s 1 Sam. 2, 13, 14, 15 6 made them run. 7 station. t lChr.25,1 u lChr.9,17 1 Chr. 26, 14 8 found. V Ex. 12, 15 Ex. 13, 6 ch. 30, 21 w2Ki.23,22 610. X 2 Ki.23,29 Jer. 46, 2 9 house. 10 the house of my war. y Dan. 4, 35 2 1 Ki.22,30 11 made sick, 1 Ki.22,34 a 2 Ki.23,30 12 Or, among the sepul- chres. h Zech. 12, 11 c Lam. 4,20 d Eccl. 12,5 Jer. 9, 17 Amos5,16 Mat. 9, 23 (' Jer. 22,20 478 king's seer; and the porters ""vKiited at every gate ; they might not depart from their service ; for their brethren the Le'vites prepared for them. 16 So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Jo-sI'ah. 17 And the children of l§'ra-el that were ^present kept the passover at that time, and the feast 'of unleav- ened bread seven days. 18 And "there was no passover like to that kept in is'ra-el from the days of Sam'u-el the prophet ; neither did all the kings of l§'ra-el keep such a passover as Jo-si'ah kept, and the priests, and the Le'vites, and all JCi'- dah and l§'ra-el that were present, and the inhabitants of Je-ru'sa-lem. 1 9 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jo-si'ah was this passover kept. 20 ^After •^all this, when Jo-si 'ah had prepared the ^temple, Ne'cho king of E'gypt came up to fight against Char'che-mish by Eu-phra'te§ : and Jo-si'ah went out against him. 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Jii'dah? I come not against thee this day, but against ^"the house wherewith I have war: for ^God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from ^meddling vnth God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 22 Nevertheless Jo-si'ah would not turn his face from him, but -dis- guised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Ne'cho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Me-gid'do. 23 And the archers shot at king Jo-si'ah ; and the king said to his serv- ants. Have me away ; for I am sore ^ ^wounded. 24 His "servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had ; and they brought him to Je-ru'sa-lem, and he died, and was buried ^^in 071 e of the sepulchres of his fathers. And ^all Ju'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem mourned for Jo-si'ah. 25 And Jer-e-mi'ah lamented for Jo-si'ah: and ^all the singing men and the singing women spake of Jo- si'ah in their lamentations to this day, "and made them an ordinance in Jehoahaz's reign. 11. CHRONICLES, 36. Jerusaleiin destroyed. l§'ra-el : and, behold, they are writ- ten in the lamentations. 26 Nov>^ the rest of the acts of Jo- el 'ah, and his ' ^goodness, according to that ichich was written in the law of the Lord, 27 And his deeds, first and last, be-| hold, they are written in the book of the kings of I§'ra-el and Jii'dah. CHAPTER 36. I Jehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh. 5 Je- hoiakini is carried into Babylon: 9 Jehoiachin succeeds him. 11 Zedekiah's evil reign. 22 Cyrus' proclamation. THEX "the people of the land took Je-h5'a-haz the son of Jo-sfah, and made him king in his father's' stead in Je-ru'sa-lem. 2 Je-ho'a-haz teas twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Je- ru'sa-lem. ^ 3 And the king of E'gypt 'put him down at Je-ru'sa-lem, and ^con- demned the land in an hundred tal- ents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the king of E'gj'pt made E-li'a-kim his brother king over Jii'- dah and Je-ru'sa-lem, and turned his name to Je-hoi'a-kim. And Xe'cho took *Je-ho'a-haz his brother, and carried him to E'gypt. 5 ^Je-hoi'a-kim '■2/;a.5 twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Je-ru'sa-' lem: and he did that which to as evil in the sight of the Lord his God. 6 Against '^him came up Neb-u-chad- nez'zar king of Bab'y-lon. and bound him in 'fetters, to ^carry liim to Bab'-i y-lon. I 7 Xeb-u -chad -nez'zar 'also carried of i the vessels of the house of the Lord! to Bab'y-lon, and put them in his tem- ple at Bab'y-lon. 8 Xow the rest of the acts of Je-hoi'- a-kim, and his abominations vvhicli he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Is'ra-el and Ju'dah: and ^Je-hoi'a-chin his son reigned in his stead. 9 TJe-hoi'a-chin^^yjas eight years old when hebegan to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Je-ru'- sa-lem: and he did that v:hich teas evil in the sight of the Lord. B. C. 610. CHAP. 35. 13 kind- nesses. Ps. 112, 6 Pro. 10. 7 Pro. 22, 1 year was ex- 1 And Svhen the pired, king Xeb-u-chad-nez'zar sent, and brought hmi to Bab'y-lon, with 'the *^goodiy vessels of the house of I the Lord, and made Zed-e-ki'ah his| CHAP. 36. a 2 Ki.23,30 1 removed him. 2 mulcted. b Ezek.19,3 c 2 Ki. 23, 36,37 607. d 2 Ki. 24, 1 3 Or, chains. Foretold, Hab. 1, 6,10 e 2 KL 24, 6 606. / Dan. 1, 1 599. 4 Jeconinh, lClir.3,16 g 2 Ki. 24, 8 5 at the return of the year, h Dan. 1, 1 6 vessels of desire. i 2 Kl.24,17 Jer. 52, 1 593. j Ex. 17, 15 k 2 Ki.17.14 I Jer. 25, 3 7 by the hand of h is incs- sengers. 8 That is, continu- ally and carefully. ni Hos. 11, 8 n Jer. 5, 12 Pro. 1, 25i p Jer. 32, 3 ' q Ps. 74. 1 9 healing. 590. r Ezra 9, 7 s 2Ki.25,13 588. t Ps. 74, 6,7 10 the re- mainder from the sword. 2Ki.25,ll u Jer. 27, 7 I' Jer. 25, 9 ti'Lev.26,34 419 brother king over Jii'dah and Je-ru'- sa-lem. 1 1 ^Zed-e-ki'ah 'Vj as one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Je-ru'sa lem. 12 And he did that which icas evil in the sight of the Lord his God,an(i humbled not himself before Jer-e-mi'- ah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord. 1 3 And -'lie also rebelled against king Xeb-u-chad-nez'zar, who had made hun swear by God : but *he stiffened his neck, and hardened iiis heart from turning unto the Lord God of I§'ra-el. 14 Moreover all the chief of thel priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the aboTnin ations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hal- lowed in Je-ru'sa-lem. 15 And ^the Lord God of their fa- thers sent to them ^by liis messen- gers, rising up ^betimes, and sending ; because he had compassion '"on his* people, and on his dwellhig placo : 1 6 But "they mocked the messengei"* of God, and ^despised his words, and ^'misused his prophets, until the nvrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no ^rem- edy. 1 7 Therefore 'he brought upon them the king of the Chal'dees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave thetn all into his hand. N. Neh. 9. 29-30. 1 8 And -'all the vessels of the house of God, grer.t and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Bab'y-lon. 1 9 And 'they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Je-ru'sa- lem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and dcfctroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And^°them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Bab'y- lon ; "where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Per'sia : 21 To fulfil the" word of the Lord by the mouth of ^Jer-e-mi'ah, until the land "had enjoyed her sabbaths : for N The -proclamation EZRA, 1, 2. of king Cyrus. as long as she lay desolate "'she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 22 ^Now in the first year of Qy'rus king of PSr'gia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jer-e- mi'ah ^'might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of (Jy'rus *king of Pgr'gia, that he made a proc- lamation throughout all his king- B. C. 588. CHAP. 36. X Lev. 4.5 25. 536. y Jer. 29,10 z Isa.44,28 a Dan. 2, 21 dom^ and put it also in writing, say- ing, 23 Thus saithQy'rus king of PSr'§ia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath ''the Lord God of heaven given me ; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Je-ru'sa-lem, which is in Ju'dah. Who is there among you of all his people ? The Lord his God he with hun, and let him go up. EZRA. CHAPTER 1. i Proclamation of Cyrus for building the temple. 7 Cyrus restores the vessels, etc. NOW in the first year of Qy'rus king of Per'gia, that the word of the Lord ""by the mouth of Jer-e-mi'ah might be fulfilled, the Lord ^stirred up the spirit of Qy'rus king of P6r'- §ia, 'that he ^made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith (^f'vu^ king of PSr'§ia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged "^me to build him an house at Je-ru'sa-lem, which is in Jii^dah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Je-ru'sa-lem, which is in Jii'dah, and build the house of the Lord God of i§'ra-el, (he 'is the God,) which is in Je-ru'sa-lem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth. let the men of his place ^help him with sil- ver, and with gold, and ^^dth goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Je-ru'sa-lem. 5 ^Then rose up the chief of the fa- thers of Jii'dah and Ben'ja-min, and the priests, and the Le'vites, with all them whose spirit God bad ■''raised, to go up to build tb.e bouse of the Lord which is in J^-ni'sA-lem. 6 And all they that v^ere about them ^strengthened their hands with ves- sels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with bea?its, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. 7 IT Also ^(Jy'rus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the B. C. 536. CHAP. 1. a 2 Chr. 36. 22 Jer. 25,12 Jer. 29,10 h Lev.26,4:2 c ch. 5, 13 1 caused a voice to pass. a Isa. 44, 28 Isa. 45, 1 e Deut.3,24 2 Sam. 22,32 1 Ki. 8, ?3 1 Ki.18,39 Ps. 86, 10 Isa. 37. 16 Isa. 44, 8 Isa. 45, 22 Isa. 46, 9 Dan. 6, 26 Mark 12,32 1 Cor. 8, 6 2 lift him up. /Pro. 16, 1 Phil. 2, 13 3 That is, helped them. g ch. 5, 14 ch. 6, 5 /i2Ki.24,13 2Chr.36,7 i ch. 5, 14 Hag. 1, 1 4 the trans- porta- tion. CHAP. 2. a Neh. 7, 6 b ch. 5, 8 c 2 Ki. 24, 14-16 2Ki.25,ll 2 Chr. 36,20 1 Or. Azariah, Neh. 7. 7 2 Or. Ba- aviiah. 3 Or, Mis- pereth, 4 Or, Nehum. a Neh. 7, 10 e Neh. 7, 11 480 Lord, '^which Neb-u-cha d-nSz'zarhad brought forth out of Je-ru'sa-lem, and had put them in the house of his gods ; S Even those did ^y'rus king of PSr'^ia bring forth by the hand of Mith're-dath the treasurer, and num- bered them unto 'Shesh-baz'zar, the prince of Jii'dah. 9 And this is the number of them : thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 Thirty basons of gold, silver ba- sons of a second sort four hundred and ten, an d other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of sil- ver loere five thousand and four hun- dred. All these did Shesh-baz'zar bring up with them o/Uhe captivity that were brought up from Bab'y-lon unto Je-ru'sa-lem. "chapter 2. Number of the people that returned, etc. NO W^these are the children of the ^province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Neb-u-chad- nez'zar 'the king of Bab'y-lon had carried away unto Bab'y-lon, and came again unto Je ru'sa-lem and Jii'dah, every one unto ids city; 2 Which came with Ze-rub'ba-bel : Jesh'u-a, Ne-he-mi'ah, ^Ser-a-i'ali, Re-el-a'iah, Mor'de-cai, BH'shan, 'Mir: par, BigVa-i, *Re'hmii, Ba'a- nah. The number of the men of the people of Is'ra-el : 3 The children of Pa'rosh, two thou- sand an hundred seventy and tv/o. 4 The children of Sheph-a-tfah, three hundred seventy and two. 5 The children of A'rah, '^seven hun- dred seventy and five. 6 The children of "Pa'hath-m5'ab, of 7'he 'people who EZRA, 2, retur7ied from J^ahylon. B. C. 536. the children of Jesh'u-a«?ic?J6'ab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 7 The children of E'lp^n, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of Zat'tu, nine hun- dred forty and five. 9 The children of Zac'ca-i, seven hun dred and threescore. 10 The children of ^Ba'ni, six hun- dred forty and two. 1 1 The children of Beb'a-i, six hun dred twenty and three. 12 The children of Az'gad, a thou sand two hundred twenty and two. 13 The children of -^A-don'i-kam, six hundred sixty and six. 14 The children of Big'va-i, two thou- sand fifty and six. 15 The children of A'din, four hun- dred fifty and four. 16 The children of A'tSr of Hez-e-ki'- ah, ninety and eight. IT The children of Be'zai, three hun- dred twenty and three. 18 The children of ®J5'rah, an hun- dred and twelve. 19 The children of Ha'shum, two hundred twenty and three. 20 The children of 'Gib'bar, ninety and five. 21 The children of ^Eeth -le-hem,an hundred twenty and three. 22 The men of Ne-to'iJhah, fifty and six. 23 The men of An'a-thoth, an hun- dred twenty and eight. 21 The children of *Az'ma-veth,forty and two. 25 The children of Kir'jath-a'rim, Che-phi'rah, and Be-e'roth, seven hundred and forty and three. 26 The children of ''Ra'mah and Ga'- ba, six hundred twenty and one. 2 7 The men of Mich'mas, an hundred twenty and two. 28 The men of Beth -el and A'l, two hundred twenty and three. 29 The chUdren of Ne'bo, fifty and two. 30 The children of Mag'bish, an hun- dred fifty and six. 31 The children of the 'other Elam, a thousand two hundred fxfty and four. 32 The children of Ha'rim, three 13 pr, hundred and twenty. 33 J'he children of Lod,^Ha'did, and O'no, seven hundred twenty and five. 34 The children of -^Jer'Tt-cho, three hundred forty and five (31) 481 CHAP. 2. 5 Or, Binnui, Neh. 7, 15 /ch. 8, 13 6 Or, Hariph, Neh. 7, 2i 7 Or, G-ibeon. Josh. 9,17 2 Sam. -21, 2 Neh. 7, 2o g Gen.35,19 Mat. 2, 6 8 Or, Beth-az- maveth, Neh. 7, 28 h Josh. 18,25 i ver. 7 9 Or, Harid, as it is in some copies. 1 Ki.16,34 2Chr. 28,15 k lChr.24,7 I IChr. 24,14 jrilChr.9,12 n lChr.24,8 10 Or, Judnh, ch. 3, 9 Called also Hodevah. Neh. 7, 4J 1 Chr. 9, 2 11 Or, Sia. 12 Or, Shavilai. Nepliish- esim. 14 Or, Bazlith, Neh. 7, 54 35 The children of Se-na'ah, three thousand and sin hundred and thirty. 36 f The priests: the children *of Je-da'iah, of the house of Jesh'u-a, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of ^Im'mer, a thou- sand fifty and two. 38 The children of '"Pash'ur, a thou- sand two hundred forty and seven. 39 The cliildren of '^Ha/rnn, a thou- sand and seventeen. 40 ^The Le'A'ites : the children of Jesh'u-a aixd Kad'mi-el, of the chil- dren of ^°H6d-a-vfah, seventy and four. 41 ^The singers: the children of A'saph,an hundred twenty and eight„ 42 "h^The children of the porters 1 the cliildren of Shallum, the children of A'tSr, the children of Tal'mon, the children of Ak'kub, the cliildren of Hat'i-ta, the children of Sho'ba-i, in a,ll an hundred thirty and nine. 43 1[The'*Neth'i-nim§: the children of Zl'ha, the children of Ha-su/pha, the children of Tab'ba-oth, 44 The children of Ke'ros, the chil- dren of "Si'a-ha, the children of Pa'- don, 45 The children of Leb'a-nah, the children of Hag'a-bah, the children of Ak'kub, i6 The children of Ha'gab, the chil- dren of ^^Shal'ma-i. the children of Ha'nan, 47 The children of Gid del, the children of Ga'har, the children of Re-a.-i'ah, 48 The children of Re'zin, the chil- dren of Ke-ko'da, the children of Gaz'zam, 49 The children of iJz'za, the chil- dren of Pa-se'ah, the children of Be'sai, 50 The children of As'nah, the chil- dren of Me-hii'nim, the cliildren of '^Ne-phu'sim, 5 1 The children of Bak'buk,the cliiL dren of Ha-ku'pha, the children of. Ti fl'rhur 52 The children of ^^-Baz'luth, the children of Me-liT'da, the children of Har'sha, 53 The children of Bar'kos, the chil- dren of Sis'e-ra, the children of Tha'- mall. 54 The children of Ne-zi'ah,the chil- dren of Hat'i-pha. 5 5 The children of ^Sol'o-mon's serT« p 1 Ki. 9, 21 1 ants : the children of So'ta-i, the chil- The returned captives. EZRA, 3. dren of Soph'ereth, the children of ^^Pe-ru'da, 56 Tiie children of Ja-alah, the children of Dar'kon, the children of Gid'del, 57 The children of Sheph-a-tl'ah,the children of Hat'til,_ the children of Poch'e-reth of Ze-ba'im, the children of ^''A'mi. 58 All the ?Neth'i-nims,and the chil- dren of '"Soro-mon's servants, icere three hundred ninety and two. 59 And these were they which went up from Tel-melah,Tel-har'sa, Che' rub, ^'Ad'dan, cmd im'mSr: but thej- could not shew their father's house, and their '^seed,Yfhether they icere of Is'ra-el -. Bo The children of Del-a-fah, the children of To-bf ah, the children of Ne-ko'da, six hundred fifty and two. 61 And of the children of the priests : the children of Ha-ba'iah, the children of Koz, the children of Bar-zilla-i ; which took a wife of the daughters of 'Bar-zilla-i the Gire-ad-ite,and was called after their name : 6 2 These sought their register a m o n g those that were reckoned by geneal- ogy, but they were not found : 'there- fore*^ were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63 And the ^"Tir'sha-tha said unto them, that they "should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with U'run "'and with Thiim'- mim. 64 tThe ''whole congregation to- gether ^vas forty a.nd two thousand three hundred a?id threescore, 65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom the^re loere seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there vjere among them two hundred singing men and sing- ing women. 66 Their horses loere seven hundred tliirty and six ; their mules, two hun- dred forty and five ; 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 68 TAnd ""some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Je-ru'sa-lem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place : 69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work three- score and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of The altar set up. B. C. 536. CHAP. 2. 15 Or, Perida, Neh. 7. 57 16 Or, Amon, Neh. 7, 59 q Josh. 9, 21,27 lChr.9.2 r lKi.9,21 17 Or, Addon, Neh. 7, 61 18 Or, pedigi'ee. s 1 Ki. 2, 7 t Nuin.3,10 iQthev ivere pol- luted from the priest- hood. 20 Or, governor : See Neh. 8, 9 u Lev. 22, 2 10, 15, 16 V Ex. 28, 30 Num. 27,21 IV Isa. 10,22 X Ex. 25, 2 CHAP. 3. a Hag. 1, 1 Hag. 2, 2 Zech. 3, 1 Joshua. b Mat. 1, 12 Zorob- abel. c Lu. 3, 27 Salathiel. d Deut.12,5 Num.28,3 / Neh. 8, li Zech. 14, 16 g Ex. 23, 16 h Num. 29, 12 1 the mat- ter of the day in hi^ day. i Ex. 29, 38 Num.28,3 Num.29,2 2 the tem- ple of the LORD was not yet founded. 3 Or, work- men. j IKi. 5,6 2Chr.2,10 Actsl2,20 k Acts 9, 36 I ch. 6, 3 482 silver, and one hundred priests' gar- ments. 70 So the priests, and the LeVltes, and soi7ie of the people,and the sing- ers, and the porters, and the Neth'- i-nims, dwelt in their cities, and al] is'ra-el in their cities. CHAPTER 3. 1 The altar set up. 4 Offerings renexced. 8 Thefoun dation of' the temple laid. AND when the seventh month was come, and the children of I§'ra-el loere in the cities, the people gath- ered themselves together as one man to Je-ru'sa-lem. 2 Then stood up «Jesh'u-a the son of Joz'a-dak, and his brethren the prie^sts, and Ze-rub'ba-bel*the son of •^^She-al'ti-el, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of l§'ra-el, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is '^written in the law of Mo'§e§ the man of God. 3 And they set the altar upon his bases ; for fear was upon them be- cause of the people of those countries : and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt ''offerings morning and evening. 4 They -'kept also the feast of taber- nacles, as nt is written, and offered ^the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, ^as the duty of every day required ; 5 And afterward offered the 'contin- ual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord. 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offer- ings unto the Lord. But -the founda- tion of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid. 7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the ^carpenters ; and ^meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zf don, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Leb'a-non to the sea of ^Jop'pa, according 'to the grant that they had of Qy'rus king of Per'gia. 8 IF Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at J^- ru'sa-lem, in the second month, began Ze-rub'ba-bel the son of She-al'ti-el, and Jesh'u-a the son of Joz'a-dak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the LeVites, and all they that were come out of the captivity ^''he building hindered. EZRA, 4. Letter to Artaxerxes. unto Je-ru'sa-lem ; "'and appointed the Le'vites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord, 9 Then stood " Jesh'u-a loith his sons and his brethren, Kad'mi-ei and his sons, the sons of " Jii'dah, ^together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God : the sons of Hen'a-dad, with their sons and their brethren the LeVites. iO And when the builders laid the foundation ^of the temple of the Lord, ?they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Le'- vites the sons of A'saph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the 'ordi- nance of DaVid king of is'ra-el. 1 1 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he Hs good, "for his mercy endureth for ever toward I§'ra-el. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Le'- vites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy ; 13 So that the people could not dis- cern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people : for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. CHAPTER 4. 1 The building hindered. 7 Letter to Artaxerxes : 17 his decree to stop the work. NOW when the adversaries of Ju'- dah and Ben'ja-min heard that 'the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of i§'- ra-el ; 2 Then they came to Ze-rub'ba-bel, pjid to the chief of the fathers, and .^aid unto them, Let "us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto *him since the days of E'sar-had'don king of As'su3g^ which brought us up hither. 3 But Ze-riib'ba-bel, and Jesh'u-a, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of l§'ra-el, said unto them. Ye ''have nothing to do with usto buildanhouse unto our God ; but we ourselves to- gether will buUd unto the Lord God B, C. 535. CHAP. 3. mlChr.23, 24,27 n ch. 2, 40 ch. 2, 40 Hoda- viah. 4 as one. p Zech, 4, G-10 q lClir.16,5 r lChr.6,31 s Ex. 15, 21 2Chr.7, 3 Neb.12,24 t Ps. 136, 1 u Jer. 33,11 CHAP. 4. 1 the sons of the tra ns- porta- tion. a Esth. 8,17 b 2 Ki. 17, 24, 32, 33 2Ki.l9,37 c Neh. 2, 20 John 4, 9 d ch. 1,1,2,3 e ch. 3, 3 529. 2 Ahash- verosh. 522. 3 Or, in peace. 4 societies. 5 Or, secretary. /Ps. 112, 6 Ps. 119,69 Zech.1,14 floin.8,28 6 socuties. g 2 Ki. 17, 30,31 h ch. 7, 12 7 Cheeneth. i Amos7,10 Lu. 23, 2 Acts 24, 5 8 Or, finished. 9 sewed together. 10 give. j ch. 7, 24 11 Or. strength. 12 we are salted with the salt of the palace. 483 of l§'ra-el, "^as king Qy'rus the king of Pgr'§ia hath cormnanded us. 4 Then the people of the land weak ened the hands of the people of Jii'- dah, and troubled them in building, 5 And hired comisellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Qy'rus king of P6r'§ia, even until the reign of Da-ri'us king of PSr'§ia. 6 Andinthereignof ^A-has-ii-e'rus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they untoh iin an accusation against the in- habitants of Jii'dah and J e-ru'sa-lem. 7 And in the days of Ar-tax-erx'e§ wrote ^Bish'lam, Mith're-dath, Ta'- be-el, and the rest of their ^compan- jions, unto Ar-tax-grx'es king of Pgr'- §ia ; and the writing of the letter %oa8 written in the Syrl-an tongue, and interpreted in the Syr'i-an tongue. 8 Re'hum the chancellor and 8him'- shai the ^scribe wrote a letter against ■^'Je-ru'sa-lem to Aistax-5rx'e§ the king in this sort : 9 Then wrote Re'hum the chancel- lor, and Shim'shai the scribe, and the rest of their ^companions ; -''the Di'na- ites, the A-phar'sath-chites, the Tar'- pel-ites, the A-phar'sItes, the Ar'che- vites, the Bab-y4o'ni-ans, the Su'~ san-chites, the I)e-ha'vites, and the Elam-ites, 10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble As-nap'per brought over, and set in the cities of Sa-ma'ri-a, and the rest that are on this side the river, ^and ''at such a time. 11 '[This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Ar-tax-grx'e§ the king ; Thy servants .the men on this side the river, and at such a time. 12 Be it kno\vn unto the king, that the Jew§ which came up from thee to us are come unto Je-ru'sa-lem, building 'the rebellious and the bad city, and have *set up the walls there- of, and ^joined the foundatior^. 13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not '"pay •'toll, tribute,and custom,and so thou shalt endamage the "revenue of the kings. 14 Now because ''^ we have mainte- nance from the hing''$ palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king ; 15 That search may be made in the The loork stopped. EZRA, 5. Letter to king Darius. book of the records of thy fathers : so shaft thou find in the book of the rec ords, and know that this city is a re bellious city, and ^hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have '^moved sedition ' Svithin the same of old time : for which cause was this citv destroyed. 1 6 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the waUs tliereof set up, by this means thou shaft have no portion on this side the river. IT *iThe7i sent the king an answer unto Re'hum the ciiancellor, and to Shim'shai the scribe, and to the rest of their '^companions that dwell in Sa-ma'ri-a, and unto the rest beyond i}he river, Peace, and at such a time. 1 8 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. 19 And '^I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath ''made in- surrection against kings, and thatve- bellion and sedition have been made therein. 20 There have been mighty kings also over Je-ru'sa-lem, which have ruled 'over all countries "'beyond the river ; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. 21 ^®Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another cova- raandment shall be given from me. 22 Take heed now^ that ye fail not to do this : why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings ? 23 ITNow when the copy of kingAr- tax-§rx'es' letter teas read before Ke'- hum, and Shim'shai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in "haste to Je-ru'sa-lemuntothe Jew§, and made them to cease ''by force and power. 24 1 hen ceased the work of the house of God, which is at Je-ru'sa-lem. So it ceased unto "the second year of the reign of Da-rl'us king of P6r'§ia . CHAPTER 5. Zerubbabel and Jeshua f,eiJorward the huilding of the temple in the reig^i of Darius. THEN the prophets, ''Hag'ga-i the prophet, and *Zech-a-ri'ah the son of id'do, prophesied unto the Jew§ that were in Jii'dah and Je-ru'- sa-lem in the name of the God of l§'- ra-el, even unto them. 2 Then rose up "Ze-rub'ba-bel the son of She-al'ti-el, and Jesh'u-a the B. C. 522. CHAP. 4. k Esth. 3. 8 13 made. 14r in the midst thereof c 15 societies. 16 by me a decree is set. 17 lifted up itself. 2 Ki. 18, 7 2 Ki.24,20 I 1 Ki. 4, 21 Ps. 72, 8 mGen. 15,18 Josh. 1, 4 18 Make a decree. n Pro. 4, 16 Mic. 2. 1 19 by arm. and potver. Job 20, 5 B. C. 520. CHAP. 5. a Hag. 1. 1 b Zech. 1, 1 c ch. 3. 2 d Eccl. 12.11 e ch. 6, 6 1 West- ward of Eu- phrates. 2 that build this building ? /2Chr.l6,9 ch. 7,6,28 Ps. 33. 18 Isa. 41, 10 g ch. 6, 6 519. h ch. 4, 9 3 in the midst whereof. 4 stones of rolling. I Ps. 119,46 Mat. 10,32 Lu. 12, 8 Acts27,23 Rom. 1,16 Gal. 6. 14 j 1 Ki. 6, 1 k 2 Chr. 36, 16. 17 I 2 Ki. 24,2 2 Ki. 25. 8, 9 11 m ch. 1. 1 n ch. 1, 7, 8 ch. 6, 5 484 son of Joz'a-dak, and began to build the house of God which is at Je-ru'- sa-lem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. 3 TlAt the same time came to them 'Tat'na-i, governor on 'this side the river, and She'thar-b5z'na-i,and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? 4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men ^that make this building ? 5 But -^the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jew§, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Da-ri'us : and then they ^returned answer by letter concerning this ^natter. 6 llThe copy of the letter that Tat'- na-i, governor on this side the river^ and She'thar-b5z'na-i, ^and his com- panions the A-phar'sach-ites, which to ere on this side the river, sent un- to Da-ri'us the king : 7 They sent a letter unto him, therein was written thus ; Unto Da-ri'us the king, all peace. 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Ju-de'a, to the house of the great God, w^hich is builded with *great stones, and tim- ber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. 9 Then asked we those elders, a7id said unto them thus. Who command- ed you to build this house, and to make up these walls ? 10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. 1 1 And thus they returned us an- swer, saying, We are the 'servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of i§'ra-el builded and ^set up. 12 But ^after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of 'Neb-u-chad-nez'zar the king of Bab'y-lon, the Chal-de'an, who de- stroyed this house, and carried the people away into Bab'y-lon. 13 But in the first year of '"Qy'rus the king of Bab'y-lon the same king Qy'rus made a decree to build this house of God. 14 And "the vessels also of gold and Decree of Darius. EZRA, 6. The temple finished. silver of the house of God, which Neb-u-chad-nez'zar took out of the temple that was in Je-ru'sa-iem, and brought them into the temple of Bab' y-lon, those did Qy'rus the king take out of the temple of Bab'y-lon, and they were delivered unto one, "whose name loas Shesh-baz'zar, whom he had made ^governor ; 15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the tem- ple thai is in Je-ru'sa-Iem, and let the house of God be buikled in his place. 1 6 Then came the same Shesh-baz'- zar, and laid ^the foundation of the house of God which is in Je-ru'sa- lem : and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet nt is not finished. 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, '^iet there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Bab'y-lon, whether it be 50, that a decree was made of Qy'rus the king to build this house of God at Je-ru'sa-lem,and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. CHAPTER 6. 1 Darius' decree for advancing the building. 13 The temple flnif^hed. 16 Feasts of the dedicatioii, 19 and of the passover. THEN Da-ri'us the king made a decree, and "search was made in the house of the 'rolls, where the treasures were^laid up in Bab'y-lon. 2 And there was found at ^Ach'- me-tha, in the palace that is in the province of the Mede§, a roll, and therein teas a record thus written : 3 In the first year of ^y'rus the king ^Ae same Qy'rus the king made a de- cree concerning the house of God at Je-ru'sa-lem, Let the house be build- ed,the place where they offered sacri- fices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid ; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits ; 4 With *t]iree rows of great stones, and a roA\ of new timber : and 'let the expences be given out of the king's house : 5 And also let '^the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Neb-u-chad-nez'zar took forth out of the temple which is at Je-ru'sa-lem, and brought unto Bab'y-loii, be re- stored, and ^brought again unto the temple which is at Je-ru'sa-lem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. 6 Now *^Aer(?/ore,Tat'na-i, governor B. C. 519. CHAP, 5. Hag. 1, 14 Hag. 2, 2,21 5 Or. de-puty. V ch. 3. «,, le q ch, 6, 15 r ch. 6, 1. -Z CHAP 6. a ch. 5, 17 1 books. 2 made to descend. 3 Or,Echat- ana, or. in a coffer. b 1 Ki. 6, 36 c Ps. 68, 29 Isa. 60, 6 d ch. 1, 7, 8 ch. 5, li i go. e ch. 5, 3 5 their societies. 6 by me a decree is made. 7 made to cease. /ch. 7, 33 Jer. 29, 7 8 of rest. Gen. 8, 21 Lev. 1, 9 g 1 Tim. 2, 1,2 9 let Mm be destroyed. h Dan. 2, 5 Dan. 3, 29 i 1 Ki. 9, 3 Ps. 132,13 j Job 5, 12 Ps. 9, 16 lCor.3,19 fc ch. 5, 1, 2 10 decree. I ch. 1, 1 ch. 5, 13 m ch. 4, 24 n ch. 7, 1 485 beyond the river, She'thar-boz'na-i, and ^your companions the A-phar'- sach-ites, which are beyond the river, be ve far from thence : 7 Let the work of this house of God alone ; let the governor of the Jew§ fmd the elders of the Jew§ build this house of God in his place. 8 Moreover "I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jew§ for the building of this house of God : that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not 'hindered. 9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and v' lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Je-ru'sa-lem, let it be ^iven them day by day without fail : 10 That -'they may offer sacrifices ^of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray ^'for the life of the king, and of his sons. 11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, ^let him be hanged thereon; '^and let his house be ma.de a dunghill for this. 12 And the God that hath caused his name 'to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this^house of jG-od which isdit J^-ru'- sa-lem." I Da-ri'us have made a de- cree ; let it be done with speed. 1 3 H Then Tat'na-i, governor on this side the river, She'thar-boz'na-i, and their companions, according to that which Da-ri'us the king had sent, so they •'did speedily. 14 And -^the elders of the Jew§ buikled, and they prospered through the prophesying of Hag'ga-i the prophet and Zech-a-ri'ah the son of id'do. And they builded , and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of is'ra-el, and according to the '"commandment of ^Qy'rus, and '"Da-ri'us, and Ar-tax-5rx'e§ "king of Per'gia. 1 5 And this house was finished on (the third day of the month A'dar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Da-ri'us the king. 16 "[And the children of l§'ra-el, the priests, and the Le'vltes, and the rest The passover kept. EZRA, 7. Artaxerxes' commiission. of ' 'the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy, 17 And j^offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bul- locks, two hundred rams, four hun- dred iambs ; and for a sin offering for all irj'ra-el, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of l§'ra-el. 1 8 And they set the priests in their ^divisions, and the LeVites in their 'courses, for the service of God, which is at Je-ru'sa-lem ; '^as it is written in the book of M6'§e§. 19 1i And the children of the captiv- ity kept the passover "upon the four- teenth day of the first month. 20 For the priests and the LeVItes were purified ^together, all of them were pure, and "killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. 2 1 And the children of I§'ra-el, v/hich were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated "themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of i§'ra-el, did eat, 22 And kept the '^feast of unleav- ened bread seven days with joy : for the LoKD had made them joyful, and ^turned the heart of the king of As- sy r'l-a unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of l§'ra-el. CHAPTER 7. 1 Ezra goes 7ip to Jerumlem.. 11 Gracious commis- sion of Artaxerxes. 27 Ezra blesses God for this favour. NOW after these things, in the rei^n of 'Ar-tax-grx'e§ king of Pgr'sia,Ez'ra''thesonof Ser-a-i'ah,the son of Az-a-ri'ah, the son of Hil-kf ah, 2 The son of Shallum, the son of Za'dok, the son of l-hf tub, 3 The son of Am-a-rf ah, the son of Az-a-ri'ah, the son of Me-raloth, 4 The son of Zer-a-hf ah, the son of TJz'zi, the son of Buk'kl, 5 The son of A-bish'u-a, the son of Phin'e-has, the son of E-le-a'zar, the son of Aar'on the chief priest : 6 This Ez'rawent up from Bab'y-lon; and he to as a ready scribe in the law of Mo'§es, which the Lord God of is'- ra-el had given : and the king granted him all his request, according *to the hand of the Lord his God upon him. 7 And ''there went up some of the children of l§'ra-el,and of the priests, tind the Le'vites, and the singers, and B. C. 515. CHAP. 6. 11 the sons of the iranspor- tation. 1 Ki. 8, 63 Ken. 8, 10 2 Chr. 7, 5 p eh. 8, 35 q lChr.24,1 r lCrir.23,6 12 accord- ing to writing. Num. 3, 6 s Ex. 13, 6 t 2 Chr. 80,15 u 2 Chr. 35,11 V Ex. 12, 48 Ps. 93, 5 w Ex. 12,15 X Pro. 21, 1 B. C. 457. CHAP. 7. 1 Longi- manus. Neh. 2. 1 a lChr.6,14 b ch. 8. 23 c ch. 8, 1 d ch. 2, 43 3 was f Tic founda- tion of the going tip. 8 Neh. 3, 8 / Ps. 119,45 g Deut. 33, 10 Neh. 8, 1 Mai. 2, 7 2 Tim. 4,2 h Ezek.26,7 Dan. 2, 37 3 Or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc. i ch. 4, 10 4 from before the King. j Esth.1,14 k 2 Chr. 6,2 Ps. 135,21 7 ch. 8, 26 mlChr.29,6 n Num.. 15, 4-13 o Deut. 12,5 486 the porters, and the Neth'i-nim§, '^'unto Je-ru'sa-lem, in the seventh year of Ar-ta^-Srx'eg the king. 8 And he came to Je-ru'sa-lem in the fifth month, which was in the sev- enth year of the king. 9 For upon the first day of the first month^began he to go up from Bab'y- lon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Je-ru'sa-lem. "ac- cording to the good hand of his God upon him. 10 For Ez'ra had prepared his heart to seek -^the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to ^teach in i§'ra-el statutes and judgments. 1 1 "^Now this is the copy of the let- ter that the king Ar-ta^-grx'eg gave unto Ez'ra the i^riest, the scribe, even a scribe of the w^ords of the com- mandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to i§'ra-el. 1 2 Ar-ta^-Srx'eg, ^kingof kings, 'unto Ez'ra the priest, a scribe of the lav/ of the God of heaven, perfect peace,'and at such a time. 131 make a decree, that all they of the people of I§'ra-el, and of his priests and LeVites, in my realm, which are minded of their own free- will to go up to Je-ru'sa-lem, go with thee. 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent^of the king, and of his -^seven counsel- lors, to encpire concerning Jii'dah and J e-ru'sa-lem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand ; 1 5 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of l§'ra-el, ^whose habitation ^s in Je-ru'- sa-lem, 16 And ^all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Bab'y-lon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, '"of - fering willingly for the house of their God which is in Je-ru'sa-lem : 17 That thou may est buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their «meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them, nipon the altar of the house of your God which is in Je-ru'sa-lem. 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God. 19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of Ezj'a blesseth God. EZRA, 8. Me sendetli for Levites, thy God, those deliver thou before b. c. 457 the God of Je-ru'sa-lem, 20 And ^whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house. 21 And I, even I Ar-ta^-erx'eg the king, do make a decree to all ?the treasurers Avhich are beyond the riv- er, that whatsoever Ez'ra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, 22 Unto an hundred talents of sil- ver, and to an hundred ^measures of v/heat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing Ao?o much. 23 *^ Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: ''for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons ? 24: Also we certify you, that touch- ing any of the priests and Le'vites, singers, porters, Netli'i-nim§, or min- isters of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. 25 And thou, Ez'ra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, *set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are be- yond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God ; and teach 'ye them that know them not. 26 And vfhosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it he unto death, or ''to banishment, or to confis- cation of goods, or to imprisonment. 27 iBlessed ''he the Lord God of our fathers, "which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Je-rii'sa-lem : 28 And '^hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsel- lors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as nhe hand of the Lord my God ukis upon me, and I gathered together out of is'ra-el chief men to go up with me CHAPTER 8. 1 Ezra's compamons from Babylon : 15 he sends to Iddofor ministers for the temple service. 21 A fast proclaimed. THESE are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy CHAP. 7. p 1 Cor. 4, 1,2 q ch. 4, 16,20 ch. 5, 3, 6 ch. 6, 6 Neh. 2, 7 5 cars, 6 Tiliatso- ever is of the decree. r ch. 6. 10 Ps. 68, 29 Isa. 60, 12 Jer.12,14 s Ex. 18, 21 Deut. 16,18 1 Ki. 3, 28 Ps. 19, 7 Pro. 2, 6 Jas. 1, 5 t 2Chr.l7,7 Mai. 2, 7 Mat.13,52 Mat. 23, 2 Col. 1, 28 7 to rooting out. u 1 Chr. 29,10 V ch. 6, 22 IV ch. 9, 9 Neh. 1. 11 X ch. 5. 5 CHAP. 8. a lChr.3,22 b ch. 2, 3 c ch. 2, 15 Neh. 7, 20 Neh. 10,16 1 Or, the youngest son. Or, Zac- cur, as some read. d Ps. 137, 1 3 Or, pitched. e Pro.27,23 Acts20,28 Heb. 13,17 /Num. 8,1 ch. 7, 7 4 I Vut words in their mouth, 2 Sam.l4, 3, 19 487 of them that Avent up with me from Bab'y-lon, in the reign of Ar-taj- grx'e§ the king. 2 Of the sons of Phin'e-has ; Ger'- shom: of thesonsof Ith'a-mar; Dan'- iel: of the sons of Da'vid; "Hat'tush. 3 Of the sons of Shech-a-ni'ah,of the sons of ''Pha'rosh; Zech-a-rfah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. jt Of the sons of Pa'hath-md'ab ; E-li-ho-e'na-i the son of Zer-a-hi'ah, and with him two hundred males. 5 Of the sons of Shech-a-nf ah ; the son of Ja-ha'zi-el, and with him three hundred males. 6 Of the sons also of ^A'dm ; E'bed the son of Jon'a-than, and with him fiftj^ males. 7 And of the sons of E'lam; Je-sha'- iah the son of Ath-a-li'ah, and with him seventy males. 8 And of the sons of Sheph-a-tf ah ; Zeb-a-di'ah the son of Mf chael, and with him f oui'score males. 9 Of the sons of Jo'ab ; o-ba-dfah the son of Je-hi'el, and with hun two hundred and eighteen males. 10 And of the sons of Shel'o-mith; the son of Jos-i-phi'ah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. 11 And of the sons of Beb'a-i ; Zech- a-rfah the son of Beb'a-i. and with him twenty and eight males. 12 And of the sons of Az'gad; Jo- ha'nan 'the son of Hak'ka-tan, and with him an hundred and ten males. 13 And of the last sons of A-don'i- kam, whose names «re these, E-liph'- e-let, Je-i'el, and Shem-a-I'ah, and Avith them threescore males. 11: Of the sons also of BigVa-i; U'tha-i, and '^Zab'bud, and Aviththem seventy males, 15 TAnd I gathered them together to the river '^that runneth to A-ha'va ; and there ^abode we in tents three days : and I viewed the ^people, and the priests, and found there none of the -^sons of Le'vi. 16 Then sent I for E-li-e'z5r,for A'ri- el, for Shem-a-f ah, and f or Elna-than, and for Ja'rib, and for fil'na-than, and for Na'than,and for Zech-a-ri'ah, and for Me-shullam, chief men; also for Joi'a-rib, and for Elna-than, men of understanding. 17 And I sent them with command- ment unto Id 'do the chief at the place Ca-siph'i-a, and ^I told them what they should say unto id/do, and 8 ^ fast proclaimed. EZRA, 9. The treasure is weighed. H K to his brethren the Neth'i-nim§, at the place C'a-siph'i-a, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And by the •''good hand of our God upon us they ''brought us a man of understanding, _of the sons of Mahll,the son of LeVi,the son of l§'- ra-el ; and Sher-e-bi'ah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen ; 19 And Hash-a-bi'ah, and with him Je-sha'iahof the sons of Me-ra'ri,his brethren and their sons, twenty ; %) Also 'of the Neth'i-nims, whom DaVid and the princes had appointed for the service of the Le'vites, two hundred and tw^enty Neth'i-nim§: all of them were expressed by name. 2 1 ^Then I -^proclaimed a fast there, at the river of A-ha'va, that we might ^afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of hmi a right way 'for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I '"was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand "of our God is upon all them for ^good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is ^against all -them^that forsake him,* 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this : and he was intreated of us. 24 iThen I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sher-e-bl'ah, Hash-a-bi'ah, and ten of their breth- ren Avith them, 25 And weighed unto them 'the sil- ver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his coun- sellors, and his lords, and all l§'ra-el there present, had offered : 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fiftv talents of sil- ver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred tal- ents ; 27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousa^nd drams ; and two vessels of ^fine copper, ''precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them. Ye are holy *unto the Lord ; the vessels are "holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers. 29 Watch "ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the *H. Jobs. 3; K. Neh. 9. 6. B. C. 457. CHAP. 8. g ch. 7, 28 Pro. 3, 6 Rom.8,28 h Lev. 10, 10, 11 2 Chr. 30,22 Neh. 8, 7 Neh. 9,4,5 % ch. 3, 43 j 2Chr.20,3 fc Lev.16,29 Lev.23,29 Isa. 58,3,5 I Ps. 5, 8 ?)ilCor.9,15 n ch. 7, 6, 9,28 Ps. 33, 18 Ps. 34, 15 pPs. 34, 16 q 2Chr.l5,2 )• lChr.5,20 2 Chr. 33, 13 Isa. 19, 22 s ch. 7, 15,16 5 -yrtlo^f'iOr, brass. 6 desirable. t Lev. 21, 6,7,8 Deut.33,8 u Lev. 22, 2,3 Num. 4,4, 15, 19, 20 V 1 Chr. 26, 20-26 Lu. 12, 37,38 IV ch. 7, 6, 9,28 X Neh. 2, 11 y ch. 6, 17 z ch. 7, 21 a Isa. 14, 1 Isa. 56, 6 Isa. 61, 5 Zech. 8, 1-23 CHAP. 9. a Neh. 9, 2 b Bent. 12,30 c Dent. 7, 3 d Ex. 22, .31 Deut.14,2 488 priests and the Le'vites, and chief of the fathers of i§'ra-el, at Je-ru'sa- lem, in the chambers of the house of the J^ORD. 30 So took the priests and the Le'- vites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Je-ru'sa-lem unto the house of our God. 31 "[Then we departed from the river of A-ha'va on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Je-ru'- sa-lem: and "the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 32 And we 'came to Je-ru'sa-lem, and abode there three days. 33 ITNow.on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of JVler'e-moth the son of U-ri'ah the priest ; £ind with him vxis E-le-a'zar the son of Phin'e-has ; and with them teas Joz'a-bad the son of Jesh'u-a, and No-a-di'ah the son of Bin'nu-i, Le'vites ; 34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. 35 Also the children of those that had been carried avf ay, which weie come out of the captivity, offered •^burnt offerings unto the God of l§'- ra-el, twelve bullocks for all is'ra-el, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this teas a burnt offering unto the Lord. 36 And they delivered the king's commissions "unto the king's lieu- tenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered "the people, and the house of God. CHAPTER 9. 1 Ezra mourns for the affiniU/ of the people with strangers, 5 and%>raiis to God. ^VfOW when these things were .^^ done, the princes came to me, saying. The people of Is'ra-el, and the priests, and the Le'vites, have not "separated themselves from the peo- ple of the lands, V?of?2g according to their abomxinations, even of the Ca'- naan-ites, the Hit'tites, the Per'iz- zites,the Jeb'u-sites,the Am'mon-ites, the Mo'ab-ites, the E-gyp'tians, and the Am'or-ites. 2 For they have <^taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the "^holy seed Ezra^s prayer vnth EZRA, 10. confession of sms. have ^mingled themselves with the people of those lands : yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. 3 And when I heard this thing, I •^rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat doAvn ^as- tonied. 4 Then were assembled unto me ev- ery one that Hrembled at the words of the God of l§'ra-el, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away ; and I sat astonied un- til the 'evening sacrifice. A f 5 TAnd at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my 'heaviness ; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread •'but my hands unto the Lord my God, C r 6 And said. O my God, I ^am R ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God : for our iniquities are increased over ozcr head, and our ^trespass is grown up unto the heav- ens . R. Neh. 1. 6-9. T Since the days of our fathers have %e been in a great trespass unto this day ; and for our iniquities '"have we, our kings, and our priests, been deliv- ered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.* 8 And now for a ^little space grace hath been sheioed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to es- cape, and to give us *a nail in his holy place, that our God may "lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. 9 For °we tvere bondmen ; ^yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bond- age, but hath ^extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Pgr'- §ia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and ^to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us ''a wall in Ju'dah and in Je-ru'sa-lem. 10 And nov/, O our God, what shall we say after this ? for we have for- saken thy commandments, 11 Which thou hast commanded ^by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to' pos- sess it, is an unclean land with the filtliiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it ■'from one end to another with their uncleanness. *A. Neh. 1.6,7; C. Job 4. 8. B. C. 457. CHAP. 9. e 2Cor.6,U / Isa. 15, 3 g Ps. 143, 4 h ch. 10, 3 Isa. 66, 2 i Ex. 29, 39 1 Or, affliction-. j Ex. 9, 29 k Dan. 9, 7 3 Or,guilt%- ness. I Ps. 106, 6 m Deut. 28,36 3 moment. 4 Or, a pin; that is, a constant and sure abode. n Ps. 13, 3 Neh. 9, 36 p Ps. 136,23 q ch. 7, 28 5 to set up. r Isa. 5, 2 6 bu the hand of thy serv- ants. 7 from mouth to 'niOlltri, 2Ki.21,16 s Ex. 23, 32 Ex. 34,12, 15, 16 Deut. 7, 3 t Deut.23,6 u Pro. 13.22 Pro. 20, 7 8 hast withheld beneath, our in- iquities. Ps. 103,10 V John 5,14 2 Pet.2,20 w 2Cor.e,14 X Neh. 9, 33 Dan. 9, 14 y Pvom.3,19 z Ps. 130, 3 CHAP. 10. a Dan. 9, 20 b 2Chr.20,9 1 ivept a great weeping. c Neh. 13,27 3 to bring forth. d ch. 9, 4 e Deut. 7, 2,3 Josh. 23, 12 /IChr. 28,10 Isa. 35,3,4 g Neh. 5, 12 489 12 Now therefore 'give not your daughters mito their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, 'nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever : that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and "leave it for an inheritance to your childreia forever. 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God %ast punished us less than our iniqui- ties deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this _; 11: Should we "again break thy com- mandments, and "joininaflSnity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there shoidd be no remnant nor es- caping ? 15 Lord God of i§'ra-el, ^thou art righteous : for w^e remain yet escaped, as it is this day : behold, we are ^be- fore thee m our trespasses: for we cannot ^stand before thee because of this. CHAPTER 10. 1 Ezra reforms the strange marriages. 18 Those that had taken strange wives. NOW^'when Ez'ra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before *the house of God, there assembled unto him out of I§'ra-el a very great congre- gation of men and women and chil- dren : for the people Svept very sore. 2 And Shech-a-ni'ah the son of Je- hfel, one of the sons of Elam, an- swered and said unto Ez'ra, We have 'trespassed against our God, and have taken strange ■wives of the peo- ple of the land : yet now there is hope in l§'ra-el concerning this thing. 8 Now therefore let us make a cove- nant with our God -to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that '^tremble 'at the commandment of our God ; and let it be done according to the law. 4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee : we also ivill be with thee : -^be of good courage, and do it. 5 Then arose Ez'ra, and made the chief priests, the Le'vites, and all l§'- ra-el, ^to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware. 6 Then fiz'ra rose up from before the house of God, and -went into the cham- Ezra reformeth the EZRA, 10. strange marriages. ber of Jo-ha'nan the son of E-li'a-shib : and %cihe7\ he came thither, he Mid eat no bread, nor drink water : for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. 7 And they made proclamation throughout Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem unto ail the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Je-ru'sa-lem ; 8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be ^forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. 9 IFThen all the men of Jii'dah and Ben'ja-min gathered themselves to- gether imto Je-ru'sa-lem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month ; and 'all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for Uhe great rain. 1 And Ez'ra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and ^have taken strange wives, to in- crease the trespass of i§'ra-el. 11 Now therefore -Tnake confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and ^do his pleasure : and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. 12 Then all the congregation an- swered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. 1 3 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for "vv^e are many that have transgressed in this thing. 1 4 Let now our rulers of all the con- gregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of everv city, and the judges thereof, until the ^fierce wrath of our God ''for this mat- ter be turned from us. 1 5 Only J on'a-than the son of A'sa-hel and Je-ha-zl'ah the son of TikVah ^were employed about this matter: and Me-shuVlam and Shab'be-thai the Le'vite helped them. 1 6 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ez'ra the priest, tcith certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and B. C. 457. CHAP. 10. ;i Deut.9,18 Job 23, 12 3 devoted. Lev.27,28 Josh, 6,19 i 1 Sam. 12,18 Isa. 10, 10 4 tlie showers. 5 have caused to divell, or, have hr ought back. j Lev. 26, 40-42 Pro. 28,13 Jer. 3, 13 k Isa. 1, 16,17 Rom. 12,2 6 Or, we have (jreatly offended in this thing. 2 Ki.23,26 2 Chr. 28, 11-13 2 Chr. 29, 10 2Chr.30,8 7 Or, till this mat- ter 1)6 dis- patched. 8 stood. 456. m ch. 5, 2 Hag. 1, 1, 12 Has:. 2, 4 Zech. 3, 1 Zech.6,11 n2Ki.lO,15 1 Chr. 29,24 2Chr.30,8 Pro. 6, 1 Pro. 22,26 Lev. 5, 15 Lev. 6, 4, 5,6 p ch. 2, 3 Neh. 7, 8 Neh. 8, 3 q ch. 2, 8 Neh. 7. 13 r Neh. 3, 11 Malchi- jah. 490 sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 1 7 And they made an end with aU the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. 18 IF And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: 7iamely, of the sonsof "' Jesh'u-a thesonof Joz'a-dak, and his brethren; Ma-a-se'iah, and E-li-e'zgr, and Ja'rib, and Ged-a-li'ah. 19 And they "gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and "being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass, 2(> And of the sons of im'm^r; Ha- na'ni, and Zeb-a-di'ah. 2 1 And of the sons of Ha'rim ; Ma-a- se'iah, and E-li'jah, and Shem-a-i'ah, and Je-hi'el, and Uz-zi'ah. 22 And of the sons of Pash'ur ; E-li- o-e'na-i, Ma-a-se'iah, ish'ma-el, Ne- than'e-el, Joz'a-bad, and El'a-sah. 23 Also of the LeVItes ; Joz'a-bad, and Shim'e-i,and Ke-la'iah, (the same is Kel'i-ta,) Peth-a-hi'ah, Jii'dah, and E-li-e'zer. 21 Of the singers also; E-li'a-shib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and U'ri. 25 Moreover of l§'ra-el : of the sons of ^'Pa'rosh ; Ra-mfah, and Je-zi'ah, and ]\Ial-chfah. and Mi'a-min, and E-le-a'zar, and 3Ial-chi'jah, and Be- na'iah. 26 And of the sons of Elam ; Mat- ta-nfah, Zech-a-rfah, and Je-hl'el, and Ab'di, and Jer 'e-moth. and E-li'ah. 27 And of the sons of ^Zat'tu ; E-li- o-e'na-i, E-li'a-shib,_Mat-ta-ni'ah, and Jer'e-moth, and Za'bad, and A-zf za. 28 Of the sons also of Beb'a-i; Je- ho-ha'nan, Han-a-nfah, Zah'bai,and Athlai. 29 And of the sons of Ba'nl; Me- shullam, Malluch, and Ad-a-fah, Jash ub, and She al, and Ra'moth._ 30 And of the sons of Pa'hath-mo'- ab; Ad'na, and Chelal, Be-na'iah, Ma-a-selah, Mat-ta-nfah, Be-zal'e-el, and Bin'nu-i, and Ma-nas'seh. 31 And of the sons of Ha'rim ; E-li- e'z6r, i-shljah, "Mal-chi'ah, Shem- a-i'ah, Shim'e-on, 32 Ben' ja-min, Malluch, and Shem- a-rfah. 33 Of the sons of Ha'shum; Mat-te- na'I,Mat'ta-thah, Za'bad, E-liph'e-let, Jer'e-mai, Ma-nas'seh, and Shim'e-i. 34 Of the sons of Ba'ni; Ma-ad 'ai, Am'ram, and u'el, The prayer NEHEMIAH, 1, 2. of Neheriiiali. 35 Be-na'iah, Be-de'iah, Chel'luh. 36 Va-ni'ah, Mer'e-moth, E-li'a-shib, 37 Mat-ta-niah, Mat-te-na'i, and Ja'a-sau, 38 And Ba'ni, and Bin'nu-i, Shim'- e-i, 39 And Shel-e-mi'ali, and Na'than, and Ad-a-i'ah, 40 ''Mach-na-de'bai,Shash'a-i, Shar'- a-I, B C. 456. CHAP. 10. 9 Or, ^iab- nadebal, accord- ing to some copies. s Num. 32,38 ch. 2. 29 t Ex. 23. 2 1 Ki. 11,1 Pro. 2, 16 Mat. 7. 13 Shel-e-nii'ah, a?id Jo'- 41 A-zar'e-el, and Shem-a-ri'ah, 42 Shallum, Am-a-ri'ah, 43 Of the sons of ^Ne'bo ; Je-fel, Mat-ti-thi'ah, Za'bad, Ze-bi'na, Ja- da'u, and Jo'el, Be-na'iah. 44 All 'these had taken strange wives : and some of them had wives by whom they had children. THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH. R CHAPTER 1. 1 JVehemiah, rcnderstanding by Hanani fhe afflicied state of Jer usa lem, 'mourns, faats, and pi-ay is : 4 his prayer. '"f^HE words of ''Xe-he-mi'ah the X son of Hach-a-li'ah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleii, in the ^twentieth vear, as I was in Shu'shan ''the_palace, 2 That Ha-na'ni, one of my breth- ren, came, he and certain men of Ju'dah ; and I asked them concern- ing the Jews that had escaped, which Avere left of the captivity, and concerning Je-ru'sa-lem. 3 And they said unto me, The rem- nant that are left of the captivity there in the provmce are in great af- fliction and reproach : "the wall of J e-rLi 'sa-lem also ' is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. 4 "i^And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 5 And said, I beseech thee, -^O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, i'that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commamdments : 6 Eet thine ear now be attentive, and thine ''eyes open, that thou may- est hear the prayer of thy servant, w^hich I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of is'ra-el thy ser\'ants, and confess 'the sins of' the children of Is 'ra-el, which we have sinned against thee : both I and my father's house have sinned. 7 We -^have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have-n ot ke pt the I commandments, nor the st atutes, n or! B. C. 446. CHAP. 1. a ck. 10, 1 b Ezra 7, 8 ch. 2, 1 c Esth. 1. 2 Dan. 8, '2 d ch. 2, 17 e 2Ki.25,10 / Dan. 9, 4 g Ex. 20, 6 Ps. 89, 2 the judgments, which thou com- | a mandedst thy servant Mo'seg. * j 8 Kem.ember, 1 beseech thee, the ^ p vford that thou commandedst thy servant Mo'ses, saying, If ^je trans- gress, 1 will scatter you abroadT among the nations . 9 But "'^'/' ye turiiunto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; "though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the filKi.8, 2Ch"'r.6,4o tlTeiice, and will brmg them unto the I Dan. 9, 20 i place that 1 have chosen to set my" j Ps. 106. 6 Dan. 9, 5 k Deut. 28,15 I Lev.26,33 Deut.4,25 Deut. 28, 64 mLev.26,39 Deut.4.29 Deut.30,2 n Deut.30,4 Dent. 9,29 Dan. 9, 15 p Ps. 119, 4 Isa. 26, 8 Heb. 13, 18 q Gen.39.21 Ps. 37, 5 Fs. 55. 22 Pro. 16, 3 r ch. 2, 1 B. C. 445. CHAP. 2. a Ezra 7, 1 That is. of Artax- erxes Longi- manus. b ch. 1. 11 c Pro.15,13 491 nam e ther e, f 10 Now '4;hese a^re thy ser\'ants and thy people, whom thou hast re- deemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. 110 Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy ser^^ant, and to the prayer o± thy ser\^ants, vrho desire 'to fear thy name : and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant ?him mercy in the sight of this man. For I Avas the 'king's ca]3bearer. CHAPTER 2. Artaxerxes, iinders:tftnding the cause of yeherniah'^ sadness, sends him xnlh letters and a commission to build again, the icall of Jerusalem. i ND it came to pass in the month ^ A_ Xi'san^in the twentieth year ot " Ar-tax-grx'es the king, that wine icas before him : and *I took up the A\^ne, and gave it unto the king. Now T had not been heforetime sad in his presence. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but '"sorrow of heart. Theii I was very sore afraid, *A. 9. 13-17. '^ t P. Psa. 23. 3; R. Job 11. 13-15. Artaxerxes* letters. 3 And said unto the king, '^Let the king hve for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the *city, the place of my fathers' sepul chres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ? 4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request ? So -^I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 And I said unto the king. If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou w^ouldest send me unto Jii'dah, unto the city of my fathers' sepul- chres, that I may build it. 6 And the king said unto me, (the ^queen also sitting by him,) Forhovv^ long shall thy journey be ? and when wilt thou return ? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him^^a time. T Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the riv- er, that they naay convey me over till I come into Ju'dah ; 8 And a letter unto A'saph the keep er of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beamo for the gates of the palace which apper- tained ^to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king grant- ed me, 'according to the good hand of my God upon me. 9 IT Then I came to the governors be- yond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Nov/ the king had sent captains of the army and horse- men with me. 10 When San-ballatthe^Hor'o-nite, and T6-bfah the servant, the Im'- mon-ite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the chil- dren of l§'ra-el. 11 "fSo I -^came to Je-ru'sa-lem, and was there three days. 1 2 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me ; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Je-ru'sa-lem : neither id as there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 13 And I went out by night ^by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Je-ru'sa-lem, which were iDroken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. NEHEMIAH, 3. The vmlls and gates viewed. B. C. 445. CHAP. 2. d 1 Ki. 1, 31 Dan. 2, 4 Dan. 5, 10 Dan. 6, 6,21 e ch. 1, 3 Ps. 137, 5 / 1 Sam. 1,13 ch. 1, 11 Pro. 3, 6 1 wife. Probably Esther. Esth. 8, 1 g ch. 5, 14 ch. 13, 6 h Ezra 10, 6,9 ch. 3, 7 That is, the temple. i Ezra 5, 5 Ezra 7, 6, 9,28 2 Or, Moabite. Isa. 15, 5 j Ezra 8,32 k 2Chr.26,9 ch. 3, 13 I ch. 1, 3 m ch. 3, 15 n 2 Sam. 15,23 Jer. 31, 40 John 18,1 ch.l, 3 Ps. 44, 13 Fs. 79, 4 Jer. 24, 9 Ezek.5,14 Ezek.22,4 p2Sam.2,7 q Ps. 44, 13 Ps. 79, 4 Ps. 80, 6 r Ps. 127, 1 Rom.8,31 s Ezra 4, 3 John 4, 9 Acts 8, 21 CHAP. 3. a ch. 12, 10 b John 5, 2 c ch. 12, 39 d Jer.31, 38 Zech. 14,10 1 at Ms hand. e Ezra 2,34 /2 Chr. 33.14 ch. 12, 39 Zeph.1,10 g eh. 6, 1 ch. 7, 3. 492 1 4 Then I went on to the '"gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool : but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. 1 5 Then went I up in the night by "the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. 1 6 And the rulers knew not whither '. went, or what I did ; neither had I as yet told it to the Jew§, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. 17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Je- rLi'sa-lem liet?t waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire : come, and let us build up the wall of Je-ru'- sa-lem, that we be nomorca reproach. 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which w^as good upon me ; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they ^strengthened their hands for this good iDork. 19 But when San-bal'lat the Hor'- o-nite, and To-bi'ah the servant, the Am'mon-ite, and Ge'shem the A-ra'- bi-an, heard it^ they ^laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do ? will ye rebel against the king ? 20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, '^The God of heaven, he will prosper us ; therefore we his serv- ants will arise and build : but 'ye have no portion, nor right, nor me- morial, in Je-ru'sa-lem. CHAPTER 3. The names and order of them that builded the wall of Jey^usalem. THEN «E-li'a-shib the high priest rose up with his brethren the ]3riests, 'and they builded the sheep gate ; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it ; ''even unto the tower of Me'ah they sanctified it, unto the tower of "^Ha-nan'e-el. 2 And ^next unto him ^builded the men of Jer'i-cho. And next to them builded Zac'cur the son of Im'ri. 3 But -^the fish gate did the sons of Has-se-na'ah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and ^set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 4 And next unto them repaired Mer- e-moth the sonof U-ri'jah,thesonof Koz. And next unto them repaired Names and order of them NEHEMIAH, 3. that huilded the wall. Me-shuriam the son of Ber-e-chi'ah, the son of Me-shez'a-beel. And next unto them repaired Za'dok the son of Ba'a-na. 5 And next unto them the Te-ko'ites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to ^the work of their Lord. 6 Moreover the old gate repaired Je-hoi'a-da the son of ra-se'ah, and Me-shul'lam the son of Bes-o-de'iah ; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 7 And next unto them repaired Mel- a-ti'ah the Gib'e-on-ite, and Ja^dpn the Me-ron'o-thite, the men of Gib'- e-on,-^and of Miz'pah, unto the throne *of the governor on this side the river 8 Next unto him repaired iJz'zi-el the son of Har-ha-fah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Han-a- nf ah the son of 07ie of the apothe- caries, and they ^fortified Je-ru'sa- lem unto the ^broad wall. 9 And next unto them repaired Reph-a-i'ah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Je-ru'sa-lem. 1 And next unto them repaired J e-da'iahthe son of Ha-ru'maph,even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hat'tush the son of Hash-ab-ni'ah. 1 1 Mal-chi'jah 'Hhe son of Ha'rim, and Ha'shub the son of Pa'hath- mo'ab, repaired the ^other piece, and "the tower of the furnaces. 1 2 And next unto himrepaired Shal'- lum the son of Ha-15'hesh, the ruler of the half part of Je-ru'sa-lem, he and ''his daughters. 13 The f valley gate repaired Ha'- nun, and the inhabitants ^of Za-n5'ah ; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the 'dung gate. 14 But the dung gate repaired Mal- chi'ah the son of Re'chab, the ruler of part of 'Beth-hac'ge-rem ; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 1 5 But the gate of the fountain re- paired Shallun the sonof C61-h5'zeh, the ruler of part of "Miz'pah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of ""Si-lo'ah by the king's gar- den, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of Da'vid. 16 After him repaired Ne-he-mi'ah B. C.445. |the son of Az'buk, the ruler of the CHAP 3 '^^^^^ P^^'^ ^f Beth'-zur, unto the place ' jOveragainstthe sepulchres of Da'vid, /I Judg5,23 ^^^ to the '"pool that was made, and i ch. 12. 39 unto the -^house of the mighty. 17 After him repaired the LeVites, Re 'hum the son of B a'ni. N ext unto him repaired H ash-a-bi'ah, the ruler of the half part of Kei'lah, in his part. 18 After him repaired their breth- ren, Bav'a-i the son of Hen'a-dad, the ruler of the half part ^of Keilah. 19 And next to hun repaired E'zSr the son of Jesh'u-a, the ruler of Miz'- pah, another piece over against the j Josh. 9. 3 Josh. 18,25 k ch. 2, 8 2 Or, left Jerusa- lem unto the broad wall. I ch. 12, 38 m Ezra2,32 Ezra 10, 25 second measure. Lu. 8, 3 Phil. 4, 3 p ch. 2, 13 q Josh. 15, 34 r ch. 2, 13 s Jer. 6, 1 Mic. 1, 11 t ch. 2. 14 u Jo.sh. 18, 26 going up to the armoury "^at the turn- ing of the icall. 20 After him Ba'ruch the son of /ich. 12, 38 j*Zab'bai earnestly ''repaired the other Ex. 35, 25 'piece, from the turning of the loall unto the door of the house of E-li'a- shib the high priest. 21 After him repaired Mer'e-moth the son of U-rl'jah the son of Koz an- other piece, from the door of the house of E-li'a-shib even to the end of the house of E-li'a-shib. 22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. 23 After him repaired Ben'ja-min and Ha'shub over against their house. V isa. 8, 6 ! After hini repaired Az-a-ri'ah the son John 9, 7 of Ma-a-se'iah the son of An-a-ni'ah by u;2Ki.20.20 his hoUSC. Isa. 22, 11 21: After him repaired Bin'nu-I the X Song 3. 7 gQj^ q£ Hen'a-dad another piece, from the house of Az-a-ri'ah unto the turn- jing of the wall, even unto the corner. I 25 Pa'lal the son of tj'za-i, over z 2Chr.26,9:g^gg^^jj^g^ ^j^^ tumiug of the loall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that v^sas by the *court of the prison. After him Pe- da'iah the son of Pa'rosh. 26 JMoreoverthe Neth'i-nimg^dwelt in *'o'phel, unto the place over against '^the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. 27AfterthemtheTe-ko'Itesrepaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of o'phel. 28 From above the ^horse gate re- paired the priests, every one over d ch. Sj^ij^ 3 against his house. „,, ,n o^ ^^ After them repaired Za'dok the « I chJ-^'^^ ^^^ ^^ im'mSr over against his house. After him repaired also Shem-a-i'ah the son of Shech-a-nl'ah, the keeper of ^the east gate. 30 After him repaired Han-a-m'ah y Josh. 15,44 1 Sam. 23,1 4 Or. Zaccai. rt Eccl.9,10 Rom. 12, 11 b Jer. 32, 2 Jer. 33, 1 Jer. 37, 21 c Ezra 2, 43 ch. 11, 21 5 Or, toMch dwelt in Ophel, repaired unto. 6 Or. The tower. 2Chr.27,3 23, li Jer. 31. 40 7 the sun gate. Jer. 19 2, 493 Nehemiah setteth a watch. NEHEMIAH, 4. The builders armed. the son of Shel-e-mi'ah, and Ha'nun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Me-shul'- 1am the son of Ber-e-chi'ah over against his chamber. 31 After him repaired Mal-chi'ah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Neth'i-nim§, and of the mer- chants, over against the gate Miph'- kad, and to the ''going up of the corner. 32 And between the going up of the corner unto -^the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. CHAPTER 4. 1 While the enemies sco/T, Nehemiah prays to God, and continues trie work : 7 he sets a watch. BUT it came to pass, "that when San-ballat heard that we build- ed the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jew§. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Sa-ma'ri-a, and said, What do these feeble Jew§? will they ^fortify themselves? will they sacrifice ? will they make an end in a day ? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned ? 3 Now *To-brah the Am'mon-ite loas by him, and he said. Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. 4 Hear,"0 our God; for we are Me- spised : and '^turn their reproach up- on their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity : 5 And "cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee : for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. 6 So built we the wall ; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. 7 TBut it came to pass, that when San-ballat, and To-bfah, and the A-ra'bi-an§, and the Am'mon-ites, and the Ash'dod-ites, heard that the walls of Je-ru'sa-lem Hvere made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And -^conspired all of them to- gether to come a7id to fight against Je-ru'sa-lem, and '*to hinder it. 9 Nevertheless ^we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 10 And Jii'dah said. The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed,! B. C. 445. CHAP. 3. 8 Or,corner chamber. /ch. 12, 39 CHAP. 4. a ch. 2, 10 Ps. 2, 1, 4 Acts 5, 17 1 leave to them- selves. b ch. 2, 10,19 c Ps. 123, 3.4 2 despite. d Ps. 79, 12 Pro. 3, 34 e Ps. 69, 27 Ps. 109, 14, 15 Jer. 18, 23 3 ascended. f Ps. 83, 3 4 to make an error to it. g Job 22, 27 Ps. 50, 15 Mat.26,41 5 Or. That from all places ye must re- turn to us. 6 from the loiver parts of the place, etc. h Num. 14,9 Deut.1,29 i Deut. 10, 17 j 2 Sara. 10, 12 k Job 5, 12 Ps. 33, 10 I ICor. 16, 13 Eph. 6, 10 7 on his loins. m Ex. 14,14 Deut.1,30 Deut. 3,22 Deut.20,4 Josh. 23,10 494 and there is much rubbish ; so that we are not able to build the wall. 1 1 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. 12 1i And it came to pass, that when the Jew§ which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, 'From all places whence ye shall return unto us they loill be upon you. 13 Therefore set I ^in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, ^Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, viihich 'is great and ter- rible, and ■'fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us,''^and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my serv- ants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons ; and the rulers vjere behind all the house of Jii'dah. IT They which builded on the wail, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with ^one of his hands wrought in the work, and w4th the other hand held a weapon. 1 8 For the builders, every one had his sword girded 'by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet urns by me. 19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. 20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us : "'om' God shall fight for us. 21 So we laboured in the work : and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. Nehemiah rebuketh NEHEMIAH, 5, 6. the usurers. 22 Likewise at the same time said 1 unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Je-ru'sa- lem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. 23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my sei'vants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, ^sav ing that eveiy one put them off for wasliing. CHAPTER 5. i The people coinplain of their debu inortgage, and bondage. 6 The usurers rebnked, etc. 4 ND there was a gi*eat ""cry of ir\ the people and of their vrives against Hheir brethren the Jew§. 2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many : therefore we 'take up corn /or them, that we may eat, and live. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vine- yards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said. We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, aiid that upon our lands and vineyp.rds. 5 Yet now "^our fiesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our cliildren as their children: and, lo, '^we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already : neither is it in our power to redeem them ; for other men have our lands and vineyards. 6 IF And I was very -^angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then T consulted with myself, and -^1 rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them. Ye ^ exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set 'a great assembly against them. 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have ■'redeemed our breth- ren the Jew§, which were sold unto the heathen ; and will ye even sell your brethren '? or shalfthey be sold unto us ? Then held they their peace, and found notliing to anstoer. 9 Also I said. It is not good that ye do : ought ye not to walk ^in the fear of our God ^because of the re- proach of the heathen our enemies ? 10 I likewise, a/ic^ my brethren, and m.y servants, might exact of them money and corn : I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, B. C. 445. CHAP. 4. 8 Or, every one went with his iveapon for water. Judg.5,11 CHAP. 5, a Isa. Jas. the and the even this day, their lands, their vine- yards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth p«r^ of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them ; so will we do as thou say est. Then I called the priests, '"and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. 13 Also "1 shook my lap, and said, So God "shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and "emptied. Andall thecongregationsaid, A-men', and praised the Lord. ^And the peo- 11, 8 23le did according to this proixiise. 14 *ii Moreover from the time that I was appointed^ to be their governor in tlie land of Ju'dah, from the twen- tieth year ?even unto the two and thirtieth year of Ar-tax-grx'es king, that is, twelve years, t my brethren have not eaten '"bread of the governor. 15 But the former governors that ^^\J had been before me Avere chargeable '" 'unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver ; yea, even their ser\-ants bare rule over the people: but 'so did not I, because of the fear 'of God. 1 6 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any and all my ser\^ants vjere gathered thither unto the work. 17 Moreover there icere "at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us. 18 In^ow that nvhich was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep ; also fowls were pre- pared for me, and once in ten days Pro. 23,17 j store of all sorts of wine: yet for ail 2Sam.9.7i^l^is required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this j^eople, 1 9 Think '"upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. CHAPTER 6. 1 Sanballat practices against JS'ehemiah hy insidioiis attempts. 15 The wall finished . 17 Secret intelli- gence between the eyietnies and the nobles of Jvdah. OW it came to pass, "when San- ballat, and To-bi'ah, and 'Ge'- shem the A-ra'bi-an, and the rest of our ft Lev.25,.35 Deut.15,7 c Hag. 1, 6 il Isa. 58, 7 Actsl7,26 e- Ex. 21, 7 Mat.l8,2o /Ex. 1 my hea rt consulted in vie. g Lev.19,17 ITim. 5,20 ft, Ex. 22, 25 Deut. 23, 19 Ps. 15, 5 Ezek. 22,13 i Pro Mat.lS j Lev.25,48 k Lev.25,36 I 2 Sam. 12. 14 Rom. 2,24 1 Pet.2,12 ?7i Ezra 10,5 Jer.34,8,9 n Mat.lO,li Actsl3,51'l^^/l Acts 18, G ^ct'-il'-'- Zech. 5, 4 2 empty,or. void. p 2 Ki. 23, 3 q ch. 13, 6 r 1 Cor. 9, 4 s 2Cor.ll,9 2 Cor. 12, 13 t Gen.42,18 .Job 31, 23 Pro. 16, 6 u lKi.ls,l9 y 1 Ki. 4, 22 w ch. 13, 22 CHAP. 6. a ch. ch, 2,10 4,1. ', Or, Gashnvu, ver. 6 495 Sanballafs opposition. NEHEMIAH, 7. The icall finished. enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein ; (*though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates ;) 2 That San-ballat and ''Ge'shem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain '^of O'no. But they ''thought to do me mischief. 3 Andl -^sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you ? 4 Yet they sent unto me ^four times after this sort ; and I answered them after the same manner. 5 HThen sent San-bal'lat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand ; 6 Wherein was written, It is ^re- ported among the heathen, and '^Gash'mii saith it, that 'thou and the Jewgthink to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words, 7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Je-ru'- sa-lem, saying. There is a king in Jii'dah : and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. 8 Then I sent unto him, saying. There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou -'feignest them out of thine own heart. 9 For they all made us afraid, say- ing. Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O ''God, strengthen my hands. 10 IF Afterward I came unto the house of Shem-a-f ah the son of Del-a- i'ah the son of Me-het'a-beel, who loas shut up ; and he said. Let \is meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple : for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. 1 1 And I said. Should ™such a man as 1 flee ? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life ? I will not go in. 12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him ; but that "he pro- nounced this prophecy against me : for To-bi'ah and San-ballat had hired him. B. C. 445. CKAP. 6. b oh. 3, 1, 3 c Pro.26,24 d lChr.8,12 ch. 11, 35 e Ps. 37, 12 Ps. 12, 2 Pro. 26,24 Eccl. 4, 4 Mic. 7, 4,5 /Pro. 14,15 g Pro. 1, 10 7i Jer. 9, 3 Jer. 20, 10 2 Or, Geshem, ver. 1 i Ezra 4, 13 ch. 2, 19 Lu. 23, 2 j Ps. 52, 2 Job 13, 4 k Deut. 33,25 Ps. 138, 3 I Pro.26,24 m Pro. 28, 1 nEzek. 13,22 ch. l.*^ 29 p Ezek, 13 17 q ch. 2, 10 ch. 4, 1, 7 ch. 6, 1 /• Ps 126, 2 3 multi- plied their letters passing to Tobiah. 4 Or, matters. CHAP. 7. ^ch.3,1-32 b ch. 6, 1 c ch. 2 8 d ch. 13, 13 e Gen.42,18 Ex. 18, 21 ch. 5, 15 .Job 31, 23 Pro 16, 6 Pro 23,17 1 broad in spaces. f Pro. 2, 6 Pro. 3, 6 Rom. 11,36 1 Cor. 4. 7 ICor. 15, 10 2Cor.8,16 Jas. 1, 17 490 13 Therefore icas he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might re- proach me. 14 My ^God, think thou upon To-bi'- ah and San-ballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess ^No-a-drah,and the rest of the proph- ets, that would have put me in fear. 15 ITSo the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Eliil, in fifty and two days. 16 And it came to pass, that when ^all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that v^ere about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they 'perceived that this work was wrought of our God. 17 1i Moreover in those days the no- bles of Jii'dah ^sent many letters unto To-bi'ah, and the letters of To-bl'ah came unto them. 18 For there mere many in Jii'dah sworn unto him, because he loas the son in law of Shech-a-ni'ah the son of A'rah; and his son Jo-ha'nan had taken the daughter of Me-shullam the son of Ber-e-chi'ah. 1 9 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my ^words to him. A7id To-bfah sent letters to put me in fear. CHAPTER 7. Genealogy of those toho came at the first out oj Babylon. ]Vr O W it came to pass, when the wall 1-^ "was built, and I had set *up the doors, and the porters and the sing- ers and the Le'vites were appointed, 2 That I gave my brother Ha-na'ni, and Han-a-ni'ah the ruler ''of the pal- ace, charge over Je-ru'sa-lem : for he 10 as '^a faithful man, and feared 'God above many. 3 And I said unto them. Let not the gates of Je-ru'sa-lem be opened until the sun be hot ; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them : and appoint watches of the in- habitants of Je-ru'sa-lem, every one in his watch, and every one to he over against his house. 4 UNow the city vms 'large and great : but the people were few there- in, and the houses were not builded. 5 And my -^God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I Register of thera that NEHEMIAH, 7. came first fr 0771 Babylon. found '^a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, 6 These are the children of the prov- ince, that went up out of the captiv- ity, of those that had been carried away, whom Neb-u-chad-nez'zar the king of Bab'5"-lon had carried away, and came again to Je-ru'sa-lem and to Ju'dah, every one linto his city ; 7 Who came with Ze-rub^ba-bel, Jesh'u-a, Ne-he-mi'ah, ^Az-a-ri'ah, Ra-a-mi'ah, Na-ham'a-nT, Mor'de-cai, Birshan, Mis'pe-reth, BigVa-i, Ne'- hum, Ba'a-nah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of is'ra-el was this ; 8 The children of Pa'rosh, two thou- sand an hundred seventy and two. 9 The children of Sheph-a-ti'ah, three hundred seventy and two. 10 The children of A'rah, six hun- dred fifty and two. 1 1 The children of Pa'hath-mo'ab, of the children of Jesh'u-a and Jo'ab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. 1 2 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 13 The children of Zat'tu, eight hun- dred forty and five. 14 The children of Zac'ca-i, seven hundred and threescore. 1 5 The children of ^Bm'nu-I, six hun- dred forty and eight. 16 The children of Beb'a-i, six hun- dred tAventy and eight. 17 The children of Az'gad, two thou- sand three hundred twenty and two. 1 8 The children of A-don'i-kam, six hundred threescore and seven. 19 Thechildrenof Big'va-i,two thou- sand threescore and seven. 20 The children of A'din, six hun- d.^ed fifty and five. 21 The "children of A'tgr of Hez-e- ki'ah, ninety and eight. 22 The children of Ha'shum, three hundred twenty and eight. 23 The children of Be'zai, three hun- dred twenty and four. 21 The children of *Ha'riph,an hun- dred and twelve. 25 The children of ^Gib'e-on, ninety and five. 26 The men of ^Beth -le-hem and Ne-to'phah, an hundred fourscore and eight. 27 The men of '^An'a-thoth, an hun dred twenty and eight. (32) B. C. 536. CHAP. 7. 2 Perhaps the one in Ezra 2, 1, con- tained the num- ber en- rolled for the jour- ney, and this only those who actually returned, as they are not exactly the same. 3 Or, Seraiah, Ezra 2, 2 4 Or, Bani, Ezra 2,10 5 OT,JoraTi, Ezra 2, 18 6 Or, Gtbbar, Ezra 2, 20 g Gen. 35, 6 Ruth 2, i Ptuth4,ll 2Chr.ll,6 Mic. 5, 2 Mat. 2, 1 h Josh. 21, 18 1 Ki. 2, 26 1 Chr. 6, 51,60 Ezra 2, 23 .Ter. 1, 1 Jer. 11, 21, 23 Jer. 32, 7, 8,9 7 Or, Az~ maveth, Ezra 2, 21 8 Or, Kirjath- arim. Josh. 9, 3, 17 Josh. 15,9 1 Sam.7,1 lChr.13,5 Ezra 2, 25 i 1 Sam. 13.2 Isa. 10, 28 j lChr.24,7 k 1 Chr. 21,11 I lChr.9,12 1 Chr.21,9 mlChr.21,8 9 Ov,Hoda- viah, Ezra 2,10, or, Jtulah, Ezra 3, 9 10 Or, Siaha, Ezra 2, 14 11 Or, 1 Shamlai 497 28 The men of ^Beth-az'ma-veth, forty and two. 29 The men of ®Kir'jath-je'a-rim, Che-phi'rah, and Be-e'roth, seven hundred forty and three. 30 The men of Ra'mah andGalDa, six hundred twenty and one. 31 The men of 'Mich'mas, an hun- dred and twenty and two. 32 The men of Beth -el and A'l, an hundred twenty and three. 33 The men of the other Ne'bo, fifty and two. 34 The children of the other E'lam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 3 5 The children of Ha'rim, three hun- dred and twenty. 36 The children of Jerl-cho, three hundred forty and five. 37 The children of Lod, Ha'did, and O'no, seven hundred twenty and one. 38 The children of Se-na'ah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. 39 HThe priests : the children •'of Je- da'iah, of the house of Jesh'u-a, nine hundred seventy and three. 40 The children of ^im'mSr, a thou- sand fifty and two. 41 The children of 'Pash'ur, a thou- sand two hundred forty and seven. 42 The children of '"li^a'rim, a thou- sand and seventeen. 43^The Le'vites: the children of Jesh'u-a,of Kad'mi-el, andol the chil- dren of ^Ho-de'vah, seventy and four. 44 HThe singers : the children of A'saph, an hundred forty and eight. 45 ^The porters : the children of Shalliun, the children of A'tSr, the children of Tal'mon, the children of Ak'kub, the children of Hat'i-ta, the children of Sho'ba-i, an himdred thir- ty and eight. 46 ^The Neth'i-nim§ : the children of Zf ha, the children of Ha-shu'pha, the children of Tab'ba-oth, 47 The children of Ke'ros, the chil- dren of *°Sfa, the children of Pa'don, 48 The children of Leb'a-na,the chil- dren of Hag'a-ba, the children of ^'Shal'ma-i, 49 The children of Ha'nan, the chil- dren of Gid'del, the children of Ga^- har, 50 The children of Re-a-T'ah, the children of Re'zin, the children of Ne-ko'da, 51 The children of Gaz'zam,the chil-= dren of tJz'za, the children of Pha- se'ah, 52 The children of Be'sai, the chil= Hegister of them that NEHEMIAH, 8. came first from, Babylon. drenof Me-u'mni,the children of ^^Ne- phish'e-sim, 53 The children of Bak'buk, the children of Ha-kii'pha,the children of Har'hur, 54 The children of '^Baz'lith, the children of Me-hi'da, the children of Har'sha, 55 The children of Bar'kos, the chil- dren of Sis'e-ra, the children of Ta'- mah, 56 The children of Ne-zf ah, the chil- dren of Hat'i-pha. 57 The "children of SoFo-mon's serv- ants : the children of S5'ta-i, the chil- dren of Soph'e-reth, the cliildren of ^^Pe-ri'da, 58 The children of Ja-ala, the chil dren of Dar'kon, the children of Gid' del, 59 The children of Sheph-a-tf ah,the children of Hat'til, the children of Poch'e-reth of Ze-ba'im,the children of ^^A'mon. 60 All the ISTeth'i-nims, and the chil dren of Soro-mon's servants, loere three hundred ninety and tv\^o. 61 And "these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-ha-re' sha, Che'rub, ^^Ad'don, and im'nigr but they could not shew their father's house, nor their ^^seed, whether they vnere of l§'ra-el. 62 The children of Del-a-i'ah, the children of To-bf ah, the children of Ne-k5'da, six hundred forty and two 63 ^And of the priests : the children of Ha-ba'iah, the children of Koz, the children of Bar-zilla-i, which took one of the daughters of ^Bar-zilla the Gil'e-ad-ite to wife, and was called after their name. 6 4: These sought their register among those that were reckoned by gene- alogy, but it was not found : there- fore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 65 And '^the Tir'sha-tha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with tj'rim ^and Thum'mim. QQ HThe whole congregation to- gether 10 as forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 67 Beside their manser\^ants and their maidservants, of whom there vaere seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven : and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and sinking women. 68 Their horses, seven hundred B. C. 536. CHAP. 7. 12 Or, Ne- phusim, Ezra 2, 50 13 Or, Bazluth, Ezra 2, 52 n 1 Ki. 9, 21 2 Chr. 8, 7,8 14 Or, PeriLda. 15 Or, Ami. Ezra 2,59 16 Or, Addan. 17 Or, pedigree. V 2 Sam. 17,27 1 Ki. 12, 7 Ezra 2, 61 18 Or, the governor. Ezra 2, 63 ch. 8, 9 ch. 10, 1 q Ex. 28, 30 Lev. 8, 8 Num.7,89 Num. 27, 18-21 Deut..33,8 Judg. 1, 1 19 part. r ch. 8, 9 s Ezra 2,69 t Job 34, 19 Rom.2,11 Gal. 3, 28 uch. 11, 20,36 V Ex. 23. 14-17 Ex. 34, 23 Lev. 23, 24-44 Ezra 3, 1 B. C. 445. CHAP. 8. a Ezra 3 1 b ch. 3, 26 c Ezra 7, 6 d Mai. 4, 4 e Deut. 31, 11, 12 /I Pet. 3,' 1 That under- stood in hearing. g Lev.23,24 2 from the light. 3 tower of wood. 498 thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five : 6 9 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five : six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. 70 IT And ''some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. ^The Tir'sha-tha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' gar- ments. 71 And some of the chief of the fa- thers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. 72 And that which 'the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of Sliver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. 73 So the priests, and the Le'vites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Neth'- i-nim§, and all is'ra-el, dwelt in "their cities ; *'and when the seventh month came, the children of l§'ra-el were in their cities. CHAPTER 8. 1 Eeligious manner of reading and hearing the law. 9 The people comforted. 16 They keep thefeast of tabernacles. ANDall^'the people gathered them- selves together as one man into the street that loas ''before the water gate ; and they spake unto Ez'ra the ''scribe to bring the book '^of the law of Mo'se§, which the Lord had com- manded to I§'ra-el. 2 And Ez'ra the priest brought the "law before the congregation both -/of men and women, and all 'that could hear with understanding, ^upon the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read therein before the street that vms before the water gate -from the morning until midday, be- fore the men and the women, and those that could understand ; and the ears of all the people vnere attentive unto the book of the law. B. 8. 8., 4 And Ez'ra the scribe stood upon a ^pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mat-ti-thi'ah, and She 'ma, and An-a-i'a.h, and U-ri'jah, and Hil'- ki'ah, and Ma-a-se'iah, on his right hand ; and on his left hand, Pe-da'iah, and Mish'a-el, and Mal-chi'ah, and Ha'shum, and Hash-bad'a-na, Zech-a- ri'ah, and M^-shul'lam. 5 And Ez'ra opened the book in the B The people comforted. NEHEMIAH, 9. Solemn foM observed. "sight of all the people ; (for he was above all the people ;) and when he opened it, all the people stood ^up : 6 And Ez'ra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people 'an- swered, A-men', A-men', \nXh. ■'liftmg up their hands: and ^they bowed their heads. and worsliipped the Lord with their faces to the_ground. 7 Also Jesh'u-a,and Ba'ni, and Sher- e-bi'ah, Ja'min, Ak'kub, Shab'be-thai, Ho-di'jah, Ma-a-se'iah, Kel'i-ta, Az-a- rl'ah, J5z'a-bad, Ha'nan, Pel-a-i'ah, and the Le'vltes, ^caused the people to understand the law : and the peo- ple stood in their place. 8 So they read in the book in the law of God '"distinctly, and gave the sense. and caused them to Linderstand the reading. B. 9. 3. B. C. 445. 9 ^And "Ne-he-ml'ah, which is ^the Tir'sha-tha, and Ez'ra the priest the scribe, and "the Le'vites that taught the people, said unto all the people, ^This day is holy unto the Lord your God ; ^mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way eat the fat, and drink the sweet, 'and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared : for this day is holy unto our Lord : neither be ye sorry ; for the joy of the Lord is your stren_gth. 11 So the Le'vites stilled all the peo- ple, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy ; neither be ye grieved. 1 2 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared mito them. 1 3 ^And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Le'vites, unto Ez'ra the scribe, even ^to understand the words of the law. 14 And they found written in the law which the Lord had comm^anded 'by M5'ses, that the childrenof is'ra-el should dwell in booths in the" feast of the seventh month : 1 5 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Je-ru'sa-lem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and CHAP. 8. 4 eyes. ;i Judg.3,20 1 Ki. 8, 14 i 1 Cor. 14,16 j Lam. 3,41 k Ex. 4, 31 I Lev.10,11 m Hab. 2. 2 n Ezra 2, 63 ch. 7, 65 5 Or, fhe governor. 2Chr.35,3 n Lev.23,24 Num.29,1 q Deut. 16, 14 Eccl. 3. 4 r Esth. 9,19 Rev.11,10 6 Or. tTxat they might in- struct in the tuards of tlie laiv. 7 by the hand of. s Lev.23,34 Deut. 16, 13 t Deut.22,8 u ch. 12. 37 V 2Ki.l4,13 ch. 12, 39 lu Deut. 31, 10 8 a re- straint. X Num. 29.35 CHAP. 9. a ch. S. 2 h Josh. 7, 6 1 Sam. 4. 12 2 Sam.1,2 Job 2, 12 c Ezra 10, 11 ch. 13, 3 1 strange children. d Pro.28,13 Jer. 3, 13 e ch. 8, 7 2 Or, scaffold. 1 1 Chr. 29, 13 q Isa. 37,16 h Rev. 14,7 ! Deut. 10. 14 1 Ki. 8,27 499 branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. 16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves bootlis, every one upon the roof *of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the "water gate, Md in the street of the gate of E'phi'a-im. 1 7 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the cap- tivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the da^^s of Jesh'u-a the son of Nun mito that day had not the children of l§'ra-el done so. And there was very great glad- ness. 18 Also "day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of (jrod. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day icas °a solemn assem- bly, ^accordmg unto the manner. CHAPTER 9. 1 A aoleran fast, and repentance of the people. 4 The Levites confess God's manifold goodness, and their own wickedness. ]yTOW in the twenty and fourth i- 1 day of this Tnonth the children of is'ra-el were assembled with fast- ing, and with sackclothes, *and earth ui^on them. 2 And 'the seed of is'ra-el separated themselves from all 'strangers, and stood ''and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. 3 And they stood up in their place, " and read 'in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day ; and another fourth part they confessed, and worsliipped the Lord their God. B. Psa. 1. 2., 4 Then stoed up upon the ^stairs, of the Le'vites. Jesh'u-a, and Ba'ni, Kad'mi-el. Sheb-a-ni'ali. Biin'ni, Sher-e-bi'ah. Ba'ni, and Chen'a-ni, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God. 5 Then the Le'vites, Jesh'u-a. and Kad'mi-el, Ba'ni, Hash-ab-ni'ah, Sher-e-bi'ah, Ho-di'jah, Sheb-a-ni'ah, Olid Peth-a-hl'ah, said. Stand up and bless the Lord youi' God for ever and ever: and blessed -^be thy glorious name, which is . exalted above aU blessing and praise. 6 Thou, Seven thou, art Lord alone; ^thou hast made heaven, the 'lieaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all thiiigs that are there- in, the seas, and all that is therein. B K Prayer and confession NEHEMIAH, 9. of the Levites. K I and •'thou preservest them all; and * [ the host of heaven worshippeth thee. 7 Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose ^A'bram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chal'dees, and gavest him the name of A 'bra- ham; S And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Ca'naan-ites, the Hit'tites, the Am'or- ites, and the Per'iz-zltes, and the Jeb'u-sites, and the Gir'ga-shltes, to ■give it, I say, to his seed, and hast ^performed thy words ; for thou art righteous : 9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea ; 10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pha'radh, and on all his serv- ants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou "'get thee a name, as it is this day. 1 1 And thou didst divide the sea be- fore them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land ; and their persecutors thou threw^est into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. 12 Moreover thou "leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar ; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 13 Thou earnest down also upon mount Si'nai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them, "right judgments, and ^true laws, good stat- utes and commandments : 14 And madest known unto them thy holy ^sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of M5'ses thy servant : 15 And ^gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought- est forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should 'go in to possess the land Svhich thou hadst sworn to give them. 16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, *and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy command- ments, IT And refused to obey, 'neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them ; but hard- ened their necks, and in their rebel- * K. Job 5. 19-22. B. C. 445. CHAP. 9. j Ps. 36, 6 k Gen.11,31 I Josh. 23,14 m Ex. 9, 16 Isa. 63, 12,14 Jer. 32,20 Dan. 9, 15 n Ex. 13, 21 Ps. 19,8,9 Rom. 7,12 3 laws of truth. p Gen. 2, 3 Ex. 20, 8 Isa. 56, 2 Mark2,27 Heb. 4, 9 q Ex. 16, 14, 15 John 6,31 r Deut, 1, 8 4 which thou hadst lift up thine hand to give them. Num. 14.30 s Deut. 31,27 2 Ki.17,14 2Chr.30,8 Ps. 106, 6 Jer. 19,15 t Ps. 78, 11 u Num. 14,4 5 a. God of pardons. V Ex. 34, 6 Num. 14,18 Ps. 86, 5,15 Joel 2, 13 ■w Ps. 106,45 X Ex. 13, 21 Num. 14,14 lCor.10,1 y Num. 11, 17 Isa. 63, il z Deut.29,5 a Gen.22,17 6 according to their wUL b Ezek.20,6 c Deut.6,11 7 Or, cisterns. 8 tree of food. d Deut. 32.15 e Hos. 3, 5 /lKi.l8. 4 500 lion appointed "a captain to return to their bondage : but thou art ^a God ready to pardon, 'gracious and mer- ciful, slow to anger, and of great kind- ness, and f orsookest them not. f 18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy god that brought thee up out of E'gypt,and had wrought great provo- cations ; 19 Yet thou in thy "manifold mer- cies f orsookest them not in the wil derness : the •'pillar of the cloud de- parted not from them by day, to laad them in the way ; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. 20 Thou gavest also thy J'good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 21 Yea, forty years didst thou sus- tain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; -their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. 22 Moreover thou gavest them king- doms and nations, and didst divide them into corners : so they possessed the land of Si'hon, and the land of the king of Hesh'bon, and the land of Og kingof Ba'shan. 23 Their ''children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, con- cerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. 24 So the children went in and pos- sessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Ca'naan-ites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them '^as they would. 25 And they" took strong cities, and a*fat land, and possessed houses '"full of all goods, 'wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and ^fniit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became "'fat, and delighted themselves in thy 'great goodness. 26 Nevertheless they were disobe- dient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy •''prophets vfhich testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wroughtgreatprovocations, 27 Therefore thou deliveredst them tA.9. 33. ' Prayer of the Levites. NEHEMIAH, 10. The covenant sealed. into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them : and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest tliem from heaven; and according to thy manifold mer- cies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. 28 But after they had rest, ^they did evil again before thee : therefore lef t- est thou them in the hand of their enetnies,so that they had the domin- ion over them: yet when they re- turned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest thera from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies • 29 And ^testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law : yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy com- mandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (^which if a man do, he shall live in them:) and ^"withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. 30 Yet many years didst thou ^ ^for- bear them, and 'testifiedst against them by thy spirit ^^in thy proph- ets : yet would they not give ear : therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. * 31 Nevertheless for thy great mer- cies' sake •^thou didst not utterly con- sume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mer- cy, let not all the ^ ^trouble seem little before thee, **that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since ^the time of the kings of as-sjt'- i-a unto tills day. 33 Howbeit 'thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly : -j- 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. 35 For they have not serv^ed thee in their kingdom, and in thy great good- ness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. *N. Job. 9. 4. t A. Job 7. 20; J. Job 4. 15-17. B. C. 445. CHAP. 9. 9 they re- turned to do evil. g Hos. 6, 5 h Rom. 10,5 Gal. 3, 12 10 they gave a with- dratuing shoulder. 11 protract over them. i Jer. 7, 25 12 in the hand of thy prophets. 1 Pet.1,11 2 Pet. 1,21 r } Jer. 5, 10 13 weari- ness. U that hath found us. k 2Ki. 17,3 I Dan. 9, 14 Ps. 119, 137 m Deut. 28,48 n Deut. 28,33 o Deut. 28,48 15 are at the seal- ing, or, sealed. ch. 10, 1 CHAP. 10. 1 at the sealings, ch. 9. 38 a ch. 8, 9 2 Or, the governor. Ezra 2. 63 ch. 7, 65 b ch. 1, 1 c ch. 12, 8 (ZEzi-a3,86 e Ezra 9, 1 I Ezra 10, | 11, 12, 19 : ch. 13.3 ( 501 ' 36 Behold, '"we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gav- est unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we «7*e servants in it : 37 And "it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins : also they have "dominion over our bodies, and over cur cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. 38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it ; and our princes, Le'vites, and priests, ^^seal unto it. CHAPTER 10. 1 Names of those who sealed the covenant, 28 which the rest of the people bound themselves to observe. 29 Points of the covenant. ]VrOW^those that sealed ''were, Ne- 1.1 he-mi'ah, "the Tir'sha-tha, the *son of Hach-a-ii'ah, and Zid-kf jah, 2 Ser-a-i'ah, Az-a-ri'ah, Jer-e-mf ah, 3 Pash'ur, Am-a-ri'ah, Mal-chi'jah, 4 Hat'tush, Sheb-a-ni'ah, Malluch, 5 Ha'rim, Mer'e-moth, 0-ba-dfah, 6 Daniel, Gin'ne-thon, Ba'ruch, 7 Me-shullam, A-bi'jah, 3Iij'a-min, 8 Ma-a-zi'ah, Bil'ga-i, Shem-a-i'ah : these we7'e the priests. 9 And ''the Le'vites: both Jesh'u-a the son of Az-a-nf ah, Bin'nu-i of the sons of Hen'a-dad, Kad'mi-el ; 10 And their brethren, Sheb-a-ni'ah, Ho-di'jah, Keri-ta, Pel-a-i-ah, Ha'- nan, 11 Mfcha, Re'hob, Hash-a-bi'ah, 12 Zac'cur, Sher-e-bfah, Sheb-a-ni'- ah, 13 Ho-di'jah, Ba'ni, Ben'i-nii. 14 The cliief of the people ; Pa'rosb, Pa'hath-mo'ab, Elam, Zat'thu, Ba'ni, 15 Biin'ni, Az'gad, Beb'a-i, 16 Ad-o-niiah, Big'va-i, A'din, 17 A'tSr, Hiz-ki'jah, Az'zur, 18 Ho-di'jah, Ha'shum, Be'zai 19 Ha'riph, An'a-thoth, Neb'a-i^ 20 Mag'pi-ash, Me-shul'lam, He'zir, 21 Me-shez'a-beel, Za'dok, Jad-dii'a, 22 Pel-a-ti'ah, Ha'nan, An-a-i'ah, 23 Ho-she'a, Han-a-ni'ah. Ha'shub, 24 Hal-15'hesh, Pil'e-ha, Sho'bek, 25 Re'huni, Ha-shab'nah, Ma-a-se'- iah, 26 And A-hi'jah, Ha'nan, A'nan, 27 Malluch, Ha'rim, Ba'a-nah. 28 TAnd the rest of the people, the ''priests, the Le'vites, the porters, the singers, the Neth'i-nim§, and 'all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their 2 points of the covenant. NEHEMIAH, 11. Dioellers at Jerusalein. daughters, every one having knowl- edge, and having understanding ; 20 T'hey clave to theirbrethren, their nobles, -'and entered into a curse, and into an oath, ^to walk in God's law, which was given ^by M5'§e§ the serv- ant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes ; 30 And that we would not give our ^daughters unto the people of the land, nor te.ke their daughters for our sons : 3 1 And 'if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sab- bath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the -^seventh vear, and the ^ex- action of ^every debt. 32 Also we made 'ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God ; 33 For "'the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sab- baths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for i§'ra-el, and for all the work of the house of our God, 34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Le'vites, and the people, '^^for the w^ood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times ap- pointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the"^LoRD our God, as Ht is written in the law : 35 And Pto bring the firstf raits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the Lord : 3 6 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is ^written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God : 37 And ^that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our of- ferings, and the fniit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and 'the tithes of our ground unto the Le'vites, that the same Le'vites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 38 And the priest the son of Aar'on shall be with the Le'vites, when 'the B. C. 455. CHAP. 10. / Deut. 29, 13 ch. 5, 12 Ps. 119, 106 g 2 Ki. 23, 3 3 by the hand of. h Gen. 6, 2 Ex. 34, 16 Deut. 7, 3 Ezra 9, 12 i Ex. 20, 10 Lev. 23, 3 Deut.5,12 ch. 13, 15 j Ex. 23, 10 Lev. 25, 4 k Deut.15,1 ch. 5, 12 4 every hand. I Gen.28,22 Pro. 3, 9 m Lev. 24, 5 2 Chr. 2, 4 71 ch. 13,31 Isa. 40, 16 Lev. 6, 12 p Ex. 23. 19 Ex. 34, 26 Lev.19,23 Num. 18,12 Deut.26,2 q Ex. 13, 2, 12,13 Lev. 27, 26,27 Num. 18,15 r Lev.23,17 Num. 15,19 Num. 18,12 Deut.18,4 Deut.26,2 s Lev. 27, 30,32 Num. 18,21 t Num. 18,26 u lChr.9,26 2 Chr. 31,11 V Deut.12,6 2 Chr. 31, 12 ch. 13, 12 MaL 3, 8 w ch. 13, 10 CHAP. 11. a Isa. 48, 2 b .Judg. 5, 9 c 1 Chr. 9, 2 d Ezra 2, 43 e Ezra 2, 55 /I Chr. 9, 3 g Gen.38,2e 1 Or, men of activity. h lChr.9,10 502 Le'vites take tithes : and the Le'vites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to "the chambei-s, into the treasure house. 39 For the children of is'ra-el and the children of Le'vi "shall bring the of- fering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers : "and we will not forsake the house of our God. CHAPTER 11. 1 The rulers, voluntary men, and every tenth man chosen by lot, dwell at Jerusalem : 3 their names. 20 The residue oj the people dwell in other cities. AND the rulers of the people dwelt at Je-ru'sa-lem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Je-ru'sa-lem the "holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. 2 And the people blessed all the men,, that willingly ^offered them- selves to dw^ell at Je-ru'sa-lem. 3 ^Now '"these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Je-ru'sa-lem : but in the cities of Ju'dah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, i§'ra-el, the priests, and the Le'vites, and ''the Neth'i-niin^, and 'the children of Sol'o-mon's servants. 4 And-^at Je-ru'sa-lem dwelt certain of the children of Jia'dah, and of the children of Ben'ja-min. Of the chil- dren of Ju'dah ; Ath-a-i'ah the son of Uz-zi'ah, the son of Zech-a-ri'ah, the son of Am-a-ri'ah, the son of Sheph-a- ti'ah, the son of Ma-ha'la-le-el, of the children of ^Pe'rez ; 5 And Ma-a-se'iah the son of Ba'- ruch, the son of Col-h5'zeh, the son of Ha-za'iah, the son of Ad-a-i'ah, the son of Joi'a-rib, the son of Zech-a- ri'ah, the son of Shi-15'nl. 6 All the sons of Pe'rez that dwelt at Je-ru'sa-lem icere four hundred threescore and eight ^valiant men. 7 And these are the sons of Ben'ja- min; Sal'lu the son of Me-shul'lam, the son of J5'ed, the son of Pe-da'iah, the son of K51-a-i'ah, the son of Ma-a-se'- iah, the son of Ith'i-el, the son of Je- sa'iah. 8 And after him Gab'ba-i, Salla-t nine hundred twenty and eight. 9 And Jd'el the son of Zich'ri loas their overseer : and Jii'dah the son of Se-nii'ah vms second over the city. 10 Of Hhe priests : Je-da'iah the son of Joi'a-rib, Ja'chin. 1 1 Ser-a-i'ah the son of Hil-ki'ah, the The inhabitants NEHEMTAH, 1 2. of Jerusalem. son of Me-shiiriam, the son of Za^lok, the son of Me-ra'ioth, the son of A-hi'- tub, was the ruler of the house of God, 12 And their brethren that did the work of the house icere eight hundred twenty and two: and Ad-a-i'ah the son of Jer'o-ham, the son of Pel-a- li'ah, the son of Am'zi, the son of Zech-a-ri'ah, the son of Pash'ur, the son of Mal-chi'ah, 13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two : and A-mash'a-i the son of A-zar'e-el, the son of A-has'a i, the son of Me- shirie-moth, the son of im'mSr, 14 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight : and their overseer was Zab'- di-el, Hhe son of one of the great men. 15 Also of theLe'vites: Shem-a-fah the son of Ha'shub, the son of Az'ri- kam, the son of Hash-a-bi'ah, the son of Bun'ni ; 16 And Shab'be-thai and Joz'a-bad, of the chief of the Le'vites, ^had the oversight of 'the outward business of the house of God. 17 And Mat-ta-nfah the son of Ml'- cha, the son of •'Zab'di, the son of A'saph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bak- buk-i'ahthe second among his breth- ren, and Ab'da the son of Sham-mu'a, ' the son of Ga'lal, the son of Jed'u- thun. 18 All the Le'vltes in the *holy city loere two hmidred fourscore and four. 19 Moreover 'the porters, Ik'kub, Tarmon,and then* brethren that kept ^the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. 20 II And the residue of l§'ra-el, of the priestSj and the LeVites, toere in all the cities of Jii'dah, every one in his inn PT*! \ifi wof^ 21 But -the Neth'i'-nTms dwelt in ^O'phel : and Zi'ha and Gis'pa ioere\ over the Neth'i-nim§. 22 The overseer also of the LeVites at Je-ru'sa-iem was Uz'zi the son of Ba'ni, the son of Hash-a-bi'ah, the son of Mat-ta-nl'ah, the son of Mfcha. Of the sons of A'saph, the singers ivere over the business of the house of God. 23 For "it was the king's command- ment concerning them, that ^a cer- tain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. 24 And Peth-a-hfah the son of Me- shez'a-beel, of the children 'of Ze'rah fche son of Jii'dah, was Pat the king's B. C. 445. CHAP. 11. 2 Or, the son of Hagcje- dolim. 3 ivereover. i 1 Chr. 26,29 j 1 Chr. 9,15. Zichri. ch. 7, 44 lfelKi.11,13 Ezra 9, 8 I lChr.9,17 4 at the gates. m ch. 3, 26 5 Or. the tower. n Ezra6,8,9 Ezra 7,20 6 Or, a sv/re ordi- nance. Gen. 38,30 Zarah. V 1 Chr. 18, 17 IChr. 23,28 q Gen. 23, 2 Josh. 14,15 r Josh. 15. 21. KabzeeU 7 Or, of Geba. 8 Or, to Mich- mash. s Jer. 1, 1 t lChr.4,14 It Gen. 49, 7 B. C. 536. CHAP. 12. a Ezra 2, 1 b ch. 10.2-8 1 Or, Melicu, ver. 14 2 Or, Sheba- niah. 3 Or, Harim. 4 Or, Mc- raioth. 5 Or, Gin- nethon. c Lu. 1, 5 6 Or, Min- iainin. 7 Or, Moadiah. 8 Or, Sallai, ver. 20 d Ezra 3, 2 Hag. 1, 1 Zech. 3, 1 e ch. 11. 17 9 That is. the 'psalms of th/inks- giving. 503 hand in all matters concerning the people. 25 And for the villages, with_their fields, some of the children of Jii'dah dwelt ^at Kir'jath-ar'ba, and in Ihe villages thereof, and at Di'bon, and 171 the villages thereof, and ''at Je- kab'ze-el, and in the villages thereof, 26 And at Jesh'u-a, and at Mdl'a- dah, and at Beth-phelet, 2 7 And at Ha'zar-shu'al, and at Be'- er-she'ba, and in the villages thereof, 28 And at Ziklag, and at Mek'o- nah, and in the villages thereof, 29 And at £n-rim'mon, and at Za'- re-ah, and at Jar'miith, 30 Za-no'ah, A-diillam, and i?i their villages, at La'chish, and the fields thereof, at A-ze'kah, and i7i the vil- lages thereof. And they dwelt from Be'er-she'ba unto the valley of Hm'- nom. 31 The chUdren also of Ben'ja-min 'from Gelok dwelt ^at Mich'mash, and A-i'ja, and Beth'-el, and in their vil- lages, 32 A?id at 'An'a-thoth, Nob, An-a- nfah, 33 Ha'zor, Ka'mah, Git'ta-im, 34 Ha'did, Ze-b5'im, Ne-ballat, 35 Lod, and o'no, ^the valley of craftsmen. 36 And of the "Le'vites loere divi- sions in Ju'dah, and in Ben'ja-min. CHAPTER 12. 1 pj^iests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel. 10 Succession of the high priests. NOW these are the ''priests and the Le'vites that went up with Ze-rub'ba-bel the son of She-al'ti-el, and Jesh'u-a: ^Ser-a-fah, Jer-e-mi'- ah, l:z'ra, 2 Am-a-rf ah, 'Mal'luch, Hat'tush, 3 '^Shech-a-ni'ah, ^Re'hum, ^Ivler'e- moth, 4 id'do, ^Gin'ne-th5, •^A-bf jah, 5 ^Mi'a-min, 'Ma-a-df ah, Bil'gah, 6 Shem-a-i'ah, and Joi'a-rib, Je-da' iah, T'Sallu, A'mok, Hil-kfah, Je-da'- iah. These ivere the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the davs of '^Jesh'u-a. 8 Moreover the LeVites: Jesh'u-a, Bm'nu-i, Kad'mi-el, Sher-e-bfah, Ju'- dah, a7id Mat-ta-ni'ah, ^ which to as over ^the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 9 Also Bak-buk-fahand Un'nT, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. Succession of NEHEMIAH, 12. the high priests. 10 ITAnd Jesh'u-a be^t Joi'a-kim Joi'a-kim also begat E-li'a-shib, and E-li'a-shib begat Joi'a-da, 11 And Joi'a-da begat Jon'a-than, and Jon'a-than begat Jad-du'a. 1 2 And in the days of Joi'a-kim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of 8er-a-i'ah, Mer-a-i'ah; of Jer-e-nil'ah, Han-a-ni'ah ; 13 Of Ez'ra, Me-shul'lam ; of Am-a- ri'ah, Je-ho-ha'nan ; 14 Of Mel'i-cu, Jon'a-than; of Sheb- a-ni'ah, J5'§eph; 1 5 Of Ha'rim, Ad'na ; of Me-ra'ioth, Herka-i ; 1 6 Of Id'do, Zech-a-rfah ; of Gin'ne- thon, Me-shullam ; IT Of A-bl'jah, Zich'ri; of Min'i-a- min, of Mo-a-di'ah, Pil'tai ; 1 8 Of Bil'gah, Sham-mii'a; of Shem a-i'ah, Je-hon'a-than ; 19 And of Joi'a-rib, Mat-te-na'i ; of Je-da'iah, Uz'zl ; _20 Of Sal'la-i, Kalla-i ; of A'mok, E'bSr ■ 21 Of Hn-kfah, Hash-a-bl'ah; of Je- da'iah, Ne-than'e-el. 22 HThe Le'vites in the days of E-lf - a-shib^ Joi'a-da, and Jo-ha'nan, and Jad-dii'a, v^^ere recorded chief of the fathers : also the priests, to the reign of Da-ri'us the PSr'§ian. 23 The sons of Le'vi, the chief of the fathers, loere written in the book of •^the chronicles, even until the days of Jo-ha'nan the son of E-li'a-shib. 24 And the chief of the Le'vites : Hash-a-bf ah, Sher-e-bi'ah, and Jesh'- u-a the son of Kad'mi-el, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, ^according to the commandment of Da'vid the man of God, ^ward over against ward. 25 Mat-ta-ni'ah, and Bak-buk-fah, O-ba-dfah, Me-shuriam, Tal'mon, Ak'kub, icere porters keeping the ward at the ^"thresholds of the gates. 26 These were in the days of Joi'a- kim the son of Jesh'u-a, the son of Joz'a-dak, and in the days of Ne-he- mi'ah *the governor, and of Ez'ra the priest, •'the scribe. * 271 And at ^the dedication of the wall of Je-ru'sa-lem they sought the Le'vites out of all their places, to bring them to Je-ru'sa-lem, to keep the dedication with gladness, ^both with thanksgivings, and with singing, ^o^^^ cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. 28 And the sons of the singers gath- ered themselves together, both out CHAP. 12. / lChr.9,14 g lChr.23,1 lChr.25,1 lChr.26,1 7i Ezra 3, 11 10 Or. treasur- ies^ or, as semblics. i ch. 8, 9 j Ezra 6,11 4A5. k Deut.20,5 Ps.30, title. lChr.25,6 2Clir.5,13 2Chr.7,6 m Ex. 19,10 nch ch, 2,13 3,13 Num.10,2 p lChr.23,6 q ch. 2, 14 r ch. 3, 15 ch, 3, 26 ch. 8, 1, 3,16 t ch. 3, 11 u ch. 3, 8 V 2 Ki.14,13 ch. 8, 16 w ch. 3, 6 X Jer. 32, 2 B. c. 636. of the plain country round about Je-ru'sa-lem, and from the villages of Ne-toph'a-thi ; 29 Also from the house of Gfl'gal, and out of the fields of Ge'ba and Az'- ma-^^eth : for the singers had builded them villages round about Je-ru'sa- lem. 30 And the priests and the Le'vites '"purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. 31 Then I brought up the princes of Ju'dah upon the wall, and appoint- ed two grea.t companies of them that gave thanks, icnereof 07ie went on the right hand upon the wall toward "the dung gate : 32 And after them went H6sh-a-i'ah, and half of the princes of Jii'dah, 33 And Az-a-ri'ah, Ez'ra, and Me- shul'lam, 34 Jii'dah, and Ben'ja-min, and Shem-a-i'ah, and Jer-e-mi'ah, 35 And certain of the priests' sons with ''trumpets; namely, Zech-a-ri'ah thesonof Jon'a-than, theson of Shem- a-i'ah, the son of Mat-ta-nrah,the son of Mi-cha'iah, the son of Zac'cur, the son of A'saph : 36 And his brethren, Shem-a-i'ah, and A-zar'a-el, Mil-a-la'i, Gil'a-lai, Ma-a'i, Ne-than'e-el, and Jii'dah, Ha-na'ni, with ^the musical instru- ments of Da'vid the man of God, and Ez'ra the scribe before them. 37 And ''at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by '^the stairs of the city of Da'vid, at the going up of the wall, a bove the house of Da'vid, even unto 'the water gate eastward. 38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them^ and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from be- yond the 'tower of the furnaces even unto "the broad wall ; 39 And "from above the gate of E'phra-im, and above "the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Ha-nan'e-el, and the tower of Me'- ah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the ""prison gate. 40 So stood the two companies of them that gave ^'thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me : 41 And the priests; E-li'a-kim, Ma-a- se'iah, Min'i-a-min, Mi-cha'iah, E-li- o-e'na-i, Zech-a-ri'ah, and Han-a-ni'- V Ps. 42, 4 ah, with trumpets ; .504 The chambers cleansed. NEHEMIAH, 13. Abuses reformed. B. C. 4i5. their voice to he heard. 1 Ciir. 16, 8,23 2Chr. 29,30 Ps. 30, 4 Ps. 81, 1 Ps. 95. 1 Ps. 96, 1 42AndMa-a-se'iah,andShemaj-i'ah, andE-le-a'zar,andUz'zi,andJe-ho-ha'-| ^^.g^p ^2 nan, and Mal-chi'jah, and Elam, and In ^^^^^ E'zSr. And the singers "sang loud, with'Jez-ra-hi'ah their overseer. 43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced : -for God had made them rejoice with great joy : the wives also and the children re- joiced : so that the joy of Je-ru'sa-lem was heard even afar off. 44 ^And ''at that time were some ap- pointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for -the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions ^^of the law for| the priests and Le'vites: '^for Jii'dah! rejoiced for the priests and for the Le'vites ^^that waited. 45 And both the singers and the por- ters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, accord- ing *to the commandment of Da'vid, and of Sol'o-mon his son. 46 For in the days of Da'vid and A'saph of old there loere chief of the singers, and songs of praise and tha-nksgiving unto God. 47 And all is'ra-el in the days of Ze- rub'ba-bel, and in the days of Ne-he- mrah,gave the portions of the singers!'^' nuS'II 5 and the porters, eveiy day his por-i josh.'24;9! forsaken? laid the meat offerings, the frankin- cense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new v/ine, and the oil, ^which was commanded to be give?! to the Le'vites, and the singers, and the porters ; and the offerings of the priests. 6 But in all this time was not I at Je-ru'sa-lem : 'for in the two and thir- tieth year of Ar-tax-5rx'es king of tion* and they '^sanctified things unto the Le'vites ; Le'vites sanctified them unto the children of Aar'on. CHAPTER 13. 1 Upon the reading of the law separation is made from the mixed imiltttude. 10 Nehemiah reforms the offices m the house of God. 15 The violation of ihe sabbath, etc. ON that day 'they read in the book of M5'se§ in the ^audience of the people ; and therein was found written, "that the Am'mon-ite and the M5'ab-ite should not come into the congregation of God for ever ; 2 Because they met not the children of is'ra-el with bread and with water, hnhiV^ Deut.23,5 noty\ac\\.9.'z and thei ch.10.28 3 being set of the king 7 Andlcame to Je-ru'sa-lem, and un- derstood of the evil that E-lfa-shib did f or To-bi'ah,in preparing him a cham- ber in the courts of the house of God. 8 And it grieved me sore : therefore •^I cast forth all the household stuff of To-bi'ah out of the chamber. 9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed ^the chambers : and thither brought I a^gain the vessels of the ?.^S^^-^?'^ tiouse of God. with the meat offering lo 1 njil" is ^^ set apart, i and the frankincense. I 10 *i And I perceived that the por- tions of the Le'vites had hiot been given the/n : for the Le'vites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to 'liis field. 1 1 Then -'contended I^\"ith the rulers, and said, ^' Why is the house of God And I gathered them to- ps. 149, 1 Eph. 5,19 Col. 3, 16 z Ps. 9, 2 Ps. 92, 4 Ps. 126, 1 a 2 Chr. 13, 11, 12 ch. 13, 5 12 That is, appointed by tlie law. 13 for the jay of Judah. 14 that stood CHAP. 13. 1 there %vas read. Deut. 31,11 Isa. 34. 16 ^ ears nient of the Le- I'ites. Num. 18,21 ch. 5, 14 434. at the end of days. 6 Or. I earnestly requested, f Ps. 69, 9 John 2,13 q 2Chr.29,5 h Mai. 3, 8 (_ Num. .35,2 bat hired ''Balaam against them,that|^ ch.°io^39 he should curse them: howbeit ''our|p5^'«^iW God turned the curse into a blessing, s or, sTore 3 N ow it came to pass, when they had heard the law, ^that they separated from is'ra-el all the mixed multitude. 4^And before this, E-li'a-shib the priest, having the oversight of thei'ich:5,^if* chamber of the house of our God,r\iSs(5". was allied unto To-bl'ah : ^^,Smnr' 5 And he had prepared for him a\o Ex. 2o7io great chamber, where aforetime thevj'' jer.^rf S 505 gether, and set them in their ^ place. 1 2 Then ^brought all Jii'dah the tithe over,^ of the corn and the new wine and 4 f he fohi^ the oil unto the '^treasuries. mand- 13 Aiid I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shel-e-mi'ah thepriest.and Za'dok the scribe, and of the Le'vites, Pe-da'iah: and ^next to them icas Ha'nan the son of Zac'cur, the son of Mat-ta-nr'ah : for they were counted '"faithful, and '"their office was to dis- tribute unto their brethren. 14 Remember "me, O my God, con- cerning this, and wipe not out my "good deeds that I have done for tlie house of my God, and for the '-offices houses. 9 at their hand. m 1 Cor.4,2 10 if was upon them thereof. 15 TTln those days saw I in Jii'dah some treading Avine presses on °the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, ^which they brought into Je-ru'sa-lem on the sabbath day : and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 1 6 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all iSadbath profaned. EiSTHEK, 1. J^'easts of A-hasuerus. manner of ware, and sold on the sab- bath unto the children of Ju'dah,and in Je-ru'sa-lem. 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Ju'dah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and pro- fane the sabbath day '? 1 8 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city ? yet ye '^bring more wrath upon i§'ra-el by profaning the sabba^th. 19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Je-ru'sa-lem ?began to be dark before the sabbath, I command- ed that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: 'and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. 20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Je- ru'sa lem once or twice. 21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, W hy lodge ye ^^about the w^all ? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no moi^e on the sabbath. 22 And I commanded the LeVites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and^ee^ the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concern- ing this also, and spare me accord- ing to the ^ ^greatness of thy mercy. 23 IFin those days also saw I Jew^§ that '"^had married wives of Ash'dod, of Am'mon, a7id of Md'ab : B. C. 434. CHAP. 13. 13 add fierce wrath. q Lev.23,32 r Jer.17,21 14 before the wall ? s ch. 12, 30 15 Or, multi- tude. 16 had made to dwell with them. Ezra 9, 2 17 they dis- cerned not to speak. 18 of people and people. t Pro. 28, 4 19 Or, reviled them. u Isa. 50, 6 Deut.25,2 V Ezra 10, 5 wlKi.11,1 X 1 Ki. 3, 13 2Chr.l,12 y Ezra 10, 2 z ch. 12, 10 a ch. 6, 14 20 for the dejilings. b Mai. 2, 4 c ch. 10, 30 d ch. 12, 1 24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ash'ddd, and ^ "could not speak in the Jew§' language, but according to the language '*of each people. 25 And I 'contended with them, and ^ ^cursed them, and "smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them 'swear by God, saying. Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daugh- ters unto your sons, or for yourselves. 26 Did "not Sol'o-mon king of i§'- ra-el sin by these things ? ""yet among many nations w^as there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all i§'- ra-el : nevertheless even him did out- landish women cause to sin. 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress s'against our God in marrying strange wives ? 28 And one of the sons of ''Joi'a-da, the son of E-lf a-shib the high priest, was son in law to San-ballat the Hor'- o-nite : therefore I chased him from me. 29 Remem.ber «them, O my God, ^"because they have defiled the priesthood, and the ^covenant of the priesthood, and of the LeVites. 30 Thus ''cleansed I them from all strangers, and '^appointed the wards of the priests and the LeVites, every one in his business ; 31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first- fruits. Kemember me, O my God, for good. THE BOOK OF ESTHER t Ahastierus CHAPTER 1. makes royal feasts, pleases him. 10 Vashti dis- "IVTOW it came to pass in the days 1 1 of A-ha§-ii-e'rus, (this is A-ha§-u- e'rus which reigned, from In'di-a even unto E-thi-o'pi-a, over ''an hundred and seven and twenty provinces :) 2 That in those days, when the king A-ha§-ii-e'riis *sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was '^m Shu'shan the palace, B.C. 521. CHAP. 1. a ch. 8, 9 Dan. 6, 1 b lKi.1,46 c Neh. 1, 1 Dan. 8, 2 519. d Gen.40,20 1 Sam. 25,36 ch. 2rl8 Dan. 5, 1 Mark6,21 1 fOTMld. 506 3 In the third year of his reign, he '^made a feast unto all his piinces and his ser^^ants ; the power of FSr'sia and Me'di-a,the nobles and princes of the provinces, bei7ig before him : 4 When he shcAved the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. 5 And when these days were ex- pired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were ^present in Vashti refuseth to come. ESl'HEK, % and is deposed. Shu'shan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace ; 6 Where toere white, green, and ■^bhie, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble : the "beds were of gold and silver, upon a pave- ment 'of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. 7 And they gave thejn drink in ves- sels of gold J the vessels being diversej one from another,) and "royal wine in abundance, 'according to the state of the king. 8 And the drinking loas according to the law : none did ^compel : for so the king had appointed to all the of- ficers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. 9 Also Vash'ti the queen made a feast for the Avomen in the joyal house which belonged to king A-ha§- u-e'riis. 10 ^On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Me-lui'man, Biz'tha, Har-bd'na, Big'tha, and A-bag'tha, Ze'thar, and Car'cas, the seven 'chamberlains that served in thepresenceof A-ha§-ii-e'rus the king, 11 To-^'bring Vash'ti the queen be- fore the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she loas ^fair to look on. 12 But the queen Vash'ti refused to come at the king's commandment ^by his chamberlains : therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. " 13 ^Then the king said to ''the wise men, which ^kncAN the times, (for so vms the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment ; 14 And the next unto him was Car-she'na, She'thar, Ad'ma-tha, Tar'shish, Me'res, JMar'se-na, ancl Me-mii'can, the 'seven princes of Per'§ia and Me'di-a, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom ;) 15 '"What shall we do unto the queen Vash'ti according to law, be cause she hath not performed the commandment of the king A-ha§ u-e'rus by the chamberlains ? 1 6 And Me-mii'can answered before the king and the princes, Vash'ti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, B. C. 519. CHAP. 1. 2 Or, violet. e Ezek. 23,41 3 Or. of ■porphyre, and mar- ble, and alabaster, and stone of blue colour. i ivine of the king- dom. 5 according to the hand of the king. 6 Or, trouble. 7 Or, eunuchs. f Pro. 16, 9 8 good of counte- nance. 9 which was by the hand of his eunuclis. g Dan. 2. 12 h 1 Chr. 12.32 i Ezra 7, 14 10 ITlmt to do. 11 If it be good with Vie king. 12 from be- fore him. 13 that it -pass not away. ch. 8. 8 Dan. 6, 8 14 unto her com- panion. i Eph. 5. 22 23 Col. 3, 18 1 Pet. 3, 1 15 ivns good in the eyes of the king. k ch. 8. 9 I Eph.5,22, 23.24 16 that one should publish it according to the language of his people. ch. 3, 12 Dan. 8. 25 B. C. 518. CHAP. 2. a ch. 1, 19 b 1 Ki. 1, 2 1 unto the hand. 507 and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king A-has-ii-e'rus. j IT For this deed of the queen shall I come abroad unto all women, so that I they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king A-ha§-ii-e'riis commanded Vash'ti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. I 18 Likewise shall the ladies of PSr'- sia and Me'di-a say this day unto all jthe king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and i wrath. j 19 'Tf it please the king, let there go ia royal commandment '-from hmi, and let it be written among the laws of the Per'siansand the Medes, ^'^that it be not altered". That Vash'ti come no more before king A-has-ii-e'rus; and let the king give her royal estate '^un- to another that is better than she. 20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be pub- lished throughout all his empire, ifor it is great, ) all the wives shall give -'to their husbands honour, both to great and small. 2 1 And the saying ' ^pleased the king and the princes ; and the king did ac- cording to the word of Me-mii'can j 22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, ^intoeveiy province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear 'rule in his own house, and '^that it should be published according to the language of every people. CHAPTER 2. 1 Esther chosen to be queen. 21 MordecaU discover- ing a treason, is recorded in the chronicles. AFTER these things, when the wrath of king A-has-ii-e'rus was appeased, he remembered Vash'ti, and what she had done, and ^what was decreed against her. 2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, *Let there be fair young \argins sought for the king : 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the pro^ances of Ms kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shu'shan the pal- ace, to the house of the women, 'unto the custody of He'ge the king's cham- berlain, keeper of the M^omen ; and let their things for purification be given them : 4 And let the maiden which pleaseth Esther is made queen. ESTHER, 2. Treason is discovered. the king be queen instead of Vash'ti. And the thing pleased the king ; and he did so. 5 '^\No'io in Shu'shan the palace there was a certain jew, whose name loas Mor'de-cai, the son of Ja'ir, the son of Shim'e-I, the son of Kish, a Ben'ja- mlte; 6 Who 'had been carried away from Je-ru/sa-lemwith the cai)tivity which had been carried away with'^Jec-o-ni'- ah king of Jii'dah, whom Neb-u- chad-nez'zar the king of Bab'y-lon had carried away. 7 And he ^brought up Ha-das'sah, that is, Es'ther, his uncle's daughter : for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was ^f air and beautiful : whom Mor'de-cai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. 8 HSo it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shu'shan the palace, to the custody of Heg'a-i, that Es'thgr was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Heg'- a-i, keeper of the women. 9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him ; and he speedily gave her her things for puri- cation, with ^such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, vjhich were meet to be given her, out of the king's house : and ^he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. 1 Es'thSr had not shewed her people nor her kindred : for Mor'de-cai had charged her that she should *^not shew it. 1 1 And Mor'de-cai walked every day before the court of the women's house, Ho know how ts'thSr did, and what should become of her. 12^Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king A-has-ii-e'- rus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to icit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the puri- fying of the women ;) 13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she de- sired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. B, C. 519. CHAP. 2. c 2 Ki. 24, 14, 15 2 Chr. 36, 10,20 Jer. 24, 1 2 OT,Jehoi- achin, 2 Ki. 24, 6 3 nour- ished. Eph. 6, 4 4 fair of form and good of counte- nance. 5 her portions. Q he changed her. d Lev.26,36 Deut. 28,65 ch. 3, 8 7 to knotv the peace. 515. e Song 6, 9 / ch. 3, 7 ch. 8. 9 8 Or, kind- ness. 9 before him. Pro. 21. 1 g 1 Sam.2,8 Ps. 75, 5 Ps. 113, 7.8 514. h Gen.29,22 Judg. 14,10 Ch. 1, 3 10 rest. i ch. 3, 2 11 Or, Big- thana, ch. 6, 2 12 the threshold. j ch. 6, 2 Ps. 37, 1. 2, 7-10 Pro. 8, 12 Pro. 14, 17,29 Pro.16,11 Eccl. 7, 9 Eph. 4. 26 Phil. 2. 4 Jas. 1. 19,20 k Gen.40,19 Dent. 21.22 ch. 6, 1 508 14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Sha-ash'gaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concu- bines : she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. 15 "[Now when the turn of £s'thgr, the daughter of Ab-i-ha'il the uncle of Mor'de-cai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Heg'a-i the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the w^omen, appointed. And Es'thSr obtained ^favour in" the sight of all them that looked upon her. 1 6 So ts'thSr was taken unto king A-ha§-ii-e'rus into his house royal in the -^tenth month, which is themontb Te'beth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17 And the king loved Es'thSr above all the w^omen, and she obtained grace and ^favour '^in his sight more than all the virgins ; so that he "^set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vash'ti. 1 8 Then the king ''made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Es'thSr's feast; and he made a '"release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. 19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mor'de-cai sat *in the king's gate. 20 Es'th^r had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mor'de- cai had charged her : for Es'thSr did the commandment of Mor'de-cai, like as when she was brought up with him. 21 'iiln those days, while Mor'de-cai sat in the kmg's gate, two jof tho king's chamberlains, "Big'than and Te'resh, of those which kept 'Hhe door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king A-ha§-ii-e'rus. 22 And the thing was known to Mor'de-cai, who •'told it unto Es'ther the queen; and ts'thgr certified the king thereof in Mor'de-cai's name. 23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; there- fore they were *both hanged on a tree : and it vf as written in 'the book of the chronicles before the king. Haman is 'promoted. ESTHER, 3, 4. He persecuteth the Jews. CHAPTER 3. Haman, despised by Mordecai, seeks revenge on all the Jews. AFTER these things did king A-has-u-e'rus promote Ha'man the son of Ham-med'a-tha the '^ A'gag- ite,and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that i/jere with him. 2 And all the king's servants, that icere in *the king's gate, bowed, ^and reverenced Ha'man : for the king had so commanded concerning him. 3ut "^Mor'de-cai bowed not, nor did him reverence. 3 Then the king's servants, which loere in the king's gate, said unto Mor'de-cai, Why transgressest thou the king's com.mandment ? 4 ISTow it came to pass, when they spake daily unto hun, and he heark- ened not unto them, that they told Ha'man, to see whether Mor'de-cai's matters would stand : for he had told them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Ha'man saw that Mor'- de-cai bowed ^not, nor did him rever- ence, then was Ha'man -^fuU of wrath. 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mor'de-cai alone ; for they had shewed him the people of Mor'de-cai : wherefore Ha'man -"sought to destroy all the Jew§ that luere throughout the whole kingdom of A-ha§-ii-e'rus, even the people of Mor'de-cai. 7 ITln the first month, that is, the month Ni'san, in the twelfth year of king A-ha§-ii-e'rus, Hhey cast Pur, that is, the lot, before lla'man from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month A'dar. 8 TAnd Ha'man said unto king A-ha§-ii-e'rus, There is a certain peo- ple scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the prov- inces of thy kingdom; and 'their laws are diverse from all people: neither keep they the king's laws • therefore it is not ^for the king's profit to suffer them. 9 If it please the king, let it be wi-it- ten-that they may be destroyed : and I will ^pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. 10 And •'the king took his Mng from his hand, and gave it unto Ha'man the son of Ham-med'a-tha the A'gag-ite, the Jew§' ^enemy. B. C. 510. CHAP. 3. a Num. 24,7 1 Sam. 15,8 b ch. 2, 19 c Gen.4:l,42 Deut. 25, 19 a Ex. 1, 17 Ps. 15, 4 e ch. 5, 9 /Pro. 27, 3 Dan. 3, 19 g Ps. 83, 4 /ich. 9, 24 i Ezra 4, 13 Actsl6.20 1 meet, or, equal. 2 to destroy them, 3 weigh, j Gen.41,42 fcch. 8, 2, 8 4 Or, op- pressor. ch. 7, 6 I ch. 8, 9 5 Or, secre- taries. m ch. 1, 22 ch. 8, 9 n 1 Ki. 21, 8 ch. 8, 8,10 Dan. 6, 8 ch. 8, 10 p ch. 8, 12 qr ch. 8, 11 r ch. 8, 13, U s Gen.37.24 Ps. 14, 4 Pro. 30, 20-22 Hos. 7, 3 Amos 6, 6 Mat. 14, 6 t ch. 8, 15 Pro. 29, 2 CHAP. 4, a 2 Sam. 5 Josh. 7, 6 Ezek. 27,30 c Gen.27,34 1 sackcloth and ashes were laid under m,any. 2 eunuchs. 509 11 And the king said unto Ha'man, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. 12 Then 'were the king's ^scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there wslS written according to all that Ha'man had commanded unto the king's lieu- tenants, and to the governors that if:iere over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every prov- ince according "to the writingthereof , and to every people after their lan- guage ; "in the name of king A-ha§ u- e'rus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. 13 And the letters were "sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jew§, both young and old, little children and women, in ^one day, eve?i upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month A'dar, and Ho take the spoH of them for a prey. 14 The ""copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province vv^as published unto all peo- ple, that they should be ready against that day. 1 5 The posts went out, being has- tened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shu'shan thepalace. And the king and Ha'man 'sat down to drink ; but 'the city Shu'- shan was perplexed. CHAPTER 4. 1 Mordecai and the Jews movrn. 15 Esther appoints a fast ; her resolution, etc. WHEN Mor'de-cai perceived all that was done, Mor'de-cai rent his "clothes, and put on sackcloth with *ashes,and Avent out into the midst of the citv, and ''cried with a loud and a bitter cry ; 2 And came even before the king's gate : for none might enter into the king's gate clothed Avith sackcloth. 3 And in every proAdnce,Avhitherso- ever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jcavs, and fast- ing, and weeping, and wailing ; and 'many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 4 ^So Es'thSr's maids and her ^cham- berlains came and told it her. Then Avas the queen exceedingly grieved : and she sent raiment to clothe Mor'- de-cai, and to take away his sackcloth from him : but he received it not. A. fast appointed. ESTHER, 5. Esther prepareth a banquet. 5 Then called Es'thgr for Ha'tach, one of the king's chamberlains, ^whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a command- ment to Mor'de-cai, to know what it was^ and why it loas. 6 So Ha'tach went forth to Mor'de- cai unto the street of the city, v/hich toas before the king's gate. 7 And Mor'de-cai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of "'the sum of the money that Ha'man had promised to pay to the king's treas- uries for the Jew§, to destroy them. 8 Also he gave him 'the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shu'shan to destroy them, to shew i^ unto Es'thgr, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make -^suppli- cation unto him, and to make request before huii for her people. 9 And Ha'tach came and told Es'thSr the words of Mor'de-cai. 10 IF Again Es'thSr spake unto Ha'- tach, and gave him commandment unto Mor'de-cai; 11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, tha.t whosoever, Tv^hether man or woman, shall come unto the king into ^the inner court, who is not called, Hliere is one law of his to put him to death, 'except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come hi unto the king these thirty days. 12 And they told to Mor'de-cai Es'- ther's w^ords. 13 Then Mor'de-cai commanded to answer Es'thSr, Think •'hot with thy- self that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than ail the Jew§. 14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there ^enlargement and -^deliverance arise to the Jew§ from another place ; but fchou and thy father's house shall be destroyed : and w\\o knoAveth wheth- er 'thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this ? 15 TlThen Es'thgr bade them return Mor'de-cai this ansvuer, 16 Go, gather together all the Jew§ that are ^present in Shu'shan, and "'fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink "three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast like- wise ; and so will I go in unto the B. C. 510. CHAP. 4. 3 tvhom he had set before her. d ch. 3, 9 e ch. 3, U, 15 / Pro. 15, 1 g ch. 5, 1 ?i Dan. 2, 9 i ch. 5, 2 ch. 8, 4 j Pro. 29,25 4 respira- tion. Job 9, 18 h Lev.26,4:2 I 2Ki.l3,5 Ps. 75, 5,6 Eccl. 3, 1 Isa. 14, 27 Isa. 41, 1, 8,20 Isa. 54, 17 Jer. 30, 10,24 Dan. 4, 17,35 Dan. 6, 26,27 Mat.16,18 5 found. m Joel 1, 14 Joel 2, 12 Jonah 3,4 n ch. 5, 1 Ps. 34, 15,22 Ps. 37, 3, 5, 28-40 Ps. 55, 22 Ps. 62, 8 Ps. 115, 9, 10, 11 Ps. 141, 8, 9, 10 Pro. 29,25 6 passed. CHAP. 5. a ch. 4, 16 b ch. 6, 4 c Pro. 21, 1 d ch. 8, 4 e Mark6,23 /ch. 7, 3 g ch. 9, 12 1 to do. h Job 20, 5 i ch. 3, 5 Ps. 15, 4 Mat. 10,28 j 2 Sam. 13,22 2 caused to come. k Dan .4,30 I ch.9, 7 510 king, which is not according to the law : and if I perish, "I perish. 17 So Mor'de-cai Svent his way, and did according to all that fis'thgr had commanded hun. CHAPTER 5. Esther invites the king and Hainan to a banquet. ^^O W it came to pass "on the third l\ day, that Es'thSr put on her royal apparel, and stood in *the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house : and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. 2 And it was so, when the king saw Es'thSr the queen standing in the court, that ''she obtained favour in his sight : and the '^king held out to Es'ther the golden sceptre that vms in his hand. So Es'thgr drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. 3 Then said the king unto her,What wilt thou, queen Es'thSr ? and what is thy request ? 'it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. 4 And Es'thgr answered, If it seem. good unto the king, let the king and Ha'man come this day unto the ban- quet that I have prepared for him. 5 Then the king said, Cause Ha'man to make haste, that he may do as Es'thSr hath said. So the king and Ha'man came to the banquet that Es'- thgr had prepared. 6 ITAnd -^the king said unto Es'thSr at the banquet of wine. What Hs thy petition ? and it shall be granted thee : and what is thy request ? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be per- formed. 7 Then answered Es'thgr, and said, My petition and my request is ; 8 If 1 have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and ^to perform my request, let the king and Ha'man come to the banquet that I shall pre- pare for them, and I will do to mor- row as the king hath said. 9 TiThen went Ha'man forth that day joyful ^and with a glad heart: but when Ha'man saw Mor'de-cai in the king's gate, that 'lie stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indig - nation against Mor'de-cai. 10 Nevertheless Ha'man •'refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and ^called for his friends, and Ze'resh his wife. 11 And Ha'man told them of ^the glory of his riches, and 'the multitude Haman is commanded ESTHER, 6, 7. to do honour to Mordecai. of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had '"advanced him above the princes and servants of the king 12 Ha'man said moreover, Yea, Es' thSr the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself ; and "to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. 1 3 Yet ''all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mor'de-cai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 14 Then said Ze'resli his v/ife and all his friends unto him, Let a ^gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow -^speak thou unto the king that Mor'de-cai may be hanged there on: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Ha'man; and he caused *the gallows to be made. .CHAPTER 6. 1 Ahasuerus rewards Morclecal for former service: 10 Haraan commanded to do him honour. ON that night 'could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring "the book of records of the chronicles ; and they were read be- fore the king. , 2 And it was found written, that Mor'de-cai had tokl of 'Big'tha-na and Te'resh, two of the king's chamber- lains, the keepers of the ^door, who sought to lay hand on the king A-ha§- ii-e'rus. 3 And the king said, 'What honour and dignity hath been done to Mor'- de-cai for this ? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him. There is nothing done for him. 4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Ha'man was come into 'the outward court of the king's house, '^to speak unto the king to hang Mor'de-cai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. 5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Ha'man standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. 6 So Ha'man came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man Vhom the king delighteth to honour ? Now Ha'man thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself ? 7 And Ha'man answered the king, For the man Vhom the king delight- eth to honour. B. C. 510. CHAP. 5. m ch. 3, 1 n Pro. 27, 1 lTlies.5,3 o Job 5, 2 3 tree. ch. 7, 9 V ch, Q, 4: q ch. 7, 10 Ps. 59, 7 Pro. 1, 16 CHAP, 6. 1 the king's sleep fled away. Deut. 32,36 a ch. 2, 23 2 Or, Bigthan, ch. 2, 21 3 threshold, b Gal. 6, 9 c ch. 5, 1 d ch. 5, 14 4 in whose honour the king delight- eth. 5 in whose honour the king delight- eth. 6 Let them bring the royal apparel. 7 where- with the king clotheth himself. e 1 Ki. 1, 33 8 caifcse him to ride. /Geii.dl,43 g Job 5, 11,13 9 suffer not a whit to fall. h Ps. 131, 1 i 2 Sam. 15,30 Jer. li, 3 CHAP. 7. 1 to drink. a ch. 5, 6 511 8 "^Let the royal apparel be brought ■'which the king useth to wear, and 'the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head : 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of th-s king's most noble princes, that they may array the man vjithal whom the king delighteth to honour, and "^bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and -^proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the maw whom the king delighteth to honour. 10 Then the king said to Ha'man, Make -^haste, and take the apparei and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to 3Ior'de-cai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate : ^let nothing fail of aU that thou hast spoken. 11 Then took Ha'man the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mor'de- cai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclauned before him. Thus shall it; be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour. 12 ^lAnd Mor'de-cai came %gain to the king's gate. But Ha'man hasted to his house mourning, and 'liaving his head covered. 1 3 And Ha'man told Ze'resh his wife and all his friends every ^ A 2;? g^ that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Ze'resh his wife mito him. If Mor'de-cai be of the seed of the Jew§, before Avhom thou hast be- gun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely faU be- fore him. 14 And w^hile they toet^e yet talking with him, came the kmg's chamber- lains, and hasted to bring Ha'man unto the banquet that Es'thSr had prepared. CHAPTER rr t 1 Esther sues for heroicn life and the life ofherpeo^ pie. 7 The king causes Haman to be hanged on his men gallows. SO the kiiig and Ha'man came ^to banquet with fis'thSr the queen. 2 And the king said again unto Es'- thSr on the second day "at the ban- quet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Es'thSr ? and it shall be granted thee : and what is thy request ? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. 3 Then Es'thSr the queen answered and said. If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my A Haman is hanged. ESTHER, 8. Hamart's letters reversed. petition, and my people at my re- quest : 4 For we are *sold, I and my people, ''to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's_ damage. 5 llThen the king A-ha§-u-e'rus an- s^vered and said unto Ss'thSr the queen. Who is he, and where is he, ^that durst presume in his heart to do so ? 6 And fes'thSr said, ^The adversary and enemy is this wicked Ha'man. Then Ha'man was afraid ^before the king and the queen. 7 ^And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden : and Ha'man "^stood up to make request for his life to Es'thOr the queen ; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king, 8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the pl_ace of the banquet of wine ; and Ha'man was fallen upon '^the bed whereon Es'thgr v:as. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also ^before me in the house ? As the w^ord went out of the king's mouth, they covered ^Ha'man's face. 9 And ■''Har-bo'nah, one of the cham- berlains, said before the king, Be- hold also, ^the 'gallows fifty cubits high, which Ha'man had made for Mor'de-cai, who ^had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Ha'man. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. 10 So 'they hanged Ha'man on the gallows that he had prepared for Mor'de-cai. Then w^as the king's wi'ath pacified. CHAPTER 8. \ Mordecai advanced. 7 Ahasuerus grants to the ■Jews to defend, themselves. 15 3Iordecai's honours, and the Jews' joy. ON that day did the king A-ha§-ii- e'rus give the house of Ha'man the Jew§' enemy unto Es'thSr the qu^en. And Mor'de-cai came before the king ; for Es'thSr had told v/hat ''he loas unto her. 2 And the king took off *his ring, which he had taken from Ha'man, and gave it unto Mor'de-cai. And Es'thSr set Mor'de-cai over the house of Ha'man. 3 IF And Es'thSr spake yet again be- fore the king, and fell down at his B. C. 510. CHAP. 7. b ch. 3, 9 ch. 4, 7 2 that they shovM de- stray, and kill, and cause to i. 3 whose heart hath filled him. 4 The man adver- sary. 5 Or, at the presence of. c Pro.l4:,19 Pro. 28,17 d ch. 1, 6 6 with me. e Job 9, 34 /ch. 1. 10 g ch. 5, 14 Ps. 7, 16 Pro. 11, 5,6 7 tree. h ch. 2, 21-23 ch. 6. 3 i ch. 9, 25 Ps. 7, 15 Ps. 9, 15,16 Ps. 37, 35 Dan. 6, 24 CHAP. 8. a ch. 2, 7 b Gen.41,42 ch. 3, 10 Lu. 15, 22 1 and she xvept and besought him. c ch. 4, 11 ch. 5, 2 2 the device. ch. 3, 12, 13 3 Or, who ivrote. 4 he able that I may see. d Neh. 2, 3 e Pro.13,22 /ch. 1, 19 g ch. 3, 12 h ch. 1, 1 i ch. 1, 22 3 lKi.21,8 512 feet, 'and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Ha'man the A'gag-ite, and liis device that he had devised against the Jew§. 4 Then 'the king held out the golden sceptre toward Es'thgr. So Es'thSr arose, and stood before the king, 5 And said. If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse ^the letters devised by Ha'man the son of Ham- med'a-tha the A'gag-ite, ^vhich he wrote to destroy the Jew§ v/hich are in all the king's provinces : 6 For how can I '^endure to '^see the evil that shall come unto my people ? or how can I endure to see the de- struction of my kindred ? 7 ^Then the king A-ha§-ii-e'rus said unto Ss'ther the queen and to Mor'- de-cai the Jew, Behold, ^I have given Es'thSr the house of Ha'man, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jew§. 8 Write ye also for the Jew§, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring : for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, -^may no man reverse. 9 Then i'were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Si'van, on the three and twentieth day thereof ; and it was written according to all that Mor'de-cai commanded unto the Jew§, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulei^ of the provinces which are '^from in'di-a unto E-thi- 5'pi-a, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto ever^^ province 'ac- cording to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their lan- guage, and to the Jew§ according to their writing, and according to their language. 10 And^he wrote in the king A-ha§- ii-e'rus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, a)id riders on mules, camels. a?id young dromedaries : 1 1 Wherein the king granted the Jew§ which were in ever^^ city to gather themselves together, and to stfcind for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would a.ssault them, both Httle ones The Jews' eyiemies and KSTHER, 9. Hamaiii's sons siain. and women/and to take the spoil of i b. c. sio. |thi-oughQut all the provinces ; for this them for a prey, | ^rap 8 !^^^^ Mor'de-cai ''waxed greater and 12 Upon^one day in all the prov-|^ ^ * " greater, inces of king A-ha§-ii-e'rus, namely, | " id.'is ' oThus the Jews smote ail their ene- upon the tliirteenth day of thezch. 3, is twelfth month, which is the month' ^^ ^' ••■ A'rla-p imch. 3, A aar, i4, i5 13The"^C0py of the \^T?ltmg tor ^'5 revealed. commandment to be given in every |q or,'j;io?et, province ?c?«5 "published unto all peo-lj^^tJe, is pie, and that the Jewg should be pyo;!^^ mies ^vith the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did ^what they would unto those that hated them. 6 And in Shil'shan the palace the Jew§ slew and destroyed five hun- dred men. Pro. 29, 2 1 7 And Par-shan'da-tha, and Dal'- Ps. 97, n|pbon, and As'pa-tha, Ps.112, i 8 And Por'a-tha, and Ad-a-lf a, and A-rid'a-tha, 9 And Par-mash 'ta, and A-ris'a-i, and A-rid'a-i, and Va-jez'a-tha, K^The 'ten sons of Ha'man the son of llam-med'a-tha, the enemy of the Jew§,slew they ; -'but on the spoil laid they not their hand. 1 1 On that day the number of those that were slain in Sliu'shan the palace ^vas brought before the king. 12 ^1 And the king said unto Es'thSr the queen, The Jews have slam and ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. 1-i So the posts that rode upon mules a?id camels went out, being hastened^ p Ir^^^ and pressed on by the king's com-! ch.9^ mandment. And the decree v/asgiv-j ''•*^' ^ en at Shu'shan the palace. 1 5 ^ And Mor'de-cai went out from the presence of the king in royal ap- parel of ^blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a gar- ment of fine Hnen and puiple : and "the city of Shu'shan rejoiced and! was glad. 16 The Jew§ had "light, and glad- ness, and joy, and honour. IT And m every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's , g.-, ^^ cormiiandment and his decree came, l^ch. 8, 11 k®^^ ^^ ^^^ king's provinces? now the Jewghadjoy andgladness,a^feast'e ps. 71, isp'what is thy petition ? and it shall be q Ps. 18. 43 r Gen. 35, 5 Ex. 15, 16 Deut.2,25 Deut. 11, 25 ch. 9. 2 B. C. 509, CHA.P 9 a ch. 8, i^ destroyed five himdred men in ^SiiLi'- shan the palace, and the ten sons of Ha'man ; what have they done m the b ch, 3. 13 9 c: am. and a good day. And many of the; /ch. 8, i? people of the land ^became Jews : forli those +- ^-. „ - -^ „ ,, !t,' which did the busi- ness that the 'f ea,r of the Jew§ fell upon them. CHAPTER 9. 1 The Jews slai; their enemies, icith the ten sons of Saman. 20 The tivo days of Purirn made festival.', "IV^OW^in the twelfth month, that ^^ 2 sl'm^ii 1.^ is, the month A'dar, on the thir- i.chr.11,9 teenth day of the same, when *the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had "^rule over theitn that liated them ;") 2 The Jews ''gathered themselves to- gether in their cities throughout all I ^^'^^ ' g the provinces of the king A-has-ii-e'-l ch." 7, 2 rus. to lay hand on such as sought i ch. s, 11 "■their hurt : and no man could with- stand them; -^'for the fear of them fell upon all people. 3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and 'oflicers of the king, ^^helped the Jew§ ; because the fear of Mor'de-cai ^ 7,T" "' " ch. 8, 11 belonged to the king. Ps. 1, 3 Ps. 37. 37, 40 Pro. 4, 18 2 according to their will. i ch. 5. 11 Job 18, 19 Job 27,13, 14, 15 Ps. 21, 10 j ch. 8, 11 fell upon them 4 For Mor'de-cai was great in the I*' 5 11^^ king's house, and his fame went out 5 tr it. (33) 513 gra-nted thee : or what is thy request further ? and it shall be done. 13 Then said Es'thSr. If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jew§ which are in Shu'shan to do to mor- Pro*i6 7 ^'^^^^ ^^^^ 'according unto this day's decree, and *let Ha'man's ten '"sons be hanged upon the gallows. 14 And the king commanded it so to be done : and the decree was given at Shu'shan ; and they hanged Ha'- man's ten sons. 1 5 For the Jews that were in Shu'- shan gathered "themselves together on the fourteenth dav also of the month A'dar, and slew three hundred men at Shti'shan; but on the pre;^ they laid not their hand. 16 But the other Jews that wer'e in the king's pro^^nces "gathered them- selves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from tiieir ene- 2 sam.2i, mies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, ^but they laid not their hands on the prey, 17 On the thirteenth day of the month A'dar ; and on the fourteenth day ^of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 18 But the Jews theit^were at Shu'- 4 let men haiig. mJosh.8,29 2 Si ' 6.9 n ch. 8, 11 Ps. 118, 7-12 The feast of ESTHER, 10. Puritn instituted. shan assembled together on the thir- teenth day thereof, and on the four- teenth thereof ; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting; and gladness. 1 9 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month A'dar la day o/ gladness and feasting, 'and a good day, and of ^sending por- tions one to another. 20 IFAnd Mor'de-cai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jew§ that icere in all the provinces of the king A-ha§-ii-e'rus, ^o^^A nigh and far, 21 To stablish this among them, that they should ^keep the fourteenth day of the month A'dar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, 2z As the days wherein the Jew§ rested from their enemies, and the inonth which was "turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourn- ing into a good day : that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of "sending portions one to an- other, and gifts to the poor. 23 And the Jew§ undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mor'de-cai had written unto them ; 24 Because Ha'man the son of Ham- med'a-tha,the A'gag-ite, the enemy of all the Jew§, "had devised against the Jew§ to destroy them, and had cast I^ur,that ?>,the lot, to ''consume them, and to destroy them ; 25 But 'when ^5 '^/ze^r came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jew§, should "^return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gal- lows. 26 AVherefore they called these days Pu'rim after the name of ^Pur. There- fore for all the words of this letter, and of that Avhich they had seen con- cerning this matter, and which had come unto them, 27 The Jews ordained, and tookupon them, and upon their seed, and upon B. C. 509. CHAP. 9. q Deut. 16, 11,14 Neh. 8. 10-12 ch. 8, 17 r ch. 8. 17 s Neh. 8, 10, 12 Rev.11,10 t Ps. 145, 4 u Ps. 30, 11 V Neh. 8, 11 w ch. 3, 6, 7 6 crush. 7 ^vhen she came. ch. 7, 5 ch. 8, 3 X 1 Sam.24, 12,13 ch. 7, 10 Ps. 7, 16 Ps. 109,17 8 That is, lot. V ch. 8, 17 Isa. 56, 3,6 Zech.2,11 9 pass. 10 pass. 11 be ended. z ch. 2, 15 12 all strength. a ch. 8, 10 6 ch. 1, 1 B. C. 495. CHAP. 10. a Gen. 10, 5 Isa. 24, 15 1 madeMm great. ch. 8, 15 b Gen.41,40 2Chr.28,7 c Neh. 2, 10 d Ps. 125, 5 Isa. 26, 12 514 all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not ^fail, that they would keep these two days ac- cording to their writing, and accord- ing to their appointed time every year ; 28 And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city ; and that these days of Pii'rim should not -"fail from among the Jcavs, nor the me- morial of them ^ ^perish from their seed. 29 Then Es'thSr the qiieen, ^the daughter of Ab-i-ha'il, and Mor'de-cai the Jew, wrote with ^ -all authority, "to confirm this second letter of Pii'rim. 30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to *the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of A-ha§-ii-e'rus, loith words of peace and truth, 31 To confinxL these days of Pii'rini in their times appointed, according as Mor'de-cai the Jew and Es'thSr the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fast- ings and their cry. 32 And the decree of Es'thgr con- firmed these matters of Pii'rim ; and it was written in the book. CHAPTER 10. Ahasueriis' greatnens. Mnrdecai's advancement. AND the king A-has-ii-e'rus laid a tribute upon the land, and up- on ''the isles of the sea, 2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mor'de-cai, w^here- unto the king ^advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Me'di-a and PSr'sia ? 3 For Mor'de-cai the Jew was *next unto king A-ha§-u-e'riis, and great among the Jew§, and accepted of the multitude of his '^brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking "'peace to all his seed. THE BOOK OF JOB. CHAPTER 1. 1 The holiness of Job ; Ms wealth; his religious care for his children : 6 Satan, apioearing before God, falsely accuses Job, and obtains leave to tempt him. 13 Job i7i affliction blesses God. THERE was a man nn the land of Uz, whose name was *Job ; and that man was '"perfect and upright, and one that feared ''God, and es- chewed evil. 2 And there were born mito him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His ^substance also v\^as seven thou- sand sheep, and three thousand cam- els, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great -household ; so that this man Avas the greatest of all the ^men of the east. 4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one liis day ; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that J 5b sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, "^and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all : for Job said, -^It may be that my sons have sinned, and -^cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job ^contin- ually. 6 ITNow ^there was a day 'when the sons of God came to present them- selves before the Lord, and ^Sa'tan came also '''among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, Whence comest thou ? Then Sa'tan answered the Lord, and said. From going -^to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, •Hast thou considered my ser^^ant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and es- cheweth evil ? 9 Then Sa'tan answered the Lord, and said. Doth J 5b fear God for nought ? 10 Hast *not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on ever\' side ? *thou hast blessed the work of his B. C. 1520. CHAP. 1. a Gen.22,20 b Ezek. 14,14: Jas. 5, 11 c Gen. 6, 9 d Pro. 8, 13 1 Ov,cattle. 2 Or. hus- bandry. 3 sons of the east. Gen. 25, 6 I e Gen. 8, 20 1 ch. 42. 8 I /2Cor.ll,2 g 1 Ki. 21. 10,13 4 all the days. h ch. 2. 1 i lKi.22,19 ch. 38, 7 Dan. 7. 10 5 the adver- sary, lChr.21,1 Rev 12. 9 6 in the midst of them. j Mat.12,43 1 Pet. 5, 8 7 Hast thou set thy heart on. • k Ps. 34, 7 Isa. 5, 2 I Ps. 128, 1 8 nr,cattle. 9 if he curse thee not to thy face. 10 hand. m Eccl.9.12 n Gen. 10, 7 11 Or, A great fire. 12 rushed. 13 from aside, etc. 14 Or, robe. 1 Pet. 5, 6 p Jas. 1, 171 -^15 hands, and his ^substance is increased in the land. 11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath,^and he will curse thee to thy face. 12 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy ^ "power ; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Sa'tan went forth from the presence of the Lord. 1 3 ^ And there was a day "'when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine m their eldest brother's house : 14 And there came a messenger unto J 5b, and said. The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them : 15 And the "Sa-be'ans fell upon them, and took them away ; yea, they have slain the sei^^^ants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he teas yet speaking, there came also another, and said, ^^The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the seiwants, and consumed them ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 1 7 While he icas yet speaking, there came also another, and said. The Chal-de'ans made out three bands, and '-fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 1 8 While he teas yet speaking, there came also another, and said. Thy sons and thy daughters tyere eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house : 1 9 And, behold, there came a great wind '^from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 20 Then J5b arose, and rent his '^mantle, and shaved his head, and 'fell doAATi upon the ground, and wor- shipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I retui'n thither : the ^Lord gave, and Joh is smitten vnth boils. JOB, 2, 3. He longeth for death. the Lord hath taken away ; ^blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor ^ ^charged God foolishly. CHAPTER 2. 1 Satan, appearing again before God, obtains fur- ther leave to tempt Job: 7 he smites him with sore boils. 9 Job reproves his wife. AGAIN there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Sa'- tan carne also among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, From whence comest thou? And Sa'tan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, Hast thou considered my servant J 5b, that the7^e is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil ? and still he "holdeth fast his in- tegrity, although thou movedst me against him, ^to destroy him ^without cause. 4 And Sa'tan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. 5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his 'bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. 6 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, Be- hold, he is in thine hand ; ^but save his life. T^So went Sa'tan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; ^and he sat down among the ashes. 9 iThen said ^his wife unto him. Dost •''thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. 1 But he said unto her. Thou speak- est as one of the foolish women speak- eth. What ? shall ^we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil ? In all this did not J5b ■^sin with his lips. 11 TNow when J5b's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place ; El'i-phaz 'the Te'man- ite, and Bil'dad -^the Shu'hite,and Z5'- phar the Na'a-math-Ite : for they had made an appointment together to come Ho mourn with him and to comfort him. 12 And vhen they lifted up their B. C. 1520. CHAP. 1. q Eph. 5, 20 15 Or, at- tributed folly to God. CHAP. 2. a ch. 27, 5,6 1 to swal- low him up. b Gen. 22, 1 Mat. 7, 11 John 9, 2 Heb. 12. 5-11 c ch. 19, 20 2 Or, only. d 2 Sam. 13, 19 ch. 42, 6 Ezek. 27, 30 Mat.11,21 e Gen. 3, 6 /ch. 21, 15 (7 ch. 1, 21 Rom. 12, 12 J as. 5, 10 h Ps. 39, 1 Jas. 1, 12 i Gen.36,11 Jer, 49, 7 j Gen. 25, 2 k ch. 42, 11 Rom. 12, 15 I Neh. 9, 1 Lam. 2,10 Ezek. 27,30 mGen.50.10 CHAP. 3. 1 an- swered. a ch, 10, 18, 19 Jer. 15.10 Jer. 20,14 b ch. 16, 16 Ps. 23, 4 Ps. 44, 19 Jer. 1.3,16 Amos 5, 8 2 Or, chal- lenge it. 3 Or, let them ter- rify it, as those who have a bitter day. 4 Or, let it not rejoice among the days. c Jer. 9, 17 5 Or, a levi- athan. 6 the eye- lids of the morning. 7 wearied in strength. 61j6 eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept ; and they rent every one his mantle, and 'sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 13 So they sat down with him upon the ground '"seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him : for they saw^ that his grief was very great. CHAPTER 3. Job curses the day of his birth. AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Job 'spake, and said, 3 Let ''the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in lohich it was said. There is a man child conceived. 4 Let that day be darkness ; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and *the shadow of death '^stain it ; let a cloud dwell up- on it ; ^let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it : '*let it not be joined un- to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. 7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no ioyful voice come therein. 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who ""are ready to raise up ^their mourning. 9 Let the stars of the twilight there- of be dark ; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see ^the dawning of the day : 10 Because it shut not up the doors of my naother's womb, nor hid sor- row from mine eyes. 1 1 Why died I not from the womb ? lohy did 1 7iot give up the ghost when I came out of the belly ? 12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck ? 13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept : then had I been at rest, 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves ; 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver : 1 6 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. IT There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the 'weary be at rest. 18 There the prisoners rest to Eliphaz reproveth Job. JOB, 4, 5. The vision of Eliphaz. gether; they hear not the voice of ?he oppressor. 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his mas- ter. 20 Wherefore "^is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul ; 21 Which ^long for death, but it corneth not ; and dig for it more than 'for hid treasures ; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave ? 23 Wliy is light given to a man whose way is hid, -^and whom God hath hedged in ? 24 For my sighing cometh "before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. 25 For "the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. 26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet ; yet trouble came, CHAPTER 4. 1 Ehphaz reproves Job : 7 he shews that God's judg- ments are notjor the righteous, but for the wicked : 12 his vision THEN El'i-phaz the Te'man-ite an- swered and said, 2 If we assay 'to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved ? but Hvho can withhold himself from speaking? 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened ^the feeble knees. 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou "faintest ; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 6 Is not this *thy fear, Hhy confi- dence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways ? 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever periched, being innocent ? or where were the righteous cut off ? e r 8 Even as I have seen, '^thev that I plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, I reap the same. C. 15. 20-25. 9 ^Y the blast of God they perish, and ^by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the 'teeth of the young lions, are broken. 1 1 The -^old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. B. C. 1520. CHAP. 3. a Jer. 20,18 8 wait. e Pro. 2. 4 / Lam. 3, 7 9 before viy meat. 10 1 feared a fear, and it came upon me. CHAP. 4. 1 a word. 2 who can refrain from words ? 3 the bow- ing knees. a Lu. 4. 23 b ch. 1. 1 c Pro. 3, 26 d Ps. 7, 14 Pro. 22, 8 4 That is, by his anger, Isa. 30, 33 e Ps. 58. 6 / Ps. 34, 10 5 by stealth. g ch. 33, 15 6 met me. 7 the multi- tude of my bones. h Heb. 1, 14 8 Or, 1 heard a still voice. 1 Ki.l9,r2 i 2 Pet. 2, 4 9 Or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light. 10 beatenin pieces. CHAP. 5. 1 Or, look ? 2 Or, indig- nation. 3 Or, iniquity. 4 Or, labour. 5 the sons of the burning coal lift up to jly. a Ps. 50, 15 6 and there is no search. 7 till there be no number. 617 12 Now a thing was ^secretly brought to me, and mine ear re- ceived a little thereof. 13 In ^thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep f alleth on men, 14 Fear ^came upon me, and trem- bling, which made 'all my bones to shake. 15 Then% spirit passed before my ~ face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16 It stood still, but I could not dis- cern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes, ^there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 1 7 Shall mortal man b e more just than God ? shah a man be more pure than his maker ? j. 5. s. 1 8 Behold, he 'put no trust in his servants ; ^and his angels he charged with folly : 1 9 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foun- dation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth ? 20 They are '"destroyed from morn- ing to evening : they perish for ever without any regarding it. 21 Doth not their excellency ichich is in them go avv^ay ? they die, even without wisdom. CHAPTER 5. 1 Harm of inconsideration. % Misery the end of the wicked. 6 Man born to trouble. 8 God to be re- garded in affliction. 17 Happy end of God's cor- rection. CALL now, if there be any that will answer thee ; and to which of the saints wilt thou 'turn ? 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and -envy slayeth the silly one. 3 1 have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. H. Job 10. 14, 15.. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver tltera. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. 6 Although ^affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground ; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as ^the sparks fly upward. 8 I would ''seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause : * 9 Which doeth great things ^and unsearchable ; marvellous things 'without number : *J. 8. 3. * H GocVs correction is salutary. JOB, 6. Job desireth to die. 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the ^fields : 1 1 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands '^can- not perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness : and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14 They ^°meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noon- day as in the night. 1 5 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 1 6 So the poor hath hope, and in- iquity stoppeth her mouth. 1 7 Behold, 'happy is the man whom God coTrecteth : therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up : he woundeth, and his hands make whole. *^ f^ 19 He ''shall deliver thee in six trou- bles: yea, in seven '^there shall no evil touch thee. 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war ''from the power of the sword. 21 Thou "shalt be hid '^from the scourge of the tongue : neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and famine thou stialt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.* 23 For -^thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field : and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24 And thou shalt know '^that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not '\sin. 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be '^great, and thine off- spring as the grass of the earth. 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn * ^cometh in in his season. 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is ; hear it, and know thou it '^for thy good. CHAPTER 6. 1 Job shews that his complaints are not causeless: 8 he wishes /or death, tvherein he is assured of rest and comfort : 14 he reproves Ms friends' un'kind- ness. BUT Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were *K. 11.17-19. B. C. 1530. CHAP. 5. 8 out- places. 9 Or, can- not per- form any thing. 10 Or, run into. b Heb. 12, 5 Jas. 1, 12 c Ps. 3i, 19 d Ps. 91, 10 11 from the hands. e Ps. 31, 15 12 Or, tvhen the tongue scourgeth. f Ps. 91, 12 Hos. 2, 18 13 Or, that peace is thy taber- nacle. 14 Or, err. 15 Or, much. 16 ascend- eth. 17 for thyself. CHAP. 6. 1 lifted up. 2 That is, I want words to express my grief. a Ps. 38, 1,2 3 at grass. i my expecta- tion. 5 Or. though I should be burned with pain. 6 brasen ? 7 to him that melteth. 8 Or, mourn. 9 they are cut off. 10 in the heat thereof. 11 extin- guished. 12 Or, For norv ye are like to them. 13 not. b Ps. 38, 11 Ps. 88, 18 c Acts20,33 518 throughly weighed, and my calam- ity 'laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea : therefore ^my words are swallowed up. 4 For "the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit : the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 5 Doth the wild ass bray ^when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder ? 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt ? or is there a7iy taste in the white of an egg ? 7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. 8 Oh that I might have my request ; and that God would grant me *the thing that I long for ! 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me ; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off ! 10 Then should I yet have comfort ; yea, ^I would harden myself in sor- row : let him not spare ; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 11 What is my strength, that I should hope ? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life ? 12 7^ my strength the strength of stones ? or is my flesh "of brass ? 13 Is not my help in me ? and is wisdom driven quite from me ? 14 ^To him that is afflicted pity shoidd be shelved from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brethren have dealt deceit- fully as a brook, cmd as the stream of brooks they pass away ; 1 6 Which ®are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 1 7 What time they wax warm, ^they vanish: "when it is hot, they are ' 'consumed out of their place. 1 8 The paths of their way are turned aside ; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Te'ma looked, the companies of She'ba waited for them. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped • they came thither, and were ashamed. 21 '^For now ye are '^nothing; ye see h7iy casting down, and are afraid. 22 Did I say, "^Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your sub- stance ? Job's extreme ?'estlessness. JOB, 7, 8. JBildad's argument. 23 Or, Deliver me from the enem.y's hand ? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty ? 24 Teach me, and I will '^hold my tongue : and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words ! but what doth your arguing reprove ? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is des- perate, lordch are as wind ? 27Yea,*Y^ overwhelm the father- less, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look upon me ; for it is ^ ^evident unto you if I lie. 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my right- eousness is ^''in it. 30 Is there iniquity *in my tongue ? cannot ^^my taste discern perv^erse things ? CHAPTER 7. 1 Job excuses his desire of death, hy representing his extreme restlessness: 17 he expostulates with God. /S there not 'an ''appointed time to man upon earth ? are not liis days also like the days of an hireling ? 2 As a servant ^earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling look- eth for the reicarcl of his work : 3 So am I made to possess months *of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and ^the night be gone ? and I am full of tossings to an(i fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed '^with worms and clods of dust ; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. 6 My days are swifter than a weav- er's shuttle, and are spent Avithout hope. 7 O remember that ''my life is wind : mine eye ^shall no more ^see good. 8 The 'eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more : thine eyes are iipon me, and ^I am not. ^ As the cloud is consumed and van- isheth away : so -^'he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11 Therefore I will ''not refrain my mouth ; I vvill speak in the anguish of my spirit ; I will complam in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou Bettest a watch over me ? B. C. 1520. CHAP. 6. d Ps. 39. 1 14 ye cause to fall upon. 15 before your face. 16 That is. in this matter. e Jas. 3, 13 17 my palate, ch. 12. 11 ch. 34, 3 CHAP. 7. 1 Or, a warfare. a ch. 14, 5, 13,14 Ps. 39, 4 Eccl.3,1,2 2 gapeth after. b Ps. 39, 5 3 the even- ing be meas- ured '? c ch. 17, 14 ch. 19, 26 d Ps. 78, 39 Jas. 4, 14 4 shall not return. 5 to see, that is, to enjoy. e ch. 20. 9 6 That is, J can live no longer, f 2 Sam. 12,23 Ps. 39, 13 Ps. 103,16 g Ps. 39, 1. 9 Ps. 40,'9 7 than my bones. h ch. 10, 1 i Ps. 62, 9 j Ps. 8, 4 Ps. 144, 3 Heb. 2, 6 k Ps. 36, 6 8 Or, observer. Ps. 11, 4 Heb. 4, 13 Rev. 2, 23 CHAP. 8. a Gen.18,25 Deut.32,4 2Chr.l9,7 ch. 34, 12 Dan. 9, 14 1 in the hand, of their trans- gression. b Deiit.4,32 c Ps. 39, 5 3 not. 519 13 When I say, My bed shall com- fort me, my couch shall ease my complaint ; 14 Then thou scarest ine ^vith dreams, and terrifiest me through visions : 1 5 So that my soul chooseth stran- gling, a7id death rather 'than my life. 161 ^loathe it ; I would not live alway : let me alone ; for 'my days are vanity. 17 What Hs man, that thou should- ] est magnify him? and that thou i shouldest set thine heart upon him ? | 18 And that thou shouldest visit | him every morning, aiid try him ev- | ery moment? L. 23. 10. J 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swal- low down my spittle ? 20 1 have sinned ; what shall I do unto thee,^0 thou ^presei'^^'er of men ? why hast thou set me as a mark i against thee, so that I am a burden | to myself? A, 9. 2, 3.J 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity ? for now shall I sleep in the dust ; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shcdl not he. CHAPTER 8. 1 Bildad shews God's justice : ^ ajrpeals to antimiity to jjrove the destruction of the hypocrite: 20 ap- plies God's just dealing to the case of Job. THEN answered Bil'dad the Shu'- hite, and said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and hoi'j long shall the words of thy mouth he like a strong wind ? 3 Doth ''God pervert judgment ? or ] doth the Almighty pei'vert justice ? J 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast thsm away 'for their transgression; 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty ; 6 If thou tcert pure and upright ; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy right- eousness prosperous. 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly in- crease. 8 For ^enquire. I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers : 9 (For ''we are hut 0/ yesterday, and know ^nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow :) 1 Shall not they teach thee, and tell *J. 9. 15. « Job aeknowledgeth JOB, 9. the justice of God, G A thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without tnire? can the flag grow without water ? 12 Whilst '^it is yet in his green- ness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God ; and the 'hypocrite's hope shall perish : 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shcdl be ^a spider's web. 15 He -^'shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand : he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. 1 6 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his gar- den. IT His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. 18 If ^he destroy him from his flace, then it shall deny him, saying, have not seen thee. 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out ^of the earth shall others grow. 20 Behold, God will not 'cast away a perfect man,, neither will he %elp the evil doers : 2 1 Till he fill thy mouth vv^ith laugh ing, and thy lips with Rejoicing. 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame ; and the dwell- ing place of the wicked shall ''come to nought. CHAPTER 9 1 JoJ), acknowledging GocVs justice, sheics there is no contending with him. 20 Man's innocency not to be judged bi/ Ms lot in this world. THEN J5b answered and said, 2 I know it is s o of a tr uth: but how should "man be ,]ust 'v /ithGod? '6 It he~will contend witlT him, lie cannot answer him one of alihou sand A 9.20; G 9.30,31. N f 4 Jde is wise in hear t, and mi ghty B. C. 1520. CHAP. 8. d Ps. 129, 6 e ch. 11, 20 ch. 18, 14 ch. 27, 8 Ps. 112,10 Pro. 10,28 3 a spider's house, Isa. 59,5,6 /ch. 27, 18 g ch. 7, 10 ch. 20, 9 Ps. 37, 36 h Ps. 113, 7 I Ps. 37, 24 1 Thes. 5, 23,24 4 take the ungodly by the hand. 5 shouting for joy. 6 not be. in strength -who hath Tia rdehedT^iTm gg //'against him, a nd hath prospered"? 5 W hich removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturn- eth them in his anger. 6 W^hich '^shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not ; and sealeth up the stars. 8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the '^waves of the sea. 9 Which "^maketh ^Arc-tu'rus, 5-rI'- *N 33. 14. CHAP. £ a Ps. 143, 2 Rom. 3,20 1 Or, before Godf b Isa. 2, 19,21 Hag. 2, 6,21 Heb. 12,26 2 heights. c Gen. 1, 16 ch. 38, 31 Amos 5, 8 3 Ash, Cesil, and Cimah. d ch. 23. 8 e Isa. 45, 9 Jer. 18, 6 Rom. 9,20 4 ivho can turn him away ? 5 helpers of pride, or, strength. /ch.10,15 g ch. 2, 3 ch. 34, 6 h Ezek.21,3 i 2 Sam. 15,30 2 Sam. 19.4 Jer. 14, 4 6 ships of desire, or, ships of Ebeh. 7 Or, strenffth- en. j Ex. 20, 7 520 on, and Pie'ia-de§, and the chambers of the south. 10 Which doeth great things past finding out ; yea, and wonders with- out number. 1 1 Lo, "^he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. 12 Behold, *he taketh away, *who can hinder him 'i who will say luito him, What doest thou? IS If God will not withdraw his anger, the ^proud helpers do stoop under him. 14 How much less shall I answer him, a)id choose out my words to reason with him? 15 Whom, -^though I were right- , ecus, yet would I not ansAver, but I | would make supplication to my i lo If I had called, and he had an- sv\rered me ; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. IT For he brea^keth me with a tem- pest, and multiplieth my ^wounds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? 20 If I justify myself, mi ne own ^ mouth shall condemn nie^: if I say7 I am perfect, it shall also prove me^ perverse. A. 9. 21 Though I loere perfect, yet 'woiild I not know my soul : I would despise my life. 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it. He ''destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: 'he covereth the faces of the judges thereof ; if not, where, and who is he ? 25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They are passed away as the ^swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget my com- plaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and '^comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt •'not hold me in- nocent. J J Job expostulateth with God JOB, 10, 11. about his affliction. 29 /f I be wicked, why then labour 1 in vain ? A f 30 If I wash myself with snow wa- G ter, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall ^ "abhor me. A. 15. 14-16; G. 14. 4. 32 For ''he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. 33 Neither ^is there ^any "daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: 35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; '^but it is not so with me. CHAPTER 10. 1 Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulates vntli God about his afflictions : 18 he complains of life, and craves a little ease before his death. MY soul is, 'weary of my life ; I will leave my complaint upon niyself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I will say unto God, Do not con- demn me ; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou should - est despise '^the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or "seest thou as man seeth ? ^ 5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days^ 6 That thou enqmrest after mine in- iquity, and searchest after my sin? 7 ^Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. 8 Thine *hands have *made me and fashioned me together round about ; yet thou dost destroy me. 9 Remember, I beseech thee, thatj thou ^ hast made me as the clay; and| wilt thou bring me into dust again ? 10 Hast '^thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese ? 1 1 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast ^fenced me with bones and sinews. 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath pre- served my s])irit. 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart : I know that tliis is with thee. H f 14 If I sin, then thou markest me. B. C. 1520. CHAP. 9. 8 Or, make me to be abliorred. k Eccl.6,10 Isa. 45, 9 Jer. 49,19 Roin.9,20 I 1 Sam. 2,25 9 one that should argue. 10 Or, umpire. 11 hut lam not so tmth m,y- self. CHAP. 10. 1 Or, cut off while I live. 2 the labour of thine hands. Ps. 138, 8 Isa. 64, 8 a 1 Sam. 16,7 3 It is upon thy knowl' edge. Ps. 139. 1 b Ps. 119,73 4 took pains about me. c Isa, 64, 8 d Ps. 139,14 5 hedged, e Isa. 3, 11 /ch. 9, 12 . g Ps. 25, 18 h Isa. 38, 13 Lam. 3,10 6 That is, thy plagues. Faith 1,21 i Ps. 39, 13 j ch. 7, 16 k Ps. 88. 12 I Ps. 23, 4 CHAP. 11. 1 n man of lips. 2 Or, devices. ach. 6, 10 b Ezra 9. 13 Lam. y,22 c Eccl. 3,11 Rom. 11,33 3 the heights of heaven. 4 Or, make a change. 521 and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15 If I be wicked, ^woe unto me; and -^ if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head."*" Jam full of con- fusion ; therefore ^see thou mine af- fhction; 1 6 For it increaseth. *Thou huntest me as a fierce lion : and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest ^thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine in- dignation upon me; changes and war are against me. /^ 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb ? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me ! 191 should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 20 Are not my days few ? 'cease then, and let m^e -^'alone, that I may take comfort a little, 21 Before I go n^hence I shall not re- turn, even ^to the land of darkness ^and the shadow of death ; 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and ot the shadow of death, Avdthout any oixler, and v:here the light is as darkness. CHAPTER 11. 1 Zophar reproves Job for jicstifijing himself: 7 he. shews God^s counsel is unsearchable. 13 Blessing of repentance. THEN answered Zo'phar the Na'- a-math-ite, and said, 2 Shoidd not the multitude of words be answered ? and should 'a man full of talk -be justified ? 3 Should thy ^lies make men hold their peace ? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed ? 4 For "thou hast said. My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee ; D And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are dou- ble to that which is ! Know therefore that *God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. 7 Canst '^thou by searching find out God ? canst thou find out the Al- mighty unto perfection ? 8 It is ^as high as heaven ; what canst thou do? deeper than heU; what canst thou know ? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 10 If he Vut off, and shut up, or *H. 11.20. * H Siessing of repentance. JOB, 12, 13. GocVsivisdom and o mnipotence. K H gather together, then Hvho can hinder b. c. 1520. him? 1 1 For "^he knoweth vain men : he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it f 12 For ''vain man would be wise,|fZPs. 10, 11 though man be born like a wild ass'sje emyty. colt. C 13 If thou ^prepare thine heart, and stretch •''out thine hands toward him ;i /ps. 143, 6 14 If iniquity he in thine hand, put'^ ^^^ ^ 5 it far away, and let not wickedness ps. ii9. e dwell in thy tabernacles. j 15 For ^then shalt thou lift up thyi i face without spot ; yea, thou shalt be [ stedfast, and shalt not fear : R 22.23. 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away : 17 And thine age ''shall be clearer than the noonday ; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 1 8 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. 19 Also thou shalt lie dow^n, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, \ many shall ^make suit unto thee. * j^ "" Tntart. 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall 2 i fan not fail, and ^they shall not escape, and! timnyou. their hoipe shall be as '"the giving uplg ^^,.j^ it'7iOHiare not such as these ] CHAP. 11. 5 ^uho can u turn him away ? e 1 Sam.7,3 Ps. 78, 8 1 John 3,21 7 shall arise above the noonday. Ps. 37, U 8 intreat thy face. 9 flight shall per- ish from them. 10 Or,a puff of breath. CHAP. 12. of the ghost. H. 15. 20,24, CHAPTER 12. 1 Job censvrefi the an^ogant pretensions of his friends to superior knowledge: he shews that wicked men often prosper. 13 God's divine icisdom andomnip- oiency. a Ps. 91, 15 b Pro. 14, 2 c Num. 16,22 Dan. 5, 23 Actsl7,28 AND Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the peo- ple, and wisdom shall die w4th you. 3 But I have 'understanding as well as you; '^I ajn not inferior to you: yea, ^vho knoweth not such things as these ? 4 1 am as one mocked of his neigh- bour, who^calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright tna?! \d Rev. 3, 7 is laughed to scorn. 5 He *that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. 6 The tabernacles of robbers pros- per, and they that provoke God are secure ; into whose hand God bring- eth abundantly. 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee ; and the f ow^ls of the air, and they shall tell thee : 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee : and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. J12 wander. *K. 22. 25-27. 522 i Or, life. 5 all flesh of man. 6 palate. 7 That is, WithGod. 8 upon. e lKi.17,1 / Gen. 7, 11 9 the lip of the faith- ful. 10 Or, looseth the | girdle of the strong. \ g Mat. 10. 261 1 Cor. 4, 5 11 leadeth in. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this ? 10 In 'whose hand is the *soul of every living thing, and the breath of ^all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try woids? and the ''mouth taste liis meat ? 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 ^With him is wisd om and strengthTIieTiatli counsel and under standing: e. 12. 22. 14 l^ehold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again ; '^he shutteth ®up a man, and there can be no opening. 1 5 Behold, he *withholdeth the wa- ters, and they dry up : also -''he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 1 6 With him is strength and wis- dom : the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 1 8 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. 19 lie leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. 20 He removeth away ^the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. 21 He poureth contempt upon princes,and '^weakeneth the strength of the mighty. 22 He ^discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light t he shadow of death. E. 22. 13, 14.J 23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and ' 'straiteneth them aga in. 24 He taketh av/ay the heart of the chief of the people "of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilder- ness where there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to "stag ger like a drunken man. CHAPTER 13. 1 Job reproves his friends of partiality : 14 he pro f esses his confidejice in God, etc. LO, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and under- stood it. 2 What ye know, the same do I know also : I am not inferior unto you. 3 Surely I Avould speak to the Al- mighty, and I desire to reason with God. JoVs friends reproved. JOB, 14. Brevity of human life. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace ! and "it should be your wisdom. 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 7 Will *ye speak wickedly for God ? and talk deceitfully for him ? 8 Will ye 'accept his person ? will ye contend for God ? 9 Is it good that he should search you out ? or as one man mocketh an- other, do ye so mock him ? 10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons, 11 Shall not his 'excellency make you afraid ? and his dread fall upon you? 12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. 13 ^Hold your peace, let me alone, that I ^may speak, and let come on me Avhat wilL 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and '^put my life in mine hand ? 15 Though "he slay me, yet will I trust in him : -^but I will ^maintain mine own ways before him. * 16 He also shall he my ^salvation : for an hypocrite shall not come be- fore him. 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. 1 8 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. 19 Who ^is he that will plead with me ? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. 20 Only do not two things unto me : then will I not hide myself from thee. 21 Withdraw thine hand far from me : and let not thy dread make me afraid. 22 Then call thou, and I will answer : or let me speak, and answer thou me. 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore 'hidest thou thy face, and boldest •'me for thine enemy ? 25 Wilt Hhou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble ? 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and 'makest me to pos sess the iniquities of my youth. 27 Thou '"puttest my feet also in the stocks, and ^lookest narrowly unto * F. Psa. 4.5. B. C. 1520. CHAP. 13. a Pro. 17,28 b ch. 17, 5 c Pro. 24,23 1 Or, height of great- ness. 2 Be silent from me, (1 Ps. 119. 109 e Ps. 23, 4 Pro. 14,32 /ch. 27, 5 3 prove, or, argue. g Isa. 12,1,2 h ch. 33, 6 Isa. 50, 8 i Ps. 13, 1 Isa. 8, 17 j Lam. 2, 5 k Isa. 42, 3 I Ps. 25, 7 mch. 33.11 4 observest. 5 roots. CHAP. 14. 1 short of days. a Eccl. 2,23 b Isa. 40, 6 J as. 1, 10 1 Pet. 1,24 c Ps. 144, 3 d Ps. 143, 2 2 Who^vill give. e Gen. 5, 3 Ps. 51, 5 John 3, 5 Rom.5,12 Eph. 2, 3 /Ps. 39. 13 3 cease. 4 is weak- ened, or, cut of. g Ps. 102,26 Isa. 51, 6 Isa. 65, 17 Isa. 66, 22 Acts 3, 21 Rom. 8,20 2 Pet. 3, 7 Rev.20,11 Rev. 21, 1 h ch. 13, 15 i Ps. 16, 10 1 Cor. 15, 42-58 j ch. 13, 22 Ps. 50, 4 John 5,28 1 Thes. 4,16 k ch.10,6,14 ch. 13, 27 ch. 31, 4 ch. 34, 21 Ps. 56, 8 Ps. 139, 1-3 Pro. 5, 21 Jer. 32,19 523 all my paths; thou settest a i)rint upon the ^heels of my feet. 28 And he, as a rotten thing, con- sumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. CHAPTER 14. 1 Brevity of man's lije. 13 Job waits Jar his change. llyTAN that is born of a v/oman is ItJL ^of few days, and "full of trouble. 2 He *cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And ''dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, "^and bringest me into judgment with thee ? 4 ^Who 'can bring a clean thing out | of an unclean? not one. G. Psa. 15. 1,2. J 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass ; 6 Turn •''from, him, that he may ^rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and Vasteth away : yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? 11 ^s the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: ^till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 13 that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me ! 14 If a man die, shall he live again ? all the days of my appointed time ^will I wait, till 'my change come. 15 Thou ■'shalt call, and I wUl an- swer thee : thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. 16 For *now thou numberest my steps : dost thou not watch over my sin? 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine in- iquity, Eliphaz reproveth Job. JOB, 15. Portion of the wicked. 18 And surely the mountain falling ^Cometh, to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 19 The waters wear the stones: thou Svashest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth : thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 21 His sons come to honour, and he 'knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. 22 But "'his fiesh upon him shall have pain, and "liis soul within him shall mourn. CHAPTER 15. I Eliphaz reproves Job for justifying himseif. IT He proves the unquietness of wicked men. THEN answered fiil-phaz the Te'- man-ite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter H^ain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind ? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good ? 4 Yea, ^thou castest off fear, and re strainest Sprayer before God. 5 For thy mouth "uttereth thine in iquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Tliine o^Yn. mouth condemneth thee, and not I : yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first man that was bom ? or "wast thou made before the hills ? 8 Hast ^thou heard the secret of God ? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? 9 What ''kno west thou, that we know not? ichat understandest thou, which is not in us ? 10 AYith '^us are both the gray- headed and very aged men, much elder than thy father. 11 Are the consolations of Godsmall with thee ? is there any secret thing with thee ? 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away ? and what do thy eyes wink at. 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth ? A r 14 What"^6" man, that he should be clean? and he inhic h is bor n of a, B. C. 1520. CHAP.U. 5 fadeth. 6 over- flowest I Eccl. 9, 5 Isa. 63, 16 m Ps. 49, U n Pro.14,32 Mat. 8, 12 CHAP. 15. 1 kyiowl- edge of wind. 2 thou viakest void. 3 Or, speech. 4 teacheth. a Pro. 8, 25 b Rom. 11, 34 1 Cor.2,11 c ch. 13, 2 d ch. 32, 6 15 Behold, -^he putteth no trust in his saints ; yea, the heavens are not clean in his" sight. j 16 How ^much more abominable! and filthy is man, ^which drinketh ; iniquity like water? A. 25. 4-6.,' 17 i will shew thee, hear me; and that v^hich I have seen I will de- clare ; 18 Which wise men have told from 'their fathers, and have not hid it : 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and ■'ho stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and *the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A ^d readful sound is in his ears : ^in pros perity the dest royer shall com^_up_onJiiiTi. 22 He belie veth not that he shall re- turn out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He "'wandereth abroad for bread, sa2/i;?67, Where is it? he knoweth that "the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 24 Trouble and anguish sha ll make e 1 Ki. 8, 46 ch. 14, 4 Ps. 14, 3 Pro. 20, 9 Eccl. 7,20 1 Johu 1, 8,10 /ch. 25, 5 q Ps. 14, 3 h Pro.19,28 i Gen.18,19 j Joel 3, 17 fc Ps. 90, 12 5 a sound of fears. I lThes.5,3 n ch. 18, 12 Mai. 3, 13 p Ps. 17, 10 q ch. 4, 9 r Isa. 59, 4 6 Or, cut off. s ch. 22, 16 Ps. 55, 23 him afraid ; they shall pre vai l against him, a s a k ing ready to the battle. * woman, that he sho uld be ri ghteous ?if isa. 33, 14 524 25 For°he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth him- self against the Almighty, f 26 He runneth upon him, even on h is neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers : 2 7 Because ^he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 28 And he dwelleth in desolate cit- ies, and in houses which no man in- habiteth, which are ready to become heaps. 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof up- on the earth. 30 He shall not depart out of dark- mPs.59,i5ness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by ?the breath of his mouth shall he go away. 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. 32 It shall be ^accomplished 'before his time, and his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. 34 For 'the congregation of hypo- *H. 18. 5-8. tC. 20. 11-14 « C H J Job reproveth his friends. JOB, 16, 17. He appealeth lo God. crites shall be desolate, and fire shall,' b. c. 1520. consume the tabernacles of bribery. 35 They "conceive mischief, and bring forth ''vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. CHAPTER 16. 1 Job reproves, his friends for umnercifulness ; 11 asserts his innocency. he CHAP. Vi. u Ps. 7, 14 Isa. 59, 4 7 Or, iniquity. CHAP. 16. 1 Or, trou- blesome. THE>r J5b answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things : 'miserable comforters are ye ^ winf. all. 3 Shall ^vain words have an end ? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answer est ? 4 1 also could speak as ye do : if your soul were in my souPs stead, I could | heap up words against you, and ^ Lam.3,30 "shake mine head at you. 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of myl ch.'i lips should asswage your grief. ' ^' 6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, ^what am I eased ? 7 But now he hath mad 3 me weary : thou hast made desolate all my com- pany. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against ?ne: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who ^ fl\end. hateth me: he gnasheth ui3on me'syenrsof with his teeth ; mine enemy sharp- eneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have ^gaped upon me with their mouth ; they '"have smitten me upon the cheek reproaclifully; they have '^gathered themselves together against me. 11 God *hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. 121 was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder : he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare ; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. 151 have scAved sackcloth upon my skin, and "defiled my horn in the dust. 1 6 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death ; a Ps. 22, 7 Ps. 109,25 Lam.2,15 3 what cjoeth from me ? b Ps. 22, 13 d Ps. 35, 15 4 hath shut me up. \e Ps. 7, 5 / ch. 27, 9 Ps. 66, 18,19 g Rom. 1, 9 lThes.2,5 5 in the high places. 6 are my scorners. h ch. 31, 35 Eccl. 6,10 number, i Eccl. 12,5 CHAP. 17. 1 Or, spirit is spent. a Ps. 88, 3,4 2 lodge. b 1 Sam.1,6 c Pro. 6, 1 d ch, 30, 9 3 Or, before them. 4 Or, my thoughts. e Pro. 4, 18 /Ps. 24, 4 5 sTiall add strength. g ch. 6, 29 7i ch. 7, 6 ch. 9, 25 6 the pos- sessions. 7 near. 8 cried, or, called. i 2 Cor. 1,9 j ch. 18, 13 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands : also my prayer is pure. 18 earth, cover not thou my blood, and let -^my cry have no place. 19 Also now, behold, ^my witness is in heaven, and my record is ^on high. 20 My friends "scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 210 ''that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his 'neighbour ! 22 When^a few years are come, then I shall 'go the way v^hence I shall not return, CHAPTER 17. 1 Job appeals frora men to God. 6 The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish, but not discourage the righteous. 11 Job's hope. MY 'breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, "the graves are ready for me. "^ Are there not mockers with me ? and doth not mine eye ^continue in their ^provocation ? 3 Lay do^ATi now, put me in a surety with thee ; who is he Hhat will strike hands with me ? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding : therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me also '^a byword of the people ; and ^aforetime I was as a tabret. 7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all ^my members are as a shadow. 8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 9 The "righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean -'"hands '^shall be stronger and stronger. 10 But as for you all,^do ye return, and come now : for I cannot find one wise man among you. II My ^days are past, my purposes are broken' off, even ^the thoughts of my heart. 1 2 They change the night into day : the light is ''short because of dark- ness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14 1 have ^said to corruption. Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it ? 1 6 They 'shall go down •'to the bars Calamities of the vncked. JOB, 18, 19. of the pit, when our ^rest together is in the dust. CHAPTER 18. 1 Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impa- tience. 5 Calanuties of the wicked. THEN answered Bil'dad the Shu'- hite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and after- w^ards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted °as beasts, a^ic? reputed vile in your sight ? 4 He *teareth 'himself in his anger : shall the earth be forsaken for thee ? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? H f 5 ^ Yea, '^the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his tab- ernacle, and his ^candle shall be put out with him, T The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. * 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. 10 The snare is "laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. H r 11 Terrors "^shall make him afraid I on every side, and shall ^drive him to his feet. 1 2 His strength shall be hungerbit- ten, and ^^destruction shall be ready at his side. 1 3 It shall devour the ^strength of his skin -.even the firstborn of death ' shall devour his strength. j 14 His •''confidence shall be rooted I out of his tabernacle, and it shall [ bring him to the king of terrors, f 1 5 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his : ^brimstone shall be scattered upon his habita tion. 1 6 His roots shall be dried up be neath, and above shall his branch be cut off. H r 1 7 His ^remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 1 8 He ■'shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. H. 20. 4,5. 1 9 He *shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in ms dwellings. *H. 18. 11-14. tH. 18. 17-18. B. C. 1520. CHAP. 17. k ch, 3, 17 CHAP. 18. a ch. 12, 7 Ps. 73, 22 b ch. 13, U 1 his soul. 2 Neverthe- less. c Pro. 13, 9 Pro. 20,20 3 Or, lamp, i hidden. d Jer. 6, 25 5 scatter him. e ch. 15, 23 6 bars. f Pro.10,28 g Gen.19,24 h Ps. 34. 16 Pro. 2, 22 Pro. 10, 7 7 They shall drive him. i Isa.14,22 Jer. 22,30 8 Or, lived with him. 9 laid hold on horror. j Jer. 9, 3 lThes.4,5 2Thes.l,8 Titus 1,16 CHAP. 19. a 1 Sam.1,6 Ps. 42, 10 1 Or, lutrden yourselves against me. h Ps. 19, 12 Ezek.18,4 c Ps. 38, 16 Mic. 7, 8 d Lam. 1,13 2 Or, violence. e Lam. 3, 7,8 / Deut. 32,22 g Ps. 34, 19 h Ps. 38, 11 3 my belly. 4 Or, the luicked. 5 the men ofm,y secret. 526 T reachery of Job^s friends, 20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that ®went before ^were affrighted. 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth •'not God. CHAPTER 19. 1 Job complains of his friends^ cruelty : 23 his he. lief in the resurrection. THEN Job answered and said, 2 How long will ye "vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words ? 3 These ten times have ye re- proached me; ye are not ashamed that ye ^make yourselves strange to me. 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, *mine error remaineth with myself. 5 If indeed ye ""will magnify your- selves against me, and plead against me my reproach : 6 Know now that ''God hath over- thrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of '^wrong, but I am not heard : I cry aloud, but there is no judgment, 8 He hath 'fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set dark- ness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head, 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone : and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 1 1 He hath also kindled -^his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as 07i e of his enemies. 1 2 His ^troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. 1 3 He hath put ^my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger : I am an alien in their sight. 161 called my servant, and he gave me no answer ; I intreated him with my mouth. 1 7 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of ^mine own body. 1 8 Yea, "young children despised me ; I arose, and they spake against me. 19 All *my inward friends abhorred Job helieveth the resurrection. JOB, 20. The portion of the vncked. me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin ^and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me. 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? 23 'Oh that my words were now written ! oh that they were printed in a book ! 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand atthe latter day upon th e earth r* 26 ® And ^ A ough after my skin icorms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God : 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not '^an- other; ^"though my reins be con- sumed "within me. 28 But ye should say. Why perse- cute we him, '^seeing the root of the matter is found in me ? 29 Be ye afraid of the sword : for wrath bring eth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment. CHAPTER 20. Zophar shews the state and portion of the wicked. THEN answered Zd'phar the Na'a- math-ite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this T make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my re- proach, and the spirit of my under- standing causeth me to answer. H r 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 T hat "the triumphing of the wicked is ^short, and the joy of the hypo- crite but for a moment ? H. 21. 17,18. 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach vmto the ^clouds ; T Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung : they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found : yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9 The eye also which saw him sliall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. * D. Psa. 20. 1-3. B. 0. 1520. CHAP. 19. 6 Or, as. 7 Who will give, etc. 8 Or, After I shall awake, though this body be de- stroyed, yet out of my flesh sliall I see God. 9 a stran- ger. 10 Or, my reins unthin me are consumed with earnest desire [for that day.] 11 in my bosom. 12 Or, and what root of matter is found in me ? CHAP. 20. 1 my haste is in me. a Ps. 37, 35 2 from near. cloud. Or, The 'poor shall oppress his chil- dren.. in the midst of his palate, b Jer. 4, 18 c Mat. 27, 3,4 d Jer. 17, 6 6 Or, streaming brooks. 7 according to the substance of his exchange. 8 crushed. Pro. 22,23 e Eccl. 5,13 9 know. 10 Or, There shall be none left for his meat. 11 Or, trouble- some. /Num. 11,33 Ps. 78, 30,31 g Isa. 24, 18 Jer. 48, 43 Ainos5,19 h ch. 18, 11 i Ps. 21, 9 j Isa. 26, 21 527 10 *His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 1 2 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue ; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not ; but keep it still ^within his mouth : 14 Yet his *meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. C. 34. 21,22. 1 5 He hath '"swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again : God shall cast them out of his belly. 1 6 He shall suck the poison of asps : the viper's tongue shall slay him. 1 7 He shall not see "'the rivers, ^the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 1 8 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: ''according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19 Because he hath ^oppressed and hath forsaken the poor ; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not ; 20 Surely 'he shall not ®f eel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21 ^"There shall none of his meat be left ; therefore shall no man look for his goods. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits : every hand of the ^'wicked shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him ■^ while he is eating. 24 He ^shall flee from the iron weap- on, a7id the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is dfawn, and cometh out of the body ; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall : Herrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places : 'a flre not blown shall consume him ; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven •'shall reveal his in- iquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow- away in the day of his wrath. Sometimes the JOB, 21, 22. heritage H 29 This *^5 the portion of a wicked man from God, and the '^appointed unto him by God CHAPTER 21. 1 Job craves to he patiently heard because of his ca- lamities : he shews that sometimes the wicked do so prosper that they despise God, etc. BUT Job answered and said, 2 Hear dihgently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak ; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my "complaint to man ? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be 'troubled ? 5 ^Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. T Wherefore *do the wicked live, be- come old, yea, are mighty in power ? 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses ^are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not ; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 1 1 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days ""in wealth, and in a moment go dov^m to the grave. 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand : the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 1 7 How oft is the ^candle of the wick- ed put out ! and hozv oft cometh their destruction upon them! God dis- tributeth sorrows in his anger. 1 8 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm 'carrieth away. «. 21. 29, 30. 19 God layeth up 'his iniquity for his children : he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruc- tion, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst ? B. C. 1520. CHAP. 20. k ch. 31, 2,3 12 of his de- cree from God. CHAP. 21. a Ps. 22,1-3 1 short- ened? 2 Look unto me. b Jer. 12, 1-3 3 are peace from fear. 4 Or, in mirth, 5 Or, lamp. ch. 18, 5, 6 6 stealeth away. Ps. 1, 4 Ps. 35, 5 Isa. 17, 13 Isa. 29, 5 Hos. 13, 3 7 That is, tire pun- ishment of his iniquity. Ex. 20, 5 8 in his very per- fection, or, in the strength of his per- fection. 9 Or, milk pails. c Eccl. 9, 2 d Isa. 14, 11 10 the tent of the taber- nacles of the wicked. e Pro. 16, 4 2 Pet. 2, 9 11 the day of wraths. 12 graves. 13 watch in the heap. /ch. 3, 17,18 14 trans- g)~ession ? CHAP. 22. a Ps. 16, 2 Lu. 17, 10 1 Or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon ? 2 stripped the clothes of the naked. b ch. 31, 16 528 wicked prosper. 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. 23 One dieth ''in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. 24 His 'breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with mar- row. 25 And another dieth in the bitter- ness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 26 They shall lie '"down alike in the dust, and the worms "^shall cover them. 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say. Where is the house of the prince? and where are '"the dwelling places of the wicked ? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way ? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the "wicked is reserv^ed to the day of destruction ? they shall be brought forth to "the day of wrath. * 31 Who shall declare his way to his face ? and who shall repay Mm what he hath doae? 32 Yet shall he be brought to the '^grave, and shall '^rem^ain in the tomb. 33 The clods of the valley -^shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innu- merable before him. 34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in vour answers there remain- eth "falsehood ? CHAPTER 22. 1 Eliphaz shews that God is not profited by man''s goodness: 5 he accuses Job of divers sins: 21 he exhorts him to repentance, etc. HEN El'i-phaz the Te'man-ite answered and said, 2 Can "a man be profitable unto God, 'as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself ? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous ? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect ? 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment ? 5 Is not thy wickedness great ? and thine iniquities infinite ? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and ^stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou 'hast with- holden bread from, the hungry. *H. 31.3; J. 31. 14. V H J JSliphaz accuseth Job. JOB, 23. Job's confidence in God^s mercy. 8 But as for ^the mighty man, he had the earth ; and the "honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Tnou hast sent widows away emp- ty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden f ear troubleth thee ; 1 1 Or darkness, that thou canst not see ; and abundance of waters cover thee. 1^ Is "not God in the height of heav- en? and behold 'the height of the stars, how high they are ! 13 And thou say est, 'How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud ? 14 Thick ^clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not ; and he Avalk- eth in the circuit of heaven. * 15 Hast thou marked 'the old way which wicked men have trodden ? 1 6 Which were cut do^vn out of time, ■^ whose foundation was over- flown with a flood : 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us : and what can the Almighty do ^'f or them ? 1 8 Yet he filled -^their houses with good things : but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous •''see it, and are glad : and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our ^substance is not cut down, but "the remnant of them the fire consumeth. 21 Acquaint now thyself "with him, and be ^at peace : thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up 'Ms words in thine heart. 2 3 If thou retur n to the A lmig hty. thou shalt be bu il t up, thou shalt put away iniquity far fr om t hy taber- B. C. 1520. CHAP. 22. 3 the man of arm. 4 eminent, or, ac- cepted for counte- nance. c Isa. 66, 1 b the head of the stars. 6 Or, What. d Ps. 139,12 e Gen. 6, 11-13 7 a flood was poured upon their fownda- tion. Gen. 7,11 8 Or, to them? f Ps. 17, 13. 14 g Ps. 107.42 9 OT,estate. 10 Or, their excel- lency. 11 That is, with God. h Isa. 27, 5 Rom. 5, 1 i Ps. 119,11 12 Or, on the dust. 2Chr.l,15 13 Or, gold. 14 silver of strength. ) Pro. 16. 8 15 him that hath low cues. Ps. 138, 6 16 Or, The innocent shall de- liver the island, Gen.18,26 nacles. R. .33. 27. 28. K f 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold '^as dust, and the gold of O'phir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Y e a, the Alm ig hty shall be thy ^ ^defenc e, and tho u s halt have ^ Aplenty of^ilyer. 26 F or then s h alt tho u have thy d e- light in t he A l mighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God 27 Thou shalt make thy pra y er imto h im, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt p ay thy vows. K. Psa. 3. 3, 28 Thou shalt -^also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee : (34) * E. 23. 8-10. CHAP. 23. 1 my hand, a Isa. 27, 4 b ch, 9, 11 2 the xoay that is with me. Ps. 134, 1-3 c Ps. 17. 3 Jas. 1, 12 1 Pet. 1, 7 d Ps. 44, 18 3 1 have hid, or, laid up. John 4,32 4 Or, my appointed portion. e Rom.9.19 / lThes.3,3 g Ps. 119, 120 h Isa. 57, 1 629 and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up ; and he shall save '^the humble per- son. 30 '^He shall deliver the island of the innocent : and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. CHAPTER 23.- 1 Joh longs to appear before God, 6 m confidence oj his mercy. 13 God's decree immutable. THEN J 5b answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter : ^my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat ! 4 1 would order 7ny cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I vrouldknow the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will "he plead against me with his great power ? No ; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him ; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. 8 Behold, '■I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold A ^'m; he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : 1 But he kno weth ''the way that I take : wheii ''he hath tried me, 1 shall come forth as gold. -\ 11 My '^foot hath held his steps, his ' way have I kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips ; ^I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than^my necessary fooc?. 1 3 But he is in one mind, ^and who can turn him ? and lohat his soul de- sireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he perf ormeth the thing that is -^appointed for me : and many such thiyigs are with him. 1 5 1'heref ore am I "troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. 1 6 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me : 17 Because I was not cut ^off be- fore the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my faca fE. 24. 1; L. 33. 26. " There is a secret JOB, 2-i-2^. ji'dgynent for the wicked. CHAPTER 2i. I Sin often goes unpunished in this life. 12 OfGocTs providence in all things, etc. B. C. 1520. AT CHAP. 2-i. HT, seeinor '^ times are not hid- <^ ^^ts i, 7 I T T den from the Ahnighty, do * [ the J that know him not see his days ? 2 ^o'me remove the landmarks; thev violentlv take awav flocks, and t.' «. c ■ ^feed thereof. 3 They drive a^vay the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. I i They turn the needy out of the way : -the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as Avild asses in the desert,: go they forth to their woi'k : lising betimes for a prey : the wilderness yiddtth food for them and for their childi'en. 6 They reap every one his -com in the field : and 'they gather the vint- age of the wicked. 4 They 'cause the naked to lodge without clothhig. that they hove no covering in the cold. 8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and -'embrace the rock for want of a shelter. 9 They pluck the fatherless from' the breast, ezid take a pledge of the poor. 1 y) They cause h im to go naked with- out clothing, and they take away the sheaf /> 07/? the himgry : \\^Vhich make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. _ j 12 31 en groan from out of the city,, and the soul of the woimded crieth' out: -^yet God layeth not folly to them. 13 They are of those that rebel aga.inst the light : they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths therec'f. 14 The miu"derer lising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The "eye also of the adulterer waiteth foV the twihsht, sa^ung, Xo eye shall see me : and \iisguiseth h is face. 16 In the dark thev dig throusrhi houses, i.nh ich they had marked f or^ themselves in the daytime: Hhey know not the hght. 1 7 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death : if one know them, they are in the ten'ors of the shadow of death. i *E. 26. 6. ^ Deut. 19. li: I Pro.23a0 1 Or, fef.d \ them. ! c Deut. 2i, 6, 10.12,17 d Pro. 28,28 2 vwnijled com, or, dredge, 3 the iricked gather the vintage, I e Ex. 22, 26 Deur, I 24,12 cli.22. 6 / LaiiL 4, 5' g EccL 8,11 1 i setteth ] his face i in secret. ] I h John 3,20; 5 violently j take^ , i Pro. 10. 71 6 Or, he tri-isteth not his OTVTi life. 7 That is, Heb. A, 13 j Ps. 37, 35,36 8 are not. 9 dosed up. CHAP. 25. a Ps. 139, 8.11 Mat. 5, 45 Jas. 1, 17 & ch. 4. 17 ch. 15. 14 Ps. 130, 3 Ps- 143, 2 .: Ps. 22, 6 CHAP. 26. a Pro.25.11 bl Cor. 2,4. 530 IS He is swift as the waters ; their portion is cui-sed in the eaith : he be- holdeth not the way of the vineyards. 19 Drought and heat 'consume the snow watei's : so doth the gi'a ve th ose ich ich have sinned. 20 The w(.mb shall forget him: the worm shall feed sweetly on him ; 'he shall be no more remembered ; and ^uckedness shall be broken as a tree. 21 He evil entreateth the baiTen th at beareth not : and doeth not good to the widow. 2 2 He draweth also the mighty with his power : he liseth up, -and no mayi is sure of life. 23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth : yet "his eves are upon their ways. ^4 Thev are exalted ' for a little while, but *are gone and brought low : thev are ^aken out of the wav as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of com. 25 And if it he not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing woith r I CHAPTER 25. ; Bildad declare-'i the sorereigntj of God, before tchom j man cannot be jicstined. THEX answered Bil dad the Shu'- hite. and said. ' 2 Dominion and fear are with him. he maketh peace in his high places. 3 Is there anv niunber of his amiies ? and upon whom doth not his ''hght aiise? I 4 How ^hen can man be justified with God ? or how can he be clean ^that is bom of a woman r 5 Behold even to the mooru and it ishineth not ; yea, the stars are not piu'e in his sight. 6 How much less man. that is -a worm? and the son of msoh, ichich is a worm ] A. 42, 5, 6.. I CHAPTER 2H. 1 Job reproves the nncharitable spirit of Bildad 5 Go'V^ poicer infinite and vnsearchable. BUT J5b answered and said, 2 How hast thou ^helped him that is without power? hoir savest I thou the arm thcft hath no strength ? f 3 How hast thou counseUed '/i im. that hath no "^visdom < and hoic hast thou plentifiiQy declared the thing as it is? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words ? and whose spmt came from thee ? 5 Dead things are formed from God^s power unsearchable. JOB, ^7, 28. T'he hypocrite without hope. under the waters, 'and the inhabit- ants thereof. E ' 6 Hell '^5 naked before him, and de- ; struction hath no covering . :»= 7 He '^stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon notliing. 8 He 'bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He -Hiath compassed the waters ^ with bounds, -until the day and night come to an end. 1 1 The pillai^s of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. I 12 He '"divideth the sea with his power, and by his miderstanding he, smiteth through "'the proud. | 13 By ^his spirit he hath garnished the heavens ; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. 14: Lo, these are parts of his ways : but how little a portion is heard of him ? but the thunder of his power who can understand ? CHAPTER 27. I Joh declares hissinceriti/. S The hypocrite without hope. ]l TOREOYER J5b 'continued his ilX parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, ^?/jAo hath taken away my judgment : and the Al- mighty, v^ho hath ^vexed my soul ; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and ^the spirit of God is in my nos- trils ; 4 My lips shall not speak wicked- ness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify, you : till I die ''I will not remove mine' integrity from me. i 6 My righteousness I "hold fast, and; will not let it go : '^my heart shall not reproach me *so long as I live. 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 8 For nvhat is the hope of the hypo- crite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul ? 9 Will •'"God hear his cry Avhen trou- ble Cometh upon him ? 10 Will ^he delight himself in the; Almightj^ ? w^ill he ahvays call uponi God ? I 111 will teach you ^by the hand of | God : that which ?*5^vith the Almighty ; wiU I not conceal. | *E. 28. 10,11 B. C. 1520. CHAP. 26. 1 Or, with the in- hahit- a nts. g Isa. 51,15 3 pride, h Ps. 33. 6 CHAP 27. 1 added to take up. a ch. 34, 5 2 made my soul bitter. 3 That is, the breath irhich God gave him. b ch. 13, 15 c ch. 2, 3 cZ Acts24,16 i from my days. J Pro. 1, 28 Mic. 3, 4 g ch. 22, 26 5 Or, being in the hand, etc. ?iEsth.9,10 i Ps. 78. 61 j Pro. 28. 8 Eccl. 2,26 k Lam. 2. 6 I Num. 20, 26 6 in fleeing he ivould flee. 1 2 Behold, all ve vourselves have seen it ; why then are ye thus alto- gether vain ? 1 3 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, ichich they shall receive c Pro. 15.11 'of the Ahnighty. dPs.24.1,2 14 If ^his cliildren be multiplied, it ' J^5 for the sword: and his offspring ^*^" " I shall not be satisfied with bread. .fjer. 5. 23| ^^ Tliosc that remain of huii shall 3 until the ; be buricd in death- and 'Ms widows rSftf'^-ifft shall not weep. dxirkness. | 1 Q Thougli He heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay ; 1 7 He may prepare it, but -^the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 1 8 He buUdeth his house as a moth, and as ^a booth that the keeper maketh. 1 9 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be ^gathered : he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors take hold on htm as wa- ters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 2 1 The east wind carrieth him away, an d he depart eth : and as a stonn hurl- eth him out of his place. 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare : ^he would fain flee out of his hand. 23 3Ie7i shall clap their hands at him, and shall liiss him out of his e Mat.l6,26i place. CHAPTER 28. 1 There is a knowledge oj natural things. 12 but wis- dom is an excellent gift of God. SURELY there is 'a vein for the- silver, and a place for gold lohere they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the '^earth,and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and ''searcheth out aU perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. ' 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot : they are dried up, they are gone a.way from men. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread : and imder it is turned up as it were fire. 6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires : and it hath ^dust of gold. 7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth.and which the \Tilture's eye hath not seen : CHAP. 28. 1 Or. a m;ine. 2 Or, dust. a EccLl,13 3 Or, gold ore. 531 Wisdom is God^s gift. JOB, 29. Job bemoaneth himseij. 8 The lion's whelps have not trod- den it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the "rock ; he overturneth the moun- tains by the roots. r 10 He cutteth out rivers among the I rocks ; and his eye seeth every pre- cious thing. 1 i Hebindeth the floods ^f rom over^ flowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light, ts^ 1 2 But ''where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understand- ing? 13 Man knoweth not the '"price there- of ; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The ''depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me. 1 5 Tt ''cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed /or the price thereof. 1 6 It cannot be valued with the gold of O'phir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 1 7 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for 'jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of ^coral, or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 1 9 The topaz of E-thi-5'pi-a shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 20 W hence then cometh wisdom ? and where is the place of under- standing ? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the "air. 22 Destruction and death say. We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God •''understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the B. C. 1520. e arth, and ^seeth under th e whole h eaven ; E. 31.4. 25 To '^make the weight for the winds ; and he weigheth the waters by measure. 26 When he 'made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder : 27 Then did he see it, and '"declare it ; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. 28 And •'unto man he said, Behold, * E. 28. 22-24. CHAP. 28. 4 Or. Mnt. 5 from, weepinx). b Eccl. 7,24 c Pi-o. 3, 15 Mat. 13, 44, 45, 46 d Rom. 11,33 6 Fine gold shall not be given for it. e Pro. 3, 13, 14, 15 Pro. 8, 10, 11 Pro. 16,16 7 Or,vessels of fine gold. 8 Or, Ramoth. 9 Or, heaven. f Actsl5,18 Heb. 4, 13 g Pro, 15, 3 h Ps. 135, 7 i ch. 38, 25 10 Or,num- ber it. j Deut. 29,29 2 Tim. 3, 15 k Deut. 4, 6 Ps. 111,10 Pro. 1, 7 Pro. 9, 10 Eccl. 12,13 CHAP. 29. 1 added to take up. a ch. 18, 6 2 Or, lamp. b Ps. 25, 14 c Gen.49,11 Deut. 32, 13 Deut. 33.24 ch. 20, 17 d Ps. 81, 16 3 ^vith me. 4 the voice of the nobles was hid. e Ps. 137, 6 /Ps. 72, 12 Pro. 21,13 Pro. 24,11 g Eph. 6, 14 h Num. 10, 31 i Pro. 29, 7 5 the jaw- teeth, or, the grinders. 6 cast. j Ps. 30, 6 k ch. 18, 16 7 opened. I Ps. 1, 3 5S2 *the fear of the Lord, that is wis- dom ; and to depart from evil is un derstanding. CHAPTER 29. Job bemoans himself when he remembers his former prosperity and honour. MOREOVER Job ^continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as i7i the days when God preserved me; 3 When "his ^candle shined upon my head, a/? c? tche^i by his light I walked through darkness ; 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when *the secret of God was upon my tabernacle ; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; 6 When ^I washed my steps with butter, and ''the rock poured ^me out rivers of oil ; 7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street ! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, an c^ stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 ^The nobles held their peace, and their ^tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard one, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : 12 Because-^ I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and hi^n that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for Joy. 141 ^put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. .151 was ^ey es to the blind, and feet yjas I to the lame. 161 tvas a father to the poor : and the 'cause which I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake ^the jaws of the wicked, and ^plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 18 Then I said, -^I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My '^root was 'spread out 'by the waters, and the dew lay all night up- on my branch. Job's ho7iour is turned JOB, 30, 31. irdo extreme contempt. than I. 2 Or. dark as the night. 3 yester- night. 4 holes. the 5 men of no name. a ch. 17, 6 Ps. 35. 15 Ps. 69, 11 Lam. 3, 14. 63 B 20 My glory was 'Afresh in nie, and b. c.i52o. my ""bow was "renewed in my hand. qhap. 29 21 Unto me men gave ear, and.g^^^' waited, and kept silence at my comi-l^^ ^^^ sel. " I *9. 24 22 After my words they spake not 9 changed. again: and my speech drojDped upon' them. I 23 And they waited for me as for the; chap. 30. rain ; and they opened their mouth 1 ^{-^f'^^'' wide as for the latter rain. •^"'' 24 If I laughed on them, they be- lieved it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners. CHAPTER 30. 1 Jobs honour turned into extreme contempt : 15 his irrosperity into calamity. UT now they that are 'voungerle andwtth than 1 have me m derision, whose fathers I would have dis- dained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength ^ ch. 12.18 of their hands prq^^ me, in whom old c ch, 19, 12 age was perished ? ^ ps. eg, 26 3 For w^ant and famine they icere ^ pg. is, 4 ^solitary; fleeing into the wilder- ! 7 ^y^,.-^j. ness ^in former time desolate audi c'pai waste. 4 Who cut up mallow^s by bushes, and juniper roots for their, g Ps. 6,2 meat. bich.2,7 5 They were driven forth from t pg. 22, 2 among 77ie7i, (they cried after them -Mat.15,23 as after a thief ;) 6 To dwell in the cliffs of the val- leys, in ^caves of the earth, and in the rocks. 7 Among the bushes they brayed under the nettles they were gathered lo^isdom. together. hi heap 8 They icere children of fools, yea, children of ^base men: they w^ere viler than the earth. 9 And now^ am I their song, "yea, I am their byword. 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, ''and spare not to spit in' ^^-^^ my face. jfeJer.s.is 1 1 Because he %ath loosed my cord. ^ Lam. 3. and afflicted me. they have also leti^^p"' ^^^ loose the bridle before me. 12 Upon 7ny right hand rise the youth ; they push away my feet, and 'they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. chap. 31. 1 3 They ''mar my path, they set for- a Mat. 5, 28 hold not ittle rom my face. Num. 12. 14 Deut.25,9 one. .-, '/I Sam. the 1,15 8 turned to be cruel. 9 the strength of thy hand. ■< 10 Or, j Rom. 12,15 12 for him that was hard of day. 13 burned. •'> Cor. 14 Or, ostriches. 533 ward my calamity, they have no I helper. 14 They came upon me 'as a wide breaking in of v^aters : in the deso- lation they roUed themselves uipon 7ne. 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue ^my soul as the wind . and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16 And now my soul is -''poured out upon me ; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 My bones ^are pierced in me in the night season : and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease is my gannent changed : it bindeth 'me '^about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry 'unto thee, and thou dost not hear me : I stand up, and thou re- gardest me 71 ot. 21 Thou ait ^become cruel to me : with ^thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. 2^ Thou liftest me up to the wand ; thou causest me to ride upo7i it, and dissol vest my '"substance. 23 Fori know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appoint- ed for all living. 24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the ''grave, though they cry in his destruction. 2 5 Did iiot I weep ' -for him that was in trouble ? was 7iot my soul '^grieved for the poor ? 26 When ^I looked for good, then evil came i(7ito me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. 27 My bowels boiled, and rested not : the days of affliction prevented me, 28 I went mourning 'without the sun: I stood up, a7id I cried in the congregation. 29 I am a "'brother to dragons, and a companion to '*owls. 30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. 31 ]My harp also is tii^nied to mourn- ing, and my organ into the voice of them that weep, CHAPTER 31. JoVs solemn protestation of his intefrrity. I MADE a covenant with ''mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid ? 2 For what portion of God is there tfob protesteth JOB, 32. his integrity. from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high ? \{ ( Z Is not destruction to the wicked ? and a strange 'punishment to the 1^ workers of iniquity ? H 34. 22. E r 4 Doth ^not he see my wa ys, and I count all my steps l E 34. 21, 22. 5 If 1 have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit ; 6 'Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and ''mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands ; 3 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. 9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door ; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to he punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me ; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him ? * 1 5 Did '^not he that made me in the womb make him ? and ^did not one fashion us in the womb ? 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail ; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof ; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided ^her from my mother's womb ;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor with- out covering ; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep ; 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate : 22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from ^the bone. * J. .34 10-12. B. C. 1520. CHAP. 31. b 2Chr.l6,9 ch. 34, 21 Pro. 5, 21 Pro. 15, 3 Jer. 32,19 1 Let him weigh me in bal- ances of justice. c Num. 15, 39 Mat. 5, 29 d ch. 34, 19 Pro.14,31 Pro. 22, 2 Mai. 2, 10 Eph. 4, 6 2 Or, did he not fash- ion us in one womb ? Actsl7,26 3 That is, the widow. 4 Or, the Chanel- bone. 5 found much. e Deut.4,19 Deut. 11, 16 Deut. 17, 2-5 Ezek.8,16 6 the light. 7 bright. 8 my hand hath kissed my mouth. f Isa. 42, 8 g Mat. 5, 44 Rom. 12,14 9 m-y palate. h Gen. 19,2 Heb. 13,2 1 Pet. 4, 9 10 Or, to the way. 11 Or, after the man- ner of men. i Ex. 23, 2 Pro.29,25 12 Or, be- hold, my sign, is that the Almighty will an- swer me. 13 weep. Uthe strength thereof. 15 caused the sold of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out. 16 Or, noisome weeds. 23 For destruction /ro^ God vjas a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence ; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth loas great, and because mine hand had ^gotten much ; 2 6 If ^ I beheld ''the sun when it shined, or the moon walking 'z?z brightness ; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or ®my mouth hath kissed my hand : 28 This also ivei^e an iniquity to he punished hy the judge : for -^I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up my- self when evil found him : 30 Neither ^have I suffered ^my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not. Oh that we had of his flesh ! we cannot be satisfied. 32 The ^'stranger did not lodge in the street :hut\ opened my doors '"to the traveller. 33 If I covered my transgressions ''as Ad'am, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom : 34 Did I fear a 'great multitude, or did the contempt of families ter- rify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door ? 35 Oh that one would hear me ! "^be- hold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine ad- versary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me, 371 would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof '^complain; 39 If I have eaten "the fruits there- of without money, or have '^caused the owners thereof to lose their life : 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and '^cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. CHAP. 32. 1 from, an- swering. 534 CHAPTER 32. llhe 1 EHhu is angry with Joh and his three friends : reproves them for not satisfying Job. SO these three men ceased Ho answer J5b, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Elihu's wrath kindled. JOB, 33. He offers to reason with Job. 2 Then was kindled the wrath of E-li'hu the son of Bar'a-chel ''the Bu'- zite, of the kindred of Ram : against J 5b was his wrath kindled, because he justified ^himself rather than God. 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had con- demned J 5b. 4 Now E-il'hii had Vaited till Job had spoken, because they were *elder than he. 5 When E-li'hii saw that there teas no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. 6 And E-lf hii the son of Bar'a-chel the Bii'zite answered and said, I am '^young, and ye are very old; where- fore I was afraid, and 'durst not shew you mine opinion. 1 1 said, *Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wis- dom. 8 But there is a spirit in man : and the ^inspiration of the Almighty giv- eth them understanding. 9 Great men are "^not always wise : neither do the aged understand judg- ment. 10 Therefore I said. Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion, 11 Behold, I waited for your words ; I gave ear to your 'reasons, whilst ye searched out *'what to say. 12 Yea, I attended 'unto you, and, behold, there toas none of you that convinced J 5b, or that answered his words : 13 Lest -^ye should say. We have found out wisdom: God thrustethhim down, not man. 14 Now he hath not directed his words against me : neither will I an- swer him with your speeches. 1 5 They were amazed, they an- swered no more : ' "they left off speak- ing. 1 6 When 1 had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and an- swered no more ;) 17/ said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion. 18 For I am full of "matter, ^'the spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which '^hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20 I will speak, '*that I may be re- freshed : I will open my lips and an- swer. B. C. 1520. CHAP. 32. a Gen.22,21 2 his soul. 3 expected Job in words. 4 elder for days. 5 few of days. 6 feared. b ch. 8, 8. 9 c ch. 38, 36 d 1 Cor.1,21 7 tinder- stand- ings. 8 words. e Pro.18,13 /Jer. 0, 23 9 Or, ordered his words. 10 they remarked speeches from them- selves. 11 words. 12 the spirit of my belly. 13 is not opened. 14 that 1 may breathe. g Actsl2,22 h Act8l2,23 CHAP. 33. a ch. 13, 6 1 in my palate. b lThes.1,3 2 purely. c Gen. 2, 7 d ch. 9, 32 3 according to thy mouth. 4 cut out of the clay. e ch. 13, 21 5 in mine ears. /ch. 10. 7 g ch. 13. 24 h ch. 13, 27 i Eccl. 7,20 j Isa. 45, 9 6 he an- swer eth not. 7 he reveal- eth, or, uncover- eth. 8 work. 9 from passing by the sword. k Heb. 12, C 535 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's perscn, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. 22 For I know not ^to give flatter- ing titles; i7i so doing my maker would soon ^take me away. CHAPTER 33. 1 Elihu offers to reason icilh Job : 8 he excuses God from giving men an account of his ways ; 14 God calls men to repentance by visions, afflictions, and by his ministry. WHEREFORE, J5b,I pray thee, hear "my speeches, and heark- en to all my words. 2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken 'in my mouth. 3 My words shall he of the *upright- ness of m.y heart : and my lips shall utter knowledge "^clearly. 4 The spirit of God hath '"made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. 5 If thou canst answer me, set thy V30rds in order before me, stand up. 6 Behold, ''I am, ^according to thy wish in God's stead : I also am *f ormed out of the clay. 7 Behold, my "terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. 8 Surely thou hast spoken ^in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, 9 I am clean •'without transgres- sion, I am innocent ; neither is there iniquity in me. 10 Behold, he ^findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his eneniy, 1 1 He putteth ^my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. 1 2 Behold, in this thou art 'not just : I will answer thee, that God is great- er than man. 13 Why dost thou •'strive against him? for ^he giveth not account of any of his matters. 14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. * 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep fall eth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed ; 1 6 Then 'he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, 17 That he may withdraw man/ro77'« his ^purpose, and hide pride from man. 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life "from perishing by the sword. 19 He is ^chastened also with paiQ *N. 36. 11,12. * N A call to repentance. JOB, 34. God can7iot he U7ijust. upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain : 20 So that his hfe abhorreth bread, and his soul '"dainty meat. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and 'his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroy- ers. 23 If there be a "'messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his up- rightness : 24 Then he is "gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found ^'a ransom. 25 His flesh shall be fresher '-than a child's : he shall return to the days of his youth : 26 He shall pray ninto God, and he will be favourable unto him : and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteous- ness. L. Psa. 3. 8 2T'^He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and pervert- ed that which was right, and it prof- ited me not ; 28'^He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. R. 40. 4, 29 Lo, all these j^A^X<75 worketh God oftentimes with man, 30 To bring back ^his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer ^me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, '^hearken unto me : hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. CHAPTER 34. 1 jililiu accunefi Job for charging God with injustice. 10 God cannot be unjust, etc. Tj^URTHERMORE E-lfhu an- .r swered and said, 2 Hear my words, O ye wise me7i ; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 3 For the ear trieth words, as the 'mouth tasteth meat. 4 Let us choose to us judgment : let us know among ourselves what is good. 5 For J5b hath said, ''I am right- B. C. 1520. CHAP. 33. 10 meat of desire. I Ps. 102, 5 m Mai. 3, 1 ?i Rom.3,2d 11 Or, an atone- ment. 12 than child- hood. Ps. 50, 14,15 13 Or, He shall look upon men, and say, I have sinned, etc. 14 Or, He hath de- livered my soul, etc., and my life. p Zech.9,11 q 2Cor.l,24 r Ps. 34, 11 CHAP. 34. 1 palate, a ch. 33, 9 b ch. 27, 2 c ch. 9, 17 2 mine arrow. d ch. 9, 22 3 men of heart. e Gen.18,25 Deut.32,4 2Chr.l9,7 Rom.9,14 / Pro.24,12 Jer. 32,19 Mat. 16,27 Rom, 2, 6 2Cor.5,10 1 Pet.1,17 Rev.22,12 4 all of it. 5 upon him. g Ps. 104,29 Eccl. 12,7 h Gen.18,25 6 bvnd. i Deut, 10, 17 7 they shall take away the mighty. i Ezi-a0,13 8 go. 536 eous : and ''God hath taken away my judgment. 6 Should ^I lie against my right ? my wound is incurable without transgression. 7 What man is like J5b, ^oho drink- eth up scorning like water ? 8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. 9 For ^he hath said. It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye i ^men of understanding : 'far be it i from God, that he should do wicked- 1 ness ; and from the Almighty, that \ he shoidd commit iniquity. j 11 Fo r -^the work of a man shall he | render unto him, an dTcause every man to find accor ding toT /^ ways. *; 12 Yea, surely God will not do wick-'[ edly, neither will the Almighty per- j vert judgment. J. 37. 23. J 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth ? or who hath disposed *the whole world ? 14 If he set his heart ^upon man,^/ ^he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath ; 1 5 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. 1 6 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall *even he that hateth right "govern ? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just ? 18 jT^ it fit to say to a king. Thou art wicked ? and to princes. Ye are ungodly? \^ Hoio much less to him that 'accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor ? for they all are the work of his hands. 20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at mid- night, and pass away: and 'the mighty shall be taken away without hand. 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, nnd he seeth all his goings. ^^ There ?!.^hether it be done against a nation, or against a man only : 30 That the hypocrite "'reign not, "lest the people be ensnared. 31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend a7iy m^ore : 32 71iat which I see not teach thou me : if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. 33 ^^Shoidd it he according to thy mind ? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose ; and not I : therefore speak what thou knowest, 34 Let men ^^of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. 35 JSb^hath spoken without knowl- edge, and his words v^ere without wisdom. 36 '^My desire is that J5b may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. B. C. 1520. CHAP. 34. 9 without searching out. 10 crushed. 11 in the ■place of beholders. 12 from afterhim. k Deut. 24, 14: Eccl. 5, 8 Jas. 5, 4 I Ex. 22, 23 Ps. 145,10 Eccl. 3, 16,17 m Pro. 29, 2-12 n 1 Ki. 12, 28, 80 2 Ki. 21, 9 13 Should it oe from iviththeel 14 of heart. eh. 38, 2 15 Or, My father, let Job be tried. CHAP. 35. 1 Or, by it more than by my sin'? 2 I will re- turn to thee words. a Pro. 9, 12 Rom. 11.35 b Ex. 2, 23 c Isa. 51, 13 37 For he addeth rebellion unto hisk ps. 42, 8 sin, he clappeth his hands amongePs. 8, 6 us, and multiplieth his words against God. CHAPTER 35. 1 No comparison to be tnade with God, because our good or evil cannot extend to him. 9 Many cri/'\A Thntis in their afflictions, but are not heard for want of. i'i'^''^*' faith. 1 John 5,20 /Pro. 1,28 3 That is, God. E-LI'HlTspakemoreovcr,andsaid, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst. My righteousness is more than God's ? 3 For thou saidst. What advantage will it be unto thee ? and. What profit shall I have, Hfl he cleansed from my sin ? 4 ^I will answer thee, and thy com- panions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see ; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. Job. g ch. 34, 35,37 ch. 38, 2 CHAP. 36. 1 Tliat there are yet rvords for God. 2 heart. 3 Or, afflicted. a Ps. 113, 8 b Ps. 107,10 537 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgres- sions be multiphed, what doest thou unto him ? 7 If ""thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand ? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art ; and thy righteousness ma.y profit the son of man. 9 By ^reason of the multitude of op> pressions they make the oppressed to ciy : they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none saith, -^ Where is God my maker, "^who giveth songs in the night ; 11 Who ^teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven ? 12 There -^they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not hea.r vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. 14 Although thou say est thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him ; therefore trust thou in him. 15 But now, because it is not so, ^he- hath visited in his anger ; yet %t. knoweth it not in great extremity : 16 Therefore ^doth Job open his mouth in vain ; he multiplieth words without knowledge. CHAPTER 36. 1 Elihu shews how God is jnst in all his ways: 8 the end of God's chastisements : 16 how Job's sins hinder God's blessinc/s. 22 God's ico7'ks to be mag- nified. E-LrHIJ also proceeded, and said, 2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee 'that J have yet to speak on God's behalf. 3 I Avill fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4 For truly my words shcdl not he false: he that is perfect in knowl- edge is with thee. 5 Behold, God is mighty, and de< spiseth not any: he is mighty in strength aitd Svisdom. 6 He preser^'eth not the life of the wicked : but giveth right to the ^poor. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous : but ^with kings are they on the throne ; yea, he doth es- tablish them for ever, and they are exalted. 8 And *if they he bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction ; 9 Then he she weth them their work, 2 GocVs loorJcs to he 7nagnified. JOB, 37. He is to he feared because of them. N and their transgressions that they have exceeded. 10 He openeth also their ear to dis- cipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. 1 1 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend <^their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. 1 2 But if they ob e y not, "they sh all peri sh by the swo rd, and they shall then a great ransom cannot die w ithout knowledge. N.Psa.1.4,5. 1 3 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. 14 ^They die in youth, and their life is among the ''unclean. 1 5 He delivereth the ''poor in his af- fliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 1 6 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness ; and ^that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judg- ment of the wicked : '•'judgment and justice take hold 07i thee. 1 8 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee aAvay with his stroke '"deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. 20 Desire not the night, when peo- ple are cut off in their place. 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity : for this "^hast thou chosen rather than affliction. 22 Behold, God exalteth by his pow- er : who ^^teacheth like him ? 23 Who hath enjoined him his way ? or who •'^can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity ? 24 Remember that thou ^magnify his work, which men behold, 25 Every '^man may see it ; man may behold it afar off 26 Behold, God is great, and *we know him not, -^neither can the num- ber of his years be searched out 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain ac cording to the vapour thereof : 28 Which the clouds do drop and elistil upon man abundantly. 29 Also can a7ty understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle ? 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth ''the bottom of the sea. B. C. 1520. CHAP. 36. c Isa. 1, 19 1 Tim.4,8 4 tliey shall pass away by the sword. 5 their soul dieth. 6 Or, sod- omites, Deut. 23.17 7 Or, afflicted. 8 the rest of thy table. 9 Oi', judg- ment and justice should uphold thee. 10 turn thee aside. dHeh. 11, 25 e Isa. 40, 13 Rom. 11,34 1 Cor.2,16 / Deut.32,4 g Ps. 92, 5 Rev. 15, 3 h Rom. 1,19 i 1 Cor. 13,12 j Ps. 90, 2 Ps. 102, 24,27 Heb. 1, 12 11 the roots. 12 that which goeth z^. CHAP. 37. 1 Hear in hearing. 2 light. 3 wings of the earth. 4 and to the shower of rain, and to the shotvers of rain of his strength. a Ps. Ill, 2 5 Out of the chamber. 6 scattering winds. 7 the cloud of his light. 8 a rod. b ch. 36, 4 538 31 For by them judgeth he the peo - pie ; he giveth meat in abundance. 32 With clouds he covereth the light ; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh be- twixt. 33 The noise thereof sheweth con- cerning it, the cattle also concerning '^the vapour. CHAPTER 37. 1 God to be feared for his great works : 15 his wis- dom is unsearchable in them. AT this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. 2 'Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. 3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his ^lightning unto the ^ends of the earth. 4 After it a voice roareth : he thun- dereth with the voice of his excel- lency ; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. 6 For he saith to the snow", Be thou on the earth ; '^likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man ; that ''all men may know his work. 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 9 ^Out of the south cometh the whirl- wind : and cold out of the "north. 10 By the breath of God frost is given : and the breadth of the waters is straitened. 1 1 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud : he scattereth ^his bright cloud : 12 And it is turned round about by his counsels : that they may do what- soever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. 1 3 He causeth it to come, whether for ^correction, or for his land, or for mercy. 14 llearken unto this, O Job : stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 1 5 Dost thou know when God dis- posed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine ? 1 6 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge ? 1 7 How thy garments are warm God cojivinceth Job of JOB, 38. ignorance, and ofivibecility. when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? 18 Hast thou with hhn "spread out the sky, vnhich is strong, a7id as a molten looking glass ? 1 9 Teach us what we shall say unto him ; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. 20 Shall it be told him that I speak ? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. 21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds : but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. 22 ^Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible maj- esty. J r 232l>wcA/?2g'the Almighty, ''we can - ! not find him out : 'he is excellent in ' power, and in judgment, and in plen- ; ty of justice : he will -^not afflict.* 24 Men do therefore ^fear him : he respecteth not any that are Hyi^q of heart. CHAPTER 38. 1 God challenges Job to answer. 4 God, hy enumer- ating kis mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance, 31 and of imbecility. THEN the Lord answered ''Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth coun- sel by words "without knowledge ? 3 Gird *up now thy loins like a man ; for I will deiTiand of thee, and ^an- swer thou me. 4 Where "^wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare, ^if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures there- of, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it ? 6 Whereupon are the ^foundations thereof ^fastened ? or who laid the corner stone thereof ; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all '^the sons of God shouted for joy ? 8 Or 'vnho shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb ? 9 When I made the cloud the gar- ment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10 And ^brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 1 1 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further : and here shall *thy proud waves be stayed ? 1 2 Hast thou commanded the morn- ing since thy days ; a7id caused the dayspring to know his place ; 13 That it might take hold of the *J. Psa. 2. 1-4. B. C. 1520. CHAP. 37. c Gen. 1. 6 Isa. 44, 24 9 Gold. d Ex. 33, 20 Mat. 11.27 John 1,18 1 Tim. 6,16 e ch. 36, 5 f Lam.3,33 ■ Ezek. 18, 23,32 Ezek. 33, 11 Heb. 12,10 2 Pet. 3, 9 g Mat.10,28 h Mat.11,2.5 lCor.1,26 CHAP. 38. a Ex. 19, 16, 18 lKi.19,11 Ezek. 1,4 Nah. 1, 3 b ch. 40. 7 1 make me know. c Ps. 104. b Pro. 8, 29 Pro. 30, 4 2 if thou knowest under- standing. 3 sockets. 4 made to sink ? d ch. 1. 6 e Gen. 1, 9 Ps. 33, 7 Ps. 104, 9 Pro. 8, 29 Jer. 5. 22 5 Or, estab- lished my decree upon it. Q the pride of thy waves. 7 wings. 8 Or, at. f Ex. 9, 18 Josh. 10, 11 Isa. 30, 30 Ezek. 13, 11, 13 Rev.16,21 (7 Ps. 107.35 h Ps. 147, 8 Jer. 14, 22 i Ps. 147,16 9 is taken. ch. 37, 10 10 Cimah, or. the seven stnm. ch. 9, 9 Isa. 40, 26 Amos 5. 8 11 Cesil. 12 Or, The twelve signs. 13 guide them. j Jer. 31,35 539 "ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it ? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 1 6 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea ? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth ? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death ? 1 8 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth ? declare if thou know- est it all. 19 Where is the way lohere light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, 20 That thou shouldest take it ''to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof ? 21 Knowest thou it, because thou w^ast then born ? or because the num- ber of thy days is great ? 22 Hast thou entered into the treas- ures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, 23 Which-^I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war ? 24 By what way is the light parted, lohich scattereth the east wind upon the earth ? 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder ; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, ivhere no man is ; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man ; 27 To ^satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth ? 28 Hath ^the rain a father ? or w^ho hath begotten the drops of dew ? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice ? and 'the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it ? 30 The waters are hid as loith a stone, and the face of the deep ^is frozen. 31 Canst thou bind the sweet influ- ences of ' °Pie'ia-de§, or loose the bands of^'O-ri'on? 32 Canst thou bring forth '^Maz'za- rdth in his season? or canst thou '^guide Arc-tii'n.is with his sons? 33 Knowest thou^the ordinances of heaven ? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? Of the wild goats. JOB, 39, 40. 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee ? 35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, ^^Here weare.^ 36 Who ^hath put wisdom in the in- ward parts ? or w^ho hath given un- derstanding to the heart ? 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or^Vho can stay the bot- tles of heaven, 38 ^''When the dust ^'groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together ? 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion ? or fill ^®the appetite of the young lions, 40 W^hen they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? 41 Who ^provideth for the raven his food ? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. CHAPTER 39. God shewft fas power ,• 1 of the wild goats and hinds. 5 of the wild ass. 9 the unicorn. 13 the peacock aiLd ostrich. 19 the horse. 26 the hawk. 27 the eagle. KNOWEST thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth ? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve ? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil ? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth ? 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. 4 Their young ones are in good lik- ing, they grow up with com ; they go forth, and return not unto them. 5 W^ho hath sent out the wild ass free ? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass ? 6 Whose ''house I have made the wilderness, and the 'barren land his dwellings. 7 He scometh the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying ^of the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. 9 W^ill the \micorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib ? 1 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee ? 11 Wilt thou trust him.because his strength is great ? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him ? B. C. 1520. CHAP. 38. li Behold usi k Ps. 51, 6 Eccl. 2,26 15 who can cause to lie doivn. 16 Or, WTien the dust i3 turned into mire. 17 is poured. 18 the life. I Ps. 147, 9 Mat. 6, 26 CHAP. 39. a ch. 24, 5 Jer. 2, 24 Hos. 8, 9 1 salt places. 2 of the exactor, ch. 3, 18 3 Or, rhi- noceros. Num. 23,22 Deut. 33,17 4 Or, the. feathers of the stork and ostrich. b Lam. 4, 3 c ch. 35, 11 5 terror. 6 Or. His feet dig, d Jer. 8, 6 7 the armov/r. 8 hy thy mouth, e Jer. 49,16 9 tooth. S Mat.24,28 540 the unicorn, the ostrich^ etc, 12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn ? 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or ^wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast m_ay break them. 1 6 She is ^hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's : her labour is in vain without fear ; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he '^imparted to her understanding. 1 8 W^hat time she lif teth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. 1 9 Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nos- trils ^is terrible. 21 '^He paweth in the valley, and re- joiceth in his strength: '^he goeth on to meet 'the armed men. 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24 He swalioweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believ- eth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. 25 He saith among the triimpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wis« dom, avd stretch her wings toward the south ? 27 Doth the eagle mount up^atthy command, and '^make her nest on high? 28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the ^crag of the rock, and the strong place. 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 30 Her young ones also suck up blood : and Avhere the slain are, there is she. CHAPTER 40. Job htimbles himself to God. MOREOVER the Lord answered J 5b, and said, Of the behemoth. JOB, 41. Of God's great poioer. CHAP. 40. 2 Shall he that <^contendeth with the b. c. 1520. Almighty instiTict him/ he that re- proveth (xod. let hmi answer it. 3^Then Job answered the Lord, « ch. 33. 13 1 en. u-i, .j. and said, | isa. 45, 9 C r 4 Behold. °1 am \nle: what shall If, Ezra q, 6 R i answer thee? 'I will lav mine hand! Ps.51,4 [ upon my mouth.* \c ch. 29. 9 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not! z|ch?2,i3 answer : yea, twice ; but 1 will pro- , , „„ ' 1 n J ^ ift CD.. 00, 1 ceed no further. i ps. 50, 3 6 ^Then '^answered the Lord unto^^ ch. ss, 3 J5b out of the whirlwind, and said, j . * "^' Gird 'up thy loins now hke a man .^''^'■^-■•^ i /I will demand of thee, and declare 5 ^^•^^:^* thou unto me. 8 Wilt -''thou also disannul my judg- ment ? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mavest be righteous ? 9 Hast thou an arm like God ? or canst thou thunder with ^a voice like Rom. 3, 4 h ch. 37, 4 Ps. 29, 3 i Ps. 93, 1 Ps. 104, 1 ; Isa. 2, 12 Dan. 4. 37! him ? v^l 1 Or. tTie elephant, as some think. 2 Or, He setteth up. k Ps. 104,14! 3 he op- presseth. I Gen.13,10 Jer. 12, 5 4 Or,Wm any take him in his sidht, or. bore his nose loith a (jin J ch.41,1,2 10 Deck ^thyself now ivith majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold everv one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that Hs proud, anrj bring him low ; and tread down the wicked in their place. 13 Hide them in the dust together ; and bind their faces in secret. 14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. 1 5 '^Behold now 'behemoth, which I made with thee ; he eateth grass as an ox. 1 6 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of chap. 41. his belly. IT "He moveth his tail like a cedar the sinews of his stones are wrapped | together. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of .-, ^.^^^^ brass ; his bones are like bars of iron. " thou 19 He is the chief of the ways of j ^^o'^^'^^' God: he that made him can make:«isa.37, 29 his sword to approach un to h im. ! & ch^ 9, 4 20 Surely the mountains ^bring him forth food, where all the beasts of! the field play. i*^ fi^l 21 He lieth under the shady trees, -^j^^,^^ in the covert of the reed, and fens. io!'i4 22 The shady trees cover him icith their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. 23 Behold, ^he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not : he tnisteth that he * strong can draw up 'Jor'dan into his mouth. I ^mm^.^ 1 That is, a whale, or, a whirl- pool. Ps. 104.26 Isa. 27. 1 1 Cor. 10,22 Ps. 24, 1 1 Cor. 10.26 8 Or, within. 24 *He taketh it with his eyes : his nose pierceth thi^ough snares. CHAPTER 41. Of God's great poicer in the leviathan. CANST thou drav^ out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord -v-h ich thou lettest down ? 2 Canst thou ""put an hook mto his nose ? or bore his jaw through with a thorn ? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee ? will he speak soft loords unto thee ? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee ? wilt thou take him for a serv''- ant for ever ? 5 Wilt thou play with him as v'ith a bird ? or wilt thou biad Mm for thy maidens ? 6 Shall the companions make a ban- quet of him? shall they part him among the merchants ? T Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons ? or his head with fish spears ? 8 Lay thine hand upon him, remem- ber the battle, do no more. 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain : shall not 07ie be cast down even at the sight of him ? lOXone is so fierce that dare stir him up : who 'then is able to stand before me ? 11 AVho 'hath prevented me, that I should repay him. ? '^ichatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine, 121 will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. 1 3 \Yho can discover the face of his garment? 07* who can come to him Hvith his double bridle ? 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15 His ''scales are his pride, shut up together as icith a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 1 7 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. 1 8 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eye- lids of the morning. 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps. (2;?r? sparks of fire leap out. 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seethmg pot or cal- dron. 21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 22 In his neck remauieth strength, * C. Psa. 2. 1-4; R. 42. 5, 6. 541 God accepteth Job, and JOB, 42. douhleth his blessings. A R and ^sorrow is turned into joy before him. 23 ^The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves ; they cannot be moved. 24 His heart is as firm as a stone ; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millst07ie. 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. 26 The sword of him that layeth at hun cannot hold : the spear, the dart, nor the ^habergeon. 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 28 The arrow cannot make him flee : shngstones are turned with him into stubble. 29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30 ^Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot : he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. 32 He maketh a path to shine after him ; one would think the deep to be hoary. 33 tJpon earth there is not his like, ^who is made without fear. 34 He beholdeth all high things : he is a king over all the children of pride. CHAPTER 42. God accepts Job, and doubles his blessings. THEN J5b answered the Lord, and said, 2 1 know that thou "canst do every thing, and that ^no thought can be withholden from thee. 3 Who ^'is he that hideth counsel without knowledge ? therefore have I uttered that I understood not ; 'things too w^onderful for me, which 1 knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak : I ^will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have "heard of thee by t h e hear- ing of the ear : but -^now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself^ and r epent in dust and as hes. * ^ *5[And it was so, that afte *A. Psa. 10. 4-11; R. Psa. 18. 27 the B. C. 1520. CHAP. 41. 5 sorrow rejoiceth. 6 The fallings. 7 Or, breast- plate. 8 Sharp pieces of potsherd. 9 Or, who behave them- selves without fear. CHAP. 42. a Gen.18,14: Mat.19,26 1 Or, no thought of thine can be hindered. b ch 38. 2 c Ps. 40, 5 Ps. 131, 1 d ch. 38, 3 e Rom. 10,17 /Eph. 1, 17,18 g Num.23,1 h Mat. 5, 24 i Gen.20,17 Jas. 5, 16 1 John 5,16 2 his face, OT,person. 3 the face of Job. i added all that had been to Job unto the double. Zech.9,12 j Isa. 40, 2 k ch. 19, 13 I ch. 8, 7 m ch. 1, 3 5 That is, Hand- some as the day. 6 That is, Cassia. Ps. 45, 8 7 That is. The horn, or, Child of beauty. Ps. 89, 17 n ch. 5, 26 Gen. 25, 8 542 Lord had spoken these words unto J 5b, the Lord said to El'i-phaz the Te'man-ite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends : for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 8 Therefore take unto you mow seven bullocks and seven rams, and ^go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves_a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray 'for you : for 4iim will I accept : lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing lohich is right, like my servant Job. 9 ^So El'i-phaz the Te'man-ite and Bil'dad the Shu'hite and Zo'phar the Na'a-math-Ite w^ent, and did accord- ing as the Lord commanded them : the Lord also accepted ^J5b. 10 And_the Lord turned the captiv- ity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord ''gave Job twice •'as much as he had before. 11 Then came there unto him all his ^brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaint- ance before, and did eat bread with him in his house : and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. 12 So the Lord blessed 'the latter end of Job more than his beginning : for he had fourteen '"thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thou- sand she asses. 1 3 He had also seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first, ^ Je-mi'ma ; and the name of the second, '^Ke-zi'a; and the name of the third, ■'Ker'en-hap'puch. 1 5 And in all the land Avere no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. 16 After this "lived J5b an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four genera- tions. IT So Job died, being old and full of days. THE BOOK OF PSALMS. B H N C J N H H B PSALM 1. Happiness of the godly, misery of the wicked. I LESSED "is the man that walk- eth not in the counsel of the ^ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,*^ nor sitteth in the seat of the ( scornful. ' 2 But his dehght is in the law of the I Lord ; and in his law doth he medi- i tate day and night . E. 12. 6: 0.2.11.12. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season ; his leaf also shall not ^mther ; and wliatso- ever he doeth shall ^prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so : but are hke the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in ' the congregation of the righteous.* 6 For "^t he Lord knoweth t he way ' of the righteous : but the way of the : ungodly shall perish . E.7.9; H.2.4,5. PSALM 2. I Kingdom of Christ; 10 Icings and judges exhorted to accept of it. HY do the heathen ^rage, and the people "imagine a vain thing ? j 2 Tiie kings of the earth set them- ' selves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his ''anointed, saying, '• 3 Let *us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4He"thRt s'ltteth in the heavens PSALM 1. a Pro. 4:, 14 1 Or, xoiched. 2 fade. b Gen. 39, 8 Ps. 128, 2 1 Tim. 4,8 c Xah. 1, 7 JotLn 10,14 2 Tim. 2,19 j 10 Be wise now therefore, ye kings: be instiTicted, ye judg-es of the earth. 11 Serve the Lord wi th f ear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss ^the Son, lest h e be angry, and ye perish from the way, whe n his ^vrath is kindled but a httle. W^ B. C. 1047. PSALM 2. 1 Or, tumultu- oiisly assemble. Acts 4, 25 2 meditate. a Ps. 45, 7 JoJm 1,41 b Lu. 19, 14 c Ps. 11, 4 3 Or, trouble. 4 anointed. 5 upon Zion, the hill of my holiness. 6 Or, for a decree. d Actsl3,33 HeU 1, 5 Heb. 5, 5 e Dan. 7, 13, 14 John 17, 4,5 /Mat. 21,44 Rev. 12, 5 g Jolin 5, 22, 23 7i Jer. 17, 7 Blessed ^ are all they that put their trust in him. 0. 5. 4-7. _shal the Lo rd _sliall ha ve 16; J.7.8,9 them in derision. C.7.14 5 Then shall he speak imto them in his wrath, and ^vex them in his sore displeasure. H. 2. 9; N. 7. 11. 12. 6 Yet have I ^set my kuig \ipon my holy hill of Zi'on. 7 1 ^vill declare ^the decree : the Lord hath said unto me. '^Thou art my Son ; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask "of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou •''shalt break them with a rod of iron ; thou shalt dash them in , pieces like a potter's vesselt *N. 2. 1-5. tH. 7. 11-13. B.C. 1023. PSALM 3. a 2 Sam. 15,12 b 2 Sam. 16,8 1 Ov,about. c Ps. 27, 6 d Lev. 26, 6 Pro. 3, 24 e Hos. 13, 4 PSALM 4. 1 Or, overseer. 2 Or, be gracious unto me. a 2 Pet. 2, 9 643 PSALM 3. Security of God's protection. A Psalm of Da'vid, vrhen he fled from Ab'sa-lom his son. LORD, ''hoAv are they increased that trouble me ! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many t/iere be which say of m.y soul, * There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3 But t hou, O Lord, art a shield ' for me : my glory, and ''the lifter up of mine head. K. 4. 8. 4 1 cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holyhiU. Selah. 5 1 'T.aid me down and slept ; I 'awaked ; for the Lord sustained me. I 6 I VN-ill not be afraid of ten thou- sands of people, that have set them- selves against me round about. 7 Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God : for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone ; thou hast broken the teeth of the un- godly. 8 Salvatio n 'helongefh unto the L ord : thy blessing is upon thy peo- ple. Sp.n^^h. L 5. 11,12. PSALM 4. 1 David prays for audience. 6 Man^s happiness in God'sfavour. To the 'chief Musician on Neg'i-noth, A Psalm of Da'vid. HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou has* enlarged me ^chen J was in distress ; -have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame 'I how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing ? Selah. 3 But know that ''the Lord hath J J JJavid prayeth for guidance. PSALMS, 5-7. His complaint in sickness. K set apart him that is godly for him- self : the Lord will hear when I call unto him. 4 Stand *in awe, and sin not : com- mune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 5 Offer '^the sacrifices of righteous- ness, and "'put your trust in the Lord . F. 5. ii. 6 There he many that say, Who will shew us a7iy good ? *Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. T Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 81 will both lay me dow n in peace, PSALM 4. b Eph.4,26 c Deut. 33,19 d Ps. 37, 3 e Ps. 80, 3 / Lev.25,18 Lev. 26, 5 Deut. 12, 10 John 14,27 Phil. 4, 7 F L and sle e p: for -^tho u. Lord, only makest me dwell in safet y. K. 5. 12. PSALM 5. 4 God Javours not the wicked. 7 David prays unto God to guide Mm. To the chief Musician upon Ne'hi- 15th, A Psalm of DaVid. GIVE ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God : for un- to thee will I pray. 3 My "voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art not a God that hath ^pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The 'foolish shall not stand 'in thy sight : thou hatest all v/orkers of iniguity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing : the Lord will abhor ^the bloody and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy rraercy : and in thy fear will I wor- . B'nip '^toward ^thy holy temple. * 8 Lead me,0 LoRD,in thy righteous- ness because of ^mine enemies ; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no ^faithfulness ^in their mouth ; their inward part is 'very wickedness ; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 10 ^Destroy thou them, O God ; let them fall ''by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions ; for they have rebelled against thee. f "{ 1 Rut let a]] those that put their I tnist in thee rejoice : let them ever 1 *0. 5. 11, 12. F L K PSALM 5. a Ps. 30, 5 5 Mai. 2, 17 c Hab. 1, 13 1 hefore thme eyes. 2 the man of bloods and deceit. d 1 Ki. 8, 29 3 the temple of thy holiness. 4 those which ob- serve me. 5 Or, sted- fastness. Q In his mouth, that is, in the mouth of any of them. 7 vncked- nesses. 8 Or, Make them guilty. 9 Or. from their counsels. 10 thou coverest over, or, protectest the^n. e 1 Cor. 2. 9 11 crown him. PSALM 6. 1 Or, xipon the eighth. a Hos. 6, 1 b Ps. 90. 13 c Ps. 30, 9 2 Or, every night. d Ps. 66, 19,20 B. C. 1062. PSALM 7. a Hab. 3, 1 1 Or, business. b 1 Pet. 5, 8 2 not a deliverer. c 2 Sam. 16,7 d 1 Sam. 24,7 1 Sam. 26,9 544 shout for joy, because "^thou defend- i est them : let them also 'that love i thy name be joyful in thee. p. 7. 1. 12 For thou. Lord, wilt bless the ^ righte ous ; with f avour wilt thou I "compass him as tvith a shield, f j PSALM 6, David''s coiiujlaint m his sickness. To the chief Musician on Neg'i-noth 'upon Shem'i-nith, A Psalm of Da'vid. OLORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord -, for I am weak : O Lord, "heal me ; for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul is also sore vexed : but thou, O Lord, %ow long ? 4 Return, O Lord, deliver my soul : oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 5 For ''in death there is no remem- brance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks ? 6 I am weary with my groaning ; -all the night make I my bed to swim ; I water my couch with my tears. 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity ; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The Lord ''hath heard my suppli- cation; the Lord will receive my prayer. 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed : let them return and be ashamed suddenly. PSALM 7. 1 David praps against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocence : 10 by faith he sees his defence, and derides their vain enterprises. '^Shig-ga'ion of Da' vid, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the ^words of Cush the Ben'ja-mite. Q LQRD my God, in thee do I ] F put my trust : save me from all | them that persecute me, and deliver j me : F. 9. 9. lO.J 2 Lest he tear my soul like *a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is '^none to deliver. 3 O Lord my God,4f I have done this ; if there be iniquity in my hands ; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, ''I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy :) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it ; yea, let him tread down tK. 17. 7,8; L8. 3, 4; 0.19.7.* God^s glory mag7iified. PSALMS, 8, 9. David praiseth God. J r I H J H ti my life upon the earth, and. lay mine honour in the dusL. JSelah. 6 Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift 'up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies : and awake for me to ihe judgment that thou hast com- manded. 7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about : for their sakes therefore return thou on high. 8 The Lord shall judge^the^ people^: judge me, O Lord^ according jto^my righteousn es s, and according to mine i ntegrity that is in me . 9 Ohletthewickednessof the wicked come to an end; but establish the just : -^'for the righteous God trieth the h earts a nd reins. E. 10. 13, 14:* 10 ^My defence is of God, which eaveth the upright in heart. 11 *God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword ; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. j. 9. 4; n. 10. 4-6;. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death ; he ordain- eth his arrows against the persecutors . 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniq- uity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood, 1 5 ^He made a pit, and digged it, and ^is fallen into the ditch tohich he made. 16 His ^mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate IT I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high. PSALM 8. God's glory magniiied by his works, and by his as- tonishing love to man. To the chief Musician "upon Git'tith, A Psalm of DaVid. OLORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth ! who hast set thy glory above the heavens 2 Out *of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ^ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the "^enemy and the avenger. L { 3 Wtien I '^consider thy heavens, the I work of thy fingers, the moon and I the stars, which thou hast ordained ; I 4 What ^is man, that thou art mind- j ful of him ? and the son of man, that I thou visitest him? L. 16. 11 (35)*j 7 11 12. tH.9.5. tC.9. 15,16 PSALM 7. e Ps. 94, 2 / 1 Sam. 16,7 Jer.11,20 3 My buck- ler is uponGod. 4 Or, God is a right- eous judge. 5 He hath digged a pit. g Esth. 7,10 Pro. 5, 22 Eccl. 10,8 h 1 Ki. 2, 32 Esth. 9,35 II PSALM 8. a Ps. 81, title. b Mat.11,25 Mat.21,16 lCor.l,;37 1 founded. c Ps. 44, 16 d Ps. Ill, 2 e Job. 7, 17 Ps. 144, 3 Heb. 2, 6 /Gen. 1, 26 g 1 Cor. 1.5, 27 Heb. 2, 8 2 Flocks and oxen all of them. h Ps. 35, 10 B. C. 1018. PSALM 9. 1 thou hast made my judgment. 2 in right- eousms". a Dent. 9, 14 Pro. 10, 7 3 Or, Tlie destruc- tions of the enemy are come to a per- petual end: and their cities hast thou de- stroyed, etc. b Ps. 90, 2 Heb. 1, 11 4 an high place. c John 17,3 5 Or, afflicted. 515 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and hon- our. 6 Thou -^madest him to have domin- ion over the works of thy hands; ^thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 ^AU sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth^ through the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord our Lord, how ''excellent is thy name in all the earth ! PSALM 9. 1 David praises God for executing judgment: 11 he incites others to praise him. To the chief Musician upon Miith- lab'ben, A Psalm of Da'vid. I WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart ; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee : I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For 'thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging -right. j 9 7 g 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast "put out their name for ever and ever. ^] 9 17 6 ^O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end : and thou hast destroyed cities ; their memorial is perished with them. 7 But *the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And he shall judge the world in rie-hteousness, he shall minister judg- ment to the people in uprightness. ^ 9 The Lord also will be "a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10 And they that know "^thy nam e will put their trust in theo : tor tliou. Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. p. 11. 1 . 1 1 Sing praises to the Lord, wh ich dwelleth in Zfdn : declare amon g^e" people his doings. t. 18. 49. 1 2 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them : he f orgetteth not the cry of the ^humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; consider my trouble which I suffef a J. 9. 11,12. II J. 9. 16. J H J T David convplaineth of PSALMS, 10-12. the outrage of the wicked. H A N of them that hate me, thou that hft- est me up from the gates of death : 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zf on : I will rejoice '^in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk d own in the pit i^/kFjrthey made : in the net ^which they hid is their own foot takein "l^The Lord is ^known hy the judg- ment which he executeth : the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. ^Hig-ga'ion. Selah. * IT The wicked shall be turned into j hell, and all the nations -^thatforget God. ~~ ~~h~Tq7i5. "^r^'For ^the needy shall not alway be forgotten : the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 19 Arise, O Lord ; let not man pre- vail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. J 10 14 20 Put them in fear, O Lord : that the nations may know themselves to he hut men. Selah. PSALM 10. David complains to God of the outrage of the ^Mcked. WHY standest thou afar off, O Lord ? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble ? 2 ^The wicked in his pride doth per- secute the poor : "let them be taken in the devices that they have im- agined. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his ^heart's desire, and ^blesseth the cov- etous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 4 The wicked, ^through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God : ^God is not in all his thoughts. 5 Llisways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight : as for all his enemies, he puff- eth at them. 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved : for J shall ^never be in adversity. N. 10. 12-15 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud : under his tongue is mischief and Vanity. 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages : in the secret places doth he murder the innocent : his eyes ®are privily set against the poor, 9 He lieth in wait ^secretly as a lion in his den : he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 10 '"He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall "by his strong ones. *C. 10. 13, 14; J. 9. 19. PSALM 9. d Ps. 13, 5 e Ex. 7, 5 6 That is, Medita- tion. /Job 8, 13 g Ps. 12, 5 PSALM 10. 1 In the pride (if the wicic- ed he doth persectUe. a Pro. 5, 22 2 souVs. 3 Or, the CJ^ctous 0-fSseth Lixnself, he abhor- reth the LORD. b Ex. 5, 2 4 Or, all his thoughts are. There is no God. Ps. 14, 1 5 unto gen- eration and gen- eration. 6 deceits. 7 Or, iiiiquity. 8 hide them- selves. 9 in the secret places. 10 He breaketh himself. 11 Or, into his strong parts. 12 Or, afflicted. 13 cleaveth 14 Or, establish. IChr. 29, 18 15 Or, terrify. B. C. 1060. PSALM 11. 1 in dark- ness. a Hab. 2, 20 bHeb. 4,13 c Jas. 1, 12 2 Or, quick burnvng coals. 3 Or, a burning tempest. PSALM 12. 1 Or, upon the eighth. 2 Or, Save. a Isa. 57, 1 546 H 11 He hath said in his heart, God a hath forgotten : he hideth his face ; i he will never see it. t 14 2, 3. J 12 Arise, O Lord; O God* lift iipi n thine hand : forget not the ^ ^humble. \ 13 Wherefore doth the wicked con- c tenui God ? he hath said in his heart, e Thou wilt not require it. 1 14 Thou^hast seen it ; for thou Jbe- ^ j irotdest mischlM'andrspite^^^equite zT'withrthy ha iidT tlie ^oor '^com- nuttethrliimself untQ'thee7~thourar¥ I the helper of the f atherlessT^ ~ | ^rS^Brea^thou the arm onhe wick- 1 ed and the evil tnan: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. + 1 6 The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. 1 7 Lord, thou hast heard the desire , of the humble: thou wilt ^^i3repare \ their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear j to hear : 1 18 To judge the fatherless and the | oppressed, that the man of the earth i may no more ^ ^oppress. j 11 4 5J PSALM 11. ' ' ' David rejoices in the providence and justice of God. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of DaVid. IN the Lord put I ni y tru st: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain ? F. 13. 5 2 For,lo,the wicked bend their how, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may ^privily shoot at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do ? 4 The ^LoRD is in his holy temple, •. e the Lord's throne is in heaven : his j j eyes ^behold, hi s eyelids try, the cHil^ } dreh ofmen. E. 14. 2J I'he Lord '^trieth the righteous : but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. j. ig. 20-22 6jJpon t he wicked he shall rain 1 h ^snares ,lire and brirnstone, and '-^aiT horrible te mpest: this shall be the^ portion o f t heir cup. H. 28. 4, 5. 7 Jb'or the" righteous Lord loveth righteousness ; his countenance doth behold the upright. PSALM 12. 1 David, destitute of human comfort, craves help of God: 3 God's judgments 071 the wicked. To the chief Musician 'upon Shem'I- nith, A Psalm of DaVid. HELP, Lord; for the ''godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. tC.27. 12; E. 11.4; J. 10. 17, 18. tH."ll.6; N. 50. 17-22. A prayer for support. PSALMS, 13-16. A citizen of Zion. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering hps and with ^a double heart do they speak. 3 The Lord shall cut off all flatter- ing lips, and the tongue that speak eth ^proud things : 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail ; our lips ^are our own : who is lord over us ? 5 For the oppression ''of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that ''puffeth at him. r 6 The words of the L ord 'are pure j 'words : as sflye r tried in a furnace of I earth, purified seven times. B.lfl.7-fh V Thou shalt~keep' them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve ''theni from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when "the vilest men are exalted. PSALM 13. David prays God to support him, that his enemies may not exult over him. To the 'chief Musician, A Psalm of DaVid. HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? for ever ? "how long- wilt thou hide thy face from me ? • 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart dafly ? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me ? 3 Consider ct7id hear me, O Lord my God : lighten *mine eyes, '"lest I sleep the sleep of death ; 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have pre- vailed against him ; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But "^1 have trust ed in thy mercy ; I E 1 I my heart shall re joice in thy^alya- I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. PSALM 14. The general corruption of mankind. 1 o the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da'vid. THE ''fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. *They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. ^^The Lor d looked down from heav- en upon tlie children of men,~to see ifjthere_were any that did Imder standTa^^ee^ljrodT ^^_^^ E 33 IS-IJ^ 3 They are all gon e aside, they a 5. are j gZr to gether become 'filthy : there is I g one mat doeth good, no,irQt^on e.» *A. 36. 1-4. PSALM 12. 3 an. heart and an heart. 4: great things. 5 are with us. b Ex. 3, 7. 8 6 Or,tvould ensnare him. c 2 Sam. 22,31 Ps. 18, 30 Ps. 19, 8 Ps. 119. 140 Pro. 30, 5 7 him: that is, every one of them. 8 the vilest of the sons of men are eX' alted. PSALM 13. 1 Or. over- seer, a Deut. 31,17 Job 13. 24 Ps. 44, 24 Ps. 88, 14 Ps 89. 46 b Ezra 9. 8 c Jer. 51,39 d 2 Chr. 20,12 PSALM 14. a Ps. 10, 4 b Gen. 6, 12 Rom.3,10 1 stinking. 2 they feared a fear. 3 TFTto luill give. PSALM 15. 1 sojourn, a Ps. 2, 5 b Isa. 33, 15,16 2 Or,receiv- eth, or, endureth. c Judg. 11, 35 d Ezek.18.8 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? who eat up my peo- ple as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord. 5 There Hvere they in great fear : for God is in the generation of the right- eous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge. 7 ^Oh that the salvation of l§'ra-el vjere come out of Zfon! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Ja'cob shall rejoice, a7id is'ra-el shall be glad. PSALM 15. David descrnbes a citizen of Zion. A Psalm of DaVid. LORD, who shall 'abide in thy tab- -| ernacle ? who shall "dwell in thy holy hill ? 2 He ^'that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. q 91 og 2f He that backbiteth not willi ms tongue, nor doeth evil to his neigh- bour, nor ^taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. 4 In whose eyes a vile person is con- temned ; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth^'to his oian hurt, and changeth not. 5 He ^that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. PSALM 16. 1 David, in distrust of merit, flees to God for pres- ervation : 5 he shews the hope of his calling, of the resurrection, and life everlasting. 'Mich'tam of Da'vid. RESERVE me, O God: "for in, thee d o 1 put niy trust" P PSALM 16. 1 Or, A golden Psalm of David. a Ps. 25, 20 2 Or, give gifts to another. 3 of my part. 547 2 O my~soid\ thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord : my goodness extendeth not to thee ; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. j 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied | tluU 'hasten after another god : their drink offerings of blood will I not of- 1 f er, nor take up their names into my | lips. I 5 The Lord is the portion ^of mine | inheritance and of my cup : thou i maintainest my lot. p ig 8-11 .J 6 The lines are fallen unto me iii pleasant peaces; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 1 will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel : my reins also in- struct me in the night seasons. David prayeth to he kept. PSALMS, 17, 18. Psahn of thanksgiving K 8 I have set the Lord always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall *rest in hope. 10 For *thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thine ''Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me '^the path of lite : m tliy presence is tuiness ot ;joy ; at tiiy right hand there are pleasures tor evermore: F. 18.30.31: L 2.5. 5. PSALM 17. David prays to God to be saved from his enemies. A Prayer of Da'vid. HEAR 'the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth ^not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence ; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved ''mine heart ; thou hast visited rae in the night ; thou hast tried me, aiid shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth *shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by *the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 llold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps ^slip not. 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God : incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. 7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkind- ness, O thou ^that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up agai7ist them. 8 Keep me '^as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy swings, K. 18. 16-18. 9 Fi'om the wicked ^at oppress me, from ^my deadly enemies, who com- pass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat : with their mouth they speak proudly. 1 1 They have now ^compassed us in our steps : they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth ; 12 ^Like as a. hon that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion ^lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O Lord, ^disappoint him, cast him down : deliver my soul from the wicked, ^°tchich is thy sword : 14 From men which are thy hand, Q Lord, from men of the world, PSALM 16. 4 dAJoelX con fldently. b Ps. 49, 15 Acts 2, 27 Actsl3,35 c Dan. 9, 24 Lu. 1, 35 d Acts 2, 28 PSALM 17. 1 justice. 2 without lips of deceit. a Job 23, 10 b Jas. 3, 2 c Rom. 12,2 3 be not moved. 4 Or, that savest them which trust in thee /rorn those that rise up against thy right hand. d Deut. 32,10 5 that ivaste me. 6 my enemies against the soul. 1 Sam. 23,26 The like- ness of him [that is,of every one of them] is as a lion that de- sireth to roMn. 8 sitting. 9 prevent his face. 10 Or, by thy sivord. 11 Or, their children are full. /lJohn3,2 g Col. 1, 15 I PSALM 18. a 2 Sam. 22, 33 b Ps. 144, 1 1 my rocTi. c Heb. 2, 13 d Ps. 76, 4 e Ps. 116, 3 2 Belial 3 Or, cords. /Acts 4, 31 4 by his. g Isa. 64, 1 h Ps. 99, 1 i Ps. 104, 3 j Ps. 97, 2 I 548 which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thj* hid treasure: ''they are full of chil- dren, and leave the rest of their sub- stance to their babes. 15 As for me,-^I will behold thy face in righteousness : I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with -^thj likeness. PSALM 18. David's psalm of thanksgiving for GocVs manifold and marvellous blessings. To the chief Musician, A Psahn of Da'vid, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of "this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul : And he said, *WILL love thee, O Lord, xnj strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my for- tress, and my deliverer ; my God, 'my strength, in '^whom I will trust ; my buckler, and the horn of my salva- tion, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the LoRD,'^^cAo is worthy to be praised : so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The 'sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of '^ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The ^sorrows of hell compassed me about : the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. 7 Then -^the earth shook and trem- bled ; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke ^out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth de- voured : coals were kindled by it. 9 He ^bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. 1 And ^he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: 'jedi, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 1 1 He made darkness his secret place ; his •'pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness that w as hetore him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. 1 3 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his Psalm of thanksgiv ing PSALMS, 18. for manifold blessi?igs^ *voice; hail sfofies and coals of fire. 14- Yea, Tie sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. 1 5 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. ' 1 6 He '"sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of ^niany waters. 1 7 He delivered me f roiii my strong enemy, and from them which hated me : for they were too strong forme. 1 8 They prevented me in the day of my calamity : but the Lord was my stay. K. 23. 1. 1 9 He "brought me forth also into a large place ; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 The "Lord rewarded me accord- ing to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly depart- ed from my God. 22 For all his judgments icere before me, and I did not put away his stat- utes from me. J. 19. 9. 231 was also upright ^before him, and I kept myself from mine iniq- uity. 24 Therefore ^hath the Lord recom- pensed me according to my right- eousness, according to the cleanness of my hands ^in his eyesight. 25 With ?the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful ; with an up- right man thou wilt shew thyself upright ; 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ; and ^vith the f roward thou wilt ^shew thyself fro ward. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down 'high looks. R. 32. 5. 28 For 'thou wilt light my ^candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. 29 For by thee I have '"run through a troop ; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. ' 30 As for God, " his way is p erfect • the ^word of the Lord is "tried : he /.s a buckler to all those tha t trust in him . 31 For ''^vho is God save the Lord ? or who is a rock save our God ? * 32 /^ is God that girdeth me with * F. 20. 5-7. PSALM 18. k Ps. 29, 3 I Isa. 30. 30 m Ps. 144, 7 5 Or, great waters. n Ps. 118, 5 2 Sam. 22,21 6 with. p 1 Sam. 26,23 7 before his eyes. q 1 Ki. 8. 32 r Lev.26,23 Pro. 3, 34 8 Or. wrestle. s Pro. 6, 17 t Job 18, 6 9 Or, lamp. 10 Or, broken. u Deut.'32,4 Dan. 4. 37 Rev. 15, 3 I! Ps. 12, 6 Ps. 119, 140 Pro. 30, 5 II Or, 1 eflned. iv Dent. 32,31 12 Or, u'ith thy meek- ness thou hast mul- t iplied me. 13 mine- ancles. 14 causedto bow. X Pro. 1, 28 15 at the hearing of the ear. 16 the sons of the stranger. 17 hV, or, yield feigned obedience. 'I ]\Iic. 7, 17 z Jer. 10,10 18 giveth avenge- ments for me. 19 Or, de- stroyeth. a Ps. 59. 1 20 man of violence. 21 Or, confess. Rom. 15,9 lb Ps. 144,10 549 strength, and maketh my way per- fect. 33 He mxaketh mv feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation : and thy right hand hath holden me up, and ' ^thy gentleness hath made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps un- der me, that '^my feet did not slip. 371 have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them : neither did 1 turn again till they were consmned. 381 have wounded them that they were not able to rise : they are fallen under my feet. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle : thou hast ^ ^subdued under me those that rose up against me. 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies ; that 1 might destroy them that hate me. 41 They cried, 'bnttnereivas-n.o'n.QtQ save them : 'even unto the Lord, bui he answered them not, 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind : I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. 43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; aoid thou hast made me the head of the hea- then: a people ichom I have not known shall serve me. 44 '^As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me : ^^the strangers shall '^submit themselves unto me. 45 The -"strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. 46 Thc^LoRD liveth; and blessed be my rock ; and let the God of my sal- vation be exalted. 47 It zsGod that '^avengeth me, and '^subdueth the people under me. 48 He delivereth me from mine ene- mies : yea, ''thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me : thou hast delivered me from the ^"violent man. 49 Tberpforp will T ^'give thanks un- to thpf^ O T;r>pn among t.hp hpathpn, and sing p rais e s unto thy name t J 50 Great deliverance *givetli he to his king ; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to DaVid.and to his seed for evermore. fT. 22. 22. * God^s glory declared. PSALMS, 19-21. Thanksgiving for victory. B PSALM 19. 3 The creatures shew God's glory. 7 Excellency of God's law. 12 David prays for grace. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of DaVid. THE ''heavens declare the glorj^ of God ; and the firmament shew- eth his handy work. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowl- edge. 3 There is no speech nor language, ''where their voice is not heard. 4 ^Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is *as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, a?2f/ rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth '' ^5 from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 The ^law of the Lord is perfect , ^conv erting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple opi Th 8 The statu tes ^of the right, re joicing the heart 0. 25. 12. Lord are : the com- mandmen t of the Lord is pure, en- li ghtening the eyes . 9 Th e fear of the Lord is clean , en- during for ever: the judg ments of dl the Lord are ^true and r i ghteous al - [ tog ether . B, 37. 31; J. 26. 1, 2. 1 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : sweet- er also than honey and "^the honey- comb. 1 1 Moreover by them is thy servant nvarned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can understand his errors ? cleanse thou me from secret faidts. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins ; let them not have dominion over me : then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from 'the great transgression. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be ac- ceptable in thy sight, O Lord, ''my strength, and my -^redeemer. PSALM 20. 1 The church blesses the king in his exploits: & she expresses a confidence in God's favour. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of DaVid. THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble ; the ''name of the God of Ja'cob 'defend thee ; PSALM 19. a Isa. 40, 22 1 without theirvoice heard, or, ivithout these theirvoice is heard. 2 Or, Their rule, or, direction. Rom. 10,18 b Eccl. 11,7 c Eccl. 1.5 3 Or, doctrine. 2 Tim. 3.16 4 Or, restoring. d Neh. 9, 13 5 truth. 6 The drop- ping of honey- combs. e Pro. 6, 22 7 Or, much. 8 my rock, f Isa. 44, 6 PSALM 20. a Isa. 50, 10 1 settheeon an high place. 2 thy help. 3 support thee. 4 turn to ashes: or. make fat. 1 Ki.18,38 b 1 John 5, 14 c Isa. 12,1,2 d 1 Sam. 17.45 5 from the hea ven of his holi- ness. 6 by the strength of the sal- vation of his right hand. e 2 Chr. 14,11 PSALM 21. a John 11,42 b 2 Sam. 7, 19 1 set Mm to be bless- ings. 2 gladded him with joy. c Pa. 91, 2 d Deut. 32.22 550 2 Send ^thee help from the sanctu- ary, and ^strengthen thee out of Zi'on ; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and ^ accept thy burnt sacrifice; S5 1ah.'^ 4^Grant thee*according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 5 We will rejoice ^in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we '^will set up oi. 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors ; *and the King of glory shall come in. f 8 Who is this King of glory ? The i Lord strong and mighty, the Lord [mighty in battle. K. 27. 5. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory ? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Se'lah. PSALM 25. 1 David's confidence in prayer : 16 he prays for help in affliction. A Psalm of Da'vid. UNTO ''thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 2 O my God. I ^trust in thee : let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. F. 25. 20. * K. 24. 8. PSALM 23. 1 pastures of tender grass. b Ezek. 34, 14 2 waters of quietness. John 14, 27 c Isa. 43, 2 3 niakest fat. d 2 Cor. 5, 1 4 in length of days. B. C. 1017. PSALM 24. a Ex. 9, 29 Job 41, 11 1 The clean of hands. 1 Tim. 2,8 b Mat. 5, 8 Or O God of Jacob. Hag. 2. 7 Mai. 3, 1 1 Cor. 2, 8 PSALM 25. a Lam. 3,41 b Rom. 10. 11 c Ex. 33, 13 1 thy boiuels. d Ps. 51. 1 e Ps. 31, 3 Ps. 79, 9 Ps. 109.21 Ps. 143,11 / Rom.5,20 g Ps. 37, 23 2 shall lodge in foodness. »ro. 19,23 h Ps. 37, 11, 22,29 I Pro. 3, 32 John 7,17 John 15, 15 2 Cor. 4, 2-6 3 Or, and his cove- nant to make them hnotv it. j Ps. 141, 8 4 bring forth. k Ps. 69, 16 Ps. 86, 18 I 2 Sam. 16, 12 5 hatred of violence. m Ps. 130, 8 PSALM 26. a Ps. 7, 8 b Ps. 28, 7 Pro. 29,25 552 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed : let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 4 Shew ^me tby ways, O Lord ; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me : for thou art the God of my sal- : vation ; on thee do I wait all the day. C Remember, O Lord, 'thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses : for they have been ever of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions : '^ac- cording to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 8 Good and upright is the Lord : therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judg- ment : and the meek Avill he teach his way. lOAli the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 11 For 'thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity ; ■'for it is great. 1_2_What man is he th at fe firpth th^ T^ORDJ him ^sh all he teach in the waxAjlhfi^shalLnhoiisa. 0. 31. 19. J 13 His soul ^shall dwell at ease ; and his ^seed shall inherit the earth. 1 4 The \secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; ^and he wiU shew them his covenant. 15 Mine •'eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall *pluck my feet out of the net. 1 6 Turn *thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ; for 1 am desolate and afflicted. 1 7 The troubles of my heai-t are en- larged : bring thou me out of my distresses. 1 8 Look 'upon mine affliction and my pain ; and forgive all my sins. 19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with ■■^cruel hatred. 20 O yppp Tmy snni , a.nrl (Iplivpr ttia • i I pt me not be ashame d,- for T_put my I tmstJnjthee, F.26. 1,2.J 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me ; for I wait on thee. 22 Redeem '"i§'ra-el, O God, out of all his troubles. PSALM 26. 1 David, in confidence of his integrity, resorts to God' 8 h is lore to God's house. A Psalm of Da'vid. UDGE ''me, O Lord ; for I have ' walked in mine integrity : *L tL. 27. 1. ' J F J F J G T I A so?ig of trust. have trusted also in the Lord ; there- fore I shall not slide. 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me ; try my reins and my heart.* 3 For thy lo\dngkindness is before mine eyes : and I have walked in thy truth. 4 I 'have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have '^hated the congregation of evil doers; and vvdll not sit with the wicked. 6 I ^will wash mi n e hands in inno - cency : so will I com pa ss thine altar , O Lor d : G. 37. 31. T That I m ay publish vrith th e voice PSALMS, 27, 28. David crieth to God. of thanks giving, a nd tell of all thy won dr ous works. T. 26. 12. 8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place Svhere thine honour dwelleth. 9 -Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life vv^ith ^bloody men : 10 In whose hands is iTiischief, and their right hand is *full of bribes. 1 1 But as for me, I will walk in mine integritj^ : redeem me, and be merci- ful unto me. T , 12 My foot standeth in an even place : in the congregations will I i bless the Lord. T. 34. 1-3. PSALM 27. David sustains his faith by the power of God. A Psalm of Da'vid. F ^T^ HE Lord i s my light and my sal - 1- ! X vation -. whom shall I fear ? the i Lord is the stre ngth of my life ; of i whom shall I be afraid ?t 2 When the wicked, eve7i mine ene- mies and my foes, 'came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear : though war should rise against me, in this itnll I he confident. 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after ; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of iTiy life, to behold ^the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. K 5 For "in the t i me of trouble he shall i hide me in his pavilion : in the secret I of his tabernacle shall he hide me ; he I shall set me up upon a r ock. K.27.14. 6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me : therefore will I offer in his tab- ernacle sacrifices "of joy ; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. *F. 27. 1; J. 35. 23,24. fF. 27. 13, 14; L. 27. 7, 8. PSALM 26. c Ps. 1, 1 Jer. 15,17 d Ps. 31, 6 e Ex. 30, 19 Ps. 73. 13 1 Tim. 2.8 1 of the taber- nacle of thy honour. 2 Or, Take not away. ISam. 25,29 3 men of blood. i filled with. Ex. 23, 8 Deut. 16, 19 1 Sam.8,3 Isa. 33, 15 7 Hear, O Lord, whe)i I cry with my ^ voice : have mercy also upon me, ah^ \ answer me . j 8 *Whe7f~th ou saidst, See k ye my j face ; my heart said unto thee, Thy i 31. 1-3.. PSALM 27. 1 ap- proached against rne. 2 Or, the delight. a Isa. 4, 6 3 of shout- ing. i Or, My heart said unto thee. Let my face seek thy face. b Isa. 49, 15 5 will gath- er me. Isa. 40, 11 6 a way of plain- ness. 7 those which ob- serve me. c 1 Sam. 22,9 2 Sam. 16, 7 d Ps. 112. 7.8 e Ps.62,1.5 Isa. 25. 9 Hab. 2. 3 1 face . Lord, will 1 seek. u. oj.i-o. ^Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger : thou hast been my help ; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. it) When my father and *my mothef forsake me, then the Lord Hvill take me up. 11 Teach me thj- way, O Lord, and lead me in ^a plain path, because of 'mine enemies. 1 2 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies : for ''false wit- nesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty, c. 28. 3. 13 I had fainted, "^unless I had be- lieved to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. j 14 Wait "on the Lord: be ofgood i courage, and he shall stren gtlien thme ; heart : wait, I say, on the Lord . + ^ j PSALM 28. 1 David prays against his enemies: 6 he blesses God: 9 he prays for the people. A Psalm of Da'vid. UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock ; be not silent 'to me : lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go do^\TL into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry imto thee, when I lift up my hands ^toward thy holy oracle. 3 Di*aw me not away with the ^ c wicked, and with the workei'S of in- j iquity, which speak peace to their | neighbours, but mjschief is in their j hearts. c. 38. 4. K W PSALM 28. 1 from me. 2 Or, to- ward the oracle of thy sanc- tuary. a 2 Tim. 4, 14 b Ps. 18, 2 3 Or, his strenqth. 553 '"^^^ ""-• V. oo. -t. 4 Give ''them according to their deeds, and according to the A\acked- ness of their endeavours : give them after the work of their hands ; ren der to them their desert. 5 Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. h. 32. 10 6 Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplica- tions. 7 The Lord is hnj strength and my shield ; my heart trus ted in him, and I am helpe d : therefore my hearfc greatly reijoiceth ; and with my song will I praise him. 8 The Lord is ^theu* stren 1 H •J F 1 K Lgtn, and ] IF.28. 7; K.2S.7. 8; W.31. 19. Princes to give God glory. PSALMS, 29-31. A prayer for help. K 'saving strength of his I he is the anointed. K. 31 20. 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance : ^f eed them also, and lift them up for ever. PSALM 29. I David exhortfi princes to give gloy^y io God, 3 bi/ reason of his power, 11 and protection of his people. A Psalm of DaVid. GIVE "unto the Lord, O 'ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. 2 Give unto the Lord Hhe glory due unto his name; worship the Lord ^in the beauty of holiness. 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters : the God of glory thundereth : the Lord is upon ^many waters. 4 The voice of the Lord is ^power- ful ; the voice of the Lord is *f ull of majesty. 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars ; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Leb'a-non. 6 He maketh them also to *skip like a calf ; Leb'a-non and '^Sir'i-on like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the Lord 'divideth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of '^Ka'desh. 9 The voice of the Lord maketh the ^hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests : and in his temple ^doth every one speak of his glory. 10 The LoRDsitteth "upon the flood ; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever, 11 The Lord will -^give strength unto his people ; the Lord will bless his people with peace. PSALM 30. t David praises God for his deliverance: 4 he ex- horts others to praise him. ^ Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of DaVid. I WILL extol thee, O Lord ; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me, 2 O Lord my God, I ''cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3 O Lord, *thou hast brought up my soul from the grave : thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks 'at the remem- brance of his holiness. . 5 For ^his anger endureth but a moment ; 'in his favour is life : weep- PSALM 28. ■t strength of salva- tions. 5 Or, rule. PSALM 29. a 1 Chr. 16, 28,29 1 ye sons of the mighty. 2 the honour of his name. 3 Or, in his glorious sanc- tuary. 4 Or, great waters, in poiver. in maj- esty. Ps. 114, 4 Deut. 3, 9 7 cutteth out. Ex. 19, 18 d Num. 13,26 8 Or, to he in pain. 9 Or, every whit of it uttereth, etc. e Ps. 93, 4 / Isa. 40, 29 B. C. 1042. PSALM 30 a Ps. 6, 2-4 b Ps. 40, 1,2 1 Or, to the memo- rial. 2 there is but a mo- ment in his anger. c Ps. 63, 3 3 in the evening. 4 singing, d Job 29, 18 5 settled strength for my m,oun- tairn. e Ps. 104,29 / Ps. 115,17 q Ps. 4, 1 h 2 Sam. 6,14 6 That is, my tongue, or, my soul. PSALM 31. a Ps. 71, 2 1 to me for a rock of strength, h Ps. 25, 11 c Lu. 23, 46 d Heb. 6, 18 e John 10. 27 /Ps. 18, 19 654 I ing may endure ^for a night, but ^joy Cometh in the morning. 6 And in my "^prosperity I said, 1 shall never be moved. T Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong : thou "didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. 8 I cried to thee, O Lord ; and unto the Lord I made supplication. 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit ? -^Shall the dust praise thee ? shall it declare thy truth ? 10 Hear, O Lord, ^and have mercy upon me : Lord, be thou my helper. 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning ^into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness ; 12 To the end that ^niy glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. PSALM 31. 1 David, shewing his confide:nce in God, craves his help. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da'vid. ]^ thee, O Lord, do I put my trus t ; let me never be asJiamed : dehver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow ''down thine ear to me ; deliver me speedily : be thou 'my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore *for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. * j 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. 5 Into '^thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord '^God of truth. 6 I have hated them that regard ly- ing vanities : but I trust in the Lord. 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast *known my soul in adversities ; 8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy : -^thou hast set my feet in a large room. 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble : mine eye is con- sumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine in- iquity, and my bones are consumed *F.31. 19: L.31. 19 God's goodness exalted. PSALMS, 32, 33. The righteous are blessed. Ill was a reproach among all mine enemies, but ^especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine ac- quaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 121 am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like ^a broken vessel. 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear ^'was on every side: while they 'took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. 14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord : I said, Thou art my God. 15 My times are in thy hand: de- liver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that perse- cute me. 16 Make 4hy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. 1 7 Let *me not be ashamed, O Lord ; for I have called upon thee : let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave, 18 Let ^the lying lips be put to silence ; which speak "grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. p r 19 Oh "'how great is thy goodness, L which thou hast~laid up for them That ' fear thee; "lZ?AicA thou hast \ff I wrought for them that trust in thee 1 15ef or e the sons of rneHf! p 3 1 93 .24 •* K c 20 Thou "snalt hide"^hem in'~tlie secret of thy presence from the pride of man: °\hoVi shalt keep them se- cretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. K. 32. 6, 7 21 Blessed be the Lord : for he nam shewed me his marvellous kindness in a ^strong city. 22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: never- theless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried imto thee. 23 love the Lord, all ye his saints : for the Lord ^preserveth the faith- ful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. j ,24 Be of good courage, and he shall I strengthen your heart, all ye that I hope in the Lord. F. 32 10. PSALM 32. Blessedness of him whose sins are forgiven. ^A Psalm of DaVid, Mas'chil. f T) LESSED is he whose "transgres- j J3 sion is forgiven, whose sin is I covered. * L. 32. 1,2; 0. 33. 18-20; W. 34. 4-6. PSALM 31. g Ps. 88, 8 2 a vessel that per- isheth. h Jer. 20. 3 Lam. 2,22 i Mat. 27, 1 ; Num.6,25 Ps. i, 6 k Ps. 25, 2 3 Or. Ut them be cut off for the grave. I Ps. 12, 3 4 a hard thing. m Isa. 64, 4 1 Cor. 2, 9 n Ps. 27, 5 Job 5, 21 5 Or Jenced city. p 1 Pet. 1, 5 PSALM 32. 1 Or, A Psalm of David giving in- struction. a Ps. 85, 2 Rom. 4, 6 b 2Cor.5,19 c John 1,47 d Pro.28.13 Isa. 65, 24 Lu. 15, 18 1 John 1,9 e 1 Tim. 1,16 / Isa. 55, 6 John 7,34 2 in a time of find- ing. g Ps. 9, 9 Ps. 27, 6 Ps. 31, 20 Ps. 119, 114 h Isa, 48, 17 3 I will counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee. i Pro. 13,21 Rom. 2, 9 j Ps. 34. 8 Ps. 84, 12 Pro. 16,20 Jer. 17,7 PSALM 33. a Isa, 42, 10 1 Or. mercy. b John 1, 1-3 Heb. 11, 3 2 Pet. 3, 6 c Job 26, 13 5.55 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord *imputeth not iniquity, and ■'in whose ^irit there is no guile. -}- 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand w^as heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summei'. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, ^ f^ and mine iniquity have I not hid. t\ '^said, I will confess my~ t ransg ress sions unto the Lord ; andT ^^Qjl .fa^' gavest the iniquity of mysm. Se lah:! f 6 For ^this shall every one that" 38^ \ godly pray -^tinto thee '^in a time when thou ma,yest be found : surely in the floods of great -waters they shall not come nigh unto him. 7 Thou ^art my hiding place ; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Se'lah. ^ 34 4_- 8 I will ''instruct thee and' teacli thee in the way which thou shalt go : T will guide thee with mine eye. 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, lohich have no understanding : whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. 1 Many 'sorrows shall be to the vacked : ~l)~at -^he tliar~tfust eth i n the LoRD^mercy sh aircom pass""lTim ^^ 1 7rT7^T2a:22"nr 3.4. . 1 6. J 11 Be glad m the Lord, and re30ice, ye righteous : and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. PSALM 33. God to be praised for kis goodness and his power. EEJOICE in the Lord, O ye right- eous : for praise is comely for the upright. 2 Praise the Lord with hai^p : sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 3 Sing ''unto him a new song ; play skilfully with a loud noise. 4 For the word of the Lord is right ; and all his works are done in truth. 5 He loveth righteousness and judg- ment : the earth is full of the ^good- ness of the Lord. 6 By the *word of the Lord were the heavens made ; and all the host of them by ""the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : tL34. 4-6. tR.34. 18. X-:. 1 song of -praise. PSALMS, 34, 35. A prayer for safety. let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9 For '%e spake, and it was done ; he commanded, and it stood fast. 10 The Lord ^bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought : he maketh the devices of the people of none elfect. 11 The "counsel of the Lord stand- eth for ever, the thoughts of his heart ^to all generations. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; a7id the people vihom he hath chosen for his own inher- itance. 1 3 They Lord looketh from heaven ; Tie behoideth ail the sons of men. F K L W 14 1^ 'ronfthe place of his habitation " he'Iooketh upon all the inhabitant s ~of the earth . ~ T 5 He ^tashioneth their hearts alike ; ~%e consid ereth all their wo rks* 1(5 I'here is no king saved by the multitude of an host : a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. IT An horse is a vain thing for safety : neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 18 Behold , ^the eye of th e Lord i s Lipon them that f eaxJiim,jiponthem [That hope i rfhis merc y ; r9^o deliver their s ou l from death , and tojkeep them alive in fam^in e. ^^T )ur soul waiteth for the Lord : Tie is our help and our shieldt ^TTor our heart shall rejoice in hi m, because we have trusted in hi s h oly nam e. 22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon ^ us, according as we hope in thee:t PSALM 34. 1 David praises God, ajid exhorts others thereto by his expej'ience. 8 They blessed who trust in God. A Psalm of DaVid, when he changed his behaviour before 'A-bim'e-lech ; who drove him away, and he de- parted. r T WILL bless the Lord at all times : I -L Tii slpraise gAa^^ continually ^e Tn ' my mouth . 2 My soul shall make her "boast m PSALM 33. d Ps. 148, 5 2 maketh frustrate. e Job 23, 13 Pro. 19,21 Isa. 46, 10 3 to genera- tion and genera- tion. /2Chr.l6,9 Job 28, 24 Ps. 11, 4 Ps. 14, 2 Pro. 15, 3 g Isa. 64, 8 h Job 34, 21 Jer.32,19 i Job 36, 7 Ps. 34, 15 1 Pet.3,12 6 This 'poor man cried, and the | Lord heard him, and ^saved him o ut^ 'i the Lord: the humble shall hear t hereof, and be g lad 3 O ma g nify the Lord with me, and i Tet us exalt hi s na me togethe r. ^ ^ 4 I ^sought the Lord, an d hejieard me, and deli vered me from all my fears 5^1'hey looked unto him, and were lightened : and their faces were not ashamed . * E. 37. 18. t F. 34. 4-8. tO.34. 14, 15. § T. 35. 28. PSALM 34. 1 Or, Achish, 1 Sam. 21,13 a Jer. 9, 24 1 Cor.1,81 2 Cor. 10,17 b Mat. 7, 7 Lu. 11, 9 2 Or, They flmved unto him. c Ps. 3, 4 d 2 Sam. 22,1 e Dan. 6, 22 Heb. 1, 14 / Gen. 32, 1 2 Ki.6, 17 Zech. 9, 8 g Phil. 4. 19 h 1 Pet.3,10 i 1 Pet.2,22 j Job. 36, 7 k Lev.17,10 Jer. 44,11 Amos 9, 4 I Pro. 10, 7 3 to the broken of heart. 4 contrite of spirit. m John 19, 36 n Ps. 94, 23 5 Or, shall be gnilty. 2 Sam.4,9 Ps. 103, 4 Lam.3,58 656 of all his troubles. L.34.18; VV.34.12-14. • 7 T'he ''angel of the Lord encampeth; •Ground about them that fear him, andj delivereth them. K. 34. 9, 10. j 8 O taste and see that the Lord is good : blessed is the man that trust -; eth in him . ~ f734. 22. j y O fear the Lord, ye his saints : f orj there is ^no want to them that fearj him. 10 The young lions do lack, and! suffer hunger : but they that seek thd Lord shall not want any good thing.} 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me : I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 1 2 What ^man is he that desireth^ life, and loveth many days, that hq may see good ? j 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from 'speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and d o good ; seek peace, and pu rs ue it . W. 36. 7-9. F K L W K W 15 The ^ yes of the Lord are up on the righteous, and his ears are op en unt o their cry . 0. 36. 7-9. 1 6 The *f ace of the Lord is agains^ them that do evil, ^to cut off the re-^ membrance of them from the earth.i 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 1 8 The Lord is nigh ^unto them; H 9\ that are of a broken heart ; and sa v- eth ^su c h as be of a contrite spirit. K L 1 9 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord deliverethi him out of them all. ! 20 He keepeth all his bones : '"not! one of them is broken. K. 36. 7.j 21 Evil "shall slay the wicked : and they that hate the righteous ^shall be desolate. H. 36. 12. 22 The Lord °redeemeth the soul ofi his servants : and none of them thati H trust in him shall be desolate . tf PSALM 35. 1 David prays for safet7j ; 22 he pleads with God to do him rigid. A Psalm of DaVid. PLEAD my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me : fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and sto]i the way against them that persecute me : say unto my soul, 1 am thy sal- vation. 11K.34. 18, 20. >^H.34. 21. ** L. 34. 22; R. 38. 18. ftF. 36. 7; L. 36.7-9. David's prayer for safety. PSALMS, 36. J^xcelleiicy of QoeVs mercy. 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let thern be as chaff before the wind : and let the angel of the Lord chase them. 6 Let their way be 'dark and slip- pery : and let the angel of the Lord persecute them. 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, lohich with- out cause they have digged for my soul. 8 Let ''destniction come upon him ^at unawares ; and *let his net that he hath hid catch himself : into that verAT- destruction let him fall. 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord : it 'shall rejoice m his sal- vation. 10 All my bones shall say, Lord, vf ho "^is like unto thee, which deliv- erest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him ? 1 1 Talse witnesses did rise up ; ^they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the ^spoiling of my sold, 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing loas sackcloth: I ^humbled my soul with fasting ; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14 1 'behaved myself ^as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed do^vn heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine ^adversity they re- joiced, and gathered themselves to- gether: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not : 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their de- structions, "my darling from the lions. 181 will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among "much people. 1 9 Let not them that are mine ene mies 'Svrongfully rejoice over me neither let them wmk wdth the eye that hate me without a cause. 20 For they speak not peace : but PSALM 35. 1 darkness aiul slip- periness. a 1 Thes.o,3 2 which he knoweth not of. b Ps. 7, 15 Ps. 57,6 Ps. lil, 9 Pro. 5, 22 c Ps. 13, 5 d Ex. 15, 11 Ps. 71, 19 3 Wit- •iiesses of wrong. Mat.26,59 •i they asked me. 5 depriv- ing. Q Or, aSicted. 7 xvalked. 8 as a friend, as a brother to me. 9 halting. 10 my only one. 11 strong. 12 falsely. e Ex. 3, 7 Acts 7, 34: / 2Thes.l,6 13 Ah, ah, our soul. limy right- eousness. Pro. 8, 18 they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against nie,and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. 22 27iis thou hast ^seen, O Lord: keep not silence : O Lord, be not far from me. 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my ca.use, my God and my Lord. 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, ac= cording -^to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. J. .37. ,5, 6 25 Let them not say in their hearts, '^Ah, so would we have it : let tliem not say, We have swallowed him up. 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves agamst me. 27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour ^"*my righteous cause : yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasLU'e in the prosperity of his servant. 28 And my to ng ue shall speak of th y righteo usness and of thy praise all the day long, T. 40. 3., PSALM 36 1 Miserable estate of the wicked. God's mei'cy. 5 Excellency of PSALM 36. a Gen.20,11 Rom. 3,18 1 to find his iniquity to hate. h Jer. 4, 22 c Mic. 2, 1 2 Or, vanity. d Isa. 65, 2 e Ps. 57, 10 Ps. 108, 4 3 the moun- tains of God. /Job 11, 8 Rom. 11,33 g Job 7, 20 Ps. 145, 9 ITim. 4, 10 4 precious. Ps. 31, 19 h Ruth 2,12 5 watered. 557 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. THE transgression of the wicked 1 saith within my heart, '^that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flattereth hunself in his ow^n eyes, 'until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 3 The v/ords of his mouth are in- iquitv and deceit : ''he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 4 He ''deviseth -mischief upon his j bed; he setteth himself '^in a Avay | that is not good; he abhorrethnot evil, J * 5 Thy nnercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; andthj faithfulness re acA- eth imto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness is like^he great mountains ; •'thy judgments are a great deep : O Lord, ^"thou preservest man and beast. 7 How *exc client is thy lovingkind- ] F ness, O God I therefore the children | K o f men ''put their trust u nder the | L s hadow of thy wings, f J 8 They shall be ^abundantly satis- | * A. 38. 1-4. tF.37.3-7: K. 37. 1-7. Different estate of the PSALMS, 3T. godly, and the wicked. L W H H K H fied with the fatness of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink 'of the river of thy pleasures. 9 For ■^with thee is the fountain of life : in thy '^light shall we see light. 10 O "^continue thy lovingkindness unto them that ^know thee ; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. ■ 1 2 There are the workers of in- iquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise. H. 37. 1,2 PSALM 3T. The happy state of the goclliu and the short-lived prosperUij of the wicked. A Psalm of Da'vid. FRET not thyself because of evil- .^ doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. H.37. 9, 10. <■ 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good ; go~sTTalFthou~d weii m the land, and Eeri ly thoTTshalt be ted. r^fD'digM^hyselt" also m the Lord ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. J r 5 ^Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him ; and he shall bring it to pass. 6 And *he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. J. 43. 1. ' 7 '■'Rest in the Lord, and wait pa- tiently for him : fret not thyself be- cause of him who prospereth in his w^ay, because of the man who bring eth wicked devices to pass, t " 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : fret ''not thyself in any wise to do evil, r 9 For evildoers shall be cut off : but PSALM 36. i Job 20, 17 Rev. 22, 1 j Jer. 2, 13 Jer. 17,13 Jer. 18,14 Zech.13,1 John 4, 10, M 7c Acts26,18 Eph. 5. 8 Col. 1, 13 lThes.5,4 1 Pet. 2, 9 6 draw out at length. I Jer. 22,16 those th at wait u pon t he Lord, they shall inherit the earth. 10 Jb'or yet a little while, and the wicked sKall not de : yea, th ou shalt di ligently consider liisplace, and it ^ all not de. ~ H. 37. 20 ^Xl But the meek shall inherit the earth ; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 12 The wicked ''plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that "'his day is coming. 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to *L. 42. 7.8; 0.40.6-8; W. 68. 18. t F. 37. 39, 40; K. 37. 23-25. PSALM 37. 1 in truth, or, stable- ness. a Isa. 58, 14 2 Roll thy tvayupon the LORD. Pro. 16, 3 Mat. 6, 25 Lu. 12, 22 1 Pet. 5, 7 b Mic. 7, 9 3 Be silent to the LOUD, c Ps. 73, 3 Eph. 4, 26 4 Or, prac- tiseth. (1 1 Sam. 26,10 5 the up- right of way. e Pro.15,16 Pro. 16, 8 1 Tim. 6,6 / Ps. 1, 6 g Isa. 60, 21 h Job 5, 20 6 the pre- ciousness oj lambs, i Pro. 3, 33 j Ps. 121, 3 Pro. 16, 9 7 Or, estab- lished. k Mic. 7, 8 2 Cor. 4, 9 8 all the da.y. I Ps. 11, 7 9 Or, goings. mPs. 109,31 558 cast down the poor and needy, and to slay ^such as be of upright conver- sation. 1 5 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. 16 A "^little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. IT For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. ' 18 The Lord -^knoweth the days of ' t he upright: and their inheritance shall be ^for ever. E. 38. 9., 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time : and ^in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as %he fat of lambs : they shall con- sume ; into smoke shall they consume away. H. 37. 35-38. 21 The wicked borroweth, and pay- eth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. 22 For 'such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth ; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 23 The -^steps of a good man are 'or- dered by the Lord : and he delight- eth in his way. 24 Though ^he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : for the Lord up- holdeth him vnth his hand. 25 I have been young, and not^am old ; yet have I not seen the right- eous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. K. 40. 2. 26 He is *ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 27 Depart from evil, and do good ; and dwell for evermore. 28 For the LoRDloveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever : but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31 The ];^w of his God is in hi s, heart ; n one of his 'steps sha ll slide. 32 The wicked watcheth the right- eous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor "'condemn him when he is judged. 34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to in • J B. 40. 7,8; G. 40. 6-8. ^ Prayer in affliction. PSALMS, 38, 39. Brevity ayid vayiity of life. H A herit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou Shalt see'^^. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like '"a j green bay tree. I 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he i was not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and be- hold the upright : for "the end of thoA ! man is peace. j 3 8 But the transgressors shall be de- I stroyed together : the end of the [wicked shall be cut off. H. .50. 19-22. r 39 But "the salvation of the right- I eous is of the Lord : he is their i strength in the time of trouble. I 40 And the Lord shall help them, a nd deliver them: he shall deliver I them f rom the wicked, a.nd save I them, /^^hecause they trust in him .* PSALM 38. David moves God to take compassion of his pitiful case, confessing his sins to be the cause thereof. A Psalm of DaVid, to bring to re- membrance. OLORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath : neither chasten me in ! thy hot displeasure. ! 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, I and thy hand presseth me sore. ! 3 There is no soundness m. my flesh i because of thine anger ; neither is \ there any 'rest in my bones because 1 of my sin. r_4 Pot m ine iniq uities are gone over i mine head : ak an heavy burden they I are too heavy f or mps A.40.12: C.40.1i: 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am '^troubled ; I am bowed down greatly ; 1 go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with "a loathsome disease : and there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken : I have roared by reason of the dis- cjuietness of my heart. \ V) TiOrd , all my desire v'.s hftforp . th^p. ; j irt.nd my groaning is no t hid fronn PSALM 37. 10 Or, a gree,n tree that groweth in his own soil. n Isa. 32, 17 Isa. 57, 2 IThes. 4,17 o Ps. 3, 8 p lChr.5,20 Dan. 3, 17 Dan. 6, 23 PSALM 38. 1 peace, or, health. wried. a Job 7, 5 3 is not with me. h Lu. 10. 31 4 stroke. 5 Or, my neigh- bours. 6 Or, tJi^ie do 1 wait Jor. c Jer. 14, 8 Jer. 60. 7 7 Or. ansiver. 8 for halting, Ps. 35, 15 d Ps. 32, 5 Pro. 28,13 e 2 Cor. 7, 9 9 being liV' ing, are strong. /lPet.3,13 1 John 3,12 g Ps. 23. 1,11 10 for my hdv. h Ex. 15, 2 Isa. 12, 2 .thee. ' ^ E. 40. .'. 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me : as for the light of mine eyes, it also ^is gone from me. 11 My lovers and my ^friends stand aloof from my ^sore ; and ^my kins- men stand afar off. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous 1 5 *F. 40.'l-4. FSALM39. a 1 Chr. 16, 41 b 1 Ki. 2, 4 1 a bridle, or,'>nuzzle for my mouth. c Col. 4, 5 2 troubled, d Jer. 20, 9 3 Or, what time I have here. e Ps. 90, 4 4 settled, a.n image. 559 things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not ; and IvKis as a dumb man that open- eth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that hear- eth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For ''in thee, O Lord, "do I hope • thou wilt 'hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest other- icise they should rejoice over mei when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. 17 For I am ready ^to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. 18 For I will '^declare mine iniquity • I will be 'sorry for my sin. R. 40. 12. 19 But mine enemies ^are lively, a7id they are strong : and they thai hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries ; -^because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake ^me not, O Lord : O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste '°to help me, O Lord ^my salvation. PSALM 39. l David^s care of his thoughts. 4 Of the brevity and vanity of life. To the chief Musician, even to '^ Jed'- u-thiin, A Psalm of Da'vid. I SAID, I will ^take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep ^my mouth with a bridle, ""while the wicked is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good ; and my sorrow was ^stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while I Avas musing '^the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue, 4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know %ow frail lam. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; *and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man *at his_ best state is alto- gether vanity. Selah. 6 Surely every man walketh in ^a vain shew : surely they are disquiet- ed in vain : he heapeth up riches, saidi knoweth not who shall gather them. 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for ! my hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgres- sions : make me not the reproach of the foolish. Of confidence in God. PSALMS, 40, 41. Of considering the poor. F r K r i I I I 9 1 was dumb, I opened not my mouth : because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke awaj^ from me : I am consumed by the ''blow of thine hand. 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou mak- est 'his beauty to consume away hke a moth : sui-ely every man is vanity. Selah. 12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; hold not thy peace at my tears: •'^for I am a stranger w^ith thee, and a sojourner, as ah my fathers v:)ere. 13 spare "me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. PSALM 40. 1 The benefit of confidence in God. 6 Obedience the best sacrifice. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of DaVid. I 'WAITED patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of '^an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, an d es- tablished my goings. K. -10. 17. 3 And he hat h put a ne w s ong in my' ii\ovX5~even praise unto our PSALM 39. 6 conflict. 7 that which is to be de- sired in him to melt aivay. f Lev..25,23 g Job 10, 20 G [ I God : ma ny shall see it, and tear ^ahd s hall tlrist 111 t he LoRix t7^)7i), 10. ^ IJi esse d Hs that man that ma l^eth lEh^L oRD his^ust,and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. F. 41. G, 7. 5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works wJiich thou hast done, *and th y tho ughts lohich are to us-wardT^they canno t be reckoned up in order unto thee -.if 1 w ould de^ clare an^ spe ak of them, tliey are more than can be numbered. * "^^ acrifi c e ^anxToffer ing thou did^ not desire ; mine ears hast fEou B ^openecT: burnt offering and sin of- fering hast thou not required . T Then sa i d 1, Lo, 1 c ome: in the volume of the bookT^s^written of ime, g l^delight to do thy will, O my God : yea, th y law ts ^w ith irT m y [heart. B. 78. 5-7; G. 49. 6, 7; 0. 46. 1-3. r^ TTiave preached righteousness in the great congregation : lo , I have not refrain ed my lips, O LoRD,-^tho u knowest. XO 1 gfiave not hi d th y righteo usness within m.y heart ; 1 have declared thy PSALM 40. 1 In tvait- ing I waited. 2 a pit of noise. a Ps. 2, 12 Jer. 17, 7 b Isa. 55, 8 3 Or, none can order them unto thee. c Hos. 6. 6 Mat. 9, 13 Heb. 10, 5 1 digged, Ex. 21, 6 d Lu. 24, 44 John 5,39 e John 4,34 Rom.7,22 5 in the midst of my bowels. f Ps. 139, 2 Acts20,20 h Ps. 43, 3 i Ps. 38, 4 6 forsaketh. j Neh. 5, 19 Jonah 1,6 1 Pet. 5, 7 *E. 44. 20, 21. PSALM 41, a Pro.14,21 Mark 10,21 Heb. 18, 16 1 Or, the weak, or, sick. 2 in the day of evil. 3 Or, do not thou delvver. Ps. 27, 12 A turn. b Ps. 6, 2 c Ps. 12, 2 5 evil to me. 560 f aithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovmgkmd.- ness and thy truth from the great corii gregation. TrWithhold not , T. 45. 1 . thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord : 'let thy lovingkindness and thy truth con- tinually preserve me. 12 For innumera ble e vils have com- -1 passed nie~ah6ut : 'mihe~iriiquitres me have taken hold thatT upon me, so am not able tolo ok up^l;h ey^i^"mQre than the hairs of^mme headT^there- A C R fore my hearTfaileth meT^ 'TS^Be pleased,~0 Lor'd, to deliver me : O Lord, make haste to help me. 14 Let them, be ashamed and con- founded together that seek after my soul to destroy it ; let them be driven backward and put to shame that Vvish me evil. 1 5 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me. Aha, ana. 1 6 Let all those that seek thee re- joice and be glad in thee : let such as love thy salvation say continually. The Lord be magnified. 1 T But I am poor and needy ; ^yet the Lord thinketh upon me : thou art my help and my deliverer ; make no tar- rying, O my God. k. 41. 1-3. PSALM 41. I Blessing of the charitable man. 4 David com- plains of his enemies' treachery. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of DaVid. LESSED "is he that considereth ^ k 'the poor : the Lord will deliver | him ^in time of trouble. 2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive ; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and ^thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord will strengthen him up- | on the bed of languishing : thou wilt j "make all his bed in his sickness. + j 4 1 said. Lord, be merciful unto me : ^ r *heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. R. 51. 1-4. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me. When shall he die, and his name perish ? 6 And if he come to see me, '^he speaketh vanity : his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; whe^i he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 1 All that hate me whisper together against me : against me do they de- vise ^my hurt. t A.50.16-21 : C.66.18; R.41.4. J^K.46.1-5. Zieal in GocVs service. PSALMS, 42-44. Of hope in God. 8 'An evil disease, sa:y they, cleaveth fast unto liim : and noio that he heth he shall rise up no more. 9 Yea, ^mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, '^ which did eat of my bread, hath ^lifted up his heel against me. 10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. 1 1 By this I know that thou f avour- est me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 1 2 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and 'settest me be- fore thy face for ever. 13 Blessed 5e the Lord God of is'ra-el from everlasting, and to everlasting. A-men', and A-men'. PSALM 42. David's zeal to serve God in the temple. To the chief Musician, 'Mas'chil, for the sons of Kd'rah. AS the hart ^panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My "soul thirsteth for God, for the ^living God : when shall I come and appear before God ? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God ? 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me : for I had gone with the multitude, ''I v/ent with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multi- tude that kept holyday. 5 Why art thou ^cast down, O my soul ? and ichy art thou disquieted in me? '^hope thou in God: for I shall yet Upraise him for the help of his countenance. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me : therefore wull I remem- ber thee from the land of J or 'dan, and of the HSr'mon-ites, from ^the hill Mi'zar. 7 Deep ^calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: ail thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. ^ Yet the Lord will -^command his iovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 1.42.11. 9 1 will say unto God my rock. Why hast thou forgotten me ? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy ? 36 PSALM 41. 6 A thing of Belial. 7 the man of my peace. Jer. 20,10 d John 13, 18 8 magni- fied. e Job 36, 7 Ps. 34, 15 Acts 2, 28 B. C. 1023. PSALM 42. 1 Or, A Psalm giving in- struction of the sons. 2 brayeth. a John 7,37 b lThes.1,9 c I sa. 30.29 3 boived doivn. d Lam.3,24 4 Or, give thanks. 5 Or. his presence is salva- tion. 6 Or, the little hill. e Ezek.7,26 / Deut.28,8 7 Or, killing. B. C. 1023. PSALM 43. a Ps. 7, 8 1 Or, un- merciful. 2 from, a man of deceit and iniqmty. b Ps. 28, 7 Isa. 26. 4 c Ps. 2, 6 Ps. 78, 68 3 the glad- ness of my joy. d Ps. 42, 5,11 PSALM 44. a Ex. 15, 17 b Josh. 24, 12 c Deut.4,37 d Ps. 74, 12 e Dan. 8. 4 f Ps. 33, 16 Hos. 1, 7 561 10 As with a 'sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me ; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me ? hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. * PSALM 43. David, praying to be restored to the temple, promises to serve God joyfully. JUDGE ''me, O God, and plead my cause against an ^ungodly nation: O deliver me '^from the deceitful and unjust man. j, 50. 4-6. j 2 For thou art the God of *my strength : why dost thou cast me off ? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy ? 3 O send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead me ; let them bring me 'unto thy holy hill, and to thy taber- nacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar* of God, unto God ^my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 5 Why art '^thou cast do^m, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me ? hope in God : for I shall yet praise him, icho is the health of my countenance, and my God. PSALM 44. The church, in memory ojformerjavours, complains oj her present evils. To the chief Musician for the sons of Kd'rah, Mas'chil. WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, v^hat work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 2 Hoio "thou didst drive out the hea- then with thy hand, and plantedst them ; hovj thou didst afflict the peo- ple, and cast them out. 3 For *they got not the land in pos- session by. their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because ""thou hadst a favour unto them. 4 Thou ''art my King, O God : com- mand deliverances for Ja'cob. 5 Through thee 'will we push down our enemies : through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 6 For -^I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 7 But thou hast saved us from our *L. 51. 1,2. * I The church's complaint. PSALMS, 45. Majesty of Christ's kingdom. j enemies, and hast put them to shame [that hated us. F. 46. 1-5. 8 In ^God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Se'lah. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame ; and goest not forth with our armies. 10 Thou makest us to ''turn back from the enemy : and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 11 Thou hast given us 'like sheep appointed for meat ; and 'hast scat- tered us among the heathen. 12 Thou •'sellest thy people ^for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. 1 3 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 1 4 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. 1 5 My confusion is continually be- fore me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, 16 For the voice of him that re- proacheth and blasphemeth ; ^by rea- son of the enemy and avenger. 1 7 All 'this is come upon us ; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 1 8 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our ^steps declined from thy way; 1 9 Though thou hast sore broken us in thc^place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god ; 2 1 Shall "not God search this oiit ? for "he knoweth the secrets o f thp hp^art 22 Yea, for thj- sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord ? arise, cast tis not off for ever. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forge ttest our affliction and our oppression ? 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust : our belly clea veth unto the earth. 26 Arise "for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. PSALM 45. JUajestp and grace of Christ's kingdom. To the chief Musician upon Sho- shan'nim, for the sons of Ko'rah, 'Mas'chil, A Song of loves. MY heart '^is inditing a good mat- ter : I speak of the things which * E. 66. 7. PSALM 44. g Ps. 34, 2 Jer. 9, 24 Rom.2,17 h Lev.26,17 Deut. 28,25 Josh. 7, 8,12 1 as sheep of meat. i Deut.4,27 Ps. 60, 1 j Isa.52,3,4 2 tvithout riches. k Ps. 8, 2 I Dan. 9, 13 3 Or, goings. m Isa.34,13 Isa. 35, 7 n Job 31, 14 Ps. 139, 1 Jer. 17, 10 1 Sam, 16,7 lChr.28,9 John 2,25 Acts 1, 24 Rev. 2, 23 4 a help for us. PSALM 45. 1 Or, of in- struction. 2 boileth, or, bub- bleth up. 3 prosper thou, ride thou. Rev. 6, 2 a Ps. 93, 2 Isa. 9, 6, 7 Heb. 1, 8 b Ps. 33, 5 Heb. 7. 26 4 Or, O God. c Isa. 61, 1 John 20,17 d Deut. 21,13 e Ps. 95, 6 Isa. 54. 5 5 thy face. Isa. 49, 23 lsa.60,1-3 / Rev. 19. 7,8 g 1 Pet. 2, 9 Rev. 1, 6 Rev. 5. 10 Rev. 20, 6 h Mai. 1, 11 562 I have made touching the king : my tongue is the pen of a ready writer, 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ^ride prosper- ously because of truth and meek- ness a7id righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies ; whereby thepeople fall under thee. 6 Thy ''throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou *lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore *God, 'thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fel- lows. 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, a?i(^ cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women : upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of O'phir. 10 Hearken, O daughter, and con- sider, and incline thine ear ; '^forget also thine own people, and thy fa- ther's house ; 1 1 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty : ""f or he is thy Lord ; and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall he there w^ith a gift; eveyi the rich among the people shall intreat ^thy favour. 1 3 The ^king's daughter is all glori- ous within : her clothing is of wrought gold. 1 4 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework : the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. 1 5 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, ^whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. 171 ^will make thy name to be re- membered in all generations : there- fore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever, fT. 51.13. « Out refuge and strength. PSALMS, 46-49. Beauty of mount Zion. F K Ezek.43,7 Hos. 11, 9 3 when the morning appear- eth. 4 an high place for us. PSALM 46. .PSALM 46. Confidence which the church has in God. 1 Or, o/. To the cliief Musician 'for the sons « i^chr. 15, of Ko'rah, A Songupon^Ar'a-moth. \2the heart G OD is our refuge and strength, ' ^^^^ a very present help in trouble, lb isa. 8, 7 2 Therefore will not we fear, though c ps. 48, 1 the earth be remov.ed. an d though the ' ^ Je^^.^^^ m ountains be carried into ^the midst 14 , '~^Tu 7, Isa. 12, 6 i 01 the sea ; i 8 Though the waters thereof roar \ a.nd be troubled, though the moun- i tnins shake with the swelling thereof. i. Selah. 0. 50. 1.5-17. 4 There is ^a river, the streams whereof shall make glad ''the city of God, the holy place of the taber- nacles of the most High. 5 God is'^in. the midst of her; she psalm 47. shall not be moved : God shall help 1 or, of. Lher, ^and that right early. _F. 52. 8;*|« g|^;^-7;|i 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms 5 Mai. 1,' 14 were moved : he uttered his voice, c ps. is.' 47 the earth melted. ^ 1 Pet. 1, 4 7 The Lord of hosts is v/ith us ; the '.^'^f i/^ God of Ja'cob is ''our refuge. Selah. 1^ 1 co^, ' 8 Come, behold the works of the| i^, 15 Lord, what desolations he hath made ^ ^^^ ^^^^ in the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. 1 Be still, and know that I am God : I v/ill be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 1 1 The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Ja'cob is our refuge. Selah. PSALM 47. The nations are exhorted to enter'tain the kingdom of Christ. To the chief Musician,_A Psalm 'for the sons of Ko'rah. CLAP your hands, all ye people ; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2 For the Lord most high is ''ter- rible ; he is *a great King over all the earth. 3 He ''shall subdue the people under us, and the na,tions under our feet. 4 Lie shall choose our ''inheritance for us, the excellency of Ja'cob whom he loved. Se'lah. 5 God 'is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises : sing praises unto our King, sing praises. psalm 49, 7 For /God is the King of all theli or. o/. *K. 50. 15. 563 hath under- staiiding. 3 Or. The voluntary of the people are gathered iinto the people of the God of Abra- ham, PSALM 48. 1 Or, of. a Isa. 2, 2 Mic. 4, 1 b .Jer. 3, 19 Lam. 2,15 Dan. 8, 9 c Ezek.20,6 d Isa. 14, 13 e Mat. 5, 35 f 2 Sam. ■ 10,6 Ezek. ' 27, 26 h Mat.16,18 i Mai. 1, 11 2 Set your heart to her bul- warks. 3 Or, raise up. j Isa. 25, 9 eai"th : sing ^ye praises ^with under- standing. 8 God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 9 ^The princes of the people are gath- ered together, eveti the people of the God of A 'bra-ham : for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. PSALM 48. Ornaments and privileges of the church, A Song and Psalm 'for the sons of Ko'rah. GREAT is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, i7i the mountain ''of his hoHness. 2 Beautiful *f or situation, 'the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zi'on. "^on the sides of the north, the ''city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo,-^the kings were assembled, thev passed by together. 5 They saw it, ajid so they mar- velled; they were troubled, and hast- ed away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7 Thou -^breakest the ships of Tar'- shish with an east wmd. 8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God : God will ^establish it for ever. Se'lah. 9 We have thought of thy loving- kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 1 According to 'thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth : thy right hand is full of right- eousness. 1 1 Let mount Zi'on rejoice, let the daughters of Jii'dah be glad, because of thy judgments. 12 Walk about Zi'on, and go round about her ; tell the towers thereof. 1 3 "Mark ye well her bulwarks, ^con- sider her palaces : that ye may tell it to the generation following. 14 For ^this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. PSALM 49. 1 The psalmist calls upon all the earth to join him in his meditations. 14 Misery of the wicked, etc. To the chief Musician, A Psalm 'for the sons of Ko'rah. HEAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world : Misery of the wicked. PSALMS, 50. God's majesty in the church. D G 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 3 JVIy mouth shall speak of wisdom. ; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 4 I will "incline mine ear to a para- ble : I will open my dark saying upon the harp. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about ? r They that trust in their wealth, and j boast themselves in the multitude of j their riches ; I 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor *give to God l^a ransom for him : G. 50. 8, 9. 1 8 (For '"the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth tor [ever:) "^ D. 49. 15. 9 That he should still "^Hve for ever, a7id not ^see corruption. 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish per- son perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places "to all gen- erations ; they call their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless man being in hon- our abideth not : he is like the beasts ^Aa^ perish. 13 This their way is their folly : yet their posterity ^approve their say- ings. Selah. 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave ; death shall feed on them; and •'^the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning ; and their ^beauty shall consume ^in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God ^will redeem my soul f rom the power of ''the grave : for he shall receive me. Selah. D. 130. 7,8. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased ; 1 T For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 1 8 Though Vhile he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 1 9 ^He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see hght. 20 Man that is in honour, and un- derstandeth not, is like ^the beasts that perish. PSALM 4=9. a Ps. 78, 2 Mat.13.35 h Mat. 16,26 c Job 36, 18 a Heb. 9, 27 e Ps. 89, 48 2 to genera- ticm and genera- tion. 3 deligTit in their mouth. f Dan. 7, 22 Mai. 4, 3 Lu. 22, 30 1 Cor. 6, 2 2 Tim. 2, 12 Rev. 2, 26 Rev. 5, 9,10 Rev. 20, 4 4 Or, strength. 5 Or, the grave be- ing an habita- tion to every one of them. g Hos.13,14 Rev.14,13 6 from the hand of the grave. 7 Or, hell. 8 in his life. 9 The soul sluill go. h Eccl. 3, 19, 20, 21 2 Cor. 4, 3,4 PSALM 50. 1 Or, for Asaph. a Mic. 5,1,2 b Deut.33,3 Isa. 13, 3 c Ex. 24, 7 Isa. 59, 20 Heb. 8, 6 Heb. 12,24 Heb. 13,20 d Mic. 6, 6 Actsl7,25 2 with me. e Hos. 14, 2 Heb. 13, 15 f Job 22. 27 Zech.13,9 g Ps. 22, 23 h Rom.2,21 i Rom. 1,32 3 thy por- tion was with adul- terers. 4 thou scnd.est. 564 PSALM 50. 1 Majesty of God in the ch urch . 7 The pleasure oj God is not in ceremonies. 14 but in sincerity of obedience. A Psalm ^of A'saph. THE mighty God, eve?i the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth, from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Zi'on, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence : a fire shall devour be- fore him, and it shall be very tempes- tuous round about him. 4 Lie ''shall call to the heavens from ', abov e, and to the earth, that he may | judge his people. | 5 Gatlier *my saints together unto i me ; those "^that have made a cov- j enant with me bj^ sacrifice. | 6 And the heavens shall d eclare his | righteou sness : tor God j g .judgeh ini: s Ht S elah. j. 51. 4. J 7 Hear, O^ my people, and I will speak ; O l§'ra-el, and I will testify against thee : I am God, even thy God. 81 will not reprove thee for thy ] sacrifices ar thy burnt offerings, to j have been continually before me. 9 I "^will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds, j • 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 1 know all the fowls of the mountains : and the wild beasts of the field are ^mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee : for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats ? 14 Offer "unto God thanksgiving ; and pay thy vows unto the most High : 15 And -^"c aU upon me in the day o f 1 trouble : Twill deliver thee, and thou \ shalt glorify ^me. K. 55. 22. J IB But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take : my covenant in thy mouth ? | 17 Seeing ^thou hatest instruction, ; and castest my words behind thee, j J 18 When thou sawest a thief, then ! thou consentedst^with him, and ^hast | been partaker with adulterers. | 19 'Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest awe? speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thin© own mother's son. * G. 50. 16, 17. t G- 51. 1-3; 0.*51. 17 G G N H David prayeth PSALMS, 51, 52. for remission of sins. H N 21 These things hast thou done, and ^I kept silence : *thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: hut I will reprove thee, and set thetn in order before thine i eyes, • 22 Now consider this, ye t L hat forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there he none to deliver. |^ 50 5.* 23 Whoso oflEereth praise glofi'fieth me: and to him ^that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. PSALM 51 David prays Jor remission of sins, and for sanctifl- cation, etc. To the chief Musician, "A Psalm of Da'vid, when Na'than the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath'-she-ba. HAVE mercy upon me^O God, " accordmg to thy lovmgSind^- ness : according u nto the multitude ot thy tender mercies ^blot out my transgress ions. ~^Z Wash Tne throughly f rom mine •j- i iniquity , and cleanse me from my sm. i r '6 jj'or "'1 acknowledge my trans- gressions : and my sin is ever before me. G. .51. 10. J r^A^gainst "th ee, th ee only , have I sinned, and done this evil -^in th y sight: ^that thou mlghte st be justified when thou s peakest, ahd be clear i when thou j udgest^ R. ,51. 0-1.3. 5 Behold, ^1 was shapen in iniquity ; 1 and in sin did my mother 'conceive jme. A. 78. .55-57; J. .58. 11. 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts : and in the hidden par^ thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 7 Purge me with liyssop, and I shall be clean : wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and glad- ness ; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. K I 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and I blot out all mine iniquities. S r 10 Create 'in me a clean heart, O I God; and renew ^a right spirit with I in me. G. 51,16, 17. ; 11 Cast me not away ■'from thy I presence; and take not thy %oly j spirit from me p 1 2 Restore unto me the joy of thy I salvation; and uphold me with thy [free 'spirit. P. 78. 37, 38. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways ; and sinners shall be con- v erted unto thee . | *N. 78. 7, 8. tL. 51.17. |R. 51. 16, 17; L66. 16, 17. PSALM 50. j Eccl. 8,11 k Rom. 2. 4 5 that dis- poseth his way. B. C. 1034. PSALM 51. a 2 Sam. 12,1 b Col. 2, 14 c Heb. 9, 14 lJohnl,7 Rev. 1, 5 d Ps. 32, 5 e Gen. 39, 9 Lev. 5, 19 / Lu. 15, 21 g Rom. 3. 4 h Job 14, 4 John 3, 6 Rom. 5,12 Eph. 2. 3 1 warm me. i Acts 15, 9 Eph. 2, 10 2 Or, a con- stant spirit. j Gen. 4, 14 k Ezek, 36,27 Rom. 8, 9 Eph. 4, 30 I 2Cor.3,17 3 bloods. 4 Or. that I should give it. m Mai. 3, 3 PSALM 52. a 1 Sam. 22,9 b 1 Sam. 21,7 c Ps. 50, 19 d Ps. 59, 7 Ps. 64, 3 e Jer. 9, 4 1 Or, and the deceit- ful tongue. 2 heat thee dovm. f Pro. 2, 22 g Job 22,19 7i Ps. 58, 10 i Ps. 49, 6 8 Or, sub- stance. i Ps. 92, 13 fe Ps. 54, 6 565 14 Deliver me from^bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation : a7icl my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 Lord, open thou my lips ; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 1 6 For t hou d esirest _ not sacrific e ;i ^Tse v/ould I give it: thou delight^t | not ^^burn t offering. j "TT The "sacrifices of God are a-j broken spirit : a ^o ken and aTcoii^ \ trite heart, O God,THou wilfnot~de^ \ L Is Do good m thy good pleasure unto Zfon : build thou the walls of Je-ru'sa-lem. 1 9 Then shalt thou be pleased with '"the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offer- ing: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar, PSALM 52. David, reproving the spitefulness of Doeg. prophe- sies his destruction. To the chief Musician, Mas'chil, A Psalm of DaVid, "when Do'eg the E'dom-ite came and told Saul, and said unto him, Da'vid is come to the house of A-him'e-lech. WHY boastest thou thyself in mischief, 0*mightyman? the goodness of God endureth continu- ally. 2 Thy 'tongue deviseth mischiefs ; like '^a sharp razor, working deceit- fully. 3 Thou lovest evil more than good ; and lying 'rather than to speak right- eousness. Se'lah. 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, 'O thou deceitful tongue. 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and -^root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. H. 55. 19.. 6 The ^righteous also shall see, and fear, and *shall laugh at him : T Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength ; but 'trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his ^wicked- ness. 8 But I am •'like a green olive tree ] in the house of God : I trust in the j mercy of God for ever and ever. | 9 I will praise thee for ever, be- cause thou hast done it : and I will wait on thy name ; for Ht is good before thy saints. § R. 126. 5, 6. ' IIF. 55. 22; L. 62. 1,2. H J Depravity of mankind. PSALMS, 53-55. Frayed" of David in distress. PSALM 53. The general depravity oj mankind. To the chief Musician upon Ma'ha- lath, Mas'chil, A Psahiioi Da'vid. THE ''fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable in- iquity : Hhere is none that doeth good. 2 God ''looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did ''seek God. 3 Every '^one of them is gone back : they are altogether become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4 Have the workers of iniquity no -^knowledge ? who eat up my people as they eat bread : they have not called upon God. 5 There 'were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that en- campeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. 6 ^Oh that the salvation of l§'ra-el were come out of Zi'on ! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Ja'cob shall rejoice, and l§'- ra-el shall be glad. PSALM 54. David complains of the Ziphims. To the chief Musician on Neg'i-noth, Mas'chil, A P^aimof DaVid,''when the Ziph'im§ came and said to Saul, Doth not Da Vid hide himself with us? SAVE me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. 2 Hear my prayer, O God ; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul : they have not set God before them. Se'lah. 4 Behold, God is mine helper : the *Lord is with them that uphold my soul. 5 He shall reward evil unto 'mine enemies : cut them 'oft in thy truth. 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee : I will praise thy name, O Lord ; for it is good. 7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble : and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. PSALM 55. David complains of his fearful case. To the chief Musician on Neg'i-noth, Mas'chil, A Psalm of Da'vid. PSALM 53. a Ps. 10, 1 b Rom.3,10 c Ps. 33, 13 d 2Chr.l6,2 e Eccl. 7.29 / Jer. 4, 22 1 they Seared a fear. Lev.26,17 Ps. 14, 5 Pro. 28, 1 2 TVhowiU give sal- vations, etc. PSALM 54. a 1 Sam. 23, 19 1 Sam. 26,1 b Ps. 118, 7 1 those that observe me. c Ps. 89, 49 B. C. 1023. PSALM 55. a Ps. 116, 3 1 covered me. 2 Swallow up. 3 a man according to my rank. b 2 Sam. 15,12 Mic. 7, 5 4 Who sweetened counsel. c Num. 16,30 5 Or, the grave. d Dan. 6,10 Lu. 18, 1 Acts 3, 1 Acts 10, 3 1 Thes. 5,17 e 2Chr.32,7 / Deut. 33.27 6 Or, With whom also there be no changes, yet they fear not Ood. 566 GIVE ear to my prayer, O God ; and hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend unto me, and hear me : I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise ; 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked : for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. 4 My "heart is sore pained within me : and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath 'overwhelmed me. 6 And I said. Oh that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, the7i would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Se'lah. 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. 9 ^Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof : mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof : deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 12 For it teas not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither icas it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; then I would have hid myself from him : 1 3 But it loas thou, ^a man mine equal, my 'guide, and mine acquaint- ance. 14 "We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. 15 Let death seize upon them, and let them '■go down quick into^hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. 16 As for me, I will call upon God : and the Lord shall save me. 17 Evening, "'and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice. 1 8 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there *were m.any with me. 1 9 God shall hear, and afflict them, 1 •^even he that abideth of old. Se'lah. j Because they have no changes. I therefore they fear not God. H.56.23.J David pray eth for PSALMS, 56-58. delwerance from enemies. H 20 He hath against such him : 'he hath broken his covenant. 21 The viords of his mouth were put forth his hands: psalm 55. as be at peace with! 7 fte 'hatu deceit. K I I F r profaned. is Or, gift. Mat. 6,25 smoother than butter, but war icasl^ pf 37,^2! in his heart: his words were sott-\9 min of er than oil, yet were they drawn j JJ^^^^ swords. 22 Cast thy ^burden upon the Lord , ^nd he sliaii sustani thee : he ^shall never suiter The righteous to 15e inoved . IF756. 3, 4; K. 59. 17. 25 But thou, O God,' Shalt brmg them down into the pit of destruc- tion : ^bloody and deceitful men '"shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. h 64 6-8 PSALM 56. David complains of his enejnies. To the chief Musician upon Jo'nath- d 2Chr.2o,3 elem-re-cho'kim, 'Mich'tam oiff^Q'^^' Da-'vid, when the '^Phi-lis'tme§|/Acts4,27 took him in Gath. BE ^merciful unto me, O God : for man would swallow me up ; he fighting daily oppresseth me. 2 '^Mine enemies would daily swal- low 'rne up : for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. 3 What '^time I am afraid, I will trust m thee. L. PSALM 56. 1 Or, A Qoldi-n Psalm of David.. a 1 Sam.21, 10,11 b Ps. 57, 1 2 Wine observers. c Ps. 57, 3 Q Mai. 3, 16 h Rom.8,31 i Ps. 116, 14-16 j Job 33, 30 4: In God I will praise his word, in .g 1 sam God I have put my trust J^I will not fear what hesii can do unto me .» 5 Every clay tiiey wrest my words all their thoughts are against me for ^ ^^^^^\l^j^ evil. him that 6 They gather -^themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity ? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings : put thou my tears into thy bottle : are 9 they not in thy book ? 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back : this I know ; for ^God is for me. 10 In God will I praise his word : in the Lord will I praise his word. 11 In God have I put m^^ trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 1 2 Thy Vows are upon me, O God : I will render praises unto thee. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in •'the light of the living? * F. 57. 1-3. PSALM 57. David complains of Ids dangerous case. To the chief ]Musician,'Al-tas'chith. Mich'tam of Da'vid, ''when he fled from Saul in the cave. BE merciful unto me, O God, be ■ merciful unto me : for my soul trusteth in thee : yea, in the shadow \^('df^\h% of ^'iiy wings will I make my refuge, days. '^^'" ^rnitil these calamities be overpast. 2 I will cry unto God most high : unto God ''that performeth all things for me. 3 He "^shall send from heaven, and save me "^from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Se'lah. i God shaU send 'forth his mercy and his truth. p^ gi j__^ 4 My soul is among lions : dna'l he" even among them that are set on fire, eveii the sons of men, -'whose teeth are spears and arrows, and then* ^tongue a sharp sword. 5 Be '^thou exalted, O God, above the heavens ; let thy gloiy he above all the earth. 6 They 'have prepared a net for my steps ; my soul is bowed down : they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen them- selves. Selah, 7My-'lieartis^fixed, OGod. my heart is fixed : I will sing and give praise. 8 Awake ^'up.iTiy glory; awake, psal- tery and harp : I myself will awake early. 9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. 10 For ''thv mercv is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens : let thy glory be above all the earth. PSALM 58. David describes the nature of the wicked. To the chief Musician, ^Al-tas'chith, Mrch'tam of Da'^ad. DO ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men ? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness ; ''ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The ^\4cked *are estranged from the womb : they go astray "^as soon as they be bom, speaking lies. 4 Their 'poison is ^lil^e the poison of a serpent : they are like the deaf ^ad- der taat stoppeth her ear ; PSALM 57, 1 Or, De- stroy not, A golden Psalm. b Isa. 26, 20 c Ps. 138, 8 d Ps. 144, 5 would su-alloiv me up. e Ps. 61, 17 / Pro.30,14 g Ps. 64, 3 h Ps. 108, 5 i Ps. 9, 15 j Ps. 108, 1 3 Or, pre- pared. k Judg. 5, 12 I Ps. 108, 4 PSALM 58. 1 Or, De- stroy not, A golden Psalm of David. a Ps. 94, 20 b Ps. 51, 5 2 froyn the belly. Ps. 140, 8 Eccl. 10, 11 according to the likeness. Or. asp. 567 c Dav id prayeth for PSALMS, 59, 60. deliverance from enemies. 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, ^charming never so wisely. 6 Break '^ their teeth, O God, in their mouth : break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord. 7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually : when he bendeth his how to shoot liis arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. 8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away : like the un- timely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them 'away as with a whirlwind, '^both living, and in his wrath. 1 The -^righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 So that a man shall say, Verily s there js'^pl r e ward for the righteous : verily he is a Grod that judgeth ^in , the e^rth . J. 62. 12. PSALM 59. David prays to be delivered from his enemies. To the chief Musician, ^U-tas'chith, Mich'tam of Da'vid; ''when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. DELIVER me from mine ene- mies, O my God: Mefend me from them that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul : the mighty are gathered against me ; not ^for my transgression, nor /or my sin, O Lord. 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault : awake ^to help me, and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of l§'ra-el, '"awake to visit all the heathen : be not merci- ful to any wicked Selah. 6 They return at evening : they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth : swords are in their lips : for who, say they, doth hear ? 8 But thou, O Lord, '^shalt laugh at them ; thou shalt have all the hea- then in derision. 9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee : for God is *my defence. 10 The God of my mercy shall pre- PSALM 68. 5 Or, be the charm,er never so cunnvng. d Job 4, 10 e Pro.10,25 6 as living as tvrath. / Ps. 52, 6 Ps. 64, 10 g Rom, 2, 6-11 7 fruit of the, etc. h, Job 34, 11 Eccl. 5, 8 Ecci. 11,9 Eccl. 12, 14 Jer. 17, 10 Jer.32,19 Ezek.7,27 Ezek. 33,20 Rom. 14, 12 Rev. 2. 23 transgressors. PSALM 59. 1 Or. De- stroy not, A golden Psalm of David. a 1 Sam. 19,11 2 set me on high. b 1 Sam. 26,18 3 to meet me. c Dan. 4, 35 d Ps. 2, 4 4 vnj high place. 5 mine observers. e Lev.26,39 6 to eat. 7 Oi\iftheu be not satisfied, then they tvill stay all night. PSALM 60. 1 Or, ^ golden Psalm. a 2Sam.8,3 2 broken. b Isa.11,10 c Ps. 108, 6 d Ps. 89, 36 e Gen. 12, 6 /Josh. 13,27 g Deut. 33,17 h Gen.49,10 568 vent me : God shall let me see my de- sire upon ^mine enemies. 1 1 Slay '^them not, lest my people for- get : scatter them by thy power ; and bringthem down, O Lord our shield. 12 For the sin of their mouth a?id the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride : and for curs- ing and lying which they speak. lo Consume them in wrath, con- sume them., that they may not he: and let them know that God ruleth in Ja'cob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. 14 And at evening let them return, and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round abouji the city. 15 Let them wander up and down ®f or meat, 'and grudge if they be not satisfied. 1 6 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning : for thou hast been my de- fence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 1 7 Unto thee, O my strength, will 1 1 sing : for God is my defence. a?ic? the ! God of my mercy. K. 61.2-4.J PSALM 60. David prays for deliverance, comforting himself in God's ijromises. To the chief Musician upon Shu'- shan-e'duth, ^Mich'tam of Da'vid, to teach; "when he strove with A'ram-na-ha-ra'imandwith A'ram- z6'bah,when Jd'ab returned, and smote of E'dom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. OGOD, thou hast cast us off, thou hast ^scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. 2 Thou hast made the earth to trem- ble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof ; for it shaketh. 3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 4 Thou *hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be dis- played because of the truth. Selah. 5 That 'thy beloved may be deliv- ered ; save with thy right hand, and hear me. 6 God hath '^spoken in his holiness ; I will rejoice, I will ^divide She'chem, and mete out the •''valley of Siic'coth. 7 Gil'e-ad is mine, and Ma-nas'seh is mine ; E'phra-im ^also is the strength of mine head ; * Jii'dah is my lawgiver; 8 M5'ab is my washpot ; over E'dom K F r K David fleeth to God, will 1 cast out my shoe: Phi-listia, ^triumph thou because of me. 9 Who will bring me into the 'Strong city ? who will lead me into E'dom ? 10 Wilt not thou, O God, 'which hadst cast us off ? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our ar- mies? 1 1 Give us help from trouble : for vain is the lielp of man. 12 Through God Ave shall do val- iantly : for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. PSALM 61. 1 David Jiees to God: 4 he vows perpetual service unto hirn. To the chief Musician upon Neg'i- nah, A Pscdm of Da'vid. HEAR my cry, O God ; attend unto my prayer. 2 From the ""end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my hea,rt is over- whelmed : lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, cmd^Si strong tower from the en- emy. 4 I will abide in '"thy tabernacle for PSALMS, 61-63. David thirsteth for God. will 'trust~ ^SelaK m the covert of F.62.5-8; K.62.7,8. L ever t hy wingg __^ '^ l*'or thou,~D God, hast heard my vows : thou hast given me "^the herit- age of those that fear thy name. 6 '^Thou wilt prolong the king's life : and his years ^as many generations. 7 He shall abide 'before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, v^hich may preser^^e him. 8 So will I -^sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily per- form my vows. PSALM 62. David, professing his confidence in God, encourages the godly. To the chief Musician, to Jed'u-thun, A Psalm of I)a'\ad. '^npRULY my soul ^waiteth upon JL God : from him cometh my sal- vation. 2 He only is my rock and my salva tion ; he is my ^defence ; I shall not be greatly moved. L. 62. 7, 8;* 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man ? ye shall be slain all of you : "as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. 4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency : they de- light in lies : *they bless with their mouth, but they curse ^inwardly. Se' iah. *0. 62. 11, 12. PSALM 60. 3 Or, tri- winph thou over me [ironi- cally.] city of strengthi % Ps. 44. 9 5 salvation. j 1 Chr. 19,13 PSALM 61. a 1 Tiin.2,8 b Pro.18.10 c Ps. 91, 2 1 Or, make my refuge. d 1 Cor. 3, 21-23 2 Thou Shalt add days to the days of the king. 3 as genera- tion and genera- tion, e Lu. 1, 32 / Ps. 56. 12 B. C. 1048. PSALM 62. 1 Or, Only. 2 is silent. 3 high place. a Isa. 30, 13 lThes.5,3 b Ps. 28, 3 4 in their intvard parts. c Mic. 7, 7,10 d Jer. 3. 23 1 Sam. 1,15 5 Or, alike. f Isa. 26, 4 g Lu. 12. 15 6 Or. strength. Jer. 17,11 h 1 Pet.1.17 PSALM 63. a 1 Sam. 23,14 1 tveary land without water. b 1 Chr. 16, 11 c John 3,16 d Isa. 25, 6 2 fatness. e Ps. 149, 5 /2Cor.l,10 a Isa. 26, 9 3 They shall make him run out like water by the hands of the sword. 569 o 5 My soul, wait thou 'only upon God ,- for my expectation is from him. 6 He only is my rock and my salva- tion : he is my defence ; I shall not be moved. 7 In God is '^my salvation and my glory : the rock of my strength, a)id my refuge, is in God. 8 Trust in him at all times ; ye peo- ple, pour "out your heart betore liinTT God is a retuge tor us. !:5e'lah. -j- ^ y Purely men of low degree are vaa- ~ ity, and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are ^altogether lighter than vanity, t 10 Trust not in -'oppression, and be-' come not vain in robber^' : ^if riches increase, set not your heart icpo7z them, 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that "powder be- long eth unto God. 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belong- eth mercy : for ^thou renderest to every man according to his w^ork. § PSALM 63. David's thirst after God's service in his sanctuary. A Psalm of Da'vid, ''when he was in the wilderness of Jii'dah. GOD, thou art my God ; early ] will I seek thee : my soul tliirst- eth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and ^thirsty land, where no water is ; 2 To see thy *power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctu- ary. 3 Because "thy lo\ingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. L. 68. 18-20 4 Thus will I bless thee while I live : I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5 My soul '^shall be satisfied as with ^marrow" and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : 6 When I remember thee 'upon my bed, a7id meditate on thee in the night w^atches. 7 Because thou hast been -^my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 8 ^ly soul followeth ^hard after thee : thy right hand upholdeth me. 9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 10 ^They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. 11 But the king shall rejoice in tP. 64. 10; K. 71. 1-3; L 63. 1-3. X G. 66. 18. § J. 67. 4; 0. 68. 18-20. K L J Prayer for deliverance. PSALMS, 64-66. God's power and goodness. H God; every one ^that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. PSALM 64. David prays J or deliver aiice from fiis enemies. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da'vid. HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer : preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me "from the secret counsel of the wicked ; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity : 3 Who whet their tongue *like a sword, a?id bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter Avords : 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect : suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves i?i an evil ^matter : they commune ^of lay- ing snares privily ; they say, Who shall see them ? 6 They search out iniquities ; ^they accomplish ^a, diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow ; suddenly ^shall they be wounded. 8 So ^they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves : all I that see them shall flee away. * 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God ; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. r 10 The righteous '^shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the uprig ht in hear t shal l [ glory. F. 71.1-3. PSALM 65. Infinite power and goodness of God. To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of DaVid. PRAISE Vaiteth for thee,0 God, in Si'on : and unto thee shall the vow be performed. 2 O thou "that hearest prayer, unto *thee shall all flesh come. 3 ^Iniquities prevail against me : as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge ''them away. 4 Blessed ^is the man v)hom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts : we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 5 JBy terrible things in righteous- ness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confi- *H. 73. 16-20. PSALM 63 h Zeph. 1, 5 PSALM 64, a Ps. 143, 9 b Ps. 57, 4 1 Or, speech. 2 to hide snares. 3 Or.we are consumed by that which they have throughly searched. 4 a search searched. 5 their wound shall be. c Pro. 12,13 d 1 Thes. 5,16 PSALM 65. 1 is silent, a Isa. 45, 11 b Isa. 66, 23 2 Words, or. Mat- ters of in- iquities. c Heb. 9, 14 d Ps. 33, 12 dence of all the ends of the eartl and of them that are afar off upon the sea : 6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; bei7ig girded with power : 7 Which ^stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. 8 They also that dwell in the utter- most parts -^are afraid at thy tokens : thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening ^to rejoice. 9 Thou visitest the earth, and Vaterest it : thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. 10 Thou waterest the ridges there- of abundantly : '^thou settlest the furrows thereof: ^thou makest it soft with showers : thou blessest the springing thereof. 11 Thou crownest "'the year with thy goodness ; and thy ^paths drop fatness. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills ^rejoice on every side. e Mat. 8, 26 13 The pasturcs are clothed with ;fJob37, 5 (flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing. PSALM 66. David exhorts to 2^raise God, 5 to observe Ms great works. To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. MAKE a joyful noise unto God, 'all ye lands : ■ 2 Sing forth the honour of his namet make his praise glorious. 3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou 171 thy works! ''through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies ^submit themselves unto thee. 4 All *the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee ; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. 5 Come ''and see the works of God : he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. 6 He ''turned the sea into dry land: they ^went through the flood on foot : there did we rejoice in him. 7 He ruleth by his power for ever ; " his /e yes behold the n ations : let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Se'- lah. E. 69. 19.J s 3 Or, to sing. 4 Or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain. 5 Or, thou causest rain to descend into the furrows thereof. 6 Thou dissolvest it. 7 the year of thy goodness. q Ps. 104. 3 8 are girded with joy. PSALM 66. 1 all the earth. a Ps. 18, 44 3 lie, or, yield feigned obedi- ence. b Ps. 67, 3 c Ps. 46, 8 d Ex. 14. 21 e Josh.3,14 /Ps. 11, 4 570 £ An exhortation PSALMS, ()7, 68. to praise God, 8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard : 9 Which ^holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 10 For thou,0 God, hast proved us : ^thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 1 2 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a Vealthy place. 131 will go into thy house with burnt offerings : '^I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have ^uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. 151 will offer unto thee burnt sacri- fices of ^fatlings, with the incense of rams; I v/ill offer bullocks with goats. Se'lah. J ' 16 Come and^ hear, all ye t hat fear God, and 1 will declare what he hath cTone tor my soul. 171 cried un toliim with my mouth , and he was extolled with my tongue. C r~l b It T re ^rd^miquity m my heart, G I the Lor d will no t hear me: C.78.32;t 1^ But verily God hath heard me ; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed he God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mer- cy from me. PSALM 67. A prayer for the enlargement of God's kingdom. To the chief Musician on Neg'i-noth, A Psalm or Song. GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us ; a7id "^ cause his face to shine 'upon us ; Selah. 2 That ''thy way may be known upon earth, 'thy saving health among all nations. 3 Let'^the people praise thee,0 God; let all the people praise thee. J f 4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy : for ^thou shalt judge the peo- ple righteously, and ^govern the na- tions upon earth. Selah. j, 68. 5. 5 Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all the people praise thee. 6 Then ^ shall the earth yield her in- crease ; and God,even our own God, shall bless us. 7 God shall bless us ; and ^all the ends of the earth shall fear him. *T. 71.15-17. fG. 119. 10, 11. PSALM 66. 3 putteth. Dan. 5, 23 Actsl7.28 g Zech.13,9 4 Tnoist. h Eccl. 5, 4 5 opened. 6 marrow. i Job 11, 14 Pro. 15,29 Isa. 1, 15 PSALM 67. a Num.6,25 1 with us. b Actsl8,25 c Lu. 2, 30-32 Titus 2,11 d Isa. 24, 15 e Ps. 96, 10 Ps. 98, 89 2 lead. f Lev. 26, 4 g Ps. 22, 27 PSALM 68. 1 from, his Jace. 2 rejoice xvith gladness. 3 Or, through the des- erts ; in J AH is his name. Ex. 6, 3 a 1 Sam.2,5 4 in a house. b Hab.3,13 5 shake out. 6 confirm, it. c Ps. 74. 19 7 army. 8 did flee, did flee. d Ps. 81, 6 e Ps. 105,37 9 Or. for her, she luas. f Deut.33,2 2 Ki. 6, 17 Dan. 7. 10 10 Or, even many thou- sands. 571 PSALM 68. A prayer at the removing of the ark. To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of Da'vid. LET God arise, let his enemies be scattered : let them also that hate him flee 'before him. 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away : as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad ; let them rejoice beforeGod: yea,letthem ^exceedingly rejoice. 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth^upon the heavens by his name J AH, and re- joice before him. 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. J. 76. 8. 6 God ''setteth the soUtary "in fami- lies : he bringeth out those which are bound with chains : but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 7 O God,*when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Se'- lah: 8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God : even Sf nai itself was moved at the pres- ence of God, the God of i§'ra-el. 9 Thou, O God, didst ^send a plenti- ful rain, whereby thou didst ^confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein : thou,<'0 God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 11 1 he Lord gave the word : great loas the ^company of those that pub- lished it. 12 Kings of armies Mid flee apace : and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. 131 hough '^y e have Men among the pots, 'yet shall ye he as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings ^in it, it was vnhite as snow in Sarmon. 15 The hill of God is as the hill of Ba'shan ; an high hill as the hill of Ba'shan. 1 6 Why leap ye, ye high hills ? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in ; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever. 17 The -^chariots of God are twenty thousand, ^ ^even thousands of angels : Of God^s great works. PSALMS, 69. A prayer in affliction. the Lord is among them.,a5mSi'nai, PSALM 68, excellency is over I§'ra-el, and his L W in the holy place. 1 8 Thou ^hast ascended o n high, thou ^hast led captivity captive : thou 'hast receivecl gilts " tor men ; y^^ for -^the rebellious also , th at^the Lo rd Uod m ight dwell among tliem.^~ iy Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation ; and ^unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. | 21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hauy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. 22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Ba'shan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea : 23 That thy foot may be ''dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. 24 They have seen thy goings, O God ; even the goings of my God, my King^^ in the sanctuary. 25 The singers went before, the play- ers on instruments followed after; among thern loere the damsels play- ing with timbrels. 26 Bless ye God in the congrega- tions, even tlie Lord, ^^from the fountain of I§'ra-el. 27 There is little Ben'ja-min_^d?^Y^ their ruler, the princes of Ju'dah '^''and their council, the princes of Zeb'u-lun, and the princes of Naph'- ta-li. 28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. 29 Because of thy temple at Je-ru'- sa-lem shall '"kings bring presents unto thee. 30 Rebuke ^^the company of spear- men, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, ?^27Z every one submit himself with pieces of silver : "scatter thou the people that delight in w^ar. 3 1 Princes ^shall come out of E'gy pt ; ''E-thi-5'pi-a shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord ; Selah : 33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old ; lo, he doth ^^send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. 34 Ascribeye strength unto God: his *W. 86. 5. tL. 71. 1-3; 0.86. 15. Q Acts 1, 9 Eph. 4, 8 ?i Judg.5,12 i Acts 2, 4 11 in t/ie nxoun. j 1 Tim. 1, 13 k Ps. 78, 60 'strength is in the -^^clouds. 35 O God, thou art terrible out of I Deut. 32,39 12 Or, red. 13 Or, ye that are of the fountavn. Deut. 33,28 Isa. 48, 1 14 Or, with their company. m 1 Ki. 10, 10, 24, 25 2 Chr. 32,23 Isa. 60, 16 15 Or, the beasts of the reeds, Jer. 51,32 16 Or, Tie scat- tereth. n Isa. 19, 19 Isa. 45, 14 Zeph.3,10 Acts 8, 27 17 Qive. 18 Or, heavens. p Zech. 10,12 John 15,5 1 Pet.5,10 s- PSALM 69. 1 the mire of depth. Isa. 38, 17 2 depth of waters. a John 15,25 3 gubilti- ness. b Isa. 53, 3 John 1,11 John 7, 5 c John 2,17 d Rom.15,3 e 1 Ki. 9, 7 Jer. 24, 9 /Job 30, 9 4 drinkers of strong d/rink. g Isa. 49, 8 Isa. 55, 6 2 Cor. 6, 2 572 thy holy places : the God of l§'ra-el is he 'that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. PSALM 69. 1 David prays in affliction ; 30 he praises God. To the chief Musician upon Sho- shan/nim, A Psalra of DaVid. AVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto iiny soul. 2 I sink in 'deep mire, where there is no standing : I am come into Meep waters, where the floods overflow me. 31 am weary of my crying: my throat is dried : mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that ''hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongful- ly, are mighty : then I restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolish- ness ; and my ^sms are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake : let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of l§'ra-el. 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 8 I *am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an ahen unto my moth- er's children. 9 For ''the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up ; "^and the reproaches of them that rex^roached thee are fallen upon me. 10 When I wept, an c? chastened mj soul with fasting, that was to my re- proach. Ill made sackcloth also my gar- ment ; and *I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me ; and -^I ivas the song of the "drunkards. 13 But as for me, my prayer is un- to thee, O Lord, Hn an acceptable time : O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink : let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow A prayer in affliction. PSALMS, 70, 71. A prayer for deliverance. me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy lov- ingkindness is good : turn unto me according to the multitude of thy ten- der mercies. 1 7 And hide not thy face from thy servant ; for I am in trouble : ^hear me speedily. 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, andre- deem it : deliver me because of mine enemies. E r 19 Thou hast known ^my reproach . and my shame, and mv dishonour : miQe adversaries are all before thee. 20 Reproach hath broken my heart : and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some %o take pity, but there vkis none ; and for comforters, but I found none. 21 They gave me also gall for my meat ; and 'in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 22 Let their table become a snare be- fore them : and thaJ which should have been for their welfare, let it be- come a trap. 23 Let •'their eyes be darkened, that they see not ; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let ^their habitation be desolate ; and *let none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute *A^m whom thou hast smitten ; and they talk to the grief of ^those whom thou hast wounded. 27 Add •"iniquity unto their iniquity: ^and let them not come into thy right- eousness. 28 Let them '"be blotted out of the book of the living, "and not be writ- ten with the righteous. 29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and wiU magnify him with thanksgiving. 31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath boms and hoofs. 32 The "humble shall see this, and be glad : and your heart shall live that seek God. 33 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 34 Let the heaven and earth praise *E. 73. 11, 12. PSALM 69. 5 make haste to hear me. h Ps. 22, 6 Isa. 53, 3 Heb. 12, 2 6 to lam.ent with me. Ps. 142, 4,5 I Mat.27,34 j 2Cor.3,14 7 their "palace. 8 let there not be a d/weller. Acts 1, 20 k Isa. 53, 4 9 thy woimded. 10 Or, pim- ishTnent of in- iquity. I Roni.9,31 m Ex. 32, 32 Phil. 4, 3 Rev. 3, 5 Rev. 13, 8 n.Ezek.1,39 Ln. 10, 20 Heb. 12,23 11 OT,meek. 12 creepeth. Isa. 44, 26 PSALM 70. 1 to my help. Ps. 40, 13 a Ps. 109,29 b Isa. 61, 10 Hab. 3, 17 Rom. 5, 2 Phil. 3, 1 1 Pet. 1, 2-9 c Ps. 40, 17 d Ps. 141, 1 B. C. 1028, PSALM 71. 1 Be thou to ms for a rock of habita- tion. Pro. 18,10 a Ps. 44, 4 b Jer. 17, 7 c Ps. 22, 9 Isa. 46, 3 d loa. 8, 18 Zech. 3, 8 1 Cor. 4. 9 573 him, the seas, and every thing that ''^moveth therein. 35 For ''God will save Zi'on, and will build the cities of Jii'dah: that they may dwell there, and have it in pos- session. 36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it : and they that love his name shall dwell therein. PSALM 70. David solicits God to the speedy destruction of the Vjicked, and preservation of the godly. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da'vid, to bring to remembrance. IY^AIl-E haste, O God, to deliver •^ 'J- me ; make haste ^to help me, O Lord. 2 Let them ''be ashamed and con- founded that seek after my soul : let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say. Aha, aha. 4 Let *all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. 5 But T am poor and needy : make haste unto me, O God : thou art my help and my deliverer ; O Lord, make '^no tarrying. PSALM 71. 1 David prays both for himself and against the ene- mies of his soul: 11 for support in old age. '"K thee, TjORP, d o I pu t my trust : let me never be put to confusion. 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape : inchne thine ear unto me, and save me. 3^Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort : thou hast given '^commandment to save me ; for thou art my rock and my fortress. F. 84. 12; K, 73. 23, 24 ;t 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 5 For thou *ar^ my hope, O Lord God : thou art my trust from my youth. 6 By 'thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels : mj^Ydii^Q shall ^econtinuaUyof thee. 7 1 ''am as a wonder unto many ; but thou art my strong refuge. 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. 9 Cast me not off in the time of old t L 81. 10- « I K L Prayer for deliverance. PSALMS, 72. Christ's kingdom glorious. age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. 10 For mine enemies speak against me ; and they that ^lay wait for my souPtake counsel together, 11 Saying, God hath forsaken him : persecute and take him ; for there is none to dehver him. 12 O -^God, be not far from me: O my God, ^make haste for my help. 13 Let Hhem be confounded and' consumed that are adversaries to my soul ; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. y r_15 My 'mouth shall shew forth thy ■ righteou^ess a^id thy salv atiQJjTall the'day ; f orT-^know not the numbers Thereof^ ^^LwiU go in^ the s tr ength of t he 1[:ordrGoDT'rwi ll ma k e me nti on oi th'y rtghteousness,eve72rof tlime only. ^xO^GodTthouhast jaugh^me trom I my^youthr and hitherto' have i de- I ciared^thywondrous w61T^"t.7] .24. '^^J^ow 'arso~^wheh L am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not ; until I have shewed Uhy strength unto this generation, a7id thy power to every one that is to come. 19 Thy ^righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things : '"O God, who is like unto thee ! 20 Thou, "which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, "shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. 21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. 22 I will also praise thee Vith the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God : unto thee will I sing with the harp, thou ^'Holy One of l§'ra-el. 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when 1 sing unto thee ; and ^my soul, which thou hast redeemed. r^4 My tongue also shalljtalk of thy rrghteoushess"airThe ^aylohgrTor I they"aTe"confoundedrforlhey_are broughf^nto" sh^me; that~~see^ my ^L 77 PSALM 71. 2 watc/i,or, dbservt. e 2 Sam. 17,1 Mat. 27, 1 / Ps. 22, 11 Ps. 35, 22 Ps. 38, 21 g Ps. 70, 1 h Ps. 35, i Ps. 40, 14 Ps. 70, 2 i Ps. 35, 28 j Ps. 40, 5 k Zech. 10,12 3 unto old age and grey hairs. 4 thine arm. I Ps. 57,10 m Ps. 35, 10 Ps. 86, 8 n Ps. 60, 3 Hos. 6, 1 5 with the instru- ment of psaltery. V 2 Ki.19,22 Isa. 60, 9 q Ps. 103, 4 j^hurt; 12 PSALM 72. David, praying Jor Solomon, skews the glory of his kingdom in type, and of Christ's in truth. A Psalm 'for Sol'o-mon. GIVE the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness un- to the king's son. 2 He shall "judge thy people with PSALM 72. 1 Or, of. a Isa. 11, 2 Isa. 32, 1 b 2 Sam. 23,4 Hos. 6, 3 c Isa. 2, 4 Dan. 2, 44 Lu. 1, 33 2 till there be no moon. d Ex. 23, 31 1 Ki. 4, 21,24 Ps. 2, 8 Zech.9,10 e Isa. 49, 7 3 one shall give. /Mat. 6, 10 fif lKi.4,20 4 shall be. Ps. 89. 36 5 shallbeas a son to continue his fa- ther's name for ever. h Gen. 12, 3 Gen.22,18 Jer. 4. 2 i Isa. 45, 23.24 Lu. 1, 48 Phil. 2, 9-11 674 righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 1 he mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the peo- ple, he shall save the children of the needy, and shaU break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 6 He *shall comedown like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and 'abundance of peace ^so long as the moon endureth. 8 He '^shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him ; and his ene- mies shall lick the dust. 10 The 'kings of Tar'shishand of the isles shall bring presents : the kings of She'ba and Se'ba shall offer gifts. 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down be- fore him : all nations shall serve him. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth ; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall tlieir blood be in his sight. 15 And he shall live, and to him ^shall be given of the gold of She'ba : •Sprayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. 1 6 There shall be an handful of com in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Leb'a-non: ^and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 17 His name *shall endure for ever . ^his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and ''men shall be blessed in him : *all nations shall call him blessed. 1 8 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of I§'ra-el, who only doeth won- drous things. 1 9 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be flUed with his glory ; A-men', and A-men'. End of the wicked. FSALMS, 73, 74. Desolation of the sanctuary. H f 20 The prayers of DaVid the son of psalm 73. Jes'se are ended. FSALM 73. 1 The prophet, prevailing in a temptation, 2 shews the occasion thereof. 'A Psalm of A'saph. '^nnRULY God is good to l§'ra-el, X even to such as are ^of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there ire no bands in their death : but their strength is ^firm. 5 They m'c not ^in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued likely job 22, is •^thtr men. i ps. 94,'? 6 Therefore "pride compasseth them e job 21 about as a chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness : 'they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression : they *speak loftily. 9 They set their mouth ""against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. 10 Therefore his people return hither : and waters of a full cu'p are wrung out to them. 11 And they say, ''How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High ? 1 2 Behold, these are, the ungodly, who prosper in the world ; they in- crease in riches. E. 90. 8. 1 3 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, *and washed my hands in innocency. 1 4 For all the day long have I been plagued, and^chastened every morn- ing. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; be- hold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16 When-^I thought to know this, ^it was too painful for me ; 1 7 Until ^I went into the sanctuary of God : then understood I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in sHppery places : thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into deso- lation, as in a moment ! they are ut- terly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh ; 1 Qv,A Psalm for Asa-ph. 2 Or. Yet. 3 clean of heart. 4: fat. 5 in the trouble of other men. 6 with, a Eccl. 8,11 7 they pass the thoughts of the heart. b 2 Pet.2,18 Jude 16 \c Rev. 13,6 15 Job 34, 9 Job 35, 3 Ps. 26, 6 Mai. 3, 14 8 my chas- tisement was. / Eccl. 8,17 9 it was labour in mine eyes. g Ps. 77, 13 10 I knew not. 11 with thee. h Isa. 58, 8 i John 14,3 2 Cor. 5, 1 2 Tim. 4,8 j Phil. 3. 8 k Ps. 84, 2 12 rock. I Heb. 10,22 PSALM 74. 1 Or, A Psalm for Asaph to give in- struction. a Ps. 95, 7 Ps. 100. 3 2 Or. tribe. Deut.32,9 Jer. 10,16 b Dan. 6, 27 3 They have sent thy sanc- tuary into the fire. c Ps. 83, 4 4 break. d 1 Sam.3,1 575 so,0 Lord, when thou awakest, thou j shalt despise their image. H. 73. 27. J 21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. 22 So foolish tvas I, and '"ignorant : 1 was as a beast "before thee. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee : thou hast holden me by my right hand. 24 Thou ^shalt guide me with thy counsel, and 'afterward receive me ?;o glory. K. 84. 9-11, 25 Whom •^have I in heaven but thee f and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. 26 My *flesh and my heart faileth: hut God is the ^^strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish : thou hast destroyed aU them that go a whoring from thee. H. 75. 8.J B But it is good for me to 'draw near to God : I have put my trust m. the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works. PSALM 74. The desolation of the sanctuary. ^Mas'chil of A'saph. OGOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever ? why doth thine anger smoke against "the sheep of thy pas- ture ? 2 Remember thy congregation, lohich thou hast purchased of old ; the ^rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zi'on, wherein thou hast dwelt. 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations ; eve^i all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctu- ary. 4 Thine eneixdes roar in the midst of thy congregations; *they set up their ensigns for signs. b A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. 7 ^They have cast fire into thy sane tuary, they have defiled by casting clown the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. 8 They ""said in their hearts. Let us ^destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. 9 We see not our signs : Hhere is no more any prophet: neither is there H K H The prophet praiseth God. PSALMS, 75, 76. The proud rebuked. among us any that knoweth how long. 10 O God, how long shall the adver- sary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever ? 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand ? pluck it out of thy bosom. 12 For "God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou didst ^di\dde the sea by thy strength : -^thou brakest the heads of the ''dragons in the waters. 14 Thou brakest the heads of levia- than in pieces, and gavest him to she meat Ho the people inhabiting the wilderness. 15 Thou didst 'cleave the fountain and thefiood: thoudriedst up ''mighty rivers. 1 6 The day is thine, the night also is thine : thou hast prepared the Hght and the sun. IT Thou hast ■'set aU the borders of the earth : thou hast ®made summer and ^\dnter. 18 Remember Hhis, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 19 deliver not the soul ^of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congre- gation of thy poor for ever. 20 Have '"respect unto the covenant : for the dark places of the eaTth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 21 O let not the '^oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man '^eproacheth thee daily. 23 Forget not the voice of thine ene- mies : the tumult of those that rise up against thee ^increaseth continually. PSALM 75. 1 The prophet praises God, 4 and rebukes the proxid. To the chief Musician, ^Al-tas'chith, A Psalm or Song ^of A'saph. UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks, tm^o thee do we give thanks : for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. 2 ^When I shall receive the congre- gation I will judge uprightly. 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved : I *bear up the pillars of it. Selah. PSALM 74. e Ps. 44, 4 5 break. /Isa.51, 9 6 Or, whales. g Num.14,9 h Ps. 72, 9 i Ex. 17,5,6 Num. 20,11 Josh. 3,13 Ps. 105,41 Isa. 48, 21 7 rivers of strength. J Actsl7,26 8 made them. Gen. 8, 22 k Rev.16,19 I Song 2,14 m Gen. 17,7 Lev.26,44 Jer. 33,21 nPs. 9, 18 Isa. 37, 23 9 ascend- eth, Jonah 1,2 ■4 I said unto the fools, Deal not fool- ishly : and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn : 5 Lift not up your horn on high : speak not witTi a stiff neck. 6 For promotion comet h neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the ^south. 7 But God is the judge: ^he put- teth down one, and setteth up an- other. 8 For ''in the hand of the Lord there is a cu p, and the wine is red ; it is full of mixture ; and he poureth out of the same : but t he dregs thereof, a ll the wicked of the earth shall wring them, ou t , and drink than. * 9 But I will declare for ever ; I w^Ul sing praises to the God of Ja'cob. 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off ; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. PSALM 76. A declaration of God's majesty injhe church. jTo the chief Musician on Neg'i-noth, A Psahn or Song *of A'saph. IN Jii'dah is God known : his name is great in l§'ra-el. 2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zi'on. 3 There "brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 4 Thou art more glorious and ex- cellent than *the mountains of prey, 5 The ^stouthearted are spoiled, they '^have slept their sleep : and none of the men of might have found their hands. 6 At "thy rebuke, O God of Ja'cob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared : and who -^may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry ? 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven ; the earth feared, : and was still, J. 89. 14. j 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. dPs. 13, 3 Selah. Jer. 51,391 lOSurely^hc wrath of man shall ^ Nah^2,i3'P^^ise thcc : the remainder of wrath zech.i2"4 shalt thou restrain. /Job 41, 10 11 Vow. '^and pay unto the Lord Ex 9 ^16 iyo^^ ^^ • '^^* ^^'^ ^^^^ ^^ roimd about ^ Ex'. 18. 11 1 him bring presents '^unto him that h Eccl. 5, 4 i Ps. 68, 29 Ps. 89. 7 2 to fear. j Ps. 68, 36 576 PSALM 75. 1 Or, De- stroy not. 2 Or, for Asaph. 3 Ov,Whm 1 shall take a set time. a Heb. 1, 3 4 desert. b 1 Sam.2,7 Dan. 2, 21 c Job 21, 20 Jer. 25,15 Rev.14,10 Rev.16,19 PSALM 7G, 1 Or, for. a Ps. 46, 9 Ezek.39,9 b Ezek. 38,12 c Isa. 46, 12 ought to be feared. 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes : he Hs terrible to the kings of the earth. * H. 89. 30-32. « Qod''s gracious works. PSALMS, 77, 78. His dealings with Israel. PSALM 77. The psaltnist shews what .fierce combat he had with difflclejice. To the chief Musician, to Jed'u-thun, A Psahn'of A'saph. I CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. 2 In "the day of my trouble *I sought the Lord : "my sore ran in the night, and ceased not : my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remembered God, and was trou- bled : 1 complained, and my spirit was ovei'whelmed. Selah. 4 Thou boldest mine eyes waking : I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5 I '■•have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night : I commune with mine own heart : and my spirit made dili- gent search. 7 Will the Lord cast off for ever ? and will he be favourable no more ? 8 Is '^his mercy clean gone for ever ? doth his ^promise fail ^for evermore ? 9 Hath God -^forgotten to be gra- cious ? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies ? Selah. 10 And I said, This is ^my infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. Ill *will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 121 will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings . T,89. 1 Vd Thy *way, O God, is in the sanc- tuary : who is so great a God as our God? 14 Thou art the God that doest won- ders : thou hast declared thy strength among the people. 15 Thou hast with thine arm re- deemed thy people, the sons of Ja'cob and J5'§eph. Selah. 16 The •'"waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee ; they were afraid : the depths also were troubled. 17 ^The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound : thine ar- rows also went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thunder ivas in the heaven : the lightnings lightened the world : the earth trembled and shook. 19 Thy^way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, ^and thy footsteps are not known. 20Thou™leddest thy people like a (37) PSALM 77. 1 Or, /or Asaph. a Ps. 50, 15 b Isa, 26, 9 2 my hand. c Deut.32,7 Ps. 143, 5 Isa. 51, 9 d Jonah 2,4 e Rom. 9, 6 3 to genera- tion and genera- tion. f Isa. 49, 15 g Ps. 31, 22 Jer. 10,19 Dan. 9, 7 h Ps. 143, 5 i Ps. 73, 17 j Ex. 14, 21 Josh. 3,15 4 The clouds ivere poured forth with water. k Hab. 3, 15 I Ex. 14, 28 Job 37,23 m Isa. 63,11 Hos.12,13 PSALM 78. 1 Or, A Psalm for Asaph to give in- struction. a Ex. 19, 5 Deut. 32,29 b Ps. 49, 4 Mat. 13, 35 c Ps. 44, 1 d Deut. 4, 9 Deut. 6, 7 ie Ex. 13, 26 Ex. 13, 8 Josh. 4, 6, 7 / Ps. 102,18 2 that pre- pared not their heart. 2 Chr. 20,33 3 throiving forth. g Isa. 17, 10 Jer. 2, 32 h Gen. 32, 3 Num. 13,22 Isa. 19, 11 i Ex. 17, 6 Num. 20,11 Ps. 105,41 j Deut.9,21 k Heb. 3. 16 flock by the hand of Mo'§e§ and Aar'on. PSALM 78. Story of God's wrath against the incredulous an^ disobedie7it. ^Mas'chil of A'saph. GIVE "ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I ^will open my mouth in a para- ble : I will utter dark sayings of old : 3 Which'^we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We ''will not hide thejn from their children, ^shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony • in Ja'cob, and appointed a law in l§'- ra-el, which he commanded our fa- thers, that they should make them known to their children : 6 That ^the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be iDorn; who should arise and declare the^ii to their chil- dren : 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments : * 8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious genera- tion ; a generation "^that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. N. 78. 55-60. 9 The children of E'phra-im, being armed, and 'carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law : 11 And i^forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them, 1 2 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, inthe land of E'gypt, Hn the field of Zo'an. IB He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through ; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. 14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 15 He 'clave the rocks in the wilder- ness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths." 1 6 He brought ■'streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. 1 7 And they sinned yet more against him by ^provoking the most High in the wilderness. *B. 112. 1. B N Sod''s wrath against PSALxMS, 78. the disobedient. 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. 19 -Yea, 'they spake against G-od; they said, Can God ^furnish a table in the wilderness ? 20 Behold, '"he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also ? can he provide flesh for his people ? 21 Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth : so a fire was kindled against J a'cob, and anger also came up against I§'ra-el ; 22 Because and they trusted "believed not in not in his salva- p r God, tion: 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, "and opened the doors of heaven, 24 And ^had rained down mamia upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven, 25 ^Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. 26 He caused an east wind %o blow in the heaven : and by his power he brought in the south wind 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and 'feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea : 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habi- tations. 29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire ; 30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat loas yet in their mouths, 31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and ^smote do^\Ti the ^chosen men of is'ra-el. 32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days did he con- sume in vanity, and their years in trouble. 34 When ?he slew them, then they sought him : and they returned and enquired early after God. 35 And they remembered that God icas their rock, and the high God their redeemer. 36 Nevertheless they did 'flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tong-ues. f 37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in ills covenant. *C. 78. 36. tC. 78. 40, 41 PSALM 78. I Nain.11,4 4 order. m Ex. 17.6 Num. 20.11 n Heb. 3, 10 Gen. 7, 11 Mai. 3, 10 p John 6,81 1 Cor.10,3 5 Or, Every one did eat the bread of the raighty. 6 io go, 7 foivl of wing. 8 ri\ade to bow. 9 Or. youvg vten. q Hos. 5. 15 r Ezek. 33,31 s Ex. 34, 6 Neh. 9, 17 Ps. 86, 15 Jer. 32,17 t 1 Ki.21,29 Isa. 48. 9 u Gen. 6. 3 John 3, 6 V Jas. 4, 14 10 Or, rebel against h im. Eph. 4,30 Heb. 3. 16 II Or, from affliction. 12 set. 13 killed. 14 Or, great hail- stones. 15 He shut up. 16 Or, light- nings. w Rom. 2, 8 17 He weighed a path. 18 Or, their beasts to the mwr- rain. X Gen. 9, 22 19 covered. V Ex. 15, 17 578 38 But he, being 'tuW of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not : yea, many a time 'tu rned I he his anger away, and did not stir up | all t us wfathT p. go. .3-7. J 39 For ne remembered "that they were but flesh ; "a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 40 How oft did they ^"pr ovoke him - i n the wilderness, and grieve him m the d eseryr 41 Yea, t hey turned back and tempt- j ed GodT and limited the Holy One oF i Ip;a-el. c. 78. 55-57. i 42 I'hey remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them ' 'from the enemy. 43 How he had ^"wrought his signs in E'gypt, and his wonders in the field of Z5'an: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of fhes among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. 46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. 47 He '^destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with '^frost. 48 '^He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to '^hot thun- derbolts. 49 He cast upon them the ""fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among thera. 50 '"He made a way to his anger ; he spared not their soul from death, but gave ^^their life over to the pestilence ; 51 And smote all the firstborn in E'gypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of ■'Ham : 52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 5 3 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not : but the sea "over- whelmed their enemies. 54 And he brought them to the bor- der of his 5'sanctuary, even to this mountain, vnhich his right hand had purchased. 55 H e cast out the h eathen also be- for e them, and divided th em a nTn- heritance by line, and made th(^ \ tribes of l^'ra-el to dwell in theii/ j tents. 1 5 FYet they tempted and provoked ' The desolation PSALMS, 79, 80. of Jerusalem. A the most high God , and kept not hi s C ^"^stimonies : N j "yr'Butr^tiirned back, and dealt iin I faitMuLLy like their fathers; they wer e [ turnedTaside ''\^^Q a deceitful bow^ I ~^ 8 Jb'orthey provoked hun to anger I with their *high places, and moved I him to jealousy with their graven \ images. I 59 When God ''heard this^ he was j wroth, and greatly abhorred I§'ra-el : I 60 So '^that he forsook the taber- j nacle of Shfloh, the tent which he [ placed among men ; N, 81. 11, ;2. 61 And ^delivered his -''strength mto captivity, and his glory into the ene- my's hand. 62 He gave his people over also imto the sword ; and was wroth with his in- heritance. 63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not ° "given to marriage. 64 Their priests fell by the sword ; and their ^widows made no lamenta- tion. 6 5 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and ^hke a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. ^'o And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts ; he put them to a perpet- ual reproach. 67 Moreover he refused the taber- nacle of Jo'geph, and chose not the tribe of E'phra-im : 68 But chose the tribe of Jii'dah, the mount Zi'on which he loved. 69 And *he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath ^'established for ever. 70 He chose DaVid also his servant, and took him from the sheepf olds : 71 ^"^From follo^ving the ewes great with young he brought him to •'feed Ja'cob his people, and l§'ra-el his in- heritance. 72 So he fed them according to the ^integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilf ulness of his hands. PSALM 79. Of the desolation of Jei'usalem, A Psalm 'of A'saph. OGOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance ; thy holy tem- ple have they defiled ; they ''have laid J e-ru'sa-lem on heaps. 2 The *dead bodies of thy servants have they given to he meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the fiesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like *A. SI. 11, 12; C. 90. S, 9. PSALM 78. z Ezek. 20,27 a Hos. 7, 16 h Deut.12,2 c Heb,4.13 d 1 Sam. ■t, 11 Jer. 7, 12 Jer. 26, 6 e Judg. 18,30 /I Sam. 4,12 20 -praised, g Job 27, 15 Ezek. 24,23 Tilsa, 42,13 i 1 Ki, 6. 1 21 founded. 22 From after. Gen.83,13 j 2 Sam.5,2 lCIirai,3 & 1 Ki. 9, 4 PSALM 79. 1 Or, for Asaph. a 2 Ki. 25, 9 Mic. 3, 12 b Jer. 7, 33 c Jer. 14,16 Rev. 11, 9 d Zeph. 3, 8 e Isa. 45, 4 2Thes.l,8 / Ps. 53. 4 g Isa, 43, 25 Isa, 44,22 2 Or, the iniquities of them that were before tis. h Jer. 14, 7 3 venge- ance. i Num. 14,17 4 thine arm. o resent the chil- dren of death. J Isa, 43, 21 6 to genera- tion and genera- tion. water round about Je-ru'sa-lem ; and 'there ivas none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long. Lord ? wilt thou be an- gry for ever ? shall thy '^jealousy burn like fire ? 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the hea- then that have *not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have -^not called upon thy name. 7 For they have devoured Ja'cob, and laid waste his dweUing place. 8 O ^remember not against us ^for- mer iniquities : let thy tender mer- cies speedily prevent us : for we ai'e brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, ^for thy name's sake. 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God ? let him be kno^vn among the heathen in our sight 5?/ the ^revenging of the blood of thy servants tchich is shed. 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee ; 'according to the greatness of ^hy power ^preserve thou those that are appointed to die ; 12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their re- proach, wherewith they have re- proached thee, O Lord. 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever : ^q will shew forth thy praise to aU generations. PSALM 80. Of the miseries of the church. To the chief Musician upon Sho- shan'nim-E'duth, A Psalm 'of A'saph. GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Is'ra-el, thou that leadest Jo'§eph like a flock; ''thou that dwellest between the cherubhns, ^shine forth. 2 Before E'phra-im and Ben'ja-min and Ma-nas'seh stir up thy strength, and ^come and save us.^ 3 Turn ''us again. God, a nd cau sei PSALM 80. 1 Or, for Asaph. a Ex. 25, 20 b Deut.33,2 2 come for salvation to us. c Laiii.5,21 3 wilt thou smoke. 5^9 t hy face to shine; and we shall b ej saved. 4 O Lord God of hosts, how long [ Vilt thou be angry against the prayer | of thy people ? j 5 Thou f eedest them with the bread j of tears; and givest them tears to! drink in great measure. ( 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our ! Exhortation to praise PSAJ.MS, 81, 82. God and to obedience. neighbours : and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7 Turn '^us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy lace to shine ; and we shall be saved. p. 85. 1-4. 8 Thou hast brought *a vine out of E'gypt : thou hast cast out the hea- then, and planted it. 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like ^the goodly cedars. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches -^unto the river. 12 Why hast thou then ^broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 14 Return, ^we beseech thee, O God of hosts: 'look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine ; 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for •^thyself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down : they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 1 7 Let *thy hand be upon the man ^of thy right hand, upon the son of man who7nthon madest strong for thy self. 1 8 So will not we go back from thee : quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 1 9 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause '"thy face to shme ; and we shall be saved. PSALM 81. A7i exhortaUo7i to a solemn praising of God. To the chief Musician upon Git'tith, A Psalm 'of A'saph. SING aloud unto God our strength : make a joyful noise unto the God of Ja'cob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For ''this was a statute for i§'ra-el, and a law of the God of Ja'cob„ 5 This he ordained in J5'§eph for a testimony, when he went out ^through the land of E'gypt : where I heard a language that I under- stood not. PSALM 80. d 1 Ki.18,37 e Isa. 5, 1, 7 Jer. 2, 21 Ezek.15,6 Ezek.17,6 4 the cedars of God. ; Ex. 23, 31 Ps. 72, 8 Isa. 5, 5 Nah. 2.2 h Zech. 1, 12, 16, 17 i Isa. 63, 15 j Isa. 49, 5 k Fs. 89, 21 1 Ex. 4, 22 m Num. 6,25 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands ^were delivere(3 from the ^pots. 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I de- livered thee ; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of ^Mer'i-bah. Se'lah. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testi- fy unto thee : O i§'ra-el, if thou wilt hearken unto me ; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee ; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 10 I am the Lord thy God, which br ought thee out of the land of E'gypt : ^open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. L. 85. 2-4. PSALM 81. 1 Or, for Asaph. a Lev.23,24 Num. 10, 10 2 Or. against. 3 passed away. 4 Or, baskets. 5 Or. Strife. b Ps. 37, 3 John 15,7 Eph. 3, 20 c Acts 7, 42 Actsl4,16 Rom.1,24 6 Or Jo the hardness of their hearts.or, imagina- tions. d Deut.5,29 Deut. 32,29 Isa. 48, 18 7 lied, or, yielded feigned obedience. 8 with the fat of wheat. PSALM 82. 1 Or, for Asaph. a Eccl. 5, 8 b Ex. 21, 6 c Deut.1,17 2 Judge. d Ps. 11, 3 3 moved. e Ex. 22, 9 John 10.34 /Job 21, 32 Ezek. 31.14 g Ps. 2, 8 Rev.11,15 580 11 But my people would not heark-] en to my voice ; and I§'ra-el would ' none of me. 12 So T gave them up ^unto their own hearts' lust : a7id they walked in their own counsels. A.94.7; N.95.8-11. 13 0h'^that my people had heark- ened unto me, andts'ra>-el had walked in my ways 1 141 should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 The haters of the Lord should have ^submitted themselves unto him : but their time should have en- dured for ever. 16 He should have fed them also Vith the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. PSALM 82. 1 The psalmist, having exhorted thejudges^ 8 pray& God to judge. A Psalm 'of A'saph. GOD "standeth in the congrega- tion of the mighty ; he judgeth among *the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept ''the persons of the wick- ed? Se'iah. 3 ^Defend the poor and fatherless : do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy : rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand ; they walk on in dark- ness: ''all the foundations of the earth are ^out of course. 6 I "have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 7 But •''ye shall die like men, and faU like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth : foi ^thou shalt inherit all nations. > A N The enemies of Israel. PSALMS, 83-85. Comrtiunion of the church. PSALM 83. A ■prayer against those icho oppress the church. A Song or Psalm 'of A'saph. KEEP not thou silence, God : hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2 For, lo, ''thine enemies make a tumult : and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against ^hy hidden ones. 4 They have said, Come, and 'let us cut them off from hemg a nation; that the name of l§'ra-el may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one ^consent : they are confeder- ate against thee : 6 The tabernacles of E'dom, and the Ish'ma-el-ites ; of Mo'ab, and the Ha'- gar-ene§; 7 Ge'bal, and Am'mon, and Am'a-lek ; the Phi-lis'tines with the inhabitants of Tyre ; 8As'sur also is joined with them: ^they have holpen the children of Lot. Se'lah. 9 Do unto them as unto "^the Mid'i- an-ites ; as to "^Sis'e-ra, as to Ja'bin, at the brook of Kf son : 10 Which perished at En'-dor : they became as dung for the earth. 1 1 Make their nobles like O'reb, and like Ze'eb : yea, all their princes as Ze'bah, and as Zal-mun'na : 12 Who said, Let us take to our- selves the houses of God in posses- sion. 13 my God, make them like a wheel ; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire ; 15 So persecute them with thy tem- pest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame ; that they may seek thy name, O Lord. 1 7 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever ; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish : 1 8 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JE-HO'VAH, art the most high over all the earth. PSALM 84. The prophet longs for the communion of the sanctuary. To the chief Musician upon Git'tith, A Psalm ^f or the sons of Ko'rah. HOW "amiable are thy taber- nacles, O Lord of hosts 1 PSALM 83. 1 Or, :for Asaph. a Ps. 2, 1 b Ps. 27, 5 Col. 3, 3 c 2 Sam. 10,6 2Chr.20,l 2 heart. 3 they have been an armtothe children of Lot. Gen.19,37 d Judg.7,22 e Judg.4,15 PSALM 84. 1 Or, of. a Ps. 27, 4 2 Or, As the sparrow flndeth a house, and the sival- low a nest for her- self, so findeth my soul thine altars. 3 Or, mul- berry trees make him a well, etc. 4 covereth. 5 Or, from company to com- pany. b Deut. 16,16 c Gen. 15, 1 6 I would choose rather to sit at the threshold. PSALM 85. 1 Or,o/. 2 Or, well pleased. a Ezra 1,11 Jer. 30,18 Ezek. 39,25 Joel 3, 1 3 Or, thou hast turned thine an- ger from coaxing hot. lb Hab. 3, 2 581 2 My soul longeth, yea, even famteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the hving God. 3 ''Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, eve7i thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be still praising thee. Se'lah. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. 6 Who passing through the valley ^of Ba'ca make it a well ; the rain also *filleth the pools. 7 They go ^f rom strength to strength , every one o/^Aem in^Zfonappeareth before God. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9 Behold, 'O God our shield, and look ' upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. ^I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dweU in the tents of wicked- ness. 1 1 For the Lord God is a srni and shield : the Lord will give grace and K glory : no good thing w i ll he with- hold from them th at walk unrightlv 12 Lor d of hosts, bless man that trustet h in t hee. PSALM 85. The psalmist, from the experience of former mercies, prays for the continuance thereof. To the chief Musician, A Psahn ^for the sons of Ko'rah. LORD, thou hast been ^favourable unto thy land : thou hast brought "back the captivity of Ja'cob. 2 Thou h ast f orgi ven the iniquity of thy peo ple, thou hast covered all thei r sin. Se'lah. 3 Thou h ast taken away all thy w rath: ^hou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of t hi ne a nger. 4 Tmn us. O God of our salvat ion. and cause thin e an ger tow ard us to cease. L. 86. 5; P. 119. 176. 5 Wnt thou be angry with us for ever ? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations ? 6 Wilt thou not *revive us again : that thy people may rejoice in thee ? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation. * K. 90. 1,2. * Confidence in God. PSALMS, 86-88. Glory of the church. L W 8 I ''will hear what God the Lord will speak : for '^he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints : but let them not turn ^again to folly. 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him ; that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy •''and truth are met to- gether ; ^^righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth ^shall spring out of the earth ; and righteousness shall look do^vn from heaven. 12Yea, *the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before him ; and shall set us in the way of his steps. PSALM 86. 1 David strengthens hifi prayer by God's power and goodness: 11 he desires the continuance of his grace. ^A Prayer of DaVid. BOW down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I a^n poor and needy. 2 Preserve rny soul ; for I atn ^holy : thou my (rod, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for 1 cry unto thee ^daily. 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant : for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For ''thou, Lord, ar^ good, and ready to forgive ; and plenteous Tn mercy unto all them that call upon thee . L. 86. 15; W. 86.15. 6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer ; and attend to the voice of my sup- plications. T In the day of my trouble I will call iipon thee : for thou wilt answer me. 8 Among *the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord ; neither are there any works like unto thy works. 9 AlPnations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord ; and shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou a7't great, and doest Avondrous things: "^thou art God alone. 1 1 Teach me thy way, O Lord ; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. 121 will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart : and I will glorify thy name for evermore. 1 3 For great is thy mercy toward me : and thou hast ^delivered my soul from the lowest *hell. PSALM 85. c Hab. 2, 1 d Zech.9.10 e 2 Pet.2,20 /Mic. 7, 20 g Isa. 32, 17 Lu. 2, 14 h Isa. io, 8 2 Cor. 5, 14-21 i Jas. 1, 17 PSALM 86. 1 Or, A prayer, being a Psalm of David. 2 Or, one whom thou fa- vourcst. 3 Or, all the day. a ver. 15 Ps. 130, 7,8 Ps. 145, 9 Joel 2, 13 b Ex. 15, 11 Ps. 89, 6 c Isa. 43, 7 Rev, 15, 4 d Deut. 6, 4 Deut. 32, 39 Isa. 37, 16 Isa. 44, 6 Mark 12,29 1 Cor. 8, 4 Eph. 4, 6 e Ps. 56, 13 Ps. 116, 8 4 Or, grave. 5 terrible. /Ex. 34, 6 Num. 14, 18 Neh. 9, 17 ver. 5 Ps. 103, 8 Ps. Ill, 4 Ps. 130, 4 Ps. 145, 8 Joel 2, 13 14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of ^violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. 15But-^thou, O Lord, art a Godl L full of compassion, and gracious, | longsuffering, and plenteous in mer- 1 W PSALM 87. 1 Or, of. n Isa. 60, 1 2 Or, Egypt. Ps. 89, 10 Isa. 51, 9 b Mat.16,18 c Ps. 22, 30 d Isa. 4, 3 Jer. 3, 19 Ezek.13,9 PSALM 88. 1 Or, of. 2 Or, A Psalm of Heman the Ezra- Mte, giv- ing in- struction. 1 Kl. 4, 31 lChr.2.6 a Ps. 107,18 3 Or, by thy hand. 582 cy and truth. L. 89. 30-33 ;*j 16 turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. IT Shew me a token for good ; thai they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou. Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me. PSALM 87. The seat and glory of the church. A Psalm or Song 'for the sons of Kd'rah. HIS foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zi'on more than all the dwellings of Ja'cob. 3 Glorious ^things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. 4 1 will make mention of ^Ra'hab and Bab'y-lon to them that know me : behold Phi-lis'tia, and Tyre, with E-thi-5'pi-a ; this man was born there, 5 And of Zfon it shall be said, This and that man was born in her : and ^the highest himself shall establish her. 6 The '^LoRD shall count, when he '^writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shcdl be there: all my springs are in thee. PSALM 88. A prayer containing a grievous complaint. A Song or Psalm 'for the sons of Ko'rah, to the chief Musician upon Ma'ha-lath Le-an'noth, ^Mas'chil of Ile'man the £z'ra-hite. OLORD God of my salvation, I have cried day aw (^ night before thee : 2 Let my prayer come before thee : incline thine ear unto my cry ; 3 For my soul is full of troubles : and my life ''draweth nigh unto the grave, 4 1 am counted with them that go down into the pit : I am as a man that hath no strength : 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off ^f rom thy hand. * 0.91.7-10; VV. 98. 2, 3. The psalmist praiseth PSALMS, 89. God for his mercies. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. 8 Thou hast put away mine ac- quaintance far from me ; thou hast made me an abomination unto them : / am shut up, and I cannot come forth. 9 Mine eye moumeth by reason of affliction : Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead ? shall the dead arise and praise thee ? Se'lah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be de- clared in the grave ? or thy faithful- ness in destruction ? 1 2 Shall *thy wonders be known in the dark ? '^and thy righteousness in the land of f orgetfulness ? 13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 Lord, why castest thou off my soul ? why hidest thou thy face from me? 151 am afflicted and ready to die from ony youth up: while I ''suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 16 Thy ''fierce wrath goeth over me ; thy terrors have cut me off. 1 7 They came round about me ^daily like water; they compassed me about together. 1 8 Lover 'and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. PSALM 89. The psalmist praises God for his care of the church. 'Mas'chil of ''E'than the l:z'ra-hite I WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy f aithfulness ^to all generations. T. 91. 2. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heav ens. 3 1 have made a covenant with my chosen, I have *swom unto Da'vid my servant, 4 Thy seed will 1 establish for ever, and build ii-:) thy throne "^to all gen- erations. Selah 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord : thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints PSALM 88. b J Ob 10, 21 c Ps. 31, 12 Eccl. 8,10 a Job 6, 4 John 12,27 4 hii/mings. 5 Ov,allthe day. e Job 19, 13 PSALM 89. 1 Or, A Psalm for Etlian the Ezra- kite, to give in- st/ruction. a 1 Ki. 4, 31 1 Cbr. 2, 6 2 to genera- arid gen- eration. h Ezek. 34, 23 Hos. 3, 5 c 2 Sam. 7. 16 Isa. 44, 5 Isa.59,21 Lu. 1, 32 d Nah. 1, 4 Mat. 8, 26 e Isa. 30, 7 3 Or, Egypt. 4 with the arm of thy strength. /Josh. 19,22 g Josh. 12,1 5 an arm with might. 6 Or, estab lishment. Deut.32,4 h Num. 10, 10 Num. 23,21 7 Or, our shield is of the LORD, and our king is of the Holy One of Israel, Ps. 47, 9 i Hos.13,10 683 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord ? 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. 8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee ? 9 Thou ''rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stUlest them. 10 Thou "hast broken ^Ra'hab in pieces, as one that is slain ; thou hast scattered thine enemies Svith thy strong arm. 1 1 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine : as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast found- ed them. 1 2 The north and the south thou hast created them : •'"Ta'bor andHSr'- mon ^shall rejoice in thy name. 1 3 Thou hast ^a mighty arm : strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 14 Justice and judgment are the '^ habitation of thy throne: mercy a nd truth shall go before thy face. * 1 5 Blessed is the people that know the joyful ^sound : they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy counte- nance. 16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteous- ness shall they be exalted. 1 7 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. 18 For 'the Lord is our defence; and the *Holy One of Is'ra-el is our king\ 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty ; I have exalted one chosen out of the peopje. 201 have found Da'vid my servant ; with my holy oil have I anointed him : 21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him ; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. < *J. 92. 1,2. Of God''s faithfulness. PSALMS, 90. Frailty of human life. H L 24 But -Tny faitlifulness and my mercy shall be with him : and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 251 will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 26 He sfiall cry unto me, Thou art *my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 27 Also I will make him ^my first- born, higher than the kings of the earth. 28 My '"mercy Avill I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also will I make to en- dure for ever, ''and his throne as 'the days of heaven. 30 If ^his children forsake ^my law, and walk not in my judgments ; 31 If they ^break my statutes, and keep not my conunandments ; 32 Then will I visit their transgres- sion with the rod, and their iniquity _with stripes. H. 90. 11. 33 Nev ertheless my l o vingki n dness will I n ot utterly take f rom him, nor suffe r my faithfulness "to fail. * 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn '"by my holi- ness "that I will not lie unto DaVid. endure for ever, the sun before 36 His 'seed shall and his throne as me. 37 It 'shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. 38 But thou hast cast off and ab- horred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 39 Thou hast made void the cove- nant of thy servant : ''thou hast pro- faned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges ; thou hast brought his strong holds to nun. 41 Ail that pass by the way spoil him : he is a reproach to his neigh- bours. 4 2 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. 44 Thou hast made his "'^glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. 45 The days of his youth hast thou *L. 91.14-16- PSALM 89. j Ps. 61, 7 k 2 Sam. 7, 14 John 5.17 I Ps. 2, 7 m Isa. 55, 3 71 Isa. 9, 7 Jer. 33,17 Dan. 7, 14 Deut. 11,21 p 2 Sam. 7, 14 q Jer. 9, 13 8 profane my stat- utes. 9 I will not make void from him. 10 to lie. r Amos 4, 2 II if I lie. s 2 Sam. 7,16 Lu. 1, 33 John 12, 34 t Jer. 31,35 u Lam. 5,16 12 bright- ness. V Job 7, 7 Job 10, 9 Job 14. 1 w Heb. 11,5 X 2 Sam. 7,15 Isa. 55, 3 PSALM 90. 1 Or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of Moses. Deut. 33,1 2 in genera- tion and genera- tion. Deut. 33,27 Ezek. 11, 16 a Pro. 8, 25 b Gen. 3, 19 Eccl. 12,7 c Heb. 13. 8 2 Pet. 3, 8 3 Or, when he hath passed them. d Isa. 40, 6 4 Or, is changed. e Job 14, 2 Ps. 92, 7 / Ps. 50, 21 Jer. 16,17 g Ps. 19, 12 5 turned away. 6 Or, as a medita- tion. 7 As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years. 684 shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. 46 How long, Lord ? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire ? 47 Remember 'how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vam ? 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not "see deaili ? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave ? Selah. 49 Lord, where are thy former lov- ingkindnesses, which thou ^swarest unto Da'vid in thy truth ? 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants ; hozo I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people ; 51 WhereAvith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord ; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. 52 Blessed be the Lord for ever- more. A-men', and A-men'. PSALM 90. Moses prays for the knowledge and sensible expert. ence of God's good providence. 'A Prayer of Mo'§e§ the man of God. LORD, thou hast been our dwell- ing place ^in all generations. 2 Before the ''mountains were j brought forth, or ever thou hadst i fomied the earth and the world, even j from everlasting to everlastmg. thou f^r^ God. K.^i. 1-4.J 3 Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest, ^Return, ye children of men. 4 For '^a thousand vears in thv sight are but as yesterday Vhen it is past, and as a watch in the night. 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : in the morning they ^are like grass which *groweth up. 6 In 'the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 7 For we are consum^ed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we trou' bled. H Thmi /h«st set ou r iniquities before 1 C thpp onrgspprpt .^ins in the light of I E thy onnntpnanpp E. 92. 5. J 9 For all our days are ^passed away in thy wrath : we spend our years ®as a tale that is told. C 95. 8-11. 10 'The days of our years are three- score years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, K H F K H K Happy state of the godly. PSALMS, 91, 92. Exhortation to praise God. yet is their strength labour and sor- row ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 11 Who linoweth the power of thine I anger ? even according to thy fear, so ^zs thy wrath. H. 91.8. 12 So^teach us to number our days, that we may ^apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent 'thee concerning thy servants. 14 satisfy us early with thy mercy ; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us. ' and the years wherein we have seen evil. 16 Let •'thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. IT And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us : ''^and establish thou the work of our hands upon us ; yea, the work of our hands estabUsh thou it. PSALM 91. Happy state of the godly. HE that dwelleth in ^the secret place of the most High shall 'abide under the shadow of the Al- m.ighty. 2 I will sa y of the L ord, He is my refuge a.nd my fortress : my God ; in PSALM 90. h Ps. 39, 4 Eph. 5, 15-17 8 cause to come. i Deut. 32.36 i Hab. 3, 2 k Isa. 26, 12 2 Thes. 2, 16, 17 2Tlies.3,3 IMuL wiUJJtrusL T. 1 16. l2-i-t. ! 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from jthe snare of the fowler, a^ic? from the i noisome pestilence. ; 4 He "shall cover thee with his f eath- jers, and under his wings shalt thou j trust : h is truth shall b e thy shield PSALM 91. 1 lodge. a Ps. 61, d 6 Job 5, 19 Pro. 3, 23 Isa. 43, 2 c MaL 1, 5 d Pro. 1, 33 Pro.12,21 2Thes.3,3 2 Pet. 2,9 e Ps. 34, 7 Ps. 71, 3 Mat. 4, 6 Lu. 4, 10 Heb. 1, 14 /Jobs, 23 Ps. 37, 24 2 Or, asp. g Job 22, 27 Ps. .50, 15 Isa. 58, 9 Zech.13.9 h Ps. 43, 2 i 1 Sam. 2,30 3 length of days. Pro. 3, 2 1 1 For 'he shall give his angels ' K charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest -^thou dash thy foot against a stone. K. 91.14-16,, 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and ^adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon ] me, therefore will 1 deliver him : 1 will set him on high, because he hath knoivn my f^anie. 15 He ^shall calllipon me, an d I wfll a nswer him.: "i ^viU <^e"\vlth him in t roubleT 1 will deliver h im, and 'hon^ o ur him 1 (j W ith ^long life will I satisfy him. la nd buck ler. F. 91. U-16: K, 91. 9-12 5 Thou *shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; 7ior for the arrow that flieth by day ; 6 JVor for the pestilence th at ^yal'keth in darkness ; )ior for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. j 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, I and ten thousand at thy right hand ; \bict it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Only nvith thine eyes shalt thou i behold and see the reward of the fwicked. H. 92. 7-9 r 9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, eve^i the most !High, thy habitation; 10 There ''shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh ■thy dwelling, 0. 103. 17, IS. PSALM 92. 1 in fhe nights. 2 Or, upon the solemn sound with the harp. 3 Hig- qaion, t»s. 9, 16 a Isa. 28, 29 Rom. 11,33 b Ps. 73, 22 Ps. 94, 8 c Job 21, 7 Jer. 12, 1 Mai. 3, 15 d Ps. 52, 8 Song 7, 7 e Isa. 60, 21 585 and shew him my salvation. PSALM 92. The prophet exhorts to praise God. A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. /Tis a good thing to give thanks mito the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High : 2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness 'every night. j, 96. 11-13. 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; '^upon the harp with ^a solemn sound. 4 For thou. Lord, hast made m» glad through thy work: I will tri- uniph in the works of thy hands. 5 O Lord , how great are thy wo rks t and th y "thoughts are very deep, f 6 A ^brutish man knoweth not ; nei- ther doth a fool understand this. 7 When ''the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of in- iquity do flourish ; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: 8 But thou, Lord, art r.iost high for evermore. 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish ; all the workers of iniquity shall be scat- tered. H. 94. 2.3. 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. 1 1 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear 7ny desire of the wicked that rise up against me. 1 2 The '^righteous shall flourish like the palm tree : he shall grow like a cedar in Leb'a-non. 1 3 Those that be ''planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. *F. 112. 4-7; K.97. 10; L. 103.V IE. 94. 7-11. F K L H -11. Majesty of Chrisfs kingdom. PSALMS, 93-95. Exhortation to praise God, A E 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and ^flourishing ; 1 5 To shew that the Lord is up- right : ^he is my rock, and Hhere is no unrighteousness in him. PSALM 93. Majesty, stability, power, and holiness of ChrisVs kingdom. THE "Lord reigneth,*he is clothed with majesty ; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. 2 Thy <^ throne is established 'of old : thou art from everlasting. 3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. 4 The Lord ''on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. 5 Thy testimonies are very sure : holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, ^f or ever. PSALM 94. The prophet, calling for justice, complains of the tyranny and impiety of the wicked. OLORD 'God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, ^shew thyself. 2 Lift up thyself, thou "judge of tlie earth : render a reward to the proud. 3 LoRD,%ow long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph ? 4 IIoi€ long shall they ^utter and speak hard things ? an d all the work- ers of iniquity boast themselves ? 5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. r 7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not I see, neither shall the God of Ja'cob y regard it. A. 95. 10. I 8 Understand, ye brutish among the I people : and ye fools, when will ye be wise ? 9 He ''that, planted the ear, shall he PSALM 92. 4 green. Ezek. 47, 12 /Deut.32,4 g Rom.9,14 PSALM 93. a Isa. 52, 7 Rev. 19, 6 h Ps. 104, 1 c Pro. 8, 22 1 from then. d Ps. 29, 10 2 to length of days. not hear'^ he that formed the eye. shall he not see 'i 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct ? he ^that teach- eth man knowledge, shall not he Jen 010 f 1 1 The-^LoRD knoweth the thoughts PSALM 94. 1 God of revenges. Deut. 32.35 Nah. 1. 2 2 shine forth. a Gen.18,25 b Job 20, 5 c Jude 15 d Ex. 4, 11 Pro. 20,12 e Job 35, 11 Isa. 28, 26 / 1 Cor.1,21 1 Cor.3,20 g Job 5, 17 Pro. 3, 11 1 Cor. 11,32 Heb.l2, 5 h Deut.31,6 1 Sam. 12, 22 1 Ki. 6, 13 Jer. 31,37 Jer. 33,25 Rom. 11,2 3 siiaU be after it. 4 Or, quickly. i Amos 6, 3 2Cor.6,14 j Ps. 58, 2 Isa. 10, 1 k Mat. 27, 1 I Ex. 23, 7 Pro.17.15 TO Pro. 2, 22 PSALM 95. 1 prevent his face. of roanr^at they are vanity . » 1 2 Blessed ns tne man wiiom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law ; 1 3 That thou may est give him rest *E. 103. 14. 2 In whose. 3 Or. the heights of the hills are his. 4 JVhose the sea is. a 1 Cor.6,20 b John 1, 3 Isa. 54, 5 c Heb. 3, 7 d Num. 14.22 5 conten- tion. e Heb. 3 586 10 from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. 14 For Hhe Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. 1 5 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart ^shall follow it. 16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers ? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniq- uity? 17 Unless the Lord 7) ad heen my help, my soul had ^almost dwelt m silence. 1 8 When I said. My foot slippeth ; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. ly In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. 20 Shall 'the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which •'f rameth mischief by a law ? 21 They ^gather themselves to- gether against the soul of the right- eous, and 'condemn the innocent blood. 22 But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. 23 And '"he shall bring upon them ip( in their own iniquity, and shalicut them off in their own wickedness; ye a, th e Lord our God shall cut theni ofE~ PSALM 95. 1 Exhortation to praise God, 8 and not to tempt him. O COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us ^come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joy- ful noise unto him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 Tn his hand are the deep places of the earth: ^the strength of the hills is his also. 5 "The sea is his, and he made it : and his hands formed the dry kmd. 6 O come, let us worship and bow down : let "us kneel before the Lord our ^maker. 7 For he is our God ; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 'To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, '^as in the ^provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness : 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 10 Forty 'years long was I grie^^ed t H. 97. 2, 3. H t C N Exhortation to praise God. PSALMS, 96-98. Maj£sty of irod's kiiigdom. A C N mil rest. PSALM 96. alsa.41.24 Isa. 44, 10 Jer. 10,11 Hab.2,18, 19,20 Actsl9,26 1 Cor. 8, 4,5 ICor. 10,19 b Isa. 42, 5 Isa. 44, 24 c Ps. 29, 1 1 of his name. 2 Or, in the glorious sanctu- ary. d Rev.11,15 Rev. 19, 6 e John 5,22 /Rev.19,11 with this generation, and said, It i^j psalm 95 a people that do err in their heart,|/Heb.4, 3 and they have not known my ways :j6 '^{J^^v^^^ 1 1 Unto whom -^I sware in my wrath •'that they should not enter into my [rest. C. Prov. 1. 30, 31; N. 106. 24-27;* PSALM 96. Exhortation to praise God for his general judg- ments. O SING unto the Lord a newsong: sing unto the Lord, all the earth. 2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name ; shew forth his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his glory among the hea- then, his wonders among all people. 4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised : he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For ''all the gods of the nations are idols: *but the Lord made the heavens. 6 Honour and majesty are before him : strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 7 Give ^unto the Lord, O ye kin- dreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. 8 Give unto the Lord the glory ^clue unto his name : bring an offer- ing, and come into his courts. 9 O worship the Lord ^in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth. 10 Say among the heathen '^^ A a^ the Lord reigneth : the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved : he shall ^judge the people righteously. J f 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let j the earth be glad ; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice 13 Before the Lord : for he cometh, tor he cometh to judge the earth : •^he shall judge the world with right- eousness, and the people with his truth. J. 97. 1,2. PSALM 97. Majesty of God^s kingdom. J rnpHE Lord reigneth; let the earth I JL rejoice; let the ^multitude of j isles be glad thereof. H ' 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him ; righteousness and judg- ment are the ^habitation of his throne. J. 103. 6. 3 A'^fire goeth before him,andbum- eth up his enemies round about, t *A. 106. 6. fH. 104. 35. o PSALM 97. 1 many, or, great isles. Isa. 60, 9 2 Or, estab- lishment. a Dan. 7, 10 Hab. 3, 5 b Ex. 20, 4 c Heb. 1, 6 d Eph. 1, 21 e Amos 5, 15 Rom.12,9 /isam.2,9 heathen Pro. 2, 8 g Dan. 3, 28 Dan. 6, 22 3 Or, to the memo- rial. 1 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trem- bled. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declare his right- eousness, and all the people see his glory. 7 Confounded *be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols : ""worship him, all ye gods. 8 Zi'on heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Ju'dah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord. 9 For thou, Lord, art '^high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 Ye that love the Lord, "hate evil : he -^preserveth the souls of his saints ; ^he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. k. 106. 8-10.. 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye right- eous ; and give thanks ^at the re- membrance of his holiness. PSALM 98. TJie psalmist exhorts all the crreatures to praise God. A Psalm. SING unto the Lord a new song ; for he hath done mar\^el- lous things : ''his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the vic- tory. 2 The *Lord hath made known his salvation : '"his righteousness hath he 'openly shewed in the sight of the PSALM 98. a Isa. 59, 16 Isa. 63, 5 b Isa. 52, 10 Lu. 2, 30 c Isa. 62, 2 Rom.3,25 1 Or, revealed. d Lu. 1, 54 e Isa. 49, 6 Isa. 52, 10 Lu. 3, 6 Actsl3,47 Acts28,28 / Num. 10,10 IChr. 15,28 2Chr. 29,27 587 3 He hath '^remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of l§'- ra-el : 'all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. J 4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp ; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. 6 With -^trumpets and sound of cor- net make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 8 Let the floods clap their hands : let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the Lord ; for he cometh to judge the earth : with righteous- ness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. J W. 102. 16-18. ^ K W A call to worship. PSALMS, 99- J 02. Complaint in affliction. PSALM 99. The prophet exhorts all by the example of their fore- fathers, to worship God at. his holy hill. THE Lord reigneth; let the peo- ple tremble : he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth ^be moved. 2 The Lord is great in Zf on ; and he is high above all the people. 3 Let them praise "thy great and ter- rible name ; for it is holy. 4 The ^king's strength also loveth judgment ; thou dost ^establish equi- ty, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Ja'cob. 5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at '^his footstool ; for '^he is holy. 6 M5'§e§ and Aar'on among his priests, and Sam'u-elamong them that call upon his name ; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them. 7 He 'spake unto them in the cloudy pillar : they kept liis testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. 8 Thou answ^eredst them, O Lord our God : •'"thou wast a God that for- gavest them, though ^thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and wor- ship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy. PSALM 100. Exhortation to praise the Lord. A Psalm of Upraise. MAKE a jojTful noise unto the Lord, '-^all ye lands. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness : come before his presence with sing- ing. 3 Know ye that the Lord he is God : it "is he that hath made us,^and not we ourselves; ^we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanks- giving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the Lord is good ; his mercy is everlasting ; and his truth endur- 3th *to all generations. PSALM 101. David makes a vow and profession of godliness. A Psalm of Da'vid. I WILL sing of mercy and judg- ment : unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. 2 i will "behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto nie ? I will *walk within my house with a perfect heart. PSALM 99. 1 stagger. a Deut. 28,58 Rev. 15, 4 b Job 36, 5 c Gen.18,25 Deut.32,4 d Ps. 132, 7 2 Or, it is holy. Lev. 19, 2 e Ex. 33, 9 / Zeph. 3, 7 g Deut.9,20 PSALM 100. 1 Or, thanks- giving. 2 all the earth. a Eph. 2, 10 3 Or, and his we are. b Ezek. 3i, 30 i to genera- tion and genera- tion. PSALM 101. a 1 Sam. 18,11 b 1 Ki. 9, 4 IKi. 11,4 1 thing of Belial. c Josh. 23,6 1 Sam. 12,20 d Mat. 7, 23 1 Cor.5,11 2 Tim. 2,19 e Pro. 6, 17 /Rom. 13,4 2 Or, per- fect in the way. 3 shall not be estab- lished. g Jer. 21,12 h Hos. 9, 3 PSALM 102. a Jas. 4, 14 1 Or, (as some read) info smoke. b Lam. 1,13 2 Or, flesh. c Isa, 34. 11 Zeph.2,14 d Acts23,12 e Ps. 30, 7 /Jas. 1,10 g 1 Tim. 6,16 588 3 I will set no 'wicked thing before mine eyes : I hate the work of them 'that turn aside ; it shall not cleave to me. 4 A fro ward heart shall depart from me : I will not '^know a wicked per- son. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off : ^him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 6 Mine -^eyes shall be upon the faith- ful of the land, that they may dwell with me : he that walketh ^in a per- fect way, he shall serve me. T He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house : he that tell- eth lies ^shail not tarry in my sight. 8 I will nearly destroy all the wick- ed of the land ; that I may cut off all Hvicked doers from the city of the Lord. PSALM 102. 1 The prophet makes a grievous complaint: 12 he takes comfort in the eternity and mercy of God. A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day wheii I am in trouble ; incline thine ear unto me : in the day lohen I call answer me speedily. 3 For "my days are consumed 4ike smoke, and *my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my ^skin. 6 I am like a 'pelican of the wilder- ness : I am like an owl of the desert. 7 1 watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day ; and they that are mad against me "^are sworn against me. 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for 'thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. II My days are like a shadow that declineth; and ^1 am withered like grass. 12 But thou, O Lord, shalt ^endure for ever ; and thy remembrance unto all generations. Exhortation to bless PSALMS, 103, 104. God for his mercy. W 13 Thou shalt arise, Vm<:/ have mer- cy upon Zi'on : for the time to fa- vour her, yea, the set Hime, is come. 14 For thy ^servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 15 So the heathen shall •'fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16 When the Lord shall build up Zi'on, he^shall appear in his glory. 17 He^will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 18 This shall be '"written for the generation to come : and "the people which shall be ci^ated shall praise .the Lord. W. 103. 13. 19 For he hath "looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth ; 20 To hear the groaning of the pris- oner ; to loose ^those that are appoint- ed to death ; 21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zi'on, and his praise in Je-ru'sa- lem ; 22 When ^the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord. 23 He ^weakened my strength in the way ; he shortened my days. 24 1 said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy ^years are throughout all genera- tions. 25 Of 'old hast thou laid the foun- dation of the earth : and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They 'shall perish, but thou shalt "endure : yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed : 27 But '^thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be es- tablished before thee. PSALM 103. Exhortation to bless God for his mercy. A Psahn of Da'vid. BLESS the Lord, O my soul : and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, my soul, and for- get not all his benefits : 3 Who ''forgiveth all thine iniqui- ties ; who healeth *all thy diseases ; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from de- PSALM 102. h Isa. 40, 2 i Dan. 9, 2 j 1 Ki. 8, 43 k Isa. 60. 1 I Neh.2,8 mRorQ.15,4: ICor. 10,11 n Isa. 43, 21 Deut. 26. 15 3 the chil- dren of death. p Hos. 1, 11 Hos. 3, 5 4 afflicted. q Hab.1,12 r Heb. 1, 10 s Isa. 66, 22 Rom. 8,20 2 Pet. 3, 7 5 stand. t Mai. 3, 6 Heb. 13, 8 Jas. 1, 17 PSALM 103. a Isa. 33, 24 Mat. 9, 2 Mark 2, 5 Lu. 7, 47 b Ex. 15, 26 Jer. 17,14 c Ex. .34, 6 Num. 14, 18 Deut.5,10 Neh. 9, 17 Jer. 32, 18 1 great of mercy. d Isa. 57, 16 Jer. 3, 5 Mic. 7, 18 e Ezra 9,13 2 according to the height of the lieaven. /Isa. 43, 25 Eph. 1, 7 g Mai. 3, 17 3 it is tiot. h Ex. 20, 6 i Deut. 7, 9 j Ps. 47, 2 4 weighty in strength. k Mat. 6, 10 I Gen. 33, 2 m Dan. 7, 9 58^ struction ; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; so that thy youth is re- newed like the eagle's. 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are op- pressed. J. 110. 1.2. J 7 He made known his \vays unto M5'§es, his acts unto the children of is'ra-el. 8 The ^LoRD is merciful and gra- cious, slow to anger, and 'plenteous i n mercy. 9 He °^ will not always chide t neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He "hath not dealt with us afte r our sins ; nor rewarded u s according to our iniquities. 11 For ^as the heaven is high above the earth, so RTcat is^is mercy toward them that fe arlum. -t- 12 As far as the east isTrom the west, so far hath he -^removed our transgressions from us. 13 Like ^as a father pitieth his children, go the Lord pitietlS them th at fear him . W. 103. 17, 18.J 14 For he knoweth our frame '^he remembereth that we are dust, j 15 As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and ^it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no naore. IZOlllLthe mercyij^f^ the LoRD^^5 from everlasting to ev erl asting u pon them that fear him, an d his n^t^| eous ness ^unto children 's childrenj^ | IS To^such as keep his covenant^ | and to those that reme mber Es com:^ | mandment s to do th em. 0.1 1 6.5-7 ;t J 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens ; and ^his king- dom ruleth over all. 20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, "that excel in strength, that Mo hie commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless ye the Lord, aU ye Tiis hosts; i/e '"ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul. PSALM 104. A meditation upon the m.a)esty and provid&noe ojf God. LESS the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very *L107.8.9. tE. 121.3,4. tW.12Ll,2. W w B Of God^s mighty PSALMS, 105. power and providence. great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. 2 Who coverest thyself with hght as vjith a garment : who stretchest out the heavens hke a curtain : 3 Who "layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : Hvho mak- eth the clouds his chariot: who walk- eth upon the wings of the wind : 4Who^maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire : 5 ^Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment : the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 8 '1 hey go up by the mountains they go down by the valleys "'unto the place which thou hast founded for them. 9 Thou "hast set a bound that they may not pass over ; that they turn not again to -^cover the earth. 10 ®He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which ""run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses ^quench their thirst. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which ^'sing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers : the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He ^causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the serv- ice of man : that he may bring forth *f ood out of the earth ; 1 5 And Vine that maketh glad the heart of man, a7id 'oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. 16 The ®trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Leb'a-non, which ^e hath planted ; 17 Where the birds make their nests : as for the stork, the fir trees dre her house. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats ; a7id the roclis for the *conies. 19 He ^appointed the moon for sea- sons: the sun'"knoweth his going down. 20 Thou "makest darkness, and it is night : wherein °all the beasts o| the forest do creep forth. PSALM 104. a Amos 9, 6 b Isa. 19, 1 c Heb. 1, 7 1 He hath founded the earth upon her bases. 2 Or, Tlie moun- tains ascend, the valleys descend. d Job 38. 10 e Job 26, 10 / Gen. 9. 11 3 Wlio sendeth. i walk. 5 break. 6 give a voice. g Gen. 1, 29,30 Gen. 3, 18 Gen. 9, 3 Ps. 147, 8 h Ps. 136,25 Ps. 147, 9 Job 28, 5 i Judg.9,13 Ps. 23, 5 7 to make his face shine with oil, or, more than oil. 8 That is, large trees. i Num.24,6 k Pro.30,26 I Gen. 1,14 m Job 38,12 n Isa. 45, 7 9 all the beasts thereof do trample on the forest. Job 38, 39 Joel 1, 20 p Gen. 3, 19 q Pro. 3, 19 r Job 41, 1 10 formed. s Rom. 11,36 t Eccl. 12,7 u Isa. 32, 15 Ezek.37,9 11 shall be. V Hab. 3,10 w Pro. 2, 22 12 Hallelu- jah. PSALM 105. a Isa. 12, 4 b Ps. 27, 8 g Ps. 77, 11 590 21 The ''young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto^his work and to his labour until the evening. 24 O ^LoRD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innu- merable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast '"made to play therein. 27 These wait 'all upon thee ; that thou mayest give them, their meat in due season. 28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou 'takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. 30 Thou "sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth. 31 The glory of the Lord "shall en- dure for ever : the Lord shall rejoice in his works. 32 He looketh on the earth, and it ''trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 331 will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I v/ill sing praise to my God while I have my being. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet : I will be glad in the Lord. 35 Let ""the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. * Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. '^Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 105. God's providence and care of his people described. O^GIVE thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. 3 Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 4 Seek the Lord, and his strength : seek ^lis face evermore. 5 Remember 'his marvellous works that he hath done ; his wonders, and the gudgments of his nrotith ; *H. 119. 155. * H God to be praised for 6 O ye seed of A'bra-ham his serv- ant, ye children of Ja'cob his chosen. 7 He is the Lord our God : '^his judg- ments are in all the earth. 8 He hath 'remembered his covenant for ever, the word vjJiich he com- manded to a thousand generations. 9 Which ^coveyiant he made with A'bra-ham, and his oath unto I'gaac ; 10 And confirmed the same unto Ja'cob for a law, and to i§'ra-el for an everlasting^ covenant : 1 1 Saying, s'tJnto thee will I give the land of Ca'naan, ^the lot of your in- heritance : 12 When ^they were hutd^ few men in number ; yea, very few, and 'stran- gers in it. 1 3 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to an- other people ; 14 He •'suifered no man to do them wrong : yea, *he reproved kings for their sakes ; 15 /Sa^/mgr, Touch not mine anoint- ed, and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover 'he called for a famine upon the land : he brake the whole '"staff of bread. 17 He "sent a man before them, even Jo'§eph, who '^vas sold for a servant : 18 Whose ^feet they hurt with fet- ters : ^he was laid in iron : 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him. 20 The king sent and loosed him ; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his ^substance : 22 To bind his princes at his pleas- ure; and teach his senators wisdom. 23 l§'ra-el^also came intoE'gypt; and Ja'cob sojourned in the land of Ham. 24 And 'he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his sext- ants. 26 He sent M5'§e§ his servant ; and Aar'on whom 'he had chosen. 27 They shewed *his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark ; and 'they rebelled not against his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs in PSALMS, 106. his care of his people. PSALM 105. a Isa. 26, 9 e Lu. 1, 72 /Gen. 17,2 Gen.22,16 Gen. 26, 3 G6n.28,13 Gen.35,11 Lu. 1, 73 Heb.6,17 g Gen.15,18 1 the, cord. h Gen.34,30 Deut. 7, 7 i Heb. 11, 9 j Gen. 35, 5 k Gen.12,17 1 Gen.41,54: mLev.26,26 n Gen. 45, 5 Gen.37,28 p Gen.4:0,15 2 his soul cams into iron. 3 posses- sion. q Gen. 4^3,6 r Ex. 1, 7 s Num.16,5 i words of his signs. Jer. 32,20 t Ps. 99, 7 5 He gave their rain hail. u Gen. 49, 3 V Ex. 13, 21 Neh. 9, 12 IV Ex. 16,12 .V Ex. 17, 6 Num. 20, 11 lCor.10,4 y Gen.15,14 6 singing. z Deut.6,10 Josh. 13,7 a Deut. i, 1 Deut.6,21 7 Hallelu- jah. PSALM 106. 1 Hallelu- jah. a Isa. 63, 7 Mat.19,17 5 Ps. 40, 5 c Mat.22,37 d Ps. 15, 2 e Acts24,16 Gal. 6, 9 591 abundance, in the chambers of their kings. 3 1 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. 32 ^He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. 33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees ; and brake the trees of their coasts. 34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, 35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. 36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, "the cliief of all their strength. 37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold : and there v:as not one feeble person among their tribes. 38 E'gypt was glad when they de- parted : for the fear of them fell upon them. 3 9 He "spread a cloud for a covering ; and fire to give light in the night. 40 The ""people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41 He ^opened the rock, and the waters g-ushed out ; they ran in the drv places like a river. 42 For he remembered -''his holy promise, and A'bra-ham his servant. 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and, his chosen with ^glad- ness: 44 And ^gave them the lands of the heathen : and they inherited the la- bour of the people ; 45 That ''they might observe his statutes, and keep Ms laws. ''Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 106. IsraeVs rebellions and God's mercy. PRAISE ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is "good : for' his mercy endicreth for ever. 2 Who *can utter the mighty acts of the Lord ? loho can shew forth all his praise ? 3 Blessed are they that ''keep judg- ment, a7id he that '^doeth righteous- ness at ""all tunes. 4 Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou dearest unto thy people : O visit me with thy salvation; 5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the glad- TsraeVs rehellions PSALMS, 106. PSALM 106. / Lev.26,40 1 Ki. 8, 47 Dan. 9, 5 Q Ezek. 20, 14 h Ex. 14, 21 Nah. 1, 4 i Isa. 63, 11 2 They made Tiaste,tliey for gat. Ex. 15, 24 Ex. 16, 2 Ex. 17, 2 lCor,10,6 3 lusted a lust. Num. 11, 4,33 j Isa. 10, 16 k Num.16,1 I Ex. 32, 4 m Jer. 2, 11 Rom. 1,23 ■nEx. 32,10 Deut.9,19 Deut. 10, 10 Ezek. 20, 13 Ezek.i; Ezek. 22,30 ,5 ness of thy nation, that I may glor>^ with thine inheritance. A f 6 We -^have sinned with our fathers, j we have committed iniquity, we have [ done wickedly. A. 119. 136. 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in E'gypt ; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked hiin at the sea, even at the Red sea. K r 8 Nevertheless he saved •''them for I his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He ^rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so 'he led them through the depths, as thi'ough the wilderness. 1 And hesaA^ed them from the hand of him that hated them, said, redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 And the waters covered their enemies : there was not one of them left. ^ 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 13 '^They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel : 14 But ^lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 1 5 And he gave them their request ; but sent •^leanness into their soul. 16 They ^envied M5'ses also in the ^^"^'^'^^ camp, and Aar'on the saint of the Lord. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Da'than, and covered the com- pany of A-bi'ram. 1 8 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They ^made a calf in HS'reb, and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus "'they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eat- eth ^ass. 21 They forgat God their saviour, which haddonegreatthingsinE'gypt; 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. 23 Therefore "he said that he would destroy them, had not Mo'ses his chosen stood "before him in the breach, to turn away his ^vrath, lest he should destroy tJiem. N ' 24 Yea, they despised ""the pleasant land, they ^believed not his word : 2 5 6ut murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LOBD. *K. 112. 5-7. and God''{s wer^y . a land of desire. Deut. 8, 7 Jer. 3. 19 Ezek.20,6 5 to make them fall. Lev.26,33 q Hos. 9, 10 Rev. 2, 14 r Deut.1,37 Deut.3,26 s Jas. 3. 2 t Judg.1,21 u Deut. Judg. V Judg. 3, 5 Isa. 2, 6 1 Cor. 5, wJudar.2,12 X Isa. 57, 5 Ezek. 16, 20 y Num. 35,33 z Judg.2,14 Neh. 9, 27 6 Or, impove'r- ished, or, weuk' ened. a Judg. 10, 10 b Lev.26,41 c Lam.3,32 d Ezra 9, 9 j Jer. 42, 121 592 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them id the wilderness : 27 ^To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. N. 107. 11, 12. 28 They ? joined themselves also un- to Ba'al-pe'or, and ate the sacrifices* of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked A? m to anger with their inventions : and the plague brake in upon them. 30 Then stood up Phm'e-has, and ex- ecuted judgment : and so the plague was stayed. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, ^so that it went ill with Mo'ses for their sakes : 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he 'spake unadvisedly with his lips. 34 They 'did not destroy the nations, concerning "whom the Lord com- manded them : 35 But 'were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And Hhey served their idols : which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, ^they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their dau^'hters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Ca'naan: and ^the land was polluted with blood. 391 hus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, in- somuch that he abhorred his own in- heritance. 41 And 'he gave them into the hand of the heathen ; and they that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 Many times did he deliver them ; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were ^brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when "he heard their cry ; 45 And *he remembered for them his covenant, and ^repented accord- ing to the multitude of hi^ mercies. 46 He '^made them also to be pitied N The psalmist exhorteth PSALMS, 107. to praise the -Lor a. H of all those that carried them cap- tives. 47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us ^from among the heathen, to give thanks -^unto thy holy- name, and to triumph in thy praise. 48 Blessed he the Lord Godof i§'ra-el from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say,A-men'. rraise ye the Lord. PSALM 107. The psalmist exhorts to praise God, etc. GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for ""he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say s<3, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy ; 3 And ^gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the "•vest, from the north, and 'from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way ; they found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then '"they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. 7 And he led them forth by "^the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. 8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the childre]i of men! 9 For *he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with good- ^ ness. L. 107. 43. 1 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, heing -^ bound in af- fliction and iron ; 11 Because they ^rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the ^counsel of the most Kigh : 12 Therefore he brought doAvn their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none 'to help. * 1 3 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He ■'brought them out of dark- ness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh that me7i would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 1 6 For he hath ^broken the gates of (38) *N. Prov. 1. 24-31. PSALM 106. e Lu. 1, 7i /2Cor.5,15 PSALM 107. a Mat.19,17 h Ps. 106,47 Isa. 4:3, 5 Isa. 49, 12 Jer. 29,14 Jer. 31, 8 Ezek. 39.27 1 from the sea. c Ps. 50, 15 Hos. 5, 15 d Ezra 8, 21 Isa. 03, 12 e Ps. 34, 10 Ps. 84, 11 Isa. 55, 1 Mat 5, 6 Lu. 1, 53 /Job 36, 8 g Lam. 3,42 h Ps. 73, 24 Ps. 119,24 Lu. 7, 30 Acts20,27 i Isa. 63, 5 j Ps. 68, 6 Ps. 146, 7 Acts 12, 7 Actsl6,26 k Isa, 45, 2 1 Lam. 3,39 m2Ki.20,4 Ps. 147, 15, 18 Mat. 8, 8 n Lev. 7, 12 Ps. 50, 14 Ps. 116,17 Heb. 13,15 2 Ringing. 3 makethto stand. Jonah 14 Ps. 22, 14 Isa. 13, 7 Nah. 2, 10 4 all their wisdom is swal- lowed up. p Ps. 89, 9 Isa. 60, 2 Mat. 8, 26 q 1 Ki. 17, 1 r Gen.13,10 Gen. 14, 3 Gen.19,25 5 saltness. s Isa. 41,18 t Actsl7,26 593 brass, and cut the bars of iron m sunder. 17 Fools ^because of their transgres- sion, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 1 8 Their soul abliorreth all manner of meat ; and they draw near unto the gates of death. 19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 20 He '"sent his word, and healed thena, and delivered thetn from theii destructions. 21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for hih? wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And 'let them sacrifice the sacri- fices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with ^rejoicing. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, tiiat do business in great waters; 24 These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. 25 For he commandeth,and 'raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their^soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and %re at their wit's end. 28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. 29 He ^maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 30 Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. 31 Oh that me7i would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 32 Let them exalt him also in the congregatiou of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. 33 He ?turneth rivers into a wilder- ness, and the watersprings into dry ground ; 34 A '■fruitful land into ^barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 35 He 'turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. 36 And there he maketh the hungry ^o dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation ; tray er for God^s help. PtSALMS, 108, 109. David devoteth his enemies. 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 38 He "blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly ; and suf - fereth not their cattle to decrease. 39 Again, they are "minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 40 He ""poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the ^wilderness, where there is no way. 41 Yet ""setteth he the poor on high 'from affliction, and maketh /l^m families like a flock. 42 The mghteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all ^iniquity shall stop her mouth. L r 43 Whoso "^5 wise, and will observe these things, even they shall under- * [stand the lovingkindness of the Lord. PSALM 108. David prays for God's help according to his promise. A Song or Psalm of DaVid. OGOD, my heart is fixed ; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: Imyself will awake early. 3 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 4 For thy ''mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the ^clouds. 5 Be Uhou exalted, O God, above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth ; 6 That thy beloved may be deliv- ered : save with thy right hand, a.nd answer me. T God hath spoken in his holiness ; I will rejoice, I will divide She'chem, and mete out the valley of Suc'coth. 8 Gil'e-ad is mine ; Ma-nas^seh is mine ; E'phra-im also is the strength of minehead ; Ju'dah^'is my lawgiver ; 9 Md'ab is my washpot ; over E'dom will I cast out my shoe ; over Phi- lis'tia will I triumph. 10 Who "^will bring me into the strong city ? who will lead me into E'dom ? 11 Wilt not thoK, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts ? 12 Give us help from trouble : for vain ^is the help of man. 13 Through God we shall do val- *L. 116. 1, 2. PSALM 107. w Gen. 12, 2 Gen.17,16 v2Ki.lO,32 IV Job 12,21 6 Or, void place. X 1 Sain.2,8 2 Sam.7,8 7 Or, after. y Job 22, 19 z Job 5, 16 Pro. 10,11 Rom.3,19 a Jer. 9, 12 Dan.12,10 Hos. U, 9 PSALM 108. a Mlc. 7, 18-20 Num. 14, 18 Deut. 7, 9 Ps. 36, 5 Ps. 100, 5 1 Or,sMes. b Ps. 57, 5 c Gen.49,10 d Ps. 60, 9 e Isa. 30, 3 /Isa.63,1-4 iantly : for he ^it is that shall tread down our enemies. PSALM 109. David coiyiplains of his enemies. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da'vid. HOLD ''not thy peace, O God of my praise ; 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the 'mouth of the deceitful ^are opened against me : they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without ^a cause. 4 For my love they are my adver- saries : but I give myself u7ito praj^er. 5 And '^tliey have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him ; and let ^Sa'tan stand at his right hand. T When he shall be judged, let him *be condemned: and^let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few ; and 4et an- other take his ^office. 9 Let -^ his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually ^vagabonds, and beg : let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 1 1 Let ^the extortioner catch all that he hath ; and let the strangers spoil his labour. 1 2 Let there be none to extend mer- cy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children, 13 Let 'liis posterity be cut off ; and in the generation following let their •'name be blotted out. 14 Let ^'the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord ; and let not the sin of his mother be ^blotted out. 15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may ""cut off the memory of them from the earth. 16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. 17 As he loved cursing, so let it PSALM 109. a Ps. 83, 1 1 moutli of deceit. 2 have opened them- selves. b John 15,25 c Ps. 38, 20 3 Or, an adver- sary. Zech. 3, 1 4 go out guilty, or, wicked. d Pro. 28, 9 e Acts 1, 20 5 Or, charge^ /Ex.22, 24 g Gen. 4, 12 h Job 18, 9 i Ps. 37, 28 come unto him : as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 1 8 As he clothed himself with curs- ing like as with his garment, so let jer."i8,23 it comc ''into his bowels like water, TO Job 18,17 and like oil into his bones. 6 ivitun I 19 Let it be unto him as the gar- Num 5 22 ment which covereth him, and for a 594 * i Pro. 10, 7 k Ex. 20. 5 I Neh. 4, 5 Of Christ's ki7igdom. PSALMS, 110-112. /Security of the godly. girdle wherewith he is girded con- tinually. 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul. 21 But do thou for me. O God the Lord, for thy name's sake : because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 2^ For I cwi poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 231 am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My "knees are weak through fasting ; and my flesh faileth of fat- ness. 251 became also a reproach unto them: wheii they looked upon me they "shaked their heads. 26 Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy : 27That^'they may know that this is thy hand ; that thou, Lord, hast done it. 28 Let them curse, but bless thou : when they arise, let them be ashamed ; but let thy ^servant rejoice. 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover them- selves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. 301 will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him 'from those that condemn his soul. PSALM 110. 1 The kingdom, 4 the priesthood, 5 the conquest, 7 and the passion oj Christ. A Psalm of DaVid. THE "Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zfon : rule thou in the . midst of thine enemies. J. 111. 7, 3 Thy ^people shall be willing in the day of thy power, '^in the beauties of holiness 'from the womb of the morn- ing : thou hast the dew of thy youth. 4 The Lord hath sworn, '^and will not repent, 'Thou art a priest forever after the order of Mel-chiz'e-dek. 5 The Lord -^at thy right hand shall strike through kings "in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judg-e among the hea- then, he shall fi^ the places with the dead bodies; %e shall wound the heads over ^many countries. PSALM 109. n Heb.12,12 Mat.27,39 V Job 37, 7 q Isa. 65, 14 7 STom the judges of his souL PSALM 110. a Ps. 45, 6 Ma,t.22,4A: Mark 12,36 Lu. 20, 42 Acts 2, 34 ICor. 15, 25 Heb. 1, 13 1 Pet.3,22 5 Judg. 5. 2 c Acts 2, 41 1 Or, more than the ^uonib of the morn- ing: thou shalt have, etc. d Num. 23,19 e Zech.6,13 Heb. 5, 6 Heb. 6, 20 Heb. 7, 17 /Ps. 16, 8 g Ps. 2, 5 Rom. 2, 5 Rev.11,18 h Hab. 3, 13 2 Or, great. i Isa. 61, 1 John 3,34 j Isa. 53, 12 PSALM 111. 1 Hallelu- jah. a Job 38, 1 2 prey, b Ps. 19, 7 3 are estab- lished. c Rev. 15, 3 d Deut. 4, 6 Job 28,28 Eccl. 12,13 4 Or. good success. 5 that do them,. PSALM 112. a Mat. 6, 33 b Lu. 6, 35 1 judg- ment. Eph. 5, 15 Col. 4, 5 595 7 He'shaU drink of the brook in the way: therefore -^shall he lift up the head. PSALM 111. The psalmist incites to 2oraise God. PRAISE ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the up- right, and 171 the congregation. 2 The ^works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. 3 His work is honourable and glori- ous : and his righteousness enduretb for ever. 4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered : the Lord is gracious and full of compas- sion. 5 He hath given '^meat unto them that fear him : he wHl ever be mmd- ful of his covenant. 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the hea- then. 7 The works of his hands are verity , and judgment; *all his command- 1 ments « r e sure. J . 1 1 9 . 1 3 7 . J 8 They ^stand fast for ever and ever,' a7id are ''done in truth and upright- ness. 9 He sent redemption unto his peo- ple: he hath commanded his cove- nant for ever : holy and reverend is his name. 10 The '^f ear of the Lord is the be- ginning of wisdom : *a good under- standing have all they ^hat do his commandmejits : his praise endur- eth for ever. P that delighteth greatl.y in his coni^ rnandmen ts. b. 119. 1-4.^ 2 His seed, shall be mighty upon^ earth : the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3 Wealth ''and riches shall be in his house : and his righteousness endur- eth for ever. 4 Unto the upright there ariseth] light in the darkness : he is gracious, and full of compassion, and right- eous. 5 A *good man sheweth favour, and lendeth : he will guide his affairs with 'discretion. 6 Surely he shall not be moved for J PSALM 112. Security of the godly. RAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is \ b the man that teareth the Lord, K Exhortation to praise God. PSALMS, 113-115. Vanity of idols. F K ever : the righteous shall be in ever- lasting remembrance. 7 He shall not be afraid of evil ti dings : his h eart is fixed, tni sting in llheXoED. F. 115. 9-11; K. 115. 9-11 8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies. 9 He '^hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor ; his righteousness endur- eth for ever ; his horn shall be exalt ed with honour. 10 The '^wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and me] t away : the desire of the wicked shall perish. PSALM 113. Exhortation to praise God. >T) RAISE ye the Lord. Praise, O X. ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. 2 Blessed ''be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for ever- more. 3 From *the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised. 4 The Lord is high above all na- tions, and his glory above the heavens 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who ^dwelleth on high, 6 Who ''humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth ! T He "^raiseth up the poor out of the dust, andliitQih. the needy out of the dunghill ; 8 That he may ^set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 9 He -^maketh the barren woman ^to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 114. Exhortation to fear God. WHEN i§'ra-el went out of E'gypt, the house of J a 'cob from a peo- ple of strange language ; 2 Jii'dah was his sanctuary, and l§'- ra-el his dominion. 3 The sea saw it, and fled : Jor'dan was driven back. 4 The ''mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jor'dan, that thou wast driven back ? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs ? PSALM 112. c 2 Cor. 9, 9 d Lu. 13, 28 PSALM 113. 1 Hallelu- jah. a Dan. 2, 20 ft Isa. 59, 19 Mai. 1, 11 2 exalteth himself to dvjell. c Isa. 67, 15 d 1 Sam.2,8 e Job 36, 7 /I Sam.2,5 Gal. 4, 27 3 to divell in an house. PSALM 114. a Ps. 29, 6 Ps. 68, 16 Hab. 3, 6 h Ex. 17, 6 Num. 20.11 Ps. 107,35 PSALM 116. a Isa, 48, 11 Ezek. 36,32 b Ps. 42, 3,10 Ps. 79, 10 Joel 2, 17 c 1 Chr. 16,26 Ps. 136, 6 Dan. 4, 35 d Deut.4,28 Ps. 135, 15, 16 Jer. 10, 3 e Ps. 135,18 Isa. 44, 9, 10 Jonah 2,8 Hab. 2, 18 / Ps. 33, 20 Pro. 30, 5 (7 Mai. 2, 7 h Eph. 1, 3 i Lev. 26, 3 Deut. 11, 27 Deut.28,1 Ps. 24, 4 Pro. 10. 6 1 with. j Gen.14,19 k Gen. 1,1 Ps. 96, 5 r Ps. 145. 2 Dan. 2, 20] 596 N' 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the pres- ence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Ja'cob ; 8 Which ^turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a foun- tain of waters. PSALM 115. God intreated to assert his honour. OT ''unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, aiid for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, *Where is now their God ? 3 But '^our God is in the heavens : he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 4 Their '^idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not : eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not : noses have they, but they smell not: T They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They ^that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. 9 l§'ra- el, trust thou in the Lord; ^ he -^is th eir help an d their shield. TOO ^house of Aar^on, trust__in jthe Lord : he is their help and their shield. 1 1 Ye that fear the LoRD, trust in the Loi shield. .e_i^„their help and their F. 118. 8. 9; K. 116. 6.. 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us : he will ^bless us ; he will bless the house of l§'ra-el ; he will bless the house of Aar'on. 13 He 'will bless them that fear the Lord, both small ^and great. 14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your chil- dren, 15 Ye are ^blessed of the Lord which ^'made heaven and earth. 16 The heaven, even the heav- ens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 1 7 The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into si- lence. 1 8 But 'we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord. F K Profession of love to God. PSALMS, 116-118. Exhortationto trust in God, L r K r PSALM 116. Thepsalnml professes his love to God. I LOVE the Lord, because he hath heard my voice a?id my suppHca- tions. 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will 1 call upon him 'as long as 1 live. L. 126. 5, G. 3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell ^gat hold upon me : I found trouble and sor- row. 4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 5 Gracious is the LoRD,''and right- eous ; yea, our God is merciful, 6 The Lord p reserveth the simple : blc the Lord in the * [^ Lwas brought low, and he helped n ie. T Ketum unto thy *rest, O my souT; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully [with thee. 0. 119. l-.s". 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling 9 I will walk before t' land of the living. 101 ''believed, therefore have I spo- ken : I was greatly afflicted : 111 said in my haste, "^ All men are liars. 12 What shall I re nder unto^ the XoRDj^j^aU his benefits tew ^S^T will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the n ame of the^ ORD . l¥ T ^v/il l pay m y vow s un to the Lord n ow i n the p resence of alThis p eople. L 110. 1.3. 15 Precious -^in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. 16 Lord, truly I a7n thy serv- ant; I a?n thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid : thou hast loosed my bonds. 171 will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. 18 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people, 1 9 In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, O Je-ru'sa-lem. Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 117. Exhortation to praise God. O PRAISE the Lord, all ye na- tions : praise him, all ye people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for over. Praise ye the Lord. *K. 119. 114. PSALM 116. 1 in my days. 2 found me. a Ezra 9.15 Neh. 9, 8 Ps. 11. 7 Ps. li, 5 Jer. 12, 1 Lam. 1,18 Rev. 16, 5 b Jer. 6, 16 Mat.11,29 c 2Cor.4,13 d Rom. 3, 4 e Ps. 22, 25 Jonali2,9 /Ps. 72, U PSALM 118. alChr.16,8 b Ps. 115, 9 1 out of distress. c Ps. 18, 19 3 forme. Ps. 27, 1 Isa. 51, 12 RoiQ.8,31 Heb. 13, 6 d Ps. 54. 4 e Ps. 62. 8 Isa. 2, 22 Isa. 30, 1 Jer.17,5,7 / Ps. 146, 3 3 cut them, off. g Ps. 88, 17 h Deut.1,44 i Eccl. 7. 6 Nah. 1. 10 4 cut down. i Ex. 15, 2 Isa. 12, 2 k Ex. 15, 6 I Ps. 6, 5 Hab.1,12 mPs.73.28 n 2 Cor. 6, 9 Isa. 26, 2 p Ps. 24, 7 q Isa. 35, 8 Rev.21.27 Kev.22,14 597 PSALM 118. Exhortation to praise God for his mercy. O'^GIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : because his mer- cy endureth for ever. 2 Let *i§'ra-el now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 3 Let the house of Aar'on now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 5 I called upon the Lord ^m dis- tress : the Lord answered me, andj set ""me in a large place. 6 The Lord is ^on my side ; I will not fear : what can man do unto me ? 7 The '^LoRD taketh my part with them that help me : therefore shall 1 see my desire upon them that hate me. 8 It 'is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. 9 It ^is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes, t 10 All nations compassed me about : but in the name of the Lord will I ^destroy them. 1 1 They ^compassed me about ; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. 12 They compassed me'^about like bees ; they are quenched 'as the fire of thorns : for in the name of the Lord I will ^destroy them. 1 3 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fail: but the Lord helped me. 14 The -'Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. 15 The voice of rejoicing and salva- tion is in the tabernacles of the right- eous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 1 6 The ^right hand of the Lord is exalted : the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 171 ^shall not die, but live, and de- clare ™the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord hath "chastened me sore : but he hath not given me over unto death. 19 Open °Xo me the gates of right- eousness : I will go into them,anc? I ^vill praise the Lord : 20 This ^gate of the Lord, ^^inlo which the righteous shall enter. 21 1 will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salva- tion. tF. 125. 1,2. Prayers, praises, and PSALMS, 119. professions of obedience. B 22 The 'stone which the builders re- fused is become the head stone of the corner. 23 'This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is 'the day which the Lord hath nlade ; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 2 5 Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord : O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. 26 Blessed ""he he that cometh in the name of the Lord : we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord, which hath shewed us "light : bind the sacrifice with cords, en en unto the horns of the altar. 28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee : ^thou art my God, I will exalt thee. 29 give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM 119. Sundry prayers and praises. B B f ALEPH. LESSED are the^undefiled in the way, wh o "w alk m the law o f the Lord. 2 iJlessed are they that keep hi s te^- timonies,ayic/ ^Aa^^seek him with the whole h eart. '6 Ihey ^also do n o iniquity : they walk in his ways . o. 119. 9-11. 4 I'hou hast conunanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. B. 119. 9-1 1. 5 O "^that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes ! 6 Then 'shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy command- ments. 7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned ^thy righteous judgments. 8 1 will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. BETH. 9 Wherewithal shall -^ a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed t hereto according to thy word . 10 With my whole heart have I sought ^t hee: let me not wander fro m thy commandments . 1 1 Thv ^word have I hid in mine — ty _ _ — heart, that I might not sin agains t thee. B. 119. 18; G.130.:V±; 0.119.57,58. 1 2 Blessed art thou, O Lord : ^teach me thy statutes. 1 3 W ith my lip s have I declared al l the ju dgments of thy mouth .* *L119. 26, 27. PSALM 118. r Mat.21,42 Mark 12, 10 Lu. 20, 17 Acts 4, 11 Eph. 2, 20 lPet.2,4,7 5 This is from the LORD, s Job 5, 9 t 2 Cor. 6, 2 u Zech. 4. 7 Mat. 21, 9 Markll,9 Lu. 19, 38 V Esth.8,16 1 Pet. 2, 9 tu Ex. 15, 2 Isa. 25, 1 PSALM 119. 1 Or, per- fect, or, sincere. a Ps. 128, 1 b Deut.4,29 c Rom. 7, 16, 17 lJohn3,9 1 John 6, 18 d 2 Cor. 3. 5 e J Ob 22, 26 1 John 2,28 2 judg- ments of thy right- eousness. f Eccl. 11,9 fif 2 Chr. 15, 15 h Lu. 2, 19 i Ps. 25. 4 J Ps. 1. 2 3 Reveal. Eph. 1, 17 k Gen. 47, 9 Heb. 11,13 4 men of my coun- sel. I Ps. 143,11 m Ps. 27, 11 5 droppeth. n Pro. 30, 8 Heb. 8, 10 p 1 Ki. 4, 29 Isa. 60, 5 2Cor.6,ll q Mat.10.22 Rev. 2, 26 r Pro. 3, 6 J as. 1, 5 598 141 have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. 151 will •^meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 161 will delight myself in thy stat- utes : I will not forget thy word. GIMEL. 17L)eal bountifully with thy serv- ant, that I may live, and keep thy word. 1 8 ^Qpen thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous tilings out of thy law. B. 119. 2i.j T9L ^am a stranger in the earth : hide not thy commandments from me. 20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. 22 Remove from me reproach and contempt ; for I have kept thy testi- monies. 23 Princes also did sit and speak against me : but thy servant did med- itate in thy statutes. 24 Thy testimonies also are my de- light and ^my c ounsellors. | j DALETH. 25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust : 'quicken thou me according to thy word. 26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: "^teach me tliy statutes 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts : so shall 1 talk ol thy ' wondr ous works. T. 119. 46. j 28 My soul ^melteth for heaviness : strengthen thou me according unto thy word. 29 Remove ''from me the way of ly- ing : and "grant me thy law graciously. 301 have chosen the way of truth : thy judgments have I laid before me. 311 have stuck unto thv testimo- nies : O Lord, put me not to shame. 32 I will run the way of thy com^ mandments, when thou ^shalt enlarge my heart. HE. 33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes ; and I shall keep it unto 'i'the end. 34 Give 'me understanding, and I shall keep thy law ; yea, I shall ob- serve it with my whole heart. 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments ; for therein do I de- Hght. t B. 119. 15-47. B B Prayers, praises, and PSALMS, 119. professions of obedience. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testi- monies, and not to covetousness. 37 "^Turn away mine eyes 'from be- holding vanity ; and quicken thou me in thj way. 38 Stablish "thy word unto thy serv- ant, who is devoted to thy fear. 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear : for thy judgments are good. 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts : quicken me in thy right- eousness. VAU. 41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, ac- cording to thy word. 42 'So shall I have whereAvith to an- swer him that reproacheth me : for I trust in thy word. 43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth ; for I have hoped in thy judgments. 44 So shall I keep thy law continu- ally for ever and ever. B 45 And I will walk ^at liberty : for I seek thy precept s. 7 ' 46 I "will speak o f thy testi monies ' also before kings, an d wi lT noT15e : ashamed . T. 119. 172. 47 And I will delight rnyself in thy * i commandments, which 1 have loved . 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. ZAIN. 49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. 50 This is my ""comfort in my afflic- tion : for thy word hath quickened me. 51 The proud have had me greatly ^'in derision : yet have I not ^declined from thy law. 52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself. 53 Horror ^hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. 54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 551 "have remembered thy name,0 Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law. 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. CHETH. ^ ^ 57 Thou ^art my portion, O Lord : ' I have said that I would keep thy words. *B.119. 92. PSALM 119. s Ezek, 33, 31 Mark7,21 Lu. 12, 15 1 Tim, 6,10 Heb. 13, 5 6 Mafce to pass. Isa. 33, 15 t Job 31, 1 u 2 Sam. 7,25 7 Gr, So shall I answer him that reproach- eth me in a thing. 8 at large. John 8, 32, 36 Rom. 6, 14, 18, 22 Rom. 8, 2 1 Cor. 7, 22,23 Gal. 5, 1,13 Jas. 1, 25 Jas. 2, 12 1 Pet.2,16 V Mat.10,18 Acts 26, 1,2 jy Rom.15,4: X Jer. 20, 7 y Job 23, 11 z Ezra 9, 3 a Ps. 63, 6 b Ps. 16, 5 Jer. 10, 16 Lam. 3,24 9 face. Job 11, 19 c Lam. 3,40 Joel 2, 13 Lu. 15, 17 10 Or, com,- panies. d Actsl6,25 e Ps. 33, 5 / Deut. 32, 15 Jer. 31, 18 Heb.12,11 g Ex. 34, 6 Ps. 107, 1 Mat.19,17 h Job 13, 4 i Act.s28,27 j Heb.12,10 h Ps. 19, 10 Pro. 8, 10 I Job 10, 8 Ps. 100, 3 Ps. 138, 8 Ps. 139,14 m Ps. 34, 2 11 right- eousness. n Heb.12,10 12 to com- fort me. Ps. 25, 3 599 581 intreated thy "favour with my whole heart : be merciful unto me according to thy word. O. 1J9 105 59 1 'thought on my ways, "ana* turned my feet unto thy testimo- nies. 60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. 61 The ^ "bands of the wicked have robbed me : but I have not forgotten thy law. 1 62 At ''midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy right- eous judgments. 63 I a7n a companion of all the^n that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. 64 The 'earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy : teach me thy statutes. TETH. 65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge : for I have believed thy commandments. 67 Before -^I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. 68 Thou a7't ^good, and doest good : teach me thy statutes. 69 The proud have ^forged a lie against me : but I will keep thy pre- cepts with 7ny whole heart. 70 Their 'lieart is as fat as grease ; but I delight in thy law. 71 It ^is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The ^law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. JOD. 73 Thy Oiands have made me and fashioned me : give me understand- ing, that I may learn thy command- ments. 74 They '"that fear thee will be glad when thev' see me ; because I have hoped in thy word. 75 I know, O Lord, that thy judg- ments are ^ 'right, and"^A6!^ thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be '^for my comfort, accord- ing to thy word unto thy servant. 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. 78 Let the proud "be ashamed ; foi they dealt perversely with me with Prayers, praises, and PSALMS, 119. professions of obedience. B B out a cause : but 1 will meditate in thy precepts. 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. 80 Let my heart be ^sound in thy statutes ; that I be not ashamed. CAPH. 81 My ^soul fainteth for thy salva- tion : butl hope in thy word. 82 Mine ''eyes fail for thy word, say- ing. When wilt thou comfort me ? 83 For 'I am become like a bottle in the smoke ; yet do I not forget thy statutes. 84: How 'many are the days of thy servant? "when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? 85 The ''proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 86 All thy commandments are ' ^faithful : they persecute "'me wrong- fully ; help thou me. 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth ; but I forsook not thy precepts. 88 Quicken me after thy loving- kindness ; so shall I keep the testi- mony of thy mouth. LAMED. 89 For -^ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. 90 Thy faithfulness is "unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it ' "^abideth. 91 They continue this day accord- ing to thine ^ordinances : for all are thy servants. r 92 LTnless ^thy la w had been my de - I lights, I shoutd~then hav e per ished 1 in m ine affli ctio n. B. 119. 96. 931 will never forget thy precepts : for with them thou hast quickened me. 94 1 am "thine, save me ; for I have sought thy precepts. 95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me : but I will consider thy testimonies. 961 ^have seen an en d of all perfec - tion : but thy commandment is ex - 1 ceeding broad. B. 119.97-99. MEM. 8 [ 97 how love I thy law ! '^it is my meditation all the day. 98 Thou through thy command- ments hast made me '^wis e r tha n for ^^they are ever mine enemies with me. 991 have more understanding than PSALM 119. p John 1,47 q Ps. 73, 26 Ps. 84, 2 r Ps. 69, 3 s Job 30, 30 t Ps. 39, 4 u Rev. 6, 10 V Ps. 35, 7 13 faithful- ness. w Ps. 35, 19 Ps. 38, 19 X Mat.24,34 14 to gener- ation and genera- tion. 15standeth. y Jer. 33,25 z Rom. 15,4 a Hos. 2, 7,16 b Isa. 40, 8 Mat, 5, 18 Mat.21,35 c Ps. 1, 2 d Deut. 4. 6,8 Isa. 48, 17 16 it is ever with me. e 2 Tim. 3,15 /Job 32, 7 Job 28, 28 q Pro. 1, 15 2 Cor. 7,1 /) Ps. 19, 10 Pro. 8, 11 17 palate. 18 Or, candle. Pro. 6, 23 i Neh. 10,29 j Hos. 14, 2 Heb.13,15 k Juda-.12,3 Job 13, 14 I Deut. 33,4 19 to do. m Ps. 32, 7 Ps. 91, 1 n Ps. 6, 8 Ps. 139,19 Mat. 7, 23 Ps. 25, 2 Rom. 5, 5 Rom.9,33 Rom. 10, 11 p John 10,28 20 causest to cease. q Ezek. 22,18 r Hab. 3, 16 600 all my teachers : 'for thy testimonies are my meditation. B 119 103 100 I -^understand more man' me" ancients, because I keep thy pre- cepts. 101 1 have ^refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. 102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. 103 How ^sweet are thy words unto my "ta s te ! yea, sweeter than ho ney to^rnymouth ! B. Hp^Tos^ 104 Througn thy precepts I get' understanding: therefore I hate every false way. NUN. 105 Thy word is a '^lamp unto my my shiel drn hope m thy word, -f 115 Depart "trom me, ye evildoers : for I will keep the commandments of my God. 116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not "be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold ^'thou me up, and I shall be safe : and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. 118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes : for their deceit is falsehood. 119 Thou '^"puttest away all the wicked of the earth flike dross : there- fore I love thy testimonies. 120 My 'flesh trembleth for fear of *B. 119. 127-130; 0. 119. 129, 130. fK. 121.1-8. B B B feet, and^ light unto my p ath.* lOOT^^ave sworii^ and I will per- form it, that I will keep thy right- eous judgments. 1071 am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word. 108 Accept, I beseech thee, •'the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments. 109My^soul is continually in my hand : yet do I not forget thy law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me : yet I erred not from thy precepts. 111 Thy ^testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever : for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 1121 have inclined mine heart '^to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. SAMECH. 113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. 114 Thou "'art my hiding place and ^ k Prayers, praises, and PSALMS, 119. professions of obedience. thee ; and I am afraid of thy judg- ments. AIN. 121 I have done judgment and jus- tice: leave me not to mine oppressors. 122 Be -'surety for thy sei'vant for good : let not the proud oppress me. 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. 124 Deal with thy servant according I .^^ unto thy mercy, and teach me thyC i^to the statutes. I 1251 am thy servant; give me' PSALM 119. s Heb. 7. 22 t Ps. 19, 10 Pro. 8, 11 u Ps. 19, 7 Pro. 1, 4 2 Pet.1,19 V Ps. 106, 4 custom toivards those, etc. u'Rom.6,12 X La. 1. 74 y Ps. 4, 6 z Jer. 9, 1 Jer. 14,17 Ezek. 9, 4 a Ezra 9,15 Neh. 9, 33 Jer. 12,1 Dan. 9, 7 22 right- eousness. 23 faithful- ness. am understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. 12^ It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law. B r 127 Therefore 'I love thy command- j ments abov e^oldT; yea^above fine ' gold. 128 Therefore I esteem alljA^/jpre- cepts concertiin cf all tilings to^e i right ; and I hate everyla fee way. * PE. B ' 1 29 Thy te sti monies are wond erful : 0^ thereforedoth my soul keep tlie m. j 130 The entrance of thy w ords i giveth Jighl;_Jlt^yeth understand- in g unto the simple . B. iig. I65;t iBl I opened my mouth, and pantea: for I longed for thy commandments, ^s^^^ted^or, 132 Look ^'thou upon me,andbemer ciful unto me, '-as thou usesttodo un to those that love thy name. 133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not "any iniquit}^ have dominion over me. 134 Deliver ^me from the oppression' 26 /oimd of man : so will I keep thy precepts, '^e. 135 Make ^thy face to shine upon 27 or, t/iat thy servant ; and teach me thy stat- 1 may utes. ^''^• A f 136Rivers'ofwatersi'undo^vnmine!(iPs.63,i,6 X [ eyes, because they keep not thy law. TZADDI. J r 137 Righteous "art thou, O Lord, t and upright are thy judgments. § 138 Ihy testimonies that thou nast commanded are ^'righteous and very ^'faithful. 139 My zeal hath ^ ^consumed me, be- cause mine enemies have forgotten thy words. 140 Thy word is very "pure: there- fore thy servant loveth it. 141 1 am *small and despised : ^e^do not I forget thy precepts. 142 Thy righteousness is an ever- lasting righteousness, and thy law is 'the truth. 143 Tr cable and anguish have *B. 119. 129, 130. to. 139. 23.24. 119. 17G. §J. 135. 14. 24 cxtt me Joiln 2,17 refined. Pro. 30, 5 b Amos 7, 2 c Ps. 19, 9 John 17,17 Eph. 1, 13 e Ps.145,18 /Lu. 21,33 g Lam. 5, 1 h 1 Sam. 24, 15 Ps. 35, 1 Mic. 7, 9 i Job 5, 4 28 Or, Many. 29 The be- ginn ing of thy word is true. j 1 Sam. 24, 11 1 Sam. 26, 18 601 + A ^^'taken hold on me: yet thy com- mandments are my delights. 144 The righteousness of thy testi- monies is everlasting : give me under- standing, and 1 shall live. KOPH. 1451 cried with 7ny whole heart; hear me, O Lord : I will keep thy statutes. 1461 cried unto thee ; save me, "and I shall keep thy testimonies. 147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried : I hoped in thy word. 148 Mine '^ eyes prevent the flight watches, that I might meditate in thy word. 149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness : O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment. 150 They draw nigh that follow aft- er mischief: they are far from thy law. 151 Thou art ^near, O Lord ; and all thy commandments are truth. 152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have kno^^^l of old that thou hast founded them -^f or ever. RESH. 153 Consider ''mine affliction, and deliver me: fori do not forget thy law. 154 Plead ^my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. 155 Salvation '^V, K. 1^4. 1-8, Safety of the godly. PSALMS, 124 - 129. Virtue of God's blessing. K F K P PSALM 124. The godly blesa God for a miraculous deliverance. A Song of degrees of Da'vid. IF it had not been the Lord who was "Oil our side, now may Ig'ra- I el say ; 2 If it had. not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us : 3 Then they had ^swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us : 4 Then the waters had overwhehned j us, the stream had gone over our soul : i 5 Then the proud waters had gone I over our soul. I 6 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not I given us as a prey to their teeth. I 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of j the snare of the fowlers : the snare \ is broken, and we are escaped. ! 8 Our <^help is in the name of the •-Lord, who made heaven and earth. PSALM 125. 1 Safety of such as trust, in God. 4 Prayer for the lodly, and against the wicked. A Song of degrees. ^T^ HEY that trust in the Lord shall JL 5e a s mount Zfon, which cannot b e removed, b ut abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Je-ru'sa-lem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth [even for ever. F. 1-il. 8; K. 127. 1, 2. 3 For the rod of 'the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the right- eous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are up- right in their hearts. 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked "ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity : but peace ^ shall be upon is'- ra-el. PSALM 126. 1 77/e church, celebrating her incredible return oii' oj captivity, 4 prays for, and prophesies the good success thereof. A Song of degrees. WHEN t he Lord 'turned again the ca p tivi ty of Zf o n /we we re lik e th em that dr eam. 2 Then *wa s our mouth filled with laughter, an d our tongue with sing- ing : then said th ey among the hea- then, T he Lord ^hath done great thin gs for t hem. _jLThe^I,^ORI> hath done grej^t things i f or us ; whereof we a,re glad . I 4 Turn aga in our oa.pti vity, O Lord i as the strea ms in the south, t *K. 125. 1,2. tP. Isa. 12. 1. PSALM 124. a Heb. 13,5 Rom.8,31 b Ps. 57. 9 Pro. 1, 12 c Ex. 18, 4 Deut. 33, 7, 26, 29 2 Sam. 22,3 Ps. 121, 2 Pro.18,10 Isa. 50, 10 Heb. 13, 6 PSALM 135. 1 wicked- ness. Pro. 22, 8 Isa. 14, 5 a Pro. 2, 15 b Gal. 6, 16 PSALM 126. 1 returned the re- turning of Zion. Hos. 6, 11 a Acts 12, 9 5 Jobs. 21 2 hath magnified to do with them. c Jer. 31, 9 3 Or, sini^ng. 4 Or. seed basket. PSALM 127. 1 Or, of Solomon. 2 that are builders of it init. a Gen. 3, 17 b Gen. 33, 5 c Deut.28,4 3 hath filled )ns quiver with them. i Or, shall subdue, or, destroy. PSALM 128. a Isa. 3, 10 b Pro. 5, 15 c Ezek. 19,10 d Ps. 52, 8 e Ps. 134, 3 /Gen..50,23 J Ob 42, 16 PSALM 129. 1 Or, Much, a Ezek.23,3 Hos. 2, 15 b Heb. 11.36 603 5 They ^that sow in tears shall r eap iiv^y:^ ' "" 6 He"that goeth fo rth and weepeth, bearmg~^precious~ se ed, shal l doubt- less come again with l^joicing^bring- i ng his sheaves withhiiii7 \ PSALM ^^n7 1 The vanity of human endeavours without God's blessing. 3 Children are his gift. A Song of degrees 'for Sol'o-mon. EXCEPT the Lord build the house, they labour in vain '^that build it : except the Lord keep tho city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to ''eat the bread of sor- rows : for so he giveth his beloved sleep. K 142. 5 3 Lo, ^children are an heritage* of the' Lord : and ''the fruit of the womb is his reward. , 4 As arrows are in the hand of a might}^ man ; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that ^hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they ^shaU speak with the enemies in the gate. PSALM 128. Sundry bles'.dngs which follow those who fear God. A Song of degrees. BLESSED is every one that fear- eth the Lord ; that walketh in his ways, 2 For '^thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands : happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Thy *wife shcdl be ''as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house : thy children "^like olive plants roundabout thy table. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. 5 The *LoRD shall bless thee out of Zi'on : and thou shalt see the good of Je-ru'sa-lem all the days of thy life. 6 Yea, thou shalt -^see thy children's children, and peace upon is'ra-el. PSALM 129. 1 God's goodness in saving Israel out of their great afflictions. 5 Prayer against the haters of the church. A Song of degrees. MANY a time have they afiaicted me from "my youth, may is'ra- el now say : 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth : yet they have no tpre vailed against me. 3 The *plowers plowed upon my back : they made long their furrows. tL. 130. .3,4; R. 131. 2. ' K Hope in prayer. PSALMS, 130-133. Cormnunion of saints. 4 The Lord 'is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zi'on. 6 Let them be as "^the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up : 7 vVherewith the muwer filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they which go by say, *The blessing of the Lord be upon you : we bless you in the name of the Lord. PSALM 130. 1 The psalmist in distress professes his hope in God : 5 his patience in hope : 7 exhorts Israel to hope in God. A Song of degrees. OUT ''of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. 2 Lord, hear my voice : let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. A i'_3_ If ^thou. L ord, shouldest mark in- L I iquities. O Lo rd, who shall stand ? * G I 4 But there is ^for giveness with thee, i that thou ma y est '^ b e feared , f 5 I 'wait for the Lord, mv soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 6 My soul vmiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morn- ing: '/ say, more than they that watch for the morning. D [_^ Let i§^r a-el hope in the Lor d : for L I ^'with the Lor d there is m ercy, and W I with him is plenteous redemption. i _8 And ^he shall redeem l §'ra-e l from [all h is iniq uiti es . % PSALM 131. 1 David, professing his h^imillty, 3 exhorts Israel to hope in God. A Song of degrees of Da'vid. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : "neither do I ^exercise myself in great matters, or in things too ^high for me. R r 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted ! ^myself, ''as a child that is weaned of ihis mother: my soul is even as a Iweaned child. R. 147. 3. 3 Let i§'ra-el hope in the Lord *f rom henceforth and for ever. PSALM 132. 1 David's prayer at the removing of the ark, 11 with a repetition of God's promises. A Song of degrees. LORD, remember Da'vid, and all his afflictions : 2 How he sware unto the Lord, an d vowed unto the mighty God of Ja'- cob; *A. 143. 2. tG. 143. 2; L. 130. 7. 8. + D. Isa. 35. 10; L. 143. 8; W. 145. 9. PSALM 129. c 2Thes.l.6 d Ps. 87, 2 e Ruth 2, 4 Ps. 118,26 PSALM 130. a Lam. 3,55 Jonah 2,2 h Rom.3,20 c Ex. 34, 7 Eph. 1. 7 (Zl Ki.8,40 Jer. 33, 8,9 Heb. 12,28 e Isa. 26, 8 1 Or, which watch unto the morning, f Isa. 55, 7 g Mat. 1, 21 PSALM 131. a Rom. 12, 16 1 walk. 2 wonder- ful. Job 42, 3 3 my soul. b Mat. 18, 3 4 from notv. B. C. 1004. PSALM 132. a Pro. 6, 4 1 habita- tions. 5 Josh. 18.1 1 Sam. 17,12 c 1 Sam.7,1 d lChr.13,5 e Num. 10,35 2Chr.6,41 /Job 29, 14 Isa. 61, 10 g 2 Sam. 7, 12 Lu. 1. 69 2 thy belly. 3 Or, sureli/. h 2Chr.6,41 i Hos.11,12 j Ezek. 29,21 Lu. 1. 69 4 Or. candle. PSALM 133. a Gen. 13, 8 1 Cor.1,10 Heb. 13, 1 1 even together, b Ex. 30, 25 c Deut.4,48 d Lev.25,21 Deut.28,8 Ps. 42, 8 e Dan. 12, 2,3 Mat. 25, 34,46 John 4,14 John5,24, 28,29 John 6,54 John 17,3 Heb. 7, 25 1 John 5, 20 604 3 Surely I will not come into the. tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed ; 4 I will ''not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 5 Until I find out a place for the Lord, ^an habitation for the mighty God of Ja'cob. 6 Lo, we heard of it *at Eph'ra-tah -. ''we found it '^in the fields of the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacles i we will worship at his footstool. 8 Arise/0 LoRD,into thy rest ; thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests -^be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. 10 For thy servant Da'vid's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. 11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto Da'vid ; he will not turn from it ; ^Of the fruit of ^thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 13 For the Lord hath chosen Zi'on ; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell ; for I have desired it. 151 will ^abundantly bless her pro vision : I will satisfy her poor with bread. 161 ^will also clothe her priests with salvation : 'and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 1 7 There •'will I make the horn of Da'vid to bud: I have ordained a ^larnp for mine anointed. 1 8 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. PSALM 133. Benefit of the communion of saints. A Song of degrees of Da'vid. BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for "brethren to dwell 'together in unity ! 2 It is like *the precious ointment, upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aar'on's beard : that went down to the skirts of his gar- ments ; 3 As the dew of ^Hgr'mon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zi'on: for ''there the Lord commanded the blessing, even 'life for evermore. God is to be praised PSALMS, 134-136. PSALM 134. An exhortation to bless God. A Song of degrees. BEHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the LoRD,nvhich by night stand in the house of the Lord. 2 Lift *up your hands Hn the sanctu- ar}^ and bless the Lord. 3 The "^LoRD that made heaven and earth bless '^thee out of Zi'on. PSALM 135. I Exhortation to God's servaiits to praise him for his mercy, 5 power, 8 and judgments. ,1^ Vanity of idols. 19 Exhortation to bless God. PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord. 2 Ye ''that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of vour God, 3 Praise the Lord ; for the Lord is good : sing praises unto his name ; for it is pleasant. 4 For *the Lord hath chosen Ja'cob unto himself, and I§'ra-el for his pe- culiar treasure. 5 For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep j^laces. 7 He '^causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he =^maketh lightnings for the rain ; he bringeth the wind out of his 'treas- uries. 8 Who smote the firstborn of E'gypt, "both of man and beast. 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O E'gypt, upon Pha/raoh, and upon all his servants. 10 Who -^"smote great nations, ani slew mighty kings ; 11 Sriion king of the Im'or-ites, and 6g king of Ba'shan,and -^all the kmg- doms of Ca'naan : 12 And gave their land for an her- itage, an '^heritage unto i§'ra-el his people. 13 Thv'name,0 JjOrj), en dureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Lord ^throughout all generations. - 14 For •'the Lord Avill judge liis peo- ple, and he will repent himself con- cerning his servants. J. 139. 23, 24. 1 5 The idols of the heathen ' are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 1 6 They have mouths, but they speak not ; eyes have they, but they see not ; PSALM 134. a lChr.9,33 b 1 Tim. 2,8 1 Or, in holiness. c Ps. 124, 8 d Ps. 128, 5 PSALM 135. a Lu. 2, 37 b Ex. 19, 5 Deut. 7, 6,7 Deut. 10, 15 c Jer. Jer. 10,13 51,16 d Job 28, 25 Job 38, 24 Zech.10,1 e Job 38, 22 1 from manunto beast. f Num. ■ 21, 24: g Josh. 12,7 7i Gen. 17, 8 i Ex. 3, 15 2 to genera- tion and gensra- tion. j Deut. 32,36 for particular mercies, 17 They have ears, but they hear not ; neither is there any breath in their mouths. IS They that make them are like unto them : so is every one that trust- eth in them. 19 Bless the Lord, O house of i§'- ra-el : bless the Lord, O house of Aar'on : 2U Bless the Lord, O house of LeVi : ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. 21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zf- on, which dwelleth at Je-ru'sa-lem. Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 136. Exhortation to praiseGod for particular mercies. OGIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 O give thanks unto "the God of for his mercy endureth for PSALM 136. a Deut. 10,17 b 1 Tim. 6,15 Rev.17,14 c Pro. 3, 19 Jer. 51,15 d Job 26, 7 Jer. 10,12 e Deut.4,19 1 for the rulings by day. f Ex. 12, 51 give for thanks to his mercy the *Lord of endureth for g Ex. Ps. 14,21 78, 13 2 shaked off. h Deut.8,15 605 gods: CA^er. 3 lords ever. 4 To him who alone doeth great won- ders : for his mercy endureth for ever. 5 To '^him that by ^visdom made the heavens : for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 To ^him that stretched out the earth above the waters : for his mer- cy endureth for ever. 7 To ^him that made great lights : for his mercy endureth for ever : 8 The sun ^to rule by day : for his mercy endureth for ever : 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. 1 To him that smote E'gypt in their firstborn : for his mercy endureth for ever : 11 And -^brought out Is 'ra-el from among them : for his mercy endur- eth for ever : 1 2 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm : for his mercy en- dureth for ever. 13 To ^hini which divided the Red sea into parts : for his mercy endur- eth for ever : 14 And made is'ra-el to pass through the midst of it : for his mercy endur- eth for ever : 1 5 But ^overthrew Pha'raoh and his host in the Red sea : for his mercy endureth for ever, 1 6 To ^him which led his people through the wilderness : for his mer- cy endureth for ever. Constancy of the "Teios. PSALMS, 137-139. GocVs allseeing providence. 17 To him which smote great kings : for his mercy endureth for ever : 18 And 'slew famous kings : for his mercy endureth Lor ever : 19 Sfhon •'king of the Am'or-ites: tor his mercy endureth for ever : 20 And Og the king of Ba'shan : for his mercy endureth for ever : 21 And ''^gave their land for an her- itage: for his mercy endureth for ever: 22 Even an heritage unto i§'ra-el his servant : for his mercy endureth for ever, 23 Who 'remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: 24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies : for his mercy endureth for ever. 25 Who '"giveth food to all flesh : for his mercy endureth for ever. 20 O give thanks unto the God of heaven : for his mercy eyidureth for ever. PSALM 137. Constancy of the Jews in captivity. BY "the rivers of Bab'5'-lon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zi'on. 2 We hanged our *harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us ^ a song ; and they that ^wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us 07ie of the songs of Zf on. 4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a ^strange land ? 5 If I forget thee, O Je-ru'sa-lem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my '^tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Je-ru'sa-lem above '*my chief joy. 7 Kemember, O Lord, the '^children of E'dom in the day of Je-ru'sa-lem ; who said, ^Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Bab'y-lon, *whoart to be ^destroyed ; happy shall he be, ''that rewardeththee as thou hast served us 9 Happy shall he he, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against *the stones. PSALM 138. David praises God for the truth of his word. A Psalrn of DaVid. I WILL praise thee with my whole heart : before "the gods will I sing praise unto thee. PSALM 136. i Deut.29,7 j Num. 21,21 k Josh.12,1 I Gen. 8, 1 Deut. 32,36 m Ps.l04:.27 B. C. 570. PSALM 137. a Ezek. 1, 1 Dan. 8, 2 b Lam.5,15 1 fhe words of a song. 2 laid lis on heaps. 3 land of a stranger. c Ezek.3,26 4 the head of my joy. d Lam. 4,22 Obad. 10 5 Make bare. e Isa. 13, 1 Isa. 47, 1 6 wasted. 7 that recom- pcnseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us. Jer. 50,15 Rev. 18, 6 8 the rock. PSALM 138. a Ps. 119,46 &lKi.8,29 c Isa. 42, 21 d Zech. 10, 12 2 Cor.12,9 e Pro. 3, 34 Jas. 4, 6 1 Pet. 5,5 /Ps. 23, 3 g Ps. 57, 2 Phil. 1, 6 PSALM 139. a Jer. 12, 3 Rev. 2, 23 5 2Ki.l9,27 c Mat. 9, 4 John 2, 24 1 Or, win- notvest. Job 31, 4 d Heb. 4, 13 e Pro. 15,11 606 2 I will worship ''toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy ''word above all thy name. 3 In the day when I cried thou an- sweredst me, and ''strengthenedst me vjith strength in my soul. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord : for great is the glory of the Lord. 6 Though the Lord be high, yet hath 'he respect unto the lowly : but the proud he knoweth afar off. 7 Though -^I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me : thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 8 The -^LoRD will perfect that tchich concerneth me : thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. PSALM 139. David praises God for his allseeing providence. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of DaVid. OLO RD, "thou has t sea rche d me, an^ know n ine. 2 ThouT^knowest my downsitting and mine uprTsihg, thou und erstaiid?" est "my thought afar off. 3 Thou ^compassest my pat h and my lying down, andTart acquainted wit/i all my ways. nY)r th ^re i s not a w ord in^ my tongue , Met , lo, ( JXord, ' ^oul^now- est it altogethe r. e. 139. 7-12. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spir- it? or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? 8 If I ascend up into heaven , thou RAISE ve the Lord. Praise the jL Lord, O my soul. 2 While I live will I praise the Lord : I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. 3 Put^not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no ^help. 4 His ^breath goeth forth, he retum- eth to his earth ; in that very day ""his thoughts perish. 5 Happy ^is he that hath the God of •Ja'cob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God : 6 Which 'made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which ■^keepeth truth for ever: F. Prow 3. 5. 7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed : which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the pris- oners: K. Prov. 2. 6-8. 8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous : 9 The LoRDpreserveth the strangers he reheveth the fatherless and widow but the way of the wicked he tumeth upside doA\m. 10 The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zf on, unto aU gen- erations. Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 14T. The prophet exhorts to praise God for his care of ike church. PRAISE ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it ia pleasant; andpredse is comely, § L. 147. 2. 3; W. Prov. 1. 20-2^. 1 F K The prophet exhorteth PSALMS, 148-150. to give praise to God. R E t H B f 2 The Lord doth build up Je-ru'- B^-lem : "he gathereth together the outcasts of i§'ra-el. 3 Lie *healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their ^wounds. * 4 He '^telleth the number of the stars ; he calleth them all by their names. 5 Great '^is our Lord, and of great *po wer : ^his un derstanding /^ infinite. 6 The "^l^OKD iittetn up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. h. Prov. 1. 24-31. 7 Sing unto the Lord E'with thanks giving; ^sing praise upon the harp unto our God : 8 Who '^covereth the heaven with clouds, ^vho prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow up- on the mountains. 9 He 'giveth to the beast his food, a7id to •'the young ravens which cry. 1 HeMelighteth not in the strength of the horse : he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. 12 Praise the Lord, O Je-ru'sa-lem; praise thy God, O Zi'on. 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates ; he hath blessed thy children within thee. 14 "He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with ^the finest of the wheat. 15 He^sendeth forth his command- ment upon earth : his word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth snow like wool scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice like mor Sels : who can stand before his cold ? 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 19 He sheweth ^his word unto Ja'- cob, his '"statutes and his judgments unto I§'ra-el. 20 He "hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. B. Prov. 3. 1, 2. PSALM 148. The psalmist calls upon all creatures to praise God. *T> RAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye X the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 2 Praise ye him, all his "angels : praise ye him, all his hosts. 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon : praise him, all ye stars of light. *L. Prov. 28. 13; R. Prov. 1. 22, 23. t E. Prov. 5. 21. PSALM U7 a Deut.30,3 b Isa. 61. 1 Lu. 4. 18 1 griefs, c Gen. 15, 5 Isa. 40, 26 d 1 Chr. 16, 25 e Nah. 1, 3 3 of his under- standing there is no num- her. /Ps. 146. 8 g Eph. 5, 20 6 answer. Ex. 15, 21 ?l Job 38, 26 i Job 38, 41 j Mat. 6. 26 k Hos. 1, 7 4 Who maketh thy border peace. Isa. 60, 17 5 fat of wheatt Deut. 32,14 I Job 37. 12 6 his words. Deut. 33,2 m Mai. 4, 4 n Deut.4,S2 Actsl4,16 Rom. 3, 1 2 Eph. 2, 12 he PSALM 148. 1 Hallelu- jah. a Dan. 7, 10 Heb. 1, 7 b 1 Ki. 8, 27 c Heb. 11, 3 d Jer.33,25 e Isa. 43, 20 /Isa. 49, 13 2 birds of wing. g Actsl7,28 h Isa. 12,4 Phil. 2, 9 3 exalted. i Eph. 2, 17 1 Pet. 2, 9 PSALM 149. 1 Hallelu- iah. alsa. 42, 10 h Job 35, 10 c Zech. 9, 9 2 Or, with the pipe. d Pro. 11,20 3 in their throat. e Heb. 4. 12 Rev. 1, 16 / Deut. 7, 1.2 g Rom. 16,20 1 John 5,4 PSALM 150. 1 Hallelu- iah. 610 4 Praise him, *ye heavens of heav- ens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the Lord : for 'he commanded, and they were created. 6 He '^hath also stablished them for ever and ever : he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps : 8 Fire, and hail ; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word : 9 Mountains, -^and all hills ; fruitful trees, and all cedars : 10 Beasts, and all cattle ; creeping things, and ^flying fowl: 1 1 Kings of the earth, and ^all people; princes, and all judges of the earth : 12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children : 13 Let them praise the name of the Lord : for ^his name alone is ^excel- lent ; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of I§'ra-el, 'a people near unto him. Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 149. The pro'phet exhorts to praise God for his love to the church. RAISE ye the Lord. "Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. 2 Let Is'ra-el rejoice in *him that made him : let the children of Zi'on be joyful in their "^King. 3 Let them praise his name '^in the dance : let them sing praisesunto him with the timbrel and harp. 4 For the Lord taketh '^pleasure in his people : he will beautify the meek with salvation. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory : let them sing aloud upon their beds. 6 Let the high praises of God be ^in their mouth, and a "twoedged sword in their hand ; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people ; 8Tobindtheirkings with chains, and their aobles with fetters of iron ; 9 To ^execute upon them the judg- ment written : this ^honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 150. An exhortation to praise God. *T> RAISE ye the Lord. Praise God Jl in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Ex,hortation to fear God. PROVERBS, 1. Wisdom coniplaineth. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts : praise him according; to his excellent greatness, 3 Praise him with the sound of the ^trumpet : praise him mth the psal- tery and harp. 4 Praise him ''with the timbrel and PSALM 160. 2 Or, cornet. a Ex. 15, 20 3 Or, pipe. h Isa. 38, 20 c Rev. 5, 13 ^dance : praise him *with stringed in- struments and organs. 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals : praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 6 Let ''every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. CHAPTER 1. The use of the proverbs. God, and regard parents. @f the contempt of scorners. contemners. 7 Exhortation to fear 20 Wisdom complains 24 She threateneth her THE n)roverbs of SoFo-mon the son of DaVid, king of l§'ra-el ; 2 To know wisdom and instruction ; to perceive the words of understand- ing; 3 To ^receive the instruction of wis- dom, justice, and judgment, and 'equity ; 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and -dis- cretion. 5 A wise man will hear, and will in- crease learning ; and a man of under- standing shall attain unto wise coun- sels: 6 To understand a proverb, and ^the interpretation ; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. 7 HThe fear of the Lord is Uhe be- ginning of knowledge : hict fools de- spise wisdom and instruction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother : 9 For they shall be ^an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. 10 HMy son, if sinners entice thee, ^consent thou not. 1 1 If they say. Come with us, let ''us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause : 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave ; and whole, "as those that go down into the pit : 1 3 We shall find all precious sub- stance, we shall fill our houses witJi spoil :- 14 Cast in thy lot among us ; let us all have one purse : 1 5 My son, -^walk not thou in the way B. C. 1000. CHAP. 1. a 1 Ki. 4, 32 h ch. 2, 1 1 equities. 2 Or, ad- vise- ment. 3 Or, an eloquent speech. ■4 Or, the principal part. 5 an adding. c Gen. 39, 7 Eph. 5, 11 d Jer. 5, 20 e Ps. 28, 1 / ch. 4, 14 g Isa. 59, 7 6 in the eyes of every- thing thai hath a firing. h 1 Tim. 6, 10 7 ^Visdnn^s, tha^t is, excellent wisdom. John 7,37 1 Cor. 1,24 Col. 2,2,3 i Joel 2, 28 John 7,37 j Isa. 66, 4 Jer. 7, 13 Zech.7,11 k Lu. 7, 30 I Job 27, 9 Isa. 1, 15 Jer. 14, 12 Ezek.8,18 Mic. 3, 4 Jas. 4, 3 m Job 21,14 611 with them; refrain thy footfrom their path: 16 For ^their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread ''in the sight of any bird. 1 8 And they lay wait for their own blood ; they lurk privily for their ow?i lives. 19 So ''are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; lohicJi taketh away the life of the owners thereof. 20 ir 'Wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth her voice in the streets : 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, je sunple ones, will ye love simplicity ? and the scorners de- light in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge ? 23 Turn you at my reproof : behold, 'I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 *i[Because •'I have called, and ye refused; I have sti'etched out my hand, and no man regarded ; 25 But ye ^have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof : 26 I also will laugh at your calam- ity; I will "mock when your fear Cometh ; 27 When your fear cometh as des- olation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind ; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then 'shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they "'hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: w 0. 4. 18; R. 21. 3; W. 8. 1-4. J H N 1 A Instruction, promises, and PROVERBS, 2, 3. benefits of wisdom. C H N A N K I 30 They would n one of m y c ounsel : I tliey despised alTmy reproof. I 31 TRerelbre "sRall they eat ^f the I Iruit otJiEeir own way, andTe fillecl [With their owri^evices.* "32 For tEe ^turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the pros- perity of fools shall destroy them. 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet fi'om fear of evil. CHAPTER 2. Wisdom promises godlinesfi and direction to her chil- dren. MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my command- ments with thee ; 2 So that thou incline thine ear un- to wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding ; 3 Ye a, if t hou c riest af ter k nowl- edge, anc/'liftest up thy voice for un- derstan ding ; N. 28. 13, 14. 4 If "thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treas- ures ; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowl- edge of God. 6 For ''the Lord giveth wisdom : out of his mouth cornetJi knowledge and understanding. T Lie layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: "Jie is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths of judg ment, and preserveth '^the way of his .saints. K. 3. 5-6 9 Then shalt thou understand right- eousness, and judgment, and equity ; yea, every good path. 10 IT When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and*knowledge is pleas- ant unto thy soul ; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding 'shall keep thee : 1 2 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that gpeaketh fro ward things ; 13 Who leave the paths of upright ness, to walk -^in the ways of dark ness- 14 Who rejoice to do evil, a^nd de li^'ht in the frowardness of the wicked ; 16 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths : 1 6 To deliver thee from the strange woman even from the stranger nndhich nattereth with her words ; IT Which ^forsaketh the guide of *A. Prov. 15. 26; C. 5. 8-11; H. 2. 22; N. 2. 3. B. C. 1000. CHAP. 1. n Isa. 3, 11 8 Or, eaae of the simple. CHAP. 2. 1 givest thy voice. a Mat.13,44: b 1 Ki. 3, 9 J as. 1, 5 c Ps. 81, 11 d 1 Sam.2,9 e ch. 6, 22 /John .3, 19 Eph. 4, 18 g Mai. 2, 14 h Gen. 2, 24 i Eccl. 7,26 Heb. 13, 4 j Heb. 6, 12 2 Or, plucked up. M CHAP. 3. a Dent. 30,16 1 years of life. b Deut. 6. 8 c Jer. 17, 1 2 Cor. 3, 3 d 1 Sam. 2,26 Lu. 2, 52 Acts 2, 47 Rom. 14, 18 2 Or, good success. e Jer. 9, 23 /lChr.28,9 Phil. 4, 6 Jas. 1, 5 g Jer. 10, 23 h Rom. 12, 10 3 medicine. 4 watering, or, moist- ening. i Ex. 23, 19 Mai. 3. 10 j Dent. 28,8 k Job 5, 17 Heb. 12, ,5 Rev. 3, 19 Deut. 8, 5 5 the man that draweth out un- derstand- ing. m Job 28,13 ch. 2, 4 ch.8,11,19 ch. 16, 16 n Mat.13,44 6i2 her youth, and forgetteth ''the cove- nant of her God. 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 In one 'that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. 20 That thou may est -^"walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall re- main in it. 22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be ^rooted out of it. H. 3. 33. CHAPTER 3. I Exhortation to various duties. 13 Happy gain qf wisdom,. Y son, forget not my law ; "bu t let thine neart keep my com- mandments: 2~Fbr^IengtIi o f days, and ^long life, andrpeaceTsliall t hey add~tol:Tiee. + 3 Let not mercy and~truth f orsate thee: bind *them about thy neck; write '^tliem upon the table of thine heart : 4 So ^shalt thou find favour and '^good understanding in the sight of (lod and man. 5 iT rust in th e Lord with all thine heart ; a nd 4ean not unto thine own understajiding7 p. 14. 26. \) In ^11 thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall ^direct thy paths. | 7 Be ^not wise in thine own eyes : fear the Lord, and depart from evil, 8 It shall be ^health to thy navel, and ^marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour 'the Lord with thy sub- stance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase : 10 So •'shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall buist out with new wine. 1 1 IFMy son, ^despise not the chas- tening of the Lord ; neither be wear;y of his correction : 1 2 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth ; 'even as a father the son in loJiom he delighteth. 13 IF Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and ^the man that getteth understanding. 14 For "'the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 1 5 She is more precious than rubies : and all "the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. fB. 30. 5, 6. JK. 3. 24-26. " Happy gain of wisdom. PROVERBS, 4. Of parental instruction. 16 Length "of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand riches and honour, 17 Her /'ways are ways of pleasant- ness, and all her paths are peace. 1 8 ^he is ''a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her : and liappy is every one that retaineth her. 1 9 The 'Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by understand- ing hath he "established the heavens. 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. 21 ^[My son, let not them depart from thine eyes : keep sound wis- dom and discretion : 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23 Then shaltthou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 24 When 'thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid : yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 26 For the Lord shall be th y c on- ^ence, and shall keep thyloot from b eing taken. K. 14. 26. ^7 IT Withhold "not good from 'them to whom it is due, ™en it is in the poAA ©r of Uiine hand to do it. 28 Saynot unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give ; when thou hast it by thee. 29 ^'Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dAvelleth secure- ly by thee. oO Strive ""not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 IFEnvy thou not "the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord : but his secret is with the righteous. 33 The ^curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked : but ''he bless- eth the habitation of the just. * 34 Surely 'he scorneth the scorn ers: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 35 The "wise shall inherit glory: biit shame '"shall be the promotion of fools. CHAPTER 4. 1 Solomon, to persuade obedience, 3 fihe\cs what in- strvcdon he had of his parent-'<. HEAR, "ye children, the instruc- tion of a father, and attend to know understanding. * H. o. 3-5. B. C. 1000. CHAP. 3. 1 Tim. 4,8 p Mat. 11,29 q Gen. 2, 9 r en. 8, 27 Jer. 10, 12 Jer. 51,15 John 1, 3 Heb. 1, 2 6 Or, prepared. s Deut. 33, 28 Job 36, 28 t Lev. 26, 6 n Rom. 13, 7 Gal. 6, 10 7 the owners thereof. V Lev.19,13 Deut. 24, 15 8 Or, Prac- tise no evil. w Rom. 12, 18 9 a man of violence. X Lev. 26, 14, 16 Zech. 5, 4 Mai. 2, 2 y Ps. 1, 3 z Jas. 4, 6 1 Pet. 5, 5 a Dan. 12, 2 10 exalt eth the fools CHAP. 4. a Ps. 34, 11 ch. 1, 8 b lChr.29,1 c lChr.28,9 Eph. 6, 4 d 2 Thes. 2, 10 e Mat.13,44 Lii. 10, 42 / 1 Sam. 2.80 1 Or, she shall com- pass thee with a crown of glory. g Ps. 18, 36 h Ps. 91, 11 ch. 10, 9 i Mat. 5. 14 Phil. 2, 16 ) 2 Sam. 23,4 k 1 Sam.2,9 John 12.35 2 medicine. 3 above all keeping. Mark 13, 33 613 2 For I give you good doctrine, for- sake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, *ten- der and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He '^taught me also, and said unto me. Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding : forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee : ''love her, and she shall keep thee. 7 Wisdom ^is the principal thing ; therefore get wisdom : and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt -^her, and she shall promote thee : she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace : 'a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. Ill have taught thee in the way of wisdom; 1 have led thee in right paths. 1 2 When thou goest, ^thy steps shall not be straitened ; ''and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 13 '^^ake fast hold of instruction; let her not go : keep her ; for she is thy life. 14: lEnter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 1 5 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 1 6 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief ; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 1 7 For they eat the bread of wicked- ness, and drink the wine of violence. 1 8 But 'the path of the just Hs as the shin ing lig lit that shineth more aiid more unto the perfect day, f 19 The *way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 20 tMy son, attend to my words ; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from tliine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and 'health to all their flesh. 23 ITKeep thy heart ^vith all dill- to. 10. 2, 3. " Mischief of whoredom. PROVERBS, 5, 6. Industry enjoined. gence ; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee ^a fro ward mouth, and perverse hps put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look ri^ht on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and ^let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left : 'remove thy foot from evil. CHAPTER 5. CHAP. 4. 4 froward- ness of 7nouth, and per- verseness of lips. 1 Cor. 15, 33 Eph. 4, 29 5 Or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright. I Isa. 1, 16 Solomon exhorts to study wisdom. MY son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my un- derstanding : 2 That thou mayest regard dis- cretion, and that thy lips may ^keep knowledge. H r 3 ir For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her ^mouth is smoother than oil : 4 But her end is ^bitter as worm- wood, sharp ''as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down ''to death ; her steps take hold on hell. H. 5. 22, 23. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. T Hear me now therefore, O ye chil- dren, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house : 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel : 10 Lest strangers be filled with^thy wealth; and thy labours he in the house of a stranger ; 1 1 And thou mourn at the last, when * 1 thy flesh and thy body are con sumed. 12 And say. How have I hated in struction, and my heart desi)ised re- proof ; 1 3 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me ! 141 was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and as sembly. 1 5 1i Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, a^id rivers of waters in the streets. 1 7 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee B. C. 1000. CHAP. 5. a Mai. 2, 7 1 palate. Ps. 55, 21 h EgcI. 7,26 c Heb. 4, 12 d Heb. 13, 4 2 tny strength. e Mai. 2, 14 /Song 2, 9 Song 4, 5 Song 7, 3 3 water thee. 4 err thou always in her love. g 2 Chr.16,9 Job 31, 4 Job 34, 21 Jer. 16, 17 Jer.32,19 Hos. 7, 2 Heb. 4, 13 h Ps. 9, 15 5 sin. i Job 4, 21 Job 36, 12 *c. 22. CHAP. 6. a ch. 27, 13 b Ezra 10, 19 1 Or, so shaltthou prevail luith thy friend. c Ps. 132, 4 d Job 12, 7 e Job 15, 12 ch. 10, 10 /Mic. 2, 1 2 casteth forth. 614 18 Let thy fountain be blessed : and rejoice *with the wife of thy youth. 19 let Hier be as the loving hind and pleasant roe ; let her breasts ^sat- isfy thee at all times ; and '^be thou ravished always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger ? 21 For g'the w ays of man are before] the eye s of the t^ORD, and he ponder- eth all his goings. E- 15- 3. 22 His ^own iniquities shall takeiha en with the cords of his '^sins. C.11.18. 23 He 'shall die without instruction : and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. H. 6. 12-15. CHAPTER 6. 1 Against suretlship, 6 a7id idleness. 16 Seve)i ihinas hatful to God. 20 Blessings of obedience. 25 IIis- chiefs of whoredom. ^/T Y son, "if thou be surety for thy IVJL friend, if thou *hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend ; go, humble thy- self, ^and make sure thy friend. 4 Give ""not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird ■from the hand of the fowler. 6 l! Go "'to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the sum- mer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 LIow long wilt thou sleep, O slug gard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slum- ber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 12 HA naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a fro ward mouth. 13 He nvinketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers ; 14Frowardness is in his heart, he -^deviseth mischief continually ; he ^soweth discord. 1 5 Therefore shall his calamity come J strange woman. 25 Lust ^not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyehds. 26 For ^'by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread : and 'the adulteress will hunt ?for the precious life. 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ? 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned ? 29 So he that goeth in to his neigh- bour's wife ; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. ■ 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 31 But if\\e be found, ''he shall re- store sevenfold ; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32 But whoso cominitteth adultery with a woman lacketh \inderstand- ing : he thcU doeth it destroyeth 4iis own soul. 3 3. A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man : therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 °He will not regard any ransom; B. C. 1000. CHAP. 6. gf 2 Chr. 36, 16 Jer. 19. 11 3 of his soul. 4 Haughty eyes. h Ps. 120, 2 Hos. 4, 1 i Isa. 1, 15 j Gen 6, 5 k Isa. 59, 7 Rom. 3,15 I Ps. 27, 12 m Eph. 6, 1 n Ps. 19, 8 5 Or, candle. 6 Or, of the strange t ongue. Mat. 5, 28 p ch. 29, 3 7 the ^uoman of a man, or, a man's wife. Gen. 39,11 q Ezek. 13,18 r Ex. 22,1,4 8 heart. s Job 31, 12 Heb. 13, 4 9 He tviU not accept the face of any . ransom. 6,8 CHAP. 7. a Lev. 18, 5 ch. 4, 4 Isa. 55, 3 b Deut. 32,10 c Dent. Deut. 11, 18 ch. 3, 3 .ch.^6, 21 1 tJie sons, a ch. 6, 32 ch. 9, 4 e Job 24, 15 2 inthe evening of the day. f 1 Tim. 2,9 g 1 Tim. 5, 13 Titus 2, 5 3 she strength- ened her face and sa id. 4 Peace of- ferings are upon me. h Isa. 19, 9 5 in his hand. 6 Or, the new moon. 615 neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. CHAPTER 7. 1 Solomon persuades to a sincere Jamiliariiy with wisdom. Q Cunning of a lewd wom^an, etc. Y son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with The harlot and her victim. PRO VERBS, 7. Cumiing of a lewd woman^ H i suddenly ; suddenly shall he be ^bro- I kpn without remedy . H. 10. 7. 16 1'These six things doth the Lord hate : yea, seven are an abomination ^unto him : 17 ''A proud look,% lyii^g tongue, and hands 'that shed innocent blood, 1 8 All •'heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, ''feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A ^false witness that speaketh • lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. 20 ITMy ""son, keep thy father's com- mandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother : 21 Bind, them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and vjhen thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For "the commandment is a ^lamp ; and the law is light ; and re- proofs of instruction are the way of life : 2 4 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery *^of the tongue of a M thee. 2 Keep ''m.y commandments, and live ; and *my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind "them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom. Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman : 5 That they may keep thee from the stra.nge woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words, 6 TFor at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among ^the youths, a young man ^void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner ; and he went the way to her house, 9 In 'the twilight, '^in the evening, in the black and dark night : 10 And, behold, there met him a woman'^/J^7A the -^attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her i'f eet abide not in her house : 12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, ajt d ^vith an impudent face said unto him, l^'^ I have peace offerings with mie ; this day have I payed my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 161 have decked my bed with cov- erings of tapestry, with carved zo or A;^, with ^fine Imen of E'gypt. 171 have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning : let us solace our- selves with loves. 19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey : 20 He hath taken a bag of money Svith hun, a^id will come home at ''the day appointed. 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the fiatter- mg of her hps she forced him. The excellency and PROVERBS, 8. eternity of vnsdoni. 22 He goeth after her 'straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ; 23 Till a dart strike through his liv- er; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his hfe. 24 IFHearken unto me now there- fore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, 'many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to -^hell, go- ing down to the chambers of death. CHAPTER 8. J Of wisdom: 10 Us excelleiici/, \% riches, 22 eternity, 32 and desirabletiess. W ' TP\ OTH not "wisdom cry ? and un- JLJ derstanding put forth her voice ? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. 3 She crieth at the gates, at the en- try of the city, sX the coming in at the doors. 4 Unto you, O men, I call ; and my voice is to the sons of man. W. 8. 17 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom : and, ye fools, be ye of an understand ing heart. 6 Hear; for I will speak of ^excellent things ; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. T For my mouth shall '"speak truth ; and wickedness is 'an abomination to my lips. 8 Ail the words of my mouth are in righteousness; the^^e is nothing '^froward or perverse in them. 9 They are all plain to him that un- der standeth, and right to them that find knowledge. 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. 1 1 For "'wisdom is better than ru- bies ; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. 121 wisdom dwell with ^prudence, and find out knowledge of witty in- ventions. 1 3 The 'fear of the Lord is to hate evil : pride, -^and arrogancy, and the evil way, and ^the fro ward mouth, do I hate. 1 4 Counsel is mine, and sound wis- dom : I am understanding ; ^I have stren&iih. B. C. 1000. CHAP. 7. 7 sxLddenly. i Neh. 13,26 j ch. 2, IC ch. 5, 5 ch. 9, 18 1 Cor. 6, 9,10 Heb. 13, 4 Rev. 22,15 CHAP. 8. a ch. 9, 3 1 Cor. 1,24: Col. 2, 3 b ch. 22, 20 c John 8, 14 Rom. 15,8 1 the ahom- ination of my li-ps. 2 wreathed. rt Job.28,15 Ps. 19, 10 3 Or, subtilty. e ch. 16, 6 /ch. 6, 17 g ch. 4, 24 h Eccl. 7, 19 i Dan. 2, 21 Dan. 7, 14 Mat. 28,18 Rom. 13,1 j 1 Sam. 2,30 John 14,21 k Jas. 1, 5 I Mat. 6, 33 m Job 28,15 ch. 3, 14 4 Or, walk. Isa. 55, 24 Rev. 7, 17 nch. 3,19 John 1, 1 Ps. 2, 6 p Job 15, 7 5 Or, open places. 6 Or, the chief part. 7 Or, a circle. q Job 38,10 r Job 38, 4 s John 1, 1, 2,18 t Mat. 3, 17 Col. 1, 13 ulsa. 4, 2 Isa. 62, 4 V Ps. 16, 3 John 13, 1 wLu. 11,28 X Phil. 3, 8, 9 eie 1 5 By 'me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 1 6 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 17 I^loye them that love me; and ^those that seek me early shall find ^?e W7"28ria To Riches 'and honour are with me ; yea, durable riches and righteous- ness. 1 9 My ™fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold ; and my revenue than choice silver. 20 I Head in the way of righteous- ness, in the midst of the paths of judg- ment: 21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance ; and I will fill their treasures. 22 The ''Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I "was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When the^^e icere no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before Pthe mountains were set- tled, before the hills was I brought forth : 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the ^fields, nor •'the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens. 1 was there : when he set ''a compass upon the face of the depth : 28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep : 29 When ?he gave to the sea Ms decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when '^he appointed the foundations of the earth : 30 ThenT was by him, «5 one brought up with him : 'and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him ; 31 Rejoicing "in the habitable part of his earth ; and *'my delights were with the sons of men. 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children : for "blessed are they that keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, wait- ing at the posts of my doors. 35 For ^whoso findeth me findetb W The doctrine of vjisdotn. PROVERBS, 9, 10. Coneer^iing moral virtues. life, and shall 'obtain favour of thej b.c.iooo. Lord. 36 But he that sinneth against ine ^wrongeth his o^vn soul : all they that hat^ me love death. CHAPTER 9. IS OMtom, CEIAPTER 10. 1 Discipline and doctrine of wisdom. 16 and error' of folly. TTTISDOM hath <^builded her V ? house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars : 2 She hath killed ^her beasts ; she hath iTiingled her ^,vine; she hath also furnished her table. 3 She hath *sent forth her maidens : she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 Whoso 'is simple, let him turn in CHAP. 8. 8 hrinq foith. y Heb, 2. 3 From this chapter to the Jive and twentieth are siin- ! dry observations of virtue^:, and their contrary 1 vices. THE proverbs of Sol'o-mon. A wise son maketh a glad father : but a foolish son is the heav'iness of his mother. 2 Treasures ''of Avickedness profit nothing : "but righteousness deliver- eth from death. 3 The "Lord win not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away ^the substance of the w'icked. i 4 He becometh poor that dealeth G ch 6 32 '^'^*^>^ a slack hand : but '^the hand of Mat.iir25 the diligent maketh rich. 0. 30. 5, 6., d isa. 55. 1 5 He that gathereth in summer is a e Mat. 7,6 wisc SOU : bufHQ that sleepeth in har- /Ps. 141, 5 vest is a son that causeth shame. CHAP. 9. a Mat.16.18 Eph. 2, 20 1 her killing. Mat. 22, 4 6 Rom. 10,15 \i ch. 10, 27 m^outh of the wicked. j Job 35, G, 7 k ch. 20, 17 7 The -^memoiy of the just is blessed but the name of the wicked shall rot, 8 The wise in heart will receive rebuketh a wicked 7'na7i getteth hun- self a blot. 8 Reprove ^Tiot a scorner, lest he hate thee: •''rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise 'man. and he will be yet wiser : teach a just ma/z,^and he wUl increase in learn- ing. 10 The ^fear of the Lord is the be- ginning of wisdom : and the knowl- edge of the holy is understanding. 11 For 'hy me thy days shall be mul- tiphed, and the years of thy life shall be increased. 12 If -'thou be A\ase. thou shalt be wise for thyself : but i/thou scomest, thou alone shalt bear it. 1 3 "TA foolish woman is clamorous : she is simple, and knoweth noth- ing,^ 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways : 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither : and as for him that wanteth understanding,' she saith to him, 1 7 Stolen ^waters are SAveet, and bread "^ eaten in secret is pleasant. 1 S But he knoweth not that the dead are there : and that her guests ure in the depths of heU. hither: as for him that wanteth un derstanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, "^eat of my bread, and g Mat.13,12: 6 Blessings are upon the head of the drink of the wine ichich I have!?iJob28,28'just : but 'violence covereth the mingled, 6 Forsake the foolish, and live ; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He that reproveth a scorner get- teth to himself shame: and he that^cif^*' 'commandments: but ^a pratuig f-^ol " " " " " " ' " " ' ^shall fall. 9 He -''that walketh uprightly walk- eth surely: but he that perverteth his Avays shall be knoA^m. 10 He that winketh Avith the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool ^shall fall. 11 Thc^mouth of a righteous man is a well of life : but H-lolence cover- eth the mouth of the wicked. 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love •'covereth all suis. 13 In the ^lips of him that hath um- derstanding wisdom is found : but a 9 5 6 ^^^ ^^ ^*^^' ^^-^^ back of him that is void Ecci.' 8,'io of 'understanding. 2 a fool of j 14 AVise men lay up knowledge : but ^ip«- the mouth of the foolish is near de- '?/i,2S.'struction. 15 The 'rich man's wealth is his the ^ H CHAP. 10. a Ps. 49, 6 Lu. 12, 19 h Dan. 4. 27 c Ps. 10. 14 1 Or, the wicked for their wicked- ness. d ch. 13, 4 ch. 21, 5 e Esth. 7, 8 g Ps 23 4 is^. 33, : strong city: the destruction of "^^'■"^^ poor is their poverty. 16 The labour of the righteouste-nd- the fruit of the Avicked 4 Or, shall he beaten h-ps.37,3o' eth to hfe i Ps. 107,42 to Sm. jicor.13,4 17 He is in the way of Hfe that feLtL4,22 keepeth instruction : but he that re- 5 heart. fuseth reproof ^erreth. I job 31, 24' 1 S He that hideth hatred with lying 1 Tim.' hps, and he that uttereth a slander, 6, 17 I . ^ ' P 1 ' - ^ |zs a fool. eS:to^., 19 In -the multitude of words ther« m Ecci. 5, 3 wanteth not sin : but "he that ref rain- n jas. 3, 2 I eth his hps is wise. 617 *H. 10. 28, 29. « Moral virtues, and PROVERBS, 11. their contrary vices. H H CHAP. 10. 7 of heart. Gen.24:,35 Gen.26,12 1 Tim. 1,8 Iklat. 7, 24 Mat.l(5,18 8 addeth. s Eccl. 7. 17 t lJohn3,2 u Job 8, 13 V Isa. 40, 31 Zech. 10, 12 Phil. 4. 13 nesaes. 20 The tongue of the just is as choice' s. c. looo, silver : the heart of the wicked is lit- tle worth. 21 The hps of the righteous feed many : but fools die for want '^of wis- dom, 22 The "blessing of the Lord, itjpJo^i^'^i maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow i'? ^f-k^' ^' With it. 5, 14 25 It is as sport to a fool to do mis-jr ps.i5,5 chief: but a man of understa,nding hath wisdom. 24 The ^'fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but ^the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 2 5 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as'^ps. i,6 smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard 9 frotvara- to them that send him. 27 The fear of the Lord ^prolongeth days : but 'the years of the wicked shall be shortened. 28 The 'hope of the righteous shall be gladness : but the "expectation of the wicked shall perish. 29 The way of the Lord ''is strength to the upright : "but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.* 30 The righteous shall never be re- moved : but the vv icked shall not in- habit the earth. 31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out, 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable : but the inouth of the wicked speaketh ^frowardness. CHAPTER 11. A^FALSE balance is abomination 5 He^^J^at to the Lord : but ^a just weight '^^'^- "^ ' is his delight. 2 When "pride com.eth,then cometh shame : but with the lowly is wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them : but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. 4 Riches ^profit not in the day of wi^th : but 'righteousness delivereth from death. 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall ^direct his way : but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The '^righteousness of the upright ' shall deliver them : 'but transgress- ors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. H. 11. 19-21. 7 When a wicked man dieth, his ex- pectation shall perish : and the hope of unjust men perisheth. *H. 11. 3-6. CHAP. 11. 1 Balances of diceit. Lev. 19,35 Deut. 25,13 2 a perfect stone. a Dan. 4, 30 b Ezek.7,19 Zeph.1,18 c Gen. 7, 1 3 rectify, a 1 Tim.4,8 e Eccl. 10,8 /Job 8, 13 g Esth. 8,15 4 destitute of heart. a bein tale- hearer. h 1 Ki. 12, 1 6 shall be sore broken. 7 those that strike hands. i Mat.25,34 } Hos.lO.l'i Gal.6, 8, 9 J as. 3, 18 8 departeth from. k Rom. 2, 8 9 Tlie soul of bless- ing. 2 Cor. 9,6 I Mat. 5, 7 m Amos 8, 5 n Job 29,13 618 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. 9 An -'hyprocrite with his mouth de- stroyeth his neighbour : but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. 10 When ^it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. 1 1 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted : but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. 1 2 He that is "void of wisdom de- spiseth his neighbour : but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 1 3 ^A talebearer revealeth secrets : but he that is of a faithful spirit con- cealeth the matter. 14 Where ^no counsel is, the people fall : but in the multitude of counsel- lors there is safety. 1 5 He that is surety for a stranger ^shall smart for it: and he that hateth 'suretiship is sure. 1 6 A gracious woman reta^ineth hon- our: and strong men retain riches. 1 7 The 'merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work : Put -^to him that soweth right- eousness shall be a sure reward. 19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pur suet h it to his own death. 20 The^f that are of a froAvard heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished : but the seed of the righteous shall be de livered. h. 11. 31. 22 As a jewel of gold in a svrine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous is only good : but the expectation of the wicked is ^v/rath. 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that with- holdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 25 ^The liberal soul shall be made fat: and Tie that watereth shall be watered also himself. 26 He "'that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him : ''but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. tC. 13. 5. jt 1 H Moral virtues, and 27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour : ^biit he that seek- eth mischief, it shall come mito him. 28 He ^hat tnisteth in his riches shall fall: but ?the righteous shall flourish as a branch. 29 He that troubleth his own house 'shall inherit the ^vind : and the fool shall he sei'^'^ant to the wise of heart. 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that ^"winneth souls is wise. H f 31 Behold, -the righteous shall be J I recompensed in the earth : much t more the wicked and the sinner. * CHAPTER 12. WHOSO loveth mstructionloveth knowledge : but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2 A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord : but a man of wicked de- vices will he condemn. 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness : but the root of the right- eous shall not be moved. 4 A '^ virtuous woman is a crown to her husband : but she that maketh ashamed is as *rottennessin his bones. 5 The thoughts of the righteous are right : hut the counsels of the ^^icked are deceit. 6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood : but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. H [ 7 The '^wicked are overthrown, and : are not: but the house of the righteous ! shaU stand. H. 12. 21. 8 A man shall be coixunended accord- ing to his wisdom : '^but he that is ^of a perverse heart shall be despised. 9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that hon- oureth himself, and lacketh bread. 10 A 'righteous man regardeth the life of his beast : but the ^tender mer- cies of the wicked a?'e cruel. 11 He /that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread : but he that f ol- loweth vainperso^^is is void of under- standing. 12 The Avicked desireth ^the net of evil r/ze?? .• but the ^root of the right- eous jieldeth fruit. 13 *The ^vicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: ^but the just shall come out of trouble. 14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth : and *the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. 1 5 The •'way of a fool is right in his *H. 12. 7; J. 16. 2-4. PROVERBS, 12, 13. their contrary vices. p Job 31, 24 Mark 10,24 Lu.12,21 1 Tim, 6.17 q Jer. 17, 8 r Eccl. 5,16 10 taketh Dan. 12, 3 lCor.9,19 Jas. 5, 20 CHAP. 12. a ch. 31, 23 1 Cor.11,7 b ch. 14, 30 c Mat. 7, 24 d ISara. 25,17 1 perverse of heart. e Deut.23,4 2 Or, bowels. J Gen. 3, 19 ch. 28, 19 3 Or, the fortress. g Jer. 17, 8 4 The snare of the wicked is in the trans- gression of lips. h 2 Pet. 2, 9 own eves : but he that hearkeneth im- to counsel is wise. 1 6 A fool's wi-ath is ^presently known : but a prudent marccoYereth. shame. 11 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness : but a false wit- ness deceit. 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword : but the tongue of the wise is health. s Jer. 25, 29 19 The *lip of truth shall be estab- 1 Pet.4,17 lished for ever : but a l;>^ng tongue is but for a moment. 20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imaguie evil : but to the counsellors of peace is joy. 21 There 'shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. H 13. 9. 22 Lyiag ''lips are abomination tc the L'^ord : but they that deal trulj' are his delight. 23 A prudent man concealeth knowl- edge : but the heart of fools proclaim- eth foolishness. 24 The '^hand of the diligent shah bear rule : but the ''slothful shall be under tribute. 25 Hea\aness in the heaii: of man maketh it stoop : but ''a good word maketh it glad. g ^ 26 The righteous is more 'excellent j i!u! IS, 11 i than his neighbour : but the way of 5 in timt the wickcd seduceth them. dfty. 27 The slothful man roasteth not 5^6 ■ ^' jthat which he took in huntiug : but I Rom. 8,28 the substaxLce of a dihgent man is precious. 28 In the way of 'righteousness is Hfe ; and i7i the pathway thereof there is no depcth. CHAPTER 13. 'WISE son heareth his father's instruction : ^but a scomer hear- eth not rebuke. 2 A man shall eat good by the frait of his mouth : but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. 3 He *that keepeth his mouth keep- eth his life : hut he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, I and hath nothing : but the soul of the CHAP. 13. [diligent shall be made fat. 5 A righteous man hateth ^lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and Cometh to shame. C. 13. 21. 6 Righteousness %eepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth ^the sinner. J 2Thes.l,6 1 Pet. 3, 12,13 2 Pet. 2, 9 m Rev. 22, 15 nlKi.11,28 ch. 10, 4 6 Or, deceitful. Isa. 50, 4 7 Or, abuTi- dant. p Deut. 30. 15 Deut. 32,47 Jer. 21, 8 Mat.19,17 Rom. 5,21 2 Cor.4,17 Rev. 2, 7 A a 1 Sam. 2,25 b Ps. 39, 1 Jas. 3, 2 c Col. 3, 9 Rom.12,9 d ch. 11, 3 1 sin. 619 H Morcd virtues, and PROVERBS, 14. tlieir contrary vices. 1 There is that maketh Mmself rich, yet hath nothing : there is that mak- eth himself poor, yet Aa^A great riches. 8 The ransom of a man's hf e are his riches : but the poor heareth not re- buke. H , 9 The light of the righteous re- joiceth : but the -lamp of the wicked shall be put out. H. 13. 13. 10 Only bypridecometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. 11 \^ eolth.' gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth ^by labour shall increase. 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but lohen the desire cometh,zY is a tree of life. H r 13 Whoso -^'despiseth the word shall be destroyed : but he that f eareth the commandment ^shall be rewarded?^ 14 The i'law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from ^the snares of death. 15 Good understanding giveth fa- vour : but the way of transgressors is hard. 16 Every 'prudent man dealethwith knowledge : but a fool ^layeth open his folly. 1 7 A wicked messenger f alleth into mischief : but ^a faithful ambassador is health. 1 8 Poverty and shame shall he to him that refuseth instruction : but he that •^regardeth reproof shall be hon- oured. 19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul : but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools 'shall be destroyed. C r 21 Evil ^pursue th sinners : but to the H [ righteous good shall be repayed^ 22 A good man leaveth an inherit- ance to his children's children : and ^the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. 2 3 Much '"food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is de- stroyed for want of judgment. 24 He "that spare th his rod hateth his son : but he tlmt loveth him chas- teneth him betimes. 25 The righteous eateth to the satis- fying of his soul : but the belly of the wicked shall want. CHAPTER 14. EVERY "wise woman buildeth her house : but the foolish pluck- eth it down vvath her hands. *H. 13. 21. tC. 14. 11; H. 14. 12. B. C. 1000. CHAP. 13. 2 Or, candle. e ch. 20, 21 3 with the hand. /2Chr. 36,16 i Or, Shall be in peace. Isa. 66, 2 Mai. 3, 16 g ch. 16, 22 h 2 Sam. 22,6 i ch. 12, 23 5 spread- eth. 6 an anx- hassador of faith- fulness. j ch. 15, 5 7 shall be broken. k Ps. 32, 10 I Job 27, 16 Eccl. 2,26 m ch. 12, 11 n ch. 23, 13 CHAP, 14. a Ruth 4,11 b Job 12, 4 c ch. 12, 6 d Ex. 20, 16 Ex. 23, 1 e ch. 17, 24 / Lu. 12, 20 1 Cor,3,19 g ch. 10, 23 1 the bit- terness of his soul. h Job 8, 15 i ch. 16, 25 j Rom.6,21 k Eccl. 2, 2 1 ch. 12,14 m2Cor.l,12 Phil. 4, 7 n ch. 22, 3 ch. 19, 7 2 many are the lovers of tlie rich. p Ps. 41, 1 620 2 He that walketh in his upright- ness feareth the Lord : ^but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him, 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride : ''but the lips of the wise shall presence them. 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean : but much increase is by the strength of the ox. 5 A ^f a^ithful witness will not lie : but a false witness will utter lies. 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but 'knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 8 The Avisdom of the prudent is to understand his wa.y : but -^ the folly of fools is deceit. 9 Fools ^make a mock at sin : but among the righteous there is favour. 10 The heart knoweth 'his own bit- terness ; and a stranger doth not in- termeddle with his joy, 1 1 The ^house of the wicked shall ] be overthrown : but the tabernacle i of the upright shall flourish. C.21.17. i 12 There 'is a way which seeiPxeth ] right unto a man, but •'the end there- j of «re the ways of death. H. 14. 32 J 13 Even in laughter the heart is sor- rowful ; and ^the end of that mirth is heaviness. 14 The backslider in heart shall be ^filled with his own ways: and a "'good man shall be satisfied from himself. 1 5 The simple believeth every word : but the x^rudent 7na?i looketh well to his going. 16 A "wise ma7i feareth, and depart- eth from evil; but the fool rageth, and is confident, \1 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly : and a man of wicked de= vices is hated. 18 The simple inherit folly : but the prudent are crowned with know! edge. 19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 20 The "poor is hated even of his own neighbour : but ^the rich hath many friends. 21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth : ^but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. 22 Do they not err that devise evil? Moral virtues, and PROVERBS, 15. their contrary vices. but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. 23 In ail labour there is profit : but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. 24 The crown of the wise is their riches : but the foolishness of fools is folly. 25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. 26 Tn the fear of the Lord is s trong mce: and h is childre n shal l ive a . place of refug e.* - 2 7 The 'fear of the Lord is a foun- tain of life, to depart from the snares of death. 2S In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. 29 He ""that is slow to wrath is of great understanding : but he that is ^hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh : but 'envy the rottenness of the bones. 31 He 'that oppresseth the poor re- proacheth "his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. H ' 3 2 The wicked is driven away in hi s wickedness : but the ^righteous hath I hope in his death . K. 16. 4, 5. 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation : but sin is a reproach "to any people. 35 The king's favour is toward a wise '^servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame. CHAPTER 15. A SOFT answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright : but the mouth of fools 'poureth out foolishness. r 3 The '^eyes of the Lord are in every I place, beholding the evil and th e I good. • E. 16. 2. 4 "A wholesome tongue is a tree of life : but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. 5 A fool despiseth his father's in- struction : but he that regardeth re- proof is prudent. 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure : but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. *F. 16. 3; K. 18. 10. B. C. 1000. CHAP. 14. q ch. 13. 14 r ch. 16, 32 Jas. 1. 19 3 short of spirit. s Ps. 112,10 t ch. 17, 5 Mat.2o,40 1 John 3,17 u Job 31, 15 ch. 22, 2 V Job 13, 15 J Ob 19, 26 Ps. 23, 4 Ps. 37, 37 2 Cor. 1, 9 2 Cor. 5, 8 2 Tim. 4,18 4 to na- tions. w Mat. 24, 45,47 Mat. 25, 21,23 CHAP. 15. 1 belcheth, or, bub- bleth. a 2Chr.l6,9 Job 34, 21 ch. 5, 21 Jer. 16,17 Jer. 32,19 Zech.4,10 Heb. 4, 13 2 The heal- ing of the tongue. b Isa. 61, 8 Jer. 6. 20 Jer. 7, 22 Amos5,22 c Lu. 18, 11 d 1 Tim. 6, 11 3 Or, In- struction. e John 2,24 Acts 1, 24 /Eccl. 4. 6 1 Tim. 6,6 4 is raised up as a causey. Isa. 3'5, 8 5 iioid of heart. g Eph. 5. 15 6 in his season. h Phil. 3. 20 621 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. 8 The *S8.crifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: "^but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 9 The way of the wicked is an abom- ination unto the Lord •. but he loveth him that "^f olloweth after righteous- ness. G. 20. 9. 10 ^Correction is grievous unto hiin that f orsaketh the way : and he that hateth reproof shall die. 1 1 Hell and destruction are before the Lord : how much more then the 'hearts of the children of men ? 12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him : neither "vvill he go unto the wise. 13 A merry heart maketh a cheer- ful countenance : but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. 14 The heart of him that hath un- derstanding seeketh knowledge : but the mouth of fools feedeth on fool- ishness. 1 5 All the days of the afflicted are evil : but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. 16 Better •''zs little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, tlian a stalled ox and hatred therewith. 1 8 A wrathful man stirreth up strife : but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. 1 y The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns : but the way of the righteous '^is made plain. 20 A wise son maketh a glad fa- ther : but a foolish man despiseth his mother. 21 Folly is joy to hhn that is 'desti- tute of wisdom : «'but a man of rni- derstanding walketh uprightly. 22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed : but in the multitude of counsellors they are establish^. 23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth : and a word spoken ^in due season, how good is it ! 24 The ^way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. 25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud : but he will establish the border of the widow. 26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the JLOrd : but t/i& A tA. 20. 9. Moral virtues, and PROVERBS, 16. their contrary vices. words of the pure are 'pleasant words. 27 He 'that is greedy of gain trou- bleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. 28 The heart of the righteous stud- leth •'to answer : but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. 29 The Lord is ^tar from the wick- ed : but he ^heareth the prayer of the righteous. 30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart : anda, good report maketh the bones fat. 31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 32 He that refuseth ^instruction de- spiseth his own soul : but he that ^heareth reproof ^°getteth under- standing. 33 The fear of the Lord is the in- struction of wisdom; and before honour is humility. CHAPTER 16. THE ^preparations of the heart in man, and ''the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. E r 2 All the ways of a man are clean J I in his own eyes ; but the ^Lord I weigheth the spirits. E. 21. 2. 3 ^Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be es- l tablished. F. 16. 20. 4 The '^LoRD ha.th made all things for himself! ^yea,, even the w i cked for the dny of evil. J. 17. 3. 5 Ev ery one that is proud in heart is an abominatio n to the JjDBH: tho7/,gh hmid j oin in hand, he shall not be ^un pu nish ed . H. 21. 12. 6 By *mercy and truth iniquity is purged : and by the fear of the Lord 971671 depart from evil, T When a man's ways -^please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. 8 Better is a little with righteous- ness than great revenues without right. 9 A man's heart deviseth his way : but i^the Lord directeth his steps. 1 ^A divine sentence is in the lips of the king : his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. 1 1 A ^just weight and balance are the Lord's: ^all the weights of the bag are his work. 1'2 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness : for the throne is established by righteousness. 13 Righteous lips are the delight of B. C. 1000. CHAP. 15. 7 words of pleasant- ness. I Isa. 5, 8 j lPGt.3,15 /cEph. 2,12 I Rom.8,26 8 Or, cor- rection. 9 Or, obeyetli. 10 possess- eth an heart. CHAP. 16. 1 Or, dis- posinqs. Jer. 10,23 a Mat,10,19 6 1 Sam. IG, 7 Dan. 5, 27 2 Boll. Ps. 37, 5 Mat. 6, 25 Lu. 12, 22 Phil. 4, 6 1 Pet. 5, 7 c Isa. 43, 7 Rom. 11,36 d .Job 21, 30 Rom. 9,22 3 held innocent. e Dan. 4, 27 Lu. 11, 41 / Col. 1, 10 g Jer. 10, 23 4 Divina- tion. h Lev.19,36 5 all the stones. i Isa. 35, 8 6 Or, He that un- derstand- eth a matter. j Isa. 30, 18 k Ps. 37, 30 Mat. 12,34 7 maketh wise. 8 Tlie soul of him that la~ boureth. 9 boweth unto him. 10 A man of Belial. 11 sendeth forth. 622 kings ; and they love him that speak- eth right. 14 The wrath of a king is as mes- sengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. 15 In the light of the king's coum tenance is life ; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. 1 6 How much better is it to get wis- dom than gold! and to get under- standing rather to be chosen than silver ! IT The highway of the upright is to depart from evil : he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. 1 8 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. 19 Better it is to he of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. 20 '^He that handleth a matter wise- ly shall find good : and whoso trust- eth -^in the Lord, happy .ig he^* 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it : but the instruction of fools is folly. 23 The %eart of the wise 'teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. 24 Pleasant words are as an honey- comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25 There is awaythatseemethright unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 26 ^He that labouretli laboureth for himself ; for his mouth ''craveth it of him. 2T "An ungodly man diggeth up evil : and in his lips there is as a burning fire. 28 A fro ward man"soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 29 A violent man enticeth his neigh- bour, and leadeth him into the way thctt is not good. 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise f reward things : moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 33 The lot is cast into the lap ; but *F. 18. 10. * Moral virtues, and PROVERBS, IT, 18. their contrary vices. the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. CHAPTER 17. BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of ^sacrifices with strife. 2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren, ^ f 3 The ^fining pot is for silver, and \ the furnace for gold : but the Lord Itrieth the hearts. ' J. 29. 26. 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips ; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. 5 Whoso mocketh the poor re- proacheth his Maker: and ''he that IS glad at calamities shall not be ^un- punished. 6 Children's children are the crown of old men ; and the glory of chil- dren are their fathers. 7 ^Excellent speech becometh not a fool : much less do ^lying lips a prince. 8 A gift is as ^a precious stone in the ej^es of him that hath it : whither- soever it tumeth, it '^prospereth. 9 He that covereth a transgression *seeketh love ; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. 10 ^ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. 1 1 An evil ynan seeketh only rebel- lion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. 13 Whoso "^rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water : there fore ''leave off contention, before it be meddled with. 1 5 He that -^ justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord. 1 6 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? 17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. ISA man void of ^understanding striketh hands, ayid becometh surety in the presence of his friend. 19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife : and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. B. C. 1000. CHAP. 17. 1 Or. good cheer. a ch. 27, 21 Jer. 17,10 Mai. .3, .3 b Job 31, 29 Obad. 12 2 held innocent. 3 a Up of excel- lency. i a Up of h/ing. 5 a stone of grace. ch. 18, 16 ch. 19, 6 c Gen.39,21 Gen.41,38 Dan. 6, 3 6 Or, pro- cureth. ch. 10, 12 7 Or, A re- proof aweth more a Wiseman, than to strike a fool an hundred times. d Jer. 18, 20 Rom. 12, 17 1 Thes. 5, 1.5 1 Pet. 3, 9 e ch. 20, 3 1 Thes. 4,11 /Ex.23, 7 Isa. 5, 23 8 heart. 9 Thefro- ward of heart. 10 Or, to a medicine. g Ex. 23, 8 h Eccl. 2,14 i J as. 1, 19 11 Or,a cool spirit. CHAP. 18. 1 Or, He tliat sepa- rateth himself seeketh according to his de- sire, and intermed- dleth in etiery business, Jude 19 a Ps. 78, 2 b Lev.19,15 Deut.1,17 Deut. 16, 19 2 Or, whis- perer. ch. 12, 18 ch. 26, 22 3 Or, like as when men are wounded. 4 chamber's, c 2 Sam.22, 3,51 Ps. 18, 2 5 is set aloft. 623 20 ^He that hath a fro ward heart findeth no good : and he that hath a perverse tongue f alleth into mischief. 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. 22 A merry heart doeth good ^Hike a medicine : but a broken spirit dri- eth the bones. 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom ^to pervert the ways of judgment. 24 vYisdom^^s before him that hath understanding ; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. 26 Also to punish the just is not good, 7ior to strike princes for equity. 27 He 'that hath knowledge spare th his words : and a man of under- standing is of "an excellent spirit. 28 Even a fool, w^henhe holdeth his peace, is counted wise : and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. CHAPTER 18. THROUGH ^desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 2 A fool hath no delight in under- standing, but that his heart may discover itself. 3 When the wicked cometh, then Cometh also contempt, and with ig- nominy reproach. 4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, '^and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. 5 It Hs not good to accept the per- son of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. 8 The words of a ^talebearer are ^as wounds, and they go down into the ^innermost parts of the belly. 9 He also that is slothful in his w^ork is brother to him that is a great waster. 10 The ''name of the Lord is a strong tower : the righteous runneth into it, and ^is safe. * 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his cwn conceit. 12 Before destruction the heart of *F. 22. 19; K. 21. 30, 31. K Moral virtues, aiid PROVERBS, 19. their contrary vices. man is haughty, and before honour is humihty. 13 He that ^answereth a matter be- fore he heareth it^ it is folly and shame unto him. 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit "who can bear ? 1 5 The '^heart of the prudent getteth knowledge ; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. 1 6 A ^man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. 11 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just ; but his neighbour Cometh and searcheth him. 1 8 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. 19 A brother offended is harder to he won than a strong city : and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. 20 A mean's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. 21 Death -^and life are in the power of the tongue : and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing., and obtaineth favour of the Lord. 23 The poor useth intreaties ; but the rich answereth ^roughly. 24 A man Hhat hath friends must shew himself friendly : and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. CHAPTER 19. BETTER Hs the poor that walk- eth in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. 2 Also, that the *soul be vvdthout knowledge, it is not good ; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. 3 The foolishness of mxan perverteth his way: ''and his heart fretteth against the Lord. 4 W ealth maketh many friends ; but the poor is separated from his neigh- bour. 5 A ''false witness shall not be 'un- punished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. 6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince : and every man is a friend to 'him that giveth gifts. 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his B. C. 1000. CHAP. 18. 6 returnetli a ivord. JolinT, 51 cZEph. 1,17 c Gen. 39, 2-6 Gen. 41, 14, 38^4 Dan.l, 17 19,30 Dan. 6, 3 / Mat.12,37 g Jas. 2, 3 h John 15, 14,15 CHAP. 19. a ch. 28, 6 b Rom. 10,2 2 Thes. 1.8 c Ps. 37, 7 d Ex. 23, 1 1 held innoe&)it. 2 a man of gifts. 3 an Mart. 6 Dan. 6, 24 /Eccl.10,6 4 Or, prudence. Jas. 1, 19 g Mat. 5, 44 Rom. 12,10 h 2 Cor. 12,14 i ch. 18, 22 j Lii. 10, 28 Lu. 11, 28 Rom. 2, 7 ?c Eccl. 11,1 2 Cor. 9, 6 Heb. 6, 10 5 Or, his deed. 6 Or, to Ms destruc- tion : or, to cause him to die. 7 add. I Job 23,13 Isa. 14, 26 Heb. 6, 17 m 1 Tim. 4,8 8 iviU be cunning. Deut. 13, 11 624 friends go far from him ? he pursueth them with words, yet they are want- ing to him. 8 He that getteth Visdom loveth his own soul : he that keepeth under- standing shall find good. 9 A "false witness shall not be un- punished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. 10 Delight is not seemly for a fool ; much less -^f or a servant to have rule over princes. 11 The Miscretion of a man defer ^ reth his anger ; ^and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 12 The king's wrath is as the roar- ing of a lion ; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. 1 3 A foolish son is the calam.ity of his father : and the contentions of a wife a7^e a continual dropping. 14 House ''-and riches are the inher- itance of fathers : and 'a prudent wife is from the Lord. 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep ; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger, 16 He •'that keepeth the command- ment keepeth his own soul ; but he tliat despiseth his ways shall die. 17 He ^that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord ; and ^hat which he hath given will he pay him again. 1 8 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare ^for his crying, 19 A man of great wrath shall suf- fer punishment : for if thou dehver him, jet thou must ''do it again. 20 Hear counsel, and receive in- struction, that thou mayest be wis8 in thy latter end, 21 There kire many devices in a man's heart ; nevertheless the coun- sel of the Lord, that shall stand. 22 The desire of a man is his kind- ness : and a poor man is better than a liar. 23 The '-"fear of the Lord tendetk to life : and he that hath it shall abide satisfied ; he shall not be vis- ited with evil, 24 A slothful man hideth his hand in h is bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. 25 Smite a scorner, and the simple Vill beware : and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will un- derstand knowledge. 26 He that wasteth his father, and Moral virtues, and PROVERBS, 20, 2: their contrary vic4s. chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth re- proach. 27 Cease, my son, to '^hear the m- stniction that causeth to err from the words of knovv' ledge. 28 ''An ungodh^ wdtness scometh judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. CHAPTER 20. "¥^7'^^-^ "^^ ^' i^ocker, strong drink \ T is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 2 The fear of si king is as the roar- ing of a lion : ^ohoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. 3 It is an ^honour for a man to cease from strife : but every fool will be miCddling. 4 The sluggard will not plow by rea- son of the 'cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. 5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water ; but a man of un- dersta^nding will draw it out. 6 Most 'men will proclaim every one his own ^goodness : but '^a faith- ful man Avho can find ? 7 The just man w^alketh in his in-; tegrity : his children are blessed after him. 8 A king that sittetli in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 9 Who 'can say, I have made my heart clean, 1 arn pure from my sm ? lU ^Divers weights, and ^divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord. 11 Even a child is -^kno^vn by his doings, wdiether his work be pure, and whether it be right. 1 2 The ^hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them. 13 Love '^not sleep, lest thou come to poverty/; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied Avith bread. 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer : but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 1 5 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. 1 6 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woma,n. (40) *A. Eccl. 7. 20; G. 21. 3. B. C. 1000. I CHAP. 19. 'ixEph. i, 14 2 John 10 9 A witness of Belial. CHAP. 20. a Gen. 9, 21 Isa. 28, 7 Hos. 4, 11 h Gen. 13. 7 1 Or, win- ter. c Mat. 6, 2 2 Or, bounty. dLu. 18, 8 \e IKi. 8,46 Job 14, 4 Eccl. 7,20 lJolinl,S 3 A stone and a j stone. 1 4 an epTuili i and an i ephah. ./Mat. 7,16 'g Ex. 4, 11 Rom. 11,36 h Rom. 12, 11 5 Bread of hjing, or, falsehood. 6 Or. en- ticeth. Rom. 16.18 i Ex. 21, 17 Lev. 20, 9 Mat. 15, 4 Rom. 3,23 Rom. 11. 32 7 Or, candU. j Hab. 2. 6 k Deut. 32. .35 Rom. 12,17 1 Pet. 3, 9 8 balances of deceit. I Jer. 10,23 Rom. 8,26 2 Cor. 3, 5 9 Or, lamp. 10 is a purgimj medicine against evil. CHAP. 21. a John 2,24 Rev 2,23 b Hos. 6, 6 1 Haughti- ness of eyes 2 Or, the light of the wicked. 625 17 ^Bread of deceit is sw^eet to a man ; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 18 ^^"er?/ purpose is established by' counsel : and w^ith good advice make war. 19 He that goeth about as a tale- bearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that ^fiattereth with his lips. 20 Whoso 'curseth his father or his mother, his 'lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. 21 An inheritance 77iay be gotten hastily at the beginning; -but the end thereof shall not be blessed. 22 Say *not thou, I will recompense evil ; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. 23 Divers weights are an abomina- tion unto the Lord ; and ®a false bal- ance is not good. 24 Man's 'going's are of the Lord ; how^ can a man then understand his own way ? 26 It is a snare to the man who de- voureth that which is holy, and after voAvs to mxake enquiry. 2 6 A wise king scattereth thewicked, and bringeth the Avheel over them. 27 The spirit of man is the ^candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 28 Mercy and truth preser^^e the king : and his throne is upholden by mercy. 29 The glory of young men is their strength : and the beauty of old men is the grey head. 30 Theblueness of awr>Jmd^°cleans- eth away evil : so do stripes the in- ward parts of the belU^. CHAPTER 21. ^T^HE king^s heart is in the hand X of the Lord, as the rivers of water : he tumeth it whithersoever he will. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eves : ''but the Lord pondereth the hearts. E. 24. 12.. 3 To *do justice and judgment is ] more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. G. 28. 9: R. 28. 13. J 4 'An high look, and a proud heart, a72 d'^the plowing of the wicked, is sin. 5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness ; but of every one that is hasty only to want. 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. G R Moral virtues, and PROVERBS, 22. their contrary vices. H 7 The robbery of the wicked shall 'destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. 8 The way of man is froward and strange : but as for the pure, his work is right. 9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with "a brawling woman in ^a wide house. 1 The 'soul of the wicked desireth evil : his neighbour ''iindeth no favour in his eyes. 11 When the scomer is punished, the simple is made wise : and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. 1 2 The "^righteous man wisely con- sidereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth ^the wicked for ^Ae^> wickedness. H.-23. 13, 14. 13 Whoso -/'stoppeth his ears at the cr^^ of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. 1 4 A gift in secret pacifietli anger : and a reward in the bosom strong v^^^ath. lb It is joy to the just to do judg- ment : but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 1 6 The man that wandereth out of the A^'ay of understanding shall re- main in the congregation of the dead. 17 He that loveth ''pleasure shall be a poor man : he that loveth wine and „ oil shall not be rich. C 21. 27. 18 The 5'wicked shall he a ransom for the righteous, and the transgress- or for the upright. 1^ It is better to dwell 4n the wil- derness, than with a contentious and an angiy woman. 20 TAere^'i.s treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the w^ise \ but a foolish man spendeth it up. 21 He 'that followeth after right- eousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. 22 AvvHse raan scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. 24 Proud t^nc?haughtyscornerz5 his namo, who dealeth '■'in proud wrath, 25 The desire of the slothful killeth him ; for his hands refuse to labour. 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long : but the righteous giveth and spareth not. r 27 The gacriiice of the wicked is B. C. 1000. CHAP. 21. 3 saw them, or, dwell ^uith them. i a woman of con- tentions. 5 a7i house of society. c Jas. 4, 5 6 is not favoured. d 1 Cor. 10, 10 e Rom. 2, 8 /Mat. 7, 2 7 Or, sport. a Isa.43,3,4 8 in the land of the desert. h Mat. 25, 3 i 1 Cor. 15,58 9 in the wrath of wide. 10 in wiclc~ edness f 11 A %vit- ness of lies. 12 Or, con- sider eth. ISOv, vic- tory. CHAP. 22. 1 Or, favour is better than, etc. a Ps. 40.1.2 b isa. 2B. 20 2 Or, the reward of humility, etc. c 1 John 5,18 3 Or, Catechise. 4 in his vjay. 5 to the man that lendeth. rlHos. 10,13 6 Or, and %vith the rod of h is anger he shall be con- sumed. 7 Good of eye. 8 Or, and hath grace in his lips. 9 Or, the matters. e eh. 2, 16 ch. 7, 5 ch. 23, 27 Eccl. 7,26 /Job 20,19, 20,23 Job 31, 16 21, 28 Job 34,26 27, 28 Ps. 12, 5 Eccl. 5, 8 14, 15 Amos 2, 6-8 Amos 4, 1,2 Amos5,ll Jas. 2, 13 626 abomination: how much more^when he bringeth it ^°with a wicked mind? 28 '^A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh con- stantly. 29 A wicked man hardeneth his face : but as for the upright, he ^^di- recteth his way. C. 22. 8. 30 There is no wisdom nor under- standing nor counsel against the Lord. 31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle : but ^ ^safety is of the Lord. K. 29. 25. CHAPTER 22. A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and 'loving favour rather than silver and gold. 2 The ''rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all. 3 A prudent ^man f oreseeth the evil, and hideth himself : but the simple pass on, and are punished. 4 By "^humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life. 5 Thorns a?ic? snares are in the way of the froward : '^he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them, 6 ^Train up a child Hn the way he should go : and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is serv^ant ^tothe lender. 8 He that '^soweth iniquity shall reap vanity : ^and the rod of his anger shall fail, C. 24. 8, 9. 9 'He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 1 Cast out the scorner, and conten- tion shall go out ; yea, strife and re- proach shall cease. 11 He that loveth purenessof heart, ^for the grace of his lips the king shall he his friend. 12 The ej^es of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. 13 The slothful man saith. There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. 14 The mouth ^of strange women is a deep pit : he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein. 1 5 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child ; hut the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 1 6 He -^that oppresseth the poor to mcrease his riches, and he that *C. 21. 29. C c ^ K moral virtues, and PROVERBS, 23. their contrary vices. giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. IT^Bow down thme ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them'Vithin thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day,'^even to thee. F. 28. 25. 20 Have not I written to thee ex- cellent things in counsels and knowl- edge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth ; that^thou mightest answer the words of truth ^^to them that send unto thee ? 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor : neither '^oppress the afflicted in the gate : 23 For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. 24 Make no friendship with an angry man ; and with a furious man thou shalt not go : 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. 26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee ? 28 Remove not the ancient '-land- mark, which thy fathers have set. 29 Seest thou a man 'diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before '*mean 'inen. CHAPTER 23. TT/'HEN thou sittest to eat with a ¥ T ruler, consider diligently what is before thee : 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou he a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties : for they are deceitful meat. 4: "Labour not to be rich : ^cease from thine own wisdom. 5 'Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches cer- tainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 6 Eat 'thou not the bread of him that hath "^an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats : 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to B. C. 1000. CHAP. 22. 10 in thy belly. 11 Or, trust thou also (J 1 Pet.3,15 12 Or, to those that send thee. h Mai. 3, 5 13 Or, bound. Deut. 19, 14 i IKi. 11,28 ch. 12, 24 Rom. 12,11 14 obscure men. CHAP. 23. a 1 Tim. 6,9 b Rom. 12,16 1 WilttJiou cause thine eyes to fly upon, c Ps. 141, 4 d Dent. 15,9 e Mat. 7, 6 3 Or, bound. /Job 31, 21 Jer. 50,34 g 1 Cor. 5, 5 3 Or, even J vnU. re- joice. h Lu. 16, 25 4 Or, re- ward. Tsa. 5, 22 Mat. 24,49 Lu. 21, 34 Rom. 13, 13 Eph. 5, 18 5 of their flesh. j Eph. 6, 1 k Mat. 13,44 6 Or, as a robber. I ch. 20, 1 Isa. 5, 11 Eph. 5. 18 627 thee; but his heart is not with thee. 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. 9 Speak ^not in the ears of a fool : for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. 10 Remove not the old "landmark ; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless : 11 For^their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. 12 Apply thine heart unto instruc- tion, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 1 3 Withhold not correction from ) the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 11: Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt ^deliver his soul from hell. H. 24. 12, 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, ^even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners : but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. 18 For ^surely there is an "end ; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. 1 9 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 Be 'not among winebibbers ; among riotous eaters of ^flesh: 2 1 For the drunkard and the glut- ton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rag^. 22 Hearken •'unto thy] father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy ^the truth, and sell it not ; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice : and he that beget- teth a wise child shall ha.ve joy of him. 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. 27 For a whore is a deep ditch ; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 28 She also lieth in wait^as for a prey, and increaseth the transgress- ors among men. 29 Who 4iath woe? who hath sor- row? Avho hath contentions? who H Moral virtues, a/id PROVERBS, 24. their contrary vices. hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eves? So They that tarry long at the Avine ; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,v/hen it giveth his col- our in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 3 2 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like ^an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shait be as he that lieth down 4n the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They "'have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I v^as not sick; they have beaten me, and ^1 felt it not : when "shall I awa.ke ? I will seek it yet again. CHAPTER 24. BE not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. 2 For their heart studieth destruc- tion, and their lips talk of mischief. 3 Through wisdom is an house build- ed ; and by understanding it is estab- lished : 4 And by knowledge shall the cham- bers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man Hs strong ; yea, a man of knowledge ^increaseth strength. 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war : and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool : he openeth not his mouth in the gate. ' 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be i called a mischievous person. 9 The ''thought of foolishness is sin : and the scorner is an abomination to men. C. 26. 11. 10 If thou faint in the day of adver- sity, thy strength is ^small. 11 If ^'thou forbear to deliver thetn that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; E f 12 If thou say est, Behold, we knew H I it not ; doth not he that pondereth \ the heart consider it f and he that jkeepeth thy soul, doth not he know j it f and shall not he render to every [man ''according to his works? * 13 My son, eat thou hone5^ because it is good ; and the honeycomb,?/; A zcA is sweet *to thy taste : 14 So shall the knowledge of wis- * E. Eccl. 12. 14; H. 24. 20-22. CHAP. 23. 7 Or, a cocka- trice. 8 in the heart of the sea. m ch. 27. 22 Jer. 5, 3 9 I knew it not. Eph. i, 19 n Deut. 29,19 Isa. 56, 12 2 Pet.2,22 B. C. 1000. CHAP. 24. 1 is in strength. ch. 21, 22 Eccl. 9,16 2 strength- eneth might. a Mat.15,19 Acts 8, 22 3 narrow. h Isa.58,6,7 1 John 3,16 c Job 34, 11 Jer. 32,19 Rom. 2, 6 Rev. 2, 23 Rev.22,12 4 upon thy palate. d Ps. 34, 19 Mic. 7, 8 o it be evil in his eyes. 6 Or, Keep not com- pany with the wicked. e Ps. 11, 6 Isa. 3, 11 7 Or. lamp. f Rom. 13,7 1 Pet.2,17 8 changers. g Deut.1,17 John 7,24 h Isa. 5, 23 9 a blessing of good. 10 that an- swereth right words. i Eph. 4, 25 i Mat. 5, 39 k Gen. 3, 18 11 set my heart. 628 dom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 1 5 Lay not wait, O wicked ma7z^ against the dwelling of the righteous ; spoil not his resting place : 16 For ^a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again : but the wicked shall fall into mischief. 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth : 18 Lest the Lord see it, and 4t dis- please him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 19 *Fret not thyself because of evil me7i, neither be thou envious at the wicked ; 20 For ^there shall be no reward to the evil rnaii ; the^candle of the wick- ed shall be put out. 2 1 My son, -^f ear thou the Lord and the king: aric/ meddle not with^them that are given to change : 22 For their calamity shall rise sud- denly ; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? h. 28. 14. 23 These things also belong to the wise. ^It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 24 He Hhat saith unto the wicked, Thou ar^ righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him : 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and ^a good blessing shall come upon them. 26 Every man shall kiss his lips '"that giveth a right answer. 27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. 28 Be 'not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and de- ceive 7iot with thy lips. 29 Say -^not, 1 will do so to him as he hath done to me : I Vviil render to the man according to his work. 301 went by the field of the slothful, and by the vmeyard of the man void of understanding ; 31 And, lo, ^it was all grown over with thorns, awe? nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, emc/ "considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a. little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : 34 So shall thy poverty come as on© H Concerning kings. PROVERBS, 25, 26. Sundry maxims. that travelleth : and thy want as '*an armed man. CHAPTER 25. 1 Of kings , 8 of (ivoicling quarrels, and snndrij ca uses thereof, THESE are also proverbs of Sol o- mon, which the men of Hez-e- kfah king of Ju'dah copied out. 2 It "is the glory of God to conceal a thing- but the honour of kings is *to search out a matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings Hs unsearchable. 4 1 ake away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked from be- fore the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. 6 ^Put not forth thyself in the pres- ence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men : 7 For better it is that it be said unto thee. Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. 8 Go "not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. 9 Debate *^thy cause with thy neigh- bour himself ; and ^discover not a secret to another : 10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine iiif amy turn not away. 1 1 A word ^fitly spoken is like, ap- ples of gold in pictures of silver. 1 2 As an earring of gold, and an orDa,ment of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. 13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a, faithful messenger to them that send him : for he re- fresheth the soul of his masters. 14 Whoso boasteth himself ^of a false gift is like ^clouds and wind without rain. 15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue break- eth the bone. 16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. 17 ^Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house ; lest he be ^weary of thee, and so hate thee, 18 A man that beareth false wit- ness against his neighbour Hs a B. C. 1000 CHAP 24. 12 a man of shield. B C. 700. CHAP. 25. a Rom. 11,33 b Job 29, 16 1 there is no search- ing. 2 Set not out thy glory. c Mat. 5, 25 d Mat.18,15 3 Or, dis- cover not the secret of an- other. 4 spoken upon hi9 ivheels. 5 in a gift of false- hood. e Jude 13 6 Or. Let thy foot be seldom in thy neigh- hour's house. 7 full of thee. f Ps. 140, 3 Q Isa. S6. 6 2 Tim. 4, 16 h Dan. 6, 18 Rom. 12, 15 i Mat. 5 j 2 Sam 16, 13 8 Or, The north tmnd bnngeth forth rain: so doth a back- biting tongue an angry counte- nance. .Job 37, 22 k Mic. 7, 8 Mat.26,69 I Lu. 14, 11 44 CHAP. 26. a Ps. 12, 8 b Num.23,8 Ps. 109,28 c Isa.36, 21 Mat. 7, 6 1 his own eyes. 2 Or, viok/nce. 3 are lifted up. 4 Or, As he that put- teth a precious stone vn an heap of stones. 5 Or, A great man grieveth all, and he htreth the fool, he hireth also trans- gressors. 629 maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 1 9 Confidence in an ^unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 20 As he that taketh away a gar- ment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, ^so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. 21 If 'thine enemy^ be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink : 22 F"or thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, •^and the Lord shall reward thee. 23 "The north wind driveth away rain : so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. 24: It is better to dwell in the comer of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. 25 ^.5 cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 26 A righteous *man falling dov/n before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. 27 It is not good to eat much honey : so for men to search their own glory is not glory. 28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. CHAPTER 26. 1 Of fools, 13 sluggards, 17 anrf husyhodies. AS snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so "honour is not seemly for a fool. 2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse cause- less *shall not come. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. 4 Answer ""not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in ^his own con- ceit. 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh Mamage. 7 The legs of the lame ^are not equal : so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 8 *As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. ^ As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 10 ^The great God that formed all Sundry maxims, and PROVERBS, 27. observations of Solomon. things both rewarcleth the fool, and rewardeth trans^^^ressors. C f 1 1 As a dog returneth to his vomit, i so a fool ^returneth to his folly * 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 13 The slothful tnan saith, There is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the streets. 14^5 the door tumeth ujwn his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom ; ''it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his o^vn conceit than seven men that can ren- der a reason. IT He that passeth by, and ^med- dleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 1 8 As a mad man who casteth ^fire- brands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in *^sport ? 20 '"Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out : so where there is no ' 'tale- bearer, the strife '^ceaseth. 21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire ; so is a ^contentious man to kindle strife. 22 The -^ words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the "innermost parts of the belly. 23 Burning lips ^and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with sil- ver dross. 24 He that hateth^'dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he ^^speaketh fair, believe him not : for there are seven abom- inations in his heart. C. 28. 1. 26 ''^Whose hatred is covered by de- ceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the ichole congregation. 27 Whoso *diggeth a pit shall fall therein : and he tiiat rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. 28 A lying tongue 'liateth those that are afflicted by it ; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. CHAPTER 27. 1 Selfiove, 5 trite lore, 11 care to avoid offences, 23 and the household care. BOAST "not thyself of 'to mor- row ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. * C. 26. 24, 25. B. C. 700. CHAP, 26. 6 iterateth his folly. 7 Or, he is weary. 8 Or, is enraged. 9 flames, or, sparks. a Eph. 5, 4 10 Without wood. 11 Or, ivhis- perer. 12 w silent. e 2 Sarn. 20,1 /Ezek.22,9 13 cham- bers. g Lu. 22, 48 14 Or, is known. 15 maketh his voice gracious. 16 Or, hatred is covered in secret. h Esth. 7,10 t Pro. 13, 6 CHAP. 27. a Lu. 12, 19 Ito mor- row day. 2 heaviness. b Esth. 3, 6,6 3 Wrath is cruelty, and anger an over- flowing. c IJohn 3,12 4 Or, jealousy'? d Gal. 2, 14 5 Or, ear- vest, or, frequent. 6 treadeth iinder foot. e Job 39, 14 7 from the counsel of the soul. /Ps.127, 5 g Isa. 32, 2 h Ps. 12, 2 i Gen. .39,4 Deut.20,6 1 Ki.11,28 ch. 12, 24 ch. 22, 29 1 Cor. 3, 8 1 Cor. 9, 7,13 j ch. 30, 15,16 Hab, 2, 5 8 not. 630 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone is ^heavy, and the sand weighty ; but a *f ool's wrath is heav- ier than them both. 4 ^Wrath is cruel, and anger is out- rageous; but '^who is able to stand before '*envy ? 5 Open '^rebuke is better than secret love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are ^deceitful. 7 The full soul '^loatheth an honey- comb ; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 8 As a bird that *wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart : so doth the sweetness of a man's friend 'by hearty counsel. 10 Thine own friend, and thy fa- ther's friend, forsake not ; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity : for better is a neigh- bour that is near than a brother far off. 1 1 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, -^that I may answer him that reproacheth me. 12 A prudent ma?i ^'foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; bid the simple pass on, and are punished. 1 3 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange womxan. 14 He that ''blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morn- ing, it shall be counted a curse to him. 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself 1 7 Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend, 18 W^hoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: 'so he that waiteth on his master shall be hon- cured. 19 As in water face ansicereth to face, so the heart of man to man. 20 Hell •'and destruction are ^never full ; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21 As the fining pot for silver, and Sundry maxims, and o PROVERBS, 28, 29. observatio7is of Solomon. CHAP. 27. 9 set thy htart. ch. 10. i ch. 12, 27 ch. 13, 4 ch. 21, 5 Rom. 12,11 10 strength. 11 to gen- eration and genera- tion. 12 life. the furnace for gold. ; so is a man to b. c. 700. his praise. 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness de- part from him. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and "look well to thy herds. 24 For '"riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure ^^to every gen- eration ? 25 The hay appeareth-, and the ten- der grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, fcr the food of thy household, and for the ^"^main- tenance for thy mai ^ens. CHAPTER 28. Of impiety and religious integrity. THE wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion. C. 28. 13. !^ iKi.i8,i8 2 For the transgression of a landj Matiii^d many are the princes thereof : but 'by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. 3 A ^poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain "which leaveth no food. 4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: ^but such as keep the law contend with them. 5 Evil men understand not judg- ment : but they '"that seek the Lord understand all things. 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is per- verse 171 his ways, though he be rich. 7 Whoso keepeth the lavv^ is a ^vise son : but he that ^is a companion of riotous me7i shameth his father. 8 He that by usury and ^unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. 9 He '^that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, ^even his prayer shall he abomination.* 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit : but •''the upright shall have good thhigs in possession. 11 The rich man is wise ^in his own CHAP. 28. 1 Or, hy men of under- standing and wis- dom shall they like- wise be •prolonged. lKi.11,12 a Mat. 18,28 2 without food. Eph.5, 11 1 Tim. 5. 20 c John 7,17 3 Or, feed- eth glut- tons. Eccl. 2,26 4 by in- crease, d 2 Tim.4,3 e Vs. 66, 18 Ps. 109, 7 / Mat. 6, 33 Mark 10,30 5 in Ms eyes. 6 Or, sought foi\ g Mat. 2, 16 7 Or, unpun- ished. h Ezek. 13,19 2 Pet. 2, 3 8 Or, He that hath an evil eye hasteth to be rich. 9 a man destroy- ing. i 1 Tim. 6,6 conceit ; but the poor that hath un- derstanding searcheth him out. 12 When righteous 7nen do rejoice, there is great glory : but when the * wicked rise, a man is liiddeii. 1 3 He that covereth his sins shall ^ q i hot pros per and forsaketh but whoso coniessetli shall tliem hav( *6. 30. 12. CHAP. 29. 1 A man of reproo) s. 631 J mercy, _ C. 29. 6; L Isa. 1. IS-f 14 ilappy 2S the man that leareth aiway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. + 15 ^s a roaring lion, and a ranging bear ; so ^ is a, wicked ruler over the poor people. 1 6 The prince that wanteth under- standing- is also a great oppressor : but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong A is days. 1 7 A man that doeth violence to the blood of a7iy person shall flee to the pit ; let no man stay him. 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved : but he that is perverse m his ways shall fall at once. 1 9 He that tilieth his land shall have plenty of bread : but he thatf oiloweth after Yain23erso7is shall have poverty enough. 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings : but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be ''innocent. 21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for ^apiece of bread that man will transgress. 22 '^He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. 23 He that rebuketh a ma.n after- v/ards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgres- sion ; the same is the companion of ®a destroyer. 25 He that is of a proud heart stir- reth up strife: ' but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat. 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool : but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. 27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack : but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves : but when they perish, the righteous increase. CHAPTER 29. 1 Of public government, 15 and of private. ^TT- ' *^^^ being often reproved -, XX~^ardeneth his neck, shall sud^ fR. Isa. 1. 16, 17; W. Isa. 1. 18. JH. 29. 1; N. 29. 1. § F. 29. 25. N R W H H N Sundry maxims^ and PROVERBS, 30. observations of Solomon. H { denly be destroyed, and that withou t N I remedy. * ~ 2 When the righteous are ^in au- * thority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. 3 Whoso "loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father : but he that keepeth com- pany with harlots spendeth his sub- stance. 4 The king by judgment establish- eth the land : but ^he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. C r o In the transgression of an evil man I there is a snare: but the righteous [doth sing and rejoice, c. Eccl. 7. 26 7 The ^righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. 8 Scornful men "bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. 9 If a, wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. lO^The bloodthirsty hate the up- right : but the just seek his soul. 11 A fool uttereth all his mind : but a wise man keepeth it in till after- wards. 12 If a ruler hearken to lies, ail his servants are wicked. 13 The poor and ''the deceitful man meet together : 'the Lord lighteneth both their eyes. 1 4 The king that '^faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be estab- lished for ever. 15 The rod and reproof give wis- dom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 1 6 When the Avicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but 'the righteous shall see their fall. 17 Correct -^thy son, and he shall give thee rest ; yea, he shall give de- light unto thy soul. 1 8 Where Hhere is no vision, the peo- ple ^perish : but %e that keepeth the law, happy is he. 1 9 A servant will not be corrected by V7ords : for though he understand he will not answer. 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty ^in his words ? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length. *H. Eccl. 8, 11-13; N. Eccl. 8. 11-13. B. C. 700. CHAP. 29. 2 Or, increased. a ch. 15, 20 Phil. 2, 22 3 a man of oblations. b Job 29, 16 Ps. 31, 7 4 Or, set a city on fire. 5 men of blood. Q Or, the usur&r. c Mat. 5, 45 d Ps. 72, 2 e Ps. 37, 36 / ch. 13, 24 g 1 Sam.3,1 Amos 8,11 7 Or, is made naked. h John 13, 17 Jas. 1, 25 8 Or, in M$ matters. I Mat.23.12 Acts 12, 23 j Lev. 5. 1 k Gen. 12, 12 9 shall be set on, high. 10 the face of a ruler. Ps. 20. 9 CHAP. 80. a Ps. 73, 22 1 knoiv. b John 3,13 c Job 38, 4 d Ps. 12, 6 5^ purified. Ps. 18, 30 Ps. 84, 11 Dent. 4, 2 Deut. 12,32 Rev.22a8 3 withhold not from me. g Mat. 6, 11 4 of my allow- ance. h Deut. 8,12 Neh. 9, 25 Hob. 13, 6 5 belie thee. 6 Hurt not with thy tongue. i Isa. 65, 5 Lu. 11, 39,44 Lu. 18, 11 Titus i, 15, 16 I 632 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. 23 A 'man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. 21 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: ^he heareth cursing, and bewray eth it not. 25 The *fear of man bringeth a snare : but whoso puttet h his trusT m the Lo rd "shall bje^atq VTsolyi '^<6 Many seek '"thel^iler's favour'; but every man's judgment cotneth from the Lord. j, y.qq\. 3. 16^ 17. j 27 An unjust man is an abomination "* to the just : and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. CHAPTER 30. The confession and instructions of Agur. THE words of A'gur the son of Ja'keh, even the prophecy : the man spake unto Ith'i-el, even unto !th'i-el and U'cal, 2 Surely "I am more brutish than any man, and have not the under- standing of a man. 3 1 neither learned wisdom, nor 'have the knowledge of the holy. 4 Who *hath ascended up into heav- en, or descended ? 'who hath gath- ered the v/ind in his fists ? who hath bound the waters in a garment ? who hath established all the ends of the earth ? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell ? 5 Every ^ word of Go d is ^pure : he ^ IS a shield uiitQ~theni that put their trust m him. X t) Add -^ thou not unto hi s words, lest , he rep rove thee, an d thou be tound^ j J ISr. B. Isa. 8. 20; 0. Eccl. 12. 13, 14. Tiwo things have I required of thee; ^deny me them not before I die: 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; ^f eed me with food *conven- ient for me : 9 Lest *I be full, and ^deny thee, and sav,Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. 10 ^Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 There is sl generation that curs- eth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation ^that are^ t K. .30. 5. t F- Isa. 12. 2, 3; K. Isa' 4. 5, 6. K Ag^ir''s confession of faith. PROVERBS, 31. A good wife extolled. G I pure in their own eyes, and yet is not y washed from their iilthiness.* 13 There is a generation, O howlofty are their eyes ! and their eyehds are hfted up. 14 There is •'a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, ^to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. 15 The horseleach hath two daugh- ters, crying. Give, give. There are three things that are' never satis- fied, yea^ four things say not, ''It is enough : 1 6 The ^grave ; and the barren womb ; the earth that is not filled with wa- ter ; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. IT The ™eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of ®the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not : 19 The way of an eagle in the air ; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the ^midst of the sea ; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman ; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 21 For three things the earth is dis- quieted, and for four lohich it cannot bear: 22 For "a servant when he reigneth ; and a fool when he is filled with meat; 23 For an odious tcoman when she is married ; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. 24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are ^"exceeding wise : 25 The "ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer ; 26 The ^conies are hut a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks ; 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them *^by bands; 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. 29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going : 30 A ^^lion which is strongest *G. Eccl. 1. 14. 15. B. C. 700. CHAP. 30, j Job 29, 17 k Ps. 14, 4 Amos 8, 4 7 Wealth. I Hab. 2, 5 m Gen. 9,22 Lev. 20, 9 8 Or, the brook. 9 heart. n ch. 19, 10 Eccl. 10,7 10 wise, made wise. o ch. 6, 6 p Ps. 104,18 11 gathered together. 12 mighty old lion. 13 girt vn the loins, or, horse. q Eccl. 8, 3 Mic. 7, 16 B. C. 1015. CHAP. 31. 1 hwrden. ch. 30, 1 Isa. 13, 1 a Deut. 17, 17 Neh.13,26 ch. 7, 26 Hos. 4, 11 b Eccl. 10,17 c Hos. 4, 11 2 alter. 3 of all the sons of affliction. (J Ps. 104, 15 4 bitter of soul, 1 Sam. 1,10 6 the sons of de- struction. e Lev.19,15 Deut.1,16 /Job 29, 12 Isa. 1, 17 Jer. 22,16 g Rom. 12,11 h Lu. 12, 42 6 taketh. 633 among beasts, and turneth not away for any ; 31 A ^ ^greyhound ; an he goat also ; and a king, against whom the7^e is no rising up. 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, ^lay thine hand upon thy mouth. 3 3 Surely the churning of milk bring- eth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. CHAPTER 31. 1 LemueTs lesson of chastitij and temperance. 10 Praise and properties of a good wife. THE words of king Lem'u-el, the 'prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son ? and what, the son of my womb ? and what, the son of my vows ? 3 Give not thy strength unto women^ nor thy ways "to that which desti oy- eth kings. 4 It is not for kings, *0 Lem'u-el, it is not for kings to drink wine ; nor for princes strong drink : 5 Lest "^they drink, and forget the law, and ^pervert the judgment ^of any of the afflicted. 6 Give ''strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine mito those that be ''of heavy hearts. T Let him drink, and forget his pov- erty, and remember his misery no more. 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of aU ^such as are appointed to destruction. 9 Open thy mouth, *judge righteous- ly, and •^i3lead the cause of the poor and needy. 10 *ITWho can find a virtuous wom- an ? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 1 2 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 1 3 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships ; she bringeth her food from ?.f ar. 15 She *'riseth also while it is yet night, and *giveth meat to her house- hold, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field, and ®buy- eth it : with the fruit of her hands sh^ planteth a vineyard. Vanity of human ECCLESIASTES, 1. pleasure and labour. 1 7 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 1 8 ^She perceiveth that her mer- chandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the spin- dle, and her hands hold the dis- taff. 20 ®She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household : for all her household are clothed with ^scarlet. 22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. 23 Her husband is known ^in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. 24 She maketh fine linen, and sell- B. C. 1015. CHAP. 31. 7 S7ie tast- eth. 8 She spreadeth. Ps. 41, 1 ch. 19, 17 Eph. 1,28 Heb. 13,16 9 Or, dovMe garments. i Deut. 16,18 ch. 12, i 1 Cor. 11,7 j 1 Tim. 2, 9,10 k 1 Tim. 5,11 I 1 Ki. 2, 19 10 Or, have gotten riches. m Ps. 112, 1 eth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 25 Strength and -^honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. 26 She openeth her mouth with wis- dom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 27 She ^looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. 28 Her 'children arise up, and call her blessed ; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 29 Many daughters '"have done vir- tuously, but thou excellest them all. 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : but a woman that ^feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. 3 1 Give her of the fruit of her hands ; and let her own works praise her in the gates. ECCLESIASTES; OR, THE PREACHER. CHAPTER 1. The Preacher shews that all things here below are vain. ^pHE words of the Preacher, the son JL of DaVid, king in Je-ru'sa-lem. 2 Vanity "of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; *all is vanity. 3 What '■profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 4 One generation passethaway, and another generation concieth : but ''the earth abideth for ever. 5 The ^sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and ^hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The -^wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All ^the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they ^return again, 8 All things are full of labour ; man cannot utter it : 'the eye is not satis- fied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. B. C. 977. CHAP. 1. a Ps. 39, 5 b Rom.8,20 c ch. 3, 9 d Ps. 104, 5 Ps. 119,90 2 Pet. 3,10 e Ps. 19, 5 1 panteth. /Johns, 8 g Job 38, 10 Ps. 104, 8 2 return to go. h ch. 3, 1 i Pro. 27,20 j Gen. 8, 22 ch. 3, 15 k Gen. 3, 19 ch. 3, 10 8 Or, to afflict them. I ch. 7, 13 4 defect. 634 9 The -^thing that hath been, it is that which shall be ; and that which is done is that which shall be done : and the7'e is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there any thing whereof it mav be said. See, this is new ? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. 11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of thhigs that are to come with those that shall come after. 1 2 IF I the Preacher was king over i§'ra-el in Je-ru'sa-lem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven : *this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man ^to be exercised therewith. 141 have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. lb That ^ which is crooked cannot be made straight : and ^that which is | wanting cannot be numbered. * J 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great *G. 3. 16, 17. Vanity of human courses. ECCLESIASTES. 2. Excellency of wisdom. estate, and have "'gotten more wis dom than all they that have been be fore me in Je-ru'sa-lem: yea, my heart ^had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 17 And "I gave my heart to kno^v wisdom, and to know madness and foUy: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 18 For 'In much wisdom is much grief : and he that increaseth knowl- edge increaseth sorrow. CHAPTER 2. 1 Vanity of hwman courses. 24 Of the cheerful use of what a man hath. I SAID ''in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, there- fore enjoy pleasure : and, behold, ''this also is vanity. 2 1 said ''of laughter, It is mad and of mirth. What doeth it ? 3 I "^sought in mine heart 'to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom ; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heav- en -all the days of their life. 4 1 made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards : 5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all Jciiid of fruits : 6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees : 7 1 got me servants and maidens, and had ^servants born in my house ; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Je-ru'sa-lem before me : 8 1 '^gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces : I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as ^mu- sical instruments, and that of all sorts. 9 So -^1 Avas great, and increased more than all that were before me in Je-ru'- sa-lem : also my wisdom remained with me. 10 And whatsoever mine eyes de sired I kept not from them, 1 with- held not my heart from any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour : and "this was my portion of all laj labour. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all loas vanity and vexa- B. C. 977. CHAP. 1. ml Ki.3,12 1 Ki.4, 30 1 Ki. 10, 7 ch. 2, 9 5 ImcI seen much. n ch. 2, 3 ch. 7, 23 1 Thes. 5,21 ch. 12, 12 1 Cor. 1,20 CHAP. 2 a Lu. 12, 19 b Isa. 50, 11 c Pro. 14,13 ch. 7, 6 d ch. 1, 17 1 to draw my flesh with \vine. 2 the num- ber of the days of their life. 3 smis of my house. e 1 Ki. 9, 28 1 Ki. 10, 10, 14, 21 4 musical instru- ment and instru- ments. /ch. 1, 16 g ch. 3, 22 ch. 5, 18 ch. 9, 9 h ch. 1, 17 ch. 7, 25 5 Or, in those things ivhich have been already done. 6 that there is an ex- cellency in wis- dom more than in folly. i ch. 8, 1 j ch. 9, 2 7 happen- eth to me, even to me. 8 laboured. k Ps. 49, 10 I lKi.12,13 m 1 Tim. 6,10 9 give. nch. 1, 3 ch. 3, 9 Job 5, 7 Job 14, 1 10 Or, de- light his senses. ch. 8. 15 635 tion of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun, 12 IT And I turned myself to behold wisdom, '^and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? ^eve7i that which hath been already done. 13 Then I saw ''that wisdom excel- leth folly, as far as Hght excelleth darkness. 14 The nvise man's eyes are in his head ; but the fool walketh in dark- ness: and I myself perceived also that ■^bne event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart. As it happeneth to the fool, so it ^happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise ? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. 16 For the7'e is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever ; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise manp as the fool. 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me : for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 ^Yea, I hated all my labour which I had ^taken under the sun : because ^I should leave it imto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or ^a fool ? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and where- in I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is "'also vanity. 20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour Avhich I took under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he ^leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For "what hath man of ail his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured un- der the sun ? 23 For all his days are "sorrows, and liis travail grief ; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. 24:'^The7'e is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he ^"should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. ^ A season for every thing . ECCLES IASTES, 3, 4. Vanity thro ugh oppression. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I ? 26 For God giveth to a man that is good ' 'in his sight wisdom, and knowl- edge, and joy : but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. CHAPTER 3. By the necessary change of times, vanity is added to human' tr'avail. B. C. 977. CHAP. 2. 11 before him. CHAP. 3. a ch. 8, 6 1 to bear. b Heb. 9, 27 c Gen. 9, 6 d Ps. 149, 3 2 to be far from. Joel 2, 16 1 Cor. 7, 5 3 Or, seek, e Amos5,13 fir ch. 1, 3 h ch. 1, 13 m ch. 1, 9 4 that u-hicii is driven away. nch. 5, 8 Job 34, 11 Ps. 62, 12 TO every thing there is a season, and a time °to every purpose under the heaven : 2 A time ^to be born, and ^a time to, die; a time to plant, and a time to'/^^^\^*;^^ pluck up that which is planted ; 3 A ^time to kill, and a tune to heal ; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A timeto weep,andatime to laugh ; a time to mourn, and a time '^to dance ; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time ^to re- frain from embracing ; 6 A time to ^get, and a time to lose ; a time to keep, and a time to cast away ; 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew ; 'a time to keep silence, and a time to speak ; o A time to love, and a time -^tohate ; a time of war, and a time of peace. 9 What ^profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth ? 101 '^have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. 11 He 'hath made every thing beau- tiful in his time : also he hath set the world in their heart, so that ■'no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 121 know that there is no good in; them, but for a man to rejoice, and chap. 4. to do good in his life. !i hand. 1 3 And also ^that every man should a Job 3, 17 eat and drink, and enjoy the good of b Job^3,^ii all his labour, it is the gift of God. 141 know that, whatsoever God been ; and God requireth Uhat which is past. 1 6 And moreover "I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there ; an-d the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 171 said in mine heart, "God shall judge the righteous and the wicked : for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. * 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, ^that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For /that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other ; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man I Deut.32,4 j^g^^j^ ^^ preeminence above a beast : ^ S)m.'^'^ 'for all «« vanity. 11, 33 ! 20 All go unto one place ; ^all are of fc ch. 2, 24 i^j-^g dust, and all turn to dust again. I Jas. 1,17 ! 21 Who knoweth the spirit ^of man that 'goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth do^vnwarcl to the earth ? 22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his o\^'n works ; for Mat.i6;27|t^at 'is his portiou : for who shall Rom. 276 1 bring him to see what shall be after 2Cor.5,10ii • 2Thes.i,6 him ? CHAPTER 4. 5 Or, that they might clear God, and see, etc. p Ps. 49, 12 q Gen. 3, 19 6 of the sons of man. 7 is ascend- ing. ch. 12, 7 Heb. 9, 27 r ch. 2, 10 ch. 6, 3 '2 all the i rightness doeth, it shall be for ever: ^nothing ^^/J"^/^-^ can be put to it. nor any thing taken "'"""" from it : and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. 1 5 That "'which hath been is now ; and that which is to be hath already 3 this is the envy of a man from his neigh- bour. c Pro. 6, 10 Pro. 24,33 636 1 VaiiUy increased unto men by oppfs^ion, 4 by envy, 5 by idleness, 1 by covetousness, 9 by solitari- ness, 13 and by wilfidness. SO I returned, and considered all ,_ the oppressions that are done under the sun : and behold the tears of such as vnere oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the ^side of their oppressors there was power r but they had no comforter. 2 Wherefore "I praised the dead. which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. 3 Yea. ^better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, vv'ho hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. 4^Again, I considered all travail, and "evers^ right work, that ^for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 11 The ^fool foldeth his hands to- gether, and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better is an handful with quiet- ness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. *G. 7. 20; J. 11. 9. * G J Increase of vanity. 7 llThen I returned, and I saw van- ity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second ; yea, he hath neither child nor brother : yet is there no end of all his labour ; neither is his eye '^satisfied with riches; '^neither saith he. For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 9 llTwo are better than one ; because they have a good reward for their la- bour. 1 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth ; for he hath not another to help him up. 1 1 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat : but how can one be warm alone f 1 2 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him ; and a three- fold cord is not quickly broken. | 13 IF Better is a poor and a wise child | than an old and foolish king, Svho will no more be admonished. 1 4 For out of prison he cometh to reign ; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. 151 considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. 1 6 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not re- joice in him. Surely this also is van- ity and vexation of spirit. CHAPTER 5. I Vanities in divine service, 9 and in riches. 18 To live contentedly is the gijl of God. KEEP "thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, *than to give the sacri- fice of fools : for thev consider not that they do evil. 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any 'thing before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : there- fore let 'thy words be few. 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business ; and a fool's voice is /^noi^n by multitude of words. 4 When "^thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : ''pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better Hs it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy ECCLESIASTES, 5. Vanity of riches. B. C. 977. CHAP. 4. d Pro. 27,20 1 John 2. 16 Ps. 39, 6 wlio knoweth not to be admon- ished. Pro. 29,12 CHAP. 5. a Ex. 3, 5 Josh. 5,15 Ps. 89, 7 Ps. 93, 5 Isa. 1, 12 b 1 Sam. 15,22 Ps. 50, 8 Pro. 15, 8 Pro. 21,27 Hos. 6, 6 1 Or, word, c Pro. 10,19 Mat. 6, 7 d Num.30,2 Deut. 23, 21, 22, 23 Ps. 50, li Ps. 76, 11 e Ps. 66, 1.3, 14 / Pro. 20,25 Acts 5, 4 g 1 Cor. 11, 10 1 Tim. 5, 21 h Deut. 10,12 Pro. 23,17 Pro. 24,21 ch. 12, 13 Heb. 12.28 i ch. 3, 16 2 at the tvilL or, purpose. j Ps. 12, 5 Ps. 58, 11 Ps. 82, 1 k ch. 6, 1 I Job 1. 21 Ps. 49, 17 1 Tim. 6.7 m ch. 1, 3 n Pro. 11,29 Ps. 127,2 3 there isa Qood which is comely, etc. ch. 2, 24 ch. 3, 12, 13.22 ch. 9, 7 ch. 11, 9 1 Tim. 6,17 4 the num- ber of the days. 5 Or. Though he give not mucK yet he re- member- eth, etc. 637 flesh to sin ; ^neither say thou before the angel, that it vkis an error : where- fore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands 1 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities : but ^f ear thou God. 8 11 If thou'seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judg- ment and justice in a province, mar- vel not ^at the matter : for ■^he that is higher than the highest regardeth ; and there be higher than they. 9 *ii Moreover the profit of the earth is for all : the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase : this is also vanity. 1 1 When goods increase, they are in- creased that eat them : and what good is there to the owners thereof , saving the beholding oftheniwith their eyes? 1 2 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 1 3 There '-is a sore evil ichich I have seen under the sun, 7iamely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. 14 But those riches perish by evil travail : and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 1 5 As Tie came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go i and '^what profit hath he that "hath laboured for the wind ? 1 7 All his days also he "eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and -wrath with his sickness. 1 8 ^Behold that which I have seen : ^it is good and comely /or o?ie to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun *all the days of his life, which God giveth him : for it is his portion. 19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to re- joice in his labour ; this is the gift of God. 20 *For he shall not much remem. Vanity of long life. ECCLESIASTES, 6, 7. Remedies against vanity. ber the daj^'s of his Hfe ; because ^God answereth him in the joy of his heart. CHAPTER 6. 1 Vanity of riches without use; 3 of long life with- oiKt good, etc. THERE is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men : 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so "that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God ''giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stran- ger eateth it : this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. 3 lllf a man beget an hundred chil- dren, 9.nd live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and '^also tluit he have no burial ; I say, ^that an untimely birth is better than he. 4 For he cometh in w4th vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. 5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing : this hath more rest than the other. 6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good : do not all go to one place ? 7 Ail *the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the ^appetite is not filled. 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool ? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the liv- ing? 9 Better is the sight of the eyes '^than the Avandering of the desire : this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 10 HThat which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man : neither -^"may he contend with him that is mightier than he. 11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better ? 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, ^all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as ^a shadow ? for ^who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun ? CHAPTER 7. 1 Remedies against vanity are a good name, 2 mor- tiflcation, 7 patience. A GOOD name is better than precious ointment ; and "the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 ITil? is better to go to the *house of mourning, than to go to the house of B. C. 977. CHAP. 5. p Ex. 23, 25 CHAP. 6. a Job 21, 10 Ps. 17, 14= Ps. 73, 7 b Lu. 12, 20 e 2 Ki. 9, 35 Isa. 14, 19 Jer. 22, 19 d Job 3, 18 Ps. 58, 8 e Pro. 16,26 1 Tim. 6, 6-8 1 soul. 2 than the walking of the soul. f Job. 9, 32 3 the mim- ber of the days of the life of his van- ity. g Jas. 4, 14 h Ps. 39, 6 CHAP. 7. a Phil. 1,23 Rev.14,13 b Mat. 5, 4 1 Or, Anger. c 2Cor.7,10 2 sound. d Ex. 23, 8 e Pro. 14,29 / Pro.16,32 Jas. 1, 19 3 out of avisdom. 4 Or, as good as an inherit- ance, yea, bet- ter too. 5 shadow. Pro. 2, 11 g Isa. 14, 27 6 made. h ch. 8, 14 i Pro.25,16 Phil. 3, 6 j Rom. 12,3 7 be des- olate f k Job 15, 32 8 not in thy time ? 638 feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 'Sorrow is better than laughter: for ''by the sadness of the counte- nance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 Jt is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6 For as the ^crackling of thorns un-^ der a pot, so is the laughter of the fool : this also is vanity. 7 IFSurely oppression maketh a wise man mad ; "^and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof : ^and the pa- tient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be -^not hasty in thy spirit to be an- gry : for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not en- quire ^wisely concerning this. 11 H Wisdom is "^good with an in- heritance : and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a ^defence, and money is a defence : but the excel- lency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 1 3 Consider the work of God : for ^who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked ? 14 In the day of prosperity be joy- ful, but in the day of adversity con- sider: God also hath ''set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. 15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity : Hhere is a just man that perisheth in his righteous- ness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness, 1 6 Be 'not righteous over much ; nei- ther •'make thyself over wise : why shouldest thou destroy thyself ? 1 7 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish : ^why shouldest thou die ^before thy time ? 1 8 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this ; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand : for he that f eareth God shall come forth of them all. Divine providence ECCLESIASTES, 8. to be ohserveot. 19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty 7nen which are in the city 20 For 'there is not a just man up- B. C. 977. on earth, that doeth good^and sinneth not. A. 7. 29; G. Isa, 1. 3-6. 21 Also ^take no heed unto all v/ords that are spoken ; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee : 22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. 23 All this have I proved by wis- dom : I said, I will be wise ; but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off, '"and ex- ceeding deep, who can fincl it out ? 25 '"I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wis- dom, and the reason of tJmigs, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: "whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her ; but the sinner shall be taken by her. C. Isa. 1. 4-6. 27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, ^'^counting one by one, to find out the account : 28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not : one man among a thou- sand have I found ; but a woman among all those have I not found. A '' 29 Lo, this only have I found, that '*God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inven- tions. A. 8. 11. CHAPTER 8. 6 Divine providence to be obaerced. 12 It is better mitfi the godly in adversit// than with the wicked in prosperity. WHO is as the wise man ? and who knoweth the interpreta- tion of a thing ? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and 'the boldness of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, "and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and *who may say unto him, What doest thou ? 5 Whoso keepeth the command- ment ^shall feel no evil thing : and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. CHAP. 7. I lKi.8.46 2Chr. 6, 36 Pro. 20, 9 Rom.3,23 Rom. 11. 32 Gal. 3, 22 lJohnl,8 9 (Jive not thine heart. 1 Cor.13,5 m Rom. 11,33 10 1 and my heart com- passed. II he that is good before God. Gen. 39, 7 Pro. 2, 1-9, 16-22 Pro. 5, 1-14 12 Or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason. n Gen. 1, 27 CHAP. 8. 1 the strength. a Rom. 13,.5 Titus 3. 1 h Job .34, 18 2 shall know. c ch. 3, 1 d Pro.24,22 ch. 6, 12 ch. 9, 12 ch. 10. 14 3 Or. ho wit shall bel e Ps. 49, 6 / Job. 14, 5 4 Or, cast- ing off weapons. g 1 Sam. 18,12 h Ps. 10, 6 Ps. 50, 21 Isa. 26, 10 i Isa. 65, 20 Rom. 2, 5 j Ps. 37, 11 Pro. 1, 32 Isa. 3, 10 Mat.25,34 k Ps. 73, 14 ch. 2, 14 ch. 7, 15 ch. 9, 1 [ ch. 3, 12 m Lev. 26,5 n Job 5, 9 ch. 3, 11 Rom. 11, 33 639 6 Because 'to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. 7 For "^he knoweth not that which shall be : for who can tell him Hvhen it shall be ? 8 There Hs no man that hath power ^over the spirit to retain the spirit ; neither hath he power in the day of death : and there is no "discharge in that war ; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. 9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done imder the sun : there is a time wherein ^one man ruleth over an- other to his own hurt. 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were for- gotten in the city where they had so done : this is also vanity. 1 1 Because ^s entenc e against an evil work is n ot exec uted speedily , there- fore the heart_of the sons ot men is' fully set in them t o do evil. ^ 9.^ 12 Though ^a sinner do evil an liun- dred times, a nd his days b e pro ^ l onged, yet surely 1 know ^that -^it shall be well with them that fear God, which f ear before himT 13 But it shall not be well w ith the^ wicked, neither shall he prolongX^> days, ivhic h are a s a shadow ; be- cause he f earet h not befor e God. * 1-4 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth ; that there be just men, unto whom it %appeneth ac- cording to the work of the wicked ; again, there be mci?:ed men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. 15 Then T commended mirth, be- cause a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry : for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, '"which God giv- eth him under the sun. 1 6 IT When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the busi- ness that is done upon the earth : (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes :) 1 \ Then I beheld all the work of God, that a "man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun : be- cause though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it ; yea farther ; though a wise man think *H. Isa, 1. 19, 20; N. Isa. 1. 4-6. H N Like t hings happen to all. ECCLESIASTES, 9, 10. Of vnsdom and folly. to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. CHAPTER 9. 1 Like things happen to good and bad. 7 How to en- jot/ the good of this life. 13 Wisdom is better than strength. FOR all this ^I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that ''the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God : no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2 All H Jungs come alike to all : there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked ; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean ; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not : as is the good, so is the sinner ; a7id he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all : yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they ^ go to the dead. A. Isa. 1. 2-6. 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope : for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they shall die: but ^the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for ''the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 7 iGo thy way, *eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 8 Let thy garments be always white ; and let thy head lack no ointment. 9 ^Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity : -^f or that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. 1 Whatsoever thj hand findeth to do, do it with thy might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 1 1 If Ireturned, ^and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches B. C. 977, CHAP. 8. Ps. 73, 16 CHAP. 9. 1 / gave, or, set to my heart. a ch. 8, 14 Isa. 26, 12 2 Cor. 3, 5 6 Job 21, 7 Ps. 73, 3, 12, 13, 17 Mai. 3, 15 c Job 14, 21 Isa. 63, 16 d Job 7, 8 Isa. 26, 14 e cb, 8. 16 2 See, or. Enjoy life. J ch.2,10,24 ch. 3, 13 ch. 5, 18 g Amo82,14 Jer. 9, 23 h ch. 8, 7 i Pro. 29, 6 Lu. 12, 20 Lu. 17, 26 lThes.5,8 j 2 Sam. 20, 16-22 fe Pro. 21,22 Pro. 24, 5 ch. 7. 19 I Mark 6, 2 m Gen. 41,14 2 Sam. 20,17 Dan. 5, 10 n Gen. 3, 6. 13-19 Josh. 7,1 2 Ki. 17,21 Rom. 6, 12, 16-23 CHAP 10. 1 Flies of death. a Mat. 6, 33 Col. 3. 1 2 his heart. b Pro.13,16 Pro. 18, 2 c ch. 8, 3 d 1 Sam. 25,24 Pro. 25,15 3 from before. 4 in great heights. Esth. 3, 1 e Pro. 19,10 Pro. 30, 22 640 to men of understanding, nor yet fa- vour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them. all. 12 For '^man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare ; so are the sons of men 'snared in an evil time, when it f alleth suddenly upon them. 1311 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 There ^vms a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built srreat bulwarks against it: 1 5 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom de- livered the city ; yet no man remem- bered that same poor man. 16 Then *said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless 'the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 1 7 The ""words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 1 8 Wisdom is better than weapons of war : but "one sinner destroy eth much good. CHAPTER 10. 1 Of wisdom and folly, 16 of riot, 18 slothfulness, 19 and money. DEAD ^flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 2 A wise "man's heart is at his right hand ; but a fool's heart at his left. 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, ^his wisdom faileth him, *and he saith to every one that he is a fool. 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, 'leave not thy place; for "^yielding pacifieth great offences. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error v^hich proceedeth ^from the ruler : 6 Folly is set "in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 1 have seen servants "upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. ^ Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith ; and he that cleav- 2 jytrections for charity. ECCLESIASTES, 11, 12. Exhort cUion to the yowag. B. C. 977. CHAP. 10. /Jer. 8, 17 5 tlu mas- ter of the tongue. 6 grace. 7 his mouth,, 8 niultipli- eth words h Isa. 3, 4: Isa. 5, 11 i i Pro. 31, 4 9 maketh glad the life. Ps. 104,15 j Ex. 22, 28 Acts 23, 5 10 Or, con- science. 11 Figure like eth wood shall be endangered there- by. 10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. 11 Surely the serpent will -''bite without enchantment ; and ^a bab- bler is no better. 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are "gracious ; but the lips of a fool ^ J^^- *- ^^ will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of|^. his mouth is foolishness: and the end of ^his talk is mischievous mad- ness. 14 A fool also ^is full of words : a man cannot tell what shall be ; and what shall be ^after him, who can tell him? 15 The labour of the foolish wea;ri- eth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. 1 6 t Woe ^to thee, O land, when thy king is a. child, and thy princes eat in the morning I 17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy 'princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness ! 18 ^By much slothfulness the build- ing decay eth; a^nd through idleness! of the hands the house droppeth! through. 19 IT A feast is made for laughter, and wine ^maketh merry : but money answereth all things. 20 IFCurse -^'not the king, no not in thy ^"thought ; and cui^e not the rich in thy bedchamber : for ^ ^a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the mat- ter. CHAPTER 11. 1 Directions for charit;/. 7 Death ought to be re- membered in life. CAST thy bread 'upon the waters : ''for thou shalt find it aiter many days. 2 Give ^a portion ''to seven, and also to eight : "^f or thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. (41) 5 As ''thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, 7ior how the bones do groiD in the womb of her that is with child : even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether ■^shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. 7 ITTruly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to be- hold the sun: 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him re- member the days of darkness; for they shall be many. AH that cometh is vanity. 9 ^Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee Lu. 19, 40 jj^ ^YiQ days of thy youth, •'"and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know tliou t hat for all these things God ^wiil CHAP. 11. 1 upon the face of the waters. « Deut. 15, 10 Pro. 19,17 Mat.10,42 2 Cor. 9,8 Gal. 6, 9 Heb. 6, 10 b Ps.112,9 Lu. 6, 30 1 Tirn. 6,18 c Mic. 5, 5 d Eph. 5, 16 e John 3, 8 2 shall he right. f Num. 15, 39 g ch. 12, 1-1 Ptom. 2, 2 Cor. 5, 10 3 Or, anger. h 2 Cor. 7, 1 2 Tim. 2 22 CHAP. 12. a 2 Cor. 5, 1 1 Or, the grinders fail be- cause they grind little. h Gen. 27, 1 c Mic. 7, 1 d 2 Sam. 19,35 e Lev.19,32 641 bring thee into judgment. j. 12. 14. 10 Therefore remove ^sorrow from thy heart, and ^put away evil from thy flesh : for childhood and youth are vanity. CHAPTER 12. 1 TheCreator to be remembered in the dciys of youth, and must not be deferred. 13 The fear of God the chief concern of man. REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no i^leasure in them ; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain : 3 In the day when the keepers of the "house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and 'the grinders cease because they are few, and *those tha,t look out of the win- dows be darkened, 4 And the '^doors shall be shut m. the streets, "when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all "^the daughters of musick shall be brought low ; 5 Also vmen they shall be afraid of that which ^shigh, and fears s7i«// he in the way, and the 'almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : be- cause man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets : 2 The church's SONG, 1, 2. love for Christ. 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cis- tern. T Then -^shall the dust return to the earth as it was: ^and the spirit shall return unto God '^who gave it. 8 IT Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher ; all is vanity. 9 And-nioreover,bec?cUsethepreach- er was wise, he still taught the peo- ple knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought owt^and set in order many proverbs. 10 The preacher sought to find out ^acceptable words: and that lohich B. C. 977. CHAP. 12. / Gen. 3. 19 g ch. 3, 21 h ¥ um. 27,16 Zecli.12,1 2 Or, the inore wise the preacher was, etc. 3 words of delight, i Or, reading. 5 Or, Tlie end of the matter, even all that hath t-een hfird, is. i inat.12,36 was written teas upright, 6 ?;e;^ words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as neils fastened hy the masters of assemblies, ichich are given from one shepherd. 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much ^study is a weariness of the flesh. 13 ^^Let us hear the conclusion of the Avhole matter: Fear God, and keep hi s commandments : for th is is\ the whole dutyoi man . | 1 4 For 'God shall bring every work E into judgment, with every secret thing, j wh ether it be good ^ or whether it he evil. ' * THE SONa OF SOLOMON, CHAPTER 1. 1 The churches love to Christ : 5 she confesses her deformity, 7 and prays to be directed to his foock. 8 Christ directs her to the shepherds' tents ; 9 and shewing his love to her, 11 gives her gixiciotis promises. 12 The church and Christ congratulate each other. THE ''song of songs, which is SoF o-mon's. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth : for ^thy love is better than wine. 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the *^drgins love thee. 4 Draw '"me, we '^Avill run after thee : the king ^hath brought me into Ms chambers : we will be glad and re- joice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: ^the upright love thee. 5 ITI am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Je-ru'sa-lem, as the tents of K e 'dar, as the curtains of S 61'o-mon. 6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me : my mother's children were angry Avith me ; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; hut mine own vineyard have I not kept. T Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou-'^makest ^^Ai/,/?ocA:to rest at noon : for why should 1 1)6 ^as one that tum- eth aside by the flocks of thy com- panions ? CHAP. 1. a 1 Ki. 4, 32 1 thy loves, eh. 4, 10 ;>2Cor.ll,2 c Jer. SI, 3 Hos. 11, 4 John 6, 41 John 12,32 d Phil. S, 12 2 Or, they love thee uprightly. Rom.8,39 1 John i, 16 /John 10,27 3 Or, as one that is veiled. g ch. 2, 2 John 15,14: h2 Chr. 1,16 i Ezek. 16,11 4 Or, cy- press. ch. i, 13 j ch. 4, 1 ch. 5, 12 5 Or, my com- panion. 6 Or, gal- leries. 642 B.C.1014. 8irlf thou know not, O thou fair- est among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents, 9 I have compared thee,^0 my love, ^to a company of horses in Pha'raoh's chariots. 10 Thy 'cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. 6 Ps. 45,14 1 11 We will make thee borders of Eph^gf^^ gold -w^th studs c-f silver. 12 ^Yf hile the king sitteth at his table, my spil?:enard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my well- beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of ^camphire in the vineyards of JEn-ge'di. 15 Behold, -^thou art fair, ^y love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. 16 Behold, thou art fair, my be- loved, yea, pleasant : also our bed is green. 17 The beams of our house are ce- dar, and our ^rafters of fir. CHAPTER 2. 1 Mutual love of Christ and his church. 8 Her hope, 10 and calling. 14 Christ's care of her. 16 Her profession, faith, and hope. ^Jf the rose of Shar'on, and the lily of the valleys. *E. Isa. 29. 15, 16; J. Isa. 3. 1(?, 11; 0. Isa. 1. 16-18. I Chrisfs banner is love. SONG, 3, 4. The chur ell's victory. 2 As the lily among thorns, so is^ b.c. iom. my love among the daughters. chap. 2. 3 As the apple tree among the trees L joeugu. of the wood, so ^6^ my beloved among!" ed and sat the sons. ^Isat down mider his shad- 1 ^''^''^"'^^^• ow with great delight, and «his f ruit '^ ^*^- ^^' ^ loas sweet to my -taste. \2 palate. 1 1: He brought me to the ^banqueting J 3 house of wine. house, and his bamier over me was ± straw me love. 5 Stay me with flagons, ''comfort me with apples : for I am sick of love. 6 His *left hand is under my head. ■with apples, b ch. 8, 3 and his right hand doth embrace me. f ch. 6, 3 ch. 7, 10 7 Or, of dUnsvon. 2 Sam. 2,29 CHAP. 3. a Isa. 26, 9 b ch. 5, 7 c Pro. 8, 17 d Pro. 4, 13 Rom. 8, 35,39 e ch. 2, 7 ch. 8, 4 g Mat. 22.37 John 13. 1,34 Johnl5,9, 10, 12-16 Rom. 5, 8 Eph. 3. 19 1 Pet. 1, 7,8 /i Rev. 11, 15 1 Ps. 110, 3 • Isa. 62, 5 5 I adjure you. ch. 3, 5 ch. S, i 7 "l charge you, O ye daughters of|c johnio,4 Je-ru'sa-lem, by the roes, and by theje nourish- hinds of the field, that ve stir noti 'ing. up, nor awake my love, till he please, j*^ ch. 8, is S^The ^ voice of my beloved! t>e-|e ps-^|o^i3^ hold, he cometh leaping upon thej lu! 13,32 mountains, skipping upon the hills. 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart : behold, he standeth behind our » lu.1',^78 wall, he looketh forth at the windows, i 2 Pet! ''shelving himself through the lattice. ' '^' "^^ 10 My beloved spake, and said unto ^ ^^- ^' ^^ me, Hise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone ; 12 The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; 13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. 14 O my dove, that a.rt in the clefts y^ci^ 5 5 of the rock,in the secret peaces of the'j^ q^' j^^^ stairs, let me see thy comitenance, ReV.3, 21; ''let me hear thv voice ; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 15 Take us 'the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vmes : for our vines have tender grapes. 1 6 ITMy •n3eloved is mine, and I ar)% his : he feedeth among the lilies. 17 Until nhe day break, aiid the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like ^a roe or a young- hart upon the mountains '^of Be'thgr. CHAPTER 3. 1 The, church's fight and, victory in temptation. 6 She glories in Christ. BY ''night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth : 1 sought ham., but I found him not. 2 I will rise now, and go about the CHAP. 4. a ch. 1, 15 ch. 5, 12 b ch. 6, 5 1 Or, that eat of, etc. c ch. 6, 6 d ch. 7. 4 643 city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought hun, but I found him not. 3 The hvatchmen that go about the city found me : to lohom J said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth ? 4 It teas but 'a little that I passed ifrom them, but I found him whom my soul loveth : I ^held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that con- ceived me. 5 I 'charge you, O ye daughters of Je-ru'sa-lem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. 6 *[Who J'is this that cometh out of the wilderness like i)illars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankin- cense, with all powders of the mer- chant ? 7 Behold his bed, wliich is Sol'o- mon's; threescore vaUant men are about it, of the valiant of Is'ra-el, 8 They all hold swords, bevng ex- pert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. 9 King Sol'o-mon made himself ^a chariot of the wood of Leb'a-non, 10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom^ thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved ^with love, for the daughters of Je-ru'sa-lem. 1 1 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zf - on, and behold king Sol'o-mon with the croAvn wherewith his mother crowned hun in the ^day of his es- pousals, and in the day of the glad- ness of his heart. CHAPTER 4. 1 Christ sets forth the graces of the church : 8 he sheics his love to her. 16 She prays to be made fit for his presence. BEHOLD. "thou art fair, my love : behold, thou art fair ; thou hast doves' eyes- ^>dthin thy locks : thy hair is as *a flock of goats, ^that ap- pear from mount Gfl'e-ad. 2 Thy 'teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. 3 Thy Hps are like a thread of scar- let, and thy speech is comely : thy temples are like a piece of a pome- granate ^vithin thy locks. 4 Thy '^neck is like the tower of Graces of the church. SONG, 5, 6. The beloved described. Da'vid builded ^^for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. 5 Thy -^t wo breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. 6 Until the day ^break, and the shad- ows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. 7 Thou dart all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. 8 1[ComewithmefromLeb'a-non,m2/ spouse, with me from Leb'a-non : look from the top of Am'a-na, from the top of She'nir and ''IlSr'mon, from the lions' dens, from, the mountains of the leopards. 9 Thou hast ^ravished my heart, my sister, m^/ 'spouse ; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, -iny spouse ! how much better is thy love than wine ! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices I 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb : •'honey and milk a,re under thy tongue ; and the smell of thy garments is *like the smell of Leb'a-non. 12 A^garden^inclosed is my sister, 7ny spouse ; a spring shut up, a foun- tain sealed. 1 3 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant f i*uits ; ^camphire, with spikenard, 14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frank incense ; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices : 1 5 A fountain of gardens, a well of '"living waters, and streams from Leb'a-non. 1 6 *iF Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south ; blow upon my garden, that the ''spices thereof may flow out. "Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. B. c. lOU. CHAPTER 5. 9 Ss, i Christ awakes the church with his calling, the beloved, described. I AM °come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myirh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O ^friends; drink, ^yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. 2 11 sleep, but my heart waketh : it is the voice of my beloved '^that CHAP. 4. e Neh. 3, 19 / Pro. 5, 19 ch. 7, 3 2 breathe. ch. 2, 17 Lu. 1, 78 g Eph. 5, 27 h Deut. 3, 9 3 Or, taken away my heart. i Isa. 54, 5 2 Cor. 11,2 j Pro. 24,13 k Gen.27,27 Hos. 14, 6,7 I Isa. 58, 11 Hos. 3, 3 4 barred. 5 Or, cvin'ess. ch. 1, 14 ni John4,10 71 Gal. 5, 22 ch. 5, 1 CHAP. 5. a ch. 4, 16 b Lu. 15, 7 John 3,29 John 15, 14 1 Or, and be drxink- en with loves. c Pro. 8, 4 Rev. 3, 20 2 Or, (as some read) in r)U. 3 passing, or, run- ning about. d Hos. 5, 15 6 Lam. 3, 8 / ch. 3, 3 4 what. 5 a starhd' ard- bcarer. 6 Or, ciirled. g ch. 1, 15 7 sitting i/n fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring. 8 Or, tbiv- ers of perfumes. 9 His palate. Lu. 4, 22 h Ps. 45, 2 Jer. 31, 3 Rom. 8,35 Eph. 3,17, 18,19 Phil. 3, 8 1 Pet. 1,8 1 John 4,16 CHAP. <: a ch. 1, 8 644 knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my un- defiled : for my head is filled with dew, a7id my locks with the drops of the night. 3 I have put off my coat ; how shall I put it on ? I have waslied my feet ; how shall I defile them ? 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the do or, and my bowels were moved -for him. 5 I rose up to open to my beloved ; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers tvith ^sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. 6 I opened to my beloved ; but my beloved had "^withdrawn himself, a?? 6? was gone : my soul failed when he spake : I sought him, but I could not find him ; I ''called him, but he gave me no answer. 7 The -^watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me ; the keepers of the walls took away mj^ veil from me. 8 I charge you, O daughters of Je-ru'- sa-lem, if ye find my beloved, ^that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. 9 II What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women ? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us ? 10 HMy beloved is white and ruddy, ^the chiefest among ten thousand. 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are ^bushy, and black as a raven. 12 His ^eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, a7id ^fitly set. 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as ^sweet flowers : his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. 14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl : his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 15 ilis legs are cts pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Leb'a-non, excel- lent as the cedars. 1 6 '^His mouth is most sweet : yea, '^he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Je-ru'sa-lem. CHAPTER 6. \ The church professes her faith in Christ. 4 J3e shews her graces, 10 a7id his love toward her. WHITHER is thy beloved gone, O ''thou fairest among women? 2 The church's graces. SONG. 7, 8. Her love to Christ. c Isa. 56, 8 John 10,16 ch. 7, 10 e 2 Cor. whither is thy beloved turned aside ?l b.c.ioii. that we mav seek hini ^\ith thee. iTZTTTTT' 2 *! My beloved is gone down mto his! ' ■. garden, to the beds of spices, to *feed|^ eph.3,1, in the gardens, and to gather 'lihes. | 3 I '^am my beloved's, and my be-; loved is mine : he feedeth among the^ ch. 2, le lilies. 4 ^Thou art beautiful. O my love, as! 10, 4 Tir'zah, comely as Je-ru'sa-lem, *ter-|i or, they rible as an army with banners. | ^^ffeA me 5 Turn away thine eyes from me. fori up. 'thev have overcome me : thv hair is\fch.±,i ■^as a flock of goats that appear from;g ch. 7, 12 Gil'e-ad. 1 2 iJmew 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep '^ "^^" which go up from the washing.:^ J^'/^^*"^^ whereof every one beareth t^vins. and chariots there is not one barren among them. I u-mmg 7 As a piece of a pomegranate are! p^'^'^- thy temples Avithin thy locks. 8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. 9 My dove, my undefiled is but one ; she is the only one of her mother, j she is the choice one of her that bare' chap. 7. her. The daughters saw her, and a vs, 4.5, is blessed her ; yea. the queens and theli Tnia:tiire. concubines, and they praised her. jb ch. 4, 5 10 *i"Who is she that looketh foi'th|2 or,cnm- as the moming, fair as the moon.! *^"- clear as the sun, and temble as an ^ ^^und. army with banners ? ^ straight- Ill went down into the garden of'. ^^ ^^^^^ nuts to see the fruits of the vallev,r^a7icienf. and ^''to see whether the vine flour- 'c ch. 2,16 ished, an d the pomegranates budded. 1 Gai^2? 20 12 ^Or ever I was aware, mv souli i Ov.ofMa- hnnaim. Gen. 32, 2 a PS. 4:5, 11 e ch. 6, 11 2Cor.l3,5 ft Mat.13,52 ^made me like the chariots of Am'- mi-na'dib. 13 Return, return, O Shulam-ite; s opm. return, return, that we mav look upon .^Ezek. thee. AYhatAwIll ve see m the Shu'- ^^'*^ lam-ite? As it were the company;^ ^^""-^^'^^ ^of two armies. CHAPTER 7. 1 A farther description of the graces of the church: 10 she professes her faith and assurcuice of Chi'isfs love. HOW beautiful are thy feet ^vith shoes, '^O prince's daughter! the! chap. 8. joints of thy thighs are like jewels, i they the work of the hands of a cunning| fflfj"^^. workman. I svise m€. 2 Thy navel is like a roimd goblet, 'a Pro. 9, 2 which wanteth not liquor : thy belly b 2Cor.i2,9 is like an heap of wheat set about 2 xmy with lilies. '^9^'^'^ y^ 3 Thy *two breasts are like two yoimg roes that are twins. 4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory ; stir up, or, ichy, etc. c John 17, 14 645 thine eyes like the fishpools in Hesh'- bon. by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Leb'a-non Iwhich looketh toward Da-mas cus. ' 5 Tliine head upon thee z'slike-Car'- mel. and the hair of thine head hke purple : the king is ^held in the gal< leries. 6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for dehghts I 7 This thy statui^e is hke to a palm itree, and thy breasts to clustei^ of ■grapes. I 8 i said. I will go up to the palm I tree, I vnR take hold of the bougha [thereof : now also thy breasts shall ibe as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples ; 9 And the roof of thv mouth like the best ^^'ine for my beloved, that goeth doicn ^sweetly, causmg the lips ^3f those that are asleep to speak. 10 ITI 'am my beloved's, and ""'his de- sire is toward me. 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. j 1 2 Let us get up early to the ^-ine- i yards ; let us 'see if the ^ine flourish, Iwhether the tender grape '^appear, land the pomegranates bud forth.- there will T give thee my loves. I 13 The -''majidrakes give a smell, and at our gates 'are all maimer of pleasant //vnH of thp " N [shall e at the good of the landT 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ^^ I shall be devoured with the sword : ifor the mouth of the Lord hath I s poken i t. H. Isa. 1. 28; N. 6. 9-12. 21 ?^How is the faithful city become an harlot ! it was full of judgment ; righteousness lodged in it ; but now murderers. 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water : 23 Thy 'princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves : every one loveth gifts, and followeth after re- wards: they judge not the father- less, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. 21 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of I§'ra-el, Ah, "I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies : 25 And I ^will turn my hand upon thee, and '^purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin : 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning : afterward thou shalt be called. The city of right- eousness, the faithful city. 27 Zi'on shall be redeemed with judgment, and '^her converts with righteousness. H r 28 And the '"destruction of the I transgressors and of the sinners shall *R. 2. 3. CHAP. 1. 8 Qix,qr%ef. k Job 27, 9 Pro. 1, 28 I 1 Tim. 2,8 9 multiply prayer. 10 bloods. m Jer. 4, li n Rom.12,9 1 Pet.3,11 Mic. 6, 8 11 Or, righten. p Mic. 6, 2 q Rev. 7, 14 )• Deut.28,1 s Titus 1, 2 ( Hos. 9. 15 u Deut. 28,63 V Rev. 3, 19 12 accord- ing to pureness. Mai. 3. 3 13 Or, they that re- turn of her. 14 break- ing. IV ch. 57, 5 x ch. 65, 3 ch. 66, 17 15 Or. and his work. the Lord shall be consumed ,t 29 For they shall be ashamed of the "oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gar- dens that ye have chosen. : 30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. 31 And the strong shall be as tow, '^and the maker of it as a spark, and they sliall both burn together, and none shall quench them. CHAPTER 2. 1 Isaiah prophes-ies of Chrisfs kingdom. 6 Wicked- ness the cause of God's forsaking hisjpeople. 10 The prophet fcn'ewarns them of the terrible day oj the Lord. THE word that l-sa'iah the son of A'moz saw concerning Jii'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem. 2 And "it shall come to pass in the last days, Hhat the mountain of the Lord's house shall be 'established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the liills ; and all na- tions shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and ^ s ay. Come "ye, and let us go up to the~ i mountain of the Lord, to tlie house i o f the Grod of Ja'cob; ana he wiTT j teach us of his ways, and we will CHAP. 2. a Mic. 4, 1 Acts 2, 17 h Ps. 68, 15 Dan. 2. 35 Rev. 14, 1 1 Or, he prepared. c Zech.8,21| d Lu. 24. 47I John 4, 22' e John 5, 22 J /Hos. 2,18' Zech.9,10| 2 Or, scythes. g Acts 26, 23 Eph. 5, 8 3 Or, more than the east. Num. 23,7 /! Deut. 13, 14 4 Or, abound with the children. 5 Or, non- entities. 1 Coj;. 8, 4 647 walk in his paths : "'for out of Zroif s hall jgo forth the law, and the wor"dr of the Lord from J e-ru'sa-lem. | 4 And he 'shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many peo- ple : and -^they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into ■pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 5 f O house of Ja'cob, come ye, and let us ^walk in the light .^f the Lord. 6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Ja'cob, because they be replenished ^from the east; and ^are soothsayers like the Phi-lis'^ tines, and they ^please themselves in the children of strangers. 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there a 7iy end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots : 8 Their land also is full of ^idols ; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their o^\ti fmgers have made: 9 And the mean man boweth do^vn, and the great man humbleth him- self : therefore forgive them not. fH. 3. 10, 11. +R 55. 7. ^ H The calamities ISAIAH, 3. of Judah foretold. 10 ITEnter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty. 1 1 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that 'day. 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every 07ie that is proud and lofty, and upon every 07ie that is lifted up ; and he shall be brought low: 1 3 And upon all the cedars of Leb'a- non, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Ba'shan, 14 And upon all the high moun- tains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 16 And upon all the ships of Tar'- shish, and upon alPpleasant pictures. 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 18And>'the idols he shall utterly abolish. 19 And they shall go into -^the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of ^he earth, for ^fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth 'to shake terribly the earth. 20 In that day a man shall cast ^his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, ^"which they made each one for liim- self to worship, to the moles and to the bats ; 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 22 Cease ""ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of ? CHAPTER 3. {Calamities coming upon Judah. 10 Different staieR of the riQhteous and the wicked. \z Oppression of the rulers. 16 Punishonent of the women for pride. FOR, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from J^-ru'sa-lem and from Jii'dah ''the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and theprudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and ^the hon- ourable man, and the counsellor, and B.C. 760. CHAP. 2. i ch. 12, 1,4 Ch. 24, 21, 23 ch. 25, 9 ch. 26, 1 ch. 27, 1 ch. 28, 5 ch. 52, 6 Jer. 30, 7 8 Joel 3, 18 Amos9,ll Obad. 8 Mic. 5, 10 6 pictures of desire. 7 Or, the idols shall ut- terly pass atvay. j Hos. 10, 8 Lu. 28, 30 Rev. 6, 16 Rev. 9, 6 8 the dust. k 2 Thes. 1,9 I Hag. 2, 6 Heb. 12,26 9 the idols of his silver,etc. 10 Or, which theym.ade for him. m Pro. 23, 4 Jer. 17, 5 CHAP. 3. a Lev.26,26 1 a man eminent in coun- tenance. 2 Or, skil- ful of speech. b Eccl. 10, 16 c Mic. 3, 1 d Deut. 28, 50 Lam. 4,16 3 lift up the hand, Gen.14,22 4 b'nder up. 5 do?ie to him. 6 Or, they tvhich call thee blessed. 7 swallow up. 8 Or, burnt. e Mat. 21,33 9 deceiving with their eyes. 10 Or, tripping nioely. 648 the cunning artificer, and the ^elo- quent orator. 4 And I will give ^children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. 5 And the 'people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour : the child shall be- have himself proudly against "^'the ancient, and the bctse against the hon- ourable. 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying,Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand : 7 In that day shall he ^swear, saying, I will not be an dealer ; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing ■. make me not a ruler of the people. 8 For Je-ru'sa-lem is ruined, and Jii'dah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory. 9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them ; and they declare their sin as Sod'om, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto them- selves. 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it' shcdl be well ic ith h ini : for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 1 1 Woe unto the wicked ! it shall be ill unth him: for the reward of his hands shall be ^given him. * 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, ^they which lead thee cause thee to err, and ''de- stroy the way of thy paths. 13 HThe Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. 14 The Lord will enter into judg- ment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof : for ye have ^eaten up ^the vineyard ; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. J. 11. 4.. 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor ? saith the Lord God of hosts. 16 tMoreover the Lord saith. Be- cause the daughters of Zl'on are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and ^wanton eyes, walk- ing and ^"mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet : 1 7 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of *H. 5. 14; J. 3. 13, 14. « H J Security of Chrisfs hingdom. ISAIAH, 4, 5. Israel a barren vineyard. K the daughters of Zi'on, and the Lord will "discover their secret parts. 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, sndi their '^cauls, and their round tires like the moon, 19 The '^chains, and the bracelets, and the '^mufflers, 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments Qf the legs, and the headbands, and the '^tablets, and the earrings, 21 The rings, and nose jewels, 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, 23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. 24 And it shall come to pass, ^Aa^ instead of sweet smell there shall be stink ; and instead of a girdle a rent ; and instead of well set hair baldness ; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; a7id burning instead of beauty. 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy "'mighty in the war. 26 And -^her gates shall lament and m.ourn ; and she being 'Mesolate shall sit upon the ground. CHAPTER 4. 1 Distress of the times 2 Succeediyirf blessings and security qf Christ's kingdom. AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, say- ing. We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel : only 'let us be called by thy name, "to take away our "reproach. 2 llln that day shall ''the branch of the Lord be ^beautiful and glorious, and '^the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely ^f or them that are escaped of i§'ra-el. 3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zf on, and he that re- maineth in Je-ru'sa-lem, shall be called holy, even every one that is writ- ten "among the livingln Je-ru'sa-lem : 4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zi'on, and shall have purged the blood of Je-ru'sa-lem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. ^ 5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zfon, and upon her assemblies, a ''cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night : for "upon all the glory shall be 'a defence. B. C. 760. CHAP. 3. 11 make naked. 12 Or, net- works. 13 Or, sweet balls. U Or, spangled orna- ments. 15 houses of the soul. 16 might. f Lam. 1, 4 17 Or, cleansed, or, emp- tied. CHAP. 4. 1 let thy nam,e be called upon us. 2 Or, take thou away. a Lu. 1, 25 b Zech. 3, 8 3 beauty and glory. c Rom. 1,3,4 4 for the escaping of Israel. 5 Or,fo life, d Ex. 13, 21 6 Or, above. 7 a cover- ing. CHAP. 5. a Ps. 80, 8 1 the horn of the son of oil. 2 Or, made a wall about it. hewed. Deiit..32,6 c Rom. 3,4 4 for a treading. plant of hia pleasures. 6 a scab, d Mic. 2. 2 7 ye. 8 Or, This is in mine ears, saith the LORD. 9 If not, etc. e Ezek. 45,11 /Pro. 23,29 Eccl. 10,16 649 6 And there shall be a tabernacle | for a shadow in the daytime from | the heat, and for a place of refuge, | and for a covert from storm and | from rain. K. 12. 2. J CHAPTER 5. 1 God excuses his severejudgnients : 8 his Jzidgments upon covetous7iess, 11 lasciviousness, 18 and im- piety. NOW will I sing to my wellbe- loved a song of my beloved touching ''his vineyard. My well be- loved hath a vineyard in 'a very fruitful hiU : 2 And he -fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also ^made a winepress therein : *and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. A. 6. 5.. 3 And now,0 inhabitants of Je-ru'- sa-lem, and men of Ju'dah, judge, "I pray you, betwixt me and my vine- yard. 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ? 5 And now go to ; I will tell you what I wiU do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up ; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be ^trodden down : 6 And I will lay it waste : it shall not be pruned, nor digged ; but there shall come up briers and thorns : I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of 1 G hosts is the house of Is'ra-el, and the men of Ju'dah ^his pleasant plant : and he looked for judgment, but be- hold "oppression ; for righteousness, but behold a cry. 6. 29. 13, 14. 8 IF Woe unto them that '^join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that ''they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth ! 9 *In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, ^Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, with- out inhabitant. 1 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one ^bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. 11 TWoe Amto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may Impiety denounced. ISAIAH, 6. Isaians vision. H follow strong drink ; that continue until night, till wine "inflame them ! 12 And -Hhe harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts : but they ^regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. 1 3 Therefore 'my people are gone in- to captivitj^, •'because they have no knowledge: and "their honourable men are famished, and their multi- tude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged her B. C. 760. selT^and ope ned her moutt i without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp and f fe *^"lha t rejoiceth, shall descendTn to it. ^"T^And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the loftv shall be humbled : 16lBut the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and ^^God that is holy shall be sanctified in right eousness. 1 T Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. ISllWoe unto them that draw in- iquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope : 19 That *say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that vre may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of l§'ra-el draw nigh and come, that we may know it ! 20 Woe unto them ''that call evil good, and good evil ; that put dark- ness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent *in their ow^n sight ! 22 W^oe unto them that are mighty to drink Avine. and men of strength to mingle strong drink : 23 Which justify the wicked for re ward, and take aw^ay the righteous ness of the righteous from him ! H f 24 Therefore as '^the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust : because they have cast away 'the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of I§'ra-el. H. 9. 18 25 Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand * H. 5. 24. CHAP. 5. 10 Or, v"^^- sue them. g Amos 6, 5 h Hos. 4, 11 i Hos. 4, 6 j Lu. 19, 44 11 th^ir glory are men of famine. 12 the God the holy, or, the holy God. k ch. 66, 5 Jer. 17, 5 Amos5,18 2 Pet. 3, 3 13 that say concern- ing^ evil. It is good, etc. 14 before their face. Rom. 1,22 Rom. 12, 16 15 the tongue of fire. I 2Ki.l7,14 16 Or, as dung. 17 Or, disti'ess. 18 Or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the de- structions thereof. E. C. 758. CHAP. 6. a 2 Ki. 15, 7 b 1 Ki.22,19 John 12,41 Rev. 4, 2 1 Or, the skirts thereof. 2 this cried to this. 3 his glory is the ful- ness of the wliole earth. 4 thresh- olds. 5 cut off. 6 and in his hand a live coal. c Rev. 8, 3 7 caused It to touch. 650 against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases loer^e 'l^orn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 26 IF And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly : 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them ; none shall slumber nor sleep ; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken : 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind : 29 Their roaring shall he like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. 30 And in that day they shaU roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and "sorrow, '^and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. CHAPTER 6. 1 Isaiah's vision of the Lord's glory. 13 A remnant of Israel shall be saved. IN the year that "king uz-zi'ah died I saw also 'the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and 'his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And 'one cried unto another, and said. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : ^the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the Moor moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was fifled with smoke. 5 Then said I, Woe is me ! for I am ^mdone ; because I am a man of un- A clean lips, and I dwell m the midst of a. people of unclean lips : for m ine e yes have seen th^ King, the Lord] of hosts. A. 6..9jlO.J 6 Then flew one of the seraphmis unto me, ^ha\ing a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off 'the altar : 7 And he 'laid it upon my mouth. Isaiah comforteth Ahaz. ISAIAH, 7. and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for '^us ? Then said I, ^Here am I ; send me. ^ r 9 And he said, Go, and tell tliis peo- 1^ pie,® Hear ye indeed, but understand not ; and see ye "indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see ^\dth their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and con- vert, and be healed. f^^ 29. 15. ' 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered. Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be ^'utterly desolate, 12 And the Lord have ^removed men far away, and the7'e be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.* 13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, '^and it shall return, and shall be eaten : as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose ^ ^substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy •''seed shall be the substance thereof. CHAPTER 7. 1 Ahaz comforted bi/ Iscuah. 14 Christ promised. 17 God's judgments prophesied to come upon Judah by the Assyrians. AN D it came to pass in the days of A'haz ''the son of Jo'tham, the son of Uz-zi'ah, king of Ju'de^h, that Re'zin the king of Syr'i-a,and Pe'kah the son of Rem-a-lf ah, king of is'ra- el, went up toward Je-ru'sa-lem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. 2 And it was told the house of Da'- vid, saying, Syr'i-a 'is confederate with E'phra-im. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. 3 Then said the Lord unto i-sa'iah, Go forth now to meet A'haz,' thou, and ^She'ar-ja'shub thy son, at the end of the *conduit of the upper pool in the 'highway of the fuller's field ; 4 And say unto him. Take heed, and be quiet ; fear not, "neither be faint- hearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Re'zin with Syr'i-a, and of the son of Rem-a-lf ah. 5 Because Syr'i-a, E'phra-ira, and *N. 9. 13, 14. Immanuel is promised^ ^- c- 758. the son of Rem-a-lf ah, have taken CHAP. 6. evil counsel against thee,_saying, a Gen. 1, 26 8 Behoia me. 9 Hear ye in hear- ing, or, xvitlwut ceasing, etc. \0 in seeing, 11 desolate 6 Let us go up against Jii'dah, and "vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, eve7i the son of Ta'be-ai : 7 Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. . ..o..... ^ ^^^ '^^^ ^^^^ ^f Syr'i-a is Da- wTwTdeso-imas'cus, and the head of Da-mas'cus latwn. \^g Re'zin ; and within threescore and ^ 28,^64: ifi^e years shall E'phra-im be broken, i2 0r.w^en!®that it be not a people. it is re- ^ ' ~ ' ' ~ - - - twmed, and hath been broused. 13 Or.stock, or, stertc. /Rom. 11,5 B. C. 742. CHAP. 7. a 2 Ki. 16, 5 1 resteth on Ephraim. 2 That is, Tlie rem- nant shall return. b ch. 36, 2 3 Or,cause- way. 4 let not thy heart be tender. 5 Or, waken. c 2Sam.8,6 6 from a people. 7 Or, Do ye not be- lieve? it is because ye are not stable. 8 And the Lord added to S2)eak. 9 Or, make thy peti- tion deep. d Mat. 1, 23 c ch. 9, 6 lOOr.fftoM, O virgin, shalt call. Gen. 4, 1 /ch. 8, 8 g2Ki.l5,30 h 2 Chr. 28,19 i 1 Ki.12,16 11 Or, com- mendable trees. j 2 Ki. 16, 7 2 Chr. 28, 20 Ezek. 5, 1 651 9 And the head of E'phra-im is Sa- ma'ri-a, and the head of Sa-ma'ri-a is Rem-a-lf ah's son. Tf ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be estab- lished. 101 ^Moreover the Lord spake again unto A'haz, saying, 11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God ; ^ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. 12 But A'haz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. 1 3 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of Da'vid ; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also ? 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; ^Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear ^a son, and '"shall call his 'name Im-man'u-el. 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 1 6 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of -"both her kings. 1 7 "iFThe ^LoRD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon "thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that E'phra-im 'departed from Jii'dah; even the kiug of As-syr'i-a. 1 8 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of E'gypt, and for the bee that is in the land of As-syr'i-a. 1 9 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate val- leys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all "bushes. 20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with •'a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of As-syr'i-a, the head, Syria and Israel thr&atened. ISAIAH, 8. God's judgments irresistible. and the hair of the. feet : and it shall also consume the beard. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, thate^, man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep ; 22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left '?in the land. 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. 24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. 25 And on ail hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. CHAPTER 8. 1 Prophecy against Syria and Israel. 5 Distress of Jicdah. "9 Go(Vs purposes irresistible.' 11 Comfort to them that fear God, but great affiiction to idola- ters. MOREOVER the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concern- ing- ^Ma'her-shal'al-hash-baz. 2 And I took unto me faithful wit- nesses to record, "U-rrah the priest, and Zech-a-rfah the son of Je-ber-e- chT'ah. ' 3 And I '^went unto the prophetess ; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me. Call his name Ma'her-shal'al-hash'-baz. 4 For ^before the child shall have knowledge to cry. My father, and my mother, ^the riches of Da-mas'cusand the spoil of Sa-ma'ri-a shall be taken away before the king of As-syr'i-a. 5,^The Lord spake also unto me again, saying, 6 Forasmuch as this people re- fuseth the waters of ^Shi-15'ah that fo softly, and rejoice in Re'zin and i^em-a-lfah's son ; 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, eve7% the the king of As-sy r 'i-a, and all his glory : and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks : 8 And he shall pass through Jii'dah ; he shall overtlow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and Uhe stretching out of his wings shall fill B. C. 742. CHAP. 7. 12 in the midst of the land. CHAP. 8. 1 In mak- ing speed to the spoil he hasteneth the prey. or. Make speed, etc. a 2 Ki.16,10 2 ap- proached unto. bch. 7. 36 3 Or, he that is before the king of A ssyria shall take away the riches. 2 Ki. 15,29 ch. 17, 3 741. c Neh.3,15 John 9, 7 4 the ful- ness of the biyadth of thy land shall be the stretch- ings out of his tvings. d ch. 7, 14 5 Or, yet. e Job 5, 12 /Rom.8,31 6 in strength of hand. g 1 Pet.3,14 h Num. 20,12 i Lu. 12, 5 j Ezek. 11,16 k Lu. 2, 24 Rom. 9,33 1 Pet. 2. 8 I Lu.20, 18 m Dan.12,4 n Hab. 2, 3 Lu. 2, 25 Heb. 2, 13 p Zech. 3, 8 Q Ps. 106,28 7 no morn- ing. 652 the breadth of thy land, O '^im-man'- u-el. 9 IT Associate yourselves, Oyepeoplc, ^and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries : gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces ; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 1 Take 'counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: -^for God is with us. 11 For the Lord spake thus to me •^with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 1 2 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy ; ^neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. 1 3 Sanctify Hhe Lord of hosts him- self; and 'let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14 And -^lie shall be for a sanctuary; but for *a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of l§'ra-el, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Je-ru'sa-lem. 1 5 And many among them ^shail stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. 16 Bind "'up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his fa.ce from the house of Ja'cob, and "I will look for him. 1 8 Behold, "I and the children whom the Lord hath given me ^'«re for signs and for wonders in i§'ra-el from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zf 5n. 1 9 And when they shall say unto you. Seek unto them that have fa- miliar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter : should not a people seek unto their God ? for the living ?to the dead? 20 To the law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this word, it i s because thereis ''no light in them. B. 34. 16. 21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry : and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret them- selves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. 22 And they shall look unto the earth ; and behold trouble and dark- ness, dimness of anguish ; and they shall be driven to darkness. B Chris fs birth and kingdom. ISAIAH, 9, 10. Judgments wpon Israel. CHAPTER 9. 1 What joy shall he in the midst of afflictions by the birth and kingdom of Christ. 8 Judgments upon Israel for their pride, 13 hypocrisy, 18 and their impenitency. NEVERTHELESS the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the ''first he hghtly afflicted the land of Zeb'u-lun and the land of Naph'ta-li, and afterward *did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jor'dan, in Gal'i-lee ^of the nations. 2 The ''people that walked in dark - W n ess have seen a great light: they that d well in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. L 12. 1-3; W. 25. 6-8. 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and ^not increased the joy : they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as Tnen rejoice when they divide the spoil. 4 ^For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoul- der, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day "'of Mid'i-an. 5 ^For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood ; '^but this shall be with burning and ^fuel of fire. 6 For *unto us a child is born, unto us a son -^is given : and ^the government shall be upon his shoulder : and his name shall be called '^Wonderful, Counsellor, The 'mighty God, The everlasting Father, •'The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace Hhere shall be no end, upon the throne of DaVid, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. 8 IFThe Lord sent a word into Ja'- cob, and it hath lighted upon l§'ra-el. 9 And all the people shall know, even £'phra-im and the inhabitant of Sa- ma'ri-a, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones : the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. 1 1 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Re'zin against him, and 'join his enemies together ; 1 2 The Syr'i-an§ before, and thePhi- 1is'tine§ behind ; and they shall devour I§'ra-el Vith open mouth. For all B. C. 740. CHAP. 9. a 2 Ki.15,29 2Chr. 16,4: h Lev.26,24 2 KL 17, 5 lChr.5,26 lOr, populous. c Mat. 4, 16 Eph. 5, 8 2 Or, to him. 3 Or, When thou brakest. d Judg.7,22 Ps. 83, 9 ch. 10, 26 4 Or, When the tvholc battle of the war- rior was, etc. 5 Or, and it was, etc. 6 meat. e ch. 7, 14 Lu. 2, 11 /John 3,16 g Mat.28,18 1 Cor. 15,25 h Judg. 13, 18 i Jer. 23, 6 John 1, 1 Titus 2,13 j Eph. 2, 14 fc Dan. 2, 44 Lu. 1, 32 738. 7 mingle. 8 ^uith ^vllole mouth. I Jer. 5, 3 Hos. 7, 10 9 Or, they that call them blessed. ch. 3, 12 10 Or, they that are called blessed of them. 11 swal- lowed up. 12 Or, villany. 13 meat. 14 cut. m Lev. 26,26 B. C. 713. CHAP. 10. 1 Or, to the writers that write grievou^- ness. Ps. 58, 2 Ps. 94, 20 Amos 6, 1.3 a Hos. 9, 7 Lu. 19, 44 653 this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 13 IFFor ^the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts. 14 Therefore the Lord will cut off from i§'ra-el head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. N. 26. 10, 11.. 1 5 The ancient and honourable, he is the head ; and the prophet that teach- eth lies, he is the tail. 16 For ®the leaders of this people cause them to err ; and ^°they that are led of them are ^ ^destroyed. IT Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows : for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh ^^foUy. For all this his an- ^er is not turned away, but his hand IS stretched out still. 1 8 IFFor wickedness burneth as the fire : it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thick- ets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. * 1 9 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the ^^fuel of the fire : no man shall spare his brother. 20 And he shall "*snatch on the right hand, and be hungry ; and he shall eat on the left hand, '"and they shall not be satisfied : they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm : 21 Ma'nas'seh, E'phra-im ; and E'phra-im, Ma-nas'seh : and they to gether shall be against Jii'dah. Fa*- all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. CHAPTER 10. 1 Woe of tyrants. 5 Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for his.jiride shall be broken. 20 A remnant of Israel shall be saved. WOE unto them that decree un- righteous decrees, and ^that write grievousness which they have prescribed ; 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless ! 3 And what will ye do in «the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far ? to whom will ye flee for help ? and where will ye leave your glory ? 4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall faU under the slain. For all this his *H. 11. 4 . 8 n Assyria'' s fall for etoUL ISAIAH, 10. Israel comforted. anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. bVO ^As-syr'i-an, the rod of mine anger, ^and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 6 1 will send him against an hypo- critical nation, and against the peo- ple of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and ^to tread them down like the mire of the streets. T Howbeit ^he meaneth not so, nei- ther doth his heart think so ; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 8 For 'he saith, ^4re not my princes altogether kings? ^ Is not^Cal'no as ^Car'che-mish ? ^V not -^'Ha'math as Ar'pad? is not Sa-ma'ri-a as ^Da-mas'cus ? 1 As my hand hath found the king- doms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Je-ru'sa- lem and of Sa-ma'ri-a ; 1 1 Shall I not, as I have done unto Sa-ma'ri-a and her idols, so do to Je- rii'sa-lem and her idols ? 1 2 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zfon and on Je-ru'sa-lem, I will ^punish the fruit 'of the stout heart of the king of As-syr'i-a, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For ^he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the peo- ple, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants ^like a valiant man : 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people : and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth ; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. 1 5 Shall 'the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? ®as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up ^""itself, as if it were no wood. 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. 17 And the light of is'ra-el shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a B. C. 713. CHAP. 10. 2 Or, Woe to the Assyrian. 3 Asshur. 4 Or, though. 5 to lay them a treading. b Mic. 4, 12 c 2Ki.l8,24 2 Ki.19,10 d Amos 6, 2 8 2 Chr. 35, 20 / Josh. 13,5 g 2 Ki. 16, 9 6 visit upon. 7 of the greatness of the heart. h Isa. 37, 24 Ezek.28,4 Dan. 4, SO 8 Or, like many people, i Jer. 51,20 9 Or, as if a rod should shake them that lift it up. 10 Or, that which is not wood. 11 fro7n the soul, and even to the fixsh. 12 number j Rom.9,27 13 in, or, among. ch. 6, 13 14 Or, in. k ch. 28, 22 Dan. 9, 27 Rom. 9,28 15 Or, but he shall lift up his staff for thee. Ex. 14 I Dan.ll,3e 16 shall remove. m Ps. 105, 15 nNeh. 11, 31 1 Sam. 13,23 17 Cry shrill with thy voice. p 1 Sam. 25,44 q Josh. 15, 31 654 flame : and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; 1 8 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, ^'both soul and body : and they shall be as when a standardbearer faint- eth. 1 9 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be ''^f ew, that a child may write them. 20 IT And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of l§'ra-el, and such as are escaped of the house of Ja'cob, shall no more again stay u|X)n him that smote them ; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Ig'- ra-el, in truth. 21 The remnant shall return, eve7i the remnant of Ja'cob, unto the mighty God. 22 For •'though thy people !§'ra-el be as the sand of the sea, yet a, remnant '^of them shall return : the consump- tion decreed shall overflow ^^with righteousness. 23 For ^the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even deter- mined, in the midst of all the land. 24 1 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwell- est in Zi'on, be not afraid of the As- syrl-an : he shall smite thee with a rod, ^^and shall lift up his staff" against thee, after the manner of E'gypt. 25 For yet a very little while, 'and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. 26 And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Mid'i-an at the rock of o'reb : and as his rod teas upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of E'gypt. 27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden ^'^shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of '"the a,nointing. 28 He is come to ''A-i'ath, he is passed to Mig^ron ; at Mich'mash he hath laid up his carriages : 29 They are gone over "the passage : they have taken up their lodging at Ge'ba ; Ra'mah is afraid ; Gib'e-ah of Saul is fled. 30 ''Lift up thy voice, O daughter of ^Gallim : cause it to be heard unto La'ish, O poor An'a-thoth. 31 Mad-me'nah ns removed; the 2 Chrisfs peaceable kingdom. ISAIAH, 11, 12. A joyful thanksgiving. H J inhabitants of Ge'bim gather them- selves to flee. 32 As yet shall he remain 'at Nob that day : he shall shake his hand agaitist the mount of the daughter of Zi'on, the hill of Je-ru'sa-lem. 33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with ter- ror : and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Leb'a-non shall fall '®by a mighty one. CHAPTER IL 1 Peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of the root of Jesse. 10 Restoration of Israel, and call of the Gentiles. AND ''there shall come forth a rod out of the 'stem of *Jes'se, and 'a Branch shall grow out of his roots : 2 And '^the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit' of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord ; 3 And shall make him of ^quick un- derstanding in the fear of the Lord : and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears : 4 But 'with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and ^reprove with equity for the meek of the earth : and he sha ll -^smite the earth wi th the rod or^hts ~ mouth, an d with tlTe "breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked^ B. C. 713. CHAP. 10. r 1 Sam. 21,1 18 Or, mightily. .-^ . , . , , H. 13. 9-11, J. 26,7. ^And ^righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 6 The ^wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together ; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed ; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the ^cockatrice' den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain : for 'the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 10 And in that day there shall CHAP, 11. a ch. 53, 2 Zech.6,r2 1 Or. stump. b Acts 13,23 c Jer. 23, 5 d Mat. 3, 16 John 1,.32 2 scent, or, STniell. e Ps. 72, 2,4 Rev.19,11 3 OY,argue. f Mai. 4, 6 2 Thes. 2 8 Rev. 2, 16 g Eph. 6, 14 h Hos. 2, 18 Rom. 8,19 4 Or, adder^s. ■ i Hab. 2, 14 j Rom. 15, 10 k Heb. 4, 1 5 glory. I Zech. 10, 10 m Joba 7, 35 Jas. 1, 1 6 wings. n Gal. 3, 28 Hos. 1, 11 7 the chil- dren of the east. 8 Edom and Moab shall be the laying on of their hand. 9 the chil- dren of Ammon their obedience. Rev.16,12 10 in shoes. p Ex. 14, 29 ch. 51. 10 ch. 63, 12,13 CHAP. 12. a ch. 2, 11 b John 4, 10. 14 John 7, 37, 38 1 Or, pro- claim his name. IChr. 16,8 655 be a root of Jes'se, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gen'tileg -^seek : and ^his rest shall be ^glorious. 1 1 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, ^from As-syr'i-a, and from E'gypt, and from Path'ros, and from. Cush, and from E'lam, and from Shf nar, and from Ha'math, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Is'ra-el, and gather to- gether "'the dispersed of Jii'dah from the four ^corners of the earth. 13 The envy also of "E'phra-im shall depart, and the adversaries of Ju'dah shall be cut ofi: : E'phra-im shall not envy Jii'dah, and Jii'dah shall not vex E'phra-im. 14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Phi-lis'tine§ toward the west; they shall spoil 'them of ' the east together : ^they shall _ lay their hand upon E'dom and Mo'ab ; ''and the children of Am'mon shall obey them. 1 5 And the Lord shall utterly de- stroy the tongue of the E-gyp'tian sea ; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, "and make men go over '"dry shod. 1 6 And there shall be ?^n highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from As-s5'r'i-a : like ^as it was to l§'ra-el in the day that he ame up out of the land of E'gypt. CHAPTER 12. A thanksgiving for the mercies of God. A Np° in that day thou shalt say, • l O Lord, I will prais e thee, p though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. p, 42 2 Behold, (iod ~ ts my will trust, and hot be afraid : for the P. 42. 3. ^ J salvation ; I - Lord JE-HO 'VAflTTg my strenpTT and ony song ; he also is becom ^ my salvation. k. 26. 1-4. ' 3 I'herefore ^yith joy shall ye draw ' water *outj)Fthe well s of salvation .: 4 And in that^Say shall ye say, Praise the Lord, 'call upon his name, declare his doin g s arnong the people, i make mention that his name is ex- i F K alted. *L. 2.5. 6; F. 26. 3. 4. Destruction of Babylon by ISAIAH, 13, 14. the Medes is threatened. 5 Si nff unto the Lord ; for he hath H done excelle n t~thmgs : this is k nown I in all the e arth. I ' ^ Cry ^out an d shout, thou ^inhab- I itant qt Zfo n : lor"great is Me Holy I One of Ig'ra^^eTm t he midst ofthee. CHAPTER 13. God threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes. THE burden of Bab'y-lon, which l-§a'iah the son of A'moz did see. 2 Lift "ye up a banner upon *the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called ^my mighty ones for mine anger, eve^i them that rejoice in my highness. 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, ^like as of a great people ; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together : the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. 5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indig- nation, to destroy the whole land." 6 HHowl ye ; '^lor the day of the Lord is at hand ; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore shall all hands ^be faint, and every man's heart shall melt : 8 And they shall be afraid : pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them ; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth : they shall ^be amazed ^one at another ; their faces shall be as ^flames. ■•^9 Behold, '^the day of the Lord com- eth, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate : and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light : the sun shall -^be dark- ened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 1 1 And I will punish "the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity ; and I will cause the arro- gancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the ter- rible. H. 14. 9. 121 will make a man more precious than fine gold ; even a man than the golden wedge of O'phir. 1 3 Therefore ^I will shake the heav- ens, and the earth shall remove out * T. 25. 9. B. C. 713. CHAP. 12. c ch. 54, 1 Zeph.3,14 2 inhabit- ress. B. C. 712. CHAP. 13. a Jer. 50, 2 b Jer.51,25 c Joel 3, 11 1 the like- ness of. d Zeph. 1, 7 Rev. 8, 17 2 Or, fall doivn. 3 wonder. i exiery man at his neighbour. 5 faces of the fiamzs. e Mai. 4, 1 / Mat. 24,29 6 That Is, the Baby- lonian empire. Lu. 2, 1 g Hag. 2, 6 h Lam. 1,12 i Neh. 3, 10 Zech. 14,2 j Jer. 51,11 Dan. 5, 28 7 as the over- throwing. k Jer. 50, 3 8 Ziim. 9 Ochim. 10 daugh- ters of the owl, or, os- triches. 11 shaggy beasts, or, wild goats. 12 lim. 13 Or, palaces. 14 Or, jackals. CHAP. 14. a Ps. 102, 13,16 ch. 60, 1, 10, 16 ch. 54, 7,8 Jer. 31, 3, 4, 10, 11 Zech. 1,17 Zech. 2,12 b ch. 60, 4, 5, 10 Eph. 2, 12,13 1 that had taken them captives. 656 of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in ^the day of his fierce anger. 14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man takethup : they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee everj^ one into his own land. 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through ; and every one that is joined loito them shall fall by the sword. 16 Their children also shall be dashed 'to pieces before their eyes! their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. 17 Behold, -^I will stir up the Mede§ against them, which shall not regard silver ; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. 18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces ; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb ; their eye shall not spare chil^ dren. 19 And Bab'y-lon, the glory of king- doms, the beauty of the Chal'dee§' ex- cellency, shall be ^as w^hen God over- threw Sod'om and Go-mor'rah. 20 It ^shall never be inhabited, nei ther shall it be dwelt in from gen- eration to generation: neither shall the A-ra'bi-an pitch tent there ; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But Svild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of ^doleful creatures; and '°owls shall dwell there, and ^ ^satyrs shall dance there. 22 And '-the wild beasts of the is- lands shall cry in their ^ ^desolate houses, and "*dragons in their pleas- ant palaces : and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be pro- longed. CHAPTER 14. 1 God's merciful restoration of Israel. 3 Israel's triumph in the fall of Babylon. FOR the Lord will have mercy on Ja'cob,"and will yet choose I§'ra- el, and set them in their own land : *and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Ja'cob. 2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place : and the house of I§'ra-el shaU possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids : and they shall take them captives, 'whose captives they IsraeVs triumph ISAIAH, 14. over Babylon. quie H were ; and they shall rule over their oppressors. 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou v/ast made to ser^^e, 4 That thou'shalt take up this ^prov- erb against the king of Bab'y-lon, and say, Ilow hath the oppressor ceased ! the ^golden city ceased ! ^ 5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the i-ulers. 6 He wno smote the people in wrath with *a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinder eth. T The whole earth is at rest, and is uiet : they break forth into singing. ~ Yea,'^the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Leb'a-non, sayiiig, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. 9 ^LLell from beneath is moved for . thee to meet thee at thy coming : it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the ^chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee. Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us ? 1 1 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols : the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. 12 How art thou fallen from heav- en, 'O Lu'gi-fSr, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations ! 1 3 For thou hast said in thine heart, *I will ascend into heaven, I •'will ex- alt my throne above the stars of God : I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides ^of the north : 141 will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; ^I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou ^shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 1 6 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; 17 l^hat made the world as a wil- derness, and destro7/ed the cities thereof ; that ^opened not the house of his prisoners? (42) *H. 24. 17, 18. B. C. 712. CHAP. U. c ch. 13, 19 Hab. 2, 6 2 Or, taunting speech. 3 Or, ex- actress of gold. Rev.18,16 4 a stroke without removvrii d ch. 55, 13 Ezek. 31,16 5 Or, The Qrave. Ezek. 32,21 6 leud^rs, or, great goats. 7 Or, O day star. e Mat.11,23 / Dan. 8, 10 g Ps. 48, 2 h ch. 47, 8 2Thes. 2,4 i ch. 47, 8 Mat.11,23 8 Or. did not let his pris- oners loose hom&- wards. i Ex. 20, 5 Job 18. 19 Mat.23,35 k lKi.14,10 Job 18, 19 I 2Chr.20,6 m2Ki.l6,20 9 OT,adder. 657 1 8 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abom.inable branch, a7id as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit ; as a carcase trodden under feet. 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast de° stroyed thy land, and slain thy peo- ple: the seed of evildoers shall never )e renowned. C. 29. 13.. 21 Prepare slaughter for his chil- dren •'for the iniquity of their fathers ; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Bab'y-lon the name, and rem- nant, ''and son, and nephew, saith the Lord. 23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water : and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts. 24 1i The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass ; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand : 25 That I will break the As-syr'i-an in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot : then shall his yoke depart from oft" them, and his burden depart from off their shoul- ders. 26 This is the purpose that is pur- posed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For the Lord of hosts ^ath pur- posed, and who shall disannul iff and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back ? 28irln the year that '"king I'hSz died was this burden. 29 ITRejoice not thou, whole Pal-es- tfna, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken : for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a ^cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. 30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety : and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. 31 Howl, O gate ; cry, O city ; thou, whole Pal-es-ti'na, art dissolved : for The lamentable ISAIAH, 15, 16. state of Moah. CHAP. 14. 10 Or, he shall not be alone. 11 Or, as- semblies. 12 Or, be- take them- selves unto it. there shall come from the north a b. c. 726 smoke, and ^"none shall be alone in his '^appointed times. 32 A\ hat shall o^ie then answer the| messengers of the nation ? That thej Lord hath founded Zi'on, and the! poor of his people shall '-trust in it. CHAPTER 15. Lamentable state of iloab. THE "burden of M5'ab. Because in the night *Ar of ]M5'ab is laid: waste, and 'brought to silence : be- cause in the night Kir of M5'ab is laid waste, and brought to silence; ^jj^p ^5 2 He is gone up to Ba'jith, and tojajer. 48,^i Di'bon, the high places, to weep : Md'ab shall howl over Ke'bo, and over Med'e-ba : on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, ^weep- ing abundantly. 4 And 'Hesh'bon shall crv, and E-le- aleh : their voice shall be heard ere?? unto Ja'haz : therefore the armed soldiers of Md'ab shall cry out life shall be grievous unto him. 5 Mv heart shall crv out for Md'ab ; ^his fugitives 57<«^/^ee unto Zo'ar, an heifer of three vears old : for bv the '^mounting up of Lu'hith with weep- ing shall they go it up ; for in the wav of Hor-o-na'im thev shall raise up a cry of "^destruction. b For the waters of Kim'rim shall be| 'desolate: for the hay is withered^ chap. le away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing, 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away ^ ^^"^3 to the '^brook of the willows. 3 Bring. 8 For the cry is gone round about 4 wringer. the borders of Mo'ab ; the howling 5 ^^'^ tread thereof unto Eg'la-im, and the howl-|^ nar^T". ing thereof unto Be'er-e'lim. 9 For the waters of Di'mon shall be full of blood : for I will bring 'more upon Di'mon lions upon him that escapeth of Mo'ab, and upon the rem- nant of the land. CHAPTER 16. 1 Iloab exho7Hed to obedience to the throne of Da- vid, 6 and threatened for his pride with lament-. able judoments. ' \ SEND «ye the lamb to the ruler of' r^ the land from 'Sela to the wil- derness, mito the mount of the daugh- ter of Zi'on. b Num 21,28 1 Or, cut off. 2 descend- ing into weeping, OT^coming doivn with weeping. c Num.32,3 3 Or, to the borders thereof, even to Zoar, as an heifer. d Jer. 48, 5 his'^ ibreafcing. 5 desola- tions. 6 Or, \'alley of the Ara- bians. 7 addi- tions. 2 For it shall be, that, as a wander- ing bird ^cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Mo'ab shall be at the fords of *Ar'n6n. 3 ^Take counsel, execute judgment ; make thy shadow^ as the night in the midst of the noonday ; hide the out- casts: bewray not him that warn dereth. 4 Let mme outcasts dwell with thee, Mo'ab ; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler : for the ^extor- tioner is at an end, the spoiler ceas- eth, ^the oppressors are consumed out of the land. 5 And in mercy 'shall the throne be ^established : and he shall sit upon i\ in truth in the tabernacle of Da'vid, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. 6 ^\\\e have heard of the '^pride of Md'ab ; he is very proud : even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath : 'buthi^lie^ shall not be so. 7 Therefore shall Mo'ab howl for Md'ab, every^ one shall howl : for the foundations of 'Kir-har'e-seth shall ye ^moum : surely they are stricken, 8 Forthe fields of Hesh'bon languish, and the vine of Sib'mah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the princii^al plants thereof, they are come even unto Ja'zer, they wan- dered through the wilderness: her branches are ^stretched out, they are gone over the sea. 9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Ja'zer the vine of Sib'- mah : I will water thee with my tears, a2Ki. 3,4 |0 Hesh'bon, and E-le-a'leh: for '"the 1 a roc?c, or, 'shouting for tliysummcr fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. 10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field ; and in the vineyards there shall be no sing- ing, neither shall there be shouting : the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. 11 Wherefore m.y bowels shall sound like an harp for Md'ab, and mine inward parts for Kir-ha'resh Petra. 2 Or, a nest forsaken. Dan. 7. 14 6 Or, pre- pa red. d Jer. 48,29 7 Or, the falsehood unsifmH'] 12 And it shall come to pass, when e 2 Ki.3,25 it is sccu that Md'ab is wearv on the ^ high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray ; but he shall not prevail. 13 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Md'ab since that time. 14 But now the Lord hath spokePs 2 8 Or. mutter. 9 Or, plucked uv. 10 Or, the alarm is fallen upon, etc. fch. 15,2 658 Syria, Israel, and ISAIAH, 17, 18, Ethiopia threatened. saying, Within three years, ^as the years of an hirehng, and the glory of M5'ab shall be contemned, with ail that great multitude ; and the rem- nant shall he very small and "feeble. CHAPTER IT. Syria and Israel threatened. THE "burden of Da-mas'cus. Be- hold, Da-mas'cus is taken away from beiJiq a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap, 2 The cities of Ar'6-5r are forsaken : they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and *none shall make them afraid. 3 The 'fortress also shall cease from E'phra-im, and the kingdom from Da-mas'cus, and the remnant of Sj^r'i-a : they shall be as the glory of the children of is'ra-el, saith the Lord of hosts. 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Ja'cob shall be made thin, and '^the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. 5 And it shall be as when the har- vestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm ; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Reph'a-im. 6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of is'ra-el. 7 At that day shall a man -^look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of is'ra-el. 8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the 'im- ages. 9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an up- permost branch, which they left be- cause of the childrer^ of l§'ra-el : and there shall be desolation. 1 Because ^thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of th.j strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips : 1 1 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish : but the harvest shall be ^a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sor- row. B. C. 726. CHAP. 16. g ch. 21, 18 11 Or, not many. B. C. 741. CHAP= 17. a Jer. 49,23 Amos 1, 3 Zech. 9, 1 Fulfilled, 740. 2Ki.l6, 9 h Jer. 7, 33 c ch. 7, 16 ch. 8, 4 d ch. 10, 16 e Jer. 51,.33 /2Chr. 30,11 Hos. -5, 15 Hos. 6, 1 Mic. 7, 7 1 Or, sun images. g Ps. 106, 13,21 2 Or, re- moved in the day of inherit- ance, and there shall be deadly sorrow. 3 Or, noise. 4 Or,many. 5 Or, thistle- doivn. h Jadg.5,31 Ps. 8, 3, 9,18 12 ^Woe to the ^multitude of many people, ichich make a noise like the noise of the seas ; and to the rushjng of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of ^mighty waters ! 1 3 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters : but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the. chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like 'a rolling thing before the whirlwind. 14: And behold at eveningtide trou- ble; and before the morning he is not. This ''is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. CHAPTER 18. God, in care of his people, will destroy the Ethiopians TT/^OE ^to the land shadowing with f y wing-s, which is beyond the rivers of E-thi-o'pi-a : 2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift mes- sengers, to a nation -scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto ; ^a nation meted out and trodden do^vn, "whose land the rivers have spoiled ! 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lif teth up an ensign on the mountains ; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. 4 For so the Lord said unto rxie, I will take my rest, and I will ^consid- er in my dwelling place like a clear heat \ipon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 5 For afore the har^^est, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. 6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts ' of the earth : and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall win- ter upon them. 7 ^In that time "shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people '^scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their be- B. C. 714. CHAP. 18. 1 Or, Ho. 2 Or, out- spread and -pol- ished. 3 a nation of line, line, and treading under foot: or, a nation that nieteth out, and treadeth down. 4 Or, whose land the rivers despise. 5 Or.regard my set dwelling. 6 Or, after rain. ^ p|" 72: 10 'gunning hitherto ; a nation meted out zepht3,io|and trodden under foot, whose land 7 or^out- ^ ^h® rivers have spoiled, to the place spread of the name of the Lord of hosts, the Sh?/''" mount Zi'on. 659 The confusion, and ISAIAH, 19. calling of lUgypt, CHAPTER 19. 1 Confusion of Egypt. 18 Calling of Egypt into the church. rpHE burden of E'gypt. Behold, JL the Lord rideth upon a swift eloud, and shall come into E'gypt : and the idols of E'gypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of E'gypt shall melt in the midst of it, 2 And I will 'set the E-g5'p'tian§ against ''the E-gyp'tian§: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 3 And the spirit of E'gypt '^shall fail in the midst thereof ; and I will de- stroy the counsel thereof : and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wiz- ards. 4 And the E-gyp'tian§ will I ^give over into the hand of a cruel lord ; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts. 5 And ''the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. 6 And they shall turn the rivers far away ; and the brooks ''of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. T The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, ^and be no more. 8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the Avaters shall languish. 9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave '^networks, shall be confounded. 10 And they shall be broken in the 'purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds ^for fish. 11 Surely the princes of Zo'an are fools, the counsel of the wise coun- sellors of Pha'ra5h iy become brutish : how say ye unto Pha'raoh, I ain the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings ? 1 2 Where ^are they ? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon E'gypt. 13 The princes of Z5'an are become fools, the princes of *]Sloph are de- B. C. 714. CHAP. 19. 1 mingle. a Judg.7,22 1 Sam. 14, 16 2Chr. 20,23 2 slmll he emptied. 3 sivalloio v/p. i Or, shut up. Jer. 43,12 .Ter. 46,13 Ezek. 29, 1-21 Ezek. 30, 1-26 Ezek. 32, 1-32 b Jer. 51,36 Ezek. 30,12 c 2Ki. 19,24 5 and shall not be. 6 Or, white works. 7 founda- tions. 8 of living things. d 1 Cor.1,20 e Jer. 2, 16 Jer. 46,19 Hos. 9, 6 9 corners, or, gover- nors. 10 a spirit of per- verseness. 1 Ki.22,22 ch. 29, 10 /Jer. 51,30 Nah. 3, 13 11 the lip. Zeph. 3, 9 12 Or, of Heres, or of the sun. Gen.28,18 Ex. 24, 4 Josh. 22,10 h Josh. 4,20 Josh, 22,27 i Mai. 1, 11 j ch. 11, 15 660 ceived ; they have also seduced E'gypt, even Hhey that are the stay of the tribes thereof. 14 The Lord hath mingled '"a per- verse spirit in the midst thereof : and they have caused E'gypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. 15 Neither shall there be atiy work for E'gypt, which the head or tail, blanch or rush, may do. 16 In that day shall E'gypt -^be like unto women : and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it. IT And the land of Jii'dah shall be a terror unto E'gypt, every one that inaketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined against it. 1 8 In that day shall five cities in the land of E'gypt speak ^^ the language of Ca'naan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city '^of destruction. 1 9 In that ^day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of E'gypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord. 20 And ^it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of E'gypt : for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send tbem a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. 21 And the Lord shall be known to E'gypt, and the E-gyp'tian§ shall know the Lord in that day, 'and shall do sacrifice and oblation ; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and per- form it. 22 And the Lord shall smite E'gypt : he shall smite and heal it : and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them. 23 In that day •''shall there be a high- way out of E'gypt to As-syr'i-a, and the As-syr'i-an shall come into E'gypt, and the E-Jyp'tian into As-syr'i-a, and the E-gyp'tian§ shall serve with the As-syr'i-an§. 24 In that day shall I§'ra-el be the third with E'gypt and with As-syr'i-a, even Si blessing in the midst of the land : 25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying. Blessed be E'gypt my The fall of Babylon. ISAIAH, 20-22. Arabia's calamity. people, and As-syr'i-a^the work of my hands, and I§'ra-el mine inheritance. CHAPTER 20. By the prophet walking naked and barefoot three years is prefigured the shameful captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia. IN the year that "Tar'tan came unto Ash'dod, (when Sar'gon the king of As-syr'i-a sent him,) and fought against Ash'dod, and took it ; 2 At the same time spake the Lord 'by i-§a'iah the son of A'moz, saying, Go and loose *the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so.'^walking naked and barefoot. 3 And the Lord said, Like as my servant i-§a'iah hath walked naked and barefoot three years '^for a sign and wonder upon E'gypt and upon E-thi-o'pi-a; 4 So shall the king of As-syr'i-a lead away ^the E-gyp'tians prisoners, and the E-thi-o'pi-an§ captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, *even with their buttocks uncovered, to the ^shame of E'gypt. 5 And -^they shall be afraid and ashamed of E-thi-o'pi-a their expec- tation, and of E'gypt their glory. 6 And the inhabitant of this "isle shall say in that day. Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of As-syrl-a -. and how shall we escape ? CHAPTER 21. 1 The fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians : 11 warning to Edotn. 13 Arabians calamity. THE burden of the desert of the sea. As "whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. 2 A 'grievous vision is declared unto me; the 'treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoil- er spoileth. ^'Go up, O E'lam: be- siege, O Me'di-a: all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. 3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth : I was bowed down at the hearing of it; 1 was dismayed at the seeing of it. 4^My heart panted, fearfulness af- frighted me : '^the night of my pleas- ure hath he ^turned into fear unto me. 5 Prepare 'the table, watch in the vvatchtower, eat, drink : arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. 6 For thus hath the Lord said unto B. C. 714. CHAP. 19. k Ps. 100, 3 Hos. 2, 23 Rom. 3,29 Eph. 2, 10 CHAP. 20. a 2 Ki.18,17 1 by the hand of IsaiMh. b Zech. 13.4 c 1 Sam. 19, 24 Mic. 1, 8 (I ch. 8, 18 2 tlu cap- tivity of Egypt. e 2 Sam. 10,4 Jer. 13,22 Mic. 1, 11 3 naked- ness. /2Ki.l8,21 4 Or, coun- try, Jer. 47, 4 CHAP. 21. a Zech. 9,14 1 hard. b ch. 33, 1 c ch. 13, 17 Jer. 49,-34 2 Or, My mind wan- dered. d Dent. 28,67 3 piit. e Dan. 5, 5 4 Or, cried as a lion. f Hab. 2. 1 5 Or, every night. g Jer. 51, 8 Rev. 14. 8 Rev. 18, 2 7i Jer. 51,33 6 son. lChr.1,30 Jer. 49, 7 Ezek.35,2 Obad. 1 1 Chr. 1,9 k Job 6, 19 7 Or, bring ye. 8 from the face, or, for fear. I Ps. 120, 5 ch. 60, 7 Ezek. 27,21 9 bows, m Num. 23. 19 ch. 40. 8 Mat.24,35 Mark 13. 31 Lu. 21, 83 1 Pet.1,25 B. C. 712. CHAP. 22. 1 of the bow. 661 me, Go, set a watchman, let him de- clare what he seeth. 7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels ; and he hearkened diligently with much heed : 8 And "he cried, A lion : My lord, I stand continually upon -^the watch- tower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward Vhole nights : 9 And, behold, here cometh a char- iot of men, with a couple of horse- men. And he answered and said, ^B§,b'y-lon is fallen, is fallen ; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. 10 O ^my threshing, and the ''corn of my floor : that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of I§'ra-el, have I declared unto you. 11 IFThe ^burden of_ Du'mah. He calleth to me out of Se'ir, Watchman, what of the night ? Watchman, what of the night ? 12 The watchman said, The morn- ing cometh, and also the night : if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. 13 ^The burden upon A-ra'bi-a. In the forest in A-ra'bi-a shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of •'DM'- a-nim. 14 The inhabitants of the land of *Te'ma 'brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. 1 5 For they fled ^f rom the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and afl the glory of ^Ke'dar shall fail : > IT And the residue of the number of ''archers, the mighty men of the children of Ke'dar, shall be dimin- ished : for the Lord ""God of l§'ra-el hath spoken it. CHAPTER 22. Invasion of Jeicry by the Persians. THE burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops ? 2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tu- multuous city, a joyous city : thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. 3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound 'by the archers: all Invasion of Jeiory. ISAIAH, 23. Overthrovi of Tyre. that are found in thee are bound to- gether, 'which have fled from far. 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me ; "I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoil- ing of the daughter of my people. 5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity "by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. 6 And *Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men cmd horsemen, and Kir ^uncovered the shield. 7 And it shall come to pass, that Uhy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array ^at the gate. 8 II And he discovered the covering of J u'dah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour ''of the house of the forest. 9 Ye ''have seen also the breaches of the city of Da'vid, that they are many : and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. 10 And ye have numbered the houses of J e-ru'sa-lem,and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. 1 1 Ye *made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. 12 And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to 'weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth : 13 And -^behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eat- ing flesh, and drinking wine : let ^us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. 14 Audit was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts. Surely this in- iquity shall ^not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts. 151[Thus saith the Lord God of hosts. Go, get thee unto this treas- urer, even *unto Sheb'na, •'which is over the house, and say, 1 6 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, ^as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock ? 17 Behold, ''the Lord will carry thee B. C. 712. CHAP. 22. 2 I will be bitter in tvcepinq. Jer. 4, 19 Jer. 9, 1 a Lam. 1, 5 Lam. 2, 2 b Jer. 49,35 3 made naked. 4 the ciioice of thy valleys. Or, toward. 1 Ki. 7, 2 1 Ki.10,17 d 2 Ki.20,20 2 Chr. 32,4 e Neh. 3, 16 /Amos 6, 3 g 1 Cor. 15,32 h 1 Sam. 3,14 Ezek. 24,13 i 2 Ki.18,37 cli. 36, 3 j 1 Ki. 4, 6 6 Or, O he. 7 Or, the L< RD who cov- ered thee wit h an excellent CGveri/ng, and clothed thee gor- geously, shall surely, etc., ver. 18 8 the cap- tivity of a man. 9 large of spaces. k 2Ki.l8,18 I .Job 29, 16 m Ezra 9, 8 10 Or, instru- ments of viols. B. €.715. CHAP. 23. a Jer. 25,22 Jer. 47, 4 Ezek. 26. 1-21 Ezek. 27, 1-36 Ezek. 28, 1-26 Amos 1,9 Zech. 9, 2,4 1 silent. b Ezek.27,3 c Ex. 15, 14, 16 Josh. 2,9 ch. 19, 16 662 away with ^a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. 18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a ''large country : there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. 19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. 20 *lIAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant ^E-li'a-kim the son of Hil-ki'ah : 21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy govern- ment into his hand : and he shall be 'a father to the inhabitants of Je-ru'- sa-lem, and to the house of Jii'dah. 22Andthe key of the houseof DaVid will I lay upon his shoulder ; so he shall open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 23 And I will fasten him as '"a nail in a sure place ; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. 24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the ' Vessels of flagons. 25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall ; and the burden that to as upon it shall be cut off" : for the Lord hath spoken it. CHAPTER 23. 1 Miserable overthrow of Tyre: It her restoration, etc. THE ''burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tar'shish ; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in : from the land of Chit'tim it is revealed to them. 2 Be 'ptiil, ye inhabitants of the isle ; thou whom the merchants of Zfdon, that pass over the sea., have replen- ished. 3 And by great waters the seed of Si'hor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue ; and ''she is a mart of nations. 4 Be thou ashamed, OZi'don: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. 5 As '"at the report concerning E'gypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. Hestoratio7i of Tyre. ISAIAK, 24. Judgments uport the land. 6 Pass ye over to Tar'shish ; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 7 Is this your '^joyous c ity, whose an- tiquity is of ancient days ? her own feet shall carry her War off to sojourn. 8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, 'the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers oj'e the honourable of the earth ? 9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, ^to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honour- able of the earth. 1 Pass through thy land as a river, daughter of Tar'shish : there is no more ^strength, 11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms : the Lord hath given a commandment ^against '^the merchant city, to de- stroy the 'strong holds thereof. 1 2 And he said, -^Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgm, daughter of Zi'don : arise, pass over to Chit'tim; there also shalt thou have no rest. 13 Behold the land of the Chal-de'an§; this people was not, till the As-syr'i- an founded it for ^them that dwell in the wilderness : they set up the tow- ers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof ; and he brought it to ruin. 14: Howl, ''ye ships of Tar'shish: for your strength is laid waste. 15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten sev- enty years, according to the days of one king : after the end of sevent}^ years ^shall Tyre sing as an harlot. 1 6 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten ; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. 1 7 IT And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and 'shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. 1 8 And her merchandise and her hire shall •'be holiness to the Lord : it shall not be treasured nor laid up ; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for Murable clothing. CHAPTER 24. 1 God''s judgments upon the land 13 A remnant shall joyfully praise him. BEHOLD, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it B. C. 715. CHAP. 23. d ch. 22, 2 2 from afar off, e Ezek.28,2 3 to pollute. ch.2,11,17 ch. 5, 15 Lu. 1, 51,52 4 girdle. 15 Or, con- cerning a mcr- cliant- man. 6 Canaan. Gen. 9, 25 7 Or, strengths. f Ezek. 26, 13, 14: Rev.18,22 g Ps. 72, 9 h ch. 2, 16 Ezek. 27,25 8 it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot. i Nah. 3, 4 Rev. 17, 2 j Ps. 45, 12 Ps. 72, 10 Zech. 14, 20,21 9 old. B. C. 712. CHAP. 24. 1 pervert- eth tlie face thereof. Ezek. 21, 26,27 2 Or, prince. Gen.41,45 Hos. 4, 9 a Ezek. 7, 12, 13 3 the height of the people. b Gen. 3, 17 Lev.18,25 Num. 35,33 c Lev.26,15 Deut. 28, 15 Mai. 4, 6 4 Or, valleys. d Mai. 1, 11 5 wi/ng. 663 waste, and 'turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the "priest ; as with the serv- ant, so with his master ; as with the maid, so with her mistress ; "as with the buyer, so with the seller ; as with the lender, so v/ith the borrower ; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled : for the Lord hath spoken this word. 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, ^the haughty people of the earth do languish. 5 The 'earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof ; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath ^the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabit- ants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song ; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. 10 The city of confusion is broken down : every house is shut up, that no man may come in. 1 1 There is a crying for wine in the streets ; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 12 111 the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. 13lWhen thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall he as the shaking of an olive tTQe.and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. 14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea. 1 5 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the ^fires, even '^the name of the Lord God of is'ra-el in the isles of the sea. 16 IFFrom the ^uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, God is praised ISAIAH, 25, 26. for his judgments. ''My leanness, my leanness, woe unto' -^-c. 712. 5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of ni9 ! 'the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously ; yea, the treach- erous dealers have dealt very treach- erouslv. H r 1 7 Fear, -^and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. IS And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit ; and he that Cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare : for ^the windows from on high arei9 or' open, and Hhe foundations of theiio^or earth do shake. h. 28.. 17, 18. 1 f!?" 1 9 The 'earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly, 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be re- moved like a cottage ; and the trans- gression thereof shall be hea^^" upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. 2 1 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall 'punish the: 5 |um.^' ^ host of the high ones that are CHAP. 24. j strangers, as the heat in a dry place; 6 L.tanness\even the heat with the shadow of a ^fy ^e'crJt 'cloud : the branch of the terrible ones jer^s n ' ^^ ^^ brought low. /iKi.i9,fj' 6^ And in tliis mountain shall the ■ Amosl',ii ^LoRD of hosts make unto "all people ff pg^is^'i ^ a feast of fat things, a feast of wines ' -^' ' -- on the lees, of fat things full of mar row, of wines on the lees well re- L. 32. 2. T And he will ^destroy in this moun- tain the face of the covering ^cast over all people, and Hhe vail that is spread over all nations. 8 He will 'swallow up death in vic- tory ; and the Lord God Avill wipe away tears from off all faces ; and i Jer. 4, 23 7 visit upon. Ps. 76, 12 fined. with the gathering of prisoji- ers. li^r there ^^^ rcbukc of Ms people shall he take shall be awav f rom off all the earth glory be- Jore his ancients. CHAP. 25. Mat. 22, i g Dan. 7,li 1 n'l "P shall' 2 covered h 15, 54 Onl 23,19 — c Jer 5137 high, ■'and the kings of the earth 'dRev.iias upon the earth. /p^a 9^2 52 And they shall be gathered to- gether, ^as prisoners are gathered in the '■'pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days they be '"visited. 23 Then the moon shall be con- founded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts ^shall reign in mount Zfon, and in Je-rii'sa-lem, and ' 'before his ancients gloriously. CHAPTER 25. 1 7%e prophet prai-sen God for his past judgments ; ^ J or future salvation of his people, and for his victory orer their enemies. OLORD. thou art my God; «I will exalt thee, 1 will praise thy name ; for thou hast done wonderful th 172 gs ; thy ''coimsels of old are faith- fulness and truth. 2 For thou hast made ''of a city an heap ; of a defenced city a ruin : a palace of strangers to be no city ; it shall never be built. 3 Therefore shall the strong people ''glorify thee, the city of the terriblej«Ps. 118,19 nations shall fear thee. 4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, 'a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. for the Lord hath spoken ?7. W. 27. 5. 9 "[And it shall be said in that day, ' Lo, this is our God : ^we have v%'aited for him, and he will save us : this is the Lord ; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. T. 43. 10. : 10 For in this mountain shall _the hand of the Lord rest, and M5'ab shall be ^trodden down under him, even as straw is ^ti'odden dowTi for Mat 8,' 11 the dunghill. 11 And he shall spread forth his ^ hands in the midst of them, as he that Ephfi,'!?; s^^dmmeth spread elh forth h is h ands i H OS 13 14^^*^ swim: and he shall bring ^down icor.''' I their pride together with the spoils Heb.2 14' of their hands. 12 And the '"fortress of the high forf of thy walls shall he bring down, lay CHAPTER 26. 1 A song inciting to confidence in God : 20 aji exhor- tation to wait his coming to judgment. Rev.20,14 j Rev. 7, 17 Rev. 21, 4 ^ Tftullii low, cmd bring to the gromid, even ^ Z?""- ^ 7 to the dust. threshed. 4 Or, threshed in Mnd- menah. I 2 Sam. 22, 27 Job 40, 11 12, lo- 17 I strong city ; salvation will God ap- m ch^26, b point for wails and bulwarks. 2 Open '^ye the gates, that the right- eous nation which keepeth the 'truth may enter in. 3 T hou wilt keep him "^m perfect I N that dav shall this song be sung in the land of j ii'dah : We have a CHAP. 26. peace, peace. John 14.27 Or, thought, or, imag- ination, the rock of ages. Ps. 18, 2 664 'm peace, whose '^mind is stayed 07i thee : because he trusteth in thee . F. 35. 3, 4. 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever : for in the Lord J£-H0'YAH is *ever- lastmg strength: K. 30. 21. 5 ITFor he bringeth down them that dwell on high ; the lofty city, he lay- eth it low ; he layeth it low, even to J A song of trust. ISAIAH, 27. GocVs care over his vineyard. \ CHAP. 26. the ground; he bringeth it even to B.c.712. the aust. 6 The foot shall tread it do^vn, even^ ^^^ the feet of the poor, and the steps of! Ps^"37.23 the needy. k ch. 64, 5 7 The way of the just ^*,< uprightness ij-^ song\^i thou, ''most upright, dost weigh the L ps! 83,'i6 path of the just. J. 28. 17 .^Ecci.8,12 8 Yea, "in the way of thy judgments, 1^ pg^^^l'^o O Lord, have we waited for thee ; the [k joij 34,27 desire of our soul is to thy name, and!_ ps. 28, 5 to the remembrance of thee. j^ u^ardhy 9 With "^my soul have Ldesired thee' veovie. in the night; yea, with my spiriti^^^-^'"*^- witliin m.e will I seek thee earlj^ : for ' 'when thy judgments are in the earth, , ^^^ . ^^ the inhabitants of the world will learn ^ secret"' righteousness, 10 Let -^^favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn right- i 2 Chr. 12, 8 Ps. 66, 12 speech. k Ps. 17, 14 I Ezek.37,1 m Dan.12,2 n Gen. 7, 1 Ex. 12, 22 Ps. 30, 5 2Cor.4,17 p Ps. 50, 3 Mic. 1, 3 Jude 14 for thou also hast wrought all our CHAP. 27. 1 Or, crnss- iwj like a bar. a Ps. 74, 13 eousness ; in -'the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not be- hold the majesty of the Lord. 11 hoRD, 2vhen thy hand is lifted up, *they will not see : but they shall see, and be ashamed for their en\-y ^at the's uooos. people ; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. N. 28. 14-18. 12 "ifLoRD, thou wilt ordain peace for us works ^in us 13 Lord our GodJ other lords be- side thee have had dominion over us : but by thee only will we make men- tion of thy name. 14 They are dead, they shall not b Ezek.29,3 live ; they are deceased, they shall not:c ^^f^- rise : therefore hast thou visited and!2 or,march against. d Job 22,21 ch. 53,4, 5 ch. 54, 10, 13 ch. 57. 19,20 Eph. 2, 12, 13, 14 e ch. 37, 31 Hos. 14, 5,6 3 according to the stroke of those. /Job 23, 6 Ps. 6, 1 Jer. 10,24 Jer. 30, 11 Jer. 46, 28 1 Cor. 10,1s 4 Or, when thou scndest it foi'th. 5 Or, when he re- movethit. Ps. 78, 38 6 Or, s^m images. g ch. 17, 2 ch. 32, 14 665 destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the na- tion : thou art glorified : thou hadst removed it far u?ito all the ends of the earth. 1 6 Lord, •'in trouble have they vis- ited thee, they poured out a Sprayer when thy chastening ivas upon them, 17 Like as a wonmn with child, th at draweth near the time of her deliv- ery, is in pain, and cvieth out in her pangs ; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord, 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth ; neither have '^the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19 Thy 'dead men shall liYe,together with my dead body shall the}' arise. '"Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead, 20 llCome, my people, "enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee : hide thyself as it were "for a little m.oment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, the Lord ^cometh out of his place to punish the inhab- itants of the earth for their iniquity : the earth also shall disclose her *^blood, and shall no more cover her slain. CHAPTER 27. 2 Care of God over his vineyard : 7 his chastisements differ from judgments. 12 Restoration of the dis- persed. IN that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the 'piercing ser- pent, "even leviathan that crooked serpent ; and he shall slay the *drag- on that is in the sea. 2 *FIn that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 3 I the Lord do keep it ; I will water it every moment : lest arty hurt it, I will keep it night and day, 4 Fury is not in me : who would set ""the briers and thorns against me in battle ? I would ^go through them, I would burn them together. 5 Or let him take hold of my- y^ strength, that he may "^make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. ^ 28. 16 J 6 He shall cause them that come of Ja'cob to 'take root : is'ra-el shall blos- som and bud, and fUl the face of the world with fruit, 7 Hath he smitten him, ^as he smote those that smote him? oris he slain I according to the slaughter of them. that are slain bv him ? 8 In -^measure, Svhen it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it : ^he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Ja'cob be purged ; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin ; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sun- der, the groves and ^images shall not stand up. 10 Yet the defenced city shall be des- olate, a7id the habitation forsaken, and left like a Avildemess: there ^shall the calf feed, and there shall he Ephraiim is threatened. ISAIAH, 28. Christ is promirtii. lie down, and consume the branches thereof. 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, thev shall be broken off : the w^omen come, and set them on fire : for ^it is a people of no under standing: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he 'that formed them will shew them no favour. 12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of E'gypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of I|'ra-el. 13 And •'it shall come to pass in that day, that ^the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of As-syr'i-a, and the outcasts in the land of E'gypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Je- ru'sa-lem. CHAPTER 28. 1 Ephraim threatened. 16 ChrW, promised. 17 Se- curity of scorners destroyed. WOE to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of E'phra-im, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat val- leys of them that are ^overcome with wine ! 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, '^lohich as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth w^ith the hand. 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of E'phra-im, shall be trodden '^under feet: 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a. fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; whiGhv^hen he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he ^eateth it up. 5irin that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, 6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. 7 But they also %ave erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way ; ^'the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, B. C. 712. CHAP. 27. h Deut. 32,28 ch. 1, 3 Jer. 8, 7 i Deut. 32, 18 ch. 43, 1 ch. 44, 2, 21,24 j ch. 2, 11 k Num.10,2 Mat.24,31 Rev.11,15 B. C. 725. CHAP. 28. 1 broken. a ch. .30, 30 Ezek. 13,11 Nah. 1, 8 Rev. 18, 8 2 with feet. 3 swalloiv- eth. b Pro. 20, 1 Hos. 4, 11 Mic. 2, 11 Lu. 21, 34 c ch. 56, 10, 12 d Jer. 6, 10 4 the hearing ? 5 Or, hath been. 6 stammer- ings of lips. ICor. 14,21 7 Or, he hath spoken. e 2 Chr. M, 7 2 Chr. 16,8 Jer. 6, 16 Mat. 11, 28,29 /Gen.49,24 Ps. 118,22 Mat.21,42 Acts 4, 11 Rom. 9,33 Rom. 10, 11 Eph. 2, 20 1 Pet. 2, 6-8 8 a tread- ing doivn to it. 9 Or, when he shall Tnake yon to wnder- stand doctrine. 666 they areout of theway through strong drink ; they err in vision, they stum- ble iyi judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. 9 Whom '^shall he teach knowledge ? and whom shall he make to under- stand \loctrine? thein that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept ^must he upon pre- cept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, a/ic^ there a little : 11 For with ^stammering lips and another tongue Vill he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This Hs the rest vnhereviith ye may cause the weaiy to rest ; and this is the refreshing : yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, pre- cept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little ; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. 14 1i Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ve scornful men, that rule this people which is in Je-ru'sa-lem. 15 JBecause ye have said. We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us : for we have made lies our refuge, and un- der falsehood have we hid ourselves : 16 Therefore thus sait h the Lord God, Behold, I layln Z f on for a foun- dat ion J'sl st one, a tried stone, a pre- cio us corner stone, a sure founda- t ion : h e that believeth s hall not mak e haste. W. 29. 18, 19. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plum- met : and the hail shall sweep awar the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflovf the hiding place*. * 1 8 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agree- ment with hell shall not stand ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be ^trodden down by it. h. 30. 33; N. 29. 13, 14. 19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night : and it shall be a vexa- tion only ^to understand the report. * J. .30. 18; 0.35.8, J God's great judg7ne7its ISAIAH, 29. upon Jerusalem. 20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself 07i it : and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. 21 For the Lord shall rise up as in amount Per'a-zim, he shall be wroth as i7i the vaUey of *Gib'e-on, that he may do his work, '"his strange work ; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. 22 Now therefore be ye not mock- ers, lest your bands be made strong : for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even deter- mined upon the whole earth. 23 If Give ye ear, and hear my voice ; hearken, and hear my speech. 24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? doth he open and- break the clods of his ground ? 25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in '"the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the '^rie in their ''place ? 26 '^For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him, 27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin ; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff , and the cummin with a rod, 28 Bread eorii is biiiised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it loith the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it vnth his horsemen. 29 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, hohich is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. CHAPTER 29. 1 God's judgment upon Jernsalem. 17 A promise of better things in succeeding times. WOE 'to A'ri-el, to A'ri-el, ^he city inhere Da'vid dwelt! add ye year to year ; let them ^kill sacrifices. 2 Yet i will distress A'ri-el, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow : and it shall be unto me as A'ri-el. 3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. 4 And thou shalt be brought do^vn, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, ''out of the ground, and thy speech shall ^whisper out of the dust. B. C. 725. CHAP. 28. g 2 Sam. 5,20 1 Chr. U,ll h Josh. 10,10 2 Sam. 5,25 i Lam. 3,33 10 Or, t)xe wheat in the prin- cipal place, and bar- ley in the appointed place. 11 Or, spelt. 12 border"? 13 Or, And he bind- eth it in such sort as his God doth teach him. i Ps. 40, 5 Ps. 92, 5 Ps. 139,17 Jer. 32,19 Rom. 11,33 B. C. 712. CHAP. 29. 1 Or, Ariel, that is, Tlie Hon of God. eh. 31, 9 Ezek. 43,15 2 Or, of the city. 3 CMt off the heads. a eh. 8, 19 4 peep, or, chirp. 5 Or, take your pleasure, and riot. b Rom.11,8 2 Thes. 2,10 c Ps. 69, 23 ch. 6, 10 6 heads. ch. 3, 2 Jer. 26, 8 7 Or, letter. d Dan. 12, 4 Rev. 5, 1 Rev. 6, 1 e Ezek. 33, 31 Mat. 15, 8 Mark 7, 6 / Col. 2, 22 8 I ivill add. Hab. 1, 5 g Jer. 49, 7 Obad. 8 1 Cor.1,19 667 5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away : yea, it shall be at an instant sud- denly. 6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earth- quake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of de- vouring fire. T And the multitude of all the na tions that fight against A'ri-el, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. 8 It shall even be as when an hun- gry Tnan dreameth, and, behold, he eateth ; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty : or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh ; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite : so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zi'on, 9 IFStay yourselves, and wonder ; 'ciy ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For *the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed '^your eyes: the prophets and your ''rulers, the seers hath he covered. 1 1 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a 'book that is sealed, Avhich m.en deliver to one that is learned, saying. Read this, I pray thee: ''and he saith, I can- not ; for it is sealed : 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying. Read this, I pray thee : and he saith, I am not learned. 13 ^Wherefore the Lord said. For- asmuch ^as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart "far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the •^precept of men : C. 30. 17, 14: Therefore, behold,®! will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a mar^^ellous work and a wonder : ^for the wisdom of their wise m.en shall perish, and the un- derstanding of their prudent 'snen shall be hid. C 33. 1.5-17; N. 30. 1, 15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and J J G N A E Vorafort for the godly. ISAIAH, 30. Of contempt for God''s word. A E w r H I *they say, Who seeth us ? and who [knowethus? A. 43. 8. 1 6 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay : for shall the work 'say of him that made it, He made me not ? or shall the thing framed say of ^im that framed it, He had no under- standing? E. Isa. 40. 13, 14. 17 '(\Is it not yet a very little while, and Leb'a-non shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest ? 1 8 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 19 The •'meek also "shall increase their joy in the Lord, and Hhe poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of l§'ra-el. w. 30. 18. 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that 'watch for iniquity are cut off : 21 That make a man an offender for a word, and "'lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just "for a thing of nought. 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who 'I'edeemed A 'bra-ham, concern- ing the house of Ja'cob, Ja'cob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his fa,ce now wax pale. 23 But when he seeth his children, ^the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify ?my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Ja'- cob, and shall 'fear the God of l§'- ra-el. 24 They also *that erred in spirit * "shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doc- trine. CHAPTER 30. i The people threatened for their confidence in Egypt, 8 and contempt of God's word. 18 His mercy to the chxirch. 27 Destruction of Assyria. WOE to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take coun- sel, but not of me ; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, ''that they may add sin to sin :* 2 That walk to go down into E'gypt, and have ^not asked at my mouth ; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pha'radh, and to trust in the shadow of E'gypt ! 3 Therefore "shall the strength of Pha'radh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of E'gypt your eonfusion. *N. 30. 12-14. B. C. 712. CHAP. 29. h Ps. 94, 7 i Rom.9,20 j John 15, 11 9 s/iaZi add. k Jas. 2, 5 I Mic. 2, 1 r)iAmos5,10 n Pro. 28,21 Josh.24,3 p ch. 19, 25 ch. 45, 11 ch. 60, 21 Eph. 2, 10 q 1 Pet.4,11 r Hos. 3, 5 Ezek. 20,41 s ch. 28, 7 10 sliall know un- derstand- ing. B. C. 713. CHAP. 30. n Deut. 29, 19 2 Tim. 3, 13 b Num. 27.21 Josh. 9,14 1 Ki. 22, 7 Jer. 21, 2 Jer. 42,20 c Jer.37,5,7 d Jer. 2, 36 e Hos. 8, 9 Hos. 12, 1 /Jer. 37,7 1 Or,fo her. 2 the latter day. g Deut. 32,20 h Jer. 11,21 i 1 Ki.22,13 j Acts 13, 8 3 Or, fraud. k Ps. 2, 9 4 the bottle of potters. I ch. 7, 4 mMat.23,37 n Lev. 26, 8 Deut. 28,25 Deut. 32,30 Josh. 23,10 5 Or,CT tree bereft of branches, or, boughs : or, a mast. 668 4 For his princes were at Zo'an, and his ambassadors came to Ha'ne§. 5 They "^were all ashamed of a peo- ple that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. 6 The 'burden of the beasts of the south : into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a peoj^le that shall not profit them. 7 For -^the E-gyp'tian§ shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried 'concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. 8 llNow go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for ^the time to come for ever and ever : 9 That •''this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord : 10 Which ^say to the seers, See not ; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, 'speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits : 11 Get •'you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of l§'ra-el to cease from before us. 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of i§'ra-el, Because ye despise this word, and trust in ^oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon : 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swell- ing out in a high wall, whose break- ing cometh suddenly at an instant. 14 And *he shall break it as the breaking of ^the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare : so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. "• 33. 13, 14. 15 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holj^ One of I§'ra-el ; Tn returning and rest shall ye be saved ; in quiet- ness and in confidence shall be your strength : "'and ye vv^ould not. 16 But ye said, No ; for we will flee upon horses ; therefore shall ye flee : and, We will ride upon the swift ; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 17 One "thousand s/iall flee at the rebuke of one ; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as *a God's merey to the church. ISAIAH, 31. The, joy of the people. beacon upon the top of a mountain, i and as an ensign on an hill. C. 44. 20. 1 8 And therefore will the "Lord . wait, that he may be gracious unto I you, and therefore will he be exalt- I ed, that he may have mercy upon j you : for the Lord is a God of judg- I aient : ^blessed are all they that wait [iov him. J. 33. 22; W. 32. 1-3. 19*1 For the people shall dwell in Zi'on at Je-ru'sa-lem : thou shalt weep no more : he will be very gra cious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. • 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of a.dversity, and the wa ter of ^affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a comer any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers : - 21 And thine ears shall hear a word I behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn ^to the right hand, and when ye turn to the [left. K. 32. 2. 22 Ye ''shall defile also the covering of 'th^y graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold : thou shalt ^cast them away %s a menstruous cloth; thou shalt <3ay unto it. Get thee hence. 23 Then 'shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal ; and bread of the in- crease of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous : in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. 24 The oxen likewise a.nd the young asses that ear the ground shall eat 'clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. 25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every ^ "high hill, rivers cmd streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 26 Moreover 'the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be seven- fold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. 2 7 'i Behold, the name of the Lord Cometh from far, burning with his anger, '^and the burden thereof is ''heavy: his lips are full of indig- nation, and his tongue as a devour- ing fire : B. C. 713. CHAP. 30. 2 Pet. 3, 9 p Ps. 2, 12 Ps. 34,8 Pro. 16,20 Jer. 17, 7 6 Or, Of- pression. q .Josh. 1, 7 r 2Chr.31,l ch. 2, 20 ctu 31, 7 7 the grav- en images of thy silver. 8 scatter. s Mat. 6, 33 1 Tim. 4,8 9 leavened, or, sa- ve wry. 10 lifted uv. ch. 2, ' 14,15 ch, M, 3 t ch. 60, 19 11 Or, and the griev- ousness of flame. 12 heavi- ness. u 2Thes.2,8 13 rock. 2 Sam. 23,3 14 the glory of his voice. 15 every passing of the rod founded. 16 cause to rest upon hvm, 17 Or, against them. V Jer, 7, 31 18 from yesterday. CHAP, 31. a Ezek. 17, 15 b Ps, 20, 7 c Dan. 9, 13 Hos. 7, 7 1 remove. Num. 23,19 d Ps, 146, 3 2 Ov,multi- tude. 669 28 And his "breath, as an overflow- ing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity : and there shcdl be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. 29 1' e shall have a song, a^ in the night ivhe7i a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goethwith a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the ' ^mighty One of is'ra-el, 30 And the Lord shall cause '*his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and- loith the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones, ^1 For through the voice of the Lord shall the As-syr'i-an be beaten doA^m, which smote with a rod. 32 And "m every place where the groiuided staff shall pass, which the LoPJ) shall '^iay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps : and in bat- tles of shaking will he fight '"with it. 33 For ^To'phet is ordained '^of old; yea, for the kmg it is prepared ; he hath made it deep and large: the \ pile thereof is fire and much wood ; the breath of the Lord, like a^stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. CHAPTER 31. Folly of trusting to Egypt, andforsaTciyig God. WOE to them ''that go down to E'gypt for help ; and *stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many ; and in horsemen, be- cause they are very strong ; but they look not unto the Holy One of is'ra-el, 'neither seek the Lord ! 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and wiU not ^caU back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity, 3 Now the E-gjT'tians are "^men, and not God ; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is hoL pen shall fall down, and they all shaU fail together. 4 For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth aga.inst him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase him- self for the "noise of them : so shall *H. 33. 14. 2 H JBlessings of Chrisfs kingdom. ISAIAH, 32, 33. The work of righteousness. W K L the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zf on, and for the hill thereof. 5 As 'birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Je-ru'sa-lem ; defend- ing also he will deliver it ; and pass- ing over he will preserve it. 6 "HTurn ye unto./a'm from whom the children of Is'ra-el have -^deeply revolted. 7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and ^his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for ^a sin. 8 Then shall the As-syr'i-an^f all with the sword, not of a mighty man ; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him : but he shall flee ^f rom the sword, and his yomig men shall be ^discomfited. 9 And '^he shall pass over to 'his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose 'fire is in Zi'on, and his furnace in Je-ru'sa-lem. CHAPTER 32. 1 Blessings oj Christ's kingdom. 9 Desolation fore- siiewn. 15 Restoralion promised to succeed. EHOLD, '^a, king shall reign in rip-hteouRuess, and princes shal l CHAP. 31. e Deut. 32, 11 Ps. 91, 4 / Hos. 9, 9 3 t/if idols of his gold. g IKi. 12,30 ?i2Ki. 19,35 4 Or, /or fear of the sword. 5 for melt- ing, or, tribute, or, tribu- tary. 6 his rock shall pass away for fear. 7 Or, his strength. i Lev. 6, 13 JB I _ruleJn_ judgment. '_ 9' And Ft. Tnaii shall be as a n hiding place frmm the wind, and 8, covert from the tempest ; a,s rivers of water In a, dry place, a.s the shado w of a i ^ great rock in a, we ary la nd: I 3 And ^the e yes o f them th at see I _sha,ll notJbeiiim, and^the e^Tsolthein i that hpp.r shall hearken. W. 35. 3-5. 4 The heart also of the ^rasli shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak ^plainly. 5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. 6 For the vile person will speak vil- 1 any, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail 7 The instruments also of the churl are evil : he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying Avords, even "when the needy speaketh right. 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he ^stand 9 URise up, ye women "^that are at *K. 32. 17. 18: L. 35. 10. B. C. 713. CHAP. 32. a Jer. 23, 5 1 heavy. b ch. 29, 18 2 hasty. 3 Or, elegantly. 4 Or, when he speak- eth against the poor in judg- ment. 5 Or, be estab- lished. c Anaos 6, 1 6 Days above a year. 7 the fields of desire. d Hos. 9, 6 8 Or, burn- ing upon. 9 Or, clifts and watch- towers. e Ps. 104,30 / Zech. 8, 3 g Jas. 3, 18 h Zecli.11,2 10 Or, and the city shall be utterly abased. i ch. 30, 24 ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters ; give ear unto my speech. 10 'Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women : for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. 1 1 Tremble, ye women that are at ease ; be troubled, ye careless ones : strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. 12 They shall lament for the teats for 'the pleasant fields, for the fruit ful vine. 13 Upon '^ the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; ^ea, up- on all the houses of joy ^?^ the joyous city: 14 Because the palaces shall be for- saken ; the multitude of the city shall be left; the ^forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks ; 1 5 Until ^the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. 16 Then -^judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness re- main in the fruitful field. 17And^the wor k of righteousness' shall be peace ; and the ettect ot rlght^ eousnes s quietness and assuran ce tor ever. 18 And my people shall dw ell in a CHAP. 33. a Hab. 2, 8 b Rev.13,10 670 peaceable habitation, andT m sure dwellings, and -in quiet restuig places; j f 19 When it shallhail, coming^own ^011 the forest ; ^°and the city shall be low in a low place. 20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the 'ox and the ass. CHAPTER 33. God's judgments against the enemies of the church. WOE to thee "that sijoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and. dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee ! when ''thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 2 O Lord, be gracious unto us ; we have waited for thee : be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled ; at the lifting up of thy- self the nations were scattered. 4 And your spoil shall be gathered t K. 33. 15, 16. ^ Privileges of the godly. ISAIAH, 34. God avengeth his chwch. like the gathering of the caterpiller : as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. 5 The ''Lord is exalted ; for _ he dwellethon high : he hath filled Zfon with judgment and righteousness. 6 And "^ wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of ^salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure. T Behold, their H^aliant ones shall cry without: 'the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. 8 The -^"highways lie waste, the way- faring man ceaseth : ^he hath broken | the covenant, he hath despised the; cities, he regardeth no man. 9 The earth mournetha;zir?languish- eth : Leb'a-nonis ashamed «??(r?"hewTi! down: Shar'on is like a wilderness; and Ba'shan and Car'mel shake off their fruits. 10 IFNow ^v/ill I rise, saith the Lord ; now will I be exalted ; now will I lift up myself. 11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble : your breath, as fire, shall devour you. 12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime : as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. 13 "iHear, ye that are far off, what I have done ; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 14 The sinners in Zfon are afraid ; fearfulness hath surprised the hypo- crites. Who aniong us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among I us shall dwell with everlasting bum- l ings? H. 48. 22; N. 42. 24,25. [ 15 He that walketh "^righteously, I and speaketh "ui^rightly ; he that de- i spiseth the gain of "^oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of "^blood, and shutteth his i eyes from seeing evil ; I 1 6 He shall dwell on ®high : his place I of defence shall he the munitions of I rocks : bread shall be given him • his I waters shall he sure. K. 33. 20. 1 17 Thine eyes shall see the king in I his beauty \ they shall behold ^the I land that is ver;/ far off. G. 57. 12. 18 Thine heart shall meditate ter- ror. Where Hs the scribe ? where is the '"receiver? where is he that counted the towers ? 19 Thou shalt not see a fierce peo- ple, •'a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive ; of ' 'a stammer- B. C. 713. CHAP. 33. c Ps.97,9 d Pro. 1, 7 Mat. 6, 33 1 salva- tions. 2 Or, mes- sengers. e 2KL18,18 /Judg. 5, 6 g 2 Ki.18,14 3 Or ivith- ered away. h Ps. 12, 5 i in rigM- eous- ness*s. 5 upright- nesses. 6 Or, deceits. 7 bloods. 8 heigMs, or, high places. 9 the land of far distances. i lCor.1,20 10 weigher ? 3 Jer. 5, 15 11 Or, ri- diculous. fe Ps. 46, i Zech. 2. 5 12 hroadof spaces,or, hands. 13 statute- nuiker. Jas. ti, 12 I Ps. 89, 18 14: Or, TItey have for- saken thy tackUngs. m Jer.50,20 Rom. 11,27 ing tongue, that thou canst not un- derstand. 20 Look upon Zi'on, the city of our solemnities : thine eyes shall see~ Je-ru'sa-lem a quiet habitation, a tab- ernacle that shall not be taken do^^m; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.* 21 But ^there the glorious Lord wilt he unto us a place ^^of broad rivers and streams ; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gal- lant ship pass thereby. 22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our ^^law^giver, ^the Lord Ts our king ; he will save us .f CHAP. 34. 1 the ful- ness thereof. Deut.32,1 Ps. 49, 1 a Ps. 102.26 Ezek.32,7 Joel 2, 31 Joels, 15 Mat.24,29 2 Pet.3,10 b Jer.46,10 c Jer. 49, 7 Mai. 1, 4 d ch. 63, 1 Jer. 49, 13 Zeph. 1, 7 2 Or, rhi- noceros. 671 23 Thy ^^tacklings are loosed; they could not Vv^ell strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail : then is the prey of a great spoil divided ; the lame take the prey. 24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: '"the people that dwell therein shall he forgiven their in- iquity. CHAPTER 34. 1 Judgments wherewith God avenges his church. 16 Certainty of the prophecy. COME near, ye nations, to hear ; and hearken, ye people : let the earth hear, and all ^that is therein ; the world, and all things that come forth of it. 2 For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies : he hath ut- terly destroyed them, he hath dehv- ered them to the slaughter. 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. 4 And "all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll : and all their host shall fall do^\^l, as the leaf faUeth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. 5 For *my sword shall be bathed in heaven : behold, it '"shall come down upon l-du-me'a, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. 6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fat- ness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams : '^for the Lord hath a sacri- fice in Boz'rah, and a great slaughter in the land of l-du-me'a. 7 And the ^unicorns shall come *K.35. 8. 9. tJ. 40. 13, 14. ^ K J^lessings of the gospel. ISAIAH, 35, 36. Sennacherib invadeth Judah. down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls ; and their land shall be ^soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. K r 8 For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recom- pences for the controversy of Zi'on. 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust there- of into brimstone, and the land * [thereof shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day ; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever : ^f rom generation to gen- eration it shall lie waste ; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. 11 But the ^cormorant and the bit- tern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it : and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of empti- ness. 1 2 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 13 And -^"thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof : and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for °ov/ls. 14 ^The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with ^the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the ^screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. 15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. B f 16 f Seek ye o ut of -^the book of the I Lord, and read : no on e of th es e shall fail, xione shall want her mate : for Try m.outh it hath co mman ded, and i Ills spirit it hath gat hered the m, t 17 And he hath cast the ^lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line : they shall pos- sess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. CHAPTER 35. Joyful flourishing of Chrv^Va kingdom. THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them ; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the *K. 40. 8. t B. 51, 7. B. C. 713. CHAP. 34. 3 Or, drwaken. e Mai. 1, 4 Rev.14,11 Rev.18,18 Rev. 19, 3 4 Or, pelican. ch. 14, 23 Zeph.2.14 Rev. 18, 2 / ch. 32, 13 Hos. 9, 6 5 daughters oftheoivl, or, ostriches^. 6 Ziinx. 7 Ijim. 8 Or, nigM monster. g Deut. 32, 34 Mai. 3, 16 h Ps. 78, 55 CHAP. 35. a Job 4, 3, 4 Heb. 12, 13 1 hasty. b ch. 29, 18 ch. 32, 3,4 ch. 42, 7 Mat. 9, 27 Mat.12,22 Mat.20,.30 Mat.21,14 John 9, 6 c Mat. 11, 5 Mark7,32 d Mat.l5,.30 John 5, 8 Acts 3, 2 e Mat. 9, 32 /John 7,38 2 Or, a court for reeds, etc. g ch. 52, 1 Joel 3, 17 Rev.21,27 3 Or, for he shall be with them. h Lev. 26, 6 ch. 11, 9 Ezek. 34, 25 i ch. 51, 11 j ch. 25, 8 ch. 65, 19 John 16,22 Rev. 7, 17 Rot. 21, 4 CHAP. 36. a 2 Ki. 18, 13.17 2Chr.32,l 710. b Josh. 10,5 Josh. 15,39 2 Ki.14,19 1 Or, secre tarn. 672 glory of Leb'a-non shall be given unto it,theexcellencyof Car'melandShar'- on, they shall see the glory of the I iORD, and the excellency of our God. 3 Strengthen''yetheweakhands,and l confirm the feeble knees. | 4 Say to them that are of a 'fearful | heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your | God will come with vengeance, e^;e?^ j God with a recompence ; he will come i and save you. F. 41. lO.j 5 Then the ^eyes of the blind shall be | opened, and "the ears of the deaf shall ! be unstopped. W. 35. 8.j 6 Then shall the '^lame man leap as an hart, and the 'tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall ■^waters break out, and streams in the desert. T And the parched ground sliall be come a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be ^grass with reeds and rushes. o And an highway shall be there, and ] a way, and it shal l be called The w ay | of holiness; g^the unclean shall no t pass j over it ; ^bu t it shall be fo r those : the ! wayfarin g men, thou g h foo ls, shall | not err there in. X J 9 No 4ion shall be there, nor any rav- enous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there ; but the re- deemed shall walk there : 1 An d the ^ransomed of the Lo rd 1 shall ret urn, and co me t o Zi'on wi th I s ongs and everlasting joy upon their ! heads: they shall obtain joy and glad- ! ness, and borrow and sighing shall flee | , away. D. 50. 6; L. 38. 17. J' CHAPTER 36. 1 Sennacherib invades Judah. 13 Rabshakeh's bias- phemous persuasions to the people. NOW "it came to pass in the four- teenth year of king Hez-e-ki'ah, that Sen-nach'e-rib king of As-syr'i-a came up against all the defenced cities of Jii'dah, and took them. 2 And the king of_ As-syr'i-a sent Rab'sha-keh from^La'chish to Je-ru' sa-lem unto king Hez-e-kf ah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the high- way of the fuller's field. 3 Then csinae forth unto him E-li'a- kim, Hil-kfah's son, which was over the house, and Sheb'na the 'scribe, and Jo'ah, A'saph's son, the recorder. 4 And Rab'sha-keh said unto them, Say ye now to Hez-e-kf ah. Thus saith the great king, the king of As-syr'i-a, X K. 40. 8; 0. 41. 4; W. 40. 11. * ^ Habshakeh's blasphemy. ISAIAH, 37. Ilezekiah's deep affliction. What confidence is this wherein thou trustest ? 5 I say, say est thou, (but they are hut Vain words) ^I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? 6 Lo, thou trustest in the ''staff of tliis broken reed, on E'gypt ; wiiereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pha'ra5h king of E'gjT^ to all that trust in him. 7 But if thou say to me.- We trust in the Lord our God : is it not he, whose high places and ^whose altars Hez-e- ki'ah hath taken away, and said to Ju'dah and to J e-ru'sa-lem. Ye shall worship before this altar ? 8 NoAv therefore give ^pledges, I pray thee, to my ma.ster the king of As- syr'i-a, and I will give thee two thou- sand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. 9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one *^captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on E'gypt for chariots and for horsemen? 1 And am I novv^ come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it ? the Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 11 Then said E-li'a-kimand bheb'na and Jo'ah unto Rab'sha-keh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the "Syr'i-anlanguage ; for we understand it : and speak not to us in the Jew^§' language, in the ears of the people that Tirre on the wall. 1 2 But Rab'sha-keh said. Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words ? hath henot sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their ovm dung, and drink their own piss with you ? 13 Then Rab'sha-keh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the J e w§' lan- guage, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of As-s5"i''i-a. 11 Thus saith the king. Let not Hez- e-ki'ah deceive you : for he shall not be able to deliver you. 1 5 Neither let Hez-e-ki'ah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us : this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of As-sj^r'i-a. 1 6 Hearken not to Hez-e-kfah : for thus saith the king of As-sj^r'i-a, ^Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me : "^and eat (43) B. C. 710. 29, CHAP. 36. 2 a word of lips. 3 Or, but counsel and strength are for the ivar. 4: Or, sup- port. Ezek 6,7 c 2 Chr. 30, 14 5 Or, hos- tages. 6 governor, (or, so.- trap,) of the least of my master's servants f So thou hast Im- posed thy- self on Egypt, etc. 7 Or, Ara- mean. 8 Make with me a blessing. Or, Seek my fa- vour by a present. Gen.33,11 2 Sam.8,6 d Mic. 4, 4 Zech. 3,10 e Num. 34.8 Josh. 13,5 Jer. 49, 23 / Ps. 50, 21 Ps. 73, 8,9 Dan. 3, 15 Rev. 13, 6 g Pro. 9, 7 Pro. 23, 4 Mat. 7, 6 ?iGen..37,34 1 Sam. 4, 12 2 Sam. 1,11 2 Sam. 3,31 2 Ki. IS, 18, 37 Ezra 9, 3 Jobl, 20 ch. 33, 7 CHAP. 37. a 2 Ki. 19, 1 b 2 Chr. 6,24 2 Chr. 7, It Ps. 50, 15 Ps. 91, 15 Ps. 109, 4 Zech. 13,9 Lu. 18, 1 Rora. 12. 12 1 Thes. 5,17 Jas. 5, 13 c 2Ki.22,14 Jer. 37, 3 d Hos. 5, 9 1 Ov.provo- cation. e Jas. 5, 14.18 2 found. ch. 1, 8 673 ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own-, cistern ; 17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 JBeicare lestHez-e-ki'ahi^ersuade you, saying. The Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of As-sj^r'i-a ? 19 Where «re the gods of ^Ha'math and Ar'phad ? where a/re the gods of Seph-ar-va'im ? and have they deliv- ered Sa-ma'ri-a out of my hand ? 20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that -^the Lord should deliver J e-ru'sa-lem out of my hand ? 21 But they held their peace, and answered ^'hiui not a word : for the king's commandment was, saying. Answer him not. 22 Then came E-ir'a-kim, the son of HH-kfah, that teas over the house- hold, and Sheb'na the scribe, and J5'ah, the son of A'saph, the recorder, to Hez-e-ki'ah with ''their clothes rent, and told liiRi the words of Rab'sha-keh. CHAPTER 37. 1 Hezekiah, in deep affliction, sendu to Isaiah to pray for them. 6 Isaiah comforts them. 36 An angel destroys the Assyrians. AND "it came to pass, when king Hez-e-kl'ah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went 'into the house of the Lord. 2 And he sent E-li'a-kim, who loas over the household, and Sheb'na the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto ''I-ga'- iah the prophet the son of A'moz. 3 And they said unto him. Thus saith Hez-e-kfah, This day is a day of trouble, and of "'rebuke, and of 'blasphemy : for the children are come to tiie birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rab'sha-keh, whom the king of As-syr'i-a his m.as- ter hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words w^hich the Lord thy God hath heard : wherefore 'lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is -left. 5 So the servants of king Hez-e-kf- ah came to i-sa'iah. flezekiah's prayer. ISAIAH, <:> -7 Prophecy against l^enyiacherib . 6 And i-§a'iah said unto them, Thus /shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, where- with the servants of the king of As- 6yr'i-a have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will ^send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land ; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 8 ^-rSo Rab'sha-keh returned, and found the king of As-syr'i-a warring against 'Lib'nah: for he had heard that he was departed from La'chish. 9 And he heard say concerning Tir'- ha-kah king of E-thi-o'pi-a, lie is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent mes- sengers to Hez-e-ki'ah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hez-e- ki'ah king of Jii'dah, saying, I^et not thy God, in whom thou trustest, de- ceive thee, saying, Je-ru'sa-lem shall not be given into the hand of the king of As-syr'i-a. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of As-sj^r'i-a have done to all lands by destroying them utterly ; and shalt thou be "delivered ? 1 2 Have the gods of the nations de- livered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Go'zan, •''and Ha'ran, and Re'zeph, and the children of E'den which were in Te-las'sar ? 13 Where is the king of ^Ha'math, and the king of Ar'phad, and the king of the Qxtj of Seph-ar-va'im, He'na, and I'vah ? 14 If And Hez-e-kfah received the letter from the hand of the mes- sengers, and reiid it : and Hez-e-kfah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 15 And Hez-e-ki'ah prayed unto the Lord, saying, 16 Lord of hosts, God of i§'ra-el, that dwellest 'between the cherubims, thou «r^ the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth : thou hast made hea\ en and earth. 1 7 Incline •'thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see : and heap all the words of Sen- nach'e-rlb, which hath sent to re- proach the living God. 18 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of As-syr'i-a have laid waste all the *na- tdons, and their countries, 1 9 And have ^cast their gods into the fire : for they were, no gods, but B. C. 710. CHAP. 37. 3 Or, put a spirit into him. 1 Sam. 16,14 2 Ki. 7, 6 /Josh. 15, 39, 42 Josh. 12, 11, 15 Josh. 21,13 2Chr. 11.9 Neh.11,30 Jer. 34, 7 g Geia.11,31 Ex. 27, 23 h Jer. 49, 23 i Ex. 25, 22 j Dan. 9,18 4 lands. 5 given. 6 By the hand of thy serv- ants. 7 thetall- ness of the cedars thereof, and the choice of the fir trees thereof. 8 Or, the forest and 7m fruitful field. 9 Or, fenced and closed. 10 Or, Hast thou not heard how r have made it long ago, and formed it of an- cient times'? should I no^ci bring it to be laid waste, and de- fenced cities to be ruin- ous heaps? as 2 Ki.19,25 11 short of hand. 12 Or, sitting. k ch. 30, 28 Ezek.38,4 674 the work of men's hands, wood and stone : therefore they have destroyed them. 20 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, eve7i thou only. 21^Then i-§a'iah the son of A'moz sent unto Hez-e-ki'ah, saying. Thus saith the Lord God of is'ra-el. Where- as thou hast prayed to me against Sen-nach'e-rib king of As-syr'i-a : 22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zi'5n, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn ; the daughter of Je-ru'sa-lem hath shaken her head at thee. 23 Whom bast thou reproached and blasphemed ? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high ? even against the Holy One of Is'ra-ei. 24 ''By thy servants hast thou re- proached tlie Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the moun tains, to the sides of Leb'a-non ; and I will cut down 'the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof : and I will enter into the height of his border, and ^the forest of his Car'- mel. 25 I have digged, and drunk water , and with the sole of my feet have I dried up ail the rivers of the ^besieged places. 26 ^"Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it ; cmd of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. 27 Therefore their inhabitants were ^ 'of small power, they were dismayed and confounded : they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be groAvn up, 28 But I know thy ^'^abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore *will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee beck by the way bv which thou earnest. 30 And this shall be a sign unto thee* JSezekiah's life lengthened. ISAIAH, 38. Mis song of thanksgiving. Ye shall eat this year such as grow- eth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. 31 And ^^the remnant that is es- caped of the house of Jii'dah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward : S2 For out of Je-ru'sa-lem shall go forth a, remnant, and '^they that es- cape out of mount Zi'on-: ^the zeal of the LoRi'- of hosts shall do this. 33 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Is-syr'i-a, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come be- fore it with '^shields, nor cast a bank against it. 34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord. 35 For I will "'defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant Da'vid's sake, 36lThen the "angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the As-sy r 'i-ans a hundred and four- score and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, be- hold, they icere all dead corpses. 37 So Sen-nach'e-rib king of As- syr'i-a departed, and went and re- turned, and dwelt at Nin'e-veh. 38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nis'roch his god, that xAL-dram'me-lech and Sha- re'z6r his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of "'Ar-me'ni-a : and E'sar-had'- don his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 38. 4 Hezekiah's UJe lengthened. 9 //« thanksgiving. N "those days was Hez-e-ki'ah sick unto death. And i-sa'iah the prophet the son of A'moz came unto him, and said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, 'Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then Hez-e-ki'ah turned his face toward th-e wall, and prayed unto the Lord, 3 And said, 'Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hez-e-ki'ah wept ■'sore. 4 Then came the word of the Lord to i-§a'iah, saying, B. C. 710. CHAP. 37. 13 the es- caping of the house of Juduh that re- maineth. 14 the escaping. I 2Ki.l9,31 15 shield. m 2 Ki. 20,6 ch. 38, e u2Ki.l9,36 16 Ararat. B. C. 713. CHAP. 38. a 2 Ki. 20, 1 2Chr. 32,24 1 Give charge concern- ^ig thy house. b Neh.l3,U 2 withc/reat xveeiping. c ch. 37, 35 d 2 Ki. 20. 8 3 degrees by, or, tvith the sun. e Ps. 102,24 /Ps. 27, 13 (J Job 7, 6 4 Or, from the tiirum. h ch. 59, 11 5 Or, ease me. I Job 7, 11 6 Or, on my peace came (rreat bit- terness. 7 thou hast lov£d my soul from the pit. j Ps. 6, 5 Ps. 30, 9 Ps. 88, 11 JEccl.9,10 675 5 Go, and say to Hez-e-ki'ah, Thus sfcith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. 6 And 1 will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of As-syr'i-a : andT will defend this city. 7 And this shall be ''a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thmg that he hath spoken ; 8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the "sun dial of A'haz, ten degrees backward. So the sun re- turned ten degrees, by w^hich degrees it was gone down. 9 *![The writing of Hez-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness : 101 said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : '1 am deprived of the residue of my years. Ill said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, -'^in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 1 2 Mine "age is departed, and is re- moved from me as a shepherd's tent : I have cut off like a weaver my life : he will cut me off Svith pining sick- ness: from day eve7i to night wilt thou make an end of me. 131 reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones : from day eve7i to night wilt thou make an end of me. 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter : ^I did mourn as a dove : mine eyes fail with looking upward : O Lord, I am oppressed ; "undertake for me. 15 What shall I say? he hath both S|3oken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my yeai'-s 'in the bitterness of my soul. 16 Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 1 7 Behold, "for peace I had great bitterness : but "thou hast in love tc my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption : for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy baclc. L. 40. 1, 2. 1 8 For -'the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall 1 L Babylonia7i captivity foretold. ISAIAH, 39, 40. God comforteth hisj)eople. m2Ki,20,7 B.C. 712. CHAP. 39. a2Ki.20,12 b 2 Chr. 32,81 1 Or, spicery. 2 vessels,or, instru- ments, or, jewels. c Lev.26.33 Deut. 28, 6i 1 Ki. 14,15 2 Chr. 36, 18 Jer. 20, 5 Amos5,27 rt2Ki.24,12 Dan. 1, 2 e 1 Sam. 3 18 praise thee, as 1 do this clay : ^the fa- b. c. 713. ther to the children shall makeknowTi chap 38 thy truth. ;cDeut.'4.9 20 The Lord laas ready to 'save me : p|"^g^3'' therefore we will sing my songs i pj. 109,31 to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord. 21 For "i-ga'iah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. 22 Hez-e-ki'ahalso had said, What is the sign that 1 shall go up to the house of the Lord ? CHAPTER 39. 1 Merodack-baladan. sending to visit Hezeliah, hath notice of his treasures 3 IsuiahjoreteUs the Baby- Ionian captivity. AT "that time Me-rd'dach-bal'a- dan, the son of Bara-dan,king of Bab'y-lon, sent letters and a present to Hez-e-ki'ah : for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. 2 And 'Hez-e-ki'ah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his 'precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his ^armour, and all that w^as found in his treasures •. there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hez-e-kl'ah shewed them not. 3 *ilThen came l-sa'iah the prophet unto king Hez-e-ki'ah, and said unto him. What sa^id these men ? and from whence came they unto thee ? And Hez-e-ki'ah said. They are come from a far country unto me, even from Bab'y-lon. 4 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house ? And Hez-e-ki'aii answered. All that is in mine house have they seen : there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. 5 Then said I-§a'iah to Hez-e-ki'ah, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts : 6 Behold, the days come, ''that all that is in thine house, and that vfhich thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Bab'y-lon : nothing shall be left,saith the Lord. 7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and ^^they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Bab'y-lon. 8 1 hen said Hez-e-kl'ah to l-§a'iah, Good *i8 the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said more- over, For there shall be peace and truth in my days. CHAPTER 40. 1 God sends comjort to his ijeople. 3 Preaching of John Baptist, 9 of the apostles. 12 Omnipotence of God, etc. C OMFORT y o , c - mnfort ye m ^ people, saith your -Ged: CHAP. 40. 1 to the heart. 2 Or, ap- pointed time. a Mat. 3. 3 b Mai. 3, 1 Mark 1, 3 Lu. 3, 4 John 1,23 3 Or. a straight place. 4 Or. a plain place. c Ex. 16, 7 d John 12,34 1 Pet. 1,25 5 Or, O thou that tellest good ti- dings to Zion. 6 Or, O thoxi that tellest good ti- dings to Jerxisa- lein. 7 Or, against the strong. 8 Or.recnm- pence for his ivork. e ch. 49, 10 Ezek. .34, 23 Ezek. 37, 24 John 10, 11 Heb.13.20 1 Pet.2,25 1 Pet. 5, 4 Rev. 7, 17 9 Or, that give suck. 10 a tierce. , 676 ^ Speak yo 'comfortably to Jo ru'sa- l em, and cry unto her, that hcr ^war- far o is accomplished, that her ini quity i s pardonod : for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. 3 llThe "'voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, ^Prepare ye the way of the Lord, ma.ke straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made ^straight, and the rough places *plain : 5 And "the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 6 The voice said. Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : T The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but '^'the word of 0^^4^^